Live where you live, this is abc7 news. I started to reach for anything. A terrified east bay family still shaken tonight, a week after a s. W. A. T. Team descended on their home. Police say it was all because of a fake 911 call. Good evening, im dan ashley. And tonight police are investigating the fake 911 call, similar to an incident in kansas that resulted in an innocent mans death. Were also learning about a different incident last night in castro valley. Katie utehs spoke to the family. As soon as i got to the front door, i could see the spotlights shine up onto me. Reporter a swarm of police officers, weapons drawn, filled this quiet street, surrounding an unsuspecting family. A mother, father, two kids and grandparents, walked out of their homes with their hands up on police command. My son just kept asking, why are their guns pointed at my face . Why is my daddy arrested . Whats going on . Reporter just days after christmas, a caller made a fake 911 call, targeting their address. Indicating that there was somebody in his house. He said he had heard shots and his mother screaming and that he was hiding in his bedroom. Reporter the young father went outside in his him to open. I looked at them and i was like, hello, im not reaching for anything. Reporter the traced the call to a cell phone with a 213 area code, Southern California. Hercules police tell us its an open investigation. The hoax call also happened in kansas the next day. There police shot and killed an unarmed man as he moved his hand toas waist band. Similar scenario, but a different ending. Why were we targeted . This is a sick prank. Reporter police are looking into the possibility the cases are connected. A Southern California man was arrested in the kansas incident. New tonight, were hearing of a similar incident in castro valley. Investigators are blaming a dispute over video games, for a fake 911 call. The alameda Sheriffs Office said a caller reported a hostage situation at a home on grove way before 9 00 last night. The person demanded a ransom be paid or the hostages would be killed. Investigators quickly determined it was a swatting call. They say, its the second call to the same address since last may. Now to our other top story tonight, the weather. You can see rain still coming down this evening. This was earlier on columbus avenue in San Francisco, which was quite wet. And a live look from our san mateo bridge camera. Will the rain affect your weekend . Lets check in with sandhya. Wiper weather tonight. Lets check out live doppler 7. Theres rain right now. Its mostly green. So we are looking at light rain from Pleasant Hill road to walnut creek. Danville boulevard, you are seeing showers. Fremont, pretty slippery around 880, and then San Francisco, south San Francisco, across 380, we are seeing around airport boulevard, some showers right now. Very spotty in nature. South bay, youre getting wet from sunnyvale to santa clara, san jose. The wider picture showing you the moist flow of air continues to come in. On the storm impact scale, level one. Well keep the showers going. Get a load at what live doppler 7 is tracking. Its a stronger storm that is coming our way. Ill give you a closer look and let you know if your weekend plans will be a washout coming up. Sand yarks thahya, thank you. Just hours from now, San Francisco will get itself buzz on. Today seven dispensaries were given the goahead to sell recreational poll. Lanny rivera visited several stores that are ready for the new business. Reporter its a monumental day for harvest on geary dispenser in San Francisco. We just received an email about an hour and a half ago from the state of california, authorizing us to sell adultuse cannibis. Reporter the sale of Recreational Marijuana became legal on january 1st. But San Francisco had to wait until now because the city didnt iron out its regulations in time. Harvest ceo Marty Gibbons expects business to triple. The store has more label in addition to m for medical use, items have a stickers for adult use. We get to serve a much larger audience. Grassroots on post street also got its permits. By late friday, these dispensaries on mission had temporary signs up. Dispensaries such as this one are waiting on word from state officials. Once they get the green light, theyre expecting a mad rush this weekend. Some customers with medical marijuana cards support more access for adults. What the state has done, which i do appreciate, its kinda deesqualated all the fears. You have to pay a higher tax now, which is fine. I support paying taxes as well. Reporter harvest will open by 9 00 a. M. , anticipating a sales day to remember. And u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions announced a plan today yesterday to rescind obamaera policies to not interfere with states marijuana laws. The Sacramento Bee reported today in response a Southern California lawmaker proposed a law that would make Southern California a marijuana sanctuary state, to protect california users against federal investigations. The nations largest Food Service Company has stopped using romaine lettuce after reports of a possible e. Coli breakout. Canadas Public Health agency pound 58 cases of e. Coli in the u. S. And canada, including two deaths now. Most of the patients reported eating romaine lettuce beforehand. Today, compass group, which supplies food to hospitals and school cafeterias, told its distributors to use other leafy greens instead. San Francisco Health officials suggest staying away from any uncooked food linked to e. Coli. Cook it, you know its contaminated with something. Cook it and it will kill all the bugs. Otherwise, avoid it until we figure out whats going on. The cdc is trying to track the source of the illness. Northern california gets its lettuce from Imperial County or yuma, arizona. Local restaurants believe its safe to eat. Caltrans is taking action after last months report on a dangerous stretch of road along the oakland estuary. But the victims mother who sparked the investigation wants caltrans to do more. Dan noyes has this iteam update. Were so close. Reporter she couldnt bring herself to celebrate christmas or new years, the first since her son robert died. I went to visit my son at his grave, and that was it. Reporter the 23yearold drowned after his car veered off the road on a rainy morning in february. Sandra believes a car may have blown. In response to last months iteam report that shows robert and other drivers who drowned in the area, caltrans installed reflective traffic delineators last week. I appreciate their efforts and they got on it, they were out there right away. Reporter it is a step sticking the safety markers in the ground, but she wants a more robust and permanent solution. They need to put metal guard rails up. Thats what i would like for caltrans to do. I feel like that is the only thing thats going to stop a car from going in that water. Our sympathies go to the victim and her family. Reporter caltrans said it would take time to evaluate what more should be done to make roads around the estuary safer. Well, guard rails are one possible option. There are several other things. Reporter Oakland City Council president larry reed tells me theyre waiting for Police Reports on crashes to make a final decision. Im sure well get guard rails along that corridor and make sure we minimize the loss of any future life along the stretch. Reporter the guard rails cant come soon enough for sandra martin, trying to have something positive come from her sons death. They need to do something more and quickly, because its going to start raining. The waters going to fill up, and its just going to be more dangerous over there with the roads being wet. Well keep pushing, with sandras help. Dan noyes, abc7 news. Well, the arctic air is not letting up back east. Strangers ban together to help, and one place tonight is dealing with temperatures approaching minus a hundred degrees. Yes, minus a hundred. Also the new book rocking washington tonight. Its already setting records right here in the bay area. And big jackpots mean big dreams tonight in the bay area. We know someone locally is at least 1 million woman so, greg, its a lot to take in. Woman 2 and i know thats hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. Hi, blake my dad has cancer. Woman and i know how hard that is to hear. But youre in the right place. Man and dr. Pascal and her team, they know what to do. They know what to do. The doctors know what to do. So heres the plan. First off, were going to give you all. voice fading away its not california. Yeah, right. Someone from florida is about 450 million richer, matching all numbers for the Mega Millions tonight. That enormous jackpot and an even bigger 570 million drew interest, folks from nevada, where you can play either game, drove to california to line up for a chance. No surprise, a chance at a half billion dollars drew interest in the bay area. Abc7s Katie Marzullo is live in San Francisco. No jackpot winner in california, but somebody in daily city matched five of the six numbers, and that prize is worth more than 1,800,000. Today was so busy because of the high numbers and the jackpot. People come in, buying 40 worth, 80 worth and higher of just lottery tickets. And ive never seen anybody spend that much on tickets. Reporter so that semi winning 711 in daily city. And the powerball drawing is tomorrow. Good luck. Reporter its more than a slip of paper. Its a glimmer of hope. Its amazing. Even if you dont win, to dream about winning, gives you a positive attitude on life. These are the winners. Reporter roy bought his at hanas bottle shop in santa clara, a store with a winning history. Its almost a billion dollars if you win both. That would be kinda awesome. Reporter massive backtoback jackpots. It would be nice to hit it. This store is also lucky. Customers were dreaming big, but practical. Give my mom a house. I always tell my husband this, theres billions of dollars. I just want one. Reporter first, youve gotta beat the odds. Yeah, i do. Why not . I think im as deserving as the next person. Reporter just remember this expert advice. Whoever signs the back of the ticket is the individual that has to claim the ticket and the proceeds. Reporter the dream isnt over yet. The powerball drawing is saturday night. In san jose, katie marzull abc7 news. Fire and fury, the abc7 news. Explosive book was released early and stores cannot keep it on the shelves. Its a similar story for those trying to get a copy at the library. The chronicle reports theres a record waiting list at the San Francisco public library, more than 900 people have hold requests. Well, the east coast is expecting record cold weather this weekend. Temperatures will be 20 to as much as 30 degrees below normal. A winter noreaster already buried the region. In boston, a bus got stuck in the slush. Neighbors saw it couldnt move. They grabbed shovels to dig it free and then pushed it back to a more clearedaway part of the road so it could be on its way. In new york, these ferries couldnt be pushed free. They wouldnt budge in the ice obviously. Tonight the temperature will be 3 degrees there. Now, if you want to see a low temperature, check this out. Mountain washington in massachusetts is negative 85 degrees, and including windchill. The New York Times sent reporters there who said its so cold the air froze their eye lashes. Thats cold. When they thaw out, when it becomes, like, i dont know, minus 2 we cant even understand that. No. But we are experiencing some rain. Will it last into the weekend is the question. What do you think, sandhya . Still wet right now. And still wet while youre sleeping. By the time your weekend plans begin, well be done with the rain temporarily. Ill show you where the wipers are needed and the roads are wet. You take a look here as we go into the east bay, oakland, alameda, lincoln avenue, some light showers right now. Liv livermore valley, heading to alta mont, it is west. We will continue to track the spotty showers. Were seeing them on the peninsula, from redwood city, middlefield road from sunnyvale and also in the south bay, north first street, san jose, campbell area. Sierra, some of this is going from rain to snow, but at such high elevations, and its not going to amount to much. A couple inches at best with this storm, but dont you worry, we have more coming. Rainfall totals the last 24 hours, how much have you seen . Oakland picked up quite a bit. Third of an inch there. San francisco, quarter inch and in a short amount of time. Not so much rain in san jose and livermore. Santa rose a third of an inch. Heres a look at the visibility due to fog. Five miles in livermore, three miles in oakland. Thats how your morning will begin. Temperatures right now in the 40s and 50s. Its really mild outside, the humid air, subtropical air, thats why its feeling so humid. When you look at the eastern third of the country and it is windchills, minus 14 in detroit, minus 7 in new york, minus 13 in boston. The arctic chill with them again over the weekend, and theyll be setting more records. Take a look at abc7 news camera, visibility is starting to come down looking towards San Francisco. Scattered showers through the morning hours, foggy areas to start the weekend. Our next storm is a level 2, income week. The Current System is a light one through early tomorrow. Expect showers with light winds. As we head into the overnight hours, while youre sleeping, you might hear the pitter patter of rain drops. 3 00 a. M. , light to moderate rain expected. This trend will start to wind down. By 5 00 a. M. , east bay, south bay, santa cruz mountains, getting showers. And very isolated by 7 00 a. M. In the south bay. Its done by 8 00. Well be seeing a lot of sun later in the day. Tomorrow morning, fog for soe of the valleys. 30s to 50s to start your temperatures. For the afternoon, brightening it up, upper 50s to low 60s. Then the level two, stronger storm, moderate strength, hits on monday. Rain will be heavy at times. It has an Atmospheric River connection, one to two inches for most areas, two to three in the ihills impact downpours dows monday night. The rain starts monday morning. Continues on tuesday. As far as were concerned, the snow levels will be coming down to below lake level. 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