weekend. lots to go over. time line for the changes in moments. >> wow. we'll be tracking more wet roads. right now damp roads for fremont. we'll show you the tri-valley and what's going on, coming up. a bay area community on edge after a high school student tells police, this man groped her as she walked to school. >> changing his tune, the san jose city councilman who wants to change measure b which reformed the city's pension system. >> a look at the bay bridge. wednesday april 2nd. this is "today in the bay." good morning, everyone. thank for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm peggy bunker laura garcia-cannon is off this morningen this week's stormy weather causing problems overnight. pg&e crews called out to the situation, a fallen tree in oakland near mcarthur boulevard and fairmont.

it took down some power lines with it. crews worked overnight to clean up the mess. san jose, things expected to be clear. skies are looking calm. the rain will be returning. meteorologist christina loren is tracking the next storm into the bay area. she'll be along in six minutes with details on that. we continue to follow developing news out of chile. now getting new images of damage caused by the massive earthquake. cell phone video. large aftershocks continue to shake the area. the largest aftershocks, 6.2 in magnitude. the initial 8.2 magnitude quake hit off the coast into the city of iquique. it created a toousunami. >> good morning. there are -- there is good news for people in chile, many are allowed back into their homes after fear that the huge tsunami subsided. only six-foot waves that washed

ashore. six people have died and officials fear more could be found dead as daylight breaks in that area. surveillance video, people running out of the convenience store there, trying to take cover as things start shaking off of the shelves and lights flickering, power going out. all from the initial shock of the 8.2 quake. there was significant damage to many buildings in that area, including a prison where some 300 people escaped during the quake and people returned home this morning they are asked to check for downed electrical wires and gas leaks because there's potentialer to more fires. officials seem to feel the country dodged a bullet but the danger remains in other part of the world. >> this earthquake has two qualities to make it sure to generate some level of tsunami. first, it's very shallow, so it's made the sea floor move a lot because it has a shallow depth. and it's a big event. it's 8.2. those two together, guarantee

will will be some tsunami coming on shore. >> hawaii is around a tsunami advisory. experts do not believe there's going to be catastrophic wave but was changes in currents which could prove dangerous for swimmers and boaters. they'll continue to monitor the findings and take a look at it. extra police patrols out in pleasant hill after two high school girls were groped on their way to school. one of the girls able to snap the picture of the man who allegedly grabbed her yesterday. he's described as hispanic, in his 40s. another girl said the same thing happened to her monday morning. students and parents have been warned. the alleged groping happened two miles from each other, one on harriette drive, the other on a popular trail. raymond shrimp boyd chow expected to make an appearance. the alleged leader of the organization expected to be

assigned a lawyer. he's accused of money laundering and receiving stolen property. arrested last week in that massive fbi raid in which senator, state senator, leyland lee also arrested. the state senate suspended yee but worked out a way for yee's constituents to have their say in state government. yee's district offices in san mateo and san francisco counties are going to stay open. the seat disappears in november because of redistricting approved two yearsing a. senator hill and leno will take over portions of the district. a council member who backed the pension reform plan is changing his mine. "today in the bay's" christie smith live from downtown with an interview with the councilman. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. san jose voters approved measure b in 2012, pension reform. since then, it's landed in court.

and now council member is look at revisiting it and some changes. now, you actually voted for it, though. what do you want to change? >> there's a few components, i think, causing problem with the employee retention issue and i'm suggesting to my colleagues we might want to reconsider a couple of the items. >> reporter: we were talking earlier, specifically looking at retaining police officers. what challenges are you seeing there? >> that is a department where we're seeing most of the problems. we've had retirements, both leaving and on top of that, folks coming out are going to other jurisdictions right away. >> reporter: how do you balance this with making it financially sustainable if you revisit it. >> some of the benefit levels i started out, and these are a landing place, are pension reform. that's key to the issue. these are rollbacks from get-go. there are savings that we've achieved already. the long-term issue, i'm asking

my staff to give me feedback on and make sure we're landing in the right place. >> reporter: council will take this up april th. >> we're taking up potential muni code change and potential discuss about the item. i'm asking them to look at disability retirement issue that's causing problem in the police department and suggesting a look at other items that are potentially causing problems and the employee attraction and retention issues. >> reporter: that's a mouthful. thank you for being with us. you're having a press conference at 10:30. we'll be there. live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> great to hear from him directly. a bay area lawmaker asking a federal agency to look into the government's super fund toxic cleanup fund. this according to the mountain view voice, the letter cites a report by the investigative unit

which found new pollution released into the environment as the government tries to clear toxic waste. epa say there's are 21 super fund sites, including hewlett-packard, moffet naval air station. 5:07. checking in with meteorologist christina loren joining us with a look at forecast. good morning. >> good morning. i know a lot of people are talking about our weather. let's give them something more to talk about today because we still have those showers and thunderstorms going this morning. i get to show you cool science right here, right now. basically i set your radar back for one hour and i really want to focus in on this little blob of moisture located right over the north bay this morning. as we progress throughout the morning hours, we've got this area of low pressure draped on top of us. and, yeah, this is not going anywhere. the system has stalled out. you can see that count

counterclockwise rotation from the storm cell. this means we'll be in the thick of it at least for the next several hours. that things not moving. so as we head throughout the morning, grab that umbrella, make sure you can on the slick driving conditions. we don't have a lot of fog or wind. expecting the wend to pick up once the storm system exits out of here. 64 degrees in the south bay. 63 along the peninsula. san francisco, only 58 degrees. evening clearing expected. taking you through the bay area's microclimate, 64 degrees. today looking good, tri-valley, east bay, north bay, 60s. and then we hit the 80s. a big-time warm-up coming our way before another whopper storm system gets its act together and moves into the bay area. can't wait to talk about that. as you know, we need the rain. and our chances are going to get slimmer and slimmer as we progress through the late portion of this month. here's mike inouye and the

morning drive. >> good morning. sounds like for the north bay, a chance to catch a little bit of the rain as it's hanging out. bay bridge, lights come over from san francisco on the lower deck towards treasure island. i see them moving smoothly. we don't see interruption on the maps. there was a stall reported around treasure island and cleared from the chp report i see as well. shouldn't be a major problem. westbound, a problem. fas-trak lanes moving smoothly. the wet roads that we saw, puddling and ponding started to clear. as far as the index goes. but still damp roadways and freeway off-ramps. watch the bridges, you might guest a gust or two. your wednesday shaping up to be a typical, average wednesday and it's great stuff. south bay, farther south, guys, road weather index calling out fog and lower visibility in morgan hill and gilroy.

>> thank you. in a few hours, santa clara will welcome a brand-new walmart store off highway 101. the store's created nearly 100 jobs. as part of the grand opening, the store's giving 6,000 to groups. a woman from oakland will help michelle obama plant the sixth annual white house kitchen garden today. sarah ting one of six food core members that will join mrs. obama. she works with the oakland unified district. the nutritional wing of the american services network, the garden contains more than 55 different fruits and vegetables, as well as a honey bee hive. one-third of all produce created at white house will be donated to d.c. area shelters. >> cool project. 5:10. what we are learning about the october of injured 49er bowman

playing in the first game of the season. new developments for a bay area salesman's quest to sell his car to jimmy fallon. how things are going, coming up. let's face it,

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shares of the tech company hit a 52-week high yesterday after it announced a settlement in a shareholder lawsuit. some investors upset about the decision to buy $1 billion to buy palm in order to create a tablet. the company took it off the market after seven weeks. it's the lawsuit that's over helped with the price. for a look at rest of the markets, live at cnbc world headquarters, good morning. >> good wednesday morning to you. futures are higher after stocks posted their first three-day winning streak in more than a month. s&p 500 index, the broadest measure of the market's performance, hit a new record high. investors reacting to a positive report on the manufacturing sector. look for data today on private sector job growth and factory orders. the dow rising 74 points, 16532. nasdaq closing up as well. 69 points to 4268.

back to you. >> kayla, thank you. 5:14. check in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you. happy to be the bearer of good news in the weather department. we picked up over two inches of rainfall in parts of the bay area over the past 48 hours. we need it desperately. this really looking good. putting us in a promising position when it comes to the california drought that we are experiencing i can tell you right now, yesterday and the day before's rainfall, already, though we're in the second day of april, we've exceeded our average daily rainfall for many cities across the bay area. it's unusual to have i storm system packing this much moisture coming in at this time of year. as we head throughout the next couple of weeks, we are not done. i'm looking at 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th for the next round of significant rainfall. the coastline, as we head throughout the thursday into friday. this is what we're working with

now. you can see this slow moving system. it has slowed down. and that means we'll keep rain in the forecast for the first part of the day. i set your radar back one hour. you can see how this has not moved over the past hour. what we are expecting throughout the next few hours it's going to arrive in san jose. the lingering activity is going to to be in the south bay by 7:00. that's where we'll see the most action as the system is pressing to the south. temperatures chilly. grab your coat and umbrella. 45 degrees to kick off the day in san jose. 46 degree as long the peninsula. east bay at 45 degrees. 48 in san francisco. we're putting together a very extensive drought special airing here on nbc bay area saturday evening. stay tuned. it's something we talked with state officials about. we wanted to put into perspective the reality of this drought. keep in mind, that's saturday night. we'll keep you updated. 64 for today. looking food in san jose, 63

along the peninsula. 58 in san francisco. and we're also looking good throughout the other microclimate, low 60s today, afternoon clearing, partial clearing by this afternoon. and by this evening we'll clear you out. we'll talk more about the rainfall on the way and the 80s in the forecast. right now, mike. >> talking about that rain, making its way down over the next couple of hours through the south bay. right now a little bit of pause. roadways are damp. they're not wet but they are damp. watch the transition ramps and watch the rain while that system comes down from the north bay into the south bay. smooth flow from san jose and the silicon valley. south of there, slowing from 152 up northbound 101 toward morgan hill out of gilroy. potential of fog, might have been related but the traffic smoothed out. index tied in with weather, a chance of lower visibility as you travel south 101. greater bay area looking good. green here on the peninsula,

pacifica, san mateo, burlingame, wet roadways. subtle differences but watch those speeds, surface streets have a lot of water left over from yesterday. here in the tri-valley, nothing unusual, west 580 approaching the interchange. starting to show a bill. same thing out of the altamont pass, livermore. speeds down the east bay, 64, 65, 69. these are nice drives here in the green zone for 880 and 580. bay bridge, when you arrive here, not a lot of problem. fas-trak, no problem. a pause to pay cash lanes and towards san francisco. bridge is smooth. north bay, that system hovered around and we're seeing moisture in the air. water kicking up off of the roadways of the car behind. puddling and ponding as you can see off the northbound side but nothing dramatic because it's light volume. exclusive investigative unit

report. a longtime bay area car dealer sits in jail accused of defrauding bay area investors. a former high-ranking member of the santa clara county sheriff's advisory board and owes $2 million in unpaid taxes accused of defrauding taxes oust another million plus. first to expose his questionable business practices, we take you inside the story that took him from the showroom floor to the jail. >> what does that picture mean to you? >> certainly is -- it's a great satisfaction that we see him being charged. >> george, nine felony counts, handcuffs, and a jail jumpsuit. >> partial justice at the moment. but he still has to be convicted and sentenced imposed. >> your story kind of broke the case, and i think brought

attention to the case from the public, causing more and more victims to come forward and being more responsive to our outreach to them. absolutely, we are in need of their assistance. >> tonight's chief investigative reporter shows us how he went from a prominent member of the sheriff's advisory board to facing nine felonies. the investigation tonight at 11:00. great news for niners fans, all all-pro bowman walking around without help. walked into the sun valley mall without a cain or crutches. the "mercury news" reports bowman recovering ahead of schedule after tearing his acl and mcl in the championship game. jim harbaugh says he would not be surprised from he's ready for the teach's first regular game. good news. >> indeed it is.

5:20. sean doolittle pulled off a twitter prank 15 months in the making. >> the a's pitcher tweeted out this photo, clean shaven. he's got the caption here, after the game last night i decided it was time for a change, new season, new look. keeping it clean in 2014. people went nuts. >> three hours later, he tweeted out this photo, ha, ha, april fools'. took the pick in january 13 for this joke. i've been setting you up the whole time. >> ain't nothing like the long con. >> good pay-off. >> a local car salesman finding a side perk to being on "the tonight show." we'll check in with him next.

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on this wednesday morning, 5:23. big rain delay last night, doubling up on the a's game. if your a baseball fan, you have a busy day. all by himself, a teacher received a resounding no to the prom invitation. he got a phone call from pharrell's publicist this week who said that will ferrell is in europe and will not be able to attend. he posted two videos to youtube asking him help chaperone the prom. he says he's going with plan b, asking his wife's co-worker to switch shifts so she can go. >> hopefully she'll say yes and not say she's in europe. >> right. new details about the local car salesman attempting to sell jimmy fallon a new truck. >> i accidentally pulled my hand off grabbing a cup #imout.

the competition continues on top of the "uss intrepid" in the hudson bay. a number of contestants in the competition. the goal, if you don't know, put your hand on the truck, keep it there as long as possible. despite losing, he did get his 15 minutes of fame. >> luke has become something of a national sex symbol, correct, luke? >> yeah. i got a few flattering tweets from some female twitter followers. >> i bet you did, yeah. >> have you -- you're tweeting them back with one hand in. >> yeah. i think i tweeted every one of them back. >> all of them back, yeah. for all of the ladies, give them a treat. >> sure. >> yeah. that's what i'm talking about. >> romantic. fallon promised to buy his new truck to whichever salesperson

has their hand on that truck the longest. >> and it continues. >> 5:25. former bay area firefighter accused of driving drunk on the job heads to court this morning. >> and tracking showers and even pop-up thunderstorms for your morning drive. this system is taking its sweet time on exiting the bay area. how much longer you'll need that umbrella before the 80s come back into the picture. everybody who comes through the area wishes they could stay longer. looking here, though, crash reported, towards the maze. that might take you longer as well. i'll show you what i find. >> we take a live look at the bay bridge. we'll check in with you in a minute.

a try comes crashing down hitting a car in the east bay. >> we're not out of the woods yet. more shower activity for your drive. this system is stalling out, taking its sweet time exiting

the bay area. i'll tell you how much longer the area of low pressure will linger. full forecast. >> i took a full shot of the maze. i did find the crash i was looking for. you can spot it, so i'll zoom in. >> good morning to you, san jose. as we take a live look outside. wednesday, april 2nd. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker in for laura this morning. >> i'm scott mcgrew. a key back or of san jose's mayor's chuck reed's pension reform proposal now having second thoughts. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live in downtown san jose with the councilman's push to change things on measure b. >> reporter: good morning to you. we spoke with the councilman and he supported measure b in 2010, pension reform. but since then, the fallout is

that the city of san jose is having a difficult time retaining and rekrcruiting workers. he is looking at the council to take a second look at the controversial measure that did face legal challenges right away. since the voters approved measure b, san jose had serious challenges in its police recruiting and having officers leave for better packages in other jurisdictions. here's what he's considering. >> there's a number of components i'm suggesting looking at from retirement age, accrual rate, disability retirement issue, on the public safety side. there's a number of other ones that i can go on and on. >> reporter: he says, to put it bluntly, the he city's not competitive. he wants to take a look at going to the ballot in november to see if voters want modifications to

measure b. he's asking for the public to put some input in here, colleagues, staff to weigh on how to keep it financially sustainable. he says they're going to be discussing disability rules likely on april 8th. at that point, looking for a broader conversation and he's going to be talking more about the whole thing at a press conference here at city hall at 10:30 this morning. live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. new this morning, massive tree fell overnight crushing several cars below it. this happened in oakland near mcarthur boulevard and fairmont. power was knocked out as a result. pg&e crews were on the scene overnight. crews are working to chop up the tree. no injuries to report. arson investigators looking into the cause of a deadly fire in san francisco. paramedics say the fire started before 5:30 last night. a two-story home on castillo street. an elderly woman died. five people taken to the hospital, too, in critical

condition. tsunami warnings are no longer in effect for chile's coastline following yesterday's massive earthquake. the 8.2 quake hit off the coast of chile near iquique. chase cain joining us with the latest details. hear about that 8.2 and think goodness, incredible. >> scary number. that is such a severe quake. it was offshore there. but this morning people have been allowed back to their homes now that these tsunami threat has passed. six people did die in the quake, at least three suffered heart attacks from the intense shaking of surveillance video african side a convenience store where people were running out of the store trying to take cover as things falling off the shelves and lights flickering from the shock of the quake. there was significant damage to many buildings, including a women's prison where 300 people escaped during the quake. as people begin to return home

they are asked to check for downed wires and gas leaks because there is potential for more fires, like the fires that you see that broke out on the cell phone video. several aftershocks including a6.2. as this comes on the heel of recent earthquakes in southern california, we asked the usgs what this could mean for the bay area. >> this earthquake doesn't foretell any great risk or increased risk in the bay area or in california. but we always have to be prepared. so this earthquake is more of a reminder that earthquakes are a hazard than foretelling any impending event. >> hopefully that allows us take a deep breath here. for hawaii, there is still a tsunami advisory at this hour. experts predict any waves caused by the quake should be washing ashore in hawaii at any minute now. they're not expecting any catastrophic tsunami in hawaii but could be danger for swimmers and boaters. scott, as we said, 8.2 is a

strong quake. keeps us on edge here. the san francisco firefighter accused of hitting a motorcyclist while driving a fire truck drunk last year set to be in court this morning. 43-year-old michael quinn arraigned on three felony counts. you'll see it happen at the top of the screen there in june. he strikes the motorcyclist. seriously hurt but survived. quinn resigned from the department shortly thereafter. getting a look at the forecast for you. a lot of rain yesterday. today, let's see what's in store. meteorologist christina loren here with that. good morning. >> good morning. yeah, more rain today, thanks for waking up with us on a wednesday. wednesday not the easiest day aof the week. rain will clear out. you want outdoors and it kept you inside yesterday, you'll have opportunities. you have to wait until this afternoon about 46 now. it's nice and chilly this

morning across the board. that's your peninsula temperature. about in the mid-40s everywhere. no 30s to point out. i can't wait until the sun comes out over mount hamilton to find out whether we accumulated any dusting of snow. i'll show you the pictures here. as soon as we get the sun, as soon as it's visible. radar picture tells the story. area of low pressure sitting and spinning over the bay area taking its time getting out of the here. as a result it it will move to the south. the showers are going to linger to the south for the most part today. you'll be clear in the north bay for good. as we head throughout the next couple of hours we'll see showers in the south bay, because the system's moving so slow, until 1:00 to 2:00 this afternoon. and just to give you an idea of how slow it's moving, i set this radar back an hour. you can see, not much improvement there. so as we head throughout the day today, keep your umbrella handy. wind is going to pick up as the

system gets out of here. 64 in the south bay. peninsula 63. upper 50s, evening clearing in san francisco. beautiful air quality. 65 in the north bay. 61 in the east bay. you're going to get a nice clear shot of our beautiful green hills, luscious green hills, after yesterday's rainfall. reinforcing shot on the way as we head throughout thursday into friday. by saturday, the climb is on. up to 75 degrees in san jose. 80s move in as we head through sunday. monday and tuesday of next week, and then tracking more rain on the way. something for everybody. overall, this is great news, in time for the weekend, maybe get a jump start on the spring cleaning, mike. something you're into? >> no. we do it at our house because got to keep the peace. here, the maze, traffic -- i wanted to show you the crash but it has cleared in the last few minutes. we have one set of flashing lights. over off to the right, one of

the street signs warning you about the transition there. rest of the traffic smoothly. the crash has cleared from the maze. bay bridge toll plaza, folks headed off to the right and gathering now. the fas-trak lanes moving smoothly. carve lanes to the left, headlights off of hov, stacking up first. different pattern. we'll track it for wednesday. you see other lanes moving smoothly. the maps will show you the same thing for the east bay and the approach. green blotches around, wet roads. you saw that for the bay bridge. not a surprise. systems sticking around. peninsula wet as well for 101 and 280. south not a major problem. we'll end with this. slowing for 580 westbound. back to you. >> thank you. commuters heading through milpitas might run into extra delays this morning. parts of dixon landing road will be closed. this will allow crews to tear up concrete to build a new bridge for the b.a.r.t. silicon valley

rail extension project. work expected to last a months. new nonstop service to dub len ireland. the airport expanding its service to help bay area tech companies with headquarters in europe. 5:38. another major automaker issuing a recall. what we've learned, next. >> head of gm back on capitol hill answering tough questions why her company did not issue a recall sooner.

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new this morning, chrysler recalling close to 900,000 jeep grand cherokee and dodge durango suvs 2011 and 2014. brake parts can corrode and make

it harder to stop. if you own one of the cars, take them to a dealer for a free fix. chrysler will notify affected customers as well. gm's ceo facing another round of tough questioning on capitol hill today. yesterday she tried to explain why it took the company to long to reveal the problem. tracie potts live on capitol hill with what is expected to come from round two of the testimony. good morning. >> good morning. as round two is going to be on the senate side, senate subcommittee that deals with consumers and product safety, wants to question mary barra, as we saw yesterday, about why it took gm a decade to bring this issue to light to let drivers know they had this defective part in the ignition switch. yesterday, she really didn't have a lot of detailed answers. a lot of, i don't know, not prepared to answer, that she's waiting for these investigations in her internal investigations to be over. that did not satisfy the families. certainly did not satisfy

lawmakers who thought she should have been better prepared, even about the thousands of pages of documents that gm already submitted, she wasn't giving much detail on that. we'll see what happens in today's session. meantime she did announce that she fired ken wineburg who worked with the 13 families identified as having loved ones killed gm dealing with 6 million vehicles on recall since the beginning of the year. >> that is a great hire for them. he's very experienced in that area. you think there's any sympathy for mary barra? only on the job for three months. answering decisions made where she was nowhere near the company. >> she was probably at the company. she's only been in the position a few months, she's been at the company for 30 years. she was in upper management, worked her way up. she's been there since she was 18. that doesn't mean she knew what was going on with the switches. no one's questioning her

veracity on that, that she knew what was going on. the issue that lawmakers have is, they don't think she was prepared. they were questioning her about things that gm had already submitted, paperwork, memos, internal documents, submitted to the committee and she was not able to elaborate. she said, i've got to wait until the investigation's over, that didn't make them happy at all. also new a bomb expected to be from world war ii exploded in a scrap shop in bangkok, killing two, injuring 19. the blast ripped the building apart, damaged houses. construction workers found the bomb buried at a building site and they sold it to the scrap shop. the workers probably cut into the bomb using a torch thinking it was inactive. receding floodwaters in washington state revealing more

bodies from the devastating mudsli mudslide. the death toll 28, ranging from 4 months to 71 years old. hundreds of searchers and cadaver dogs sifting through the mud, searching for 20 people still missing more than ten days after the mudslide. the weather was dry yesterday. heavy rains expected tomorrow through sunday. possibly hampering recovery efforts. reason rain has not stopped mountain view city council from declaring a stage i water shortage emergency. the city can now educate people about conservation measures such as restaurants only serving water to people who ask for water. the city will encourage people to participate in water efficiency rebate programs. making sure that everybody really still pays attention. the rain has added to the year's snowpack but not enough to get us out of a drought. the snowpack is 32% of normal. in southern california, chp standing by to possibly close the grapevine because of snow.

now we did check and there's a high wind advisory as of now. but so far, no closures. coming up in 30 minutes, we'll check in with our affiliate in los angeles for the latest on a possible closure. we keep talking about the rain perhaps ending the drought but we have a long way to go. >> we do. >> we should specify, 32% number is for the southern sierra nevada. we want to focus in on the central sierra nevada, because that's what feeds the number one supply of water for san francisco. it has the granite basin. and the water that goes into san francisco doesn't even need to be treated because it is of such high quality. now, for us, the central sierra snowpack jumped from yesterday, we told you it was 36%. it's now at 38%. so that means we're down 62%, but hey, we have come up so much just because of the rainfall and the snowfall that we have received over the past two

months. as we continue on through the next couple of weeks, we're going to keep the chance for rain going. i was sitting at my place yesterday thinking this could be the last time that we get this heavy, heavy rainfall. yeah, we get into our drier season. keep in mind, as we head into may, a dry month for the bay area. today i want to show you the grapevine now. a mix of rain and snow coming in now. as we head throughout the day, we have that chance for snowfall. but the cells are so isolated, i don't think it's heavy enough to shut down that grapevine. i worked in bakersfield, i've got experience. i paid my dues. we have a little bit of shower activity mostly in marin county. it -- i'm going to say this, it's not like yesterday at all. but you want to keep that umbrella handy. you could get caught under a brief, heavy downpour. things are improving for us. trending drier for the next couple of days and we have

another whopper storm system, one more coming our way, for now and that's the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th of the month. for today, shower activity until lunchtime. partial clearing. by this evening, after two consecutive days of rough rides home from work, today finally that's when we're going to see the clearer skies. should be easier for you. those waiting for husbands or wives to get home from work shouldn't be as bad. seeing improvement there. 64 degrees in south bay. 63 along the peninsula. 58 in san francisco. that means you'll need your jacket there. otherwise, looking good. we'll trend warmer as we head into the weekend. right now, mike. you know how bad it was yesterday because you were here covering it. >> you know what? it's true i was covering it but i wasn't in it. i was indoors and i was not in that traffic. yeah, it was slow because of the

reason, despite spring break for the tri-valley. near the north bay, that's the system that hung around the san rafael area, look at the misting in the roadway and the air and that's causing an issue. use wipers. puddling and ponding on the shoulder as well. southbound 101, the curves, you folks are familiar with it. this is coming into central san rafael. green showing up for wet roadways, not just damp. smoother flow out of navato. lower the speeds. braking will be an issue. no major concerns across the richmond s/san rafael bridge. light traffic flow westbound 80 away from the bridge, toward golden gate field. the earlier crash cleared. the one around the curve, not a problem. a crash on the shoulder, fender benders, maybe an issue with slicker roads, keep in mine.

green high heights where you'll have the wet commute. live look past the oakland coliseum. glowing lights again. volume on the southbound side. you can tell there's mist. map will show you the bay that we gave you a peek at. watch, san mateo county and the south bay. northbound route. slowing start for 101. back to you. >> two stories of survival to tell you about. the first, this man, 25-year-old, of san francisco, found alive a day after he vanished while snowboarding in the sierra back country. authorities say he spent most of the time walking until he found a house in the area. he was able to call his family. taken to the hospital with minor frovt bite. >> this man, 55-year-old robert root rescued after spending two days lost in the sierra. he disappeared sunday while running in the foothills with friends. he was wearing shorts and a windbreaker. kept warm for two nights curling

up in a ball under a snowy bush. snowstorm made the search difficult. rescuers were able to spot him yesterday walking on a bridge, wearing only running shorts and a windbreaker. he's recovering at the hospital. two days into the season, a's need a makeup game. details, next.

welcome back to you. 5:52. live look at o.co. the a's doubleheader. the game was rained out last night. today's game will start at 12:35

this afternoon. and then crews clear out the stadium, let the fans who had a ticket to last night's game into the park. game two will start at 6:00. from the a's to the giants. the team's first use of instant replay couldn't have gone worse. first matt cain tried to pick off a.j. poll lock at first. he's called safe. bruce bochy using his challenge for the game. later in the inning, he tries to score on a pass ball. he's called safe but in the replay, you can see he steps on cain's glove. he's out, but the giants had no challenges left. they end up losing to the diamondbacks by that run, 5-4. >> that is painful. the warriors and the mavericks fighting to get into the playoffs. head straight to o.t., game tied with time winding down. this happens. watch steph curry nailing the

jumper with a .1 seconds left. the warriors take it 122-120. give me props, you got it. the stanford cardinal advancing to the final four. they took down the tar heels 74-65. nice score. cardinal are headed to nashville to take on top seeded connecticut sunday. we're learning more about the winner of the massive $425 million jackpot. >> ray buxton, claimed his prize yesterday. he done want you to recognize him because he says he's trying to stay out of the spotlight after winning nearly a half billion dollars. he bought the winning ticket at a milpitas chevron in february. his newly hired spokesman tells us why he waited so long to come forward. >> he thought it was a very scary thing. he wanted to go about this in a responsible manner, that's why he approached an attorney and financial adviser and took his

time to collect the lottery winnings. he also has a wicked sense of humor. he decided to collect it on april 1st because he couldn't believe he won it himself. it seemed like a prank to him there he's in his late 50s, now retired. he says he plans to start a charity, focused on children's health. the owners of the gas station where he bought the ticket say he's a regular. >> what do they do with that while they're waiting to turn it? where do you put it? >> under the pillow, no. under the bed, no. the dresser. >> the sock drawer? i'd be walking that. >> i know where i'd put it. we'll leave it at that. watching showers on the radar this morning, really slow moving system. the thing is stalling out over the bay area which means we're going to keep showers in the forecast through the first part of the day. this doesn't pick up steam over the next hour or so. we might have to keep showers going into the evening.

i can tell you now, things have calmed down since yesterday. mike, you were here, you can verify that. >> i can. i can. as far as keeping showers around until the evening, no. like a dog, no to the storm. toward the bay bridge, yes, we have a little rain on the lens. that system slowly moving through the area. so we have a little more water at the bay bridge and more cars. metering lights not on but should be in a couple of minutes. cash lanes right now. map shows you the approach and a smooth flow of traffic through the east bay on the approach. no problems on the caldecott on oakland. but the green, with the wetter roadways. west 580 bills out of the tri-valley. greater bay area, smooth flow of traffic, another burst through san jose, 101, guys. the latest storm system dropping snow on the grapevine could mean closures.

a live look coming up. we continue to follow developing news, new images of what happened when that massive 8.2 magnitude quake hit chile. a live update coming up next. plus, after hours of protests, san francisco makes a decision about its controversial tech shuttle program. >> and as you get up and at em, 5:57, a big day ahead of you. bay bridge, beautiful shot there. nice day on tap.

fires, evacuations, prison break as a massive and deadly quake rumbles northern chile. cars crushed by a falling tree from the storm. we'll tell you about the overnight cleanup effort that's under way. wild weather ride continues. more showers today. another round for friday. look at this. 80s move into the picture. the time line for the changes in

whatever microclimate you live in. >> tmc hasn't gotten the word out but nbc will, metering lights on, backups. rain causing a problem for some folks this morning. we'll map it out. >> live look at oakland coliseum. they'll play two today. wednesday, april 2nd. this is "today in the bay." good wednesday morning to you. thank you for joining us at 6:00 a.m. i'm peggy bunker, in for laura. >> i'm scott mcgrew. following a developing story in chile. seeing fire and evacuations, riot police in force after a deadly quake volts the country. the 8.2 quake struck off chile's northern coast yesterday evening. crews searching through the wreckage to see how badly everything is damaged. "today in the bay's" chase cain joins us in the studio. right now the death toll is low considering how huge