That what they are going to do is put up an even bigger tent on another section of this parking lot tonight. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. And just in, the last 90 minute, Regional Medical center of san jose started accepting e. R. Patients again brought in by ambulance. For more than four hours today patients were not allowed because crews working on a hospital renovation project hit a steam pipe around noon sending water on to the floor of the emergency department. Six patients had to be moved while the crews cleaned up the mess. No one was hurt. New at 5 00, a mistake followed by an explosion inside of a tanker truck. People across north rich mobbed could hear this blast which happened at a container facility this afternoon on goodrick avenue. You see the map here. Some quick thinking may have saved some lives. More now from richmond with that story. Reporter well, when we arrived on the scene of the explosion there were holes on two tanker trucks about this big. To me it was just the aftermath of an explosion, but if you were there it was significant. The crack in this gas tanker may not look like a big deal to you, but to dale qualm its huge. He was standing near the gas tanker truck he brought in to get cleaned out when something went wrong. He hooked up my my product discharge line or High Pressure line and was washing that out at the same time. Gas went into the trough and somebody else was welding or grinding at the same time on another bay, and i looked back and i said, hey, you got fire going there and i said hey, fire, because it started growing, and thats when everybody turned into rabbits and ran like crazy. Reporter they ran out just in time. Moments later there was a big explosion. It had some residual gasoline that ignited and blew the tank up here and raptured it up on top. This whole part of the tank is blown out as well as the ceiling. Reporter when you look up theres not much left of the roof overhead. And then the initial explosion was just enough gas that explode. Wasnt enough fuel to continue to burn. The fuel ran on the ground and caused the fire in between here. The tanker carrying asphalt was parked next to the gas tanker. A part of that truck, burned, too. Were all very fortunate, yeah, nobody was injured so thats good. Fire department showed up pretty quickly so its good. A good day had by all. A better day. Could have been worth. The Richmond Police department, the Richmond Fire Department will be investigating the blast and try to determine who was at fault. Reporting live in richmond, nbc bay area news. Also new at 5 00, a hated crime reported against a black student last fall is prompting a review of the entire csu system. San diego Assembly MemberShirley Weber has been appointed to chair whats called a committee on campus climate. Members will tour the 23 campuses asking students about safety and determine the need for policy changes. This comes after four white students at san jose state were arrested for tormenting their black roommate. One of the suspects went to court yesterday her we pled not guilty. Disguised as a bottom of tequila, a drug bust and a 17yearold mexican citizen accused of trying to smaug a gallon of liquid meth. He ride of here on ennewand said a ran come luggage shirt showed five tequila bottles. Following some breaking news now in south city in south San Francisco, fire crews are on the scene of an explosion inside of a lab at amgen facility on veterans boulevard. Just off oyster point exit on 101, right north of sfo. Fire fighters say two people were injured this in this blast and also say the chemicals from the explosion were contained from inside the lab. Once again this is at the amgen facility. No word on the extest victims injury. A crew is arriving at the scene, and well continue to bring you updates as we get them into the newsroom. Now to a major concern for all of california. Take a look at these photos. This is lake mend sino or whats left of it. The pictures explain why the county has become the first county in the state to declare a snow emergencies. Water levels are getting alarmingly low. No drought declaration yet but officials are taking action today. Jodi hernandez is live in marin county where a new Awareness Campaign is being launched. Jody. Reporter ill tell you water worries here in the north bay are huge. Were at Nicasio Reservoir where you can see the water levels are very low. Just take a look at the water line. It is alarming. This reservoir is at just 45 of capacity, and the picture is bleak across the north bay. So officials in sonoma and marin counties have teamed up to launch a Public Outreach campaign. Starting today ads are being sent out through certainly Media Information folks that the drought is on and that its time to turn the water off. Well, it is not mandatory. Officials are stroungly encouraging everyone to take skeps to warkt right now mining taking shorter showers and using water sparingly in every bay before we find ourselves in a real water emergency. Were very nervous. Given the current scenario that were giving. Three years of dry conditions. The worst rainfall year, the driest year on record. Supplies are dwindling. They are not going up. Were on high alert, without a doubt. Its our job to be proactive and to plan for the worst, and thats exactly what were doing. Now Sonoma County gets part of its water from lake mend sino. Take a look at the water levels there. The lake looks more like a puddle tonight, and the levels really arent that much better across the north bay. Well come back here live to the reservoir where you can see the levels are really low. What you can see about the north bay is they get all of the water from rainwater instead of from the sierra snow pack and, of course, weve had very little rain so we have very little water here and if things dont turn around soon mandatory water restrictions could be in the future. Reporting live in the north bay, im jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Getting to be a dire situation. Thank you, jodi. People across the bay area, woke up sotodamp roads but the precipitation that fell hardly measurable. Lets bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Jeff, it almost looks like winter today and certainly felt like it. Temperatures cooler and cloud cover with us. What we want to do is look at how dry it currently is. This is a map from the Climate Predict sert. The areas in original, notice all of california covered in an extreme drought. What you want to look at on this particular map is the fact that parts of california here, eastern al meameda and koss tra contra and several areas drier than the desert at this point. What were looking at are the possibility of water restrictions that could be very widespread and certainly limiting the amount of water that could you be able to use. Live radar, there is promise in the forecast. Were finding storms moving more to the south and tracking more rainfall across the california and oregon border. Details coming up on the possibility of some showers in that forecast. It should also be said real quickly we still have three more months left where we could get several more storm systems so were definitely hoping and banking on that pattern switching us for us. Guys. Track our forecasts in realtime and on weather conditions on our website. Click on to our website, nbcbayarea. Com and go to the weather tab. Still to come, a south bay familys are fighting back and how they are responding to explosive claims that they are responsible for their daughters death. And a new way to into the to work for google employees. Im scott budman at the Consumers Electronics show with new technology for your baby to wear. This might be good news for parents. The story coming up. Work for google employees. New details and new accusations in the audrey pott case. Tonight her parents are responding to explosive claims that they are actually to blame for the girls death. She committed suicide after she was allegedly sexually assaulted and humiliated at a party. More now on the accusations and the familys response tonight. Reporter good evening. The allegations do not stop for blaming the victims family. This document filed on behalf of one of the teenage boys also calls into question the paternity of larry pott. Now tonight through their attention, audrie pottss parents rex pressing their outrage. Since audrey pott took her own life in september of twooel her parents have wanted their daughters story told because it sheds light on scenes and pooib bullying. The divorced parents were said to have known of audries longstanding emotional problems and this answering depth states on information and belief that the plaintiffs were themselves at fault in the death. Revictimizing the parents is not the best way to defend this case. Reporter legal analyst steven clark says its a strategy that may backfire. If this gets in front of a jury and the defense takes this strategy instead of lowering the damages. Reporter the document alleges that larry pott is not the girls biological father and doesnt have any legal standing to sue. Clark doesnt think that argument will stand up in court. The wrongful death state uis not about down. A pott and others were drunk at a High School Party when a group of boys sexually assaulted her and then took photo. Agent days after the photos circulated at school pott hang he have self. The potts issue a statement saying we have no intention to deckify any responsibility. They are working with state senator jim bell on antibullying legislation. I spoke with someone from the office today saying they hope to introduce legislation by early may and the attorney who filed this document said he could not speak publicly about the case. Thank you. Achors away for hundreds of google employees. Their newest option, to commute to work, google ferry. This ferry is part of a30 day pilot krom. Now they are testing out this ferry. San francisco to mountain views, plenty of protesters think the city buses are clogging up the streets. They are doing busses and ferries and everything will be taking over by the people who have the power to do so. The ferry which can carry 149 passengers runs twice a day and will cost the company about 23,000 in fees over the next month. No word on actually the cost of chartering the ferry itself. Okay, parents. We have the technology youve been waiting for. Well go live to the consumer desk and scott budman. Reporter im holding a wunsie with a little technology along for the ride. Wunsies clothe babies, babies we parents worry might be too hot or too cold or too uncomfortable until now. Reporter market for Wearable Technology just got younger, a lot younger. This is mimo, a wunsie with an intel chip inside to monitor your child. We talked to a lot of parents who wake in the middle of the night wondering if their baby is okay. They know everything is okay but cant tell. They say its a safe blue tooth monitor to the babys parents. If youre more relaxed about your kids why not relax even more. This this one cleans up underneath. It makes its for people and get on with your life and were all so busy these days. Reporter making things a little more clear and putting us at ease. Isnt that really what technology should be about . And if youre interested in that technology, you can buy everything you just saw. The robots start at about 300. If youre interested in the wunsie, they come in a package of three, with the chip included, 200. And admittedly considering gone through them myselves. Thats a lot of technology for or limb peace of mind. Ill pay 500 for that. So happy this morning when i saw the ground a bit wet. We had some drizzle. Yes. I know thats great news for us. 31 days since weve had any kind of wet weather. Theres an onshore floor, incredible spot, and its roaring right ais kro the peninsula at this point. The thing were watching here tonight is hike here in San Francisco. Youve got a temperature of 54 and dew point of 51. Dew point is the measure of the moisture and a parcel of air so the closer the dew point gets to the temperature, its a sign to us that the air is fully sat righted, like were seeing here in San Francisco. That means for tonight we have more drizzle back in the forecast. Speaking of which look at the totals. Not overly impressive but well take 1 100 of an inch and trace amounts all the way down to san jose. With those drought continues in place is it helping the water table but wont get the vegetation wet in parts of San Francisco there are a few holes in that marine layer showing us a beautiful shot. 7 00 a. M. , temperatures and mostly sunny skies and a preview of whats to come at least for some. Some increased sunshine. Lets take you to the weather pattern. A cold front is just off to the north. As this sweeps through tonight, again, the possibility of drizzle in the forecast. Were going to keep most of that heavy rainful way too far off to the north, unfortunately, at this point. Dont worry. Weve got a Second Chance possibly this weekend. Lets take you to the futurecast. 8 00 p. M. And most of the rainfall lines up towards the californiaoregon border but its the same problem. As it gets closer that rain is going to break out. By 7 00 a. M. A stray possibility of maybe some showers right down near san jose. Then as we advance this through tomorrow youll notice well get some increased sunshine back in the forecast so a sunnier day coming away by thursday afternoon and here we go. By saturday our next storm system lines up and looks more consistent with that rainfall and we do think well have some better chances of getting some showers, not only for the north bay but possibly for the east bay and south bay. Lets take you again at what to expect for the weather. The next couple of chance for wet weather will be at the coast and also the north day. Tonight patchier is the drizzle into tomorrow morning and the second shower chance about a 40 possibility saturday afternoon. Theres still high model disagreement with this but overall upwards of 1 10 of an inch into parts of the north bay. Well start with the clouds to begin and increasedin . By afternoon. 59 in san jose and 60 expected in palo alto. Partly cloudy skies and take a look down to San Francisco. For pacific heights, also richmond, likely will stay cloudier and also cooler. North bay and east bay and trivalley. Well start with the clouds again but by average partly cloudy skies and 58 in sals liotlee alita, temperatures will cool off quickly. Doing any real traveling from San Francisco, just know the midwest and east coast is going to be warming up. By saturday 50s across the big apple and 50s in boston. A lot more doable compared to those below zero temp they have been dealing with. Balmy temperatures. Thanks a lot, jeff. Police on the peninsula are anxious to track down this man seen here in the photograph. The crime hes accused of commit ing in a local gym. And how detectives think that this picture could help them crack a homicide case. A possible break tonight in the case of a 22yearold man shot and killed in oakland in a suspected case of road rage. Police released this surveillance photo of what they believe may be the killers car. A newer silver fourdoor sedan. Last year on june 12th the man was driving home from playing basketball when he was rear ended at 58th and market streets. Investigators say when he got out to Exchange Information the two men in the other car shot him. The mans mother today unveiled bus benches in oakland advertising a 100,000 reward in the case which she hopes will prompt someone to come forward. Im appealing to your sense of fairness. Please ask yourself if its just and fair that people can commit such a senseless crime and be never held accountable for it. The man had recently graduated from university of oregon. On the Peninsula Police are looking for this man after a theft of the 24hour fitness facility in daly city. On december 13 he used a oneday pass to get too that 24hour gym and broke into two lockers and took cash and jewelry. He may also have stolen from lockers at other gyms. Hes described at 62 with tattoos on his right bicep and possibly on the back of his neck. B. A. R. T. s new fleet of the future just got bigger. A manufacturing plant in new york just got an order worth their 640 million from b. A. R. T. The company will be making an additional 365 cars for b. A. R. T. Now the contract calls for 106 those cars to be delivered next spring for testing. Bombardier also makes cars for the transit line in chicago and new york city. Want to give you an update on the breaking news weve been following. The explosion in south San Francisco, Fire Fighters say two people were hurt in the blast inside of a lab at the amgen facility on veterans boulevard. No word yet on the extent of the injuries. Now this is just off 101 north of sfo. That cluster of biotech companies. You have amgen there and genentech and a fire marshal says a cleaning solvent used to sterilize equipment may have caused a Chemical Reaction that led to this explosion. The building has been evacuated. No word yet if there are any injuries. A crew is arriving on the scene and well bring you the latest in our 6 00 newscast. Meantime, thanks so much for joining us, and we hope to see you then. Thanks for joining us. On our broadcast tonight, in a jam, a big problem for a man with big ambitions. Tonight, how a traffic nightmare on the worlds busiest bridge has gone into a full blown scandal with the power to damage Chris Christies political future. Polar opposite. Deep freeze continuing to bite hard across the country, other parts of the world are seeing record heat. So where does the discussion about Global Warming stand right now. Back lash, after Dennis Rodman goes off the rail and singing happy birthday to the dictator of north korea. And ann curry, in what is one of the most dangerous places on earth. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news headquarters this