wet weather is here and it will get heavier. taking a live look at the san rafael bridge camera right now, those are indeed raindrops you see. wet weather is here and it will get heavier. good afternoon, i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm kenny choi. neda is tracking the storm. >> it's going to be pretty good storm, um, already seeing a lot of rain coming down to the north of us. and look at this the areas in pink and white that would be

snowfall. so the higher elevations are getting and right now through most of the area it's light drizzle. berkeley, oakland, starting to see a little more rain. we got a bit of measurable precipitation over the past few hours. st. helena, glen ellen, yountville, napa, also coated in this light amount of rain. but most of the rain is well to the north. the drizzle is enough to require an umbrella perhaps or a hood for your jacket. visibility very low in some areas. 1.7 at sfo and petaluma. also about less than two mile visibility. high surf is out there. i'll talk more about that coming up. >> the clock is ticking toward

a government shutdown tomorrow night. talks still stalled over a daca deal. kpix 5's jackie ward joins us in studio. >> reporter: president trump wants money for the wall. republican house leaders wanted to vote on a short-term spending deal today that would keep the government open until february. it would include a 6-year reauthorization of the children's health insurance program. support for the plan was already wavering. then president trump tweeted that, quote, chip should be part of a long-term solution. not a 30-day or short term extension. it's the latest example of confusing white house statements that are frustrating republicans. >> i don't know whether it's clear to the president what we're trying to do. it's not just for 30 days. >> reporter: democrats insist on the deal to fix daca. the program that allows illegal immigrants brought to america as children to live and work here. but the president has rejected two previous bipartisan deals

struck in the house and senate. >> what they want in return is continuously a moving target and it continuously expands. >> reporter: the president is demanding $18 billion to build the wall. this morning, the president tweeted, if there is no wall, there is no deal. president trump insists his conditions have not changed and says he will agree to a daca deal when gets the money for the wall. your weekend plans could be impacted if the government shuts down. places like muir woods and alcatraz would close because they are operated by the national park service. the gates at yosemite and other national parks will be locked. the park service isn't saying how quickly it would put the popular tourist attractions off limit. the last time this happened in october of 2013, yosemite and parts of golden gate national recreation area were closed to visitors. >> our state laws essentially say that we want to protect people's rights to privacy. and we want to protect their ability to go about their

business. >> new at noon, california attorney general xavier becerra just spoke at the state capital moments ago. he is reacting to the recent rumor of potential immigration and customs enforcement raids in northern california. as you heard, he reassured immigrants the state plans to continue to function as a sanctuary state. and the uc-berkeley student detained recently by the federal government will be heading back to cal. luis mora was taken into custody in san diego county almost three weeks ago. he drove into an i.c.e. checkpoint. an immigration judge released him on a $1,500 bond. he will return to school. he was taken into custody because he had overstayed his visa while visiting from colombia. he may still be deported. president trump is in excellent health. not all doctors agree. stanford university medical cardiologist doctor says the president's cholesterol level,

weight and lack of exercise put him at risk of the heart attack and question the assessment of the white house physician. in the bay area watch, a new report out today on the most dangerous highways in the bay area and they might not be the ones you're expecting. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec found out the time of day mats. >> reporter: while bumper-to- bumper traffic is the bane of drivers' mornings, it has perk. >> sometimes safety and the fastest commute are not the safe. >> reporter: the cofounder of zen drive a san francisco startup that found the less congested your drive, the more likely it is that you will get into a crash. >> because there are fewer cars on the roads, there's more lanes, people tend to speed up more and at the same time use their phones in a distracting fashion. >> reporter: they analyzed cell phone data on 62 routes in and out of san francisco. nearly 22 million miles of bay area driving. then he developed a mapping

tool that went live this morning. >> you can change the time of the day and see exactly what is the safest route and when. >> reporter: among the most dangerous bay area commutes i- 280 and the san mateo bridge. the safest, the golden gate bridge and interstate 580 heading west to san francisco. zen drive's bread and butter comes from insurance companies and businesses that deploy fleets. but it's making the information available to the public for free. >> if you are a municipality and you want to deploy your law enforcement tools or you want to change some of the rules add a lane, change the roads themselves, this data is super valuable. >> reporter: the chp doesn't have its own stats on the safest bay area commute. i spoke with an officer about zen drive's findings and he said they all make sense, especially when it comes to the increased danger of higher speed crashes. in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> you can compare routes and departure times on zen drive's

website. find that on our website, cbssf.com. click on "links and numbers." bart's highly anticipated fleet of the future has been given the green light to start carrying passengers. the agency says it may happen as soon as tomorrow. the entire 60-car fleet was supposed to start running in 2016 but a series of setbacks delayed that originally planned launch. now the california public utilities commission says after some hardware tweaks, a 10-car train passed a benchmark teslas week. >> if you think about it, i mean, that's where we're supposed to be at already. so i mean, you just got roll with the fro and hopefully it works out, i guess so to speak. >> the new trains will have video screens, three doors and fewer seats to accommodate more passengers during rush hour. the new cars are likely to be in place by the evening commute tomorrow. it's unclear when the other 50

cars will be tested. bart officials say the entire project will cost $2.5 billion. it appears that neighbors in san francisco's sunset district lost the battle to keep the l train stop on 17th of avenue in front of a safeway. riders say that the move will make it harder for seniors and people with disabilities to get their groceries home. the next nearest stop is two blocks way. muni says that the stop will be removed starting next month. developing news in pennsylvania this noon. a shootout in harrisburg has taken the life of a u.s. marshal and left two police officers wounded. the city's police chief says the marshal was serving a warrant on a woman when shots rang out. officers from local police agencies were assisting and a gun battle ensued with a man inside the residence. >> there was an arrest warrant that was being served and there were shots that were fired. and we're conducting an investigation on the use of

that force. >> the gunman inside the home was also killed. the marshal who died is identified as an 11-year veteran of the service. the officers who were shot are expected to recover. the southern california couple accused of starving and torturing their 13 children make their first court appearance today. as chris martinez tells us, some of the siblings spent years planning an escape. >> reporter: prosecutors in riverside laid out the life of starvation and punishment david and louise turpin allegedly inflicted on their 13 children. >> the victims report that as a punishment, starting many years ago, they began to be tied up. circumstantial evidence in the house suggests that the victims were often not released from their chains to go to the bathroom. one of the children at age 12 is the weight of an average 7-

year-old. the 29-year-old female victim weighs 82 pounds. >> reporter: surveillance video shows the couple being taken into custody sunday. police found a dozen malnourished children in the family home after a 13th sibling, a 17-year-old girl, escaped from a window and called authorities. >> the 17-year-old victim that escaped had been working on a plan with her siblings to escape the abuse for more than two years. >> reporter: child endangerment in california carries a maximum sentence of six years but torture is a felony and could lead to a life sentence. an old photograph given to ktv it. by a neighbor when the family lived in texas shows the inside of the home and what appears to be a rope tied to one of the bed frames. california investigators say three of the children rescued sunday were found chained to furniture. michael delivered a former clifford saw unusual behavior.

>> marching in circles for hours in the middle of the night. >> reporter: they were religious but never had an indication the couple might be mistreating their children. chris martinez, cbs news, riverside, california. still ahead, some bizarre video of a plane stuck on the side of a cliff and the rescue effort to get it back on the runway. >> what's being done in california to battle the spread of the flu? coming up. cbs eye on the community...

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of a passenger plane being hoisted from a precarious position. two massive cranes were used to lift the plane as it teetered on the edge of a cliff overlooking the black sea. the pegasus airlines boeing had 168 people on board when it skidded off an icy runway saturday down the side of a cliff. amazingly, no injuries. and everyone on board evacuated safely. in healthwatch, with flu patients pouring into health centers nationwide some hospitals are responding as they would for a major disaster. this triage tent was constructed down in southern california. a director at the medical center says her staff is treating 60 more patients each day than usual. this is one of the worst flu seasons in years. in california, at least 42 people under the age of 65 have died of complications from the virus. amazon has announced its top 20 cities for a second

headquarters. the full list of finalists leans toward locations in the midwest, south and east coast, but l.a. did make the list. other cities include atlanta, boston, chicago, toronto, dallas, washington, dc. the criteria, it has to be a metropolitan area with a population greater than a million and the ability to attract and keep strong technical talent. the earth's warming continues in 2017. nasa said last year was second warmest year after 2016 but unlike 2016, 2017's warmth was not aided by el nino. it's fueled by emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases according to some experts. today we have rain. >> we are watching the rain coming down to the north of us. throughout the bay area it's a

drizzle. it's cooler. let's get to the doppler radar and show you the rain. you can see it throughout berkeley and richard so this is just enough to now show up on our screens. but earlier all morning we were pretty much dealing with that mist and that drizzle that was barely even showing up here. though north by dealing with the rain first as it moves south but now to the north of us we are seeing plenty near ukiah. look at the raindrops on the richmond bridge. for the next couple of hours some of the south bay and east bay will be dealing with it and then 5:00, 6:00 tonight the afternoon commute will see more rainfall. and then late tonight, 10:00 or so, through the overnight hours, that's when we'll see a bit more widespread rain some areas could even see a chance of thunderstorms. we have cold air right behind this storm system. so look where it's coming from. gulf of alaska as it moves closer to us and now that it's arriving, we are getting that first band of rain showers but

behind it we'll see cold air. we'll also see high winds, high surf. we are seeing that right now. and then significant sierra snowfall across the higher elevations. so the snowfall is going to be something those ski resorts really are excited about. this model showing donner summit could get as much as 14 inches. south lake tahoe at lake level could see about 6 inches. and our higher elevations around 3500 feet or so throughout the bay area, the north bay mountains could see a light dusting of snow because the weather is just cool enough. whiteouts are likely if you are heading out to the sierra. we are talking about strong wind gusts up to 100 miles at the ridgetops along with that snow. so the tahoe report shows alpine wind and snow today, especially tonight, and north star, between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. will be intense and then calming down after that. so if you are heading to places like sugar bowl tomorrow maybe the afternoon commute will be better. let's go to the waters now. it live camera really does show what's going on there. the surf is high! we have definitely been seeing

pretty increased wave heights all across the west coast from washington, oregon, down to northern california because of course as that storm hits the coast, the is your launch get rougher so there's still that high surf warning in effect until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. breakers up to 40 feet. we are seeing mavericks some of those waves between 35 to 50- footers. we are going to get a break from the rain on saturday. sunday, monday another storm. tuesday another break. wednesday more rain. your sunset today 5:18. it's not likely you will see that. [ laughter ] >> my husband told me about saturday because he is golfing. >> could work out. thanks. coming up if you feel like you're seeing a lot of sea lions recently you're not alone. the great news scientists have after the specious was facing catastrophes.

area... *and up and down the west coast. the national oceanic and the sea lion population is thriving in the bay area and up and down the west coast. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says there are now about a quarter million of them. that's about triple their population since the 1970s. scientists are crediting the marine mammal protection act signed by president nixon in 1972 for the comeback. that law made it illegal to

hunt, kill, injure or harass marine mammals. here in the bay area sea lions are of course a popular attraction at pier 39. but in recent weeks swimmers have been bitten by them at aquatic park a few miles away. a fourth person was attacked last week and will be okay. we'll be right back after this.

the very least, challenging. as allen martin reports, this week finding care for a child with developmental disabilities

is at the very least challenging. as allen martin reports, this week's jefferson award winner is the third generation of a family dedicated to providing love and hope for those who need it most. >> reporter: in 1973, computers saanen kerson's grandparents along with another couple started vine village in napa a home and ranch for people with disabilities. saaen is the toddler in her mother's arms and the dad in the cowboy hat. years later when her parents took it over, so did destiny. >> since i was a little girl i told my parents don't worry when you retire, i'll run the ranch. >> reporter: they did retire. >> my parents have been on call for 45 years. this building is home to our art program. >> reporter: now saaen is doing what the two previous generations have done. >> i would hope that my staff and family would provide care if i needed it. >> reporter: her aunt was born

with down syndrome. the family wouldn't take the doctor's advice to put her in a state hospital for the rest of her life. now 63, debbie lived in the same room at the ranch for 45 years. there are three houses on the 25-acre ranch property. 18 residents live here full time and another 25 come and use the day programs which include field trips, agriculture in animals and art. saanen says people come from all over to see what vine village is about. >> it gives them hope that there are good places like this. >> reporter: jane myers has been a vine village volunteer and board member since the '70s. she actually tried to talk saanen into not taking over the ranch . >> you have been here all your life and she said, and i want to stay here all my life. and this is what i want to do. this is where i want to live. these are the people i want to help. >> reporter: people like sarah, who moved to vine village four years ago. >> they have a lot of people that love you and cares about you and do things with you and stuff. >> reporter: that feels good?

>> it feels good. >> reporter: apparently, it's a two-way street. >> i love this place. there's so much good that comes from this place. >> reporter: so for continuing what her grandparents started providing a safe nurturing home and environment for those with developmental disabilities, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to saanen kerson. allen martin, kpix 5. >> and remember, you can watch this story online at cbssf.com cbssf.com/hero. we'll be right back. that's it for us. for kpix 5 news at noon have a wonderful day. stay dry. ♪[ music ]

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