don knapp, kpix5. the event tomorrow is sold out. >>> still ahead, shock for a pie lot in midair. the impact forcing him to make an emergency landing. >> a bay area man gets create whiff proposing to his girlfriend. how it ties in with a hit cbs show "the amazing race". >>> 1-2 punch of rain coming in. the forecast is just ahead ,,,,,,,,,,,, engagement stories... they e often described as "amazing no matter what happened. but john ramos introduces u one couple, who can honestly say... their bay area propol story truly is "amazing." who doesn't like a good mare proposal? ".leona ma, will u marry me? yes. i love you, baby!" but hold on-this wa't just good. you might say it amazing. natsnd "amazing ra" trailer aaron mcdaniel knew girlfriend leona ma loved t show, "the amazing race," so back in september when he decided to pop the question. ".this idea came to me-an amazing race proposal.this d be great!" aaron sent leonaa ten-hour odyssey around the area with a friend capturin all on video. following a t of clues, with no smartphonr directions, leona travelledm san francisco to berke

. >>> well most people in the bay area are celebrating the rain as don knapp shows you that they are thrilled about the water, but concerned about the proximity. >>> a big powerful waterfall like this is not unusual when it rains heavy in mill valley, unless, of course, it is headed for your house. >> we were worried. it's 24 inches from the house. all we need is another couple inches of rain. >> giving them not one, but two falls. >> it won't let you take your eyes off of it because of the freight train it's got going. every once in a while it will shake the house. >> reporter: when they moved in a year ago, all they say in the backyard was an overgrown brush. they had an idea, but no idea that it could get so big. >> you discovered a national park in your own backyard. >> we've officially named this place me wall falls. >> reporter: it is bad news, but the owners of this property, they obviously couldn't be happier. he does admit to some misgivings earlier in the day when the water came closer to the house, but feels some relief now that the storm has passed. so living on top of th

. >>> we asked don knapp to find out how big a bite 8" of rain can take out of the drought in the north bay. hi, don. >> reporter: brian, it has been a persistent permeating rain getting everything soaking wet. but by the way, that's the good part. these dry hills were sucking up the water and now it's running off into the reservoirs and that's good for the water supply. pumps near central san rafael stay ahead of falling rain by lifting drainage water and dumping it into a canal leading to the bay. here in san anselmo residents aren't waiting to be told what to do. they have done it before. make sandbags and stay ready for heavy rain and unpredictable san anselmo creek. >> we are downtown on pine street. we get the flood every time it floods. the creek backs up, we got to figure this out. get it bagged. >> it's not that high yet. >> it's getting there. it's the same as last year when the flood warning went off. >> reporter: the creek runs under san anselmo's main street. in the past, heavy sustained rains, the overflow did damage. >> water comes down around the driveway and so i got to

kpix 5's don knapp has information for those who depend on bart. hi, don. >> reporter: hi, brian. the answer is 8 a.m. sunday morning. 24 hours ahead of monday morning. 8 a.m. sunday morning bart expects to have the repairs done and the trains back in service. certainly good news for everybody who was caught in the terrible commute mess friday evening when the trains derailed. >>> reporter: early today, crews began untangling the mess after a 10-car bart train ran off the track as it left concord station following the friday evening commute. this is the second of four cars that derailed and were damaged. heavy crane worked overnight into the morning to lift the cars and place them on flatbed trucks for the trips to bart maintenance yards. no passengers were on the train at the time of the derailment. the operator was not injured. he was in the last car which became the lead car as the train headed tail first out of the station. it had rolled off the tracks and up to the edge of the overpass. around midday, all the cars had to be moved and track repairs began almost immediately. >>

now, we have don knapp out live talking about this much-needed rainfall. it was a little bit of a headache, don, but we have been waiting for this for months. >> reporter: that's right, paul. but marin county hills like many of the hills around the bay area are so dry, they were absorbing the rain as fast as it was coming down, which means for marin county which depends on runoff to fill the reservoirs, they just didn't get what they need. despite rain and more of what's expected this weekend the phoenix lake continues to drop. the county is drawing down the popular lake to relieve drought demand on other reservoirs. >> it's going to take several inches of rain to get us anywhere near normal. we really need thousands of acre feet of runoff and we hope we are going to get hundreds of acre feet out of the rain this weekend. >> reporter: but will the rain discourage conservation efforts? >> i was thinking about that today is that they are going to say oh, well, you know, don't have to worry about it anymore but it doesn't change anything. we are like at 12% be

don knapp is in marin county checking out the reservoirs and how much of a difference 8" of rain can make. don. >> reporter: brian, this is exactly what we have been waiting for. you know, it's inconvenient for everybody. the water is running off the hillsides into the streets and the neighborhoods. but the runoff is what we wanted and we weren't going to get it in mind hills got saturated. it's running off into the lakes and reservoirs that are marin county's water supply. pumps near central san rafael stay ahead of falling rain by lifting drainage water and dumping it into a canal leading to the bay. here in san anselmo residents aren't waiting to be told what to do. they have done it before. make sandbags and stay ready for heavy rain and unpredictable san anselmo creek. >> we are downtown on pine street. we get the flood every time it floods. the creek backs up, we got to figure this out. get it bagged. >> it's not that high yet. >> it's getting there. it's the same as last year when the flood warning went off. >> reporter: the creek runs under san anselmo's main street. in the pa

don knapp is at the concord station with more. >> reporter: anne, with those damaged cars removed from the tracks they are making good progress telling us now they will have the trains back on the track and running at 8 a.m. sunday. that's tomorrow morning, almost 24 hours ahead of the monday morning commute. certainly good news. >>> reporter: early today, crews began untangling the mess after a 10-car bart train ran off the track as it left concord station following the friday evening commute. this is the second of four cars that derailed and were damaged. heavy crane worked overnight into the morning to lift the cars and place them on flatbed trucks for the trips to bart maintenance yards. no passengers were on the train at the time of the derailment. the operator was not injured. he was in the last car which became the lead car as the train headed tail first out of the station. it had rolled off the tracks and up to the edge of the overpass. around midday, all the cars had to be moved and track repairs began almost immediately. >> the goal is 8 a.m. sunday morning to have full servi

don knapp, kpix5. >> a population increase in the trivalley has strained the water supply. you can see the number of people in dublin has more than tripled in 1980 and pleasanton has triple their population. >>> napa valley wine makers are hoping it will change too. cane vineyards usually looks like this, but look at this year. it is dry and brown. >> how much rain do you usually get? >> about 60 inches of rain. >> how much did you get this year? >> about development. >> how concerned are you we are actually walking on the bed of your reservoir right now? >> i'm very concerned. >> how full should it be this time of the year? >> we would be underwater. >> well if there is no more rain, the vineyards will have to survive on wells and recycled water. as the drought continues, we are adding resources online kpix5/drought for some advice on how to conserve water. >>> the city of dayless thinking about pulling the plug on pge. it began an effort to create its own electric utility. the city council says customers could save 20% on the utility. they are already in talks with pge, b

don knapp tonight heartless way the pair allegedly tried to cover up their crime. don. >> reporter: that's right, allen. a case that seems tragically painful right from the very beginning has now seemingly become even more bizarre with these latest revelations from they rest document. >> a document roomed with family members, friends and -- a courtroom was deathly silent as the mother and boyfriend appear before a judge. sarah kruger and ryan scott warner are charged with homicide and assault leading to the death of kruger's 3-year- old daughter. an arrest document lists horrible details allegedly from the mouths of the suspectings. >> both defendants did -- suspects. >> both defendants did initially voluntarily make statements. in the course of that statement they made certain p comments and allegations about their action. >> according to the document, the couple admitted the child was found dead by unknown circumstances, adding for three days suspect kruger and suspect warner stored her body in a suitcase and then placed a body in the freezer. >> she was sweet. sh

don knapp explains considering what was inside the house there weren't a lot of options. >> reporter: 10 days ago firefighters rushed to the redding area home at that time to save a machine's life after explosive material detonated while he was building model rockets. the blast took off a hand and injured an eye. after he was taken to a hospital, a bomb squad discovered a more serious risk inside his mobile home. >> the chemicals, the explosives known and unknown are unstable. >> reporter: about 60 pounds of homemade explosives so unstable according to the sheriff they could explode at the slightest touch. instead of removing them it was decided to burn east's home to the ground. >> the potential was that this house could have had a large explosion and sent out debris and caused other collateral damage. >> reporter: including the possibility of creating a forest fire and setting other homes on fire. residents of about 60 homes were told to evacuate. this morning firefighters torched the structure. >> they said it was kind of like a fire roadshow, a couple little explosions for about 1

above the livermore valley, don knapp, kpix 5. >> could cost california farmers and ranchers $5 billion in revenue this year. with water at a premium. everything from milk and beef to basic crops could be harder to produce. cart i evans went to -- carter i haven'ts went to napa with wine makers. >> reporter: high in the mills of napa valley. cane vineyards usually looks lush in february. this winter? it's exactly the opposite. >> dry, dry, dry. >> reporter: ashley benned is the vineyard -- bennett is the vineyard manager and worked the fields for 16 years. have you ever seen it this bad? >> i haven't. right now, this is very scary to have everything look as brown as it does. >> reporter: how much rain do you normally get? >> we get about 60 inches of rain. >> reporter: how much this year and. >> about 2. >> reporter: this is their water supply. it looks like a puddle in there. >> right. right. there's not enough that we can pump. >> reporter: last year was the driest on record in california. it hasn't let up. give me an idea of what the hillside behind us normally plooks like. >> this i

kpix 5 reporter don knapp on a close call that none of us in the newsroom can ever remember happening before. don. >> reporter: that's right, liz. it's within of those things you don't want to think about, in a tall building in an earthquake and sitting in a bart train in the transbay tube with a big ship overhead drawing a 30-ton anchor and heading your way? that happened today. a very big container ship nearly 1,000 feet long was trying to tie up at the port of oakland berth 35 when this lost power. the ship's crew to keep it from drifting dropped anchor. bart was shut down and crews were dispatched because it was so close to the tube. part's spokesman jim allison. >> i didn't want to go on record saying it didn't hit it but it's safe for train traffic. luckily nothing has happened to the transbay tube. >> reporter: allison says crews were dispatched. they walked through the tube. they looked around. there also were instruments inside the tube designed to go off in case of water or earthquake. there were no alarms and so he said what happened today was not even a close call and noth

. >>> don knapp is in marin county tonight. rain is welcome but we need a lot more of it, don. >> reporter: that's right. these drought dry hills just sucked it up. and, of course, they were so dry there wasn't much running off into the lakes and reservoirs, which are the source of the water for marin county so that means the water supply didn't improve very much. despite rain and more of what's expected this weekend the phoenix lake continues to drop. the county is drawing down the popular lake to relieve drought demand on other reservoirs. >> it's going to take several inches of rain to get us anywhere near normal. we really need thousands of acre feet of runoff and we hope we are going to get hundreds of acre feet out of the rain this weekend. >> reporter: but will the rain discourage conservation efforts? >> i was thinking about that today is that they are going to say oh, well, you know, don't have to worry about it anymore but it doesn't change anything. we are like at 12% below normal. >> reporter: san anselmo creek famou

don knapp on the close call that caused some concern for both the coast guard and bart. >> reporter: ken it's like one of those things you don't want to think about. do you want to be in a tall building during an earthquake or in the bottom of a bay in a tube in a train with a great big ship drawing a 30-ton anchor your way. that kind of happened today. a container was trying to tie up at the port of oakland when it lost power. it dropped anchor to kept from drifting. the coast guard determined it came close to the bart tube leading into and out of the west oakland station, the anchor, and took the precaution of calling bart. bart was shut down and crews were dispatched. >> i can tell you nothing has happened to the transbay tube. >> reporter: bart's jim allison says crews walked through the tube at the anchor location and saw nothing. he also says instruments designed to respond to water and other problems did not set off alarms. but what if? a ship's anchor can weigh tons. what if one dropped on top of the tube? from the beginning the tube was designed with earthquakes, anchors and

and as don knapp explains, it might also heal some of the mountain's scars. >> reporter: it's not just poetic to say mount tamalpais stands as a sentinel over the bay area. in factors during the cold war, the mountaintop was a platform for locked and loaded nuclear weapons. >> it was our task toably the bombers down with our weapons. the hercules missiles were nuclear warheads that had a range of about 100 miles. >> reporter: the role mount tam played in the cold war and the mess the military left behind is told in a new documentary, premiered in mill valley. peter coyote narrates the invisible peak. >> half million cubic yards of the mountaintop disappeared. the army altered, blasted and bulldozed over 100 acres of this sentinel mountain. in its place rose two mammoth radar domes along with bunker tracking stations and barracks to house the hundreds of technicians and soldiers necessary to scan the skies. >> reporter: filmmaker gary yost says in the cold war climate of fear, no one objected to the removal of the west peak of mount tam. >> while the cold war issues were legitimate issu

don knapp shared his words of wisdom that he had for the crowd. [singing] >> reporter: the deep sound of monks chanting prayers sets a somber tone for the much anticipated lesson of the dalai lama on achieving happiness but he does not play it nearly that somber. [ laughter ] >> reporter: he needed to shade his eyes from the stage lights. his lesson to happy sentence simple. don't be trapped by money, think of others before yourself and think of the planet. [indiscernible] >> reporter: at the end of his talk he sat with u.s. representative barbara lee who introduced him and took questions. >> how can i better motivate my child to be happier and to perform better at doing his homework and schoolwork? >> i think first let me marry and produce children and then i will have real experience on how to deal. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] [singing] >> reporter: the program ended with a final chorus of music. audience members that came as early as 5:30 in the morning and paid $50 a seat were not disappointed. >> happy? >> very happy. >> to be in his p

live in the news room, i'm don knapp. >> the police are investigating a mystery after a badly burned body was found. they were found last night at sky entrance to regional park. now, parkgoers and neighbors are on edge. >> looking at the redwood regional park today it is tough to imagine the horror that unfolded overnight when the police got a call from someone reporting a woman's body burning at about 10:30 p.m. >> when they arrived they did, in fact, locate a badly burnt body. >> reporter: that is the sergeant for the police department that has taken over the investigation. >> we are going to make sure that we look into it fully and determine where and why this occurred. >> reporter: the skyline boulevard entrance to the park remains open to the public on sunday as officers continue to investigate. and park visitors learned what had happened. >> it is kind of scary. we are here with the family. >> it makes me sad. any death makes you sad. >> reporter: but park vice tors say they will not be detoured. >> not knowing any of the circumstances it is hard to make any kind of judgment bu

don knapp on how the lo preparing >>> dalai lama's tour will break into the bay area next weekend. >>ll talk about how to achieve happiness. how the local tibetan community is preparing. >> reporter: at the tebettan community center in richmond, they mix up some cement to fix the road for the arrival of the dalai lama. >> he's been our guiding force, he's everything to us. >> reporter: in a prayer room, members prepare holy offerings of medicine and precious medals and incense. stacks of tibetan holy scriptures will be read. everywhere on the property, volunteers work to clean up, fix up, and paint up the center. >> preparations for the dalai lama's visit seem a little like an oldfashioned barn-raising. [ cheering and ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: they rehearse a traditional tibetan dance they'll perform. >> excited and nervous at the same time. >> he's like our heart. without our heart, we won't live. he's like the heart of tibetan people. >> reporter: it's not only the tibetan community that's excited. last month, 3,000 people stood in line for tickets to this talk on achieving happine

. >> reporter: don knapp, kpix5. >> they are saying his wife is cooperating and admitted her head wasing explosives. she was worried he would blow up both of them. >>> the police are investigating a hit and run crash that left a man dead. he was walking in the intersection of woods drive at 3:00 this afternoon when he was hit. the driver took off and he has not been seen since. also in san jose today, two people were shot outside of a liquor store when the officers arrived on south king road. they found a man and woman each with at least one gunshot wound. there is no word on their conditions at this time. the suspects are still on the run. >> the police in oakland are investigating a gruesome crime. the woman's body was found last night at the skyline boulevard entrance to redwood regional park. it could take weeks until they know who the woman is because of the burn damage. no arrests have been made. the park was open today. >> a horrific story out of fresno county, a man watched helplessly as his wife and four young children died in a firery crash. investigators say the woman and t

. >>> earlier today arresting the girl's mother and boyfriend and don knapp with what they need to go on. >> reporter: they checked the apartment and located the 3- year-old deceased in her bed. no parent or guardian was present at the residence. investigators took over the investigation. the investigators noted when appeared to be blunt force trauma injuries on the victim. a follow up also showed that the victim was sexual assaulted. >> reporter: police arrested the mother and her boyfriend. both charged with homicide and assault resulting in the child's death. this shows the 3-year-old victim on the right, with an unidentified boy who lives at the same apartment. the man that came to live with her friend. >> when she hooked up with him, she saw him go downhill, a lot of sponsors. i've never seen a little girl play outside, but there's a time before the little girl came around and she was a really good mother to the little girl. we always see her playing with her and really into her child. >> are you personally taking this well? >> it is upsetting. you know this is just so close to h

and don knapp found out this. >> reporter: it is not bad watching water like this unless is roaring downo the back of your house. >> we were worried. we needed a couple of inches of rain more and it would be under my desk. >> reporter: it tkpweufs him a -- it gives him a fish-eye view of the falls. >> reporter: when they moved in a year ago all they saw in the backyard was brush, they found walkways but they had not known about this. >> reporter: usually when we do stories going down the hillside it is bad news, the owners of this property could not be happier. >> he admits some misgivings earlier in the day when the water came closer to the house. he feels relief now that the storm has passed. >> so, living on top of all of the water do you have a plan b? >> not really. >> we are hoping insurance will cover it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: in marin county, back to you. >>> san francisco also got a descent dose of rain. the great highway was a slippery mess for much of the day and drivers turn on headlights and navigated around the puddles, many did not seem to mind turning a soggy afternoo

don knapp was there as the spiritual leader shared his words of wisdom on happines the deep gutteralsound of tibetan monks chantng praye sets a anticipa >>> the dalai lama spent the day in berkeley today. sharing his words of wisdom on happiness. >> reporter: the deep sound of monks chanting prayers sets a somber tone of the lesson of the dalai lama on how to achieve happiness but he does not play it really that somber. [ laughter ] >> reporter: his holiness needed to shade his eyes from the stage lights. his lesson is don't be trapped by money, be compassionate, think of others before yourself and think of the planet. >> seven billion people, lips lips. >> reporter: at the end of his talks he sat with u.s. representative, barbara lee who introduced had him and took questions. >> how can i better motivate my child to be happier and to perform better at dog his homework and schoolwork. [ laughter ] -- >> i think first, let me marry and produce children and then i will have real experience how to deal. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] [singing] >> reporter: the program ended with tib

kpix5 don knapp what the investigators know about. >> napa police officers checked the apartment and located the 3- year-old diseased in her bed. no parent or guard yen -- deceased in her bed. no parent or guardian was there. the police department took over the investigation. during the initial stages the investigators noted what appeared to be blunt forced trauma injuries on the victim. follow up also indicated the victim appeared to have been sexually assaulted. >> reporter: the police arrested the child's mother, 23 years old and her boyfriend, ryan scott warner, 26. both are charged with homicide and assault resulting in a child's death. this recent cell phone photo shows the 3-year-old victim on the right at play with an unidentified boy who lived in the same apartment complex. >> when she hooked up with him you seen her go downhill, a lot of red flags there. you hardly saw her play outside anymore. there was a time, before the guy came around where she was a really good mom to her little girl. never let her out of her sight. we would see her playing with her. really into her ch

don knapp found some proof earlier today. >> it is one of a half dozen or so lakes that collect rainwater from marin county's water supply. today it is collecting good. it's 2 feet from the spillway. avenue rages 52 inches of rain a year. coming into this weekend, only 5 inches had fallen. 10% of average. you can see everything headed our way. just go to kpix.com/weather to view high def doppler on your smart phone. >>> the rain revealed another potential problem with a new bay bridge. apparently, it leaks. the chronicle is reporting rainwater is getting into the structure underneath the roadway. that was not in the design. at least according to caltrans. water getting into the structure could cause corrosion and weaken the bridge. it can fix the problem, but added that no matter what it does, water is going to get in. >> on bright side, the weekend storm is actually helping caltrans figure out exactly where the leaks are. >> in other news, same-sex married couples will have more of the same rights as opposite sex spouses. coem on the major new policy change in washington. the nation's to

. >> kpix5's don knapp found proof of that. >> reporter: this is one of half of a dozen or so lakes around mount tam collecting water for the marin water supply. it is collecting good. about two feet from the spill way. marin averages 52 inches of rain this year. only 10%. five inches had fallen. >> the rain is causing all sorts of problems at sfo. more than 80 flights have been canceled. delays one to two hours. mainly for arrivals. >> you can see what else is headed your way any time. grab your computer, your phone, your tablet, and go to kpix.com/weather to see the same high definition doppler we are seeing. >>> new tonight, wet weather has revealed another problem with the new bay bridge. it leaks. rainwater is getting under the structure. this could cause corrosion and weaken the bridge. cal tran says they should be able to fix this problem. >>> other news, a bay area slaughterhouses at the center of another meat recall. the ranco slaughter house in petaluma is recalling 8.7 million pounds of beef products. diseased and unhealthy cattle products. they were shipped to retail stores in

. >> reporter: in marin county, don knapp kpix 5. >>> and the storm brought white- out conditions in the sierra. a welcome relief to folks. a busy sunday at baureal mountain resort. baureal said the storm brought 5 feet of this snow. there are currently no chain requirements on interstate 80 or u.s. highway 50. >>> meanwhile in lake tahoe, the lake gained an estimateed 13 and a half billion gallons of water. in the san jose area there wasn't that much rain at all. several reservoirs remain below 10% capacity. . they only got less than an inch. >> less than an inch. get to the north bay, almost a foot of rain. that was amazing to see that storm rolling on through. things starting to calm down a little bit. plenty of low-level moisture. still seeing drizzle, slick if headed out on the roadways. high-def doppler radar looking for the rain drops. most have moved on by, sliding up to the sierra nevada, turning to more snow. going to dry things out, catch a much-needed break. out the door. got a little fog behind there. you can see -- actually you can't see. the bay bridge is hidden behind

thank you to don don knapp, one of our kpix 5 reporters. all winter long, salmon.ll it took was one good rainfall and we go from no salmon to anywhere from half dozen to 9 salmon viewed in that one little spot right. there thank you. do thank you mother nature. we will slowly scratch and claw our way back. beautiful shot here from oakland looking back towards the city. will be a chilly night. a live look at sfo. livermore, you are now down to 40s. 50, pretty popular temperature for you in concord, san francisco, santa rosa. kids will need a jacket tomorrow morning. fairfield, 30. santa rosa 30. many spots will drop down in the upper 30s. near the water, 40. san francisco 43 degrees. let's talk about why things have changed. we got rainfall yesterday. that big wall in the atmosphere has moved. the ridge is still here. it has died down to our south and west by about 700 miles. which means storms can now go up and over that ridge and make it into the bay area. case in point. i didn't do. another case in point, has to be more than one, that is coming up on thursday. th