let's bring in sergio quintana, who joins us this evening. what are you seeing?>> reporter: since we've been out here in the north bay, we have experienced a couple different bands of rain come through. the most recent was just in the last few minutes or so. the most severe was at at 1:30 pm this afternoon, lasting only a few minutes. mostly it has been the wins that people have had to deal with. here is what that and of rain looks like earlier this afternoon. it came down pretty hard, causing plenty of cars to have to slow down for a while. it did clear out after 10 or 15 minutes. north of us in windsor, some of the rural roads have been closed for part of the day because of flooding. they are mostly local access roads where most of the people know that this does happen from time to time. a lot of that flooding, the local creeks near crest stages, it's because of runoff from the last several days of rain out here. the weather has been a challenge for some drivers, but overall the people we talked with did not seem to mind much. sue people have issues. i am bless

nbc's sergio quintana is in rohnert park with what's happening in the north bay. >> reporter: here in the north bay, the wind has been the persistent issue that people have been having to deal with. but there was a strong burst of storms that passed through the area around 1:30 or so. that storm system was predicted to produce waterspouts off the coast and very strong winds here. it did slow down freeway traffic for a while, but it didn't cause any serious issues. for the most part, there has been some flooding in some of the rural areas, but that's mostly because of rains from the last couple of days. and those are localized flooding in areas where people are kind of used to that already. so it didn't produce any serious issues. now, there have been some power outages because of the wind. pg&e crews have been pretty quick to react to those and have already restored power to some of those neighborhoods that have been affected. in rohnert park, i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up in a few minutes, we are live in tahoe. how much snow and when is the best time to go? th

in san francisco, i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> it's going to be fun. they're expecting more than a million people at all the events plus the parade come this weekend. >>> last week the a's made history as jenny cavnar became the team's play by play announcer, the first woman in the major leagues to hold that position. today another notable hire, another announcer who comes from a legendary family of announcers. our teammates over at nbc sports california hired chris caray as a play by play announcer. his great-grandfather was the legendary harry caray. his dad is the current cardinals announcer, chip caray. he's a fourth-generation announcer. >> hey, guys, i'm chris caray and i'm a play by play voice. i'm excited to work with great pros like jenny cavnar, dallas braden and the entire a's tv crew. it's going to be a lot of fun. i'm 24 years old. i went to the university of georgia, and for the last two seasons, i spent in aa with my identical twin brother. we're the fourth generation of a baseball broadcasting family. i've heard the bay area is beautifu

reporting live from san francisco i am sergio quintana, nbc bay area news . >>> as a 4:00 p.m. more than 143,000 customers in the bay are without power. were than 32,000 on the peninsula and 52,000 in the north bay and almost 6000 in the east bay. more than 46,000 people will in the east bay are without power. you can download our apps, you will always have access to weather in your neighborhood including alerts. >>> mortgage rate have suddenly spiked. the average rate is over 7%. rates climbed above 7% previously but then they slipped back down. buyers seem to be getting back into the market but then the january employment rate came in higher than expected and that prompted mortgage lenders to raise rates. the new jump is the biggest in a year. >>> the maker of snapchat is firing hundreds of employees. they're going to lay off about 500 workers worldwide. they are reorganizing their team. last time it made a major round of cuts was about two years ago when it laid off 1000 workers. >>> republicans continue to push to oust mallorca as. it is over illegal border crossings. presi

nbc bay area's sergio quintana has the story. >> reporter: near grant avenue, you can still see a portione former waymo jaguar burned into the pavement. bakery owner dick lee said saturday was busy when traffic came to a stop in jackson . he saw a group surround the driverless suv. >> they put a fire inside, then it lighted up, and a lot of people lighted a. trance and he pointed to assign someone in the group painted . he said they had been tacking up the street before coming to the attached waymo. you can see people in the group marking and spray painting the empty waymo, then someone wearing a black hoodie and sunglasses breaks out the rear passenger door window, and another person uses a skateboard to hit the suv. at some point after the windows were broken, someone threw a firework or fireworks into the car . mr. lee tells me police officers have already come into the neighborhood and started asking some of the merchants with security cameras if they can have access to that video so they can try to identify as many people as possible that were involved in saturday's incident get seve

sergio quintana is going to join us with a look at some of the flooding around of rural santa rosa. we are in the south bay with the impact on customers today. first, let's check on the storm's path, and see where it is right now, where it is moving to. jeff ranieri joins us now. where is it

nbc bay area's sergio quintana has the story. >> reporter: near grant avenue, you can still see a portion of the former waymo jaguar burned into the pavement. bakery owner dick lee said saturday was busy when traffic came to a stop in jackson . he saw a group surround the driverless suv. >> they put a fire inside, then it lighted up, and a lot of people lighted a. trance and he pointed to assign someone in the group painted . he said they had been tacking up the street before coming to the attached waymo. you can see people in the group marking and spray painting the empty waymo, then someone wearing a black hoodie and sunglasses breaks out the rear passenger door window, and another person uses a skateboard to hit the suv. at some point after the windows were broken, someone threw a firework or fireworks into the car . mr. lee tells me police officers have already come into the neighborhood and started asking some of the merchants with security cameras if they can have access to that video so they can try to identify as many people as possible that were involved in saturday's incident ge