maria medina in mountain view with what one community is doing to help out. >> please help us. please let us know what's going on. >> reporter: for hours he had no idea if his family in nepal survived saturday's massive earthquake. with phone lines down social media was his only connection to his country. >> my mother, my father, my brother. >> reporter: his parents and brother live in nepal. but call it luck or just good timing, they were here visiting him in the south bay. still, with so many of his family in nepal he says his mom feels the urge to return home. >> traveling i don't feel seeing these beautiful places, my heart is in a country [ inaudible ] >> reporter: now from thousands of miles away, he and many in the bay area nepali community are coming together to do what they can to help the survivors. >> they're fighting for water. it's about humanity. humans are to help each other in times of need. >> reporter: he's using social media to help families find the missing. he says his family, like many others, is choosing to live outside for fear the after shocks will send

but maria medina says a new theory suggests waiting is actually better. >> reporter: baby alexis was born healthy two months ago. >> she is healthy and full term and doesn't have a low birth weight or any issues like that. >> reporter: alexis is 17 months apart from sister bella, but now experts are saying moms should span out their pregnancies at least 18 months apart. >> having babies closer than that is not a good idea for the health of baby or mother. >> reporter: dr. phillip says doctors worldwide agree moms need time for their body to bounce back from pregnancy before expecting again or they put their newborns at risk. >> low birth weight. and those who are born at that weight fail to thrive. >> reporter: the study released thursday by centers for disease control and prevention says 30% of moms have babies closer than 17 months. emily is expecting her third 20 month after giving birth to her second child. >> 17 month it is first two, 20 months the second one. i think it could be hard. people's bodies are totally different. so what is great for one person is not okay for another

live in palo alto, maria medina kpix 5. >>> a millbrae man who was carjacked then ran over by his own car survived with only minor injuries. the suspect is under arrest and police say friday he took the car and ran over the owner as he got away. on monday he was found in a different car driven by this man. police stopped leo soto for speeding. the suspect was found hiding under clothing in the back seat. >>> speeding past a school bus. parents watch in horror as an suv nearly mows down their children. >> gas prices are going back up but $9 a gallon? the sign that had drivers in one bay >>> you waste water you could be slapped with a $10,000 fine. governor brown supporting legislation to ramp up enforcement of water restrictions during the drought. >> we'll be faithful to the law, but we think that as everything else in the statutory world, there are ways to be more aggressive in interpretations than not and that's what we'll pursue because of the drought because of the emergency. >> right now it's $500. those fines would apply to both homeowners and businesses and they would be reserv

maria medina explains how neighbors are rallying in hopes of catching the robbers. >> reporter: it is the ten seconds and 82-year-old oakland woman will never forget. >> it's heart-wrenching. >> reporter: brian lives next door to the victim. it's his surveillance camera that caught the crime. >> they pull up and her mom gets out of the car. >> reporter: you can see brian's neighbor standing at the back of her suv when a dark four-door car pulls up across the street. two people get out and head straight to the victim. >> they come up behind her and attack her and then they steal her purse. >> reporter: the victim runs towards the suspect as car and tries to grab her purse. instead, she is dragged a few feet before she falls. look closely and you can see her daughter is in the car with her baby with no idea what happened feet away. >> she didn't even know her mother had been almost run over. >> reporter: seconds later the daughter comes face to face with the suspects when they realize they hit a dead-end street and need to turn around nearly running them over. >> i thought if that was m

live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> virgin america is saying hello to hawaii. the airline is launching daily nonstop flights from sfo know honolulu in november and to maui in december. tickets start at $199 each way. >>> home burglaries shoot up in one bay area neighborhoods. the trend that's drawing in criminals. >> i'm no angel. >> i'm no angel. >> taking sexy back. the plus sized brand getting major attention for this powerful beauty me (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. >>> there's been a shocking increase in home blares in berkeley in recent -- burglaries in berkeley in recent mon

in oakland, maria medina, kpix 5. >> hate to break it the to coach but the warriors are pretty good on the road, too. [ laughter ] >> exactly. and if there are warriors fans in the stands in new orleans, they are going to scream as loud as they want. >> they will be in yellow. by the way, game 3 thursday. we have to wait a few days in new orleans. game 3, go warriors! >>> 4:52. it may be the fastest train h . after a winter of above average temperatures, we are below average for this tuesday. 58 in san francisco today. 50s at the coast with barely any clearing. we'll have afternoon sunshine around the peninsula and into the santa clara valley in the 60s and low 70s. east of the bay today, numbers stacking up in the 60s to 70s out towards mountain house and discovery bay. we are going to see a southwest and west wind today up to 20 miles per hour pretty blustery in stinson beach. 64 san rafael. mid-60s sonoma and good morning, windsor, your high today with afternoon sunshine in the 60s. >>> 4:55. cell phone video shows the moments after an alleged case of road rage involving an uber dri

>> reporter: maria medina, kpix 5. >> alaska airlines has apologized for the way the situation was handled and has offered to cover the cost of the family's overnight stay. you can watch the entire unedited incident from that plane at cbssf.com. >>> the time now 4:51. this bay area tech ceo tells employees they can't negotiate their salary. why sh syria an explosion at a power station in maryland caused outages in washington, d.c. the white house and the capital both affected. but backup generators kicked in and the president says he didn't notice any interruptions. museums were affected as well as train stations and some other sites in the capital. power is restored. there is no link to terrorism. >>> well, vice president joe biden is coming to the bay area this week. he will attend a political fundraiser in san francisco on thursday. and on friday he will visit a pg&e facility in oakland. the vice president's wife jill is also making the trip and will visit de anza college in cupertino. >>> san francisco state grads will get sent into the real world with some inspirational words from our

live in san francisco, maria medina, kpix 5. >> the victim's family says the nearly $9,000 cello isn't damaged on the outside but it doesn't play the same. it's going to need to be inspected. >>> authorities believe there may be more victims of two alleged robbery and kidnapping suspects in cupertino. 25-year-old alexander in. al of the jet and a woman are accused of kidnapping a man and robbing him of $7,500 worth of goods and threatening him with a knife and pepper spraying him. they were arrested in pleasanton for a similar crime. >>> a massive scuffle between police and protestors in baltimore. the escalating tensions over the mysterious death a man in police custody. >> an electrifying show in the sky. the rare moment when lightning and love collide in a spectacular eruption. female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> tension rising on the streets of baltimore. t

kpix 5's maria medina has the story. >> reporter: and veronica, it has been such an emotional day for the san jose police department. some officers i spoke to said they didn't want to go on camera to do an interview because they thought they would just lose it but they are so grateful and so thankful for the support from the law enforcement community. >> guy doing exactly what he loved to do. >> reporter: from those who knew him to those who never met officer johnson -- >> it impacts all of us deeply. >> reporter: the law enforcement community stood together today to say good-bye to one of their own. >> it's nice to see so many agencies from across the country show up and honor mike. >> reporter: they came from across the country a tradition in the law enforcement world to support a department, family and community of a fallen hero. >> it's tragic. it's something you don't want to have to do. >> he is an all-star. >> reporter: the lieutenant supervised officer johnson. he said we're his uniform with pride. they say he died doing what he loved. >> i want to give mike a standing ovation

live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >> the study is based on birth certificates from 36 states and the district of columbia. >>> that measles outbreak linked to disneyland is nearly over in california. state officials are expected to declare an end to the outbreak tomorrow. if no new cases pop up. it started in december and it spread to several other states and even several countries. 131 people in california were infected. the outbreak reignited the big debate over vaccines. a state bill that would require vaccinations for most schoolchildren has now stalled in the senate. >>> a scary ride for some country superstars. the scramble to safety when their tour bus burst into flames. >> and stopping those annoying robo calls. the phone companies have the power to block 'em. so why aren't they? we're going to find out what's the hang-up. ♪ at kaiser permanente everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >>> new at 5:00 here it is the panick

new at 6:00 kpix 5's maria medina live with the fight to fix it. maria. >> reporter: and veronica, one woman called 911 but instead of getting help, she says she watched her husband die. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> reporter: it's a call for help one woman says didn't get answered quick enough. >> richard did not make it. >> reporter: she told lawmakers thursday morning how 911 failed her. >> the dispatch informed me that she could not forward my call without an address. by then, i realized richard was turning purple so i handed the phone over to a friend who continued to describe our location. >> reporter: the 911 flaw was at the center of a hearing at the capital tracing emergency calls made from cell phones. if i were to call 911 from a home here dispatchers could only see my approximate location. and that means officers might have to knock on every, single door on this block to find me. >> when 911 comes in sometimes it comes off a cell tower or in an approximate area. it doesn't give us an exact location so it could be a house down the bl

. >> maria medina on a show of support. >> reporter: a lot of officers say they couldn't go on camera to do an interview because they were afraid that they would get choked up. they are grateful for support from the law enforcement community. >>> who you wear the uniform -- it hurts. >> reporter: they are bonded no matter the agency, unit, rank. >> we are the protectors and guardians. when one is killed in the line of duty, it reverberates throughout the profession. >> reporter: today thousands of law enforcement stood together in grief coming from all over california and across the country. >> the law enforcement family is big so we are happy to come from chicago weather we can. >> reporter: the pain was felt most by the san jose police department including those who graduated the academy with officer michael johnson in 2001. >> mike paid the ultimate sacrifice doing what he loved. >> reporter: it was his graduating class who loves the last san jose officer killed in the line of duty. >> i was on scene for that one. and it never gets any easier. >> reporter: a farewell to another her

in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >> alaska airlines did issue an apology but elizabeth says she wants a written apology to her husband and two boys who couldn't understand why they were removed from the flight. >>> homeowners in berkeley having a higher increase in burglaries. the neighborhoods hard hit include francisco and grant streets, dwight and ellsworth, and woolsey and lewiston. homes in these areas have been hit so many times that notices are being poles, warning neighbors to be alert. burglaries are up 220% from last year. so what are homeowners doing to invite that trouble? >> a lot of times there's people maybe have -- leaving valuables that they can clearly see from the street. >> berkeley police are putting extra patrols in the burglary hot zone. good news some arrests have been made and some items have been recovered. >>> investigators have found the man responsible for a deadly hit-and-run in san jose, they say. they say just after midnight, a pickup truck hit a car on 101 and sped off. moments later the stalled vehicle was struck by another pickup and burst into flame

kpix 5's maria medina has been at the ballpark all day. you met a fan with a pretty impressive streak. >> last night i did a story about a man who had been to 26 home openers in a row. then an usher e-mailed us and said that's nothing. wait till you meet betty. >> reporter: betty is not your ordinary giants fan. she's truly a faithful fan. she's gone to openening day for more than half a century. >> what year was your first home opener? >> 1963. >> reporter: it's her 52nd in a row. she says a lot has changed since her first one. >> well, we're in a better ballpark. it's been 37 years at candlestick. >> reporter: she can't tell you what her favorite game is or her least faisk. -- least favorite. >> too many. i can't remember that far back. >> reporter: but she can tell you her favorite player. >> my favorite player was jt snow. >> reporter: betty first started coming to the home openers after her husband bought season tickets. after she passed away five years ago, she continued the streak. this year she was the first time she was afraid her

kpix 5's maria medina just talked with one teenaged musician who is now very relieved. maria. >> reporter: guys, she is so happy to have her cello back after a mystery man decided to drop it off here at the buddha lounge. nearly two weeks after cameras caught this man and woman stealing an $8,500 cello from a car on o'farrell near union square. >> i figure someone left it here. that's all. >> reporter: the musical instrument showed up at the buddha lounge in chinatown. >> the guy just simply walked in quickly, gave the cello to the bartender. >> reporter: san francisco police say a mystery man dropped off the stolen cello and told the bartender to call police. the very next day the cello was back in the hands of its 16- year-old owner. >> i didn't hear the, um, phone call. and then, um, i -- i went back in and then my mom had said, the cello is back and it was just a rush of relief and i'm just so infinitely grateful to them. ♪[ music ]♪ >> reporter: a twist in the case the teen says that took her by surprise. the teen says she is afraid to reveal her identity becau

kpix 5's maria medina is live at ocean beach where even the most experienced surfers are staying away, maria? >> reporter: it is cold and windy here. these waves are very powerful and as you mentioned even experienced surfers say these conditions are too dangerous for them. >> i was out. i got one wave and came in. it was a little bit probably much for me also. >> reporter: even for the most experienced surfers like robert, the waves that hit ocean beach friday were too much to handle. >> it's a rough day. you really got to know what you're doing to go out today. >> i didn't think it would be coming in this late. >> reporter: the swell was expected to last throughout the night with waves as high as 15 feet. >> it's scary. like no waves i have ever seen. >> reporter: with rough conditions and strong rip currents he says even surfers second-guess going into the water. >> i surfed hawaii and other places but this is scary. >> reporter: only a handful close to ride the waves friday. >> for here on a day like today, it's not normal. usually there's 1,000 guys out there. >> reporter: with k

good evening, i'm maria medina >>> look at what we have not seen in a long time in the bay area. rain and this is just the beginning. plenty more is on the way. good evening. somewhat what was that wet stuff? the doppler shows most of the rain at this hour heading south and east out of the immediate bay area. what it does not show you is more is on the way. satellite loop shows the low we have been tracking all weekend. off of the oregon coast, sinking south, when it does a stronger system will hit the bay area tomorrow night. at the same time the mountains will hit snow with gusts of 50 miles an hour. already a few inches of snow fallen at north star. snowing there since sunrise. another four inches is expected overnight. we will get more rain out of the monday night storm and have all of the details when we cover weather in a few minutes. >>> despite today's rain, governor brown is challenging all californians to change their behavior when it comes to water use. the governor says it has to happen to make it through a drought of this magnitude. brown ordered an unprecedented man

good evening, i'm maria medina -- in for ann notarangelo. >>> a gruesome discovery inside a boarded up house. a mummified body that has been there for years. good evening. >>> the richmond district the body was just found last night. kpix don lynne is outside. hi. >> hi, brian. the body was wrapped in a blanket for 5 years and believe to be a 90-year-old woman. that body was removed from the house yesterday. the big question, how she died and why her daughter did not say anything while living with a corps. >> the mystery of a mummified body found inside of the house is deepened by a case of hoarding. >> cleanup workers and firefighters had a hard time getting in, once they got in the smell was so bad. firefighter his to wear oxygen masks. >> public health is dealing with the rats and reported reported black widows and my department of health and the contractors are looking into the infestation of things. >> reporter: the supervisor of the neighborhood says it took workers a few days to remove some of the trash before discovering the body on saturday. the police believe it was the body

kpix 5's maria medina on how the police chief is doing damage control trying to restore public trust. >> reporter: and the police chief held a news conference today for about an hour. he announced in light of the texting scandal, he will be randomly selecting police officers to check to see if they missed any red flags in their background checks. >> it just makes me sick to even talk about it. >> reporter: san francisco police chief greg suhr says the eight officers including a captain caught exchanging racist and homophobic texts do not belong in his department. >> i have suspended them and they have been referred to the police commission with a recommendation of only termination. >> reporter: but his afternoon announcement was just one of several scandals he addressed including the investigation into a crime lab analyst and supervisor accused of failing to tell investigators if suspects' dna matched criminal profiles in a federal database. >> there could well be suspects that we should have gotten identified that we should be conducting investigations on. >> i find it repulsive. in

>> reporter: maria medina, kpix 5. >> alaska airlines has apologized for the way the situation was handled and has offered to cover the cost of the family's overnight stay. you can watch the entire unedited incident from that plane at cbssf.com. >>> is this the ugliest lawn in san francisco? might be. the city's department of environment launched the contest calling for people to submit photos like this to call attention to the drought. the winner gets a makeover with drought-tolerant plants. the loser will have their picture shown. [ laughter ] >> and have a really ugly lawn. >> whose yard is that? [ laughter ] >> that's pretty ugly. >> they're conserving, right? >> how are we doing? >> okay. how are you doing? >> how you doing? >>> you're doing all right on the roads right now. not the bay bridge. you can see traffic is backed up to the maze but we are still seeing green on the sensors off the eastshore freeway so that indicates traffic is moving okay there but it looks like a stalled vehicle westbound 580 at 24. that's going to slow you down as well as you head through the maze there. c

maria medina has the video and walks us through what happened. >> reporter: this video from officer michael slager's dash cam video captures the mercedes that walter scott was driving with an unidentified passenger. slager pulled him over for a broken taillight and one of the brake lights is off. the officer is wearing a micro phone. >> license and insurance? what's that? [ unintelligible ] >> let's start with your license. your brake light is out. that is why i stopped you. >> reporter: as you heard, scott said he had no insurance and registration. he said he was in the process of buying the car. 27 seconds later, scott stepped out. slager said i need you to stay in the car. 16 seconds after that, scott threw open the door and bolted. officer slager gave chase. both men ran out of frame. that is where the cell phone video picks up the story. the two men scuffle. and then the officer fires eight times as scott was running away. >> according to the police report, the passenger was detained. a lawyer for the family says he was scott's coworker and friend. >>> tonight, the city of san jose is

maria medina on the comment that has social media in an uproar. >> the coach says the volume inside oracle arena is illegal. warriors fans say give me a break. >> i'm not so sure that the decibel level is legal there and i'm serious. they've done studies on that. >> reporter: it's the comment by pelicans coach monty williams creating waves in the basketball world. >> i don't think he has a right to say that. >> reporter: and warriors fans are responding. >> probably was too loud for him because they lost. >> reporter: williams made the comment after his team's loss saturday, then went on to say this. >> they've got some of the best fans in the league here and they show up early and the music before the game, they're playing old school music and it's right above your locker room and you're like, these people are crazy. >> reporter: the oracle arena is nothing new to the game. it was built almost four decades ago and is known to be one of the loudest arenas. but these diehard fans say the volume during a game isn't any louder than any other arena. and maybe williams should hit the mute butto

live in san francisco, maria medina kpix 5. >>> developing news out of petaluma. investigators are still on the scene of the deadly accident involving a small plane. it's an ultra light aircraft that spiraled out of the sky crashing near petaluma airport. witnesses say it looked like the wing had folded. it happened about 12:30 today near adobe creek golf and country club. emergency crews rushed to the crash finding the ultralight plane a mangled mess. these types of planes have very small engines made of lightweight materials. but authorities say multiple people called 911 saying they saw that plane go down. the ntsb is investigating. authorities say the pilot was the only one on board and was declared dead at the scene. >>> san francisco's police chief says eight of his officers deserve to lose their jobs suspending them after text messages were sent between more than a dozen officers in the department. chief greg suhr is recommending 7 officers be fired and an 8th already resigned. six other officers involved are still under review. the scandal could taint thou

maria medina spoke to a northern california woman who got kicked off a flight headed to san jose because she has cancer. >> i have multiple myeloma. they are taking me off the airplane because i don't have a doctor's note saying i can fly. >> reporter: elizabeth's family vacation ended like this. >> i am being removed as if i'm a criminal. >> reporter: kicked off an alaska airlines flight that was supposed to get her pack to san jose monday evening. >> it was shocking. i have flown, we have flown five years with this same diagnosis. and i felt humiliated. >> reporter: she suffers from blood cancer and because she can get sick easy lingering, she put on a surgical mask at the airport just before her flight. that got the flight crew's attention. >> she asked me a bunch of times how are you? can i get you anything? >> reporter: the crew eventually agreed she could board. but as the family settled in, an alaska employee and security told her she needed a doctor's note clearing her to fly. >> if you look at me, you wouldn't know i was ill. >> reporter: the alaska airline crew suggested a hote

. >> reporter: maria medina, kpix5. >> pusok was treated at a hospital an now he is in jail. >>> the feds will investigate allegations that san francisco sheriffs deputies staged gladiator fights with inmates in the jail. and within the past year, two inmates on work duty escaped. sheriff ross held a news conference today to address all of this. he says his department will implement more restrictive guidelines on inmate workers but some people are not buying it. >> he is displaying his lack of leadership now. you calling in the fbi. you having everybody else investigating. between now and november, everybody he is going to do for the most part in my opinion and the member's opinion will be politically based. >> he is up for reelection in november. political insiders say he will have a tough time beating his challenger. >>> tonight, oakland police mix it up in one of the city's toughest neighborhoods. but it is not quite what you think. christin ayers on how cops are trying to change the culture one block at a time. >> reporter: a mother and daughter dancing. a pickup basketball game.

>> yeah, maria medina reporting live from the beach. as we show live pictures right now in lands end, we are talking about this beginning to relax by 9:00 or 10:00 tonight. that's when the swells will begin their descent back into the normal range. i think the best thing that happened today was cloudy at the beach. it was sunny and 70, would you have so many folks at the beach and kids and families trying to go in the water. that could have been a horrible situation! instead, it was much cooler, much cloudier at the beach. perhaps people putting off the beach day. it's best to stay out of the water until the weekend at the earliest. it looks beautiful. the beach hazard lasts until 9:00. high risk of rip currents and sneaker waves into tomorrow. if you choose to go in the water, please use extreme caution. what's causing all this? there's a big storm up in the gulf of alaska and that will begin to kick our area of high pressure out. it's going to move. and next week will feel a lot different than the sunny warm weather that we have had f

good evening, i'm maria medina -- in for ann notarangelo. >>> a gruesome discovery inside a boarded up house. a mummified body that has

live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> a u.p.s. truck goes up in flames destroying hundreds of packages and causing a traffic nightmare this morning in the north bay. the big rig assist traveling westbound on 580 in san rafael when it hit the median sliding along the center divide. diesel fuel was spilled one of the two trailers caught fire. it all happens about 5:30 a.m. and this is what it looks like nearly 12 hours later. chopper 5 shows the crews are still working to clear away debris and repair the freeway. and boy, there's still a backup. lanes aren't going to re-open until at least 6 p.m. and that's a look at the richmond/san rafael bridge heading west coming out of richmond and there is the toll plaza there. it's been a domino effect all day. earlier this morning, the westbound 580 highway looked like a parking lot leading to the richmond/san rafael bridge. drivers inched along many of them had to pull off the highway. we spoke with some who actually were running out of gas. >> i have been out here for a long time and i nee

only on 5 maria medina with how police say the suspect got away without leaving a trace until now. >> reporter: police said he didn't care if businesses were packed, he was calm and stand in line sometimes even ordering food but he finally made a mistake when he lost his partner in crime. discovered from head to toe the left-handed goldfinger bandied struck again and again without ever getting caught. >> and he wasn't making any mistakes. >> reporter: he wore yellow gloves and was so successful because he knew how to blend in. >> he would walk in very casual at times he would just stand in line and wait for his turn to come up to the clerk. >> reporter: the goldfinger bandit didn't have a problem hitting them with kids in the store and a few doors away the same man calmly walked in and walked out as if nothing happened. >> his success was his great escape route. >> reporter: police say he knew how to cover his tracks. >> he used a device

kpix 5's maria medina on how people in the bay area are trying to help while they anxiously wait for word on their own friends and family. >> one mom steven dickinson's mom says she's holding it together because it's too soon to think the worst. >> spencer is an amazing kid. >> reporter: after more than two days, she's waiting to hear from her son. >> he was supposed to come back in april this month but he wanted to continue on with this journey. >> reporter: spencer dickinson is originally frul the bay area. he graduated from petaluma high school a few years ago. his parents say he was in nepal on a spiritual journey. on april 19th he told them he was heading to the base camp, a hike that would take about a week. >> when the earthquake happened, was spencer alone on the trail? could something have happened? we just don't know. and that part is the scary place for me. >> reporter: meanwhile those in the bay area and nepali community are raising money to send to the country and creating a one-stop social media page to find the missing. >> it's about mum -- it's about humanity. humans

life in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >> police say flanagan hit all kinds of businesses including restaurants, gas stations, even a fedex office. that made it difficult for them to predict where he would strike next. >>> well, the weather is making news tonight. first the wind picking up across the bay area this afternoon, take a look at the view from our dublin cam. the wind picked up in san jose today, as well. gusts up to 30 miles per hour in some places. it was the same in the north bay. trees, flags, whipping in the wind. that weather will also bring rain. chief meteorologist paul deanno live for us in napa tracking the showers. >> reporter: it's kind of crazy to talk about rainfall in april. we usually receive some but we will go down this month, this april, we'll end up with more rainfall than january and march combined. that's crazy. but its more a factor of what we did not receive in january and march but we have rain now. it's heading our way. live in napa this evening, it will receive rainfall before midnight tonight. where's the rain currently? light rain in mendocino

maria medina says the system has a fatal flaw. >> reporter: it's a call for help didn't get answered. she told lawmakers thursday more how 911 failed her. >> the dispatch informed me that she could not forward my call without an address. by then, i realized richard was turning purple so i handed a phone to the friend who continued to describe our location. >> reporter: the 911 flaw was at the center of a hearing at the capital tracing emergency calls made from cell phones. if i were to call 911 from a home here, dispatchers could only see my approximate location. and that means officers might have to knock on every, single door on this block to find me. >> 911 comes in off a cell tower with an approximate area. it doesn't give us an exact location so it could be a house down the block from where we start. >> reporter: according to the california chapter of the national emergency number association, in 2013 alone, dispatchers couldn't tell the location of more than half of all 911 calls made by cell phones in our state. >> when they are victims of crime seconds count. when you need a m