Were killed. Live at the Alpine Meadows ski resort, im da lin, kpix 5. Let me tell you more about Alpine Meadows, the other deadly avalanche was decades ago and 7 people were killed and 5 severely injured in march of 1982. It was a wall of snow and ice that dropped from some 700 feet above the Northeast Area of alpine. It took out one chair lift and damaged others. It buried structures including the main lodge. And a major avalanche at squaw valley in 2018 caught 5 people near the olympic lady chair lift. 2 people were seriously injured. A snow boarders rescue captured here on cell phone video. No one was killed in that instant. Sincntthreat of avalanche, its something the rescue teams train for. This exercise from 2017 is typical. They use specially trained dogs, probes to practice looking for victims buried in the snow. Brian hackney has been in the Weather Center for us trackinns. Yesletjuloiteea cycle ofa lot snow followed by a thaw and more snow, and that led to unstable conditions in the sierra. This is a loop from yesterday that shows first the snow and another system coming in. The one that dropped so much rain and snow ourselves in the bay area went on into the sierra to drop as much as 24 inches of snow in the past 24 hours. So they had a lot of snow. As a result, we were looking at some pretty unstable conditions out there. To give you an idea how this happens, its not unlike a fault line where you get snow on top of a weak crust layer, and that weak crust layer could give way at a moments notice. And thats on top of firmer snow. The result is it terms ofthe alanche is a steep slope, which they had at alpine, you need plenty of recent snow, which they had, and it had to fall on a weak snow layer, which was apparently also present, and finally some kind of a triggering mechanism. Its kind of a myth that its loud noises. It takes an awfully loud noise to really trigger the avalanche. So it could have been practically anything. The key is the fault layer and the snow on top of it. All right, brian, thanks. A north bay homeowner apparently wanted to send a message when he thought that someone was trying to break into his home this morning. Lskemore on what happened after the homeowner grabbed his gun. Reporter the glass truck is the only. Indication of what happened here in whats described as a very quiet neighborhood. Police say the call came in around 10 00 a. M. He was reporting that someone was breaking into his house and that he had taken a firearm and he had taken shots off at the suspect. Reporter did he shoot through the window . He did shoot through the window. Reporter as for what happened after the shots were fired. At this point it appears nobody was hit. Were still searching for the suspect. We have a description, but theres no indication at the scene so far that the suspect was hit. But were checking local hospitals. Reporter the few neighbors we saw today didnt want to talk on camera. They say its normally a very quiet neighborhood, and no one we talked to saw or heard anything this morning. We do have some people with cameras, and were searching their surveillance cameras. We have a couple of witnesses that may have seen the suspect, but at this point its pretty light. Reporter so again, no evidence the suspect was hit by the bullets. Police are still investigating. Wilson walker, kpix 5. Within the past hour, Santa Cruz Police peacefully resolved a stand off with a man accused of kidnapping his daughter. For hours officers surrounded hes apartmenheenthe ye. Daughter from the beach view inn on front street this morning. Officers searched the area around the inn and the dogs tracked them to the apartment. They spent an hour negotiating with him and finally detained him. The 1yearold is safe and out of harms way. The chp is investigating a deadly wrong way crash in campbell today. Officers say a woman was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of highway 17. It was about 3 30 a. M. Officers got the call of a wrong way driver at 880 and coleman. They say the woman crashed her honda accord into a Toyota Avalon 3 miles away on highway 17 near hamilton avenue. The other driver had broken bones and cuts to the face and was taken to the hospital. We just have to Pay Attention getting onto the freeway. And a lot of times, you know, people are going to work late or whatnot, you just have to Pay Attention to the signs and the direction youre going. Northbound 17 was closed for almost 2 hours. Unclear if alcor in the crash. Final preparations being made at levis for the championship game on sunday. The niners will take on the packers for the chance to go to the super bowl. Len ramirez is live at levi unown to kickoff. Inal len . Reporter veronica, a few people wouldnt have believed at the start of this season that the 49ers would be in this position right now. The home team, the favorite going into the nfc championship game with a super bowl on the line. As the 49ers go through warm ups and workouts in preparation for the nfc championship game, head coach Kyle Shanahan said hes preaching to the game to quote keep it real. Thats what we have to deal with this sunday. Reporter but the atmosphere around the team right now is supercharged. Theres the faithful, hungry for a championship. If you have been a niner faithful forever, youve ridden the wave with them from the 90s up until now, and so a faithful means that hey, youre with them through thick and thin and it feels great to win. Reporter and more Media Coverage than ever. Check out the crowd around quarterback jimmy gs locker. Whats it like being in the spotlight right now . I dont know, its part of the gig, you know. Comes with the job, i guess. Reporter so far the team seems to be taking it all in stride, and after all the first believers in the 49ers this season were the 49ers themselves. If you sit and watch tv all week or read your phone all week, maybe you get caught up in the wrong stuff, but that stuff has nothing to do with football. Its all what happens on the field and whether its a preseason game, the first game, or this game, and thats how the guys attacked it all year. Reporter so they are toeep it real and just like any other game, but the 49ers Organization Front office just sent out a notice to the media that they are expecting another sell out game here on sunday with more than 71,000 fans expected. Reporting live in santa clara, len ramirez, kpix 5. Well, some 49er faithful may have to watch sundays game from out of town, maybe even out of the country, but they got a special red and gold rally before leaving sfo today. Lets go ninners what . The 49ers gold rush cheerleaders and mascot were at the airport for a midday pep. Itsosted team and united airlines. Their goal was to replicate the stadium atmosphere for fans and other travelers from across the country. Were g for it im actually flying out to minneapolis right now to hang out with my packers friends and rub it in a little bit. It will be a good competition. I just put on my packers shirt and got a picture with the gold rush. Some people did get to play trivia games, win some prizes. There were playoff towels so fans can represent come sunday. Even with the niners battling it out against the packers sunday, we cant help but have love for packer quarterback Aaron Rodgers since he is from northern california, and as he has in the past, today he wore a butte strong hoodie at a press conference. And House Speaker nancy pelosi is back in her home district of San Francisco. We asked her about her plans for the big game and she says shes not sure if shell make it to levis, but. I already have my tickets to the super bowl, so im very, very proud of them. Its isnt it . But isnt it funny how sports are so unifying. Other politicians commenting as well. Vice president pence told the crowd the packers would come out on top at a milwaukee rally. Fansyoung and old sharing their pictures on social media. Everything from their niner gear to pictures from the past games. We want to see your 49er pictures too. Facebook, instagram, twitter. You may see them on tv. And to get you ready for the nfc championship game, Dennis Odonnell is hosting a special 49ers preview that will be live from levi stadium starting tonight at 7 30 here on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Well the start of the impeachment trial just days away. Coming up, the 2 men who could help President Trump stay in office. Pthncerns involving tesla that could open a federal investigation. And our 49ers playoff coverage will continue. Vern glenn will join us live from levi stadium on how the team is dealing with the playoff pressure. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Climate is the number 1 priority. I would declare a state of emergency on day 1. Congress has never passed an important climate bill, ever. This is a problem that continues to get worse. Ive spent a decade fighting and beating oil companies. Stopping pipelines. Stopping fossil fuel plants, ensuring clean energy across the country. How are we going to pull this country together . We take on the biggest challenge in history, we save the world and do it together. Im ken bastida at the live news desk. We have an emergency situation in east oakland going on. This is 98th and bancroft, and unfortunately a pedestrian has been struck, and at this point we want to confirm it, but we have been told that person has been killed at the scene. This is out in front of Elmhurst Middle School in oakland. Oakland police are confirming that this was a mom that was struck just outside the school. Ce or this is a hit noword sttoh and run situation. Were still working to confirm those facts. We are monitoring the situation live over the scene and will have the latest for you as soget it into the newsroom. At the live desk, ken bastida, back to you. Okay, ken, thanks so much for that. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed the impeachment trial today at a census event in San Francisco. I would hope that the oath that the senators took yesterday to participate in a fair trial would include eyewitnesses and documentation. The impeachment trial is expected to resume on tuesday, but natalie brand tells us senators must first finalize the rules. Reporter impeachment was on President Trumps mind during a white house visit with lusts championship football team. We take pictures behind the resolute desk. Reporter earlier friday the president added impeachment defense team, including kenneth star, the independent counsel in the investigation that led to president clintons impeachment. Pam bondi and Alan Dershowitz will also argue on behalf of President Trump. Rudy giuliani will not be part of the team. Its giulianis former associate lev parnas who said he was the person entrusted to Pressure Campaign the to investigate the bidens, and he claims the president knows all about it. All right. Im the one that got all the dirt. Reporter before opening arguments begin, senators must vote on the rules of the impeachment trial and theyre expected to debate whether new witnesses should be heard. Right now were just asking for 4 witnesses who have unique information about the president holding back aid to a foreign country. Job to retry the case. We must respond to the case written by the house. Reporter but a few republican senators have signaled they might be open to witnesses after hearing opening arguments first. While it only takes a simple majority to set the rules, it would take a super majority or 67 senators to remove the president from office. Natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. Late today the House Judiciary Committee released additional documents related to the south florida businessman lev parnas. They include transcripts from his Television Interviews and there also appear to be messages indicating possible surveillance of then ambassador to ukia marie yovanovitch. Were now learning several americans were injured during irans attack u. S. Troops week, some suffering concussions. The pentagon now says nearly a dozen have been sent to germany and kuwait for treatment, but that runs contrary to the president s statement the day after. No americans were harmed in last nights attack by the iranian regime. We suffered no casualties. All of our soldiers are safe. Concussion symptoms can take time to develop. The defense secretary was not informed of the injuries until just yesterday and this was in line with normal procedures. Investigators are looking into tesla customer complaints of sudden, unintended acceleration. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration turned over a petition of defect investigations. It includes 127 complaints about the electric vehicles suddenly accelerating on their own, sometimes causing crashes and injuries. Less than 2 weeks before the Grammy Awards, the shows ceo is on administrative leave after accusations of misconduct. Deborah dugan is the first woman to lead the association and has only been in the position for 6 months. The 62nd Grammy Awards take place sunday january 26th. Plenty of snow still lingering around Mount Hamilton today after yesterdays storm. An actual snowplow clearing the roads there. Snow ball fights, snow angels im sure out there. Plenty of snowmen to be med for sure. You go inside their visitor center, they have stunning pictures of Mount Hamilton cloaked in snow, and you think wow, what must that look like. And there you go now we know. Thats really something. Looks like thats it for a bit though as the next chance of significant rain isnt moving into the bay area until next week. In the meantime. Saturday and sunday we have high clouds looming over the bay area, and they continue to loom, probably right through sunday. We got High Pressure over the bay area, but there will be high clouds from time to time this weekend. Concord 45, livermore 46, and in San Francisco 53 right now. On this friday evening, well be dry, but well be bundled up. Santa rosa down to 34 tonight. In san rafael down to 40 as well. In san jose 38, and over in the east bay, the numbers will be in the mid30s. So cooler tonight than last night, and sun up at 7 22 a. M. For your saturday morning. A low Pressure Center is producing more rain and snow, mostly rain up in the pacific northwest. But were not even on the southern edge of that. We just pick up the high clouds and stay dry through monday. By 1 00 in the afternoon we actually go somewhat transparent and get more sun coming out. So the sunnier of the next 2 days will be tomorrow. Watch what happens on sunday though, a big shield of high clouds comes in advance of that low Pressure Center that eventually spills rain into the bay area by tuesday, but in the meantime just on again, off again clouds this weekend. The niners taking on the packers sunday at 3 40 p. M. Its a mostly cloudy start to the game and a temperature, not bad, 60 degrees. Were still lagging in the rain department. I know it feels like its rained a lot, and at least weve recorded rain a lot, just not a lot of rain. Its been wet, but not that wet. 87 percent of average in santa rosa. In livermore, the east much, and do you know that up in marin, they have the local reservoirs, the important number is the snow pack because thats where the water comes from. But in terms of the amount we normally get this time of year, around the city, its not that good. So heres whats happening to sum it up. Partly cloudy tonight, areas of fog forming. Weekend is dry. Next chance of rain is coming in on tuesday. Daytime highs livermore 55, san jose 58, clouds from time to time saturday, sunday, and monday, and then more rain moving into the bay area tuesday. Wednesday we begin to dry it out. So as of now theres just one day next week where might wet. As for the news, heres alan. Thanks brian. Coming up, how a group of teachers is taking action against Delta Airlines after one of its planes dumped fuel on several los angeles schools. 4 la teachers suing Delta Airlines after a flight dumped thousands of gallons of jet fuel on their schools playground. Attorney gloria allr ed d they with fuel causing breathing problems and distress. Playgrounds, benches, and water fountains were contaminated forcing hazmat crews to clean them. I couldnt smell anything other than gas. I couldnt taste anything other than gas. I thought oh my god, it must be a terrorist attack. Ensuring the Immediate Care of our students, we were not able to decontaminate ourselves for several hours after the jet fuel had saturated us. The teachers say theyre afraid of what the exposure might do to their health. Their attorney alleges had the pilot taken the right steps, the situation would have ended differently. In fact, the delta pilot was specifically asked if there was a need to dump fuel and the pilot replied by saying quote, negative. Allred argues had the pilot notified air traffic taken to a place where it could have been dumped safely. A deadly avalanche claiming at least one life in the sierra. What police are saying about the area where 2 victims were skiing. And what scientists discovered in plasma that could help to fight age related disease. And how a popular social media app helped Bay Area Police find a teenager in danger. You are watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now, a look at our top stories, at 5 30. Right now one person hospitalized with serious injuries, a second has died following an avalanche in Alpine Meadows. The area they were in was not a prohibited area. But it is definitely an advanced area. The man who died is identified as 34yearold Nicole Comstock from plumas county, the second man has not been identi