Couple of minutes. Mark sayre is in East Palo Alto where heavy rain has caused problems in the past in flooding. Reporter san fransesquito creek is a 14mile creek that brings water from the mountains of san mateo and santa clara counties right down here in the bay but since the big floods here only a little bit of long term improvement work has been completed. Sandbags, up against the wall. Reporter Mitch Johnson looks over photos of his auto upholstery business from december of 2012 the last time san fransesquito creeks overflowed its banks causing thousands in damage and putting him out of business for a week. That was a bad one. We had probably about 8 of water throughout my whole shop. And it buckles the floors and anything cardboard boxes materials on the ground get ruined. Reporter its not the first time. Johnson was also hit hard during an even bigger flood in 1998. Now all these years later, the problem is still not solved. Why does it take so long to get anything done . The wheels of government turn slowly. Reporter the california conservation corps put in sandbags to help control water and over the past year the city of East Palo Alto has covered them over with concrete it make a more secure barrier but for the long term a group is working on a plan to allow the creek to handle a 100year event. We are definitely not out of the woods. Reporter he oversees the effort but says the work is not fast due to engineering, financial and permitting challenges. We are trying to move as quickly as possible. As i said, we have challenges on getting approval on this project right now. Reporter this summer, caltrans will begin widening this drainage channel which passes under highway 101 and east bayshore road. There are now three tunnels and once the work is done, there will be four. None of this is fast enough for those who live near the creek. Its a problem. In 97 we had two feet of water in the shop. I had slept in cars down the street all night. Reporter the watershed that feeds this creek is so dry that folks that work around here are not too concerned that theres going to be a problem here this weekend but city officials are taking no chances. Sandbags will be handed out for free here in East Palo Alto and the city says it will be closely monitoring the creek all weekend long. Reporting leaving in East Palo Alto, im mark sayre, kpix 5. The north bay will bear the brunt of this storm. Brian webb reports from there. It is cold, wet, windy, not a lot of fun to be outside where i am right now. This is 101 redwood highway at lucky drive a hotspot for flooding. Lets see how traffic is moving. Pretty much standing still or slow going not much a little better south but the night is still young. And theres more rain on the way. It hasnt rained so much in so long flood warnings appeared almost out of nowhere. And these showers took on and almost biblical tone. It is a blessing. I tell you, it is a great blessing. Up the street a guy was gathering two of each animals. Reporter they arent building arcs in marin county yet but these sandbags come in handy especially if you need to protect your property against a possible flash flood. Too much too fast. But we still love the rain. We need the rain. Reporter along the rain soaked streets of san rafael umbrellas are out in full force, raincoats and warm coffee, normal Northern California weather back, time to relearn how to take it in stride. Its great. I love it. I have been waiting for this weather for months. Just regular california winter weather. Reporter san rafael public works crews will be getting an early wakeup call tomorrow out on the streets around 6 a. M. To look for clogged storm drains or other problems from tonights storm. Live in marin county, brian webb, kpix 5. Brian earning it tonight. Crews in berkeley spent the morning preparing for the approaching storm by cleaning out some storm drains. Despite the expected weekend washout, people are still out having fun. Im used to california weather. And, you know, leaving the gym its not too bad just so easy to use it. So reporter so flipflops and shorts today. Yes. The usual wardrobe. Reporter singin in the rain here . We have our banjo or what . Yeah. Singing in the rain these two are. Reporter were you guys prepared for the rain . Youre just out taking a nice little stroll. Uhm, not really, no umbrella for me. [ laughter ] yeah. No fun and games on the roadways though. Police are reminding drivers to be very careful on the slippery roads. Live look at sfo where many flights are delayed for up to an hour. The airport canceled dozens of departures and arrivals today. You can check the weather conditions in your neighborhood anytime with our live hidef Doppler Radar at kpix. Com weather. New information tonight on why google may be in more hot water over that barge. Earlier this week, we reported that construction on the so called google barge is not properly permitted and unless it is, the barge has to be moved. Well, tonight allen martin reports google is also under fire for its plan to operate the vessel. Reporter or maybe a lack of a plan at least publicly anyway. This letter to googles attorney spells out a major flaw in the tech giants idea to tow that barge to different locations around the bay and set up shop. Tonight we know that google has been told, get the proper permits every time you move that floating marketing center. Some people in the bay area feel the need for hightech pushback as evidenced by recent demonstrations against google and other private commuter buses shuttling employees to and from Silicon Valley but lest anyone believe google with its unpermitted barge can bully its way around the waters of San Francisco bay, one agency is ready to say not so fast. What we told googles attorney was if and when the google barge is completed, then what well need from google is their plan about where to actually moor in the bay and for how long. Reporter the bay conservation and Development Commission says at this point, google has provided no specific details of its plans for where it will locate the barge and for how long. According to a letter sent by bcdc, google is under the impression that if it doesnt leave the barge docked in any one location more than 30 days, it doesnt need a permit. Bcbc says that is not the case. Whats more if they want to press it in court they also told google that when you take a look at Previous Court decisions, we dont think that the courts would buy it, either. Reporter he says not only will the google barge need permits every time it ties up to a dock in San Francisco bay, it will also need separate permits for the land next to the dock. If google were to park its vessel here, its more than likely that more people will be going there. It will have an effect on the bay. Reporter google responded with the same statement it issued this week when i inquired about the lack of a Construction Permit for the barge. The company is reviewing the letter from bcdc. Just wondering why, you know, does google believe that 30 days is the maximum that it can stay . Wheres that coming from . Reporter it has to do with the houseboats in sausalito. That rule goes back to 1984. But bcdc says that only applies in Richardson Bay and everywhere else its a caseby case basis and certainly the barge may be a boat but it is not a house. Interesting story then. Gets more fun every day. Allen, thank you for that. Were following breaking news out of oakland where police are investigating a Home Invasion that ended in murder. It happened at a house on 34th avenue near fruitvale this afternoon. Kpix 5s Christin Ayers is at the scene. What can you tell us . Reporter the latest information that were hearing are some unconfirmed reports that the woman who died in this Home Invasion homicide may have possibly been bound and gagged when she was found. Authority say this started as a welfare check just after 2 p. M. Today. They got a call to come check on this woman who hadnt been seen in a while. When they arrived, they found two victims in the house. There were signs that someone had forced his way into the house. The woman was inside and was deceased at the time. A man 40 to 50 years old was also on scene. That man is working with them at this point. But they dont have a lot of information about how this woman died. There are homicide investigators on scene here today and again this is being considered a robbery Home Invasion homicide. Many more questions than answers at this point. We will be speaking to neighbors later this evening. Authorities not releasing a lot of information at this time. Certainly this seems like something violent happened here from the information that we have at this time and to an elderly woman in her 70s. Live in oakland, Christin Ayers, kpix 5. More tonight on what is a new clue in a decades old murder. A bay area woman is hoping a homemade quilt could solve the murder of her mom. Juliette goodrich on her long search for justice. For so many years, we dealt with this on a daily basis. It hasnt gone away for us. Reporter its been 25 years since debbie lawrences mother was murdered. At the time debbie was jus 14. Her mother never came home from university. Two days later her body was found inside her car in the shortterm parking lot at San Jose International airport. Covering her body in the back of the car was this quilt, a quilt investigators and debbie believe may hold the key to solving this case. Unusual patterns. Reporter the quilt didnt belong to her mother or anyone in the family. Its very distinct. Its not something that you would find at a Department Store or again, this is 1989. So i think a lot more people were into making their own quilts. Reporter traditionally quilts are made by hand by one person or groups of friends. Often times they tell a very personal story. Investigators are hoping 25 years later, new clues will emerge out of the patchwork. Debbie can only hope and pray and while it wont bring her mother cathy zimmer back, she says it will bring closure. Closure will come when we can find an answer as to what happened, why it happened, and who did it. And hopefully bring the justice that is deserved. Reporter juliette goodrich, kpix 5. Coming up, it was a routine morning workout. What happened right before a cal Football Player collapsed and died. The sierra gets a healthy dose of snow, maybe some Winter Driving lessons are in order. And why this is being called an important day for every cell phone user. Save get a sealy queen set on befor just 399. Osturepedic. Even get 3 years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Keep more president s in your wallet. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now. Campus today, after a welld Football Player suddenly di. As kpix5s da lin reports he collapsed after a team workout. Shock and sadness on the cal campus today after a well liked Football Player died suddenly. Kpix 5s da lin reports, he collapsed after the team workout. It was unbelievable career. Reporter defensive end ted agu talked about the excitement of getting a full scholarship in a cal tv interview last year. He came to berkeley as a walk on. Emily turner is the student interviewing ted. They were good friend. His smile is the first thing anyone notices, his infectious smile that just lit up every room he was in. He was like the most kind guy you will ever meet. Reporter the cal Football Team doctor says ted ran with his teammates this morning during a routine workout near memorial stadium. When medical staff noticed he couldnt finish his run, they carted him back to the medical facility at the stadium. The whole ride he was communicative and alert. Reporter they say he collapsed once in the stadium and died shortly after. The doctor says ted had never had any medical issues before. Right now, no one knows the cause of death. Close friends are in shock. Its pretty surreal. I want to say like when i first heard about it, i didnt believe it. Its just like such a devastating thing to happen to such an amazing person. Reporter the Athletic Director was choking up talking about the loss. The cal family is heartbroken. Reporter the head coach sonny dykes says he awarded the junior from bakersfield with a scholarship last season because of his hard work. He is just somebody that had a passion for life, loved to learn, loved to laugh, had a great sense of humor. He was a big teddy bear so loved on the team. Reporter teammates, friends and students are planning a candlelight vigil on campus tonight. At ucberkeley, im da lin, kpix 5. The Athletic Director couldnt comment about whether agu had any preexisting conditions. They say that it could take the Coroners Office up to eight weeks to determine cause of death. Two workers were crushed to death in an industrial accident in San Franciscos bernal heights. It happened at around 10 a. M. This morning at the ggi Granite Company on courtlandt avenue. The two men were unloading 800 pound slabs of granite from a shipping container when they got caught underneath. A broken pulley may be to blame. One worker we spoke with says he was on the other side of the factory but when he heard screaming, he rushed over to help. It was bad. When you see something dead, its not good. Come to help this guy, but impossible, carry too much really heavy. When emergency crews arrived, they had to break several pieces of granite to remove the victims from underneath. According to the department of labor, the company has not had any workplace incidents like this. Flu deaths in california have almost doubled since this time last year. So far, the flu has killed 202 people statewide. 56 people died last week alone. Santa clara county has reported 14 deaths and thats the most of any county here in the bay area. But Officials Say the worst may be over. The rain here means plenty of new snow tonight in the sierra. But as derek shore shows us, the sudden blast of winter is making the trek to tahoe much more treacherous. A lot of snow. A lot. And im happy. Reporter happy to get where our going but getting there quickly became a huge problem on i80 in the sierra. Those who drove down describe it like this. Very scary. Reporter very scary. Snow continued to drop. The higher you climb. But it all starts with chain controls i drivers getting ready for the process. We are headed to reno for our tenyear anniversary. Reporter have you driven in conditions like this before. No, first time driving in snow. Reporter an undertaking not just for new snow drivers. Inexperience, its been a while. Its been a while. Reporter an Important Agency caltrans is keeping drivers safe beside chain controls we also saw plows and salters trying to keep them clear. But for this truck, it would be a lack of chains that would cause the problem. Jackknifed ended up over in the trees and taking out a couple of trees. Reporter because he lost traction . Yeah. Lost traction going too fast. Reporter no traction going too fast, lucky that driver not too banged up. A busy day for nyack towing. You have seen a lot of these so far . Yeah. Its been quite a few of these. When you change lanes to get out of somebodys way, thats when you have to be the most careful. Reporter with all this fresh powder, this apparently just the beginning. Of course, we are expecting a very busy weekend up here in the sierra. Near al that, derek shore, kpix 5. Oh, yes. So the olympics going on in sochi and then there will be the roadway olympics that well see on the highways in the bay area this weekend. You were mentioning some of the inexperienced folks heading on highway 50, interstate 80. Be careful. But we need it. This is exactly you would have said a month ago what do we need to put a dent in the drought . The answer is this what youre going to have over the next couple of days. The timing is good. I know the friday evening commute wont be pleasant now but live radar most of this will be happening over the weekend. Well take the live picture first. This is kentfield showing you whats going on right now. Highway 101 is slow because of all the rainfall thats falling outside. Radar time. Kpix 5 hidef doppler showing you the rainfall out there. Couple of hot spots as the rain lessens in intensity over the past 15 minutes. Watch out in fremont and union city. Some heavier showers pass by you. Interstate 80 everywhere from American Canyon to vallejo toward vacaville got pockets of heavy rainfall around fairfield and if you heading toward the nut tree, you will be getting wet. Look at all this rain and mountain snowfall thats going on right now. It is going to be a wet evening. It gets more intense tonight and tomorrow when well see the heaviest rain and snowfall. How much snow . We have already had nearly a foot and a half of new snow at kirkwood many more feet to come, boreal 8, squaw valley 6. This is an atmosphere of river known as the Pineapple Express because it comes from hawaii. Bottom line, jet stream is aimed here. Its an active jet stream. Lots of water in the air that translates to rainfall in your backyard and this will be the wettest weekend since 2012. Next week, High Pressure tries to build back in. The storm track will be kicked up to the north so we need to squeeze out as much rainfall as we can this weekend because next week is not looking particularly wet. How much rain . North bay a lot. 3 to 6 of rainfall just between now and sunday evening. The east bay considerably less but still helps one to two you know, of rainfall, one to two inches for the south bay, two or three inches of rainfall. Highs around 60, san rafael 59, rain tapering off by sunday evening. Early next week dry, a shower or two or wednesday. Really the meat and potatoes, what we need, is the rain this weekend. We dont know if Something Like this is going t