Is on to keep fire debris out of the water in wine country. Ktvus tom vacar joins us from petaluma where a company is making a key element to keep those toxins out. Tom. In order to prevent wholesale contamination of the watershed you need do something very important, which is what this factory is doing. You need to manufacture tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dams, called wattles, in order to prevent the watershed from being grossly polluted. Pretty much everywhere you look in the burn areas, you will see barriers placed around storm drains. They keep toxins from washing into the drains. That blocks debris flow into the storm drains and creeks. We are also adding compost rolls to add additional filtering to reduce the potential. Reporter nobody is sure what and how many toxins are in the ash but some think its a lot. We are planning to do Water Quality sampling to determine whats running off into our creeks and waterways. Reporter they will be looking for toxic heavy metals such as mercury and lead as well as for asbestos that can be a carcinogen. At the same time the Sonoma CountyWater District is concentrating on the coming winters big storms. The socalled atmospheric rivers. They can wash toxic ash into the sewers and waterways as well as cause the denuded land to break free. And so we really want to get a system in place to protect Public Safety and property. That will require sensors to warn the public and deploy crews to the areas immediately. They can issue watches and warnings for hazards such as, you know, flash floods, debris flows, landslides, et cetera. Reporter theres an effort to cap sewer pipes of the burnt properties so that toxic ash doesnt get into the septic sewers that could damage Sewage Treatment plants. Well show you what this factory does and the incredible gift they are making to sonoma unty to help out. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Tom, thank you. And stay with ktvu and a reminder to download our free weather app for up to the minute weather conditions. Today a new lawsuit was filed against pg e for the damages suffered in the deadly fires. This time, it was the victims of the Redwood Valley fire in mendocino county. We heard from the attorney and one of the families suing the utility. Sexual harrassment crews installed concrete barriers 29yearold sayfullo saiprov is now facing federal charges in connection with that truck attack. A new York Police Department official said today saipov appears to be the only suspect but he added that could change. The white house is back pedaling on suggestions that the new york terror suspect should be sent to guantanomo for trial as an enemy combatant yesterday he called the criminal justice a joke and laughingstock but this morning the president said sending out suspect to the military prison for trial takes much longer than the federal justice system. He also said the us is be respect should get the Death Penalty although mayor de blasio disagreed. Im not someone who believes in the Death Penalty in general. I just dont. I believe this is an individual who should rot in prison for the rest of his life. No one taken into custody within the United States has ever been sent to guantanamo and its questionable whether that move would be legal since court versus not ruled whether followers of the Islamic State meet the definition of enemy combatants. President s former Campaign Chairman will stay under house arrest through the weekend. Paul manafort and his business associate rick gates were back in court today hoping to get the gps Monitoring Systems removed. Manafort and gates have been indicted on 12 counts including conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to lawn launder money. The indictment stems from special counsel Robert Muellers probe in the president ial election. She asked a classmate to stop using a racist word and then apparently was punched in the face. At 5 30, her familys angry with the punishment that classmate received. Also ahead, a melee at californias Great America over the weekend. Tonight, police say they arrested a woman who tased a teen inside the park. Santa clara police have arrested another suspected in a wild weekend crime spree at californias Great America last saturday. Investigators say a mother is charged with tasing a child who is allegedly her daughters rival during a fight. Ktvus south bay recorder jesse gary has tonights update. Reporter 44yearold latisha sexton arrested Late Wednesday now. Its crazy an adult would go to this level to use a taser on a juvenile. Reporter Santa Clara Police captain said onlookers caught some of it on their cell phone last saturday night. Great america was packed for its tenth annual halloween fest but at 10 30 dozens of people ran through crowds robbing and assaulting 20,000 guests. At the same time sextons teenaged daughter and another girl who goes to the same high school got into a fight. Investigators say sexton then attacked her daughters rival with a taster. Youre left speechless at the end of that. The the, um, female victim did suffer moderate injuries. Reporter sexton is charged with three felonies including corporal injury to a child. Assault causing bodily injury. And assault with a stun gun. Great america officials decline to talk on camera about the crimes saying in a statement that the safety of our guest assist our top priority. I have absolutely no idea why she has a taser in the park or quite honestly how she got the taser into the park. Reporter Great Americas web page states sharp objects, knives and any other object that could be considered a weapon are prohibited. Additionally all guests entering the park have to go through a metal detector. Investigators say apparently, sexton was able to smuggle it inside the park and then use it. What does this say about somebody when they are the ones sneaking the weapon into the park . Thats not going that doesnt show maturity. Reporter sexton is held in the Santa Clara County jail pending arraignment. Santa Clara City Police say they are continuing to scrutinize cell phone and park Surveillance Video to track down others responsible for saturdays crimes. In the san jose studio, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. The city of san jose is teaming up with google to help develop the next generation of Silicon Valley tech workers. Dozens of students from Dorsa Elementary School participated in a google Computer Science first workshop. The 4th and 5th graders learned the basics of coding. They used a visual program that allows them to assemble puzzle pieces instead of writing actual lines of code. The goal is to introduce students to science, technology, engineering and math, or stem, course work so they will be ready for the hightech workforce. We think its pivotal. If you see a lot of the kids get real excited about the coding they see this is something that relates to their lives. More than 33 of our population is latino. But less than 3 of our Tech Professionals are latino. We live in one valley but two worlds. And that world is too often defined by race and we need to ensure that these kids become the Tech Professionals of the future. Google has produced these types of stem intensive road shows all over the country. Yosemite park officials have closed two roads ahead of storms expected this weekend. Tioga pass road that runs through yosemite over the sierra will be closed along with Glacier Point road. Officials say this weekends storms could bring up to 2 feet of snow on some of the parks highest peaks. Both roads will be closed until monday when officials will reassess the road conditions. Chief meterologist bill martin taking a look at the weather conditions. Bill, even some snow in the tahoe area, as well. Yeah. I was just thinking about tioga pass because they are going to close it. They just opened it. That was a short opening. How long has it been open . Just counting on my fingers, three months, four months . I think it was july because theres so much snow last year. And so now they are going to shut it down for this storm. A winter storm warning goes into effect this weekend for lake tahoe area and the areas in the mountains. Rain for us. Scattered showers. And yeah, its going to feel like winter and even tomorrow morning, might be a little bit of wet on the roadway for that morning commute. Just a very productive pattern. We have a little bit of subtropical moisture thats going to feed in. Basically heres your system up here. These are the dynamics. Down here you have these this subtropical or warmer moisture air that would tend to get pulled into that. You see this area in here getting pulled in. So that helped produce snow and rain and the whole bit. So this is not just your run of the mill early season system. Its going to have a pretty pop, especially up in the mountains where they could see two feet of snow also in northeastern california. Some showers in portland. Some showers showing up around gold beach up in oregon area. And you see all the clouds around here. And those clouds will coalesce as we head into tonight and tomorrow to bring us on friday perhaps a light sprinkle on the morning commute. And then maybe something on the afternoon commute. The main event is friday night into saturday morning. Is it a huge storm . No. But its, you know, its early november. And we are staring at some rain which for my money is going to put the fire season to rest. So thats good. Overnight lows will be warmer because the cloud cover tonight you knew that, right, 50 in napa. 51 in vallejo. Some sprinkles start to show up. You see mainly in the north bay at this time. And then you look outside and you can see sort of the vibe going. The clouds came in today and you see clouds back here, often an indication of moisture at lower levels, not fog but kind of the mid levels of the atmosphere so you see this is really whats happening, when you see that, when you see this is as a pilot, too, ken, youre bringing in moisture in. This is an indication that theres a weather system on its way. And so theres just some environmental clues there. Love that shot. As you look out towards the golden gate bridge, nice day today at the coast. But tomorrow, some sprinkles. So when i come back, we are going to talk about the timeline for your friday, saturday and sunday and maybe a few sprinkles on monday. See you back here. The oakland zoo is debuting its newest resident the pair of young male zebras that came as a gift from safari west in santa rosa. Oneyearold being ever and 2 yearold beetlejuice arrived in september before the north bay fires. Officials say the two are getting adjusted to their new home and are gradually being introduced to their new herd mates which are two female zebras in their 20s. In the wild a natural herd consists of four or more zebras. The zoo lost two to old age recently so officials brought in two more. 12 cats were transferred from the bay area today to Washington State as part of an effort to keep animals that have been displaced by the Northern California fires close to home. Oakland Animal Services has been serving as a clearinghouse of sorts for animal shelters in the fire ravaged areas. Those shelters needed to make spe so they could take in animals found after the fires and make it easier for victims to be reunited with their pets. The oakland Animal Services has been housing cats and dogs that were at those shelters prior to the fires. And today they have sent a dozen cats to shelters in washington so it can continue to help north bay shelters. We recognize that the last thing that people would want to do when they are trying to find their pet is to try to go all over the bay area to the other shelters to try to see what shelter took it in. So we try to keep the pets local to their communities. Officials say the transferred cats will be in less crowded shelters and also have a better chance of getting adopted. The cats were placed on an Alaskan Airlines flight out of oakland airport. Cute little kitties. Union members hit the picket lines just hours before the oakland mayor gives her state of the city address. We want to show you a live look at the Union Members who walked off the job this afternoon. Coming up next, well find out what the seiu is looking for. Hundreds of oakland s eiu Union Members walked off the job this afternoon in a partial day strike over failed negotiations. The Union Members walked out around 2 30 this afternoon. The strike is expected to last eight hours. They marched in front of the Islamic Cultural Center where mayor libby schaaf is holding her state of the city address this evening. Ktvus alyana gomez is there tonight and has more. Reporter good evening. Yes, we are still outside of the Islamic Cultural Center here in oakland on 14th and madison. Theres quite a large crowd here behind us. Id say hundreds if not a few thousand people are out here outside of it and you can actually hear some of them booing in the background as some city workers and leaders have been coming through. They have been driving through the gates to the center to get ready for the state of the city address tonight at 6 30. Just behind me here, as you see, you can kind of see the chief of police for Oakland City Police is here shaking hands with some people and talking with Union Workers about their concerns and their issues and why they are here tonight. You can see the chief there. And if you are taking a look at some. Signs, you can see what they are talking about. Our children deserve clean streets. City workers and residents united for a better oakland. They are here to send a message to mayor schaaf and the city of oakland that they want a safe and clean and fair working condition. Over 2,000 Union Workers out here protesting. They went on strike. Libraries, Senior Centers, recreation facilities today. They walked off the job at 2 00 forcing buildings to close early this afternoon. Again, you know, many of these workers are saying, they just want to send a message. They want to hear what mayor schaaf has to say. They are fed up without a contract. Before 2008, the union had fulltime workers with Health Benefits and fair wages. After the recession, they say more than half of the workers dropped to part time with no Health Insurance or stability in their positions. One of the workers we spoke with today has been with the seiu since 1999 a fulltime worker and says many of them are working long hours struggling to keep up with the work because they are short staffed. Last month, our people in Police Dispatch had to work 80 hours each of mandatory overtime and thats in addition to their regular shift and in addition to voluntary overtime. Reporter he says working under those conditions is a safety issue saying sometimes those calls to dispatch are not answered quickly so when you work that much you tend to make mistakes. He is picketing in oakland saying we want safe and fair wages and fair labor. They are on strike because of unfair labor practices in the city of oakland. They are hoping mayor schaaf will deliver them. They have looked at the 1. 1 billion budget that mayor schaaf has proposed and they dont see enough being done for homelessness and Illegal Dumping and issues they have to address daily. We spoke with mayor schaaf today. She is sharing some of the same concerns and they are hoping to come to an agreement. As far as the state of the city address tonight, at 6 30, mayor schaaf hasnt gone into many details about her talking points but will address the homelessness and the ongoing issue. We can expect to hear more about hiring the new fire chief and how the city is working to make sure another tragedy like the ghost ship fire never happens again. As for the as stadium, thats something thats come up quite frequently. A lot of people wondering whats going to happen to the as stadium. We have heard back in september that they have chosen a location. We havent heard much more about that. I reached out to the raiders and the as today for comment to see if they have spoken with mayor schaaf about her plans and what she might discuss tonight. Im still waiting to hear back from them. Guys . Alyana gomez in oakland tonight, alyana, thank you. She asked a classmate to stop using a racial epithet. That classmate then punched her in the face. Well have the latest on an incident at a Bay Area High School thats sparking a conversation about race. House republicans release their tax reform package today. What supporters say the average middle class family will save if the bill is passed. A student was assaulted at Dublin High School after she is told classmates to stop using a racial epithet. Our Crime Reporter henry lee is live at the campus with what happened and what was said to the girl who was attacked. Henry. Reporter well, ken, developing information just heard from police a few minutes ago that a bomb threat here on campus was made most likely by someone disappointed in how the school handled this attack on the girl. Now, the girl said