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Well get to that in just a minute. Lets start with the good totals we picked up today in the south bay. Impressive numbers to tell you about, just under one inch of rain in sarah tea go and here in campbell 2 10ths and that is a good total for a 24hour period. I want to take you live to tahoe, show you the snow flakes coming down now. This is live from squall valley and the mountains hold the key. You may not be aware but snow pack supplies 1 3rd of the total supply for california. The snow pack replenishes in the summer months when we dont get that much rain and its critical to the drought. Were at 36 of normal snow pack for this time of year. That number could jump as high as 40 when we get the april 1st snow survey. Here is the deal. Tomorrows survey is incredibly significant because typically snow accumulates up until prim april 1st and melts thereafter. Were still dun down 60 but every little bit counts and this late series of storms has actually made a pretty good difference. So
This happened on 46th avenue in a house. You can see firefighters are standing outside of that house. This explosion did start a small fire that is now out. Police tell me the explosion was caused by the San Francisco Police Departments bomb squad. They were called out here to check out a suspicious device, and they detonated that device inside the house. We have pictures of the store on the corner, the corner store next to the home where the windows were blown out. And some plaster was damaged as a result of that explosion. Police tell me no one was hurt. San Francisco Police say this all started yesterday. Relatives of a man who recently passed away were going through his house and found a trunk. Inside they say they found something that looked like a fire extinguisher. But today they thought more about it and werent sure what it was, so they called police. When officers came out, they called the bomb squad. The bomb squad came out here tonight, look a look and decided the safest way
Fire in san jose is not the work of a serial arsonist who struck at least five times over the weekend. They say this fire started when someone dropped a cigarette on a porch. The people who lived there put the fire out before crews could etch arrive. It was a nice break for san jose firefighters who had to deal with 13 suspicious fires near downtown san jose in less than a week. All the fires were set between 2 00 and 6 00 in the morning, including five this weekend. Police released this sketch of someone they say is a person of interest in this case. He is described as a white or hispanic man between 25 and 40. Hes at least six feet tall. Weighs about 170 pounds. He also wears large frame glasses. The firefighters tell us they were relieved the arsonist did not strike again and that neighborhood vigilance may have helped keep him at bay. Certainly getting into the Morning Hours without having a fire is a relief. So, you know, were kind of hoping that that might be due to the presence
Look around. That 80foot tall tree in back turned into the lightning rod sending the currant through the trunk blasting out two big win core of engineerses in the back of the home. Inside the home, well, it is a total mess. Box shoved all shelves, pictures thrown off the walls. Out lets loan out. Shattered glass about every where. At least elizabeth dodged a bullet. She was not home when the bolt hit. Came crashing through. You can see, it hit way back here on the wall. Reporter there was some concern about the structure being safe. Elizabeth will stay away until she gets the green light to go back. Then, of course, she has a lot of clean up ahead. Of course. Brian, do you know if folks are still without electricity over there . Reporter there are. Power went out twice. Those numbers now are town to about hundred. They are still working on the problem. Brian webb, thank you. So where is the rough weather now and are we done yet . Meteorologist paul deanno has been watching the weather