now at 8. bracing for the storm. in fact a series of storms making their way toward the bay area. thank you for joining us i'm steve aveson. and i'm pam moore. with the rain come concerns of flooding and damage. much like we saw last week. this, while many cities are still recovering. kron-4's charles clifford is in the north bay where one busy road is finally being reopened. and chief meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking where the storm will hit the hardest. but first, spencer blake is live in orinda tonight. where a local a state of emergency is being declared. spencer. what prompted the declaration? .kron four's spencer blake is in the east bay.where more rain could cause more problems for a dangerous section of road. >> reporter:we've already seen how recent storms have helped create or worsen sinkholes. there were a couple in pacifica, as well. this one opened up in orinda on wednesday, at miner road and camino lenada, which is' currently closed. but you can get a better look at the sinkhole in this video taken during daylight hours. today, the city council met in a special session to ratify city manager janet keeter's declaration of a state of emergency. why an emergency? lets them apply for state and federal funding very complicated project a lot involved in this one sinkhole. janet keeterâ orinda city manager "it involves two sewer lines, one gas lines, one water main, a culvert, a creek, and a main, heavily-traveled collectors road." sounds like a lot adds up to a repair of anywhere from one million to one point three million initial estimate closed for three weeks alternate routes: use camino sobrante live in orinda, spencer blake, k4 news well, it's been a week since flood waters forced the closure of dozens of roads around the bay area. last week's storms were so powerfull, that many roads remain closed. but today two important routes in the north bay finally reopened. kron 4's charles clifford is live tonight along highway -37 in marin county. which reopened early this morning. charles.. in the east bay... >> reporter:one of the roads shutdown because of last week's storm. alhambra valley road in pinole is still closed due to a huge sinkhole. in the middle of the roadway. the cause of this nightmare. a 6-foot culvert that failed during last weeks heavy rains. contra costa county public works officials are trying to find the appropriate fix. they say there is no timeline for reopening. and now with another rainy forecast is nearing... crews are cleaning up the area to get it a little more secure. the town of pacifica is just another spot being worked on in advance of the next round of rain. crews continue to work at filling a massive sinkhole...that opened up back in mid december. today wraps up the last day of that 5-week job... but just feet away... workers are stripping down an apartment building. they are working to rid it of hazardous materials like espestos... before it gets demolished. another problem... is another massive sinkhole that caved in during the last storm on edgemar avenue. crews have stabilized it...but say they will let the next storm pass before repairing it completely. >> britteny: heavy rain coming down over south rose up. spread bread rounds to 30 for most of the rhaetian carried and once it starts at will continue all the way through the evening commute carried an 8:00 hour and scattered showers and overnight thursday and friday. 815 on friday and that nexus of widespread heavy rain once again and everything clears up to the day on friday at a break on saturday then overnight in your early and late saturday. and then dealing with another system portion through three systems moving through each one right around and entrained with all three storms pushing to 3 in.. five to 8 in. possible for our coastal hills. also very strong wind speeds more details on the wind advisory. another big story we are >> pam: contra costa county public's work officials are tried to figure out a proper sx no timeout left for reopening and now with another rainy forecasts crews are cleaning up the area lies in getting a little more secure. and >> steve: set up working the west arena. five week drop however atropine down an apartment building talking oarlock. working trying to get rid of it reads for. >> grant: helms the all has team fail ceremony. while the chase center ground breaking came with great excitement today. not all of dub nation is thrilled about the news. kron-4's dan kerman talked to fans in the east bay. about the dubs move across the bay. >> grant: mayor there'd from the left and kevin up from the far right curious and on private lands and the loudest home court advantage in the nba at some people wondering if the place will have assams sold. >>: read the tale and have a llama on the severance as good north bay. if you could afford it once >> pam: with great excitement today about all of the nation is thrilled about the news >>: little heartbreaking only because always raised with the golden state warriors disappointed they're leaving oakland. born and raised here. and definitely lawyers or disappointment but reading tavern trade and they continue to follow the team and go to the games. at oracle arena, warrior fans still the majority of fans we spoke with say they will continue to follow the team and go their games sot rick waxman/warrior fan 38- 41 sot brianna coston/warrior fan 42-45 the only question is how much more tickets will cost when the team moves from oakland to san francisco sot adan lupercio/warrior fan 52-59 sot anthony valdiosera / warrior fan 101-109 standup dan kerman/oakland 110- 120 >> steve:happening tonight: a benefit concert for the two members of the band tower of power. who continue to recover in the hopsital after being hit by a train. drummer david garibaldi and bassist marc van wegeen-ing-en were hit by an amtrack train last week in oakland. van wageeningen's condition is listed as critical.he's in worse shape.but we're told they are both stable. yoshi's in oakland is holding a concert featuring tower of power's usic to help raise money. a percentage of all proceeds will go directly to their medical funds. it begins tonight at 8. tickets start at 26-dollars. ' there is a benefit for them tonight -- that should be one of the main things. old script: a preliminary autospsy suggested laura robson might have had it. today.further lab results revealed that is not what she died from. the coroner's has not said how exactly she died. this comes just a few days after a san rafael man died from meningitis. at least 300 people have been contacted by the health department. they trained at the same soul cycle as him in larkspur. the family of noor salman --- says she is innocent. and knew nothing about her husband's plan to attack a florida nightclub and kill 49 people. the widow of terrorist omar mateen appeared in court for the first time since she was charged for her alleged role in the massacre. now as kron-4's terisa estacio tells us. salman is facing a possible life sentence. >> reporter:in an oakland federal courthouse tuesday - noor salman made her first appearance since being arrested after a florida grand jury indicted her - in connection with her husbands mass shooting at a florida nightclub last june where 49 people died and 53 were injured. in stark contract to old pictures of her smiling with her husband omar mateen - in court, salman looked distraught - her face down and her voice a whisper when asked by the judge if she understood the charges against her. sot/tc: 31 al salman/noor salman's uncle. did you make eye contact. yes. i hope so, i want her to know we are here for her. salman's uncle came to her defense - saying she knew nothing of mateen's plan. mateen died in the 3 hour standoff. he had pledged allegiance to isil - the islamic extremist group during the attack. he also exchanged text messages with salman. but her uncle says she had no idea what he was doing. sot/tc: her aunt asked her to reach out to him. she did. but she did not know. there are reports, that salman went with mateen to walmart to buy ammunition. but her uncle says she was not aware of his intentions and she was in the toy section with the couple's son. her uncle also says mateen was abusive and his niece was trapped. sot/tc: al salman he would hit her. she was scared to leave. did not want to loose her son. in the indictment recently unsealed - the federal grand jury alleges in court one that salman aided and abetted omar in the attack by helping with materials. and count two, did knowingly engage in misleading investigators. if connected on count one - she could face the rest of her life in prison. tes: tag - noor's attorney is reportedly flying in for wednesday hearing. noor did not enter a plea tuesday. that might come wednesday. also, we may hear more in court from her attorney as he is expected to aks the court to allow her to go home to be with her young son. her uncle says the family wants her back home. and says she is not a risk to anyone. in oakland, te >> steve:students at u-c berkeley.out enjoying the weather today. but they it looks like they may' need umbrellas tomorrow. >> steve: leslie to mary college restored of the area rocks and fallen and traffic during and >> britteny: next it's a parade of storms that will operate through right of the next five days three different storms are or tracking. woolsey increasing. really strong winds will pick up three storms inside of them that's pretty impressive we're definitely tracking changes and the next few days and then right now certain bands of showers severances go here. and takes the brunt of the system off to the coast and it will move and as we go through the days. closer look whether they're in follows. shows what's in store for the day tomorrow. and we expect to see rainfall throughout the entire day even in our right hours. this is the second system level we carry 830 friday and sunday is when the next system gets here. when speeds of about 50 m.p.h.. rain brings with an inch rainfall. and then most locations picket 3 in. of rain fall closer to 4 in. for said rosa coastal hills five to 8 in. a possibility and the wind advisory in effect for most of the area 64 m.p.h. and also power lines and have most of this year 8 1/6 inches and let elevations above 7,000 ft. 3 80 in. of snowfall and also you'll see the next two systems. more details of that coming up. it starts out as a simple case of double parking. but when the driver tries to flee the scene of the crime it seems to quickly escalate heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care. >> stanley:drive safe please when one story ends, another one starts chp officer williams sees a car parked in the middle of the market street with it's park anywhere button activated so he decides to check it out it turns out the car is empty officer williams tried to find the driver . p hello does that car out there belong to anyone does that car belong to anyone then the driver who apparently ran to the car and tied to make a hasty get away wait, wait, hey wait the drivers rolls away and so does officer williams siren he catches up with the driver hey you can pull over to the right the driver pulls over then gets more instructions from officer williams pull forward slightly a little past the light a little bit pull to the right please since the stop was in the bike lane officer williams give out instructions to the bicyclist go around please . then the driver instead of stopping kept rolling forward go ahead stop please just stop your car this is when things got how do you say it? . oh yea interesting hello, um sir i don't want to be on camera he needs to get away from me well it's a public stop unfortunately so he can film where ever he want well i don't want to be filmed it's not up to me. did you not see us waving you down to stop you just kept driving umm i was trying to get out the way oh you trying to get out of the way i was going to pull over so i could talk to you but the real reason apparently is her belief that i violate people civil rights . and she didn't want me to violate hers it turns out she is an uber eats delivery driver and was picking up food to deliver, so she parked her car in an active lane of traffic . he license was also in her trunk i don't want the he all on me i don't want him in my face . then this random man got involved yea go ahead film me i don't give a film me i'm from southern county ronald reagan republican a conservative town you understand and your black is still shiftling and shuffling and she don't want to be filmed i'm 16 feet away i m not violating any law because if i had been that pig would come over and arrest me and because of the random guy with a pit bull inserted himself into a traffic stop the uber eats driver get a written warning the end just another day in paradise in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news >> steve:ahead at eight. imprisoned for leaking u-s secrets. president obama takes action to free chelsea manning. the bus crash that killed six children in tennessee. what a preliminary report is revealing about the driver. and next. russian president vladimir putin coming to the defense of donald trmp. over allegations from an unverified report. "did trump really come and meet with moscow prostitutes? vladimir putin says no. the russian leader is denying an unverified report that trump was caught in a compromising situation at a moscow hotel. donald trump is in washington tonight. the city where he is due to become the nation's 45th president on friday. the turbulent transition, has been marked by twitter feuds and inaugural boycott threats as catherine heenan shows us. there is also the ongoing speculation about russia's involvement in his election. "people who order false information and spread this information against the elected president, who fabricate it and use it in a political fight, they are worse than prostitutes." putin scoffed at the idea that the billionaire turned politician would pay for sex in moscow. "he is a person who for many years has organised a beauty pageant, socialised with the most beautiful women in the world. it is hard to believe that he ran to a hotel to meet with our girls of a low social class, although they are the best in the world." the unconfirmed allegation surfaced on buzzfeed last week, describing an encounter at a moscow hotel. this is clearly false information this is fake news today trump found a new target: tweeting that the latest approval polls are rigged. they show he is the least=liked president=elect in modern history. .that most americans think he's unqualifiedd to sit in the oval office. .and that he neeeds to shut down his twitter account. republican senator john mccain agrees, : "he seems to want to engage with every windmill that he can find rather than focus on a large aspect of assuming the most important position on earth." nat pop as washington' gears up for friday's ceremony more than 40 congressional democrats have agreed to stay home. among them:. bay area representatives barbara lee, jared huffman, mike desaulnier and zoe lofgren. --supers--file --vo script-- president obama is commuting the sentence of chelsea manning, the former u.s. soldier who admitted to wikileaks. manning, who is transgender, was serving a 35-year-sentence at an all-male army prison in eastern kansas. a white house statement on tuesday said her prison sentence is set to expire on may 17. though found guilty on 20 out of 22 possible charges.including violating the us espionage act.manning was not convicted of the most serious one; aiding the enem, which could have earned the private a life sentence.- tag-a presidential commutation reduces the sentence being served but it does not change the fact of conviction, whereas a pardon forgives a certain criminal offense. >> pam: negative for the man who crashed a school bus in tennessee. killing six children. and injuring 31 others. that's according to a just released preliminary report. federal transportation officials released the information today. it confirms that the driver. johnthony walker. had deviated from his normal route and lost control. they also confirm. he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. officials are continuing their investigation. and will soon look at the bus' security cameras. walker has been charged with six - counts of vehicular homicide. federal transportation officials according to the report the driver deviated from his normal the driver was up to date on his licenses, and his toxicology was drugs. the ntsb is still investigating the bus' security cameras. johnthony walker has been charged with six counts of vehicular homicide. a significant milestone here at kron 4. >> britteny: syllabus for some moves on through it and are rhaetian friday when state toward the afternoon and then bid gets here friday early morning affects both of your morning commutes and then saturday chance a few scattered showers and the third system gets here on sunday. into the afternoon. and that shows with each system that moves through receive but an inch of rain yet altogether and we are talking 3 in. for severance is go and close to 4 in. in santa rosa and in coastal hills 5 8 in.. a lot of this moisture will continue to travel in this era tomorrow we see more rain still mixed start and when temperatures drop wednesday night also fall with winter weather advisories some thursdays on showers and then friday other runners to move since saturday to break and then sunday another round of snow. and then mid-50s close average. and then another chance of rain and showers for the next week so. >> steve:today, the bay area's news station has a new owner. nexstar media group. by acquiring kron4, and other stations previously owned by media general. nexstar is now the second largest broadcast group in the country. kron 4 and its new owners believe in local television. and we will continue serving the community as the bay area's news station. still ahead at 8. a man viciously attacks a state trooper trying to help him. then a good samaritan comes to help.but the fight didn't stop there. plus. the new site trying to bring together trump supporters. in the name of love and next. california kids home alone when their neighbors breaks into ther house. how they managed to get away unharmed a family in southern california is still shaken.after a house break-in that happened while the two youngest kids were home alone. 13-year-old alvarado martinez and his older sister were in their pasadena home when they heard someone trying to break in through a bedroom window. creamy swirls of pure indulgence. silky sifts of total transcendence. tempting accents of sheer pleasure. introducing "unicorn whispers." this should be the name. or something more like "golden gold." or maybe, "mmmmmm mmhmm." but, with 20% of your daily fiber, its actually fiber one. so delicious, it should have another name. alvarado called his mother and father for help.while his sister hid in the bathroom.dialing 9-1- 1. the siblings say the man came in and kicked down doors.ransacking nothing.before running off. police officers were quick to respond to the emergency call.and arrived on scene in time to locate the man.who they identified as 36-year-old carlos casares. he was arrested but bailed out of jail shortly after. casares lives in the next door apartments. the martinez family says he still unsure why he broke in. the family also says.they plan to file a restraining order. an arizona state trooper is recovering. after being attacked by a man he was trying to help. >> pam:the trooper had pulled over to help a man whose car had flipped over. police now believe the driver inside---- leonard pennelas escobar--- used to be a mexican federal officer. escobar's girlfriend was ejected from the car and later died. but as the trooper approached escobar to help. escobar pulled out a gun and shot him. then started beating him. that's when a good samaritan pulled over and shot escobar with his own gun. but it wasn't over yet. "the suspect gets up a second time and begins to attack them again. as the suspect approaches the good samaritan fires another round this time striking the suspect in the head mortally wounded him and ending the fight." the reason why escobar attacked is not known. and although police say he was a known drug user--- as far as they know, he did not have a criminal history. the bay area may not have a lions share of trump supporters, but there's a dating site that appeals to singles who are seeking people who do. >> reporter: we could see the market's comeback down and the next few days. but an election and inauguration this week wall street starting to get a little nervous. water reasons to consider selling a little bet may be locking in some winners are raising a little cash. and has been kicked down the road. and 2034 now is pretty aggressive. call from 80,000 to the $70 a year and not all what they're what they're trying to do about it not much antrum says he may make you wait on girds for tired of elises pinterchange inflation so it's less overtime as well. want >> gary: babel thank hands until late, and producing peter guber when they bought the team lead pretends from severance the scheldt and now they're getting it done finance and private lands and will have to wait for a politician atoll a full speed ahead to 2019. and that's what they push for kevin to rent and less what we have to get steven here. and we build up and the lawyers people understand a little bit of disappointment but whatever works in the stage. and the one thing everybody talks about an ounce now they go in with green but he did last year during the playoffs he was cool with end of the golden state took them apart. after the game green called the lawyers a problem of the new head coach at trial chyle shanahan and he said no and i will back out and will probably name the green bay on saturday. and the 49ers p.m. spots the one thing has to be it. and some fun stuff here and offensive linemen. recently it transpired draft selection. and karl joseph and listen to this and eighth grade he promises mom your buyer home and professional football player. and here to give us an update on those storms heading our way. as of a forecast as a showing rain and the next seven days. among the storm system heavy rain and then not by the late morning late-afternoon when rainshowers connexes some rain and then not by the late morning late-afternoon when rainshowers connexes some carried early on friday. ♪ ♪ ♪ all the care your family needs. all connected for you. it's beautiful. was it a hard place to get to? 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