well as pacifica and a line-up towards san francisco. the north bay also seeing some widespread heavy rain and it looks to continue for at least another three or four hours before it starts to taper off. so, i'll have cdetails on that and the cruel temperatures that are coming up. let's see how it is slowing you down with the morning commute with mike. >> the peninsula and we also saw the dar in the east bay and we're concerned about more folks hitting the roadway. look at this live shot here from dublin. westbound 580 very sparsely populated, but you can tell from the glow of the lights and the sheen on the roadway, sheen conditions here. the main reason we look at the maps, the jam coming out of the altamont pass. it's clear along livermore and dublin. back here the crash and bob redell is out there and been out there for hours. bob redell is tracking the overturned rig in livermore.

what is tlaehe latest out there? >> the westbound direction at greenville where you can see this big rig is overturned and it's been there since 2:20, 2:30 this morning. i just got off the phone with manage control out of oakland and conglomeration and they say they do not yet have an estimated time of reopening. i can tell you, it's been at least one or two hours that these wreckers have been trying to upright this big rig. the problem is this big rig is fully loaded around 80,000 pounds of goods. so, you can figure it out there it will take some time to get them upright. there are five trucks that have shown up that have pulled up at the side of the road. we're assuming these are with the company of the big rig and they'll move the big rig out of here. so, you're looking at quite a bit more time. we're talking not minutes, not tens of minutes, but in terms of hours before you get 580bound reopened here at greenville. right now only one lane of

traffic is being allowed through and sometimes they're having to shut down all lanes just so the wreckers can do their job. but you can look at the backup. this is extending well into the central valley and even though that's not bay area, you have to imagine all those people want to get through livermore into the bay yare for their jobs here. so, eventually when they have this reopened, you'll have the residual effect of all the cars that should have already gone through and tried to get through during the morning commute. livermore police putting out a note here. so, if you have to get into work today and you can't work from home, that's something you want to keep in mind before you head out on the road. mike? >> thanks, bob. believe it or not, folks, some of that backup that bob was showing out of tracy in central valley may be reflected over here at the bay bridge. the traffic is jammed up in the fastrak lanes because some of that traffic was held back up over there. you see the live shot on the wet

roadway there's and reflected in the green all over the bay and the blues active puddling through the north bay and despite that coming down through san rafael. an earlier crash past 808 and looks like everything biltdz around the shoulder. slow it down, folks. that's where we're doing a gradual build and pittsburg, this is where bob was talking about the crash. look d look dublin and pleasanton slower drive there. the san mateo bridge heading south of there and maps in the northbound direction and flooding reported in patches around and end with a live shot of the san mateo bridge soupy at times and you can see the rain falling down in the live shot and we'll show you that all morning, guys. >> inbig rig just gone after it lost control on the bay bridge. hand about four hours ago on the

eastbound side of the bridge. crews shut down three lanes while trying to clean up the oil that spilled from the rig. is there a residual effect. stephanie chuang joining us and what is it like out there right now? >> well, from my vantage point, it looks like a steady pace eastbound into the city. the rain has picked up in the last couple of hours, that's good, but maybe not for the commute. the goods for drivers heading into the city all lanes are back open on the bay bridge from that accident. you can see from the video that crew husband to spend some time cleaning up on eastbound 80 after the big rig crash around 2:20 this morning. it did leave a pretty big mess as crews spent hours cleaning up an oil spill left behind. you can imagine they want to be very careful about the oil spill and anything left behind. they also had to clean up debris. this happened just east of first street in san francisco and had shut down of five lanes for almost four hours this morning, as well as the nearby on ramps.

until, again, about 15 minutes ago. good news on top of that is the driver of the big rig is fine. no one else hurt. san francisco fire did report more than 30 people at some point responding to help with the cleanup and the scene. so, it was, you know, pretty sizable oil there. the rain heavy in places also like pleasant hill where there was a downpour overnight and the wet weather hitting all across bay area roads, including the east bay where we have dash cam vid from 880 in oakland and 680 in walnut creek. just everywhere. the chp did confirm everywhere an uptick in the number of accidents related to the weather. so, it may seem redundant and you keep hearing it over and over again, but you're seeing it everywhere. livermore where bob is and south bay where kris is, definitely an impact. keep some distance and give yourself some time here this morning. live here in san francisco, stephanie chuang. a live look at downtown san jose, not only crashes on the roadway and flooding, as well.

nearly two feet of standing water in one area of the south bay. >> kris sanchez live in sunnyvale for us near the intersection of lawrence expressway and 101. already seen some calls out there this morning. >> yeah, we have. in fact, in the last five minutes, we lost the last of our flares. they were lining one of the lanes going on to southbound 101. trying to make things more visible for drivers and chp put the flares out earlier this morning. they have since extinguished and folks don't know that ponding water is there. they are rushing right through it. we do have video of when the flares were burning and it was pretty effective. drivers were able to make their way around ponding water. we have seen folks driving faster, i think, than they should, not just to editorialize but it does seem pretty fast to me. we were also on northbound 280 earlier today. and we did see one car that had spun out and perhaps was

involved in another crash along the off ramp on saratoga avenue. nothing too serious there except that chp had to shut down the lanes of traffic so that folks could move off to the shoulder and get out of the lanes of traffic. traffic did then flow normally. we do, we have not seen any of the traffic signals out because of the rain or because of the power failures. but we do know that pg &e is reporting power outages. nearly 3,000 homes and businesses in the dark here in the south bay. and we know that there are also some homes and businesses about 300 in the east bay that are without power. about 100 in san francisco. and about 750 or so on the peninsula. so, if you're waking up with just your smartphone this morning, i hope it's fully charged because pg&e has not estimated yet when everyone will have their power back. we have seen lots of crews out this morning and we also have

seen chp officers out in pretty good show of numbers. in sunnyvale, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, kris. check back with our entire "today in the bay" team to see when the rain will clear for your specific neighborhood. download nbc bay area app and click on the weather tab. also live radar right near the bottom of your screen throughout this newscast. a very emotional start for many students and faculty at an east bay school. grief counselors on hand this morning after two students lost their lives in a tragic weekend crash. last night students gathered for a mass to mourn two girls who had died, teenagers. the crash happened early yesterday morning near martinez. police say a 16-year-old girl was driving and she fell asleep at the while of the car. her car veered off the road, struck a tree and she was the only person to survive the car crash. all three students attend college park high school in pleasant hill. causen of one of the girls is heartbroken. >> she would always remind me

that she loved me and i'm sad that she's not going to be here any more. >> a lot to come to terms with. people who know the victims say that they're juniors at college park. investigators do not believe that alcohol or drugs played a role. it is 6:09. the search continues this morning for an arsonist accused of sparking a halloween night fire in the east bay. witnesses told police they saw someone drive by, throw an object at the danville home and then speed off. no one was home when it started. investigators say the fire caused about $210,000 in damage. the home on west linda mesa avenue. firefighters were able to contain the fire in about half hour and keep it to spreading from nearby homes. there were no injuries reported. a pack of rogue raccoons have some people on high alert in san francisco. they attacked the man and a woman walking two dogs near 41st avenue last night and apparently wasn't just a handful of raccoons. believed to have more than a

dozen in that pack. the dogs had some minor injuries and the woman reportedly received a rabies' shot. something similar happened last august involving someone with a dog. officers are now doing extra patrols in that area. back to our major story this morning, the wet weather which is causing a slick morning commute for many drivers as you see the raindrops filling up on what are supposed to be the golden gate bridge. we'll check in with mike in just a minute. >> looks like we need a squeegee out there this morning, as well. good thing you should have checked to see if those windshield wipers are all updated out there. >> make sure you are prepared. hopefully you already did that knowing last week that we were getting some rain. >> hopefully those windshield wipers are working and they're on high as we try to whisk some of that rain from our view. as we see still a lot of rain all across the bay area, and a look at some of the rainfall totals we had. look at pleasanton now.

over an inch of rain and most of the east bay has had anywhere from a tenth of an inch up to.03 and a few isolated spots getting a little bit more. taking it to the south bay now. anywhere from 0.5 to 0. 3 and in gilroy 0.3 and morgan hill inching towards 0.5 and we will still see this rain coming down for at least another three hours. so, i'll detail that coming up. let's check in now with mike to see where you're slowing down in the south bay. >> yeah, kari, we have some scattered reports of flooding. that's typical. as more cars hit the road, we're getting more feedback, as well. north 101 looking at wet, soupy conditions here. the radar shows you the conditions around the bay, as well. let's look at your map. the green on my maps is that the road weather index translated from kari's system right there over to the roadway and that's where you'll have slick conditions. all over the bay, flooding and that's not far from the station. 101 at lawrence and 280 around

saratoga where we had an earlier crash. blue on the peninsula and north bay. ponding and puddling and a crash just north of downtown and the big rig west 580 at greenville makes the rest of the tri-valley and we'll take a quick look at the north bay. south 101 at the bottom of the screen and crash and debris there right now. >> a lot more congestion that you might typically see. coming up, for singing a bedtime lullby, many parents turning to the tablets to coax their kids to sleep. surprising new numbers just ahead. after 75 years, hewlett-packard is breaking up today, right now, in fact. we'll take a look coming up in "business and tech." ==mike/live== (mike ad lib)

meteorologist kari hall covering the entire bay area. we're starting to get some reports of flooding and details on that and how much rain and how much longer it lasts coming up in the microclimate forecast. >> thank you. a lot of activity wroom in towards palo alto and the volume is not the concern. it is the wet roadways and water kicking up and slip conditions and we had spinouts as well as the flooding we're talking about. big crash in the tri-valley coming up, as well. 6:15 right now. one of silicon valley's most storeied companies starts a new chapter this morning. >> hewlett-packard splits into two today. >> that's right.

one of the companies that really made silicon valley what it is today. >> absolutely true, laura. the problem is silicon valley doesn't need hp as much as it used to. the company will try to remain two companies. hp and hp enterprise. truly one of the plainest logos we've ever seen. one will make computers and printers and hp enterprise will do services and softwares. start trading separately in less than 15 minutes. meg whitman will become the ceo of hp enterprise and overseeing this split but the idea actually dates back to a previous ceo, carly fiorina. the securities and exchange commission has made a big change now allowing just about anybody to invest their money in the start up, whether that start up is a couple guys building gadgets in a garage or a corner convenience store. the law has been around for a while called the jobs act or jump start our business startps.

signed into law by president obama in spring of 2012. now, at first only the welty could invest, but major change now is you don't have to be a so-called accredited investor. you can be, frankly, poor and still invest in maybe a restaurant. this is very different than investigating in a stock market. stock markets have rules and disclosures and the early markets don't. even the stock market can be risky. remember the '90s when peopled money into pep.com and i misses so guys so much. one of the key differences -- he's great. one of the key differences between the dotcom bust and today is generally speaking regular people no longer invest in crazy startps. venture capitalists do. they can often afford to lose their money. this bubble bursting won't hurt the economy, the theory goes the way the dotcoms can. >> people were trying to be venture capitalists in a way.

>> couldn't afford to lose the money. >> i miss the puppet, too. >> i know. >> pets are still always a moneymaker. >> i love it. that was that day in age i interviewed the puppets. >> little bizarre. but we're not judging. 6:15 right now. all new this morning. >> 6:18, as you mentioned. if your little one is already a kid with handheld devices, you're not alone. pretty much normal these days. >> why do the kids know more about the iphone than i do. a new study finds just about every child young and youngish get their hands on smartphones. get their hands on a smartphone or tablet at a surprisingly young age. the new study find nearly 97% of parents say their child has used some kind of mobile device. most start before the age of 1. a toddler. below toddler, i guess. 20% of 1 year olds own a tablet, computer. very loose definition of own. nearly 30% of parents say they used a mobile device to get

their child to go to sleep. >> wow. that's interesting. you would think it is -- >> maybe they're checking the weather. >> oh, yeah. >> why, when have kari hall. >> boy, we are talking about the rain this morning. a big story of the morning. it is impacting traffic out there. you see the metering lights, no doubt, mike, on already at the bay bridge. but people getting up and about and how long is it going to be around today. >> for a little while longer. for at least another couple of hours and for all of the bay area and then starts to move west to east as we go through the late morning hours and a live look at san jose. boy, you can barely see anything. you can see the low clouds and the rain hitting the camera lens as you head out this morning, a soggy commute. we welcome this rain and, finally, we've got a widespread rain not just for parts of the bay area, but we're all getting in on this action. and as you see the bright yellows and the reds there on the radar, that's where the heaviest rain is coming down right now. all across san francisco, moving into the east bay.

and the peninsula, as well. so, you can see just in the last couple of frames, the rain just really gets intense there. and, of course, a lot of people heading out the door, getting ready for work. well, you will have to slow it down. here's a look at how much rain we had so far in the north bay. most spots have had a 0.25 but still coming down. in san francisco, just i'd say maybe an hour ago, most of these rains were about a tenth of an inch. now, we're at about.25 and look at all the microclimates now. temperatures pretty steady in the upper 50s and won't rise much as we go throughout the day. it becomes windy as the rain moves out and chance of pop-up showers and thunderstorms. this is a look at the futurecast. this is what the radar could look like as we go through the day. widespread rain in the next hour or so and then starts to taper off. breaks in the rain for the north bay. but still happening in the south bay, and then it starts to push off to the east. this afternoon we get some, some clearing and some sunshine.

but still the possibility of some pop-up showers and storms for the east bay hills. and it will be snowing in thesia. looks like that continues for quite while. it doesn't taper off until tomorrow. speaking of the sierra, here's a look at how much snow they could see between today and early tomorrow. possibly in the kirkwood mountains near kirkwood and the ski sorts. we could have over a foot of snow and once again, that continues into tomorrow. i'll have another update and a look at the rest of the cool temperatures for the rest of this week. let's check in now with mike to see what's happening with the morning commute. >> let's just show folks, live camera in san mateo and the rain actively falling for the last few minutes. you can't really see it well. but in the puddling sometimes you can see lower visibility across that high rise. just be careful as the commute really is kicking in and you can see that. westbound, eastbound coming towards us a little bit lighter. sheen on the roadway and you can't see it in the puddles now but we'll look at your map. we're showing you the blue on

the maps the traffic system with the weather data on them and ponding and puddling along the coast. san mateo and on the foster city side of that san mateo span we just saw you. haywood we saw the slowing. green will show you will have the wet commute. bob was talking about coming out of the altamont pass. easier towards the bubline interchange and dwortowards the downtown area and the bay bridge, but it's wet there. a tough crash at san pedro and san rafael causes more slowing there, as well. a quick look at the speed sensors through the south bay and an easy drive building for 101, 87 and reports of flooding through downtown, as well as sunnyvale, saratoga off ramp with 280. look at fremont and we're looking at the roadways causing sh that slow. more weather and traffic and news after the break.

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uber driver all captured on camera that made the uber driver say enough is enough. >> get out of my car or i'll call the police. >> the cam video caught the entire incident. he grabs him by the hair and tries to his head into the window. this happened recently in newport beach and it started after the driver says the passenger simply refused to put on his seat belt. so, the driver used mace.

luckily he was able to fight back and then the police did arrive in time. but the driver has already decided for now that he is over with uber. >> i don't feel safe driving for uber any mere. the quality of the passenger has gone down over the last couple weeks and i know a lot of drivers will agree with me. >> they say the passenger was vomiting in the street from the mace. he is now facing assault and public intoxication charges. speaking of making you sick, a recent e. coli outbreak may be linked to chipotle. right now the concern that chipotle in oregon and washington state and 22 people sick with the virus and they ate at a chipotle. a week since the last reported case so the risk period may be over. the source of the e. coli was most likely in fresh food product because the outbreak could not be traced to just one place. rain hitting the bay area

today leading to a mess on the roadways. flooding and crashes. we have our reporters spanned out across the bay area. we'll be back in 2:30 with the problem spots you need to know about before you head out the door this morning.

joining us. i'm laura garcia cannon. a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. get you right to our big story this morning, the rain, which need that is also causing some

major issues for your morning commute. >> pretty soaking. teams in place to help you where you need to go safely. let's start now with meteorologist kari hall. rain, wind, even snow in the sierra. >> they are expecting over a foot of snow in the higher els of the sierra. here in the bay area, we're going over an inch of rain so far already in some of the rain buckts and still coming down. it will continue to stream into san francisco, san jose, oakland. pretty much all of the bay area. at for another two or three hours before it starts to taper off. i'll detail the cool and windy weather that will follow and how long before we see another chance of rain. that's coming up in a few minutes. let's check in now with mike to see where you're slowing down in your morning commute. >> kari, folks should slow down pretty much everywhere because it is slippery between your roadways right now. live look at dublin, but expected to see more traffic flowing because of the slower conditions that you would demand and the volume. it's not so bad here. let's look at the reason why.

traffic is held up over here in greenville. look at that. live cameras over here. it's not bad. the jam coming out of the altamont pass. blocking a majority of westbound 580 and this is your commute direction. bob redell has been there in the rain and covering the latest on there. bob, do you have for this overturned big rig? >> it's been out here for about the past four hours since 2:20, 2:30 this morning when the big rig was coming down westbound 50. headlights heading in the westbound direct at the base of base of the altamont. for the past two to three hours some wreckers have been trying to upright the big rig which you could still see is on its side. fully loaded big rig. it has about 80,000 pounds of material in there. so, you could imagine it is taking them some time. as a result, they have traffic, and chp has traffic widdled down to one lane and sometimes

shutting down all lanes so the wreckers can do their jobs. they do not have an estimated time of reopening. this is according to traffic management. we spoke with and they did tell us that this accident, they would not blame it on the rain, even though it was raining at the time. they say that the driver of the big rig violated a vehicle code, which code that was, whether that person was speeding or doing something else, they would not say. the driver of that big rig suffered minor injuries. a car that was hit and, as far as we know, the person or persons in that car are okay, as well. what you have now is this jinorms backup that extends well over the altamont is into the central valley and back into tracy. when they get all lanes of southbound 80 reopened you have an effect through livermore. police put out a report saying multiple accident in this part of the area and be on the look out and pea carefbe careful whe out there.

>> folks out of the altamontp temporary benefit over here for livermore. we're looking at a long time so they can get the 80,000 pound rig righted and despite the crash you saw there, no major injuries. this is a major backup. once they do clear that, a big rush of traffic heading over towards the dublin interchange and expect to last into the morning because it won't be until after the rig until a majority of traffic can get through here. and all the folks coming out of concord, walnut creek and clear the east shore freeway and still causing slow downs blocking one lane north 880 through market downtown and that's caused folks to slow down here. making the bay bridge toll plaza a little lighter in the cash lanestually. san rafael starting back in novato and back across the golden gate bridge, you deal with the rain and inclement conditions there. let's skip down to our live camera. jamming up here because of all

this activity on the radar. we'll track this all morning, guys, back to you. >> you mentioned the bay area bridge. the entire front end of a big rig gone. happened four hours on the eastbound side of the bridge. countercommute. stephanie chuang was following that accident and joins us live along the embarcadero in san francisco and what the bay bridge looks like in terms of the flow and what you're also seeing on the embarcadero. >> the rain has actually picked up, really, in just the last five, ten minutes. coming along nicely here in san francisco. as for the bay bridge, the chp canc the sig alert at 6:04 and everything seems to be flowing pretty smoothly. your usual steady pace into the city and flowing nice out, as well. the big rig crashing around 2:20 this morning and leaving a bit of a mess on the eastbound side of 80, again, heading out of the city. oil had spilled out and crews spent hours cleaning up the

spill, as well as debris left behind. we wanted to be careful so drivers didn't have more issues including the slippery roads out there. at the time, shut down three of five lanes in the morning, as well as nearby onramps. all back open and the good news on top of that, it seems the driver is fine and no one hurt. san francisco reported more than 30 people responding to help with the cleanup and the scene. the rain happening in places like pleasant hill where there was a downpour. we have dash cam video from all around the east bay highway. hp telling us this morning there have been more accidents than usual earlier this morning because of the rain and give yourself more room on the road and also more time this morning. live here in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." 6:35. live look at downtown san jose now. not only crashes on the roadways and seeing some flooding. nearly two feet of standing water. >> kris sanchez joining us near the intersection of lawrence

expressway and 101. you were talking about this earlier, standing water, ponding, really an issue for drivers this morning. >> all you have to do is hit it barely and it could cause a complete spinout. we certainly have seen that already this morning. chp trying to do what they can, marking at least this area with flares. they have now burned out. but we video from earlier. marking off one of the two lanes that goes on to 101 south here in sunnyvale trying to make sure that drivers know that there is water on the roadway. water on the roadway certainly could have been the cause of this crash that we also saw on 280 near the saratoga avenue off ramp. that one, it looked like someone spun out was going in the wrong direction and was also smashed up pretty good. another vehicle also pulled over to the side of the roadway. we were there as chp had to completely stop traffic on 280 just to get those drivers and their vehicles safely to the shoulder. that has since recovered. but there is going to be standing water in areas because

we know that a lot of these storm drains might have debris in them because they haven't had water flowing through for a while. we also know that pg&e has been working to restore power to some of its customers here in the bay area. about 27 homes and businesses that are without power. the most impacted north bay was 1,200 homes and businesses without power. here in the south bay, we're talking about 300 or so. so, if you can leave early, you should probably try to do that this morning. if you can't leave early, then at least tell your boss, sorry, maybe bring in an extra cup of coffee. . a starbucks seems to make sure that no one holds hard feelings. kris, stephanie and bob are out there for the rest of the morning. check in with the entire team one more time in this newscast to see how the rain is developing and how it is affecting drivers on the road. also check in your specific neighborhood by downloading our nbc bay area app and clicking on

the weather tab. also happening today at 6:37 this morning. sentencing for a former high school security guard who attacked a student in wheelchair. jurors in july convicted 24-year-old mitchell on one count of felony assault. video captured the oakland security guard attacking a student with cerebral palsy. mitchell punched him four times while he was handcuffed and dumped him from his wheelchair. he faces a sentence of up to four years in prison. jury selection is scheduled to begin in a federal rocketeering trial against chow. he is facing numerous charnels that include ordering the murder of a rival gang leader back in 2006. federal agents arrested chow last year along with nearly 30 other people. former state senator leland yee was among those arrested. he pleaded guilty to lesser charges. if convicted, chow may face life in prison. one of the bay area favorite

holiday traditions in jeopardy from something lurking in the water. the tradition we're talking about is the dunginous crab on the thanksgiving dinner table. reports this year's crab season may be delayed and may not happen at all due to a mysterious toxic algae bloom in the pacific ocean. state's public health department is testing crabs for the presence of a neuro toxin, which is a big health hazard. crab season is supposed to begin november 7th and for now it is on hold. 6:39 right now. we are getting a lot of rain water as we have been reporting all morning long and it hasn't let up yet. >> no. we are getting snow in the sierra. >> welcome news across the bay area and even off to the east. plume of heavy rain heading towards the sierra and it will provide another heavy burst of snow. here we do have some modrain falling, but it's steady and it's all across the radar. so, great news.

but not so good as you head out on the roads this morning. and where you see the yellows and the reds, why you can see it really spreading there in the past few minutes, well, that's where the heaviest rain continues and we will see this for a few more hours before it tapers off some of that rain moving off to the east and then we'll catch some breaks, but the wind will start to pick up. and it will be a cruel day. pack the rain gear and warm clothes for the day because we will have some major changes coming in. i'll detail that and a look at how much snow for the sierra and a closer look at the futurecast for the day. that's coming up in less than ten minutes. let's see where you're slowing down with the morning commute with mike. >> i've been chasing that rain you've showed on your radar. san mateo bridge and looking at murky conditions. in the center part here, you can make out rain hitting the puddles and watching it and tougher to see across that flat section and folks coming eastbound off the peninsula we'll get some of that rain, as well. look at the map. we have this rain registering.

puddling and pond over here on the peninsula side. there's belmont, san mateo, half moon bay coming over 92. 92 itself the bridge we showed you and over here on the haywood side you saw the blue and ponding and puddling there. it's starting to slow a little more as that rain gets there and starting to clear downtown and more rain, again, more ponding and puddling. the east shore freeway and walnut creek interchange heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza where all lanes are filling in. little lighter off to the left. in the north bay a crash 101 still leaves slowing withbry. and over there we have better news for west 580 coming out of the altamont and only two left lanes blocked and two more lanes have opened and more traffic through the tri-valley and dublin interchange. here's the south bay with the traffic building and the crash has cleared from north 280 at saratoga. before you get there, more flooded rains just like kris was talking about. quick look at palo alto shows

you the volume. >> thanks a lot. coming up, demanding changes. the request coming from republican contenders on the campaign trail right now ahead of the next debate. history happened just a few minutes ago on the nyse as hp split apart. let's take you out to new york city. dow industrials up 60 points. now to the latest

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>> also means that skiers and snowboarders licking their chops right now over the prospects. brian from our sister station in san francisco joining us live and we see the snowfall. what a sight that is right here and snow where you are, brian. >> good morning. the snow coming down here this morning. it was about 3:30 this morning. about 3:30 when it went from rain to snow. and now the temperature really starting to drop here. starting to get some cold fingers here and that means the snow is really starting to stick. you can the ground, nice dusting here at 7,239 feet on doner summit and heavy rain down the mountain as we made our way up. tourists waiting for the bands of heavier rain to get here and then the snow will pick up where the forecast is calling for about a foot of snow around pass level up to two feet possibly more at the highest elevations, depending on when that cold air meets up with the heavier bands of showers that are now traveling across the bay area and sacramento valley causing some problems down there. at this point, no chain controls

on interstate 80 this morning, but cal trans is out there working the highway and they have chp out there and they are already starting to screen the big rigs down at applegate and that is good advice to you. if you plan on coming into the sierra today or tomorrow, make sure you have chains and i hope that forecast is right, but about a foot of snow here at the pass level. typically in the sierra, 1-1 ratio. about an inch of rain on average is about a foot of snow. that's what the forecast is calling for and we'll be here to witness it. back to you. >> lucky. lucky, that's fantastic. >> with an early christmas present. thank you very much. now to decision 2016 and the call for change from republican presidential contenders when it comes to future debates and they have a lot of requests. gop candidates are still steamed over the last debate, which they called quote off the rails at times." even during the debate they said

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the christmas present of some snow arriving early in the sierra and some bay area rain. finally it's november and finally the rain is falling from the sky. as we take a live look now at front, great to see these drops, but as you head out this morning, just be prepared. you need the umbrella, some nice shoes that you don't mind getting wet and some warm clothes because even after the rain rolls out, it will still be chilly out there. in fact, the temperatures will be drop. we see the bright reds and the yellows all across the bay area and this has been dumping quite a bit of rain at a rate of at leas 0.25 per hour and we're not done just yet. a look now as we widen out the view and get a look at the bay area, the live radar. we still see the heavy rain moving over san francisco, pleasanton, livermore, as well as half moon bay and extending up towards pittsburg while san jose sees a more steady, light rain. here's a look at how much we've already gotten. in the east bay, over an inch of rain in pleasanton, as well as

fremont. dublin about half an inch of and heading into the south bay, morgan hill proaching 0.5 and 0.75 in san jose. let me take you to the north bay to see rain we've gotten in the last 24 hours. it did start a little bit earlier there yesterday and we've had at least 0.25 in hillsburg, santa rosa and in san francisco it still tcontinues t come down and closer to 0.3 in the city. great news but once that rain moves out later this morning, early afternoon, the winds will be picking up and these are the sustained winds we'll see at about 25 to 30 miles an hour. and our highs today mainly in the 60s. so not much of a warm up. and with the blustery winds, it will feel a little bit cooler and we've been talking about that snow in the sierra. looks like it continues through at least the rest of the day, into the day tomorrow. even as the rain tapers off, this is what the forecast could look like and a few pop-up

showers and storms possible for the east bay hills as that rain and snow moves farther off to the east and looking at the potential of up to a foot of snow above 7,000 feet in the mountains. mike, how is it looking with the commute now? >> kari, with more cars on the road, more reports of road flooding. that's the way it looks here and more folks, definitely, on 101. soupy conditions here and the radar map continues to show the activity through the area. now, let's look at your maps. we'll show you the activity on your commute yields. green overlay, wet roads all over the bay like you saw on the live shot. 101, 280 and north 87 a new crash complicates things. now, some flooding reported north 280 and north 101 right at lawrence, two reports that kris talked about. she was there with some flooding on the roadway there. be careful. watch the transitions and a smooth drive over here towards

hayward where the blue means puddling and ponding and more slowing, as well. now, dublin, livermore. just fine here on the map because of the crash west 580 at greenville. now just two lanes are blocked and more traffic come through so we're expecting more slowing and two lanes blocked. the metering lights on and typical slowing here as well as in the north bay, south 101 slow into san rafael because of a crash behind these trees. that's jammed south of novato, guys. back to you. >> it is really busy out there. thank you very much, mike. grief counselors will be on hand this morning at one east bay school that lost two students in a tragic weekend crash. last night students gathered for a mass to mourn the two girls who died. the crash hand early yesterday morning near martinez. police say 16-year-old drooirve fell asleep at the wheel. her car struck a tree and she was the only person in that car to survive. all three students attended college park high school in

pleasant hill. a cousin of one of the girls killed is heartbroken. >> she would always remind me that she loved me and it's really sad that she's not going to be here any more. >> people who knew the victims say they're juniors at college park and investigators do not believe alcohol or drugs played a factor. 6:53. search continues this morning for an arsonist accused of sparking a halloween night fire in the east bay. witnesses told police they saw someone drive by, throw an object at a danville home and then speed off. no one was home when it started. investigators say the fire caused about $210,000 in damage to the home on west linda mesa avenue. firefighters were able to contain the fire and about half an hour to keep it from spreading to nearby homes. there were no injuries reported. coming up, we have reporters out right now all over the bay area watching crashes and roadway flooding. the morning rain is causing some issues for the morning commute. what you need to know before you head out the door. if you're just waking up: take

a look at this: take a look at this: green and right now if you're just waking up, take a look at this radar as we all just say aw. we are seeing some green and yellow and shades of orange on the radar. the rain and its impact on the roads is our story this morning. >> it certainly is. we've been tracking the storm with team coverage since we came on air at 4:30 this morning. right now let's bring in "today in the bay" bob redell live in livermore and tracking this backup from an overturned big rig. >> and the big rig here on

westbound 580 at greenville, just at the base of the altamont this overturned around 2:20, 2:30 this morning. chp says that the driver violated some vehicle code, which wouldn't say which but was not blaming it on the weather even though it was raining at the time. you can see the big rig is still overturned. we're just getting word that there is about 80,000 pounds of weight there. that includes the truck and its load. its load of frozen chicken. what they're doing right now is waiting to get those chickens off loaded so they can get the big rig upright. too heavy otherwise. we just spoke with a commuter, a man who lives in mountain house which is on the other side near tracy who is commuting into san francisco. he spent 2 1/2 hours stuck on the altamont. normally a drive that should have been about 30 minutes. >> at 7:00 i decided to call in and i'm trying to send some e-mail off now. contact some other people that i'm going to be late. it's just a real mess out here.

>> he was actually thinking about turning back and heading back to mountain house and trying to work from home. livermore police also saying multiple accidents in the livermore valley region. so, if you are drive into work, westbound 580 this morning, something to keep mind. reporting live here in livermore, bob redell "today in the bay." >> we're tracking another big rig accident early this morning stephanie chuang joins us live from embarcadero and timing here, commuters kind of lucked out. >> yeah, because everything is now cleared, sam. the rain, as kari said, picking up in san francisco. the good news, again, the chp canceled the sig alert as of 6:00 in the morning within the hour and three of the five lanes that were closed are back open on the bay bridge after a big rig crash around 2:20 this morning just east of first street and left a big mess after oil spilled. so, crews spent hours cleaning that up. the good news is driver fine, no

one hurt. the rain also heavy in places like pleasant hill where there was a downpour there and dash cam video telling us more accidents than usual early this morning because of rain. the usual advice does apply. give yourself more time and distance on the road. live here in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. check in with kari to see how long this will last. >> it will last for at least another couple hours and still coming in off shore. look at how bright red that is. that shows some pretty intense rain that will continue across most of the bay area. wouldn't be surprised if we had widespread amounts over an inch of rain. >> that is fantastic news. >> mike was highlighting the issues on the altamont pass, but that's not theobe only thing. >> the benefit for most of the folks watching our broadcast. it's hard to say that. one folk's traffic jam is another folk's break. that makes traffic at the dublin interchange much lighter until

they clear that. and up to 80,000 pounds of chickens out there, we're watching for that. fully prose e y frozen part of . >> we'll have a local news update in half an hour. we hope to see then. stay dry. test test test test test te good morning. breaking news, external influence. an airline official looking into the crash of that russian plane now says it was not caused by technical problems or human error. why did it suddenly break apart killing off 224 people on board. we're live in egypt. breaking away, the republican presidential campaigns meet with party officials and come up with new rules. there's demands ranging from inquiring opening and closing statements to the temperature in the room. now it's the rncs to respond.