fficer was in the area. investigators have found baggies of meth and weed at this crime scene and they say the officer believed that the suspect's gun was not street legal. >> it's evident that the firearm is illegal because it has an extend ed magazine which is specifically prohibited by california law. and it is also illegal to conceal a firearm on your person. >> richmond police officers were just issued body cameras within the last week and still in the testing phase. it's unclear if the officer was recording. we're told the officers were told to turn the cameras on at their own discretion. investigators are telling us they do understand the level of scrutiny because of the recent officer involved shootings in in other parts of the country. both the officer and suspect are latino men. the suspect is in his early 20s and the officer is a veteran of the force. again back out here, contra costa da's office is investigating and it appears

this officer fired in self-defense. he'll now be placed on administrative leave. yet another b.a.r.t. protest will take place at the height of tomorrow morning's commute. tom vacar joins us now with the one thing organizers are asking them to bring. >> the organizers are asking folks that come to bring a spoon, specifically a metal spoon and that could make up for a frustrating freaky friday commute. >> the protest stems from last november's arrest of 14 of the protesters who shut down west oakland b.a.r.t. today an online digital poster called for a 7 a.m. protest tomorrow at b.a.r.t.'s montgomery street station demanding three things. dropping of all charges against

the 14 arrested, the disbandment of the entire b.a.r.t. police agency and discount fares for low income riders. b.a.r.t. says it will be prepared. >> our priority is public safety. b.a.r.t. police and b.a.r.t. employees will be out at montgomery street station working to keep people safe. getting on the tracks is not safe for anyone. we want to protect everyone involved. that means people traveling on b.a.r.t. that means people protesting b.a.r.t. employees. >> reporter: riders we met today at montgomery station say this is not the way to win friends, to influence people or change hearts and minds. >> i think it's important for people to voice out and speak what they need to. but it is also kind of tough on people, regular commuters out here who in most occurrences would be aligning themselves with most of

these people. >> i don't think they should protest because some of us like myself have to commute back and forth. and we're struck in the traffic jam. getting home late. >> [ inaudible ] appropriate ways for people at our station to make their views known. >> coming up at 6:00, we're going to explore that spoon question. the good, the bad and the ugly dangers they may present. reporting live tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. several victims of last week's terror attacks in paris were laid to rest today. this as the pope weighed in today on religion and freedom of speech. >> reporter: family and friends saying goodbye to some of those murders at the charlie hebdo

office last week. funerals are being held today for several staff members including this one. >> they killed a man and not his ideas. so here we are. we stand here and we'll continue to defend the principles of charlie hebdo. >> reporter: the weekly paper's first issue since the attacks once again a coveted item here in paris,copies selling out for a second day. this sign reads no more charlie. it's drawn controversy around the world for its drawing of muhammad. the drawing is highly offensive to muslims. the pope weighing in today saying there are limits when it comes to religion. >> you cannot provoke you cannot insult other people's faiths. you cannot make fun of faiths. >> reporter: coming together for a massive march to honor the terror victims last weekend. the u.s. noticeably absent from the lineup of world leaders in attendance. john kerry is set to meet tomorrow to show support

for the american allies. >> my visit to france is basically to share a big hug with paris and express the affection of the american people. >> there was another incident overnight involving a police driver running in to an officer guarding the presidential residence here. she was injured. the police do not think the incident was related to last week's terror attacks. greg palkot. new satellite images appear to show widespread introduction in africa from the radical group known as boko haram. amnesty international say these pictures show two nigerian towns before and after boko haram attacks earlier this month. the red is vegetation. if you look closer at the second picture taken about a week later most of the homes are destroyed and almost all the vegetation wiped out. initial reports based on witness accounts said nearly 2,000

people were slaughtered but the nigerian military says it was only about 150 people. amnesty international accused the nigerian government of giving false numbers in the past to try to downplay the strength of boko haram. a car smashes in to a bay area macy's sending them to the hospital. the driver's serious medical problem that may have led to that collision. >> chance for wet weather to pop up on the radar. what the latest models are showing about the likelihood it could show up in your neighborhood. >> after the break, a baby born on the side of the freeway delivered by dad himself. we hear from the new parents about when they realized they wouldn't make it to the hospital. >> push one push two, and there you go. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos

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the san francisco 49ers

introduced their new head coach today and one of the first things you notice about him is how humble he is. when was the last time you heard a coach talk about the team's receptionist, the woman who cooked christmas meals for staff members. mark ibanez is here. it sure seems like jim tomsula is like the polar opposite of jim harbaugh. >> hopefully soon the comparisons between jim harbaugh and jim tomsula are going to end. right now there's a natural progression. you've got to talk about the guy he replaced. the main thing i noticed is transparency. sometimes with jim harbaugh you wanted to say just answer the question in plain speak. i think that's really what we're going to get from jim tomsula. much transparency and he's just a normal guy. he's not trying to hide anything or beat around the bush or be clever or talk down to any of the media. the bigger question for 49er fans, what they care about is success and they want to know how a guy who was a defensive line coach for so many years is going to

translate in to now all of the sudden being head of the entire program. not making game plans but also having to decide like what time the buses leave for the stadium. all those things that go in to being a head coach. can he handle it? our scott scott -- scott reese was at the press conference and has complete updates. how was he received? >> he was received very well. the 49er brass has its man. he's a known quantity at least in terms of personality. affable, likable. he'll work and play well with both the team and management. that was in all likelihood no small factor in the decision-making process. tomsula has stood the test of time with the 49ers. he's worked under three different head coaches. eight years as an assistant, one game as interim

head coach in january of 2011. he won that game, by the way over the cardinals. you might question tomsula's pedigree. he's never been an nfl coordinator much less a head coach. his only head coaching experience the rine fire in nfl europe. you cannot question his character or popularity. >> football players teach me way more than i'll ever teach them. i am that guy you look at me, i didn't play for the san francisco 49ers. i did everything i could to get on the field at division 2. i'm in awe of the skill set and the things these men can do. >> i just know with coach tomsula the respect all the guys have for him and with a lot of coaches. but really with him. he gets -- people talk about him being a motivator and a teacher and he gets that reaction from

players. they respect him. they listen to him. they definitely learn from him and love to play for him. i'm happy for him. being on the defensive side i've created a relationship with coach tomsula. he's always had my back since when i first came. even after a big loss, hurtful loss, he's one of those coaches that walk around and make sure we keep our head high and attitude is still good and everybody is healthy. just for him, i'm thankful for him. >> being a head coach in different places, being on the offensive side, being on the defensive side and understanding how to coach with coaches and how to have the right game management, how to operate a game and an entire program those are the skill sets to me that set jim tomsula apart from any candidate that we talk to. >> it's fun when it's rolling. you got the boys and you're going and you're rolling. it's fun. and it's allowed to be. yeah, it's worked and it's a

job. i get all that. but it is the game of football. >> the coach was asked about his football philosophy and he says you adapt your team to fit your scheme and once you have that team in case, you do a 180 and adapt your scheme to fit the players you have. i thought that was pretty insightful and shows adaptability which is a good thing for a head coach. in terms of his staff no word on possible holdovers though we assume vangio was passed over. who will he hire as his offensive coordinator? coach tomsula with a defensive background, that will obviously be a key going forward. >> we have lots of theatrics left in the 49ers' offseason and tomorrow we'll have the raiders as well. i thought it was interesting trent baalke, the team's general manager said they were looking for a guy with a lot of humility. i think with jim tomsula you have a guy where what you see is what you

get. we're going to have a very different era upon us. how long it's going to last is going to depend on wins on the football field. >> a lot of people think that jim harbaugh essentially wore out his welcome with the 49ers and trent baalke saying they were looking for someone with a lot of humility. were they looking for someone a lot different from harbaugh in terms of their personality and approach? >> a cynic might say they were looking for a yes man somebody who's going to agree with what they do. if you look at it from the entire picture what you have here is the guy who -- harbaugh was very disgreebl from all reports. i think they don't want so much as a yes man but they want somebody who is agreeable to some things, can have give and take and not take such a hard stance. maybe give the organization a better rapport with the media and more give and take in all aspects of his job and i think that's what they have in jim tomsula really.

but as i say it's only going to matter how well they are on the football field. nobody is going to care how nice he is. >> this is day one. the state of california is now dealing with a vacation problem. more than 35,000 california state employees have stockpiles more than 80 vacation days. that's four months worth. the state control ler's office says there was an 80-day vacation cap but that hasn't been strongly enforced. the state now owes these employees about $450 million in unused vacation time. experts say the primary reason for stockpiling is due to budget cuts and layoffs. >> the expectation is that the work needs to get done and services need to be provided. i'm not going to say there hasn't been any abuse of this where there are state employees who may be hoarding. >> the state controller says this is a huge liability on the books but it's unlikely there will be a mass exodus with

employees that require massive payout all at once. in belgium a raid was carried out against suspected terrorist whose are believed to have wanted to carry out large scale attacks. an amateur photographer took this video of the raid near the german border. police killed two of the suspects. a third was injured and taken in to custody. belgian authorities said some members of the cell had returned from syria and police believe the suspects may have gotten instructions from isis for their planned attacks. authorities say they do not think this is related to the terrorist massacre last week in france. taking the stand to defend himself. a concord school teacherer accused of molesting children was cross examined today. joseph martin is being retried on charges he molested several male students at wood side elementary school. he said today any time he patted a student on the head or shoulder

it's because the student wasn't focusing. he's facing 22 counts. he could be sentenced to life in prison. closing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow. martin is held on $10 million bail. the city of san jose today struck out today in its lawsuit against major league baseball to get the as to move to the south bay. a federal appeals court in san francisco rejected san jose's challenge to baseball's 100-year-old exemption from antitrust laws. san jose claimed the exemption blocked the as from moving there. we asked oakland's new mayor libby schaaf what this means for her city keeping the team. >> it's certainly good news for us. we are so committed to working with this team and making sure that they choose oakland as their permanent home. >> san jose mayor sam liccardo sent us a statement saying, when the city council decided to pursue this lawsuit we knew that success would likely require a ruling from the u.s. supreme court. new at 5:00, if you were driving along highway 24 near

lafayette yesterday morning you may have seen a car pulled over on the shoulder. inside that car a woman was giving birth and her husband was playing the role of doctor. rob roth spoke with the proud and relieved parents today. >> it's said that all babies are miracles but that's especially true in the case of little gabriel. just ask his parents. >> i look down at him and it's just amazing. >> gabriel was resting comfortably at john muir medical center today with his mom and dad. but the hospital is not where he was born. the story of his arrival begins yesterday morning when his mother was having labor pains at their home in el sobrante. they got in their toyota for the half-hour ride to the hospital in walnut creek. >> my water broke 5 minutes later and it was on. >> reporter: halfway there on highway 24 in lafayette gabriel couldn't wait. >> she had her doctor on the phone and her doctor was saying you might not make it. >> reporter: they called 911

but there was not enough time for paramedics to get there. so there on the shoulder of highway 24 during morning rush hour it was up to tommy a computer engineer, to deliver his son. >> i ran over to the passenger seat opened the door, started positioning her this way. >> it was just like oh, my god, i can't believe this. >> reporter: mom pushed and dad caught the baby as he came out. >> it hit me, i was like oh, my god, i can't believe i delivered my own son. that's surreal. >> reporter: about 5 minutes later the three of them drove to the hospital, everybody was fine. >> i'm so proud of him. he did amazing. >> when he's old enough, gabriel's parents say they'll tell him all about the day he was born and it's a safe bet that from now on one of the most important holidays in their house will be father's day. in walnut creek rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that's the best. >> i've been in the delivery

room i can't imagine doing that myself. >> on the side of the road. >> push and then catching his baby. >> nature at its best. good for mom and dad. let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. wasn't that something? >> it's weird because i did offer to deliver. >> i politely declined. [ laughter ] >> i remember going to both of you and saying i can do this. >> you could if you needed to. >> didn't i offer? >> you actually did. very sweet of you. >> you guys got pretty far along. [ laughter ] it was a nice day except for all the clouds out there today. fog along the coast. dense fog advisories out there. those fog advisories will be back tonight and tomorrow so look for that. a lot of cloud cover out there. high clouds, low clouds. in the central valley a dense fog advisory didn't ever know down. it never went down so it's really foggy down toward modesto and stockton. these are our

high clouds right now. see the radar spinning, nothing going on there. there's visibilities. in mur ed -- merced below a quarter mile most likely in merced. quarter mile. modesto about a half mile visibility. that's not bad . but when you get in to numbers like these, some of this really dense stuff especially over toward 99 and interstate 5 going down the valley, just be careful driving down there. if it's there now and the dense fog advisory never went away, tonight it's going to get denser and thicker. plenty of fog. count on a dense fog advisory in the central valley. dense fog advisory for parts of our area this morning. dew points in the 40s. overnight lows will be in the 40s. there you go. all about dew point temperatures. people get confused, the dew point is a number but it's a temperature. it's actually a temperature. so the dew point temperature let's call it 44 degrees as the sun sets these temperatures cool. your ambient air temperatures cool to the dew point line.

the dew point temperature different depending where you are. it moves around depending how much moisture is available for the environment. so the dew points will be reached tonight throughout much of the bay area and there will be fog and lots of it just as there was this morning. dense fog possibilities. i don't get up early in the morning anymore to drive and commute. i know most people do. my schedule is different. but i know if i was getting up early tomorrow morning in fairfield or antioch or clayton i would be thinking about the valley fog. overnight lows tonight in the low 40s. dew points in the 40s. there you go. lots of fog out there. forecast highs tomorrow it didn't get that warm today because of the cool fog. but down toward san jose, mountain view about 63. 5-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view. where's the rain? there it is . chance north but it's looking weaker and weaker. this five -day panel not really

impressive in terms of rain coming our way. we have models that go way out like 10, 15, 20 days. the models are super dry. that can change and things can evolve around. i love it when you look down that list and you see some numbers. >> you're like okay, we're getting something. >> a couple multiple storms. something will come along but enjoy the dry. fog is in the forecast. for the first time we're hearing from those two men who free climbed all the way up the dawn wall. they talk about what it took to make it to the top. >> lots of ibuprofen. >> their emotions once they knew they had done something no one had done before. >> julie haener in the news room with what we're working on for 6:00. >> still trying to process talking about delivering babies. some say silicon valley success is causing a housing crisis in san francisco.

the new plan mayor ed lee is putting in to place.

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starting tomorrow. >> reporter: president obama following up his earlier outreach to cuba with a slew of new regulations that will ease travel restrictions, promote trade, and allow the transfer of funds to and from the communist island. >> what the president has said is let's change those policies in an attempt to try something different as we pressure the castro regime to do a better job of respecting and protecting basic human rights. >> the announcement was quickly denounced by republicans. marco rubio, whose parents who cuban immigrants strongly condemned the move, saying, quote this one sided deal is enriching a tyrant and his regime at the expense of the cuban people. >> grassroots projects, small scale private enterprise, agriculture, those are all things that fall in to the humanitarian projects. >> bringing american businesses

to cuba is one of the top priorities on both sides. these new regulations will make it a lot easier for the travel, shipping construction and insurance industries to do just that. the changes now drawing support from some business leaders including the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> it's 91 miles off the coast of florida. we ought to be the influence and the trading partner there not somebody that wants to put their airplanes there. >> a high level u.s. state department delegation heads to cuba next week. on the agenda, reopening the u.s. embassy in havana. for the first time we're hearing from those two men who free climbed the dawn wall in yosemite. >> when you would grab that last hold, you could literally feel all the hope and desire and stress just like drip off of you. >> they talk about their emotions and also how their hands are holding up. >> new details about that crash

at macy's when a car drove right in to the store and injured several people. what the driver's family thinks happened. >> plus a big announcement from pope francis. why he's making a key figure in california history a saint.

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i never thought rock climbing could garner so much attention from the world. it's kind of crazy and a little uncomfortable. i'd love to turn all that attention right back around to everyone that's inspired by this project and encourage them to find their own dawn wall. >> for the first time we're hearing from the two men who climbed 3,000 feet straight up the dawn wall on el capitan using just their hands and feet. in fact it's the first time anyone has free climbed up the most difficult path on el capitan. >> john sasaki was in yosemite and learned from the climbers this is as much an artistic accomplishment as it was athletic. >> reporter: it's one of the most famous and unforgiving granite walls on earth. el capitan in yosemite. >> el capitan for those who don't know is like a virtual

homing beacon for rock climbers around the globe. >> reporter: many people have reached the top but on wednesday tommy caldwell and kevin jorgeson climbed the hardest way possible, free climbing up the wall. the men used just their hands and feet with rope only to catch them if they fell. they had to deal with the smallest, sharpest climbing holds with fingers that were torn to shreds. >> his hands were just bloody mess. they were literally split open. >> reporter: through all the blood and pain, it took the men 19 days to climb the 3,000-foot tall phase. to give you a sense of scale those three porti ledges served as base camp. the men would repel down to rest and then go to the point where they left off. i asked the men to compare what they did to other athletic accomplishments. caldwell took it in a whole

different direction. >> it's a really artistic pursuit. it's hard to compare one accomplishment to the next because we all do it in our own style. it's much more like painting. how can you compare one great painting to another? they're just totally different. >> reporter: caldwell's father looked in to the realm of mythology. >> i'd really most compare it to jason going after the golden fleece. such a quest. >> reporter: in deed this was a seven-year long project with several unsuccessful attempts. >> maybe el cap was nice to us this year. i don't know. >> reporter: what was it like to finish? kevin jorgeson knows well. he was stuck on one part for a week. >> when you'd grab that last hold you could literally feel all the hope and desire and stress just like drip off of you and you're just hanging there in silence and relief and joy and it's like the coolest feeling

and mantling up on the top was kind of the same in that there was nowhere else to go. we were standing on top. it's pretty special. >> in yosemite, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. new details tonight about that crash at the macy's store at the new park mall in newark. a car smashed right through the doors and went 50 feet in to the store. that crash left several people injured including one person who is still in the hospital tonight. ktvu's jen jen ruben live. >> they talkedtuse about the driver's failing health and about how she's distraught today. >> reporter: the doors are boarded up but macy's wasted no time getting back to business. >> i thought it was all going to be closed off. >> reporter: it was just yesterday evening that a 67-year-old woman drove through the doors here, hitting several shoppers before coming to a stop

50 feet in to the men's section. though they declined to go on camera we spoke to that woman's family at length about what happened. they say the driver is battling ovarian cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. they believe as she waited for her grandson to get out of the store, she began to feel unwell became distracted and possibly pressed the gas instead of the break. six people were hurt, one critically. the family says they are devastated. >> at this time everyone is at the hospital except for one male. >> reporter: newark police say that man's condition improved today. >> we don't anticipate any arrests. >> reporter: the driver's daughter describes her as an independent woman, someone who picked up her grand kids from school and someone who drove herself to chemotherapy. the family says that will now change. >> it's terrible. you hope for the best. >> reporter: still shoppers say it could have been worse. sue was at macy's in the minutes

before the crash. >> i was here around 4:45. it was e. -- empty. the store was not too busy. >> whoever is in the hospital, get well soon. >> reporter: macy's says there appears to be no structural damage to the building. by one estimate it could take four to six weeks to replace those doors. an ohio man is scheduled to appear in federal court tomorrow. christopher lee cornell was arrested yesterday outside of a gun store. the fbi says he was preparing an attack on the capitol using pipe bombs and guns. he'd come to the attention of the fbi after a social media post about violent jihad after converting to islam. today house speaker john boehner gave credit to the foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa. >> our government does not spy

unless there are americans who are doing things that frankly tip off our law enforcement officials to an imminent threat. >> the fbi says the public was in no danger because they had cornell under surveillance. he faces charges of attempting to kill a government officer and weapons violations. for the first time the army will let women compete in the grueling two-month army ranger combat course. the army plans to take as many as 60 women in a course that begins in late april as part of a pilot program. women who graduate from the course will be given a certificate and ranger tab but won't actually become members of the rangers. instead this program will be used to help determine if women can handle ground combat jobs. a northern california family gets an unexpected phone call. their dog stolen three years ago had been found. the reunion and how the dog was traced back to its rightful owner. >> plus new details about that deadly smoke filled subway in washington, d.c.

>> those people should not have been trapped like rats in a subway car filling with smoke. >> the heartbreaking thing one man did when he was convinced he would never see his family again. >> dire predictions today about your water future. what you can do about it.

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a san jose nightclub has pulled its permit for a two-month period after a shooting that happened last weekend. five people were wounded in the shooting during a chris brown performance at the fiesta nightclub. this video was taken as shots were fired. san jose police signed off on the 60-day suspension. that suspension starts tomorrow. finding jurors for the boston marathon bombing trial is proving to be a difficult task. the second phase of jury selection began today with a federal judge questioning potential jurors. many said they had already formed an opinion on the guilt of dzhokhar tsarnaev. and several others said they could never impose the death penalty. the 21-year-old is accused of killing three people and injuring more than 260 others in the bombing. he's also accused of killing an m.i.t. police officer days later. now to washington, d.c. where passengers on the subway

train that filled with smoke are set other file a lawsuit. 80 were hospitalized. an attorney for one of the victims says she'll fire a lawsuit against the metro friday. the attorney says passengers were trapped like rats. victims say they had to wait more than half an hour to be freed as confusion paralyzed would-be rescuers. >> that to me does not spell a safety protocol that is in place and is working as it should. something broke down. and we're going to find out what it is. >> her client says at one point he thought he would die in the train and even wrote a goodbye message to his family. he said passengers did an amazing job helping each other. a dog stolen from its owner is found three years later. we'll take you to the reunion that just wrapped up and explain what we know about the dog's journey back to its family. >> a big announcement by the pope.

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missions in california. the treatment of native american people at the missions has become controversial but serra remains a key figure in california history. this afternoon the archbishop of san francisco talked about father serra. >> using his tremendous gifts of intellect of strength, of perseverance and endurance of trials that we all might be blessed likewise to imitate those great hero virtus. >> the pope said father serra was, quote, an evangelizer of the west. a tracy family was reunited with their missing dog. paul chambers live at oakland animal services. after three years i could imagine they were pretty emotional today. >> that's so true. the re union wrapped up about an hour ago. it's been three years since the family saw the dog. but today that's all changed just in time for the oldest child's 13th birthday, the family is all back

together again. >> reporter: this is hannah, a sheba brought from japan years ago but for most of her life she's been separated by her family. >> i didn't know by looking at her what she's been through over the last three years. it was pretty hard to leave her there. >> reporter: choked up with emotions is hannah's owner. he visited her after a call saying his dog was at oakland animal services. he believes someone stole her from their home three years ago. >> she not outside she's not out front. where did she go? >> reporter: han nah was picked up as a stray dog in oakland. once workers brought her in, she was checked for a microchip. first sweep they couldn't find it because her chip had moved. on top of that she was in bad shape. >> she's missing about a third of her hair.

she has really long toenails and her teeth aren't in good shape. from looking at all those things we're pretty certain she was probably in someone's backyard. >> reporter: that's all behind the family now and just in time for their son's 13th birthday, hannah will be home where she belongs. >> we're going to spoil her as much as we can. we're probably going to keep her in the house for a little bit and kind of hold on to her and play with her. >> reporter: above all else, animal services says finding her after three years proves the system works. they say the best thing for people to do is make sure their animals have microchips. >> it also restores our faith that microchips work. tagging your dogs work. that's how we can find you if you want your animal back. >> they may have noticed hannah did miss a lot of her hair. that's because she had a flee allergy. workers here say after a while it will all grow back. can you believe after three years they found the dog intact, no major issues. one happy family.

let's talk about our weather now and bring in chief meteorologist bill martin. >> it was cooler today and we got rain on the west coast but it's all north of here. we're just a few degrees latitude away from being real wet. it's not going to happen. next five days look where the rain falls out. crescent city, 5 inches of rain. that could be us. just a few degrees north of us. we see showers around ukiah. we're on the southern end of the focus of the rain. jet stream is kind of right around here. you can see maybe a few sprinkles here and there as we go in to the next 48 hours or so or 24 hours. but nothing really substantial. so just shows you how it's just a matter of a few miles before you get wet or not wet. that's why quite frankly the north tower of the golden gate bridge and south tower, a 10 to 20-inch rainfall

difference between the north tower and south tower. the further north you go it makes a big difference. dry start to 2015. it looks like we'll end up pretty dry. might see a little something here on friday. but there you go. as we get toward the 27th and 28th. there's a shot for something now. fingers crossed on that. right now it doesn't look like much but looks like something. storm track is going right up over the top of us. that's where the jet stream lies. that weak system tomorrow could bring us a slight sprinkle as it moves through. as we head toward the weekend, look who comes back. big high pressure sets up. maybe a sprinkle on sunday or something like that. the forecast model right there. 8 a.m. friday still there. a little further south there's friday afternoon maybe a sprinkle. then it goes back north. forecast temperatures tomorrow lots of upper 50s maybe a couple low 60s. in the 5-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view is pretty much dry. that slight chance on friday. this week flew by.

friday already tomorrow and then plenty of clouds as we head in to next week, more dry. more of the same. valley fog becomes a big issue right now. just because of the wet ground. right now that dense fog advisory in the fresno area got visibilities less than a quarter mile. it's going to be real foggy in the valley tonight and north and east bay. new details about an inmate who escaped from a local work crew and the public place where he was found. >> a pet kept secret for 40 years. how officers discovered this alligator that had actually been living in the backyard of a home in southern california. >> now to our julie haener in the news room with more on what we're working on for 6:00. >> housing advocates say sky high rents and evictions are pushing people out. >> it's been hailed as the next big tech gadget. starting in a

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animal control officers down in southern california say an alligator was kept as a secret pet for decades in the backyard of a home in van nuys. jackson is an 8-foot long alligator. he's almost 40 years old. officers discovered the alligator on monday inside a wooden crate during a surprise

visit that was prompted by a number of tips. relatives say the residents bought the alligator at a local pet store in the late 1970s when it was just a baby. it's now at the l.a. zoo. an inmate who ran away from a work detail has been captured. 38-year-old michael gentuso ran from a workgroup on monday up in santa rosa. he was found and arrested last night at a homeless camp near roaner park. he was serving a 90-day sentence for drug possession and was not considered a threat to public safety. he's now being held on a felony escape charge without bail. one year ago the announcement was made. california was facing a serious drought and unfortunately since then things really haven't changed. bad news today from state water officials. we are in another drought year. and ktvu's john fowler discovered some people are getting tired of the water conservation message right when it's most important. >> reporter: with no rain on

the horizon state water officials report key reservoirs are even lower than at this time last year. >> california should embrace for a fourth year of drought and expect mitigating the economic and ecological harm of drought could be even harder than it was last year. >> reporter: homeowners talk about last month's storms. >> i think we've had enough rain and enough snow so that we shouldn't be talking about drought anymore. >> it's very tempting to turn that sprinkler on. december super wet. the fifth wettest in east fremont history. january, bone dry. the future is very uncertain. >> reporter: east bay mud customers conserved 13% last year. now the utility wants people to use even less water a 15% reduction. >> we put in astroturf. in our front and backyard. >> so we don't water our yard and you can come by in the

summer and we'll prove it. >> reporter: the paradigm shift, that green lawns should be as offensive as smoking in a crowd. >> i think it needs to be louder and more often. >> reporter: our changing climate demands it. listen to environmental engineer mike harrison. >> every year even without kind of this one year, two-year, three-year drought we're having less and less stored water in our snow pack. >> by one estimate, just to replace the water storage loss to climate change, taxpayers will have to spend a billion dollars a year each year for 30 years on new water storage. we face a dry future. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. now at 6:00 san francisco mayor ed lee lays out his plans to protect housing for everyone, not just highly paid tech workers. >> the 49ers introduce their new head coach and he is a big departure from jim harbaugh. the new leadership that fans can

expect from jim tomsula. >> a special delivery during rush hour. we talk with the bay area father who took matters in to his own hands this morning when his pregnant wife couldn't make it to the hospital in time. mayor ed lee outlines an aggressive agenda to bring affordable housing back to san francisco in the wake of a technology boom that many say is forcing working class people out of their homes. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the mayor delivered the state of the city address this morning and san francisco's rapidly changing dynamic was at the center of his speech. >> now more than ever we must work to ensure that everyone shares in the city's prosperity that this city is where everyone belong. >> the mayor outlined three major areas he wants to tackle in 2015. transportation education, and of course housing. he asked people to

hold him accountable for the city's successes and failures. new at 6:00, david stevenson takes a closer look at the plans ed lee has to protect middle class housing. >> the mayor said housing is his number one priority and that the prosperity that's come to the city has meant financial anxiety for a lot of families and residents here. he unveiled measures he says will hopefully keep a lot of them from having to move out. >> reporter: san francisco native charles leung doesn't want to leave the city. >> we put in our offer. we got outbid easily. >> reporter: the accountant is struggling to find a home he can afford with the average single family home priced at $1.4 million. the numbers for him just don't make sense. >> i think you need to make at least $200,000 or more to even begin to consider getting an average home here. >> reporter: we need -- >> we need to do more to help our middle class