The rest of the bay area the next several hours. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im veronica de la cruz. Darren peck is showing us what high def doppler looks like right now. We all agree, we need the rain. But this storm just has some of the most inconsiderate timing. Look at high def doppler, the yellow and orange shows the strongest rain. Its lined upper up perfectly along the 101 corridor. Thats where the heaviest is now and has been the last 45 minutes to an hour. Hang out if youre on the 80 corridor or any of the others that work their way through the east bay or south bay, that band of rain is headed your way. Thats what it looks like when you time lapse it. Ill be back with more in the complete forecast and go into the all the details. See you then. All right, darren, thanks. 2019 will go down as a deadly y theres a shocking number of pedestrian deaths this year. Kpix 5s andria borba live in San Francisco with whats being done to address the rising numbers. Reporter ken, im at the corner of drum and california here in San Francisco, one of a number of busy pedestrian intersections here in the city, but the pedestrian death problem is not just facing San Francisco. Its facing cities large and small across the bay area and the state. So far on the streets of San Francisco this year, 17 pedestrians have been hit and killed by cars. Walkers say every trip into a crosswalk is a potentially dangerous on sometimes its okay, but a lot of times people dont Pay Attention to the traffic signs. We have the walk and theyll just ride through. Reporter and its not just the city by the bay. In san jose the number is a staggering 57 pedestrian deaths so far this year, including this crash in south san jose last wednesday leaving a 40yearold man dead. In berkeley, 2 pedestrians have been hit and killed in 2019, and 89 injured in crashes. Acting director of the sfmta says the push toward vision zero, no traffic related deaths, cant happen until drivers slow down. Well the single biggest thing that causes pedestrian deaths in traffic is speeding. When drivers drive over the speed limit at speeds not safe for city streets, tragic events occur. Reporter in San Francisco its led to fast tracking projects along streets where fatalities and crashes are the highest. In a statement to kpix 5, walk sf said more changes need to come in the new year for Pedestrian Safety including more Police Enforcement of dangerous driving, lower speed limits on key streets, and for many more intersections with no turn on red so at pedestrians can truly cross safely. The sfmta has one wish. I would get everyone in San Francisco to drive just a little bit slower. Reporter now coming up early in 2020, we can expect the state legislature to make some progress on giving local cities more control over speed limits in their own cities. That might allow cities like San Francisco to lower the speed limits on roads in this city. The same goes across the state. Live in San Francisco, andria borba, kpix 5. Milpitas police just released photos of 3 men suspected in a smash and grab robbery that happened back in august at the valani jewelers store in the great mall. Minutes before police say the 3 robbed a nearby home depot store. The photo shows them in that store and getting into a car. At the jewelry store, the 3 suspects broke display cases and stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and watches. A group of oakland mothers fighting to keep control of a vacant home theyve been living in. Momsfor housing is a group of mothers without shelter and their children, and they say theyve been living at the home on magnolia and 30th since midnovember. This week an eviction notice was taped to the door. It comes from the owner of the house thats been holding the property vacant. We want to talk to them. We want somebody to negotiate with us. They should give us this home. All of the homelessness theyve created, they should give us this home. We deserve this home. Moms for housing has started a petition to keep the home. The group says the Sheriffs Office will come on the 17th to evict them, and they hope the community will come out and help rally around them on that day. Hes been out of a job for 77 days after being released from the raiders and then the patriots, and tonight Antonio Brown is asking for another chance. Brown posted a lengthy apology on instagram this morning saying he is sorry to his family, friends, and anyone who he offended. Some nfl insiders believe it could be a ploy to try and get back in the league. Brown said in part quote over the past few weeks ive had the opportunity to think about everything thats transpired and im deeply sorry to the organizations i offended. My hope is that you forgive me and help me move on from this minor setback. I look forward to competing and helping the team reach their goals. The raiders released brown just 2 days before the teams Season Opener after a series of issues including grievances he filed about having to wear a league mandated helmet and the patriots then picked him up, but they had to release him in september after allegations of Sexual Assault and misconduct surfaced. Will elon musk pay the price for angrtweet . The verdict is in on his defamation showdown with a british cave diver. This dance class was really one of the first of its kind. And our original report, the classic holiday ballet thats providing some much needed therapy to a very unique group of dance students. Coming up new at 6 00, the bay area losing a big sports event. The pac12 championship title game moving out. Why some officials are not shedding tears about it. On the economy, a unique leader. Mike bloombergs created over 400,000 jobs. As president , an opportunity economy that works for us. Tax fairness where the wealthy pay their fair share. Education. Affordable college and high skill Vocational Training so people can succeed in the new economy. Economic security. Lower Cost Health Care and affordable middleclass housing. Proven leadership on jobs. To build an economy where people dont just get by, they get ahead. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. A Court Victory today for elon musk. Reporter dave lopez has the story of a musk tweet that led to a lawsuit. Reporter no comment from the jurors, but the verdict reached in less than 45 minutes spoke volumes. No defamation. Elon musk doesnt have to pay a dime. Ill only say the jury got this right. Reporter musk was whisked out the back door by court security. His only comment was quote my faith in humanity has been restored. I respect the jurys decision. Reporter a british diver had sued musk because musk called him quote a peddle guy on twitter. Went toe to toe with a billionaire. Reporter the tweet was so damaging alleged his attorney, he should get 5 million in actual damages. The attorney for musk told the thought que, hethis riadding if gave him a dollar. Ive taken it on the chin and have to get on with it. Reporter why dont you think they believed you . Its not a matter of belief. Heres what everybody standing out here in this press pool needs to understand, the challenge as i framed it to that jury was what elon musk said to him. If you do not sue, it is true. Reporter but in order to award damages t jury had to find defamation had occurred, and they said no defamation. Its now said by this jury that insults, however grave, however unpleasant, are completely open season. And that was dave lopez reporting. U. S. Regulators have found that Cambridge Analytica has been deceptive of its handling of data. One of their clients was president trumps 2016 election campaign. Theyve been found to have deceived users of collection of data and participation in the cross border transportations for of data. The november jobs report is showing the lowest Unemployment Rate in the u. S. In half a century. U. S. Labor Department Says the economy grew by 266,000 jobs. At the same time the nations Unemployment Rate fell to a 3. 5 percent level. Thats a 50 year low. The end of gms more than month long strike heavily impacted the numbers. Manufacturing jobs grew by 54,000. And the dow surged more than 300 points after that report. The nasdaq closed up about 85 points. Our maria medina asked face the nation moderator Margaret Brennan about the job numbers and how theyll impact president trumps bid for the reelection and the impeachment inquiry. This is something his campaign will return to time and time again. Its also something that helps him hug republicans a little closer, even those that werent pleased and not defending his behavior has it relates to the impeachment process. Watch Margaret Brennan on face the nation sunday at 8 30 a. M. Here on kpix 5. Kpix 5 is teaming up with local food banks to help our neighbors in need this season. Michelle griego is in santa rosa with a generous donation to our food for bay area families drive. Reporter here at the food bank, you can see the volunteers busy packing up the apples. 50 percent of the food distributed here is fresh produce, and they couldnt do that without help of their sponsors. Redwood credit union is one of those and you have a generous gift. Yes, when you think about the need in our communities, hunger is that basic need, so we partnered with the food bank in financial dollars, but also more importantly we have employees that donate their hours and volunteer across all the food banks. This particular food bank, 272 hours this year helping prepare 37,000 meals. With the recent fires up here, the need is greater than ever, so were proud of what weve been able to do, but really want to thank lisa and her team for helping the community with their hunger needs. Reporter the check is 55,143, and lisa with Empire Food Bank is here, and this is a very generous donation. Yes, it is. Well be able to serve over 200,000 meals in the community with this check. Reporter if youd like to give, just go to k pix. Com give. Coming up, its a disease with no cure, but dance is providing some hope. How a classic ballet is helping parkinsons patients. All right, straight back into high def doppler. Were watching that band of heavy rain thats just kind of working across the north bay and now everybody else. Take a look at a close up view here. You look for the yellows and oranges on here for heavy rain. You can kind of feel overwhelmed when you look at it this way, but clearly theres a pattern. Theres San Francisco. Theres san jose. North bay is where were seeing the most widespread heavy showers. Lets come in for a close up look and well come right back in again to downtown santa rosa. Right where 12 and 101 come together. Oranges on a high def doppler show the rain coming down at a moderate to heavy level. Red is just down right heavy. But thats really good rain thats been consistent through santa rosa and much of the 101 corridor. Petaluma there, you are and as we work back down to the south, well see things have quieted down for the moment for marin. A lot more heavy showers worked into solano county. Hayward, youve started to notice the showers pick up here and work through the east bay right along 580 and 880 and going across the bridges. Were already seeing good rain over the bay and up into the oakland hills, weve got a good little band there. But oakland for the most part seeing the lighter rain and it extends through the santa cruz mountains. So were in there. The question is now, how long is it going to take . So well switch from high def doppler, put it into the futurecast. Picks up on the rain where it is now. Lets play it forward and ill let this go all the way until about 11 00 tonight. Watch what happens. It will take awhile. Rain keeps going. And then by the time weve gotten into the 1 00 hour on saturday, the heaviest rain has moved to the east and well get a break from the first phase of this storm. Ill show you the forecast for saturday coming up here in a second. First, i just want to talk about one of the leading concerns. Whos getting the best rain now . The north bay. And we still have a burn scar from the kinkade fire up in sonoma county. And looking at the accumulating rainfall totals from now and saturday afternoon, thats 5. 5 inches on the highest mountains above the burn scar. All that water has to flow through the burn scar. This will be tricky territory, particularly for anybody thats going to be out on roads through the rural area of the burn scar. You should really avoid that. Keep your wits about you, any drainages youre near, even rock slides on the highway you may have no way of knowing. Not a good time to drive in the vicinity of the burn scar, so we have a Flash Flood Watch until 4 00 in the morning on saturday. Now lets talk about the weekend because i showed you fridays rain. Lets talk about saturday first, saturday were still in this all day. The details for saturday are on and off showers that will be heavy at times. Saturday, remember, well be back in the center of the storm. Were seeing the front edge now, but saturday were in the center of it. Thats where youre most likely to get pop up thunderstorms. Then we get to sunday and things start to calm down. We focus mainly on the morning. A few left over showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm. And into the afternoon on sunday, things will begin to clear and yes, it will snow in the sierra. Not as low as wed like. Snow levels around 6,000 feet. At least for the meaningful snow. It will make it easier on the drive. It will be decent snow for the ski resorts, but its not the best snow to build in the water storage in the sierra. Its just a little too warm, but well take it. 2 feet on top is still good. Overnight lows warm. Mid50s tonight. Highs tomorrow, thats warmer than average. The cold front isnt Strong Enough to drop the temperatures that much. Then look at monday, sunshine, back into the mid60s, and if you were watching yesterday there was a small chance of rain on wednesday, but were taking that out for now. Coming up new at 6 00, concerns in the fire burn zones tonight. People rushing to shore up ground before that big storm hits. Plus a legal battle over who has rights to bay area sidewalks. A decision in court that could have a great impact on every city in the country. And an update straight from a hospital bed. How a barber is doing after being slammed by a car when a mother didnt like her sons hair cut. The nutcracker returns to the War Memorial Opera House next week in San Francisco. Only on 5, we found out high the classic ballet is helping a unique group of students diagnosed with a devastating disorder. Reporter the nutcracker is packed with swirling snowflakes, a dancing bear, and a sugar plum fairy who dances with flowers. But its here inside this studio at the San Francisco ballet where a different kind of magic is revealed. What i love about the nutcracker is its become a national phenomenon. Reporter here the dancers are not professionals, theyre patients diagnosed with a neurological disorder. Steve has parkinsons. I was looking for something to, you know, keep me going. So a large part of my parkinsons program. Reporter parkinsons disease is chronic and progressive. It impacts the nerves of the brain that control our movements. Reporter theres shaking, muscle stiffness, and difficulty walking, balancing, and coordination. While medications can help, there is no cure. But there is ballet. This class is part of an internationally acclaimed Dance Program or parkinsons patients. Theyre encouraged to bring their loved ones. You know, its good that the spouses can come too so we were a package team. Reporter former ballet dancer and instructor cecilia beam is the teacher. The focus. Its about big movements. Reporter the director brought the program to the et 3 olette, llbamother c herself a dancer and instructor, died from the disease. It was a huge shock when she got diagnosed at a very early age. She was in her late 50s. Reporter armand was determined to help others. Ballet is helping you in a physical way. Reporter as to whether theres proof dance can help. Absolutely. Reporter dr. Megan lynch specializes in neurorehabilitation in San Francisco. More than 38 Peer Reviewed studies point to the benefits of certain kinds of dance for patients with parkinsons. This dance class with the parkinsons patients at San Francisco ballet was really one of the first of its kind. Reporter and while ballet has not yet been rigorously studied, the patients here are convinced. Its very beneficial and makes a difference that pills dont make. Im sure i could stand on one leg longer than i could. And balance is important. The music i think stimulates part of the brain that doesnt get used quite so much. Reporter the dancers said they felt connected to their bodies in a positive way as well as feeling connected to others. The social aspects are undeniable. Reporter towards the end of the class, young dancers from the Ballet School perform 2 pieces from the tcracker. The spanish and then nuthe russian dance. The kids got a treat in return. The patients performed in front of them to rousing applause single game record its nice to see them enjoying dance as much as we do. And there will be a next time, the class is offered a few times a year. Thanks to funding from kaiser its free to patients with parkinsons. Thats it for the news at 5 00. The news at 6 00 begins now. Now at 6 00, here comes the rain. Blue skies giving way to a stormy weekend. Were tracking heavy bands around the bay area right now. South bay losing a Premier College sporting event. The mixed record when it comes to the pac12 football championship at levi stadium. And ups drivers worried about their safety after a series of violented attacks. Our top story on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, were on storm watch tonight. Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. And im ken bastida. High def doppler showing rain sweeping across the bay area right now. That rain coming just in time to soak your friday evening commute. Lets get right over togist rre a look at the heaviest cells. Theres some good ones out there. I want to give you the big picture over the last 2 hours, and you get an idea of what just happened. Look over my shoulder here. Last 2 hours, look at the yellow and orange band that moves across the entire bay area. This is the cold front of the storm. Its the leading edge, and this is likely the most impressive point in in storm. Certainly for tonight. We may see another similar situation develop into tomorrow afternoon, but lets focus on tonight. This is prime time, and its coming right in for the community. The focus has been the north bay. Now everyone is in on this. The showers extend all the way down into santa clara county. But the north bay has seen the most consistent and heaviest rain pretty steady for the last 2 hours. Santa rosa, theres 12 and 101. Yellows and oranges on here show you a good amount