. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. rain, wind and some big waves, the storm that turned into an attraction for some and a headache for many others. good evening, i'm eric rasmussen in tonight for ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes. >> parts of the bay area are beginning to dry out from a strong storm system that brought rain and some wind and right now a powerful swell is forming and expected to bring monster surf and dangerous rip currents to the bay area coast. ktvu's jade hernandez begins our san francisco coverage from pacifica. >> reporter:

a few hours ago in pacifica, the waves became an attraction. >> the waves are pretty good, so brought the family down here. >> reporter: the best part about huge waves. >> you can get wet. >> reporter: minutes later the strong winds and rains forced these two back to safety. the rain are others further north work and we warmed the harain county public works crew move it off the panoramic highway and clean it off so the shovels could come out. cries worked to clear this mudslide located three miles from stinson beach from the pantoll campground around 4:00 this evening. >> they said good chance because the water is still come down from the hillside that more of that loose shale will fall. >> reporter: crews shutdown the road after 1:00 this afternoon. >> when the ground gets saturated, which it did many last ten days or so, what happens is we have to come out and do patrols at all-times, especially during the wind. if you mix wind and water, look

at what happens. >> reporter: across the bay area, the wet conditions soaking in, and in oakland umbrellas were everywhere, as rain fell steadily for hours. falling limbs were hazards some of the east bay couldn't anticipate. we have all of our lights tonight on the water, so you can see just how big these waves are. and we have seen some pretty big ones. this one advises the rip currents and sneaker waves and danger to anyone who gets too close to the water's edge. this warning is in effect until monday morning at 5:00 a.m. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. and in sonoma county crews say it will probably be a couple more hours before highway 128 is re-opened and power back on for dozens of people. it's been an all day effort to clear the roadway after a huge tree fell this morning, just west of the cloverdale. the tree took down phone and power lines and a neighbor who

lives about 100 yards away, says by the sound of, it she thought the tree landed on her house. >> it's a huge tree and it looks like another one is going to fall on top of it. [ laughter ] so we're a little concerned about having power here over the next couple of days. >> reporter: about 91 customers in that area were without power at last check. the last band of rainfall beginning to move across the bay area and, in fact, beginning to move out of the bay area right now. that sarah a very active day today. looking at some of the rainfall totalses you can see, over the past 24 horizon, the bulk of the rainfall happened this morning. san francisco picked up over .5", redwood city, .63" and san josi, .29". here is latest right now on live stormtracker radar, you can see the main action toward ours south, but still a few scattered showers around the bay and inland valleys, closer

to danville, we can have wet roadways with the radar show activity. to the south of san josi, around morgan hill, look for an increase in the rainfall rates in the short-terms that last band of moisture continues to move out of the bayer. coming up, i will let you know if your umbrella will break with rain for the second half of the weekend and when 70- degree weather returns. the rain and wind forces the cancellation of dozens of flights at san francisco international airport. as john sasaki found out some spring-break blarn put plans. >> they flew to cabo san lucas, but bad weather caused them to miss their connection. >> we got off one and missed

our flight by just a few minutes, five minutes. >> reporter: with no other flights to catch, they had to get a hotel here for the night. airport officials say this morning's wind and rain caused serious problems starting with more than 50 canceled flights. >> the damage is done, and we have delays up to -- in some areas up to 2.5 hours. >> reporter: the airlines informed many passengers early on. >> it was raining cats and dogs and they started to text us and call us about 7:

. the music is pounding for this year's pop rave. the event returned to the bay area after two drug-related deaths forced it out of the cow palace in 2010. noelle walker got a behind-the- scenes look at tonight's event and joins us now to tell us what is different. >> reporter: heather, you can still hear

that thump, thank you, thump out here from inside. people are trickling into the event, which ends at 2:00 a.m. we got an up-close, heart- pounding look at the new stage and security measures. it might be the most popular music and dance crave you have never heard of, electronic dance music is a world where the djs are rockstars and thump, thump of the beat hits you to the core. tonight's pop 2012 event sold more than 10,000 tickets. >> when i started to go to these two years ago it was undergroundish. >> reporter: to years ago it led to two overdose drugs from ecstasy. this is the first year back for the pop event. >> people are being smarter and wising up and a lot of people aren't on drugs and it's not necessary to enjoy this. >> reporter: we went inside to see it some

of the new safety measures, including a water-cooling station and texting service. >> to allow people in the stands to easily communicate if there is a security issue or if they need help with something or somebody is not feeling well. >> reporter: we found medical staff patrolling in and outside of the arena and watch withs security turn away a ticket- holder telling her she was too drunk and. >> if we see a potential problem with the guest before they reach the doors, we want a safe and fun environment. >> reporter: promoter hold a similar event about six months ago and police told me that event went off without a-of the two years ago when this event was held at the cow palace. they had to cancel that event. noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. the coast guard is trying rescue a boat that ran into rough seas hundreds of miles west of san francisco. of the 68' yacht is taking part

in the clipper 11-12at race from china to oakland. last night some of the lead boats passed through the golden gate to jack london square. it injured four of the 13 crew members. disabledaty 400 miles over shore. antioch police say a gunman remains on the loose, following a deadly bar fight. investigators say he a group of men were kicked out of saloon and some came back with baseball bats and started a fight. police say one of the men pulled out a gun and killed a 38-year-old man. the victim has not yet been identify. and fairfield police are investigator earnings guidance stabbing that left a woman dead. officers say the victim's foody was found behind a home this morning on 4th and idaho streets. the woman's name has not been reitzed, but investigators say she is between 18 and 20 years old. tonight we're still waiting

to shear from the flee big winners of last night's mega millions jackpot. lottery officials say one winning ticket was sold at this motomart outside of st. louis of the others were sold in maryland and kansas. the jackpot rose to $656 million which $1.5 billion worth of tickets sold. the kansas and maryland winners can remain anonymous. however, lottery winners are publicly identified in illinois. in california, 29 people matched five of the six numbers winning nearly $230,000 a piece. five those tickets were sold at bay area condition venus stores in san rafael, san francisco, sunnyvale and san josi. hundreds marched to sanford, florida police report headquarters for a rally that drew hundreds more. they say george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch versant who

volunteer who shot the teen should face charges. oakland mayor quan says martin's death should be a wake- up death for everyone how we perceive each other. >> we all have to reflect, as the president said, on how we see each other and the stereotypes and fear. >> the trayvon martin case has resonated in the bay area with protests including this one organized by the naacp in front of oakland's city hall. well he has been out for the past three games and nba star and palo alto native jeremy lin's break through season appears to be over. the network knicks announced that he has a small meniscus tear that requires surgery putting lin out for six weeks. owner of the memphis

grizzlies have blocked an attempt to bring them to san josi. oracle ceo ellison inquired about moving them, but the team's attorney said "moving the grizzlies out of memphis is not an option." ellison tried and failed to bite golden state warriors back in 2010. the rain and wind, take a look, not going to stop the historic event that drew first lady michelle obama to the bay area. >> the search for a missing south bay teen continues and coming up, we'll tell you how the family of sierra lamar and how search organizers plan to transition to the next phase. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds. [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature

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named after a woman many more than 25 years. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama was protected from the rain for a few steps before the wind made it a witz walk to the stage. police obama was on the coast guard i'm in alameda for the commissioning ceremony for the coast guard cutter stratton. >> i hereby place coast guard cutter strattonn in commission. >> reporter: the honor guard had to go indoors and the cutter took a hit when the string of flags was ripped of and fell into the water. >> you are all troopers. >> reporter: the first lady saved her biggest praise for dorothy stratton. captain stratton oversaw the growth of women's reserve of the coast guard. >> these women are heroes. they served this country so bravely and broke so many barriers. >> reporter:

44 former spars were at the event. >> something to be a spar. [ laughter ] >> reporter: including betty reef, reeves, but women didn't serve on the boats. >> aa commandser lawaur collins is the second in command for the coast guard cutter stratton. >> captain stratton was really the first woman in the coast guard. >> reporter: the first operational patrol takes place in the pacific for three months and crew members take part in drug operations, search-and-rescue and training missions. in alameda, matt keller, ktvu channel 2 news. one person who because supposed to be at this commissioning, but couldn't attend is 100-year-old elfie larkin. we brought you her story on thursday. first lady michelle obama invited elfie as a special guest. she had surgery two weeks ago and planned to end it, but the

wet and windy weather forced elfie to stay in hospital. we have posted michelle obama's entire peach from this morning on our website on ktvu.com. employees were back to work at a vallejo food processing plant following an apparent carbon dioxide leak. more than 100 workers were sent to the hospital with nausea and trouble breathing. also in vallejo, police raided a medical marijuana dispensary for the second time in just a month. officer as rested the owner and three workers yesterday afternoon on suspicion of selling marijuana. the dispensary was first shutdown february 29th, but recently re-opened its doors. an attorney for better health group says no cease and dissift issue was ordered. city workers in sant rose have agreed to more pay cuts.

officials say a tentative agreement has been reached for 800 of the city's employees. the deal includes a pay cut of more than 3%, mostly through furlough days and a freeze on wage increases. new agreement is expected to save the cash-strap city $2.2 million. in richmond the san francisco chronicle reports mobley was charged with assaulting a federal officer. mobley was charged with aiding and abetting and in that crime and a third person was seriously wound when he was shot by an undercover atf agent. for the fifth day in a row, volunteers combed through hills and fields in the south bay, searching for missing teenager sierra lamar. more than 500 people turned out to help. ktvu's allie rasmus was there and tells us about the upcoming

shift in the search effort. >> reporter: search volunteers kept their rain gear on as they trudged through the mud. >> we're just here for sierra. >> reporter: 15-year-old sierra lamar has been missing for more than two weeks and since tuesday the klaas foundation has organized search parties. >> have been on teams with people that have taken off work and everybody that i have been with just wants to help. >> reporter: yesterday 750 people registered to volunteer. this morning the sierra search center was buzz with with activity again. 49ers quarterback alex smith was among the people donating food, supply and time. they prepared search assignments for as many as a thousand people. the rainy weather did dampen some of the turnout and some of the search areas had to be scaled back. >> we'll be sticking more to flat lands and staying off of ridges and hills.

>> reporter: after tomorrow the daily search parties will end. >> i think we'll probably move more to a weekend search kind of dynamic. >> there are a lot of factors to be taken into consideration, not least is the burnout factor. we want people to say fresh and enthusiastic. >> reporter: in the weeks ahead it will be sierra's friends and families taking lead and organizing searching, but still working closely with the klaas foundation. >> it's a little overwhelming, but i feel good that we have people in place and we're always looking for more. >> reporter: in morgan hill, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. prosecutors have charged an oakland man in connection with two separate attacks on women in emeryville earlier this month. 30-year-old bashar aremu was charged. now one of those charges carries a sentence of life in prison. aremu is being held without

bail and is scheduled to enter a plea april 12th. if family a 6-year-old girl het and killed by a car on her way to school has made a wrongful death claim against the city. sioreli torres was in the crosswalk last september just a few step ways from her mother when she was hit. claim will be presented to the city council on tuesday and the family attorney says if that claim is rejected the family plans to suit city. a brutal beating outside of dodger stadium leads to a fundraiser and the one thing organizers want to happen when it comes to traumatic brain injury. >> all i remember is falling, but not falling like i caught an edge. >> a little later an incredible story of survival, following an avalanche in the sierra.

exclusive video of the rescue. we have lingering showers, coming up the temperature change you can expect for tomorrow and when the rain clouds resurface on our five-day forecast. '

. we have some new video to show you now out of martinez, where authorities are searching for aman that they consider at- risk of police say 64-year-old ronald leon was last seen round 3:00 this hargrove at the intersection of alhambra avenue and virginia hills drive. they say he had a stroke last year unis unable to talk. he also walks with a limp. leone is 6'3", 150 pounds and last seen wear earnings guidance raiders jacket and dark sweatpants. anyone with information is urged to call martinez police. bryan stow was attacked at

dodger stadium and suffered brain damage. today they turned out for the walk for thought raised $35,000 for the association. two teams took part in support of bryan stow, including his family members. supporters say more research needles to be done on traumatic brain injury. >> even though it's the notch 2 disability in the united states, people need to know about it. >> bryan stow is undergoing rehandle thation at an unnamed facility in northern california. in news of the world tonight in thailand twin car bombings killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 00 other ms. what military officials are calling thailand's worst attack in years. the bombs were det neated by cell phone in the southern part of the country, in a crowded shopping area. officials blame muslim insurgents for the attacks. and in myanmar, aung san

suu kyi says she will continue because she believes that is what the people want. aung san suu kyi sent almost 25 years under house arrest as she fought against the military- dominated government. and hillary clinton arrived for a multi-nationality meeting for yelling the violence in syria. leaders from 60 nations are agreeing on a strategy to get aid to the refugees in the war- torn nation and clinton says, "a diplomatic solution will not remain open. the body of 32-year-old shaima alawadi arrived this morning south of bagged. alawadi died after the week after she was taken off life support. mother of five was reportedly beaten with a tire iron. investigators say a note was found at the scene of the accident that read "go back to

your country," no arrests have been made. it's an incredible story of survival. bauryed upside-down in snow. only we have the video of one woman's rescue on the slopes at town hall. what she was thinking and the two key factors that helped her make it out alive. also, no contest, but still a celebration. why organizers of the maverick surf contest decided to through their first festival. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have

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. people were lining up today to make a grueling climb up 11097 stairs. it was all to raise money for the american lung association. about 1200 people made the truk to the top of the former bank of america building on california street in san francisco. firefighters in full gear were among those to tackle the 52

flights of stairs. organizers say the fastest climber made it tot to the top in 7 minutes. >> a bayer woman buried in snow for almost 30 minutes survived and in tonight's special report she tells her story to ktvu's claudine wong for the first time as we give you look of video of her dramatic rescue never seen before. it's a story you will only see on 2. >> reporter: it was a desperate rescue effort. >> every time she moved and every time i actually tried to scoop more snow out, she sank deeper. >> reporter: this is never before seen video of crews trying to save the life of kristin jacobson, an experienced skier, buried upside-down in a snowbank and running out of air. >> i remember being thankful it wasn't one of the kids, thinking that i didn't think this was how it was going end. >> reporter: it started on a picture-perfect

day just two weeks ago. the sun was out and fresh pouder blanketed the sierra town hall resort. >> we decided to go 10 or is a feet off the trail. >> reporter: but when eric spots a slight divet in the snow, he hesitates. >> as i'm saying don't go there, those words were leaving my mouth, she just disappeared. >> all i remember was falling, but not falling like i caught an edge or i was out of control. it was just sinking, i guess. >> reporter: a camera worn by a skier who stopped to help shows the incredible situation. look closely and you can see just the bottoms of kristen's skis in that snowbankpt remember she was upside-down. eric is wearing the green sweatshirt and did sunk to his the chief while trying to dig her out. >> it was very desperate. you know? i knew what i was doing wasn't helping her, but i didn't know what else to do at that point. i could not possibly leave her.

>> reporter: this video was taken more than 10 minutes after she was first went under. what seemed like an eternity. kirstin didn't kno fallen into a creek bead. all she knew she wouldn't breathe and couldn't hear anything. >> silent. >> i was screaming to be calm and not move and the fact she couldn't hear me you know, that is hard for me. because i wanted to tell her i was there. >> reporter: even after the ski patrol got, there the rescue took close to 10 minutes. by then, kristin had passed out, but finally, equipment and training allowed them to do what eric couldn't. get her air and get her out. >> . >> i was on my back and i remember the faces of the ski patrollers, and seeing like an army of people. >> reporter:

amazingly, kirstin survived with just a bruised lung and temporary nerve damage, but recovery will take time. >> you just can't shut the replay off in your head. >> it's hard to sleep, kind of right back there. >> reporter: they have since had tearful reunions with the men responsible for saving her life she made for several reasons. this video shows just how close they were to the chairlift, allowing people to hear their calls for help and even though she was buried for element 30 minutes the ski patrol got her breathing again. >> the lesson here may be that we did everything correctly. we stayed together. >> reporter: but even as they fight the nightmares, even as they hold their children and each other tighter, they still lover that mountain, but now, the mountain looks different. because they know the beauty that they can see, always comes with the dangers they can't. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now. the resort says everyone should remain on groomed trails, but if you decide to go into trees

or powder, key with a partner and carry equipment, such as an avalanche beacon, a probe, shovel and whistle. we have some new information into the ktvu channel 2 news room regarding a story we just told you about. we just received world that 64- year-old ronald leon, the man that police considered at-risk. he was miss and now has been found, safe at his home in martinez, so a happy ending for the search for a 64-year-old man considered at-risk there in martinez. in other news around world, major landmarks dimmed their light as part of earth hor. new york city, the emtire state building turned off the lights for a full hour the global event aims to draw attention to the dangers of climate change. the united nations and freedom tower currently under construction in lower manhattan went dark. this is what it looked like

when the lights went ot in warsaw, poland. san francisco also took part in the event, the lights went out at cry hall about 8:30 and stayed off for a full hour. organizer are the world wildlife fund say 147 countries are observing earth hour this year. the event started back in 2007 in sydney, australia and quickly went global. the window for the maverick surf contest closed today, but that didn't stop fans from celebrating the contest. surfers from all over the globe come to san mateo county to ride the waves off of pillar point. but this year while there were some monster waves, surfers weren't able to take part in the elite contest. instead organizers held the first annual festival to mark the window closing and to look towards next year. >> part of this is for the years when we don't have a perfect event day. we still have a lot of surf out here a lot of great rides and

wipeouts and to celebrate the whole thing and next year hopefully we have a perfect day. >> the festival had live music, dancing and giveaways. some of the money raised will go towards the bows and girls club of the coastside. the sharks are fighting for their playoff lives. see if they can get a much- needed win coming up in sportswrap. and meteorologist mark tamayo says we can expect a big change in our weather. the complete bay area forecast is next. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar,

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right now on live stormtracker 2 radar. the coverage has been increasing a bit over the past hour or two. a little bit of activity in the north bay and around san francisco, approaching the bay bridge and we'll shift the maps out to the east bay for the inland valleys. just to the north and east of livermore and around danville and the clayton area, enough to wet the roadways. bag in the maps, you can pick out the activity approaching gilroy in fact, as we come in tighter. 101, wet roads and increase in the rainfall rates. up the peninsula, you can pick out closer to redwood city. still scattered showers in the forecast over the next two to three hours. this was the time-lapse today. you can see the clouds pushing across the bay and also gusty winds, especially for this morning. we had some very impressive gusts. 58 miles per hour, golden gate bridge at between 7-8, 55 miles per hour.

the winds associated with the storm really bumping up the sushch and as a result, this is not a high-surf advisory, but elevated up a level. a high surf warning until 5:00 monday morning because the seas will be building upwards over 20', peaking first thing tomorrow morning. just be extra careful near the immediate shoreline for tomorrow with the waves really building. overnights lows, coolest locations in the upper 30s for santa rosa, napa, oakland in the mid-40s. here is the storm system moving across the bay area. that front is heading out to the south an to the east. we still have this area of low pressure. this is producing the showers we have right now and the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm. that is just with the short- term. for tomorrow it will be dry as high pressure returns, still a winter storm warning in place for the west slopes of

the sierra. snowfall could be approaching 18" for the higher terrain. here is your forecast model and still the chance of a few showers, but your sunday will be dry with increasing sunshine, partly to mostly sunny conditions. a bit of a breeze kicks in during the afternoon hours and temperatures warmer than today. warmest locations approaching mid-60s for san josi, morgan hill and gilroy. here is a look head your five- day forecast with your weekend always in view. monday a very nice day, mostly sunny skies. we could have a few evening showers by tuesday and the chance of a shower into wednesday. lingering clouds and cooler temperatures by the midweek forecast as well. but it will be nice eric and heather to see the sunshine tomorrow. a little bit of a break from the rain we have been picking up. >> thank you, mark. well, coming up next, it's a battle for a playoff spot as the sharks take only the stars. also the final 4 is down to the final 2. a couple of amazing games in the books and we'll tell you who is playing for the championship. sportswrap is next.

. good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night edition of sportswrap. le playoff push for the san josi sharks apparently will go right down to the buyer. sharks began the day in 9th place in the west. they have now moved back to the no. 8 spot with three games left to play. the sharks hosting dallas tonight, one of the teams that was in front of them when the day began. less than a 1 minute and joe thorton passed from wing to pavelski in front of net and just like that it's 1-0, san josi and the sharks play from ahead the rest of the