anne makovec is in the news with the evidence the feds e using against them. five of the officers are du court at 9:30 this morning. facing charges of conspiracd civil rights violations. the other was arraigned yesterd, and is out on bail. surveillance videos release the public defender three y ago... shows undercover cops allegedly barging into tenderloin hotel rooms witht a warrant.. in some cases . stealing computers , camera and money.. and then lying t it on police reports. in a separate indictment some of officers are accused of steg marijuana from evidence and making deals with informant sell it..and split the prof { sot.. chief} my officersw that i will not have dishont cops among us.. as they sul the ranks of the honest men women out there doing the j. { sot... jeff adachi/ sf puc defender} "my hope is thatu know, this sends a message and clear to everyone in law enforcement that this kind conduct is not going to be tolerated." public defender jeff adachis the alleged misconduct led the dismissal of one-hundred cases because these officers the dismiss

anne makovec is in the news the evidence against them. five of the officers are du court at 9:30 this morning. facing charges of conspiracd civil rights violations. the other was arraigned yesterd, and is out on bail. surveillance videos release the public defender three y ago... shows undercover cops allegedly barging into tenderloin hotel rooms witht a warrant.. in some cases . stealing computers , camera and money.. and then lying t it on police reports. in a separate indictment some of officers are accused of steg marijuana from evidence and making deals with informant sell it..and split the prof { sot.. chief} my officersw that i will not have dishont cops among us.. as they sul the ranks of the honest men women out there doing the j. { sot... jeff adachi/ sf puc defender} "my hope is thatu know, this sends a message and clear to everyone in law enforcement that this kind conduct is not going to be tolerated." public defender jeff adachis the alleged misconduct led the dismissal of one-hundred cases because these officers could not b

right now live in walnut creek, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> all right, anne. guess what, this is only the beginning. >> i know. >> yeah. we have a bigger storm coming our way this weekend. it could be some kind of storm. it's good news. if we would have gotten that type of storm in a regular here we would have seen widespread flooding. right now we are getting rain outside. it will be heavy at too many this morning and then begin to taper off. we are seeing it lighten up a little bit in parts of the north bay right now. the focus of the heavy rainfall is shifting a little bit further to the south. look at all orange and the yellows and the reds down towards san jose. that's where we're seeing some major spinouts on the cars on the roadways and also some heavy amounts of rainfall right along the 101 along 680, the 280, also seeing some pretty good rainfall there. more scattered light showers as you head up toward concord. but then over toward livermore we are seeing some pretty strong downpours and lighter amounts of rain in the north bay now. that being said,

i'm anne makovec. people are protesting the convictions of low income residents. >>> plus, a find that fueled a gold rush. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, as our anne ey're calling o >> eviction protesters are taking to san francisco streets today. >> as our anne makovec reports, they are calling out some of the worst landlords they say hide. >> reporter: they are actually marching to the office of a landlord they say is a serial evictor. eviction free san francisco is trying to stop landlords from evicting low income renters with the ellis act. some landlords are taking advantage of it. they evict a rent controlled tenant to make more money. this group is trying to call out the landlords it is calling the dirty dozen worst offenders. >> it is what is happening to the city. and that is what i think people have to be aware of. and if you do get an ellis act eviction, you can fight it. the more people who fight it, the better it will be. >> reporter: there is a bill right now at the state capital that would close loo

live in el cerrito, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> okay. back out to orinda and lafayette where some drivers are still dealing with this metal debris. it was a large object in the road. whatever it was it is now gone but the latest counted now is 30 cars on the right-hand shoulder with flat tires and more on the oakland side on the caldecott. so what a mess in the east bay. if you are heading toward the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights. it's been extra "friday light" kind of day into san francisco. mass transit is on time. here's lawrence. >>> is it my turn, liz? >> it is. >> thank you so much. [ laughter ] >> low clouds and fog around the bay area. a little drizzle toward the coastline this morning. now what, though? a lot of that is going to break up and it should be a nice valentine's day. temperatures running up in the 60s in many spots, 50s toward the coastline. this weekend, we do have a chance of rain late in the day on saturday. >> just a chance. i like this red and pink coordination. >> thank you. >> for valentine's day. >

anne makovec out in the rain right now showing us your east bay commute. but first we begin with meteorologist lawrence karnow who is tracking our first significant rain with hi-def doppler radar. >> i love to see all the colors on our screen on the hi-def doppler radar this morning. you have some yellows and oranges and even some reds out there and some much-needed rain falling outside. in fact, almost an inch of rain now in some parts of the north bay. almost half inch into san francisco. and look at this. we have some significant rainfall now pouring in parts of the bay area and more to come. most of the heavy rainfall will come through early this morning but you can see that into san francisco now. intense rainfall. that line of showers stronger towards san jose. the portola valley, along the coastline into half moon bay, we are also seeing some heavy rain. but really it's everywhere. this is much-needed rain for the bay area. it looks like more to come on the way. out the door right now, we have some rain into san francisco. some drops on the lens. te

kpix 5's anne makovec is in the newsroom and anne, there have been plenty of complaints about shady police officers from people in the community. >> reporter: that's what the d.a. says. that is exactly what they are doing. the d.a. says the charged poor hispanic people in king city pulling them over and in many cases the people didn't have licenses so the vehicles were impounded and sent to a tow yard. when the vehicle's owners couldn't pay the fees, the cars were sold or given away to other officers. the owner of that tow yard is the brother of the acting police chief bruce miller. miller along with the ex-police chief charged with bribery, accepting a bribe or embezzlement. miller says he is not guilty. >> i was aware of an investigation. we reached out to the fbi and d.a.'s office to do it. but i didn't think i would become a suspect. so yeah, a little blown away. >> reporter: these two officers were also arrested in connection with a scheme and two other officers were arrested on unrelated charges. all told, one-third of king city's police force is removed from duty. some people in kin

the kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in the newsroom. the community had complained about what they say was shady police officers. >> reporter: and the d.a. says they were right. six police officers from king city are under arrest including the acting police chief who is accused of masterminding a scheme to steal more than 200 cars. the d.a. says the charged poor hispanic people in king city pulling them over and in many cases the people didn't have licenses so the vehicles were impounded and sent to a tow yard. when the vehicle's owners couldn't pay the fees, the cars were sold or given away to other officers. the owner of that tow yard is the brother of the acting police chief bruce miller. miller along with the ex-police chief charged with bribery, accepting a bribe or embezzlement. miller says he is not guilty. >> i was aware of an investigation. we reached out to the fbi and d.a.'s office to do it. but i didn't think i would become a suspect. so yeah, a little blown away. >> reporter: these two officers were also arrested in connecti

in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> and a "kcbs traffic" update. we have been trying to show you traffic all morning approaching the dublin interchange. but our camera has been too fogged in. we can finally see something but the drive time heavy out of the altamont pass nearly a half hour between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. we just spotted this tweet from "kcbs traffic" letting us know about a new accident a little south of the camera once you reach hayward. southbound 880 approaching whipple an accident there blocking one lane. traffic is backed up already to "a" street. bay bridge also backed up to the maze. lawrence? >> all right. some patchy thick fog around the bay area. low clouds in the area will break up mid-morning. then we have a lot of clouds coming down from the north. so this afternoon still some mild temperatures slight chance of sprinkles north of the golden gate bridge. otherwise mid-60s in the warmest spots. a better chance of rain for everybody saturday night into sunday. and again, next tuesday. >> galoshes are

anne makovec is in comp bell. anne? >> reporter: now is a good time to get out and drive because it is not raining. i spent much of the morning driving from san francisco to san jose. the traffic was moving so slowly, people couldn't get too out of control, but i talked to some drivers talking about some major hydroplaning going on. this is what things looked like. a long highway 17 at the summit. several inches of rain fell in the early morning hours. the biggest traffic trouble seemed to come from the guadeloupe parkway. all of the lanes were shut down southbound approaching taylor. there was a lot of flooding there and on the taylor street bridge. two of the lanes have reopened and the rest of the highway will open later on this afternoon, but be aware of that if you use the guadeloupe parkway. take a look allot these pictures. there were a couple of cars that got stuck downtown in flash flooding. the cars that were not moving, they had to go in and get the drivers out. they were saving people from a real mess. you h

kpix 5's anne makovec is live outside the who us in san jose where investigators -- outside the house in san jose where investigators are working to piece together what happened overnight. >> reporter: by all accounts, it looks like a man was trying to protect his home but police aren't confirming a lot of the details this morning here in east san jose. this happened at about 8:00 last night here on pine ridge way. a man who lives here says someone tried to break into his home and fired a gun in the process. so the man shot at the would-be robber with his own gun. the two men took off in a speeding vehicle. soon after a man was dropped off at a local hospital with a gunshot wound. that's where he died. police just left the scene here. live in east san jose, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> so far neither police nor the coroner are publicly identifying the man who was killed. >>> we are following breaking news. a san leandro home goes up in flames in an overnight fire. the fire started in the attic at the home at castro and alvarado streets this morning. firefighters were able to put the fire

in a kpix 5 exclusive, anne makovec with the stores still selling that tainted beef. anne. >> reporter: several major supermarket chains had already pulled frozen items off their shelves because they contain beef that might have come from sick cows. but that's not the case at hundreds of smaller stores. at the bonfair market in alameda, our crews visit came as a surprise. >> i don't know. >> reporter: the owner had no clue that some of the hot pockets in his freezer had been recalled. the beef came from rancho feeding corporation in petaluma, nearly 1,000 mom and pops and gas station convenience stores listed on the usda's website are still selling potentially tainted products and we found many of them don't know it. >> it's possible then that they are a customer of a customer. >> reporter: jeremy russell of the north american meat association says that's how recalls work. rancho feeding corporation in petaluma compiles a list of clients who then call their clients and we're talking about a year's worth of meat. >> it would not be totally surprising to me that, you kn

live in berkeley, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> schools closed and people still without people right now, winter is wearing thin on much of the country. a foot of snow fell over night and in the south more snow and ice in areas that seldom see more than a chilly night -- chilly night. the conditions that turned deadly. >> reporter: doesbs of cars and trucks crashed -- dozens of cars and trucks crashed near philadelphia, creating a traffic back up miles long. there were two separate pile ups. one involving 75 cars and multiple tractor-trailers. several more inches of snow fell in new york central park over night, a foot in 24 hours. the sun came out after the nor'easter blew out to sea, leaving streets a slippery and slushy mess. the dangerous conditions are slowing down deliveries of valentine's day flowers. after the clean up today, another storm is coming to new york tonight bringing several more inches of snow. more than half a million homes and businesses were still without power in the east. the bad weather forced 14,000 flight cancellations this week. more than 1500 have been cancel

live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> okay, anne thank you. you can get more on vision zero the push to make the city safer for pedestrians at kpix.com. >>> a traffic stop turned high- speed chase ended in a crash during the morning rush hour in concord. the car flipped over several times causing the closure of the willow pass road off-ramp on i-680. the chase began on interstate highway 80 in pinole. chp says the driver stole the vehicle from a former chp officer. the suspect was taken into custody. no one was hurt. >>> in oakland, the driver of a stolen u-haul managed to crash into four parked cars before taking out a power pole and landing sideways. all the cars now mangled metal and most of the rear end of the cars are beat up pretty bad. it happened this morning on 14th avenue and east 30th street near highland hospital. police say the driver was speeding when he lost control and slammed into the cars. >> i thought it was an earthquake. all the lights went out. i came out and saw that, i said oh, my, my truck. my car. oh, man. >> police s

kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in our newsroom. anne, thousands of workers are moving out of the city. >> reporter: charles schwab representatives say san francisco will continue to be its corporate headquarters but is moving half its bay area workforce likely out of state. the financial giant cutting about 1,000 jobs from its san francisco office over the next three to five years. texas and colorado are among the possible destinations, places with lower costs of doing business from office space to work rules to housing for employees. >> housing and other costs are continuing to increase particularly housing costs in san francisco, which makes it much more difficult for these certain types of employers to be here. >> reporter: he says the economy here in the bay area is still white hot and that it is sometimes easier for smaller businesses like tech startups to do business here because their operating costs are so much lower. he also says the 1,000 people out of a job will likely be able to find a new one easily enough if they do c

i'm anne makovec live at sfo where we are hearing from passengers about two minutes of terror. >>> and another "kcbs traffic" check. we are going to go flying over the altamont pass. it's definitely the slowest drive time right now. we don't like to see these red sensors below 20 miles per hour. the heaviest traffic is approaching vasco and then as you can see, conditions improve out by the dublin interchange. heavier than usual drive time this morning, no reason why except a little drizzle out there so just be again careful. moving at the speed limit in the east bay. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. everything is moving at the speed limit this morning approaching the incline section but behind the pay gates the metering lights are on now. richmond/san rafael bridge, westbound 580 very light. slick roads but very light approaching the pay gates getting into marin county, once again a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights were turned on within the last, what, five minutes so right now we are stacked up to the overcrossing. here's lawrence. >>>

anne makovec joins us live in san rafael where the city is preparing. ann? >> reporter: yeah, now is the time. we are only hours away from the next storm. here at fire station 2. there is a sandbag station. this gentleman has a hillside by his home. that is why he is preparing for tomorrow. but a more likely danger than flooding, trees falling. people are trying to get prepared today. it's the sound we are hearing more of all around the bay area today as people prepare for what could be a damaging storm. >> big trees, little trees. you get all sorts falling down. >> reporter: tree masters tree service has been getting caused for service in the north bay this week. today, they are working on prevention. owner tab jacobs say a lot of trees could be ripe for a fall. >> el nino was the last time we had big storms coming through so a lot of trees have not been tested in the last 10 years. we are expecting big failures. >> reporter: so now is the time to do last minute trimming before it is too late. >> this all gets saturated and trees uproot with the wind. >> re

anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> a pile-up in the east bay in antioch. the suspect in a stolen car hit three cars at the intersection of lone tree and davison drive. it created a chain reaction according to witnesses. >> a stolen vehicle appeared being chased by antioch police, trying to make a left turn on davidson from lone tree and got rear-ended by an oncoming vehicle. >> that driver ran from the crash scene and was later arrested. one person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> other headlines, a pedestrian was hit and killed walking in san francisco's pacific heights neighborhood. police say a driver hit the person near the intersection of van ness and pacific avenues at about 1:00 this morning. the driver tried walking away from the scene but was caught by police. he has been arrested for vehicular manslaughter. >>> light rail service downtown san jose shut down this morning as police investigated a deadly stabbing there. police say a fight broke out inside johnny v's bar near santa clara and first streets just after 1:00 this mornin

live in san rafael, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> stay ahead of this storm. make sure to bookmark kpix.com/weather on your computer or phone to get personalized radar and city-by- city forecasts anytime. >>> a san jose family says they lost everything after a carport fire spread to the townhome. kpix 5's keit do is at the scene this morning where four homes were burned forcing 18 people out of their homes. kiet. >> reporter: this is a bittersweet almost tragic story that could center a happy ending if you could -- that could have a happy ending if you could help. we are in the back unit of the townhome that burned here in south san jose. firefighters believe it started somewhere out here in the carport area around midnight this morning. the flames jumped to the building. the crackling and the popping of the fire woke up the woman inside. she ran out tried to fight the flames herself. that did not go well. she went back inside and evacuated her family. that's when the flames spread to the adjacent unit. 18 people total were evacuated out of here. the family th

anne makovec is covering the story from sfo. and several people were hurt during the flight. >> reporter: yeah. we are hearing more from the passengers this morning. it was a boeing 747. they say it felt like a roller coaster. they described two minutes of terror. >>> reporter: one people were injured in the flight. people went to the hospital in hong kong once the plane finally landed. it was a packed cathay pacific flight headed from sfo to hong kong. the turbulence hit over japan about 8 hours into the flight. these are some of the pictures we found on twitter. passengers said it felt like the plane was spiraling down into freefall describing people being thrown out of their seats and suitcases flying out of overhead bins. here's how one man describes it. >> extremely scary because it was throwing you up and downsideways. quite a few people were thrown up from the seats and a few hit the ceiling of the aircraft. we had a couple of the baggage bins opening up and the bags flying out. >> reporter: this comes just one day after

live at the el cerrito del norte station, anne makovec, kpix 5. contra costa county health services says there are no other measles infection related to this case that they know of. >>> 5:03. happening today, president obama is talking drought down in fresno. he and governor jerry brown are expected to outline strategies on state recovery. president obama will visit farms to see the devastation. farmers say only a third of their land can be harvested this season because of the drought. >>> a ruptured sewer main dumped about 100,000 gams of raw sewage into the russian river. the santa rosa "pressdemocrat" says it happened yesterday in guerneville and the repair work is expected to be finished up sometime this morning. the problems haven't affected drinking water or sewer services but the sweetwater springs water district has shut off its wells in the mont e rio area as a precaution. >>> in an oakland neighborhood on waterhouse road in the city's oakmore neighborhood, witnesses told kpix 5's joe vazquez a getaway driver of a burglary abandoned the s

live in daly city, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> thank you, anne. >>> the clouds are building today and rain is coming. we have a super soaker on the way to the bay area. kpix 5 meteorologist lawrence karnow in the weather center tracking the storms as in plural, i guess, right? >> yeah. the next couple storms we may see more rain in these two storms than we have seen all year so far. so with that in mind, right now it is quiet on our hi-def doppler radar, we are scanning your skies but a little later on we expect that rain to move in. in fact, it's not that far away. you can already see some of those clouds filtering into the bay area. it won't be long and a chance of showers develops. let's time it out. into the evening the commute home maybe a few showers beginning and then overnight tonight, we are going to see more widespread rain. looks like it could be wet and very treacherous for the commute early tomorrow. we'll talk about rain totals and the next storm. the next one could be impressive. we'll talk about that coming up. >> thank you. >>> this just in. the brutal winter weather blame

in a kpix 5 exclusive, anne makovec with the stores still selling that tainted beef. anne. >> reporter: several major supermarket chains had already pulled frozen items off their shelves because they contain beef that might have come from sick cows. but that's not the case at hundreds of smaller stores. these things will every are stilt on the shelves. at the bonfair market in alameda, our crews visit came as a surprise. >> i don't know. >> reporter: the owner had no clue that some of the hot pockets in his freezer had been recalled. the beef came from rancho feeding corporation in petaluma, nearly 1,000 mom and pops and gas station convenience stores listed on the usda's website are still selling potentially tainted products and we found many of them don't know it. >> it's possible then that they are a customer of a customer. >> reporter: jeremy russell of the north american meat association says that's how recalls work. rancho feeding corporation in petaluma compiles a list of clients who then call their clients and we're talking about a year's worth of meat. >> it

kpix 5's anne makovec with more on today's hearing. >> reporter: christopher porter- bailey is in the courtroom right now as we speak. he is also still in police custody on a $175,000 bond. our cameras were not allowed inside the san francisco courtroom today it. the prosecution has been busy laying out its case through witnesses to the attack. here's some surveillance video showing what happened last june outside the karaoke bar on market street. a woman being robbed by a group of people then kicked in the head. it all happened during san francisco's gay pride weekend festivities. among the witnesses today, people who rushed to help the woman. one man says he was punched during the scuffle. we heard talk about some of the state's witnesses being threatened by alleged cohorts of the defendant saying that they would pay if they testified. that information was kept from the jury. this trial is expected to last into next week. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> thank you. >> in other headlines around the bay, san jose police are looking for a suspect in the city's fifth homi

kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is outside the house in san jose where investigators are still trying to piece together what happened. >> reporter: this is san jose's eighth homicide of the year. it happened last night here in east san jose. this is the scene just after 8 p.m. that is when a man who lives here on pine ridge way said someone tried to break into his house and fired a gun in the process. so the man got his own gun and shot at the would-be robber. that man and another suspect then took off in a speeding vehicle. soon after, a man was dropped off at a local hospital with a gunshot wound where he died and police believe that man who ended up at the hospital was the man who tried to break into this home. the man who lived here by the way was not injured in the process. we are still trying to find out more details from police this morning. live in san jose, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> so far neither blizzard nor the coroner's office are identifying the man who died. >>> some prime cuts of meat may no longer be found in bay area stores because of a huge beef recall involving a bay a

in east san jose, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> so far, police have not released the name of the suspected intruder who died. >>> and some breaking news right now. central valley farmers in the throes of one of the worst droughts on record will receive no federal water this year. today's announcement comes as a major blow and farmers now forced the leave field -- to leave fields unplanted or pay top dollar for water. for now, there's just not enough water to give to the farmers. state water officials made the same announcements a few weeks ago and on wednesday, governor jerry brown unveiled a $687 million plan to help the farmers and hard hit communities. >>> a tense calm in the ukraine this noon after a long night of negotiations to end the country's crisis. danielle nottingham on the plan that should end the anti- government protests that have left 100 people dead. >> reporter: a deal to end days of violent clashes may be taking hold in ukraine. but anti-government protestors aren't leaving kiev independence square yet. after all night talks, ukrainian president viktor yanukovych seened

. >>> supporters of a federal minimum wage increase are rallying around the bay area and anne makovec joins us live in mountain view now where one is underway tight now. >> reporter: this is one of three rallies to be held on this day of action. this one in front of mountain view city hall. you can see a couple of dozen people out in front. they are quiet but their message is clear. they are calling for an increase in the minimum wage. this protest being held by the group organizing for action and california will soon have the highest minimum wage in the country. $10 an hour. but the protestors want the bump in pay to be nationwide $10.10. a report from the congressional budget office says raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would lift about 900,000 people out of port but at the same time it would slash -- poverty but at the same time it would slash jobs. >> people who live on minimum wage are going to spend that. that extra income that they have. they're going to spend it on represent or heat or they're going to spend it on food. i really support the bring more broadly. >> rep

ann makovec of our san francisco station k-pix has more on that. >> in california, the snow and rain has finally bringing much needed moisture to the state. residents there have been experiencing the worst drought on record. and this is the biggest storm california has seen in more than a year, bringing with it the threat of avalanches, flooding and rock slides. a mudslide washed out part of this road in sonoma county. >> right now we're standing by until the county comes back with some barricades to close off the roadway. and at that point the county will have to develop a plan. >> reporter: the combination of wind and rainfall there has been so severe falling trees snapped power lines. and residents in san rafael rushed in with sandbags to protect their homes. others are taking the much needed rainfall in stride. >> too much, too fast. but we still love the rain. we need the rain. so i'm all for it. >> reporter: the weather service says the rainfall in california is helping but, jeff, it would take four to five more storms of this size to get water levels back to where they should

anne makovec joins us live from san bruno now to explain why some felt the man was harmless. ann. >> reporter: the video is disturbing to watch and there were a couple of witnesses on the train saying the man had done nothing wrong except for failing to comply with police orders. a lot of people wondering this morning if bart police may have overstepped their bounds. the video taken on the evening of january 29th begins with a bart officer giving a man a stern warning. >> get off the train! >> hold it! >> get off of the train, sir! >> reporter: someone on this train had called bart police to say the man was harassing riders. an officer arrived and tried to convince the man to come talk to him on the platform. he did not comply, and even though witnesses can be heard saying the man wasn't bothering anyone, watch what happens next. >> taser, taser, taser! >> reporter: the officer tases the man and he falls to the ground. as riders look on the man is dragged to the aisle. >> don't move or i will tase you again! >> reporter: around that's not the end. >> get on your stomach or i'

i'm anne makovec live in the newsroom. new details today on a proposed law requiring a kill switch on all new phones. >> let's not be so insulted about something so minute. >> the food at one school's black history celebration got a some complaints. one person is giving a different perspective on the menu. >> lanes are open at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights still off. we'll see what's going on coming up. >> storm clouds are now moving in. we are expecting some heavy rainfall this weekend. it's time to prepare for flooding. cate caugiran reports from oakland. >>> reporter: lawrence, we're live at one of the stations that's going to be handing out free sandbags to residents today. now, it's not just here in the east bay. it's down in redwood city. the sandbags are stacked and ready for neighbors to come and pick them up. san mateo county is reminding neighbors with that well needed wet weather may come some flooding. neighbors in the area are limited to about 15 bags a house and officials want to be sure everyone

live in san bruno, anne makovec makovec, kpix 5. >> the man was booked for resisting arrest and public intoxication. he also had a warrant for a parole violation. >>> new this morning, a house that collapsed and slid down a hill in san francisco did not have support it was supposed to have. according to documents obtained by the "chronicle," the twin peaks home had three reinforcing towers for support. the planned called for nine. the owner failed to follow approved plans in the sequence of construction. the owner denies claims he didn't have a required independent inspection. >>> two people went to the hospital because of a fire in san francisco. there is no word on their injuries. the fire started around midnight in a high-rise apartment building near san francisco state university. it was on the sixth floor. no word on what started the fire. >>> no rain today so hopefully the traffic is kind of going through nice and smooth, right, liz? >> overall things are looking good. we had some earlier mass transit troubles but as far as the roads go, overall we still actually haven't seen any

>>> i'm anne makovec. i' 'm mark kelly. ther >>> good morning and it's 7:30 on sunday february twenty- third. thanks for joining us. >> there's a lot of news to get to in this next hour. >> we have had our eye on bart all weekend long because it's been off line. you're taking a live look at the spot where a train went off the tracks. crews have been working 24 hours a day since then to get service back online and that is expected to happen just after 8:00 a.m., which is when the 1st trains are normally scheduled to start on sunday morning. we have a live report. going to take a look at some of the recent. >> now, that live picture we just showed you, what if you had cameras like that all over your town and what if somebody at police center was looking at it all the time. it's a big debate whether they should go ahead with a program to look at it big brother or public safety. going to be joining us to talk about that later. >> big debate. >>> art funding in california has been up and down for 3 decades now. now it's looking

. >> i'm anne makovec. >> i'm mark kelly. a little bit of rain coming up. >> a cloudy start to the day. a live look from our roof cam. as the beautiful bay bridge comes up. you can see the clouds in the sky. those are rain clouds gathering this morning. temperatures right now, cool, but not too cool. 50 in concord. 48 in san jose. 53 in san francisco. so we are going to see these clouds hanging around, throughout the day, increasing, with a possibility of wet weather coming up, a little bit later on, this evening. well, we will keep you posted on those details coming up in a few. >> if you're headed to the parade, take an umbrella. >>> president obama is promising drought relief after a visit to the central valley. >> california is our biggest economy. california is our biggest agricultural producer. so what happens here matters to every working american. right down to the cost of food that you put on your table. >> on friday, in fresno, the president pledged millions of dollars in federal disaster aid, 100 million goes towar

in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> pedestrians and drivers need to be more careful. we have posted an interactive map showing the most dangerous streets in san francisco. it's on kpix.com. >>> as cycling becomes more popular in san francisco, so do bike thefts. this is the site where the police department stores stolen bikes that have been recovered. a program was launched today called safe bike. it's a voluntary bicycle registration program aimed at reuniting bikes with their owners. >> this is a really important step moving forward. in terms of how we can get more people out on their bikes here in san francisco. >> about 600 to 800 bikes are stolen each year but police think unreported incident bring that number up to around 4,000. >>> coming up in our next half hour, how the ultimate punishment for california's most dangerous prisoners could be in for a dramatic over hall. >> why anyone who rode bart recently may have been exposed to measles. >> and why criminals are all abuzz over beehives. ,,,, good is in every blue diamond a good that comes in 25 flavors. from

we want to go to anne makovec, she is live in san rafael right now. hi, anne. >> reporter: good morning. we saw a little bit of a downpour here a few minutes ago. but it was brief. i guess that's what we're going to be seeing here in the north bay all day long or at least for the next couple of hours as the showers taper off. i'm in san rafael right now. it is dry. but check this out. this is yesterday in marin county. police had to block off a stretch of highway one after a tree fell on the road near marshall. the chp just shut down that portion again overnight because of similar problems. in sonoma county, heavy rain left some stretches of road covered in two inches of water near valley road. but there were no major road closures in that area. >> we needed rain so happy about it. don't mind being wet. >> reporter: now, she lives in san jose. the other side of the bay. it is going to be up to each water utility to come up with restrictions. but, despite this set of storms, the santa clara valley water district has issued mandatory guidelines for peop

kpix 5's anne makovec has more on the push for kill switches. anne. >> reporter: it is a new bill going before the state legislature that would require new technology on all new phones that would essentially turn them into a brick if they're stolen making them much less attractive to thieves. the problem of cell phone thefts is rampant. man of the crimes caught on camera account for half all the robberies in san francisco, one- third nationwide. those pushing the bill for kill switches including state senator mark leno and district attorney george gascon. we spoke with him recently about the pushback he has been getting from the cell phone carriers because it could cut into their profits for anti- theft insurance and replacement phones. >> we're talking about a $60 billion a year industry. and about a half of that seems to be attached to the replacement of stolen phones so we're talking about a lot of money here. >> reporter: new apple iphones do have an optional kill switch feature which requires a password to reset the phone. but cell phone us

kpix 5's anne makovec explains this amber alert is different from most because they don't know who was abducted. >> reporter: that's a mystery about this case. police have been getting tips since the amber alert went out yesterday afternoon. but so far, they have not located the carjacker or the two people witnesses say were inside the car at the time. these new pictures inside the oakland hills safeway store on redwood road. you can see that man wearing headphones an jacket and baseball cap. you can barely see his face. he is described as a black man in his 40s, 5'7", 165 pounds, with salt and pepper hair. at about 1:00 yesterday afternoon, that man got into a vehicle in the parking lot and took off. witnesses say he was armed with a knife and that a teenaged girl and elderly man were inside the red sedan with license plate 6jfm648. >> the most important focus right now is finding the car, finding the occupant, finding the suspect. that's our focus. >> police also believe the suspect shoplifted lobster and steak at the grocery store right before taking off in that vehicle. police don'

in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> if the bill is passed as is, it would kick in next january 1. >>> coming up in our next half hour, this is just the start of our stormy weekend! we'll show you which areas are getting hit the hardest right now. >> the proverbial floodgates are going to open and we're going to see the damage that these guys have engineered. >> during our drought, why a massive source of water is off limits to almost everyone. >> and why you should think about getting rental car insurance even if you think your credit card has you covered. ,,,,,,,, ó÷?ké its move on the bay area. c meteorologist paul deanno h another >>> now at:30 our second more powerful storm making its move on the bay area. now at 6:30, chief meteorologist paul deanno has a look at your live hi-def doppler radar. >> we keep getting new computer model information in saying it's going to be a wet weekend weather bull's eye at the north bay which is where we are seeing heavy rainfall this evening. hi-def doppler radar, a lot of you getting a break but we are not seeing a break cloverdale sou

anne makovec reports on the proposal to install kill switches on phones. >> reporter: this bill, which is on the way now to the legislature, would make cell phones like this one a brick essentially in the case of it being stolen. that is something we have been seeing more and more often. take a look at this video. some surveillance video of some of the cell phone thefts that have gone on in the bay area over the past year or so. it is rampant accounting for half of all robberies in san francisco. the problem of cell phone theft is rampant. many of the crimes caught on camera account for half of all robberies in san francisco and almost 80% in oakland when factors in other smart devices. >> this is such a big deal that the crooks themselves call it apple picking. so this legislation makes the apples not worth picking. >> reporter: a parade of politicians and police came to unveil details of the bill. it would require any smart device sold in california to include something that renders it inoperable when stolen. >> thieves do not want a device that doesn't work. >> reporter: the technol

anne makovec out in the rain right now showing us your east bay commute. but first we begin with meteorologist lawrence karnow who is tracking our first significant rain with hi-def doppler radar. >> i love to see all the

in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> norwood the one who did not smirk at the judge could be released in a matter of days because of the time he served. you can see what happened in court up edited at kpix.com. >>> a cement truck smashed into a woman this afternoon in san francisco sending her to the hospital. it happened just after 3 p.m. in the pacific heights neighborhood at california and fillmore streets. the area is now blocked off as authorities investigate what exactly happened. the victim's condition is unknown. >>> we are told two workers have life-threatening injuries after the scaffolding that they were on collapsed at a san francisco construction site. chopper 5 caught the aftermath at mission and fremont streets in the south of market neighborhood. the fire department says the call came in about 2:15 this afternoon. it says both workers fell at least 30 feet. >>> a dog run over and killed and witnesses say it was a police officer behind the wheel and he never stopped. it happened in san francisco's richmond district at balboa and sixth avenue. linda yee is live there ton

i'm anne makovec. this is northbound 680 at the north main overcrossing. you can see traffic almost at a standstill there in the right lanes. water pooling on the roadways. we have had a lot of reports of people hydroplaning here in the east bay, south bay and north, as well. the rain has been falling steadily all night. the good news is not a lot of pooling or puddling on many of the surface streets because the ground is so dry, it's soaked up all of this rain. for more on your latest traffic for what is turning out to be a little bit of a rough commute, here's elizabeth wenger. >>> thanks, anne. it is a mess still on the eastshore freeway. it is certainly our hotspot this morning after a jackknifed big rig went over the center divide still straddling the median now. lanes blocked in bows directions approaching el portal on 80. multiple lanes blocked and big delays especially westbound jammed solid past hercules now into rodeo and continuing into berkeley. eastbound traffic improving slightly but again lanes are expected to be blocked for at least another

i'm anne makovec. a lot to k about in the next half-hour. (chat about stories, upcomi guests) (anne teases security guard shooting) (phil teases death penalty ) >>> welcome back. >>> we know oakland is money for having a high crime rate. things got bad last week. we had a security guard shooting, a burglar. wild west factor going on in oakland. we have a council member live in studio to talk about what is going on and what to do next. >> three former california governors have gotten together and are baking a initiative to reform the death penalty and speed it up. a look at why people are opposed to that and governor jerry brown and his high-speed rail plan which is taking a hit from an unexpected ally. >> saving for retirement is something that a lot of people don't put a lot of thought into until it's too late. there is momentum growing in california and nationally to launch a new program that will make it easy for workers to save. we will break that down. first, mark? >>> mill valley soaked up the much needed rain. a quarter inch fell ther

i'm anne makovec. a lot to k about in the next half-hour. (anne teases convict employ >>> welcome back. it is superbowl sunday. >> it is groundhog day. >> good morning. it is 9:00. a lot to talk about in the next half hour. we'll get you up-to-date with how much more rain we are expecting. if you have not noticed it is falling as we speak. also talking about a new proposal that would basically allow convicts to not call themselves out when they are trying to get housing or apply for a job. it is called ban the box. it is that little box on an application. >> it is not just convicts. it could be anybody with a conviction. >>> we'll talk about the housing crunch here in san francisco. middle class values and middle class economics were keynote in the president's speech. we want to talk about how it might affect the bay area. we'll talk with a congressman about the president's speech and its affect here. >>> and the latest on the drought. we got bad news yesterday that the trivalley will be one of the hardest-hit areas in california. we'll tell

i'm anne makovec. >>> welcome back. it's just about 7:30 this saturday morning. good morning, i'm mark kelly. >> i'm ann makovic. we have breaking news, derailed bart cars are now being pulled off the tracks and hauled off this morning. the out-of-service train jumped the tracks during the evening commute last night after leaving the concord bart station. and there is now no service past pleasant hill on the pittsburg bay point line. kpix5's juliet goodrich is live in concord. juliet, we are hearing that the cars and track repair work could be an all-day event. >>reporter: a lot of busy work going on here this morning. and, yes, it could take most of the day. and you can see behind me the front end of the car train still hanging off of the track. bart crews brought in a huge crane to try and clear the train from the tracks and they are removing it car by car. in fact, just a few minutes ago we saw one of the trains being removed by the crane and transported onto a semi to then be removed. crews have been here all night working to clear the tracks and begin emerge

makovec. i' 'm mark kelly. ther >>> good morning and it's 7:30 on sunday february twenty- third. thanks for joining us. >> there's a lot of news to get to in this next hour. >> we have had our eye on bart all weekend long because it's been off line. you're taking a live look at the spot where a train went off the tracks. crews have been working 24 hours a day since then to get service back online and that is expected to happen just after 8:00 a.m., which is when the 1st trains are normally scheduled to start on sunday morning. we have a live report. going to take a look at some of the recent. >> now, that live picture we just showed you, what if yo

anne makovec, this is going to affect a lot of workers. >> reporter: schwab says that san francisco will continue to be its corporate headquarters, but it is moving about half of its bay area workforce likely out of state. the financial giant cutting 1,000 jobs from its san francisco office over the next three to five years. texas and colorado are among the possible destinations, places are lower costs of doing business from office space to work rules to housing for employees. >> housing costs the other costs of doing business are continuing to increase particularly housing costs in san francisco which makes it much more difficult for certain types of employers to be here. >> he used to head up the employment development department. >> reporter: he says the economy here in the bay area is still white hot and it is sometimes easier for smaller businesses like tech startups to do business here because their operating costs are lower. he says the 1,000 people out of a job may be able to find another one if they choose to stay here in the bay area. it is a hit obviously for those out of a jo

. >> i'm anne makovec. >> i'm mark kelly. a little bit of rain coming up. >> a cloudy start to the day. a live look from our roof cam. as the beautiful bay