at san jose city hall. 11:00 a.m. at san francisco city hall. and oakland at a bg p.m. berkeley, students and teachers are organizing a rally. >>> new this morning, a bay area city is reportedly saying yes to the idea of a resounding no for president trump and possible impeachment. the east bay times reports alameda city council members approved asking congress to investigate president trump's business dealings and ties to russia. they believe he has too many conflicts of interest. they believe a probe would lead to impeachment proceedings. pete suratos will join us with a live report in an hour. >>> a high school scandal to tell you about this morning. close to a dozen napa high school football players are under investigation accused of hazing other students. and expulsion hearings will continue next week. one 16-year-old has been suspended two months. he is a high school sophomore and jv quarterback. the school started it yesterday. his parents and their attorney want it to be public because they say they have nothing to hide. >> the primary reason i'm here is to get

who is blame san jose city leaders for failing to act during last month's storms? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, district is placing the blame on the city... good morning. it's wednesday, march 29th. i m michelle griego. >>> san jose's flood warning came hours after the damage and now they are blaming the city. it's wednesday, march 29. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. kpix 5's maria medina is live in san jose with a statement both sides released. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. yeah, the santa clara water district says they did nothing wrong. in fact, they say they gave all the information that the city needed and it was the city that failed to act. now, last month's flood forced 14,000 people out of their homes and caused $73 million in damage. and the water district says the city could have warned residents but it didn't. now, they sent this letter saying: >> but san jose mayor sam liccardo is not staying silent. he said:

. >>> a san jose city councilman who has been an attorney for 25 years is no longer allowed to practice law according to the san jose mercury news. tan win has been disbarred for not paying his clients and a medical provider in 7,000 in a personal injury case. he said his ex-wife was supposed to make the payments but she didn't do it because of their divorce. the mercury news reports win was suspended 13 years ago when check that is he wrote to clients bounced. win now had to take the bar exam all over again if he ever decides to practice law in california again. >>> up next, what's next for yahoo's ceo marissa meyer. we'll tell you about the constellation prize she'll get as verizon is set to take over. >> a late winter storm touches down overnight impacting nearly 50 million across the country. in washington with details coming up. >> well we have nice weather here. might be slightly cooler over by the coast but there are changes for the extended outlook coming up. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. it's 6:15. we're still following that big winter storm in the northeast. boy this brin

bargain market ♪ >>> happening now, san jose is making the promise, a promise to make college more affordable to all. in fact, free to some. matt keller is live at san jose citylege, not a month ago san francisco began offering free community college. is this similar? >> reporter: i'll get to that in a second. but let me show you behind me what is happening right now. this is a news conference that was scheduled to start at 11:00. you have community college leaders and city leaders here. it appears they are waiting for the mayor to arrive. the mayor has put this altogether this morning. now there is similarities with the san francisco program. they both give money to students to go to college for free, although the scope here in san jose is much, much smaller. and where they get the money from is different. they get the money from the state here for this program. and also the city. but the goal is the same. they both want to make it more accessible and more affordable for san jose students to go to school. >> michael took a winding bath to san jos city college. he graduated from branham high school five years ago and figured out college wasn't a step to skip

san jose. dozens of women in red are gathered. this is right in front of san jose city hall. the event and rally started at 12 p.m. it runs until 2 p.m. organizers telling women to brown bag lunch it so they could go there to the san jose city hall during the the lunch break. >>> that is san jose. in new york city thousands of women dressed in red and pink and marched in the effort today. they want to give a voice to the women in marginalized communities. some men joined it, as well. [ screaming ] >> women in washington, dc protested around the u.s. capitol. >> women democrats were on the capital steps for a day without a woman and international women's day. this is 100 years since the first woman was elected to congress. >> she said at the time, i may be the first woman in congress, but i know one thing for sure. i will not be the last. she hasn't been. but we want more. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi said that when women succeed, the world succeeds. >>> house lawmakers are working to dismantle obamacare. craig boswell reports the republican leadership is already findi

. >>> happening today, a much anticipated public hearing in san jose to review the city's response to that massive flooding from coyote creek. thousands of residents were caught by surprise by the large-scale flooding two weeks ago. san jose didn't issue an evacuation order for neighborhoods along the creek until more than four hours after rock springs was already submerged. accountability for putting lives in jeopardy is expected to come up at this hearing, along with the city's reliance on the internet and social media to push out alerts. the meeting is going to be held today at 3:00 at san jose city hall. >>> chipt restaurants are holding a fund-raiser and donating 100% of the proceeds to the flood relief fund. show this flyer or tell the cashier you're supporting the cause. you can get the flyer on our news app or on our website abc7news.com. >>> this morning, a stretch of sir francis drake boulevard is back open after being closed by the mudslide. the slide happened near baywood canyon road early yesterday morning. this is not the first problem in that area. mud and rock slides f

considered contractors and not employees of lyft. >>> two weeks after destructive flooding in san jose, city leaders are taking a step back to assess the response. kpix 5's maria medina is live in the rocksprings neighborhood to tell us what's on their agenda today. maria. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. city council leaders plan to hold a special meeting this afternoon to talk about how they prepared and responded to the coyote creek flooding. now, many of the flood victims blame city and water district leaders for not warning them until it was too late. hundreds were rescued by boat. they are trying to figure out why the creek overflowed. remember, there was a project to make sure it would not flood but that stalled. many are asking those responsible some tough questions. >> there are unanswered questions. what are the protocols to do everything within their power to make sure they alert the residents of the impending flood. . >> reporter: dozens are still evacuated. many people did not have flood insurance. i spoke to a woman yesterday who said the city or the water district should pay

. >>> it's called the san jose promise. the city of san jose launched a program to provide free college education to anyone that needs it. >> reporter: without the financial aid she received, community college may not have been possible for natalie lopez. >> it meant i would not have to worry about working another job to pay for books. >> reporter: now san jose wants to extend those benefits to other students. the goal it is to offer community college to lower income students. west valley, ever green and san jose city college have each received $750,000 to get the program off the ground. >> it's not just the tuition, it's books and health fees and transportation. >> reporter: in its first year, 800 students will benefit. some say that number needs to grow. >> thousands of kids are going to be wanting to come. only 800 get funded. we say yes to this and what more can we do. >> reporter: there are 30 programs like this in the state of california and mayor sam liccardo said this is just the beginning. >> we are going to walk before we

we revealed the city of san jose couldn't help them. tonight, though, nbc bay area's robert handa joins us from city hall and now i understand that the city is ready the take some action? >> reporter: that's right. it hasn't been announced publicly but san jose is ready to take on a big problem, property owners making changes that leave tenants in rent-controlled units out on the street. the reserve apartments in san jose is virtually a ghost town and this friday the last of the 672 people who used to live in 216 rent-controlled units here will be gone. the plan is for the property to be part of a market rate housing shopping complex with retail that will benefit the city but no help for those evicted. >> any owner can do this and it's legal and they know that and that's why they do that. >> reporter: but the city's housing director is planning to propose limited but significant changes to the council on april 18th, such as strict notification requirements. >> it provides a package of relocation benefits that a tenant can rely on and pla

. >>> and why didn't the city of san jose act fast enough? that is the question the water district officials are raising tonight after they say they gave plenty of warning about last month's flooding in san jose. we'll have the city's response coming up in a live report. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, questions about why the city of san jose failed to warn people oner about eminent flood -- sooner about eminent flooding last month. today they are saying city leaders had ample warning to evacuate residents hours if not days ahead of time. ktvu's azenith smith live now at san jose city hall after talking to the water district and the city. azenith? sadly this blame game continues in a letter to the mayor where they provided accurate information and the city failed to act. they used happy hollow zoo and park as a prime example. >> we are still showing the hype, where four feet of water flooded the zoo during last month's flooding in san jose. the zoo is wasting no time evacuating the smear cat, lemurs, and jaguars after watching the rising coyote cree

will take several more years to get the full fleet of more than 700 new cars up and running. >>> san jose city council has approved new plans to reinvent a troubled park in downtown. the city award one dish awarded $1 million contract yesterday to give the park a new look. the company has released this artist rendering of the plans to redesign the historic park on north second avenue. the park was once viewed as the jewel of downtown san jose. city leaders say a growing homeless population has set back efforts to make it more family-friendly. >>> and our go san jose mayor san ricardo announced the official launch of a program to provide free tuition at community colleges for low income students. he announced it last month. he said the city could invest enough money to close the funding gap left by state and federal grants. in order to provide free tuition at community colleges for san jose residents. recently, semper cisco mayor at the announced a program to provide free community tuition. >>> in santa cruz mountains a blind dog is back home with their family after going missing for more than

in the south bay, hundreds of people rallied at san jose's city hall. many carried signs and wore a lot of those pink hats which were a big part of the women's march in january. all peaceful marches, no arrests were reported in san francisco or san jose. >>> and this just in. hawaii is taking action. officially becoming the first state in the union to fight president trump's revised travel ban. within the past hour, we have learned attorneys have filed their lawsuit in a federal court in honolulu. hawaii's lawsuit says the order will harm the state's muslim population, tourism, and foreign students. >>> well, a family feud ends in tragedy. according to police, 63-year-old singh used a hammer to kill his 29-year-old daughter-in-law. police say the father-in-law believed she was being disrespectful. this happened in sa soon city. neighbors say the family moved in six months ago and they never saw any signs of trouble until yesterday. >> at 7:00 in the morning, my roommate was riding his bike down to the store. and he came back and said, man, they're having

the city staff admitted that they waited too long to evacuate people and should have issued an advisory on february 19. two days before floods swamped thousands of homes. san jose's assistant city manager said the information was fundamentally flawed and it came from the santa clara valley water district homeowners talked about the panic and chaos that they suffered. >> i took my medication, i took my passport and i took my dog. >> i carried my dogs out to wastewater that was up to my thighs and i'm still scratching and i'm still itching and we have no idea what is not water. >> they said that we were providing the best information that engineers have with the caveat that we can't predict great accuracy how much flow is going to cause what sort of flooding. in the meantime, the city has a new three-tiered flood warning system yellow means flooding is possible. orange means that it is likely. red means that flooding is imminent. on april 28, is scheduled a joint meeting to talk more about what went wrong. >> new information as they search for the people who damaged property during the february 1 protest. 29 new photos were released the night that he was scheduled

san jose. to learn more about the cities on our to her, go to c-span.org/cities tour. we go back to our look at san jose. in november of 1777 a group of 66 settlers moved down to san francisco and came here to san jose. it was moved from its original location to this location here, the adobe that we would see behind us is the last remaining structure of what we saw in 1797. california was's settled by the spaniards. they had two different establishments. they had military operations and they also had missions which were established by the franciscan priests. californiap and down all away up to san francisco or there was nome city establishment. you had a lotme of native americans in california. the spaniardsl of to christianize the native americans who were established year. at this time also, you had intrusions from the french, british, and russian interests that were coming into the pacific coast. the spaniards were looking at a way of settling and controlling the region that we know as california. the difficulty was see trouble going up the coast was against the trad

dozens of people are still out of their homes in san jose weeks after the serious flooding in the area. now cityeaders are promising to help them. kpix 5's maria medina is live in san jose this morning with details. maria. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. city leaders tell kpix 5 they prann to spend $22 million on improvements along coyote creek so that it doesn't flood again. but, that is not new money. get this. the santa clara water district actually sat on that money for the last 15 years. back in 2000 voters approved $32 million so coyote creek would not flood. and the district spent a third of it on planning and design. but the project engineer realized it would cost a lot more to fix coyote creek's problems. now, at the same time, the district had another project retrofitting anderson dam. but that was never completed. then two weeks ago, we saw the dam went over capacity and water overflow over the spillway and into coyote creek during the storm. >> why did it take so long for the $22 million to be applied to the clean-up now? >> right. so, you know, flood protection projects on this ki

nbc bay area's bob redell is live right now in san jose city hall. bob, no doubt a jolt to folks who really need the help. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam. the small business administration opened up this assistance center on the 12th floor of the san jose city hall behind me. the doors opened at 10:00 a.m. and there were already a number of people here seeking assistance. now, even though the small business administration is the agency administering these loans, you don't have to be a small business to qualify. these low-interest loans are available to homeowners and renters as well who are affected by the floods in the santa clara county area, specifically between the dates of february 1st through the 25th of this year. any damage before or after that time frame does not qualify. if you do fall in with that time frame, the sba is here to help you walk through the loan application process. if approved you could have money lent to you within 10 to 14 business days. here's one landlord seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars to re

going to fix this. >> in fact the water district's time line shows two days be ever the flood, a san jose city public information officer recommended starting evacuations early. but in an e-mail that we first reported on more than a week ago, a water district government relations representative assured the city it did not have to worry because, quote, models don't predict it will flood until 7400 cubic feet per second. but as a terse e-mail from the mayor shortly after that, rock spring neighborhood started flooding three hours ago. they're all wrong. the mayor's staff reporting the water valley district grossly overestimated the flood tolerance. the real rick of flooding for residents began when anderson dam started letting 4,000 cubic feet per second over the spillway. that's nearly half of the watt thaer the previous models predicted. >> the folk at the eoc making decisions minute by minute about when to warn, when to evacuate and so forth, it's critical that they have the best information. at the same time we know there's often inaccurate information. and we've got to figure out how to ver

live outside san jose city council, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> nice day. mid-70s in the warm spots. we do have hazy sunshine. a lot of clouds. rain to the north. with that cloud cover just kind of high clouds over us you get a scene like in this san francisco right now from twin peaks. there's the clermont hotel. there's emoryville. there's the bay bridge span. just a beautiful shot of san francisco. it's kind of got a moody feel to the with that cloud cover. that cloud cover is going to stick around. we're going to see overnight lows staying pretty war. severe weather out here towards st. louis and springfield, missouri. you've got severe thunderstorm watch boxes in effect. not as severe as what we saw two nights ago but just to give you an idea of what's going on the rest of the place. for us rain to the north, and that's typical for this time of year. the jet stream starts to recede to the north this time of year. we've been seeing nice weather except for the abundant cloud cover we're seeing right now. winds have been relatively light. the temperatures

in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> last month, san francisco city college announced it will best school in the nation offering free tuition to city residents. that will start this fall. >>> jobs website glass door of marin county is out with the list of 25 highest paid jobs for 2017. it shows tech and health care are big this year. here are the top five jobs. physician at $187,000. pharmacy manager, $149,000. patent attorney, $139,000. medical science liaison. $132,000. of the remaining 20 jorks 11 are in high tech. you can see the entire list on abc 7 news.com. >>> tesla ceo elon musk named the most innovative tech leader in the world. here are the top ranking from audit firm kpmg polled techled h leaders. tim cook was the best visionary. his company ranked second on the list of brands topped only by google. >>> time for ask finney. michael finney answering questions. the first question from carol in martinez who writes about online dating. she says with dating sites, you don't know what you're getting. help? >> look, i'm sure as you know, this gets tricky. meet ups and dating

. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring san jose, california. the city to her staff recently city's a showcase of the history. in 1943, the international business machines corporation, or ibm, opened its first west coast manufacturing facility in san jose. later, the city was dubbed the capital of silicon valley. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> november of 1777, a group of 66 settlers moved down from the presidio in san francisco and came here, to san jose to establish a pueblo. the pueblo was moved from its original location to this downtownhere in proper san jose. the adobe that they see behind us is the last remaining structure of that pueblo, as built in 1797. in the mid-1770's, california at that time was settled by the spaniards. and they had two different establishments at the time. weread presidio's, which operated and founded by the military, and you had the missions that were established by the franciscan priests. they were up and down california, from san diego all the way to san francisco at the time. until that time yo

the neighborhood meets are scheduled for april 6, april 12, and the 17th. >>> well the san jose city council has declared an end to a citywide water shortage. the weather rains helped the cities water supply recover after the five year drought. yesterdays declaration puts an end to the 20% restriction on water use in san jose; however, city leaders are hoping people will still use water efficiently and also follow water conservation practices. >>> time is 4:09. a grieving grandfather mourning the death of a grandson after a shooting in the south bay. >> he didn't make 21. he loved everybody. >> the memories he's holding on to and his questions about what happened. >>> also, russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, it's dominating capital hill. headlines again we'll tell you more on the investigation that continues today. >>> good morning. we do see traffic around the bay doing well on 80 westbound as you head out to the maze. >>> a weak system moving in overnight producing a few showers so right now the winds ramping up so get ready for a windy thursday. we'll talk mor

all you have to do is contact san jose city hall for more information. in the meantime, san jose's mayor sam ricardo is rolling out a new warning system. the mayor says they will be using a lot more than just technology to help people. >> that includes electronic communications and through the media but i think most importantly the low-tech solutions, knocking on doors in communities, particularly in low-income communities that lack access to the internet. >> the city of san jose admitted at this point it's really just an early draft of the plan. the mayor pushed for the plan after warnings for last month's flooding came way too late. >>> a uc berkeley student is recovering from meningitis. campus health officials warned students of the symptoms and urged them to get vaccinated. it's spread from close contact like kissing or sharing a drink. headaches and body rashes are symptoms. >>> we're keeping track of this story, a very disturbing one, up next, a 75-year-old east bay man suddenly under attack in his own home and it started when someone posed as a co

. >>> san jose's flood warning came hours after the damage and now they are blaming the city. it's wednesday, march 29. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. kpix 5's maria medina is live in san jose with a statement both sides released. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. yeah, the santa clara water district says they did nothing wrong. in fact, they say they gave all the information that the city needed and it was the city that failed to act. now, last month's flood forced 14,000 people out of their homes and caused $73 million in damage. and the water district says the city could have warned residents but it didn't. now, they sent this letter saying: >> but san jose mayor sam liccardo is not staying silent. he said: >> reporter: now, later today, the santa clara water district does plan to hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. to discuss the disaster. live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >> how much water is anderson reservoir holding right now? >> reporter: it's only supposed to hold 68% capacity. it's supposed to be at 68% capacity because studies show that if there is a maj

city. good morning. >> good morning to you, sam. yes. mayor sam liccardo of san jose will be speaking at that santa clara valley water district board meeting later this afternoon, but first he'll be hold hag news conference in 30 minutes here at city hall to answer questions about new accusations that the city knew in advance that the coyote creek would flood areas like rock springs and williams spring park neighborhood on february 21stst and yet did not order evacuations in time. yesterday the santa clara valley water district released a statement in response to a series of questions from the mayor, and in this response the district claims that both the district and the national weather service provide the city with early enough warnings to start evacuations, and i'm quoting here. our question is why did the city not act on maps, predictions, forecasts, data and other information from the national weather service that flooding was imminent? happy hollow park and zoo did take notice and evacuated and the city tells the mercury news that the people at the zoo could lit

. >>> more than 500 flood victims in san jose still can't go home after last month's flooding there. coming up at 7:30, how the city of san jose is stepping in to help those people who are still in shelters. >>> also, strict new rules on spying. next the new privacy protections just announced by facebook. >>> east bay commute still busy on 80 and 580 and all of the freeways here. you can see eastbound 80 traffic is busy as you head from berkeley down to the macarthur maze. >>> this looks to be the end of our really warm temps. changes on the way in the extended outlook. >> welcome back to mornings on 2. just about 7:14. wall street is looking for an interest rate hike this week. that could mean more trouble for the retailers. >> let's bring in pam cook for this morning's money business. >> we have been talking about the stores closing and what economists say this morning is with an aggressive fed and we expect to see more interest rate hikes this year, a lot of the retailers are in debt. so they are going to be paying more for those loans with those higher interest rates. we could see more store closings, more prob

and moving to the south bay now, happening today, a much anticipated public hearing in san jose to review the city's response to the massive flooding from coyote creek. thousands of residents were caught by surprise by the large-scale flooding two weeks ago. san jose didn't issue an evacuation order for neighborhoods along coyote creek until more than four hours after the rock springs area was already submerged. accountability for putting lives in jeopardy is expected to come up at the hearing along with the city's reliance on the internet and social media to push out alerts. the meeting will be held today at 3:00 at san jose city hall. >>> well chipolte restaurants across san jose holding a fundraiser for flood victims today. they are donating 100% of the proceedings to the san jose flood victims relief fund. if you do go, make sure to tell the cashier you are supporting the cause or show them this flyer on your smartphone and get the flyers on our news app and abc7news.com. so far $6 million has been donated to efforts. >>> new this morning, a stretch of sir francis drake boulevard in marin is reo

temperatures up to 70 in redwood city and in livermore, 73. in san jose, upper 60s, and in santa rosa. weather watchers time, robert sullivan reporting 70, and charlie says it is 70 degrees as well, so we are pretty uniform as far as numbers are concerned, changes, area of low pressure to the north of us, bringing rain showers across the northwest corner of the state. clouds quickly filling in as a huge ridge of high pressure bringing us the near record warmth, taking it in a south easterly direction, for the evening commute, inland a good 45 miles in the evening hours, by lunchtime, it is the to the north of us that invade the bay area, science wiping the north bay with a few light rain showers. otherwise, the clouds scoot on out for your thursday into friday. partly sunny for the most part and mild temperatures return. statewide today, 84, fresno, merced, approaching 70 in monterey bay, 80 in ukiah. upper 60s for the highs here but at the mid-mountain level, not the base, temperatures still into the 40s. next shot at snow maybe sunday or monday. san jos

time now 6:30. >>> this morning as clean-up still continues in san jose, many are asking the city one question: why didn't anyone see the disaster coming? kpix 5's maria medina is live in san jose with more on the concerns being raised. maria? >> reporter: good morning, michelle you know, when we visit these neighborhoods, this is what we see, just piles and piles of debris. now, yesterday, dozens packed city hall demanding answers. and in a new scathing report, the city admits that it did fail to, um, warn people to evacuate their homes before the water reached their doors but it also says that they relied heavily on the santa clara water district when it said that coyote creek could handle the amount of water coming from the reservoir. now, one woman spoke out yesterday to talk about her daughter and their struggles. >> she hasn't been to school since the flood because she has been running with fever. and i don't want to lose my daughter. i just need help from all of you and i just need a home. >> reporter: in that new report, at some point, the city says there was a breakdown in co

. >>> community leaders in san jose are calling in the san jose promise. west valley, evergreen, and san jose city colleges have each received $750,000 from the college promise innovation fund to help get the program started. now the goal is to offer two years of free community college to low income , first generation, and historically under represented students. the mayor wants to eliminate all barriers to college by 2021. >> we're starting with 800 students. we think we can do quite a bit more than that and we're going to expand this every year. >> now san jose promised the money will cover tuition, books, health fees and transportation to class >>> the hit musical hamilton will open tomorrow in san francisco. and now a limited number of tickets are selling for just $10 a piece. two days before each performance 44 tickets will be sold by lottery for $10. you can enter the lottery online. winners are limited to two tickets each. now we have a link from our ktvu website ktvu.com check it out. pam's in there now. >> i'm looking at it right now. >> look under web links. >> top of our website. you're

. >>> well, happening now in san jose. city leaders are taking steps to help out homeowners devastated by the city's worse flooding in 20 years. plus a dispute between the mayor and the water district over who is to blame for a delayed warning. appears to be heating up. ktvu monte francis is live outside san jose with more. ronnie. >>> well, ted right now the city council is debating whether to declare a shelter crisis and that would mean emergency shelter for flood victims would remain open through april. now before the meeting we spoke to the mayor and he had strong words for the water district. >>> there is no dispute that the 14,000 people who were forced to evacuate could have used nor time. sam carter is not missing words about what is a lack of response from the santa clara river district to figure out why there's not more of a warning. >> if they are not showing up more forthrightly to the staff we are out of options and we need to take responsibility and hire highologists ourselves and we will do that. >> mayor lacaro

promising that the new system will make sure this doesn't happen again. >> matt keller live at san jose city hall for us. matt? >> reporter: good morning, help is still out there for flood victims. the assistance center moved here to city hall starting today. now san jose officials have learned something through all of this. that maybe some preparation and advanced warning could prevent a lot of heartache and damage. the rock springs neighborhood in san jose is like a ghost town. cars flooded on february 21st are stranded in the street, garage doors left open. the only activity -- people working on making the homes liveable again, including volunteers from christian aid ministries. >> it is really overwhelming. because every house had a little bit of water in and all of the sheetrock needs to come out up to two or four feet and all of the floor coverings need to come up. >> and this person manages an apartment complex on nordale and has a graveyard of cars left in the back and a skeleton of a home. >> what is it like the last two weeks. >> like hell. >> reporter: advanced notice would have a

the city said the scale of this disaster does not meet fema ps threshold. san jose's deputy city manager does not expect cal oes to come anywhere near covering the entire $50 million damage estimate. >> i think it would be a difficult case for us to get the amount of money we requested. i feel we're getting good cooperation, collaboration with the folks on the ground. they're understanding what's going on. but they also have rules and regulations that they have to follow and that puts us at a disadvantage because it doesn't quite take into account that even though this is a relatively few numbers, h many people were really affected by this. >> i'm so frustrated because i'm 70 years old woman, and to face -- to face with that flood disaster is terrible, horrible. >> reporter: cal oes is expected [ inaudible ] >> new information this morning, i'll tell you all about it coming up in business and tech. >> and we are seeing a mix of sun and clouds. look at this shot overlook being mt. diablo. 55 degrees now. there is a system sitting off the pacific northwest that could br

reporting live outside outside san jose city hall bob redell, san jose city news. >> antolin garcia torres' lawyers are going to argue he could not have kidnapped sierra le mar. surveillance video does not show torres' car. much of the evidence is lamar's dna evidence found in the jetta and that's critical because her body has not been found. >> sierra became family to us, you know, so we're here to support the family. >> sierra le mar disappeared in 2012 while walking to her school bus stop in morgan hill. if antolin garcia torres is convicted, he could get the death penalty. >>> a big slowdown in the middle of rush hour now all cleared up. our photographer drove right up to this motorcycle accident on 880 and hayward about 8:00 this morning. you can see the driver down there. it appeared the motorcyclist was rear ended by another driver. the entire freeway shut down while crews helped him how. he was eventually able to stand up and get help from a medic and help from a stretcher. all lanes are now back open. >>> here's a live look right now hat the bay bridge. this is going to be an hist

we do look out towards the port of oakland where it's 50 degrees. 50 in san jose and 51 in redwood cityn san francisco. mid-40s in the tri-valley. it's going to be mild with temperatures soaring into the 70s. we'll pinpoint the warmest locations coming up. >>> all right. or you can call it friday junior, right? let's look at san francisco roadwork on southbound 280. we are having reports saying that this roadwork will be out there until 6 a.m. this is between mariposa and highway 101. and if you are taking the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city into the peninsula traffic is smooth. >>> a daring rescue at a train crossing in new jersey after an 89-year-old woman got trapped on the tracks. drivers watched in horror as the crossing lights flashed and the train sounded its horn. then a good samaritan jumped out of his car to help get her out of harm's way. both made it safely across with just seconds to spare. look at that. before an amtrak train sped through. >>> in solano county dozens of chihuahuas are in better spirits after being rescued from a hoarder house. joe vazquez show

it within 60 days. >> anyone who needs help applying for the loans can go to the 12th floor of san jose city hall. it's turned into an outreach center starting at 10:00 this morning. you can apply for the loans online and we have a link on our website ktvu.com. >>> police in brentwood city responded to a case of domestic violence at an office park and it ended with the death of an armed man who had been threatening his ex-wife. around 2:15, police received a frantic call who says her ex-girlfriend who had a gun was chasing her. she told police she had a restraining order and when she would not talk to him, the ex-husband went to his truck and grabbed a gun and started chasing her in the parking lot. and the dispatcher heard a gun shoot during the 911 call. police arrived 3 to 4 minutes late and they ordered the man to surrender, but they pointed the gun at them prompting one officer to -- and the man turned the gun away and shot himself in the face. >> we were shocked over there in the other building right here when they - when we found out there was something going on. >> now, we don't know

san jose 41. redwood city 41 degrees.ellite-radar shows that ridge of high pressure at its closest and strongest today will begin to migrate to the south tomorrow. the first thing you will notice is an increase in cloud cover. rain is not that far behind. but a pleasant day once again in oakland. you're not going to hit 65 like today. clouds to the north and west and we'll see temperatures make it into the 50s for the majority of the day perhaps hitting 60 degrees for an hour or so. futurecast from a different perspective. tomorrow morning the north bay is cloudy but the rest of the bay area is sunny. by tomorrow afternoon we all go mostly cloudy. by early saturday morning, we begin to see some rain on the radar. north of santa rosa, though. by saturday evening that he when is the rain will cross the golden gate and the wettest hours of the weekend will be about 5:00 to 10:00 saturday night. that's when the boundary will work its way from north to south. on sunday, just some scattered showers behind the front. so if you a

san jose. and the city finds itself scrambling to do something about it. san jose has declared a 'shelter crisis' .. the declaration is designed to aid victims of last months flooding along coyote creek. as many as 180 flood- impacted individuals have been staying at the seven trees community center in south san jose... since it opened last month. the recovery period from the floods ... is taking much longer than expected. as a result, the san jose city council is expected to adopt a formal resolution declaring what's known as a 'shelter crisis.' that will allow flood victims to stay here ...until the end of may. < '.....we have a lot of people displaced by the flood, some temporarily, some may not be able to go home any time soon. so we want to make sure we transition all of them back to a safe, stable environment...'> as many as 500 flood -impacted homes still have restricted access... as part of the same action, the city council is also considering a separate agreement with the non- profit called - 'home first,' to provide shelter at its boccardo recepti

mayor, the santa clara water district says the zoo acted accordingly, and questions why the city of san jose didn't do the same for its residents. the water district claims it began notifying the city of san jose through phone calls and e-mails five days before a storm, and potential flooding. the anderson dam spillway activated for the first time was a big indicator. >> the spillway was going to make its way downtown. >> the water district says it sites -- flooding was eminent the day before. >> i questioned back to the city -- our question back to the city, what is it you're waiting to see before you decided to evacuate. >> why didn't the city do that? >> the action of the city is where is there going to be flooding. we thought based on the district's -- >> city of san jose says the city admits it should have done a bert job notified residents sooner and the city contends the district gave them insufficient data that didn't -- >> it's bad on us, we recognize that. going forward we need to have better forward. >> 6,000 business women heard a feisty, funny, hillary clinton give a speak note.

all over the map from 1/4 inch in san jose, 1/2 inch in concord, oakland, 1/4 inch in redwood city to 9/10 in san francisco to 3/4 inch in napa. so, as we head through 9:00, another 1/10 inch is possible and then not much until we get to 7:00 and then you can see during the overnight hours, another 1/4 to 1/2 inch of rain is possible and as we head towards wednesday evening, we'll had another 1/10 on to that. so we're going to continue to add on to these totals. alexis. >>> not a ton of rain out there at the moment but it's enough to really cause some issues on the road so we have had several slideoff collisions and spinouts as well. nothing major blocking at the moment but here's a live look outside at the south bay. san jose, 280 and highway 17, you can see all those drops on the camera lens there and see a little road spray kicking up. drive times still okay for the most part. you're in the yellow, tracy to dublin. southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard, about 16 and northbound 85 between 101 and cupertino you are also until the green at just 17 minutes. we'll take a closer lo

(grant) still more fall out from the devastating flood last month along coyote creek in san jose. the city has declared a shelter crisis. kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now live from san jose to explain what this means. rob? i'm here at the city-owned seven trees community center, which has served as the main refugefor flood victims since they were evacuated back on february 21st. what this crisis declaration does is clear the way for the facility remain open until the end of may if necessary. elvie gledoro, her husband and young daughter are among as many as 180 flood-impacted residents who have been staying in the seven trees shelter for the past three weeks. it's far from perfect, says gledoro, but she says they have nowhere else to go right now.elvie gledoro/flood victimgledoro's rock springs apartment is among some 500 flood-impacted residences with restricted access, which means she can't go home yet. as such, the city must

. >>> san jose city officials are working with landlords to find housing for those displaced by last month's flooding. 500 families are still unable to return home and 70 people are still staying in the city shelter. officials say finding housing is a top priority. they can working with landlords to try to make temporary homes available. >> several have stepped up to identify apartments we can rent and several have waived security deposits and we're asking more apartment owners are help. >> the city is partnering with catholic charities on a car donation drive to try to help replace some of the cars of that were damaged were completely destroyed in the floodwaters. >>> bart is celebrating the new station. service doesn't begin until tomorrow but this morning from 10:00 until noon three of the train cars will be on display. the new 5.4-mile extension it takes bart riders further south than the system has ever gone before. bart estimates 6,000 to 7,000 passengers will use of the new station during the week. >>> coming up we will speak with fremont's mayor about what the station opening

city. those problems are cleared up. i would not recommend 101 from san jose to palo alto this morning. , slow traffic getting up to the valley. then we have slow traffic on 101 northbound trying to get into san francisco from about south city. let's go to marin county where one of the busier roads in the county is shut down this morning. that's because of a mudslide in fairfax overnight. ktvu's alex savidge is live this morning along sir francis drake boulevard. and the closure is affecting a lot of drivers, alex. >> reporter: yeah. this is causing a lot of headaches for drivers in the area. this is one of the main ways that people get between fairfax where we are this morning and west marin. and let me show you the scene here. i want to flip you around. this is where the road is blocked off. this is what it has led to. a lot of cars pulling up to this area. folks are just learning about the closure. and then sort of figuring out a game plan and how to get around this thing. people are obviously spending more time to get to where they need to go because the road is shut down in this are

san jose police. live in san jose, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, the san jose city council has declared an end to a citywide water shortage. today's declaration puts an end to the 20% restriction on water use in san jose. however, city leaders are hoping people continue to use water efficiently, and adopt water conservation practices. >>> also in san jose, there was another public hearing to discuss last month's floating. officials want to understand exactly what went wrong. ann reuben saying they say it's important to identify the mistakes that were made, to make sure they don't make those same mistakes again. >> reporter: the coyote creek flood appears to have damaged, not just the business, but the relationship between the water district. each questioning the other's handling of the disaster. >> we didn't expect that the city was going to wait as long as it did to order an evacuation. >> reporter: the water district published a letter yesterday to make that point, and today, held a public hearing. among the lessons they say they learned, that the district and city need to be better pa

san jose mayor sam liccardo says the city needs to outline what it will do for its residents to prevent this from happening again. <"one, we need to get all the information out to the public. this will be the start of a vetting of all that happened and what went wrong and two, we're going to talk about an action plan about what we're going to do in the next week, the next month and the next year to make sure this doesn't happen again.">( darya ) today's hearing is scheduled to begin at san jose's city hall at 3:00 this afternoon. ( mark ) new victims are coming forward after naked pictures of female marines were posted online. and now members of the marines united group - which posted the pictures - are being redirected to new sites with more pictures.on the site, the marines responsible are promising to better protect themselves against whistle blowers. and posts are still being made on the original page including messages taunting investigators. a former marine and freelance journalist snapped screenshots showing that even after the scandal broke... members cheered each time it was re

. >>> happening today, a much anticipated public hearing in san jose to review the city's response tot massive flooding from coyote creek. thousands of residents were caught by surprise by the large-scale flooding two weeks ago. san jose didn't issue an evacuation order for neighborhoods along the creek until more than four hours after rock springs was already submerged. accountability for putting lives in jeopardy is expected to come up at this hearing, along with the city's reliance on the internet and social media to push out alerts. the meeting is going to be held today at 3:00 at san jose city hall. >>> chipt restaurants are holding a fund-raiser and donating 100% of the proceeds to the flood relief fund. show this flyer or tell the cashier you're supporting the cause. you can get the flyer on our news app or

san jose. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, the city is calling on landlords ...to step up and help thosein desperate need of a place to stay.. sam liccardo/san jose mayor <"our goal is simple. we need to get 500 people housed. we're on our way, but we need to do it faster...'>mayor sam liccardo sending a message to landlords: you come up with the housing andthe city will pay the rent.sam liccardo/san jose mayor<"...we will be the source for the funds for the rent and security deposit, and if property owners can forego the security deposit, so much the better, but we will provide the resources. we simply need to find the inventory.the city estimates that approximately 500 families remain unable to return home. displaced residents qualify for temporary rental subsidies funded by the flood victims relief fund, but the tight silicon valley rental market has created a significant barrier to housing flood victims.greg kepferle/catholic charities<"....we are looking specifically for apartments that are short term rentals, 1-2 months up to 6 months so peoplecan stabilize...">anil babbar/californ

the state will provide most of the funding. $750,000 each to evergreen valley, west valley and san jose city colleges. the city will provide infrastructure with a gl oal of bringing in more resources and donations. students graduating from a san jose high school can start aplaying aplay plying in june. >> white and black and green, not just colors but shades of politics. >> how the city of oakland aims to raise them all and grow business at the same time. >> we'll share the story of one san jose woman's business and the support she got from international women's day. >> just a beautiful person inside and out. >> gone but far from forgotten, tonight hear from a san jose man after his wife becomes the latest victim of a tragic plane crash. more to come. (vo) want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase? at enterprise, we guarantee it. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... change your thinking about buying your next one. >>> she was the love of my life. i can't even wrap my head around going forward without her. >> life withou

redwood city, 37. san jose, 37. so, jackets for the kids headed off to school tomorrow. and for mom and dad headed to work. a high pressure building from our west. we had too much of this for about half a decade. now, we actually need it. we have had it for a couple of days. we will visit for three more days. this ridge getting closer and stronger giving us more sunshine tomorrow. and raise temperatures by five degrees. futurecast, the clock is rolling. nothing is happening behind me. why? no clouds. no rain, no clouds. futurecast, crystal clear, blue skies for your wednesday and thursday. a little bit cloudier on friday. weekend time, now, we are talking saturday afternoon. a few showers around. nothing heavy. nothing widespread. no flooding concern. but showers will be around not only sunday, but saturday. we have a chance of scattered showers. both weekend days. heads up little league coaches u. you may be moving practice around. dry mild comfortable beautiful weather the next three days. we have a shower chance now for both saturday and sunday. but, i can't say this

area focus is the six miles created between the expressway on the north side of the city and interstate 280 in san jose. they plan to work more closely with city leaders. >> bay area right in the middle of the driest week we've had in several weeks, mark. >> we are really enjoying this break and lots of sunshine for your wednesday afternoon. all the atmospheric rivers, there have been 30 across the entire state of california. that's very active. you heard the storm without the system moving across the midwest and heading towards the eastern seaboard right now, there's the radar imagery showing you the system there. lots of sunshine and clear skies. scattered clouds well offshore. we are enjoying the sunny wednesday and sunny thursday as well. current numbers, they have been on the chilly side. we are beginning to recover right now. san jose59. livermore 57. there's san francisco downtown checking in at the upper 50s. wind speeds nothing strong. more of an offshore wind. easterly wind setting up from land to sea. wind direction now on the light side for the most part as the winds are three miles an hour