>> 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. more traffic flowing the rest of

the bay moves smoothly. back to you. breaking news for you right now. fire crews are battling a blaze at a walnut creek home. >> pete suratos joins us live in that neighborhood right next to the 680/24 interchange. pretty active behind you, pete. >> reporter: that's right. still an active scene here. we are on the 1400 block of spring brook road in walnut creek. you have a number of engines with contra costa fire working on this single family home that caught fire just before 4:00 a.m. they were able to put it out but of course crews are still here on the scene looking for hot spots following that fire. we want to show you guys some of those pictures that were just tweeted out by the instagram account at contra costa fire. as you look at those pictures you can see that this fire was fully involved as they termed it. i want to bring you up to date on who was affected by this. they're saying there were four adults inside of this home, when they showed up there was one

person on the ground that had issues with smoke inhalation. as of right now, and i just talked to a fire official, they are saying it is a minor case of smoke inhalation but they are being treated here at the scene. i want to get to a quick sound bite of a neighbor in this area by the name of chris, she said she was notified of this issue but had no idea a fire was taking place. >> i just heard the emergency vehicles and then i saw someone at my back door and i got up and he said, you need to leave or does anybody else live here and i said, no, i just have a dog and a cat. he said you probably should come outside in case you have to leave and he said the house -- i said what's going on? i didn't hear anything. and he said, well, the house is on fire next door. >> reporter: thankfully she is okay, no injuries to her or anything affected to her home or adjacent homes. as you guys can see here a lot of damage. this home is pretty much gone when you look at it right here

behind us. it's hard to tell exactly what caused this fire, still under investigation but we will continue to monitor things on the scene and have another update in the next half hour. live in walnut creek, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you. 5:03. new this morning a string of four small earthquakes rattled the east bay in that same area where two small shakers struck yesterday morning. usgs says each quake had a magnitude between 2.6 and 3.0, all struck this morning outside of danville in that area and monte vista high school. one quake happened at 1:30, the other three were within a one-minute span at about 4:25. this is very close to where two small quakes struck a half a mile apart yesterday morning. our newsroom expected with the usgs, in the past seven days there will be 20 small quakes in the danville area. right now we want to go back to your microclimate weather alert team coverage.

dangerously freezing temperatures across the bay area which means you want to bring in your pets and bundle up this morning. kris sanchez live at santa clara this morning where some warming shelters are opening up. people really need to take care of themselves when temperatures dip this low and take care of others. >> reporter: right. laura and marcus, a lot of the folks who need to take shelter the most may not have anywhere to go and that's why homeless advocates like the folks here at the bill wilson center have been doing outreach, going out to make sure they know that there is shelter available. outreach services and agencies like the bill wilson center have been going out since the start of this cold snap and dropping off blankets at a homeless encampment off of highway 101 in san jose as the temperature was dropping below freezing. the city of san jose and county of santa clara were urging people to get in out of the cold at emergency warming shelters like the library branch on tully road, also the south side community center on cottle road.

if you know someone in need they can call 211 for health and human services. they can also text homeless to 888-777 or they can find santa clara county shelter information at the address on your screen. that's scc shelters. also they can find all this information on nbcbayarea.com. >> people get caught off guard because it was so warm a few weeks ago, we were bringing water out here. >> reporter: now, in berkeley there was a dusting of snow and even some hail. this is an emergency shelter that is also open on ninth street and university avenue there in berkeley. this is the first freeze in a while so some folks are also keeping an eye on their pets and their plants, bringing them in for the night. we put all of these cold weather resources on nbcbayarea.com. i'm going to also put them on my twitter and my facebook pages in case you have someone that you know might need these resources.

in my experience going down to the homeless encampments and whatnot these folks may not havf much, but many do have cell phones because it is their one line into the outside world. so those resources could be very important later on. in santa clara, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, kris. you can download our nbc bay area weather app. stay connected, know where the weather is happening where you are. 5:06 right now. new developments this morning in that florida shooting where two more victims in the parkland school shooting will be laid to rest. that includes peter wang, he died wearing his junior rotc uniform, you can see a lot of those students right here. now, wang was shot while trying to help others get to safety. florida governor rick scott today will hold workshops focused on improving the gun safety there. experts and law enforcement education and mental health will attend. in washington even republican lawmakers seem to back president trump's call to strengthen federal background checks.

others support california senator dianne feinstein's bill to raise the minimum age to buy a rifle to 21. >> why is an 18-year-old, a 19-year-old not allowed to purchase a beer at a restaurant, not allowed to purchase a handgun, but can purchase an assault rifle? >> no. >> that makes no sense. >> critics point out tougher background checks would not have stopped the florida school shooter, but upping the minimum age would have. now to a developing story, we're still waiting to hear why hall of fame baseball player orlando cepeda was rushed to the hospital last night. waiting for word on his condition. the 80-year-old lives in fairfield, he is a giants legend. he still works for the team and was the inspiration behind a famous cha-cha bowl at at&t park. our raj mathai interviewed him a couple weeks ago. he was the rookie of the year which was the giants first season in san francisco. we wish him well. now to coverage of the 2018

olympic winter games, it's already been a busy morning with two athletes in northern california with ties there competing overnight. they are elena myers taylor and joanne reid. garvin thomas spoke with those athletes and their families within the past couple hours. >> garvin is live with what they're all saying. >> reporter: good morning. one of the fun parts of the olympic games is there are just so many different events, so many venues. they couldn't possibly hold them all at the same time so they take place all times of the day or night and biathlon and bobsled are two of the ones that are regularly held at night. just finishing a few moments ago was the biathlon mixed relay. two american men and two american women against the best 20 countries in the world. skiing and shooting the second leg for the u.s. palo alto native and gun high school graduate joanne reid. it has been a roller coaster for

reid, doing poorly in her first event, great in the second, then a rough go in the relay putting her team in a deficit they couldn't overcome. >> i'd like to think i went out there and gave it my best shot. that's what matters in the end. two years from now nobody is going to remember who shot what. oh, yeah, were you there in korea? oh, yeah, i was and it was awesome and we had a great time. >> reporter: also competing, in fact, just as we speak in the two women bob led is al na myers taylor, the first heat just finished. taylor is a two time olympic medalist and one of the favorites in this event. interestingly for folks back home taylor's husband nick is an alternate on the bobsled team this year. nick is also from hayward. we caught up with him not long ago to ask what this experience has been like. >> i think this is amazing. it's something that i've been working for a long time and probably the coolest thing for me is i was able to make the team with my life who is

actually standing right behind you and making funny faces. she is the best. she is the best. and it's awesome because we make each other stronger and being able to share this moment with my wife, there's nothing better. nothing, nothing better. >> reporter: now, i told you nick's wife is one of the best. after that first heat in the two women bobsled she is in first place. they will run another heat that will start in a few minutes. heats three and four will be early tomorrow morning your time and one of the great things about these olympic games is everything is online. if you want to get up and watch it, you can find it. >> that's right. it's a great chance just in case you missed anything. and good for them. what a cute couple. >> to be able to experience that with your loved one, great. >> thanks a lot, garvin. >> maybe better and a medal. the olympic action not over tonight, stacy cook runs the downhill and karen chen will skate tonight. garvin thomas will talk with her coming up at 6:00 this morning.

back now to our microclimate weather alert. i know, kari, we've been looking at garvin's reports seeing how cold it is there but we're actually having some of our own cold temperatures. >> i want to show you this, i'm standing in front of squaw valley's temperature, it's 26 degrees at pyeongchang at 10:10 tonight, 3 degrees right now in squaw valley and the high will be colder than where we are now in pyeongchang. so it is really cold. we've been feeling it even here in the bay area and it's 27 degrees right now in santa rosa and napa and 30 degrees in morgan hill. here is a look at our highs today reaching into the low to mid 50s, another cool afternoon. as we head over to mike you've been tracking the impact on the roadways and some of the drivers out in this chilly weather this morning. that's right. out in the altamonte corridor om coming out of the altamonte pass that's where we're focusing. overall things are very light. unlike yesterday more traffic

flow registered early, disabled vehicle westbound 580 that will make this congested while they clear that hopefully quickly we will track that. no delays forays train coming through that same area. a buildup at the bay bridge forming right now. bigger volume than yesterday. coming up next on "today in the bay," a wild ride. our microclimate weather alert coverage continues. the crazy weather and waves we're seeing in lake tahoe this morning. and a russian hacker in san francisco court today. we will tell you all about it when "today in the bay" continues.

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right now at 5:15 i know this cold weather makes you just want to stay under the covers, but it's time to get up and get moving, maybe crank up the heat a little bit. here is a live look outside in san jose, as we go to los gatos we will still be in the 30s through 9:00 this morning, still several more hours of some really cold weather and then it does get a little milder today, mostly sunny skies and we will talk about some rain in the forecast, that's coming up in less than five minutes. and over here fremont looks great for 880 right by those truck scales at the top of your screen. 680 also coming into the same area, we may have an issue, some debris in the roadway, sorting that out. and the stock market gets back to work this morning after a three-day weekend. facebook and amazon are in the news this morning. amazon says if you use their

prime rewards card at whole foods you get 5% cash back. remember, they just bought whole foods. albert sons just bought right aid. as for sam brock the company is fighting to keep russian troublemakers off of its site. we've seen the rise in bots on social media stirring up emotions after the florida school shootings. friday's indictment of 13 russians names facebook as the primary route for russian propaganda. to be clear, facebook was not accused of in i crime. nonetheless facebook executive rob goldman jumped on twitter to defend his company and criticized parts of the special counsel's indictment. so critical donald trump himself retweeted goldman. facebook has clarified goldman's statement saying nothing we found contradicts the special counsel's indictments and any suggestion otherwise is wrong. speaking of russians, a man accused of being a russian agent and hacking yahoo will be in san

francisco court this afternoon to find out how long he's going to be in prison. kareem baratov pleaded guilty to hacking yahoo in 2014. one of the biggest hacks in history. he is from canada, born in kazakhstan, but he says he was working for the russian fsb, that is the modern equivalent of the kgb. i know you will ask was he part of that election hack. >> right. >> we really don't know. we know the fsb started it in 2014. we are not quite sure. but he will be in court this afternoon. >> it's everyone's first thought. >> it is. right now at 5:17 a lot of people often joke that the olympic games should include an average person for a perspective of how amazing those real athletes are. an oakland woman is trending this woman for doing just that. elizabeth sweeney lives and works in the bay area at the halfpipe on monday she didn't do any tricks, she just skied back and forth.

the 33-year-old cal berkeley grad is american but represents hunga hungary. she was allowed to do because her grandparents are from there. hungary did not have enough other skiers so she made the team. she did meet the eligibility requirement which is to place in the top 30 at the world cup event. so she chose one with less than 30 competitors. monday's competition she finished, well, you guessed this one possibly, dead last. >> but do you know what, what an experience. >> she is an olympian. >> i think that's such a cool thing. >> you never can take that back. back to our microclimate weather alert. we were talking about a lot of people playing olympians maybe up in tahoe. what about surfing. yeah, that's lake tahoe. they are experiencing massive waves there, wind speeds between 30 and 40 miles per hour so far in weekend. certainly don't want to take a boat out there right now. >> or fish for trout off the

pier. >> whatever else is in that lake. >> and those winds that's been the big story around not only lake tahoe but also the bay area. it's been blowing in that cold air. we are going to have another frigid morning and probably the coldest we've seen in over a year. here is a look at storm ranger this morning, that's our mobile doppler radar, that's the red beam that you see going around the bay area. it's clear this morning, but we could start to see some activity as early as tomorrow morning. make sure you check back in. as you get ready to head out the door right now in south bay it's 37 degrees, 38 degrees in the peninsula and freezing in the tri-valley. now down to 30 degrees. it is 27 degrees now in santa rosa and napa and 40 in san francisco. we are at 34 degrees in the east bay with our high temperatures this afternoon reaching up to 55 degrees in east san jose, 55 also in los gatos and for the east bay at 55 walnut creek, oakland 54 degrees, 50 degrees

in half-moon bay and san mateo 52 there. low 50s across san francisco with gusty winds coming in from the west and the north bay reaching up to 54 degrees inh(t% head out this morning for a jog it will still be in the 30s in san jose through about 8:00 and then it starts to get a little bit milder with some sunshine as you get ready to head out around noon. we talked about the chance of rain in the forecast. we will start to see clouds moving in and this will keep it from being as cold tomorrow morning, but look at that, some green showing up here indicating some rain moving into the peninsula, parts of the santa cruz mountain. i think the rest of the bay area will stay mostly dry and we will have another round of quick moving spotty showers by late tomorrow night into early thursday. a lot we are watching here. also a bigger storm in the forecast for early next week. in the mean tile we will have the cold and windy weather and a lot of changes over the next few days with times of sun and rainr and we will be watching those

very cold temperatures. mike, you were saying you have a warning for drivers in fremont. i do. i was watching the sensors change because of debris reported right here, the funnel in fremont as 680 and 880 fund together via mission. there is still a little showing that shows up. metal crates reported in a couple lanes there as you are making the transition south 680 over toward mission that's state route 262 right there. there is some slowing. there may be a traffic break or some slowing as crews do clear that and as dress that. no update from chp just yet. there may be some improvement. be careful there for the time being. no slowing except for right at the bay bridge toll plaza. this is way different than yesterday. they must have the metering lights turning on any second now. the backup past the 880 overcrossing already. the north bay seeing more traffic but san rafael no problems. coming up next on "today in the bay," a warning to parents.

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welcome back, it's8h 5:24. new this morning high schoolrj[ seniors in the east bay are a game that's become a sort of recent rite of passage. it'sxñ called spy versus spy or assassins and some schools form teams and use nerve guns to get one another until there is just one team left. livermore police are warning parents in the activity is leading to calls from people off campus who report suspicious activity in public places or even reckless driving. responding officers believe it's a real emergency and police fear it may lead to a tragic accident. police say these images that you are about to see hopefully are tied to a recent attempted break in in sue sin city. early saturday morning people tried to get into a smoke shop on sunset avenue. the car that they believe to have escaped in was a silver cadillac registered out of modesto. police are not saying if the crew actually managed to get into the store but they do want

your help. if any of these images seem familiar. sausalito is apparently the latest bay area city to get tough on drone enthusiasts. council members approved new restrictions. drones will only be allowed to fly a maximum of 400 feet high hour. á2bptheir drones confiscated. smart train riders will reportedly soon see a boost in service thanks to a new gas tax windfall. the ij reports smart is receiving more than $10 million over the next three years. the agency leaders say that money will allow four more runs on weekends up from the current 34 runs. =9 weekends. augusté@ between san rafael an if" >> the riders on th=ñrq look so

pleasant. coming up next on "today in the bay," bundle up, we are under the microclimate weather alert as temperatures continue to take a dive. >> standing on that train platform will be cold this morning. we are now below freezing for much of the north bay and the inland valleys, even at half-moon bay right now. we will take a look at the rest of the forecast which includes some rain, that's coming up. plus a raging fire in walnut creek, one person is hurt, a live report from the scene coming up. a live look outside..

right now at 5:30 we are under a microclimate weather alert. a live look outside from the south bay to the east bay, dangerously cold temperatures are sweeping the bay area this morning. we have team coverage to get you prepared on this tuesday morning. thank you so much for joining us, i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. i was very cozy in bed this morning, i have to admit. >> but you had to get up. >> get up and get out the door but bundle up, put some layers on before you head out. >> it's one of those mornings where we have had some freezing temperatures and we haven't seen this in quite a while. so we do have the freeze warning in effect for all of these areas shaded in purple. pink indicates where there is a hard freeze, that means you will be below freezing for several hours that including solano county. for the coast and inner bay we will have a frost advisory. you may still have to scrape some frost off of the windshield even along the coast this

morning. in san jose we will be at 37 degrees, still in the 30s at 8:00 and that sunshine brings us warmth and temperatures in the 50s that will be a huge improvement. as we go into tonight more clouds move in and there may be some rain right behind that. i will talk more about that in a few minutes. mike, you were saying there is no more holiday from this commute. >> yesterday's presidents' day a great drive all around the bay. this was not a scene we saw today, we are back to normal, the metering lights on and the backup at the toll plaza. remember the metering lights, let's show you the other angle from emeryville, yesterday traffic was flowing smoothly it was pretty much like this. everybody is lined up and being released right there in metered form across the bridge. so the map will show you a smooth drive across the span but the backup is at the toll plaza. that's the only issue around the bay. watching that debris in fremont. we will talk about that again coming up. 5:31. breaking news that we're

following, fire crews are battling a blaze at a walnut creek home. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live at the scene right there. that neighborhood right next to 680/24 interchange. pete, still very active right behind you. >> reporter: yeah, marcus, still an active scene here on the 1400 block of spring brook road in walnut creek. we know that four people were inside, they were able to get out but one person is being treated for smoke inhalation. the smoke is still coming out of this home, you can see the fire was in that carport area and also inside of that home. it was fully involved as contra costa county fire put it to me. i was going to show you guys some pictures they tweeted out from their instagram account, you can see the flames coming out of them who. as i mentioned there were four people inside, one person is being treated for minor smoke inhalation. now, as far as any damage to other homes next to it, there was no damage. i know i spoke to one person earlier who said she didn't even hear what was going on, she was

notified by authorities to get out of her home and get out of harm's way. you still see crews here working on the home, the fire started roughly around 4:00 a.m., but they were able to put it out in 30 minutes. they are expected to be here for the next several hours conducting an investigation as the cause of that fire is still under investigation. we're live in walnut creek, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. at 5:33 new this morning a string of four small earthquakes rattled the east bay in the same area where two small shakers struck yesterday morning. each quake had a magnitude between 2.6 and 3.0. all struck this morning outside of danville in the area around monte vista high school. one quake happened at 1:30, the other three were within a one-minute span at 4:25. this is right near where two small quakes struck a half mile apart yesterday morning. our newsroom checked with usgs. in the past week there have been eight wakes over a 2.5 area in

that danville area, six of those since yesterday. we did some checking overnight for you as well. the swarms are centered on an unusual fault and one not likely you've heard of before called the mount diablo thrust fault. it's deep into the earth's crust so it tends to give small earthquakes. the chance of this fault giving us a big one, 6.7 or higher is only three chances in 100. back to our mike climate weather alert. if you love your bay area wine you want to listen up as those wine growers across the bay area are monitoring those grapes as those temperatures continue to plummet. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in livermore with the impact this freeze could have this morning. bob, i know you found out that this cold weather actually could be good for the grapes. >> it could. good morning to you, marcus. not necessarily gadd for reporters standing out here in the cold. you can see my breath. if you look on the base floor of the livermore valley you can see

the frost is starting to form on the ground as we are in the middle of this freeze warning. you mentioned this could be good for local wineries and here is why, one wine maker in livermore tells us that parts of the valley have been on track for an early bud break, that's when these buds break open and begin to flower and if they do that early it could spell a possible repeat of 2015 when vines like these bloomed too early, the rains came and in some instances washed away the pollen which meant to grapes. we spoke with a vineyard, they tell us their vines only produced 50% of the fruit that year. they hope that these cold temperatures that are hovering around 30 degrees will slow down this year's bud break. >> it's going to slow it down. it will delay it, which is good, because right now still too early. if we have stuff pushing too soon then we risk damage to the flowers when it rains because we usually get some rain in march.

>> you're happy with this potential freeze? >> yeah, it's fine. hopefully this is the last one. we don't want those going into march, then, yes, we will have problems, but at this time of the year we're okay, but we're getting to the end where we would like -- we want it to stop. >> reporter: now, it's possible that some of the vines here in the livermore valley have already begun to flower and there is, therefore, a risk that they could suffer frost damage this morning but that would just be a handful since most of the vines have left to bloom. there's nothing wine makers can do about it, they don't have watering systems to insulate the vines because these freezes are so rare. but in napa and sonoma you might notice the big circular fans heading up and down highway 29, those are there to circulate the warm and cool air. that's something on a morning like today or those days when the temperatures go bhonkers, that might help mitigate the

effects of these temps. report in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> for now it looks like the wine is okay. thanks, bob. right now, you know, you can always check at what's going on weatherwise. we have an nbc bay area app it's for your iphone as well as your android. get this, it is free. make sure you get on there and download that weather app. this week marks one year since these devastating floodwaters. laura, you have more on this. >> let me tell you about it because it is hard to believe that this week is that one-year anniversary since these floodwaters just inundated the area of san jose. it happened as you may recall when coyote creek overflowed its banks after relentless rainfall. now, this year we are dealing with a much different story, almost no rain. look at this. abnormally dry conditions in much of our state. this is the latest look at the drought monitor information. now, we are not in danger just yet but state leaders are preparing. california water board members, in fact, today will debate making permanent a series of previously temporary

restrictions. it's all to boost water conservation even when there's no immediate drought threat. one rule that may sound familiar to californians, you've got to ban those hoses to wash down sidewalks, another would require automatic shutoff nozzles for hoses used to wash cars. the rules would take effect in april. new calls for change after what critics say was a poor response to a large scrap metal fire. you may remember last month fire at the sims metal facility in richmond that thick smoke prompt add 12 hour shelter in place. some residents called the smoke the worst and most hazardous they have ever experienced. happening tonight richmond council members will debate new oversight for the facility, they also plan to review the emergency response and what some say was a slow warning system. and the san jose city leaders they will meet at a community meeting to discuss what's next for the city's climate plan. last week the city unveiled its

new climate change agenda which includes becoming one of the first in the u.s. to reduce greenhouse gas emission to meet the levels outlined in the paris agreement. now they want the community's input on how to get this done. that meeting is tonight at city hall, that town hall meeting is at 7:00. and right now we're seeing that commute continue to build around the bay, much different story than yesterday. the sensors don't show a big problem but they do show south bay with a little build there. we're focusing over here, fremont, earlier reports of a hazard in the roadway, metal crates or framework at the transition 680 over to mission. mission typically shows that slowing anyway between 680 toward the nimitz and we may be seeing more traffic control. chp is just arriving on scene, i hope to get more details coming up quickly. looking at the easy volume through the tri-valley, just starting to build, but, again, authorize man cred there.

and an easy drive getting toward the bay bridge but at the bay bridge we saw the metering lights and the backup so it's on already getting from oakland and san francisco. >> everybody is going back to work. a lot of people have that extended weekend. that was nice. took advantage of that. >> between the chinese new year and presidents' day, maybe you had a really long weekend and already looking forward to this weekend coming up because it will be a very cold start this morning and, yeah, that will slap you in your face as you get ready to head out the door. our temperatures in the upper 20s in the north bay and i want to get straight to the weekend because it will still be cold during the morning hours, but our afternoon highs will be fairly mild reaching into the upper 50s on saturday, on sunday we will be in the upper 50s to low 60s. more clouds moving in and there will be a chance of some rain on monday. so enjoy the weekend while the dry weather lasts. as we get a look at kirkwood and our forecast it's going to be a cold one. yes, these are the high temperatures for kirkwood. 20 degrees on friday.

it is going to be frigid there this weekend but still looking good and our temperatures for monterey 56 degrees, maybe not the best beach weekend but at least you will get a lot of sunshine. we will bring it back to today, i will give you a look at today's temperature trend, you can hang out for three more minutes. >> that's not long to wait. thank you. coming up next on "today in the bay" an alarming new investigation, the number of marijuana growers across the state that are still unlicensed and the reason why might surprise you. president trump trying to rewrite a little bit of history but we remember it differently when "today in the bay" continues.

right now at 5:44, a frigid morning as you get ready to head out, here is a live look outside in palo alto. all of these cars blasting the heater and it's only going to be in the mid 40s, still at 9:00 this morning there and highs today reaching into the mid 50s, but normal is about 63 degrees. we do have some rain in the forecast and also more chilly temperatures. that's coming up in about five minutes. and over here the tri-valley starts to see a build for that flow of traffic. i have a new crash for 580 which could bring that top number up a bit. we will take a live look with our cameras coming up. thanks so much, kari and mike. it is almost quarter to can have right now. the majority of marijuana growers in the state are still unlicensed. it's been nearly two months after recreational pot became legal. the new report from the california growers association says 1% of known growers have been licensed. growers say fees and regulatory barriers are preventing them

from getting those licenses. experts say that could keep the marijuana black market thriving and cut into revenue expected from legal pot sales. president trump's border wall prototypes are already costing the city of san diego thousands of dollars. the l.a. times is reporting san diego spent $50,000 on supplies for security for the area where the prototypes are. that's because the city was warned by the department of homeland security to expect major demonstrations which have never materialized. the sheriff spent more than $700,000 in overtime pay for border wall related work. the federal government not expected to reimburse any of that money. president trump has tweeted a i lot in the past 24 hours. >> like a lot of people you are just trying to keep up. >> i'm trying to keep up. the latest one came as i got into the studio, it just came in. donald trump, i have been much tougher on russia than obama. just look at the facts. that's simply not true. i will be honest with you, i would like to cover what's going

on in washington and each morning we sit in the newsroom, we type up a report about what's going on in washington and it goes out the window when president trump tweets, particularly when it's something inaccurate. he has tweeted a lot lately. this one was particularly snoet worthy. obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election. so why didn't he do something about russian meddling? but of course obama did do something about russian meddling, he briefed donald trump and the republican leadership on everything he did, not only did obama confront putin about the election hacking, he leveled sanctions on russia in 2016, december 2016, kicking 35 russians out of the country. donald trump was not only aware of that, he reacted to it at the time. trump praised putin for not reacting to those sanctions. this is december 30th, 2016. = move on delay by v. putin.

i always knew he was very smart. this attempt to change history and we've seen several in the tweets just in the last couple of hours, this attempt to change history to convince you that the thing that happened that you remember is different than you remember it is called gas lighting. other news, trump has changed his mind about mitt romney, tweeting out an endorsement. romney is running for senator from utah and almost certainly will win. romney of course a long time critic of the president, calling trump a charlatan and danger to democracy. trump had urged utah's current senator orrin hatch not to retire to clear the way for romney, but hatch is going to retire. this may be a case where the politically smart thing to do is to endorse the guy who is almost certainly going to win the election even if he did call you names. each morning we try to keep up with what's going on. you can follow me on twitter and look at this, a lot of you wanted to talk to me on facebook so there it is, scott mcgrew tv

on facebook. >>3w?ç thank you very much joe to talk to kari about this microclimate weather alert. want to talk to us about going to tahoe? this is the road there, i-80 in kingvale. cooler temperatures keeping things pretty white in the mountains, holding on to that snow that we got. take a look at this fresh video from kirkwood resort as well, taken late yesterday, a lot of folks got up there over the long holiday weekend to enjoy the snow, many inspired by the winter olympics of course. a lot of kids in the bay area are on ski week and, boy, it's finally coming to pass there because we haven't had a lot of rain or snow. >> that was nice of benny hill to send in -- >> we need the music. >> all right. let's talk about the sierra. we have had cold temperatures, it was just 3 degrees there this morning and we will have some snow in the forecast which is really great. as we get a look at storm ranger that's our mobile doppler radar,

that's the red beam you see going around there, not tracking anything now, but that may change by tomorrow morning. so make sure you check back in. we will have a chance of some rain especially along the coast. the seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen, showing those rain chances and still some cool weather in the forecast but not like this. we're still down to 27 degrees this morning in santa rosa and napa, i think we will drop another few degrees before sunrise which gets under way in about an hour. it's 29 degrees now in morgan hill, freezing in livermore, 30 degrees there, frosty conditions. you do have to allow extra time to possibly scrape some frost off the windshield this morning as you head out for that morning drive throughout the east bay. we will still be in the 30s through 8:00 and then that sun helps warm us up into the low 50s by noon. we are only going to reach into the mid 50s today around the bay area, breezy winds, a lot of sunshine. clouds start to move in tonight. as you're getting dressed this morning, live look in san jose and you are standing in front of

the closet needing to dig out lots of layers, a hat and sweater good options and also for today gloves, too, because that will keep your hands nice and warm, especially if you have to wait outside for a long pefrd time on the bus stop or train platform, pants a good option, too. as we head into tomorrow we will have a chance of scattered showers popping up and clouds will keep us from dipping below freezing tomorrow, acts as a blanket and keeps our temperatures a little warmer. we will be watching those scattered showers mostly across the santa cruz mountains while the rest of the bay area stays dry. another chance of spotty rain between wednesday night and thursday. we could see a couple rounds of rain on thursday but doesn't look like everyone will get wet. dry conditions throughout the weekend, temperatures in the mid 50s, early next week we will finally have a pretty significant chance of rain and i will keep you up to date on all of that. mike is keeping you up to date as you head out for the morning drive. >> we just got word of a motorcycle crash, i have what looks like -- the information i'm getting from chp indicates

that there's maybe a crash that is clearing right now and that's good news because i heard about a motorcycle crash approaching the dublin interchange, saw flashing lights over the next few minutes, in the last couple of seconds got the latest update saying it's just involving the motorcycle, no secondary vehicles and that is good news, slowing here as we look at your map toward the dublin interchange we see the same thing on our speed sensors, more volume of traffic indicated here, we see the slowing through fleece for 84 as well and the castro valley y. 580 sees a good volume of traffic coming in toward the altamonte corridor toward the bay. san jose shows slowing for north 101. easier build, it's tuesday we should see a big build in the next half hour or so. approaching the bay bridge we see speeds coming up toward the 20, 25 minute range approaching the toll plaza where the metering lights of course are on, guys. coming up, we investigate, a man who made thousands smuggling guns to the bay area, he tells

our investigative unit how easy it was. hear his story coming up. but first happening now a developing story in syria at 5:52. nearly 100 people are dead after the syrian government bombed a section of damascus. part of the city is held by rebels, it is the deadliest stay there in three years. plus a small business believes the future is bright. latest report from cnbc and survey monkey says small business confident is surging in 2018. owners are excited about president trump's tax reform package, about half expect to see tax cuts this year.

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and to help their situation. to choose the rate plan that works best for your family, visit pge.com/rates. together, we're building a better california. welcome back to "today in the bay." remember, nbc bay area is your home for the 2018 olympic winter games. start at 5:00 tonight you can tune in to watch the women's downhill alpine seeing and also the ladies short program in figure skating and the bob led competition. another report from south korea is coming up here on "today in the bay" in just a few minutes. continuing coverage of our microclimate weather alert this morning with that freezing warning this effect this morning. a lot of concerning in northern california's farming community. it turns out that almonds are really at risk during the cold and yellow county almonds are the number two7'óóv crop.

this year because of the warmer temperatures we have been experiencing but that means this freeze could be devastating. farmers say one step they're taking to protect their crop is turning on micro sprinklers. >> we will water through the night but water will only maybe buy us three or four degrees. it's very stressful, ves disappointing, but it is part of farming. >> and it's not just almonds farmers are worried about, they are also worried about other nut trees as well as lettuce, kale, charred. seen with some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation illegal guns are finding their way into bay area communities. >> stephen stock 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 to the bay area for more than two years. he asked us to call him roger,

not his real name. he is 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 bucks and you would make as much as $1,000 off of $300 gun. >> yeah, depending on what kind of gun it was. >> what were the hottest guns? what's the gun that's most in demand? >> glock. >> glocks. >> anything that has an extended trip, that you can put an extended clip on. >> why are they so hot? >> i guess all the music videos, a lot of the rappers show them in their video, makes everybody else want them. >> you'll 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.c nbcbayarea.com/weinvestiga

nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> if you have an investigative story that you want to see right here on nbc bay area, you will have to call our investigative - unit, that number 888-996-tips, or go to the website to report that nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. two minutes before 6:00 and a follow-up for you this morning on the controversy over northern california firefighters association that raffled off the ar-15 rifle days after a gunman used a similar firearm at an attack at a florida school. the raffle itself happened during a fundraiser benefitting firefighters in cameron park. this morning the cameron park services district is apologizing for that raffle. the district says it meant no harm but says in light of last week's mass shooting in florida they should have taken that weapon off the table. >> we realized that that raffle was probably not timed well and we sincerely apologize for the ins sensitivity of that raffle.

>> some attendees walked out of the event. organizers are saying they're considering making changes to future event including whether they will raffle off guns in the future. new this morning a mountain lion sighting on the peninsula. it was spotted near degass road and west ridge drive in portola valley last night. this happened just before midnight. if you ever come across a mountain lion the best thing to do, stay calm, do not approach that mountain lion and do not run away, instead you should slowly back away and try to make yourself as big as possible. 6:00 right now, nbc bay area has issued a microclimate weather alert as we track those freezing temperatures across the bay area. what you need to know before you head out the door this morning. plus -- >> and when i turned i saw my student, i saw him and he was --

he was bleeding. >> an nbc news exclusive, the powerful and emotional reaction from an english teacher who witnessed the florida school shooting. and a giants legend hospitalized, the questions that remain this morning after orlando cepeda was rushed to a bay area hospital. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us on this cold tuesday morning, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we're going to get to kari and mike in just a moment, but first let's bring in garvin thomas live in south korea. garvin, a busy day for athletes. it might be colder for us than it is for you right now, which is weird. >> i know, marcus and laura, i was wondering, you wish you had the big blue jacket, don't you? >> this is true. >> and all those olympic pins. >> reporter: the olympics are almost two weeks in and for some people, though, they