kpix 5 reporter devin fehely is there live at the summit. devin. >> reporter: yeah. the rain began as a light drizzle throughout the mid- morning. but into the afternoon, it became a downpour. [ heavy rain ] >> reporter: the national weather service barreled through the santa cruz mountains this afternoon bringing drenching rain, gusty winds and downed trees like this one. >> honestly this is the first time we are experiencing this. we just moved to the area about three weeks ago. and this is the first heavy rain -- this is only a one-way in and out on our road so it's inconvenient when trees come down. >> reporter: people living in the santa cruz mountains like kyle miller are bracing for a storm that could dump several more inches of rain before it's through. kyle and his two kids are stranded temporarily while a pg&e crew work to remove a tree that fell across the phone and power lines. work crews were quickly able to re-open the road before mother nature's one-two punch of soaking rain and wind did any further damage. >> i just picked my daughter up from school d

kpix 5 reporter devin fehely says the little boy may have been trying to help catch the family dog. devin. >> reporter: yeah. that's right. investigators say that it was nearly 11:00 last night when it little boy and his grandparents were taking a walk in the neighborhood when he was struck by a car that just kept on goin. >> just that split second. one minute they're there, the next minute they're gone. things can happen so quickly. >>> reporter: the chp says the 3-year-old darted into the street possibly following the family dog when he was struck by a car, which then left the scene. >> if the vehicle did stop then continued on and left the scene,en that would suggest that they were aware they hit something. >> reporter: paramedics rushed the toddler to valley medical center where he is being treated for cuts and bruises as well as a possible brain injury. >> during the day and during the nighttime there's a lot of cars passing by so fast. >> reporter: maria vargas has lived for a decade near the intersection where the hit-and- run happened. she said her neighbors have long been co

kpix 5's devin fehely was there during outbursts in court today as tensions ran high between the victims and the suspect's families. >> my brother is a good man. they wouldn't attack somebody for no reason. >> reporter: frankie and jesse archuleta waived the right to appear in court this afternoon but their sister defended them describing the killing of tyrone griffin as an act of self-defense. >> this is what it is. they felt threatened. they had to protect themselves. it was a self-defense matter. >> reporter: they clashed with griffin who was shopping at target. investigators say that griffin reportedly asked the brothers to turn down a song playing on their phone with lyrics inappropriate for children. the two families don't agree what happened next or who started the fight. but when it was all over, griffin was dead. >> he took my husband's life! like it was so unnecessary. it was so unnecessary. it could have been totally avoided. i understand you know you want to get into a fight but at the end of the day, he doesn't have his life. >> reporter: griffin's widow and the mother of hi

kpix 5's devin fehely with a mixed picture from people who had known him. there -- devon? >> reporter: he had been staying at the marriott in downtown oakland since fridays fire. he's the man with ardent supporters and outspoken detractors. a popular and polarizing figure now at the center of the investigation into the deadly fire. >> nothing to say to you. get out of here. >> reporter: tensions ran high among friends of derick ion. the leader of the ghost ship collective. >> [ yelling ] >> reporter: online videos he can at times and -- appear erratic and others engaging if a bit rambling. >> build houses and grew lives. >> reporter: current and former friends say that's the essence of a man who created a cult of personality a goose -- living in a ramshackle warehouse that was the scene of friendly -- deadly fire. but records paint a darker picture. he was charged with receiving stolen property in 2015. pled guilty to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to 36 months probation in january of this year. his partner mike allison posted on facebook around that same time in february

kpix5's devin fehely has more on the close call and the search is on now for the driver responsible. >> reporter: the homeowner says normally her mom and young son would be on the couch in front of the very window the car plowed through but got up to go to another part of the house a short time before the crash. neighbors could barely believe their eyes. >> i was flabbergasted seeing the whole car almost to the trunk all the way and it was like -- it's crazy. >> reporter: oakland police are investigating the cause of the crash but say the driver ran from the scene before they arrived. >> i heard that he booked. he didn't stay or nothing. right away. >> reporter: no one inside was hurt, but the house itself was severely damaged. the front window was shattered and the wood framing splintered. city officials yellow flagged the home until repairs could be made. the home owners were allowed to retrieve some belongings but say they simply feel blessed no one was injured. >> for a car to go through these walls. >> reporter: in oakland devin fehely, kpix5. >>> tonight cirque du soleil had it

kpix 5's devin fehely shows us why a proposed solution may only cause more bickering. >> it's almostike a slow torture. >> reporter: the report was supposed to cut through the noise through the complaints and competing agendas in order to cut down on the nonstop noise from airplanes affecting communities from santa cruz to san mateo. >> personally, i feel it's flawed. >> reporter: santa cruz city councilman don lane was on the committee that drafted the report for the faa but says the process got hijacked by people willing to solve their community's noise problems by simply shifting the planes and noise somewhere else. >> the folk under the current past who are suffering the most just were so insistent on getting complete relief. >> reporter: here's what he means. the committee recommended shifting the controversial flight path into sfo from the south from its current track which takes planes over the city of capitola to the west, directly over santa cruz. lane has written a scathing letter to his own committee expressing his profound disappointment and bitterness over the decision.

he was a awesome man. >> reporter: devin fehely, kpix 5 >>> a bay area professor is being called a herohis evening for rushing to help a boy who fell through some ice. it happened yesterday at lake barron a small lake off highway 50 in south lake tahoe. these photos from the lake valley fire department show what happened. the 13-year-old boy was on his bike when it fell through. ucsf professor ian whitmarsh rescued the boy. rescuers helped him. the boy was treated for exposure, is okay and he was reunited with some of those who saved him. >>> new report shows little or no pesticides on california fruits and vegetables. state regulators tested more than 3500 samples throughout2015 checking for residues from hundreds of different pesticides to see whether the produce is safe to eat regardless of whether it's organic or conventional and results show only a small percentage exceeded state or federal standards. >> about 97% of all fresh food grown in california is good to go as far as pesticide residue is concerned. >> california has the nation's toughest rules. but everyier foreign produce

devin fehely says the judge is still under five. >> reporter: the report found no clear and convincing evidence of bias, abuse of authority, or misconduct when judge persky sentenced brock turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman who had passed out drunk at a campus party. >> this is the california judiciary final statement about the conduct of judge persky in the sentencing of brock turner. >> reporter: but kpix 5 legal analyst judge cordell says the court ruling is unlikely to quiet critics, who accused him of racial and gender bias and have launched a recall campaign aimed at removing him from the bench. >> we believe he does not treat these crimes with the seriousness they deserve. we believe that is wrong and we believe that the voters will agree with us when they have the opportunity to weigh in. >> i believe that with this recall, the independence of the california judiciary is at stake. >> reporter: persky has faced scrutiny ever since the statement read by the victim went viral, igniting a national debate about campus sexual assault and what should be the a

kpix 5's devin fehely found out the fix has people even more fired up. >> it's almost like slow torture. >> reporter: it was supposed to cut through noise, complaints and competing agendas to cut down the noise of airplanes affecting communities from santa cruz to san mateo. >> it's flawed. >> reporter: the councilman was on the committee that made the report for the faa but says the process was hijacked by people willing to solve their community's noise problems by simply shifting the planes and noise somewhere else. >> the folk under the current path who are suffering the most just were so insistent on getting complete relief. >> reporter: here's what he means. the committee recommended shifting the controversial flight path into sfo from the south from its current track which takes planes over the city of capitola to the west degreesly over santa cruz. lane wrote a letter to his committee expressing profound disappointment and bitterness of by the decision a bitterness felt by many living on the peninsula where three separate flight paths converge over menlo park as planes prepare to

kpix 5's devin fehely with a first look. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: unveiled with all the theatrical flourishf apple or tesla product launch, the lucid air was debuted in the crowded all-electric car market. >> it's unlike anything else in the marketplace. and it's really about breaking away from the intern combustion kind of way of doing things. >> aerodynamics wizard has taken a vortex induction system. >> reporter: they plan to compete with tesla as well as luxury carmakers like mercedes and bmw. we got a chance to take a test drive in one of the early prototypes. >> we'll be showing you a few different features. >> reporter: it boasting a powerful engine and the acceleration was surprising and pardon the pun electrifying. with a a 300-mile range, the first car won't be fully autonomous. it will share the road and the market with tesla's line of cars and the chevy bolt as well as countless hybrids. and how well it navigates the bumps in the road from concept to successful company will likely determine its longevity in the electric car field. >> on our journey, we kept so quiet for so long.

only on "5," kpix 5's devin fehely on the act that stopped the woman in her tracks. >> reporter: the woman in the video appears to be looking for a spare key hidden somewhere near the door. >> can i help you? >> reporter: she is startled when she realizes the homeowner's security system allows him to see and speak with her directly. >> i saw you in the neighborhood couple days ago. i think you -- you shouldn't be in the neighborhood and i'm going to call the police. >> reporter: the homeowner who posted the video on social media as a warning to his neighbors says he believes he stopped a break-in before it got started. >> we think it's important that homeowners and businesses engage the person they don't recognize and advise they are watching and recording and they called the police. >> reporter: morgan hill police sergeant says sophisticated security systems with realtime video monitoring and two-way communication all of it connected to your smartphone is a game changer for homeowners. but he says it's still important to call police even if you think you scared off the would-be burg

here's what devin fehely found out. >> reporter: a team of auditors pored over financial records at levi's stadium for a second time today. their mission, to better understand the real costs and potential profits from events held at the stadium like this weekend's pac-12 championship game. >> they're not making informed decisions. >> reporter: that's because santa clara place founder says the 49ers have refused to turn over the financial documents that are at the heart of the legal tug of war between the city -- >> we own the stadium. you cannot keep that information from us. >> reporter: -- and the team. >> no stadium in the country releases this information. >> reporter: kpix 5 has obtained a copy of this demand letter sent on behalf of the city to the 49ers outlining 15 financial documents they want the team to hand over in the next 30 days or else risk losing control of the stadium. it is just the type of transparency deborah says her organization has long been calling for. >> we cannot make an intelligent decision as a community, and i'm saying this as a taxpayer, i don't know how muc

kpix 5's devin fehely has that part of the story. [nats] neighbors says this warehouse has long been unsightly eyesore... a source of frustration and now sadness. >>> we now know the oakland warehouse had been on the city's radar for a while. a few weeks ago, an inspector mage -- came to make sure it was up to code but couldn't get in. >> reporter: neighbors say this warehouse has long been an unsightly eyesore. a source of frustration, and now deepening sadness. >> the neighbors were calling constantly about the trash. if they would stay on top of this stuff, this could have been prevented i think. >> reporter: neighbors had complained angrily and often about the conditions of the warehouse in the months and years before the fire became an inferno, trapping dozens inside the burning building. >> it's too late now. it's a tragedy. i should have complained more. >> reporter: this neighbor who asked not to be identified says the trash strewn outside the building offered a small hint of what was likely going on inside. >> every day you

kpix 5 reporter devin fehely is in santa cruz right now, the santa cruz mountains. >> we just moved to the area about three weeks ago and this is the first heavy rain and we are at the vend of the road on long ridge -- at the very end of the road on long ridge with one way in and out so it's inconvenience when trees come down. >> reporter: any storm that hits the south bay will likely pack an even greater punch it's passes over the santa cruz mountains. >> we got pretty wet from the lot to get my daughter from class. we were all drenched. >> reporter: it was that one- two punch of rain and win that caused problems in the santa cruz mountains this afternoon. it had only been raining for an hour when the first reports of downed trees came in. this one fell across phones and power lines stranding miller and his two children temporarily. >> it's inconvenient but you can see they are getting kind of restless in the back. >> reporter: the people in the mountains are bracing for a winter storm expected to dump several more inches of rain before it is finally through. >> the evening commute a

kpix 5's devin fehely caught one their grateful mother who described the emotions and details of theay. >> the first time i saw the girls, um, it was very surreal. it still seems very surreal when i see one-on-one side and the other one on the other side. >> reporter: mrs. sandoval cried tears of joy as she described seeing her daughters erika and ava in separate hospital beds for the first time in their young lives after tuesday's marathon surgery. >> it's been a long journey to get here. really been a dream come true.crying >> reporter: conjoined twins erika and ava made that emotional journey linked together two girls sharing one body joint from the chest down. >> we knew that it was going to be a difficult, um, separation. >> reporter: but a necessary one because doctors feared the girls' unique anatomy may have eventually threatened both their lives. >> we know if one twin gets critically ill or dies, the other will die within a few hours. >> reporter: but this 17-hour surgery posed its own risks, as well. doctors gave the girls a 70% chance of surviving. the girls have separate

devin fehely with a mixed picture of that man. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the friday deadly firehe was staying at the marriott in downtown oakland. he is now at the center of the investigation into that fire and he is the man over the course of his life who has courted controversy and flouted convention. breathing and fiercely protective, their popular and polarizing leader. friends of derick ion lashed out at the media in oakland. ion who is at the center of the investigation into friday's fire, has created a charismatic -- >> bill firms, grow lives. >> reporter: quirky, controversial online persona. appearing downright erotic at times. current and former friends say that is the essence of a man who created a personality a mixed bohemian artists working in a ramshackle warehouse that was the scene of friday's fire but court records painted darker picture. he was charged with receiving stolen property in 2015 but pled guilty to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to 36 months probation. his arrest along with concerns about living conditions at the ghost ship cost him custody of his c

devin fehely shows us, they were literally trying to run some much needed dollars into the downtown area. >> reporter: they are trying to get creative. thousands are out tonight to join christmas in the park but the real challenge for the city has been convincing these same folks to come back for the rest of the year. it's a beloved christmas tradition, bringing more than a half-million people to downtown san jose each year. >> we come out here every christmas and walk around with the family and look at the lighted trees. >> reporter: but convincing the same crowds to visit downtown set has struggled to add retail space has been a struggle the rest of the year. downtown is about people and the vibrancy that they bring. carl, a silicon valley leadership group, helped organize the reindeer run. it's a fundraiser for christmas in the park and a chance to showcase what downtown has to offer. >> in recent years we have seen an impressive revitalization of our downtown so we're not going to see a lot of retail until we have many thousands more people living in downtown. >> reporter: san jose m