Of rain at times. Lets go to live doppler 7 hd. First im going to actually show you the last three hours or so. Notice we had thunderstorms moving through parts of the north bay counties of napa, marin and sonoma, then points north up into mendocino county. Now things are much much quieter up north, but we still have areas of thunderstorm activity reaching from ft. Bragg over to near garberville and eastward to chi chico and redding. Down in the south bay now we have a new area of active weather just developing, pushing into the monterey bay area, widespread showers there. For the most part, we have quiet conditions across the bay area with light scattered showers. Here is our animation starting 7 7 00 p. M. , by midnight pockets of scattered showers around the central bay and south and east bay. 5 00 tomorrow morning as the morning commute begins well have more widespread areas of showers, mainly in the north bay but scatter through the south bay as well. There will be wet spots for the morning commute. Midday tomorrow, an area of widespread showers will develop into the north bay and something moving from the Central Valley into the east bay as well. So weve still got some more active weather copping our way tomorrow. Well probably be wetter than today. Well have the complete forecast in a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. That sounds ominous. Lots of thunder, lightning and rain around the bay area. This video is from the north bay near put luma where there was a lot of rain this afternoon. An oakley woman is in the hospital this afternoon after being injured during a Lightning Storm. One strike also seriously damaged her home. Just look at that. Abc 7 News ReporterLaura Anthony joins us now from that home in oakley. Laura . Reporter hi, ama. That homeowner is in the hospital overnight. She is in stable condition. Weve also learned that a middle School Student from the adjacent school here was also taken to the hospital, upset during the storm and had to be checked out. Lits show you this shard of wood. This splintered wood came off of this house behind me, right off that trellis there early this morning when this squall, this violent burst, came through. Like a propane tank blew up. Reporter thats how oakleys jim douglas described the sound at his sisters home just after 9 00 this morning. Blew a corner of the house off there. Reporter and then things started falling inside and out. Things were flying, a fan came off the ceiling, blew out the ends of all the electrical, went outside, blew the foundation apart, the flashing across the front porch. Reporter douglas 67yearold sister donna keener was standing on her trailer just up from the home and was knocked to the ground, suffering a leg injury. Were not sure if that was static energy or if she was just scared by the lightning and thunder and rumble. I thought it was like a bomb or something. I was about to get under my desk. Reporter the Lightning Storm also shook things up at nearby ohara park middle school. According to these eighth graders in their first period class. I see this big flash of light outside of the classroom. Then i see a bunch of kids r runniru running outside of any lass room. It maybe was a spike in the electrical or the big huge clap of thunder that had set off the fire alarms in the Main Building and caused some of the phones to go out. Reporter the students were briefly evacuated because of the fire alarms but then the teachers and staff thought better of it, given there was lightning in the area. In oakley, Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. Heres some safety tips during thunderstorms because we dont get many in this area. First, when you hear thunder, lightning is close enough to hit you so you want to get inside. Once you are ichb siinside, avo anything electronic that plugs into the wall, a computer, video game, even a hair dryer. And dont shower until the storm passes because your pluming is actually a very good conductor of electricity. Keep track of the weather where you live with the abc 7 news app. Download it for free. Theres some breaking news from maryland. One person has been shot dead, another wounded at a High School Parking lot in suburban washington, d. C. The shooting happened on the campus of High Point High School in beltsville, not far from d. C. Early indications are from local police that a man in his 40s is among the victims. Police say that shooting stemmed from a domesticrelated incident. Now to the theft of a van used to deliver meals to people who are homebound. Meals on wheels van was stolen this morning in fremont. The thieves crashed the van in Castro Valley with video from sky7 hd of the scene late this morning. Vic lee talked to one of the volunteers who tried to prevent this from happening. Reporter james vargas fellow volunteers and staffers at meals on wheels are calling him a hero. And rightfully so. He didnt even think about the risk to his own life when he took down one of the carcarjack. This is how it ended. The meals on wheels van upended off highway 580 in Castro Valley. This after a police chase from fremont. The two carjacking suspects seen here were put on gurneys and transported to a hospital. The chain of events started at smart and final in fremont. A Security Guard here thwarted the couples attempt to steal a car. They ran to the parking lot of a city office which houses meals on wheels. Volunteers were unloading coolers filled with meals from the van so they could put it into their own cars for delivery. The couple jumped into the van. Im about to grab my koom cooler and i hear, theyre taking the truck, theyre taking the truck. Reporter volunteer james vargas went into action. All i see at this point is a big red jacket and stuff. I grabbed this person and struggled and tried to get inside. I pulled down and took her to the ground and sat on top of her. Reporter turns out to be the female vp. Her companion vargas said got out of the van and threatened him with a landscaping tool. As vargas backed off, he pleaded with them. I said, dont take the truck. Dont take the truck. We use this for meals on wheels to deliver our meals to seniors. Reporter the carjackers didnt care. They took off. Unfortunately this is a new van. All they have now is an old backup. We use it to deliver to isolated seniors who cant get out of the their homes. Reporter vic lee, abc 7 news. Police are investigating whether the suspect behind a sevencar crash and shooting last night in pittsburg was involved in a shotting at mcdonalds in antioch hours earlier. A Police Officer was shot in the head just after 6 00. Hes out of the hospital and will be okay. The suspect is in custody. His name hasnt been released. The earlier shooting happened around 11 00 yesterday morning at the drivethrough at the antioch mcdonalds on mahogany way. No one was seriously hurt. Commuters in North San Jose are relieved to hear a major thoroughfare is back open after being closed for 12 hours after the man you see here climbed on top of a vta train and refused to come down. Chris nguyen has the story. Reporter a peaceful ending to a nearly 12hourlong standoff. If we would have went up there to use force, his safety would have been jeopardized and our safety, too. Reporter the ordeal started at 1 20 a. M. , a train operator spotted 25yearold lewis on the train forcing the train to a stop. Thats when lewis somehow managed to climb atop the train. Our operator immediately contacted our Central Operations office, and they powered down the electrical lines within seconds. Reporter had that decision not been made, lewis would have likely been electrocuted. He later yelled out he wanted to mess with everyones commute. Light rail passengers were forced to take a bus bridge, many who worked nearby were stuck in traffic for up to 30 minutes. A frustrating morning for those who felt there was no end in sight. We work in this building. Its a bizarre thing to not be able to get into your own parking lot. Reporter multiple crisis negotiators were brought in and at one point the Sheriffs Office called for steven manly, the judge in charge of the Mental Health court. At this point, the sheriff isnt sure if this was Mental Health. Lewis finally came down after being persuaded by a transit deputy who arrested him last month. But theyre not saying why. You feel sorry for him, but what can we do . I mean, its a big inconvenience. Reporter lewis has been taken to a local hospital for an evaluation. If drugs are found in his system, he could be booked into jail. Abc 7 news was at st. Marys college in moraga this morning where students and staff walked out to racist incidents they say arent being properly addressed. They say among other incidents, the black Student Union was recently egged during a sleepover. The schools president says administrators will work with the students to address the issues they are raising. Staff members at uc berkeley protested the first of hundreds of pending layoffs. The protest focused on janet reed. She lost her job after 30 years at cal. Last month, cals chancellor says 500 employee positions would be cut over the next two years. Most of these playoffs are supposed to be through attrition. Reed was only one year away from retirement. A former federal prosecutor is leading the investigation into uc davis chancellor linda ka tei hi. Janet na pal tan know conflict of interest and ethics policies. This comes after revelations that she hired a company to bury references to uc davis 2011 pepper spray scandal on the internet. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4, sweeping new federal regulations for ecigarettes. What the rules mean and the changes for people who like to vape. And you put your trust into your movers, but one family learned a hard lesson after they hired their movers off the internet. All their belonging wrz taken. New at 4 30, Hillary Clinton bringing her campaign back to the bay area and donald trump stirring up some more controversy today. And at 4 11, a live look at the San Francisco sky way, jammed up in both directions, lefthand side trying to get to the east bay and righthand side heading southbound for the. Announcer this is abc 7 news. The fda today has sweeping new rules extending its authority to Tobacco Products like electronic cigarettes. Before today, there was no federal rule that prevented minors from buying ecigs. The announcement changes that. Lauren lyster has more from los angeles. Reporter the fda cracking down on ecigarettes. Aiming to keep this federally unregulated form of nick owe keen from minors. As a nation, weve agreed for many years that nicotine does not belong in the hands of children. Reporter under a new rule, retailers are not allowed to sell i cigarettes, cigars and hookah poe back coto anyone under 18 and photo i. D. Is required. Most people who start smoking start as children. If you can restrict the access during that period, you may prevent a lot of people from becoming lifelong smokers. Reporter critics like this lawyer have been calling for federal action on vaping. People should be aware of the dangers associated with it. Reporter his client 26yearold Katrina Williams was badly burned when an ecigarette battery in her pocket exploded. It was like a firecracker. Reporter the new fda rule will allow the agency to evaluate things lieks ingredients and product design, an Industry Group blasting the fda for regulations it calls cost prohibitive for manufacturers, essentially banning products which pulls the rug out from 9 million smoeshgs who switched to vaping. The fta rules imed at keeping these from minors go into effect in 90 daze. Also here in california lawmakers kranging down raising the legal age from 18 to 21 to buy tobacco, becoming the second state to do so. Lauren lyster, abc news. A colombian sailor who spent two months lost at sea is safe today and on dry land. The 29yearold mariner was on a boat when the engine died. Thats him on the right. He survived by eating seagulls and fish. The three other sailors died. The surviving mariner was rescued on april 26th when he was spotted floating along in the sea. He was brought to honolulu yesterday. The colombian consul in San Francisco is working on getting the man back do his native country. Moving can be a tedious task but wht movers you hire turn out to be thieves its an outright nightmare. A family in georgia found this out the hard way. The movers one family hired off craigslist packed up all their belongings in a uhaul truck but the possessions were never delivered. Police recovered the truck abandoned in atlanta the next day. That, too, turned out to be stolen. The homeowner says shes outraged but she doesnt want to be identified. We lived in this house for over ten years. We built a life here, memories. We had item thats are irreplaceable thats on that truck. Police recovered one box dumped in a neighborhood that had some of the homeowners most precious items including birth certificates, records and her bible. All of her electronics, though, of course were gone. Aloft sports news today. Do not expect to see steph curry during the warriors next playoff game on saturday against the portland trail blazers. This is video of curry this afternoon talking to assistant coach Bruce Frazier during practical ils. Head coach steve kerr says currys knee will likely keep him from playing in game three. He hasnt practiced with the squad. Its possible that steph might be able to return for mondays game four. The warriors currently leading the series 20. You can watch that game three against the trail blazers right here only on abc 7 live coverage starts saturday at 5 00. After that, join me along with mike shumann for after the game. Ill be in the studio. Hsu live from portland. The sharks hoping to regain the edge tonight in nashville. The sharks took an early lead in game three on tuesday. But nashville scored four goals to cut the series lead to 21. Well see if the sharks can take control of that series tonight. Its time to turn to the weather. Some spots in the bay area got a decent amount of rain today. More may be coming. I think you called this the most unsettled weather weve had ain a while. Youre right. Who says the bay area weather is boring . Unless youre from the midwest. This is live doppler 7 hd. Little breaks of sun peeking through, weve had isolated thunderstorms and lightning strikes around the bay area today with limited local heavy downpours. Right now, the main picture is quiet. Here is a look from our exploratorium camera at pier 15, 63 degrees here in San Francisco, 66 in oakland, Mountain View 71, 69 in san jose, morgan hill 65 and 59 at half moon bay. This is the view of the golden gate bridge. Lots of cloud cover there. Currently 62 in santa rosa, napa 63, 59 in novato, concord 62, 66 in livermore. Hear is the view from our rooftop camera over the bay. There is still a chance of showers from this evening right on into saturday and through the day on saturday. Isolated thunder and small hail are possible and well have dry and milder weather on mothers day. Here is our storm impact scale which we rank every storm coming through the bay area from 1 light to 5 severe. And the Current System is bringing us our unsettled weather ranks a 1 on the storm impact scale. It will produce hitandmiss showers through saturday, rainfall totals ranging from nothing measurable up to maybe a half inch in the westest locations. Theres the possibility of light hail and lightning. Animation starting at 7 00 p. M. , scattered showers mainly light, going into early tomorrow morning and beginning of the commute, well see some wet spots. Bear that in mind. There will be scattered showers at that hour. Coming more widespread by midday and into the afternoon, well see probably a wave of showers sweeping in from our east through the delta, Carquinez Strait into the north bay and east bay. Late afternoon well see it breaking up a bit, but we still may have some wet spots for the evening commute tomorrow. Scattered showers tomorrow overnight friday into saturday, even saturday afternoon and evening and perhaps as we look at our longer Term Forecast model, perhaps even into early sunday. But should end by then. We project rainfall totals from midday saturday from nothing measurable in some locations around the bay to perhaps over a quarter inch at fairfield and threetenths in santa rosa. Bear in mind where we show zero measurable rain, an isolated downpour could occur anywhere. Overnight tonight, low temperatures in the mid50s, tomorrows highs upper 50s to the coast to upper 60s in the bay and inland. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast, we start to get clearing on sunday, mild weather for mothers day, then a warming trend early to midweek next week. Larry and ama . Up next, celebrating Cinco De Mayo, the creative celebration for bay area students. Heres a look ahead at whats coming up, 8 00 greys anatomy followed by scandal at 9 00 and the catch at 10 00 followed by abc 7 news at 11. Here is a sneak peek of tonights episode of the catch. Your son joey is missing. He ran away. Nanny found this on a pillow this morning. I called the police and theyre doing everything they can. I cant do this anymore. What does that mean . Of. Living with me. He doesnt want to live with me anymore. And why is that . Because he blames me for the divorce. He doesnt understand why he cant see his mom n more. The court deemed her unfit. Shes pi polar. Was she abusive to joey . No. But her shrink says her condition could lead to violence so the judge gave me sole custody. Do you think joey is with her . No. I went over there which is a mistake because shes losing her mind, whats left of it. No one has seen him, heard from him i. Dont even know where to begin to look for him. Let us take care of that. Well find your son. Let me say, in addition to the constitution, michelle will not allow that. Despite the wishes of his supporters, president obama presided over his final Cinco De Mayo celebration at t