Leaving. You are clear in livermore and dublin. Lets take a look at what happened. That is a lot of rain from napa and american canyon, concord, antioch, martinez, rain, Lightning Strikes. That has pushed to the south and east. Flash flood watches in effect, heavy rain is finished for you. Oakland and richmond parts of San Francisco and marin county, the western edge of the rainfall. Lot of rain fell. More than what forecast, clayton, dublin, inch and a third. That is a lot. Santa rosa inch. Cobb. 7. San francisco. 5. Thunder rain finished by 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Breezy and chilly. Look at this, the snow continues to fall in the sierra. A winter storm warning till 10 00 p. M. Tonight additional snow fall is likely above 5500 feet. It is stormy in the state of california. We will talk about what is next with the weather in 10 minutes. Thank you. The snow there, sky resorts dreaming of an early open. Sending us photos and videos trying to prove there is snow in the high country. Juliette goodrich is live. Reporter yeah. We are in a winter storm advisory right now and yes, it is snowing. It has been snowing all day long. The governor was here at the same spot that i am standing 7 months ago and there was no snow and that is when he made the announcement of water restrictions. Hopefully that wont be the case this winter. Reporter snow, and a good start at that. Take a look at this meadow off highway 50. Covered with the sneezens first seasons first snow back. But it was a different day april 1. A different world. We have to act differently. The first time in 75 years the area had no signs of spring snow. 70 months and one day later and 7 months and one day later and i am in the same meadow. Today marks the start of the snow season and this is a key factor in the future of californias water supply. El nino cant come soon enough. Kirkwood plans to own thanksgiving week, if not sooner and sierra at tahoe says ski season could start a month earlier than last year. Last year december 12. If things keep persisting like this we could open who knows, next week. Reporter i think next week might be too soon but if it continues like this they will be own next week. It is continuing to snow. Snowing all day long. If you are planning on coming up here, bring chains. We didnt need them but there were chain controls on and off today and just be careful. It is beautiful. In the sierra, jewel yet g, kpix 5. Juliette goodrich, kpix 5. Concord took a pounding this afternoon. Certain roads were nearly under water. The rain was coming down faster than the storm drains could carry it away. In napa this afternoon hail. Hail. This was the scene around 3 00 p. M. This afternoon. When a thunderstorm blew through the north bay. That system also generated a number of Lightning Strikes. In san jose, the river flowing again. At a pretty good rate. Pretty sight. Early this year it was so dry you could walk on the river bed. The storm bringing a threat to the north bay ravaged by wildfire. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect. Kpixs jojoe vazquez, acres of land could be washed away joe vazquez, acres of land could be washed away. The rain storm arrived in middletown today. Now it is adding insult to injury and causing major concern to officials who worry about flooding and mudslide. Worried about erosions and the trees coming down. And going into the creeks and stuff. The public works director said they have road crews on stand by and the rains subsided without major problems. Officials say they are expecting it to be a long winter as el nino is sending more storms this way. The hillsides are the biggest trouble maker as they lost the vegetation that absorbs the rain. The fire cooked the ground, turning the soil into a slippery mush. It is tough. We have had floods before but the fire is a new thing for me. There has been other fires that i wasnt involved in. Reporter for now folks are reveling in a rainbow that marks the hope. The sunset a reminder of the fires that have devastated their county. No problems this time, Officials Say they will be ready as more rain is expected this winter. Not much you can do to prevent a mudslide but they will be ready to communicate about what is going on. Joe vazquez, kpix 5. The Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Watch for the areas effected by the rag fire. And you can track winter storms on the kpix 5 weather app available for download on download. Election day is tomorrow. Some of the fascinating races are in San Francisco and they center around a man who isnt even on the ballot. New at 6 00 p. M. Kpixs phil matier with why the vote could be a referendum on mayor ed lee. Reporter thats right. Mayor ed lee is running unopposed so he will be a winner. But the question is, in the casino world of politics, look at San Francisco 80 city San Francisco city howl, how is the may hall, how is the mayor going to do . Here is the story. [ indiscernible ] reporter he is asking taxpayers to pony up 310 million in bonds to pay for more affordable housing. A tough sell, one that needs a 2 3 majority. That is why we are out here. The fight over airbnb controls and the moratorium on building new market rate housing in the mission district. People say it will be a referendum on you. Reporter San Francisco sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is saying it is well. It is on peoples minds. Who is the city going to be for . Reporter Ross Mirkarimi is known for having been suspended after his domestic Domestic Violence conviction but his wife was by his side. I have to speak up. Reporter another test the supervisors race. The city needs a very hard working board of supervisors. Not one that is saddled with political debates. It is about whether or not we will have a board that is independent, that will stand up to the billionaires. Character. You have a lot on the line in d3. D3 is a close race. Reporter they are already on the streets, hitting through the districts, trying to get the vote out because this is a big money, and big politics at play today and tomorrow. Phil matier, kpix 5. Activists decided to make noise about proposition f at airbnb headquarters. Dozens of them filled the lobby at noon. Their message to airbnb this is what sharing looks like. Activists blame them for contributing to San Franciscos housing crunch. History tomorrow in san mateo county, the first all mail ballot election. Ballots can also be dropped off at city hall or a poling station polling station. Super bowl 50 expected to generate big business for the bay area and that created a hiring blitz as Companies Look to staff up. Kpixs len ramirez in san jose with a look at who is hiring. Reporter when you talk about super bowl related jobs you are talking about those directly connected to the game and then those in the outlying areas like downtown San Francisco or here in downtown san jose. But for anyone looking for a job right now these are boom times. Reporter from a san jose teenager looking for her first job levi stadium. Starbucks. Reporter to a retired grandmother. They would be happy if i got a little job. Reporter they would among the hundreds in hopes of getting one of the new jobs corrected by created by super bowl 50. Anything that is associated with super bowl 50 at the stadium they are looking to hire. Reporter super bowl 50 will bring 1 million visits for the bay Area Visitors to the bay area for a week. Security, crowd management. Food. Cooks. Merchandise. Warehouse. Different positions. Reporter at this job 36 companies were offering 200 full and part time positions. Not all were related to the game but many came with opportunities to keep working after super bowl sunday. One of the companies that levi stadium is starting a Traffic Control position, they are above minimum wage. Reporter she was laid off from her job, she is expected for the excited for the chance to get back in the work force. Right now i am looking for anything. Super bowl related, i spoke to the table that are looking for event planning, as far as the super bowl is concerned. That is one of my interests as well. Reporter in addition to all the paying jobs, the committee is also looking for 5,000 volunteers so if you are looking for a pay check or just be connected to the super bowl there are plenty of opportunities available. Reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Tonight students are remembering two of their classmates killed in a weekend crash. How the school and the mayor are helping them cope and trying to prevent tragedies like this. Attacked by raccoons. What the city is doing to keep people safe. And can you hear me now . Cell phone Companies Want to make sure the rush of super bowl fans have a signal when they come to the bay area, but why their plan isnt sitting well with People Living here. ,, i am totally blind. And sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. This is called non24. Learn more by calling 8448242424. Or visit your24info. Com. Martinez. Two of their classmates were killed in car accident on halloween. E 16yearold driver. Was t. An emotional day for student. Two classmates were killed in a car accident on halloween. The driver was the own lee survivor only survivor. Kpixs maria medina is live where the school held a moment of silence for the teens. Reporter you just feel for the students here. The principal distraught this morning. One student says it was such a tough day one of the teachers didnt go through with the lesson. One teacher was heartbroken. Reporter one day after the loss students and staff at College Park High school mourned together. Loss two of our kids yesterday. And it is effecting the staff, the kids, the community. The teens died when their car crashed into a tree. The 16yearold driver survived. She fell asleep behind the wheel. The last thing she remembers she was going 60 Miles Per Hour before 3 00 a. M. A law says teens must be off the road between 12 01 a. M. And 5 00 a. M. The dmv has similar rules including having a licensed driver 25 years or older. Hopefully we can use this as an example of so other parents can show their children how dangerous it is to be out late at night. Reporter investigators say drugs drugs and alcohol were not factors. Maria medina,. Reporter Police Stepped up paroles in a neighborhood after a patrols patrols in a neighborhood after a Home Invasion robbery before midnight on halloween. Two people were assaulted. The suspects demanded money and took off. Police are trying to figure out why the house was targeted. In San Francisco a scramble to reign in aggressive raccoons. A visitor had to get rabies treatment after an attack. Kpixs Mike Sugerman went to see if there sasolution in the work is a solution in the works. Reporter not really. It is not illegal to be a rack cune in San Francisco raccoon in San Francisco and the city is trying to solve the problem but they live here. They are part of the landscape. What is different this year is where we are finding them. It was like this. Reporter wow it was like that. Reporter she couldnt believe her eyes. I was shocked. Reporter the landscape she shares with the raccoon could not be more urban. In the south of market district. But there he was. Walking on the fence and disappearing into the dusk. Others seen the critter and the management put up a warning. Earlier this year a raccoon attacked a dog. Saved when the owner picked it up and chucked it down the stairs. You care so much about an animal. Reporter a pack last week attacked a couple, tourists walking their dog in the Richmond District leaving cuts that resulted in stitches. Raccoons attacking people is not common. Reporter she says the department will trap problem raccoons but otherwise it is your responsibility if it is in your yard. She suggests hiring help. They can say this is the path of travel, here is where the raccoon is living. Reporter what can you do . Well, cover your trash. That is the first thing. And dont leave pet food out because raccoons will eat it. In San Francisco, Mike Sugerman, kpix 5. The storm that rolled through the bay area had everything, including lightning. Check this out. Chopper 5 catching this action above the east bay. There have been dozens of Lightning Strikes reported with the system. Paul . Thunderstorms around here. Snow in the sierra. Everything when it comes to weather. Every drop of rainfall, there were many today. Interstate 80, yes, there it is. Not the best if you are traveling but that is the price to pay for what we hope will be the first of dozens of storms this winter. Wondering, was this el nino . No. It came from the north. Alarm will enhance the subtropical el nino will enhance the subtropical jet stream. Concord, walnut creek, pittsburg, antioch, vacaville, napa and that quickly the rain dove off to the south and east and it is gone. One Lightning Strike there along interstate 80. North and east of sacramento. This storm is finished. Cloudy skies today. Temperatures well below average. Concord 64. Morgan hill 58 for a high. Oakland 66. San jose 65. Tonight chilly, redwood city straight. Fremont straight degrees. 43 in santa rosa. 48. Fremont 48 degrees. 43 in santa rosa. Things pick upped this morning, the picked up this morning, the lowpressure system picked up. What is next . The ridge over my shoulder here. We are getting not a northwest wind, a north wind. Tomorrow sunshine comes back, it will be chilly, breezy, highs in the mid60s. We will stay chilly for the next couple days. Temperatures below average. Fremont 66. San francisco 62. Wont feel that warm because of the breeze. Sunny. Temperatures below average through the weekend. One thing absent is rainfall. We had plenty today but the pattern hasnt changed, sunny and dry for the next week. All right. A lot of people moved to the bay area for the gorgeous views. Coming up plans to build a home that will block the way and what may be putting the breaks on the bay bridge bike path. ,,,,,,,, of the most scenic spots in bay area. The pr a battle brewing over a plan to build a dream home at one of the most scenic spots in the bay area, the problem it would go on the edge of a national park. New at 6 00 p. M. What would happen if the home got built. The headlands, the tower above it. The views from here are spectacular and that was on the minds of the people who brought this property. It is called wolf back ridge. Reporter he is a attorney who joined a famous legal battle in the 1960s to saver the headlands from becoming a city of 30,000 people. Lawyers won and the land became part of the golden gate Recreational Area except for a few lots. And they did not get acquired because the park offered fair market value and the owner said take a hike. Reporter now those who take hikes here are upset new owners are planning to build on this site. There are homes up there but this would be more prominent. You would see it from the ocean, from the golden gate bridge. You wouldnt be able to miss it. The superintendent called the house plans a visual intrusion on the mark. Especially to visitors waiting for the light at the tunnel. But he says the owners may not be able to build whatever they want because of a 1990 agreement between the previous owner and the city. The rules say you must build with respect to the terrain and the views of other people. [ talking at the same time ] very subjective. Reporter there is a good chance whatever gets built here will be a compromise which means no one will be completely happy about it. He says sausalito would be stud they tried to stop sued if they tried to stop construction. Wireless carriers setting up thousands thousands of cell towers in bay area neighborhoods, why the people who live there say it may not be safe and one of the biggest banks paying up. The settlement that is sending millions of dollars into customers pockets. Still closed on westbound i0 at San Pablo Dam road. We have an update on breaking news. Two lanes closed on interstate 80 at San Pablo Dam road and an on ramp is blocked by the chp. Traffic backing up for miles. Reports of a shooting on or near the freeway. We have calls out to a number of agencies to get more details, including whether anyone was wounded. The weather our other big story. Bringing rain, hail, thunder and lightning to the bay area. Roads flooded and power outages. When there is rain in the bay area there is usually snow in the Sierra Nevada and it is still coming down tonight. A Winter Weather advisory in effect till 10 00 p. M. Sky resorts rejoicing. As you can imagine. Some of them say they may be able to own early open early this year. Super bowl expected to draw a million visitors to the bay area. On 5, julie watts has more. I think the box will be there. Reporter unless he can convince the city to block verizons plan to install a mini cell tower outside his window. The antenna is in front of my house. Reporter wireless carriers are putting up thousands of antenna systems because they say demand for data doubled over the last year. The industry says they are safe, he is not convinced. People believe there could be effects like cancer. Reporter but he is not allowed to talk about that. He cities and states cant consider house concerns when regulating the placement as long as Companies Follow radiation guidelines. Based on science from 1996. He is one of 215 scientists who are calling on the u. N. And World Health Organization to develop stronger guidelines for radiation exposure. Many researchers would argue it is carson oyenic. Carcis in oogenic.