at 54%, and you never want it to be at capacity 100% at this point of the year was because that could create huge problems and the moral of the story is that we need more rain. bay area water agencies knew this amount of rain would not solve drought problems. east bay mud recorded nearly five inches of rain in the sierra and two and a half in the reservoirs down below. >> we need several weekends like one we've had probably a good 4 to 6 more storms to be in a better position with our water storage. >> right now, the agency's level is at 73% of where they want it to be. low rain totals and temperatures have added to the problem. also over the summer, state water resources control board ordered east bay mud to release

water from the reservoir to be used in the delta. the camanche is only at 31% the snow pack is one third of what it should be. >> if snow pack isn't there, our summer time flow is going to be reduced. >> customers have been trying to do their part. several months ago, asking clients to increase their conservation to 15%. >> my wife waters less frequently. we watched what we've done with water in the house. and have been conscious of the drought. >> if things don't improve officials say they may have to pump water from the sacramento river. >> it's so expensive when you have family of five just minimum to take showers so not a fan of that. >> any rate increase will be decided later in the year.

in orinda abc7 news. >> rivers are running strong throughout northern california tonight. this is the american river near auburn. most rivers in the bay area running at normal for this time of the year. stream flows on the coast are above normal now. >> check that out. you can see and hear from this video, weather hasn't let up. this is a hail storm a news crew got caught in today along interstate 80. >> back to weather in just a moment. we have breaking news out of southern california. an incredible car chase in los angeles ended just minutes ago. authorities shot an armed man after a chase that lasted nearly an hour. during the chase we saw him ditch his car, and car jack one driver at gun point and saw the

man hit at least three cars there are no reports of any officers injured. our coverage continues on twitter on abc7 news.com. >> we go back to weather now. highway 9 is back open tonight after caltrans crews just finished the storm related damage that shut down in both directions about three miles along and it took 16 hours to reroute that road. >> repair work under eight train tracks where the fair grounds. the streams ran out in this area, about seven minutes >> several days after a massive tree came crashing down it's unmoved. the fell friday smashing in the roof and ripped a hole in the

wall. >> storm left san francisco littered with fallen trees. shoppers had to side step trees the soggy soil and winds proved to be too much for free was shallow roots. one neighborhood spent all night and most of the day without electricity. fierce winds brought down a power poll around 9:00 last night. turned out the winds split a utility pole. >> there is wind so intense i thought it's going to blow in our sliding glass door. and then, all of a sudden interest is loud flash, a loud explosion and power went out. >> crews from the city of

vallejo and a tree-trimming company had to wait for hours before pg and e. >> keith barrow with the kensington police department had his gun stolen during the encounter with a prostitute and the man ended up with it shot himself in the leg. laura? >> hi, ama. what happened in reno is one thing, but what many residents find more upsetting is that the police chief here has managed to keep this quiet until now. >> i think he should be terminated. >> eileen's reaction is similar to what we heard around kensington to word he had a

handgun stolen in may. >> it's hard to believe a police officer could be so not smart leaving his gun and badge where someone could take them? >> first reported by the contra costa times he reported the gun stolen by a prostitute after an encounter in a reebo motel may 23. the attorney told the times his client may have been drugged it appears police chief >> it's disappointed. >> this former member of the ken singson elected community services district. >> in terms of being a taxpayer i'm just questioning why it made sense to keep this officer on payroll was mia. >> this is the highest paid

police officer and serving as the chief's righthand person. >> the chief did not return calls for comment and no one answered the door at his antioch home. >> this is irresponsible. and had concerns me. >> residents says they've been trying to get the chief to act with greater transparency for years. >> a young man accused in a deadly street race enter aid plea of not guilty today. police say he held a street race last month in san jose. one car struck and killed a woman jogging near her home.

prosecutors claim the drivers were going 75 miles per hour when it happened. >> a woman has been arrested in florida saying she snuck on to a flight from minnesota to jacksonville and arrested after checking into a resort hotel. she's been contact trying to take on to a flight 11 times in march, seven of those were at sfo. she served jail time after successfully stowing away on a flight in august. >> antioch police say a female driver was kidnapped robbed and sexual assaulted yesterday morning, ambushed by a teenager. >> the victim was traumatized and shaken.

police say she was brave because she was able to pass along information that led to that suspect's quick arrest. >> i will tell thu is probably one of the most-brazen acts of violence i've seen in this city. >> it started around 11:00 a.m yesterday. a 17-year-old boy ordered domino's petesa. minutes later a 22-year-old woman left the restaurant and drove about a mile to the 2800 block of blue bell circle. >> as soon as she exited her car, she was approached by a man going back to her car and made and he robbed her and and driving back to where he met her he fled the scene from there. >> the juvenile suspect had a criminal record.

>> it is clear the pizza delivery in itself was a mechanism to try to possibly commit the robbery. >> the sexual assault could have been a crime of opportunity. the domino's supervisor didn't want to talk today but the corporate spokesperson released a statement that reads in part it is unthinkable that something like this could happen to an innocent woman. simply trying to earn a living. and neighbors agree. >> you've got to be careful. >> it's scary and unpredictable. >> keith henderson doesn't let his children play outside ooch we live in a cul-de-sac, but they don't go outside unless we're there, and watching. >> antioch, abc7 news. >> jobs and california economy are on the line. coming up at 6:00 what a slow down at the ports have meant to this bay area manufacturer. >> i'm spencer chisin.

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dollars at this point. how delays are holding up new jobs. >> oxen solar manufactures panels for ten companies. just one part held up in port can stop production. it has an estimated eight containers stuck on the docks or ships in the bay waiting to unload. it's trying to move from the port of long beach by rail. doing that is more than double to ship ship from overseas >> there are a lot of finished goods and orders but that becomes more difficult. >> long shoremen, some make $147,000 a year, may be slowing down efforts by u.s. companies to manufacture in america. and may prevent them from create be jobs that pay only 10 or $15

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ex-expabding the bridge to three lanes right now. a lawmaker introduced a bill to speed up the process of converting an emergency maintenance plane into one that drivers can use. >> we got rain but left us with scars as well. >> it did. a lot of wind too. >> gust over 70 miles per hour was a fierce storm for a long time, perhaps. >> clear skies over the bay area and pleasant conditions today.

no stormy weather. livermore, 60 degrees looking out over the bay mainry clear skies, these forecast features clearing pattern continues overnight. and we may see record highs by the end of the week. there goes a storm that brought us strong powerful winds and heavy rainfall. now, high temperatures rebuilding, the controlling factor throughout the weekend and into the week. we'll have clouds around giving us clear skies and sunny skies throughout the day. much warmer i might add. taking a look at seven day high temperature

trend. thursday friday, saturday the trend we'll see inland and around some shore line drops low temperatures mid to upper 40s lows of >> degrees here in san francisco. south bay tomorrow sunny skies, highs into mid to upper 60s, about 66 in san jose. and north bay, about 67 around santa rosa and napa. 67 in oakland and castro

valley. we'll be climbing into 70s later in the week. highs 70s on the coach so temperatures mder yat but next week valentine's day and you'll have to love saturday's weather. >> yes. >> thank you. >> just ahead tonight what hackers can do to your car. >> what ♪ good morning, usher! hey! did you know bees communicate through dance?

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>> china's wealthy elite are buying bay area homes in record numbers potential buyers made purchases after looking at videos. competition is stiff ares one firm with a plane to show them the splendor of where we live. >> in china you don't have homeownership. it's a 70 year lease. >> abc7 news shows us what it takes to get the deals done. >> coming up just ahead, a relentless winter weather back east. how much you can make plowing snow. >> a new battle ground over

same-sex marriage. judges in one state are refusing to comply with the supreme court order. >> and why the salmon industry isn't too happy

still no end in sight for the snow storm. another two feet of snow expected today. this is one of the ten snowiest winters and snow is a 30 day record. schools closed today and will be again, tomorrow. almost all flights were cancelled, one snow removal service has been getting 100 calls per day and taking in $400,000 in two weeks. that is almost triple.

>> dozens of people dressed in red are expected to descend on city hall to hold [o a die in. >> today a priest offered prayers for the 36-year-old transgender woman, stabbed to death last week. >> just a beautiful girl. >> danielle castro says the victim was like a sister to her saying the person that killed de-jesus, then committed suicide police are only saying the suspect is no longer a threat to anyone. >> no one should be worried about the person who committed the murder going out and committing crimes. >> there are unanswered questions but one thing i know

is that it's time to stand up together. >> the community has become more visible and lobing vocal and tomorrow will rally for what is called trance liberation tuesday, asking for an end owe violence in progressive san francisco, finding transgender people are up to seven times more likely to feel unsafe. >> now it's not just within the community, people have to take action. >> activists say no more. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> police looking for help

looking for a car involved inxd a double homicide. investigators say the car was used during a murder of a 22-year-old and 29-year-old. if you have information you can call police anonymously. >> former rap mogul shug knight will be spending six weeks in jail. right now, he is being held following a hit and run incident. knight claims he was trying to escape an ambush. >> most alabama counties refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses though a judge's order legalizing them took affect.

>> demonstrators for both sides turned out across the state. and the chief justice orders judges not to hand out same-sex marriage licenses. 50 of the 67 counties followed. >> don't give up. we thought this is something we're going to have to build and do now. here we are now >> same-sex marriage is now legal in 37 states the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments in april. >> bay area weekend rain storms give a window of opportunity for a species that is struggling to survive. as the bay area clears toppled

trees there is something else going on inland. >> there is a release of fish 600,000 individual salmon >> the winter run salmon still spawn but need help. >> because of the drought and temperatures in the river. eggs didn't hatch. they died. >> these fish are being replenished. california has two hashries >> great big bubble of water horsing down the valley carrying a bunch of mud and sediment in the river water is as good as it

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>> there is a section that traction comes after miles andçó miles. >> the longer you're at it the easier it is. >> so for maurice here comes another saturday night in a venue unlike others vp it looks like a house. so let the countdown begin. artist, sound system yes, it is a living room rb a stage. now, many of those 51 people coming this evening will be strangers >> are you crazy? >> no. no. it's the most fun we've ever had. >> maurice lives to be heard and seen in someone's house >> it's a different economic

model. it's adonation. >> it's legal. it's friends. it's friend of friends. we don't advertise this. it's word of mouth. >> otherwise is it's like another party. they bring stuff to eat. it's a prelude to the music. >> welcome everybody. >> it goes way back before internet, tv and recordings even. people sit around living room and entertain each others.

this audience is a perk for musicians >> people want to hear the music. they're not coming to shoot pool. >> i can sing a song, i can feel reactions. i can connect with every person in the room. at this level. on this night they perform two full sets. experience is interface between artist and audience. by that standard nothing beats a full house. >> how cool is that?

>> wonderful evening. >> neelt. >> mice. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. >> yes. it's live doppler 7 hd rngs broken clouds around. average rainfall every location is above average now. san francisco at 107% of the normal. so however we need snow in the sierra. and we need more snow but there is none on the way mild weather highs into mid to upper 60s but that is cool compared to later in the week. mid to upper 70s around the bay

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two. two men dropping the hammer. a 14-point lead. curry puts it away behind the back and high off the glass. yukon's honor goes to south carolina. yukon takes control in the first half, then, brianna stewart down low with post moves.

nhl stadium series with hosting what la kings. will transform into a rink. you're into engineering that is probably interesting to you. the rink will be ready, rain or shine. >> we don't know what challenges we're going to be. mother nature always wins. >> a's will make to it mesa in ten days they're not even last year's as. bean made nine trades for 27 players that is like a new

team. and in an e mail this off season was extreme. >> this is same as for a fan the truth is that we're a's. and if you look at history, it's not anything new. you can be excited for your roll. can't wait to meet these guys >> we don't see this as starting over. it's we've got new businesses. let's go win ball games. >> on the line tomorrow at pebble beach, in the fifth annual chevron shootout. steve young, jerry rice and harris barton, a good squad. younger crew outside of the broadcast here buster posy will join veterans in this event.

posy feeling pressure. i'll be sad and blame it on buster. >> when you got two guys doing pebble beach both should shoulder the blame and carry bocci and myself. >> everybody looking for scapegoats and haven't played yet. shu will be live tomorrow at 6:00. >> thank you larry. >> join us tonight at 9:00. it walks, trots we're going to take a look at an amazing animal at google. >> then at abc7 news

at 11:00 china is baying up bay area homes, what it takes to get the deal done. >> that is it for this edition. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley we appreciate your time hope you have a nice evening.

this is the "jeopardy!" teachers tournament. here is our first group of semi-finalists -- a fifth-grade teacher from queens, new york... a high-school history teacher from redwood city, california... and a middle-school math teacher from saint louis, missouri... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hi, folks, and welcome to the first of these semi-final games in the teachers tournament. adam, lydia, and erin, very impressive in the quarter-final matches. let's see if they can keep it going today. good luck. here comes the jeopardy! round. and now the categories. first one is... but be careful on that one.

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