Winterlike storm. We have a winter storm warming in the mountains north of clear lake this evening between 6 p. M. And 8 p. M. And tomorrow morning at 3 00 a. M. Tomorrow until midnight tomorrow night. Here we go. Well start at 7 00 this evening by midnight or 11 00 p. M. Well see the storm approaching the coastal areas of sonoma county. By about 1 00 a. M. , well see rain steady rain at times heavy, hitting about all parts of the bay area. By 3 00 a. M. It will be stronger. By 5 00 a. M. It will be on its way out of the area but there still will have been enough rain to have caused delays. Dan and ama. As spencer mentioned, while the upcoming storm is projected to bring significant rain and win, theyre not expecting anything as severe as the december storms that caused more than 13 million in marin county. The sierra got a late dusting yesterday. With four years of drought, the snow pack is just low, low low. Still, the weekend storm brought home to some key resorts, like borio. They say theyll keep making snow all week to make sure skiers have fresh powder even after the storm. Keep in mind, you can track the storm yourself. Well have more information at abc 7 news. Com apps. Now unfortunately clearly this storm will not be enough to relieve our serious drought. Literally a drop in the bucket. In the north bay farmers in particular are having a tough time finding water from their wells. They are drying up and being tainted. Tainted and in some cases when they turn the spigot nothing comes out at all. Were at a dairy farm. One of these dairy cow uses 30 gallons of water per day. Where were standing right now, oddly enough, is on top of an aquifer. The man who runs this ranch doesnt use the water from below because he doesnt want to dry out his neighbors. It is the water supply you may not have heard about water from aquifers beneath the ground. Once we took it for granted. For Dairy Farmers like ray, not anymore. We can get up to 1,500 to 3,000 a minute if we wanted to but well never do that. Why not . Were afraid of what it will do to our neighbors. Rays dairy uses recyclesiek lcycled water, even though it sits atop one of three stressed aquifers. The state has mandated reports and specifically who will manage what and who will pay for it. Up for discussion just today. There will be wells registered and quantification of how much people are pumping. It has become necessary because the water bele ground has diminished significantly from some wells in sonoma county, its coming out salty if its coming out at all. Like the rest of the state these aquifers store more water than the reservoirs above. Lose them and california could be in deeper trouble than it finds itself now. All the county have increased in population and we havent done anything to increase our storage. You know the years were flush with water wp we never did a damn thing. Reporter so now california is beginning to take action but in the midst of this states drought, theyre still talking years. From sonoma county, Wayne Friedman abc 7 news. This crash ended a 20minute police chase. The chase started when they tried to pull the driver over around 10 30 this morning. That started a chase across the bay bridge and into San Francisco, ending with this crash at a mini market. Police caught them. No one was hurt in that crash. A cable car driver went to the hospital today after a crash in San Franciscos knob hill. It happened on the powell street line between washington and jackson street. Investigators say a vehicle hit the cable car. Witnesses saw the operator crawling out from under the car after the collision. Police shut down the 1100 block in order to investigate. The cable car line is now back up and running. Oakland police are looking at Surveillance Video find the gunman who killed a band member early sunday morning. It happened outside the Golden Bull Club just a block from city hall. Investigators say two men got into an argument, one fearedired several shots. They shot the base player who was packing up his equipment. A band member who had just been playing at a night club, he was moving his equipment and transporting it back to his equipment. Navaras died. Another band member was injured by a bullet but is doing fine. Neighbors are reacting to a disturbing find in their neighborhood. An elderly womans mummified body. Police are calling it the worst case of hoarding theyve ever seen. Reporter as you can imagine, the neighbors are horrified by what was going on in this house. We hear the city was tipped off by a tax accountant who had been contacted by a resident in the house after she received a foreclosure notice. Someone was cleaning and sweeping around the house today. City crews have already tossed what they could but the heavy did the cleaning by a private contractor has not yet begun. I saw the trash all the way up to the ceiling. She lives just a few doors from the house where the mummified body of whats believed to have been the former owner was removed this weekend. Im opening that theyll clean up the mess quickly and so that the black widow spiders doesnt come around the neighborhood. Reporter these pictures show firefighters wearing oxygen masks. Authorities say the victim believed to be about 90 years old may have died five years ago. Foul play is not suspected. Her daughter apparently still lived in the home hoarding the trash and hanging on to her mother. This is a very closeknit street. People would have reached out and helped her if they would have understood the living conditions. Reporter an expert says hoarding is a mental disorder where people who suffered trauma hold on to things as security. Imagine somebody is physically trying to rip your child from you and you say, no, this is my child. Thats the feelings and emotions that can be associated with it. Its that strong. His group, the Mental Health association of San Francisco offers support and in fact as a meeting tonight. Meantime the nabbed iseighborhood is worried about the woman who lived here and is now hospitalized and what will happen to the house. In San Francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. Police took 33yearold kwan harris into custody on 14 street and vanness avenue about 7 30 last night. When police tried to detain harris last night, he apparently tried to bite the officer, but the officer is all right. As fans lined up as early as 7 00 this morning. If youre in the crowd tonight youll in the some new hd video boards. And youll have to get to know a drastically different lineup. First pitch is at 7 05. The giants open up on the road in arizona. Ace Madison Bumgarner will take to the mound tonight. Sky 7 hd was over the stadium as ground crew were hard at opener which is next week. The team will start on a somber note for the giant and athletics. Broadcasting legend ron simmons passed away over the weekend. The as will hold a home of silence before the game tonight to honor simmons. The giants updated their profile picture. He was the giants radio announcer for nearly 30 years and also called as and 49ers games. If you ride bart, you may have to give yourself exinteresttra time to get to work. They explain why they are slowing the trains down. And the next step for a Silicon Valley tech executive after losing her discrimination case. And 7 on your sides Michael Finney is taking your questions. And its back to work. Heres a look at the San Francisco skyway. Cars coming at you are inching their way on to the bay bridge. Not too bad but it is slow. Moving nicely the th. This is abc 7 news. This morning bart is asking passengers to bear with them during slowdowns. The Transit Agency is admitting some cars are running slower because of deteriorating tracks. Reporter bart trains in concord are taking the turn a little bit slower. Its because of dough railerailments like this one. Its not just in concord. Theyve identified about three dozen other locations where they need to slow down. Any interlocking that size were going to slow trains down. Reporter theyre also slowing down because of old rails. Theres three locations on the bart system now that were running trains slower because the ties and rail components need to be replaced. Reporter passengers tell us they can deal with going slower. Id rather not go off the track. If they have to slow down, thats fine. Reporter worn out rails, rotting ties, bart says it cant ignore its old deteriorating system any longer. What riders need to know is bear with us this year. Reporter some of that work got under way between fruitvale and coliseum station. Were always going to plan it on the weekends and low ridership days. Reporter passengers we spoke with said they are willing to be patient while the 42yearold system is repaired. The system needs to be upgraded, track, station, cars. When they turn, like the little turn down here, it goes around and you can feel it as you ride. It like a roller coaster ride. Reporter but will people pay to improve bart . Bart needs about 4. 8 billion for a total makeover and plans to go to the ballot to ask taxpayers to help. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Ellens gender discrimination wont go away. She sat down recently with katie couric. A jury ruled a firm did not discriminate against powell. The 45yearold, who is now the ceo of redit was a difficult time for her but shes happy she kept fighting. Hearing so much support from so many people is really rewarding. I think they realize this is something a lot of women face. You dont see that many women or africanamerican or hispanic ceos in Silicon Valley. Shes Still Deciding whether shell appeal the verdict. Some president ial politics. Possible president ial contender jeb bushed laughed off controversy this afternoon. The former new york governor marked himself as hispanic on his 2009 voter registration. Bush is not hispanic. The former governor today tweeted my mistake i dont think ive fooled anyone. Hillary clintons Early Campaign may focus on interacting with voters in small settings rather than massive speeches. Shes expected to launch her campaign for president sometime in the next two weeks. People close to clinton say the goal is to make the campaign more about voters and less about clinton herself. The former secretary of states team leased a location for her headquarters in new york. And detecting disease can be just a click away. Organic food output has failed to keep pace to demand due in part to the cost of going from conventional to organic products. Organic food sales have a more than tripled in the last decade to 23 billion. A group of m. I. T. Researchers believe people with early signs of motor problems have different typing patterns. This could be an early indication of parkinsons disease. To heat or not to heat is the question that raw milk enthusiasts are encouraging regulators to rethink. Proponents say the pasturization could be destroying nutrients that the body needs. And american medical schools need to do more to teach exercise. A new study the Oregon State University found less than half of physicians trained in 2013 had any instruction on exercise and fitness and their role in health. Its time for a check on our weather. And we have some rain to talk about finally. Looks like were going to get more rain than weve seen in quite a few months in one single storm that is. Heres live doppler 7 hd. Well see clouds increasing as we get into the evening hours. Of course rain is on the way. And snow may be on the way to mountains south of monterey where a winter advisory is in effect from 5 00 tomorrow morning until 3 00 wednesday more. The mountains in this range are higher, between 4,000 and 6,000 feet. Back to the bay area. We have current temperature readings of 59, 65 in oakland, lower to mid 60s in inland areas as well. These are the forecast features. Rainy and windy overnight. Isolated thunder and small hail are possible. And snow to the sierras. Heres our satellite composite image. You see pretty steady rainfall in the northwest corner of the state already. A strong air mass will accompany the storm, which increases the chance of isolated thunderstorms or hail storms. By 11 00 tonight, well see gusts of wind up to 70 miles an hour and theyll be getting stronger inland and around the bay as well. By 2 00 this morning morning, look to gusts 30 to 35 Miles Per Hour in many locations from San Francisco to santa rosa and over 40 miles an hour at some coastal locations. Tomorrow morning by 00 once the front has passed through the bay area, well see winds tapering off sharply. Rainfall totals we project by about 2 00 wednesday afternoon, could be local lively heavy up to 1 1 4 inches under 0. 2 expected in San Francisco. On to the sierra where snow levels will be down at 4,500 feet at the beginning of the storm and by 2 00 wednesday look for totals up to 18 inches in the areas most heavily affected. Here in the bay area overnight heavy rain, heavy wind possibly a couple of thunderstorms, temperatures in the 40s, well see the rain tapering after showers in the afternoon and heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Spencer, bring on all we can get. Lets take a look now at our traffic. Youre looking at a live picture. This is 880 heading south. Were just coming from hayward and on to san leandro. Moving on not too badly for this time of day. These are live pictures. Not too bad heading northbound on 880 as the evening commute just begins to get under way. Up next find out what happens when you combine a drab office space and thousands of colorful postit notes. And we want to see how youre celebrating the return of baseball where you live. You can share your fan photos. This afternoon one movie is leading the competition in the dust. Furious 7 earned a record setting 143 million at the box office, the biggest opening of a movie this year. After walker was killed in an accident, his brother took over. Hes looking down on us right now. The director reportedly used computergenerated imagery to superimpose walkers face on to his brothers body to finish some of those scenes. One Office Worker got so bored with his sterile office space he went all postit. With the help of his coworkers and the okay of his boss, the 41yearold designer tran formed the wall of the shop into a super herothemed picturesque mural. Apparently the mural is inspiring others to work their own office space art projects as well. Thats pretty creative. Up next a cooling controversy. How air conditioning is now at the center of a discrimination debate at an east bay school. And problems in paradise. A family is left fighting for their lives after a trip to a tropical destination goes terribly wrong. And growing concernsin its 4 30. Heres newsmaking headlines. A storm system is just hours away. Spence Spencer Christian is tracking it and will join us in a few minutes to let you know when the rain will arrive and how much to expect. Meantime, storm preparations are well under way. Cornell barnard is in north wood. And hes tweeted us a picture of people getting ahead of the storm. And play ball its opening day for major league baseball. Twitter sent a prediction of winners based on the number of teams of each team. Fans are feeling good about the giants clinching the nl west but seattle was picked over the as in the a. L. West. That is not deferring fans heading to the opener. Well have a live report on 0. O coliseum at 5 00. A scandal involving a lab superviseor dates as far back as 2010. Vick lee is in the newsroom with the story. The Crime Lab Supervisor under investigation is currently on personal leave from the lab. Boland and a criminalist under her supervision are the subject the police and d. A. s investigation. The attorney who brought the crime lab to attention spoke about his last record. There were complaints that the supervisor failed to catch inconsistencies inconsistencies. Five years ago boland mislead the court during a double homicide trial by not telling anyone there was a dna profile of the killer. She didnt tell anyone about it. She didnt tell the Police Officers investigating it and didnt tell the prosecutor or the grand jury. The attorney who represented one of the suspects who was acquitted wrote the judge a letter saying it was unethical. The d. A. Spoke directly to the judge about bolands conduct. He told the judge i dont think it was professional. In the latest case the District Attorney has launched an investigation independent of police chief greg sers. Hes chief during bolands first misconduct and the Crime Lab Scandal in 2010 when criminalist Deborah Madden stole cocaine evidence. Its kind of inappropriate for a d. A. s office who participate in the process who is part and parcel of the problem, frankly, to do an internal investigation. Reporter gasgone said he began an investigation. Though i was chief of police for a very short period of time and others involved had been hired before me. Frankly the conduct with the drug lab predated me but this is not about pointing fingers. This is about fixing a problem. Reporter now, the District Attorney says hes reached out to a respected team of crime lab experts at the university of pennsylvania to facilitate his investigation into the current problems at the lab. He says he wants it to be objective and beyond reproach. We tried unsuccessfully to contact boland for an interview. Vick lee. Vick thank you. The San FranciscoDeputy Sheriffs Association today announced it voted to endorse former Deputy Sheriff vicky hennessey. Hennessey served as interim sheriff. Shes the first woman candidate for San Francisco sheriff. The fate of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is now in the hands of a jury. Closing arguments wrapped up in boston this afternoon. Prosecutors said today the bombing was a cold, calculated terrorist attack. The defense admits tsarnaev was the bomber during the attacks two years ago but claim he was acting under h