Fire victims on the ucberkeley campus. Kpix 5s kpix 5s veronica de la cruz has the story. Reporter ken, four current and former students died in the ghost ship blaze outside the auditorium posters with their pictures placed on tables where people could leave their thoughts and tributes. The students who died were all musicians, music lovers or involved in the arts community. One by one, family members took the stage to share their stories. Jenny morris loved to sing and traveled with her church youth group. Her father and brother spoke. We were so blessed to have jenny for 21 years. I thank you that she was able to join your community, too. She was so precious to us. Theres a part of our hearts that is missing today. It still doesnt really seem real to me. Just saw her last week at thanksgiving and [ sigh ] really grateful that we were able to spend that that time together. Reporter griffin maddens father told the crowd his family has no regrets because they regularly and routinely told each other how they loved one another. He also told the story of griffins least favorite cliche. One that seemed to bother him the most was, yolo. You only live once. That just didnt sit straight with griffin. It troubled him. So he came up with his own acronym which is striking at this moment. And that was, you only live forever. Reporter vanessa plotkins father remembered his 21year old daughter as someone who glowed. Her mother said she was at home at ucberkeley. My daughter vanessa radiated beauty and joy and love and kindness and thats the message that she would like us to impart from this tragedy. Reporter all the students lost were described as exceptional and bright lights. One speak said in the face of unspeakable loss, we have an obligation to honor their memories. Ken . Veronica, thank you for that. The lives lost also remembered today in washington, dc at the u. S. Capitol. These were young men and women who had their whole futures ahead of them, their lives were tragically cut short. A moment of silence was held on the floor of the house of representatives to remember the 36 people who died. Coming up at 6 00, well take a look at the expensive process of converting these warehouses to save living spaces. New at 5 00 new information on the stinky water that has been coming out of some bay area taps. Since last week, people in San Francisco and palo alto have been complaining their water smells and tastes bad. Our julie watts is outside the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission with a new explanation. Julie. Reporter thats right, liz. On monday the sfpuc said they recently started pulling water from the San Antonio Reservoirs. They blame naturally occurring sediment for the odor and taste. Today they now say its due to algae. Its clear somethings different about the water in San Francisco and parts of the peninsula. Last week, people began complaining via social media that the water, quote, smells like a swamp and that it was creating a Burning Sensation on the sides of the tongue, even being blamed for diarrhea and stomach issues. If you like we have water to share here. Im happy to have it myself. Reporter to demonstrate its safe the sfpuc took a drink of what he said is San Francisco water in front of a room full of reporters. He said they even noticed a change in the taste but says it is safe to drink. The agency says they manually test the water over 100 times each day at different locations for pathogens, bacteria and minerals. Yesterday the tests revealed a byproduct of algae at the sunol valley Treatment Plant that came from the algae at the San Antonio Reservoir although they havent found any blooms. As for those reporting healthish . There is no Clinical Evidence of health effects. Reporter he says its naturally occurring and commonly found in other Water Systems although its not common in the hetch hetchy. They are not sure what caused it but they have stopped taking water from the San Antonio Reservoir today and ramping down the affected Treatment Plant. We say the taste and odor will begin to dissipate with these measures. Reporter how long it takes will depend how long the water takes to get through the system. They hope in about a week people will notice a difference. Right now most of the complaints are coming in from the outer rim of San Francisco, the lower elevations served by two primary reservoirs here in the city. A similar situation down on the peninsula. Bottom line, these are the folks who get the water first before its pumped up to the higher elevations. Those folks may notice a change in their water before it gets better or they may not. If this is commonly found in other water sources countrywide why did it take so long to figure out this is due to algae . Reporter they say that this algae blooms are not common this time of year so it wasnt intuitive for them to assume thats what it would be. And it often does change the taste and the odor of the water when they start taking water from a reservoir they havent used in a while so they assume initially thats what caused it. As complaints continued they started doing extra testing and they discovered the algae. All right. Julie watts, thank you so much. On the storm watch its been a pretty rough trip through sfo today all around the bay area really. At least 26 flights have been canceled at sfo due to the weather. There are also arrival delays up to 90 minutes as the airport meters inbound traffic. In oakland the steady showers filled up an intersection with water. Pedestrian has to hurry across to try to avoid getting splashed. Its not getting much easier getting around in a car. Its been a slow soggy commuted all day along bay area roads and bridges. And theres more where that came from. Lets get over to kpix 5 chief meteorologist paul deanno with the latest. Paul . Its not very heavy but its persistent and widespread through the evening commute. This is hidef Doppler Radar lots of light green on your Television Screen your smartphone. Thats the 680 corridor, highway 24 through la marinda through walnut creek including concord. We are seeing showers right now. Going to zoom up to the north and take a look at the rainfall totals right now which have been very impressive. Two inches of rain just over the past 24 hours in san mateo. Nearly 2 of rain for pacifica, more than one in san rafael, one in napa, san ramon nearly one inch of rainfall. But look at the rain shadow in the santa clara valley, san jose. 07 rainfall. Scattered showers throughout the evening. Raining at 8 p. M. Rain throughout the night into tomorrow morning, at 4 a. M. Showers continuing if you driving to work early tomorrow. Theres one more day looking like a washout. Well talk about that because its going to impact the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Thank you. Slick roads set off a dramatic Chain Reaction crash on i80 in vallejo. See that big group of firefighters . They are surrounding whats left of a zion. The driver was tracked inside the crushed sion when a big rig swerved to avoid a spunout pickup truck and pinned it against the center divide. It took nearly 30 minutes to get the driver out. She is in the hospital tonight. The big rig driver had minor injuries. A friendly gesture turned into a tragedy in the south bay today. A teenager who saw a friend on a skateboard offered him a ride to school. The driver eventually lost control of the car, crashed it on the san tomas expressway in campbell. The car slammed into a guardrail, part of which went through the door and hit and killed the passenger. The driver has minor injuries tonight. A campus alert in the south bay students at san jose state on edge after a string of sexual assaults. Kpix 5s maria medina on the three attacks in the last week alone. Reporter these type of cases already concerning for students here but whats even more disturbing to them is how often and what time of day they are happening. Just like really scared, you know, for, like, all the girls. Reporter a suspect caught on camera. Cant even, like, walk around here without, like, watching out for every, single step. Reporter but not yet caught by police. Like, you dont know if youre going to be the next victim. Reporter another case with crime on campus leaving students on edge. During the nighttime i go with a friend. Reporter in one week police alerted the Campus Community about three Sexual Battery cases. The first on november 30 at sweeney hall when a female victim told investigators a man attacked her on the stairs. Then on december 5, a female victim says a man followed her into the Student Union before assaulting her. That suspect captured on camera. The third incident happened just yesterday at duncan hall in a stairwell. All the suspects in their 20s, all the alleged attacks in the afternoon. What in the world is, like, happening on my campus . Reporter he takes classes in duncan hall and feels there are just too many cases of campus crime. At first its, like, wow, here at san jose state . Arent these kids supposed to be, like, you know, like, the leaders of tomorrow . Reporter a sad reality for a college they both chose to attend. I love san jose and, like, i love this campus but i wish it were safer. Reporter at sjsu, maria medina, kpix 5. Some people in humboldt county jolted out of bed this morning after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast. Magnitude 6. 5 quake hit just before 7 00 about 100 miles west of ferndale to 20 miles south of eureka. There were no reports of injuries or serious damage. But people definitely felt the shaking across Northern California and were startled again by several aftershocks including one that measured 5. 2. I think this is an excellent opportunity to, um, to learn a little bit more about this area and since it was a large earthquake and generated, um, it was well recorded, perhaps a Good Opportunity to study or to look again at how we respond to earthquakes. And pg e confirms there were no outages due to the seismic activity. [ music ] remembering the First American to orbit the earth. Coming up we take a look back at the remarkable life of john glenn. Plus, new rules for bay area dog walkers. The sections of a National Park that are now off limits. And those formerly conjoined twins are now separated. We are going to check with how they are doing tonight. ,, has died at the age of 9 cbs reporter, Danielle Nottingham looks back on the legendary career. Of the lt of the American Space pioneer john glenn has died at the age of 95. Cbs reporter Danielle Nottingham takes a look back on the career of the last of the mercury 7 astronauts. Godspeed, john glenn. Reporter john glenn traveled into space and returned an american hero. 3, 2, 1, 0 reporter on february 20, 1962 liftoff. Reporter glenn became the First American to orbit the earth. Were under way. Reporter the historic trip came in the middle of the cold war. The soviet union had already sent two cosmonauts into orbit. Glenns mission helped the United States catch up in the space race. Oh, that view is tremendous. Reporter john glenn was born in 1921 in ohio and became a marine pilot after pearl harbor was attacked. Glenn would fly nearly 150 missions during world war ii and the korean war. His experience and skill caught nasas attention. The fledgling agency picked him as one of the first 7 astronauts in the u. S. Space program the mercury 7. The world watched as glenn circled the globe three times in the friendship 7 capsule. Roger, we are programming to roll. Reporter the flight transformed him into a National Hero complete with a ticker tape parade. He then ran for senate from his home state of ohio winning on his third try. During his four terms in the senate, glenn, a democrat, chaired the powerful Governmental Affairs committee. After retiring from capitol hill, glenn made history again become the oldest person ever in space. At the age of 77, glenn joined the crew of the Space Shuttle discovery to research the aging process. You have older people here on earth with some of the frailties of old age. Thats the purpose of why im here. Reporter glenns other great love besides space was his wife annie. The childhood sweethearts were married for more than 60 years and had two children. Danielle nottingham, cbs news. John glenns cause of death hasnt been released but he had been in an ohio cancer hospital. The twoyearold twins are getting used to not being by each others side. This is how they spent every second of their young lives until surgeons in palo alto performed a risky procedure to separate them. Kpix 5s devin fehely caught one their grateful mother who described the emotions and details of the day. The first time i saw the girls, um, it was very surreal. It still seems very surreal when i see oneonone side and the other one on the other side. Reporter mrs. Sandoval cried tears of joy as she described seeing her daughters erika and ava in separate hospital beds for the first time in their young lives after tuesdays marathon surgery. Its been a long journey to get here. Really been a dream come true. Crying reporter conjoined twins erika and ava made that emotional journey linked together two girls sharing one body joint from the chest down. We knew that it was going to be a difficult, um, separation. Reporter but a necessary one because doctors feared the girls unique anatomy may have eventually threatened both their lives. We know if one twin gets critically ill or dies, the other will die within a few hours. Reporter but this 17hour surgery posed its own risks, as well. Doctors gave the girls a 70 chance of surviving. The girls have separate hearts, lungs and stomach. But they shared a liver, bladder two kidneys and three legs. And a team of surgeons were painstakingly hour after hour working to separate them. More than nine hours after they began doctors made the final cut severing the last remaining physical connection between the two girls. Several more hours of Reconstructive Surgery would follow before the girls sedated now separate but still side by side would be met in the icu by their mom. It brings us all joy. Reporter evin fehely, kpix 5. A major disappointment for pet owners around the bay area who have staged a long battle with the National Park service. Off leash walking will soon be limited to just six areas from marin clear down to san mateo. Thats part of the Golden Gate National recreation area. The new restrictions were announced today. The biggest cut back, the beaches, down from nearly 9 miles of open beach to now fewer than 3. Conservationists and wildlife advocates had been pushing those changes for a long, long time and dog owners have been pushing back. After a lengthy Public Comment period the final decision came down today and takes effect in january. Other bay area headlines all lanes open after a big rig spilled chicken parts all over the roadway on 101 in san mateo. Responders say the truck suddenly stopped and the load shifted forward spilling over the front. Bart plans to change its morning start time because of a retrofit on the transbay tube. Beginning in july of 2018, bart will open at 5 a. M. Instead of 4 a. M. On weekdays. And that will stay in effect for up to 2 1 2 years. Last week, the bart board approved funding to install a new lining on the inside of the tube to guard against a major earthquake. The Salvation Army is going through a holiday crisis in the bay area. The group says its in need of bell ringers, especially in San Francisco and san mateo counties. Cash collected in those familiar red kettles goes towards feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless. Alum Rock School District unveiled its first Computer Science immersion schools at two sites. Today students at Antonio Elementary School andruch yeah worked on coding lessons. The program will prepare students for jobs in their own backyard. A High School Student in reno is in Critical Condition after being shot by a Campus Police officer. Allen martin has the cell phone video that shows the 14year old waving knives at other students before officer shot him. Reporter police are asking people not to rush to judgment after hearing that an officer shot a student. This cell phone video shows what happened after two students began to fight and then one pulled out a couple of knives. A word of caution, the video has been edited but some may still find it disturbing. The 14yearold student who appeared to be armed with two knives seemed to lunge and swing them at others. Back off, back off reporter dozens were in and outdoor terrace area at the High School Wednesday morning when the School DistrictPolice Officer shot the teenager. [ gunfire ] reporter cell phone video shows the boy on the ground grabbing his upper body. Shots fired of a stay tuned down at hug high school. Theres one down. On the east side of the cafeteria outside in the courtyard. He just shot the kid reporter witnesses reported hearing one shot fired. Jason soto is renos police chief. The officer gave verbal commands for the student to drop the knife ultimately firing his Service Weapon stopping the threat. There were two juveniles fighting.