minutes. pistorius reportedly left the courtroom shaken and during the hearing he was said to be so distraught he spent most of the time sobbing. the prosecution is arguing he shot and killed his 29-year-old girlfriend in an act of premeditated murder. prosecutors say pistorius fired through a bathroom door where steenkamp had locked herself in after the two got into an argument on valentine's day. the defense says it was all an accident. pistorius thought she was a robber. at one point pistorius spoke saying "i picked reeva up as d had been told not to wait for paramedic paramedics. she died in my arms." steenkamp was laid to rest in a private funeral this morning. her coffin draped in a white cloth covered in white flowers. her uncle spoke to the press saying the family will do its best to uphold her legacy which includes standing up against

domestic violence. >> we'll get out of it with the lord and the statement that she stood for and abuse against women that was echoed so much in the months that she mentioned she would like to be activist for that. >> pistorius's team is arguing he should be freed on bail again a decision was not made in that courtroom today. the hearing will continue tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. laura? >> thank you very much, marla. this morning we are also on storm watch. the bay area bracing for rain including in the south bay where santa clara valley water district is handing out sandbags at its headquarters in san jose. not needed just yet but a good chance to prepare. >> absolutely. stay ahead of this one. christina loren is here to tell us about what's happening in the skies. good morning. >> good morning to you. the showers coming down. not a timely situation. we have your morning rush hour drive shaping up and in addition to the very cold air we have heavy downpours coming down through some of your

metropolitan cities. a look at oakland right now getting moderate to heavy rainfall. that's going to continue to be the case as we head throughout the morning hours. i want to show you the bay bridge, richmond san rafael bridge hit hard. travel cautiously through there. expecting gusty winds today. potential for strong thunderstorms to develop. highs are going to be cool. only ending up in upper 40s and low 50s. let's take a look at your drive this morning. 6:03. good morning, mike. >> good morning. we'll illustrate exactly what you're talking about. here is the bay bridge. the big build is just on now just after 6:00. we expect the build but they may have turned metering lights on early. you see wet roads on the approach. you see lights and backup past the 880 over crossing building in less than five minutes. we'll take you to another look. this is from emeryville. looking at berkeley west 80 commute direction into the area. you see rain on the lenses and you see the build for the commute. a bad combination.

the sensors show yellow coming down through richmond out of hercules down so expect a slower drive and wet drive. where there is highlighted green on maps integrated with the weather system, we see wet roadways. over on the peninsula, we've been having rain for a half hour. it's causing an issue as far as surface street traffic and freeway is slowing as volume builds north 280 specifically coming up toward 101 out of daly city and into san francisco. the north bay itself san rafael into mill valley, a build for volume. no slowing but watch approach toward the richmond san rafael bridge. we'll look at how things are for the san mateo bridge approaching foster city just about a minute ago the camera was shaking quite a bit. christina talks about gusting winds which is an issue over the high rise and south bay looking at 101. slowing from 680 toward the airport. we'll track the rest of your south bay coming up.

back to you. 6:05 right now. pittsburg city council looking to ban dispensaries. it would make some exceptions in limited situations. the ban if passed is expected to go into effect sometime next month. hayward is cracking down on internet sweepstakes cafes. the cafes offer online sweepstakes games which are technically a form of illegal gambling. the city council will consider an emergency ordinance tonight that would shut down any cafes for 45 days. once the moratorium is in place, the council will discuss a long-term solution. a live look at one of the cafes that would be affected by the moratorium. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago getting new information on the story and will bring us a live report coming up at 6:30. the time is 6:06. coming up, a baseball diamond dream job. >> it's a great time to get bonded back with baseball. i say it's our way of giving a

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welcome back, everybody, on this tuesday morning. how's that for a school shcool . sky trying to peek through the clouds. christina loren will tell us the dark clouds will rain over san jose sometime today. you may want to plan ahead. take an umbrella out there.

6:09. time for a quick check on the day's top stories. olympic sprinter oscar pistorius charged with premeditated murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp after reading a statement in court, the olympic athlete started crying uncontrollably. the trial was adjourned until tomorrow. police released a sketch of a suspect wanted for raping a young woman visiting the uc santa cruz campus. the suspect described as a muscular white man in his 30s and dark hair and full mustache and goatee. president obama expected to urge congress to protect the middle class while voting spending cuts kicking in march 1st. congress in recess this week but staffers continue to negotiate a deal while the lawmakers are away. some of the top minds in law will meet today to hammer out changes over hacking laws. >> aaron schwartz's supporters

say he never should have been prosecuted. >> schwartz hanged himself before he was to go to a trial for downloading documents at m.i.t. many thought federal prosecutors went to far in attempts to put him in jail. there is a proposed changes to the computer fraud act. legal scholars will debate and mark up that bill at stanford today. critics say the current law which was originally written in the '80s though changed several times is far too vague. serious accusations about hacking have been leveled against the chinese this morning. security company says one particular unit of the chinese army is behind years of attacks against the united states. though just a few hours ago chinese officials called a press conference where they denied all of those accusations. they said a majority of hacks against chinese companies originate in america.

the thing that keeps us from all this turning into trade sanctions or even war is our dependence on chinese manufacturing and we owe them a staggering amount of money so it's in no one's interest to things to spiral out of control. on a lighter note, a hungarian physicist discovered every website is connected to every website by no more than 19 clicks. put another way, i can get from any site, say nbcbayarea.com, to even the world's most obscure website through 19 links or fewer. it may remind you of the small world theory or more likely the kevin bacon game. there's a wikipedia game and it involves nazis but the idea is you can go from any wikipedia page to the wikipedia page about nazi germany by just following links. you start with penguins and you can get to nazis not because they were great guys, which they weren't, but they had a terrible

influence on history and everything else. >> how interesting. modern day look at it. thanks. >> 19 clicks there. pop-ups you end up clicking on things you don't want to see. 6:12 right now. for baseball players, let's take you down to spring training to get that fresh start. >> like to be close to that. for others off the field, spring training is a second career. let's head back down south to arizona to check in with laurence scott this morning joining us live at scottsdale stadium. marty has gone from the courtroom to the press box. >> reporter: we are so lucky in the bay area listening to giants games on the radio to hear a hall of famer in john miller and a guy that would be a hall of famer one day in dave flemming but there's this man who starts his shows before the game four hours before the game, finishes his shows, five hours after the game. he's a marathon man of radio in the bay area.

you hear him on knbr 680. he's an impressive character in that he's got so much baseball knowledge and passion and he's already getting going here in scottsdale. take a look. >> spring training is under way. i'm sitting here live at scottsdale stadium. >> reporter: as one of the voices of summer that giants fans spend entire weekends with hearing giants preand postgame host marty lurie symbolizes that baseball is back. it's a second career in radio where he starts this season in the press box at scottsdale stadium reflecting on the glory of spring training. >> great time to get bonded back with baseball. it's our way of giving a hug to baseball. there's optimism in every camp. go to any camp. 30 teams. everyone thinks they'll have great season. everyone has an even record right now. it's the welcome back. >> reporter: over the air from scottsdale back to the bay area,

it's never too early to start talking about how the giants can make another run at a title. >> pitching is what carries this ball club. power has not carried this ball club at home. they have to pitch at home. they have to have a good bull pen at home and they have to win on the road again because the ball club hits more home runs on the road. they're a tougher team on the road. that has to happen. and then it's the baseball luck that we call it. no injuries. the ball bouncing your way here and there. but over 162 the teams that pitch the best, catch the ball the best and play the best baseball and get to the playoffs. >> reporter: one of the other things that marty and i were talking about were how giants general manager and their staff have found diamonds in the rough over the last several years. you look at spring training roster and it's not just the guys you know, it's guys that are trying to make a spot. they are called the nonroster invitees. some of these guys have a lot of

major league experience. you do know them. we'll introduce you to a guy or reintroduce you to a guy who started early part of his career with the oakland a's organization and is now looking for a spot on the giants team that does have room right now in the bull pen for righties and he'll help out at camp as the world baseball classic continues and there's need for pitchers to take time here to fill out that roster and make this a successful spring training. we'll have that coming up in just a bit. >> we look forward to it. thanks. from the giants home away from home to home base right now, let's check in with bob redell live in san francisco this morning with a look at the big plans for waterfront near at&t park. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're just a few hours from a major announcement regarding sf giants mission rock project here along the san francisco waterfront this morning at 10:00 mayor ed lee of san francisco is expected to announce that the 117 year old anchor brewing

company will build here. it will include a restaurant, museum and brewery allowing the company to increase the beer it produces and create a hundred new jobs in the process. if you wonder about the brewery's original location, that's not going anywhere. when the san francisco giants $1.6 million mission rock project is completed in 2017, it will cover 24 acres here roughly here at pier 48 and parking lot a. it will offer office space and will create just under 7,000 jobs for the city and bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue which is why the baseball team is calling this one of the largest urban mixed use developments in the country. reporting live here at pier 48, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right. not raining on bob right there but we're on storm watch this morning. we want to check in with

meteorologist christina loren. how are we looking now? >> we have showers out there. the steadier rain is a few hours away. it is on the way. slowly but surely. 6:17 now. we're getting some good rainfall right now. mostly along the east shore. oakland, you just got hit. watch out for slick conditions. 880 usually a nightmare this morning. not going to be great. we'll check on that with mike in just a moment. as you can imagine, slick conditions are not a good thing when it comes to morning rush. temperatures are going to be nice and cold out there. it's cold enough for snow levels. right now at 2,000 feet they will stay at 2,000 feet numbunt noon today because it will be cold. 57 minutes away from heavy rainfall down in concord so watch out for that. take you to south bay and show you here it's still mostly dry. dry from heavier rainfall. we do have a steady mist and drizzle because it's thick low clouds overhead. you're really not going to catch a break where you wake up with

us this morning. plan on a slow commute. bulk of moisture comes through before noon. active time frame. snow levels at 2,000 feet until noon. in addition to cold, our atmosphere is so unstable that we're also expecting the formation of pretty strong thunderstorms. they will be isolated. best chance over the higher elevation of santa cruz mountains for instance. however, we'll watch for that for you and if you get caught up under one of the strong thunderstorms, that means potential for pea sized hail and gusty winds up to 50 miles per hour and brief heavy downpours really dangerous driving conditions. as we head throughout this afternoon, we'll see partial clearing. a little bit of sunshine on the way. let's time out the system to your doorstep. 8:00 a.m., moderate rainfall. lighter stuff starting to move into palo alto at that point. we stop the clock for you again at 11:00 a.m. that is when it will get active across the south bay. you can see we have heavy to moderate showers along the peninsula. silicon valley getting hammered

at that point. mt. hamilton picking up snowfall. we could measure four to six inches of powder on top of mt. hamilton before the day is done. at 5:00 p.m., things clear out. showers deteriorate and we get a little bit of a break. it's going to be cloudy. kind of damp as we head throughout tonight and then tomorrow morning clear skies mean a very cold morning. highs will require a jacket all day long. 48 degrees. that's it for you in livermore. 49 degrees in san francisco. wednesday, temperatures climb just a touch after a very cold start. we'll see some pretty good sunshine tomorrow afternoon as well with most of the cloud cover lingering over local mountains thursday into friday. a little bit more sunshine. we stay unstable. another disturbance will wring us light showers for thursday and then saturday and sunday we get another chance for rain very slight. best chance will be late saturday and then sunday into monday kicking off another dry

pattern. 6:20. let's check on your drive. count on a slow one this morning. >> plan the extra time. you'll need to slow speeds in spots. specifically where you show that rain and having already come through a bit before the main front. a preview for berkeley in the north bay. right now we're watching west 92. san mateo bridge. commute direction reports of some sort of stall mid span now. i've been watching for the last five minutes and haven't seen anything big. i'm tracking this because chp has not yet confirmed whether or not any lanes are blocked. we do see traffic flowing to the peninsula. steady flow. we'll look at the maps now. south bay i told you overall looking good. northbound routes a little bit lighter and here just slowing from north 101 from 680 toward 880 and continuing with the buildup toward the airport. the south bay many school districts down here have the week off for winter break. this may contribute to a lighter flow. folks coming down here from tri-valley. we're looking at west 580 and south 680. i started to see slowing through

pleasanton from time to time. speeds dipping down into the 50s. south 680 an earlier stalled vehicle reported from chp but not reported in the lanes. i haven't seen slowing coming off or approaching the dublin interchange. better news there. smooth drive toward castro valley y with slowing north 238 off west 580. earlier crash has cleared. no problem toward that san mateo bridge. we watch for delays across that span but so far westbound looks okay. bay bridge will show you this backup here at the toll plaza itself. as that rain came in, so did a bunch of traffic. they turned metering lights on. wet roads but getting a break now. east shore freeway is slow coming down through richmond and into berkeley. speeds into the 50s. that's not so bad. we'll look at peninsula as well and end with this shot for 101 north past willow. nice lighter drive southbound coming out of the city. it's wet roads down in toward millbrae north of millbrae and into the north bay.

that's where the conditions are slick. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. coming up, bad news for beamer. we'll let you know about the warning and widespread recall just ahead. gas station fireball. look at how a routine stop for gas ended up engulfing two pumps in flames. right now we take you live to daly city, virginia, 30 miles south of washington d.c. this is a car that crashed right into a house. apparently a police chase was going on and the car eventually took it right into the house. we'll keep you posted on this one. you can see fire crews are checking things out wondering how this guy got back here. we'll have more coming up.

taking you back live to dale city, virginia. look at that. moving away from it just a bit. a car crashed right into the house. >> that's not the garage. >> talk about coming through the front door. it all started with a police chase. this is about 30 miles south of washington d.c. we don't know if there are reports of injuries right now. authorities there -- had to come quite a bit off the road to veer right into that house. keeping our eyes on that for you this morning. >> can't tell what kind of car that is. doesn't look like a bmw but they are recalling thousands of cars in the u.s. and canada for a

faulty battery connector. the automaker says the connector can fail and then cause the engine to stall. the recall affecting the popular 3 series sedans, wagons, conv t convertibles and coupes and also include the 1 series coupe and convertible and z-4 sports car from 2009 to 2011. it knows of one minor crash in canada because of the problem but so far no injuries. new this morning a sudden fire at a florida gas station caught on tape. a driver was passing by a station in jacksonville and grabbed his cell phone video last night. there were cars nearby but luckily no one was hurt. no cause of that fire. >> scary stuff. 6:27. still ahead. was it mistaken identity or premeditated murder? oscar pistorius offers his side of the story for the first time since the death of his

girlfriend. we'll have that story coming up.

a cafe crackdown. the illegal activity an east bay city says several successful businesses are serving up. that story just ahead. taking a live look. wall street this morning. there's the opening bell. kids on the floor. hopefully bringing luck to our markets. it's tuesday, february 19th. this is "today in the bay." good morning, everybody. it is 6:30. happy you could join us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. an update to breaking news overnight in south africa where oscar pistorius is giving his account of events leading up to the shooting death of his dpo girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. he was crying as prosecutors describe the scene of the valentine's day shooting. prosecutors say steenkamp had

locked herself in the bathroom of pistorius's home after a shouting match in the bedroom. pistorius said he thought an intruder was inside the house and started shooting at the bathroom. he said he felt vulnerable because he was not wearing his prosthetic legs at the time and then realized that reeva steenkamp was not next to him in the bed. in a sworn statement, he said he realized it filled him with horror and fear. he put on his prosthetic legs and tried to kick down the door and then bashed it with a cricket bat and then steenkamp died in his arms. whe steenkamp was laid to rest today. pistorius will remain behind bars tonight. marla tellez monitoring the case in our newsroom and will have an update in 15 minutes. east bay city right now cracking down on internet cafes.

the hayward city council saying the cafes are hot beds for online gambling. good morning, arturo. >> reporter: these cafes apparently have computer terminals that have sweepstakes games on them which are considered to be an illegal type of slot machine and also illegal types of gambling which are prohibited by state law. there are reports of three of these cafes in hayward. there's net connection on 700 block of b street across the street from city hall and i-biz on maple court. today the hayward city council is going to consider an emergency ordinance that would prohibit these kinds of cafes during a 45-day moratorium and during that 45 days city staff members will explore some long-term recommendations. options including extending the

moratorium or changing the city's zoning ordinance. after the city found out about the three locations, it sent letters to each one earlier this month ordering them to shut down the sweepstakes computers. world head closed all together. the state bureau of gambling control considers these kind of internet cafes to be illegal gambling operations. alameda county is now in the process of shutting down sweepstakes cafes in unincorporated areas. we're live in hayward, i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." >> it is 6:33 right now. a follow-up for you for a story we first brought you on sunday. this morning we still don't know who is at fault for a boat crash on the bay but we do know more about the man who died. investigators say a 68 year old from oregon died after a speed boat slammed into a ferry. another man also onboard that speed boat is right now in the hospital with some serious injuries. we can also tell you no one on

board that ferry was hurt. we are on storm watch this morning and that could affect your roads out there. we want to check in with mike. he's got a look at the morning commute. >> good morning. definitely wet roads the critical factor for traffic tuesday returning from a holiday weekend. we'll check the wet san mateo bridge. just getting hit with some mist and the rain is coming because i just saw it hit oakland. the good news is westbound earlier stall that has been cleared from chp report now as we speak you see more drops hitting this lens. it will be a factor crossing the bay. coming down from the north east bay and peninsula side. let's show oakland because i did just see a lot of glowing rights. things are clearer as far as view of the roadway but you see mist getting kicked up on cars and on windshields. tougher drive slower because of conditions through 880 and 580 through oakland toward the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights were turned on early there. by 6:04 we had full plaza backed

up to 880 over crossing. holding steady about west grand avenue. you see low clouds in the distance. richmond just hit by rain as well as berkeley. wet roads throughout the approach and down the east shore freeway. the map will show you overall conditions where the green is highlighting on my maps is where we are integrated with the weather system so that means wetter woods and puddling on the surface streets. keep that in mind. yellow slowing to the 50s around 50 through berkeley and approaching the emeryville area. slow for 880 at the bottom of your screen. a big concern south 680 approaching that walnut creek interchange just before you get to 24 there's a crash sounds like maybe at least one lane is blocked and now backed up off 242 and blue meaning puddling through walnut creek. some more slowing now toward the castro valley y with a crash now a new one heading south approaching 580. northbound side. commute direction is slowing

slowdown. there's the shift. continuing down toward union city. we'll show you the south bay as well. starts in pleasanton. slowing starts heading toward san jose. no big surprises for livermore and tri-valley. a nice smooth flow northbound past the university avenue exit. it's pretty light traffic here and it's dry for now. you have big changes coming ahead. >> good morning to you, mike. good morning to you at home. you just saw from all of those traffic sensors a slower than usual drive and you want to keep in mind a lot of kids are off this week for ski week. you'll have to find something for them to do indoors today. let me show you where heavier rainfall is coming down right now. we had a good batch pass to the east bay and on the way to san rafael and also hayward getting the first significant rainfall of the morning extending north to san leandro and oakland. nice and slick at this point. so basically the nature of this storm system we'll see the

showery activity to start the day. we expect the bulk of moisture between 7:00 a.m. and noon. snow levels at 2,000 feet and we're also fair game for some strong isolated thunderstorms to develop. we'll be watching those for you all day long. as we head throughout this afternoon, some clearing ahead. dry stretch of weather. throughout tonight into tomorrow morning, it will be dry but very, very cold. winter weather has returned to the bay area. you need your jacket and umbrella. 49 degrees in santa theresa. 50 degrees in los gatos. the full forecast in the next report. right now, back to you. 6:37. still ahead, inside the mind of a shooting rampage suspect. the new report about who adam lanza was trying to emulate when he killed students and teachers at sandy hook elementary school. near danville, a house nearly cut in half by a fallen tree. we'll let you know how it happened and how the family

inside made it out all in one piece. we'll have that story coming up.

new details on what may have motivated adam lanza to shoot 26 people at sandy hook elementary school. two sources familiar with the investigation have reportedly said lanza saw himself as being in competition with anders breivik who carried out a bomb attack and shooting rampage in norway that killed 77 people in

2011, most of them schoolchildren. according to at least one published report, lanza's goal was to kill more people than breivik did and he saw the school in newtown, connecticut, as an easy target. a connecticut state police spokesperson is disputing the claims calling them mere speculation. today vice president joe biden addressing gun violence during a facebook town hall meeting. the vice president responding to questions submitted by readers of "parents" magazine and that event will be streamed live on the magazine's facebook page and the white house website. today's town hall is all set to start at 12:30 this afternoon. 6:41 right now. coming up, a toppled tree tears a bay area home apart. we have a look at dramatic video just ahead. the blade runner breaks his silence. we'll tell you how oscar pistorius describes the final moments of his girlfriend's life just ahead. uncertain future of electric cars ahead in business and

technology. >> just getting to know those people and becoming part of that chemistry. that's a huge part of spring training. plus, making the cut down in spring training. we'll tell you about the struggle to score a spot on the giants roster. that's ahead as we take you live to scottsdale stadium.

an update to breaking news overnight in south africa as two families torn apart by a single act of violence. today one family buries a daughter. another defending the man accused of killing her. an emotional court appearance overnight for olympian oscar pistorius who sat sobbing as prosecutors for the first time publicly revealed details about the case against him.

"today in the bay's" marla tellez joins us live from outsiour newsroom this morning. difficult for the families this morning. >> the reality star was laid to rest this morning in port elizabeth. her coffin was draped in a white cloth covered in white flowers as it was carried away. her family says family and friends traveled from all over the world to make it to this morning's memorial service. meantime, hundreds of miles north her boyfriend, oscar pistorius, once revered star sat and cried throughout his bail hearings. at times they had to stop the proceedings and ask if he was okay. steenkamp's best friend releasing a statement in court saying reeva and oscar had nothing but love for each other. the prosecution was out to prove otherwise arguing pistorius shot and killed steenkamp in an act of premeditated murder. they argued pistorius fired through a bathroom door where she was hiding after they got

into an argument. the defense says pistorius thought she was a robber and s mistakenly shot her three times. his team says he felt vulnerable because he didn't have on prosthetic legs when he fired through the bathroom and then realized that steenkamp wasn't in the bed and filled her with horror and fear. pistorius's team is arguing he should be freed on bail. the hearing last the for several hours. the magistrate did not hand down that ruling. our team inside that courtroom says pistorius left court with bloodshot eyes yet composed and reportedly we're hearing he's doing okay in jail. the hearing will resume tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.

police releasing a sketch of a woman.ey say attack and raped we have a look of the sketch. the victim describes him as a muscular white man in his 30s, dark hair, a full mustache and goatee and a tattoo on his upper right arm. the victim says she has been treated at the hospital for bruises. 6:46. how did he fall? that's the question rangers at a south bay park are trying to answer after a hiker died after falling 150 feet down a cliff. the man's body was pulled out yesterday. the middle-aged man went hiking saturday. rangers say he ventured into a dangerous area closed to the public and clearly marked for park visitors to stay out. police are calling it an accident. a wild sight here. a home nearly split in half after a tree goes crashing down. three of the four family members were there when that was hit.

nobody fortunately was injured but that home had a been red tagged and owners can't go inside to get their belongings. a tree expert has been called out to try to figure out why this tree fell right on the house. this morning we're on storm watch. the bay area bracing for rain including in the south bay where the santa clara water district is handing out sandbags at its headquarters in san jose. it pays to be prepared. >> always. always around here. you know what? we've had a pretty mild winter so far. we need the rain at this point. we had such an active december that our totals are not suffering that much when it comes to average for this time of year. we need this rain that's on its way. unfortunately it's coming in right in the heart of your morning drive. that's going to make things difficult this morning as you make your way out the front door. good thing is that it's an abbreviated workweek for many of you. make sure they have the umbrella, boots, everything that

winter weather in the bay area warrants. temperatures today are going to be cold all day long. in fact, it's so cold look at all the straight snowfall we're seeing more white than green up in northern california this morning. snow levels this morning at about 1,500 feet in the ukiah area. we expect a nice dusting of snow high atop mt. hamilton. showers coming in. right now spotty. heavier steadier rainfall is still a couple hours away. so far san jose has been dry. just want to show you that. nonetheless, we still have a steady mist and steady drizzle because of the low clouds really thick low clouds overhead. for today, we're going to get rain, wind and thunder. isolated thunderstorms on the way. stronger storms could produce hail and lightning. keep that in mind. temps tumble today as well. we're only going to break into the upper 40s. like i said before, snow levels 2,000 feet we would pick up to six inches. four to six possible on top of

mt. hamilton. we stop the clock at 10:00 a.m. more active at that point. widespread rainfall light to moderate across the greater bay area. that's when the bulk of moisture will come through. turning showery north of the golden gate bridge. we're getting pounded heavily in the south bay. so cold even at 11:00 a.m. still getting the straight snowfall over mt. hamilton. daytime heating between 11:00 and 12:00 is when the thunderstorms become a little bit more active. chance gets better as we get warmer. so today we're going to watch that for you all day long. and nbc bay area weather center will let you know if anything strong develops. a break through the overnight hours. tomorrow morning waking up with a very, very cold start to the day. 47 degrees in gilroy today. 50 in los gatos. 50 in san francisco. 49 degrees in oakland. you need the heavy raiders jacket today. wednesday into thursday, temperatures will be cool. we'll start to climb a little bit as we head through friday

and saturday. just want to point out it will be unsettled all week long. cloudy, soupy. finally sunday into monday that sun comes back out and we're looking much better. 6:50. let's check your drive. >> not a lot of folks happy about that if they have kids off from school this week because they have to keep them occupied indoors perhaps. looking here to berkeley. unsettled weather through the area. we had rain come through. got all of the roads wet. a good slowdown. things have sorted out anywhere as you pass university and toward that berkeley curve. congested. let me show you the area on the maps. we do have a crash at hercules. this is west highway 4 making the transition to west 80. that's your commute direction. there's a crash there. not a big deal. there's activity and then coming off that wet carquinez bridge slowing as you pass through hercules and then down through san pablo making the bend around richmond you do have more slowing off the bridge and merge with the folks coming off 580 and slow through the area. we just showed you that you get a break and back up at the toll plaza. wet roads and rain coming

through oakland slowing things for 880. south 680, south 242 down toward walnut creek interchange. earlier crash sounds like activity pushed to the shoulder but activity itself caused a slowdown and green, wet conditions and blue puddling and ponding possible through walnut creek and watch the surface streets or getting off the freeway definitely watch the off-ramps slick as you come off highway speeds. castro valley, backup here earlier crash northbound 238. i say was. it moved to the shoulder. look at the backup that it caused with a few minutes in lanes. slow off dublin grade and through castro valley westbound. unusually slow approaching that castro valley y. slowdown starting as more folks hit 880 south past the san mateo bridge into union city. i got to show you san mateo camera. the rain came through the area. it's misty and wet as that rain travels off 880 and parts of the

peninsula side foster city wet roads. anywhere north of 92 has wet conditions. we'll show you the south bay as well as san jose shows the build in the northbound direction slow from 680 to the airport as we showed you before. now the build starts over here at capital expressway. 87 slows into downtown. 85. doesn't look as bad as it typically does because schools in the south bay have the week off. a traffic shift right now. we'll send it back to you. >> a lot of people off today. wall street back to work after a three-day break. >> scott mcgrew says one of the best performing stocks this year is hp. >> hp. that's a shocker. the best performing stock in fact on the dow 30 industrials. to be fair it's still down 40% from last year but looking at just 2013, hp is quite the performer. hp will report profits this week so too will tesla. a key number to listen for will be working capital. how much money does this company have on hand not including people's deposits.

tesla continues to crank out cars. it's been rough though for electric cars lately. they stopped manufacturing cars after the battery suppliers went bankrupt. dealers are unaffected. we could hear now that chinese investors have taken over and then the chinese electric car having trouble paying its bills. a drive train company out of colorado says they are owed millions. >> thank you very much. spring training is a chance for returning giants players to get back in shape and tweak performance as bit. >> and for others it's an opportunity to score a spot on the defending world champions roster. let's head to spring training and check in with mr. laurence scott. spring training a chance for players to showcase talents and make the cut.

>> reporter: good morning here from scottsdale. you know, one of the keys to the giants success has been brian sabean, general manager and his staff finding diamonds in the rough. some of the guys are nonroster invitees. not part of that 40-man roster coming here looking for the spot on the team. this can work. think back to two spring trainings ago. ryan vogelsong making the club and going to the waall-star gam and then helping last year to bring home victory. there can be success stories. this is a guy you may know who is trying to build his own story. take a look. for some of the guys in camp making an impression is key to securing a prize roster spot and the bull pen is one area where there's opportunity. chad is looking to fill that spot and knows that it's about being a good fit in the clubhouse. >> guys play together for three or four years here and they have

a good chemistry and getting to know those people and getting to become part of that chemistry is a huge part of spring training. >> bay area fans will remember him from days in oakland pitching in 2006. now five organizations later, and one world series ring with the yankees, he offers some experience. >> you have to like the things he can do on the mound. he can sink the ball. strike thrower. again, a veteran presence you like to have help out in the bull pen. we'll take a look at him. >> reporter: when he thinks of hallmarks of this giants team, here's what comes to mind. >> i would have to say perseverance. a lot of the situations that happened were tough to handle as a team and they stuck together and that's how they finished out where they did. >> so he broke into the major leagues with the tampa bay rays at the age of 20.

now at 29, nearly a decade of major league baseball experience to draw upon and could be a real help down the line. that's a scene from scottsdale. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. and san francisco mayor ed lee expected to make a big announcement surrounding the new development project near at&t park. a live look at the area around pier 48. the san francisco chronicle reports the mission rock development project has landed its first tenants. anchor brewing company will coupe what is now peer 48. we have an illustration that those what the brewery will look like. the mission rock development is being built south of at&t park and includes plans for 1,500 apartments along with retail and office space. and construction could start as early as next year. if you are just waking up or just joining us, we are on storm watch. let's check back in with christina loren to find out the latest on those rainy clouds out there. good morning. >> good morning to you, jon and laura. good morning to you at home. if you are getting ready to walk

out the front door, make sure you travel cautiously. stay alert out there this morning. we don't have heavy, steady rain just yet, it's on the way. we're getting enough spotty activity for your highways to be nice and slick in addition to rain. some soupy conditions developing. thick patches of fog especially along the peninsula this morning. i want to show you the south bay still mostly dry but that's going to change as we head through the next couple hours and we'll continue to update you on the cells as they develop throughout the "today" show. we'll be here for you all of the way through 11:30 today. let's check your drive once more with mike. >> this is traffic tuesday. a little bit different flow because some schools are off this week. we do have san francisco which was hit early with the rain on the peninsula and north of there. things have sorted themselves out for 101 and 280 into the city. the bay bridge a normal commute. slow over the bridge itself. not a big deal. north 280 a new crash here and a

possib possibility of a sig-alert. also in the area, foster city i turned the camera off highway 92 here. you see wet roads. slick conditions. keep that in mind. anywhere from san mateo north now but that will change. it's creeping south. >> a final check of the day's top stories for you. oscar pistorius will remain in jail for now. his bail hearing on charges of premeditated murder has been continued for tomorrow. prosecutors say pistorius shot reeva steenkamp through a locked bathroom door after the couple got into a fight on valentine's day. pistorius says he thought she was a burglar. president obama urging congress to protect the middle class while avoiding spending cuts kicking in on march 1st. congress in recess this week but staffers continue to negotiate a deal while the lawmakers are away. microsoft opening a new web mail service. outlook.com is all open to the

general public today. the new outlook is designed to compete with google's g-mail. no more hot mail. you'll be grandfathered in. >> we'll find out soon. >> thanks for joining us. we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> grab an umbrella heading out the door. have a great one. we'll see you tomorrow. good morning. breaking news. oscar pistorius in court this morning as prosecutors lay out their murder case against him in detail for the first time. this morning, why they say they are more convinced that the killing of his girlfriend was preplanned. second chance, former south carolina governor mark sanford running for congress years after an affair that ended his marriage and made him a political punch line. will voters forgive and forget? this morning we'll talk to him

live. back to work, the duchess of cambridge returning to her royal duties and showing off a bit of a baby bump for the first time in public. today, tuesday, february 19, 2013. 3 c3 esto es today. con matt y i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm david gregory in for matt this morning. the hearing in south africa for oscar pistorius. he wept openly. >> prosecutors say there are telltale signs of premeditation. that he pu h