two new views of the devastation cause by the tsunami in japan. homes were swept away for miles. death toll in the thousands but in all this destruction, incredible destruction, we have some uplifting stories to tepg you about. rescuers pulled two people from the wreckage four days later. they found a 70-year-old woman in her house that was washed away by tsunami waves. she suffered from hypothermia but didn't have any life-threatening injuries. another team pulled a man from a

building after workers heard him calling for help. >> there is evidence that the primary containment unit has been reached. one japanese official told the iae that radiation is being released directly into the atmosphere. they ordered some 140,000 people to stay indoors. that order came after new fire and explosions increased radiation levels around the fukushima daiichi plant. long after the fire was extinguished, a japanese official says water to keep the reactor cooled might still be boiling but the report levels of radiation have dropped dramatically. experts on "good morning america" say the situation appears headed to the catastrophe. >> i think we're close to the point of return. if i had the ear of a japanese prime minister, i would exercise the chernobyl action, put the

japanese air force on standby. assemble a fleet of helicopters, get sand and concrete to sandbag the reactors. >> despite the situation in japan, right now there is no direct threat of radiation going to the u.s. you can see hillary clinton met with the foreign minister at a g-8 summit. >> japan is a generous donor to any disaster in the world. the world comes together to support japan in its hour of need. >> eight more experts from the nuclear regulatory commission are on their way to japan, meantime, the navy says more of their crew members were exposed to exposed to very low levels of radiation and had to be decontaminated after delivering food, water and blankets. despite assurance that radiation from japan is highly unlikely to

reach the west coast. they local pharmacies have run out of potassium iodide. >> to inject that, the thyroid gland will put you at great risk of thyroid cancer. if you take the tablet, instead of taking the radioactive iodine they will fill your thyroid gland with good iodine and the radioactive iodine respect through. >> the doctor says for us, more important preparation is to have a disaster kit that includes a kit complete with a 30 day supply of all medications you take and a communication plan for your family. millions of people are spending a fifth night in near freezing temperatures in japan with hardly any food, water or heat. temporary shelters are

overcrowded. here is a report on fishing village. >> we traveled up by a small fishing village. there was a brief moment of good news. >> today in japan, what many may call a miracle. in the remote town a town thought to be completely wiped out, 9700 people previously reported feared dead were located. they were evacuated and alive. 10,000 people remain missing in the small fishing village, 1,000 confirmed dead. >> along this strip of coast there is no power and little food or water. >> we're continuing our push up to the north but it's incredibly difficult because so many roads are blocked off and you have to approach them on foot, actually you can see a perfect example, the road has literally collapsed

and entirely swallowed up this car. >> thousands of homeless are flooding into shelters. >> is your wife okay? >> this 81-year-old grab man grabbed on to a log. he went occupy the roof and waited for 15 hours before a helicopter came and custody him. we found moments of community and come back. this father and daughter cared for a stranded puppy. others why sharing each other's experiences learning to go one day at a time. meantime, u.s. stocks are plunging and bond prices are rising as the nuclear crisis in japan intensifies. the dow dropped more than 200 points in early trading and you can see the dow is still down 178 points, nikkei plunged 11%.

the third largest question hasn't seen this economic hardship since world war ii. estimates to rebuild the country is running into the tense of billions of dollars. >> estimates have risen for santa cruz, the dos fix the damaged dock is more than $22 million, up from $17 million. the numbers include estimate of costs to rebuild damaged docks and other infrastructure. that does not include damage done to private vessels. at least 18 boats have sunken and another hundred were damaged and a dozen are still missing. >> in other news, san francisco police are looking for the man who shot five people in the mission district overnight outside a bar in a popular taqueria. this is the latest in a wave of violence that has the neighborhood worried. janelle wang is live at the scene at 16th and valencia streets. >> police say there were lots of

people around when the shooting happened. this is a very busy area, they are urging witnesses to come forward with any information because it could help with their investigation. >> the owners of the bar and taqueria are cleaning up but evidence of the violence are still here. bullet holes at both places. it's the latest spot to get hit by gunfire in the mission district. >> it went dit, dit, dit, dit, it lasted for about three seconds. >> they found five shooting victims. four with non life-threatening injuries. at the believe the shooting could be gang-related. just in the past few weeks, multiple shootings and stabbings police say in most cases, it's gangs retaliating against each other. >> i have a red backpack and they said make sure don't wear it outside. >> it's a gang color?

>> people get stabbed, being asked about it. i'm careful. >> the owner of the restaurant says he knows gangs hang out around the area. >> they don't bother nobody. >> the residents are worried they will be caught in the crossfire. >> i think about that. innocent bystanders walking by and getting caught up in some gang-related activity is frightening. >> do you feel safe living here? >> i do feel safe. i haven't been bothered or anything. it's kind a little worrisome. >> the owner of the club says all the victims are regular customers who stop by after work. he hopes police will do more to keep the neighborhood safe. >> i don't know why they don't have more lighting there. >> the victims were all men ranging from 26 to 46 years old.

as for the suspects, all young men in their early 20s. police have released two possible vehicle descriptions, one is a red trans am and the hero is a chevy capri. >> santa clara county sheriff's deputies made a surprising find during a traffic stop. deputies with the help of a canine unit discovered 39 pounds of methamphetamine. they provided these photographs. the drugs were stacked inside hidden compartments including the taillights. estimated value, $430,000. the lone person in the car is 54-year-old woman from tijuana is now in custody. >> still ahead, the health insurer who say it may have misplaced sensitive information for more than two million

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pink slips are going out to warn teachers of possible layoffs. educators and parents are rallying today to support

governor brown's spending levels to maintain levels. you know at 6:30 this morning, while many people were just waking up or getting ready for work, the california teachers association was having a press conference to discuss how this day was going to unfold. today actually is the deadline for school districts to issue preliminary pink slips. now some administrators will also get them. there will be rallies throughout the day in santa clara, burlingame, oakland and here in san bruno where we are at 4:00. the superintendent of schools will be here. take the new haven school district in union city. a small district, 60 pink slips have been issued. in a larger district like oakland, 540 layoff notices were sent out. >> it's very difficult to get a pink slip this year because we're expecting our first baby and i'm faced with all the stress of losing my job and

worrying about not being able to provide for my baby. support our schools and support the governor's plan. >> the governor's plan calls for a special june election to extend current taxes, if voters approve that the cuts will not be as severe and some of those layoff notices could be rescinded but for now, school districts have to send out these pink slips because they have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. i'm live in san bruno, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." today is also pg&e's deadline to provide documents to state regulators verifying that pressure levels across the utility's entire gas system are safe. they have spent months sift go through you thousands of boxes of documents at cow palace.

in the wake of the san bruno explosion. if pg&e can't find the records, state puc could order pg&e could order time-consuming pressure tests. in terms of what we are facing, we're getting more sprinkles out there. >> we got one on the embarcadero right behind us. we do see sunshine in san jose. you will get rain and how many more days can we have rain in the forecast. >> all right. >> and also do you want an ipad 2. >> yes. >> one bay area sold got a whole shipment in. we'll tell you where coming up.

ipad 12, people may feel they hit the jackpot. apple store got the new shipment of the devices, one of the few stores that did. people couldn't wait. some lined up before doors were open early this morning, more than a half million tablets were purchased in the first weekend after debuting on friday. most apple and best buy sold out and online orders are back ordered for a month. >> the umbrella is kind of

small. >> there is definitely rain out there. san francisco, just finished raining, one more perspective, start in emeryville and look back to the west. see how obscure once you get to treasure island because of the rain. the rain is moving away from mz but watch out berkeley and alameda you have a little bit of rain coming at you. let's go up to the north, most of the rain and continued to fall along 37, 29, 12 that whole area, novato, sonoma and napa, moving off to the east at about 20-25 miles an hour. stronger storms are up to the north but those will migrate down to the south as the afternoon and evening hours unfold. let's talk about temperatures. when you are stepping out, we have a whole lot of 50s except for half moon bay, san rafael

and santa rosa. mid to upper 50s. mid 50s for santa cruz and gilroy but salinas and monterey in the low to mid-50s. rain just about everywhere. heaviest will continue to fall in the afternoon hours. for tomorrow or thursday, looks like it will be more showery and scattered in nature and there will be dry times more so than today. periods of rain, a chilly rain for friday, saturday and sunday. as far as today, low to mid-50s look good around the bay, south bay and over to the east bay valleys with upper 50s along the coast at some time low 60s in the north bay with rain-cooled air. temperatures around monterey bay temperatures in the 50s, you'll get more rain in the overnight hours. most of us north of us will see light rain. rain in tahoe, 52 degrees. palm springs with 88 today. light of rain as a drizzle, low

50s for the rest of us, upper 40s in the valleys. >> the cold weather moving north of us who are getting the tail end of that and because of that most of the rain in the north bay with very limited amounts as you head farther to the south. here we are at noon. you can see impressive yellows, even moderate rain moving lieu the heart of the day. but during the evening rush hour it tapers to some light rain, even some drizzle for tomorrow morning's commute. here is one of the breaks i'm talking about. once we get to noon tomorrow and in the afternoon, we'll see more sunshine but you can see already showers developing as we head into wednesday night into thursday morning. south bay, tenth of an inch, up to a third around the bay. up to two-thirds in the north bay. in the mountains, up to an inch and a half. still a pretty mild flow with the showers wednesday and thursday with temperatures in the low 60s around the bay,

upper 50s around the coast and cold, chilly rain comes in for alaska, spring sunday, not really, it will be kind of cool. >> it will be better this weekend. >> all right. thanks. >> top u.s. commander in afghanistan says the military is on pace to withdraw forces there as planned this summer. general david petraeus said the armed services committee that coalition troops have made significant gains in recent months, however, he says the progress made is reversible if the u.s. doesn't proceed wisely. >> it is calorie that much difficult work lies ahead with our afghan partners to expand our gains in the face of the expected taliban spring offensive. nonetheless, the hard fought achievements in 2010 and 2011 have enabled the nato transition board to recommend initiation

this spring of transition to afghan lead in several provinces. petraeus says he understands the frustration of the american people regarding the ten-year war but it's important to keep al-qaeda and taliban from reestablishing themselves. >> if your health insurance company is health net, your data may have been compromised. they can't account for two hard drives. they believe they contained the health records and social security numbers for nearly 2 million people. the imagined care company won't say if the drives were stolen. it's offering two years of credit monitoring to affected clients. >> right now officials are unveiling a new game that will allow bay area drivers to speed along doyle drive. engineers used the program to design the new approach to the golden gate bridge and gives drivers a virtual look at the new one billion dollar parkway.

the game will be available for the public to try at one market building here in san

today at 5:00, attorney general pamela harris is joining santa cruz police in an arrest in a sexual assault case.

>> and one city is no longer paying out vacation time. those stories and more at 5:00. that is going to do it for us. >> the rain will hit just about everybody but especially during the latter parts of the