sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. many are saying that their community got a raw deal, all fallout from a homeland security raid that led to deportations. melanie woodrow is in the newsroom with the story. melanie? >> dan and ama, san jose police also assisted the department of homeland security with the raid. one of the big questions tonight is whether officials in that city shared the same sentiment as those in santa cruz. a lieutenant with the daly city police department say they executed a search warrant here on rio verde street after department of homeland security asked them to help them. approximately 12 people were located inside a residence of interest. the investigation was then turned over to the department of homeland security. meantime, in santa cruz, the police chief slammed the department of homeland security, saying that the arrests in that city were part of an i.c.e.

secret immigration raid. at a city council meeting last week, residents expressed concerns that that was the case. >> the department of homeland security, unbeknownst to us acted outside the scope of this operation and had detained and removed a number of individuals from various locations based upon their immigration status. we agreed to participate only after being assured by senior officials from the department of homeland security that this operation did not have an immigration component to it. this has violated the trust of our community and we cannot tell you how disappointed we are by the betrayal of the department of homeland security. >> homeland security officials have not responded to the city of santa cruz's claims. it's unclear whether any similar arrests were made in daly city. the city spokesperson said he did not have an answer to that

question. we also reached out to the daly city mayor's office but have not heard back. some daly city residents are considering making a push to declare the area a sanctuary city. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> melanie, thank you. president trump talked about deportations with business leaders at the white house today. he calls his administration's enforcement a military operation. >> for the first time, we're getting gang member out, drug lords out, we're getting really bad dudes out of this country. it's a military operation because what has been allowed to come into our country. >> a spokesperson says president trump was using the word military as an adjective, that the president was just describing the orderly manner in which his executive order is being implemented. well, house minority leader nancy pelosi attacked those comments by president trump today. the congresswoman man met previously with immigration advocates in san francisco.

lyanne melendez is live outside the federal building with more on that meeting. lyanne? >> reporter: dan, it was kind of a give and take meeting this afternoon. congresswoman man pelosi listened to them and they heard what she had to say. it was also a chance for pelosi to go after the president. house minority leader nancy pelosi sat down with people who represent and work with undocumented immigrants in the bay area to discuss their concerns. it was outside that meeting that pelosi lashed out at president trump's description of his efforts to deport undocumented immigrants as a military operation. >> the president is a fear monger. and he's a notion monger. what he put out was a notion which was rolled back by general kelly. >> reporter: the head of homeland security, general jon kelley, later said there would be no use of military force. still, most republicans continue to support his actions.

>> the polls indicate that a majority of americans do not favor sanctions weuary cities a stronger immigration enforcement. >> reporter: two recent polls support that. uc berkeley found that when asked if local authorities should be able to ignore federal requests to hold an undocumented immigrant, more than 73% said no while nearly 27% said yes. and the golden state poll, sponsored by stanford, found that 41% of californians supported president trump's plan to end sanctuary cities. 36% were opposed and 22% were undecided. despite that, mayor ed lee says san francisco as a sanctuary city works and reminded people to not be afraid. >> the fear is actually preventing people from doing those very ordinary things. and i think that will lead to an unsafe city. >> reporter: pelosi encouraged people here to reach out to friends living in republican

districts to contact their congressmen and women to end these deportation plans. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. the santa clara county father complained today over president trump's executive order to defund sanctuary cities. county officials say they cannot use federal funds to force local governments to fall in line with the president's policies. the complaint says congress controls the purse strings, not the president. tonight on abc7 news at 6:00, a bay area law professor explains why he thinks the order will be overturned. we just got an update about an hour ago that the sheriff deputy who was hit by a bus has died. mike foley was struck yesterday morning by a co-worker near the santa clarita jail. foley was a 9-year veteran of the department and had also

served in the concord police department. crews are hard at work tonight trying to pavement way for residents to get back to their homes. in this picture, you can see the difference in the past three days. what started with cars under water today finds them only partially submerged. >> abc7's sky 7 flew over the neighborhood minutes ago. the water is now gone but the cleanup is just starting. the area is a muddy mess. >> it's just a disaster. the red areas on this map show where evacuations are still in effect for 1100 homes, about 3800 people. the green areas are where the evacuations have been lifted. let's go to david louie in the rock springs neighborhood. david, what's the city's plan to clean up this hard-hit area? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that the city is already hard at work. you see these big trucks and these high-pressured hoses, they are busy trying to get all of

the mud off the streets. now, the city already has estimated this cleanup, all of this damage, the restoration work is going to go into the multimillion dollar range but still the residents cannot return home in rock springs. it's ironic that it takes water to clean up a flood. hoses were being used to clean up mud. the number of people displaced is dropping, too, from 14,000 yesterday to 3800 today. the mayor went door to door to talk to residents where the evacuation area has been lifted. >> everybody's garbage is in our yard. we need a dumpster. >> we're going to get dumpsters out right away. >> reporter: however, in rock springs, residents won't be going home yet. >> the reoccupation will probably be based on our ability to clear and also i think we're going to find some structures that will be inhabitable and others will be. >> reporter: utility services are cut off for the entire area.

as residents are cleared to return, they can get their electricity. >> this is already happening in the william street neighborhoods where you might have threes side by side where only one can be reoccupied. >> reporter: this sanitary pump station is preventing people from going home. it got flooded. crews are working to repair it. despite this being a mandatory evacuation zone, a few residents have managed to sneak in to see damage to their apartments. this man says he and his family will need to start over. >> i went this morning inside but it's total disaster inside. yeah. the floor is coming up. all messed up. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. evacuees dig themselves out of a mess and they are wondering why they didn't get more notice to leave and get out. >> jonathan bloom is live in san jose. you've been talking to scientists looking for answers?

>> reporter: residents here in this neighborhood are trying to dig themselves out. you can see over here, utility workers are trying to get the lights turned on in this neighborhood. it's the u.s. geological survey that's been out taking measurements. one of the things that they've learned, you can see the creek is still swollen but there's an unbelievable amount of garbage and debris and dead trees. that was put there by five years of drought with no water to wash it away. as for the other thing, which is why the warning to evacuate came so late, nobody has ever seen the creek this high so there was no data for what would happen. now, unfortunately, there is. dangling from a cable steering what looks like a toy boat. >> we have to do this over and over again. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey is in unchartered waters. >> they might have made a different decision than was made.

>> reporter: that's because coyote creek has never been this high since they began measuring. emergency managers were caught off guard. >> we weren't expecting to have problems at rock springs for many, many hours and certainly weren't expecting rock springs to be the first place we had issues. >> reporter: the biggest flood before this was 20 years ago. >> in 1997, the water came right here where my feet are and this year water came up one, two, three, four, five steps. >> reporter: patrick is a former water board member who teaches civil engineering at san jose state. he says a careful look at the flood maps should have given city leaders a clue. >> i moved my kick ens on sunday. i knew this was going to happen. so, yeah, they could have ordered everyone to start vacating, at least packing. >> reporter: the usgs says next time city leaders won't have to guess. >> so we have data where we never had it before and those models can be based on good, sound data. >> reporter: flooding will happen again until a new dam is

used to release water ahead of the storm. >> it takes ten days to release an inch of water. we had three inches. so that's 30 days. we didn't have 30 days. we had one day. >> reporter: in san jose, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. a san jose family was getting ready to catch a flight and then they got caught up in the flood. >> and the airline was no help until 7 on your side stepped in. michael finney will join us next with the story. i'm abc7 news meteorologist san sandhya patel. the forecast, coming up. and pictures from space up next. plus, forcibly removed. what happened on the state senate floor

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residents from san jose are assessing the damage to their homes and cars. it's as if the entire area was blasted with mud. >> one family was forced from their home. >> and michael finney only had a few hours to help >> on the east coast, 24 hours after the evacuation, just hours 7 on your side jumped into action. >> eric joked about the floodwaters. here you can see the water mark left on the side of his home that indicates just how high the water came up. the force of the water knocked the spa off it is foundation and up-ended a refrigerator. trapped by all the water, the family only got out by using the neighbors kayak.

>> one thing at a time. >> eric and his son were scheduled to fly out on a red eye to tour the university of south carolina within hours. dad decided it would be best to stay behind and clean up. he called american airlines, told them about the flood and asked if his wife could fly in his place. >> no. they refused to do anything. they were willing to sell me a new ticket but not to change it. >> the airline did offer a refund but eric said he thought it would be good for his family to get away from the chaos. owen thought about going on the trip alone but then decided it wouldn't be the same without a parent. >> unfortunately, for the college, it was hard because i wanted to see it, too. >> reporter: the neighbor heard about eric's predicament and contacted 7 on your side on his behalf. american airlines was under no obligation whatsoever to help but i contacted the airline and requested it make an exception due to these extraordinary

circumstances and within hours eric heard from american airlines. >> and so they were saying, sorry, we know about the flooding. we apologize for the hassle and, you know, that was very good. >> reporter: mom and dad will be able to fly in dad's place. >> it's nice to have one thing that we could count on and still go on this trip. >> that's great. thank you guys so much, especially michael finney. >> now, i really want to thank american airlines for bending the rules. that's what they did. it told us, "while we usually do not change out a name on a reservation, due to these extenuating circumstances, we made an exception. we wish owen all the luck on his college search." i'll be in san jose tomorrow to help flood survivors with the questions that come up after something like this, how to file a claim, find a contractor, basically, how you can move on. so to do all of that, i'll be in san jose tomorrow at noon.

i'll be there until 7:00. we have a team of consumer experts. if you can't make it there and still have questions, go online, social media, use the #askfinney. >> great. what a good idea. >> certainly is? >> thank you, michael. ruben sent us this picture in san jose. he says he was working to get the drain cleared. share your pictures with using #abc7now. highway 37 in marin county is fully open once again. cal trans reopened the lanes between highway 101 and atherton avenue. there is a shoulder concrete barrier. cal trans says the improvements will not make the highways flood-proof but there will be fewer issues in the future. nasa is showing satellite

pictures and if you look close enough, you can see parts of the pacific appear brown and teal. that's because the heavy rain has pushed sediment through waterways into the pacific. federal scientists say all of our rain has taken the state almost completely out of drought. just 17% of california remains in drought conditions. that's according to the u.s. drought monitor. incredibly, only 78% of the golden state was in drought. despite those numbers. the state water resources board has voted to extend drought conservation measures. and that drought is primarily in the bay area. it's nice to see there's no return in the bay area but we're tracking some snow showers in the hills above lake county. you can see that they are in blue. don't be surprised if you see a few snowflakes coming down. a wider picture here, seeing that snow shower activity, it's cold enough that we are

expecting more tomorrow. winter storm watch begins tomorrow afternoon if you're traveling up this way and winter weather advisory as well. keep that in mind. the blue is the winter storm watch. i also have a flood warning for lake county until 2:00 sunday afternoon. minor flooding still continues with more showers coming. that flood warning has to remain up. flash flood watch for solano county until 7:00 a.m. saturday primarily because of the unclear situation as far as the levee stability. they want to keep this up just in case there are problems there. here's a live look from our east bay hills camera. plenty of bright skies. it's a beautiful view. temperatures in the low 50s. it's been a chilly day, no doubt. the wind is gone so it doesn't feel as bad. half moon bay, 48 degrees. you're seeing a few clouds in santa rosa. 49 in napa. the rest of you in the 50s. if you're stepping out tonight, a view from the golden gate bridge showing you how it looks right now. a little bit of a breeze but a good idea to pack an extra layer

in case you're going out tonight. cold and frosty friday morning, chilly with showers and milder next week. tomorrow morning, even colder than this morning. expecting some upper 20s in our wind-sheltered valleys. definitely going to be cold and frosty. as you look at what is ahead, cold showers in the forecast for this weekend. a system is coming in from the north. limited in moisture but as it comes down, snow is expected down to 2500 feet. so mt. tam, you may be seeing snow, a possibility of hail on our storm impact scale. it's a level one, a light system for both saturday and sunday afternoon, evening. light showers. a tenth to a third of an inch. snow level down to 2500 means you know it's going to be cold. 11:00 friday night, a few showers may develop. north bay seeing the showers and snow at the higher elevations as we head into 4:00 p.m. saturday afternoon and evening, i wouldn't change up your plans. i'd just carry your umbrella and

make sure you have a heavy winter coat. early afternoon, you get a break and then sunday evening, more showers coming in as a second cold system drops down heading into monday and then it's all done. so this is not going to be anything like the last storm that we saw coming through the bay area. highs for your friday in the low to upper 50s. you'll see a few high clouds passing through the bay area. look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. it's a cold start to your friday morning. lots of sunshine for the afternoon. showers and high elevation, snow. saturday, sunday afternoon and evening again, both 1s on the storm impact scale. oscar sunday will feature mixed precipitation. enjoy. the oscars 1 on the storm impact scale. on monday, lingering showers and then look at the switch-up in the weather. low to mid-60s. plenty of sun. we're going to go dry during that time period. it's always a good idea to download the abc7 news app. help you track hour by hour what is happening. it's a handy tool to have. >> it certainly is. >> thanks, sandhya.

at first glance, this may just look like a bunch of trash. a suspicious event here. and coming up, protesters erupt after an off-duty officer fires his gun. and a passenger plane and landing gear failure and tomorrow's commute a nightmare. next. >> david, thanks. see you then into protecting the bay area's big catch. new at 6:00, the special cameras and high-tech e

republican lawmakers are angry after a colleague was physically removed from the state floor. orange county senator janet winn started talking about former senator tom hayden who died recently and was honored on the senate floor this week. >> with all due respect, i would like to offer an historic perspective. >> senator, my colleague from orange county, please take a

seat. you're out of order. senator winn, senator winn, please take a seat. you are out of order. sergeants, please remove senator from the chamber. have her removed immediately. >> you can see in the bottom left portion of your screen the senator was taken off the floor by force. republicans don't like that winn was silenced. she's a refugee from vietnam and highly critical of hayden's anti-war activism in vietnam. the parent company of snapchat is expected to have its initial public offering next week. so the new york stock exchange is planning a trial run on saturday. snap is expected to be the biggest u.s. technology ipo in nearly five years. firms are being encouraged to participate in the test by sending samples of order flow they expect to receive from clients. even the smallest problem with the ipo could be damaging to the new york stock exchange. there was a scare earlier today in san leandro after a grenade was found in recycling

center. it was on one of the conveyer belts. a short time later it was determined that it was safe. world war ii grenades are commonly marketed as novelty items and still could be live, though. well, the month of january was good to the oakland airport. officials saw more than 900,000 passengers. that's up nearly 8% from the same time last year. the airport says that's because of a record number of destinations and increased flight routes and there are more plans for growth. flights from denmark and spain will be launched in the coming months. and this is a picture of ryan dole holding a puppy in his glove. they are in arizona for spring

training. and "moonlight" is having a showing tonight. watch the oscars this sunday, live coverage at 2:00 p.m. jimmy kimmel hosts the oscars at 5:30. kristen sze will be live at the oscars bringing us coverage starting on friday. well, the early work of

coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, a family mourns again. >> his back was turned and he got sucker punched. >> he dedicated his life to dealing with at-risk kids after his son was murdered. and dealing with a disaster. 7 on your side michael finney has important advice about how to keep yourself safe from scam

artists. all of that is coming up at 6:00. finally tonight, a once in a lifetime exhibition of the father of french impressionism claude monet. >> the sweeping luncheon on the grass is on display and the still life with flowers and fruit. his use of light and texture created a new style of art. >> and you see an artist that kind of transforms himself. you see art that transforms itself and monet is showing a completely new nuance of art of his time. >> the exhibit runs from saturday until may 29th. >> worth checking out. >> definitely. "world news tonight with david muir" is up next. i'm dan ashley. >> thank you so much for joining us this evening. >> see you again in half an hour.

tonight, president trump calls it a military operation on the border. the immigration crackdown. but his own homeland security secretary, general john kelly says that's not the case. the white house late today is asked, is this a military operation? protests erupt after an off-duty officer fires his gun. young people running for cover. tonight, the new images here. do they offer more to the story? the runway scare. the passenger plane coming in for a landing. the landing gear fails. the female jogger killed near her mother's home. tonight, a potential break in the case. what the dna reveals. authorities now asking for your help. and the major storm hitting tonight from 60 and 70-degree temperatures to a blizzard. the nightmare commute tomorrow for millions.