ogens may increase your chances of getting cancer of the uterus, strokes, blood clots, or dementia so use it for the shortest time based on goals and risks. estrogens should not be used to prevent heart disease, heart attack, stroke or dementia. a power problem puts a county building in the dark... and thousands of workers out of the office. noon, new at noon, a power problem puts a county building in the dark and thousands of workers out of the office. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego.

kpix 5's len ramirez reports from san jose. >> reporter: there is no business going on in the main county government center. the county sent out email notices to 2,000 workers this morning at 7:30. those were employees that work in the main county building as well as the district attorney's office telling them to stay home because of the power outage. today's problems started yesterday afternoon when there was an electrical panel that was smoking on the 11th floor and apparently carried over to today. 70 west heading government center is closed including the board of supervisors, tax collector, building permits, marriage licenses and birth and death certificates. the outage also affects the sheriff's office but there is emergency power generators that are keeping that building running. today people showed up to do county business and were turned

away. >> we came from los banos to get a birth certificate to prove i was born and it's closed due to a power outage. it's a bummer. came about two hours from out of town so -- >> there's limited power in there from generator as i understand it. they just don't have the same level of power because we are a critical facility but the generators are operating on limited power. >> reporter: this is causing significant problems for people in many departments including the district attorney's office. they are working with their partners in law enforcement heshiff's office, as well as san jose pd and other law enforcement agencies, they are actually using the county crime lab which is several blocks away from here as kind of an emergency command center to keep their cases rolling. they say that they are meeting critical court deadlines while this power outage happens. the power should be back on tomorrow and every should be

back to work tomorrow. if people need to do some county business to look and see if you can do it online, the services are running. you can do some things, not everything, like that man who was trying to get his birth certificate in paper here. but that is the situation here in san jose. reporting live, i'm len ramirez. >> thank you. new at noon a fire in san francisco sent a woman to the hospital this morning at a home on clarendon avenue. firefighters were concerned that the flames could spread since the buildings there are connected. >> due to fast response, our first company, we were able to get the victim out and water on the fire quickly. we were able to stop it from spreading. as you can see these buildings are connected and could easily get from one building to another. that's why we immediately called a second alarm. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation. now, they are calling it woofieleaks. dog owners are fighting back against proposed rules to limit where they can let their dogs off leash. as kpix 5's anne makovec

reports, they say officials aren't playing fair. >> reporter: the people intent on keeping their right to let dogs run free in the golden gate national recreation area have unleashed woofieleaks a website alleging biased decision-making by the national park service and other officials in charge of making new rules to govern dogs in places like san francisco's crissy field. >> this final rule cannot go forward as long as there's any of these questions about potentially unethical or even unlawful behavior. >> reporter: sally stevens is part of an off leash advocacy group that demanded emails and other documents through a freedom of information act lawsuit and put it all online. >> you know, calling people with dogs rattlesnakes and just -- just the way that they make fun of us and made fun of our elected officials who were supporting us and things like that, i think people were surprised. >> reporter: after 15 years of wrangling, the federal proposal is expected to be finalized january 10th. for crissy field, the blue marks areas where dogs would

have to be leashed. the yellow shows the new voice and sight control area and here's the plan for ocean beach, most of the area dogs can currently run free would be turned into a leash-required zone. same story for fort funston and baker beach. some hope it goes through. >> because as much as people think their dogs are under control, quite often they're not. and there are people who are not dog lovers. there are people who are frightened of dogs. >> reporter: as for woofieleaks, if it doesn't stop the ruling, stevens says her group will sue. >> i don't know the answer of whether it will matter. um, i think that we're just doing what we can. >> reporter: no comment from the national park service for officials with the golden gate national recreation area. in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. about 30 people are out of their homes after fire ripped through a concord apartment

complex. it happened last night at the lakeside apartments. investigators say the fire started in one unit and then spread to three others. two children had to jump out of a window to escape the flames. some of the evacuees may able to return after power is restored. investigators are still looking into the cause. the university of california says it needs to raise tuition. under a new proposal, tuition would grow to more than 11500 clouds for the $11,500 a 2.5% increase, as well as other increase in fees. they are struggling to pay for faculty, courses, classrooms and financial aid. the plan needs approval from the board of regents. cyber threats take center stage on capitol hill and at the white house later today after president obama received a classified report on russian's alleged interference in the election. craig boswell has the latest from washington. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence officials told lawmakers today

that russia's cyber hacking is a major threat to the government and military! >> russia has clearly assumed an even more aggressive cyber posture by increasing cyber espionage operations, leaking data stolen from these operations. >> reporter: national intelligence director james clapper says russia interfered in the presidential election with hacking, propaganda, fake news and misinformation but he cannot gauge what impact it had on the outcome. >> they did not change any vote tallies or anything of that sort. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump casts doubt on the conclusions. this week, he embraced claims from wikileaks founder julian assange that leaked emails are not from russia. today mr. trump tweeted, the dishonest media likes saying that i am in agreement with julian assange, wrong. i simply state what he states. it is for the people to determine the truth. >> reporter: after today's hearing clapper and other officials will go to new york

to brief president-elect donald trump on friday. mr. trump has said various intelligence agencies haven't been on the same page. >> given some of the intelligence failures of recent years, president-elect made it clear to the american people that he is skeptical about conclusion. >> reporter: and now cbs news has learned mr. trump is considering overhauling some u.s. intelligence agencies including scrapping the position of director of national intelligence. craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. new at noon, a new twitter threat by the president-elect, this one is directed toward toyota. after the company said it will build a new plant in mexico. donald trump tweeted, no way, build the plant in the united states or pay big border tax. mr. trump posted that just a little over two hours ago. toyota's stock dropped upon news of the tweet but is slowly bouncing back this afternoon. four people in chicago in the chicago area are facing hate crime charges for allegedly kidnapping and then beating a mentally disabled man

and broadcasting the attack live on facebook. we want to warn you that the video is disturbing. roxana saberi has the story. [ censored ] whites, [ censored ] trump! >> reporter: four people are facing charges for beating a mentally disabled man. >> it's sickening. >> reporter: the victim was a classmate of one of the suspects and may have gone with him voluntarily. he was with the suspects for 24 to 48 hours and had been reported missing. >> images in the video put on display brazenness of the offenders who assaulted the victim and then broadcast it for the world to see. >> reporter: during the attack, the suspects all blacks shouted racial slurs and mentioned the name donald trump. but police believe the victim, who is white, was targeted because he is disabled not because of race. >> i been a cop for 28 years and i have seen things that you shouldn't see in a lifetime but it still amazes me how you

still see things that you just shouldn't. >> reporter: police say of aattack, suspects let the victim go. officers found him wandering the streets and took him to a hospital. >> it took most of the night for him to calm down enough to be able to talk to us. >> reporter: in a statement, facebook says it does not allow people to celebrate or glorify crime and has removed the original video. roxana saberi, cbs news. still ahead, a big turnaround in the push to prevent peanut allergies. >> moms and dads listen up if your baby could be at risk of a peanut allergy, why doctors are now saying not only feed to them but give it to them early. >> gadgets to watch over your house and kids. latest tech toys debuting at this consumer electronics show. >> you have a 48 window from now through friday to get outside and enjoy the sunshine and embrace it. get in a few runs, skiing. we'll be right back. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

to reduce their risk of getting peanut allergies. it's the opposite of the advice to give. doctors now say parents should give babies peanuts early on to reduce their risk of getting peanut allergies. it's the opposite of the advice they used to get. as kpix 5's maria medina reports, one familiar dad knows all too well what it's like having a kid allergic to peanuts. >> reporter: you may know him as kpix 5 reporter kiet do. but he is also a husband and dad. >> so these are the epipens. >> reporter: a dad with a little boy allergic to peanuts. >> his throat will start tightening up. his body will start developing rashes and hives. >> reporter: kiet and his wife discovered lucas' allergy at a year old after he ate a peanut butter sandwich. doctors told them then, keep him far away from peanuts. >> the worst-case scenario is when their throat tightens up and they can't breathe and that's just scary. >> reporter: but now new

guidelines are telling parents to do the total opposite. introduce high risk babies to foods containing peanuts. according to the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. >> we're saying it's not only okay, we're saying go do it in. in these high risk children we need to get peanut into their diet early to try to prevent peanut allergy. >> it is a little scary to -- to think that here's the thing that's peanuts that they are telling to us avoid like the plague but to say give it to your kid early. >> reporter: lucas has been rushed to the emergency room about a half dozen times and his parents now carry an epipen wherever they go. >> this would save his life. >> reporter: but kiet's advice for other parents out there: give the new guidelines a shot. >> if this is what doctors are recommending, this could save you a lifetime of fear and anxiety. >> reporter: in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. today is the last day for people to use their samsung galaxy note 7 smartphones. carriers are rolling out a

software update to prevent the phone from recharging or connecting to the network. the phone is under a worldwide recall after several blew up. samsung says more than 93% of the phones have been turned in but more than 100,000 of them are still out there. one of the country's biggest tech conventions is under way in las vegas. hena daniels looks at some of the coolest new gadgets debuting at the consumer electronics show. >> reporter: welcome to the future. >> reporter: it's a chance for us to look at the latest out of this world tech and make us say, wow! gadgets like the mars levitating hifi wireless speaker made by crazy baby and available now. how about this little guy named cureie? a surveillance robot keeping an eye on your house. >> all over the show big and small robots are showing up. i think it's again because maybe not that the building of them is getting more advanced but the software underneath it. >> reporter: there's also aristotle from mattel coming out this summer. think of it as a high-tech baby

monitor and the amazon echo in one. mattel says it can recognize when the baby wakes up and soothe him back to sleep with a lullaby along with ordering diapers and play guessing games with the kids. one requirement, when your children interact with the aristotle, they have to use the word please. and for the kid in all of us, the lego boost teaches how to code and build robots with the legos you already have. hena daniels, cbs news. >> well, she is not a robot but she's a machine, roberta! [ laughter ] >> thank you, everything. what a gorgeous perfect winter day. i walked outside to the mailbox. wow, i wish i could stay out and go for a run. whatever you can do, go outside today. blue sky, visibility unlimited, pristine conditions. sure, it's a little crisp. but after all, it's winter. 47 degrees in santa rosa. it's 50 in redwood city. it's in the mid-40s from livermore to san francisco. okay, here's what you need to

know. get it done. today and tomorrow,48-hour window to get it done. clean out the gutters, bring in the decorations, just get it done because saturday and sunday once it starts rain, it's not going to stop. in fact, 10 days of rain in the forecast. satellite and radar you see this right here? looks like a runway, doesn't it? it's a path. it's atmospheric river. it's tapping into the subtropics so it will be showery on saturday and will get heavier and direct aim on the bay area. here we are this afternoon with the clear skies, so clear tonight and cooler air mass tonight it's going to get frosty and here we are by friday. we start off clear on friday then end up with the evening commute mostly cloudy. 1 a.m. saturday we have the rain beginning along the coast and we have periods of heavy rain but for the most part heaviest precipitation will be right there sunday 1 a.m., throughout the day, the rain keeps funneling in on the atmospheric river flowing over the entire bay area. by the time the rain lets up

early monday morning, generally about two to six inches across the bay area, five to 12 inches that's a foot of rain possibly santa cruz mountains, four to seven to the north around the saint helena area. all right. what does this mean for snow? a whole lot. but rain, 18 inches at lake level. there will be plenty there, as well. temperatures today in the bay area in the 50s. 25 degrees overnight tonight in santa rosa. freeze warning in effect for inland areas away from the bay. the extended forecast, there you have it. sunshine until the increasing clouds friday, rainout saturday, pretty much all the way through wednesday. and thursday. and friday, we'll be right back. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

education, they teamed up on a solution. sharon chi when two friends learned that many oakland public schools had little to no music and arts education, they teamed up on a solution. >> sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winners. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: students like malia harris can't wait for the weekly percussion lessons at mcclymonds high school in oakland. >> it's fun. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: professional musician juan teaches the class. he and his superstar sister sheila e. are among the guests

instructors at an oakland arts and music program started by yoshi cofounder of 45-year-old yoshi's jazz club and entrepreneur jason huffman. >> just been determined to make a difference. >> reporter: she and jason started the nonprofit 5-1 oakland six years ago. it's named for the city's area code. with yoshi's music connections and jason's business background, the pair reaches more than 2,000 students in more than 2 dozen oakland schools a year. using private donations, the nonprofit pays for many locally based professional artists to teach and speak on campus. >> you see people that are from the same neighborhood that are doing amazing things and now they think anything is possible. >> reporter: and students also have the opportunity to perform on stage at yoshi's jazz club where some of the world's best musicians have played. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: if anyone understands the power of music, it is yoshi. she said it saved her life. she grew up in an orphanage in

post world war ii japan. >> without music i don't think i could have come this far. maybe i would be dead a long time ago. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: now yoshi and jason want to empower young people. >> the music they could dream, they could express who they are. >> reporter: like this student. >> it shows me how to stay confident, things can be challenging. >> reporter: the performing arts teacher pat turner cannot thank jason and yoshi enough. >> they are royalty in oakland as far as the arts are concerned. >> why yoshi and i do this work, because we get so much joy by being around the students, by seeing them evolve. >> makes me very happy and also i'm very proud of them. >> reporter: so bringing music to thousands of oakland school

students each year, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to jason hofmann and yoshi akiva. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> you can nominate your own local hero for a jefferson award at cbssf.com/hero. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

what investigators say the two hid inside their shoes... coming

tonight at 5:00 a smuggling investigation involving a pair of bay area lawyers. what investigators say the two hid inside their shoes coming up later today on kpix 5 news at 5:00. all right. that's going to did for kpix 5 news at noon of the roberta, you said go outside and enjoy the outdoors right now? >> yes. i finally took my own advice and took down my lights last night. >> look at that, though. how beautiful is that? i wish we could go up there. >> great today and tomorrow but a ton of snow and rain over the weekend. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,

♪ >> liam: hold on a second. yesterday, you were adamant about getting rid of quinn no matter what the consequences. >> ridge: if we go through with this plan, destroy quinn, i'm gonna lose my dad for good, and maybe i just want to hold on to whatever relationship we have left. >> liam: oh, so you're changing your mind? >> ridge: no, no, no. i'm thinking things through. i don't know if i want to do this. i don't know if i want to do this to quinn. to expose her like that. maybe there's a way to do this honestly and peacefully. >> steffy: you guys got that quinn look on your face. what's going on? >> quinn: it's chilly in here.