nanette miranda is live in the pg&e office in hayward. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, vicky. the rain has arrived in the east bay. drops started falling steadily an hour ago. folks expect to be very busy. the utility company does look at the timing of the weather. they knew about this break between the storms, so they took advantage of it, to clean up the damage left behind from friday's storm yesterday and repair some of the downed lines. pg&e says it has about 2000 personnel helping out in storm response. in berkeley, a 90-foot tree came crashing down across three back yards damaging the roof of one home. no one was hurt. mother nature also knocked down this tree. in the emergency operations center on friday to handle this weekend's response. >> we are prepared. we obviously have the material and the people in the right place to deal with that storm. it looks like it may be not as severe. you are still going to get some impact. >> here are the latest outage numbers from pg&e. 200 homes in the north bay have no power, 150 in th

nanette miranda live in atherton to explain some of the proposed changes.morning, nanette. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the goal is to make this six-lane stretch safer. officials hope a new traffic light and three pedestrian beacons will do that. the proposed stoplight is slated for el camino real and selby lane. then pedestrian beacons which activate a flashing light are being suggested at stockbridge, isabella, and alejandra avenues. if approved, all are expected to be installed by the spring of 2015. -- 2017. it's considered unsafe because little really helps pedestrians and cyclists coexist with speeding cars. an atherton resident was killed as recently as last summer by a car while crossing el camino. at the site, 50 collisions occurred during a nine-year period. the city council is expected to discuss the stoplight and pedestrian beacons. the city and caltrans are expected to help pay for this $900,000 project. live in atherton, nanette miranda, for "today in the bay." >>> this morning, police right now looking for a suspected prostitute who drug

. >> nanette miranda was in court for his arraignment. she join us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, scott and kris. as you mentioned the highly recruited swim star pleaded not guilty to all of those sexual assault charges related to the assault of an unconscious and intoxicated woman he met at an on-campus party last month. this 19-year-old brock turner in a suit with his father next to him. and his attorney mike armstrong as they headed to the arraignment. the hearing began promptly at 9:00 a.m. and only lasted a few minutes. after withdrawing from stanford university last week, turner apparently moved back home to dayton, ohio. his attorney asked that the former freshman not have to go to all of his court appearances in california because of the expense, but the judge denied that. he must attend every single time. prosecutors requested a protective order, which is essentially a restraining order to stay 100 yards away from the victim. the judge did grant that. two grad students happened to pass by the alleged attack january 1

nanette miranda live in atherton this morning to explain some of these proposed changes. , nanette. >> reporter: good morning, laura. well, the goal is to make this six-lane stretch of el camino real safer. the proposed stoplight is slated for el camino and selby lane. then pedestrian beacons which activate a flashing light when someone's about to cross the street, are being suggested for stockbridge, isabella, and alejandro lanes. if approved, all are expected to be installed by the spring of 2017. the city estimates more than 31,000 vehicles use that mile and a half section of el camino a day. it's considered unsafe because little is really being done to help pedestrians and cyclists coexist with speeding cars. an atherton resident was killed as recently as last summer by a car while crossing el camino. at the site of the proposed traffic light, caltrans says 50 collisions occurred during a nine-year period. they will consider the stoplight and pedestrian beacons at tonight's city council meeting. it's a study session, actually, and the city and caltrans hope to be able

live at san jose state, nanette miranda for "today in the bay." >> better get caught up. thanks. >>> possible solutions for a national concern playing out on the cal campus. the issue of sexual assault pap two-day conference addressing how to stop sexual violence on college campuses ended with keynote speaker anita hill. back in 1991 hill testified against then supreme court justice nominee clarence thomas claiming he had sexually has rationed her bringing the issue to the forefront. now cal finds itself in the spotlight. the university is one of 90 colleges under investigation by the federal office for civil rights for its handling of sexual assault cases. >> taken steps that really have -- we beat the policy for survivors to give them more rights throughout the process and that's just to name a few. >> berkeley has the nerve to call their conference beyond compliance, as if they're some role model everyone else should emulate when they're not actually listening to students survivors. >> uc-berkeley officials will continue to address, create and implement more programs.

nanette miranda has been keeping tabs on flooding and chrissytyie smith smith.ers clearing away for morgan hill and gilroy. you can see the heavier showers and thunderstorms after to the east. here's the break we're seeing right now. off to the west you see the spin of the clouds offshore. it's approaching the coast with lightning detected offshore. it will increase the chances of seeing some stronger showers and potentially some strong thunderstorms too. so what we're watching for here is the potential for thunder especially around the coastal areas. then as we head into overnight hours we can see pretty intense thunderstorms in addition to gusty winds. you'll see the winds up to 45 miles an hour and winds out of the south from 15 to 35 across the rest of the bay area and finally as this system starts to move on in we'll see cold air in the sierra that will begin to drop snow levels that will affect your morning commute. we'll talk about how much rain we've seen so far and how much we can expect ahead. christie smith is live at the airport and there's got to be

nanette miranda. >> thank you. and the microcast coverage is going to to start at 4:30 in the morning, and we will have the latest and the impact of the morning commute starting at 4::004:30 a.m. >> and now carlyle villazon is accused of groping a 8-year-old girl in at a 8 cent store, and he has done it before. cheryl hurd has a are report of that. >> i will never forget a face is what the good samaritan said. that is what he says when he saw the face of the man who sis accused of molesting a 8-year-old girl, and he says that he sis the pan who he helped to detain at a walmart store. >> i looked up at the tv and when i looked at the surveillance i knew it was that man. i h will not forget that man as long as i remember. >> reporter: he has a reason to remember because he came face to face to him at 2010 when he helped another man detain him in this wallmart store when he inappropriately touched an 8-year-old girl. >> he told me to back off and told me some explicit words. i was in a really going to go to town on hi

. >> reporter: nanette miranda. >> the bakery says nothing else was stolen, just recipes. no signs of forced entry but the owners insist it was not an inside job. >>> hackers have hit uber, specifically uber drive ofs. the san francisco-based ride share company revealed someone breached their systems last may. hackers got names and license plate numbers of about 50,000 employees. at this point, uber customers are not affected. uber says the company has since updated its cybersecurity. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- will it save lives? we show you how a local company's giving breast cancer patients a new way to live longer. >>> here on saturday morning we have towering cumulus clouds over the san francisco bay. towering cumulus clouds means rain and thunderstorms later on. we'll break down the forecast after this. >>> you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back. here's a live look at the san jose earthquake's brand new home where, for the first time, we will see action on the field today. today is the soft opener preseason game the earthquak

live at san jose state, nanette miranda for "today in the bay." >> good point of clericification, thanks>>> one bay area uber customer has taken his last uber ride. says uber seriously uber-charged him to the tune of $500 for a 12 mile ride. he's blaming it on the appal confusing policy. >> live in san francisco, steph, what's the ride-sharing company is saying about it. >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. in front of uber head wequarter. about hear done is legal, but one customer said he got a bill wrap would amount to $37 for each mile. look at the receipt he got for the trip to santana row. $452 nap was after saturday's sharks game. rafael hernandez of san hesse says the uber ride to the game, $23. when the vta light rail was too packed to take back he accepted the surge pricing plus plier of 4.9. >> i agreed to the surge price. the problem was, the ride itself was should, have been like $30 times four. doesn't add up to $452. >> and in a statement the company says the uber app was created to give riders a safe, reliable option to move around town at the tap of a button. dynamic

live in south san francisco, nanette minette miranda. >> tragally all around. thank you. >> calfire is beefing up its staff. early this year because of the drought. interviews began today for the 3 300 applicants vieing for calfire's 120 positions. state-wide the agency will add 120 positions. they are jobs that the candidates applied for as far back as november. while the fire season usually starts around mid-april, the drought guarantees an earlier fire season start. they have been very busy over the last two months. >> seen about in california at a time where we normally see half that many, we have seen about 160 fires including a fire just within the last ten days or so that burned over 6,000 acres and over 40 homes. >> calfire already added more than 70 engines this winter and they have already responded to more fires than they usually do this time of year. >> right now, clear skies are lining the bay area this morning. a little bit of fog as well. live look at san francisco and san jose. christina loren here with an early look at the forecast. >> hey, goo

. >> nanette miranda was in court for his arraignment.