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Officer. A hug, handshake and they saluted a fallen colleague. Sargeant smith last week. There are no cameras allowed inside of the church behind me but i did sit in for the nearly twohour funeral. There are many chairs and there was some last scombrer a lot of love for a man admired by many. The services for the sargeant began with removal of the casket from a silver hearse. His two brothers were among paul bearers. His wife ask their 6yearold daughter, summer dris dresed in pink, behind inside the Church Attorney general harris directed some comments directly towards smiths only child. Quote. Youre a beautiful girl. Your daddy is a hero. That is how the state of california thinks of him. Tom smiths two brothers took the stage, patrick said, quote, wed never say goodbye im not going to today. Stay safe little brother. We worked the street together and special assignments together. Just the greatest people. This former bart Police Officer worked with both tom ask cell kelly smith. I will remember his sense of humor, his stoic and dry sense of humor. And he was just, just a good man. When he became a Police Officer, he transformed into a good officer, a man z then, he met kelly it turned his life around. When he became a father just made him a complete person. After the service, kelly and young summer walked through the line of Police Officers wanting to pay respects to the man who defined himself as a loving husband and father. Laura anthony, abc7 news. And bart set up tommy Smith Memorial fund at wells fargo to benefit his family we have the ares and account number on abc7 news. Com. The Santa Rosa Police Department Just anoinsed its completed an investigation into the shooting death of a 13yearold andy lopez by a sheriffs officer. Lopez killed while walking with a toy gun designed to look like an assault rifle. Deputy gelhaus says he thought the gun was an ak 47 the case is turned over to the sonoma district attorney. The flu sadly continues to take a deadly toll in the bay area. Officials in San Francisco say a third person now died the numbers continue to rise there are 33 reported smiths in the bay area. The rising number led to a shortage of saline solution in one hospital as well. Abc7 news is live in San Francisco from the Health Department with more. Carolyn . The Health Department here tells us they have not heard from San Francisco hospitals facing a shortage of saline supplies but elsewhere, Health Care Providers have notified doctors and are scrambling to try to make sure that they dont run out. The spike in cases this year have having unanticipated impact. Dehydrated patients are coming into hospitals and clinics like here at mills peninsula where theyre given an iv grip a saline solution that is contributing to a nationwide shortage. We probably have enough to last 2, 3 weeks. Were just trying to get what we can. Jeanette is administrative director and says a combination of an increase in flu patients and problems with manufacturing has been using alternatives to saline and scrambling to find vendors. Its not normal. And is worry some. Other hospitals say theyre in the experiencing shortages but with others nationwide reporting limited supply the fda is on notice the San Francisco Health Department announces another flu death. Josie wong decided to get a vaccination. Were well into flu season, experts say its not too late. If you remember h1n1 it hit in spring, 2009. And so our message remains the same, getting sack vein yated. We have brought concerns tonight. 17 california communities could soon run out of water. Experts say without rain they can run out within months 17 communities are in danger of running out of water. Most are Rural Communities drought is pushing fishing in the bay area. And Officials Say the move to protect as many fish as a stream flow dwindles youve heard a storm is moving through the bay area. Its not expected to help. You can see there have been light showers but will tlb more . Yes. Were about to get some rain here. And first system in weeks. Lets get to sandhya patel. It is dry. Youre going to want to hang on to there is a little bit of moisture starting to show up thflt storm hasnt actually made it to the bay area yet. Take a look at pacific picture. Youll see its still off the coast. Its going to work towards us. And youll need to have umbrellas handy. And tomorrow, were expecting showers. Ill let you know when the bulk of the rain will arrive. Back in a few minutes. Thank you very much. You can track the rain in the bay area using live doppler seven hd. Its handy it and works well. One bird caused 90 Airline Passengers to be late today. The flight resumed about 45 minutes later. Well, open the ground one of the busiest streets just got a makeover to make it safer for pedestrians. Officials celebrated end of three years of construction along a onemile stretch of cesar chavez street. The street was then redesigned. Im guessing the number of lanes and wide kwlening sidewalks. Its making it safer for people to cross the street. The median allows places for people to stop if they need more time to cross the street. The make overcost 28 million. Everything you do, they charge you for it. This after learning the district will begin charging a parking fee. Starting monday, drivers zil to pay two to park at the larkspur lot. And dreefrs will have to register and pay by telephone or a smart phone app. Not doing so will result in a fine. San jose wants your camera. Coming up a police force needed to help deal with surging crime rate and the the city once known as one of the safest in the country. Also, antioxidants. Turns out some do more harm than good plus, stem cells in a half one of t is that millions of peopleia will qualify for Financial Assistance. Its important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater Financial Assistance you will receive. Enroll now at coveredca. Com. Is police hope a 5,000 reward helps catch a sexual predator. A 6yearold said the man grabbed her on international boulevard. The victim he wore light blue jeans and black shoes tonight san jose considering a plan to get more people to buy security cameras to help fight crime. Abc7 news is live in san jess yeah to explain how this program would work. Yes. David . Its your turn, go ahead. This month, police and arson investigators had this security video showing a suspect. Police in alameda able to identify a thief from a video. San Jose City Council member would like to find a way to encourage more business asks residents to buy and install surveillance cameras. Were trying to provide a way to enable folks to buy into systems with a discount if they want to address. He took his proposal to city Council Rules economy the idea might be a tool to investigate who otherwise might have to knock on doors to see if someone has a system. I suspect there are cameras out there that could be useful to us. Getting nem a fashion to access them. However, one resident warned access wont lead to to more crime solving. This is good police work. Concerns and making citizens agents were raised but videos would be turned over. Every piece of evidence should be reported with out hesitation ordeal yachlt meaning a bern a Security System can down load it on to a flash drive ask call the police the committee turned over the proposal to study before coming up for a vote. Sonoma county board aproufed a plan to allow Homeless People to sleep overnight in cars in a parking lot at the fair grounds the Santa Rosa Diocese will operate the program from this saturday until april. Livermore voted in favor of an urban camping ban a fire in a san rafael home caused 200,000 in damage the Fire Department pro veeding these pictures says it was likely started by spontaneous combustion of oily rags. It started and damaged three cars, the rags come bust when rolled up as oil drys, it produces heat. When combined with air, flames break out. There has been a remarkable break through on Stem Cell Research that could provide insight into the way the human body heals from injury. Researchers managed to turn adult cells into stem cells that were capable of turning into any cell in the bod yeechl cells were bathed in an acidic solution then placed under pressure. If it can be repeated in people, researchers say there is a huge implication for the way many ways that they could be used to Heal Injuries and treat disease. And there is some new research about health impants of antioxidants. Theyre widely thought to be cancer fighters now Research Shows they may be doing more harm than scientists believe antioxidants block a key cancerfighting mechanism and caution mer research is needed and could not make General Health recommendations based on studies in mice. That is just counter to everything weve heard all of these years. I know. Justice department is vowing to track down the thieves behind a holiday security breech. The commitment to hunt down those responsible, thieves stole 40 million card numbers of customers who stopped during the christmas season. Another 70 Million People had their e mail addresses and phone numbers stolen. Holder made comments before Senate Judiciary committee. Banks say they spent 153 million as a result of this one breech. 14 consumer groups called on banning discrimination against california drivers saying using those factors to determine insurance rates is illegal under prop petitioners say they be based on driving records and driving experience. The trade group disagrows saying under 103, customers are able to give discounts if theyre averaged broadly among drivers under a group plan. This evening a warning from nutrition labelled at the grocery store, shoppers may in the take time to read fine print. Big words may not represent what sin side of the packages. If only reading the front of the package, many times, theyre not. And they where use those to catch our attention. The words wheat may not mean whole grain bread just because it has words light on it, doesnt mean you can eat anymore of it. Also, steer clear of the words partially hydrogen yated oil. Really stay away from fully high drone yated. Yes. That is worse. Its all bad thank you. Were finally talking about rain. Here you go. Skies look threatening. And there are light showers, taking a look now youll notice a little bit of a break. And looking north there is drizzle, light showers a possibility. Sierra nevada tracking rain and will switch to snow. Winter storm warning until 6 00 p. M. Snow going to add up 8 inches expected. And here is our view. Snow pack is low. Jose, 64 degrees. Ask our view just gorgeous. Sun trying to peek through looking west there. 56 in santa rosa. 61 concord and livermore 63 degrees. There is record high temperatures at degrees. Rain spreads tonight. Showers linger. Were going to see snow piling up. Were hurting for rain s this going to make a huge dent in our deficit . No. Will it help . Absolutely. Here is a look at the timing of everything. Notice rain shifting down towards south bay. It will be wet so give yourself plenty of time. Showers are scattered into wee hours of friday morning. Lower elevations a ten toj quarter inch. Were expecting another mild one. With cloud cover there are lingering showers. Biggest thing is that its cooler. Make sure you grab umbrellas showers tomorrow. Chance of rain friday. Then, its dry, more sunshine saturday. Sunday, mostly cloudy skies. Were back to a milder pattern for early to middle of the week. Rain come together bay area much needed since last significant rain was december 7 of last year. Back to you. Every drop is welcome absolutely thank you. When it does rain we want to see your puddle pictures. Share them with ugs. Well get as many as we can. And just ahead a disturbing discovery in the home of a elementary schoolteacher. How treatment of neediest patients improved lives of an Orange County elementary schoolteacher faces animal cruelty charges after Authorities Say as many as 350 pythons were left in deplorable conditions stored in bin asks inside the 53yearold william buckmans house, nearly all were dead. Rats and mice were also found inside. This doesnt look too bad theyre very cold it appears most of them havent eaten in quite a while. There are stages of dieing and dead. And under weight. Gosh. Police served a search warrant after neighbors complained about a strong odor there is the picture, buckman told authorities he started breeding them as a hobby. A correctional deputy finds himself in the jam jail where he worked for a decade after he was arrested on drug possession charges. The sheriff investigators claim he let criminals live in his home in exchange forgiving him illegal drugs. Good news tonight for facebook shareholders after the social Networks Revenue grew by 63 . Menlo park based facebook brought in 2. 5 billion, beating expectations for final quarter of the year. Mobile advertising revenue drove that surge, ads on smart phone as kt for half of the advertising revenue. Analysts say this shows facebook is keeping up with a shift from desk top to mobile phones. Its all about mobile. Yes. Just ahead we have new details about a puppy found on a Conveyor Belt. [uncle]this is hopscotch,okay . Uncle go one,two,one,two,one two,one. [niece]okay [uncle]okay . [niece]one,two three,four,five,six,seven,eight [uncle laughing] okay,we go the other way,okay . [niece]one,two,three,four,five, six,seven [uncle laughs]theres ten spaces,you want to try again . [uncle]yeah . That millions of red california is that millions of people will qualify for Financial Assistance. Its important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater Financial Assistance you will receive. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. Coming up at 6 00 a live report from the sierra for a look at changing weather condition thats are important to skiers and water supply. Also tonight the 81yearold woman shot by a burglar. Shes recovering from a wound that left her unable to enjoy her favorite past time. How californias biggest water users harnessed the power of the sun to help out with the drought. Carolyn, thank you. We know who is adopting that little puppy found on a Conveyor Belt last month. The poodle named gem will be adopted by a recology employee. The staff member who had the support of two employees won the lottery to adopt gem. He will pick up the pup tomorrow. Nice. Wonderful. Thanks for joining us. Im cheryl welcome to world news. Tonight, chaos in the cold. The south covered by snow and ice. Our reporter in the deep freeze with drivers stranded on the highways. People forced to sleep in stores. Thousands of students today still trapped at school by the storm. Caught on camera, the congressman who lashed out after the president s speech. Ill though you off this what hes saying today about what really happened. An abc news exclusive, the whistleblower fearing for his life with allegations of massive corruption at the Winter Olympics by top russian officials linked to president putin. And freefall. An unconscious skydiver wearing a camera plunges to earth. New heartpounding video of the daring race to save his life