morning. a live look outside in dublin-- as dangerous are under a microclimate weather alert this tuesday morning. a live look outside right now at dublin as those dangerously cold temperatures sweep across the bay area. you can see people already up, ready to go. and so are we. thank you for joining us, i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we're also getting word that there was a 3.0 earthquake centered in the diablo area in the east bay this morning. if you felt the shaking feel free to reach out to us on twitter and facebook this morning. what a way to wake up, right? >> not a good one. >> a lot of shaking. >> and then you get out of bed and it's cold. that's going to be the other problem and the main thing we will be talking about as we go throughout the morning, the very cold and freezing temperatures that we do have for those inland areas. right now we are down to 27

degrees right now in napa, that's the coldest spot i have on this map and 31 degrees in santa rosa, 30 livermore and 32 now in morgan hill. so that freeze warning will continue as we go through 9:00. so several more hours and you can see that we do have a hard freeze warning in effect for solano county and a freeze warning in effect for all the inland areas along the coast and the inner bay we have a frost advisory. you do need to allow extra time to scrape that frost off of the windshield and let the car warm up before you hit the road. mike, you were saying everything is pretty chill on the road? >> yeah. looking over here the roadways are chill. it's cold out there and very calm. that's great news. yesterday sawen a extremely light volume of traffic for the morning commute. we expect a lighter volume today, even some schools in the south bay, san carlos, a couple other school districts have the entire week off. we had a crash at lake view highway and that just cleared from the roadway.

no backup at the bay bridge. a reminder transit systems are back on regular schedule today, so 21 trains running on time for bart right now. everybody is talking about the cold, though, it's a microclimate weather alert this morning. kari has been warning us about a freeze warning in effect for much of the bay area. >> we have more on how you can prepare for this plulging temperature this morning. >> this is not cold. this is late summer. >> he is laughing now, but tell that to this viewer in berkeley who was seeing snow. >> it's snowing. >> and rain clouds in the sky producing hail. there's a freeze warning out. >> my dog is always inside with me, but we will probably turn on the heat a little bit more. >> i have five pots of chief so i brought them all in. >> experts at walnut creek ace hardware says bringing plants in and covering them is the way to go. if you want to keep them alive during this cold snap. >> your plants can freeze, but if you cover the root system up

with mulch on the ground that will protect the roots and the plants normally come back, some plants don't o come back, they just die. >> cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." you can keep track of what's going on weather wise, download our nbc bay area weather app right there, it is free for you and just download it. at 4:33 this morning the wake of the florida school shooting calling for stricter gun control laws are spreading across the country, even here in the bay area. last night high school students, parents and neighbors came out in san ramone to remember victims in florida. they held a rally and vigil. one of the students moved from florida just four years ago, she says she knew one of the victim, 17-year-old nicholas do rememgo >> i don't want any of the teachers that sacrificed meyer lives for students i don't want them to become another statistic. >> in broward county where the

shooting happened teenagers held a rally saying they are fed up being the mass shooting generation. there is a national school walk out planned for march 14th. the organizers website show students from berkeley and san francisco are all signed up. president trump is open to improving a background check system when it comes to buying gun. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts reports from washington. >> reporter: a demonstration outside the white house. >> it felt kind of ridiculous but like we have to do this for this to be taken seriously. >> reporter: remembering florida's victims and chiding congress. >> they are beholden to the national rifle association? i mean, where is their integrity? >> reporter: president trump on twitter blamed the fbi, they got a tip about the florida shooter, they didn't follow up. he says they are distracted with

the russia investigation. >> it's shameful for the president to be hiding behind the 17 victims of gun violence and somehow make it all about him. >> reporter: democrats will propose an age requirement to buy an automatic weapon like the one used in florida. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. new calls for change after what critics say was a poor response to a large scrap metal fire. you may remember last month a fire at the sims metal facility in richmond. the smoke prompted about 1 hours of shelter in place for a lot of those residents. some calling this smoke the worst and most hazardous they have ever experienced. happening tonight, richmond council members will debate over the oversight for the facility. they also plan to review the emergency response and what some say was a slow warning system. at 4:35 today san jose city leaders will meet with the community to discuss what is next for the city's climate plan. last week the city unveiled its new climate change agenda, it

includes a goal of reducing water consumption by 30% by the year 2030. now they want the community's input on how to get things done. tonight's town hall is at 7:00 at city hall. now moving on to the olympic games in pyeongchang. team america securing more medals yesterday and that includes brita sigourney from carmel born in monterey. >> she completed three strong runs bumping a teammate out of that bronze medal spot on her final run. this secured her first ever olympic medal bringing home the bronze. and so are these siblings, aex and maia shibutani. the pair skated a terrific free skate against a stacked field of ice dancing. they won the team u.s.a.'s second figure skating bronze in pyeongchang. and happening tonight at 5:00 karen chen takes to the ice in the figure skating short program. this is the first time we will see the 18-year-old compete in the games. so far she's been practicing and cheering on team u.s.a. now we can cheer her on.

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this tuesday morning. welcome back to you. we are still under that microclimate weather alert on this tuesday morning. temperatures drop to freezing overnight in many parts. live pictures from our san rafael camera. if you are waking up in the north bay you are really feel the cold up there. kari hall has been tracking all the temperatures this morning, but first, colder temperatures as well keeping things pretty white in the mountains. fresh video from kirkwood resort taken late yesterday. yes, slow down. a lot of folks sped their way up there over the long weekend to enjoy all of the snow. many inspired by the winter olympics of course. you always feel like you are an olympian afterwards.

>> for sure. >> then the next day your body is like -- >> yeah, they train. olympic gondola riding, that's very fast. world record. >> it is. >> i looked at one of the squaw valley cameras and you could see they had this gigantic screen set up where they were watching the olympics. >> i had so many friends up there and that snow fell for a lot of the day. >> it did. we're going to have some more in the forecast. that's the good thing and we are also going to have some rain and it looks pretty promising this time towards the end of the forecast. i am so excited. >> she's excited. >> right. as we get a look at storm ranger this morning this is our mobile doppler radar there's nothing going on here, but that will change very soon and we will talk about that. as we get a look at our temperatures this is the other big story, how cold it is this morning. we are below freezing for much of the north bay, also in the tri-valley and south county, it's 32 degrees, now in half-moon bay if you can believe that, and even 39 degrees now in san francisco. the seven-day forecast is up at

the bottom of the screen and you will see that we will have some rain chances coming down the line. we do have the hard freeze warning in effect for solano county and that means that you will be below freezing for several hours and then we are going to have other spots where those inland valleys below freezing for an hour or two but still will damage your plants. frost advisories in effect for all areas shaded in blue. this does not include san francisco even though you may walk out the door to frost on your vehicle. that morning drive starts out very cold with mid 30s throughout the east bay through at least 8:00 and then it gets a little bit milder. we will have a clear start to the day. as you're starting out getting dressed this morning, you do have to pull out all of the layers from a hat to a nice warm sweater to also a warm coat and also pants and gloves. just make sure you are dressed appropriately, especially if you do have to be outside for long periods of time. this is what i'm talking about, i wanted to show you the hour by hour outlook because it does

show some rain moving back into the peninsula by early tomorrow morning. now, temperatures look like it will be warm enough for it to stay as rain even though we did see light snowshowers in the santa cruz mountains yesterday. we will have some more rain, more clouds and that will keep our temperatures much milder heading into tomorrow morning. by tomorrow night there will be another chance of some spotty showers moving through. we could see a couple more rounds of that as we head through thursday as well. not looking like everyone will get the rain, but at least there is a chance. a more significant storm system moving in early next week and our temperatures stay cool. this is the winter we should have had all along, right? mike, you are already seeing a little bit of a difference from yesterday's commute. yesterday remember it was a holiday and the beginning of a winter break for some schools, san carlos and south bay schools. i'm sure there are others but those are the ones that come to mind. we are looking at right now a light flow of traffic. i'm already seeing a little

difference out of the altamonte pass. a little more slowing. also this white highlighting there may have been freezing temperatures overnight as kari has been talking about. no reports of ice or frost being an issue but we will just note that a little slowing through the altamonte corridor, over here the tri-valley after that doesn't see any problem. 580 over to the dublin interchange, 680 moves smoothly, 84 typical over here. a little slowing getting over toward the bay bridge but nothing noticeable as far as our travel times go. i want to show you the live look at the toll plaza, we do have this backup for the cash lanes, typical, not all the cash lanes are open, there is one closed right now we will see that sort out over the next 15 minutes. after that school shooting in florida the deadly school shooting, a lot of people talking about guns, talking about legislation, even with some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation illegal guns are finding their way into the bay area. >> stephen stock actually sat down with a confessed an convicted gun runner to talk about how he did it.

>> we were contacted by a man who said he illegally smuggled guns from the midwest here to the bay area for more than two years. he asked us to call him roger, not his real name. he's now in federal witness protection. he fears former clients who bought hundreds of guns from him over the years might kill him for turning states evidence and talking to us. >> out here they're high. i could probably get like $800 to $1,000 a gun. >> how much would you pay for them back in the midwest? >> like $300. >> so 300 wubucks and you would make as much as $1,000 off a $300 gun. >> depending on what kind of gun it is. >> what's the gun most in demand. >> a glock. anything that you can put an extended clip on. >> why are they could hot? >> i guess the music videos, a lot of the rappers show them in their video and makes everybody else want them. >> you will hear how easy it was for him to ship guns here and

how much money he made each month by doing it by watching my full report now posted on our website. just go to nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> if you'd like to talk to our investigative unit call them, 888-996-tips, or you can always jump online nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. a majority of marijuana growers in the state are still unlicensed. it's been nearly two months after recreational pot became legal. a new report from the california growers association says only about 1% of known growers have been licensed. mq"dq$eh growers say fears and regulatory licenses are keeping them from getting the license. they say that could cut into revenue expected from legal pot sales. coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> they canceled her trip so she gets her money back right away,

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refund gail's $1,938 the next day. news she was overjoyed and relieved. it's been a year, after all. i think gail let this one linger just a little bit too long. i would have disputed the charge with my credit card company and i would have done it quickly since i only get 60 days to challenge charges. know your rights. call your bank and ask how long your dispute window stays open. call us with your consumer but the number thank you, kris. well, coming up on "today in the bay," we've got breaking news into our newsroom in walnut creek. we are on the scene of a house fire that left one person hurt. plus kari is tracking the cold start to the morning. >> we're on temperature watch this morning as it continues to fall now in the north bay, we're down to 27 degrees in santa rosa and napa. we will talk more about what's

ahead as our temperatures fall more this morning and some rain in the forecast coming up next. e and a live look at the peninsula, this is 101 through palo alto. things are very smooth right now but we have a good number of cars, more than yesterday. i want to show you what's shaping up over at the bay bridge. we )re under a microclime

weather aler right now at 5:00 in the morning we are under that microclimate weather alert we've been telling you about. a live look outside in fremont

and san rafael. no matter where you are today you will want to bundle up, a freeze warning is in effect for much of the bay area. good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we will get to kari and mike in just a moment, but first want to get you up to date with what's going on with garvin thomas, he is live in south korea this morning with a preview of what we can expect from pyeongchang. garvin, it is cold there this morning, too, no doubt. >> reporter: marcus, i just heard kari a moment ago and it is the same temperature here in pyeongchang as it is in santa rosa. so you folks know what the weather at the winter olympics is like you just want to know about the sports. we will tell you about all the action overnight with northern california athletes participating and the big show that will be coming up in prime time. we will tell you all about it, but first back to you. >> you see that snow behind garvin this morning. >> i think his driver arrived as well. >> it's 6 degrees in tahoe city right now. >> oh, my goodness.

>> it is cold. >> and it's going to stay cold. i know, you know, at sometimes they have to make some snow because we haven't had a lot. so we are going to have some more actually coming from the sky as we head into the next week. here is a look at what's happening right now in san jose, in santa teresa, we will stay in the 30s at least through 8:00. there we go. we update it and we are seeing those temperatures that will be warming up as we go throughout the day just a bit. mike, you were getting word of a wrong way driver. >> that is the report from chp. it's right here, the 880 overcrossing as you transition frommel 80 over toward interstate 80. now for just a few minutes i saw a disabled vehicle on the shoulder on this approach, that was cleared just over the last few seconds. we do see the cash lanes backing up and i see traffic throwing smoothly off the overcrossing. the backup, though, bigger than yesterday and those cash lanes and that is indicating more traffic flowing in through the area. no slowing except for right there at the toll plaza. that's different, again, than yesterday. re