someone is using instagram to target their children. awell socome site for the b area commute. give yourself extra time and widespread rainfall and thunderstorms this afternoon and then temps in the 90s in less than 72 hours for some cities. so much to go over in your full forecast. and we have a new crash reported for fremont. might be on the edge of the road. on the edge of your periphery. north 880 and what you might see as far as crews arriving there soon. all right, taking a live look outside on this friday morning. let's take you to san francisco here and a beautiful shot of the bay bridge. you can see that commute well under way on this friday, april 25th. this is "today in the bay." well, good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> rain has returned to the bay area this morning.

look at it coming down earlier this morning in san jose. a lot of rain. a lot of slick roads out there, as well. >> that's for sure. meteorologist christina loren says this is only the beginning. >> dealing with it for the most part all the way through the next few hours. this is the bulk of the moisture coming through right now by about lunchtime today. we'll start to see these showers break apart and it won't be one steady green blob and you can also go ahead and keep in mind that once the system does start to move out of here, it will get windy. mostly at the coast for today. look at this, a very welcome sight. temperatures in the upper 50s and where we'll stay for many cities across the bay area. talk about the chance of thunderstorms for today. it could get very active here as we head into the afternoon hours. we'll talk about your weekend in moments. right now, back to you, peggy, laura and the top stories of the day. >> thank you very much. still talking about the rain, christina. it may help put an end to an unexpected problem that has popped up as a result of the

drought across the bay area. "today in the bay" chase cain live in san jose to explain. good morning, chase. >> good morning. when christina loren is talking about rain and maybe thunderstorms the first thing that pops into your mind is probably not the word drought but we are in bad shape here in california. and, in fact, bringing some critters, rodents, pests out from hiding to find water. in fact, just on the other side of montgomery hill park at evergreen college, someone spotted a four-foot rattlesnake and in san francisco, people are dealing with rats. they say that they are seeing a lot more of them than usual and, again, it's because those rats are looking for water. hopefully they should be able to find that today. but, again, the underlying problem here is the severe drought. in fact, some paleo climentologists believe california is in the middle of its worst drought in some five centuries. that's pretty extraordinary. everyone from the water systems to even cal fire has been worried about the drought and what it could mean, especially as we head into our dry season this summer. right now, 7 7% of the state is

in either extreme or exceptional drought. last week just 67% of the state was at those levels. so, things are getting worse and, again, it is bringing those rodents out from hiding. >> there's no water source for them right now. so, they're going outside to get it. they eat plants and they eat meat, but they're going to the dog parks because there's water bowls. they're going to the horse stables because there's water. >> take a look at the u.s. drought monitor. these are the latest numbers released just yesterday. it puts most of the bay area, basically from san francisco southward in d-4. that is the exceptional drought. the highest level of drought which they measure. and that does stretch into the central valley, which is, of course, where we get so much of our food. we are in pretty bad shape here. the first time in the 15-year history that the entire state of california has been in some level of drought. that is worth noting, no doubt.

as i mentioned a moment ago, rattlesnake. four-foot rattlesnake spotted just on the other side of the park here. some people in montgomery hill park or students on campus are being urged to watch out as som of these dangerous animal comes out and look for water. i've been watching my feet. >> you have your boots on this morning. >> i need them, i need them. >> a lot of creatures out there by evergreen. pigs, coyotes. >> we have been hearing them. we have been hearing coyotes howl for the past hour. >> kind of a frightening sound out there. >> no one waiting for day break more than chase cain. an update to breaking news. let's take you to new video here that shows a large debris field around the site of a natural gas explosion in washington state. this happened at a pizza shop that was under construction in northbound washington, that's about 30 miles east of seattle, a bit of a small town there. our nbc station in seattle tells us that the explosion sent several neighboring buildings on fire and all the flames appear

to be out now, as you can see. no word if anyone was hurt. two men are in custody in connection with a deadly shooting in milpitas back in january. loyce weaver and robert ebertownski charged with assault. they're accused in the death of 19-year-old jesus who was found shot to death in the parking lot of the executive inn on january 14th. 6:05. the mystery behind the deadly shooting of a popular east bay dog walker appears to be over this morning. police in oakland are announcing an arrest in the case. police say stefan lee and mario floyd shot and killed her last summer because she used her cell phone to record them committing a crime. the men allegedly tried to take salmon's phone and when she wouldn't hand it over they shot her in her car. the arrest came after an 8-month-old long investigation and tips by provided by members of the community. pleasanton police are

working with instagram to help track a predator who is targeting school children. christie smith joins us with details on what the cyberstalker is asking students to do and this is just horrifying, christie. >> really disturbing for parents who have to keep up with all these apps and what they do. some students here in pleasanton have come forward and said that they were contacted through instagram asking that they share explicit photos of themselves. the district reacted quickly and sent out a social media warning that went home yesterday to families here. the messages were sent through instagram. that's a popular app a lot of people like it. that district sent home a letter asking parents to talk about this with their kids. and talk about internet safety. now, apparently, this person asked for inappropriate pictures in exchange for other inappropriate pictures.

the district talking about things like not sharing personal information online and letting an adult know when something inappropriate may have happened. pleasanton police are also looking into this, but pleasanton, the school district here, aren't saying how many students have been contacted or the ages, but, again, police are looking into this trying to figure out who the owner of this account is, but it's believed that this account is from, they're describing it as outside of the community. reporting live in pleasanton, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you so much. at 6:07 happening today the family of a south bay boy who stowed away on a hawaiian airlines flight is planning to talk to reporters. the boy's family is expected to update us on the condition of the teen and explain how he ended up on the plane. earlier this week, the father spoke to "voice

somali station but gave little detail. still no word on when he will return to the bay area. the boy was reportedly trying to hop a flight to somalia to find his mother but ended up on the wrong plane. and new this morning, a passenger onboard a virgin austr australia plane to bali was arrested. the incident was initially reported as a hijacking attempt, but officials later said that was a miscommunication. the australian passenger began banging on the cockpit door and acting aggressively. he was arrested when the plane landed in bali. time to check the forecast at 6:08 on this friday morning. let's take a peek outside in san jose. slick roadways out there. the rain that christina had told us is here, ready to wash your car. >> and give you a free lawn watering, as well. that means you don't have to get out there later on today the rain is coming in steadily. it might be a little bit more than you were expecting this morning. you do want to give yourself

extra time, especially if you're taking the little ones to school. some kids headed back from spring break. we'll check on your drive with mike in just a moment, but might see less volume for that reason. we'll check on that, though. no promises, no promises just yet. widespread rainfall and heavier batch working its way into the south bay and then watching this little line that is getting ready to hit the north end of the peninsula. bring in heavy to moderate rain falling into san francisco and as far south as 92 as we head throughout the next hour or two so a little bit more dangerous and we're going to keep tabs on that for you. overall, this is what you can expect as we head into the next few days, weather coming our way. cool with showers and a few thunderstorms and i said it like that on purpose. as we head throughout this weekend, mild son and clouds and rain to sun on sunday and a lot of rainfall will come through while you're sleeping saturday night into early sunday. keep that in mind, you can still get outdoors but cool and cloudy for this weekend and then the sun comes out in full force.

we're talking about record warmth as of early next week. even monday for some cities. i'll show you how that looks coming up in just a few moments for your microclimates. right now, as promised, it's raining. let's check that drive. >> that will affect what time you leave. but it will affect also your route by this crash. this is northbound 880 we're looking at. the taillights away from us. not a lot of slippery roads but still damp and slippery in many spots, but we're watching the taillights because they're heading on this map up towards auto mall parkway and the bottom of the live shot, you saw the sign just before you get there. a crash reported and a car went off the roadway into the ditch over on the right side as crews arrived. that's when the distraction will happen. you don't hear about any major injuries reported but crews have to arrive. watch for the slowing there. northbound 101 through san jose build from capital expressway past tully and that's the only

real slow down we have for the south bay and the rest of the bay looking really predictable for this friday. again, watch the wet roads approaching the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights turned on any second. i'll hit refresh one more time on this chp report and still no reports of the metering lights on. expect delays at least because of the crowd if not because of the lights. back to you. >> it is friday out there. still ahead on "today in the bay" a school bus plows into trees and lamp posts in southern california. new information about what may have caused that crash, next. a new warning this morning from secretary of state john kerry to russia. he's telling the country to not "make an expensive mistake." taking a live look outside pretty crowded on the roadways. we haven't seen rain in a little bit, so pretty slick out there. be careful as you head out the door. allow a little extra time. more news ahead. got a story for nbc bay area investigative unit?

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welcome back now, happy friday to you bay area. we are getting pretty steady rainfall. widespread showers at this point everywhere except for sonoma county as we head throughout the morning hours this activity will continue and i am watching this batch of heavy rainfall getting ready is to hit the peninsula as we head through the course of the next half hour. we will be tracking the heavier cells and talking about what thunderstorms could roll into your neighborhood. that's coming up in moments. now, christina, i saw that batch of orange, red that rain coming to the peninsula. we're looking at palo alto and slick roadways here after some early morning drizzle and a little slight sprinkle and rain here.

watch for that system coming in as the traffic builds. so far 101 is okay and talk about the crash in the east bay, coming up. at 6:14, here's a look at today's top story. fire officials say natural gas likely sparked an explosion at a pizza shop in washington state. crews are still on the scene in north end about 30 miles east of seattle. that explosion spread debris all over and at one point several buildings were on fire. it's unclear if anyone was hurt. secretary of state john kerry is warning russia to take immediate steps to earn crisis in ukraine or for economic sanctions. this morning standard & poor's cut to one notch above junk status. so far the country has lost $70 billion. president obama says it may be time for tougher sanctions on north korea as that country threatens its fourth nuclear test. that announcement came during a joint news conference along the president of south korea this morning. much of president obama's visit

to south korea is being overshadowed by that ferry disaster. 6:15 right now. the chp says the driver of a southern california school bus that crashed in anaheim may not have hit his brakes at all. he had to be freed from the wreckage as you can see being pulled from the front of the bus from the windshield. officials say they don't know what caused him to drive off a road and crash into these trees. now, the bus was full of students, they were seventh and eighth graders coming from an after-school activity. 11 students were hurt and two of them critically. arraignment is scheduled for today for the men involved in a silicon valley drug ring that stretched from mexico to northern california. prosecutors say this man of san jose is considering a high-level member of a mexican drug cartel. he's among 17 other suspects accused of trafficking and various weapons charges. investigators say drugs were trafficked through the south bay and beyond thap found both a

meth and cannabis lab in sacramento county. a new police substation funded by facebook opens tomorrow in menlo park. it has been described by the police chief as untraditional. the facility is less than a mile from facebook's headquarters and will mostly deal with low-level offenders. in addition the substation will provide free wi-fi the too the public and atm. the public ask officials for many of those amenities at local neighborhood meetings. the california bill designed to keep thieves away from stealing your smartphone has failed. the kill switch bill made to discourage thieves from stealing smartphones fell short by two votes in the state senate. locks out anyone that doesn't have your phone i.d. or your password. some say the bills could make a comeback later on this year. time to check the forecast as we give you a live look outside in dublin. yes, you can hear the pitter-patter of rain to wake you up this morning.

>> always welcome, especially with our drought going on. didn't make the commute too tough coming in this morning at 0 dark 30 when we came in. how much more rain is going to fall? >> just showers for the morning commute and steady out there this morning. the good news, we wanted to show you the live picture of dublin because those hills are going to stay green a little bit longer courtesy of this rainfall that is coming through. so, thanks for waking up with us. want to show you a picture of the dark clouds over the bay bridge this morning and you can see right now it's overcast and getting shower activity, but we're not getting the wind in combination with the rain. we're getting a little bit of a break in that department. i want to show you temperatures right now where we're headed not much warmer where we already are to start the day. cloudy at the coast. as we kick off the day, mostly cloudy all day long and intervals of sunshine here in the south bay and throughout your inland valleys. but overall this rainfall will play a factor for your entire work day.

keep that in mind the last day of the week and good-looking weekend coming your way, bay area. you can see a little bit of a break here in sonoma county and we will see all the showers push to the south and this is the bulk of the moisture right now. as we head throughout the next couple hours, showers will come through and lighten up as we go through the rest of the day. jet stream sitting just to our north. so, this is what we're working with for today. i'm watching this batch right here of orange and yellow and this is heavier rainfall that will likely impact your drive on its way to san mateo by about 6:56 this morning. it will be millbrae by 6:49 this morning. tracking heavier cells as they develop throughout the morning. count on a slick drive to work and slick commute home, as well. that's when things will begin to lighten up. temperature will climb by one to two degrees. you'll neat your jacket just about all day long and probably your heater, as well, and then your ac by next week as temperatures soar. so, here's where we're headed. just give you a brief overlook

of what we're expecting from the showers today. 2:00 p.m. start to lighten up and head through the evening hours lingering activity mostly in the south bay and as we head into tonight, nothing leftover another wave of rain as you're sleeping saturday into early sunday and then the heat is on. take a look at your trend for the tri-valley. temperatures are going to soar into the mid-90s by wednesday of next week. so, yeah, fall-like weather and little bit of spring-time and then right into summer, mike inouye as we head throughout the next five days. little something for everybody. that's how i like to look at that. >> little disgruntled. my goodness. we're using all the colors. over here we're looking at mostly green through dublin and pleasanton this is west 580 approaching the area and maybe coming down towards the orange and let's look at the map and see speed sensors through the area and gentle build and just the yellow where we have our camera and speeds towards 50 and livermore a little slower and here's the issue as you're

traveling west 84 right around that ge plant as you're coming out of livermore and highway 608 in sunol a crash blocking one of your two lanes and this is causing a backup going out of the city of livermore. if you have a choice, maybe take 580 out of 680. just consider that. here the northbound route ease up right now as the commute back off for the first 101 and the green on our maps all over the place registering damp roadways watch those slick or off ramps as the drizzle has contributed to the roadway from 3:00 this morning. the rest of the bay, including the crash right here, 880 not presenting any real slow downs. look at the approach to the peninsula from the san mateo bridge and live look shows you you're picking up a good amount of traffic and your commute not a big surprise over from the east bay to the peninsula and on the bay bridge a backup for all lanes here and they're all moving and no metering lights just yet and the commute get turned on even any minute. back to you. >> a lot of traffic out there

for this friday. >> what happened to friday light. 6:21. still ahead, north cal versus so cal. l.a. comes away with two big wins last night. but the warriors and the sharks both have a chance to respond at home this weekend. we just wanted to bring it home.

welcome back. 6:24 right now.

taking you outside for a live look at oracle arena. all quiet now and that's certainly not the case last night when 20,000 fans packed the stands hoping to boost their warriors to a victory over the clippers. however, the clippers they were up big late in the game, but golden state did mount a comeback. steph curry had the game in his hands and a chance to win with this shot right here. comes up short right there. that three-pointer would have pushed us over the edge. we lose it 98-96 and trail the clippers 2-1 in the series. >> the last play all curry had to do was hit the three and that would have been the greatest comeback of all time. that's too bad. >> heartbreaking. but we'll be back, we'll be back sunday. >> a must win in game four on sunday. we've already won in l.a. and we've shown we can do that. we want to allow that to be an opportunity for us to get over the hump, but we got to take care of sunday. l.a. dominance meantime over the bay area carried over to the ice last night. the kings beat the sharks, 6-3.

that means the sharks are just going to have a chance to clinch the series at home. team teal on the way back to the bay area up 3-1 in that series. a live look right now at the shark tank. sap center will certainly be rocking for game five. you can be there, tickets still available. if the sharks win, they will move on to the second round of the stanley cup playoffs. if we haven't hit up your sport yet, maybe this should do it. at&t park the giants taking on the cleveland indians tonight. first pitch there is at 7:15. so, a lot of sports going on this weekend and hoping everybody can bring it home. a lot of things going on, as well. >> there are. >> offering a big congratulations this morning to christina l, ren who recently got engaged. >> going to the chapel. can we get that song? going to the chapel for christina. >> thank you. yeah. i met a very nice gentleman and we will be getting married. that's usually how that works,

right? his name is juan and i guarantee you he is the juan and only. >> juan in a million. >> love you. let's get to your forecast this morning because, yeah, we all got to get through this rain and i can tell you, it's one of those days where you don't want to be caught without your umbrella because the shower activity will linger into this afternoon. watching some pretty good batches develop just off shore and getting ready to hit the peninsula as we head through the next half hour and we're going it be watching that for you. right now, count on some pretty heavy activity in san mateo. we'll keep you updated and tempchrps kood today a today an soar monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week. talking about the 90s, ladies. very, very warm around here and i'm talking about the weather. over to you. >> now, when you say that, christina. >> one in a million and i also heard hearts breaking across the bay area. >> we'll hear from our viewers on that one. they're crushed all the guys. a renewed push for the measles vaccine this morning. while health officials say the

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measles making a comeback across the country and in the bay area. the reason behind the spike in cases, coming up next. and we're kicking off your friday with some showers. they'll continue throughout the day today. another round late saturday into sunday. mild weekend overall and then record heat moves in quickly. we'll show you the timeline for the changes in your microclimate moments away. it looks like none of the agencies is sharing it, i'll tell you. the bay bridge metering lights are on and wet roads and we're looking at your friday commute, not quite what you would expect coming out of livermore. live look outside. cloudy skies and rainy start, we need it, though, on this friday, april 25th. this is "today in the bay." and a very good friday morning to you, thanks for

joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm peggy bunker. a disease once thought to be conquered in the u.s. is coming back. it's hit the bay area pretty hard, as well. tracie potts is live in washington, d.c., with the new warning from federal health officials. good morning, tracie. >> good morning, everyone. two cases at uc berkeley are among the 58 in california and that's almost half the cases that the cdc has reported nationwide just so far this year. it's the fastest growth rate that they've seen in measles in almost 20 years. so, the cdc says a couple reasons for this. first of all, people are catching it overseas and bringing it back to the united states. significant number of those they reported. but, also, kids in this country are not getting vaccinated at rates that they would be comfortable with. 1 in 20 going into kindergarten without their measles vaccines and the cdc thinks a lot of misinformation out there making parents concerned about the safety of the vaccine.

also, they note there's an entirely younger generation of parents and doctors who've never even seen measles. number one if the parents are concerned or sort of an attitude of no fear because they haven't really lived through half a million people every year being sick and if doctors really know they don't know what it looks like, they have. seen it before and a whole re-education effort on that. bottom line, the cdc says we're in the middle of what appears to be a brand-new outbreak. a comeback of measles. something that some people have never seen. others haven't seen for decades. >> we're only seeing it now because we've had the vaccinations to prevent it for the past few decades. thank you so much, tracie. it is 6:32. a retired supreme court justice says marijuana should be legalized. 94-year-old john paul stevens says public opinion has changed on the issue and there isn't much of a difference between alcohol and marijuana. he says prohibition against alcohol is generally thought not

to have been worth the cost and that's how marijuana will be viewed in the future. 6:32 now. about 50 family members of chinese passengers who were onboard that malaysian airlines plane that disappeared staged a sit-in outside of the malaysian embassy after officials failed to show up to update them. some of the signs read, we want the truth and son, dad and mom are heartbroken, please come home. police surrounded the embassy and kept the relatives from getting too close. the automatic submarine named bluefin-21 on its 13th mission to scan the floor of the indian ocean for signs of the plane or black boxes. it is completed now about 95% of the underwater search area. so far it has not found anything of interest. after two days of around the clock negotiations, the u.s. and japanese officials failed to make a trade pact. president obama and u.s. officials spent the last two days in japan negotiate atding with japanese leaders until midnight last night. in a joint statement released today, both countries say they

have found a path to move forward and marked a key milestone in those negotiations, but, still, no agreement. earlier this morning president japan left japan and arrived in south korea. and on a different note, most of us enjoy a late-night snack even though it turns out pandas do, as well. >> cameras that nature reserve captured a wild panda sitting on the ground and bamboo, their snack of choice. it helps scientists to study what pant pandas do in the wild. >> surrounded by a lot of snacks. >> we're surrounded by wet roadways out there. not easy to say. early on our friday morning. much-needed rain falling across the bay area as we take a live look outside san jose and san francisco on the right. cloudy skies to start our friday. but only for today, christina. >> it's kind of interesting, laura and peggy. widespread rainfall for today and another wave of moisture will move through late saturday

into sunday. so, you can still make outdoor plans both weekend days. we'll see another lighter round and that's because the jet stream is right on top of us. right now heavy downpours all across the bay area and you can see for the most part, though, we're getting a little bit of a break in sonoma county and marin county nice and wet at this point as we head throughout the next couple hours we're expecting the heaviest rainfall to come through. as we head throughout the next 15, 20 minutes all this activity is going to start to push over in the peninsula and, of course, the two major highways. 280, 101 watching that with mike as we progress throughout the morning. this is what is coming your way. 653 and moisture moves into san bruno and lighten up but we're slated for heavier rainfall here in the south bay, as well. santa clara, 7:09 that's when the heaviest stuff will start to move through. temperatures today on the cool side. low 60s to upper 50s everywhere. no major microclimate differences in terms of your highs for today. but look at this, rainfall on the way, sunday, 1:00 a.m. to

7:00 a.m. both saturday and sunday staying nice and cool. and then we climb by almost 20 degrees between sunday and monday into the 90s. by tuesday and wednesday, so, a lot of change coming your way bay area. you can see that on your seven-day forecast right there at the bottom of your screen. i'll show you what it looks like for your forecast. let's check your drive. he's talking about a rainy commute, good morning, mike. >> went through a little rain this morning, been raining since 3:00 in had many parts of the bay area. slick conditions on the connectors. look at the bay bridge. see the water dampening the roadway. again, slicker conditions. now, the bay bridge toll plaza is back up here. i did swing the camera around from emeryville and see the metering lights on and doing their job. the map will show you not a lot of drama coming out of the maze and east shore freeway shows and the green highlighted from time to time and these blotches here and there and wetter roadways taking that

translating it to the conditions. crash west 84 at the ge plant and that's blocking one, maybe even two lanes and the crews arrive on scene. this is a problem getting out of livermore and west 580 over to south 680 to get around that option. southbound 880 through hayward and a little slowing there and no big drama there for the south bay. it is 6:37 right now. still ahead on "today in the bay" russia is paying the price for the situation in ukraine, quite literally. we'll explain that, coming up. got a story for nbc bay area investigative unit? call the tip line at 1-888-996-tips. or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com.

welcome back, everyone. 6:40. family members of one of the doctors killed by an afghan police officer say they forgive him. the wife of jerry said her family loves the afghan people and doesn't hold any ill will. treating children and training afghan doctors. a gunman killed him and two other americans and injured a woman. he also shot himself, but survived. 6:40 now. russia is losing money because of the ongoing crisis in ukraine. today standard & poor's cut to one notch above junk status. that's more than all of last year following sanctions from

the u.s. and europe. another round could be coming soon. >> let me be clear. if russia continues in this direction, it will not just be a grave mistake, it will be an expensive mistake. >> the u.s. says there is growing evidence that russia is behind the militants that are taking over parts of eastern ukraine, included reported conversations between the militant and top russian operatives. president obama is in south korea to talk about the economy, but much of his visit is being overshadowed by the ferry disaster. officials say the ferry may have had three times as much cargo as it should have and that could have caused it to tip. crews are still pulling bodies of children from that ship. many of the students have been found with their fingers broken. officials believe that they were trying to claw their way out of that ship. 171 people have been confirmed dead. more than 130 others are still missing. >> the details from that are just horrifying, as you just -- and then you think of the

divers, too. their job is to go down there. just amazing. 6:41 right now. coming up, a warning for parents in one bay area community. somebody is using instagram to target their children. how a drunk pilot forced a passenger to make an emergency landing. we have widespread rainfall all across the bay area and heavier downpours getting ready to hit peninsula and all that activity in alameda by 7:19. we are tracking this storm system to your doorstep this morning and we'll take a peek at your weekend forecast when "today in the bay" comes back in moments. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat!

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and another update to breaking news. this from washington state where official say a barbershop, a gas station, a tire store and a grocery store were all damaged when a nearby pizza shop that

was under construction exploded this morning. now, this happened in north bend, about 30 miles east of seattle. firefighters are searching the damaged building, but they say only two minor injuries so far. the explosion happened just before 4:00 this morning and investigators say it was caused by natural gas. that pizza shop, of course, as we mentioned under construction possibly playing a role in that. their debris just scattered all over. at 6:45 also following breaking news in the south bay where there is a massive police presence near an elementary school that is happening on mt. pleasant road and rocky mountain drive right across from the robert sanders elementary school. "today in the bay" chase cain just arrived on scene. what do we know so far? >> we're waiting to get more information from san jose police apat this point they won't tell us what they're doing some people are waking up and seeing this. flashing lights and a very large police presence in their neighborhood. just to the right of your screen, that is sanders elementary school. they are on spring break this

week. no students in the school but just the other side of the street right around the corner there. a large group of officers, as well as a police officer go down and it appears they are searching for someone, but they will not say at this point at least who they are searching for. as we look sort of further down the road to the left, you can see there are more officers sort of clustered there. they've all been sort of looking into this one concentration of sort of a couple blocks here between mt. pleasant and mt. kenya road and it seems they are trying to set up sort of a perimeter here for whoever they may be searching for. we asked san jose police what neighbors in this area should know this morning and so far they are not giving up a lot of information. unfortunately, we can't pass a lot of information on to you. if you live in this area, a very large police presence and police dogs searching for someone and as soon as we get moere information, even a suspect description, we'll pass that along to you.

peggy and laura. >> we'll leave you there to get more information. thanks, chase. of course, if you're looking out your window to see if you have rain drops and we're checking in on a couple places. san jose you see the clouds above san francisco really clearly. and, hey, take a look at san mateo bridge there. >> it's an umbrella kind of day across the bay area. keep it handy. before things warm up next week. kind of something for everyone. >> we're getting to the last couple weeks where you can use your fireplace, purposefully. you know what i mean? so a lot of people like to have that nice, toasty fire here in the bay area. this morning is a good morning to do so. good air quality and you don't have to have any sort of conscious about that. good-looking day shaping up. we need this rain as you know and the totals are looking very generous so far. already up to about a quarter of an inch in the north bay where it accumulated the most and we could pick up maybe an inch before all is said and done. i want to show you live pictures because your commute will be impacted this morning.

rain along the peninsula. you can see that from our palo alto camera this morning and mike inouye tracking a busy drive. right now i can't even pinpoint where the heaviest rainfall is. we're getting that widespread green steadily coming in all across the bay area. getting a little bit of a clearing sky up in the sonoma county area as the main front of this starts to dig to the south. let me zoom in and show you what is coming onshore as we head throughout the next 15, 20 minutes because it will get heavier. the north end of the peninsula you can see all this batch here of red and orange and little bit of yellow in there, as well. moderate to heavy rainfall. getting ready to impact your morning commute right when rush hour kicks off. 7:13 a.m. heavier downpours in foster city and 7:09 meanwhile in san m tat and look at your highs today. just about as warm when you walk out your front door as it will be when you walk in later. san francisco at 57 degrees and

not much warmer out in the tri-valley, just 59 degrees for you. so, let's get into that forecast and show you what we're expecting from the showers. always a little bit easier when you can look at it visibly here on your futurecast. by 3:00 p.m. showers start to lighten up and by 5:00 p.m. a little bit of south bay activity. as we head throughout the weekend moisture late saturday night into sunday and watch this it is out of here by about 10:00 a.m. you can still make those outdoor plans and then we start climbing that ladder up to 88 degrees in the south bay by tuesday 90 degrees by wednesday. you're using your heater one end of the six-day forecast and then using your ac by next wednesday. got to love the bay area. nothing ever stays steady. let's check on your drive, here's mike inouye. >> looking for big changes. we have delays, but not necessarily rain related. look at the green all over the bay. the weather data tells us rain and wet roadway and around the

peninsula christina talks about more rain through san mateo after 7:00 and watch for your peninsula commute right there. right now the tri-valley is the big issue. approaching the ge plant and tied things up back towards 580 and starting to ease a little bit and they may have made some progress but not notified us through the chp system and it was jammed from west 84 getting over to sunol. we'll track that and one more update before the end of the show. west 24 approaching 24 and debris right there approaching the interchange. and slow from the tunnel and a smoother drive to the bay bridge toll plaza. show you the san mateo bridge which had water on the lens that is cleared from the lens and still mist in the air and a smoother drive and watch those slick roadways damp across 92. bay bridge toll plaza and the metering lights is on and you do see these cars moving. that's better for friday. it's a little bit lighter and

little slow coming off that vertical curve on the east shore freeway. 101 showing a good amount of traffic and sun starting to come up but we do have wet roadways continuing. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 6:51. new this morning two men are in custody this morning in connection with a deadly shooting in milpitas in january. loyce weaver and robert ebertowski charged with assault. they are accused in the death of 19-year-old jesus granados who was found shot to death in the parking lot of the executive inn on january 14th. police in oakland are announcing an arrest in the case of the east bay dog walker. stefan lee and mario floyd shot and killed judy solomon last summer because she used her cell

phone to record them committing a crime. the men allegedly tried to take her phone and when she wouldn't hand it over, they shot her in her car. the arrests come after an eight-month police investigation and tips provided by members of the community. 21-year-old man accused of throwing a fire cracker into a crowd of feep people at at and k will be back. pleaded not guilty last week. investigators say he tossed the lit fire cracker into a busy walkway during a giants game last wednesday. at least five people were hurt. he was charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor. a follow up now. it's unlikely 49ers star aldon smith will face a felony charge for allegedly making a bomb threat at l.a.x. earlier this month. yesterday the l.a. county district attorney recommended smith be charged with a misdemeanor instead. the l.a. city attorney now has that final say. officials say he made a bomb threat at the airport while going through security. in a separate case, smith will be in a san jose courtroom next tuesday for a hearing on felony weapons charges and drunk

driving. at 6:52 now. parents from pleasanton school district is learning that a man used instagram to send pornographic pictures. christie smith has more on the disturbing quests that are being made and what the school distric is telling parents to do about it. can't imagine my child getting something like this, christie. >> good morning to you, peggy. certainly disturbing for students who received this but also for parents who have to keep up with all these apps and what's happening online. in this case, some students came forward to administrators here in pleasanton and said they were solicited online to send explicit photos of themselves through instagram to an unknown account holder. a pleasanton school district holder sent a letter home a social media warning explaining that the account is offering to exchange pictures of themselves and allow users to take and

share photos online. the district hasn't said exactly how many students were contacted or what age group they're in but the incident didn't happen at school or on school computers. what they're doing, though, is encouraging parents to go ahead and talk with their kids about internet safety and not sharing personal information online and also notifying adults when anything inappropriate might happen online. meantime the pleasanton police department are investigating trying to find out who this account holder really is but it looks like the account holder is from outside of the community. reporting live in pleasanton, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 6:54. happening today the family of a south bay boy who stowed away on a flight planning to talk to reporters. the boy's family expected to update us on the condition of the teen and explain how he ended up on the plane. earlier this week the father spoke and gave a little detail. the unnamed teenager is still

being treated at a hospital in hawaii. there's still no word on when he will return to the bay area. the boy was reportedly trying to hop a flight to sunaomalia to f his mother but ended up on the wrong plane. a passenger onboard a virgin australian flight to bali was arrested after he got drunk and tried to ram his way into the cockpit mid-air. the incident was reported as a hijacking attempt but investigators say that was a miscommunication. the australian passenger began acting aggressively and the crew managed to handcuff him and he was arrested when the plane landed in bali. tens of thousands of people are converging on rome this morning as the vatican gets ready for the canonization of both popes. a happy and controversial ceremony. very little discussion about pope john paul or pope jon xxiii canonization but the canonization of pope john paul ii happened too fast and he was

too slow to deal with the church's sexual abuse crisis. >> the way he dealt with priests who abuse the minors, children, sexually abuse him and specifically the case of the founder of the legionnaire, i think that will always be something that will kind of hinge his legacy. the other interesting thing, yes, it was quick way, but one of the important elements in determining who's a saint is popular devotion. the people believe that he is a saint and you can tell when john paul ii died people voted with their feet by coming here to rome. >> they will return this weekend. nbc bay area will air the entire canonization ceremony live. our special report will start at 1:00 on sunday morning directly following "saturday night live." silver screen returns to los

gatos. >> opening the doors with all the bells and whistles. closed the last 18 months to undergo renovation. state of the art equipment, 3d capabilities and stadium-style seating. will eventually serve alcohol and food, as well. the community is invited to an open house tomorrow afternoon. nice upgrade. >> very much so. let's take you outside right now and taking a live look at oracle arena all quiet now, but that certainly wasn't the case last night as 20,000 fans packed the stands hoping to boost their warriors to a victory over the l.a. clippers. clippers were up big late in the game, but mounted a comeback and steph curry had a chance to win that game winding down, the final shot, yeah, it just came up short. warriors lost it, 98-96 and now trail the clippers 2-1 in that series. >> painful. and l.a.'s dominance over the bay area carried over to the ice, as well. hate to tell you that. but the kings did beat the sharks 6-3. the sharks will have a chance to clinch that series as home as

they head their way back here to the bay area up 3-1 in the series. >> still tickets available to that game. >> there you go, if you don't have plans. or if the rainy weather will keep you in for today. let's check in with christina. >> hey, good morning to you, ladies. really lovely day shaping up because the rain is on the radar. and we need it. we're getting into our dry season, so, it's a very welcome sight. showers right now widespread and steady rainfall and likely using windshield wipers and sunol county getting a break and heavier batches of rain moving onshore and half moon bay and tracking these for you as they develop throughout the "today" show. cool, cloudy weekend ask then a lot of warmth by next week. let's check your drive, here's mike inouye. >> livermore, sunol and big problems getting out of the area for west 84 and south 680 and an injury crash and the person was

taken to the hospital, but you can only get by on the center divide. a crash here with debris west 24 at highway 13 moved to the shoulder and debris starting to clear and the rest of the bay is a typical friday. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much. time now 6:59. one final check of the day's top stories. fire officials say two people were hurt in a natural gas explosion in washington state early this morning. this happened at a pizza shop in north bend about 30 miles from seattle. the explosion spread debris all over. this morning federal investigators will release their findings on the deadly bus crash near chico. a fedex truck veered across the median on interstate 5 slamming head on into a charter bus fill would students. ten people were killed. two armed robberies at two 7-elevens two suspects are cornered in the neighborhood. stay in your homes in this particular area. east san jose. you're looking at the police activity there. also going door-to-door searching for suspected robbers.

this happened near mt. pleasant road and rocky mountain drive. we'll have an update at 7:25 and every half hour after that. have a great friday. >> we'll see you then. good morning. breaking news. hijack scare. a 737 pilot sends an emergency signal to the ground as a drunk passenger tries to break into the cockpit mid-flight. that suspect in custody, the plane safe on the ground. moment of silence. president obama arriving in south korea this morning, paying respect to the victims of that ferry disaster, as questions arise about the life rafts on that doomed ship. controversial canonization. the catholic church set to declare pope john paul ii a saint in an historic ceremony at the vatican. but with serious questions being raised about his leadership, are