have in your plans with meteorologist kari hall leading the way. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. let's get straight to that forecast right now with kari. pleasant start to the morning. >> a nice, dry start to the morning. cool as well. really excited about the rain set to move in. it starts out light this morning. most of the activity we will see for the first part of the day will be very light and activity. then we'll start to see the winds picking up and heavier rain for this afternoon. as we get a closer look at northern sonoma county, seeing that rain on 101 down to cloverdale and approaching guerneville as well. look at the timing. starting out with light rain moving across the bay area and heavier downpours for later this evening in the north baby 8:00 tonight. i'll talk more about this and the timing and how much coming up in a few minutes. mike is concerned about the san mateo bridge.

>> not because of rain. you talked about that heading down across everybody by the end of the day. looking at the map, the earlier crash in hayward. look at the green on the map. the red and orange, 880 toward whipping, the crash cleared. the back up, some folks are tired of it and get out on the san mateo bridge. the travel is 37 minutes. that's a tough drive. we look at the volume, traffic flow is smooth here. there may be a build over the next ten minutes. we'll track it closely, back to you. it's hard to believe, but today marks one month since the deadly and wild destructive fires broke out. the clean up is far from over. >> pete suratos is in santa rosa's coffey park neighborhood. >> reporter: marcus and laura, we are here in coffey park, one of the hardest hit areas from the north bay wildfires and a

lot of work needs to be done as thousands of people lost their homes, left with nothing but debris. while we were here last week, we know they put the straw waddles in place because they were preparing for the rain. they didn't want the debris flowing into the streams and affecting the water supply. good thing is, that didn't happen. one of the things we are seeing this morning, sonoma county put a debris removal checklist. most importantly, when the removal will be complete. the debris removal. that's the thing residents are waiting on. hundreds of them met up last night to ask the one important question, what is going to happen next? >> what is our goal right now? what is our goal as a group? >> reporter: that was the first planning meeting for residents in coffey park taking late at the burbank center in santa rosa. at times, residents were leading the conversation. many are in santa rosa, living

out of rentals, motels, living with family members or out of their cars. there's a level of frustration dealing with the loss of their homes and filling out a number of pieces of documentation and, of course, waiting out the bureaucratic process of getting debris removed from their property and starting all over again. at least last night, they discuss zed the game plan with so much up in the air. >> it's been a month. we haven't had a chance to sit down and talk about what to do to move forward. this is the opportunity to do that. >> reporter: a lot of work left to be done here in coffey park. officials are hoping to get it removed because we are expecting the wet weather which could bring a host of other problems. in santa rosa, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> so much recovering to do there. thank you, pete. two escaped inmates on the loose, but accomplices are behind bars. they are arrested renee and

markita. they supplied the get away cars. we covered this since the news broke monday. sources say they were in a stairwell at the palo alto courthouse. they were shackled but used a key to unlock their cuffs. they attacks one of the two deputies guarding them. they got into a waiting car and ditched it for a u-haul truck. the sheriff plans to do a review of its procedures. >> we are going to do annage us on how the event happened and what lessons we have learned and what we can improve. >> the sheriff's department said the escapees are dangerous. 6:04. follow up now, the mental health clinic for young people has the go ahead from santa clara county supervisors. approving plans to build a psychiatric unit at san jose's medical center.

families won't have to travel so far for that treatment. it could cost between $50 million and $70 million. elections don't usually pack much punch. little was on the ballot. voters voted down a rent control measure. it would have stabilized rents and established new tenant protections. 62% vopted against it. on our website, you can find complete election results as well, head to www.nbcbayarea.com. sutherland springs, texas. vice president mike pence will travel to texas to spend time with the victims of the deadly terror attacks. >> here is the latest. according to a 2012 report, the gunman escaped from a new mexico mental health facility months after he was accused of beating his first wife and stepson at an air force base. they didn't enter that

information into the data base that would have barred him from buying the gun. that mistake is now under investigation by the air force. >> investigators are trying to piece together how and why the massacre unfolded at the church. that's where we find jay gray live with what happened in the moments after that shooting started. good morning, jay. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. good morning, laura. the vice president will be here later today. he will visit not only with family members of the victims, but first responders who rushed into the church behind us here to find friends and family members in the wake of the killing spree. this morning, they are speaking for the first time since the attack. >> in front of the church. in front of the church. >> reporter: minutes after the attack, the first medics to rush into the chaos. >> to find something like that, there's no real training for it. >> reporter: a chapel fill ld with friends wounded or dead. >> there's no way to try to even begin to describe it.

>> reporter: the haunting images from that day linger. >> we have dreams. >> dreams, nightmares. trying to get the horror out of my mind, but, you can't unsee what you already saw. >> reporter: as investigators now work to understand how and why it happened. we are learning a lot more about the alleged gunman's violent past. an assault conviction, jail time and bad conduct military discharge. somehow he was able to buy weapons and ammo. >> there was knuthing in our data bases that stopped him from purchasing a gun. >> reporter: the criminal history was never entered into the fbi's criminal data base. kelley, described as a danger to himself and others after sneaking firearms on to holloman air force base, attempting to carry out death threats. another part of the tragic

puzzle, his cell phone, which federal agents are trying to unlock in quantico, virginia. >> unfortunately, at this point and time, we are unable to get into that phone. >> reporter: they think, ultimately, getting into the mind of the killer. the vice president will be here this afternoon. he'll spend time with family members of the victims, also survivors at area hospitals. he will talk with law enforcement and those first responders and wrap up by speaking at a prayer vigil this evening. laura, marcus. >> very emotional for so many. jay grar jay gray, thank you so much. while the vice president visits texas, president trump is in china, one year after he was elected president. the president and first lady went to the opera with them. president trump is the first foreign leader to dine in the forbidden city. president trump focused on trade. american and chinese companies find more than a dozen deals

worth $9 billion overnight. we don't have the exact details. president trump hopes to get china on board to get north korea to back down. >> to those nations that choose to ignore this threat or worse still, to enable it, the weight of this crisis is on your conscience. >> the president calling on north korea to come to the table and make a deal. here at home, firefighters are showing off how drone technology advancements are helping emergency responders. >> they posted a photo showing the newest drone camera technology. it allows firefighters a better ability to see through smoke. menlo park firefighters say they are using drones more and more especially during large wildfires. a cloudy start right now. 6:09. as you head out the door in san jose, a mix of sun and clouds, light rain moving through with the heavier rain later this

afternoon. it will go from the mid-50s to the mid-60s for today. then, as we look at all of our high temperatures for this afternoon, mostly reaching into the mid-60s inland and some gusty winds coming up from the south at 15-20 miles per hour, and the north bay, it will be cooler today. i'll have more on this and break down the temperature trend for fremont in four minutes. mike says there's slowing in the east bay. >> partially because it's the east bay where the commute comes over from the central valley. no major problems. the problem in the altamont pass. over here, we have the bulk of slowing, south 880 from 238 past whipple. you can see the thin out a bit. an earlier crash at whipple kicked off the traffic flow there and slowed it down. here, more slowing. a crash at 680. it moved to the shoulder and

slowing off 242, an early slow for walnut creek. back to you. >> thank you, mike. next on "today in the bay," more trouble for seaworld. the reason the theme park says they aren't worried about visitors. congress wants to talk to an executive and facebook says, what? when "today in the bay" continues.

mostly cloudy start right now at 6:14 as we get ready for an earlier sunrise. we look outside in fremont, already busy this morning. before you head out, grab the umbrella. we are going to see mostly cloudy skies. temperatures reaching the mid-60s. a cool day. gusty winds and at times light rain. we'll talk about when the heavier rain arrives coming up in five minutes. >> we'll stick with that look at fremont where we focus on the traffic flow. if you are heading to fremont on the nimitz, you may have an issue around the dumbarton bridge. we'll help you figure out your route. attendance at see world keeps falling. the theme park says attendance fell by more than 8% this past quarter, compared to the same time last year. park officials say visitors are spending less, but seaworld says it is confident a new ad

campaign involving animal protection efforts will improve the number of visitors. seaworld came under fire after the release of the documentary "black fish" that highlighted the dangers of keeping whales in captivity. seaworld announced they were ending their breeding program following pressure and animal rights protests. tweets are getting longer. twitter is allowing 280 character tweets following a testing period. it will be standard in every language except chinese, japanese and korean where the 140 character limit will apply. they fit more thoughts into fewer characters. most are brief in their post. 1% hit that 280 character mark. >> 6:15. two ceos at the helm of their companies will be grilled by congress today.

>> not willingly, though. one had to be subpoenaed. >> yahoo! says she is not the right person to answer the question, but congress wanted her. the other executive along with mayer is richard smith, the former ceo of equifax. they were in charge during two of the biggest cyber disasters in history, the titanic and the hindenburg of hacking. equifax lost 143 million records, yahoo! at least 3 billion. that's half the population of the entire planet earth. those hearings will be this morning before the commerce committee. we will watch both for you. smith testified before, he blamed the hack on a single employee that forgot to update software. the last time a yahoo! exec faced congress was ten years ago. he was blasted for turning the accounts over to the chinese government.

tom called yahoo! moral pygmies. that was his word. here is jerry yang in 2007. >> i want to personally apologize to them for what they and their family are going through. >> amazon launches the amazon key, the device that lets you allow a delivery person in your house to drop off a package so it doesn't get stolen or wet in the rain. a look at facebook headquarters. andy would not let me show you video of what i want to talk about. >> come on. >> several newspapers report facebook is going to launch a program where you send them your nude photos. i know what you are thinking. i surely have not had enough coffee. the australian broadcasting company and the times of london say facebook wants to crack down on revenge porn. facebook is thinking, according to the reports, if we can see what you look like, we'll know,

then we'll destroy the photograph and code it into digital data. >> why not destroy them all? >> that's the idea. we don't know what you look like, yet. now, when we know what you look like, we'll be able to destroy them all. >> who works on that team? >> well, i'm gonna -- >> you have a job right here, right now. >> i'm going to shout out at you, just to know. >> 6:18 right now. looking further, we are getting our first look this morning at a popular exhibition that is back for a long term stay at the tech museum. this has a new spin. the third time the museum hosted body world decoded. this is where they have the real human bodies preserved through the process of plastnation. they have an augmented feature to use a handheld device. you explore models of the human

organ. >> so cool. >> take the device and keep walking to the inside of the eyeball itself. you can see the internal structures. you see, get up close to the heart as it is beating. kind of check out the outline of the lungs here. >> wow. gives you great appreciation for a lot. the museum can alter the 3-d content when it wants. this time, the exhibit is going to be around for a while, a ten-year run. so, that gives us adequate time to go see it. >> you should go there first and see how the young heart is and ten years later -- >> as long as it's not broken. >> keeps beating. >> that's right. as we get ready to head out this morning, we start with clouds rolling into the bay area. we are getting ready for rain. we are going to have the showers moving in especially by this afternoon and as we get a look

at three of our cameras and the current temperature, 53 degrees in the south bay. a cool shot over san jose as the sunrises. 45 in the tri-valley. 46 degrees in the north bay. seven day forecast, at the bottom of the screen, not much of a change in temperatures. the bigger change will be each day with the daily chance of rain. we are looking at highs today reaching the low 60s for the north bay and san francisco. mid-60s, san jose, up to 66 degrees. we are tracking some of the rain already starting to move in. it's approaching northern sonoma county. we have seen the rain already in ewe kaya for the past hour and a half. this will sink to the south and into much of sonoma county as we go through the morning commute. seeing the rain around lakeport and cloverdale and approaching guerneville as well as windsor with light rain starting out. the rest of us will see that, too. we will see the rain moving into parts of the east bay and the south baby early afternoon. here is the band of the heavier rain out ahead of the cold

front. with this, you have gusty winds moving into santa rosa and napa at about the evening commute and for the rest of the bay area, not seeing it until after sunset later tonight and off to the east with the bulk of the heavier rain lingering with spotty showers tomorrow as well as early friday before this system wraps up and we have a bit of a break from the rain. in the meantime, we have the possibility of getting a good soaking, much more than we had recently with that last rainfall. maybe over an inch, possibly an inch and a quarter around santa rosa. for the east bay, lesser amounts, a quarter inch. that's going to be another big story. this could bring down the leaves and small tree branches, clog the storm drains. make sure you keep everything clear as the storm system moves through. mike is checking out a slow drive in pleasanthill.

>> it continues for 680. we have the build standard. earlier crash caused earlier back up. now, the normal pattern there. behind me, that's where the crash is. southbound 680 off 242 a slower drive. a crash blocking the fast lane. looking at the rest of the bay, a slower drive there, hayward out of san leandro. on the waze system, we show the travel times out of dublin and the dumbarton bridge, if that's your destination. mission is faster than 680 or 880 because of the lighter traffic. you can check waze. join the team nbc bay area wa waze wazers. back to you. coming up on "today in the bay," no one can avoid jury duty. a $4,000 tax refund is lost

in limbo and the irs isn't exactly helping to solve the mystery. i'm consumer investigator, chris chmura. nbc bay area responds, next. if you love hanging out on social media, i have a story to talk ability. i tweeted about snap chat and twitter changing their looks. the company's effort to get more users. find me at marcus nbc. the time is 6:23. you are watching "today in the bay." ♪

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good tuesday morning, it's 6:25. nbc bay area responds to a san jose couple who had a problem with the irs. you can imagine that was a tough fight and it was. >> they turned to the response tame for help. here is chris chmura. >> mike and kathleen say they never received a $4300 refund the irs owed them from 2015. they say the irs insisted they mailed the check and provided a copy of a cashed check. here is the thing. the check was not their refund. it was actually made out to a different taxpayer, who lived in a different city. bottom line, all of this got very, very messy. they reached out to us for help. we contacted the irs and the couple received their $4300 refund check. federal law prohibits the irs from discussing private taxpayer

issues and couldn't tell us what happened with the refund. we are happy they got all their money back. that's a lot of money. if you have a consumer complaint, call us, 888-996-tips or www.nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thanks so much, chris. it is 6:27 right now. proof that presidents are just like the rest of us. president obama reporting to jury duty in chicago today. yep, live pictures from the courthouse this morning where mr. obama is set to arrive. i'm sure no one will notice. he was called to jury duty. he appreciates reporting to specific duty. he lives in washington, d.c., but is from chicago. we'll see if he makes the jury pool. coming up on "today in the bay," dog park warning. the dangerous bacteria that could be at a bay area dog park. the information dog owners need to know to keep their pet safe.

>> reporter: the naacp calling for a new national anthem. the rarely sung part of that song the organization finds so offensive. you are watching "today in the bay." we )re off to a cool start, with

some possible spotty showers right now at 6:30, we are off to a cool start with some possible spotty showers in the north bay this morning. we are tracking rain moving into the rest of the bay area as the day progresses.

taking a live look outside, a nice looking start of the day in san bruno this morning. good morning to you, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. kari has been telling us that rain is coming. today is the day, kari, but it's not going to happen until later today. >> right. the light rain will move in late morning to early afternoon. we are already seeing the rain in parts of the north bay and approaching santa rosa. mostly now in guerneville and cloverdale with moderate rain starting out this morning. as we look at the rest of the forecast, the winds pick up today. temperatures in san francisco reach 62 degrees and the heavier downpours later tonight, lingering into tomorrow and friday and a break before more rain moves in. we have a lot going on in the forecast. let's focus on the weekend. in seven minutes, i'll have that coming up. mike says there's a possible problem for san francisco. >> we are getting word of this.

we have slowing, typical for the east bay into san francisco. no major problems at the bay bridge or getting there. off the bay bridge, you may find slowing. just got word on harrison around second, possibly toward fremont, a small structure fire. we are getting more detail from san francisco fire department and anyone else with information. i don't see the slowing yet, this is off interstate 80. we are tracking that. traffic goes smoothly. the rest of the drive is smooth but we are tracking a possible fire in san francisco. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, naacp of california says the national anthem needs to go. >> bob redell joins us to explain why the president of naacp in california and hawaii are pushing to get rid of "the

star-spangled banner." >> reporter: yeah, the president of the naacp of california and hawaii brought this up at a convention. her name is alice. she says the song caused so much controversy over the last year because of the nfl kneeling debate that started with former niners quarterback, colin kaepernick to protest civil rights. she says the third stanza of "the star-spangled banner" references slavery. that segment, which is rarely sung reads quote, the blood has washed out their footsteps of pollution, no refuge could save them from the flight of the groom of the grave. >> there's no way you could think it meant anything great for african-americans. we are not trying to protest the flag at all. we are trying to get it removed so whatever comes out as the national anthem, we can all stand proudly and sing it.

>> reporter: she says there should be a new, more inclusive song created to represent modern day america. the naacp will ask lawmakers for their support of the campaign in january. live outside levi stadium, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. a mountainview teacher is in jail for sending inappropriate text messages to students. there could be more victims. they are asking them to come forward. evan smith was arrested yesterday. smith, a math teacher at mountainview high school. he's an leave as police investigate the crime. happening now, a warning for dog owners after a dog that frequented an east bay dog park may have come infected with a dangerous bacteria. kris sanchez is live at the central park, it's a dog park in fremont to explain what is being done to prevent dogs from getting sick. good morning, kris.

>> hi there, laura. the central dog park is closed for cleaning. that was scheduled, but now that there is a possible case of this, that maintenance is taking a much higher priority at this point. the city confirmed it was notified that a dog who comes to this park was diagnosed with that bacteria. they can't confirm it came from here. it is a popular park, though. because of that, it's possible the dog got it here or came here sick and that could have infected other dogs. i pulled up information from the american veterinarian medical association and center for disease control. here is what you need to know. it is a bacteria spread through urine and water. the dogs can get it if they drink contaminated water or swim through it. the signs are fever or shivering. it can spread to humans, though rarely, and in both of us and

our furry friends, it can lead to kidney and liver disease. there is a vaccine available. i posted a link to a low cost vaccine clinic on facebook and twitter in case you can't get to your vet right away. by the way, i have been looking for other episodes of this bacteria. >> we were having problems there with kris' live shot. now, to our continuing coverage of the shooting and killing of a concord high school student. we are waiting to learn about the five people arrested for the crime and the motive. the memorial is growing for 17-year-old lawrence janson. he gunned down outside olympic continuation high school. video from the school helped capture those suspects. they are adults and minors. the suspected shooter is an adult. the gunman used -- the gun used in that shooting and the get away car have been recovered.

6:36. san mateo police want you to see this sketch. this is a suspect who tried to kidnap a 14-year-old girl back in september. the near abduction happened in the area of peninsula avenue and the railroad tracks. during the investigation, police discovered a 16-year-old girl was also approached by a man who also matches this description. 6:37. happening today, the first look inside the new bart station in milpitas. they are giving a tour of the first stop. later meetings, the task force will talk about updates on the san jose project and improving the walnut creek station. the commission is talking about building a walk and bike facility along the tracks. now we go to traffic. soon. >> or maybe not.

>> mike has been tracking the traffic for us. mike what are you looking at for us? >> my fault. i think i misfiled the maps. in san francisco, the traffic is flowing smoothly. the issue in san francisco, off the freeway, we talked about that fire. we did get confirmation, it is a small, small fire. it is on bryant and ringcon south of the freeway. very small. not a problem. smoke might be visible and might be why we see the slowing. that's where the volume comes off the east bay. there you go. a slower drive. there are the travel times off the east shore freeway, close to an hour from highway 4. things really kicked in. >> a big delay. >> it is wednesday morning. we are already looking forward to the weekend, getting rain midweek. it's one of the weekend days clear? >> one day will be clear.

they will be rushing outside to enjoy. it won't rain for the whole day on sunday, but saturday is the good day with our cool temperatures staying with us, 59 degrees at the coast. a mix of sun and clouds, highs mid-60s inland. sunday, more clouds moving in. rain during the afternoon. highs in the 60s around the bay area. there's several e investigates going on including the san mateo harvest festival on friday. this will be a nice event to get an early start on the christmas shopping. the upper 50s, cloudy throughout the morning. a few peekings of sunshine and highs in the low 60s on friday and saturday. marcus washington will be out there showing his moves on the ice skating rink. well, that will be cool to check out as well. temperatures in the mid-60s in walnut creek for this and also going hiking in muir woods. it will be muddy. the rain is moving out. saturday is the day with mostly

cloudy skies. sunday, especially late in the evening, we start to see that next chance of rain moving in. we will talk about today's temperature trend. let me know what you are doing this weekend. i'll have a look at today's forecast coming up in three minutes. >> sounds, good, kari. thank you. 6:40. coming up next, a van goes up in flames near a south bay apartment complex. the reason investigators say it is spugs. >> a blue speep. democrats win a number of important seats. we follow the money on wall street here on "today in the bay." the dow down 33 points. a little change that we have seen after we have seen a lot of record highs the past week. your time now, 6:40. you are watching "today in the bay."

it is 6:43. come over and take a look at this sunrise. absolutely gorgeous. are you seeing this right now? red sky morning sailors warning. we are getting ready for rain today. mostly cloudy skies in campbell, starting to see the heavier rain holding off to later on this afternoon. we'll talk about the timing, how much and we'll talk about those winds coming up in five minutes. >> a little bit of a look at the sky as well. this is the san mateo bridge. slow from the san mateo, i don't know. >> thank you very much, kari and mike. 6:43. we have breaking news just into

our news room. nbc news getting reports that a terminal at phoenix sky harbor airport has been shut down. these are live pictures. initial reports is there's some sort of police activity on the airport grounds. at this point, we are trying to determine what that activity is. we are checking in with bay area airports to see if there are reported delays. that shot there froze of people walking out on the tarmac. we are going to stay on top of this story this morning. moving on, a stolen van goes up in flames overnight. this happened at a campbell apartment complex off santa monica expressway. this is video given to us by someone who lives there. she heard a loud boom before 3:00 a.m. we sent our own crew to get answers and this is what we found, burned out wreckage. that fire is suspicious. they believe the vehicle was stolen. they found it blocking a parking space. that is what is left.

looking live at coffey park, there is still a lot of clean up left over to do exactly one month since those wildfires broke out across the north bay. people in the area trying to figure out what is next. many are living many hotels or with family, some even in their cars. as the initial planning meeting last night, many stressed frustration at the beaurocracy of delaying debris removal. >> it's been a month and we haven't had a good chance to sit down and talk about what we want to do to move forward. it's our opportune toy do that. >> the goal is have the debris cleaned out. movie makers and movie lovers will gather in the north bay for the start of the napa valley film festival. it begins a month after the wildfires starts. more than 100 new films will be screened including napa, calistoga.

the list of attendees is supposed to include will ferrell as well as dennis quaid. it runs through sunday. >> that should help that area. 6:46. espn reports three ucla basketball players accused of shoplifting are out on bail after being arrested in china. they include the younger brother of l.a. lakers star. authorities in shanghai say they stole items from the louis vuitton store near the hotel. the team is scheduled to play georgia in shanghai without the players, now under suspicion. we will learn about the state of things in san mateo could yo county. they say it will share new data on things like poverty and energy. it starts at 11:30 this morning at the san mateo library.

details now on the data of the high cost of living from the consumer price index from august 2017 say prices are up 3% from last year. the bureau of labor statistics look at food, energy and everything else. a devastating defeat for president trump and republicans. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. democrats swept the elections including the important governor's race in virginia. >> sweep is right. democrats took the governor's mansion in new jersey and in virginia. democrat ralph northam easily defeated republican ed gillespie for governor of virginia. in the victory speech, he made a clear reference to president trump without mentioning his name. >> virginia has told us to end the divisiveness that we will not condone hatred and bigotry and to end the politics that have torn this country apart.

>> northam's republican candidate never invited president trump to campaign. they have a phrase for that, trumpism without trump. run on his issues, but don't get your picture taken with them. voting participation in the area around charlottesville, virginia increased by 30%. it's home to the racist rally in august. the wins for democrat are notable candidates who beat conservatives. the boyfriend of the television reporter who was shot on tv. running against a republican candidate backed by the nra. a transgender cant beat the conservative republican who wrote a bathroom bill that would have kept her out of the

bathroom of her choice. >> every person whose ever been singled out, whose ever been stigmatized, whose ever been the misfit or needed someone to stand-up for them and didn't have a voice of their own because there's no one else with them, this one is for you. >> what do you think of our political coverage? do you like it? do you dislike it? you can use 280 characters now to tell me. i'm on twitter. this next story makes me smile because we are talking about someone who is loving, giving and encouraging. we are talking about laura garcia. it's good because she is emceeing the inspire luncheon in silicon valley. a huge honor. >> it is a huge honor. not about me, fwu group. one of the power speakers is elizabeth smart. she was abducted from her home in 2002.

she was 14 years old. she was rescued nine months later and is now telling her story, helping and inspiring other women to be strong. that is what this annual luncheon is all about. ywca inspire luncheon is lapping at 11:00 at the santa clara convention center. i'm delighted to be part of that. >> have you met her before? >> i have not. every year, they have fascinating speakers, strong role models. >> great event. >> yeah. >> great weather. it's going to rain, so bring your umbrella. >> the heavier rain holds off into the evening. we are looking forward to getting a good soaker as we head into early tomorrow morning. we start out with clouds and a beautiful sunrise. taking a live look outside in san francisco, you can see clouds drifting by and, at times, the sun comes up underneath those clouds. a beautiful start to wednesday morning. don't forget the umbrella. take a look at the seven day forecast at the bottom of the screen showing rain drops here.

that should be a reminder that we are going to see wet weather at times, not the whole time. the high temperatures today being held down because of the mostly cloudy skies and the wind will be picking up, too. here is a live look outside from san jose. we see the clouds and once again have the umbrella in the backseat of the car somewhere close by, especially if you will be gone all day and boots will be a good choice or something you don't mind getting wet. we are seeing the rain move into the north bay. seeing green here and light showers in the north bay moving to northern sonoma county. a closer look, we have seen the rain for several hours. it's been over cloverdale for several minutes. expect the roads to be wet at times, especially the north bay during the morning. it is moving into the south bay quickly with spotty showers. here is the main band of rain. by 3:00 this afternoon, it moves

into santa rosa and napa and the winds will be picking up, too. san francisco seeing the rain by 9:00 to 9:30 tonight and for the east bay and south bay, may not be until midnight when we hear the rain pouring on the roof. spotty showers throughout the day tomorrow, then we'll still have a chance of rain even on friday morning. we will have the possibility of getting at least an inch of rain in the north bay. that's really good news. in san francisco, oakland .75 inch. the seven day forecast, our temperatures stay cool. off and on showers between today and early on friday. saturday looks dry. sunday, another storm system moves in. that could give us a foggy start to early next week. mike says the commute is holding steady. >> holding steady, kari. by this time tomorrow, the roadways will have been hit with rain. be careful on the slicker roadways. tomorrow morning, seeing the standard build through the south

bay and the east bay and tri-valley. zoom over here. this focus toward the maze. we have seen a lot of slowing over the last 20 minutes, same pattern as usual. 880, 24, 580 and the east shore freeway starting to build with that volume and the bay bridge. once you get past the metering lights, no problem. it may have been slower than normal. i'm trying to find any reason why there's that much focus at the maze. the north bay, no problems for walnut creek after the earlier crash cleared. we look at waze to see if you are traveling to the bun barton bridge. 880 and 680 and winding over here, this is technically the fastest way as far as waze is concerned. i'm going to show you to avoid that. this is a windy area and makes a nice superman icon, doesn't it. the nbc bay area icon on your waze. do that and we can help each other.

back to you. >> thanks, mike. a look at the top stories including the high profile politician visiting victims and first responders of the texas shooting. 6:54. happening now, trick or treat, an alleged drug dealer who distributed methamphetamine by sealing it inside halloween candy bags. plus, the infamous playboy mansion in los angeles could be deemed a historical and cultural monument. the city is looking at presenting the celebrity hangout from being demolished. hugh hefner died in september. welcome back.

before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today in theay 6:57 now. welcome back. before you head out the door, here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> we begin with the latest in sutherland springs, texas. mike pence will travel there today. the vice president and his wife will meet with law enforcement, shooting victims and their families of those who were killed at the first baptist church. sadly, 26 people were killed and 20 others injured when the gunman opened fire inside that church. live now at central park dog park in fremont. crews are going to do a deep clean thg morning. we lost that live shot. overnight, the city announcing that the city says that the dogs may have been diagnosed with a

dangerous bacteria while at the park. coming up next on the "today" show, continuing coverage of president trump's overseas trip and what you need to know about his warning to north korea. a live look at levi stadium this morning. the national anthem debate is heating up. the naacp says the national anthem needs to go. the president of the naacp of california and hawaii brought up the idea. she says the song caused so much controversy. she says the rarely sung third stanza references slaves. naacp will ask lawmakers for support of the campaign in january. as we move ahead, taking a last look at what's going on with the weather. >> looking at the nbc bay area

app and you can zoom into the rain and where it's coming down right now. we are seeing it here on the radar. you can follow along as our weather changes hour-by-hour throughout the afternoon. some of the heavier rain moving in later tonight. it's going to be windy as well. watch the wind gusts that could bring down the leaves and tree branches as well. off and on rain for the week. >> good to know. you are watching a crash on the bridge? >> i am. we saw that slowing. let's show you the map. the encouraging thing is most of the rest of the bay moves smoothly. the bay bridge approach, look at the jam at maritime before you get to the bay bridge toll plaza. reports of a crash. no lane information, it just happened. chp is heading out there. look at the jam at east shore freeway and 580. that's the toughest drive now. easier toward the richman san half yale. >> getting busy out there. we'll be back in a half hour with a local update and every

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