We are already tracking those delays as well over at the bay bridge toll plaza. Backup in the cash lanes. 10 minutes into San Francisco. Rampaging through a small Northern California town sheriffs say a gunman took aim at people at an Elementary School and other locations at random killing four people. The shooting spree happened yesterday near the small town of red bluff south of redding in tehama county. The nearest Police Station was 20 minutes away. Juliette goodrich on the quick decision that saved lives. Reporter 43yearold kevin neil is no stranger to law enforcement. This is a mugshot from his arrest in january. Neil went on a 45minute shooting rampage. 7 separate crime scenes randomly picking targets. Sarah gonzalez was one of the targets. Rolled down his window . He shot through his front windshield at me directly. At that moment nothing went through my mind and he left and i seen he was going toward a school. Reporter toward rancho Elementary School where her daughter goes to school. He had already crashed into the fence, loading up his gun and ready to shoot. Reporter you knew your daughter was inside . I did. I could just hear children screaming. Because i mean, normally you can just hear their voices playing in the morning. I could hear get down, screaming. At that point the guns were so loud. Reporter Authorities Say he tried to get into classrooms with the intent of shooting children. But workers initiated a lockdown that undoubtedly saved lives. People are bringing their children to school at that time of the morning. I just cant say for you that it was monument al to take that action. Our teachers told to us go into the classroom. He pushed something against the door just in case he comes in. Reporter a child and a single adult were both shot near the school. Both are now in the hospital. After he passed this school where he was firing shots, he then continued along the two lane road heading into town. Brian flynn said the gunman, his neighbor, had been firing off his gun a lot recently. In fact, hundreds of rounds from high capacity magazines. He and his roommate told authorities their neighbor was acting crazy and threatening them. Flint said his roommate was among the victims. The crazy thing is that the neighbor has been shooting a lot of bullets lately, hundreds of rounds, large magazines. We made it away. This guy is crazy threatening us. Reporter police recovered a rifle and handguns from a stolen vehicle the suspect had been driving. He was killed after two officers engaged him in a shootout a few miles away from where he first started firing. A sixyearold female survivor is in the hospital in fair condition. One Good Samaritan ran towards the gunfire to distract the gunman. I just ran to the school. I was shooting through the windows. And i said, hey, why dont you shoot this way instead . I knew the guy. I knew the guy. California senator Dianne Feinstein tweeted with the people. Of sutherland springs, texas. The fbi and President Trump tweeted this message ago. The president did not mention the shooting in tehama cou a Flash Flood Watch will take effect in the north bay burn areas this afternoon. Mudslides are the biggest concern righ a Flash Flood Watch will take effect in the north bay burn areas this afternoon. Mudslides are the biggest concern right now and sinkholes are another potential threat. The fires melted some of the underground storm drains in santa rosa creating unstable ground. How much rain in the area . We could see up to 2 inches of rain in the area. If it comes in slowly, thats the biggest problem because it could hover. We are seeing rain there at this hour on our hidef doppler. Its coming down good. Some of the areas with darker greens, yellow and orange in santa rosa, rohnert park, looks like the rain is hitting the ground on 101. Right now the storm system is calm. Sonoma napa seeing rain at this hour. We are looking further South Richmond light springs, berkeley, as well. Mill valley coming out heavier. Looks like 101 is going to get is getting the brunt of it at this hour but concord, brentwood, walnut creek light showers just came through that area. So what we are expecting to see today could be as high as 1. 8 inches for santa rosa. The Atmospheric River is picking up moisture coming through. This afternoon well get the most of it. The morning and afternoon commutes will be affected. Right now, we are tracking closures on the bay bridge heating eastbound. At the toll plaza youll be on the brakes. But they are wrapping up at least some of those closures. Youre taking a birdseye view at the bay bridge. This is on the oakland side and headlights are westbound into San Francisco. Back over at the toll plaza, we dont have metering lights on but we certainly have delays in the cash lanes. If you have fastrak youre in the green, 10 minutes into San Francisco. The usual slowdowns along westbound 580 from 205 over to 680. Caltrans has a couple of lanes closed in that direction, as well. They should have that wrapped up by 6 00. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. The hunt is on for an escaped killer who hopped a plane from hawaii to san jose. Kpix 5s andria borba has more on the search for the man authority call a violent psychopath. Reporter this was sunday in video obtained by our sister decision hawaii news now after escaping Hawaii State Hospital and hopping into a waiting cab. Something rotten is going on at the hospital. Reporter you can see him rooting around in the backpack looking at a cell phone talking to the cabbie. [ inaudible ] reporter while being driven to a charter flight to maui. He paid with cash and used an alias. Saito changed clothes ditching the aloha shirt and was on flight 46 to mineta by 12 25. Problem if he boarded with someone elses identification and its not been reported stolen. Reporter this is video of Randall Saito in the 80s. His client suffers from a mental disorder involving a fantasy to kill women and have sex with the bodies. Reporter he admitted to killing Sandra Yamashiro and stabbing her in 1979. Two years ago prosecutors fought against allowing him to be released from the Mental Health hospital or taking trips off the grounds. Because of the risk of danger he posed, we werent comfortable with him being off site even with an escort. Reporter a former assistant special agent in charge of the San Francisco fbi office says u. S. Marshals and the fbi are facing an uphill battle with someone who has been declared insane. Its really anybodys guess even if they are able to put a profile together of this man, its really sort of a guessing best guessing game as to what he might do next or where he might go next. Reporter prosecutors say he is still violent and dangerous as well as charming and smart. He still has the ability or inherent ability to commit another murder or some other violent crime. Reporter ndria borba, kpix 5. Sources say he was in stockton on monday. Jeff sessions says he did not lie under oath about russia but blames the chaos of the campaign for fogging his memory. I have always told the truth. The House Judiciary Committee questioned him for 5 hours yesterday. Months ago at his confirmation hearing he testified that he had no knowledge of any contact between the Trump Campaign and russia. Yesterday he acknowledged being in a meeting when trump adviser George Papadopoulos offered to go to russia on behalf of the campaign. Frankly, i had no recollection of this meeting until i saw these news reports. I do now recall that the march 2016 meeting at the trump hotel that mr. Papadopoulos attended, but i have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting. In march, sessions said he had two meeting with the russia ambassador to the u. S. During the campaign but he says they did not discuss the election. During yesterdays hearing republicans pressed the attorney general investigate Hillary Clinton over a uranium deal and russian company. Senate republicans are trying to dismantle the Affordable Care act through the tax plan. It would eliminate the individual mandate requiring americans to have Health Insurance or pay a penalty on tax return. With millions more americans pun insured, the government would spend less to subsidize health plans. We are cutting taxes for middle and lowincome families. The typical median household of four gets 1,182 tax cut. I would say that the republicans dont know what theyre talking about. According to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, the senate plan would save more than 300 billion over the next decade and result in 13 million fewer americans with Health Insurance. Nancy pelosi called it the tax scam. Alabama Senate Candidate roy moore refuses to drop out of the race. Five women accuse him of sexual misconduct. The gop candidate remains defiant and denies the allegations. Beverly young nelson says when she was 16, moore offered her a ride home and then groped her. Moore says he doesnt even know her but at a press conference on monday nelson brought along her High School Yearbook from the 70s which she says was signed by moore. House Speaker Paul Ryan is among those calling for moore to drop out of the race. Number one, these allegations are credible. Number two, he should if he cares about the values and the people he claims to care about, then he should step aside. Alabama voters go to the polls next month. Time now is 4 42. A new scam has cropped up in the bay area. How thieves are using a ring and a handwritten note to fool their victims. Plus, after more than 6 hours of heated debate, san jose decides whether to adopt new renter protections. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Strengthining the citys rent control policy. Advocates on both sides packed the City Council Chambers last night. San jose Council Members rejected a plan to strengthen rent control. Advocates packed the City Council Chambers last night. The proposal would have tied rent increases in about 45,000 apartments to inflation rather than the current 5 annual cap. Landlords said they need to increase rent to adjust for inflation and upgrade their properties, but tenants advocates said more apartments are becoming unaffordable putting people on the streets. The tenants are suffering. They need this really badly. This is just what right and just. The final vote against the measure was 65. A scam has been targeting bay area women involving a ring and a handwritten note. More now from kpix 5s christin ayers. Reporter it seemed like a story destined for a happy ending. A ring bought at nordstrom, dropped on the street in downtown oakland, picked up by a homeless man and turned over to a reporter. This is where i saw the man pick up the box. He showed me what was written on it. Happy anniversary, love, and i will legible name. Inside the box a 2,000 ring. Its price tag still on, and bar still intact. The homeless man who found it told me he was hungry and was going to settle ring for 40. I decided to buy it so i could track down whoever lost it. We called nordstrom to ask about the ring. But before they could help, our story took a sudden turn. As we were walking on broadway, right where the ring was supposedly found, we caught the same man in the act, holding an identical ring box telling another woman about a lost ring. You dont want to show us that . No. Reporter when he saw me, he made a quick getaway on his bike. The woman didnt want to show her face. How much did it say it was . 2,000. Reporter 2,000 . Thats exactly what this said. Reporter she told us a very familiar story. This guy saw the white box with this on it and he picked it up and he opened it and it was a ring with 2,000 tag. Reporter its a scam. It seems like a scam, yeah. Reporter we wanted to know if the price tag was real. So we brought the ring to jennifer sahada at a jewelers in oakland. The stone is not real. Its cubic zirconia. So the stone has no value. Reporter the rings band, also worthless. She said she has seen this before. I have seen a ring if not this one, very, very similar, probably a couple of weeks ago. I think to a layman who didnt know, they could be fooled by this. Reporter christin ayers, kpix 5. Nordstrom had no comment about the man using the branding. Today is the official opening of dungeness crab season recreational crab fishing started last week. Public Health Officials will be keeping a close eye on the crabs for Dangerous Levels of domoic acid which delayed the start of the last two commercial seasons. So far no warnings out for bay area waters. Last year, i bought a crab net went out twice, failed. My daughter went with me. So this year i asked her to go again last week. Shes like no. Im staying home. No, thanks, dad. She is a smart girl. Im going to keep trying though. Its going to be raining. Not that it matters if you are on the water, you will be wet either way. Rain today. Lets take a look at our hidef doppler show you where its coming down. There are some scattered showers at the north bay at this hour. Its coming down across places like santa rosa. Highway 101 really getting most of the rain this hour. You can see how its moved off from the ocean to the land. Its bringing a lot of moisture with it so st. Helena at this hour getting rain. Yountville, as well. Glen ellen also shows areas of darker green, yellow and orange. Thats heavy rain. Lighter green areas this virga may not be hitting the ground. So sonoma light rain, napa, mill valley. Its moving east. San francisco dry for right now. But we are expecting to see more of the rain pick up especially this afternoon. Across north bay throughout the morning more rain showers and this afternoon as well as the rain comes from the north to the south by 7 p. M. , more rain through San Francisco. And then it will impact the south bay and the east bay by 10 00 tonight. It will be heavy through Early Morning tomorrow when we see you back here more rain on the hidef doppler. Heres the futurecast as far as how much rain we are talking about, 1 to 2 inches, possibly more for the north bay, Santa Cruz Mountains 3 inches. There is a Flash Flood Watch in effect for the north bay mountains and valleys because of potential mudslides where there were fires. There could be significant problems. As far as snow goes there will be that, too. The cold front will arrive and the snow levels will drop. Donner summit could gets up to 33 inches. So Winter Weather alert is in effect. A winter storm warming. So the level starts at 8,000 to 9,000 feet and then will drop lower but one to feet likely at the tops of the mountains up to 4 feet near zero visibility likely. Wind gusts this afternoon will be picking up, too, between 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour around 3, 4 p. M. Then santa rosa, san rafael, 25 mileperhour wind gusts. So theres a wind advisory in effect, as well. It is a very busy day. We have this system arriving now and its going to stick around through tomorrow when well see more showers continue. The day for a break will be friday when we get sunny conditions out there. Saturday partly cloudy skies and then sunday, monday, another storm in our future. Jaclyn, over to you. Sounds like the roads are going to be busy, as well. Right now, we are tracking a quiet commute along 101. This is in novato near ignacio. 10 minutes from roland to 580. No delays across the Golden Gate Bridge. Very quiet conditions. Speeds in the green down to san jose along 101. We are tracking closures that will remain in effect until mid january of next year. So highway 35 skyline boulevard, thats closed in both directions. Around highway 9. They have detours in place four. But do factor that in. 101 at north first street no delays northbound although its starting to get crowded out there as you head up towards san antonio. Back to you guys. Time now 4 51. Uber is facing legal action from female customers who say the company put them in danger. And a major ruling could leave the city of oakland on the hook for lawsuits connected to the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. And of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. If that isnt a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president , then what has our government become . Im tom steyer, and like you, im a citizen who knows its up to us to do something. Its why im funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. A Republican Congress once impeached a president for far less. Yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger whos mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. And they do nothing. Join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing whats political and start doing whats right. Our country depends on it. Good morning. Heres your high temperatures today. We are going to feel the cool wet weather out there. Temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for palo alto. Mountain view, fremont, as well, 65 degrees. Over to the east bay, pittsburg expected to reach 69, fairfield 67. Across San Francisco, 63 today. Sausalito 62. Rain, the 50s across the north bay. We are seeing some crowds develop over at the bay bridge toll plaza. Busier than usual. Busy start to your wednesday morning commute. Give yourself some extra time. A shelter in place alert has been lifted in alameda. The alert first went out around 9 30 last night in northwood and cambridge drive. It lasted for a couple of hours. Police were looking for a suspect in the neighborhood but so far they have given no details. Two women are suing uber saying drivers assaulted them. The Class Action Lawsuit against uber says women were misled into believing that they would be safe using the ridesharing app. The suit seeks compensation and forces uber to implement stronger background checks on drivers. Uber is reviewing the complaint. Meanwhile, students at San Jose State University wants to make sure clothes sold at their schools arent made in sweatshops. They are asking the School President to submit to the cause. Students staged the demonstration yesterday in hopes that the schools president would see their message. We have accountability practices in place against this. Well look into the details. The group wants sjsu to join the list of nearly 200 other schools partnered with the workers rights consortium. An update now on the deadly oakland warehouse fire. An Alameda County judge ruled the city of oakland had a mandatory duty to keep people safe inside the ghost ship warehouse. That decision could leave oakland liable for the 36 deaths when the building caught fire nearly a year ago. In the civil lawsuit the victims family documented the dangerous conditions within the artist collective. They allege the city knew about the unpermitted uses and fire risk. Records show police, firefighters and building inspectors checked on the building before the fire and saw the mazelike nature of the warehouse with furniture, extension cords and personal belongings. The city can appeal the latest ruling. Oakland along with the landlord, master tenant, Alameda County and pg e are the defendants in the civil lawsuit. Its 4 57. The man who escaped from a state Psychiatric Hospital in hawaii is believed to be on the loose in Northern California this morning. Up next, what our sources are telling us about his whereabouts. Reporter hopes are high for this years crab season. It officially kicked off at midnight. Coming up, what we can expect. And im kenny choi. Ive look ou good morning, everyone. It is wednesday, november 15th. Im michelle griego. Good morning, im kenny choi. Lets start the day with a live look outside as the morning rush is about to start as we take a look at the nimitz freeway. In oakland, traffic looking okay right there. And on the left, you have the Golden Gate Bridge courtesy of our camera atop sutro and pretty Clear Conditions but we have some rain in the forecast. Already across the north bay rain coming down. You can see it started around 2 15 this morning. Its picking up as far as the amount of rain thats falling especially across much of the north bay also San Francisco seeing rain coming down at this hour. Santa rosa, rohnert park, sonoma starting to see rain. Just to the west right along the coast, its where its coming down heaviest. Mill valley saw some. San francisco, san bruno, getting rain, daly city also. So san mateo, redwood city, all next in line. We have a Flash Flood Watch in effect through 3 a. M. Tomorrow. Up to 2 or more of rain expected, causing mudslides in the burn areas. Good morning. We are tracking a threecar crash. This is along westbound 80 just before the carquinez bridge. Its on the shoulder not causing slowdowns. You may see some flashing lights in the area. Crowded already on the eastshore freeway but