police escort where the family was taken into san francisco general. they have been by his bedside ever since. the officer has been married with the san francisco police department for five years and the department says he chose to be assigned to the tenderloin police station last year. he was on a bicycle beat when he was hit by an suv near turk and van ness and the 32-year- old was rushed into emergency surgery and is in critical condition. his colleagues are offering support. . >> we're praying he recovers. >> his condition is critical because it affected the brain and the neck, spinal, also, um, all the family is coming

in and i -- i am praying for them. >> reporter: he received the purple heart award in 2015 after lewin-tankel was hurt on the job while trying to protect others. we also learned that he recently started law school. he is a volunteer in the tenderloin. clearly a well liked and respected officer in the department. officers have been stopping by to offer support. we also understand that his family is asking for two things. they want privacy and they are also asking for prayers. they say he is a survivor. they want him to get through this. they have faith he can but they are asking for prayers. we are set to receive an update from the police chief in 1 minutes. we'll be here to cover it and bring you any updates that we

get. >> are you getting a sense of the update, is it about the version the officer's condition? >> reporter: we don't know. the chief is going to be coming out and giving us an update around 5:15. other than that, we'll wait to see what comes out of that update. >> as you said, we'll carry that live. cristina rendon at san francisco general, thank you. the suspect who rammed his suv into officer lewin-tankel spoke to ktvu's tara moriarty from jail. she joins us from the jail near the hall of justice. what did he say? >> reporter: well, the suspect who goes by the name willie flanagan said he did not hit this officer on his bicycle on purpose. he said it was an accident. he offered his condolences to the family. he sat down for this jailhouse interview to tell us what he says happened yesterday. reporter: marquis johnson

is being charged with the attempted murder of officer elia lewin-tankel part of tenderloin station's bike patrol unit. he agreed to a jailhouse interview adamant that the collision was not done on purpose. >> it was not intentional? >> no. >> reporter: it was an accident. >> -yes. >> reporter: you didn't see him? >> i didn't see nothing. trying to move out the way. >> reporter: johnson a homeless man who now goes by the name willie flanagan says he has ptsd, fallout he believes from racial profiling in an excessive use of force incident in 2014. >> he had no reason to assault me but here it is i'm being kicked in the face seven times with steel-toed boots and a obvious attempt to break my neck. >> reporter: since then he claims he has been accosted by sfpd. >> i been picked up 10 different times for nothing. >> reporter: sfpd says wednesday, officers near city hall observed johnson in a cream colored suv and tried to pull him over. >> officers observed the

suspect in a vehicle they believed was in possession of a firearm. it appears the suspect became aware of the officers' presence and fled. >> reporter: he allegedly hit the officer as he was drying out of a parking garage. >> video footage of the entrance and exits of the garage is available. so there's no way you gonna be able to twist the circumstances reverse the circumstances when police know he was coming against traffic on turk. he didn't see nothing when he ran into me. >> reporter: i asked johnson if he realized he hit the officer but he deflected the question. >> i don't even know how to describe what ptsd feels like. >> reporter: he deferred specific questions about hitting officer lewin-tankel to his attorney. do you have anything to say to the family because he is in the hospital right now? >> my heart goes out to him and my condolences, apology. i don't know what else to say. >> reporter: sfpd sources tell us that johnson was traveling upwards of 30 miles per hour

when he came out of the garage, did not stop, hit officer lewin-tankel and continued on. now, whether intentional or not, police say johnson will also face charges for felony evading with injuries, hit-and- run with injuries and a host of other charges. live from san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, back to you. >> did he say why he abandoned the car and also why he did agree to the interview? >> reporter: he said he agreed to this incident in 2014 where he believes that san francisco police officers used excessive force on him. he basically claims that incident changed his life, that he loves his job and fiancee, that he wasn't able to move forward that he sleeps at night, you know, next to a trash can next to the dispatch center because he is so worried that police officers are going to attack little. he did have some inconsistencies with his story, however, when we did speak to him. at times he would lead us to believe that the reason why he

left that garage was because of the ptsd. and that officers were after him. but when i asked him the direct question, he would say, oh, you will have to ask my attorney or deflect it to somebody completely different. >> did he give a specific reason again for why he abandoned the vehicle yesterday? >> reporter: he did not. he said he wanted us to refer a lot of the questions specifically about yesterday to his attorney. he only agreed to speak with us because of the 2014 incident but, of course, we had to ask some of these important questions about what happened yesterday. and he gave us little bits here and there. >> all right. tara moriarty reporting in san francisco. thank you, tara. we are following some breaking news right now off ocean beach in san francisco. that's where a surf rescue is under way right now. san francisco fire tweeted surfers told them a fully clothed man was in distress in the water. skyfox was over the scene about 10 minutes ago. we saw a fire response there

on the beach near sloat and a fire ladder fully extended. a coast guard helicopter was flying over the water as rescuers searched for that man. we'll continue to monitor the story and when we get any updates, we'll bring it to you. a new estimate on fire damage in the north bay shows that insured property losses will exceed $1 billion. that's a conservative number on total damage. a state senator said fire damage will cost at least $3 billion. loss include more than 7,000 homes that were damaged or destroyed. more than 500 commercial properties. more than 3,000 vehicles. three of the biggest fires are still burning in napa and sonoma counties. but firefighters are getting closer to full containment. the cal fire website says the nuns fire on highway 12 north of glen ellen is 82% contained. the atlas fire off atlas peak road in napa county is 85% contained. the tubbs fire that burned

into santa rosa in sonoma county is now 92% contained. a community meeting wrapped up this afternoon in sonoma county. people who live there got some new information about when they can go home. how the piles of debris will be cleaned up. and how they can get more help. ktvu's tom vacar was at the meeting. reporter: my iphone has a lot of sprinkles on it because it's sprinkling here right now. not seriously. but that's a good sign because that will help with the fires because it covers everything every place if it's widespread enough. now, i'm going to show you since our last hour, our road signs have gotten larger. people keep bringing signs here thanking the first responders locally and who came from all over the world thanking them for the job in a they did to save this time. they did save this town. now, having said that, the

community meeting was important because there are still roads closed and still neighborhoods that are off limits so residents got a chance to get some information by asking questions and getting fairly good answers. >> we are going to get you the information you need. reporter: about 200 people showed up at the sonoma memorial building to get the latest, ask questions and collect forms to begin recoveries. with sonoma county fires now 80% contained, officials expressed concern about when everyone can finally go home. >> we have a close call with a 16-foot-wide tree that almost struck two firefighters yesterday. so these are the situations where we do not want to allow the public back into these dangerous areas. >> i know this has been a frustrating experience. i know that you're not getting the answers you need. you're not getting back to your homes if you have been in an evacuation area. what i would ask, um, and i beg is that you just dig down

deep to that last little bit of patience you have. >> our officers are showing a tremendous amount of empathy for the people we serve. i'm proud of the women and men that do that every day. we would love nothing more than to get our officers off post and back on patrol where that's however critical primary mission. >> reporter: residents found the meeting very useful and the help they got filling out forms invaluable. >> i believe it's been helpful, sure. people want to know what's going on particularly if they are not in the thick of it. if they are, they don't know what's going on around them. >> reporter: the california office of emergency services made a headline today when it announced it would clean up the thousands of lots where homes burned to the ground provided the homeowners provide written permission. then government contractors can clean up quickly and completely since privately hired contractors will be few and far between. >> so once we have authorization from the residents, we'll be able to mobilize our state and federal forces to come in and begin that process of returning a safe clean site back to them

for that critical rebuilding and recovery. >> reporter: so today the federal department of housing and urban development announced a number of programs to help people including a 90- day moratorium on foreclosures, the availability of certain kinds of mortgage insurance, and even some assistance for people in finding new places to live given the short average places there are around here. they also talked about some temporary housing that will be brought in but no final decisions have been made. back here in sonoma square, people driving by saying thank you, folks, thank you for saving this time, truly a historical place and safe. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> tom, thank you. an east bay man was run over by his own truck this morning during a carjacking. what neighbors are saying tonight about that incident. >> and two high school students arrested for sexual assault. what three different schools are saying about the investigation and the connection to de la salle.

plus -- >> we're very, very happy. >> we're going to be back home. >> fire evacuees are back home in the santa cruz mountains. >> you saw tom vacar up in the north bay talking about some sprinkles. that's where we are at. we have showers in the forecast. that helps out the fire situation. also helps out the air quality. we'll see you back here with that forecast. ♪[ music ]

a alameda county deputy may be going to trial. she agreed to waive her  preliminary hearing and could go straight to trial on gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicate and driving under

the influence. they say she was under prescription medication when she crashed into a toyota that was parked on the shoulder of interstate 680 in san ramon. that car had run out of gas. the impact killed 3-year-old elijah dunn and seriously injured his mother. >> she waived her right to a preliminary hearing in court this morning which means that she waived her right to have the evidence presented against her and a judge independently evaluating the evidence and holding her over. >> unless malihan cuts a plea deal, she could face a trial in this case. the city of oakland has officially appointed a new fire chief. mayor libby schaaf today announced interim chief white will take the reins in a personalities capacity. he is an oakland native, 20 years with oakland and 10 other years in fire service. schaaf described white as a leader whose demeanor will move the department forward.

he starts immediately. he will be sworn in tomorrow at 1:00. good evening. yesterday's horrific event involving our officer elia lewin-tankel is a reminder of the dangers that law enforcement officers face every day as we perform our duties to protect the public that we serve. our police family has responded with spirit, strength and resolve to support each other and elia, his wife and family. currently, elia is in intensive care. as he continues on his road to recovery, it's important and uplifting to remember that elia is a fighter in every sense of the word. this fight isn't over. this is a statement from his wife. "if elia was writing this he would like to say he is like every over cop working inch is. he goes to work every day to

protect and serve his community. he does this with heart and passion. at the end of the day, like any other officer, he wants to come home to his family. elia is a symbol of strength, it's in his blood. this situation will be no different. this is not the end of elia's story. please, please, send him positive energy and love. he deserves it. and he will no doubt get through this. elia's family and the men and women of the san francisco police department -- [ inaudible ] [ sirens ] [ pause ] >> we ask that you continue to support elia and his family with your thoughts and prayers toward his recovery. thank you. before we go on, i'd like to provide some details about the

ongoing investigation. our investigators yesterday afternoon took into custody 50- year-old maurice johnson. he has been charged for the following counts: attempted murder, use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony, assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, inflicting great bodily injury on another in commission of a felony, battery with serious bodily injury, resisting arrest, causing great bodily injury, possession of a stolen automobile, felony possession of stolen property, felony evading causing serious bodily injury, reckless driving causing injury, felony evading a peace officer, unlicensed driver, and resisting or delaying a peace officer. these are the booking charges. at this time, we are not releasing a booking photo due to pending identification

issues. i'll take a few questions. [ inaudible question ] >> what's his legal name? what's the status? >> he has several aliases. this is a name that we believe to be his true name and what was the other question? >> what's the status of him being out and all of these charges? >> these charges have been filed by the district attorney's office so he will be held unless he is bailed out. >> can you give us his injuries injuries? >> well, elia is in critical condition. he has some severe injuries. i'll just leave it at that. but again, his family is very positive. and he is doing better today than he was doing yesterday so that is a tremendous sign for us that we have hope. we're going to be by his side and help him fight through this. so his family is very positive and the word that they wanted

me to get to the public is to bring positive energy to this tragic horrific event. [ inaudible question ] >> this is tough on everybody. officers have been here around the clock particularly the officers from tenderloin. i have standing behind me the command staff who have -- many of them have been here pretty much through the night with very little sleep. this is, you know, what we do and we understand this is part of the job. we accept that. but it also gives us an opportunity to really show what we're made of and show us as the true heroes that i think many of our men and women that go out and put their lives on the line are. it brings us all together. and not just us, but the whole community. i mean, we have had a tremendous outpouring of support from the community from the city leaders the mayor on down to just citizens

that just have given us their prayers and support. it's brought us together. >> you have been listening to a press conference outside san francisco general hospital from police chief william scott updating us on the condition of the officer who remains in intensive care. elia lewin-tankel was injured yesterday afternoon when he was hit and critically injured by a suspect driving an suv. police chief scott told us today that he is a fighter and this fight is not over. his family wrote a letter saying that he is a symbol of strength and his story will not end here. and the officer asking for people to send positive energy and love. >> the chief also listed off about a half dozen or so charges against the suspect in this case who has been identified as maurice johnson. we had a jailhouse interview with that suspect today. tara moriarty talked to that suspect who claimed this was an accident that he didn't intent to run over the officer

and he also said that he been suffering from ptsd because of a previous arrest where he claims he had been roughed up by officers back in 2014. but in addition to the half dozen or so charges which are mostly felony evading and hit- and-run, but there's also the attempted murder charge which is the most serious charge in the case. that gets into intent. so police and investigators believe he intentionally ran over that police officer. so johnson is now being held in jail pending the filing of all those charges when he shows up in court. >> again, that four-year veteran is in intensive care tonight at san francisco general hospital. when we have more updates on this, we'll bring it to you. let's go to other news now. firefighters say they have the upper hand on the bear fire thanks to favorable weather conditions. the fire has burned more than 320 acres in the steep terrain of the santa cruz mountains. cal fire says now that fire is

30% contained. some local residents got good news today. fire officials lifted some evacuation orders allowing residents to return home. >> ktvu's jesse gary is live near the fire lines with tonight's update. reporter: you can see what a difference a day makes for the weather. yesterday when i was out here there was a smoky haze over the mountain ridge and this afternoon, you see moving in from the west, that's right, a marine layer coming in which will bring rain later today. and also on the move, early this morning, some residents chased from their homes returned. reporter: early thursday morning, a reverse exodus at the las cumbres neighborhood dozens of residents forced to evacuate by approaching flames returned home. how happy are you to come back? >> it's great! it's great. >> we're very, very happy. >> we are glad to be back home. >> reporter: fire officials say cooler temperatures and higher humidity have allowed

crews to get the upper hand on this 321-acre fire. flames that had raged since tuesday are now slowed to a crawl. >> right now the flames are very small, fire activity is greatly reduced than what we saw the first couple of days of this fire. >> that was it. >> reporter: john o'toole jumped into action to ensure he and his wife escaped to stay with friends in santa cruz. >> i looked out the window and saw smoke and ash falling from the sky. i said it's time to go. >> reporter: now, success on the fire's front lines means a return to his four-bedroom house on old vineyard road, a did you feel bad of clothes, tech gear and a chain saw to clear roads all being put back inside. >> i have been living with the possibility that, you know, everything will be up or could have been gone up in smoke. so it's, um, ahem, a very, um, grateful feeling. >> we took some clothes and our passports and our children. and we're out of there. >> reporter: dr. tony wong and his family also beat a hasty retreat as flames approached

the back decks of homes in this excluded neighborhood. his family is now back at home trying to settle into a normal routine. he says due to firefighters' efforts. >> i felt reassured that they were there standing on our deck looking out at the fire making sure that our homes were safe. >> reporter: some residents being allowed back in doesn't mean everyone is allowed back in. there are some neighborhoods still under an evacuation order. for more on that, check at the cal fire website. they will give you indications of which neighborhoods are still under the evacuation order. lastly, yesterday we talked about some firefighters who were injured. so far today i'm told there have been no injuries which is good news. we're live in santa cruz county this evening. jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. and from that picture, bill, you can see there are some clouds on the horizon in the far south end of the bay in santa cruz county. different story up north. >> clouds have moved in rapidly. it's been a different day

obviously today, this week, a completely different set of metrics than last week. now we culminate with showers developing in the north bay in the next few hours, and moving south. so the forecast is for .10" of rain in san francisco, maybe a little more. then maybe a half inch of rain in the fire zone. central bay about midnight. so i say heaviest rain, how heavy, shouldn't be real heavy just consistent. it will feel like rain, like we really haven't had a rain event in 5 1/2 months so this will be our first brush with that. up to a tenth inch of santa rosa. so the numbers will vary depending where you are. there's the system. good-looking system. you can see the showers with the radar spinning. this whole area in the next -- santa rosa in the next two hours will see rain. they are getting drizzle now. as you look at the live camera

outside, it looks smoky but that's mostly fog and haze. the smoke cleared out nicely today and it's a distant memory tomorrow. got a raiders game going on. somewhere around the 4th quarter, it's just starting over here at the stadium, i think we'll see showers move in around the 4th quarter. tonight about 11:00, there it is. that's the main band of showers, after that, not much. tomorrow should be a nice day. but these showers coming through tonight helping firefighters, helping air quality, and maybe wetting the roads a little bit for the morning commute. see you back here with more specifics on your friday forecast. two east bay high school students arrested for sexual assault. coming up next, three different schools respond to the allegations and the connection to de la salle. >> and new at 6:00, preserving rape kits. the new legislation signed by governor jerry brown extending the time limit the tests must be kept as evidence in sexual assault cases. >> also ahead, protecting california's cannabis growers. details on the push for

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authorities in contra costa county arrested two east bay high school students for allegedly sexually assaulting a female students. one of the students attends de la salle where another sexual assault occurred last year. ktvu's rob roth joints us now

live from concord with more. reporter: the sheriff's departments and schools aren't saying much about what happened. de la salle is across the street from carondalet high school. two teenagers are behind bars facing charges of sexually assaulting a carondalet student. reporter: a female student from carondalet high school in concord told authorities earlier this week that she had been sexually assaulted late last month by two students. she says it happened in an unincorporated area of walnut creek. the contra costa county sheriff's department issued a statement saying, quote, detectives immediately launched an investigation and confirmed the allegations. two male juvenile suspects were arrested wednesday evening and booked into juvenile hall in martinez." while de la salle confirms one of the students arrested is from de la salle, the bay area news group is reporting the second student attends nearby ignacio valley high school and

both are high school football players. the principal at carondelet sent an email to parents saying: >> reporter: many parents are upset including this carondelet mother. . [ indiscernible ] [ extremely heavy accent ] >> i just have one chimed. i'm child, i'm scared. >> reporter: de la salle notified its parents saying both schools had a joint assembly. "both schools then gathered students to engage them in a discussion around appropriate behavior, expectations and around confidential, and the real consequences for engaging in inappropriate behavior including irresponsible and hurtful social media use." this is not the first allegation of sexual assault at de la salle. last year a freshman football

player was arrested and later convicted of raping a carondelet student. this latest report comes less than a year later. investigators are asking anyone with any information to please call the contra costa sheriff's department. >> rob, i'm curious, in light of what happened last year, do you know whether any of the schools involved in this have reached out to the student body to kind of, you know, have some kind of an awareness so that these kinds of things don't happen in the future? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, they have said they have had numerous assemblies and numerous programs about interactions and about the way to -- you know, the way to interact and, um, all this. and yet it appears like it seems to have just happened again. >> all right. rob roth live in contra costa county, we'll keep following it. thank you. an east bay man tried to stop someone from stealing his truck this morning and got run over by his own vehicle.

tonight that man is on life support. ktvu crime reporter henry lee is live in the alameda county sheriff's office in san leandro with the latest. henry. reporter: julie, at this hour sheriff's deputies are looking for the carjacker who took offer in the victim's truck after running him over. it all happened on via del sol in san lorenzo at 5:30 a.m. the 46-year-old victim went outside to warm up his pickup truck before going back inside. >> came out, a suspect jumped into his truck. he tried to stop the suspect from stealing his truck. during that encounter, the suspect in our victim's vehicle ran our victim over. >> reporter: a woman told us she came across the horrific scene while dropping off her daughter at a daycare. >> it impacted him and he fell to the ground. it wasn't until i got closer to get him to respond to me that he started to bleed from his head and, you know, spitting up blood. he was trying to breathe. >> reporter: residents of the normally quiet neighborhood

are stunned. they say the victim is a construction worker with two sons. his family was at his bedside at a local hospital. >> hard working guy, family guy, grew up here. my wife just told me that he and my oldest daughter are the same age. so that's how long i've known him. >> this is a really quiet area, not a lot of crime happens over here. yeah, we get people that break into cars and steal stuff. but something like this, it's really scary. >> you just hit a person, you're a human being, why would you just run off? i can't imagine hitting someone and driving off like it's okay. >> i think our victim had good intentions to try to stop a person from stealing the car. and unfortunately, the suspect was intent on getting away and causing harm. >> reporter: at this point, the sheriff's office is not releasing a photo or description of the victim's truck. they are working some leads but they are asking the public for any surveillance video or tips for them to come forward.

live in san leandro, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. thank you, henry. president trump says he is no longer backing a bipartisan healthcare plan in the senate. the alexander-murray proposal would have given reimbursement to insurance companies for obamacare discounts. those payments were cut off by president trump just last week. the press secretary sarah sanders says some changes could win the president over. >> we want something that doesn't just bail out the insurance companies but actually provides relief for all americans. and this bill doesn't address that fact. >> a dozen republican senators sponsored the bill and chuck schumer says all 48 democrats support it. white house chief of staff john kelly gave an emotional speech in support of president trump and a phone call he made to the widow of a fallen soldier. >> lauren blanchard has more on that phone call and the attack in niger that killed

the soldier and three others. >> it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation. that was sacred. reporter: white house chief of staff john kelly speaking out today in defense of president trump's call to the widow of a fallen american soldier. he has been criticized by representative frederica wilson who claims he was disrespectful. >> let's not let that last thing that's held sacred, let's somehow keep that sacred. >> reporter: this comes as congress is pushing to learn more about the mission in niger. >> do you think that you know enough about the death of the four soldiers in niger? >> of course not. >> have you been briefed? >> nope. >> reporter: armed service committee committee chairman senator john mccain tells fox he wants answers in the attack that killed four and wounded two u.s. service members two weeks ago. >> what steps will you take for the community -- >> a subpoena. >> reporter: today defense secretary james mattis says a full investigation is under way in the pentagon. >> anytime we commit our

troops anywhere, it's based on answering a simple first question: is the well-being of the american people sufficiently enhanced by putting our troops there? >> reporter: senators are demanding hearings and why congressional armed services committees haven't been briefed. >> the delay as much as the nondisclosure is a cause for very grave concern. >> that was lauren blanchard reporting from washington, dc. ten out of ten. that's the ranking president trump gave his own administration's response to puerto rico after it was slammed by hurricane maria. what puerto rico's governor said today after a meeting with the president. >> plus, a first look at prototypes of the new border wall that president trump has promised to build. ♪[ music ]

we are getting our first look at prototypes for

president trump's proposed wall along the u.s./mexico border. these images shows eight possible walls near otay mesa port of entry in san diego. all are 18 to 30 feet high. the president has insisted mexico would pay for building the wall which experts say could cost about $22 billion and take more than 3 years to complete. with mexico refusing to pay, president trump has said since taking office in january that the wall will initially need u.s. funding. but that he will find a way to make mexico ultimately pay for it. president trump gives his administration a 10 out of 10 when it comes to its response to the hurricane in puerto rico. puerto rico's governor met with the president at the white house today and asked for more federal hurricane relief. the governor says the united states did respond to the crisis immediately but there is still work to be done. 80% of the island is still without power. and about 30% of the residents there do not have water. >> i think everybody over here

recognizes there's a lot of work to be done in puerto rico but with your leadership, sir, and with everybody over here, we're committed to achieving that. >> president trump did promise to work with congress to approve more aid and loans to help rebuild puerto rico. some officials estimate there is about $85 billion in damage after the hurricane. in los angeles, investigators are looking into the death of a baby found unconscious in parking lot. police were called on reports of a woman screaming just before 2 a.m. behind a market in south los angeles. a woman, 8-year-old girl and infant were all found naked covered with white powder. police say the victims showed no obvious signs of injury. the woman is believed to be the children's mother. they were all rushed to a hospital where the baby was pronounced dead. investigators said the powder was not hazardous and was probably baby powder. the california supreme court decided today it will not make the state bar exam any easier for law students.

several law school deans have requested that the minimum passing grade be lowered because of a drop in the pass rate. but the state high court said there's been a similar drop across the nation so more analysis is needed to determine if the test scores should be modified. california has the second highest pass minimum in the nation. the pass rate dropped to a 32- year low last july when just 43 students got a passing grade. bay area dog owners have reason to celebrate today. the national park service announced it is ending a 10- year battle to impose strict new rules on dog walking in the golden gate national recreation area. the decision comes after a group of dog owners filed a freedom of information acts lawsuit last year. that uncovered issues with the decision-making process and collusion between park officials and environmental groups. the rules were meant to protect the environment. the park service dropped the plan saying it was inappropriate to move forward. we have seen a lot of

animal rescues in the north bay after the wildfires broke out. cats, horses, dogs and yaks. the himalayan heard being sent home after being rescued by a special group. >> preparing for the next "big one." how bart, bay area schools and one of the world's biggest companies practiced the big california shake-out earthquake drills. >> we are picking up showers north of the bay area. rain tonight in your neighborhood. we'll talk about that up dr. -- we'll talk about that coming up.

google's parent company alphabet is investing $1 billion in lyft. after that, lyft is now valued at $11 billion. alphabet' spinoff "waymo" partnered with lift this year to test self-driving cars. the bay area's making a pitch for amazon's second headquarters to be built here. today is the deadline for cities across the country to submit bids to be considered for that. seattle-based company is promising to invest $5 billion and create about 50,000 new jobs over the next 15 years at the new location. the bay area bid 150 pages long includes plans to build 45,000 housing units over the coming years and also includes a number of local and state tax credits as well as some other incentives. it includes sites, san francisco, oakland, fremont, concord and richmond. today millions of people across california took part in a large-scale earthquake drill

called the "great california shake-out." ktvu's alex savidge showed us how people prepared for disasters on trains, schools and one of silicon valley's largest companies. 3, 2, 1. reporter: at exactly 10:19 this morning, more than 30,000 google employees dropped to the ground and took cover across the mountain view campus. this carefully coordinated exercise was part of the "great california shake-out." >> we're pretending there's an earthquake. >> reporter: at glen park elementary school in san francisco, the mayor joined in as students ducked under their desk waiting for the "all clear" from teachers and in hayward, these kids were brought out on the schoolyard practicing what to do when the big one hits the bay area. seismologists say the biggest concern here is a major quake along the hayward fault. >> the hayward fault is probably the most urbanized fault in the united states and we have not had a major earthquake during time of the world wide web so what would

an earthquake do to our communities? but also our interconnectedness, not just to our phones but latest interconnectedness to our water systems, our roads, our telecommunications lines? all of that. and so we're calling this new scenario haywired. >> reporter: all bart trains immediately slowed down to 26 miles an hour a precautionary move in the event an earthquake damages the tracks. we are inside an earthquake simulator called the big shaker, which is parked here on the google campus. in fact, i'm here with a couple of my friends here from google this morning. some of the employees. >> reporter: back at google, employees got to experience the intense shaking that comes with a 7.0 quake. all thanks to this realistic simulator. >> drop, cover, and hold on! how did you do? > kind of startled! [ laughter ] >> we look at things differently. we want to celebrate and have experiences. >> reporter: this man with the city of san francisco is part of a team promoting disaster preparedness through neighborhood block parties.

>> when you have an event that strikes the entire bay area, 8.3 million people, we know the neighbors are going tonight front line of support. maybe not just for minutes but maybe for days. >> reporter: emergency officials stress the most important thing you can do to be ready for a large earthquake is to have an emergency kit all packed and ready to go. there's a lot of things you can have in it but among the most important items a flashlight and also you want to have food and water. plenty of it. at least enough to last you for two weeks. in mountain view, alex savidge, ktvu fox 2 news. a lake tahoe sheriff's deputy stayed calm when he faced down a really big bear. even had some advice for the big guy. >> hey, big boy. don't be breaking into any of them businesses. >> it was spotted near walking at shop windows at kings beach and peeked into the windows.

a deputy shined his car's spotlight on the animal. then it darted in front of the patrol car and ran off into a park. bears are common right now. they are getting ready for hibernation and trying to eat as much as they can. >> that's one healthy looking bear. >> healthy looking bear. >> looking back at the sheriff like he is like i know you're there, i know you're watching me. [ laughter ] >> looks like he is ready to sleep good this winter. >> those bears you see in town are healthy because they are eating garbage so they get bigger and bigger. most of the bears in the backcountry aren't that big! [ laughter ] that rain in the forecast will start showing up about midnight. you will hear it especially in the north bay. and it could drop a quarter inch. i'm hoping a half inch around ukiah. but that might be a little optimistic. the idea is that we are cleaning out the atmosphere and preventing any more fire spread obviously in the north

bay fire and in the bear fire in santa cruz. and we're also setting this up because we have a heat event coming up again next week. so hopefully we are going to, you know, get the fuel moistures up with this rain so next week when we get into a red flag warning which i think we'll, um, we are going to have a better opportunity to not have to have issues. there's the cloud cover out there now. we have drizzle, we had some drizzle last night. we have a little bit of drizzle out there now. you can see the model says 10:00 tonight, that's what it says, right? so something like that. um, you see up around santa rosa, you know, rainfall, moderate rainfall, and that might be the heaviest time in santa rosa. midnight it drapes this weather system across the central bay, tenth to quarter inch. then by san jose, 1 a.m., your showers lighten up a little bit. but let's say a tenth inch from san jose to quarter to half inch in the north bay. even more in the coastal hills. so it's exactly what the

doctor ordered. it's what we need right now. then we clear out rapidly and you saw the cloud shift. we are going to see warming temperatures into the weekend. that's why the fire danger goes up this time of year. these low pressure center go through. and then the high builds in quickly. and when it does, the winds go offshore. so in this time of year that pattern repeats itself. that's a higher fire danger pattern and that will set us up perhaps with a red flag warning early next week. and along the coast, indication of how active the pacific is, way out there. thousands of miles away is the surf that's coming in now. huge surf. mavericks will break tomorrow for sure. wind conditions might be a little -- they will be surfing. it's going to be 20-foot ocean beach dangerous. it will drop off, saturday will be dangerous. so be careful out. there sunday dangerous but it peaks tomorrow. amazing how the -- talking about mavericks breaking and a

week ago we were talking about near record temperatures and it's just amazing how when the switch gets turned, it gets turned. so rain to answer the question, rain tonight, starts around 9, 101, 1:00 in the north bay. works its way through the central bay out of here by 3, 4 a.m. >> you could feel the change today. >> felt like winter. >> thank you. as california's wine country continues to take stock of the damage from the north bay fires, winery workers are getting some help from vintners outside of the region. in northern oregon, willamette valley vineyards is hiring displaced workers. they will employ food and housing during temporary stay as they help with harvest over the next few weeks receiving and processing and in the lab. >> 22 wineries have lost portions of their winery facilities or vineyards. and you know, it could be

thousands of workers that are displaced. >> this weekend, some vintners are planning a fundraiser called oregon cares. the money raised will go directly toward wineries and employees affected by the fires. a special team risking their lives to save some special four-legged fire victims. >> i nicknamed them team bad ass because they were going into the fires. we had people pulling horses out of fields that are already in flames. >> not just horses. this special herd was saved and is now heading back home. plea serving rape kits. at 6:00, the new legislation signed by governor brown extending the time limit the tests must be kept as evidence in sexual assault cases.

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call 911 immediately. the fire department will respond with law enforcement and pg&e to figure out what the issue is to keep you safe and there are no hazards to the public. ♪ as we've seen along with thousands of people evacuated because of the north bay fires, there are a lot of animals that had to be brought to safety from house pets to herds to exotic animals. ktvu's tom vacar shows us how volunteers helped save hubs of animals. >> reporter: this afternoon at the petaluma fairgrounds which has been welcoming rescue animals, volunteers from norcal livestock evac prepared to truck domesticated himalayan yaks as well as long- horned highland cattle back up to sonoma mountain. >> we pulled hundreds of animals out. we pulled 100 cows out one

day, 50 goats out on another day and llamas and sheep and pigs and rabbits and horses and everything. we've gotten so many animals out. >> reporter: she beams with pride at the group's accomplishments. >> i nicknamed them team badass because they were the ones going literally into the fires. we had people pulling horses out of fields that were already in flames. >> reporter: in wildfires, it's critical for rescuers to get in as soon as possible to get the animals and the rescuers out safely. >> the rate at which the fire advanced towards us was just pretty surprising. it covered a couple of miles in an hour and a half. there were areas where it was definitely risky propositions to get in and get out. >> reporter: one of the lessons from all of this is that there need to be people who are willing to rescue animals be properly certified so they can easily get through police lines and other blockades to actually do the rescues and the places that take these animals also have

to be certified to make sure that the animals are well cared for. >> a lot of these animals are penned up. some owners did open gates and turn 'em loose. it's kind of a last-ditch effort when you don't have time to evacuate. >> reporter: tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. ♪[ music ] linda macdonald, captioner vitac corporation. it's absolutely critical his condition because it did affect the brain and the neck, spinal. >> we're learning more about the san francisco police officer fighting for his life tonight after investigators say he was intentionally run over by a wanted man. that officer elia lewin-tankel has been with the san francisco police department for five years. good evening. the 32-year-old officer was on his bicycle yesterday when police say he was intentionally run down by an man driving an suv who was wanted for gun possession. officer lewin-tankel had surgery and is in intensive

care at san francisco general. we have live coverage from ktvu's cristina rendon at the hospital with an update on his condition. cristina. reporter: we just heard from the police chief within the last 45 minutes. he says officer elia lewin- tankel remains in critical condition but he calls him a fighter, a survivor, and he says this officer exemplifies what the sfpd is all about. earlier today, we want to show you video that was shot of a police escort. that family was escorted into san francisco general hospital. his mother, father, sister and wife have been by his side ever since. lewin-tankel has been with the police department five years and chose to be assigned to the tenderloin station last year and it was just yesterday when he was on a bicycle beat when he was hit by a fleeing suspect in an suv near turk and van ness. the 32-year-old was rushed into emergency surgery. again, he remains in