marianne? >> reporter: janelle, the san bruno explosion happened here back in 2010 as you mentioned. but as you can see, the rebuilding of the neighborhood is far from over. today the mayor said he wants to make sure any penalties levied against pg&e will truly prevent another tragedy. >> today we will be filing legal papers calling on the california public utilities commission to uphold a historic $1.6 billion penalty and fine against the pacific gas and electric company for the 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight san bruno citizens. >> reporter: when san bruno mayor jim ruane first responded to the deadly pipeline explosion more than four years ago he called it an accident. he is now calling it a preventible tragedy, one that killed eight and leveled 38 homes, which is why the mayor doesn't just want pg&e to pay record-high fines, he also wants to establish an independent pipeline safety monitor to make sure that california public utilities commission is truly regulating pg&e and elimin

reporting live in morgan hill marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> big changes, marianne thank you so much. >>> for details now about the drought that could impact the cheaper grocery prices we've seen recently. according to the department of labor, food prices fell about .5% last month. it is the sharpest decline we've seen in more than five years. fruits and vegetables went down by 1%. meat and dairy prices are down by .5%. growing season just around the corner. if you combine that with the mandatory water cuts that are hitting farmers, economists say prices are expected to go up. >>> happening right now, a wildfire in southern california is growing tonight. let's take you there live. this is a live look from our nbc chopper over the chino hills area east of los angeles. take a look at these flames just looking vicious here. they are burning very very high in the hills. dozens of firefighters have been battling this blaze for several hours. they say the fire burned about 75 acres of land so far. this is video from what the fire looked like from a distance earlier today. corona fire

marianne favro is live. that's where they are seeing the most drastic cuts is in morgan hill. >> reporter: that's right. one of the reasons state leaders are asking morgan hills to cut back a whopping 32%. today the california water resources control board released a modified list of conservation measures and people have to comply starting in june. some morgan hill residents are surprised because the city already cut their use 21% compared to 2013 and many residents say they have been doing their part by collecting rain water and letting their lawns turn brown. >> we were still average than the average that they were comparing us to which sort of blew me away. >> so how much do other cities have to save? san jose is being asked to cut back 20%. pleasanton 24%. the state's highest target so far is 36%. reporting live marianne favro nbc bay area news. >> getting serious about the drought. marianne, thank you so much. >>> speaking of water, look at the waves in pleasure point in santa cruz. this made a lot of s

marianne. >> thank you for having us in. ty? >>> there's a new hot player in hollywood but you won't see his name in lights. it's china. that country has been doing deals and ramping up investments in the most american of industries movie making. as julia boorstin reports, both e betting that there's lots >> reporter: the biggest new star in hollywood is china. chinese media companies have been on a hollywood investing streak and studios are looking to tap into the valuable chinese movie-going market. it has the world's fastest growing box office expected to surpass the north american box office as soon as 2017. >> well china passed the market for us and some of the last few months we've done better in china than we've done in the u.s. and if you look we don't only do u.s. movies in china but chinese movies in china. films people haven't heard of such as wolf totem or dragon blade. >> reporter: moved into china 16 years has 215 theaters there and plans to double that footprint. last year sold a 20% stake in chinese business to c

marianne favro live in san jose. i don't know marianne, any complaints about the weather? >> reporter: no really no complaints. the game is over. and unfortunately the earthquakes lost. so that is what some people are complaining about. but the fans here are dedicated. and take a look at avaya stadium. much of it is exposed to the elements. even though they felt a little rain that didn't keep fans here from enjoying the game. they tell us even though you may see a lot of empty blue seats at this game it has more to do with it being easter sunday than concerns about sitting in the rain. we talked to several fans who say they barely felt the raindrops. and would gladly put up with much more. >> we got a few drops, that was it. nothing to stop the game. we enjoyed the game and danced and didn't bother us at all. >> it's pretty disappointing for the state of california we need a ton of rain. i'm not going to complain. >> reporter: in santa clara earlier today, motorists had to turn on their wind shield wipers and navigate through some mild showers. while others bundled up and

marianne? >> reporter: janelle, i'm 5'6" this fence you see behind me is six feet tall with a one foot barbed wire top. investigators believe that diana predal scaled the airport fence somewhere near here and walked across the tarmac to the buildings that you see over there, which is why tonight the airport is looking at building a much higher fence. 20-year-old de anna predal is suspected of scaling a fence and walking across the tarmac all the way to the other side of the airport, where a ups employee spotted her and alerted security. it is the fifth security breach at sjc in a year including one last april where 16-year-old ya ya abdi hopped an airport fence and stowed away in the wheel well of a jet that flew to hawaii. like to hear from the management of the airport, why it keeps happening. >> reporter: airport leaders come mend the ups employee for quickly responding to a trespasser. the perimeter fence, at least six feet high with a one-foot barbed wire top meets federal standards, but d

report living in san jose marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marianne. you may have seen the billboards while you're driving, the signs spreading the word about our drought. all part of a new advertising campaign. and it won't stop there. state water leaders say californians will also see posts on social media and hear lots of radio ads. the campaign will run until the end of june. don't forget you can track the storm that coming with our nbc bay area app, and you'll see when the rain will hit your neighborhood by checking our live doppler radar. the app is free if you have an iphone or android device. >>> >> a brazen robbery at a san francisco walgreens. showing the suspect pulling out a handgun and then jumping over the counter right there as he steals several bottles of prescription drugs. he then threatens the employee and has him open up a locked cabinet. the suspect got away with 15 to 20 bottles of oxy continue on the -- oxycontin along with other drugs. this happened last week near the san francisco golf club. if you recognize the man in this vid

i'm marianne favro. i will tell you about one man's efforts to make it a reality. >> reporter: i'm meteorologist, jeff ranieri. back towards san francisco, the heat is on tomorrow. we'll let you know who will reach 94 degrees in just a few minutes. >>> should silicon valley go hollywood or put up a sign like the one in hollywood? that's the vision of a south bay man. this is a live look at fremont hills where you could soon see a big silicon valley sign. nbc bay area marianne favro joins us live in san jose with reaction tots proposed landmark. mary ann? >> reporter: let's face it. when you this i of silicon valley, it is pretty hard to come up with a distinct landmark. so difficult that the super bowl committee posted a silhouette of this sfat statue as a sign of silicon valley. one south bay man wants to make a landmark. san francisco, the golden gate bridge new york the empire state building. and seattle, the space needle and silicon valley's landmark is? we asked a college student and he says the reg

i'm marianne favro. i'll have that story coming up in a live report. >> we're down to the last couple hundred fish in the state. >> an endangered species in the bay area. the shrinking supply and the two likely culprits behind it. >>> right now 6:30. caught in the act. this is new video of the latest security breach at san jose international airport, the fifth one in less than a year. tonight we're getting our first look at what the airport is doing to help keep passengers safe. nbc bay area's marianne favro is at sjc. you're along the perimeter. what's the difference? >> reporter: the big difference is if you take a look at this brand-new fence it's much higher than the old one. this fence is ten feet high. that's four feet higher than the fence that used to be here and if you look on top you'll see a one-foot-high barbed wire topper and this is just the beginning of a multimillion dollar plan to improve safety here. this surveillance video shows the most recent security breach. 20 year-year-old dianna

marianne a comment on that?he more reason she needs to get out there and show people that by the way, she grew up in a middle class family in the midwest. her father started a business. her mother had a childhood -- she went to two great colleges. that's what you have to do. she has got to do that. >> okay. but, adam, 18 months of attack ads is it better to get some of that stuff out of the way early? maybe that's why she is going a little earlien instead of the really big stuff hit her had and interest that water under the bridge and move forward from there? >> eric, i think what happened with hillary, she got a wakeup call. i think that press conference over the email fiasco told her she wasn't yet ready operationally or in terms of her performance or message ready for prime time. and it said we need to get moving here because the game is on. and what americans are looking for coming out of the last election and they are still looking for today eric, they are looking for leaders who are fresh, genuine and rele

reporting, marianne favro. >> thank you, marianne, you can track the weather with the apps from the app store or the android market place. >>> and calling on the government to do more this after an oakland man was killed during the recent wave of violence in yemen. nbc bay area's nannette miranda has more. >> reporter: he lived in oakland for about 14 years, and has two teenage sons from a previous marriage from fresno he was looking to bring his family to the bay area. family and friends mourned the loss of the man who tried to bring his daughter and wife to the united states. the violence has been escalating in this port town. on tuesday, as al abani was trying to make it to safety he and a nephew had been hit by shrapnel. >> he was trying to leave the country, and things are getting worse and worse, airports are pretty much closed. >> reporter: al abani co-owned this gas station in oakland. the man with the great smile was known for his kindness. >> even his customers actually cried. you see tears with his customers. they're generous people the customers, he won't let them go. >> rep

i'm marianne favro. coming up find out what city leaders are demanding about how the money should be put to use. >>> plus two bay area cities are leading the country in traffic. we're going show you where you're sure to be stuck in gridlock. >>> and are you ready for round two? ro khanna says he wants to take on congressman mike handa again. our political expert larry gerston breaks down why khanna might have a better chance next time around. >>> a hefty penalty that prevents tragedy. san bruno leaders want to make sure a proposed record fine against pg&e for this deadly explosion back in 2010 is spent to improve safety and stop another disaster from happening. nbc bay area's marianne favro is live in san bruno with what city leaders are proposing. marianne? >> reporter: well, city leaders, janelle, they want improvements in safety on the pipelines, and they are also demanding puc oversight to prevent what happened here four years ago from ever happening again. the evolution of a tragedy. more than four

n nbc bay area's marianne favro has more of the story. >> reporter: deputies got a call around 9:00 this morning that a boy had been stabbed. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. 18-year-old william schultz has been arrested for murder. they are still trying to determine the motive. >> we talked to the victim's next door neighbor who was stunned. >> so sorry for the family. i knew the little boy. i lived here for seven years and i feel for the family. >> he said the 9-year-old boy often played bubble in his backyard. >> the little boy was a very cheerful boy. >> he did not know william schultz or the connect to the boy but others said that william reslintd got kicked out of his home and was living with the family. he was good friends with the victim's older brother. >> that was nbc bay area's marianne favro reporting. we will have more on this story tonight at 11:00. >> we are following a developing story in nepal. at least 2500 people are dead in that massive earthquake that also triggered an avalanche on mt. everest. take a look at this new video posted to youtube

reporting live in discovery bay, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> devastating, marianne. thank you very much. we are continuing to follow a story in nepal where an earthquake was followed by an avalanche on mt. everest. as you can see, captured by a climber on the mountain this video is posted on youtube. can you see the wall of snow hitting the mt. everest base camp yesterday. at least 18 people killed on the mountain including google executive dan fredinburg. they are trying to reach people without helicopters because conditions are too treacherous. tonight the death toll has risen nor than 3200 people. that number is expected to go up. meanwhile, emergency responders are trying it to dig out survivors in the capital city of katmandu which was devastated by the quake. hospitals are treating patients on the street as victims continue to arrive. >> people here in the bay area are do wlag they can to help those in nepal. they are using social media to stay up-to-date. this while raising plan to help with relief efforts. christie smith is live in san francisco with what our

marianne favro live from san jose. this family was simply devastated. >> reporter: they are, and they want to make sure her life was not lost in vain peggy. a beautiful day here in san jose, where hundreds of people came together to remember a 24-year-old woman who was hit and killed by suspected stroet racers. they released the lines to honor the 24-year-old out for a jog here her san jose home in january when two suspected street racers hit and killed her. today, people walked to raise money in her name to give to children in need in india. but her family says the event also has another purpose. >> hopefully to push through the slowdown legislation to make lighting, add lighting to the roads to where the accident happened. that's what our goal is, to make sure people driving on that road, they have conscious signs enough to show they need to slow down, because that road is very dangerous. >> reporter: friends and family raised more than $9,000 for home of hope, her aunt says she united her family and always gabe back

marianne favro comes to us from the walk held in her honor. i know this was a tight community. >> reporter: yes, and it was an emotional day for family members. it was a beautiful day here at the park as hundreds came to participate in a walk to remember a 24-year-old woman who was hit and killed by a suspect suspected -- by suspected drag racers. it was more than just a walk it was time to demand safety improvements to protect pedestrians. this morning they released balloons to honor kiran pabla. in january, 294-year-old went jogging around noon by her home -- 24-year-old went jogging around noon by her home. two suspected street drag racers hit andcled her edd -- and killed her. today people walked in her name to raise money for children in india. her mother says the event also has another purpose. >> really want to make sure that the legislators, the government and the court system makes a point out of this and makes sure that people don't race in areas where there's pedestrians. that's what we're hoping for. >> reporter: two san jose men h

marianne favro is in san jose with a look at some of the hurdles ahead. >> one of the big hurdles is getting the public to embrace the concept of drinking water that was once sewage water. now here at this facility they produce 8 million gallons of recycled walter every day and the plan is to expand that to produce four times that much and make sure that it's drinkable. as a sign of confidence in the quality of this water, today's silicon valley leaders drank some of san jose's finest purified toilet water. >> good stuff. >> delicious. >> reporter: it was recycled here at the silicon valley advanced water purification system in san jose. the water goes through a three-step process, including microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light to get rid of any bacteria. but the state has not approved it yet to drink. instead, it's used for landscaping, including at the newly vie levi's stadium. >> we simply need the state of california to get the regulations out of the way so we can move forward with the most important environmentally sustainable project of the decade. >> reporter

marianne favro joins us live from the sorensdale park with what happened here marianne. >> reporter: $7,000 that were inside. the kids had just raised the money during their annual fund raiser. the money was supposed to be used to pay for field rental and other operating costs for the tennyson american little league. the league planned to deposit the cash on monday. the snack bar even had an alarm system. a neighbor says she is stunned. >> it sounds like a planned job. sounds like somebody knew what was going on inside or had seen it somehow and -- i don't know. i don't have a criminal mind so it's hard for me to figure out. but i tell you, it's just -- it's a pitiful situation. that someone would steal from kids like that. it's horrible. it's horrible. >> reporter: without that money each year owing league would not be able to function. stealing that money is like directly stealing from the 200 kids we serve every year. the league is now offering a $1,000 reward for any information that can help police catch the thief. reporting live in hayward, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>

marianne favro nbc bay area news. >> thank you.continue to follow our developing news in baltimore, Äi“sp'd. less than 30 minutes until the mandatory curfew few. tonight more than 3,000 officers and national guard troops are standing by. let's show you some pictures in baltimore now. it is about 9:30 local time. school was canceled today. many businesses and attractions like the national aquarium were closed. this is a defining time for baltimore. they're hoping for a peaceful night. police say they will be aggressively enforcing tonight's curfew. last night you're seeing the pictures. violence and destruction after the funeral of freddie gray. he's the 25-year-old blackmon who died in police custody earlier this month. rioters sent cars and buildings on fire including a community center built for seniors under construction. there was video showing people ransacking a sporting goods store. president obama today addressing the nation saying more will be done to address police brutality but this is not the way to do it. >> it is not

david: marianne, talk about the fed. the market is juiced what the fed has to say to what they could possibly produced is the market more interested in strong growth which may be showing itself in jobs numbers tomorrow or weak growth which would keep the fed from raising rates? >> well i think the jobs numbers, if they were positive, would be positive for the market. david: well, that's good. >> to me higher interest rates just means that we have a faster-growing economy and that leads to stronger earnings growth and that is what drives stock prices. david: you said to you. i want to know about the markets. will they perceive it same way you do? >> eventually they will come around to my way of thinking. >> there is a sector, david, that actually hasn't participated in what many belie a very strong, i'm talking six-month bull market, not six year. jason financials. now suddenly people are talking about the financials, saying, get in on the banks at the moment. you tell us why, which names you like in that space. >> sure.

reporting live in san jose, marianne, "today in the bay" in the. >> thanks so much, marianne. >>> okay. new this morning, police in east pattern lo at to looking for a shooter who fired a gun at someone overnight. police say it happened on abelia way close to highway 101. they found a woman with a head injury on the scene but the bullets did not hit her. she's expected to be okay. police did not identify a suspect. >>> only on nbc the man on the -- the man at the center of a violent arrest all caught on camera and video in southern california is telling his side of the story in an exclusive interview. >> i just felt hits everywhere, all over my whole body and they weren't stopping. i was wondering when is this going to stop? >> francis pusok led the deputies in a wild chase through the desert near apple valley last week. it ended when he fell off the horse he allegedly stole. deputies converge shooting him with a stun gun several times and repeatedly kicking and punching him. police arrested him but now he's out of jail and speaking out. pusok says that most of the blows came after he

marianne favro joins us from the hayward police department with new details. >> reporter: raj, police arrested the 22-year-old suspect on thursday near his home here in hayward. he is suspected of trying to kidnap three different girls as they were walking home from high school. the youngest victim was just 14. >> 25,000 mothers will sleep with ease tonight because there's someone off the street that could harm their children. >> reporter: police arrested cigar patel. they caught him at his home in hayward. he's accused of trying to kidnap three teenage girls walking home from school and force them into his car. the attacks happened between february 20th and march 27th. two girls were from tennison high. the other from hayward high. they were not hurt. >> each young woman showed a lot of courage and definitely did the right thing. did not allow herself to be an easy victim. >> reporter: batel allegedly used a toy gun. police seized it as evidence during his arrest. >> the alameda county d.a.'s office charged the defendant with three separate counts of attempted kidnapping. >> reporter

marianne likes to play the lotto.ent to a local a local gas station about ticket and happens to win close to $200,000. >> checking the ticket. i see congratulations. 255. >> you did not have to ask her twice. she used that money to buy a home with dennis. the two are now searching for their next home. they want to stay in connecticut. they never want to go back to new york where they said people just turned their backs on them. they are they are now searching for a home. they want help from our audience to help them find a home. any places that stick out to you in connecticut. bill: sound a little bitter toward the folks in new york. that is unfortunate but it's nice of a lottery goes to someone that needs it. >> i'm glad they won the lottery. someone is got to when it. >> jealous much? >> am always jealous when somebody wins the lottery. ♪ >> that's good. >> a couple becoming a little famous. going to a battle for the ages. the age-old story, couple falls in love, couple gets married, couple gets pregnant, couple get

. >> marianne favro shows us what one grass farm is doing to survive. >> reporter: if you think about it because of the drought fewer people are buying grass which is why this farmer in morgan hill is pulling up some of his grass to plant bell peppers. for more than 45 years grass farm accents has been growing everyone from stanford university to pebble beach golf course. after four years of drought fewer people want to install lush lawns and business is drying up. >> the market place has been impacted by the drought itself, so we're producing a product, bell peppers, that people want to buy. >> reporter: their product is bell peppers. he ripped up 30% of the sod on his 110-acre farm and replaced it with the vegetable which needs less water to grow than grass. >> water use will be a little bit lower. we're about 3-acre feed on growing turf grass for production and should be around 2, 2 1/2 acre feed on the bell peppers. >> reporter: there are more regulations and restrictions involved in growing food than sod. the santa clara farm bureau says farmers will also dealing with another dro

leon: she is a very sneaky lady marianne. alison: well, congratulations. very cool. the weather?teve: we have a cool down on the way and a big shock to the system. wait until you see friday and the upcoming weekend. pretty soon on the seven-day outside we go, it is cloudy and damp and cool. some of you have patchy fog, not amounting to a lot. 65 degrees at reagan national, the wind out of the south that three. earlier today, we managed to make it to 72 degrees. even though we had cloudy skies and showers this morning at this afternoon. the average this time of year is 64, the record 93 back in 1929. the temperatures are starting to cool. 61 gaithersburg, 59 frederick hagerstown 59. manassas looking at lower 60's. the cooler air will push in from the north and east as it -- as opposed to the south and west. 29 degrees burlington. the frontal system is located to the south of us. it stays south of us tomorrow into the day thursday. then it will lift to the north as a warm front. nighttime lows near 50, a little cooler in the north and west. scattered showers, and if you will those

in morgan hill marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> looks like we have a disturbance north of us but it's not going to bring us much rain or any at all. let's check with jeff ranieri in our microclimate forecast. >> another disappointing storm system off to the north. all we're getting are some of these residual side effects from the cold front. that's mainly the wind. we've had the colder temperatures today. we're going to zoom in on the doppler radar. eventually we do anticipate the possibility of a few showers. you can see right now, it's dry from santa rosa down to san francisco, also for san jose. we'll have the timing on that in just a few minutes. we'll take you outside to the sky camera network. with that westerly wind temperatures are down in the 60s here. right now, already at 62 in the south bay. east bay 61. 59 in san francisco. we keep showing you this camera but this is a real incredible indicator of what a lot of people at the coastline have been dealing with. our cameras shaking around a little bit. it's been gusting as high as 30 miles per hour today. we keep the win

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. >> we saw marianne and we saw sam brock and i apologize to anyone else who works there that i did not recognize or didn't see. >> right there's a lot of folks that were out there. the big boss people were there. >> you were out there. ? i was out, with my twins trying to get them to pick up a paint brush. >> thank you. >> aging pipes with a leaking problem. we have about 200 miles of pipes. that is over 100 years old. >> the system costing california millions gallons of water during the drought. >>> we are leaking water in a big way. 5,000 miles of pipes are breaking an average of three times a day and wasting millions gallopsns of water. >> the reason is aging. >> it's all because we are not he replacing this aging infrastructure fast enough. take a look at this map, these markers show every broken wat wither main last year from san francisco, to the east bay, and then down to the south bay. more than 1300 breaks in 2014 alone. because of the breaks 10s of millions gallons of water lost. >> emergency services. >> all day. every day. the phones at east bay municipal utility district r

. >> 91-year-old marianne filed an appeal to save the trees. they reveal the developers and the homeowner went as far as to bribe her. >> anyone who thinks they can get away with putting a tree in the city of menlo, i'm sorry, we can't do that. >> the homeowner didn't want to be identified and defended her decision. >> i am actually thinking -- hoping they are there forever. >> they took into account the tree's stability, and alternatives will be found to reinforce them and the trees will remain. >> i feel relieved. i hope it continues this way. i love my neighbors. >> those who rallied are eccstatic the trees were spared and on earth day no less. e trees will continue to be monitored. in menlo park, abc7 news. >> a lot more to bring you. a midair scare. next on abc7 news a terrifying minute. why did the pilot of a packed plane dive bomb 30,000 feet. and emergency evacuations as a volcano roars to life. why this one is considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world. and the colossal clog that broke london's sewer. you won't believe how

>> reporter: the woman that asked that question was marianne pernol.sk what she thinks of clinton now. >> i think he's a lot more friendlier looking. she is mileing more. >> reporter: she obviously picked barak obama back then a decision she doesn't regret. now she's looking for hillary. >> she doesn't look stressed out. she doesn't have anything to prove. i truly wish her luck. >> reporter: now, it was so interesting to talk to marianne again seven years later. she says she likes what she sees. when he asked her if she would definitely vote for her, she said look it's far too early to pin me down. she's like a classic new hampshire voter. >> that is why hillary clinton is starting to work over those voters one by one. >> only 600 daudas left. thanks so much for being there in new hampshire for us. >>> city officials in ball more are promising a thorough investigation into the death of freddie gray. the 27-year-old died on sunday one week after he was severely injured while being taken into police custody. the video shows gray being dragged into a van

. >> 91-year-old marianne filed an appeal to save the trees.reveal the developers and the homeowner went as far as to bribe her. >> anyone who thinks they can get away with putting a tree in the city of menlo, i'm sorry, we can't do that. >> the homeowner didn't want to be identified and defended her decision. >> i am actually thinking -- hoping they are there forever. >> they took into account the tree's stability, and alternatives will be found to reinforce them and the trees will remain. >> i feel relieved. i hope it continues this way. i love my neighbors. >> those who rallied are eccstatic the trees were spared and on earth day no less. the trees will continue to be monitored. in menlo park, abc7 news. >> a lot more to bring you. a midair scare. next on abc7 news a terrifying minute. why did the pilot of a packed plane dive bomb 30,000 feet. and emergency evacuations as a volcano roars to life. why this one is considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world. and the colossal clog that broke london's sewer. you won't believe how big

marianne, everybody is heading in for the drought tolerant plants? >> reporter: they are, in fact this is one of the busier days here at summer winds nursery in campbell. and most people we talked to were buying drought tolerant plants. that is important, because most of the district leaders say that half of the water usage goes to watering our gardens. customers were excited to start to plant vegetable gardens and colorful flowers. they are not willing to give up their gardens but are willing to change their planting strategies because of our drought. >> normally i garden in rows. but it wastes a lot of water. so we're doing this square foot gardening. i bought a book and so we're only going to put water where the vegetables are. >> reporter: drought tolerant plants were a big seller today, especially after governor jerry brown announced california's snowpack was at its lowest level in recorded history. only 6% of normal. that dismal picture caused the governor to require water restrictions to 20% for all of the state. and limiting use after a rain.

marianne an are you getting one? >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome.applause] >> >> well thanks again renee for your hard work because it's sometimes lonely out there doing that kind of work. next we have the director's report, executive director anne hinton and we welcome back. >> thank you. thank you. so i was in chicago last week for the american society on aging conference and primarily was there because i was asked to do a presentation with kate hopkey from the san francisco foundation on the public partnership that we have with the villages here in san francisco. the session went well. it was parked with people really interested in the work that gets done in san francisco and i think truly a lot of comments about how innovative san francisco is in its supportive programs like the villages but also the innovations that we participate in. i had the opportunity to meet at the conference with foundation folks from different foundations around the country and again i heard from people from other states about what is happening in san francisco. it was

marianne favro comes to us from the walk held in her honor.is was a tight community. >> reporter: yes, and it was an emotional day for family members. it was a

reporting live in san jose marianne favro nbc bay area news. >>> new at 5:00 up in the north bay a firefighter tackles a woman trying to set a person on fire. tonight investigators are trying to link that woman to another crime scene this. happened in mill valley up on mount tam. officers say an offduty marin county firefighter saw a woman throwing lighter fluid on a 50-year-old woman. the firefighter tackled the woman before she could set the victim on fire. >> the sheriff's department has taken samples, and they are going to be pursuing -- see if there is a tie between the assault and a fire at the bottom of the driveway. >> police are trying to connect that suspect to this house fire. the house was also vandalized with the words rapist and murderer, the word murderer misspelled, scrawled in red paint on the driveway and other property as you can see. investigators think the suspect may also be linked to other fires in the area. >>> we have got new video of a police standsoff in the south bay that landed a man behind bars. it happened at 10:00 last night at willow glen at malone and linkolog

our reporter marianne favro is on scene gathering more information about the stabbing. we'll have a live report from her at 6:00. >>> and we are following a developing situation in nepal. at least 2500 people are dead after the earthquake. we're getting a first look of dramatic video of that avalanche. take a look at this video posted to youtube. you can see the massive wall of snow descending on the base camp. this video from yesterday. at least 18 people were killed including a google executive. three other google employees survived. aftershocks triggered more avalanches in the himalayas today. a climber at the mt. everest base camp caught this one on video. there were several tents in the path of today's avalanche, but there's no word if anyone was inside those tents. >> the aftershocks have many people too scared to go back to their homes. many people are now simply sleeping in the streets. take a look at the scene here. you see the pitched tents as countries across the globe scrambling to send crews to help out with the search and relief in nepal. one of the bigges

volunteer staff for the work to plan and coordinate the event and also recognize on her staff is marianne, david, jack, will and tracy and becca and senior staff was involved too and lead a bunch of different panels. sara, connie, ryan, carla from the public affairs team and recognize deb tolman. you will see some of her work in a second and did the open conference video which is spectacular and diane and other staff from the properties division and operation danny and the staff and danny i know lead -- were on very interesting panels. and also our administrative and finance division, lisa abigail and staff from partnerships and our own martha mc carter for the assistance in the conference and the wonderful stacy white. probably the biggest legacy from this conference the lasting gift is the collaboration and relationship building that happened over the course of two years of planning with our other open space agencies. we were the host -- we were the lead agency but we were part of a host city effort that included the california academy of sciences and i really want to thank in particula

. >> marianne, police body cameras are becoming a hot button issue

college senior mariann doesn't want to admit it. >> i do have family in florida but it's hard to findjobs over there are. >> reporter: but says she's considered leaving new jersey to find a job. it's an issue facing thousands who are graduating college in new jersey. >> i live here. i would like to support the people that actually live here. there's no jobs. >> reporter: and it's the exact scenario lawmakers say new jersey needs to avoid. today introducing three dozen bills aimed at growing new jersey's economy to create jobs. >> nearly three students apply for every one position. that is a huge problem. >> reporter: ideas include a task force to train casino employees in a different industry or skill set. they want a law that will measure how new jersey stacks up against other states. for one, on tourism spending. >> we had $9 million in our budget this year for tourism. we spent $6 million and turned back $3 million. >> reporter: by not boasting our states assets the 76ers facility now under construction in camden for june of 2016 one example of economic development with incentive.

nbc bay area's marianne favro is south bay where a controversial lawmaker has a controversial idea to help remedy the drought. rob, what are we talk about seeing some raindrops? >> we'll begin to see the rain which is north of the north bay slipping southward. ahead of the cold front the winds now starting to accelerate around the bay area. gusts close to 20. as we head closer to midnight notice the direction out of the south. 30 to 40 miles per hour plus. maybe up to 45 miles per hour wind gusts in some of the hilltops. that's the first stage tonight. then as we head towards midnight into tomorrow morning, that's when the rain begins to arrive. some of that rain could be intense at times. a few showers just offshore for the moment. but the real cold front here with embedded thunder still up here in the north coast. as this slides to the south, unlike systems we've seen over the last weeks, this one should bring us a half inch or possibly a little bit more than that in a few spots because if the rain comes through even overnight, you may hear some thunder. and if you get the thundersh

the revelation of the text and i want to thank yolanda williams and one of the founding members marianne jackson and rodney williams and other officers for justice and after the text were revealed they wrote an immediate statement and said they were outraged and disappointed that there are sworn members of the police department that are engaging in these despicable racist activities and conversations. at this time we want all members of the san francisco police department who are responsible for the texting publicly identified as it is an apparent officer safety issue for our members and citizens of san francisco. the limited text messages we were provided identify association with the klu klux klan, white supremacy, ideally and threats to kill "in bred children" and derog tors to minorities and including hispanics, african-americans, lgbt et cetera and others and in addition to references as women as "b" word and i will say that's the quote from the officers of justice and i wanted thank them for being here. the first presenter before chief sure speaks is jeff hi darby, our den den and