A half an inch to an inch of rain in most areas. Its going to be windy. Take a look at the rainfall. This is a huge spike in rain, and wind. Well take a look in just a moment. Dan . Drew, thank you very much. A napa couple is wanting to know why their beloved dog went in for grooming in a local petco and died in the process. Its a story youll see only on abc7 news. Laura . Owners tell us they offered to pay expenses and additional money. They say that is not what they want, they want clear answers and cameras put in to make sure this doesnt happen again. It was the first time in 14 years we let another person bathe our dog. Reporter it was the last time for the 14yearold jack russell terrier, skip. He should have lived another five years. Reporter december 30th they dropped skip off and got a call. The manager announced to us that skip had an incident and died in the store. Reporter joe eden told us the store employee showed him the back room and said the dog had been left alone by the worker for as long as 15 minutes. He said he was attached to a harness to a sink, next to the area on the floor, i asked to see the harness. He showed me a choking restraint leash. Reporter this professional groomer from the napa valley in 15 years. Every groomer uses a choke harness, but you can never leave them alone. Its like leaving an infant a Doctors Office with a rope around its neck. Reporter a spokesperson told abc7 news an independent investigation suggests he may have suffered a serious cardiac event that report describes petcos version, that the dog collapsed while walking from the bath area. There is in mention of a harness or the dog being left alone, different from what store employees initially told the edens. We cant even find out how he died. We have that right. Reporter petco did confirm he was left alone for five minutes a violation of policy but the Company Claims not his cause of death. In napa, laura anthony, abc7 news. There has been a mistrial in the case of a former San Jose Police officer accused of rape. Prosecutors charged jeffrey graves of raping a woman after he drove her to a Hotel Following a domestic dispute she had with her husband. Today, Alameda Police told abc7 news there has been no activity on credit cards belonging to a man who disappeared eight days ago. The 73yearold never made it to a hearing on tuesday morning. And he has been appealing the government for an alleged get rich quick scheme. Most come in in the way of, i think i saw him three days ago. His family believes this is a photo of beck, still, there are no clues as to his whereabouts. Privacy advocates are applauding apples move to fight a federal order to make it easier for authorities to access iphones. Whether youre an average person or military interest, all of it is safe. That encryption arent something we can jeopardize. This rally was one of several held around the country today. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen will take a look at the governments demands for apple and the position the company is taking to protect users coming up in a few minutes at 6 30. Now, to developing news. The family of a murder victim in vallejo say theyre praying for the man accused of the crime. That man made his first appearance in court today, robert vega is charged with murder in shooting death of gus vegas. The accused gunman is the father of vegass six year old grandson. In this case, theyre supporting each other. Theyre trying to process this whole situation, this tragic incident. This just shows you how big their heart is. Vega is charged with murder with enhancement of intentionally using a firearm and accused of kidnapping. Police say he left with his young son. A young boy from dublin was run over on his way to school. Hes going to be okay. It happened so quickly, the driver didnt know what happened. Vic lee spoke to the driver and he is live with the story. Vic . Reporter police tell us that the boy had multiple fractures on his arm, and some abrasions, and that he was lucky because it could have been worse. Now, the driver was not charged or cited. He tells us the boy came out of nowhere. I didnt see him. That is why i hit him. Reporter it was before 8 00 this morning. The 12yearold boy was riding his bike on route to wells middle school. As passing dublin high school, the man just granddaughter. I looked left, and made a right turn, then, i heard a sound. Two ladies said stop, stop. You hit somebody. So i jumped out of the car, and i saw the boy underneath the car. Reporter First Responders used air bags to lift the car off the child. He was air lifted to the hospital. The Police Captain says the way the boy was hit may have saved his life. Im assuming he didnt get run over by a tire. So he was pinned underneath there. Reporter firefighters were surprised he wasnt burned. The exhaust system, or the catalytic converter can run about a thousand degrees. Reporter linda picks up her granddaughter from school. The kids under the parking lot, parents under the parking lot. The bus is in the parking lot. Special ed is there. Its hectic there. The boy is being treated at oaklands childrens hospital. Vic lee, abc7 news. After five days of searching, the chp says no video exists of a blow dart attack on the golden gate bridge. Darts hit two people and neither was seriously hurt. The chp started looking at video saturday. Today, they say there is no video of the attack or any cars or suspects involved. Work crews in the south bay spent the day removing grass at the santa clara youth soccer field. Tonight, 6,000 soccer players remain displaced and League Officials are talking only with abc7 news. Reporter weve been reporting leaders have been taking on the nfl and the ahead of the super bowl. The status will largely depend on the repairs of the field. Tino isnt surprised to see the dying grass as workers pull out heavy plastic platforms, there are long depressions where anchored tents were housing media for super bowl 50. Contractors are removing the top grass and the nfl promised to deliver the park in equal, or better condition. His league sued, challenging the use of the field on short notice. Will we forget . No. But were looking forward to moving forward and working closely with the city, should this come up again. Reporter the Soccer League failed to get a restraining order to block the nfl to take over the field. In the meantime, 6,000 soccer players have been displaced what. Is the status of the lawsuit . Lawsuit stays in place until we have the soccer park back. And functioning. Reporter with the success of super bowl 50, its likely santa clara might see another super bowl in a few years. Could that be derailed by lingering bitterness . Its not bitterness but wed say okay, lets try to avoid what happened last time. And i think we can get there. In santa clara, david louie, abc7 news. New at and automatic steering. How this can make a prius that will drive itself. And. The full story surrounding this fight at Sonoma Valley high school. The video has gone viral. Abc7 news is tracking tonights storm and will have four score and seven years ago, our [train horn blares]th to the continent. A new nation. Announcer president s day may be over, but the savings go on at sleep train. Through sunday at sleep trains president s day sale save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interestfree financing on tempurpedic, plus sameday delivery, and sleep trains love your mattress guarantee. Hurry sleep trains president s day sale ends sunday. Your ticket to a better nights sleep breaking news from Treasure Island tonight, you can see a flashing light from First Responders. Fire crews are on the scene of a fire reported just after 5 30. You can see from video, shot just minutes ago, a fire broke out on the second floor of the building at avenue e and 11th street. The blaze created a lot of smoke, you can see it there in this video. The Fire Department says there are cars parked nearby that were exposed to the fire. This video of a school fight has gone viral. The girl shown kneeing another student in the face will be charged. Abc7 News Reporter has the latest. Its the video Sonoma County high wished hadnt gone viral. It shows a female student kneeing a boy in the face. The 17yearold does not attend Sonoma Valley high. The video went viral after it was posted on a facebook account. Facebook has refused to take it down despite requests made by the School District. The Sheriffs Department was at the school today, filling out a report. The young girl attends creek side alternative high school, which shares the campus. We know she will be charged with one count of battery on school grounds. She will be referred to the Sonoma Valley youth and Family Services program. If she refuses shell go before the juvenile court. Parents were notified by phone and emailed this letter in english and spanish stating the district takes all matters involving student safety seriously. But the incident has outraged some parents who say the school can do more to address the issues of bullying and social media. The School District acknowledged the fight began when the student posted something online, which irked the teenaged girl. Is the school doing anything about it . I think they are, but not to a big point. The district tells me theyre satisfied with what is in place and will not make changes to the schools antibullying policy. New at 6 00, the state just decided to keep commercial crab season closed until more testing is done. The department of fish and wildlife says its working towards a statewide or partial opening. Last week, officials declared some areas safe for recreational crab fishermen. Abc7 news viewers have followed a story of a foal rescued on sunday from the bottom of a ravine. His story touched everyone and introduced us to some heros. Good evening, not far from where that foal fell into the ravine, and if it was as cold then as now, that is one courageous animal. It turns out the foal didnt need surgery. It turns out the foal needs the money as much as we thought for rehab. Today we met the woman who helped raise it. Social media has a way of keeping people together. Just moved by it. Lisa teaches fourth grade in foster city. A six day old foal in fremonts morrison canyon. He had been there, shivering. She nursed valentine, hoping to raise thousands of dollars for medical care. Little did she know, lisa set up a go fund me account that raised 15,000 in 18 hours. One of my favorite was 100 from a 10yearold girl. Yesterday, at uc davis veterinary hospital, x rays revealed he will not need surgery, just a lot of rest and rehab. Police continue to look for his owner in, and around morrison canyon. The owner has until monday to claim him and might still get stuck with bills. If we can find the mother, that helps us. If no one steps forward, it becomes the property of fremont and a big ben another el nino fuelled storm is moving across the area and its welcome to have it back. Yes. It is a nice change after that recordsetting warmth we have had. It is. It started in the north bay, now, spreading across the region. Were picking up intensity in the rainfall as well. This is winter back in the region. That pop of orange is some heavier rain ahead of the cold front. We have down pour moving through emeryville. And into san francisco, this light green, the financial district, even the marina, there are light rain showers now. And from redwood city, just light rainfalling at this hour. Milpitas, fremont, some areas are still waiting to see the rain. Its going to be the next hour or so. So we have cool 50s and inland we havent seen the rain, south winds gusting to 40 Miles Per Hour at times. So the one happening now is a two, a moderate storm. We have winds and it could be an isolated thunderstorm so were tracking a cold front. By 8 00 and 9 00 that is going to be over san francisco, entering the east bay. And so well see activity increasing over the next couple hours and tapers into isolated showers. And into mid day. Were seeing a half inch to an inch of rain. So overnight tonight, upper 40s to lower 50s to showers with us. Tomorrow, well see temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s with a chance of scattered showers and then, tracking another storm. The accuweather forecast shows you were tracking showers tonight. There is that next storm and a chance of wet weather tuesday. Thank you. Sure. Still ahead a students fashion statement caused an uproar. Changes made at the School District after she sued. All our handcrafted classic were excited about february. Footlongs are just 6 each. 6 for a footlong is big news. Subpocalypse 2016 where foot traffic for delicious subs is putting tremendous pressure on sidewalks. Enjoy all of our classic footlongs for just 6 each. Today a teenager is free to wear a tee shirt that got her sent home last year. The aclu announced a settlement that was filed against the manteca unified School District. Reporter youre looking at the tee shirt at the heart of the battle. It says nobody knows im a lesbian. The 11th grader is wearing it to school again after she, and the American Civil Liberties union sued the manteca unified School District. She first wore the tee shirt to seera high school, administrators sent her home, telling her it was an improper display of sexuality. Taylor writes i didnt want to begin the year like this. Im not scared to be who i am. Im proud to be who i am. So taylors family contacted the aclu and sued the School District. Here she is. They forced the school board to address a new dress code. I was really upset they were going to censor me and not allow me to be who i was, so on the way to school, and once i got home i was upset about it. New, i also just got off the phone with taylor to talk about this day. She told me she never intended it to be a challenge, she thought she was in compliance. She tells me she wore this tee shirt to school today and got kudos from friends and other students. Thank you very much. Millions of americans have the same problem, something theyve decided to just live with. Now, a procedure to erase cellulite that only takes an hour. That is the outcome of the battle. Because this is a battle. I think will have profound implications. All over the world. Apple takes a stand after a bold request from the feds that could have global impact. The new a fire on Treasure Island is now under control. It burned about 30 minutes on the second story of a building there. And no apple refused a judges order to make it easier to break into peoples iphones. Google acknowledging the role of Law Enforcement in keeping the public safety. He says google gives access to data based on legal order but calls the request to require companies to enable hacking a troubling precedent. Like cook, he says there is more to be discussed on this issue. Apple will challenge a federal court order to help the fbi unlock an iphone used by one of the attackers in the San Bernardino attack. We deserve tools that make us safe. We cant undermine the security on the off chance that one of us might become a bad guy. Right now, the iphone has a feature that wipes the phone clean of data after ten incorrect pass word attempts. In a Statement Released by apple, tim cook says were challenging the fbis demands with the deepest respect and a love of our country. We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications. She says creating back doors would weaken security n a statement, she says these weaknesses will be exploited by criminal hackers or foreign opponents, however, democratic senator Dianne Feinstein says the government should be able to access the iphone. There should be storm protection for information. The former swedish Prime Minister shared his concerns at a work shop on human rights. We have chinese, russians and saudis and whatever. For the same sort of access and actors. An expansion of Google Express leads tonights bay Area Business watch. Google is partnering with costco and smart and final. Everyone must play a delivery fee. Yahoo is shutting down several digital magazines and wants to focus on four areas, news, sports, finance and life style. Despite layoffs, the dow jumped 257 points and nasdaq went up nearly 100 points, ending at 4534. The number of new cars sold in california last year passed the 2 million mark. And abc7 news went for a ride in the new prius to see how the beginnings are already making things safer. When toyota launched its first prius, starting a car was revolutionary. Now, on the fourth release, some things havent changed. Up to 58 Miles Per Hour in the city. A lot has. And it has been hidden. In the front you notice parking sensors. The car is covered with sensors. You do have a censor. That is radar for dynamic cruise control. Monitors the vehicle in front of you. Keeping pace to stay behind is part of a package called Toyota Safety sets. Okay. Did you hear that . That is the departure. Its nothing new, but now, when detecting youre drifting the Steering Wheel will nudge you back in. I need to turn it. It started to turn it for me. There are warnings if youre about to back into something and the car can detect pedestrians. This is going to alert you so you avoid hitting someone. Theyre part of a larger vision. Theyre puzzle pieces that will form a car that can drive itself if you want it to. What if cars could become trusted partners . Its been just a few months since announcing a partnership with stanford. Googles 1 self driveing car was a prius and the vision is similar to what cars will need to start driving themselves. It even displays the speed limit on the