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Rescue in San Francisco. After three teenagers fell off a cliff at china beach. You are looking at video from the hour long rescue operation. As it happened this afteroon. A coast guard helicopter was brought in. To airlift some of the teens to safety. Reporter another was taken away on the water. Now a closer look at where all this all happened. In the citys seaside neighborhood. Thats not too far from the presidio. Kron 4s scott rates is live unfolded. Reporter here are the steps were you call down to the beach but this happened weight off into the distance. That is where these three teams were walking on routes and apparently that is where they slipped and fell. We are told that the speaker. I happen around 12 00 this afternoon it happened and they fell around 50 ft to the ground the area they were walking and is off limits brett with it were done and that limit in that area is still a big mystery right now. The three of them did fall down there. Pam microphone issues pam right now. Pam the bay area is bracing for another storm. This one set to bring more high winds and more heavy rain. It comes as the bay area is still recovering from the mess created by the last storm. Reporter right now looking at this san mateo bridge. You can see those thick cloud still hanging over the east bay. Right now is starting to move east of us east of fairfield pushing on a tour sacramento. Out towards sacramento with another cell behind bringing more rain. Reporter we will see more impressive totals a little bit later on. Was starting to creep concerns is behind. Unsettled weather behind that could find some thunderstorms. With lightning strikes possible as well. When a gust pretty strong already. With 39 mi. Per hour and 44 and half moon bay. Which is where we are seeing the strongest activity. Because of the land we are starting to see air circulating average rainout oakland and san until are not reporting delays always good to check with your carrier. Reporter uc the rain will return and it in a big way. The morning commute will be a wet one. Expect to see that on friday morning as well. All the afternoon you will receive some clearing of the rain will continue to come back very steady and moderate to heavy rain in some areas. Reporter afternoon high is 62 in mountain view, 62 and milpitas, 62 in union city and 60 in vallejo. 60 in san rafael and 59 and no battle. Pam latest on the cleanup efforts. Underway for the oncoming weather first kron 4s dan rubin is standing by the weather center. Hes tracking this storm. Reporter take a look at this video of snow hitting Alpine Meadows todays storm is the first of a threestorm series that snow by sunday, with more snow next week. Received 10 inches of snow pam today kron4 crews were out all across the bay area. With the cleanup from the the next one. Now. Reporter this crew was dealing with debris and mill valley and is not taking any chances either sandbags and tarps were brought out. Which will stay out for a precautionary measure. Reporter a do it yourself sandbagging station is set up and ready to go here at the city of Concord Corporation yard in preparation for the next big stormthis is one of 12 sandbag Distribution Centers in cities throughout incorporated Contra Costa County at this location if sandbagging supplies start running out as you see hereinside the yard you will findmore sandshovels and a sandbag building stationjust fill the white bags with sand, pack, grab and gojust keep in mind theres a 25bag limit for concord residents reporter sandbags are also available in parts of unincorporated Contra Costa Countylike her behind the ambrose rec center in bay point bay pointjust look for this green waste can chained to a treefull of empty brown sand bagsand although the sand and these sand bags are free to Contra Costa County residentsyou have to bring your own shovels so you can load the sand into the bags and haul them awayin bay point Haaziq Madyun kron4news pam we will show you what impact the rain is having on the drought. On the web site a lot of people are handing out the sandbags and we will inform you on where to receive them for free. Happening now. Reporter mandatory evacuations in Southern California ahead of this next storm. Evacuation orders have been issued for one thousand homes east of los angeles in the cities of glendora and azusa. Thats where a wildfire last month burned vegitation on nearly two thousand acres of Steep Mountain slopes. Reporter both cities have been preparing for tonights storm, which is supposed to be more intense in Southern California than it is for us in the bay area. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for 1,000 homes in two foothill suburbs east of los angeles in advance of a powerful storm. The cities of glendora and azusa issued the orders at midday thursday for homes that could be endangered by debris flows from nearly 2,000 acres of Steep Mountain slopes burnedfor days,e been making extensive sandbagging and lining streets with krails. Widespread rain wednesday and early thursday from the storms. The more powerful pam coming up at 5 15. Several San Francisco Police Officers. Indicted. Well show you what theyre accused of. And the alleged video pam then at 5 30. Pam sure you understand what you eat. Well show the proposed nutrition label changes for food. Bulldog bulldog oooh mattress discounters 197 mattress Sale Television announcer get a serta mattress, any size, for just 197 each piece when you buy the complete set. The 197 mattress sale. Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Is on now. Mattress discounters pam a new study is debunking the long held belief. That Breast Feeding is better for babies. Research published in the Journal Social science and medicine. The study. Compared siblings who had been breast fed. And those who had not. Researchers say, while breastfeeding did boost immunity and nutrition in newborns. It found that benefits from Breast Feeding were statistically insignificant in the long term. For children with the same family background. Pam researchers say, past studies which compared one family against another. Showed selection bias. Thats because mothers who breastfeed. Statistically have greater than average education and resources themselves. Pam still ahead. We have new video showing Popstar Justin biebers arrest last month. And the Police Testing his sobriety. Pam then. Pam a big win for drivers in need of directions. The newly ruling that gives an exception to the hands free cellphone law. Free cellphone law. Safeway presents real big deals of the week. Or how to find big savings on the things you need. Just make a Straight Line to safeway. Your club card gets you deals you cant find anywhere else. Right now, breakfast is on. Oscar mayer bacon is only 3. 99. Rise and shine with simply orange oj, just 2. 98. And oikos greek yogurt is only a buck. Real big deals this week and every week. Only at safeway. Ingredients for life. This just in to the kron 4 newsroom. Reporter as you can see westbound fiat 80 is shutdown as we speak. 580 reporter people are out of their vehicles looking all around about 15 more minutes of this Shutdown Police would tend to find out what happened here. The least one person shot and another vehicle. Police are out of what appears to be shell casings. Looking for what appears to be shell casings. Pam developing news at this hour. 5 San Francisco Police Officers and a former Police Officer. Have all been indicted by a federal grand jury. For a variety charges. Which include distributing drugs, theft, extortion, falsifying Police Reports and violating civil rights. Pam the indictments are the culmination of a three year investigation. That began with the release of some Surveillance Videos by the public defender. Pam kron 4s dan kerman is live in the newsroom to explain. Dan. Reporter it was back in march of 2011 that public defender jeff adachi released Surveillance Videos from a number of residential hotels. Reporter at the time he said these videos showed undercover cops illegally entering hotels, lying about it on Police Reports and in some cases stealing items. Reporter police pulled to cops off the street, some were disarmed and District Attorney George Gascon referred the case to the u. S. Attorney, because he was the police chief at the time of these alleged incidents. Reporter now three years later a federal grand jury has indicted 5 current officers and a former officer on a number of charges including violating civil rights, falsifying records, and drug distribution. I think will have a deterrent effect on not only the San Francisco Police Department but officers everywhere. Violating Constitutional Rights and will not be tolerated. And the trail of all from men and women in the Police Department that work hard every day to keep San Francisco safe. A betrayel Reporter Police chief greg suhr was not chief at the time of these alleged incidents, but he says once he took over in from happening again. Reporter now the 5 officers have been suspended without pay. They are expected to be arraigned before a federal magistrate tomorrow. Pam pam we are learning new details about the Fatal Shooting invovling officers at san jose state university. Antonio lopez guzman was wielding a knife near the campus, when he was shot twice in the back, according to the medical examiner. The shooting happened last week near eighth and san salvador streets. Campus police were responding to reports of a man waving a knife and acting strangely. Authorities say, guzman refused to drop the knife. They say they opened fire. After guzman starting advancing toward them. Pam and just in tonight. A big win for people who use their cell phones. For directions while driving. A California Appeals Court has just ruled. It is legal to read a map on a hand held cell phone, while behind the wheel. The ruling comes after a man in fresno got a ticket, while looking a map on his iphone4 while he was stuck in traffic. The driver challenged the 165dollar ticket and won. The judge says, the law prohibiting people from talking on their cellphones without a hands free device did not apply in this case. Reporter storm trackers for they come before the storm we have another man on the way. We have already seen strong wind gust. Rainshowers will come all throughout the evening and continue tomorrow it will be a very wet comment. Strong winds will persist all the way through. Does the past 24 hours a moss an inch in santa rosa and engine and half in the south facing more land than it did with the previous system. Livermore had an inch today and said jose. San jose. 63 in san mateo and concord was 62 in pleasanton. 61 santa clara and 62 in sunnyvale. Hines into pretty much unseasonably warm with 62 in walnut creek at 61 in pleasanton. 68 in santa rosa and said francisco with a 169 the lbo. Reporter pam the latest survey of the Sierra Snowpack showed some improvement today, but state water managers say say, this weeks storms will barely put a dent in californias ongoing water crisis. Grant lodes is here with the snowpack measurements, plus, a new drought map from the federal government. Reporter lets start with the big picture the latest map from the federal government. This dark red area shows the most serious category. Its doubled in size in the last week. Reporter more than a quarter of the state is experiencing exceptional drought, meaning wells are running dry and pastures are unable to support livestock. Reporter almost the entire rest of the state is in a severe or extreme drought. These measurements have never been recorded in california before. Crunch crunch reporter the Sierra Snowpack is called californias biggest reservoir, providing about one third of the states water. Reporter frank gurkey conducts the monthly survey and delivers the verdict. Well its better than it was last month. The problem is we are still way way below average. Reporter todays estimate puts the water content at just 24 percent of the average for this time of the year. Reporter a month ago it was just 12 percent. We have just 21 percent of the average for april, when the snow pack is at its peak. A major improvement from the seven percent last month. Reporter and this weekends storm should bring at least some joy to skiers and snowboarders. So happy to see snow up here. In sacramento the legislature gave near unanimous approvalto a 687 miilion dollar drought relief package. Recycling and conservation projects. And some will go to cities facing severe water pam next. Facing severe water pam next. [son] she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right . [son]hi [mom screams] reporter Justin Bieber has a new video making headlines. Butflorida Police Released this wednesday video of bieber doing a sobriety test from his january arrest. Police also have video of bieber completing a drug test but his attorneys argued that video invades his privacy. It was taken after he was stopped by police for drag racing. Toxicology tests later revealed the presence of marijuana and the antidepressant xanax in the singers body. Bieber has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence, resisting arrest and invalidlicense reporter katy perry is known for heating up the charts and the headlines. Reporter perry tweeted to her 50 million followers wednesday quote finally you can add helps delivers babies in living rooms to my resume it a day reporter theres no official word as to who the mom is. But rumor has it it was katys big Sister Angela hudson. 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We do see one of the vehicles and of in that great is that great jeep with a bullet holes in to see officers on the closed freeways looking for probably bullet casings. Westbound 580 in Castro Valley near to 38 close down near 238. Please find another route. That debacle has several bullet holes in it. These are courtesy of helicopter to partnership with abc seven news. We were told it would be a half an hour but i was at 5 00 now were looking at 530 at is still shut down. Pam again the bay area is awaiting another storm. You can see the clouds forming with more rain and wind expected. This is a live picture looking out over San Francisco. Tonight we are tracking another storm headed to the bay area. Dan rubin is standing by in the kron4 weather center. Reporter we consumer and from here with isolated showers and the Fairfield Area and north of antioch as well. We could also see that near livermore will receive a another sale shaping. Cell. During total is pretty impressive right now. Rain total. Livermorel an inch. We will see more and the coming days. Morning lows 49 in san rafael, 48 in pleasanton we will talk about the afternoon highs in just a bit. Nutrition labels are getting pam a makeover. The food and Drug Administration is re designing those labels you find on the foods you buy at grocery stores. Pam First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the new design at an event on the white house today. Polo sandoval has the details. This is what you will get from the label of the future reporter First Lady Michelle Obama the white houses voice on allthings nutrition unveiled brand new food labels at the white house today. Reporter the goal empowering choices. Through clarity. For the First Time Since the nutrition label was developed two decades ago, we are overhauling these labels to make them easier to read and understand reporter the new labels, created by the food and Drug Administration, put stronger emphasis on calories. With big, bold numbers clearly drawing the eye. Reporter a line showing the amount of sugar added by the manufacturer is also new. Its above updated, daily values for nutrients like vitamin d and calcium. Our guiding principle here is simple. That you as a parents and a consumer should be able to walk into a grocery store, pick as item from the shelf, and tell whether its good for your family. Reporter the calories from fat line is gone. Reporter the fda says shoppers should care more about the type of fat than the total amount. The first lady a mother of two daughters talked about the challenges many shoppers face in the grocery aisle. You marched into the supermarket, you picked up a can or box of something, you squinted at that teeny tiny label, and you were totally and utterlly lost. Reporter these labels hope to solve that. The fda is also proposing changes to serving sizes to reflect what it believes are changes in eating habits. In washington, im polo this just in. Pam as expected. Governor jerry brown plans to run for reelection. The 75 year old democrat filed the paper work to once again run for the position today. He has been californias governor since 2011. A strong republican candidate has yet to come forward to challege the governor in the political state attorney general pam Kamala Harris has released a disturbing new report about Identity Theft in california. There have been as many as 300 data breaches in the last two years affecting 20 million customers. Harris says california is also leading a multistate investigation into data breaches at target and Neiman Marcus that left millions of customers at risk. Reporter harris report comes as verizon says it is looking into two possible Security Breaches at retailers that use its technology. Verizon has not named the reporter but the wall street journal reports the data breaches may have occured at the same time as a massive credit card data breach at target over the busy holiday season. Reporter that massive data breach at target caused the retailers earnings to drop 46 percent. Reporter 40 million credit and debit cards were compromised, and hackers may have accessed the data of 70 million customers. Reporter Neiman Marcus is also investigating a massive data breach. The high end retailer says 350thousand debit and credit cards were exposed in a data breach from july to october of last year. There have been reports of Identity Theft involving 92 hundred of those cards. Reporter the arts and crafts store michaels is also investigating a security breach. Michaels has not said how many customers were affected, but is asking customers to check their financial statements. Its the second data breach for michaels since 2011. Pam the fate of the raiders possible new stadium still up in the air. Kron 4s will tran tells us just how long the oakland team will stay at the in the near future. Or how to find big savings on the things you need. 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Westbound 580 is being read opening as we speak will reporter can you tell us about the shooting that took place . It was from a four focus the silver for focus we do not have any license plate information that we give up to the media theyre still investigating and talking to witnesses at this point that or on the scene. Reporter d dark gray sheep it appears to be a deep dark vehicle obtaining witnesses statements reporter there is still someone out there that has a handgun we just did not have any meant affirmation. We do not know if there associated or knew each other that information has yet to be disclosed. Closed down just about 40 minutes back up was traffic was backed up to read what role but traffic should be flowing in a little bit better now because it is open. Pam other news now we would take a look at whether what severe weather. Reporter traffic is moving well but cloudy skies. Walnut creek a little darker. Strong winds and building a wind advisory. Tomorrow, lee during showers into saturday with the winds continuing. Reporter 60 to 4 pleasanton, we are a lot of unsettled weather behind it which could bring thunderstorms. Coastal mountains and regions would definitely be most affected by this. East bay hills as well under a severe went watch. Always a good idea to check with your carrier. Lets look at lake tahoe what 3 00 on friday morning snow starting to build. A lot of grant and the lower elevations of Higher Elevations significant snowfall through friday and and to saturday. As you can see into saturday we still have lain and snowfall in and the sierra and nevada. Rain and snowfall. 67 and i ocean beach and 50 in San Francisco. Rang through the weekend tapering off early next week. Rain pam a man using his camera to record an arrest in maryland was confronted by a Police Officer. Baltimore countys police chief now calls that officers demands incorrect, inappropriate, and unnecessary. Reporter Cheryl Conner spoke to the man who recorded the video. I have not done nothing reporter the video taken just after two on sunday morning starts off with a few people placed under arrest. 21yearold umbc student Sergio Gutierrez was leaving the bars on york road, when he decided to start rolling it seemed like they were being a little too forceful with these people being arrested, and i dont know. It didnt seem like these people were resisting at all. They just had them pinned down. Reporter . But soon, his camera grabbed as much attention. You see the Police Presence yes. Do you see us all . Were not around. Do you understand . Am i interfering . Do not, do not disrespect us im not. And do not not listen to us. Im not disrespecting now, walk away and shut your mouth or your going to jail. Reporter gutierrez says he was singled out in the crowd by the unnamed officers, because he was recording they grabbed my head and shoved my face against the wall. Dont. I have done nothing here. Dont open your mouth. I thought. I thought i had freedom of speech, here. You dont. You just lost it. Okay. Walk away. Reporter today, a Baltimore County Police Spokeswoman says the department is concerned about the video and they have started an investigation. The courts in maryland have settled this issue. It is legal for a civilian to film a Police Officer on duty and in a public place. Reporter in fact, we asked Ned Himmelrich about our legal rights. Reporter he is an attorney with gordon feinblatt, who focuses on media and fair use. Theyre recording the news, and theres a fair use, a First Amendment right for. So if your job is to report reporter citizen, your rights are the same as long as youre not investigation. Id like the Baltimore County Police Department to educate their officers a little bit more thoroughly on the rights of the civilians and what they can pam my brothers keeper is a new program by the president meant to offer more opportunities to young black and hispanic men. Pam its an initiative that will invest 200 milliondollars over five years. In a partnership with businesses and nonprofits. Pam the Program Comes two years after Trayvon Martin an unarmed, black 17yearold was gunned down by george zimmerman, in a case that is still causing arguments all over america. Pam the president ordered his staff to develop this the wake of the martin shooting. And today, martins parents were in the crowd for the reporter you can see what changes are likely coming with a high interest story on our web site if you like to stay connected ben do so here on kron4. Miami heat star chris bosch says the nba should follow the nfl lead and crack down on racial slurs during games the nfl is reportedly considered penalizing players who use racial slurs during games. Instead of instituting a new rule sources say the n f l they just tell it referees to start enforcing a rule that is already in place. Pam the many market take down and the google barge may be on the move. Why has to leave the Treasure Island and on where they may be headed next just ahead at 6 00. Reporter we will take you behind the scenes where there are more than 1,000 you behind the scenes where there are more than 1,000 for our special where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennieo ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. I feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. I think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. Yeah. When i eat well, i feel well. 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Have all been indicted by a federal grand jury. For a variety charges. Pam they include distributing drugs, theft, extortion, falsifying Police Reports and violating civil rights. Reporter the indictments are the culmination of a three year investigation. That began with the release of some public defender. Pam kron 4s dan kerman is live in the studio to explain. Dan. Reporter in some cases stealing items and then lying about. Now three years later the federal grand jury has indicted Police Officers and former Police Officer. This will have a deterrent effect on the Police Department but officers everywhere that the line violating Constitutional Rights will not or cannot be tolerated. Reporter by unlawfully entering their rooms after it to have lied on the Police Report as well these three officers have alleged to distribute drugs and stolen money at electronic as well as a gift cards. Stilling moneys drugs other valuables that were seized by the city of San Francisco. When the Publics Trust is the trade by the city of seven Francisco Police officers is of the trail. It is a betrayel again, to avoid patent again. Reporter juices other officers were involved but they did not federal threshold for criminality these current Police Officers have been suspended without pay. Pam a dramatic cliff rescue in San Francisco. Crews were called to help three teenagers who fell down a steep slope in china beach this afternoon. This is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. Kron4s scott rates is live in china beach. Scott any word on how the teens are doing . Reporter now we know that all three were taken to the hospital. It was a very difficult rescue because of where the three teams were located. This is china beach but the area is passed deadmans coals. Way off and this is in the distance. It was a long way down to the beach is where they fell. It was a drug that dramatic rescue just after noon today pulling up all of the tools allowed three teams slipped off the side of the cliff or maybe three kids that tried to watch down walk down the trail. There was a lifeguard or coastguard reporter you to see the coast guard and paramedics working frantically trying to save the most critically injured young girl they had to walker across the beach to the spot where the helicopter could get at her and then very carefully, lower down in a basket and brought her up into the helicopter had to occur to in nearby hospital. With the recent rain the rocks were very slippery. Reporter did check that all three of those teams were taken to the hospital for treatment to will be ok to have minor injuries but the girl this suffered major injuries have right now she is in Critical Condition pam tracking the weather. Pam the second storm will pack more punch when it hits the bay area in a few pam hours. Residents are gearing up for the next storm. In mill valley. The city is pam giving away sandbags to help people protect their businesses and homes from possible floods. Pam the first storm left behind a wet mess. Pam right now crews around the bay area are scramblingby the last storm. Reporter we still have some lingering showers right now. In the east bay along well as the delta. It is seeing more showers starting to arrive. Pretty impressive numbers about an inch and a third in concord, redwood city 1. 2 in. Of rain will be adding a postholes later on. Yesterdays downpour and pam a drought relief plan is headed to the governors desk. The 687million dollar bill won overwhelming approval in both houses of the legislature. Pam most of the money wil go to recyling and conservation projects. And some will got to cities facing severe water shortages. Gary the legislation will take effect immediately if signed by governor jerry brown. Reporter the latest drought map out today from the federal government. Showing how a bad situation is getting worse. Reporter this dark red area is the most serious category and its doubled in size in the last week. Reporter more than a quarter of the state is now experiencing exceptional drought, meaning wells are running dry and pastures are unable to support livestock. Reporter almost the entire rest of the state is in a severe or these measurements have never been recorded in california before. Crunch crunch reporter the Sierra Snowpack is called californias biggest reservoir, providing about one third of the states watcher water reporter frank gurkey conducts the monthly survey and delivers the verdict. Well its better than it was last month. The problem is we are still way way below average. Reporter todays estimate puts the water content at just 24 percent of the average for this time of the year. Reporter a month ago it was just 12 percent. Reporter we have just 21 percent of the average for april, when the snow pack is at its peak. Reporter seven percent last month. Reporter and this weekends storm should bring at least some joy to skiers and snowboarders. So happy to see snow up here. Reporter city officials announced bulldog oooh bulldog mattress discounters 197 mattress Sale Television announcer get a serta mattress, any size, for just 197 each piece when you buy the complete set. The 197 mattress sale. Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Is on now. Mattress discounters is more fun than ever. Sees better than ever. Charges faster. And will charge. Cool. And heat. From your phone. Fact leaf never needs gas. Ever. Good for the world. Built in america. Now, leafs an easier choice than ever. Shop at choosenissan. Com. Shop at choosenissan. Com. Or how to find big savings on the things you need. Eek. Just make a Straight Line to safeway. Your club card gets you deals you cant find anywhere else. Right now, breakfast is on. Oscar mayer bacon is only 3. 99. Rise and shine with simply orange oj, just 2. 98. And oikos greek yogurt is only a buck. Real big deals this week and every week. Only at safeway. Ingredients for life. Pam it could be the perfect phone for james bond fans. Pam boeing has created a phone that is capable of self destructing. Pam while it wont go up in flames, all the content on the phone will be deleted if its tampered with. Pam boeing plans to market the phone to Government Agencies and defense contractors. Pam ordinary consumers. Pam pam small changes equal big results creative thinking is helping awater. And caught on camera. Pam heroic actions in the face pam heroic actions in the face we love this kitchen pam heroic actions in the face whats next . Great do you have measurements . Yeah, i paced it off. Its about twenty by twelve of these. So, we can measure, plan and install it for you. Yea, lets do that ikea. Professional Kitchen Services at a low price. Og] rry . Arry [annncera hethy g is ayfudog. s coriemartnd ttes veggs. Mulealickod. Y, beful althweig. Fm rina woah, this kitchen is beautiful give him the tour. Let me show you softclose drawers, farm sink um. Wheres my room . We had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Because your kitchen dreams can be big. Ikea has it all. Reporter a richmond man is being hailed as a hero after tackling a gunman during an attempted robbery. Reporter take a look. Reporter police have released this Surveillance Video of yesterdays robbery at the am pm on san pablo avenue. You can see the robber point a gun at the clerk. Reporter you can see the robber point a gun at the clerk. Reporter thats when another man in the store grabbed the gunman from behind and wrestled him to the ground. Reporter he held the gunman down until police arrived. Pam a california man sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to bomb an oakland bank last year. Pam 29 year old Matthew Llaneza was arrested last february after trying to detonate pam his sentence will be followed by a lifetime supervision. Reporter mandatory evacuation has been issued for about 1000 homes in the foothills tomorrow storm which will start tonight. Concerned for mud slides in the area. They have done all they can using sand bags to shore up those mountainsides. It is a recipe for what the experts can say damage. Reporter bringing more than an inch of rain and more to the mountains. Pam . Pam and a bit of cleanup is a small price to pay for the grain and overdue runoff. Officials are concerned the storm is expected to coast and the valleys, and more to the mountains. The upcoming storm comes on the heels of another storm. Kron fours rob fladeboe reports from the Santa Cruz Mountains where a bit of cleanup is a small price to pay for much needed rain and long overdue runoff. Reporter the latest winter storm brought some much needed surrounding foothills and a sure sign the ground is becoming saturated is that creeks and streams like this days ago, are coming to life again. Thats good news for the fish and wildlife reporter that depend on those streams region, where rainfall is only about 26 percent of dumped about two inches reporter but by sunday another 3 to 5 mostly minor rock and mud slides on mountain roads and a few spinouts on highway 17. Crews were out on storm. With the ground saturated, conditions are right for some runoff into our badly depleted reservoirs as well. Water least another 8 inches of rain to get back reporter to 50percent of normal for Santa Clara Valley water increased its call for voluntary Water Conservation from 10 to 20percent. In Santa Cruz Mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Pam when it rains it pours and one man in benicia is taking advantage. After governor jerry brown announced a drought emergency weeks ago. And kron4s Haaziq Madyun shows us how a small step towards saving water has big results. Reporter collecting the water as it rains in these big green barrels here outside of his home in benicia theyre full just from that rain last night reporter in response to worsening Drought Conditions in california John Robertson is consumption by purchasing Collection System just more interested in trying to save water and helping out any way i can reporter he says collecting the water is simple and effective it consists of 50gallon barrels you can inter connect as many as you want and it allows the water to come off of your roof down spouts basically fills up the barrels, down at the bottom of the barrels reporter from there the water can be used in place of anything inside or outside the homein beautiful back yard water all these types of plantsour vegetation alive reporter the water collection barrels prices start around 60 bucks and can go as high 300dollars and can be found in your basic home imrovemnet store in bencia Haaziq Madyun kron4News Reporter we are seeing significant rainfall around the bay area as well. Current temperatures closer to home was 61 in San Francisco 62 in oakland and hayward with 59 in fremont. Rainfall total in san rafael and an inch and three quarters of range just in the last 24 hours a wrench into the third in oakland. We will be adding to them as well with severe brain weather friday with half a foot which is worried about flooding. We do have a wind advisory with up to 40 mi. Per hour. Your dog and cat will be worth it when they hear thunderstorms later this evening. We do have widespread showers across the bay we will see it tomorrow morning as well at 6 00 a. M. Still wide spread showers clearing a look a bit. However, it will be returning as received for futurecast widespread showers all throughout the bay area hanging it out until saturday as well. If we do see sun shine in will be brief. 61 in pleasanton and 64 and vallejo, 61 in their field and 57 out by the beach and 60 by san bruno. It will be a what we can however try out into early next week. 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There were finally able to get the basket on to the beach and get the young grow and to the helicopter and taken to a nearby hospital all three teams are in the hospital to all of them suffered minor injuries but one the young grow in Critical Condition. Reporter San Francisco federal jury has indicted five Police Officers and one former Police Officer because of the surveillance of videos up from San Francisco residential hotels. Released by public defender in march 2011 showing cups a legally entering hotel rooms and some cases stealing items and line on Police Reports. Then turned and kron 4 News Reporter poisonous meatballs in the twin peaks neighborhood. Laced with rat poison killed a dog last year suspicious meatballs popped up both in the richmond and 26 neighborhood 26 twin peaks neighborhood. They hope the reward leads to new informa tion reporter the c h p tells me that distracting driving is still dangerous driving Justine Waldman kron thorntons reporter attempting to clear dropped drains of mud and water these crews are using a truck that uses all for zero thousand gallons a flush the drain and set up as much debris as possible reporting from berkeley reporter were already seeing the next formal approach to bay area. They will continue to build store of the bay area will have very heavy showers. So for the morning our expect steady rain for the commute more spotty showers not as widespread as seen in the early morning. Struggling to reach the 60s spirit expect wet weather throughout the week and weekend. Temperatures are still struggling now there will be more lane approaching the weekend pam president obama has launched a new initiative called my minority youth. Pam the president says nine foundations have already made a 200million dollar american and latino teens and young men stay in school. Pam the president says he can relate to the challenges facing minority youth. I explained to them that when i was their age, i was a lot like them. I didnt have a dad in the house. And i was angry about it, even realize it at the time. Pam the white house says the cause will be a major focus for president obama and the first lady even after he leaves office. Pam the president directed his staff to start the Initiative Following the shooting of florida teen Trayvon Martin two years ago. Reporter pam sheriffs deputy is looking into what caused the driver to lose control reporter coming up next edition of people behaving badly Television Announcer mattress discounters 197 mattress sale 197 mattress sale is on now. 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Well lets do my version reporter the right side of the escalators are for standing and the left side is for passing. Yes like this, see now youre learning reporter yes a little etiquette can go a long way first off its important that you form two lines whild waiting to board reporter that way when the doors open people dont have to climb over you to get off the train reporter but for some reason its like a mad rush for the train, i know this may sound strange but there might be another train in a few reporter look here, see how empty the middle of the car is, now look here its like everyone is stuck together. Reporter also back packs it seems like everyone has them try not to forget you are wearing them reporter after all if you are going to stand that close together the back pack just gets in reporter this lady told me that althought she has a cane, no one has ever reporter and it looks like it not going happen this time either. Reporter and if you have a bicycle even if it folds and if the car is full you might want to take the next car reporter remember if you going to ride bart we all need to get along in oakland Stanley Roberts of stories. Pam male announcer its now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. Gary good evening everyone from Richie Incognito and gary sharks are leading couple of goals. Lets get ready take our hockey st icks out and have a good time news at 6. Gary this again, a campaigne to make sorsgard the face of baseball gary the voting will be neck and neck. Gary again, nerdpower will carry this guy throug h gary now tom is alive again, tweeting trying to get nerd power ahaead ahead pam he is not just sitting at home he loves baseball pam laughter gary dan can do sports gary he just want to be on tv he can be a Game Show Host gary right . Reporter yes, if it pays well laughter gary poor raiders gary no Movement Forward with the developer. Bottom line theyre not winning. No momentem gary help for jonathan amrtin gary id like to help johnnbecome apart of our team gary the latest he bashed his own car with a baseball bat. Incognito 300,000. 00 gary best female basketball player, gay in and finally comfortable in her own skin. Right now she plays for a team in phoenix wnba gary i will beat up every n word drunk Walking Around a club. Someone forgave him he signed a contract today gary honda classic in florida what does this look like what did he do wrong . Reporter i am not one to critique tiger woods gary shot seven with one stroke tiger not bad but 71 and his eight shots back. Gary 0 he has talent all he has talent suspended or verbal abuse of an official in fare to lead the court in a timely manner. Basically in so many words is guys like cousins who come out after one year of college and not ready for the pros. They need to make them stay in college for at least two years before entering the pros to grow up and learned the fundamentals. Gary will ferrell next 5cwc5c5c5c5c5c5c [ sports announcer ] heres another one, alyson dudek. 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 ] switch to uverse and add a wireless receiver today. male announcer its now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. Gary promoting his latest movie the anchor man. Gary will ferrell crash the party sort of speak. We will be back at a clock see you then. [ sports announcer ] heres another one, alyson dudek. Hales corners, wisconsin. Nice pass by alyson dudek. Can she hang on to that spot . 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