showers nearby. the rainfall will continue to increase. when the heaviest is expected, when we could talk about a dusting of snow in the bay area and highlight thunderstorm chances into the weekend. in santa cruz crews work to savor the beach boardwalk. we are live with how the situation has changed since we showed you live yesterday. >> reporter: now this is the san lorenzo river, running at three thousand galloons a second. over here you can see the fanned bridge that tractors tried to build today but failed. i will tell you more about this in a second. all of this to try to save the historic boardwalk. it's an epic three day battle with nature. the rain swollen river took a sharp right turn, threatening

the 05 year old boardwalk. >> it's the first time it's happened. i'm surprised they don't have more equipment out here. >> reporter: the work is a big attraction today. >> kind of crazy to see the river so big. so. >> moving. >> yeah. hopefully the boardwalk is okay. >> we really have had no significant damage other than the staircase that we lot of the other day. >> reporter: about an hour ago we watched a backhoe retreat across the sand. the tide is coming back n high tide in about three hours, rain is starting to fall. let's come back out live. i will show you that sand bridge that they decided to back and abandon about an hour and 15 minutes ago. right now as i said the rain is beginning to fall and i will tell you coming up at six why the officials for the boardwalk believe that more rain this it next storm may be good news. i will have that then.

reporting live. john fowler ktvu channel 2news. >> the weather a headache for one boat owner whose boat was tied up. you can see it broke free this the weather and ended up on the basement a viewer sent us these pictures and if you have storm pictures you want to share e- mail them to us at photographs at ktvu.com. >> mark mentioned the heavy rain. now we will show it to you. mike is in the north bay this evening. mike how bad is it right now? >> growing up around here i will say i have seen sunnier days but to answer the question it's bad, marin taking a hit right now, throughout the entire day as you can see the friday evening drive is not to bad, north bound 101. obviously pretty wet one, now just to point out in the last few minutes, two hims i have noticed. the temperatures have come down and the wind has been picking up. >> reporter: millcreek mill valley the water starts here

and there. storm drains, patching the rain coming off the hills. >> we need it, doesn't bother me. >> we have to have it but i'm not a rain guy. >> tree hit the house and i just ran home. >> reporter: when dave gardner got to his home in he saw this. a massive 200-foot tall fir tree that went through his house as well as a home next door. sonoma fire said nobody was hurt. >> the first home is it was cut in half all the way to the foundation. six home it's pretty much demolished. >> complete devastation. half the house. personal items, belongings. >> reporter: a wild week of long awaited weather is still far from over. >> you are digging the weather. >> love it. love it. >> reporter: and that young man said he loved the weather because he knows the heavy rain

here means snow in the sierra. reporting live in marin. > umbrella up all over the bay area today. here is what it looked like on 4th street, it was wet and windy, they had to keep a tight grip on umbrellas. the weather caused delays of three and a half hours for arriving flights at sfo. that's when flight controllers put in place the traffic management plan. that means instead of the usual time landings two at a time they landed one at a time >> the storm is also hitting the sierra and right now a winter storm warning -- we want to show you pictures, these are live pictures of interstate 80 at some of the higher elevations, they could get up to two feet of snow tonight. some areas have already gotten a foot of snow so far today. at 5:30 ken pritchett will tell us just how long it took him to

get up there because of all the rain, all of the snow, just incredible weather. >> reporter: the search for a mother missing is focusing on what investigators found inside her son's car. we are live in gilroy with what police are saying the veteran likely harmed his mother before killing himself and his sister. >> reporter: we are in front of the apartment where that shooting happened and you can see the growing memorial for the woman who is loved by all the neighbors. you can see this group of neighborhood kids, who are friend with her and they are going to go door to door, raising money for her funeral. her mother -- her where abouts are not known but police are on a mission to find a 52-year- old, they say her cell phone was found in a green mustang which is similar to this one that belonged to her 27-year- old son. >> there was a violent

struggle inside of the vehicle. we know that a gun was discharged and there is blood inside the car. we are fearing for the worst. . >> reporter: the car has a washington license plate number. police think that able may have harmed his mother before shooting killing his 11-year- old sister and then turned the gun on himself. martha was last seen tuesday night. she never showed up for work where she worked for the last 20 years. >> everybody is -- really hit hard and this is a pretty big impact to an employee that worked for us for a long time. she had a lot of good friends, she was a hard worker. >> reporter: her son moved in with her after serving for the army national guard. he served in the iraq war and had ptsd. on february 29th police were called to their apartment because able wasn't acting like himself. when the officer as lived they determined guiterrez wasn't a threat. >> the family said they did not fear for their lives or

their safety from him. they -- all they wanted was him to receive help or service regarding his possible disorder. >> reporter: we are told by police he did receive help from veteran services in washington but not here in the bay area. right now police are looking through martha's cell phone services to try to see where to search. at six you will hear about the impact of this tragedy and what it's having on her classmates and you will hear more on the investigation. reporting live from gilroy. >> also coming up at six what is the military doing to help service members cope with ptsd and are soldier who come home getting access to the help they need? john will have that story at six. >> the soldier accused of killing 16 civilians is back in the united states and has been identified. he is 38-year-old army staff

sergeant robert bales of ohio. he reportedly joined the army after the september 11th attacks. as the investigation continued today bale was flown to kansas the site of the maximum security prison for the military. the afghanistan leader is furious that he was taken out of afghanistan. she called the move the end of the rope but concurs with the president to slowly withdraw troops. investigator determined bal, was drinking before the attack. nobody saying how much of a role that played. officially the military banned alcohol but soldier dear sir sometimes get it including other service members of nato countries whose rules aren't as strict. >> the new i-pad went on sale today and in san francisco there were plenty of buyers. as the cheer that went up out received the flag ship store when the doors opened this morning, rows of customers

waited in the rain all night to be among the first to buy the new hd i-pad. features a sharper display and faster 4g network abilities. >> simple to use. i use it every day. i love everything that they come out with. >> my son is hughes the first generation i-pad. that's why i'm here. he is two and knows how to unlock it and navigate to his favorite app. >> reporter: several apple customers said they decided to wait in line to buy the i-pad in person because it had sold out online. >> in los angeles there was a familiar face among those waiting in line. the co founder of 57l. >> i didn't get the high memory i-pad in the past and i can't put on a lot of movies like i want to. i have a good reason to upgrade now. >> reporter: he was in los angeles to give a speech and said he decided to line up to buy it. he was second in line behind his wife. he of course is one of the more famous early adopters, he was first in line for the i-phone

4s. >> on wall street stocks struggled after confidence fell for the month of march. at the close the dow snapped a seven day winning streak, rising gas prices appear to be impacting consumer confidence. the dow finished down 20 points, the nasdaq down one point. could one of the greatest quarterbacks in nfl history becoming to the 49ers. it looks like the team my be interested in trying to bring peyton to the bay area. a person familiar with the situation confirmed that he worked out for jim harbaugh earlier this week at duke university. this is the first time the niners have been mentioned among the list of teams looking at signing him. >> portions of the documents involving the pepper spray incident at davis is now open to the public. it's up to the university to decide when you will see it. >> and to the rescue the video

that just came in to the newsroom of a dog plucked to safety from rushing water. >> our next storm is racing toward the bay area right now. i will tell you where the heaviest downpour is. also the time with the forecast model and highlight the thunderstorm chances as we head in to the weekend. getting ready to plant?

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. the city of berkeley has as the resulted a formal investigation into its police chief and his decision to send armed officers to the home of a reporter. the chief is under fire for ordering the sergeant it go to the report ear home in the middle of the night and ask for changes to a story about the police response in the case of a man who was killed by a trespasser. the city has hired a law firm. the police union demanded the investigation. >> a judge in oakland ruled that parts of a longa waited report on a pepper spraying

incident at davis will remain sealed. paul chambers live with what's being held back and why. >> we are live outside the courthouse where the judge made the ruling, only importances of the report are open to the public. today'sa court ruling is a round this incident which happened in november of last year. a uc davis police officer pepper sprayed a crowd, since then attorneys representing them said one of there are clients received several threats. they are asking the judge to keep portions of the report sealed. >> our goal wasn't to try to avoid releasing the entire report it was just the certain sections. >> reporter: yesterday it appeared the judge would allow the public to have access to the entire report. some of the items would be kept

from the public eye. think the public has a right to the information. >> reporter: they say there are several officers including the one with the pepper spray named in the report. all of them may face discipline action. after the ruling the attorneys said they will talk to his client and decide what if any portions will be released to the public. >> it mayor may not make sense to release it in a piece meal fashion and we need opportunities to figure out to what extent it makes sense to. >> reporter: now i put in a request for the parts that are free to be released. i have yet to hear back from the university. they will be back on the 28th of this month. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2news. >> actists rallied to support those charged after a violent clash at berkeley. two of the dozen protesters were arraigned in court today. the charges from a november 9th protest on the cal campus

when police and alameda sheriff's faced off against demonstrators. at least five protesters are facing charges including obstructing a police officer and blocking the sidewalk. the protesters say the case is a political wityh hunt and have deplannedded the charges be dropped. >> the only violence there was done by the police against protesters, who were just standing up for their rights and i think for example the professor today on trial was yanked around by her hair, thrown to the ground. >> reporter: the remaining protesters are scheduled to be arraigned next week. >> a tense standoff in san jose, we show youd you live is over but a carjacking suspect is still on the loose. it started when a man stole an suv. a brief chase reached speeds up to 100 miles an hour before police backed off. they later traced the suspect to an empty home.

police surrounded the home and then sent in a bomb robot. >> it gives us in distance, doesn't force a confrontation. >> reporter: however that house was empty. police say they are searching for a 39-year-old of san jose and his alleged accomplice. ramirez is wanted for home invasion and carjacking. >> it took firefighters nearly two hours to put out a house fire because it created a very dangerous situation. the fire started about 9:40 last night in the home's garage where gun powder and ammunition was stored. an elderly man was sleeping inside the house but woke up when the smoke detecter went off. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> despite the destruction nobody was seriously hurt or killed after a massive tornado ripped through a michigan town. it's hard to believe especially

when you see this wreck of storm left behind in dexter with more than 100 homes in splinters and cars overturned. . residents sorting through the remains of the home today. the fire chief said warnings issued ahead of the tornado saved lives. a dark funnel cloud was caught on home video in that area today. this storm was part of the system that went through dexter. >> like at what we found. i will show you animal control officer rescue aginging a little dog. it somehow got in to the canal with 30-foot high walls. the water was rising and could have been a disaster. the sergeant planned to take the dog to the shelter to see if she has a chip.

let's talk about our weather now. we were talking before the newscast. we haven't seen anything yet. this is just a set up. the main event just start across the bay area. i noticed over the past few minutes increase in the yellows and reds on the live storm tracker radar. that will continue as you can see -- we will come in tighter show you the action. we come in closer toward solano. under just an urban, 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. some ponding on the roadways and the sharp rice in the creeks, i have been watching this one cell moving in to the walnut creek area as you can pick out centered closer to spring book road and mount diablo boulevard. we will continue to shift the map around. this is a change with more development off shore and heavier rains down toward closer toward half moon bay making their way closer to san carlos over the next hour or so. the rainfall will continue to

pick up in the short term right on through the evening hours and we still have excessive downpours, as far as the forecast, we are thinking over the next few hours, the coastal hills could amount to an inch, three quarters inch, about a half inch, these are impressive for six hour accumulations, radar and satellite to the front, approaching the reason. we are still in the warm part. this will be the source of the heaviest rain between now and around it ten and 11:00 a night. the winter storm warning -- snow fall measuring that in feet, snow level also be dropping to around 3500, that level for tomorrow after noon. in fact this picture snap add round enter nature 880, you will notice the controls posted at king vail and twin bridges, here is the updated forecast we

come back to the home. the rain showers on the increase in to the evening hours, that heavier cell pushing across the north bay heading out to the central portions of the bay. look out fast a mover this is, already centered toward the south bay, down toward the santa cruz mountains, coming up for tomorrow we have to hold on to the possibility of shower thunderstorms in the forecast. more on that in a few and how sunday is shaping up because we could have changes for the second half . >> thank you. people are getting ready to go green for tomorrow saint patrick's day. these young dancer was practicing this morning in san francisco's sunset district. they plan to participate in tomorrow's parade in the city and organizers of that parade say it'll go on rain or shine. it starts at 11:30 tomorrow morning at second and market. the parade ends at civic center

plaza where a festival is scheduled. >> one of the most famous actors in the world and he was arrested today. why he was handcuffed and his warning as he was taken away. >> looks like any other hotel from the outside in new york but we will tell you why this one is making history with the guests it helps lure for a get away.

. george cloney put himself and his freedom on the line

protesting alleged war crimes in south sudan. >> it's a very simple thing. the government to stop randomly killing it's own innocent men, women and children. stop raping them, stop starving them. >> he and his father took their protest to the embassy in washington today. he recently returned from sudan where he said he saw the government bombing it's own civilians. he met with the president and congress this week and then they engaged in civil diso beadiness today. >> there are people who are in danger now. we will stand with them as long as they are in danger. my son and i stand with them. >> they were arrested along with other protesters for trespassing. a crush of reporters as you see

there and photographers pushed yelled at each other to get pictures of the actor in handcuffs. >> >> several members of congress and martin luther king the third, the son of the slain civil rights leader also were arrested. all of the protesters later posted bail and were freed. george clooney also demanded food and medical aid be allowed into the sudan immediately. if not he warned it could be the worst crisis in the world. >> san diego police say they detained one of the co founders of the group that put out the viral video called koney2012. jason russell is seen speaking on the screen during the interview. police say he was apparently intoxicated wearing only underwear and running in to the traffic. he is the co founder of invisible children. the organization blamed his behavior on exhaustion and the toll of the widespread

attention that video has received. new york has opened the first openly gay hotel. the out new york city hotel has hot tubs, a nightclub and a secret garden. it's close to broadway and time square. the hotel said it's straight friendly. coming up at 5:45 police are warning men to be aware of strangers, the story is 20 minutes and why the warning is centered on certain crimes. >> we are live at blue canyon and a cold rain, it's so -- about a thousand feet higher up and heading our way. >> and across the east bay where work crews spent the day cleaning up the mess and where they have taken steps to prepare from another round of storms.

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. this is ktvu channel 2news at five. >> it's cold and it is wet. just two minutes ago we showed you ken pritchett here in the sierra and it just looks miserable. this is a live picture but things expected to change. we are on storm watch and we are continuing our storm watch coverage for you. as this latest round of wet weather is about to get stronger. our live team coverage will take you back to the sierra and show you problems in the east bay. let's go to mark for what we are facing tonight. >> this is a main event coming up. at least over the next few hours, heavier rain already showing up on the radar as you can see. look at the yellows and reds starting to flare up off shore and toward the coastline. moving in to pacifica, least the yellows and reds between pacifica and half moon bay indicating heavy rain and

closing in around milbraa. more action and this trend will continue as you can see out to the west around pacifica and san francisco. coming up how much we can expect. >> tonight there is a storm warning and it's making the drive a nightmare. what he and others had to go through today to get there and what the conditions are like right now. >> reporter: first i want to you take a look to my right. see that bare patch many ground? we were there two days ago and there was a foot of snow. it is snowing about a thousand feet. up on interstate 80. this rain and this snow for us and so drivers ready for a slow drive today on interstate 80.

long before we arrived to this, large flakes of snow falling at 6,000 feet, drivers heading up 880 were dealing the rain. this is the gas station which was extremely busy, that's where we found terry from fresno. >> i was stuck in the storm but not the -- the snow. >> reporter: she joined others chaining up here, her problem finding her tire size to buy new chains. >> i can't see the writing is so small and the tire is so wet. >> reporter: part of the jam was stopping to chain up. >> keep going. >> reporter: at three this had moved with the snow level. basically up the hill and back down and everywhere in between. >> reporter: this is the most traffic he had seen all year

long. the long drive and snow, not for tom and his family from san francisco on vacation. >> love it. this is a favorite time to go when it's snowing hard. got to chain up. we are looking for a great day and weekend. >> reporter: but for the wet roads here, the easy driving but the chain controls in effect at king vail. about a thousand feet or meier elevation. that's going to change before the night is over. it's likely to be snowing here at blue canyon. the chain controls will be moving up and down, fairly far down in the mountain, lower elevations before this storm system. blue canyon. channel 2news. >> and from -- out to alli, to what are she found tracking storm troubles. >> we are on second street in berkeley in front of the animal shelter, they had problems with flooding in the past. workers say they had high tide and heavy rain. they have seen stormwaters out of this storm train and that

water pours into the garage out into the ken ill area. that's why they have the sandbags preparing for tonight's weather >> the perfect storm. high tide, heavy downpour, just overwhelmed the drain system. >> reporter: it happened twice in the past several years and volunteers fear it could happen again. floodwaters soaking the dog and cat kennel. >> the cat room had about six or eight inches of water in it. so, could have have been dangerous. >> reporter: they kept the animals busy as they lined up sandbags, it's the only line of defense against the stormy weather. across the bay and the oakland hills workers were cleaning up the mess. >> when everybody else goes inside. >> the soaked soil weakened the roots and the tree came

down this afternoon. >> we have been running day and night for a week now since the rain started. there is been akron duty, 24-7. >> reporter: the tree missed homes and cars, it was just a minor inconvenience. we heard no complaints about the rain that caused the mess. >> it's great. we needed it. >> reporter: there is more rain on the way and tree trimmers say tree trimmers keep their guard up. >> more rain and wind comes, just monitor the base of the tree. >> reporter: and some of the things to look for he said are cracks in the soil, the base of the tree, he said if you notice the tree leaning a different direction than what it normally does that's one of the signs its time to call arborist. ktvu channel 2news. >> san francisco muni has delayed work for this weekend on the line because of all the wet weather we have been getting, the plan was to close sections of church to rebuild

the rails, muni has rescheduled that work for next weekend. our coverage will restart -- you can log on to the website to get the weather in your neighborhood. the warning police have giving out in the castro this evening. what they want bar hoppers to know. plus, what is coming to china town and why it's expected to bring thousands of jobs to the city of san francisco. >> and why you could soon get cash back if you drive a certain kind of hybrid vehicle.

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. san francisco's mayor is celebrating progress to the china town subway. today the mayor reveal aid decorative graph at the site the future station. it shows immigrants, a dragon and what the station may look like in the future. the subway project will create thousands of jobs. >> once we take down the building there is no turn turning back and we are getting ready to do all that with all the other stations being advertised. >> the mayor's office said construction is on track to begin this year with bids on the station in may. >> the who warn that medications could some day be so ineffective that normal infections could be deadly.

the warning has to do can what they consider over use of medications. according to researchers over use could slowly render every medication ever made ineffective. the who said the development of new medications could help but few are willing to invest in such drugs. >> a new report from the cdc said more people are getting sick from food overseas. according to the report the number of food born illnesses has more than doublinged in the past 20 years. there have been almost 40 outbreaks reported since 2005. the cdc said the biggest problem is seafood. about half of the outbreaks involves seafood. the fda is writing new rules to ensure foreign suppliers. >> only about 2% of that imported food is being checked, they don't have the resources they need to do their job.

>> the fda wants to roll out the new rule spoon increase the number of inspections as well. >> a big jump in the prices at the pump help drive up consumer cost. the labor detective reported it rose in february, it it's the biggest race in ten months. it accounted for membership of the gain rising 6%. the price of vegetables, dairy, meat, fish and eggs dropped slightly. some pry bid owners will get cash after a settle mint. angry owners said citiesments said the car would get 50 miles to a gallon. today a judge in san diego approved the settlement for up to it hundred dollars an owner. they said they would appeal the separate award. >> dangerous liasons. why police say gay men need to

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. a long time san francisco bar is one more step closer to its last call. a report released by the city's planning department today finds the gold dust lounge does not meet the criteria for historic

landmark. its been battling eviction orders. the gold dust has been there for 47 years. >> in the castro district police are telling gay men to be care of about having drinks with strangers. the concern is those strangers may be preying on people in bars. >> reporter: police are caughting gay men, especially middle-aged ones. >> it's scary. >> reporter: in one case police say a victim told them someone may have drugged his drink, went home with him and tried to steal his computer. >> the asked him i want your passwords to the computer and he said no and he was struck. >> reporter: that same weekend a man reportedly said someone tried to steal his wallet but police say that may be the tip of the seaborg that many similar robberies going unreported, victims to embarrassed to step record.

the victims often middle-aged, the suspects much younger. >> i don't think it's that orchestrated where it's a team or a specific individual. i think that it's a crime of opportunity. >> older, lonely men are at risk for picking up younger guys, buy drinks, go home and that's it. it's a sad, sad thing. >> reporter: bartenders say they are keeping eyes out. >> just strange behavior from people. people -- just kind of know when manage is up. . >> reporter: police say the nightclubs texting one another about suspicious people or any problems and signs up cautioning customers to be aware. >> i'm a frequent bar patron. if that is going on then i'm frightened. >> reporter: police say there is no reason to ba grade, just be caution. police are cautioning people that if they leave with someone they just met to ask to see their driver's license, write it down and maybe text it to a friend. in san francisco, rob roth.

>> the former student accused of spying on his gay roommate has been found guilty. >> cause him to be intimidated, guilty or not. >> guilty. >> this morning a new jersey jury found the 20-year-old guilty on all 15 counts including the allegation of a hate crime. prosecutors say he used a web camera to spy on his roommate while he was having sex with another man in their dorm room. he later killed himself. the senior former student now faces up to ten years in prison. >> students in san francisco gathered today to raise awareness about bullying of gays and others. city college held a 7th conference today. they say there is a lot of harass hadn't of transgender students. they recommend talking about difficult subjects to diff use

tenses. >> by sharing that, by share that and talking about how we are all different and embracing that we are hoping this stops the bullying doesn't allow it to progress. >> the conference included story telling to help elm power students whose voices aren't always heard. there. are more problems at the nuclear power plant in southern california. four more steam generator tubes have failed their pressure tests. they provide another barry erin side the containment building. they were shut down in january after a leak. the failures prompted the nuclear regulation commission to send a team to the plant. they are expected to start their inspections on monday. >> back now to the storm watch coverage. we have seen rain all week but it's just getting started. >> right the main driver behind all the storminess, the cold fronts starting to approach and that will be the

source of heavy rain for this evening, already beginning to show up. right now on the storm tracker you can seat coverage out there and -- as i started the show more yellows and reds to track as you can see here, the moderate to heavier downpours closer to san leandro, the drive to 880. the shift up to the north bay and there is the heavier cella -- already heading across the bay, eventually automatic toward angel island and having an effect on the bridge. we will back the mavs out and -- more development to the west, around parka, south and of all the energy will continue to funnel in to the bay area over the next few hours n is just the beginning of the extended portion of heavy rain just mainly for this evening, heavy enough. urban and small flood stream advisory. basically to reflect the

possibility of ponding of water and rising on the creek. this could be in place for the entire area as you can see right now the current storm, beautiful area of low pressure showing up to the north and wet. there is the cold front, right now we have warm air in advance of it generating rain. as that cold front moves in rainfall will continue to pick up. persistent heavy rain moving out of town so the area of low pressure close enough. it's just out to the west and tomorrow, basically all weekend long it'll be a passing shower or cloud. with that we will have a little bit of everything in the forecast. sun, cloud and few showers, temperatures cooling off back down to the mid50s and lower snow levels, in fact we could have a little bit of a dusting -- base of the clouds just over the higher terrain. the snow levels around 3,000 feet eventually down to 2,000 feet. the updated forecast model with the rainfall for this evening.

yellows and reds at 8:00 and by 10:00 during the 10:00 news you will notice the rain showers focused in parts of south and east way bay. into saturday the forecast -- tomorrow a much different story. some breaks in the clouds, clouds and also a few scattered showers out there. there is a possibility still of isolated thunderstorm as we head into saturday and with the saint patrick's day parade farther we hold off the chance of a thousand. want to bundle up with the readings only in the lower 50s. >> forecast highs for tomorrow afternoon. oakland in the upper other's. san jose 57. big drop of temperatures in to the weekend. were your weekend always in view scattered source for saturday, a chance in a sunday next week looks quiet with a chance of a shower into does morning. at least right now the main event if you can stay inside that would be the good plan.

>> it's hard enough com poting on american idol but try with kidney stones, phillip phillips will stay on even though he is it in a lot of pain. doctors put in a stent to try to treat the problem but it's causing him a lot of rain. that is not stopping him. he is singing through the pain. former american idol contestant jermaine jones said he is doing great. he was dismissed earlier this week for having outstanding arrest warrants. he said that he didn't know he was breaking the american idol rules and that he passed his background check. jones is still pursuing music and said he is looking forward to recording soon. >> march madness is here. the chase for the trophy is on. why some teams may not make it to the big dance next year even with a winning season.

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. there is encouraging news about the students playing in the march madness basketball tournament but a new report finds colleges and their athletes have a long way to go. >> athletes sometimes at a disadvantage because you are sleeping a lot less and have a lot less free time than they do to study and prepare. >> former cal swimmer cathryn mitchell said it's tough to be a student and an athlete. a new report finds 13 teams did

not show satisfactory academic progress scores as defined by the ncaa. that's it improvement from three years ago when 21 of the teams had even lower scores. some are concerned about the travel involved in division one sports. >> students flying across chris, they won't get the same education. >> with in a few year some ofi turn mint could potentially find themselves disqualified for poor academic performance. they are proposing banning teams postseason competition if they don't graduate enough players on time. >> we are on storm watch and we will check in with crews spread out across the bay area as a new storm pushes through the area. and a murder suicide at the hands of an iraq veteran is the most recent tragedy to shed light on ptsd among the armed

forces. we dig deepener to the growing issue and the fight for treatment.

. our next round of rain pushing in. when the heaviest downpours will arrive. >> and live in marin where we are just getting hammered by

this latest storm. the decision sound from a wild day of weather ahead. >> i'm john fowler live where workers face one set back but may get unlikely help trying to save the boardwalk. >> complete bay area news coverage. starting right now. this is ktvu channel 2news at since. >> good evening. . >> another round of heavy rain trenching parts of the bay area. it arrives in the north bay first and is quickly moving south. crews are rushing to repair the damage from earlier in the week. >> it's making it a rough drive for those headed to the snow in the sierra. let's go to mark in the weather center where is he tracking the storm right now >> this is all the set up for the main event this evening. already a big increase on live storm tracker two radar. we will take the maps and you will notice the yellows and reds starting to flare up. you