l.a. newsroom. l.a. excuse me trace, can you tell us what you're getting there? >> well it's interesting when you talk about the witness. a second witness just saying waits a loud bang because jackie earlier a witness saying he heard a loufd bang as well then other witnesses saying they didn't hear anything just felt shaking and the train went off the rails. it's important to know the fact that remember these trains do not have any seat belts on them. none. at all. so the first car is normally the quiet car. it's a business class car. the second might be the quiet car. those are the first two. as you look at this massive wreckage you don't know which cars were involved and which were damaged the most severely. because it appeared in some of the pictures sh if you look on the righthand side the top of the screen it appears that that might be the lead car. if there is impact with the lead car, you'd anticipate it could be the most severely damaged but remember, they could wo not speculate as to what caused the crash. so if you go back to metro crash that happened i

newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> a flight from san francisco landed safely in l.a. after smoke in the cockpit. emergency vehicles trailed the united airlines jet as it taxied along the tarmac at l.a.x. last night. an airline spokesman says all 134 passengers who were on board at the time were unharmed. united is only saying that smoke was caused by some sort of mechanical problem on the plane. >>> thursday was a day of wild weather in parts of the bay area. [ thunder ] >> thunder and lightning accompanied heavy rain and hail in the south and east base. an unusual spring weather system moved in yesterday afternoon but only in certain areas, leaving san francisco and the upper peninsula bright with sunshine. >> i'm waiting for my husband coming from emeryville. he said it was raining there. >> big boom, bright white light. >> lightning struck two buildings at stanford university. a man working with horses at an equestrian center lost his hearing temporarily because of a lightning bolt. to the east near mount diablo there were more than 20 lightning strikes in about an hour but it depended where

newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> a flight out of san francisco landed safely in l.a. of smoke inside the cockpit. emergency vehicles trailered the united airline jet as it taxied along the tarmac at l.a.x. last night. an airline spokesman says all 134 passengers who were on board were unharmed. united is only saying that smoke was caused by some sort of mechanical problem. >>> unseasonable rain and lightning hit parts of the bay area on thursday particularly in the south and east bay. in santa clara, drivers slowed down as they plowed through big puddles. at the same time, san francisco had bright sunlight. >> i'm waiting for my husband who is coming from emeryville and he said it wa -- it was raining there. >> big booms. >> lightning struck two buildings a stanford university. to the east near mount diablo there were more than 20 lightning strikes in just about an hour. >> crazesy. i was in martinez yesterday afternoon. not a drop of rain. not a drop of rain in san francisco. but you got puddles down in pleasanton. >> in pleasanton i received just slightly over half