have live team coverage now of the storm this morning. let's get right to meteorologist kari hall and how much longer will the rain last? >> at least until early afternoon. we'll still see the waves of rain moving into the bay area and we've seen this off and on at times taking breaks. but you, as you take a look at the radar, you can still see some rain to the north and even some lightning off shore. so, with that all of this energy we will still be tracking more of wet weather and creating slick conditions as you head out. a look at the temperatures now and the low 40s in the east bay and upper 40s in the bay. cool all across the board and highs today reaching into the upper 50s with, once again, times of rain. but also times of sunshine, too. kind of like yesterday. i'll detail what else to expect as we head into the weekend. but let's see how the roads are moving with mike. >> take folks to the bay bridge. the tolla is full. that's not a surprise and it's friday, a lighter build. we're looking at the westbound

span and eastbound out of san francisco, the flow is all right. on the live shot and now on our sensors and a little slowing. that's what i expected because a disabled big rig and as you're heading out of san francisco and in towards the east bay. both directions seeing extra slowing this morning. that's it for the slowing. the wet roads they will be a factor even though our radar doesn't show a problem. we will have wet roadways all around the bay and, obviously, the sunnant had a chance to dry things out. over here the tri-valley shows a light friday commute and in the south bay, 101 at the off ramp area an earlier crash and we talked about that and we'll get more details and so far the traffic flow past the area, it's all right. stick around for this video. back to you guys. let's in "today in the bay" stephanie chuang. yesterday at this time, you were trying to hold on for your life and your umbrella. looks a little calmer but some sheen on the roadway.

>> absolutely, sam. well described. i was trying to hard to hold on to that umbrella. obviously, very different story here in san francisco, but very active, especially in the east bay overnight take a listen. and that's hail, of course, hitting orinda. lots of it. as you can see the video in by our chief meteorologist because you can hear it it better than you can see it. lots of the hail covering some streets there after a strong east bay thunderstorm produced some torrential rain and hail that lasted a few minutes. now, this morning, we also have fresh video from martinez where there is lightning overnight as you can see in other parts of the bay area. meantime, back here in san francisco one concern clogging the storm drains and we saw some of this and that, of course, can cause watter to build and sometimes pool and the biggest worry is it could happen on the popular roadways. now, a couple of reports so far this morning on the chp log of roadway flooding from oakland up

to marin and even some parts of mud and dirt and rocks in napa. be careful, of course. be very weary as you're on the roads with the large pools of standing water. most times you can't see it until you're basically in it. stephanie chuan dwg, "today in bay." a possible effect of all these slick roadways. a car on southbound 101 north opcapital expressway caught fire this morning. it was on the off ramp and crashed into a power pole there. the chp says the driver may have been going too fast when the car spun out. weather may have been a factor in this crash. the driver was hurt and did go to the hospital. our storm coverage will continue in just a few moments and with more wet weather on the way, you can get your personalized neighborhood forecast any time you need it. just download our nbc bay area app. new this morning, investigators still trying to sort out what led to a deadly head-on crash in san jose. it happened a little bit before

midnight on alan rock right near kirk avenue. one car had four people inside. two people in that car died. chp says the other two passengers left the scene. they were later found at separate hospitals. the driver of the other car, a pickup truck, suffered serious injuries. investigators do not believe that wet roads played a factor here. they're still trying to figure out if the driver who died was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. now to a developing story. what was supposed to be a life-saving mission took a deadly turn as a medical helicopter crashed in the central valley killing all four people onboard. "today in the bay" bob redell following the latest from our newsroom. bob, this was supposed to be a simple ten-minute flight. >> between two medical facilities, kris. ntsb is investigating. we'll look into whether dense fog and power lines may have contributed to this helicopter crash. this is a file image of the exact medical helicopter that went down last night killing all four people onboard.

the pilot, a nurse, a paramedic and a critically ill patient. the crew was transporting the patient from a hospital in fresno to a different hospital in bakersfield. as you mentioned, supposed to be a ten-minute flight but around 7:00 last night air traffic control lost contact with the chopper and 30 minutes later search and rescue were dispatched and they found the crash site in a field of orchards near the town of mcfarland. >> it took them close to 90 minutes to try to access that area due to immense fog. foggy conditions, as well as darkness. >> the company that runs this medical chopper service says the helicopter's crew was safe and experienced. and employees incidentally received the news about the crash during their annual christmas party. sam, kris. >> inably saddening. 6:05 right now. san francisco face agnew civil rights lawsuit for last week's shooting death of an african-american man. it is going to be filed on

behalf of the family of woods. the 26-year-old did not deserve to die says his family. he was armed with a kitchen knife whens shot him more than a dozen times. woods refused to put the knife down after repeated commands and then police shot him once with a bean gun. san francisco police do not carry tasers. now, woods' family attorney says he will reveal new video evidence this morning showing how woods was only trying to walk away when he was first confronted by police. happening today, thea clara county sheriff will speak in the first public forum since racist e-mails by guards at the county jail surfaced. civil rights group want an overhaul of the jail's operation. the e-mails by the deputy at the jail show a racist subculture. address the issue at a forum in los gatos this morning. a full report during our next newscast. scary moments unfolding at a bay jewelry store. surveillance video showing four

men in black hoodies outside of the store moments before they robbed it. police were called the martinez jewelry store on story road in east san jose just before 6:00 last night. the owner called police saying the men came into the store demanding money. one of the suspects was armed with a handgun. but so was the owner's daughter who managed to scare the men away. police say they still got off with some jewelry and some cash. >> all we know right now is that there are four male suspects. we don't know their ethnicity or anything. they were disguised and they had some type of hander chf or mask on their faces. >> police say no bullets were fired. nobody hurt. the suspects were seen leaving in a dark colored car. the jewelry store was closed when that robbery happened. our recent rainfall is causing a huge concern among many folks in san francisco basra sewage is flooding the streets. again. some neighbors are suing the city demanding reimbursement for repairs they made when the rain caused sewage pipes to burst

into the street a year ago. just this week, they added an amendment to their lawsuit forcing the city to stop allowing new sewage hookups in new homes until the sewage system is fixed. because they fear a repeat of the disaster last year. >> like three or four inches just sitting here and i could smell the sewage and that's when i knew we had a problem. still have a problem even with the very moderate rainfall. >> the public utilities commission response is that it could only design a system to a certain degree. it has offered $30,000 in reimbursement to homeowners who made repairs after that. >> that situation kind of stinks, but the good news here is that we are getting rain and a lot of rain. we started yesterday or the day before and it's continuing into friday. >> we're not done. take a look at the radar. still more of it rolling in as that upper level system continues to spin well to the north of us and flinging some rain our way. waves of this off and on.

take a break for a while and then dry out and then the next wave moves in. tracking showers into san francisco, once again, coming in from the north bay and expect it to be wet as you come down from san rafael down into san francisco within the next several minutes. and we will still see this rain off and on throughout the morning. and then maybe even some sunshine breaking out by mid-morning. but you may not want to take that lunch outside, especially in the north bay. with some rain quickly approaching and then rolling in from north to south and then some sunshine throughout the day. but we'll still have a chance of showers, even later on this evening. it looks like it all clears out tomorrow before the next round moves in on sunday. i'll detail that coming up in a few minutes but let's check in now with mike with what's happening at the bay bridge. >> we had this chopper over the scene. directly over the scene of a crash. we had a couple of trucks and couple helpers out there, as well. they had some lanes blocked and blocking one lane on the shoulder. this is coming off of the maze and heading down 880.

this is the reason for the slowing right at the scene. let me show you the net effect from the other camera in emoryville. all the way down to the berkeley curve and there are the flashing lights we just showed you with the chopper. get over to the bay bridge and the metering lights are slowing you there. more flashing lights and more help heading to the scene. we hope they can clear that quickly because it did look like they were clearing out the cars. the slowing we saw towards treasure island is clearing and slowing from oakland in towards san francisco largely because of that crash. we zoom out the map and we see no more green highlighting for the east bay or the north bay, you will have damp roadways. that sun hasn't dried things out and slicker conditions for transition ramps throughout the east bay and the tri-valley. no big build volume and north 87 shows some slowing and south 101, that's where you showed that crash and the earlier car fire. a lot of activities. be careful.

those transition ramps can be slick and there can be spinouts. back to you. >> hoping to avoid more situations like that. thank you, mike. coming up, music and earthquake. the unusual pairing scientists hope can one day hope us to detect quakes before they happen. the economics of the half-court basketball shot. we'll take a look, coming up in business and tech.

now to breaking news in los angeles where we are looking at what is a fire at a commercial building there. you could see the response is pretty sizable there on the ground. smoke still billowing from what looks to be a warehouse near downtown los angeles. we're keeping an eye on this one. we will bring you more details as we them. 6:14 right now. seismologists are turning to a popular music app to find earthquakes. they are calling it shazam for earthquakes inspired by the sound matching appshazam. matches wave forms allowing scientists to deit tect microquakes. it's pinpointed hundreds of magnitude 1 and 2 quakes in the bay area. >> see that you've been able to take this audio technology and, you know, these sort of big data message that nobody thought to use for finding earthquakes. >> however, researchers say they don't yet have the technology to predict the next big one. >> required by a --

>> remember that one. well, the last tech ipo of 2015 may be the last big ipo of any kind. >> well, we're talking about taking the pulse of things, scott mcgrew, a good way to end the year. >> jumped 30%, sam, its first trade. alassian makes business software and the stock did very well in its first day of trading. first full day of trading today. the company is based in london, but a huge presence in the bay area. the founders there in the center are from australia. this fellow's parents flew in to surprise him at the nasdaq. we'll continue to watch this stock today. facebook is watching this, because facebook is talking about making very similar software products. delta airlines, the latest to ban hover boards. you cannot carry them on, you cannot put them in your luggage and i think you can see why.

the cheaper knockoff versions tend to catch fire. i wouldn't be surprised if we cover a few house fires in the bay area after christmas. hey, have you seen one of these? these half-court shots where he has to make one of these shots and he wins a car and the guy wins the car or the arena gets pizza or whatever it happens to be. the person who makz tes the bas. it's one guy whose business is insuring things and he hates it when you sink she's shots. >> here it is! one shot. brand-new beamer -- does he get it? yes! oh, yes! yes! he gets a bmwi3. jason from san jose. >> our best contests are things that look easy but, in fact, are difficult to accomplish. >> that that shot cost bob hammond a car.

he sponsors these contests all over the nation. he's my guest right after "meet the press" on sunday and we'll delve into this idea how do you make money giving away cars and pizza. one with taco bell, he insured that one, as well. >> the same odds of making a half-court shot. >> that was a pretty safe bet and he didn't have to give anybody a taco. every time you hear about these contests, bob hammond. one guy in dallas, texas, taking the other side of that bet. he is not a poker player, i'm sorry to interrupt. he is the world's best bridge player. documented. so, i think you're on to something. >> i stand corrected. >> as far as odds and cards and everything. >> all right, thanks, scott. a look at this. snow. and lots of it coming down in the sierra right now. many places got nearly a foot of fresh powder yesterday and another foot could fall in the next day or so.

so, if you are headed up to the mountains, do take pictures. send them to us and also take your chains. because they're required on both i-80 and highway 50. >> that looks amazing. >> love it. >> get out there kris, how many inches have we gotten over the course of this weekend? >> been several as of yesterday. i measured a foot yesterday at sierra tahoe. and it looks like they could get maybe another foot or two. we need to go see it in person. >> let's do that road trip. let's take a look at how much we're seeing now as we take a look at light rain falling in san francisco. taking a look at the bay bridge and everyone driving. has to really slow it down. turn on the windshield wipers every and then. take a look at some of the rainfall photoltotals we have. i tried to include some of the in a we had this morning. mt. tam 1.3 inches of rain throughout the duration and

guerneville and san ramon over 0.75 and san francisco half an inch and about the same in livermore and little bit less than oakland and san jose only had a 0.25 and hopefully more out of the system and another chance as we head into the weekend. but we do still see there is a chance as the system still spins just to the north of us. once again, the next round of rain approaching san francisco right now. so, keep that in mind as you head out the door. we will have waves of this raining as we go into the morning and early afternoon. some of the heavier stuff may be here by lunchtime. especially in the north bay and then rolling to the. little bit of sunshine peeking out every now and then. breezy wind throughout the day with chilly temperatures and highs only reaching to the 50s. tomorrow looks dry and then another round of rain and sierra snow rolling through. rainfall estimates for what's ahead. its like we could rack up onditional 0.75 for the south

bay and east bay close to an inch of rain and over an inch for the north bay where we had quite a bit with this last round of rain and sierra snow may top, once again, an additional foot or two feet as we head into the weekend. the weekend forecast does look cool, though. today the off and on rain highs for all of the microclimates will be in the upper 50s. hitting some low 60s tomorrow with some sunshine and then the next round moves in on sunday and it will be chilly. highs only reaching into the mid-50s for most of us. 54 degrees in the east bay and a cool start to next week. you're seeing that forecast at the bottom of the screen. let's check out what's happening on the roads now with mike. >> kari, over at the east shore freeway, again. flashing lights. we lost a couple. still have some activity. the split where folks are heading down toer south 880 or over along the rest of the maze and that's causing the big backup down the east shore freeway. now, we had our chopper over the

scene a few moments ago. i'll talk about that in a second. do want to show you the east bay. east shore freeway showing some slowing and so is the maze and nothing really dramatic. that crash will hopefully clear in the next few seconds and clear up a bit down towards the berkeley curve. some slowing for hayward and no problem for the tri-valley at the dublin interchange and this green highlighting here shows wet roadways and consider them all damp and slick transitions until the sun gets to dry some things out. south bay north 101 holding up with the slower drive. 87 has sorted itself out and i'll zoom in to a situation here in sunny valley and saratoga road at homestead. north of 280 and we'll get you more details and chopper will head to the scene. surface street traffic and sunny valley and this closure last for more than an hour which it sounds like it will. affect the commute heading

towards the area. back to you guys. >> mike, thank you. it's been clear lanes for the warriors all season here as we see them getting ready to go for 24-0. that's clayson spraining his ankle the other day. he's supposed to be they might have to go without thompson and he's questionable for tonight's game at boston. going back to last year, the warriors won 27 consecutive regular season games. tonight's tipoff set for 7:30. >> how much of that is the physical pain and the pain of not knowing if they can make it in the next game. >> especially now given the streak. that's tough. an arrest in a high-profile bay area home invasion. we'll show you how a neighbor helped to put a dangerous man behind bars.

happening today: ==kris/cu== a truck driver who pleaded no contest to a deadly crash on happening today a truck driver who pleaded no contest to a deadly crash on highway 17 will find out today if he's going to jail. he was behind the wheel of a big rig that crashed in july of last year. he says his brakes failed leading him to plow into ten other cars. one person died and seven others

were hurt. pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter charge faced to that death. he faces up to a year in jail. now he and his former trucking company are also facing civil lawsuits. a sigh of relief for a neighborhood and a man is under arrest after breaking into family's home and then eluding the house. the home invasion robbery happened tuesday afternoon when the nanny and the family's 5-year-old daughter were home alone. the suspect also stole the family's porsche among other things. with helpful tips from a neighbor, police were able to track down the stolen suv and the suspect. armani miller was arrested wednesday night in oakland. coming up a mission to save a life turns deadly. the new information on a late night medical helicopter crash only hours from the bay area. plus, from heavy rain to lightning. we've seen spots of hail and dangerous weather rolling through the bay area and an

impact on your morning commute. live team coverage in 2:30. joinin

good moning, thanks for joining us on this friday morning. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. unpredictable weather rolling through the bay area and it's not over yet. just a couple hours ago a hail storm pounded the east bay. >> live team coverage of the storm moving through this morning and the impact and get

right to meetologist kari hall. folks heading out the door, how long will this last. >> throughout the morning and early afternoon. not done with the rain yet. as we take a look at the radar, we are see how much of this is covering all of the region and the large area of low pressure just slinging some rain our way at times. another round approaching san francisco now and it may be heavy and making things wet, once again. temperatures are chilly in the mid-40s heading out the door. you need not only the raini jacket and the rain boots. looking at today's highs, it will be breezy and sun peeking out every now and then and then the rain kicks up, once again. i'll detail what to expect and a look ahead to the weekend, that's coming up. let's see what's happening on the roads with mike. >> a lot is happening at the east shore freeway and sam is talking about this. makings for a very bad situation at the maze because of the critical junction there. but the crash has cleared from westbound 80 to 880 south.

and because it is a lighter flow of traffic today. we had a chance for this to quickly recover and still, though, on the map see slowing from berkeley and coming down and we saw the lights start to move a lot better over the last two minutes and those sensors will update, as well. wet roads through the north bay and consider all around the bay some potential for slicker conditions and take it easy on the off ramps and making sudden lane changes out there. try to signal and allow a lot of time. we have a deadly crash in sunnyvale. this is affecting a major surface intersection here. sunnyvale saratoga. our chopper is heading out there to find out more about the scene and we'll track that, as well, with sunnyvale pd. not far just east of homestead and we'll watch that area around the high school as you come towards school hours, as well. up towards the summit, a crash blocking one lane.

four vehicles, at least, are involved there. blocking one lane and one lane gets by that affects folks coming into our area and not the folks heading down towards santa cruz. let's bring in "today bay" stephanie chuang. we cued the rain in time for your last shot. it has been very active morning. >> it was too easy almost this morning. we've got the umbrella back out. luckily not the wind we had fighting me yesterday in marin. see the rain better here in san francisco falling. not too strongly and the puddles along market street in san francisco but a lot of activity waking people up overnight. as well a lot of it in the east bay. take a look and actually take a listen. and you can almost, again, hear the hail hitting orinda overnight better than you can see it in the cell phone video sent in. it covered streets there after a strong east bay thunderstorm

produced torrential rain and hail that lasted anywhere from three to five minutes was the estimate. also new this morning, video of lightni lightning splashing in the skies above martinez. you got a quick glimpse of it there and more neighborhoods got plenty of rain overnight and early this morning. and, again, here in san francisco, we got video of leaves and debris clogging storm drains. the big concern, of course, is that the water builds and cools especially on popular roadways and becomes a real problem as the morning commute picks up. a couple reports so far of roadway flooding on the highway in the bay area on the chp log. chp always telling us whenever there is rain, wet weather, there is almost always a guarantee of an uptick in the number of accidents and, of course, our mike inouye has you covered on the impact of your morning commute. >> steph, thank you so much. our storm coverage will continue in just a few minutes and with more rain on the way, you can get your personalized neighborhood forecast any time just download our nbc bay area app.

now to a developing story. four people are confirmed dead after a medical helicopter crashed in the central valley. "today in the bay" bob redell following the latest from our newsroom. bob, we see the medical helicopters going to dangerous scenes, but this was not one of those transports. >> it wasn't. but it was foggy at the time. this medical helicopter, kris, was transporting a critically ill patient from a hospital in fresno to a hospital in bakersfield. normally a ten-minute trip. but it crashed around 7:00 last night in dense fog into a field of orchards near the town of mcfarland. you're looking at a file image of that exact arircraft. not clear what role, if any, that might have played in this crash. all four people onboard were killed. the pilot, a nurse, a paramedic and a patient. rescuers began searching for a missing chopper after there was no contact for about 30 minutes. relying on the last-known gps signal it took searchers another

90 minutes to find the crash site because of bad weather. >> we ran into fog and heavy rain trying to get in by foot. and it took us quite some time to get there. >> the ntsb is investigating the cause of the crash. incidentally, the company that runs the medical chopper service was holding its annual christmas party when employees received this news. sam? >> heartbreaking for them, no question about that. thank you, bob. 6:35 right now. when it comes to support or perhaps disgust depending upon your rur spective, for donald trump's latest idea to ban lms depends on who you ask. that according to a new nbc "wall street journal" poll. his proposed ban is wrong. but it's a different story if you go through the party's responses. here's the republicans. 42% of the people polled support trump's proposed ban. like trump's style according to

that poll. not including some of his competitors in the race for president. >> the front running candidate for president he's not a serious man. i believe the republican nominee is going to be someone that can win the general election and i don't believe donald can. >> the new numbers show trump still has more than double the support among gop voters compare would his closest rival, which right now is texas senator ted cruz. some of the recent muslim backlash is more than just rhetoric in the south bay authorities in the process of testing the white powder found in a letter that forced yesterday's evacuation of santa clara's muslim cair center. hazmat teams evacuated the office after workers discovered a letter containing white powder and a threatening message. cair's original executive director said only used the name infidel. acts like these only fan the flames of hate. >> i am angry that a civil rights organization would be

targeted by individuals seeking to silence it. seeking to suppress the right of american lms and further in this country. >> the fbi is expected to investigate the scare along with a similar one yesterday at cair's headquarters in washington, d.c. preliminary tests of the substps in the d.c. letter show nothing toxic. in san buernardino now dive teams will head to look for evidence. miguel has been in southern california since the shooting. a live report coming up at 6:45. the white house says president obama could soon take action of his own to keep people on the government's no-fly list from buying guns. tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. the governor of connecticut is doing something similar. how do you think this is all going to play out? >> well, kris, the governor of connecticut said if washington can't get it done, excuse me.

they will. and, so, what they're planning to do is enact that same gun control measure in connecticut. and they're ready to sign it, but still have to get federal approval on that. what the white house says is that the president wants to expand background checks by essentially changing some rules. there's a loophole that allows high-volume dealers, requires them to do more back dprnd checks. if they qualify more people as high-volume dealers, they get more background checks. senior adviser valerie jared says they're going to look at something to expand those. no specific details yet. another example of the president going around congress to try to get something done. that is sure to set up a big fight only with congress, but with the nra and, kris, watch out, that one could land in court. >> sorry to make you suffer

through cough. but we know folks want to know what is happening with that today. gun enthusiasts say banning is unconstitutional. they say such a ban would violate the principle of being innocent until proven guilty. nevertheless, gun control advocates say if you are such a danger that you're not allowed on a plane, you certainly should not be able to buy a gun. california lawmakers like dianne feinstein, senators champion of gun legislation, so many people in washington still fear the gun lobby. >> right now congress hasn't shown an ability and willingness to act on this. if that's the case, i think governors have to do everything they can to protect the people they represent. >> now, governor brown here in california has not said anything yet publicly about what's happening in connecticut. but he has vetoed gun control legislation as recently as two year ago. >> all right, kris, thank you. for a lot of people, the weather probably woke you up this morning.

could have been thunder, lightning, hail, maybe just the rain, pitter-pattering on the top of your house. your roof. as we take a live look outside now. that is downtown san jose as the sun kind of showing up a little bit in the horizon there. kari hall has been tracking rolling waves of rain coming through the bay area. >> now moving through san francisco. just cleared the south bay and you can see the sun trying to come up there over the mountain. well, as we take a closer look at the next wave of rain moving into san francisco, south san francisco and parts of the east bay approaching oakland right now, expect it to rain for a few minutes before that moves on. and we will also see the sun peeking out before some heavier downpours move in right in time for lunch in the north bay. and then moving into parts of the peninsula and the south bay by early afternoon. that may create a wet condition, slick roads, once again, for the evening commute. and then we dry things out later on tonight as that system continues to move off to the east.

there will be another wave of rain heading through this weekend. i'll detail that and what to expect coming up in a few minutes. let's check in now with mike keeping us updated on several slow downs. >> yeah, kari, we'll start with that berkeley area. even though the crash near the maze did clear and we have recovery from powell down to the berkeley curve. this is west 80 free coming underneath university avenue and approaching that area. still very and folks filling in all lanes and start to break up a bit more as you approach. the map will show you the same thing for the speed sensors. very slow through the one corridor i showed you with the live camera and not so bad once you get past there, but the bay bridge metering lights are on and we're warning about wet conditions. those slick on and off ramps watch those speeds, folks. so far a lot of kkters here in the east bay and no major issues for the castro valley wide coming off of hayward. slowing for west 92 across the san mateo bridge. as the build heads over to the peninsula now and not really any problem for the tri-valley

because it's friday and december. friday and december light combined make for a better commute for most of your freeways. this situation, a deadly crash homestead road at sunnyville saratoga. this does not affect your freeway for 280. back to you. >> more updates from you soon. thank you, mike. coming up rain gear means snow in the sierra. take you live where the fresh powder is covering the roadways and the ski slope. markets are getting crushed this morning. tell you probably why you don't have to worry, coming up. this morning: divers will

this morning divers will head back into a small san bernardino lake to look for any evidence they may have left behind. miguel joining us live there this morning with more on what investigators think could be lying in that water. and, miguel, how does it link to the rest of the investigation? >> hey, sam, good morning. we don't know details. the fbi not providing us with a lot of information. when the sun finally comes up here and shoots into the air, we know fbi dive teams as well as sheriff dive teams will be back in the water. they believe the suspect and the shooters were in this area and may have left evidence inside this lake. they wouldn't say if it happened before the shooting or after the shooting. a five-hour time break from the shooting to the time they were killed in the shootout. so, investigators obviously being very methodical looking in every place they can for

evidence. they wouldn't tell us what type ofevice or evidence they were looking for here in this lake. but clearly of interest. they tell us they may be here for severals and we also know that the fbi may be canvassing local neighborhood later on today. this investigation pushing forward now nine days after the shooting. sam? >> mystery here to this particular segment of the investigation. thank you. you can watch his full report coming up at 7:00 today. >> i'll be watching that one. the hot ipo enters their second day of trading today. scott? >> they had such a great first day, right, kris? >> shares topped 30% and it went super well. atlassian makes business software. their founders are from australia and based in london and the company has an absolutely huge presence here in the bay area. shares this morning are up fraction after that huge 30% jump yesterday. it's amazing they're up at all because the broader markets are

getting crushed this morning. the dow is down better than 200 points. a nasdaq plunging. it affects very few people. so, it probably doesn't affect you, but it has spoofed the markets. less than an hour ago ali baba the chinese ecommerce company said lately it is buying the english-language one of hong kong's most popular newspaper. it will allow the morning post to keep its independent editorial voice. electronic arts, the big video game company based on the peninsula will get into esports in a big way. these are competitions between really elite video game teams. it has become a billion dollar business. kids and young adults packing the sap center in san jose to watch pros play. >> 16 seconds. adam is trying, yes, yes, yes! he's won entire free hair cuts

for the entire arena! >> have you ever wondered who pays out? great clip paid for thevent, but not on the hook financially who pays out? this guy. bob hammond. that's the guy who takes the other side of that bet. he runs a company out of dallas and says those silly contests. when you win, he loses. he's my guest here on "press" this week. talk about the economic. i wanted to find the guy. who is the guy? that's the guy. >> that's the guy. >> you always give a good reason to watch, but i tell you, this is a really good reason. >> 30,000 fans, $15 a hair cut, $450,000. that's a nice chunk of change. in the sierra it is raining something else, or should i say snowing? the kind of weekend that skiers and snowboarders dream of. several feet of fresh powder. >> if you can get there. take a look at what brian is

dealing with from our sister station in sacramento. you're getting a good snowfall there, friend. >> and we're only at 5,000 feet. so, great news for the mountains out here this morning. blue canyon turnout. jorge the cameraman give you a tour. we have been here about 2 1/2 hours and it hasn't let up at all and on the ground here at blue canyon, we have about eight inches. we just talked to the supervisors and he said at least, at least 15 inches on the ground there. so, great news for the resorts. kirkwood reporting 24 inches in the past 24 hours. so, if you have plans of skiing or snowboarding this weekend, it's game on. especially for tomorrow and then another storm comes in on sunday with even more snow. if you are coming in the sierra, obviously, need that four-wheel drive with snow tires or the trains to get up to the mountains. down around baxter and chains

over the nevada state line if you're continuing on into nevada. definitely snowy up here in the sierra. i built that thick eigng eight ago. i'll have to get back on the blue cannewsroom. i suspect this year will be buried after last year it was dirt all year at this location. i'm expecting it to go away here soon. >> we always enjoyed seeing your newsroom. thank you very much, brian. >> talk about a compare and contrast to this time last year. worried about having enough snow to make it through the winter for skiers and snowboarders. when it rains, it snows. >> the snow pack is about 50% of normal. we're getting there. improving compared to the 10% we had on april 1st. looking better as far as heading out the door this morning in the south bay and we had some rain moving through earlier. there is another round approaching san jose right now. and taking a look back at some of the rainfall totals that we

had. this is including on wednesday for the north bay. all the way up to this morning. over three inches and guerneville over two inches and san ramon over 1.25. in parts of the east bay and san francisco and, once again, we're not done with that just yet. we will still have some waves of this rain rolling through as it continues to down the peninsula and into the east bay. we will also have times of sunshine breaking out, too. but the futurecast has shown us that we will still have more of this moisture slinging through and adding to our rainfall totals that we had over the past couple of days and then it all quiets down tonight setting the stage for a dry and then the next round of rain and snow moves in on sunday. the additional rainfall that we may see from this looks like we could have 0.75. this is on top of what we already had in the south bay and possibly an inch in parts of the east bay.

san francisco 06 and over an inch in the north bay. as far as the sierra snow, yes, you saw it coming down in some spots. up to two feet of snow. there may be another two feet at twin bridges in kirkwood and then homewood looking at about 15 inches of snow. so, really looking promising there. we're trying to make it back to normal here. let's make up for that, the lack of snow we had throughout the past couple of years. the weekend forecast shows some chilly temperatures. once again, some rain on sunday. let's get a look now at the commute now with mike. >> kari, we start with our chopper shot. i'll clear this. we're over a very serious incident. this is a deadly crash reported at sunnyville saratoga road in sunnyvale. east homestead road. that's the border which is called sunnyvale saratoga road and an off ramp. it's confusing. this is in the area, though, of highway, interstate 280. we'll show you what we are talking about. chopper shows you some of the closure there. i want to get you to the location, folks.

look at the map. this is the crash. sunnyville saratoga road. homestead high school on the other side. now, that intersection is going to remain closed because a pedestrian was hit and killed earlier this morning. the driver of the vehicle stayed on the scene. there have been no arrests and everybody is cooperating with the sunnyvale pd and this is not affecting the deanza off ramp and use the wolf road on and off ramps. the original apple campus is right there. just south of the freeway and take you in towards the area in sunnyvale and cupertino. now, as we move out to the rest of the fleeways aside from that very serious incident, we have no major issues. this crash still affecting the off ramp from south 101. but the rest of the freeways move very nicely and the roadways are starting to dry out. so no major issues and slowing towards the bay bridge toll mrauza and the san mateo bridge slows because of that volume west.

coming up next, a medical helicopter goes down in the central valley. the role weather might have played in that deadly crash. [ dog barks ] [ bark ] there it is! [ gasps ] oh no! look, the sky's awake!

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a life-saving mission took a deadly turn as a medical helicopter crashed in the central valley killing all four people onboard. >> bob redell is in our newsroom and, bob, this was supposed to be a pretty routine ten-minute air ambulance flight between

hospitals. >> in the central valley, kris and sam, the ntsb is now investigating. we'll be looking into whether dense fog and power lines may have contributed to this crash. looking at a file image of the exact medhelicopter that went down last night killing all four people onboard. the pilot, the nurse, paramedic and a critically ill patient. as you mentioned, supposed to be just a ten-minute flight but around 7:00 last night air traffic control lost contact with the chopper and 30 minutes later and they eventually found the crash site a field of orchard near the town of mcfarland. just took them some time to get to that site because of the bad weather. the company that runs this medical service says the crew was safe and experienced and employees, incidentally, received the news about the crash during their annual christmas party. sam, kris? >> very, very sad. thank you very much, bob. a wild weather in the bay

area this morning. looking live at san jose where it is the calm before the next storm. the entire bay area could see more rain as the day goes on. >> very different in san francisco. we have team coverage of the wet weather this morning and start with stephanie chuang and what is it like out there now? the foot and some light rain there. >> that's right. exactly right. umbrella, though. not raining too heavily. it did just pick up before our last live shot about half an hour akngo. not as act sk in terms of rain and winds in terms of yesterday morning and plenty of activity and waking up some people overnight. and it's just about easier to hear, not see the hail hitting orinda overnight. this is video from jeff ranieri after it produced rain and hail that lasted anywhere from three to five minutes. we had video of lightning flashing the sky above martinez where neighborhood got plenty of rain last night and early this

morning. back here in san francisco we got video of leaves and debris clogging storm drains. becomes a real problem as the morning commute picks up. chp says virtually you get more crashes on the road when you have wet weather. watch out there. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang. >> thank you very much, steph. >> you need to be prepared. >> yeah, because the sun comes out and then suddenly it's raining. that's what we'll see throughout the morning and early afternoon. one more wave moving through the peninsula, as well as parts of the east bay around hayward. roads will be wet. >> mike, the big picture right now looks good on the roads. >> big picture even with the rain we're all right. friday and december light. that that is the better news. i have to take you to a tragic situation in the south bay. sunnyvale and saratoga and homestead road closed for most of the morning. deadly crash and vehicle hit a pedestrian and everyone is cooperating. chopper over the scene and does affect the deanza off ramp and

here's dublin slick roads that's why we use caution out there. >> do slow down. that's what's happening "today in the bay" and be back with you at 7:25. go good morning. divided states of america. the nation weighs in on donald trump's proposal to ban muslims from the u.s. our new polls showing where voters stand while one thing is certain, trump's numbers remain strong. >> no longer think he's funny. >> as hillary clinton appears on "late night" to say it's no laughing matter. >> what he's saying now is not only shameful and wrong, it's dangerous. deadly crash, a medical helicopter goes down in california overnight killing three crew members and a patient on board. dense fog and heavy rain hampering search efforts.