Prone neighborhood. Reporter you think in the year 2015 they would be able to fix some of these things, but when it rains and rains hard, here in the mission district, its going to flood its not just going to flood water, its going to flood sewage and the city is doing everything it can to prevent that. This is the right spot for San Francisco flooding. Sometimes you can practically dive into this dive bar. The san bags tell the story. 17 and foalsom, the mission district, if its going to flood anywhere in San Francisco, its going to flood here. It used to be a water way actually. So back in the day, before development, that was the center of the little marsh land. Reporter which is also why its the center of city sand bags. 2,000 them of delivered by the utility commission. Thats a nice move, but come on, how about a real fix. The pipes are too small to handle that amount of water when all the pipes coming downhill are full. Reporter at hans auto repair shop, when a downpour hits the high end of the city, the water flows right under his door and sewer pipes arent big enough to handle it. Thats why every once in a while there is raw sewage. In places like the stable cafe down the street. This is 2012. Its happened 4 times since then. Snow sewer system can handle storms of all magnitude. We design our system to a certain standard and when it gets above that, theres nothing we can do. Reporter they have ordered these waterfilled flood barriers like those you see on construction sites to keep pedestrians on track. The long fix for this is going to be putting new sewers in. But thats going to cost 200 million it could take 6 years. In San Francisco, mike sugerman, kpix 5. The evening commute out of San Francisco is tricky on a normal day. Add some rain and things really slow down. A live look at the long line of cars on battery street trying to make their way to the bay bridge. This is just plain painful. Theres been a steady rain in the city for much of the day. Its letting up a little bitraffic around the bay is horrible. Oh, boy. Paul, youve seen it before, were getting it again. Its the south bay right now getting the steadiest of the rainfall. U chia, lake county, youre getting a bit of a break after two days of pouring rainfall. Were now heading south to see where the rain is falling. Portola valley. Palo alto. Steady rainfall for you and hay ward also doubling. North to walnut creek including alamo and lafayette, you have showers. Notice the rain tapering off. You are attaching a break north to pet humanna. We are comparing this december to the last el nino events. This is now the wettest. San francisco with 4 inches of rainfall. With still 10 days to go, we are the wettest. When the rain tapers off, the wind is going to pick up. Those living in the east bay hills could see wind gusts tonight and tomorrow 40 to 50 miles per hour. We also have a drought perspective. Ill have the answer coming up in 10 minutes. Also a nightmare for travelers at sfo right now. Flights are backing up. Delays running three hours. American and southwest dealing with the longest lines this. Is all during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. You can imagine heavy snow is falling in the sierras. A look at interstate 80, castle peak. There are near white out conditions. More snow is expected to fall overnight. It is slowgoing at the pass at echo summit as well. You can see snow steadily falling there as well. Now chain installers on northbound 50 were at the ready to help people headed to tahoe this afternoon. The video was shot just before twin bridges, the roads there very icy and slick. Another weather update in 12 minutes. It was a dramatic day in a courtroom. The trial of Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow was full of surprises, including chow himself taking the stand. Joe. Reporter not only did he take the stand, but Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow was the first witness in his own defense. A very unorthodox step by his own attorneys. Said he wanted to tell the jury about his life, which it turns out was mostly a life of crime. Shrimp boy told about his early day when is he ran an escort service. He talked about the time in 86 when he was convicted for a shoot out at a china town restaurant with 28 people. Said it was in self defense. He was sent to prison. He also testified about another crim conviction in 2000. He got out after three years of a 20 year sentence. Doesnt it open it up for the jury that may have thought maybe he did, maybe he didnt. Now hearing him testify nonchalantly about crimes hes committed. Sure. But hes already written a book about his experiences. Reporter he says after he got out of prison in 2003, he changed, began to meditate, did Community Service and made a vow not to get involved in any more crime. His attorney asked him have you fulfilled your crime mr. Chow . Yes. Have you participated in any crime . No. He only spoke once about the current criminal accusations, including murder and a rackateering string. About the assassination of china town leader. He raised his voice saying, quote, i did not kill allan wong. He is expected to take the stand again first thing tomorrow morning and then cross examination should be lively to say the least. His attorneys say they expect to call as many as 30 witnesses before this trial is over. Reporting live at the federal court house, im joe vazquez. A richmond man is behind bars tonight suspected of plotting against bay area muslims. Found out there were incriminating facebook posts and even a homemade bomb. Reporter neighbors say william selly was quiet and kept to himself. The 55 year old plumber was allegedly making homemade bombs and threatening the muslim community. So much about people scared about isis and, you know, what happened over there. You know, so i think some people overreacting. Reporter the bomb squad detonated what is believed to be a homemade bomb found inside his home and charged him with making terrorist threats. The council on islamic relations praised thats terrorism. Its malicious. Its criminal. Its violent. Its dangerous and its unamerican. Reporter its not clear he intended or was truly close to carrying out an attack. On facebook, he praised republican president ial candidate donald trump as a man he would, quote, follow to the end of the world. His Facebook Page also included rants against immigrants and muslims. I worry that the increase in islama phobic rhetoric has made it socially acceptable. 22 year old Jeffrey Engler was a former cal student. He was attending Laney College and live nothing san leandro. Police made the discovery saturday morning at the pi kappa phi frat house. Police originally called his death suspicious, but now say there was no indication of foul play. Alcohol was likely a factor. Tonight a los altos care giver is charged. Police say the woman stole checks from a patient. In all, she allegedly pocketed 20,000. The rules may be changing when it comes to saving water. Plus a warm welcome for some very lucky dogs. How a Bay Area Group is saving them from a terrible fate on the other side of the world. ,,,,,,,, they arrived earlier today fo, on a flight out of chi 5 very lucky dogs have landed in the bay area. They arrived earlier today on a flight out of china. The dogs were about to be slaughtered for their meat. But a sunny vail woman stepped in to rescue them. Were very excited about bringing her into our family. And loving her. China is one of the few countries where eating dog and cat meat is still legal. The woman who rescued these dogs and a local film maker are trying to draw attention to the problem. We should warn you, some scenes are disturbing. Reporter bay area film maker eric is screening the grim footage he recently shot in southern china. They do everything underground. Reporter eric is documenting a dark trade, the slaughter of dogs and cats and the sale of their meat for human consumption. This chinese slaughter house operates in the middle of the night in a back alley. Eric and activists helping the film maker were attacked with boiling water. The slaughter house where the dogs arrived crammed into tiny crates and the meat markets are in [ indiscernible ] californias official sister state. Distribution center wholesale market in china. Reporter andrea went to china with eric. Theyre trying to raise awareness and urging governor jerry brown to put pressure. Let them know its really going to damage the sister state relationship. He should know about whats happening in china because i think he can do something about it. Reporter at a rally, many Chinese Americans agree that the trafficking and dog and cat meat must stop. In the crowd, shirley lu. She signed a petition asking the governor to get involved. I think they should stop this. We should treat dogs like humans, not just a dog. Shes my baby. Reporter also in the crowd, former california assemble man fong. This is a cruelty to animal issue. Its an Animal Protection issue. We need to bring china up with the modern world. Reporter as for andria and eric, they just want to get the word out. Many of the dogs they saw were still wearing collars. Many of the animals about to be butchered were stolen pets. Two years ago, and ria rescued this dog from a slaughter house. She was probably a day away from being sold to a butcher. Shes lucky, one lucky girl. Reporter their hope is all dogs and cats in china one day will be just as lucky. Kpix 5. Now, the Governors Office has declined to comment. California dmv has run out of those little green stickers for drivers of electric or hybrid vehicles. They allow a solo driver to zip through in the car pool lanes, but the state has reached the cap approved by the state legislature which was set at 85,000. Green drivers, as theyre called, can apply to be placed on a waiting list in case the cap is raised. On a day where seeing rain, its easy to forget were still in a drought, but we just learned state regulators could be easing up on required Water Conservation targets. Governor brown called for a 25 water cut this year, but communities with limited access to water say the deep cuts are unfair. The water resource control board says inland and those who rely on recycled water could have more lenient rules. Visibility also challenging with all water flying up from the pavement. Soggy fields, rainy streets along San Franciscos green. As rain moved throughout the bay area. Some people did manage to get in their work outs. And Contra Costa County officials offering a short course on sand bagging for residents. They are urging people to get ready for the rain this week and in the coming months. This latest round of rain adding to an already healthy snow pack so far this season. But it is treacherous. Trying to get up to the high country, winter storm warning is in effect until tomorrow morning. A viewer sent this of highway 50 this morning. Snow covered roads leading to numerous spin outs. You just gotta slow down. If the weathers not cooperating, hold off. Youre not going to get there as quickly as you would like. It takes 4 hours to get here. Not in this kind of weather. Slow things down, enjoy the fact that were getting rain and mountain snowfall and take longer to get there. Battery street, which on a good thursday night is just stopped without any rainfall, this is our camera. Joseph cousins at the helm. Showing cars. Speed, not much. It may take an hour to an hour and a half to get from battery and broadway up to the bay bridge. I love kpix 5 live doppler. I can show you which streets are getting the heavy rainfall and which arent. Look at beach park road. Its pouring right there. But you go three blocks to the west, its not raining as heavily. Get off at Crystal Springs road and youre seeing not that heavy rainfall. It could be a big difference over one half of one mile. Take you to san jose, along santa clara street, steady rainfall. Head west to 280, its not raining as heavy least show you a wider perspective. Look at all the rain in the sacramento valley. Theres a Flash Flood Warning in effect in the foothills. Look at all the rain earlier today in the north bay. It has been a very soggy day. Now lets put things in perspective. Our rainfall deficit for the past 4 years on average is 40 inches of rain that we missed out on. The rainfall surplus over the past three weeks is 1 inch. I got a few emails saying are we almost out of the drought . No. We are about 2. 5 finished with the drought. Ridge of High Pressure off to our west steering the storms right into northern california. We keep that up through april or may, we might get into something. Rainfall totals over the next 24 hours, another half inch of rain. Were looking at one inch of additional rainfall between now and when santa arrives Christmas Eve night. San jose 61. We are dry wednesday. Rain returns Christmas Eve. We dry out on Christmas Day and the weekend following will actually be mainly sunny. More rain coming, but we have a lot of work to do to get out of the drought. Its going to be a while. Thank you paul. An unwelcome sign of el nino in southern california. A venomous yellowbellied sea snake washed ashore. This time in Huntington Beach and this one was dead. All the california sightings have come during el nino years when oceans are warmer than usual. Well, forget the inoffice snack freebies. What facebook is now offering its employees to move closer to headquarters. Plus first he was accused of price gouging, then arrested. Now the new trouble for this pharmaceutical c. E. O. ,,,,,,, snapped a twoday losing st today. Despite a continued slide in crude oil prices. The dow picked up 123 points the nasdaq added almost 46. The s p was up u. S. Stocks snapped a two day losing streak today despite a slide in crude oil prices. The dow went up 123 points. The nasdaq added 46. Another blow to the countrys most vilified c. E. O. Bay areabased [ indiscernible ] pharmaceuticals has fired Hedge Fund Manager martin shkreli. He was arrested on securities fraud charges last week. A case unrelated to his Business Practices in the pharmaceutical field. He also was the head of touring pharmaceuticals. He was criticized for buying the rights to a cheap drug and hiking the price more than 5,000 . The biggest jump was san mateo county. The average home costs 960,000. Ala meeda is up 12 at an average of 150,000 for a home. Facebook is making a push to get its employees to move closer to its menlo park campus. Reporter its money some say they couldnt say no to. Would you take it . Sure, why not. Reporter facebook is offering its employees to move within 10 miles of headquarters. They are offering anywhere from 10 to 15,000. But a facebook Spokes Person says the actual amount is confidential. Close to work, less commute. Reporter fewer cars on congested bay area roads is one of the benefits to facebooks offer. This is a good thing. Reporter while some critics say more high paid tech workers would squeeze out local residents facebooks offer combined with menlo park to support low Income Housing is a good thing. Reporter he said because facebook wanted to add more homes to the area, that gives into the demand. People arent pitted against each other. Reporter its a bonus that many say deserves a click on the like button for its employees and community. I think there is an upside as well. Coming up in our next half hour, Bay Area Police officers accused of sending racist and offensive Text Messages. The chief wanted to fire them. Youll find out how theyre actually going to keep their jobs. A woman is accused of driving into a crowd in the busy Las Vegas Strip on purpose. How construction played a role in a disaster in china. , who patiently teaches how ta feast comes to life. The family. Who spends their holiday dinner with thankful strangers. The neighbor. Who shares the season with another. You inspire us to do everything we do. For goodness sake. Shrimp boy chow took the witness stand today in his n trial. He detailed his lifef ued hes kpix. In an unusual move, Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow took the witness stand today in his own trial. He detailed his life of crime but argued hes reformed. The trial proved too much for one juror who asked to be removed because of anxiety. Authorities say 55 year old william selly allegedly plotted to, quote, harm the muslim community. And the rain will be sticking around tonight. The downpour creating dangerous driving conditions. And here is a live look at kpix 5 doppler radar. Theres san jose just west of 280. That yellow steady rain fall. Look at the rain over fremont and hay ward. Pleasanton and liver mor. 7 day forecast just 10 minutes away. Some San FranciscoPolice Officers accused of sending racist and homophobic Text Messages are off the hook tonight. They will not face pump. Punishment. We still stand by the fact that anybody capable of these kind of texts should not be a police officer. Reporter maybe, but a superior court judge today said the department missed its today line to fire the officers and ordered them back on the job. Were disappointed. No consequence, no discipline. These officers will get off the hook. Were looking at 4,000 cases affected by these officers. Reporter at issue, a slew of racist and homophobic messages between 10 officers. The messages were found as part of a federal corruption case. But the feds told the locals not to take any action. You have to let the federal investigation play out. Reporter the statute of limitations for firing the officers had run out. That was their choice and the consequence is exactly what happened here. I think people are going to look at this and say, you know, what is happening with our system. I had suspended without pay. The Court Ordered that they be paid. Reporter whats next . I cant t