(jason hartwig/shot drone footage of ihop hole) "it was a big deal. we finally got an ihop (buck roberts/meridian public safety director) "i'm not gonna call it a sinkhole. i'm not though first called a sink hole, it became apparent that the collapse of an underground storm drain was the likely culprit. now this is a sinkhole. eight vintage corvettes fell into one at the national is when rock is dissolved by ground water leading to a sudden suddenly sink into a hole a sinkhole. at the meridian ihop, no one was hurt. this chevy was the luckiest car. the pavement. by the next day, only two were still on. "sinkhole or no sinkhole, for now let's just call it the so impressive that a city official asked its operator, jason hartwig, to go lower to look at a pipe. (nats reporter) it clipped the side of the trench and ended up in it. the fire department came to the rescue. (jason hartwig/shot drone footage of ihop hole) "they got a big long stick with hook on it. they basically yanked it this non sink hole makes me want to sink my teeth into a stack of jeanne

(jason hartwig/shot drone footage of ihop hole) "it was a big deal. we finally got an ihop then as soon as it opens this happens." but what is this?(buck roberts/meridian public safety director) "i'm not gonna call it a sinkhole. i'm not gonna call it as cave in. i'm gonna call it an accident." though first called a sink hole, it became apparent that the collapse of an underground storm drain was the likely culprit.was the likely storm drain underground of an the collapse apparent that hole, it became called a sink though first accident." call it an in. i'm gonna call it as cave in. i'm gonna call it an in. i'm gonna call it as cave it a not gonna director) "i'm safety an public roberts/meridi (buck this?but what is happens."opens this as soon as it an ihop then we finally got an ihop then as soon as it opens this happens."but what is this?(buck roberts/meridian public safety director) "i'm not gonna call it a sinkhole. i'm not gonna call it as cave in. i'm gonna call it an accident." though first called a sink hole, it became apparent that the collap

(jason hartwig/shot drone footage of ihop hole) "they got a big long stick with hook on it. they basically yanked it out."for now ihop is closed and i'm hungry. this non sink hole makes me want to sink my teeth into a stack of flapjacks... (nats commercial)not a stack 3 3 we are looking at a busy next are moving into siouxland today ahead of a storm system, but highs are still expected now, it looks like we could see a few sprinkles and some rumbles of thunder late tonight. at this point most of the severe storms are expected to stay to our south. wednesday will be a very windy day with scattered showers throughout the day, and as things cool we may see snowflakes mixing in by the evening commute into the overnight. right now, accumulations look to be very minimal, no more than an inch, but since the ground is so warm, it isn't likely to see any. after this system passes we will clear out with several days of sunny skies and temperatures back near 60 for the weekend. 3 3 time for a trip to the sunrise watercooler...no... you're not looking at hollywood special effects... the

. >> catherine:this video.courtesy of jason hartwig.is weekend - at an i-hop parking lot. >> catherine:we will return! >> catherine: we continue to attract more canals of san jose with several streets blocked off because of the hostage standpoint. --standoff. >> catherine: camden avenue where, jeff bush is with the very latest. >> reporter: the threat is over. it is a very much at the scene were policed is conducting their investigations. add to thirty, this afternoon an armed man dragged a woman into a residence. we are waiting to hear from the san jose police department. they are trying to get their release information together. so that they can give us the official version. >> reporter: spoke with residents in the area. and they talk with the swat team. what may have been gun shots we are starting to hear different reports with the dramatic ending to this story. we will be staying with historic and will give you an update on kron 4 news tonight at 8:00. just bush, kron4 is in san jose. --jeff bush >> reporter: this is all that is lef