>> reporter: what's the sixth largest metropolitan area in all of the united states? they are trying ahead to get a state budget deal. walnut creek police arrested two men for a stabbing, but the suspects are saying it was self-defense. there's surveillance video that captured it all.

good afternoon. we begin with a rare summer storm in the bay area. we have team coverage. we begin with kraig debro in soggy berkeley. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. even though the rain was forecast it caught many of us by surprise. >> i walked out the door, it's raining. what the heck? >> shut off the water! [ laughter ] that's all i know. >> reporter: the rain comes at an unusual time of the year, late june. in some cases it's causing people to arrive late to work. alejandra had to go back home and get a sweater. >> but i missed the bus running back and doing that. >> reporter: summer is supposed

to be different at this time of year with the weather. >> reporter: you guys were planning to go to the beach? >> no. >> now we have to stay home. >> reporter: san francisco was next on the line. depending upon the rain totals. the bay area is on the brink of several records. there's one danger in the dampness. this white sheen is oil that's bubbling up from the surface. drivers are urged to use caution on the slick roads. but from one woman, the rain comes at a very bad time. >> i just got out of high school. you are supposed to enjoy high school. you can't do anything because it's raining. but the whole year, it's been raining so we still haven't been able to do it. >> reporter: one of the good things about the summer rain, you can sometimes get away with wearing summer clothing because

of the higher temperatures. let's go to rosemary oroscoe for a complete look at the forecast. >> it's really coming down in some areas. something of what we may see in early spring, not early summer. the front sweeping through and this is when we'll see some -- some of the heaviest rain. anywhere from san francisco in over oakland, moderate rain falling. half moon bay seeing some of this as well. millbrae, bur lidge game, shifting into -- lure ling game, -- burlingame. who is not see egg the rain just yet -- seeing the rain just yet? danville, concord, livermore. if we head to the north bay -- in fact, santa rosa has picked up almost .50 in the morning.

we're finally beginning to see some let up there. where are we seeing some of the heaviest rain? right over vallejo, martinez. one last stop as we head to the south bay. mountain view, not just yet but you eventually will get it. coming up in just a little bit we'll show you when that will arrive in your can area, how long we expect the storm to last. and when the summer heat will be back, back to you. >> rain earlier this year has prompted a landslide debate. a group wants the city to accept responsibility for a landslides. the homeowner says the history has a history of landslides. seven homes were damaged. the homeowners say the city should fix the slide. the city said it's not

responsible for damage to private property. in san francisco both houses of the legislature have scheduled late afternoon sessions to vote on a democratic budget. after months of trying to convince republicans to vote for the tax extensions, governor brown decided a bipartisan deal was just not going to happen. since any issue you -- tax issues were off the table. the lack of tax extensions means the vehicle license fee will be cut nearly in half starting this friday, starting july 1st. >> but without the revenue the -- >> we've made some very is tough cuts in this budget. $50million to the university. 650million to cal state. significant cuts. hundreds of millions to the judiciary and all along the

line. >> republicans extent their stand and say they listened to the voters and the californians wants -- want to pay less in taxes. the oakland city council is discussing tentative agreements that include concessions from five city laboruneiance. the police -- lairor unions. the -- laboruneiance -- ewe 1 unions. they start to vote tonight. police in walnut creek are investigating a triple stabbing. allie rasmus talked to family members and police about what happened. >> reporter: according to police, the violence began with a fight between five people in the walnut creek car wash.

a third person had cuts on his arms. lenny fox owns the car wash where it happens. he says four of the five men involved in the brawl are either current or former employees, included two brothers. one of those brothers has worked with him for 15 years. they do their work. they are all great ploys -- employees. >> the owner wouldn't let us see the video but he described what it shows. he says in the picture you can see the two brothers sitting in their parked car. then you see three men hop over this apartment wall. >> they all went at it and all collided. as far as the video shows, yeah, there was three guys that were coming at them. they did not run.

they confronted them. >> reporter: walnut creek police will look into the self- defense theory. >> we'll interview as many people as we can to see if there is a valid claim. ultimately, the district attorney's office will make that decision. >> reporter: police patrolled the neighborhood this morning, they are still hoping more witnesses will come forward. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we now know the name of the dodger fan in a new bryan stow video. the grainy video shows him pointing his finger at stow. his name -- his name is juan banda. we should emphasize the man in the dodger jersey is not geovanni ramirez, who police say remains the main suspect. new details about the weekend beach accident. 17-year-old ryan buchanan

remains in critical condition after he was buried arrive at a santa cruz beach on saturday. he was trapped under seven feet of san for -- sand for 15 minutes after a cave he had been building collapsed. lifeguards say they didn't see him building it until it was too late. >> certainly one if one of our employees were to see this. i would expect they would contact somebody if it was a problem. >> there was no concern. kids were playing in the sand. that's what they do. new details today about the big rig driver whose truck slammed into the side of an amtrak train and killed at least six people on friday. nevada dmv records show lawrence valli has gotten four speeding tickets and other

moving violations since 2008. three were for speeding. friday's collision east of reno killed valli and five people on the train. one person is still missing. investigators say they found a cell phone that probably belonged to valli and they will be analyzing to see if he was talking or texting when it happened. the train was headed to emeryville. ahead -- an encouraging sign in the economy, at least some people see so. some bay area firefighters had to -- to keep a close watch on the volatile situation. the financial crisis overseas that's flared up again creating this dramatic situation in the street.

firefighters spent all night at the scene of a gas fire to make sure it did not reignite in concord. the fire broke out at discovery way near the cal campus. crews quickly responded and managed to put out the flames about 30 minutes later. no structures burned but some homes were threat ped -- threaten the for a short time.

still no -- threatened it for a short time. is still no word what caused it. the fire near new mexico has caused thousands to evacuate it. the los alamos lab contains radio active materials but they are safe from the fire. >> our hearts go up to those people. they had minutes to evacuate. they evacuated with the shirt on their back and left everything they own in their homes. >> the los allah mose -- alamos. for the first time in a

long time, home prices went up. washington, d.c. had the biggest increase, san francisco had the second largest increase. some see this as a positive sign or if it's just a flurry of spring sales. and a slight uptick in home prices did not help consumer confidences. the index fell to a seven-month low in june to just 58.5. it was 61.7 in may. a reading of 90 independent kates a healthy economy based on what -- indicates a healthy economy based on the numbers. the 24-member board voted

to appoint christine lagarde will be leading the global ending organization. she replace is dominique strauss-kahn who resigned amid a sex scandal. is. members of an organization sat down and highlight the achievements, they've been

providing the homeless for many years. >> we serve those people in oakland. you see them on the streets. they get food and shelter. >> organizers say this year city team oakland has served 54,000 meals and delivered 1,000 bags of groceries to 400 families. a two-day hearing gets underway by bay area drugmaker genentic. the fda voted for approval for treatment. federal regulators say the drug does little for treatment. but many who say avasin saved their lives want another kyle before approval is pulled -- trial before approval it pulled -- is pulled.

the river crested in minot at 13 feet above flood stage. that breaks the record set back in 1881. 3,000 homes are now underwater. now an afghan war veteran and his wife are being forced to call their rv home. >> basically, i got back from a year deployment from afghanistan, and coming back to this, this is honestly to me this is worse than me being over there. >> and floodwaters have surrounded one plant. facilities sas -- the officials who run the power plant say the facilities are safe. dig out the umbrella. the rain started in some areas. it won't be gone completely until tomorrow. giving you a live look, low visibility, soggy roads and the rain again coming down in spots. let's head to the stormtracker2. the front easy to see her. we started with rain in the

north bay and now the north bay beginning to see just a little bit of a break as it continues south and east, who is getting hit the hardest right now. benicia, martinez, a moderate rain falling in and around rodeo. we're seeing it now begin to move south and east. san rafael seeing a little bit of moderate rain over the rest of us. richmond, berkeley. san leandro, down into hayward. if we shift farther south, san francisco is daily city, seeing some of this moderate rain. it's a slow moving system. anywhere from 8 to 10 miles an hour. it will be with us all day. you will need the umbrella. some areas haven't seen the rain yet. where you are dry you are more warmer than the rest of us. pug beginning to see perhaps a -- pittsburg beginning to see a

few sprinkles. santa rosa, .5/10ths. some of us see 1 will see a lot of rain. 58 in santa rosa. 59 in san francisco at as well as oakland. 67 where we're seeing less of the rain and dry conditions. i want to show you the satellite and radar. this will move through first and the center of the storm will move through wednesday morning. that --less take you through today -- let's take you through today. light rain falling over most of the bay area, 6:00 is starting to stretch its way south. it looks like it breaks up a little bit as it does into the evening hours. i'm pushing it all the way to midnight, you still have isolated showers in the area. temperatures are gonna be very cool for this time of year. we're talking almost 20 degrees below average. winds are gonna be anywhere from 15 to 25 miles an hour. we can see .50 to -- .50 to 1

inches. 71 in livermore. 70 in san jose. for the bay area this afternoon. we are gonna watch the showers linger. we begin to dry out. there it is there. by friday, saturday and sunday upper 60s, low 70s. mid-90s on sunday. for the midland area. >> thank you, rosemary. the government has a new food safety campaign just in time for the 4th of july. the campaign was launched to remind us to clean off services, utensils, wash hands and separate meat. this comes in the wake of an e. coli outbreak in europe that's killed almost 50 people. today, barry zito returns to the mound for the san francisco giants. zito was scheduled to pitch the second game of san francisco's doubleheader in chicago against the cubs at wrigley field.

he's been out for ten weeks. game one actually got underway a short time ago. the giants are leading. the man who replaced him in the rotation is pitching the game. a performer from civic desole lay de -- civic desole -- -- cirquefefoleleu

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a good day so far on wall street. the big reason, some real hope that greece will avoid default, also the good news on housing markets, though the drop in consumer confidence was a bit of a damper for investors. right now, the dow is currently up 1238. nasdaq is up 36. s&p is up 14. a group of deaf activists have lunched a social media protest campaign against netflix, the week after the lawsuit was filed. last week, the national association of the deaf filed a

lawsuit against netflix, and they say the company is violating the american disabilities act. >> who do you want to call? >> my mom. >> here is a good that's gone viral on the internet. the president invited some kids to have a look inside the limousine. children tried to call their whom who -- mom who was inside the house. she department pick up. she lest a message that he was inside the limousine's limb -- he was in the from the president's limousine and it was reallile -- really cool. dozens of trackers will collect droppings for dna analysises which will allow zoologists to accurately estimate the population. the last census counted 1600 wild pandas in china. if youiver wanted to see what it is like to run at 70 miles

an hour, animals have mounted cameras on the back of cheetahs. so you can run along with the fastest mammals on the world. the cheetahs allow them to reach maximum speed. and that will do it for us. the next news caste is the news at 5:00.