just not too long ago. >> take a look at this. the skies just suddenly opened up a little while ago, just heavy downpour. further east in solano county, what will appear to be a funnel cloud. now look at that. the photo showing the scene just before 3:00 p.m. emergency officials say it did not touch down and no damage was reported, but let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen, tracking kind of this wild storm for us. paul? >> reporter: that was a cold air funnel there in solano county. we expected the showers, but we did not expect the thunderstorms to develop quite that intensity. really the expectation was a couple of rumbles of thunder here and there. now starts are starting to quiet down. we have heavily e sewlogical downpours still in the white box under the urban and small stream flood advisory. others will go a little bit longer. the downpours started to drift a

little bit towards dublin and pleasanton. these showers are going to collapse. more shower activity that was around union city and fremont is drifting further along. we have more showers around mountain view. and the advisory there is now almost rain free as the rain has started to drift at a greater pace. that's been the problem that the thunderstorms are largely parked in place today, dropping quite a bit of rain in a short amount of time. maximizing the flooding threat out of not a lot of moisture overall in the atmosphere. you can see the trend, but what has been a lot of rain in the cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as the sun goes down in about an hour. we'll lose the energy and the atmosphere that was helping to fuel these storms, dry within a couple of hours. we should stay dry tonight through the rest of the week as well. details on the rest of the calmer forecast, at least the next couple of days. along with the explanation of why the system will overachieve so much in a few minutes. >> all right, thanks, paul. now back to the big story,

cracking down on the retail theft. getting signs that the criminals are getting more organized. good evening, i'm ryan yamamoto. >> i'm elizabeth cook. we have seen a number of high-profile incidents over the last few years. state lawmakers are discussing a package of bills, aimed at stopping organized retail theft. the measures include increased penalties and a requirement for online retailers to have records to prove their goods are legal. john ramos spoke to authorities about a recent bust in the east bay that shows just how sophisticated some of these operations have gotten. >> reporter: police tracked down the stolen merchandise inside a home in oakland. they're not revealing the location of the home, but alameda police chief says the stolen merchandise was arranged as if it was on display for shoppers. >> much of the loss item still had their tags on it. they were

on hangers. the operation, when i say it was similar to any other retail store, there were specific locations at this resident where certain items were being stored. >> reporter: aside from $10,000 in cash and several vehicles, officers recovered eight truckloads of stolen merchandise. much of it clothing. police caught wind of the operation after a february 9 mass shoplifting at the old navy store in alameda's shopping center. the store security team spotted a pattern of other thefts at stores in the center and was able to help police identify individuals involved and a location of their drop-off point. >> we began to learn that they were being brought to that location as well. so that further led us to believe that

there was a fencing operation where they were lost throughout the region. >> reporter: as seen on the nightly news, retail theft has grown. but california attorney general rob bonta says it is a mistake. >> let me be clear. this is not about one-off thefts from stores. it is not about the occasional smash n grab at your local big box store. this is about a multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise. criminal schemes that are complex, orchestrated, incredibly organized. >> reporter: for example, recently bonta announced the arrest of my shell mack, a woman accused of running an $8 million theft ring throughout california out of her san diego mansion. she allegedly dispatched women around the state to steal beauty products from ulta and sephora stores, selling them from an online shopping site. the fencing operation in oakland wasn't quite on that level, but then

again they are still not sure how far this may reach. >> i'll tell you this, we're not stopping here. so it is possible. we want to go as high up as we can to figure out who is involved, where else is this occurring? what are the linkages? >> reporter: officials say the thieves are organized, so prevention needs to be organized as well. they say law enforcement, the business community, and the public must work together to fight a crime that is costing everyone a lot of money and putting people at risk. they blame retail crime for store closures in the city. setting up a portal on their website for the public to share any information about retail theft operations. you can find a link to our website at kpix.com.

any moment now we're expecting the latest vote count in a closely watched and very expensive race for congress in the south bay. a look at the current results. former san jose mayor sam liccardo remains in the lead. heading into today, supervisor joe simitian held a slim lead over assembly member evan low for second. the top two candidates will head to the november runoff. the three men are among 11 candidates vying to replace representative anna eshoo who has held that seat since 1992. it is the most expensive u.s. house race in the nation. >> i'm anne makovec following last night's vote. we know one thing, california is not going to have a woman in the u.s. senate next year. the two front runners are democrat adam schiff and republican steve garvey. katie porter and bay area congresswoman barbara lee. schiff was endorsed early on by

then house speaker nancy pelosi. of more than $30 million with a track record of more than two decades of experience in the house. >> democrats, independence and republicans alike, they want someone who will deliver. it is just not enough to make good videos. you have to make good legislation, and you have to improve the quality of their lives. >> his campaign ads will frame the matchup confirmed last night. but no republican has won a statewide office in california since 2006. >> keep in mind this is the first game of a double header. so keep the evening of november 5 open. as we will celebrate again. >> he is quite popular with trump supporters in california.

and in the first impeachment proceedings. of course, california is a deeply blue state, which will benefit schiff. there's kcbs political reporter. >> it is a huge advantage in the name recognition and everything. polls showing him up 15, 17 points out of the gate. i won't say it is a coast because he'll need to run those ads in campaigns with a huge advantage, taking practically a miracle for him to beat him. >> the new senator will have big shoes to fill after dianne feinstein's 30 tenure. her seat is being held by butler until a new senator is sworn in post election. >> thank you. looking live from san francisco, london breed now celebrating after voters rally behind a pair of controversial propositions. the measures will help crack down on crime in the city's drug crisis. >> it is clear from what we see in the election results last night that people also want

accountability. and that is what happened with proposition e and f. >> they passed with 63% of the vote and that measure would require drug screening for those receiving cash assistance from the city. it would give police more powers including access to more cameras and drones and leave restrictions on police chases. it passed with 60% of the votes. voters weighed in on the housing crisis with issue, $300 million in bonds to fund affordable housing projects. 67% of voters support that measure. by the way, a voter turnout in san francisco was just under 21%. tomorrow mayor london breed is set to deliver her state of the city address. >> and a razor thin margin right now for the only statewide proposition on the ballot. prop one. the key component of governor gavin newsom's plan to get people with severe mental illness off the streets is barely passing right now. former president

donald trump has all, but locked in the nomination after a big super tuesday. his only remaining foe, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley who announced she's dropping out of the race. natalie brand has the story. >> the time has now come to suspend my campaign. >> reporter: nikki haley made history as the first woman to win two gop presidential primary contests, but it wasn't enough to slow former president donald trump's march to the nomination. >> i said i wanted americans to have their choices heard. i have done that. i have no regrets. and although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe in. >> reporter: haley, trump's former u.n. ambassador stopped short of endorsing him. there remains a large block of republican primary voters expressing deep concerns about the former president. >> it is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did

not support him. and i hope he does that. >> reporter: cbs news exit polling from north carolina shows most haley voters are not committed to supporting the gop nominee. she attracted independence like donna patterson. >> i told my friends. if nikki drops out, i'm voting for mickey mouse. i don't like either one. >> reporter: as they prepare for a general election rematch, both campaigns will be trying to win over haley's supporters. >> we have a great republican party with tremendous talent. we want to have unity, and we are going to have unity, and it's going to happen very quickly. >> reporter: the biden campaign acknowledges national polling shows it will be a close race. but says super tuesday confirmed trump has not expanded his appeal beyond the base and argues 10% of voters or more remain undecided. >> reporter: today, they will hear arguments on whether

former president donald trump is immune from charges against him as sitting president. the courts will take on the case on april 25. and coming up at 5:30, sonoma state professor will join us to break down the high-profile races right here in california. and congress is moving forward with a plan to keep the federal government open. the house passed six bills today to avoid a partial government shutdown before the friday deadline. the measure would keep eight key agencies funded through the end of september. senate majority leader chuck schumer plans to bring the bills to a vote in the senate as soon as possible. and still ahead, a police chase in the east bay ends up with a smashed up cruiser. an officer injured. what sparked this high-speed pursuit. a google engineer accused of stealing the company's secret information on ai. what the justice department says he plans to do with it. how a concord woman uses what is in this bag to bring comfort in care to families in

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developing news out of philadelphia. a shooting that injured eighteen agers at a bus stop this afternoon. the police commissioner there says surveillance video shows three people get out of a car across the street and then open fire on the group of high school students. we'll continue to follow this update and bring you the latest. well san jose police also made an arrest in a shooting that killed one person, injured two others. that shooting happened at a parking lot on story road near south white road on february 18. a vigil was happening in that area at the sometime. police identified the suspect as juan carlos perez, booked into jail. no word on a motive. a police suv was left battered. the front and completely smashed windshield shattered after the officer from hayward pea de lost control from the police chase where they began at the grow.

the suspect just took off. no arrests have been made. the storm activity remained on the stretch of highway 9, shut down due to a mud slide. the road closure between the roads are expected to last tomorrow at least through tomorrow. crews in the north bay spent the morning cleaning up after some trees came down. this happened in st. helena. so let's check back in with chief meteorologist paul heggen. and everything seems to be going on. >> that sounds good for a couple of days. then of course, it's the weekend. it has to rain. those are the rules it seems like, but we'll get to that. let's talk about how

much rain has accumulated today. when you look at just the raw numbers, you wouldn't think that we would have any flooding issues. on the high end of the spectrum, they would pick up .6 inches of rain. it's not the act, but the short amount of time and the thunderstorms for a while, they were largely just parked in place along with the cloud-to-ground lightning threats. so what happened? we expected the showers and a couple rumbles of thunder, the intensity of thunderstorms occurring today. the storm system, the swirl of clouds that is making their way through southern california is the storm system responsible for sending the moisture into the bay area? we expect it to send most of its energy and rainfall into southern california. which it did. but they sent in enough moisture to be the fuel for those thunderstorms and enough cold air in the upper levels of the atmosphere to boost that instability. we knew those

ingredients would be in place. the winds were trying to blow from southeast to northwest across the bay area. the breeze was trying to reestablish themselves on the large scale, but the local impact of our normal coastline, weather patterns, trying to push inland where the easterly winds, they would push that air together and it will go up. just that added lift was enough to boost the number of thunderstorms that developed. once they got in there, they just took off and resulted in a lot more activity than what we were thinking. now things are starting to quiet down with locally heavy downpours. we'll continue to track those and

they will fall apart as we head through the rest of the evening. then we get into a dry pattern.

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with a critically ill child. >> but a concord woman brought the gift of comfort and support to families in hospitals for the last two decades. sharon chin has an update from a jefferson award winner from 2005. >> that's right. she's been there holding vigil. she knows that feeling, extending a network of care. >> everybody has, you know, a chance to do different things. >> reporter: janet frazier oversees an assembly line of students packing care bags for families in crisis. >> i want the families to feel loved by the community. it is huge. >> reporter: janet understands the need. more than two decades ago, her 20 and 17-year-old daughters stephanie and lindsay were in a car accident. stephanie died. lindsay remained in critical condition. >> i almost fainted and a nurse

walked me outside the room and asked me when i had eaten last. >> reporter: the nurse shared her sandwich. >> it almost brought me to tears. i felt it in my heart, so i really wanted to do that for other families to stay by their child's bedside and be nourished and comforted like i was. >> reporter: so janet cofounded the network of care in 2004. when we met her a year later, she had a dozen volunteers who had packed and distributed 30,000 non-perishable food bags to families at a dozen hospitals. >> you're getting all the macaroni and cheese ready. >> and from sacramento to san diego, even parts of colorado, they have received the food bags thanks to an expanded volunteer food base. and they will help purchase and pack the

bags, like the special education class in antioch. >> students, they just love to do it and they understand what it is for. it will give them a lot of pride and a lot of self-confidence. >> reporter: the young adults like campbell would learn hands on job skills from math to product management. >> and i feel very grateful. and thankful to help. >> reporter: they are very dedicated and they are very passionate. it is just wonderful to come in here to see them. >> reporter: the volunteers help support her continue to turn her family's tragedy into something good by giving gifts of love and support through her community network of care. >> reporter: more updates to the daughter, lindsay, critically injured in that crash 24 years ago now a psychologist. they work with caltrans to make safety improvements to the section of highway 50 where the car accident happened. and this saturday, the network of care

has their annual fundraiser, sold out, but still accepting donations to pay. >> they just continue to keep paying it forward. >> yeah. it's great. the special education students help them so they gain job skills and help meet the demands in the hospitals. >> full circle. you can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online on kpix.com/hero. and up next some big races decided on super tuesday, some big questions still remain. we'll speak to a sonoma state university professor about the big takeaways from election day. and the justice department announcing federal charges against a google engineer. why the u.s. attorney general says theft could put national security at risk. >> it is much better for security and more efficient for passengers. now the tsa is rolling out self-service

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