but that depends on the tips that come in from the public, reporting live, ktvu, noel walker. >>> and looking for another missing bay area resident. why service members were involved in today's search for a missing camper. >>> we're on storm watch tonight as a slow moving system gives the bay area even more rain. the steady rainfall kept up for for most of the day. tonight, the winter weather advisory is posted for the sierra nevada. here is what it looked like on the san francisco side of the golden gate bridge. gray, drizzle, traffic was moving not high wind warnings were cancelled earlier today of the elsewhere in the city there was just enough rain to wash off some of the pollen popping up lately. not enough to add to the totals this evening. >> and steady throughout the day, ktvu has more on what parts are getting hit right now. >>> and heather, the rainfall rates are picking up, in fact over the past two to three hours as you can see on storm tracker two radar, the bay area is mostly covered with the light shades of green. it is a small difference, but they indicate more moderat

noel walker reports from san francisco and tells us how a small start up has become a political health care debate. >> the goal of health care reform is all about access. a local company says it is providing life-saving access to patient records through computer software technology. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: it was a media photo op and a big day for a san francisco start up. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: house minority leader picked the 2nd anniversary of the affordable care act to tour practice fusion's new digs t. it provides free web-based health records to doctors. >> when i started the company i did not have health insurance for four years. >> reporter: now, the growing company is a trickle down beneficial of the affordable care act. >> it is bringing down cost, improving quality, and expanding access as is the purpose of our affordable care act. >> reporter dubbed obama care, the affordable care act expands insurance and government mandates on what insurance should cover. next week the supreme court will hear arguments on the acts constitutionality. across the count

ktvu's noel walker reports. >> reporter: just glance around the red box coffee shop in mountain view and you know the apple doesn't fall far from the tree in cupertino. >> i own their products so every day it reminds me, it's a good company. >> reporter: kevin mg is a mac from his phone to his tablet to his portfolio. today apple announced it will pay it's customers dividends. >> i am excited because i've owned apple for a couple of years. >> reporter: it's the first time apple will pay dividends. so what's better for apple. >> the rail question is what's better for the investors that will continue to hold apple without them paying a dividend. >> reporter: there was pressure for apple to share the wealth. the company is sitting on $100 billion in cash. to get some sense of apple's power look at the s & p500 which is up 12 to 13% per year. but if you take out apple's contribution it's up just five to 6%. >> it's very difficult to buck the trend, at the same time trees don't grow up to the ski either. >> reporter: meaning it isn't likely the coto get buy backs forever. >> i think that'

ktvu's noel walker reports. >> reporter: just glance around the red box coffee shop in mountain view and you know the apple doesn't fall far from the tree in cupertino. >> i own their products so every day it reminds me, it's a good company. >> reporter: kevin mg is a mac from his phone to his tablet to his portfolio. today apple announced it will pay it's customers dividends. >> i am excited because i've owned apple for a couple of years. >> reporter: it's the first time apple will pay dividends. so what's better for apple. >> the rail question is what's better for the investors that will continue to hold apple without them paying a dividend. >> reporter: there was pressure for apple to share the wealth. the company is sitting on $100 billion in cash. to get some sense of apple's power look at the s & p500 which is up 12 to 13% per year. but if you take out apple's contribution it's up just five to 6%. >> it's very difficult to buck the trend, at the same time trees don't grow up to the ski either. >> reporter: meaning it isn't likely the company will continue to get buy backs forev

and noel walker found one area where the department is getting some praise. >> reporter: in a secondloor conference room behind closed doors, san francisco's city and law enforcement met with the mayor to give their update on prison alignment. the mayor's appointed sheriff, vicki hennessy took the place of suspended sheriff, ross mirkarimi. >> i think the day-to-day operations are going to continue to work just fine. >> reporter: it comes on the heels of a new report from the american civil liberties union, criticizing the way some counties are allocating funds. while san francisco is an example of how a county should spend money rehabilitating inmates -- >> many other counties have chosen to invest in building more jail space. this is an incredible waste of tax dollars. >> reporter: in the area allocated between 14 and 40% of their realignment money to add jail space. >> there's not enough money to basically warehouse, or lock all of the offenders up. >> reporter: critics say there needs to be a statewide shift in policy, and funding to keep jail cells from having a revolving door.

and noel walker found one area where the department is getting some praise. >> reporter: in a secondconference room behind closed doors, san francisco's city and law enforcement met with the mayor to give their update on prison alignment. the mayor's appointed sheriff, vicki hennessy took the place of suspended sheriff, ross mirkarimi. >> i think the day-to-day operations are going to continue to work just fine. >> reporter: it comes on the heels of a new report from the american civil liberties union, criticizing the way some counties are allocating funds. while san francisco is an example of how a county should spend money rehabilitating inmates -- >> many other counties have chosen to invest in building more jail space. this is an incredible waste of tax dollars. >> reporter: in the area allocated between 14 and 40% of their realignment money to add jail space. >> there's not enough money to basically warehouse, or lock all of the offenders up. >> reporter: critics say there needs to be a statewide shift in policy, and funding to keep jail cells from having a revolving door. today