And im dan ashley. All of the wildfires are contained three weeks after they started. The focus is on clean up and recovery. A lawyer has petitioned the court that all lawsuits against pge be heard by the same judge. Seven claimants involved in lawsuits. A similar coordination effort was used for the lawsuits against pg e following the sam bruno explosion. Today napa opened a popup area where people have questions about dleening and rebuilding. Located in downtown napa. Tomorrow a Source Center for Small Business owners will open. Tail be able to find information about disaster loans and tools to help them keep theyre business going. All services are free. The center is in the santa rosa. The day after tomorrow its supposed to rain. New concerns about pollutants from the fire area that could run into the bay. That is right and create the potential for landslides. Laura anthony live with that story tonight. Reporter because its expected to be less than 2 inches this coming weekend, rains are not expected to cause any serious problems. Thats what happened as we go further into the winter is the cause for concerns. Plans are underway to make sure here in napa and Sonoma County that one disaster doesnt lead to another. With a wet weekend on the horizon, the first since the defensive stating north bay fires, state and local agencies are beginning to worry about what the rain wills carry there coming winter. From the burned down communities of napa and Sonoma Countys into the bay. Be able to keep the ground where it is if possible, both in terms of erosion effect of where the homes are bringing it down into the water. Reporter one area of concern the toxics length of time behind in so many destroyed neighborhoods in santa rosa and napa. Beneath the tons and tons of ash and debris their heavy metals. Were concerned about the toxic. One of the agencies keeping a close eye, San Francisco bay keeper. The fact all these homes contained completely products, cleaning solutions, abc, led, all kind of heavy metals. When the rains come in that debris is beginning to get washed into the water. Reporter in napa county the more serious longterm impacts may be high above the gutted neighborhoods. And the severely burned hillside now sits on the valley. Our longest term going into the winter is going to be realitied in part two, wild line areas, areas of steeper slope burned more severe than other. Reporter the first range could be beneficial in the burn areas helping to germinate seeds that started the fire and remming up soil. In napa, laurie anthony. Abc 7 news. These clear skies above the bay area are going to change soon. A storm is approaching. Christian spencer tracking the weather for us. Its going to be wet for a few days. Dry right now by skies are bright at the moment. Heres or forecast starting 9 30 tonight. Notice how quickly the clouds push in over night. Tonight will be spotty with showers off the shore. Tomorrow well see a few showers moving up into the north bay and on friday the ran begins. Rain chances over the next seven dayes are substantial. 90 chance of rain on friday, 80 osaturday, 70 chance on sunday and monday and 80 on wednesday. Each of these storms are light intensity but the accumulative will be lots of rainfall. And snow in sierra. More in a few minutes. Dan. New at 6 00, one Person Injured in a shooting a brock off Market Street in San Franciscos tenderloin. Abc 7 news was at turk and mason a short time ago. The scene is blocked off by crime scene tape. Police have not released information or if anyone is in custody. A prominent startup ceo pleaded not to sexually abusing his very i dont think children. Abc 7 news was there. The hillsborough man was accused of sexually abusing his 1yearold daughter and 3yearold son. His father reported him to police last month. They say he beat his father and was abusing his son when they rived. Hes free tonight on 300,000 bail. A halloween night shooting has put both a San FranciscoPolice Officer and the suspect in the hospital. The shootout happened near San Francisco castro district. Abc 7 News ReporterMelanie Woodrow is live with the case. Reporter dan, police say they have one suspect in custody, no comments about the ability of more suspects. They are saying another crime theyre investigating, a taxi cab carjacking could possibly be retted to the shooting. Last night at 6 00 there were 3 and 4 years old trickortreating in costume. Surprising. Reporter police say just after midnight someone flagged down uniformed officers assigned to the neighborhood for the holiday. They told the officer about a suspicious vehicle near 18th and diamond street. The officers were investigating, a Gray Chrysler sedan was reported stolen. Reporter when the officers approached to investigate there was exchange of gunfire. I thought it was 180s going off it was Bam Bam Bam Bam bam. It was really loud. Another witness shared this cell phone video what he estimates to be half of gunshots he heard. Its incredible how quickly things can escalate. The 31yearold officer slot in Critical Condition following surgery. The suspect is in life threatening condition. A firearm believed to be the suspects was also recovered at the scene. Reporter police say they are investigating a possible connection to another crime. A carjacking thefrt of a taxi cab occurred shortly after the shooting and being investigated to determine whether or not its related to the actual shooting. Reporter market to 19th street and castro to eureka street were shut down following the shooting. In San Francisco, Melanie Woodrow, abc 7 news. A second injured Police Officer also at general hospital. This officer was on a bike l when a suspect in a stolen suv ran him down two weeks ago. He remains in interview care but have shown signs of improvement. Opening his eyes and able to breathe on his own at times. In sunnyvale shooting of an officer left one dead after he stabbed a canine. Chris wen joins us where theres a growing policemen moirl temporary canine officer jacks. Chris. Reporter christian, and here at the Public Safety building there is a flag behind me flaying at half stag in honor of canine jacks. The chief telling me his department is heart broken over this loss. In front of the Sunnyvale Department safety a growing tribute to a Police Dog Killed in the line of duty. Its zbreef. And grief doesnt leave you. Reporter tuesday afternoon canine jacks was stabbed to death. Theres a huge void in our hearts, our canines are not only our Department Members but theyre also our family members. Reporter officers had initially responded after getting word that a 25yearold woman had been stabbed inside a residence. Upon arrival they found her outside in the driveway breeding because of a stab wound to the abdomen. Officers made entry into the unit and attempted to apprehend the suspect, the victims boyfriend. Who then stabbed canine jacks with the flief. The dogs handler wasnt hurt. They tried to negotiate with him but he then threw his knife at officers. An officer fired in selfdefense. People nearby still cant believe it all happened. The idea that someone would lash out and simply murder a poor defenseless animal like that was terribly shocking. Reporter details for the funeral will be released this week. If these people get help in time incidents like this can be avoided all together. Reporter for now the lune has been placed on administrative leave until the end of the investigation. Today is the sixth day of testimony in the kate steinle murder trial, she was shot while walking on San Franciscos pier 14 more than two years ago by an undocumented immigrant with a stolen gun. Today the video watched the vaped Police Interrogation of the defendant and which he lies to pulling the trigger. Police also lies to get lim to defense. Lyanne live with the details. Reporter dan, you have to wonder what the jury thinks of all this lying. They will be able to read that transcript once they enter deliberations. Police said they lied to garcia serrate because quote, it was just another tactic to help motivate lieutenant anthony and two other offers interviewed the suspect jose vet serrate after kate steinly had been killed. Garcia lied about his age, national nalt and said he was nowhere near the crime scene. Police took a different approach, they lied. They told him the firearm had been recovered when it was still in the bay. They also said they had a dna match and five witnesses that saw him at the. As well as gunshot residue samples that connected him to the gun. Tet, none of that was true. That worked in their favor. Garciaserrate finally admitted he shot the gun. The Police Interrogator asked, what were you aiming at. Garciaserrate, a seal. Police what was the begins between you and the girl. Garciaserrate, five to 6 feet. It has since been accomplished attend le was more than 90 feet away. Police asked how long have you had that gun. In spanish garciaserrate said [speaking foreign language]. Only there he found at the. In the Early Morning hours of the Interview Police finally asked him, did you pull the trigger just once. Garcia will have serrate nodded,sy, yes. Police was it an accident. Garciaserrate told them, yes. The prosecution will wrap up their case tomorrow and defense will follow. New york city recovering from a deadly attack. Youre going to hear from the Police Officer who helped put a stop to that attack. A new kind of scam by a seller on ebay. There o o. Breaking news out of colorado, a shooting at a walmart. Youre looking live at the scene, a lot of Police Officers. This is happening in forton, again in colorado, ten miles north of denver. The Thornton Police department tweeted multiple parties down. Well keep an eye on this and share more information with you as soon as we get it from colorado. New developments, the Sheriffs Department announced this man, 19yearold brayandzavala has been arrested for shooting in the bay. Detectives say he was shot last weekend after confronting zavala and liz friends about speeding in the neighborhood. There is an online fundraiser to help support the hugos family. Its reached a 25,000 goal. The Peanut Museum reopens tomorrow. Abc 7 News Reporter wayne freedmon took a tour and joins us to talk about what this means. Reporter what it means its a return of a comfort of home here in santa rosa. Its about familiarity, stability and getting back to normal. In santa rosa recovering from the transition that happened will take years. So much changed. And in the midst of that so much reassurance. Like the Luther Burbank center for the artsz will still be here. It seemed like it was yesterday but it also seemed like it was a long time ago. Reporter the ceo showing off the auditorium which survived. The east wing and a smaller auditorium did not. The roof collapsed. This is the path that the tubbs fire took to get to coffey park. This shouldnt be standing. Reporter a few feet away the fires turned dream homes to ruin. Don morris son and betsy bose wlofsz working that night could not imagine any other outcome than doom. It was like it was snowing, but orange glow coming in, big balls coming down. Reporter don still hasnt returned to his apartment. You have to come to terms and deal with it. Reporter seven employees have lost homes. Among them vanessa peterson. She describes being here as salvation. This place was gone too . Id be way worse off, im grateful this is here. Because . Because id have to look for another job. Reporter instead they have a reopening on monday. Well, new at 6 00, a goal accomplished. Repairs to the lake orville spill way is done by the deadline, november 1st before the rainy season begin. They got it done. The repair work just completed its first phase of a larger plan to restore the dam and its spillway to original condition. Record rain caused the spillway to erode and nearly failed in february. Forcing nearly 200,000 people to evacuate for several days. There was great concern they could not get there work done before the rains come and they did. Good news. Yeah, and the rains are coming. Checking in with Spencer Christian to see when. We may get our first sustained period of rain in a long time. Heres a look at doppler 7, dry conditions at the moment, skies are bright. Clouds building offshore. This is a few from our camera looking westward. 57, San Francisco, 60, bay in oakland. 55 in half moon bay. This is the view looking north western. 60 degrees up north in santa rosa. Napa 61. Navarro we have 60s. One more live look skies. G southward under clear well see increasing clouds tomorrow. Wet and chilly pattern developing friday through morning. A wintry storm watch in effect for sierra. The systems that bring rain here will produce snow in the sierra. Over night look for cloudy skies with low temperatures in the upper 40s. Tomorrow clouds will advance onshore, across the bay and inland. High temperatures upper 50s. Low 60s around the by the way and mid to upper 60s inland. Each of the approaching systems rank one on the scale. The accumulative effect will be quite a bit of rainfall. Looking at light to moderate rainfall each day and a quarter of an inch likely over that fourday period. And lets see here, its not advancing. Im going to step off camera for a second and see if i can advan advance these graphics. We are expecting i think the system is stuck. Rain will start ill move over to the desk here. Rain will begin following during the overnight hours into friday morning. Light showers and light rain in the north bay, sweeping eastward and southward into saturday morning. Saturday we get a nice break from about midday into midday sunday. Another wave of rain comes sunday. Snow will be falling in the sierra, this will be a cold system coming in. More rain into monday. Its going to be a wet pattern for five consecutive days. We need it. Yeah, dont you love it with computers dont work. Its okay. I guess computers cant replace us yet. Ill take a human computer jay time. Sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer freexpert help choong the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive ca. Financial lp is available, soheck for yourself to see at savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. Because you never know when life. Will change. 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We need to make sure we have the type of housing to retain and attract the type of talent we need. Reporter the tide may be returning. Were starting to see residence all over the bay area recognize we have a housing shortage, our children cant live her. We cant afford to move to the next home. Reporter one lay maker suggested despite some opposition, denser housing may merit regulatory hurdle such as environmental studies and time consuming reviews can rendered some house b project unfeasible. Its difficult to find a project where we can have the time and money to sell. Reporter because of the shortage homes like there one received 16 bids. The states new gas tax took effect today adding 12 cents to the continue cost of gas. Well look at what that money will go toward and while it led to a shouting match. What more we learned about a what more we learned about a run away 3 00 00 12,840 00 00 15,380 the Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . Say sml actions can add up to something. 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