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get the word out as quickly as we could. >> reporter: you feel like that should have been a quicker response to the public? >> the nature of flaring event is we had to determine what was happening and make sure that we got accurate information out. >> one thing history has proven to us is that chevron cannot be trusted, that we need to have independent investigations, not investigations conducted by chevron to tell us what really happened, what was really emitted. >> reporter: now, the bay area air quality management group says they will be investigating. veronica, one of the issues out here is that they have monitors to test how much pollutants got into the public. but not everyone in the community here believes those monitors are adequate enough. >> lots of people nervous. thank you. memories still fresh of a major incident at the same chevron refinery in 2012. a major fire sent thick, black smoke into the air. 15,000 people went to the hospital with respiratory problems. chevron was cited for several safety violations and paid nearly $2 million in fines. a scene in san jose disrupted the morning routine. heavily armed s.w.a.t. closed off a 2 block radius door to door in search of a gunman after a shooting at 5 a.m. on the 1700 block of southwest expressway. three nearby schools blackford, valley christian elementary school, and del mar high school all had to be forced into lockdown. it happened at a chaotic time when parents were dropping off the kids in the morning. some parents turned around and took their children home. >> they got it all blocked off everywhere. i just wanted to make sure my kids are safe. >> i'll feel more secure and take them home. >> after two hours the search was called off. school lockdowns were lifted. the shooter slipped away without a trace. investigators say they are following up on some leads to track him down. in the middle of all that, an suv plowed into blackford elementary school. one of the schools that was locked down. the driver had a seizure while going through the drop-off. a child inside the car had minor injuries. the driver was taken to the hospital. another bay area county declaring a state of emergency in the wake of our storms. today san mateo county estimated damage at more than $3 million. earlier marin county reported damage estimates at a million dollars. sonoma county has also declared an emergency with damage at $17 million. the declarations mean the counties can apply for state and federal aid to help with repairs. in the north bay the rain was too much for valley ford and bloomfield roads in sonoma county. floodwaters stopped this white vw in its tracks. four people were stuck inside. cal fire called out a jet ski to rescue everyone inside. they had to climb out of a car window and carefully get on to the jet ski before making it back to dry land. >> i was waiting on other folks to come out and get me and it was really great to see how organized the operation was and i appreciate all these young gentlemen coming out to get me to safety. >> no one was hurt in the operation. officials say the water was three feet deep and as a reminder right here, say don't drive through standing water. kpix 5's ryan takeo joins us now live from the north bay where people are ready for a little change in the weather. ryan? >> reporter: that's right, ken. some are glad this is a last round of rain for some time because the past week and a half it's left many here in the north bay sick of the rain. another day, another soggy compute in the north bay. roads looked more like rivers and drains tried to keep up. yes, we're still in a drought. but you wouldn't know it from our past 10 days. >> kind of crazy how it doesn't rain around here for like three years and all of a sudden it won't stop raining this month. >> reporter: gary garnett has lost patience. tired of it yet? >> i am tired of it, yeah. but i know we need it. so i'm okay with it. >> reporter: there are no complaints from tree service companies where you can see the work all piled up. marin county arborist is getting flooded with calls. they are saying twice as many calls as normal and most of this pile came in this week. moreau and his cruise have their hands full. they are called to deal with everything from preventative tree trimming to trees on hopes and power lines. he has 20 years experience and warns more trees could topple like this one that fell on a car in san francisco's marina district. >> they are going to be falling like dominos. i hope we don't have any wind. >> reporter: just before air, i asked paul for an impressive rainfall total and he told me, just this month alone, corte madera has seen 16.6." live in marin county, i'm ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> thank you. let's go to chief meteorologist paul deanno now tracking hi-def doppler almost 17" paul. >> a lot of rainfall in the north bay and even san jose, the second wettest december ever. you received more rainfall today. radar is deceiving right now because the steady rain is moving out. it's gone, butle' still use your windshield wiperses tonight because the atmosphere is so full of moisture there is drizzle and mist and low cloud cover. you drive through it, it's going to acalm late on your windshield so use the wipers even though the last batch of rainfall is leaving through milpitas and fremont toward newark and leaving san jose, as well. exiting but in its wake, it's still kind of messy. the roads are slow. san rafael 1.5" of rainfall. mount tam 4 more inches of rain. with 1.24 inches of rain in san francisco we are now the 7th wettest december in san francisco history. if we make it to number 6, not only will we move up one spot, we would be in the middle of the wettest december in san francisco since 1889. it has not been this wet in december in a very long time. and we still have 12 days to go. but you have been wondering about a drying trend. we have been talking about it for a while. coming up we'll talk about how long it will stay dry once it gets dry. that's coming up. new at 6:00, the oakland police department could use your help identifying several people responsible for vandalism and looting during those recent protests. here's the surveillance photos they want you to look at. they were released today. they were taken on the night of november 24. police say these suspects broke windows at the metro pcs store on broadway and then stole phones and other equipment. this is cell phone video someone took of the suspects inside the metro pcs store: suspects got away on foot. if you have any information, who these people are, you can help police catch them. just call the oakland police. a respected veteran officer accused of being called a dirty cop is now fired. new at 6:00 da lin with a fallout that could clog the contra costa county court system. >> reporter: the fbi started its corruption investigation into then sergeant michael wang two years ago. >> when she woke up -- >> reporter: here's wang in 2011 when we interviewed him on a different story. >> he's your friend? >> reporter: a known drug trafficker in this video told investigators wang arranged drug deals and took hundreds of thousands of dollars from him. >> $200,000 and 40,000 he told me that he got a friend in las vegas working the casino he said if you want to watch your money go do the thing. >> he is going to take it to vegas and launder it, wash it? >> reporter: the trafficker says wang tipped him off about police investigations and even outed an informant who was later shot. >> one bad cop being caught is now going to cause hundreds of convictions to be set aside. >> reporter: nearly a decade of wang's drug cases could now be called into question. defense attorneys say many of those convictions could be dismissed. daniel horowitz says one of his clients already has two charges dropped because of wang. >> all of these investigations involving millions upon millions of pounds of drugs and hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money are all at risk. >> reporter: in fact this attorney is going to ask a judge to toss out her client's attempted murder conviction. >> there is strong evidence that officer wang set my client up. >> the question is, will the streets be hit with people who should be in jail? the answer is yes. >> reporter: the richmond police chief thinks there will be far less of an impact on those closed cases that led to convictions. he says that's because wang was one of only several officers working on those investigations. live at the richmond police department, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> because the fbi investigated this corruption case, it's up to the u.s. attorney to decide whether to charge michael wang. so far, no word on whether that will happen. coming up, one of the bay area's biggest cities on the verge of new leadership and today, the man about to take over got a taste of what he is in for. who is already calling him out. >> up to two hours warning before it floods. the new system to give people in one area a heads up. >> we cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the united states. >> and president obama against sony's decision to pull its movie after threats from hackers. but tonight, the studio's ceo is defending that move. ,, there's a legacy at raley's about having the best meat and the best produce. it's my job to start a new legacy, the best wine beer and spirits. we travel all over california and the world to find all sorts of new craft spirits, craft beers, small production wines. ♪ brews from mendocino, and the finest wines from around the world. at raley's, we're really into craft, so we enjoy and are excited about carrying those products in the store. ♪ share your ideas, tell us on facebook. the wake of a hack attack td to north korea. c-b-s president obama says sony blew it. the president says the studio should not have pulled its movie in the wake of a hack attack traced to north korea. randy paige with what sony is saying about that. >> yes, i think they made a mistake. >> reporter: president obama went on to say why he believes sony should not have given in to the demands of the hackers who initiated a cyberattack now identified by the fbi as orchestrated by north korea. >> we cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the united states. >> the headline i take away is president obama to studios, get a backbone. >> reporter: variety senior editor ted johnson says he was surprised by the president's harsh message for sony. >> obama has quite a lot of ties to that studio. remember he held a re-election fundraiser there. michael linton the ceo of the studio is long-time friends with the obamas going very far back. but look at the bigger picture. um, how, um, you know, if -- if the president were to say, i support sony in its decision, um, there would have been a lot of outrage as to how does the american media, how does the content community, respond when this happens again? >> reporter: sony entertainment ceo michael linton responded to the president's critical remarks. >> i would be fibbing to say i wasn't disappointed. the president and i haven't spoken. i don't know exactly whether he understands the sequence of events that led up to the movie's not being shown in the movie theaters. um, and, um, therefore, i would disagree with the notion that it was a mistake. >> reporter: in los angeles, randy paige, kpix 5. >> the hackers sent a letter of praise to sony saying it was very wise to cancel the movie release and warned sony never to release it in any form. our "eye on the storm" tonight people living near san francisquito creek cleaning in santa clara, san mateo counties, watching nervously every time it rains. that creek is notorious for flooding. but as kpix 5's don ford shows us, residents will now have advanced warning of up to two hours that flooding is about to happen. >> reporter: the san francisquito creek creek divides palo alto and menlo park. eventually, reaching east palo alto. it is one of the few remaining creeks on the peninsula that still floods from time to time. >> it's usually at night, right? the it's rising. it comes up this high. and then it starts pouring over into here. >> reporter: he is referring to the flood of 2012 when the creek filled neighborhoods with several feet of water rushing up against the bridges. now the san francisquito creek joint powers authority is building a website to give an early flood warning. >> give them now almost two hours of warning. >> reporter: by adding nearly a dozen new flow sensors, the creek can be measured precisely and predictions can be fine- tuned. helping homeowners and first responders to prepare. but homeowners say they already use another website. for years now the city of palo alto has had real-time water levels on their site. >> you wonder whether or not we need something else to spend a bunch of money to make something happen. on the other hand, it could be useful information. >> reporter: useful if it were up and running which it is not. during last week's rain, some of the sensors failed. the jpa says there's still kinks to work out. the san francisquito creek joint powers authority says they hope to have the website up and running and live by the end of january. in menlo park, don ford, kpix 5. five shopping days left before christmas. but with several inches of rain in the bay area this month, is it dampening the holiday spirit? kpix 5's juliette goodrich is talking to soggy shoppers in walnut creek tonight. juliette. >> reporter: hi, veronica. you know, when the clock is ticking, i think shoppers head out no matter what rain or shine. if you bundle up, i have to tell you it's nice out here, we're at the broadway plaza in walnut creek where you can see that shoppers are strolling along and actually the rain has stopped. and according to merchants the rain earlier today didn't stop the heavy rush of people doing their holiday shopping. with umbrellas in hand, they braved the chilly rainy weather. and, in fact, we caught up with some shoppers this evening some last-minute shoppers. i asked them, are you out here doing the last-minute shopping or are you really just getting out of the house because it's finally not raining? >> weather prevents from you coming out or not? >> no. i'm normally very prepared but two children made it horrible this year so we are going last- minute this year. >> reporter: they have the rain jackets on so they are good to go. >> yup. >> reporter: all right. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: what do you want for christmas? >> um, [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: slippers. >> it's been real hectic. >> reporter: do the job with the smile? >> every time. >> reporter: and there's the holiday tree here to get you in the spirit. maybe this is the calm before the rush. because it really has a nice peaceful feel out here. i have to tell you. some stores are open until 11:00. some even until midnight so maybe this is the calm before people decide to get their second wind and come back out and keep shopping again. in walnut creek juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> how weird. i asked for slippers, too. [ laughter ] >> you know, santa is going to have to have a big sleigh this year to carry all those slippers to everybody. >> it's been chilly. humid. >> it doesn't look too bad. >> you have to take care of dad. yes, it's foggy, it's misting right now. it's drizzly. but the steady rainfall we're done likely gone for at least the next week all the way through christmas. so yeah, not that bad if you head out this evening but a lot of other folks have plans to head out this evening so pack your patience. highs low 60s. upper 50s in san rafael and san jose. so where's that rainfall? it is now way down in the south bay. it's cleared san jose. it has cleared milpitas. but we're left with a pretty soggy atmosphere. and if you are driving at 60 miles an hour on a highway you're likely going to be using your windshield wipers because of all the water out there. let's talk about the good side of the water. just looking at one of our reservoirs, shasta lake, how much water has been added since monday? four days, i checked the numbers, did the math, 37 billion more gallons of water are in lake shasta right now compared to monday. that's how much water. a lot of rainfall falls into the reservoirs. we have caught 37 billion gallons of that in one of our reservoirs which amounts to 2% of total capacity. it's a big lake. rain over the top of the ridge a building ridge of high pressure is coming in but over top of the ridge we have a storm track that once again brought some steady rainfall into the bay area. that changes starting tomorrow. on top of the ridge we may still see a few showers out there in the far north bay but then that ridge builds closer to us. we are back to the kind of stuff we have had over the past three years so storm track, not over the bay area. sunshine returns and we'll see temperatures pushing for some of you 70 degrees as we head toward christmas eve and christmas day. so much better shopping weather if you have been waiting for the last-minute, mother nature rewarding you this year. oakland tomorrow kind of a cloudy day. we'll be dry but not much sunshine. 62 for you. san jose 61. napa 59. san rafael 60 degrees. sunnier on sunday. monday and tuesday the kids are off at school. let them go out and play. they have been stuck in the house for the past couple of weeks. it will be close to 70. christmas eve cloudier and christmas day we'll be fine. need a break from the rainfall? well timed. good job, mother nature. we need a break before christmas. >> excellent. >> all right. paul, thank you. still ahead, balancing bills with school work. this turning point for this teenager who is managing a full-time job along with his classes. >> closed captioning of this newscast is sponsored by: "covered california." ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, "students rising above"... e growing up without their parents. -- wendy tokuda more than a third in of our students rising above are growing up without their parents. and tonight wendy tokuda introduces us to one bay area teen who has taken on adult responsibilities as he pursues his education. >> reporter: the 17-year-old is totally on his own financially no welfare and his parents can't support him. he has been working at mcdonald's full time since he was 15. >> it's scary because you know that at the end of the month you have to have that money to pay the rent because if you don't you could get kicked out of the room. >> reporter: he and his sister rent a room in san rafael. together they scrape by. oman and his sister were born here. but his parents returned to guatemala. when he was 11 they sent him back here to live with relatives to get an education. it worked for a few years but then they were out on their own. >> it's hard to be away from my parents. i need someone to give me advice, support, hug, something to make you feel better which is what i don't have. >> he has been living on his own with his sister supporting himself working full time. >> reporter: and going to school full time his reason for being here. he had a lot of catching up to do with english and core classes. but the hardest part was the work. >> he would describe waking up at 4 or 5 a.m. to work on homework before school. then going to school all day trying to stay awake in class and then going right after school directly to mcdonald's. >> reporter: get home at 11 p.m., usually too tired to study. >> it was really hard but i was -- i have always tried my best to do everything i can. >> reporter: for years, his two days off, tuesday and thursday, were the only days he could really concentrate on homework. >> i didn't have a computer at home and i would have to stay after school on tuesday and thursday in the library to finish my work and get it all done. >> reporter: a turning point was being selected for students rising above. heather mckinzie is his adviser. sra has loaned him a computer and given him some money so now he only works three full days. >> he has incredibly difficult circumstances and yet he is rising above. he is going to school. he is on track to go to college. >> reporter: his big goal is to be able to help his parents. >> this is like a great opportunity to succeed and be able to help them just how they have taught me. >> reporter: wendy tokuda kpix 5. >> olman wants to study criminal justice and go into law enforcement but he won't be able to go to college without help. go to kpix.com/sra to find out how to donate to students rising above. coming up in our next half- hour, one of the bay area's biggest cities on the verge of new leadership. and the changes have already begun. why some are calling out the mayor-elect even before he takes the oath. >> and we pass by them every day landmarks of black history right in our own backyard. the bay area tour that's bringing them to light. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, female announcer: sleep train's interest free for 3 event! ends sunday. it's your last chance to get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event ends sunday. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. rightnow at 6:30, a city hall shake-up even before the new mayor takes office. labor groups are wasting no time calling him out. welcome back, i'm veronica de la cruz. >> i'm ken bastida. mayor-elect sam liccardo promised a new approach to government in san jose, but tonight he is already running into some pretty rough politics. and he hasn't even reached day one. >> you know, it's unprecedented. it's dishonest. it's unethical. >> reporter: under turbulent skies, the winds of change are blowing in san jose. >> mr. liccardo is rejecting a collaborative approach. >> reporter: those barbs were aimed at sam liccardo who is now two weeks and five seats away from being mayor. >> certainly there are people who would like to rehash the last mayoral election. i get it. >> reporter: critics including the labor unions who opposed his candidacy say the mayor- elect is being a little too heavy-handed with quick moves to replace the city manager and temporarily fill this vacant council seat. >> this is not a democratic process. >> reporter: but in truth -- >> we're following the law. >> this ought to be enough. [ laughter ] >> reporter: there is a man who knows a little something about the trappings of the mayor's office. >> i'm very happy to go back to having a more normal life. >> reporter: today, outgoing mayor chuck reed was literally packing up his political career which included six years as the city's chief executive. >> it's just an average day in a life of a mayor. if there's a day that goes by without getting grief from somebody it's an unusual day. >> reporter: and in a matter of days, his photo will be added to this wall of mayoral succession and sam liccardo will take his new seat in the council chamber. >> and i like to be on the record again. i feel this should be done in january. >> reporter: where his job is just getting started. >> you will have a lot of days like this. criticism just comes with the job. >> well, as for that vacant seat, the council will vote on an interim member until an election can be held in april. breaking news now. the san francisco sheriff's department is on the hunt for one of their own deputies. an arrest warrant is issued for deputy after some sort of alleged misconduct while on duty. the department won't say what happened or who they're looking for. more on bay area nightbeat at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw 44/cable 12. 23,000 jobs were added in the bay area in november, of the best one month showing on record. santa clara county added the most jobs, 8600. and statewide california added just over 90,000 new jobs in november. that brings the state's unemployment rate down a bit to 7.2%. wall street today wrapped up its second best week for 2014. [ bell ] a massive two-day rally for the dow ended with a 3.5% gain for the week. it was up 26 today to 17,804. nasdaq up 16. s&p up 9. there is lots of money to be made on california's pot trade. the state's medical marijuana law has morphed into a free-for- all for profiteers eager to cash in on a thriving black market for pot. a kpix 5 investigation found farms growing thousands of plants in northern california's humboldt county. many run by eastern european organize crime groups. some argue the solution is to legalize it. not everyone agrees. >> you have such a black market and dtos, drug trafficking organizations, set up through the california. they are networked at not just down in mexico and latin america but up in eastern europe and bulgaria and other places. they are just waiting. they are licking their lips and really rubbing their hands together waiting for legalization because then without -- with impunity they will control that drug trade. >> we'll bring you those stories and much more in our special report on california's green rush. tomorrow night at 9:00. and that's part of a special saturday night line-up on kpix 5. it all starts at 4:30 with pre-game coverage. 49ers versus the san diego chargers. after the game, join us for the "5th quarter" at 9:00 california's green rush and that's going to be followed by a special simulcast of bay area nightbeat at 10:00 on kbcw and kpix 5. here we go again. if you shop for office supplies this year, you might want to check your credit card statements. it seems that staples is the latest company now to be hit by a data breach. that company says hackers stole information from as many as 1.2 million customer payment cards. staples says the breach happened at more than 100 u.s. stores between july and september. t-mobile is paying more than $67 million in refunds to customers. it's part of a $90 million settlement with federal regulators. an investigation found the cell phone provider was billing customers for text message services they didn't order. it's a practice called cramming. the services included things like subscription for horoscopes. a holiday treat is being linked to at least four deaths and 28 illnesses nationwide. the cdc says the caramel apples are to blame for listeria outbreak in several states including california. they are warning people not to eat any commercially produced prepackaged caramel apples. still ahead hidden history not found in a textbook. >> by looking at her now you would never know the drama this cat went through. her tale of survival during the bay area storms. ,, ,,,,,, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. tour that winds its way thr a past many people don't kn about. san francisco has a new tourist destination a tour that winds its way through a path that many people don't know about. as michelle griego shows us, the history reveals just how dramatically the city is changing. >> you don't even see it even though you're looking at it because you don't expect to see black history in the financial district. >> reporter: this historian is presiding over something he likes to call the san francisco soil shuttle a tour of the city's remarkable black history. >> he was the richest person in san francisco prior to the, um, gold rush. the black population here was wealthier than anywhere else in the country. and they used their resources to fund underground railroads back on the east coast so 1864, um, charlotte brown desegregated streetcars in san francisco. this is 90 years before rosa parks. >> who is even aware of it? much less believe it. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: another stop on the tour is st. john coltrain church in the fillmore a neighborhood that was notoriously renewed by demolition. >> there was over 300, almost 400 black businesses in this area. and now if you can get a handful, you will be doing good. >> reporter: as the businesses have gone, so has the black population. >> it was 13.4% second largest group in the city in 1960 down to 3%. >> reporter: it's a problem the city has wrestled with for decades and today's economics are like an accelerant. >> there's a so-called boom going on now but the boom is really just a bomb that's been dropped on, you know, black and brown people. >> we're at the top of nob hill [ indiscernible ] women with afros that nobody knows about. >> reporter: back on the tour, templeton things solutions can be found in the past and a civil rights history that should make san francisco proud. >> a great part of changing the out-migration is just reminding people of how deep our roots are here in san francisco. >> reporter: michelle griego, kpix 5. >> san francisco's african- american freedom trail will soon get official landmark signage and the program could be expanded statewide. well, some valuable artwork stolen from an elderly southern california couple has been found. and a thief is under arrest. 12 paintings were lifted from the art collectors back in 2008. the couple was in their bedroom at the time. those paintings are valued at $10 million. nine were recovered when the crook tried to sell the art to undercover agents. still -- still ahead she is safe and warm after an ordeal. how neighbors took action to save this cat trapped for days during the height of the storm. >> so many great holiday ice rinks throughout the bay area, san jose, we have one in marin, couple of san francisco and one in walnut creek but it hasn't been the best weather to go ice skating because of the rain. well, this weekend in walnut creek and elsewhere, we will finally have sunshine. find out how long the sunshine sticks around coming up. >> and i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, the giants are welcoming back an old friend to the pitching rotation. >> the michigan experience changes you. >> has jim harbaugh's family changed the coach's mind on michigan? and a bay area athlete that isn't just great. >> i would rather have one hand than two hands. >> he is great with one hand and his story is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, s have a choice, well, in terms of pr it's been a pretty bumpy ride for ridesharing services lately. tonight, customers have a choice they have never had before. and it's all meant to make you feel safer. that story on bay area nightbeat at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw 44/cable 12. we'll see you then. so you could call this the feel good story of the night. a cat trapped in a storm drain for days is now safe and warm but the cat would agree with you there, yeah, this is the drain on worthington court in antioch. the cat was inside that drain down inside that hole. neighbors heard her meowing for days. animal control made several unsuccessful attempts at a rescue. >> you could hear her when she was crying and after a couple of days it sounded like she could have got sick or suggest because her meowing was kind of getting softer. >> aww. well, what did the trick? how did the cat get out? the staff at homeless animals response program used a towel soaked with tuna fish to lure the cat into a cage and then lifted her out. >> and the rest is -- >> history. >> eight lives left. >> yeah. got a few to go. >> yeah. tell you what, we are going to see a big pattern change and i think people are going to be for the first time in a long time really happy to have sunshine. for a while you felt guilty we need the rainfall. now just be thankful for the sunshine next week because we are turning the dime here when it comes to our weather pattern. tonight the rain is done but we're left with drizzle and mist and look at the low cloud cover cutting off the top of the bay bridge. 50s outside. oakland 55. light jacket in san francisco at 56. santa rosa 54. oakland 55. rain today again another inch of rain in san francisco, mount tam another four inches san jose another quarter inch. it has been relentless the past 2.5 weeks but the organized rainfall is clearing out and moving out. where are we when it comes to a wettest december ever in san francisco? we have climbed the charts to number 7. we have had 1 1.5 inches of rain in san francisco. if we beat outnumber 6, which is december of 2002, it would be the wettest december since 1889. we only had 46 states in the country back in 1889 and it may be the wettest one since then. we are drying things out. rough at the coast though tomorrow. high surf advisory for the entire bay area coastline. big breakers rip currents will be a problem when you combine the waves and surf we could see seas up to 20 feet so think about keeping the kids out of the water tomorrow even though the rain is finished. oakland tonight 51 degrees. mountain view 50. san jose 51. we have some football games coming up this weekend. we'll take you to santa clara. chargers and 49ers right here on channel 5 tomorrow night not sunday tomorrow. we'll be partly cloudy in the mid-50s. and the raiders are at home to play the buffalo bills also right here on channel 5. don't change the channel all weekend long. sunny skies 63 degrees on sunny for the raiders. as for the atmosphere we have a ridge of high pressure building in. but this storm that got us today rode over top of the ridge and slid right into the bay area. that may continue tomorrow morning with a few showers up in the north bay. otherwise, it's about the ridge of high pressure building in. as it gets closer and it strengthens and it exerts more of an influence on us, we'll go from cloudy and wet to sunny and dry. some san francisco you may be up near 70 degrees toward monday and tuesday of next week. so we have some evening showers out there. mist and drizzle, as well. mostly cloudy tomorrow with a few north bay showers. then we really dry out and get that sunshine back starting sunday. highs tomorrow kept down by the cloud cover. san jose 61. los altos 61. hayward 58. a high of 57 for you in antioch. pleasant hill 59. dublin 59. 60 in san francisco. novato 59 degrees. mainly cloudy in cloverdale. 56 degrees tomorrow. extended forecast look at all that sunshine. sunday, monday, tuesday, christmas eve a little cloudier. but nothing significant there as the storm passes by to our north and we'll also be sunny on christmas day and when you go back to the stores on friday return the gifts that you did not like. it is time now for "food for bay area families." one of our favorite times here on kpix 5 in this newscast when local companies step up to help fight hunger during the holiday season. joining us tonight dave the chief technology officer for lam research and also catherine weber from the alameda county community food bank. we love these big checks and this is big. it's bigger than the number says. >> lam research has offices globally in the u.s. and around the world and it's really important for our employees to live and work in communities that are thriving and healthy and so every year we challenge our employees and support them to get out in the local communities and help out and so this one is focused on the bay area and specifically our headquarters in fremont so alameda county. and we have had a holiday food drive where people went out and volunteered and donated food and also donated cash which the company mapped. >> how much is it? it says $50,000. you're telling us it's more than 50? >> we don't have a giant checkbook in the company. and so we had to send it out to get printed like a week ago in the last week we got another 10,000 so it's over $60,000. >> $60,000! wonderful news. thank you to lam research and i want to talk to you catherine about the impact because there is a huge need and you're showing us numbers that really hit home. how much will this feed folks in alameda county? >> so currently the alameda county community food bank is serving 1 out of 5 residents in alameda county. >> one in five. >> and we are -- that's 116000 neighbors every, single month. this gift will provide one meal for each of those families and each of those people who are struggling with hunger this season. >> that's excellent news. thank you so much for coming in. we appreciate your time and if you want to donate kpix.com/give. we are going to be right back. ,,,, he is not going to sell many panda hats but the giants have found the replacement for pablo sandoval. they have reportedly acquire casey mcgee from miami. 32-year-old mcgee hit .287 with four home runs last year. meanwhile jake peavy has re- signed wood giants according to multiple reports. the deal is for two years and $24 million. peavy was acquired in july from boston. he went 6-4 with a 2.17 e.r.a. in the final two months of the regular season with san francisco. another day another new jim harbaugh report. this one says that jim harbaugh is torn between going back to michigan or staying in the nfl and this is where we queue mary mcgregor. ♪[ music ] loving both you is breaking all the rules ♪ torn between to lovers ♪ >> espn says harbaugh's family and friends are now encouraging him to take the job with his alma mater but that the coach is torn. thank you, ken. you know, when she sang that song she didn't really like it. he's torn because he wants to stay in the nfl and he received a six-year offer worth $8 million a year from michigan. you just need to look at aaron bright's head to see saint mary's was in for a fight against st. john's tonight. late first half, gaels leading by 13. brad waldo scores inside. he is a big, big man. saint mary's led 20th ranked red storm by 33-18 at the half. 15-point lead but st. john's stormed back. tough shot in the red storm up 4 they outscore saint mary's 34- 14 in the second half. they win 53-47. the gaels now 6-3. a birth defect should make st. francis high's riley quinn struggle at any sport. instead, he excels at three. >> pretty crazy to think that people actually care about my story. >> reporter: from fox news to "people" magazine, st. francis senior riley quinn has been on top, two intersections in the school's title game will have that effect especially with just one arm. >> my brother an sister they played sports all throughout their youth and it was never a question if i could compete with them. i threw myself out there with the help my parents. >> reporter: a three sport athlete he is getting a unique look at basketball practice from the sidelines. he hopes the football injury will allow him to return to the court in january. so instead, he is trying to get stronger. he prefers not to use a prosthetic arm unless he is lifting weights. >> i really think of it as a blessing. i would rather have one hand that two hands. my mom always says hey look at this stem cell research. i'm like cool, mom. love the way i am. i'm not changing. go give that to someone else. i'm happy the way i am. >> you talk about sometimes how hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. he can be the epitome of that. >> reporter: the birth defect makes basketball the most challenging of the three sports but it's far from a hindrance and even a source of humor. >> i give buddy noll land, hey dude, we have to name your arm. first name is marty. we went with it. >> i think it's just funny more than anything. all my friends say marty, my girlfriend. >> reporter: marty could be on the verge of landing a spot on a college football roster and if that doesn't quinn knows he has brought inspiration to others. >> i used to kind of fight that way when i was younger. until i matured a lot in the last years. i have had some cool instances like i got to meet a girl with one hand just like me. she came to my game for a football game and, um, i could see like the glistening in her eyes my impact on her so that kind of changed my perspective a little bit. >> quinn has an invitation to play football at the university of san diego. he hopes to go to m.i.t. though and play there. >> no problem. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. joey fatone: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: come on, charlie, you all right? thank you very much, everybody. thank y'all. i appreciate you now. thank you very much. i do. well, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm your man steve harvey. we got a good one today, folks. returning for their third day with a total of 20,500 bucks, from woodbury, minnesota, it's the reed family. and from ringo, georgia, it's the sholl family. everybody's here trying to win their self a lot of cash and the possibility of driving out of here in a brand-new fuel-efficient ford fusion hybrid. give me karen. give me rebecca. ["family feud" theme plays plays] >> hi. steve: ladies, here we go. we got the top 8 answers on the board. when you get up and look in the mirror, name something you don't want to see on your face. rebecca. >> a zit. steve: a zit. >> we're gonna play. steve: they're gonna play. hey, mary, when you get up in the morning and look in the mirror, name something you don't want to see on your face. >> wrinkles. steve: wrinkles. charlie, got good to you, didn't it? >> it did, steve. steve: yeah, you jumped up in the air and...did something you probably ain't done in a while. you know, us old soldiers, we got to, we got to watch it. we think what happened on the other show was we think charlie might have popped or tore his achilles, which is a really serious injury, folks. i t

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