-- this is about 8:00 when the severe thunderstorm warning went up for the area. that's a big deal. we don't get a lot of those along the peninsula. here we go in to the evening, little further down the road and we get more showers in to the san jose area. 750 lightning strikes. the activity has moved out of the area. we are concerned today -- that we would see severe weather in the valley, toward napa, toward antioch. the instability not as great as anticipated. by napa on the way -- you have a cell showing moderate rain. if you look at these have you to go out to modesto to find something with legs, orange and red. there have been reports of thunderstorms in the central valley but things have died down. lots of rain last flight in a short amount of time. ly go to matt now he is in piedmont. they have a lost rain. >> reporter: yeah and it caused a big mess here. the tree work is done right now. pg&e is working on getting power restored to some of the

nearby neighbor who had the power knocked out when the mudslide happened. there is a big pile of mud in the middle of the avenue. workers concerned its supporting the hillside more mud would slide down if removed. this hill in piedmont came down at about 7:00 creating a frightening wake up call for neighbors. >> like -- bang. >> reporter: it sounded like a -- brush, you know, maybe elephant. a tree crashed into a power line, nobody was hurt but it did create inconvenience knocking out power to about 50 neighbors and blocking the avenue, a major artery for people going 580 or highway 15. >> we want to get it opened as quickly as possible but make sure it's safe. >> reporter: giant tree was floating through the air. neighbors say they were concerned about mudslide when's the house above the road was built. >> if we don't have the proper

drainage then it's a potential for landslides. >> reporter: a structural engineer. he said i contacted the city during the build and suggested water drainage should be included. he said the home can be built on top of the hill lying like this but needs to be designed main tenned. >> that's why anybody who owns the home in the hillside, they better clean up their gutters and leaves. >> reporter: a city spokesperson said two engineers have determined the house is safe to live in for now. it's expected to be closed until at least tomorrow afternoon. reporting live in piedmont. >> fallen tree barely missed this home in contra costa. we caught sight of crews work doing remove the brain muchs, you can see part of the tree route was up end ended. >> crews rushed to keep up with power outages and equipment failures last night's

storm. at least 25,000 customers lost power as the lightning bolts brought down wires and fried at least 25 pieces of pg&e equipment along the peninsula. the utility said that the equipment alone was hit by lightning 162 times. . >> last night's lightning struck a jet liner bound for england. not long after takeoff. new at six tom spoke to passengers about the frightening moments on board. >> reporter: as they prepared to depart the passengers described last night's scary events. >> i was watching the lightning strikes thinking, maybe we shouldn't be taking off. >> reporter: a half hour later like this video of a similar incident passengers saw. >> huge flash just outside the window. huge bang. >> and then everybody screamed. the oxygen masks dropped. it was very scary.

>> there was a lot of om my god. >> we were all scared. i thought maybe this it. >> a period of silence. >> for whatever reason i didn't think this is it. i thought what was it? >> reporter: it was a lightning strike. >> i knew it wasn't grounded so we are fine but i was afraid the cur criticizeds could fly. >> reporter: the pilot spoke on the enter come. >> said the plane was okay but we have to go back women had --. >> reporter: the kids like whee. do it again. they were all excited. >> reporter: several passengers complained that after the return united didn't handle them well. >> not a very good experience for united. >> reporter: nonetheless,. >> i'm getting on a plane today, friday the 13th. >> we had the scare yesterday so it should be all right today. republican though it was the eve of friday the 13th luck appeared to we with them.

they were flying on a 777. ktvu. >> stay with us and the website for more photographs and videos of that wild weather and send us yours by e-mailing them to photographs at ktvu.com. >> this afternoon investigators found what's likely the body of a gunman who prompted annual day standoff in modesto. kara lieu is live where we learned more about the sheriff's deputy and locksmith the gunman killed. >> reporter: many of the investigators working right now behind us are wearing black band as bands around their badges, in honor of the fallen deputy. friends say the locksmith who died was also married, has lived in california about a decade and was all round a good guy. >> we did locate a body inside the house. at this point we are still continuing our investigation. >> reporter: it could take weeks before police can say if

the body found inside the burned home is that of the gunman. investigators, the bomb squad and a dog spent a second day collecting evidence from what was left of the two story apartment. the home went up in flames last night as police tried to flush out a gunman who killed a deputy and civilian as they tried to serve the eviction notice. >> i was shocked. i. >> reporter: ashley and her 2- year-old son were among the dozens forced to evacuate. neighbors say that the man who lived here worked as a security guard and kept to himself. >> he had different types of firearms, he had in his garage a loading dock for ammunition and repairing his firearms. he had tactical equipment. vest, gas mask, boots. >> reporter: others described him as paranoid saying he had surveillance cameras outsides windows and a bulls eye for target practice in the garage. dozens of folks nearby were

evacuated yesterday for safety concerns, police trying to get all of them back in by later tonight. we are live in modesto. ktvu channel 2news. >> two fugitives arrested after a three hourlong standoff at a oakland hotel. swat teams rushed to the jack london inn around noon when a man and woman ran in to the hotel. police vacant -- evacuated the guests and staff. the two were wanted for kidnapping assaulting a man. >> differs out in a reservoir searching for clues in the disappearance of sierra lamor . sonar equipment detected eight areas in the reservoir that they wanted to check. nothing was found today. another volunteer ground search for the missing girl is scheduled for this weekend. >> the governor today told state lawmakers to man up and

pass his proposed budget cuts. he urged them to pass the plan he proposed in january which includes billions in cuts to state services. he said the budget deficit is likely going to exceed the $9.2 billion short fall predicted earlier. ? >> the governor's push to make cuts in social service program social security premature and he promised the legislature will do what it has to balance the budget. >> real impact on peoplef. we have to make them we will. last resort, not a first. >> he said lawmakers have made billions of dollars in cuts in education and other programs in recent years, he said he wants to see if the april tax receipts bring more money in to the state. >> tea party protesters planning on taking their message to satisfy. the group said it'll flood justin herman plaza.

ten bay area tea party groups will spend three hours demonstrating starting at 1:00 p.m. they plan to wave around foam fingers that say no obama 2012. an ordinance to give wall net creek more control over alcohol sales is one step closer to becoming law. it was drafted after a rise in violence downtown. it would set nuisance standards for businesses that serve it. >> there is a new clinic in concord to treat low income residents. it's an sierra road just after monument boulevard. it'll cater to those without health insurance. an opening ceremony was held last night. it'll offer medical, prevention and dental care and senior services. >> wells fargo reported a profit surge of 13% during the first quarter. it said much of it is due to increase in mortgages.

wells fargo said it started $129 billion of mortgage loans. that is up from 120 billion in the 4th quarter and 84 billion a year earlier. a cell off on wall street sent stocks down today after weak growth in china sparked worries about the recovery. it dropped 136 points, the nasdaq fell 44. >> the brother of thomas kinkade said his brother rel aps ed back into alcoholism. he said his brother started drinking again after a painful split from his wife anden deeing years of attacks on his work. he died last friday at his home at the age of 54. autopsy results penting. the. the san francisco -- he plead guilty to false him president onment as part of a plea deal regarding his

charges. now he says it started an argument with his wife on new year's day. he said his wife wanted to take their son out of the country without permission for a long time. they were in the car driving to lunch during the argument and he said i turned the cara round from going to lunch and she didn't want to do that it. that was the false him impri sonment turning the cara round. >> a plan was walking along this road. >> pg&e pays up. the big check the utility wrote today to make amends for the san bruno disaster.

. >> the family of a man killed

at his home spoke for the first time about what they say is an inaccurate police report. police say he called a nonemergency line and that call wasn't set as a priority because of a occupy protest. the son says his father did call the emergency number programmed in to his cell phone. >> he wanted to set the record straight and we also wanted to make sure that the public is a ware that they are potentially in danger. >> reporter: also a judge committeds alleged killer to the napa state hospital after he was deemed unable to stand trial. >> police officers are sorting through new clues in the shooting of a dog walk net oakland hills. paul is live there where he went out with police to find out how the neighborhood is helping build the case. >> reporter: today investigators are going through video of the night the man was shot. it happened along this stretch of road and they hope that

people that live in the neighborhood -- they will turn in video to help solve the crime. today we rode along with a police officer who is patrolling an area where a man was shot walking his dog. >> up through the areas, kind of see spots, suspicious activity, suspicious cars that are wind kind of through the neighborhood. >> reporter: there is been a rash of burglaries though it's not clear if that was the intend of the latest crime. officers say around 10:30 a plan was walking his dog ga. when he was approached by two men. >> he was uncomfortable and wasn't clear what was going on and felt he was in danger. >> reporter: police say he then turn ited to run when he was shot in the arm. this is a photograph of the car police say the suspects got in after the shooting. investigators pulled the picture from surveillance video. >> our neighborhoods are watching you, our citizens are watching you and we will take

that information and we will watch you as well and we will find you. >> reporter: many of the homes in the area are under surveillance women counted more than a half dozen. police are asking for help in this investigation. >> if anyone has any information or they have video surveillance to please check it and contact the oakland police department >> reporter: here is a look again at the suspect's vehicle. colored newer model car, possibly a two door. if you know anything are you asked to call the police. live in oakland hills. >> pg&e paid the city of san bruno $70 million in restitution for the pipeline explosion that killed eight foam 2010. the payment was the end of months of negotiations the mayor said it'll be managed by a nonprofit organization. it'll be used to help the city recover from the deadly disaster. pg&e still faces millions in fines and lawsuits from

victims. >> the franchise tax board released its list of the top 500 late taxpayers, top that list is cnet founder. the agency said he own owes ten and a half million dollars. pamela anderson is also on the list. she is said to owe about a half million dollars. >> collectively it's -- more than $232 million and the balances range from 154,000 to more than 10 million. >> they can suspend a driver's license until the money ask paid back. >> the city of menlo park released details a proposed development deal with facebook. they would start a community fund with a 500,000-dollar donation sponsor job training help local businesses, the

company is also promised to back affordability housing improve bike and pedestrian pathways. the. >> i-pad user dear sir now keep track of what's happening at the state capitol. the daily file has an app. it has a schedule of meetings and all the bills in circulation. it's still produce paper copies of the daily files. a claim director woody allen said he plans to shoot most of his next film in san francisco. he discussed the project while promoting his new movie. he didn't talk about the title or plot of the movie. >> that would be exciting. >> yeah. >> thank you. bill is over there telling us what's going on. no more lightning. >> a little bit of activity in the valley but nothing in the immediate area. that's good news. a good chance we would see some today but didn't happen yet. it still could but it's widely scattered. these are the numbers from the last 24 hours, they are

impressive. a lot of them fell in a short amount of time. now you are be log at the current radar image. live storm tracker 2 and -- we have this cell outside of napa and -- doesn't look like its producing hail or lighten but it has a top on it. thick, and so its dropping moderate rainfall in that immediate area and that exists tonight into the next few hours until maybe around 8:00 tonight. the weekend forecast -- we talked about it a really nice weekend. the extended forecast dry as well. partly cloudy for the bay area, partly sunny, nice, these are the forecast overnight lows, 39 santa rosa, breezy and that's what will keep it from getting to near freezing. we didn't have wind i think we would do low 30s, upper 20s. the situation such that the wins will keep us warmer. winter storm warning got dropped. saturday, sunday. if are you a big skier, this weekend will be really good up

in the mountains they can have a couple feet of fresh snow. this goes off to the east. that's what brought us the weather. high pressure sets up. temperatures go up. the bay area week will be nice. allergies, tree pollen. they will pop big time. especially on sunday. just if you take medication, i don't know what people take, you want to take something because lue notice the tree pollen. it's starting to spring up. friday 8:00, still source, leave them in the forecast. one of these -- if they got going hard enough -- it seems less and less likely and it's widely scattered. saturday morning clearing out. warmer, 60's and then sunday temperatures in to the low 70s. going to the baseball game. today was nice. tomorrow will be nice also. game time around 6:00. forecast highs tomorrow. the five-day forecast because

the weekend is here. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> very some developing news to tell you about. caltrains halted now after a southbound train struck a vehicle, it happened at ravens wood avenue. they say one person was in a car that was -- and that person was hurt. the extent of the injuries aren't clear right now. nobody on the train was hurt. caltrains said service should resume shortly. >> coming up on bay area news at seven on tv36 we are just now learning about a major salmonella outbreak that is being tied to a food propriuser from here. ? and police say he went in a man and came out looking like a woman. the strange end to a standoff and the list of crimes being tied to the suspect. join us for that and more at seven. >> the san francisco giants hold their 55th home opener and it almost had a perfect ending.

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first pitch. brian stow appeared himself alongside his mother on the video board. there they are. he wished his son good luck. he of course was badly beaten last year. >> and for what happened during the game itself, let's go live to the park and say hi to fred. >> reporter: hi. the weather cooperated today and two of the giants players who were given the loudest ovations, buster posey and matt cane key factors over the pirates. the pitcher had a bad start in the first start in the season.

walks nobody. he had a perfect game going. them james mcdonald with the clean single. but, giants -- they scored at least four runs. and then match it again today. a big 2-1 homer and all it waske a matter for cane. there is the ball game. 5-0. he wasn't overwhelmed. >> you have just got to find a way to stay on the routine and do your thing and not get caught up but enjoy it but once you get going just let your normal rhythm start going. >> one of those games where -- catcher has a lot of fun back

there. any wife pitch he is right there. he is -- he is one of the best. when he is, feeling good. he will have a good day. >> it'll be a same two team tomorrow. barry zito, also tonight its canton, back to you. >> thank you. barry zito look good. should be a good day. thank you for trusting us. >> stay with us online at the website and down load the mobile app for the very latest news.

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