. >> emily turner has the forecast. >> it's over the entire bay area. a lot of green, yellow, even some orange. all that white is snow in the sierra. so if you are going skiing, that's good news. let's zoom into where this heavy rain is now. it goes inland over petaluma and over richmond. so if you are heading home just be careful on the roads because it is wet and, in fact, we have a flood advisory in effect right now until 8:15 p.m. most of the bay area is affected. ponding on the roads, localized flooding so use extra caution getting home because it is certainly wet out there. you can see that from our roof camera looking out at the bridge. in fact, look at the palm trees down there. the wind is really starting to kick up whereas a ferry boat out there earlier was getting knocked around. how much rain have we seen so far? quite a bit. in the north bay in venado they got 4.28 inches and that's continuing to go up. -- 4.38 inches. san jose .15." i'll time the rest of this storm and the next two a little later. >> thank you. >>> the storm turned up powe

emily turner is live for us at lake tahoe. but we start in the south bay with kiet do and the huge risk of flooding over the next several hours. kiet. >> reporter: we're live here at lexington reservoir and i don't think we could have picked a more miserable spot here in the santa cruz mountains. these winds are blowing up to 40 miles an hour i think. if you look closely here, you can see the rain coming in completely sideways. we have not seen the reservoir this full in quite some time. they are at now 58% of capacity. i did the math. since tuesday, that is a billion gallons of water that have drained into the lexington reservoir and a lot more is on the way. the calm before the storm was anything but at the summit of highway 17. heavy fog and a steady shower meant one of the most treacherous drives in the country was even more so. it had only been raining a few hours and already caltrans crews were busy unclogging flooded lanes. this man laid sandbags to divert the forecasted 6 inches of rain from eating away vine hill road.

and emily turner is our eyes and ears in san jose where police estimate 25,000 people marched around downtown. >> but we start in washington, dc. kpix 5's political reporter melissa caen was at the biggest women's march in the country happening a day after president trump took the oath of office. >> reporter: you know, brian, it is hard to impress someone from the bay area with a protest but i will tell you today's march was absolutely massive. the streets were jam-packed with women and some men, all trying to send president trump a message. [screaming] >> reporter: washington, dc, transformed into a sea of pink today as hundreds of thousands of women and men descended on our nation's capital. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: alicia keys one of the celebrities who took the stage. >> we want the best for all americans, no hate, no bigotry, no muslim registry. >> reporter: these women wore pink head scarves to the march five of them sisters, originally from ethiopia. >> we ask for equal rights like every other woman. just because we're muslim doesn't mean we're dangerous. >> reporter: women and

emily turner, kpix5. >>> yosemite valley spared from major flooding. the merced river flooded part of the park floor but has receded. >> so we ended up cresting at 10,500 cubic feet per second. >> when the rain and melting snow hit the crescendo, it made the drive around the valley feel like a drive around the lake. >> this puts us at the 10 year flood. >> reporter: they have the wildly complex task of a river being fed from every direction. the lack of real damage following this 10 year flood is no accident. >> so the 1997 flood which is our flood of record rerout the map in yosemite valley as far as where infrastructure is. >> reporter: the merced had already dropped back to flood stage. but as impressive as the river has been. the real story wasn't down here. it was all around you just pouring off the valley walls. >> all the water falls, they were the biggest that i've ever seen and the biggest that some people who have been here for 20 years have ever seen. >> reporter: in the end it was hardly the storm some were dreading here and it put a real p

emily turner, kpix5. >>> a small mudslide also closed a road. caltrans worked extra hard to clear the area which is now open. >>> flood warnings continue tonight along the truckee river. flood stage is at 4-1/2 feet. it's expect to crest near 7-1/2 feet. that's happening right about now. further east along the truckee. flood warnings are up for downtown reno. water earlier was right at water bank. >> we're talking about a tremendous amount of rainfall in the short amount of time and all the mountains of marin county, napa county, sonoma county and santa cruz county. those are the spots still receiving rainfall tonight. take a look at kpix5. napa, calistoga still wet. flood warning is up around gilroy. over the next 20 to 30 minutes rain is hanging on. almost 8-inches of rain in boulder creek over the weekend. mount st. helena 9-inches of rain fell. mount diablo more than three. we have officially now hit 2- inches in both concord and san francisco. a little less than we predicted in san jose and freemont. not just the rain you know this was wind

kpix 5's emily turner is live at the truckee river where flooding is a major concern. emily? >> reporter: yeah. we got here at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. we have been able to watch the river climb higher and higher. right now from where we sit you can see it is at 5 and a half feet. higher than it normally is. more rain, more flooding. it is worse than he has seen it. >> bagging sand. we are on a mountain. we are not supposed to leak but we are. we have a flood. >> reporter: poured all day long. all over the lake tahoe basin. folks in truckee raced to fill up their sand bags, if they could get them. >> gone through 15 truck loads. each is carrying 6-tons of sand. the issue is that our whole area seems to be running low and close to out of sand bags. >> the wind blew along side the rain. kicked up white caps along lake tahoe and triggered avalanches. closing 89 to traffic heading both directions. the warmer temperatures and falling rain melted snow and sent run off into homes. >> starting to get calls about flooding in homes. we have seen 2 feet in some residents going into the

and obviously, chains are required. >>> emily turner in tonight for kpix5 meteorologist paul deanno. emily, more storms are on the way. >> reporter: more storms, more rain, more snow for the sierra, not the snow, but the lain -- rain you can see on the high- def doppler. a few scattered showers. most of the heavy stuff has made its way out of the area. there are still pockets of heavier showers. let's zoom in quickly. you can see around marinwood, moving further east. toward vallejo, ultimately, american canyon. moving northeastward, you are getting some wet weather right now. and, there are a few more showers that we will see over the next 24 hours but all this rain here means just like you saw there, some snow in the sierra. heavy snow. in fact, they are under a winter storm warning until thursday at noon. in the higher peaks. they might even see three feet of snow. but, as we saw, travel delays are going to be likely. so, you will need chains. you be not be able to get back if you go otherwise. this low pressure system is the second storm that is going the be ushered in by all of t

south lake tahoe, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> the affordable care act is the center of the new fight in the new congress. president obama made an appearance on capitol hill hoping to save the law. let's get right to weijia jang live from capitol hill tonight. weijia. >> reporter: allen, just to give you an idea of how rare president obama's visit was this morning, it was only his 15th trip to capitol hill over the past eight years. probably the most substantial of all the meetings with lawmakers with his legacy on the line. president obama said little as he left a meeting with congressional democrats wednesday morning trying to save his legislation the affordable care act. >> look out for the american people. >> reporter: the president advised lawmakers to share success stories and to keep up the fight against republicans determined to repeal and replace obamacare. the new senate minority leaders says consequences could be grim. >> we're here to today to warn the american people that the republican plan to cut medicare, medicaid, repeal the aca, will make america sick again. >> reporter

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kpix 5 reporter emily turner is at highway 12 and 121 with news there. emily. >> reporter: ken, a lot, not all but a lot of the water that was on that roadway has now drained into this estuary and ultimately into the san francisco bay. but -- has enough drained with another storm on the way? >> it's a huge relief. >> reporter: today was a brief and almost sunny break from the storm, allowing clean-up crews to catch their breath and waters to recede before the next round. >> the amount of water we have in the river is -- is -- that's leaving is astronomical and it's a really well deserved break. >> reporter: most roads were back open today in wine country with a few glaring exceptions. highway 37 the gateway into sonoma is still closed for flooding. and silverado trail will be closed indefinitely at pratt thanks to this landslide. >> i'm not surprised. [ laughter ] >> this whole thing to come, you know, yeah, everything along here has a tendency to slide. >> reporter: helen would know. she is a soil engineer. she says we can expect plenty more land slides

emily turner, kpix 5. >> not just the sierra. coastal mountains also a big concern tonight. kpix 5's len ramirez is live in the santa cruz mountains where people and livestock are moving to higher ground. len? >> reporter: that's right. just about everybody is preparing because this storm is expected to bring flooding. it is expected to bring mudslides and road closures. and that's why people in the high mountains and the low valleys are getting ready tonight. emergency truckloads of sand arrived in boulder creek just a day ahead of the storm. >> i have been ready for the storm trying to keep our garage from flooding. >> reporter: high and in for sandbags this week wiped out earlier supplies and the county could no longer deliver. this sandbag station on highway 9 ran out two days ago. but the fire department stepped in and bought 25 tons of sand to help neighbors in the santa cruz mountain community protect their properties. >> the santa cruz county normally provides it but they probably are inundated with the whole county trying to prep everybody. >> reporter: neighbors in

live in san rafael, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> so when exactly should we expect all this rain? let get right over to kpix 5 chief meteorologist paul deanno. >> as soon as the weekend begins the rain begins. there's going to be a lot of water this weekend. tonight kpix 5 hi-def doppler thankfully we are getting a dry break which will stretch into most of friday. nothing on the radar anywhere in northern california. but the first watch was just issued from the weekend storm. it is a winter storm watch from moderate to heavy snow beginning as soon as friday evening in the sierra. the highest peaks of the sierra will get two feet of snow by saturday morning. the snow level is going to be super high with this storm all the way up to 8,000 feet up to 10,000 feet by sunday afternoon. here's futurecast. let's go hour by hour. lunchtime tomorrow no storm, no clouds. we are sunny. here comes the cloud cover. and then right around 11:00 tomorrow night and midnight saturday morning, that's when the leading edge of the rain arrives and we're talking about as much rain as we get in all of ja

and as kpix 5's emily turner reports, it's also bring some avalanche danger in the backcountry. >> reporter: 20 inches of powder overnight. a dayful of more. this winter's storm has made the sierra a skier's paradise. >> it's been a really good holiday. >> it's so much fun. the snow is so deep and so light. it feels like you're floating. >> reporter: all that light snow makes for dangerous conditions. an avalanche warning is in full effect until thursday morning. so while skiers and boarders are out enjoying the slopes, "sierra at tahoe" staff are keeping a close eye on their conditions. >> we have a ski patrol safety team that goes out every day. they check the safety conditions of the mountain, every trail that we open, to make sure it's suitable. >> reporter: the storm is expected to dump up to 5 feet of snow through thursday morning and almost 2 feet fell overnight making for hazardous conditions on the roads. so while the powder may be the prize, local authorities want you to be careful getting there and enjoying it. >> any closures that we do have, they're closed for a reason so we as

in marin county, emily turner, kpix 5. ♪[ music ] >>> the wettest january in nearly 20 years is endingn a dry note but coming up when the rain does come back and how much rain we can expect. that's next. >> coming up all new at 6:00 tonight, saying no to being a sanctuary city. some places in the bay area are stopping short of taking on the label. we'll look at their approach to immigration. with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. >>> i know it's thursday but i'm still looking forward to this week. it's going to be beautiful. >> not thursday. it's "friday eve." this weekend will be probably the nicest weekend to get outside since before thanksgiving. >> great. >> which we have absolutely earned after all the rain, all the clouds, all the lightning and thunder and -- put it all aside. you just get some sunshine and warmer weather toward the

in sierra in tahoe, emily turner, kpix5. >>> meanwhile, the santa cruz mountains are seeing heavy rainfall. >> there is a flash flood watch through the night and tomorrow morning. kpix5's kiet do joins us live at the summit. 60 miles an hour gusts and the rain, you are getting hammered. [ laughter ] >> reporter: yeah. this is just unreal. it has been coming down like this since the earliest afternoon. we are talking nine or ten straight hours of pounding rain coming down like cats and dogs. as a result, santa cruz county is now under an urban and small stream flood advisory. that expires just before midnight tonight. we just got off the home with the sheriff deputy dispatchers. they are not working any flooding incidents right now. at least not yet. surprisingly. pineapple express storm number one for the week arrived in time for the south bay evening commute making it more miserable than it already is. about a half inch of rain and numerous accidents combined with the first day back for many tech workers meant some commute routes took us twice as long. as we head into the santa cruz mount

good morning, i'm emily turner and i'm devin fehely. >>> it is 7:30 a.m. on this sunday, january 1. good morning, i am emily turner. >>> ringing in the new year from the bay area to new york city. with beefed-up security.>>> president elect donald trump bri -- asking for more details. >>> president obama's recent punishment of the country. >>> cleaning house after a sluggish season. who's on the chopping block.>>> good morning, we are off to a chilly start and at the -- will be that way for much of the week. temperatures right at freezing. 33 in napa. that is for tonight. today, it is not too badly. this is a summation of what is happened. patchy fog around and then showers in northbay later today. the numbers today do new but that's no better than the mid- 50s. we will have the complete forecast coming up. >>> across the country, thousands of revelers rang in the new year last night from san francisco to seattle. in times square, an estimated 1 million people rang in the new year with cheers. the ball dropped at the stroke of midnight. thousands of officers were on the streets. tak

in south lake tahoe, emily turner, kpix5. >>> yosemite national park is completely closed to visitors tonight. authorities ordered to evacuate by 5:00 this this afternoon because of a fear of flooding. in 1997 severe storms turned yosemite into a lake. hydrologists have released water from reservoirs to make room for what could be massive runoff from the mountains. we will have extra crews on hand around the bay area over the weekend to give you the latest information on the storm and any damage it may cause. >>> now to the deadly airport shooting in florida, tonight new information about the suspected gunman. veronica de la cruz tells us he believed that the cia controlled his mind. >> the suspect's relatives say he had a history of mental health issues. officials say he told the fbi in november that the government forced him to watch isis videos. a military spokesman identified the suspect as 26-year-old esteban santiago. the former national guardsman served in iraq. he received a general discharge last year for unsatisfactory performance. opened fire >> we have a subject with a gun

in sierra and tahoe, emily turner, kpix5. >>> more storm coverage ahead coming up in 10 minutes. how this week's storms will be a major boost to north bay reservoirs. >> a major milestone for the warriors. today the team finally announced the construction date for its new arena in san francisco. the warriors are set to break ground on the project on january 17th two weeks from today. kpix5 tells us not everyone is celebrating this announcement though. >> that's right. it's been almost five years since they first said they were moving back to san francisco. they tried it at the base of the bay bridge. the neighborhood said no wrong place. so they moved it. environmentalist said no we have problems with the traffic. it's time to get moving. here's the story. >> reporter: with all the court fights behind us we're looking forward to breaking ground. now it's time to actually turn some dirt and start hiring up those construction jobs. and start building. >> reporter: that january 17th ground breaking includes an 18,000 seat arena plus officers and restaurants all perched next to the s

kpix 5's emily turner is there tonight. emilyemily? >> reporter: we ever managed to find a dry spot but the rain continues as does the wind and the truckee river continues to rise. >> our river levels are not looking that high but we are preparing for the worse right now. >> reporter: more sand bags. more rain. more flooding. it is worse than he has seen it. >> bag and sand -- bagging sand. we are on a mountain. we are not supposed to leak but we are. we have a flood. >> reporter: it poured all day long. all over the lake tahoe basin. folks in truckee raced to shore up their sand bags bags for the home stretch if they could get them. >> gone through 15 truck loads and each carries 6-tons of sand. the issue is that our whole area seems to be running low and close to out of sand bags. >> the wind blew along side the rain. kicked up white caps on lake tahoe and waves crashed along the shore and triggered avalanches. closing dwodwine traffic. today -- 89 to traffic. >> starting to get calls this morning about floods in homes and we have se

emily turner, kpix 5. >>> new at 6:00 a new list is out highlighting the best and worst cities in america for families and two bay area cities are on opposite sides of the spectrum. the group considered four factors. safety based on fbi crime data, housing affordability based on household income, education based on high school graduation rates, and the percentage of residents under 18. we sent report to two bay area cities, the best and the worst. >> reporter: and i'm jessica flores in oakland where the city has been ranked the worst in the bay area for families. this woman and her husband moved to oakland to raise their five-year-old daughter. >> there's other cities in the bay area you can live. why choose oakland? >> well, oakland is a very progressive place. >> reporter: she says she likes that oakland is often ground zero for political demonstrations and she was attracted to the diaper city. >> different kids from different ethnicities that's great. >> reporter: in oakland unified school district there are 50 native languages spoken. and half the kids speak a language other than engl

in the sierra, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> the chp posted these pictures of dangerous driving conditions on interstate 80. visibility near donner passed to be about 30 to 50 feet because of blowing snow. big rigs being told to find a different way around if they can. all driver's have to have chains. and there are major problems with flooding this evening in the sierra foothills. some areas have picked up several inches of rain. that means creeks and rivers are flowing fast and they are very dangerous. going to get worse, too. crews in nevada city have been working 24 hours shifts clearing storm drains dealing with downed trees. meteorologist paul deanno tracking more big storms on the way. >> this is the weaker of the two storms and yes, we have a lot more coming. it continues to just come down in buckets in the sierra foothills and look at that transition from heavy rain to heavy snow as soon as you hit bear valley snowing at tahoe through the central valley. that's where the heavy rain is now. we have light rain around the area as we told you the rain tapering off to showers. it did t

kpix 5's emily turner live in south lake tahoe with a look at the conditions tonight. emily. >> reporter: well, allen, it is cold and so far it is clear. but overnight that's where things are going to get wet. the fire department has been getting phone calls all day about what you can expect with the weather and this is a popular spot. this is the third delivery of sand they have had today. the first one in fact was gone by 10 a.m. tahoe is unpopular. everyone was leaving today. you should have seen the traffic. in fact, you can in this video. all those folks leaving the sierra and heading out. we are one of the few folks heading in this direction. it's because of the rain. for the roads caltrans is ready. they have all their folks on the clock all equipment ready to go. caltrans has the most snow clearing equipment of anywhere in the united states and it's for storms like this that they will be working around the clock and getting the snow off the road. flood warning is the big issue. winter storm warning is tomorrow and flood warning goes through wednesday. the americ

kpix 5's emily turner is live in mill valley to tell us how far residents are taking this fight to maintain them. emily. >> reporter: yeah. these are used for emergencies. they are used for exercise. right now i'm on the dipsea stairs which is one of the more well used pathways. but there are others that aren't. and there are residents in mill valley who are demanding action from the city to make sure that they protect them. they are hidden between houses and tucked behind redwood trees. so the city's steps, lanes and paths are easy to ignore one group says. >> there's a public outcry in the citizenry said enough is enough. let's protect public lands. >> reporter: the system of steps, lanes and paths or slps have been around since mill valley's beginning created as a network between neighborhoods that double as an emergency exit if the roads are impassable. 100 of them are still in use maintained by the city. but 150 or more of them aren't. and as time passes, they have been illegally fenced off or incorporated into private property. they want the city to enforce the right of way. >> the ci

emily turner reports. >> reporter: gyms are germy. and the marin county department of health is not taking any chances they don't want anyone else to get sick. >> it's unfortunate. >> reporter: she is talking about fellow "soulcycle" rider phillips a father, husband and victim of the deadly contagious bacterial meningitis. he died sunday and the marin county health department has been on high alert since. >> it's a rare serious condition that can be transmitted person to person, low possibility but present. so when we have cases like this sometimes they occur in clusters. >> reporter: which is why "soulcycle" was notified. phillips was there and could have been infected. all the clients now have been notified who were in and out every day. so far no other cases have been reported. the health department says the chances are low that anyone there was infected. but chances of any kind aren't something the health department or "soulcycle" wants to take. >> between classes they clean all the equipment with all the cleaners and then they al

live in marin county, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> back now to storm watch. drivers got a preview of what we're expecting for tomorrow's commute. they got stuck in this sudden downpour on 580 in oakland today. >> there are blizzard-like conditions in parts of the sierra. 80 in placer county covered with fresh snow. at lake level there will be 2 to 4 feet of snow in the next few days. >> the snow has been overwhelming. >> prepare to be overwhelmed again. we have two more storms on the way. >> one tonight, one saturday night/sunday morning. they pack a punch. >>> head out to the golden gate bridge, doesn't look too bad right now. there's at most a few light sprinkles over the bay area. that's setting the stage for what will happen after midnight tonight. we got up to the upper 50s today by recent standards, actually almost a heat spell for the bay area. but the numbers will be coming down tomorrow after we get this next system coming through. hi-def doppler is showing most of this is just a thick cloud not really rain but there could be a few sprinkles in this

in marin, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> one at which is lucky even to be alive -- one guy is lucky even toe alive after going off a cliff backcountry skiing in utah caught on camera. [ cursing ] >> oh!! >> yeah. devin was freefalling for more than three seconds. dropped more than 100 feet before crashing into deep snow. his friend saw it and when to find what was left and the man was okay. >> i'm like how are you not dead? i'm processing this. how are you still alive? i mean, thing was mammoth. >> it hurts a little and my ribs in the back. i thought i was going to be paralyzed and i thought i was dead when i saw how big it was. >> but he walk away without a scratch thankful of his equipment that took most of the beating. >> wow. >>> let's go ahead and check the results of our snapshot poll. 35 percent say yes. 65 percent say no.. thanks for weighing in. toss to meteorologist paul deanno (((weather))) (((weather))) (((weather))) >> thank you for weighing in. >>> so paul i think he survived because the snow was like a pillow that caught him. >> he has eight lives left. don't risk that again.

. >> reporter: i'm emily turner in san jose where the streets were gridlocked with 25,000 marchers. for this family today's march is less about the steps they take and more about the statement they are making for their daughter ava. >> i'm out here supporting women. they are people and all that. we want to make sure that not all men are like our current president. >> reporter: she may not be old enough to understand and she certainly isn't old enough to vote but one day she will be. and when that day comes, mom and dad want her world to treat her well. >> there's part of the normalization and i want to make sure it's known that this isn't normal. this isn't okay. >> there's power in numbers. we want to show that. >> reporter: those numbers were in the tens of thousands in san jose. they marched from city hall to cesar chavez. they chanted and cheered and held their signs high hoping they will be heard and that that will help make a change. >> i think it's really powerful that all of us are here to show up for women but to show up for minorities, to show up for people across the econ

kpix5 emily turner is in south lake tahoe where crews are scrambling to prevent flooding. emily? >> reporter: they are working 25 hours around the clock. in the last hour, the rain has picked up, but tuesday and wednesday, it was snow that was falling from the sky. that snow, the one, the snow on the road is now piled up hyped me out of the way. -- behind out of the way. >> these piles of snow once the streets, but tonight, thanks to caltrans, it had been cleared by 5:00 p.m. allowing bill's crews to concentrate on the current form of precipitation. rain. and all the issues it brings. >> we got all the snow, and once it starts raining hard, it's hard for the water to get off, because it turns the snow into slush, and plugs the drains. >> reporter: the rains began this morning in south lake tahoe, but the weekend is to teethes -- to see totals of a foot or more. rain called for chain restrictions and donner pass, and keeping crews clearing the roads. >> we got the plows out, and they pussed the snow to the side. the -- pushed the snow to the side. the blowers take everything from

kpix 5's emily turner in south lake tahoe where flooding is a major concern there tonight. emily? >> reporter: we're just getting a brief break from the rain but, you know what? there is plenty more to come. and the state knows that. they have all 18 portions of the dams open which is the dam that the american river flowed through. it's not just the american concerned but the truckee river and its tributaries and then this in the neighborhoods where there have been feet of snow now covered with rain creating inches and inches of flooding and backups some of it going into people's homes. >> this is rare. i have been up here for 30 years. this happened twice. >> reporter: this morning in south lake tahoe, the snow turned to rain. and the trees started falling with it. several landing in power lines. but the real concern has yet to materialize. flooding. but folks are getting ready. >> yes. we spent the morning kind of shoveling out and scraping out the ice and snow in order to have the kind of the line where we're going to lay the sandbags. >> reporter: he is not alone. people prepp

good morning, i am emily turner. >>> ringing in the new year from the bay area to new york city.o

let's get right to kpix5's emily turner tracking the radar tonight. >> we have plenty going on with theadar. you can see all of the green on it right now. we have already had one round of showers move through. and we have another round moving through right now. let's zoom in and take a closer look. you can see there are some scattered showers moving on shore in bodega bay, a little further south in in inverness. lit be maybe a little wet. then fast forward to midday. you can see a lot of green and a lot of yellow on our futurecast. so it will be raining everywhere. it will be very, very wet. i will tell you about the storms behind it coming up later. >> thanks emily. kpix5's joe vasquez is in orinda. >>> the city just declared a state of emergency? >> reporter: right, the city council declared a state of emergency because of this large sink hole behind the fencing here that still has minor road cut off. one of many hot spots here in the bay area. >> the timing of the storm is not good. >> reporter: work crews at the giant sink hole still have a lot to do. >> we were hoping to be able to

live in marin, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> gunfire early today near the elementary school in east san jose. one man was killed. the shooting victim was found in the late model mercedes. it's ended up in a driveway and now investigators want to find neighbors who might have surveillance video. >> i know that a lot of homes do have video surveillance. again, i don't know if any of that is captured what went on early this morning. but again, hopefully, there's some information that witnesses can provide through our canvass. >> the shooting happened at around 6:30 a.m. near robert sanders elementary school on mount pleasant road. school district officials talked with police and decided that it was safe to open the school this morning. >>> some new video just into our newsroom. an rv that caught fire this afternoon on 101 near sfo. this was going southbound at the time. as you can see, the fire caused major traffic tie-ups as crews put it out and then had to clean it up. this happened just before 3:00. chp warns that it could still be slow for the rest of the rush hour commute. >>> well, the st

kpix5's emily turner is in larkspur. >> reporter: some are concerned, others are not. it depends who you speak with, but player-county health are not taking chances. -- marin county health are not taking any chances. >> i just think it's such a loss for the community as a whole. >> reporter: sevin philips was a father, husband and victim of the deadly contagious bacterial meningitis. he died sunday and the marin county health department has been on high alert since. >> this rare and serious condition that can be transmitted person to person. the risk of transmission is very low, but it's present. so when we have cases like this, sometimes they occur in clusters. >> reporter: which is why soul cycle in larkspur was notified. apparently philips was there during a period of time could he have been infectious and all the clients now have been notified who were in and out every day. so far no other cases have been reported and the health department says chances are low nip there was infected, but chances -- anyone there was infected, but chances of any kind aren't something

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. >> i'm emily turner with your weather and right now looking at our hi-def doppler, there's not muchsee at the moment, but there is going to be plenty to see this week coming ,,,,,,,, bay area. the latest victim died in the back of a muni bus. kpix 5's devin fehely reports: she may not have shown any her death. >>> tonight there's a second deadly case of meningitis. today's victim died in the back of a muni bus. she may not have shown any symptoms before her death. >> very outgoing, sweet person, very giving, a lot of friends. >> reporter: david robson is reeling from the sudden death of his sister laura while health officials are victim bling to figure out where she caught the dead -- scrambling to figure out where she caught the deadly infection. she was urge the weather he says but believes -- under the weather he says but believed she simply had the flu. >> she had a severe headache, did have a slight fever, said her feet were cold. she didn't complain of her neck hurting. >> reporter: robson said his sister had surgery at san francisco general about two weeks ago and in hindsigh

first let's get to you emily turner in the weather center.ng the storm. >> reporter: that storm we are feeling the brunt of it right now. no matter where you are, you are certainly seeing some kind of rainfall. light rainfall in those areas of green, moderate to heavy rain in areas of yellow and orange. white is snow in the sierra. in the north bay centered around san rafael for the most part, they are seeing some heavy rain right now. if you are heading north, you are definitely going to have a slog home because i know traffic was back up at 3 p.m. this afternoon headed north and then zooming further south on the peninsula, there's some more heavy storms coming across the peninsula, south san francisco, near burlingame. a third portion where we're seeing significant rainfall is in the santa cruz mountains. boulder creek, scotts valley, heavy rain which is important because they have had several mudslides down there. they don't need to have any more but it is only going to continue to get more saturated as the days go on. we also have a flood

emily turner explains why there's now talk of a pot ban. emily. >> reporter: yeah, it's an interesting move. especially when you consider the fact that marin county voters here overwhelmingly voted in favor of prop 64. 70% in fact. and yet, marin county is saying no. possibly. and so are other cities in california. >> it passed with 57% of the state's vote. before recreational marijuana everyone has a chance in marin county it could become illegal and that the county says is exactly the point. >> marin voted unanimously in favor of prop 24. >> i think there's a lotted of problems when you want to bring that state law into the state level. >> reporter: which won't happen without a ban. come january 1st, if the city or county hasn't told the state no, recreational pot advocates will get a yes from the state regardless of local zoning. that's why the league of california cities has urged all municipalities to pass a ban or something similar until they can decide how to handle it. many cities have followed suit but many don't agree. >> i think i

in lake tahoe, emily turner. >>> yosemite dodged the storm bullet. lots of rain and storm water but no damage. ken bastida took a look for us. >> reporter: the valley floor was technically under water for a time. but tomorrow they're expecting to welcome visitors back to the park. the rain and the melting snow hit its peak early this morning but camp sites were generally spared. there's a lot of debris on the roads and the bridges you can see there. but a show awaits anyone who ventures inside the valley. >> all the waterfall, they were the biggest i've ever seen and the biggest that some people who have been here for 20 years have ever seen. >> reporter: yeah our own wilson walker was the only reporter on the valley floor for the storm. and he says making the drive around this valley felt more like driving around a lake. now, here's a rock slide on highway 140. that's coming up in fresno. will prevent access from the park from that two lane road. the park crew is expected though to have it clearedded in the next couple of days. >>> check this out. t

. >>> emily turner joins us now. you look at those temperatures and see all of that damage. >> it's not going to be as intense. it's going to be a regular january slump. certainly not something you can feel like no worries. >> forget it. right. yeah. >> you have to go through one, two and three. as you look outside right now live out of the transamerica tower. it's starting to get cloudy out there. today was a pretty chilly day. actually look at our highs any where over the morgan hill and san jose, you were below average. so, cooler temperature that is we saw today that will continue. looking at our high def doppler, you can see the first round of storms has already hit northern california. goes all the way south of san francisco offshore. so we're keeping a close eye so we can time out when we will see it in our area. our radar will show you when it's timed out. all around this low pressure system. this set of storms is set to hit us over the next seven days. and more will be moving in tomorrow likely in your commu

in san francisco, emily turner, kpix5. >> russia still denies any role of the election.ohn mc cane and gram are calling for tougher sanctions on moscow because of the hack. >>> a piece of history nearly swept around the rug. the lost treasure that just turned upped in of a new york city carpet shop ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, year's delivered a message of peace on this new year's day. speaking in st. peter's basilica: he expressed concern about what he called "spiritual orphanhood." >>> pope francis delivered a message ofa peace on this day. he -- of peace on this day. he expressed spiritual orphan hood. he gave a outdoor blessing to 50,000 people. he urged everyone to say no to hate and violence and yes to brother hood and reconciliation. more humility and tenderness is need. >>> now, a carpet just turned up 500 years after its reign. looking at the historic discovery. >> what we add after we were done. >> now. they are on the trail of english history. >> the king henry wine stain. >> you put your finger on it. that is exactly right. >> reporter: in this high end but hidden away new

we have kim turner and emily lawhead to tell us more. student curators at usf.talk about this in terms of when i was doing the research and looking on it and the words that came up. diverse, high caliber, stimulating, dialogue, you know and social justice. this is the kind of exhibit you have put together. so tell me about the artist and his work. >> well a l.a.-based artist working for many years. he collaborated with san francisco-based artist master printer to create these 15 monumental large scale woodblock prints that depict the very powerful scenes of the iraq war. and in ways it is a very powerful exhibition that kind of ties into different trends of socially engaged art that explore the recurring and cyclical, often senseless nature of war. to invite viewers to look at the moral and human obligations up close. >> we see some of thosimages right now. when you talk about the social justice and the mission and what you want when people walk in there and thoughtfulness about it. in terms of timing, was there anything -- there's so much going on in our space