through town. we have live storm watch coverage for you tonight. ktvu crews are spanned out throughout the bay area. and our chief meteorologist is tracking the storm. let's start with all of that snow in the sierra, here's ken pritchett. >> you can see the snow is still coming down here at blue canyon. and we got very heavy snow yesterday. what you're looking at right now -- [audio difficulties] >> westbound interstate 80 was closed at coalfax. the result a long line of cars packed the parking lots. >> about 5:00 i spent a couple of hours and turned around and went back. >> reporter: stephanie has spent hours waiting in her suv watching dvd. >> we got a couple of bottles of wine in auburn. >> reporter: she and other drivers lined up expecting the interstate to open soon. >> just started about 15 minutes ago, i'm going to wait

to see if they open it up at noon. >> reporter: caltrans said noon would be the time. that changed. still looking like noon? no, 3:00. good luck sir. >> reporter: so much snow fell it simply took time to clear the road. some people decided to call it quits. >> we had to turn all the way back around. >> reporter: others were determined to make it over the summit. >> the snow is epic up there so it's worth the wait, right? well, a technical problem off the spot but i will tell you you're looking at interstate 80 heading toward the bay area. what you see here is cars passing by. what you don't see is semi trucks. westbound 80 opened at about 8:00 this afternoon after being closed for 24 hours because of this heavy snowstorm. eastbound 80 heading toward reno that was worse. that stayed close more than 24

hours till about 3:00 this afternoon. we didn't have snow this afternoon, we have it now. so if you're heading up in a car you can go over the summit. you will need your chains. be prepared because the road conditions may get worse. at blue canyon, ken pritchett. from all the snow up in the sierra to rain in parts of the bay area. it has rained 20 out of 25 days and we're still not done with all of this wet weather. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here right now, what are we looking at? >> yesterday's storm was huge. there's storms out there right now on storm tracker two. the break, even though it's sprinkling is helping out quite a bit. because rivers and creeks are having an opportunity to go down over the next system. the richmond san rafael bridge we have showers near grizzly peak. scattered showers, you may have gotten over one of these cells today. the rain coming down heavy at

times in the dun barton bridge as well. over milpedas. we have heavy rain up in the hills perhaps an inch of rain up in the santa cruz mountains maybe an inch and a half. now the soils are saturated and we're starting to see slippage. to another half an inch, we're going to see more slopping of the hillsides. that's a big concern. so another weather system coming in here tonight and tomorrow morning. we'll have all the details on that. we'll look at the latest computer models in just a minute. all that rain headed o our way could make a bad situation worse. what started as just a crack in the soil turned into a huge landslide. some backyards here are just wiped out. paul. >> that is so true. you have to look at the destruction for yourself. take a look behind me, this

shed used to be long-standing. the áet has moved up an inch, excuse me a foot. you can see it's gone that high up. there's a lot of space inbetween. all of this dirt began up there. the damage is unbelievable. heavy rains over the last few days has caused mud slides here in san pablo. >> you can hear the earth dropping. >> the retaining wall at this home is destroyed. >> the damages are way beyond the house value. >> reporter: huge chunks of the walkers yard has been washed away. the children can no longer play in their swing set because it is now teetering on the edge. and at their neighbor's home. >> my husband and i moved here in 1972 and we've never ever ever experienced anything of this magnitude. >> reporter: 10 years ago, barbara scott's husband built this deck. now it's in jeopardy of collapsing. >> and this deck is teetering. this deck is very, very danger

of, i feel it's in danger at falling at any time. i am not comfortable with this at all. >> it was like a wave coming down. >> reporter: eloise lives behind scott. and now all the falling soil is falling on her home. >> right now this is under 6 feet of dirt. so i don't know if we should evacuate or what. >> reporter: coming up you will hear what the city has in mind to help them. within the last few hour, this morning right what you're looking at right now was flat and level. it's already coming apart. they are afraid if more rain continues it will continue to come down and slide and possibly go into their home. live in san pablo, i'm bill

chambers. and a road in san anselmo gave way. >> the rain was coming down like, i've never seen it come down before. when my husband came home he said, look up there and that's when we saw the water kind of coming down this hill. >> no word tonight on exactly how long those repairs will take. ace train is telling us tonight that service between the san joaquin valley and the south bay should be backup and running again on monday. this is new video from news chopper two where an area where the mud slide blocked the track just outside of fremont yesterday afternoon. crews had it cleaned up by 2:00 this morning. even so, ace train cancelled. ace train does not work on weekend. that's where trees are toppling right on to power lines and even homes. ktvu's robert handa live now in the santa cruz mountains to show us the problems and the

fixes under way. >> reporter: as you heard, the rain has been steadily coming down, and it doesn't take much to cause damage. the people are starting to feel like nature is well picking on them. this 80-foot birch tree came crashing down on power and telephone lines during heavy rain last night. nelson road is where a massive landslide fell monday that stranded 33 homes and also where another huge fir tree crashed the house yesterday. firefighters say that tree barely missed the homeowner. the tree workers were removed today didn't hit a home but cut off power and generated fear. >> i actually was standing in a window and saw the power lines stagging and kind of bouncing. and i went out and i didn't want to get near it but i could see there was a will the of sparking and smoke. >> reporter: pg & e crews said

they've seen a lot of that. >> with the high winds, it just obviously going to cause power outages. we do with the wires, we deal with transformers breaking. so it is pretty typical work for us. >> reporter: this afternoon finally good news for the nelson road homeowners on the other side of the landslide. today the weather calmed down enough to bring in heavy equipment to build a temporary road. a project expected to take a beak. >> how much is everybody looking forward to getting this thing done? >> immensely. everybody has to have a car around the slide and walk around. >> reporter: 100 people evacuated yesterday along the san lorenzo river because of a flood flash warning. the river did not rise as high today but all these homeowners

are watching it. robert handa, ktvu news. the take a look at this video that we have from you tube showing what happened in capitola. you really get a sense of how bad it was. their public works officials say drainpipes failed and the waters came rushing into capitola river forcing the evacuation of a mobile home park and leaving a big sink home. coming up at 630, you're going to hear the stories of people who were caught right in the middle of this. utility crews we just learned are making good progress of getting electricity back on. at one point today more than a thousand homes and businesses were without power. when we just talked to pg & e they said there are only 500 customers right now without electricity and that all of them are in the peninsula. we have coverage on this newscast and on our website. there you can track the weather at any time in your neighborhood over the weekend

with live radar from storm trackerii. you will find it all when you click on the weather tab on ktvu.com. the perjury trial for barry bonds was in recess today and will resume on monday. yesterday the judge heard from dr. barry bowers. he is one of the leading experts on muscle enhancing drugs. next week's witnesses include kimberly bell, bonds former mistress. a woman from livermore was sentenced this afternoon to five years in state prison for having sex with two underaged boys. 42-year-old christine hubs pled no contest to four felony counts. hubs also has to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.

hub social security married and has two children. after his -- hub is married and has two children. after the sentencing, hubs says that his wife is very remorseful and that he still loves her. they tied up a resident, searched the home and left without taking anything. the victim was not hurt, the suspects are both spanish speaking men we're told at about 40 years old. california's unemployment rate has slipped for the second month in a row. as the state added 400 jobs at the end of february. california's jobless rates have fell. unemployment fell in much of the bay area as well to 12.1 in solano county. and 7.8 in marin county.

according to a report by the federal bureau of economic analysis. income statewide increased over all by $38.8 billion from 2009. still it lagged compared to the nationwide increase of 3%. wall street ended this week on an upbeat note following a third straight day of gains. good news from oracle that consumers are spending again. the dow closed at 2,220. the nasdaq rose six points. and we'll be right back after this short break.

today the prime minister of japan said the situation at the damaged nuclear reactors is grave and maybe worse than first thought. there maybe a breech in the

core of reactor unit three raising fears of more radiation leaks. crews also found water that is ten thousand times more radio active than normal. people who live around the facility have been told to stay indoors or move to other areas. two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami hit japan the death toll has now hit 10,000. that number will most likely go much higher because 17,000 are still missing and hundreds of thousands of people who lost their homes still have no power or hot meals. today the first cargo ship arrived at the port of oakland. ktvu consumer editor tom vacar is at the port port of oakland where that ship is unloading. >> reporter: you will see the

korea, it arrived today and some people wonder is this black ship radio active? after leaving yokashama it quickly arrived in oakland. people at the port are not concerned. >> it doesn't raise concern for me. i think it'll be in small enough value that it won't be a concern for us. >> i'm not really concerned, i haven't done much research so i'm not rely sure. >> the necessary precaution measures that can be taken to avoid any drastic causes. >> reporter: but what about other u.s. bound ships in the pacific on the way. >> ships coming into this area they should be definitely you know looked at to see if there's any issues with the

radiation before they come into port. >> reporter: the coast guard tells ktvu if the ship did not pass within 50 miles of the plant, they have no concerns. >> i don't think they're going to let something that's dangerous come into the port. >> reporter: in fact, for six years now, every container coming out of the port of oakland is screens for radiation. >> now it just confirms my feeling of nonconcern. if it was an issue i think the government i hope would let us know about it. >> reporter: in fact, if any trace of radiation is fact, hand held detectors can identify not only the source but the specific isotope that they are looking at. amazing technology, reporting live consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. the fda took steps to avoid

another incident where a air traffic controller fell asleep on the job. the pilot got no answer when calling the tower because the only air controller was asleep. nasa has dropped plans to put a sophisticated 3d camera on the next mars rover. james cameron had been helping nasa to help them develop a camera. the rover is scheduled to arrive at mars in august of 2012. california condors have laid ten eggs and more could be on the way. the zoo in portland reports that's the most eggs laid since it joined the effort to save the species in 2003. for the first time this year the zoo plans to transfer two of those four eggs to california where they'll be placed in nests in the wild. well on to our weather now.

we got a little break today. we're seeing green in the radar behind you and looks like more rain on the way. >> it's been a good enough time, the creeks have had an opportunity to come down. and in the bay area, that's what you need is a break to get the rivers down like the napa river which got pretty high yesterday. the san lorenzo creek. that's come down a bunch as you guessed. right now we have showers in the richmond san rafael bridge. heavy showers right in the mid- span. we come back here, all the bridges have a little bit of rain on them. here's the san mateo bridge headed toward hayward: on the side side of the barton bridge headed toward the -- if today had rained half as much as yesterday and we didn't get this break.

we would be giving a whole different newscast. because the mud in the hillsides over loaded from weight from the moisture and we'd be seeing a lot more activity. overnight tonight we get back into the rain. late tonight the rain starts in the north bay. tomorrow morning it's real late. half inch, maybe an inch of rain. that's a lot of rain that's going to come down pretty rapidly. could see a flood advisory tomorrow morning. i think the big impact tomorrow more than anything is going to be the saturated soil and the slippage possible. and the north bay, the coastal hills into santa cruz mountains. we're already starting to see it. so that's what we're watching out for. rosemary orozco will be here tomorrow looking at that. when i come back, latest computer model. why an attorney for target

stores is asking a judge to give gay marriage supporters to stop what they're doing. a new number on gay soldiers that were dismissed after the don't ask don't tell bill went into place. and what the school district is doing to put a stop to bullying in the area. and san francisco is more exclusive. the top new policy that could change your odds of landing a job. >> a sculpture of a horse had been attached to this hillside. now it's in pieces on the ground. but could it be put together again. and we have continuing coverage of the storm damage across the area. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. óa

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assembly called a resolution to put a stop to bullying in school. assemblyman russell says that more students are skipping school due to bullying. we're wondering why people are still under discharge proceedings to this day. why people who sign up to give up their life for their country are being discharged from the job they do. gates put new rules making it more difficult to discharge someone under don't ask don't

tell. danny hernandez is a former soldier who was kicked out after being ousted by members of his unit. he says he would like to rejoin but there's too much discrimination. >> the time comes in your life where you want to settle down and have children. unfortunately disparities exist so there's still a long way to go. >> there have been no discharges since president oe obama signed the repeal. a ruling is expected next week on whether progay marriage group must stop canvassing outside target area stores. today a judge asked target why

it had not complained about solicitors. a chance encountered reunited two world war ii veterans. more than 60 years later and thousands of miles away, both men were at a chiropractors office in lake county florida. ashland's wife made the connection when she spotted watkins wearing a hat that said uss tacongaroga. >> i jumped up and went over and asked him what his name was. >> the name sounded familiar, but after 67 year, people don't look the same. >> reporter: turns out the two men had lived within walking distance of each other for a while. >> wow. the lights will go down on broadway tonight. the theater marquees in new york will go down for one minute in memory of elizabeth taylor. she was nominated for a tony for her work in the little foxes in 1981. she started in another play

with richard burton two years later. elizabeth taylor was laid to rest yesterday in a brief private ceremony at a southern california cemetery. this is where much of marin county sewage is supposed to end up. i'll tell you why the thousands of counties that ended up here and what the city plans to do about it.

at least one person tonight is saying there is no excuse. she's talking about thousands of gallons of raw sewage that

spilled in marin county. it happened when some manhole covered were exposed. ic rassmussen is live where he's asking, what happened. >> reporter: you know they even gave us this graph. you can easily see just much rain fell. >> reporter: this warnings are still up and colleen ross is still angry. >> when you see rushing water going down the street, that suspect just mud. >> reporter: 8,000-gallons of saw sewage spilled out of manholes which means it never

made it here to this treatment facility. this is one of the manholes that opened. neighbors are asking if anything is being done to keep the mess from happening again. roth valley managers blame contractor negligence but say thursday's spill was different. >> yesterday was not a collection system failure issue. it was a capacity issue. it was just too much darn water. >> reporter: what do you say to people who think you should be doing more to prevent this kind of thing. >> well what we try to communicate to people about what we are doing is we are doing more than almost every community by statistical percentage. >> reporter: the facility says it spent $2 million to

expanding their sewage treatment. this sewage plant has also over ran their capacity by 160 times. and chp says it could take up to 8:00 tonight for roads to reopen. and ktvu's janine de la vega has video to show how bad the weather was yesterday. >> reporter: this driveway is completely closed off that leads into that mobile home park. there's a pipe that runs underneath the street and it basically broke apart and tore open the street. it sent water into the mobile

home park and into the village. capitola overtaken by water. a virtual river heading into the streets. >> i started getting a little overwhelmed when i started to see the ground collapse. >> when the road crumbled it nearly swallowed this home and several others. >> we want to make sure it doesn't get any worse. >> reporter: in capitola village water flooded much of the business. many of the stores closed for the day while crews soaped up the muddy mess. >> it's crazy. seems like every time i turn around there's another problem. >> we had sandbags out but the water was so fast and so high it just jumped over the

sandbags. >> reporter: this afternoon, the red cross helped mobile home residents by putting them up in a hotel. >> reporter: city officials say the utilitys have been shut off in most of the mobile homes and it could take weeks before people can live here again. reporting live from capitola, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. there is more fall out to report tonight from the big storm surge of the past few days. the heavy rain wiped out the home of a much loved beaver family in martinez. these pictures are from slightly drier times. the lodge where they created their homes have now been washed away. fortunately though, there's the little guy in happier and drier days. we're told the beaver survived. volunteers said that an adult beaver and three kit were seen swimming in the creek.

so we do have continuing storm watch coverage on this newscast and our website. you can track our coverage any time on our web page. you will find it all when you click on the weather tab at ktvu.com. authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped this morning from fulsome state prison. steven colburt goes by the alias steven koble. he's 19 years old and was serving time for first degree burglary in yolo county. the l.a. force is taking parts in the air strikes over libya are beginning a switch of command to nato. nato fired 16 more cruise misless and lieu misless and flew more than 150 air strikes other libya. president obama is holding

telephone conferences with nato over libya. the international criminal court or icc is investigating gadhafi for his attacks on libyan citizens. senator mccain says the icc should file criminal charges against the libyan leader. >> his forces have tried to oppress the anti gadhafi rebels with the worse and most outrageous levels of brutality. >> reporter: also today a senior pentagon official says gadhafi's ground sources remain a significant threat despite seven days of air strikes from forces. violence escalated as troops opened fire. today president obama spokesman said the white house strongly

condemns violence on syrians by forces. and how a woman is using you tube to help find her stolen car. and we'll show you how this video helped a man find the thief that took off with his stolen camera. - -

nummi is reminding customers to use the m pass that they need to switch too the clipper card. and police were watching a car which was used in another crime when a woman went in and took off. during the chase, it hit an under cover police cruiser before coming to an end. a stockton woman says police are not doing enough to help her find her stolen camaro. so she posted this video on you tube asking people to keep an eye on her stolen car. she hopes the video will turn

up the wear abouts of her purple 25th anniversary edition 1992 chevy camaro. if you would like to watch more of this video, you will find it on our web page. an internet video helped a boston college student retrieve his stolen laptop. bayer says he left his laptop in a conference room and it disappeared. >> i was looking through other information i could find to pinpoint the guy. there's a video of him dancing, two videos actually. >> reporter: vao posted that dancing video. one of the people who saw it was the thief. he called university police and turned in the computer admitting he stole it. he's been charged with larceny and trespassing. the fda say there's a drug

that can prolong the life of cancer patients. a large number of patients lived longer than those given normal care for melanoma. the scientists in florida found a chemical in the algea that could help cystic fibrosis patients. a break today but as we move into your bay area weekend we have more rain to talk about. i'll let you know when it gets here. san francisco is now a little more exclusive. the tough new policy that could

change your odds of landing a job. plus -- >> reporter: a sculpture of a horse has been attached to this hillside for the past 60 years, now it's in pieces on the ground. but can it be put back together again? and we'll have continuing coverage of the storm damage from across the bay area. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 complete bay area news coverage.

a san francisco bachelor wants you to play match maker and there could be $10,000 for you. he set up a dating website where he is the only eligible single guy. if you know somebody that's perfect for him, send him an e- mail. whoever hooks up with khaz get it is 10 grand. and we're talking about the nc2a basketball tournament.

mike mcpharland explains, if the government gets his way, there'll be a way for you to gamble online. >> about the only things i didn't do to support my gambling addition was get a gum, make counter fit money or get involved with illegal drugs. not that i didn't want to do it i just didn't know where to get those items other wise i would have stayed out there a little longer. >> reporter: gamblers and the people who treat addicted gamblers are watching closely as congress considers this new law. washington would license certain websites allow the many people already playing poker and possibly betting sports online to do so legally. and perhaps most importantly collect tax money from all this betting. a california congressman sponsoring this plan says it would provide quote freedom to gamblers and small government tea party activists have signed on to support as well. an industry analyst says

washington is doing what so many budget strapped states are doing. betting for gambling. >> in 1931 in nevada. nevada was a very poor state so they legalized quicky divorces and gambling. >> reporter: i'm told more than 53,000 people in california called gambling counselors last year. and those counselors say if this bill became law, that number would spike. looks like silver is the new black when it comes to ford trucks and suv. and auto maker is telling dealers to order the vehicle in silver or any other color other than tuxedo black. it's scaling back production in three shades of red as well for

the same reason. and julie haener is in the newsroom now with some of the other stories working on. >> reporter: local hire launches, the projects inside and outside the city where san franciscans are being put to work. and a historic landmark in golden gate park, how the rain may have washed away a treasured attraction. it's all coming up at 6:00. eight bay area high schools are celebrating their own march madness as the basketball team advanced to the state finals this week. a little bit of queen for you. this year's dodd high school sent their boys and girls varsity teams out to valley. >> this is the first time in the history of northern california division three that

two teams basketball boys and girls basketball are going to the state finals. >> tomorrow they will play in sacramento. to find out which other bay area teams are playing just visit our website ktvu.com. aen conservation group announced today it has raised $7.5 million to buy a grove of ancient redwoods from an lumber company. save the redwoods bought the parcel from the willits redwood company. now back to our weather. a lot of people are scrambling to get clean up done because the break we're getting from the rain is not going to last that long, bill. >> it's not going to last that long. but we got a break today. we got signs from petaluma of

rain. right now we've just got pop up showers out near hayward and san leandro giving us a little bit of nuisance activity as we travel along the highway on your afternoon commute on what is already your friday. what's going on in march, it's almost over. and look how much rain we have. you get a feel for 19 days right now. oakland has had 30 days of rainfall out of 25 days. starting today. the rain continues to come. we're going to add another day. this is the system we're tracking. it's a juicy one. nothing like what we saw yesterday. that was a ten, this is a #. that's not a big deal in terms of the creeks being able to handle it. it is a big deal because it'll come pretty rapidly. could see an urban stream

advice advisory. the main concern will be slippage of the hills. we're seeing a few of the bay area hillsides getting slippage. sundays looks like your best day with a chance of shower. saturday the rain starts in the morning early and lasts right through the early morning hours. there's saturday morning at 5:00 a.m., it's wet. and then we get into saturday about 10:00 it's drying out quickly. as i mentioned, mike mibach and claudine wong will be here with our new show. we do a new saturday morning newscast. they'll be tracking this. my main concern will be the landslides that may occur. here's how it goes. it starts out dry out there now, but the showers and creeks late tonight around midnight, really hits hard about 3:00 to 5:00 in the morning. maybe 6:00 in the morning. but again nothing like what we saw. it's just going to be a good winter storm. the last one was a 10, this one

is a 7.5. internet and texting abbreviations have made their way to the olt, . you may not that lol is laugh out loud. and this shop says that someone got if winner numbers.

a new law proposed in sacramento is aimed at keeping tobacco out of the hands of minors. >> did you ever see anyone that's 21, 22 years old that says, gee i think i'm going to start smoking tomorrow. it never happens, they always try to get you young. >> reporter: assembly bill 1321 will tighten up loopholes that

make it difficult to go after stores that sell to minors. lottery fever is high. >> the winning number is some where in there. >> you win and you're going to get rich right away. >> reporter: we stopped by the world's fair cafe in hayward they're known for their donuts. but the store also wants to be known as the place to play the lottery. you think it would be a tough sell with the odds of winning at 176 million to one. lottery lovers still have champane wishes and caviar dreams and they say they are happy to spend money on a chance to win the $312 million prize. >> how much are you going to bay? >> probably five quick picks. hopefully i can buy my dream house by the beach. >> a bunch of people at work getting together on a pool. >> reporter: this jackpot started january 1st and has rolled over now 14 times. if no one wins tonight. the next jackpot is expected to be 390 million. and that will do it for us.

ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is up next. san francisco officials say what's going on at this building is changing the lives of construction workers. that story is ahead on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

our region still reeling in the east bay and neighborhood hit by a big mud slide is rushing to clean up as more rain heads our way. >> to the south a neighborhood teetering on the edge of a massive sink hole. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. the stormy weather has passed but the area is bracing for yet another powerful storm. robert handa is live in the santa cruz mountains where he talk about some homeowner who are very worried about what's next. >> reporter: the storm is still taking its shots today. right now there's still some concern about driving conditions. but traffic here on highway 17 is moving. and soon vehicles will be moving around a landslide where homeowners are stuck in the mud. >> reporter: this ruli