can see that storm across the pacific making its way in. that will couple with another storm to our north. that will bring rain as soon as this morning. everywhere else will stay dry. temperatures mild, back to the 50s this morning. headed to the mid 60s pour the inland valleys. san francisco you'll see a few peeks of sunshine, 65 degrees there. the north bay, that's where you'll see the rain today, 60 degrees and the rain arrives for the rest of us through the day tomorrow. in the meantime, let's time out the commute. >> have to be like the football referee. upon further review, we look toward the berkeley curve, the left lane blocked. but we also have something going on at the split between the 580 and berkeley curve area. that means people are tapping their brakes with distractions on both sides of the freeway. you see your general build slowing toward ashley and clearing as we get toward the scene you saw right there. that's about it for your morning

commute. we have patches of fog in the north bay. slowing for highway 37, 680 not bad through sunol. a dip in speeds through hayward. a tiny one south of 238. this incident northbound looks like it's on the shoulder. i marked it as a distraction. the rest of your bay moves well. a build for 101 and 87 through san jose. back to you. terrifying moments as a nanny is pistol whipped right in front of a little girl. orinda police say an armed gunman kicked in the front door of a home near el castillo. "today in the bay's" bob redell live this morning. the suspect still on the run in the family's porsche. >> reporter: officers here at the orinda police department are hoping they can find that vehic vehicle. what happened here in orinda is very frightening considering the

fact this happened during the day while the sun was still out and people were at home, the nanny and the 5-year-old girl. it was around 2:30 in the afternoon. a man kicked in the front door of that home. you can still see the footprints, showed a gun, started screaming at the nanny for money. she understands limited english which added to the stress of the entire situation. the robber pistol whipped her at one point, scavenged the house. took the family es black porsche kai yan, plate number 6mk320. we spoke with the girl's mom who told us her daughter wu not hurt during yesterday's break-in. >> this is supposed to be a safe neighborhood. you just never know. my daughter is fine, a little startled. scared i'm sure. not talking about much, about everything that's happened.

>> reporter: orinda's chief of police tells us there have been three burglaries over the past few days including this one caught on surveillance cameras. she expects the thieves are targeting this town because it's right off highway 24 which is a relatively easy escape route. yesterday's break-in was the first in which someone was home. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> glad everyone is shaken up but okay. happening today, san francisco residents angry about the city's most recent deadly police shooting and plan on holding another rally ahead of a police commission meeting. last week san francisco officers shot and killed 26-year-old mario woods in the city's bayview district. police say he just stabbed someone and repeatedly ignored orders to drop his knife. at 5:00 p.m., organizers hope to rally on the steps of city hall. that's where the police commission is going to meet and where police commissioner greg sir is going to talk about the recent use of force by officers.

the police officer's union is showing support for comrades involved in last week's incident. in a statement the union says there was an imminent threat to life and officers had no other options. at tonight's police commission meeting, chief sir will reopen the idea of equipping officers with tasers. that idea has met serious resistance in the past. it has been exactly one week since a terror attack shook southern california community of san bernardino. ref day details emerge about the massacre. now investigators are tracing a money trail including thousands of dollars that showed up in the suspect's bank account. the shooters reportedly took out an online loan for $28,000 just weeks before the attack. the money may have been for syed far room and tashfeen malik's baby and her grandmother. sources also revealed to nbc

news that farook discussed staging an attack in california back in 2012. authorities are investigating that claim. as investigators continue to sift through evidence for clues, we're getting our first look at the conference room where the couple killed 14 people last week, a day first responders say they will never forget. >> it's nothing short of what any other person in law enforcement would do. i don't feel like a hero whatsoever. any one behind me or any of the other people who were there would say the same thing. that's our job, to put ourselves in the line of danger to protect the community. >> the inland regional center is still shut down a week later. police and federal agents continue to investigate the scene. 6:05. not the curriculum they want for their kids. east bay parents are not pleased with a new program that got the go ahead to be taught to fifth graders, especially not happy with who is teaching it.

parents and teachers protested outside city hall, wanting the city to vote no on a federally funded gang prevention program taught by police officers. parents say the course wastes valuable teaching time and gives officers too much power. >> they can approach children at all times of the day including at recess, at lunch, what have you. >> we're here to learn math, science, stuff like that, not how to stay out of gangs. >> we don't have a gang problem because of the fact we're proactive. we get out into the community, integrate programs like this with our youth. >> the vote boarded unanimously to test the program at two elementary schools in san leandro. students have the option of opting out of the close. lake del valle is closed due to a toxic algae bloom. it's hit several other lakes in the east bay. it causes ever thing from itchy skin diarrhea, vomiting and makes. researchers are trying to find

out what's causing the algae bloom. they say they've never had a problem like this before. the storm is brewing. a live look at san francisco this morning. no rain yet. calm situation it appears to be. that soon is going to change. >> right now, the first of a series of strong storms making their way. >> timing of the rain with anthony in just a moment. we want to start with "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live at city hall. >> reporter: laura and sam, we've heard it before. this could be the most powerful el nino on record. there is discussion of preparation. that's what mayor ed lee in san francisco is set to discuss, how the city is helping the people who work here and live here including those who live on the street by detailing the creation of the additional winter shelters. the worry is flooding, mudslides and other issues. the city held two sandbag saturdays in november to give

away sandbags to property owners to prevent flooding and mudslides from the expected severe storms. el nino preparations have been under way across the bay area including construction in shoring up drainage canals in san jose. the federal emergency management agency created an el nino task force for i.d.ing at risk populations. statewide today starting at 9:00 this morning, federal disaster relief workers are conducting a drill as part of the on going work to prepare for the big storms expected this winter, and the exercise leaders say this is so important because you've got joint agencies working together to see what works and what won't work. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> nice looking shot there for now behind stephanie. >> you're saying for now because the rain will compounding down. >> in the north bay this morning around 7:00. for the rest of us, we'll see it

early tomorrow morning right around this time. here is the storm we're watching. the storm is making its way through the pacific right now. we're expecting the showers in the north bay around 7:00. it will be light, on and off through the day. by tonight, around 9:00, 10:00, we'll see showers develop. it will roll through quickly tomorrow morning. this is 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning. we'll continue to hang on to that threat for thunderstorms even into the evening hours through the day tomorrow. for today it will be a dry day. a few peeks of sunshine in the south bay, 66 degrees. san francisco generally cloudy, 65. in the north bay that's where we'll have rain. temperatures cool, only 60 degrees. we'll talk more about how much rain we'll see and snow that could fall across the sierra. winter storm warnings already posted. you saw a glimpse of the toll plaza. this starts at the berkeley curve toward the toll plaza.

we're looking at the remnants of the last of the crash. we have one tow truck and one vehicle yet to be taken from the scene and some flares. that's not really much of a factor because the slowing stops right there. it's not adding to slowing. i'll show you on the map. slowing here, building in the traditional pattern. extra slowing at the scene of the crash. overall, compared to a traditional wednesday, this is looking ke a really good commute for the entire portion of the east bay, maybe patches of fog for the north bay. right around 8th street, reports of a fender-bender at chp arrives on scene. general slowing in hayward on the nimitz. north 87 had a crash at curtner. we'll get an update from chp. we see slowing from capital expressway. yahoo!'s core could be in jeopardy. the announcement from the company just two hours ago.

>> the warriors continue their record breaking win streak. this win comes with a potential big loss. got a tip for nbc bay area's investigative unit. call 1-888-916-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area. we investigate. the wins just keep on coming for

the warriors. and not not just on the basketball court. they're also winning in the political arena. =vo= the team is another step closer to building a waterfront arena in san francisco. last night -- the board of supervisors rejected a challenge to the arena's environmental impact report. a unanamous vote that last night the board of supervisors reject add challenge to the arena's environmental impact report, a unanimous vote that allows the 18,000 feet facility to move forward. a group called the mission bay alliance say it is deal is bad for the surrounding area. meantime, the warrior's president calls last night's decision a relief. >> we're ecstatic. it's the culmination of so much work. >> any other development on that site consistent with the existing land use entitlements would generate a lot more revenue to the city than this. >> putting you in the mood. the mission bay alliance has 30 days to take legal action against the project. a move the group says is likely. the warriors hope to be playing

in san francisco in less than three years. speaking of playing, the warriors improve to a historic 23-0, beating the pacers 131-123. the team could be without clay thompson for a couple games. with under a minute to go, thompson sprained his right ankle. x-raies were negative. he will be re-evaluated this morning. after the game thompson said he expects to be back on the court in no time. he scored a season high 39 points. >> espn is reporting friday or saturday he should be back. it took a day longer than scott mcgrew expected, but he was right. >> yahoo! will not spin off its stake in al by back ba ba . the new plan is to spin off yahoo! and you come up with two different companies either way you do it. this is slightly different than earlier numbers. that yahoo! would sell its internet services like mail and

flicker and whatnot to some other company like verizon. that could still happen. right now, no, it will not. yahoo! made an investment in alibaba years ago, incredibly smart investment. it's worth billions. the big question, how do you unlock the value of that for your shareholders? this is like owning a big nugget of gold. unless you sell it, you're not really rich. the obvious thing is you sell off alibaba, but yahoo! and irs couldn't agree on whether that would be a tax-free transaction. instead of splitting off alibaba, they'll split off yahoo. why do you care? yahoo! is selling off its core business, if that were to happen, would mean people would lose their jobs. also yahoo! is an old silicon valley standby. it's part of family so that's why we care. the latest development moments ago is yahoo! board member max

levchin resigned. he invented paypal and was brought on board by marissa meyer. yahoo! says it's because he wants to concentrate on other h issues. the timing suggests otherwise. yahoo! insists, shear coincidence. >> coincidence? he thinks not. >> leave you hanging. no suspense here. we know rain is on the way. >> looking at a pretty big storm system. could be the biggest storm of the year, dropping inches of rain. >> a lot of snow in the sierras. >> let's show you this storm system making its way through the bay area. another storm system, this is the one going to move through for thursday for all of us. for today, light showery

activity as the storm system catches up. eureka finding showers and it's starting to approach ukiah. by 7:00 in the morning, it will be in the north bay. your micro climate forecast brings a few peeks of sunshine. san mateo, you'll see sun as well, 65. pacifica, limited sun. same deal for ocean beach. may see drizzle this morning. 60 degrees there. 69 for sausalito. that's where the rain will be across the north bay. east bay, tri-valley, sunshine, mid 60s from oakland towards livermore. this is 6:00 this morning. by 9:00, showers across the north bay. even by 11:00, 12:00, stuff will fizzle out. by 1:00, 2:00, light showers across the north bay. by this evening, mostly cloudy and dry. by 9:00, 10:00, more moisture starts to inundate the bay area. this is when the cold front will

move through, around midnight tonight. still hanging out across the north bay, by 4:00 tomorrow morning. eventually the cold front will sag south. by 6:00 tomorrow morning, looking at heavy rain, potential for ponding on the roadway. tomorrow afternoon, sunshine and also thunderstorms as we head towards tomorrow night. how much rain? this is what we expect. half inch in the south bay. closer to the peninsula. even the north bay can see an inch. maybe three inches in some spots and more than three inches across the coastal mountains. along with the rain, very strong winds tomorrow. talking the potential of 30 miles per hour at least starting off, but close to 60 miles per hour especially in the north bay. that is just shy of hurricane-force winds. this storm system will pam a punch. even snow expected across parts of the sierra. upwards of two feet of snow even at lake levels.

the weekend looks dry. once we get rid of the system, showers. saturday will be a dry day. another storm system for back in the bay area for sunday. bringing widespread rain and cool temperatures back into the 50s for most of us. mike, how are the roads looking? >> more crowded. not a lot of problems on the roadway. that's letting folks get to the gathering point. this is the berkeley curve. the better news the issue. the crash has cleared and now replaced with commute vehicles. flashing lights as a chp officer arrives to help this person. look at your map. you have a slow drive. but despite those two incidents, we don't have a lot of problems out of emeryville. as we move out toward the area, looking at another gathering point. the castro valley y slowing towards the san mateo westbound towards the peninsula for 92 and 84, the dumbarton bridge,

lighter commute, typical pattern there. same thing for 680 south out of pleasanton. northbound 101, same situation there. the crash north 87 still impacting lanes and slowing from capital expressway up to that scene. that's an unexpected slower drive and a fender-bender reported south of 101 on lawrence expressway. i'll check it and let you know if it will have major impacts on surface streets. northbound 101 will build over the next half hour. back to you. 6:21. new this morning, for only the fourth time ever, a woman is named "time" magazine's person of the year. >> about 90 minutes ago on the "today" show, time named german chancellor angela merkel as the person of the year. she's stood up to vladimir putin, managing the debt crisis and opening borders to thousands of refugees. the other three women to appear

solo, wallace war field simpson back in 1936, queen elizabeth the second in 1952 and corazon aquino in 1936. coming up, a touching story of a police officer and family go out of their way to help those less fortunate this holiday season. how is this for a cliff-hanger? the unusual hotel in peru offering one of the most unique views in the world. california's newest airport

terminal actually sits in two countries. while that may

sound confusing california's newest airport terminal actually straddles two different countries. while that might sound a little confusing, it will probably simplify things for millions of travelers. the $120 million private terminal opens this morning. it sits in san diego but serving neighboring tijuana airport. passengers cross via a -- some 60% of the passengers using tijuana airport cross into the united states. >> here is a cool gift for the adventurous type. these are sleeping quarters that hang from a cliff. 1300 feet above. it's in peru. each capsule contains four beds, a private bathroom, lighting is powered by solar panels, but to get there, you have to zip line across a couple of crevices, hike up the mountain -- i don't even know where you go to the

restroom in that thing. >> risk your life to get there, but what a view. aa post online left one homeless father extremely grateful. >> aaron helped me provide for my kids. that's just it. >> a few days ag marries ville police chief spotted a facebook post from a policeman. easton sat down with his own family and suggested using some of their own christmas money to pay it forward. >> to their credit, i'm grateful all three of them said yes without hess tapgs, let's help the family out. >> the family easton helped now calling him their guardian angel. he says it's part of his own daily goal of showing kindness

to honor his late wife who passed away a few months ago. up next, bracing for the storm. wet weather and strong winds making their way into the bay area as we speak. what to expect coming up in less than three minutes with anthony. >> dangerous and on the run. the search is on for a man who pistol whipped a nanny right in front of a little girl and then took off in the family's porsche. joining us. i'm sam brock

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let's get right to the forecast with anthony. very good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. rain and wind on the way. let's get right to the forecast with anthony. >> i wanted to start off with our sierra ski report. we are talking about more snow headed to the sierra. right now the base is up to 18 inches. they could desperately use more snow. they'll get it. tomorrow and friday expecting to see snow. >> rain heading towards eureka and redding. we are expecting the see rain in the north bay today, and the wind and heavy rain moved into the rest of the bay area for tomorrow. in the meantime, we'll see sunshine today in the south bay, 66. a few peeks of sun in san francisco. in the north bay today, cool, 60 degrees. mike, how are the roads looking? >> looking all right. we'll show you the bay bridge from emeryville. earlier this morning we couldn't see the span from the camera. yu see clouds over on the san francisco side. no problem for visibility for drivers here. we do have the backup at the

toll plaza. we'll show you the map with the slower drive down the eastshore freeway. steady all the way down to the berkeley curve where there's still one crash remaining over on the shoulder. the crash south 101 has cleared from blies dale. it is not affecting the robin williams tunnel. patches of fog may be an issue for fairfield. as we move into the south bay, 880 and 680 south toward fremont. northbound routes also slow. 87 is recovering from an earlier crash at curtner. that's extra slow right now. palo alto is not slow. back to you. 6:31. today marks one week the san bernardino terrorist attacks. last wednesday an armed married couple opened fire during a holiday party killing 14 people. this week lawmakers in our nation's capital will receive a classified briefing on the investigation. nbc's tracie potts is live in wad. we're learning the suspects were

planning this attack for some time. >> reporter: exactly. nbc has learned that as long as a year ago, they may have been planning this and that farook may have been talking about it up to three years ago. apparently they were taking lessons at a local gun range. they were learning how to shoot a year before the this happened. lawmakers will get an update tomorrow afternoon. the fbi, homeland security and national terrorism center coming the capitol hill for the classified briefs on an vision that they now label as an act of terrorism. both of the shooters they say had become radicalized. they're also taking a look at the money angle. apparently farook had taken out a loan of $28,000 shortly before the attack, not to finance it, but he made a deposit and the fbi believes that was to take care of his grandmother and their 6-month-old child. finally here on the hill they're

trying to prevent things like this from happening again, trying to make it easier to detect. the bill is moving through the senate that would require tech companies like those in silicon valley to report any sort of online terrorist activity if they shut down an account or notice it happening. it would not require any monitoring by those company. >> thank you tracie potts live from washington. pistol whipped right in front of a 5-year-old girl. this morning a nanny is recovering after a violent home invasion. it happened in fnah rin da, one of the safest neighborhoods in the bay area. that suspect still on the run in the family porsche? >> reporter: sam, officers here with the orinda police department are trying to find that vehicle and hopes it will lead them to the suspect. even though the neighborhood where the break-in took place is considered to be safe, the police chief tells us there have

been three burglaries here in the past few days which is very unusual. and yesterday being the first one in which people were at home. somebody kicked in the front door of this home around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. you can still see that footprint. they went inside and began terrorizing a nanny and a 5-year-old girl. the man was screaming at the nanny. but because of her limited english, she couldn't understand what he was saying which just made the situation worse as the suspect began scrounging the house for valuables. >> they walked through the house going through upstairs and down stairs looking for money. at one point the suspect actually pistol whipped the nanny in the head causing a laceration. >> i'm still trying to wrap my head around everything that's happened. obviously startled and scared. a lot of emotions right now. >> that was the girl's mother. she tells us the daughter was

unharmed and the nanny was treated at the hospital and will be okay. the suspect initially approached the nanny outside the home, said something to her, said something she didn't understand. returned about ten minutes later. he stole money. he stole their porsche. live outside the orinda police department, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> a lot of areas in the bay area getting hit. police are looking for an armed robber who held up a restaurant in atherton. the robber hit the bonsai sue she, simulating a gun under his jacket, pushed an employee to the ground and demanded money last night about quarter to 7:00. he ran north on to el camino real and got away. >> not guilty. that is the plea from the three south bay correctional deputies accused of beating an inmate to

death. they are charged with murder for the death of 31-year-old michael tyree, a mentally ill inmate found beaten to death in santa clara county's main jail back in august. all three defendants are out on $1.5 million bail each. a preliminary hearing is scheduled to start in february. helping the homeless, last night the san jose city council made moves to house the thousands of people left out in the cold this winter. not everybody is happy about the blueprints. the debate was not about housing the homeless but where exactly to shelter them. here is where the four emergency shelters are expected to go up, the washington united youth center location drew the most criticism. many weren't happy with how close it was to a nearby school. the city of san jose says the sites were selected because of all the nearby services including public transportation. also, churches can shelter the homeless for up to 35 days. the city debated whether to have a homeless encampment, some

calling it a tent city. a live look at san francisco this morning. no rain just yet, but it's going to change and very soon. right now the first series of strong storms is making its way into the bay area. >> a beautiful look at the san francisco skyline. we have team coverage this morning. we'll check the timing of the rain with anthony in just a minute. we want to start with "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live at the bay bridge. the city gets ready to unveil a plan for dealing with what's expected to be a very wet an potentially dangerous winter. >> reporter: potentially dangerous, sam and laura. some may remember the 1997 impact, flooding, mudslides. we're told by scientists this could be the most powerful el nino on record. this morning at city hall, san francisco mayor ed lee set to address el nino, how the city is planning to prepare for it. steps taken to protect people like the homeless by creating shelter. the city has been giving out

sandbags. public works offering to give away free brooms, gloves and tools for those who will keep neighborhoods clean, sweeping up leaves and litter. prep is going on across the bay area including shoring up drainage canals in san jose. there's been so much concern that the federal emergency management agency or fema has created an el nino task force which is focused on things like identifying key at-risk populations, critical facilities and natural or cultural resources. statewide at 9:00 this morning, federal disaster relief workers are conducting a drill as part of the on going work to prepare for big storms expected this winter. exercise leaders say this is very important because this is an exercise with joint agencies to identify the strength and the weaknesses ahead of the actual event. live in san francisco this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> what a beautiful morning to start the day. enjoy it out there if you get a chance. that rain is coming in, isn't

it, anthony. >> you definitely want to be prepared. especially if you have lots of leaves in your storm gutter or drain. those will clog quickly leading to flooding. right now we have rain falling across parts of eureka. this is the first batch of rain moving into the north bay later this morning. not going to be very heavy. i do think it will be light pretty much all day. 66 in san jose. you'll see sunshine even in san mateo, 65. more cloud cover the closer you get to the coastline, pacifica at 60. san francisco cloudy, mid 60s there. north bay you'll see coomer conditions because of that rain. 59 degrees in santa rosa. 60 in nap pachlt you get towards the east bay and the tri-valley, more sunshine there. temperatures in the mid 60s. the pacific, it is very active. two storm systems, one bringing rain to eureka. here is the next storm system moving through tomorrow morning. in the meantime, the storm -- the showers across the north bay today around 2:00.

still hanging on to afternoon rain even in the north bay. but tonight is when it really gets going. talking heavy rain through the morning commute. this is 6:00 in the morning. this is 8:00 now. you'll notice in the south bay, the showers go all the way through. another round of heavy rain moves through tomorrow night into friday morning for that morning commute. here is how much rain you can expect. in the south bay, half inch to 1.5. san francisco could get an inch and more than an inch across the north bay. along with that very heavy winds expected for tomorrow morning for the morning commute. the north bay, we could see gusts higher, close to 60 miles per hour. along with that, we've got snow headed to the sierra. sf you're headed that way, chain also be required as soon as tonight. up to two feet of snow even at lake levels. mike, how are the roads looking? >> looking good. but san jose north 101, look at the build. butte. sunrise. also well lit by the headlights. either a stall or debris in the

roadway. that has cleared from my report. i'll check on that. a fender bender may be affecting the slow lane approaching capital expressway. 87 recovers knight nicely. 85 for the build. in fremont we have a slower drive as we head toward newark and the dumbarton bridge. same thing for the build westbound, typical build off the nimitz freeway. over here, the eastshore freeway and walnut creek, approach the interchange off 680 in concord. those are your traditional slowing. southbound 101 towards blies dale. as we look at the golden gate bridge, a nice easy drive here. clouds visible. fog is not an issue right now. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. coming up, the bay area has another instant millionaire. >> forget math, science and english. the new controversial program that has the parents of some bay area fifth graders very upset.

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got the go-ahead to be taught 6:44. parents in the east bay not happy with a new prom that got the go ahead to be taught. parents and teachers protested outside city hall, wanting the school board to vote no on a new federally funded gang prevention program taught by police. parents say the six-week, six-hour course wastes valuable teaching time and gives officers

too much power. >> they can approach children at all times of the day, including recess, at lunch, what have you. >> we're here to learn math, science, stuff like that, not how to stay out of gangs. >> we don't have a gang problem because of the fact we're proactive. we get out into the community, integrate programs like this with our youth. >> the board voted unanimously to test the program at two elementary schools in san leand leandro. students have the option to opt out. scott mcgrew, you're breaking it down for us. >> okay, guys. yahoo! has an investment in the chinese trading company alibaba. it's with a lot orkt a lot of m. they need to separate from yahoo! to cash in on the big investment. the decision is how do you do that? the original idea was to spin off alibaba. irs said they couldn't guarantee

yahoo! wouldn't have to pay billions in taxes for selling alibaba. they went back to the drawing board and came back with a new plan. one idea was they would sell yahoo! sell off the flicker and the news and the mail, all the things that make yahoo! yahoo!. this morning there's a third more mysterious option, spin both companies into separate companies, and as a shareholder, you'd still own both. the key question this morning is what now. the big question is does somebody come in and swoop up all those new yahoo! shares once they're available, a very ryeson, comcast or whatever. or does the separate yahoo keep going as the old yahoo!. we care about this because there are a lot of jobs involved and a lot of south bay families. yahoo! is an old landmark company. it's kind of one of the family of silicon valley as well. we'll continue to watch this. we'll be covering it throughout the day and scott budman will have more at 5:00 and 6:00

tonight. >> 6:46 right now. contra costa county supervisors giving the go ahead for a garbage rate hike. rates going up 27% in unincorporated areas of the county including alhambra valley, bay point, clayton, canyon as well as unincorporated regions around concord. pleasant hill, morgan hill and antioch also making the list. some can see the fee go up as up to $9.00 a month. the rate increase will take place over two years to lessen the impact. one little particular patch of ocean water, the temperatures went up, but now it's gone. marine biologists are calling this the blob. water temperatures were as high as seven degrees above nofrmal just in that patch. the massive warmer water is blamed on causing the food chain to go haywire. large numbers of see lions have starved. algae brooms let to increased

toxins. experts think cooler seasonal storms helped to break up the so-called blob. speaking of storms, there's a big one headed our way. anthony, you've been saying this could be one of the biggest in the bay area. >> in the year. go back to december at this time, we had about three to five inches. we're expecting the potential upwards of an inch. we haven't seen that much rain at least in the valley floor all season long, even in the north bay we're expected to see three to five inches across the coastal mountains. here we go. 'tis the season. here is the storm system that's been bringing rain to the pacific northwest really for the past five days, looking at hours. for us, this storm system is going to continue to fade out. that's why we'll see the north bay showers. this system here, that's going to move in as soon as tonight. bringing heavy rain around this time tomorrow morning. the showers right now across northern california, still have yet to make their way into the bay area. even ukiah hasn't seen any rain

just yet. we'll continue to track this as the morning goes along. lots of clouds in place this morning. starting the see sunshine across the south bay, even across the east bay and north bay. we are going to see the fog break up pretty quick. lots of mixing happening in the atmosphere. it's the wind that starts to kick up that allows the fog to drift out of here. sun in the south bay, 66. peninsula, 65 degrees there. less sunshine the farther north you go. san francisco, limited sun, 65. even in the north bay you'll see sunshine at least for the next couple hours. then the rain starts to push in. this is the futurecast around 9:00, santa rosa, you'll see the shower activity. in the north bay, by noon lots of light showers. we may get a little drizzle headed to san francisco around lunchtime. it's not going to stick around all day long. light showers in the north bay and cloudy across the bay area. tonight around midnight, that's when the rain will push into the north bay, at least the heavy rain. that will stick around through 4:00 in the morning tomorrow

morning. the rush hour tomorrow will be wet. the band of rain will puch through the entire bay area from santa, livermore, tri-valley, peninsula, even the south bay 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning. by lunchtime we clear a little before thunderstorms start to form. some could produce heavy rain, even potential for small hail. rainfall totals look like this. expecting half an inch in the valley floor, san jose, livermore, tri-valley. closer to the peninsula we could see one inch. three to five inches along the coastal mountains. this is the time of year we talk about winter weather. winter storm warning which means in less than 24 hours we'll be talking about very heavy snow. chain also be required as soon as tomorrow, expecting two feet of snow at lake levels. the weekend clears up. sunshine for saturday. if you have weekend plans, sunday looks to be the wet day. another strong system moves in. could dump another 1/2 inch on

the valley floor. mike, how are the roads? >> we had patches of fog in the north bay but a crash causing a problem for northbound 101. there are low clouds still hovering around. the volume is the issue right here. as we look at your map just south of here, we have the crash. i said clear. i said one lane blocked, clear again. have cleared everything to the right shoulder now, a distraction slowing through mill valley. clear towards the williams tunnel and san francisco. in the east bay, we don't have bad slowing. san pablo all the way down, focusing right here on university and towards the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. in general you see a typical pattern, typical of december, a lighter flow of traffic. the most change is hayward towards the san mateo bridge, not much of an issue here. keep that in mind as we look at the rest of the maps, wheel move back at the end. northbound routes for san jose,

earlier slows has cleared as the crash cleared. 85 continues your build slowing into cupertino and sayer stowing ga. trusty slowdown at 280. on the san mateo bridge, minor slowing on the maps, a lot more traffic on the flat section. low clouds drift around through the north bay. back to you. >> no drama there. the good kind of drama in southeast san jose. we found out this morning a san jose sandwich shop sold a $1.5 million ticket. here it is. hong la sandwiches sold the ticket several weeks ago, but the winner didn't catch it until now, just keeping the suspense up. the ticket matched five numbers correctly but missed the bonus number for the mega jackpot. the owners of that shop get almost $8,000 as a bonus. >> maybe talk to a financial adviser first. >> a lot of money.

a popular bay area lake off limits. a footprint marks the exact spot where an armed man kicked in the door of an orinda home before mipistol whipping the nanny. the pricey item he took that might help police track him down. gun kicked down a front door and

ransacked the home. =sam/boxes= today in the bay's bob redell

a little girl and hernan any are safe after an armed gunman kicks in the front door. >> the person responsible still on the run. >> reporter: perhaps in the family's vehicle. that's what police here in orinda are hoping that, if they can find the family vehicle, they can then find the suspect. it is frightening what happened here, to think there's somebody bold enough to pull off this crime in the middle of the day while the sun is still out and while people are at home. it was around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, a man kicked in the front door of the home at el castillo in orinda. you still see the footprint on the door. the person busted inside, showed the gun, started screaming at the nanny for money. she understands limited english which added to the stress of the entire situation. the nanny was inside with the 5-year-old girl who she was watching. the robber pistol whipped the

nanny, scavenged the house. the family's black 2012 porsche similar to this one. plate 6mk320. the mom tells us the 5-year-old daughter was not hurt during yesterday's break-in and the nanny was taken to the hospital, treated and is going to be okay. reporting live outside the orinda police department. bob redell, today in t"today i. >> toxic algae polluting lake del valle. even dogs can't get in the water. it can kill them. the toxic algae blooms have hid several other lakes in the east bay. it causes itchy skin, diarrhea, headache. storms are on the way, not just today. this morning san francisco is going to unveil the plan to keep people safe from what's expected to be a wet and dangerous winter. >> "today in the bay's"

stephanie chuang live in san francisco. the timing is important as a strong storm is making its way into the bay area as we speak. >> reporter: that's right. when we get the rain, we hear the warning. this could be the strongest el nino on record. so at 10:30 this morning at city hall, san francisco mayor ed lee is set to address how the city is preparing, including plans on creating more winter shelters to help those who don't have a home. the city has been giving away free sandbags to property owners to help prevent flooding. el nino prep has been under way in the bay area including shoring up drainage canals in san jose. there's been so much concern that fema leaders based in oakland have created an el nino task force for northern california which today is conducting a multiple agency drill to go through a number of disaster scenarios for el nino. the exercise is slated to start at 9:00 this morning. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> looks like that storm is brewing and blow zblg you can see the wind kicking up a little

bit in stephanie's live shot. >> today it will be all about the cloud cover. north bay you'll see showers and we're actually seeing showers even moving into eureka right now. this rain will be in the north bay today. cloudy skies expected for most of us. we'll see a few peeks of sunshine. you can see the blue sky over the clouds. temperatures back to 65 in san francisco, 66 for the south bay. the rain for the north bay, the winds, the heavy rain and even ponding on the roads expected for tomorrow morning right around this time. >> good news it's kind of clear, at least right now. >> it's great news. the lighter traffic flow for december is paying off. looking at san jose, the slower drive north 101 representing your trend in the south bay, typical spots are 101, 280 and 85. the peninsula, 101 through palo alto and southbound with the taillights, folks lose a lane south of university. that's not a surprise. over hear the bay bridge toll plaza showing a lighter commute. no major problems off the maze or eastshore freeway. >> hope it stays that way.

that's what's happening "today in the bay." >> tomorrow morning at this time could be a very different story. we'll keep you updated throughout the day. good morning. taking sides. critics and supporters of donald trump's controversial proposal to ban muslims from entering the country line up. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for. and more importantly, it's not what this countrstands for. >> it's morally reprehensible. runs counter to the constitution and has consequences for our national security. >> who is cutting off people's heads, bombing airlines. not the christians, the jewish or the buddhists. it's the muslims. you got that on camera, sport? >> how long will the issue dominate the campaign and will it help or hurt trump's chances when voters go to the polls? anothe