on a 40-day limit for the trustees to vote yes or no. >> the elementary school district. >> i'll make sure the board gets this. >> skywalker elementary school district. >> thank you. i'll make sure the board gets that. >> reporter: skywalker, miller creek, more than a dozen names are being proposed to replace the word dixie. >> dixie is a nosym nya remind lynchings and segregation. railroad marni dickson is on the school board district of trustees and says the name has got to go. >> these amazing parents and community members have been working 22 years to do there. >> reporter: the district is made up of three elementary and one middle schools, altogether a little less than 2,000 students and fewer than 40 are african american. >> dixie school district has a reputation of being one of the best school districts in the area. everybody wants their kids to go there. >> reporter: locals say the quality associated with the name dixie is good for the kids who go there and for real estate prices. >> it's a fantastic place. our kids had a great experience there. i see no reason to change the name. >> reporter: now tonight the school district isn't going to actually vote on anything. the folks here can weigh in during public comment, but the district is going to mostly discuss what this petition process will look like and consider the costs for changing the name on a number of signs and other things and the superintendent is expected to tell the trustees here that's going to cost a little under $20,000. geles for day in a ro live in marin, melissa caen, kpix5. ed in downtown thousands of teachers returned to the picket lines in los angeles the second day in a row. they rallied in downtown l.a. demanding higher pay, more school resources and smaller class sizes. the los angeles school district serves nearly a half million students and officials say more than 159,000 students did show up to class today. the first day of the strike cost the district about $25 million because just 1/3 of students went to school. there will be plenty of questions for you to answer on the 2020 census, but what it won't be asking you is your citizenship status. a federal judge in new york has blocked the question from being added to the survey. opponents argued it might keep immigrant households from participating. the judge said the question itself is constitutional, but the trump administration did not follow proper procedure to add it. today's decision is not the final word. a separate case is pending in san francisco and the supreme court is poised to take it up next month. the house of representatives has approved a measure disapproving comments made by iowa congressman steve king. now republicans have also decided to remove king from two committees. in an interview with the new york times over the weekend, king questioned how the words white nationalist and white supremist became offensive language. >> these are not the first time we've heard these comments. that is not the party of lincoln. it is definitely not america. >> that the house of representatives once again rejects white nationalism and white sumpremacy as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values that define the people of the united states. new >> i agree with that. >> iowa's largest newspaper is calling for king to resign. a new york senator, kirsten gillibrand, announced her run for president in 2020. >> i'm filing an exploratory committee for president of the united states tonight. >> tonight. >> the democrat announced the news on the late show. she was just elected into r sethe senate last year. she's been a fierce advocate for the me too movement and a vocal critic of president trump. the 52-year-old corporate lawyer will start campaigning in iowa this weekend. some neighbors living in the burn zone in southern california being told to get out again. that's because with this new round of rain moving in there's concerns of mudslides in the latuna fire burn area. mandatory evacuation orders are already in place. earlier today homeowners packed up and left their neighborhoods in the foothills of burbank. it is the same situation for folks in ventura county where they had the woolsey fire. neighbors in several cities including parts of malibu being told to evacuate. you can see stacks of sandbags lining up driveways in this empty neighborhood, no word yet when residents will be able to return home. chief meteorologist paul deanno has been tracking the big storm headed for the bay area and some watches already being issued, right, paul? >> watches and warnings. a flash flood watch is in effect for tomorrow, not the rain we got today, but the rain we are expecting tomorrow. let's get to the weather computer. this is a flash flood watch for top to bottom the entire bay area, saturated ground, heavy rain tomorrow increasing the flood threat, especially road and highway flooding likely tomorrow. let's take a trip to the mountains where heavy snow is likely, the snow level 5,000 feet. we'll talk about two layers of the hills. 5,000 feet up to 7,000 feet in elevation. 2 to 3 feet of new snowfall with some strong winds. what about above 7,000 feet? glad you asked. blizzard conditions are likely because the winds will be stronger and the snow will be heavier. by friday 5 to 7 feet of snow is likely with very dangerous travel and it's going to be rather windy tomorrow, a wind advisory for our cities and a high wind warning for up to 60 or 70 mile-per-hour gusts in our mountains and also along the coastline. bottom line, tomorrow is going to be a very stormy day. we'll talk more details about how much rain will fall just tomorrow coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, paul. a police standoff in pleasant hill this morning ended peacefully with the help of a robot. it started when a u-haul ran into a walnut creek police car and nearly hit a police officer on foot. officers chased the driver, ended up near the crossroad shopping center in pleasant hill. the driver stayed inside that truck for hours. so police used a robot with speakers, a camera and robotic arm to go ahead and negotiate with the suspect. almost three hours later the driver finally got out of the truck. he's charged with attempted assault with a deadly weapon and driving recklessly while evading an officer. some scary moments in sacramento, a hazmat crew called after this happened. a big rig partially hanging off the overpass there. that's interstate 80. crews say the fuel truck was leaking liquefied natural gas. we're told the truck driver is okay. the big rig was successfully pulled back up. looks back at the miracle on the hudson today marks the 10 year anniversary of one of the most gut wrenching plane landings ever. reporter dick brennan looks back at the miracle on the hudson. but we want to bring you.. a look back on the tenth anniversary of the miracle on the hudson. reporter we wanted to apologize for the technical difficulties we had moments ago, but we want to bring you a look back on the 10th anniversary of the miracle on the hudson. reporter dicnan sp wi some of the pe o lived through it. >> it's amazing. this 10 years has flown by faster than any other 10 years of my >> reporter: when dave sanderson boarded u.s. airways flight 10 years ago, he had no idea it would last all of 208 seconds. the jet had taken off from laguardia with 150 passengers but hit geese and quickly lost both engines. captain sully sullenberger very quickly knew the river would become his runway. >> we can get it there. do you want to try to land? >> we're not able. we may end up in the hudson, can't do it. >> which runway would you like at teterboro? >> reporter: on the ground people on new york waterway's ferries watched it happen. >> i saw the airplane was coming. it was facing me. it was like -- >> reporter: coming right at you? >> yeah, it was coming right at me. >> it's not a jumbo jet, but when you see the plane coming down like this, it looks like a spaceship. >> reporter: captain vincent lombardi. >> my first reaction, runway at jfk or laguardia? >> it was really when we crossed over the george washington bridge and i heard the captain say his famous words, this is the captain. brace for impact. >> reporter: sullenberger pulled off the greatest splashdown since the apollo missions in part because he said so much went right. >> visibility improved. we had an experienced crew. it happened at a point in the flight where there were viable options still available to us among one of the most densely populated and developed areas of the planet. >> reporter: the captain said one of the trickiest parts of the rescue was getting close enough to the plane to lift the people off the wing and onto the boat. how tricky was that? >> it was fairly tricky. >> reporter: despite their trauma surprisingly many passengers still fly regularly and have taken a message from the moment of their lives. >> the day's about gratitude, this whole day. every 15th of january focus on giving back and that's why i say thank you for everybody, the new jersey folks who took great care of me and all the folks here in this region who took care of all of us that day. >> reporter: sanderson said out of his miracle on the hudson came a lifetime lesson, every moment matters. in new york city i'm dick brennan, kpix5. i'm ken bastida at the live news desk. san jose police are looking for your help. they need your help identifying two wanted men. they are wanted for murder. let's take a look at this surveillance video. police released this video of the suspect just a while ago. you can see both of them were on scooters walking into a liquor store. police say that they responded to a shooting at this store just last month and they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. again, if you recognize that man or the one coming in behind him, either one of those people, san jose police want to hear from you. at the live news desk, i'm ken bastida. back to you guys. scary new video of a close call in minnesota, a 2-year-old girl is strapped into a car seat. there, she falls out of a moving car, but just in time the driver who was recording this stopped and helped the child. police say the girl was not hurt, although she was safely strapped into the car seat. the car seat was not correctly attached to the car. now police are considering charges of child endangerment for the girl's mother who was driving. a monterey county teen is feared dead after a trip to the beach with friends. braxton stuntz. >> where was he last? >> you see this hole? he slipped. >> they're saying he's under over there now. >> frantic moments caught on camera showing friends searching for 18-year-old braxton stunts. the teen was hiking with a group saturday at garraponta state beach when he suddenly slipped and fell 15 feet down a blow hole. friends say braxton gave them a thumbs up on the beach below but then vanished as 14-foot waves crashed around him. drivers were reportedly unable to enter the water due to the rough surf. san francisco mayor london breed is declaring a shelter crisis. it's part of an effort to speed up the time it takes build homeless shelters. breed plans on introducing two new proposals. one bill would allow officials to get around some building code requirements. if passed, the time it takes to build a shelter could shorten by up to nine months. emmy, grammy and golden globe- winner was 9 broadway legend and san francisco native carol channing died today. the tony, emmy, grammy and golden globe winner was 97. here's a look back on channing's remarkable life, her true love and lasting legacy here in the bay area. carol channing would have turned 98 at the end of this month. ♪ well hello louie it's so nice to be back home where i belong ♪ >> reporter: you can't think of carol channing with her wide eyes and trademark husky voice without thinking of hello dolly. the role of dolly levi was her signature and one for which she won a tony in 1964, but it wasn't channing's first time on broadway and her stage career began long before. born in seattle in 1921, channing moved with her family to san francisco when she was just a few weeks old. she took the stage for the first time in the 4th grade at commodore sloat grammer school and again in middle school at aptos. it was 1933. ♪ we want carol we want carol ♪ ♪ when i'm vice president we'll all leave school at 12:00 when i'm vice president ♪ o. >> reporter: we asked her and a former classmate harry collegen if they ever thought then she'd be this famous later. >> i never thought about it. >> i did. >> reporter: channing said she loved him back then, but they drifted apart. >> i didn't no no contact with her for 70 years. >> i was in modesto. you understand. >> reporter: it wasn't until she wrote the story of her life in 2002 that they found each other again. >> he called me. i talked to him. i said when can i see you? he said tomorrow morning. he walked through my gate and big embrace and a hug and a kiss and that was it. two weeks later we were engaged and we got married. >> reporter: channing was 82 and he was 83. he passed away in 2011. channing returned to san francisco where she attended lowell high school frequently. lowell named the school theater for her and the admiration went both ways. to inspire the next generation, she and her husband created the dr. carol channing and harry collegen foundation for the arts to promote the arts in public schools. >> they need something to enrich their life they can keep for the rest of their life, enjoy and they make better students and they get higher grades. >> dull things like algebra, their brain is fertile. ♪ you did run as you wish you better hear me say never ever change today ♪ >> reporter: but whether entertaining children or adults, her sense of humor and graceful talent shone through. ♪ don't ever go away again ♪ >> he was in modesto, you understand. i love that. she was one of a kind. carol channing would have turned 98 the end of this month. donations may be made to the carol channing theater in lowell high school. coming up steph curry takes a joke about the moon landing and turns it into action, how his sneakers will make a huge difference for bay area schools. >> coming up all new at 6:00 the roundtable discussion on the bay area housing crisis with governor gavin newsom, why some people got very emotional including the governor himself. orecast tomorrow morning starting >> breakfast forecast tomorrow morning waiting on the heavy rain coming in the afternoon, but cloudy with a breeze and showers around all throughout the bay area, sunrise 7:23. mary lee will have your up to the minute forecast tomorrow morning starting at 4:30. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. steph curry mayor may not have his doubts about the moon landing. >> but his moon landing shoes sold for a very hefty price, more than $58,000 on ebay. they were auctioned off over the weekend. curry wore his under armour curry 6's the beginning of this year in a game against the houston rockets. boo. this was weeks after curry made comments about the 1969 moon landing suggesting it was all fake. he later clarified he was only joking around. the basketball star plans to use the funds raised for stem education here in the bay area. we're not talking about the moon, but we're talking about the weather here on earth. paul deanno, lots of fost, rain >> yes, tomorrow. we're talking about a flood watch, a lot of rain coming 24 hours from now, not completely dry currently, but we had a lot more rain earlier today, about a 1/2 inch of rain throughout the bay area. the heavy rain lifted up to sacramento and points north. we're getting a break now through tomorrow afternoon. that's when the big storm will arrive giving us very gusty winds and a lot of rain in a short amount of time. many of you will get 2 inches of rain tomorrow. i always love to share with school kids when i visit their schools about just how big weather is. 2 inches of rain falling on a 1/4 acre lot or yard, that means tomorrow 112,000 pounds of water will fall on a quarter acre yard. that's a lot of water coming from the sky in one day. that's how much rain we'll be getting tomorrow. fremont, half moon bay upper 50s today, mid-50s for san jose and redwood city, low 50s for san francisco and napa. satellite and radar, a storm today came a little closer to us. it was supposed to slide down towards santa barbara and los angeles. it didn't. that's why the rain was a bit heavier and more widespread than we first thought. that sets the stage for tomorrow's storm which will be a direct hit. it's getting its act together now. now that the ground is saturated, it's a high likelihood we'll have at a minimum flooding around the bay area. lunchtime tomorrow scattered showers, storm not here yet. 3:00 in the afternoon it's here, wet and windy for the north bay first. 8:00 it's pouring outside, rainfall rates a 1/4 to 1/2 inch per hour, gusty winds 40 to 50 miles per hour. it quickly moves out. this front is gone by 11:00 tomorrow night. in its wake some unstable air and heavier showers around thursday morning before things completely clear out thursday afternoon. how much rain? i used the 2-inch rainfall total as an example because from santa rosa to napa to fairfield to pleasanton to hayward to santa cruz to redwood city, that's about the average rain and most of it falls tomorrow. more than 100,000 pounds of water in every 1/4 acre yard for the entire bay area tomorrow. it's a lot of rain coming tomorrow. as we look at things calming down thursday, off and on rain tonight. we are wet and windy on wednesday with the strongest weather, the strongest winds, strongest rainfall in the afternoon hours. after lows around 50 degrees highs will make it above average tomorrow. not a great day to get outside, but we'll be in the tickets, sunnyvale, campbell and milpitas, pleasanton 60, very wet afternoon in san francisco. if you can leave work early, do it. novato 58, san leandro 59, lakeport 52 degrees, a very soggy day especially the second half of tomorrow. thursday we get showers in the morning. then things clear out and then the pattern will change. we'll go much drier. there is a slight chance of a shower sunday. aside from that we'll be mainly dry friday through the middle of next week. that is your kpix5 forecast. >> thank you, paul. a trailblazer visits the trading floor, a woman who made history in the olympics gets a special honor in the bay area and talks about what it's like to have her own barbie doll. cut the trading day to a close.. as she rang the bell at the nasdaq in san francisco today: "cheering and bell ringi a groundbreaking american fencer cut the trading day to a close you might say as she rang the bell at the nasdaq in san francisco today. olympics.. and the first to represent the u.s. in a hijab. entrepreneur. >> there she is. she is the first muslim american woman to medal at the olympics and the first to represent the u.s. in a hijab. she is also an entrepreneur. she runs a fashion brand with her sister. she just wrote a children's book and she even has her own barbie doll. it means envisioning yourself doing whatever you want." (21) muhammad's barbie doll is available for sale on amazon. >> i'm here to defy expectations to show people what's possible when you're determined and you work hard. my barbie is just i think icing on the cake. i played with barbie dolls for an uncomfortably long time as a kid and i loved barbie and i loved what doll play means. it means envisioning yourself and doing whatever you want. >> that is so cool. mohammad's barbie doll is available for sale on amazon is. that's going to do it for us here at 5:00. >> right now ken bastida and elizabeth cook. now at 6:00 our hi-def doppler has been tracking bay area showers all day long and the conditions are only going to get worse. >> plus live team coverage from two of the most flood prone regions in the bay area, how they're getting ready for an even bigger round of rain. >> i recognize the stress. i recognize the pain. >> also the outpouring of emotion during a housing crisis discussion with governor gavin newsom, why the governor himself was caught tearing up. kpix5 news at 6:00 starts right now. we start in butte county... good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. kpix5 news at 6:00 begins right now with storm watch. we start in butte county where there is serious concerns about flooding in the camp fire burn area. the community of polga where the fire started is under an evacuation warning. the concern is the hills, all that vegetation burned off in the fire leaving nothing to hold back that loose soil. the blaze scorched more than 150,000 acres which are now very vulnerable. meanwhile back here in the bay area taking a live look at some of our rain soaked bridges, the conditions have been slick all day making for a slow ride home for all the commuters. there was rain mixed with gusty winds in san jose. we spotted plenty of umbrellas late this afternoon. the flags also were blowing downtown and the showers started picking up the closer we got to sunset.

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