rob ross spoke to the man who made that amazing tackle. >> reporter: store employee, joe williams had just finished at the am, pm convenience store at about 1:30 this afternoon when this came in and pointed a gun at the cashier. a customer gets out of the way, then entered joe williams and a move of a professional wrestler. the gunman was pleading for him to let him go. williams said he was afraid the man had another gun and restrained him until police arrived. we met williams this afternoon at the store. >> i was real nervous. at the time, my adrenalin took over and i didn't think twice about it. yeah, i was afraid. >> police arrested corbin for attempted robbery and being in possession of a firearm as a felon. williams did was heroic but don't advise citizens to on do the same. >> i have seen and heard other situation where is it turned tragic unnecessarily because people fought and resisted. it's an extremely dangerous and critical incident that unfolded. >> i'm proud of myself. i did a good deed. that's how i look at it. >> and there's something the video doesn't show after it was

in richmond, rob ross, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> highway 1 in san mateo county was the scene of a real life cliff hanger er today. it happened north. the driver of a 26-foot dump truck lost control. the truck ended up perched precarously atop a cliff. the accident happened about 11:45 this morning. the driver was able to get out safely, but the roadway had to be closed for about an hour as tow trucks pulled that truck to safety. lanes were all reopened by about 2:45. the chp said the dump truck was carrying a load of sand weighing 20 tons. >>> a 20-year veteran of the san heez -- san jose fire department today faced drug charges. 53-year-old did not enter a plea to two felony counts of possession and sale of meth amphetamine. he was arrested last thursday on the drug charges as well as alleged sex with a minor. prosecutors say that part of the investigation is still ongoing. his bail was set at $75,000. >>> an alameda county family is expressing outrage tonight after a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a 60-year-old man. authorities say that he came at them with a baseball bat. ktvu joh

as rob ross reports, his children are now taking the initiative to improve safety there. >> comes a ray of light. >> anything for my father at this point, you know. i wish he -- he could have been here next to us. >> sergio owned this market on tennessee street. january 3rd, he walked across tennessee and holiday street on his way to the bank when he was struck by a car, knocked to the ground and run over by a second car. he later died. both drivers are cooperating with police while the accident is being investigated. >> every time i look at that corner, it remind ess me that that was the end of my father, and i don't want no one to lose their life that way ever again. >> the family wanted to do something to help tennessee street, a street their father loved. >> cars zoom. >> so the family is donating money, along with an organization called team tennessee, to pay half the $8,000 cost of putting in flashing solar led signs at the crosswalk where he was killed. the city is covering the other half. the signs will be similar to this one near a high school. >> we want to be part of the solu

the story made headlines when it happened ten weeks ago, and tonight ktvu's rob ross asks her about being paralyze and had her determined effort to make a full recovery. >> i kind of didn't know instantly. >> dominique romero says through physical therapy and determination, she's able to move one leg this much. >> it's going to take time for me to build up walking around with the braces and walker. >> at the age of 19 years old she's permanently paralyzed from the waist down, but she knows she could have been killed. >> i'm glad i'm paralyzed rather than not here at all because that's how i really do see it. it went through my elbow, came out. >> for the first time on television, dominique described what happened the night she was struck by a stray bullet that flew into her house. >> it hit my side somewhere around here. that lodged into my spine. >> she was watching movie in a richmond home with a stepfather just before christmas when they heard gunfire outside as the two dove on the floor, dominique felt a sharp pain. >> i just started skreemg because i felt something. >> then something

two months later, she poke with ktvu's rob ross about that night, about the moment she lost feelings in her leg and about how she is determine today walk again. >> i kind of didn't know instantly. >> through physical therapy and determination, she's able to move one leg this much. >> it's going to take time for me to build up walk around with the braces and walker. >> at the age of 19 years old, she's permanently paralyzed from the waist down, but she knows he could have been killed. >> i'm glad i'm paralyzed rather than not here at all because that's how i really do see it. >> for the first time on television. >> that's how. it went through my elbow, came out. >> dominique described what happened the night she was struck by a stray bullet that flew into her house. >> it hit my side somewhere around here. >> she was watch ago movie in her home with her stepfather just before christmas when they heard gunfire outside. as the two dove on the floor, dominique felt a sharp pain. >> i just started screaming because i felt something. >> then something seemed wrong with her legs. >> it felt

as rob ross found out, there is no shortages about ideas of what to do. the question is, when will changes be made. >> van mess avenue, some people call it, the city seems to agree the city identified the six-lane freeway as a high injury corridor. 84 accidents involving pedestrians between 2008 and 2013. that doesn't include the three people killed here this year alone. the elderly and disabled complain the crossing lights are too short. some blame drivers. >> most often i see people running the red light. so until that's not happening anymore then people are still going to get hit by cars. >> and those in cars say those on foot are looking at their cell phones and not paying attention. >> now, you were wearing your earbuds. do you think that's a good idea on a dangerous intersection? >> no, i don't think it's a good idea. it's a bad habit, actually. >> the city can make simple improvements. >> if you start doing like striping like this, and that ladder-style striping you can see that from much farther away and you know that's a crosswalk. >> and that's

as rob ross found out, there is no shortages about ideas of what to do. the question is, when will changes be made. >> van mess avenue, some people call it, the city seems to agree the city identified the six-lane freeway as a high injury corridor. 84 accidents involving pedestrians between 2008 and 2013. that doesn't include the three people killed here this year alone. the elderly and disabled complain the crossing lights are too short. some blame drivers. >> most often i see people running the red light. so until that's not happening anymore then people are still going to get hit by cars. >> and those in cars say those on foot are looking at their cell phones and not paying attention. >> now, you were wearing your earbuds. do you think that's a good idea on a dangerous intersection? >> no, i don't think it's a good idea. it's a bad habit, actually. >> the city can make simple improvements. >> if you start doing like striping like this, and that ladder-style striping you can see that from much farther away and you know that's a crosswalk. >> and that's

as rob ross reports, for one victim, the next stop was her home. >> angelica works at the main office at brookfield elementary school. last week she was victimized not once but twice. >> it was very emotional. it was very frightening. >> last monday when she walked to her shshgsuv in a school parking lot, she noticed someone had pried open the lock. >> they inserted something here right below the key hole. >> you can see where it's bent. >> the only thing they took was the registration and the insurance, which contained my address. >> her nightmare had only begun. three days later when she arrived at her home on center street in oakland, she says she found a huge hole in her front door. she says not only was jewelry missing but keys to her family's other cars. >> the first few days were very frightening for us to spend the night there, and we had to make special arrangements to sleep somewhere else. >> she believes the burglary is related to the car break in and the school principal says since last week, two other school employees and a parent have had their cars broken into and their

. >>> ktvu's rob ross did a little investigating today on whether people who have already cut back willave to cut back even more. >> reporter: jonathan petty and his baby showed us the water conservation measures they've already taken in their union city townhouse. water saving shower, and the low flow toilets. he waters the plants with leftover drinking water. petty is not sure if he can conserve much more. >> the future of our water usage is a big question for us. we have no idea. >> reporter: the alameda water district has asked petty and 3,000 other customers to voluntarily reduce water consumption by 20% from last year. what happens if it orders more reductions? >> how are they going to impose the restriction? are they going to fine us? >> one thing we don't want to do is penalize customers that are being very supportive of our conservation requests. whatever happens next will be designed if we go there to not penalize those customers. >> reporter: the district says if it imposes mandatory restrictions, it may mean reducing, or banning certain practices, such as watering lawns, and

. >>> ktvu's rob ross did a little investigating today on whether people who have already cut back willave to cut back even more. >> reporter: jonathan petty and his baby showed us the water conservation measures they've already taken in their union city townhouse. water saving shower, and the low flow toilets. he waters the plants with leftover drinking water. petty is not sure if he can conserve much more. >> the future of our water usage is a big question for us. we have no idea. >> reporter: the alameda water district has asked petty and 3,000 other customers to voluntarily reduce water consumption by 20% from last year. what happens if it orders more reductions? >> how are they going to impose the restriction? are they going to fine us? >> one thing we don't want to do is penalize customers that are being very supportive of our conservation requests. whatever happens next will be designed if we go there to not penalize those customers. >> reporter: the district says if it imposes mandatory restrictions, it may mean reducing, or banning certain practices, such as watering lawns, and

i'm kris sanchez along with meet ross rob mayeda who has a look at the forecast and the good news is we can enjoy the warm weather today guilt free because there's rain in the forecast. >> the seven-day forecast looks busy but good news for your weekend plans. clear skies and dry start to the day. chilly, you can see ukiah and santa rosa, 30s, 42 in sunnyvale. around the peninsula low 40s around foster city and around the tri-valley heading up to walnut creek, 38 degrees this morning. a little bit on the chilly side. you see santa rosa there 39 degrees and 38 around petaluma. hour by hour the forecast today, in the south bay getting close to 70 degrees. peninsula upper 60s in san francisco warming up nimesly around lunchtime should see the numbers in the mid to upper 60s and low 70s in the forecast again today in the tri-valley. the weekend looks pretty warm but we're starting to see some changes out there, the first of those changes coming in on wednesday as a series of storms bring much-needed rain and sierra snow back to northern california, but the wind could be a bit of an issue

i'm kris sanchez along with meet ross rob mayeda who has a look at the forecast and the good news isast. >> the seven-day forecast looks

rob. >>> some of the most dramatic images are coming from northern sonoma county where half of ft. rosst and plunged down a ravine. fortunately no one was on the road at the time so no one was hurt. in rohnert park we saw many drivers taking their chances. the highway patrol advises against that saying you should turn around when you see road flooding because you never know how deep the water will get. and with winds, there could be power lines that you just can't see that are down. >>> officials in marin county are on alert with a flash flood watch in place until at least this afternoon. the ground is already pretty saturated and today's rain could assume late at a rate of a half inch per hour. one creek was showing serious volume following yesterday's heavy rainfall. water began collecting on 101 making that dangerous highway conditions. caltrans crews are working hard unclogging storm drains that flooded a freeway ramp in mill valley. of course we all know we need the rain but are the drivers getting sick of it? >> no, i have not enough already, thank you very much. >> how cute. we s