Lightning and will sahelwe also had heal hail take a look at thisa palm tree in american canyontoppled by the high winds. Nobody got hurt but it was just one of the dramatic weather events of the day. Not too far away, in napa, hail was coming down along with the rain. The hail was a little bigger than the size of a pea and was not big enough to cause any damage but an indication of the unstable, cold air aloft. Interesting cloud formations could be seen in the distance and, a rainbow formed over walnut creek for about 30 minutes. Drivers were on edge as the first real storm blew through the bay area. Windshield wipers were in the on position all afternoon long. Regardless of the inconvience of the rain, most people were happy to see it coming down from the skythe drought was on everyones minds and, hopefully, there will be more rain in the future of the bay area. Pranay manghirmalani its definatly a change in the weather and hopefully it makes an influence with our drought. Wildfire season was pretty hefty this year and hopefully that puts a damper to that. Rick pelham it was hailing in benicia where my girlfriend lives. It was hailing. Thats definatly a shocker because it wasnt that cold out. Jeff crazy weather, for sure but most people say they were happy to see it rain. Im jeff bush, live in walnut creek, kron four news. Pam families recovering from the valley fire. Now have to deal with the heavy rains expected in the upcoming winter months. And they got a dose of that rain today. Kron 4s alecia reid. In lake county this evening. Talking with some of those families. Struggling to ward off the rain. While sleeping in tents. its scary. Its cold alecia with temperatures in the 40s, lake county evacuees are also dealing with wet weather. it rained, it hailed, it lightninged, it thundered, the creeks raised, and there was nothing you could do but pull them inside and sit in your cars until it passed. Alecia dumping water sitting on their tarps families ensure their tents dont collapse overnight. i have children from 3 years old to 14,15 still sleeping on the ground alecia thirteen year old ximena ramirez, her mom, and younger sister are sleeping on the ground. They prepared for the rain as much as they could. we put some tarps on our houses so rain couldnt get in, and under too. Alecia there are still about 8 families in tents. For now, many at the Hidden Valley campgrounds dont have the option to move to higher ground. i come from cobb mountain. Its higher but colder, and its burnt out to a shell, and its a Hazardous Waste site right now. Alecia some continue to wait for help from the government all these people have signed up for fema and red cross. Theyre not coming through. I cant stress that enough alecia volunteers came in and made taco dinner pam it was a sight for sore eyes to see the ground wet this morning. Kron fours brain van aken joins us now. To talk about some chilly mornings that are now on the way. Brain. Brian now that air mass is on top of us we have dry conditions in the bay area with our Storm Tracker 4 as this thing departs were going to see dry conditions return for all of Northern California here for the next couple of days here is a wide view of the system now as a part to the east end to the south skies are clearing tonight we have seen some impressive rainfall totals for the past 24 hours between the rain this morning and the thunderstorms this afternoon it club had close to 2 in. Of rain skies are clearing with temperatures in the 40s possibly as close the 30s pam get your snow skiis and snowboards ready. Because opening season is almost here. This is video taken today at boreal moutain resort. Where they are gearing up opening day. But now. With todays recent snowfall, the resort says they plan to open up earlier than expected. Opening day for Boreal Mountain resort. Is now set for this friday. The day before his birthday. Colin kaepernick loses his job as the 49ers starting quaterback. Multiple reports indicate. A person with knowledge of the decision says Colin Kaepernick has been told. He wont start sunday. This comes after he failed to engineer a touchdown drive. For the second straight game. Kaepernick will be replaced by backup. Blaine gabbert. Gary radnich will have more later in sports. New tonight at 11. San Francisco Police are asking for the publics help. Identifying a wanted homicide suspect. Officers say, on october first. 60yearold marc garcia was assaulted by a man on bush and van ness streets. Garcia was taken to the hospital where he died as a result of his injuries. Today, police have released this survaillence video. Hoping the public can identify this suspect. Police say, he is believed. To have been working in the Construction Trade in San Francisco. On the day of the assault. Anyone with information is asked to call police. Friends and family are mourning the deaths of two East Bay High School students. Who died in a crash over the weekend. The students were friends and classmates at College Park High school. Tonight. The school choir was scheduled to sing the National Anthem before the warriors game. One member of the choir named julia. Whose cousin died in the crash. Said, she made tonights performance a tribute to the victims. there was a lot of emotion here obviously with what happened pam the driver, and lone survivor, also attends College Park High school. She is a 16 yearold student. Who was seriously injured in the crash. She reportedly told authorities she fell asleep at the wheel. Coming up. The new and latest effort to legalize Recreational Marijuana use in the golden state. Also, they are likely among the people you trust the most. But doctors in california. Are protected from telling patients what could be key information. Concern about the approaching el nino. Has a lot of people looking at making repairs before it is too late. With a 100 electric nissan leaf. What will you do . How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now with a classleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. The drought is affecting at pg e weve definitely put a focus on helping our agricultural customers through the drought. When they do an Energy Efficiency project and save that money they feel it right in their pocket book. Its exciting to help a customer with an Energy Efficiency project because not only are they saving energy but they are saving water. We have a lot of projects at pg e that can help them with that and thats extremely important while were in a drought. Its a win for the customer and its a win for california. Together, were building a better california. Pam making Recreational Marijuana legal in california. Is one step closer to coming to a vote. Four people working on the legalization intiative among them napster cofounder sean parker. Submitted the adult use of marijuana act today. It would allow marijuana to be legally sold and used by adults for recreational use. The proposed initiative is one of more than a dozen. That has been filed with the Attorney Generals Office for the november 2016 election. California doctors. Who are on probation. Are not required to tell their patients. A recent effort. Would have forced doctors to notify patients. When they make appointments. But the medical board of california has rejected that effort saying. The requirements were too broad, and might interfere with patient care. About 500 doctors in the state are currently on probabtion. The medical board does make probation Information Available on its website. But many patients do not know how to access it. The board did vote. To look into other options. Coming up. Because of the drought. Watering your lawn after a storm like the one today is against the law well tell you what you need to know. A newborn baby. Moves into the weather center. Well show you the adorable pictures. Gary the hottest team in the nba with the hottest player and how they are doing. And also just a quick word from tomsula later in this broadcast brian the wild weather day and will have your forecast coming up next not yet. Not yet. Not yet not yet. Pull the peach milk, fruit, cultures. Mmmm, yoplait. Pam this is el nino week on kron four news. We are examining what to expect before it hits. And what lessons we have learned from el ninos of the past. Tonight. Kron fours haaziq madyun. Tells us how homeowners are preparing for el nino and the heavy rain it is likely to bring with it. Reporter as you can see his roof has sprung a leak. And he says with the up coming in on the new he is not taking any chances upcoming el nino he is not taking chances i started calling someone in order to take care of this reporter he called pettersson indianpeterson dean roofing we made plans months and months ago to have extra crew in order to get all of our backlog done before things really busy reporter but he says that even if there is not a big storm rain will be bad for his house of his went to get it fixed as soon as possible pam we have a lot more el nino coverage on our website. And all week long we will be covering additional stories on el nino. As california gears up for the storms. Its all on kron4 dot com. Anyone in the bay area who watered their lawns tonight after the latest storm. Was breaking state law. And they probably didnt even realize it. There is a new state law. That went into affect in april. Which restricts watering of landscape or turf for 48 hours after rainfall. That means no sprinklers, no hoses. And people are required to turn off irrigation systems. The Marin Municipal Water Agency says, it is not going to worry about fines for people who disregard the law at this point. But because of the ongoing drought. The agency wants to remind people this law is on the books and fines are possible. We have been showing your pictures and videos from the storm today. Some dramatic images have been coming into our newsroom. Look at this video in the east bay from kelly correa taken off of vasco road. If you have pictures you would like us to share you can send them to us using the report it button on the kron4 news app. A meteorologist. In oaklahoma city had a very special and adorable guest this weekend. Brian we have some cool air out of the gulf of alaska. And some chilly mornings than we have been feeling lately tomorrow morning around sunrise we have readings in the low to mid40s in the valley and i would not be surprised if there were a couple places that it into the upper 30s by the bay with low 50s and sunshine to start the day with sunny skies for the afternoon look for high as in the mid to upper 60s and there might be a couple of places just reaching 73 with sunshine and winds they will feel a little cool and heres a look ahead for the next seven days mostly sunny skies pam a meteorologist in Oklahoma City had a very special adorable guest this weekend. Take a look meteorogist arron brackett. At a cnn affilliate. Introduced his new son, caden to the area. Caden is only one week old. And is already getting a head start on a potential career in tv. Just like his dad. In sports. The 49ers make a change at quarterback. The Colin Kaepernnick era apparently is over. A t least for now. And why is steph curry dancing . Gary will show you in the warriors highlights. Thats coming up dude, dude, dude ing this is bad. I think were stuck. Were going to have to like talk to each other or something. Nooo. I dont like this elevator. elevator bell dings how did that feel . Was it fun being stuck . I do not like getting stuck so, the nissan leaf only gets 84 miles on a charge. The 2016 chevy volt gets an estimated 400 miles or more on a full charge and a full tank of gas. Woah hows that for not getting stuck . Grow old with me let us share what we see just you and i grow old with me let us share what we see and oh the best it could be just you and i with a 100 electric nissan what will you do . How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now with a classleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. Gary big news out of 49ers headquarters multiple sources have confirmed that 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been benched and Blaine Gabbert will start this sunday against the falcons. Kaepernick has completed just 59. 3 percent of his pass attempts for 1,615 yards in 8 games with 6 touchdowns , 5 interceptions and a career low passer rating of 78. 8 he has steadily regressed since leading the 49ers to the nfc championship game two seasons ago and the super bowl the season before that here is jim tomsula earlier today and kaepernick yesterday responding to a possible change at quarterback we are evaluating everyone i give this Team Everything i have every day gary tomsula is saying everything is his fault the San Francisco 49ers have traded tight end vernon davis to the Denver Broncos in return for davis and a 2016 7th round draft pick the 49ers will get the broncos 6th round pick in 2016 and 2017. The 31 year old joined the 49ers as the 6th overall pick in the 2006 nfl draft and ranks number 1 in niners history among tight ends with 441 receptions for 5,640 yards and 55 touchdowns. The 10 year veteran has 18 receptions this season. And no touchdowns the trading deadline is 1 00 tomorrow and vin diesel was at the warriors game pam thats nice gary kurri had three steals curry 4 3 pointers 11969 just crusghescrushes the team they battled in the playoffs Cleveland Cavaliers forward lebron james is the youngest player in nba history to join the 25,000 point club. Tonight against the 76ers the 30 year old completed an alleyoop dunk in the 4th quarter to become the 20th player to hit the mark. Kobe bryant was previously the youngest to reach 25k. He did it at 31 years old in 2010 against james and the cavaliers. Everybody is going crazy that is in diesel was at the gamevin diesel but can you name a movie he was in, pam . Go ahead, brian see, you guys dont even know vin diesel, everybody paul walkers passed away, and i will not salute vin diesel without paul on this earth, ive always felt this way the raiders are in the playoff hunt. Vin diesel was not at their game today after their victory over the jets on sunday. Derek carr connected with Michael Crabtree for a 36 yard touchdown carr 23 for 36 , 333 yards , 4 touchdowns , 0 ints the raiders record is and they are second in the afc west behind denver if the playoffs were today the raiders would be the 5th seed heres head coach jack del rio downplaying the playoff talk we have plenty of challenges in front of us and plenty to worry about in terms of them proving ourselves and being a Better Football Team Going Forward those kinds of thoughts of the furthest thing from my mind playoffs pam good night everybody see you it took the rockettes years to master the kick line. But only a few moves to master paying bills on chase. 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