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KTVU News At 5pm March 3, 2014

S. W. A. T. Officers, police dogs and robots, the scene that rattled and east bay neighborhood for much of the day and had neighbors wondering what lead to a violent attack in a normally peaceful home, good evening, im ken wayne im heather holmes. That started after police say a woman was attacked inside of her own home. Now, another woman is under arrest. Kristina is in front of the home, what have you learned from police about an incident there yesterday . Reporter well, actually, there is not much police are saying. Thats why there are a lot of questions, not too many answer says about what actually happened this morning and last night here at the home across the street. The crime scene tape is still up. Police need a search warrant to go inside even though the s. W. A. T. Standoff ended hours ago. I was so scared. Reporter a sunday morning wakeup call by the s. W. A. T. Team stunned neighbors on mayhew landing road. A knock at the door he literally grabbed me by the wrist. You need to leave. Her husband and two kids were in a back room. I was sleeping still, so they woke me up. I said whats going on . The standoff was prompted by a vicious assault on a woman inside of the home, neighbors saw her leaving on a stretcher with blood on her face. There was a big show. It was kind of scary. Reporter neighbors say the police were at the same home yesterday for hours. A mother and two Adult Children live there, but they never expected any problems. Its really bad. Because as a neighbor, you dont know what kind of people live next to you. I hope she is going to be fine. Reporter that woman is still at a Trauma Center with lifethreatening injuries. Police dont want to release any information jeopardizing their information, as soon as information breaks, well bring it to you. In oakland, police are investigating a Fatal Shooting that killed a 25yearold woman. Investigators say the woman was shot around 93 00 last night. It happenedded on garfield avenue. Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting, but they say their system detected several areas. Last night. This death is oaklands 20th of the year. On storm watch as we look at the conditions in San Francisco. You can see blue sky and gray clouds on the bay, there have been scattered showers throughout the day. It was much of the same story aconsiders cross many parts of the bay area. It did not stop people from going outside. This was santa rosa where we saw plenty of umbrellas out. Rain in the bay area means snow for the ski areas. Mark joins us from the Weather Center with more. One of those deals where you look outside and you hope you get a see the sun as you get a little wet. A few moderate cells. Amounts are not adding up to too much. Take a look at the rainfall totals in the past 24 hours. North bay, santa rosa, less than a 10th of an inch. Boulder creek picking up over a half inch of rain and san jose, 2 100th of an inch of rain. Time lapse looking from the roof camera from San Francisco in the distance, you can see the clouds building up, but not much in the way of significant rain falling. Today and tonight, well hold onto the chance across the region. The latest on live stormtracker 2, the activity basically moving to the north and east of the bay area, including some snowshowers towards the sierra. Here is a close inspection, not alot of coverage out there. But we do have more activity developing offshore, you did see the clouds approaching the region, not here, yet, but this will be the source of more rainfall as we head into your monday as we start the new workweek. Coming up at 5 20. Well look at this and the updated forecast, we are bringing out more rain chances. Coming at 5 20. Well see you then. Mark. You can get postings on the latest conditions even when we are not on the air. Coverage continuing at 5 15, well take you to the sierra where the snow mack may be below average, but the latest snow is giving resorts something to celebrate. Man, former head of security of santa rosa plaza. He lost his job after a confrontation between mall security and supporters of andy lopez. The teen killed by sheriffs deputies. Today, ktvu talked with the man who said is he unfairly taking the fall, katie . Reporter speaking out for the first time, the former head of security said his guards were merely following the malls conduct. Santa rosa plaza security guards aapproached people wearing andy lopez t shirts. Nicole showed us the video and explained what happened a few days following the incident they said you need to remove your shirt. Its not allowed in the mall. Or you need to live. It was so embarrassing, humiliating and frustrating. Reporter the former head of security for the mall is sharing his side. For our procedure, we inform our security people no one would be allowed in the mall with signs, t shirts, anything that is relevant toed protest. Reporter its a procedure that may have cost him his job. My personal feelings are totally irrelevant. I have a responsibility to protect the assets of the mall. I did that. We did that and now we are being thrown under the bus for it. Reporter following the confrontation between the guards and members of the lopez family, an attorney apologized in a letter writing. We were responding and acting in accordance to their policy. We aadapted the procedures years ago on days of protest. It has worked well now, russell said the guards are being ridiculed and he lost his job with u. S. Security associate says. The company contracted for mall security. I received my final check, i have yet to receive it. But i have cleaned out. Im already being replaced. Im of the payroll. All because of his understanding that said. We reached out to simon malls and u. S. Security sorbs, but have not heard back yet. Meanwhile, the former head of security is looking into his legal options. Live in santa rosa, channel 2 news. Russian forces surrounding military bases demanding ukrainian troops surrender and hand over their weapons. So far, no shots have been fired and violence has not broken out. But ukraines new leader called russias move an act of war. This the declaration of war to my country. And we urge president puten to pull back his military. Meanwhile, ukraines Navy Commander swore allegiance to russia and ukraines defense minister said his country lacks the military power to resist russia. In the capital of kiev, the government mobilized troops. Tonight, and international outcry, including nato, United Nations and the United States is demanding that russia back down. That unrest is being felt here in the bay area inside of Church Services and outside on the streets of San Francisco as ukrainian americans speak out about the trouble taking place in their homeland. No noel has more. Stakes are very high. Some say they believe that russias latest military move is bringing the two countries closer to war voices were loud the signs direct, the more people know about this, the more they will do something againstputen ukrainians and supporters staged a protest outside of the russian conso late in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. The first time im actually participating in anything that hamas to do with politics. Reporter anna said her heart is broking over what is happening to her country and its relationship with russia. They want a piece of land, because of politics and money, of course. They will never say it and they will try to find other ways to explain why there are Russian Troops right now in cremia. Reporter with the escalation of violence, those who are not protesting in the streets are praying in the pews. I am very cowered. Reporter parishioners at Saint Michael Ukrainian Orthodox church veered off the hymnal. Singing a Ukrainian National song with the word god save ukraine. Today, we have a situation that is very serious. Reporter instead of a sermon, the father talked about his conversations with family and friends back home z all of them said that they not scared, so, they wanted to fight if it will be necessary reporter and they are praying it doesnt come to that. The ukrainians i spoke to said right now, there appears to be a propaganda wargoing on, making it difficult to tell what is going on in their country from over here. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry announced he will go to kiev on tuesday to meet with the ukrainian government. Earlier, kerry condemned russias invasion. Russia chose this brazen act of aggression and moved in with its forces on a completely trumped upset of pretext, claiming that people were threatened and the fact is that thats not the act of somebody who is strong. In moscow a protest supported the invasion, the Prime Minister tweeted that russia is interested in maintaining stable and friendly relations with ukraine, but reserves the right to protect their citizens and military personnel stationed in cremia. Fire guts a bay area home. At 5 30, why they say the cause may be different this timend around. Governor brown clarifying his stance on pot. Why he said legalizing the drug may not be the best thing after all. Well show you the conditions that made for a perfect time to hit the slopes. [ sports announcer ] heres another one, alyson dudek. Hales corners, wisconsin. Nice pass by alyson dudek. Can she hang on to that spot . And she does [ male announcer ] with the uverse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. [ dad ] looks pretty good, right . [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to uverse and add a wireless receiver today. We are on storm watch tonight as we take a live look at the conditions from stormtracker 2 on the left and interstate 80 in berkeley on the right. Where the rain has made for a slick and slow commute throughout much of the day. There can be too much of a good thing too fast. Thats the case with rainfall in Southern California. For months, the region did not get any rain at all, now this is what is being seen all over los angeles county. Areas that were recently charred by wildfires are vulnerable to mudslides and sliding. The community in the san gabriel foot hills remain under mandatory evacuation orders. Crews worked for more than eight hours through the night trying to reach hikers strand the at malibu creek state park. Thats about 30 minutes northwest of downtown l. A. Authorities say they were finally able to hoist the four up and out of danger by using a helicopter. Storm has created dangerous surf conditions at beaches throughout the state. Thats not keeping some people out of the water. One surfer in malibu couldnt keep himself from trying to catch waves i took a calculated guest. Im out here because the waves are too good to pass up. 812foot waves slammed zuma beach damaging several beach front properties. Beach erosion from the storm destroyed 3050yards of the beach. In the sierra, the snow pack is well below average. The conditions here are just right to play in the snow for some for the very first time. Maybe five or six. Reporter we caught up with eightyearold frankie on his mini tracks down the snow mound in cisco grove. We come down its like three, maybe three or four hour drive. Reporter a long drive to the sierra for the vargas family, but they have good reason. This is the first time for my grandkids. Their very first time in the snow. Is it worth the long drive from salinas to see the snow . Yes. Reporter did you guys have fun . Yes. What did it feel like . I was so cold, my butt was so cold. Reporter well be back tomorrow. Reporter we started to see rain just past cole fax. Beautiful new snow coming down, leaving a light dusting on the trees. Back at cisco grove this was also a first for members of the crook family of palo alto. Doesnt take much to keep a kid happy. A little bit of snow and thats it. It looks like they were having alot of fun. Lets check in with our meteorologist, mark to find out what is in store for us. We are tracking another weather system. In terms of the sierra snowfall, they are reporting light rain toward blue canyon. Snow levels up a little bit across the region. Looking at a light storm, there is the coverage out there. Snowshowers, probably up above 7,000 feet with the warm air in place. You cant see the coverage toward the sierra, a closer inspection of our local radar, not much out there. Doppler radar trying to detect rainfall. We do have more activity developing off shore, out here in the pacific, we have a system approaching our coastline. Really disorganized, but it will be Strong Enough to make more clouds tomorrow and increasing rain chance, especially during the afternoon hours. In terms of rainfall, the numbers have been adding up over the past, basically, february and over the weekend. Since jewel, santa rosa over 11 inches. San francisco over 8. San jose, nearly 4 1 2 inches in terms of percentage of average, still way below. We all know that. For tonight, we do this this partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, here is our live camera looking out towards the west. The possibility still a few scattered rainshowers paying us a visit. Tomorrow, more clouds and scattered rain develops by the midand latter portion of the afternoon. That will be the best timing. Extended, we are talking about shower chances coming up by mid week. Overnight lows, first thing tomorrow morning, mainly in the upper 40s to lower 50s. A lot of cloud cover to start out your monday morning and a chance of a few scattered rainshowers. Or at least some drizzle out there. You can see at 10 00, a possibility of a popup shower. This forecast model showing up in the north bay. Tomorrow morning, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, look what happens. Here we are at 7 00 monday morning, well put this into motion in the afternoon hours, coverage on the increase somewhat. So, monday, starting out with a lot of cloud cover, increasing rain chances throughout the day. Heres the time line, 7 00, temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s. By 12 00, the chance of rainshowers and by 3 00 or 4 00, increasing the chances of rain activity across the region. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s to the mid60s for afternoon highs. Really not a big change out there. We are not talking about really cold numbers. San jose, morgan hill, checking in 59. , here is a look fiveday forecast, a lot to talk about new york tuesday, maybe a shower first thing early tuesday morning. We are talking about increasing rain chances by wednesday. Especially by wednesday Late Afternoon to evening hours. Friday, partly cloudy skies, with your weekend always in view, partly cloudy skies into saturday, a slight chance of a few showers on sunday. Coming up with our next weather update in 25 minutes. All right, thank you, mark. From the wet streets in the bay area to the hot streets of rio. Samba music. This is the third day of brazils famous carnivale competition heating up. The citys mayor declared joy by decree at the beginning of the fiveday festival. The event draws million of local revelers. It is brazils Biggest Party before the world cup begins in june. Law enforcement embracing technology. Every Police Department across the nation, i think, has some type of tie into social media. Across the bay area, using facebook, twitter to catch criminals. Disturbing scene, dozens of people stabbed and killed at a busy train station. The group police say is responsible. A highprofile murder trial about to begin. How one company is capitalizing on the oscar we love this kitchen whats next . Great do you have measurements . Yeah, i paced it off. Its about twenty by twelve of these. So, we can measure, plan and install it for you. Yea, lets do that ikea. Professional Kitchen Services at a low price. Woah, this kitchen is beautiful give him the tour. Let me show you softclose drawers, farm sink um. Wheres my room . We had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Because your kitchen dreams can be big. Ikea has it all. Chinese media described this incident as an attack by extremist. The murder trial of olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius is set to start in a few hours in south africa. He is is accused of shooting and killing his model girlfriended on valentines day last year. Prosecutors say she hid in a bathroom after a fight between the two. A cable tv channel has begun broadcasting 24hour coverage of the trial in south africa. Bay area Law Enforcement agencies trying to stay ahead of the curve using social media to his ton their communities and get the world word out about crime and safety. In richmond, we were told that social media would be a valuable tool for Law Enforcement. Now, its every Police Department across the nation, i think, has some type of tie into social media. Its for a million different reasons, obviously. Reporter she says the reasons include getting timely information out to the public about crimes and safety. Its obvious Richmond Police chief is a big believer in social media. He tweets throughout the day and has plenty of followers on facebook. That constant communication spells support from the community. Over the years, our relationship with the community has definitely improved. It has changed for the better, obviously. I think them being able to relate to some of the active it ises we do on a daily basis besides going out and arresting people and taking people to jail, they realize its a human aspect to the stuff we do. The chief said that social media has changed in regards to how people see the Police Department. She said its the latest tool to open lines of communications to make them better places to live. You just type in show me the menu before you head out the door, along with the name of the restaurant and the city. Mountain view based google said it should work with most of the popular restaurants here in the u. S our storm watch coverage continues. Well look at the gray skies in Contra Costa County with sun breaking through. After the break, well go to mark with the very latest. It took firefighters hours to completely extinguish this fire. 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