Hazardous waste from 15 homes closest to schools. There are 1280 homes to get to from calorie cycle can remove what remains, compressed air tanks like this must go. The combination of big trucks and tanks could be scary. 4,000 people scuba tank that didnt rp tour, someone drives over it with a bulldozer, youve got a problem. Reporter everything will go to a certified Waste Recycling facility. Sillders marked okay can stay. I feel bad for people that lost houses. This is, to me, reminiscent of hurricane katrina. Reporter the epa will be able to recover more once joined by contractors they plan to cover 70 to 100 homes per day. All homeowners have given officials permission to enter their homes, theyre hoping to get to thousand homes over the course of the next month. And i want to show you one other thing this afternoon. This is a for sale sign here. As is, no warranty. Mechanic specials, 0. People here are finding a sense of humor as best they can in all of the devastation. Live in middleton, abc7 news. The month of september ended about the same way it started with a september rift. This is from a womans backyard. Here is video we shot today. Not exactly a drought busting storm but well take what we can get. Sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7 hd. We have had a few hundredths of an inch. Just enough rain to wash out the cars a little bit. Doppler 7 hd quieted down perfe perfect from earlier in the day. Were seeing light returns but most is east. Here is what is going on. Weve been seeing this moisture streaming in from the southwest, moving northeast. That is going to continue. Rainfall totals 5 100ths in San Francisco. Concord, 4 100ths, oakland, 1 100ths in san jose. Half moon bay, 3 100ths. Santa rosa, nothing. Taking a look at the next several hours, more showers are going to develop. And youll need to pull those umbrellas out again. Ill take a look at the time line of the showers and what we have tomorrow morning coming up. The rain is partially to blame for accidents on the highways. The patrol tweeted out it lost count of how many. The chp tells us abc7 news responded to 200 collision calls, increasing over 30 . Todays rain is a good reminder to clean up before bigger winter rains hit, and its coming. Chris nguyen is live with the story tonight. Chris . Reporter hi, dan, if youre looking for someone to clean gutters they have been swamped. Just going on camera was a challenge because of their schedules. Gutter cleaning etch perts say theyre getting inundated with calls. Anybody good is easy. Reporter robert spent the day installing a new gutter and is booked for october and into first week of november. It doesnt rain in summer time, you know . Why fix when its not rain something well, now, they want it done before the el nino hits. Reporter in san jose, ken is following up on a job he did a few months ago. He says Property Owners should be pro active. If there are trees around, they should be done every six months. If not, at least inspected every six months. Reporter if you happen to hire someone, experts say have them do this before they leave. Just flush you out. Make sure that water is going down the pipes and the gutter is working. That is a problem. They clean gutters but down spouts are flooded. Just normal people. Never put it off until tomorrow what you can do the day after. Reporter this guy along with others hoping hell be okay. In the south bay, chris nguyen, abc7 news. And remember, rain, or shine, you can track weather with abc7s weather app. Its a free down load. And you can down load it from the apple store or google play. Tonight details on the inmate who died in county jail monday. David louie was the first to tweet out the autopsy results for walter rocha. There is no signs of foul play or injury. He was the second inmate to die in custody in the last month. Officials say they followed procedures but he wont leave his cell. He died on the 8th floor. Tonight an outpouring of grief and support for a young artist shot and killed. Antonio ramos was killed while working on a mural designed to promote nonviolence in the community. Ramos was killed near the place where he was painting in a free overpass along west street abc7 news is live in west oakland tonight with more on the story. Laura . Reporter we have seen a steady flow of people here at this growing memorial. And have talked with the artist working next to ramos when he was shot. The artist told us there was no altercation. Just a brief conversation and then a they came to the spot where the 27yearold was shot and killed. He went out on the top of, you know his game. As far as, you know, the thing he wanted to do with his life. There was no, no, active violence between him and my friend. Reporter javier is the lead artist for the mural project. Ways right above ramos on scaffolding when it happened. He told us there was no argument, just a few words exchanged between ramos and the suspect. I think its something antonio saw. He was telling what are you doing there . That is it. Reporter one group called fadd. This is senseless. Its just a young man doing something good for the community. Reporter these artists plan to finish what ramos started. Reporter will the work go on . Definitely. Reporter in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. Police just revealed a man found dead in the Oakland Hills was shot at that location. A bicyclist spotted the body near Joaquin Miller road about 6 30 this morning. The victim appeared to be in his early 20s. They want to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious. A sexually violent child molester is about to move to antioch. The 51yearold is expected to be required to attend therapy and wear a gps tracking bracelet. But the house is in a quiet neighborhood where children live. A public hearing is scheduled for friday morning at 8 30 in martinez. An uber driver has been charged with identify theft after allegedly taking a wallet from a passenger who fell asleep on the ride from San Francisco to berkeley. The passenger apparently dozed off with her wallet and phone in her lan and found out not only had she been overcharged but her cards had been used at stores throughout San Francisco oo. Could there be a cat killer in cambria . We showed you a video of a cat being snatched and tonight a new development. Its a strange and disturbing story. Reporter this is beardsby the cat. Unlike go go, beardsly was found, but killed. The vet says not by a coyote. Here is the video we showed you last night. 17yearold go go the cat lounging monday night last week. A car stopped by the house. The cat napper gets out. He approaches go go, who tries to escape. Slowed down by age, go go cant run fast enough. The catnapper snatched him and takes off. He was so sweechlt i dont understand why anyone can do this. Reporter go gos owner received a lot of emails since the story. Seems now, like quite a few cats have disappeared from the district where go go lives. This cat vanished. He disappeared on saturday. He hadnt been away from home more than a day in years. There has to be a connection do we have a predator . Reporter janets 15yearold cat she believes was abducted. He was last seen sleeping saturday morning. Mckinney alerted a microchip registry. Monday, someone responded saying he found a dead cat. But her husband went to the spot. It was a gruesome discovery he found him in a box, in between two driveways in a culdesac. He had plastic around him and and rocks on the box. A necropsy found he died from blunt force. It was fast. And he probably didnt feel anything. Reporter one last thing. When he was found he was missing his collar. Could it have been taken as a trophy . Vic lee, abc7 news. Well, still ahead here at abc7 news at 6 00 the plans for a storm damaged Apartment Building on the crux of pacifica and how it could backfire if el nino strikes. Fascinating look at affects of the california drought. One of the states biggest reservoirs is drained in less than 30 seconds. One of the hottest zip codes in the bay area . What one National Survey says coming up. On 7 on your side. And the duck at the center of an unusual custody dispute. Why the government wont let [announcer] youre on the right track to save big during sleep trains triple choice sale. For a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interestfree financing on a huge selection of tempurpedic models. Or choose to save 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. You can even choose 300 in free gifts with sleep trains most popular Stearns Foster mattresses. The triple choice sale on now at sleep train. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep and we just couldnt say thno to that face. Ns then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says. Oh yeah, thats betty. Youre going to want to do this alligator thing. And betty didnt lead us wrong. A little later we passed some dancing. And who doesnt like dancing . Especially when its followed by fireworks everyones nola is different. Follow yours. Great change comes from doing the right thing. Like the radical idea that health isnt an industry. Its a cause. So we do things differently. We combine care and coverage. And believe prevention is the most powerful of cures. So forgive us for not going with the flow. We just think the flow should go with us. Which makes us rebels with one cause. Your health. And meteorologists are forecasting a strong el nino. You may remember one el nino caused big problems for esplanade avenue. Reporter this is a popular spot not because people are keeping an eye on the cliff but because im told there are about six whales out there. Still, there have been some chatter regarding the cliff, the rain, and el nino. This is a unit next to the apartment complex that was red tagged years ago because of the eroding cliffs. I was left here, this apartment. I am not sure so much. Reporter the sandbags have never been taken away. The pipes are still here, no one has lived in the building since deemed unsafe several years ago. The storms in the high tide eroded the cliff. With another el nino weather pattern expected this winter, the city of pacifica is proposing to tear the building down with the one next to it. Residents were invited to a hearing to weigh in. The director of the Planning Department did not respond to our calls. Many here support taking it down quickly. Its more concern to me that it will fall and go into the ocean. That is not good, either. Reporter boulders have kept erosion to a minimum but some fear with the building gone, the cliff will continue to erode. I continued to live here until they tell us to move out. Reporter some predict that may happen sooner than expected because of the potential Sea Level Rise from climate change. Most folks are eager to see the rain return. Here is a video showing why. It was shot this year at folsom lake. We picked up a quarter way through. You can see how the water level is just dropping. Folsom lake is just 18 full. The Second Lowest of all time. This rain does nothing for the drought but helps a tiny bit, we hope. And hoping for more rain. Do we have more days like this still to come . We have chances. And a couple opportunities sunday, then, again next week. Middle of the week. So lets check out live doppler 7 hd. Its great to see the rain, when right now, quiet pictures here. The rain shifted off but there is still more moisture. About 30 miles away from the bay area. So do expect more showers. It is raining in the truckee and ta he area. This is because freezing levels are high, about 13,000 feet but they will drop tomorrow, which means a mix of rain and snow is expected. Take a look at this shot. I love how the suns rays reflect on the bay. Half moon bay, 63 degrees. San jose camera showing you a cloudy view. Numbers into upper 60s in santa rosa and napa and livermore. This is a nice view of it from our east bay hills camera, youre seeing peeks of sun there. Scattered showers through morning. Sunny, warmer friday and a slight chance of showers sunday morning. Satellite radar showing what you is going on here. This cold front getting closer to us. Subtropical jet stream feeding in moisture. Not all has been hitting the ground but we have seen showers which have been welcome. More showers are coming in overnight tonight. Then, going into morning commute. Here is a look at computer animation. Tonight at 7 00 just cloud cover. Could be misty and drizzly at times. By 10 00 p. M. , really the showers becoming scattered as we head towards morning commute. A few spots youll see damp roadways. Just be prepared and have umbrellas handy. Well see more showers developing but over mountains into early afternoon. Here is the second system. Saturday night, it comes down from the pacific northwest. Its a cold low, limited in moisture. There will be some showers associated with this. Right now, models heading down towards Southern California but it could wrap around. So one model going wet, the other, not so much. A slight chance for sunday morning. Tomorrow morning, temperatures low 50s to low 60s. Then, afternoon hours going to be warmer as we do see sunny breaks. 70 in richmond. 67 San Francisco. 72 san mateo. 65 half moon bay. 76 san jose. Accuweather forecast, after the morning showers, bring out shades, friday, sunny and warmer. The weekend is cooler, 60s to 70s with possibilities of showers sunday morning and again, wednesday. If that system holds together, going into thursday that looks more promising. Really . That would be nice. Thank you. Coming up next, the Ground Breaking tactic officials are using to stop a tagger. Caitlyn jenner will not face charges in a accident last year in malibu. Prosecutors say they dont have evidence of criminal violation for conviction. The crash happened months before jenner went public with her gender transition. She was formerly known as bruce jenner, a 1976 olympic champion. San francisco took a step to keep a tagger from damaging more property. A judge issued a preliminary injunction against a graffiti vandal accused of causing 88,000 worth of damage. Shes been cited before for vandalism but Authorities Say that hasnt stopped her. So they took a new approach. In her mind, i hope this does up the ante. Well seek to collect her assets and this judgment. The City Attorney says she bragged on social media under the injunction terry can only travel for work on muni and now allowed to carry spray paint and markers. A good day on wall street does not come close to what has been the worst three four years. And there is a graph that shows what the du has done that ended just today. There is more still to come tonight. Just ahead, the russians again launching air strikes in syria, but what are the targets . What is behind these attacks . A Bay Area University has second thoukts about hoppering comedian bill cosby. After refusing to issue samesex marriage licenses, a kentucky clerk gets a word of encouragement from the pope. What can i make for you . How about our new flavorpacked italian hero . With three authentic italian deli meats; spiced capicola, a cracked pepperseasoned mortadella and spicy genoa salami. Enjoy it while its here subway. Eat fresh. Russia surprised many World Leaders this morning when it conducted military air strikes in syria. The same week when officials said theyd make an effort to hold more open dialogue with russia. Reporter in a potential game changer in the war on isis, russia conducted air strikes in syria, saying isis military equipment and Communication Centers were hit. Some believe the targets were forces in conflict with syrian president al assad. We must not and will not be confused with support for assad. The United States was only given an hours notice before the air strikes and not given exact locations of where it would take place. Fighting isil without pursuing parallel transitions only risks escalating the civil war in syria. Reporter republican senator john mccain says he believes the purpose is for the russian president to gain more influence in the region. These strikes, near the city of homes is not under control of isis of the islamic state. So already, were seeing the true intentions of vladimir putin. Reporter putin says this operation is limited in time and there will be no russian boots on the ground. Kerry said u. S. And Coalition Air strikes will continue against isis and says attacks with other motives will not be welcomed by the United States. The strikes will question russias real intentions fighting isis or protecting the as sach assad regime. Three more women went public with claims that cosby assaulted them. Usf is the Fourth College to strip an Honorary Degree perfect him, saying quote, we believe there is a moral intention to every human choice and strive to take action that are consistent with the value statement of the university. Party leaders kept a promise of no government should down today. The house voted to avoid a shut down without changing the funding of planned parenthood. It will fund the government until december 11th meaning well see a show down in congress down the load. Leaders are preparing to address spending deadlines. Leaders have a sense of humility to respect views of other people, and not be condescending in terms of our views are the only ones that matter. The height house urged congress to come up with a compromise and they did just that. Donald trump is rebuilding his lead in the race for the republican nomination. A poll gives him a ten point lead over ben carson and carly fee reena. Jeb bush has now slipped into fifth place and in single digits. Trump has a major hurdle to overcome. 61 of those polled have an unfavorable opinion of him. When asked to describe trump, the most frequent responses were idiot or jerk. Oh. Kentucky county Clerk Kim Davis did meet with the pope last week. The vatican officially confirmed the meeting. Davis says she was shocked but honored and humbled. She spent six days in jail for denying marriage licenses to samesex couples. She claims the marriages violate her christian faith. Davis says the meeting has given her a new sense of purpose. There were tears coming out of my eyes. I put my hand out and he grabbed it and i hugged him. And he hugged me. And he said thank you for your courage. Davis says she is prepared to go to jail again necessary. From marin county a tale about the rescue of wild animals. Wayne freedman has a story with best intentions and for residents of one retirement home a sad outcome. Reporter the sign does not close to saying it all. One lost duck. But the absence means juanita isnt literal, it hurts the residents just the same. I dont know why we cant have her back. Reporter despite all of the tears, and emotional trauma. She belongs here. Reporter juanita arrived as a four day old duckling. A gardener found her on the street, brought her inside. The cook had a good heart. I find the duck and i said i can take care of her. Reporter it wasnt enough to keep her. Two weeks ago the mallard flew away, only to be rescued and sent to wild care which must now keep her for reasons without her control. Blame the Migratory Bird treaty act. Wild animals can not be pets. Home fully people cant hate us for something that is the law. Were not allowed to give her back. Reporter they plan to put her on display as an educational exhibit. The director says sometimes, laws get it wrong. I dont understand why juanita is better served in a cage there in san rafael versus in our beautiful yard with a tent here. Reporter try explaining it to elders. You guys werent trying to steal a wild animal, would you . Of course not. Still ahead, Michael Finney looks at the bay areas because at t and directv are offering yesterdays technology, today. Tv from space. [whispered] space as long as its not too rainy. [whispered] rainy or windy. [whispered] windy or there isnt a branch in the way. [whispered] branchy welcome to the moment no ones been waiting for. The Fastest Internet and the best tv experience is already here with x1. Only from xfinity. Im a senior Field Technician for pg e here in san jose. Pg e is using new technology to improve our system, replacing pipelines throughout the city of san jose, to provide safe and reliable services. Raising a family here in the city of san jose has been a wonderful experience. My oldest son now works for pg e. When i do get a chance, an opportunity to work with him, its always a pleasure. I love my job and i care about the work i do. I know how hard our crews work for our customers. I want them to know that they do have a safe and reliable system. Together, were building a better california. Its interesting. A breakdown of zip codes revealed some of the hottest places in the bay area to buy a house. Weve got some of the best neighborhoods anywhere, of course. Michael finney is here with what makes the neighborhoods so special. Reporter all areas ranked on the realtor. Com 50 list. Higher than average growth, strong employment and population was higher incomes. Beyond that, they have unique charms. Sheri and keith lee live in a desirable sk desirable zip code 95008. We just knew its a fun place and still had old timy feel. Reporter realtor. Com names it the 19th most desirable zip code in the country. They point to thriving downtown and small town charm. Among campbells residents are generations of families who grew up, and still live, in the city. If you walk the streets you get a feel of that history. Its a nice feel to it. Reporter homes sell from low 800s to 1. 5 million. Al says it was once a suburb of san jess yeah but now has a reputation of its own. Most homes have a weekend of open house, then a deadline for offers and they sell. Realtor. Com named 94115 the 11th in the country. So this is our family room. Shaban is moving into the neighborhood, renovating this residence and plans to live on the top floor. He paid 3 million, putting in 500,000 for renovation. This neighborhood has weather, location, with a quality housing and character. Reporter homes sell here for 1 million to 3 million. While everything here appreciated last year, over all, 18 , this neighborhood probably appreciated 30 . Reporter several other bay area neighborhoods make the list. Petaluma, and vacaville are experiencing a spillover effect. A combination of millennials looking for homeownership and baby boomers. Mel rose north of boston ranks number one. I have a list of the top 15 on our website. Abc7news. Com. And to see all of my reports, that is where you go. Click on 7 on your side icon. That is interesting. Thank you. A local cheese shop is on cue for a big slice of the future. The bond grow old with me let us share what we see just you and i grow old with me let us share what we see and oh the best it could be just you and i [get up to 48 monthsw interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Save 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Or choose 300 in free gifts with Stearns Foster. The triple choice sale is on now at sleep train. Now, a story for you cheese lovers out there. A popular San Francisco restaurant has a new item that get this, will run you a thousand dollars. What could that possibly be . Jonathan bloom has been looking into it. Reporter amid 12 cheese plates and 10 wine there is something new. Few people have mentioned it. Reporter sue bought one thing you cant eat. The 1,000 founders special. It feels like its sort of fits with the good food movement. Reporter sarah had no idea how big this would get. If you come here saturday and see the line out of the door that makes me feel confident that people are excited about what we do. We have had many people ask are you going think about opening another place . Reporter the answer is yes, with help. The founders special isnt a dish. Its an Investment Opportunity called a direct Public Offering. So that investing in our next business is almost as easy as buying a glass of wine or beer. Reporter putting it on the menu is unconventional. Having a direct Public Offering has been done before. Ben and jerrys has done it. Think of them as loaning them 1,000 for 4 . Theyll use to it start a new restaurant. It provides a Reasonable Risk on a respectable return. Reporter and its closer than wall street. You feel like youre investing in your community. Reporter in San Francisco, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. Im hungry. Very hungry. Yesterday, ice cream, now, its cheese. Sandhya . Yes. Nice to see the rain out here today. It is. A cheese, soup, that sounds good. And taking a look at live doppler 7 right now, cloud cover over the bay area. Still moisture off the coast and some showers tonight. And there is hurricane joaquin. Its going to veer borj eastward so theyve seen flooding there and record rainfall on the east coast. This is going to add to problems. Keep that in mind. Monday morning still a category 2 hurricane. In the sierra, looking at a rainsnow mix. 67 in yosemite. 83 in los angeles. The accuweather forecast shows you a dry warmer friday followed by not only a cool down, but two more opportunities for showers sunday morning. Well see it between december and march. Thank you very much. Lets talk football and an important weekend for Collin Kaepernick. Maybe el nino got him. We need a reasonable explanat n explanation, good evening, after perhaps the worst performance of his life on a football field, all eyes will be on Collin Kaepernick sunday. Is he the niners quarterback of the future . We heard about the work he was doing and none of that was evident last sunday in arizona. He was throwing off balance passes. Niners are hosting packers this sunday. There are more questions about kap can be the niners quarterback for years still to come. His response . That is not really something im concerned with. I have confidence in myself, as far as being able to help the team win. What other people think isnt something i worry about. Im not too big on feelings. Im focused on what i can to help the team win. A niners defense that has been shredded, number 12, aaron rogers playing with machinelike p p precisi precision. He knows in the nfl, assuming a win can be dangerous. Teams are going to have their identify in the first weeks of the season. So if they had a couple tough games, theyre tarting to see themselves at home. Ive worked with this guy a number of years. I think he always played that good. He did. Raiders just ended an 11 game road losing streak in cleveland. Theyre threepoint favorites in chicago. Tells you a couple things. Raiders are Getting Better and bears are just awful. First time since 2012 the raiders are favorites on the road. Look at that gamestealing interception. New raiders head coach jack del rio. He wants to beat me real bad. I want to beat him real bad. Well get our teams prepared. I wish it could be him and i where hess wrestling on the 50. Its going to be our teams going at each other. Should be a good battle. Not sure we want to see them wrestling on the 50. Barry zito today, had one that he can be proud of. Cole calhoun. Two pitches later mike trout. Crushed to dead center. That is his 41 homer of the year. Bases loaded down right field line. Valencia, and alore all score here. In the 4th, threw 76 pitches. And as down 53 but came back with four in the 7th. A 75 lead and right now, it is 75, athletics. Warriors are getting ready for the first preseason game next monday. One made a huge difference. Last year at this time he was driving crazy in practice. Turning the ball over, now, hes a starter who just god paid. Not a care in the world. Everything is more subtle there. You know . I probably took two shots. So everything feels more relaxed. And you get comfortable and relaxed. Funny how that works. Yes. Thank you very much. Join us tonight at 9 00. Using cigarettes to help smokers quit. Then at 11 00 new way some passengers are avoiding pricey parking fees at sfo and the problem that is causing. Well, finally here tonight a few thoughts about about change. This broadcast will never be quite the same after tonight. Well all be here tomorrow, the people youre kind enough to watch each night. But the person with the steady hand on the tiller is moving on. Time to retire. His is not one of the familiar faces of abc7 news until now. For 20 years this guy, bill green has been the producer of the broadcast. No one is more dedicated to getting it right. And putting on a newscast that we can all be proud of. And you can, too. Were all, also proud to have worked with a pro. This is a live look at our control room. Bill, we slipped this into the newscast just a moment ago. Bill, wave, say hello to viewers you have served well so all of these years as we wave and say so long to one of the best in our business. Been a real privilege, buddy. Yes. Congratulationss. Such a gentleman. He is. That is it for this edition of abc7 news. From all of us, and bill green, we appreciate your time. See you at 9 00 and 11 00. Are more likely to have a to frsuccessful future. E born talking and reading to children in their first years has a huge impact on what they do with the rest of their lives. The fewer words they hear, the greater their chances of dropping out of school and getting into trouble. Talk. Read. Sing. Your words have the power to shape their world. Learn more at first5california. Com parents this is jeopardy introducing todays contestants a billing coordinator from cookeville, tennessee. A publisher from madison, wisconsin. And our returning champion, a paralegal from washington, d. C. [ applause ] and now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek. Thank you, johnny gilbert. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Matt jackson is on the right track. First win about 21,000. 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