Its hard. Its really hard. But a lot of support. It helps. The Police Community is incredible. Tommy wasnt just a brother inlaw to me. He was my brother. [ crying ] reporter a family of Law Enforcement with one rule never say goodbye. Just say stay safe. I guess you try and make sense of it. And then it doesnt make sense. And then your heart goes out to the officer. Were going to mourn our loss of our brother. Well never forget him. But theres another family affected by this, too. I feel sorry for them. We have all been through it. Weve been through losses and we have been through that and weve been going through doors not knowing whats on the other side. I mean, i know that. But sometimes i dont understand what happened. I dont know what happened. Tommy will always be in my heart and ill love him forever. He is the love of my life and my daughter, they are everything. Reporter tommy called his wife and his daughter his girls. And they were his everything. His family said he was a family man and he loved sports, ken. He loved the 9ers. They were all together on sunday watching the game. No one said goodbye. They left saying, stay safe. They were all together yesterday at Eden Medical Center when they heard into us. An amazing dedicated family and to have the presence of me ind to really express their emotion and sorrow for the other officer involved, thats so unusual. Reporter they all shared the heartfelt condolences. They said when they were at the Eden Medical Center when they heard what happened and then they heard it was friendly fire, they immediately felt sorry for that officer and his family. Theyre a brotherhood as you know and they are all brothers together. Yeah. And the bay area is so lucky to have dedicated officers like that. Reporter absolutely. Tough one. All right, Juliette Goodrich in san ramon, thank you. Authorities knew immediately that it was a fellow officer who shot Sergeant Tom Smith. This was friendly fire. Copy, friendly fire. Police radio recordings identified shot as friendly fire notifying others that the gunfire was not from a suspect but, rather, another officer. Police on scene immediately called for paramedics. In sacramento, the state capital lowered its flag to halfstaff today in honor of officer smith. Several other flags around the bay area have been lowered, as well. Sergeant smith was with several other officers at an apartment looking for evidence in a robbery. As our da lin reports, an autopsy could help determine what exactly went wrong inside. Da. Reporter yeah. The result will certainly provide some clues and those investigators have also interviewed the bart Police Officers who were inside that apartment. The bart police chief said today that both officers the one killed and the one who opened fire are experienced cops. Today we got a look at the apartment where it happened. Neighbors and investigators say the shooting happened inside this onebedroom apartment. The Sheriffs Department now leading the investigation says Sergeant Tom Smith and other bart officers came to recover stolen property. The robbery suspect was already in custody. But when bart officers noticed the door was unlocked, investigators say four detectives went in with guns drawn. Once inside, an officer fired one shot killing Sergeant Smith. Investigators would not say whether it was misidentification or accidental discharge. The bart police chief was emotional talking about the loss. Were shocked, disbelief. Were numb. Were grieving. And please, give us some time. Reporter many people who live at the complex are asking how it could happen. How any confusion could happen is baffling to me. Reporter former bart Police Officer and now a firearms instructor don cameron says officers are trained to stay close when searching a small area. Very close quarters, officers are basically in a line one behind the other. Some will branch off. Reporter while he is not on the case, he has investigated many officerinvolved shootings. He says where Sergeant Smith was shot and the entry wound will help determine how it happened. Being in a tight confined area, limited Movement Capability and probably some type of tripping or bumping accident, thats what id speculate. Reporter again, the autopsy is being done today. The result could be released by the Sheriffs Department as soon as tomorrow. As for the officer who opened fire, he is on paid leave. Live in dublin, im da lin, kpix 5. Thank you. We are getting a better idea about the suspect who triggered this whole search. 20yearold John Henry Lee is being investigated for several robberies on bart property and for stealing a car from a bart parking lot. A neighbor spoke to us today. She met lee right before thanksgiving. I cant believe that he was involved in activity like that, although in a way its kind of scary but maybe, you know, maybe its something kind of fluke because his character shows a totally different side to the people around here. She says that lee introduced himself and seemed like a genuinely nice guy at the time. Of course, we invite you to stay kpix 5 for continuing coverage of the deadly bart police shooting. We are posting updates constantly on our website, kpix. Com. You can find the latest developments at the top of the homepage. The Defense Department announced today the death of a soldier from monterey county. 42yearold edward balli died in afghanistan. He was shot and killed after insurgents attacked his camp. He was a chief warrant officer who was supporting Operation Enduring freedom. He was on his fifth tour of duty after joining the army at age 19. He comes from a long line of family members who also served the country. His uncle say he was a hero to everyone and never boasted about his career. Eddie never looked back at what he did. Never complained to anyone. Was always willing to go where his country sent him. For us, we want to remember him and well always remember him as our hero. Balli was born and raised in salinas and graduated from north salinas high school. He leaves behind a wife and three children. Time to act is now. Thats the message from House Speaker john boehner who is calling on his colleagues in congress to pass emergency legislation aimed at drought relief. In fresno today, boehner said it doesnt make sense to favor fish over people. While were going to put a lot of farmers at a big disadvantage and cause them millions of dollars, i think we ought to think about the tens of thousands of farm workers who are going to be put out of work as a result of the government misusing the law because they are answering to people with louder voices. The proposed legislation would stop the controversial restoration of the San Joaquin River through 2015. It would also allow farmers to pump Irrigation Water from the delta and form a joint House Senate Committee to tackle long term water issues. 2013 was a recordsetting year because we barely saw any rainfall. But it may go into the record books as the driest year in half a century. Ann notarangelo talked with a berkeley professor today who believes the past could indicate a dire situation. Some people have said that this could be the start of a several decade long dry spell. Reporter dried up creekbeds in golden hills that look like august instead of january could become our typical landscape if history repeats itself. Ucberkeley professor lynn ingram is the author of the west without water. She looked back 10 to 20,000 years and came to the conclusion, we live in a dry climate. The its important to understand our climate history and know about drought and years of extreme flood. Reporter ingram is a paleoclimatologist who examines history to forecast the future and the study about tree rings led her to predict we could be in for the driest winter in 500 years narrow tree rings indicate little or no water for growth. Just like we saw in the 1500s. They put on rings every, single year. So you can actually be able to detect one year of drought. Reporter another indication, but not as precise, are sediment cores that can stand a few thousand years and point to the saltiness of the bay. More freshwater and the salinity drops. And what they are seeing is at least something on par with what happened here in 1976 to 1977. And this could be the norm for quite some time. That was like the year with no rain. We could be on track for heading into a drier sort of period. Reporter some droughts like one in the middle ages lasted more than a century. Ingrams not predicting that. She says thats like predicting earthquakes but calls this time anxiety provoking. The bay area was built up during the wet 20th century. We may be formed to adapt to a drier 21st. In concord, ann notarangelo, kpix 5. The professor says we should use this information to rethink how we use, save and recycle our water. Cautious optimism today from governor jerry brown in his state of the state address. While things are improving he says we have a ways to go. As kpix 5s phil matier explains, its what the governor didnt talk about that is getting the most attention. Were not out of the woods and were certainly not out of the drought. Reporter the message from governor jerry brown was clear, the state might have a surplus this year, but it still owes over 100 billion for state worker pensions and Retiree Healthcare and it needs another 65 billion to repair its crumbling roads and other infrastructure. So we cant go back to business as usual. Reporter and, of course, theres the drought. We need everyone in every part of the state to conserve water and we must prepare for forest fires. Reporter but many republicans and even fellow democrats said it was what the governor didnt talk about that got their attention. For example, no mention of how he plans to pay for the 68 billion highspeed rail line that he touted so largely last year. And no mention of his controversial plan to tunnel Northern California water to the south. Both of which are proving unpopular with voters and lawmakers. I would not support his proposal. For all the ugly decisions, well wait until after the election. Reporter while brown has yet to make it official, he sure sounded like a candidate running for a second term. I used to say take the ins and throw him out and take the outs and put them in. I dont say that anymore. [ laughter ] my message, theres no substitute for experience. [ laughter ] reporter and he is going to need some experience here. Its going to be a rough year in sacramento as we pointed out. He has highspeed rail, thats a tough one. Moving the water from Northern California to the south in a drought . thats going to be a tough one. And also, you know, everybody is sort of clamoring, i was talking to legislators, they would like to see some of those programs that got cut during the lean years brought back but he is saying no, given the drought, we could have another lean year ahead of us. We know californias based on agriculture despite tech and with all due respect to that, its ag that makes this state go. If you dont have water, boehner is out here talking about it, it shows you the importance. Whats our economy going to be like . Very tough. Up like tech, agriculture not only is in the Central Valley which is already hurting economically and yet to feel the good part of the recovery, but it also is a lot of the lower paying jobs that the state desperately needs knowrd to keep a lot of the working poor and the working families up, in order to keep them up. We need rain. Thank you, phil. Coming up, the raiders accused of a sideline injustice. Why an Oakland Raiderette is suing the team. How our warm weather is causing a problem thats simply unbearable speaking of unseasonably warm, 3 degrees shy of 80 today in heeledburg. Pleasanton 74. Pittsburg 74. Mountain view 73. No, not april. This is january. Find out which day will be the coolest of the next 7 coming up. And how the boom in electric cars in the bay area is fueling more cases of socalled charge rage. Female announcer female announcer get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempurpedic mattress sets, at low clearance prices. Save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. The year end Clearance Sale ends sunday at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep chain in the high sierra. Wh little snow and warm temperatures. The bears are still awake. And on the p. Kpix story. All this dry weather is upsetting the food chain in the high sierra. With little snow and warm temperatures the bears are still awake and on the prowl. Kpix 5s don ford has the story. Reporter Yosemite Valley, beautiful. Warm. Weird. This is an unusual year because we are here in january and we can look around and theres no snow. Reporter the weather is so nice, valley bears arent hibernating yet. Normally the ground is covered in snowmaking it hard for them to find food. But the warm weather has created a bumper crop of acorns and the bears are still up and eating. So in the fall, bears eat up to 20,000 calories a day to get fat. Reporter what . For winter. And a lot of that comes from acorns. Reporter Yosemite Valley doesnt have more bears than usual. Its just that most of them are still awake and biologists are keeping track of them with radio collars. Special homing antennae help locate them as the biologist needs to track down that special bear. Each collar has its own frequency so we can differentiate between bears. Reporter in the campgrounds, those special bears get special attention from special radio repeaters that automatically detects them when they show up looking for food. They eat anything they can find. So reporter toothpaste . Sure. Toothpaste. Reporter Campbell Soup . Acorns . Yes, dead animals. Reporter bears are smart. This year, a new food locker is being used. A new handle to keep bears out. These kids from oakland are camping and they have plans if they see a bear. If i see a bear, ill probably freak out. Reporter hes in luck. Radio trackers dont show they bears in the valley at the moment. Yosemite wildlife biologists say they dont know when the bears will start hibernating. But unless it snows soon and covers up their food, they might not hibernate at all this year. In Yosemite Valley, don ford, kpix 5. Now, bears usually start hibernating in the beginning of december and dont come out again until midmarch. Sounds like they are going to put an allnighter. Like why go to bed at all . When are they going to get their nap . They are going to be really tired next winter. This is really messed up on a lot of different levels. You look at yosemite, its supposed to have snow in the high country. Looks like a trip in the springtime. The trees are thinking it, too. Have you seen some of the trees outside of your house . Theres some buds on the trees the trees think its spring. Its acting like spring. Its not spring. Its january. But these temperatures, well, Somebody Just flew here and didnt know what month it was you probably would think it was march or april. 75 in sonoma. Livermore 75. Oakland record high 75. The old record was 65. You beat the record by 10 degrees. Fremont 70, concord 70, even Half Moon Bay 70 degrees. Mavericks is on friday 8 a. M. In the afternoon a cloudy day, partly cloudy. There is a High Surf Advisory in effect, 64 degrees. The waves there are going to be big. Thats why its starting find. But you want to see big waves . The north shore some of the big waves we have seen there in a decade 40footers, folks. Thats big. Thats tall. Thats like a fourstory building. Monster surf up there on the north shore. Around here the surf will be rough swells up to 13 feet by friday. Now, for the surfers, the professionals, thats a good thing. For you, your kids, not so good. Sneaker waves are likely, rip currents are likely. Use caution near the water tomorrow and friday. Heres the radar. Its still looking for rainfall. Still coming up dry. If you are thinking, wow, this is as dry as the summertime, youre right. Rainfall so far this month,. 03. We have seen less rain this january compared to last august in the middle of summertime. Big ridge of High Pressure is going to stay in control. No rainfall for us. Actually a tiny little low pressure system will wrap around the high coming down from canada so it will be cloudy on friday. But no rain. The ridge builds back in next week. We are looking dry until the month of february. Lots of 67s out there tomorrow which is about 10 degrees above average. Oakland 67. Concord, san jose also 67 . Thats a couple of degrees cooler. Not as warm tomorrow. Livermore 6. San francisco 66. Livermore 68. Friday cloudier, partly sunny skies, weekend close to 70. Next week the bears are still going to be confused for the next seven days because its going to feel like spring. Im looking. Trust me, the part of my job is to look at every longrange computer model i can find. They are all saying there will be a change in february but we have to take it with a grain of salt because the accuracy of forecasts goes down farther out. So we are keeping our fingers crossed but not yet. Wow. All right. Paul, thank you for that. Popularity of electric cars is booming here in the bay area but going green can come with bumps in the road. In this case, a shortage of chargers. As kpix 5s keit do shows us, thats fueling more case of charge rage. Reporter the First Commandment of electric vehicles, thou shalt not unplug thy coworkerss car. Nationwide, there are 170,000 electric vehicles or evs, but only one charger for every six cars which brings up the second commandment thou shalt not be a squatter. When youre done, get out. Break the rules and get ready f charge rage. What would happen if there was no structure . Chaos. Reporter at infoblox at santa clara, they say book the spot for two hours using mic