Lets begin with you in mill valley where it rained off and on today. Reporter we are along northbound 101. The rain has slowed down whats already a slow rush hour commute. The roads have been slick since it started raining here early afternoon. Wipers are back on, at least they have been for part of the day. The intermittent rain didnt stop people from enjoying their daily walks. The winter family says things look different compared to just a week ago. Its much more beautiful than it was before, because its greener. Its fun to enjoy all the landscape changes. Reporter the rain started falling in the north bay early afternoon. Rain drops started appearing just before 1 00 p. M. By midafternoon, it picked up in spots. Motorists along 580 experienced moderate rainfall. No one is complaining. Bring on more. We need it. We want to end the drought. Reporter so far so good. Last we checked, no serious collisions on 101 and surrounding streets, only a few minor accidents. Thank you. People are already soaked used a break in the rain to get ready for round two. Reporter you dont normally see sandbags here, but this has not been your ordinary rainstorm. Joe runs this Christmas Tree lot. The recent storms knocked out his phone service. Without a phone line, he cant process any credit cards. We are taking cash and or checks. Yeah. It really is a bummer. It has affected business, absolutely. Reporter these rainstorms have also kept customers away. We have been doing this lot for eight years. This is the heaviest rain we have seen in that time period. Reporter it was a sad sight for many businesses. Furniture and other goods damaged by heavy flooding, sandbags werent enough to stop the waters from coming in. This morning, it was cleanup time before the next rain. This area is known for having a poor drainage system. This Hardware Store nearly ran out of umbrellas. This morning, people took advantage of the break in the weather to buy rain related items, including rain boots. We had them in stock since wove been dry for the last couple of years, it was nice to move the merchandise. Reporter last friday the holiday ice rink saw hundreds of police and demonstrators in the area. That kept families away. Luckily, the businesses around us and the police had a good presence and they kept us insulated from most of the problems. Reporter hopefully, rain wont keep people away. We have had rain on and off, more off than on. That has been a good thing, because it has allowed residents and merchants in the area to do the necessary cleanup and prepare for the next one. Make hay while the sunshines or while it stops pouring. Some folks got an Early Morning wakeup call when lightning hit the tree and knocked out power. The tree is already kindling. This picture of a full rainbow spanning a wet street. We appreciate that. You can email us your weather pictures and videos. One more note on this. Use live hd to track the rain where you live with the abc 7 weather app. San Francisco Police chief says theres no room in his department for a dishonest officer. The chief was reacting to a federal jurys conviction of two veteran san Francisco Police officers for stealing money, drugs and other items from suspects in criminal cases. The officers in that security video from a hotel face up to 20 years in federal prison. He wants the two officers who are suspended without pay fired. These officers have not only bow trayed the public trust but the trust of the honest hard working men and women of this Proud Department who work so hard every day to keep this city safe. The attorney for one officer says his compliant up to this point has had a stellar career. He has been shot at. People have tried to run him over. He has been stabbed. He has been a heroic combatant for the citizens of San Francisco. Im just sorry that it has come to this. The 3year federal investigation showed avid yo shows police in hotels was released by the public defenders office. Around the country, demonstrators are taking to the streets tonight protesting the Police Chokehold death of a suspect in new york. Hundreds of people are marching through the streets of miami right now. Many of them made their way on to a highway bringing traffic to a halt. In boston, hundreds of protesters staged a die in in the street. Others marched through the city temporarily shutting down part of the subway system and a major bridge. In new york city, rain is not keeping the demonstrators at home. After setting off fire alarms in macys, they marched to Grand Central station to make their point. Tiffany wilson is live to look at the Police Chokehold policy in the bay area. Reporter there are no chokeholds allowed across california. But officers in oakland and San Francisco can use the carotid restraint. They are very different. Basically a chokehold affects the windpipe where the carotid affects the arteries. The Police Departments allow officers to use carotid restraint. The lieutenant hasnt tried one since his training at the academy. Basically, its viewed as a lethal force. Reporter this instructor works with local police officers. He considers any move involving someones neck highly skilled, requiring careful training. You can put somebody out in a few seconds. Reporter we asked him to demonstrate a chokehold. A lot of pressure. I can continue downward and hes going to come with me down. Reporter and a carotid restraint which involves squeezing the arteries to restrict blood supply to the brain. This is the carotid. Reporter in under a second, i could feel the effect. Not you will feel it. Reporter yeah. Yeah. This student says a chokehold is much worse. You feel that touch against that windpipe area, its really uncomfortable. Reporter in april, they captured this video of an officer taking down a fan at the giants home opener. That could have knocked the kid flat out. Reporter in light of what happened in new york, the video is resurfacing. They issued a statement that reads, we do not use the check hold neck restraint. We use the carotid restraint. You can see the suspects neck fits in the crook of the officers elbow consistent with the carotid restraint. The video of garners arrest show it across his neck. Both moves can be dangerous. One can completely go into another one in no time. Reporter he showed us techniques how to get out of both holds. His best advice, deescalate the situation before it ever gets to that point. Live in oakland, tiffany wilson. Police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that ran over a man last night. Happened on highway 35 just before midnight. 77yearold jose rozell was crossing when he was struck by a large pickup truck. Witnesses say the driver stopped briefly and then fled the scene going south on highway 35. He died at the scene. The truck may have had front end on windshield damage. It could be a ford or chef low lay with a ladder rack. Police are investigating a fatal accident involving a man in his 70s and a rental truck. We shot is this video. He stepped off the curb around 11 30 a. M. He was hit and killed in the crosswalk when the truck turned a left off of montgomery boulevard. The driver of the truck is cooperating with authorities. Still ahead tonight on abc 7 news at 6 00, big game this weekend as you know. We will show you what the raiders are doing to ensure rivalry with the 49 ers remains respectful. We will follow up on the mudslide in southern california. We will see them digging out. An eye on the remnants of the storm that all but passed us by. Remember pearl harbor tonight. Two bay area sailors who were thrust into the greatest generation. Right here in San Francisco. Whether its helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. If theres a way to help the people of San Francisco thrive and succeed, well find it. Thats the power of local connections. Thats bank of america. Its a huge weekend for bay area football fans. For the first time in years the raiders and 9ers will play each other. Officials are glad fans will be there but are telling you to leave your hostility at home. Laura anthony is live with the story tonight. Reporter oakland city officials and police do not want any replays of the fights that were involved in the last time these two teams met three years ago. In fact, they are telling fans to leave the aggression on the field. I would say represent the team well. Reporter words of wisdom from an exraider player who is asking both oakland and 49 er fans for calm this weekend. This is exactly what oakland city leaders and police hope to avoid this sunday, a repeat of the violence in the stands that plagued the last meeting in 2011. The rivalry games were canceled after the 2011 contest was marched by two shootings, two assaults and numerous fist fights. I talk to the doctor. How are you doing . And its a spirited rivalry. I dont expect any problems. I just hope that we dont have any incidents. Reporter this man and his family traveled from richmond, virginia, to make in the meeting between his be loved raiders and the 49ers. Somebody next to you in red 49ers gear, you going easy on them. I will be louder, thats all. Number one raider fan. Reporter this man is a raider fan. He welcomes more security. Its a battle, but we dont need violence. Reporter sundays is the first regular season game between the two teams since 2010. San francisco hasnt played in oakland since 2002. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. A judge puts an end to a long fight with a Silicon Valley billionaire over his decision to block access to a beach. The Court Ordered the man to immediately open the gate blocking the road leading to martins beach. He closed access to the beach after purchasing the property in 2008. The court found the effort to block Public Access in violation of the California Coastal act. The late steve jobs spent his life developing tech innovation. Today it allows them to hear him testify more than three years after his death. Attorneys played a video of jobs being questioned in a deposition part of a Class Action Lawsuit against apple. Apple faces accusations of trying to squash its competition by using anti piracy software. That only allowed music purchase via i tunes to be used on i tunes. He gave the testimony six months before he died. Back to the weather. Southern california is drying out from mudslides and flooding after a day of record breaking rain there. More on cleanup. Reporter residents are drying out, a day after a flash flood swept through their neighborhood. In this home, furniture is pulled away from soggy walls and fans are on full blast. Joe points to how high the water came in his fatherinlaws house. The damage is five to six inches of water on the drywall. All that has to come out due to the mill due. Reporter he helped to salvage what he can from inside the home. Outside, muddy lawn chairs are getting a good rinse. Nearby piles of wet carpet sit beside ruined belongings. They have no flood insurance. The water got so high in the garage that it got into the drier, filled it up. It got into the car. Filled her car up. I removed drywall here. You can see from its wet inside the wall. Reporter the problem is stopped up drains like this one. It has been a mess. The city says they wont do nothing because its not the citys fault. Its not countys fault. Reporter the retaining wall cracked under pressure. Mike received some damage to his property but considers himself lucky. Lucky compared to her. Just my garage got hit. Ive got it set up so it doesnt go in the house. Reporter res dentss are hoping the federal government will assist them with a cleanup of not only their streets but their homes as well. Many say they do not have flood insurance. We did see rain today. We did. More is coming. Spencer is off. Drew is here with the forecast. We have spotty downpours out there. If you have evening plans, the umbrella in the east bay. Theres hit or miss downpours across the bay area. Press in locally in the east bay right now. One lone downpour is north of union city. It moves to the north. A larger downpour is developing as we push north. Around concord, yellow indicating more moderate showers pressing through. We will time this out for you. Its moving to the north slowly. In two minutes, downpours here and eight minutes collinsville, you will see downpours as well. Thats the trend this evening. See the hit or miss downpours throughout the next couple of hours. Ahead of the front, we have a mild south wind. Look at temperatures outside. Widespread 60s, very mild air. 64 in mountain view. 62 in san jose. 63 in San Francisco. Concord where the rain is falling, its 65 degrees. Satellite and radar, we are tracking the cold front approaching from the west. You will notice the heavier and steadier showers closer to the low pressure in northern california. We are getting showers throughout the evening. We will time it out for you as we go throughout friday. By 9 00, you notice there are some dry spots. But there are scattered showers out there, very light in nature. We will have the showers with us into the overnight hours. Early saturday morning, 2 00 a. M. , another line tries to push through. Some of that was could be pockets of downpours. This will move out first thing saturday morning. By saturday afternoon, we will dry out and see sunshine. As he would fast forward into sunday, that all important game where the 49ers are taking on the raiders. It will be dry the first half of sunday and into sunday afternoon. Mild with sunshine and temperatures in the low 60s. As we advance into sunday evening, once again another round of showers moves in. By 9 00 sunday evening, light showers moving through the bay area. We will see a brief break in the rain midweek or mid weekend. We will see a couple inches in the sierras, a few inches above 8,000 feet, not a huge issue there. Back here in the bay area, overnight lows with that south wind ahead of the front, were not dropping far from the numbers out there right now. 57 the overnight low in San Francisco. 54 for palo alto. Highs for saturday, we will see showers early on saturday morning. We will dry out by the afternoon. 64 the high in San Francisco, 65 in concord. San jose, 66. Fairfield, to 65 by the afternoon. Here is the 7day forecast. Morning showers tomorrow, dry skies saturday afternoon. Dry for the first half of sunday. Then into the evening hours sunday, some scattered showers first thing monday morning. The only completely dry day we have on the 7day is tuesday. Its mainly cloudy and then we will focus our attention wednesday night into thursday. I think thats our next chance to see soaking showers, the stronger system. The weekend, not a washout by any means. When it rains, it pours. We were dry now were in if you have been waiting to do anything outside, you have one day to get it done. Tuesday. I didnt get the lights up on the house. Thanks, drew. Another reminder, live doppler 7 hd can help you track the weather where you live. Download is free. Come put them up at my house. Nasa hits the bulls eye with the orion space capsule. The first big steps towards mars. Its Customer Appreciation at subway were saying thanks with two of your favorite sixinch sandwiches for 2 each the meatball marinara and the cold cut combo. Join our Customer Appreciation celebration today. Subway. Eat fresh. Nasas next generation spacecraft orion passed its first test flight with literally flying colors. The launch this morning, but the capsule was able to splash down intact in the pacific because of outstanding work by bay area space engineers. Jonathan bloom got the scoop from members of the nasa team. Reporter nasa engineers say it may be the first time they have gotten applause from reporters. The nearly flawless test flight even got one aerospace veteran a little choked up. We have now done something for the first time for our generation. Reporter the excitement echoed here. I was getting goose bumps and chills. I have been here since 1987 and just to have a flight test of this magnitude and this successful, its hard to put into words how exciting that is. Reporter she had a lot riding on this mission, literally. Her team helped design the heat shield that kept orion from burning up on reentry, a different shield than used on the shuttle designed for higher speed and higher temperatures. We want go to an asteroid first and then on to mars. The further you go out the faster you need to come back. Reporter notice the orion capsule looks nothing like the space shuttle, more like the old vehicles that put men on the moon. Building this took a lesson in history. They havent been made in 40 to 50 years. That technology was not available right now. We had to resurrect it. Reporter a material needed to deal with the temperatures had to be reformulated with todays tougher environmental standards. With orion on earth, the team will examine the coat to see how it held up and if it could take hotter temperatures expected on the next flight. We are working on the next capsule. We are already forming metal parts, machines parts. Reporter that flight in 2018 will be a second unmanned test mission. Space travel is really difficult. Its not as easy as it looks in the movies. This first step for nasa to get back into human exploration. Reporter jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. Incredible. More for you tonight. The stunning retraction of a college gang rape story. Editors begin to have doubts about the victims story. We will show you what someone did to bill cosbys walk of fame star. Detectives interview another possible victim. I will have the story of the highway bypass project draining millions more from the budget. Back . E okay buddy, whats your favorite kind of cheerios . Honey nut. But. Chocolate is my other favorite. But Apple Cinnamon is my favorite too. And fruity. Oh yeah, and frosted okay, but. Whats youre most favorite of all . Hmm. The kind i have with you. Me too. Good evening. We will start with breaking news near santa cruz. There has been an earthquake just outside hollister. No reports of injuries or damage. Of course, people feel one of this size. A 3. 9 quake has been reported near hollister. Our coverage twins on twitter. A stunner tonight for the university of virginia where it appears a woman who claims she was a gang rape victim may have made