. >>> this morning, the signs that some of martinez beavers are in the area. support organization, it's called worth a dam and they found these near the washed out lodge. floodwaters ripped through on thursday. the group has only spotted the father and two of his three kids mom died last summer. the group says in the past the beavers have come back to rebuild after a similar flood washed out their dam. if they could get rid of this damn rain and dry out. >> it's affecting everybody out there. >> we are going to see a little bit more but at least we have some sunshine. if you want to head out for a jog or bike ride and in heavenly the skies are brightening up with temperatures in the lower 30s. and 50 and 80 and no winter advisories or warnings or watches. things are settling down, back home, sutro camera, looks nice out there. sunshine but it will be fading throughout the day. numbers this morning are colder. we are looking at the numbers coming down as much as five to seven degrees due to the clear sky overnight. 43 in redwood city. 48 in los gatos with 46 in

. >> some of the signs that martinez beavers survived. organization says they found the footprints. floodwaters ripped through the creek on thursday and so far the group has only spotted the father and two of his three kids. mother died last summer. the group says in the past, beavers have come back to rebuild after similar floods washed out their dams. >> libyan rebels on the move. and surprisingly high radiation levels at fukushima daiichi power plant. remember a real trailblazer, first woman to run for vice president. and san francisco prepares to wewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewe >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> libyan rebels are hoping to retake a city after airstrikes forced gadhafi forces to retreat. today there was a vivid reminder of the brutality of the gadhafi regime. a woman claimed to have been arrested and gang raped by gadhafi forces. libyan authorities forced back reporters and quickly overpowered the woman. >> president obama will speak to the nation about our involvement in libya. abc news wi

this is home video of the martinez beavers. they survived the waters that swept away their dams. the ones they built in the creek. they've endured before but this is the first time that their lodge has gone down river. their support group with the dam said they can easily wait out the river and they will likely rebuild again. the beaver family has not been swept into the strait. >>> and traffic, not moving again along interstate 80 in the sierra. coming up in ten minutes, we'll take you there for a live report. >>> tonight there is more talk of evacuations in japan. nuclear fears continue to grow. two weeks after the tsunami hit that country. the breach is now suspected at least in one of the fukushima reactors. radiation levels in water there sfikd 10,000 times of what is normal. three workers were taken out of camp behind the tarp. after their feet were contaminated. they've been taken to a nearby hospital. people living within 18 miles are now being urged to consider evacuating. today death toll from the disaster officially passed the 10,000 mark. thousands of people though ar

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the martinez beavers survived the fast-moving waters that swept away their dam and their lodge in martinez creek. they've lost their dams before, but this is the first time their lodge has floated away. the good news is, they didn't float away. there's a support group, and it's called worth a dam, said beavers can easily wait out the storms in burrows bug into the riverbank and that they have not been swept away into the carquinez straits. >>> oh, you can stay up to the minute -- the beaver story got me off-guard. you can stay up to the minute by g loggineson to our website at nbcbayarea.com, and you can see the forecasters from our weather team and use the interactive radar map. >> we're pushing for the beavers. >>> a warning from the top brass at the san jose police department, looming layoffs and demotions will impact you at home. the police chief and the assistant chief sat down with an extensive look with the looming problem with damian trujillo, damian? >> reporter: jessica, we're on pace to more than double last year's 20 homicides and with police officers here losing their rank or

. >> and a new sign of hope for fans of those martinez beavers. how the series of storms washed out their dam this morning, a group called worth a dam advocates for animals e mailed us showing one of the beavers gathering sticks to rebuild. there he s the family of beavers has become one of the big attraction skpplz residents expressed concern when their dam was destroyed. but nair back at it and rebuilt before, by the way. >> they will again. >> yes. >> and a's are here to bay the giants. >> yes z abc 7 is live at the giants ballpark tonight. hi mike. >> hi guys nothing says spring like sunshine. you can see behind me giants finishing up batting practice. and this is a first time ever these two have gotten together when giants are the champions. as won it back in 1989. we might have preview, how about that of a world series for 2011. talking to fan that's can't wait to get this season going. >> does it feel different to be back here as a world series champion giants? >> it's more exciting. i'm just -- i can't wait until they open gates. and i'm a

. >> new sign of hopes for fans of martinez beavers. the storms had washed out their dams. group e-mailed us new video beavers gathering sticks to rebuild. the family of beavers has become one of the area's biggest attractions. >> coming up at 5:30. the unintended fireworks that turned out the lights for some people overnight in oakland. >> homes in the bay area that are now only worth $15,000. i'm amy hollyfield. i'll tell you why coming up next. >> and britney mania hits the bay area. an exclusive britney spears' performance coming up on "good morning america" this morning. >> here is a look at major airports. just in from baltimore, flight departure delays. we do have snow heading to chicago, indianapolis, rain around seattle and portland. severe weather around houston and new orleans but everything now quiet. go to abc7news.com and find our flight tracker. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already l

this was posted on the martinez beavers weathering the storm but they say the beavers dam has washed away. they have become a big attraction for the small town. >> kristen: it hit santa cruz county very hard. in capitola a flood of water came flooding through town forced evacuations. terry mcsweeney is there to show us live what is happening. >> reporter: here in capitola it's not difficult to find businesses that were damaged but these behind me a very popular eatery. you probably have been here if you've been here. right on the water, not touched by a drop. it should be open for business. other businesses not so lucky. take a look at the bought as it came down the street around 4:30 in the afternoon. we're talking about millions of dollars in damage. about two to three feet of water came pouring down the avenue after a drainage pipe broke. it connected the noble gulch creek and went right outnumbered the mobile home park. 30 homes damaged. at least two destroy the. everybody at that park was evacuated. good news is nobody was injured. the water rushed down the avenue as i mentioned

jcpenney. >> those beavers in the creek martinez work like beaver to repair the home they were livingn. all 4 dam were washed away during yesterday storm. so far 3 of the 4 beavers living in the creek have been spotted. they are okay. this is video of one of them posted yesterday on you tube. despite the damp those who keep want on the beavers don't expect them to poof out. they rebuilt before. >> federal regulator approve the first thayer foy prolong the lives of melanoma patients. fda has approved an injectible drug marketed as the drug that uses the body own immune system to fight cancer than relying on chemotherapy drugs. they lived 4 months longer than older skin care medication. none of which had ever proven effective. so it is encouraging. >> something new tonight about a condition nearly 5 and half million american children have been diagnosed with. adhd. tonight new study suggest the link between adhd and hidden ingredient in food found in virtually every corner of the supermarket. here's lisa. >> chemical klortion that make blue berry cereal more blue and some chip look oran

still, coming up, beaver fever in martinez. >> a family of beavers begins to rebuild storm-damaged homes, stay with us. you can see >>> in court today about inner workings about your black muslim ba bakery, the business chauncey bailey was research wheg was murdered. a star witness testified that the bakery leader ordered him to kill becamey, telling the jury, quote he wanted to us take him hout out before he completed the article to, kill him. >> live inside of the your black muslim bakery was secretive and virtually off limits to anyone on the outside that. is the story broussard laid out to the jury saying the bakery leader and co-defendant admitted to killing a man because he was white. broussard told jurors they held brotherhood meetings talked about nation of islam and race. history of the white man, they were being spoken of as white devils how white men were doing men of color from psychological to until fort lauderdale enslavement. bakery members would practice standing in formation around bey saying any time bey went out, bakery members surrounded him for protection. it was onl

. >> janelle: beavers in martinez will have to work like beavers to repair their homes. all four dams were affected. so far three of the beavers have been spotted. this is video of one of them posted on youtube. despite the damage they don't expect them to move out. i know they are probably sick and tired of the rain just like all of us. >> this is the last pretty moderate one. we have a weak one coming in tomorrow. we do have lots of sunshine. as you head outside, snowy in the sierra nevada where winter storm warning for the west slope to the sierra is under effect. we will be looking at one to two feet of snow and travel has been impacted on 80. so do be careful out there. back home it has been a wet morning and really started overnight. we are looking at this front to push steadily to the south and east. live doppler 7 hd shows the rain line is really bie sexting parts of the north bay and we -- bisecting but you notice how wet it is. moderate cells back to richmond and tiburon and back to the east bay despite light to moderate showers here but the heaviest rain is so

beaver fans were worried that martinez's . >>> well, the recent storms that we have had has washed awaybuilt in el hamber creek. the beavers fans were worried they would have to leave. but as ann shows us, it looks like those busy little beavers are wasting no time rebuilding. >> i found them yesterday carrying debris into their lodge. >> reporter: even though the lodge and dams were washed away from the recent storms, it looks like they are giving their neighborhood another chance. >> they are around here. we photographed footprints of them coming to the lodge and saying, where is our house? and it was just completely flattened. >> reporter: do you think they will rebuild here or will they go somewhere else? >> i'm assuming that they will try to rebuild here. the question is whether they are going to be able to find enough materials. there was a lot of woody debris washed downstream in the storm. and so they can use that. >> reporter: heidi and her group worth a dam have been following the beavers since 2007, a year after they moved in. the family now consists of dad, a 2-year-old and

the heavy rain wiped out the home of a much loved beaver family in martinez. ese pictures are from slightly drier times. the lodge where they created their homes have now been washed away. fortunately though, there's the little guy in happier and drier days. we're told the beaver survived. volunteers said that an adult beaver and three kit were seen swimming in the creek. >>> so we do have continuing storm watch coverage on this newscast and our website. you can track our coverage any time on our web page. you will find it all when you click on the weather tab at ktvu.com. >>> authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped this morning from fulsome state prison. steven colburt goes by the alias steven koble. he's 19 years old and was serving time for first degree burglary in yolo county. >>> the l.a. force is taking parts in the air strikes over libya are beginning a switch of command to nato. nato fired 16 more cruise misless and lieu misless and flew more than 150 air strikes other libya. president obama is holding telephone conferences with nato over liby

the recent rains washed away a dam a family of beavers built in the creek in martinez. re rebuilding. about four years ago downtown businesses were afraid the dam would cause flooding and wanted the beavers removed. animal advocates found a solution. >> what you see when martinez did this is that compromise is really possible. and that there is really god reasons to do it. >> reporter: peaceful solutions to such conflict, say wildlife advocates, often come through education. that the more we know about wildlife, the less likely the need to kill it. in marin county, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the water system which displays tap water to san francisco and almost two million other bay area residents is undergoing a seismic upgrade. water managers gathered at lower crystal springs in san mateo county today to launch the $320 million project. it includes upgrades to crystal springs dam, to a water treatment plant in sanbruno and a 19-mile water pipeline that runs from hillsboro to daly city. the improvements are expected to take four years to complete. >>> from polit

one trouble spot along alhambra creek in martinez. the beaver dam in the creek washed away.le using sandbags to protect their homes. a wall of water swept into homes and businesses at capitola after some heavy rainfall overwhelmed the culvert at a mobile home park. that park remains evacuated this morning. >>> and governor brown says there will be more tough decisions ahead. yesterday he signed a series of bills to cut more than $11 billion in spending. community college students will pay $10 more per unit next year. california's two public university systems will lose more than $1 billion in these latest cuts. >>> traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we are seeing stop and go conditions through antioch. it's accident-free. but slow west bound away from a street slow to somersville and delays into the pittsburg area. if you are traveling along the mill valley area along mill valley,

the recent rains washed away a dam a family of beavers built in the creek in martinez. they are rebuilding. about four years ago downtown businesses were afraid the dam would cause flooding and wanted the beavers removed. animal advocates found a solution. >> what you see when martinez did this is that compromise is really possible. and that there is really god reasons to do it. >> reporter: peaceful solutions to such conflict, say wildlife advocates, often come through education. that the more we know about wildlife, the less likely the need to kill it. in marin county, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the water system which displays tap water to san francisco and almost two million other bay area residents is undergoing a seismic upgrade. water managers gathered at lower crystal springs in san mateo county today to launch the $320 million project. it includes upgrades to crystal springs dam, to a water treatment plant in sanbruno and a 19-mile water pipeline that runs from hillsboro to daly city. the improvements are expected to take four years to complete. >>> from

martinez family. this was posted on youtube showing the beavers struggling with the rising creek level.y say the beavers' dam has washed away in alhambra creek. they are big attraction in the small contra costa town. >> stay dry. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. bye.

martinez family. this was posted on youtube showing the beavers struggling with the rising creek level. they say the beavers' dam has washed away in alhambra creek. they are big attraction in the small contra costa town. >> stay dry. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. bye. you can see

. >> and there are fevers in martinez will have to work like beavers.during the storm. so far, three of the four seen living in the creek have been spotted. this is video of one one of them posted. those who keep watch do not expect them to move out,. >> they're comfortable and there are no predators in the area and there is plenty of food. >> they have had their dams washed away before and have rebuilt them but never had dodge washed away in the past. >> and frightening radiation concerns in japan tonight. that is coming up z how the crisis is put lg a squeeze on the local economy. there is a secret recordings that implicate a killer. an exclusive. >> a new alternative for treating skin cancer. >>> we begin with the prime minister calling the nuclear threat and there is a biggest breech yet at the nuclear plant. experts expect there has been damage to the core of the reactor number through. and workers suffered burns from water 10,000 times more radio active. reactor three is the only one to use plutonium in the fuel mix, more toxic than the uranium us

beaver dam. a river in martinez. it is nearly over the banks rushing, muddy waters just inches from a bridge.nd it is hit pretty hard from these flash flood with a low lying city built on a flood plain. let me show you a different shoankcars navigating their way through these heavy water waste. we want to warn you to be careful if you have a high profile of vehicle. and if it is difficult? do not try to get through if you were driving a car. grant lotus, kron 4 news. >> kimberlee: 2 the sierras is wiped out conditions look at this! 80/kingvale. through the sierras, and no cars getting through. and conditions were not much better earlier. take a look to this video that was shot earlier. highway 89 at squaw valley. difficult conditions, the roads were even difficult to distinguish where the lanes are starting and ending. i wanted to show you this because of this wind blowing so hard to the camera is shaking from side to side. not that many cars going through. and highway 50. a lot of traffic here. and a caltran was continuing to see these roads but we saw according to c h p, difficult driving c

. >> the might of that swollen creek has already taken three beavers and their den downstream. the martinezublic works director says the creek is two to three feet higher than usual from all that rain. >>> pg&e getting a chance to avoid millions of dollars in fines. it's all part of the fallout from last year's deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. yesterday the state public utilities commission decided to fine pg&e $6 million. it's because the utility failed to provide documents that supposedly prove it has properly set pressure levels on its gas transmission lines. but pg&e has a chance to pay only half that amount if it provides all the information by the end of august. critics are angry at that new pg&e proposal to charge customers for opting out of the smartmeter program. the company submitted a plan to the california public utilities commission. pg&e would turn off the radio that transmits usage but in exchange, those customers who opt out would pay $270 up front and then $14 a month. or $135 up front and $20 a month. some claim the radiowaves from the meters make them sick. >>> it

martinez. flood waters were washing out the stream here. plus of the problems were caused by the creek, the flash floods washed out the beaver dam, as we see is a similar scene in the oakland hills. >> reporter: on shepherd canyon the roadside get flooded due to the heavy rain. this card debts deccan 4 ft. of standing water. they rescued the driver was not injured. however her toyota did not as fair as well. the water drained but you can see there is money water covering the floor. it didn't take long for the public works to remove the mud and debris that had overrun the drainage system. they say flooding in this area happens once a year, in fact to years ago firefighter said they had to rescue somebody else who got stuck in the same location. >> darya: $1 and a lot of luck make a one white. the megabucks lottery climes. kron 4 is your lottery station you could watch the drama here tonight at 8:00 p.m. but stick alive look at san jose the camera is shaking with the wind. conditions and not as bad as they were yesterday morning. so far so good. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey m