this morning, the window wide open for rain. you see a couple sprirkles on the lens there outside the golden gate bridge heading out the door. >> you're seeing over my shoulder, the radar showing light to moderate rain in san francisco following you to the north bay in parts of the tri-valley this morning and probably a few showers in the south bay and rain at times in the morning heading to noon and north and temperatures to mid to upper 60s. get ready for an atmospheric boost and the check of your morning commute. >> getting blurry toward emeryville and treasure island and beautiful tower. moisture in the air is a factor. sprinkles already hitting the rodeway inn golden gate bridge north of the roadway, easy flow of traffic. a tiny build westbound, nothing

unusual, a reminder that the roadway has reopened after the train derailment yesterday. more in a couple seconds but now to breaking news. breaking news out of seattle after a natural gas explosion, happened at 1:00. firefighters called with reports of a gas leak when the explosion happened. all the firefighters' injuries are minor including according to someone who lived nearby, the blast flattened three structu structures, we still don't know if any was inside at that time. we continue to follow the breaking news and developments as soon as we get them. >> back at home now. progress being made nearly 36 hours after a train derailed at fremont this morning, all train services back to normal. >> stephanie is back where the first ace commuter train is headed. >> a nerve racking ride for a

lot of passengers. >> reporter: absolutely. the first of the westbound trains should be coming here in about 30 minutes. the sign on the platform says it is on time and warned of delays because trains will run slower in that derailment area maybe 10-15 miles an hour in the usually 40 miles an hour zone. it did reopen last night but union pacific crews are still working the tracks today and a spokesperson tells us it's this morning union pacific will be running an inspection vehicle ahead of all the trains to make sure the tracks are good to go. and union pacific says a mudslide did cause that dera derailment and issues could pop up again depending on weather. >> we are well into the landslide season and looking at a year we could see failures in march if the neck round of

storms is powerful. >> the usgs saying there are 3300 miles of train tracks supposed to be inspected twice a week and they did check out the tracks where the derailment happened monday night. those cars are in a fremont yard out of service so inspectors can continue taking a look at what happened there. we'll be talking to passengers come ing up in the next half hour. live in livermore, stephanie chuang, today in the bay. >> thanks. stay with us throughout the morning for continuing coverage as that train makes its way into the bay area. we will be constantly updating our social nemedia platforms wi information. >> scary moments for a south bay clerk after two armed robbers opened fire wounding him. >> live at the police department, authorities still searching for the men responsible. the man who was attacked fought

back. >> reporter: he did. it appears the two suspects were chased off as a result. it happened not far from the police headquarters. a few miles away, not far from the interchange with 280 and 87, around 7:00 last night. these two men entered sunny's quick stop on locus street. one of them fired his gun at the clerk and hit him in the arm. the police said he began swi swinging a baseball bat at the two suspects and both took off with whatever they stole from the store. police in san jose looking for those two men. live outside police headquarters, bob redell in the bay. some disturbing statistics out of berkeley this morning. last month, there were four sexual assaults against women in the city and so far no arrests.

police believe this man attacked the women on the south side of the uc campus. police updated the city council on the investigation last night. criminal profilers are on the case and being evidenced right now. >> he has to know we're looking for him and we have video of him and yet the offenses continue. that's somebody we're very interested in catching. >> berkeley police say they're doing outreach to raise awa awareness of the sexual assault. 2016 now. if you stayed up to watch, it was a big surprise on the democratic side, stealing some of the headlines of last night's primaries and caucuses. >> voters in four states we'd in, michigan where bernie sanders topped hillary clinton. and donald trump showed resilience to withering criticism and didn't receive the majority but finished well ahead

of ted cruz. >> trump also won mississippi by a double digit margin over ted cruz. >> on the democratic size, hillary clinton won. hawaii caucuses favored these. >> cruz almost 100 delegates behind. for democrats despite sanders upset in michigan, clinton is fill the front-runner, almost halfway to sewing up that nomination. today, tracie potts will take a look at the numbers in a live report. menlt, gear up for another show down. democrats going head to head once again on the debate stage. seems like we have one every other day. >> why not? >> they are informative. bernie sanders will face off against former secretary of

state hillary clinton. this one in balmy miami. it is their second show down in four days. they need to come up with new material. >> interesting. 5:07. what about the weather over the bay area. bay bridge on the left, san jose on your right this morning. you can see the rain drizzling on the bay bridge. >> the start with more to come. rob tracking the bay area. what can commuters expect? >> in the san francisco north bay that is where the more substantial showers are right now, 40s and 50s outside. in the peninsula towards san francisco and north bay and east bay hills and tri-valley and castro valley and san ramon and walnut creek, scattered showers continue to move through. rain totals from this particular system, not enough to slow down

much. low 60s in san francisco to the north bay and then a stronger system begins to take shape for tonight, tapping into that su subtropical moisture thursday and friday and looks like heavier rain coming in to the north bay and rain showers will follow us through and to this p upcoming weekend. >> we're looking to the north bay. the cameraman does catch the glow of the lights south bay 101. you can clearly make out the curves at terra linda and puddling. and it leaves the roadway wet, an issue as we have more traffic flow. no slowing or nothing unusual for the north bay. looking at 580 westbound, traffic is picking up the volume. we should have an easier drive because the h train is back in service and we should see that at 5:25 this morning and see how things go.

south of pleasanton we will have delays through that canyon area. dry roads north of 101 and 680. coming up, a prominent minister shot, how they tracked the gunman from an object on the white house lawn. hening today ahead of her funeral later ts w sam/cuan ex-marinsuscted of shooting an idaho pastor,

an ex-marine suspected of shoot arrested at thwhite housen d-c. vo secret servarrested kyleodom la an ex marine suspected of shooting an idaho pastor surrendered last night. odom was throwing several items over the white house fence, among those items, a manifesto that mentioned several u.s. house members and senators and israeli government officials all by name. over the weekend police say odom shot the idaho pastor six times. that pastor is expected to survive. police will not say how odom was able to bypass police and get on a plane out of idaho. >> as far as tsa and how someone with a felony warrant could board an airplane, i'm not the person to answer that question. sorry. in his more than 30 page long

manifesto he said pastor remington was martian and member of an ancient civilization from mars. >> former first lady nancy reagan will lie in repose today in simi valley. people have an opportunity to see her today and tomorrow. mrs. reagan's remains were taken to the library sunday from ther los angeles home. the widow of president ronald reagan died sunday morning of congest stiff heart failure. she was 94. she will lie in repose with her husband, president reagan. the man known as the fifth beetle, george martin, is dead. ringo starr broke that news on twitter. starr wrote thank you for all your kindness, george, peace and love. he produced all but one of the beet beetles' albums and even princess diana's "candle in the wind." he was 90 years old. >> he was. >> and scott mcgrew says whole

foods might be whistling here comes the sun. >> rare good news for the solar industry. >> announcing that whole foods would use the solar company to power its stores. i was frankly surprised a company like whole foods wasn't a solar user, other companies get a significant amount of power from green energy. >> sunrun reports profits tomorrow. wall street has not been friendly to solar city or any of the residential solar companies. s sunrun's stock down 43% for the year, solar city, down 50 and that includes yesterday's spike. a check on the rest of the news before the bell. good morning. >> yeah. good morning to you, scott. wall street lacking for rebounds from tuesday's watches. futures pointing higher. we did see stocks snap in a

5-day winning streak. and there was trouble in china's market and rise in oil prices. since bottoming out in 2009, since then the dow is up 150% and nasdaq up 266%. dow fell 139 points. nasdaq lost 59 points and tra trading off levels of 4648. back to you. >> not bad returns for seven years. thanks. a big deal in the world of computers and artificial intelligence. a computer from google beat. giving up after 3 1/2 hours, the tournament was broadcast on youtube. their next match is tonight at 7:30 our time, also on youtube. i have to admit, i don't

understand this game but it has a lot more moves than chess does, a lot more possibilities, why computers have beat people at chess for years. computers never beat somebody at go until now. >> it looks like checkers, too. >> remember where you would flip the -- >> right. i do remember that one. >> it's more complicated. >> the computer is really good at it. 5:16. remember this place, sinbad? bay area restaurant, it is no more. it's been closed nearly four months after a long legal battle and now the demolition is beg beginning, sinbad a throw basic to the '70s and popular with ferryboat commuters and will be with the ferry terminal. >> i think i spent new year's eve there one year. >> you don't remember. >> i was younger. >> kind of sad, obviously more

public access to the waterfront there. but when you see a san francisco institution go away -- >> exactly. >> a wet start here. but not terribly so. >> not as much as we will see come tomorrow or certainly friday morning. right now, you have a mix of rain across the golden gate bridge stealing mike's thunder for you. temperatures j 40s, and 50s outside kind of mild. 53 in san jose and san francisco. 48 up around napa this morning, temperatures in the mid-40s and radar, especially the peninsula northward, that is where we see most of the showers right now. you will continue to see some rain and in the north bay. in pleasanton, north of sunol, not a lot on the radar right now. the trend throughout the day will be watching these showers and move off to the north with

mostly cloudy skies during the day. this next main event coming in tomorrow from the north bay especially for the thursday morning commute. mid to upper 60s in the south bay. low 60s in san francisco, north bay, mid-60s around the tri-valley and more rain that will give us a truly boost, the atmospheric setup in northern california that can super charge those rainfall rate, the exact same pattern we saw last saturday that brought a foot of rain. that's how it plays out thursday through friday, the entire bay area, by the time they get to friday, the next three days, a lot of rain. saturday changing to scattered showers and, yes, more rain if you have weekend plans. sunday to monday, 7-day forecast also shows a lot of rain coming down. in terms of how much rain we're talking about over the next seven days, look at the map there. friday to saturday, early next week, looking 3-5 inches of rain

in the north bay and 2-3 inches across the rest of the bay area. 7-day smat in some cases more than the monthly average. big storm thursday and friday and another to wrap up the weekend. >> time to get rain barrels to collect some for our yards. on the bay bridge we're colle collecting water on the lens as we speak and cars. they're starting to delay. southbound past the coliseum, tonight, warriors play at home and there will be crowds there but no problem right now. a crash eastbound 80 getting away from the bay bridge, no lanes blocked, no injuries reported but with that rain this could be a factor, tracking that. away from the bay bridge. the werest of your day looks go. the rain traveled across the

bay, slowing at 580 west and we should see a study commute for the tri-valley. back to you. >> it is 5:20 coming up. ready for a new life, the terrible conditions these dogs were left in and how they're starting over. when we're in an nbc area microalert yankees click on the bar on your cell phone that says weather alert and takes you to what you need to know when you need to know it. i'm terry mcsweeney. that's how to stay informed with the nbc bay area app. the activist group "peoplfor

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with an suv on the way to work on friday and died at the scene. >> he was a loving person. we were all lucky to know him, be part of his life. >> police arrested a 21-year-old man at his home in san jose after he fled the scene of the crash. this is san jose's 12th traffic death of the year. check out this rescue in marin county. a man stuck on a cliff with no phone for nearly 18 hours and finally able to call out for help to a group of hikers yesterday morning. >> there's the chopper video. you look closely, the center of your scene, you can see him 30 feet up on the cliff, dangling. according to the ones that rescued him he was not hurt. >> a picture here, holding the

p piglet. he was running around in the mission district and brother damian managed to catch her no doubt because he's a sanfreys scan and a patron saint of animals. if no one actually claims her after five day, she will go on to a rescue group. >> that could have been a very messy situation, literally. pigs. running again within 36 hours between stockton and san jose. getting back on the train after a derailment. still showing a runway of storms aiming in on the bay area, how much rain you can expect coming up. you ju

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>> and you have a timeline of several storms on the way. >> the green perhaps coming early in san francisco. notice san jose you're about to see some rain in the next 15 to 20 minutes. by noon, showers begin to move north towards san francisco, mild temperatures today. heavier rain coming in as they finish off the week. the forecast in 10 minutes. now for another check of your commute. i've been watching this site get more and more blurry and light rain on the peninsula side. i'll show you the hayward side where traffic moves properly, doesn't look like a problem except for the high-rise where you can't see through. there's no slowing across san mateo and dumbarton bridges. nothing big.

now, the canyon has reopened and we will have an update in a couple seconds. you guys have breaking news, an explosion. >> that's right. it is out of seattle this morning where nine firefighters are being treated from a natural gas explosion. it happened about 1:00 in the suburbs of seattle and a call of a gas leak. although the firefighters injuries are minor, live pict e pictures just coming into our newsroom right now. still dark out there. according to someone who lives nearby, the blast flattened three structures. you see the remains, we still don't know if any was inside at the time and we will continue to follow breaking news and bring you live information like the pictures we showed you. 36 hours later and enough progress being made after that train derailment in fremont, this morning things are finally

getting back to normal both for passengers and train service. >> stephanie chaun is on the train following the first der l derailment. how are things going so far? >> reporter: they're going pretty well. we're approaching the pleasanton station where it actually happened between pleasanton and fremont, going slower, 15 mour instead of the usual 35 or so. joining me now, you can see this car pretty empty. here is skip, a commuter and you said you commute from lymph to santa clara. usually, what is this car like? pretty packed? >> this is a storm day where nobody ride theirs bikes. these racks are usually full. >> you said usually on a platform they're double. >> this morning only about 15 got on and usually about 30. >> you're sitting here right

now, but you said usually when you get on at livermore -- >> in the summertime you stand all the time because you have a bike, you have to hold it. >> any reaction, i guess, this is the first train after the derailment monday night? >> no. sure. >> reporter: feeling confident? >> accidents happen once in a while. >> we go to the video from earlier, you can see caltrans has already hoped. they're continuing to work the tracks this morning and union pacific will be running a rail inspection vehicle ahead of all four morning westbound trains to insure the vehicles are fine and should hop on around -- and they have never had a mudslide issue around that track and to prevent this from happening is nearly impossible. back here live again. fairly empty, no way of really finding out if this has to do

with monday night's derailment or people are feeling nervous because it's a little bit rainy. we will stay on the trained let you know how it goes. live in pleasanton, stephanie chuang. >> there are jitters. monday's derailment is sparking conversations about putting mudslide sensors through the entire stretch of canyon. the ace transit agency plans to talk to union pacific that manages those tracks about installing fencing through the area of rugged terrain where the slide occurs. sensors attached to the fencing and falling rocks would trigger alerts. similar systems are in california and colorado. seven people out of their homes in fremont. their apartment gutted by fire happened last night at north road. firefighters were able to knock-down the flames in less than an hour. three units were damaged and

luckily no one was physically hurt. scary moments for a south bay clerk after two armed robbers opened fire wounding him. >> joining us live from san jose police department, authorities still searching for the men who were responsible. >> reporter: it was remarkable the clerk fought back after being shot, warren. san jose police are still looking for the two suspects this armed robbery happening a few miles away from san jose police headquarters where i am at right now. this wasn't far from the intersection, interchange from 280. 7:00 last night. two men entered sunny's quick stop. both armed with guns and robbed the store and one point one a aimed at the: clerk and hit him in the arm. the clerk fought back afraid for his life began swinging a baseball bat at the two robbers and both suspects took off with

whatever they stole from the store. police looking for those two men. live outside police headquarters today in the bay. headed to the jury today, a wrongful death lawsuit against two san francisco police offi r officers who shot and killed a man two years ago is nearing an end. lieutenant jason sawyer and rookie officer jason shift fired as many as 59 bullets into alex at a park. the officers say he was thre threatening them with a gun but turns out he was carrying a t e taser stun gun. his parents are suing the officers and city for unspecified compensation. will there be a tax hike in san jose? time for voters to decide. the proposal increase sales tax from 8.75% to 9%. the increase would raise nearly $40 million a year and would help pay for street repairs and

public safety. it needed a simple majority in the past. a big sure price on the democratic side, headlines in the democratic caucuses. >> we'll get to you. voters in four different states weighed in. the upset michigan where bernie sanders topped hillary clinton and not polling ahead of her. he received the majority of the votes. and donald trump received nowhere near the majority of gop votes but finished well ahead of the second place contender, ted cruz. and donald trump won mississippi by a double digit margin. on the drink side, clinton scored an overwhelming victory in mississippi. hawaii's caucuses favored donald trump with ted cruz a distant second. tracie potts, a lot of twists

and turns on this road to the white house. >> yeah. what does it all mean? let's sum up tuesday for you. first, that big win for bernie sanders in michigan. there had been questions after south carolina and nevada, could he win state with a large minority population, we know, yes, he canth . it gives him momentum and not a lot of extra delegates. with mississippi, clinton ended up with more delegates than sanders despite that surprise win and still far ahead. on the other side you have the trump train still pulling forward winning 3 out of 4 of the contests. next week is key to determine if this is in fact a two-man race with donald trump and ted cruz. if marco rubio can't pull it out in florida and if john kasich can't pull it out in ohio, it's much more likely donald trump will be moving toward the nomination. back to you. a lot of importance being

placed on super tuesday tuesday, march 15th. a lot of people trying to plan for their work day. halfway through the work week and a look at the forecast this morning. checking the bay bridge on the left of your screen, looks like winter, right? ominous out there. san jose, clear, some places we're seeing rain in the north bay especially. more wet weather on the way. >> bob was snapping photos and tracking the radar this morning, a multitasker. what can commuters have to do? >> you will have to do multit k multitasking, patchy fog in san francisco in the north bay. off the east, non, isolated showers and 680 corridor approaching sunol and due for light rain. totals not a lot but higher totals in the north bay where we

can see a quarter inch of rain today and tomorrow a different story as heavier rain arrives. morning temperatures, 40s to 50s and 60s as it moves in the afternoon. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s in san jose and livermore. get ready for another blast of subtropical surge of air that will raise the rainfall rates thursday and friday. a quicker look in 10 minutes. a check of what's happening now, here's mike. >> we're looking at the south bay picking up the volume a bit. see the truck taillights. the first traffic on 101, north in shoan jose, what we expect a rain coming through in a couple minutes. you saw that green pop up on our sensors and where we have wetter roadw roadways. my concern is that's where the

first train in service is going through and we're watching for any effects and mudslides. none reported and the lights are on. coming up, preparing for the next round of storms as the system moves to the bay area and gearing up for a major dose of wet weather. >> google's car gets called to washington. no worries.

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google car team will head to washington for hearings about the future of cars. the senate commerce committee wants to know more about what's going on. normally this could be bad things. this could be about how to legislate cars on the road. remember, nhtsa recently legs lait how to get hor cars on the road. this could be interesting. to get more cars on the road. >> what is your priv erspective the hybrid system. >> they're on the road in mountain view right now as far as mainstream, probably 10 years. >> at least they're looking at it. >> the way of the road. >> in pacifica, demolition continuing on that apartment building sitting on top of that eroding cliff ever so precario s precariously. crews will continue working inside the complex.

today, they're removing asbestos in the flooring of the kitchen and bathrooms. it was red-tagged during the last el nino pattern in 2010. it will be completely torn down tomorrow weather permitting. a break in storms giving everyone plenty of time to make sure things go smoothly. working to clear branches and debris along a light rail track. one worker getting a lot of business are the gutter cleaners, the rainfall tripling this winter. >> it starts to eat away at the foundation. that causes major problems. >> if you think the drought conditions have advocated, think again. saying this has been a good but not a great winter and everyone should continue to work on their conversation efforts. you haven't had to use the sprinklers lately.

>> it's been a great last few days. look at the rain totals. 3 inches in some places. >> the reservoir situation points to the fact we had four years of dry weather and a great run the last week or so and about to add to it. >> pack total, a live look at emoryville. light rain this morning, now speaking of one-third of our summer water reserves, a snow pack, statewide, about 83% of average, big difference from last year was only 18%. those numbers about to vault upward. you have a lot more snow coming in at squaw valley. look at the base, 136 to 146 inches of snow and 2 to 3 feet of snow coming in towards the end of the week at 6,000 feet. temperature as to warm for snow in the bay area. 40s and 50s right now. we have scattered showers from the north bay to east bay. tri-valley, 580 to 680,

interchange there around san jose, scattered showers, not a lot of rain and see enough to wet the pavement in the morning and most showers moving off the north bay to the afternoon. high 60s in san jose and low 60s in san francisco. things are going to get a lot wetter come tomorrow and friday as the moisture surge with the atmospheric river gets involved and raise the rain rates thursday and friday especially north bay. you will see the biggest punch in the system thursday and friday and friday around midday, a lot of rain coming down and rain totals over the next seven day, north bay watch out, 3-5 inches of rain expected there north of the golden gate through monday. needless to say if you have weekend plan, saturday, scattered showers and more rain sunday to monday. at this point, the forecast looks very wet, stormy all the way through monday. stay tuned.

see a big pattern shift through the middle part of next week as the pattern comes back in and dry weather returns the middle of next week. >> we look towards the san mateo bridge. you see the wet roadway. the train has traveled across. making it slick and a call for caution there. you can make out the high-rise. the only concern is slowing northbound 101, north of 680, we know about this patch. i did just get word of a crash southbound at fremont boulevard, a car running into a free and flashing lights and concern as well. remember, niles canyon has reopened here and there is a stalled vehicle right before the interchange and we will watch

for complications. no complication, just your metering lights and drive to the east shore and san rafael. showing you wet conditions and slick roads. back to you. this little pig takagi was headed into traffic when divine intervention stepped in. >> brother damian pictured here holding janice, a little piglet rung around stopping traffic in the mission district. brother damian managed to catch her no doubt because he's a san friscan, a patron saint of animals. if no one claims her after five days she will go to a rescue group. >> they're clutching her pretty tight. nearly a dozen firefighters injured and two buildings destroyed and following a massive gas explosion in seattle overnight. we have the first results of the learnstorm challenge, tens of thousands of bay area kids

participa participating. we know who's on top in two categories and how your kids can still get in on it. altamont commuter express trn t canyon since monday's sca derailment. steph chuang italkid right past the mudslide areashe. she's also posting updas on ==rvl== ter feed. tracks more green on theradar .. morning weather alertsign up fo

bay area students are in tmiddl" it is a challenge designeto hels they tense of thousands of bay area students in the middle of a storm. a challenge to help master skills needed for a successful future. >> the challenge by the nonprofit cohn academy of mountain view trying to get it right the first time. >> where would you be if you quit the first time you got something wrong? we probably wouldn't be here or

riding a bike. this learned storm challenge is two-fold and encompassing common math skills and if they can't instead say, i can't yet. for napa, it's really paying off at this tiny school. napa phillips elementary celebrating a first place finish in a nine week online math challenge that celebrates both mastery and hustle. >> you do great work and work really hard and meet with success, the world notice. >> reporter: 65% of the students are still learning english and 82% of families socioeconom socioeconomically challenge but they pushed her to the top of the leaderboard. >> my heart started to beat really fast and i heard my name. >> the students taking on the challenge of try agnew skill -- >> reporter: third through 12th grade students can work on the

learn storm challenge anywhere they can get online. the nonprofit academy designed lea learnstorm to meet students where they are, reinforce what they know and introduce the next concept when they're ready. with one win under their belts, these kids are ready to keep hustling. >> we will keep going until we get the second one. >> that little guy didn't make it to the top but you can see he will keep trying. phillips elementary school on the hustle leaderboard. new arc junior high, oakland tech and oakland. on the mastery leaderboard. bel air elementary. tiburon and gilroy and you can find the full top 10 list for the muscle mastery leaderboard online. students can join any time along with their schools and go it

solo. it was really nice to see the effort is rewarded. >> right. >> i think you should try that with the triptriplets, when the their home work instead of s saying, i can't but i can't yet. >> great for the parents when they try to sit down to figure out the math problems the kids are getting it. >> it reinforces it. still getting math instruction and the principal says sometimes they're showing up in class and i already have seen this before so the teacher doesn't have to start from ground zero. >> we all fail at times. >> get up. >> speaking of getting up and out there, back to school for warriors star seth curry. >> he's been on fire recently. the splash brother got splashed. take look at this martin luther king elementary yesterday, you can see curry sitting there and graciously getting dunked by

water. they all pour water on him. he was there to promote water as a healthy alternative to soda. the students were taking a page out of the celebration. the humble superstar shows how humble he really is. >> soda would have been sticky. several storms making a beeline to the area. a much stronger system is very close behind. >> reporter: i'm stephanie live on the first commuter train to run after the derailment. we just went through the niles canyon derailment area and what we're learning this morning and what commuters can expect ahead. bob redell will take you live after one convenience store clerk fights back after being shot by suspected robbers, coming up. breaking news on a massive explosion that s