Lightning. It was july really really felt like a bomb had gone off. Never forget the time. 1 14 and 12 seconds is what i got. Reporter heres what it sounded like. I saw a flash, it was very consider unmistakable unmistakable. Very dramatic. Reporter then the evidence of its destructive force. Like armageddon. Amazing destruction and amazing no one was hurt. Reporter the Redwood Jeremy could see out the kitchen window once stood 80 feet tall when it literally exploded. We have more light in the house. Reporter she holds a piece of history. These are pieces of the redwood we found over in one of the guys yards. What are you going to dod with that piece now . I think shes going to take it to school and maybe use it for show and tell. Its red. Reporter the notion laing never strikes twice in the same place line never tribes lightning never strikes twice in the flame says might be true here. Juliette goodrich, kpix 5. Gusty winds snapped its mooring line yesterday. Caused the ship to drift just enough to make it unoperable. Lightning took out a redwood in a sausalito backyard and there was significant damage to the house as well and as brian web reports, the homeowner says had she not been out running a few errands she could have been seriously injured. Reporter Mother Nature came calling to Elizabeth Smalls hillside home like nothing shes seen in her 40 years here. Giant light flash and explosion at the same time. Reporter the 80foot tall redwood tree became a lightning rod. Sending a current of electricity through the thick trunk damaging her deck and blasting out two large back windows. Came crashing through. It was evidently like a because you can see theres stuff that was hit way back here on the wall. Reporter that one strike left her entire house a mess. Books, shoved off shelves. Pictures thrown off walls. Charred outlets and shattered glass. But elizabeth dodged the bullet. She was not at home for the lightning strike. I wish id actually seen it happen but im really glad i wasnt here. Reporter power went out to over 1,000 customers in the area after that lightning strike. There were some structural concerns as her home, shes going to wait until she gets the green light to go back and then she has a big cleanup ahead of her. In sausalito, brian webb, kpix 5. And the faa says Airline Pilots reported that lightning hit a half dozen planes landing at sfo and oakland during the noon hour yesterday. Tall planes did land safely though and were checked out before being allowed to take off again. About 12 40 we got off the noon show and it was incredible. Yeah lightning and thunder. And rain. And its very unusual to have a thunderstorm in the city of San Francisco. Sure you have it in the urban areas but not right now in the city itself. But we will have more dicey weather again today. Good morning everybody, at this hour, we have a lot of unsettled conditions especially right there that 580, 680 corridor. A new cell developing right there. That area of yellow and orange is of concern. Thats moderate to heavy rain. Oak dale union city along highway 29. Weve got heavy downpours at this time. You will need the umbrella again today. Into the 40s and 50s. Later today unseasonably cool with numerous showers and a thunderstorm will develop. We will have some areas of small hail. 50s and 60s. We begin to take a breather for our wednesday. And then a slight chance of rain showers return thursday night to friday morning. Otherwise were talking about sunny skies but look at the hi def Doppler Radar elizabeth, more rain for the morning commute. More is on the way. Brief dryish break right now because no huge accidents out there. Couple ones earlier and theyre actually being cleared. So were mostly dealing with is a lot of wet roadways and you can see the slick conditions heading to the Richmond San Rafael bridge. 580 still looks pretty good from the east shore into marin county hitting san rafael. A live look at the san mateo bridge. Westbound 92. No longer any wind advisories in effect there or at the bay bridge. All of them have been canceled and if youre coming to the east shore freeway there was an accident car took out a power pole. It was eastbound 80 at pinol valley road. Thats in the clearing stages but great highway is closed between lincoln and slope for flooding. Thats your latest kcbs traffic, back to you guys. Happening later today, General MotorsCeo Mary Barra is set to testify before congress about last months massive recall. Gm is accused of taking too long to pull more than 2. 5 million cars off the road because of a faulty ignition switch, 13 deaths have been linked to the problem now. The House Committee will investigate. Now they have a new recall to talk about. Three million cars could lose their power speeding. It includes the malibu, max, hhr and cobalt along a saturn aura and ion and pontiac g 6. Ranging from 2004 to 2010 and vary by vehicle. Developing news from pleasant hill, police are hoping you recognize the man in this sketch. They say he forced his way into a home and held up the two women inside at gunpoint. It happened sunday night on santa lieu via drive. Police say the suspect lost the system locked the victims inside bedroom as he a bedroom as he robbed the place and then stole their car. Its a 2013 silver Volkswagen Passat with license plate. A man walking home from work in San Francisco was brutally attacked and now as andria borba tells us an unexpected piece of evidence could be a big break in the case. Reporter the surveillance cameras were purchased to protect the Family Garden and instead, they caught an Armed Robbery in progress and broad daylight. Take a look at this profile shot. This is one of the men behind a vicious Armed Robbery. It happened march 25th. You can see the two suspects here headed down the hill until they crossed the street pull a dun on a guy walking up a hill, demand his stuff and punch him in the face, and knock him to the ground and run off to a waiting getaway car. He never wished to see things like that happen but at least we caught it. Reporter it was all caught on camera at jared jaw kobes house. But there was a High Definition profile shot. This is whats stateofthe art. And youd be foolish not tosspot this in to put this in. Reporter the owner of sherlocks surveillance says hes been working nonstop installing cameras including his. It works the way it was supposed to work. Reporter now what would have been a crime of opportunity with no clues left behind turns into something solveable with pictures for Police Officers to work with. The Surveillance Video has been posted online and handed over to San Francisco police in the hopes of catching the men behind this Armed Robbery. In San Francisco, andria borba, kpix 5. That victim what would just moved into the neighborhood just a few weeks ago. Leeleland yee was in federal court yesterday. The feds arrested him last week for allegedly taking money for political favors and conspiring to traffic in firearms. Yees lawyer questioned why the investigation took so long before he was arrested. So a very good question is what took three years that raises the question of fairness to leland yee. Yee is due back in court next tuesday. Flying air Traffic Controller has joined in on the search for that missing malaysia airliner but nearly a dozen aircraft searching overhead. Australian officials worry about a possible midair collision in the area. Today chinese and u. S. Military aircraft out of perth, australia joined eight other planes and nine ships scouring a large area of the indian ocean. Investigators now believe the plane went down about 1200mile west of perth. Now were hearing a different version of the last words that came out of the cockpit. They were good night malaysia 370. They said weeks ago that the last message was all right. Good night. So far theres no explanation for the discrepancy. Asiana admits the plane was flying too slowly. The autothrottle misled the pilots. Nation also test asiana also said test pilots had trouble in a simulator but boeing says everything on the plane was working fine. 4 40 on this tuesday morning. The deadline to sign up for insurance has come and gone here on april 1st. The new extension for people who couldnt enroll because of more website problems. Coming up. Vegas visitors looking for a new spin can look beyond roulette tables. The new ride that brings a whole new meaning to high roller. ,,,,,,, orange count welcome back at 4 42. A late night street fight turned into a brawl that left some marines seriously injured down in orange county. Cell phone video captures the scene here. Police say a woman in the angels jersey there got into an argument with some dodger fans on sunday. Three marines tried to help her out. Part of the video that we are not showing you this morning shows the man and a gray shirt stabbing a marine in the face with a broken beer bottle. Two other marines were also injured in the fracas. The jagged edge of a broken beer bottle, their injuries were significant. They were both hospitalized and admitted and will require surgery. All three marines expected to survive. The guy in the gray shirt was arrested along with several other people. Witnesses to the crime Police Officers themselves saw it. More than 7 Million People likely signed up for obamacare. That number could go up. The national and covered california websites were overwhelmed as millions rushed to meet yesterdays midnight deadline. If you had problems completing your application, youve got some extra time to finish. The new deadline is april 15th, but heres the catch. You cant register online if you havent already started an application. Youll have to see an Insurance Agent or call the service center. Not everyone uninsured joined the mad dash to sign up though. Betty yu on those who would rather pay the fine than get covered. Reporter brian has worked as a bartender without insurance for the last two years. He chose not to sign up for Health Coverage because at the end of the night, he says the math just doesnt add up. It doesnt work for me, i mean like i went to college and have to pay all these Student Loans still. Im paying those and im paying im paying credit card bills that occurred when i went to college. Reporter brian says he would have to pay about 3,000 this year for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care act. Its just too expensive. Im just trying to stay healthy you know. Reporter hed rather pay the penalty which is 95 the first year or 1 of your taxable income. Whichever is greater. For brian it comes out to 350 for 2014. I guess theyre trying to scare people into doing it but a smart people will realize thats only one month of insurance. That would be a mistake because you might be able to come out ahead financially for a short time of paying a penalty and not paying for your premium, but you will pay that penalty and you will have nothing to show for it. Reporter as of last month, 25 of obamacare applicants were young adults under 34. I could have done it. I could have pulled the trigger. But that feeling in the back of my mind is still nd of rubbing me the wrong way that i live here in the United States of america and im being forced to do something. Reporter selfemployed entrepreneur robert knows he cant go without Health Insurance for long. But hes taking that risk for now. In san jose, betty yu, kpix 5. Covered california reps tell us they dont know how many people are like brian and robert, people who know about the law but still refuse to sign up. 4 45 right now. I saw snow on my way in. Where . [ inaudible ] oh. Right here give it to us. I was going to say, no theres snow out there but how do you do that when its so dark . Thats what i was thinking. I went up and hung out a little bit today at mount diablo. They have a picture of snow on the mountain and check this out. This is what you could see. But it was really snowing and i was like howd they get that last night . Howd they the that . But this morning after the sun officially comes up you should see a dusting of snow in the mount diablo area. More snow in the forecast right now lets zero in on this. We have a cluster of active in the form of moderate rainfall right now around is a soon bay and you see the rain showers around san rafael and san Rafael Richmond span. So its very slippery heading out the door. This is the scene looking out towards san jose this morning. Cloud cover. 45 degrees a lot of cooler air mass in place with the passage of yesterdays cold front. Okay no fooling, rain increases again today. We will see more scattered thunderstorms continued small hail and that snow level drops down to 2,000 feet in elevation. This is another area of low pressure. We have waves of rain showers that will become more numerous as the day progresses and with that daytime heating as well, thats what will form the thunderstorms throughout the evening hours as well. Should be a nasty evening commute right now were looking at hit and miss scattered showers for the morning commute. And then youll see that the showers become a little bit more numerous. Take a look at that moderate band offshore. Blowing through the bay area. About 6 00. 7 00 later on tonight. As far as the totals are concerned with these hit and miss scattered showers, were looking at up to about an inch in precipitation in the wettest locations again under a half inch for the san jose area. But about three quarters of an inch in throughout the tri valley but by this time tomorrow. 50s and 60s across the board. Stacking the numbers up. South winds 10 to 20. A break by tomorrow afternoon through thursday. And a slight chance of rain showers thursday night into friday morning. Just a slight chance. Over the weekend, flirting with 80 degrees inland by sunday. Nice. Huge change. In the meantime, as roberta mentioned we have the snow in the bay area and then we have our real snow out in the sierras, there are chain requirements if youre heading on along interstate 80. Highway 50 or highway 88 as well. In the meantime out of town, heres a live look a little closer to home. This is the nimitz freeway in oakland. Northbound and southbound 880 still moving at the speed limit. Cal tran is actually sis sended a lot actually suspended a lot of the overnight roadwork due to the wet weather. No lane closures this morning. Heading southbound. This is milpitas. The Silicon Valley drive on westbound 237 so far delay free and problem free into sunnyvale. No longer any wind advisories for any of the bay area bridges. The roads are still wet but at least you wont have the winds to contend with. In San Francisco the great highway remains closed both directions between lincoln for sand and flooding removal. So just a headsup in the meantime for the morning commute. Great highway is closed in both directions there. But mass transit give it a whirl. Everything is on time including b. A. R. T. System wide. Thats your latest kcbs traffic, back to you guys. Thank you liz. Futures trading suggests the rally will continue as the new quarter begins today on wall street. Jill wagner from cbs money watch reports the Auto Industry boss goes in for a big grilling on capitol hill today. Reporter General Motors new Ceo Mary Barra will testify before Congress Today about the deadly issue in many of its small cars. Lawmakers want to know why it took gm more than a decade to recall the cars now linked to 13 deaths. At least the dozen family members of victims will be there. In prepared testimony, barra apologizes to the families and says shell find out why it took so long for the safety defect to be announced. Federal reserve chair janet yellen made big news yesterday touring a factory in chicago. She says the fed will keep Interest Rates low for some time because the economy and job market still need a boost. Investors like what they heard. Yesterday the dow rose 134 points. The nasdaq added 43 points. Dreaming of a vacation . Well, dont book your trip while at work. A new study from Rice University finds that people are more likely to splurge on Expensive Hotels and be less satisfied with their trip when they book it while at the office. Researchers didnt look at why but they think its because people are more fatigued and dont think through their purchases. According to the research, about 35 of people book trips while at the office. And thats your cbs money watch report, for more follow me on twitter. At the new york stock exchange, im jill wagner. Michael jacksons estate is releasing a new album of the pop stars music. escape will be out in may. It includes eight new tracks and pulled from the late singers archives. The producers are reworking the songs to give them a more contemporary sound. Well, you could say las vegas just reinvented the wheel. I guess you could. A new way to get a view of sin city in a big way. The high roller wheel opened today on the vegas strip actually yesterday. Its billed as the worlds tallest ferris while a height of wheel a height of 550 feet. Riders take a spin in their own private gondola. Ticket paces range from prices range from 25 to 60. Would you get in there . 550 feet up. Im not so sure. I dont know. I would try it. Look at the view though. Lets go the vegas. Im in. 4 51 on a tuesday. Robert that is in too. Coming up a man walking home from work was brutally attacked and robbed. The Evidence Police are using to capture that suspect now. An uptick in earthquakes has some californians worried about the big one. But are we worried about the wrong fault . ,,,,, it is the first day of april and no kidding, we have more rain in the forecast today. With isolated thunderstorms. Take a look at these temperatures in the forecast. They are unseasonably cool for this time of the year. Then you got to factor in a south wind 10 to 20. Feeling a little raw today in campbell in the upper 50s and meanwhile upper portions of the bay area you too will see numerous scattered showers. In fact right now we have some pretty heavy downpours in san ramone. 67 degrees today but one of the warmest locations well inland. Otherwise upper 50s around sonoma. 54 degrees in santa rosa and in the city by the way, the city of San Francisco bay. The city of france, were talking about the un San Francisco. Were talking an the unseasonably about the unseasonably cool day, mid 50s. A couple of new accidents mainly out in the east bay. Spinouts and flooding report as well. Try mass transit for the mornings ride. So far b. A. R. T. Has 23 trains all on time. And a. C. E. Train number one so far no delay out of the central valley. Kcbs traffic coming up. A freak storm caused chaos in hong kong just look at this. This is a mall. Its pouring inside after hail shattered the glass roof. The escalator looks like a river. This is the worst storm in hong kong this year. Pretty bad. Thats awful. Well, that l. A. Earthquake gave seismologists a jolt. Yeah bigad shaban shows us how a bigger quake on the very same fault could do way more damage than anyone expected. Reporter the first quake hit just after 9 00 p. M. On friday night. A 5. 1 magnitude shaker that knocked items off store shelves. Pictures off of walls. And ruptured water mains. A car was overturned during a rock slide caused by the ten seconds of shaking. Little tremor here in the ballpark. Reporter fans felt it during the baseball game at dodger stadium. And at a High School Musical in nearby berya, california, the aftershocks continued as dr. Lucy jones was briefing reporters from the u. S. Geological survey. [ sirens ] now were having an aftershock. Reporter more than 100 aftershocks followed including a 4. 1 that rattled more nevers. The nerves. The original quake was considered moderate but was on a major fault line. Scientists say another quake on the fault could cause billions in damage and kill thousands of people. It was just two weeks ago that a 4. 4 struck on a separate smaller fault line in southern california. Earthquake. Were having an earthquake. Reporter california has been in what scientists have called a quiet period of seismic activity for more than a decade. Jones says that may now be ending. Weve had few 5s down on the central fault. But for the l. A. Metropolitan area. This was the first 5 since chi know hit. Reporter that earthquake was nearly six years ago. For cbs this morning, ben tracy, los angeles. The quakes were felt all the way down to the mexican border. Its 4 56 right now. Theyre supposed to be some of the smarties vehicles on the road. But smartest vehicles on the road. But tesla drivers beware. The technology that may be making you a target of hackers. A lot of cleanup to do in the bay area after lightning struck. Well show you the worst of the damage coming up. I expect armageddon in the destruction. A powerful storm sweeps through the bay area leaving destruction in its wake. Were expecting round two today with more torrential rain and possible thunderstorms. But they cant get online. We are going to help them get over the finish line. People trying to sign up for Health Insurance through covered california will have even more time to complete the process. The deadline was supposed to be at midnight. But those trying to register online couldnt get onto the website. Theres nothing that she can truly say thats going to make up for any of this. The ceo of General Motors testifies before Congress Today about a recall involving more than 2. 35 million cars. 13 deaths have been linked to the problem which investigators say the company knew about for more than a decade. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. That baby is out of here good morning everyone, im michelle griego. 5 00, good morning, happy tuesday everyone. We have Team Coverage of the rain event dumping over the bay area. Care care is live cate caugurian is live in berkeley surveying the biggest damage. But first Roberta Gonzales is tracking hidef Doppler Radar for the next big batch of rain and joins us with more. We have numerous scattered rain showers in and around the bay area. As youre heading out the door you will need the umbrella again today and keep all eyes to the sky for more thunderstorm activity. Right now, lets see row on in out of zero on in on a cluster of activity at the 580, 680 corridor. Moderate to heavy rainfall and that does stream northward through dublin and also 580 to vasco road as well. Now meanwhil