For special offers now. The Hydrogen Fueled mirai. Its only emission is water. Toyota. Lets go places. Through the front door of a bay live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Tonight the incredible mudslides, this one crashing through the front door of a bay area home. Its not just the hillsides crumbling tonight. So are the roads. This driver never saw it coming. Right now this is the calm before a new powerful storm. It will be here in just a few hours and theres already a Flood Warning tonight. Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. We have Team Coverage tonight. First kpix5 chief meteorologist paul deanno. Futurecast says 7 00 tomorrow morning the storm arrives with heavy rain and gusty winds. At 10 00 tomorrow it crosses the golden gate and will be pouring on the peninsula, east bay and south bay. One more storm, kpix5 hidef doppler is tracking light rain showers Mendocino County coastline. We have a new Flash Flood Watch north bay, coast, Santa Cruz Mountains, increased risk of mudslides more than the high level its at now, coastal Flood Warning tomorrow morning until lunchtime. This is because of astronomical high tides. In addition to the storm coming in, well see gusty winds everywhere in the bay area, especially in the hills upwards of 50 to 60 miles an hour and who are snow for the sierra and more snow for the sierra, 2 feet to 36 inches. Well talk about how much rain to expect for your weekend coming up. Betty yu is standing by in the Santa Cruz Mountains tonight. It has been a mess there tonight. Reporter thats right, ken. I am standing on bear creek road and it isnt hard to find road closed signs like the one you see behind me here within the Santa Cruz Mountains. Nearly every corner of this region has trouble spots. Drivers are left with few options. Tonight this giant tree fell smack in the middle of bear creek road off highway 17. Otherred alleged onto criss crossed power lines and thick mud is smeared all over the. Crews are racing to patch over the roads. Crews are racing to patch things up before another powerful storm rolls through tomorrow morning. Across Santa Cruz County the ground is saturated and unstable. This driver went to the store last night and on the way back he couldnt tell skyland road had given way and landed in a gaping way. Luckily his van didnt topple down the mountainside and he escaped unharmed. Only one lane is open in both directions on highway 17 near vine hill road after an epic mudslide completely shut it down yesterday for hours. Today caltrans brought in a special climbing excavator known as the spider to tackle the job. The spider is a very functional machine allowing us to get to terrain we couldnt otherwise reach from the bottom or top. Reporter at times caltrans had to close the entire highway again today for fear boulder would come crashing down boulders would come crashing down over the median. Elsewhere in los gatos this front loader couldnt get through at first to help with the cleanup. Check out whats left of brian wards home. His pregnant wife grabbed their baby and ran for their lives yesterday when the mountain let loose above. Thankfully she just jumped out of bed, grabbed my daughter, ran outside barefoot and everything. Trees, boulders and mud came crashing down. Brian was working on his motorcycle at the time. Now its under a giant redwood. And a Flash Flood Watch for the Santa Cruz Mountains is in effect from early thursday morning through friday morning. As far as the mountainside work on highway 17, it is expected to take up to four days. So drivers should expect the same kind of traffic pattern this week. Live in the Santa Cruz Mountains betty yu, kpix5. Caltra in the north bay chp plans to close highway 37 in novato again tomorrow. Caltrans spent the day pumping water out of the flooded roadway. Tonight joe vazquez reports are eyes are on the hillsides and the mud. Reporter this is manor hill in fairfax where as you can see, a massive mudslide came charging down the hill yesterday and crashed right into this home right through the front door. The mudslide came down and broke our front door in half. Reporter zach lowry was driving to work yesterday morning in San Francisco. His wife maggie bridges was home with their 4yearold son when she heard and felt the earth begin to move. She didnt know where it was coming from, a rumbling noise and it slammed against the house and she said she even like fell at this moment and then the front door just buckled. Reporter maggie knew she had to escape quickly. So she just grabbed my son and they went out the bathroom window and ran barefoot to the neighbor. Reporter living along the gorgeous Rolling Hills of marin now comes with an extra chance of danger. The ground is completely saturated making the storm battered steep slopes prone to mudslides. Last night we showed you this large mudslide that stalled in the middle of the hill. Work crews spent all night and much of today removing debris and covering it with a giant tarp. They hope it will stave off a disaster as there are homes just below. Weve had up to half a dozen slides. This is the biggest one in larkspur. Reporter its a challenge across the county. Theres hills all over the place. A lot of them are rock, but you have little areas where material is not as stable and it moves. Reporter the slides often happen very quickly. So theyre asking folks who live on hillsides to be especially alert as the next storm approaches. In fairfax joe vazquez, kpix5. This will give you a little idea just how much water is in marin county right now. The water is raging at the spillway into vonn tempe lake. Some classes have canceled school tomorrow. More than a dozen School Districts in player ridge and sonoma counties will be close marin and sonoma counties will be closed. The stretch of northbound 580 in livermore that was closed because of a giant pothole all day long for 19 hours just reopened. Jessica flores shows us that was just one of the problems tonight in the east bay. Reporter mountains of mud, toppled down trees and giant potholes, this storm ravaged parts of the bay area causing headaches for some homeowners and commuters. At the kanoski residence in Oakland Hills it was a candlelight dinner tonight. Immediately all the electricity went out. So we brought out the candles and that was that. Reporter heavy rain sent mud sliding down on panoramic way landing on power lines toppling dreams shutting down power for the homes nearby. Were way up here on the hills. So when it blows, it really, really blows. I cant even sleep and i do wonder if a tree is going to come down. Reporter over in danville more storm damage. This uprooted tree knocked down power lines. On 580 west in livermore the storm made this pothole leaving more than a dozen drivers with flat tires after they hit it going full speed. As caltrans worked to repair the roadway, traffic was jammed up between tracy and livermore. It took this truck driver 2 1 2 hours. You dont mess around and break a spring leaf or anything on this thing and it happened before. Reporter back in Oakland Hills the family is checking their trees bracing for the next round of storms. Are you guys bracing for more . I havent followed the most recent forecast. Im a little tired of it to be honest with you. I know we need it and its good, but i need a little break. Reporter they dont b when the role will re know when the road will reopen. One driver had a very close call earlier. He was trapped in his car in a fast moving creek running out of time. Then two Good Samaritans showed up and saved the day. The rescue happened on Highland Road near Collier Canyon road near livermore. Two men nearby heard a loud crash, then speedometerred this car upside down in the creek. The driver somehow swerved off the road and was trapped in the water upside down in that car. One of the Good Samaritans dove in and went inside the car to get him out. Just started wrenching on the door trying to get it open and so reporter could you hear him talking . Was he banging on the door . I heard somebody kicking at the door. I could see his hand trying to hit the window, but he was underwater. So i got the pick axe and drove it through the bottom window and like clayton said, i know we took a religious because it might have hurt him, took a chance because it might have hurt him, but we had to get him out. The driver is recovering thanks to those two men. They say they just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Two routes into Yosemite National park are closed tonight and you can see why. Just look at all this water. Highways 140 and 120 are shut down. Half rain has flooded more than 50 homes in south lake tahoe. A snowblower was used to divert water from creaming into more homes. Despite all creeping into more homes. Despite all the rain and snow this winter, the emergency drought regulations are being kept in place for now. Theyll look at them again in may. Newly released documents say oakland city officials missed the opportunity to do something about the ghost ship warehouse before it became a death trap. Kpix5s andria borba is in the newsroom with more. 600 pages of documents were released showing at least a dozen visits from city agencies. Reports sometimes with incorrect addresses were filed, but permanent action was never taken. In documents heavily redakotad as classified cia documents, the city of oakland released records related to Public Service calls at the ghost ship prior to the december 2nd fire. Certainly its disturbing what im reading in terms of how many incidents we had where our Public Officials were at the site. Reporter there was a laundry list of runins at the illegally converted warehouse before the fire that killed 36 people. On february 2nd, 2015, opd responded to a call saying there was a shotgun in the house and the warehouse is illegal shared housing. The report states that the officers spoke to both landlord and tenant and advised them both of the landlord tenant laws. Less than a month later march 1st an officer was flagged down for reports of an illegal raid with drug and alcohol sales rave with drug and alcohol sales inside. The party didnt stop then and the officer was back a few hours later to reports of a taser and threatening remarks. That officer stood by while everyone left. The breadth of the complaints surprised even the Council Member who lives down the block. Its really disturbing to hear that many of our City Employees were there and checked the box on their reports, reacted to being called, but in terms of the pro action to make sure that safety is enforced across the board and the warehouses and homes, certainly theres room for improvement. Nspector could now just two weeks before the fires today inspectors were looking into an illegal housing complaint, but the inspector couldnt get inside or see if there was an illegal building from the sidewalk. In the newsroom andria borba, kpix5. Tonight we confirmed oaklands new police chief will get paid more than any other top cop ever in that city. Chief Ann Kirkpatrick will be the first woman to lead the citys police department. She takes the helm february 27th. Her base salary, 270,000. Total compensation and benefits, nearly 300 grand. The deal was approved last night by the city council. Police officers in san jose are getting raises. The City Council Just approved the new contract and it calls for 20 pay raises over the next 3 1 2 years. The city will offer 5,000 casual Retention Bonuses to attract new cash Retention Bonuses to attract new cadets and to help keep officers from moving to other bay area cities. Police Staffing Levels are at historic low levels for san jose with just nearly 800 officers down from 1,400 in 2009. The berkeley yor is getting so many Death Threats police are under orders to protect him. Whats going on . Veronica de la cruz explains. Its because of a statement he made the day after the chaos last week at cal. On february 1st these protesters stormed uc berkeley in the streets, set fires and broke through security gates. The protests erupted before this brietbart columnist ian yiannopoulos. Today the mayor issued a statement. I knew by going into Public Service and taking strong principle stances i might be a target, but you dont know until it happens to you how disturbing it is and how much you are at risk. Berkeley police gave the mayor his own security detail. The mayor says he will not stop standing up for the values of his community. Jeff sessions will building sworn in tomorrow always the countrys new attorney general. The alabama senator was confirmed this afternoon after a contentious 24 hours of debate. Democrats tried to derail the nomination. In the end the vote of 5247 mostly along party lines. I want to thank president donald trump. He believes in the rule of law. He believes in protecting the American People from crime and violence. He believes in a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interests. In tomorrow morning. And President Trump tweeted his congratulations. He will attend sessions swearing in tomorrow morning. Tonight the president is facing some backlash from another one of his nominees. First mr. Trump ridiculed these 9th Circuit Court judges in San Francisco hearing the case on his travel ban. Then the president S Supreme CourtCourt Neil Gorsuch fired back. Heres kpix5s allen martin. A bad High School Student would understand this. Speaking to a gathering of sheriffs in washington d. C. Today, the president attacked the judicial branch. Courts seem to be so political and it would be so great for our Justice System if they would be able to read a statement and do whats right. Appeals court judge and Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch told senators on capitol hill the president s attacks are demoralizing and disheartening. I understand things. I comprehend very well, okay . Better than i think almost anybody. President trump says the country is at risk because his executive order is not being enforced right now. Terrorism is a far greater threat than the peopleful our country understand, but were going to take care of it. A ruling in San Francisco whether to reinstate the travel ban could come down as early as tomorrow and when it does, it is sure to immediately head to the u. S. Supreme court. Allen martin, kpix5. A mega merger in the Healthcare Industry has been blocked tonight. A federal judge blocked the merger between anthem and cigna, two of the countrys top insurers. The judge said the 48 billion deal would large consumers leading to less competition and higher prices. Neither company is commenting. Its a dilemma for a lot of working parents, how to pick a daycare provider they can trust. Only on 5 tonight julie watts discovered a state license is no guarantee your child will be safe. Reporter the smell of a baby blanket brings some comfort to jennifer ales. Its been almost four years since she lost her 1yearold daughter paige. I got a phone call from pam saying there had been an accident. Reporter it happened at paiges inhome daycare. My heart dropped. I was thinking maybe she cut herself, she fell. Reporter at the hospital she discovered the worst, her baby was dead, but it would be months before she and her partner finn would learn why. The toddler died from mechanical asphyxia restrained within an infant car seat inside the daycare, a violation of state law, and left 30 to 40 minutes while struggling to breathe. Neglect is defined by the state. The licensed daycare was repeatedly cited in the months leading up to paiges death, time a. M. , the most serious kind, ranging from overcapacity to hazardous and unsanitary conditions and neglect. If i would have read the report that she wrote that day . Reporter one of the citations just a month before she died involved paige. A licensing evaluator specifically involved paige placing plastic easter egg halves into her mouth for a period of five minutes while she was left completely unsupervised and unattended. Reporter not only did the agency fail to notify the parents, but the inspector did not report the violations as required by the child abuse, neglect and reporting law. Instead of reporting as she should have, she documented her file. She handed the licensee, the owner of the facility, something she requested she post and then she moved on to her next job. Reporter in fact, the lead local sergeant testified if she had reported the violations, he would have shouldnt the facility down have shut the facility down before paige died. Officials at this Regional Licensing Office denied our interview request, but in a phone call they told us inspectors are not required to report neglect or abuse at a daycare facility to local authorities unless the daycare provider is neglecting or abusing their own child even though the states own training manual states neglect must be reported if the perpetrator is a person responsible for the childs welfare. Its in the statute. It couldnt be clearer. Reporter this social worker says the law there is for a purpose. It is supposed to trigger sharing of information among the agencies that are out there to protect children. Reporter but apparently thats not how daycare inspectors in california are trained. In this video depositions the state inspector for paiges daycare explains they didnt investigate. We investigated them. So we didnt report them to cps. Reporter in other words, it was futile to report to them . No. It was just more how the agencies worked. Reporter so with no one claiming responsibility for paiges death her parents hope it will be a wakeup call this oversight is needed. Im hoping there is an awareness. She had a short, short time on earth and im starting to believe that she had a purpose. Reporter now the state is not required to notify parents about citations involving their children, but the reports are posted online. In the newsroom julie watts, kpix5. Julie says the daycare shut down the day after julies death and the provider disappeared. Interstate 80 is shut down westbound at the california nevada border because of a mudslide and its not hell raining there now, just even raining there now, just goes to show how high the mudslide risk is tomorrow when the heavy rain moves through. Right now just a few showers off the sonoma mendocino coastline. Plenty more rain coming tomorrow which will be the 26th day so far this year with measurable rain. Were only through 39 days so far including today, 25 already with american rainfall. Russian river at guerneville is barely dropping below flood stage tonight, will go above flood stage tomorrow and stay there until friday night. Minor flooding has been occurring and will continue at least the next 36 hours. 60s outside now, a tropical air mass, warm, humid, prime for more heavy rainfall. Its 64 right now in both concord and san jose. The atmosphere is stacked with rainfall potential. Vallejo tonight only dropping to 57, San Francisco 58, san jose overnight 56 degrees. The low pressure system is to our north. Well switch air masses, so theres no storm behind the one well get tomorrow, but the one tomorrow will gil us a quick burst, four give us a quick burst, four orfive hours, with some heavy rain fall. East bay and south bay begins 10 00 or 11 00 lasting through midafternoon. Everything is gone by 6 00, but, man, it will pour when the rain is at your house or place of business. Friday scattered showers and by saturday thankfully the pattern changes and we get five dry days. In four or five hours 3 inches of rainfall in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in the peninsula an inch or 2. Heavy rain north bay first, soaking rain for the rest of the bay area. Thursday evening rain tapers to showers. San francisco 60 for a high, livermore and Mountain View 62. After some leftover showers mainly friday morning, a pleasant weekend, mild and dry from saturday through wednesday. One more and then a break and its going to be a pretty strong storm tomorrow. Then well be better. Coming up these burglars tried to pull off a mini mart tried to pull off a mini mart heist, but tonight [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. S. The crooks closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. Check this out. These two burglars in florida met their match, shatterproof glass. The crooks tried to smash into this mini mart, but no, not getting in through the window, guys. They eventually left the scene defeated. What happened in pebble beach that upset one of the best golfers in the world . Im dennis odonnell. County bulls pull off an county bulls pull off an upset minus two of their ,,, have been higher. The nissan sports report coming up next on kpix5. The bulls came in with the spread 18 points. It should have been higher. Thats barry bonds all smiles. Hall of famer . Absolutely. Final seconds of the 1st half, draymond get out the way. Warriors up 14. Murray not happy. Hes a bulls fan. Early 2nd half klay knocks down one of his six threes. All five golden state in double figures, starters they were. 12392 the final. Arizona states famed curtain of distraction didnt work well against the bears. Mcmullin finished with 18 point. Cal rolls 6843. The anchors are having too much fun. Giants pitchers and catchers report for spring training in five days and reliever lopez wont be among them. The 39yearold was part of all three giants series World Championship teams. Weather permitting the at t pebble beach proam begins tomorrow. After practice today Jordan Spieth got into it with a group of professional autograph seekers because their intention is just to turn around and sell them, so spieth refused to sign for. A couple of them were saying youre not tiger woods. Im just like whatever, guys. Youre still trying to benefit off me and im not even tiger woods, so [ laughter ] whats that say about you . I didnt appreciate the language that was used and just some scums that just bother me. Scums. He went on for two minutes complaining about those people. People dont realize how they go to every big tournament and try to get you to sign go and turn around and put it on ebay. A bunch things ,,,,,,, colbert is next. Our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 430. 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