but temps in the 70s. that cooldown begins tomorrow, and then rain. we desperately need it. it is on the way, setting even heavy rainfall, we'll tell you where and when in moments. you might just be blown away. >> you're going to be hanging out at the bay bridge toll plaza because the metering lights are on. it's tuesday, typically having a heavy volume of traffic, that's what we see from our fremont camera. i'm looking for a crash near the auto mall parkway sign. we'll show you what i see coming up. and what we see right now, which is not the laser sharp vision of mike inouye, which is a nice perspective, though, from the san bruno mountain looking out pretty clear this morning at the bay area. it is tuesday, february the 3rd and you are watching "today in the bay." a very good tuesday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> even ai'm laura garcia-canno. neighbors are being credited with saving the lives of several people inside a gnome san jose

at the barriesa neighborhood this morning. vab caught fire in the driveway of the home on donahue street just before 4:00. neighbors helped everyone get out to safety. the house is used as an independent living facility for the mentally disabled. luckily no one was hurt and the fire never spread to the house. this morning, san francisco police are trying to figure out if the same people are responsible for four home invasion robberies in as many days, some of which were very violent. the latest happened on irvine street. stephanie chuang is live right now. >> live at the hall of justice. do police have any leads? >> reporter: good morning to you both laura and sam. the good news here, yes, they say they're working with some leads, but the bad news, they've made no arrests in trying to track down these armed robbers. the most recent attack happened just before 9:00 last night in the visitation valley neighborhood on irvine street. police say that's when someone held two homeowners at gunpoint while four apolices ransacked

their homes stealing at least one firearm. the day before, sunday morning in the lower hait, police say two men were able to break through two locked doors at an apartment building on buchanan street. they taped her mouth up and robbed her. neighbors will be tushing to cameras, alarms and one another. >> we'll all be a lot more cautious about it, and we'll all be watching each other. >> reporter: the string of attacks though began friday morning. police say that's within a man and a woman held another woman at knifepoint, taking her valuables and tying her up with an extension cord, leaving her with minor injuries, and an elderly couple was the target in diamond heights saturday morning. police say two men roughed up the pair while trying to rob them but so far, these happening in very different neighborhoods with very different suspect descriptions. live in san francisco this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, stephanie. new this rng mo, police are trying to find whoever gunned down a man well-known in oakland's rap community.

tom knick newton a rapper known as the jacko was reportedly shot to death just after 8:00 last night near macarthur and 94th, near bishop o'dowd high school. newton began his rap career in the late 1990s and reportedly just released an album last year. at 6:03 this morning investigators want to you take a close look at a surveillance picture trying to catch a man accused of groping a young girl inside a busy store. >> nannette miranda is live at the sheriff's office in san leandro with the details and the photo of the man they're looking for. good morning, nannette. >> reporter: good morning, sam. almeida county sheriff's deputies are definitely calling this a wake-up call for parents to keep a closer eye on their children when shopping. here's the man investigators are looking for, described as a light skinned african-american 18 to 19 years old, six feet tall with a flat top haircut. he's suspected of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old sunday at the 99 cent only store in unincorporated hayward.

the girl was in the toy aisle when deputies say the suspect cornered her, grabbed her, then forcefully put his hand down her pants. he fled the store and the search of the area did not turn up anything, which is why law enforcement is turning to the public for help in finding this man. until then a word of advice from deputies. >> people that specifically come to stores like this to target children, and you as a parent have to be very vigilant and never let your child out of your sight. >> reporter: here's another look at the suspect. the mother of the little girl was just in the next aisle over, so she did not see the attack. the girl was taken to the hospital, children's hospital in oakland, where she underwent an examination and hopefully she'll be okay. live in sclan, nannette miranda for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much nannette. a woman is suing radio shack and one of its employees, this after she says racy photos were stolen off of her iphone.

the woman took her phone to the radio shack store in corte madeira in november because the screen was broken. when she got the phone back 17 of her photos had been texted to an unknown number. last week prosecutors charged that store employee who helped her. happening today, three high profile court cases grabbing national headlines, two happening in massachusetts are massive storms buried the region in snow. jury selection is said to resume today in the trial of boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. the second of the murder trial of former football star aaron hernandez, he's on trial accused of killing semipro football player oden lloyd in 2013. in southern california rap mogul suge knight is expected to appear in court on a murder charge. police say he hit and killed a man with his truck. his lawyers say he was trying to escape an attack. prosecutors have untilled end of the day to arrest a man

in connection with the suitcase full of body parts. he's not been charged with anything and is being held without bail. he was seen on surveillance video near where the suitcase was left last week. follow-up on a controversial proposal in san leandro. last night the city council approved funding for an armored rescue vehicle for the police department. police say it will be used to rescue injured officers and civilians in a crisis. neighbors protesting at the meeting says the vehicle sends the wrong message and could hurt police relations within that community. bill clinton is in the bay area. the former president is on a speaking tour. tonight his stop is in oakland, part of the oakland speaker series. clinton will speak at the paramount theater at 8:00 tonight. big happenings right now as well outside as we take a live look at of bay bridge at 6:06 this morning. nice clear picture on a week that promises to be quite eventful. >> exactly. because we're going to have a nice day today but the finish for the week is going to be

great as well because some much needed rain is coming our way. >> we definitely need that rain. good morning to you, sam, laura, everybody at home. temperatures right off the bat in the 40s and 50s. it's a mild start out there. we have some low clouds, but no thick fog right at the surface, and that's good news when it comes to you just getting out that front door this morning. you're not going to run into any dense fog. if anything does develop mike and i will be here to let you know. san martin is at 45 degrees, an indication of a nice over san martin. 48 in concord and 49 degrees in san jose. so mild continues, typically we see the 30s this time of year but we're in the 40s and 50s. another warm finish to the day with temperatures climbing into the mid-60s by lunch time. by lunch time we'll bypass our average high in time of year and at the 3:00 hour widespread 70s for today. the south bay at 72, 71 degrees on the peninsula and 69 degrees on the east shore.

we've been really warm with the high pressure, nice and firm. it hasn't budged in weeks as we head throughout the next couple of days it will start to move to the east, give them some waurnlt over on the midwest and northeast section of the nation. for us, area of low pressure moves through. that's what's going to take the big ridge out of here and we'll tap into rich moisture. we call it the atmospheric river, potentially measuring this rain in inches before all is said and done. so i'm going to show you the timing and how much we're expecting, where you live in your microclimate in moments. first it's a traffic tuesday. let's see how your drive is shaping up. here's mike inouye. >> good morning christina. it's not bad for a tuesday. the volume of traffic manageable right now. we'll look toward fremont what could be another issue for folks here. i've widened the out our cam camera, you see the sign for auto mall parkway toward the top of your screen the sign off to the left side is the block pacific commons on auto mall parkway. in the stretch we're looking for the crash but i don't see it on the roadway itself.

the map shows you the traffic through the area you saw with the headlights moving a little slower approaching auto mall and that may be indicating the earlier slowdown we saw. all lanes reported clear by chp over the last few. as we move further north we're looking at hayward, union city, southbound 80 slows again toward 880, a second of the morning's crash in the area should be off to the shoulder as you make the connector toward the san mateo bridge. the earlier crash at tennison has also cleared. 508 commute moving nicer now on the right side of your screen through livermore, the earlier crash at airway cleared. the earlier slowdown sorted itself out to a nice tri valley commute. wide shot of the bay, san jose on the bottom of your screen, peninsula, san mateo, los altos, 101, 280 moving close to the speed limit and better visibility than last week so no problems there, haven't been for a couple of days. as we move toward the north bay with our maps, anywhere north of the bay bridge there's san francisco, mill valley, novato, 101 moves smoothly. typical slowing through the two

lane area and live look at san rafael shows you how traffic flows at the turns at terra linda. typical build for a tuesday. we have folks at the speed limit and probably some folks trying to sneak by faster. not advised because chp also wide awake this morning. >> they are probably more awake than us. >> i think so. >> coffee and hopefully not running too late. thank you. championship hardware stops by the south bay, where you can catch a glimpse of the giants world series trophies today. what seems to be a family fight between google and uber over robots. we'll take a look coming up in business news. once again our perspective from the san bruno mountain this morning looking out over the bay area, a vantage point of everything. we'll fill you in on what's going on, a very busy week on the weather front. we' we'll be right back after this.

good morning to you. happy tuesday. we are sparing the air for today, but if you like the temperatures we've been serving up in the weather department, more of the same and that's the low 70s here in the south bay. upper 60s on the way to san francisco but here's the weather story i want to tell you about. heavy rain for some in 48 hours, others have to wait for 72 hours. we're all going to see this rain, more on that in just moments. we're looking at the san mateo bridge a critical connector across the bay. this moves smoothly, two earlier crashes near the interchange. another issue for folks getting down to the nimitz approaching the area. i think i found it on the camera. we'll show thaw coming up.

a look at today's top stories. eight people have been arrested in paris overnight, accused of recruiting french teams to take part in jihad. more on that. four home invasions in four days have san francisco police busy this morning. thieves have hit the diamond heights, lower hait, oceanview and visitation valley neighborhoods. an assisted living home fire in san jose is out this morning. it moved quickly from the car to the garage but was ex-ping tished. nobody was injured. scott mcgrew, what does this mean for regular internet users? >> net neutrality means no one company can send you data in the last mile to your house faster than any other company. generally good news for consumers in that it means a fun new startup has just as much of an opportunity to succeed as a big company, and competition has brought up a lot of good things.

how that net neutrality is enforced is the argument. the obama administration wants the fcc to regulate the internet like a utility. republicans in congress want legislation instead. it's mostly the who, not the what. speaking of fights, depending o who you believe there may be a big battle between google and uber. google is uber's biggest earliest investor. reports say google is working on its own ride sharing service and uber is working on its own robot cars which is google's specialty. uber will work with carnegie-mellon the research and develop robot cars. carnegie-mellon helped invent the robot car ten years ago, back when we used to think, wow! robot cars? that's amazing. google has logged nearly a million miles in dryerless cars since then and it's moved to its second model, not this one, but very similar to this one that doesn't even have a steering wheel. it makes one wonder why uber wouldn't want to use one of

these? now infighting in entry, whether it's politics, movie stars or robot cars conflicting headlines. the top from bloomberg the article says the two companies are going to war. business insider says it's out of proportion. the people i've talked to said this headline is probably more correct, that said google can invest, afford to invest in uber and compete. it may be a good idea because uber executives are dancing very close to the edge sometimes and google may want an alternative plan. >> maybe we could have these robot drivers that are actually used on the uber app, put in a button, all of a sudden a robot picks you up, a merging of the worlds. okay we lost scott. thank you very much, scott. the victory parade for the super bowl champs and their fans in boston will have to wait another day. courtesy of mother nature. >> hundreds of fans braved snowy weather last night to welcome home the patriots to foxborough. celebrations through the streets of boston it was supposed to

happen today. dangerous blizzard forced the mayor to push the parade back a day to tomorrow. no doubt they'll still celebrate. >> yes. lot of happy people in boston, a good 24 hours to just take it in and think about what happened yesterday, or sunday, a very active football game, exciting finish. let's check outside and see what's going on, a live look in downtown san jose. >> very nice start to our morning. let's see what's in store for the rest of the day. >> we've got a good looking day coming your way. the time is 6:1. before i show you your current temperatures we're going to get right to them. i want to tell you we have a lot of rain on the way. my message to you is, seize the day. by the way, there's still an ongoing investigation going when it comes to the patriots, so stick with us and we'll keep you updated oen that as well. 64 degrees in the north bay. 62 degrees in san francisco, and so it's going to be a really lovely day, temperatures are going to end up in the low 70s. those were your lunch time

temperatures, already blowing past your daytime highs when we get to lunch time. as we head throughout the mid section of the week, temperatures as you can see clearly here are going to drop off and then we have a lot of rainfall, much needed rainfall right here in the bay area, starting on thursday morning. areas to the north of the golden gate bridge will see that rain by thursday afternoon in san francisco. friday into saturday heavier rain comes through and i'm going to give you an idea of the timing. it's one of the weekends you really want to make those indoor plans. i stop that clock for you at 10:00 a.m. thursday, at that point getting into moderate rainfall, the top corner of sonoma county, continue that futurecast and stop it again between 9:00 a.m. and excuse me, 9:00 a.m. on thursday, and 9:00 a.m. on friday, just to give you an idea of how slow this system is moving, everything stays north of the golden gate bridge when it comes to the heavy stuff. i move you forward in time, stop the clock again. we have to wait for the heavy rain until 9:00 p.m. on friday here in the south bay. so here's the thing.

temperatures are going to be ñver very slow moving warm area, and for us, that means we're going to see ample rainfall when you get these cold systems that originate in the gulf of alaska they typically don't squeeze out a lot of moisture. because this taps into the atmospheric river we're talking about measuring rain in the two to four inch range that's widespread. down here in the south bay i think it will be more like one and a half to maybe two and a half inches of rainfall, but we're looking good for six plus in the high elevations of sonoma and marin county. so go ahead and make those indoor plans. if you wanted to get up to wine country shouldn't be too bad especially indoors tasting. peninsula looking good saturday and sunday for the mid-60s and the rich moisture and down in the south bay, we're still going to see some warm temperatures coinciding with the heavy rainfall. so we'll talk more about that. i'll show you the totals on the map. maybe you think geographically like me. i'll show you in the next report. first checking your drive is it

a tuesday, is it a true to form traffic tuesday is the question, mike? >> it was looking more pleasant but now not for oakland. here's 880 what we found with our camera the at oakland coliseum, turning south past hag haganberger, reports two of lanes blocked by a crash involving a motorcycle, lower visibility, motorcycles being smaller vehicles but a prius involved as well, two smaller vehicles i guess. no major injuries reported but one is leaking some fuel so that might mean some extended cleanup, blocking two lanes south of haganberger toward 98. because it's near the center divide it's causing slowdown both directions just off of the coliseum. approaching the bay bridge nothing unusual. 580 slows off of 24 approaching the toll plaza and the metering lights and a nice easy drive off the bay bridge, off of the east shore freeway. i wanted to show you the rest of hayward as we move down toward union city, the nimitz freeway continues a typical build past the earlier crash at 92 now off of the roadway.

the tri valley toward livermore, pleasanton, a nice smooth build typical north through san ramon. 680 moves at the speed all the way up, construction work continuing over the urs could of the next couple of days we've seen in the last few commutes. south le 0 through fremont an earlier crash at thornton but that looks like everything's moving smoothly past the scene. no delays north for san jose. at bomb of your screen the south bay has a typical pattern 101, now 85 and 280 shows a little more volume. the peninsula nicely so we'll show you the bay bridge toll plaza with our live camera. mid parking lot we start to see the lanes off to the left approach filling in thousand. it's a little bit late. we had a break and things are starting to fill in. once again no problems for the north bay. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. 6:21. san francisco giants world series trophies stop by the south bay today. all three novembrophies will be at the stadium, the giants farm team.

you can take your picture around the shiny hardware at 4:00. 6:21 right now. students tested not for a grade but for tuberculosis. the details still ahead. plus the controversial proposal, scientists creating babies using dna from three people. it could soon be a reality in the uk. and a live look outside right now, not too much science involved in taking in the scene here on the approach to the bay bridge. nice day in store for you today at 6:22, as you make your way to work. we'll be right back with a look at traffic, weather and news, after this break.

this morning more than 150 staff and students will be tested for tuberculosis. student was diagnosed last week with active tb. the student was sick for a while before eventually going to the doctor. now the student is receiving care at home. the airborne disease usually attacks the lungs and it can be deadly. later today british lawmakers will be holding a controversial vote. the issue here, whether to allow scientists to create babies using the dna from three different people. >> supporters say the technique is aimed at preventing deadly genetic diseases from being passed from a mother to a child. if approved the uk would become the first country to have such a law. a southern california man running across the u.s. and back again on a mission to get kids

reading. >> they're talking about dennis yang, a children's author who has written dozens of books at this point. in august he started a journey from santa monica, with the goal to run across the country and promote literacy. he's been donating books and sharing stories with kids in hospitals and orphanages all along the way. >> we tie it in with goal setting and that's where the running comes in. i showed them that i could run across the country by taking little steps. >> it is a physical and mental march. yang is now in florida. from this he'll run north to maine then head west before completing his 8,000 mile loop around the country. he expects the entire journey to take him about a year and a half. >> good cause. 6:26. still ahead which way will the numbers go. opening bell minutes away. scott mcgrew joins us next with an early look at markets. plus more than a dozen babies quarantined this morning due to the measles, this as the debate heats up over vaccinating kids on capitol hill. enjoy today as we take a

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seize the day. temperatures are warm in the 70s and talking about heavy rainfall. we'll have all the details for your specific microclimate in moments. the futures are higher this morning as we get under way on the nyse. take you over to the nasdaq as well. higher oil prices pushing markets higher. a live look outside, beautiful bay bridge for this tuesday morning, february 3rd. this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. the vaccination debate is hitting a fever pitch with president obama and two presidential contenders at odds, this as more than a dozen california babies are in quarn tee because of measles exposure. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez join us with what's happening today. are the babies okay? >> the 1-year-old who has confirmed case of measles there, that little baby's update condition has not been updated.

a cording to an infectious disease specialist children under the aim of 5 are more likely to get complications, ear infections that can result in. erm nent hearing loss or worse. the baby isn't the first one and not the only one at this point. what is concerning is that the baby attended a day care center with other babies too young to be vaccinated. so you might be thinking this is in southern california, no impact here. the case illustrates the impacts of exposure on whole community. the entire day care center is closed. the babies under a 21-day quarantine and then 12 other children infants to 3 years of age the ones that were old enough to get the vaccine are also at home because the day care center is shut down by direction of the public health department. wide-reaching impacts. in marin county a high nonvaccination rate a family continues to ask its district to keep unvaccinated kids from school so this they don't put their son at risk, in remission from leukemia has compromised

immunity so a contrast there. the issue of vaccines and measles becoming more political and also more partisan. according to a new pew poll, republicans and independents less likely to support mandatory vaccinations than democrats. >> there is every reason to get vaccinated. there aren't reasons to not. >> we can have some measure of choice in things as well. >> there is a hearing on capitol hill today, which you may have already mentioned, and that was to focus on why this year flu vaccine was only effective about a third of the time, but measure, measles may take center stage as well. the cdc reports 102 cases in 14 different states and again those 14 babies now under quarantine. there was one infectious disease specialist who said if there are ten unvaccinated babies in a room where there has been measles, nine will get it. that's the estimate, how contagious it is for little

babies. >> and dangerous as you mentioned, thank you. >> thanks, kris. 6:32. live look outside and we have the always beautiful always unadulterated bay bridge. >> it's true. you never get tired of some of the beautiful vistas here in the bay area. we are simply spoiled. that's for sure, christina. >> we certainly are. and we need that rain to keep our gorgeous hillsides nice and green, and there is some on the way. quite a bit of it, especially above 5,000 feet in tahoe. we are going to get some heavy rain, potential flooding and the snow level will be really, really high with this system as well. i'm going to talk about that in just a moment. we want to start with your 24-hour temperature change, because it's a big difference from yesterday. you probably know you adjust your thermostat in your home a degree or two, makes a difference. we're nine degrees warmer than 24 hours in half moon bay, four degrees warmer in san martin and five degrees warmer in

livermore. starting out upper 40s to low 50s. once the sun comes up over the next hour you will clearly see that area of low clouds, a blanket over the greater bay area. that's what's keeping us nice and mild to start. beautiful day coming your way, a warm finish. let me take you through your day part forecast. by noon temperatures in the mid-60s so the peninsula at lunch time 64 degrees. this is the last day of these very warm temperatures, by 3:00 we're talking about the 70s. 72 degrees in the south bay. 70 degrees straight up in the north bay and 69 degrees on the east shore. tri valley today will be the warmest area at 73 degrees. then let's talk about the changes coming your way, because for some parts of the bay area that rain starts up in just 48 hours. we're talking about a lot of rainfall especially up in the north bay. measuring that rain in inches just about everywhere. this is a preliminary look at what we are expecting. six plus inches of rain in the high elevations of marin and sonoma county.

four to six inches possible on the valley floor. we could see up to four inches of rainfall on the east shore and we're expecting that in the san francisco, redwood city as well getting some very rich moisture and down here in the south bay, we are shadowed by the santa cruz mountains to get that rain shadow effect but i'm still forecasting an inch and a half to two and a half inches of rain. here's the deal for tahoe. your snow level is going to start at bçc6,500 feet to 8,00 feet. we're really going to see the coldest temperatures as per usual just around sunrise. snow accumulations not going to be that great. below 6500 feet. lake level below 6,300 feet. as we get the warm air it will rush in sunday into monday. the snow level rises 7,500 feet to 9,000 feet. still expecting overall the highest elevations the peaks of tahoe to accumulate to two feet of snow. we really need that snow to dig out of the drought so this is not that great because of the

warm temperatures but whatever we can get, we will take. let's check your drive, here's mike inouye. >> all right, over in oakland as well, look to our live camera. i've turned it toward the south end of our shot here, this is southbound with these tail lights heading past hegen berger toward 98, center divide area and the fast lane are blocked. northbound headlights are distracted as well. the crash blocks that lane and slower drive developing before you get to high street past the coliseum. that's about the only drama for oakland approaching the bay bridge and rest of your east shore freeway typical pat fern there anywhere north of oakland itself. smooth drive through the north bay. the map shows you novato, san rafael at speed. same thing for concord, highway 4 out of antioch and lafayette approaching the walnut creek interchange. slower drive for the tri valley, 680 crash cleared over to sunol. that caused a little extra slowing for pleasanton. no surprises hayward fremont 880

itself and zoom down to the south bay and end with this shot and show you the south bay with the northbound build which is typical at this time on a tuesday. >> there we go. thanks a lot, mike. >> thank you. we're hoping to see the markets bounce back a little bit. oil has been on the climb. they've been open for a few minutes now. >> let's check the numbers. >> very close relationship, good morning to you. the dow industrials up better than 100 points. chevron moving more than 2% higher on the higher oil prices. sam and law camera, i think you can partially blame that strike you were talking about yesterday and oil companies no longer investing in new drilling and that kind of thing, pushing oil prices high per >> thank you very much. we'll have more news right after this break.

out of sight, out of mind. that's what california's levee system is to many of us, but it's also that system that makes clean drinking water possible. >> senior investigative reporter has been looking into a well nope threat that could leave us high and dry. >> well, good morning, guys. you may not know it but much of california's 13,000 miles of levees were built more than 100 years ago. that means many of those levees are not up to current engineering code. so what would happen if an earthquake hit them? would the levees hold up? right now the state water resources department puts out a report every five years on that issue. the most recent report from 2011 shows that more than half of those levees are at high risk of failing. that means if an earthquake does hit, our drinking water here in the bay area could be

contaminated or completely cut off. environmental engineers at ucla have also found that if a quake slightly bigger than the one that hit napa hits in the wrong spot in the delta, much of that system may not hold up. state officials continue to work to improve this system, but officials tell me it will take $40 billion, that's billion with a "b" to get everything up to code. bay area water districts have also chipped in to create backup water supplies and other systems they say would give us water for about six months with rationing. that's if a disaster happened. if you want to learn more, watch our full report coming up later on tonight at 6:00. now back to you guys. >> thank you steven. if you have a tip call us at 888 888-996-tips or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >> 6:4 is right now on your

tuesday morning. coming up, on the run this morning, why police want your help catching the man in this surveillance photo, what he's accused of doing. plus the popular rapper is gunned down on the streets of oakland. >> live look outside san jose, daybreak, we love living in the bay area. there is exhibit "a" as to why. we'll be back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather right are this break.

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started. this happened around 4:00 this morning on donahue street in san jose. neighbors reportedly saw that fire and quickly helped get people out of a nearby house. valorous act there. the house is used as a care facility for the mentally disabled. the fire singed the inside of the garage but did not reach inside the home. investigators are trying to figure out if the same people are responsible for four home invasion robberies. >> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live from the hall of justice this morning. steph, do police have any leads at this point? >> reporter: good morning to you sam and laura. they do and what have been some violent attacks, called home invasion robberies not burglaries because people were home at the time. the latest as you mentioned happening last night, it was just before 9:00 on irvine street and the visitation valley neighborhood, police say someone held two home onners were held

at gunpoint. the first of the attacks friday morning, a man and woman held another woman at knifepoint, taking her valuables and tying her up with an extension cord leaving her with minor injuries. some neighbors will take action. >> i think we'll probably have another safe watch meeting just at the moment to be informed. >> reporter: there's an early step, but there were two other home invasion robberies over the weekend, one in diamond heights where two men roughed up an elderly couple saturday morning and the next day around 5:30 sunday morning in the lower hait, two men were able to break through two sets of locked doors at an apartment building an buchanan street, got into a woman's apartment, punched her, taped up her mouth and robbed her. police trying to determine if these are linked. so far no arrests made and the suspect description very different in each case. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, stephanie. 6:46 right now, time to

check the microclimate weather forecast. let's peek outside, beautiful bay bridge look at the sun coming up, barge going down underneath. lot of action out there. >> active morning on the waterfront. christina you are thoughtful when it comes to forecasting, not just the numbers but the graphics and you showed us animated version a second ago of the atmospheric river tap. please do explain >> right. just hearing the words atmospheric river when you're in the heart of a drought is always pretty inspiring. we have quite a bit of rainfall on the way to the bay area, but not everybody is going to see the heavy stuff at the same time and this is a very slow moving storm system. let's start with your current temperatures and then we will talk all about that storm. we need it, after a very dry january, driest on record. we've been keeping records steadily for about 150 years in san francisco, for example, so san francisco saw 46 days without rain. that's today, the 46th. tomorrow the 47th, and then we break that trend as we head into thursday. i'm going to show you what we

are expecting in terms of this storm system. it's actually looking pretty robust. 50 degrees in oakland. 49 degrees to start the day and 43 in san martin, seize the day, last day of temperatures in the 70s. we want to show you your day part forecast as you make your way out the front door headed off to work, taking the kids to school. 53 degrees east shore, still cold enough for a jacket and by lunch time you can ditch that jacket with temperatures climbing into the mid-60s. great day for outdoor lunch plans if you can get them. by 5:00 p.m. temperatures start to drop rapidly. your sun will set at about 5:30. high pressure firmly in control of our pattern for the past couple days, finally starting to move. it has not budged for the last month. this has been strong bringing our temperatures into the 70s over the past few days and it's been pretty nice out there. lot of people enjoy where we've been when it comes to temperature. probably haven't had to use your heater that afternoon throughout the month of january, even at the beginning of february. everything changes though.

cold air and rain on the way, it taps the atmospheric river and high pressure finally heads off to the east. let me show you what the storm system will do. you want to find your location here, your microclimate or closest to it on this map i'll take you through the upcoming storm. 9:00 a.m. first showers starting to develop up in the north bay but all the way from 9:00 a.m. on thursday to 9:00 a.m. on friday, 24 hours of rain just staying right where it is up in the north bay. finally by about 10:00 p.m. we're going to start to see that front move in, moving in quickly in the south bay. saturday a little bit of a lull from the heavy rainfall but that comes back about 9:00 p.m. and taking you into sunday, still getting that rich moisture not getting a break until about 4:00 to 5:00 on monday. we desperately need this rain and let me show you the totals are looking really good so far. four to six inches expected, napa valley right there on the valley floor, six plus inches

certainly possible in the higher elevations and yet two and a half to four inches on the east shore in san francisco. meanwhile i think we're going to see significant rain chateauing from the santa cruz mountains in the south bay but nonetheless, an inch and a half to two and a half inches certainly possible with the highest totals in the south bay coming in right at the foothill in the fringe, los gatos potentially two and a half inches. closer to an inch and a half in the south bay. i.e., you want to make those indoor plans for this weekend. we'll tell you what's going on. we like to let you know what's happening around the bay area especially as we head into wednesday, thursday and friday. you know what? we're almost to wednesday at this point. at least on this shift, mike and that's something to be appreciated. we like our weekends around here. you got to work for the weekend. let's check your drive. how are we looking? >> a little work to get through oakland right now. forget about getting to the weekend. we want to get past the coliseum. the flashing lights the second of the two necessary tow trucks has arrived. first one cleared. we had a little break and things are calming down once again, south 880 approaching 98, just

past the heen berger off-ramp. look at your map before or after you the go to the coliseum on the south side basically there, slowing through the area, that crash, it's isolated to the center divide area now. we're watching for that. the build through 580 and off of highway 13 not so dramatic. you have the slowing approaching a fender bender reported around the maze, doesn't sound like any lanes are blocked. i'll keep following that closely. there is your typical slowing top of your screen, berkeley toward the berkeley curve and 580 off of 24 as well. as we zoom out we'll show you the bigger view, highway 4 from antioch to concord typical slowing. same for walnut creek interchange. upper east shore freeway coming out of highway 4, rodeo and towards berkeley area, slowing the north bay from novato to san rafael. debris around the roadway 580. so far doesn't sound like any lanes are blocked there. slowing typical for 880 hayward southbound toward fremont. as we move to the south bay, san

jose, campbell, sunnyvale show up on our maps, northbound 101 slows and made worse into tully that is the slow spot. build continues for 85 as well. live cameras we'll show you the san jose camera with that build north of the crash, more slowing toward alan rock. peninsula 101 smooth drive but palo alto northbound and southbound with the headlights picking up the volume but close to the speed limit but palo alto, san mateo, into and out of san francisco. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much for the update. new this morning, police are trying to find whoever gunned down a man, a well-known individual in oakland's rap community. dominic newton, a rapper known as the jacka was reportedly shot to death just after 8:00 last night near macarthur and 94th, not far from bishop o'dowd high school. newton began his rap career in the late 19 0s and reportedly just released an album last year. hayward investigators say

the man in this surveillance photo sexually assaulted a child in the aisle of a busy store then ran away. >> "today in the bay's" nannette miranda live at the sheriff's office in san leandro. nannette this happened when the parent was in the store, like that. good morning. >> reporter: just like that, this crime definitely scares parents and authorities want to find the suspect immediately. they hope you can help. here's a look at the suspect taken from surveillance cameras that was released last night. he's about six feet tall in his late teens, an african-american with a light complexion and a flat top haircut. the almeida county sheriff's office says he was in the 9 cent only store sunday afternoon in unincorporated hayward inside the creek side shopping center. he cornered an 8-year-old go i recall in the toy aisle and forcefully put his hand down her pants. search of the area turned up nothing. with the suspect on the loose

parents plan to be more victim lant. >> keep him next to me and i always look around for suspicious activity pause we don't know. anything can happen anywhere, any time. >> reporter: here's another look at the suspect. the girl's mother was nearby in the next aisle, and did not see the attack. deputies say this should be a wake-up call for parents to keep a closer eye on their children when shopping. live in san leandro, nannette miranda for "today in the bay." >> always. thank you very much. at 6:54, a woman is suing radio shack, one of its employees as well, after she says racy photos were stolen from her iphone. the woman took her phone to the radio shack store in corte madeira in november because her screen was broken. when she got the phone back she realized 1 of her photos were texted to an unknown number. last week prosecutors charged the store employee who helped her. the former stanford swimmer accused of rape is now being ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from his alleged victim. brock turner pleaded not guilty to charges that he raped the

unconscious woman on campus who was not a stanford student following a frat party last month. he withdrew from stanford last month. the victim is still recovering. >> prosecutors have until the end of the day to file charges to a man for a suitcase with body parts. he's not been charged and being held without bail. police say he was last seen on surveillance video near where the suitcase was left last week. suge knight formerly of death row records is expected to appear in court today on a murder charge. he turned himself last week after police say he hit and killed a man with his pickup truck in compton. another man was also injured. his attorney said it was an accident as knight tried to escape an attack. prosecutors say knight got into an argument with the men on the movie set and hit them on purpose. a controversial proposal in san leandro last night, the city

council approved funding for an armored rescue vehicle for the police department. police say it will be used to rescue injured officers and civilians in a crisis. neighbors propested at the meeting saying the vehicle sends the wrong message and could hurt police relations with the community. uber says it's going to do its own research into robot cars. >> scott mcgrew, it's mysterious considering google is one of uber's biggest investors. >> isn't that strange? reports as well that google is working on its own ride sharing service. uber says it will work with carnegie-mellon to research and develop driverless cars. now this is obviously the way the world is going. you already ride driverless trams at airports. carnegie-mellon was one of the earliest researchers, this video back from 2004. oil prices continue to rise now over $50 a barrel that's helped push chevron shares up better than 2%. oil companies are investing left particularly in drilling in america and that strike is

helping, too. interesting tidbit, jack ma is no longer china's richest man. he's the founder of alley baba, a name he came up at a coffee house in san francisco. he asked the waitress, she did, and it was born. li he-jun is the newest, he makes solar panels. final check of the day's top stories for you.. crews worked quickly to put out an early morning fire at an assisted living home? san jose. the fire started in the driveway of a home and moved into the garage. luckily no one was hurt. investigators are looking for the man in this surveillance picture. they say he globed a girl at a 99 cent store in hayward. >> four home invasions in four days have san francisco police busy this morning. thieves hit the diamond heights lower hait oceanview and visitation valley neighborhood since friday. >> a scary sequence there. we have been looking for a little bit of everything, rain

would be nice. snowpack would be nice. you're keeping your eye on all of that. >> all of it. in case you're just joining us, thanks for joining us, glad to have you with us, part of our morning family. we have a really nice day ahead but we are going to be showing you that expected rainfall every 15 minutes throughout the "today" show. everybody has a high interest in it. we're going to show you something new every single segment. 71 degrees for today on the peninsula. 7 in the tri valley and take a look at those beautiful vistas. you got to love the bay area. wake up and see a gorgeous sunrise just like that. >> high volume out there? >> i'm looking at the gorgeous headlights and taillights, both directions of 880, all lanes are clear 880 southbound. chp on scene from an earlier crash but all lanes are clear, just a distraction at 98th or roughly thereabouts. looking at the map on the map, speed sensors show slowing south side of the coliseum. the build toward the bay bridge

toll plaza typical, earlier crash 580 approaching the maze has cleared. there you're looking at the north bay or the east bay, concord, walnut creek interchange, anywhere south of the san mateo bridge, typical flow as we take this wide look at your entire bay, pick your path, a typical build including the san mateo bridge headed west into the haze. visibility for drivers is fine but spooky and cool. >> two traffic anchors see the beauty. >> do not be afraid, the road is still there. two big screen superheroes are settling a super bowl bet. >> chris pratt is a big seahawks fan while chris evans is a patriots fan. pratt tweeted this image from the game. since the pats won pratt will visit a boston children's hospital dressed as star lord from "guardians of the gallon ax xwli" something christina knows all the action heroes about. i found out this earlier this morning. evans won the bet but going to his side of the bet going to a

seattle children's hospital dressed up at captain america. who is your favorite? >> gr tu. >> who is that? >> the tree. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're back in half an hour with a local news update. good morning. frozen. a flash freeze grips a huge portion of the country from the midwest into the northeast. in some cases temperatures plummeting double digits overnight. boston in a state of emergency once again. roads coated in ice and al says get ready for another winter wallop. controversy spreading. six more states now tied to the measles outbreak, 14 in all, as politicians take sides on whether parents should get their kids vaccinated. family feud. robin williams' children and widow in a legal fight over his personal belongings.