sergio quintana is there.that might be available aboard the train cars. also trying to access any of the video from station's cameras. the second is actually trying to identify the body of the dead person. some commuters are concerned about saturday night's murder on board a b.a.r.t. tlan but many said they had little choice but to use the system to get to work and home again. >> the b.a.r.t. is supposed to be safe. at least we think it's supposed to be safe. i'm a little concerned. but honestly, not really. i ride b.a.r.t. pretty often. i haven't really encountered anything similar to that. >> b.a.r.t. police are piecing together exactly what happened. investigators have not released any new information on this case and b.a.r.t. public information officers repeated the request for interviews. of the station is in board member's malay's business. he's out of town on business but i talked to him by phone about the victim. >> the person in our hearts and condolences go out to them and their families. it was a ta

sergio quintana has more. >> reporter: the rainy day triggered a bunch of problems for communities. caltrans trucks mobilized to clear certain spots from rock slides and aptos crews had to cordon off this area, the slide was too much to be easily plowed off the road by a single truck, crews with backhoes may have to return later this week why end to clear this weekend. ist christopher ring found a telephone crew prepping a telephone pole. >> my phone has been out for a while, i don't know whether it's connected with this event or not. >> reporter: a couple miles away on california highway 9 crews had been blocking a neighborhood side treat for hours, a tree came down and a storm taking out a phone line and power lines. we could hear some residents using gas fueled generators for the evening because of this outage. even with the power out and phone line problems, mr. ring was not complaining about the rain. >> it's been steady, it's been fairly heavy, it's great. it's great to have it that's for sure. we need it. >> reporter: he says he has seen much worse in santa cruz county, sergi

sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >>> football fans across the bay area kicked off the new year by watchinge rose bowl between stanford and iowa. abc 7 news was in palo alto for a watch party at the patio sports bar. cardinal fans roared with excitement as the team beat the hawk eyes 46-16. one of the main topics of the afternoon was christian mik after ri. >> i think stanford will end up number three in the country. christian mccaffrey everybody will realize how good he is after seeing him in this game, he should have won the heisman. this is a complete domination. i think iowa -- i'm surprised they even came out for the second half. i thought they were getting on their bus to go home. >> we will have more highlights coming up in sports. >>> republican presidential candidate carly fiorina is being accused of throwing her alma mater under the bus for her own political game. the stanford alum sent out this tweet, it said, love my alma mater but rooting for a hawk eyes win today. fiorina is behind in the polls to other republicans running for president. in february the iowa caucus could help

. >> abc7 news reporter sergio quintana shares us live to share stories of people impacted. sergio? >> reporter: we have a little bit of good news. a big change in traffic in the last hour and a half. you can see here on the southbound lanes, it's eased up a lot. it had been backed up more around 4:00 or so. around washington street is where super bowl city is being constructed. if you drove into san francisco, you got down fast. northbound traffic on the embarcadero were clear. leaving downtown is another story. >> how long have you been in this? >> 45 minutes. >> reporter: he's on battery street, trying to get south of market and left an hour and a half early to make sure he can drive less than a mile for a work assignment. justin jennings traveled three blocks in a half hour. >> they had a map showing what streets were blocked off. i doesn't know it's going to be like this. this is a little bit ridiculous. >> reporter: emergency crews are having a tough time. crew members said heading back after the emergency, they'll be stuck in traffic with everyone else. he has advice for peop

. >> abc7 news reporter sergio quintana shares us live to share stories of people impacted. sergio? >> reporter: we have a little bit of good news. a big change in traffic in the last hour and a half. you can see here on the southbound lanes, it's eased up a lot. it had been backed up more around 4:00 or so. around washington street is where super bowl city is being constructed. if you drove into san francisco, you got down fast. northbound traffic on the embarcadero were clear. leaving downtown is another story. >> how long have you been in this? >> 45 minutes. >> reporter: he's on battery street, trying to get south of market and left an hour and a half early to make sure he can drive less than a mile for a work assignment. justin jennings traveled three blocks in a half hour. >> they had a map showing what streets were blocked off. i doesn't know it's going to be like this. this is a little bit ridiculous. >> reporter: emergency crews are having a tough time. crew members said heading back after the emergency, they'll be stuck in traffic with everyone else. he has advice for peop

. >> abc7 news reporter sergio quintana shares us live to share stories of people impacted. sergio? have a little bit of good news. a big change in traffic in the last hour and a half. you can see here on the southbound lanes, it's eased up a lot. it had been backed up more around 4:00 or so. around washington street is where super bowl city is being constructed. if you drove into san francisco, you got down fast. northbound traffic on the embarcadero were clear. leaving downtown is another story. >> how long have you been in

sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >>> the families of two murder victims joined oakland police today and renewed their call to solve a crime that took place three years ago. eduardo childress was shot dead near garfield elementary school. they believe the same gunman killed larry la vet and left his body near diamond canyon park. >> we know somebody who knows about it. i know that his friends knows. no doubt about it. why no one come forward, i don't know. >> not so much about a number or stat, but about a person. but about a family member, about a community. >> police say they have some leads but not enough to prosecute anyone for killing childress and le vet. >>> the national football league recently added to a lawsuit by santa clara's youth soccer league appeared in san jose today over plans to use the soccer field for the super bowl. it appears a deal might be in the works to settle this dispute. david louie is live at the soccer field next to levi stadium. david? >> reporter: this used to be a soccer field. you can see buildings built on top of the soccer field. the problem is, as you know,

serg sergio quintana was there. sergio, visitors and locals had plenty to enjoy. >> this was a pretty spectacular opening night event. super bowl city is pretty much empty. it closes down at 10:00. this evening around 8:00 p.m., there were droves of people here. lots of traffic as people were trying to find a spot for all those opening night events. the first night of super bowl city festivities started off with a bang. that show in the sky was the opening act for a show on stage by chris isaak. the first headliner of this week-long party leading up to super bowl 50 next weekend. ♪ there were some fans who were disappointed at a lack of access to the main stage of the show. for safety reasons the fire marshal shut down entry to a large area right in front of the stage leaving it sparsely populated. most people had to watch on big screens nearby. down along the embarcadero, some of northern california's brightest political stars gathered for a show of their own. >> 3, 2, 1! >> reporter: they relit the bay light art pr

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana joins us live. >> reporter: there are a couple things we learned about. the coroner's office is having a challenge identifying that victim, and we've learned about the surveillance cameras on the bart system. both aboard the train. most of the information on this case is from witnesses who saw the saturday night shooting and jumped into to help. some riders say they're concerned but have to use trains to go to work and home again. >> yes. more specifically, my girlfriend rides bart. >> bart is supposed to be safe. i mean, actually, i am concerned but you know. >> reporter: investigators have not released any new information and declined requests for interviews. the station is in zachary mela's district. >> the person who our hearts and condolences go out to them, and their families, it was a targeted attack. >> he says bart train cars do have cameras but not all record video so it's not clear if the gunman was captured by cameras and he said it's not easy for investigators to access video that was recorded. >> to get the reportings we have to take trains

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana joins us live. >> reporter: there are a couple things we learned about. the coroner's office is having a challenge identifying that victim, and we've learned about the surveillance cameras on the bart system. both aboard the train. most of the information on this case is from witnesses who saw the saturday night shooting and jumped into to help. some riders say they're concerned but have to use trains to go to work and home again. >> yes. more specifically, my girlfriend rides bart. >> bart is supposed to be safe. i mean, actually, i am concerned but you know. >> reporter: investigators have not released any new information and declined requests for interviews. the station is in zachary mela's district. >> the person who our hearts and condolences go out to them, and their families, it was a targeted attack. >> he says bart train cars do have cameras but not all record video so it's not clear if the gunman was captured by cameras and he said it's not easy for investigators to access video that was recorded. >> to get the reportings we have to take trains

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has the story. >> police were posted along the waterfront to keep people away from the high surf and damaged walkway and construction crews continued their efforts to shore up some along the water. >> kim came to see it. she remembers el nino of 1997- 1997-98. >> it was bad but not this bad. >> you can see several yards of the cliff near this avenue in pacifica fall away. further exposing a line of apartments to the ocean below. >> i don't think even we knew how bad until yesterday or the day before when it actually started happening to people's houses that are now on the edge of the cliff. >> two apartment buildings along the avenue had been condemned over the years but officials are now watching a third just to make sure revenues of safe. pacifica city manager has taken the unusual step of declaring a state of emergency. >> it's a series of issues, none of which is truly catastrophic, but you take them together they are outpacing what the still can do to respond. >> from sky 7hd you can see what these talking about. a sink hole opened up and swall

sergio quintana has the story. >> police were posted along the waterfront to keep people away from the high surf and damaged walkway and construction crews continued their efforts to shore up some along the water. >> she remembers el nino 1997-'98. >> it was bad but not this bad. >> you can see several yards of the cliff near this avenue in pacifica fall away. further exposing a line of apartments to the ocean below. >> i don't they even we knew how bad it was until yesterday or the day before when it actually started happening to houses on the edge of the cliff. >> two apartment buildings along the avenue had been condemned over the years but officials are now watching a third just to make sure revenues of safe. pacifica city manager has taken the unusual step of declaring a state of emergency. >> it's a series of issues, none of which is catastrophic, but you take them together they are outpacing what the still can do to respond. >> you can see what these talking about. a sink hole opened up and swallowed a chunk of the walkway, and one home just a few blocks away has exposed pipe an

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has the story. >> police were posted along the pacifica waterfrontep people away from the high surf and damaged walkway and construction crews continued their efforts to shore up some homes along the water. >> kimi came to see it. she remembers el nino of 1997-98. >> it was bad but not this bad. >> you can see several yards of the cliff near this avenue in pacifica fall away. further exposing a line of apartments to the ocean below. >> i don't think even we knew how bad until yesterday or the day before when it actually started happening to people's houses that are now on the edge of the cliff. >> two apartment buildings along the avenue had been condemned over the years but officials are now watching a third just to make sure residents are safe. pacifica city manager has taken the unusual step of declaring a state of emergency. >> it's a series of issues, none of which is truly catastrophic, but you take them together they are clearly outpacing what the still can do to respond. >> from sky 7hd you can see what these talking about. along beach bldv.

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana took in the sights and sounds. >> the first night of super bowl city festivities started off with a bang. that show in the sky was the opening act for a show on stage by bay area chris issak. the first headliner of the week-long party leading up to super bowl 50 next weekend. ♪ >> there were some fans who were disappointed at a lack of access to the main stage of the show. for safety reasons the fire marshal shut down entry to a large area right in front of the stage, leaving it pretty sparsely populated. most people had to watch on big screens nearby. down along the embarcadero some of northern california's brightest political stars gathered for a show of their own. three, two, one! [cheers and applause] >> they relit the light project on the bay bridge. the foundation that launched the piece of art donated it to the state of california. >> on behalf of a grateful state, we are honored to be here. thank you all very much. >> the strings of light will now be a permanent part of the bay bridge. for super bowl fans, this is the first opportunity to take

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has the details. you. >> as police were piecing together exactly what happened, we noticed a commotion at the bus stop just yards away. we watched as police took a man into custody nearly two hours before the brutal shooting on this train. it's not clear if he was a suspect. but we watched as he was searched and put into a waiting patrol car. witnesses say the shooter may have boarded the train at rockridge or the west oakland station and just before exiting the train he pulled out a gun. >> i looked you, there was a pop. he had his happened down shooting. up there two or three more shots, the door opened and he split. >> he was shot twice in his torso. in his chest and in his stomach. you saw the torso. and he is dead. >> one of the people who helped but didn't want to be interviewed on camera said he's a registered nurse. he immediately began performing cpr. he said the victim had a knife in his hand, but none of the people aboard the train car said they noticed anything odd between the two men and

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana took in the sights and sounds. >> the first night of super bowl city festivities started off with a bang. that show in the sky was the opening act for a show on stage by bay area chris isaac. the first headliner of the week-long party leading up to super bowl 50 next weekend. ♪ >> there were some fans who were disappointed at a lack of access to the main stage of the show. for safety reasons the fire marshal shut down entries to a large area right in front of the stage, leaving it pretty sparsely populated. most people had to watch on big screens nearby. down along the embarcadero some of the brightest political stars gathered for a show of their own. three, two, one! [cheers and applause] >> they relit the light project on the bay bridge. the project was donated to the state of california. >> on behalf of a grateful state, we are honored to be here. thank you all very much. >> the strings of light will now be a permanent part of the bay bridge. for super bowl fans, this is the first opportunity to take in this massive spectacle. >> this is what i had

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana took in the sights and sounds. >> the first night of super bowl city festivities started off with a bang. that show in the sky was the opening act for a show on stage by bay area chris issak. the first headliner of the week-long party leading up to super bowl 50 next weekend. ♪ >> there were some fans who were disappointed at a lack of access to the main stage of the show. for safety reasons the fire marshal shut down entry to a large area right in front of the stage, leaving it pretty sparsely populated. most people had to watch on big screens nearby. down along the embarcadero some of northern california's brightest political stars gathered for a show of their own. three, two, one! [cheers and applause] >> they relit the light project on the bay bridge. the foundation that launched the piece of art donated it to the state of california. >> on behalf of a grateful state, we are honored to be here. thank you all very much. >> the strings of light will now be a permanent part of the bay bridge. for super bowl fans, this is the first opportunity to take

sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> football fans across the bay area kicked off by watching the rose bowl between number 5, stanford, and number 5, iowa. abc7 news was at a watch party. cardinals fans were excited as the team beat the hawkeyes. you 46-16. one of the main topics of the afternoon was stanford's running back, christian mccaffrey. >> amazing game. i think stanford will end up number three in the country. christian mccaffrey, everybody is going to realize how good he is after seeing him in this game. he should have would be the heisman. this is a complete domination. i think iowa, i'm surprised they even came out for the second half. are i thought they were getting on their bus to go home. >> we will have more highlights coming up in sports. republican presidential candidate carly fiorina is being accused of throwing her own alma mater under the bus for her own gain. she sent out this tweet. in february the iowa caucus could help decide who gets the nomination. reaction was quick and harsh for the former hewlett packard ceo. matthew tweeted: >> early in the game, one tweeted i

sergio quintana is live from a favorite spot for lotto plays, cavanaugh liquors in san leandro. >> reporterat time a lot of people know to come to cavanaugh liquor. the line stretches down the block and curves around down the street. but you come through the line, and i it still snakes around inside the store. i i talked to a few people at the front of the line. they tell me it's taken them a little more than an hour to get to the front of the line so they can go ahead and buy their tickets. a whole lot of people very excited about this big jackpot. i talked with one man who even flew here from mexico to buy his tickets. >> from where in mexico did you fly here or drive here? >> uh-huh. fly. fly. only for play. >> do you do this every time the jackpot gets -- >> my first time. very first. >> why now? >> because it's so big. it's my chance. >> reporter: i had a chance to chat with her a little bit about what she would buy if she did win the jackpot. she was nervous because i put her on the spot. but she had plenty of time to think about all the special things she will get. cavanaugh liquors

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has the details. >> reporter: as police were piecing together exactlyened, we noticed a commotion at the bus stop just yards away. we watched as police took a man into custody nearly two hours before the brutal shooting on this train. it's not clear if he was a suspect. but we watched as he was searched and put into a waiting patrol car. witnesses say the shooter may have boarded the train at rockridge or the west oakland station and just before exiting the train he pulled out a gun. >> i looked you, there was a pop. smoke was rising. he had his hand down shooting. there were two, maybe three more shots, the doors open and all of us fled. >> he was shot twice in his torso. in his chest and in his stomach. he saw the torso. and he is dead. >> one of the people who helped but didn't want to be interviewed on camera said he's a registered nurse. he immediately began performing cpr. he said the victim had a knife in his hand, but none of the people aboard the train car said they noticed anything odd between the two men and didn't even notice them talking to