undocumented immigrants...from deportation... by arming th it's california versus the trump administration! cities preparing to protect their illegal immigrants from deportation by arming them with knowledge about their rights. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. we will get to that story in

just a moment. first, taking a live look at embarcadero in san francisco, this storm is going to move in soon. meteorologist neda iranpour is tracking the rain. >> it's arrived just in time for the lunch hour across the north bay. so yes, they are getting wet across places just north of santa rosa. so let me zoom in and show you where. strong cells in the area at a quarter inch per hour. so dillon beach you just saw a cell come through and move to tomales, bodega bay over you for the past 30 minutes. light rain right now in santa rosa, rohnert park and oakmont. so the north bay just as expected getting rain at this hour and then here's what's to come. as we set this in motion, by 2 p.m. san francisco will see more, redwood city will see more. 4:00, widespread showers.

that afternoon commute will be wet. and it's coming down pretty heavily. we have been seeing it hanging over northern california pretty much all morning before it reached the north bay. be it has been a slow system which means that more rain could be coming. there will be a wet afternoon commute and snow in the sierra coming up. bay area officials are preparing for i.c.e. raids and there is a new plan that may protect undocumented immigrants. kpix 5's jessica flores is live in san jose with the details. >> reporter: kenny, i have talk to the city leaders and they say immigration agents have already been spotted around town! but what they're really worried about with those massive workplace raids and they are rolling out a new tool to help inform and warn residents of potential i.c.e. agents in their neighborhoods. it's called the rapid response

network and what it essentially is, is a 24/7 hotline to report federal authorities in the area. this is for all of santa clara county. there's more than 600 volunteers that have been trained to respond to the hotline. they will take reports and educate the public about rights. and volunteers will be dispatched to any i.c.e. activity to be sure there are no unlawful arrests. >> it's not that the volunteers would go out to try to obstruct anything. they simply will go out there to make sure that constitutional rights are not being violated, that the people who are being detained understand their rights and then to prepare attorneys to help defend the people if needed and provide some family support to the family that's left behind. >> reporter: this network is one of nine network this is northern california established to inform the public about their right. now, right now, san jose city leaders are meeting behind me

and they are talking to the press actually about this new network. they want to get a number out. that number is on your screen: write the number down and if you have -- see any federal authorities in your neighborhood, call the number. 408-290-1144. the big concern now is for san jose city leaders the young people, daca recipients, because right now there's no daca deal on the table. so they want people to really know about their rights under the law. live in san jose, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. uc students could soon be paying more for tuition. regents are taking up a proposal to raise tuition again. kpix 5's jackie ward tells us how students from california and out of state might be impacted. >> reporter: the regents are considering raising tuition for the second year in a row. some students say it's impossible to pay anything more

than they do. high enrollment and cut back in state funding two of the reasons the regents are considering making it more expensive to students to go to one of its ten schools. public comment started the two- day meeting at the mission bay campus of students pled for more time hoping they could delay the vote as they continued to press the state legislature for more money. >> i have friends who only a couple of [ indiscernible ] they keep dropping out who are unable to [ indiscernible ] one of the best [ indiscernible ] because they can't afford to live. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: just this year, governor brown proposed a 3% increase down from 4% in each of the last few years saying uc needs more scrutiny on how they spend money. up for consideration, raising in-state tuition by $342 or

2.7% bringing tuition to $12,972 for next year. out of state students would pay an additional $972, bringing their total to $28,992. these students have the support of uc regent lieutenant governor gavin newsom behind them. newsom wrote: >> reporter: the regents are expected to vote on this potential tuition hike by 4 p.m. today. they one available for comment due to the meeting's agenda. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> if approved this raise in tuition would generate about $137 million that uc would be used for things like financial aid and faculty salaries. voters will have the final say on whether drivers will pay more to cross bay area bridges.

just minutes ago, we learned that the metropolitan transportation commission voted unanimously in favor of a plan that would raise bridge tolls to $8. the one exception is the bay bridge where the toll would increase to $9 during the peak commute hours. the measure now heads to the june ballot when the voters will have the final say. another shuffle at city hall in san francisco. a new mayor, the third in six weeks, has emerged after a contentious heated vote. kpix 5's anne makovec is live in the newsroom with more on interim mayor mark farrell and where the mayoral race stands now. >> mark farrell seen as a caretaker mayor, one who will fill the role without running for the seat in june. he was sworn in late last night. >> this is a time for leadership. this is a time to look ahead. and i look forward to it. >> reporter: mayor mark farrell is a lawyer who has been representing the marina district as a supervisor for two-term terms. he will now serve as the city's mayor until june, when a new

mayor will be voted into office to finish the term of the late mayor ed lee. after hours of impassioned comment, the board voted to replace its president, london breed, who had been serving as acting mayor following lee's unexpected death in december. many speakers claim racism was behind the board's move and when farrell one, the crowd's reaction was so dramatic -- >> we're in recess. >> reporter: -- the meeting was canceled. >> where were the progressive values? keeping in mind, that the voices that were against london were saying, we don't want someone that is connected to wealth or tech. you couldn't have gotten a more person connect than do you in mark farrell. >> reporter: breed is now focused on her mayoral campaign, tweeting last night, it's been an honor to serve the city during this difficult time. i have a vision for an inclusive and fair san francisco and will keep working every day on the important issues we face homelessness, housing and public safety.

issues farrell vows to keep in the forefront during his half year as mayor. >> san francisco's future is our future, it's incredibly bright. despite our issues, we live in the most amazing city in the world. >> reporter: and now on to the next six months of the race for the next mayor of san francisco, these top four candidates: in the meantime, mark farrell is expected to appoint someone to fill his supervisor seat. representing the marina and parts of russian hill. live in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix5. >> mark farrell is expected to appoint someone else to fill his supervisor seat representing the marina and parts of russian hill. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. president trump could soon face direct questions about the firing of former fbi director james comey as well as any possible collusion with russia during the presidential election. mola lenghi is at the white house. >> reporter: president trump could soon face questioning from special counsel robert mueller. the president's lawyers are

negotiating how and when an interview with mueller's team will happen at a face-to-face interview a definite possibility. mueller appears to be focusing in on an obstruction of justice case centering around the firing of former fbi director james comey. he was fired last may. he testified to congress while he led the fbi the president asked him for a pledge of loyalty and asked him to help lift the cloud of suspicion surrounding the investigation into alleged russian interference in the election. shortly after his firing, he asked acting fbi director andrew mccabe who voted for in the election. he reportedly said he didn't vote. jeff sessions was interviewed in the mueller investigation. president trump says is he not worried about what his attorney general had to say. >> i'm not at all concerned. thank you all very much. >> reporter: sessions recused himself from the russian investigation after it was revealed he misled congress about his own contacts with russia's ambassador. he was also involved in the decision to fire comey. >> i think the president has to

be concerned, certainly his lawyers have to be concerned. >> reporter: kim whaley is a former federal prosecutor who was an independent counsel during the whitewater investigation. she says the mueller probe has already impacted the white house. >> we have two guilty pleas and we have two indictments and those not even the top people. so i think there has to be concern in the white house. >> reporter: the white house says president trump has done nothing wrong. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. authorities have not yet identified the 15-year-old suspect in yesterday's deadly school shooting in benton, kentucky. investigators say two students were killed in the attack at marshall county high school, 14 others were shot and 4 hurt while trying to escape. police have arrested that suspect, but they are still trying to determine motive. a county attorney says he plans to try the shooter as an adult. just hours ago, a judge has sentenced dr. lawrence nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison. the former team doctor for the

american gymnastics team is accused move lessing more than 100 girls -- of molesting more than 100 girls under the the guise of giving them medical treatment. then in southern california the six minors found shackled in a home will be split up. 7 will be in an assisted living facility for adults because they have diminished mental capacity for the adult siblings. at least 3 people have died and more than 20 others were wounded. a suicide car bomb hit first, then moments later gunmen stormed the save the children compound in eastern afghanistan. a gun battle between security guards and the extremists lasted eight hours. the face of a bay area judge who presided over a sexual assault trial is now in the hands every voters, the fate. a campaign to recall santa

clara county superior court judge aaron persky is moving forward. yesterday, the registrar of voters determined organizers had collected enough signatures to qualify for the june ballot. the effort stems from persky's decision to sentence former stanford swimmer brock turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a campus party. one of the biggest tobacco makers is now hoping the fda will approve one of its new smoke-free products. but will it be a healthier alternative or drive people back to cigarettes? >> plus, it's the newest fad many people are talking about. it's called hq trivia and a single game has up to a million players. cbs eye on the community...

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chase that began in phoenix and ended in a head-on crash in tempe, arizona. it began on a freeway, then the driver got off at the red light. police rammed his jeep. but the suspect just kept going at a high spied before hitting another car head on and then flipped over a few times. it's unclear how severe the injuries are at this point. today the fda will consider potentially safer alternatives to cigarettes. philip more, the maker of marlboro and other top brands, philip morris wants approval for its new tobacco device saying that it will reduce harm and risk of tobacco-related diseases but many doctors feel that this product would drive people back to cigarettes rather than away from them. it's a trivia game that has your friends, family and coworkers all talking. hq trivia launched just five months ago and now a single game often attracts more than a million players. we go behind the scenes at the hq trivia in new york to meet

the team behind the live mobile game. >> reporter: that's the countdown to hq trivia, heard every weekday at 3 and 9 p.m. eastern. contestants just need a smartphone to play. >> these are not googlable answers. >> reporter: questions have to be answered in 10 seconds or less. winners who get through all 12 levels split a cash prize. russ is the cofounder and ceo. >> folks get on their phones to play but they start interacting with each other. that's what we hoped for in making a mobile game. >> reporter: it's so popular, people are playing at work or in even during class. >> my teacher found out about it, like, she caught on and now she made a real, like, no going out of class after 3:00. >> put on your thinking caps. >> reporter: the host is a big draw. >> you are so quick and you come up with so many jokes. is that on the fly or is that a little bit premeditated? >> i write them on the palm of

of my head and spin them off, but it's a mix of both. >> reporter: a writing team handling the questions, revising and fact checking up to the minute the show goes line. the tune in and miss-out factor is a big part of the success. >> are you going to put jeopardy out of business? >> we love jeopardy. i grew up watching and we hope to build something that achieves that kind of level of, you know, popularity. >> reporter: so will you keep playing until you win? >> yeah! >> reporter: math class may have to wait but ethan could learn something playing hq trivia. laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> that's up my alley. >> i'm in. >> my new user name, neda news. >> see how much money we could win! let's show you the rain. hi-def doppler showing it is coming down heavy especially across santa rosa.

the airport reporting heavy rainfall. some of the spots are seeing yellow, darker green, yes, bodega bay, this cell just now is starting to move further out east just off the coastline but highway 1 as you see is drenched right now. this area, rick's corner, south santa rosa, just saw a strong cell coming through and now, you can see it's moved a little bit towards santa rosa at the top of your screen. so yes, these are quick cells coming through. glen ellen it's starting to pick up a little bit. sonoma you will be next. yountville lighter of the precipitation right now. and then as we look towards the coastline, it looks like inverness also will be seeing a little bit of that rain coming through. just at the opening right there of highway 1 it's coming down. so you can see some of the darker clouds across the bay. right now temperatures in san francisco 53. 54 for livermore. san francisco still waiting for the rain to arrive. it is currently up in the north bay. the sunset is happening tonight at 5:24. by sunset time, we expect it to be widespread rainfall. temperatures this afternoon will only be reaching the low

50s for santa rosa and napa, upper 50s for fremont, san jose, mountain view. so below average by a degree or two. now here's what we are getting. the rain band is coming through right now and it's going to last through the night. then we'll get a break, maybe some scattered showers early tomorrow morning. and then this low will arrive. once that arrive, the cooler air also comes with it once that arrives, with unstable air so chance of thunderstorms tomorrow and hail also a possibility. here's the way futurecast looks with the amount of rain we could see. three-tenths to a half inch for san francisco, more to the north across santa rosa and ukiah. and a good amount of snowfall is expected. one to two feet at the resort of and six feet at the ridgetops and a lot of snow coming through with the storm 22" at donner summit, south lake tahoe could get 12."

on the weekend, sunshine. temperatures will be warming. so there's nothing like a bluebird kind of day on the ski resorts. >> i like that a bluebird kind of day. >> yes. thank you. we'll be right back.

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dozens of stores-- many right here in the bay area. that story and more at five. that's it for k-p- i-x 5 news at a sign. times. toys 'r us gets ready to close dozens of stores and many right here in the bay area. we'll have that story and more tonight at 5:00. and that is going to do it for kpix 5 news at noon. remember, at 5:00, we are still tracking the rain. >> oh, yeah. it will be here by 5:00, oh, yeah. it will be widespread so paul deanno will have it covered for you. >> you heard it right here. [ laughter ]

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