landslides. >> reporter: it is still coming downright now and it's bringing road projects to a haul. but more people are worried about a landslide that can still move. there is rain, wind and chilly conditions for mountain and coastal communities still dealing with winter storm warnings. this mid-may storm is eroding confidence. rain hitting this 200-foot landslide is hauntingly familiar for people on nelson road near scotts valley. the trees and mud stranded homeowners when the rain came down. now they're concerned about the pile. >> there are three things that affect slide, water, water and water. so we've got water. >> reporter: water and erosion are ongoing concerns for cliff side homes and apartments near rio del mar beach. today's rain had workers scrambling. at this point many people who live along cliffs and hills are building makeshift retaining walls which isn't easy or all that effective, when the saturated ground is so steep. >> it's been on and off with the rains and now with this. it's kind of scary knowing what's going to be coming up and there's going to be more rain or it's going to subside or what. >> some people said they still remember the drought when people prayed for rain in may. >> i know it's a little unnerving for some people and i know it's inconvenient but, i suppose the weather in its entirety, however it comes it's good with me. >> reporter: emergency officials say they are still monitoring situations and will continue to do so rain or shine. live in the santa cruz mountains, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. let's take you outside to see the conditions of the evening commute. our first look here is at interstate 80 at emeryville and berkeley. you can see the right hand lanes, those are heading eastbound and they are very slow as they usually are at this time of the commute. if you're coming westbound 80 things are looking pretty good. you can see here again, those lanes on the far side of your screen heading up north to marin county, that's where the slower traffic is. the traffic that's coming toward us here it's coming southbound, that's slowing just a bit to pay the toll. but speeds there are at the limit. it is slow going tonight in parts of the sierra because of all the snow there. i want to show you a live look now at conditions along interstate 80 in truckee where you can see that there's a mixture right now of snow and rain. a winter storm warning is in effect and caltrans has chain requirements in place. coming up in 10 minutes we're going to check in live with ken pritchett who's keeping on top of the situation alon highway 50. he will tell us how the next 48 hours will determine whether highway 50 will be closed for repairs for longer than expected. just months after leaving public office, arnold schwarzenegger is dropping a personal bomb shell. confirming reports he fathered a child with a member of his household staff. our rita williams is here now with what he, his wife and others are saying tonight. >> reporter: former governor schwarzenegger said in a statement today quote there are no excuses, i take full responsibility for the hurt i have caused. i have apologized to maria, my children and my family. i am truly sorry. and it's not the first time he's apologized for his sexual exploits. >> i have behaved badly sometimes. yes, it is true that i was on rowdy movie sets and i have done things, but now i recognize that i have offended people. >> reporter: that apology was eight years ago when he was trying to get elected and his wife maria shriver stood by his wife then. but not now. a week ago the couple jointly announced that after 25 years of marriage and four children they had split up. apparently prompted by arnold schwarzenegger's admission to her earlier this year that he fathered a child with a member of their household staff more than a decade ago. in a statement today, shiver said quote, this is a painful time. as a mother my concern is for the children. >> it's a personal blow to her. i considered him a friend to. i think anyone who considered him a friend is feeling betrayed. >> reporter: the los angeles times which broke the store said the woman who worked with the family for 20 years retired in january. and that she first told the paper the child's father was her husband. now at 6:00, we'll have reaction including a surprisingly candid advise from a former governor. reporting live from the newsroom, rita williams, channel 2 news. one of arnold schwarzenegger's son is making his feelings known on twitter. he says some days you feel like blank, some days you want to quit and just be nervous for a bit. he signed it patrick shriver. he also twitted that despite everything he loves his family. los angeles police held a news conference to tell us about the search for the man who attacked giant's fan bryan stow. >> don't shield these folks, let us talk to them. let us make an arrest in this case. let's us heal the city. >> reporter: the l.a. police chief asked anyone with information about the beating to please come forward. now this is new, the chief displayed a dodgers jersey they believe one of the suspects was wearing that night. you can see there it has the number 16 and the name ethier. investigators are going to be setting up during games. hundreds ofties have poured in but police say it's a very difficult case. >> basically there's no connection between the victim and the suspect. you know bryan was most likely attacked because he simply had a giant's jersey on. the attack itself was about 30 seconds long in a dark parking lot. >> police also unveiled 300 new billboards displaying sketches of the two suspects and advertising the reward being offered in this case. bryan stow is being cared for at san francisco's hospital. he was flown back to the bay area. tonight he remains unconscious and unresponsive. oakland city council is set to debate pulling funding for the city's gang injunction. mayor quan says that money spent on injunctions could be spent elsewhere. it would prohibit the city from spending money on injunctions. others see it differently. they say since the injunction that crime is down and that only one of the gang members have been arrested inside that safety zone. tonight's meeting is set to begin at 5:30. alameda county is deliberating on three brothers accused of killing two of their inlaws. they are charged with murdering their deceased brother's widow, her mother and brother. it happened at an oakland apartment complex. the brothers believed their inlaws killed the brother for life insurance money. tonight we are learning more about the secret raid at osama bin laden's compound. two black hawk helicopter carried 23 navy seals to the compound along with an interpreter and a tracking dog named cairo. but the raid almost failed from the start when mechanical problems forced the team to loudly ditch one chopper. they then lost their element of surprise. so they stormed the house blowing their way through walls and doors with explosives after 15 minutes, the seals came face to face with osama bin laden and shot and killed him. u.s. lawmakers warn today that pakistan must step up its efforts to fight terrorism or lose losing u.s. aid. some senators called for a time out on the billions of the dollars in aid to pakistan. they're angry that pakistan is allowing al-qaida basis in that country. economy chair john kerry just returned from pakistan. he says he warned the pakistani about the congressional concerns. but says that pakistan has been a strong ally. >> we do have to remember in this country that pakistan has sacrifice enormously in the fight against extremism. >> pakistan was asked to return the helicopter that crashed during the osama bin laden compound invasion. -- boardman wants to explore new technologies that quickly detect track irregularities ahead of the trains. >> we're not far enough along with that technology to know that it can be used at 150 miles per hour or 220 which is the desire we want to go at our speeds. >> reporter: amtrak says it is already working closely to police the train system. after running into some rough weather over the weekend, the the bike race got under way. tomorrow they come to the bay area. peddling from livermore to san jose. stage one around lake tahoe was cancelled sunday because of a sierra snow the storm. stage two was moved from squall valley to nevada city because of weather conditions there. the race is scheduled to finish sunday in southern california. in the two week rush to reopen highway 50, a winter storm was not part of the plan. how that might effect the schedule. it looks like a video game but it's not. it's something you need to know about if you drive on bay area roadways. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. the san francisco agency that regulates taxi cabs voted this afternoon to make cab rides more expensive. now it will cost you an extra dime for every fifth of a mile. it will also cost an extra dime for every minute you wait in traffic. these are the first increases for san francisco cab fares in seven years. however officials delayed a vote until next year to increase the flag drop from $3 to $3.50. the agency unveiled a new program today that allows you to check out the new bay bridge span during its final phases of construction. you can also download this for your iphone and i pad. bridge officials say the hardest part of the project is building a bridge that's also being used by thousands of drivers every day. >> this is one of the times that we made an improvement. so we don't expect much traffic back up. there will be traffic impacts in the middle of night over memorial day weekend but only during those hours. >> reporter: the nighttime holiday weekend lane closure will only happen for people going east on the lower deck. that new alignment will move traffic to the right with no change in the speed limit. you can check out the drive by downloading the new app. it will also be updated as changes take place in the future. this winter like weather brought work to a complete stop for a road construction project on highway 50. ken pritchett live in el dorado county to show us what's at stake here. >> reporter: this is the end of the line here on highway 50. if you look westbound you will see there's no traffic here but a lot of snow and what destruction crews need is this snow to stop if caltrans wants to meet its goal of reopening 50 in two weeks as planned. the work does continue and so far the schedule still stands. >> reporter: for about a week, this has been a familiar sign on highway 50, detour. we took you on the construction site last tuesday as crews working near the side of a cliff were dismantling a rock wall unsafe by today's standards. this is what it looked like yesterday. a snowy echo summit. temperatures near freezing and strong winds. >> you can see they are working in the snow. just when it becomes unsafe is when they stop. >> reporter: caltrans spokeswoman deanna shoopman said the work did stop for some time. precious time has been lost due to weather the plan was for highway 50 to be closed for two weeks. caltrans asked drivers to detour from sacramento off 50 and on to highway 16. then to highways 88 and 89 to reach south lake tahoe. the contractors will rebid work. but the contractor will not be penalized for a weather delay. >> the clock is not ticking when we halt the project because of safety issues. >> reporter: highway 50 is scheduled to reopen a week from tomorrow. again if it is delayed we should know that by thursday. near echo summit, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. the weather is also creating some serious concern for farmers in the bay area. you would think that rain would be good for crops. but coming up in 15 minutes we're live from gilroy why some farmers are being forced to throw out at least 30% of their crops all because what happened in just the past 24 hours. there's several new develop -lts tonight concerning the flooding. the closed barge was opened to ease pressure, but just ten minutes ago the coast guard reopened some of the water ways. the flood impacted crops. >> we actually opened up four additional bays last night. so there's up to 15 bays, 102 cubic feet per second. >> reporter: the gates are open in an effort to divert a lot of the flood waters. back now to our weather and just like last night at this time, the rain coming downright near the heart of the evening commute. >> reporter: last night is a lot like tonight. last night's storm had more push, more rain. overnight it had more rain as well. but we're in the same pattern, it's raining on the commute, now it's going to rain around midnight tonight. then early morning commute. let's go outside to live storm tracker 2. you see where the showers are. it is right on the afternoon commute and it takes nothing to slow down our bay area commute. and put a little rain on it and you have a slow one. san jose moderate at times, out toward fremont and cupertino. and then emeryville, berkeley and oakland light scattered showers. this is not unusual, it rains in may. we have had just such a wet winter with over 120% of rainfall for many. over 160% of rain or snow mt. mountains, everybody is over it that's why this rain seems so, because we've had a lot of rain days this year. we're going to see a little more tonight and a little more tomorrow. the rain gauge looks nice. you see the clouds coming through. there's more rain and instability, but not a copious amount of rain. there's the showers, here we are at 9:00 tonight, more scattered showers coming in. tune in at 10:00 we'll be tracking these showers. here we are at midnight, more scattered showers. here's the morning commute now. 7:00a.m. not too bad. i'm going to extend this into the five day, see you in a little while. the united states geological service says a quake hit at 10:00 this morning in mendecino county. it had a magnitude of 3.7. a security with some famous brothers including two famous presidents in trouble for what they yelled at women. and a battle to save a big tree. this one here is named granny. people want to keep it from being cut down. and only in vancouver, the story behind these fans who come up with a pretty clever way to try to get under the skin of the san jose sharks. it's supposed to be a tourist magnet and economic boost for the bay area. but now there's a problem. how unseasonal weather is affecting the tour of california. and we're there as california emergency crews prepare for the chance this could happen here. and disaappointment, skepticism and even laughter. >> eventually going to come out. so nothing stays a secret. >> reporter: continuing coverage on the arnold schwarzenegger scandal. 0!ockñ?çóxo?ñ=çñññçvxqx?ñññ?óioy officials say they are taking another look at plans to cut down an ancient oak tree at menlo park. neighborbattled to save that park named granny. today san mateo county officials met with the puc to discuss the issue. the board says it is not going to take action for at least the next few weeks. san francisco major ed lee today took on the problem of potholes and bad pavement. mayor lee proposed a bond measure for the november ballot. it would also pay for seismic retrofits on street bridges and overpasses and for improvements to handicapped curb cuts. >> that affects the people who ride our bikes, the people who drive, the pedestrians that use our streets. >> reporter: mayor lee says he already has the support of six supervisors to put the measure on the ballot. game two of the sharks- canucks play off is tomorrow night. if you watched the game pay close attention when a player is sent to the penalty box. there's a couple of fans next to that penalty box who are pretty creative to say the least. >> reporter: vancouver has gone green. a pair of 24-year-old man dressed in full green spandex suits are gaining attention. >> it was supposed to be a one time thing. >> i am just an idiot who wears a spandex suit to the hockey game and it's working. >> reporter: they both sit next to the visiting team. the players try not to laugh. and we try to make them laugh because that means their focus is not on the game. >> i got a kick out of him. >> it's original. i haven't seen that before when we were here. they are very flexible. they move well. >> the san jose sharks are really good sports, they didn't threatening to kill us. >> the only time we heard them is they did the hand stand. but saz long as we stay on our side of the glass and you know keep it nice, keep it clean. it's pretty cool. >> the canucks are 1-0 on the series and i believe we scored on the power play. we did all right. the green men are not affiliated with the canucks affiliation. so a roofing company helps pay for their ticket. good news for the sharks. the green men don't expect to attend wednesday's game two. from the penalty box in vancouver, fred inglis. yale university has suspended the fraternity that includes george w. bush and george bush on campus. yale said this move was necessary to ensure an educational environment free from harassment and intimidation. newly released surveillance tapes prompt the police department to reassign some plain clothed cops. and farms say the rain is devastating for their crop. the fruit you may soon have to pay more for. some insurance companies are seeking out unlicensed drivers, thursday on the ktvu news. another surveillance tape released today in san francisco showing officers making an alleged illegal search. the release of this video and its implications is our top story tonight at 5:30. once again it was jeff adachi who released this tape. and this time he's making another charge against the officers, theft. david stevenson is in san francisco and tell us how today's development have already led to new fall out. david. >> reporter: the images that are on this dcd prompted san francisco's police chief of plain dressed cops under allegations of theft. the february 25th footage was record at the julian hotel it show it is arrest of jesus re reyes for possession of meth. >> they opened my room. i asked them if they had a search warrant and they just ignored me. >> reporter: the two men at the rear, officer ricardo guerrero and ronaldo vargas are seen carrying away two bags said to contain reyes camera and laptop. >> personal items belonging to residents at two different hotels, at two different parts of the city were taken by the police without any justification, without any reason that is theft. >> reporter: eight other officers are under fbi investigation based on their actions seen in these surveillance tapes. police chief greg suhr this evening told us the plain clothed officers seen in this latest video tape are now wearing uniforms and are under investigation. >> any officers that were seen in any of these videos, none of them are in plain clothes as of this speaking. and again though, i have to emphasize, all these officers are innocent until proven guilty. >> reporter: the district attorney's office has dropped 86 cases this year tied to plain clothed cases. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco is taking its community court program to a new level. the district attorney's office announced the formation of neighborhood court initiative today. the courts will handle noncriminal cases such as drug possession and quality of life offenses. the court will develop a plan to help the offendants change their behavior. all the rain we're getting couldn't come at a worse time for some farmers. maureen naylor is live in gilroy and tells us what some farmers will have to throw out 30% of their crop, maureen. >> reporter: i want you to take a look at my feet, the thick mud in this orchard isn't the only problem. one of three cherries will have to be thrown away. >> after last night's rain, it's easy to find cracked cherries. >> reporter: santos says there's no marketing cracked cherries. the outlook for the output of his 150 acres of cherries is dimming just two weeks from harvest. >> wouldn't be surprised to see upwards of 50, 60% of actual orchards being lost to the cracking. but right now we really don't have a great idea. it's not getting better it's just getting worse. >> reporter: up the road for the third time in four days, a light rain fell on these strawberry fields, devastating for the ripe fruit. >> unfortunately i am hoping we will be able to break even on the crop. >> reporter: the immature green fruit okay, but the red fruit will rot. >> we already have 100% put into them from the moment you plant them. any time rain comes along it definitely stings you pretty bad. >> reporter: the fruit stand promoted a rainy day special for a flat of strawberries picked yesterday. but with no new fruit picked today, the stand was closed down. >> reporter: another farmer down the road says he's already reported losses. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. a half dozen east bay families who live near a landslide are keeping a very close eye on this rainstorm. six homes in san pablo were threatened by sliding hillside. now in some cases whole fences and yards are covered in mud. san pablo city officials say the hillside is stable and does not warrant an emergency declaration. that would mean these homeowners could not be receiving emergency funds. >> property has to be threatened or in danger before the emergency declaration can be declared. >> no hope, there's no hope at all. so i just really don't know what to say. >> reporter: now there is some good news from this current storm. the san pablo city council has decided to put off a decision on the emergency declaration, they want to wait and see how all this rain affects that landslide. coming up at 6:00, this is just a test, we're going to take you inside a large scale drill involving levies throughout northern california to make sure the golden state is prepared for the kind of flooding going right now on the mississippi. you can find out what's going on in your neighborhood right now on our radar just log on to ktvu.com and then click on the weather tab. now that donald trump has decided not to run for the white house, what has been president obama's reaction? that was the question reporters put to the white house reporter today. >> surprisingly, subdued reaction. i would say. >> donald trump announced yesterday that he would not seek the presidency and that he wants to focus instead on his reality tv series celebrity apprentice. senate democrats in washington are looking for support at a measure aimed at improving communication for police, firefighters and ambulances. work on the bill started more than 10 years ago when first responders could not talk to themselvesless. the bill would earmark part of the airway for first respondsers. >> the first responders have to talk to each other. it has to be seemless, efficient and reliability. >> reporter: those opposed include some republicans who say it would be better to sell the frequencies as opposed to giving them away. san francisco supervisors are considered a proposal today to allow major ed lee to eventually go back to his old city administrator job. we have pictures of lee here right after he was appointed major back in january. no former mayor or supervisor can have a paid full time city job for one year after leaving office. the proposal considered today would make exceptions for former mayors who were appointed to that postand that applies to lee. he agreed to fulfill the remainder of major newsom's -- mayor newsom's term if he was allowed to return to his position. costs include set up, security and broadcasting fees. we've been following this story since before the board agreed to the project in march. the cost just for building that ramp is more than $475,000. a warning tonight on a california college campus. there have been three rapes there in just nine days. what police are saying about these cases next. plus, we're all paying more than $4 a gallon for gas while big oil is getting billions in tax breaks. how lawmakers weighed in on taking back that major perk. and new information tonight about the higher risk that obese patients may face when they have a certain type of surgery. it was the day of mixed news on wall street. stock fell again after wal-mart and hewlett packered recorded losses again today. the dow dropped 68, the nasdaq edged up just under one point closing at 2,783. the u.s. senate late today failed to pass a measure that would have taken away $2 billion a year in tax breaks from oil companies. democrats who supported the bill said it would have saved the country $23 billion over ten years. money they say could have been used to reduce the deficit. >> five big companies got a $32 billion profit in one quarter, we're giving them billions in tax breaks and we're all paying $4 at the pump. that doesn't make a lot of sense. earlier this year the congressional budget office projected the budget deficit for this year alone to be $1.5 trillion. more than 700 times the estimated savings from the bill that failed today. police in san luis obispo say that there have been three rapes in the last six days. two of the rapes happen at a dormitory, the third at a fraternity house off campus. the university's police chief says the incidents are not related. researchers in ireland say a ban on smoking in the workplace is having a positive effect some where else. hospital emergency room admissions due to respiratory illness have dropped significantly since the workplace smoking ban took place seven years ago. the most obvious changes have been in people in their 20s. obese patients are at a much higher rate of infection after having colon surgery. a research team studied more than 7,000 patients, 1,200 of them who were obese. scientists changed their study to various lifestyles and found that obese were more likely to develop surgery site infections. harmony hayes teaches in east palo alto. the 49ers are the fourth nfl team to join with simetra financial to honor local teachers. the team plans to name the other 15 teachers later on this year. you are paying for it. spent fuel to be hauled here from california's nuclear plant. but that's not happening, so where is the money going? and back here in less than 10 minutes for a look at live storm tracker 2. and then we're going to look at the five day as well. see you back here. new at 6:00, it's supposed to be a tourist magnet and an economic boost for the bay area but now there's a problem. how the unseasonal weather is impacting the tour of california. we're there as emergency crews prepare for the chance this could happen here. disaappointment, skepticism and even laughter. >> eventually it's going to come out. so nothing stays a secret. continuing coverage on the scandal surrounding arnold schwarzenegger. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. ♪ ♪ i want to see the sunshine ♪ ♪ take me where you are ♪ take me where you are ♪ afternoon ride ♪ afternoon ride [ male announcer ] now everyone can explore the world from home. get high speed internet from at&t, just $14.95 a month for 12 months with select services. no home phone required. the bay area congresswoman jackie spears says millions of the dollars allocated for repairs were apparently spent elsewhere. according to the utility commission, pg & e was awarded 183 million for repairs. congresswoman spears says she will push for a full accounting of those funds. today the white house is recommending building temporary story sites for spent radio active fuel. it's a move that is unlikely to resolve the issue which has dragged on for decades and which has cost us millions of the dollars from our power bills. our health and science editor john fowler has our report. >> reporter: you pay for it on your electric bill, average $2 to $3 a year. everyone has for 25 years. billions of the dollars for spent fuel. the trouble is there's no such thing. radio active spent fuel is simply piling up at nuclear power plants. nationwide 71,000-tons and growing, most stored in potentially dangerous pools including this one at diablo canyon. >> who is to say that a freak accident may occur. but i feel pretty safe. i work one mile away from it. >> reporter: how are the plant's packing fuel rods closer and closer increasing risks of overheating and fire. there's no more space. >> we're just at about our capacity. >> reporter: pg & e is moving cooler rods to concrete casts on diablo county property. still it will need more storage there's just no better plan. yaca mountain was supposed to be the storage site chosen by politics rather than by science. last year the obama administration decided the site was unusable. some in congress are incredulous. >> we have $23 million sitting in a fund we collected from electric bills. shouldn't we be using it to find a way to put that since yaca mountain doesn't seem to be going any where. >> reporter: chairman greg yasco brought the question -- ducked the question saying that a commission was investigating. though you're not getting any money back, some experts say the bitter truth is there may never be any safe long term storage. the stuff in these casts is dangerous for 250,000 years. one told me, we built a nuclear equivalent of a ship in the basement and now can't get it out. health and science editor, john fowler ktvu news. a pair of racers arrived as part of the build up to the america's cup. the 76 sailed into the bay. the yacht was used by the winning sailing team. the america also arrived, it's a replica of a yacht that defeated british challenges in 1851 to win what would become the america's cup. the yacht will stay in san francisco till september. keeping your boat in the marina may soon be more expensive. the city council will hear a proposal that would boost fees for boats that are more than 25 feet long and increase the cost of fees for using the ramp. the increases are necessary to offset rising costs and if approved the increases would take effect in july. and yulely haener -- julie haener is in the newsroom to tell us stories we're working on for 6:00. >> and could it rain on the amgen parade. the worries tonight when the world's top cyclists pedal into the bay area. skipping class, the call to cut school when a bay area gay right's leader is remembered. and most students look forward to, a snow day. no school right. the internet could be the end of snow days. some schools back east are experimenting with ways for students to do lessons online during bad weather. that move could allow classes to go on even during the worse of the blizzard's. those are being called virtual snow days. there are some problems for those families who do not have or cannot afford internet access. bill, what do you think for this evening? more rain. >> storm tracker 2 picking it up. snowstorms moderate. east of the ballpark you can see heavier rain moving back into the bay, it'll end up in san leandro in the next 15 minutes. near union city showers headed your way. you just see widely scattered showers south toward san jose, evergreen and up in the santa cruz mountains rainfall accumulations today have been in order of a half inch in the heaviest locations. quarter inch for the majority of us. into tomorrow morning more scattered showers. the cell shows where everything comes right here. it's going to pick up in intensity tonight. not heavy rain but more widely scattered showers. it's going to take us through the very early morning hours then they are gone. tomorrow evening, things are drying up. they're chaining up on 80 as you go up in the mountains, we're up on thursday and friday we start to dry up and we get into a more, spring like weather pattern because this has not been that. tonight as this system passes through. we have to leave a scattered shower in the forecast. heaviest stimulations in the coastal hills. kind of what we've seen is what we're going to see between now and about 5:00 a.m. and it's done. i mean widely scattered. accumulations .10 by tomorrow morning. 68 in concord, forecast highs warmer than they have been because we're going to see sunshine tomorrow. mid-60s in the santa clara. thursday looks like a pretty nice day and then the weekend looks real real nice with temperatures back -- exactly. back into the mid-70s. spring weather returns after a heck of a lot of rain and clouds. >> the snow up in the sierra. >> thanks, bill. there's word from san jose that one of this season's falcon hatchlings has died. learning how to fly is one of the most dangerous phase of a falcon's flight. ♪ i got it, we got it [ groans ] ♪ who's 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the state launches an emergency flood drill for the next three days. that story coming up at 6:00. on the witness stand, the surprise testimony today as the defendant in the chauncey bailey case answers direct questions about the killing. don't worry this is only a test. it is one of the reasons california may be better prepared than others to handle massive floodings. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. rain clouds are moving through the region keeping with it high winds. we have team coverage with the impact the wet weather is having in the south bay and east bay. plus a critical drill for emergency officials. but first ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the storm, bill. >> reporter: rainfalling right in the heart of the afternoon afternoon commute julie. we had the same situation last night and tonight we have