Permanent solution but many argue it shouldnt have taken a tragedy. We need to protect our our residents, but at the same time, we need that make sure that the codes are in force by the property. Have you made that happen . Whats happening in the economic crisis, we laid off a good number of police officers, firefighters and inspectors. We need to grow back that number. Reporter complaints include permitting prices, bureaucracy in the planning and Building Department and timing. Why now . Its because of this horrible tragedy that everyone is putting up, you know, protective barriers. Reporter when the city sets the date for that meeting, you can count on channel 5 to be there to bring you the very latest because this is a story thats not going to be going away anytime soon. Live in oakland, emily turner, kpix 5. In a very practical level it wont be easy to bring other converted warehouses up to code. New at 6 00, kpix 5s da lin in oakland with the look at the obstacles which can be formidable, da. Reporter despite that city leaders are trying to find way to legalize these warehouses currently being used as Living Spaces w but building experts tell me these conversions are so expensive that its impractical. How do you turn a warehouse into a legal and safe home . City leaders are looking for a solution. Artists and musicians say there has to be a compromise. For sure, its fire extinguishers and signage not making sure egress isnt blocked. Reporter but short term fixes wouldnt make sure a building survived an earthquake. Building codes require much more than a simple fix for the conversion. One of the idea is new yorks loft law allowing people to build lofts in warehouses. You want to create a law that will allow them to develop the space but not overburden them with too much bureaucracy. Reporter david is a Senior Engineer and says turning these warehouses into Living Spaces would be expensive were very difficult, very expensive huge time delays. In the process of conversing this space to residential, i can tell from you experience it is extremely difficult and costly. The first challenge is a lot of warehouses are on lots not soaped for residential. Getting that zoning change is almost impossible. This property is also zoned for residential. But one of the major requirements for many conversions includes changing the foundations. This property here is about 1,000 square feet. Its going to cost 100,000 to lift it up and put in a if you foundation. The more expensive it is, the less the less practical its going to be and the less likely its going to be. Amend the planning code to provide a legal passport for People Living or working in spaces that arent zoned for what they are doing. Reporter thats easier said than done. Some of the codes are Universal Building codes. The city has not provided a timeline as to when they will come up with a solution. Live in oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. A reunion today involving former residents of the ghost ship and the man many blame for the tragic fire. Tmz posted this exclusive photo of the communes leader. The people around him escaped the inferno. His wife was in a hotel that night. Reporter growing questions about the city of oakland about lack of inspections at the warehouses. Phil matier reports. Reporter thats right. Big questions in a story like this is who knew what and when. And thats still a very cloudy question in oakland when in comes to fire inspections of the ghost ship warehouse. In the last 24 hours insiders of the department have told various news outlets that one of the reasons the city hall is having such a tough time finding out how inspections went at the warehouse is because they cant find it on the database. When we asked oakland mayor libby schaaf about the questions about is she concerned about the lack of response so far, this is what she had to say. Phil, i do not know the answer to that question and i dont need to know the answer to that question to tell you that we can improve our fire inspection and prevention process. Reporter we have learned the questions are whether or not this warehouse was actually on the database even to be checked. Under state law, cities like oakland are mandated to inspect their commercial properties once a year, about 12,000 buildings in oakland. But a 2014 civil grand jury report indicated that lack of staffing within the oakland Fire Departments bureau of Building Inspections [ indiscernible ] up to a third or half were uninspected in recent years. Last night we heard the Building Inspection Department hadnt been in there for 30 years. Reporter but last night when we reported that, they actually had the building inspection out there saying our records show that. What we are dealing with here with the Fire Department is no record found yet to even indicate it. Phil are we surprised here . I mean, oakland has always had a problem with beefing up their police force. Right . They have had a shortage. So why are we surprised there werent enough fire inspectors . If you look at that report you wouldnt be. They said budget crunches a few years back led to layoffs in the department and they have been slow coming back. They didnt even have an active fire marshal until last year. The chief was in charge of that. Also another trend in there. It turns out that were also hearing from insiders that what they were doing was going out and targeting Small Businesses for annual inspections. In other words, if they knew somebody was there and they could get the 181 check they would go and check for 10 minutes, check for 10 minutes. They were making more money and buildings like this that were left on the sidelines, possibly more [ simultaneous speakers where is the blame . Is it the budget . Is it the budgeting . Reporter the budgeting, the city, the decisionmaking and the administration. Well be listening to more and keeping you abreast as things tip to move. Thank you. Coming up at 6 30, a surge of complaints in the wake of the oakland warehouse fire. The Alameda County fire says her Agency Getting flooded with calls. Why they are having a hard time responding to the crush. All 36 victims of the ghost ship fire have now been identified. Today, it was a heartbreaking remembrance on the campus at cal. Students and staff, friends and family all signing these posters with the faces of the four current and former students who died in the fire. Inside the auditorium family members remembered their loved ones who have gone too soon. We have no regrets for griffin because he lived every moment of his life to the fullest. It was a family and routine basis, we expressed our love for each other. We were so blessed to have jenny for 21 years. Theres a part of our hearts thats missing today. Going through her social media and seeing the outpouring of love that has been expressed by her friends and how many people she impacted and theres been very its been very comforting. She told me that she loved this campus, she loved the berkeley community. And i felt her presence as soon as i walked the campus once again and i felt her joy and spirit here. Stay with kpix 5 for continuing coverage of the deadly ghost ship fire and the investigation including an interview with the Alameda County fire marshal coming up at 6 30. The cold wet weather is the other big story tonight. Get used to it. Its going to stick around for a while. Steady showers flooded this oakland intersection earlier today. Pedestrians had to hurry across to avoid getting splashed. The rain let up a bit this afternoon but the clouds did not. This was the view of the San Francisco skyline from treasure island. No complaints from the sierra ski resorts though. They have picked up more than 4 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours. And paul deanno tells us there is more where that came from. Paul . Reporter the radar confirms that veronica. We are looking at very persistent light to moderate rainfall continuing as from 6 a. M. , continuing at 6 p. M. That would be you in the oakland hills, 880 corridor, wet through montclair. Rain out 24 all the way to walnut creek and clayton. And scattered showers just throughout the entire bay area mainly away from the water mainly inland in napa county, sonoma county, marin county, Contra Costa County and also solano county. Its just kind of wet and a little sloppy out there. Rainfall totals kentfield at the college of marin you have received more than 2. 5 of rainfall. That fell since yesterday afternoon. At the San Francisco zoo, 1 1 2 inches of rainfall. Nearly an inch at Burton ValleyElementary School in lafayette 2 3 of an inch of rain in redwood city. Where do we go from here . Futurecast says more scattered showers and cloudy conditions. More scattered showers throughout the morning tomorrow. And another wave or even two waves of steady to heavy rainfall to come. Well talk about which part of the weekend is a washout coming up in a few minutes. Thank you. Nerves are rattled after a powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of humboldt county. The magnitude 6. 5 quake hit about 7 a. M. It was about 100 miles west of the town of ferndale. Kpix 5s len ramirez on how some geologists plan to take advantage of the recent seismic activity. Everyone stopped and pulled over. We thought it was a flat tire. Reporter it opened large cracks in the pavement of this apartment complex but they were lucky the 6. 5 quake struck out in the ocean instead of land in a seismically active area where several smaller tremors were recorded in the last few weeks. It was felt in Southern Oregon and sacramento and here in the bay area. Commuters were inconvenienced by tenminute delays because bart slowed the trains down as a precaution. If it had been onshore, then surely the towns of eureka and ferndale close by would have had a much different experience. Reporter this seismologist says the quake will give scientists a lot to study because of where it hit in a region where three tectonic plates converge and the San Andreas Fault ends. Since this area is all under water its very difficult for scientists to really look at it firsthand so much of the information thats known about this year geophysically speaking is from seismic records. There should be good data. Reporter it was a strike slip or sidetoside motion quake so no tsunami warning. Since there was none of that in this earthquake, there is no tsunami hazard. Reporter hitting at 6 50 a. M. It was another wakeup call to california that the ground is going to move. The only questions are when, where and how much. In menlo park, len ramirez, kpix 5. The ride is over but uber is still watching. Why the app is tracking you even after youre out of the car. And is it going too far . Five women assaulted on a Bay Area College campus recently and its where the attacks happened that has students so concerned. And more complaints of bay area tap water smelling and tasting bad. Its even made some people sick the new explanation for what is causing it. You list of some of the things that can get your account canceled. Uber s new rules for riders in uber cars. The company out today with a list of some of the things that can get your account canceled. No damaging the property of the driver or other passengers. No physical contact with the driver or fellow passengers even after the trip ends. No inappropriate language or gestures. And no breaking the law inside the car. Obviously uber needs your location to come and get you but what about after you have been dropped off . Kpix 5s keit do on how the company may still track you after your ride is over. Kiet. Reporter were live here at terminal b at Mineta San Jose International airport. This is perhaps the most popular dropoff spot for uber in the entire south bay the company says they made the significant changes to the policy last month so if you take an uber recently chances are you have already been opted in and they are tracking you after they drop you off. If you havent opened up your uber app lately get ready to see this notification a change in their policy allows the company to track your location after dropoff for up to five minutes. No one we spoke to at Mineta International airport knew this was happening. I have nothing to hide. Why are they doing it . What is it of any use to them . Reporter uber say they will use the information gathered to make your experience safer, smoother and faster. For example, if a passenger has to cross a busy intersection it might be better to pick a different dropoff spot next time. Uber already tracks your location when the app is open but now the policy change allows Location Tracking when the app is in the background. They said, location is at the heart of the uber experience. And were asking riders to provide us with more information to achieve these goals. Since the news broke, privacy watchdog groups like the Electronic Frontier foundation have asked them not to do it. Getting dropped off is one thing but what if youre going to medical Marijuana Dispensary or Adult Entertainment . Everything from your visit to a Doctors Office or your local pastor might be revealed by that sort of information. Reporter matthew cagel an attorney with the aclu says passengers shouldnt have to trade privacy for practicality. Uber like many or companies takes steps to ensure that user information is secure. But, of course, that information could be subject to government subpoenas or warrants. Reporter some uber customers we talked to found it unsettling. If its that for use, then i dont mind. But lets keep it to that use only. Reporter but then that would be 10 minutes and then it will be a halfhour. And then it will be 24 hours. Then were big brother. Reporter and so if you want to turn off the tracking, heres how to do it on ios. First find the settings icon. Then you go into uber. Under location, you pick either while using the app or always or whatever, and thats simple. Live at the airport, kiet do, kpix 5. Tonight an oakland developer is suing the city so he can push millions of tons of coal through the port he is accusing the city of breach of contract. Back in 2013 the two sides signed a deal to redevelop the old waterfront army base into a bulk and oversized terminal. Then this summer the city banned all coal storage and shipments through the port. The lawyer says the city has no authority to stop that kind of interstate commerce. Students at san jose state are on edge because of a string of sexual assaults including three in the past 10 days. Campus police have these very clear surveillance photos of a suspect. A woman says that someone followed her into the Student Union on monday and attacked her. Other incidents happened in two classroom buildings including one yesterday afternoon. Police have alerted the entire campus. Walk around here without, like, watching out for every, single step. Like nighttime i always, like, go with a friend now, like, because two is better than one. Investigators are looking for several suspects all in their 20s. A total of five women have been attacked since midnovember. Reporter a new explanation tonight for the smelly bad tasting water thats pouring out of some bay area taps. Customer started complaining last week in San Francisco and parts of the peninsula after workers began lowering the levels of some reservoirs. Initially the sfpuc thought it was a buildup of sediment in the pipes and now they are blaming analogy byproduct at the sunol valley Treatment Plant but say the water is safe to drink. If you like heres some water to share here. Im happy to have it myself. Despite those assurances, people on social media say that they have experienced stomach issues and burning on their tongues. The puc says it is taking steps to flush the system at the plant where the algae turned up. All right. Back to the storm watch and what you cannot see because of the big group of vallejo firefighters is the crushed car under the semi. It was pinned against the median on i80 when the big rig swerved to avoid a pickup truck in a should be out. It took a half that spun out. It took a halfhour to free the driver from the car. She is in the hospital. No word on her condition. Big rig driver had minor injuries. Slow going toward the toll plaza all day and Poor Visibility on the freeways. Still coming down a little tonight. You will have the rain out there. Not going to win an award for the heaviest rainfall but its been all day. Sometimes the light to moderate rain that gets you all day is worse than for an hour or two like florida in the summertime. This is just continual light rain. Look at all the roads its impacting. Light to moderate showers but thats all it takes, now traffic is bad around here, throw in rain, and it makes a bad situation that much worse but we love the rainfall this time of year and we are receiving it and will continue to receive it over the next couple of days. If you have a dinner reservation in San Francisco, call your maitre d and say im going to be a halfhour late from the east bay. Look at the traffic at the oakland touchdown of the bay bridge. It is still sloppy out there. Now, it was warm on the Southern Side of the front. Stanford hit 65 today. Union city 63. But on the other side the north side of the bound every boundary walnut creek only 52 for a high. Saint helena didnt make it to 50. So we had a temperature spread north to south today because of the boundary. The setup in the atmosphere is perfect to continue this train of storms rolling through. Big area of low pressure to our north feeding in a westtoeast flow. Big area of High Pressure to our south, feeding in a west toeast flow. The only question is when does the next storm arrive . Just scattered showers for the next 36 hours. Tomorrow morning scattered showers. Tomorrow evening scattered