we will see more showers tonight perhaps in places. when i come back, we'll look at the computer model and the weekend's around the corner and there's rain in the five-day fost around part of the weekend. we'll talk about that and rain for next week, too. keep the umbrellas handy. >> thank you, bill. two different parks in the south bay were dealing with storm damage today, one closed by a mudslide, the other by flooding. how park officials are dealing with this? >> reporter: they spent all day pumping water and moving mud. park officials said today it wasn't safe to open. at alan rock park in san jose, all the rain that came down brought lots of mud down with it. maintenance crews counted nearly a dozen landslides, some on hiking trials, many along the park's main road. >> we worked both sides of the road. we had mud all over the place. >> reporter: so the decision was made to close the park, at least until cleanup was complete. staff came in from two other parks to help out.

by midafternoon, the worst was cleared, but crews fear more rain next week could bring more problems. >> the ground is saturated, the hill saturated and the place slid today onto the road, look like they have the potential to keep sliding if the rain keeps coming. >> reporter: not far away, lake cunningham park, the storm left its mark, too. >> the pumps have been running for the last 30 hours, pumping out water from what looks like a lake, but really is a meadow. rough rs that's right. this is normally a meadow and picnic area. crews saw all the flooding this morning and realized they wouldn't be opening and there were downed trees, too. >> we made the decision rather rapidly to close the park for the safety of our patrons. >> reporter: jessica ramano had been hoping to see the storm's aftermath. >> everything's more dramatic and intense and adventurous up in the rain. >> reporter: perhaps too intense for visitors today, but they say they understand. >> yes, for the best, for sure. >> reporter: now, lake cunningham park is actually a

retention base, so it's designed to hold a lot of water, so crews say they have never actually seen it this full before. both parks will evaluate in the morning and hope to reopen tomorrow. >> well, anne, one of the interviewees said it, but after the big rains, this is the time you want to see it. in that case, you can't. >> reporter: right. they are hoping tomorrow to have things under control. there may be some areas of both parks that are off limits to visitors, but they will still get a sense of the rushing water and the beautiful scenery, just avoiding those hazardous bits that will remain closed. >> safety number one. thank you, anne. there is a flood warning tonight for the russian river in sonoma county. ktvu's mike mibach is live there tonight. mike, residents living there, they have seen this all before. >> reporter: indeed, they have, ken. the water is now receding, going down a couple inches over

the last hour, right next to me is a peewee golf curse, a guerneville classic. you can see the water that made its way onto the golf course during a 12-hour stretch. the river went up 10 feet, reaching flood stage at 32 feet, then going up another foot to 33 feet. what you're looking at here is an example of being so close to the mighty russian river. the rain stopped, yet the russian river grew. >> this is how powerful it becomes. you can see humongous logs. >> reporter: beaches disappearing, homes turning into islands, street signs and buildings, all blanketed by flood water. in is the scene from forestville tomont rio with guerneville in the middle. >> obviously there is property damage by the russian river. several homes have been put in danger. some have already been flooded. we're seeing a lot of vehicles that have been flooded out. >> it's the russian river. you know, it floods sometimes. >> reporter: steve was on the

move as the river was rapidly moving at 5:00 a.m. >> moving the last camper out, moving the u-haul out. half hour later, it was 3 feet under water. >> this was amazing. i've never seen that much rain in such a short period of time. >> reporter: the general manager of highland dell, a lodge in monty rio. >> it goes down to the river. >> reporter: he says the flood is not close to what it was nine years ago, but even so, the damage downstairs, it is done. >> simply cannot access this right now. we use the downstairs area for storage. we have all of our wine, liquor, everything down there. we have a wine cellar down there. >> reporter: not quite as high as new year's day 2006, an 8- foot difference. >> we're all really prepared. we really need the water, again, so it's mother nature and mother nature at her best.

>> reporter: mother nature is cooperating and, ken, it is nice to have a little break from the rain before that next system rolls in. >> makes a big difference, mike. mike mibach, live on the russian river, thank you. new video tonight of a massive hole left in the roof of a senior care facility in union city. this was taken from news chopper 2 after a giant eucalyptus tree ripped open the home early this morning. the home has now been red tagged and as brian flores tells us, two people inside are lucky to be alive after the tree missed them by inches. [ foreign language ] >> he said like he heard a big sound, like a bomb. >> reporter: it may have sounded like one, but it actually was mother nature, this time coming in a 90-foot eucalyptus tree that came crashing down onto the back of a home in union city. >> i heard a large thud sound. 30 seconds later, the ground shook and my whole room shook. >> reporter: the tree fell just after 4:00 this morning in what

is a senior care home off tree fry court. five patients and three caretakers were in the home at the time, with the tree landing just inches away from two of the patients' beds. >> took the roof out and the walls and the fence and just narrowly missed the occupants, just very fortunate situation that no one got killed. >> reporter: with the amount of rain and wind these past 48 hours, alameda county fire officials say they respondedded to numerous calls of trees following. >> another one fell into a building in the castro valley, a large oak tree. we figure we'll have more of them. with the thunderstorms coming through, outdraft winds, we figure we have more potential. >> reporter: for those inside, officials say they are expected to be okay. they are currently staying at another senior care home right across the street. >> pretty scary since we're right next door. we're lucky. very lucky. >> reporter: the eucalyptus tree sits on a creek bed that has been known to flood before. other eucalyptus trees are next to the ones that fell and those will have to be analyzed by ann

arborist. there are some remarkable pictures of all of this flooding from the storm. we've put some of those up at ktvu.com. breaking news now to report out of san francisco. we're learning of a proposed settlement in the case of linn spalding, the woman found dead in the stairwell of san francisco general hospital. spalding's family sued the city. the city has now agreed to pay the family $2.9 million to settle the lawsuit. you'll remember spalding was a patient at sf general when she went missing last september. her body wasn't discovered until weeks later. the board of supervisors must now approve the settlement amount. we just received a statement from the san francisco city attorney's office. it said it was a tragic case, but in the end, quote, we reached an agreement that resolves the case without the costs and risks and heartaches of litigation. a deadly accident claimed the life of a long-time alameda resident who died after the storm blew through yesterday. it's believed the weather likely contributed to his

death. his wife of 50 years is now left without knowing how to move forward. >> reporter: the hugs are common and warm inside helen sauce's alameda home. she lost her husband of 50 years, sam, to a traffic collision. >> i think he was just a warm, loving person. it's hard to think of speaking of the past of him. >> reporter: it happened at grand street and otis drive 5:40 thursday evening. >> i realized how long it had been and then i heard sirens and things. >> reporter: sam was hit by a bus, just two blocks from his home. sauce was doing what he loved to do, take his daily walk. he was in the crosswalk when he was hit, on a night his wife says she tried to stop him from going. >> we quarreled and i wanted him -- it was a quarter to 5:00. it was already quite dark. it was raining. >> reporter: but she made sure he wore his reflective vest and flashing bracelet. yet that wasn't enough.

>> the weather conditions definitely i would think played a role in this. >> reporter: the collision is still under investigation. >> it appears that the driver was acting in a lawful manner up until the point where he obviously struck the gentleman. >> reporter: i don't know what happened, but i can't -- anyway. i can't undo what's been done. >> reporter: the pair lived in alameda for decades. sam sauce ran his own company, transporting the movement of cargo around the world. he nearly died 20 years ago of a heart ailment. >> he was a series of miracles, saved him. >> reporter: now sauce leaves behind his wife, two daughters and five grandchildren. >> i'm sure there's a higher authority that knows the reason. right at the moment, i'm not coming up with anything. >> reporter: in alameda, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2news. >> sauce was hit by an ac transit number 20 bus. the transit agency wouldn't say

much about the incident beyond telling us that it remains under investigation. bart's new oakland airport connector is out of service tonight because of a mechanical problem. the system shut down around 10:00 a.m. about 30 people were on the tram when it failed and had to be evacuated from the cars. bart tells us the shutdown was due to a power failure after a tree was blown onto the track. the system was problem-free until today. >> it's been tested for hours and hours and hours with no failures whatsoever. obviously we've got to figure out what happened here, but it's a very safe system. >> it's not known yet when the system will be running again. a bus bridge is in place while it's down to take travelers between bart's coliseum station and the oakland airport. a man convicted in a 40- year-old murder case was sentenced today, but the sentence was so light, the judge felt he had to apologize to the victim's family. 13-year-old julie mackel haney was killed in 1974 by curtis tucker, now 66 years old.

the judge sentenced him to five years to life for second degree murder. the judge told the victim's family his hands were tied by the sentencing laws that were in effect at the time of the killing. tucker pleaded no contest in july. according to court documents, he sexually assaulted and murdered the girl during a robbery at her family's east oakland home. the storm forced the evacuation of dozens of people on the peninsula. why some say flood damage is not their only big concern. >> it's really dangerous over there. >> then, hundreds of dogs, dumped at a shelter in just the last month. the race against the clock to find good homes for all these animals. >> and next, i'm going through the computer models to break down just how much rain we have left. female announcer: sleep train's interest free for 3 event!

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devastating mudslides slammed right into homes, despite all the efforts to protect them. at least 10 homes are red tagged tonight. you'll remember last year, a massive wildfire burned more than 44 square miles right near the ventura county community of camarilla. now they are spilling rocks and mud onto the town. >> we're still in a state of shock here. our friends and neighbors, you know, many people have lost a lot. >> reporter: bill was one of them. he was out here when the middle of the night rains fell and all hell broke loose. >> it rained very hard for probably, i don't know, 40 minutes. then all of a sudden the, up on san como, the water poured down. >> reporter: the rails were put in to try to keep mud and rocks back. it didn't work. they came down like a river, right into the backyards, straight down this way, off into the street in that direction. >> rocks, debris, and

everything else was just shooting right out into the street. >> reporter: streets were like rivers of rocks and boulders poking into garages, drowning homes up to their roof tops. >> devastating. i couldn't believe this could happen. >> reporter: this woman was lucky. her home wasn't damaged. another home, three people were trapped. an elderly couple were behind a bed, pushed by a wall of mud. >> the two elderly were pushed behind a bed and the caretaker was in the kitchen on a counter, with knee-deep mud below him. he jumped up on the counter to get away from the mud. >> reporter: ken's house is red tagged as damaged. the home belonged to his in- laws when they were alive. >> you look at that home, what goes through your mind? >> well, there's a lot of memories there. lot of-- >> emotion? >> sure. >> what are you feeling?

>> it's interesting. in all my years, i covered these tragedies, like you. '94, the wildfires, the floods, and the earthquake. fema in this district, three times in one year and i'm meeting with people who are victims. it's -- you never really understand. >> meantime, here in the bay area, a day off from school and a field turned into a lake presented an ideal opportunity yesterday for a group of kids to try out some water sports. take a look at this video. the baseball field at herbert middle school in santa rosa was flooded and there's a party. kids got into their bathing suits, decided to do a little jet-skiing out there. they also brought out a boogie board and a canoe for the newly- created area lake. have fun! >> never got a day off of school for rain. >> looks cold, though. >> reminds me of the video we showed you yesterday of the

surfers on lake tahoe. bill, you told me water temperatures were 50 degrees at lake tahoe? >> i think it was probably upper 40s, low 50s, but, yeah, we get water out here sometimes, 52, 53. >> i don't go in there either! [ laughter ] >> it is definitely cold. we got a ton of rain yesterday, right? that was massive stuff. rainfall percents of average in san jose, almost 200% of average. we talked about that earlier. that's good, right? is the drought over? no. this is like if we have one cool year, it's global warming? it's bigger than that. the drought's a three-year deal. it's going to take a lot of getting ahead to catch up. every once in a while, i hear someone say is the drought over? not really. here's the rainfall right now. towards the south bay area, i want to pick up towards morgan hill and i'll zoom in on the area. there's significant rain coming out of this cell east of gilroy. showers showing up on parts of 101. we will continue to see scattered showers like this throughout the evening hours.

none of it massive. it's pretty light stuff for the most part. if we back up just a little bit, we can take a peek at san francisco just offshore. we've got a few showers here. so widely scattered showers. if you're out and about tonight, you just want to be ready for that. if you are out and about tonight, look at what a beautiful night it is. there's san francisco right now and the embarcadero is lit up for the holidays. temperatures tonight are going to get down there and the moisture content of the soil is high, because all the rain. what happens? cool night, not a lot of wind. kenny, what happens? what do you get? you're typing, aren't you? what's the weather? cool night, just rain, not a lot of wind. >> like being called on in class! >> sounds like fog. >> gasia knew, too. [ laughter ] >> boy, you guys, sorry. as the system moves out, we'll see plenty of fog in the central valley. this will impact your travel if you're trying to take advantage of the snow up in the mountains tomorrow morning, traveling through it, i suspect there will be a dose of it.

plenty of valley fog throughout the bay area tomorrow morning, then again on sunday morning. so that's sort of our big weather feature as this system clears out. but as we go into next week, we're actually into sunday night and monday, this high drops down and we get back into a rain event. let me show you how it goes. right now, here we are tomorrow morning, there's had the fog. you can always tell the fog, the way it lines up in the central valley. you'll see patches around here. then here is the changing pattern. saturday night, you see the flow starting to come this way now. here we go. sunday morning, more valley fog. then sunday evening, this guy shows up. look what happens to your monday morning commute. looks like we'll see wet weather on monday morning. so monday looks like another wet day. as you look at the five-day forecast, i'll get to it here, you'll notice we got rain in the forecast, monday rain, tuesday rain and beyond that, looks like a wet period we're heading for, which is typical for this time of year. exactly what you expect. there's the five-day forecast, bay area weekend in view.

>> all right, billy. news keeps coming in. i'm trying to stay up. >> i know, you're doing stuff. >> we'll have an update on something we just mentioned. valley fog. and we have fog in the grand canyon we'll talk about later, too. interesting stuff. thanks, bill. it really only happens once every few years. after the break, the rare weather phenomenon-- >> here it is! >> -- at one of the united states' most spectacular sights. we'll tell you what's happening at the grand canyon. >> now to julie haener with what we're working on for 6:00. >> reporter: coming up, the storm is giving the bay area much-needed relief from the drought. one area is working to transport water to storage after the big fill-up. the impact the rain is having on the water supply. and san jose firefighters are preparing to say good-bye to one of their own, after he unexpectedly passed away. >> to lose him at 50 years old is disgusting. it's unfair. >> reporter: the plan by his fellow firefighters to honor his legacy. these stories and more, coming up new at 6:00.

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. we just received new information. bart's new oakland airport connector is now back up and running tonight. it opened just after 5:00, about 20 minutes ago. the system shut down this morning around 10:00 because of a mechanical problem. bart tells us the shutdown was due to a power issue. it happened after a train hit debris that had blown onto the track. the system has been operating for only about a month and was problem-free until today. but again, bart, the connector train is up and running.

the ball is now in the senate's court when it comes to passing a spending bill. the house of representatives narrowly passed it last night, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle aren't happy with the compromise. >> i think what the american people very much are looking for is some practical governance. i'm glad it passed the house and i'm hopeful it will pass the senate. >> reporter: president obama encouraging lawmakers to move ahead to finalize a trillion dollar-plus spending bill to keep the government up and running. the ball is now in the senate's court, where two senators are leading individual fights to block the legislation. some liberals, led by democratic senator elizabeth warren, are upset over rules they say favor large banks. >> why in the last minute as you head out the door and a spending bill must be passed are you making it a priority to do wall street's bidding? >> reporter: meanwhile, some conservatives, led by republican ted cruz, are fired

up about president obama's immigration order, but the senate is short on time. the house left them with a wednesday deadline to avoid another government shutdown. >> we need to get back to the regular order where things go through committee and they are debated and amended on the floor. >> reporter: in the house, lawmakers narrowly passed the spending package, with just three hours to spare. it took a day full of back room deals and then a difficult compromise among unusual bed fellows. president obama stepping in, pushing reluctant democrats to help deliver house speaker john boehner the votes he needed to pass the spending. >> reporter: the senate remains unclear, leadership is expecting it will pass and both parties insist they will act to avoid a government shutdown. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. stocks ended the week sharply, as oil prices continued to fall. the dow saw its worst loss in

two months. the nasdaq was lower, as well as the s&p. the grand canyon is already one of the world's most spectacular sights. a rare phenomenon is making it even more amazing right now. the national park service recorded this time lapse video of fog rising and filling the grand canyon. the fog builds up after rainy weather, but only if the wind is still and there's warm air above to trap the fog in the canyon. the national weather service says this cloud inversion only happens once every few years. >> looks like it's breathing in and exhaling. amazing. more cleanup from the storm happening tonight, including flooding along the russian river. the steps homeowners took years ago that may have saved them from even more damage. >> a local shelter is now taking in an alarming number of pets and they don't think it will stop any time soon. >> somebody's going to adopt this dog. he's way too cute! >> how they are trying to find these pets homes before it's too late. >> and a couple swept away by

flood waters, but it didn't end there. a rescuer got in trouble in the fast-moving water.

. the threat of floods loomed again for people in the north bay, while others across the bay area tried to clean up some of the damage, including at a safeway in san jose. it's closed indefinitely, after you see what happened, part of the roof collapsed under the weight of all that rain. our team coverage continues tonight. tom vacar is talking with homeowners near the rain- swollen russian river. >> but we start with chief meteorologist bill martin. >> just talking about the rain totals, of course we didn't have much rain today, but we did have more overnight. let's take a look at the two- day totals. we looked at them earlier, but if you check them out, you'll see how impressive they are. guerneville, almost 9 1/2 inches of rain. pet lumina, 8 inches of rain. oakland downtown, 4 inches of rain. percents of average, it really pushes them up. it's a rough thing. doesn't really matter at this point. san jose, almost 200% of rainfall average for this time of year.

the system right now is clearing out, so we are still seeing scattered showers. that's pretty typical for a system like this. it leaves lingering moisture and instability. as we look at what's happening around the area, if someone's driving around out in the east bay, out in lafayette and concord, you've got light scattered showers right now falling in concord, blackhawk and danville. showers will continue through tonight and believe it or not, heading into the bay area weekend, there's more showers in the bay area forecast, into next week, too. i'll have all of that back here in a few minutes. >> thank you, bill. back now to coverage of the russian river, despite the rising water on the river, most homeowners escaped with little or no damage at all. ktvu's tom vacar is live in guerneville, where homeowners have taken the water in stride and kind of shrugging their shoulders. >> reporter: indeed. i've covered floods up here in the '80s and '90s and it was common then to lose lots of homes, if not whole streets. today, that doesn't happen.

almost every riverside home located beside where the guerneville bridge crosses the russian river escaped major flooding. but their owners, such as mike miller, still had issues requiring wading boots. >> it's 2 feet deep in front of my house. >> reporter: steve was one of several we saw who resorted to kayaks. >> just checking on things, making sure neighbors are okay. it's our place, making sure it's all right. so far, so good. >> reporter: zach simmons says today's 33-foot river crest was of no concern. >> got to be like 42 feet before any water comes into our spot, so we're -- we just live with this. it's not a big deal. >> reporter: 15 or more years ago, this would have been a first class disaster, but because fema placed special requirements on getting aid in the future, many people put their houses up on stilts. now, it's just a normal, expected inconvenience. >> we've been out of power for a couple days, so that's been

inconvenient. but otherwise, not really an inconvenience at all. we just drive through it. >> reporter: the 20-year-old fema-sponsored sonoma county- administered flood elevation mitigation program pays for 75% of fema-eligible house elevating expenses up to a maximum grant of $39,000. the property owner is responsible for the other 25%. >> lot of people are still doing it. they are around the neighborhood, a little bit that way, three houses got raised. my neighbor's house is in the process of getting raised right now. people are still taking advantage of fema. >> reporter: each flood, fewer and fewer homes are impacted. but why put up with it? >> it's worth living out here to have to deal with this every once in 10 years or something. >> tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning around 10:00, we'll all be good again. >> reporter: in fact, fema says that this is one of the models for the rest of the nation of how to handle this kind of problem with constant flood

areas. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2news. >> it is a beautiful place to live. thank you, tom. tonight, we're getting a look at the silver lining of the storm, at least if you're a skier or snowboarder. in tahoe, the ski resorts are hoping this is just the start of a stellar season. >> reporter: at boreal ski resort, the slopes are now gleaming white. so are the smiles on the faces of skiers and snowboarders. >> last year we came here and it wasn't that great, so it's nice to see some snow. >> reporter: boreal opened more than a month ago, thanks mostly to man made snow. now, the real stuff is here. the resort has a third of its lifts operating right now and plans to have more running this weekend. >> probably just guessing, about two-thirds of our mountain should be open, if not more. >> reporter: people on the slopes are divided about whether the storm dumped light, fluffy sierra powder or heavy wet sierra cement. >> sierra cement today. all the area is heavy. >> sierra powder. i don't know what they are talking about. >> reporter: so sierra cement

or powder? well, you make the call. i can kind of form it into a snowball, but if i crumble it up, it blows away. either way, skiers and boarders say conditions so far this year are definitely better than last year. still, holly is waiting before deciding whether to buy a season pass. >> we're keeping our fingers crossed the weather holds up. we're taking it a day at a time. >> a little gun shy. >> absolutely. >> reporter: nearby, sugar bowl resort plans to open tomorrow, after being closed for a week. crews were out today snow blowing the picnic deck and grooming the runs. >> with clear skies and sunny skies coming tomorrow and sunday, it's going to be a fantastic weekend. >> reporter: ktvu channel 2news. a remarkable find in boston. a time capsule buried by samuel adams and paul revere. who stumbled upon it and what may be inside. >> the storm was an inconvenience for many people, but devastating for others. >> it's really cold and we were

afraid to be in there. >> how one family's trying to clean up while their home is still in knee-deep water. >> and swept away by flash flood. why the rescue of a husband and a wife turned into a three- person endeavor.

rescue crews pulled a homeless man and woman to safety this morning, after they were caught in a flash flood

along the los angeles river. swift water crews used a zodiac boat and ropes to pull the couple to safety in an operation that took more than two hours. the couple was found clinging to trees along the river near i- 5 and echo park. at one point, as you see here, rescue crews actually had to throw out a lifeline for one of the rescuers, who had jumped into the rushing water and then got carried away. the couple was taken to local hospitals for treatment. chrysler is the latest car maker to expand its recall over air bags that could send shrapnel into the passenger compartment when they go off. under pressure from government safety officials, chrysler is adding five more states to the recall of cars with air bag inflaters made by takata. california is not on the expanded list. the original recall was only for florida and hawaii. the new recall affects some 208,000 cars, trucks and suvs. protesters are calling for a professor to be fired this

week. a dozen or more protesters handed in petitions today, asking to remove professor yu, following september 11 attacks, yu found harsh cia interrogations to be legal. protesters say those techniques resulted in at least 100 deaths. >> he gave the legal green light to the bush administration to do what they were already doing at the time, which was water boarding detainees. >> in recent op ed piece, john yu said the procedures led them to osama bin laden's courier, then to osama bin laden himself. facebook users may soon have more options to express themselves beyond the like button. the ceo mark zuckerberg says he knows there are other sentiments users want to share when a thumbs-up isn't appropriate, such as the death

of a loved one. zuckerberg says the company is searching for a new option, but there are no plans for a dislike option. a time capsule was carefully removed today. we'll tell you who discovered it, the contents inside and why it's been opened before. >> homes still in knee-deep water. >> it's really dangerous over there. it's -- i'm afraid if i go back in there, the wires and all the electricity in the water. >> how one family is trying to clean up after their home was heavily damaged. >> still a few showers out there, but certainly nothing like yesterday or last night. your weekend is just around the corner. we'll talk about what you can expect both saturday and sunday. female announcer: get three years interest-free financing

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. workers carefully removed a time capsule that was originally buried by paul revere and sam adams more than two centuries ago. a maintenance crew working to repair the area uncovered a time capsule under the massachusetts statehouse, back found in 1855. >> we have a list going back to the original 1795. we have coins, paul revere plate, a number of things. the question is, what condition are they in? obviously in 1855 when governor gardner presided over the ceremony, they were still

there, but that's a long time ago. >> now, there is some concern the contents may have deteriorated because it was humid the last time the capsule was open in 1855. the museum of fine arts revealed the artifacts once it's opened. new details tonight on flood damage in redwood city, where dozens of people remain evacuated from two mobile home parks and others say they simply can't afford to leave. ktvu's rob roth is in redwood city tonight, where it's a dire situation for many, but neighbors are reaching out to each other to help. rob? >> reporter: it's been relatively dry here and that's especially good for residents of two mobile home parks. still, dozens of residents will not be able to return home tonight. a river runs through the delmar mobile home park and another one through the rc mobile home park next door. the combination of high tide and heavy rain from yesterday is turning this small community on its side, keeping cars at bay, sending trash bins

floating. people have bigger concerns right now than getting ready for santa claus. at least 40 people evacuated yesterday, including carla castion and five other members of her family. >> my family was the first thing that went out, we gotta go. >> reporter: we wanted to see the condition of her home, but to get to it, you have to wade through all of this. there it is. >> it's really dangerous over there. i'm afraid if i go back in there, the wires and all the electricity, it's really scary to sleep in there. >> what are you going to do, carla? >> we're actually going to stay -- i don't know. >> reporter: we also found this man trying to clean up. we asked him how he was. he said pretty bad. some residents say they have no choice but to return. >> i don't make a lot of money. this is the best i can do for the time being. >> reporter: the red cross set up a temporary shelter last night. 24 people stayed there. it's open again today. at the mobile home park, residents and their friends

were pumping out water, but there is so much of it. still, carla castion says she isn't sure what her family will do, but still brought food for the people trying to remove the water. long-term mold could be a big concern for many of these residents. the red cross says it can help anyone who has been displaced by the flood. >> tough situation there. thank you, rob. a safeway supermarket in san jose is closed indefinitely after the roof collapsed due to the heavy rain we got yesterday. we have new pictures to share from news chopper 2. you see two big holes in the roof. those sections of roof came down at the safeway on east capital expressway near silver creek road yesterday afternoon. fortunately, there were few customers inside the supermarket and only one had a minor injury. san jose building inspectors have red tagged the building. that means it is not safe to enter. new video here on more damage from the big storm. a large oak tree came crashing down on a home on finley lane near danville boulevard.

this happened about midnight. the homeowner says luckily, the tree fell onto her garage and didn't damage the main part of the house. she tells us she was sleeping when she suddenly felt the entire house shake. >> i thought it was an earthquake at first, so i looked out all the windows and i couldn't see anything at first. so then i finally looked out, came out here with a flashlight and then i saw this horror. >> the homeowner gave us a look at the damage from inside. she says the tree came down from her neighbor's side of the fence. >> makes a lot of us nervous about the trees all around our houses out there. let's check in now with bill martin in the weather center. you were talking about the break. >> yeah. >> this is huge to get this break. >> if this break didn't happen, the russian river -- well, if it had kept raining, we would have been in big trouble. >> absolutely. >> this break was everything. we knew about it yesterday and we're happy to see that, even though we did have issues

yesterday. lot of trees down yesterday, really strong winds out there yesterday. we had winds up to 80 miles an hour in some places. the rain along -- around here right now, just widely scattered showers. nothing really massive, but we could see a heavy shower this evening. got a little something up here heading into stenson beach right now. a little something showing up out here, too. maybe showers showing up on the great highway, out in san francisco and if you're out here in the outer sunset, you might be getting a little wet right now. overnight lows will be down there. we've got fog that's going to form. that's the big weather story. after yesterday, sort of transition today with the scattered showers, but now wet ground, cool night, no wind. fog is almost a certainty. that's almost what we'll see tomorrow, almost a certainty. you know the spots around here. high pressure is here, just weak, very weak and only here till about saturday noon time. it's going to slip south and new low pressure comes in and brings us rain by sunday night.

before that, it's just enough high pressure to set us up with a nice mostly sunny weekend, partly sunny weekend, but it will set us up with the fog. that's what you expect this time of year. every time we get a rain storm going through, then a couple days of clearing, you can almost count on valley fog, radiation fog. the rain forecast then for tomorrow morning, there it is. there's the fog. the model doesn't pick up well on the micro climates around here, but i can assure you there will be fog at black point and the clayton area as well, certainly fog in the central valley. i suspect we'll see more than that model showed. tomorrow night, there's your saturday, looks good. sunday, sunday morning, a little fog again. then clouds. then here's sunday night. this starts to rain. your monday morning commute, we're talking showers for monday morning's commute right there. after yesterday, hard to say that's significant rain, but it's significant rain, tenth of

an inch. more showers into the afternoon on monday. monday afternoon commute should be dry. forecast highs tomorrow, low 60s tomorrow. a little bit warmer than it was today. then there's the forecast, five- day forecast with more rain in the forecast by sunday night into monday. might be a stray shower tonight, but just exactly what you would expect. snowing up in the mountains. got plenty of snow. i did talk to john. he's going up to heavenly and he said he talked to them today and they only got a few inches, maybe 5 or 6 inches. up by sugar bowl, further west, they got a couple feet of snow, so they are doing okay. >> think about the miserable season they had last winter. >> oh, gosh, yeah. they will get more snow. it's going to be good, if you're a skier, good skiing by christmas, for sure. >> thanks, bill. hundreds of dogs, dumped at a local shelter just in the last month. >> every year, it's something called the holiday dump. >> sad to see. the clock is ticking, and how the shelter is trying to find these little guys new families.

>> back now to julie haener in the newsroom. >> reporter: coming up, a south bay fire department is in mourning after an unexpected loss, as firefighters prepare to say good-bye to their captain, making plans to honor his legacy. the effort under way now to help take care of four young children who lost their dad. >> and a firsthand account of what happened when this undercover chp officer pulled his gun on a crowd of protesters in oakland. why a free-lance photographer says the officer was justified. these stories and more, coming up at 6:00. ♪

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. it has been one year since 13-year-old jahi mcmath was declared brain dead. mcmath's family sued the hospital to keep her on a ventilator. she is currently hooked to feeding tubes in what her family calls a home environment in new jersey. her situation is still heavily debated. doctors say there is no evidence that patients who are brain dead can ever recover, but a brain research foundation says researchers found electrical activity in jahi's brain and that blood is still flowing to it. new at 5:00, the clock is ticking for hundreds of lost and unwanted pets to find good homes. the contra costa county animal shelter in martinez is full. as noelle walker found out, it's because pets are being dumped there at an alarming

rate. >> reporter: the contra costa animal shelter in martinez is a place where lost-- >> i hope her owners can get her back. >> reporter: -- and unwanted pets. >> didn't work out. she's a really nice dog. >> reporter: -- find new homes. >> are you excited to go home? >> reporter: if they are lucky. >> she's so cute. i've never seen a little, a little one like her before. >> lot of people just let them go on the street and they have to be found and brought here. >> reporter: the shelter has been getting about 20 dogs a day. >> every year, it's something called the holiday dump. >> so this is where we do our meet & greets. >> reporter: perpetual smiles be lies the sobering fact that he is one of more than 400 dogs dumped at the shelter in the last month alone. >> pretty full. >> no chance. >> reporter: that's before the christmas returns even start. >> it's not a sweater sale at macy's. it's not something we want

people to be bringing animals back because they don't fit the life-style. we would like people to try and figure that out ahead of time. >> reporter: the dog's time is limited, so shelter volunteers play match maker. >> training is so important. >> reporter: trying to put the right person with the right dog. >> jolly rancher is a nice name. we like the breed. >> reporter: the felix's old dog was a shelter pitbull, too. >> saved my life. i had a brain annuerism that burst and she woke up my son. >> i'm hoping this little guy will give my husband his quality of life back so he can get out and enjoy life a little bit more. >> reporter: they say it's really the dog who chooses you. >> he's looking for a warm body. >> what do you think? >> reporter: jolly rancher found his home, sweet home. >> he's ours. >> reporter: noelle walker, martinez, ktvu channel 2news.

>> and there's one lucky dog. a long-running san jose tradition, christmas in the park is back and celebrating 35 years of holiday entertainment. today we got a special tour of the display located in downtown's plaza decesar chavez. last year, it was voted one of the top 10 christmas displays in the world by travel magazine. thisser use, the decades-long tradition comes with new features, including a pet adoption exhibit. we got tips today on how to get the most out of the annual holiday event. >> i would suggest come early afternoon, enjoy everything during the daylight, go have dinner at one of our vendors or local restaurants and later on come back after dinner and enjoy the whole event at night. >> organizers say there's plenty of parking, but after a couple of days of pouring rain, they are expecting a big crowd this weekend. . now at 6:00, as the clouds clear, the cleanup begins. the aftermath of the stormy

weather, and the push to get cities back up and running. >> plus, a storm did not end the drought, but one bay area city received so much water it's now moving some of it to storage. >> and south bay firefighters are coming together, after an unexpected loss. >> we all try to be that guy, including myself, but i'm not. >> the effort under way now to honor their captain and help the four young children he suddenly left behind. a break in the rain is allowing homeowners and businesses to pick up the pieces left behind by the storm. heavy rain and wind caused widespread damage all over the bay area. good evening. i'm ken wayne. frank is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener. now that the deluge is over, a look at the damage. cristina rendon has details.

>> but we begin with meteorologist bill martin with impressive rainfall totals. >> you felt it was one of those days. it was a 10 out of 10 on my sc a lot of rain. rainfall accumulations over the last few days, impressive. take a peek. you may have had more at your house, especially in the north bay. these are sites that we can use to check some of the more hefty totals. venado, northwest of guerneville, 10 inches of rain. guerneville, coming up on 10 inches. los gatos, half a foot of rain. impressive rain totals for two- day storm. what we're seeing now are scattered showers. i'll put the loop on this. you see scattered showers moving through the area. you see the rain moved into southern california. they had heavy rain. we showed you mudslides down there. still more scattered showers to come in behind tonight, but not a big deal compared to what we've seen. when i come back, i'll detail the weekend for you and let you know as we get into sunday, there's a chance