Storm watch right now on kpix5 news at 7 and streaming in the bay area. Still snow tonight on bay area ridge tops. Good evening chopper 5 over the scene. We caught this, check out all of the livestock weathering the storm there. They definitely got a dusting. That was not the only location in our area that saw snow. Santa cruz mountains and lake county also saw flakes throughout the day today. As for the rain it has tapered off a bit. There are still strong cells rolling through like this one that we caught in oakland less than an hour ago. Same situation in hayward. The video came in the news room fo, trac hief ineran of rainis we showerspilng out over the bay area tonight. They are going to be more widely scattered. Less frequent and smaller durations in general, things are drying out. Before they do, heavy cells now just leaving San Francisco and about to rain on the fish on the bay and make their way over to the shorelines, more showers are coming, in fact, even now, across the bay bridge through emeryville and west oakland it is coming down pretty good here and there. Coming down briefly, east, right now, moving out from the sales force Vantage Point you can see the lights illuminating the showers that are coming down we gotten pretty good amounts in San Francisco. About an inch and a 10th. Picking up lo ease the deficit. We are well back r average for this point of the year. 81 average of rainfall. Livermore, a third of average. We will tell you when the next rain system is due in first. All right, thank you. Tonight, Hayward Police are turning up the heat on a very cold case. Kpix5 is on the new search for answers nearly half century after a young woman vanished without a trace. Reporter hayward pd assigned a new detective on the case to put a fresh set of eyes on it after nearly five decades. Her sister, her friends and i we believe there are probably a few people, if not more, that know what happened. Reporter for the past 49 years the family have not had any answers. It was january 18th, 1971 when the 19yearold graduate and homecoming queen now of Sunset High School in hayward was out shopping at mervyns and returning her boyfriends car. Before leaving she was dancing around in front of her sister and niece in new boots and said i love you and she was going to run errands. She was supposed to start a new job the next day. But she never arrived home. Hoping somebody would come forward. Somebody that they do not think that is important or someone that might have known the whole story all along. It is still veryant. Ter e cawas found on this stretch of mission boulevard in hayward. A car lot now sits where a charlies car wash used to be. The car was there, no sign of christie. It matters a lot, even though it has been a very long time. Reporter the state of california is offering up a 50,000 reward for any information leading to a conviction in this case. In hayward, orstopped here today to tackle homeless crisis. 15 trailers, that used to by homeless and they will be able to use state owned properties for housing. Roughly 100 of those properties that will start turning over to local jurisdictions so they can Start Building on those sites either navigation centers, robust shelters or housing. At least 170 park visitors ewus, withnoro virus. Federal judge is warning pg e to trim back more trees or he is going to order the utility to hire more trrsta pre company admi a fiplasma. The baarea company that is gathering evidence that might fight the effects of aging. It is fundamental, a new insight into understanding the aging process. They did not have to give me a synthetic compound. They gave me blood plasma. The facebook Business Model is to make money they dont care about the impact on children. House Speaker Pelosi ripping facebook, the behavior she is calling shameful. Much more on your storm watch tonight and a major snow maker in the sierra how low snow levels have been catching many people off guard. It is really snowing and it usually does not snow. Not typically, no. Maybe one or two a year, today is one of the days. Dont forget we are streaming now on cbsn bay area. You can find us on kpix. Com. The cbs news app or your favorite platform. Original report tonight a Company Looking at using blood to fight agerelated diseases. Just a year agothese kinds of therapies came with a warning. There is something that looks like there in it, possible treatments for agerelated disease. When it comes to fighting the parkinsons disease disease net will not pull any punches. We need to find solutions and more of a relief. There is no cure and an urgent need for better treatments. Reporter that is why he decided to push the science forward and join a clinical trial. Did not to veme a asckfroch c g on e ndise e blins that means more and more people are going to develop this disease. The therapies are based on what they found in thousands of samples provided by a multinational plasma company. The liquid component of blood is a magical mixture. Reporter in the plasma, tens of thousands of proteins, of those about 500 or so proteins increase with age and about 500 proteins decrease with age. Reporter the doctor heads it up. He calls proteins quanakins. He says the ones with age cause tissue damage, and neurodegeneration, decrease with age are beneficial, younger people have higher levels of these proteins, they repair and rejuvenate tissues and cells and help with brain function. It is a fundamental new insight into understanding the basis of aging. Reporter armed with this knowledge, he developed two strategies, the first to replace or replenish the good proteins, the second, to block or remove the bad ones. You blocked those then you have a benefit. Some of the drugs are early stage Clinical Trials, the results are promising. Very, very promising. Reporter 18 patients from mild to moderate alzheimers received infusions, the goal, to see if. T unexpeedlyerwere th were ing cognative test. And for eye disease . They increased by 7 letters on the eye chart. Reporter Michael Stewart presented preliminary findings at a major icon friends in San Francisco. In two small studies majority of patients diagnosed with Macular Degeneration saw an improvement in vision. The drug, given by pill, blocks inflammation behind the eye. We will not extend lifestyles and have people live to 150 but what we are going to do is improve quality of life in patients that suffer age related diseases. I think it is pretty cool. Reporter this anesthesiologist is at the helm of a new clinical trial, a small number of patients undergoing joint replacement surgery will receive a plasma medicine. You may be able to help them heal faster and feel better. Reporter they e thprocedur it was, and he possibly experienced a possible benefit. Out of 1 out of the 5. About three hours after i felt a burst of energy that made me want to run a race. Reporter all of the trials will need larger studies to confirm findings until the promise becomes a reality matt continues to fight by staying fit. He enrolled in a special boxing program for parkinsons disease patients. Reporter all of the trials are overseen by the fda. Vemore plasma and the Clinical Trials underway at kpix. Com. Tonight, caltransreopened interstate 80 at colfax but chains are required. The snow level dropped so low that kids in the Nevada County community of grass valley got out of school early. It is really snowy and it does not usually snow. You needed a truck to pick them up. This storm came in like gangbusters and now on the way out. The snow will melt and it will be good and more rain coming in next week. As we have a look at the kpix hidef doppler there are still thunderstorms around. Maybe over lahonda out there and the spine of skyway boulevard. There is electrifying weather out there. Not surprised for a few thunder bumpers out there. Heading east. Over on the east bay tecoming d north of grizzly peak boulevard. Over the east bay hills, good cells, sets the stage for tonight as we look out towards the Golden Gate Bridge there are still showers coming down. Things will clear out and the numbers right now already have tumbled into the 40s. There will be 30s before the night is over and fog as well. So, the rain leaves, sun replaces it. That low pressure is going to create travel havoc over the midwest and ultimately in new england by the time we get to saturday night. Rain and snow will give them rain and snow. Big time. As it heads east. For us tonight, generally things dry out. Still we got action in the mountains with an additional 8 12 inches of snow. Windy in the passes. So, if you are heading to the hills there will be some delays. Future cast shows what is going to happen tonight. Showers in general drying up by tomorrow morning, we will have sun in the south bay. Fog will be forming as well. A little cloudier in the north bay. Here is the weekend, saturday. High clouds from time to time before saturday afternoon becomes absolutely brilliant. Then more high clouds come in packers, game Time Temperature in the 60s and the skies partly cloudy. 63 degrees is not bad for the packers who will melt in temperatures like that. Weather headlines, evening showers will end overnight tonight. There will be fog around tomorrow morning, afternoon sun and there will be a few clouds, especially in the north bay. More clouds in the north bay than the south bay. The weekend is looking dry. Dry right through monday and then things shovel a bit. Shuffles little bit. The temperatures look like this. Santa rose a51 degrees, san rafael, 53. And 54 in concord. The numbers generally, tomorrow, a little warmer than today. Still, it is going to feel cold it is january. Extended forecast we got partly cloudy skies after we dispense with the showers, saturday, sunday, dry, with the sun coming out and a little more rain coming down next monday and tuesday. As it locks now midweek is looking dry. So, we will weather the storm tonight, that is what is ahead in weather. Here is what is next for us. Up next, how President Trump is now protecting prayer in Public Schools. What it could mean for students across the country. Fuming over facebook. The harsh words from nancy pelosi. I think they have been very abusive of the great opportunity that technology has given them i saw the poster and right when i saw the cat, that is benji. 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And now, save 1,000 on the sleep number 360 special Edition Smart bed, now only 1,799. Plus, free premium delivery on all smart beds when you add a base. Ends monday here is what you missed if you are just now getting home. The Senate Taking over the impeachment trial, set to begin next week. Today, the chief justice sworn in senators as jurors and took an the presiding officer. 7 managers marched into the chamber and firmly presented the articles of impeachment. Trump warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office and disqualification. It is a complete hoax. The whole thing with ukraine. Also today, President Trump issued new guidance to protect prayer in Public Schools. He says the new rules will ensure Religious School organizations get equal access to Public School facilities telling the Education Department about any violations. Too many separation of church and state as an invitation for government to separate people from their faith. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slamming facebook as a Shameful Company that is helping mislead the american people. Democrats criticized the social networks policy of not Fact Checking political ads that they claim will benefit President Trump in 2020. The facebook Business Model is strictly to make money. They dont care about where this is all coming from. All they want are their tax cuts and no antitrust action against them. So far this administration, so far, that is what they have received. We reached out to the company for a response to her comments and we have yet to hear back. Ken . Coming up next, a small miracle out of the ashes. Wait until you hear what happened to this special bay area cat nice to see the red and gold out there tonight. Yep. Tonight, a very unusual and happy ending for a cat who had been missing since the kinkaifa heartbroken when their cat, bakie, ran away during the chaos of the evacuation. The cat, later, turned up at a strangers house and renamed benji. They took him in. Weeks after that family started taking care of them they saw a lost cat poster with his photo on it. And i saw the poster and right when i saw the cat i am like mom that is benji. What do you mean . That is benji on the paper. She saw it and ripped it off. It is benji. I am grateful. I told her, the funny thing is that, a friendship has come e f bakies owners told the family who had taken him in they can come over any time and visit. Here is the real story behind this, guys. Bakie went to five or six houses but nobody knows about. [ laughter ] and lived well after the kinkaid fire. Yes. Oh my gosh. Those of you who have cats know what i am talking about. Thanks so much for watching the news at 7 00. Continue streaming right now on cbsn bay area. Good night be erck h baat11e a announcer its time to play fam steve harvey. [captioning maowoi . Hello, everybody. I appreciate that. Ou everybody. How yall . I appreciate that now. Thank yall. 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