Ready for the storms and they are loading up on sandbags. 15, 20 pounds but not too heavy or you wont be able to line them up correctly. Reporter san anselmo is no stranger to flooding. The downtown area was heavily damaged in 2005 so residents and merchants alike take the warnings of whats in store seriously. Michael feldmans art gallery still displays a plaque which shows the high watermark in 2005 halfway up the main entrance. I think this one is going to be strong. A lot of news on the street about people getting worried that the flood might happen. Reporter also gearing up for the heavy rains the california highway patrol. The inundation of rain is going to bring all the oils to the surface creating a slick roadway. Reporter he says the first major storms of the season could be extra hazardous for drivers. And thats really important that you drive slow and create a lot of space like snow and ice. Reporter back in san Anselmo Joe Elliott is offering his services for free to help people load up on sandbags. I saw a lot of people while i was waiting. Its difficult to do by yourself so i did it for almost 10 years, so, hey, give a hand, extra hand. Doesnt take much. Reporter dierdre is glad for the help. This is the best especially when they have guys like him just showing up. Reporter ready for the storm, huh . Yes, i am prepared. Reporter now, san anselmo creek, which runs through the middle of san anselmo that floods at about the 13foot level. At last check today its about 2. 2 feet before any of the rain begins but you can bet residents will be watching the flood measurements as the numbers rise to see just how high they get. You know it. Mark sayre, thank you. Now, in oakland, the city is handing out sandbags and plastic sheets to people and businesses ahead of our wet weather. Those folks can pick up supplies at the citys Municipal Service center or a fire station. And its the same deal in concord where people can pick up as many as 25 sandbags to keep the rainwater at bay. Those bags and the sand are free. You can get them at the citys Corporation Yard on gasoline alley. Track the storm anytime with our live highdef Doppler Radar on our website, cbssf. Com weather. Its the season for bad weather and that means delays at bay area airports. As frequent flyers know, sfo is notorious for falling behind schedule. But there is a new plan to keep things moving. Cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez is here to tell us about a new landing pattern. Reporter much like air Traffic Controllers can look down at the screen and see all the planes over the airport, this new technology gps to be implemented at sfo will be enable the pilot in the sky to see each other at any time and thats going to make for more efficient landing especially in bad weather. When skies are clear, airplanes at sfo often land two at a time on parallel runways. But when visibility is poor, which is quite often in San Francisco, its a different story. The airport ends up only using one of its two runways. One plane lands at a time. All the others the are put in a Holding Pattern flying all the other are put in a Holding Pattern flying in circles creating delays. Beginning next summer is closely spaced parallel runway approaches. During bad weather, starting next summer, two planes will land one immediately after the oh. It will allow aircraft not side by side but staggered from one another to come in using both runways. Reporter this will reduce delays to some extent . On real bad weather days, we may only be able to arrive around 20, 25 aircraft an hour because of weather. With this change, well be able to arrive anywhere from 35 to 37 per hour. So it will definitely make an improvement. Reporter in the past decade, the number of delayed flights at sfo has gone up about 10 . Thats according to numbers provided by the Research Innovative technology administration. And the number of cancelled flights has doubled. Airports at oakland and san jose are smaller and of course have clearer skies. They have either stayed nearly the same or in some cases are doing even better than 10 years ago on delays and cancellations. So its not going to help sfo for this storm. But Officials Say this next gen, next generation as they call it, technology, will only work if all the planes in the sky at a given time have the technology. So otherwise, they go back into that familiar Holding Pattern. All right, joe vazquez at sfo, thank you. Heavy fog may have been a factor in a crash that killed a Peninsula High School student. 14yearold laila was hit by an suv as she rode her bike to Woodside High School yesterday. She and the driver were both making a right turn at a redwood city intersection. But police say at this point it does not appear that either of them did anything wrong. They are looking into as i say whether the thick fog and Poor Visibility may have played a role. So was einstein right . Can you be in two places at once . A bay area politician under fire for some questionable spending says yes, he is proof. Cbs 5 reporter len ramirez explains all you need to do is just take a look at his receipts. Len. Reporter we are standing in front of the George ShirakawaCommunity Center not named for the Current County supervisor who is under investigation but for his father, who was a much loved and well respected member of the city council in san jose, died in office in the 1990s. But now some are calling or junior to step aside to resign in fact to preserve not only his family name but the community a lot of trouble. George has been a tremendous advocate for the east side. Reporter this political consultant calls himself a supporter and was once an adviser to supervisor George Shirakawa. But his advice now to the embattled politician facing ethics and criminal probes . Step down. This is a repeated violation of the public trust. And once that occurs, at last no putting the geneie back in the bottle and so its up to george to do the right thing for his constituents and the county and to remove himself from his position. Reporter the District Attorney is investigating shirakawa for repeated violations of state Campaign Ethics laws and misuse of public funds stemming from his alleged abuse of a county issued credit card for lavish meals, trips to golf resorts, first class air and Hotel Upgrades and luxury car rentals. In his first public statements on the allegations last tuesday shirakawa blamed the media. I dont want you to be distracted by the political lynching that you read today and continue to read about. Reporter but it has been a distraction. Theres a siren and a blaring in the community right now right or wrong from your perspective. Reporter one new area of focus is travel expenses. Last april he reportedly billed taxpayers for his upgraded 560 a Night Hotel Stay in washington, d. C. The night after his official itinerary had him flying home and in 2009 he was seemingly in two places at once attending a state conference in sacramento but charging taxpayers 95 for a working staff meeting at a downtown san jose restaurant. At the end. Day it is like watching a train wreck and its time for george to get off the rails so he doesnt hit somebody else and cause more pain. Reporter mr. Shirakawa has promised the community that he would have a lot more to say about these allegations but today he didnt return our phone calms. The d. A. s investigation is ongoing to look into, you know, whether or not somebody else was charging money on his card while he was in sacramento or just whether its sloppy bookkeeping or what. No timeline set on the d. A. Investigation as to when they will have any kind of results or charges. Thank you, len ramirez. Cell phone video captures a gun pointed at a bay area driver. Why the suspects followed the victims car and opened fire. How some bay area churches are making money off cell phone companies. I enjoy it. I love my world. Well, how many of us can say that . The incredible perks at some Bay Area Companies to maximize morale. ,, well, inside the brewer, theres a giant staircase. And the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. Actually, i just press this button. Brew what you love, simply. Keurig. Driver saved a 13 year old girl, when the bus burst ino flames in san jose this mor. New tonight quick thinking by a School Bus Driver saved a 13yearold girl when the bus burst into flames in san jose this morning. The girls wheelchair did not work so the driver lifted her from the chair and carried her to safety. The flames destroyed the Franklin Mckinley district bus. Wow. Comedian cat williams is back in the headlines this time accused of running from police in sacramento. Chp says the comic was riding a three wheeled motorcycle on a sidewalk sunday afternoon when police tried to pull him of every over he reportedly took off against traffic. They called off the pursuit for safety reasons. Williams was arrested less than two weeks ago accused of hitting a fan with a bottle at a hotel in oakland. A couple in oakland was just trying do the right thing when they pointed a cell phone camera at a dangerous driver. But they ended up with guns pointed at them. It was all caught on tape. Cbs 5 reporter Christin Ayers on what happened after that. Reporter a man and his wife shot this cell phone video of two suspects and another car pointing guns at them. The couple had recorded video of the alleged gunman james crosby and michael meadows driving recklessly. The gunmen followed them then held the man and wife up demanding that video. The man and his wife drove away. What they didnt realize was the suspects followed them. Of the back door opens up and one of the suspects gets inside. The husband gets into a struggle with the suspect. The husband is able to push the suspect out of the car and tells his wife hit the gas get out of here. Reporter they got out as the suspects fired after them grazing their car. No one was hurt. After a highspeed chase police later tracked down the suspects in the same car and arrested them. Police chalk the arrest up to oldfashioned police work. An officer recognized one of the suspects on the video. The men have been arrested and are now facing charges for attempted robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Christin ayers, cbs 5 Police Departments on the peninsula responding to an increase in gangrelated shootings in East Palo Alto and menlo park. Law enforcement in those two cities as well as palo alto have teamed up for a Violence Reduction plan they call operation smart. The three agencies will coordinate against two gangs. A traffic stop turned into a shootout. As the officer approached the driver fired. The officer was not hit, returned fire and the gunmen sped off. Police found the car in a nearby neighborhood later. It had been stolen and the gunman is still on the loose. A man is dead after leading police on a chase and standoff that closed off traffic to Treasure Island. The chase started last night in San Francisco. The driver got out of the car at Treasure Island threatening to kill himself. He was later found dead from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Cell phone companies are having a hard time keeping up with demand for service. Cbs 5 reporter Mike Sugerman explains that they are now turning to a higher power for help. Reporter never seems to be enough cell coverage for all the phones we are using. You may have a nice clear conversation. But often times the call breaks up. [ signal breakup ] reporter people want antennae but not in their neighborhood and dont want to see them. Your prayers may have been answered. [ church bell ] Church Steeples make a wonderful location for cell sites. Reporter people dont like the obvious ones. At canyon creek presbyterian in san ramon the pastor says they make upwards of 30,000 a year for putting the site in the steeple. Many others are doing the same thing. They lose part of the Tax Exemption but they will make money and Cell Companies love them. Because its up in the air. You have nice location on it. And its getting good connectivity and people dont see it. Reporter steeples are the latest place towers are hidden in plain sight disguised as trees, theyre in trees even on fast food signs. Usually theres controversy no matter where they go. Churches as independent nonprofits unduly influenced by these contracts. Reporter mindy of the utility Watchdog Group turn worries it could help the companies in lobbying efforts. Utilities say no, they just what tonight provide Better Service from up above the tree line. Mike sugerman, cbs 5. I talk to god a lot when my cell phone calls drop but probably not in the way mike was talking about. [ laughter ] its going to be a deluge. The heavens will open up over the next couple of days. Well be seeing a lot of rainfall around here perhaps too much in many locations. North bay upwards half a foot to a foot of rainfall by sunday. A lot of rain in a short amount of time. The first of many storms moving through overnight tonight early tomorrow. How much rainfall . I picked some new cities out. 6 to 9 of rain by the end of the weekend for santa rose. Mill valley 5 to 9 of new rainfall. In oakland, even the city of oakland three to six inches of rainfall. A little less down towards san jose but thats still significant too two to five inches of rainfall. Right now, cbs 5 hidef Doppler Radar is completely dry. But the only television radar that the National Weather service employs is ours. And well be pick up that rainfall beginning tomorrow morning when lawrence will have the forecast for you starting at 4 30 a. M. Wind and rain tomorrow. Thats not the main event. That will get here friday. There is a tremendous amount of tropical moisture hundreds of miles away in the pacific. Its going to hit a wall in the atmosphere. That wall is the southern edge of an area of low pressure. Then its going to get steered all that moisture will and head toward the bay area. This happens a lot. Sometimes this fire hose of moisture will hit one spot and move quickly. In this particular case as all this moisture piles into one spot in bay area in Northern California it wont move for three days. That becomes a problem when you get heavy rainfall over 24, 48, 72 hours. Thats the problem a prolong period of heavy rainfall beginning late thursday into friday. For tomorrow, just going to be windy and wet up to 30 to 45 Miles Per Hour. You get a little bit of a break on thursday and then friday, saturday, sunday, here comes the heavy rain, three days of heavy rainfall for the entire bay area. Tomorrow, San Francisco 63 degrees, windy start calming down in the afternoon, rain letting up. Livermore 63 san jose 64. Low 60s for pacifica and napa. San rafael 62. And fremont 62 degrees for a high. Extended forecast, you get that break on thursday. Rake up the leaves and get them away from the storm drains because friday, saturday, sunday, each day will be heavy rainfall. Sunday legislate up. Lingers showers monday. Tuesday all of this mess is in the rear view mirror. It likely will be a mess gets here as soon as friday. Thats your cbs 5 forecast. They are going to have to pry me out of here. Imagine your boss paying to clean your house. Some unbelievable perks Bay Area Companies are offering to keep good employees happy. ,,,,,,,, freebies like catered lunch, unlimited foosball and freer fridays went the way of ipos. Right . When the dotcom bubble burst freebies like catered lunch unlimited foosball and free beer fridays when the way the ipos, right . Except for google, yahoo and ebay, they mostly did. Well, now theres a startup thats even paying to clean employees houses twice a month. Other Companies Might want to take note. Lunch is served at evernote in redwood city. And talk about serving up company loyalty. You stay here for a while . Absolutely. They are going to have to pry me out of here. Reporter at 28 years old, brian hickeys engage to be married. But it might seem more like he is on a honeymoon with his new employer. So theres a shuttle bus, breakfast on the shuttle, coffee, treats, wifi on the shuttle. When i get to work theres lunch, a gym. Housecleaning service, the new phone . And they also pay my phone bill. Reporter and his company will pay him to take his vacation. Two months ago, brian started working for the redwood city startup evernote an app that helps keep you organized. We dont look at it as work. Reporter this person launched evernote five years ago and sees all the things that make employees more productive. You want to be here to work. So anything that we can do to knock out obstacles to make you be able to be more productive well do that. Reporter but is more productive a modernday translation of the old coalminers ballad, i owe my soul to the Company Store . She gets her house cleaned courtesy of evernote. Do you feel like youre working more because of that . Yeah, a little more. Reporter but thats okay . Yeah. I enjoy it. I love my work. And i dont feel that tired to put in that kind of energy. Reporter its her job to come up with the benefits. My title is special projects manager and others have joked that its that im the happiness coordinator here at evernote. I work to develop the Corp