in half moon bay, stephanie magallon, nbc bay area news. >> stephanie, thank you. tonight the first of many memorial services and vigils in half moon bay. ministers of many faiths delivering messages of healing and change. nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney joins us from main street in half moon bay with that part of the story. >> earlier you were saying here we go again another mass shooting and again there come the thoughts and prayers. for example here in downtown half moon bay there is a place for the community to grieve and leave flowers or candles. there was a religious service and it was a little bit different. there were prayers but also a call to and gun violence. a call to god for comfort from a community rocked by yesterday's mass shooting. >> how long must i have a pain in my soul and have zorro in my heart all day long? >> reporter: after this interface prayer meeting a call for all of those affected to be healed including the shooter himself. >> that he may know some respite from his inner turmoil and come to know the ways of peace and compassion. >> repo

stephanie magallon, "today in the bay." >>> now to a look at the latest pg&e outage map. we are seeing outages all across the bay area. as of 8:00 last night, about 6,000 customers across the bay area are without power. now the vast majority, nearly 5,000, are in the south bay. no one is immune to pg&e power outages. george kittle is among the thousands of customers still in the dark. because of these storms, this is why they're dealing with that. he actually tweeted the utility company saying in part, quote, yo, pg&e, i've been without power going on four days. a little help would be appreciated. thanks. just trying to prepare for something this weekend. now what he's preparing for is the playoff game against the seahawks at levi's stadium which kicks off tomorrow at 1:30. >>> it's 4:36. the oakland zoo will stay closed for a while. the zoo tweeted it should reopen in early february. the reason is this massive sinkhole that opened up at the entrance of the zoo during the storms last week. the zoo planned to reopen the 17th of this month. the city of oakland says it will

stephanie magallon for "today in the bay." >> the community is coming together for a memorial service and vigils as well to remember the victims. as "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney reports ministers of many faiths delivered a message of healing and change last night. ♪♪ >> reporter: a call to god for comfort from a community rocked by mass shootings. >> how long must i bear pain in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all day long? >> reporter: at this interfaith prayer and lament a call for healing for all of those affected including the shooter himself. >> the perpetrator, that he may know some rest from his inner turmoil and come to know the ways of peace and compassion. >> reporter: a bell rang out for each of the seven who died and for all victims of gun violence. there was a specific call for action. >> our biggest problem right now is gun violence. and while there are many other issues, that's one that really deserves our attention and requires our voices to speak up, to put pressure on elected officials. >> reporter: over on main street business owners know the people impa

here's "today in the bay's" stephanie magallon. >> we've been here every night since monday, and this is really the first time we see the entire community come out here for a vigil meant for healing. hundreds of people are here, all of them hoping to show their respect and support to the impacted families. candles lit up half moon bay's night sky. as a mourning community stood together in prayer and hope. >> part of my community, i consider them family members. >> as an immigrant, i feel so sad for those victims. they die so sadly, and so violently far away from their home, from their family. >> reporter: messages of solidarity for the seven men and women who are no longer here with us, for the man healing in a hospital, and the community that's been working in the shadows for generations. >> it's been really hard. i have, you know, young kids who we've been trying to explain to them what happened and why and also assure them that they are, you know, are safe. >> we break down the walls that greed and racism have built. >> reporter: we heard from city leaders and victims' fams, they a

here's "today in the bay's" stephanie magallon. >> san jose police have not confirmed what exactly happened, but they do tell us it involved their special operations team and there was no threat to public safety. now viewers tell us they believe this was an underground casino bust. a frantic night some neighbors say they knew was coming. >> wake up at 2:00 in the morning and i would say, you know, traffic going in and out, you know, people, and that light was always on 24/7. the living room light. i'm like something's going on over there. >> reporter: an east san jose family too scared to show their faces on camera say they weren't surprised when they saw this happening on their street. a police operation with masked agents. evidence bagged and officers going in and out of a garage with disco looking lights. >> looked like gambling machines. they had quite a few people arrested. >> reporter: neighbors say the suspicious activity began four months ago when the new owners moved in. >> seemed like a normal family moving in. >> reporter: police have not revealed the reason for the raid nor have

"today in the bay's" stephanie magallon has the story. >> as the storms drench the bay area, cities are scrambling and wildlife is seeking shelter, even rats. >> look at that. perfect rats nest. >> i mean, it's just disgusting. you know, you worry about them chewing the wires in your car and whatnot. >> hey, this is rats in my engine part 75. >> sandy thompson says she's had to remove rats nests in her engine three days in a row. they literally rebuild overnight. >> they're having a frat party under there. >> reporter: it wasn't just her car. she says she had to call pest control after finding droppings in her attic, a wild situation escalating across the region. >> i'm getting about 70 calls a day. >> reporter: rapid rodent removal says clients are paying thousands of dollars to repair rodent damage in their vehicles, and they're finding colonies inside homes. >> they're traveling through the plumbing walls and making a lot of noise in between walls, which is actually keeping people up and they're making it into the kitchens because people have cat and dog food. they're coming into the

live in half moon bay, i'm stephanie magallon, nbc bay area news. >> stephanie, thank you. good reporting and that is gut wrenching where children might've been involved. governor do some noting the timing of this tragedy just two days after that mass shooting down near l.a. 11 people were killed in that shooting. the governor tweeting at the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when i get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting, this time in half moon bay, tragedy upon tragedy. we spoke with silicon valley state assemblyman alan though chair of the legislative caucus. he was attending a prayer vigil at the state capital. this was for the southern california shooting when he got news of the half moon bay shooting. >> of course this has an impact on the psyche and spirit and the lingering notion, will we be able to be safe and comfortable in the coming weeks with respect to lunar new year gatherings in the bay area in oakland and san francisco in the south bay as well and i just hope that members of our community can feel safe and can be rest assured tha

in watsonville i'm stephanie magallon, nbc bay area news. >>> ace trains will not be shuttling commuters for the rest of the week. service suspended again this morning after a second landslide stranded passengers in miles canyon. some 200 people were on board this time. three people were hurt when the train stopped abruptly. a stealth plan to resume service on monday. >> not just landslides, the rain is creating new problems for the south bay. anderson reservoir has to be nearly empty because construction is underway to make it earthquake safe. right now it's about 45% full. it needs to be at 3% capacity. water managers say it could take one month to drain all this water into the coyote creek. many other bay area reservoirs are now than 100% full, so what does that mean for our water bills? will the prices come down? utility officials say it's too soon to answer that question. >> i think the lack of supplier and availability has prompted valley water, wholesaler, to look at more expensive options and so i think future rate will be blunted because we may not have to do that, but i think i

stephanie magallon joins us with the very latest. >> reporter: raj, business owners say they are thankful the president came all the way down here to meet them and to actually walk through these business and look at the damage for himself. >> we're hoping easter. >> reporter: shut down for more than 12 weeks by a train of storms, this is one of several business surveyed by president biden and an entourage of leadership in capitola village. >> they were pretty amazed at the damage to wood that water did. >> reporter: he said president biden told him help was on the way and gave his children a once in a lifetime experience. >> they were ecstatic, jumping out of their skin the entire day. he actually was giving my little 10-year-old a hug, and she was just like, crawl, almost jumping. it was really cool. really fun to watch. >> tried to give a dog to the president, but we didn't. >> reporter: across the street, he got to serve the secret service, but an even bigger opportunity is what the president has given the entire region. >> just him be hearing puts more eyes on the county, and a lot of

here's stephanie magallon. >> reporter: across the bay area, the race started as soon as the rain stopped. >> we have massive potholes to fill, but we have kwielts a few crews out here today filling up the potholes all around the city right now. >> reporter: almost everywhere it was about clearing debris and trees. one resident nearly escaped when a 100-foot-tall eucalyptus tree came smashing down on several units. and dozens have been without power and water for days, including a mobile home park near san jose >> these are where the fridges once stood. >> reporter: a non-profit in san carlos gutted inside-out after winter storms rushed in like rivers. >> people need services desperately and food resources. prices keep rising and inflation keeps rising and families are struggling. so to not be able to meet that need and to feel stuck has been left on us. >> they took off all the things on the wall. >> reporter: one life counselor center serves nearly 250 low-income families who come here for the mental health services and market. here they get free groceries and other essentials like diap

in redwood city, stephanie magallon, nbc bay area news. >> well, sources close to the investigation haveeen talking to our jaxon van derbeken since day one. today they gave us new details that we did not hear from the gunman. coming up in about ten minutes, what we're learning about the moments that led up to that shooting. >>> and it turns out this is not the first time a gun has been fired at one of these farms. tonight a d.a. says a disgruntled worker opened fire seven months ago. >> our defendant, mr. medina, one night came over at 11:30 at night, started banging on the door of the trailer that our victim and his family lived in, saying that he was going to kill our victim and his entire family. and he started trying to turn the door handle. our victim held it, told his family run and hide. and at that point he looked out the glass in the door and saw the defendant raise a gun and fire one shot. the shot went through the glass. it did not hit our victim. did not hit anybody inside their trailer. went through the wall into the next door trailer. where a couple was living. and lodged t

i'm stephanie magallon. nbc bay area news. >>> california is hoping for more help from washington to handle all of the problems we are experiencing from these relentless storms. 50 democrats and republicans signed a letter asking the president to declare a major disaster in california. the letter points to widespread flooding, mudslides and outages. 19 people have died and 6,000 are under evacuation. over the weekend the president did approve an emergency announcement but declaring a major disaster makes additional federal funding available to help with long term recovery. >>> the storms that continue to hit us here are threatening to trigger enough flooding to actually turn the monterey way peninsula into an island. we have more from the efforts to save the town. >> reporter: the sali nas river surged to 24 feet and broke through levees sending flood water into local communities. this is the view from sky ranger thursday, water covering homes and vehicles, threatening to turn the peninsula into an island by