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Mountains over 4 inches of rain. Look at san jose. Thats. 12 of an inch. Santa cruz mountains has four inches and over the hill they have less than quarter of an inch. Thats the rain shadow and the nature of the warm sort of el nino storms. The big impacts, the heavy rain totals as this moisture streams in tonight and tomorrow morning will continue to be mountains of marin county, mountains of santa cruz, boulder creek. Right now were seeing a little bit of a break. Been raining up there for a long time. Theyre getting breaks up there. Heaviest rain now moving down through san jose and those showers, look at the aerial distribution. Its all over the place. From morgan hill up and the yellow areas, pretty aggressive. 2 an inch per hour. Doesnt sound like a lot but it is. Pretty aggressive rainfall rate. You may see an inch an hour. Quarter inch, thats not bad. So Portola Valley seeing the heaviest rain. Here we are out in los gatos and heavy rain falling there. Creeks are coming up. A lot of standing water on the roadways. From hayward south, not a pretty one. Frank showed you the red lines on the ktvu. Com traffic map. When i come back well take the computer model, push it in to your forecast where theres a chance for more showers. With all the rain weve been getting theres real concern of flooding in parts of the bay area. Tom vacar continues our weather coverage tonight in Pleasant Hill where there are concerns about the water levels rising. Take a look at this. This is murd ers creek in Pleasant Hill. It was dry all spring. Bone dry all summer. Dry all fall unit till just a few days ago and now it is flowing freely like hundreds of other creeks that were bone dry. The fact of the matter is a pound of prevention now to prepare for flooding could be tons of problems solved later. Reporter many recently dry creeks are now flowing. Chairman said el nino may soon deliver an unwanted christmas present. Too much water. Three things happening this week. King tides on top of the fact that water levels are already 9 to 12 inches higher because of the warming of the water due to el nino. Then if we get storm surges due to extra rain, you have this potential perfect storm. Reporter the county will be depending on residents to do both their legal obligations and some community service. Most of the creeks in contra costa county, over 95 of the creeks are the responsibility of the private homeowner. You need to get out in to your own creek. That means removing downed trees, dead vegetation. Reporter in that community spirit, cleaning debris from around storm drains and inlets. If you have an inlet in front of your house, we expect you to help us out. We cant be everywhere at every time. We want you to clean the inlets, the leaves off the inlets. That could also include trash or whatever else is clogging the inlets. Reporter be prepared to resist local flooding. There are six sand bag filling stations around the county for residents to access free of charge at each station. Bring a shovel. Bring some gloves. If you need help, bring somebody who can help you fill and load the sandbags on to your vehicle for you. Reporter and have a family emergency flood plan. Sit down with your families and talk about your plans and educate each other about what needs to get done. Reporter finally, this is no place for kids or anyone else once the water really starts running. There have been many deaths over the years of people who get caught up in these creek flows and its just a terrible situation so make sure that what you do is if you see somebody around a creek or canal and they shouldnt be there, call 911. Make sure they dont die. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Good advice there. And a reminder, you can get up to the minute forecast information with the ktvu weather app. It has live and future radar plus forecast details and warnings for your location including the sierra. Its free for phones and tablets. Search the app store for ktvu. Californians may get a break from Water Conservation mandate. State regulators say one season of el nino wont be enough to replenish parched soil and theyre anticipating a fifth year of drought. However, theyre proposing modest changes to tough Water Conservation targets. Theyre expected to issue a draft of changes later this week. The public will have two weeks to comment before regulators issue a formal proposal next year. The man dale man dale calls for a 25 reduction of water use. Family and friends are devastate after a plane crash over the weekend. The plane was headed to las vegas. Investigators say it appears that the plane somehow broke apart in midflight near bakersfield. Azenith smith now with how the family is being remembered and what authorities found today. I couldnt believe it happened. The whole family. Reporter this tight knit neighborhood in gilroy is mourning the crash of a family. They wrote the names of the family members on rocks. Theyve identified them as father jason, mother olga, and their children, 14yearold john, 10yearold mary, and 9yearold olivia. Tricia alvarez was friends with the mother. She was always the life of the party. Very social and very talkative. Very loving. Thats how ill remember the kids as well. They were very sweet, sweet, sweet kids. Reporter saturday afternoon the family took off in their private plane, a piper fixed wing aircraft from san joses reed hill view airport bound for las vegas when the pilot called air Traffic Control 10 miles south of bakersfield. Mayday. Mayday. 402. Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. Bakersfield airport is 11 00 and 10 miles north westbound. Reporter the pilot somehow losing control, the plane descending 15,000 feet, crashing in to an Almond Orchard in bakersfield. A spokesman from the National Transportation safety board said the debris field was a halfmile long. Authorities today recovered a tablet similar to an ipad where they will review the planes gps coordinates. At the time the weather was rainy and cloudy. Authorities warned pilots in the area about icing above 5,000 feet but its still too early to tell the cause of the crash. Jason price, the presumed pilot, worked as an engineer at Genesis Solutions based in connecticut. The company sending us this statement in part, jason was an associate of our organization and a valued and loved team member. Were mourning this tragic loss. The ntsb will continue investigating at the scene of the crash for the next few days before they take the wreckage to a nearby hangar and attempt to reassemble the plane. They hope to have preliminary reports in seven to 10 days. In gilroy, azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. A judge in Riverside County denied bail today for enrique marquez. Hes the man accused of buying rifles in the San Bernardino shootings. The 24yearold marquez arrived in court this morning. His attorney argued his client had voluntarily spoke one the fbi for days before his arrest and that the weapons were purchased for attacks planned years ago that never happened. The judge said marquez presents a danger to the community and ordered him held. Marquez could face 35 years in prison if convicted on all charges. Federal authorities are asking for the publics help in finding a man who planted a skimming device at a safeway in walnut creek. A store clerk saw him removing a skimming device from under his jacket and installing it at a checkout stand. The store says it was quickly removed before any consumer data was compromised. Safeway found another skimming device at a store in dublin boulevard in dublin. Investigators say it was installed by another suspect on the same day and they believe the two cases are connected. Raymond shrimp boy chow took the stand today. He was arrested along with state senator leland yee after an interrogation. Tara moriarty joins us with more on what happened on the stand. We spoke to the defense attorney for shrimp boy and he said he believes his client is really resonating with this jury. Their strategy is to sort of show what a straight shooter Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow really is. He was dressed in a burgundy shirt and pink suit which he said he bought at goodwill. He was very candid. He swore. He rambled. He passionately yelled i did not killed allen leung or order kill allen leung. I am innocent on that. Thats a fact. He described growing up in hong kong. He said at 9 years old he had already cut somebody up and at age 12 had been with a prostitute. When he was 16 he moved to San Francisco and turned to a life of crime. He was in and out of prison but in 2003 said he decided to turn his life around and leave crime behind. We want them to see hes a genuine person whos passionate about being reformed and has stuck with that and thats what we feel is happening. I dont think we need to sit down and strategize with him further. We need to make sure he stays on point but hes got a lot to say. Hes been in jail for almost two years. Hes wanted to reach out to the public and get his message across. So thats why thats happening. In the afternoon it went even smoorths than the morning smoother than the morning. Earlier this month an undercover fbi agent testified chow gave the green light for crimes to be committed by members of his chinatown fraternity and that he accepted cash envelopes, a supposed cut. Leland yee is not expected to come to the stand but were told several Police Officers and fbi agents are on the list, as well as several people who will be attesting to his character. In San Francisco, tara moriarty. Back to you. Sounds like this trial could go on for quite a long time. What was chows demeanor like on the witness stand today . Hes very charismatic at times when he spoke. The jury was just totally glued to everything he was saying. At other times i thought he rambled a bit. There is a language barrier here. English is not his first language so theyre really trying to overcome that. And again, this should go on for quite some time. We do understand his girlfriend is going to be appearing. Shes on a list of witnesses as well. The pharmaceutical executive widely criticized for jacking up the price of an hiv drug has been ousted as ceo of a bay area drug Company Following his arrest last week on securities fraud. Today south San Francisco based calo b ios announced shkreli was ousted. He stepped down a day before his arrest. The former Hedge Fund Manager essentially ran a ponzi scheme by illegally taking 11 million in stock from a Biotech Company that he started. A fake bomb and threats against a local mosque. Today were learning new details about a man arrested over the weekend in the bay area. Plus, its the mistake heard around the world after announcing the wrong Miss Universe winner, steve harvey had to quickly correct himself. Harvey is now apologizing profusely and defending himself against criticism. Hear what he had to say coming up. Four people are shot after a night of dancing in an east bay nightclub. What bouncers are saying and what police are looking for now. Its also a story about canals and the artificial heart,oers. Electric guitars and rockets to the moon. In other words, this is the story of america land of the doers. Doin it. Did it. Done. Hardworking doers and smartworking doers. Olds changed the way we put things together. And keepinem together . That was walrs doin. Doers built this country. They built the dams and the railroads. John henry was a steel drivin man hmm, catchy. They built the golden gates anthe empire states. Doers turn nothing into something. And something into something else. Doin got this nation done. Along with the hula hoop, blue jeans and th little thing we call the interstate highway system. And all this doin . It takes energy, no matter whos doin. Thereall kinds of doin up in here. Or what theyre doin. What the hecks he doin . Energy got us here. And its our job to make sure theres enough energy to keep doers doin the stuff doers do. To keep us all doin what we do. Ok, weheres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Dont you want to meet my family . Yep, totally. Its practically yours, but we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. A shooting in the parking lot of a nightclub in san leandro left four people wounded. Henry lee with the latest on the police investigation. San Leandro Police are using surveillance cameras from Club Caliente in hopes of identifying the gunman who opened fire in the clubs parking lot early this morning. Reporter four people were shot and wounded before 2 a. M. This morning outside Club Caliente in san leandro. The violence broke out as people were heading to their cars in the clubs park ing lot. San leandro has been a shooting. Some sort of an altercation occurred between single gunman and a group of four individuals. At that time the gunman pulled a pistol out and shot each of the four people. Reporter three men and a woman were wounded, mostly in their legs and were taken to local hospitals. Theyre expected to survive. The gunmen fled the scene but police were trying to identify him with the help of witnesses and the Club Security cameras all aimed at the parking lot. Police believe alcohol may have played a role in the shooting. That was 1 55 in the morning after a night of dancing and presumably drinking. Whatever occurred out in the parking lot as the patrons were levering followed by that shooting. Reporter we spoke to a Security Guard at the club. I was working out here and heard shots over there. We went out to check it out and saw some of the guys laying on the ground. Reporter employees say there have been no problems before the shooting and that it all unfolded very quickly. You expect anything but not in this place. This place is very safe and has been very safe. Authorities are trying to determine exactly what led up to the shooting. If they do catch up to him, the suspect could face charges of assault or attempted murder. Food boxes were distributed to low income families today in san jose. It ways day two of a food giveaway program. 50pound boxes of food were given to each family filled with produce, canned goods and fresh poultry. The boxes are meant to provide enough food for christmas and a few days that kids are off from school. If you can imagine a family that has more than one child, having enough food on the table and having the gifts were going to be distributing tomorrow, a couple gifts each kid can really add up. When youre already struggling to make ends meet, this can really save the day. Sacred heart will be distributing toys tomorrow but is still 5,000 toys short, mostly for teenagers. The donation station will be open every day through wednesday until 5 00 wednesday night. Monetary donations can also be made online for the last minute purchase of needed gifts. That makes such a difference. Lets talk about our weather now, bring in chief meteorologist bill. I think it was interesting what you were saying earlier, 4 inches of rain. Then in san jose,. 12. The mountains, because its a warm storm and theres not a ton of dynamics, the mountains are bleeding out most of the rainfall. Tam i think is 23,500. Its up there. That moisture hits it, water drains out on the backside of the hill in san jose. You end up with a fraction of what they get in the hills. The hills are getting the most rain. Rainfall accumulationerize dynamic and continuing to move but to give you an idea, up in parts of mount tam im seeing 5 inches of rain. San jose,. 12. Nearly 2 inches near San Francisco. You see all that moisture streaming in. Thats a good hate wet pattern. Its a warmer pattern so a lot of the warm air filtering in to the lake tahoe area. Were looking at snow levels that are 6500 feet. I got an actual report, raining at 6500 feet. Problem with that is you dont want the lower snows to melt and run off and not be able to capture it. You want water in the snow pack to stay there. Theres the rain in fremont, san jose. Theres the rain in los gatos. Afternoon commute a bit dicy to say the least. This rain will continue on. The heaviest rain right now is kind of draping itself across the southern valley out by morgan hill and gilroy. You can go to ktvu. Com and check the traffic maps. Whenever you see red, you always see red this time of night but youll see a lot more red. Traffic in the south bay not that great. You see this breakup near clear lake and santa rosa. See how its kind of draped here . This kind of system, if it decides to stop, like it kind of did this morning near marin county. If you get one of these to stall out, and this ones not, at least now, you get in to trouble and thats kind of one of the things you look for. Did not stall, it is moving through. By tomorrow morning, scattered showers. By tomorrow afternoon, just not bad. Sun comes out. By tomorrow night a nice looking afternoon, maybe a few lingering showers out there. The 5day forecast, scattered morning showers. The main event really is happening right now between midnight tonight and then its pretty much winding down with scattered showers which is just fine with me. It is nice to wake up and hear the rain. Thats probably one of the more consistent rain events weve had in a while where we went to bed, it was raining. Wont to work, it was raining. We havent seen that in a while. It feels like weve had more rain already than we probably did all last january and february. Im sure. I wouldnt be surprised. I havent done the math on it but yeah. This is what winter feels like. Youre going to give us a look ahead to the holiday forecast coming up . Got it teed up for the christmas holiday. Cecil the lion sparking change after he was killed by a hunter. Later, new at 6 00, a violent robbery attempt at a bay area toys r us. What police say these women were trying to steal before injuring two children and an employee. Also, new developments in a controversy involving several San Francisco Police Officers accused of sending racist texts. The ruling made by a judge today. Federal Portola Valley<\/a> seeing the heaviest rain. Here we are out in los gatos and heavy rain falling there. Creeks are coming up. A lot of standing water on the roadways. From hayward south, not a pretty one. Frank showed you the red lines on the ktvu. Com traffic map. When i come back well take the computer model, push it in to your forecast where theres a chance for more showers. With all the rain weve been getting theres real concern of flooding in parts of the bay area. Tom vacar continues our weather coverage tonight in Pleasant Hill<\/a> where there are concerns about the water levels rising. Take a look at this. This is murd ers creek in Pleasant Hill<\/a>. It was dry all spring. Bone dry all summer. Dry all fall unit till just a few days ago and now it is flowing freely like hundreds of other creeks that were bone dry. The fact of the matter is a pound of prevention now to prepare for flooding could be tons of problems solved later. Reporter many recently dry creeks are now flowing. Chairman said el nino may soon deliver an unwanted christmas present. Too much water. Three things happening this week. King tides on top of the fact that water levels are already 9 to 12 inches higher because of the warming of the water due to el nino. Then if we get storm surges due to extra rain, you have this potential perfect storm. Reporter the county will be depending on residents to do both their legal obligations and some community service. Most of the creeks in contra costa county, over 95 of the creeks are the responsibility of the private homeowner. You need to get out in to your own creek. That means removing downed trees, dead vegetation. Reporter in that community spirit, cleaning debris from around storm drains and inlets. If you have an inlet in front of your house, we expect you to help us out. We cant be everywhere at every time. We want you to clean the inlets, the leaves off the inlets. That could also include trash or whatever else is clogging the inlets. Reporter be prepared to resist local flooding. There are six sand bag filling stations around the county for residents to access free of charge at each station. Bring a shovel. Bring some gloves. If you need help, bring somebody who can help you fill and load the sandbags on to your vehicle for you. Reporter and have a family emergency flood plan. Sit down with your families and talk about your plans and educate each other about what needs to get done. Reporter finally, this is no place for kids or anyone else once the water really starts running. There have been many deaths over the years of people who get caught up in these creek flows and its just a terrible situation so make sure that what you do is if you see somebody around a creek or canal and they shouldnt be there, call 911. Make sure they dont die. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Good advice there. And a reminder, you can get up to the minute forecast information with the ktvu weather app. It has live and future radar plus forecast details and warnings for your location including the sierra. Its free for phones and tablets. Search the app store for ktvu. Californians may get a break from Water Conservation<\/a> mandate. State regulators say one season of el nino wont be enough to replenish parched soil and theyre anticipating a fifth year of drought. However, theyre proposing modest changes to tough Water Conservation<\/a> targets. Theyre expected to issue a draft of changes later this week. The public will have two weeks to comment before regulators issue a formal proposal next year. The man dale man dale calls for a 25 reduction of water use. Family and friends are devastate after a plane crash over the weekend. The plane was headed to las vegas. Investigators say it appears that the plane somehow broke apart in midflight near bakersfield. Azenith smith now with how the family is being remembered and what authorities found today. I couldnt believe it happened. The whole family. Reporter this tight knit neighborhood in gilroy is mourning the crash of a family. They wrote the names of the family members on rocks. Theyve identified them as father jason, mother olga, and their children, 14yearold john, 10yearold mary, and 9yearold olivia. Tricia alvarez was friends with the mother. She was always the life of the party. Very social and very talkative. Very loving. Thats how ill remember the kids as well. They were very sweet, sweet, sweet kids. Reporter saturday afternoon the family took off in their private plane, a piper fixed wing aircraft from san joses reed hill view airport bound for las vegas when the pilot called air Traffic Control<\/a> 10 miles south of bakersfield. Mayday. Mayday. 402. Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. Bakersfield airport is 11 00 and 10 miles north westbound. Reporter the pilot somehow losing control, the plane descending 15,000 feet, crashing in to an Almond Orchard<\/a> in bakersfield. A spokesman from the National Transportation<\/a> safety board said the debris field was a halfmile long. Authorities today recovered a tablet similar to an ipad where they will review the planes gps coordinates. At the time the weather was rainy and cloudy. Authorities warned pilots in the area about icing above 5,000 feet but its still too early to tell the cause of the crash. Jason price, the presumed pilot, worked as an engineer at Genesis Solutions<\/a> based in connecticut. The company sending us this statement in part, jason was an associate of our organization and a valued and loved team member. Were mourning this tragic loss. The ntsb will continue investigating at the scene of the crash for the next few days before they take the wreckage to a nearby hangar and attempt to reassemble the plane. They hope to have preliminary reports in seven to 10 days. In gilroy, azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. A judge in Riverside County<\/a> denied bail today for enrique marquez. Hes the man accused of buying rifles in the San Bernardino<\/a> shootings. The 24yearold marquez arrived in court this morning. His attorney argued his client had voluntarily spoke one the fbi for days before his arrest and that the weapons were purchased for attacks planned years ago that never happened. The judge said marquez presents a danger to the community and ordered him held. Marquez could face 35 years in prison if convicted on all charges. Federal authorities are asking for the publics help in finding a man who planted a skimming device at a safeway in walnut creek. A store clerk saw him removing a skimming device from under his jacket and installing it at a checkout stand. The store says it was quickly removed before any consumer data was compromised. Safeway found another skimming device at a store in dublin boulevard in dublin. Investigators say it was installed by another suspect on the same day and they believe the two cases are connected. Raymond shrimp boy chow took the stand today. He was arrested along with state senator leland yee after an interrogation. Tara moriarty joins us with more on what happened on the stand. We spoke to the defense attorney for shrimp boy and he said he believes his client is really resonating with this jury. Their strategy is to sort of show what a straight shooter Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow<\/a> really is. He was dressed in a burgundy shirt and pink suit which he said he bought at goodwill. He was very candid. He swore. He rambled. He passionately yelled i did not killed allen leung or order kill allen leung. I am innocent on that. Thats a fact. He described growing up in hong kong. He said at 9 years old he had already cut somebody up and at age 12 had been with a prostitute. When he was 16 he moved to San Francisco<\/a> and turned to a life of crime. He was in and out of prison but in 2003 said he decided to turn his life around and leave crime behind. We want them to see hes a genuine person whos passionate about being reformed and has stuck with that and thats what we feel is happening. I dont think we need to sit down and strategize with him further. We need to make sure he stays on point but hes got a lot to say. Hes been in jail for almost two years. Hes wanted to reach out to the public and get his message across. So thats why thats happening. In the afternoon it went even smoorths than the morning smoother than the morning. Earlier this month an undercover fbi agent testified chow gave the green light for crimes to be committed by members of his chinatown fraternity and that he accepted cash envelopes, a supposed cut. Leland yee is not expected to come to the stand but were told several Police Officers<\/a> and fbi agents are on the list, as well as several people who will be attesting to his character. In San Francisco<\/a>, tara moriarty. Back to you. Sounds like this trial could go on for quite a long time. What was chows demeanor like on the witness stand today . Hes very charismatic at times when he spoke. The jury was just totally glued to everything he was saying. At other times i thought he rambled a bit. There is a language barrier here. English is not his first language so theyre really trying to overcome that. And again, this should go on for quite some time. We do understand his girlfriend is going to be appearing. Shes on a list of witnesses as well. The pharmaceutical executive widely criticized for jacking up the price of an hiv drug has been ousted as ceo of a bay area drug Company Following<\/a> his arrest last week on securities fraud. Today south San Francisco<\/a> based calo b ios announced shkreli was ousted. He stepped down a day before his arrest. The former Hedge Fund Manager<\/a> essentially ran a ponzi scheme by illegally taking 11 million in stock from a Biotech Company<\/a> that he started. A fake bomb and threats against a local mosque. Today were learning new details about a man arrested over the weekend in the bay area. Plus, its the mistake heard around the world after announcing the wrong Miss Universe<\/a> winner, steve harvey had to quickly correct himself. Harvey is now apologizing profusely and defending himself against criticism. Hear what he had to say coming up. Four people are shot after a night of dancing in an east bay nightclub. What bouncers are saying and what police are looking for now. Its also a story about canals and the artificial heart,oers. Electric guitars and rockets to the moon. In other words, this is the story of america land of the doers. Doin it. Did it. Done. Hardworking doers and smartworking doers. Olds changed the way we put things together. And keepinem together . That was walrs doin. Doers built this country. They built the dams and the railroads. John henry was a steel drivin man hmm, catchy. They built the golden gates anthe empire states. Doers turn nothing into something. And something into something else. Doin got this nation done. Along with the hula hoop, blue jeans and th little thing we call the interstate highway system. And all this doin . It takes energy, no matter whos doin. Thereall kinds of doin up in here. Or what theyre doin. What the hecks he doin . Energy got us here. And its our job to make sure theres enough energy to keep doers doin the stuff doers do. To keep us all doin what we do. Ok, weheres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Dont you want to meet my family . Yep, totally. Its practically yours, but we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. A shooting in the parking lot of a nightclub in san leandro left four people wounded. Henry lee with the latest on the police investigation. San Leandro Police<\/a> are using surveillance cameras from Club Caliente<\/a> in hopes of identifying the gunman who opened fire in the clubs parking lot early this morning. Reporter four people were shot and wounded before 2 a. M. This morning outside Club Caliente<\/a> in san leandro. The violence broke out as people were heading to their cars in the clubs park ing lot. San leandro has been a shooting. Some sort of an altercation occurred between single gunman and a group of four individuals. At that time the gunman pulled a pistol out and shot each of the four people. Reporter three men and a woman were wounded, mostly in their legs and were taken to local hospitals. Theyre expected to survive. The gunmen fled the scene but police were trying to identify him with the help of witnesses and the Club Security<\/a> cameras all aimed at the parking lot. Police believe alcohol may have played a role in the shooting. That was 1 55 in the morning after a night of dancing and presumably drinking. Whatever occurred out in the parking lot as the patrons were levering followed by that shooting. Reporter we spoke to a Security Guard<\/a> at the club. I was working out here and heard shots over there. We went out to check it out and saw some of the guys laying on the ground. Reporter employees say there have been no problems before the shooting and that it all unfolded very quickly. You expect anything but not in this place. This place is very safe and has been very safe. Authorities are trying to determine exactly what led up to the shooting. If they do catch up to him, the suspect could face charges of assault or attempted murder. Food boxes were distributed to low income families today in san jose. It ways day two of a food giveaway program. 50pound boxes of food were given to each family filled with produce, canned goods and fresh poultry. The boxes are meant to provide enough food for christmas and a few days that kids are off from school. If you can imagine a family that has more than one child, having enough food on the table and having the gifts were going to be distributing tomorrow, a couple gifts each kid can really add up. When youre already struggling to make ends meet, this can really save the day. Sacred heart will be distributing toys tomorrow but is still 5,000 toys short, mostly for teenagers. The donation station will be open every day through wednesday until 5 00 wednesday night. Monetary donations can also be made online for the last minute purchase of needed gifts. That makes such a difference. Lets talk about our weather now, bring in chief meteorologist bill. I think it was interesting what you were saying earlier, 4 inches of rain. Then in san jose,. 12. The mountains, because its a warm storm and theres not a ton of dynamics, the mountains are bleeding out most of the rainfall. Tam i think is 23,500. Its up there. That moisture hits it, water drains out on the backside of the hill in san jose. You end up with a fraction of what they get in the hills. The hills are getting the most rain. Rainfall accumulationerize dynamic and continuing to move but to give you an idea, up in parts of mount tam im seeing 5 inches of rain. San jose,. 12. Nearly 2 inches near San Francisco<\/a>. You see all that moisture streaming in. Thats a good hate wet pattern. Its a warmer pattern so a lot of the warm air filtering in to the lake tahoe area. Were looking at snow levels that are 6500 feet. I got an actual report, raining at 6500 feet. Problem with that is you dont want the lower snows to melt and run off and not be able to capture it. You want water in the snow pack to stay there. Theres the rain in fremont, san jose. Theres the rain in los gatos. Afternoon commute a bit dicy to say the least. This rain will continue on. The heaviest rain right now is kind of draping itself across the southern valley out by morgan hill and gilroy. You can go to ktvu. Com and check the traffic maps. Whenever you see red, you always see red this time of night but youll see a lot more red. Traffic in the south bay not that great. You see this breakup near clear lake and santa rosa. See how its kind of draped here . This kind of system, if it decides to stop, like it kind of did this morning near marin county. If you get one of these to stall out, and this ones not, at least now, you get in to trouble and thats kind of one of the things you look for. Did not stall, it is moving through. By tomorrow morning, scattered showers. By tomorrow afternoon, just not bad. Sun comes out. By tomorrow night a nice looking afternoon, maybe a few lingering showers out there. The 5day forecast, scattered morning showers. The main event really is happening right now between midnight tonight and then its pretty much winding down with scattered showers which is just fine with me. It is nice to wake up and hear the rain. Thats probably one of the more consistent rain events weve had in a while where we went to bed, it was raining. Wont to work, it was raining. We havent seen that in a while. It feels like weve had more rain already than we probably did all last january and february. Im sure. I wouldnt be surprised. I havent done the math on it but yeah. This is what winter feels like. Youre going to give us a look ahead to the holiday forecast coming up . Got it teed up for the christmas holiday. Cecil the lion sparking change after he was killed by a hunter. Later, new at 6 00, a violent robbery attempt at a bay area toys r us. What police say these women were trying to steal before injuring two children and an employee. Also, new developments in a controversy involving several San Francisco<\/a> Police Officers<\/a> accused of sending racist texts. The ruling made by a judge today. Federal Health Officials<\/a> are set to allow some gay and bisexual men to donate blood. A lifetime ban went in to effect in the early days of the aids epidemic. They will only ban those men who have had sex with another man in the last 12 month. All blood donated in the u. S. Is screened for hiv. The virus that causes a. I. D. S. But theres about a 10day window between initial inspection and when the virus can be detected in the bloodstream. The u. S. Is taking steps to protect lions from big game trophy hunters. The Obama Administration<\/a> announced plans to protect the lions by placing them on the endangered species list. The move comes five months after the killing of a lion in zimbabwe by a dentist. That shooting caused international outrage. They hope it will make it harder for big game hunters to bring a lion hyde in to the country. There are reports that computer hackers from iran infiltrated the software that runs a small dam. It happened in the town of ry, new york. The newspaper cites unnamed sources. In september the addresser of the National Intelligence<\/a> told a Congressional Committee<\/a> which governments hes concerned about when it comes to launching online attacks. Cyber threats come from a range of actors including nation states which fall in to my mind two broad categories. Those with highly sophisticated cyber programs, most notably china, those with lesser technical capabilities but with more malicious intent such as iran and north korea. A computer worm called strux net. News of the dam hacking comes on the heels of a report from the Associated Press<\/a> today that says the nations power grid is vulnerable to hackers. According to the a. P. Computer Security Experts<\/a> have documented cases when hackers including those from iran have penetrated Power Company<\/a> software copying passwords and system diagrams. The u. S. Government hasnt confirmed the breaches and iranian government officials have not commented publically on those reports. Threats and a fake bomb in the east bay. Thats what made you want to stay home . Coming up next, new details about the man who was arrested over the weekend. I have to apologize. Also it is the mistake that dropped jaws around the world. What steve harvey had to say after he crowned the wrong woman Miss Universe<\/a>. Dozens injured when a woman rammed her car in to crowds on the Las Vegas Strip<\/a>. Why police now think she did all of this on purpose. Who patiently teaches how ta feast comes to life. The family. Who spends their holiday dinner with thankful strangers. The neighbor. Who shares the season with another. You inspire us to do everything we do. For goodness sake. Weve learned new details about the man accused of threatening a mosque and the fake bomb he built. John sasaki tells us things have been pretty tense there for the past few weeks because of the threats. The threats described are unnerving especially when you realize the police say the man who made them also made that fake bomb. Reporter just off san pablo avenue in richmond sets the islamic county of west contra costa county. A lot of people come here to pray. Theyre scared. Reporter on friday, december 4th, someone stopped and made threats against the men, women, and children who pray here. The most extreme was something along the lines of ill kill you all. Ill be back and thats pretty much what ive heard directly. And he was using a lot of swear words . Correct. It actually made you want to stay home . Oh, yeah, it was scary. Reporter people copied down the mans license plate and called police. Officers arrested 55yearold william selli for the threats after they determined he had post adphoto of the pipe bomb on his facebook page. Its now gone. It prompted us to be worried about what he was capable of. Reporter police found what appeared to be a large pipe bomb, about 4 inches across and a foot long. This person is threatening muslims and its out of hatred he has for muslims. I think youd have to define it as terrorism. Reporter police shut down the street and evacuated surrounding residents. They later destroyed the bomb and determined it was a fake. Hell be on the radar screen on a state and federal level now for the rest of his life based on this incident. Reporter without showing his face, one of his neighbors said hes a plumber. I dont know. I dont know what to think. Kind of like unbelievable. Hes now in jail and set to appear in Court Tomorrow<\/a> on charges of making criminal threats and possession of a fake exploseive device. He turned down my request for an interview. Any word on what kind of time he could get if convicted . This is many, many years indeed. These are both felonies and hes going to be facing a long time in jail. Hes in jail on 500,000 bail. John sasaki in richmond tonight. A coalition of muslim groups in the u. S. Has announced new initiatives hoping to counter a rise in antimuslim harassment. The u. S. Council of Muslim Organization<\/a> says theres been an increase in hate crimes against muslims following the deadly terror attacks in San Bernardino<\/a> and paris. As part of its new one America Campaign<\/a> the group hopes to hold open house days at mosques and launch Voter Registration<\/a> drives. The legislation is pledging to counter isis and other extremist grumz. Other groups. U. S. Officials say six u. S. Soldiers were killed in an attack. The attack happened near the biggest u. S. Military facility in the southern part of the country where some of the heaviest fighting is taking place. The taliban has already claimed responsibility for the attack. The crowded Las Vegas Strip<\/a> was turned in to a crime scene this weekend when police say a woman drove her car on to a sidewalk striking dozens of people. As kelly wright reports, people say it appears the 24yearold suspect had been living in her car and ran down all of those people on purpose. The suspect, Lakeisha Holloway<\/a> repeatedly drove her car over pedestrians. Some jumped on her car and ran up to the window and banged on it trying to get her to stop but she didnt. Its being called a tragedy on the strip. A car mowing down pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk. Police in las vegas are saying they dont believe it was terrorism but they also dont think it was an accident. Video confirms that we believe it to be an new englandal england an intentional act. Reporter it happened across from the bellagio. There was a lady in it, she had both hands on the wheel and was looking straightforward. There were men running after her trying to stop the vehicle. They couldnt get to her. They were yelling stop, stop. Witnesses say the car had a child in the back street when it drove up on the sidewalk and started slamming in to people in front of planet hollywood. People were bouncing off the car. The windshield was smashed. She came to a stop at the paris intersection. And then she like people were punching the window apparently trying to get the child out of the back seat. She accelerated again and kept mowing everyone down. From here to flamingo she wound up hitting i would say anywhere from 30 to 40 people. The driver of the 1996 oldsmobile is in custody. Police are checking her for drugs or alcohol. We intend to file charges immediately. Were going to start off by filing one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon. We will also be filing additional charges as the information flows to our office. Many of the victims are currently hospitalized. While there was carnage outside the vehicle, the child inside the car was not harmed. Kelly wright, fox news. Steve harvey is still apologizing today for completely messing up the big moment in the Miss Universe<\/a> contest. He was the host of the show and incredibly he announced the wrong winner. I have to apologize. The first run nerup is colombia. Miss universe 2015 is philippines. Miss colombia was already wearing the crown when harvey told the world hed made a mistake. He then announced miss philippines was the real winner. She appeared stunned and didnt seem to know what to do. They took off the crown and sash from miss colombia and gave them to miss philippines. Harvey apologized again today and tried to explain what happened. Im at rehearsal, i made a mistake. When i said the winner of Miss Universe<\/a> 2015, instead of saying first runnerup, i read the name on the card. Today miss colombia accepted the mistake gracefully and said shes happy for the winner. The new Miss Universe<\/a> is the third filipina to win that crown. You feel so bad for miss colombia thinking shed won then finding out she didnt and they take the crown and sash off her. Its one of those moments, did that really happen . Coming up, its been slow going for travelers in the sierra. Theyve seen heavy snow falling at Higher Elevations<\/a>. Coming up, a look at the travel conditions. The political headline of the day. Another republican drops out of the race for president. The remaining candidate who hopes to benefit. Its also a story about canals and the artificial heart,oers. Electric guitars and rockets to the moon. In other words, this is the story of america land of the doers. Doin it. Did it. Done. Hardworking doers and smartworking doers. Olds changed the way we put things together. And keepinem together . That was walrs doin. Doers built this country. They built the dams and the railroads. John henry was a steel drivin man hmm, catchy. They built the golden gates anthe empire states. Doers turn nothing into something. And something into something else. Doin got this nation done. Along with the hula hoop, blue jeans and th little thing we call the interstate highway system. And all this doin . It takes energy, no matter whos doin. Thereall kinds of doin up in here. Or what theyre doin. What the hecks he doin . Energy got us here. And its our job to make sure theres enough energy to keep doers doin the stuff doers do. To keep us all doin what we do. As the debate simmers, canada is welcoming them with open arms. They boarded the plane bound for new homes. John mccallum was at the airport to greet them. 20,000 syrians will be doubled by the end of next year. Total number from when we were in november of last year to the end of 2016 will be somewhere between 35 and 50,000 syrian refugees. The latest estimates suggest that civil war in syria has caused more than 4 Million People<\/a> to leave the country. A retired French Police<\/a> officer is under arrest suspected of planting a fake bomb onboard a flight. The hoax is the fourth against air france in recent weeks and comes amid heightened security concerns about extremist violence in many there were some tense moments in orlando, florida today when a ride at seaworld malfunctioned. The sky tower ride was stuck for about two hours with 50 passengers and two seaworld employees onboard. The ride goes up about 400 feet but it got jammed about 100 feet in to the air. The ride rotates as it slowly goes up. Its not a thrill ride. There were no reports of any injuries and no word yet on what caused the ride to stop. Its been a slushy day out on the roads to the sierra. Travelers heading to the mountains are having to take it slow. More on what to expect if youre headed to the mountains for the holidays. Reporter the morning started out wet, very wet. But soon it turned to snow. Heavy. Those head g heading to the sierra for the most part seemed happy about it. This was the quiet before the storm. Here at 6,000 feet at cisco grove, snow is predicted to fall at least an inch an hour. Drivers pulled over to prepare for the possibility of a treacherous trek, chaining their tires. Its a normal situation to take chains. Took about two hours going across donner, across the hill. Reporter for much of the morning the conditions slushy with plenty of rain. Road conditions get really nasty sometimes, especially with this weather. Reporter for a place that hadnt seen much moisture in years, theres now plenty of it and more on the way. Reporter chains are required on interstate 80 from kingvale to truckee and highway 50 from twin bridges to meyers unless you have a fourwheel drive vehicle with snow tires. Homewood resorts said it snowed 5 inches overnight there. The National Weather<\/a> service is calling for an additional 5 to 9 inches throughout the day. Theres already a great snow base after four straight years of little snow in the area. Forecast calls for at least two more rounds of snow heading in to christmas day. Theres been another extremely rare sighting of a venomous sea snake in california. A dead yellow bellied sea snake washed up in a beach in Orange County<\/a> over the weekend. Its only the third ever reported in california. All three sightings have also come during el nino years when oceans are warmer than usual. In october a snake washed ashore in oxnard. Prior to that there was a sighting in 1972. Experts say the snakes are venomous but are not dangerous to humans because they cant open their jaws very wide. Lets get the latest in our weather now. Its been a rainy day in the bay area, continuing to tonight, making driving pretty dangerous. Its got to be one of the worst commutes. You can see on the live camera the roadways wet. Saw two fender benders on my way in. I know. Its got to be one of the worst commutes weve seenane seen in a while. Mainly from hey hayward south. When you look at the live cameras, see how hazy and fuzzy the lights are . Thats because that light is being refracted through the raindrops so it you can see it raping pretty good out there. Not exact but it gives you a good idea. Rain falls have been pretty heavy in the north bay. Five inches at mount tam. Pretty significant rain on the west side of the coastal hills. Marin watershed is killing for rainfall. Wood acre, getting a lot of rain. Inverness. Lots of rain. Thats the hot spot right now for rain. Santa cruz mountains, over 4 inches in some places. The rain is going to continue. Santa cruise mountains could see another couple inches in the next few hours. Thats the plume of moisture that continues to stream in to our area and continues to bring heavy rain. Heres whats changed in the last hour and a half. You see the line of showers have drifted south. Were getting breaks up here. Were specifically the marin county area. Ive seen it do this. It can sit up there for 24 hours. It can drop 10, 12 inches of rain in a 24hour period. Looks like this thing has moved through which is great. Its stalled out a little bit in the Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> but should keep progressing. It will continue to log in some rain especially south of San Francisco<\/a>. Look where its hard to drive right now. Fremont, San Francisco<\/a>. All these areas in green representing wet roadways. Those areas represent rainfall rates of over. 2 an inch an hour which is enough to get you standing water and cause more problems on the road. Here comes some more showers as we head in to your bay area tomorrow. Wind advisory in effect for the Higher Elevations<\/a> of the east and north bay as we go in to tonight. Also in the valley. Weve got a winter storm warning in effect on the west slope and these areas outlining green represent flood watches for the debris areas because of the fire areas and perhaps melting snow. Youve got snow melting below 5,000 feet. Theres tomorrow morning. Your commute might be a little bit wet but nothing like this morning. Tomorrow, lunchtime, afternoon, not bad. As we look at the 5day forecast youre going to see a break in the showers as we head in to tuesday afternoon. Break on thursday or wednesday then thursday it lights up again. Thursday looks like it will be another similar storm. So very productive week or so here. Were going to continue. Well get a couple days off on saturday and sunday. A little dry and goes on again after that. As we head toward the new years, more rain. I know i saw the water going down the gutters and its funny how when youre in a drought, you think all that water were losing. But at least we have some to lose here. The last 24 hours, like we mentioned earlier, we havent really had a period like this where the rain kept coming. You wake up and its raining. You go to bed, its raining. Comes and goes. A lot of water on the roads. It was a season that started with a lot of promise. Unfortunately its not quite ending that way for the raiders and even worse for the San Francisco<\/a> 49ers. One of the best players in nfl finds out even big stars have to obey the rules. The punishment today for new york giants receiver odell beckham. New at 6 00, lawmakers are grieving. Mothers renewing their push to punish drunk driving. The legislation that would toughen the penalty for first time offenders. Fifas president and the european soccer boss both received eightyear suspensions from all soccerrelated activities today. Todays announcement comes after he was found guilty of paying 2 million to european soccers highest official. This has been a year of turmoil for fifa. Seven members were arrested and 14 Senior Executives<\/a> were charged in may because of an alleged bribe. Blatter won a fifth term as fifa president in may. A rough weekend for bay area football teams. The raiders arent going to make the playoffs but for the 49ers, its even worse. Scott reiss walks us through the weekend in sports that also includes an nfl superstar getting suspended. Reporter a good weekend for vader. Less so for raiders, who were eliminated from the playoffs for a 13th straight season. Silver and black lining . Amari cooper became the first raider rookie ever with 1,000 receiving yards. Three nfl teams clinched playoff spots this weekend. 49ers clinched something else, last place in the nfc west for a first time in a decade. When asked about the state of affairs, jed york told csn bay area, quote, well talk about everything at the end of the season. The nfl turned ufc. Odell beckham and josh norman went at it physically. And then verbally. You going to go around and dance and not be a football player. Reporter Jordan Spieth<\/a> calling beckhams antics embarrassing, decker advising him to grow up. The nfl weighed in as well suspending him for one game. The warriors have won 30 straight games at home. Really impressive but not quite historic. Amazingly its not even among the seven longest home win streaks in history. The alltime record, 44 in a row by the 199596 bulls. Finally, sir paul mccartney. Brooklyn 2013. Really wanted a free nets tshirt. I could hook him up. I know some people. Two years later on sunday mccartney finally got his shirt. Say, say, say what you want. But persistence pays off. Steady rain in the bay area and fresh powder in the sierra. Tonight were tracking another december storm making its way through northern california. Winter now just hours away and its really beginning to feel like it. Good evening, im julie haener. And im frank somerville. It has been pouring here in the bay area pretty much all day long. All that wet weather is making for slick driving conditions. This video is from sausalito this afternoon. Drivers had their windshield wipers on at full speed. All the rain didnt stop people from heading outdoors. Check out what it looks like today in San Francisco<\/a>. We saw dozens of people bundled up and carrying umbrellas. The same storm system bringing us rain is bringing fresh snow to the sierra. It was enough for one eager skier to actually get out of the car and ski on the road in soda springs. On the slopes ski resorts expect a White Christmas<\/a> and big business. Chief meteorologist bill martin has been tracking the storm from the weather center. How much rain are we getting . It continues to build up but weve seen well over an inch in many bay area locations and up to five inches in the hills of santa cruz and marin county where the heaviest rain has fallen today. Lets take a look at what we have outside. You can see the raindrops hitting the lens. This is a live camera shot. Heaviest rain appears to be south of the bay area, of San Francisco<\/a> and oakland. Everything down toward fremont, redwood city, san jose, youre getting hit pretty good with rainfall right on the afternoon commute. So here we are, fremont had 1. 6 inches of rain today. That number it continues to grow. San jose as i pointed out earlier, much less than everybody else. Even the Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> which saw over 4 inches of rain. San jose right now getting hit pretty hard with heavy rain so those numbers will change. 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