and rock slides. we'll show you what we saw on our way here and what you can expect through the day. >> all right. a very good wednesday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we are in a weather alert as rain continues to batter the bay area. we have a live look along the coastline this morning as the latest storm whips through. the wet weather isn't going to let up any time soon. >> we have team coverage for you this morning. let's get straight to meteorologist kari hall, who has a look at your timeline this morning. >> good morning. we've seen the heaviest rain moving through during the overnight hours. as you head out, be mindful you do need to allow some extra time. we've had spin-outs and standing water on the roadways. as we get a live look at our radar, we've fired up our storm ranger that is scanning around the bay year. we have it parked at san bruno

mountain and this is able to fill in the gaps other radars may miss. we are seeing bright reds and extending over towards the east bay and the tri-valley. we're also concerned about this area where our reporter, kris sanchez, is now. we do have a flash flood warning in effect until about 6:45 this morning. we'll see if that gets extended. we also see heavy rain for parts of the east bay in berkeley over toward the delta and down to the tri-valley. let's see what's happening on the roadways as you head out. >> kari, we are busy out on the roads. i do have the saturday light radar on where you see the shaded green. that is actually where the rain is coming down and we do have some issues out on the road. chp is warning of roadway flooding around southbound highways. i think a lot of cars are starting to avoid the area. as of now they haven't closed

down any lanes. and also flooding around chavez highway 280. chp was reporting 4 to 6 inches of standing water in that area. and we're also seeing a few minor crashes unrelated. it may just be because of those slick roadways. police be careful. northbound 101 to highway 87, 13 minutes, northbound 87 to 101, about ten minutes. we're seeing a few backups and slowing near the tri-valley. we were also seeing roadway flooding along that area as well. i'll keep a closer look out for more roadway flooding as well as accidents. >> certainly the fact that the last self days we've just seen non-stop rain has led to the accumulation of a lot of water on the road.

that was video just shot that show on the ground level what conditions look look right now. a lot of standing water, 4 to 6 inches in some spots, vna just said. there are mostly flooded areas around 101 and 280. >> no injuries here but you can see the damage. a small fuel spill from one of the cars did force brief lane closures. both the cameras on palo alto and the bay bridge show lie traffic this morning. it's going to pick up. be careful as you head out the door. >> from slick roads to flood concerns. fears of mudslides are mounting in the santa cruz mountains.

>> a lot more rain coming that way, kris. >> i heard kari say as many as 8 inches of rain could fall between now and the weekend, which means there's a risk of flooding, along with concerns of mudslides and while crews did work quickly to clear the roadway, it also took out the power and we could see more mud and rock slides again today. that is a particular area in the four -- both of those areas are

there isn't enough new growth to anchor that water-logged ground. if you want to drive through the santa cruz mountains today, you'll want to watch your speed. it doesn't take much for someone to steer into the other lane to try to avoid it and that of course creates a big reaction. we'll talk more about the rainfall totals coming up and 6:00. in santa cruz sanchez. >> goo. >> as the rain continue, people are keeping a close eye on the st. an sell mo creek. people spent the day installing flood gates and getting ready. we are also keeping an eye on the fairfax creek. this is rozsivaly fire's live camera showing the water level

right now. it's the wind and rain also brought down trees overnight. this happened between laguna and octavia. today pete sois here with a loo at the damage. >> reporter: hi, guys. we have the tree that fell down around 9:30 p.m. on top of a car in the area and remarkably, guys, there was no damage to the car. now, as far as what caused this to happen, we don't need if and as you can see, the tree is still down. the clean-up we can tell you there were no injuries as a result of this tree falling down. >> thanks so much, pete. you can keep an eye on the rain and the storm this weekend as

well. >> well, groped while sleeping and then burglarized. that's what police say a man did to his victims before they tracked him down and arrested him. police -- he broke into the home of single men and then groped before running off with their vehicles. police credit neighbors for reacting quickly in calling 911. >> it's scary, especially in your sleep someone might come and do something to you. >> you think that early in the morning you're either just waking up or sleeping, you don't expect somebody to be coming into your home, let alone touching you inappropriately. >> police fear there could be more victims out there. >> a.

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soggy commute for a lot folks this morning. >> we're seeing that already from san raphael. the roads are wet, pt r we did stel have from our only chance to prepare for the bigger strm system am of some flooding as we continue to see heavy rain moving through. right now we have our specific sprp -- as far as thos roads sfrrnl where we see reffiest

rain and we'll continue through the santa cruz mountains. . now as we head over to vna, we see what's happening on the roadways. >> all of this rain is making for a pretty soggy community pb we're seeing road we but i think a lot of people are starting to get off that area. we were seeing a lot of stab near south of hive way 280, at caesar chavez street as well and we were seeing slowing. chp reporting a crash that may be blocking lanes along northbound 880. this could start seeing some back up and we're seeing a wind

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news with the biggest investigative unit holding the powerful accountable. good morning. we're in a microclimate weather alert. the time now is 5:14. if you're planning to head over to the sierra, it is really coming down. chain controls in effect. and for the tahoe report for squaw valley, it is still going to be snowing really big on the web site, two and a half feet of new snow and still snowing. fresh powder coming down and our temperatures will be falling offer the next couple of days. the low will be dropping down to one degree by friday morning. a lot of snow in the forecast as well. we'll talk about that and what the bay area can expect coming up. >> and the rain is already causing roadway flooding. chp was reporting some roadway flooding between westbound 580 to 680 and we're starting to see

some slowing out there because of that. westbound 84 to 680 about 13 minutes. >> in washington, d.c. it is day two for the new congress and the bill has already been written to stop the affordable care act. >> tracy spots is. >> hey, good morning. i'll. the democrats are trying to preserve as much of obama care as they can. the republicans are trying to figure out what they'll replace it with. a senate debate behind closed doors this morning. president obama, the democra

democrats -- and vice president mike pence -- >> we'll focus on repealing and replacing obama care. >> republicans determined to get rid of it. >> we hear you. we will do right by you and we will deliver. >> reporter: but with no replacement, the game plan may be appeal and delay. >> it is not acceptable to repeal the law, throw our health care system into chaos and then leave the hard work for another day. >> some lawmakers are under pressure from constituents back home. president-elect trump said he want to keep measures like covering preexisting conditions and allow at risk, government subsidies for low-income americans who cannot afford

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has something the american agencies don't know but he won't say prn good morning, landon. >> hey there, scott. good morning to you. wall street certainly teaching me a few things, that's for sure. it could add to tuesday's gains. and stocks sart but still stalling well short of that. >> >> manse naep them 1 be.19 points, the nasdaq up to 5445. >> thank you. the consumer electron exshow gets up it's a fishing drone. it's a submarine that you fly down below your boat to find the

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say more storms this week suggest that the snow pack will improve before april. >> the important one is in april. >> it will be important to see where things stand in just a week. vna is tracking the rain. we've seen a lot coming down in the day and night. but first let's get it pockets of heavy down and i was able to move it to scan the bay area and we need to put it some sfrrk that's where the storm ranger is now. one again, it's able to fill the. >> states.

and it's lk 379d but we've had a lot of rain here we do have a flash floored prrnl over toward the east bay pfrm. and then we see some bright aso that's where the heaviest rain is falling at this point and with pockets over the tri-valley and san francisco, we had rain very heavy there just a little while ago. it has since moved out. a little bit of a break there as well and also for the north bay where there is a flash flood warning in effect for the creek in sonoma county. and more moisture will be streaming in. we're tapping into an atmospheric river and that will continue to bring more rain in the forecast over the next couple of days so more flooding will be possible, but we all have a chance of seeing some flooding as we go through the day, looking now at some of

those flood advisories in effect and right now temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. we will not see these temperatures budging much as we go through the day. i'll have another look at the forecast coming up. let's see what's happening on the street level. >> there's a lot going on. the tri-valley definitely starting to see accidents out there but right now chp is reporting that roadway flooding at 101 along cesar chavez reporting flooding, 280 and right behind that, further down c appears to be fender benders. we were also seeing flooding around westbound to 608 about 14 minutes. i'll have an update in just a bit. >> coming up next, nbc bay area

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5:30 right now on your wednesday morning, and mother nature is showing some of her rath this morning as we take a look at four different camera aing angles there. rain drops in most of them from the north, south and east. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. it's not nice to mess with mother nature. who remembers that. as this latest batch of weather continues to cause a nightmare on our roads, you have to take

it easy there. >> let's start our coverage with meteorologist kari hall. >> and it is some much-needed rain but it's coming down fast and heavy for parts of bait area, raising the threat of some flooding, especially in areas where we've had the scars from the santa cruz mountain loma fire, that's where we'll be watching the heavier rain coming in and also in the north bay where the creeks are rising quickly. some of the heaviest rain has shift over to the east bay. where you see that red scan, that's our storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar. it shows us now that san francisco is taking a break from the rain, while we do see steady rain moving through the santa cruz mountains and now heavier rain shifting through the east bay and the tri-valley, as well as the delta. we'll give you more views of the radar coming up in a few

minutes. let's see how this may affect the roadways now with vni. >> aside from the row weather floodi flooding. they haven't closed any roads out there just yet. also seeing flooding along second highway 280. 4 to 6 inches of standing water. chp reporting a crash around 880 at industrial parkway. we're starting to see a lot of the heavy morning backup. we are also seeing some pretty serious also due to a crash around weekend 580 starting to see some serious heavy red and yellow, which means that's when the traffic is getting the heaviest. let's go to those tri-valley drive times. earlier we were reporting that delay 580 to 60 is about a

13-minute drive and westbound 84 to 680 about minutes. >> thank you. >> you've been on the shoreline highway beat here the last few weeks, pete. any standing water where you're seeing? >> reporter: yeah. yeah, good morning to you, sam. we're actually at lucky drive and there's not much rain happening. it has let up. but when it does rain, you're going get some flooding. as the drafrs are going down 101. let's show you a video of some of these crashes we saw earlier in san francisco. >> one car even spilling fuel on the roadway.

this is off the 1 1 north, more water and ponding on the highway. you see more of it near 7th street. this is all in san francisco. then we we're going in been there. th that. >> you see folks off 101 in the morning commute. it's a good idea to drive cautiously this morning following that wet weather. pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. we see all that wind kicking up behind him. this is video from san francisco showing a tree shah, luckily

nobody was hurt but we can expect to see more lieus like th that. >> let's take you outside this morning to the coastline where high wind and heavy rain continue to pound pacific,. lead are pb last winter the city closed a property at 310 esplanade. the cliff side below that property continues to erode. demolition may begin as soon as next week. >> you can certainly keep an eye on today's rain and the storm coming this weekend. just download our nbc bay area app for a forecast tailored to your location.

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alert. we are looking at the san mateo bridge. >> we see that it's really coming down in some spots. we'll continue to see the heavy rain at least through the morning. it will be nicely dry tomorrow and that will be our to prepare for a bigger storm system that is set to arrive more feet to the and especially in the spots like the santa cruise mountain. it kin. some of the heavier rain has now moved out of the san francisco area for now and has shifted over to the east bay. as we get a view of what's happening in the santa cruz mountains now, we do have that flash flood warning in effect until 6:45 and looking at some more rain moving through there. as we move over to the east bay,

some shouty s fies for shoutiesg a little bit of clearing as we get a view of 880. let's a view of the roads now. >> aside from roadway flooding across several highways and roadways, we are also seeing a lot of traffic accidents this morning. thankfully it appears to be for the most part fender benders. chp reporting a cross that may be blocking lanes around $ chp has also recently reported a second unreceipt that could and the northbound lane is also showing slowing. all of this red is the backup all the way down to industrial boulevard as well. as we make our way over to the westbound 580, there was an earlier crash that was still blocking lanes along flynn road.

we're seeing a lot of ne that of course if you're heading over to the bridges, there is so make sure to take some extra time. i'll send things back to you. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, the way a study shows ride sharing could change transportation forever. >> and we'll take a look at your money coming up in "your business." >> and set your home screen to weather the nbc bay area icon of your screen. then click on the button that says start your sart screen i'm vicki went.

you're watching nbc bay area news, holding the powerful accountable. we investigate. >> we are in a microclimate weather alert. it is now 5:44. we are tracking some rain. some spotty light showers but still a downpour for most of the

area. we continue to track the flood threats for the mountains. i'll have a closer look at what you can expect in about five minutes. >> heads up. the bay bridge metering lights are on. westbound, gill. >> westbound 80 toward san ma sayio about a 13-minute commute. >> all right, thank you very much. earlier this morning the rain was coming down in sheets in san francisco. here's some video shot in the soma neighborhood about 3:00 this morning. san francisco saw one of the who haviest pockets rain.

>> airplane officials say more than 100 flights were cancelled at sfo yesterday. rein and wind were to blame. there's tern last neat one man spent at least eight hours in the arlt. >> look it was ra. >> yesterday, the weather didn't cause any cancellations in santa or prk. >> brady: well, ride sharing is getting a lot of track month -- traction. but right now in silicon valley,

only 10% of commuters share rides. >> strangers who become your friends hope flip ffully for a minutes in your car. >> scott mcgrew, uber could do the work of dozens of taxis. >> this study is not only about the environment or traffic, it's about the future of the taxi industry. most taxis in busy cities are carrying only one person and many of them are going the same way. that study asks what would happen if those taxis up and picked up more than one person who wants to go to the train station? you could cut the number of taxis and taxi drivers by 11,000 in new york city and still move the same number of people. speaking of cars, the electric car company unveiled its new sedan at an event in las vegas.

you can get one yourself for $5,000 down and an unthere's a fair amount doubt whether they'll be able to deliver. >> as now you can't ask the price. it has a -- in fremont, tesla says it fell short of building and delivering its cars. the thing with tesla is it always, always, always, always, always, always, always falls short of its goal. originally tesla planned for 90,000. they later revised that to 80,000. they only built 76,000. but that is 51% better than the

year before. tesla cannot and does not and probably will its goals but it from sam and laura take a closer look at that video. did you notice the nyse looking different? did it change some hair, lose some weight? no, they moved it to the center. >> brady: now they've got them for who mattels. >> thank you very much. >> here's what happened. 15 ridley sea turtles arrived monday from massachusetts.

the represent veterinarians say it's going to take up to two months to he rabily saturday the turtles. >> back to our fyke croat ledge lip an avalanche warning through thatir between tu. >> people are having a tough time getting up to the snow. everybody wants to enjoy all that snow out there right now. make sure you take chouns if you're allowed to go. >> you have to a. >> yeah. eltslp approximately. >> we'll check on the local road conditions with you here in a second but let's get a look at what's happening across the bay area. as we've powered up our storm ranger and this is our mobile doppler radar. this is very unique to nbc bay

area and it's one of the ol' now it's able to scan around the bay area and give us an hd view. we can move this wherever we needs but it gives us an idea. that is will. and we've been looking over toward the delta. some of those showers quickly moving to the east so getting some clearing there. but it's still raining, moving toward the treille value here. but it will be it will be clearing. we're also tracking a pow

temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s. it will stay there throughout the day, actually, get but the rain will be getting lighter. we may see flood warnings drop but another batch of ra, and wh the rest of the bay area takes a breaking we'll see that breaks extending into tomorrow and friday. the next round of some heavy rain moves in this weekend between saturday and sunday and the bulls eye is right over the santa cruz mountains where that rain will be coming down in buckets. and that could cause her nom floot, some of our computer mod es are showing we will have the potential of several inches of rain, up to close to 8 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains and at least two to three inches of rain for most of the bay area.

while we get all of that rain, the sierra getting a lot of snow. there could be over 73 inches of snow at south lake, tahoe. that's something that will be monitoring and it's great news for the snow pack. temperature-wise we're looking at some 50s and that only break between thursday and friday. let's head now to vna to see what it's looking like on the roadways. >> good morning, carbry. right now the meteorologistist litz or. they were reporting also a second accident near oak treem farm so we will keep an eye ban along strel park way all we were

reporting that roadway flooding along sound highway 101 near caesar chavez street, they roar it looks as though things may be looking up. go back to you. >> thank you. and the city is looking to protect warehouse buildings. the changes today that could lead help many artists. >> and storm rang ser doing its thing today. we have our crew to prepare you when weather news breaks. you can can try if maybe you want to take a couple of minutes before you get behind the wheel of a car. we're back in two minutes with more top stories. [burke] at farmers, we've seen almost everything,

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welcome back on this wet wednesday morning, 5:5 7. a 19-year-old woman accused of driving under the influence and causing a crash is due in court. a woman was in the passenger

seat of the car when the driver drove off the road and into a tree. the driver was rebecca gillary from santa rosa. the passenger was killed. she will be arraigned today. >> city council member kaplan organized an event to prevent evictions from other houses. the meeting gets under way tonight inside the city council chambers. >> a north carolina school on leave right now after being seen on video body slamming a teen-ager. jasmine darwin said she was trying to stop a fight between her sister and another student. you saw the student get picked

up and slammed on the ground there. her mom is upset because the school didn't tell her what she had done, only that her daughter was involved in a fight. >>when i'm looking at this video, i'm like oh, my god, this cannot be happening to my child. i was up at the school and they didn't me that happened to her. that's not how you handle a child. she's only a hundred pounds. he could have killed her. >> monterey couldnnty is report its first flu death of the season. the victim was under the age of 65. doctors say everyone who is at least six months or older should get vaccinated against the flu. flu season typically runs from

october through may, so it's still not too late to get vaccinated. >> clearly we're in rainy season right now as well. >> cold season as well as. right now at 6:00, we're in a microclimate weather alert this morning. >> we do still have rain as our mobile doppler radar scans around the area. still rain in the peninsula and tri-valley. a closer look coming up. >> crews are clearing trees from the mountains. we'll tell you what else you can expect. >> and also, all that wet weather means treacherous conditions on the roadways. we'll look at some of the trouble spots where we've seen between four and six inches of standing water this morning as you try to get to school and work on time. >> taking a look at live radar where storms a