on stubhub right now tickets start at about 700 bucks for tonight's game. seats in chicago much pricier, they start at just under 2 grand. 6:00 right now. we're tracking several breaking news stories, both involving bay area police departments. live pictures from the east bay where cruisers are mangled and several other cars wrecked in a dramatic and deadly crash. >> reporter: in what appears to be an unpro voekted attack on police, awe sers forced to open fire. i'm bob redell live in san jose. a wet and windy start to your tuesday morning, green lighting um the radar right now. where the rain is falling and the impact to your morning drive right now on "today in the bay." good tuesday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we'll get to all that breaking news. a check of the rain right now which has fallen in the north bay.

>> watching the rain in the north bay. right now the biggest impact in the east bay, moderate rain closer to oakland and the east bay. the focus, central bay to north bay will start to drift from south to north heading into the afternoon. areas near santa rosa may see another half inch of rain. santa clara missing out with the storm. highs today upper 60s to low 70s. a drier forecast on wednesday. a look at the storm coming up in a few minutes. now to see how the rain is impacting that east bay commute, here is mike. >> a great note for drivers. the road weather index shows the green. the damp roadways that remain from overnight rain in many parts of the bay. more active approaching the bay bridge. the slowdown for the upper east shore, 22 minutes from highway 4 down to the maze. some of that due to the volume. the live look at the bay bridge toll plaza shows you the droplets falling opt the lens,

the backup forms. keep that in mind as you drive through oakland. oakland hills maybe gusty winds as well. >> an update to breaking news we have been tracking since we first came on air at 4:30 this morning. a san jose neighborhood turned crime scene as police opened fire on a suspect they say rammed their police cruiser. "today in the bay's" bob redell has been live at worcester and tripp avenues all morning long. bob, they say that this suv driver plowed his car into their cruiser. >> reporter: good morning, sam. police lieutenant tells us that last night three fellow officers were doing a routine foot patrol at an apartment complex about a block from where we're standing at, down worcester avenue. this apartment complex, if you're not familiar, next door near the kellogg's plant. around midnight one of the officers was getting back in his squad car parked along the curb.

that's when the man in the suv rammed his vehicle, then backed up and rammed his squad car a second time. >> the two off officers used their service weapons to shoot. the suspect vehicle fled and was found unoccupied about a half mile away. >> reporter: police found the vehicle abandoned about a mile away. you can see where one of the officer's gunshots did pierce the windshield. turns out the suv was stolen and the suspect already wanted on a prior warrant for resisting arrest. he was not hurt and is now in police custody. the officer whose car was hit was remarkably uninjured as well. police don't know why this man rammed police. there had been no interaction or

contract prior. it appears the attack was unprovoked. reporting live in san jose, bob redell "today in the bay." >> 6:03, more breaking news, this time in the east bay where a car slammed into two oakland police cruisers and two other cars leaving at least one person dead. it happened just a couple hours ago. the scene is still very active this morning. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live near 35th and brookdale this morning with an update. pete? >> reporter: good morning, laura. activity picking up in the past half hour as the cars involved are being towed away. just behind there in the distance, that's the car that was involved in this accident that we're talking about. here is what we know. we talked with oakland police off camera. they're saying two police cruisers on scene last night around 10:00 p.m. for another incident. we're told it was a non-fatal shooting. then a few hours later, you have the vehicle that we're showing you traveling at a high speed here on 35th avenue and

brookdale crashing into those two oakland pd cruisers, and also another patrol car in the area. no officers were injured in this process. but in that car we're talking about, there were five people. one person died according to oakland pd and four others were transported to the hospital. the folks in that vehicle, at least at this time, are being told were not connected to the incident they were tending to. this investigation has wrapped up for the most part. right now they're just towing away the cars and soon enough this scene will clear out. >> a lot of work to do there. 6:05. new this morning, a south bay business will be cleaning up after an early morning fire that caused heavy damage. firefighters say it all started at about 2:30 in a building on monterey road in gilroy right across from the caltrain station. residents in a neighboring vilding were evacuated. we're told they're back in their homes. the cause of the fire is under investigation.

a well-known bay area filmmaker is under arrest accused in a deadly shooting. relatives of the victim say it all started with a dispute. the incident unfolded yesterday afternoon at a home in san francisco's glenn park. the man under arrest is kevin epps. the victim is identified as marcus polk senior. we spoke to the victim's son yesterday who said his father would periodically stay at epps' home where the shooting occurred. he said the two got into an argument about a woman that quickly escalated. >> my dad made a lot of jokes at other people's expense. there was never any -- there was never any hostility. it was more like he was going to point out the uncomfortable truths. >> police so far are saying little about the investigation. the exact charges against epps have not been announced. a father and son landlord team from east palo alto find themselves behind bars this

morning. the accusation, they were intimidating den nantz. they owned stanford gardens apartment homes off woodland avenue. investigators say the owners are pushing tenants to move out so they can move in newer residents to pay higher rent. police say one suspect went so far as to break car windows and destroy personal property. the two are now facing criminal charges. >> these are bullies attempting to gain a benefit financially for themselves at the expense of people who no question, from what i've been told, wouldn't have been able to afford to live elsewhere. >> we reached out. the landlords did not answer our calls. according to the d.a., the landlords were released from jail and pleaded not guilty. let's switch gears on this tuesday morning for you. you know who is back in action? it's going to happen right there at or akal, ahead of tonight's highly anticipated season opener, warriors taking on the spurs at 7:30. tonight's game will debut warriors newcomer kevin durant.

before the start of the season durant took to reddit to ask which bay area holt spots to clerk out. going out to chrisrissy field, checking out am me da records, riding b.a.r.t. he posted this site sght seer. >> who would ever notice him in a b.a.r.t. car. as the storm moves in, work is continuing to remove this enormous tree that toppled over onto an apartment building in berk wli. a 50-foot tree fell over about 3:30 yesterday afternoon. fortunately no one was injured. there are reports of a few branches damaging a car there. one person we talked to described the crash as feeling like an earthquake. no official word on why that tree went down. one sit stay staffer suggests

wind might be the cause. >> a lot of trees having lost all the leaves, the leaves can act a bit like miniature parachutes when the wind gusts are strong and gets trees toppling over. saturated soil has help for that, too. for the last 24 hours, that's where most of the rain is right now. quarter inch around some parts in oakland. this is the north bay, two to four inches. still adding to it. notice how the rain line will move from south to north headed into the afternoon. some late day clearing around san jose where we'll see mild temperatures for low 70s around the tri-valley. 60s in the forecast today around santa rosa. we wait for round two. a lot more rain expected with the thursday storm. a third system due in around sunday with more wind and rain.

mike? >> over here there's more traffic as well. but not a major problem. the peninsula, south bay looking just as you would expect. most of the tri-valley as well. the east bay getting the rain that rob has been talking about traveling through the area. we have slowing through bay point. that's not a big deal. it's over on the shoulder. rain likely in the next few minutes. 45 trains on time and checking out the san francisco bay, despite the rain and the wind we've had so far. no delays for any ferries getting on their way. >> thank you very much, mike. up next, mean tweets about the president, it all ends with a cell phone drop. the limit to skyrocketing rents in the bay area. the new signs showing relief is on the way. a robot can definitely be your bud and a tough night at

the museum, all next.

here is a view of your emeryville commute dealing with light rain and wind out of the southeast at 14 miles per hour with more rain expected in the central bay and north bay for the rest of the morning commute. >> travel times building for the upper eastshore freeway highway 4 to the maze. general slowing from richmond to the berkeley curve. a new crash for 24 around fish ranch road. in the south no major delays. thank you very much, mike. it's 6:14. authorities have identified a south bay teenager shot and killed in a robbery last week. police say someone shot into a car wednesday night near dove hill elementary school in san jose. the victim, 17-year-old hum bare toe solas was driven to regional medical center where he died. investigators san jose salas and another victim were robbed and the other victim was assaulted. police so far have made no arrests. there are new signs this

morning that bay area rents have hit what is temporarily kind of a ceiling. the "mercury news" citing data showing rents last month in san francisco, san jose and oakland all nell year over year. in san francisco and san jose those dropped 3%. oakland fell less than 1%. rents nationally with up year over year about 2%. a question that might explain why rents might be dropping is the san francisco economy starting to slow down. more talk of lay-offs on market street. >> scott mcgrew, you saw these coming. >> we talked about these on friday. bloomberg says this morning twitter will cut as many as 300 workers very soon before it reports its earnings on thursday. also notable that earnings report was supposed to come thursday afternoon after the bell. now it is happening before the bell. companies do not release sensitive financial information

while the markets are open and their company's stock is trading. so why this move to before the bell? well, that would be between 4:00 and 4:30 a.m. our time. that is a good time to release bad news, before most people are up. but not you. markets, mildly higher monday. the first gain in three days. apple reports its profits today. analysts hoping to hear the company made $46 billion in the last quarter. google parent company alphabet and facebook hit all-time highs on monday. wells fargo airing a new commercial apologizing for cheating customers. the new study says the bank could lose as many as half of its customers. we'll show you the clip of an add in about 30 minutes. bad guys able to use a fiving trip. the hacker was able to fool an employee into typing its e-mail password. the museum said nothing bad happened except they used

exploratorium accounts to spam other people's e-mail. anheuser-busch has completed the first beer run by robot. you may recall oober bought the self-driving truck company otto in san francisco. this is an otto truck carrying budweiser from ft. collins, colorado to colorado springs. the future is bright indeed. >> robotic beer, you just assume i'm interested? >> well, bud light. >> thank you. two dweeks out from election day and rising obamacare premiums taking center stage again. the white house now confirming health care plans required by the affordable care act will spike an average of more than 20% next year. some states will see larger jumps than others. it only covers states without their own health program like cover california. the white house points out while the costs will be higher, so will the subsidies that pay for health care. more people will be eligible for

those subsidies. let's lighten things up. president obama was in southern california last night paying a visit to a dear friend, jimmy kimmel. >> that's right. the upcoming election was the main topic of discussion. the president also took some time to read some mean tweets. take a listen. >> president obama will go down as perhaps the worst president in the history of the united states exclamation point,@realdonaldtrump. to@realdonald trump, at least i'll go down as a real president. >> the president also encouraged people in the audience at home to go vote, saying he's taken advantage of early voting. >> california not one of the swing states but a lot of people wanting to take part in what is going to be a very important election.

a very important warning right now. still seeing rain coming through right now, rob, particularly in the north bay. >> the north bay totals well over an inch of rain. some spots more than four inches around san jose. meantime san jose, we're waiting to see the ground get a little wet. nothing in the santa clara valley. the numbers there, mount saint helena, north bay more than three inches, northern sonoma more than three inches. as you drop south of san francisco, there's really not much to show for it. most of the rain in the santa cruz mountains, nothing for san jose. if it wasn't for the rain, you almost don't need a jacket. it is windy. the winds are up to about 25 miles per hour around oakland along with some of that rain. again, san jose not seeing much. you're seeing rain around san francisco, the golden gate bridge into the north bay, marin county and into sonoma and napa county. that's where the rain will hang out for most of the day, the central bay watching that rain

go from south to north as we head into the afternoon and then by the evening, late day clearing we think later on today around san jose. another half inch possible in the north bay. 60s and 70s in the south bay. mid 60s for san francisco. we'll catch a brief dry break on wednesday. then thursday into friday, it's the second system that has the potential for high rainfall totals around the bay area. one more on sunday. for halloween, things right now are trending drier. seven-day forecast brings in the second storm thursday. midway through the weekend wind and rain on that sunday system and temperatures trending cooler which means if you're going to head to the high country, we could see snow levels down to 6,000 feet by the end of the weekend. >> we have our eyes on the changes. but still we have green highlighting where you might find damp roadways in the east way. nothing unusual in the south bay. the east bay and tri-valley, what you'd expect. we have the rain coming through. it might slow you down a bit. we did just learn about this

crash west 24 around fish ranch road. two weeks in the middle of the roadway at least for the time being. slowing through orinda where the rain may have left wetter roadways. your travel times, drive times still slow from highway 4 to the maze. the crash on 24 nine minutes and building from fish ranch road or just before that over toward the bay bridge. in oakland, the live look showing the rain coming through, making things a little soupy. a blur to the lens here. keep that in mind north of the san mateo bridge where there's a wind advisory as well. 6:21 right now. first in the country right now, up next, the big unveiling that will catch your attention the next time you fly. plus -- the rate for a hotel stay drops, the traveler is due a refund, but it's not that easy. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds" next.

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>> travel guarantees are very common especially in travel. chris chmura has more on what you should specifically be looking out for. >> this dispute centers around a booking on travelocity.com.

the terms and conditions are pretty clear here on travelocity. it says we will credit or refund to you the difference in price if you find a lower rate any time up to two days before check-in. yes, sir see filed a claim when his hotel rate dropped by $10 a night. but he was denied. we couldn't figure out why so we contacted travelocity. a spokesman did some research and found that jesse asked to change the reservation at the same time he filed for the refund based on the low-price guarantee. changes are not allowed. together we worked it all out, based on his stay, jesse got a $40 refund. travelocity spokesman got back with us and told us we were happy to get the situation figured out and get the refund that mr. tannenbaum was due. jesse said i got such a run-around and i'm glad you fixed it in such a quick time. thank you again for all your help. these rate guarantees are common these days.

the refunds can be substantial, especially for long days. we recommend after booking, double-checking your rate weekly to see if you're due any money. if you have a consumer complaint, you can call 1-888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. tomorrow a $650 fight after switching cellular carriers. have a great day. >> thank you, chris. the future arrives today at san jose's mineta international airport. it comes in the form of customer service agents who have no problem with long hours and zero lunch breaks. a new fleet of customer service robots. if it all sounds like silicon valley alley, it is. it's the first for any u.s. airport anywhere. the row bolts are programmed to assist travellers with locating dining, shopping and other ir port services. up next on "today in the bay," an update on two breaking stories we've been following since 4:30 this morning. let's start with bob redell live in san jose right now where

police opened fire on a suspect. >> reporter: opened fire on somebody who tried to ram one of their officers in an suv. >> reporter: pete suratos in oakland where a car accident turns fatal when that driver crashes into two oakland police cruisers. details on that coming up in a live report.

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tracking breaking news. on your left an officer-involved shooting scene in san jose and on your right, a live look at a scene of a deadly crash in oakland involving at least two police cruisers. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. much more on those stories in just a minute. first a quick check of your weather with rob who starts off in san francisco. we're seeing rain and wind there. >> we're seeing a combination. we're seeing around the bay area, breezy conditions, winds out of the south at 25 miles per hour in oakland. you're seeing rain and those southeast winds. 62 degrees. you see the moderate rain across the peninsula and more into the north bay where the rain will be hanging out for most of the day. not so much around the south bay as you can see over the next 12 hours. another half inch of rain possible for areas north of santa rosa. during the day today, temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. so a mild day today with another storm due in on thursday. more on that coming up in a few minutes. now to see what's going on in your east bay commute in orinda,

here is mike. >> the rain traveled through. wind across your bay area bridges. that green highlighting throughout the maps. we'll show you where there will be wet roads. we have west 24, a crash reported at fish ranch road. this is building for your slower drive from lafayette over toward the maze. your travel time and through the area moving well, in the south bay a smogt drive except for highway 17. a new crash around redwood estates. the peninsula, no problem, no delays, just six minutes from sfo to highway 92. thank you very much, mike. an update to breaking news in oakland where a car slammed into two police cruisers and two other cars leaving a least one person dead. it happened a couple hours ago. the scene still very active this morning. "today in the bay's" pete suratos live in brookdale gathering information. he has an update now. pete? >> reporter: good morning, laura. we're here in east oakland where

that accident took place. they just towed away a police krugser and also a car involved in the accident. there's still a tow truck because that car hit nearby vehicles. let's show you guys this scene. what we saw just about a few hours ago. according to oakland, police are telling me these two police cruisers on the scene are here for another incident last night when a few hours later you had a vehicle traveling at a high speed crashing into the cruisers and nearby cars in the area. no officers were injured through all of this. but inside the car traveling at the high speeds near 35th avenue and brookdale, there were five people inside. according to police, there was one person who died as a result and there were four other people in that car that were sent to the hospital. oakland police say the folks in the vehicle were not connected to the incident they were investigating at the time of the cash. it looks like they'll with wrapping this up shortly. they're clearing out the cars momentarily.

pete suratos for "today in the bay." in the meantime, more breaking news, this time in san jose where police opened fire on a suspect they say rammed a police cruiser. "today in the bay's" bob redell has been live at that scene near worcester and trip tripp avenue all morning. >> reporter: they say the attack appears to be unpro voekted. they don't know why this man rammed one of the police cars with the suv. there had been no contact prior, no interaction with this person. this happened down there on worcester avenue about a block away from the intersection with tripp avenue which is where we're standing right now. three san jose police officers were doing a routine foot patrol of an apartment complex located next to the kellogg's factory. around midnight a man in a silver isuzu suv rammed a squad car parktd along the curve as the officer was trying to get into the car.

the suspect backed up and rammed the car a second time. that's when officers opened fire. the suspect drove off, fled. police did find that suv abandoned about a mile away at mckee and el rancho verde. turns out the vehicle was stolen. they also found a man who they believe was their suspect a short time later. turns out he was already wanted on a prior warrant for resisting arrest. both hee and the officer whose car was rammed were not hurt during last night's altercation. live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." 6:34 right now. breaking news overseas. four people killed in an accident at a popular theme park in australia. police say two men and two women died today when something went wrong on a river rapids ride in queensland. it was a malfunction and two people were ejected from the raft while two others were somehow caught inside the ride. the park is closed during the investigation. we have new details in

oakland about a shooting that happened over the weekend. we know oakland police officers were in the line of fire. six officers were shot at while responding to a shooting in west oakland. none of the police officers were injured, but seven other people were. this happened on saturday just before midnight on bancroft avenue near 73rd avenue. one of the victims remains in critical condition. the search continues for the people who dragged a man behind a getaway car in san francisco. that man was trying to get back his camera. he says the suspects grabbed it from them. police just released this surveillance video. take a look at that spot. you see him running in the background of the video. the suspects jumped into a silver honda civic after grabbing the camera. the man tried holding on to it. he was dragged by the car for about ten feet. finally he let go. this video helped police to locate the getaway car and ultimately led to the arrest of one of the suspects. they're still looking for several other people involved. 6:35.

police in the north bay releasing surveillance video to see who spray painted controversial graffiti over the weekend. it happened in the city of windsor. vandals painted the word trump around the world and the phrase "build the war higher." the school rushed to get the messages painted over before the students returned but many parents and kids already spotted the words. >> it's a shame. i don't understand why they had to come to a kids' school to do this. >> people clearly upset. right now no suspects are in custody. decision 2016. two weeks exactly from today voters are heading to the polls to elect the next president of the united states. today both candidates hillary clinton and donald trump are looking to make some headway in florida as they look to convince undecided voters there to jump on their team. early voting already under way in the sunshine state. recent national polling shows

clinton with about a five percentage point lead over trump. trump insisting the polls are wrong. >> it's called voter suppression. people will say, oh, gee, trump -- folks, we're winning. we're winning. >> in the meantime, if you're not registered to vote, you are officially out of luck. midnight was the deadline to register out of the november election. officials say this year's race fueled a surge in last-minute registration. in contra costa county they processed close to 10,000 applications just yesterday. the county expects to exceed 6,000 registered voters in total. election ballots are being cast. state laws allow county election offices to accept and process mailed in ballots ten business days before an election. san francisco's department of elections will start opening and

sorting those today. bam lot counting starts on thursday. results will not be tabulated until the polls actually close on election night. all right. a bit of a messy scene the last day or so from the north bay. a live look from san rafael where you see traffic ticking along. a lot of people have their windshield wipers on as we say rain on and off. parts of the bay area got a soggy start to the week. there's more expected before week's end. rob mayeda will have much more in just a moment. with the real rainy season a few weeks off, people in the north bey can get a head start on preparing for the possibility of flooding. for the second time, marin county is holding a flood preparedness fair that takes place on saturday in san rafael at 10:00 a.m. at the hilton embassy sweets on mcginnis parkway. we saw the rain coming down. rob has a look at the radar right now, where it's falling. >> speaking of the north bay, we've been seeing totals up to three inches plus around mounlt saint helena, kentfield and

petaluma. you can see the rain across the north bay, some steady rain. rain across the golden gate bridge into san francisco. not much right now in the south bay, and the trend we're seeing now will hold up for the first part of the day and then the rain line begins to move to the north as we head into the afternoon. best chances of additional rainfall today into the afternoon will be north of the golden gate bridge. highs today 60s to low 70s, a mild finish to the day with partly cloudy skies in san jose. round two with more widespread heavy rain expected on thursday. then a third system drops in on sunday with cooler temperatures we hope in the sierras for snow next week. damp and wet roadways so use caution. the south bay shows the traditional build. we'll talk about that in a second. no delays for the peninsula drive. that's great. we still have this crash in lanes west 24 at fish ranch road.

slowing out of wallet creek through lafayette once i don't get there, everything standard dord the bay bridge and the toll plaza where the metering lights are on. slowing westbound 580 a crash counter commute at the dublin interchange. we have 30 minutes from grand line road toward 680. that's slower drive. we have a slower drive through the south bay. 31 minutes and 32 men us for 101 and 85. both slow heading up to highway 17 and 880. thank you very much, mike. u.s. soldiers from california ordered to return bonuses they got from the federal government. we'll hear from one northern california soldier ordered to return $40,000. plus all this talk of rigged elections coming from the trump camp. those allegations were addressed recently. what state leaders are doing to make sure that does not happen in california. consumer reports releases a list of the least reliable cars. there's a surprise on there. let's take you to the big board. dow industrials losing 14

points, apple reports profits today.

the radar shows not too much impact on your morning drive in san jose. towards san francisco, oakland and richmond, that is where the rain is flying and more rain into the north bay. plan on a sog difficult drive from the central bay into the north bay for the rest of your morning commute. >> toward the bay bridge, slowing at the eastshore freeway as the rain comes through. 35 minutes from highway 4 to the maze. also the crash at fish ranch road remaining in lands. more slowing out of orinda. capital corridor announced delay systemwide due to an obstruction on the tracks between emeryville and oakland. we're checking that out. no delays for the ferry system. >> thanks for the update there. 6:44, the man accused of setting the devastating fire in lakeland county. daymond pausch lick has pled not guilty. close to 200 homes were destroyed in the fire back in august. today a judge is expected to set a pretrial hearing day for pausch lick. cam ross were rolling as a

washington state building already on fire explodes. take a look. the sea of smoke, the sounds of shattered glass, a close call for that cameraman. the two-alarm fire was in arlington, washington. fortunately nobody was jirtd. the driver of this bus that crashed into a truck in palm springs on sunday has been sued before. we're learning more about his history. the driver was killed in a crash along with 12 passengers. he's been sued in the past over other crashes, but he wasn't behind the wheel during those wrecks. he was the owner of the bus company. in the meantime, ntsb investigators san jose it could be months before they determine the cause of sunday's crash. 6:45 this morning. the search continues for a north bay mother who disappeared with her 7-month-old baby. authorities say hannah ruth ashley kidnapped her son on

sunday morning. they say she does not have custody and took him from hid grandmother's home in gern ville. she's believed to be driving a silver subaru forester with license plate 5jkz255. striking a cord here in california, several state lawmakers are calling on congress to take action after thousands of soldiers were ordered by the pentagon to repay their enlistment bonuses. those california guardsmen and women were offered $15,000 in student loans to enlist and to fight american wars in iraq and afghanistan. the department of defense is saying that was an error and it wants the money back. iraqi veteran and purple heart recipient christopher van meter was ordered to pay $46,000 back. >> in the end my wife and i made the decision, we're getting to the point where $1300 a month was an awful lot of money to pay back. we ended up refinancing our house just to make it go away.

>> nearly 10,000 soldiers so far have been ordered to pay money back. democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton says she's appalled and is calling on congress to pass legislation to fix the problem. new this morning, california election officials are taking poll monitoring and election day to a whole new level. coming up on november 8th, in response to allegations made by donald trump that the election is rigged against him. there's no proof of that. state officials are reassuring voters there will be no voter fraud or intimidation under their watch. a warning to commuters in san francisco this morning. the long-awaited plan to revamp busy van ness avenue has started so expect delays. the makeover will include construction from automatic kwatd tick park to mission street and redesigned bus stops for the planned rapid bus line down the middle of van ness. most of the work will happen on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the project is expected to take three years to complete. it can be an uphill climb to

get to work. extra muni trains are coming to the morning rush hour in san francisco next month. two one-car trains will run between the embarcadero and west portal stations. this comes after trains were added last month. muni trying to reduce overcrowding. a warning, get tack cat that air bags replaced right now. more than 300,000 have yesterday to have them repaired. this is despite warnings from the regulators. they have a strong chance of rupturing causing injury and in some cases death. about 65 million inflaters have been recalled. consumer reports marks tesla model s one of the best in history. >> scott mcgrew, the honeymoon is over. >> now the model x rated one of the least reliable.

the model is a taller, wider version of the model s. it's the suv with the cool doors. unfortunately the doors don't always work properly, leading "consumer reports" to give the model x a tough review. these are the baskets of unreliables, the five least reliable cars in 2016 according to the magazine, tesla just above dodge. below that chrysler, fiat then ram. ram used to be dodge ram. it now has its own brand. speaking of cars, this is an artist rendition of the factory fair day future will build. the san francisco business times this morning says farrah day futures behind on paying a multimillion dollar deposit to the construction company. the company has a relationship with that mysterious chinese start up leeco which wants to build its own electric car. this is an artist rendition of that car. tesla may be getting bad press this morning. at least it actually has cars on

the road. the market not moving much this morning. the dow and the nasdaq pretty much near the break-even point. apple reports its profits after the closing bell today. of course, we'll look ahead to twitter as well as we've been reporting. it looks as if twitter will have bad news, maybe lay-offs. they'll report profits on thursday. >> thank you very much. in the highly political times, there's few things we all agree on. >> that we all agree on. >> can we say girl court cookies is one of those things. >> we will now. you can have it for breakfast. talking about girl scout cookie cereal. general mills announced it will debut the cookie cereals next year. they'll sell thin mints and caramel crunch, inspired by samoa's flavor. the cereals will hit grocery stores and maybe your children's mouths across the country in january. >> at least we're being honest. we're being honest because these

are cereals that are cookies. >> cookies for breakfast. >> we have a long history, i know i do, of eating those. fruit loops. >> did you ever eat cookie crisp? >> triplets don't give you free reign to have cookies for breakfast. >> this morning waking um to breezy conditions. rain totals very impressive around the north bay. two to four inches and counting across sonoma county. there you see a mild start, here you've got your wind speeds up to 25 miepgs right now in oakland. so it's a breezy start. you've still got rain moving into the north bay, san rafael into novato. in the last half hour, moderate rain in san francisco and oakland where you've seen a tenth of an inch so far. san jose missing out throughout this particular system. you'll notice hour-by-hour, not seeing a whole lot in the santa clara valley.

the rain line retreats out of the north way and away from the bay area as the next round of rain comes in on thursday. highs running mild. upper 60s, low 70s around the south bay. mid 60s to upper 60s around the peninsula. mid 60s in east bay. access to more moisture, heavier rain with that system and a third dropping in on sunday. behind it it looks like we could get some clearing for halloween. so good news there in your seven-day forecast. you can see thursday making a comeback. friday a break and more rain due in on sunday. and then transitioning to showers for halloween. i do want to show you the seven-day outlook for rainfall across northern california, north bay included. this is very impressive. 200 to 500% of average between now and monday. sonoma county northward. even though snow levels are high, by monday, could be talking about halloween snow

around lake tahoe as the temperatures begin to drop early next week. >> depending on your plans, if you're a trick-or-treat fan. toward the rest of the bay, a treat of the peninsula, no major delays. south bay shows your typical build with a new crash 101 at brokaw. we'll talk about how that might affect your travel time. looking at a slower drive in general for oakland to 880. very slow as the rain travels through. we have a crash on the bay bridge. chp has not said they're very concerned about this but i am. the slow lane is blocked by two big rigs. that's westbound, your commute direction, heading towards san francisco right near the new treasure island off-ramp on the right. the bay bridge toll plaza, a live look out there, more water building up on the lens from time to time. more drops forming here. the backup, the left side something going on here as well. no. maybe somebody had trouble getting their brakes unlocked.

a smooth slow along the eastshore freeway. we still have a crash at fish ranch road off the walnut creek interchange. there's your peninsula travel times. slowing out of san francisco, 19 minutes from van ness down to sfo. the rest of the innocence moves well. in the south bay, both 101 and 85 slow as you head toward 880 and 17, 280 slowing from 101 to 85, a 15-minute drive. back to you. 6:54 right now. coming up, we have your top local news of the day including a deadly crash. take a look insolving multiple cars. details about where this happened and why. parents and doctors questioning the safety of putting kids to sleep during dental procedures. you can read more on our website. a bay area woman is leading a boycott of ivanka trump's clothing line. she's using the #glabyourwallet.

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welcome back. 6:57 on your tuesday. before you head out the door, here are the top stories on nbc bay area. >> that includes breaking news from san jose we've been following since we came on the air at 4:30. investigators say a suspect

rammed his suv into a police car twice overnight. officers opened fire and the suspect drove off, but he was found a short time later and arrested. police say the suv he was in was stolen. neither the officers involved or the suspect was injured. >> in oakland a car slammed into two police suvs and two other cars, leaving at least one person dead. this is happening off 35th and brookdale avenue. that happened overnight. the cars have since been cleared. we're told no officers were injured and the person who died was in the suspect's car. officers were responding to an unrelated shooting when that car came down the road and splamash into the cruisers. an early morning fire caused heavy damage. the fire started in a brilding on monterey road in gilroy across from the caltrain station. residents were evacuated but are now back in their homes. the cause of the fire is still

under investigation. all right. we've got some basketball to play to niert and nothing is going to rain on our parade. but we might get some rain out there, rob. what's the latest? >> 7:00 to 7:30 when the game starts we'll be fine. right now you've got rain in oakland and san francisco. the rain line will move out of the central bay into the north bay in the afternoon with mid to late afternoon clearing around san jose, mild temperatures, 60s to low 70s today. next main event, we think a lot more rain coming in on tuesday. meantime, it is wet out there on some of the roadways. you have a crash in oakland? >> we have the slowing, look at the map. we'll zoom to oakland, the only real issue is in the east bay. we have two right lanes. got word they are blocked by a crash shy of 980. jammed up back toward the coliseum. back towards 66. that's a problem. the other problem is west 24 still has the crash at fish ranch road. >> something to watch out there. we'll be back with a local news update at 7:25 and every half hour after that. >> all right.

that will do it for us. laura and i will join you for the news at 11:00. have a great tuesday. get the windshield wipers working. good morning. good morning. two weeks to go. the presidential race enters the homestretch. a new poll out this morning shows hillary clinton with a solid lead, but donald trump is not buying it. >> it's called voter suppression because people are -- oh, gee, trump's out. folks, we're winning. we're winning. >> while the clinton campaign focuses on winning both the white house and congress. breaking overnight. a river rapids ride at a popular theme park malfunctions, killing four people, two of them thrown from their seats, two others trapped inside, as investigators try to figure out what went wrong. manhunt. a frantic search for an oklahoma man accused of shooting at least six people, including two police office