bridge on the foster city side. going through the morning, we will have more of those high gusts and off on and on rain especially for the peninsula, south bay and east bay and see that the rain is pretty much steady over the south bay. and we can expect more of that as these winds continue to increase while the rest of the bay area catches a break, at least from the rain. our gusts may top 40 miles per hour or higher through 4:00 today in areas shaded in brown and includes the east bay hills and north bay hills and that effect until this afternoon. today's forecast brings it up into the upper 50s to lower 60s. no major change in the temperature from where we are now and the wind will be the issue that could bring in some downed trees and power lines throughout the day. i'll detail that and a look ahead to the christmas eve and even this weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. see what's happening on the roadways now with mike. >> the conditions you talk about potentially bringing down the trees and power lines, looking

over here. an issue for cars, as well. cameras shaking and an issue for the camera. this is in oakland. a roof top camera shows you the roadway. looking at the map, a wind a factor and the east bay and showing you the bart map, as well. the factor for the system, bart typically shows down a bit in the weather and bad enough like today and slowing the training and maybe as much as a ten-minute delay. safety for all trains. the rest of the bay looks good with the lighter december and christmas week commute. green shows you where it's wet and rainy. the yellow over here where it's windy in the oakland hills and the peninsula side and then red slowing drive to whipple and an earlier crash left debris in the roadway and following the activities there. watch those bridges. chuck has more on that. back to you guys. >> thanks. >> mike talks about the roads, let's get a pulse of how it is with chuck coppola near the san

mateo bridge and it was bblowin around earlier. >> reporter: good morning, sam and kira. you can imagine how high it will be when you try to go over the san mateo bridge. hang on to the steering wheel tightly. reports of gusts of 50 miles per hour reported here in foster city. reports of gusts of 47 at sfo and 44 elsewhere and trees down around the bay area along highway 1 in marin county. cal-tran said three hours to clear it. panoramic highway of aal tern gnat and hill road down and they say that hill road will be closed between diablo and indian valley road for sometime. crews trying to clear that tree, cut it up and get it out of the way. many wind advises around the bay

area, bay bridge. an advisory for commuters the morning. gusts reported as high as 40 miles per hour. across the richmond san rafael bridge, gusts of 50 miles per hour have been reported in the north bay and east bay peaks. and cal-trans said generally the rain is steady but slow. >> we're not getting a tremendous amount of run-off right now. surface flow of debris or dislodge materials to create bigger problems. probably a better scenario for the bay area hills. water comes, you know, rains for a day or so and then a few days break and allows the water to soak in. >> reporter: we just checked with the chp. the connector ramp that was closed earlier twice overnight between southbound 680 and

eastbound 580 reopened and is still open at this hour. but there have been many power outages to report. in burlingame, some 1,200 people without power n. san rafael, 4,000 people without power due to 6 outages and affecting more than 460 people. even san francisco has power outages, some four outages reported affecting 330 people. still windy here in the peninsula. reporting live in foster city, chuck cop la, "today in the bay." >> there's another storm on the heels just in time for christmas. stay with us right here on "today in the bay" for updates and always download our nbc bay area app to track specific conditions right in the neighborhood. almost 6:05 right now. new this morning, this wet weather leading to dangerous road conditions as we just saw and a deadly crash last night in

san jose. police say alcohol or other drugs may also havbeen involved. it happened just before 11:00 last night at center and singleton roads in south san jose near andrew hill high school off the capitol expressway. a witness living in the area heard what sounded like a speeding car and then the crash. >> there was just three cars there. and no police cars. >> but this guy was -- >> very fast. he must -- yeah. over 50 miles per hour. it startled us. we were inside. we heard the fast car. and sure enough. you know? we heard the bang. >> the driver of this volkswagen beetle died at the scene. paramedics took the driver accused of causing the crash to the hospital and expected to be okay. but police say they were on the hunt for him after reports of accidents shortly before this one. >> been reported to be involved in other acts of reckless driving and accidents so at this point we're putting those

accidents altogether and trying to determine exactly what acts led up to this accident. >> witnesses and police say the driver who caused the wreck ran a red light. again, in the hospital in custody as police investigate possible dui charges. 6:06 right now. also new this morning, a double murder investigation in oakland. police are not saying much but they do tell us that they have responded to a report of shots fired on 32nd street late last night. right through the 085/980 interchange. two victims pronounced dead at the scene. unclear if the officers are looking for suspects but we have calls out to oakland police and bringing you updates as soon as we get them into the newsroom. happening today, closely watching several high profile court cases here in the bay area. san francisco chinatown murder defendant raymond chow takes the stand again this morning. yesterday he claimed to be a reformed gang member and denied

charges. also today, a bail hearing for a fremont man accused of trying to join a terror group in syria. he was arrested in the summer when they say he tried to board a flight from sfo to turkey. they say he was planning to enter syria under the guise of helping out refugees. but the fbi believes it was really to join an al qaeda-linked organization. a possible plea today for the man accused of a violent home invasion robbery. police say miller kicked in the door, pistol whipped a nanny in front of a young girl two weeks ago. a tip from a neighbor helped police catch the suspect. a man left paralyzed by a san jose police officer is expected the talk about a substantial jury award that he won today. 38-year-old hung lam shot in the back nearly a year ago and the officer said she shot him arguing with him and moving

toward another man holding a knife. lam's lawyers argued lam was suicidal and threatening to kill himself. man with whom lam was arguing was a neighbor trying to talk lam out of hurting himself. a federal jury awarded lam $11 million saying the officer bore most of the responsibility for that shooting. several san francisco police officers who reportedly texted racist and homophobic messages to one another will keep their jobs. that's what a superior court judge ruled yesterday. the judge said the officers will not be disciplined because too much time has gone by. the one-year statute of statute passed. on top of the rain and massive waves hitting bay area beaches this week. king tides rolling in and peaks tomorrow and thursday. those waves could reach up to 7 feet high. and our big story just shy of 6:09 this morning, the

microclimate weather alert. taking a live look outside at the bay bridge and the camera just shaking in the wind. if you're about to head out the door, take it slow. please give yourself some extra time to get wherever you need to go. still a lot of slick spots out there on the roads, as well. we'll check back in with meteorologist kari hall. a break later but the real concern moving forward is the wind. >> yes. that's because the center of the storm system moving right over the bay area creating a tight pressure gradient making the air flow really fast on shore as that system continues to move in. still tracking quite a bit of rain for oakland, down to parts of the east bay and then the south bay. that's where the rain continues now. scattered showers creating some slick roadways and with such a soggy ground and high winds we have the concern of more power outages and some damaged trees and the winds topping 40 miles per hour. if you're heading to the sierra for christmas, we are expecting anywhere from an additional two to three feet of snow above

7,000 feet in and makes travel very hazardous catching a flight or getting on the roads. you may have some delays so allow some extra time. i'll let you know what to expect christmas eve and day and this weekend. that's all coming up in just a few minutes. let's check in with mike giving us a heads up. >> we'll take a shot of the bay bridge from the camera zoomed in to the tower. look how the camera shakes. getting knocked around by wind this morning and likely to catch your cars, as well, coming across. higher profile vehicles as we look at the toll plaza, maybe we can find some. there you go. like these trucks over here. especially the box trucks and the vans. they're taller and get caught with the wind like a sail an moves them become an forth in the wind gusts more than the lower cars over here and all waiting in the wet roadways. the span moves well. the map will show you no problems on the approach. a span and the yellow over here

as well as san francisco and in parts for the north bay and where gusts of wind likely catch you, same thing for the richmond san rafael bridge and san mateo bridge moving down on the map. hayward side, still slow to whipple and an earlier crash with a debris in the roadway and for the entire commute right now. a tough drive south 880 to union city out of hayward. south bay moves well and the live camera shows wet roadways and slick conditions. be careful. back to you. >> thank you so much. coming up now, final preparations under way. not too late. santa and the sleigh preparing for a long journey around the world. live to the north pole like really the north pole next. plus a live look. that's oakland international airport. off in the distance. all the wet weather, of course, could impact your holiday travel. we'll have an update across the bay area in 2:30. welcome back - more now on our

nbc bay area microclimate welcome back. we have more now on our nbc bay area microclimate weather alert a. live look at the oakland international airport. a heads up flying out or in. you all could be seeing some delays, even cancelations altogether. >> how much extra time do you need to leave? check back in with kari hall for updated numbers. >> keeping a close eye on this

expecting my mom from kentucky today and we are looking at a few minor delays. we are at 57-minute delay now in san francisco. a closer look at oakland, so far, so good. san jose, also looking good. if you're traveling down to the southeast, traveling family coming from the southeast, there's delays there around the houston and area and also d.c. and philly with reports there. and here it's all because of the wind and will have the gusty winds in the day. keeping you up to date on anymore delays coming up throughout the morning. all right. you might have heard, kari, a few days away from some major holiday -- christmas on friday. two days away from santa and the reindeers beginning the long journey around the world. >> yeah. today in the bay's bob redell live in the north pole this morning. santa's workshop is moving at a frantic pace. we hope you are not interfering. >> reporter: i'm not. they're keeping me a good -- i

have the 50-yard restriction from going inside so i'm not in the way. right here, kira and sam, the slaig carrying all of those toys. keep in mind, just three nights away to christmas eve. time clearly running out here in the north pole and elves scrambling to get the toys complete and then santa, what he's been doing, the last-minute reindeer test runs. something that's never been seen before until now. >> hi, buddy. >> reporter: with christmas eve fast approaching, san the's main means of propulsion getting the reindeer games out of their system and already filling up on fuel. as for santa's bright, shiny, guiding red light, we'll find out if he's ready for thursday night's trip around the world. santa invited us look for a look at the final test floigt. >> come on, rudolph. big up. >> reporter: takeoff looks good. solid landing.

and? >> rudolph did great. he's ready to go. oh, oh, oh! have you been good in school? >> yes. >> i know. >> reporter: inside the elves workshop -- >> that's what your teacher and elves tell me. what would you like for christmas? >> skateboard. >> reporter: toy requests loud and clear. >> what do you want? >> i went an ariel. >> reporter: sometimes just loud. other times -- >> what? >> reporter: he can't make heads or tails. >> i'm hearing a lot of, i don't know. and i tell them i have four bags packed. i think we are going to be doing good with great weather. oh, oh, oh! >> reporter: kira and sam, as strange as it sounds, we are having good weather. 0 degrees. considered to be balmy here in north pole an it's very nice if

you dress warm and the forecast for thursday night christmas eve, calling for minus 40 degrees and even people here in north pole are like, that's really cold. >> all the locals tell you that's really cold for them. i love it. bob, hopefully you come back before then. stay warm until then. >> the elves complaining. that's why they're lighting things on fire. okay. thank you, bob, from the north pole. that weather system coming into the bay area, too. chilly here and we have the small chance that we could have some snow on mt. hamilton. >> minus 40? >> no! no, no, no. not that cold. >> in the sierra, near 0 this weekend. pack extra clothes and now taking a live look at the san mateo bridge, see that there's still rain drops coming down on the camera lens and it is wet. it is windy. we have gusts there over 50 miles per hour. and so that's the reason for the microclimate weather alert today

with the strong gusts we may have downed trees, wind damage and downed power lines and still tracking quite a bit of rain for the east bay and oakland and san jose and further to the south and a closer look there as we continue to track those showers moving through. now it's wet pretty much everywhere because of the rain we have had for a couple of days at this point and the wind forecast still brings in those winds on shore at about 30 miles per hour throughout the morning. as we go into the afternoon, still windy and when we have strong wind gusts and sustained winds for from longed period of time, that once again heightens that risk of wind damage across the bay area. as we go into the next few hours, still some spotty, light showers and san francisco and further to the south and the east. rain possible throughout possibly early afternoon this evening and tapering off north bay, looking much better now and you have had a lot of rain. we have had over 7 inches of

rain on mt. tam and quite a bit for the north bay and a break before the next round moves in and we talked about how cold it will be in the sierra. snow coming down and models show additional two feet of snow in kirkwood and you will have a hard time getting there so the tire chains a requirement and over the next three days, the temperatures going down. mild today and then tomorrow once again a mix of sun and clouds, still fairly mild and then much cooler on christmas eve. the next storm system moves in. and it looks to clear out on christmas day but the future cast there shows us less rain and much colder and snow near 3,000 feet. we'll see if the slnow levels continue to drop and moisture for christmas day. a look at the weekend forecast. highs into the mid-50s on friday. morning temperatures maybe freezing and look at the high on sunday as the next storm system

moves in. we'll only see highs around 50 degrees for most of the bay area. let's check in now with mike to see when's happening on the roadways. >> live shot, you started without the san mateo bridge. both sides. the foster city side and traffic was nearly stopped for a second and started to move once again. chp has no reports of incidents west 92 on either side. looking at the wind moving things. the hayward side, rain hitting the lens and the folks hitting the brakes for safety sake's. and gusts of wind moving the camera around and the larger trucks, as well. be careful crossing especially and also a couple of other notes. map shows you slowly recovering now and whipple where we had a crash that left debris and heading towards union city. again, the speeds recovering and not bad for the rest of the bay. the lighter christmas week commute makes us able to recover after a ins didn't like the east

bay. the yellow shows you highlights. where the wind likely get gusty across the hills the san francisco and the oakland hills and the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. bart trains slowed because of safety and inclement weather. maybe up to ten-minute delays but nothing dramatic and the south bay moves very well. wet roadways. be careful. holiday season, be careful who you pick on. >> yeah. coming up, san francisco politician robbed. and then his negotiation skills came into play. you won't believe it. it's the reason police say you should never do what this city supervisor did. outcue: nats of cheering trt:07

==sam/cont vo== the crowd goes wild... not for you hear the screams, the crowd goes wild. not for the liftoff. for the landing. it was perfect. last night, spacex falcon 9 rocket took off and delivered six communication satellites into orbit before successfully landing back on earth intact. the last two attempts for the company did not go as well. in fact, back in june, a rocket exploded just after takeoff. spacex ceo elon musk says it hopefully reduces the cost of

space travel in the long term and hopes to one day take humans to mars. a supervisor mugged in the mission district and became a crime fighter. police confirm three people robbed city supervisor scott wiener friday night at 16th and valencia walking to bart. a woman grabbed the new cell phone and demanded $500 with the help of two other men and he was able to get her down to $200 and then convinced her to follow her to an atm and where the surveillance camera got a picture of her. >> i was just thinking i want my phone back and get her on video to get her off the streets. >> well, the woman took the money and left with two other men. supervisor flagged down police and they got the picture from the bank. just four hours later, the woman was arrested. the men remain on the loose and we should mention while scott wiener's plans worked, police do not recommend anybody else try

that same thing. >> clearly they do not follow city governments. next, more on the weather alert. still in effect. heavy rains and winds causing all sorts of problems over the bay area including power outages. live team coverage continues in 2:30. ♪

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we start with the microclimate weather alert a. live look outside right now. very slick conditions and the drive through san rafael and a soggy san jose on your right. >> the rain will move out of the bay area as the day goes on but strong, dangerous winds will stick around. our team is here to get you where you need to go safely this morning. let's get right to meteorologist kari hall. kari, very active morning for you. >> especially with those wind gusts continuing to pick up. we have had gusts over 50 miles per hour in parts of the peninsula this morning and we still see that rain on the radar. especially for the east and the south bays. into the rest of the day this rain becomes more scattered but the slick roadways will continue as we've gotten a lot of rain over the past couple of days. wind advisory until 4:00 this afternoon. it will be the highest in the north and east bay hills and just over 40 miles per hours and traveling to the sierra, another 2 to 3 feet of snow above 7,000

feet making travel very dangerous. i'll detail that and what to expect in the rest of the morning but, mike, the san mateo bridge camera's shaking all around. >> it has. on the peninsula side, especially. hayward side, these folks from foster city, these folks going in toward the high-rise and the gusty wind and the rain at the lens. no incidents for 92. look at the live camera and the maps, as well. we have a slow drive developing west out of hayward. not as bad as tuesday typically is given the weather we expect more and the traffic is lighter this december especially the week before christmas and as we look towards south 880. an earlier crash cleared and northbound distraction. and the bay bridge toll plaza with the metering lights on. you saw that san mateo bridge shot. the's the slower drive just past it towards union city and no problems for north bay except

for winds. and you see the wet conditions here. and then hand it over to you and chuck, as well. >> thanks. >> for those people who are going out today, better be holding on to the steering wheel tightly an a lot of winds out there and talking about it especially clear on the bridge. that's where we find chuck coppola on the san mateo bridge and watching the wind conditions, chuck. >> reporter: that's right. we have got the feet firmly on the ground right now having crossed the san mateo bridge this morning. it was a bit windy coming across. you can see the cars from hayward across to foster city. so far, smooth sailing. as you mentioned, it is very windy. gusts of up to 50 miles per hour have been reported here in foster city and in pleasanton, chp closed the southbound connector ramp to eastbound 580 for several hours while flooding mitigated there. it's since reopened. that connector ramp and the

680/580 interchange now reopened and advisories around the bay area. on the bay bridge, wind advisories for drivers today. gusts up to 40 miles per hour reported. on the richmond san rafael bridge, same story. wind gusts to 40 and perhaps as high as 50 miles per hour reported, as well. in daly city, the korean central presbyterian church parking flot danger of sliding downhill. >> the church is, you know, it has slid before. so you always worry about that and a lot of cold and water and fractures off the land. >> reporter: later today, representatives from daly city and the church will meet to discuss what to do. meanwhile, there are a number of fallen trees to report. many of them in marin county. two at the top here is along highway 1 and erica road.

c caltrans saying three hours to clear that. and in hill road and diablo avenue, a tree down there that hill road is closed, in fact, between diablo and indian valley road. reporting live in foster city, chuck coppola, very windy foster city. >> yes. stay safe out there, chuck. thank you. now to dozens of storm-related powers outages. thousands of homes and businesses without electricity in the north bay and fe nins la. san ra feel alone, four separate outages. more than 4,000 customers without electricity. scattered outages also reported in mill valley, petaluma and napa. burlingame, two outages there have 1,200 homes and businesses without power and scattered areas of redwood and san mateo

and there's another storm right on the heels rolling in just in time for christmas. be sure to stay with us here for updates and download the app to track specific conditions right in your neighborhood. new this morning, wet weather leading to dangerous road conditions. a fatal crash in san jose overnight but police say alcohol or other drugs could have also been involved. this happened just before 11:00 last night at center an singleton roads in south san jose right near andrew hill high school off the capitol expressway. a witness living in the area heard what sounded like a speeding car and then a crash. >> there was just three cars there. and no police cars. >> but this guy was -- >> very fast. yeah, over 50 miles per hour. it startled us. we were inside and we heard the fast car and sure enough. we heard the bang. >> you see the volkswagen beetle there. the driver of that car died on

scene. paramedics took the driver accused of causing the crash to the hospital. he's expected to be okay. police say they were on the hunt for him after reports of numerous accidents shortly before this deadly crash. >> our suspect driver has been reported to be involved in other acts of reckless driving and accidents and putting them altogether and trying to determine exactly what acts led up to this accident. >> leading up to that fatal accident, witnesses and police say the driver that caused the crash ran a red light. the driver in police custody as police investigate possible dui charges. as expected, prosecutors have charged a salinas woman and teenage companion with murder in the deaths of two severely abused children. yesterday, monterey county district attorney laid out the case against tammy huntsman and the 17-year-old companion. police in redding arrested them after discovering the bodies of

a 6-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl in a storage locker. investigators say they died in salinas and taken to redding. the 9-year-old sister found in bad shape with broken bones and needing urgent medical care. we now know the identity of the man found dead at a uc berkeley fraternity party over the weekend. investigators say jeffrey engler was drinking and fell and then reportedly died saturday morning. he was a san leandro native and a member of the fraternity. he transferred. police say there was no foul play involved in his death. developing story right now in china. it appears human error led to sunday's massive landslide that left dozens of people missing. cameras caught the moment of impact. that's when authorities say a man-made mountain of soil an construction waste collapsed in the manufacturing city of shenzen in southern china not far from hong con.

buried or damaged more than 30 buildings and 80 people missing. so far teams recovered just one of the victims who died. happening later today, army sergeant bergdahl heading to court facing a military judge on charges of misbehavior before the enemy. admits to walking away from the post in afghanistan. the taliban caught him and held bergdahl for five years. his release came in a prisoner swap. so three taliban leaders are free now because of that swap. the court-martial could earn bergdahl up to life in prison. back to the big story, a microclit mat weather alert. we have a live look outside for you in san jose f. you're about to head out the door, take it slowly. give yourself extra time to get wherever you need to go. >> travelers also interested as they watch those winds. right now, checking in with kari hall. a break in the rain later, kari. the real concern moving forward is strong winds. >> and the strong winds caused

flight cancelations at sfo. call ahead or check flight.gov and also look at all of this rain as we go through the morning and driving on the road is really hazardous keeping two hands on the steering wheel if not the threat of hydroplaning in the south bay. we also do have the concerns of wind gusts over 50 miles per hour. we are still tracking the rain through the morning and the winds that will be coming on shore creating some high waves, as well. along the coast and sustained winds at about 40 miles per hour. into the 10:00 hour. it is still gusty and having winds very strong for a long period of time and the ground is just soggy, that can cause some of the trees to topple over so that a concern along with power outages and continues throughout the day. our next weather system arrives on christmas eve and it will be a colder one. i'll detail that and what to expect on christmas day and the weekend coming up in a few minutes and mike's been keeping a close eye on the san mateo bridge.

>> that's right. volume of traffic this week especially this tuesday very light compared to the rest of the year on a tuesday but we're looking at slow drive across 92. the camera shakes here. there's the high-rise and wind gusts likely catch you strongly there. looking at a smoother drive, hard to make out with the glow. hayward side, as well. harder to make out because the water on the lens. active rain, likely causing the slow, as well as the gusty winds towards the high-rise westbound to both of the commutes slows here at the flat center. it goes from the toll plaza to the mid span of the flat section and then clear up a little bit. still slow south 880 and then whipple and left debris, traffic flow with a memory and tends to be a congestion point anyway. i haven't heard about debris anymore in the lanes. look at the tri-valley, showing you approach to the bay bridge. a nice easy drive. again, the conditions demand that you go slower.

metering lights are on. gusty winds of the yellow and consolidated to the peninsula. not so bad and saw that bay bridge camera and the weather affecting the bart trains. they slow the trains on the tracks in weather for safety. you might have a 5 or 10-minute delay for a train and not widespread and the south bay with a light build. not bad. a couple of earlier krashs moved to the shoulders. back to you. >> thank you. we have a big story coming up. time to head to the north pole as we do every year. we sent our own bob redell to check out santa's workshop and the big holiday toy causing some problems for san the's elves.

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more alert. maybe not use a credit card that's tied to their actual bank account. >> that's why i have to use cash and go and carry wads of cash in order to avoid the grinch. >> so much to worry about, right? investigators say that man may also be behind similar incidents at gas stations and other stores and he may be driving a toyota corolla. people buying snow gear and chains. the rain is here and also snow in the sierra. thousands of people heading up to the mountains in next two weeks and get out the chains or buy them for your cars. at least three feet of snow fell in some places yesterday. forcing drivers to take it slow. right now, chains are required for all vehicles on 80 and 50. the best advice is to have a flexible window of travel dates. i have a question now. is there more snow in the sierra than there is at the north pole? >> we have our north pole

correspondent bob redell and might be able to answer that among other questions santa related. >> what can you tell us at san the's workshop there, bob? >> reporter: well, merry christmas to you, sam and kari. i wish the camera picks up what i'm seeing, beautiful flurries in the light pole and temperature, yes, it is cold and 0 degrees and in this area, that's considered to be warm. consider this. the forecast for christmas eve, they're projecting it to be minus 40. and people here, they think that's cold and we have been up here for many years and we have experienced those temps so i'll take 0 any time. okay. as far as what's going on in the house behind me, talking about san the's house, the elves in there right now scrambling to get all the toys together to get them on board this sleigh. keep in mind, christmas eve is three nights away and of all the years we have been coming up, asking, begging, santa, can we please take a look inside and he says, it is a top secret operation. i want to keep that way. the answer is always no.

sorry, the answer to the question -- i'm sorry. what? i have something in my ear. what? scott, what? we have leaked security camera footage from inside santa's top secret toy shop we were just talking about? this is completely random coincidence. okay. yes, the elves working. that is obviously a "star wars" light saber. one of the hottest toys they're creating this season. the elves test each individual toy to make sure they're in working order. and i'm not sure that we're supposed to see that. is that really how they -- i've just received word from inside. that was an isolated incident. that is not how it works and that the toys are going to be fine and they will be back on the sleigh in times for christmas eve and oddly enough that elf managed to maintain his

job. maybe not as a tester but something else. still employed. i guess a good thing. >> down to the wire. they need as many elves as they can, right? can't afford to lose one. >> good point. used to be a weight an height requirement. how tall are they? a foot? two feet? >> reporter: it is a 24-inch height requirement. i measured him. he is about 6 feet. >> yeah. exactly. bob is a giant. >> reporter: be careful around them. you don't want to step on them. >> before you go for the last time, can i tell you, you look fabulous in that hat? >> reporter: thank you. i've been modeling this for about ten years now. what do you think? >> it's a good one. it's a keeper. >> bob looks like he's ready to go to russia. you know what? with russia from love. >> it's 0 in the north pole right now. it will be near 0 this weekend in the sierra. >> wow. >> traveling there for christmas, keep in mind that you

need to pack extra layers of clothes. go ahead and throw it in the suitcase right now and also some snow going on there and maybe even for some of the peaks in the bay area. i'll detail that. take a live look outside right now, the bay bridge. cam are's been shaking around and the reason for the microclimate weather alert because of the high wind gusts that will be continuing as we go through the day, even as the rain tapers off. we are still tracking some wet roads, showers in the east bay wels the south bay from oakland and heading down further to the east bay as well as the south bay. we'll see more of those showers so today's forecast, our tonights stay steady and highs that will be in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees and the east bay, 58 degrees, san francisco. 59 degrees now as you cross those bridges. you want to make sure you have a tight grip on the steering wheel. not only for those high wind but also the concern of some standing water on the roads and

even as we go through the day, the future cast shows scattered showers, mainly south of san francisco. north bay, you have had a lot of rain and finally you'll get a break here. mostly cloudy skies and gusty winds staying with us throughout the day but those winds sustained at about 30 to 40 miles per hour. may cause some of those trees to topple over. and we'll start to see those winds calming down into tonight and that's ahead of the next storm system that's expected the arrive on christmas eve. and once again, for the sierra, we still see the snow coming down very heavily and the models are still putting down about two feet of snow and higher above 7,000 feet. over in the next three days, we'll have mainly dry weather in the south bay. thursday is when the rain rrns and look at how cool those temperatures will be. only in the lower 50s on thursday. in the north bay, 50 degrees and 55 in the east shore. tri-valley up to 50 degrees.

look at the future cast for christmas eve, less rain and much colder system moving in. snow near 3,000 feet and including mt. hamilton and may have white conditions on the tops of the mountain heading into christmas morning. the weekend forecast dries it out again and it will be chilly and breezy. another storm system threatens as we head into late sunday morning and early monday and highs only reaching into the lower 50s. how's it looks out there on the roads, mike? >> it was wet. windy and those are the warnings because the traffic flow and the volume's lighter as you expect a few days before christmas. here's san jose. we have slowing and the conditions do demand that as well as the volume starts to build. as we look at the map, talk about a slower drive in a patch for 101. the crash 680 and mckey and montague and both cars off the road and down the embankment a bit. that will be the situations around the bay. again, the volume lighter and

may tend to have higher speeds. be very careful. bring them down a bit because of the less traction and spin-outs and tough trouble braking. tri-valley, dublin interchange, south 880, reports of slowing and early reports of debris in the roadway, as well. bay bridge, the metering lights on. a slower build and wind where it's yellow, the oakland hills, catch you with gusts. a live look shows what chuck coppola is dealing with out there. bridges with advisories and a slow drive webb and the gusts of wind make the san mateo bridge one of the toughest drives. golden gate bridge by contrast is light and kari pointed it out. caution opposed to lane configuration. back to you guys. >> thanks. happening today, the young mother accused of plowing her car into crowds of tourists on the las vegas strip is expected

to make her first court appearance today. a bond hearing is scheduled for 24-year-old lakeisha holloway. police say she drove her car into the sidewalk near the pari hotel on sunday, killing one and hurting doses of others. her 3-year-old daughter wutz also in the car. investigators now say that that mother and daughter recently arrived in las vegas and were living in the car for about a week but exactly what made her snap still isn't clear. >> that she had some disassociation with the father of her child. we don't know the exact event that caused her to snap. >> investigators say she had a suspended license and she told them that she was sober but under extreme stress because parking lot security guards at several casinos told her to move along. her child is in protective custody. next, weather partly to blame. a deadly crash in a quiet san jose neighborhood and also a chain of events that had police already searching for the driver

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the driver of an s-u-v is in custody, suspected of new this morning, the driver of a suv is in custody suspected of causing a deadly crash in south san jose. police think capitol or drugs played a role. officers believe he caused at least three other wrecks before this deadly one at center and singleton roads. a witness in the area heard what

sounded like a speeding car and then the crash just before 11:00 lath night and rushed out to check on the driver of one of the cars involved. >> not responsive. i did check his pulse and i guess he died right there. >> paramedics rushed the suspected drunk driver to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. but is now in police custody. back to our nbc bay area microclimate weather alert, the rain continuing to fall this morning. it's going to taper off as the day goes on but the strong winds are going to stick around and could grow stronger. >> we have had live team coverage all morning. checking the forecast and commute in a minute but right now chuck coppola at the san mateo bridge this morning where a high wind advisory in full effect and we can see it there. >> reporter: that's right. you are seeing the traffic behind me westbound on the san mateo bridge. the wind resumed.

we have a brief respite and picked up and the wind causing havoc with trees, especially in marin county. taking three hours to clear that and hill road and diablo avenue, there's a tree down there, as well. now, on the bay bridge, there's a wind advisory for drivers, 40-mile-per-hour gusts and if you're next to something big and boxy, gusts could cause it to swerve. these winds are not sustained. richmond san rafael bridge, wind advisories, as well. in the east bay, in pleasanton, the interchange at 580/680, particularly southbound to eastbound is reopened. it was closed earlier due to flooding. that is back open again and back here on the peninsula, there are reports of flooding on highway 101 near sfo and san mateo.

still very blustery out here this morning. be careful on the commute in. i'm chuck coppola, "today in the bay." >> all right. warm up. get that man an umbrella. >> something. >> we have the flight cancelations starting to happen at sfo so heads up. you may want to call ahead. we have the showers coming down in the peninsula south bay, and east bay starting to dry out in the north bay. >> it's december and christmas week, light traffic. saving things. look at the san mateo bridge. water on the lens. the foster city camera shakes a bit, as well. oakland and the camera and the wind over there and showing the south bay and the most recent slowing for the northbound ave routes and again lighter than typical for especially for a tuesday. >> thankfully. otherwise it would be worse than we are seeing. >> that does it for us right now. back in 25 minutes and only hope we have that live shot in the north pole. no, we don't. >> oh. >> i said it.

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