1 is closed to traffic tonight after washing out part of the roadway. The rain has moved on, but the storm damage remains. One problem pot is highway 1 in sonoma county. A five mile stretch of the highway was closed between jener and fort ross. Ken wayne got a close up look at the slide. Reporter the roads are still wet here in sonoma county. Weve seen first hand what happens when the ground becomes saturated. This is highway 1, just south of fort ross. The saturated soil gave way just beneath the roadway, taking part of the asphalt, and leaving a stretch of guardrail dangling beneath the cliff. We came this way this morning, and we were able to get through, so the kind of a bummer that we cant go back. Reporter so far, the closure hasnt affected business at the timber cove inn. All of our guests have gotten through. Reporter still, some employees will have a tough time getting home tonight. Thats where everything ends. The electricity, the telephone lines, everything ends right there. Do you know if you have power at home . No, i dont. Ill find out. Reporter closure signs were also posted on valley ford road. Not everyone paid heed. While some threw caution to the weekend, others decided to turn around, including the mail carrier. It happens every year, and everybody out here is used to it. Some folks may not get their mail today . No, theyll get it tomorrow and the next day. Reporter kraig was weighing his options. But then again, its not his car. Wait a minute, hes making the it decision on your car . So if he goes for it, and it doesnt work out . Really mad, big trouble. Reporter very slowly, kraig and lacey inched their way through the water, and did make it to the other side. As for the situation on highway 1, work on that highway is expected to begin tomorrow. But there is no word on when that roadway will be reopened. Live in santa rosa, ken wayne, ktvu, channel 2 news. From ken, we turn to ktvus noel walker, live in mill valley, where saturated soil helped bring down a tree tonight. Reporter pretty much a nonevent. But take a look around me, the ground is so saturated, there is Still Standing water in many locations. Mother nature is dealing some a glancing blow. When a tree fell in the woods, hope owner, greg shryer definitely heard it. The tree slowly came on the line, and pulled the wire down. Like it got tired. Exactly. Reporter bound to part ways. Tonight they did, taking out power lines along the way. The Southern Marin Fire Department had to finish the job. Its just one of many lingering effects of a series of storms in the bay area. The gray highway still has flooding, and a span of the southbound road is closed. That didnt keep carlos off it. Its so funny, it changes so many times. Reporter the weather changed the landscape of this home in San Franciscos russian hill neighborhood. Today a tree trimming crew removed the three footdiameter tree. The tree had fallen onto our house, and it was about, i dont know, a couple feet above my head. Reporter that was your alarm clock. That was the alarm clock, yes. Reporter he says the house can be fixed. Hes just glad no one was hurt. You have a fireplace . Yes. You have some very expensive firewood now. Exactly. Reporter an arborist says now is as good of time as any to get those trees checked. A number of trees toppled. In orinda, this toppled. Two vehicles were hit by that tree, but no injuries were reported. Also around the bay area, people were running from the rain. People tried to stay dry. In palo alto, windshield wipers. We want to bring in our chief meteorologist, bill martin now, on this latest dose of rain, and where this leaves us for the season. This mornings rain was a mess on the morning commute. Take a look at some of the showers. The accumulations just from this mornings rain showers. You see the heavy bands going through this morning. Look at the totals. Santa rosa did okay. Almost an inch. How about kenfield, 1. 3 inches of rain. San jose, almost. 4 of an inch. Where does that leave us . Check this out, the percentages of average are going to pop in. 183 in santa rosa. San francisco right now, 172 . San francisco, in the last five days got about 20 of its annual rainfall total. This was a big event, and it helped greatly with the reservoirs, and the rain buckets. When i come back, were going to go looking for more showers in the fiveday forecast. Rain and speed are being blamed for a rollover crash that happened on interstate 580. It happened around noon in livermore. A woman from tracy said the truck hit a pothole and she lost control. Her truck actually flipped several times, and landed in the opposite lane. Fortunately, the woman suffered only minor injuries. The chp said she may have been driving a little too fast. The Highway Patrol also respond today a crash this morning. The crash shut down northbound lanes for more than an hour, southbound lanes were backed up all the way to san rafael. Three people suffered minor injuries. Stay with us, bill will be back at 10 20 with the change youre going to notice in tomorrows forecast. Also, a road reopens in the Santa Cruz Mountains after being closed for three days. What residents say could prevent future problems there. And were going to tell but progress in lafayette. It comes ten years after the Riders Police corruption scandal. Heather holmes looked over the agreement, and joins us live with what it means. Reporter for years now, opd has tried, but failed to comply with a reform plan that came out of that infamous scandal. This is the deal aimed at ensuring the department finally delivers on the reforms. The Oakland Police department will avoid a full federal takeover, but will lose some independence if a federal judge approves the agreement announced today. Oakland has a stake in making sure that the Community Trusts the police department. Reporter both the mayor and the police chief say they welcomed the depliance officer. It involved a group of rogue officers who planted evidence and falsified reports. Weve been working hard to prove that the public we can police ourselves. Reporter progress has been slow. Frustrating the judge, and attorneys for the citizens who sued opd over the case. What happened so far has not worked. Its been ten years. And were tired of it. Reporter attorney john burres had asked a judge for more oversight of the department. That person still reports to the judge. And is not supervised by anyone in the department, and has the ability to change the personnel at the top level if necessary. Reporter the city would pay the Compliance Officer salary, and those last remaining reforms would have to be completed by the end of the next year. Reporting live tonight, in oakland, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. Oaklands mayor and police chief also attended a neighborhood crime meeting tonight. A mother of two isnt convinced things are going to get better. Tired of it. Tired of the violence. Tired of the shooting. It was like it takes them a while, to try to find people thats doing it, but they never seem to find them. Reporter crime continues to plague the city. Last night, two men and a women were shot on east 18th near lake merritt. A stray bullet struck another man a couple of blocks away. All four shooting victims are expected to survive. Were told three men in hoodies were seen running from the scene. John mcafee is no longer on the run. He is now under arrest in guatemala. Authorities say he was taken into custody at an Upscale Hotel in guatemala did he, after he formally requested an asylum. He had been in hiding since november 11, when police in belize named him as a person of interest in the killing of his neighbor. New at 10 00, a poll released tonight show more californians like what Governor Brown is doing. Finding browns Approval Rating at 48 following the passage of the prop 30 tax hike. In october, his rating was 42 . Early last year, it reached a low of 34 . As for the state budget, the ppic poll finds 94 of californians consider it a problem. Of that number, 68 say its a big problem. 26 say its somewhat of a problem. Coming up in four minutes, a report of lawmakers purchasing cars after having them fixed up with your tax dollars. Theres been a lot of tough talk from the white house today about the fiscal cliff. Treasury secretary, tim geithner said the administration is quote, absolutely ready to let the economy go over that cliff, rather than drop the higher tax rates for top earners. President obama also told a group of ceos, he wont republicans inject the threat of a government default into the current negotiations. That is a bad strategy for america. It is a bad strategy for your businesses, and it is not a game that i will play. In spite of the rhetoric, president obama and House Speaker john boehner did speak by phone today for the first time in days. Neither side is revealing what they discussed. On wall street, stocks ended mixed with a fiscal cliff. The dow industrials gained 82 points amid optimism about a deal in washington perhaps in the next week. The tech heavy nasdaq fell 22 led lower by apple. Its shares were 6 lower. Apples largest loss in a year. Apple shares lost 37 to close at 538 and change. Still apple stock is up more than 100 since the start of the year. Meantime, citigroup announced plans to cut 11,000 jobs, or 4 of its workforce. The company says the cuts will save more than 1 billion a year. The bulk of the jobs are in global operations. It is unclear how many jobs will be lost here in the United States. I already calculated your rain total for the day. Next, the conditions you can expect tomorrow that will impact your morning commute. California lawmakers buying state cars. The new report that reveals how that move actually costs taxpayers thousands of dollars. A modern jazz giant. What we uncovered by dave ruebecks strong ties to the bay area. A new report shows at least a dozen california lawmakers repaired, or upgraded their state vehicles at taxpayer expense just before pieing them as their personal vehicles. Reporter lawmakers were given a deadline to turn in their state vehicles. According to the associated press, some lawmakers made thousands of dollars in repairs to cars they would soon own again. Bob dutten spent almost 6,000 of taxpayer money to repair his chevy tahoe. All in the months before the state sold his suv, which dutten bought back. Attempts to reach former senator dutten failed, but hes quoted as saying the car needed work as it approached 100,000. Reporter he is not alone, others also spent thousands of dollars to fix their cars. Senator artesia had a bill for nearly 2,400 in the weeks approximate before he bought it. Assemblyman hall of compton racked up more than 2,400 before the state sold his car, and then he bought it back. Critics say california was long overdue ending this program. The only state in the country that had this program finally ended the program. Reporter its impossible to know if a lawmaker benefited from last minute repairs, because the repairs could have driven up the price of that car at auction. Lawmakers no longer have cars, they are paid per mile. Its an open question whether that is actually saving taxpayers money. At ktvu. Com, we have posted the complete list of repairs done at taxpayer expense. Look for the hot topic section on the front page. San Francisco Police showed off some 900 electronic gates that were recovered when they busted an auto burglary ring. Police say all of the stolen items are worth about a half million dollars. They include more than 75 laptops, and 100 cell phones along with ipads, and watches. Investigators have arrested two brothers along with a third person. The suspects face a number of charges, including receiving stolen property. A 26yearold man, and a 15 yearold teenager appeared in court today to face charges in a series of crimes, including homicide, armed robbery, and the attempted murder of a police officer. This is the first time they were in court together. Both are being tried as adults. Neither entered a plea today in connection with the crimes which happened on november 16 and took the life of a 22year old man from campbell. He was shot and killed during a carjacking. The bust of an indoor marijuana grow is their largest ever. Agents found 3600 Marijuana Plants and 120 pounds of the drug in waftenville. Agents arrested cecil tanner, and mark doutwell. Agents estimated value of the crop to be at least 1 million. The british owner of the fresh and easy Grocery Store chain says it is considering closing its 199 stores in the United States. 19 of which happen to be here in the bay area. The ceo of the Parent Company says u. S. Operations are losing money and all options are under consideration, including sales, closure, or partnership. Today starbucks announced plans for a major expansion. The company says it intends to add at least 1500 cafes in the United States over the next five years. Starbucks is also planning to expand overseas, particularly in china. Check this out, starbucks is now offering a limited Edition Stainless Steel gift card. The card costs 450, but is only worth 400 in store credit, plus a free brew on your birthday. As ktvus Rita Williams reports, his quartets take 5 is one of the most well known jazz standards of allme. [ music ] reporter a modern jazz giant, dave brubeck died of Heart Failure today on his way to a doctors appointment in connecticut. But his roots are here in california. He will be remembered as someone who was fearless. Reporter thats at the university of pacific in stockton, where streets are named for him, an institute bears his name, and where he met his life. He enrolled to be a Central Valley rancher like his dad, but his passion came from his classic musically trained mother. He was drawn to study with this man, french composer, darius mio. Mio gave him sort of the permission to be himself, and also to be an experimentalist. Included in this group, phil brubeck. Albumming of the octet that proceeded his quartet. Tomorrow he would have turned 92 years old. Rita williams, ktvu, channel 2 news. [ music ] checking live Storm Tracker 2 for showers. Cleared out of the area now, the loss of the showers are now moving south. You might see a little drizzle tonight but what you will see will be a lot of fog. Wet ground, long nights, cool nights, fog forms. Computer model at midnight, a lot of this is fog. Were going to see fog up in santa rosa, were going to have a dose of it tomorrow morning. It sticks around until about 7 00 a. M. That is in the commute. Football prepared, be prepared, especially if youre headed towards sacramento, or redmond. Things are dry right now. When i get back, ive got the fiveday forecast, ill let you know which day will be the warmest on the weekend. Stay with with ktvu for continuing coverage. You can get up to the minute Weather Information by installing the ktvu app on your mobile device, or go to ktvu. Com, and look for the storm watch tab near the top of the page. We also have updates on twitter, and facebook. 81yearold former senator, Allen Simpson wants young people to get involved in reducing the national debt, so hes going gangnam style to get his message across. Stop instagraming your breakfast, and tweeting your first world problems. Urging the Younger Generation to use their social media skills to push elected leaders to take action. He says take part, or these old coots will clean out the treasury before you get there. A bay area blogger goes to the toilet after snapping a photo in a bathroom. A judges ruling in the case of privacy, vs. First amendment rights. Were going to explain how nesting birds have created a 5 million problem for bart. Whats up . Im chris. And im erik. Both were the fruit guys back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown San Francisco. We built these wooden crates, filled these with fruit in my onebedroom apartment. The fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. We work with them to help them grow and succeed. Were coming up on 50 employees and delivering to thousands of companies every week. I would definitely say this is a fruitful business. Homeowners in the south bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains are cleaning up from mother natures wrath. Pine hill road reopened today after being closed for three days. Homeowners say theyre not getting the maintenance they need, due to county budget short falls. So now theyre discussing possible bond measures. Crews are making progress in repairing a large sinkhole on Mountain View drive in lafayette. The City Council Also adopted an emergency declaration, establishing a 1 million budget to fix the roads drainage problem. That huge sinkhole opened up during that major storm last sunday. The bart expansion in fremont has run into an unforeseen problem with birds, and it comes with a 5 million price tag. The crew has installed inflatable dancers, such as the ones found outside used car lots to discourage birds from nesting. A judge heard arguments in a case that involves privacy rights and the First Amendment. Reporter hes known as one of San Franciscos most outspoken gay rights activists, but he had little to say today as he pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct. It snaps of political retribution. Reporter he took this photo of scott wiener and blogged that he tried to photograph him at a urinal. We will be fighting this case. And i think that despite the fact that the photograph was taken, were talking fundamentally about a photograph of a gentleman at a sink. Reporter supervisor wiener released a statement through investigators. It is okay to exercise your First Amendment rights. It is okay to protest to this degree. It is not okay to invade peoples privacy like in this particular case. Re