Reporter 50percent of their 20 year historical average. The time for action is right now. Recommendation is on our shortage current contingency plan which is 10 percent reduction based on where we are right now. But that can change depending on how this winter goals. We do not have much water left on our reservoir creer reporter lawns like this one could stay dry and brown if water retailers follow suit by raising prices or imposing mandatory restrictions. For now, homeowners are being urged consider installing water saving appliances or replacing grass with droughttolerant plants like this mexican grass tree. In keeping with the mantra that every drop counts, if customers meet the conservation goal of 10 percent, they will save enough water to fill uvas reservoir back to the top. Three times reporter heres the latest on water restrictions elsewhere in the bay area. Marin county has already asked people for a 25 percent voluntary reduction in water usage. Residents in pleasanton, livermore, dublin, newark, fremont and have been urged to cut back 20 percent. San francisco officials have announced a 10 perncet voluntary conservation request that will begin this friday. Reporter healdsburg is the only bay area location to implement mandatory water conservation. There are restrictions on when you can water outdoor plants and lawns, and you cant wash your car unless its at a car wash that recycles its water. And so far no cuts announced for east bay mud, contra costa, santa clara valley, hayward and sonoma Water Districts. Catherine developing tonight. Oakland police are looking catherine for the man who shot an 81yearold woman today. It happened this morning during a Home Invasion robbery in the citys upper diamond neighborhood. This is video from the scene. The gunman ran off and the elderly victim is expected to survive. Catherine tonight, kron 4s investigation into the friendly fire shooting death of bart police sgt. Tommy smith. Is focused on bart training practices. Catherine friday we first told you the details of what happened last week. How officer smith was killed by fellow officer michael maes inside a dublin apartment. Tonight new developments. A former bart Police Officer catherine says, this tragic incident shows that bart police lack the training needed to properly conduct residential searches. Catherine kron 4 specifically asked the current bart police chief to talk about his departments training procedures. In this exclusive interview. A former bart officer asked us not to reveal his identity for this story. Kron 4s Haaziq Madyun has a story youll see only on kron4. Basically he is untrained, went inside there to do this clearing, saw the threat and shot at the threat. Unfortunately it was tom reporter this former bart Police Officer believes that his excolleagues have not had enough training in how to clear a residence of potential threats. He says that is the issue that led to officer mickael maes fatally shooting sgt. Tom smith here inside of this park sierra Apartment Unit during a probation search. Was it a point shooting or instinct shooting but a fatal shot was fired, that is an untrained officer in itself in terms of searching a residence it could be considered a perishable skill, and since they dont practice that on a regular basis, those skills tend to go by the wayside. This is a probation search which is not uncommon to Law Enforcement officers across the country reporter but it isnt as common to bart officers how efficient are the executing those typess of its not because they are afraid its because they dont have the proper training or concurrent training reporter today bart police chief rainey announced changes in probation search policy but not in the amount of training officers receive. He had this to say previous training sessions. You get basic training in every police academy, every officer and then depending on the job assignment that you hold in a Law Enforcement agency you get additional training in 2012 all of our personnel under went active Shooter Training which involves building searches and clearing rooms our Detective Unit had been involved in approximately 18 probation, follow up probation searches last year those 18 searches were for the entire department and all its officers. However the former bart Police Officer says 18 residential searches in years time is not nearly enough in terms of being prepared for a life and death decision. The tragedy occurred during the clearing and that is where they are way out of practice city Police Officers enter residences for disturbing the piece calls, Domestic Violence calls, and they are very familiar in terms of rendering a house safe before conducting an investigation, as a bart Police Officer you are not going into residences. It is extremely rare. Your basic focus of patrol are going to be the bart stations, the bart trains, and bart property meaning the parking reporter he says he believes being out of practice at clearing a building led to sgt. Smiths death. Because they dont practice this skill quite often this tragedy occurred Haaziq Madyun kron4news catherine stay with kron4 as we continue to follow developments on the bart officer who was killed. On our website kron 4 dot com weve posted information about the funeral plans. You can also check our facebook and twitter pages. And you can download the catherine there s a new legal challenge stemming from last years asiana plane crash at sfo. A San Francisco firefighter on site during the rescue has filed a claim against the city for defamation and discrimination. Elyse duckett claims the department knowingly released false information to the media. By identifying her has the driver of the fire rig that ran over a young passenger. Despite Video Evidence to the contrary. Catherine in her claim filed last week, she says she believes the treatment she endured was because of her race and Sexual Orientation and in retaliation for the fact she had reported alleged discrimination in the fire department. Catherine duckett is African American and a lesbian. Shes suing for at least 300thousand dollars in damages from the city. Catherine coming up at 5 15. After recent problems with catherine lethal injections. The older, more brutal methods some states are looking into, to carry out executions. Then at 5 30. Catherine we preview the president s upcoming state of the union speech. Including analysis from our political expert. And next. Catherine imagine britains royal family being told theyre running out of money . the details. Coming up. Catherine spending by britains royal family has become so out of control their Emergency Cash Fund is down to its last one million pounds. Catherine the result the queens family is being told to cut back. Catherine a government report released today says the queen got 31million pounds, or 50 Million Dollars, from taxpayers last year. Youd think that would be enough but apparently not. The report says the Royal Household has to come up with new ways to bring in money. And must do more with less. One suggestion from lawmakers extend the number of days a year when paying visitors can come into buckingham palace. Catherine still ahead. Catherine the bay area city thats trying to ban the box meaning you wont have to check if you have a criminal history on job applications. Catherine then. The spot where theres a plan to double to the price catherine trouble at a high school in honolulu today. A Police Officer shot a 17 yearold runaway in the wrist after he reportedly cut an officer with a knife and punched two others. Catherine teachers had recognized him as a runaway and called police when he showed up today. But the boy reportedly lunged at officers with a knife when they arrived to take him into custody. Hes been arrested on attempted murder charges. The Police Officers had only minor injuries. With lethal injection drugs in short supply and new questions surfacing about lawmakers in some Death Penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a gruesome past. Reporter including electrocuting prisoners, or having marksman shoot them to death. Most states abandoned those methods more than a generation ago. Reporter but to some elected officials, the drug shortages and legal challenges are beginning to make lethal injection seem too vulnerable to complications. Reporter here is a breakdown of some other options. In missouri a state representative has proposed making firing squads an option. The states attorney general has also suggested rebuilding the gas chamber. Reporter in virginia, a lawmaker wants to make electrocution an option if drugs arent available. Eight states already have that option available. Reporter and already an in delaware, New Hampshire and washington , a prisoner can still choose to be hanged. Although no one has picked that since 1996. Right now executions in california are on hold because lethal injection problems. Catherine the government could actually be watching you play angry birds. Or other popular apps on your phone. Documents leaked by former nsa contactor Edward Snowden says spy agencies are using apps on smart phones. The nsa is reportedly trying to collect and store information. Things like games and social networking apps can provide the government with lots of personal data. The nsa claims it focuses on valid foreign intelligence targets. Catherine whats been described as a once in a generation ice storm is slamming parts of the u. S. That includes the deep south where theyre not used to dangerously cold and snowy weather. Catherine half the u. S. Is dealing with the latest arctic blast. Millions woke up today to dangerous subzero temperatures in the double digits. Catherine in the south. People are getting snow where it almost never happens. In alabama. That meant students could enjoy a snow fight. Catherine but there were also dangerous driving conditions. Same story in mississippi. Where people arent used to icy roads and there arent a lot of resources to deal with it. Catherine in kentucky broken water pipes led to a car frozen on the road. And reporters in places like tennessee were talking about problems unusual for their region. Snowfall, slick streets and school closings. Catherine in ohio. The body of this 19yearold was found frozen to death in his pickup truck. His family says he often sat there talking to friends on the phone. But its not clear why he didnt get inside the house. Catherine and look at the windows inside this michigan newsroom. Huge snow drifts have completely blocked the view. Catherine winter storm watches are coast to virginia. The cold so dangerous tuesday. Catherine another of the southern cities affected. Atlanta to a virtual halt today. People left work early, highways were clogged and hundreds of flights cancelled at the atlanta airport. Jacqueline we have weather on the weight locally as well however, nothing like that. Picking up high cloud cover over the bay area right now. Most of remains to the north but the system will start to sec to the south. We will see my into tomorrow afternoon to mainly in tomorrow morning. As we move to the late evening hours will start to see the brain picked up. Still having in the sierra but as we move into the overnight hours picking up the intensity to the south bay. This is the bay area. Rain and snow mixed into the sierra. Now it is all snow. The rest of the morning you can watch all this rain come to the bay area. This note is turning more shower at this point. Through the evening and into thursday. 7 00 hour is still ongoing. Here is what you can expect storm moving into wednesday and thursday. Pretty well lead just depend on where you are located. Elsewhere, we will see the same thing except for in the south bay will be close to the 10th of an inch of rain. We have not seen rain and sole time. Jacqueline tomorrow afternoon evening we will start the ceilometer when picking up some intensity into thursday morning but airconditioning are expected in to the weekend. Catherine we all know that soft drinks and other beverages marketed to kids contain a lot of sugar. But just how much sugar might surprise you. Now, theres a move by a local Community Group to educate the public about the dangers of consuming too much sugar. Kron 4s John Fenoglio has that story. Catherine a could be days away from becoming law in San Francisco. It would mean anyone reporter they have launched a at campaign which will come to a unique bust near you. Uni bus near you. We are really targeting people who drink more sugar drinks. There are hired sugary contents. Theyre telling people how many or how much sugar is in and the types of drinks that they are drinking. Reporter despite the fact that post after make the same point in San Francisco. Catherine applying for housing or a job in the city can not be asked on the application if theyve been arrested or convicted of a felony. Catherine the bill is called the fair chance act and would apply to most big businesses and housing providers. Applicants could still be asked about criminal history. But only in later interviews or after a conditional job offer. Catherine the chamber of commerce reportedly supports the initiative. And a vote by the board of supervisors could happen early next month. Catherine the cost to park in downtown san jose could soon double in price. Next month the city council meters. Theyll allow drivers to pay with cellphones, credit cards and coins. 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You can watch it here live on kron4 tonight at six. The president is expected to highlight his plans for what he calls a year of action. Tonight our political analyst is here. And well tell you the whos on the guest list. But first Andrew Spencer has more on whats expected in the speech. Reporter most of the details on tonights speech will have to come straight from the president. I think that its fair to say an address like this covers a lot of territory. Reporter as president barack obama steps up to the podium for his state of the union speech, some lawmakers expect an emphasis on income inequality. Our tax system clearly rewards wealth more than it rewards work. He will bring up three things the unemployment benefits, increasing the minimum wage and immigration. All of them, democrats are essentially unanimous on and all of them split the Republican Party right down the middle. Reporter Immigration Reform and the minimum wage, at least, are carryovers from obamas 2013 speech; neither issue got much traction. Well hear the president , i think, express his frustration with