>> reporter: rotten trees are a problem, not to mention the high winds and heavy rain forecast for the coming days. >> these are the lines. electric lines. >> reporter: he called pg&e since he leaves near the substation. >> everybody would be out of power. >> crews are removing all three of his trees that are at risk for falling. >> i don't want problems. >> we want to get out as proactively as we can so we avoid those situations before they impact the customer service. >> reporter: pg&e says they will have additional crews ready to restore power if their prep work wasn't enough. >> you can never under estimate mother nature's power. >> the is why sewer operations crews are clearing catch basins in san francisco. >> when it rains that is our

black friday. that is when we are out there working 24/7 to deal with issues as they arrive. >> reporter: city workers say they are ready for any challenges the storm may bring. >> always a new day. 15 years, you know, and there is no one day that is the same. >> reporter: with 25,000 catch basins and one thousand miles of sewers, they are always on flood watch. >> okay. guys. on to the next job. >> reporter: we saw plenty of sand bags available this afternoon. as folks prepare for the storms, the storm that bill is saying is coming tonight and into the weekend, resources like sand bags might be very useful. >> you bet. pretor to prepare -- better to prepare now. we will cover the storm right here on the air and online as it moves through. stay with ktvu channel 2 news

fox 2 news at 10:00 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. new at 5:00 p.m. a police sting recovered two bikes. each was custom built and they were worth $20,000 each. they were stolen from specialized bicycles. ktvu's ann rubin with more on how authorities got the bikes back. >> reporter: they were reviewing surveillance video of the break in and had identified the get away vehicle when they got a tip there were people who were trying to sell a couple bikes fast. >> reporter: when they showed up for work monday employees at specialized bicycles were in for a shock. the door was smashed smashed and two bikes had been stolen. >> they are two of the most easily identifying bikes. >> reporter: one was in the lobby. the one michal kwiatkowski road and the other was in the museum

area. a limited edition. each bike is worth $20,000. to the folks here they are irreplaceable. >> i don't think they had an idea what they had gotten. they got amazing products. sadly for us. but luckily we got it back. thank you the police for doing that. >> reporter: it was after the break ins police got a tip. someone in town had two bikes and was looking for a buyer. instead of $20,000 they were asking 2,000. >> the detective immediately contacted the individual who was able to describe the bikes. high end specialized bikes. they were able to set up a sting. >> the sing took place here at the strip mall and it led them to a home. it was there that they took the two suspects into custody. ryan balestrini and kannadi

ridenour. it was also there they recovered the bikes. >> i don't think there could have been a faster recovery. >> reporter: the bikes were in good condition and both are a bit dirty. staff at specialize plan to clean them up and get them back on display. >> our doors are open to the community and we don't want this to taint showing off these products for everyone to enjoy. >> one of the bikes actually belongs to the founder and has his name on it. authorities doubt anyone would have got far. they believe a third suspect may be at large. >> i didn't realize they made bikes worth that much. ann rubin live, thank you. attorney general eric holder visited the bay area to focus on -- to focus on a hot button issue today. talking about building trust

between citizens and police. ktvu's john sasaki reports from oakland. not everyone walked away satisfied with what they heard. >> reporter: everyone at the federal building meeting came toattention as attorney general eric holder entered -- to attention as attorney general eric holder entered the room. >> this city deserves outstanding police force. >> reporter: with leaders and ayoung people, it was an effort to find ways to bring the public and the police closer together. >> out of what we have seen, there is an opportunity for us to move forward. make better the relationship that must exist between law enforcement and the communities that we serve. >> reporter: also present were law enforcement and city leaders from across the east bay. richmond, berkeley and oakland -- >> we have to close the trust gap. >> all of these agencies, mine included, are looking inside to say what is going on with us, are we doing the best we can.

>> reporter: this was about the attorney general interacting with the community and leaders but organizers kicked the media out. >> you missed a more honest, heated conversation. >> he said the meeting was positive. >> it was a parting gift. a way to say let me use the power of my office toconvene people and challenge you -- to convene people and challenge you. ktvu channel 2 news. >> reporter: one student was in the across ram. >> -- classroom. >> i thought there was a lot of hand holding and i would have preferred a more frank discussion. . >> reporter: his daughter was shot to death in 1997 said too few community leaders were included. >> what are you doing other than showing up for a photo opand making -- op and making yourselves feel good. >> reporter: eric holder attended a event at the boys

and girls club. >> we have an opportunity now to deal with the issues. >> he ended with a tour of the facility. in san francisco, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news fox 2 news. news. two supervisors for calling for new safety laws after apartment fires. this comes after a string of fires that killed one person and left 50 without a home. it calls for more sprinklers and housing inspectors would be allow to site landlords. and they want oo speed up reconstruction of the building that burned. >> as tragic as a fire is the tragedy is compounded by the fact it is happening in a housing crisis and as we struggle to deal with finding housing in what is the most expensive real estate market in the history. >> they are offering incentives

for those offering reduced rent. they are olympianing to -- planning to introduce the legislation in the next few weeks. those two crimes with high end targets in san francisco are having a ripple effect on similar retailers. ktvu's david stevenson is live in the city. as frustrated as they are they can't go all out when it comes to locking down their merchandise. >> reporter: because it puts them in a awkward position. the robbers that came here yesterday burst into the store wearing masks similar to this one. police are scanning surveillance video for clues but it is the latest in a string of robberies that are forcing businesses to adapt quickly. >> reporter: san francisco business groups tell ktvu channel 2 news small stores are eyeing extra security measures in the wake of several break ins at high end retailers.

>> one hit and you have a few thousand bucks in your pocket. what should we do to prevent this from, you know, reoccurring all the time? >> reporter: the latest, three men on wednesday entered the tiffany's store at the west field shopping center, ordered everyone to the ground and forced an employee to open a display case. >> we are concerned they committed this in the middle of the day. >> reporter: police say this and other robberies around the city do not appear to be connected. in november thieves smashed a vehicle into this store. thousands of dollars worth of purses were stolen from this store. and in january burglars used a truck to break into a store. a week later gold nuggets were stolen from the wells fargo ♪. >> studies are show nothing creases in anger in society.

we are seeing that in these crimes. >> reporter: high end retailers are in a difficult position because heavy and visible security turn shoppers off. >> they can't rely on the one percenters for their business. >> reporter: earlier this week, couple blocks away, a store had several pairs of shoes worth $700 a pair stolen during business hours. but there are several new security measures underway and union square, a number joined together cameras to track people who are suspected of stealing from the stores here. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news fox 2. >> there is no deal at ports up and down the west coast. including the port of oakland and that impacted thousands of

local businesses. they are still negotiating for a new contract. 9 months after the old one was about to expire and today the union president blasted the pma for threatening to shut down ports. east side is telling a different story on how close they are to an agreement. they say they are close while the pma claims they are far apart. if there is no agreement the docks could be shut down by next week. an 8-year-old sexually assaulted at a 99 cents only store. the break in the case in the search for her attacker. >> and after the break, waste water dumped into reservoirs. who gave this plan the go ahead and a look at the impact on agricultural. >> you are going to make me cry. >> next, rescued off of highway 1, we talk with the driver about what went wrong. bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale ending? get up to four years interest-free financing

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lucky to be alive. a woman drives her car off of highway one and lives to tell about it about 11:00 a.m. this morning. the car drifted from the southbound lane. it went down the ravine. she was able to escape. someone stopped and called 911. >> i hope this isn't going to proceed -- this isn't going to proceed into the water. then i am a dead duck. >> you can see the car was towed away. she is not hurt just shaken up. and she is very appreciative of the people who stopped to help her. the drought in california has forced some farmers to rely on underground water for crops but oil companies are dumping waste water in. they say it is legal but

farmers say in some cases that is destroying their crops. >> reporter: in the farming towns oil drilling and agricultural co-exist but now he says careless drilling and disposal destroyed his orchard. >> we started seeing our trees burning on the tips of the leaves and the leaves turning brown. >> reporter: because of the drought farmers relying on -- farmers are relying on underground orchers where oil field waste water is being -- orchards where oil field waste water is being dumped. the companies had permission from california regulators to put -- regulators to put waste water in the ground. he says this puts prime farmland at risk. >> injecting waste water beside an area where farmers is pumping up irrigation water. >> reporter: an investigation

reveals the state issued permits for 2500 wells that allow oil companies to dump waste water into aquifers. the environmental protection agency warned the state that it wasn't doing enough to protect underground water that is supposed to be saved for drinking and irrigation. >> we are looking closely at how these permits were, you know, allowed. >> reporter: california's natural resources admits mistakes were made. in some cases they used maps like this one from 1875 to check the boundaries of oil fields and aquifers. this summer regulators pulled the permits for this well in bakersfield and 8 others. >> saudi arabia showing up in america. punching holes through our ground industry. >> reporter: they say the permits are proper and valued. >> i think when we go through

this paper work problem and solve it there will be confidence that that is what we have done. >> reporter: the loss of his orchard wasn't just a financial hit. >> you are going to make me cry. >> reporter: he hopes if oil companies follow the rules and the state enforces them -- >> we can make this work. >> reporter: the epa gave the state till february 6 to assess any contamination from the thousands of wells with faulty permits and stop it from happening again. in the bay area we could be seeing rain and it depends on how late you stay up at night and where you live. >> sprinkles after the 10:00 p.m. news, most will see rain about 2:00 a.m. in the morning and the real rain comes tomorrow afternoon for your driving around out

there. there is the satellite loop. it is what we need. and, you know, there is a lot of hype on the storms when they come in. atmospheric river. it sastorm. a good storm. it will -- it is a storm. a good storm. we will see a flood advisory in the bay area tomorrow. probably multiple ones around 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. not a big deal. major rivers should be fine. but we could see, you know, we could see half foot, 8 inches, 9 inches of rain. that is a lot of rain over 72 hours. there is the radar spinning. good stuff. we are dry. have been dry. a lot of the water that has come down, even though the rainfall rates in the central bay area will be aggressive, but the ground is dry. a lot of water will get absorbed. a lot of run off. it is not like we had day after day of rain and saturated rain. just, you know, rain is a big

deal, we need it. it is a good looking storm. that is it. good looking storm. it will put everybody most likely well over 100% of average. most everybody is. but the story is, the mountains, we need snow in the mountains and at this point the snow levels are above pass level. warm storm. so snow levels will be above 7,000 feet. we will see not a lot of snow at lower elevations. it will work out. nice to get snow to 5,000 feet. saturday's storm is cooler. snow levels will come down and a little bit on sunday. saturday's showers are weak. not a big deal. our break. friday, storm moves in. heavy around noon. 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. and saturday we are between storms but showery, unsettled, snow in the mountains. the next storm, storm number 3, that is sunday. it will be a cooler storm and it will bring rain but not as

much as friday. that is the big event. friday is the big numbers. 9:00 friday. here we are 2:00 a.m -- pardon me that was 9:00 p.m. tonight. here we are 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. starting to rain. 7:00 a.m. commute. not too bad. boom, this guy tees up. 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. this is the story. noon to 3:00 p.m., moves through the south bay. 4:00 p.m. into the afternoon commute. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view thank goodness, right? we sat here for 42 days talking about no rain. here we will get rain. we will be fine. drive safely. >> 8-9-inches. that is a lot of rain. what are the chances of potential flooding? >> there will be urban and small stream flooding. the russian river, 60 miles, northern california is set up

for big rain. we can handle a lot of rain. bay area not so much. they are set up for heavy rain. i don't think we will see massive flooding. but we will see stuff. high tide stuff. [ talking at the same time ] >> the usual spots. good storm. nothing to panic about. >> thank you. san francisco police chief is apologizing for a controversial arrest. new information in this transasia airways crash. the pilot's final radio call. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> city leaders are hoping cash will solve a big problem. their new program that offers cash for reporting trash. also he thought he was doing the right thing, turning his lawn into cobblestone to cut back on water but the plan back fired. we talk with the homeowner about why he is facing daily fines from the city. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

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>> reporter: the death toll continues to rise following a plane crash in taiwan. 30 people are dead. many others still missing. and the such for the victims -- search for the victims continue. >> the temperature of the water dropped. from our experience this will make the task very difficult. if the weather improves we can operate more efficiently. >> the crash captured in a video by a driver. transasia airways flight 235 banked on the side after take off wednesday. clipped a highway bridge, and then went into a river. authorities say the pilot could be heard moments before the crash calling may day, may day. engine flame out and then contact was lost. investigators say the recovery of the plane's black boxes will help determine what happened but other clues will be found in the fuselage. >> we hope today we can move

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moisture. that is why we are expecting rain. especially in the coastal hills of the north bay. we could ski a foot of rain. there is the radar spin. you can see it is drying out. tomorrow night it will be hitting hard. it will be wet. real wet on friday. when i come back we will push it through friday, through saturday and sunday as well. we have two more systems coming. we have three systems coming. this will be the biggest. i will detail the other two in a few empties. people in areas known to flood are preparing and ktvu's tom vacar is at a sand bag station and you met a 77-year- old woman there tonight. >> reporter: it was fun. one of the few things that individuals have as a defense against flooding are these. sand bags. >> the only defense most individual folks have against

flooding is the sand bag. something this 77-year-old was thinking. her task, to better shore up her cottage using sand bags instead of the rug she used during december's. >> the heavy, heavy rain came so fast and the ground was so dry that the water was just standing and the dot subject on a -- the cottage is on a slab. i had to put something there to make it not go under the wood. >> reporter: woo met her here -- we met her here where sand bags are available for free. they also provide shovels and funnel loading cones. >> i will check it out. >> reporter: she was by herself. >> when i looked at it i thought it will take two people to do this. >> reporter: it wasn't working so we lent a hand so she wouldn't have to return this evening. we removed the rugs and packed

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tonight changes are coming to a bay area hotel. >> came into the hotel. i cried. i didn't know it was this bad. >> changes are coming. after 2 investigates discovered families living in horrific condition. viewers are reaching out to help a mom featured in our report at 10:00 p.m. last night. ktvu reported on the hotel when the owner was convicted for paying someone to burn it down. now the hotel has a new name

and new management. ktvu's eric rasmussen found out life is no better for the people who say there -- stay there. >> reporter: $79 got 2 investigates one night that empyrean towers. within minutes we caught a look at why some people who stay here call it hell. holes in the walls. garbage on every floor. the elevator, broken. we met a 16-year-old and her brother in the lobby. for several months a tiny room has been home to them and their mom. >> came into this room, into the hotel and i cried. i didn't know it was that bad. >> reporter: domestic abuse forced them out of their house. $260 a week does not get them a private bath room. >> my son took a shower and he said brown stuff was coming up.

this situation, i don't know, i don't know how to get out. this is the terrible part, this is -- the only place that is keeping a roof over our heads. >> walking in the front door you know that you are in a place that is not maintained. >> reporter: she is an attorney and represents 50 tenants of the empyrean towers. >> people are getting sick. >> the last time res dependents sought legal action investigators got then owner on hidden camera paying a man to burn down his own hotel in 2011. documents show a woman and her mother bought the company and the hotel before he went to prison. in a deposition she denied she was the owner but pointed to a family trust. they blamed tenants for the damage. the holes, she says they were

left behind by firefighters battling a fire at the hotel last july. >> reporter: may we speak to you about the empyrean towers? >> reporter: they didn't want to talk to us about the conditions at the hotel or who was in charge. according it a lawsuit filed last year he went on the payroll with her realty company after he was released from prison. in an e-mail she denied ownership interest in the empyrean towers. meanwhile problems at the hotel are mounting. a tenant recorded this video of a leaking ceiling in december. we needed a flash light to make it up this stair wear where we found -- stairway where we found more problems. [ indiscernible ] >> it is boarded shut. >> reporter: that was one of many problems identified in an

inspection by the fire department. missing smoke detectors and extension cords useds a permanent wiring. -- used as permanent wiring. no one would come to the desk to talk to us. >> reporter: eric with channel 2. is there someone here i can talk to? >> no idea. i just work here. >> reporter: no manager here? >> reporter: they are now asking city leaders to step in. >> this is a dangerous situation and something has to get done now. >> reporter: they are just trying to survive. somehow 16-year-old is managing straight as in school. >> yeah. made the dean's list. >> reporter: now they are being tested in ways they never imagined. >> how long can you stick it out here? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> we checked back with them

today. there are some repairs happening right now. a follow up inspection by the fire department also shows that blocked fire escape has been fixed with other problems found in our report. there is more work to be done. eric rasmussen, ktvu fox 2 news. >> you think that 16-year-old girl is under the dean's list under those conditions. our weather now because we have big changes on the way. it will rain around here. >> it will start raining tonight, tomorrow morning. by the afternoon commute it is wet at your house. down to san jose. morgan hill. heavy rain. hearing a lot about it. as we come in close. you can see where it is raining now. not like last december, that storm hung up in the north bay for 36 hours before it made its way south. this storm hangs up there for

24 hours before it works its way south. it will drop quite a bit of rain. north bay with a foot up there. russian river area. half foot in santa rosa. shower activity now. storm number one is tomorrow. focus on that. wind advisory that will go into effect. heavy rain and a flood watch for the north bay. again similar to last december. hanging outlet there. we will see -- out there. we will see lucky drive, high tide, localized flooding in the spots that flood. so that is for tomorrow. when the heavy rain gets here around noon, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., there is friday. saturday is a neat deal. we will get showers but a break. the break is helpful when you have three coming behind it. we will get rain.

drops snow levels down. so one, friday, rolls in here. the heaviest rain in the bay area, central bay area, around 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. break on saturday. and then sunday. to the model. 2:00 a.m. tonight raining. scattered showers. coming down at times heavy. heavy stuff around santa rosa. here is your morning commute, 7:00 a.m., hovering up here and then it goes south around noon time. that is when we get it. when you get this kind of rain in populated areas, san francisco, oakland, berkeley, livermore, you will get heavy rain. urban and small stream flood advisories. 3:00 p.m. san jose, urban and small stream flood advisories for there. then it slides through. the evening commute. wet and messy. heaviest rain before the

evening commute. saturday morning. your break. saturday afternoon. scattered showers. and then sunday. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view is a wet one. friday will be real wet. especially around lunchtime through 4:00 p.m. showers in the north bay early. just what the doctor ordered. morning commute will be -- especially in san jose. not a big deal. by the afternoon, all the roads are wet. drive safe. drive safe. take mass transit. follow way behind the car in front of you -- [ talking at the same time ] >> i love over night rain. get all the bone of the rain -- bonus of the rain -- [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. we are learning more about another act of vandalism in northern california, after a fraternity was spray painted last week. and a look at new snakes that oakland zoo. what is interesting is how they got there. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> a homeowner decided to turn

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we are learning of another vandtism in davis. -- vandalism in dace. a janitor reported -- vandalism in davis. a janitor reported vandtism. >> etched -- vandalism. >> etched in. >> last weekend two sawticcas were painted on a jewish fraternity. they added extra security and police are asking anyone with information to contact them. . details about the arrest of a suspect wanted for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl at 99 cents only store. it is not the first time for the suspect. ktvu's john fowler reports, he was convicted for the same crime 5 years ago.

>> reporter: the isis 33 year -- this is 33-year-old carlyle villazon, responsible for sexually assaulting an 8-year- old girl inside this 99 cents only store in hayward last sunday. >> when something like this happens it is horrible. for somebody to do that you just really want to get them in custody. >> reporter: carlyle villazon was released from custody, patrolled for a similar sexual assault on another 8-year-old girl at a walmart store in 2010. >> he grabbed an 8-year-old girl, put his hands down her paints. as he was running out of the store he was tackled by a good samaritan. >> reporter: investigators released a photo from surveillance video and a sketch. a police officer narrowed the search by running a search of

registered sex ords -- offenders. outside the 99 cents only store shoppers were scared and relieved. >> scares me a little for them. for the safety. >> there is, you know, an element in the neighborhood. >> reporter: carlyle villazon is now in custody. if convicted he could face life in prison. john fowler ktvu fox 2 news. the sheriff's department says this case is a good example of law enforcement working together. that police officer wasn't asked to do it by investigators but the information found helped crack the case. three amazon snakes smuggled into the country are settling into their new home at the oakland zoo. they are on display. the snakes were confiscated in florida in june. they weren't in good condition at the time. the zoo accepted four of the

snakes. one of them didn't make it. the other three are doing well and the zoo will be their permanent home. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. storts now. >> -- starts now. >> clearing drains and cutting down trees. the bay area prepares for heavy rain that could add up to a half of foot in the hardest hit locations. good evening. julie i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> we have a lot of rain on the way. >> we have live team coverage now. ktvu's katy eustis is in oakland where people are bracing for the weather. but we begin with our chief meteorologist bill martin who is tracking the storm. >> rain tomorrow afternoon. the showers right now are light. especially up north. but they will work their way south over night. 2:00 a.m. in the morning it will start to rain.

the heavy rain tomorrow afternoon. light showers off shore of san francisco. the bay area. might see sprinkles tonight around 9:00 p.m. maybe moderate sprinkles. the real rain, the bulk shows up into friday afternoon. heavy rain with this. a flood watch in the north bay tomorrow. a wind advisory tomorrow morning. the bridges are going to get a good dose of wind on the morning commute. it will be sloppy, wet. it is the afternoon commute that will be coming down. urban and small stream flood advisories throughout the bay area. when i come back the time line for your friday afternoon drive. see you back here. >> thank you. our meteorologists have been telling us the rain is coming. crews started to prepare for downed trees, power outages and flooding. ktvu's katy eustis caught up with workers prepping for the rain. >> reporter: within