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Tuesday’s storm was driven by an area of low pressure that deepened and intensified rapidly, kicking up exceptionally powerful winds as it moved directly over San Francisco. Dangerous gusts knocked over trees, killing five people in the Bay Area. There’s indication that this next system could also see rapid pressure drops.

“It’s looking like another heavy rain-wind producer for next week,” Rick Canepa, a forecaster with the weather service, told SFGATE on Thursday afternoon.

While the models agree California will see another strong storm next week, they’re inconclusive on exactly where the storm will hit.

“The storm next week in some ways will look like what we had last week, but the location could be different,” local meteorologist Jan Null of Golden Gate Weather Services said. “Some models bring it closer to the North bay, other models bring it closer to Eureka. But we’re still five days out.”

As of Thursday afternoon, the weather service predicted that the first rains with this next system could arrive in the North Bay on Monday night, before spreading across the entire region and continuing into Tuesday, maybe Wednesday. The Bay Area could see anywhere from “a few to several inches of rain, especially in higher terrain,” forecasters said. These totals will be updated in coming days as weather models come into more agreement.

While the Bay Area waits for the next storm, the region is expected to see mostly dry weather and unseasonably cold temperatures. There’s a chance for very light rain as a cold front passes over the region Thursday night, but most areas likely won’t see any drops. Dry conditions are forecast for Friday and into the weekend.

Through the weekend, afternoon highs are expected to be in the 50s to low 60s. Overnight lows are forecast to be in the 30s in inland valleys and in the 40s along the coast; the weather service issued a frost advisory for Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings for a large portion of inland areas.

Park officials said access to the park through Redwood Boulevard would be “closed off for some time.”

Storms fueled by an atmospheric river brought yet another inundation of rain to an already-sodden Bay Area, raising the risks of mudslides throughout the region. The storm, which was responsible for at least five deaths across the Bay Area, also felled trees, toppled power lines and damaged major infrastructure.

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Officers executed a search warrant at the employee’s home in Patterson on Tuesday and found 600 stolen items valued at $80,000, along with $90,000 in cash, according to authorities.

The unidentified employee was arrested at the Hayward store and booked into Santa Rita Jail on charges of organized retail crime, grand theft, possession of stolen property and conspiracy to commit a crime, the CHP said.

The CHP’s investigations unit covers crimes including homicides, vehicle theft, retail theft, and even cargo theft throughout the state, according to the agency.

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At 11:10 p.m., the police department posted on Twitter that police had shot the suspect and he was taken to a local hospital.

At 1:18 a.m. Thursday, police announced the suspect was dead and said that “the hostages, including two children, were safely removed from the residence.”

Police did not share information on the suspect’s relationship with the hostages.

The shooting is under investigation, and police said additional information will be released in the future.

The San Jose Police Department did not respond to a request for more information on the shooting.

But the birds stayed on zoo grounds, and a team of at least 12 zoo workers armed with binoculars, nets and crates has already recovered the three starlings, Dogan said.

“They are choosing to stay near the zoo and near the aviary because it seems that’s where they feel safe,” she said.

The team has been working since Tuesday to entice the vulture with dead rats and the crows with mealworms to trap them and bring them back to safety, she said.

All the birds hatched in captivity, and it’s not clear if they would know how to survive outside the zoo, Dogan said.

“These are all birds that were raised in human care, so they haven’t had to fend for themselves,” she said.

None of these birds are birds of prey, and they are not a threat to other animals or people, Dogan said.