Pam now at 8 pam tracking the storm acrosstonight there is some drizzle. And the rain is not over yet. This winter storm also dumped inches of fresh snow in the sierra. From the north bay. To the east bay. And down to our south. Pam we have coverage tonight on california residents now being asked to conserve power. As frigid temperatures put a strain on power grids. Pam this latest rainfall. Had any effect on our drought emergency. Pam but first, im joined live in the weather ief meteorologist jacqueline bennett. Who fallen. And when the next wave is expected to hit. Reporter jacqueline a good amount of grain but we need a lot more about it. As to look at satellite and radar pictures we see dry conditions once the dow at this hour off shore. It is going to start tomorrow evening and go into saturday and monday until sunday evening. The between three and 5 in. Of rain for the bay area more of the rainfall totals coming up pam despite the wet weather here, its nothing like theyre getting in the midwest and the east. But that bad weather out there is impacting us here in california. As residents are electricity. Pam kron 4s dan kerman joins us in studio to explain this winter flex alert. Reporter pam, this flex alert means californians are being asked to cut back on electricity use until 10 this evening. And its all due to a shortage of natural gas. Reporter the flex alert runs until 10 this evening. Youre asked to turn off lights that arent needed. If you can, turn down or turn off your heaters. And dont use major appliances like dishwashers and vacuums. Reporter this is an unusual for a flex alert in california, so why now . Reporter its due to frigid weather in the midwest and on the east coast. The need for heat is increasing the need for natural gas to deal with the cold there, that means less natural gas here in california to operate power plants. Specifically the power plants in southern california. Thats why everyone is california is being asked to conserve and cut back on their electricity. Reporter this is a real time grid of demand here in california. And it looks as if californians have answered the call and cut back. Reporter the purple line is the projected energy demand. You see at 7pm it peeks. But if you look close you see this dark green line. That is actual use. And you see at 7pm its below the forecast. Check reporter until 10pm this evening. So try to conserve until them. Pam pam disturbing developmentsan east bay youth pastor is out on bail tonight. He is accused of hiding two, 17year old runaways in his home. And having a sexual relationship with one of them. Hyo bin im. Also known as pastor john. Was arrested last wednesday pam he is facing several charges, including sex with a minor. He has worked at the Contra Costa Korean Presbyterian Church in san ramon, since 2012. Kids loved him basically they heard his sermon when kids spend time with him they loved him. Pam investigators also found a small dog at the home suffering from injuries so severe. That the dog had to be euthanized. Pam the pastor claims to be affiliated with the living well ministries. Which police say, is an alleged nonprofit that he created to assist widows, the homeless and emancipated orphans. Police say. The youth pastor first met the girls at the San FranciscoSalvation Army korean corps. Where he worked. New tonight at 8 pam kron4s scott rates reporter surprised and upset to say the least. 33 yearold kid to 17 year old girls at his inn had unlawful interest course with one of them. We hit for anything bad to happen to minors. This is terrible is a terrible thing. Reporter according to investigators it was during that time he met the to attain. He met the talmudic two teens two teens. I only met him on a few occasions. We did strict background checks. Reporter dow cruelty charges and sexual who molestation charges. Pam a car burst into flames today at a burger king drivethru in hayward. Restaurant. Which was evacuated and remains closed tonight. It happened around 2 30 pam this afternoon at the burger king on mission boulevard and industrial parkway. Pam the people in the car were able to get out unharmed. And the Fast Food Restaurant sustained some damage. Pam investigators in santa clara. Want you to take a close look at this quilt. It has never been seen before. Kron 4s Justine Waldman pam tells us, it is linked to a san jose murder case from 1989. Pam she also talked to the victims daughter. About what it would mean to close the mothers murder case. Cold now for 25years. Reporter gone up but not forgotten. Reporter in 1989, police found the the body of 38 year old cathy zimmer in the back seat of her car at parked at san joses airport. Reporter the San Jose State University had been missing for 2 days before the gruesome discovery. Sot cathy being the devoted mother that she was would always leave a note they never heard from her reporter now, for the first time, the Santa Clara District Attorneys Office is showing us the quilt that covered cathys body the handmade quit is very distinctive. Not one that could be bought at a store reporter it has a yellow boarder filled with bright colored cotton patches. Sot somebody might recognize it and if someone does it could lead us to our killer reporter the quilt does not look familiar to cathys children. Reporter her daughter Debi Lawrence was 14 when her mom was murdered. Reporter time heals but it doesnt make the pain go away reporter for 25years this quilt stayed tucked away in an evidence box. Out now to help solve this cold case. Weve been harboring pain for 25 years that will help us have closure. The da also wants people to take a look at the invidual patches. Ahead at eight30. Reporter we will play it again. Walking around the showroom floor. Reporter slowing down the video reporter he is now in san quenten serving 21 years pam the controversy over a lunch menu at a Bay Area High School. That now has School Officials apologizing. Pam and coming up at 8 55 pam a burglar caught in the act. Inside an east bay home. In broad daylight. We speak to a neighbor who saw what happened. And next bulldog mattress discounters bulldog president s day sale ending . Get a queensize sealy gel memory Foam Mattress for just 497 and get four years interestfree financing on the entire tempurpedic cloud collection. Mattress discounters pam new tonight at 8 these latest rain showers are bringing badly needed ahead at 8 reporter on this sock cellphone video showing to pit bulls. The boys who used live in this house is hunter he was mauled by late least one pit bull inside his friends house. He has spent walkable sartres since the time appeared he has been through multiple surgeries since that time. I was appauled shed reporter does not know these boxes to she does not trust the up after what happened to hunter last the year. Maybe realize that i am so clip we cannot live there anymore. To live some to live next door to someone that cold hearted. I am so glad that we no longer live there anymore. Jacqueline 7 00 in the morning we will have sunny skies returned the 40 degree temperatures for the 3 00 at were starting in the north bay then spreading set up by it as we moved into friday night and saturday morning was the heavy rain. Lets get a look at future cast for not seeing much cuts we only need to see and a little bit of draws all drizzle. As we evolve into the midnight hour we will see light showers and moderate rain through the north bay. Jacqueline the 8 00 hour more moderate four hayward, fremont is san jose and plus the coast line is to supply into the afternoon. Intens ifeied by the afternoon. Jacqueline we are talking several inches or rain. If it shifts to the stock at all i think it will be like this. Jacqueline and lee the highest peaks of tran will be seen now on saturday. Jacqueline almost a foot of new snow at all so here is a look at the extended for kansas we had a big storm coming in for tomorrow. It will go through saturday morning picking up again on sunday. Several inches of rain reporter here in the bay area, at east bay said today that so far phil latest rain showers have not had any Significant Impact on their water supply. As of thursday after being the watershed that peace in to their system only has about 24 percent of the average amount of snow pack for this time of year. The district of also scheduled a Board Meeting for next week to decide if it will x customers to make further reductions in water use. In the south bay, the Santa Clara ValleyWater District says that very little water from the recent rain has trickled into their system a spokesman told me today that they would need a series of storms to get things back to normal. The district has axed their use is for a 10 percent reduction. And finally in San Francisco and say they have very little snow accumulate in the watershed are wrong there are water storage is about 70 of average in the same mandatory rationing is still a possibility if these new storms to not turn things are around. Pam ahead at eight pam how a burglar was caught in the act. At an east bay home. Reporter people behavin reporter people behavin g badly x5cwccycycycy5cwc5c5c5c5c5c5ccy g badly dear future olympian, one day you will be standing on and heres exactly how youll get there. Youll work hard and youll fall hard. 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Pam our chief meteorologist is live in the center jacqueline snow showers and lower winding down there is another storm off shore this one over the coastal waters it is cooling to hit us with a lot of rain. Hang it around the warring awards will bring us rain for the north bay with light rain. By midnight we will have wide spread brain through the bay area. We are pouring to finish tied me on our future cast. You are not want to miss the totals coming up. Pam Stanley Roberts shows us his addition of people behaving badly. Reporter no dumping. Drains to the bay,. This is how many cities around the bay dispose of storm water run off. Reporter they use storm drains reporter this is a typical storm drain near the berkeley shoreline and waiting for the next storm garbage and cigarette butts reporter just so you know. When it reads it drains to the bay it really means that it drains to the bay reporter so the very next time you toss your used chip bag on the ground it might just end up here on the beach reporter you might not know this but plastic bags look just like jellyfish to some sealife and when they try to eat it they choke and die reporter over at shorebird park near the Berkeley Marina there are wild turkeys, ground squirrels and a candle . Reporter this sign reads its a protected shoreline leave all natural objects. Replace all rocks take only trash reporter but. From what i can tell the plastic water bottle, the shotgun shell and the cigerette butts dont qualify as the natural objects reporter the runoff from berkeleys Strawberry Creek leaves behind such things as oreo wrappers lighters cups and even a seven iron . Reporter however im not sure this actually washed down stream the point im trying to make is for every action like flicking a cigarette butt or dropping your used cup on the ground there is a reaction reporter the reaction, it pollutes the bay and not just this bay but ansy bay were storm water runoff goes reporter and if only one person sees this video and learns from it, guess what that is one reporter in berkeley Stanley Roberts pam a black History Month menu announcement. Is seen as promoting racial sterotypes at an East Bay High School pam School Officials have since apologized for what they say. Is a comminications breakdown between faculty and students pam the schools president describes what was on the menu to kron 4s Haaziq Madyun fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon reporter those 3food items have caused a major controversy here on the campus of carondelet high schoola private all Girls Catholic School in concordthe schools interim president sister ann bernard says the menu was recently announced over the schools p. A. System as part of an upcoming black History Month event intiated by the black Student Union which is also comprised of students right across the street at De La Salle High School and their first though was that they wanted to do something with foodbefore it went through all of the channels reporter some students say the incident is just a big misunderstanding it was an embarrassing mistake i would have to agreesegregated views reporter according to School OfficialsAfrican Americans make up only 2 of the 802carondaletpresident bernard says incident show the need to educate this generation old sterortypes regarding African Americans there is education needed on every single level reporter in concord Haaziq Madyun kron4news vallejo high schools controversial mascot is history. The Vallejo Unified School district approved a new mascot last night. The high school will now be officially be known as the vallejo. Redhawks. Pam this announcement comes after a long process the mascot had been the apache. The apache mascot has been a source of tension between people who believe the name honors the apache and those who feel it is offensive to native americans. Pam in sports. Gary has a preview of sports night live. Airing at 9 00pm. Immediately after our newscast pam the celebrity video that will have everyone talking tomorrow morning. Pam . And the proam at pebble beach as cut a bit short due to rain. But gary pebble beach as cut a bi