sunnyvale determines the candidate by lot. this means the candidates names would be put into a container and one name would be drawn to determine the winner for the 30 days. my opponent were was leading for 27 days. i lead only one day one day we tied and then the last day i led by one word serena boston came to the united states in 1984 and earned master's degrees from virginia tech and stanford. he's also the first person of indian descent to serve on sunnyvale city council . his community service earned him the distinguished resident award just last year. what do you say to people who think their vote doesn't count? absolutely yeah, every word counts. everybody body should participate in elections. because you never know. boston also received endorsements from mercury news and county supervisor cindy chavez. he'll serve a four year term and will be sworn in on january. 3rd lamonica peters ktvu, fox two news. at 11 tonight amid a surge in hateful rhetoric and violence . president biden has formed a new interagency group to d

sunnyvale determines the candidate by lot. this means the candidates names would be put into a container and one name would be drawn to determine the winner. for the 30 days. my opponent were was leading for 27 days. i lead only one day one day we tied and then the last day i led by one word, sereni boston came to the united states in 1984 and earned master's degrees from virginia tech and stanford. he's also the first person of indian descent to serve on sunnyvale city council . his community service earned him the distinguished resident award just last year. what do you say to people who think their vote doesn't count? absolutely every word counts. everybody should participate in elections. because you never know. three and also received endorsements from mercury news and county supervisor cindy chavez. now he's going to serve a four year term and will be sworn in on january. 3rd greg close races at so many levels across the board, another reminder that every vote counts. lamonica peters thank you so much. well the sierra is

. >> reporter: this was the encampment at lakewood park in sunnyvale last week. >> cold out here? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is the park this morning. city crews followed through on a warning they posted seven days ago and began clearing out the encampment. >> i can't stand the government. >> reporter: i can't stand the government he said. nine people were staying here the last few months, taking up the picnic tables. for the most part, neighbors say these people didn't cause any problems, but despite being warned their encampment would be cleared, they stayed until today. >> the city looks safer, and we like it. >> i was advocating for it to be taken away, but now that i'm seeing it put away kind of makes me feel for the people there. >> reporter: in a statement, the city coordinators have visited the site 51 times since june offering bus passes, mental health and referrals. they say the cleanup is necessary to make sure the facility is maintained for use. those today were offered temporary shelter and other services, but most declined. >> these are people that live and die in su

the sunnyvale city council race separated a single vote. nbc bay area's ian cull explains the twists and turns of this race. >> reporter: murali srinivasan is beaming after winning his election for sunnyvale city council by just one vote. >> pins and needles. >> reporter: the final tally was 2,813 to 2,812. the registrar of voters did an automatic recount and found the same result. srinivasan said he was trailing his opponent, justin wang, until the last day when the final votes were counted. >> on one side, it was very suspenseful, very tiring. but on the other side, i was watching the trend, and the trend was in my favor. >> reporter: srinivasan has been heavily involved in the community and is a software engineer who graduated from stanford. he'll be sworn in next month as the district 3 councilman and is the first indian american to serve on the council. >> it's exciting to be part of this race. >> reporter: the city clerk says if there was a tie, a name would be drawn out of a bag similar to what happened across the bay in a richmond c

oh, one driving over towards sunnyvale and cupertino . it's typical.hing that you haven't seen if you're used to it, and there's 2 80 earlier, we had some fog there, but it's not an issue. now this is a look at the bay bridge that is backed up. there's no fog there that's backed up for a 10 to 15 minute delay and 8 85 80 in oakland have been okay. we've been also looking at the peninsula and there hasn't been anything unusual will take a look at the peninsula. coming up in just a few minutes, but now it's 7 31. let's go back to the headlines. we'll get straight to a developing story now from the south bay. this is where santa clara county fire department crews are battling a house fire tweeted out this video showing what fire crews encountered when they showed up at the scene. we have firefighters from four neighboring fire agencies at the scene right now, at this point, it's a two alarm fire that's burning on a home on short hill court right near the east side of west valley college. we can see flames just pouring from the roof of this home. this poin

the south bay from sunnyvale to cupertino. wet weather through milpitas along the bayshore and up into the east bay. a few spotty, light showers around walnut creek. not much yet, but there's mist and drizzle. we will get into rain increasing throughout the day. 46 hayward, 41 santa rosa. anywhere from a few degrees to 15 degrees milder. there's a rainy golden gate bridge. showers increasing throughout the day. looking at a sloppy and cold day with temperatures only in the 40's to in your 50. it will get into scattered showers by 4:00, a level one system on our impact scale. a break tonight but then we tap into the storm north and west of us. we will plot that out for you and talk seven days coming up. >> thank you. news out of pleasant hill, where at least one person was shot last night outside of pizza restaurant. there's a heavy police presence at the scene. we are told it happened at pizza my way. according to law enforcement, the shooting happened around 8:15 inside the restaurant between an employee and someone the emplo

talking about the sunnyvale city district council 3 seat. murali was trailing his poebt until the last day when the final votes were counted and he moved one foet ahead. he's a soft ware engineer who graduated from stanford, and if his win holds up, he'll be the first indian american to serve on the council. i met him at his home this morning to get his reaction. >> it's a very, very tight and close race. this is very, very interesting in the sense that it's a one-vote contest. so all of my voters can claim they made the difference. >> okay. of course when it's that close, there's a recount, right? >> yeah, it did. in this case, the registrar voters did an automatic recount and got the same exact result. >> one. one vote. >> but late today, his opponent, justin wang, said it's not over yet. he's requested a second recount that will start on monday. he'll be required to pay for it. voting officials estimate it will cost $12,000 a day for that recount. wang said in a statement, i deeply appreciate all the support that my campaign received from

er sunnyvale city council district three is tied after recount and a review of ballots. mew release rena vasa was declared the winner after the recount by just one vote over justin wang well after the hand recount requested a second recount and a ballot review. three more votes were picked up two for wang and one for trina vasa. that leaves the race tied. if there are no challenges, the city will break the tie by drawing a name to determine who the winner will be. one vote means a lot. caltrain getting quite a holiday gift. how about $43 million in federal funding? it's all part of that new spinning bill that's been passed by congress. this will help fill the funding gap for cal trains electrification project, which is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2024. according to caltrain, the project will improve the customer experience by increasing the number of trains modernizing service and eddie new safety elements. as well. tonight we're getting to look at the future of amtrak. here it is. this is the new aero trade set to start riding the rails in 2026 track says t

. >> reporter: now, we mentioned there are sandbag in sunnyvale. the department of public works has a self-service location set up at the intersection of commercial and california streets over in sunnyvale. that will be available today for residents who want to prepare possibly for the end of the week and the more rain that we'll see. even just standing out here, you've seen a little bit more rain come down. we can expect isolated showers, from what i've been told, later on in the day. but as of now, things have let up. no more wind advisory. there is an active flood watch until 2:00 p.m. in san jose. we're live in san jose, ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> want to show you some new video showing roads flooded in salinas. you can see the entire road and intersection under water on william street. our photographer got this video on his commute into work. >>> in san ramon, a roof of big 5 collapsed this morning. take a look at this video just into our newsroom. the fire department says no one was hurt, however the store is c

sunnyvale police have a arrested a man for robbery, battery and elder abuse in connection to an attack on an elderly asian man. authorities say. 29 year old jesse correa was arrested for punching the man in the face six times while he was exercising at a park in sunnyvale. this happened sunday at lakewood park on lake time. dr. police say the suspect told the man to quote go back to your country and quote and stole his cell phone. the victim was not seriously injured. also new at 11, oakland's vice mayor could face fines next week for alleged government ethics violations. city ethics investigators say rebecca kaplan is facing a fine of $10,500 for failing to report part ownership of a condominium near estuary park. she's also facing another $8500 fine for voting on projects that could have increased the value of her condo. however the ethics investigation found that kaplan's violations were unintentional and not meant to enrich herself. the balance of power is shifting in the united states congress tonight, the gop battling it out over who will be the next house speaker. this is the de

and by the time we reach 09:00am closer to the south bay now towards sunnyvale and mountain view and eventually into the south bay by around 10:00am. so you see the progression of that cold front as it slides through and leaving with it that heavy rainfall, a line of it that just pushes through right in the middle of your morning commute. so the timing of this not necessarily ideal for your drive to work. we do dry out towards the tail end of the day afternoon or even get to tap into some sunshine will be really cool sunshine because of that cold front and then freeze warnings overnight tonight leading into tomorrow morning after that cold air plunges in today, temperatures are going to remain steady right now. we're in the low 50's to upper 40's. that's our daytime highs for the day. that cold front keeps temperatures the same. so even with afternoon sunshine temperatures are going to be right the same as what they're at right now. you can see that in day planner from the low 50's to the low 50's. we will clear out later today. but this morning it is all about the rain reyna. john,

we're seeing rain in and around the wood side area and now into sunnyvale. there will be that chance that we could see lightning in a few spots as we go hour by hour by 8:00. some of us are taking a break while other areas are still getting brief, heavy downpours and that chance will continue into the evening as well as early tomorrow morning so i'll be tracking all of that. mike, you have a reminder about those conditions. >>> as kari said, there's still rain, scattered rain, not as steady as over the weekend but still it's there. you see wet roadways as we travel south. still a clear drive at speed all the way down out of santa rosa. the chance for wet roadways. where there's more of a chance of wet pavement going on here. minor incident. we'll check on the lane status. no slowing on the sensors there. again, wet conditions throughout. be careful. >> good advice. >>> new signs the flu, rsv and covid are causing more illnesses across the country and here in the bay area. with families set to gather for the end of the year holidays, hospitalizations are also

in sunnyvale, you can see traffic moving at the limit. a lot to 18. 82 to 37.sues there. 80 down towards milpitas. it's going to take about 20 minutes. if you're traveling to live a more or san ramon along 6.80, traffic is definitely moving pretty nicely. stephanie. james, back to you both. thanks a lot. right now. the u.s. house passed a bill that would force unions to accept a new labor deal. the move is supposed to help avoid a potential railroad worker strike. it appeared an agreement was reached back in september, but several rail worker unions refused to ratify that contract. >> a major sticking point. the amount of paid sick time given a real workers by the railroad companies. the house passed additional legislation giving more paid sick leave to workers. but if the worker strike commuter rail could halt and shipping would come to a standstill and that's going to affect a lot of that holiday shopping. some experts say a rail strike could cost the economy around 1 billion dollars a day. something lawmakers say can not happen. >> every major industry from

you're definitely going to get some delays as you're traveling through sunnyvale.le 2.80, still is moving at the limit. 80 down in the pete is 26 minutes for your drive. if you're traveling crockett down towards the maze about 26 minutes, if you're taking 24 right now, walnut creek down to 5.80, about a 60 minute ride. so things are slowing their and highway for 19 minutes. that's antioch into concord's to 42 james and stefani. back to you. >> thank you very much. rain is 6.50. is the time and the cdc is now planning to test wastewater for polio in more communities. so the agency has already been testing in new york state where it found the polio virus president in 5 counties. the cdc says that wastewater testing will help in places with low polio vaccination coverage and adds that the risk to the public remains low as more than 92% of americans were vaccinated against polio in their childhood. >> all the rain that's already happening now. it's falling across the bay area. well, that is much needed. nearly 20% of california's urban water agencies could soon be faci

california and the honor of leading the resident service team that provide program and support to sunnyvale and the greater visitation valley community. today we come together to celebrate the start of construction for the sunny dale community center and hurts recreation center. it is the heart of the revitalized neighborhood and provide faces and placing for young people to grow play and learn and excited to be here today. i have the honor comcing the event with friend community member star clark. [applause] >> good morning everyone. my name is star clark the club house director for sunny dale club house and visitation valley club house. honored to be here representing the youth sunnydale. humbled to be on stage with my partner ashley and community leaders. today groundbreaking is a huge milestone for all and excited about the future of sunnydale. [applause] >> the journey to get here today started decades ago and we wouldn't have been here without the vision and tenacity and dedication of community leaders and political leaders mptd today we like to kick off the groundbreaking celebration

sunnyvale, nice. >> it's so interesting.as having conversation at dinner last night about the peninsula, bay area. i think when you think about where you are happiest in the bay area but it is so hard to leave your home city in the bay area. once you grew up there and live there, it's hard to leave. that's where you grew up. i feel like that's part of it too. >> having that family aspect. >> it's a good point. you are comfortable. you know your good restaurant spots, how to get in and out. i can see that. >> i am not surprised about the bay area. >> me neither. fremont is always there. >> the most smiling, happiness. something is going on. >> we need more trips to fremont. >>> 5:26. if you have visited the ferry building, you may have seen this musician. we are going to introduce you to him and his mission that will brighten up our holidays. >>> someone else you will be meeting this morning, santa cruz county man with a unique set of skills to >>> time for a look at this morning's top stories. alameda is first in the nation

i can see how those cities made the list with sunnyvale being at the top.an: none of these would be on the list if we had buffalo weather. kristen: [laughter] we have good weather people to i hear. larry: speaking of the jobs we have everybody's job has some stress in it. [indiscernible] [laughter] larry: have the time you're right and have the time you're wrong. i am joking. [laughter] kristen: he is talking about his sports scores predictions. dan: some are more than others according to the department of labor meteorologist have the most stressful job in the country. film and video editors are next. especially those that work in our sports department and they work for a tyrant. including anesthesiologist assistan, ret providers. anyone who works in customer service has to be misery most of the time. nobody calls you to say i am so happy with everything you provided i want to thank you. dan: you know what is so funny i have actually done that many times. if something works out i called to give great feedback because no one does that. i want to encourage th

california and the honor of leading the resident service team that provide program and support to sunnyvale and the greater visitation valley community. today we come together to celebrate the start of construction for the sunny dale community center and hurts recreation center. it is the heart of the revitalized neighborhood and provide faces and placing for young people to grow play and learn and excited to be here today. i have

the south bay from sunnyvale to cupertino.

light rain, 680 around sunnyvale. a level two system with a chance of thunderstorms.g for monday. downpours for your sunday. we are talking about an additional inch or so perhaps by the time we get behind this system. we certainly could see some small stream flooding, ponding on the roadways, the tree limbs coming down so be careful. worse than last weekend. liz: it is a level two. thank you all for joining us here on abc 7 mornings. abc 7 news continues at 8:00. we will leave you with live pictures outside as the rain comes down around the bay. up in tahoe, the snow. thank you for joining us. gma is next. we will see you at 8:00. pantene's pro-vitamin formula repairs hair. as well as the leading luxury bonding treatment. for softness and resilience, without the price tag. if you know... you know it's pantene. suffering from sinus congestion, especially at night? try vicks sinex for softness and resilience, without the price tag. for instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours. vicks sinex targets congestion at the source, relieving nasal congestion and sinus pressure by

and then moving down to palo alto, and will be raining in sunnyvale in the next few minutes. rain moves from north to south, we could see half an inch to inch and a half of rain totals today. there could be potentials of isolated flooding with the leaves in the drains. i will be watching that, and we will talk about heavy sierra snow coming up. >>> you have to fill up, right, kari, because you don't want to get stuck in the rain or snow. chains are required on i-80. and then the arco on branam, the lowest price reported on gas buddy at 4.01. and then mill rally reporting it at 4.09, and then down to 3.89 in concord. traffic is flowing south from the north. we are looking at no major problems for the south bay, but the crash on 280 may cause an issue getting through downtown. meanwhile, the radar superimposed and we show the rain coming down theperson. 101 moving smoothly through palo alto. now it's hitting the golden gate bridge. look at that, scott. back over to you. >> that's wet. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," a christmas gift early for investors. mike has green on h

san jose, sunnyvale and gilroy are also getting close to those numbers. >>> more and more people areetting sick from covid, flu and rsv. california is one of 11 states with the highest level of flu spread according to the cdc. since october 7800 people have been hospitalized nationwide with the flu. dr. peter chin-hong says we're feeling the effects. >> 95% occupancy others around 90%. doesn't make much to go over the edge. >> and we're 20% higher in flu cases than previous years. for the flu shot, the doctor adds h3n2 is the worst strain and it's included in the flu shot, it's not to late to get it. >>> a few hours away from election day in georgia, the candidates for senate are in a last-minute blitz. voters are casting for democrat warnock and republican walker. democrats have sealed criminal of the senate because the vice president breaks any ties but one more seat would give them a majority. >> senators tell me one of the big things that happen between the scenes, is you have to split the committees but 50, would help the biden agenda pass. republicans are trying to stop that. >

sandbags are sunnyvale residents at 221 commercial street. go ahead and pick those up. marcus, as you mentioned, it has been quite a slippery and possibly potentially dangerous morning on the roads and as well as overnight. we have some video of a crash that took place over in contra costa county in antioch where there was a car who got into a crash because of the wet roads. antioch police sergeant reminding drivers -- the driver in this crash was rushed to the hospital where he slammed into a tree on a wet antioch street. his truck wrapped around that tree. now the accident happened on lone tree way across the street from the walmart. this happened around 9:00 p.m. last night. as you can imagine authorities all across the bay area reminding drivers to stay safe. i know mike was just talking about it not too long ago but my hydroplaning is a big danger this morning. as vianey and mike have talked about, it will continue to be wet on the roads but warming centers are also available. there is one over at roosevelt community center as well as west valley branch library. yo

we're talking about that race in sunnyvale. the city council district 3 race. vasan beat out justin wang by one vote. it triggered a recount. >> it's a very tight and close race. all of my voters can claim they made the difference. >> but here is why this might not be over. justin wang has requested a second recount. wang and his supporters will foot the bill. it is estimated to cost $12,000 per day. >>> twitter is suspending the accounts of more than half a dozen journalists including ryan mack of "the new york "the new. elon musk says it stems from sharing live location information accusing the reporters of posting links to jet trackers on other websites. >>> a setback for the white house in its push to end the trump-era remain in mexico policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in mexico for their cases to be heard before ever setting foot in the u.s. a district judge putting a hold on halting the policy pending the resolution of legal challenges. in his ruling, the judge suggested that the biden administration has failed to sufficiently consider potential

make its way into the south bay, seeing some pockets of some moderate downpours for those of you in sunnyvale over san jose and campbell as well. and this is the main front. this atmospheric river is going to peak in intensty during the overnight hours after midnight and even through your mid morning commute, one to 3 inches of rain expected highest amounts. no surprise for those of you over santa rosa. and we're expecting to see reduced visibility and gusty winds during the overnight hours, peeking around 50 miles per hour less by tuesday morning. so downed trees, downed power lines and debris will be an issue on the roadways. temperatures out there right now. 55 degrees for half moon bay. we're seeing about 10 degrees cooler temperatures in nevado and sonoma in the mid 40's out there overnight lows though, thanks to the blanket of storm cloud cover upper 40's to low 50's. those of you in san jose in mountain view a little bit milder at 54 degrees. daytime highs, very seasonal in the upper 50's to low 60's wednesday will be the driest day. but after that light scattered showers as you ring i

sunnyvale police department tweeting this out, information on where residents can pick up the sandbags. those interested are asked to go through the public works building at 221 commercial street. and do you want to know when that rain or even the fog will hit your enabled or even just how long it will stick around? be sure to download our free nbc bay area app. you'll get the alerts whenever showers or changing weather conditions are heading your way. you can also track the rain using our interactive radar. >>> now to a live look at sfo where desperation is growing for many passengers as flight cancellations pile up by the thousands. mostly through southwest airlines. the situation now catching the attention of the u.s. department of transportation. similar circumstances it continue playing out at the oakland international airport and others across the country. one family tells us they were just trying to spend christmas with their son in san diego. their flight transferred them to oakland on sunday, and they've been stuck here ever since sleeping on benches. >> we had to sleep here.

we're talking about the race for sunnyvale city council district 3. murali sreenivasan beat out justin wang but one single vote. the outcome triggered an automatic recount, and the results were still the same. >> it's a very, very tight and close race. this is very, very interesting in the sense that it's a one-vote contest. so all of my voters can claim they made the difference. >> they did make the difference. late today, though, justin wang requested a second recount. that second recount will begin monday. wang and his supporters have to pay for it since it's a second redowntown. -- recount. the cost will be $12,000 each day it continues. >>> a bizarre saga in northern california in the emerald triangle where legal marijuana farming is flourishing. there are accusations of crooked cops, stolen drugs, and a cover-up. tonight we have new developments in a story that we broke last year. we've learned a federal grand jury issued new indictments against one of the alleged crooked cops. senior investigator bigad shaban has been on this story from the ver

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. >>> the race for sunnyvale citi city council. the results are still the same. >> it's a very, very tight and close race. this is very, very interesting in the sense that it's one contest. so all of my voters can claim they made the difference. >> but here's why the race may not be over. justin wang requested a second recount. that will begin monday. wang and his supporters will fit the bill t will cost $12,000 each day it transpires. >>> tonight another effort to take police officer out of schools. protesters are demanding police-free schools and more mental health services. nbc bay area's stephanie magallon is in san jose with the story. >> mens with guns unfortunately. >> reporter: their message was clear, both outside. >> what are we doing for mental health for our students. >> reporter: and inside. >> we know you got 32 cops at that $800,000. >> reporter: during the san jose unified board meeting, they don't want school resource officers. >> when there's not an emergency, what we're running the risk of is having students crim

sunnyvale police tweeted out, gig the exact location where you can get sandbags. at the public works department at 221 commercial street. now, we'll be on storm watch all night. when we're not on args you can get all the info by downloading our nbc bay area app. you go get updates where you live and we'll second you alerts minutes before it starts in your neighborhood if you have that app. the weather is so much worse in other parts of the country. a massive winter storm killed at least 55 people. that includes 25 people who died in western new york's erie county. this is drone video showing people digging out of snow-covered streets. it stretched from the great lakes to the rio grande on the mexican bored. storm-related deaths have been recorded in 12 states including new york, colorado. >>> the man accused of attacking nancy pelosi's home. there is enough evidence for david depape to stand try it. details emerged about what happened, including how he allegedly hit paul pelosi with a hammer. he faces numerous charges including threatening family members of public

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sunnyvale public safety tweeted this out today, encouraging people to prepare and giving the location for free sandbags at the public works building at 221 commercial street. we're going to continue to follow this storm on all of our broadcasts tonight. you can stay on top of it when we're not on the air by downloading our free nbc bay area app. you can get updates on the weather where you live. we'll send alerts minutes before it starts to rain in your neighborhood. >>> for thousands of travelers, this weekend was more of a nightmare than a holiday with tens of thousands of flights canceled and delayed. many spent their holiday at the airport. while no airline was unscathed, southwest has been hit the hard. he. and it's not over yet. the airline canceled about 60% of its flights today nationwide. at san francisco international, the line to talk to a customer service agent, the lined stretch down the terminal. the phone system seemed to be overwhelmed and they were not able to rebook online in the app either. they're told it could be days before they could get another flight. tempers

it happened at this valero in sunnyvale south of 101. police say the suspects used a computer to take control of a fuel pump. over time, they allegedly siphoned 30,000 gallons of gas, putting most of it into plastic-lined garbage cans. the group is also accused of $20,000 in damage to the gas station's equipment. investigators say surveillance footage helped crack this case. >>> it is crunch time. if your holiday to-do list is not checked off, you only have a few hours left to finish your shopping. we saw last-minute shoppers at santana row this afternoon. today expected to be the second biggest shopping day of the year behind cyber monday. if you're a procrastinaor and waited till today, apple is offering last-minute shoppers free two-hour delivery from its retail stores. >>> mega millions fever starting to pick up as many people are hoping to bring home a jackpot for christmas weekend. that would be nice. there's still time to get your ticket for the drawing tonight. the jackpot has been growing since october. it's expected to hit abou

it happened at a valero gas station in sunnyvale.the suspects used a computer to take control of the fuel pump. and over time, they simpbed 30,000 gallons of gas using both their cars as well as trash bags to fill up gasoline. they're also accused of causing $20,000 in damage to equipment. investigators say surveillance footage helped crack this case. >>> for the third time in the past month, the flaring incidence. they tweeted there was no risk to the surrounding community. this is video when the last flaring happened two weeks ago. the martinez refining company explained it was due to an equipment malfunction. that incident was believed to not be a health risk but now the county is investigating and even formed a task force. >>> five bay area counties are entering cdc's high community virus tier. that includes alameda, contra cost contract, solano counties, all moved from the medium or yellow tier to the highest or worst tier designated as red. the cdc recommends indoor masking in red areas. as for marin, napa, san mateo and sonoma

. >> in the south, fayette to sunnyvale, men are behind bars. this is in connection to an october shooting that left a 19 year-old man dead. police say 22 year-old adolfo perez damian on the left and 20 year-old edgar martinez are the main suspects here. that shooting was october. 30th in san jose's hyde park neighborhood. no word yet on a possible motive. it was san jose's 30nd homicide of the year and in in the south bay in the north bay search rescue team say they found the boat belonging to a fisherman who was reported missing on christmas. >> rain county authorities say 32 year-old will to be launched a boat from the black point boat launch in the christmas morning and hasn't been seen sense. deputies say they found his boat off tenure point yesterday and he was not on board. should be 5 foot 6. he has a shaved head. the coast guard has been looking for him since sunday. coming up, a decision on title. 42 has how it will change the way things are done at the u.s. mexico border. after the break. (steven) every time i come to see caremore, th

to sunnyvale. men are behind bars in connection to an october shooting that left a 19 year-old man dead. police say 22 year-old rodolfo perez, damian on the left and 20 year-old edgar martinez are the main suspects. that shooting was october 30th in san jose's hyde park neighborhood. no word yet on a possible motive. it was san jose's 30nd homicide of the year on the peninsula bay area congresswoman jackie spear was in foster city today for her final press conference as a member of congress, a spear says that congress has authorized 16.9 million dollars in grants for 15 community projects in san mateo county. the projects focus on flood control, health care, literacy, fire prevention cal train safety and economic development. i'm proud that these projects were last week. >> because it's a way of bringing money back to mateo county, which may not come otherwise. so, for additional childcare spaces in daly city improve flight control for foster city and san bruno. 2 new libraries are going to benefit

are seeing this storm track has water and showers starts to make its way into los altos hills into sunnyvale. but overall, we are seeing a slick commute already out there this evening. so please drive safely. the heaviest rain expected to arrive after midnight. that is when the main event is going to shoot big bull's eye over the north bay valley. and that storm track going to shift to the south and east into the san francisco peninsula, east bay and south bay by tuesday morning at 5.30. that's when it's really going to be the heaviest very, very low visibility and gusty winds as well with downed trees and downed power lines going to be an issue. the main front going to continue to shift to the south and east into the east bay and south bay. before we start to notice light scattered showers shortly before your new lunchtime hour with drier conditions and better clearing by later afternoon. so we could see anywhere from one to 3 inches of rain and rain rates as high as half an inch per hour by tuesday morning. can't stress enough just how dangerous this weather is going to be tuesday morning.

. >> sunnyvale police have arrested a man accused of selling drugs to students. police say 22 year-old brandon centros mejia was selling narcotics to students at fremont high and homestead. high schools during the search they found a gun narcotics cash. the suspect is now facing a string of weapons and narcotics charges. >> 3 women are suing their former east bay high school and school district for damages in a civil lawsuit. the anonymous plaintiffs claim they were groomed molested and sexually abused by a former teacher. and they're all saying the school district% failed to act after being told what was allegedly happening. kron four's philippe chagall has that story. >> this 31 year-old woman is referred to as jane doe number 2 in a civil lawsuit filed in superior court of california in contra costa county tuesday. she works as a financial analyst doing her best to live a full life. but she is still haunted by the abuse. she says she suffered by her former teacher at miramonte high school in the renda mark lippman. i had no. >> no way of knowing that this is s

so the city of sunnyvale conducted a recount. it lasted a month and torino boston is the winner and says this election proves every vote camps. my opponent was leading for 27 days . i lead only one day one day we tied and then the last day i led by one word. in boston, who will be sworn in next month, has lived in sunnyvale for 25 years and was named the city's distinguished residents. last year, he says running for city council was step in serving his community time is 406, you can see signs of snow at the top of bay area mountains after the latest storm and take a look at what mount hamilton's in the south bay looked like covered with fresh powder. ktvu mark sayer went to the top of mount hambleton. and talk to families who were enjoying the snow while it lasted. the views from the mount hambleton observatory are stunning. as the sun peeked through the cloud cover the snow on the trees look more like the sierra nevada range than the local mountains around the bay area. the novelty and the beauty brought all sorts of people up,

. >>> all right, the second recount results are in for that second sunnyvale race. numbers are the same. there was a vote again. the original outcome triggered an automatic recount, and both came back with the same result. however, there are a number of unknown challenged ballots, meaning ones that have no signature or a signature that doesn't match. those voters will be notified, and then they'll have to finish the paperwork before the recount is officially completed. >>> two days after that 6.4 earthquake, the clean-up continues, but there is good news regarding the power and the water supply. usgs releasing this video showing where the quake hit the hardest. two people were killed, and another 17 people injured. half of the city of rio del has had its water restored. that's good news. people are being urged, though, to boil that water before drinking it. officials also restored power to most of the homes in that city. again, that's rio del. and a bridge closed by the earthquake has reopened to one-way traffic. >>> up next, will fresh crab be back on the menu? we

san francisco, almost a half an inch of rain, oakland, almost an inch and a quarter in sunnyvale, almostan inch of rain. the boy just impressive totals all around and it just keeps coming. the storm system rolling on through bringing the showers in the snow up in the sierra nevada. some lightning strikes in the central valley and now we're starting to see little more rain moving in. you see some of those pockets of rain moving on shore with the possibility. some thunderstorms pop into that area. watch the cell pretty closely here. watch out near canfield. the bottle in richmond below that when a slide in your direction likely bring some heavy downpours. maybe some hail to go along with that as well. core this low spinning along the coastline and that low is going to be spinning up storms our way overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. i think by the afternoon that may begin to move south and move out of town a bit. but between now and then we're going to the showers in the forecast. maybe an isolated thunderstorm out there as well. and you see right here most picking up on it. who knows

police say officers responded to the sunnyvale apartment complex near contra costa boulevard after reports of an explosion just before nine last night. they say marlon perry was limping away from that fire and caring knives. they say the 58 year old started cutting himself when they told him to put those knives down. they used windbag grounds. just do him. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. fortunately, no one else was hurt. well, the house of representatives is telling members to remove tiktok from all of their devices. that directive comes from the houses chief administrative officer who cited a number of security risks with that app. congress has already approved a measure banning tiktok on executive government devices. that's as part of the spending package that passed last week. the houses actions align with that policy. officials are worried that the app could share sensitive data from users with the chinese government. i think any business that's uh, you know, in bed with the chinese communist party, we need to look at take a real long, hard look at what they a