yet donations for the u-s marine's 'toys for tots' program in contra costa county. significantly this year. and, as kron four's philippe djegal reports -- time is running out for people to help out. >> : a lot of people need help. >> phillipe :and, in this case young children on hard times. >> : we're really short this year. last year, we were short 40-thousand toys. this year we need another 40 to 50-thousand toys. >> phillipe :for more than 20 years, stephanie surls and her family have been volunteering for the contra costa county u-s marine corps. toys for tots program. her east bay garage packed with boxes of toys recently picked up from drop off locations. before she hands them off to the marine's at the main warehouse in concord. >> : its getting down to the call of duty. um, we need help. and, we need people to donate. um, every child should have a toy. a new toy. we ask for new toys. >> phillipe :the warehouse may look full, but the marine's say it really isn't. the hope is that they serve at least 40-thousand kids, who would each receive two toys. but at th

tom vacar will take us to contra costa where they are preparing for what could be the perfect storm. >>> the renewed effort to stop duis on california roads. proposed legislation would require devices similar to breathalyzers to be installed in vehicles of people convicted of dui on the first offense. paul chambers spoke with one mother who is working hard to pass the bill. >> reporter: california lawmakers and mothers against drunk driving want ignition interlock devices installed in every car with a person of a dui. >> it's not an inconvenience. >> reporter: mary put one in her car to show how easy it is to use. she knows firsthand the dangers that come with drinking and driving. >> matt was our oldest. he was at the naval academy fulfilling his dream. he was a wonderful person. he was loved by everybody. >> reporter: his career in the academy was cut short in july 2001. >> on our way home we were hit by a drunk driver and matt was killed. >> reporter: since then mary has worked hard to keep her son's memory alive by working with madd and state lawmakers to pass senate bill 61. >>

trash piled up along the banks and in the creek in contra costa county. >> this is complete like utter garbage. we found more debris a mile upstream in the unincorporated part of the jake owe. >> they shouldlean it more. >> filth like other residents will spill into sassoon bay if rainy season is anything like it was two years ago. >> you see the swing set right there. it got pretty high. >> he shows us photos of past flooding when el nino arrives this winter, he fears it will be much worse.  >> i don't know if it's toxic or not. i don't know what's in there. >> we try to get -- collect the debris. >> allison knapp is with the public works department. she helps maintain over 600 miles of roadway and 75 miles of flood control channels and creeks. to residents say you're not cleaning it up fast enough, what do you say to that? >> we have been getting phone calls on debris, the public has been very, very helpful. so i have to look into it. >> officials did look into it after we questioned them about the debris. they did clean up the garbage downstream. the massive garbage we found late

water polo association letterhead a 15-year-old boy is going to be charged by the contra costa county district attorney's office with a felony crime! according to people who have seen video of the incident, a player for acalanes hit a player for bellarmine college prep as they were jostling for the ball an aggressive hit to the nose. mary knox at the district attorney's office says she cannot confirm any charges and can't tell me any details about them. but the email has inaccuracies. it's a complete fiction. >> we won't make comments because of the student matter. but it is a little bit surprising that the d.a. is involved in this case. >> reporter: the superintendent says he can't elaborate on the

contra costa sheriff's deputies say he fled when they tried to pull him over for a traffic stop in oakley. after the crash, the driver took off running leaving behind a passenger who died from the impact and the fire. the driver was later arrested. >>> a south bay teenager who tried to stop a man who sped off with her car nearly paid with her life. kpix 5's devin fehely with more on the teenager's close call with an armed carjacker. devin. >> reporter: san jose police describe the 17-year-old victim as courageous and quick thinking and says she is lucky to have not been seriously injured when she confronted the suspect. san jose police say the 17-year- old left her car idling with the keys in the ignition when she went to talk with friends at a mall.

it's a growing problem here in contra costa county where last year there were no laser strikes. this year, three over a six-week period. one of those strikes was caught on camera. take a look. the light can be blinding. you can see for yourself in this video provided by the contra costa county sheriff's department. watch suspects on the ground point a bright green light at one of its helicopters. not once, but several times. this is just one of the most recent local cases in a troubling trend nationwide. and speaking to ian gregor from the faa, we found california has the highest rate of laser strikes in the country. >> i think that's because we have the greatest population of any state. many majorirports in urban areas, and we have great weather where people are outside most of the year. >> the number of strikes has nearly doubled since 2013. going from 3,961 to 6,182 nationally. he says it's a serious problem. >> the laser can at the least distract the pilot, especially during the critical landing or takeoff phase of flight, and at worst, it can cause temporary visual problems

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>>reporter: well, officials in contra costa county are also warning residents to stay out of creeks and canals because of rising waters. you can get up-to-the-minute forecast information with the ktvu weather app. it's free for phones and tablets. search the app store for ktvu. >>> an investigation is underway for a deadly shooting of two people in oakland. police received reports of gunfire at 32nd street near san paplo avenue. when officers arrived they found two people shot outside the home. the victims were pronounced at the scene. there is no word of an arrest. an angry crowd of 30 to 40 people gathered at the scene following the shooting. >>> san leandro police are trying to identify a man who shot four people in a night club parking lot. three women and a woman were injured in the shooting at 2:00 yesterday morning. witnesses told police it happened as the club was closing for the night. and people were just heading to their cars. police are reviewing surveillance video from cameras pointed at that parking lot as well as doing interviews with people who were at the bar. >>> respe

larry sly from food bank from contra costa and solano.eff, i want to ask you, how much food you guys collected and how did you do it? >> we spent two saturdays in november and we did the first saturday we get about 5,000 scouts and leaders and we go around and we drop door hangers off to remind neighbors and then the next saturday is the collection saturday and this year was on the 21st and we ended up canvassing many bay area counties and we collected 135,000 pounds of food that were then handed over to the various food banks including solano and contra costa food bank. >> i want to ask larry where it goes and how many familyings benefited from that? >> that's great. we can give more than 270,000 meals out to people in need because of the kind of help that these guys have offered so it gives us hope for the future. >> speaking of, did you guys have fun doing this? >> yeah. >> you must be strong. that's a lot of food. >> mm-hm. [ laughter ] >> you had some help. i think they had some help and it's a good lesson for the kids, too. >> it ge

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. >>> the contra costa county district attorney's office has a new employee roaming the courthouse.og. >> kpix 535's don ford shows us the canine is not there for security. it's there for comfort. >> reporter: this fun loving 2- year-old golden retriever named jo jo works here at the contra costa district attorney's office. doesn't chase people, sniff out bombs or drugs but she is deeply involved with some of the most brutal traumatizing child abuse cases ever to enter a courtroom. helping victims testify in open court. >> she is there just to be there for the child but that child just feels a little bit better that there's something warm and -- and -- and just absolutely just 100% for that child or that victim. jo jo, let's go. >> reporter: in the courtroom, jo jo is all business. trained to cuddle at the feet of victims appearing on the witness stand. she knows 40 commands. it's not just the dog that's trained. >> i love dogs. >> reporter: the d.a. investigator jo jo's handler had to study weeks of dog psychology behavioral instincts and master handling dynamics before the program

and larry sly of the food bank from contra costa solano.eave it to the engineer to be holding the big check. >> do you want to tell us about the money that was donated and the hours that go into this? >> sure. we provide services at the contra costa food bank about every other month for the last few years. we have started this ten years ago. and every time we go there we have about 10 people that provide some services sorting food. out company is very supportive of the volunteer activities at our local offices so in addition to the monetary contribution we have also provided about 250 hours of service just this year. >> ben you were telling me you have been at the company about 8 years your first job right out of cal so it's got to be a good gig. >> i have been going every year since i start working at kimley- horn and this year we upped our effort by going to package lunches at local schools. >> awesome. the money obviously going a long way. >> it makes a big difference. if we hope to end hunger in our community it takes the community to d

flooding there. >> most of the creeks in contra costa county, over 95% are the responsibility of the private homeowner. you need to get out into your own creek, removing downed trees, dead vegetation. >> many dry creeks are now flowing again. in fact they're worried that too much water could cause the creeks to overflow. but once the water rises, stay out of them. >> get up to the minute forecast information through our ktvu weather app. >>> 19-year-old drunk driving suspect is accuse in four separate crashes in san jose. happened starting at 10:30 last night. the last crash on center and single ton roads between capital expressway and highway 101 killed another driver. officers believe the suspect ran a red light and slammed into the driver's side of the victim's car. the suspect was taken to the hospital for treatment. the four crashes involved six cars, but no one else was hurt. >>> a proposed bill would require ignition locks to be installed in cars after a first dui conviction. the device test the driver's breath for alcohol before letting them star the car. they're only install

. >> back in the bay area, the attack in sbreern has contra costa safety officials rethinking. many questioned whether contra costa county health and social service facilities have enough safeguards in place, expanding i.d. checks and limiting entryways to facilities were among several i.d.s explored at. the sheriff pointed to recent active shooter training exercises. >>> it's 4:35 right now. federal disaster relief efforts are concerned about el nino. the wetter-than-normal el nino could cause mudslides and other problems. they'll hold a drill today to prepare for the big storms expected this winter. the exercise today involves the federal emergency management agency. expected to go through scenarios that could spell disaster. >> some of the video we were looking at from last december. anthony was pointing out one year later, here we are all over again. not deja vu but daja rain. >> thunderstorms across extreme northern california, over near portland and seattle. here is our storm system right here. the mega storm, if you will, is the mother load. it's across parts of the gulf

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police say he threatened to kill muslim worshipers outside the islamic society of west contra costa county. he was arrested sunday after police received a tip that he built an explosive device and prepared to harm muslims. the bomb squad destroyed that device and determined it was a fake. >>> raymond chow had a heated exchange with process coupe or thes again during his federal racketeering trial. chow to be a stand for a third day, finished his testimony that brought down former state senator. now, the indictment alleges chow o straited dozens of crimes including money laundering and drug trafficking. government tapes show chow accepted envelopes full of cash from an undercover agent. but during his testimony yesterday, chow denied taking the money to commit crimes saying he believed e it was given to him out of quote love and respect. >> you get an envelope. it's part of the tradition of the chinese culture to give the elder people money gratuitously out of love and respect. those are the key boards. >> the day ended with chow's longtime girlfriend on the witness stand. his defense lawye

marines toys for tots program and contra costa county are down this year we're live in the east bay tonight with more on how you could help out. >>phillipe djegal: is not for lack of after effort to look tonight did concede a longtime volunteer stephanie and her family who of been collecting toys for tots and the bay area for 20 years we also spoke with a sergeant with the u.s. marine corps organizing the effort both saying that help is desperately needed last year it was to collect 120,000 toys with a received only about 80,000 this year the organizations collected about 35,000 toys so far more than 40,000 last the last year and the way the program works every kid involve tickets to toys but at this rate there will be a lot of kids working on christmas morning about the tuna and thus to help out is not to the to the na >>phillipe djegal: and dropping off any fire station here in contra costa county a solid drink from a popular store of the concern of the cans can explode and next look a 10 year- old face a life-threatening situation with the family says this saved his life. >>pam moore: th

contra costa county, concord, 38 and san jose even 39 degrees. heading to the sierra? snow for you. above 6,000 feet. windy with snow showers on sunday. tomorrow perhaps the better day for travel. 48 degrees at lake level tomorrow. here's the setup. we have one storm out. it's already over utah and colorado but it's not hard to decipher where the next storm is. it is big. it's going to have its biggest impact in the pacific northwest. we get a glancing blow but even a glancing blow there time of year will provide us some rainfall. that setup we talked about yesterday will still be here. we'll stay drive through saturday. then that ridge moves into a perfect spot to allow moisture to ride over the ridge and ride into california but here's the deal. it will likely be far northern california that is the bull's eye. look at all this rainfall. between now and thursday, computer forecasts are saying three to six inches of rainfall north of ukiah, north of fort bragg but less than 10% of that in the south bay. so it's going to be a huge disparity with the haves and have nots and right now

the sheriff's department has had three cases over a six-week period here in contra costa county. one was caught on camera. take a look. it was a routine patrol over contra costa county that quickly went wrong. >> it takes severals minutes for normal vision to be restored and to continue normal operations if he can. >> a blinding light pointed at a pilot as you can see by this video provided by the sheriff's department. watch suspects on the ground in pittsburgh points a bright green light at one of its helicopters repeatedly. >> they're trying to cause some type of harm or be malicious with these laser pens or laser equipment. and they're just not playing around. >> one of three cases in the past six weeks in contra costa county. it's part of a troubling trend. our state had the highest rate of laser strikes in the country. we spoke to ian gregor from the faa. he says the number of strikes have nearly doubled nationally since 2013 and has a theory on why we lead the nation. >> because we have the greatest population of any state, many major airports in urban areas and we have gre

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i want to bring in robert marshall with the contra costa fire department. do you have any idea how this fire might have started? >> we don't. we're hoping to speak with a resident to get a better idea of how it started and when. >> a large fire obviously going through several apartment unit this is morning. what were the challenges that you faced? >> one is just a number of unite -- units that were involved. it's a little bit difficult to get here. getting units here was problematic. the other thing is we had a fire hydrant that was hit not too far away in an unrelated sleek accident. that released some of the water we had available to us. so we got that shut off. that has given us more water to deal with the fire. >> we are seeing that over here. it seems like that happens later on in the fire fight; right? you have had a knock-down at that point? >> we did have a knock-down by the time we were reported. we don't know exactly what it happened. but it's particularly when you are at the top of a steep hill like this that, is very problem mat pick. >>reporter

rainfall totals, highest in alameda can contra costa. lowering the fire danger. pleasanto pleasanton, .02 inch. stronger storm by thursday. rain, wind, and sierra snow. we're tracking the storm and will have details in about 15 minutes. >> we'll see you shortly. you can track jeff's forecast for your specific neighborhood 24/7 with our free nbc bay area app. it's really a good resource for our various microclimates. >> new at 5:00, accused of cheating. cal fire is taking measures to clean up its reputation after allegations of improper behavior by its students. nbc bay area's robert handa is live from the cal fire station in los gatos with more on the actions being taken now. robert. >> well, janelle, cal fire is in the midst of getting ready for winter, including its el nino emergency respontaneouses. officials want to put the scandals behind them and they say they believe some of the allegations about fiefr training are misleading. cal fire is wrapping up one of its busiest fire seasons ever and it wants to dispel any doubt that some firefighters were not prope

county, all you can see -- >> it's one sign, from the contra costa health services department isrtment only requires that establishments display proof that they have been inspected. and that a health inspection report is available upon request. but that could change to a color-coded grading system to let you know the cleanliness of your favorite food establishment. >> put up the grades, like school. gosh, i don't know. >> reporter: here's how it would work. a placard would have to be displayed in the window. if you see a green one, it means a history of good inspections. a yellow one, two or more violations. and a red one, the place shouldn't even be open. supervisor karen mitchoff says the ratings will be a sign to all of the county's roughly 4,000 food establishments, including restaurants, food trucks, cafeterias other food vendors. if the county gives the final approval, the color-coded grading system would have to be visible starting march 1st. walnut creek, nbc bay area news. >>> san jose has a bright energy to save money and fight crime and bridge the digital divide at the

. >> catherine: nearly 4000 pg and the customers are still without gas service in eastern contra costa county. roughly 6200 customers lost service sunday. almost five dozen customers in the unincorporated communities of discovery bay and byron had their service suspended for safety reasons. but many have not been home to allow workers to restore their gas. >> catherine: customers to rely on gas for heating were offered a temporary stay at a morning center at timber point of images school in discovery bay. >> catherine: potto department has reviewed and tito's tonight about a 31 year-old man who shot and killed by an officer on christmas day. kron4 de carmen has much more on this issue. >> reporter: paul also police say tonight that this interaction between our officers and the suspect two had a knife lasted just 19 seconds. the up to police say when they responded to a 911, christmas night from the red-care facility for the mentally ill. 31 year old william graff, as was waiting for them outside wielding a 9 in. metal knife. >> reporter: about almost immediately after being confronted

to tame traffic contra costa and santa clara counties are planning to put sales tax hikes on the ballot next year to fund more construction projects and improving bart and caltrain, adding more camera sensors and metering lights and toll lanes will help, too. finally, we want to give an honorable mention to one commute that jumped from 18th worst to 10th worst and that is from san jose 101 northbound story road into montague expressway. congratulations, you did it. live in milpitas, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> the highway patrol is investigating the latest shooting on 80 in the east bay. the fourth since early november. it happened yesterday afternoon on westbound 80 at the san pablo dam road exit. detectives say that someone in a sedan pulled up alongside a ford escape and started shooting. a victim made it to a denny's restaurant and a waitress said he had an arm wound and was losing blood. >> just trying to be there for him because if it happened to any one of us you want someone to like kind of be there for you in those moments, you know? >> paramedics took the 30-year- old richmond man to

. >>> people who live in contra costa county.and officials say many recently dried creeks are now flowing again. but there is concern that too much water could cause the creeks to overflow especially if they get filled with debris. officials in contra costa county are also barning residents to stay out of creeks and canals because of the rising waters. they can get up-to-the- minute forecast information with the ktvu weather app. sit free for phones and tablets. search for the app store and search for ktvu. >>> an investigation is underway into the deadly shooting of two people in oakland. police received reports of gunfire just before 9:00 last night. at 32nd street near san pablo avenue. when officers arrived, they found two people shot outside the home. those victims were pronounced debt at the scene. right now, theres no word on any arrest or a possible motive. a witness testimony us an angry crowd of about 30 to 40 people gather at that scene following the shooting. >>> san leandro police.en and shot four people in a night c

. >> and here in the studio with me right now from the food bank of contra costa & solano, executiveirector larry sly. and you have been doing this for so long. it's so nice to see you again. >> nice to see you. >> how many years now? >> it's coming up on 40 years. it's a long time. >> eh, you're just a pup. you're just getting started, right? >> hopefully i'll get it down. >> [ laughing ] maybe some fool will hire you, right? >> yeah, right. >> you started the first -- one of the first food banks back in the '70s. why? why did you do that? >> well, okay. at that point what we were doing was providing a supplemental assistance. somebody went in to apply for a government assistance program, had forgot to bring their children's birth certificates. they sent them to the local church, where they could get three days worth of food to help get them through until the government assistance programs were available to them. it's been interesting, cheryl, because what we've seen now is we've become part of the network that provides service to people in need because of the access we have to fres

. >> we're looking at continue trey costa county -- contra cost ace. at 4:this 32 -- 4:32 let's go back to the desk. the fbi is treating the shooting as a possible terrorism case. last night the governor went to san bernardino for a briefing. >> when it comes to people that engage in these brutal acts, we'll spare noting in bringing them to justice and protecting the people along the way. >> investigators say there were 91 invited guests to the holiday party. up to 80 people were in the room at the time of the attack. 14 people were killed and 21 were injured. we're learning more about the minutes before and after the shooting started. >> good morning. we're getting a clearer picture of what happened in the first terrifying moments when syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik opened fire on the coworkers at the party. last night was a night for reflect. people gathered to remember the 14 dead and the 21 injured. syed farook and tashfeen malik died in a shootout with the police. the police have spent hours looking through the couple's home, that turned

contra costa county have a lot of trouble warming up.it will be a troubled area tomorrow. >> dave: to the night, we do not see too much covering the north bay. they may be spirit that. and to thursday. our high temperatures will not be as generous because of more cloud coverage and the forecast. upper 50s, is which you can expect in the east bay shoreline accurate >> dave: the 7 day forecast; it starts to get interested in to friday. with saturday, sunday and early next week showers will come and go and come and go. it will have more details on timing as the models come closer. pam? >> pam: new tonight at 8 >> pam: the holidays can be a tough time for families with deaf children. >> pam: so much of this season is based on sounds. talking with friends and family. >> gary: coming up later in this broadcast. warriors of newsprint and will have more sports and the men's jail. --manziel then boom. what happened? stress, fun, bad habits, kids. now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat

p people who live in contra costa county are being asked to clean up storm drains and creeks to prevent flooding. many creeks are flowing again, but there is concern that too much water could cause the creeks to overflow, especially if they get filled with debris. >> most of the creeks in contra costa county, over 95% of the creeks are the responsibility of the private homeowner. you need to get into your own creek, removing downed trees, dead vegetation. >> officials do say once the water does rise in the creeks, make sure you stay out of them. you can get up to the minute forecast information with the weather app. it's free for phones and tablets. >>> 19-year-old suspected drunk driver accused of four separate crashes, one deadly. the collisions happened over a 15 minute stretch starting at 10:30 and ended between capital expressway and highway 101. police say the final crash claimed the life of another driver. officers believe the suspect ran a red light and slammed into the driver's side of other car. >> our traffic investigation unit is here and they are conducting that part of the

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. >> you saw the roadways slick there in contra costa. drivers were forced to slow down on streets. >> the cold temperatures not enough to keep them from coming out to see the zoo lights display. >> i don't even know how cold it is but i have two leggings on and a jacket and a sweater. >> super cold and we're trying to dress warm. >> three layers here, three layers here and an obviously very, very arctic outfit here. >> layer, layer, layer. frost called cover ed a jogging trail in contra costa. in walnut creek there was a water main break. >> it was also so cold that water from that spill had froze over and that break thankfully was prepared by yesterday afternoon. pretty amazing how cold it got. >> we know it's here. but i think we're so spoiled to live in the area. it's been two days of cold. when will it end? we're going to remain cool and we're going to add the possibility of scattered showers for tonight. >>> we start this morning with another freeze warning. if you can believe it, it's even colder out there this morning than it was

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he's in the contra costa county jail charged with terroristic threats and richmond police say right now they don't think he's associated with any organization but they are working with state and federal law enforcement to make sure his actions were part of a larger threat. in richmond, i'm joe vaz vazquez. >>> a teen is dead after a shooting on mandella parkway at the b.a.r.t. station. >>> and raymond "shrimp boy" chow is expected to take the stand today in his own trial. jackie ward live in the city with the very latest on this closely-watched case. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're hearing that from chow's attorneys that he may take the stand today. for two years we've but watching this murder and corruption trial unfold and waiting to see if he will testify. chow's attorneys say their client is done with waiting and wants his story told. he's the leader of a chinatown association in san francisco ordering the murder of his predecessor is one of the charges he's accused of. he's accused of taking money from an fbi agent. >> the undercover agent tries to get my client to t

the contra costa county sheriff's office says their chopper was struck by a green laser pointer over three separate incidents in the past weeks. suspects five men ranging from ages 19 to 58 could each face up to three years in prison. >> a homeowner in southern ohio is fighting city hall over his so-called nativity scene. jason dixon says his zombie nativity rubs people the wrong way because the baby jesus and everyone else, well, they're zombies. >> it's a little scary here. he claims the whole thing is just an advertisement for a haunted house he runs. he was told to take it down last year because he didn't have a permit. >> this year his permit application was denied because officials say the stable be too tall. dixon is being fined $500 a day every day that the zombie scene is still there. >> that baby jesus is a little bit scary. >> it's sort of offensive. just playing. > you think it should be alloweded? >> yeah. >> coming up a brand-new experience for "star wars" fans. away from the movie theater. >> also ahead, he's more than a presidential candidate. he is a hometown hero. w

contra costa alameda counties, biggest concerns back towards discovery bay which means no heat. so how cold will they go there? as low as 32 degrees tomorrow morning. we're tracking rain, and i'll that in about 15 minutes. >> thanks. you can track the cold weather any time with our nbc bay area app. download it for free on your iphone or android device and click on weather. you can get a personalized forecast for your neighborhood. >>> stand off with a seal that closed traffic for more than a day is finally over tonight. that 900-pound elephant seal is headed back to the ocean, but she didn't swim away on her own. nbc bay area's marc matthews is at that spot in sonoma county. mark, it was her nesting spot. >> reporter: yes, that's pretty good. standing in a field that's better suited for fe isn't as, but this afternoon, a 900 pound elephant seal ended a two-day standoff with the marine mammal rescuers. yesterday, the very large elephant seal was up on highway 37 trying to cross the divided highway that is the main artery. after driving her back into the creek, staffers from the

. >>> later this morning, contra costa county officials will give us an update on preparations for upcoming storms. a news conference is scheduled for today at the west county detention facility. that's on the giant highway in richmond. that's where county residents can pick up sandbags. >>> with california likely headed for a fifth year drought, state water officials are expected to propose changes to the statewide conservation mandate. earlier this year, governor brown ordered a 25% reduction water use across the board. a strong el nino weather system this season should help but experts say one year isn't good enough. >>> a family of five from gilroy is killed when a small plane crashes in the central valley. kiet do is at the raymond -- is at the reid-hillview airport. >> reporter: when the pilot took off, he filed paperwork that indicated he would be using mostly his instruments because of bad weather. according to a family friend, the comum and and -- the couple and their three kids were on board. when jason price made his first may day radio call, radar records show the plane was goin

. >> reporter: contra costa county officials remind everybody sandbags are available and they're free. this is once e of the locations that have them. make sure you're prepared with gloves, a shovel and remember to fill it only a third of the way. homeowners are urged to follow these steps to prevent local flooding. >> we usually hear information about, what do we do if the creek rises into our yard. so we try to get information out about how to clean your creek or clean your storm drain of leaves so that water doesn't accumulate. >> reporter: county officials have been doing just that for months, as they anticipate the biggest storm impacts from january to march when the el nino-driven storms arrive. in martinez, janet o, abc 7 news. >>> the national weather service has issued a flood watch for the butte fire in gold country. large areas are burned out and couldn't hold the rainfall, which could be heavy. anyone living in the area should be alert for road hazards from flooding and debris flow. >>> in the sierra, significant snow. conditions at donner lake. higher elevations could rec

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in east contra costa county.em to fly a hell comet tore pick up the injured. vasco road is very slow coming out of the brentwood, byron area. a lot of people head to 580 which is going to be backed up. 580 is not as bad. we're looking at walnut creek and don cord. 680 slow. let's go out and take a look at the bay bridge approach into san francisco from oakland. it is a 25 to 30-minute delay at the toll plaza. you can see it's not moving all that great. it is moveling. you'll eventually get on that bridge. at 6:49, let's go to steve in the bay area. >> cloud cover is rolling in. and lain is offshore. it's not here yet, but that southeast breeze has really cranked up especially around san jose. parts of the peninsula. i saw temperatures from the upper 30s to mid 50s. woodside went from 39 to 54. another beautiful sunrise. >> the real we guilt this city. sunrise under very dark clouds. the system is getting closer. a tenth of an inch to care and treatmenter south u. santa rosa north a half inch to an inch. gusts eas

the potential is back for contra costa alameda county. the rain is overdoing it, but expect a drop or two over the next three hours. the story is the cold temperatures. we'll see that tonight through tomorrow morning. we're dropping to 52 in the south bay. east bay at, that's right, 46 degrees for the average and the north bay coming in at 47. tomorrow morning, we'll see the winds beginning to lighten up. less wind, less friction in the atmosphere without the atmosphere getting stirred up. you can see temperatures going colder. that's what we'll see through tomorrow morning. in fact, down to an average of 33 in the north bay. some isolated patchy fog is possible. east bay at 35. for the south bay at 38. if winds go a little bit lower than forecasted, we actually may have isolated 20s in the east bay and the north bay. be ready for that cold. make sure to wear the layers for tomorrow morning. where do we go from here? high pressure builds offshore. sunny weather once we get over the cold and isolated ground fog in the morning. so a nice da

temperatures down into the 40s throughout contra costa and 46 in dublin and back towards sunol and fremont checking in at 48. now on top of the cold temperatures, we also had the rain today. spotty showers and that's all that's left here on the doppler radar and no worse than it is tonight. be prepared if you're driving over the next three to five hours and some of these hit and miss showers will impact you on the travel. highest rainfall totals now across the peninsula the way it looks. redwood city and san mateo and then down here towards menlo park just trace amounts. so, again, as we head throughout thursday, we are track that incoming storm. i'll have details on exactly when and how much in about 15 minutes. >> okay, jeff, we'll see you shortly. you can track jeff's forecast for your specific neighborhood. 24/7. more accurate than that iphone forecast. >>> while the flames were fast and they were furious, but luckily no one was hurt. fire broke out at a home around 2:30 this afternoon just east of the central expressway in mountain view. the fire so intense it spread to the house next

celli was recently arrested after members of the islamic society of west contra costa county called policeut his behavior outside their mosque. he'd also been posting threatening messages targeting muslims on facebook. >>:the way he was interacting with them he was making them afraid and that is why they reported to us >> catherine : celli was arrested for making criminal thereats and being in possseion of a destructive device. his bail has been set at 500- thousand-dollars. still ahead - details on the 'other' plots supposedly being considered by the san bernardino killers.as a judge denies bail for their friend. and why did a woman in a car mow down a crowd of pedestrians in las vegas? the latest on the troubling case. >>:and he says this year will be his last and we will hear from the sports news coming up >> dave : and a new batch of rain coming up on the storm tracker and it winds will be coming as well, we will look into that with the forecast coming at --coming it's also a story about canals and the artificial heart,oers. electric guitars and rockets to the moon. in other words, thi

un trabajador que mide la presiÓn del gas fallÓ en el condado de contra costa y esto causÓ que mÁs deemperatura estÁ entre --los 30 a 50.lo Único que podido hacer es abrigarse. luz: desde la una de la maÑana del domingo no tienen casa en sus casas. >> el que controla la presiÓn del gas, no sabemos, tenemos que saber porque. luz: la baja temperatura influyo en este fallo, algo que le preocupa a los residentes con el fenÓmeno de el niÑo aproximÁndose. para los meses de enero a marzo el Área de la bahÍa enfrentarÁ lluvias y temperatura mÁs baja de lo comÚn. lo que le recomendamos a que deben tener calefacciÓn extra, un pequeÑo calentador en su casa, tales en el cuarto de los niÑos, si tienen un abuelo, para que lo puedan utilizar, tambiÉn tener cobijas extra. ya tienen gas en sus hogares mÁs de 2500 residentes. se espera que vuelva a la normalidad esa noche. leticia: estos dÍas se han sentido temperaturas muy bajas en esta zona. para saber quÉ podemos esperar de las condiciones del clima en los prÓximos dÍas aquí esta sandra. sandro: feliz de acompaÑarlos en nuestro Último lunes el 2015.

. >>> thousands of people in east contra costa county are spending this morning without heat. pg&e shut off gas service to more than 6,000 customers in discovery bay. jackie ward joins us live from a warming center, good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning. pretty chilly morning here in discovery bay. this is service outage comes at a really bad time. pg&e crews spent yesterday going door to door to conduct tests and also check out the equipment on the outsides of the homes while this gas service is out for a while. they worked through the flight to help get it back up and running as soon as possible in discovery bay and parts of byron. an issue at a gas facility is to blame. pg&e believes the cold weather is what caused the problem but they are still investigating. >> we need to repressurize the system and then turn on the gas service. it's always -- we ask them to keep safety on top of mind. >> reporter: last night, people were able to go to one of two warming centers at the red cross that pg&e set up. the one here at timber point or the one at discovery bay community

there was gas leak that was part of the situation according to contra costa fire. there was no one in the home. as badly damaged as the house was and completely destroyed, thankfully no one inside. apparently the tenants recently evicted. they're trying to contact those people. there were reports that there might be squatters staying in this house at the 1900 block of third street. firefighters are wrapping up at this point. we had an engine here with lights ochblt it's left already. traffic impact none because north third street is residential and dead ends at the end of the street. live in concord, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, steph. it is 5:03 right now. disturbing details unraveling out of fairfield where a grandmother is accused of drowning her own grand sochblt "today in the bay's" in kris sanchez has more. >> reporter: laura, fairfield police say things the grandmother herself told them led them to believe she may have drown her grandson on purpose. 51-year-old diana raines-hewes is under arrest on suspicion of murder. she's

. >> tom baker has been in contra costa county.they are worried about the rising water. >> here's a very good example. take a look at this. pleasantville, murderers creek. it used to be that murderers got hung along this creek. and all summer, and all fall, it was bone dry. a few days ago, started raining. now you are taking a look at a very well flowing creek, which has many times come up above its banks and many times has flooded the surrounding area. what this means for all of us is simply this: a few pounds of sandbags where needed can be worth tons of problems later on. many recently dry creek are now flowing and storm winds are just -- definitely blowing. contra costa county board of supervisors chairman said el niÑo may deliver an unwanted christmas presents. too much water. >> three things happening this week. king tides on top of the fact that water levels are already 9 to 12 inches higher because of the warming of the water due to el niÑo. if we get storm surges due to extra rain, you have this potential perfect storm. >>

back in the bay area, the attack in san bernardino as contra costa county health officials rethinking safety measures for employees. an active shooter situation was the main focus during a board of supervisor's meeting that took place in martinez. many question whether contra costa health and social services facilities have enough safeguards in place. expanding i.d. checks and limiting the entryways in and out of facilities were among ideas explored at the meeting. the sheriff cited quick response time and pointed to recent active shooter warnings. >>> garage rates are going up 27% in the unincorporated areas of alhambra valley, bay point, clayton canyon as well as concord, pleasant hill, martinez and antioch. some could see their fees go up by as much as nine bucks a month. that rate increase will be phased in over two years to lessen its initial impact. >> it's 5:04. preparing for the wet cold winter ahead, from mudslides to floods. cities across california and the bay area preparing for a number of scenarios that could spell disaster. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live wher