Yesterday. But today presents its own problems. There we go. Maybe that will work. Reporter eric says by the team he reached for sandbags it was too late. The creek overtook his home damaging a life of possessions. If they would have built a little bit of a levee, it probably would have held back some of it. Would it have held all of it . I dont know, but it would have given us more time. Overages on the coyote trek Scientists Say the damage may not have been caused by mistiming but fate. We didnt expect to see the stream rise this much. Reporter first, abnormally heavy rainfall for a prolonged period. Next, anderson dam sending water down its spillway and into the coyote creek. And last, the lingering effects of five years of drought. All pushed water levels tuesday to 18 feet with a flow of 62,800 gallons of water per second. Five years of drought have allowed vegetation to grow tin channel. That vegetation displaces the water and makes the flow even higher. Reporter so that can lead to flooding . That can affect flooding, yes. Reporter city leasers have switched gyres. They plan to scrutinize real time flood information in hopes of checking information about would may have led to so much disruption. Well be working closely with the santa clara Water District to look at their hydrological model to understand how coyote creek actually behaved under these extreme high water conditions that were a new experience for everybody, and to look at the specific locations where we had flooded to find out how things happened, where they did, and when they did. Reporter he says the goal is to look at the molds that the scientists are providing to the city. Thats the information they use when they make the determination of whether or not they should sound the alarm. They want to try to tweak those models. Jesse, theres just such a huge amount of mud down there. Its so hard to see the people coming back and seeing their homes for the first time. When you walk through and talk to people who are they saying and do they give any estimate as to how long it is going to take to try to get things back to normal there . Reporter well, i talked to that one man, mr. Heckman, an it is not going to be or it is going to be a slow process. It is not going to be quick at all. The water was chest high. Im six feet. The watermark on his property was about to here. Everything below that mark is either waterlogged or just caked in mud. And so his neighbors brought tin help of neighbors actually, and theyre out with a garden hose trying to hose off whatever can be salvaged. Thats what theyre going to be doing today, tomorrow into the weekend. Hopefully it wont be rain but thats what theyre going to be doing. Jesse, can you give us some perspective of how big an area is still flooded, how many streets are still flooded . Im assuming where you are standing at one point was underwater. Reporter this was underwater, and now the water has recessed. Were okay here. But in other parts of san jose it is taken a it has taken awhile. If you go in other sections of san jose, rock springs, for example, you have residents that cant go home yet because of flood water. So much water, it is going to take awhile. Jesse gary in the south bay, thank you. There is a lot of damage. Today Maureen Naylor went along with one family who returned to their apartment for the First Time Since it was flooded. It was very emotional as they saw what had happened. That story is coming up later. Meantime highway 37 is finally back open again tonight. The highway between novato and vallejo has been closed off, off and on, i should say, since the beginning of the year. Heavy rains flooded that section of roadway between highway 101 and atherton avenue. Caltrans has been working on a fix for a couple of weeks. Workers added asphalt and installed a barrier along 1500 feet of the east bound part of the highway to keep water off the road. Once again tonight, this time due to a fallen tree. Drivers heading through fremont to interstate 680 that corridor, can expect detours and delays. Niles canyon has been one of the many bay area trouble spots during our recent storm. Sad news out of Alameda County. Today a sheriffs deputy died one day after being accidentally hit by an inmate transport bus. Cristina rendon has been following the story since yesterday. Reporter frank, we can tell that you Deputy Mike Foley passed away around 11 30 this morning. The department notified its deputies late this afternoon. This is really like losing a member of the family. Deputy foley is a 38year Law Enforcement veteran. He was born and raised in oakland. Were told his father is a retired sergeant and his brother is also a police officer. Those who knew foley say he was a mentor and a leader who was respected for his character and work ethic. After retiring from the Concord Police department in 2007 foley came here to Alameda County to help put his son through college. Foley was a family man and always willing to help others. Weve learned he will continue helping in death because foley san organ donor. If there was one small little thick that we could take away from this, its that mikes life will save other peoples lives, and that he will give the gift of life to others. Reporter foley was walking to work early wednesday morning when he was accidentally hit by an inmate transportation bus driven by another deputy. It happened in the employee parking lot. Because foley died in the line of duty were told he will be given full honors. His funeral services, though, are pending. Cristina, it is hard to imagine what the deputy must be going through who was driving that bus. Is there any word on how that person is doing . Reporter were told that driver is still traumatized. Were also told that he and foley are friends. Very wellknown. They all work in the transportation department. Hes really having a hard time with it. Cristina rendon, thank you. A candlelight vigil is being held for a College Baseball player. Calvin wiley was playing the game pokemon go when he was shot and killed. Dozens are expected to attend tonights vigil in san mateo where the 20yearold attended high school. Tara moriarty joins us live from central park where she says the family is making a major announcement in just minutes. Reporter thats right. I spoke to calvin rileys father earlier today. His family is going to be offering a substantial reward in this murder case. If you take a look behind me you can see that folks are beginning to gather for the candlelight vigil. You may recall calvin riley was gunned down august 6th when he was walking near ghirardelli square. The suspect is described as an africanamerican male. The getaway car was a fourdoor White Toyota Avalon driven by a white woman with blond hair. Investigators think the killing was random. He played here in san mateo. Many of his former teammates are here. Starting at 5 350 there will be a Prayer Service followed by speakers and candlelight vigil. The family tells me their lives have been ripped apart and they hope that by offering a reward that someone who knows something about this case will step forward. Live in san mateo, tara moriarty, ktvu fox 2 news. Such a heartbreaking story. Tara thank you. Today the secretary of Homeland Security promised no mass deportations as he met with his counterparts in mexico. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is also in mexico for the bilateral talks. The Trump Administration is calling the visit a step towards Mutual Understanding but there are many disagreements including President Trumps insistence that mexico pay for our border wall. President trump added to the tension today calling stepped up deportations a, quote, military operation, leading secretary tillerson to make this statement. There will be no mass deportations. Everything we do in dhs will be done legally and according to human rights and the legal Justice System of the united states. U. S. Officials are under a deadline tomorrow to calculate all u. S. Aid and grants to mexico. President trump asked for the review as part of the executive order he signed last month on construction of a border wall. There are concerns in mexico that the white house intends to cut off that aid to pay for the wall. A multibilliondollar backlog just to keep the status quo when it comes to highway maintenance. Tonight at 5 30, Officials Say if we want new and improved freeways were going to have to find a way to pay for them. Plus, helicopters circling the bay area. Ly. How our Rainy Weather has spraying way behind schedule. A Beautiful Day today but theres still a Flood Warning or two out there. We will talk about. That we will talk about the weekend, which isnt far off, and that opportunity for some more showers. It may come as no surprise but the vast majority of california is now officially out of the drought. These side by side comparisons show the Current Conditions on the left compared to a year ago. A real difference. The u. S. Drought monitor report says less than 20 of the state now faces any kind of drought conditions. Compare that to a year ago when 90 of california was experiencing some form of drought. All the rain means standing water in backyards along freeways and in parks. Those are easy breeding ground for mosquitoes. Ktvus Frank Mallicoat joins us from palo alto where helicopters were out there spraying today. Reporter hard to believe but more people die from mosquito bites than any other animal on the planet. Like you said, with all the wet weather weve been having, and with spring just a short month away, Santa Clara County decided to get busy, and a they took to the skies. The salt marshes. Beautiful and serene. But theres something lurking in these waters. This chopper is fogging the Santa Clara CountyVector Control district like a pit stop in nascar it touches down and fills up. Two minutes later its back in the air, loaded with 125 gallons of a biological control agent that targets millions of saltwater mosquitoes. We have a winter salt marsh mosquito that, because of all the waters and the rains weve had this year, weve had lots of eggs hatch in the water, and a theyre just about getting ready to emerge as adults. Reporter Santa Clara County is fogging 725 acres of wetlands. A week later than usual because of the wet weather. Their chopper was up for nearly eight hours today. The saltwater marsh mosquito doesnt carry diseases like the west nile virus, but their eggs can live in the marsh for up to 10 years. Pretty amazing critters. Theyre very well adapted to this kind of life. Theyre very vicious biting day mosquitoes and they can fly up to 20 miles inland. Very significant if we dont take care of them. Reporter mosquito fogging season begins in may. Officials will attack by ground all those mosquitoes that do carry the virus. All this rain will now mean much more work. I would expect were going get off to a bang. Theres a lot of water out there. The mosquitoes that do carry west nile virus, i think were going to have abovenormal populations of those to deal with. Reporter and that work will begin in the months of june and july come summer time. One sign the west nile virus might be present are dead birds. If you find one in your neighborhood or out on a hike, dont pick it up. Give Vector Control in your county a call. They will pick it up and test it for the west nile virus. Of course, if it is positive, they will come and treat that area. Last year here in the state of california there were 424 cases of the west nile virus reported. 19 of those were fatal. In palo alto, im frank mall coat, ktvu fox 2 news. Pg e representatives say their crews have stabilized land in the transmission to tower area. Crews are building a temporary backup power pole they can connect to in case they have to take that transmission tower out of service. In the meantime pg e has placed two crane trucks on eastbound 24. Those trucks are there just as a precaution in case the overhead power lines drop too close to that highway. Lets talk more about our weather with chief meteorologist bill martin. It was so nice out there. What a difference. Oh, its stunning. Changes your mood. Yeah. People driving better, things a little bit happier. It was cold. Its kind of chilly out there. Temperatures are mostly in the 50s now. We had overnight lows in the 30s. We do have a Flood Warning still, and this subpoena at clear lake, lake county, by lakeport and kelseyville and the clear lake area. Its only a foot and a half above flood stage but thats a lot when you live on the lake here. Slowly dropping but it stays above flood stage because all the water coming in to clearlake, it stays above flood stage at least until sunday. If you are headed that way know there is going to be some rerouting of traffic. As you look outside we did have a few scattered showers to the north and a few scattered snow flurries up around lake tahoe. A Little Something showing up by yountville. A lot of cumulus clouds. This is really just the end of what has been a very wet run of weather. Current temperatures are in the 50s. Overnight lows tonight, thats kind of the story. You see the clear skies. Winds are dying down a little bit. That overnight low is going to get down there. So we are going to see temperatures tonight in the upper 20s in some places. Look how cold it got this morning. In many bay area locations you were 32 in gilroy, 31 in walnut creek. Look at rohnert park. In the 20s, with hillsborough. So frost is a real possibility. These are the forecast overnight lows. 31 in fairfield, 33 in antioctober. Similar to last night, even a little cooler. Oakland at 39 degrees. When you send the kids off to school up on skyline, you are going to be thats cold. So jackets for everybody tomorrow morning. San jose 36. You think about the homeless and pets and things out in this kind of weather. It is going to be cold so be prepared. Theres no trees warning but it doesnt mean its not going to freeze. Its going to be frosty. This is your friday. Tomorrow is the transition day. It is going to rain on saturday. Well talk more about that. Saturday were going to see increasing clouds. Here come some altocumulus clouds. Thats an indication of changing weather. By friday evening partly to mostly cloudy. By saturday showers and sprinkles back into the bay area forecast. So its going to be showers, but owe snow its going to be a colder type weather system with snow levels down to 1500 feet. Probably see some snow on bay area peaks. Black ice at all . Its a possibility sunday morning, frank, yeah, absolutely a possibility. If we get a 10th of an inch, a quarter of an inch, which is amazing considering weve been getting three and four inches. Were getting it all. Torrential rain, and now cold ice and snow. There is so much damage from the coyote creek flooding. Maureen naylor was with a family that returned to their apartment for the First Time Since they were evacuated, and it was emotional. Reporter absolutely heartbreaking talking to some of the children in this neighborhood and their parents about what it is like to go home and being shocked. You guys were asking earlier about standing water. Where i am standing right now last night was in several feet of water. This is progress. Take a look. You can actually stand on dry ground. At the height of the flood it was up as tall as i am. I want to show you some of the cars behind me. This is whats so surreal. This street that was covered in water, just like jesse was mentioning, look at these cars caked in mud. That is what is left behind. Some of the progress, as we pan over here, theyre Pressure Washing the streets because of the muddy mess thats left behind. And before they allow any residents back home they have to clean off the street. The concern is ponl contaminants from cars, from sewage, and even theyre cleaning off some of the muddy cars, and its just amazing to see that progress. This is actually somewhat healing for some of the residents so see their street again to see their sidewalk, just to see a car actually get washed off, thats progress. I want to introduce you to a family. We met them earlier today. They defied the mandatory Evacuation Order in this neighborhood because they were just desperate to get home. The 13yearold girl was so optimistic, excited to see what she could find, but it was heartbreaking when they went into the home. Basically they had to wear plastic bags around their feet because firefighters had warned them that the mud may be contaminated and a Public Health risk. The 13yearold 8th grader was shocked when she went into her bedroom and saw her mexican folk dresses were ruined. They said, oh my god, when they entered their house. They dont have renters insurance, and they dont know what to do next. Its hard because, you know, i didnt know this was going to happen. I was sleeping when this happened. And i just woke up, and then i saw the water, like it was really i was in shock. We never imagined this would happen. Right now at this point im kind of lost because this was my home, and right now, were out. We dont know when were going to come back, and its pretty bad. Reporter theyre just some of the residents that live in the rock springs area in san jose. I want to bring you back live and a show you the work underway. They are also flushing the sear lines and trying to get a lot of the water that was in this area out. Thats why the street is now no longer underwater. I also want to show you something that really kind of i think tells the story here. I want you to look at the car behind me. The firefighters tell me at the height of the flood, this right here, this was the water level. And a couple of days, yesterday it was still a couple inches. Its now covered. This car is ruined. What breaks my heart, inside in the back you have a car seat. These are families that are now having to recov