Rain around the bay area. How long will it last . Well talk about that coming up. And we have cars slipping and sliding on those roadways out there. Wet roadways and a new accident for highway 4, but 580 still looking good for the altamont pass. Ill have your kcbs traffic in just a few minutes. A major effort now under way to make sure sundays big super bowl is safe and secure as possible. Massive control rooms set up to monitor security cameras around the stadium site in new jersey and in new york city, where many activities, of course, are taking place this week. Tsa agents are sweeping train platforms and above Metlife Stadium security personnel in aircraft are watching that stadium site. We worry about day here in new york. It just puts more of a focus on it. Whats the latest intelligence tell you about potential threats . Were not picking up any direct threats against the event. But please be e prence is especially heavy at new yorks times square. And boxes and boxes of fake super bowl gear have been confiscated at the International Mail branch of Kennedy Airport this week. Customs Officials Say some of the ripoff jerseys are safety hazards because the materials are highly flammable. Experts say clothing with plastic trim and or panels are missing upc stickers, are likely not the real deal. The stench was described by one neighbor as ungodly. Even veteran reporters were shocked to see and smell what was discovered in a teachers home. Serene branson reports from orange county, there were snakes by the hundreds. Reporter this video provided by the Santa Ana Police department shows what they call deplorable conditions inside a home on fernwood drive. Police we have a search warrant reporter animal control officers Wearing Masks and protective suits discovered filthy rooms filled with plastic boxes stacked high containing 180 live snakes. It appears that most of them havent eaten in quite a while. Theres various stages of dying and dead and underweight. Reporter they also discovered 224 snake carcasses and skins and 45 mice and rats running around. They arrested the homeowner, 53 yearold william buckman, on animal cruelty charges while he was on his way to work. He is a teacher at Mariner Elementary School in newport beach. Neighbors say they had been complaining about the foul odor for months. We cant even open the windows in the house because the smell gets into the house. Reporter she lived next door and thought it was the trash piled up on the side of the house. Im pregnant. And it was getting worse and worse. We have been calling the police because at the beginning, we thought that someone was dead. Reporter now neighbors are breathing a little easier. Thank god that its taken care of. Im afraid of snakes. Reporter serene branson, kpix 5. Buckman had become increasingly isolated since his mother died, according to neighbors. It is 4 56. The investigation finally complete in the shooting death of andy lopez by a Sonoma County sheriffs deputy. Coming up, the next step in the case. The governor is ready to take action to start transferring water to places hard hit by the california drought. Coming up our exclusive conversation with Governor Brown ahead of high level meetings today. , for the first time in 7 weeks, its raining. And Northern California badly needs it. Concerns over californias drought have even reached the white house. The president called me today. He offered to do whatever he can do obviously, cant make it rain. But there are some parts of california that are more privileged from the point of view of water availability than others. So we have systems, we can transfer it. The storm came in on wednesday, a little earlier than expected. Caltrans says they have a 300 member crew on standby ready to hit interstate 80 and highway 50 once the first snowflakes hit the ground. She is going to make a fantastic companion. So many people wanted to adopt this puppy rescued from the trash, they had to have a lottery. Today little gem goes home with a new family. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com good morning, everyone. Its thursday, january 30. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. It is 5 00. Lets get you out the door with some good news its about to rain or its raining in some spots, right . Finally it is back, frank. We are seeing muchneeded rainfall around the bay area. Not the biggest storm we have ever seen, but yeah, its wet outside right now. Checking out our hidef doppler radar, we have rain moving onshore now some filtering on in overnight. More moisture is coming along the peninsula, heavier showers now sliding into parts of the east bay in toward livermore. Youre seeing a good downpour into concord and good rainfall now just light and scattered about san jose and over the santa cruz mountains. Now, theres still a ways to go here. We are not done with the system yet. It will roll through this morning then break off more showery weather and then another batch moves in this evening. Out the do
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