Situation in south san jose is over. Sky 7 hd is live where a neighborhood has been locked down for hours. Police tried to negotiate a peaceful surrender. Good evening, im dan ashley. Im cheryl jennings. It unfolded at the intersection of camden and wirick avenues. Lillian kim is live near the scene with the latest on this. Reporter a source tells abc7 that there was an exchange of gunfire at the moment where the gunman had taken a woman hostage. We have confirmation two people are dead, the gunman and the hostage, in addition, an officer was grazed by a bullet. This unfolded about three hours after the hostage situation began at around 2 15 p. M. Police say a man took a woman hostage, into a home, prompting a response from san jose pd who brought in the s. W. A. T. Team. What led up to the gunfire that resulted in the death is something were hoping to find out very soon. That is the latest from san jose, abc7 news. A milestone tonight. 14 months since the napa county earthquake. Michael finney credited the day with helping a group of people still getting their lives back in order. He is here now with what is a victory. Reporter napa self storage was red tagged after the quake. The owners planned to bull doze the building unless tenants came up with 190,000. It seemed impossible, but sometimes, the impossible happens. These items were in danger of being bull dozed. Here she is, in the rain, smiling. My stuff looks good. It looks good. I was confident it looked good. Im just so happy. Today is a good day. Reporter it was a day long incoming. Napa self storage had been red tagged after the quake. Then, for tenants, things went from bad to worse. The Storage Company pointed to the rental agreement, saying the owner is not responsible for damage to property. Tenants could pay a contractor to shore up the building or lose everything in a demolition. If it wasnt for channel 7, i dont think we could have gotten to this point. Really . I got a hold of channel 7 for myself and 200 people with belongings in this building. Things just werent happening. Reporter fund raising followed. Napa self storage contributed 39,000. A 25,000 grant from the Napa Valley CommunityFoundation Came in. Churches, and well wishers gave. Tenants chipped in, too. That is when sean and his crew stabilized the walls, put in temporary beams and now, with the building stabilized have started taking belongings out of the building. So happy. Very little damage. Very little damage. We dont know about the first floor yet. Were just opening it up this morning but all in all, the people have been very pleased with their items on the second floor. Reporter today, joan got her items back. Her life back. Im just really happy to be having my belongings with me. Ive got a barn, a tuf shed barn things are going into until i can by another house. You want to keep them . Exactly. Exactly. Reporter work is off because of wet weather. When resumes, tenants will be contacted and told when items will be available. Amazing and wonderful. Thank you. Now a storm watch coverage, rain, wind, lightning this morning across the bay area. Abc7 news was in San Francisco. Umbrellas are back. Those without one did what they could to try to keep dry. You can see the rain creating driving has yards. This is 280 south. The flooding receded by afternoon. People with some rain there ran from the storm this, is rain coming into san jose this morning. Check that out. Sky 7 hd took this video with a good down flow here in the saratoga area in western santa clara county. This is really coming down. Sandhya patel joins with us a look at the rain totals. Most areas got a quarter to half an inch. Well take a look at where it is still raining, and thunderstorms have been firing up in the sacramento valley. We have a Tornado Warning until 6 30 tonight for east central sacramento county. Radar indicating a tornado there. Bringing you back to the bay area, were seeing showers around the Santa Cruz Mountains and watsonville, monterey. Showing you whats happening around the peninsula, there are returns around portolla road. East bay, showers around hayward area. Flash flood until 9 00 p. M. For the burn areas of solano and lake counties, showers continuing to rotate in from the coast. Its not out of the question to see some moisture moving through the next few hours. Rainfall totals are a quarter inch in San Francisco. A half an inch of rain in santa rosa. 43 100ths san jose. 34 100ths in oakland. Monterey bay got drenched. An inch and a half in santa cruz. Gilroy an inch of rain and monterey, three quarters of an inch. Ill let you know what is in store tomorrow morning if youre going to see a commute coming up. Well, another lightning strike, this time on the mid peninsula brought down a tall redwood tree. A huge tree. It was a very close call. David louie is live with the story. David . Reporter take a look at this. This is all that remains of a 100 foot tall redwood tree in the backyard of simmon nguyens backyard. She and her dog were standing nearby when a lightning bolt came down. Both feel fortunate to be alive. The sky is red. And then, i heard the noise, it exploded. And then, so i said oh, my god. Something is going on. I thought it was a bomb. It wasnt a bomb, it was lightning in simones backyard garden. It launched a crown into the sky, where it exploded. That sent shards of limbs into her yard and surrounding yards. No warning. Just lightning. After thashg it exploded. That is it. Reporter her dog is stim tr trembling. If she was anywhere else in the garden she would have been killed. Its a miracle. Reporter a large section of the trunk flew through a window and landed on her bed where she had been sleeping. If im there, im in there, i think im already dead. Yeah. Yeah. No way i can survive. Reporter the magnitude of what happened has yet to sink in for this restaurant owner. I think its very close call. I think, as long as shes okay, today, im like that, is her Second Chance in life. Reporter as crews cleaned up, a rainbow appeared over the yard. David louie, abc7 news. Snow caught peoples attention in the high sierra. This is what it looked like at heavenly resort. Abc7 news joins us with the ray things are shaping up there. Looks chilly and snowy, huh . I heard sandhya say its over down there. Im here to tell you its not here. You can see ice crystals going. It has been snowing all day. They tell me eight inches here, yesterday and eight inches today. And as you can see, its still coming down. Its not even veterans day, but its time to shred in the high sierra. It was today. Old or young, this is still fun. A family enjoying a snow ball fight not far from Donner Summit where the snow has been falling steadily. How does it look . Good. Different. In a good way . Yes. So. Yes. How does that feel . Cold. The trip up interstate 80 was easy but the patrol warns conditions could change at any t goes beyond just keeping chains handy. Youre stopping distances are greater. With 4wheel drive, you arent going to be able to brake effectively. In early opening is paying off. Not only is the natural stuff falling, its cold enough to make snow, too. Its all good according to these guys. How is this . Its amazing. Its snowing everywhere were having a good time. A bunch of rails are up the first week, theyre open top to bottom. First day. So you cant complain. Cant beat it. Its nice. There is a Cool Mountain you can sled down. Its fun. Its incredible. The only thing to say is el nino. I mean, woo el nino, baby and it looks like el nino is having an affect up here. We had a fair amount of snow early last year, too, in november, then, it basically shut off. So we dont want that to happen again. Live in the high sierra, laura anthony, abc7 news. Laura, thank you. Our abc7 now community is helping us keep tabs on the rain where you live. These are pictures and videos today, look at the rainbows that came after the rain. Thank you, everybody for sharing them with us. We want to see whats happening in your neighborhood so post your pictures and video. Moving on the trial of a reputed gang leader Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow started in San Francisco saying there is testimony from chows gang members. Vic lee is live with the information. Reporter the defense confirms it will ask mayor ed lee as a witness. According to documents the fbi approached mayor lee and his aides, offering Campaign Money in return for real estate favors. The offer went nowhere, but the defense lawyer says he wants mayor lee as a witness. Today, Opening Statement before a packed courtroom. Raymond chow, better known as shrimp boy sat as the federal prosecutor listed charges against him. Money laundering, extortion, counterfeit cigarettes and two murders. Chow is accused of ordering the murder of a rival gang murder and the killing of alan leon, a prominent chinatown leader, the head of the free masons. He said while pointing at chow, it was a hit, a coldblooded murder like in the godfather by that man, over there. The prosecution outlined its case, saying jurors will hear hours and hours of tape recordings between chou and the fbi agent who posed as a mafia member, and from six trusted gang members. In Opening Statements, chows attorney told jurors to hold their opinions until his client testifies on the stand. As for friends, who turned informants, he said all of the witnesses jumped on the band bag war in afghanistan onto get leniency as an act of desperation to save their skins. In 2007, chou spoke to abc7 news saying he changed his life of crime after he got out of prison, on unrelated gang charges. Today, raymond myself, i face up to the paths i have done and to try to correct my life. We asked about leons murder. Did you have involvement with the death . No. After court, sarah added an exclamation point. You know, hes not going to hide anything. The trial resumes tomorrow, with more prosecution witnesses. Vic lee, abc7 news. Right. More still to come, researchers are trying to crack the mystery of californias toxic crabs. Its likely a bigger problem we know about. The algae that is the source of the problem. A terrifying moment when a man says it wasnt so scary. Abc7 news at 6 00, 4 years after the shooting death of a police of were learning about the crab fishing off the california coast may be just beginning. A toxic algae is threatening other sea life and this may be the new normal around here, well have to see. Wayne freedman is live with the story. Wayne . Reporter were talking about an algae going back to the jurassic period, millions and a long, long time. Theyve had a long time to develop and develop defense februarying nixes. Some people are thinking that is what this is all about. It has a name longer than the length. One millionth of a meter. The tiny algae produces acid that renders the crabs unedible. There is an investigator trying to figure out why its producing the algae. Its giving itself a competitive advantage. He has specimens in bottles now. This year, coming back next year there is no reason to expect it not to come back. Weve seen algae blooms before. It just so happens that the Neil Armstrong import today. We found dr. Larry maiden, putting warming waters in a chilling context. If you go back, you can see conditions worse than today. Hence some changes should be permanent from speesy appearing far beyond normal ranges to yes, algae blooms contaminating crabs and filter feeding shell fish and most of us were simply worried about thanksgiving dinners. Rare video shows a Close Encounter with a shark. Take a look. Spencer riley was enjoying that view when a great white shark torpedoed his protective cage. He said he mostly felt exhilaration and was on his honeymoon at the time. You can see how fast that shark moved in. The shark may have to visit the dentist. I dont think the shark liked that very much. What a great season of weather. We need it so bad. We do. We did. And that cold storm dumped rain, as you know, on many areas. We have reports of hail and thunderstorms moving towards the next few hours. Well talk about what is ahead beyond those showers. Our radar is picking up moisture around monterey bay. Moving towards castro value, watsonville and monterey, if you take a look, still tracking light returns around 680. Sierra nevada, its been snowing now. Chains are required on 80 and this is a welcome site. Winter storm warning continues until 7 00 a. M. 1216 inches expected athe crest. So this area will continue to enjoy fresh powder. Taking a look along embarcadero, its dry now. Temperatures low to mid50s. Morgan hill, 48 degrees. A nice view from our emeryville camera. You can see across the bay. There is a live look showing you roadways drying out. Scattered showers tonight. Chilly tuesday morning. Sunny for the afternoon. And cold air continues to come in so more showers at least until 9 00 tonight. Here is a look at 7 00 p. M. , showers down towards the south bay. And 9 00 towards san jose. After that, well see clouds and tomorrow morning, nothing like this morning so hopefully wont be a mess for you. Make sure you do not leave home without a jacket or coat. Youll notice chillier mornings are ahead. Tomorrow morning cold spots upper 30s around napa. The rest of you, still will have cloud cover which will prevent you from dropping too low. Youll notice cool conditions, sunny skies, upper 50s to low 60s. And a frosty cold morning wednesday followed by sunshine and sunny streak continuing with milder conditions. Youll notice our next chance of rain sunday afternoon going into monday. So if youre still looking to more rain, its coming and well have to wait until the weekend. Okay. Let us dry out a little bit. Thank you. You may have seen this light in the sky that causes social media stir over the weekend. Well, it happened again, today. Volunteers have been working behind me from the Company River bed. Im not just hoping for your im not just hoping for your support, im with a 100 electric nissan what will you do . How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now with a classleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. Abc give where you live food drive hopes to help our food banks serve those who need it. Disney donated 15,000 and the money will provide 45,000 meals. Yes. Spencer christian is hooping for support. That is great. Well, its a lot of hoopla going on here. The volunteers here, this location gets 30,000 volunteers donating 71 full time staff members. They package and sort food then distributed to 450 Community Partners and pantries. So im donating now, also, asking you to text the word feed to the number 80077 for 10 donation going a long way towards helping to fight hunger. Spencer, so good at that. Well, wow. The u. S. Navy launched a second and final missile today from a submarine off the Southern California coast. According to the l. A. Times, todays blast was not as exciting as saturday nights launch mainly because people couldnt see it. The lights in the sky caused speculation, people thinking it was a flying saucer or comet. A spokesperson says the t are important for National Security and they dont expect any more launches soon. But it got our attention, right . A convicted cop killer is sentenced in the east bay. What the family told his convicted killer, facetoface, in court. Middle School Students protesting a university. How its an investment in their future. Googles effort to get us on the go. How the tech giant is a fairfield courtroom was packed with family, friends, and officers who knew and worked with james capoot, the officer killed during a chase. Sergio quintana was in the courtroom. Officer jim capoot shot in the back. The man he was pursuing just robbed a bank and bought a mask for the crime he was a hollywood quality mask that looked like something maybe like on mission impossible. This sentencing hearing is a welcome end to the trial for the family. They were joined by fellow officers for a mement of silence before heading into the courtroom. Im thankful all of you are here for jennifer and her three daughters. Reporter in this picture, you can see henry smith remains stoic as capoots soninlaw read a family statement. It is disgusting his life was taken by you. You resorted to robbing a bank and shooting a person in the back to make sure money. He didnt have to be murder that had day. The defendant was fleeing. It was his car, all of the money was inside of the car. The dna was in the car. He wasnt going to get away. Officers from several agencies were at the hearing. Jim capoot is a former marine but probably best known as a Popular High SchoolGirls Basketball coach, at vallejo high school. In fairfield, abc7 news. A situation sky 7 hd is tracking now in san jose. Take a look that the green light. That is a laser, someone on the ground has been shining towards sky 7 and one helicopter over our breaking news seen earlier in the cabrian park neighborhood. Its dangerous and illegal because it can blind pilots. Our pilot assures us that has not happened but police have been notified. Bay area middle School Students are so worried about their future, they went to college today, showing up at uc berkeley to protest the low number of hispanic and black students attending cal. 39 asian, 26 white, latino students representing 14 and only 3 are African American. Really not fair when more than 50 of californias actual population is black and latino. Proposition 209 banned racebased admissions. Uc berkeley came up with the African American initiative, a 20 million scholarship for African American students. Catching a cab at san jose airport has been all but impossible too long. Cab drivers have been striking to protest Ride Sharing Companies like uber andlyft. Tomorrow, the city council will consider eliminating the fingerprint requirement and replacing it with random curbside services. Self driving cars are causing back ups along highway 101. Theyre going to study ways of improving traffic around the Mountain View area. The goal is cutting down on solo drivers. The study will look at crossings and developing new technologies to improve traffic. Still head here, weve been told to save water. Some say californias some say californias restrictions are with a 100 electric nissan what will you do . How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now with a classleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. It took the rockettes years to master the kick line. But only a few moves to master paying bills on chase. Com technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Some experts say letting your plants and lawn die is not going to take the problem saying the state took the easy route instead of coming for real solutions. Lawns and landscaping are drying out. I like my garden and grass green, but this is important. Its one of the signs people are cutting back on their use. But head south to beverly hills, it doesnt look like everybody got the message. The idea of green grass is going to be a thing of the past. In april, the governor ordered cuts and the bay area listened. Many water agencies report people here are meeting or exceeding the call to save water, ordering a 32 . Beverly hills did impose restrictions but only cut use by 20 . The Central Valley down of clovis missed its goal by 3 . Officials seem worried about saving trees than water. Its very unsightly and going to cost money to some day replace that with other plantings, weve had a great loss in trees. She doesnt think public and private landscaping should suffer. My concern is the way the state imposed restrictions is that they were made without hodge of how plants grow, how water moves into the soil. He believes advice could have saved plants and trees. We can retain our landscape if we watered in a more resighs matter. The Deputy Director of the state department agrees. The plan was a rush job. It was one size fits all. It wasnt the best. He questions whether it was necessary. He says landscaping uses just a small fraction of the water supply. So if you never water again its 7 . Putting that into perspective, the state Department Says 77 have agricultural purposes. This is the worst drought we have seen in a generation. Flying over the reservoir nur stockton that supplies water to a Million People in the east bay. And its more than a quarter full now. Its just one of many around the state that is not. Were not going to run out of water but were going to see restrictions because we have to make sure there is enough water for the following year and the one after that. It could be more than just turning off sprinklers. Well, bifrlly hills were fined 61,000 each for not complying with the restrictions so which agencies are complying . Chr not . Were getting closer to a champion on dancing with the stars. A and. If he was still here hed be bringing in animals. And the studio would be a crazier place. I hope whenever he is, he is smiling. Bindi loves the bay area. That is tonight on abc7 news at 11 00. Great to see her doing well. Would you like the president on facebook . Now is your chance. The president launched a Facebook Page. The topic of his first mes abc7 is proud of our partnership with bay area food banks. It highlights the work of food banks throughout 11 counties. Abc7 news joins us once again live in San Francisco from the Marin Food Bank with a volunteer dedicating nearly 300 hours this past year to help feed the community. Well, that is true. We mentioned they calm in all sizes and shapes and ages. This is 14yearold logan, a High School Student in san jose. Right . Yes. He raised 2500 providing meals for 7500 people which is quite a feat. What inspired you to do that . Well, i was surprised about how much a dollar could change, and how much it is worth. It inspired me to donate it. This impresses us. Are you passing on the message to your peers . Well, i try to get my friends to come over every once in a while. Yeah. And have tried to were arranging a trip to sf food bank now. I know your mom has been involved in driving you around. Shes here and shes doing a wonderful job. Yes. She has. Hi, mom. Thank you. And you can help by texting the word feed to 80077 for a 10 donation. Thank you. Sandhya is back with an update. We still have showers on live doppler 7 hd. Some briefly heavy rain. There are hundreds of lightning strikes, some hail and a little bit of snow with rain. Its going to be cool. And youll want to bundle up in the morning. Upper 30s, 40s for the rest of you. Wednesday morning, there is frost possible, mid to upper 30s. And accuweather forecast showing a dry pattern sunday into monday may be tracking another storm system. Bring them on, right . It is surprising it didnt happen until now, but the white house launched a Facebook Page for president obama. His post focused on climate change. Still trailing our abc7 news Facebook Page by 200,000. But i expect that will not be for long. That is right. Everybody is aboard the blame train. 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I was happy to see that. We had a great week of preparation and translated on to the field. The offensive line did a great job. I think that was the key. Raiders playing one of the best games in pittsburgh, losing to the steelers are. Derek carr through for 101 yards and four touchdowns. The raiders secondary do not contain antonio brown. He caught 17 passes for 284 yards, that is my career, with his final test setting up the gamewinning field goal. There are positives to take from this loss. They have to have, they dropped two in a row. We knew wed get their best wex talk about the need to be, you know, resilient so i thought that that was good. They won 22 straight at home. Detroit pistons are in town tonight and many wonder if the streak may end. And lets hear from the man who will likely guard drummond. A lot of times, youre going to try to stay in front of the guard. So theyre a tough team. Cal bearses tonight hosting Carol College of montana. So first chance to see cals presence in ivan brown and they say practice has been a give and take. You just bounce ideas off each other and see whatworks. We have the same goal. We want to win games. The number one seed, cardinals hosting san jose state at 7 00. This abc7 sports report brought to you by bank of the west. So tuned. It will be interesting. Thank you. How comcast customers personal information ended up on the black market. Then, at 11 00 students say campus leaders are down playing a problem, coming up at 11 00 tonight. That is it for this edition of abc7 news. From all of us, have a great evening. Here are our final actual costs for this year. Okay. As you can see, we did pretty well. Yes, yes, i can see. You can see clearly on this page that we have a surplus of 4,300. Mmhmm, okay. But we have to spend that by the end of the day or it will be deducted from next years budget. Why dont you explain this to me like im five