and he says the shooter looked very upset and especially frustrated when he couldn't get into the locked doors of the school classrooms. he tells us it was only 8 to 15 seconds between the time the lockdown was complete and the time neal arrived on the quad where students previously were. >> you can see the bullet holes through here. >> reporter: the maintenance supervisor wasn't here for the shooting but shows ktvu where kevin janson neal took aim at four classrooms and school office. he said 80 children were playing in the quad tuesday morning when the school went into lockdown and the entire staff went into action including the janitor. >> custodian, who is 6'4", 270 pounds, he took off, get into the classrooms, get into the classrooms! and so at that point, he was able to get everyone inside so there was no one left on the blacktop. >> reporter: the superintendent says the custodian peeked his head around the building and taught the attention of the shooter as he approached the campus. neal reportedly fired a few shots at the custodian, then had trouble with his gun. the superintendent says that gave the school much-needed time to complete the lockdown, roughly 8 to 15 seconds between the lockdown and the arrival of the shooter on the quad. they credit the teachers, staff aide and secretary for keeping the children safe. >> the reason i'm able to speak to you today without crying is because of the heroic efforts of our school staff. love and kindness and selflessness paired with the ability to professionally do what they did defeated evil yesterday. >> reporter: i want to let you know that the superintendent said the child, the boy who was shot, that 6-year-old, was shot in the chest and also in the foot. he was hiding under a desk in the classroom when one of the bullets pierced through the wooden wall. he is being treated at uc- davis. as last check he is in fair condition. a vigil is being held for the community at 6:30 tonight in rancho tehama. cristina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. >> thank you. our coverage continues now with ktvu's alyana gomez in our newsroom tonight with the latest. reporter: kevin neal was not supposed to possess any guns at all. yet he had two semiautomatic rifles and a handgun. we're also learning new information about his behavior leading up to the shooting rampage tuesday morning. a mad man on the loose is how the tehama county assistant sheriff describes kevin neal who shot and killed his wife and hid her body under the floorboards of his home, a man who had several run-ins with law enforcement in the past. >> he was currently out on bail for an assault with a deadly weapon that occurred in january. we had had other contacts with him. he was not law enforcement- friendly. >> reporter: since he made bail in january, investigators say they have tried to make contact with neal. we have also learned police were called to his home on monday for a domestic violence call. that same night, neal reportedly called his mother saying, it's all over, sounding distressed about an ongoing dispute he was having with neighbors. that day, neighbors say they heard gunfire coming from his home. when the sheriff's office was asked about their visits to neal's home in the past, this is what they had to say. >> he would not come to the door. actually, his house was arranged in a manner where we couldn't detect him being there. so -- and on at least two occasions, officers put the house under surveillance hoping he would come back out. that didn't happen. >> reporter: police are acknowledging that they knew he may have had a weapon in his possession but say they didn't think that he was prohibited from owning a firearm. again, we're learning tonight otherwise from the d.a.'s office. neal was slapped with a restraining order after that january arrest for allegedly stabbing and robbing a neighbor. and according to california law, any guns are to be turned in to police or law enforcement can collect those guns upon serving that restraining order. again, this is all to protect the victims. the sheriff's office cannot confirm whether or not neal turned in any firearms. they can say that neal had two illegally manufactured semi- automatic rifles likely created through purchasing illegal parts. as for the handgun he had during the shooting, police say that was registered to someone else. today the sheriff's office urged tehama county citizens to check on their neighbors saying neal was firing into several homes and there could be someone injured or even dead that they may not know about. >> alyana, what about neal's family, what are they saying about him? >> reporter: we have reached out to them, haven't heard back from them. we have seen articles in the "washington post" from neal's sister about his mental condition and drug addiction. his mother said he was a marijuana farmer and was having some ongoing dispute with neighbors accusing them of growing methamphetamines. so that was something that was going on and that's what we're hearing from family from again the "associated press" and the "washington post." >> alyana gomez in our newsroom tonight, thank you. a strong storm is now moving into the bay area with periods of heavy rain expected tonight. that's raising new concerns in wine country following last month's devastating wildfires. this was the scene in sonoma county this afternoon where there are fears of landslides and sinkholes now in those burn areas. the national weather service has issued a flash flood watch for the areas of the north bay that were hard hit by the wildfires. >> this same storm is expected to dump up to 4 feet of snow in the sierra today and tomorrow. a steady snow began falling on donner summit about 5:30 this morning and the storm is getting stronger every hour. the national weather service has issued a winter storm watch for the greater lake tahoe area until late tomorrow night. the storm is expected to let up by friday and that is expected to create ideal conditions at ski resorts in the lake tahoe area. several big resorts there are open this weekend. all right. let's go to chief meterologist bill martin in the weather center for more on the timing of the rain and wind is coming as well tonight, right? >> right. there's already wind in the north bay. this is a big deal storm for this early in the november. on a scale of one to ten, i would give it an eight. it's a one and done basically because the rainfall will come tonight into tomorrow. it could be up to 2.5" in some of the heavier areas, more in the santa cruz mountains and the hills above sebastopol. here's the timing now break this out for ya. this is after you go to bed, it really starts to hit. it will be raining in most places by 10 p.m. tonight. but 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., that's when it gets going. that's the big wind. that's the big rain. and that's going to cause big problems for the morning commute. with that said, you have a heavy rain and flash flood watch in effect for the north bay. i would not be surprised at all -- this is for the fire zones. i wouldn't be surprised to see an urban and small stream flood advisory around 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. we'll see the system slowly move through the bay area. as they move slow, they dump rain. this is going to be in the bay area over eight hours from the north bay to the south bay as it slides down. it will be in san jose tomorrow at 7, 8 a.m. so straight up 12 hours. so it's going to be a very long rainfall event and then it's out of here fortunately. we have very strong winds in the upper atmosphere. what that does is you have the moisture here, and then you have these very strong winds so the moisture gets pulled in but then these winds create diversions and the air pulls apart creating a vacuum in the upper atmosphere so it's going to create enhanced lift. so you have an atmospheric river. you have extreme jet stream support and you'll get a real storm. this thing gets here tonight and last all night. you will hear it on the rooftops. when i come back, we'll time it out tomorrow and what you can expect beyond. over the last few years, we have alternated between needing all the rain we can get during drought and not wanting too much rain because of concerns about landslides. those worries are real tonight for the north bay counties ravaged by the wildfires last month. ktvu's frank mallicoat live in sonoma county where there are concerns about flooding. frank. reporter: it's raining at a good clip. around 3:45, it really started coming down. and it is raining to beat the band right now. now, you would think all this rain in a burned-out zone, a fire zone, would be a good thing. but that simply is not the case. in fact, this storm is bringing a number of new problems for folks up here in the north bay. reporter: the washington ridge prison 2 fire crew out of nevada city is one of hundreds of crews trying to prep the landscape as mother nature rolls in with the biggest storm of the season. they are keeping an eye on it. >> we are most concerned about how fast the storm moves, the faster it moves the better. we don't want it to stall out in front of us on top of us and then we get a cumulative effect of more water on the ground. >> reporter: with three or four inches of rain coming, work ramped up in santa rosa where over 2900 homes were lost. many of those right here in the fountain grove neighborhood, flooding a big concern, especially with the charred and hardened hillsides which are like a racetrack for the rain. to let that water flow, thousands of wattles are in place keeping that debris out of the drainage system. it's a job that will repeat itself all winter long. >> today we're cleaning up the drains, getting all the sandbags, cleaning debris, just making sure everything flows for the rains that are coming. >> reporter: the wattles work as a debris blocker and filter the water before it hits the city drains. with over 600 streams in the north bay fire zone, officials hope they also help to keep the toxins from the burn sites out of the watershed. >> we have over 600 personnel that are assigned to the watershed task force that are out there and about making decisions of where to put wattles or where to remove the debris out of what creek. so a lot of folks out there and a lot of concerns. >> reporter: top concern for folks that lost their homes right now really is not the rain. right now it's all about insurance companies. they are fighting the good fight, hoping to get their money to start the rebuilding process. live in santa rosa, i'm frank mallicoat, ktvu fox 2 news. >> you can always download our free ktvu weather app for the latest on the conditions. our weather team is also posting updates on facebook, twitter and instagram. coming up here, the man who escaped from a mental hospital in hawaii and hopped on a commercial flight to san jose is now behind bars. at 5:30, who police say tipped them off leading to the man's capture. >> but first, burglars attempt a jewelry store smash-and-grab in the east bay. this time, they left empty- handed. details coming up. to the brink, accused of obstructing justice at the fbi and of violating the constitution by taking fromoreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. if that isn't a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become? i'm tom steyer, and like you, i'm a citizen who knows it's up to us to do something. it's why i'm funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. a republican congress once impeached a president for far less. yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger who's mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's 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the area. >> it's all over my face, i inhaled it, couldn't see, totally blind. >> reporter: the man hits the display case 7 times with the hammer but can't get inside. the man with the hoodie tries, too. it doesn't work. and that's because the cases are made of special glass. >> the glass we use for our showcases are double layer tempered glass so these are the type that it's -- even if they hammer it, they won't get through. >> reporter: they run out after one last time to break open the case. in this angle you can see the 7th man in bright shoes acting as a lookout. this is the latest incident targeting jewelry displays, stealing jewelry throughout the bay area. this is the walnut creek store. >> i want it to stop. it's bad we live in a world that things like this happens frequently. we are trying to take better precautions. >> reporter: this whole thing was over in less than 30 seconds. and pleasanton police told me today they are aware of the other cases and are comparing notes with other agencies to check for any possible connections. live in the newsroom, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >> that surveillance video is something. thank you. commercial crab fishing season is officially under way. and unlike the last couple of years, there should be plenty of dungeness crab in time for thanksgiving. boats returned to the dock this morning after being out all last night. the crab pots were loaded with their catch. this is the first time in years the crab season has opened on time. it's been delayed or canceled because of toxic levels of domoic acid. the crabbers say there are a lot of fishing boats along the coast and they are catching some good sized crabs. >> sometimes you get a big bunch, hoping to get all jumbos. you get a mix sometimes. you have to sort through it. but the crabs are plump, hard, heavy. they're good. >> this season the crabbers have negotiated a price of $3 a pound for their catch. those crabbers are going to have to ride out the storm tonight. >> right. >> you were saying earlier an eight out of ten, huh? >> i think so, in terms of -- it's a one and done, fortunately but just the rainfall rates, you know, and the wind gusts. you have a wind advisory up there. we have winds around bodega bay at 35, 40 miles per hour. they are pulling up the crab pots. they don't have pots out there tonight. the swells and winds come up and the rain is going to come down. some of the forecast numbers, these are forecast numbers, but this is significant. when you get a storm, it will be out of here by tomorrow afternoon, 24 hours or 36 hours. you get a storm drop 3.5" of rain in the santa cruz mountains -- i got to tell you, i -- it could be more than that. it could be 4.5" of rain up to 6 inches towards the big sur area just because of the atmospheric river. it's grabbing moisture from the subtropics. it's got a subtropical moisture fetch, strong upper winds support, and it has this low center. its parent low is up here. this guy up here is very strong and powerful. so here's the strong jet stream. here's the atmospheric river, bringing us significant rain. we'll probably see urban and small stream flooding for a time in the north bay tonight. we have had a lot of burns -- not just -- this isn't just about the north bay. that's obviously very important, but, you know, the rest of california has had a ton of fires and a ton of rain is going to come down on the fire zones, all the fire zones. so there's going to be real concerns for mudslides and debris flows. showers are still pretty much in the north bay where they have seen up to a half inch of rain in the santa rosa area. you see those yellows. it's raining hard right now but this really isn't the main event. the main event is hours away, really. you can see in san jose, they are like, what are you talking about, bill? we have no rain down here. but you look at those clouds and you can tell it's definitely inclement sky. you can also see some curving and lenticular shape to the clouds indicating strong upper- level winds. you see those little -- they are not classic lenticulars but you're seeing that bend- over shape. here's the forecast model. there's tonight at 8:00. it's still in the north bay. so it's going to rain in the north bay from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and then look at 10:00. so, you know, four hours from now, it's still raining in the north bay, not in san francisco yet with anything steady. then at 12:00, north bay is getting a break. but by then, they will probably have 1.5" to 2 inches of rain up there in the burn zones. san rafael getting heavy rain at midnight and then it rotates around 1:00 to get going through the area. and then this is when the rest of the bay area from about 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. notices it the most. then at 6 a.m. it starts to move out. but that leaves with you a nasty morning commute. so what do we have there? we have a serious overnight storm. if you have to leave for work early in the morning be ready for standing water on the roads and potential debris flows and mud flows up around lake berryessa and those areas. this is a real deal. it's a good storm. there's nothing behind it, so that's good. if there's one behind it like this, we would be in trouble. when i come back, we'll lay out the rest of the forecast for thursday and friday. police in richmond are investigating a shooting that killed two people and injured two others. it happened around 7:30 last night on view drive near hilltop green park. a man and a woman both 24 years old were killed. two other victims were wounded. one of them a man is listed in serious condition tonight. the other, a woman, is reportedly in stable condition. the victims' names haven't been released. police have evidence that the shootings were not random. >> we know that this incident is very specific and very targeted. so there's no danger for the public. it's not like it's a -- just an opportunity -- it's not a shooting of opportunity. it's a targeted shooting. >> police don't have a description of suspects and are asking the public if they have information to come forward with any tips. coming up here, controversy on capitol hill. what congress is doing to try to get a handle on sexual misconduct within their own ranks. >> and later new at 6:00, they lost their lives in the ghost ship warehouse fire nearly a year ago, but friends and family are making sure to keep the legacy of these artists alive. >> it is bringing up these emotions we were feeling a year ago. how's it going down there? that's good. lica misses you. i'm over it though. 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(phone hangs up) ♪ ♪ yeah i love you too. ♪ ♪ if you shopped at forever21 between march and october, they may have had a data breach and some payment information has been compromised. a third party alerted forever21 to the breach and the company is now investigating. the stores affected still have not been released. bay area congresswoman jackie speier is pushing for new rules to change the way that congress deals with sexual harassment and assault. doug mckelway tells us the move comes in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations being leveled against republican senate candidate roy moore. reporter: the recent spotlight on sexual misconduct is glaring on capitol hill today with the introduction of the "me too" congress act, aimed at overhauling how the house and senate deal with sexual assault and harassment by lawmakers and staffers. the bill's authors say harassment has become common in congress with at least 260 settlements totaling more than $15 million paid out over the past 20 years. >> this is shameful. there is a serious sexual harassment problem in congress and too many congressional offices are not taking this problem seriously at all. >> reporter: right now, congress and the white house are exempt from most of the workplace-related laws they pass creating a system that makes it difficult for victims to find justice. both houses have announced new policies mandating sexual harassment training for all members and staff. but some lawmakers say that doesn't go far enough. >> abusers and sexual predators have thrived in the shadows in our current system where all the power is deliberately taken away from the survivors. >> reporter: the legislation comes as alabama senate candidate roy moore is vowing to stay in his race following allegations of sexual misconduct from at least five different women. now with election day getting closer and moore showing no signs of dropping out, republicans are calling for alabama voters to reject the controversial former 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learn more. back now to our top story. the deadly shooting rampage into tehama county. the shooter is kevin janson neal. the death toll went up to six including the gunman after neal's wife was found dead inside their home hidden under the floor. nine people were injured, seven of them children. one of the children is a student who was shot while hiding under a desk inside a classroom. tonight that little boy is in fair condition. the school was put on lockdown and students rushed into classrooms seconds before the gunman got on campus and began shooting. >> the custodian, 6'4", 270 pounds, he took off -- get into the classrooms, get into the classrooms! at that point he was able to get everyone inside so there was no one left on the blacktop. >> the school superintendent today called his school staff nothing short of heroic and said they prevented the deaths of countless students. the school had trained in what to do in the event of an active shooter and as we just heard, that training paid off. joining us by skpe is the cofounder of armored one designed to train schools and businesses to be prepared for situations like this. it takes about 8 minutes on average for people to take action before the shooter arrives. >> the response time being 8 minutes is the hard part because when an active shooter starts, a person is shot every 8 seconds. every second counts. they should begin the run, hide/barricade that homeland security encourages. if the bad guy is outside like at rancho elementary school, you are safer inside and begin barricading so he can't get in. >> the gunman arrived seconds before lockdown. what did the school do right and is there anything more they could have or should have done? >> i think the school's response was tremendous. we hit a lot of schools across america and they were prepared. the proof was with the minimal injuries we saw at the school. hearing the heroic events of those maintenance staff, yelling and getting those people locked in and barricaded was an incredible responsible. every situation is different. so being ready for anything that this active shooter could do is what you need to do. so running, hiding or fighting at that time is what is appropriate. >> tom, since 2013, there have reportedly been more than 200 school shootings in america. that's an average of nearly one a week. it's a sad fact but training is essential now to keep people safe. what's the most important thing to prepare for this? >> reporter: preparation is key to success on these. our school districts what we're learning a lot of schools across america, um, want to pretend this isn't going to happen and they don't take it serious. they are too worried that staff and faculty will be scared from drilling. we have to face reality that this is hitting the news every week in the united states whether it was in nevada or down in texas at the church. it is happening everywhere and no one is safe. so preparation is the key. getting prepared for what could happen, preparing your staff and investing time into them on what to do. that way it comes as a muscle memory. the more you practice, the more you do it, it's muscle memory like it is for soldiers, police officers, things like that. your brain catches up to what your body is doing and preparation is what does that for you. >> tom, how often should schools train in something like this? and how do you -- how do you talk to kids about this going through these drills without scaring them? >> well, frank, since 1959, there was a fire in chicago that killed 100 people mainly students, 99 students. and we changed how fire code worked and we did 12 fire drills a year. active shooters are going on twice a year. the challenge is to every state, what are you mandating your people to do? mandate they are doing 12 active shooter drills a year and what we do as a company, we never train any students. we don't want them to know what the staff and faculty is doing because the majority of the attacks on especially the high school age bracket has ties to the school so we don't want to teach the students what to do. we want it to be a surprise. we want the upper hand. >> tom, important things to talk about for sure. thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. coming up here, authorities say a violent psychopath who escaped from a state hospital in hawaii has been arrested in stockton. >> and now employees at that hospital have been placed on unpaid leave as authorities investigate how randall saito got away and boarded two planes to get to california. ktvu's ann rubin is live in the south bay bureau with more. reporter: an alert taxi driver recognized him from the news. before she did, she said she took him to a walmart to buy a new cell phone and then discussed plans for a possible trip to nevada the next day. this photo shows the moment when escapee randall saito was taken into custody. san joaquin county sheriff's deputies got the call from an alert taxi driver who they say recognized saito's picture from the news. >> i looked up and recognized his face and i was like that's the guy who was in my cab yesterday. i told dispatch. >> reporter: he was arrested near highway 99 and waterloo road in stockton a place reportedly not far from where his brother lives. >> i am deeply concerned that such a dangerous person was able to escape from the hawaii state hospital and remain undetected for such a long period of time. >> reporter: saito escaped from the hawaii state hospital sunday morning. he had been committed there back in 1981 after he was acquitted of murdering a woman by reason of insanity. in court documents authorities describe him as a sexual sadist and necrophiliac. 10 hours passed before authorities were notified he escaped. by then he got a plane to maui and then a plane to san jose. >> there was a breakdown in communications in our safety protocols and our communication protocols. we don't know whether that was purposeful or not. we are investigating that. >> reporter: this surveillance video from a taxi company in hawaii shows saito getting into a cab on the way to the honolulu airport. you can see him looking at the contents of a backpack on the seat. investigators say he used a cell phone to call the cab, then paid for it in cash. authorities suspects he had help hatching his plan. -- authorities suspects he had help happening the plan. >> i can confirm that's part of the investigation. whether that's help on the inside or outside, i can't go into detail. >> reporter: several staff members at the hospital have been relieved of duty while the investigation continues. and authorities have charged randall saito with escaping from the facility, something which could send him to prison. >> this is something that was not done by somebody who was a -- was suffering from any sort of mental defect or disability and we intend to press that argument with the court when he is brought back. >> reporter: saito will now appear before a judge in california before being sent back to hawaii. in the south bay bureau, ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. for the first time since their arrest, three ucla basketball players are speaking publicly. up next, what they are saying about their arrest on shoplifting charges in china. >> also, an amazing act of kindness. details on a san francisco police officer, an afghan war veteran who donated her kidney to safety life of a stranger. -- to save the life of a stranger. really? really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. three ucla basketball players apologized today for shoplifting while in china for a tournament last week. liangelo ball, jaylen hill and cody riley are home now all suspended indefinitely by the ucla bruins. the three players admitted to shoplifting at three different stores in china. they were placed under house arrest at their hotel and were released after posting bail. today they took turns saying they were sorry and thank president trump, who spoke to china's president during his visit there about their release. >> so president trump and the united states government, thank you for taking the time to intervene on our behalf. we really appreciate you helping us out. >> ucla head coach steve alfred said he doesn't know how long the suspensions will last. he says that the three players will have to earn their way back onto the team. every day in america, 20 people die waiting for an organ transplant. a san francisco police officer and war veteran helped save a life by donating her kidney in a kidney donor change to save the life of a woman from walnut creek. she had been told she only had a few years to live. ktvu's tara moriarty tells us that all changed less than 24 hours ago when she received a new kidney at ucsf. >> reporter: ten months ago anna and joan were total strangers. joan, a mother of two, has kidney disease. doctors told her she needed a transplant but there was no match in the family. for years she waited for' deceased for a deceased donor. a police officer and afghan we're veteran was on a nonprofit website where patients are introduced to people willing to donate. >> that's like priceless for body parts. who wouldn't want to check that out? >> reporter: out of thousands of profiles, anna zeroed in on joan. >> i thought a, joan's profile and something about it spoke to me. >> i was jumping up. i couldn't believe that an hour after i posted that someone answered me. >> excited? >> yeah. >> reporter: after months of testing, joan was wheeled into transplant -- [ signal breakup ] >> oh. we apologize! we had a problem with that story. a very nice story saving the life of that walnut creek woman through that organ chain. >> in fact, nine people ended up getting kidneys through that donor chain just a great story there. congratulations to that officer for being willing to donate her kidney. coming up, a lot of new snow is on the way to the sierra. a look at the conditions in the mountains and the storm that could dump several feet of snow over the next few days. >> yeah, maybe upwards of 3 to 4 feet at higher elevations with big rainfall accumulations here. it will have an impact on tomorrow morning's commute. for mild-to-moderate eczema? it can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. the face of a fisherman? the hand of a ranch hand? the knee of a needle pointer? prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. it blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. and it's steroid-free. do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. the most common side effect is application site pain. ask your doctor about eucrisa. sheriff's deputies are trying to determine what caused the death of a man whose body was found in a lake in el dorado county. the sheriff's department revealed today that a search crew found the body last month in fallen leaf lake near highway 50 in the lake tahoe area. the man had a rope and an anchor tied around his legs. investigators say his death could be the result of either a homicide or possibly a suicide. the national weather service has issued a winter storm watch for the greater lake tahoe area until late tomorrow night. the snow is falling just as many sierra ski resorts get ready to open this weekend. reporter brian hickey spent the day on donner summit. reporter: the snow started falling around 5:30 this morning and already on the ground we have a dusting here at the rest area, the eastbound side of i-80 on donner summit. and the snow has been intensifying throughout the morning as this forecast calling for as much as 2 feet of snow to fall over the highest elevations of the sierra. here at pass level up to 18 inches of snow. no chain required yet but there will be throughout the day today and into tomorrow especially when the heaviest snow is expected to come into the sierra. this snow coming at just the right time for resorts. boreal is already open. but by this weekend, heavenly, north star, squaw valley and alpine all plan to have at least one lift open. and so two feet of snow will go a long way to help them as they prepare to open for the 2017-2018 ski and snowboard season. behind me one of our favorite spots at the rest area, this pond starting to freeze over. a perfect spot as the snow falls in the sierra. so just be prepared if you are coming up here because the snow is coming down. on donner summit, i'm brian hickey, ktvu fox 2 news. let's talk more about the storm and rain and snow. >> i would give it an on eight on a scale of one to ten. the rainfall rates and accumulations will be significant. we have dry ground. the concerns are going to be a lot of -- not a lot of runoff, most -- much of it will absorb but in the north bay where we have had the fires we'll have issues with debris flows and mudslides so you have a flash flood watch up there easily turning into a small stream flood advisory around 3 a.m. atmospheric river, you can see the water vapor loop shows you this stream of moisture out in the hawaiian islands. it ends up there. so it's a focused line of water that's pushing in our direction. half inch rain in santa rosa. it's just starting to coalesce to come together. most is of the showers are in santa rosa. they will pick up overnight. it's a slow mover. talk about the atmospheric river for a river, you see how far this moisture spins back, it's got everything. it has moisture and cool air from the polar regions and strong upper level jet stream support and it really favors heavy rain something called orographic lifting but it really favors heavy rain in the santa cruz mountains, the hills of the north bay and up above cazadero near bodega bay. so because of the coastal hills, this type of warm, moist air can really squeeze out a lot of water. so here we are tonight. still in the north bay. it's raining hard. this is the real deal. then two hours, three, four our later, it's still in the north bay. south san jose after midnight, still going. 4 a.m. tomorrow morning in san jose and starts to move off. so at 7:00 it started in santa rosa and it's not out of the south bay until about 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. and that's a long time. that's 12 hours of rainfall. then tomorrow lunchtime, you see the rain still continues in parts of san jose. and the winds, we'll see wind gusts 25, 30 miles an hour at times higher elevations up to 50. strongest winds will be 3, 4 a.m. a little bit of a break into friday. you see the winds shift around a little bit. when the winds shift like that, you know the storm is gone so we are going to get a little break on friday but it's going to be a good storm, it is. this time of year, of course steve will be here in the morning talking about it, i think the morning commute will get whacked, um, might be a good day not to do the morning commute if you can help it, because it really is -- with the heavy overnight rain, there will be standing water and there will be issues. the fire is all over the north part of the state so there's going to be a lot of debris flow, mudslide type things, trees and limbs down, things like that because it's the first real storm of the season. there will be strong storm stuff. >> be careful. thank you. mario and luigi are going to the big screen. the "wall street journal" says they are closing a deal with anybody ten doe to make an nintendo to make a film based on the videogame. it's coming at a good time since franchise movies like "star wars" and marvel superheros have done well at the box office. michael jordan's iconic movie space jam turns 21 today. it was released in 1996 and it's still the highest grossing basketball movie of all time. it stars michael jordan alongside bugs bunny and other looney tunes characters. it was 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[ laughter ] all right. still to come here, artificial intelligence affecting many parts of our lives including our health. >> it can change almost everything about healthcare. >> how ai is helping to keep people healthy and how there could also be some possible side effects. >> and in minutes, coming up new at 6:00, out of the ashes of the ghost ship warehouse fire tragedy, how friends and family are honoring the people who died and keeping the artwork alive. >> it's a memorial and a living artifact so people can add and continue the conversation a year later. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we're spending this week here at ktvu airing stories about artificial intelligence, where the technology is today and also where it could go in the future. tonight, how ai is helping save lives in the healthcare industry but as ktvu's tom vacar shows us, this life- saving technology could also have some bad side effects. reporter: ibm is working on down-to-earth artificial intelligence products aimed at improved healthcare and longevity. this is projects where computers analyze data and learning to make treatments and protocols, some down to the individual patient level. this excites stanford computer scientist professor. >> the vast amount of data that's necessary in order to understand what a good treatment would be. >> reporter: ibm's ceo often speaks about artificial intelligence where thinking, learning and cognitive computers can open a new era in medicine. here's a ceo addressing a healthcare conference. >> because i think we're at a moment when we can actually transform many parts of healthcare. we can reinvent many pieces and we can change things. >> reporter: initially, ibm offered to show us several examples in south san jose including applications to look at human cell structures to find new cures for diseases along with the sf exploratorium and uc-santa cruz. in conjunction with uc-san diego they are developing applications to use microbiology and genetics to help the elderly live independently for longer. >> so precision medicine to me is like just now going to come alive. >> reporter: in conjunction with the santa clara valley transportation authority, ibm is developing transportation applications to help the elderly and the disabled better navigate public transit . >> this idea of systems that learn, it's real and mainstream, and it is here. and it can change almost everything about healthcare. >> reporter: they are even developing new microprocessor materials to process artificial intelligence data far faster than legions the humans. despite the importance of new technology for these obviously noble purposes and after initially offering to show us these wonder, ibm for reasons unstated said it would not participate. in tomorrow's report, we'll take a look at why perhaps there is some hesitation to talk about the emergence of artificial intelligence. we'll take a look at the serious ethical issues underlying all of that. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. a strong fall storm makes its way to the bay area with heavy rain and howling winds. and this is just the beginning with the brunt of the storm arriving later tonight. good evening, everyone. i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. the rain has already been coming down in the north bay for the past few hours. tonight work crews and people in the burn areas are on alert after the wildfires. the storm will bring about two inches of rain in santa rosa and flooding is a big concern. >> we are most concerned about how fast the storm moves. the faster it moves, obviously the better. we don't want it to stall out on top of us and we get the cumulative effect of more water on the ground. >> thousands of wattles have been put in place ahead of the rain to try to block debris and filter the water before it hits city storm drains. chief meterologist bill martin, the intense rain is on the way. this is a function of if this thing stops or moves slowly or speeds up, it's a real -- it's dependent on that. this storm now, the models keep it moving slowly, hence copious amounts of rain forecast. 2.5, 3.5" of rain in some of the coastal hills, maybe four inches of rain. it's a lot of rain. there's nothing behind it so it should be fine. should be manageable but those burn areas it's a problem. the areas of heaviest rain 2 to 6 a.m. when it goes off for most of us. in the hills we could see up to 6