right now at 6:00, weather advisory as the rain returns just in time for spin-outs and slick roads even report after jackknifed big rig on the morning commute. we haven't seen rain like this for a while but it's back and we're not talking about a little drizzle. the area getting drenched. good news for the drought, bad news for that morning commute. a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. this morning we have a team in place. they are in the thick of it right now so you know what to expect when you head outside. let's begin with "today in the bay's" anthony slaughter. he joins us live along highway 17 in the south bay. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. this kind of rain this morning that we're dealing with is the soaking kind of rain. so even as you go to pick out your outfit keep in mind you're going to need the umbrella, some kind of poncho because i'm standing here for a few minutes. i'm getting in from the live

truck and my pants are wet, jacket is wet and even my hands, so you want to make sure as you go ahead and think ahead as far as the kind of rain that we're used to seeing, a winter storm so to speak this morning. commuters urged to take it easy. it's all about reacting today. as you hit the roads, you head out this morning, keep in mind we all know how to drive in good conditions but today far from perfect conditions out there. a lot of water on the roads, so hydroplaning is going to be a concern and of course again, reaction, think about the water coming over the median, sometimes it happens and it throws you offguard. we'll be here tracking it all morning long. we've been seeing lots of brake lights on highway 17 and flashers as commuters come over the sum michigan take it easy. we'll be tracking any further incidents that do occur from now though it's all good.

lots of heavy rain and wind. reporting live in santa cruz mountains, anthony slaughter. >> let's check in with christie smith live south of the san mateo bridge. >> reporter: good morning to you. the rain is starting to pick up again, but we've been here since before 4:00 in the morning and it hasn't let up at all. we're starting to see more brake lights out here off of 92 from the san mateo bridge as the commute picks up as well. the brake lights, it's raining and the roads are wet. this is one of the exits, a little used exit but the water is ponding, you're maybe getting three inches angle deep. that water is covering the roadway on the exit. it was causing problems while these wet slick roads overnight one of the worst of them an accident on 101 at third street. a driver in a porsche lost control and slammed the car into

a tree. for some reason the top was down when the car hit the tree. it was totaled. also on i-80 at 101, there was standing water blocking number 2 and 3 lanes. because the drains are clogged. there were crews trying to clean it up. again, a lot of water out here and it hasn't stopped and doesn't seem like it will. i wanted to show you on the way over we took the san mateo bridge from the east bay, one of the things we noticed is a little bit windy throughout. not just wet roads but maybe a little bit higher up quite windy as well. certainly as we've been saying, want to be careful as you head out. >> thanks, christie. >> here's a look at what you're going to face once you get to your car. this is bob redell's camera, 280 and bird avenue.

you can see that huge ponding in the roadway. that shut down the off ramp from 280. we're going to get updates from bob throughout the morning. >> i want to get updated when it comes to the radar moving through. christina has her eye on it. >> it is the south bay, laura and scott. that is getting slammed. it looks like it's going to continues for the next hour. we tapped into the subtropical moisture. it's streaming right into the south bay. so right now as you can see showers starting to let up. that will continue to be the trend as we head throughout the next few hours. we are only going to get worse in the south bay before it gets better. we've already accumulated here in the south bay a quarter inch, and we've got all of this wet weather, this green, orange and yellow on the way. and the orange and yellow is an indication of moderate to heavy downpours. look at the east foothills, getting slammed at this point. we're going to see a lot of that moisture run off into the road. so you want to take it easy

throughout this morning. and yeah, there is more on the way. as i widen out we're starting to clear out. let me tell you what we're expecting from these showers. at 11:00 a.m. when we meet back here i will have all of the totals so stick around for that. what you'll notice here is that showers are really going to start to let up so we're going to get a lull between systems, we continue the futurecast, at 4:00 p.m. you can see here mostly clear conditions. here's the deal. we head throughout today into tomorrow we're going to get a dry break. your seven-day forecast tells the story. there is a lot more heavy rain on the way. in fact, today kicks off five consecutive days. every time we get these heavy downpours we have a better chance for seeing the localized flooding so. travel cautiously. we'll keep you updated throughout morning but right now i want to check on your drive, see how we're doing in that department with our highway man. it looks rough. >> it is. obviously because you know as our rain came through it left a lot of water on the roadways,

even though the rain tapering off for the north bay. be careful folks. zoomed in to the east shore freeway. the signs letting folks know that's where everybody is making the split. the headlights coming counter commute but look at all of the water kicking up. slick conditions and on the east shore freeway, a big problem. it's not berkeley and emeryville though we're seeing a fender bender as you approach university avenue. the blue shows you where the puddling, ponding, almost lake effect in some of the areas off the roadway so be careful there. we're looking at westbound 80 as you come down through san pablo. out of hercules slow approaching a crash. they reopen add few lanes. very slow, maybe a couple hours till they can clear that. this is a huge issue, there a wet portion of the freeway it's going to create a delay down to richmond and the merge toward the golden gate fields area.

a slow drive, a couple of crashes, they never recovered. smoother toward the dublin interchange. a lot of rain there on 580 and 680. a live look for dublin. this is dublin westbound around tackahara. we see the glow of the lights. back to the speeds. we look at the speed for the south bay you have the northbound route starting to slow down. 101 kicking in from tully up north and 280 at bird. the bird avenue off ramp is closed. we showed you the flooding. we'll get a look as well at palo alto where we see a smooth drive, northbound away from us, the taillights toward marsh avenue. the winds might kick up as you head over the san mateo bridge and the santa cruz mountains. major problems but we're going

to watch it. back to you. well, this morning the 2014 winter olympics are under way as we give you a live look at sochi, russia, the host city of this year's olympic games. now the opening ceremony is still a day away. but some sports are getting started early. >> we're talking about men's and women's skiing, men's and women's slope style snowboarding and figure skating for men and pairs. and that means events will be at two area clufters as they are called. the coastal cluster will host arena events and the mountain cluster will host slope events. >> janelle wang is live at the coastal cluster with a preview of the figure skating competition. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, there is team figure skating tonight. an exciting event. that's going to happen at the iceberg palace. we want to show you some of the

video that we were talking about. it is one of the new games at the winter olympics. the committee decided to add this because figure skating is so popular. we begin with the short and pair short programs. two-time u.s. champions train out of rhode island. they skated together since 2006. for the men's short, jeremy abbott a four-time champion and placed ninth in the 2010 vancouver games. >> exciting to have a new aspect to this. excited to be part of team usa. it's like i am part of team usa. >> reporter: only ten countries have the right to compete in this based on how they finished last year. some of those include u.s., canada, russia, japan, and great britain so. the skating will be happening at the iceberg skating palace like

i said and you can watch the entire thing on prime time tonight. exciting day one of competition. reporting from the sochi games, janelle wang, nbc bay area news. >> you think you'll have a chance to see any of the competition? >> reporter: i wish. right now at this point there is no chance but we'll be watching it on tv live. we've been watching some of the events of day one. it's quite exciting. thrilling competition going on. hopefully if i get a day off i'll head to one of those. >> thank you very much. >> time 6:10. still ahead "today in the bay," breaking news, a deadly stabbing in downtown stan jose. new details. >> last night behind "the tonight show." what he's planning for the big send-off and what he says life is like after the show will look like. >> and before we go to break, a few seconds, get familiar with

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>> here is a look at today's top stories. police investigating a deadly stabbing in downtown san jose. police say a man was stabbed at least once. he died at the hospital. so far no word on what led up to the stabbing. police have not made any arrests. >> also in san jose a task force will meet at san jose state to talk about new policies to prevent hate crimes. it was created after four students were charged with hate crimes accused of bullying a black student. >>vallejo high school has a new mascot.

the red hawks. for 70 years the school's sports teams have been the apaches, but some native americans and supporters claimed it was offensive. well, a new era for "the tonight show." jay leno takes his curtain call as the man behind the desk. his final episode tonight, that's tonight. >> and soon jimmy fallon will take over the and the show will move to new york city. leno has been the host for 22 years. with almost all of those at the top of the ratings. this will be leno's second send-off. in 2009 he had a big timee show before giving that up to conan o'brien. he said that's why this time around the finale will be subdued. he welcomes back billy crystal who was his first guest in 1992 and superstar garth brooks also making an appearance. leno has not announced new tv ventures but for now he is going to be sticking to stand-up.

>> i'm on the road a lot. i really like being a stand-up comedian. it will be fun to do that a lot more. >> jimmy fallon will take over on february 17. >> right now the bay area under a weather advisory as we give you a live look at the highway where there is a jackknifed big rig in san pablo, much-needed rain but a lot of traffic problems in the forecast for the morning commute. >> this is by golden gate fields. take a look. yet another accident that they have out there as the chopper zooms in. traffic is moving through that area. we're going to check in with bob braving the elements out there as well. he is in the south bay this morning in san jose. the rain closed down an off ramp from 280. a lot of ponding. >> reporter: good morning to you.

yes, the rain is really coming down especially in the past 30 to 45 minutes. we're on the bird avenue off ramp from northbound 280 where it has been shut down for a good i would say almost two hours now because of this flooding. now, this has receded quite a bit. where we are standing a good five, six inches. caltrans is out here. it was a clogged drain. this happens when you don't have enough rain, you get debris, it clog, then you have the first big rain you end up with this. caltrans is out here unclogging it. it is slowly draining. based on how much it's gone down so far i would these it's probably another 15, maybe 30 minutes before this is gone and chp is able to reopen this off ramp. the bird avenue off ramp from northbound 280 shut down since around 4:30 this morning. there we are around 6:15 and it's still shut down. looks like another 15 to 20

minutes. the headlights are southbound, 280 northbound, you can get a pretty good sense it is very wet out there. you do want to make sure that you drive safely. chp reminding us you remember a lot of people haven't been driving in this weather because it's been so dry so you want to give yourself that distance with the other cars in front of you. and watch your speed and remember, there has been a lot of oil, this is our first rain, a lot of that is coming soup the roads might be slicker. the northbound 280, caltrans has the drain unclogged. 15, maybe 30 minutes before this gets reopened. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. >> it's a great thing because when there is rain here there is usually snow in the sierra. >> a lot of snow. i mean by the time we get into monday of next week, we could be

talking about six to nine feet of snow. >> isn't that amazing. after the lull that we had. such a dry january. the warmest january ever in san jose. and san francisco. now we're turning those tables around completely. you know what, let's take you up live to tahoe. how about that. it started snowing, they accumulated two inches so far. colleen moore joins us. how are you gearing up for the manger snowfall totals? >> we're really excited up here for the snow. like you said it is snowing up here right now. we picked up about two inches and we expect more throughout the day. up here we're getting really excited for the snow. it's looking like it's going to be a great weekend. >> that's where everybody is already planning on going. thank you very much. you do want to make sure you are ready for the elements up there. have the chains ready to go and stay on the main lines of the

highway. you don't want to get caught in this because it looks like it's going to be snowy not just through sunday, all the way potentially through tuesday of next week. let's get to radar. i want to show you tahoe. we need the snowpack. it's important for our water supply. it's getting started. the bulk of the moisture has not made it over the lake. we head throughout the morning we're going to track it for you. let me give you an indication what if the computer models hint at when it comes to snowfall totals. that's a whopping 45 inches in key veil. through sunday morning before the next round of rain, yeah t potential for maybe four, five feet of fresh powder. i believe we're going to see higher totals than what this model is projecting. i show you the live radar you can see why. we're tapping into the

subtropical moisture. take it easy because we typically don't get rain rate likes this in the south bay. i would not be surprised to see this day go down as a record for rainfall. we'll keep you -- this is what we're concentrating on now from milpitas all the way to san jose, heavy rain on the radar, but let's find out how it looks with our own mike inouye g. morning. >> in real life i have to show you this, i showed you a shot that was a crash south of golden gate field so that was westbound 80. the commute direction. that's one crash. this is your bigger crash, involving a jackknifed big rig across lanes eastbound and westbound. we have a tow truck on the scene and this big wig. both sides of interstate 88affected. reports are that it may be until 8:00 until they get those lanes

open. between hercules and richmond. let me show you on the maps. the entire bay showing the wet roads, blue showing you where the puddling and ponding, most of the bay area fleeway, that crash involving westbound 80, as well as eastbound 80 so it's slow out of richmond, unexpected flow for that stretch. that commute will continue to back up possibly coming off of the carquinez bridge. that will make the ower east shore freeway but we have this crash blocking two lanes, westbound 80 before university avenue, just after you pass by golden gate field. at the maze, super conditions, slick, no crashes at the maze and no put thering i mean the oakland hills. starting to pick up the pace

heading to the toll plaza. your tri-valley has a slow drive for west 580. so the speed here 19 miles an hour is skewed. closer to the dublin interchange you're watching a break. a smoother drive, for the south bay, south of sunol over the next few minutes. blue all over the place. we have closure 280 at the bird avenue on ramp. slowing because of the volume of traffic and now a crash around the 880 interchange. we had a lot of spinouts along 280. now a lot of rain. new flooding at 280 and 87 close to the bird avenue off ramp. my friend tim said it's like a monsoon. i don't think it's like that but it's bad. >> we haven't seen it for a

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now back to the olympic games in sochi. we are about to reveal some of the results from slope style snowboarding events that was held overnight. it happened. >> the highlights will be shown tonight in prime time here on nbc so we don't want to spoil it for you. close your eyes, wait for the music to end and come on back. >> let's turn the music off now. the spoilers are over. we're going to do that to give you adequate warning every time we have results. >> right. now what you do need to know about is the weather. it's affecting everyone. it could also play a big role in

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a terror alert this morning involving tubes of tooth paste. the warning for planes on the way to the winter games in russia. >> plus, one day until the opening ceremony. new details who may be lighting the olympic flame. >> a live look at the opening

bell for you, here is the nyse as we keep an eye on twitter today. at the nasdaq it's comcast, our parent company and the folks from bravo. today is thursday, february 6, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. the winter olympics already under way this morning. let's give you a live look at the host city sochi, russia, one day until the opening ceremony. we understand that the olympic medals have arrived. >> and so has "today in the bay's" janelle wang live with a look at some of the olympic hardware. plus new details about the flame itself. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. the olympic flame has also arrived after traveling four months and 40,000 miles it's

finally in sochi, russia. it will be used friday night to late to olympic cauldron, the centerpiece of the coast of cluster. it arrived yesterday. it's now moving its way through the city. the flame has had the longest journey for an olympic games, it started in moscow october 7 and stopped in more than 130 cities and towns across russia. 14,000 torchbearers took part in the relay. it has been all the way to the north pole, the international space station, and even the world's deepest lake. also arriving, precious medals, gold, silver, bronze all 1200 medals made by a jewelry company in moscow. the value of the gold medal, about 600 bucks, if it was pure gold the medal would be worth about $21,000. it's one of the largest gold medals in the history of the games. there are 98 events at these olympic games so a lot of gold

to be won. i keep saying good morning but we're exactly 12 hours ahead of you. it's a habit. night so falling but competition is going on. you can watch it all in prime time. reporting from the sochi games, janelle wang, nbc bay area news. >> the sun setting for you and rising for us. thanks so much. >> not everyone in sochi is ready for the games yet. those that are flying in to russia have to deal with a new terror threat involving tooth paste. >> can you believe it. we're getting fatigue from hearing so many of these alerts. when we think we heard it all now this. tooth paste bombs, the latest security alert. it has everybody concerned about these warnings. but according to a government source the threat is real, it's based on very good information. so let's lay it out for you. the warning specifically for airlines flying to russia for the olympics so airports with direct service to russia were warned by the u.s. department of

homeland security to examine tooth paste, also cosmetic tubes. they can hold parts to assemble a bomb. there is concern that these small parts could be smuggled in. athletes are thinking about competing. >> i feel very safe as an athlete and yeah, there's nothing to feel. >> don't really care or listen to this stuff outside and just focus on my race and try to don't care about stuff like that. >> very smart. they have their priorities in order. nicolas is traveling with a couple of stops in between. she thinks the extra attention tune the tubes is just too much. >> it wouldn't put me off. better now than it ever was but i think it's a bit over the top warning. >> security officials are taking no chances, this after u.s. intelligence picked up on

increasing chatter. we should neat homeland security says the majority of direct flights will arrive from europe or asian countries. i checked with the folks at sfo, they have no flights that fly directly to russia, they received a heads up but they have nothing specific to that airport so something to note if you fly here, over for the games, there are no direct flights. >> thank you much. >> i want to take you out now we have a weather advisory for the bay area. rain continues to fall in the middle of the morning commute. take a look. this is a live look at that jackknifed big rig. it happened in san pablo this morning. certainly delaying traffic there only one lane open as they try to clean up that mess. it went through the center divide. >> that looks like a nightmare. >> it's a rough morning for commuters. want to check in with christina.

>> really right now slamming into the south bay. i'm going to show you the radar but these are really impressive totals just for the past 12 hours. accumulated over an inch in mill valley. san francisco state. we're going to get more. .61 over a half inch in concord. so yeah, san jose airport, it started raining over the past three hours and we're up to .4 inch. what i can tell you is there is more on the way. mostly over the course of the next few hours. we've got heavy downpours well south of the bay area, and right now the heaviest rainfall is between fremont and san jose. as the system is exiting the area the winds are kicking up so we're going to see those gusty winds ramping up. if you drive a high-profile

vehicle you want to hold on and take it easy out there. live radar shows you a break, heavy in the south bay. look where this moisture is headed. fresno, that's where we need it. agriculture country. need it here. so we'll be tracking this all morning long. another update on the snowfall totals, where we're headed and like i've been pointing out there is more rain on the way. five consecutive day s total. i'm going to talk about where coming up. let's get an update on the big rig. goodness, mike. it's rough out there. >> yeah. i misinterpreted that chopper shot. here is that rig across the center divide. next to it is the trailer so it's a double rig. that's a jackknife. it is hanging over the center divide. reports earlier said it may have been a head-on collision.

folks traveling across the other area. no details for the injuries but we hope for the best for everyone. look at the impact on the commute. we have a huge effect off 80, coming out of san pablo and hercules. i'll show you the map. this is the area where the blue is showing it's ponding, there is much more severe earlier on. that may have played a factor. watch it around the bay. to the bottom of the screen, the two lanes are blocked. you have unexpected slowing. eastbound 80. another crash 180 university taking time to clear causing slowing. heading to the bay bridge toll plaza, ponding. in fact, look at the swimming pool size there, around wood

bowl mand may have to have a lane closed. 280 closed at bird for the next few minutes. all over the area watch it. the live look, along the peninsula, it's getting worse. back to you. >> thank you much. 6:38. still ahead breaking news in san jose a. deadly stabbing overnight. new details in the search for suspects. >> before a break, skiers julia mancuso. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin.

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>>. >> breaking news out of the south bay. police investigating a homicide in downtown san jose. officers found a man with at least one stab wound near cesar chavez park. the victim was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later. his name won't be released until the coroner notifies family. police have not said what led up to the stabbing. they have not arrested anyone yet. this is the city's fifth homicide this year. >> the time now 6:41. wet and wild weather in the middle of the morning commute. we'll tell you about some of the biggest traffic troubles as we look at a live picture of a knack knife in san pablo.

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right now at 6:00, a weather advisory as we speak nearly the entire area getting drenched by downpours. hopefully it will put a dent in the statewide drought because we are not talking about drizzle

here. overnight we've seen smin outs, swerving, even a jackknifed big rig in san pablo all because of the rain-soaked streets and limited visibility on the roads. >> that's a live look happening now. that means when you get behind the wheel this morning take it slow. leave plenty of room between yourself with the cars around you. out in the thick of it now, you know what to expect as you head out let's start with anthony slaughter live along highway 17 in the south bay. coming down there, anthony. >> reporter: yeah, it's really coming down. heavy now. as we were standing out here for the past minutes we noticed a pattern of traffic. you get a little break and now and again you get a cluster of cars. all it takes is one of those cars to hit their brakes, you're too close and then boom, you've got an accident and if you are traveling too close you've got a chain reaction. today is about reacting. the rain is coming down heavy so

the road is going to be slick. that's a given. but the other thing again, accidents can happen in a split second. so today it's all about reacting. when you head out the door make sure you are awake, make sure you are alert and the third, that's what's going to make a difference in protecting you and your family and the folks in your car. and the folks traveling around you as well. it's coming down heavy and again as i mentioned, traffic goes in that pattern where you get a break, then all of a sudden you get the backups, so be ready for those as you head out this morning. anthony slaughter for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. >> over to christie smith live at south of highway 92 at the san mateo bridge. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is more like it. this rain really hasn't stopped since we've been here and we got here before 4:00 this morning. the result of all of this steady rain is what you see. this is a frontage road but you can see it's maybe three inches

at least ankle deep on this road by highway 92 and past me you can see all of the traffic is building up for the morning commute. and from the back tires all of the water spraying. i wanted to show you what this added up to this morning overnight on highway 101 near third street. that's where a convertible porsche 911 lost control, the driver did, and crashed into a tree. there were minor injury, $100,000 car was totaled. for some reason that driver had the top down. not sure why that was. but the roads very slick and also in san francisco on 101 and 80, there was quite a bit of standing water. the drain clogged. we haven't seen rain like this. the 2 and 3 lanes were blocked as drivers tried to creep around it. it's one of those mornings. we haven't seen 18 while where the rain keeps coming down. we certainly need it.

again one of those when you head out, be careful because this is what you're likely to run into out there. reporting live near the san mateo bridge, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. >> hope those are good rubber shoes. here is a live look at the caltrans station people trying to catch trains out in the rain. take an umbrella. >> several day, we're seeing colors on christina's radar we've not seen in a long time. >> you know what, we're already on our way to breaking a record just over the past four hours here in the south bay we accumulated .4 inch, the record rain for this date is over an inch. just over an inch so i think we're going to blow past that. we're looking wet. not just today, the next few days. we're going to get a little break in between and that will mostly take part late today. this is what you're driving to work under, heavy rain

especially south of 92. you'll see here the general nature, we are getting a nice amount of clearing up in the north and now all of this activity is going to press into the central valley where our farmers need it. it's a good thing we're maintaining that subtropical moisture tap. the bad news the wind is wicking up. we accumulated about an inch of rain atop the santa cruz mountains. you couple that wind with the saturated ground and we could see downed trees. we have a better chance for that as we pick up higher rainfall totals. we're talking about five consecutive days of rain in the bay area. your futurecast tells the story. a little break up in sonoma county. stop it again as we head throughout this weekend. that subtropical moisture tap comes right back. stop that clock for you at 8:00 p.m., you can see here the heaviest rainfall will be at the north end of the bay area.

we're fair game for high accumulation even right down here in the south bay. let's talk about the running totals. throughout saturday we're going to stop the clock for you. look at these impressive numbers. over 5 1/2 inches on the valley floor in santa rosa at 1:00 a.m. on sunday. at this point you're close to your average rainfall for the entire month of february so. yeah, this could do damage in terms of flooding. i have volunteered to come in saturday morning an saturday night because this is going to be a really big deal. we're going to keep you updated. see how this rain is impacting your drive. mike inouye, definitely he is busy. >> good morning. a huge impact for the upper east shore freeway. this is east bound 80 where this blocks four lanes. the center destride affected and these two westbound lanes as well so. both directions. you see they are getting ready to move some of this and some of

the vehicles out of the area. i was told by tim, the commute direction, expect it to open in one hour. eastbound should be two more hours until they clear this up. here is the effect. slick roads throughout. let's show you the map and the backup coming down out of rodeo and hercules jammed up approaching the scene. you saw all of the lights, slow eastbound 80 out of richmond, and in to san pablo, blocking both sides of the freeway. an earlier crash at university has cleared before you got there. the backup around the golden gate field. around the berkeley curve to the bay bridge toll plaza. the blue still showing us wet roads the rain tapering off. watch the slick conditions. here 680 through san ramon, more ponding as well. we'll show you oakland for a

live look fast coliseum. water kicking up and on the windshields as well. back to the maps, toward wiffle road, reports of ponding there. something as big as a swimming pool size puddle. be careful. as we move to the south bay, a smooth flow of traffic. a smooth drive but your northbound traffic really jamming up 101 all the way up toward 101 and 880 interchange. i'm circling 280 at bird. we had a closure that had ponding that has reopened. until then bob was there but now bob has moved over. good morning, bob. what have you got? >> reporter: northbound 280 headed to downtown san jose. it was the bird avenue off ramp. this was the scene about an hour ago. so much rain that one of the

drains clogged and it flooded the wrood a good five to six inches of water. it shut down the off ramp for about two hours. it's the past 30 minutes that caltrans was able to get in there, unclog that drain and slowly get the water off the road. it's reopened. as we've been driving around this part of the area we see other drains especially 280 and 87 area, there are issues with clogged drains. you're seeing some flooding on the roadway. nothing as far as a shutdown that we saw earlier but something you want to be aware of. especially if you are out on the roads where they are slick and remember, these roads have not been wet in a while. you have fluids from cars that are creating what can be dangerous conditions. >> first and foremost you've got to reduce speed. okay. second of all, you've got to allow yourself extra time to get where you need go. leave yourself additional space cushion between you and the car

in front of you. >> reporter: that bright orange sign here on northbound 280 is approaching 11th street. slippery, wet road, reduce speed, cannot be plainer than that. and so far from what we've seen out here this morning, the good thing is most commuters are remembering what it's like to drive in wet roads. we know that's not always the case but so far so good. we are at a slow crawl northbound 28 into the downtown which is a good thing as people are driving safely it appears. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. this morning the 2014 winter olympics are under way. here is a live look at sochi, russia, the math is easy. it's 12 hours ashowed just before 7:00 at night. the opening ceremony a day away. some sports got started early including temperature marquee events. men and women's skiing including

women's mogul, men and women's slopestyle snowboarding and figure skating for men and pairs. >> that means events will be at two areas, clufters as they are called. the coastal cluster will host arena events and the mountain cluster will host slope events. janelle is live in sochi with a preview of the slope style snowboarding competition. >> reporter: yes, slopestyle made its olympic debut. as we're talking about shaun white dropped out yesterday but he wasn't the front-runner in this. some other northern california athletes are the favorites to rin. let me tell you about slopestyle. it's popular for a decade. it features rails and jumps that the riders perform tricks on. it's challenging. several serious crashes but some northern california athletes are expected to dominate the sport.

that includes chas guldemond, a world champion, ryan staysle and on the women's we have jamie anderson, the 23-year-old is a seven-time dew tour medalist and carly shore of truckee. >> it's definitely a good moment to be able to show it on a global scale. so that's exciting. >> reporter: more controversy with shaun white. while he cited safety concerns dropping out of slope style a couple of rival snowboarders tweeted out harsh comments. one said he withdrew because he's scared and another said quote it's easy to find excuses to pull out of a contest when you think you can't win. but white is still competing in this olympic games, his marquee event the half-pipe for snowboarders, going for his third straight olympic gold

medal. janelle wang, nkz bay area news. >> i'm surprised they are throwing out those fighting words. >> you mentioned twitter. one of the things that's trending are journalists taking pictures of hotel rooms that may not be up to snuff. how is yours? >> reporter: mine is perfect. i think it may be blown a little out of proportion because everybody i have spoken to has not had problems. you could tell that some of the things were kind of a rush job but they built this city basically from the ground up in a very short amount of time. our hotel is great. my shower wasn't working properly the first day but a russian engineer came and fixed it. so everything is good. the good news is all of the hotels are like brand new so i'm the first person to ever check into it. so it's really nice. >> making history of your own. thanks a lot. >> we are about to reveal some of the results from slope style snowboarding events. >> the highlights will be shown tonight in prime time here on

nbc so if you don't want to spoil it or we don't want to spoil it for you close your eyes, wait for the music to end. >> come on back. spoilers are over. safe to turn on back now. >> we will be showing those events major events in prime time. it starts at 8:00. we'll start with figure skating including the team event, men's short program and the pairs short program. then men and women's slope style snowboarding and then moguls competition and women's free style skiing starting at 8:00.

>> after you watch it you may be inspired to hit the slopes. we'll have a lot of snow after all of this rain down here. >> yeah, you might be inspired to stay in your house for the next five or six days, we have heavy rainfall coming in. laura is right, and we need that snowpack for our water supply. taking a live look at the radar. you can basically slice the bay area in half at the golden gate bridge. showers letting up north of the golden gate bridge. heavy rain in the south bay and south of that bridge. throughout the morning hours we're going to continue to track these cells as they develop, tell you where the heaviest rain is and how much we accumulate throughout today show. here is mike with the traffic alert. >> your weather, the radar is showing the same thing we're seeing live cameras and on the maps. north 101 north of 680. look at all of the water. that's the warning. slick conditions. the map shows you the south bay. northbound routes are covered with blue. slowing 87 and 280 up to

lawrence where there is a crash and debris in lanes, slow on the east shore and the sigalert. back to you. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with a local update in a half hour. >> joan us for news at 11 as well. good morning. let the games begin. the eyes of the world on sochi, russia, the olympic torch just arriving this morning, the first events already under way. amid the celebration, a new terror warning as russian authorities guarantee these games will be safe. thousands of athletes from around the world kick off the 22nd olympic winter games, thursday, february 6th, 2014. this is a special edition of todayed it at the olympic winter games with matt lauer, live