Through april. Len ramirez, kpix 5. Our last update shows at least 34 people have died in the bay area from the flu this season. Bart trains were brought to a standstill today because of an incident involving this ship. Now docked at the port of oakland. An onboard emergency had both the coast guard and bart concerned about the transbay tube. Kpix 5 reporter don knapp on a close call that none of us in the newsroom can ever remember happening before. Don. Reporter thats right, liz. Its within of those things you dont want to think about, in a Tall Building in an earthquake and sitting in a bart train in the transbay tube with a big ship overhead drawing a 30ton anchor and heading your way . That happened today. A very big container ship nearly 1,000 feet long was trying to tie up at the port of oakland berth 35 when this lost power. The ships crew to keep it from drifting dropped anchor. Bart was shut down and crews were dispatched because it was so close to the tube. Parts spokesman jim allison. I didnt want to go on record saying it didnt hit it but its safe for train traffic. Luckily nothing has happened to the transbay tube. Reporter allison says crews were dispatched. They walked through the tube. They looked around. There also were instruments inside the tube designed to go off in case of water or earthquake. There were no alarms and so he said what happened today was not even a close call and nothing happened, the tube is designed to handle this sort of thing and the harsh marine environment. It has 3 8 thick steel walls and thick concrete walls. It performed as it was supposed to. He is not even sure the anchor even came close. Live in oakland, don knapp, kpix 5. A shocking announcement from state water leaders today another example of how serious the drought is. The state Water Project wont be providing any water to local agencies that in turn supply twothirds of the state with its water supply. The decision will have direct impact on water districts that serve 25 million people. Its also a crushing blow to farmers, who normally count on the supply for crops. Local water districts will have to ration already dwindling supplies. We should all be clear by now that this is not a coming crisis. This is not an evolving crisis. This is a current crisis. Considering that we are now two thirds through the wet season, the state would have to experience heavy rainfall and snowfall every other day through may in order to just get us back. I said it was a shocking announcement, get this, its the first time in the 54year history of the state Water Project that its had to make these cuts. The state says 17 water districts are in danger of running out of water. They expect that number to rise. The belt tightening is happening close to home, as well. City leaders in San Francisco called for their own cutbacks in water use today. They are asking 2. 6 million customers to voluntarily reduce water usage by 10 . That includes People Living in San Francisco, san mateo, santa clara and alameda counties. Levels in the hetch hetchy Regional Water system are low, and the population is growing. It wont be that long before, if things do not change, we will start to seriously consider higher levels and consider mandatories. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission says it will know in a month or so whether they will have to start making water cuts mandatory. And in a worstcase scenario, the hetch hetchy system has enough water for one year. Wildlife authorities have put a hold on fishing while the state grapples with these dry conditions. Several rivers and creeks from San Mateo County to big sur have a new fishing ban. The san leandro river in pass ska dare row, aptos and other creeks are included. The lack of rain is threatening spawning fish. The ban is intended to increase the chances of fish being able to spawn instead of being caught. See more in our drought resource guide at kpix. Com drought. Well, for the first time in weeks, its nature snow not manmade thats falling in the sierra. Caltrans road plows hard at it overnight and the roads are clear now. At the moment, chains are not required if you are heading up to the mountains this weekend. The few people have already taken advantage of the new snow. They hit the slopes at boreal. A similar scene at kirkwood. People loving the fresh snow. But the latest storm too little too late tore january. Chief meteorologist paul deanno with a record we set this month not that we like that record. This is not a good record to set in the middle of a drought. This is weather history. 160 years of weather history here in the bay area and this is the driest january we have ever seen. It is now official with no rainfall in the forecast for the next six hours, the old record we set back in 1920 with just over. 25 of rainfall. We just shattered that. 06 of rain that is it for San Francisco for january. Get used to this for 36 hours. Well be dry. There is a rain chance coming up toward the at the end of the weekend. But the new forecast for the month of february from the Climate Prediction Center came out and they dont give specific numbers. They say above average, lower than average for temperature and rainfall. Right now the forecast for the bay area is for another drier thanaverage month coming up in february. So well talk about that one rain chance coming up this weekend and well take a look at the entire sevenday forecast coming up in about 12 minutes. Thank you. A teen lamborghini thief heads to jail for his wild crime spree. Now a surprising discovery about max wades past. And his connection to an unsolved bay area murder. Its just a huge knowing that i have so many people at home cheering for me. She is going for the gold in sochi. The olympicsized sendoff for this bay area prodigy. And a wanted felons escape ends up all wet. The man who tried to put him in cuffs became his unlikely hero. ,,, max wade sits in san quentin prison. But we he is behind bars now, but could a notorious teenaged criminal be responsible for more crimes . Max wade sent to san quentin is under scrutiny for the 2009 killing of a tiburon woman a case that is unsolved. Kpix 5s brian webb with new documents that reveal a troubled past. Brian. Reporter max weighed here at san quentin at least for the next 90 days as officials decide where he will serve his life sentence and under the tightest security back here too because his associates have already tried to bust him out before. Authorities took a look at him for another highprofile crime. [ music ] reporter the notorious max wade daring teenaged car thief convicted wouldbe murderer inspiration behind a music video. [ rap ] reporter and there may even be more. The Tiburon Police department have known max for some time. Reporter the police chief tells me wade is one of several people investigated for the murder of joan rosenthal, the 75yearold tiburon resident shot to death in her front yard in 2009. There is no apparent motive for the crime. There is no burglary. There was no assault. And to this day, we dont know why it was committed. Reporter the chief says investigators looked at wade because he was a tiburon resident too, had a violent past, and for what they found on his computer after it was seized. They found that he had displayed an unusual interest in the rosenthal case. He had done a number of searches on it on his computer. Reporter but no physical evidence ever linked him to the murder. The case is unsolved. It still haunts the chief to this day. Frankly, its the greatest professional disappointment of my life. I have been doing this 40 years and if theres one case i would like to close, that would be it. Reporter now, wades attorney sent me a statement said max wade is not connected to the rosenthal case. A statement by investigators unsupported by fact or evidence dignifies no further response. The lawyer is planning an appeal on behalf of max wade. Live in san quentin, brian webb, kpix 5. Wade was convicted of attempted murder and numerous charges including stealing celebrity chef guy fieris lamborghini. Nasty bug cuts another cruise short but passengers say they feel deceived. They lied to us. I hate lies just tell us were going back. Why theyre questioning the crews reason for heading home. Usa, usa the bay areas skating sensation gets a rousing sendoff from her school. Her quest for gold and good grades in sochi. [laughs] yes, im that flo. Arent you sweet licensed phoneups availa. Hales corners, wisconsin. Nice pass by alyson dudek. Can she hang on to that spot . And she does [ male announcer ] with the uverse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. [ dad ] looks pretty good, right . [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] add a uverse wireless receiver today. Store. It happened this morning at african food and market pl on bascom avenue a clerk was beaten tied up and robbed just after opening his store this morning on bascomb avenue in santa clara. Police are looking for a man in his 30s who was wearing all black clothing. I think he had a gun and hit me with it. Then i was unconscious. Then he tied me, my leg and hand and mouth. The store owner says he has seen the suspect in his store before as a customer. The clerk was checked out by a doctor and sent home. A wanted felon who tried to run from police had to be rescued by the officer chasing him. An officer spotted lee daniels in palo alto. Daniels took off running. He jumped national san fransesquito creek in palo alto during high tide. He went under and didnt come up. An officer jumped in for the rescue but had trouble getting up the side of the levee. A Palo Alto Fire Department used a rope to get the suspect and officer out of the water. Santa clara police have arrested a 41yearold woman on suspicion of setting her own home on fire. The garage was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived this morning. The smoke alarm woke up other people in the home and that likely saved their lives. Surveillance cameras captured a man alone on a vta platform moments before 60 feet of copper wire was stolen. It happened yesterday at 3 a. M. At the santa teresa sa rail station in san jose. Authorities estimate it will cost 10,000 to replace that copper wire. Surveillance video also shows a suspicious ford mustang around the time of the theft. Travelers be warned. Construction at San FranciscoInternational Airport could cause delays this summer. The San Francisco chronicle reports that sfo will be closing two of its four runways from may through september. During that time, crews will be installing collapsible pavement meant to stop runaway planes from going off the tarmac. The updates are part of a safety mandate. A bay area olympian is about to embark on the experience of her young life. Today her classmates let her know she has their full support. [ chanting ] that is gold right there. An energetic Assembly Held this morning at archbishop mitty high school. For paulina edmunds. She is a sophomore at the school. Sophomore. Paulina says competing in the sochi Winter Olympics has been a dream of hers for years. In 2010, i went to my first nationals. That was when the dream really started. And thin yeah, four years later im on the team so thats pretty school. Indeed. She will still have to keep up with studies. She kind of joked about working on homework while she stays at the olympic village. Yes, at 15 years old, she is the youngest figure skater on team usa. White powder found at several new Jersey Hotels near the site of the super bowl is nonhazardous. Bomb squads and hazmat teams investigated the hotel where the suspicious letters arrived. The contents of one letter turned out to be corn starch. Security near new jerseys Metlife Stadium has been tightened in preparation for sundays big game. New at 5 00 tonight an exofigures for the Port Authority in new jersey says governor Chris Christie did know about the lane closures on the George Washington bridge. Lawyers released a letter for the exofficial saying that theres even evidence to prove that christie knew about the incident. Governor christie publicly denied having knowledge of lane closures. Several lanes were closed in september. That led to traffic gridlock for several days. Cruise passengers in texas questioning a fog advisory that caused a ship to return early. Passengers say the crew announced on the second day of the trip that people were sick with a highly contagious norovirus and extra precautions were being taken. The seven day cruise was expected to end in the western caribbean. The Princess Cruise Lines says it was dense fog that cut that trip short. Really what it was was that illness on board. They lied to us. I hate lies. Tell us were going back. I wouldnt lie to her. According to Princess Cruises [ laughter ] 165 people had some sort of stomach illness. The cdc is now leading an extensive sanitation of that ship. Did not want to get off that ship. They wanted to keep on going. And the dont mess with evelyn dont mess with texas see how they even blame the weather guy, blame it on fog . Always the weatherman. Comes with the job. We need a wholesale change here. We need things to turn around quickly. You saw about half our first block of news is the drought story. This is important stuff. We need water in those reservoirs. We need snow in the sierra. We need things to change. It is clear outside. Our dublin cam looks nice. A lot of parts of the country would say sunny, 60, well take it. We want to trade for the moisture. Heres a shot from the transamerica pyramid. Looks nice but we need the rainfall. Concord 59. Livermore 58. San francisco and san jose 56. Oakland 61. Nothing on kpix 5 hidef doppler radar. We did have some showers yesterday evening. I showed them to you at 10 00 and 11 00, lawrence had them for you in the morning but theyre gone and not much to replace them for the next couple of days. Kirkwood 13 of fresh powder. Boreal 11 and squaw valley saw 10. We need more but, hey, thats a start. An average of a foot of snow in the sierra. Tonight with clear skies, it will be below freezing for much of the north bay including santa rosa, napa and healdsburg and cloverdale. Fairfield will be dancing around the freezing mark as will concord, walnut creek and livermore, the trivalley cold, san jose tonight 36. So a chilly start to your saturday. Well have more sunshine tomorrow. I just zoomed things out. I want to show you two things. Theres not much going on around the bay area but look at all the activity off to the west. There are a significant number of storms out there. This is not for a lack of moisture moving through the pacific. It is for a lack of those storms not making it here because of that blocking ridge of high pressure. Lets talk about that high and where it is and where its going. It will be in a good spot on sunday that one of those areas of low pressure will ride around the top of the ridge, slide down the california coastline, and it will be a close call for showers but i do think near the bay and at the coastline you will get some rainfall coming up on sunday. As for much of next week, that ridge builds back just Strong Enough and just close enough to kick the storm track out of the bay area back up to the north. So it looks like its going to be a miss but at least its a near miss. Computer models do change and if this ridge builds farther to the south or to the west, we may be tapping into rainfall. Right now, next week does look dry. So lets cross our fingers for that rainfall coming up on sunday. Tonight, clear and cold. Sunny, mild for you on saturday. Highs around 60. Showers are possible coming up for super bowl sunday. Of course many of you inside watching the game. Highs tomorrow, close to average. San jose, for example, your average is 61. Your high tomorrow is 59 degrees. Sunnyvale 58. Fremont and milpitas, hayward, 58 degrees. Sunny day in pittsburg with a high of 50. San ramon 60. 57 into San Francisco tomorrow. Alameda 59. Novato 60. Cooler up north. Ukiah in the 20s tonight, 57 your high tomorrow. A few showers coming up on sunday. Then here we go again. Monday and tuesday, sunny and dry. Wednesday, thursday and friday, we are also looking mainly dry. So what we need and you have heard this from the water management, we dont want it all back at once. That would be the exact opposite which would be worse. We want a series of storms every few days give us a half inch to an inch of rainfall. Doesnt look like its going to happen in the next week or so. We have to cross our fingers for midfebruary. Thank you. San franciscos chinatown neighborhood kicked off the year of the horse with a parade this morning. This mornings parade included appearances by mayor lee and members of the Police Departments mounted unit. The celebrations will continue tonight at the dance club 1015 folsom. The citys official Lunar New Year parade will take place on february 15. During the super bowl this sunday, assuming youre going to watch, be sure to keep an eye out for an ad from an oaklandbased toy company. Goldieblox gets to air a 30 second commercial for free. Its always been my mission to bring this brand to the mainstream to inspire girls around the world with a really positive role model. That mighty girl inventor will be seen by billions of people. Goldieblox won the 4 million Super Bowl Ad through a contest beating 15,000 other small businesses. The toy meant to inspire girls to be engineers. A doubledouble surprise. A man gets served with counterfeit change at inand out. How to tell if the cash in your pocket is real. You did . On the consumerwatch, julie watts on how to de might just want to do you ever counterfeit money in your pocket . Would you know if you did . On the consumerwatch, julie watts on how to detect it and why you might just want to check. Reporter its a twice monthly trip here for this Kindergarten Teacher and his wife. I love the double animal style. Reporter but these two were doubly surprised to get a Little Something extra on a recent fast food run. I was very shocked. Reporter their change from the register was counterfeit. They say it began like any other order. What can i get you . Reporter the couple asked for two steaks, please. Reporter and paid with a 50 bill. Heres your receipt. Thank you so much. Reporter when they got their change, they took it and left and had no idea one of the bills was counterfeit. But the next day, johnnie had to get gas. And thats when a gas station attendant point out his fake 10 bill. I was like, are you serious . he goes, yes, sir. Let me show you a real 10 bill and yours. The note on the right is counterfeit. The note on the left is genuine. Reporter secret Service Agent andy adelman says theres an estimated 40 million of fake currency in circulation. And the agency wants you to know your money. Because once you take a fake, its your responsibility. The notes on the top here are using desktop imaging. Reporter look for hallmarks of real currency, security ink, watermarks. This fake is exposed by holding it up to the light. If we see ben franklin on the front we should see it on the watermark inside the ibm. In fact we see abraham lincoln. After what happened to me, you know, every, single bill i get from a dollar i got to check it. Reporter johnnie learned his lesson and turned his county. Over to local police but when he called in and out, the restaurant change said they couldnt help him. So johnnie turned to consumerwatch. We called in and out for him and the restaurant has now agreed to make good on this fast food fans fake 10. If you have a problem with a corporation, any business, go ahead and contact consumerwatch and let them know. Reporter now, it is rare to find a fake 10 bill counterfeits typically being larger and in and out went above and beyond to take care of johnnie because once you accept a counterfeit even if its from a bank, its your responsibility. And you must turn it over to law enforcement. But you know, less than 1 of all currency is actually fake. But the printers have gotten so everything is reporter thats true. People can do it at home these days. Just from a glance you cant tell the difference. Thank you. Now for a look at whats ahead on the cbs evening news we have scott pelley in new york. Reporter the Chris Christie scandal a former ally tonight has turned accuser and says that the new jersey governor is not telling the truth. Elaine quijano is on the breaking story. Well have details on the cbs evening news. Save up to 500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Get a sealy queen set for just 399. Even get 3 years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. 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Tonight, how some artists are working to breathe new life into the old steel. Well have those stories and much, much more tonight at 6 00. You guys made it to friday. Just saying that. Friday feels so good. Just barely. All right. Ken, thanks so much. See you in 30 minutes. Thanks for watching us at 5 00. Enjoy your weekend. Cbs evening news with scott pelley is next. Remember the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix. Com. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com pelley tonight, the christie scandal. I knew nothing about this pelley a former ally turns accuser and says the governor is not telling the truth. Elaine quijano is on the breaking story. The super bowl brings supersized challenges. Sharyn alfonsi reports. Parents of a mentally ill son make a heartwrenching choice to save the lives of others. Were you actually thinking you could kill somebody . Jim axelrod that has story. And nothing makes you love life like knowing your days are numbered. 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