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And furious. Hence, the flood watch, and then that Flood Warning on the Russian River which is the big story which well be following into the bay area weekend. Well get more with you in a little bit, bill. As bill just mentioned it has been a wild day of weather in the north bay. Thats where we sent ktvus john sasaki what joins us live from rohnert park. Reporter the north bay has been hammered by all this weather. Along with all that weather has come no shortage of problems. Around 11 00 a. M. A couple was driving in a toyota on Freestone Valley ford road. They came to a flood in the road and tried to drive through it which is never add visible. The car stalled, but they were able to get it to a dry stretch of roadway where they waited for rescue. The vehicle went into a foot to foot and a half deep of water and stalled out. Bodega bay fire arrived at scene and affected the water rescue which consisted of two of their members in swift water rescue gear walking out and assisting those folks to dryland. Reporter in santa rosa an awning collapsed from heavy rain. Officials said the awning came down partly because of dryrot. Be aware of power lines, be aware of trees. This is different. This isnt normal but it can happen. Its something we want to make people aware of. Theres a reason were telling people, hey, clear your gutters, get debris off your roofs. Even commercial businesses, this should be a wakeup call. Reporter on Petaluma Hill road, crews had to block one lane is of traffic so they could shore up at least one utility pole that had started to tilt. They told me all the water that was flowing by had eroded the soil. Still, rohnert park residents seemed pleased to see the rain. We need the rain with this drought. Even with all this rain i dont think were going to ever be able to totally wipe out the drought weve had for so many years. But i think its good. Reporter while people may be surviving the deluge okay, we saw some baby skirls who were knocked out of a tree by Stormy Weather, and we saw some baby 0 possums as well. Were recommending that people go out in their yard, keep your eyes on the ground, keep looking for baby animals just like these. Reporter since there is a lot more Stormy Weather coming there will likely be a lot more an maims need of help. Make sure you dont try to raise those animals on your own. Guys back to you. Whats the biggest concern for that area now . Does it rising river . Reporter certainly the rising river. The Russian River. Napa river always a problem as well. But in recent years theres been a lot of mitigation of the problems that all these rivers have seen. So hopefully even with this big storm there wont be too many problems along those rivers. John sasaki, thank you. San francisco is teafght flood barrier system in the mission district. Watertight plastic barriers have been set up along folsom and 17th street. That area is known for its flooding. Most of the barriers are filled with water so they dont move but others are movable so the residents can get in and out. Thats why work crews are on site to move those barriers out of the way. But in the big scheme of things its relatively inexpensive compared to other solutions were looking at because were looking at doing projects in these complicated low lying areas that are prone to flooding that cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Some Business Owners say they arent too happy with the barriers. They figure the water will be pushed in their direction, and they arent convinced the barriers will even work. A reminder, we have you covered with our free ktvu weather app. Live radar, forecasts, and weather warnings. A verdict was handed down involving four San Francisco Police Officers after a seven daylong civil rights trial. A federal jury decided the officers who shot and killed alex nieto did not use Excessive Force. Tara moriarty was in the courthouse when the verdict came in. She joins us live with the emotional reaction. Tara. Reporter on both sides it was extremely emotional. You had alejandros parents who were so devastated. Then on the other hand you have these officers who are feeling overwhelmingly relieved. This decision came down about four hours ago. This is a jury comprised of mostly white women, and it came about after a day of deliberating. In the courtroom, alex nietos parents appeared to be in shock. All four officers were found not to have used Excessive Force when they shot and killed the 28yearold two years ago. The nietos must be very sad. Its a tragic event to lose a child in any way that that ever happens. But my officers didnt violate the constitution when they used force in this situation, and the jury obviously found that mr. Nieto had a what looked like a gun in his hand. This case signifies that we apparently, as a community, are ready and prepared to accept officers gunning down people in public parks under a hail of 59 bullets. Reporter the sfpd says that nieto pointed his taser at officers which they mistook for a real gun. Nieto carried that taser as part of his job in security. One of the key pieces of evidence presented in this trial, nieto suffered a bullet wound to his wrist and bone fragment was found in his jacket pocket which might suggest that he had his hands in his pockets when shot. In the end the evidence wasnt so strong to suggest this was Excessive Force. Was this a unanimous decision . Reporter yes, it was. In fact, during civil trials it has to be up a nan mouse decision. It we want to mention that the officer had been cleared of any criminal wrong doing, so that never went to a trial. But in any case, it is all over now, and in speaking with alex nietos family, they say this is not tend. They were just happy that everybody can now know his name and see testified and make up their own mind. Tara, thank you. The new San Jose Police chief says a Staffing Shortage has become critical and is prompting drastic changes. The Police Department blames the problem on measure b which voters approved a few years ago to reduce pension payouts. Ktvu spoke to the chief and other leaders. Jesse is live in san jose with the changes. Reporter frank, the chief says that starting this weekend mandatory overtime for all San Jose Police department officers. This could carry on for weeks, months, all depending on what happens inside superior court behind me. An ex city councilman and a Tax Reform Group filed suit to block a deal to repeal measure b, the stumbling block to reform. While that works its way through the system the department and the public struggle with a harsh reality. They should have more. That way they show up quicker. Reporter fred and his wife pick up dinner at this East San Jose strip mall. They worry a little over 800 cops patrolling a city of over a Million People is bad math that can lead to greater problems. I mean, for the whole city, that just does not work, period. Regardless of whether theyre slow or not. Weve got a crisis today in police staffing. Reporter earlier today the san jose mayor stood shoulder to shoulder with other politicians, police brass, and union leaders. Collectively they say measure b has caused a severe staffing shortfall. A stopgap measure to produce minimum Staffing Levels turns into mandatory o. T. In just days. If measure b is not invalidated and this pattern continues we will have no choice but to reduce our overtime units further to ensure that when someone calls 911, their call is answered. Police brass say Public Safety isnt at risk. But the strain of extra hours hurts morale and recruiting efforts. Leaders say the path forward is the repeal of measure berks restructuring of the Pension System which would save the city billions of dollars. I applaud our city leaders for recognizing the flaws in measure b. Reporter and residents and everyone else in this story going to carefully eye the battle that takes place inside the court behind me. The mayor says, interestingly enough, no matter what happens in court, voters are going to have their say this fall on measure b. Remember, mandatory o. T. For the Police Department starts sunday. Before we let you go, jesse, welcome back to channel 2. You worked with us several years ago. Now youre back. That is certainly our gain. Reporter that is very kind of you frank. I appreciate that. I saw you yesterday of course, butt its wonderful to see the old gang, and im really blessed and lucky to have this opportunity. Thank you. And were lucky to have you. Jesse gary in san jose, thank you. Just days after a Sexual Harassment lawsuit was filed against the dean at uc berkeley he has now resigned. New at 5 30, what happened when we tried to talk to the cal chancellor about this latest scandal. Our sports director mark ibanez moves from scottsdale to mesa, arizona. He checks wynn the oakland as and a new coach who is a familiar face with that organization. It drives bart riders crazy when someone takes up two seats. The new fines that are being considered for people who take up too many spots. Taking a quick look at the commute, a live look at the san mateo bridge, the long line of headlights you see coming toward you thats heading east towards hayward. Its a slow going night and rainy. Now to the golden gate bridge. It looks okay here but sometimes these pictures can be misleading. It could be backed up there on 101, bottom line give yourself extra space and drive carefully. Now to spring training. It may be pouring here but look at that. Perfect weather today as the as hosted the l. A. Dodgers in mace 15. One of the coaches for the oak in mesa. Ron washington is back after spending nearly 10 years in texas. He is playing a key role in helping the team improve defense. Reporter if you think once you make it to the major leagues you no longer need any coaching, think again. The oakland as very fortunate to have Ron Washington not only coaching at third base, but if you take a look at some of this video, he is out here before light of day to help the Young Oakland as infield. Rate at you. Outside. How will all of this simulate . Last hop. All you have is hands. He dont have legs, nothing. Glove side. Now we go into the things he has to do around second base. See different areas. And you aint seen a ball touch the ground yet. Back hand. Ive been a pretty good student of the game and all that comes into play. But thats the difference right there. I see cause. It i dont see symptoms. A guy drops his elbow and you ask what happened. Well, he dropped his elbow. Something caused that. You tell me what caused it. I see cause right away, and i just go fix cause. Once again, as anything you do in life, youre only as good as the people that you are training. Reporter the oakland as were the worst Fielding Team in the major leagues last year. Theyre hoping with all that extra work and Ron Washingtons expertise all that will change, and some of those onerun losses will turn to victories. In mesa, mark ibanez. Look at mark in the short pants, the shortsleeved shirt. Blue skies there. Beautiful there. But bill, you called it, were getting drenched. This is what el nino looks like in the bay area. We didnt get it in february, but were getting it now. This is some of the totals we got today, mainly in the north bay. When all is said and done were going to see over an inch of rain. Whittaker was over two inches. Mount tam, the watershed, ive seen three, threeandahalf inches. Gurnville coming up on two and a half inches. So consistent, steady rain. More on the way tonight and tomorrow. The flood watch remains in effect for basically the entire bay area through sunday, through sunday in the evening. At any point weve got these storms and we could see some urban and small stream flooding. Up at gurnville weve got that Flood Warning for the Russian River which pretty much transpires when the river should go above or at flood stage. The forecast models have that on saturday morning, or saturday kind of midmorning. And then the flash Flood Warning down in pen grove, that goes away in the next couple of hours. Its raining hard now and hammering your afternoon commute. Just coming into work it was messy, and thats an off commute time. Theres red lines. You know thats bad. Red lines all over the bay area. Look at oakland, san ramon. Those yellow areas representing rainfall rates half inch an hour,. 7 of an inch an hour. Its really coming down hard. As we head into friday the system is a little bit cooler. Theres a little cool air in here. The next system, see how theyre coming from the north more . Theyre not going to be as productive for rain. More productive for snow, which i think this is the perfect setup. Rain coming saturday and sunday. Both storms are minor as compared to today and tomorrow, what were going to see. Tomorrow we do have more rain in the forecast. Here we are at 7 00 a. M. Thats the morning commute. 7 00 a. M. And then through lunchtime, and it looks like the afternoon commute might get a little bit of a break. But i think this will be widely scattered showers. Thats your friday. Saturday and sunday theres more out there, but theres going to be a little different set of metrics for the next storms. Theyre going to be a little colder, more widely scattered showers. The forecast models arent as aggressive. Look at the forecast highs for tomorrow despite the rain. 65 in morgan hill. This is el nino stuff. Youre in march, and were dealing with temperatures in the mid60s with rain. Thats warm air. That holds a lot of water. Here we go into friday. Morning commute looks messy. Noon looks messy. Saturday smafn showers, but you are going to get some stuff done midmorning and morning hours. Sunday some rain late in the day, then monday things start to dry out. In my mind its the perfect scenario. When you look at it the Russian River flood gauges it goes a little bit flood stage saturday, but it isnt a major deal. You are not going to see houses floating down the requirement you will see some parking lots flooded, but then we get some breaks. We were talking yesterday, i never realized it can go up that fast. It was at 15 feet yesterday. It could be at 32 feet, 33 feet by saturday . Mark is going up there tomorrow morning, mark tamayo. Its probably going to be up around 30 feet tomorrow night at this. I when you get those breaks does it go down as fast as rises . The Russian River is so big, julie, all these creeks and streams, they just to have bleed off all that rain. So the Russian River aus point out julie is going to continue to stay high for many days after the rain stops. But on saturday we have more behind this storm coming up . . Ootle bit, julie, but not as much. I think were going to have enough of a break that things will have a chance to go down. Thank you bill. Punches thrown inside a Southern California courtroom. The remark which may have triggered an attack that one Attorney Says left him badly bruised. And later, new at 6 00, a pothole problem made worse by recent storms. And it is pitting one bay area city against parents and students at a nearby school. Tonight, the fight over who is supposed to fix the potholes. The main concern is our childs safety. The centers for Disease Control is investigating a salmonella outbreak that has been traced to a california pistachio grower. Batches grown by the Wonderful Company in the town of lost hills have been recalled. According to the cdc they are linked to 11 people in nine states that are infected with salmonella. They were sold under the wonderful, paramount farms, and trader joes labels. California is one signature away from raising the legal smoke age to 21. The state Senate Approved the law today. It was already passed by the assembly. If signed by the governor california would become the second state after hawaii to raise the age from 18 to 21 years old. So far the Governors Office hasnt said which way he is leaning. Supporters of the bill are trying to reduce Health Problems linked to smoking. The bill would also regulate Electronic Cigarettes the same as tobacco products. The bill would expand smoke free areas and allow counties to levee higher taxes on cigarettes. By one account there was little law and order in a santa ana courthouse. Attorney James Crawford says an investigator attacked him yesterday. Crawford has a black eye and cuts and bruises on his face. Its not known what happened to the d. A. s investigator, but crawford says it all started after the investigator made a remark. He made some obnoxious comment that Defense Attorneys cant be trusted and theyre sleaze. Did you throw a punch . No. Not at all . No, not at all. The Vice President the association of the Orange County deputy sheriffs released a statement that sudden part, criminal defense attorney James Crawfords onesided version is simply not true. A careful investigation will reveal the true facts. The d. A. And the Sheriffs Department are now both investigating this incident. All right, here is something you dont see every day. Look at this video here. It is a brawl on an airplane in mid flight. It happened, according to the los angeles times, on a Spirit Airlines flight from l. A. X. To baltimore. According to reports it started because two women wouldnt turn off their boom box after passengers complained. What the plane landed, five women were taken into custody but no one was charged. If you want to watch this video again you can check it out on our facebook page. Still to come, just days after a Sexual Harassment lawsuit was filed against him, a teen at uc berkeley has resigned. We tried to get a response from him. See how our questions were avoided. The proposal to help ease overcrowding on bart by fining those who take up extra space. Plus, the date set for californias right to die bill to become law. Lets go hey, oh lets go [ beep ] theyre piling in the backseat aah theyre generating steam heat pulsating to the back beat the blitzkrieg bop hey, oh, lets go shoot em in the back now what they want, i dont know theyre all revved up and ready to go the dean of uc berkeleys law school resigned today two days after a Sexual Harassment lawsuit was filed against him. Henry lee went looking for answers. Reporter we were standing near the law school when we saw the chancellor coming our way. We wanted to ask him questions about the latest sex harassment case. Take a look at what happened. Chancellor, henry lee from ktvu. Any thoughts . Sorry, got it to go. Thats not cool. Yeah, it is. Reporter he spotted our camera, opened up an umbrella and refused to talk to us. But he had plenty to say to students. The timing is ironic as just hours earlier the Law School Dean Sujit Choudhry resigned. In the suit, a woman says he inappropriately touched her. He grabbed her hands and put it on her waist. He would give her bear hugs where he would press up against her breasts and kiss her in unwelcome ways. Reporter in a statement, choudhry says while i disagree i am unable to comment on the substance of the lawsuit. However i cooperated fully and take seriously the confidential investigation into this matter. Sorelle says Claude Steele declined to fire choudhry. Instead, docking his pay and telling him to write her a letter of apology. The suit says steele had seriously considered terminating choudhry but didnt want to ruin the dannys career. Thats ludicrous. The idea that a womans safety is less important than a career of someone who is perpetrating Sexual Assault is just a completely ludicrous idea. Reporter choudhry is the second dean to resign as a result of Sexual Harassment allegations. In 2002 john dwyer stepped down after being accused of having sexually harassed a student. Last fall an astronomy professor stepped down. Uc berkeley has a problem with harassment. We had the problem with the astronomer accused of Sexual Harassment. In every case the discipline has always been too light. With light discipline, the behavior is going to continue. Any thoughts, chancellor . Reporter so we tried to talk to the chancellor. He just ignored our questions and was driven away. I feel like the deans actions have marred this weekend, and it just really makes me so mad. When these students come, were not here to lie to them. Were here to tell them what happens. Reporter today the University Official what declined to fire choudhry gleed that the decision is, quote, the subject of legitimate criticism. That same official had sent out this letter yesterday asking for donations. Now, it may be an open question whether cal law grads will be more inclined to open up their wallets now. Henry lee in our newsroom. Henry, thank you. San jose police say an armed man surrendered peacefully at 4 00 this afternoon after holding his threeyearold daughter hospital stack. An ambulance took the man away to be checked out. Then he was booked into jail. The incident apparently started in the willow glenn neighborhood about 10 00 this morning when the man went to his estranged wifes home. A witness said wept there to sign divorce papers but then he reportedly took the child inside the house and his wife ran across the street. Barricade he barricaded himself and the child inside the home. S. W. A. T. Teams surrounded that house on jonathan avenue and used flash bangs to try to get him out. He final released the girl after a couple of hours. We hear the neighbor yell, call 911. He moved his vehicle to block the estranged soon to be ex husbands car in the driveway, or his truck. And called 911. The next thing we know this is what happened. Police say the man did not appear to be injured. His name hasnt been released. Police say the mother and daughter are doing well. State lawmakers today paved the way for californias right to die law to take effect. The Legislature Passed the law last year following the case of brittani menard. She was forced to move to oregon so she could legally end her life. The new law allows terminally ill patients to end their lives with drugs prescribed by a doctor. State lawmakers adjourned a special session on healthcare meaning the law will take effect in 90 days, june 9th. Four other states have similar laws. The republican candidates for president are facing off in a debate in florida tonight. It is a key state with 99 gop delegates up for grabs. The primary is next tuesday, and as james rosen tells us, both parties have their attention focused there now. Reporter all eyes are on florida as the 2016 candidates look ahead to their next big contest, the march 15th primary with 246 democratic delegates at stake awarded proportionately, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are spending the day stumping there. Senator sanders has talked about free college for everybody. Hes talked about universal single payer healthcare for everybody. This is going to increase the federal government dramatically, and you know my dad used to say, if the sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The gop capped dates were also in florida today with 99 republican delegates to be awarded on a winnertakeall basis. The four remaining hopefuls were set to appear on stage tonight. Senator marco rubio struggling in the polls again dismissed calls for him to drop out. I am not dropping out of this race. Were going to be in this race through were going to fight this through tuesday, win florida and good on. Reporter new polls show donald trump dominating in florida by more than 20 points. However, Ohio Governor john kasich, also struggling to keep his campaign alive, jut pointing trump in ohio. Im going to win ohio. You think im stulled out . Come to ohio and well see. Reporter all as Republican Party leaders are quietly determining whether the rules for the convention in july can be manipulated in order to stop trump from getting the nomination. Apple september out invites for a launch on march 21st. The invite says simply, let us loop you in. Its typically cryptic invite from apple that doesnt reveal much but most think apple will unveil a smaller, cleaner iphone a lot like the 5s only with rounded edges and new features. They also expect a smaller ipad pro. Apple will be streaming the event live on its website starting at 10 00 a. M. On monday the 21st. Coming up it could be a breakthrough in the fight against isis. Personal information about the militants is now in the hands of the west. Well explain whats on the 22,000 files. And a plan to help ease crowding on bart. The proposal to fine seat hogs for not freeing up space. And here is another look at the slow evening commute on interstate 80 in berkeley. Both directions out there jam packed bumper to bumper at this hour. Now to the south bay. This is the backup on northbound 680 in sunol. Very backed up. Those cars coming towards with you the headlights are all headed toward pleasanton. North korea once again defied the United Nations and fired two shortrange ballistic miffs into the sea. Kim jongun is responding to what he sees as a provocation from the united states. North korea continues to claim theyve developed miniature rides new miniaturized nuclear warheads. Although there are doubts, president obama says we have to take the threats seriously. We have to. This young man has proven that he is perfectly willing and able to flaut and to violate his international obligations. Tensions have been high on the Korean Peninsula for the past several months. North korea conducted its Fourth Nuclear test in january and fired Ballistic Missiles last month. A potential breakthrip fight against isis. German officials and a British News Organization have obtained documents belonging to the group allegedly revealing personal information about the militants and those who help them join the terror organization. Heres this report. 22,000 isis files now in the hands of the british media. Fox news Sister Network sky news is in possession of the document which reveal personal information of militants and those who recruited them. Weve got 51 nationals from 51 countries that we have been able to identify, but its the nature of the globalization of this jihad did i movement thats so remarkable. Reporter the files include names, birth places, and whether they are potential suicide bombers. Information on several americans was found in the data. Among them, a man who was cold in august. Theres hope that the details will help stop the flow of people joining the terror organization. We certainly are aware of those reports, and any information that gave us a better insight into the members of isil certainly would be helpful to our overall coalition effort. Reporter information comes from a thumb drive a defector stole from the groups internal police. He says the information should be used by those fighting isis. I want to say to the people on the inside of the organization, the organization is a lie. It is not islam. There is nothing that ever follows the sha sheria or islam. Reporter in london, greg palcot. President obama weighed in on the open spot on the Supreme Court during a News Conference with canadas Prime Minister. I want someone who is an outstanding jurist, who has impeckable legal credentials, who by historical standards would not even be questioned as qualified for the court. The president once again called on the senate to give consideration to his upcoming Supreme Court nomination. President obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also discussed joint efforts to fight Climate Change and future trade agreements. Northern california isnt the only place getting rain. Days of wet weather and flooding across the south is being blamed for five deaths and more rain is on the way. More than 20 inches of rain have fallen in some parts of louisiana, forcing at least 3500 people from their homes. The National Guard has been called in to help people evacuate, and the red cross has now set up shelters. The National Weather service is calling it an historic flash flooding event. Were doing rescue missions for people that are flooded and stranded inside their homes as well as helping track people extract people from flooded out vehicles. And in texas homes and roads are flooding. Officials now confirm six tornadoes have touched down there during this latest storm. The wicked weather is also affecting other states from oklahoma to mississippi and tennessee. Coming up next, fines that can reach up to 500. The proposal to make more room on bart trains by targeting seat hogs. Theres going to be rain for tomorrow as well. We will track those commutes. See you back here after the break. Jute can be maddening getting on bart and seeing one person taking up two seats especially when many people are standing up. Now bart is considering fining socalled seat hogs. As ktvus paul claim bears reports the fine would increase if an offender is cited more than wufnlts. Reporter if you are caught taking up more than one seated you may face a fine. This is not intended to be a tool to harass people when theres no need to even intervene. Reporter bart Officials Say currently if police are asked to remove someone for taking up multiple seats the officer does not have any authority to do. So a rider reports the issue to bart personnel who then contacts police. We dont after police force large enough to patrol all our trains to enforce this ordinance. I agree this is a relatively minor matter that faces our riders. Reporter the issue may be minor but the proposed fines are not. The first offense comes with a warning. The second, 100 fine. The fourth time would cost you 500. Some riders we spoke with say seat hogging theyre something is happy being addressed. Especially coming back at night people sleep a lot, take up three seats. They acknowledge you but they dont bother moving their items. Its like, excuse me, excuse me. Before this is dop deal the board must take up the issue and then put it to a vote. Some say this will be another rule for the agency not to enforce. The issue is there arent enough ambassadors to bart that we should have more presence of the agents on the platforms and in the stations. Reporter another thing we asked bart about was an incident that happened right here at a Pleasant Hill bart station on wednesday when one of the trains was pulling into the station and was struck by appear object shattering the window. Bart is not sure where the object came from or how it hit the window but want to assure riders it definitely wasnt a bullet. We do know it was not a firearm. That would have left a very specific type of sheeterring on the window. So we know it wasnt a gun going off. Reporter that car was taken out of service to be repaired. In Pleasant Hill, paul claim bear, ktvu fox 2 news. Barts busy powell street station is going to get a much needed upgrade. The board authorized spending more than 7 million on the project. It includes new lighting, a new creecialtion and Public Safety features. Powell street is barts third busiest station. It has been in use to you for 43 years. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist. It started up north and its been coming down. I dont know about you guys but i woke up this morning and we knew it was going to thank north bay. It was like, gosh, when is the rain getting here . And then this afternoon did it finally show up. In the north bay it had been basically raining all morning where they got up to three inches of rain. If you look at san mateo theyre coming in about a half inch which isnt bad considering it hasnt rained that long. Most of the rain, now that weve got rape hitting the san jose area, julie told you about out there in arkansas, louisiana. Its crazy amounts of water theyve had. And thats a byproduct of the water theyre seeing is, from our last saturdays storm. Its moved up into the mississippi and ohio valley, and they are having bigtime flooding problems in parts of arkansas, louisiana, and texas. For us theres that atmospheric river. There is that Flash Flood Watch. Theyre going to keep that in effect until sunday. It has been upgraded to a flash flood advisory, urban and small stream flood advisory. Ive got a Flash Flood Watch here but this has just been upgraded to a flash flood advisory, which means its more imminent. Most likely pooling of water on the roadways, which is very typical. Not unexpected to get a flash flood advisory in a weather system like this, this time of day. What sun usual not unusual, but we havent seen in this awhile. Weve got a Flood Warning up on the Russian River where it is going to crest on saturday. And it should crest just above flood stage. Were not anticipating catastrophic flooding. Its going to get to flood stage, then go a fat or two above, which will cause just, hopefully, minor issues. We did have a flash Flood Warning near pen grove. Thats for the small creek there near 121. Look at that moisture streaming on shore. Wow. Lets see that again. Look at that. Thats hundreds of miles of subtropical el nino driven moisture moving in. Thats why its in the 60s today, despite the cloud cover, despite the rain. The dynamics not that strong. The true dynamics get here tomorrow. When i say dynamics im talking about that low Pressure Center that triggers the heavy winds and heavy rain. This is ridiculous amounts of moisture coming in off the pacific. San jose was getting a few showers. Theyre getting a break now. Fur in san jose or evergreen, youre going what are you talking about . Weve got nothing down here. Up north its been raining. Santa rose sacks, raining all day. If you are in San Francisco, it just started rang about 1 00. 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, the commute is west. More scattered showers in the afternoon. And then it looks like things start to kind of taper down late in the day. Chance of showers continues. Thats your day tomorrow. The forecast model, i have to go through this quickly, 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Theres tomorrow night. Here comes saturday morning. Not bad. Here comes saturday night. Much less. The saturday and sunday systems are a little cooler and quite a bit different. The main events, if you will, are right now and tomorrow. Today is a good powerful storm. Tomorrow well have some juice. Then the Weekend Storms will be less aggressive. Maybe a little more wind, more sun break, and we shouldnt see the Copious Amounts of rain. For those people who dont know whats the difference between a flash Flood Warning and a Flash Flood Watch. Any time you hear watch, it means the ingredients are right this could happen. When you hear warning, it means its happening. A flash Flood Warning means its happening. They know the water is going to come up, and parts of that liver by hillsburg perhaps are seeing flooding. Its warning once its either happening or imminent. A controversy over a program to take gun away from felons. New at 6 00 the pothole problem made worse by the recent storms that is pitting a bay area city against parents of students at a nearby school. The fight over who is supposed to fix it. As a parent, im very offended, because i believe that our students are worth it. They deserve a safe street to be able to walk to and from school. Its against the law for convicted felons in california to possess guns but its estimated that 11,000 have guns anyway. A program aimed at vastly reducing that number is under scrutiny in sacramento. Did you listen to what i said, sir . I did, sir. I dont find that adequate. The department of justice on the hot seat at the state capitol. The issue concerns backlogs and a Program Designed to take firearms away from more than 11,000 dangerous people. The people in this raid were once legal gun owners, but lost that right following a felony conviction or mental illness. Taxpayers she would out 24 million to help agents confiscate those forbidden firearms. But critics contend the department of justice has been ineffective. If you still have dangerous felons who have weapons that they should not have had for years then they have absolutely let the people of california down. Reporter the department of justice says the extra money has helped reduce the number of prohibited persons. If not for that money there would be over 34,000 people in the. As of today, 11,830 individuals. Reporter d. O. J. Is asking for an additional 4 million to speed up the work after acknowledge some of those people on the prohibitive list have committed crimes in public places. A man with a loaded pistol was arrested outside the main entrance to disneyland while another park visitor reported seeing someone suspicious with a firearm. He had tried several times to enter the park with a firearm. Reporter the program did receive considerable praise from Mental Health advocates and others would say its been very effective. At the state capitol, mike lurie. A strong storm pounding the bay area, triggering flood watches and warnings and keeping rescue crews busy. Tonight we are learning several schools in the north bay have been canceled tomorrow. They have canceled classes because of flooding. They are on your screen now. In the east baits believed that the rain is like toll blame for this downed tree that blocked the main access road in the sunol hills. It came down about 3 30 this morning. That cut off some residents from their only way out of the neighborhood. Im frank somerville. Im julie haener. We want to go straight to chief meteorologist bill martin. Youre tracking Flood Warnings and Flash Flood Watches at this hour. It is all happening right now in the afternoon commute. The most important thing right now is an urban and small stream flood advisory has been issued until 8 30 tonight for basically the bay area proper, from about from fremont, certainly north, up towards santa rowings is a where we have seen significant rain. So this is a new development. What the Weather Service is saying here, theyre saying, hey, were getting a lot of ponding on the roadways, were seeing small creeks. Weve had rainfall rates in this afternoon event, in the north bay and in the central bay of over a half inch an hour. That is significant. On top of that you have a Flash Flood Watch which stays in effect through sunday. Thats a long way off. Down below here the flash Flood Warning, south down here, penn grove that gets dropped real soon. That was a quick rise, quick fall. The big story really in terms of rivers is the Flood Warning on the Russian River when it looks like it wants to peak above flood stage on saturday. Not aggressive flooding but there will be a few flooding issues. We are tracking that. Also the River Forecast Center has forecast the napa river to go just above flood stage as well. What we are seeing out there is this subtropical air mass, this plume of moisture. Look at it. It keeps coming. Thats a 24hour loop. Its just a fire hose. So its continuing to push in. Weve got more rain in the forecast as we head into tonight and tomorrow. All that rain