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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition February 7, 2014

Officers say she had a fake weapon in her hand. The photo on the left is the fake, on the right the real deal. She backed back into her apartment and as the officers were calling for cover, she came back out again and made threats towards them indicating she was going to shoot at them. Reporter typically Police Departments release the names of officers involved in such shootings. But not this time. Were fearful of retaliation of the officers by either the son if he gets released or of associates. Once we have taken care of those safety issues, well be providing their names. Reporter heres why. Levys son evan was arrested last week for selling heroin on the streets of pleasanton. But because of his mothers death at the hands of officers, hayward pd is worried about Evan Pimental calling shots from behind bars. Were still looking for details regarding who his associates were and who he was involved with in terms of narcotics sales. Reporter andria borba, kpix 5. After the shooting investigators found a suicide note that mentioned she wanted to end her life due to family problems. Off Duty Oakland Police officer under investigation now after he was arrested in San Francisco. He is accused of pulling out his gun to impress a waitress at an ihop on lombard street according to the chronicle. The waitress called 911. The officer was cited and released but police did seize his gun, which was not issued by the Oakland Police department. Happening today, details will be unveiled of a proposed state law aimed at curbing the number of smartphone thefts. It calls for the requirement of kill switches which makes the phones use less if stolen. Mark leno and George Gascon are behind the bill, both from San Francisco where cell phone robberies are especially common. Time for weather at 4 32. Super soaker number 2 is en route, right . This could be a super soaker. I mean, this could be Something Else this weekend. At least in parts of the north bay. The rest of the bay area seeing a lot of rain but nothing like the north bay. Out the door light clouds and scattered showers. Checking out our hidef Doppler Radar, a spattering of showers off the coastline into the north bay where we expect showers early on this morning. By the afternoon that will likely change. Well see rain picking up into the afternoon hours, skies mostly cloudy even some patchy dense fog showing up around the bay area. The temperatures running mainly in the 40s and the 50s. This afternoon, numbers not bad. Mid to upper 50s toward the latter part of the day. But the weekend is going to be a whole different matter. Well talk about that in a few minutes. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thanks, lawrence. Checking the bay bridge toll plaza we are not seeing the puddling like we saw in the middle lanes but the roads are damp. So heres a live look at traffic heading toward the pay gates now. Obviously traffic is very light at 4 33 this morning. No sign of any metering lights. Up and down the nimitz freeway also good near the Oakland Coliseum about a 14 or 15 minute drive time in either direction between 238 and the maze. I notice still a couple more spinouts than usual and likely its just because the roads are still a little wet, maybe a little drizzle. Along the peninsula northbound 101 near the airport, millbrae avenue we have one just cleared out of lanes approaching fair oaks. That is your kcbs traffic. Back to you guys. Okay, liz, thanks. A lot of fresh snow up in the sierra and more is on its way possibly several feet over the weekend but the snowpack, which of course is critical to our water supply, is still well below normal. Eastbound i80 near soda spring shut down yesterday after a deadly accident there. A lexus spun out of control, went off the road and as the car was getting pulled out another one that may have been speeding lost control and struck and killed a passenger from that previous lexus. A suspected car thief is in custody after a police chase in San Francisco. Officers took him away in their cruiser last night after they say he crashed a black sedan near hanover and pope streets. They found him hiding under a stairwell. A private East Bay High School is apologizing for the lunch menu that was blasted as being racist. Kpix 5s Christin Ayers went to concord last night and got mixed reactions to the controversy. Reporter it was supposed to be a celebration of black History Month at Carondelet High School in concord. I think they know that it wasnt to hurt anyone but it was a little too far. Reporter the schools black Student Union planned a menu of Fried Chicken, watermelon and cornbread. The reaction from the black community was swift. Quite offensive because they put everything that we have accomplished into a menu. Reporter the school nixed the lunch and issued an apology after students and parents complained. But tonight, theres a bit of a backlash against the backlash. One black leader in the east Bay Community asked me this. What is the big deal . reporter Elizabeth Williams is a National Member of the naacp and serves on contra costa countys equal Employment Community commission. She doesnt mind the menu historically and even now we like our chicken and im not going to stop eating my Fried Chicken and my cornbread nor my watermelon. Reporter i talked to her about the history of the watermelon stereotype images how was used to promote slavery. One reads, you can plainly see how miserable i am. Why have the representation of black History Month be around Fried Chicken and watermelon . Lets move on. Lets be more progressive. Lets not be so insulted about something so minute. Reporter Christin Ayers, kpix 5. The school plans to hold a Diversity Assembly for students and faculty. New this morning, Palo Alto Police have identified a man accused of grabbing an officers gun and pointing it at him. 34yearold ryan goodson out of fresno arrested yesterday afternoon after another officer subdued him with a taser. The officers first encountered him when responding to reports of a man breaking into a hookah lounge. Santa clara county investigators hope an unusual quilt will help them solve a 1989 murder case. The d. A. s Office Cold Case unit released this photo of the quilt for the first time yesterday. The body of 38yearold cathy zimmer was found wrapped in that quilt nearly 25 years ago. She had been strangled and left in her chrysler new yorker in a parking lot at the San Jose International airport. The quilt did not belong to zimmer or any member of her family. Think back to that time and if you remember anything strange in that parking lot, seeing something, maybe you didnt think anything of it then, but if this jogs something in your memory, please call. Investigators say information about the quilt was not made public at the time because detectives wanted to hold back some information that only the killer would have known. Opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics are set to begin less than four hours from now. A lot of american spectators have yet to arrive in sochi, russia. As cbs news ko im reports, they now face new security restrictions on their flights. Reporter passengers bound for russia cannot pack liquids, gels, aerosols or powders in their carryons. The temporary ban comes as of u. S. Department of Homeland Security warns of new potential terrorist threats targeting it russia and the games. You have recent reporting which seems to have triggered this concern about gels and liquids perhaps being brought on airplanes via toothpaste containers as a potential threat to airliners. Reporter the u. S. Government says terrorists may hide explosive materials inside tubes of toothpastes and assemble bombs in flight. A terror group in russia has vowed to attack the sochi olympics. Some air travelers say its better to be safe than sorry. I dont think they are overreacting. Reporter the tsa ban only affects a few flights leaving this country daily but Security Experts say it could reflect a broader trend. If the threat exists now then they are going to have to think about whether or not they extend them beyond the olympics and certainly consider whether or not it applies to u. S. Domestic travel. Reporter so far, Homeland Security has said the government is not aware of a specific threat to the u. S. Ko im for cbs news. Delta is the only u. S. Based airline with regularly scheduled nonstop flights to russia. In just a few minutes, a look at some early olympic competition that took place before the opening ceremonies. A well orchestrated flash mob ends with thousands in merchandise stolen. How that robbery turned into a felony. And new video of Justin Bieber as he is processed at a miami jail. , ue dress a violent robbery caught on surveillance camera at a marshall store in southern california. Watch as a woman in a blue dress barrels into a store employee guarding the exit doors towards the right of your screen. Other suspects run out of the door with more than 1,000 worth of stolen goods. Its an act cops say was well orchestrated. Were now dealing with felony and robbery because they made physical contact with an employee who was working for the store when they made their escape. That employee treated and released from a local hospital. The suspects carried empty bags into the store and filled them up with merchandise before they ran out. We were getting some welcome rain in the bay area, but our neighbors to the north were dealing with a deadly snowstorm yesterday. They had a 25car pileup on interstate 5 in central oregon. The freeway was closed in both directions near albany for several hours. No one was seriously hurt. All is calm this morning. It was actually kind of really nice out. A little muggy and scattered showers. We have heavy rainfall coming our way for the weekend. Just what the doctor ordered yeah. This will help put a dent in that drought. Out the door we go. We have cloudy skies and some scattered showers showing up around the bay area early on today. Really just some light showers showing up there. Watch out for slick roads. Nonetheless, we have scattered activity toward san jose and headed up to the mountains, 101. We are going to see that picking up toward the afternoon. So rain to begin this morning. We have some patchy, dense fog as well so watch out for that. Increasing rain toward the afternoon spreading south and heavy rainfall especially in the north bay over the weekend. Going to be interesting how it all breaks down. The storm system just beginning to set itself up here latched on to subtropical moisture and all that moisture stretching down to the Hawaiian Islands so we are going to start with a front part of the storm system, if you can think of it as the train, got the front of the train moving through starting today and then you got the caboose coming through on sunday. Between now and then its going to be a whole lot of rain. Sierra nevada heading in that direction, snow levels starting out at 4,000 feet probably going up to 7,000 feet by saturday. 2 to 4 feet of snow at a minimum and probably more across some of the higher peaks. Lets time it out. In the afternoon, the rain will be picking up so yeah, pretty wet commute on the ride home. And then here comes all that rain racing onshore. The heaviest we located in the north bay. But everybody is going to see rain. This is impressive. Watch how it breaks down. Heavy rainfall through sunday. It looks like maybe some places over 5 into santa rosa over the mountaintops maybe more than 7 in spots. But you get down to san jose, about. 76. So theres a wide discrepancy in the amounts of rain youll see. Next couple of days heavy rain on the rain, a brief break monday and tuesday, the possibility of more rain on wednesday. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thanks, lawrence. Checking your east bay travel times on this friday morning. Just one more workday to go if you are working weekdays. Right now drive time all in the clear including up and down the nimitz and the eastshore, really our hotspot yesterday. With all the rain we had numerous accidents. Anyway, everything now looks good to go. But as lawrence mentioned, some areas still a little slick so if you want to use mass transit, we checked in with bart they have more than 25 trains all on time. A few spinouts out there. This one near the airport was just cleared northbound 101 approaching millbrae. There was an earlier one approaching fair oaks. Everything is clear off to the righthand shoulder. If you are heading toward the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights yet obviously at 4 45. It was a big old backup though heading toward the pay gates for a while on to the bay bridge. Right now everything is looking good even though there is still roadwork for the next 15 minutes between the incline and the tunnel. And heres a live look at milpitas, 237 quiet. Thats traffic. Back to you guys. Immigration reform may not happen this year. House republicans are backing away from the bill right now. As Susan Mcginnis reports, conservative lawmakers say the delay is due to a lack of trust in president obama. Reporter speaker of the house john boehner says the path to Immigration Reform this year is in trouble. He is blaming president obama. There is widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. Reporter House Minority leader nancy pelosi was visibly upset by Speaker Boehners reasoning. Why dont we just pack up and go home . Thats not a reason not to do an immigration bill. Thats an excuse not to do it. Reporter and the white house is defending itself, saying it does enforce laws claiming there are more Border Patrol agents than ever before. The president has an exceptional record of improving border security. Reporter Speaker Boehner has talked about the need for Immigration Reform for months now. Just last week, he introduced a plan to pass it in stages but he is facing pushback from hardline conservatives opposed to anything that can be seen as amnesty for illegal immigrants. I been deeply disappointed in this legislation. Reporter alabama senator Jeff Sessions is leading the revolt. Thursday he told the New York Times the speaker finally recognized reality. I have never underestimated the difficulty in moving forward this year. Reporter the white house promises to keep pushing congress to act. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. Some republicans say they will revisit Immigration Reform after the falls election. They are hoping to win a majority in the senate. A trial is about to resume this morning in florida where a man is accused of killing a teenager after an argument over loud music. Oh, my god, somebody is shooting audio of the shooting from a Convenience Store surveillance camera was played yesterday during Opening Statements in jacksonville. Michael dunn is charged with firstdegree murder but claims he fired in selfdefense. Prosecutors admit the 17year old victim jordan davis was angry but said he did not threaten dunn and had no weapon. New video shows Justin Bieber being processed at a miami jail last month after a dui arrest. He removed his shoes and socks and pulled off his black hoodie before the officer pats him down. The officer also tries to get the singer to pull up his shorts. More bad news for Justin Bieber. The l. A. County sheriff is recommending felony charges be filed against the pop star for the egging of a neighbors house last month. Damage from the eggs was estimated at 20,000. A baby barely a week old is now missing in wisconsin. The child born last weekend his mother says the newborn was gone when she woke up yesterday morning. The childs grandmother says her daughter planned to move out of state with a relative from her fathers side. Her newborn and cadens father. A strange girl come around all of a sudden claiming to be my daughters sister and was going to move her and her baby and bruce to colorado. And they came and got my daughters stuff yesterday. [ crying ] and now my girl is gone and my grandbaby is gone. The apparent aunt was arrested in iowa on unrelated charges. Officers found baby clothes in the womans car but no baby. No other suspects in the disappearance. Wall street hopes to continue the rally from yesterday. Cbsmoneywatch reporter marlie hall says its likely to be determined by a report from the labor department. Reporter all eyes will be on the governments monthly jobs report released later this morning. Economists expect the data will show 170,000 jobs were added last month, a big improvement from decembers disappointing numbers. Yesterday, the stock market had its best day of the year. The dow climbed 188 points. The nasdaq added 45. New information about how hackers may have broken into targets Payment Network and managed to steal customers debit and credit card information. A data connection between the retailer and its air conditioning and heating contractor was likely breached. Thats according to a representative for faz

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