bridge, when it's wet like this, it's no fun. those are heavy showers coming down. there is a back edge to this system. they are moving out of the area, and as it does, we are going to start to get a break. but not before the afternoon commute gets wacked and that's what is happening now. so, best thing is, i think people are getting used to the rain. that massive storm we had last people, this would have been a much, much bigger deal if that other storm hadn't showed up. >> you know the initial rain washed out all the oil and grime. so it was really dangerous. since we had so much rain the last few days, are the roads cleaner now? >> that helps a little bit. the hydroplaning is an issue in the north bay. people are just, i'm driving better. we are all driving better because we are getting hit time and time again. more showers tonight and then a break for tomorrow morning. when i come back, we'll lay out the plan for more possible showers. >> slow down and give a lot of space to the person in front of you. >> that's exactly it.

get those tire tracks in front of you. >> thanks, bill. the north bay is getting hit again right now and rain overnight caused even more flooding and rob roth is live with that part of the story. rob. >> for most of the day, it was dry. then two hours ago, it started coming down and it is still coming down pretty steadily. here, all eyes are on this marsh, which runs through the main drag. it flooded overnight and sent unwelcomed water into businesses across the street. >> the nail salon had to close today. >> i'm so sad. >> the owner and his employees could clean up. this is what it looks like earlier this morning. 2 to 4 inches fell on marin county overnight, causing 2 feet of water to pool around city hall. several inches invaded the small businesses across tiberon

boulevard. the catering business took on water. >> wouldn't it be great if nature could provide so we have just enough watt where water whether we need it? >> a high tide and it just spilled over. >> we had so much rain fall in such a short amount of time. a couple hours, and that marsh receives all of the runoff from the hillside surrounding hillsides. so, it filled it up quickly and had no place to go. >> this afternoon maintenance workers were clearing out over grown brush and debris from the marsh to keep the drainage canal clear. >> make sure all their drainages are clean and they don't fill up with leaves and they can drain properly. so that if they start to get excess runoff, it has a place to go. >> you think it will be okay? >> yeah. >> coming up at 6:00, the heavy rains also weakened a hillside and sent a sea of mud cascading down the backyard of

a home on vaneto drive, the inspectors came out to assess the safety of the area. that's at 6:00, but the fire department doesn't anticipate anymore problems from this marsh because it is low tide and so far, it is holding its own. frank. >> rob, we'll see you at 6:00. thank you, rob. big tree on a saturated hillside caused some big traffic problems today for drivers on interstate 280 in south san francisco. the tree was 40 feet tall and it fell over about 12:30 this afternoon on to the southbound lanes of 280 just past the westborrow boulevard. the chp says no one was injured. three lanes were blocked and traffic backed up for miles. a caltrans crew eventually cut up the tree and all the limbs were reopened about 2:00. >> further south, highway 17 is back open tonight after a tree fell and took out power lines. both directions of traffic were shut down. about 4:30, southbound traffic was stopped at the summit.

northbound traffic was stopped at sugar loaf road. crews cleared the tree to the side of the road. at 6:00 a.m., and traffic was flowing freely by 7:30, and took out the power to nearby homes. >> it was in bed and woke me up. i thought i heard it on my roof, thank goodness it wasn't. >> this type of thing happens all the time and that's life in the mountains. sandbags have been in high demand as people prepare for the next storm. so much so, they may be hard to find. san francisco department of public works gave away 14,000 sandbags during the last two storms. dpw gave away 200 in ten minutes. the distributor later ran out and the city had to buy more sandbags from lowes. be sure to stay with us, ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. give you the latest storm tracker 2. >> police say a bomb threat today at a high school was actually a hoax. and now they want to find out who is behind it. the threat was calledded in

just after 10:00 this morning to the high school, which is at ashby avenue. students, teachers, and staff were evacuated from the campus and as a precaution, a robo call went out to nearby people telling them to stay inside their homes. investigators say the caller said that there were several bombs and gave the school just minutes to react. school received phone call, a telephone bomb threat. the caller, a male, stated that within 20 minutes, bombs will be going off. >> law enforcement and k-9 units from several agencies searched the entire campus before determining the bomb threat had no merit. students were allowed back into their classrooms at 1:30 this afternoon. >> there has been a significant development in the missing persons case of a nine month old pregnant woman from sacramento. police say the vehicle of missing 20-year-old, aubrey andrews was found in elk grove

last night and inside the car, they discovered a woman's body, but as of now, police have not yet identified that body. >> andrew's went missing more than a week ago. police say she was distraught when she drove away from her home. her prius was found in a wal- mart parking lot about 4 miles from her house. police say there are no obvious signs of foul play involving the body found inside the car. they also say investigators are still treating her disappearance as a missing persons case. australians are coming to terms with their deep grief in the wake of the hostage taking and shooting at a sidney cafe. a tv anchor broke down as she learned she knew one of the two hostages killed in the siege. just finding out. katrina dawson was the sister of a prominent -- >> a sister of one of channel

7 staff. >> sandy doson, who i knee know, a mother of three children. >> see raw emotion there. katrina dawson was killed. she's the younger sister of a channel 7 lawyer. the other hostage is tori johnson. the 34-year-old manager of the cafe -- we still don't know how they died. a horror in the standoff was mixed with anger and confusion over why a shooter was out on bail, not on any watch list and in possession of a gun in a nation with tough weapons laws. frank reports from london. >> layed flowers following yesterday's hostage tragedy and pondered the cruelty of the incident. including a friend of katrina dawson. >> katrina was nothing short

of formittable. the most intelligent person i know. >> australian commanders decided to storm the cafe after one hostage was shot. 17 hours into the standoff. that may have been provoked by the last frantic escapes said to be taken when herron fell asleep. monas was angry, messages he had were not being aired by media. a lone wolf, and embraced radical islamist ideology. and wanted his attack called the work of isis, he was convicted of sending offensive letters to the families of those killed in afghanistan. he wasn't on australia's radar as a potential terrorist. many, including the prime minister, are asking why. >> how can someone who has had such a long history, not on the appropriate watch lists and how

can someone like that -- >> secretary of state kerry said the u.s. pledges its resources to help australia further investigation the incident. went on to say, threats locally are threats globally. in london, fox news. >> a mother discovers her son murdered. >> i had to convince myself that's him laying there on the ground. >> now for the first time here as she recounts the unimaginable day as the search for his killer nears one year. >> and fighting to host the olympics. the local meeting today to determine if the bay area will be in the running. >> i told you about the heavy rain. we have seen this season. coming up, i'll lay out the latest movement of the system moving through the bay area right now.

back now to our storm coverage. want to bring back our chief meteorologist, bill martin. you are showing us the storm tracker. green and yellow pretty much everywhere. it is blocking the afternoon commute. if you are waiting for folks to get home, they will be slow getting there. rain fall accumulations, pardon me, over the last 24 hours have been impressive. in rain fall, now is impressive. so, it's going to continue to add to these totals, which in many cases, are well over 200% of average. 250% in san jose. there's the system i'm tracking. it's a nice looking weather system. this goes all the way through southern california. southbound in santa barbara area, here's where we stand right now. you can see the showers heaviest now, pretty much out here in the liver more valley, over here towards the tri valley area. come in close.

this is slowing you down. this is just not an easy commute. in hayward and oakland, you are getting heavy rain. maybe a half inch an hour, especially the cell moving into san mateo right now. that is significant rain fall. the other shot, we've seen heavy rain over the last couple of days. there's a back edge to this. it's going to push through in the next few hours, but not before we are seeing flood. there's an urban and small stream advisory north up into the santa rosa area and the marin county area. storm reports, this is tiberon. flooding there, and these don't give you exactly where it is. flooding out of the station. a little bit of flooding, which is all to be expected, considering how saturated the ground is. as we move forward, there's some rain fall accumulations forecast for the next 12 hours and over an inch in some places. the computer model does this, as we go into tonight and you can see at 10:00 tonight, you

see the showers widely scattered. it is starting to break off. the heaviest stuff looks like it's going through right now. there will be periods of heavy rain after that. right in the afternoon commute is the last thing you need. wednesday morning, and you have some showers still lingering. especially out towards fremont and san mateo area. for the most part, kind of dry. there's your wednesday 8:00 a.m. and we push forward and you'll see temperatures start to warm up a little bit over where they were. upper 50s tomorrow. snow levels are low in the mountains. winter weather advisory. and we continue tomorrow with more scattered showers. i showed you in the morning. a chance shower on friday. a thing to note, everything coming after this doesn't look like much. looks not well organized, not like it's going to be a big pop. app good dose of rain. we are getting some now. around the bay area, and even more in the north bay.

just what we need, because remember, we are getting breaks. we'll see a break tomorrow, a break on thursday. it's perfect. >> we haven't seen two weeks like the ones we are in right now in a long time. >> i know, three years of not having a lot of weather going on. this is definitely an anomaly. >> thank you, bill. >> hammered into left. morris off the bench. >> oh man. who can forget that. that was michael morris hitting a clutch homer for the giants in the world series. but next year, michael morris isn't going to be in a giants uniform. he is heading to miami. he has agreed to a two-year deal with the marlins. he is expected to start at first base and bat cleanup. morris is 32 years old and the move to miami is a homecoming for him. he grew up in nearby broward county. >> the san jose sharks have been dedicated to doing charitable work. tonight, the team is taking a break from the ice for their adopt a family program. >> ktvu's joe fonzi is live

where the team is giving back this holiday season. joe. >> guys, let's talk winter sports a little bit. it's called the holiday assist problem. as long as the sharks have been here, they have been doing this. 40 families helped selected by the san jose unified school district and the sharks foundation, they will have an early christmas. all kinds of anticipation right now. the families will have a christmas right now. they are enjoying a christmas dinner. earlier, some got to meet memberrings of the sharks who have adopted those families and have gone out and bought gifts for the family who got on the ice for the first time after meeting their players. others enjoyed crafts and it's just a great evening that the sharks have established as a tradition. right now the folks are eating, but they will be down opening presents a very short time from now. we want to bring in one of the sharks players, and alex, let me ask you about this program and why it's something that is

important to you to be a part of. >> it's amazing, me and my wife, this is our second year, we have been lucky to take part. we take a lot of pride going out and buying gifts, like you said, the under served families that take part in had this yearly sharks event. so it's one thing we definitely mark on the calendar and we truly do enjoy. >> and i see that the soto family just arrived with us. can you come on in and tell us you got to meet alex for the first time tonight. is that not this little family? >> this is one of the families lucky enough to join us. and we are trying to find the soto family, but we found another. so this is alexis. tell us, you guys got to meet this guy for the first time tonight. what did you think? >> really amazing. >> you guys having fun? >> yup. >> been on ice before? >> nope. >> first time? >> yup. >> did you try it out there? >> yeah, it was fun. >> and i am thinking you are

excited to come out here and open some presents here real soon, right? >> yup. >> what are you hoping to get? >> i don't know. >> you don't know? but i'm sure what is on the list is these guys took good care of you. i'm going to let you enjoy your dinner. i do know analina cut in front of me at the photo booth, right? we are right in line behind them and we got to do the photo booth and we enjoyed that. >> and you made a good point, you guys shop, but you get assistance as well, right? your wife is lurking back there. >> i did a little bit of the shopping, but she did a lot of the wrapping. and she does a great job with that. and you know, she enjoys it. it's very good. >> we have gotten sidetracked. it seems like you guys are on a nice run where you are playing almost as well as you have all year. >> i think we started off with the long road trip. it was good for our group to get on the road as, you know,

23 guys or whatever it was. coming back home, getting time at home and taking advantage of home ice. and now you are starting to see that we are climbing our way up in the rankings. >> in addition to that, this is a big evening for you guys. thanks for taking time with us and thanks, you can get up with your family. >> i'm getting hungry. so thanks for letting me go eat. we enjoy it and soon enough this room will be a lot of wrapping paper flying around. >> that is the sharks alex stalock. he will have wrapping flying around because people will be unwrapping presents. back to you guys in the studio. >> can't wait to see that, that will be fun. live there, thank you. and obviously, joe is not at the shark tank, he is at logitech where the sharks practice. surveying the damage from last week's storm. we'll tell you about the action one bay area county is considering to help clean things up. >> plus, more than 140 people

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a house of learning turnedded into a house of unspeakable horror. that's how secretary of state, john kerry, is a describe ago deadly taliban attack at an elite taliban school. most were children, some as young as 12 years old. the militants fired at anyone they could find. some children were found hiding under benches and were shot. others were in classrooms. some survivors say they heard the gunman coming to kill them as they hid under their desks. more on the deadly attack. >> as emergency crews rushed to the school, students described how it went down. >> we saw six people climbing the wall. we thought it must be the kids playing some game. but then we saw a lot of guns with them. >> guns and bombs, which they strapped to their bodies.

as army commandos came in, they found the attackers had slaughtered children and teens. at a nearby hospital, a chaotic scene as workers stacked cough fellowships coffins and survivors recounted the horror. >> we hid under the desks. they shot dead our teacher and burned her. >> this young man began to talk about how the attackers shot a toddler in front of him. it was too much. a taliban spokesman claims this is a revenge attack. you see e the school is next to a military camp. earlier this year, troops launched an operation in nearby north waziristan to rule out militants. the government says pakistan's prime minister will continue the operation until it banishes terrorism. little comfort, no doubt. for the mothers and fathers who

found their children's names on the lists at the hospitals. or for the ones still waiting for word. >> so far, they can't find my son. dead or alive. >> pakistani troops stormed the school and after a six-hour siege, the taliban attackers including three suicide bombers were killed. the santa clara board of supervisors discussed new incentives improving the response times in the san jose fire department under the contract with the department. since february, the county has withheld making payments to the city saying that san jose fire breeched the contract because of its slow response times. under this new agreement, payments resume if emergency response times are met three months in a row. the department would also receive back payments if they can stretch that to six months. the issue is also on the agenda of san jose's city council meeting today. >> she found her son stabbed to death on a san jose street.

>> hard to believe that heats not coming through that door anymore. >> now she is hoping that by sharing her story, it will help police find her son's killer. >> playing field made from recycled rubber are to keep athletes safe from injury. uncovered some serious concerns that those fields cold pose a serious health risk. >> and the bay area in the running to host the summer olympic games. the decision coming down about the u.s. city picked to represent america before an international panel.

complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> a man stabbed to death almost a year ago with little áe6d left behind. and tonight for the first time, his mother is talking about finding his body lying on the street right in front of their home. anthony lee thompson's mother said she had to convince herself that it was him. detectives have few clues, no suspect, and no motive. more on what his heartbroken mom and police are saying about the killing. >> frank, san jose police tell me thompson was an overall good

guy, simply at the wrong place and wrong time. they have no idea why someone would attack him and kill him as he was crossing the street. in the quiet neighborhood in san jose, there's a home without a christmas tree, a patio without decorations, and a mother unable to celebrate like she had in years passed. >> it's hard to believe that he's not coming through that door anymore. and that's the thing that is the hardest for me. here it is the holidays, and tony is not coming back. >> a void she felt since january 11 when she saw her son, anthony lee thompson, lying on the sidewalk of willow glenn way outside her home. >> i had to convince myself that that's him laying there on the ground. but it's still hard. it's still hard. >> police found the 46-year-old stabbed to death. sometime around 1:30 in the

morning. groceries for his mother by his side. hardly any witnesses. a motive unclear for san jose police homicide detectives. >> a case like this, where you have no leads, you have nothing to follow up on make it is frustrating and difficult. >> what makes it more difficult, they don't know why someone would target thompson. once recognized for his volunteer work, who was active in his church. >> every step we went back on tony, it was like wow, this guy is really great guy. he is out there, he is helping his mother. he is helping the community. >> it's just as baffling for kathy jackson. her faith, family, and friends are keeping her strong. her wish for closure and justice and to spare anyone else the same heart ache, especially this time of year. >> we miss him terribly. i miss my son. my son, my youngest son misses him. his nephew misses him.

>> and police are hoping the story will generate some leads back out here live, they say this street is a mayor thorofair and they hope anyone that has information with come forward and call police. they say anything helps. >> can't imagine what the mother there is going through. let's hope this works and they find a suspect. aznes smith, thank you. an unexpected discovery, human remains. how they got there, tonight, the rains were found sunday along booker creek road. it appears the remains had been there for a year. no information about the gender, age, or identity. there's new information now about a man hunt in pennsylvania for a mass murder suspect. tonight, the search for 35-year- old, bradley william stone is over. authorities in montgomery county say they found his body in the woods near his home in the suburbs of philadelphia. authorities say it appears that

he died of what they called self-inflicted cutting wounds to the center of his body. stone is suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives. the attacks happened early yesterday morning in three homes just a few miles apart and may have stemmed from a custody dispute from his ex- wife over their kids. >> tonight, 2 investigates found fields could pose a serious health risk. now a bay area lawmaker wants to find out once and for all. jerry hill is sponsoring a bill that would mandate a scientific study on the synthetic turf fields and cancer. ktvu's melanie woodrow is here to explain. melanie. >> reporter: gasia, we are talking about fields made from bits of ground up recycled tires. the rubber contains potentially toxic chemicals that some athletes worry could be linked to cancer. there have been crumb rubber studies in the past, but not looked directly at all of the

health risks to athletes. jerry hill says he was startled by dozens of reports from athletes who say they believe they developed cancer after playing on these types of fields. senator hill's bill would require a division to conduct a new study to look specifically at the potential health dangers. >> we don't want to be at the end of date in the same position we are today and not knowing. we want this to be conclusive. we have a responsibility to make sure that our children are not harmed by the fields that they play on. >> a previous study concluded crumb rubber did not pose a serious public health risk, but there were gaps in the research. tonight at 10:00, we'll tell you how senator hill's bill aims to fill the gaps and answer some of the questions directly, and what could happen to the new fields that are currently being installed in san francisco. in the newsroom, ktvu channel 2

news. >> the escape from alcatraz in 1962. it has become a bay area legend. new insight on the conditions the night three inmates escaped. and the chances that they may have survived. >> it's the wettest start to december on record in the bay area. the three things that still need to happen to end the drought. >> and federal agents pull the liquor license for this south bay bar for an entire year. the list of bad behavior that prompted this action. interstate 80 here in berkeley. traffic very slow moving along the east shore freeway. showing you a backed up commute both eastbound and westbound. a lot of cars apting to take that access road and even that looks full tonight.

a deadly accident today backed up traffic along the bay bridge. the highway patrol closed the westbound off ramp about 2:30 this afternoon. that came after a chase. the motorcycle had no license plate. the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at san francisco general hospital a short time later and tonight has not yet been identified. the ramp reopened shortly before 5:00 this evening. >> been busted for bad behavior, agents with california's department of alcoholic beverage control

posted an indefinite suspension order in san jose. that bar is near the corner of north 13th and east mission street north of downtown investigators followed up on complaints on people in the neighborhood and found multiple violations. >> no alcohol can be sold or served for at least one year and the current owner of the license dislocation has to transfer the license to somebody else. >> investigators say the bar has multiple violations, including a legal drug sale and employees at the bar would ask patrons to buy them drinks and accept them, which is illegal. a federal judge has ordered oakland city attorney to hand over dozens of disputed police department documents. the judge ruled an independent court appointed investigator can review the documents even though the city attorney claimed they were protected. the paperwork includes the oakland police department. this is the latest ruling tied

to the court ordered reforms that came as a result of the writers police corruption scandal. >> former florida governor, jeb bush, announced today he is taking steps toward a run for the white house. he said on twitter, quote, i'm excited to announce i will actively explore the possibility of running for president of the united states. bush said he made the decision after talking with the family, which includes two former presidents, his father, and brother, george w. bush. other candidates include fellow floridians, senator marco rubio and chris cristie. >> it turns out the death of robin williams had such a big impact on so many people, it was the fastest growing search request of the year. that's according to google. the company released its list of top searches today and robin williams suicide back in august set off global reaction, making it the top trending topic for the year. the company says a lot of people also googled the world cup. the ebola outbreak. the disappearance of malaysia

airlines flight 370. the ice bucket challenge for als, and the smart phone game flappy bird. >> a bid to host the olympic summer games. >> the u.s. olympic committee met here in redwood city and took one step closer to the 2024 summer games. i'll have that story coming up. so, did they or didn't they? the new evidence that three inmates may have survived their escape from alcatraz and the unlikely way researchers stumbled upon this information. >> right after the break, we are tracking heavy rain going in your neighborhood. traffic out there is definitely messy. when i come back, we'll talk more about the rain and what's to come. ♪

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san francisco is in the running to host the olympic games. the u.s. olympic committee announced it will make a bid for the 2014 summer olympics. there are four cities in the running. san francisco, los angeles, boston, and washington, d.c. ktvu's noah walker is in redwood city where the mayors of those cities and the olympic committee met today. so noelle, is there a front runner today? >> reporter: if there is, they aren't saying who the front runner is. the olympics has to spotlight on whatever city hosted. in 2012, the summer games were in london, which isn't a city known for summer-like weather.

but it could happen again with foggy san francisco in the running. >> big news is that our board voted unanimously today to move forward with a bid from united states for the 2024 summer olympic games. >> san francisco is among four u.s. cities being considered by the u.s. olympic committee. >> we started with the request that the city has described their vision for themselves over the next ten, 20, 30 years so we could look at how the out limb pick games might fit into those plans and actually help accelerate some of those plans. >> this isn't the first time the city by the bay has tossed its hat in the ring. >> i think the olympics will be extraordinary for the region and for san francisco. >> in 2006, then mayor, gavin newsome spoke, but the uncertainty of the time caused the city to withdraw its name and wait for better timing. if that time is now, the 49ers

will play a key role this time around. the committee now likes existing venues. >> what the city is trying to do is make this process more cost effective, more efficient, and they want to see bids that hair monoize the long-term plans of the city with the olympic games. >> one thing san francisco could have going against it, the political climate. recent protests could be seen as a negative. if the committee is leaning toward one city, it is not tipping its hand. so the committee says they will make a decision and announce that decision in january. frank. >> well, was there a reason why the olympic committee decided to put a city up for bid? they didn't have to do that. >> no, they didn't. and they declined to do so in the past. they said really, they have four good bids right now. they also said that the members of the international olympic committee have been encouraging them to put a city forward. you know, the last time the u.s. hosted a summer olympics,

you have to go back to atlanta. that was in 1996. so they say it is time. >> and it's down to those four cities, you mentioned live on the peninsula. thank you, noelle. more details on the olympic games. the next summer olympics will be in brazil. the olympic winter games in 2018 in south korea. in 2020, japan will host the summer games. you can take a look at some of the other cities that have already hosted olympic games by visiting ktvu.com and clicking on web links. a 24-year-old sailer is recovering tonight after being rescued at sea by a specialized team by the air national guard. the team flew more than 180 miles off the coast of monterey for the rescue operation yesterday on a commercial fishing vessel. three para rescue men stabilized the patient. the man was put on the helicopter and brought to san

jose regional medical center where he was listed in stable condition. did the three men who escaped alcatraz way back in 1962 survive? you'll remember frankly morris and john england made it out of their cells, but their bodies were never found. a team of dutch researchers said they had a chance of making it to shore, but only if the men left between 11:00 p.m. and midnight and paddled north. see the researchers originally built a model to study sea level rise, but they realized they could apply it to the escape. they tweaked it a bit. each dot represents a different time of departure. the docks that leave make it from alcatraz to the north side of the golden gate bridge. however, at 1:00 a.m., the tide reverses and pushes the rafts back into the bay. and the researchers think at that point, hypothermia may

have set in. if you have never done the tour at alcatraz, you'll hear a lot about those three guys. it's a fascinating story. >> that is one of the coolest things i have ever done is visit alcatraz. wouldn't that be something if they did make it? let's bring in our chief meteorologist. you've been to alcatraz, right? >> the way they went was tougher, because it goes, we swam from the island to the park. but they were swimming north, which would make it tougher. that's all that stuff coming out of the delta, so the current is five times as strong there. so had they gone the other way, they didn't want to go to the city and get busted, but they would have made it for sure. >> how hard was that swim? >> it wasn't too hard. you can get it done in 30 or 40 minutes. >> no, you can get it done. >> it's not as bad as you think. i knew i would get that after 20 years. >> that's awesome. >> so, you go outside right now. we have rain showers scattered throughout the bay area.

the showers are going to continue through the evening hours. there's the system, it's a nice looking one. what you notice s the back edge. the back edge is like right here. so, more showers, but notice how widely scattered, not as organized and that's the thing. the rain is really right on the afternoon commute. take a look at that. boy, it's coming down. and coming close, we'll do a little glide and you can see concord, getting heavy showers right now. you're getting heavy showers in walnut creek. out in martinez, now we'll slide south a little bit. danville, san ramone. this is the windshield wipers on full between san ramone and walnut creek. it's slow going and down here, this is san mateo bridge, slow going there as well. the winds have died down, which is nice. look at this rain. this stuff is coming in redwood city as we speak. belmont, san mateo, it's coming down hard. and san francisco down to the approach to the bay bridge, that's heavy rain. heavier rain towards the beach and back it out.

so it's raining out there. the heaviest stuff is going through. i mentioned the winds, not as strong as they were this morning. we had gusts to 30 miles per hour this morning. those gusts have since died down. the model, let's take it through a few days. this is a woodly scattered showers. pretty doable. and then the afternoon, maybe a few sprinkles. but tomorrow starts off with a few sprinkles and then done. as we get into thursday and thursday morning looks fine. valley fog will be an issue thursday morning. thursday afternoon, so thursday is a nice break. and friday, check this out, something comes in, but that's not a big deal. you'll see rain drops on the five-day forecast, but nothing to change your plans about. sot biggest rain, really, is right now. and what we have already seen. after this, after the next two hours or so, it is going to come down. we'll get a break. the small flood advisory will be dropped around 9:00. and we'll get on with our business as usual. and the weekend at this point, as you can see, doesn't look doo bad. it looks dry for your saturday

and sunday. so, there you go. nice looking five-day forecast. >> i'm still flabbergasted over the alcatraz. >> i got to tell you, i didn't know which way they swam. i assumed they went from the island to the city. but it appears they went north, or in the east, and that current in there is nasty. much more currenty than it is on the other side. >> and this was also 50 years ago at this point. >> yeah. >> frank and i were just kids. >> thank you. >> we were. like six. >> we were, actually. >> sad, but true. all right, the sonoma county board of supervisors is meeting today and expected to approve an emergency proclamation issued by county officials. that would qualify the county for state emergency funds. if any are made available and would wave county permit fees for repairs. the county estimates the storm and flooding did almost $17 million in damage in sonoma county. most of that from flooding. >> a major courtroom victory

for apple today. we'll tell you why a jury decided apple didn't block competition when it upgraded the ipod. >> back now to julie haener in the newsroom. >> coming up, whooping cough was eradiated at one point, but now new figures show it is back in california with avengeance. what health officials say could be behind the spike in cases this year. also, getting stranded in cold water can be deadly. we'll show you the coast guard training session that teaches people how to survive in chilly waters. these stories and more coming up at 6:00.

the san francisco board of supervisors is meeting today and could offer a settlement to a family of a patient that was found in a stairwell. a patient at sf general when she went missing. her body was discovered 17 days later. the almost $3 million settlement would spare the family's feelings. >> it avoids retracted litigation that causes them to relive and relive the loss of their mother. >> harris said in order to negotiate the settlement, he had to work around the current $250,000 cap on medical malpractice awards and the doctrine that law enforcement agencies are immuned from being prosecuted for some mistakes.

a federal jury in oakland today handed apple a major victory in its antideed of trust lawsuit over ipod music. the class action lawsuit accused apple of suppressing competition and trying to secure a monopoly with its itunes 7.0 for ipods sold from 2006 through 2009. after only a few hours of deliberations, jurors unanimously decided that the software upgrade was a genuine product improvement and therefore did not violate any antitrust laws. companies cannot be penalized for enhancing their products. a verdict could have cost the company as much as a billion dollars. >> now to our continuing drought coverage. we are still a long way from ending the drought here in california. in fact, according to a new analysis, it will take a whole lot more rain to recover from the drought. reservoirs and the sacramento and san joaquin river basins are trillions of gallons below

seasonal levels. california needs to get $11 trillion-gallons of rain to end the drought and the drought was costing the state money. just over $2 billion in losses this year alone. and according to the satellite data, snow pack this year is only half of what was estimated. just take a look at this time lapse video from the nasa satellite of the basin. it shows how the 2014 snow pack was one of the three lowest on record and the worst since 1977. the researchers are repeating what our own chief meteorologist, bill martin, has been telling us for years and did is going to take years to get this drought, the drought of this severity and likely take many more storms and years to get out of it. >> now at 6:00, the umbrellas are back out tonight as yet another storm moves in. our chief meteorologist is tracking the rain and we'll have an update on how much we could get tonight. as the rain continues to

fall, there's a new plan to keep it from washing away. the deal san francisco struck today to make sure this precious resources there when needed. plus, controversial facebook and twitter posts. why bad judgment on personal pages is bad news for some big companies. the rippling effect from your social media footprint. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. another band of wet weather arrived as promised this afternoon. this video from from san jose and right now, the bay area is getting another good soaking. moving now to the bay bridge toll plaza where the rain is also coming down, as you can see in this live picture. it is a slow tuesday night commute. drivers encouraged to take their time out there as they navigate those wet roads. good evening, i'm julie haener. >> this is the third round of rain for the bay area in less than a week and let's go straight to our chief meteorologist, bill martin, who

is tracking this latest storm. >> the rain coming today, just in time for the afternoon commute. it was a nice morning, remember? it was dry when you left for work. it was dry at lunchtime and somewhere around 00it lit up. and it really is having an impact on that commute. here's the current radar. here's some of the road down there by berkeley. you can see the headlights coming towards you. it's barely moving. there are traffic issues out there. the rain continues. the radar i'll show you what we have. we have tons of showers in the north bay. urban and small stream flooding, now they extended into freemonte. flood advisory, it will be dropped by, you know, the next few hours or so, but not until this weather system goes through. look out on the peninsula. heavy showers showing up throughout the bay area, take a look here in san francisco, and the marin county. we had that small stream flood advisory, we are getting reports of, let's go over