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 looking at the bay bridge

toll plaza. >> intense radar activity. rain coming down on the diagonal. you see it hitting the roadway and the lens. light traffic. show you the mapping we're talking about the north bay with the ponding and the puddling. no reports of flooding. a light build to your commute. that is the good news. the bad news, it's just getting started, guys. >> today in the bay kris sanchez continues our coverage this morning. >> steady rain in the forecast. kris joining us with an up close and personal look of what's going on there. a lot of people had to preemptively evacuate. kris, what are you seeing? >> reporter: right now it is very quiet out here. the area is still evacuated or closed until the 25th. the uvas is at combat.

it's at 101%. that's why the people had to leave the park. it is on ground already saturated, which is why it was evacuated ahead of last week's storm. it will be closed through january 25th. >> well, it's happened before. some people don't react as quickly as it should. >> this is my first rodeo on this one. >> so the uvas reservoir is over capacity. lexington, 94%. almaden, 81%. coyote is 89%. they are a sight to behold. watch and look from a safe distance because the waters can

change very quickly. we know this is just round one of three through the weekend. kris sanchez, today in the bay. >> this is a tool anyone can get. it is our free nbc bay area app you can track the storm, even have you alerted when rain is just about 30 minutes away. >> let's get to breaking news nationally this morning. former president george h.w. bush we have learned is in a houston hospital after complaining of shortness of breath. according to his chief of staff he is fine and expected to be discharged in the next couple of days. the former president is 92 years old. he has experienced his share of health issues in recent years. now the latest news out of our nation's capital. we are two days away from president-elect donald trump's inauguration. demonstrators have already arrived in washington. tracie potts with a look at how

crews are preparing for this event. what a buildup to inauguration, tracie. >> reporter: yeah. no kidding. all those demonstrations they are expecting that they don't typically see. we'll talk about that. a new release from our nbc "washington post" poll. overnight he said he doesn't like tweeting but he does it to get back at the dishonest media. >> president-elect trump heads into friday's inaugural as the most unpopular incoming president ever. overnight he told bikers are headed to washington. >> that's like additional security. >> 100 demonstrations are

expected. >> the challenges is to make sure the competing interests are able to utilize the space at the same time. >> some groups plan to set up along the parade route. at least 50 democrats are boycotting but they are showing up for confirmation hearings. four more are scheduled today, including health and human services nominee tom price facing questions over his investments in health care companies and his ideas to revamp the affordable care act. >> his approach would make a difficult situation right now even worse. >> the focus today, an historic inaugural just two days away. tracie potts, washington. >> tracie, thank you very much. raj mathai is leading coverage starting thursday night.

raj will also cover the women's march on saturday. we have breaking news out of antioch this morning where authorities are investigating the first homicide of the year in that city after a smashed into a home. this is a live look at the scene. still very active this morning. we understand the car struck the side of the home after 9:30 on 13th street. when officers arrived they found the driver suffering from a gunshot wound. police say he died at the scene. the victim was a 27-year-old man from martinez. police are not releasing details about the investigation other than to say it is still in the early stages. but they are asking anyone with information to call antioch police. new details on the orlando nightclub massacre. they all continue to unfold after an arrest here in the bay area. the wife of omar mateen, the man

who killed 49 people at that club, is due back in an east bay courtroom today. the question is is noor salman a victim or an accomplice? >> when she said i'm innocent, we know she's innocent. when she said, i had no idea he was doing, we know that. >> salman is charged with aiding and abetting and obstruction of justice. this is exclusive video of her arrest early monday morning. her uncle said the family was terrified when the family showed up at their home. good wednesday morning. it is 5:07. we are tracking rain moving through the bay area. right now as you head out, it's 48 in the peninsula. a cool rain at that. 44 in the tri-valley. 48 degrees in san francisco. we see that rain in the east bay. it is 50 degrees. make sure you follow me on facebook and twitter.

i tweeted out the picture of the radar where the heaviest rain is coming in. we will be tracking three storm systems moving in of the next several days. or more on this and the squaw valley, alpine meadows report at 5:14. we have seen the rain coming through. it is building for the sierra. the blue here in north bay, san francisco, east shore getting puddling as more intense stuff comes through the area. and westbound 80, a new crash for the upper east shore freeway. no flooding reported yet. of course there is a risk as the rain comes through, quickly traveling toward the tri-valley. damp roadways. the san mateo bridge, companies are getting worse.

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good wednesday morning. it is 5:12. record january snow there with 15 feet. we had 93 trails open at alpine meadows. there is a lot more snow on the way for much of the sierra. at least two to three feet of snow possible in some spots. i'll talk about the rain timeline and look at the radar

at 5:17. looking at wet roadways. nice travel times. the rain is starting to touch the freeway. a show of support for the tower of power and helping out with their medical bills. renowned drummer and the bassist are still facing a long time for recovery.

we want to help participate in any way we can. >> in five days i go raised $40,000. 42,000 plus. it's still 10,000 short of their ultimate goal. arguably the most powerful woman in the world will be in san francisco today. >> janet yellen. some interesting news. >> we could learn inflation is once again a threat. the data comes in in a few minutes. i would like to tell you whether tickets are available but the commonwealth website is. inflation numbers come a few minutes from now. purists would point out they look at a slightly different bit

of data. this is high drama today. landon dowdy knows what i'm talking about. good morning, landon. stocks fell as people are are questioning whether trump's policies will lead to higher economic growth. goldman sachs beating expectations. >> mark zuckerberg on the witness stand on tuesday of oculus. they claim facebook knows there are stolen secrets.

facebook denies that. zucker berk said it was his first time ever serving as a wednesday. the case was settled before zuckerberg had to testify. the $700 juicero is now $400. this uses cartridges. you have to buy a special plastic bag for $7 or $9. it is supposed to be the keurig of juices. i can't imagine a world in which people want to buy a $700 juicer. >> the name is amazing. did you see who found it?

bankrupt restaurant who were selling unaffordable drinks. >> that's irony. >> if you have plans to go camping in livermore, you may have to put it all on hold. park rangers are canceling campground reserving as. we're tracking waves of heavy rain. this is just the first round. we are seeing this get more intense and widespread this afternoon and this evening. this is our weather camera. i can barely tell there.

but it is rainly in rich mapped, san rafael bridge. we are looking at localized flooding. today the winds start to kick off. we may have gusts up to 50 miles per hour causing down trees and the potential of power outages. as we go into this weekend, the concern of some coastal erosion. and we are going to the see some of the waves of rain moving in, moving off towards the east. and then once again seeing this becoming more widespread as we go through the day. some of the heaviest rain moving through parts of the east bay and the tri-valley. it is moving through concord, antioch. oakland seeing heavy downpours a little while ago. over toward clayton. and heavier down in the tri-valley is, live more, pleasanton. the bright reds and the yellows showing very intense rain. and starting to sprinkle a

little bit in parts of the south bay. san jose, seeing light showers moving in now. as we go into the day, at 9:00, some of the bouts of heaviest rain will be moving through the north bay. we will be seeing at least times of rain off and on. lunchtime, the most intense downpours will still be in the north bay. and then as we good into this afternoon, starting to see a lot more rain covering the map here. at 5:00, during the evening commute, standing water most likely on the roadways and gusty winds. 8:30, still seeing waves of heavy rain moving in in the morning at any point. the wind advisory begins today

at 1:00 this afternoon it continues until 1:00 in the morning. winds picking up 40 to 50 miles per hour. as we approach the evening commute, winds at half moon bay, 48 miles per hour. we expect that potential once again of down trees and power lines and winds calming down later tonight. the next one early friday. another one late saturday, sunday. a few hours of a break in between. we dry up tuesday and temperatures staying mild. not a big problem for 680 north

of actually road. san mateo bridge, more rain is falling. traveling through the north bay. she showed it moving through this area. ponding and puddling. now over in concord east of 680, 242. that commute starting to kick in as well. another incident around highway 4. no major storms for the upper east shore freeway. if you have time this morning, lower your speeds for safety's sake. we had water traveling diagonally. wet roads. just about ready for the metering lights.

bart operating on time. so no delays. not even weather related. >> let's hope it stays that way. >> responding to changing conditions out there. responding to your consumer complaints. the city threatened to take a man to court for an ambulance bill it mishandled. nbc bay area responds next. first, a live look outside. beautiful golden gate bridge. we are in the microclimate weather alert. stay with nbc bay area. more storms headed our way. commuters could have a new way

to secure one at the how about this. a guaranteed spot at a bart station. commuters could have a new way to secure one. there's a catch. riders who car pool to the station and use an app called scoop will be guaranteed a spot until 10:00 in the morning. it is hope that can help solve the parking crunch. nbc bay area responds to a

san francisco man who says the city of san francisco wrongfully threatened him with a lawsuit. chris chmura joins us. >> he went to the er in august 2012. doctors recommend he transfer to another hospital so they called an ambulance. all went well. he was released the next day. the insurance covered everything minus a $100 co-pay. so he was surprised when three and a half years later he he received an $1,800 notice of delinquency from the city. $1800 for the ambulance ride. apparently they hadn't billed his insurance back when it happened he said the city should have billed his insurance three years ago. before he would get an answer he received another notice from the city, this one a notice intention to file a lawsuit. he panicked and paid the $1,00

bill he was ticked off. in a statement it told us there was a miss through the billing process and said it was moving forward with a full refund to the patient. $1,800. the city also apologized and wished antonio good health. we do too. if you have a consumer complaint call us at 888-996-tips. or nbcbayarea.com/responds. 5:27. we are tracking three storms about to whip through the bay area. meet rolls kari hall has an updated timeline. the first wave of heavy rain is moving through. coming up in three minutes, where the heaviest rain is falling. yes, we will talk about that timeline in the microclimate forecast. with that rain we are expecting wind. big waves here along the pacific

coastline. the advisory forecasters are putting on out for residents who live along here. an east bay's city first homicide of the year involves a car almost crashing into a home. where authorities found that victim.

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a live look this morning. one area already seeing the rain. but there is much more where that came from. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. i'm sam brock. a live look at our satellite radar this morning. we see heavier pockets passing through san francisco east. for some areas, it's already coming down this hour. for everybody else, it's about to whip through. >> we have team coverage to help get you out the door safely. let's first start with meteorologist kari hall. she has an updated timeline for all three systems. >> we are seeing heavy rain move through in pockets. it will be widespread and heavy. as we get a look out there now, we have already seen bright reds and yellows indicating where the heaviest rain is falling. we are take thing a break in the north bay san francisco seeing

steady downpour with a lot of green on the map. you see the reds and the yellows moving into the east bay. approaching oakland once again. as we go over toward the dell the ta and discovery bay, brent wood area, rainfall rates at an inch per hour. and the tri-valley just starting to get a little bit of break after that heavy rain just moved through there. as it continues in its track from the west to the east, light rain moving through the south bay. and mike has concern of hydroplaning. >> always an issue when the rain comes through. chp confirming hydroplaning as one factor for the crash. they are wet top to bottom in the bay area. westbound 80, highway 40, a vehicle said they hydroplaned before they got into a crash. no major injuries.

a flat tire and two fender-benders through this area means there is spectator slowing. we should have metering lights. there we go. right on schedule. >> everybody heading back to work. live from pacifica where the whipping winds and the waves could be causing more problems. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. a concern for the sea of pacifica. they are worried it could come over the seawall and up the road along the pacific coastline. we are a couple hours past high tide. the ocean is churning. this is nothing in of it being a

problem. this is just of your typical prestorm waves. there is going to be a weather advisory in effect put in effect by the national weather service starting at this afternoon. a strong wind advisory from 1:00 until 1:00 thursday morning. so about 12 hours. here along the pacific coastline, we could see gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour. stronger gusts as you head up the upper elevations 1,000 feet. you look ahead towards saturday, our weather department is predicting waves could be as strong, some of the biggest waves we have seen since 2014. incidentally, you might recall, 310 esplanade. they tell us demolition work will be starting as early as next week. the issue now is workers are inside that complex trying to prep it for that. bob redell, today in the bay.

>> thank you very much, bob. with the brunt of the storm nearing, pg&e says it is ready to respond. tens of thousands were affected by power outages last week. the utility says 500 additional workers are ready to help if the problems return this week. they have even more on stand by we have them strategically located in the north bay and the south bay, near the santa cruz mountains. >> yesterday they closed a road to put up a retaining fence. it stretches 200 feet. crews hope it can help catch loose boulders and rocks. our free nbc bay area app you can track the storm, even have you alerted when rain is just 30 minutes away. breaking news overnight, former president george h.w. bush is in a houston hospital after complaining of shortness

of breath. according to bush's chief of staff he is doing fine and expected to be discharged sometime within the next couple of days. the former president is 92 years old and has experienced his share of health insurance in recent years. in italy, a moderate earthquake struck just hours ago. a magnitude 5.3 was centered near amatrice. if that sounds familiar, it is the same city definivastated by quakes last year. the quakes could be felt in rome, 70 miles away. some schools have been closed for the day. as for the history here, these are the latest to hit that region of italy the last year. back in october, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit the area

northeast of rome. before that in august, almost 300 people died in a pair of earth kwraeubgs. thousands left homeless. there was a significant amount of damage to older buildings. 5:36. police searching for a homicide this morning. the first homicide of 2017. good morning, pete. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, laura. just a few weeks into the year, and the city has its first homicide. we're on east 13th and simmons. the scene has just cleared about a half an hour ago. the car didn't quite hit the home, but it definitely drove on to the as you can see behind me. when the toyota prius was being towed away, this car drove here at 9:30 p.m. there was a driver inside with

an apparent gunshot wound. he died at the scene. no folks inside the home were injured as a result of all of this. of course it is still under investigation. they haven't provided information on exactly who the suspects are in this bizarre case. the car drives onto this home's front yard. the driver found inside, pronounced dead at the scene. pete suratos, today in the bay pete keeping tabs on that for us. thank you very much. a lot of protesters in washington for the inauguration. one man said he tried to light himself on fire in an act of protest of the election. this happened last night outside the trump international hotel in washington. the man suffered serious nonlife threatening injuries. the inauguration quickly approaching. and a list of people boycotting

is growing. 50,000 democrats are turning their back on the president-elect. some of them say they will stay away in protest. >> an inauguration is a celebration. i don't think i can clap and be be happy about what is taking place in terms of the agenda of this next president. other local lawmakers that are going to his inauguration say step one in fight to go make sure the constituents say he wants the president-elect to know he is going to continue to ask tough questions. they say they are planning to make a statement. all eyes will be on the capital for the rest of the week. our own raj mathai will lead coverage in washington, d.c. starting thursday night. in addition to covering friday's

inauguration, he will report on the women's march on saturday. parents are raising concerns after what appears to be nazi propaganda sent to printers around the uc berkeley campus. a mother is upset the school didn't notify them about the flyers and feels officials dismissed their claims. >> i wish the students would have had some sort of notice. because without finding out through someone who works there, we wouldn't have known. >> campus officials tell us there is no credible threat at this time. similar flyers have been sent to printers in the past. they are working to prevent it from happening again. 5:40 right now. we are in a microclimate weather alert. pockets of rain coming through, kari. >> yes, sam. there will be breaks in between. we are seeing that as we look at the hour by hour outlook. 9:30, during the main morning commute, waves offier moving in.

bright reds and the yellows moving in. by lunchtime, we will all be seeing rain. but the most intense rain will be as we go into this afternoon and the evening commute where winds will gust 40 to 50 miles per hour. still heavy rain at tonight. as we head over to mike, how is it looking on the roadways? >> we have the wet roadways. blue ponding and puddling. the crash and hydroplaning crash has cleared. a crash reported around burnell. it may be a disabled vehicle. leave early. allow extra time because of the conditions. back to you. good advice. 4:41. a sinkhole in the east bay

prompts a state of emergency. whoops, they did it again. we'll take a look coming up in business and tech. did i just make a britney spears reference? >> i think you did. there are calls for julian assange to surrender. we'll explain after the break. mike traffic tease

good wednesday morning. 5:44. a live look at the radar. some of the heaviest rain has moved the bay area now the central valley. localized flooding. wind gusts 50 miles per hour. coastal erosion may be a factor as as we go into this weekend as the three storms through you. a look at the microclimate forecast and a look at the radar once again in four minutes. and kari's shot shows slow down at the bay bridge. metering lights on. >> our crews have spread out, tracking the incoming storm. the road is all wet. stay with today in the bay for

updates throughout the morning. at quarter to 6:00 right now, happening today, a woman accused of abducting a 3-year-old boy in oakland. she was babysitting the boy last friday when she took in the family's minute have van and never returned. an amber alert was issued. police eventually found the woman and the boy, was not harmed. yesterday president obama granted khreclemency to chelsea manning. last week wikileaks said if obama grants manning clemency, assange will agree to be extradited u.s. as for manning, she was convicted of stealing 700,000

classified documents. many are outraged by on obama's move to grant her clemency. barack obama's final news conference will take place this afternoon at the white house briefing room. the term officially ends at noon on friday. after the inauguration, the president and his family are heading to palm springs for a vacation. oakland city leaders say the move faced people living in the hotels from ending up on the streets. happening today in sap jose, updating the mobile home park ordinance. today's meeting is at the souththe side community center on cottl he e. it is 5:47 many. flying a drone where you're not

supposed to could get you in a lot of trouble. a can company is paying $200,000 for doing just that. they will pay 200 grand to the faa for flying dozens of drones over new york city and chicago. the biggest fine on error for illegal drone flying a number of companies are bringing jobs back to the united states. the question is scott mcgrew, should he take credit for that? >> it depends on the company. general motors said the move had nothing to do with donald trump. in fact, it went out of its way to deny connection. walmart's announcement for more jobs was made months ago, but mr. trump takes credit for it. he tweeted totally biased nbc news went out of its way to say that the big announce thes from

ford, g.m. and others had nothing to do with trump is more fake news. top ceos of those companies the real facts. came back because of me. stocks fell on tuesday. investors may be figuring out if trump is serious about those things i've been talking about. the dow was down 58. nasdaq is off its record. >> wall journal said theranos failed another inspection. they closed the first lab, here in the bay area. after the closing bell this afternoon, it is is showing off its way to a series called the santa clarita diet showing drew barrymore as a zombie mom. >> she's acting different.

i can cook that different for you, sweetheart. >> okay. >> did she die? >> she is dead and also up dead. >> zombie. >> i don't like that word. i think it's highly negative. >> i don't like it early. >> there are a number of naughty words in that trailer so we couldn't show you more. if you go to twitter, i posted the naughty words there. >> more risky on twitter. a live look of san francisco. we see rain that you know. kari hall describing the pocket going through. this is the first storm of the system. >> that's right. we have three in this microclimate weather alert series. >> that's right. we have one today, one on friday, and a third on sunday. with these systems moving in, we have wet ground and concern of flooding. and also some strong wind that could cause downed trees and

power lines as well. now we're looking at san jose where the light wind moves through and the streets are wet. you see the lights shining down on downtown san jose. this is what you have to deal with. there have been pockets of heavy rain. thankfully for now much of the bay area taking a break for the north bay san francisco. we have rain moving through parts of the east bay. now in oakland that rain has cleared out. it's to the east of you. east of orinda. bright reds and yellows will move off east, brent wood, within the next 30 minutes as that continues to track off to the east. showers in palo alto, sunny veil. this will be moving a second wave into san jose with light rain temperature wise. as you deal with the wet weather, temperatures in the upper 40s in the peninsula. 48 in san francisco.

and 50 degrees in the east bay. a wind advise will be in effect starting at 1:00 this afternoon continuing to 1:00 a.m. the strong winds will be kick canning up today as the southerly may gust 40 to 50 miles per hour. let's look at the timeline. 1:30, we see the southerly winds kicking in at 43 miles per hour. that will also churn up the waves. san francisco, 23-mile-per-hour winds. it will come up to 30 miles per hour. the evening commute, 5:00, keep a tight grip. 30, possibly 40 and gusting up to 50 miles per hour. and throughout the day, pockets of yellows and reds there by 9:30 in the morning. by lunchtime, we're all pretty much seeing rain and the winds starting to pick up. a widespread heavy rain early afternoon. 2:30 in the afternoon to 5:30 is

when we will have the brunt of the storm moving in. then the system slowly winding down by 9:00 tonight. still pockets of heavy rain possible. we'll still have scattered showers in the forecast for tomorrow. by tomorrow night, we get ready for the second storm to move in by 4:00 friday morning. we are seeing pockets of heavy rain moving in. also this weekend, with the third storm system expected to move in, a north westerly flow 20 to 25 feet. that could create coastal erosion. i will keep you up to date if you follow me on facebook and twitter. and we will see those temperatures staying in the 50s for san francisco, drying out finally on tuesday after all of

this wet weather. that's also having an effect on the roadway. >> it doesn't necessarily mean it is weather related. visibility might have been an issue as vehicles travel. green means damp. blue is ponding ask and puddling. 680, two weeks had a bump there. visibility might have been factor. everything is okay. no problems for the tri-valley. a light build fort east bay for hayward, union city. here is where the blue is hitting. that's the most intense. brent wood. the commute holds up well for the bay bridge. the rain easing off. as we get one more look, your travel times, 21 minutes from the east shore. back to you. mike, thank you very much.

napolitano battles cancer. >> nbc bay area is declaring a microclimate weather alert. on facebook, our team will keep you up date. a bizarre crash turned to be a homicide. pete just tweeted video of the car being towed away. back in two minutes.

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5:58. injured workers, broken system. 150 of you reached out. many of you saying you can't get medical care. the woman at the top is responding. she says a new law is making workers' comp. better. people with long and complex injuries are worried the system will not be able to help.

>> we have been contacted by people who say i've been system for months and for years. i'm stuck. the director explains the reason some medical treatment is being denied and details the steps the state is take to go speed up care. if you have a tip for the investigative unit give us a call. 888-996-tips. or accepted an e-mail to nbcbayarea.com. laura, another mountain lion sighting on the peninsula. this time in wood side. the latest was 6:30 yesterday morning on the 1800 block of portola road. it comes a day after one was spot indeed san carlos. janet napolitano was

hospitalized because of feeling side effects from her cancer treatment. she was diagnose theed summer, but that wasn't made public until yesterday. doctors say she is doing well. this is the time she has battled cancer. the 59-year-old previously overcome breast cancer. we wish her well. we're following several breaking news stories. george h.w. bush is in a texas hospital. find out why he was hospitalized and he is doing now. a car crashes into a home in antioch. why the case has now turned into a homicide investigation. in southern santa clara, we are starting to feel the storm. we will tell you the impact that could have on local reservoir. taking a live look at radar this morning. we are in a microclimateth