Area. Look at the cell around 5 and 12. Moderate rain at this particular time. Subtropical moisture is lifting from the south to the northeast. Its tapping into a plume of moisture thats streaming out to the eastern pacific so we have a lot of muggy conditions in the atmosphere today. Winds increasing out of the south gusting up to 35 Miles Per Hour. In addition, we have a Flash Flood Watch that goes into effect today for the santa lucia and los padres mountain range. The soberanes fire burned over 130,000 acres and we have a scarred area so we anticipate flash flooding over half inch per hour. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s. It does feel a little muggy. The winds will increase later today at 10 in San Francisco, under 10 around the peninsula. With todays rain that will intensify during the day becoming heavy by the evening commute and heavier overnight, with thunderstorms, we talk about how much rain to expect and another storm after that. First heres roqui. Thank you, roberta. Its 4 32. Unfortunately we have a fatality to report in the oakland area. This is the hilltop onramp to eastbound 80. Its a Pedestrian Fatality involving a car that hit a pedestrian. The pedestrian died. The investigation is ongoing. So the onramp is still closed. Well keep you posted as to when it is open. Now moving over to crashes here first in antioch eastbound 4 after contra loma boulevard two vehicle crash off to the side, no delays. Moving over to westbound 4 as well, over here in martinez, westbound 4 after mccune road a solo crash off to the side not causing delays towards the 80 freeway here. Now heres a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze 20 minutes. A look into the peninsula from hayward to foster city traffic moving all right, 880 to 101 will just take 15 minutes. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. Some strict new rules are in place at ucberkeley now. The school is trying to prevent sexual assaults but some students are wondering if the new rules will work. Heres kpix 5s christin ayers. I dont like going them. Its a grimy atmosphere. Reporter this third year cal student doesnt feel safe at parties here on uc berkeleys frat row. Its the mentality, like, that oh, we want girls to the parties bring more girls and, like, less guys so the ratio is way, um, outnumbered for girls and i think thats scary. Reporter a week and a half ago, two girls in two days claimed they were sexually assaulted in off campus frat houses. The group that oversees the fraternities took action. He banned game day parties. With the ban lifted the council has announced a slew of new rules to make frat parties safer. No hard alcohol. Socalled sober monitors appointed at each house to supervise parties and mandatory Sexual Consent talks before guests can even enter a party. I think its a good idea because it gives people, like, a basis of what consent means and then, like, the frats cant really be liable for what happens because everyone knows, like, going in exactly, like, what the guidelines are. Reporter other students said the guidelines dont do enough. You cant just say, okay, heres this new rule without explaining, like, and educating people why this rule is in place. Reporter aurora says the new rules are not enough to get her to go to a Fraternity Party but she is hopeful this is just the beginning. I hope that, like, with these, like, small steps that were going to be heading in the right direction . Reporter in berkeley, christin ayers, kpix 5. The mercury news reports that students will also have to pass a quiz about Sexual Consent before they are allowed to enter the parties. New details on an officer involved shooting in San Francisco. Officials say the suspects condition is up graded to stable while the officer remains in fair condition. The shooting happened tuesday near faxon avenue and montana street. Several officers followed a wanted car from san mateo. When they pulled it over, there was a confrontation and two officers shot at the suspect. Its unclear what exactly led up to the shooting. New this morning, Walnut Creek Police are looking for an elderly man who walked away from his care home. They say that 71yearold yen chang has memory issues but in good health. He left at 5 30 yesterday morning. He apparently has a history of wandering sometimes finding his way to oakland or berkeley. In San Francisco city officials are done being subtle when it comes to earthquake safety. Only on 5, andria borba shows us their bold strategy to make sure every building has what it takes to survive a quake. Reporter San Franciscos 2016 version of the Scarlet Letter isnt written by Nathaniel Hawthorne but the department of building inspection. Dozens of buildings citywide were slapped with this sign. Earthquake warning. The earthquake could come anytime even tonight or tomorrow. Reporter the notices are the second round issued by the department for building owners to retrofit those soft story buildings with garage space on the ground floor and housing above. Deficiency, thats why we want to strengthen the ground floor. Reporter the initiative to get all buildings compliant gained steam in 2013 and many building owners including these in Lower Pacific Heights have procrastinated for years. A big reason . The 6 figure price tag. While the signs lacked the nuance of a thorns master hawthornes masterpiece, they are still meant to shame. For the building inspection director, the rush to get the building shored up comes from a memory 27 years old. We are having an earthquake. Reporter soft story buildings on soft land collapsing in the marina during 1989 loma prieta quake. The goal is to get owners inside the Building Department with a plan to withstand the next shaker. This next round of Scarlet Letters, though, is waiting to be delivered september 15th,2017. Right now we are looking at only 40 compliance. Reporter in San Francisco, andria borba, kpix 5. Recovery efforts are under way this morning after powerful aftershocks rattled central italy yesterday. Its the same region where a massive earthquake killed nearly 300 people in august. There are no reports of casualties and few serious injuries. There is extensive damage to buildings and hundreds of people are out of their homes. Officials are trying to figure out what to do with a giant blue whale that washed ashore in daly city. A necropsy is planned today to determine how it died. People discovered its body yesterday on thornton beach. Kpix 5 reporter Susie Steimle says that its becoming quite a spectacle reporter its only natural that the largest animal on earth would draw an equally impressive crowd. I just came to see the blue whale. I heard about it on, you know, the tv. Yeah, want to see how big they are,. Reporter dozens made the trek to the beach in daly city to see this blue whale that washed up midafternoon. Scientists will perform a necropsy to determine how it died. So what happens to this mammal after it washes up onshore . Thats up to the state parks or the city. After the necropsy is performed, they will either tow it out, leave it where it is or about your try. Made me sad to see it. Reporter people are upset that its dead. There arent that many of them. So its sad. Reporter once the necropsy is performed, they will likely be bothered by the oppressive smell. Oh, my god, the winds, like, coming right at my house. [ laughter ] reporter Scientists Say theres no timeline for how long the whale will be left on the beach. In daly city, Susie Steimle, kpix 5. Campaign 2016. With just 12 days to go before the election, the real clear politics average of major polls Shows Hillary clinton has a fivepoint lead over donald trump. Thats down from a seven point lead last week. Today clinton campaigns with First Lady Michelle Obama in North Carolina while trump goes to ohio. Yesterday, the republican nominee stood by statements that captain humayun khan would be alive if he had been president in 2004. It came after the father campaigned for clinton in virginia. Time after time this candidate has proven to be unfit, unworthy of this office. And while she may be up in the polls, clinton encouraged her supporters to make sure they support her when it counts. Donald trump says he can still win and he is right its important to go vote. New numbers out this morning show 12. 5 million early votes have already been cast which is far higher than the rate in 2012. California National Guard members may not have to pay back their bonuses for serving overseas. Defense secretary Ashton Carter told the pentagon that that request just isnt fair. Carter says that the bonuses stem from errors and criminal behavior by others in the guard in california such as recruiters trying to reach enlistment goals. Many members of congress were outraged to hear that servicemen were asked to pay back the money. A soldier who served in iraq says he was supposed to give back 15,000 and the guard reported it as debt to credit agencies. It felt like betrayal and i want nothing more than to not resolve it for myself but resolve it for every soldier with that recoupment letter. The pentagon is working on a longterm solution but it says that the collections will stop for now. It plans to sort through the cases by next july. In San Francisco, a man walks into a corner store and leaves a Million Dollars richer thanks to his scratchers ticket. Sayyid bought the ticket at warner on geary street. He will use it to pay for his childrens college tuition. Meanwhile warners liquors gets a 5,000 bonus for selling the ticket. Time now 4 41. A man accused of stealing from gym lockers in the bay area is in custody. How Police Caught him. ,,,,,,, locker thefts. As Jennifer Mcgraw reports, the suspect is linked to thefts across Northern California. A sh a man is in custody suspected in a rash of gym locker thefts. As Jennifer Mcgraw reports, the suspect is linked to thefts across Northern California reporter a shocking discovery leads police to a suspect they have been tracking for weeks, stealing identification, keys, just about anything you can find in a gym locker. Breaking in and affecting so many peoples personal lives. Reporter there were 50 victims who had their victims stolen. Stomach sinks. I realized what happened immediately since it just had happened to someone else a week where to before. Reporter he and dozens more forced to cancel cards, buy new phones and change locks. All the stuff that was on the table is just a fraction of what was found in the car. Reporter the officer says the bust was a great catch by chp. A suspected drunk driver led them to finding raoul ramos in the passenger seat, the man they say was behind gym thefts from rockland to the bay area. The driver and a third suspect were all arrested with a slew of charges. They appeared to be very busy and they hit multiple locations in multiple cities covering several different counties. Reporter Police Believe some of these thefts were so recent they found [ indiscernible ] the suspectss car. Now they are trying to reunite the stolen items with their owners. They said they found more of my stuff. Reporter his car keys were returned and now peace of mind, livelihood isnt in the wrong hands. They could just show up and get into my house or drive away with my car without anyone noticing. Reporter police say theres no telling how many lockers were hit. But now many victims are getting at least some of their stolen items back. Ramos is facing felony id theft and possession of stolen property. If you happen to be one of those victims, give your local Police Department a call. Here in vacaville covering the news, Jennifer Mcgraw for kpix 5. A pastor from sunnyvale is trying to combat racism in a unique way treating it like an addiction. Pastor ron beauford created a 12 step program. He is trying to get racism out of his community by making people more aware of their harsh and violent words. Black lives matter has made wonderful impact in so many ways. But this is a different approach focused on the individual. Instead of talking about other peoples racism, to say, its me. The group has been meeting weekly for about a year now. It is 4 46 right now. Lets check in with roberta. I heard noise when i got out of the shower. It was raining. I let my dog out to do her business stepped out and stepped back in again, nevermind. I dont think so. Very light rain falling and its deceiving for drivers heading out thinking this is nothing take it a little faster. Please, be very mindful of the conditions and our conditions our weather will continue to deteriorate as the day progresses. Live hidef doppler picking up some very light rain here and there but we have plenty offshore. And i want you to keep in mind that all this is coming in from the south and the west. Antioch, you have heard plenty of rain, discovery bay, you, too that has lifted up. You see the shades of yellow on your tv screen heading towards the central valley, byron and brentwood with plenty of rainfall this morning, as well. This is the deal. We have the heaviest precipitation to the north right now. But meanwhile, we have a lot of activity way over here. You got to keep in mind this is all associated with the plume of moisture that streams back, tapping into a hurricane. So a lot of subtropical moisture associated with it is going to get counsel its a moist air mass down with moist in the atmosphere. Right now the winds are South Southwest at 10. So its even still the calm before the storm rolls in. Now, right now you see the moisture streaming back to the eastern pacific. Its lifting south to the north. The coastal hills will be hardest hit around the Monterey County the Los Padres National forest and the burnedout area of the soberanes fire. Rain and wind will intensify today. Later tonight thunderstorms with unsettled air mass coming into the region. And over the weekend, we have more soaking rains. Right now, satelliteradar again suggests that the rain is pulling through the bay area now. It will only get heavier as the day goes on. Heres your lunch hour a little break. By the evening commute we are in the middle of some moderate rainfall. Overnight the heaviest rain and then tomorrow morning, the commute will be dicey with some pockets of heavy rain and were already going to be experiencing some puddling on the roads. Over the weekend, a Second System comes into the bay area. This is a cold front. So it would generate from the north and pull on down. And as that happens, that cooler air mass overrides the warmer air mass and we have thunderstorms on sunday. Two inches of rain in santa rosa. Heavier amounts from santa cruz to the south. Santa cruz and the beach about. 8 of rain but easily one to three inches of rain with a half inch per hour right there around the Monterey County area. Thats where we have that Flash Flood Watch in effect. Sunup at 7 30. Mostly cloudy skies today. Temperatures into the 60s to 70 feel very humid. Again, today washout. Tomorrow, heavy rain for the morning commute. Tapering off during the afternoon. More rain on saturday night through your sunday. Looks like rain will come back into the area on halloween but not until nightfall. Back to you, roqui. Thank you, roberta. Lets take a look at these slick roads throughout the bay area. Starting with the Altamont Pass, we have a new crash in livermore. Lets see here. From north tracy boulevard to the Altamont Pass will take 36 minutes and cars are inching through at 14 Miles Per Hour at north flynn road. Heres the crash westbound 580 before north flynn road a five vehicle crash and three left lanes are excuse me, its blocking the left lane right now and we have crews on scene trying to clear it out for you because if this stays out there you can imagine how bad the Altamont Pass will get. Moving over to southbound 880 after whipple, this is in hayward, we have a multi vehicle crash blocking the three left lanes and also have caused a small fire in the center divide. Crews are out there as well trying to clear it but this can also affect your morning commute. Again, this is in hayward at southbound 880 after whipple. Now moving to the richmond area, unfortunately, we do have a Pedestrian Fatality to report that happened around 12 25 this morning. This is the hilltop onramp to eastbound 80 and it is closed for the ongoing investigation. Thats your traffic. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. In colorado, 50,000 cans of beer rode in a semi truck with no driver behind the wheel. Every drink survived the journey. [ laughter ] but kpix 5s betty yu asked bay area drivers how they feel sharing the highway with this semi reporter everything about this semi truck looks ordinary. Until you look at the drivers seat. Really scary. Thats amazing. Reporter San Francisco based startup otto which uber recently bought shared this video of what it calls the worlds first commercial shipment by selfdriving truck. Inside, more than 50,000 cans of budweiser. Using cameras, radar and sensors, ottos system controlled the steering, braking and acceleration on its own for the 120mile journey in colorado. Honestly, if i were driving next to it, i think it would be really scary. I mean, its really good as far as the technology for something to look forward to in the future. Um, but i would be kind of wary as far as like what if someone stops in front of him. I probably trust robot drivers more than i do humans. [ laughter ] reporter the company agrees. Its like a train on Software Rail and so when you will see a vehicle driving with nobody in it you will know that its very unlikely to get in a collision. Reporter otto says the driver will still pick up, load and secure the freight. And Truck Drivers love the chance to rest during long stretches of highway. Russell hancock is president and ceo of joint venture silicon valley. This has been a long time coming. The technology is here and people need to be reconciled to that. We can actually do this. Whats not there yet is the body of regulations thats going to make it actually permissible on the roadways but the technology works. Reporter betty yu, kpix 5. Time now 4 52. [ music ] son up be able to explore soon youll be able to look at something in the sky. Whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com. We may come and featu re your school on the show. At least if a it will be another 170 years before the global wage gap is finally closed between women and men. Thats a prediction from the World Economic forum. That new report measures disparities in areas like Economic Opportunity and health. This year, the u. S. Ranking slipped to 45th worldwide from 28th last year. If you have never known the difference between big and broil, a new Smart Appliance has arrived to do that thinking. Behold its called the june oven. It it has sensors, scales and camera. It can each watch your bacon sizzle [chuckling] from a smartphone. This Smart Appliance trend also includes a drop scale which can tell if you have used the perfect amount of any ingredient. The inventors and chefs testing these products say the simply burdens are no longer yours to bear. We are in essence teaching the oven to think like a chef. I havent used a measuring cup definitely in that entire year. The gadgets that can play chef this welcome at a cost. The june oven is 1,500. Deliveries start this year. The Space Shuttle discovery is at the center of a massive photo shoot and pretty soon you can see it from anywhere in the world. The smithsonian digital team is working on the project at the national air and space museum. Designers are putting together thousands of pictures to create a 3d scan of the spacecraft. It will eventually be 124 feet long and stand over 50 feet tall. The goal of this project is to document this object using 3d measurement tools and then deliver that to the public so schools can 3d print this object. They can view it online. And they will also be able to view it in virtual reality. The team expects to finish scanning by next summer with the 3d shuttle ready to launch online by 2018. Time now 4 57. The macbook is expected to get a huge refresh today. More on apples hello again event. Just ahead. Reporter are police in the bay area racially biased . Why one District Attorney is saying yes. ,,,,,,,, and im kenny choi. Good morning. It is thursday, october 27. Im michelle griego. Good morning, im kenny choi. Lets head outside check out the conditions on this thursday morning. Its raining today. Its begun. Im very impressed because with our computer models when you have the first couple storms this season sometimes the timing isnt really spot on because so much dry air mass from the season in place in. But this week the computer models have been right spot on with the storms the one that came in on monday and so far the one that is moving into the bay area today. Our live hidef Doppler Radar at this particular time is picking up light gentle rain primarily across the north bay and coast. But as we zero in, you see some more moderate cells thats now just moving into vacaville. Saint helena, you see that little yellow to your west . That will be moving into your area. Thats moderate rainfall. Hidef Doppler Radar placing all this rain from the ocean lifting out from the pacific in a northerly direction. This is subtropical moisture. So its going to feel a bit muggy today and the rain will intensify,