and 2:00 p.m. this storm also brought down power lines in sonoma counties and that kept utility workers busy. and in the embarcadero where it can often look like this in june looked like this. >> i know it's supposed to be cool but not raining i guess. >> reporter: once again a live picture of northbound 101 leading away from the south part of the city and getting up to the downtown area. the commute times have been tripled here. not only here but across the bay area. so chp officers say if you are driving any where just like on a winter day, allow yourself plenty of time. live in san francisco, sal castaneda ktvu channel 2 news. all right, thanks sal. now we head down to the south bay and robert handa. what's the situation there tonight? >> well, frank. the south bay has had to deal with drought conditions for so many years. for many people we talked to today the rain and our brimming reservoirs seem abnormal. gabrielle and her family rushed to the reservoir to enjoy the weather. >> it feels really fresh. i like the smell when it gets all wet and it looks really nice. really calming. >> reporter: today's rain caps offer a very good season for the santa clara water district. but the agency says it also shows how much the continuous years of drought have affected the public's point of view. at one time the amount of rainfall we got and the rising reservoir levels would have been considered normal or just about normal since 2006. >> even though next year we're a fairly dry year we would have reserves that are going to be carried over until the next year. so our reservoirs will probably have a good amount of water left in them for next summer. >> reporter: but for some the rainy season should be done. >> it's terrible, june is supposed to be sunny. but it's cloudy like this it's really terrible. >> reporter: did you have to dig around for your umbrella. >> i hate the rain so i always know where my umbrellas are. >> reporter: well jessica is not the only one who feels that way. comes up at 5:30, we'll hear from a local farmer about how all this strange weather affected crops and why today's rain feels like one last parting shot from mother nature. live near los gatos, robert handa. ktvu news. as you saw from some of those pictures it was really coming down at some points in the day. we set some records today, chief meteorologist bill martin. >> that's gold rush time, rain time today more than we've seen in the state since 1849. now it's the second wettest june since 1849. right now the commute is getting a bit slow down on live storm tracker ii. heavy rainfalling at times. especially in the mount hamilton area. we come down close in that 680 corridor, there's richmond, oakland. the roads are wet. i talked about this last night. with all the build up of the oils on the roadways we're talking about very slick conditions. check out the system as it rolled through this morning and this afternoon. we got some rainfall totals for you. these are estimates right now but you can see nearly an inch of rain in oakland, nearly an inch at kentfield. that is a lot of rain for this time of year. the other upshot, there's still more rain to go. i'll see you back here for the forecast in your city. >> we continue our forecast on our website. you can get the weather in your neighborhood by going to ktvu.com. lawmakers went back into session to debate on a vote on the budget. we could get a budget deal by tonight, ken pritchett has the story. >> reporter: they quickly went into closed door meetings so they haven't returned to the floor just yet. lawmakers will vote or are likely to vote on the budget tonight and it is almost sure to pass at least in talking to the lawmakers. the governor played a role so it's likely he will not veto. this is a budget that rolls the dice, it counts on $400 million of new revenue. that's base on an improving economy. $4million in new revenue is a reasonable expectation says congressman -- >> short of a major catastrophe with the stock market, i don't even want to talk about it, that could ensure that we won't get those revenues. >> reporter: but the lawmakers will vote on a budget that has triggered built in. if that does not materialize major cuts would kick in. that include shortening the school year by seven days to save money. an additional $4 million each would be cut from uc. that's on top of higher education cuts already passed. and $100 million would be cut from corrections. republican votes are not necessary to pass a budget, democrats can do it on a majority vote since it does not contain new taxes. republicans say this budget proves that tax extensions pushed by the governor were not necessary. >> so they could have done this all along which is the irony of it and yet they're still setting an election for next fall so they can go back and raise taxes yet again. >> the budget expected to pass tonight has some carry overs, some proponents that the governor vetoed. that includes cuts to higher education and a $12 increase for the vehicle registration fee. now the debate on the floor should begin in roughly an hour or perhaps even two hours. what we're waiting on now is for the senators and the assembly members to come out of their caucus meetings and return to the floor. that's when the speeches will begin and the vote again is expected tonight. in sacramento, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. we have more details now on the budget battle. the budget delays are costing lawmakers themselves hundreds of dollars a day. since they missed the june 15 deadline, state comptroller chang has cut their pay. each of them is out more than $5,300. if a legislature does not pass a budget by midnight tonight. lawmakers will lose a 13th day of pay. the oakland city council is set to vote tonight on a series of budget proposals. three of them include concessions from unions. few details about the concessions have been released but they include extended vacations or cuts to pay and benefits. rita williams will tell us about the packed meeting police officers had today where the crowd actually spilled out into the hall way. what they were discussed and what it means later in this newscast. some of the biggest agencies taxed with protecting americans are moving in together in yerba buena. david stevenson is here to explain the biggest challenge they are facing. >> reporter: the coast guard has long bunked here. today it got a new set of roommates. working with it to help guard the bay. under heavy rain and heavy security, representative nancy pelosi joined thousands of federal, state and local emergency officials today for a ribbon cutting at yerba buena island. >> it becomes a new home of the intraagency operation center. >> reporter: the building has housed the coast guard, they will now share this building with u.s. customs and border protection agents, state emergency management workers and transportation security administration agents. >> we have desks set aside for them and now it's just joining together their secure classified material with ours. that's probably the biggest challenge. >> reporter: the goal is multi agency team play on rescues, smuggling and security threats. >> we share information on common targets involving vessels, sometimes we have the áf crew members coming -- we have crew members coming in or also cargo coming in. >> reporter: neighboring agencies helped as a man jumped from the golden gate bridge. >> they came right in to see if we had any vessels in the area. >> reporter: the coast guard also showed off their new technology. david stevenson, ktvu. the taliban is taking credit for an attack. at least eight people -r were killed in the attack including one american saying there. the insurgents were armed with machine guns and grenades. there's word today that a decorated soldier from the bay area has been killed in a fire fight in afghanistan. the department of defense says specialist kevin j.hillaman died after insurgents attacked his crew. tonight general david petraeus is one step closer to becoming be nominated into office. general petraeus is an outstanding public serevent servants and one of our nation's finest officers. it's -- home priced rose for the first time in eight months. home prices in the region rose 1.7%. another key measure of the nation's economic health did not fare as much. the confidence fell to 58.5. that's 3.2 index points lower than may. and 31 points on what is considered healthy. french finance minister christine lagard has been chosen as the new chief of the monetary guard. lagard is the first woman. she replaces dominique kahn. police fired gas at protesters. workers walked off their jobs to protest measures. the measures must pass for greece to get money from the monetary fund. protesters say they don't like the tax hike, salary cuts and lay offs in those proposals. on wall street as investors kept an eye on the developments in greece, stocks rallied for a second straight day due in part to the unexpected good news we just mentioned on the housing front. the dow saw a second day of triple digit gains, it close up 145 points. it's a violent illness just about the last thing you would want to get when you're on a cruise of a lifetime. consumer editor tom vacar here to explain why there's a top to bottom federal health inspection planned for a ship that's to dock there tomorrow. >> reporter: tomorrow another ship will make port to pick up passengers going to alaska. but before it does. tomorrow's scheduled departure of the sea princess will be delayed for a few hours to make sure it's free of noro virus. that's a bug that can cause vomiting and stomach sickness. >> nora virus is extremely common. it's the most common cause of diarrhea sickness. >> reporter: cruiseships is a compact city, and lots of things can happen in little cities including infections. >> we hear about it more when it's on a cruise ship. but it is common everywhere. >> reporter: the sea princess is in the spotlight because it's had two nora virus infections in the last two cruises. everyone on cruise ships it's rare. at the current pace we should see a total of 16 cruise ship outbreaks. last year there were 14. 15 outbreaks each in 2009, 2008 and 2007. 19 in 2005. these are in many thousands of noneventful cruises. >> it's in many other settings besides cruises and it's easy to eradicate. >> reporter: tom vacar, ktvu news. even though gas prices have dropped it appears americans still plan to stay close to home this 4th of july weekend. i want to show you a live look here on the commute on emeryville's i80. you can see it's backed up in both directions probably because of the rain we've been getting. with the 4th of july coming up, aaa projects less people will take a trip. that's a million fewer than last year. aaa says about 32.8 million of this year's travelers plan to go by car, that is also about a million fewer than a year ago. a new quarantine went into effect today to help stop the spread of a destructive insect. the european grapevine moth has been discovered in santa cruz. covering 87 square miles near watsonville. the tiny moth was first detected in 2009 and has led to quarantines in several bay area counties. a wildfire in new mexico is rushing toward the town of los alamos driving people from their homes and business. the fire has grown to 60,000 acres. 10,000 people have been evacuated and more than 300 firefighters are attacking the wildfire on the ground and from the air. the fire is also threatening the los alamos nuclear laboratory where crews put out a spot fire overnight. the governor made a plea as the state heads into thehot 4th of july celebration. >> i ask patrons, please do not buy fireworks. go to a place where it is safe. >> a clean up is under way right now on lake merrit -- we'll get to that in just a moment. first let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin. are we going to get more rain tonight? >> there's a little more in the forecast. there's some out there right now. there's a lot of rain, san francisco breaks the all time record for today. it's a big deal. rainfall out there right now, mainly in the south and east bay. there's the live radar sweep. coming off our doppler radar in the santa cruz mountains. you see it picking up toward concord and livermore. heavier rainfall just north and east. you're getting a break at the peninsula. it's been raining steady there all day. you can see more activity out toward vacaville and fairfield. as we get into the foothills of the sierra nevada, mount diablo as well. we have a lot going on, very interesting day. i mentioned this last night, of course we talked about this weather system obviously last night as well. but what i mentioned is how slick the roadways are. you're seeing it outside right now. if you run around outside, we're talking about very slick roads. folks are having a slow going. red means real slow. we're seeing a lot of reds out there. this is the system sliding through the bay area. there's the rain band, this is the main low. that's going to tweak through tonight. that could keep a shower or two going as we head into tomorrow morning or late tonight. maybe a thunderstorms. i think the thunderstorms opportunity will be the to the west and east. this time of year with the long days we're just coming off the summer solstice it wouldn't be hard to get one of these. there's the chance for a thunderstorms up toward redding. and in a few drizzle areas around here. you see at 2:00 a.m. more activity in the mountains. you see where we're stagnant in here. there's a chance for a sprinkle, maybe some light drizzle, the morning commute i know this. the roadways aren't going to dry so there'll still be greys in the roadway. there is that issue. rainfall accumulations were up to an inch in the north bay. there might even be a chance for standing water. then it clears up quick. that is an indication of an offshore flow. high pressure sets up and we're going to get hot around here as we move toward the end of the week. i'll run this model out into the weekend. and we'll look at the forecast high, which includes the chance of 100 as we go into the holiday weekend. i'll see you back here. a clean up is going on in lake merrit where some oil has made it into the water. authorities do not know how much diesel spilled into the lake but they say it's coming through a storm drain. although so far they don't know the exact source. a state fish and game crew is also at lake merrit to monitor wildlife in the area. an oakland organization which cares for those in need took time out today to recognize its own good work. city team oakland held its annual breakfast of champions benefits. to highlight achievements and raise money. they've been providing housing and food for needy people. >> we serve those people in oakland that a lot of people don't really pay attention to. you see them on the street with baskets and yet they come to us. they receive food and shelter, they receive hope. >> reporter: city team oakland has delivered 1,000 bags of groceries to some 400 families. another settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit over the shooting of oscar grant. how much b.a.r.t. decided to pay to his mother. and where they were today and the special undeclared candidate who's raising some eyebrows. new at 6:00, she lived through one of the bay area's most heinous crimes. >> i heard three shots, very close to me. >> we revisit the mass shooting nearly 20 years ago that is sparking a new call to action. >> also, bay area homes damaged by recent landslides. the documents homeowners say prove the city is responsible. and our coverage of this wild june weather continues. where the rain is headed next and the hardest hit areas at this hour. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6: 6:00. how much b.a.r.t. decided to award oscar grant's mother. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four 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says the current system leads to intimidation from employers. growers say petitions would make it easier for union organizers to bully workers into joining. the governor has until midnight to act on the bill. the 2012 campaign trail led to iowa and new hampshire today. presidential candidates and the president himself appeared in the two states where voters will make the choices on the caucuses in the primary. >> live free or die. we can't afford four more years of millions of the americans out of work. we can't afford it, it's got to go. >> michelle bachmann brought her campaign to new hampshire. meanwhile president obama was in iowa. there mr. obama toured an aluminum factory. while the president said it was not related to his campaign. the president sure sounded like he -- sarah palin also showed up in iowa today. she signed photographs. federal officials today celebrated the acquisition of sonoma county's scaggs island into a wildlife refuge. the u.s. fish and wildlife service says it acquired the site march 31, it is now part of the san pablo bay national wildlife refuge. they held a flag riding rising to mark that acquisition. while the summer rain is strange for some, the timing isn't just inconvenient it's damaging, that story coming up. a last minute budget deal. oakland police now seem informed, unhappy but resigned. 7 our top story at 5:30 tonight is the rain. it has been pouring in parts of the bay area and timing is everything. what this rare rain means for some bay area farmers. we are on storm watch tonight. it is almost july a time when most people in the area don't expect wet weather like this. but it's here, and it's creating quite a stir. we have team coverage this evening on this unusual weather. our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the rain. we begin with robert handa who tells us how some people are asking is there such a thing as normal these days when it comes to the weather? robert-- >> reporter: this kind of weather makes you think about it. we're next to the very robust reservoir. the rain has come right on time for some, and for others the weather is rotten. saso who's family has run a fruit stand on monterey road for about 60 years says enough is enough. >> we don't really need anymore rain we've had rain during the critical times of growing for cherries. a lot of farmers lost a lot of cherries. >> reporter: the santa clara valley water district says years of drought make normal conditions seem abnormal. >> normal seems like doesn't happen very often. but this has been a fairly normal year. a little bit above average. the rain has been above normal and the snowfall has been above normal. we haven't seen a year that's looked like this since 2006. >> it's mother nature and it's a natural phenomenon that takes place. you just have to gut it out. >> reporter: if you had your choice, you would rather not see rain. >> rain is not a good thing this week. fourth of july is coming up. i think everybody is in a festive mood, so let's just hope for some nice, warm, clear weather. >> reporter: that type of weather could be coming at least that is the normal pattern for summer. the question is what is normal this year. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. now the summer rain is unusual but certainly not unheard of. right here yesterday our chief meteorologist bill martin told us to expect the rain and bill, here it is. >> here it is in a big way. san francisco downtown right now it's the second wettest june on record. today is the wettest day for this day. the rainfall accumulations have been heavy in the north bay as well. you look at the live radar sweep there. you see most of the rain moveing to the north and the east. out here toward concord, out here toward delta, rainfalling on the 680 corridor. we'll work our way out here. your evening commute is a mess. look what happens to the highway, both ways. that's stop and go, the roads are wet. they are unusually slick and if you're waiting for folks to come home tonight that's one of the things they're dealing with out in the roadways. more rain in the forecast, more rain lingering. i'm going to have more details on that for your neighborhood back here in a few minutes. we have crews out over the area. let's go live now up north to give you a look at what's happening at the golden gate bridge. traffic here not too bad. it is wet but looks like all is good on the golden gate bridge. back to this picture here. this is interstate 80 in emeryville. and this picture really hasn't changed much since we have been bringing it to you for the last half hour. a lot of cars, a lot of traffic . i just checked and traffic speeds are averaging 20 to 25 miles per hour. you can see there is some trouble on 280 but nothing like what we saw on 80 in emeryville. i'm assuming that is the trouble spot right now. we're going to continue our coverage on the website, there you can get up to the minute information on weather in our neighborhood just by going to ktvu.com. police are looking for witnesses following a fight that ended up with three people stabbed, two others in the hospital. a third person had cuts to his arm. the owner of the car wash said four of the men involved are either current or former employees. >> they are all great guys. they are all very quiet. they do their work, they're all great employees. never had any trouble with them. >> the car wash owner also says surveillance cameras captured the fight on video and that he plans to give that video to police detectives. police in oakland are warning residents to hide their jewelry after two robberies yesterday. one happened at 11:00 a.m. the other just an hour later on 18th street. the thieves stole gold chains and a purse. police are now looking for three males between the ages of 17 and 20. witnesses say they saw the thiefs in a four door white vehicle or a silver dodge neon. it is crunch time in oakland when it comes to approval of a new budget. the city is facing a major budget fall. rita williams tell us about the deal and what it may mean to workers, especially police officers. >> reporter: at this hour the oakland city council is meeting to approve one of several competing budgets. all based on concessions from the police department. the weather matched the move at the oakland police department. people gathered, some spilling out the door. negotiators explaining the deal that will affect them all. the chief is planning to cut their salary to pay for pensions. after an hour and a half they emerged, informed, unhappy but resigned. >> reporter: sounds like you're leaning toward accepting it. >> i think 60% yes, accepting it. >> hopefully it'll get me back in the door. if they vote for it, if not i will continue my search. >> reporter: that's because jerry pertoso a second generation oakland officer was laid off a year ago. >> have you been able to work at all? >> side jobs, that's about it. as far as a police officer, no. there's really no kind of hiring. >> reporter: you would come back in a minute. >> definitely. i love oakland. >> reporter: without a promise of no lay offs, police turned down a similar deal a year ago. sources tell us they got those assurances this time. >> reporter: so it sounds like you think it'll pass. >> i don't know it's too early to tell. >> reporter: now firefighters and three other unions tentively had lar deals. police officers now have ten days to vote. if they vote no, the police department would have to cut its budget by some $12 million. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. two senators are teaming up in a bipartisan push. lieberman and cohurn introduced a proposal to increase the age for medicare from 65 to 67. the plan also calls for wealthier seniors to pay more for their care. >> we can't balance our budget without dealing with mandatory spending programs like medicare. the second is, we can't -- >> senator lieberman and goldburn says they would cut medicare by $5 million over the next years. and the fda is recalling the drug avastin. what it may mean for cancer parents. and four years after a deadly attack at the san francisco zoo -- a critical decision in washington tomorrow could affect hundreds of thousands of cancer patients. the fda is expected to retrieve approval of drug. >> reporter: the fda today says there's a problem, the drug does not work. obviously her kids are energetic and healthy, and for the first time tracy galvin says she is too. >> i am scared out of my mind that i'm not going to have it available to me down the road. >> reporter: today the food and drug administration held formal hearings into avastin. they said more recent testings shows the drug is no better than a placebo and races health problems. >> they fail to show approval in over all survival. and there's no data showing improvement in health related quality of life. >> reporter: if the fda does pull back support of avastin, patients will have to pay for it out of pocket. it cost $80,000 a year. so many showed up security was called in to control the crowd. we expect a decision sometime tomorrow afternoon here in washington. scott acfarlane, ktvu news. 21-year-old lou elen burly disappeared in 1980. six years later, a serial killer confessed to killing burley and eight others. michael bartlett became interested in this case. after weeks of searching, the deputy uncovered a small piece of bone at the bottom of a creek bed. a dna test now has confirmed that bone fragment belonged to barley. a teenager remains in critical condition following an accident on the beach. the 17-year-old was buried with sand after an unsupported cave he was digging with friends collapsed. bryan was trapped under 7 feet of sand. a deadline is looming for tens of thousands of workers. who will be affected by a new state law and why a deadline likely won't be enforced for months. she lived through one of the bay area's most heinous crimes. >> i heard three shots, very close to me. >> reporter: we revisit the mass shooting nearly 20 years ago that is sparking a new call to action. also -- bay area homes damaged by recent landslides. the documents homeowners say the city is responsible. and our live team coverage of this wild june weather continues. where the storm is heading next and the hardest hit areas at this hour. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. it looks like my space is about to get a new owner. news corp. plans to sell the social networking site this week to one of at least three bidders. this comes after years of massive losses. no word on how much the company plans to sell for. but the deal would probably include a combination of cash and stock. the sale will likely result in lay offs. a new law goes into effect here in california requiring food service workers to get certified or else their employer could face a fine. ktvu's maureen naylor is live in san jose with why friday's deadline will not bring immediate enforcement. >> reporter: at pizza california in san jose the pizza is hot everyone when the weather is not. josh is one of the workers that is required to get the certification by this friday. >> i don't know much about it, i don't know what it means to get it or what it means to have it. >> reporter: the owner is reviewing options to best implement this new law. it requires training but employers do not have to pay for. they do have to send certification to the state within 30 days of anyone handling food. >> could be the bust boy, the cooks especially. it could be a manager who handles food if they not already hold a food handlers certification. >> reporter: friday is a soft deadline and the next six months will focus on educating businesses and restaurant owners. >> how to handle food, separation of raw foods from cooked foods. >> reporter: he says some states with such laws have reported a drop in food borne illnesses. any crack down will likely start until january. reporting live in san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. and coming up in just 10 minutes you will hear about how the government is cracking down to make food safer. the jury is back in the case of an east bay custody dispute that turned deadly. the fate of oakland woman accused of killing the 91-year- old grandmother of her little girl. julie haener is in the newsroom to look at other stories we're working on. >> reporter: a gunman opened fire inside an office building at 101 california street in san francisco, the new push to ban the same kind of weapons used in that attack. plus as fresh rainfalls in the bay area some homeowners in san pablo say they are still fighting city hall about this slipping hillside. the effort tonight to force the city's hand. and they are trained for war, but an effort may soon allow veterans to use their new their skills for a new job here at home. a new tiger is on exhibit at san francisco zoo. martha is a 10-year-old siberian tiger. she arrived from a zoo in nebraska late last night and was put in quarantine to allow her caretakers to make sure she's healthy. now she is ready for exhibit. the zoo's other siberian tiger was euthanized at age 18 last year. minot's mayor said the only solution might be to destroy homes inundated. >> basically i got back from a year deployment from afghanistan and coming back to this. this is honestly to me this is worse than being over there. federal figures show that flooding has damaged 4,400 homes. the river is slowly receding. they say it could be more than a week before the water drops from record level. >> this has just been a crazy year when it comes to the weather here in the bay area. we're getting some rain and it was falling in record levels. >> we also have a little bit of rainfalling up in the mountains, we don't have any advisories but there's the rain as it stands now. the upshot to this rain, right off the bat. first thing obviously your garden is going to get a good doze of rain which it often doesn't get this time of year. but we're also looking at a situation where the fire season is going to be shortened. probably by about a month, right. by now things would be timber dry. this will help out a lot. out by milpedas you have a few scattered showers. but it's really winding down for now. really that's how the forecasts go. the bulk of the system went through right there. rainfall accumulations really impressive. really impressive for this time of year. record rainfall in san francisco for this date. second wettest june on record in san francisco too. that's a big deal again, those records go back to the gold rush. forecast for tomorrow, clearing and warming up. and that will be the major story as we move forward now it's going to heat up around here. this weather system tracking out of here. still rain in the mountains tomorrow morning. maybe some drizzle around here tomorrow morning. i don't think so. i think it's going to be mainly clearing. that's the computer model saying big high pressure is going to set up here and those winds are going to clock offshore. that's how you know things are going to warm up as we go into the week end. temperatures are really going to increase. we're really getting yoyoed around here. we have rain, then very hot, then wet. most of us in the 90s, but temperatures are really going to peak up around here. forecast tomorrow will be for warmer daytime highs, a good 10 degrees warmer than they were today. for cities where you live like santa rosa, san jose and morgan hill. your five day forecast, the rain is gone. i have tomorrow marked with rain. there might be a stray sprinkled tomorrow, early early morning in the santa cruz mountains down toward monterey. but that should be it. then we dry out rapidly. we warm up quickly. we have a nice look at the holiday weekend ahead. while it has been one of the strangest weather years i can remember. >> we also talked about possibly skiing on 4th of july weekend. >> not a possibility they're going to do it. that's happened before but it's not the norm. >> that's really something, thanks bill. government officials are starting a new plan to keep the foods you eat safe. why they say their newest campaign comes at just the right time. federal officials are working on a new campaign to keep your foods safe before you fire up the bbq this holiday weekend. >> we've set the timing here as we come up on the july 4th holiday. people tend to eat outside, the bacteria can multiply faster in warm weather. >> they launched their first joint campaign to help prevent food borne illness. you're looking at one of the adds from that campaign. the center for disease control estimates one in six people will come down with a food bourn illness. >> raw meat and poultry should be separated from other foods. we want you to cook to a proper temperature. you can't tell if foods are safe by just looking at it. using a thermometer is important. >> the ads will run on television, radio and internet. for more information you can go to foodsafety.gov. and coming up in just 90 seconds -- >> reporter: 18 years ago gunfire rang out in a san francisco high rise killing nine people. tonight that massacre is a rallying point for a new gun control effort. and a summer storm creates chaos on bay area roadways. we're tracking the troubles coming up in just 90 seconds. take a look at this, it is almost the fourth of july and a rainstorm is toppling trees in san francisco. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the june gloom returned with an extra punch today as the steady rain set records and drowned out the summer sun around the bay. we have live team coverage tonight, ktvu's sal castaneda has the latest on the storm damage. but first bill martin is tracking the rain right now, bill. >> reporter: record rainfall in san francisco. the wettest june day to date. this is the current live storm tracker 2. your commute has been hampered especially on 80. you see showers on fremont and milpedas. it is a wet one out there. how much rain did we get? take a look at the heart of the ra c