radar...where it's very light to start--- ready or not, the return of rainy weather. a live look at our radar this morning. generally nice to start, but activity will will pick up considerably as they go on. >> more activity on the ground too with pg&e. a bigger brand of crews is being primed to prevent power outages. the discovery police make when they get to the scene that has the city working on its first homicide. today in the bay starts right now. a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> a triple threat. back-to-back storms moving through our area.

four different vantage points there. is some areas mostly dry, but that's about to change. >> meteorologist kari hall kicks off our coverage. >> we'll start to see the winds picking up this afternoon. a wind advisory in effect. we will be tracking this rain as we get heavy through the day. we are seeing some of the downpours across the golden gate bridge. the north bay is where the heaviest rain is now. we are getting a batch of heavy rain approaching san francisco. we have seen the rain out of napa, fairfield, moving through antioch with bright reds and yellows there. heavy rain from santa rosa to petaluma. it gets lighter through novato. heavy rain in spots as we go through the morning and early afternoon. it really gets intense this evening. more on the timing. that's coming up in six minutes. you're tracking the changing

conditions on the roadways. >> that's right. your radar shows what is in the air. that translates to road conditions. we have that weather data on the track. as the rain travels through, damp roadways through the dunbarton bridge. more intense in the north bay. that's where you see the blue. gusty winds around the bay. damp roadways. the live camera will show you the sheen on the roadway had drops on the golden gate bridge you saw moments ago. also this evening's commute will be tough because of the rain as well. >> today in the bay bob redell continues our weather coverage. >> kari, bob was talking about the whipping winds and the waves expected for today.

what are you seeing out there right now? >> well, we're expecting gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour from the south. the city of pacifica is expecting this as well. the waves may break over the wall. it appears to be low tide just past when they start crashing against the seawall. we have moderate sized waves out here, but nothing that will be causing any problems right now. though we expect that to change. it's possible this weekend waves could be as damaging or as big as the ones we have not seen since 2014, which means you easily see these waves crashing in front of your shot. these storms arrive in the city of pacific a. it is set to demolish another apartment complex. the city informed us dental the admission workers are at 310

esplanade and the actual removal at the earliest next week. residents were evacuated in january of last year. the adjacent complexes were demolished in february. here in pacifica, we are starting to get heavy drizzle, light rain, and feeling some of the winds. we're not at the 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds. we expect those later today. reporting live in pacifica, bob redell, today in the bay. >> as we saw a second ago, heavy activity making its way with the brunt of the storm. pg&e is ready to respond. the utility says 500 more workers are ready to help out and jump in if the widespread problems return this week. even more than that are on stand by. >> we have strategically located in the north bay and the south bay close to the santa cruz

mountains. >> caltrans crews are also preparing. yesterday they closed highway 17 near vine hill road. the epicenter of all of those rock and mudslides to put up a retaining fence to try to prevent that happening again. it stretches 200 feet. >> the town orinda is in a local state of emergency due to a sinkhole that is disrupting traffic. crews had to close both directions. it links to the sleepy hollow neighborhood. after heavy rain last week, crews founded sinkhole and two ruptured sewer lines. they are securing funding to try to make the repairs. >> this is our free nbc bay area app. you can track the storm, even have it alert you when rain is 30 minutes away. breaking news in antioch

where authorities are investigating the city's first homicide. when officers arrived, they found a driver suffering from a gunshot wound. police say he died at the scene. we since learned the victim was a 27-year-old man from martinez. no one in the home was hurt. right now police are not releasing details of the investigation other than to say it is still in the early stages. but they are asking anyone with information to call antioch police. >> breaking nationally overnight, former president george h.w. bush is in a houston hospital this morning after complaining of shortness of breath. according to bush's chief of staff he is doing fine and expected to be discharged within the next couple of days. but the former president is 92 years old and he has experienced his share of health issues in recent years. now let's go across the atlantic ocean. breaking news from italy where a moderate earthquake struck just

hours ago. here is a map of the quake, magnitude 5.3. it was centered near amatrice. the earthquake has been followed up by two strong aftershocks. one of them a 5.7. these are just the latest earthquakes to strike the region the last year. back in october, a magnitude 6.6 quake hit the same area, as we mentioned, just north of rome in amatrice. 300 people were killed in a pair of earthquakes. thousands were left homeless and there was significant damage to many of the older buildings there. our reservoirs bursting at the seams. now more rain headed our way. kari hall is watching the first of three storms. and as we get a look at the radar in san francisco, pretty much all covered with heavier rain moving in.

rainfall rates. over half an inch per hour. we'll look at the wind forecast in two minutes. and our live look at the san mateo bridge. 92 on the east bay toward the peninsula. we will track the rainfall talking about what it means for the morning approximate beyond.

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good wednesday morning. 4:40. as you get ready to head out the door, be mindful a wind advisory

in effect starting at 1:00 this afternoon. gusts may top 40 to 50 miles per hour. as noon, we will start to see the winds picking up at half moon bay. 35 miles per hour. getting even stronger with the gusts kicking up at the highest point during the evening commute. more on this and a look at the timeline at 4:45. and so if you want to beat that, get out this morning. we have rain in the north bay. not causing any major slowing. watching for flooding. 887 southbound, we have construction. 4:41. frightening moments on a bay area freeway. this picture on chp's facebook page. it is a burned out car. chp pulled a man out of the car just as it caught fire. >> we are trained to respond to

these kind of situations. our main concern is serving the public and making sure they are safe. they come first. that's our job. sinking millennium tower saga. =laura/live=

ad lib live picture 4:44 on your wednesday morning. a live look from pacifica this morning showing the waves

already coming in. they are tracking a series of new storms headed towards the bay area. and wind advisories as well. >> we expect the winds to come up later today. a series on of stronger storms move in. a live look at san jose. still dry. we will start to the see spotty light showers moving in. here's what we are expecting. the potential of localized flooding. also wind gusts. today up to 50 miles per hour. be prepared for the possibility of some downed trees, power lines and coastal erosion. we are starting to see some of the heavier rain moving in. a couple of spots where we have seen the rain. just a little bit heavier than others. it's now moving through parts of mill valley, oakland. san francisco you are seeing a wave of very heavy rain moving in now. as we get a closer look, napa you had heavy rain a few minutes

ago. it's starting to pick back up once again. you will see that for another 15 or 20 minutes. petaluma, rain will be winding down for a little while after we see this moving through for the next 20 to 30 minutes. in san rafael, he very heavy rain, low visibility. that extends down into san francisco near the bay view district. san ma tea seeing lighter showers. over to the oakland, the heavy rain moving in. it will be with you several minutes. lighter showers toward the tri-valley. and pockets of heavier rain. we have yet to see the rain moving in. it will be there soon. seeing the showers becoming more widespread through 8:00, 9:00. as many more people get out there on the roadways. shortly before noon, we will all be seeing some rain.

the heaviest in the north bay. that works its way south into this afternoon and this evening. that will be the peak of the storm. strong winds 40 to 50 miles per hour. it will still linger early tomorrow morning. the next storm is set to arrive on friday morning. so not much of a break in between. at least we will at time have breaks in there. we are closely watching our coastal areas as we expect very high waves. 20 to foot west-north westerly swell that could result in coastal erosion. temperaturewise, 50s in san francisco. we will continue to see the rain off and on. not catching a break here until tuesday when all of this rain finally clears out. is it still looking fairly

smooth on the roadways? >> the traffic volume is light. major commute traffic in the day. right now the south bay gets a break. the green highlighting that you see over the speed centers, wet roadways. mill valley. over here in novato. a potential for 101 to flood once again. it just reopened yesterday. we don't forget. a smooth look at the san mateo bridge. a potential for delay. so far so good. mike, thank you. >> 4:48.

a lot of people haven't given up their samsung galaxy note phones. verizon taking matters into their own hands. >> trying to save people from themselves. we turn now to landon dowdy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you both. they will try to reverse tuesday's losses today. stocks fell as investors start to question whether the policies will lead to higher economic growth just to the see the markets gained since the election. earnings for goldman sachs and citigroup. nasdaq down 35 to 5538. verizon is taking extreme measures for holdouts of the galaxy tphoept 7 to give up the phone which was recalled last year due to fire risks. the company rolled out an update.

verizon will reroute all nonemergency calls to customer service and may bill owners for the price of the phone. netflix adds another feather to its content cap. it signed a big production deal with jerry feld to bring old shows to the streaming service this year. and two new stand-up and help develop scripted and unscripted comedy shows. ? you just pretty much made sam's day. >> i want to marry that very idea. seinfeld and netflix. thank you very much. appreciate that. a new twist in the battle over the sinking millennium tower. the developer is refuse to go reveal how they plan to fix it. san francisco supervisors want to know how much more it may

sink and what they intend to do to fix the problem. the developer said it will not give the city that kind of information because it is part of an ongoing arbitration with one of the tenants there. one of the tenants calls it outrageous. >> is 1,200 homeowners live in this building. immediate can't be the excuse to keep that information from homeowners. >> san francisco's supervisor is fuming. he said he he still intends to get the plans even if it means meeting private live with the millennium partners. >> why the warriors left the east bay to the dig their heals into san francisco soil. and shovels too nbc bay area area has i microclimate weather alert. bob redell just posted to his tkweurt page. our teams will keep you updated

on what they are seeing in real-time on the ground. >> crime scene investigators investigating a crash that happened to be the first homicide of the year.

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more than 150 of you reacdut following our investigation welcome back. 4:54 on your wednesday morning. injured workers, a i broken system. investigating the state's workers' comp. system. many say they are not able to get medical care. now the woman at the top is responding. she is defending the system saying a series of reforms

improved care for people who got hurt on the job. baker says a new law is making workers' comp. better. people with long and complex injuries worry the system won't be able to help. >> he we have been contacted by people who say i've been in the system for months and for years. i'm stuck. so how can this actually help people. >> most people are not stuck. most people get back to work. most people are getting their treatment. >> tonight at 11:00, investigative reporter takes complaints directly to the woman in charge. she explains the reasons some medical treatments are being denied. 888-996-tips. okay. this is looking more like a las vegas show than a ground breaking ceremony. the warriors officially started construction on their new san francisco waterfront arena.

>> this is steve kerr. synchronized excavators, acrobats, and fireworks. after four and a half years of battling opponents, they are finally breaking ground on the new chase center. doctors and donors tried various legal channels but ran out of options when the state supreme court failed to take on the case. >> that is the purpose of these camp fires. that's the purpose of these venues. every city needs it. we need it. >> all right. a big boost for the warriors and their fan base. that is the team's coowner. not everyone is happy. >> synchronized. ♪ >> 4:56. breaking news out of the east bay this morning.

police have surrounded a neighborhood. plus, we are under the microclimate weather alert this morning. >> this is the first of three storms expected by the weekend. it's already coming in waves of heavy rain. that's what it looks like on the radar. here's what it looks like on the road. wet roads. we'll show you what it is like to drive in it.

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string of storms moving through the bay area... we have team coverage to get you 4:59 on your wednesday. the start of a string of storms moving through the bay area. we have teach coverage to get you out the door. breaking overnight, george h.w. bush hospitalized. details on his condition coming up. today in the bay starts right now. with that story too. a car wreck turned into an investigation. the discovery antioch police made at the scene of this accident. the entire searching for a suspect this morning. today in the bay starts now. good morning and welcome here on this microclimate weather alert wednesday. we have a lot going on. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. a live look at the coastline right now in pacifica. the latest round of raid coming

after last week's major soaking. now we are going to be dealing with whipping winds on top of it. >> all right. double dose of weather elements. let's start with meteorologist kari hall. kari, good morning. >> good morning. yes, the first one moving in with heavy rain. we will see this in waves as we go through the day. it's going to put some additional rainfall on top of the very wet ground we had from the systems is from last week. as this moves in, we are seeing bright reds on the sraeurd from vallejo, extending east of oakland. it's not saying that long but it is putting down rain on the roadways. as you head into the east bay, also seeing some rain with these three systems, we are expecting the potential of at least three to four inches of rain in spots. more on that coming up in six minutes. as we head over to mike, how is it