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good morning. it is saturday, january 20th. a live look outside. the harbor from our oracle park camera. cloudy, rainy, depending where you are now. thank you so much for starting your saturday morning, your weekend, with us. hopefully wherever you are, you are safe and warm. i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast. hey, cinthia. >> hello, everyone. under a microclimate weather alert. gone through round one of the rain yesterday. this morning it's a little hit or miss and been pretty beneficial as we've gone over an inch of rain already in fairfax. boulder creek also coming in at about, a point 082 inches and

satellite storm ranger scanning skies. picking up on rain through the north ba coastal mountains of the peninsula and down through the south bay. more rain to come on the way. talking about a chance of seeing an atmospheric river, later tomorrow into monday. we are also talking about the possibility of seeing some gusty winds, flooding issues, and a possibility of landslides as well. a lot to cover in my full forecast in 15 minutes. i'll wait for you there. >> see you in 15. and bracing for storms preparing for the worst like this time last year. destroying homes, businesses and cars. "today in the bay's" reporter talking about where the city is, would go to minimize potential damage. >> reporter: a steady rainfall throughout friday night near

17th and folsom. on this corner flood barriers put up by the utility commission. line the buildings, because-ish did. >> terrible last year. >> reporter: it was that bad last year in this area. streets rivers and parking lots lakes. >> we were having a party and all our guests, like, really didn't want to come because they couldn't get past the front door. it came up to, like, right here. third stair. >> reporter: you can find sandbags sprinkled throughout the neighborhood, because it's costly for businesses like this restaurant on folsom and 18th. the floor is new because of last year's flooding. >> this is not good here. so every time, every time we close for the sandbags outside, because we don't know what it is. >> reporter: which is why city democrats like public works say crews are on standby for cases like big trees coming down. they've worked to trim trees all year round. this weekend -- >> good news, we don't expect too much wind, and really for

pg&e, wind causing outages during a storm. >> reporter: a soggy day about to get wetter in the next couple of days. gia vang, "today in the bay." people who live in east bay hills are preparing ahead of the expected deluge. strong winds and rain downed trees during last january's storms, causing prolonged power outages. this january some neighbors tell us they are on alert. >> interrupts our traffic flow sometimes. we always watch the hillside by the fire station, because that's been a place where there's been some -- it looks like it's eroding and we're worried how long that hillside's going to last. >> we spoke to a local arborist who is surprised he wa not seen an uptick in work calls ahead of the storms. of course, depending on amount of rain received and how wet the ground gets, he says there is a strong possibility of downed trees becoming a widespread issue once again.

? as always, you can rely on us, nbc bay area, to move you forward through these storms. this is a live look at our stormranger scanning from the top san bruno mountain. stormranger is "the" most accurate weather radar in the bay area. you can see realtime scans for yourself anytime on our free nbc bay area app. just point your phone's camera at the qr code on your screen on the left there in the red and white, it will take you to our nbc bay area app. it will let you use stormranger's exclusive radar. you can zoom in directly on your neighborhood. now to our other top story. it is game day. a live look for you at levi stadium. where in just about ten hours the 49ers taken 0 the green bay packers. raining and windy for the niners playoff opener. kicking of you a at 5:15 tonight. niners fans gearing up for the big game and even parties in

downtown san jose last night. others went to levi's and snagged that last-minute gear. "today in the bay's" jocelyn moran takes us there. >> reporter: downtown san jose -- >> let's go, niners, baby, we got this! >> reporter: the aguilar family is feeling the excitement as the anticipation for the 49ers/packers game builds up. >> playoffs bring out a whole different feeling. especially for the faithful. >> and tomorrow night i think it's going to be an explosion of the, of the empire at levi stadium. going to be loud. >> reporter: unfinished business after last year's loss in the nfc championship. the fans think this is their year. >> i've been waiting for them to win a super bowl. >> reporter: this woman and her friends came to the team store for gear. also on their list, ponchos for the wet weekend ahead. >> very prepared. got ponchos, jackets, we got everything. really, it doesn't matter.

rain or shine we're going to be here and enjoy it and a make the best of it. >> reporter: fans from all over coming for the game including jose and mary, husband and wife and for now rivals. >> my wife is, if her team doesn't win, it will be a long flight back to the san diego area. >> reporter: a good record against the packers in reasons years. that's not stopping mary from believing in her team. >> a great feeling. 100% we're going to win. >> reporter: jose thinks otherwise. >> do you think the niners will win tomorrow? >> yeah. 100%. >> reporter: they along with many fans are excited for, the undescribable atmosphere expectedality the game. >> headed for the nfc tomorrow. levi playoffs are something else. >> reporter: reporting for nbc bay area news. meanwhile, green bay packers fans took over palo alto and filled the patio last night. a sea of green and gold, and

cheeseheads. we found a couple from wisconsin who now live in the bay area. they say this game is making them feel right at home. >> it's amazing so many wisconsinites out. incredible run and we can't believe we're here celebrating in the bay area right now. >> yeah. the energy is just the best you'd ever know. met these people an hour ago and are already close friends. >> reporter: packers' president mark murphy was there to greet fans as were puckers alumni and california native tony mull and desmond bishop who played for the niners between 2014 and 2015. nbc sports bay area, your source for today's pre and post game coverage. the pregame show starts at 4:00 p.m. ifou're headed to the game, we want to letou know smaller hand-held umbrellas are allowed. oversized beach or golf umbrellas are not. grab the ponchos.

two people shot at a b.a.r.t. station. it happened yesterday just before 4:00 p.m. in pittsburg. investigators tell us a man shot another man who is now in critical condition. another victim showed up in the hospital with a wounded leg and is in stable decision. b.a.r.t. officers closed the pittsburg station while investigating and transit came in to transport passengers. and next week emany state university campuses including several here in the bay area kwae. unless their professors take to the picket line. the california faculty association represents lectures, professors, counselors from 23 campuses. the union is calling for a system-wide five-day work stoppage beginning monday. the csu system offered faculty 5% raise each year for three

years but the union wants a 12% raise. leaders say 12% is virtually impossible to meet. >> we moved a little bit and expected they would move a little bit, that didn't happen. >> we do remain very hopeful these unions will demonstrate their interests in reaching agreement for their members. >> meanwhile, the teamsters union, which represents more than 1,000 skilled employees at csu campuses has reached an agreement with the -- reached a three-year deal. those teamster union members will not be striking. almost 7:10 op your start morning. coming up, grocery store stable going up once again. how much a dozen eggs will cost you now, and why.

welcome back. we are under a microclimate weather alert. 7:12 on your saturday morning. cloudy skies and wet pavement there in downtown san jose. cinthia pimentel will be along to detail your microclimate forecast in just a few minutes. but first -- we now know the official cause of death for the man buried in an avalanche at palisades tahoe ski resort. 66-year-old kenneth kidd suffocated after being swept into the avalanche. the coroner told that to the "san francisco chronicle." kidd split time between point reyes and truckee. the deadly avalanche happened a week and a half ago. the slide triggered shortly

after the famed kt22 lift opened first time this season. three other skiers injured. all are expected to be okay. turning now to the grocery store. next time you go there you might notice the cost of eggs has gone up again because of an outbreak of the bird flu that started back in november, killing 14 million chickens. that shortage caused prices to rides by nearly 9% across the country. that spike stayed into the new year. economists say it's unclear when prices should stabilize. depends on getting a handle on the virus. two bay area school districts are facing civil rights investigations. nbc bay area learned they are oakland and san francisco unified. the office for civil rights is investigating title 6 violations. the agency tells us it does not comment on pending cases, but we know title 6 is specifically for

cases of religious or ethnic discrimination. it's worth noting the announce munt comes after several family is raised concerns about anti-semitism in oakland schools. an estimated 30 families reported transferring their children out of the oakland unified school district. nearly four years since the pandemic began, there are new covid guidelines for students in one bay area school district. san jose unified says students can now return to school after testing positive, if they don't have symptom tos. that student would be required to wear a mask ten days in class. if they do have symptoms the district wants students to stay home until they no longer have a fever. sjusc urging parents to report positive tests to continue to monitor the spread of the virus. the sharks are making a wish come true for one young fan. we want to introduce you to 12-year-old addison, known as

sissy. a diehard fan with a rare and painful disorder. a nonprofit group shared her story with the team and the sharks jumped into action. sissy and her family got custom merch. watched the team practice yesterday and had a chance to get on the ice. sissy's family tells us they almost can't believe it. >> just the whole trip in general. the opportunity for us. we're originally from here. moved to wisconsin about eight years ago, and this is actually one of our first times back to california. this surfirst trip back and an opportunity for us, like she said, being huge sharks fans. it's awesome. >> they'll be back at the s.a.t. center to see the sharks face the anaheim ducks today. plus we're told there are some other gifts in store for her like a ride on the zamboni. ♪ okay, okay ♪ okay ♪ okay, okay ♪♪

♪♪ okay. do it for the bay! rallying call for the bay area is a new 49ers playoff anthem called "do it for the bay." teaming up with niners creating the single. both artists born and raised in the bay area. the grandfather linebacker willie harper played for the niners in the '80s. by the way, last time the niners dropped and anthem they went to the super bowl back in to 19. you may remember, e40 releasing "bang, bang, niners". fingered crossed. don't want to jink anything here. get ready for a visual treat in wine country. the return of napa's lighted art festival. you'll see ten displays showing off light art sculptures and projection artworks in downtown napa. best of all, it is free. organizers say while the festival goes on each night for nearly a full month, the

projected works will be only on display for the first nine days. >> just really amazing pieces that will wow people, and really enjoy people seeing the artwork. >> the festival lasts five weeks. again, starts today through february 18th. there's also a lantern parade on february 10th. looking for something to do this weekend, our mikey inouye has a few ideas in this weekend the "calendar". >> good morning, kira. start in san francisco with start of a new exhibit starting with fashion. starting from, oh, 1906. at the museum in golden gate park, first weekend of fashioning san francisco. a century of style. the aim of this is to explore the history of the eclectic city reflected through eclectic fashion showcases designs to jappen an vant gard, and more familiar icons, dior, mcqueen

and from here go perhaps to napa. debt lit -- up, outdoors. return of the napa lighted art festivals for 2024. because we're just weeks away from the lunar time as well. performing part of tonight's opening night shows. 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. find the lights and the lionsality first street napa plaza. and then get prepped for the lunar new year and/or a new love in san jose at the craft day. lunar new year valentine's day edition. the vietnamese-american organization hosts an evening of cast workshops for all ages and for all themes. talking valentine's day. sit back, enjoy your weekend and see you back here for monday morning's commute on "today in the bay." >> thanks, mike. time now to check in with cinthia pimentel for a look at our microclimate forecast. >> we are in the rainiest month of the entire year for the bay area and there is a lot to talk

about this weekend. i want toic ma sure people are up to date and the staying safe as we take you through this microclimate weather alert. download the nbc bay area app. right here stormranger. let you know when rain is coming into your neighborhood. scan, take it down to parts of half moon bay. seeing a cell. reds and oranges could be a thunderstorm. a possibility of developing that as the sun comes up this morning, but very light chances. we are seeing rain up through parts of san francisco. the north bay, the richmond, san rafael bridge. making it on east more scattered through concord, dublin, through livermore and the mountains. hasn't stopped raining, into los gatos. san jose hit or miss into morgan hill, too. gusty. take things ideas as we take it into 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon, wind gusts from 20 to 25 mile-an-hour winds. higher and gustier into higher

peaks in the bay area. before i get to anything else, people asking, will it rain for the 49ers game? it will, you bet. bring ponchos, safe shoes. you don't want to stand out there with soggy socks. seeing the breeze pick up at times. overall wet game but hoping for a 49er win. throughout date, a chance to step out before i get to 2:00, 3:00. things ramp up again. tracking this next batch's rain to that could get heavy going into sunday morning. then look at that. get another break here as we take it on through about the early afternoon hours, and then once again. kind of like a repeat cycle of on and off again showers. do not let your guard down. take it on into sunday evening, monday, this is where the atmospheric river comes in and a chance of seeing steady rainfall will bring up the rivers and creeks, the streams, even possibility of sees landslides taking it on to see how much

rain we get. totals ramp up as we take it through monday's storm. atmospheric river sees almost three inches of rain in the mountains towards santa rosa, concern for russian river entering a brief flooding stage monday morning. as far as temperatures go, mild since we are tapping into that subtropical component of everything. upper 50s and to mid- 60s but a little more rain is on the way. we have get through monday's storm before we finally see a break going on into thursday and friday. that will be the chance for everything to kind of sink in to the ground, drying out and giving us an overall break from this stormy weekend ahead. >> cinthia, thanks. 7:22. much more coming up on "today in the bay." >> a conversation with one of the people who helpe

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to produce. aired only once during the super bowl. made a big impact. we have more from mountain view. >> reporter: good morning, kira. apple created 20 of these leotards. it's not clear this leotard was the one used in that computer commercial you just saw for the macintosh that came out in '84. one of the original mouses on display. a special pop-up exhibit to celebrate the 40th anniversary, mac at 40, here at the computer history museum in mountain view. one of the originals. prototype circuit board here at the museum. you wanted me to pay attention to the large piece of circuitry. that chip? why? >> motorola came out developing the mac. the reason it's able to do wonderful graphics. >> reporter: they didn't get that chip into the computer

until towards end of development. didn't have that chip, what would have happened? >> other less capability alternatives but not able to handle the graphics as well as the 68000-based mac. >> reporter: the other day spoke with bill atkinson one of the engineers helped pioneer the original macintosh, on the original team. created mac paint. quick draw, use of the mouse and graphics. known for creating menu bar and double click motions on the mouse. atkinson he and steve jobs and others new it would 0 revolutionize personal computing? >> didn't want it just for businesses. all computer nerds. we knew we were building something for everyone. for our musicians, for artists, for people who would never consider -- wouldn't want to

interact with a computer, if it wasn't graphically user interface. we knew it would affect millions of peoples lives. >> reporter: bill and others will be speaking wednesday in-person here at the apple mac at 40 computer history museum between 7:00 and 9:00. in-person part sold out. we've posted the entire 25-minute discussion on our website at nbcbayarea.com. new york computer history computer museum in mountain view. >> very cool, bob. thanks. much more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up, the rain and strong winds impacting our weekend. and the 49ers/packers game later today. today. cinthipimentela

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gotta get the corners. good morning. it is saturday, january 20th. 7:30 as we take this live look outside. fog and's clouds covering top of the pyramid. can't even see the bay or the golden gate bridge. what do we have in store for this weekend? hopefully you're safer and warm at home. thank you so much for starting your weekend with us. i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel has a peek of our microclimate forecast and we are under a microclimate weather alert. >> yeah. and we will stay under this at least through monday, because there are rounds of rain coming. a look at what's happening outside. san jose, roads are slick.

seeing that cloud cover over through oakland. also pushing in on some rain right now and stormranger putting in overtime sitting on san bernardino mountain with a scan what's happening at this moment. you have access to it, too, on the nbc bay area app. over to half moon, redwood city, seeing heaviest parts of rain now. south bay hit or miss showers. and going into the east bay, that way, too, and the north bay this morning already starting to push on east. there are rounds of rain on the way. we do have an atmospheric river and will talk about the details in about ten minutes. kira, back to you. >> cinthia, thanks. people who live in the east bay hills are bracing themselves, hoping this weekend's storms don't bring a repeat of downed trees and power outages that they experienced last january. "today in the bay's" pete suratos continues our weather coverage. >> got my generator back there with the cords, cushions in for

the rain. >> reporter: pete of oakland isn't taking chances with the incoming storm after his oakland hills neighborhood dealt with a various of issues during last winter's storms including power outages and downed trees. >> lost power. tens of trees down. pg&e took care of a lot of trees. hopefully that was, you know, hit the mark. >> reporter: the strong winds are always a concern in the hills with those winds leaving behind scenes like this last year in the area of trees falling into homes. toppling on to highways. neighbors are preparing are to the possibility of similar scenarios in the coming days. >> interrupts our traffic flow sometimes. we always watch the hillside by the fire station, because that's been a place where there's been some -- looks like it's eroding and we're worried how long that hillside's going to last. >> reporter: and zach, an arborist surprisingly hasn't seen uptick in job requests

depending on the storm but he expects it to change. >> day three, four, five, when the soils get so saturated, treed overburdened. to start off with the soils just can't hold them. >> my property is taken care of. >> reporter: for pete, a wait and see approach to the storm and hopes the storm does not interrupt his weekend plans. >> well, make sure i have a plan for saturday and the niners. in case the trees do come down. >> reporter: reporting for "today in the bay." san francisco is bracing for the rain as well. this was last night near 17th and fulsome. the san francisco public utilities commission put up these flood barriers to line buildings. last year's new year's eve storm inundated this intersection flooding the street and parking lots. people in that area can find sandbags throughout the neighborhood. we spoke with a restaurant. the floor there is brand new, because of last year's flooding.

>> it is no good here. so every time, we close, for the -- the sandbags outside, because we don't know what it is. >> public works says crews are on standby for cases like big trees coming down. pg&e has been pro active working to trim back branches and trees. they do not expect that much wind, which will cause outages during the storm. as always, you can rely on nbc bay area to move you forward through these storms. this is a live look at our stormranger scanning atop from san bruno mountain. stormranger is "the" most accurate weather radar in the bay area. you can see realtime scans for yourself anytime on our free nbc bay area app. if you want to get that app just point your phone's camera at the qr code on your screen, on the left there. it will take you right to our nbc bay area app. it will let you use

stormranger's exclusive radar. you can zoom in directly where you live. well, it is game day today, and this is a live look for you as levi stadium. the 49ers take on the packers at 5:15. it's expected to be windy and rainy for the niners playoff opener. but how will the niners fare after having a few weeks off? you would think the rest would be good for them. fingers crossed. we have the outlook. >> reporter: good morning, kira. big question for 49ers fans today, are you ready? hoping today is the first step towards the niners postseason journey towards the super bowl. rain in the forecast, not dampening the excitement for the nfc division's playoffs home game for the niners as they take on the green bay packers. the niners coming in as the top seed. but the packers, meanwhile, also are coming in hot. they shocked the dallas cowboys

last week in a wild card, sneaking into the post season seventh seed. the 49ers insider saying budding star love is leading the charge. >> the packers are on a roll. yeah, only 9-8 in the regular season. kind of, you know, figured out a way to get into the postseason. but they might be the hottest team out there right now. so this is a team that comes to levi stadium with a lot of confidence. >> reporter: and a lot of history. this is a game of rivals, niners and packers meet a record tenth time in nfl playoffs. one guy who knows this rivalry pretty well is former long-time 49ers tight end brent jones. might remember in the late '90s faced the packers three straight years in win or go home games. >> while there's respect, there's that, you know, friendly dislike of the packers, and i think they feel the same way about the 49ers, just because of years of battling for that same

position that you'd love to be in the super bowl, and so this makes for a great long-time rival, and it's exciting that it's back. >> reporter: something to keep in mind. niners haven't played a meaningful game since new year's eve clinching the top seed. not challenged. good news, means everyone's coming in healthy, rested including star running back christian mccaffrey who strained his calf late in the season. gold on the 49ers. sports books calling them heavy favoris to advance. nbc sports bayrea is your source for today's pre-and postgame coverage. pregame starts at 4:00 this afternoon. by the way, watching from home open, folding laundry like me, you're good. headed to the game, you should know umbrellas are allowed at levi stadium. back to you. >> all right. thanks.

we need a president our foreign adversaries are afraid of and our allies respect! >> south carolina senator tim scott endorsing former president donald trump last night instead of fellow south carolinian nikki haley. the senator and former president appeared together at a rally in new hampshire. senator scott dropped out of the race for the white house back in november. his endorsement comes four days before the new hampshire primary. and we are learning a long-awaited conversation between president joe biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu happened yesterday. it had been nearly a month since the two leaders had spoken directly. the biden administration has asked the israeli prime minister, however the relationship is showing signs of strain. this as netanyahu repeatedly ignored biden's calls for a palestinian sovereignty. biden says the conversation

included an effort to secure the release of all hostages held by hamas as well as ways to increase humanitarian aid for civilians while keeping military pressure on the militant group. back here in the u.s., thousands rallied in washington, d.c. for the march for life that happened yesterday when anti-abortion activists packed the national mall to listen to speeches, concerts and march past the u.s. capitol and the supreme court. the crowd crowd faced frigid temperatures and snow vowing to keep fighting until abortion is eliminated. the event is the second march for life since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade emergency that ruling ended the federal protection for abortion rights. and happening today, a big walk for life march happening in san francisco. it starts at 8:00 this morning with a vigil on bush street. the walk officially begins at 1:30 at sieve beic center plaza.

40 past the hour right now. the spring semester starts next week for many california state university campuses and that includes several here in the bay area. that is unless their professors take to the picket lines. the california faculty association represents lectures, professors, counselors, librarians and coaches from the 23 sk u campuses. the union is calling for a system-wide five-day work stoppage beginning monday. the csu system offered a 5% raids each year three years but the union wants a 12% raise. csu leaders say the number is virtually impossible to meet. >> we moved a little and xpoecting they would move a little bit but that didn't happen. >> hoping unions will demonstrate interest in reaching agreement for their members. >> meanwhile, the teamsters union, which represents more than 1,000 skilled employees at csu campuses has reached

agreement with the csu. they've reached a three-year deal. teamster union members will not be striking. still to come on "today in the bay," aiming for a zero-waste future. how one bay area city is hoping to get residents to the rethink thr energy use. ei

45 past the hour. we've gotten through round one of the rain but it's going to continue to be a stormy weekend. now, there will be pockets, too. dash outside quickly.

overall, times of heavier rain bringing up totals about an inch and a half in the rain-shadowed areas to probably seven inches of rain. higher in the north bay coastal mountains and down through the santa cruz area. going to see a possibility of gust ip winds throughout today lieding to power issues. ground saturating and could lead to downed trees and possibility of seeing local flooding as well as some landslides. get ready. we are tracking it on stormranger. our mobile doppler radar. there was a heavy cell pushing through half moon day, san mateo. now over the mid-peninsula. plans to head over bay area bridges be careful with ponding water'sthe sant croods mountains. hasn't stopped raining up through los gatos. san jose, spotty rain now as well as parts of san rafael, mill valley and eat bay getting in on the rain. santa rosa, pet lumina a break, and continuing to move into

vallejo and fairfield. a built of a break seeing 12:00, 1:00. then more rain on the way were, 2:00, 3:00, more storms going on into the next couple of days. so here's what we know hour-by-hour taking it through this afternoon. we will see that break right there. 1:00, 2:00, then more rain. will be on-air at 5:00, 6:00 this afternoon to tell you all about it and a possibility of seeing flooding comes along especially for the north bay and santa cruz mountains seeing heavier rain pushing through the overnight hours on into sunday. so make sure you have a plan, because this rain while it will happen in the overnight hours, it's dark. you're not able to see as clearly throughout the day. now, as we take it on into sunday, a bit of a break in the morning. do not let your guard down, because an atmospheric river is on the way. what we know into sunday night. we do see those rains becoming heavier at times into the monday commute. plan ahead for school and work,

the sierra's taing into subtropical moisture it's going to be a little harder to get those heavier snowfalls at lake level. more so up above 7,000, 8,000 feet. the bay area tracking semifiled temperatures going through today and tomorrow, reaching the low to mid-60s. going into sunday, and there is more rain on the way. so active seven-day forecast. take a picture of that as we have it on-air right now. click! >> yeah, right, cinthia. thanks. thanks. diabetes can serve up a lot of questions, like... what is your glucose, and can you have more carbs? before you decide... with the freestyle libre 3 system... know your glucose and where it's headed.

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welcome back. to our "climate in crisis." if you live or work in san jose the city wants your input preparing to for a zero-waste city. one of the first to rethink its use of energy, water and land by engaging the people who live and work there. cinthia joins us again. you actually told me the city already has a climate plan? is this in addition to that? >> correct. so we already have a climate-smart san jose overarching plan to reduce carbon emissions. the new document adds a bit more to that, kira. specifically focusing reducing waste and finding alternatives to landfill. called zero waste element. a draft available online now. a goal help the city improve its waste reduction efforts through strategies focusing on food waste and composting, promoting rental and repair organizations

and increasing the recycleability of products at restaurants. grow online click anywhere in the document, anything you would change or who else the city could should connect with. >> we were think it's an opportunity for our city to save money and reduce carbon emissionsened a solid waste to the landfill. looking how we might help people understand how to repair items instead of just discarding them, or where there might still be light left in something that you don't want. how we can create opportunities for someone else to take advantage of that. that opportunity. >> okay. what's the deadline to get your feedback to city officials? >> just released a couple days ago this past week. it's raining. doesn't hurt to read it now. right? >> right. >> we have a timeline now through february 9th, when they're going to take all of those notes. also virtual community meetings

tuesday, february 6th and thursday february 8th to provide live feedback to the city team. so if you want to learn more and participate, if you live in san jose especially, a link to all of this on our website nbcbayarea.com. you can always learn more about our climate in crisis and possible solutions. all there, click on the climate in crisis tab. >> sounds good, cinthia, thanks. new this morning, stanford women's back coach tara vanderveer is making history. she is now tied for the most wins by a college basketball coach men's or women's. it happened last night at the stanford women's basketball game. record was held by former duke men's basketball coach mike krzyzewski. at 1,202 winning games. stanford beat the oregon team last night 88-63 making vanderveer that tie with coach k and hoping to beat the record at tomorrow's game against oregon state.

by the way wa, she is in her 38th season with the team. congratulations. 52 past the hour right now. up next, a quick look at top stories we're following including under a microclimate weather alert. how the rain is impacting our weekend plans and the niners/packers game, right after this.

welcome back. before we get to our top stories this morning, here's what you ask expect tomorrow morning on "sunday today" with willie geist. hey, willie? >> good morning.

tomorrow morning on "sunday today" my conversation with colman domingo. the actor nominated for just about every award you can think of for starring performance as an unsung civil rights hero in the acclaimed movie "ruston". >> almost lost to history until you and the team behind this movie came along and put him on the map. got to feel amazing. >> it feels amazing. especially the way we've done it as welling. so many people put so much loving, gentle hand around this. the film is personal. i like it's small, intimate character study. >> a sunday sitdown with colman domingo plus the morning's latest headlines and another "life well lived" all ahead tomorrow morning on "sunday today." we hope to see you then. >> willie, thanks. hopefully you are awake to catch willie at 6:00 and stick here for your local news with us on "today in the bay" at 7:00. here is a quick look at top stories we're following on this saturday morning.

the bay area bracing for even more rainy. remembering flooding and damage from one year ago. this is video from last night at 17th and fusome and france. the sf public utilities commission put up flood barriers lining buildings up and down the street you see there. in last year the new year's eve deluge, that neighborhood fabd was flooded. sandbags available throughout the city. public works department tells us it has crews on standby for cases such as big trees coming down. as always, you can rely on our nbc bay area app to love move you forward through these storms. a live look at stormranger scanning from atop san bruno mountain. stormranger is "the" mostaccurate weather radar in the bay area. see realtime scans for yourself anytime on our free nbc bay area app. point your phone's camera at that red and white qr code left of your screen that takes you to

our app. then you'll have the power to use stormranger's exclusive radar. zoom in directly on your neighborhood. and before we go, one last live look at levi stadium. just about nine hours until the nfl divisional round showdown between the 49ers and green bay packers. niners are heavy favorites but need to be careful. packers are on a roll dominating the cowboys last weekend in dallas. this is the tenth time the niners and the packers faced off in the nfl playoffs. today's game at levi stadium, 5:15. source for day'pre and is your postgame coverage. pregame starts ap 4:00 p.m. headed to the game, s hand-held umbrellas are allowed. bigging golf, beach umbrellas are not. check in with cinthia one last time. >> bring the ponchos, gear to keep you dry. raining at the game. 5:15.

on-air telling you about the rain not only happening at that hour but the atmospheric river to come tomorrow night. pockets, various small ones to get outdoors quickly before we hunker down again as prepare for monday morning's rain. so make sure you have ultimate plans for school or work that day. we don't dry out until we get into tuesday. light rain wednesday and then further drying thursday, friday. >> all right. cinthia, thanks so much. and thanks to you for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. you'll be back with the forecast tonight, we will be here. >> always on at nbcbayarea.com. one last look at levi stadium.

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