Crews recover the body of a crane operator who died after an incident at the oakland inner harbor. Firefighters were called to the area near the Schnitzer Steel Company this afternoon after coworkers reported that the man was unresponsive. We are still checking conflicting reports of a medical emergency or that he was involved in an industrial incident. The crane operator was aboard a ship at the oakland inner harbor. About an hour ago the Alameda County coroner confirmed one of the two victims in a deadly crash in oakland early this morning was a former Oakland Raiders linebacker. 30yearold Thomas Howard was killed just before 1 a. M. He was on northbound 880 near 5th street. Chp says it was howard going more than 100 Miles Per Hour when he lost control of his car and hit a truck. Howards car then went over the median hitting two cars in the southbound lanes. The 65yearold driver of one of those cars was also killed. Howard was drafted by the raiders back in 2006. He spent five seasons in oakland. Most recently he played for the Atlanta Falcons until the Team Released him last week. It turns out a fender bender in a San Francisco parking lot led to a deadly shooting over the weekend. 23yearold woman pictured in the middle was shot to death around 2 a. M. On sunday near 6th and jesse streets. Warren grew up in oakland and graduated last year from California State University in sacramento. Police say she and a friend were sitting in their parked car when two men backed into them. When the women got out to look at the damage, there was a confrontation that led to both men shooting at them. Warren was killed and her friend has lifethreatening injuries. No arrests have been made. It may mean a break with tradition. But a Bay Area School district is talking about retiring its apache mascot. Its part of a trend when it comes to indian mascots. Kpix 5s Ann Notarangelo on the spirited debate at vallejo high school. Ann. Reporter elizabeth, the vast majority of students identify themselves as apaches but whats happening here is happening in the country a growing trend to drop the mascots who may be offensive. Indian peoples like all peoples are not mascots. We shouldnt be categorized in the sports or entertainment arena as a mascot. Reporter for years, Antonio Gonzalez has been making that argument. Thats him in 1989 making a case against another mascot but for the first time in years, more people seem to agree with him. The term apache is a derogatory term. Another name given to us by cowboys. Reporter the vallejo city unified School District administration is recommending the apache mascot be dropped from vallejo high. The school board may vote on it this week. No one from the district or school commented today but the students have lots to say. Its like a family thing. We should be an apache. Its like thats us and i want to graduate to be an apache. Its like the thing to do. The word is going around that they want to change it. My grandparents were native american and i think they wouldnt be mad if we keep the apache name because its a representation of my background. Reporter the latest movement to remove mascots with native american reference gained momentum with the washington redskins. Many refuse to call them instead referring to the team in washington. In california, there are more than 180 schools with similar mascots. And change has come long before. In 1792, stanford changed in 1972 stanford changed its mascot from a indian to a tree but the ground spell and support stopped with the students who believe it overshadowed more pressing problems. They should talking about marijuana on campus and the grades and Overall School issues rather than what were called. Reporter the School Board Meeting is this wednesday. If it is anything like the november 6 meeting, it is going to be packed. And it will be emotional. In vallejo, Ann Notarangelo, kpix 5. It looks like cociella valley highs mascot the arab will stay for opportunity. A group recently urged the Southern CaliforniaSchool District to get rid of it claiming it promoted stereotypes. At a Board Meeting today the district said it will keep the name but will be open to discussing other options. Dust off the umbrella. The bay areas dry spell finally ending. Chopper 5 showing some clouds forming over the east bay right now. Chief meteorologist paul deanno tracking where and when the first drops are going to fall. Allen, i think some folks sold their umbrellas on ebay, its been that long. Kpix 5 hidef doppler dry now. But things are changing. Well show you whats brewing up to the north and not only is there rain just a few hours to the north, this time its heading in our direction. Its not going to be a near miss. Well get a hit and everybody from ukaih south to gilroy is going to get wet starting tonight. Because the track is heading right into Northern California. Thats the path of least resistance. Thats where storm also follow. The rain is building to the north. How much rain will we get . Not enough for flooding so low to moderate impact there. Wind will not be an issue. The timing for travel your morning commute tomorrow will be a soggy and slow one because of that rain moving in. Well talk about how much rain well get in the bay area and when it moves out coming up. Tonight thousands of people are trying to salvage whats left of their homes after dozens of deadly tornadoes ripped through the midwest. In fact, you can hardly make out what the structures used to look like. Was there a structure there at all . Hundreds of homes reduced to piles of wood, roofs completely ripped off, at least 8 people confirmed killed in the storms. One of the hardesthit areas was washington, illinois. A town of about 15,000 people, its about 150 miles southwest of chicago. Thats where cbs reporter ko im is live with the closer look at the devastation and slow recovery. Ko. Reporter it will be a slow recovery and rebuilding process after strong lines of storms hit small towns like this one. As you can see, there is a lot of damage and people are in shelters tonight because they are without power and homes. Reporter from the sky you can see the massive path of destruction the twister carved through washington, illinois. Several driveways now lead to empty foundations where large suburban homes used to stand. Joey davidson was in the basement of his new home when it hit. Now he is in the hospital with a cracked vertebrae and shoulder damage. I could feel everything that was hitting me. I knew it was cinder blocks and trusses. It was surreal. At one point, i thought i was a goner. Reporter illinois is one of the 12 states twisters ripped through on sunday. In kokomo, indiana, a tornado flipped this car upsidedown. In ohio people are picking through what remains of their homes. But illinois was the hardest hit. This pile of rubble used to be an auto shop. Police say despite the damage, employees were able to crawl out unhurt. Go, go, go, go, go reporter the storms left hundreds in the midwest homeless. John dempsey and his wife are now in a shelter after losing their home of 44 years. I dont know what well do. Well just devastated. We have no clue what were going to do. Reporter the National Weather service surveyed the damage and says the tornado in washington was an ef4, the second most powerful. Officials credit local forecasts, sirens and Text Messages for saving lives. The mayor of washington, illinois saying that its amazing that people survived despite the death toll of eight people. It is amazing, ko, especially looking at whats behind you there and the stories youre telling us. There are always these incredible survival stories that come out of these things. Reporter yeah. We hear with people that were gathered in church on sunday and they decided to stick together and head down to the basement because they heard tone after tone and people, you know, who were listening to the radio and had just moments before they had to rush to safety. Then there are sad stories, like the elderly man and his sister didnt survive in southern rural illinois and the 21yearold victim crushed in his car when a tree fell on him. Back to you. Thank you, ko im. It started with the mom getting a speeding ticket and ended in a wild confrontation with police. Get out of the vehicle get out of the vehicle right now the chaos that led to officers opening fire on a minivan full of children. Ignition and liftoff of the atlas five with maven. A firstofitskind mission to mars. The robot that could uncover some of the biggest mysteries about the red planet. And a nationwide turkey shortage could change your thanksgiving menu plans. ,,,, tentative contract that end bart and its unions continue to go back and forth over what bart says is a mistake in the tentative contract that ended last months strike. Its a provision allowing employees to take six weeks of paid family leave. Today, union analysts held a costing meeting. They dispute barts estimate that the paid family leave would cost 44 million over the next four years. The unions say it would be closer to 5 million. It was a stretch to be able to support the contract of 67 million which was what was agreed on, on october 21st, that anything that costs beyond that is not tolerable by the people that i represent. We are dismayed, disappointed. Were, you know, very disturbed by this. It is putting us in uncharted territory. Barts board of directors plans a meeting on thursday to determine its next step. Our mobile5 checking the new fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel on the first week night commute. This is westbound. The fourth bore opened on saturday. This mornings commute was smooth. Two continues carrying direction in both directions the biggest direction for countercommuters who had to squeeze down to one tunnel. Nasas spacecraft is on the way to unravel a mystery in space. Did life ever exist on mars . Ignition and liftoff of the atlas 5 with maven. The robotic scout maven blasted off today from Cape Canaveral on a 10 month journey to the red planet. This will be nasas 21st mission to mars. Scientists believed mars may have once supported life. Now they hope maven can uncover how it is dry. We expect to learn how modern mars works really in detail to see its climate state to understand how the atmosphere is, how mars may have lost a magnetic field. Maven set to arrive next september. The price tag of the mission 671 million. A minivan traffic stop turns into mayhem. A mom tries to escape with her children. What happens next that has two Police Officers under investigation. From smoking crack to clobbering a councilwoman . Things are going from bad to worse for toronto, canadas, mayor. ,,,,, a. Torontos mayor is stripped of his remaining powers in the wake of his admission to once smoking crack cocaine. Shame you shame, shame spectators shouted at mayor rob ford during todays heated debate. He then suddenly ran through the Council Chamber knocking over a woman. He later apologized saying it was an accident. He rejected calls to resign even after admitting smoking crack, driving drunk and buying illegal drugs. George zimmerman was arrested again. His girlfriend claims he point a shotgun at her during an argument at his home. He is now facing charges at aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief. This is his latest runin with the law since he was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin back in july. Newly released dashcam video shows Police Officers shooting at a minivan with a woman and five children. Doing 71 back there in 55. Reporter 39yearold mother of five is pulled over for speeding by a new Mexico State Police officer just north of santa fe. The officers dash camera captures the encounter. She drives off and the officer pursues and pulls her over again. Emotions escalate. Get out of the vehicle. Get out of the vehicle right now. [ screaming ] reporter farrell doesnt budge. But her 14yearold son jumps out. But he retreats when the officer pulls out his taser. Youre already facing evading charges right now. You ran away from me, okay . Reporter she finally gets out. Turn around and face the vehicle. Reporter then appears to ignore the officer and struggles to get back inside [ screaming ] reporter outcomes her son again. This time, he scuffles with the officer. He runs back to the car and the family is locked inside. The officer smashes the window with his baton. As farrell drives off again, another officer arrives and fires at least three shots at the van with the five children inside after a 10minute highspeed chase, farrell finally stops. She and her son are arrested. [ screaming ] reporter farrell is charged with child endangerment, resisting arrest and reckless driving. Her son was charged with battery. Farrells Attorney Says she drove off because she was scared. And the officers are under investigation. Other bay area headlines. Friends and family of the victims of the Jonestown Massacre gathered this morning at an oakland memorial to the mass murdersuicide. Today marks the 35th anniversary of when more than 900 people died in guyana after cult leader jim jones convinced them to drink poison. Many of the victims were from the bay area. The massacre came hours after jones followers killed San Mateo County congressman leo ryan and four others who were investigating jonestown. Emergency responders got to freshen up their skills today along San Franciscos waterfront. Its a drill. Divers inspected piers as part of this disaster drill meant to simulate a response to a catastrophic earthquake. The drill originally was scheduled to take place during fleet week but do you remember . It was postponed because of the federal goverment shutdown. Paul, we have been waiting for this moment which seems like forever and its finally really going to happen. Its the first time during the week this its rained the entire season. Crazy its like a month of christmas were talking about this. Its not going to be a huge deal other than its the first time in 60 days and its rain, not a large amount. Its not going to be a gully washer but it is going to be the first significant rainfall in two months. Ahead of that we had some beautiful clouds forming before sunset from our san jose camera, good evening to you in the santa clara valley. Youre getting the rainfall, too. And theres a look over the city toward the golden gate with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures are dropping. Really didnt get that warm today. San francisco, santa rosa, 55. Livermore, san jose, 56. Oakland at 60 currently. And concord 54. There it is, the rain that will finally work its way down here picked up by kpix 5 hidef doppler. For most of us it will be around midnight before the rain gets here. Things are changing. Heres how dry we have been. We could do a. 25 of rainfall every day starting today and not ending until new years eve and we would still end up the year below normal rainfall wise. We are 13 below normal in San Francisco. You are 20 below normal for the year in santa rosa and the north bay but changes are coming. This is a sign things will beginning to be what they should be for midnovember. This storm is slamming into the same spot but this time the ridge of High Pressure is farther to the south and the storm track is being carried into Northern California as opposed to the pacific northwest. So the past 15 or 20 storms there have been plenty but they have all missed us because of that blocking ridge of High Pressure. That is sagging to the south. So this time, we get a hit. The storm track heads toward us and well see some muchneeded rainfall not only tomorrow but also wednesday. We have two days of solid rain chance. Pick the town closest to you. This is our computers representation of how much rainfall is going to come down. Lets start with the least amount about. 25 of rain in redwood city and hayward and concord and San Francisco. In pleasanton tonight, nearly half inch. Almost half inch in san rafael. Look at the north bay. Santa rosa you may see an inch of rain, more than that for ukiah and towards santa cruz and capitola banking up against the mountains may see an inch of rainfall. It starts after midnight tonight. Very slick for you driving to work on school tomorrow. Watch out for slick roads because the oil comes out of the road when it hasnt rained in a while. Wet all day tomorrow through wednesday night. It is going to be soggy for two straight days. Tomorrow with rain likely livermore 63, san jose 62, sunnyvale 61. And hayward, 60. Walnut creek will hit 62. Antioch 62. In the city tomorrow a soggy 60. Rain hitting first up in ukiah your high on tuesday 60. Were wet for two days. Thats nice. Its nice, too, the sunshine is going to come back on thursday. Through the weekend making plans for saturday and sunday, do it outside mainly sunny skies highs around 70. So a huge pattern change, no. But its a start. We have to start somewhere. Open the door. Yes. Thanks. Stocks ending the day mixed after the market reached two major milestones earlymorning in the day. The s p crossed 1800 for the first time and the dow hit 16,000 but neither index could hold those gains. The s p fell more than 6. 5. The dow was up 14. Nasdaq down 37. Turkey trouble ahead of thanksgiving, the shortage that could change how you shop for your main course. You might want to make a few extra side dishes this year a warning to anyone cooking thanksgiving dinner. Not about your cooking. Its about what youre going to cook. You might want to have a few extra side dishes this year. On the consumerwatch, julie watts explains, there is talk of a turkey shortage reporter its the main dish at most thanksgiving meals. The turkey. Its the centerpiece. The and the dressing. The turkey. Reporter more people want them f