Of the federal government. Issues specifically mentioned in the contract are immigration, healthcare and the environment. So he says he doesnt really know what issues will have to be addressed because he cant predict what President Trump will do. Whats the rush, whats thish oo you, whats the problem . Reporter according to the leader of the republicans in the senate we shouldnt pay for lawyers before trump is sworn in. California already has more than 1,000 attorneys in the state Attorneys Generals Office costing more than 800 million a year. She says its their job to defend the state. And if you are going to go beyond that, then there better be some big crisis that you can tell exactly what it is and the people know what they are paying for. Reporter deleon says holder and his team will work with the state attorney generals office. The more lawyers, the better. The more legal power, the bigger the team, the better the california. We are a state of 40 Million People so we need, you know, all the best legal minds possible. Reporter the contract is for a minimum of 75,000 over 3 months. Why so short . Well, were hearing that if the Trump Administration comes in and things are quiet and everyone is getting along that at the end of the three months the contract is termnated. Live in sacramento, melissa caen, kpix 5. Deleon has reached out to the president elect and asked for a meeting between the incoming president and california leaders. He says mr. Trump so far has not responded. A history making hire in oakland. Today the mayor introduced the citys First Female Police chief to lead the Embattled Police department. Anne kirkpatrick will take over the Police Department that struggled with a sex scandal and has had a revolving door of chiefs in the last year. She comes from the chicago Police Department and has a track record of bringing reform. Before that she was in seattle and as the police chief in spokane, washington. Oaklands mayor says she is confident chief kirkpatrick can turn things around here. We wanted a leader with integrity able to change culture someone who would deliver on fair and just policing, prevent violence and increase accountability. I dont consider it a mess. Its an opportunity. Its all about going forward. Its about going from good to great. Thats a different mindset being the number one. She has had her eye on oakland for a while. She admits she is an outsider born and raised in the south. But is confident she will earn the trust of the department and the community. Im committed to you. So lets see. But i plan to make it such that you dont want me leaving. Although i dont hear the accent i know yall do. I think yall are the ones with the accent. Until today the oklahoma Police Department had no chief for seven months. New at 6 00, our phil matier spoke with mayor libby schaaf about her new hire and whats been a rough couple of months since the deadly warehouse fire. Reporter thats right. Deadly warehouse fire plus the problems at the Police Department that we saw three chiefs in nine days. This is a make it or break it decision with libby schaaf. Permanent chief of the Oakland Police chief. Hiring a police chief in oakland is the most important hire that i will make as mayor. I want this to be the last chief that i recruit from the outside. I wanted a seasoned leader to come in and develop the talent from within this department. At least two things in that statement. One at this point you didnt see that talent within the department. And the second one is that this is the could be a make it or break it move for you in your administration. I see tremendous talent within the oakland Police Department. But not talent thats ready at this moment in time to lead this department right now. Age of trump is going to make oakland the center of probably some of the biggest demonstrations on the west coast. Are you ready for that . I appreciate that this chief knows she is coming into a city that is an activist community. That has progressive values. I expect us to continue to maintain free speech while absolutely not tolerating vandalism or violence. How would you characterize the last six months of you being mayor . The last six months of me being mayor have no doubt, um, been full of some pretty big crises. But it is an incredibly resilient city. The ghost ship. At the time you said you werent looking for any scapegoats and you werent going on any witch hunts. Can you update us . It would be a tragedy if we dont learn from this horrible fire and improve our system. But we have to do better. What about accountability . We will hold people accountable. We have to be calm and reasoned in moving forward. Theres this moment of crisis of tragedy and we are all still mourning this catastrophic loss of life. Many people from throughout this country reached out to me to offer their support to offer their condolences. The most meaningful one was i did receive a phone call from the president of the united states. If theres anyone who understands the burdens of leadership, it is him. And that was very meaningful to me at a very difficult moment. Reporter i hope meaningful is something that she is working on now. But here and now, she has to get the Police Department under control and moving forward because that is one of the key things that she is going to be judged on and by the way the chief doesnt come on until next month. Probably around the 27th. We have time where its iffy. And phil, there is a question of whether the mayor was specifically looking for a woman to change the culture on the police force. Today the new chief i understand addressed this head on. What does she have to say about this . Reporter well, it was interesting. It wasnt the first time that she has been a culture shifter. It wasnt the first time she became police chief. Possibly the first woman of the city. As far as oakland, heres what she had to say. The number one question im always asked is what is it like to be a woman . And being a woman police chief. What i will tell you is that i am a leader. So i am a leader who is cloaked as a woman. And im grateful for being a woman. But i will be your leader, as well. Reporter i have to be honest with you. There was a poll taken and it turned out that picking a woman really played pretty well with significant oakland voters and thats always nice to have when youre making the decision of your career. Back to you, veronica. Thank you, kpix 5s phil matier in oakland. Apples ceo tim cook said that apple employees would start moving into the massive new spaceship campus in cupertino sometime in 2017. Well, of course, its january. We wanted to find out just whats going on. Kpix 5 reporter betty yu has answers. Reporter allen, i learned from city officials today that this apple spaceship campus behind me will be ready for its first employees to move in, in the spring of this year. Locals have been driving by this massive project for about three years now with a lot of curiosity and in the latest drone video, you can check out this monstrous complex and all of the progress its made. It is soon to be finished without a doubt. Today the cupertino vice mayor tells me that this move will happen in phases in a ramped up fashion to eventually house more than 10,000 apple employees. Now, we reached out to apple, and it wouldnt comment on the specifics of the move and also wouldnt commit to a specific movein month or season but did say it expects this spaceship to be ready for workers in, quote, early 2017. I also learned from city officials today that apple at this point has not been issued occupancy permits for this building, which it will need before anyone moves in. Live in cupertino, betty yu, kpix 5. The road leading to the Mount Rose Ski resort, the road was closed due to a slide. No injuries. Authorities are forced to close the highway because of the danger. No word when it will reopen. New at 6 00 avalanche dangers along with the windy whiteout conditions forced several tahoe ski resorts to shut down for the day. Kpix 5s emily turner is in South Lake Tahoe at heavenly with the concerns. Reporter what a difference a day makes. Yesterday, the weather was perfect for folks who wanted to get up on the slopes and enjoy them. Today, not so much. In fact, they are even potentially dangerous. They are not waging war. Just fighting a battle against unsafe snow conditions. The Avalanche Center upgraded the sierra avalanche warning to high and the resorts are working to make sure one doesnt happen there. What they are actually doing is theyre trying to trigger off areas that might be loose, right . Theyre trying to knock that sheer layer down so a skier doesnt actually knock it off. Reporter thats what the cannon is for. Safety crews at kirkwood, heavenly and north star use that, various charges and ski well known avalanche trigger areas to knock the snow loose. Here, are pictures from sierra at tahoe. Groomers follow behind them overnight packing all the loose snow down. While they do all this they have to close the slopes. This is kind of our week to have our ski vacation with her and if we dont get up there today then we only have two days left. So got to get all our skiing in that we can. Reporter part of heavenly is closed, squaw valley, sierra at tahoe, kirkwood also. Avalanche closed the road to mount rose. Its closed. I would not be going to the backcountry now. I would let this settle for a few days before i ventured out. Reporter this storm is expected to continue through thursday morning and then theres another storm right behind it headed this way this weekend. The resorts hope that these storms stay more snowy than wet and that they will make for a great base for the rest of winter weather. In the sierra, emily turner, kpix 5. The chp posted these pictures of dangerous driving conditions on interstate 80. Visibility near donner passed to be about 30 to 50 feet because of blowing snow. Big rigs being told to find a different way around if they can. All drivers have to have chains. And there are major problems with flooding this evening in the sierra foothills. Some areas have picked up several inches of rain. That means creeks and rivers are flowing fast and they are very dangerous. Going to get worse, too. Crews in nevada city have been working 24 hours shifts clearing storm drains dealing with downed trees. Meteorologist paul deanno tracking more big storms on the way. This is the weaker of the two storms and yes, we have a lot more coming. It continues to just come down in buckets in the sierra foothills and look at that transition from heavy rain to heavy snow as soon as you hit bear valley snowing at tahoe through the Central Valley. Thats where the heavy rain is now. We have light rain around the area as we told you the rain tapering off to showers. It did that today but, man, those showers were persist stent throughout the day. We have seen rainfall through San Francisco, berkeley, soggy to the south bay. How much rain over the past 4 hours . The Santa Cruz Mountains over the past 24 hours . The Santa Cruz Mountains got 6 of rain from this storm. San rafael 2. 5 over the past day. 2 for orinda. 1 fremont. More than half inch for San Francisco. Look at the rain shadow effect. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, six inches of rain on the other side, the leeward side. Santa cruz mountains, only one. 25 of rain in san jose. All of that storm number one. Storm number two this weekend may drop 18 inches of rain in a few spots of northern california. Well talk more about that coming up. Thank you. It is a new spin on the breathalyzer that uses skin to tell if you have had too much to drink. We put a bay area startups wearable monitor to the test. A surge in sewage. Imagine trying to do your job with this leaking on to your desk every few weeks. What we found out about a plan to fix this problem city building. Relief for renters in most bay area cities but you might be surprised to hear where apartment prices are soaring justice. Yesterday, smelly sewage dripped down onto employee desks a raw sewage leak forced an evacuation of San Francisco hall of justice. Sewage dripped on employee desk and case files and we learned that this was not an isolated incident. Its almost a daily occurrence. Whats being done . Kpix 5 reporter don ford found out. Flooding, lead paint, seismically unsafe, rodents. Working in this building is difficult and hazardous. Reporter raw sewage flowed into the halls and offices of the San Francisco district attorneys office. Urine and human fecal matter flowed in from broken and clogged sewer lines. Some people had to walk through it. [ screaming ] Reporter City crews cleaned it up but maxwell says the hall of justice is simply falling apart. The building really needs to be retired and theres really no plan to get folks out of the building at this point. Reporter to see if there was a plan i went to city hall. The Mayors Office sent me to the Communications Office. The folks in the Communications Office sent me to the city administrator who referred me to the department of real estate, where the director of property said, hold on there is a plan for the exit from the hall of justice. Reporter there is a plan. There is a plan. It is in the approved capital plans at the board of supervisors have adopted. Reporter he says the building will be demolished. So you have the money . We have the money. Now we just need to execute on the program. Reporter how soon before that happens . Well see some of these units move into reporter thats when the whole process gets complicated. Classic San Francisco tradition, its going to take time to coordinate all the different departments. Meanwhile apparently water is dripping on the files. Reporter there is a plan to get rid of the hall of justice but it will be at least five years but no more than 10 years they tell me. In San Francisco, don ford, kpix 5. President obama is moving full speed ahead with the delta tunnels. The Obama Administration issued an order today for Agency Officials to complete an Environmental Review of the project by the end of the month. The plan would divert part of the sacramento rivers water supply towards tracy to two underground tunnels. Opponents say it would pump water to areas south of the delta increasing the cost of water. Californians are slipping back into old habits when it comes to water use. The latest numbers show we used an average of 77 gallons of water a day in november. Thats one gallon more than in november of last year at the time, we were under a mandatory Conservation Order because of the drought. State water officials will meet on january 18 to consider reinstituting water saving requirements. Today some bay area boaters were surprised to discover their boats drifted away during the storm, broke free from anchors. Four boats ran aground in sausalito damaged on the rocks. The storm dumped lots of rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Crews were busy clearing debris from roads after mudslides brought down several trees. You can see a small waterfall dumping more water on the rows. Aint seen nothing yet, though, huh paul . More of that coming. Too much water in too short a time this weekend. A lot of water coming to the bay area. Januarys worth of rain saturday and sunday. Just this weekend. Wow. Storm number one is not finished. A few pockets of moderate showers around concord, highway 4 where it merges with 680 out towards pittsburg. We are seeing heavier showers, antioch, as well. South to Pleasant Hill almost down to the treat boulevard exit in walnut creek. Heavy rain over the Central Valley and the sierra foothills, lots of rain in sacramento and el dorado county. Snowing heavily at the ski resorts. Problems getting there because of so much snow in a short amount of time. Sugar bowl 61 inches of snow in the past two days. Highs today upper 50s. Most of these happen just after midnight. San francisco 58. Concord and Half Moon Bay 57. Lets set up whats coming next. This next storm why is it going to be so juicy . Because we have an active jet stream that can trace its or generals down to hawaii. Tropical moisture will rain more over the bay area than the storm coming from the gulf of alaska. This certainly qualifies as tropical. Now we have to get the rain here. The catalyst, the gun, if you also is this area of low pressure. Now we need some rainfall involved and the storm to move around it. Theres the rain right there still northwest of hawaii. Once it hops on the jet stream gets fired at us by this area of low pressure, boom, we are going to have a significant weather system arriving saturday through the weekend. Tonight we are dealing with showers and lows in the 40s. But as we clear things out, upper 30s in the north bay. We get a dry break tomorrow and friday. This storm is not going to get here until saturday. Tomorrow sunshine and chilly seasonably. Fremont 52. San francisco 51 degrees. That bigger storm arrives this weekend. Heavy rain rain saturday and sunday. Mudslides and flooding likely in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the sierra. River flooding moderate risk not a huge deal. Urban flooding yes. Mountain flooding yes. We are going to see significant flooding in the Higher Elevations of california. This weekend will be soggy but warm. Look at the highs around 60. We dry out monday before more rain moves in tuesday and wednesday. Very stormy weekend begins early saturday morning. We have a little bit of a break so we need it to get the rivers down a bit before they go back up. Its coming. Thank you. Th