Wounded by a robber. Tonight she talks about the frightening moment that led up to that shooting. Just like you are now, beverly was inside of her home, feeling safe. Then, suddenly, shes under attack. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee is live with the story tonight. Just outrageous what that guy did. Reporter absolutely. Shes 81 years old. Okay . Now police have wret to catch the intruder. He left the house quickly after he shot beverly. She told us she was shot in the Left Shoulder it and tore an artery but she seemed to be in good spirits on the phone from the hospital. 81yearold Beverly Concannon was shot. The intruder broke through a hallway door. I was in the bathroom. I heard boom. Boom. I thought oh oh. I thought i should get down on the basement. As fast as possible. And he managed to breakdown the door just as i was crossing that area the bullet went through her Left Shoulder, traveled through the house, a fence, hitting her neighbors wall. She doesnt know why the assailant shot her. I think anybody that is obviously in pajamas in her pajamas standing there, its not a threat. Maybe he was startled but he was, he had a gun and breaking into a house. It is beyond being startled. Lincoln highlands is typically a quiet, relatively crimefree neighborhood. Today, salesmen were trying to get new business after the shooting. Gregory wilsons neighbor was a victim of an attempted Home Invasion two months ago the same m. O. As one yesterday they kicked the door in. Residents are starting to connect and warning neighbors of anything sus spishus. Wilson is relying on his pit bull and a loud jack terrier. He hear footsteps on the sidewalk, hes on his job. Then i have a larger dog in the back to back him up. As for beverly she tells us she should be released from the hospital, soon. An oakland 14yearold accused of killing his sister over a fight over laundry turned himself in this afternoon. Police say her younger brother shot her after the two argued about the bleaching of his clothes the teen surrendered today at Police Head Quarter was his family and lawyer. I do want to thank the family and friends who were in contact with this young man trying to persuade him to turn himself in they did a great job. He says the suspect will be charged with his sisters murder. Justice toliver leaves behind a yearold daughter. The case of a 13yearold boy shot and killed by a Sonoma County sheriffs deputy is now in the hands of the District Attorney. Today, they announced they completed the investigation into the shooting death of andy lopez the teenager holding an air soft pellet gun last october. He was shot by Deputy Eric Gelhaus who told investigators he thought it looked like an ak 47 the District Attorney must now decide whether to charge that officer its time to change your wipers or turn off sprinklers were getting a taste of winter in the bay area. It isnt much of a storm but its already been enough to moisten streets and well get rainfall tonight the most significant rain since december 7, 7 and a half weeks ago. It has been a damp, drizzly day in spots around the bay area, you can see we dont have organized rainfall but to the north moisture is pushing inland. Much of this is not hitting the ground yet, around fort bragg its going to move down towards the bay area, in the sierra there is rainfall hitting the ground there are pockets of snow but in lake level near tahoe its raining at the moment but that is going to give way to snow as well. Back to the bay area, over 24 hours just trace ams of rainfall. Up to a couple hundredths of an inch. Here comes betterorganized rain, starting at 7 00 this evening, well see a cold front sweeping through. By 2 00 a. M better organized and steadier rain heading to all parts of the bay area, at 5 00 a. M there will be pockets of rain behind that. Could be slow and we do have more showers to follow. What is coming later in the accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. Spencer, thank you. Well have a live report on conditions coming up in just a few minutes. State fish and wildlife is taking steps to protect fish from the effects of the drought declaring seven river asks streams off limits. For salmon and steelhead fishing. The san river they have closed the smith river and the eel and van dusen river. This year, theyre behind about 75 . President obama called the governor today to express his concern about californias drought. The president promised washington will provide necessary federal support to state and local efforts to get through the dry spell. The rain didnt cause this flooding in mill valley but a monster tide sure d drivers whatted to maneuver around standing water on highway one. Its caused by a king tide when a sun and moon are close to the earth. Officials closed the parking lot as a precaution. The king tide subsides on saturday, and we wont have another one again this winter. Public Health Officials say a third person died from the flu in San Francisco bringing total number of flurelated deaths to 33. Health Officials Say latest victim in San Francisco was not elderly but did have an under lying fed medical condition. This spike is having an impact, patients who are sick are showing up to hospitals dehydrated. Saline supplies used to treat that symptom are drying up, fast. Probably have enough to last about two weeks. Right now. 2 to 3 weeks and were just, you know, trying to get what we can. About what were using. Hospitals running low say theyre restoring, resorting rather to alternatives. Others looking to order more and trying to get in saline in, quickly. A somber ceremony in castro valley. Thousands of people packed Neighborhood Church to say goodbyes to fallen bart Police Sargeant tom smith, killed in the line of duty last week by a fellow bart officer who, we have just learned did in the attend the funeral. Reporter hi, carolyn. This was a Public Service attended by many dignitaries but also highly emotional and very personal personal. A tribute to a man dedicated to his career and his family. It was a service befitting a Fallen Police officer but in the end its tom smiths role as a husband and father those close to him admired most. Smiths two brothers, also Police Officers were among pallbearers inside of the church, Patrick Smith told mourners quote being a Police Officer is what tommy did for a living. What defined him was everything away from it. Tom smith leaves behind his wife, kelly also a bart officer and their 6yearold daughter, summer. Inside of the church a tearful police chief said of smith, quote, his first and highest priority was his family. His wife and daughter were the light of his life. He was a Police Officer and he was very, very good at it. And we would like to be like him. But he, he truly, his passion was his wife and his daughter and his family. Along with bart officers the mourners included many employees like saul amanzo who auk talked with Sargeant Smith just one time. From that one time it was, made a lasting impression on me. And ill miss him. Many of those in uniform came from as far as massachusetts to pay respects. There is no way that we can repay the family for the sacrifice that was made but some small way that we can just help them just find peace at this time. Chief rainy said smith gave his life for what he believed in. He charged officers to quote go, out there and live as tommy lived. And contributions to the tommy Smith Memorial fund to benefit the family can be made at Wells Fargo Branch in san ramone. We have address and account number for you on abc7 news. Com. A Santa Clara County jail deputy has been arrested on drug charges the 48yearold juan carillo being held on 121,000 bail. Investigators believe he awill youed known criminals to live at his home and ply him with drugs. An 18yearold court appeared in court to answer to murder charges, Police Believe he stabbed a 22yearold to death after a fight at a Birthday Party sunday morning. Police also arrested his twin brother. Prosecutors have declined to file charges against him. In antioch, Police Arrested a teenager for a shooting in a fast food restaurant. Hes identified as a 19yearold elijah hill the victim is a 33yearold ant bobbingock man shot in his minivan at jack in the box on lone tree way. Police say the shooting occurred after an argument in the parking lot. The victim remains in Critical Condition tonight. Tonight officials are trying to harness the power of technology to fight crime. The growth of video cameras is, they believe a new opportunity to stop the bad guys how that plan will work. Security camera video has become valuable for Police Cameras caught the suspect, setting fires in a neighborhood earlier this month. Video helped Police Identify a thief stealing a package from the front porch of a home. Police would like to create a data base. Police would like to ask to have access to videotape as long as an individual always has the right to say no, that is absent a court order there is no greater intrusion than exists today he took the propose yl to a city council committee. He hopes to partner with sellers of camera systems to offer discounts to homeowners and business owners. I expect there are lots of cameras that could be useful to us. Good netting them organized them. There are critics pointing out even the break in this case wasnt videos. What solved that arson crime was not video cameras but a Police Sargeant who worked overtime. Good police work. Still, in a city losing Police Officers the video plan looks good to others. Every piece of evidence should be afforded to the police department. Without hesitation ordeal yachlt meaning a person with a Security System in their house can down load it to a flash drive. Staff will now analyze before the Council Votes n san jose, abc7 news. Still head tonight here on abc7 news a live report from sierra looking at conditions important to skiers and our water supply. Also here can facebook continue to compete with the younger start ups . A look ahead to facebooks second decade. A break through for Stem Cell Research. New treatments may be the recent increase in cafeteria prices is not cool. When you vote for flo, well have discounts. Icecream discounts. Multicookie discounts. Pizza loyalty discounts [ kids chanting flo ] i also have some great ideas on car insurance. [ silence ] finding you discounts since back in the day. Call or click today. I like her. 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A San Francisco street where drivers whizzed by has become more pedestrian friendly this, morning officials celebrated makeover of cesar chavez street. The threeyear project narrowed traffic lanes from 3 to 2 in each direction to slow down traffic. One official dedicated it to pedestrians killed in San Francisco. The only thing we can do for the people that have died in the last few weeks is to make sure that a death that have nature never happens again in San Francisco. Bike lanes were added along the onemile stretch and sidewalks to make crossing the street safer. Its not much but rain were getting is better than nothing. And no one knows that more than those that depend on weather for their livelihood. Especially those hoping for snow tonight. Our abc affiliate is live in the sierra with the story for us. Dave . Reporter carolyn its a mix of scombroi disappointment at donner summit. Yes, winter back but its raining here the passes, unfortunately. You can take a look here. The rain is coming down and has been all day. Water pooling down here in the snow. Theyre holding down a handful of skiers all afternoon. So, the good news is that its expected its going to come dropping down, snow level will down to just about 5,000 feet meaning the resort will get 5, 6, 7 inches of snow. Theyre expecting to get a foot in the next 2448 hours, it means payrolls people coming back to work. One young girl here is from argentina and has been here all winter and hardly worked because there has been no snow. So this is something. Bottom line is that every precious inch means fields farmers wont have to turn foul this summer and recreation for folks, drinking water. Every every one is hoping it will be colder and borders saying were going to be out in force tomorrow. Hopefully cross your fingers. Were going to get maybe 18 inches and this is going bring winter back. Lets just hope Pineapple Express keeps flowing on in. Back to you. Thank you. Need that snow. Yes. Were hoping this is just the beginning. Yes, we are hoping that, too. Its great to see snow. Were giddy in the weather office. Weve got something more to talk about. Lets get to beginnings of what we hope will be more precipitation here is live doppler seven hd. Right now, a little bit of damp spots but north there is some moisture pushing inland and we expect to it get better organized moving into measurable rain overnight. Looking westward across the bay we have less cloud cover now than we have had in Late Afternoon hours. Temperatures mainly into mid50s now. San francisco, oakland 61 redwood city. 54 in half moon bay. Another live view looking at traffic at bay bridge toll plaza its 55 degrees now both santa rosa and napa z and petaluma. One more live view from our roof top camera looking along embarcadero here, these are forecast features, rain spreads overnight. And better organized. Showers lingering tomorrow, and snow will pile up in the sierra. Its good news for resorts there and skiers and snow pack. Here is our pacific satellite image showing a cold front to the north going to bring us sxrafl snow. Rain arrives overnight, starting at 7 00 this evening, noticing a front sweeping south ward by 2 00 a. M better organized rain, more wide spread. Maybe pockets of heavy rainfall. It continues then by 5 00 in the morning beginning of rush hour, well see a less wellorganized area of rain but wet pavement. So things could be slow. Later in the day well see areas of scattered showers into friday morning. Midnight, overnight into friday morning then 7 00 friday morning giving way to clearing. Its been so dry, lower elevations a ten toj a quarter inch. Quarter inch to half an inch. In the sierra a winter storm warning in affect until 7 00 tomorrow evening. We expect 8 to 20 inches of snow. Winds gusting to 40 miles per hour. Back to bay area, overnight tonight, lows mainly upper 40s to low 50s and mild overnight. Then, tomorrow, pockets of sunshine here and there. But clouds as well and scattered showers, high temperatures upper 50s to 60s here is the accuweather forecast. Rain ends friday morning. Well get drying and nice, mild and sunny saturday cloudier sunday. Then, monday, tuesday, wednesday well fall back into old, familiar milder dry pattern with high temperatures in mid60s but happier because well have rain. That is very true. Thank you. Now once rain gets here, send us your pictures. We dont expect Severe Weather photos just puddle picks. You can share them on twitter or instagram. Coming up next, new troubles for singer Justin Beiber. What is him turning Justin Beiber visiting police and courts in both United States and dma da. A crush of fans tonight as he turned himself in to police to an expected assault charge. There he is with a baseball cap. Police say he assaulted a limo driver there. Today, beiber pleaded not guilty to florida for charges on dui, resisting arrest. Google selling off its motto motorola business to a china based group. That is less than 12. 4 billion paid in 2012 kpt is keeping most of the mobile patents the main reason theyve picked up the company. Motorola lost nearly 2 billion since google took over. The Federal Reserve says it will scale back its program. 85 billion into bonds to keep Interest Rates low. Another 10 billion today. This decision made in as the chairman on friday. His successor is expected to continue scaling back the bond purchases to 0 by end of the year. Stock prices fell after the decision was announced. Dow lost 189 points. Nasdaq off by 46. S and p down 18. There is more still to come here tonight on abc7 news at 6 00 deep south, deep freeze forcing thousands of people to bed down in their cars and classrooms. End of a nightmare at sea. A cruise ship returning home with 700 sick people. Youre going to hear from them, next hear from them, next and[ sports announcer ] heres another one, alyson dudek. 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A caribbean cruise ship carrying 670 sick passengers returned to the us thus afternoon the Royal Caribbean explorer of the sea is docked in a new jersey port. Hundreds of passengers were ill from a stomach bug believed to be the noro virus. Violent. Vomiting and diarrhea at once they were good and made sure people stayed in cabins they brought wheelchairs to their rooms. And then, brought them, if they had to go down to infirmary theshg brought them down. Royal caribbean promised a 50 refund and half hoff fare for a few tour cruise and says its taking measures to prevent problems like this from happening again. Facebook reported earnings this afternoon, the market liked numbers and facebook revealed big changes in the focus. Here is jonathan bloom. This is a great way to end the year. Reporter Mark Zuckerberg told investors the social Network Continues to grow despite a study warning it could be dead in four years. Its normal to discover what happens to them the number show facebook is making most of the money. The a year ago it wasnt making a billion dollars in total revenue, now its making a billion on mobile. The tech writer says facebook made an unusual move, plans for more mobile apps. Each serving a different purpose. Building new apps around groups, possibly events and rumors of a news reading app he says simple, elegant apps are hits with kids and teens. I check my instagram and snap chat. Venture beat reporter says hes not too worried. I dont think snap chat will be around forever. I think even teenagers are going to lose interest. Facebook is celebrating its 10th birthday. Something zuckerberg never imagined. Its awesome now there is this utility and community at our school. But clearly someone, some day is going to build this for the world. It didnt dour me it could be us. 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Youre watching six minutes of movement compressed into time to read this sentence. Here where youre looking is our steam generators heat producing about ten gallons of fresh water per minute. But the Company Called water fx says that is capable of producing four times as much. What we stepped in here now, water districts are realizing this could be a new source for them. California sits on the edge of a limitless source, the high cost of removing salt has limited commercial appeal. But with the state water problems only getting worse, the nations largest desalnation is promising to cut costs in half. California, the company says could become a fresh water exporter n Fresno County abc7 news. Fascinating. Yes. Lets get a check on the rainy forecast. About to get rainy. Its damp in spots but not wet yet. Here is live doppler seven hd. You can see moisture to our north. Looking at weather conditions there will be areas of scattered showers to Southern California and some snow and pockets of showers and breaks of sunshine. High temperatures upper 50s to around 60s and conditions for super bowl in new jersey. Here is our travel. Staying dry, warming up with highs into mid60s but well get rain overnight. And sierra will get much needed snowfall. Chilly but that is okay. Okay. Decent weather. You can track rain with live doppler seven hd. Chatting or nonchating continues. Maybe a tv good evening, Richard Sherman lights whup he sees a tv camera and Marshon Lynch turns off. Lynch yesterday lasted six and a half minutes in media day. Today, almost made it a full seven minutes. You can direct your questions to me. Michael how is marshon feeling about this game . He hadnt talked to you guys most of his life. He just wants to play ball. Ball. Its a life style. He loves his power play before the game, boss. Thank you, boss. Look at peytons face. Sunday, eli said he what had no answer for the seahawks. We try to sup and support one another, all quarterbacks can relate to that. Its a unique return ask a tough job. But ive always known eli. And have been in his corner. Larry allen the third will be going to. Harvard. Gpa around 3. 9. He fell in love with harvard when visited the campus now there are a bunch of guys at yale thinking weve got to block him . Last night warriors tloft a average Washington Team bad loss. Part of a trend warriors lacking intensify against infearer opponent. Here is video proceed vieded by warriors today is they can get the job done we know what weve got to do and this is just a matter of being consistent. The four time mvp can spin around. Chris bosh with 182, miami to open the game. Lebron showing his strength here and takes the hit for the slim reaper. Look at derek fisher. Like fine lines okay seeing a route. 11295. Aaron gordon leading topranked arizona. Up in the wildcats getting back into the game after a slow start. Chason randall back up by one. And to the ice nhl stadium series at Yankee Stadium new york versus new york. Islanders and rangers scoreless. And that ties it up right now. Abc7 sports brought to you by Orchard Supply hardware. Thank you. Join me tonight an researchers discover a weight fate. When we have to start to focus on the number on the scale then at 11 00 rain is coming to the bay area. Well have the latest on when the rain will hit and how long. Well have nashville at 10 00 then well be back at 11 00 with late news. But that does it for this but that does it for this edition of abc7 news. From all [exhales] [knock on door] hey, i wanted to come say Merry Christmas before we all leave for the break. Oh, thank you, lemon. Thats very thoughtful. Help yourself to a gift. Oh, wow. Its our new handheld photo scanner paper shredder. [shredder whirrs] oh, well, wont people just end up shredding their photos