From the system thats fading right now. Lets move along to whats coming our way next. You can see a storm developing offshore, way up to the north. That will be the next storm. Heres the storm impact scale to alert you to the impact of each storm. One is a light storm, five is a severe storm. The next storm is a two. Two to four inches of rain in the north bay. Winds gusting to 35 Miles Per Hour. The Flash Flood Watch has been issued from 4 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. Sunday, with periods of heavy rain expected in the north bay. Here is the forecast. 5 00 this afternoon, notice by 11 00, well see the storm pushing into menecino county, wet across the north pay and down into San Francisco by 9 00 tomorrow morning. Ill show you more what to expect from this storm coming up. Thank you, spencer. You mentioned samona county. Water is flowing out of lake samona tomorrow. The Russian River is expected to be near flood stage. Wayne freedman joins us live with a closer look at the critical timing of this water release. Wayne . Reporter good afternoon. This is as close as we want to get to the river behind us. Where im standing right now was under watt ear little while ago. I cant move, the ground is so slippery. The river right now is at 14 feet. Flood stage is at 32 feet. So you can imagine how fast this water can come up. And it will come up if what is predicted comes true. The town can handle it. But if the big rains come, agencies are preparing. Lets begin beneath lake sonoma. This is 1400 cubic feet of water per second flowing through the dam. This is what happens when the lake fills past requirements for Drinking Water and the army corps of engineers makes room for flood control. Its all timed and calculated to not Impact Communities downstre downstream. When there is the threat of flooding downstream, we pretty much shut this down. Reporter high water at flood stage should reach gurnville friday night or saturday morning. At 32 feet, theres eight more feet of wiggle room between flood stage and flood problems. If you assume the residents are worried, lets check in here. What if it gets to the top of the bridge . Top of the bridge . That would be quite an epic rain. It would have to be a week of rain. Reporter so you dont have to worry yet . No. Were still delivering. Reporter in these parts, that attitude comes with the turf. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. Tomorrows Rainy Weather is expected to delay the teardown of an Apartment Building on pacifica cliff. It was supposed to start tomorrow but will likely be on hold till next week. The city took Emergency Action after cliff erosion threatened to send the building to the beach below. Use the free abc7 news app to track the news. Enable the push alerts to receive breaking weather information. There are calls for change after a fourth grade girl was hit by a car last night in a cross walk in berkeley. This happened as the mother and the girl were crossing clermont avenue. Eric . Reporter larry, school is out for the day here at john muir Elementary School. But we watched this cross walk at clermont avenue and clear mont crescent this afternoon. There were no close calls. Nobody was injured. Parents say there are other days when it is dangerous. Thats why last nights accident they call sad but not unexpected. This cross walk outside the Elementary School is a crossing guards headache. They come off of the highway and they dont pay no attention to us. Reporter janet is the crossing guard at the intersection. Its where a car hit a fourth grader last night while she and her mom were crossing the street. The youngster is hospitalized with two broken legs. And today, parents are outraged. Im sorry to say im not surprised. When janet steps out into the cross walk, cars still come up. The drivers who drive, they ignore these lights. Reporter parents say the intersection is too dark at night, and some cars swerve around the crossing guard and keep going. Thats against the law. There are no Traffic Signals here, and that amazes this parent. I would definitely say some sort of traffic signal, better enforcement. I dont know. I would say definitely start with at least the light. Reporter weve reached out to the Berkeley Police department and mayors office. So far we havent heard back. Eric thomas, abc7 news. B. A. R. T. Police this afternoon released Surveillance Video from a shooting at the west oakland station in january. B. A. R. T. Is offering a 10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of this man. Officials hope the video helps someone recognize the man based on how he walks. A san jose man is recovering after defending himself during an attempted robbery. It happened last night at a Convenience Store in the city. Chris nguyen spoke to the mans coworkers about this terrifying ordeal. Chris . Reporter larry and ama, that man is currently resting at home this afternoon. His coworkers tell me hes expected to make a full recovery. But many of them are now questioning the safety of this neighborhood. At sunnys quick stop in san jose, employees are praising one of their own after a clerk fought back against two robbers. She worked with the clerk and was there as it unfolded. She told me the encounter happened just before 10 00 last night. Standing face to face with the robbers, the clerk took a bullet to the arm but managed to fend them off with a baseball bat. The robbers escaped but werent able to take anything from the store. I was scared. I heard noises and i kept peeking through the window because i was hearing noises that didnt sound right. Reporter this neighbor said the crime has gotten worse and says this is the second time in the past four months the Convenience Store has been robbed at gunpoint. Not a settling feeling knowing that im home watching tv and this is going on very close to us. Reporter daisy lives across the street from where the shooting took place. The clerk is always there and never upset orangery, always just very happy. So sad it happened to them. Reporter police are yet to release any suspect description. If you have any information, youre urged to call police. Chris nguyen, abc7 news. San Jose State UniversityPolice Arrested a man that they say attacked a woman in a restroom. It happened around 9 00 last night on the second floor of the dr. Martin luther king jr. Library. The woman fought him off, then chased him out of the bathroom and the man was later arrested. Ace train officials are considering using sensors to detect when debris falls on trax. Today, the trains are running again and Amy Hollyfield went on board. Reporter ace train passengers couldnt help but get out of their seats and look out the window at the sight of the train derailment. Some felt a little anxious for their own safety. All said they had the victims on their minds. I was just trying to imagine huh those people felt. Its dark out there, you know, at the time the train derailed. It must have been scary its quote a drop. Reporter the drop was into the alameda creek, where one of the two derailed train cars landed. Nine people were hurt in the crash. All survived. Work crews cleared the wreckage from the tracks by late yesterday afternoon and Train Service restored today. Im happy to have it back, yeah. Pretty much my only mode of transportation. Reporter ridership was down today by about 200 people on each of the mornings first two trains. Ace officials dont know if its because people were nervous or didnt know the trains were riding again. No, i dont want to drive. I drove yesterday. Traffic was really bad. Reporter they are slowing the trains down from 40 Miles Per Hour to 10 Miles Per Hour at the crash site. They say theyre doing that because of the heavy equipment in the area and also the inspectors who are there. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Still ahead on abc7 news at 4 00, an explosion in seattle levels buildings and injures firefighters. Well have the very latest. Also new at 4 30 dignitaries and the public paying respects to nancy reagan today. Ill have more coming up. Plus, some changes are coming to californias supreme court. A live look at the commute. This is the san mateo bridge. The heavier traffic on your left is the east bound traffic. That commute is normally heavy at this hour. This is abc7 news. An investigation is under way after a massive explosion if seattle early this morning. The natural gas explosion destroyed businesses and injured firefighters. Kristen sze here now with the latest. Kristen . Reporter the very latest, nine firefighters injured have all been released from the hospital. This is amazing when you see this video. The blast was so powerful, people felt it for miles away. Firefighters were investigating a natural gas leak at a mini mart when the explosion happened around 1 40 a. M. Listened as they radioed for help. Dispatch, may day, may day, may day. Battalion six, i need full response to 213 north 85th street. I have firefighters missing. And here is a view of the actual explosion captured by surveillance camera. Three businesses were destroyed. Windows were blown out for a half block radius. Meantime, seattle fire chief warns what not to do if you detect a gas leak. Its in your home, shut off the gas. Dont turn off or turn on any lights. Its looking for an ignition source. Reporter the community is coming together, planning fundraisers and setting up go fund me pages. And look at the schoolchildren who formed a human heart to thank firefighters for putting their lives on the lines. Larry . Kristen, thank you. The nightmare is not over for homeowners. Jason returned home this morning and found raw sewage seeping into his garage, kitchen, and bathroom. He wasted little times to call in crews to clean up this mess for the second time this week. Its just a nightmare after nightmare. I thought it was deja vu when it was happening. The problems began on saturday when city Officials Say a private contractor apparently left the cap off of a line connected to the sewer main. Raw sewage poured into five homes. Residents say they have no idea when theyll be allowed to go back home. Were getting our first look involving an accident involving one of googles selfdriving suvs. This is the moment it hit the side of a bus on valentines day. Cameras on the bus recorded the stent. The suv is equipped with special sensors. There is damage to both the google bus and the car. Google has accepted partial responsibility. A major step in open access today by the california supreme court. The court will begin streaming oral arguments online beginning in may. The cases heard will be in San Francisco, los angeles. Theyre trying to work out technological limitations. Its part of the effort to maintain access, fairness and diversity despite limited funding. Human error is believed to have caused several thousand employees to have their personal information exposed. Someone posing as the ceo asked for and received employees w2 forms. Two traditional careers top americas list of the highest paying jobs. Physician and lawyer are the two highest paying jobs in the country. Research and development manager, Software Manager and pharmacy manager round out the top five. This is based on people who have these jobs who have shared their salaries. A persons height and weight can affect earning potential. Men three inches shorter earned 2100 less per year. Women 28 pounds heavier and had an income of almost 4300 less than counterparts. The study blames selfesteem issues as well as bias and discrimination. More rain is coming, but right now we just have spotty drizzle. Here is a live look. You can see a few little damp spots around the bay area. They will soon disappear. But we have storms on the way. Rainfall totals have been right, just a few hundredths of an inch. Nearly 0. 4 at mount saint helena. A milder 67 in7 in los heavy rain coming to the north bay. On our storm impact scale, the next two storms each will rank two on the storm impact scale. Sto winds gusting to 35 Miles Per Hour at times. Lets start at 5 00 tomorrow morning. At that point, it will be raining in ukiah, santa rosa. South of the golden gate, down into San Francisco, east add over into vallejo, very wet in the northern half of the bay area for the morning commute and it gets wetter across all parts of the baby 2 00 tomorrow afternoon. That continues into the evening hours. Then it starts to lift north a little bit ahead of the arrival of a second storm friday morning, which will also rank two on the storm impact scale. That one will bring wet and windy conditions across the bay area for the morning commute on friday. Its just going to be a mess friday morning. Even by 9 00, still raining, with windy conditions. That storm will break up into scattered showers by mid afternoon. Looking ahead to 1 00 friday afternoon, rainfall totals of generally one to two inches through the central part of the bay area, about 0. 6 at san jose. Our storm watch continues where theres concern about flooding in the river at gernville. Tonight, mostly cloudy, although rain develops late and overnight up in the north bay. Lows in the low 50s. Tomorrows highs about 60 to 65 in most locations. Heres the seven day forecast. Four storms in five days. Thursday and friday, two on the storm impact scale. A little break on saturday. Dont forget to spring forward saturday night. And then storms ranking one on the storm impact scale on sunday and monday before we get sunnier and warmer tuesday and wednesday. Thank you, spencer. Up next, new details in the battle over concussions in football. And this lawsuit could be a game changer. And at 4 21, a live look at our san jose traffic. 880 moving well in both directions. Stay with us. Were back after this is fun. The university of San FranciscoWomens Basketball team is heading to the ncaa tournament for the first time in 16 years. They received a big welcome home today after winning the west coast conference championship yesterday over top seeded byu in a thriller. Taylor proctor was named the mvp. Theyre now 2111 on the season. Way to go. Abc7 news was at warriors shoot around this morning in oakland as the team prepares for their game tonight against the jazz. The ws are looking to add to their streak of consecutive home wins. They set the nba record of 45 straight with monday nights victory over the magic. Golden state is now an unbelievable 566 this season. By far the best record in the league. A big turnover for youth football. Youth Football League top warner has settled its first concussion lawsuit. Lindsey davis has the latest. Reporter the nfl is known for its big hits on the grid iron, which can result in big injuries. But its no longer than just the nfl being affected. Now the Youth Football Organization just settled its first concussion lawsuit. More than 250,000 kids play each year. 25yearold joseph, at 11 years old, played four years with pop warner. Then ten years later committed suicide and was diagnosed with a brain disease called cte. I just couldnt understand why a happy kid turned into someone so depressed. Reporter the family sued for 5 million. We just want children to play. We dont want children to engage in combat. Reporter the lawsuit claims pop warner failed to enforce limitations on hitting in practice, stating their conduct was deliberate, an actual disregard to the plaintiffs right to safety, health, and life. Since 2010, pop warner now benches any child suspected to have a concussion and is unable to play again until cleared by a physician. Abc7 news at 4 00 continues. A private Service Today for former first lady nancy reagan. Coming up, a look at the preparations for fridays ceremony at the reagan president ial library. An unexpected win and surprising supporter in the race for the white house. Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. And heres the news making headlines as we approach 4 30. More rain across the bay area today. And better keep the umbrellas handy throughout the rest of the week. Rain is in the forecast every day for the rest of the week. Its a two on our storm impact scale. And Spencer Christian telling us to be prepared for one to three inches. Hell have the full forecast coming up. Melanie woodrow has an update to a case that our iteam has been following. You will hear from a man who claims nothing was done after he came forward to reveal his adoptive parents were abusing him for years. Today, a motorcade transported the body of nancy reagan to the Reagan Library in simi valley. The 94yearold died sunday in her l. A. Home after heart failure. Lauren lyster joins us live from the Reagan Library. Reporter larry, that procession drove mrs. Reagan on the Ronald Reagan freeway. Hundreds of people watched on the street leading up to the library and this afternoon bus loads of people had been arriving to pay their respects. This procession bringing Nancy Reagans body to its final resting place. But before shes buried, days of mourning, beginning at this l. A. Funeral home where family arrived for a short service. The casket carried out by members of mrs. Reagans secret service, then transporting the casket to the Reagan Library. And a dignified entrance to mark her arrival. I will give you rest. Reporter nancy and Ronald Reagan spent more than five decades by each others side. Trying to find a picture of them together not Holding Hands and its almost impossible. Reporter and almost a decade apart following former president reagans death, they will soon be reunited again. Shell be buries just inches from president reagan in this tomb. The plans long in the making. Among the 1,000 invited gue