Right now, lets say good morning, to rocky. Reporter good morning, everybody, wellkeep an eye out for the black ice. First lets start with good fews. Highway 37 is reopened. It reopened during the 3 00 hour. It happened after weeks and weeks of closures due to heavy flooding in the area. Crews have been working tirelessly to get it open for you. Smooth movement. High winds across the span of the bay bridge. You are good to go if are you heading across. In the hayward freemont area, 880, road work in both directions. Also, if you are heading into freemont, miles canyon road is reopened. Rocky, thank you right now, thousands are still evacuated in san jose. Water levels are going down, bootses still dangerous. 36,000 homes were evacuated at the height of this. The mayor admits there were problems alerting residents, now, sack es are dealing with this. Take a look at this map. People in the light orange area, allowed to return home. Dark red areas, still evacuated, including rock springs and william street park. Joe vasquez has the latest on the evacuations. Reporter eric is back home to an awful mess. Coyote creek floodwaters forced his family to leave. You are evacuated. They never actually told me that. That was the weird part of it. I have some friends that got notices at 2 00 in the morning. Im on the santa claira alert. I never got anything. Reporter they decided to canoe out. Fire rescue boats were launched to go get them, but the heckmans had already left. Check this out. This is the water mark. Its about fifer feet high. We need to get our clothes because we dont have any clothes to change into. Reporter despite the fact that big red xs marked so many apartments uninhabitable, they are anxious to get back inside. Im tired. I know people are. They want to go home. Reporter jonathan surveyed the damage at his rock springs apartment. Yeah, its pretty bad. Reporter the floor is covered by a thick film of mud, furniture and appliances, ruined. We didnt get any warning. They kind of just let the water out, you know, this happens, so, if they would have given us a warning or something we have not figured out how to get that one out. Reporter as for the heckmans, they are going to stay with friends for now. They will be fine. But, there is a catch. Igher than its spillway level water is set to pour out for a few more days. But many are now asking why the city was caught off guard. Officials say the creek channel walls did not fail. Still, available data suggested the creek could carry more water. Its many are asking why the city was caught off guard. Available data suggested that the creek could carry for water than in the independent. Its unclear if anything changed after the numbers were produced the city said the volume and timing of the flooding was not as expected. Locals agree all of the water was quite a shock. E what we had the most difficulty establishing was how much and when, ultimately, there was going to be no stopping this volume of water once it was being released i didnt expect it would happen and it would be even worst than 20 years ago. The mayor of san jose admits the information the city had been the flood threats was wrong and now, he wants to know why. Its the first time that a resident is aware that they feed to get out of a home is when they see a firefighter and a beat, then, clearly, there has been a failure. Well have alot of time to analyze exactly what went wrong. Reporter six schools had to close. Two of them reopening to day. Mckinley Elementary School e starting today, every lucky supermarket is accepting cash donations for the red cross to fund relief efforts. Plenty of people have been chipping in. In the first two hours almost 240,000 were raised. Lift is offering free rides. We have more information on how you can help on our website cbs sf. Com. All right, it could take months to repair a bridge in big sur. Cal tran said there is so much damage they have to build a new one. It could take up to six months. 4 36, a check on weather. Yesterday, we had a lot of weak disturbances off the coast. We were talking about that, but some of the clouds produced some hail from the north bay to the east. We have some photos coming up later in the newscast. But im talking about a sheet of hail. Does it look like it snowed . It looked like it snowed. We had video last night on our 6 00 newscast. Thats pretty much history. A couple of showers lingering, lets call in our High Definition radar. Rainshowers, right there in the santa cruz mountains, and this is pretty moderate rainfall. Meanwhile, sfo, limited visibility, skies are clear. Its in the 40s. You need a jacket out the door, wind at 13 in oakland, a wind chill, San Francisco winds at 19, with a temperature in the 40s, it makes it feel like its freezing outside. We have some pretty calm conditions in the north bay. Meanwhile, lets look at what you can expect. Weak disturbances lining up along the coast. Mostly sunny with the slight chance this morning of rainshowers around. We do have a little break in the activity. Today, sunny skies as High Pressure builds in, but pretty brisk winds out of the north, 1020miles an hour, temperatures topping out only in the 50s. Complete forecast coming up, but right now, lets send it to rocky. Its 4 37 lets take a look at our bay area roads, in the in run county community, highway 37 has reopened after weeks and weeks of closures from heavy flooding. It reopened in the 3 00 hour in both directions. So, if this is a normal part of your morning commute, good news, are you driving smoothly through marine county. Heres a live look at 238. 15 minutes. If you are traveling along the pass, expect slow traffic there is some road work out there, late, getting removed. Over to you keny flags will fly at half staff in honor of a Highway Patrol officer that crashed his motorcycle when he was chasing a suspect last night. He was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive the crash happened at 6 00 last night south of scream. This is what it looked like near stockton boulevard and fruit ridge road. Governor brown released the statement, saying in part sacrifice will never be forgotten. An Alameda County sheriffs deputy is now in Critical Condition after being hit by a bus that carries inmates. This video s an Alameda County sheriffs deputy in Critical Condition after being hit by a bus that carries inmates. This video shows Deputy Mike Foley in 2006 when he worked for the concorde pd this happened as foley was working towards the complex to start a shift. He endured head injuries. He has been with the alameda Sheriffs Office for 10 years, before that, he spent 30 years with the concorde Police Department the crash is being investigated. Police released this sketch of a suspect earlier this month. Investigators sea i stole cash from a girl scouts cookie stand in front of a safeway. He was arrested at james logan lie school yesterday. A small fire in a building, people are homeless. The fire was not the problem. Its what happened when the fire inspector showed up. The story you will only see on 5 we have been homeless for 41 days and it keeps going. Reporter in tears as she addressed oakland city council. We actually just moved in. Reporter showing us what used to be her home. On miller avenue in east oakland. She and 20 other tenants forced out last month after learning the building was never zoned as a living space. A couple of People Living in their cars. Im actually crashing in my parents house. Reporter gregory said he and the other tenants learned about the issue when a small fire sparked on the door step january 12th. One day after the mayor signed an executive order meant to protect people after the ghost ship fire. Fire inspector did an inspection and found code violations. No sprinklers in some hallways. Other hallways, sprinklers that are positioned too closely to walls to work properly but she said this is just the beginning, exposed electrical wiring hanging loose, a water heater not secured to a wall. Aces for the bedroom where her boyfriends son was supposed to sleep the Fire Department said this would be highly dangerous because there is no second 5 00 sheas. Reporter the Building Owner did not return our calls. What are the reparations for signing 21 illegal leases . Reporter City Council Members could not answer that, but they are working to get tenants relocation funds. But that will take time, until then we are in limbo, wondering what will happen next. Transgender students that time, now, 4 42. The Trump Administration ending a federal protection for transgendered students allowing them to use School Bathrooms matching their gender identity. What the change in policy means. What one winning power basketball ticket worth 400 million was bought. Thats coming up. , involving transgender students. This morning, President Trump is weighing if on the civil rights issue involving transgendered students. As Hannah Daniels reports, is he making a major policy change. We do not stop protests erupted outside of the white house, moments after President Trump reversed court on obama era guidance protecting transgendered students this is our country, too. We demand a raggal president. Reporter Obama Administration recommended all Public Schools allow transgendered schools to use public bathrooms and locker rooms according to their identity or risk funding. Late wednesday, department of justice issued new guidance, saying there must be due regard for the primary lowell of the states and local School Districts in establishing educational policy. Betsy devos issued her own statement on the matter and said guidance. Calling it a threat to the privacy of students who are not transgender. Hannah daniels cbs news. More than 20 states challenged the obama era guidance. House minority leader called the move a cruel blow to an already Vulnerable Group of young people. A republican california congressman, intense town hall as people packed to speak their minds. Many had signs in hand well before congressman mcclintonk to took the stage. He had to calm the people multiple times. He covered many policies, whiled audience members got rowdy, some were glad to see democracy in action. There were a few people in there very aggressive and frustrated i think people need to exchange ideas. I think its great that people pour out to do this. There was a heavy Police Presence at last nights event, but none of the tension turned into violence. Several protesters are camping out in north dakota. The military ordered them out. Demonstrators set fire and explosions and called it a ceremony of leaving continue on in the movement and keep going and keep fighting for truth. Construction of the pipeline has started. The one mile stretch near this campsite is expected to take three months. This utah man has been shoveling snow from the inside of his house after a mud slide ripped through the place tuesday name. Tim said he and his wife were chatting at their dinner table when they heard a loud snap. Moisture made the ground unstable sending tree branches and snow mounds flying into his home. It was kind of unbelievable. You walk into the back room and saw the door popped open and the room full of snow. Reporter he and his wife did not get hurt when all of the debris came crashing in, but they house there could be some sort of mix to prevent warm mudslides. We see is all here in northern california. We have seen it all ever since january. We have a couple little systems coming in over the weekend. I have to tell you the computer models are so bullish, three different computer models we are relying on. None of them are going to agree on how much rain is expected around the bay area and how long it will last. Im going a sweep over everything, right now. European models and the canadian mountains, they are just not agreeing. It is a difficult forecast, actually, but we know we are going to get wet at some point during the weekend. Exact timing is sketchy. One thing that is certain at this hour. This, right here, a picture sent to us from glenn allen. If you look carefully, you can see the hail accumulating on her patio set in her backyard. This was one of the cells that breezed over the north bay in the afternoon hours from a weak disturbance heading along the immediate coastline that is what is going on. Popup shower over santa cruz. Light showers over highway 1. The scenario for the Morning Hours and sunshine during the afternoon. Clear skies, visibility limited at sfo so far, no reports of any delays. Santa rosa, 39 degrees, 45 in San Francisco, but when you couple that with the wind at 19 Miles Per Hour, wind chill makes it feel like its between 3032 degrees. Keep that in mind as you get the kids ready for the bus stop. This morning, winds are up to 13. So, we had several little weak disturbances off the coast, sent some clouds into the forecast yesterday. We even had some hail reported in the livermore area. Today, none of that. Cool temperatures, breezy, more sunshine friday and weekend showers trying to nail it down, but, again, we have a pesky air of low pressure, combined with northerly wind. Its going to tap into tropical moisture. Atmospheric river conditions, thursday, nothing but clear skies, friday, the same. Increasing clouds saturday. Precipitation by the early evening hours. Then, we begin to clear out before a secondary system rollsous. 22 degrees in the high sierra. You have the tahoe skiing and snowboarding report coming up today temperatures in the 50s under 60 degrees ever everywhere. A and miss shower all the way through morning thats a look at your weather report, heres rocky. We have a couple of updates on closures that were bogging you down for the morning commute. Looking at the hot spots,th month pass, look at all of the red arrows, meaning it is slow along the way. We have reports of road work that has not been moved. We are waiting for that to get cleared out. Otherwise, keep in mind, its slow along theth month pass, 19 Miles Per Hour. 680, taking you 15 minutes. Lets look at niles canyon road. This was closed because of storm damage. Now, it has reopened. And if you are heading into the marine county area, highway 37, now, reopened in both directions between appleton avenue and highway 101. It has been closed since february 9th. Due to heavy flooding in the area. Back to you rocky, thank you. Indiana making up 435 million richer than yesterday. The winning jackpot ticket was sold there. Had 35 million. The prize, 10th largest in partly cloudy history. One ticket scored that ark all of the smaller prizes total more than 27 million. Oscars three days away, some of the movies expected to take home top honors got big awards last night. It was the 19th annual Costume Designers Guild awards, Hidden Figures won for excellence in a period film. Hollywood is gearing up for the 89th academy awards. Famous red carpet rolled out yesterday. Stars will walk across it outside of the doll bitheater, preshow starts at 4 00. Jimmy kimmel is this years host. And time, now 4 52, next, atm fees adding up. How much big banks are making off you. ,, good morning, welcome to your february 23rd, time check, 4 55, lets take you for a ride around the bay area. Slight chance of a rain shower along the coast, otherwise, it will clear up, sunny skies, a capitol hilly day with layers if you are going to be walking along the coast in the 50s. Santa claira, 50s. 55 in concorde. Morning north bay, your high temperatures in the 50s. Disrupted Airline Travel for smooth sailing around the bay area unless you are heading to theth month pass. Look at the red arrows, 19 Miles Per Hour along the way. Goes up to 30 once you hit northland road. This is due to red work causing delays. Heres a live look at the slow commuter traffic. The computer glitch that disrupted Airline Travel for American Airlines has been solved. There was a ground stop in philadelphia wednesday after the computers would not start up properly. The airline cannesed all flights tedding to philadelphia and had to manually check in customers until the problem was fixed. You know the 3 fees you have to fee sometimes to get your own money . The three dollars are getting big profits for banks. That works out to about 25 for every american adult. Now in our healthwatch, researchers in pittsburgh pinpointed a type of fat around the heart that may raise the risk of Heart Disease in women after menopause. Previous studies show that dieting can help lower heart fat experts predict even though death rates from malignant melanoma could be lower, but those at highest risk were born before 1960 when the dangers of sun exposure were not yet known. Working to make repairs. Progress being made to fix the orville dam and the lawmakers touring the damage left behind. And im kenny choi. Good morning, everyone, its thursday, february 23rd. Lets start with a live look outside, this morning, rush is about to start with drivers hitting the roads, heading to work. We are monitoring what you can expect, including your forecast. People will not have to drive in the rain, this morning thats a good thing. But people will have to dress in layers. Actually, i didnt, i turned on my bun warmer in my car and it worked the heated steering we will. Is that a luxury or what . I dont have any of that. I only have the seat warmer, not the steering wheel. We have clear skies, its freezingy santa rosa, couple that with a wind blowing up to 10miles an hour to get to the 20s. Clouds line up at the coast. Still some showers