meanwhile, sunnyvale has been working with corporations to calm traffic. according to our review of government records, the traffic engineer found in 2017 that google failed to meet its trip reduction goals at technology corners, one of the company's biggest campuses. sunnyvale allowed google to survey its own employees about their commute patterns last year, and the company says it now exceeds traffic requireme s requirements. even so, frank beluc krichlt says the city needs to get a handle on traffic because firefighters are being stretched too thin. >> should they be worried? >> concerned? absolutely. >> reporter: google is the only company sunnyvale has this kind of funding agreement with. mountain view had a similar contract with google to pay for staffers in public works and community development. the city says the employees handled project demands from a variety of companies, not just google. a contract in nearby cupertino calls for apple to reimburse the city for the cost of employees if they hire them. the city says so far it hasn't. back to you.

tonight a man is under arrest, accused of tampering with food in grocery stores in sunnyvale and all over california and arizona. >> kpix 5's christin ayers reports authorities are trying to find out if any of this food he contaminated wound up in the hands of shoppers. >> reporter: david lohr's arrest came here in sunnyvale last week after he boarded a vta bus and a driver said lohran spinde andxide on the bus. turns out the powder was just salt, but lohr had a warrant ta. surveillance pictures from inside a sunnyvale safeway show lohr, in the blue shirt, roaming the aisles january 26th. what you don't see are the moments when authorities say lohr poured hydrogen peroxide on to a tray holding rotisserie chickens and doused cartons of eggs in bleach. lohr had done the same thing in several los angeles area grocery stores in december and january, pouring bleach into supermarket refrigerators and freezers containing ice, alcohol, and seafood. and in november, he was arrested for pouring peroxide on food in several target stores in arizona. in a bizarre jailhouse phone call, lohr told a

right now--el camino real near highway 85 in mountain view and sunnyvale is shut down because of a downed power line. at last check--- p-g-and-e tells us nearly (6- thousand customers are being impacted. this is a look at the outage map. crews are on the scene working to restore power. it )s not yet clear how long tht could take. or when el camino real will be open. we want to get you the latest numbers when it comes to flooding impacting parts many new developments happening while you were sleeping-- the russian river finally cresting between 10 and 10-30 last night at just over 46 feet. this surpasses when the river crested in 19-97. more than 35-hundred people are under mandatory evacuation orders this morning. 13 school districts and schools in sonoma county have canceled classes for today. dr ts -- it was shot yesterday before the as we )ve seen with so many of our fire and flood zones in recent years -- its not just people. there )s a big focus on pets who are missing. ay )terry mcsweeney reports on a mobile animal shelter in sebastopol that )s helping out. ad lib weather app push!

rafael, there, across the bay bridge into berkeley, walnut creek, san ramon, down into redwood city, sunnyvale and saratoga and a few showers for san jose. we want to talk about these impressive rainfall amounts for the north bay with this an atmospheric river. 20.5 inches of rain. more than 10 inches for lake sonoma. winds are more than 9 inches, more than 8 inches for some oh and santa rosa. record rainfall yesterday in santa rosa and a flood warning for sonoma county because of the small streams and creeks all flooding. greensboro and hillsboro under a flood warning and napa under a flood warning. talk about what you can expect and when we will see dry conditions all across the bay area, finally, coming up. back to you. >>> at this hour, johnson community being inundated with blood water several feet high. this drone video was taken from above in sonoma county earlier today. rapidly rising water forced the gas -- guest to evacuate. >> reporter: all morning long, we have watched the russian reversal of this area. some people getting out are having a hard time leaving. it was an unusual way t

the surveillance pictures in the safeway store in sunnyvale showing david lohr roaming the aisles. what you don't see are the moments when he poured hydrogen peroxide on a tray holding rotisserie chickens, dousing cartons of eggs and bleach. he could be facing more charges. >> once the fbi has their clause into something like this and it gets to the u.s. attorney's office on board with pursuing the criminal complaint for prosecution, they will go to the end of this to find out why the individual did this. >> the la times reports that he did the same thing in serajanua >>> i am anne makovec at the live news desk with new video out of india in new delhi were 17 people have been killed in the hotel fire that broke out around 4:30 their time and 35 people were injured and people were seen jumping from the budget hotel in new delhi. the investigation into the calls continues -- cause continues. >>> it is 4:35 am as we take a live look at the u.s. capitol where congressional lawmakers have come to a tentative agreement to avert another government shutdown. president trump says he has not

, santa clara and sunnyvale, all gone.a highly detailed anaysis from the army corps of engineers puts the total damage as 300 billion dollars.nearly a quarter million people left homeless.and another one=point=two million forced to evacuate. (grant) the government report did not predict how many people might die in such a calamity.floods have one main advantage over earthquakes ... there is usually time to prepare. (anchor) taking a live look outside-- overlooking downtown san francisco. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was another cool crisp sunny day around the bay area. but now we are getting ready for a few more raindrops. we are beginning to see a few showers to the north on doppler radar. on the satellite you can see the storm coming down for the gulf of alaska. it will be another cold storm but not as wet. tonight will not be as cold with increasing clouds. there is a slight chance of showers after midnight. showers and sunshine will take over tomorrow with chilly temperatures. highs will only be in the u

say they arrested 48- year-old david lower last week after he dumped hydrogen peroxide on a bus in sunnyvale. the fbi had an arrest warrant for him for pouring bleach on food and supermarket freezers in southern california and in arizona. the santa clara sheriffs department says its own investigation concluded that he poured hydrogen peroxide on hra of rotisserie chicken and poured bleach on the cartons of eggs at a safeway store in sunnyvale last month. >>> a communal garden in san jose is at risk of being bulldozed in favor of a new retail development. middlebrook gardens has been on race street from us 20 years. it is situated just a few blocks away from the proposed google mega campus. the owner of the property tells ktvu that while it is not on the market, he is considering developing the site or developing a sale. many people think it would be a big loss for the city. >> is a native of san jose, i understand gentrification. we have all seen it in the bay area, but what are we losing when we let go of what is important? i just do not think this neighborhood needs another panera. >> neig

a football star at kings cad may in sunnyvale. a freshman playing for the university of nebraska now. according to a search warrant obtained by the investigative unit, washington faces one felony charge of distribution of child pornography and misdemeanor charge of revenge porn. he's accused of sending a video clip to his ex-girlfriend depicting an alleged sexual assault she suffered at 15 years old. now 18, she agreed to speak about the incident but ask that we not reveal her last name. >> freshman year he was on varsity. he would score a touchdown, everyone loves maurice. he's perfect. >> she tadated him for eight months. the following year two classmates sexually assaulted her off campus and recorded it. she didn't mow about the video until students shared it at school. her parents reported the video to police and one of the boys was put on probation for distribution of child porn. taylor was not willing to press charges on the sexual assault. >> when it first happened, it was a big emotional trauma for me. i wasn't ready to de

we have a few showers and spotty showers from sunnyvale as well as palo alto, los altos hills with spotty showers this morning. it is a cool start to the day. we will talk about when all of us will see the rain and what you need to know heading out the door. >>> it is 6:12 am. >>> amazon is getting hit with a massive lawsuit from director woody allen, claiming that the streaming service backed out of the four picture deal last summer after sexual assault allegations from his adoptive daughter dylan farrow resurfaced. he is asking for $68 million, but amazon has not commented on the lawsuit. >>> the music biggest not will return to cbs on sunday with the bay area blues legend charlie musselwhite. >> loses not only music but an attitude and it's a way of says okay, life can be rough, but we can do it. we can get through it, and co>> grande drive. >> this is one of the songs on the nominated album from charlie, a collaboration with benton harbor inspired by the death of charlie's mother. betty yu has the full story tonight at 7:00. catch the grammys right here on this is a kpix 5 news mornin

sunnyvale, santa clara county have had similar law in place since 2013. a supervisor says there have been 800 gun related deaths in san mateo in the last 10 years . >>> county workers have come to a tentative contract deal in san mateo just ahead of a planned strike this week . about 1700 county employees plan to walk off the job this wednesday and thursday. the main sticking point is pay and healthcare cuts. details about the steel have not been released yet. union officials say a ratification vote is set for later this week. >>> stanford university is investigating some of its own faculty members who may have helped the chinese scientists who reported gene editing twin girls. the doctor made the announcement during a global conference in hong kong in november. he completed postdoctoral work of the faculty came forward to say that he had contacted them about genetically modifying human embryos and implanting them and women. nearly the entire mobile medical community condemns the hong kong announcement saying it violated guidelines to prevent human trials

right around sunnyvale area, heading into santa clara. san jose with light to moderate rain. street level radar, carlyle way in the sunnyvale area seeing moderate pockets of rain and mt. hamilton seeing a mix of rain and snow as you could see here. and we move around to other parts of the bay area. seeing some pretty good rain around san leandro across 185. i'll track this and show you where it is heading. to be prepared, san leandro toward danville and 551 and mt. diablo after that turning to rain/snow mix. danville boulevard across 680 walnut creek steady showers and as we look at the santa cruz mountains, moderate pockets of rain. lake county, the wintry mix around cobb mountain near our radar site and we'll continue to see this. so there is a winter storm warning until 4:00 p.m.ond sunday. limited visibility. they'll see snow accumulating there. so definitely travel difficulties. and if you are thinking about going to tahoe, go now. right now the only chain restrictions are on state route 4 but a winter storm warning in effect until 4:00 a.m. on monday. i advise you to ho

this is his booking photo of the suspect. 18-year-old collin howard of sunnyvale is charged with three counts with intent to distribute meth and one count related to cocaine after a joint sting operation involving homeland security and the police. he was arrested on charges. he created an app to facilitate the sale of illegal drugs and used snapchat to talk to customers. he used the banana slug as the mascot for uc santa cruz. police discovered the app after posters were put up all over campus. howard pled not guilty and scheduled to be in court at 1:30 today. matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, matt. going to turn to the east bay. uc berkeley police looking for the person seen in this video attacking a conservative activist on campus. hayden williams was invited to campus tuesday by a group called turning point usa to recruit members for the organization. williams says while he was working the man called him a racist and then you see it there, punched him in the face. williams appeared on the hannity show on fox news last night. >> some students took offense to our sign that we ha

they say he dumped hydrogen peroxide on a bus in sunnyvale. the fbi had an arrest warrant for him for pouring bleach on food in supermarket freezers in southern california and arizona. the santa clara county sheriff's department says its own investigation concluded that he poured hydrogen peroxide on a tray of rotisserie chickens and poured bleach on to cartons of eggs at a sunnyvale safeway last month. >>> it appears congress has agreed on a budget to avoid another shut down. how much money will be going toward border security as president trump pushes to complete the>>> students retu class for another day without heat or hot meals. there is a problem with the gas service at this elementary school. we will tell you why it is taking so long to be repaired. >>> it a 7:00. welcome back to mornings on two. it is tuesday, february 12th. >> i'm dave clark. a lot to tell you about. as far as weather is concerned. rain is coming. steve, you are even painting the sky. >> rain and wind. we do have a break before hand. a few breaks as the clouds increas

light rain from palo alto, sunnyvale through saratoga and los gallos this morning. it is wet and windy in spots and here's the salesforce tower camera showing cloudy conditions. temperatures are in the mid 50s this morning. the wind at 10 miles an hour in redwood city, 17 at half moon bay and 17 at downtown san francisco. 13 in oakland and 16 miles an hour in berkeley. expect wet and windy conditions this morning but thankfully widespread heavy rain is over. still due to the rain in the north they we have seen in the last two days picking up one and a half feet of rain in some spots in the north bay with flood warning still in effect at sonoma and napa counties. the russian river is under flood warning with major flooding with this river, cresting at 46 feet tonight at 10 pm. this is well above flood stage. this is the highest river level its 1995. this is the sixth highest river level that the russian river at guerneville has ever reported. the napa river at napa already cresting above two at half feet above flood stage with moderate flooding at the isalso under fl

the study finds that sunnyvale had the second highest income, more than $236,000 while oakland had the lowest. but the middle class is not defined by income only says dr. haight.dr. colleen haight/san jose state universitydr. haight argues that middle class is less about economics than it is about lifestyle. but the numbers are a clear indication of the changing nature of what it means to be middle class here in the bay area..... in san jose rob fladeboe kron4news (flad) (anchor) taking a live look outside-- overlooking downtown san francisco. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was a sunny and bright day with cool temperatures. it's all quiet on the doppler radar but that may change over the weekend. highs today were in the 50s. tonight it will be clear and cold again with lows in the 30s and 40s. tomorrow we will see increasing clouds and cool temperatures in the 50s. we can expect more clouds on sunday with a slight chance of a few showers north of the golden gate bridge. a chance of rain will continue to the nor

it's wet sunnyvale in through saratoga and some of the pink representing the snow there. as we go in closer from 280 looking at willow glen, parkmoor, san jose, edenville and coyote road, it's been wet for you. 880 over into union city and fremont looking at paseo padre parkway wet weather. up into san francisco looking at still a few downpours. 101, bridgeway, into marin county and over the richmond district it's wet. in the east bay hercules, get ready for a shower. looking closer towards the coast on inverness, we still have showers here. up to the north, lake county looking at that snow beginning to pile up and also in the mountains. you saw the forecast there, temperatures starting out in the teens. windchill factor, though, below 25 degrees so we're looking at numbers very cold. additional snowfall 1 to 3 feet, the highest peaks perhaps 4 feet and gusty winds. so today and tomorrow as long as the winter storm warning is in effect, we have anywhere from a half a foot to an additional foot of snow in the mountains. we get that break late sunday into monday. 47 in oakl

, santa clara and sunnyvale, all gone.a highly detailed anaysis from the army corps of engineers puts the total damage as 300 billion dollars.nearly a quarter million people left homeless.and another one=point=two million forced to evacuate. (james)(darya) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic... some showers drifting across the bay area today with late morning and early afternoon hours offering up the best chance of any precipitation. skies will be partly cloudy with breezy and cool conditions. this morning not as cold as the past few with lows only in the 40's before 50's later on today. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. steph curry teamed up with president barack obama ... to inspire young men of color in oakland. ( james ) they hosted a town hall in a a number of societal topics were covered. curry and obama discussed the importance of using their platform to impact the lives of others. together they laid the groudwork for groundwork for initiatives that carry an impact beyond the bay area. < barack obamato find ways in w

, santa clara and sunnyvale, all gone.a highly detailed anaysis from the army corps of engineers puts the total damage as 300 billion dollars.nearly a quarter million people left homeless.and another one=point=two million forced to evacuate. lawrence karnow: it was another cool crisp sunny day around the bay area. but now we are getting ready for a few more raindrops. we are beginning to see a few showers to the north on doppler radar. on the satellite you can see the storm coming down for the gulf of alaska. it will be another cold storm but not as wet. tonight will not be as cold with increasing clouds. there is a slight chance of showers after midnight. showers and sunshine will take over tomorrow with chilly temperatures. highs will only be in the upper 40s to the low 50s. another storm could bring more rain later this weekend. still ahead at 8 a bold new idea to speed up the drive between northern and southern california.... where no speed limit lanes could be put into place. and next... the changes an east bay city is considering ... to make housing more affordable to renters. (

closer to sunnyvale and approaching san jose, sunnyvale in santa clara for tonight. let's check in on some of those cold numbers. right now we have the 40s. santa rosa 43 in san jose for the ap to livermore 46 and fairfield in the mid 40s. here's a live camera looking out for the bay bridge toll plaza. slick road was here and some rain showers coming up, it will remain at least on and on showery throughout the early morning hours. still a chance for tomorrow morning, but you will notice a lot more breaks , and better chance to get outside, especially by tomorrow afternoon . here is a weather pattern, weather system. we have been tracking that, called area low pressure up north. cold air still had to, to the region, so we have the rain showers that could be locally heavy at times and just a chance of a few scattered showers into sunday, primarily for the first half of the day. here we are tomorrow morning, 8:00, some clouds, maybe a few scattered showers. notice it's not everywhere, and 1:00 notice the more breaks and cloud cover. it will be cool, it will be breezy wi

sun sunnyvale has been working on it. google failed to meet the reduction goals at technology corners, one of the biggest campuses. they surveyed employees about the pattern last year. the xwecompany says it now exce traffic requirements. frank says the city needs to get a firefighters are beingtoo thin. should they be worried? >> concerned? absolutely. >> google is the only company they have this funding agreement with. mountainview had a similar one. city says the employees handle project demands from a variety of companies, not just google. nearby cupertino requires apple to pay if they hire them. so far, they haven't. back to you. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit call 888-996-tips or www.nbcbayarea.com/ investigations. >>> a plan to rebuild the dumbarton rail bridge is gaining momentum. it w connect provide relief to thousands of drivers. the first meeting was held about the plan. the goal was to fix the bridge built in 1910 so trains can cross the east bay and the peninsula. it's estimated to cost $1

the study finds that sunnyvale had the second highest income, more than $236,000 while oakland had the lowest. but the middle class is not defined by income only says dr. haight.dr. colleen haight/san jose state universitydr. haight argues that midle class is less about economics than it is about lifestyle. but the numbers are a clear indication of what means to be middle class here in the bay area..... in san jose rob fladeboe kron4news (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... a one-hundred pound moutain lion spotted in a california neighborhood... find out where after the break (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the golden gate bridge. the hollywood minute is coming up after the break. (robin) welcome back to the kron four morning news. the 91st academy awards had no host, several firsts, and a few surprises -- especially the night's final award. david daniel has this year's oscar highlights. "we made a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life just unapologetically himself."rami malek's best actor win for playing freddie mercury was the first oscar

sunnyvale seeing moderate rainfall and then the santa cruz mountains. rain, snow mix also seeing a rain/snow mix there in the east foothills and morgan to derate rainfall. farther to the north union city and fremont. light rain for you and then a moderate cell through san leandro, moving east toward haywood. as we pull out, notice that oakland is getting wet this morning. that cell pushing off to the east. a break before the next one moves through. that one is just moving on shore over the peninsula, daley city getting moderate rainfall. the southern portion of marin and the northern tip of san francisco. we will see the showers scattered and heavy at times, passing throughout the weekend. temperature wise we are in the 40's area wide. a chilly start which means the higher elevations getting a dusting of snow. we will see that tomorrow. here is a look at the satellite where you see that area of low pressure sitting just off shore. that is bringing with it cold and unstable air. that popcorn like cloud structure indicating a very cold air mass. generally

sunnyvale will get an update on voter outreach plan. the city allows all voters to select candidates representing the entire city. the rights act recommends sunnyvale transition to a district based system to better represent racial minorities in its community. >>> right now kris sanchez is live for us this morning. talk to us about what's going on with google. >> reporter: we are here in mountain view. google says it wants to be apart of the solution. that's something that city council is going to hear about tonight. a lot of folks are pointing fingers of tech companies for adding employees in areas without adding to the housing stock. if you look at this map, the areas in yellow are the proposed joaquin development where google proposed 6600 new homes and 20% is affordable and 2,000 are homes where people can actually buy. there is plan for office space and retail and open space and a google development director tells us in a statement, we want to see the area to transform into complete neighborhoods, creating great public places that

he dumped hydrogen peroxide on a bus in sunnyvale. the fbi had an arrest warrant for pouring bleach on food in supermarket freezers in southern california and arizona. the sheriff department says its own investigation concluded that he also poured hydrogen peroxide on a tray of rotisserie chickens and poured bleach on the cartons of eggs at a safeway in sunnyvale last month. >>> and alameda county judge denied a motion to add more defendants. they asked that building owners and firefighters be arrested and charged. mercury news reports that the judge turned on the motion saying she did not have a power to file charges. the men are charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the people killed in that fire in december of 2016. >>> additional repair work on the san rafael bridge has been delayed due to rain in the forecast this week. crews put a steel plate over the area where pieces of concrete fell from the upper deck to the lower deck hitting at least one car. caltrans says the concrete came from a worn expansi

. >> san jose at number 6 and sunnyvale at number 8. >>> tomorrow night hubs of thousands of people are expected to crowd san francisco for the chinese new year's parade. >> every time when i hear the music down in chinatown i will run over there. >> if you see our lions. >> tony shares the story of his fascination of the chinese lion dance. on the eve of the parade, he and the west coast lion dance troop are performs. >> i'm 58, and i'm till doing it. he trance fors into a lion dancer to bring good luck. his son is following in his footsteps. >> it's a way to connect with family and culture. >> along the water front two months of building parade floats rapped up friday afternoon. it the year of the pig on the zodiac. >> the pig is a fun, colorful cartoony animal. lots of hard work was put in to get this broadcast center ready to bring the parade live to the viewers. >> when you put it together and hear people talk about it and express how fun it is to see it or watch it at home, that's the reward. the west coast lions dance troop has been in the parade 35 years. >> i'm excited there wi

vicki 90 santa clara and san jose. 58 in sunnyvale and palo alto. good morning at fairfield at 53 for the daytime high as well as walnut creek. vallejo and berkeley in the mid- 50s, also alameda and oakland. low to mid 50s in the north bay, mid 40s in lakeport and clearlake. we are tracking a powerful storm system bringing rain, wind and flooding potential late. we have a high wind warning and flash flood watch, and we have details and we will timeout the storm on the futurecast in a few minutes. >>> it is a busy right into the bay bridge toll plaza. we have new information from chp on the accident reported around treasure island. it looks like it is closer to the toll plaza. here's a live look at the maze, 580, 880 and east shore freeway connection, slow onto the toll plaza. the traffic is stacked up in the area where the accident was reported. it looks like a minor crash that was moved off quickly from the freeway. the drive times because of the delay is 25 minutes from oakland into san francisco. >>> the placer county third- grader received a big

and then heavy rain from san mateo, redwood city down across sunnyvale. the red colors indicating heavy rain and also the possibility of small hail as well. so, here's how much rain we have seen. we have seen a lot of rain and the rainfall water since october 1, a lot of rain we are talking about when under 10% of average from many locations across the bay area. we are not done with the rain just yet. we'll talk about the rest of your weekend coming up on future cast. >>> flooded roads and broken levies, north bay residents have been hit hard by this week's term and some residents are being asked to evacuate. kpix 5 and mecca vick is in guerneville with the details. >>> you can see this golf course off of 116 is inundated with water but its in a low lying area. >> reporter: this gorilla, just 2 years ago was up to its neck in rainwater. for locals, this weather is par for the course. today, dozens of homes in and around guerneville are accessible only by boat. >> you could walk . its waist high water. >> reporter: that is kind of deep. matt lives a few bl

. >>> a teenager from sunnyvale has been indicted by a federal grand jury. he's accused of dealing drugs on the uc santa cruz. investigators say he created an app in order to do that. ann rubin is in santa cruz tonight with the authorities were finally able to catch him. ann? >> reporter: the app itself looks like a game , but authorities are in mast a very dangerous drug operation. investigators say uc santa cruz student collin howard develop an app called banana plug, proudly displaying flyers for around campus. now, they believed it was a front for an extensive drug dealing operation. >> i just think the unique aspect of this is that he developed an app. >> reporter: police got a tip last october to look into banana plug. the name is a plan was combining the school mascot, the banana slug, and the slang word for drug dealer. it offered everything from cocaine to molly to mushrooms for sale. when campus police realized the extent of the operation, they say they invited homeland security investigators to work with them. >> we were able to make contact with

for allegedly creating an i-phone app to sell drugs at u-c santa cruz. 18-year-old collin howard of sunnyvale, pleaded not guilty yesterday in san jose. investigators say the app was called "banana plug"-- a play on the school's banana slug mascot... and "plug" being slang for drug dealer. according to prosecutors, posters advertising the app were found on campus late last year, and officers started an undercover operation. federal authorities say they then set up four successful drug buys using the app... and howard was arrested in his dorm room back on november 28th. he is currently out on bail. lawrence karnow: we had a few showers and even some thunderstorms around the bay area. it was cool too with highs only in the 50s. there are still a few showers on doppler right now but the storm is moving south. it will be cold tonight with lows in the 30s and 40s. on the satellite you can see the storm moving south. we will see more sunshine tomorrow but it will be cool with highs only in the 50s. it will be dry on friday but there is a chance of rain on sunday and into next week. week. (vicki) a

the 18-year-old student is from sunnyvale. the app is called banana plug and was available on the apple app store. homeland security agent alleges howard developed the app which offered contraband for sale, including cocaine, molly and shah rooms. an undercover sting with multiple drug buys ended with howard being arrested last friday. he's charged with four counts of distribution and intent to distribute cocaine. he could face decades in prison and millions of dollars in fines. he was released yesterday after his court appearance. howard's next court appearance is scheduled for february 22 pd. reporting live in santa cruz, matt keller. >>> former acting attorney general matthew whitaker is under strut any for possible perjury. this comes after a new york times report claims president trump pressured whitaker to change the prosecutor in the michael cohen case. the report says the president asked bhit kewhitaker in charmg case who would be more sympathetic. president trump has denied the claims. bhit kerr also denied that took

dousing food with bleach and hydrogen peroixide at stores across the state, including at this safeway in sunnyvale. reporter tom wait has the story. natsot/mos"it's horrible. it's horrible."shoppers reacting to news that this man, a transient 48 year old david lohr, is accused of pouring bleach into grocery store refrigerators and freezers. court documents do not name the store.but we did some checking and it turns out ralph's acknowledges they were targeted by lohr.natsot/mos "these days you don't know if people are going to do this. it's ridiculous. i mean you know, just these days you just got to watch everything." investigators say lohr began his crime spree in december of last year and continued into january.they see security video shows him dumping the bleach into refrigerators and freezers in one instance, a customer and her child told a store employee that something was wrong with the ice.the child was carrying a bag of ice against his chest.the ice was coated in bleach.natsot/mos "i'm always a little cautious, but yeah, now i'll definitely check."ralph's released this statement:customer s

if convicted on all charges, collin howard of sunnyvale could face decades in prisons and millions of dollars in fines. it's the diggs bus with intent to distribute meth and one count involving cocaine. howard was arrested on federal charges february 15th. prosecutors say howard created an app bald banana plug. it used snapchat to communicate with customers. the app is a play on the university's mascot, banana plug. it's used as a slang term for someone dealing drugs, plug is. >> police discovered it after posters were put up advertising the app. howard pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to be in court at 12:30 today. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc news. >>> uc berkeley -- they're searching for a man who punched a conservative activist on campus. kate larsen spoke with the victim who said the attack was unprovoked. >> this cell phone video shows two men fighting on the uc berkeley campus. a man in all black wearing a backpack seen and heard yelling at williams. fighting on campus by turning point usa to recruit members for the conservative organization. after calling hi

threateni situation for officers in sunnyvale. the officer went into cardiac arrest. fullo officers began cpr unail an ambulance arrived with narcam. >> drivers were destraktd last night as we told youen the news cast by sudden flashing and the lights turned off. they blacked out for good. social media lit up with questions and comments. they blamed the problem on a short at a bridge substation. >>> up next the nba not happy with warriors' coach steve kerr and a surprising night for the sharks. eth warren urges action at a meeting with native american women. >>> and happening now, democrat eelizabeth warren is calling for issues to be heard luke the rising number of missing and murdered indigenous women. lizab issues to be heard luke the rising number of missing and murdered indigenous women. homecoming for the sharks... riding a 6-game win streak...the fans were fired up to see the >>> well, it was supposed to be a joyouses homecoming for the sharks. the fans were fired up. >> the players were fewered up. you can't win every game though. the alternate black jerseys.

camino real in sunnyvale back open. it was shut down for two hours after a downed power line was found. thousands without power. at least check sdg&e told us 6,000 impacted. it's not clear how long it will take. >>> developments in parts of the bay area waking up to impacts of ongoing flooding. >> russian river crested late last night. at last check just over 45 feet. national guard members and local fire crews working around the clock to make sure everyone in that area is safe. so far no injuries have been reported. at least 2,000 buildings are flooded, and there are reports this morning that prosecutors in sonoma county are vowing to go after anyone caught looting during the flooding. those looters face one year in jail and a $10,000 fine. we have team coverage of the historic flooding. bob redell in the town of sebastopol. >> start out with pete suratos. he's live in forestville where we see water out there. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, laura and marcus. here in forestville not quite the flooding we saw in

couple of areas of showers andersround sunnyvale and highw 101. further to the east of milpitas there from croply avenue and sierra road looking at wet weather. redwood city, san soggy. back westward through 280 and the coast, highway 1, half moon bay. up to the north, this area of rain from the sunset to the mission sliding to the east right now. the east bay looking at some drier areas, but this is all going to slide up towards richmond. a coastal flood advisory through 10:00. minor flooding on coastal trails, roadways. 41 in san ramon. it is 40 in santa rosa. the sun coming up in about 30 minutes. we'll see a little bit of that but that works to destabilize the atmosphere so the possibility of more showers. here's emeryville, you saw the 40s there with 43 in livermore. some fog in the north bay and it will be cool with 50s, scattered showers throughout the day today. we'll look at some changes for the second half of your weekend. chris. >> lisa, thank you. >>> in the south bay santa clara county officials have expanded shelter services during t

we have leftover showers, some showers impacting in sunnyvale, cupertino, and southern sections of san jose was very wet over the past hour into concord and walnut creek. the rain is continuing in fairfield. a three hour time lapse shows the soaking rain. the initial wave of heavy rainfall pushing toward the sierra where the snow level will be 2500 feet, a winter storm warning lasting 2 1/2 days. the snow level this weekend, snow totals 1-4 feet. the highest peaks 60 inches of additional snowfall going into what we call scattered shower mode, it's going to rain light to moderately. 7:00 tomorrow morning you could see scattered showers, they will pick up in coverage tomorrow afternoon. scattered showers impacting what is left of the evening commute, a mixture of showers and sunshine, not a washout but certainly not completely dry. some snow once again, snow levels drop on sunday down to 2500 feet with scattered showers. talking rainfall totals and what to expect coming up in a few minutes. >>> some armed robbers have been hitting atms all over the east bay. >> a slip of paper helped cra

sunnyvale 61. union city 51. plan on a wet evening tomorrow. danville 58. antioch 57. very soggy tonight in san rafael. you may get a half footf rainfall by wednesday. sonoma 56. santa rosa 57. ukiah 57 degrees tomorrow. your extended forecast we taper off the showers by wednesday. tomorrow is a stormy day. thursday and friday we get a break. even though it will be lighter rainfall its going to rain again over the weekend. rain likely saturday. showers likely on sunday. the soggy winter does continue. back to you. >>> the neighbors got quite a shock when the ring camera spotted a mountain lion. that is a big one roaming the sacramento suburb. what is next for a captured cat? cvs pharmacy. ed gets copays as low as zero dollars on medicare part d prescriptions. ed gets labels clear as day. and, lily.... lily gets anything she wants. ed knows he could just have us deliver his prescriptions. but what's the fun in that? switch to cvs pharmacy. alright,yeah!excited? waaahoo... well... that was fun, right? it's time to get more. lower fares. better service. sweeter rewards. a

. >>> a new report finds a sunnyvale police officer was justified when he shot and killed a man who had stabbed his ex-girlfriend back in 2017. the incident was caught on an officer's body camera. seconds later the officer fired two shocked fatally wounding the suspect. the district attorney's report says that he had stabbed his ex- girlfriend and barricaded himself inside the home and threw a knife at officers. he also fatally stabbed a police dog. toxicology later found he had methamphetamines and other drugs in his system. >>> tonight a man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for trying to help isis. 23-year-old amer alhaggagi admitted to setting up social media accounts for isis supporters. the fbi arrested him after he plotted with undercover agents to blow up courthouses, landmarks, and tourist attractions throughout the bay area. >>> up next the nightmare trainride that passengers thought would never and. stuck in the middle of nowhere while this note was piling up on the tracks. >>> an amtrak ride from seattle to los angeles is normally a beautiful ride. it turned

sunnyvale, shortly before 5:00 expect heavier rain. 5:22, around fremont and concord heavier downpours working in shortly after 6:00 later on tonight. heerp is the story. this cold front moved through here earlier this morning. probably woke you up with strong winds. some hef wrer rain that's not pushing east. what we're waiting for in area here. this area of low pressure moving on shore the next couple of hours and bring more wind and rain. on the storm impact steal couldn't it's a level two moderate system on saturday evening. showers brief downpours, still winds could gust close to 40 miles an hour. so thundershowers are possible and more downed trees possible. hour by hour timing out the system and a second storm moving in sunday and the if you would accuweather forecast guys in a few minutes. >> see you then drew. thank you very much. >>> the sform is batering southern california. severe weather blamed for the death of a sheriff rerch o search and rescue time. during heavy rain a vehicle struck and killed him while he helped people at an accident scene. in santa barbara county. a

in the south bay camino real, sdg&e, mountain view and sunnyvale, you see those transmission lines. one of those came down overnight. there it is. it was fully energized. pg&e had to get permission to close it down. el camino shut down. back to the maps el camino our photographer told us they reopened that roadway, clear transmission line from the roadway but they haven't, of course, fixed the transmission line so there's still a major power outage in the area and we're tracking that in the newsroom. with camino real reopened, the red clearedof t green in the south bay. the rest of the bay remember those damp roads continue. >> we'll toss it right over to kari. we've been talking about all these storms hitting the bay area. >> all of those storms are now starting to move out. we are dealing with the after effects of the rain that moved through the past couple of days and rivers slowly falling going into today. as we look at storm ranger, the rain moving out may be spring ling in a few spots. rahing south of the bay area today. of course the main concern will be around the russian ri

coming down there, but much of the peninsula is getting a chance to dry out, until you get to about sunnyvale, where the rain is starting to come back there, and downtown san jose some sprinkles, but overall, not any heavy rain. the south county also seeing some spotty showers moving through. so we can still see all of this rain that continues to move through the bay area, and the snow that's coming down in the sierra. we do still have the blizzard warning that continues there. looking at as we go into the morning, some spotty showers, and cold air moving in, so any rain that falls is not going to feel good at all, and then going into late morning, early afternoon, still seeing some pockets of some heavy downpours. notice as we go into nt to, ytou start to see blue on the map in the area of mt. hamilton, where we could see some snow coming down tonight and also for some of our higher elevations in parts of the north bay, it does show a wintry mix, and even the possibility of our east bay hills for mt. diablo toward the tri-valley as well seeing some of the snow covering the hills by tomorrow

. >>> a college freshman from sunnyvale, accused of creating an app to sell drugs at uc santa cruz. 18 -year-old collin riley howard facing charges of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. an affidavit alleges he created an iphone app called banana plug a play on the university's banana slug mascot. that offered cocaine, mollie and mushrooms mushrooms. he allegedly made four transactions with an undercover agent before they finally arrested in . howard will be back in court on friday for a bill review hearing. >>> uc berkeley has suspended a prominent professor for allegedly sexually harassing students. >> he has been suspended for two years. a professor in the department of east asian languages and cultures. the decision was handed down back in november. the chronicle is reporting a student claims he harassed her in 2018 by disclosing his sexual preferences and describing fantasies. the chronicle also obtained a report in which fine women claim he harassed and flirted with them. he denies the allegations. >>> an elderly man is dead after a

so foster city, you'll see more rain around 5:13 and palo alto likely around 5:32 and sunnyvale through your neck of the wood the at 5:48 this evening. so on the storm impact scale, we do stay unsettled the next 24 hours. so we're going to see scattered showers on and off even into our sunday. and there is the chance that when the showers pop up we could see hail as well. we definitely saw that earlier today. this video from napa. look at the hail storm that just popped up in the north bay earlier today and you could see those stones just bouncing off the ground right there. kind of accumulating in spots and that is the threat the next 24 hours. we'll go hour by hour and time out the rest of the storm and show you a dry stretch on the seven-day when i see you in a few minutes. >> it is a wild sight. thanks. >>> well white-out conditions have made driving in the high sierra down right treacherous as caltrans crews did avalanche control work. chains are in effect for enterstate 80 and 50 but caltrans is holding traffic because of spinouts and poor visibility. if you are attempting to driv

. >>> a college freshman from sunnyvale accused of creating an that to sell drugs at uc santa cruz. elizabeth cook is here with more on the charges. >> reporter: he is currently out on bail right now, but he could spend serious time behind bars. he is facing federal charges of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. an affidavit filed by homeland security alleges he developed an iphone app called banana slug. investigators say the app offered cocaine, pot and mushrooms even allowing customers to make special requests. last november a uc santa cruz police officer reported finding flyers posted around campus. officers use the app to request weed, cocaine and meth. they communicated on snapchat to set up the purchase. on the fourth meeting they arrested him. the app was taken off app store last night and sources say it was marketed as a game where users tapped on images of bananas and plugs. if convicted, howard could face as much as 20 years in prison. >> to be clear the name of the app is banana plug. >>> investigators say a love triangle en

. >>> the college freshman from sunnyvale is accused of crating and app to sell drugs at uc santa cruz an 18-year-old colin riley howard created banana plug and basically a drugstore that is disguised as a game and offered cocaine, pot, mushrooms and allowed customers to make a special request. last november the you see police officer found flyers for the app posted around campus. they communicated on howard through snapchat to set up the purchase and on the fourth meeting they arrested him. >> it is crazy to build app and to do it in such a negative way, i guess it is kind of disappointing. >> it is wasted potential. he could've done something good with it. >> banana plug has been removed from the app store. if convicted howard faces 20 years in prison. >>> the san jose mayor sam liccardo has decided not to deliver the annual state of the city address and in his speech last year he was heckled by protesters opposing the massive google campus proposed for downtown san jose. instead of the state of the city address he will hold four community events focusing on key issues like homelessn

steady rain for sunnyvale. and getting some light rain. we head up to north. right over mount vaca. the city of vacaville, east of downtown napa and right over fairfield is rain fall. that's where the front is draped. now notice the lack of rainfall over samona county and san francisco. that's because the front has moved through and we likely will see some clearing this evening. scattered showers continue overnight tonight and into tomorrow. we'll talk more about your weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> paul, thanks. our other big story at 5:30, a battle over student loans linked to for profit colleges that went out of business. former students want loans forgiven, but the feds want to keep collecting money. kpix5's melissa kaine on the borrowers who say the colleges committed fraud. melissa. >> reporter: yeah, we're here in fremont at the now abandoned campus. wyoteck is one of several for profit colleges affiliated with the education system. that whole system declared bankruptcy back in 2015. so, they were able to manage and reduce their debt, but for the hundred thou

we will only hit the 50s, sunnyvale 58, union city 57, half moon bay 54, danville 56 degrees, antioch 56, livermore 56, sunshine but chilly, mill valley 55, alameda 56, napa 57, santa rosa 58 and also the 50s for ukiah and willetts. rain is likely tuesday especially in the north bay. showers will end. look at next week's temperatures. it's been cold all month. we may finish february actually warmer than average with lies warming with up to the 60s by this time next week. that is your kpix5 forecast. >> we are looking forward to that, paul. thank you. >>> the olympics is getting ready to be turned on its head, the push to make break dancing an official sport in the games. >>> could you dance it out for a gold medal? paris organizers trying to add break dancing for the 2024 games. it's among four sports being proposed including surfing, climbing and skateboarding. the olympic committee said it wants to add something new to make the games more urban and more artistic. they will decide apparently by the end of next year. >>> kpix5 news at 6:00 is going to begin right now with ken bastida

. >>> a college freshman from sunnyvale accused of creating an app to sell drugs. it offered cocaine, ecstasy and mushrooms even allowed customers to make special requests. >>> the high cost of living in the bay area making it harder for college students to find housing. at san jose state it is so bad, students are asking for the university to take a drastic step. students asking for a place where they can sleep in their cars. >> reporter: this homeless crisis really affecting students at san jose state because they are competing with just about everyone else to find housing, which is getting more and more expensive. students have a list of demands for the university. they are asking for money, bids and interestingly they are asking for parking spaces so students can sleep safely in their cars. students pulling into the seventh street garage in san jose state once only concerned about finding a parking space for a few hours. now, with the worsening homeless crisis, many are looking to the garage as a place to pull in for the night. >> parking spaces will give peopl

in oakland 3.5, sunnyvale over 3 inches. livermore really got pounded by that storm yesterday, you've had 2.75 inches, in san martin 2.5 inches and san jose approaching 2.5 inches of rain. we're done with it as of now. as you make your way out the door it is dry. we have temperatures in the mid-30s. it will make it into the mid-50s today but that's not close to normal, so you do need to bundle up today, a heavier coat is need ed. we can break out the dress shoes today. nice to not have to wear the rain gear today. we have a couple of days of dry weather but here is our next storm developing out in the pacific, and it will be here on wednesday. it unt it' lodoesn't look like storm. most of us could see a quarter inch starting out on wednesday afternoon, and then into the evening, we start to see it rolling on out of here. so that's really some good news. we have a chance to dry out, and still some additional rain in the forecast here and there. we are going to see those high temperatures in the mid-50s. it's going to be cold

bay bridge, east bay, walnut creek, concord, san ramon, as well as fremont and through san jose and sunnyvale. we have light rain showers. there is a flood warning in effect for southeastern marin county until 8:45 am to the heavy rain with numerous roads in small streams flooding. where watching that closely. we still have a flash flood watch in effect for most of the bay area. that is in effect through the morning. we have a high wind warning and you saw how gusty it is this morning. the high wind warning and wind advisory in effect throughout the morning as well. taking you through the day here is 10 am onfuturecawith across the san francisco peninsula through the afternoon with scattered showers. by thursday tonight at 8 ihe a be pushing through with this line of showers right here. we could see isolated thunderstorms and heavy downpours and we are not done yet. we will have unsettled weather friday into the weekend. on the future cast, the wind will be easing up through the afternoon with daytime highs warm. it is about where we should be this time of the year with temperatures much warm