a live report. plus, after two days on hold, crews are back out looking for the missing malaysia airlines flight. they now say they have spotted another field of debris. we'll have the latest on that search. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm peggy bunker. we'll get to those stories in a moment, but first, live look at weather radar. a second storm is on its way here. we have team coverage about this rain and how it will be affecting you today. also, mike inouye keeping an eye on the roads. bob redell in foster city, where the rain is expected to fall soon. let's start off with meteorologist christina loren. all of the green is good news for us. >> rain is a good thing. good morning. 5:00 straight up. it is looking fantastic. we've picked up decent downpours yesterday. we had convective activity. thunderstorm activity in atmosphere. brought about good rainfall in campbell. heavy downpours now the north bay's where we're seeing activity. not a lot going on south of 92

yet. why we strategically positioned our own bob redell on the foster city side of the san mateo bridge. and, bob, i know it's not coming down yet. but you mark my words, good sir, it will be over the course of the next hour. feeling any wind or anything out there this morning? >> reporter: can't wait. good morning to you. slight breeze, we've seen spittaling but nothing of concern. it's coming down in the north bay. we got new video from san francisco where you can see it's been coming down a little bit, wet roads, something to keep in mind heading into work. expected here at the san mateo bridge and the rest of the area by 6:00. christina loren and her counterpart in the weather department, they predicted it will come down for a good half hour, at least. this is between 6:00 and 6:30, let up for a bit, turn it back on between 10:00 and 11:00 pop possible at main part of commute could be spared. the rain is much needed given the fact the state's in a

drought. san francisco which received rain yesterday and receiving it now, has received 42% of its average rainfall since last summer, just using that as an example. if there is one upside not having much rain, landslides aren't as big a concern. certain hillsides in the area like those along the coastline and pacifica are vulnerable, but unlikely to have any more erosion, anything significant, because we haven't received that much rain. >> even if we were to get big rains now, the ground is so dry, it's so strong, because it's dry, it's not likely to have any landslides. >> reporter: in other words, it's not going to be like 2011 when heavy rain triggered what you're looking at now, large mudslide in san pablo that took out several backyards. live here in foster city right in front of the san mateo bridge, where we're expecting reason to come down significantly within the next hour or so. something to keep in mind, if that's around the time you'd be

heading into work. maybe give yourself extra time, because you know how people are when it starts raining again. >> what are you suggesting, bob? people forget how to drive when it rains? we hear that a lot on i don't promote that, but take extra caution especially taking those little ones to school. you can see most of the activity over the tri-valley, concord getting heavy downpours. san ramon getting rain here in the next 1520 minutes. more offshore. throughout the morning hours, tracking showers especially the south of 92 where a lot of ewers live. right now, as you know, when it rains, it could slow. mike inouye. >> that's right. we'll warn you anyway, plan for the slower drive. we're looking at bay bridge where it's not a wet road but damp road. you can see the toll plaza because there's not a lot of traffic, just as the commute starting to kick in. no puddling yet. look at the maps. traffic and weather systems are

tied together. right here that highlighted green area, most of the east shore freeway and the maze, that's where they're registering wet roads, the damp roadways at bay bridge toll plaza. slow it down as well on the approach to the bay bridge or the golden gate through the north bay. more widespread slowing as it's expected in the next few. 5:04. we'll be watching radar and the roads all morning long for you. mike and christina back with updates in less than five minutes. breaking news to tell you about in san francisco. a hit-and-run overnight, seven people hurt after an alleged hit and run driver slammed into a van. police are still searching for that driver and two other passengers. the collision happened around 1:00 at the intersection of geary and van ness. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live with an update on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. van ness is back open at geary, after shut down for quite some time after a collision that

witnesses say they really couldn't believe what they were seeing. this morning, what's left of that is a traffic signal laying in the center median there. what witnesses saw is one car roll over, they say, and a second car with injured people, they got out and actually ran from the scene. this happened around 1:00 this morning at van ness near geary and shut down the busy streets for quite some time while investigators and paramedics arrived. witnesses say a smaller car hit a van or suv and the car rolled over several times, the larger one. it was described as flying in the air. inside the witness says that he saw two women and a man get out, they didn't stick around at all, they actually just started running away. >> so that's what i saw, the girl has blood on her face, and basically she's -- she was really panicked. some girls -- the girl standing here, they just say, oh, they

might stole the car. so once they hit the car, all of the people in the car just ran away. >> reporter: that witness says that he saw police chasing the people who ran from the scene. so there are a lot of questions this morning over who was rounded up and who wasn't. in all, seven people injured, some taken to the hospital. it's believed that their injuries are nonlife threatening but serious enough to need treatment. we have calls into san francisco police to clear up questions. as soon as we hear from them, we'll let you know what they had to say. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> quite the impact. update to a developing story as officials in washington state say the list of people missing, after saturday's mudslide, is now shrinking, as expected, as people from nearby towns that lost power call in. however, another day did pass with searchers only finding bodies and no survivors. two more bodied pulled from the mud, bringing the total number

of dead at 16. officials are not counting eight more bodies that workers found but not able to recover. authorities in malaysia say a satellite has spotted 122 objects of various shapes and sizes in the indian ocean that might be from flight 370. take a look at this picture just released. it shows some objects of various shapes and sizes floating close to each other in the indian ocean search planes spotted three objects close to where three other satellites previously detected objects. a dozen planes and five ships from several countries including the u.s. are hunting for objects today but not retrieved anything yet. malaysia's defense minister says the images are the most credible lead they have. petaluma police need help identifying a man they say robbed a bank. take a look. the robbery happened at redwood credit union before 2:00

yesterday. they was last scene in the shopping center. police say he's a hispanic male, 20s, 30s, wearing a striped black and gray beanie, jeans, white tennis shoes. closing argumented expected in the trial of a man accused of a double homicide. prosecutors say he shot and killed two employees that competed with his business. he thought the store was stealing business from him. the man who thought he was going on a first date with a bartender but got arrested instead will make his first court appearance today. accused of stealing televisions and electronics from the storage area at a san mateo restaurant over the weekend. police say, as the man was leaving the restaurant, a bartender caught his eye. he gave her his phone number. when the bartender discovered the burglary, she handed the number over to the police who started texting him and set up a fake date and that's when he was

arrested. >> unbelievable. >> nab them any way you can. meteorologist christina loren standing by with a look at forecast and what to expect today. good morning. >> good morning. we've got heavy downpours this morning. temperatures going to climb from 50s and 60s. pretty much stay in the low 60s throughout the afternoon. not expecting a lot of activity. as we head throughout the next couple of days, that's when the really juicy rainfall starts to come into the picture. right now, this is a current look, real-time doppler radar, where the heaviest shower are coming down from santa rosa across the san francisco bay into richmond, getting activity in concord. watch out for slick conditions. more coming in just in the heart of your morning drive. take it right to futurecast, show you what we're talking about. stop the clock for you. as we head into 10:00 a.m., expecting most activity to ramp up. looking towards action between 10:00 and noon. and after which time we'll see

showers break up and race towards tahoe. take a look. lots of snowfall headed their way. this is a cold system for this time of year. as you saw, highs only in the 50s and 60s today. we're going to keep snowfall coming in. we could pick up seven feet, seven feet, of powder. we need that snowpack so desperately. that's great news. friday, give you a preview of what's coming our way for this weekend. tremendous amount of rainfall. everything worked out just right, look at that. we are going to get slammed on saturday. another round on sunday into monday. and even on tuesday, no fooling, april fools' day. more showers on radar. jet stream's going to stay south which means we could maintain rainy pattern for the next couple of weeks. i know, i know. we need it. i don't think anybody's complaining. let's see if mike is. >> i'm not complaining but focused on the now because i don't have fancy stuff like you do. i just have this camera look agent puddles. that's what we see.

water on the right-hand side, that's standing water. damp roadways, headlights off of southbound 101 in san rafael. yes, i'm tied into christina's fancy stuff. road weather index saying damp roadways throughout the area. north bay, look at all of the green, and the blue patches, that's where puddling. and parts of vallejo. highway 12, reports of larger puddles across the roadway. highway 37 near fair grounds, a crash there. move to the shoulder, puddling and ponding north of the carquinez bridge. rest of the bay smooth. into and out of san francisco new york delays. watch the slick roadways. watching as bob reports from the san mateo bridge. rain over the next hour, keep that in mind for the peninsula. we have damp conditions throughout the connecters. back to you. a number of celebrities and players from the bay area including the 49ers will be in the bay area today. we day, a nonprofit organization

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san francisco along the embarcadero there. take a look at weather radar. a matter of hours before the entire area getting rain there. allow extra time. you can see there's a few problems on the roads. christina and mike in in about three minutes with an in-depth look for the commute. tensions rise between russia and ukraine. this morning russia accused ukrainian officials of preventing crews on airlines from leaving aircraft at ukrainian airport. the move violates international law. president obama is in brussels trying to solidify support against russia. the president says russia's annexation of crimea is a threat to russia's order. here at home, the senate expected to vote on sanctions

against russia and aid for ukraine. the bill includes $1 billion in aid for ukraine and sanctions putin's inner circle. twitter recovering after tweets mysteriously vanished including ellen's oscar tweet. take a look. the tweet is back, as good as new. yesterday, users started buzzing tweet wrs ders were disappearin stock in cisco opening higher after the company will invest $1 billion into a cloud service. the company wants to bill the world's biggest cloud computing network. is a popular game candy crush worth mor than $7 billion a? the game'smakers think so. bertha, i've never played this one. >> i haven't either. i try to limit my addictions, so i don't even test them out.

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right now, we welcome meteorologist christina loren to the set. nice to have you here with us. >> i sat on your compact. >> she means that in the nicest way. >> i do, i do. you know what i mean. it's one of those days. >> feels like monday but it's a wednesday. >> wednesday's can be harder than mondays. >> right. >> people, you want to make sure that you are ready for that rainfall coming in. ladies, don't bother doing your hair. look what's on the radar at this point. seven-day forecast, i want to draw your attention to. look at all of the days of rain in the forecast. we're talking about six out of seven there. keep this rainy pattern going all the way to wednesday of next week. so, yeah, i hope you like the rain because we're going to be dealing with it for quite some time. temperatures in the 50s this morning. we have a little bit of

coninvestigatico convective activity. expecting heaviest shower in the san francisco area by 9:00 a.m. a lot of activity well to the north of the south bay. but it is moving in quickly. and i can tell you, as we progress throughout the morning, it is lit up like a christmas tree, especially 8:00 and 9:00. right in the heart of your morning drive. right now, bob redell is live in foster city. showers pressing that way as we head through 5:31. test the accuracy of the doppler radar, shall we? right now, check your drive with meek. >> looking over here, toward the bay bridge, from emeryville camera, we have the camera trembling. chp did for a very short period of time issue a winded avoozry for the bridge. that's about it, no major problems approaching the area. smooth flow of traffic. green blotches as well as blue squares, that's where blue is puddling and ponding, green damp

roadways. looking here toward coming out of the north bay across the carquinez and benecia bridges. the arrow, a crash there, but i -- there it is. started to slow down. it's a solo car spin-out. we see that when wet roads kick in. looking at approach toward the golden gate and bay bridges. both sides show wet conditions for green. again, damp, slippery conditions likely throughout the areas. now as we get to the tri-valley, nothing unusual. it's a wednesday. showing a smoother drive. traffic over on the right. coming out of the green, 580, slowing out of the altamont pass but no big worries through livermore and toward the dublin interchange. show you speed throughout the south bay in the green zone for northbound route. pleasant drive, earlier crash northbound 17 around redwood estates. south of los gados towards the summit, smooth, without

problems. peninsula, 101, palo alto, moving nicely. brightly lit sign. we use that to help us see how much water's on the roadway. a sheen, not a big deal. but rain's coming. 5:21. the investigation into the death of actor paul walker has confirmed what many people already believed, that the star was killed by injuries that he suffered when the car he was riding in crashed at a high rate of speed. that porsche, walker and his friend were riding in, traveling 94 miles per hour, according to the investigation. this done by the chp and the l.a. county sheriff's department. the two were taking what was supposed to be a quick ride when his friend lost control of the car and slammed into a light pole. california lawmakers are reconsidering a new law that will require all chefs and bartenders to wear gloves when they touch food. the assembly health committee voted to repeal and revisit the regulation which was supposed to go into effect this summer.

it requires workers to wear gloves or use utensils when handling foods like the lemon slice in your water. the bill needs to be more specific spelling out exemptions such as drink garnishes. yesterday a judge upheld california's shark fin ban, rejecting claims that the law discriminates against the chinese community. the association filed that lawsuit three years ago. shark fin soup considered a delicacy among the chinese. the ban went into effect last summer. amazing video out of houston as a construction worker barely escapes from a building engulfed in flames watch this. >> oh my god. >> do they see him? >> the whole thing caught on camera by a woman working in a nearby building. you can see how the flames escalate as he's stuck on the top floor of the complex, they're dropping to the floor below. pulled to safety by this ladder and makes it over there to the

edge. watch this. >> i said, come on. he had to make a leap. he jumped, grabbed on, i said, hang on. within a couple of seconds, right, the roof caved in, the whole fifth floor went out. >> watch that. as that ladder is pulling away, seconds after he leaps over, you see it just fell over. firefighters say it's one of the worst fires they have ever seen. construction worker's fine. the cause is still under investigation. >> his heart must have been beating so quickly. >> can't imagine how terrifying. the haunted bay area hotel that has one of the nba star's players scared. a look at the weather radar now. from all of the green, a storm is working its way over the bay area. we'll get another update coming up after this.

next time the san antonio spurs come to town, bet they won't be staying at claremont resort in berkeley because over the weekend the spurs were in town to play the warriors and when jeff tried to enter his room, he told the san antonio express news his key didn't work and heard a baby crying inside. teammates heard that as well. when he got into the room, it was empty. the claremont is rumored to be haunted. duncan told the paper he'd prefer not to stay at hotel again. >> said to be haunted there. lots of creeks in the hall. meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. nothing creepy here, just having coffee in the weather center here. shower activity especially up in the north bay this morning. i can tell you right now, it's all pressing south. still tracking that 5:31 arrival of showers in foster city with our own bob redell. looks like everything's going to work out. we'll have to see after the

break. first mike inouye. >> a break now. that rain is coming in. a drier look at san jose north 101. volume increase here. map shows you the south bay, in the a major problem. starting to see more cars hit the road. around the bay, smooth drive. green and blue, let's zoom in. damp conditions for the north bay. our team coverage of the rain hitting the bay area conditions next. christina, still tracking the storm across the bay area. mike will have a look at your upto the second traffic conditions in three minutes. plus, more than a dozen people, most of them teenagers, arrested after this massive fire in mountain view. what police are now telling us about the cops.

good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's get right to our top story this morning. talking about the weather. live look at san francisco with

the rain falling this morning. now, if you take a look at our weather radar, you can see only going to get worse. we'll call this getting better, because we need the rain. allow a lot of time this morning. it looks dry in san jose now, that is soon going to change. meteorologist christina loren joins us with a look at our microclimate forecast. >> good morning, laura, peggy, everybody at home. showers are starting to come in at this upon. you can see, not dealing with light green. you've got yellow, oranges embedded in the green. heavy to moderate rainfall along the peninsula. timing this to your doorstep. i want to take you into foster city. we told you it was going to start raining at 5:31. 30 seconds away from that. look at this, so are showers. live to bob redell, he's out there. any raindrops yet? >> reporter: we got a little spittal, our camera can't pick it up, but getting spittal, not anything to be worried about as of yet. good morning.

we know there are traditions that will start picking up around 6:00, 6:30 in our area right now. here's the latest video from san francisco. you can see, it's been raining there throughout the night. roads are very wet. if you have business in the city, be careful and especially in the north bay, as you're well aware, the reason typically, the systems typically come from the north, head to the south. that's the reason we're expecting here at san mateo bridge, foster city area and the rest of the bay area to start seeing rain between 6:00 and 6:30. then it will let up and pick up between 10:00 and 11:00. possible the main part of the commute could be spared in terms of being a tremendous amount of rain. one thing we're not seeing, seeing a calm wind. here's the sign heading eastbound across the san mateo bridge, one that's normally lit up saying high wind advisory. clearly it's dark. we don't anticipate there being a wind issue since right now it's very calm here. so again, if you are going to be driving into work this morning, really between 6:00, 6:30,

that's the time to plan around or plan for depending when you have to be in to work. >> i'll take it back to radar. you can't see this, but i can tell you next five to ten minutes we have a heavy bout of rain headed your way. all tracking towards foster city. we'll show you how wet bob gets as we go through the morning hours. as you know, when you've got showers coming in simultaneously with a bit of wind especially over open water bridges and heart of the commute could see problems. that's why we bring in our own mike inouye. he's tracking everything. there it is. bob's getting wet right now. >> goodness. wow. christina's radar says bob's getting wet. we'll check in with bob, if his equipment works. san mateo bridge, no problem. bob did say he's getting little. big concern is not the wet roadways but the damp roadways through the north bay.

green shows you where there's slicker roadways. blue shows puddling. looking at vallejo, approach to the benicia bridge. there's a spinout. team coverage of the rain all morning long. mike checking changes to the commute. we'll continue to check in as they have reports coming up in a few minutes. blareaking news san francis. police are looking for three people who ran from a hit-and-run crash that hurt seven people and shut down a major intersection for hours. the crash happened 1:00 at intersection of geary and van ness. christie smith with an update on the investigation. it's a well-traveled area. >> reporter: it is. very busy street here in san francisco. it was shut down for a time, but van ness is back open in both directions. right now san francisco police are still trying to piece together what happened here but i want to show you what's left of this accident.

that is a light that's down in the center median. witnesses are saying they saw a collision that they just couldn't believe. they saw one car roll, and a second car, they say, that actually started the whole thing. the injured people inside got out and ran. this happened after 1:00 on van ness at geary and shut down a busy thoroughfare. witnesses say what happened is that a smaller car hit an suv and that suv rolled several times. it was described as flying through the air. inside that smaller car, one witness says two women and a man got out, they didn't stop to see what was going on, they just started running away. >> the girl had blood on her face, she was panicked. and some girls, a girl standing here, they probably -- they just say, they might stole the car. once they hit the character all of the people in the character just ran away.

>> reporter: that witness says he actually saw police chasing after some of the people who got out of the car. at this point, it's unclear exactly who was rounded up and who wasn't. but in all, seven people injured, taken to the hospital. it's believed injuries are nonlife threatening. i have calls in to san francisco police. as soon as we hear from them, we'll let you know what they had to say. live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 5:35, a developing story. just into our newsroom showing the dramatic moment a helicopter rescue team plucked a 4-year-old boy from a deadly mudslide in washington on saturday. whisked him away to safety. rescuers couldn't get to the boy by foot because the mud was too deep and sticky. jacob's father, two sisters and a half-brother are still missing. and today, searchers will continue to scour the small washington town, hoping for

another miracle like jacob. this, after they pulled two more bodies from the mud. that brings the total number of dead to 16. and that does not include eight more poddies workers have found but not able to recover. officials say the list of missing people is shrinking as survivors dmaul frcall in from towns that lost power. more than 100 not counted for. >> i'm going to search for my sister. we've come to the realization now that this is transition into recovery for my sister versus a rescue. but regardless, we want to bring her home. my mom wants to hold her one last time and i'm going to make sure that happens. >> the washington governor declared a state of emergency, that could bring long-term federal money beyond what president obama has already ordered. a police in mountain view say more arrests are coming in

connection to a house fire. accused of setting the house on fire, possibly to cover up a burglary. two are charged with burglary and child endangerment. they were part of a group that spent several daze partying at mountain view house while the owner was on vacation. the partying began on march 7th, and on march 16th, three teens started a fire inside the home. several items including a car had been stolen. the house was a total loss. the west contra costa school district will vote on hiring policies after a teacher accused of a sexual conduct was hired in mira vista in richmond. arrested in the middle of class in februarying accused of abusing a student. guinto left the school in the fall and hired by mira vista while being investigated by richmond police. he'll be back in court on

friday. right now, 5:37. checking in with meteorologist christina loren. we've got rainfall perhaps hitting bob redell finally. >> finally. i know, he's not impressed. i can tell you, impressive activity just offshore here. a lot of this is starting to impact the peninsula. i think we are going to see a significant rain shot effect in the south bay. the only place we are getting that training, atmospheric river moving in is bull's-eyeing the south bay. heavy downpours where we don't traditionally get them in the south bay. we always get them in the north bay. we always get those systems, they work diagonally across the bay area and that's what's happening this morning. a preview via our futurecast. taking you through wednesday, we need the rain. it's a promising sight, what we have in store for the next few days. not just talking about rain today, tomorrow, friday into

saturday. talking about rain continuing potentially into wednesday of next week. so, this is basically our last month to take a chip out of the deficit we're running in terms of rainfall totals. the state needs water, as you know, we are in a drought. 7:00 a.m., you can see, that's going to be active. as mike tells you, that's when things pick up around the bay area. keep in mind, if you leave early today, you will be benefiting greatly. 9:00 a.m., wednesday, you can see we're talking about heavy downpours as we finish off the rush hour. 3:00, starting to lighten up with another wave of moisture as we head into thursday, friday, and then the main event arrives on saturday. i'll take you through that in my next report. first, as promised, mike inouye. >> there's a ring you're talking about, hitting the north bay for a while. we see effects of it from the camera in san rafael. southbound 101, you see the mist. water kicks up behind the cars. you'll have to use windshield wipers through the north bay. look at the maps.

road weather index, traffic and weather system tied together, grn shows you the slippery conditions throughout the north bay. in fact, santa rosa, vallejo, seeing blue, likely to see puddling. southbound 680 a spin-out. we see that as cars typically start to hydroplane through the area. i'm getting so excited i've got to slow down my speech. smoother drive through the east shore freeway. no problems on the approach as far as crashes. bay bridge smoothly and slicker. watch for that and the peninsula. palo alto, no wet roadways yet on live cams. >> let's hope the rain makes a difference. how nasa's helping us keep an eye on the california drought. new video just in of a crash involving a chicago commuter train earlier this week. take a look. wow, that train running off the tracks and up the escalator.

welcome back, everyone. 5:42 right now. live look at the weather radar right here, all of that green is rain, moving from the north bay south. allow extra time this morning. you can see there a couple of trouble spots on the roads. mike is watching that closely. christina will have an update on the rainfall coming up in a couple of minutes. president obama continues his european diplomacy tour this morning. he's in belgium, trying to build a united front against russia. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill with a preview of the president's visit and efforts in washington to deal with the ongoing crisis in ukraine. good morning, tracy. >> good morning. look like lawmakers may be able to push through some of their disagreements and get the sanctions for russia on the books some time soon. the vote coming up on that tomorrow. meantime, monitoring the president's trip overseas.

he was at the cemetery where hundreds of americans are buried that fought in world war i. there, he spoke saying that the lessons of war still speak to us and we should never take our peace for granted. he spoke about things like syria, which we could hear about when he gives a big speech in brussels later today. the president is going to be trying to focus on the big pictu picture, not just russia and ukraine but other threats to the united states and its allies like iran, syria. he's meeting with the european union and the speech is happening in a few hours later this afternoon, our time. >> tracy, thanks for the latest. 5:44. the mendocino county deputy killed in the line of duty will be buried today. he was killed in a shoot-out with a suspect last week. the funeral starts at 10:00 in ft. bragg and preceded by a procession of law enforcement vehicles. governor brown will attend along

with state attorney general camel lahair ris. the man accused of killing fiorinto also died in the shoot-out. a new set of eyes tracking to see snowpack from space. nasa equipped a special plane that make regular snow surveys. it will measure the snowpack's depth and water content from 20,000 feet above the ground. scientists say the method is more accurate than measurements actually taken on the ground. that because the snowpack is typically taken at low elevationelevatio elevations. however most of the snow is in the mountain peaks. >> you were mentioning that we could get quite a bit of snow in the sierra. >> but it's the same deal over the highest peaks. i was up at squaw on friday and it's some pretty choice conditions. they're able to make snow as well. yeah, a lot better than they could ten years ago.

the technology driven by the drought as well. finding better, more efficient ways to make snowfall. only that fresh powder can be provided by our girl mother nature. she's got a lot on the way, maybe six, seven feet if everything works out right. as you can see, a lot of activity starting to move into the peninsula area. as we head throughout the morning hours, i want to show you what we have coming our way. it's going to get busier before it starts to calm down. 7:00 a.m., you can see, heavy downpours across the bay area. widespread activity continues until 10:00 a.m. then a break for the second half of the day. and then a heavier round of rain through thursday night into friday. this is what we're expecting on saturday. this is going to be a very active day for us. especially for the second half of the day. look at this, the entire bay area seeing that yellow. and this is significant rainfall. this where we measure that rain in inches, courtesy of the atmospheric river. a preview of what's coming to tahoe. before we hit the atmospheric

river significantly saturday. friday, 2:00 p.m., look at that, 22 inches of snow in bear valley. it's the snowpack that's so important when it comes to the drought. all of the snow replenishes our water supplies, feeds into reservoirs for summer months. first, check your drive with mike. >> i can't see bob from our camera in foster city but i can see the approach of the bay bridge off the san mateo bridge. moving smoothly. we don't see a deluge but a little sprinkle. where traffic and weather systems are tied together. we have this green highlighted, that would be through san mateo highlands. you see the green, which means damp roadways, probably misty conditions as well and drizzle, looking at there along the peninsula. not much in the south bay, northbound 101 starts slowing. but much of the area from the bay bridge and north on either side of the bay. look over here towards the maps. typical build for the tri-valley.

we have wetter conditions out of the altamont pass, westbound 580, livermore, standard wednesday build. rain's coming in, folks will hit their brakes. southbound 880, tap the brakes passing by. south dakota road, a crash around thornton. slicker conditions. lower reaction times, we could have problems as folks approach. here's where that green and the blue eve here on the east bay kicking in for sensors. watch for the slick conditions. something going on near the caldecott tunnel reported for west 24. sounds like debris, but folks slamming on brakes. earlier spinout south 680 in the blue, as well as st. helena, 101. one look at bay bridge toll plaza. backup for cash lanes. back to you. >> thank you. 5:48. video just in of the moment that a commuter train jumped the

tracks and plowed up the escalator. watch this, in chicago, wow, you can see the two people standing near the escalator turn and run for their lives. this unusual scene happened monday morning at o'hare international airport station in chicago. more than 30 people on board the train were hurt. federal investigators say an emergency brake system was activated but couldn't stop the train in time. reports that the operator may have fallen asleep at the control. >> almost looks like a scene out of a movie. people home new surveillance cameras will help catch the person responsible for a string of bizarre crimes. someone has been poisoning lawns in a well-manicured neighborhood near moreland way and saratoga avenue. it's first incident in 2012. recently 30 yards have been hit. whatever poison is being used it causing large swatches of grass to die. residents think the culprit is

getting boulder, so they've banded together to put up $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >> if the thrill of killing grass dies off, what's the next thrill going to be? are we going to be targeted? are our homes going to be targeted? our families? >> police have no information on the suspect. a warning to 49 faithful, new state-of-the-art billion dollar stadium in santa clara comes with a set of strict rules. the fun-filled tailgates will likely be a thing of the past. tailgating will only be allowed in designated lots and loud music is banned. also, forget about tossing around the football before the game. throwing objects inside or outside the stadium will not be allowed. >> kids playing softball, having a good old time, that's not our intention. it ones that disruptive behavior that are causing problems that could cause a disturbance or a fight, and that's what we're trying to avoid. >> this has been going on for so

long, it's like prohibition, it can't work. you can't stop something people like to do. they're not going to be able to stop that. >> people love their tailgates. proposal bans all animals except guide dogs, pan handling and selling anything in the parking lots without a permit famly approved by the city council. >> new things to enforce. 5:51. what a judge is saying about the fashion designer. >> senate prepare for new hearings on the massive security breach involving personal data and tens of millions of target customer.

a prosecutor asked a court to dismiss tax charges against dolce and gabbana. as a result, they were convicted and given 20 months' jail sentences. they are denying the charges. and the senate commerce committee holds a hearing on target's massive data breach. the chief financial officer, john mulligan, will testify. the retailer missed several opportunities to thwart hackers and there was no indication it responded to warnings that malwear was being installed on servers. 40 million debit card records were stolen during the season along with 70 million other records. facebook continues its shopping spree. it's now snapping up oculus, which makes virtual reality goggles for $2 billion that they purchased that. facebook ceo says virtual reality could be the next big

social media platform but facebook will not make money from the devices, rather than selling ads on them. san jose fireworks will return with a bang. approved giving $50,000 to the san jose rotary club to put on the show. the city will also add to the event which costs $200,000 to produce. rotary club hopes the show will direct people away from illegal fireworks. cancelled in 2008 due to lack of funding. a popular eatery in san francisco's west portal neighborhood is reopening, after devastating fire two years ago. the squat and gobble restaurant burned down in october 2012. it's taken 16 months to rebuild from the fire that caused over $7 million worth of damage to the block. mayor ed lee will be there to cut the ribbon and thank firefighters who helped keep that fire from spreading to other nearby buildings. love that name. squat and gobble.

>> it's unusual. let's go, peggy. 5:55. checking in on that forecast. seeing a lot of the green on the radar, good news. >> it is. it means hills will be alive for a little bit longer. so nice to see a return of the green hills across the bay area. as you know, we've had three years, consecutive years, of below average rainfall. it was looking pretty bad for a while. now more rain coming in, impacting the peninsula and east bay. it's going to intensify throughout the morning. san jose, you're about 20 minutes away from that steady rainfall. we're tracking showers to your doorstep by the minute. here's mike inouye. >> rain comes in on the peninsula but it's still a light volume on that side of the bay. traffic not disrupted yet unless you are on the road, you're going to slow a tad. east bay, fremont, 880 southbound, headlights past the truck scales, this is your typical pattern for the build on

a wednesday. reports of a crash southbound 880 around dakota, it's closer to thornton. it's over on the shoulder. no major disruption. drive through and two the dumbarton bridge is moving smoothly as well. rest of the south bay, northbound route, north 101 with slowing. oakland, getting company but no major problems at toll plaza unless paying cash. team coverage of the storm moving into the bay area continues. how that storm is affecting the snow in the sierra. a look at the slopes. plus, we follow breaking news. more than a half dozen people injured after a hit-and-run. a live update next.

breaking news, seven people hurt, cars smashed and out of control driver still on the loose. new details about the major san francisco thoroughfare that was shut down for hours

overnight. driving could be difficult with showers on the radar. quite a bit of activity along the peninsula. all of this headed toward two major highways, 280, 101, tracking that. and that rain is coming in as we're starting to effects of the morning commute, kicking in around the bias well. follow the slowdowns and a warning what to watch, coming up. a live look san mateo bridge for you this morning on this wednesday, march 26th. this is "today in the bay." very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm peggy bunker. time to check in on the forecast as we get wednesday rolling with rain. a live look outside, san jose, san francisco, fremont. rain returned on time for the commute. taking alook at radar, started th the north bay, it's making