the woman's brother-in-law says she caught the intruder by surprise. he fired hi his gun and the bullet went flying through the wall. >> he shot her through the right shoulder the bullet went through the side of her wall lit our common fence, hit our house. >> reporter: oakland police canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and surveillance video of the suspect. police chief sean between of showed up at the scene. >> this particular incident is the first time we've had a report in this area with regard to this type of activity. historically this neighborhood is very quiet. >> reporter: some residents disagree with that perception. >> my home has been broken into 3 times over 5 years. >> reporter: his neighborhood has turned to private security patrols. >> we pulled together 104 homes to actually pay the $40 per quarter to implement the security service. >> reporter: making this diamond district area the latest oakland neighborhood to try and find a private solution

to their public safety problems. >> this has to stop. >> you're frustrated. >> absolutely. >> reporter: police are still looking for the suspect. anyone who may have seen someone fleeing the scene is asked to give oakland police a call. now to our extremely dry january. the thirsty pay area may finally see some relieve of this is the system heading our way. until now we have seen just trace amounts of rain and what is typically one of the westest months of the year. we have live team coverage on this approaching wet weather system. cities and counties all over the bay area met today to talk about cutting back. >> noel walker will walk us through some of the decisions but we begin with chief meteorologist. bill finally some rain on the way. >> some rain on the way much needed rain showers back in the bay area forecast. here's the jet stream you see it in an arc going over top of us what happens today and

tomorrow the jet stream will start to press down. that little bump here is going to flatten out and move right through the bay area. a lot of this moisture that's moving up out of the trough is going to move over northern california. currently you see a few airs of sprinkles up in northern california. i've had reports of sprinkles in sonoma and san jose as well. we have a winter weather storm watch in the mountain. they could see a foot and-a- half of snow. we've got potential of perhaps half inch to an inch of rain in the mountains of north bay and perhaps santa cruz mountains. when i come back i'll dial it all in we'll have the complete forecast and timeline for the rain on the way. we may not be in for much, but when rain finally does happen after so long the roads can be especially slick. do you know what to do if your car starts to skid? coming up at 5:15 we're going to slow you the exact steps to take if your car starts sliding on the road. >> as the drought worsens more bay area water districts are asking for cutbacks.

san francisco public utilities commission is asking customers to use 10% less but it is only voluntary right now. in an hour the santa clara water district will debate if it too should ask for a voluntary 10% decrease. east bay and marin are weighing their options. >> reporter: the san pablo reservoir is lower than it should be but customers don't have water restrictions a district spokeswoman tells me that's because customers cut backwater use 17% since the last drought. it's noon but this is no time for a drink. drought cutbacks could make flowers thirsty this winter. >> we're in an all time dry. there is the dryest year on record. >> reporter: water supply update today at east bay mud had few highlights. >> the good news is there's a

little bit of precipitation coming tomorrow. >> reporter: reservoir levels are in fair condition and that's good news compared to other parts of the state. >> we're still hoping for the fabulous february we're hoping for that miracle march. it has happened but it's highly unlikely. >> reporter: the east bay isn't alone in the water we. san francisco public utilities commission asked customers to cut water use by 10% and marin counties a slinging water supply is leading to a growing crisis. county leaders gathered for a summit and announced a 25% voluntary water rationing. if there's no rain in the near future that request to conserve water in marin county will be an order. >> given how little rain there's been none whatsoever in the last 12 or 13 months we may recome to that conclusion sooner. >> reporter: it's not just affecting time spent inst shower. farmers are worried about crops and livestock even firefighters

are cutting back doing fewer training exercises that use water. we did find someone in oakland who seems rather optimistic. the sandbags are ready to go just in case we need them again one day. and next month east bay plotted will take another look and decide whether or not voluntary or mandatory water rationing needs to be on the table. a public viewing will begin in just a couple of hours for a bart officer killed by friendly fire. his funeral will then be held tomorrow morning. this morning on capitol hill eastbound congressman eric squall well honored sergeant thomas smith on the floor of the house of representatives. >> today it is with great sadness that i wish to honor bay area rapid transit sergeant thomas smith whose end of watch came too early when he was tragically killed on january 21st of this year. >> congressman swalwell also said sergeant smith will be

remembered as a hero not because of how he died but because of how he lived. sergeant was killed last tuesday in an accidental shooting by another officer. and coming up here we're going to talk to two people who know exactly what sergeant tom smith's family is going through. they both lost an officer in the line of duty. >> there's nothing really anybody can ever do to make it better. >> you'll hear more of what they are saying coming up at 5:30. only on 2 tonight. ktvu has learn of a strange possibly criminal action aimed at medical marijuana clubs in san jose. robert handa found out some landlords are getting forged city letters to apparently get them to convict pot clubs. robert handa reports. >> reporter: the many martinez marijuana shop is thriving and is not one of the shops that got a city order to close by january 31st since it is apparently in compliance with

city codes. but yesterday the landlord got what appeared to be a new compliance order telling him medi martinez is a public nuisance. >> i got the letter and read the penalties for allowing him to stay here which was $2,400 per day after february 15th. >> reporter: david armstrong was stunned when he was told he faced eviction. >> i gave him my case number. he said that doesn't exist in our system. it must be one of the 12 or 13 clubs that got one of these fraudulent letters. >> reporter: pot club owners say the motive is not easy to figure out since the bonus letters do not ask or demand money. it may get a strategy pot clubs not slated for closure to shut down. >> it could be a competitor, it could be someone who's not located properly and needs to

move. >> reporter: the code compliance officer did not return our calls today but sources say the department is investigating the letters as a forgery case. live in san jose robert handa ktvu channel 2 news. the search for a missing hike near the east bay has a happy ending tonight. east bay regional park police say 24 year-old luis zapata got separated from a group at regional park this morning he has the mental age of an 11 year-old. he was last seen near the dam at 10:30 this morning. since then it was a frantic search on the ground and in the air to find him. news chopper 2 was overhead about 30 minutes ago when he was reunited with friends and searchers looking animated and apparently in good shape. you are looking live at the u.s. house of representatives where in less than an hour president obama will be giving his fifth state of the union address.

the president offered one photo opportunity walking along the colonnade to the west wing this morning. experts released 90 minutes ago the president says he will act on his own to bring economic opportunities to americans if congress won't act. he will sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. >> it only affects future contracts with the federal government. and so i think the question is how many people mr. president will this executive action actually help. >> for the first time two women will deliver the republican response washington congresswoman kathy mcmares rogers in english ileana rose will give the response in spanish. here in the deep blue bay area polls show the president's approval rating has dropped, but an attempt by the administration to try to pick up some steam. david stevenson is live in san

francisco where mayor ed lee will be a guest at tonight's speech. >> reporter: that's right. we caught up with the mayor after he took a red eye flight last night to the nation's capitol. san francisco mayor ed lee reverted up at his washington d. c. hotel this afternoon ahead of his invited appearance at tonight's state of the union address. >> my immediate feelings are wow, this is such a great honor. >> reporter: lee, the city's first asian american mayor is being recognized as an extraordinary american. but president obama is also expected to speak on immigration reform and raising the minimum wage two subjects for which san francisco has long been at the forefront. >> it's not about bragging it's about modeling what works and certainly for minimum wage we have the highest minimum wage now in san francisco. >> reporter: san francisco says the mayor's appearance gives them an extra reason to tune in tonight. >> i'm very excited to hear that. i didn't know that. >> reporter: but many more wants to hear about healthcare tonight the botched roll out of the affordable healthcare act web site helped drive down the

president's approval rating. >> i think people from all economic points of view will be paying attention, at least i hope they are. >> i hope el move on try to do what he can even though congress isn't seeming to help. >> reporter: political analysts say lee's appearance highlights how the president may work directly with cities and use executive orders to avoid congressional dead lock in his final term. >> when we are as mayors we don't really look across the aisles to see who's blue or who's red with respect to parties. we have to fix water leaks we have to fix potholes. >> reporter: jason collins the first openly gay member of the nba will be there, collins went to stanford. mary barrow the ceo of general motors she's the first female ceo of the company. our live coverage of the

president's state of the union address begins right after this newscast at 6:00 followed by a special edition of ktvu channel 2 news. be sure to tune in tonight at 10:00. first lady michelle obama is schedule to travel to california this week and will travel to san francisco for political events on thursday and friday before she returns back to washington. there's been a rash of mail thefts recently. why this is such a good time for criminals but a bad time for residents. robbing a restaurant and pistol whipping the employee. see the video police hope will help identify the suspects. it can be frightening sit opening a wet road. we're going to take you inside one of these cars see what you could face and how to get out of it. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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security upgrades are coming to a dimly lit parking lot. parking lot 13 is where a male student was surprised by an armed man in the back seat of his car last thursday. the victim was ordered to drive away and was sexually assaulted off campus. the school installed floodlights as a temporary fix. >> once that gate goes up we'll be able to take those floodlights down for the benefit of the neighbors behind us. they are a little bit of a nuisance as well. we're trying to close the lot before it gets dark. >> police are still looking for the suspect. the school will hold several community forums tomorrow night at 6:00. critics high speed rail are questioning the timing of a campaign contribution by the state's rail contractor to governor brown's reelection campaign. the campaign accepted a

contribution of $27,200 from tutor parian corporation. >> that company has more than a billion dollars in contracts with the california high speed rail authority. three days after the donation the governor asked the california supreme court to intervene in two lower court rulings that would have delayed construction of high speed rail. some people are questioning the timing and say it suggests a conflicts conflict of interest in the governor is fixated on the high speed rail but he's ignored the dust bowl in the valley. >> one state senator who strongly a poses the high speed rail project criticized the governor's move calling it quote you scratch my back i'll scratch yours. it may not be much rain we're expected to get soon but the roads can get slick becoming lower dangerous than you might think. this is what's called the san

francisco police department's skid pad and we took a go pro to this area to see how easy it is how easy it could be to go flying off the freeway. claw dean wong put her skills to the test. >> reporter: if the rains do come either tomorrow or thursday it could cause some dangerous driving conditions. police say be very careful what you're doing behind the wheel. be very aware of the road conditions in front of you and the drivers around you. rain after long dry spells almost always bring problems. it hasn't rained yet, but today the hydraulics on skid cars showed us what could happen when it does. >> most drivers don't understand what it is to skid or what causes the skid. >> reporter: sfpd says the number one cause of a skid is speed. following close hint is

weather. we've seen it happen before. when it's been this dry and this dust he for so long. the first rain can mean big problems for drivers. >> there's been a build up of oil and gravel. during the first set of heavy rains all of that material that's embedded in the roadway will rise to the surface and that's where it's going to meet your tires and that's where you'll potentially run into a skid. >> reporter: drivers who have experienced it say you don't forget it. >> it was raining i had a car full of people i was getting on a freeway ramp and the tire just starts slipping. >> reporter: but what you do if you run into trouble can make the difference. >> panic. most people when they get into a skid really don't know what to do. most motorists will experience the back end sliding out. >> reporter: police say get your foot off the gas keep your eyes on the road and steer into the skid or better yet. >> avoid it at almost all

costs. we're going to be doing a lot more accident reports. more people are going to be injured. >> reporter: giving you a live look at interstate 80 as you can see the road looks great but again it's all that oil and dust built up on the road that can cause problems once the rain starts to fall. police say wherever you're going when that rain falls give yourself more time to get from point a to point b. claudia wong . drivers in alabama tried to get traction on an ice covered freeway this morning it wasn't easy. the storm is bringing snow and freezing temperatures from texas all the way into virginia. in fact, a state of emergency was declared today in alabama, georgia, louisiana and both north and south carolina. now, compare all of that to alaska where that state is seeing record highs in the 60s. >> boy then we transition to here in the bay area where it has been unseasonably dry and

warm. let's check in with meteorologist bill martin who says finally some rain albeit maybe a little bit. >> you can feel it turning around out there. the moisture in the air. it's a big change in the pattern. the shift has begun. you can see the fog and low clouds. you can see some high clouds overhead as well. all on their way. they are moving inland and that's a moist flow. we had those east winds you wouldn't have seen this. clear every night beautiful sunsets. it kind of looks like february out there. we'll put in the satellite image you can see the moisture streaming in off the pacific. this ridge is going to flatten down and when it does it will push more moisture in our direction and bring us showers as we head into wednesday night thursday morning. here's how it looks this is the mountains now we've got a winter storm watch in effect. let me put that up there for you in these areas of white. that's good. i think in the winter storm watch areas they could see 16 inches of snow.

towards yosemite and mammoth they could see a half inch of snow. this is wednesday into thursday morning. when is the last time it rained. got a little bit of rain the 6th of december. as you look at january. we had a little bit of rain. cloudy tonight, cloudy and cool tomorrow and then wednesday evening we get that shot for showers. high pressure drops down jet stream drops down and we get focused in on and we get cooler weather then we get some clouds and some showers out. many impacts of this rain are going to be northern california obviously. computer model for tomorrow tomorrow is not the rain day it's the moistening up day. wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m. you got drizzle we've will spots of drizzle around the bay area today. we could see some more tomorrow. then we get into the evening hours the afternoon. there's the rain up north. it's still north of our area. lots of clouds but rain still north of our area. then as we go into past that. the clouds really thicken up

wednesday night into early early thursday morning we've got some rain. 61 in napa. 65 in fairfield. forecast highs tomorrow. 64 in san jose. got a super bowl forecast for you because it's a big game. gasia is out there right now filing some reports for us. >> it's not going to be that cold mid 30s got a chance for snow showers but the weather is not going to be the ice bowl they were worried about. there's the 5-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view. it's not going to be a drought breaker by any means but it's something. >> we need it. >> we need it. >> okay. thanks bill. police say they pistol- whipped employees inside and made off with cash. tonight new surveillance photos of the suspect. hundreds of people take an oath to the united states. and they talk about what it took for them to get there.

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. a newly released surveillance video shows three men who robbed the chipotle restaurant in pinole. the restaurant closed 10:00 p.m. on sunday. we first reported the story yesterday about the robbers pistol whipping four employees and stealing money. the video then shows them leaving through the same back door. police say the robbers jumped into a waiting tan colored sedan that drove away under a freeway overpass. the state senate approved a bill today that is designed to protect kids who like to play with toy guns. the bill was introduced after a

sheriff's deputy shot and killed 13-year-old andy lopez in santa rosa. he was carrying an air soft gun that looked almost identical to an assault rifle. the firearm safety act requires that all toy, bb, pellet and air soft guns are made to look clearly different from real weapons. the bill now guess to the state assembly. president obama is expected to talk about immigration tonight during his state of the union address. in the south bayda 80 people marked the start of a new identity. >> ceremonies at san jose main library welcomed 80 new citizens to the u.s. the usual crowd in the south bay numbers as many as a thousand each month. >> you went through the anxiety of the interview process and today you're fulfilling your dream you're about to become citizens of the greatest country on this

planet. >> it is very emotional. we've been in this process for the last 18 years. >> u.s. citizenship officials say the nation welcomes 680,000 new citizens each year. another group will be sworn in tomorrow. for you it's mailbox. for thieves it could be a treasure chest. >> there's been a rash of mail thefts recently. why this is such a good time for criminals, but a bad time for residents. >> later family and friends of that fallen bart officer getting support from those who know their pain firsthand. >> you have this huge traumatizing event that's going on all around them in a very public venue yet you still have to get up. >> how people who have been through the situation before are offering their help today. plus he's been the man of no words all season. now marshawn lynch who went to oakland tech is speaking out just days away from the super

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something that's sent specifically this time of year. authorities say those thieves could be targeting your tax information. in fact, one bay area city is reporting several thefts just this past week. >> police in belmont say these thieves have hit near notre dame. they take the mail they want and discard the revert. john sasaki live with the warning going out to everyone who has mailbox. >> reporter: neither snow nor rain for heat nor gloom of night will stop the mail from getting to its destination that is unless thieves get in the way. postal carriers make their rounds 6 days a week but affluent belmontthe deliveries are attracting crooks. >> camelot has been violated. >> reporter: there has been a spike in thefts from the mailboxes that stand outside homes. >> taking out the mail, going through it, taking financial documents or other documents they can use to commit identity

theft and then just discarding the rest. >> reporter: so far police say they have had no reports of identity theft but this time of year around the bay area deliveries can be specially bountiful for criminals. >> it's tax season and a lot of employers are mailing w2s out to people they are getting different tax documents in the mail. >> reporter: on street after street we saw mailboxes next to the roadway for easy delivery by the carriers but also easy pickings for bad guys. >> you can have your checks your social security numbers. i have my w2 form has my social security number on it. >> reporter: get a locking mailbox or have your mail delivered to a po box quickly retrieving your mail will also help. >> it's weird because nothing bad happens in belmont really. there's been a few things minor things but you never think your mail's in trouble. >> reporter: one resident suggested another possible reason for the spike in thefts with the data beaches at target and other retailers there are a lot of people getting replacement credit cards in the mail. again, easy pickings.

john sasaki ktvu channel 2 news. more details on how to keep tax information from being stolen as john mentioned experts say in addition to a locked mailbox or po box you can choose to have your w2 sent to you electronically. if you think tax statements have been stolen the irs says contact them immediately with the postal service. a missing boy take has autism was found safe after a 12 hour ordeal. 16-year-old tyler simmons was reunited with his parents at the belmont police station at 6:30 this morning. simmons went missing last night in belmontafter school let out. police say the teenager wandered all night until he was finally spotted by someone who saw this story on ktvu. >> apparently a ktvu viewer was driving on san carlos avenue near alameda at 6:30 and saw the young man asleep amongst some trees by the side of the road.

he called us right away. >> police say the teenager and his parents had apparently argued over his cell phone use. a troubled vacaville pass are facing new charges. he only allowed still pictures to be taken of pastor mark lewis he was first arrested on january 9 fore allegedly hiring people to firebomb the home of his ex-girlfriend. he was rearrested last friday after investigators say he fraudulently used church property as collateral to help post his bail. at this hour family, friends and others in the bay area community are mourning fallen bart police officer tom smith of at tonight's viewing his loved ones are getting support from people who know firsthand the pain they are going through. rob ross spent the day with a support group for those who had lost a loved one in the line of duty. rob is live in dubli >> reporter: frank we're standing by this memorial for fallen officers and as bart prepares to say good-bye to one of its own many law enforcement

agencies are receiving training on what to do if one of their officers is killed in the line of duty. >> just all of it raising kids, just being there. >> reporter: for stephanie miller november 16th, 2007 was the worst day of her life. that's the day her husband california highway patrol officer john miller was killed chasing a suspected drunk driver near livermore. >> there's nothing really anybody can ever do to make it better, but having support is i think the number one thing. >> reporter: she says while she will never get over the loss she and their two young children are healing. miller is now a member of cops which stands for concerns of police survivors. this week cops is conducting training for actual cops the focus is on how best to work with families when their loved one was just killed in the line of duty. >> it's such a tragic event that in addition to having to plan a memorial service an agency is also faced with the grief and having to deal with

the grief. so it's important to have personnel trained within the agency to assist in that. >> i lost one of the people i was closest to on this planet. >> reporter: timmy mcmillan understands what these families go through. her brother richard may was shot to death chasing a suspect in 2006. >> i wasn't functional for probably the first two years. >> reporter: the organization has someone available to the family of tommy split a bart officer killed last week in dublin authorities say a fellow officer accidentally shot him. >> you have this huge traumatizing event going on all around them in a very public venue yet you still have to get up and you still have to be you and attend to your families. >> reporter: the organization cops says it's extremely critical to notify the family quickly and in person and provide emotional support not only in the short term but for months and years to come. reporting live in dublin rob roth ktvu channel 2 news.

a public viewing for sergeant smith is underway at the chapel of the chimes in hayward. the funeral is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. tomorrow at the neighborhood church of castro valley on john drive. new concerns over drought spreading to wine country. >> 2013 was the dryest year on record. it was the dry effort est winter on record. >> drastic measures grape growers could be forced to take to save their crops. a live look at the back of the white house as we are waiting for president obama to head over to congress where he will deliver his state of the union address and we will carry that speech live at 8:00. the presidential limousine with the president inside heading to congress. first check your credit card statement. the suspicious charge for a specific amount that could alert you to an identity thief.

san francisco police say a man is being held without bail in the death of a home homeless woman. her body was found near 15th street yesterday morning patrol officers in that area are familiar with the victim and

provided information that led to the arrest. high tech challenge is on in the bay area to find pets ways better ways to make guns safer and prevent them from being fired accidentally. the smart tech foundation will award grabs and prizes to innovators who come up with the best ideas to help make guns safer. they include radio controlled trigger access as well as fingerprint trigger locks. >> this is a fingerprint based system. so, with the right fingerprint the correct gun owner gets access to loaded gun in under a second. >> inventors have until march 31st to submit ideas for this challenge. a new california law allows illegal immigrants to legally obtain a driver's license. at a public hearing in sacramento dozens of immigrants lined up to get their questions answered about how this whole process will work.

many urged the dmv to accept a broad range of residents utility bills and union i.d. car cards it's estimated 1.4 million illegal immigrants will apply for driver's licenses in california. the better business bureau is warning people to check their credit card statements. scammers are charging small amounts of money with the hope they won't notice. they were charged for $9.84 for some sort of service. >> they don't think this is connected to the massive data breach at target. people may have noticed it because they are paying closer attention. better business bureau advises anybody to question any question able charge. nab a's wine industry calls the press in to assess its situation with the drought and exceedingly warm weather. also the push to get justin bieber deported. how many people have signed a

petition. back right after the break with a timeline on the rainfall. the latest computer model hour by hour as we get into this rain wednesday night into thursday. o?oowq

. postal workers demonstrated outside a staples store in the south bay angry over plans to outsource post office services to private businesses. northern california is one of

four years in the u.s. postal service it's planning to try to open postal countss inside staples stores staffed by stand also employees. postal workers union want its members to run the counters. they say the postal employees are more qualified. san jose city council voted to allow some businesses that rent city property to pay employees less than the city's living wage. some of those opposed to the change met with the press outside city hall before the meeting and one city council member says it is the beginning of the end for san jose's living wage. >> i believe that what they are trying to do really is make a huge step into guting the living wage policy throughout the city including the airport where we have a very successful living wage policy. >> 7-4 vote allows businesses that lease space from the city to pay less than the living wage unless the business is getting a rent subsidy or has a

city service contract. the cities city's living wage, $15.70 an hour higher than the minimum wage of $10.15 rents cents an hour. continuing coverage about the concern of our drought. we're learning about what grape growers are doing to try to save their crops. legendary grape growers called the media in to assess the short and long term prospect for the drought stricken region. tom vacar spent the day in the valley to look at what could soon become damage control. >> reporter: field workers brushed a protective coating to prevent fungus if and when the rain returns. wine country is already at a serious water deficit. >> 2013 was the dryest year on record. dryest winter on record. >> reporter: for those vineyards that have underground ago way informations to feed them it will be a relatively normal season. for those that depend on rain

water, well the troubles are already starting to mount big time. >> the presence of groundwater does not make up for the lack of rainfall. >> reporter: water shortages may force vineyards to irrigate their most valuable grape varieties and let's others which they are on the vine. bud chutes sprout at the end of february have already begun many locations. to save water vines will be pruned to produce fewer grapes and their umbrellas the leaves over them will also be thinned good if we continue to see drought conditions in 2014 we will see a small crop. >> reporter: pests are expected to be a bigger problem. you'll see very few mustard fields or so-called cover crops used here to enrich the soils nurture official insects and prevent soil erosion because convenient yards can't water them. these cover crops should already be three feet high.

grape growers are holdsing huddling to try every water saving trick in the book. the grower's big effort worry next year. cal fire is adding 125 firefighters because of the state's drought conditions. the san mateo santa cruz unit and santa clara unit are getting 12 extra firefighters. sonoma lake napa unit will receive five additional firefighters. cal fire has also extended seasonal firefighting forces in southern california. the agency is able to extend those resources because of the governor's declaring a state of emergency over the drought which he made last week. there is a no question we need rain and we desperately need rain over to our chief meteorologist because we're finally going to get some. >> at least we have a shot at rain now. the last pattern that had persisted for the last couple of months it wasn't giving us a

shot at showers. but now this jet stream is lining up the clouds are moving in. you can feel it outside. here's the current jet stream. you can see the jet stream bed embedded in the clouds. still riding north but as we go through the next few hours it's going to work its way south. when that happens that moisture will start slamming into the portions of the marin head lands, santa cruz mountains and perhaps drop out quarter inch half inch of rain. some showers showing up now in northern california you see them there. take a peek you can see the radar sweep. most of the activity still in northern california. that will change as we head into tomorrow. tonight it's cloudy out there we will fog along the coast. we got cloudy conditions throughout the bay area. beautiful night. there's the low clouds and fog. high clouds beautiful night considering we've had sunny, beautiful earningss every night it's nice to see some clouds. moisture in the atmosphere it feels right. wednesday we got some patchy drizzle. tomorrow as the system gets close it scoops up the moisture and creates some moisture along the coast and around parts of the area. just drizzle, light stuff.

as we get into wednesday night into thursday the front gets closer it's still pretty weak but it drops rain mainly north of north bay. a quarter to half inch. san francisco south 10th of an inch quarter of an inch. >> but it's rain. >> forecast model does this. tomorrow morning rain north lots of clouds. tomorrow afternoon rain flat lines here. look at tahoe this thing stings up there for a while. he they could get a foot and-a- half. 1:00 a.m. thursday night late 1:00 a.m. thursday morning you got mountains secondary waiver wants to go through to the north and that's on thursday at lunch time. and then just kinds of clears out. but float the mountains, right. just keeps hanging up there. that's the good news. plenty of snow in the mountains maybe more but snow in the mountains. five-day forecast coming up bay area weekend in view. let me show the temperatures. forecast highs for tomorrow. mid-60s. here comes the five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view. it will be a snow producer for

the mountains. north bay hills will get up they will get an inch, inch and- a-half. for the bay area proper 10th of an inch quarter of an inch nasty morning commute on thursday. >> all right. thanks bill. a petition to have justin bieber deported to his native canada. as 5:45 this petition had wracked up more than 87,000 signatures. now it says in part quote we would like to see the dangerous reckless destructive and drug abusing justin bieber deported and his green card revoked. bieber is due back in court on february 14th valentine's day for arraignment on drunk driving and drag racing charges. tmz is reporting that the rap era rested with bieber passed a field sobriety test with a blood alcohol level of zero. he usually takes the fine to avoid reporters but today marshawn lynch is speaking out

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. super bowl week is underway. bands of color moving across the upper floors of the empire state building which teams colors are featured depends on how fans vote in a daily twitter poll. marshawn lynch doesn't speak very often but tonight he is sorts of. the star running back on the seahawks grew up here in the bay area. today he broke his silence. >> sorts of is a stretch. it was media day. mark you join us now obviously 6 minutes, i don't know if that was much of a media day. >> marshawn lynch is a really good guy draw up in the bay area played at cal of course but he doesn't really like to speak with the media. and it is part of the job in this day and age it's one of the best days for media guy to be out there because richard sherman and company all available to the media, but as heather said hey, look who it is. the old talk show host. but marshawn spoke for only 6 minutes and he mentioned that

the career highlights so far winning the championship when he was with oakland tech in high school. >> at this point right now he it is the highlight of my life. >> . >> that's the way i play it. microphone in my face. >> you don't like it either. >> i don't. . >> until then i still got work. but i appreciate this. >> just like that he was gone. it remains to be seen whether or not the nfl will fine him again for his brief session with the media. meantime equal time for denver and it will be peyton manning at the podium we'll hear from him at 10:00. richard sherman of course will also be heard from and bay ton manning we'll talk about his legacy in the nfl.

like he said talk about legacy when you're a lot older when you're peyton manning talk about it. >> tax mark. >> s a reminder you can watch the super bowl right here on ktvu kick off set for 3:30 sunday afternoon. and gus is in the new york new jersey area for all the excitement and action. in fact her plane landed a couple of hours ago you can watch live reports starting tomorrow. you can check out what she's up to on twitter and facebook. >> taking a look at our top stories as we await president obama and his state of the union address. tonight friends and loved ones of fallen bart police officer sergeant rather tommy smith are gathering at hayward. a viewing is being held at the chapel of the chimes. his funeral is scheduled for tomorrow in castro valley. the 42-year-old was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer last week. >> tonight oakland police are searching for a man who broke into the home of an 81-year-old woman and shot her in the shoulder. the home invasion happened on laguna street in the diamond

district 10:30 this morning. a relative says his sister-in- law caught the intruder by surprise an was shot but fortunately she is expected to make a full recovery. >> bay area water districts are weighing their options as the drought crisis grows. today the san francisco puc asked customers for a 10% voluntary cut back. santa clara counties water officials are considering that same restriction tonight. play rain municipal water district is asking for 25% voluntary water rationing and mandatory rationing is likely by april. >> we've been hearing from chief meteorologist that rain is on the way. >> s showers on the way. let's take a look at the commutes model this sets us up on wednesday night. tomorrow night showers showing up in the north bay look what happens. thursday morning that's late wednesday night early thursday morning some showers lingers up in the mountains. few scattered showers around here thursday night then it clears out. there's the five-day forecast with the weekend in view. there's rain but it's not enough. it makes the roads real slick thursday morning. >> driver care i any. thank carefully.

>> we are minutes away from president obama making the traditional walk and saying hi for his annual state of the union address. >> that's minutes away. we want to join fox's live coverage of the president's up fweeng and welcome to the russell rotunda inside the united states capitol. i'm shepherd smith. we're minutes away from the state of the union address to congress and millions of viewers across the country and around the world. we'll have live coverage of the address and the republican response that follows. first a live look at the floor at the house of representatives wh