>> here we go again the bay area bracing for another atmospheric river and we are

timing out the storms. good afternoon, getting ready for potential storm damage with heavy rain and gusty wind. a live look outside, dry for now but the picture will change in hours. live team coverage ahead of the storm. more now on how the bay area is getting ready, but first chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> it is really nice today, but chilly. we have another atmospheric river headed this way, raking toward the middle of the scale as a three which is moderate, but that means we are facing a balance of an official rainfall in terms of long-term drought and hazardous conditions were too much in a short amount of time with the potential for damaging wind. hour by hour rain chances on thursday. starting off spotty showers in the morning with chances wrapping up into the afternoon and will likely rain through the evening with heaviest rain

falling from the late afternoon through the evening into tomorrow night. a flood watch at 1:00 on thursday, going through 10:00 on sunday morning because the potential of river flooding from other parts ala, t the flo bay area will be highest tomorrow into friday and we have a wind advisory from 1:00 tomorrow to 4:00 on friday which is also being cautious. looks like the greatest potential for wind damage will be in the afternoon and overnight thursday with wind coming down friday. down the trees and power outages are something to prepare for. we will look at futurecast coming up in a few minutes. >> time is running out to get ready for the next storm. preparation is key. now, anne makovec with resources available to your. >> there is some renewed urgency today and you have options. in san francisco people can get 10 free sandbags, just pick them up from public works operations.

between 101 and 280 that is open from 8:00 in the morning until 2:00 pm. tomorrow morning will be your best bet. enter through the marin street and kansas street gate, show your proof of residency. one woman says she does not want to make the same mistakes from january. >> we thought we were ready but we had a leak in the roof and then we noticed through the backyard the water started coming through the garage seeping through the house. we are not taking any chances. >> the city has begun clearing out storm drains and they want people and businesses to do the same. a little debris can block the drain and then water backs of quickly with storms. that is a big step in preventing flooding. people from one neighborhood in richmond are hoping the coming storm does not send a landslide, this is the sea

cliff development in point richmond. in january 15 homes were evacuated and the hillside was covered with a tarp. the plastic has blown off multiple times so now they are using sandbags to keep the tarp down. the hillside repairs are not expected until the summer. we have a list of sandbag locations online at kpix.com. click on weather and scroll down. >> sandbags again. thank you so much. day one of repairs along a section of highway 70 in santa clara just wrapped up, caltrans clearing fallen trees from last month's storm. one southbound lane is closing again tomorrow and friday from 9:00 until 3:00 and next monday through wednesday northbound lane will close the same hours from summit road to blossom hill. we will be watching the approaching atmospheric river with continuing coverage on air and online at kpix.com. always streaming on cbs news bay area. san jose police say that a

bombing suspect made enough explosives to damage an entire community. police say that the suspect can be seen in this video, look closely. placing a bomb at a location on snell avenue, this was from january. you can see the smoke and a little bit of an explosion plume. he was then arrested last week, a stockpile of bombs and weapons were found at his home. >> during the investigation, various items were seized including a homemade explosive, multiple energetic homemade destructive devices. other materials for making destructive devices were found including pipes, wires, fuses and various chemicals. at least five firearms were seized from the residency. >> police do not know what led him to make the explosives or if he acted by himself.

students at six sonoma county schools walk out of class today. they are demanding school leaders give them better school safety with more mental health resources. these kids are scared. the walkout comes one week after the stabbing death of a student at montgomery high school. ents plademonstration tonight. families and officials in sunnyvale are keeping summit denali middle school from closing, the summit board announced closures in january. budget concerns are the reason for the closing, supporters say one month earlier the summit board reported denali was doing fine financially. coming up, a home built to ensure and indoor the worst of mother nature. >> i think it is a lot more like many ancestors lived. a little bit more nomadic. more flexible. >> a home that can be resilient

and one survivor, a santa cruz man is making

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rethink what home really is. >> the story begins downey narrow dirt road in the santa cruz mountains, black and trees offset by new sprouts, at the end of the road dr. wallace nichols. >> the book is called dear wild child. >> he is reading a thoughtful guide to an unsettling world. >> last night the wildest most beautiful lightning storm i have ever seen. >> writing it in response to cataclysmic event. >> it was really warm and there was all this light. >> in august 2020 and there was all this light. >> in august 20 20,000 the bolt of lightning ignited hundreds of wildfires, including the one that roared over a bridge. >> the fire came down this canyon, both sides of the canyon and up the road. and toward the house. >> a house that was built by

hand 20 years ago. he and his wife raised two daughters. they built it to endure the worst of mother nature. >> looking back on the perspective it seemed so arrogant. i thought i was building something that would last and be timeless. it did not even get through one generation. >> the fire destroyed their carefully planned forever home. >> everything that was our house was ash, mangled metal and the fireplace. so what now? >> what he did next was unusual. in a uncertain environment and changing climate, he decided to rethink a few things, not easy to let go. >> artwork from our kid's childhood is gone. i need to let go of the guilt of not grabbing it. family heirlooms. photographs of my grandfather when he was a kid.

>> he then installed a new kind of magical home made out of components that you can quic me >> made to be kind of like a bedroom. for family and friends and colleagues. they are kind of like, the best way to describe, if batman asked tesla to design this. they have a bed and a nightstand. storage for the blanket. we have this outdoor kitchen area. pretty much consists of dishes and a table and a cooler. i think it is a lot more like the way many of our ancestors lived. a little bit more nomadic and a little bit more flexible. >> during the written recent atmospheric river the narrow dirt road was flooded and a bridge to the property was damaged, but it survived as witnessed by his daughters and

george the dog. >> your home in the redwoods. >> as for the book, it became a letter to the message. >> your house may be gone but you will carry your home with you. >> like the green sprouts popping up around the trees there is a unstoppable resilience in all of us. >> you just saw that story, but later you will see it in a completely different way. we will show you how with some amazing technology, coming up on cbs news bay area at 5:00. time for a look at the forecast with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. this is one area we are concerned about near the burn scar around the bay area. these are prone to flash flooding and mudslide. let's look at what you need to

know for the next few days. the atmospheric river event we are talking about is right on our doorstep thursday and friday. localized flooding with wind damage likely. be prepared for sporadic power outages. for the weekend, showers are often on. we will not likely see additional problems through the weekend, but then another system comes next week. we have showers to begin the day tomorrow which will be hit or miss, not widespread for the morning commute, but the rain becomes widespread for lunch time and much more widespread mid to late afternoon. afternoon and evening commute will be a mess. if you have the option to work from home, do that. if you can work a half day and get home early, exercise that option. it's going to be sloppy with wave after wave of heavy rain with occasional breaks, but those will be few and far in between. more rain after midnight into e earlurs fray morning so lfof

area will be the focus for additional heavy rainfall for the first half of friday, that will then taper off for lunch time. from friday through friday night and into saturday there will be more showers, occasional heavy downpours, but they will be moving through which means plenty of breaks in between and that will limit the potential for additional flooding that may occur. let's add up the rain through saturday morning, that's the time limit for the forecast model. widespread basis up to two and half inches of rain. some spots picking up more where the rain starts early in the north bay and the terrain enhances the rainfall rates. especially the santa cruz mountains more than four inches especially around the burn scar which is outlined in the red. 3 to 4 inches of rainfall on the terrain that really cannot absorb that much yet considering how much we have absorbed this winter. that is one spot that will be

highlighted for the potential of debris flow and flash flood. wind will pick up, late afternoon on the coast and then widespread through tomorrow night. 35 to 45 mile-per-hour wind gusts, some are up to 50. the wind advisory through 4:00 pm on friday. the wind will be dying down as the sun comes up friday, but long-term we have a unsettled pattern. the 10 day outlook and 14 day outlook show a chance of wetter than normal conditions through march 22nd, at least it is a weaker signal in the long-range data. for right now we are waiting for this to arrive with a mix. temperatures are chilly in the 50s, waiting on the rain to arrive with a mix of 30s and 40s to begin the day thursday, not warm thursday afternoon with low 50s and rain surging in. it will drag the warm air with it and we are near-normal over

the weekend into next week. showers for the weekend, not a washout saturday or sunday, but be flexible with outdoor plans. we could have more alert days monday and tuesday of next week with another atmospheric river headed our way. we will keep an eye out on that. a big honor for a century old bay area brand. the special certification given. a live look outside, drink up this view. we also have your cbs deals. >> i reorganized my entire kitchen and i'm so excited about the tupperware saver. the perfect addition, not only does it look sleek on the counter and fits in my pantry, but it will keep my bread fresh. put your sliced bread in here, we know how expensive groceries are. the worst thing that can happen is you go to make a sandwich and the bread has mold or it is

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a movement to make the food industry more sustainable is gaining some ground. as we are about to show you, a well-known brand from the bay area is leading the way. >> when melanie makes a coffee drink, the finishing touches always a sweet shot from her favorite brand. melanie is the ceo of the century old syrup and flavor company with roots in san francisco's north beach neighborhood. for 30 years she has steered the business through recessions, a pandemic, changing taste.

>> this is the three to $30,000 square-foot beautiful flavor factory. >> a big move to this state-of- the-art manufacturing plant in san leandro. >> the family is deeply connected to being people first. >> some of her best efforts have to do with how the company treats people and the planet and for that she has earned a b which you can find on their labels which stands for the b corporation certification. a worldwide status of the most ethically run businesses. >> when we realize the b corporation certification process was one that would be natural to who we were, we thought we should apply for this and become part of the community. >> the certification is a rigorous process run by the nonprofit b lab which examines company impacts on community, workers, customers and the environment. everything is graded from the supply chain to the facility to to the ingredients. even the

land on the farm workers that produce the company ingredients are treated fairly and paid living wages. >> how do we think about creating more human environments? places where people can thrive. >> there is also a lot of room to grow. >> like me, i came here and now i am a lead. all of the team moves up. to different departments. >> at the recent fancy food tradeshow in los angeles, companies like this french chocolatier made a strong showing proudly displaying certification as a way to stand out in a crowded marketplace. one industry consultant says that food companies are responding to a new generation of consumers who seek out responsible and ethical companies to support their dollars. >> companies who walk the talk and live up to these valleys

values create an emotional connection with consumers. >> companies are finding that being more responsible can be good for business and employee loyalty and longevity. >> we can always share. if we do this here in the bay area than it can be done in other places. >> b corp. certification just might be the modern version of the old world values that the company was founded upon. >> so there are about 6000 b corporations worldwide including patagonia and ben & jerry's. to stay on the list companies have to recertify every three years. still to come a local winemaker makes history. her impressive new title. you can watch us anytime anywhere on cbs news bay area. catch all newscasts and news and weather updates throughout the day.

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weather coverage continues in a part of the bay area hit hard during the last storm. gilroy is trying to get ahead of the rain. it is international women's day and we are ghstrides in wine country, recently named the winemaker of the year. nicole hitchcock is the head winemaker at j vineyards in hillsboro. she says she had to prove herself and learn the ropes from the ground up. there are more than 4200 wineries in the state and only 14% have a woman as their lead winemaker. >> women are inherently very creative and they are incredible tasters. i think that their perception of y wine is really strong. >> women run the company, founded the company and the brand team wine club tasting room and winemaking are all run by women. congratulations.

now i am thursday. for those of you just landing at the airport or in oakland, enjoy this nice weather for the next five minu s. ♪ ♪ >> margaret: tonight, the justice department takes action against police misconduct in two american cities, biting years of abuse in louisville, kentucky, and potential violations in memphis, tennessee. here are tonight's top head headlines. the new findings of civil rights violations nearly three years after the death of breonna taylor. >> misconduct is unacceptable. it's heartbreaking. it erodes the community trust necessary for effective policing. >> margaret: we speak with a family member of the americans kidnapped in mexico. >> they were praying for us. for all of them to