few minutes. >> one thing today's storm doesn't have. let's go to ktvu's robert handa. >> reporter: it has been a steady and heavy rain here in the sagal mohamod mountains and -- in the santa cruz mountains. after 36 hoursf rain, trouble is mting. >> reporter: the rain picked up strength in the santa cruz mountains over night. that led to standing water and run off on the sloping roads. the california highway patrol said the condition lead to a fatal crash this morning. a 21-year-old man died after crashing into a tree. emergency agencies say winding roads are dangerous during the first days of a storm. >> you got all the oil and gas, and more slippery, they can hydroplane more easily if tires aren't in good conditions. people should just slow down. the area is getting a

break from the wind. the santa cruz mountains isn't getting the kind of winds that knock trees down. the rain is changing the situation. >> saturated grounds, around your house. i am going to go home and wait for an emergency call. >> reporter: many people are celebrating the weather since there is ongoing concern about the local water supply. >> we need it. it has been drought this year. compared to last year it rain as lot. >> reporter: the big difference in the storm is the lack of wind. we talked to pg&e and they say there have been no outages but they are concerned about the ground -- about the ground saturation. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the rain contributed to the

falling of a tall tree. this happened in arenda. it brought down power lines with it. pg&e was called into fix the lines. 24 customers are without power right now. >> to the north bay where it got several inches of rain. ktvu's eric rasmussen shows us what happened to one person's home today and how flooding there is an issue. >> reporter: this is part of miller road. we have seen flooding all over today. earlier it was effecting highway 12 and 121. in the last few minutes they have reopened this road but with high tide and more rain they worry we could see more flooding later today. >> reporter: with almost no break in the weather rain drops weren't the only thing falling. >> we are sitting right here

and it came down. >> reporter: he woke up to these large trees crashing into his neighbor's house. >> i thought the upstairs collapsed. what the heck. i think a tree came down. i stepped out, wow! >> reporter: no one was home fortunately. >> reporter: in sonoma county, flooding on highway 12 left drivers frustrated. >> reporter: you surprised to see all the flooding? >> it didn't rain that much. >> reporter: marin county received the most rain between 4-6 inches. while all of the moisture is badly needed, crews are closely watching to make sure the sewer system can handle it. >> if the rain gets really heavy it can mack out the cyst

-- max out the system. >> reporter: the rain made for slow going on the highways today. we will bring yooalive look at the situation at 6:00. live, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a mix of rain and snow hit the sierras today. rain was falling, melting the snow that came in earlier today. here is another look at the webcam in truckee. coming up in 10 minutes, we will go to ktvu's ken pritchett who is gathering the latest on the storm. >> the wind and rain means delays san francisco international airport. and the rain caused heavy

damage today to a candy store in oakland. coming up, ktvu's paul chambers tells us why this storm could not have happened at a worse time. we have breaking news right now. highway 1 in deafennal's slide is shut down because of a accident. it has a head on collision. both directions of traffic are shut down. we are working to get more information. as we get more information we will bring it to you. neighborhood nanny is at the center of a molestation case. ktvu's maureen naylor is live with why police are saying the investigation is growing tonight. >> reporter: the last 24 hours police say they have been inundated with qualities since announcing the arrest of this nanny. authorities feel more victims may come foreyard. >> reporter: john walker is

behind bars after a child told their parents about inappropriate behavior who contacted police last week. >> he had access to a number of different children. and preyed on their innocence and had them do things inappropriate. >> reporter: he served as a nanny for several families. police say there are at least 8 victims from 5 families. ages 9-15. he faces multipet charge -- multiple charges. he says he was a nanny in his carpool group. >> we will ask her if anything happened. the family considered hiring him. >> oh, yeah, i could take care of your kids too. i was like no, i didn't have a good vibe. >> reporter: he was an assistant kindergarten teacher before two families hired him. >> shock to me to hear

something like this go on for so long and not reported. >> reporter: john walker's is at the university studying child development. police say he has no prior criminal history, he is being held without bail and faces 190 years to life in prison. live, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. more details on the online profile. we recorded video of his video. it lists nanny experience with many children at one time. including twins, mullples and children with special needs. today they said his back ground check was cleared four days ago. because of the allegations they closed his account. police continue to search for a driver who injured a boy

in a case of road rage. >> the city recorded the sound of gunfire monday night. the father made a lane change on interstate 80 that outraged the driver of a car. after following for a mile the driver fired several rounds, striking the child in the back seat. the boy is listed in good condition. republican presidential hopeful rick santorum campaigned in puerto rico. he arrived today. he cept the alabama and mississippi primaries last night now comes missouri on saturday, poteo reco on sunday and illinois on tuesday. a reporter asked him about comments by myr's campaign that he has the most number of

delegates. >> all you have to do is math instead of going out there and win it on substance. >> rick santorum said he supports the right of poteo reeken's to apply for statehood if they make english their primary language. . >> reporter: occupy protesters in new york targeted mitt romney today. he is tolding a fundraising tonight. they called mitt romney mr. 1% and slammed his record on taxes and jobs. earlier today in nucleic mitt romney didn't stop for questions. last night he noted he won more than a million more votes than rick santorum or newt gingrich. gas prices gone up in the bay area. this according to the aaa

report. it puts today's-price at $4.34. the nationwide average is $3.81 a gallon up 30 cents. occupy protesters calling for a moratorium on foreclosures picketed today. they were there to demand a meeting with the ceo who serves on the board of wells fargo. he is allots children of the corporate -- he is also chair of the corporation. one day after stocks made their biggest gain of the year, markets were flat today. american expressed propped up the dow with a 3.5% increase. the dow is up 38 points to 12,960. the nasdaq is up 1 to 3,041. american soldier killing a dozen afghans is no longer in

afghanistan. officials say the suspect has been flown to a pretrial confinement facility. last week he shot and killed 16 villagers, most who were women and children. the pentagon hasn't released his name. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta made a surprise visit to afghanistan today. she the first top ranking u.s. official to visit afghanistan since the massacre. he met with elders and afghan leaders and held a town hall meeting with u.s. troops. >> as tragic as these events of violence have been they do not define the relationship between the coalition and afghan forces and the people. >> and today there was a tense moment when leon panetta landed. an afghan man drove a stolen truck on to the runway.

today president obama and the prime minister of great britain reaffirmed their commitment to succeed in afghanistan. the two leaders held a news conference and both expressed regret for the villagers in afghanistan. >> the tragic events are a reminder this continues to be a very difficult mission. >> we can help ensure afghanistan is capable of delivering its own security. >> secretary of state hillary clinton and vice president joe biden honored the prime minister at lunch inn. another day in the sierra, another storm but this time it is more rain than snow along interstate 80. why that is good news for the

ski resorts. look at these pictures of a bank heist in southern california. this man is armed and dangerous. the reason he might be linked to a bay area bank robbery.

authorities believe the robber in this surveillance video from san bernardino county robbed a bank of the west on monday. he shot and injured a police officer in the southern california robbery. they say he may be responsible for a bank robbery in sacramento and authorities consider him dangerous. a man accused of threatening police was arrested last night after being wounded by police gunfire. the officers say they came across a man before 9:00 during a suspect search. police say the man who they suspected had a gun took off running. they caught him.

one officer opened fire and shot the man in the shoulder. he was treated at a hospital. the mayor is offering his thoughts on the controversy involving the police chief. he is under fire for trying to correct information printed in a story by sending a armed sarge tonight the reporters' home. the mayor said it is the city's manager job to discipline, not his. he feels the chief learned his lesson and doing a good job. >> he needs to understand that internals of the relationship -- in terms of the relationship with the press, he needs to allow that person to do their job. >> the police union come out against the chief's blunder. as for the city manager, we are waiting to hear back. george clooney urged congress to stop the slaughter of innocent people in sudan.

he testified days after returning from sudan. he said the government is practicing the same genocide in that region as in dar for -- darfore. >> when we got there we found children filled with shrapnel. >> he is calling for tougher sanctions against sudan. . in the sierra they got 1-2 feet of new snow and more at the higher elevations. ktvu's ken pritchett reports. >> reporter: cold, heavy rain fell today in the sierra where it snowed yesterday. interstate 80 was wide open.

the pavement was wet. this is our 5:00 p.m. live report yesterday from blue canyon. when whereit was snowing all day long. look at this spot today it is raining, not snowing at blue canyon and a foot of snow is still here but it is turning mushy. the rain did not turn to snow till we reached 6700 feet below the ski resorts. >> about the snow levels on this one. in town nothing, here we got 2 feet. >> reporter: a foot of snow fell yesterday and another foot today. >> every day had t has been different -- it has been different. >> reporter: she timed her vacation just right. >> this is what i hear is being called dumped on. >> reporter: a difficult year is turning around this march. thoughts of closing up early for the season faded away.

>> this storm sets us up well. >> ken pritchett reporting. lots of good news. bill martin, a lot of people are heading up there soon. >> yeah. ken pritchett showing the rain today. that is what i have been talking about. temperatures are mild. snow levels way up there. they are delivering rainfall to the coastal hills. not a lot of wind out there because not a lot of dynamics with the systems. a lot of tropical moisture slam into had coastal hills. it is like a fire hose, just launching in our direction. so areas like davenport, stenson beach, they are receiving rain while places like san jose a 10 10th of an inch of rain in two days.

interesting weather pattern. we are getting plenty of water and doing okay with snow. the systems are developing off shore and this continues to rotate in. the pattern is favorable for more rainfall into the bay area weekend. as we go into the weekend, it comes from the north. snow levels calm down and rainfall accumulations will become less. the coastal hills have a tendency to take the moisture, lift it up, it cools, condenses and more rain drops out. the santa cruz mountains it 8 inches of rain. 15 miles across to san jose, 10 10th of an inch of rain. all the rain is depleted on the west side. that is up north, monterra as well. continued lifting and very wet sections long the coast.

we are getting a break now, we got more scattered showers tomorrow but lighter. tomorrow, tonight at 10:00, scattered showers, tomorrow morning's commute should be dry, just lots of clouds, and rain as the next system moves in thursday night into friday. i will be back to update the forecast. sometimes in tv news things don't go as planned. that was the case for a reporter in sacramento. he was at blue canyon talking about the snow and watch what happens. didn't go right there. one more time for you. in slow motion. an sos call for help, the problem one animal shelter is having. >> and march madness is on. what one player says make as

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. the oakesland animal shelter are over flowing with bunnies. >> many individuals get a male and female and don't get them fixed. >> one family found themselves with too many bunnies. they brought 20 to the animal

shelter. there are still plenty available for adoption, including 5 pure white bunnies. they make great family pets. . >> they act very much like pets. can be litter trained. they enjoyed it had company of other animals. even dogs and cats. >> they have 31 bunnies in need of homes. that is the shelter's limit for housing. the bunnies are available for a $35 fee and that includes a vet exam, and a microchip and a spaying and neutering. the city counsel gave its approval for a new 49ers stadium. the team will pay $30 million. the counsel approved a $1.7 billion financing plan to build the stadium and develop the property. marp marp hit the bay -- march madness hit the bay area.

we caught up with the st. mary's men's basketball team. they play their first game in the ncaa tournament. they are seeded 7th. >> tough game and produce. >> we are a tough team. i >> the gaels face number 10 seed purdue on friday in omaha. >> berkeley is in the ncaa tournament. the bears are playing in a half hour in ohio. taking on south florida to see who will be the 12th seed in the region. looking live that golden gate bridge. rain coming down all day long. how the commute is going next. >> do we need to change this?

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. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. that is the sound we haven't heard much but this rain is a welcomed site. day two in a searies of storms. -- series of storms. we would like to share pictures. talked with david stevenson, he took these pictures in the area of union square, it is a car versus a taxi accident. this accident and many others

are indeed related to the rain. let's take it to contra costa county. concord today. let's skip that. we will show you what happened in oakland. a lot of leaves, rain but that is not stopping the storm drain from working. this was the scene all over. finally let's bring you to downtown oakland. this guy didn't have an umbrella and neither did this jogger. a lot of other people got prepared, bringing lots of umbrellas, coats and jackets. a lot of people say this rain is a welcome site. >> let's look at how the weather is effecting the commute. first to the golden gate bridge. i checked ktvu traffic. right now it says the speeds are moving 30-40 miles an hour. here is long hospital curve.

on highway 101 in san francisco. you can't see anything. from what i understand on www.ktvu.com traffic it is backed up. interstate 80, you can see more there. traffic moving slowly. heading towards oakland. i want to bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin to talk about the weather and the rain. >> the rain moving through the bay area stalled out. usually they move. this one stopped over the bay area, the heart of the bay area. it is starting to clear out of the north bay. santa rosa doesn't have rain. the bulk of the rain, fremont and north of san rafael, this is slipping south. the rain showers making it nasty on the afternoon commute.

this is number two. number three is on its way. and we continue our coverage on the website, www.ktvu.com, click on the weather tab. rift among residents. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live where a new event center club house is at the center of the controversy. >> reporter: this is usually peace and quiet. usual. but some protesters haven't done this since the war. they have 3500 signatures. >> do we need to change this? >> yeah. >> will you work to change this? >> yeah. >> i am a radical activist.

>> educating our board members, replacing them with new ones if necessary. >> reporter: at issue, whether a new event center should be built in front of a new club house, and the cost of that new center. >> this group has been -- they represent a minority of the people. >> reporter: she is the president of the homeowners association. >> we have silent majority and a vocal minority. >> 3500 people are a minority of 9200. >> reporter: protesters say the center will be too expensive, not necessary and could up their monthly dues. >> a lot of them don't understand what is going on and what the true costs will be.

>> reporter: nonetheless -- >> can we do that loudly? yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. >> reporter: final decision in a few days. reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. newt gingrich suffered a big defeat last night but he is vowing to stay in the race. today he was in illinois. he talked about the need for energy someplace and u.s. oil development. >> we have developed a new technology for drilling. which enables us to go down much deeper and to develop other kinds of rock formations that we couldn't tap in the past. >> he is running that you had mitt romney and rick santorum.

-- third oo mitt romney and rick scott. >> president obama and michelle obama are hosting a formal state dinner. they welcomed the british prime minister and his wife. earlier today michelle obama gave reportars glimpse of behind the scene as they repaired for the dinner. >> the kitchen andson really small. it is a small kitchen. so they have to man the engines to make it happen. >> tonight's event includes a concert. the theme for tonight's dinner is america's backyard and the menu is hal but with potatoes, brussel spots, garden salad, bison and warm steamed pudding. big changes coming to u.s.

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the u.s. senate voted in favor of a grant program that

helps pay for school safety projects in the bay area. today's vote will preserve the safe routes to school program. the program is still at risk, though. house leadership is hoping to eliminate it. screeners easing up on the elderly. air travelers over 75 will not have to remove shoes or light jackets. that will mean fewer pat-downs for them. the changes will help get people through security more quickly. the changes begin monday in chicago, denver, orlando and portland. ap's ipad goes on sale friday -- apple's ipad goes on sale friday. with what appears to be record number of preorders, they are

raising their sales estimates to $66 million. stock is reflecting that after they raised it to $700. shares rose to $590. at one point the stock hit $595. a new york ad agency dropped the idea of turning the homeless into mobile wifi shot spots. the idea caused an uproar among critics. homeless people were getting paid $20 a day. google's home page features work by an east bay artist. he created the google logo for today. he did that in honor of the birth bay day of -- birthday of

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with a one year term. at&t. the owner of a candy store in oakland found out how much damage all this rain can do. ktvu's paul chambers is at the store and shows us what the owner found when he opened up this morning.

>> reporter: all this candy, including this bunny rabbit has to be thrown away. you recollect see there is -- you can see there is still water spots here. both floors were soaked with water and look right here, the electronic system is also damaged. >> reporter: water pouring out of the light picture. this is what he came upon this morning. >> i opened the door and the waterer was coming. >> reporter: the family said the landlord told them a leak was fixed so he expected to see at most a bucket of water. instead -- >> this whole place was pouring. everywhere. from the roof, the side, the bath room. >> reporter: you could see rain water dripping from the door. it was coming down so heavy you would have thought you were outside. >> all the boxes are

underwater. as you can see down there all the candies are opened and the boxes are all wet. >> i saw the, you know, the water was coming from the ceiling. the water damage and loss of merchandise is too much for him to handle. with easter around the corner it is too late to get new supplies so profits have been washed away. >> we don't know what to do. biggest loss. easter is washed out. >> reporter: the landlords is doing all we can to help the business. endanger is more than $100,000. -- the damage is more than $100,000. live, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. how much more rain are we going to get? our chief meteorologist bill

martin is tracking the storm, he will have that information in a couple minutes. the white house tapped a san francisco doctor to head up the aids czar. he overestheshiv prevention effort and a professor at ucsf. new guidelines guidelines for cervical testing. healthy women over 21 would only need to get tested every three years. at 30 the frequency could drop to once every 5 years provided the peace gets a hpv test. a new restaurant is about to open in walnut creak.

bing crosby's restaurant shut down on new year's eve. a restaurant called corners' tavern plans to open. castle rock state park will be able to stay open because of a big donation. a group is giving $250,000 to keep it open for one year. it was one of 70 parks slate toddles save the state $22 million. officials approved a shuttle service around north shore. they hope to have it running between tahoe city and king's beach. it will cost $22.50 a ride. enjoyed to try it out and if it works have a water taxi. backers think it could help their bid for the winter olympics. we are on storm watch

today. it has been a couple days. not a single person complained to me. >> we need the rain. this weather system today stalled out over the bay area. if this was last year, we would have a lot of flooding. but this year the ground hasn't reached saturation. the santa cruz mountains 9 inches of rain over the last couple of days. coastal hills, they have seen 8- 9 inches of rain in some places. the rest of us 2-3 inches. a very productive storm. san jose, 10th of an inch of rain. tomorrow's scattered showers, not as significant as today. today would have been a run of the mill storm but it hit the breaking and hung out. we should see clearing and dries. you see the back edge of it. it is starting to move out.

in the mountains it snows all night. snow levels are high. a winter storm watch in effect thursday through saturday and gusts up to 50 miles an hour. so far it has been warm, moist air. cooler air towards the weekend. tonight at 10:00, snowing in the mountains. tomorrow morning, morning commute, mark tamayo will be here at 4:30 a.m., can sal castaneda, and they will track your morning commute. tomorrow lunchtime, showers in the area but not a big deal. into the afternoon commute, maybe a few light showers. and friday morning, scattered showers, and then friday late in the day, that is when the next round of rain shows up and more for saturday morning. a very progressive situation. temperatures on the mild side.

highs tomorrow in the 60s. that is warm for clouds and rain. tomorrow, a break from the heavy, heavy rain and more rain in the five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view. if this was last year, we would be having big problems in all the creeks and rivers. we have been so dry we could handle the rain. >> thank you. three northern california teens won high honors in washington, d.c. they were among the top 10 winters that science talent search. he won 40s thousand dollars. they each took home $20,000 for their projects. they face problems others don't. why women who served our country are in dier

circumstances and a american idol contestant disappears. the questions being raised about his disappearance.

[ singing ] >> questions are swirling over a american idol exit. jermaine jones tweeted that he

is no longer on the show. the tweet and his account were later deleted. tmz says he is getting disqualifiedqualified for lying about his criminal past. he was confronted about the situation on camera and it will be shown on tonight's show. a new report finds america's homeless female veterans have a hard time finding shelter. they often find themselves and their children in harm's way. >> reporter: six years of service in the army, discouraged with four children but she lost her job, marriage and her home. she debated living out of her car or a shelter. >> you want to make sure they have a roof over their head, food. >> reporter: the shelter was scary, didn't have heat or

blankets. 67,000 veterans now homeless, including a large number of women. in a report, u.s. government funded shelters aren't keeping military women safe enough. blamed consuffusion oversight from the department of veteran's affairs. one incident the va took in a woman and her son and then placed a sex offender in the same facility. another incidence, women lived with male residents having drug and alcohol problems as well as criminal histories as well as assault and homicide. >> they found bedrooms and bath rooms without locks. halls and stair ways without lighting and mixed gender living facilities without access restrictions. >> congress is urging the va to

beef up security. in a statement the va said it is building new shelter space to accommodate 20,000 homeless vets. we are on storm watch tonight. coming up the heavy rains that turned deadly and the risks that remain and a story only on 2, aging ambulances, the equipment that is putting lives at risk.

complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. tracking the storm. the bay area gets pounded for a second day and this time the rain turned deadly. we are following the impact of the weather as the toll climbs. >> i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. crews are tracking the impact of this second day of stormy weather. first our chief meteorologist bill martin is monitoring the storm. >> it stalled out this afternoon and dropped out rain along the coastal hills and significant rain for the rest of us.

live storm tracking 2 shows the system progressing towards the south and east but slowly. heaviest rain towards the santa cruz mountains and the north bay. look at the totals. wood acre, 8 inches of rain. santa cruz mountains, 8 inches of rain. robert handa is live in the santa cruz mountains right now and he will talk about the heavy rain and the problems they have had. >> reporter: the rain has been constant today. right now most of the concern seems to be the accumulation of rain after so many hours of rain. creating dangerous situations, some even fatal. >> reporter: there are many slick, winding streets in the santa cruz mountains. this is where the california highway patrol says a 21-year- old man lost control of his truck this morning, crashed into a tree and