. may not have been identified yet. the u.s. state department is looking into when the mexican government plans to release the findings to the family. >> it is 4:37. this is a morning we haven't had in some time. is it rain?

>> there is stuff coming down. >> yeah. a lot of it. in fact, the south bay getting smacked. let me show you the radar. we had a significant batch. sfo cameras shaking. winds coupled with the heavy rainmaking for a dangerous drive to work this morning. let's take it to the radar lit up like a christmas tree in the south bay. look at the batch of moisture getting ready to smack downtown san jose. san jose is a sprawling area. it will be a rough drive to work as the most active time period will be between now and 7:00 a.m. so within the next 15 a, 20 minutes the moisture is headed toward 17. you really, really want to travel cautiously this morning. let's talk about what we expect today. winds will continue to be strong as we head throughout the first few hours. all the way through mid-morning and the winds start to drop off. a cold blast will settle in enough for strong thunderstorms to fire off today. we'll take you to the full forecast in a minute. first we want to check the drive. mike, it's looking like a nasty

one. >> we have seen early morning solo car spinouts. one car spinning out on the driveway. wet roadways combined with the winds. we are at the san mateo bridge and see the camera mounted steadily. we see westbound traffic and slick roadways and water. folks headed toward us and away from us. we'll look at the peninsula side. you see the camera shaking. not a great view but the camera is shaking to indicate the wind. keep it in mind for your east-west bridges like the san mateo. the map shows you san mateo. dunbarton at 84 and on the traffic maps we have green sensors. speeds are okay. there is rain registering. maybe pundling and ponding there. 101 at the intersection over there by sunniville. traveling through the area, 101 drier. we saw puddling earlier. christina's radar shows what's

coming up. that will reflect later on. back to you. >> this is good news. san jose is moving forward with a plan to fix deteriorating roads. the city voted to explore possible new taxes or bond measures to fund road repairs. among the suggestions a quarter to half cent sales tax increase or a bond measure to cost homeowners about $100 per year. >> good news. you're right. 4:40 now. if you're curious, apple did have a backup. we'll let you know about the iphone's other possible names ahead. >> plus, getting personal. the new plan to battle online piracy and how it could invade your personal privacy. >> and a crowd turning on reporters covering the death of hugo chavez. we have new video of the unrest in venezuela. it's crazy. next.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >> a live look at a fire happening now in shelbyville, kentucky. we just lost the picture. a fire is under way and apparently an industrial area. we'll keep an eye on that for you. it's 4:43. the effort to battle online piracy is getting personal. the entertainment industry teamed up with with five of the

leading internet service providers to discourage piracy through a copyright alert system. by we'll tell a provider if they have illegally provided content like a song. then the isp is warned about the piracy. if it continues warnings intensify. >> they have the right at some point to institute maybe a slowing down of your internet service. after six strikes they could suspend your service. >> critics worry internet providers are overstepping their bounds. >> it was history to talk about. a record day after the dow closes at an all a time high. jackie deangelis with an early look at whether the strong trend will continue today. good morning. >> good morning. it was one for the record books

and the market raly is set to march on today. the dow closing at an all time high on tuesday as the markets erased all of the losses from the recession and financial crisis. stocks were boosted by a report showing the service sector is at the highest level in a year. analysts saying the market may be fuelled by the interest rate policy and corporate a profits though unemployment remains high and washington is grid-lock over the budget deficit. five stocks did the heavy lifting -- disney, home depot, 3m, johnson & johnson and travellers. the dow rose 14 points to 14,253 topping the previous record from october 9, 2007. the nasdaq gaining 42 points and the broader s&p 500 rising 15. the s&p 500 now just 25 points away from the all-time high. also this morning a trade group for the casino industry sent

state regulators to bar an online gaming company from making a return to the u.s. market. poker stars based on the isle of man is seeking to buy a casino. allowing companies that own a casino to offer online betting as well. the justice department sued poker stars for fraud in 2011 claiming the company used false billing codes to process bets from u.s. residents after internet gambling was banned by congress in 2006. the trade group says charges are pending against poker stars founder. back to you. >> thank you very much for the update. check in with you later. >> the name iphone is known worldwide. did you know iphone's famed device was almost called something else? apple's former advertising lead ken segall made the revelation talking at the university of arizona. he said three names were considered. the telepod, tripod and mobi

which is short for mobile. apple was almost not allowed to use iphone because of a dispute with cisco over the name. the two sides eventually resolved things. >> i can't imagine it being called anything else. >> welcome back, christina. good to see you. >> i would be better if mother nature wasn't doing me dirty. >> work, work. >> i have been tracking the storm for a while. it looks like now we are getting the worst of it. we have a series of storms marching in. the most weather we have had. in fact, the most rain we have had this year so far on the way as we head through the next couple of days. now we are seeing the actual cold front draped across san jose and gilroy getting hit as well. the south bay traveling cautiously. it's active. let's track the impressive cells in san jose. you are getting red and yellow

over willow glen. it will be a rough ride. mike is tracking the drive to get you there on time and safely. campbell, 58 minutes away from heavy downpours. throughout the morning hours that will be the case. most of the activity is pressing south of the golden gate bridge at this point. look what happened on the north end of the cold front where the winds are the strongest. we're calm here. gilroy, san jose. winds 6 to 10 miles per hour. more in the 18 to 23 miles per hour range up north. you want to travel cautiously. that's the area where the ground is saturated. so, yeah, slick conditions, gusty winds. not a great combination. mike will be here to track that for you. 6:00 a.m. showers lighten up a little bit through mid-morning by noon today the showers will lighten up. we'll get a break from the rain tonight looking good. i think we'll see a much better evening. more rain through your thursday.

even the first part of friday. you will need your coat today. 56 degrees on the way for livermore. 55 in san jose. low snow levels for tomorrow morning. by friday we get into a more stable pattern and, look, more weather whiplash. we're back in the 70s for next week. spring is two weeks away. back to you. >> "weather whiplash." i like it. it's 4:49. venezuelans mourning the loss of hugo chavez. this was the scene outside the military hospital where with he was treated. people wiping away tears and shouting slogans of support. in other areas people reacting with anger at the news of the death.

not clear what led to the attack. in the bay area, people also mourning chavez's death. 75 people gathered at mission and 24th last night to sing the praises and hold a vigil. >> i was reading the news right now. somebody's burning flags and these kind of things. >> chavez will lie in state until friday when there will be a public funeral held for him. meantime, vice president nicholas maduro in place until an election can be called. that's expected within 30 days. chavez said in december if

something were to happen, maduro should be the successor. >> and the white house cancelled public tours. after march 9 they said there would be no more white house tours because of staffing reductions due to the sequestration. the tours are usually free. on hearing the news house speaker john boehner invited tourists to see the capital building instead saying tours will continue. >> starting to have an impact already. a professional football team up for sale and it can be yours for less than you think. >> and caught on tape. the construction project gone wrong. >> look at the live shot we have when it starts moving again. all the rain coming down. this is san jose. we'll tell you where. you're not used to seeing the camera angle.

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at&t u-verse high speed internet. now on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection your whole house can count on. ♪ >> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back, everybody, on waends morning. i'll give you a live look over san francisco now. you can see the wind whipping old glory and giving us a little bounce to the ounce on the camera there. christina will talk about the rains over the area and how long it will hang around. mike will talk about the roads. it's 4:54. new video of a scary construction accident in oregon.

wild must-see video. a crane lifting a support structure at a port west of eugene when it's caught on a power line and then -- timber. that is crazy. that caused the crane's arm to buckle. falls right in the water. the good news is we can watch and enjoy it because nobody was hurt. witnesses say right before the accident the crane operator was trying to untangle the structure from a power line. then it just snapped off. >> those guys are counting their blessings. 4:55. here is your chance to own a pro football team. part owner of the cedar rapids titans is selling his 20% share of the team for $80,000. he listed it on craigslist. >> that's funny. >> the titans are part of the indoor football league. they are 3-0. >> right next to the washers and dryers, a football team on craigslist. mike is here for traffic.

good stuff. >> you never know what you will find on craigslist. here at the bottom of the screen it says san jose state university next right. this is 101 north with the tail lights headed up to mckey and julian. very wet. the rain just coming in hard through the area. the maps i will show you now will get you located north 101 forcing north. you see the green in the area where it wasn't a few months ago. recalculating the data. we see it's smacking down throughout the south bay like christina said. 85 really getting hit. 17 and 880 through the middle of the screen. puddling and ponding of the blue section to the 8 # and 280 interchange downtown san jose. the santa cruz mountains, slippery conditions up or down toward the summit in either direction for 17. no major slowing reported. we advise that because of visibility and traction. we have a wind advisory on the bay bridge as the camera --

well, once it unfreezes we see it shaking. the traffic is okay but watch it on the bridges this morning. >> thanks, mike. 4:56. new details on a decades-old east bay cold case. we'll show you the images police are releasing they hope will lead to a break. >> plus one bay area city doing away with the red light cameras. we'll have details on the new changes coming up. >> we take you live outside to the south bay. you can see an overcast sky, plenty of rain falling. christina is tracking the storm minute by minute. stay with us.

new this morning a peninsula hospital in lockdown because of something a patient does inside. wait until you hear what happened. it sent doctors and nurses scrambling. >> after a significant break from the rain, the storm window re-opened across the bay area.

we'll help you stay two steps ahead of the active weather. >> i'll say it opened up. it's causing an issue for the early morning commute. we'll warn you about what's on the roads and over the bay. >> right now we take you live to san francisco. you can see a little bounce to the camera as we get a look at the golden gate in the distance on this wednesday, march 6. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area this is "today in the bay." >> it is 5:00 straight up. a good morning to everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> good morning. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. christina loren is back. welcome back. you are busy tracking the storm. >> good morning to you. taking a live look at the doppler radar. you can see heavy downpours, treacherous conditions from san jose down to morgan hill. travel cautiously. mike will come in with a closer look at the drive in a moment. most of the bay area had heavy

rainfall all night long. now the winds are picking up especially north of the golden gate bridge. sustained wind speeds at 20 miles per hour. gusting closer to 50. it's one of the mornings you want to be alert, drive cautiously to work. we have more rain on the way. it's that time of year we start to worry about the summer months. we'll talk about it coming up. 5:01. all the rain in the area means snow on the way to tahoe. let's check the drive. here's mike. >> all right. it won't be mike. i'll step in. are we going to mike? no. new this morning a lockdown at a san mateo general hospital is over. it's a wild scene here. a patient acting erratically set a room on fire leading to an evacuation. "today in the bay's" kristy smith has more deet on the on going, strange investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. hospitals are usually quiet,