>> good morning. rain, we need. we'll see the heavy stuff early, turning spotty throughout the day. another round on the heels of this storm system for tomorrow. and tricky holiday travel. i'll be able to get you to your destination safely. you might have to have pay shns. we're sorting everything out when it comes to your forecast. oakland camera moving. traffic moving toward the bay bridge. find more than cars waiting for you. a spin-out in front of our san rafael camera. a vote today that could increase tuition costs for thousands of california college students. how governor brown plans to fight that from happening. live look outside overlooking san jose. rain coming here as well. christina's keeping tabs on everything. a lot of news ahead on this wednesday, november 19th. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area

this is "today in the bay." >> very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. weather's the story this morning. a look right now at your microclimate forecast. this, as rain has returned to the bay area. a live look from san rafael and san francisco. we'll show you that. the s-curve. meteorology christina loren joining us. this is what you predicted. right in the thick of things. >> thank god it arrived on time. i've got to tell you we need this rain. you know what? for the past few weeks we've been consistently getting much-needed rainfall that we need. but this next round looks significant. we're opening up the storm window. we've got three impressive storm systems ready to roll through the bay area. first one already bringing that rain to san jose. you can see the entire bay area at this point getting the light to moderate shower activity. make sure you grab your umbrella. i widen out more. farmers desperately need this.

modesto all the way south to bakersfield, we are getting good rain. here's the deal. more on the way for tomorrow and tricky travel. i'll help you get around the third most important storm system coming up. back to you, sam, lawyer areura and the top top stories. >> if you want to track the system nbcbayarea.com click on weather tab for the hour by hour forecast and radar. breaking news, san jose police are trying to coax an armed man out of a house. this is in hayes avenue another oak grove hoom the school is open but police are telling students to enter on blossom hillside. the police believe the man might have a child with him. more breaking news. crews jump into action quickly to put out cars that caught fire

in san francisco overnight. fire broke out early this morning on noe street between 18th and 19th in the castro. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live there now. i understand arson investigators called out to the scene? >> that's right. good morning. preliminary conclusion that is these fears were arson, too close in time and place not to be suspicious. the first one noe and 19th. the second within silver hatch back, when officers got here no sign of any suspects. it was just after 2:00 when police and firefighters came out here and found a newer, tall white dodge sprinter van on fire. next to it a smaller compact car suffered minor damage with scorched paint and a melting taillight. the other site of major damage 18th and noe, newer model four-dur jeep suffered pretty

bad damage. a man saw the aftermath and said the fire did appear suspicious to him as well. >> i think someone set them or two people were working together and set the fires together. that's what i think. it could also be homeless setting the fire to stay warm and going off and lighting a fire someone else. >> he said the response was quick from police and fire and firefighters were able to put out both fires in ten minutes with eight to nine patrol cars on scene and a couple of fire trucks. the arson squad out here but gone by the time we got to the scene here. again new york one in custody yet. we have seen one patrol car in the neighborhood looking around possibly for suspicious activity or someone who might be connected to what happened after 2:00 this morning. stephanie chuang "today in the bay." >> what a way to find your car like that. thank you very much.

6:04 on your wednesday morning. parishioners of a san jose church that burn down over the weekend are not letting charred walls keep them from their worship. they plan to meet in a space behind the church in an hour and a half for wednesday mass. investigators still aren't sure what started the fire sunday at holy cross church in san jose. flames started on the second floor near the organ and spread to the attic. holy cross has 1200 parishioners. >> the santa clara county animal shelter looking for people who want to adopt more than 30 neglected horses rescued from morgan hill. the horses were surrendered by their owner after he was charged with animal cruelty. investigators say he neglected the animals and many are malnourishes. the shelter says it will screen all applicants to make sure they can pro properly take care of the horse before adopting them out.

sbcountypets sbcountypets.org. uc board of regents will consider tuition hikes which the president says will bring stability in the long run. hikes that uc students respond are just plain cruel. kris sanchez with what the uc president would like and what students would get. >> you might imagine students are focuseden the immediate impact higher tuition and fees between now and their graduation date. when governor brown addresses the board of regents he'll likely mention that and extra $100 million per year that the system got in the last two years plus this year and next year. that money's a result of a tax hike that voters agreed to in part to freeze tuition for students. the uc president said that the freeze cannot last forever if the system is going to meet obligations like pensions and

retiree benefits and expand to meet the demand for higher he indication in the state. when news broke two weeks ago students at beginning of their education and nearing the end each told us that they don't think it's fair that they have to pay more. >> they're stealing money from broke college students and most of us are taking out loans. it's pretty awful if they raise it anymore, in my opinion. >> for them to raise their tuition every year so much for their students especially ones struggling, i think that's cruel. >> here's how the proposed hikes would shake out for students. talking 5% a year for five years, meaning students go from just about $12,000 in tuition and fees now to close to $13,000 next year. by the end of the five years, the hike would bring tuition and fees to more than $15,000 a year. uc chief financial officer says that tuition increases now would help stabilize university funding so that future increases

for students down the road could be more moderate and predictable. coming up more on what the students say and how they might respond this morning. >> interesting. student debt such an issue with our students. 6:08 right now. time to check that microclimate forecast this morning as we give you a live look outside. san mateo bridge we've been watching rain steadily come down growing in strength. check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning, first of a series of storm systems. not only do we have wind coming into the bay area also dealing with brief, heavy downpours, slick conditions. you want to keep in mind rain wind through the higher elevations. you really want to stay alert and take it easy. talking to those of you who head over the santa cruz mountains, definitely. one of the mornings you don't want to mess around. get out the front door as soon as you can to reach your

destination safely. santa cruz good downpours. san jose showers have arrived, nice and slick at this point all the way on 101 where it comes together with 280 in san jose. collect on the drive with mike in moments this extents through milpitas fremont. we'll continue to see this rainfall for the next couple of hours and showers turn spotty. not much of a drying out period before we get our next round of rain. this one comes in into the north bay, heavy rain at times starting tomorrow at 1:00. that's the deal. we've got this rainy pattern going. we'll keep it going through your weekend. more on that coming up in a few moments. here's mike and your drive. >> well you know we had a lot of rain first hitting north bay san rafael camera saw it first. you see the glow the puddle on the northbound side on the right, traffic volume's building with slick roadway but not much of a concern with the rain.

water does kick off of cars and off ramps off of freeway speeds. bay bridge toll plaza metering lights on causing the big of the issue. rain earlier dried off from the lens. roadway looking damp but not wet. parking lot shows evidence of the rain over on the right. backup off of 580 as well on the map. 580 at 24 toward the bay bridge toll plaza, slowest drive, slowing north 880 and off the east shore freeway with the berk le curve. rain hitting the upper east shore, slow typical for the commute out of hercules and west highway 4, pittsburg to concord. later rain in the storm, so that what is possibly causing the slowing. no problems for the tri-valley. south bay typical build. san mateo bridge live look roadway has remained dry on the hayward side. watching for rain to hit the peninsula. >> here it comes. >> thanks a lot. >> cameras dry, that will change

new york doubt. still ahead on "today in the bay," the bay area's newest sports stadium gets a new name. >> not going to be uber the trouble continues for that company. a look coming up in business and tech. the fight between facebook and men and women who shuttle the employees up and down the peninsula. what bus drivers are demanding this morning. a live picture right now from the san bruno mountain of a vast bay area sky that is letting down rain. christina will keep you updated. mike will let you know what the impact is on the roads.

welcome back. tracking reason on the radar. we need the rain you don't need the slow commute. we'll let you know how long showers will last. the good thing, we've got mike inouye coming in clutch on a wednesday morning. >> whether you use clutch or automatic, moving smoothly through free month. you don't need slowing. you don't have anything unusual but rain is a factor. where that's playing out, coming up. >> lawyerura and i stick drivers. berkeley city council not able to come to an agreement whether to add stickers to gas pumps, meeting ajumped last night before members voted on the issue. we've just learned the earthquake's new stadium will be named avia stadium, miles from where the new stadium is located. 18,000 seat stadium under construction on coleman avenue

next to the san jose airport. it will open next year. shuttle drivers for one of the largest tech companies, world's largest tech companies will vote on whether or not to unionize. facebook shuttle drivers transport some of the highest paid workers in the world but their pay does not reflect long hours that they keep. the shuttle company told the "mercury news" it's generous and against forming a union. we'll learn the results this evening according to bob redell. editors at san francisco magazine are astounded at their own timing. >> scott mcgrew, uber on the cover. >> right in the middle of one of the biggest public relations disasters uber ever had and they've had several. the cover says uberbad, and looks at the company's checkered past. the article, critical of uber was written before the late vt uber bombshell. executive telling people the

company was thinking of tracking journalists who use its cars and then releasing em bassbarrassing things about them. the ceo issued an apology. he tweeted it using 13 different tweets the executive showed a lack of leadership humanity and departure from our values and ideals. i believe that folks who make mistakes can learn from them myself included and that goes for e-mail. that would seem to indicate emil michaels keeping his job at uber. the question is whether the ceo can keep his job. uber's biggest investors include google which done like negative attention. are they going to divest? absolutely not. uber is a golden goose but it doesn't mean they will not want changes. "new york times" reporter points out the idea of a senior

executive would be fine to reveal a plan for spying makes you wonder if anything is considers off-limits at uber. the big of the thing that he writes in "the new york times," most cutting comment is when they compares uber to myspace, pointing out lyft is just as easy to use, just like facebook was just as easy to use as myspace. you can say insulting things to tech executives but compare them to myspace, big trouble. >> absolutely the bottom line there. do not cross that threshold. >> innuendos, thanks scott. 6:17. busy and dangerous stretch in bay area roadway will get a major overhaul all in the name of safety. santa clara county considering several plans to redesign congested seconds of the page mill corridor where it meets at oregon expressway. the renovations meant to improve

safety for cyclists and pedestrians but also ease traffic congestion on one of the south bay's busiest thoroughfares. the area stretches from almond street to the foothill express expressway. could be congestion out there on the roadways. won't be courtesy of construction perhaps the rain through the bay area. a live look outside san jose. >> christina tracking the storm for us. keep the umbrella handy no car washes today. >> no except the free one coming out of the sky now. you really want to take it easy through construction zones because that's where the rain can really accumulate. i can tell you we've got enough to accumulate and that's a great way to kick off your wednesday my friend. thanks for waking up with us every day. glad to be back with you, showing you showers on the radar. we're in a drought here in california. every single drop helps. and we're actually getting real

rain this morning. now, at this point, heavier stuff is starting to deteriorate. a lot of the yellow phasing out starting to push into sacramento valley. still getting good downpours here in the south bay. santa cruz mountains looking good for light to moderate rain showers to continue for the next hour or so. and i'm watching this batch of rain getting ready to move on shore on the peninsula and that should be in west menlo park by 6:45. love the technology we can track cells to your doorstep. temperatures now comfortable. we're at 61 on the peninsula. you are only going to climb to 63 degrees. still on the warm side of this system. cold air will be racing in behind it as we head throughout the day today. and then once that thing clears out of here by 3:00 to 5:00 showers deteriorating. tonight will be dry, this guy comes through. as we head through tomorrow a good looking front. it has a lot of rain with. but it's going to come through so fast i don't think it's going

to provide generous totals for us. next one that comes through on saturday, if you're trying to travel, here's the deal good-looking travel day for friday, also looking good for sunday. but on saturday the biggest of the three storm systems starts to move into the bay area and this is also going to spread all the way into southern california. clears ow, though, as we head throughout sunday. you might wonder a lot of rain in the bay area. what does that mean for snow in tahoe? we'll talk about that coming up. first, your drive. get you to work on time. here's mike inouye. >> we have our live cameras around the bay. talked about that rain having hit or coming into the area right here 680, 280, 101. looking here moisture on the lens and glowing lights. so far, driving conditions all right. we see a nice sunrise but watching for than the map, santa cruz mountains having seen rain and mist as well, and our friend tim at desk mist in 85 but things were good. but that's a half hour ago.

101 north, slowing, same for 87 and 85. typical pattern for western. no drama in addition to the rain system coming. tri-valley maintains typical flow and the pattern. slowing towards pleasanton and sunol. typical build for southbound 880 off of that hayward area and the castro valley y. early rain hit north of 92 causing wet roadways through oakland, san francisco, daly city. each shore freeway, slower drive evening itself out after a crash. rain having hit there carquinez, north bay. slower drive for west 580 off of 24, 24 slows because of the build coming off of oakland. palo alto, peninsula, where the roadway has maintained a smooth easy drive and dry conditions using light here for the sign right by ikea to show us whether or not there's significant water on the roadway.

right now not much. nor traffic. the golden gate bridge had earlier rain. slick continues. watch on and off-ramps north of the golden gate bridge. drop lets on the lens. no windshield wipers across the span but we'll keep watching. >> thank you. could that get him the sexiest man alive named by "people" magazine? we'll tell you who it is next. here's a live picture of oakland on this wednesday morning. traffic moving smoothly out there, as we said. mike will be back with a quick check. christina will let you know when rain will hit your area.

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when asked about it he said quote, i'm most excited about the alive portion of the statement. i'm flattered. >> mcconaughey reference was not lost. baseball star who knocked the a's out of the playoffs will be playing for them. >> does this strategy sound familiar? niners have done the same thing in years past. now it's the a's turn. according to multiple reports they've signed billy butler to a three-year deal world series reported $30 million. former kansas city royal hit .271, 9 homers and 66 rbis last season and hit .333 in the world series which the royals lost to some team called the san francisco giants. giants are not giving up on their prized free agent pablo sandoval. third baseman in boston meeting with the organization's red sox brass. giants offered 5-year $90 million deal in the range of what the red sox reportedly are offering.

breaking news a gunman barricaded inside a san jose home. impact it's having on a school. partisan gridlock, cripples congress shocking we know as a showdown on immigration looms. plus november buffalo, how much the city is digging out. nicer, relaxing image of the golden gate bridge. we'll be back with a look at weather, traffic and news.

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in moments. one of the first cameras to get treated with the rainfall san rafael camera you see the wet road here. talking about new crash as you head towards the bay bridge toll plaza, we'll talk about the flow and your way around it. okay. how about a quick look at markets this morning? 6:30 they are just opening. get ready to see what twists and turns await us today. there's the nasdaq of course as well. it is 6:30 right now on your wednesday morning as we take a live look of the bay bridge. not too bad. >> no. it a beautiful start. it's a soggy day, though. when and where, we'll find out on wednesday, november 19th. think is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. breaking news in san jose where police are trying to coax an armed man out of a house, all of this happening in the area of

larch grove place and hayes avenue near oak grove high school. police are keeping our crews a ways back from the scene. that school expected to be open today but police telling students to enter on blossom hillside of the road. police believe the gunman might have a child with him. bob riddell with a live update in a few minutes. washington could see more action on the budget. lawmakers trying to come up with a new budget before money runs out in two weeks. they're not seeing action on the big oil pipeline. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill with the latest on that and a look at immigration. a lot going on. >> a couple of issues that affect california. let's talk about that pipeline first, because it did not pass the senate. california's two democratic senators did not vote for it but they came up one vote short.

republicans hoping to push this into the new year when they've got control of both houses they insist they'll pass it and warning the president not to veto the pipeline. hearing those week that the president could be ready to take action on immigration, his executive order promised by the end of the year could come within the next week and it could allow parents of immigrants to stay in this country. that could aggravate things in the middle of budget negotiations between democrats and republicans. they've got to come up with the budget by december 11th, before they break, before the new congress comes in or the government runs out of money and talking shoutdown again. >> we'll see what they do. thanks so much. >> hope we will not be talking about shutdown for real. 6:32 wednesday morning. people in buffalo trying to dig out of a nasty snowstorm. buffalo is where snow totals could top six feet by this afternoon.

absolutely whiteout conditions. hard to gather what you're looking at there. the storm already blamed for at least six deaths in new york new hampshire, michigan, and another storm expected to follow tomorrow. officials also concerned about warming temperatures this within which could lead to flooding. >> we'll have rain across the bay area this within. talk about today. microclimate forecast a live look at s curve, you see the sheen on the roadway. take it easy as you head out the door. seeing rain. >> we are right in the mist of this storm right now. we'll check in with christina loren who has been tracking it every step of the way. >> good morning. good morning to you at home. tracking a good-looking storm system, first of three that will impact the bay area between now and saturday. and if you are trying to travel after all, hard to believe, but thanksgiving about a week away now. i can tell you, you're going to have dangerous conditions leaving tomorrow also leaving on saturday. friday i can tell you looks good

as well as sunday. keep that in mind. good morning to you. this is such a welcome sight. we have a bit of activity heavier stuff, rolling down the east shore. it's all starting to deteriorate. lightening up. we're getting pockets of rainfall and that will continue. as we head throughout the day today. what we have here the core of low pressure and they going to bring about more rainfall as we head through the second half of the day. mange sure you are an umbrella and warm coat. temperatures are definitely dropping off. 49 degrees in the north bay. our days get shorter, sun set pfz we hit 5:00 this time. 4:58. temperatures are definitely going to be on the chilly side. i can tell you, not a lot of sunshine coming your way today but we need the rain. next storm system arrives as we get into tomorrow afternoon. we've got another one on the way for your saturday. so stick around. we'll tell you what this means. overall this system coming in

now not going to make a big impact on tahoe but the next two will showing you a live picture, slated to open up on friday. a lot of ski resorts opening up as we get into the weekend. more on the upcoming snow in moments. good friend of mine busy today, mike. haven't had a chance to ask you. >> i'm doing well. how you doing? all right. >> okay. >> good good. taking a look at golden gate bridge. got to pay to play across the bridge heading into san francisco. opposite direction is free that's northbound. wet roadways because we had earlier rain north of san francisco toward the north bay. wet roads continue. bay bridge camera dried off, roadways damp and slick. clouds hover above oakland hills, but you can see them. look at the map, slow flow of traffic for 24 i've circled on the middle of the screen 24 approaching 580, that's extra slow, it may be caused by that big buildup that happens with

580 early. you don't know what's particular about the commute, there are no incidents going. 880, smoother drive through oakland on that route but no help out of arrent da. san san mateo. folks from 880 orange hayward top of the screen union city. crash toward that doneidn't barton bridge towards the toll plaza. it has cleared to other side. should be smooth drive west of 880. smooth drive northbound to the south bay. slowing for north 101 around 680, a live cam rap take a look dry roads but building commute. >> good deal. >> 6:36. markets have been open for a few minutes. >> let's collect those numbers now with scott mcgrew. >> good morning. slightly negative we are waiting on information from the fed. i will say tesla is about 2% lower as morgan stanley worried

about the model-x, will it be released on time. the fed minutes, those are today. the records of the meeting of the federal open markets committee. last time this came out, guys we all said my goodness here it comes, there's going to be an interest rate hike and there wasn't anything in the note and the stock market caught fire. stock market loves low interest rates, right? easy money. it happens today, if we expect the fed's going to hint that interest rates are coming coming hiking and they don't, we could see quite the day on the market. >> cheap money. >> i like low interest rates, too. >> 6:37. still ahead, what people near ferguson missouri are doing ahead of the grand jury's decision on the shooting death of an unarmed black teen. >> a live look outside. yep, there's the rain coming down as we speak. across the bay area the first of several storms to hit.

christina's tracking everything. mike's tracking that morning commute. more news ahead as well.

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>> the show of unity this morning in jerusalem. less than 24 hours after a deadly attack on a synagogue there. jewish worshippers returned for morning prayers, one day after two palestinian cousins killed five people before being shot and killed by police. three victims were israeli-american. israel's prime minister says his country will take strict measures to deal with the rising wave of palestinian attacks. 6:41. as we await the grand jumpryry's decision, some gun dealers are seeing a spike in sales. one gun shop near the city's main airport says it sold two to three times more weapons than usual in reason weeks. back in august, a white police officer shot and killed michael brown, black teenager in ferguson. the grand jury is deciding if the officer should face criminal charges. >> stay tuned to that. 6:41. next update to break news. san jose police in a stand-off with an armed man near a high school.

bob redell is there talking to police now. an update next. plus, cars in the castro catch fire an arson investigator on the case. vote today that could increase tuition for thousands of california college students what happen governor brown is doing now to try to stop it. a live look outside overlooking san jose. the sun coming up. we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather after the break.

now, 15 minutes of continuous news, weather and traffic on "today in the bay." >> breaking news. police in san jose trying to negotiate with a man right now, he locked himself inside a home and refused to come out. it's all happening across the street from a high school. "today in the bay's" bob redell

arrived on scene, near oak grove high school. what's the latest, bob? >> reporter: good morning. you can see it's a block away where from we're standing looking down hayes where the area of larch grove, going on for several hours. san jose police, surrounded a home. merge is their version of s.w.a.t. around 9:45 received a report of a man in the street with a gun with a child. and that man with -- we heard what sounded like -- you can hear those concussive blasts two large blasts just came from that house. you can see it there was a flash bang, looked like a flash bang based on the light reflecting off trees. i don't know if that's the merge unit making entry into the house right now. officer real -- trying to see if the officer's hearing anything on his two-way. that could have been them making entry into this house where this

man had been barricaded. it wasn't clear if the child was ever released or what communication. hearing anything on your to-way about what just happened? you can't tell me. is it over? officer offcamera won't tell me whether or not the situation is over. again, started 9:45 last night. pio, public information officer with the san jose police department supposed to be here around 7:30 give us an update on what happened. it wouldn't be unusual for them to be making entry now, when we've covered these types of barricades in the past. they usually wait until sun up to make some move because they have can more light. as i listen down there there, i hear sirens, i don't know if it's officers or from the squad cars down there. i saw movement of an officer running towards the front of the home. from our vantage point, keeping us a good two blocks away it's

difficult to tell what happened. what we did hear about 60 seconds ago, two large bangs. i saw the flash from one. i'm can assume those were flash bang grenades, a tactical device nonlethal dericevice use to make entry. we don't have any confirmation from that. again, i can only tell you what i observed from our vantage point. last night 9:45 a man in the street with a gun and a child 911 notified and the man went back into the home where he had been barricaded for overnight and hopefully maybe they've finally gotten him out, at least something that's going on overnight. you're being kept pretty far from the scene as well why we don't see a lot of activity there. >> reporter: say one more time. >> you're being kept far from the scene which is why we don't see a lot of activity? >> reporter: we're a good two blocks away. >> all right. >> reporter: they're keeping us away. which is not unusual when they

have a barricaded subject with a gun. it's a safety issue. i should mention, oak grove high to the right of your screen it's right next door, athletic field. the school's notified us they will still be in session but they want people to enter on the blossom hill roadside a couple blocks off to your right side of the screen. the school's still going to be in session but they want to enter -- >> bob hold on. we're getting word from the principal of oak grove they're going to close the school now until this barricade-type situation is completely over. one point they were telling students to enter through a different side but now we're advising students to not go to class just yet. it's 6:48. do not go to school until we get the all-clear from the principal of that school. we'll keep you live on the scene and check back with you during our 7:25 cut-in this morning. thanks so much, bob, as he

continues to gather information from the scene. again, oak grove high school students a police stand-off going on close to the school students advised to stay away at this point. >> heart skipped a beat, two loud booms in the middle of bob's live shot. 5:49 now. excuse me 6:49 on your wednesday morning. this, as we take a live look at the bay. it's overcast because we are in the mifddst of rain showers. >> 6:49. that was -- scary. what we are working with. a lot of rain on the radar. heavier stuff starting to race out of here pressing towards tahoe. a warm system. this is not going to create a lot of snowfall up in our sierra nevada range. i can tell you next two looking

good maybe two to three feet of powder above 7,000 feet. that's good news. we also need rain free car wash coming through. our hillsides turning green. this will give them that reinforcing shot of moisture that they need to continue to turn green. it's going to be pretty here. i believe after the three systems get through. we're watching this batch of rain this is associated with the core of low pressure going to come over us as we head through 8:25 expecting that batch to move over free month and the same for palo alto 8:10 this morning as we continue throughout the day, between 12:00 and 5:00, showers starting to let up. temperatures, though, will be on the cool side. we're starting out in the low 60s on the peninsula, we will stick with low 60s as we get into afternoon. 63 degrees for you. 63 east shore. 62 in san francisco for today. not a lot of drying out time before our next round of rain cops through. this one we stop the clock on

futurecast at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow starting to impact the north bay. this has moisture with. it's going to come through so fast. not expecting very good totals. between 1:00 and 3:00 it dives into the south bay and then fall as part. we stop the clock for you, getting into saturday 9:00 a.m. moderate showers running and shower activity pressing all the way into southern california. this could make for tricky travel. keep that in mind. overall looking good on sunday. everything clears out. temperaturewise, stick with 0s, you'll need your coat and hopefully by tuesday into wednesday of next week another system moves through. let's find out how we're doing on roadways. mike inouye. >> looking toward 92 west bound across the bay. we can see the peninsula side clouds pretty good lift there. we have a slower drive developing and of course watching 101 for slowing. look at your map, it's 92 area that's the slower drive, 84

dumbarton bridge moving nicely after earlier crash cleared from off offed boulevard. not much of issue on the palo alto side of that drive. south bay north bound routes continue to bill. 95 off of 87. breaking news that laura told you about, oak grove high school we heard from the principal of oak grove, wanted folks to know they have closed school for the time being until police activity across the street will be cleared. bob redell live from that scene. you heard an explosion there as well. looking towards south bound 880 as well as tri-valley typical bill. south 680 extra slow but no incidents reported there. there's that your bay bridge with the jam off the east shore freeway, 680 off of 242, concord and pleasanton. earlier crash cleared to the shoulder. san rafael not a lot of rain it's mist and commuters on slicker roadways. back to you. more breaking news. crews jumping into action quickly to put out a few car fires in san francisco.

they broke out early this morning on noe street between 18 and 19th in the castro. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live there now. arson investigators were call out to the scene. >> reporter: they were. good morning. that's a preliminary conclusion, arson. but the question would be why? what's motive here? this was after 2:00 this morning, dark and quiet in the neighborhood. one fire a block up on noe at 19th, the other one here 18th, remnants of a shattered window. police saying by the type officers got here there weren't witnesses nor suspects in the area. they were able to get firefighters out here quickly. they put out a fire at a newer model white dodge sprinter van. there was a car next to it that had some minor damage sustained scorched paint and melted taillight. the other side, major damage closer to 18th and noe, a newer model four-door red jeep

suffered bad damage close to a store where we spoke with an employee. he saw the aftermath, ran out and believed the fires were suspicious. >> fire on the bottom of the hill was on the hood it looked like someone had set it. it wasn't anything from inside the hood area like engine fire or anything like that. the fear department got it under control within ten minutes. they got it under control and taken care of. >> reporter: he described the response also as pretty big with eight to nine police patrol cars here in the neighborhood as well as a couple of fire trucks. the fire department's arson squad also out here. while we have been here earlier in the morning we did see patrol cars in the neighborhood looking for suspicious activity. but so far nobody in custody. live in san francisco stephanie strong, "today in the bay." >> thank you, steph. >> happening today, governor jerry brown addressing the uc board of regents as they discuss

tuition likes that could cost more than $1,000 a year. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joining us with the uc argument for the hike and whether the governor's buying it. >> good morning. we expect the governor will remind the regents they were prom esed $100 million in extra funding over four years because voters tacksxes themselves. freezing costs beyond four years is not realisting. >> we have a significant amount of manner to costs, we have retirement contributions to our pension system retiree health our own health benefits. one of the other areas that i'd point out the state could help us in is retirement. >> they're stealing money from broke college students and most of us taking out loans so it's awful if they raise it in my opinion. >> how that proposed hike would shake out for students 5% a year for five years means students go

from 12,000 in tuition and fees now to close to $13,000 next year and by the end of the five years hike would bring tuition and fees to more than $15,000 a year. board of regents meeting set for 8:30 this morning. we expect the governor will address it. >> big decision affecting a lot of people. thank you. 6:56. update to breaking news following. police in san jose right now trying to negotiate with a man who locks himself inside a home refused to come out. he's believed to have weapons, possibly a child with him. it's happening just across the street from oak grove high school in san jose. we've just learned the school will be close for now until this situation is resolved. "today in the bay's" bob redell has been on scene all morning for us. what's the very latest? >> reporter: good morning to you. merge, san jose police version of s.w.a.t. had this home surrounded a couple blocks down the street from where we're now. and there had been relatively

quiet, wasn't much activity until ten minutes ago. in that man with -- we just heard what sounds like -- you can hear those concussive blasts two large blasts just came from that house. around 6:45, we hear two flash bangs going off in front of the residence. our assumption tactical response from merge, possibly trying to go in and end the barricade situation. we have confirmed those were flash bangs but they cannot confirm whether they did make a move into the house, and if so did they end this barricade situation. it started around 9:45 last night, 911 call of a man standing in the middle of the road with a gun and a child, and then he went in and barricaded himself where he had presumably been barricaded all night long

until perhaps this two flash bangs went off. trying to get confirmation whether that ended the situation. activity now, two unmarked squad cars arriving on the scene. saw san jose animal control arriving on the scene. don't know what the significance of that is. as far as oak grove high again right across the street from where this is happening, they have temporarily shut down the school for today. whether that's going to change if they get new information here within the next few minutes we don't know. as of right now oak grove high school is shut down again as the san jose police department trying to deal with the barricade situation at a home here a couple blocks behind me. blockry dell "today in the bay." >> parents students, stay away from oak grove. do we know anything else about that child possibly inside the house? >> reporter: the man was in the street with a gun and a child and the man and the child, don't know what the relation issing

went back into the home. was the child released overnight? police have not confirmed that yet. >> we'll check back with you 7:25. >> scary situation. hope it is resolved peacefully. we don't want to say the weather is secondary but in light of what we're discussing, you are tracking rain. >> right, plus heavy stuff is coming through. dealing with light showers at this point. one more band of moisture to come through as we head throughout the next few hours. by 11:00 today, when we meet back here for midday broadcast, i'm able to show you how much rain we've picked up from the storm system. by that time a lot of the activity will be winding down. keep the umbrella handy. more rain tomorrow. if you misses your seven day, we'll have it for you every 15 minutes. >> finally put the umbrella to use. >> you have one. >> got to get one. roadways it can get slick. >> we have slick roadways in the nor bay. misty and drizzling in san rafael. look at maps we don't see an

unusual pattern, slow down east shore freeway. bay moves smoothly. south bay, northbound commute moves nicely. not wet here but we're still in transition. >> update in a half hour. good morning. snovember. cities along the great lakes paralyzed by more than six feet of snow in less than a day. at least five deaths now blamed on the storm. roads shut down, hundreds stranded in vehicles overnight including a college basketball team. guess what? even more snow is on the way. >> new accusations, the bill cosby scandal widens as the high profile accuser comes forward. former super model janice dickinson claiming she was drugged and sexually assaulted by the com