Its very common since when you see a fatal fire. As for the damage to the building here behind me, most of it was to the apartments on the top two stories, fire damage, mainly smoke and water damage to the apartments below but all told, 13 people out of their homes this morning. Live in vallejo, anne makovec, kpix5. A mistrial been declared for a former San Jose Police officer accused of raping a woman while on duty. The jury deadlocked 93 in favor of acquitting geoffrey graves. A conviction could have brought a life sentence. Graves had offered to plead guilty to a lesser charge but Santa Clara County prosecutors declined to make a deal. There is no word yet on whether the case will be retried. Apple taking a stand against the fbi and it has americans talking from coast to coast. The company is refusing to help the fbi get into the phone used by the gunman in the San Bernardino massacre. Kpix5 reporter kiet do is live outside apples headquarters in coopteen with more cupertino. Reporter apple got exactly what it wanted and that is a public debate over privacy versus security. Both sides are digging in their heels on this issue, getting ready for a very long court battle. Yesterday a dozen apple supporters showed up at the downtown San Francisco store to write thank you notes to the company with stickers on their iphones that said, i do not consent to the search of this device. Now, the court order for apple to help the fbi break into the iphone of San Bernardino shooter syed farook came on tuesday and by that night apples ceo tim cook called the demands chilling and says that it could lead to the tech giant being forced to build Surveillance Software to intercept your messages or even access your phones microphone or camera without your knowledge. The fbi says they still have not been able to crack the iphone in question after two months of trying. Senator Dianne Feinstein says if apple does not help she is prepared to put forward a law to make sure it does. The National Security of this country makes eloquent testimony as to why this should happen. Its a terrible precedent to set that any of our devices can have back doors that can be created for any number of purposes. Reporter and apple sources tell cbs news they are ready to take this fight all the way to the Supreme Court if needed. We are live in cupertino, kiet do, kpix5. Tonight Santa Clara Countys Heritage Commission will discuss the fate of the landmark cube shaped tower on Mount Umunhum south of san jose. It is the last reining piece of the alimentadon station. They could spare the tower from demolition which is currently planned by the mid Peninsula Open Space district. Get a check on the roads with gianna. Good morning. Its been busy out there this morning. We have had a number of accidents, especially trickling in in the last few minutes because of all this wet weather we are dealing with right now. Good news first, though. We have been monitoring this traffic alert. Its just been cancelled, chp cleared all lanes northbound 680 at Ygnacio Valley road. All lanes open on the northbound side but you can see on our map here southbound starting to get busy this morning for the typical morning commute but again we are dealing with all of this wet weather, slick surfaces out there, so take it slow this morning and definitely keep a lot of space between you and the vehicle in front of you. Cutting across 24, you might see slight delays heading towards 580 getting onto the bay bridge. A couple of accidents trickling in along the peninsula. Working closely with roberta finding out where the heaviest rains are and seeing some along the peninsula at north 80, north 101 at university that popped up. North 101 at shoreline look out for an accident there. Drive times 101 you might see slower speeds as you work your way through there. Busy conditions along the nemetz freeway as well, roberta. A lot of rain falling along that area. This is what you need to know, the Severe Weather in the form of lightning, it is ending now. We have picked up at least 30 lightning strikes since midnight over the city of San Francisco and when the lightning pushed through, it also had brief bursts of pea sized hail. Now, right now as youre taking a look at our live high def Doppler Radar, if youre along the peninsula, thats heavy precipitation. Heavy downpours drifting across the bay. San leandro into hayward, heavy downpours. If youre going to be making the 580, 680 commute within the next few minutes, think twice. All of this is pushing in an easterly direction and will encompass the trivalley within the next 10 to 15 minutes. So i would wait if you can, if you have the luxury, at least 30 minutes. We have had the bands of showers slice through the bay area since midnight, containing hail. We still see the rain impacting the golden gate bridge. The flag is beginning to settle somewhat but the winds continue to pick up to 20. Air temperatures in the 40s and 50s, good 16 degrees cooler than just 24 hours ago. 16mileperhour winds in oakland, 14 at sfo, lighter winds to the north. Today with the wraparound moisture in the form of a scattered shower and breezy conditions, under 70 degrees everywhere. Im tracking storm number 2 and ill talk about how thats going to impact your friday coming up later. Roberta, thank you. President obama will become the first sitting president in nearly nine decades to travel to cuba. The white house has confirmed that the president will travel to the Island Country in mid march. President obamas trip has long been expected since he normalized relations with cuba in 2014. But two republican president ial candidates close to the issues of cuba say the president should think twice. Something as president you would ever do . Not until we have a free cuba. The problem with the cuban government is an antiamerican communist dictatorship. The president ought to be pushing instead be pusching for pushing for a free cuba. The white house will release more details about the president s trip later today. The latest polls show differing results in the race for the republican president ial nominations. A survey released yesterday as senator ted cruz leading donald trump nationally 2826 but a poll by cbs out today showing trump Still Holding a big, big lead at 3518. Senator marco rubio has 12 followed by Governor John Kasich of his with 11 , Bernie Sanders has six and ben carson has six and jeb bush with four. Right now the candidates battling for votes in South Carolina, taking part in a pair of town halls over the next few days. Craig boswell has more. Reporter republican president ial candidates ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio all participated in a town hall on cnn. What we really need are people who know how to solve problems, not people who know how to talk. We are seeing an assault on religious liberty and we need a president who will stand up unambiguously and protect those values. I have 15 years of experience of turning conservative ideas into conservative action. Reporter earlier wednesday rubio picked up the most coveted endorsement in South Carolina from governor nikki haley. If we elect marco rubio every day will be a great day in america. I have a proven record. Reporter that was another blow to jeb bush, just days after his brother, former president george w. Bush, met privately with governor haley. Each of the g. O. P. Candidates is battling the force that is trump. He has a sizable lead in South Carolina polls. Trump appeared in a separate town hall on msnbc, confident hes got the broad appeal to win the nomination. I will have states that nobody ever thought of getting in terms of a republican. Reporter he was also asked if he can behave like a president. Do you have the temperament to be the president . I think my biggest strength is reporter trump will participate in a cnn town Hall Thursday night along with jeb bush and john kasich. Craig boswell, cbs news, charleston, South Carolina. In charleston democrats are holds its democratic caucuses saturday and new polling indicates a very tight race. Bernie sanders is hoping to build momentum following his win in last weeks New Hampshire primary. But polls all show that the race is too close to call. Both were on the ground in nevada ahead of the caucuses rallying their bases. Everything in my political gut tells me that we have the momentum here in this state. We are going to go out and we are going to convince people to caucus on saturday, then we are going onto South Carolina. All eyes will turn on South Carolina next, both clinton and sanders are ramping up their push for minority voters there. Turkeys Prime Minister says his country will retaliate against a kurdish rebel group he says is responsible for a deadly bombing in the capital. Yesterdays suicide bombing killed at least 28 people in ankara including military personnel. The Prime Minister says the syria man carried out the attack in cooperation with an outlawed kurdish group. Authorities detained nine people so far and Turkish Military jets conducted raids against kurdish rebel positions in northern iraq. 6 10. A big announcement expected regarding californias high speed rail program. Just ahead, why san jose will likely be a start and end point for the first major stretch of the system. And how is this for an unpleasant surprise . Why people in one town are scratching their heads about a mystery substance on their homes and their cars. ,,,,,,,,,,, apparently, people think im too perky. So now im not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of 548 whoo i mean, whoo. The weather triggered mult the bay area cleaning up after rain and wind swept through the bay area yesterday and last night. Its still here. The weather triggered multiple car crashes including spinouts, a lot of hydro planing. In hayward a violent burst of wind sent a newly built sign toppling onto a pickup truck outside this detailing shop. This is the first good wind. I guess it couldnt take it. I think we did it wrong or something or the wind is too strong. Wind was too strong in fremont too. A big gust took out a large palm tree leaving a neighborhood in the dark. And in san leandro, the wind uprooted a 7foot tree damaging several powerlines. Find out more details about the first phase of the high speed rail system that will connect the bay area with Southern California on friday. We now know that the first major stretch of the railway will start in Silicon Valley. The state plans to build 250 miles of track between san jose and bakersfield. The California Highspeed Rail Authority originally planned for the first major segment to connect burbank and the Central Valley but the authority says the new plan will keep costs down and hopefully attract private investors. Its now estimated to cost 64 billion instead of 68 million. Speaking of community, not l. A. But around town a bit of a mess out there, huh . Not an easy day to be on the roadways at all. Wet weather, a number of accidents trickling into the traffic center. A lot of slick surfaces out there this morning. Starting out in the south bay, second accident of the morning in the same location, north 87 at curtner. Involving at least two vehicles possibly blocking the left lane right now. So you will see delays right now as you work your way out of the south bay. As a result, use 280 as an alternate. 286, 80 to 237, 13 minute for your drive time through there. And again that accident along guadalupe parkway. So we are going to jump over to 101 north of there, northbound 101 at shoreline, look out for an accident there. Not blocking lanes but may cause some spectator slowing. Also some lookielou slowing reported near northbound 101 Near University for a three car crash. Bay bridge, backed up, got a lot of brake lights washinging working your way westbound out of oakland into San Francisco. Youre backed up well into the maze at this point. Westbound i80 seeing slow conditions as well as the east at least 28 minute ride for your drive time this morning. San mateo bridge starting to bog down as well. Extra volume working your way westbound, working your way out of hayward into foster city. We are dealing with all this wet weather this morning. Its been a little crazy. Roberta. Benazir. Good morning, everybody. Take a look at this video from our video atop our rooftop here in the city of San Francisco and looking in an easterly direction and watch the sky. Its going to light up. It did several times and the hail it fell. Ever since midnight, especially around 3 00 this morning and there you have it again. Lightning strikes over the city of San Francisco. I counted at least 30 lightning strikes between midnight and right now and, in fact, wow, look at that as well. We saw at least half a dozen lightning strikes within a 30 minute period as the cell rolled over the bay area. This is our live high def Doppler Radar and the good news about all this now is we have the most Severe Weather, it is out of here as i zoom on in, you can see that that cluster of activity, when you see yellow, orange on your tv screen, that is Severe Weather, thats almost as bad as it gets here in the bay area so your morning commute virtually affected around 880, also 680 heading south out of the black hawk area, always severe at this hour. 10 minutes ago, if you have that 580, 680 commute, give it some time. Stay at home if you have that luxury because now we have the pockets of mod ray to heavy rain moderate to heavy rain moving in that direction. Continue to spill in an easterly directions and make tracks toward the altamont pass. The front moved through the bay area last night. If you were in the evening commute, you know what im talking about. Now what we are dealing with is wraparound moisture with the core of the center of the area of low pressure. We still have some breezy conditions, not as bad as yesterday. 16mileperhour winds in oakland, 13 in vallejo to benicia and martinez. Lighter winds to the north. The winds will continue to blow 10 to 20 today. No airport delays. 2 1 2 hour delays yesterday at sfo. Right now raining there. 40s and 50s climbing to the 60s today. The core of that frontal boundary thats right there is still offshore and the wraparound moisture is going to continue to impact our weather today, a hitandmiss scattered shower with the breezy conditions. Then we head towards your friday and look what happens. Here is your afternoon and secondary system rolls through for the evening commute as well and by the time its all said and done, we should pick up at least another half an inch of rain in many of our locations clearing out for the weekend. In fact, some of the totals by friday afternoon nearly 4 10 in San Francisco. We have more snow in the high sierra, 2 feet of snow by tomorrow afternoon, easily with that winter storm warning expiring by lunch hour. Theres your sunrise and sunset and forget about it. Youre not going to see it. Temperatures under 70 everywhere. Theres your extended forecast. You got weekend plans . Make it outdoors. That is our eye on the storm. You are a busy lady. Thank you, roberta. New numbers show Americas National parks are becoming very popular vacation destinations. More people visited National Park sites in 2015 than they ever have before. Parks across the country hosted a record breaking 307 million visitors, the most popular spot the Great Smoky Mountains with more than 10 million visitors, the grand canyon hosted 5 million in 2015 while yellow stone and the Rocky Mountains each saw more than 4 million tourists. It seems to come out of nowhere showing up on peoples cars and homes. Just ahead, the mystery in michigan. And what is cool about your school . Email your nominations right here at we may feature your school on the big show. Stay right there. ,,, vo you can check on them. You can worry about them. You can even choose a car for them. mom honey, are you ok . child im ok. announcer vo love. mom were ok. announcer vo its what makes a subaru, a subaru. You a mysterious black substance is falling from the sky in michigan. People living in harrison township, a detroit suburb, say theres a tar like substance accumulating on driveways, cars and porches. Yesterday fire officials came out to collect samples from outside several homes. The fire chief says its not bird droppings but its hard to tell what it is. There was a concern it was a flammable liquid and it wasnt. Its more of an ash type consistency that has a little bit of it seems to have an oily type consistency as well. Health concerns, i dont know what it is. Dont know if its hazardous. Some locals think it could have come from an airplane since an International Guard base is nearby but the air base says theres no sign the substance came from any type of military aircraft. Good morning, everybody. Today at noon is the nbas trade deadline where some teams will try and make a last stitch effort to try and catch up to the warriors. Now, at 484, gol