cluster as it approaches northern california, that will be here once again later on today weep have mostly clear skies this morning and temperatures are cool in the south bay. it's 54 degrees. the wind will pick up into the afternoon. clouds rolling in and afternoon shower for the south bay peninsula. midday showers. we'll see that, the timing from early -- late morning to early afternoon and into the evening as it continues to progress across the bay area. i'll detail that coming up in a few minutes. let's see how the commute is rolling with mike. easily rolling here at camera north 101 at 680. light volume. we'll show you the map. i'm concerned north of that shot, around brokaw, past 880, earlier fender bender and traffic break scheduled we'll note that there for the time being. south bay moves smoothly. so does the rest of the commute heading toward the bay bridge. we'll show you the toll plaza. cash lanes to the left have a backup. one cash taker to report for schedule.

back to you. >> thank you very much. now to a developing story, the valley fire is growing, but at a slower pace. it's already chewed more than 67,000 acres, larger than the cities of san francisco and oakland combined. nearly 600 homes are gone, 9,000 others still in the fire's path this morning. crew have been able to create firebreaks around a third of the fire. 30% contained. >> firefighters battle the flames, investigators are inching closer to finding the source. >> cal fire tells us a shed may be the origin of the valley fire. heavily damaged, the shed is still standing. a trail of burned grass connecting the shed leads to the rest of the fire. right now, the official cause of the fire still under investigation. as investigators try figure out what sparked the fire, families reeling from the devastating cost. some people were allowed for the first time yesterday to see if their house was one of them.

>> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is live in cal list togethe calistoga on what people found or didn't find. >> reporter: we like the nice stories, there's a mix of them where people have come as an evacuation center. unbearable wait. things that have helped, food prepared. we saw a guy, mark, he's in charge of cooking, he got here minutes ago. first chance for people to see if they even had a home to return to. >> fur ball. >> this is what we like to see. the moment they were waiting for reuniting with their cat in their house that, yes, was still standing. neighbors, though, many of them, not as lucky. others still have not been able to check if their homes are okay. >> we bought a house and now this fire. so it's very difficult.

trying hard to stay strong, i know it's okay. >> reporter: sandra and her family staying at napa county vacation spot, the r ranch, there's food, supplies and shelter for the victims. lake county sheriff's deputies set to escort people 15 minutes at a time, check on pets and livestocks no to get personal belongings. that's for hidden valley lake areas. things we continue to hear, generosity everywhere helping to keep these people pushing forward. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> you can see it in the touching video. looked like a little girl's birthday. learning more about four firefighters who were hurt while fighting the valley fire. the press democrat reports the foreman jumped off the

helicopter into the fire zone saturday. but the fire moved so quickly, flames overtook them, and the men had to hide in protective tents. the fire burned down everything around them. firefighters are still at uc davis treated for severe second degree burns. one told the press democrat their captain suffered the worst injury. he was the last to take shelter because he made sure the other firefighters were protected. outside the fire's perimeter, hundred of homes without power this morning. downed and destroyed power lines causing outage across three counties. so far crews able to inspect less than a quarter of the damaged area. as for the latest numbers, pg&e says more than 7,000 customers are still without power. crews are working extended shifts and sleeping on site in middle town to help restore power as soon as possible. >> amazing how quickly they're working. they're taking down polls that have been completely burned. removing vegetation and it's

just a sea of blue trucks with poles on the back. >> pg&e says it's among the companies donating to the red cross relief efforts. coverage continues on our website 24/7. view some extended video that we have, find information how to donate. it's right there on our front page nbcbayarea.com. so much of northern california dealing with fires. massive floods sweeping utah killing at least 16. they are called one of 0 the worst weather-related disasters in the history of utah. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us with more on where the search is centered now. >> this is video of zion national park, three hikers still missing think morning. it's 20 miles south of horrible scene where two vehicles full of women and children were just swept away. >> there goes the van! oh my goodness. it went over. oh, no! >> you can hear the absolute terror in the voice of that home own who are watched her backyard

turn into a deadly river. unbelievably, three children did survive the crash of the two vehicles in floodwaters. but 12 other women, teenagers, and children died, one is still missing. >> the first thing, worried about the people in the vehicle, wishing to do something. but started to realize we were in trouble, too. >> the folks in the region are used to flash flooding, it's part of their weather pattern. this is described by the national weather service as 100-year event. 2 1/2 inches of rain in just 2 hours. about 20 miles south in zion national park, seven hikers set off into the canyon before the flood warnings were posted. three still missing. as we mentioned. certainers already found the bodies of our other hikers the ground was saturated before the historic flood struck. there is more rain in the forecast for them today. thanks.

right now, want to check our own forecast for rain across the bay area. kari. >> we start out with mostly clear skies this morning, cool temperatures. watching this cluster of showers that will continue to approach northern california and then move into the rest of the bay area, as we go through the rest of the morning. zooming in, we are seeing some patches of very heavy rain in there, too. and that looks very good with all of that moisture continuing to move in. time line of when to expect the rain, it it moves into the north bay by lunchtime. and then it continues to progress to the south and to the east by afternoon. we have it moving into san francisco as well as parts of the east bay and then into the south bay later on this evening. but the rain will be less intense, more of a light scattered rain moving in later on this evening. it's 47 degrees now in santa rosa. 57 degrees in sunnyvale. and highs will be in the 60s and

70s all across the bay area. i'll talk more about the timing and an idea of how much rain to expect coming up in ten minutes. let's see how the commute is moving with mike. >> moving better at bay bridge toll plaza. you like to hear that. looking here, the backup in the right approach lanes to the beginning of the parking lot. so we did turn the camera from emeryville over, all of the cash lanes open as i move toward the span, you see a smooth, easy light drive through treasure island and san francisco. map shows no delays for the sensors now. remember a game tonight at&t park 7:15. of course, track around the area. highway 4, antioch westbound, that's it for the build wednesday. south bay, no more traffic scheduled but we have closure, north 101 at brokaw, off-ramp closed by a minor fender bender. fremont, sensors are slowing. we see more traffic but no reason for the slow down. >> more people out there. 5:08.

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presidential conditions go head to head in a debate. >> the focus will be the top 11 and front-runner donald trump. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts with a preview. good morning. >> good morning. a lot of things have changed since over a month ago when candidates last met face-to-face. dr. ben carson is number two. jeb bush slid to a distance number three. carly fiorina fought her way on to the stage. donald trump, well donald trump is new the clear front-runner. >> reporter: the reagan library in simi valley, california, set for tonight's debate. >> i think what we're going to see is trump's show number two. >> reporter: donald trump heads into the debate a solid number one in the polls. >> people are not silent. they're disgusted with our incompetent politicians. >> reporter: another nonpolitician, dr. ben carson, takes the number two spot on stage. tonight is a test for jeb bush, languishing at 6%. republican strategists say he

needs to take on trump without crossing the line. >> governor bush needs to be able to take the fight to donald trump aggressively. he's going to have to almost make fun of donald trump. >> someone comes at me, bam, i'll come back at them, don't worry about that. >> reporter: tonight could be an opportunity for carly fiorina who fought her way on to the main stage and seems ready to take on trump. >> she has an opportunity to kind of punch trump in his face but, at the same time, stand out as being a strong outsider. >> reporter: 11 candidates hoping tonight will be their moment. >> then for those who that didn't make the cut, four candidates invited but below the percentage for the main debate, they're going to have a separate debate happening two hours earlier. >> all right. tracie potts, thank you. as republican presidential hopefuls take the stage and apparently punch each other in the debate, hillary clinton will be making a difference appearance. clinton visiting jimmy fallon on the tonight showed.

it's her first late night talk show appearance difference announcing her candidacy and the first jimmy fallon took observe "the tonight show." seeing sagging poll numbers. maybe have her lip sync. >> 30,000 people working for hewlett-packard will be out of a job by the end of the next month. >> let's turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning to both of you. hewlett-packard expects to cut 30,000 jobs from its enterprise business spun from pc and printer operations in november. that's a 10% of the workforce. hp says cuts will be global but it isn't elaborating. the enterprise business offers i.t. services and support to corporate customers. on cawall street, stocks rally tuesday ahead of the federal reserve meeting which begins today, futures are flat. but investors are split on what

the fed will do, whether to raise interest rates now or hold off, due to uncertainty in the economy. look for data on consumer price, inflation, housing. and fedex reports earnings. dow jumping 228 points. fedex is raising shipping rates by an average of 5%. the new rates go into effect in january. u.p.s. has yet to respond to the move. earlier this year both companies started charging to ship boxes based on size and weight. you can get all of your packages shipped for christmas before it goes up in january. >> put your name on our list. 5:15. with bay area cities looking at new ways to boost water supplies during the historic drought, one south bay group is looking deeper into possible answers. water and technology experts will attend the symposium today.

the focus of the forum, new ways to recycle water. speakers showcase systems that help capture, store, treat waste water. organizers hope to provide cities a blueprint how to reuse watt. >> a chance to see the champs, warriors tickets go on sale in a few hours start agent 10:00 a.m., fans can purchase single game tickets from website or box office. team officials warning fans, be weary of buying nonverifiy thir party tickets. nearly 2,000 fans last year were turned away from counterfeit tickets. super bowl 50 still months away but getting high marks from the white house, praising efforts by the 49eres and local agencies to boost safety in advance of the big game. super bowl 50 has been awarded the highest event security rating from the department of homeland security. as to be expected, in silicon

valley, by stadium and public transit, equipped with the first of its kind high-tech security equipment. talk about today, rain in the forecast. >> that may make things slick tomorrow for the morning commute. hopefully we can get enough rain, tomorrow sprinklers off. plants, everything gets a nice soaking as we take a lothis morning. san jose clear skies and cool temperatures to start out. and it will get cooler heading into tomorrow after the showers clear out. it it will be in advance of some very cool temperatures. as we get a look at what's happening now, this cluster of fast moving rain is approaching eureka, ukiah. and as it does so, it's picking applause a lot of moisture over the pacific and moving closer to the bay area. winds fairly calm. start to turn from the south as it feeds in some of the energy to that approaching cold front. winds picking up today, gusts

close to 30 miles an hour. one thing i've thought about, heavy rain coming, gusty winds. maybe not so good for a lot of the people who evacuated from the fires. and are now living in tents. we'll have heavy rain along with the wind today. that one thing to be considered. we will get some sunshine out ahead of that rain in san jose today. 74 degrees. talking mid-60s for san francisco. north bay and the upper 60s and 70s not seeing spots warming up over 75 for most of us in the bay. once again, we're seeing showers rushing out in advance of that. winds picking up as we go through the day. timing, we see the rain moving into ukiah by 10:00 this morning and it starts out as heavy rain. it does rain there for several hours. and then approaches san francisco by 3:00. and then it moves toward the east bay as well as the peninsula, by 8:00 this evening and then it advances towards the

south bay. as it continues to fizzle out more of a scattered light rain. heaviest rain in the north bay as the system moves through. and the amount we're expecting at this time, the possibility of at least quarter of an inch, santa rosa .3. middle town over 3/4 of an inch. good amounts of rain to try to contain valley fire. i'll have another update on this and what to expect over the next several days. >> small amount of rain, anywhere south of that bay bridge means slicker roadways, first in a long time and a lot of the grease comes up off the roadway. be careful. right now bay bridge for this morning's commute. easy drive, all of the cash lanes cleared. just in time for the traffic to start building off of the maze. look at your map. no slowing for the area but you see a nice easy feed towards the span and san francisco. looking at rest of the bay, speed sensors, easy flow.

brokaw off of north bound 101 closed from earlier fender bender and slow out of the altamont. north bay live look for san rafael, easy flow of traffic new york problems to the clear golden gate bridge. >> thanks, mike. in san francisco, supervisor jane kim will unveil new pedestrian safety banners in the soma district. the banners will act as a remeaner for drive to slow down as part of the vision zero safety project to prevent traffic death and serious injuries in collision heavy neighborhoods. the city adopted it as a policy last year with a goal of zero traffic fatalities by 2024. san francisco known for diversity and leaders are looking to expand a program to provide clean rest rooms in downtown neighborhoods there are eight public toilets around the city. staff attendants paid $15 to clean them. leader says, requests to steam

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exclusive. members of gift a vet asking for cash and claiming to help homeless veterans. >> after vicky nguyen exposed the fall claims they moved to another spot. a follow-up that hit a nerve. >> good morning. our first story last month triggered a lot of calls and e-mails. viewers were relieved gift a vet left los gatos but upset the men showed up at a shopping center nearby. people wanted to know how a group that isn't a legitimate charity could stand in front of a store, ask for money, and lie about what it's doing with that money. so we went to law professor margaret russell. she said it started with high school students at shopping center in san jose. they wanted to gather signatures for a petition and center wanted to kick them off of private property. the prune yard case went all wait to the u.s. supreme court. it turns out california has very strong free speech protections, even on private property, if it's a shared space for the public to gather.

and even if what people are saying is untrue. so you may be able to arrest someone for fraud or harassment but you can't kick them out for lying, that is protected speech. stores can put up signs that say don't donate, but the best way to get solicitors to leave is ignore them and not contribute. ironically, gift a vet, across from the prune yard, see what happened when we asked them why they're still taking money. watch out full report at nbcbayarea.com. click on the investigations tab. guys? >> keep chasing them. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, 888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >> the snapchat letting users to replay the chat. allowing to purchase replays for $1 a user can replay a snap up to three times. the feature marks a major shift,

gained popularity by the idea that the message you send disappears after a few seconds. >> 5:25. coming up, we continue our valley fire coverage. through the destruction comes story of hope. more on the mother and daughter working to rescue dozens of cats and dogs left behind.

joining us. i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. =laura/2shot= and i'm laura garcia cannon. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew, in for sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. kari hall, some areas could see much needed rain and sprinkles. >> yeah. looking promising as it continues to approach northern california and coming in as we see it rushing along. it's approaching the eureka area and moving toward ukiah. we could see that as early as late morning for the north bay. we'll keep you up to date on that. mostly clear skies across most of the bay area and it is cool outside. 54 degrees in the south bay. san francisco will top out at 65. showers moving through, off and on most making it here by the afternoon to evening hours as the rain develops and also in the tri-valley some afternoon showers with a high of 75. i'll update you on the time line

coming up and how much rain to expect. let's check in with mike. >> we saw activity on the radar rushing in toward the bay area. the rush for the bay bridge from the east heading in towards san francisco. fas-trak lanes on the advantage. 5:30. we should see metering lights turns on in the next couple of minutes. the map shows you a smooth drive and nothing to show with disturbance for the maze. showdown up here, last second of 24 after highway 13. look at rest of the bay, no major problems. behind me, i turned around, highway 4, westbound, in antioch, that's the build. a build to the flow of traffic here an tassajara. >> thank you. 5:30. developing story. the inferno known as valley fire is growing but at a slower pace. it's already chewed more than 67,000 acres, larger than the cities of san francisco and oakland combined. >> nearly 600 homes destroyed,

9,000 others in the fire's path. this morning crews have the fire about 30% contained. >> firefighters continue to battle the flames, however, investigators are inching closer to finding the source. >> cal fire tells us a shed on high valley road in cob could be origin of the valley fire. you can see the shed still standing and a trail of burned grass connects the shed to the rest of the fire. right now the official cause still under investigation. investigators trying to figure out what started it. families reeling from the devastating cost of the flames though the fire's already consumed hundreds of homes. some residents still refuse to leave. >> stephanie chuang live with their story. >> reporter: imagine the last thing you see are flames, big fire headed towards your home but forced to leave. and left not knowing what's going on. that's what so many of these evacuees here at the fair grounds have had to go through. an estimated 1,000 here. mostly from middle town, many

waking up for a fourth morning in a row here. still others decided they would not leave at all. we found two families that lost their homes and one lost its business, auto repair shop. they remain in middletown, staying with friends and family, who also refused to leave. reports of looting and arrests of suspected looters, part of the reason to keep watch, knock down hot spots and feed animals left behind. >> we have unbelievable support from friends and family that have -- it's unbelievable. i feel blessed by all of the love and support we've received. >> some people who did leave were allowed back briefly yesterday escorted by lake county deputies, set to take people back to their homes around 8:30 and that goes until 5:00 at night. that's only to pick up pets and livestock. this is to pick up personal items, clothing and medication will have to wait, that could be seven to ten more days.

people have 15 minutes to do that from lower lake and hidden valley lake area. live here in calistoga, torna"t in the bay" stephanie chuang. >> it's not just evacuees, they have pets as well. a family has a truck load of pets. another cat had to be left behind in the scramble to evacuate their home. but the family got news about their abandoned pet. >> someone went up -- went outside, saw my cat. the cat told her where to go for the food. this is where the food goes. i was and grateful. we found out our house is standing. >> the family's been told they can't go home yet but grateful to the community for its support. >> great to hear. we are hearing more stories about neighbors helping neighbors. >> last night a mother and her daughter went to dozens of properties burned out in the neighbors, worried about the cats and dogs left behind, maybe

forced to go without food. they left pet food on the driveway. >> worried about the animals here, parents had to run. we're out to give cat food, dog food, make sure they're okay. we can get them, get them to the vet, we'll do that, too. >> like yesterday, deputies escort people to their homes only to look for pets and puck up livestock. people wanting to return home to pick up educations, clothes, personal items have to wait longer. you can view video and information about how to donate to help right there on our front page, nbcbayarea.com. >> much of northern california dealing with a devastating fire, massive flash floods are sweeping utah, killing at least 16 people. the floods are called one of the wo worst weather-related disasters in the history of utah. >> kris sanchez. >> we can tell you that there are three hikers missing here,

zion national park this morning. several other people just washed away. >> there goes the van! oh my goodness, oh dear, it went over the fence! oh, no! >> you can hear the terror in the voice of that homeowner who watched her backyard turn into a deadly river, unbelievably three children were saved from that wreckage but 12 women, teenagers and other children died. one is still missing. >> the first thing worried about the people in the vehicle, wish i could do something. but started to realize we were in trouble, too. >> the folks in the region are used to flash flooding because it's part of their normal weather pattern there. this is described by the national weather service in utah as 100-year event. 2 1/2 inches of rain in just two hours. back to dien national park which is 20 miles south of that scene, seven hikers set off into the

canyon before warnings posted so they didn't know what was coming. three are still missing. senters found the bodies of four other hikers. the ground's already saturated in that region along the border of utah and arizona because it is the rainy season and there is more rain in the forecast for today. >> thank you. happening today, the lawyer accused in the kidnapping in vallejo heads back to court today. but you could find out whether he's going to stand trial for a similar crime in dublin. accused of breaking into a dublin home in june. police say the owners fought back. muller ran off but left behind a cell phone. investigators used to track him dmoun tahoe. that is when police discovered the evidence linking him to the kidnapping of denise huskins. a follow-up on a story we broke, correctional deputies at santa claire rra county jail wi soon be wearing body cameras.

yesterday county supervisors unanimously approved cameras and gave the new commission a green look to look how the jail is run. last month inmate michael tyree found dead inside his jail cell. three corrections deputies are accused of murdering him. the body cameras could be in operation in a month. a memorial bench set to be installed at spot where kate steinle was shot and killed. killed in july allegedly by a man deported several times. the shooting sparked a national debate about sanctuary cities like san francisco. memorial bench and plaque will be installed next week. the steinles will visit the bench but no plans for a public ceremony. jeh johnson says san francisco's sanctuary city policy is counterproductive and unacceptable. he made comments yesterday at the commonwealth club.

sanctuary law prohibits san francisco employees from helping federal authorities with immigration investigations or arrests unless required by law or work. a follow-up to a story out of napa valley. popular attraction at center of a month-long controversy was sold. the napa valley wine train gave tourists a chance to dine. the business made headlines when a group of mostly african-american women kicked off for what officials describe as loud and disruptive behavio . ceo made a public apology and admitted the wine train was in the wrong. new owners say train will continue to run and current employees will remain on the job. looking at kari's weather. that looks good. >> it does. and it moves into the bay area as we go into after noon. great news there as it continues widespread area of showers and

also a few clusters of thunderstorms just offshore. it's approaching the ukiah area and will be moving to the south. through the day a steady rain moving into santa rosa by lunchtime and progresses towards the south and east by this afternoon. san francisco, livermore, and then heading closer to san jose. it will be in san jose in the south bay later on this evening but unfortunately rain will be light as that fizzles out. with the rain later on, we will get sunshine out ahead of that and gusty winds, highs in the 60s and 70s. in the north bay, in the upper 60s today. and also 70s for the tri-valley and east bay. i'll detail time line and how much rain to expect coming up in less than ten minutes let check in with the commute with mike. >> two changes here, one of the bay bridge, one in san jose. the bay bridge, obvious. metering lights on, backup fills in the toll plaza, look at your map. no drama for the maze or east shore freeway or oakland approach so it's a nice easy

drive so far. metering lights are on. build continues toward san francisco. north bay moves smoothly. the first to see the rain kari's talking about. peninsula too early to see the traffic. there's at castro valley y and tri-valley. typical pattern, light build starting to kick in. san jose the second issue, brokaw off-ramp reopened, good news ushg off of northbound 101 which sees the first burst of traffic from 680 to 880 and 8 7 into downtown, a like look, volume of traffic holding steady with the first burst kicking in. back to you. >> coming up, a decade later, dennis the menace coming home. how a statue of the beloved character is winding up where it belongs after stolen near le a decade ago.

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counterfeit tickets. >> super bowl 50 at levi's stadium months away but getting high marks from the nation's capital. the white house praising effort business the 49ers and local agencies to boost safety in advance of the big game. super bowl 50 awarded the highest event security rating from the u.s. department of homeland security. and as to be expected in silicon valley, levi's stadium and public transit will be equipped with the first of its kind high-tech security equipment. decision 2016. all 16 republican candidates debate in california. the focus, though, will be on the top 11 and their front-runner, donald trump. candidates will meet face-to-face for the first time in a month at the reagan library in simi valley. a lots happened since then. carson has surged, bush has tanged and donald trump has become the un dispudisputed lea. tonight could be an opportunity for carly fiorina, who fought her way on to the main stage. >> she has an opportunity here to kind of punch trump a bit in

his face but at the same time, stand out as being a very strong outsider. >> people are not silent. they're disgusted with our incompetent politicians. >> someone comes at me, bam, i'll come back at them, don't worry about that. >> like last time five candidates who will not be on the main stage have a separate debate two hours earlier. >> city of san jose could be getting a second minimum wage hike in threeiers. the city's joining other cities in santa clara to consider a regional minimum wage increase. the city council voted to hire a consultant to study impact of raising the county minimum wage to $15 or higher. back in 2012, voter as proved raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour. san francisco city leaders trying to streamline the process for affordable housing. mayor ed lee and supervisors yesterday introduced ordinances to remove red tape that kept some affordable housing projects from getting started. one already l. provide new

incentives for developers to take on and complete affordable housing units. also in san francisco, supervisor jane kim will unveil new pedestrian safety banners in the soma district. the banners will be a reminder for drives to slow down as par of the project to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries in collision-heavy area. the city adopted the policy with a goal of zero traffic fatalities by 2024. san francisco is known for diversity, energy and smelly streets. leaders looking to expand a program to provide clean staffed public rest rooms in downtown neighborhoods there are already eight public toilets around the city staffed by ten dant is paid $15 to clean them. since the toilets went in, the request to steam clean streets down, saving thousands of gallons of water. happening today, few bay area highways about to look cleaner to commuter.

it's litter enforcement day. caltrans and the chp teaming up to remove graffiti from bridges, tunnels and pick up the litter. chp also educate truck drivers to cov loads to prevent litter from peopling up. >> a statue of one of the most beloved comic strip characters coming home nine years after stolein. >> the 3 foot tall, 200-pound statue pops up in a central florida scrap yard after reporting missing from a playground in monterey. schedule to be melted and then sold off, until a google search explained the statue's history. it's strange that we think that it went from california to here but if she hadn't noticed that it would be on its way to china right now. >> that man's daughter found the artwork had been stolen is now valued $30,000. dennis and his teddy bear will be shipped across the country,

back to its spot on the playground in monterey. >> my kids love the dennis the menace playground. >> the rollers, awesome. i didn't realize it was missing. >> interesting story. >> rain on your park this morning. >> yes. today it will be dry for most of us. and then later on this evening when the rain hits the south bay. in the north bay, starts out earlier as we take a live look outside. the skies are clear and temperatures are cool. and as we go into the afternoon, we will have breezy winds and highs today, mostly in the 60s and 70s. as we watch radar, we are seeing heavy spots of rain and mostly offshore now as it approaches northern california. but this will be moving into the north bay. right now approaching the ukiah area and over the next couple of hours, we'll see that moving in. now our temperatures are

starting out in the mid-50s, lower 60s and into the day. we will only see highs close to 70 degrees across most of the bay area. a light onshore flow now. and the wind picks up from the south as we go into the lunchtime hour. the gusts up to 30 miles an hour. it will be windy as that cold front approaches and then the rain out ahead of that will give us gusty breezes with that wet weather. here's what's happening. the cold front mobbing in, showers moving out well ahead of that and see cloud cover increasing. better look at time line. 11:00, rain moving into ukiah, santa rosa and northern napa and 3:00 in the afternoon, it's approaching san francisco as well as all of the north bay. still raining there. as it continues to move into the east bay, peninsula and the south bay, it will be fizzling out. later on, there may be scattered showers and the possibility of

at least light aaccumulations. most of the rain in the north bay and around where the wildfires are occurring now, we could have very heavy amounts of rain in middle town approaching close to an inch of rain. we'll keep you updated on that. mike's keeping you updated on the roads. >> we have dry roads. fremont, traffic bumping up. volume southbound, commute direct past the truck scales with headlights. from the top to the bottom of the screen with the flow. and there's nothing really as far as slowing goes. but that will show slowdowns in the next half hour, northbound 101, 87 the burst through san jose and silicon valley. easy flow so far. typical build. moving up, showing you the rest of the bay. dublin interchange is fine. approaches towards the bay bridge slow at the approach. incline, no problems. easy flow. the reason it's moving so well, traffic held back at toll plaza. metering lights are on.

we filled all of the lanes. the left approach shows a bit of improvement. >> start-up company serving fresh pressed juices to commuters on luxury buses filing for bankruptcy. buses are up for sale starting at a couple of bucks. suspend service back in may although at the time, that suspension was supposed to be temporary. a month later the company started putting buses up for auction. those will be auctioned off next month. the starting price $5. something you might like, facebook working on a dislike button. mark zuckerberg says such an option would be a more appropriate way to respond to posts about tragic events rather than clicking the acurrently available like button. no official date when the new feature would launch. >> you wouldn't want awkward family photos to see these but this is where we found those pictures in a museum in peoria.

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now to an investigative unit exclusive. =laura/2shot= members of "gift a vet" have stood in fro o five minutes to 6:00. an investigative unit exclusive. members of gift a vet stood in front of bay area grocery stores for years asking for cash and claiming to help veterans. >> vicky nguyen ex-potiposed th false claims and they moved to another spot. it hit a nerve in bay area. >> good morning. first story last month triggered a lot of calls and e-mails. viewers are relieved gift a vet left los gatos but upset the men showed up again at a shopping center nearby. people wanted to know how a group that isn't a legitimate charity could stand in front of a store, ask for money, and lie about what it's doing with that money.

so we went to law professor margaret russell. she said it started with high school students at shopping center in san jose. they wanted to gather signatures for a petition and center wanted to kick them off of private property. the prune yard case went all the way to the u.s. supreme court. it turns out california has very strong free speech protections, even on private property, if it's a shared space for the public to gather. and even if what people are saying is untrue. so you may be able to arrest someone for fraud or harassment but you can't kick them out for lying, that is protected speech. stores can put up signs that say don't donate, but the best way to get solicitors to leave is ignore them and not contribute. ironically, gift a vet, across from the prune yard, see what happened when we asked them why they're still taking money. watch our full report at nbcbayarea.com. click on the investigations tab. guys? if you have a tip for our investigative unit, 888-996-tips

or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >> will they or won't they? wall street watching at federal reserve meets to decide whether to raise interest rates. economists are divide on what will happen supporting the case for fed action and unemployment rate below the forecast. some say the sell-off may force the fed to reconsider. others worry the fed has not hiked rates in so long, lenders and borrows have become addicted to cheap money. a decision expected tomorrow. for one day, one day only, recreational marijuana is tax-free in colorado thanks to a loophole in the taxpayer bill of rights. collections in colorado exceeded projection this year, causing that one-day waiver. a qushg in tirk law says a 15% tariff will not be collected today. this could cost the state up to $4 million. sending a direct message on

twitter may not be as private as you think an cording it a lawsuit filed yesterday in san francisco, as soon as your user sends a direct message, twitter intercepts, reads and sometimes alters the message. the lawsuit claims twitter does it to benefit its advertising business. twitter spokesperson calls the claim meritless. >> you may have thought the point of snapchat message is instant and then gone. now you can see a snap on snapchat again. the company is letting users pay to replay the snaps. new feature allows users to purchase replays of any snap they receive for a dollar. a user can replay a snap up to three times. this marks a huge shift to the app that gained popularity with teens when the point was to let users sent messages that disappear after a few seconds. >> they make money but it could cost a lot of people. 5:58. show of a shed and charred path

of grass, investigators zeroing in on the origin of the valley fire. >> behind the fire line, terrifying glimpse of what neighbors had to go through to get out alive. >> fires in our state but deadly floods in another. more than a dozen dead as a result of just 30 minutes of rain. "today in the bay" starts now. very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. tracking weather and roads. start with meteorologist kari hall, she's got our microclimate forecast. >> much-needed rain moving in as we start out with clear skies and cool temperatures this morning. i'm keeping a close eye on a cluster of showers from northern california up around eureka, moving toward ukiah, continuing to produce heavy rain out over the pacific. but will do so as it moves inland, too. and right now, temperatures are at 54 degrees in south bay. east bay 61 degrees. you can see a few clouds in the north bay, it it is 53 degrees.

highs in the 60s and 70s across the bay area. and the time line starts out for late morning for the north bay and late evening for the south bay. i give you a better idea of what to expect coming up in a few minutes how much rain we're expecting. that's coming up in the next microclimate forecast. let's check in with mike to see how the commute's going. >> folks who thought they were going to get a break on left approach is gone. it was there for two minutes. now all lanes filled in past west grand avenue on the approach to the bay bridge. that's not an unusual traffic pattern neither is the slowing from hercules to richmond, past highway 4 starting to tap the brakes to the berkeley curve. i will track that crash closely. 880 south through hayward in union city the build is on. same thing for south bay and north bound routes 101. 6:00. to a developing story, 67,000 acres and coti