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 in the north bay, it's making the rainfall making its way

south. a team in place, watching the weather. mike inouye, bob redell, checking out conditions on the road. let's begin with meteorologist christina loren, live in the weather center. >> good morning to you, laura, peggy. it's one of those mornings make sure you have an extra cup of coffee or make sure you're extra alert when you head out the door. a lot of shower activity into the bay area now. and a lot more on the way. i can tell you, it's going to slam into the peninsula as we head throughout the morning hours. as we head throughout the next couple of days, though, we're going to keep this rain in the forecast. i can tell you right now, at this point, even with pretty decent downpours, we're not tapping into that atmospheric river yet. that comes into the mix as we head into this weekend. ground's going to be saturated. we have potential for localized flooding through the next couple of days in a drought. i know, that's just the case. seven day, showers working their way, especially along the peninsula at that point.

widespread rainfall. 10:00 a.m., that will continue until 1:00 p.m. things will improve, lighten up a touch. but, hey, we're going to see impressive snowfall totals out of this. we'll take you live to tahoe, coming up. check your drive, mike inouye. >> here to the effects of the rain as well. because if it hits the road, affects your drive. north bay, rain's hitting for a while now. this is southbound 101 with the glowing lights. water kick up behind the cars. it's damp, wet in many spots, especially stan rosa, napa, highway 101, 37 out of vallejo. br bay bridge, traffic backs up. watch the connecter ramps. a quick, quick early morning wind advisory registered but chp called that off. farther south, by the san mateo bridge, checking in with our on bay area bob redell, you're over there off 92. i see that in the background. what's going on?

>> reporter: we had a band come through here 20, 25 minutes ago. good morning to you, mike. take a look at video. clfr it as a heavy drizzle, as you would say. lasted for about five minutes. according to radar, that band is heading south. it's in the redwood city area, perhaps, now already into mountain view. enough to just leave a sheen, a gloss look on the roadways, not enough to cause a hazard for the commute. but that could change a couple hours from now. i was on the phone with the weather department and they're saying between 8:00 and 11:00. it's a revision, between 8:00 and 11:00 we could see rain coming in. instead of it heading from the north to the south, it's moving from the ocean, pacific east inland. that's where you're going to have a higher concentration of the bay getting dumped on at once as opposed to it just coming from a northerly so southerly direction. back out here, live, looking at the eastbound direction over my shoulder, highway 92, going up

the incline on the san mateo bridge. you will notice that the sign normally lit with a high wind advisory is now dark, which is a good thing. winds are calm. as far as having to deal with anything driving across the bridge, winds and whatnot, that's not an issue. only thing that's going to an issue is when that rain starts to coming down during the commute. plan ahead. people will be driving slower and you're going to have to add extra time to make sure you get to work on time. >> bob, keep glasses dry out there. thank you. out to the bay bridge. another crossing for the bay. moving smoothly. showed you the toll plaza. but our camera from emeryville pointed at span, wind is moving it around. there was earlier wind advisory but that's taken away about chp. the sign across the san mateo bridge is not light up today. be careful as the rain comes in. you see the glow, mist in the

air. we'll tell the rest of the story. across the bay, fine. either side oakland or right san francisco side. you see the green highlighting there, that's where our road weather index and weather data that we have tieing it together, yeah, damp conditions. watch connecters, slippery and slick. entire north bay hit, highway 101 interstate 80, 680, coming off out of the area across thei bridge. focusing on areas with a spinout along march view. puddling and pondle we hear about spinouts. just getting kicked in for the bay. crossing the bay, smooth drive across the san mateo bridge, highway 92. peninsula showing highlighted with green and that's because the rain or the mist and drizzle coming in making damp roadway conditions. watch speeds. be careful, drive defensively here. south bay, for the most part,

escaping this so far. rain is coming into the south. we have northbound 101 with a bit of a bill there just from 680 to 880. not bad. altamont pass, typical schedule for west 580. we'll track the wet weather all morning long. anytime not on the air, check out nbcbayarea.com. we've put our interactive radar on the front page. track the spring storm to your doorstep. breaking news overnight, seven people recovering after an alleged hit-and-run driver slams into an suv at a busy intersection, flipping it several times than collision happened around 1:00 at intersection of geary and van ness. "today in the bay's" christie smith live by the crash scene with an update on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, busy van ness is back open. six lanes shut down overnight because of the collision that witnesses say they couldn't believe. i did just get off the phone with san francisco police and

they say everyone involved in the collision has been accounted for, but the question now is trying to figure out exactly which of the people they are talking with is the driver. i wanted to show you what's left behind here, and that is a signal light on the ground. that's where one of the vehicles involved ended up. this happened around 1:00 in the morning at van ness and geary. it it basically shut the street down for hours while the investigation went on. and as paramedics arrived. witnesses say, a smaller car hit an suv and that suv rolled several times. described as flying through the air. inside that smaller car, the witness says that two women and a man got out, didn't stop, didn't stick around, but started to run away from the scene. >> so that's when i saw the girl had blood on her face and she was really panicked. and some girls, the girl standing here, they prob -- they

just say, they might stole the car. all of the people just ran away. >> reporter: the witness says that he saw police chasing the three that got out of the car and ran. apparently they did catch up with them. they are speaking with them, although all seven people were injured and taken to the hospital. that was more as a precaution, that all injuries are nonlife threatening. live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. new, authorities in malaysia say that a satellite has spotted 122 new objects in the indian ocean that could be from missing flight 370. take a look at satellite fogt to t photos here. they show objects of various shapes and sizes floating close to each other in the same area where other objects have been scene. in reality, they're quite large.

planes spot three objects where three other satellites previously detected possible debris. a dozen planes and five ships from several countries including the u.s. are hunting for the objects. they have not retrieve anything yet. malaysia's defense minister says the satellite images are the most credible lead they have. video released today showing the moment a helicopter rescue team pulled a 4-year-old boy, named jacob, from wreckage of a deadly mudslide that happened saturday. you see him in the rescuer's arms. the rescuers couldn't get to the boy by foot because the mud was too deep, some describe it as cement-like. his brother, two sisters and a half-brother still missing. >> they pulled two more bodies from the mud. that brings the total number of dead to 16. they're not yet counting eight additional bodies workers have found but have not been able to recover. officials say the list of people

missing is shrinking as survivors call in from a nearby town that lost power. more than 100 not accounted for. family members teaming up with crews to find them. >> i'm going to search for my sister. we've come to the realization this has transitioned into recovery for my sister versus 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 state of emergency that could bring long-term federal money beyond what president obama has ordered. >> 6:10. still ahead on "today in the bay," wrong turn, not a big deal unless of course that happens in space. coming up, why three astronauts, including one american, getting to the international space station later than expected. plus, boats at sea, tossed and turned as bliz-like conditions slam the east coast.

wild wind and snow next. taking alike outside. highway 101 in palo alto moving well, north and south. we're watching roads closely as rain starts to settle in.

welcome back now. good wednesday morning to you. yeah, the showers are steadily moving in. i want too take you into san francisco because we can get down to the street level. look at that, richmond district, heavy downpours. the same for daly city and the bayview district. more heavy rain on the way. tracking the storm system and two more on its heels.

lots of rain headed our way. we'll talk about it in your full forecast. >> we talked to bob redell. look, the east bay side of the san mateo bridge, a couple of drops on the lens. i see wet roadways as well. what our sensors read, what you're go to experience, coming up. taking a look at today's top stories. in san francisco, intersection of geary and van ness back open after an apparent hit-and-run crash overnight. police are trying to piece together the events but witnesses say an suv rolled several times, three people inside got out and ran. several people hurt in the crash. searchers will continue to comb through the mud in hopes of finding anyone alive. searchers will. total of 16 people confirmed dead than number does not include eight additional bodies workers have found not able to recover. >> a satellite spotted about 122

new pieces of various shapes and sizes in the indian ocean that could be the wreckage from the missing flight 370. a dozen planes and five ships are looking for the objects today. no news of anything retrieved so far. three astronauts waiting in space to dock with international space station. their spacecraft had to make an unexpected turn after an issue with the engine. now, docking isn't expected until thursday. two russians, one american on board. all systems are operating properly, and the crew is not in any danger. happening now, a spring storm bringing blizzard-like conditions to massachusetts and eastern maine. take a look, video from chatham, massachusetts. boatels struggling against heavy waves. reporter standing out on a walkway says wind with whipping so hard it actually stings. >> it is howling out here, it is

painful. stay indoors, stay off roads. whoo! don't come outside if you don't have to because it does hurt. >> sounds painful. five to ten inches of snow forecast for cape cod, nan tuck sweat martha's vineyard. maine's eastern tip 8 to 16 inches of snow. local forecast. we give you a live look outside. san mateo bridge, wet, soggy, slippery. traffic backing up as well. take it easy this morning. >> really picking up. babridge, a look at that, you can see the span looking very, very busy right now. still buhl with aeautiful with . >> rain means snow on the ground in lake tahoe. >> if you plan on taking a trip to the mountains, bring your chains. interstate 80 with more. >> we are at donner summit, over 7,000 feet up. you can see, right along interstate 80, pavement is white this morning.

snow continues to come down. driving up to lake tahoe from the bay area, this is what you can expect. rain down in the valley. you can expect slick roadways on interstate 80 as soon as you hit nyac you, will see snow flurries. you need to bring chains with you. again, you will see the slick roads and the white roads as well as soon as you hid king veil. take it slow. you will encounter the winds and cole temperatures. if you're about to head out the door, grab an extra layer. back to you. >> not heading out the door right now but people will be heading out to the sierra this weekend excited for the snow. best window of opportunity? >> i think if you're headed up there for the weekend, get out of here on friday because saturday is looking very, very heavy. which is great news because we want that fresh powder. you only get the fresh powder from the storm systems. we try our hardest to make that

fresh powder with the snow machines but, hey, not easy. we want to bring in brian hager. i was out at squaw friday, and before the next round of snow moves in, i mean, you have great conditions up there. it's all about the upper mountain, wouldn't you agree? >> yeah, the mountain is holding up nice. higher elevations, snow's freezing at night. making perfect spring skiing. excited for the storm to come to get fresh powder. >> i can tell you, on saturday, that's going to be the weather game changer, when we tap into that the atmospheric river and that could produce four feet of snow over the course of saturday into sunday. a lot of people are going to be headed up there. we shouldn't be giving up on that ski season yet. look at this. able to make that snow on top of it because temperatures are really cold overnight. you need low humidity and freezing temperatures to make that great snow.

so, in combination with mother nature, making it up there. as a result, choice conditions. looking good at the base up there. throughout the next couple of days, preview what we are expecting. just through friday before we hit that tap potentially on saturday. everything's looking like we will do so. bear valley, 22 inches between now and friday. so, it's all about the upper mountain. if you can get up, get up as high as you can. right now nice and dry in tahoe. a different story in the bay area. the bumming of the moisture is locate word bob redell is in foster city, light rainfall. take you into the city by the bay. san francisco, starting to get active. take it easy, travel cautiously. it's dark as well. so, if you get your kids ready for school, at the bus stop, it's going to be dark and damp. stay safe. bay area looking good for showers to continue through the morning. we stop the clock at 8:00 a.m. at that point, heavy bouts of

rain over the peninsula. still mostly dry in san jose but not for long. between 8:00 and s10:00 we get slammed. this is not including that atmospheric river. let me show you what comes into the mix through saturday. a lot of that green. take a look at what comes in on saturday 5:00 p.m. what's so great, we're getting heaviest rainfall in the central valley where our farmers need it desperately. this is a good sign. it's going to come in at once. make sure you're safe out there. keep you aware of what's coming our way. monday, keeping the atmospheric river go, even tuesday and wednesday. we could make up significant totals we've been lacking. hopefully all will pan out. we don't want a rough drive. mike's here to help us out. >> yeah, no rough drive. foiled because of this, talking about this. on our radar, it pushed through

palo alto, 101 now you see the roadway slick. i told you we're going to use the sign to see how much water's on the roadway. a few minutes ago it was kicking up. it calmed down here. road weather index and weather system, we have green where the rain traveled through, registering you'll have damp conditions. watch at on and off ramps. south bay, starting to get rain now. just through sunnyvale and santa clara, damper conditions. northbound 101 into the same area slows for san jose. slowing for 87 as more folks hit the road in to san jose as well. bay looks like this. rain having impact on the incognito because of the wetter roads. travels over the bay. dumbarton, where we have the slowdown for the commute. as they combine for the next half hour a dramatic slowing happen. the altamont, tri-valley, east

shore looking good. oakland, a live look past the coliseum. we do see that the camera starting to get misty eyed because of the mist in the air. use windshield wipers toward the bay bridge toll plaza. backup at toll plaza as well for all lanes. they turned metering lights on. here you can't see it, but there's a puddle behind where it says nbc, see the water hitting. heavy mist, drizzle and rain. east shore freeway moves smoothly. talk about, again, green all over the area of the east bay through san francisco and north bay. even have puddling and ponding off of highway 101 along the coast. across ben niche icia bridge fo concord hit with rain. >> time 6:22. ahead on "today in the bay," stock and trade on vernon davis. how and why the 49er's going public. tailgates without tossing a football around. new reality at levi's stadium

that could take fun out of the 49ers' tradition. mike showed you a lot of the different roadways around the bay area. live picture in fremont. interstate 880. moving slowly. rainfall on the way in many parts. take it easy. glad you're with us.

warning to the 49 faithful

that new state -of-the-art bill dollar stadium that comes with a new set of very strict rules. >> don't think about breaking them. fun-filled tailgates from the candlestick era -- >> over. >> yeah, a thing of the past. bring on the meat and the grill but tailgating allowed in designated lots. loud music, banned forget about tossing a football around before the game. throwing objects of any kind inside or outside the stadium, not allowed. proposal, which bans all animals except guide dogs. pan handling and selling anything in parking lots without a permit, not being allowed either. forget about the next big silicon valley tech company to go public. >> talking about a san francisco-based company that would trade nfl players like stocks. first up, 49ers tight end, vernon davis part of the deal. the company will pay davis $4 million in exchange for 10% of his future football-related earnings. to cover his fees, selling

120,000 shares of stock, $10 per stock. the performance of the stock will depend on whether the star will land another contract. no comment from davis. 6:27. three secret service agents sent home. we'll tell you why bad behavior got them pulled from the president's detail. company behind candy crush going public. how the game's priced when we go live to the opening bell.

new this morning, president obama honors americans who gave their lives during world war i. a preview of the big speech he's expected to give this morning. make sure you're ready for a slippery commute. san jose, starting to get heavy downpours in this area. over the past 15 minutes, the activity ramping up. it's going to get worse before it gets better. your full forecast moments away. >> rain comes in, a lot of folks

hitting the road. seeing slowdowns, and looking for a stall by the coliseum. things are getting tweet on the new york stock exchange. break out the oranges, grape. candy crush, going public this morning. look for it under the symbol king, starting trading at $22.50 a share. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you, i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. here are more details about so the called candy crush stock. not the game, but instead, the maker, which is going public. king digital entertainment will trade under the symbol king on the new york stock exchange, priced at 22.50 a share. initial public offering raised $500 million for the 10-year-old company. >> some people will run for the

smartphone. new, president obama honoring americans who died in world war i by laying awreath in belgium. 368 marble tombstones sit in the cemetery. great war started nearly 100 years ago in 1914. america joined the war in 1917. by the time the war ended in 1918, more than 116,000 american service members had been killed. >> today, president obama will give a major speech in brussels. expected to give special attention to the conflict in ukraine. tracy pots live on capitol hill. >> the president is expected to emphasize the fact it's going to take an international effort, u.s. working with its partners, in europe, to get russia to back off or not go any further into ukraine. but ukraine isn't the only issue. a number of things they're talking about today. in the netherlands the president did talk about russia,

interestingly, made this comment that russia may not be as important on the world stage at they think. here what happens he said. >> russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength, but out of weakness. they don't pose the number one national security threat to the united states. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> but russia is a factor specially now with the crisis in ukraine. it's part of what the discussions are about in brussels as we await the president making some comment after that meeting with the european union. >> want to continue to watch. secret service says it sent three agents home from the netherlands the day before

president obama arrived for a nuclear security summit. now, publicly the secret service will only say the three were benched for disciplinary reasons. sources say one of the three was found drunk by hotel staffers in amsterdam. the other two accused of not doing enough to calm down the drunk agent. time to check local forecast as we give you a live look at san francisco this morning. this is van ness avenue. always busy there. rain coming down. take it easy. pretty slick out there. >> have the raindrops made it to the south bay? san jose, you can see rain clouds overhead looking like slick roads, too. wanting that closely. checking in with meteorologist christina loren. rain is good news these days. >> really, really is. we're getting heavy downpours in the city right now. i want to widen out and show you san jose where it started raining over the past 15 minutes. rain is going to continue to intensify as we head throughout the morning hours frp san jose,

campbell, los gados, 17, heavy rainfall started up over the past ten minutes. you could see a slower than normal drive. we'll check on that if a moment. 880, steady rain along the east shore. a time when people hit the highway. you want to give yourself extra time and take it it easy out there. temperatures today are going to be cool. upper 50s, mid-60s, that's it. i can tell you it's going to be warm enough for isolated thunderstorms to pop up this afternoon as we get daytime heating. what we're expecting as far as rainfall totals go through friday. additional three inches in santa rosa. one to two inches in the tri-valley. and a half inch up to an inch more right here in san jose. expecting the heaviest rainfall for the next few days up in the north bay. everything changes as we head into the weekend. thursday, on and off showers. by friday, a break. high pressure's going to build in just for about 12 hours. look at what comes our way as we

head through saturday morning. take a look at this. we've got heavy rain, very unusual to see the deep red here on the futurecast. this is all a product of the atmospheric river, which is going to bring really heavy rain all the way across the bay area. as we head throughout your saturday. 4:00 p.m., you can see that just about everywhere, getting slammed. and then a little bit of a break sunday with more rain on the way as we head through monday. in fact, i can tell you now, all the a way across the board through wednesday, significant chances for rain. i'm going to tally what we are expecting over the course of friday, in addition to what's coming our way this weekend. when we get that atmospheric river, your mind might be blown. mike inouye and that drive. >> might blow your mind. looking here to oakland where we just might blow you down. northbound part the coliseum. now, that's the headlight side toward 98 and 66. glow to the lights. rain coming in patches for the

east bay. looking at that. the southbound side, taillight, i was looking for the stall reported by chp, but it has cleared from the roadway. there you go. look at the maps, you can see, bottom of the screen, by the clock, oakland into downtown, slowing because of conditions as well as volume of traffic. from richmond to the bay bridge, slower drive on right. north bay into the city, green heig highlighted, damp, slippery conditions. that hit over the peninsula in the last 15, 20 minutes. rain cleared to the east bay. east bay rain as well as south bay. wet roadways as rain continues to bill as well as commute at the same time. 85, 87, 101, san jose, right around 55 to 50 miles per hour. that's a lot of slowing that's happened over the last 15 year. rest of the commute to the tri-valley, nothing unpredictable. livermore, slowing as well as south 680 through pleasanton. rain not impacting this yet.

bay bridge toll plaza, christina talking about the rain hitting many spots. watch the transitions through the maze, watch the speeds and lower them, you have to, over at the toll plaza. still ahead, construct worker clinging to a ledge as a massive flame breaks out around him. you can see this incredible story behind the jaw-dropping video next. new video showing the moment a train jumped the tracks at o'hare international airport.

navy football player has died while in a coma. freshman linebacker will mckamey hospitalized since collapsing three days ago. the 19-year-old guy died eight baltimore hospital with his family at his side. he was carrying the ball but was not hit when he collapsed. he's had a previous head injury from 2012 that sent him to the hospital. it's unclear if that injury had any affect on the collapse. new video of the moment the commuter train jumped the tracks and plows ahead. two people jump out of the way, running for their lives. this happened monday at o'hare international airport station in chicago.

more than 30 people on board that train, they were hurt. an emergency brake system activated. there are reports that the operator may have fall an sleep at the control. have you seen this? incredible cell phone video, shows construction worker trapped on the fourth floor balcony of a burning building. he paced back and forth, decided to jump down to the third floor and fire crews rescued him just as the walls began falling there. such a timely rescue. amazing. the fire destroyed the luxury apartment complex under construction and the cause of that fire is under investigation. so quickly they had to get that done. >> incredible. the firefighter waving his arms saying get me closer, in the nick of time. 6:41. update to breaking news as seven people hurt, cars smashed as an out of control driver on the loose. new details about the major san francisco thoroughfare shut

down for hours overnight. possible case of drought retaliation in the south bay. how one neighborhood green lawns may have prompted someone to poison the grass. >> free water on the lawn and free car wash as well. i can tell you now, it's one of those days, ton off sprinklers if you left them on. let's help out with that situation. san francisco, san jose, cloudy skies, radar slowing you bay area from space. lots of rain. more on the way as well. "today in the bay" tracking showers in moments.

very good wednesday morning, a wet one as well.

time to check the forecast as we give you a live look at san jose and san francisco. rain has returned right in time for the morning commute. take a look at radar there is morning. rain started in the north bay, making its way south. >> we do have teams in place watching the weather this morning. mike inouye, of course, and bob redell watching conditions for you out on the roads. we want to begin with meteorologist christina loren who joins us in studio. no raindrops here, thank goodness. it's definitely falling outside. >> it is. which means if you parked outside, friday cash wash. this is a great time, this is a great time. as we head through the next seven to eight days we have rain in the forecast. turn your sprinklers off, let mother nature water that lawn for you and help us save some water as you know, we're trying to conserve whatever we can in the drought. what i can tell you, the next seven to eight day a weather game changer. we have that atmospheric river coming into the forecast and for us, that's potential to

accumulate maybe seven, eight inches of rainfall especially up in the north bay. what's nor important than rainfall, snowpack. that's what replenishes reservoirs and water plies for the summer months. a lot of snowfall on the way as well. before we get to the snowpack, what we are expecting, want to show you what's happening now. live with bob redell, he joins us at the san mateo bridge. our radar's lightening up. where you are, you're in a lull. how has it been? how are commuters responding to the wet weather coming in in the heart of the morning drive? >> reporter: good morning to you. here in foster city, you can see eastbound 92, going across the san mateo bridge behind me, where traffic is at the limit. only event we had this morning, over an hour ago. take a look, we had a band of rain that came through here. and it gave a good heavy drizzle, is the way i put it, five minutes and then

disappeared. we've had on and off ever since then. nothing to affect the commute, at least not yet. between 8:00 and 11:00. so in another hour, we are expecting more bands to be coming through the greater bay area to be hitting your major roadways trying to get into work. yes, that is later in the commute. but it's still during the commute. if you are headed to work, leave now before that time or at least add some time to your drive time so you get into work on time in and the boss isn't angry. the sign behind me here is not lit up. usually when we have the rain events you see a high wind advisory. i bring this up because there isn't much wind here. it's relatively calm, especially the top of the incline and san mateo bridge. roads are somewhat wet, wetter more in the north bay and san francisco. not so much south throughout the bay area. again, between 8:00 and 11:00,

expecting some of the bands that come through again and wet on the roads which could add problems if you're trying to get into work. >> thanks, bob. thanks for being a good sport being out there. we know you as well will likely have to go outdoors today. thickest bouts of rain through santa cruz, watsonville, pushing up towards san jose. right now, highways here in the south bay starting to get slick. training coming, in, off the pacific, that is slamming san francisco through hayward and fairfield. you want to take it easy out there. but the great news is, all of the rain is moving into the central valley where our farmers need it desperately. going to see a nice green hillside for the next several weeks kucourtesy of rain today. more on its heels. take a look. futurecast. stop the clock for you. at 6:00 a.m., we're expecting really, really heavy snowfall as we progress through the day

today. starting up right now up in tahoe. we could accumulate today and tomorrow potentially up to two feet with additional maybe four to five feet if everything works out over the weekend into monday. a lot of rain on the way. don't want to let it catch you off guard. we stop the clock at 8:00 a.m. starting to slam at that point. showers will lighten up. as we progress through the second half of the day, they really lighten up, fair game for on and off showers throughout 4:00 p.m. also the time bull's-eyeing for potential thunderstorms, possible in the higher elevations as we head throughout the afternoon. tomorrow, showers are light but continue. nice break on friday. and then as we head into saturday, atmospheric river comes in. picking up reds, oranges, yellows. this is heavy rainfall. this is what could produce maybe 6, 7 inches of rain in the north bay. saw it last time. up to 12 inches in napa from one storm system. keep that going monday, tuesday,

wednesday. we're tracking this. every single time the models come out, i'm watching them like a hawk for you. this is really good news. mike inouye. >> you say that rain's coming through the south bay. i turn cameras around. we don't see a lot of rain on the roadway at this camera, 101. a damper, at least. you see a glow in the air, moisture in the air. this is slowdown north 101 north of the 680/280 interchange. the map, we see slowing on sensors for the area here north from capitol expressway where things dip as far as the speeds approaching allen rock. green highlighted, the radar kicked in to triggering rain sensors to come in as well. that reports where you might have damp roadways. no puddling on the major freeways. north 87 as well as north 85. as rain comes through, the cars hitting roadways as well, a bad combination for the commute. dramatic slowing over the next 2030 minutes.

rest of the bay looking good. rain hit the peninsula. but before the bulk of the traffic came through, another wave coming through. be careful 101. standard build through san mateo and palo alto. here in the east bay, slowing southbound 280, fremont. same thing for the tri-valley. zoom you in here toward highway 4 westbound. earlier crash toward 242 caused things to be backed up now wet roadways, down the east shore freeway through richmond. southbound 680, a crash in the slow lane. that will cause a slowdown until they clear that. here approaching the bay bridge, talked about rain and puddling registering for richmond and east shore freeway. nothing dramatic at toll plaza. the maze, live view, it's soupy on the lens. send it back to you. >> thank you. of course we'll track wet weather all morning, any time not on air, head to our website,

nbc bay area.com. we've put interactive radar on the front page to track the storm straight to your doorstep. breaking news at 6:51. san francisco police are questioning suspects involved in an overnight hit-and-run crash. you can see damage here. several people were hurt when an suv sideswiped, flipping it over several times. the collision happened 1:00 at very busy intersection of geary and van ness in the city. "today in the bay's" christie smith live by the crash scene with an update on the investigation. i understand changes, christie? >> reporter: good morning to you. let me start by saying busy van ness is clear for the morning commute except all of the rain dumping on us. what happened here, getting a clearer picture, a car was going down geary and it plowed into an suv coming down van ness. that's clear. but it took out a traffic signal that's still down in the median

this morning. witnesses are telling us, after the impact, the people in the car, a couple of them got out and ran, this as the suv rolled over and came to a stop at that traffic signal. now if you know the area, this is on van ness, right by a busy spot. had to be closed down while pair are medics came and helped the injury. >> girl had blood on her face. she was panicked. and then some girls, girl who was standing here, they just say, oh, they might stole the car. so once they hit the character all of the people in the car just ran away. >> reporter: witnesses are saying that police chased down those who ran away and this morning, police were telling us they were trying to determine which of those people were the driver, because everyone who left the scene is accounted for. the latest information they do know who the driver is.

six people taken to the hospital. but they mainly had nonlife-threatening injuries and expected to be okay. christie smith, "today in the bay." update it a developing story. today, search crews will use cadaver dogs, small bull dozers and hands to dig through the mud that obliterated more than 30 homes in a washington town. much of the population of the town of oso still missing. yesterday, crews pulled two more bodies from the mud, bringing the total number of the dead to 16. they're not counting eight additional bodies workers have found but have not been able to recover. officials say the list of people missings a shrinking, as survivors call in from a nearby town that lost power. new this morning, another issue with the domestic malaysian flight. this one forced to turn back because of, check this out, one of the engines catching fire. you can see the picture here. they say the plane landed safely, no one injured the

airline has only been in business one year. that scare comes hours before the announcement confirming images show 122 pieces of debris floating in the water where crews are searching for flight 370. 12 planes and 2 ships from several countries including the u.s. scouring the indian ocean for any signs of wreckage. weather conditions have improved allowing yous to continue searching in areas the size of alaska. >> ceo of target will face questions about the security breach. testifying before a senate committee whether the company ignored early warning signs about the holiday season's cyberattack. the company says 40 million payment card records stolen with 70 million other records. a report released by the senate committee yesterday says target ignored automated warnings that malwar was being installed on target systems.

the cfo is one of six who will testify. ellen richie will testify, the chief enterprise risk officer of foster city-based visa. california lawmakers reconsidering a new law that will require all chefs and bartenders to wear gloves when they touch food. the committee voted roo-to-repeal and revisit that regulation. this requires workers wear gloves when handling ready to eat food. some say the bill needs to be more specific. the berkeley city council fighting back against big oil companies after reports more shipments coming into the bay area by rail. council directed the city attorney to join any lawsuits over the transportation of oil from canada and north dakota to bay area refineries. the city will oppose permits or environmental impact reports from refineries planning to start oil shipments by rail.

the deadly crash from fremont yesterday, we have learned the rider killed in the crash was a marine, who just returned home from afghanistan. another man, yohn, driving drunk and running from police when he smashed into the motorcyclist. the driver just kept going, and crashed into a pole. he was later taken into custody. more arrests expected in connection to a house fire in mountain view. 14 people, including 12 minors, already under arrest, accused of setting the house on fire, possibly to cover up a burglary. an 18-year-old, both charged with burglary and child endangerment. they were part of a group that spent several days partying at home while the owner was on have a vacation. the partying began march 7th. 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 car was found in one piece. people hope new surveillance cameras will catch the person responsible for poisoning lawns in the south bay. this is near moreland way and saratoga. the first incident happened in 2012, recently 30 yards hit. whatever poison is used, it causing large swatches to die. people suspect the retaliation for those who use water during conservation for their lawn. residents think the culprit is getting bolder. they've put up $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. police have no information on the suspect at this time. lawns and gardens are getting a good, free drenching out there. >> you can still turn those sprinklers off if scheduled to come on today. probably through the next eight days it's safe to turn them off. a lot of rainfall on the way. live radar shows you rainfall

coming in now. not as widespread as it will be throughout the next two to three hours. keep this on for you, tracking it every 1345i75 minutes here. check out facebook page, posting showers and where they're headed as the day goes on. mike inouye. >> as you know, next two or three hours, when the rain is coming through, the bay area, we have traffic that's the bulk of the commute. bay bridge toll plaza, misty above the roadway. on the roadway you can see that. you can see the drops hitting and that's a problem as you approach the maze. to the maze itself from emeryville camera, soupy conditions. be careful. slow it down through the connecters because it can be slippery. maps, nothing unexpected as far as speeds. green means wet roadways. blue, puddling and ponding. all wet roadways. south bay kicking in with slowdown 101. live look at palo alto, misty here as well. >> thanks a lot. that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live local

news update. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00 a.m. >> try to stay dry. . good morning.>> breaking news. debris field. up to 122 objects, possibly tied to malaysia air flight 370 spotted in new satellite images of the southern indian ocean. we're live with the overnight developments and the search. grim task, the death toll soars in that rrific mudslide in washington as more bodies are located overnight. while an alarming question is raised. should people have been living in an area considered destined for a cots trophic disaster? new embarrassment. three secret service agents pulled from the president's detail in europe and september home. this morning, what they're