The council wants the new chief to focus on one issue in his district. And last year we had 26 homicides. We had not had 26 homicides in a while. The new chief is my eighth chief just as president alone. Reporter barry donelin is the president of the police union. Do you think this needs reform or transformation . I think she is inheriting the hardest working Police Officers in america. If that requires reform, i dont know. I think what they need to do is continue to fight crime. I am ready. Oakland, i hope youre ready because were moving ahead. Reporter the Oakland Department was close to emerging from 14 years of federal oversight before last summers sex scandal. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. An Oakland Police sergeant suing the city and Police Command staff is back on the force. Last november abc 7 news reported Sergeant Mike gant was put on leave for a domestic issue. However, gantt filed a lawsuit saying he was retaliated against as a whistleblower. When the wife of an officer died, gantt told his superiors he thought the officer murdered her. That officer committed suicide before it was revealed he had a relationship with that teenager and that grew into a sex scandal. Gantts attorney said he got a call to return to work and that hes Going Forward with his lawsuit against the department. 73 million, thats the initial estimated damage from last weeks flooding in san jose. We brought you that announcement live about an hour ago. The city says it has begun the process of applying for state and federal aid. 50 million is private property. The other 23 million is public. Inspectors are making some progress. They cleared residents to return to more than 850 homes in the last 24 hours. However, nearly 500 are still yellow tagged, allowing people only to retrieve items, they cant stay there. The city says affected residents can expect to be involved in a more thorough Damage Assessment in the near future. The estimate that weve done right now is really based on formulas and not based on actual inspection work. The inspection work that we have been doing is more related to getting them back in their unit, not related to doing this estimate. Tomorrow the city council is expected to set a hearing to discuss the citys evacuation process. So far donations to help the victims has reached more than 900,000. Meantime, another day of cleaning up for residents in rock springs. The water is gone, replaced by mud and still just an enormous mess. Abc 7 News ReporterWayne Freedman was there last week and went back today to check on the progress. Wayne. Reporter good afternoon, dan. It was just mud last week. Mud and misery. Now that mud is caked out and a lot of these apartments are cleaned out, but the more they haul away, the more work they realize they have ahead of them. Its a lot. The seventh day in flooded rock springs and not one of rest. The mess too wicked, the task too daunting. How has this last week been for you . Oh, awful. Exhausting. Its crazy. Reporter for calvin and his wife annie, questions are not only where to begin, more important where will they finish. The amount of stuff he could save, just a tiny percentage of what they threw into a dumpster out their back window. Everything, my kid toys and the kitchen, in the living room, everywhere, all my stuff. Reporter having lost so much, she feels grateful to salvage photos from a family album. This was then. Look at now. Weve been working hard, saving. Now its all destroyed in minutes. Reporter they are one struggling family in a neighborhood filled with them. They have had plenty of help from volunteers, though. Even san jose mayor returned for yet another shift. It happened in my city so im responsible. One way or another we know theres been a failure and thats why residents didnt get enough time to be able to clear out. Reporter now they face a cleanup likely to last months and financial recoveries that may take years. In the rock springs section of san jose, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. Police in san rafael are trying to find a man who stole an atm by hooking it to his suv and it was all caught on camera. Take a look at this Surveillance Video shared by the police department, which shows the whole thing. It happened just before 2 30 this morning on anderson drive. You see a man pull a rope or cable into the building. Minutes later, you see the atm dragged out of the building. Theres major damage to the buildings entrance. Just look at that. Later this Morning Police found the atm in richmond. Police say that on sunday two men were seem in this same lexus suv tampering with a trailer. State lawmakrs are considering a bill that would limit communication between local Law Enforcement officers and immigration agents. Supporters say it would protect undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. Opponents say it would prevent i. C. E. Agents from going to california jails and prisons and deporting the thousands of undocumented felons inside. They say it would protect criminals and increase deportation rates in immigrant communities. There are thousands of undocumented immigrants in the bay area and now local churches are joining a nationwide movement to provide sanctuary for those who fear they may be turned over to the feds. Carolyn tyler has the story. This is something thats deeply connected to our faith commitments. Reporter reverend ben daniels says his church, montclair presbyterian, supported a Conscientious Objector during the vietnam war, Central American refugees in the 80s and will now help undocumented immigrants threatened with deportation. That could be hiding them someplace physically or providing them Legal Assistance or financial assistance. Reporter since President Trumps election and worries about immigration raids, some sanctuaries are literally becoming sanctuaries. The University Lutheran chapel in berkeley has actually created a small apartment. In los angeles, a church is building a safe house, part of an underground network. Under an Obama Administration policy, federal agents did not enter houses of worship without approval. But fear of what may come under President Trump has some congregations turning to organizations like marian noriegas Interfaith Movement for human integrity, which is training churches to respond quickly. Its important that congregations collaborate, become one movement to help each other. Reporter there are, of course, critics, but reverend daniel is not worried about legal implications. We need to help people. And we need to help people even if it means breaking unjust laws. Reporter the National Sanctuary movement says there are some 800 churches involved nationwide. In the east bay, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. Bay area congresswoman jackie spear is bringing a special guest to President Trumps state of the union speech tomorrow. Former Senior State Department official tom countryman had 30year career in the Foreign Service before being dismissed last month. He gained attention for urging his colleagues to stay and protect the constitution from President Trumps administration. President trumps first address to the congress is tomorrow night. Well bring it to you live tomorrow at 6 00 p. M. Right here on abc 7. A Clothing Store is telling anyone with a gift card to redeem it now. Well explain why. Im abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. We have a warming trend coming. Numbers will be straight ahead. Thanks very much. Who needs to be an astronaut . Two tourists are depending on elon musk to fly them to the moon. Abc 7 talks to the people who made the baby bird an oscar star. And the gol theres a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. This is not a joke. This is not a joke. Im afraid they read the wrong thing. This is not a joke. Yeah, no joke. Odds are you were stunned watching last nights oscar blunder announcing la la land as the best picture instead of the real winner, moonlight. Take a look at people in the audience. Matt damon, michelle williams, selma hayek, they all just had their mouths open. Meryl streep looked absolutely shocked. The bay areas own Mahershala Ali talked about the mishap afterward. It just threw me a bit it threw me more than a bit, but i just didnt i didnt want to go up there and take something from somebody. Its very hard to feel joy in a moment like that. But i feel very fortunate for all of us to have walked away with the best picture. So gracious. The Accounting Firm pricewaterhouse says that the presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope. Well, it was awkward but they handled it brilliantly. Abc news says the wrong envelope was given to Warren Beatty by a pricewaterhouse staffer who was distracted while taking pictures of emma stone backstage. Sergio quintana talked with two oscar winners who were inside the dolby theater when it happened. Hes live where those filmmakers have just returned to work with a couple of statues, sergio. Reporter yeah, they won for best animated short film and they say the mood inside the kodak theater at the end of the ceremony was unreal. Certainly a memorable end to what was already a really great night for them. Pixars News Academy Award winners say last nights ceremony is mostly a blur. You come in and out of consciousness. Oh, thats really funny, jimmy kimmel. Then you think, wow, our category is coming up. Can you believe that you were there yet . Im like did it happen . Oh, yeah, it did. Reporter what they do remember vividly is the moment after they opened the envelope and announced their film won. Piper, the story of the little bird, was inspired by his morning jogs along the bay. There are all these shore birds that fly in and they run back and forth with the waves. Reporter the short film took three years to complete and their win adds to a growing list of pixars other awardwinning films. Mar shaulhershala ali. Reporter last nights oscar ceremony was also huge for east bay native Mahershala Ali. One of his theater professors is hoping his win will help current students in their pursuits. Theres nothing like success to persuade you or, should i say, to persuade parents. Reporter current students are excited about his win. I feel really excited that now like his legacy here will become more known. I hope that continues to inspire people to become a part of this like theater family we have at st. Marys. Reporter alis star is on the rise. Following the oscars, calvin klein had a Campaign Featuring the cast of moonlight. Well, last nights best picture win by moonlight is particularly meaningful to members of the lgbtq community. The movie will be shown tomorrow night at san franciscos castro theater. It tells the story of a young man growing up black, poor and gay. Its a story rarely told in hollywood. Its the struggle of, you know, finding yourself, finding who you are, being accepted for who you are. Moonlight was a young man struggling with his sexuality. That is something that transcends all genders and all cultures. At san franciscos Lgbt Community center, theyre praising the movie for taking on some of the most common struggles affecting that community, violence and acceptance. Oscars Host Jimmy Kimmel is talking to some oscars oops insiders tonight on jimmy kimmel live. One of his guests is Mahershala Ali. Watch tonight at 11 35 right after abc 7 news at 11 00. Now we go to some breaking news in southern california. We understand a small plane has crashed into at least one house in the city of riverside. Boy, you can see what is happening here as you look at these live pictures. Enormous fire and smoke coming off of this home. Perhaps more homes have been affected. There you see some debris on the neighboring house. This happened very close to riversides municipal airport. We do not know if anyone was inside the home or their condition and we dont know about what happened to the pilot just yet or why this plane crashed. As you can see, a very serious and quite possibly a deadly situation in riverside. We are keeping our eyes on this and we will of course bring you the latest throughout this newscast. Well bring you more on the abc 7 news app. Takata is making a major admission about problems with its airbags that led to 16 deaths. Michael finney is here with more. A wild day on this story. Takata has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge and agreed to pay 1 billion for a scheme to conceal a deadly defect in millions of its airbags. Japanese auto parts maker takata has pled guilty to the criminal charges and agreed to pay that 1 billion for a scheme to conceal all of those issues. Takata admits to hiding problems that can cause airbag inflaters to explode with too much force hurling shrapnel into drivers and passengers. Takatas airbags are blamed for at least 16 deaths as dan just said and more than 180 injuries. In related news, a lawsuit filed in miami today claims at least four automakers knew the airbags were dangerous and kept using them to save money. This might be your last chance to use your wet seal gift card. It appears all the Clothing Stores have been closed and now the website is even offering this advice. Redeem your gift card. Shelly hunter is a gift card girlfriend. Wet seal has declared bankruptcy again. Weve been through this once before. The good news is last time they declared bankruptcy, they emerged and they continued accepting their gift cards throughout the entire bankruptcy proceeding, which to me is a good sign. The word redeem may be misspelled but the message is clear. The website may close soon. So when it comes to your gift card, use it or lose it. When it comes to counter fi counter fits it can be worse than a knock offhand bag or pair of shoes. At a restaurant you might be served a cheaper fish but it goes younds that. Honey can be laced with oils. Spices like paprika and chili powder can be cut with cleaner materials colored with red dye. Finding frauds can be difficult. About the best consumers can do is buy from trusted sources and tell your lawmakers to invest in enforcement. Thanks, michael. Well, trader joes is recalling two types of applesauce after customers found pieces of glass in the jars. The types are first crush unsweetened gravenstein applesauce and organic unsweetened applesauce. It has a use by date of august 8 and the organic has a use by date of october 6, 2018. Lightning strikes on the space needle in seattle, a rare lightning bolt hit the landmark about an hour and a half ago. The space needle tweeted this photo. Seattle was hit with hail, snow and thunder throughout the afternoon. Good evening to you all. Live doppler 7 not showing you any radar returns. That will change later on this week. I do want to show you a pretty picture sent to me by one of my followers of the snow on diablo. A light dusting of snow and pretty goodlooking view. We did get some view, a six s of completely dry conditions this month, so there were 21 days of rain in february. If it felt like a wet month, it has been. Its one of our wettest months of the winter season, but were in for a dry spell. You might want to head to the beach to enjoy santa cruz. Look at these temperatures, its still cool. Low to mid50s but well see these numbers turning to 60s. From our sfo camera, it is a sunny view and the temperatures right now in the mid50s from santa rosa to napa and livermore. Another live picture from our emeryville camera as we look back, a few thin wispy clouds. Chilly with patchy morning frost the next two days. A warmer pattern this week and a chance of rain this weekend. I do want to show you the hourbyhour planner. Tomorrow morning watch out for patchy frost. Temperatures in the 30s, 40s, so down here freezing in our inland areas. Bright skies at noon time. Temperatures are rising. 4 00 p. M. Youll see 60s at least around the bay and inland and it will be a starry night tomorrow night, 40s and 50s. Chilly tomorrow morning. You see what it looks like here. The coldest spots will be in the north bay and inland east bay valleys. 40s for the rest of you around the bay and around the coastline. Highs for your tuesday in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Were going up just a little bit. As you head into wednesday, you will notice the mild conditions. Temperatures will get up into the mid60s. Thursday is a warmer day, almost close to 70 degrees in places like concord, san rafael, and a slight dip in the temperatures on friday. But still one nicelooking day. You deserve this break. It has been a rainy february. Chances of rain, though, for those of you who really like the rain, saturday its a 20 chance, sunday is a better chance, a 1 on our storm impact scale. Saturday night the rain line begins to move into the north bay. Sunday morning, this is when well see most of the rain. Doesnt look like much. Its pretty much light rainfall if we get anything this weekend but at least its a chance of seeing that storm impact scale returning. Heres a look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. Well bump those temperatures up each and every day through thursday when numbers will be flirting with close to 70 degrees. Its a spring preview inland and around the bay, mid to upper 60s. Coast side low 60s. Tomorrow youll notice its a slow warming trending as we head into tomorrow and wednesday. Now, on friday still a mild afternoon. We head into the weekend, chance of some rain late saturday night. A better chance on sunday. Its a 1 on our storm impact scale. Right now monday were going partly cloudy, but we may actually see another round of some showers. You can download the abc 7 news app. You can keep track of our shower chances. Thanks, sandhya. Weve sent spacecraft to the moon and to mars. Now nasa has its sights set on the sun. Thats next. And then at 5 30 on world news with david muir. Coming up, breaking news.