jackie ward, kpix 5. >> thank you for that. >>> how about the stormy weather? when is the rain gonna start falling down? >> it's falling across the northwestern section of the state right now. should enter the north bay by 8:00, 9:00. right here across the central by about 10, 12. and then sag to the south. we've got rain. it's coming. it's live. that's where you have the precipitation well to the north of us right now. that's the leading edge of the frontal boundary. once we have this round go through -- see that cotton ball effect? that's unsettled air mass. we'll have lit-and-miss showers. another round of wraparound moisture that will produce light snow down to 3,000 feet. so that income gases our mowbl area and also -- eb come -- encompasses our mt. diablo area. as we take a look at the transamerica pyramid, mostly cloudy skies. air temperatures from 46 in santa rosa to 53 in the livermore area. later today, our numbers will stack up pretty much in the 50s across the board from the coast to the peninsula, 56 in morgan hill. it will be brisk with the west w

kpix 5's jackie ward is there on 37 where you have seen it. >> reporter: yes. it's quite a task, the marine mammal center was here since 2 a.m. we saw her earlier this morning. the 500-pound elephant seal was here at the shore. she was going up and down the edge of the highway 37 turnoff and she disappeared. the marine mammal center has been here since 2 a.m. to make sure she stays out of trouble. >> she's doing good. she is swimming. she may be just a little confused right now. how to get out of the lagoon. and right now, all we're doing here is observing. if she comes back on land we'll take action. >> reporter: it's high tide so we could see her clearly. once tide goes out, it gets muddy and that's why she got stuck yesterday in the mud. the primary concern is if she gets back on land, it would be in the middle of the commute dangerous for the animal and drivers. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> pg&e still working to restore gas service for hundreds of people in eastern contra costa county. more than 1,000 homes of discovery bay and byron still don't have any heat.

jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> more tree branches toppled a 63rd. luckily, they fell into the street and not on nearby homes. >>> and let's take you up north. 70 miles north of the city. the coastal town of jenner picking up that and all of the rain, coastal flooding began a couple of days ago. some spots people used the kayak you saw there to get around. high water blocked the entrance to the local post office. >> we kind of got a perfect storm here where we have had rainfall the last few days and very high storm events this whole last week. >> the waves were as high as 25 feet. >> high surf made matters worse. in addition to the post office, there was also flooding at the visitors center in several nearby businesses. no word on how much damage was done up in jenner. >>> meanwhile in the sierra, the storm dropped up to 2 feet of snow in the tahoe truckee area. it was a welcomed site as you might imagine for skiers and snowboarders as well as people on sleds in the lower elevation, some isolated snowshowers expected in that region today. for drivers

jackie ward, kpix 5. >> the taxes man givest. lot of people in gilroy are getting refunds because of the errors in the tax office. as maria medina reports, assessor larry stone himself delivered some of the refunds. >> erin, hi, larry stone. >> reporter: it's the moment erin has waited for, for months. >> you know, when government makes a mistake, we have an obligation to fix it. >> reporter: it came on christmas eve. >> so here's your check for $27,836.14. >> reporter: this was erin just four months ago. >> there's times where we didn't have the money to pay our mortgage and i had to charge avisa. >> reporter: struggling to make ends meted after her -- struggling to make ends meet after her property taxes kept going up. after months of looking for answers she discovered the county overcharged her for property taxes for more than a decade because the county never classified her home as low income. and she was far from alone. >> my neighbor here, you know what she said to me about making a choice between groceries and paying your

kpix 5 reporter jackie ward is live in fairfield with the very latest on this investigation. jackie. >> reporter: betty, police say they knew almost immediately that this death was suspicious and it was quickly determined that the little boy had been placed in the bathtub and intentionally drowned. police say the boy was in the custody of this woman, his 51- year-old grandmother, dawn raines-hewes. fairfield police and fire personnel went to her house on the 1400 block of jefferson in fairfield yesterday morning just before 11 a.m. that's when they found the child unconscious and not breathing. >> because of the nature of the call, the little boy having died and certain information and statements did not add up with what officers felt the scene also indicated. detectives from our major crimes unit responded and took over the investigation. >> reporter: raines-hewes is being held without bail at the solano county jail. a 6-year-old and 1-year-old were also in her care yesterday but they are unharmed. now, police are still investigating what happened here. and they are still lo

from sfo, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> 8 minutes after 5:00. the first openly gay military service member was killed in combat and she has ties to the bay area. we'll tell you more about her life and legacy next. >> and california is cracking down on prescription drug abusers. we'll tell you about the new database designed to prevent overdoses. >> and we are getting a break in the rain today but more rain is on the way. your holiday forecast is coming up. >> and now we have an accident at the dublin interchange blocking two lanes of traffic. i'll tell you how bad traffic is approaching the scene with a complete look at "kcbs traffic." still ahead. >>> welcome back. 5:11. this is a bright levi's stadium this morning. temperatures cooler than we have seen the last couple of days but you won't need the umbrella. not for now. your wet weather forecast for the holidays is just ahead. >>> the six u.s. military members killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan included a woman who broke ground in the armed forces. air force major adrianna vorderbrugge

jackie ward joins us live. she's in san francisco with more on today's big vote. hi, jackie. >> reporter: hi, frank. the mission bay alliance has been the most vocal group in san francisco for the warriors. a lot of people are expected to show up here at city hall today before the board of supervisors votes and decides on whether they will appeal this court. they will be voting on the final environmental impact report. this is a 5,000-page report. includes a man to use $80 million to improve transportation and increase services at the site of the proposed arena. the report was released october 23rd and certified ten days later, not leaving much time for the public to go over. but despite that, the group says they are gaining ground. in a poll, it shows a 12% decrease in support for the arena this is compared to poll numbers commissioned by the warriors and released by david binder back in july. >> this process has been ramrodded and rubber stamped through at the behest and desire of the wealthy and the well-to-do whose interests are not in the best interests of th

jackie ward is live in livermore with the latest details. >> reporter: good morning. one person is dead, another seriously injured after a shooting that took place at this livermore cvs parking lot after 6:00, police out for the suspect, they believe one is 18- year-old jason brown, the other suspects i didn't he is not known. brown is no stranger to police. fresno pd says brown was involved in a fatal shooting out of fresno restaurant in september. saturday when livermore police got to the scene they found two adult males in their 20s. the diver -- driver died inside the vehicle and the passenger was taken to the hospital where he went through several surgeries. we don't know his status and the names of the victims are withheld. a 12-year-old witness was able to give police the license plate number that brown and the other suspect took often. this whole community is an edge. >> they are ruthless and evil. this is a quiet town in these types of things don't happen very often so we take it very personal when someone comes to our town and commits a crime like this. >> r

kpix 5's jackie ward is live at the scene with the very latest. jackie. >> reporter: it's still a very active scene here on el sobrante this morning after a apartment complex caught fire sometime around 3:30, 3:45 this morning. part nationally everyone is safe. we spoke to a resident yvonne michael who says she is thankful her family is okay. her daughter is safe. her husband is safe. she says this is a small town. it's quiet. nothing happens here. she is shocked that this fire occurred this early in the morning. she is very thankful to be alive. >> [ indiscernible dog bark. you got [ indiscernible ] i just thank god he woke me up too and got my daughter out there and my husband out and we just got out. >> reporter: so from what we kansai now there are at least two dozen people who live in these townhouses here from what we can see. it's up a long wind hill, uphill around this corner. so we hope to learn more details about exactly what happened and how the fire started soon. in el sobrante, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> new this morning, a store clerk

jackie ward reports. >> reporter: good morning. those crowds will be here in only a matter of hours. actually 200,000 revelers are expected to be here on the embarcadero to watch the fireworks. crews are setting up barricades. it's the largest event in the area. safety preps are in place for a while. barriers along the embarcadero and police have extensive plans to keep everyone safe. now, there aren't any specific local threats but police are urging everyone to be alert. >> we do want the message to be that someone sees something we want them to say something. don't assume that someone else will say something. often times we don't know unless it's brought to our attention. >> the coast guard has a 1,000- foot safety zone at the ferry building until 12:30 tonight. boaters aren't allowed there unless authorized by the captain of the port of san francisco. some would say we are not standing in the absolute best spot to watch the fireworks. a lot of people are saying that the best spot is between mission and folsom. along the embarcad

jackie ward is live with the very latest on this closely- watched case. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning, frank. this is expected to be one of the biggest days of the trial thus far if raymond "shrimp boy" chow takes the stand. for two years now, we've watched this murder and corruption trial unfold waiting to see if chow will testify. chow's attorneys say their client is done with waiting and wants the story told. chow is the leader or dragonhead of a chinatown association in san francisco ordering the murder of his predecessor in 200 of is just one of the charges he's facing. he's also accused of taking money from an undercover fbi agent to commit a crime. >> the undercover agent tries to get my client to take the money by professing his love to my client saying we were meant to be. i love you. it's almost pseudo erotic, the approach he takes. >> reporter: chow faces charges for racketeering, laundering money and conspiring for murder. while this trial has been going on for a long time now, it's expected to drag on even further until at l

jackie ward joins us live from the restaurant in union square. jackie, the crowd started showing up yet? >> reporter: not so much the crowds but plenty of elves are here working to put these bags of toys into the big barrels. this is the 15th annual toy drive here after the lefty o'doul's. christmas eve you think, you ran out of time but it's not too late! we are here with the event organizer doing this for a long time of. why is this so important to you? >> well, we've got 5,000 more kids this year that have to have a toy for christmas or two hopefully. hi, brian. hi, anne! thank you very much. please, everyone, come on down to union square. we'll have elves out in front. you can just drive by. even in the rain and hand your toys off to our elves and we'll be delivering them all day today and tomorrow and we will make sure that every one of san francisco's forgotten children has a christmas. >> reporter: it's early but we are going to have some entertainment for people dropping off toys? >> somebody shining from above on us because, um, luttuc a

jackie ward live outside city hall with a breakdown. jackie. >>> reporter: good morning. direct 3 getting a lot of attention. some have called it a showdown between two supervisors, aaron peskin is looking to become the first former supervisor in the term limits to make it back to the board. he has five supervisors backing him. julie christiansen has four supervisors endorsing her. one has yet to say who she supports. >> there's no question that in my 15 years in public life there are few instances of behavior that i regret but what hasn't changed is my passion for san francisco. >> he has a reputation for being muscle, a hammer. he says he is going to pound on the table and get what he wants. they want to know that the person who represents them is fair and honest and respectful. >> reporter: the city's sheriff's race has also been talked about a lot. incumbent ross mirkarimi is seeking re-election being challenged by vicki hennessy and john robinson. mirkarimi's office has been in the news for alleged misconduct by deputies in jails. so obviously a lot more local issues

live in san jose, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> costco says it's linked an e. coli outbreak to a salinas produce supplier. at least 19 people have been sickened after eating costco's chicken salad. costco says test show the vegetable mix in the chicken salad is likely the source but federal investigators need to do one more test to be sure. the supplier is taylor farms, where costco gets the onion and celery mix for its chicken salad. there's been no official comment so far from taylor farms. >>> people haven't even sat down for thanksgiving dinner yet, and amazon is already gearing up for the holiday shopping rush. the company has hired 100,000 extra seasonal workers to make sure all those packages get where they need to go. fedex is adding 55,000 workers, roughly 5% more than 2014. major retailers like macy's and target will add the same number of workers as last year. >>> thanksgiving is a day of food and cheer, we know that and this year there may be something a little extra on the table. reporter jill wagner introduces us to a new beverage on the marketed

live, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> that's a shame. i bought three for all of you guys and brought them right back to the stores because i don't want your houses to burn down. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> diamonds do not explode. >> keep dreaming, honey. >>> my son says there are so many students riding up and down the halls. you don't understand how many people come back with a broken arm the next day. how many students have had injuries? it takes a lot of balance. >>> shifting gears, did you notice jackie is bundled up? it's chilly outside. not quite as cold as 24 hours ago but the temperature continues to plummet. it's 34 in santa rosa. 35 in concord. san francisco at 46. but you know what adds a capitol hill to the air? when the winds -- but now what adds a chill to the air? when the winds whip up. if it's in the 30s in the mountains and the wind is at 5, it will feel colder. winds up to 26 miles per hour at the delta. oh, yeah that will wake you up. so look at the california satellite-radar. we have a clear slot, lots of sunshine

jackie ward is live from the scene of the crash to tell us what we know so far. jackie? >> reporter: well, this morning, as people make their way to work, you can hear them driving over all sorts of debris from headlight cars. two people are recovering in the hospital. one of them a 25-year-old woman who was sleeping when the car slammed into her bedroom. san leandro police say a witness told them that blue suv was driving at a very high speed when it flew through the spwient at perdue -- intersection at perdue and farnsworth and crashed through the woman's bedroom. >> the car entered through the po

jackie ward is in middle town, in one of the areas under a flash flood watch this morning, jackie. >> reporter: well, michele it's like deja vu, this area expecting some serious rainfall for this second monday in a row now, now of course we all remember this area being torched just a couple short mondays ago in the valley fire. back then, rain was exactly what they were waiting for, well now the rainfall amounts roberta was getting to and we'll talk more about all morning have county officials concerned about flooding and mudslides. people 0 who live here are worried, too. >> i'm worried about erosion in general and the trees coming down where they shouldn't go and going into the creeks and stuff. >> reporter: right now, rain water runs off the ground because of the damage caused by the fire, there is no registration to help absorb the water, we'll continue to talk to county officials all morning to hear more details about the plans they have in place for just such problems, jackie ward kpx 5. >>> not a lot of rain but roads are damp overnight. so let's check in with john to see how w

jackie ward is live with more on what's happening today. jackie? >> reporter: well, michelle, we've been here before, after that shooting that happened in 2012. officer suhr asked if his force could use tasers as well. we do want to remind you that this video is disturbing. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: this video is intense and so is the criticism aimed at the san francisco pd. >> we will take a look at everything. >> reporter: the chief spoke on kpix sunday morning. >> it's very clear to me here that a taser would have made a difference. >> reporter: after the city has made no twice to arming the police with tasers, suhr says he will ask again. >> it's crazy to have nothing between a beanbag and a bullet. >> oh! oh! oh! >> reporter: you can hear how many bullets were fired at 26- year-old stabbing suspect mario woods in the bayview last week. the chief used all available options, beanbags and pepper spray. there were three crisis intervention officers 0 on scene. but suhr said he was too close when he came at officers with a knife. it's called the

jackie ward is in the newsroom with details on the conference. jackie? >>the climate summit is hosting 150 world leaders from 105 countries today including president obama. security has been heightened as protesters outside the conference have already had some clashes with police. some are saying the city is essentially on lockdown. before beginning negotiations on how to slow the pace of climate change president obama visited the bataclan theater where the worst of the bloodshed happened a little more than two weeks ago. he was joined by french president frangois hollande . they are working toward an agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep global warming from rising. if it rises scientists say the earth's population would be in danger so the national security council wants countries to find ways to reduce the -- the targets on a regular basis.

jackie ward, kpix 5 . >>> french police conducted raids on more than 100 locations overnight in connection with the friday attacks. the raid comes as many connected with a sleeper cell are expected -- anticipated to be involved with this. they conducted heavy airstrikes on the capital and syria. as french officials try to figure out how the attackers kept their plans secret, securities and parts of the us have been a -- increased with the start of the work week. we have more new -- more now from don champion. >> reporter: through the weekend the nypd maintain a heightened security posture across new york city. it will continue to for the work week.>>> understandably based on the 9/11 experience, were constantly on alert here. >> reporter: heavily armed officers patrolled. specialty counterterrorism units were also deployed. here in new york's busy penn station, train passengers will likely see more officers and security for the morning and afternoon commutes. the department says the measures are meant to be a form of public reassurance. sunday out of an abundance of caution football fans w

kpix 5's jackie ward is at cal state east bay in hayward with the latest. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning, maria. classes started here at cal state university about a month ago but faculty is ready for a break they say because of unfair salary. starting at 9:00 this morning the strike authorization vote will begin online and in person. california faculty association president jennifer eagen says stagnant faculty which is why the 20,000 members are ready to strike. the cfa wants 5% annual increase for all its members as well as a 2.6% service salary increase for eligible faculty. csu management is offering a 2% salary increase according to the cfa. csu spokeswoman says that the fair proposal because faculty was the only group of employees to receive salary increases during the recession years. starting at 7:00 this morning, picketers will arrive to kickoff the vote and that will continue through october 20 at 5:00 p.m. live in hayward, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> heavy rain causing trouble in solano county over the weekend. thunderstorms rolled

kpix 5's jackie ward joins us live outside city hall with more on that this morning. jackie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as many people not city's sanctuary policy came under fire when kate steinle was shot and killed on pier 15 on a walk on the pier with her dad on july 1. so today, the san francisco board of supervisors will vote on a pair of resolutions involving the city's sanctuary policy which limits city cooperation with federal immigration authorities. the board and mayor lee are saying that the policy has nothing to do with steinle's death since the sheriff's department should have called immigration and customs enforcement to let them know her shooter was released months before her death. he was previously deported multiple times. one of today's resolutions calls for sheriff ross mirkarimi to reverse an order banning his staff from communicating with immigration authorities. a competing measure would go the other way encouraging the sheriff not to notify i.c.e. when certain immigrants are released. the board's nonbinding decision could indicate

jackie ward joins us live from a warming center, good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning. pretty chilly morning here in discovery bay. this is service outage comes at a really bad time. pg&e crews spent yesterday going door to door to conduct tests and also check out the equipment on the outsides of the homes while this gas service is out for a while. they worked through the flight to help get it back up and running as soon as possible in discovery bay and parts of byron. an issue at a gas facility is to blame. pg&e believes the cold weather is what caused the problem but they are still investigating. >> we need to repressurize the system and then turn on the gas service. it's always -- we ask them to keep safety on top of mind. >> reporter: last night, people were able to go to one of two warming centers at the red cross that pg&e set up. the one here at timber point or the one at discovery bay community center. pg&e is hoping to get everyone back up and running by the end of the night. in the meantime, you are told not to turn your gas back on. even when the service is b

jackie ward is live at the been and drivers are being asked to take it extra slow on the bridges. what's it looking like out there? >> reporter: still wind yip, still very rainy out here but the wind, i think is the driving factor. i guess that's not fair to say, though, because this is kind of the unique situation. the cable is so wet that i have to hold it. as you can see, that's how wet it is out here because it's been raining all nonstop it feels like for the past couple of days just causing the roads to be super slick. people need to take their time out there. yesterday, caused a lot of trouble in a lot of places. we'll start in oakland at 45th street overpass where a puddle turned into a pond making it challenging for cars to get through. staying in oakland wind and rain brought down a large force -- a large tree forcing authorities to shut down one lane. half a mile away, the bad weather brought down a power line briefly blocking people up this road from getting to their home. and in the mission district, all eyes are on 17th and folsom an area that's notorious for flooding

jackie ward live in san francisco where the mta has a key vote planned later today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so a pilot program has been in place since august of 2014. the vote today would decide whether or not they should make that permanent. back in august of 2014, the sfmta began figuring out things like ridership and number of stops. today, the board will consider a proposal to extend the program with some changes beyond its anticipated expiration date of january 31, 2016. the shuttles for the big tech giants like google, genentech and apple have been causing controversy for a while now. [ chanting ] >> opponents of the shuttles say the tech companies are openly disregarding the law set in place for city bus stops as well as causing rent in the stop areas to skyrocket. they are posing an increased cancer risk nevermind the environmental impacts but deputy city attorney audrey pierson says the sfmta found a way for them to coexist and there's no proof that the shuttles are causing displacement. so the hearing followed by the vote will take place at

jackie ward is at oracle arena where a ring ceremony happens in front of thousands of fans. jackie? >> reporter: the party mass already started here. check out this sweet merchandise we've got. we have the nba championship trophy right there. it's been 40 years since the warriors fans have had that on some new merchandise. at 7:15, that's when the ceremonies will begin. game starting at 7:30. head coach steve kerr, as we though, has been suffering from some complications of a back injury. he won't be on the sidelines tonight. interim coach luke walton will be stepping in, but he will be for the party. 7:10 tonight. there are resell tickets available on warriors.com. so head there if you want to be part of the party. >> and on top of the ring ceremony, be more happening to mark last season's championship. >> reporter: yeah, so the rings actually made their way up from l.a. last night. they were designed by jason of beverly hills, and 10,000 fans next week will be able to get replica championship rings. those 10,000 fans will be able to get them. at warriorsteamstore.com. that's where

jackie ward sat the bay bridge tops -- toll plaza. >> reporter: this area is known for terrible traffic, and we now know how many work hours and gallons or gas are wasted because of that traffic. the study says number 12 on their list is between 101 in the bay bridge. and number six is eastbound i- 80 between and berkeley. each of these bottle necks costs a about 2 million hours, and wastes between 700 and 800 million gallons of gas, but we could save $39 billion due lost by by fixing the problem. but solutions like construction of your roadways, are time- consuming and costly. chicago has the number one worst bottle neck in the country. a a 12-mile long backup by the kennedy expressway, and l.a. has six of the top 10 worst bottle necks in the country, so put our two-mile delay into perspective. >> a washington post reporter held in iran on espionage charges has been sentenced to a prison term. he grew up in marin county, and has already. in jail for 16 months. yesterday a spokesman confirmed that sentence has been handed down, but didn't say how long it was. the post's foreign editor s