people in the benloman area know if there is a power outage it could last several days. neighbors are picking up sandbags and keeping an eye on the river which is moving quickly but for now is only rising slowly. but, of course, rain in the bay area and sacramento often means snow is dumping in the sierra and that's what's happening this weekend. we caught up with skiers and snow boarders buying gear at helms of sun valley and they say they are excited to enjoy the fresh powder. we'll show you more on the folks headed to tahoe and get the information you need to know about driving there, whether you're headed there or whether you have friends and family headed there or coming back to the bay area. >>> a storm of dissent is brewing against an east bay police department, a family of an unarmed man shot and killed will announce their plans to sue the city's police department. oakland police shot 37-year-old derrick jones in early november. they were called out to investigate jones' girlfriend's claim he assaulted her. police say jones refused police orders to surrender. off