a significant rain. we are on the southern end. this system, this part of the system is not as potability. with that said -- potent. with that said we could see a half inch in the north bay. that is great news but for the morning commute it will be tough. we will talk about that and we will have the timing after the break. >> thank you. you can get real weather time updates on your mobile device using our ktvu channel 2 news weather app. woman drove off with a parking control officer clinging to the hood of her car and a witness took this picture. you can see the worker there. police say she drove for a mile with the man hanging on. there are new details on how the driver said she was scared the of officer and that is why she drove off. ktvu's john sasaki is here now with more. >> reporter: this is where the

woman was arrested. she shared a few things about the drive last week. >> reporter: the 33-year-old walked into court this afternoon to face three felony charges. >> charged with assault. battery and with hit and run. >> reporter: it was last thursday she was seen driving along oak street with a city parking control officer on her hood and she hit a motorcyclists and drove off. >> i couldn't believe what i was seeing. >> she saw it happen and took photos of the car and the officer. >> everybody is going the same direction. that car went down and turned right from the left lane and crossed six lanes of traffic there. >> reporter: a surprising explanation for why. she told me the officer who was giving her a ticket sexually

harassed her. she said give him her phone number and the ticket would go away. >> he is scaring me. i remember yelling, yao going to -- you are going to kill this gay. >> reporter: a smokes person with muni said the al-- spokesperson with muni said the allegations are inconsistent with the driver's character. >> anytime you drive with a person on the hood of your car crow don't know what -- you don't know what is going to happen. >> reporter: she plead not guilty. her next court date is december 7 and prosecutors asked for probation to be revoked. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. down power lines are blamed for a fire this afternoon around 2:00 p.m.

this afternoon. firefighters say power lines somehow fell from a utility pole. firefighters worked to keep the flames from spreading to nearby structures. people in the immediate area were asked to evacuate. small plane crashed into a vineyard this afternoon injuring two people this afternoon about 2:15 p.m. an faa spokesperson said it was a two seat experimental plane that went down. one of the two people was airlifted to the hospital. plane also took down power lines when it crashed. pg&e shows 45 customers were effected. police continue to look for a suspect wanted in connection with a kidnapping and robbery. they released this surveillance video to us. it is poor quality but it shows the suspect standing outside the bank of america on main

street. we told you about the crime yesterday at 5:00 p.m. police say a man with a gun forced a woman to drive from her home to the bank of america around noon and he demanded she withdrawal money. >> we hear of problems here in walnut creek, midnight, 2:00 a.m., that sort of thing. not in the middle of the day. >> very surprising you would be out at your home in broad day light and you think you are most safe and for someone to hold you at gun point is disturbing. >> police describe the man as white in his 40s. 5'10", wearing a straw hat, sun glassing and a stocking covering his face. the war against isis. another hostage has been beheaded and air strikes resumed today against isis targets and the president called for a global effort to

destroy isis. he says 40 countries pledged to join the fight. >> only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. so the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network. >> today a group released video of a french tourist being beheaded after the french governor joined in the u.s. air strikes. the u.s. military is preparing for an extended conflict. >> the orders are clear, we will destroy, defeat isis. >> the first round targeted an area the u.s. says isis was using to transport equipment across the boarder into iraq. this afternoon's attacks

targeted oil infrastructure. air strikes targeted an al- qaeda affiliate called the called -- the group was close to being able to assemble a bomb that could go done tected through airport security -- undetected through airport security. the concern is terrorists could strike at home. ktvu's mike mibach at oakland international airport with a new warning that has gone out. >> reporter: be vigilant. head up. that is the message. if there is realitation it could hundred aen --

retaliation it could happen anywhere. >> reporter: clear skies oakland international airport where whistles are blowing, bags are rolling, travelers traveling. >> sometimes i take a pill to calm me down. >> we have to travel. >> reporter: the sheriff's office patrols oakland international airport and late last night the fbi and homeland security asked all law enforcement agencies in the u.s. to be vigilant after the air strikes in syria. the government is warning about retaliatory attacks involving loan wolves. the air strikes could embolden home grown extremists inside the united states.

>> always on people's minds. >> law enforcement can't be everywhere so some take had warning as warning -- the warning as a warning to them. >> i have been more vigilant. i pay attention owhat is happening -- to what is happening. >> on people, bags. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: now, despite the warning the government wants to emphasize there is no eminent threat of a terror attack in the bay area or across the united states. live in oakland, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. the court is reducing its hours of operations because of budget problems. starting november 24 office and phone hours will end an hour earlier. this comes after small claims court and traffic court were

canceled. even though state money was restored to run the courts there isn't enough money for full time operation. new at 5 half a million dollars, that is the amount of money the department of justice is giving to san leandro. ktvu's allie rasmus tells us how the mini will be used to -- money will be used. >> reporter: police have two officers a thet district high schools. -- at the district high schools. the goal is to add two new officers to the middle schools in town. >> reporter: students pour out into the hallway on their way to class they give high fives to the woman in uniform. she wears the police badge, a school resource officer based at the school full time. >> say high to kids. >> reporter: her job is part

law enforcement officers, part therapists. >> you can get them to talk to you about their lives. >> offer help, like the time she helped her resolve a conflict with another student. >> she helped me understand their situation. he wasn't in a good place and didn't have a father figure. so i let up on that. >> she is a normal person even with a uniform on. >> part of caring about the kids is investing your time and knowing there is value in them and that just because they are bad today doesn't mean they are bad people. >> police will now be able to add more people to the schools here. they received a $5,000 grand from the d.o.j. department of -- department of justice. the superintendent says it is a proactive approach to safety. >> how can they build that relationship if they only see them on one side of the law when they do something wrong?

>> get into class. >> reporter: when a fight like this one breaks out, she already knows the students involved. and they know her. >> this is not a place for violence. >> reporter: this started with trash talk that ended up on social media. which is why the more help the better. this grant is good for the next four years. prese hope they can -- police hope they can find the money to keep the program going after that. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a smoking plane at sfo. >> this is an exercise: >> the drill that put first responders to the test. >> you shouldn't sit on your $700 phone. >> the problem that has critics calling the iphone a flexible device in wrong ways. >> will showers put a dent in the drought? coming up, how much rain it would take to recover.

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a dozen new police officers will be patrolling in oakland thanks to a federal grant. they announced the city is getting $2 million and it will be used to pay for 15 new officers over the next three years. the grant comes weeks before a new class of recruits will graduate. the additional troops will bring them above 700 officers. >> the police department is growing and with that we anticipate we can have better results, reduce crime further, help our response times and help the city be safer. >> grants warworn -- awarded to

the san leandro and alameda cities. red flag warning continues today. firefighters fear gusty winds and low humidity could cause fair ups. the king fire destroyed 70 structures, including a dozen homes. 12,000 more homes are threatened. 2700 people are told they can't yet go home. firefighters say they are afraid winds will flair up tonight. >> double edged sword. you know, we will do the best we can with what mother nature gives us and hopes she cooperates. >> the king fire started september 13 and burned 93,000 acres. that fire is 38% contained. as we know california is in the middle of a severe drought and with the rain that is coming, will it make a difference? ktvu's tom vacar is near the golden gate bridge, we asked him to look into how much rain

do we need to get us out of the drought. >> reporter: this being the traditional dividing line for rain, there is no rain here yet, it feels like it wants torain and -- to rain, and consider this, we are using water much quicker than it is being replenished. >> reporter: it has been very dry in northern california. >> san francisco is the driest three year period in 150 years. >> most of the state is in extreme or severe drought status. what will it take to break the drought? >> 150% of normal is not a bad number to look at. get the state back in good shape. >> reporter: problem is normal rainfall is different in different parts of the state. northern california, it would take 15-20 inches of rain.

>> probably for most of northern california that would get most of the uses in the water back into close a normal situation. >> reporter: it would take 10- 15 for the central valley and 5- 10 inches to lift the central coast and southern california out of drought into low water status. in every case that is a tall order and that would not refill the rewarses or -- reservoirs. >> it is not a simple picture. not like one size fits all. >> reporter: though the national weather service predicts the bay area will receive below normal rainfall for this year, that does not include the most important part of our rainy season, something we will explore at 6:00 p.m., tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. and back now to the weather

that is headed our way. i think we have a live picture here from the camera. there we go. oakland. you can clearly see the clouds there, the dark clouds that are looming in the distance. >> let's hope the rain is a good rain. now a our chief meteorologist bill martin. we have been hoping for a lot of rain. how much will we get? >> that is a great picture. it shows the change. we will get rain here, a wet morning commute. we need a lot, a lot, a lot of rain. the ground water is what it is about. if the aquifers aren't full, agricultural uses 70% of our storable water, so we need a ton of water. heaviest rain is tomorrow morning, mainly north, cooler forecast and friday a chance of a shower.  up north, we have already seen up to 2 inches of rain around

eureka. maybe a half inch in santa rosa, and petaluma, it will be less rain. maybe a quarter inch. san jose, 10th of an inch. this is a live camera. this is what you are seeing. low fog and low clouds, the rain drapes over our area into the next 12 hours. it will come in here early in the morning. it will produce wet roadways for your morning commute. that is the big thing here. for the rest of us, south, it won't be a ton of rain but it will slickthen roadways. it -- slicken the roadways. a cooler forecast on friday as we get into the cooler part of the low.

tonight at 10:00 p.m. the latest models. drizzle showing up. showers in santa rosa by 10:00 p.m. tonight. come back, tune in, we will dial you in. 3:00 a.m., it is starting to rain. roads are wet for the bay area. 5:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m., rain is continuing. quarter inch. 10th of an inch. not a ton of rain. but it is enough. mork commute, thursday. got issues -- morning commute, thursday. got issues. 8:00 a.m., gone. right? mountains lingers up there. good news for the king fire. there is the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, so rain is good. helping out greatly in northern california. it will make a mess of the morning commute but a impact on the king fire. santa rosa, half inch, not bad. san jose 10th of an inch. san francisco 3/10 of an inch.

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i was able to go get the surgery that i needed. and it was a lifesaver. tony stewart will not face criminal charges for the death of another driver. tony stewart hit and killed kevin ward, jr. at a sprint car race in new york. kevin ward, jr. climbed out of his car and on to the track. tests found that kevin ward, jr. was under the influence of marijuana. the grand jury heard from two dozen witnesses and deliberated for two days before dechaining to file charges. tony before declining to file charges. food safety challenge. the fda is looking for new technologies to fight food born

illnesses. the total cash prize is half a million dollars. >> there is no sillber bullet in food safety. have -- silver bullet in food safety. >> 1-6 americans gets food poisoning every year. president obama took heat today for what some are calling a latte salute. this video shows the president saluting marines while holding a cup of coffee. critics say it was disrespectful. george w. bush saluted while holding his dog. a maneral recommends not saluting if you are carrying something. the list of the most frequently banned books in school districts and you will probably recognize most of them. fifth is the best seller the

hunger games. it has been targeted because of religious views. in fourth place, fifty shades of grey. in third place, the absolutely true diary of a part time indian. in second place, the bluest eye. it has strong language and sex and for the second year in a row, the adventures of captain underpants came in at number one. the problem is, some people don't like its potty humor. the author said coming in first was a surprise. he said his goal was just to make kids laugh. he said kids who have fun readric making a connection -- reading are making a connection that reading is rewarding and that turns ordinary kids into lifelong readers. you can find the full list of

banned books on www.ktvu.com. developments here, firefighters demanding their chief is forced out of the department. her response and how the mayor is handling the controversy. >> an artist transstorms the inside of alka-- transforms the inside of alcatraz. >> the fight over how to fund the new transbay terminal and why it is happening now after the project has already broken ground.

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as for the union they are in the meeting right now, this is the first time they have come together on a group, we will stay on top of that, if anything comes of the meeting we will bring it to you here or online. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. police identified the two men killed in a deadly shooting last night. the -- >> it is awful. but we will do the best we can to catch the suspects. >> it happened inside of a home about 9:00 p.m. last night. a woman inside the home was injured in the shooting. police interviewed neighbors and collected evidence. >> sad, you know, the family. feel sorisy for the family --

sorry for the family. but something must have happened. something must have -- to get shot like that, something has to happen. >> police tell us the shooting does not appear to be random. it was supposed to be the grand central station of the west but the transbay terminal in san francisco is in financial trouble. a year ago the first concrete was poured. they said e-( 4it would be the tallest building on the west coast, but ktvu's rob roth is here now to explain what is leading to potentially serious money issues. rob? >> reporter: construction at the transbay terminal is continuing but its future is murky. work continues at the transbay terminal but key parts are up in the air. major developers are backing out after leaders thought they

reached an agreement. >> sends a negative message about development. makes life harder for all developers. >> the lack of a deal puts in jeopardy for the extension to downtown. >> we lose because we don't get transit, we don't get cal train, we don't get a rooftop park that the community leads. >> the disagreement is over the reaction of a tax district. developers say the city is asking them to pay too much. the developers issued a statement that says we could not reach a solution that would work for the developers with projects in the district. the city is waiting to see if the ç]nnjdevelopers sue. >> they are pushing and they ñthey ne to pay what they owe. this is essential to making >> lawsuit >;x0"pwoulú p@make

difficult for the city to attract funding for the project. it includes a bus station, high- speed rail and half a dozen haul buildings. tall buildings. >> reporter: a spokesman says no decision has been made on whether to file a lawsuit. the mayor's office says no talks are schedule and the project -- schedule and the project is three years from expected completion. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. some business owners are calling to lift a 30 year moratorium on new restaurants on broadway. the limits the number of tto ç28. originally it was meant to keep a balance but now many say it is hurting business, making people look for other places to dine out. the city counsel plans to review the request next month.

union, court workers, started voting on a strike authorization. >> it happened during a rally. members of seiu say the court has ample reserves to give workers raises. but they say the court won't bargain in good faith. union workers are asking for 3% raise and say managers are offering no raise at all. the voting kill continue tomorrow at another rally and will conclude on friday. smoke and survivors on the runway at sfo. the drill that put firefighters to the test, see figure they learned from the mistakes from the ash yawna plane crash and -- asiana plane crash. >> and a transformation at alcatraz, a new exhibit inside the prison and a fisherman makes a discovery, a bald eagle

trapped in the water. the rescue and the reason the bird got there in the first place.

a fisherman ended up with an unusual fishing partner. a sick and injured bald eagle. he helped the bird on to his boat and he got the bird to a rescue center. they have been nursing the bird back to health.

they believe he had an infection. the mortally for birds of prey are high after they leave the nest but they feel confident this bird will recover. officials are getting a better idea of the behavior of bears in the park. they are able to track the movements of eight bears. 15 new tracking collars cost $70,000. officials plan to use them to keep visitors safe and learn more about the eating and traveling habits of the 300 bears. in a rare case of west nile virus a woman was partially paralyzed. right now she is struggling to regain the use of her left leg. she was working mom of two when she was bitten by a mosquito in june. the disease hit her quickly

with jolts and seisures and paralysis. she was bed ridden for several weeks. >> the first months to six weeks time period you are flat on your back in bed, sleeping. that is all you can do to get up for an hour. >> she is undergoing a treatment plan that includes physical they were, yoga for nerve stimulation. she is regaining movement. doctors say only 1% of west nile virus patients suffer such severe symptoms. >> reporter: small, powerful and deadly, thousands of children hurt by an every day object, the new steps to protect them from toys they were never meant to use. >> and iphone owners say the iphone 6 bent in their pockets. >> rather than having a great

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a major art exhibit is

opening up on alcatraz it opens to the public on saturday. the artist is not allowed to leave china so having his art work is meant to create a dialogue about individual rights. it includes picture of political prisoners made from legos. he was inspired to use the toys after seeing his son play with it. admission is free with the alcatraz tour. administrators say it is okay for students to return to class tomorrow. classes were canceled today because of a possible gas leak. staff called pg&e yesterday about an odor. pg&e inspectors said they couldn't find a leak. hours later staffers noticed a gas odor elsewhere in the school and pg&e shut down a gas line which meant no heating or hot water. >> the safety, the, you know,

health of our students are paramount so we wanted to make sure they are safe and get what needs to be done. >> so far there is no confirmation of a gas leak. class resume tomorrow. the website said parents and students will get a phone call tonight with updated information. the iphone 6 plus can bend. how big of a problem is it? >> reporter: ann rubin is live from the apple store. >> reporter: he says he was so excited about the new phone he waited in line and was fifth in line to get the new phone. he never would have put it in his pocket if he thought this could happen. >> the iphone 6 plus has a lot of new features, the ability the bend isn't supposed to be one. >> i thought it was a joke or

something. >> reporter: he found out it was no laughing matter after spending two hours in the car with his phone in his pocket this happened. >> it bent at this point. right there. bent. when i tried fixing it, it broke. >> the screen tracked and that is not all. he has second iphone 6 plus. he said it too is bent. >> if you have a thin, light, aluminum phone it will bend. >> reporter: he believes the problem is real but thinks it is unlikely apple will take action. >> users are causing the problem. apple would have to redesign the phones. >> reporter: others still doubt the problem is widespread. >> seems like it is a handful. hard to tell because it is getting a lot of play on twitter right now but my feeling is it is a tiny

fraction. >> he is trying to get his replaced. one store said he would have to pay, a second store said it might be replaced for free. >> don't put it in your pocket. that is the best you can do. >> reporter: this apple store has been packed all day and they say they are not canceling their orders. apple has yet to issue a response. ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. apple pulled its new software update. it was intended to fix issues, it was released this morning but some people said they were unable to make calls afterward. the touch i.d. system was also effected. apple is investigating reports. let's talk about our weather now. we have some rain on the way. >> yeah. >> real green and yellow. >> yes, especially in northern

california. northern california, couple inches of rain already. the system has dynamics. strongest stay north. we will be on the south end. we will have a wet morning commute. temperatures today, temperatures tomorrow, in the 70s, highs today mid-80s in antioch. clouds increasing all day. mark tamayo put this together for me. live satellite radar, right? looping. and a live camera shot. the north tower,er, the golden gate bridge, here is what the satellite looks like right now. i will stop it for you and here is what the clouds look like. the higher clouds here, this is lower stuff, the higher stuff. as that gets closer, the clouds drop down and rain will begin in the bay area. into, 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m., in the incorporate bay, that is when it will start. -- the north bay, that is when

it will start. that is significant. if i didn't know better and i do but if i didn't i would think this was a november system. it has a lot of neat things about it. the idea it is dropping so much rain in northern california. north bay, next 24 hours, maybe 3/4 of an inch of rain. this is help with the drought. helps with fire danger. helps with air quality. and go back to fire, the king fire will get some rain. right? that huge fire. here is the forecast for tonight, 11:00 p.m., this is the commute models. we will see what is happening. i think this will be close. showers. there is the morning commute. not for me. i think steve is coming in. going on the air for the morning show. that is the heart of the heaviest rain. the morning commute, 4:00 a.m.,

5:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m. pretty wet. good news. morning commute. that will be slow. the thing is out of here quick. morning commute will be wet. whatever you do to get around wet morning commutes. i have to tell you what happens, i don't have to tell you what happens, right? all the years i have been here, people make fun of us -- but the truth is, tomorrow -- not windy but wet, and it takes nothing to slow up there -- slow up things. >> thank you. putting their skills to the test. firefighters under take a drill at sfo trying to see if they learned from the mistakes during the asiana plane crash, how they are going above and beyond in how they train. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00

p.m. >> missing, stolen or broken. >> how do they pry them up from the ground? >> a look into what is happening to bronze plaques and one pedestrian killed, another injured in the same san francisco intersection in the last week. neighbors called the area dangerous for years. what the city has planned to make it safer for walkers. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. bulldog: [yawning]

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the san francisco school board is trying to attract students to willie brown high school. students would get their preference of public high school rather than compete in the lottery system. the reason is concern regarding underenrollment because it is located in the -- under enrollment because it is located in the district. stricter rules over small but powerful magnet that sent thousands of children to the emergency room. >> they are very small. colored. they don't look dangerous. even though they are magnets, you know, you put them on the fridge every day. >> they were used in desk toys. they were meant for adults but regulators say 7,000 children were sent to the hospital after

swallowing them and last year a toddler died after swallowing several that cut off circulation to her stomach. her want believes the rules would have save -- her aunt believes the rules would have saved lives. >> maybe we could 7 somebody else. -- could 7 somebody else. >> they now require the magnets to be larger and less powerful and the companies that made the toys have now recalled them. new at 5:00 p.m. smoke pouring from a boeing 767 at san francisco international airport. thankfully this was all part of a drill this morning. they closed down a runway and simulated a plane crash. today brought back memories of the asiana plane crash at sfo last summer. it exposed one issue, one that

was put to the test today. >> this is an exercise. this is an exercise. this is an exercise. >> reporter: at the center of the trailing drill at san francisco international airport a real boeing 767. within minutes the situation started to look real. >> smoke and fire are observed. alert three in progress. flight 336 crash landed. smoke and fire observed. >> reporter: firefighters, police officers, hospital and airport staff all took part in the drill. >> this is the first time we closed the runway in order to maintain the highest level of realism possible. >> fire trucks on scene, then passengers got off the plen. rescue -- plane, rescue crewed assessed those on the plane.

>> command. this is medical grouppisting medical -- requesting -- group requesting medical buses. >> reporter: one key issue during the asiana plane crash, the ability for crews from different agencies to communicate on a common radio frequency. the national transportation safety board found numerous problems and the airport is working on it. >> today is an opportunity practice firefighterring, triage, and emergency procedures. >> reporter: they stage the drill like this every year. it is preparation they hope will pay off in the event of another real hyphdisaster -- life disaster. now at 6:00 p.m. tracking rain on the way to had bay area. it is likely not the amount but the timing that could impact your commute. >> the ruling is in, it is public land, a judge orders a

billionaire to open up his property to surfers. >> also plaques missing along the embarcadero, we investigate where they are going. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. rain is moving towards the bay area right now. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge where we may see rain in the next few hours. it is expected to make a mess of the morning commute. julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> the rain is expected -- i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> we have live team coverage this evening. ktvu's tom vacar is in the north bay with how much rain we need to get out of this drought, but first to our chief meteorologist bill martin who is tracking the rain. >> we are seeing drizzle right now. russian river. santa rosa. and heavy rain in northern california. 2 inches of rain. we had rain last week.

we will get rain again this week. that is good news. early morning commute will get hit pretty good. it will be wet. san jose, south towards morgan hill. wet roads for the morning commute. here is how the system looks. you see where tom is in this area. clouds are producing drizzle, look up high, see the high clouds, that is where the green is. back in that area. the rain starts moving in in the next few hours. in the north bay, we could see a half inch of rain. here is the beauty, about the morning commute, it will be wet. as you start trying to drive to work thursday morning. the timing, i will see you back here. >> lain is heading our -- rain is heading our way. it will take more than a few drops. ktvu's tom vacar joins us with why we need more than just rain to get back on track. >> reporter: indeed we do. it is good we are