Destroyed by debris. Scaryiest part the evacuation during the fire. Now its not knowing. You know, is it going to be over tomorrow, is it going to be over in a week, a month . We have no idea. Reporter these are some of the hardest hit areas. Firefighters are searching for people trapped in their homes, placing an x when it is clear. These firefighters have the gruesome task of going through kneedeep mud looking for any bodies. So far today, they havent found anyone. Charlie adams was close to one of the homes that burst into flames from a possible gas leak. The worst ive ever heard. It was 4 00 a. M. We were a couple blocks from the house fire that happened. That lit it up at 10 00 in the morning, but it was 4 00 in the morning. So bright, ive never seen anything like it. We saw flames three feet in the air. Reporter Olivia Mcgovern said her parents survived in their homes but are trapped. Theyre a mile away, but the roads are impassable. Im happy theyre safe. Im talking to them as much as possible. Weve tried to walk over there, but its just like we would have had to swim basically. Reporter and theres no water or power in the neighborhood. Weve seen work crews in the area, but the work could take weeks or months. Reporting from montecito, abc7 news. Now well bring in abc7sabs Spencer Christian with more. Its how quickly the rain fell thats the problem. And where it falls. Lets look at where the effect of over half an inch of rain in five minutes can mean. Lets start with San Francisco, first of all. Something we can relate to because its close to home. The financial district of San Francisco, downtown area. This is just under a half square mile of area there. So if we have. 54 inch of rain in five minutes here, its 4. 3 million gallons of water approximately. Thats about 14,000 gallons of water per second in this fiveminute span. That, of course, would cause widespread street flooding and messy conditions here. This has a much greater impact in an area like the thomas fire burn scar. This was falling at an incredible rate in an area with lack of vegetation, loose soil, nothing to soak up the rain, and water rushing downhill. Factors that increased the possibility of flooding and mudsliding. In this case, a deadly result. Thank you very much. In napa, highway 121 is open again after a landslide that pushed a car off the road. Sadly, it killed the driver. The napa valley register reports the driver was 22yearo 22yearold hernan reyes geres. Caltrans says Wild Horse Valley road is safe, but in a burn zone drivers should be very careful. Reporter its a long way down. A beautiful spot, a sad story on highway 121 along the back side of napa. A sad case of bad timing and worse luck at the bottom of a ravine. A car got hit by a rock and landslide and got taken over the edge of a cliff. Reporter a cold recitation of facts from the california highway patrol. The large boulder swept in green toyota 100 feet down. It appeared it might have hit on the driver door, but the driver door was also impacted on a rock down there. Reporter even now, no one knows how big the boulder is or where it wound up. We know it landed here, it left a dent in the roadway and came from way up there. You see the broken tree the boulder lit it boulder hit ie way down. Pulling the car up took hours with the victim still inside. Cal fire had been to the scene last night after a witness called. When they found the driver already dead, First Responders left him there for fear that more boulders might come down on them. Obviously if there is somebody to rescue, we would have continued our efforts. Weve got to be safe at the same time. Reporter caltrans says it has sent a geologist up the slope to check for lingering danger. This is a burn area and known slide zone. The Agency Report it as now being stable. Obviously with the weather coming, there may be more acts of nature coming. All we can do is prepare the best we can. Reporter with the car hauled up and the victim taken away, highway 121 has reopened. For now, the end of a story about a solo driver in the wrong place at precisely the wrong time. Abc7 news. New at 6 00, Berkeley Police hope you can recognize the two people on the left of the screen who shot and robbed a man. The victim is recovering from being wounded in the leg after being attacked on vine street near bonita avenue on december 5th. Detectives say both robbers wore dark color, hooded sweatshirts and appeared to drive a white chevy impal a. New information in the case of an uber driver who went missing last year. Its now a homicide investigation. Officials confirmed the remains found in a warehouse last june are that of the San Francisco resident who vanished on mothers day. Today police named bob tang as a suspect. Its believed he flowed cambodia. Tang worked at the warehouse where chihays remains were found. The family is confident that police will solve the case and justice will be served. Only on abc7 news tonight, were learning there are growing concerns at the sfpd over recent euthanization of a police k9. Did it have to be put to sleep . We have more from the newsroom. Vick . Reporter yesterday the San FranciscoPolice Department issued this press release saying k9 kavik, a belgian shepherd, had to be put to sleep. The dog was on the force for the past seven years and lived with his handler, an officer, and his fami family. We spoke with the current and former k9 hostagers from sfpd and other Law Enforcement agencies about the order to euthanize the dog. All were angry at the decision. Most agreed that the deputy chief in charge of the k9 unit probably followed the letter of the law he violated its spirit. Heres what happened thursday. The officer noticed kavik acting strangely after a full day of training wednesday. He took his k9 to the norcal veterinary hospital in daly city. The veterinarian said he was bleeding internally, possibly with a ruptured tumor, and that the dog needed exploratory surgery to determine if he had cancer. A procedure that could cost up to 8,000. The other choice would be to put him down. Either way, the decision had to be made quickly. The officer reported the findings to his superiors. According to our sources, the officer asked the deputy chief to retire the dog to him. Those sources tell us the chief said no, that the process could take too long, and the medical costs too great. He ordered the dog euthanized. The dog was put to sleep later this afternoon. K9 officers we spoke with told us a Memorial Fund established in memory of Sergeant Darrell chichimoro, a k9 officer who died during a training exercise, could have paid for the surgery and other medical costs. Its administered by the spca and is funded to the tune of 1 million and was set up specifically to care for retired police k9s. Sfpd released a second statement late this afternoon following our inquiries. The decision to euthanize cavik was not made lightly and was done in consideration of the suffering that he was experiencing. All of us mourn the loss of a loyal and valued member of our department. No one we spoke with and again, there were more than half a dozen current and former k9 officers would go on camera. They spoke freely about how they felt. Several had spoken with officer maciel and told us how emotional it was for him and his wife and children to have lost a member of their family. Everyone agreed there should have been a better conclusion. Vic lee, abc7 news. New at 6 00, abc7 news has learned the faa is investgating another incident at sfo. This one involving an air mexico flight that almost landed on the wrong runway. 668 San Francisco tower, runway 28 r cleared to land. The flight was cleared to land around 8 40 yesterday. The plane lined up on the runway to the left of it, 28 left. So on that runway was a Virgin America flight filled with passengers. Faa controllers spotted the mistake about one mile from the airport. 668, go around. Going around. The pilots were using a Guidance System often used in poor weather to help with their approach. The pilots will be interviewed as part of the investigation. Aeromexico has not yet commented. The incident follows a more serious near mishap in july, 2017. Last summer an air canada flight from toronto almost landed on a taxiway at sfo that was crowded with planes. The ntsb and the faa are still investigating that incident. Meantime, a warning for anyone traveling to mexico. The u. S. State department issued a revised travel alert today. The government is warning americans not to travel to five states in mexico, including two with popular tourist destinations. The states are sinaloa, where mazatlan is located, xtapa, tamaulipas and michoacan and colima. It puts it in the category as somalia, yemen, syria, or afghanistan. As to other states with popular destinations, americans are asked to reconsider travel to pouerto vallarta but has listend warnings on cancun and los cabos. Oceanside cliffs in pacifica have not stopped eroding. Last year a building had to be evacuated and demolished. Almost a year later, another story of hopes and dreams being ashed away by the water. And next, an update on san jose on the Police Shooting that left a suspect dead. Officers say they had to do it. Woman so, greg, its a lot to take in. Woman 2 and i know thats hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. Hi, blake my dad has cancer. Woman and i know how hard that is to hear. But youre in the right place. Man and dr. 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Commuters ran screaming after hearing shots outside the upper cuts barber shop. The officer responded and opened fire hitting a man he says was in possession of the gun. The officer says the man did not follow any commands to put down the weapon. The other man involved in the fight was injured, but its not clear if it was from the officers gunfire. San jose meese say they tried police say they tried over 20 times to get an axewielding suspect to give up after breaking into a power facility in south san jose yesterday. Abc7 has information about what led up to the shooting. Reporter no one knows why the suspect jumped the phones gain access to the power plant. When security spotted him, they saw him carrying an axe. Police found even more weapons as they arrived. This is a police radio transmission. There is a large sword on the front seat. I can see that. Reporter the man police described as an asian in his late 20s seemed determined to ignore Police Commands as he challenged them to kill him. Officers ordered the suspect to either surrender or drop his weapon no less than 23 times. Reporter two officers shot and killed the suspect who was brandishing an axe. Chief garcia said the suspect had previous weapons and drug violations and was once held for psychiatric evaluation. An individual was undergoing mental crisis and armed himself. And the officers have had to deal with it. Its an unfair situation really for both parties, frankly. Reporter officers also discovered the suspect brought a sixfoot pipe, several throwing knives, and a sword to the power plant. There was a total of 13 officerinvolved shootings in 2016 and 2017. Weve received complaints on exactly one of those incidents. Reporter san joses independent Police Officer was at the scene to observe officers and to learn what happened. However, his office does not have the authority to review the Police Departments internal investigation unless there is a public complaint. Members of the San Jose City council will hold a study session next week with the independent Police Auditor to look into the possibility of expanding the auditors ability to review internal Police Investigations of officerinvolved shootings even without a public complaint. In san jose, abc7 news. New at 6 00, san jose residents can turn to the web to learn more about when their officers used force like they did last night. Unfortunately up until now, frequency has been the focus. We really only connected a use of force to a few other metrics like race. This system uses 150 fields of informati information and the Legal Standard for police use of force. A private company is working with San Jose Police to provide the information. San jose is the largest city in the u. S. To use the system to provide Greater Transparency about officers using force. A cliffside home in pacifica is scheduled to be demolished tomorrow. Its the last red tag property on esplanade avenue. You see the problem clearly. The last one on that avenue to be torn down because ongoing cliff erosion made it too dangerous to stay in the home. Abc7s Cornell Bernard talked with the homes former owner today. This is our favorite place on earth. We love it. Reporter this wedding anniversary picture is one of the last times Melissa Mcconnell and her husband were inside their beloved dream home. My husband and i put the bay window in ourselves. Reporter mcconnell is saying goodbye to her old friend. Her cliffside beach house at 532 esplanade avenue will be demolished thursday, ending a long journey to save it. Sky 7 shows how the little yellow house is teetering on the cliffs edge. The back yard and patio gone after years of pounding winter storms and erosion. That last storm in december of 15 was everything bad. And just completely undercut the bottom of the cliff. And it cracked and fell. Reporter mcconnell and her husband bought the home in 2009 and did everything they could to save it, including hiring an Engineering Firm to move the house away from the cliff. Yes. Lift it up and brought 20 feet forward to the sidewalk. Reporter the mcconnells hope to relocate the house somewhere else in pacifica, but a suitable lot was never found. The city yellowtagged the home in twea2016 and took possessiont week. The last remaining cliffside home in the 800 block was demolished last year after dangerous cliff erosion. Giant boulders are now being used to rebuild the bottom of the cliff. It wont be enough to save number 532. We put so much love into that house. Every spare minute, every vacation, every day off, every spare dime, nickel, and penny. Reporter mcconnell will be here on thursday to watch her homes demolition. In pacifica, cornell abc7 news. Excruciating to watch. And anchor Spencer Christian now with the forecast. A nice break. It is a nice break. It was slow to arrive, but here it comes. Live doppler 7 now, weve got lingering clouds, a little gray out there. Some spotty drizzle still, but not widespread. This is the view from our rooftop camera looking over the embarcadero. 55 degrees in San Francisco now. 54 to 56 at all the locations, oakland, Mine Mountain mountainview, gilroy. And this is the view from pier 15 looking at the gray skies. 51 in santa rosa. Napa, 55. Fairfield, 54. Concord, 57. 55 at livermore. Emeryville across the bay, doesnt look too foggy or cloudy, but it is getting that way in other locations. Gray and drizzly through the night and through the morning hours. Dry and milder weather will come our way over the weekend. We have a chance of showers early next week. Whats left of the current storm is a light storm, ranks only 1 on the storm impact scale. For the next few hours, well see spotty drizzle, slick roadways, and pockets of fog developing. That has begun already. The forecast animation starting at 7 00 p. M. Shows the movement of the clouds over the bay area, a formation of pockets of fog over in the Central Valley, foggy, as well, into early tomorrow morning. Notice as we get into the daytime hours, we may see spotty, light, spotty, isolated showers in the north bay. The northernmost part of the area during the afternoon and evening. Thats all well see in the way of precipitation. Lows in the mid to upper 40s. Low to upper 30s in the north bay valleys. The lowest lows around the bay area. 12hour planner. Tomorrow, we start with dense fog, possibly spotty drizzle. Still mostly cloudy, late morning by midday. Into the midafternoon, well see sunshine, and then mainly clear into the evening hours. Tomorrows highs will be generally in the upper 50s. Upper 50s at the coast. Upper 50s in the north bay. Upper 50s around the bay. Maybe a few low 60s in the south bay. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. So friday, starts a streak of mainly sunny days right up through the weekend. Well see a warming trend. Highs in the mid to upper 60s inland on saturday and sunday, mid 60s around the bay. Monday, Martin Luther king jr. Day, a slight chance at night of showers as clouds thicken that day. Better chance of showers tuesday of next week. Tapering off on wednesday. Okay, thank you. Stay with us. Gone but not forgotten. After the most expensive search in aviation history, a company willing to work for free could solve a modern mystery. Thats next. Sfx tsfx feet shufflingc life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help c