good sunday morning to you. it is april 10th, we start off with a wet and live look outside at san jose. from our camera atop telecommunications hill. it's slow going on the freeway. probably a good idea to slow down. it's slick out there. thank you for waking up with us this morning. let's check on the microclimate forecast with anthony slaughter. >> over the past couple of days we picked up over an inch of rainfall. oakland hills over an inch and a quarter.

sunnyvail, orinda over one inch. you get toward morgan hill and san francisco not over an inch but it's raining. we may be tallying up in places like san francisco and the north bay later on this afternoon. yesterday it was about the north bay. today the rain is about the east bay, the south bay, and the peninsula. east bay is two days of rainfall. that's why the totals are high. we're going to try out over the next couple of days. today it will be cloudy and on and off showers. it will be coming down heavy at times. toward the evening hours the rain will damper off and see sunshine for tomorrow and talk about the wind and more rain in the future. there's another storm system coming up this upcoming week. >> a lot of green on your map, anthony. thank you. a developing story san francisco police are asking the publics' help to find a missing 2-year-old girl. this comes a day after police declared the child's mother a victim of homicide. we brought you this story last night as breaking news in our

11:00 p.m. newscast. 2-year-old arianna fitts was last seen in late february. she wasn't reported missing until her mother nicole disappeared this last tuesday. her body was found. the missing girl is at risk. >> we're following up on leads, but at this point the more people aware of her missing and can keep an eye out, the better. >> if you see this little girl, arianna fitts, you are asked to call 9-1-1. two young children after a head on crash in the north bay. it happened about 5:30 last night near rio vis ya, close to where highway 12 meets highway 160. the chp said a woman driving a honda sieve vick was trying to pass cars on the two-lane highway when she failed to get back into her lane. the car crashed head on into a chevy silverado truck. three women and two children in the honda sieve vick were killed in the collision. the chp said no one was wearing a seat belt. the family of four in the si

silverado survived the crash with minor injuries. someone vandalized a memorial for a fallen police officer. chp commander tweeted out this picture of the sign. it's this honor of fallen millbrooke police officer. he was heart broken. they plan to quickly clean up the graffiti. the officer was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1998. new details now on a potential game-changer for women who use birth control. thanks to a new state law, women of all ages can get birth control without going to the doctor. instead they can get their pills directly from a pharmacist without a prescription. pharmacists can provide the patch and injections. the deal is stirring up concerns and mixed reactions. >> i think it's a basic right for us to be able to obtain it as we need it. >> i feel like it's a young

girl -- need that sort of thing i believe she should have an adult with her. it's something very, you know, obviously something delicate or sensitive toward some parents. >> women must first complete a health questionnaire and talk to the pharmacist about the most appropriate form of contraceptive. california is one of two states in the country with this new law. president obama is back in washington, d.c. after a whirlwind trip to the bay area. the president left sfo aboard air force one yesterday afternoon. he was here for democratic fundraisers in pacific heights during his visit. it wasn't all work. the president squeezed in an early morning round of golf. a little soggy at san francisco's olympics club. no word how the game went. the fundraising pulled in $33,000 a couple at each of the four events during his trip. to decision 2016, fresh off a victory over hillary clinton in the wyoming caucuses,

democrat bernie sanders is campaigning in his hometown of new york. that's his primary is a week from tuesday. even though sanders hasn't done much to narrow clinton's delegate lead. the polls and voters are now on his side, he said. >> if we can win here, it absolutely opens the door to a path forward victory to the white house. >> on the republican side, donald trump is taking a short break from the campaign trail this weekend. meanwhile ted cruz appears poised to pick up delegates in colorado after locking up 21 on friday at the state party convention. john kasich continues to argue that he has best chance of winning the general election if he earns the republican nomination at a convention. liver more police are warning people about a rise in theft involving a particular type of vehicle. police say thieves are targeting vans and trucks belonging to construction or trade workers like plumbers. since last fall, two doesn't

vehicles with visible lock boxes for tools have been stolen. even more specific, many were white fordvance or trucks. police say it's important to say something if you see something. >> too often we have community members that go, you know, i saw it but didn't want to bother you. i saw something and it made me suspicious but i thought you didn't want to know. we want to know! >> investigators say the cars are usually recovered but the equipment or work tools often are not. warriors fans can breathe a collective sigh of relief. it was tense and dramatic last night in memphis. the warriors' quest for 73 wins remains alive. they can join michael jordan's bullshe most wins in the season. it puts them one win away from tieing the record. they have no margin for error. there are only two games left in the season. if the warriors break the record

it will happen on wednesday night against the very same grizzlies. what will surely be a game for the history books. right now stub hub the cheapest tickets available are more than $200 each. if the warriors beat the spurs tonight, they'll surely go up even more. we'll have reaction from the warriors in about 30 minutes. more on "today in the bay." the boston globe gives a peek at what the headlines might look like if donald trump were to become president. also, it hasn't happened in nearly a century. why starting today mailing a letter will be a little cheaper. plus, the sports community is shocked and saddened when a former nfl star is shot and killed following a fender bender in new orleans.

your time is 7:09. let's take you back outside from our camera atop communications hill.

as you can see, it's very windy and a little bit rainy out there. and quite slick. so slow down if you're heading somewhere today. maybe leave a little bit of extra time to stay safe on the roads there. new this morning some sad news from the sports world. police in new orleans say it appears road rage lead to the shooting death of a former nfl star. investigators say former saints player will smith and his wife were driving in the lower garden district of new orleans when their car was rear ended. smith got out and exchanged words of the driver of the car. that's when the suspect shot smith and his wife multiple times. smith was pronounced dead at the scene. his wife is expected to survive. officers have taken the suspect into custody. will smith was 34 years old. he leaves behind three children. the manhunt is over. the most wanted terror suspect in europe is in custody in brussels this morning. investigators say the so-called man in the hat seen wheeling explosives with two suicide bombers at the airport has

confessed. mohamed abrini reportedly admitted to being the man seen fleeing the bombings tell investigators he threw his jacket in the garbage and sold his hat. he's one of six men arrested on friday. they say he's likely a key suspect in the paris attack as well and could provide helpful intelligence. >> abrini will probably know a lot more than abdeslam and more than anyone else alive. >> police continue the hunt for more suspects looking for any evidence of a bomb factory or isis safe house. an exercise in taking a man at his word. that is how the boston globe is characterizing its satirical feature on donald trump. take a look. this is what the globe said the front page might look like if trump is elected president. top stories include trump calling for the tripling of number of i.c.e. agencies. others predict markets sinking,

u.s. soldiers refusing to kill the families of isis suspects, and sweeping changes to the country's liable laws. the company editorial encourages republicans to nominate an honorable alternative to trump like mitt romney or paul ryan. i didn't say i want to get a bronze medal. we'll introduce you to two local champions who are working hard to make it to the summer olympics in rio. we're waking up to rain showers this morning, vicky. it's coming down heavy across parts of the south bay. we'll detail when the rain is moving in and out.

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heavy pockets in the south bay, according to anthony. he'll be by in a moment with a look at the complete forecast. starting today, if you buy postage stamps at the store, they'll be cheaper. the price of a first class stamp is going down two cents to 47 cents. it is the first drop in the cost of mailing a letter in almost 100 years. the price went up 3 cents two years ago, if you remember, that increase was only tempary. it helped postal service recover from a drop in business brought on by the recession. with just four months left to go, many athletes are working hard to qualify for the olympics in rio. today in the bay ian shows us that the winning starts now with practice. >> reporter: inside the san jho a judo program that has won 50 collegiate titles. training for the olympics. ranked fourth in the world for

her weight class. >> do judo six days a week. i do weight training or conditioning training or running training four to five days a week. >> reporter: malloy competed in london losing in the semifinals but bringing home a bronze. >> it was a pretty spectacular loss. i saw an opportunity for a big attack and i was like this could be a game-winning thing. it backfired. i got thrown. so that has been something plaguing me ever since. >> reporter: malloy already qualified for the summer games, she's guided by san jose state coach a 96-year-old and helped turn judo into an olympics sport. >> you see a lot of great athletes. tell me about marty. >> she's wonderful. the best that we have. not only a hard working person but real determined. she loves san jose state judo.

>> reporter: may lo works as an assistant coach guiding line olympics hopeful himself. >> i don't know what i would be doing if it wasn't for judo. it teaches you to value people and things. >> olympics is reserved for the top 22 judo athletes. right now brown is 23rd. with only four tournaments left to improve that ranching. >> when i wake up, when i look turn off my i larm i wake up for the games. >> two graduates of the school in program now hoping to bring greatness once again back to where it all started. > >> the opening ceremony in rio happens august 5th. turn our attention to weather and check in with anthony slaughter standing by with a weekend forecast. it's a lot of green on your map out there. it looks like it's here to stay. >> in fact, it's going to be rainy all day long. if you have outdoor plans, you may want to bring them in.

we're talking rain all the way into the evening. keep in mind as you get going out this morning. you'll notice a lot of rain now is falling south of san francisco. in the city, down the peninsula, and parts of the east bay. yesterday the rain was falling across the east bay, the north bay, and san francisco. today shifted a little bit farther south. i think south bay we're going to see more rain than yesterday. it's still raining across parts of the south bay. the heavier rain falling across 87. even across the peninsula we're seeing rain. it's cloudy across parts of the north bay now. rain is mostly south of san francisco. so as we move through the day, we'll see on and off rain for the north bay. same for san francisco, the north bay, and the peninsula. it's going to be gray skies all day and tomorrow we'll be back to sunshine. it's because of the system making the way on shore to the south bringing rain not only to the bay area, but down toward so cal, palm springs, even toward

las vegas. this system is going to make the way out of here today and eventually we'll clear out tonight and see sunshine for tomorrow. you'll notice what i'm talking about. by 4:00 this evening a lot of that rain starts to tarper off. we'll see a few lingering showers for the north bay and for the south bay and the peninsula. as we move through the morning hours, tomorrow showers will start to tamper off. we can't rule out the possibility of a few lingering sprinkles. especially for the morning commute for places like the east bay and peninsula. toward the afternoon hours we may get a pop up thunderstorms across the south bay, but i don't think we're going see much in terms of wide spread rain for tomorrow. a lot of rain will fall course of today. that's where we're expecting another quarter of an inch or half an inch across parts of the peninsula, east bay, and south bay. much lesser amounts to the north bay. a lot of rain has already fallen there and continue to move south. we'll pick up 3 to 4 inches of snow yesterday in the sierra.

only expecting another couple of inches there. if you're traveling that way, no big concerns. another giants game. today the final one. wrapping up at at&t park. there will be lingering showers by about 1:00. as we move through the game, we're expecting to dry out. winds will be breezy out of the west southwest at about 15 miles per hour. here is our next storm system. this is going to be the one that is moving in for wednesday and thursday. wednesday night and thursday morning we'll see more showers push back into the bay area. this moves out fairly quickly. we'll see sunny skies return. we saw this friday and saturday before another storm system comes on the heels for sunday. so while we're in april, it seems like we're going back into a winter pattern. temperatures kind of moderate a little bit. we'll be back to 70 tomorrow for san jose. mid to upper 60s for the east valley. next chance of rain pushes back in toward wednesday night and thursday. >> looking forward to it. of course, we need it. "today in the bay" is back after this break.

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anniversary this a south bay institution celebrates its ten year anniversary this year. the santa clara chapter of the national alliance on mental health had so much success in the past decade, the program is being duplicated in other places. today in the bay gar vitamvin ns explains in this morning's bay area proud. >> reporter: they take a stroll in santa clara's natural area. they grab a cup of coffee. and ray visits frank as he recovers from a stroke. three different pairs. three different activities.

more than one thing in common. the first, each of these people battles a type of mental illness. the second, is they have all found each other thanks to a suggestion made a decade ago by a south bay artist with his own troubled past. >> this is how you should do it but this has been my experience and my what worked for me. >> for 20 years after coming home from serving in the vietnam war, michael are began struggled deeply with ptsd. it cost him jobs, relationships, and at times almost everything. >> anger and fear. >> reporter: michael said painting is one of the things that helped turn things around for him. >> if gives me purpose and fulfillment. >> what also worked was a buddy system. a veteran's group he knew would use to help support each other.

it is why he suggested a similar group while working with the santa clara chapter of nami. the national alliance on mental illness. it matches a person currently in treatment with a mentor further along in theirs. peer pals not only been used since to help hundreds in the south bay, it's now a model for other such programs. all of which pleases mike to no end. to know that the rough roads he has traveled in the past may one day be smoother for those who follow. >> reporter: there are currently 15 pairs of peer pals working for nami. one of the new programs it spawned called mentors in discharge.

pairing up people who are in the hospital helping them to transition home. if you know someone doing something nice for others, we would love to hear from you. still to come on "today in the bay" taking a different approach to recruiting officers. the new strategy by the san jose police department to beef up the police force. and buying parts off ebay. one of the things workers must do to keep b.a.r.t. running. the expensive maintenance problems that are starting to pile up.

your time is 7:28. let's give you a live look outside. yep, those are very wet roads out there in san jose. and really across the bay area as we get to much needed rain this morning. good morning, and thank you

for waking up with us. i'm vick ay nguyen. this is anthony slaughter. we expect the rain to stick around all day? >> yes. just like yesterday. today it's mostly across san francisco, the east bay, and south bay along the peninsula. look at the rainfall totals. most from the east bay and south bay over one and a half or one and a quarter. hayward picked up over one inch of rainfall. san francisco is not there yet. but we have more rain following this morning. we'll continue on the trend of on and off showers through the day with cloudy skies all the way into the evening. you'll notice the heaviest rain across the south bay and the santa cruz mountains. as we get going this morning, as you wake up, keep in mind it's going to be slick across the bay area and the norths bay later on this afternoon. on and off showers. nothing heavy but just the fact it's been raining now for two

days nonstop. that's why the rainfall totals are impressive. it's nothing to be worried about. we're not talking about strong winds. that's the great news with this! if we had winds coupled with the rain it could be detrimental. >> the nice thing, it's happening over the weekend giving people time to adjust before the morning commute. >> yes. and it'll be dry by the morning commute. at least the rain won't be falling. i think the roads will be a little slick. >> thank you. we turn to a developing story. san francisco police are asking the public to help find a missing 2-year-old girl. this comes a day after police declared the child's mother a victim of homicide. we brought it to you as breaking news in our 11:00 show last night. 2-year-old arianna fitts was last seen in late february. her mother disappeared this past tuesday. nicole's body was found on friday. the missing girl is at risk. >> we're following up on leads, but at this point the more people aware of her missing, the

better. >> if you see this little girl, arianna fitts you are asked to call 9-1-1. five people are dead including two young children after a head-on crash in the north bay. it happened about 5:30 last night near rio vista, close to where highway 12 meets highway 160. a woman driving a honda civic was trying to pass cars on the two-lane highway when she failed to get back in her lane. the car crashed head on into a chevy silverado truck. the three women and two children in the civic were killed. the chp said none of them were wearing a seat belt. the family of four in the silverado survived the crash with minor injuries. a vandal defaced the memorial for a fallen police officer. this sign is in honor of a fallen officer dave -- he was heart broken. they plan to clean up the sign.

he was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1998. now to an nbc bay area follow up. san jose police are stepping up the recruitment of military veterans to help deal with the staffing shortage. officers manned a recruit table for marine reserves on saturday. it follows a recent announcement that the department will accept military service in lieu of college credit for entry-level officers. >> there's a number of marines that asked us about how much we're paying, what opportunities are available, how soon can they join? we've been happy with the results so far. >> in the past, the department relied on its own academy for recruits. the number of recruits is down to half a dozen people in each class from 50 or 60 in previous years. to a story now that you will see only on nbc bay area. service disruptions and weekend shut downs are becoming the new reality for b.a.r.t. as it scrambling to keep the ageing system on track. b.a.r.t. officials say they have

a $10 billion long-term maintenance backlog. or investigative reporter has more on the problems that are expected to take a decade or more to resolve. >> reporter: as b.a.r.t.'s trains enter a fifth decade of service, richard, maintenance supervisor here said workers are forced to be creative to keep them rolling. >> so the computer systems we need to look for the parts sometimes in ebay because they -- the computer companies don't make them anymore. some of the other equipment mechanically we fabricate it or make it in house. >> reporter: you're like santa's workshop. >> that's correct. >> reporter: last summer about train air-conditioning began to fail each day. crews go the job of rebuilding hundred s of units. elsewhere technicians grind down's one-of-a-kind steel

aluminium wheels and rush to build components burned out in recent unexplained power shortages. b.a.r.t.'s technology is clearly outsta outdated, seviro said. >> it's like repairing a computer from the '80s. >> reporter: randy is a spokesman for the metropolitan transportation commission. he said after more than 40 years, b.a.r.t.'s maintenance need has reached critical mass. >> the thing that most important thing is b.a.r.t. is not young anymore. in fact, it's past middle age. >> reporter: another key issue time to fix the problem. in many cases, workers have less than two hours each day to perform vital tasks on the track. working between 1:30 a.m. and system start up at 3:45 a.m.

>> it's one of the challenging parts of maintaining the infrastructure. >> reporter: to bridge the gap, b.a.r.t. turned to weekend shut downs. that's something managers long resisted. >> that's the new reality for b.a.r.t. >> reporter: the extra time is urgently needed to fix switches used to reroute trains. after two minor derailments, inspectors found that the track ties at the switches, also called interlockings, were crumbling. b.a.r.t. rebuilt three switches in recent months. a total of 40 need mending. >> three out of 40, we got a long way to go. >> reporter: that means a lot more weekend shut downs. >> we now have started the regressive -- this is why we have the weekend shut downs. replacing, tearing out an interlocking, replacing and putting a new interlocking in place is a major, major job for us. it can't be done with a 90-minute maintenance window. >> reporter: we're looking at periodic weekend closures over the next decade at a cost of

more than $600 million. a transit veteran who worked in b.a.r.t.'s early days, larry dom, said maintenance money has been sporadic with the system focussed on expansion. >> you follow the money. if the money is made available for extensions, then you'll build extensions. absent and ongoing adequate funding program -- >> reporter: b.a.r.t. board member agreed that b.a.r.t. neglected maintenance as expanded. >> it wasn't wrong to expand. it made sense to go to the airport, out to suburban areas. the way we did it should have been -- it wasn't the right way. >> reporter: a proposed $3.5 billion bond measure, he said, should renew the focus on maintenance and safety. >> at this point, i think b.a.r.t. needs to mature. it's not just about branching out anymore. it is about focussing on the core in a way that b.a.r.t.

never has. >> reporter: but even if the bond passes, it will not meet all of b.a.r.t.'s needs. b.a.r.t.'s operations manager said the measure will only provide $1 billion of the $2.5 billion cost of replacing hundred of miles deteriorating high voltage power cables in substations. the need is critical. >> these high voltage cables are one of our biggest vulnerabilities. >> reporter: all though b.a.r.t. is half of the $10 million maintenance tab it needs, he said even with the bond money, there will be a $1.5 billion shortfall. n nbc bay area news. turning to the presidential race now. the attention on new york where many candidates are trying to woo voters. the primary there is a week from tuesday. meanwhile donald trump is taking a short break from the campaign trail to support the september 11th memorial and museum in new york city.

today in the bay has more. >> news bulletin, we just won wyoming! >> reporter: fresh off a proeffect whied victory over hillary clinton in the wyoming caucus, his second win of the week. bernie sanders is campaigning in new york. pundits say the delegate mass isn't in sanders' favor he insists new york could turn it around. >> if we can win here, absolutely opens the door to a path toward victory to the white house. >> reporter: clinton is stumping for votes in new york city holding a rally in brooklyn, not far from her national campaign headquarters. >> we're on the path to the nomination, but i need to win big here in new york. >> reporter: on the republican side, senator ted cruz appears poised to pick up more delegates in colorado after locking up 21 on friday at the state party's convention. speaking to the delegates there, cruz running second in total delegates to donald trump slammed the frontrunner and his

favorite so glogslogan. >> it's easy to talk about making america great again. you can even print that on a baseball cap. >> ohio governor john kasich makes no bones about the fact his winning rests on being selected at a brokered convention. he spoke to reporters after a campaign stop in rochester, new york. >> we're going to a convention, which i said a month ago and they laughed. we're going to a convention and then at the convention they're doing to decide who can actually win in the fall and who can beat hillary. >> reporter: the race for the white house moving closer to the convention still with no clear outcome in sight. and your sports highlights are up next on "today in the bay." coming up the warriors on the verge of history. they're not being shy about it. how they're reacting to last night's thriller in memphis.

your time is 7:41. les give you a live look outside now at at&t park. misty out there. the four game series between the giants and dodgers wraps up this afternoon. the crowd hoping it will be drier than the last couple of days. according to the forecast, not so much. bring the rain slickers in. the giants won in the first two games of the seer. yesterday much of the same except toward the end. it started off well for san francisco. bottom of the 2nd. madison bumgarner hits a solo home run against clayton kershaw. we go to extras. the top of the 10th former giant doubled in the winning run for the dodgers. they take the game 3-2. the warriors can tie the all-time single season win record tonight in san antonio. it's not going to be easy. the spurs have the second best

record in the league and they haven't lost a regular season game in san antonio since 1997. that game tips off at 4:00 p.m. as for last night, in memphis, the warriors erased a ten point deficit with six minutes to go in the fourth quarter. draymond green tipping in a steph curry miss. they keep hope alive for breaking the 1995 world record. >> people ask me when you're done or, you know, when you're gone, what do you want people to remember? i want people to remember me as a winner. i've always said that. to have all times win record. >> reporter: if they win tonight the warriors would go for the outright record on wednesday. once again, against the memphis grizzlies. much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up we're used to it by now. california leads the nation when it comes to gas prices. political analyst larry gerston

joins us live. gasoline prices in california

have been climbing in recent weeks but remain much time is 7:46. gasoline prices in california have been climbing in recent weeks but remain lower than two years ago. yay has the highest gasoline prices in the nation and some of the worst roads. how do we account for the vexing combination? larry gerston is here. begin with the high cost of gas. talk about the factors behind this. >> what a combination, right? highest prices and the worse roads. something is wrong here. the answers are both economic and political. look, on the economic side, california has only 12 refineries. that's down from 30 refineries just 30 years ago. because of environmental regulations here made it hard for companies to operate. there's the beginning. >> okay.

we can obviously ship in refined gas from other states. are we not doing enough to keep up the demand? >> not so easy. we can't use gasoline from other states. first, of our extensive pollution reducing refinery. when a refinery goes up the price goes up. unlike other states, no, we don't have pipelines that bring in gasoline. so the price is higher because our imports come via ships. another problem. >> we talk about environmental factors playing a role both with the reduction of refineries and making it difficult to ship in that gas from other places. but let's talk about political factors as well. what is it about elected officials and why they're increasing the gas prices. >> that's the other side of it. our gasoline taxes here are the fourth highest in the nation. fourth highest. why? ly because we have so many roads taking us place and this is the third largest state in the nation. that's going on there. and the special refining costs

we talked about, they add about 60 cents a gallon making our gasoline the most expensive in the nation. so take a look at some of the differences here. they have huge! you see california number one, $2.78. $1.80 in oklahoma. i don't want to recommend you go to oklahoma to up. there are huge differences. so, you know, this is the kind of thing that demonstrates how costly it is. >> and we beat out hawaii. >> we did. >> we have the highest gasoline prices but seem to have some of the worst roads in the country. why is that? >> yeah, policy makers have been reluctant highest prices they've been reluctant to boost gasoline to keep up with the need. in a strange became, blame it on the technological successes. increasingly cars get better mileage which reduces the need

for gasoline. hybrids, electric cars, all these are an increasing numbers. and they use little or no gas. so here is the irony. we're getting better mileage, and producing fewer pollutants. the roads are used more than ever and there's less revenue to fix them. >> wow. that's a combination i don't think people think about. we hear a lot about cap and trade funds. is it possible to use those dollars? >> yeah. it's discussed a lot. the problem is revenues from cap and trade come from polluters who purchase permits, if they exceed pollution limits. refineries in california are now being assessed cap and trade fees. that's in an effort to get them to be efficient. guess what happens? refineries pass on the fee to gasoline stations. guess what they do? they pass on those fees to you and me. it's about 11 cents a gallon. but the state cap and trade spending program doesn't allow those funds to be used for

roads. instead they're using for mass transit, high speed rail, energy efficient automobiles, and energy efficienting. we don't qualify at the gasoline stations. >> so it looks like gas prices not going down any time in the foreseeable future. let's talk about roads. what can we do in the meantime. can lawmakers do? >> this is the thorniest part of it all. there's no question about this. we have $140 billion in deferred state and local road maintenance. many drivers are in a advertiti this. all they know they're paying more for gas and getting worse roads. that's the combination. >> it seems like a no brainer but talk about the -- dealing with the prb. >> it's a no brainer for you and me but a thorny one for them. their choices seem to beith

problems unless the governor and the legislature solve the roads' mess the states voters may display their own road rage replacing unresponsive policy makers with those that listen. if they add more taxes for roads, they might be replaced anyway. this is a catch-22 where no one is happening particularly drivers and i don't know how it's going to unfold in the days and years to come. larry, thank you. stay with us. we'll be right back.

welcome back on this sunday. time for the microclimate forecast. we have rainfall this morning. if you haven't stepped outside or take a peek, look at the rain on the radar! you'll notice across the south bay the heaviest stuff is falling. even the peninsula and the coastline, south of san francisco, and the santa cruz mountains deal heavy rain. especially across 17. now as we start the day, we're talking about rain across most of the bay area. if you're not seeing rain now, you've already it. if you haven't seen it yet, you're going see it later on. showers in the forecast all day long. gray skies and cool temperatures. 64 for north bay and east bay. 63 for the peninsula and south bay. times of rain because there's an area of low pressure to the south. that's been bringing rain to places like los angeles, even near san diego, palm springs, las vegas. they've been seeing rain all weekend long. same for us. we're on the back end of the system. we're getting the wrap around. even the sierras seeing snow.

yesterday picked up 3 to 6 inches of powder. we've seen decent amounts. most locations in the east bay seeing over one inch of rainfall since a couple of days ago. the future cast shows by about 5:00 this evening we'll have some rain for places like san jo jose, north bay spotty showers. as we get going for the giants game i think we'll start off with showers. tonight we'll start to see skies clear out. tomorrow morning we may wake up to a few areas of sprinkles. i don't think it will be much in terms of accustom los angeles. tomorrow afternoon we may see a pop up thunderstorms across the south bay hills. most of the day we'll be dry with sunshine returning by tomorrow morning. here is a look how much rain question see on top of what we've already seen. the east bay, south bay, you've seen over an inch in some parts. we may see an additional half or quarter of an inch. snowfall if you're heading threw the sierras, just keep in mind

you may run into a dusting of snow as it starts to wrap up. we're not expecting much in terms of heavier snow there. fz f you're heading to the giants game 1:05 first pitch a few lingering showers. skies are expected to clear up and see showers tamper off by the evening. next storm system that is making the way toward the coastline that will be here wednesday night and thursday. thursday morning bringing showers back to the bay area the showers will be with us thursday all day long. friday it clears out. another system on the heels of that comes on sunday. we have an active pattern shaping up the next few days across the bay area. temperatures will rebound tomorrow sunshine and back to seeing wet, rainy conditions as we head toward wednesday night into thursday. vi vicky, baseball othover to you. an early entry for viral

video of the year. imagine looking universi ining d your baby not able to look back. a boising husband mother for the first time can be attributed to a special pair of glasses. >> i hhi, honey! >> the little boy has oca, that's a rare disease that causes vision problems that also affects skin, hair, and eye color. his dad posted this video on youtube after leo got his glasses, as you can see, he was happy to see mom and likely a moment they won't forget. leo's family lives in washington state. got to love it! babies they just know and that smile says it all. >> oh, yeah. >> thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news for you tonight at 4:30, 6:00, and 11:00. and, of course, all day at nbcbayarea.com. have a great day! >> see ya!

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