Thinking of getting rid of his lawn altogether. We found several stores sold out of rain barrels that can collect water for the garden. Pg e sent tree crews out to cut back traes that could threaten power lines. I hope they trim my trees here. They do Maintenance Work all over the bay area but pay particular area is areas where there can be downed trees. This is something they do all year round. The branchs have been trimmed way and we are less likely to see power outages. Water, paper products. Something madrid seems to have taken care of. I have candles, towels radio. Pgxe says they have crews ready to go and their own meteorologists who are monitoring. Its chili chilly at at t park. The giants are playing in arizona but fans can watch at at t park. Coming up in ten minutes, searching for a solution. The controversial proposal we need to look at to fight the drought. Three cows shot and killed and a california stolen. It happened at a ranch on eden canyon road. The rancher says the crime isnt just shocking it also cost him thousands of dollars. Michelle, whats behind this do we know . Reporter its a disturbing and bizarre crime. The ranch is about 100 acres. What we do know is one california was stolen and three cows were shot and killed. Two were pregnant. The california is worth 10,000. The Sheriffs Department said they were called to investigate in Castro Valley but investigators believe they were dead for a couple of weeks. They killed the three cows and cut off the ears with the ownership tag. The owner says he doesnt know why swunt would do that. I am not really happy with it. I hope we can catch whoever did it. Any Violence Toward animals is daes pickable. We are going to investigate this. The department is asking for your help if you know anything to report it. Michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. A former player for the niners and the raiders is in trouble with the law for the second time in two years. Police said they found kwame harris in his car with the engine running. He was charged with beating a former boyfriend outside a raunt. Office says he tried to bite an officerss hand. Two carjacking suspects behind bars tonight. It started just before 11 this morning in oakland. The driver sped onto the bay bridge and into san francisco. When the car hit another vehicle, the driver took off on foot and was captured. The crime spree has Community Groups localizing. Nbc bay areas damian true me owe joins us. Neighbors have met the boiling point. Reporter this meeting begins at 5 30 this evening. This meeting could not have come at a better time. He gets to work early every day and every day paul graham says he gets flashback. Every day. It seems like it could happen at any time. Reporter it was an armed robbery. Whats it like to stare down the barrel of a gun . I dont think about it. You go along with it. Reporter its crime like this and fears that prompted the city to hold a crime meeting. Breakins, theft, vandalism as well as gangrelated violence. Reporter she says the idea is to put the community at ease and to answer questions. She is bringing the Police Departments new commander to the meter. Understanding that we are understaffed in our San Jose Police department our new captain will be there to discuss what the community can do to cooperate and coordinate with staffing. Reporter she hopes more cops will soon be on the way to help. Graham tells me the police have not caught the two men who robbed him. I see people with the clean slate tattoo removal program. They go out and talk to kids to keep them out of trouble. Thank you. An overwhelming show of support. A local bar has raised 100,000 to help the family of playoff michael johnson. They raised the monday last week after johnson was shot to death responding to a disturbance call. The owner says the proceeds far exceeded expectations. Journalistic failure. A scathing report about Rolling Stones inaccurate report. The Columbia School of journalism was asked to conduct an investigation and found they failed. In the end the police found no evidence the attack took place. The case of the boston bombing is now with the jury. The prosecutor calls him a man who wanted to terrorize when the eyes of the world would be on boston. The evidence the prosecution presented to the jury. It may not be what you think it is. The ingredient that turned up in breast milk sold online. Bart says there have been more train delays it this year and more to come. I have live in san jose where one Santa Clara County supervisor is talking about desalination. At 6 00, a woman serves her husband with divorce papers via facebook. Thats new at 6 00. Get ready for a slower ride home. Bart is getting set to slow down the system for repair work. An unnamed director said if people knew the full extent of the problems they would have second thoughts about riding bart. Mark i understand that area is one of the trouble spots. Reporter it is. The tracks around the west oakland station are among those that need to be repaired. Bart is not denying what the unnamed director said about the problems. After two derailments on the same area of track, bart is going to be slowing trains at 37 similar spots throughout the system. The fact of the matter is bart is 42 plus years old and our system is aging. Reporter the spokeswoman says repair began last year. A line will be shut down for 11 weekends. To replace it as quickly as possible over the next 11 weeks. Reporter bart riders have noticed more slowdowns and delays. We have seen trains come in late. Reporter bart is telling raiders they will experience even more delays in the coming year. The track between san leandro and bay fair needs work. Work will continue along the pittsburgh bay point line. Thats our longest line. There is more extensive work or definitely single tracking which causes delays to riders. Reporter the spokesperson said that the tracks are safe but she did not dispute what the unnamed director said. There was a suggestion that the statement may have been deliberate in order to attract media attention. A cable car operator is in crate cal condition this evening after an accident in san francisco. The conductor was helping passengers off a car when the car hit him. The passengers on the cable car were trapsford to a city bus. Police are looking for a gunman who shot and killed emiliano nevarez. Police say an argument broke oun and the musician was caught in the cross fair. The victim was doing nothing more than playing music at one of the local nightclubs and was in the process of removing his equipment. Reporter one other man was hurt in the crossfire but will survive. Continuing our coverage of our historic drought, is the answer in the ocean . A wellknown south bay lawmaker says its time to try desalination. A couple of Southern California districts are already trying this process. Mary ann, the potential problems . Reporter there are several. Today Santa Clara County supervisor says later he plans to ask staff to investigate desalination as a water option. Images like this are prompting more people to eye the ocean as help against drought. I support desalination. Its a technology thats been effectively used all over the world. Usually california is on the cutting edge of those kind of technologies. I certainly support it. Reporter in Ventura County a small Water District is operating a small facility that purifies contaminated ground water. Desalination is expensive, costing as much as 1800 to produce 326,000 gallons of grinking water. Compare that to conservation programs. Its one reason why the santa clara district is looking at other options. Its a longterm prospect. It takes a long time to get permits. We have other projects moving forward right now, like recycled water. There are concerns about how much Greenhouse Gas desalination would produce and the impact on marine life in the bay. Reporter next year a 1 billion Desalination Plant is expected to open in the san diego area. We are going to have a sizable storm. Its not going to do anything for the drought but i wont have to turn on my sprinklers. The winds will be kicking up this evening. Cloudy in san jose but we will have three elements of weather. First the winds, which will accelerate. Eventually the rain and low snow levels. A few showers off shore may drift into the north bay before midnight. This is whats going to sweep to the south later tonight. Watch the wind speeds as we approach midnight. Starting to see gusts up to 20 to 30 miles per hour. Those gusts briefly could get close to 45 miles an hour. Should see half an inch of rain for most places but shyerhigher is possible. For most of us the window of the heaviest rain will fall between 11 at night and 4 00 a. M. During the day tomorrow as the cool air comes in we will see a chance of thundershowers. We have the risk of isolated thundershowers tonight until tomorrow about tundown. If you travel a chance of hail. That could bring larger hail down at times. An active day as the cold front goes by. Tomorrow morning we plan on brief downpours. As we see breaks in the clouds thats going to bring the cooler air to power up the thundershowers around lunchtime. Towards the evening commute you will see the risk of scattered showers. You can see our temperatures tomorrow even with the sunshine looking fairly cool. Upper 50s in san francisco. Rain very early in the morning and a risk of scattered showers and thundershowers. Winder storm warning is up as we see the snow totals adding up during the day tomorrow. Maybe as much as feet of snow in kirkwood. The real action hits the bay area tonight or tomorrow but lingering showers in the forecast for the beginning of wednesday. It looks dry for now. Temperatures climb for the second half of the week. Lets hope the next 36 hours we get all we can out of the rab and lower elevation snow. Where was the sun february and march . It hasnt been this cold since february. Foodies rejoice. The French Laundry is about to reopen. We have a sneak peek at the new kitchen. Plus he says it was a mistake. The claim jeb bush made on a 2009 Voter Registration. A president ial save the date. According to nbc news hillary co will announce her candidacy for president. Is it a debate about ethnicity or ethics . Jeb bush is under the microscope. He identified himself as his panish on a 2009 Voter Registration in florida. Today the former Florida Governor said he made a mistake. There is a warning for people who buy breast milk online. Dont do it. More than one in ten samples contained cows milk. Breast milk donors are unlikely to have been properly screened for Infectious Diseases or drugs. If you cant afford eating at the French Laundry, we will take you behind the scenes for free. Tonight at 6 a dire warning from firefighters. They say the ashes from last years fires could create larger and more intense fires this time around. This is the temporary kitchen for nap as French Laundry kitchen. Its a shipping container. They are building a new modern kitchen. In the meantime, the three star chefs will be cooking in renovated shipping containers. Are you taking us or do i have to foot the bill . You have to foot the big for sure. We have a commute coming up tomorrow morning. It does look like its kicking in at 11 oclock tonight to 4 00 a. M. As the cool air comes in a chance of scattered showers, showers by mount hamilton. Plus snow. Lester holt joins us next. On this monday night, to the jury. The boston bombing case now in their hands after a day of powerful closing arguments. New fallout tonight from a rape story retracted after that scathing report into what went wrong at rolling stone. A fraternity falsely accused promises legal action. Poisoned in paradise. An American Family of four on an island vacation. The father and son are now fighting for their lives. Tonight, the hidden danger they couldnt see or smell, and the criminal investigation now underway. And bracing for impact. The crippling drought, and what many fear comes next, a wicked fire season. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc