an overnight wreck involving a police cruiser in the east bay.. the string of events that led up 5:00 on your thursday morning. an overnight wreck involving a police cruiser in the east bay. what led up to this mangled mess coming up. bart is facing a major budget shortfall. the proposed hikes in cuts that could impact your ride into work. >> and moving out. the roads are wet but the heavy rain is moving on. your thursday forecast straight ahead. today in the bay continues right now. we are inching closer to the weekend. it's thursday morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. there's plenty of rain outside. will that help with us the allergies? >> mine have been really bad. i'm still feeling congested this morning. itchy throat and all of that stuff. it will help us out temporarily. that's all the rain does. it helps us out for a little

while. but it's just enough to help for a little while. more of this rain in the forecast off and on as we go through the day. we'll talk about what else to expect and the weekend forecast coming up. mike is tracking the slick roads. >> that will be a factor. roadways are relatively clear. we're watching for things like this report down here. it's highway 87 by the airport. standing water blocking your slow lanes so move to your left. lighter rain against the slick roadways are more of a concern. the bay bridge so traffic moves well.

5:01, oakland police investigating a crash involving one of its officers that hit another car while responding to an arrest scene. happening about 9:30 on hillside and 86th avenue. there are three people in the other car. all three along with a police officer suffered minor injuries. a deadly car crash in the south bay on santa theresa boulevard and highway 85 near the oak ridge mall in san jose. you can see one of the cars in the aftermath. the driver of one car died and the other was critically injured. there were no passengers in either car. the chp expects streets to reopen in time for your morning commute. at 5:02, reduced service and smaller discounts could become a reality for bart riders. >> that could have an impact. it's something the board of directors have been considering. today we're joined live from the warm springs bart station on the

meeting happening today. and the proposal that could impact your commute. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. fares are scheduled to go up 3% in january, that accounts for inflation but it does not make up for what is expected to be a 25 to $35 million budget deficit to sate they are morning the bart board of directors will discuss ways to cut costs, raise more revenues. proposals they are looking at include a 50 cent surcharge on the paper mag stripe tickets. that would be -- they'd do that to persuade riders to use clipper cards which are cheaper for bart. they're also looking at reducing discount rates for senior students and people with disabilities from 62.5% to 50%. delaying the start of service from 4:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the morning and among other possibilities cut positions, the elimination of 15 jobs. the transit agency has been

enjoying six years of consecutive growth but during the first half of the 2016/2017 there has been a slump. it has led to a tremendous drop in revenue. the bart board not expected to make a final decision on those pro proposals in june. bob redell, today in the bay. berkeley police need your help identifying three more people they say committed criminal acts during last month's trump rally. take a look. the trio face charges ranging from robbery to assault with a deadly weapon. in the meantime, another pro-trump rally is set for this weekend and the concern for potential violence is so high the popular downtown farmers' market has been cancelled? >> it was scary all the violence that happened last time. i wish people could use their words and get along.

>> the market is located next to the park where the rally is expected to take place. thieves at fishermen's wharf have reportedly left a bay area visitor crushed by taking the ashes of her dead father. the "chronicle" speaking at length with the woman. she says somebody took just about everything from the trunk of her rented car on beach street as she and her mom were walking along pier 39. they planned to scatter the ashes today on what would have been her father's 57th birthday. santa clara county studied its own restrictions on law enforcement when it comes to federal immigration. ahead of the announcement the county says sanctuary policies have lowered crime and increased prosperi prosperity. happening today, toad we go sneak peek at an international rivals waiting area. family and friends no longer have to wait outside to exit

customs. they can wait in this 3,000 square foot air conditioned lounge. that's not all. to accommodate that additional traffic, the airport has added a second baggage carousel in the international terminal. the number of airlines offering international service has tripled from three to nine over the last couple years. part of the customs process for arriving international passengers, you don't know when grandma will be coming through the door because if she's in the back of the plane it might take her longer to get through the customs line so it's a great opportunity for meters and greeters to be waiting while they're reunited with family. >> and carry grandma's bags for her. the expansion costs over $8 million using money from existing bond funds. you would do that. >> every single time. i love my grandma. 5:06. more money coming down the pike for the downtown san francisco extension of cal train. the transby a joint powers authority just approved $5.4 million for a preliminary

engineering study. san francisco county transportation authority wants to extend cal train from the at&t park area to the transbay terminal. there's no timeline for the project. and a construction is booming in downtown san francisco, especially soma, that's creating some huge traffic backups. the examiner looked at the numbers and found traffic was slowed as much as nine miles. there's a summit in palo alto focused entirely on autism. it's called the autism at work summit and it's hosted by fap. leading business leaders will come together for what's being called the largest gathering to ever address the issue of autism. we've seen off arou-and-on on this thursday morning. let me show you what we'll see through the day.

53 in san francisco with rain moving back in. you need the rain jackets today and we'll take them off and then put them back on. rain will be off and on throughout the day and much cooler with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. 61 will be your high temperature in the north bay today while san francisco is up to 58. all of this clears out tomorrow as well as saturday but rain returns on sunday. more on that coming up in a few minutes and the tahoe report in four minutes. mike has standing water reported on the roads. >> spots here and there, most people call them puddles. it's enough to affect the lanes of traffic. on the roads, major freeways, no lanes closed. also the off ramps around oakland overnight. so we're tracking that. no real problems there slow and wide as far as our sensors are concerned and drive times here

approaching the bay bridge. 14 minutes is the minimum we usually see in the morning off of the highway 4 interchange. slowing out of the grant lane road and altamont pass. we'll look at fremont. you can see the flag moving around a bit. no big deal. back to you. >> just a little wind. thank you very much, mike. coming up, tense moments caught on camera. a four-year-old nearly shot. the moments that led up to a pretty shocking scene. plus, the family of that united airlines passenger ready to talk this morning. we'll look in business and tech. mike traffic tease

we're setting new records here in the sierra. the northern and central sierra on track for the wettest year on record. it's still coming down. we're seeing a lot of snow happening as of now around as we get a look at the squaw valley and alpine meadows, 31 degrees as we go through the day and still some snow coming down. kwleerg out for friday and saturday but more snow in the forecast on sunday with the potential of getting at least another foot of snow in spots. we'll talk about what's happening in the sierra as well as the bay area with more rain on the way coming up in about five minutes. >> and looking at travel times across your bridges. no dlaiz for that bridge in towards san rafael out of

richmond. the bay bridge has recovered but slow for folks paying cash. 5:12. look at this. dramatic video out of chandler, arizona, near phoenix. this little four-year-old girl playing and waiting inside a barber shop out of nowhere, look at that, shots fired into the shop missing the little girl by just inches. luckily she wasn't physically hurt. turns out, three men next door got into an argument and at least three rounds of shots were fired. two of the suspects have been arrested. >> great instincts by her to run away after it as well 5:13. happening at the moment. secretary of state rex tillerson heading back from russia today hoping to warm up a bit of a frosty relationship. in the meantime, president trump reversing course on china and nato. today in the bay's tracie potts live on capitol hill tracking the developments, good morning,

tracie. >> reporter: russia says the meeting was constructive but putin has a message for president trump. president trump heads to florida on easter break today with this assessment of world affairs. the. >> right now it's nasty. >> there is a level of trust between our countries. >> reporter: rex tillerson returns from moscow empty handed after chilling meetings with president vladimir putin and russia's foreign minister. >> i have questions about interference. >> reporter: questions about president trump launching air strikes after sierra's chemical attacks. >> translator: so far we have not seen any facts. >> reporter: the president is doing an about-face on two key issues. nato. >> i said it was obsolete. it's no longer obsolete. >> reporter: and china as a

currency manipulator now telling the "wall street journal" they're not saying this in an unexpected phone call with china's president. >> i said the way you're going to make us a good trade deal is to help with us north korea otherwise we'll go it alone. >> reporter: with two of the world's major superpowers at arm's length. and president trump widening that gap by suggesting that russian soldiers who were in syria may have known that attack was coming and did nothing about it. >> tracie pots live from washington. united airlines is offering everyone on that infamous flight their money back. and the family has scheduled a preference conference. >> reporter: they've hired lawyers warning united to not destroy any evidence. the united ceo is in full

apology mode, a 180 from where he started out. oscar munoz said david dao did nothing wrong and cannot be blamed. munoz says police officer will never again be asked to take a paying customer off a united flight simply because he or she refuses to leave. > a somervilan francisco supervis passed a law that would prevent passengers from being taken off a flight if they're not violent. the city of chicago which suspended one of the officers at the airport suspended the other two involved. the unanswered question is what were the officers told? did they know they were being asked to use their police power to take sides in what was fundamentally a dispute between a company and a customer or were they told the passenger was a danger and they were simply doing their job? remember, even the united ceo now says the passenger was never

a threat to the aircraft and that this was a business dispute. the difference between united's attitude on monday and tuesday and its reaction now is pretty stark. it would be fair to ask how much is genuine and how much is reaction to the hit on united stock on the broader markets, investors digesting smarting statements about the u.s. dollar from president trump. we'll talk about that in a half hour. and wells fargo has been doing its best to get past its pr disaster. the company created fraudulent accounts to customers and fired employees who raised concerns to their ethics line. earlier this week, wells fargo clawed back more bonuses from its ceo and others. this morning they reported profits, they're having trouble generating new business in california. profits were flat as they continue to try to create some kind of level of trust between people, particularly in the west and the bank. >> it would make sense.

create new business legitimately. >> rebuild some good will. thank you very much, scott. look out here. karlsson scores. >> nice to hear. sharks getting their post-season started in a big way, winning in overtime 3-2 against the edmonton oilers. melker karlsson, a.k.a. the melk man delivered the game winner delivered it on friday. >> i love that, the mekl man delivers. >> sometiming is everything. our cameras had already left a packed sports for what san jose when the sharks scored that goal. earlier in the night fans were talking about a deep run. you remember last year the sharks fell two games short of stanley cup. losing in the final to pittsburgh. >> sharkey is already up with the fans building up their esteem. >> sharky is always excited out there. it's going to feel like water out there, hopefully not too

many sharks. >> none of that. no sharknado or anything like that. but we are going to have some rain off and on today so make sure you're ready for sunshine, rain, cool temperatures and breezy winds, we'll see it all. mere's the live look outside 11. the seven day forecast rolling at the bomb of tttom of the scr. the trend will be for some more rain so enjoy these little breaks while we get them but our temperature friend will be at 56 degrees at 9:00 and at lunchtime they there still may be spotty showers moving in, only 59 degrees. we get clearing this afternoon. you'll have a good time out there getting in a walk or enjoying more sun without the worry of some rain moving through. san francisco cleared out for a while, the rain is back, it continues to fill in here in this area around mill valley,

tiburon, sausalito you're seeing showers coming down and also for sunset district into san francisco down to san mateo and it will be getting a little bit heavier within the next few minutes. rain returning to berkeley and richmond and will move toward oakland in the next few minutes. looking at the hour by hour forecast, more spotty showers, at times heavy then we'll get breaks with prisbreezy winds by 6:00. tomorrow going to see more clearing and i know you're watching that easter forecast. there will be more showers moving in. temperature trend for san jose for easter sunday will be in the mid-50s as you head out for those early morning services and then showers moving in during the afternoon for an egg hunt outside with the kids. a chance of rain in the forecast. as we head to mike, big problems on the roads. no big problems, kari, i should have clarified. but the conditions may cause a problem because they are slick

and that will increase the need for stopping distances, your freeway is moving well. behind me just one of the signs of the road weather index showing you you might have damp conditions. let's get you to waze. because traffic is so light we don't often get to make this comparison. say you're driving from hayward to palo alto. the san mateo bridge is the easiest way you may assume, but that's 36. let's open up the other routes and it shows the dunbarton bridge towards palo alto from the spots we've suggested is the best route. it saves you six minutes. if you need to use the that as a choice well you probably aren't thinking as well as most of our waze users. let's find out whether or not it helps you. go to the waze app and use that magnifying glass. to click on your profile, click on teams and join us at nbc bai

y air -- area wazers. join our team, back to you. >> the days and don'ts of the waze option. coming up, keeping students safe. the major changes one state is considering making to school buses that could save lives. new video out of idaho this

morning-- shows a mudslide slowly covering a highway.. . new video out of idaho which shows that mud slide there slowly covering a highway. you can see the hillside start

to give way and gently move d n down. then the damage is done. mud, rock and trees pushed forcefully and two layers of  concrete barriers were pushed off the road. officials estimate 800 cubic yards of debris came down on u.s. 95 there. getting drivers to stop for a school bus can be a challenge and it puts students in danger. now some schools in north carolina are making a change in an effort to keep students safer. schools have added extended bus arms. they stretch out six and a half feet. school officials say it's hard to miss. >> pretty much almost covers the entire other lane of approaching traffic or on coming traffic. there's no execute that they couldn't see it. >> that will get your attention. a state has more than 31,00 stop arm violations a day. maybe not now. when you buy a house you need to buy title insurance, but

few home buyers know there's a way to save money. consumer investigator chris the chmura joining us now. >> it's one of those things that we don't know how it works and we don't question the price. even if you're clueless about title insurance, know it's negotiable. the california department of insurance says you can save money by comparing rates. depending on the price of the home that can mean hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars in your pocket. send us your consumer questions. the number is 888-996-tips or online at nbcbayarea.com/response. thank you very much, chris. 5:26. this might be one burger run that went a little bit too far. after getting calls about an erratic driver, police stopped a car in ohio. the driver, an eight-year-old boy and his passenger a four-year-old sister. their mission, to get a

mcdonald's cheeseburger a mile away from home. it turns out they had a craving and dad was asleep. the boy told officers he learned to drive on youtube. >> no way. >> yeah. you have seven-year-olds. >> that's scaring me. 5:27 right now. coming up, wet roads out there, rain, the major rain oneteorolo look at when we can see sunshine. >> look at the sloppy roads as we look at the golden gate bridge. lingering showers for the morning. we'll talk about when the rain moves out, when we'll get the sunshine and the easter forecast on the other side of the break. >> reporter: there's been a deadly problem for decades at the iconic bridge. details on the life-saving project set to begin construction later this morning. ad lib live picture-- san

francisco =samot 5:30 as we start off today in the bay here. taking a live look outside in san francisco. the transamerica building, formerly the tallest building in san francisco now the sales force tower. we're tracking rain. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i feel like it will be in the traditionalist eyes. it's the transamerica pyramid. >> an institution. >> it is. boy, this season we've had so much rain. >> snow in the sierra. it's been an'm i can season and

it continues. more rain in the forecast from next week. that's probably not what you want to hear on this thursday morning. we are seeing more showers moving in. as we look at sausalito, tiburon and parts of mill valley where we see showers moving through, also across northern sections of san francisco heading from south san francisco, san mateo, redwood city, rain moving through. it will get heavier. that's creating slick conditions on the roadways. how's it looking? >> so far so great. as far as the incidents report, we have very few. we have some standing water, that means a puddle. a little more traffic from rich monday in toward the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on so we have live cameras that show you a mild backup but you see the rain is is coming down so slick conditions may be tougher to see. be careful.

back to you. >> mike, thank you so much. we want to update you on a situation on the peninsula. the chp is investigating the death of a pedestrian struck and killed on highway 92 west of el camino real in san mateo. you see it spotlighted on your map. the chp says an suv struck shall be walking in the westbound lanes of 92. they're trying to figure out how that person ended up on the highway in the first place. the chp holding a news conference on the crash, or maybe they're just wrapping up. as soon as we have an update we'll bring it to you. a high-speed chase leads to a mess in antioch. look at that fountain. the suspect ended up crashing his camaro not into a fountain, it was just a fire hydrant sending the wall of water dishing into the air. it's at second and l streets near barbara price marina park. the chase started about 1:00 this morning on high bay 4. investigators didn't say why they were chasing.

the driver was taken to the hospital. we're waiting for word on the suspect's condition. big day in san francisco, preventing suicides at the golden gate bridge. today construction will start on a project to stop people from taking their lives at that iconic location. today in the bay's pete suratos tells us about the solution that may also impact drivers. good morning. >> reporter: we can peexpect to see some of california's top political people, nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein, to commemorate this. let's show you a video of what we expect the final product to look like of the suicide deterrent. it will be suspended 200 feet above the pacific ocean and it will be about seven football fields worth of stainless steel. this project will cost roughly $200 million and accord thoing that bridge spokesperson, they

said just last year 39 people committed suicide on the golden gate bridge but 200 people were prevented from doing so by bridge patrol. that event that takes place later this morning is set to start at 10:00 a.m. but the next hour we'll talk about how that construction will affect your commute. more details in the next hour. live in san francisco, pete suratos for toad day in the bay >> a developing story to tell you about, protesters believe justice is not being served in the death of a man at the hands of san francisco police and this happened back in 2015. you see the protesters gathering last night following the d.a.'s decision to clear two officers who shot and killed 21-year-old amilcar perez-lopez in the mission district. they shot him after police say he lunged at one of the officers with a knife. he was shot five times in the back and once in the side. the decision outraged leaders of

a minority group. the family of a man killed released a written statement which read "we have always anticipated the district attorney would refuse to bring charges against the officers. the long-awaited decision comes as no surprise." renters in san jose rallying against no cause evictions. >> we're tenants under attack. what do we do? >> we're going to fight back! >> that was the scene in front of city hall yesterday. activists wanted city leaders to hear them before the vote on two policies that would protect ten innocents for evictions. that they warn the housing crisis will hit everyone soon. >> why does this happen in is nobody cares until it happens to th them. >> they can evict anybody at any time with no reason so i feel just cause evictions are needed. >> according to city reports,

there have been more than 2,000 no-cause evictions over the last six years. another protest by renters, this time in san francisco. activists calling for a taxation of corporate landlords and developers. they also want anti-tenant laws to be repealed the. rally takes place at 10:30 at the association of realtors on grove street. some experts say the answer to the housing crunch in granny units. >> a new survey was conducted by the bay area council. the survey found one out of every four bay area homeowners would consider adding accessory housing units if restrictions were eased. that many units would add about 400,000 additional dwellings to the bay area and could put a dent in the current housing problem. >> downtown palo alto reportedly paving the way for shoppers to park their cars more easily. mercury news reports council members have approved a new five level parking lot at the corner

of hamilton avenue and waverley street. it will be built on top of a street level lot that holds 80 cars. it will hold more than 350 spaces and open by 2020. trying to charge up. happening today the oakland port commission looking at its electric vehicle parking and charging infrastructure the port is analyzing the possibility of adding more charging stations. the state is requiring ports and other goods and transportation agencies to reduce fossil fuel use and increase the use of electric-based energy. also happening right now in the north bay, the public getting a chance to weigh in in discussions about improving the airport. the county is considering expandiexpand i -- plans to expand the airport. the san francisco library introducing a new library card that will come in handy for thousands of students called the scholar card. it's ee's an all access pass t

connects students to millions of free resources the. card will be unveiled at the tenderloin community elementary school. food network, we have future stars. >> and students from oakland. this is the winning team of chefs from oakland's ralph bunch academy. jimmy salafan and jay poindexter. they won a free trip to washington, d.c. the national cooking competition is to teach students healthy eating habits. the winning team cooked up thai chicken roll dip and spiced apple sauce. that's your winning dish. >> 5:38. we do have some wet roads you have to drive around after very heavy earl i morning rain, lingering showers but it's dry in san jose. but the temperature trend shows that we'll continue to see those temperatures going from the mid-50s into the upper 50s by

early afternoon. low 60s for the high which is below 68 degrees and notice rain drops off and on throughout the morning and times of sunshine, too. i'll have a look at the school day fear cast. mike has a look at a light commute. >> folks might be inclined to drive faster because roadways are clear and slick. careful an. slowing for san jose, 680 through please san on the shows the first signs of the morning commute just a little build. no major issues on the roadways including for transit we are looking at a smooth drive on the rails as well. bart report nothing delays. there's a note from san francisco ferry service, you'll have a large service interrupted tomorrow. i'll talk about that coming up and give you a couple options. back to you. >> thank you, mike. moving forward decades later. the trial about to get under way nearly 40 years after two young

women were found brutally murdered in san mateo county and the new details we're learning about this case. new intelligence reports say north korea is primed and ready to test another nuclear weapon on this day 84.

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we start out with some scattered showers, you need the rain boots and umbrellas as you head out for school this morning. it will be muddy outside at recess, times of rain still possible and the chance of showers this afternoon. otherwise it will be sunny. that's coming up in the micro climate forecast. >> travel times here for the south bay look great but there are spots where standing water, pig puddles reported on the highway 87. no closures but we'll track that as well as what's happening from the north bay. >> it looks like the suspect in the gypsy hill killings will finally be going to trial. according to the mercury news, rodney halbower will stand trial in august for the deaths of five

of women killed in 1976. their bodies were discovered on gypsy hill road in pacifica. halbower has been in prison for the last 40 years. a judge had to find him fit to stand trial again and this week halbower officially pleaded not guilty. >>. police are asking anyone who witness add 75-year-old woman being struck and killed in downtown san leanne trow to come forward. the driver stayed and cooperated but police are hoping to get an eyewitness account. it happened on march 31, about 5:00 at night in front of chipotle and peet's coffee. the victim was struck while in a crosswalk, police say drugs and alcohol did not play a factor. newark police say one of the suspects behind a deadly shooting in the parking lot of a grocery outlet had been arrested. 28-year-old jose perez of oakland was arrest ed a day aftr the shooting. newark police say perez robbed a union city man and shot and

killed him. officers are searching for two other suspects. a shocking story out of new york today and developing at that. an investigation is under way after the body of a judge is found along the hudson river 65-year-old sheila abdus-salaam was appointed to the new york court of appeals. she was reported missing on tuesday and was found dead a day later. right now the medical examiners is trying to figure out the cause of death is. >> new this morning we are getting our first look at portions of a manifesto believed to be written by the man at the center of a nationwide man hunt. the 161-page document allegedly written by joseph jakubowski details how he says the government has wronged him. he later goes on to call the government a gang of terrorists. the manifesto was mailed to president donald trump. jakubowski reportedly wrote he's not afraid to die. he's been on the run for more than a week after allegedly

stealing 18 guns from a wisconsin gun store. >> the challenge for president trump, the crisis with north korea could come to a nuclear test. >> and, scott mcgrew, the u.s. would be forced to respond in that situation. >> reporter: we're putting enormous pressure on china to stop that from happening, sam, reports say north korea is ready for itself sixth test of a nuclear weapon and it could happen any time president trump has been specific. the u.s. doesn't want that to happen. nbc news reports this morning slooit images show increased activity at the test site very close to the chinese border. north korea says it will use nuclear weapons if the u.s. attacks. north korea doesn't have the technology to hit us with a nuclear weapon or any kind of weapon but all of japan and certainly all of south korea is in missile range. seoul is within artillery range. the president has been very plain with the chinese -- force

north korea to stop and we will give you a good trade deal. it's an enormous reversal of his past statement on china. the president also had a press conference alongside the secretary general of nato. another huge reversal the president says nato is no longer obsolete. through the campaign trump blasted nato as irrelevant. 86 days later he's changed his mind so in the last 48 hours president trump has reversed himself on five different things he said on the campaign trail -- nato, whether the u.s. dollar should be strong or weak, whether janet yellen should remain the head of the fed, he now likes the import/export bank and whether china is a currency manipulator. i could show you tweet after tweet saying he thinks it is except wednesday he says it's not. lastly, we are watching the fate of steve bannon president trump distancing himself from bannon

in an interview with the "wall street journal." he says he's on adviser and only met bannon during the campaign. we know that not to be true. the problem is if the white house fires bannon, they could make an enemy of the guy who knows all their secrets. remember, after they fired their last guy he went from the justice department to the senate to the house offering to turn state's evidence in return for immunity. >> that's true. thank you very much, scott. >> scott will be looking at president trump's tweets throughout his time in office. he'd like to hear for from you. you can hear thoughts from scott. his twitter handle @scottmcgrew. a study sending out shock waves in the scientific community. ocean levels could rise between three and ten feet by the end of the century if serious action isn't taken to stop global climate change. that's the conclusion of a new state-commissioned report which gives roughly a two-thirds chance that ocean levels will

rise. researchers say that's greater than previously thought. >> new video out of washington state where neighbors came together to save a horse. he fell into a sinkhole and only saved because a hiker saw him trapp trapped. the horse's name is cooper, they used ladders and plywood to keep dirt and rocks from falling on him. >> cooper getting a good little pat there. he fell into a sinkhole. how did he not break his legs. >> lucky he didn't. >> and glad it didn't continue to get deeper. >> strong as a horse. >> we'll wait from comment from cooper. you were talking about not just the rain but the snow we'll be seeing. >> it's crazy. this is when we normally start to dry out but not the case this year we have rain moving in even

though it's all clear. we'll have a chance of rain in the forecast throughout the day off and on even though you're not seeing anything happening as you look out the window. this is the view in san francisco. rain drops still coming down. drivers kicking up water and the windshield wipers still on as we see more scatted showers. there will be more rain appro h approaching the south bay. it's happening now. as we get a closer look still raining across marin county, going down one into san francisco. heavier rain moving across the golden gate bridge as of now. then there south city down through 280 down to peninsula you're seeing a good coverage of rain and even heavier downpours getting ready to approach

redwood city. expect another round of rain for oak land as the rain moves out of san francisco. so we'll see this off and on throughout the day. even at lunchtime we see rain falling in the north bay, breaks elsewhere and sunshine in between the rain so we have to be prepared for those showers even at times through the evening commute then we can get outside, walk the dog and take the kids out to play without the worries of showers. as we get a look at what to wear today from san jose, going to need the umbrella but we'll see showers moving back in, cool temp schours a jacket is an necessity. keep warm as the highs will reach into the lower 60s. as we get a look at what's

happening in the sierra it's spring break and you may be heading in this direction. look how heavy that snow is coming down be prepared for a long commute there, a long drive there at squaw creek, we are seeing temperatures below freezing as of now but a beautiful shot there. mike is giving us a note about north bay commuters. overnight i was getting notices about trucks with trouble trailers having a problem, being stopped for a period of time so chain controls like you said. that's where the road weather index shows you the wet roads. that will be the case all over the bay. nothing major to call out on this map. look ahead at this. there will be bus service doing repair work to the ferry system so you have to watch that. a land route will be necessary and that may present an issue if

if there's a problem on the golden gate bridge. this is hypothetical. look at this. this will help you across the golden gate bridge. this is the most direct route if you don't opt to take the ferry but if there was a problem on the golden gate bridge and it was better to go on the slower drive down the east shore freeway and across the bay bridge it would tell you that. right now the difference is 22 minutes in the direct route. you can our team. make sure waze is on your phone and use that wherever you're going throughout the weekend. join our team by clicking on your profile and selecting nbc bay area wazers and share your knowledge with the rest of our community and we can get better tips no matter where you're driving. you might notice changes the next time you fly out of san jose airport. up next, we'll take a sneak peek at the new international

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the wet conditions on the golden gate bridge. we're tracking at taking a live look outside at wet conditions on the golden gate bridge, we are tracking scattered showers for your morning commute but it will all clear out later this morning. transfats are in a lot of foods we love to eat and they've been linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. a new study finds banning transfats keeps people out of the hospital. a study found three years after counties in new york banned the number of transfats a number of people hospitalized from heart

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that's $700 million more when it made that service in 2014. messenger is the same size as what's app and massively larger than most apps on the market. it has features such as chat box, video calls and payments. that's roughly the same population as the country of china just for context. the bulk of the rain moving out but still tracking scattered showers for your morning commute. heavy downpours still possible and wet roads as you drive. a look at what ice ahead for the day in the microclimate forecast. an east bay police officer crashes into a car leaving three people injured. the call the officer was responding to before the crash. bart is facing a major budget shortfall today in the bay continues right now. good thursday morning to you.

6:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. and kari hall is here for the radar. you can see it on my phone, not one with the broken screen. >> you can see the alerts as the rain moves closer to where you live. so definitely a necessity where it will be off and on. we are looking at heavier rain moving through san francisco into the east bay and across our bridges so it will be soggy heavier pockets moving through. in richmond and berkeley it's raining moving towards west oakland. get ready for the rain to roll right back in. this is the kind of activity we'll see throughout the day so i'll fill you in on what to expect and the timeline of more rain and the easter forecast