Coping with wet and slick roadways out there. Reporter the water has begun to dry since the rain did stop. But still heavy traffic especially considering its 10 00 tonight. A lot of folks returning to dinner after a rainy day today. Rainwater covered multiple lanes. The rain fell steady most of the afternoon and evening weather and speed are being blamed for a single car crash. Neither the driver or his family were injured when the suv rolled on to it side it was one of a number of crashes that officers responded to during the storm. With anything involved with these collisions where theres water on the roadway its going to be speed. People need to slow down, check their tire pressure and the threads on their tires and allow themselves more space as theyre traveling behind vehicles. Reporter through the san rafael bridge, to the golden gate driving conditions were downright miserable for most everyone on the road. That did not stop these folks from enjoying the rain and the bay areas most iconic rainfall. This is our first time watching the bridge. And we came to visit. Easy to vacation time, everybody is having a good time. Were just getting out of the house and having a drive and driving around. Reporter and windy conditions on a number of bridges tonight. A high wind advisory went into effect around 6 00 and is still in effect right now. Reporting live, cara liu. Highway 1 south of big sur is closed tonight due to a rock slide. Caltrans says its working to open at least one lane later this week but it has no estimate on what day that might be. Were going to turn now to ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin whos been monitoring all of these storms and which places are getting reallily soaked. It came down for some time. It was steady and sometime in the afternoon it really started to hammer. Take a look at the last few hours and you can see that over the last few hours those oranges and reads down in the Santa Clara Valley thats when it was really coming down. You can see by the oakland area, by skyline boulevard you have some light showers there. Some showers down around san leandro we head out toward beach front boulevard near belmont. You see showers there. How about roson avenue getting heavy activity. At least toward campbell. But as we worked our way toward evergreen and san felipe road you see significant rainfall on these bands. You touch on here an we show you rainfall bands at. 2 an hour. Thats significant rain and you head down toward the corridor and gilroy. They were getting hammered for a time today this evening and now theyre getting a little bit of a break. But the rain came down hot and heavy there. The Santa Cruz Mountains theyre getting a lot of rain and its coming down fast. As it stands right now, the showers are starting to die down, the worse is over. It was a fast moving system and were fortunate it is coming down fast. It could have caused bigger problems but it migrated through rapidly. Im going to be talking about showers still lingering, were going to see you back here in a few minutes. The rain now is actually helping to create a good supply of water for the summer. The Santa Clara ValleyWater District says the intense but separatic storms have filled the south bay reservoirs to 102 of normal. Last year we were in a deficit situation and we really needed to make up some ground. Luckily we have a lot of ground water storage capacity. This series of storms have helped with the reservoir capacity. A member of the Alpine Meadow ski patrol has died after being buried in an avalanche. Bill foster died overnight at a reno hospital. Yet the ski patrol used explosives to trigger the avalanche in a private area of the resort near lake tahoe. Resort Officials Say the avalanche broke much higher and wider on the slope than expected burying foster in the snow. Well go to the sierra for updates on conditions there tonight as this latest storm bringing everyone more snow to the high country. You can get the latest weather conditions any time online or on your mobile device at ktvu. Com. Look for the link to Storm Tracker 2 near the top of the page. You can also follow us on twitter. We postupdates on the ktvu channel 2 facebook page. Police found dozens of shell casings on the ground where a man was shot and killed. Neighbors told our photographer that they heard multiple gunshots. Police say they found a man on the street and he died on the way to the hospital. The Coroners Office has not yet released the victims name. A woman is recovering tonight after being hit when stray bullets pierced the wall of her church in oakland. It happened as some 100 worshipers attended Evening Service on mcarthur. Eric rasmussen spoke to the pastor who was in the line of fire. Reporter and that pastor visited the woman whos here in serious condition. This woman was hit as she was trying to protect the children around her. Friends say teresa cordovo was trying to shield her children from gunfire. Shes trying to protect the child, jumping, thats why the bullets caught her. Reporter today pastor sagero says he was in the middle of sermon when the gunfire opened. I told the people, go to the ground. Reporter get down . Get down, yeah. Reporter he says he counted seven to eight shots through the wall including a bullet that ended up in this stroller. Reporter the pastors daughter says a baby was in that stroller just minutes before the fire started. Reporter a couple of minutes before. A couple of minutes before she had taken the baby out. Reporter that baby could have been sitting there. Yeah. Reporter the church was not the target. Despite a packed house for Christmas Eve no one else inside the church was hit. Saguero says his next service on thursday will go on. Are you scared to go back. A little bit. But i am serving kpwoad god in the house of god i have to go back. In the north bay a portion of roadway is closed tonight after a water main break in fairfax. It happened near midway lane late this afternoon. Crews have since shut off the water but have since shut down because of flood concerns. Hundreds of people made sure people had a warm meal. Some of the most notable volunteers included Football Players who have a connection to those they served. Reporter this bus was full of navy Football Players, their destination st. Anthonys. The team and coaches will help serve 4,000 meals today they are in San Francisco to play in the craft fight hunger bowl. Were excited to come here, play in the bowl game. But i think scenes like these will last much more longer than the football game. Reporter the generosity at st. Anthonys is echoed at glide memorial church. Here the navys opponent the team from Arizona State university did their part. Its awesome to be able to come and help people out here. Reporter glide too served thousands of people on this Christmas Day as it does every day of the year but the money donated for the holidays and their volunteers are not seen often. Were going to put a dent on this lack of money and participation of people wanting to do whats right and whats righteous and loving and generous and kind. Reporter guide says it had plenty of volunteers to prepare and serve food but what it says it needs is for volunteers tomorrow, next week, next month and next year once the Christmas Spirit has faded. U. S. Troops shared a christmas meal thousands of miles from their family. While many troops said they would like to be home they say the bonds they have made with other troops both american and afghan are truly remarkable. Christmas in afghanistan is amazing. The countries have come together and we have joined to celebrate this Christmas Day and this season as you can see all the people here in afghanistan are enjoying the meal at a family. Reporter the u. S. Has 66,000 troops in afghanistan out of an International Force totalling 102,000. In his christmas address, Pope Benedict xvi called for peace in the middle east. I appeal for an end to the bloodshed. Easier access for the relief of refugees and the displaced and dialogue in the pursuit of a political solution to the conflict. The pope delivered his speech to tens of thousands of people from the central balcony of st. Peters basilica. He spoke about the violence in syria. He also urged the new leadership in china to give people there more religious freedom. Families in the south bay enjoying a Winter Wonderland tonight in north america. The entertainment included live shows and games. Wonderland will stay at north america through january 4. Children four years and under get in for free. A lot of fresh new snow in the sierra tonight and an incredible example of human nature. A chain installers mission to return a lost wedding ring. Ch a manhole cover exploded in downtown San Francisco this evening. Pg e says it was caused by an underground vault fire. The blast happened around 5 00 this evening near the corner of third and mission street. The intersection was closed to traffic for a while as crews put out the fire. No one was injured and there was no power outages. Investigators have found a note and human remains at the home of a man whos accused of deliberately setting a fire and then shooting and killing two firefighters that arrived at the scene. David lee miller has the new details emerging on the man at the center of this attack. Reporter when firefighters arrived at the home of Adam Spangler they did not know they would be ambushed. Spangler left a note, detectives will not release the entire content. I have to make sure i burn as many homes i can. Reporter he had with him three guns including a semi automatic rifle. The same weapon used in the newtown connecticut massacre. He also had plenty of ammunition. When i was being told by investigators there were a lot of ammunition around. He was ready to go to war. Reporter Authorities Say they believe they found his sisters remains in the house the two shared and that spangler set ablaze. We did locate apparent human remains in the ruins. The assumption is that its the shooters sister. Reporter why spangler the set off the attack nobody knows. When spangl ers mother recently died she asked for doe neighs to the fire department. We may never know what was going through his mind. It was a somber christmas in newtown connecticut as the sidewalk memorial for the 26 victims killed at an Elementary School almost two weeks ago continues to grow. Today volunteers kept watch over a candlelight vigil to make sure they remained burning all day. Police officers from near by towns filled in for Newtown Police to make sure they had christmas off. Here at home crews in Santa Clara County spent the day looking for the cause of a three alarm fire that destroyed a campbell business. Ktvu is live. Firefighters tell us they were forced to take a defensive stance as flames shot 50 feet into the air. It took crews about an hour to put out the fire. Today Severe Weather is swept through the Southern States from texas to florida with several tornado sightings. This video is from mobile alabama where an apparent funnel cloud touched down this evening it took down tree limbs and power lines and caused damage to homes, a high school and a church. At least 20,000 customers are without power. An in louisiana a brave boater captured this waterspout on camera just north of new orleans. The spout formed over lake pontchartrain. New orleans and the surrounding areas remains on alert for tor tornadoes through the night. The same storm system bringing a lot of snow to the sierra. A winter storm warning causing problems. Reporter these brake lights greeted drivers to the sierra. Merry christmas. Reporter at times many went no faster than 10milesan hour. And had delays of two hours. At first i was a little frustrated but then i thought, to make me safer i dont mind going slow. Its my first time in the snow. Im a excited and scared i might slip and hit something. Reporter crews at times put a stop on traffic. I dont mind the snow, weve been on the road since 6 00 this morning and its supposed to only take us 10 hours to get to reno. Reporter weve been stuck for an hour 11 2 or so. Kind of sucks but oh well, i have to get home and work tomorrow. Its kind of scary but yet you know its different, its a White Christmas for us. Something different for us. Reporter ktvu channel 2 news. A wedding ring lost in the sierra snow has been found. But now the question is how to find the owner. A snow chain installer working on interstate 80 found the ring in the snow. Douglas benedeti says he saw a man looking for the ring off the shoulder of the roadway. The man told benedeti had lost his ring and decided to look for it. He looked for it with his led light. I scooped it up and looked at it. Once i saw lisas name i knew i had the right ring. Its been a rainy day over all. The heavy stuff later on in the afternoon in the early evening hour. Moving off in the east now but heavy rainfall accumulations in these areas. Palo alto youre getting moderate to heavy rain right now but you see behind it, the rain is relatively light and thats moving off as well. Out by dublin and foothill road. You have scattered showers. Driving out there its not so great. So the way this goes is were going to have a winter storm warning. Ken mentioned it, its in effect through tomorrow night. Snow levels to deal with this, snow levels are down to 3,200 feet. Thats enough to cause problems as you saw in the last story because theyre chaining up much lower than normal. Theyre going chaining up to 3,000 feet through the morning. When i come back the latest computer model and well get you through tomorrow which has more showers in it and then a chance for more showers as we head down the road toward the weekend. See you here. Tonight marks the 20th year of the kung chow kosher comedy. The show the is the brain child of lisa godorden who found herself telling jewish jokes at a chinese restaurant. Pat wynne says she has missed only one year. Its Christmas Day and im not christian. So you have to find a thing to do in the bronx. Here we are. The Organizer Says the audience was originally 100 jewish but its changed into those just looking something to do. How people in th have a good night. Here you go. You, too. Im going to dream about that steak. Im going to dream about that tiramisu. What a night, huh . 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From cable car drivers to investigators, people were making the best working on Christmas Day. Reporter but just as families share quality christmas time, many work. To keep the streets tidy to showing tourists the prettest pretty prettiest part of the city. I would rather be home, but thats okay. Its part of the job. Reporter and at starbucks its a reinvolving door. The baristas are busy. Somebody has to do it i again. Ive worked on christmas and sometimes you get time and a half. Reporter if you own a business no holiday pay. But for max patel its not so bad. Its not so bad. Well close early and well be home for dinner. Reporter we met blue at the powell street turn around who works for his christmas dinner. The fmta says theyre pretty slow throughout their system today except for their cable cars theyre actually more popular on holidays so some of those operators are working until midnight tonight. Lorraine blanco. Charles during has died. He won a tony award, and earned two Oscar Nominations as well as an actors achievement award. He is wanted for questioning in belice where john mcafee is as the rain continues tonight, East Palo Alto residents are seeing a newly renovated levee reporter despite the rain, san fransiscito rushed today. Hopefully itll be bring a will the of freshness to the valley. Take out the dirty and bring the new for the new year. Reporter marin county gets 3 4 of its Drinking Water from rainfall so for many this is worth the bother. Its wonderful to have the rain for the plants for everything. Reporter we found people doing truly last minute shoppers, dodging the showers. I dont like the rain, i dont think so but maybe other people like it, yes. I have a restaurant close to the napa river so were always on a flood watch up there. Reporter this Christmas Day brought crowds to the golden gate bridge. You can come to San Francisco, you expect good weather and you came to the golden gate, thats it. Reporter we saw this open topsighted seeing bus. Health and science editor john fowler ktvu news. Rescue crews spent the evening rescuing a horse. Cracky the horse climbed up to the loft looking for more hay. He was stuck up there for three days. The horse is in good shape. Officials at u. S. Airways are looking into what caused one of it aircrafts to catch fire. It happened during maintenance check. The fire start