Of the evening commute we are getting a break. All that video was the heavy rain that fell this afternoon. Not much rain now. A few showers over san pablo bay, mill valley, san rafael, petaluma. A lot of rain and mountain snowfall coming up this weekend. Above 7,000 feet well be adding up to 4 feet of snow by monday morning. Widespread rain and wind. You will actually notice the winds tomorrow morning before you get the heavy rainfall. The entire bay area under a wind advisory from lunchtime tomorrow through 11 00. Wind gusts in all major cities. 40 Miles Per Hour or stronger. In the Higher Elevations in the hills 50 Miles Per Hour or stronger. 11 00 tonight scattered showers through 9 00. Im not saying heavy rain because it wont be here by 9 a. M. But watch what happens at 5 and 6 00 tomorrow evening. Thats when the wind will be at its strongest when the rain will be at its heaviest. Some parts of the bay area may receive two or three inches of rainfall by monday morning. Well break it down region by region and talk about when the rain moves out. Thats coming up. Kpix 5s maria medina live in the Santa Cruz Mountains now where they will be right in the bulls eye of this storm. Reporter veronica, it has been raining here for hours and this is just the beginning. Parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains expected to get up to 10 inches of rain from now until monday. Were look at video we shot earlier, proof that it has been raining here for the last several hours and it can get dicey. So take it slow. We have video from 2014 of how it can get when it rains heavily, traffic down to one lane. Parts of 17 turned into a river. Now, we spoke to one woman who works at a restaurant here and she says without the bad weather, she sees at least one accident a week. But with the bad weather expected this weekend, heres what she expects. Take a listen. Probably going to have at least two or three accidents at least. You know . Theres landslides, mud slides or someone will turn a corner too fast and the fog is so thick you cant see in front of you. So caltrans says they are expecting this rain. They are prepared for it. They have equipment in case of landslides and mud slides and will be cleaning out gutters. Back out here live, it gets dicey over here. Again, parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains expected to get up to 10 inches of rain from now until monday. Back to you guys. Victims of the last years valley fire facing another threat this weekend. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for areas devastated by septembers fire in lake county. Forecasters say at times rain could exceed a half inch an hour. Then its particularly concerning because soil scorched by the fire absorbs very little rain leading to more runoff and problems caused by flooding. Storms, tides, it all means the end of the line for an Apartment Building on a crumbling cliffside in pacifica. Neighbors put on notice that the building at 320 esplanade will be torn down next week. Its one of several thats been in jeff did i of falling into the ocean. Workers tore down one building last month that was redtagged. Next weeks work will take a couple of days. New at 6 00 explosive allegations surrounding a jail fight on new security cameras. Dozens of inmates with fists flying. But now a suggestion that the whole thing was a publicity stunt. Kpix 5s devin fehely on who first raised that possibility and the sheriff now firing right back. Reporter this is a war of words between the sheriff and former judge Ladoris Cordell in legal and Law Enforcement circles. They are two titans, one the head of the jail system and the sheriffs department, the other a former Police Auditor and the current head of the commission whose job it is to reform that jail system. Now, it was a brawl inside of the jail this week. A fight between several inmates that has somehow ignited a war of words between sheriff laurie smith and retired judge Ladoris Cordell. Sheriff smith took exception to judge cordells statements to the media that it seems strange that the two rival groups responsible for this fight were allowed to mix inside the jail. Sheriff smith took that to mean that the judge believed that that fight was somehow staged or a political stunt. Sheriff smith wrote a scathing email expressing her outrage that judge cordell would accuse her or her deputies of a crime. Im an elected official and i understand that people are going to take shots at me. But to accuse our deputies of actually committing a crime staging a fight, thats what i have been getting from the media, that was what was portrayed to the media, and thats why the letter was sent. Reporter judge cordell wrote her own email in response saying in part it is amazing to me that you have completely misinterpreted my twosentence statement in that interview. I am amazed at your level of defensiveness. Now, she also went on to say that she never accused the sheriff or anyone of engaging in criminal conduct of the sheriff also filed a Public Information request for all emails and letters from judge cordell and members of that commission. She says she believes judge cordell has an agenda. The judge says her agenda is reforming the jail system and believes that the sheriffs letter and her accusations are nothing more than a distraction. In san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. As a matter of fill disclosure, judge cordell appears on our air from time to time as a legal analyst. Another santa clara city leaders calling it quits. City manager Julio Fuentes announcing his resignation after three years but will stay on until the end of may. His resignation comes amid a grand jury investigation into leave finances and his own claims he has been discriminated against because he is latino. This follows Jamie Matthews abrupt resignation as mayor last month. I think the wheels are coming off the train right now. I wonder whats next. We have a city that was open and friendly that isnt. The city manager was unavailable for comment. On mound the city council will interview 17 candidates to fill a vacancy on the council created met with mayor resigned. New at 6 00 a dramatic drop in the crime rate in oakland especially for murder cases. Police say its thanks to a change in the departments focus. Kpix 5s da lin takes a look at the new strategy that seems to be working. Reporter a few factors here. One you have operation cease fire finally paying dividends. Two you have a lot of churches and nonprofits removing kids from the street essentially cutting off that supply line to gangs and lastly you have a much more effective firefighting strategy for the police department. Five murders so far this year in oakland compared to the same period last year, the homicide rate is down 69 . Nonfatal shootings are down 30 . Violent crime dropped by 19 . Oakland police chief sean whent says oakland is getting safer. Im really encouraged by the progress but it doesnt mean were where we want to be. There are still too many murders. Robberies are down significantly but way too many people are still getting robbed. Reporter robberies 18 lower. Burglaries down 46 . Im very pleased that this department is working on all cylinders as we have been able to replenish the resources and add more Police Officers on the street. Reporter so whats changed . The police chief says he has moved away from the 100block crimefighting plan. We are just more focused in how we do things and so its not hot spot policing. Its more hot people policing. Which groups and gangs are currently the most active in driving the Violent Crimes focus our he was on that. Reporter the new strategy of targeting known criminals is part of operation ceasefire. The chief also points to prevention. Their Successful Partnership with schools, nonprofits and churches. Bob jackson gave this reaction when he saw the Crime Reduction numbers. Besides men of valor, a program that gives excons job training, they also run a Youth Program called okay. The Program Mentors about 160 at risk middle and high school students. The gangs cant operate, they dont have any recruits. They cut the recruits off. Reporter the chief economist there are still a lot of quality of life issues in oakland like sideshows but if this trend continues oakland is on pace to see about 30 homicides this year. That would be a record low in at least four or five decades. Live in oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. The chief says they have about 745 Police Officers right now. But another group of recruits that will graduate in may. A man sexually assaulted a woman in a restroom last night at a college. The suspect was wearing black sweatshirt, gloves and bandana. If you know anything about the ak that call the campus police. A new bombshell in the murder trial of the century. The mysterious knife that has Police Taking a second look at the o. J. Simpson case. Plus, step on board the bay areas newest transit option. The relief for commuters that has been 50 years in the making. Bay area winemakers, trying to kind with a new el nino normal. How the crazy weather changes are posing a threat to local vineyards. ,,,,,,,, phase one will connect sono we are getting a first look at a new smart train coming to the north bay. Phase 1 connects Sonoma County to san rafael. Phase 2 stretches all the way up into cloverdale. New at 6 00 kpix 5s emily turner on commuters today getting a preview of the smart trains. Reporter thats right. In fact, all of those drivers right now who are miserable on 101 in rain and traffic in several months wont have to do that. Instead they can sip a beer on the smart train and pull into a station just like this and be home without ever having to get behind the wheel. Its a little bit of the past and a lot of the future. This is the first stop in san rafael in 50 years and what will come daily by the end of this year. I think its awesome. I think its going to help a lot of commuters. Reporter todays promo stop let locals take a look at smart, walk through the cars, talk to the operators, test out the seats and hopefully get excited about the newest form of mass transit in the north bay. This way, they will know where the bathrooms, the snack bar and the best seats are when everything is operational by the end of the year. All up to date. Thats what i like about it, its all up to date. Its been fun watching it being built, as well. Reporter that process started back in 2008 with the ballot measure to fund it. Now the first phase from sonoma airport to san ra spell in the testing phase until the end of this year. Officials arent certain exactly when it will be on like for everyone but they are is every certain once it is it will be a 430 Million Investment that will make life better for commuters. Given the opportunity to sit on a quiet clean comfortable train versus sitting in traffic for hours, it seems these days, given those alternatives, which would you take . I would prefer the train. Reporter i would probably pick that train, too, if i were stuck in that traffic right now now, i did ask smart train, do you have prices yet for tickets . The schedule for the train . So far, they have yet to make that. Of course, well keep you updated as soon as they do. Live in san rafael, emily turner, kpix 5. Bart is trying to figure out why trains are losing power while traveling in the transbay tube. The Transit Agency says 80 bart cars experienced power problems this week. Workers suspect issue might be linked to a substation at the west oakland bart stop. Bart says it is not uncommon for a few cars to lose power every day. But it became a major issue when it started happening to dozens of trains traveling eastbound. We dont know what caused it. Just taking that substation offline has solved the problem temporarily. Bart hopes to have 60 of those 80 trains that experienced power losses back in service by monday. The force of a deadly crash in san jose sent vehicles spinning all across the roadway. Take a look at the aftermath. Shattered glass, plastic, metal everywhere. Police say just before 3 a. M. , a pickup truck tboned an suv at camden and leigh avenues. Not clear who had the right of way. Ive to you go some sense of how fast these vehicles were going, they crashed in the middle of the intersection and the force of the impact spun the pickup truck around where it ended up 40 yards away up on the sidewalk of this trace bank. The drive was ejected. His body was thrown another 30 yards away where it ended up in the middle of the street. That man died at the scene. The suv ended up even farther away on the grass where it backed into a tree. That driver took off. Take a look at this. The driver crashed into the delta at the antioch marina flipping her car. Rescue workers dove in to save the woman. Crews had to use a winch to pull the car out. Police believe she was intoxicated when she crashed. Six ships from china will start docking at the port of oakland. The wall street journal is report, the megaships will be on a regular Service Rotation between asia and california. They will be slightly larger than the Benjamin Franklin that docked in oakland recently. The six ships are owned by a French Company and will also be making stops in long beach. Well, two members of Congress Want the federal government to step in and help bay area crabbers. Representatives jackie conspire and Jared Huffman announced legislation today dubbed the crab emergency Disaster Assistance act. It would provide 138 million in Disaster Relief to the crab industry. Commercial crab season was suspended after crabs started testing positive for a toxin caused by algae bloom. There will be a process, a commission, where those who have sustained damages will submit claims and they will hopefully in an expeditious manner be able to get compensated from a that. Reporter state Officials Say the impact of this years crab disaster has resulted in an estimated 48 million in losses to the industry. After a couple of rough years, the Wine Industry was hoping el nino would bring in a little relief but as Wilson Walker shows us, someone for get to to tell the vines. I guess the bus burst means the season is under way. Bud burst means its get time. Reporter for winemakers in fact Livermore Valley the tiny green buds means the 2016 vintage is upon us. Wente vineyards, chardonnay. Reporter its the same story over at this vineyard. Guess you can start to see beginning of the what will become the clusters. Reporter across the valley these vines are waking up early. On average, it is early. We are tracking the two weeks earlier than what we say average. Reporter for starters the early bud break presents one immediate threat. There is a threat. Its always in the back of our mind which is a frost potential for frost damage. Earlier bud break. We are still prone to colder temperatures throughout march. Reporter but a bigger story might be the fact that these early starts are a pattern. We have had early bud break the last three or four years. Reporter drought years with little rain and uneven temperatures took a toll on california vineyards. Our personal vineyards down 50 in yield. Reporter even the el nino winter has given us modest rain a warm february and another early start. Leading many winemakers to the same conclusion. This could be a typical year moving forward. Maybe this is the new norm. Lets see what we can do. You know, react to it. These little guys are just getting started. Reporter with any luck they will land in a glass in few years. As for how they are affected about the back and forth winter, its like predicting the weather. Thats the way it is. Reporter in the wine region, Wilson Walker, kpix 5. Checking back in our own storm coverage, San Francisco bracing for more rain. We have been hit by the first wave of those showers totally expected and its just the beginning. Famous fish for a look at weather. Meteorologist paul deanno is here. A good storm. The second week of january the last time we had one this significant, wind, rain, and for everybody who has an outdoor plan raise your hand me, too, that will be altered or canceled by this. Well be in the drought in the summertime but not as bad when we get this rain. Going between the cities of sonoma and napa may get you in vallejo and calistoga. A lot of rain over the south bay. This is just one wave of many that will hit us over the week. The real stuff doesnt get here until this weekend. How about the snowfall totals . I like that. We are going to be adding to the snowpack by monday afternoon. Bear valley 34. 5 of snow. Donner summit, mount shasta, 42 of snow. Theres a lot of moisture piling n highs today mid60s. All the ingredients are there. Active storm track. All these red lines if you will were aimed way up north for about six weeks. They are back because our blocking ridge of High Pressure is gone. Now lets paint on satellite and radar. All this tropical moisture fresh from east of hawaii is now making its way into Northern California and Central California and western oregon and western washington. It is nondiscriminatory. It will be pouring everywhere on the west coast and it will also be windy. How much rainfall . If you are watching us in the east bay, minimum of an inch and a half. Maximum of about 3 of rain just this weekend. South bay same thing. Santa cruz mountains this weekend only 4 to 7 of rain. Thats a lot. San francisco, san mateo coin, 2 to 4 of rainfall in the north bay. Up to half a foo