taking today to open up a new lane on one of the bay area's busiest bridges. the reason there might be a little confusion about it. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you and thank you so much for joining us here on "today in the bay." it is 6:00 in the morning and we've been here since 4:30 so we're already up, we're just helping you get up. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we have this wild new video into our newsroom a short while ago, snow in the hills of livermore. there was a dog that decided to stay in the car. definitely a california pooch there thinking what is this white stuff. >> at least he turned on the windshield wipers. >> the weather overnight surprising to a lot of people, not that rare, though, but right now we're getting a break from it at least today. >> yes, we are getting a break from all of this. i was thinking about over the weekend i saw a dog in san francisco with the little booties on and how they walk so funny. you may want to make sure you

put the shoes and the jacket on your dog this morning, temperatures in the mid 40s. it's a mostly clear start, the weather system that brought us all that wacky weather yesterday has since cleared out. we are going to take a break today and that morning drive looks much better compared to yesterday morning. we're going to be in the mid 40s and sunshine throughout the day. don't forget the sunglasses before you head out the door. we will talk about what's aheaden and our incoming storm system. mike, you are tracking down a crash near the bay bridge. >> i am. we're looking toward the bay bridge. i didn't see it on either angle we have here at the toll plaza or from emeryville, but over here we saw these lanes on the left approach really start to ease up almost as if there was a traffic break. i think that crash must have been somewhere in between just outside the view of our cameras and it may have cleared because i see the lanes filling in once again. we are looking at the slower drive from the toll plaza, at the toll plaza, all the way up to the metering lights and also starting to build over through berkeley. no big surprises.

san francisco south 280 at 101 there is a disabled vehicle. the rest of the bay shows a nice light predictable pattern, but, again, this is a tuesday and things are moving very well around the bay. back to our microclimate weather this morning. a close call in the south bay overnight. take a look. icy conditions caused major problems in the bay area hills and mountains early this morning. this is new video into our newsroom showing a crash in the santa cruz mountains. >> kris sanchez is live in santa cruz mountains as she's there to show us those conditions right now. kris, we can see from where you're standing it's windy but what are the conditions like on the roads? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that we felt some coldness, but we did see wet roadways on our way from the south bay to the santa cruz mountains and that may have been a factor when this truck crashed and nearly went off the roadway. this is near a ravine off miller cutoff near so cal san jose

road. on the video you can see the truck at a 45-degree angle with just the right tires keeping it from rolling down that steep embankment. in the last two hours cal fire santa cruz got a harness on to that car to keep it in place and managed to get the two men and the dog out safely. the police officers on scene told us it appeared that the two men were sleeping or perhaps passed out. the conditions were below freezing making matters worse chp santa cruz says that the driver appeared to be under the influence and was arrested on the spot. it might be a good thing that they slept through it all because they may not have known what a dangerous situation they on the roadway and we can tell you it is very cold out here and with the wind blowing i wouldn't be surprised if things got a little bit slick in the santa cruz mountains heading down into the south bay as well. in the santa cruz mountains,

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backlash from her decision to warn people about the looming sweep. libby schaaf shared voice mails from her critics. >> she should be impeached from office and arrested for obstruction of justice. >> calling to confirm that the hotline is working, calling with legal questions. we definitely are feeling the an f resilience andd- wantingsa to be as prepai possible. that was a woman from there liberation movement saying undocumented immigrants are scared. immigrant rights groups say "i i.c.e.ce arrested 11 people oven thee weekend as we first reporti to you monday on our midday show. i.c.e. simply says that a coun deportation officers work in northern california every singlg day. happening today, changeses made be in the works for alamed counties's urban shield training and weapons expo.r .. sup the event takes place in the roi fall. it focuses on counterterrorism and it's funded byt. a federal

grant. last year supervisors put together a task force to look at ways to improve it.pr later today they will hear those recommendations. there's also a protest being organized ahead of the meeting. protesters sayay the event promotes the militarization of police. 6:08. happening today drivers might notice new overhead electric signs flashing on the surat richmond-san rafael bridge, but attention our to payoo to them justt yet. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live there on the bridge this morning to explain to us how this all works. pete, what should people look out for and be mindful of? >> reporter: marcus, what they're telling drivers if you're heading eastbound from san rafael to richmond it's to ignore the electronic signs that will be overhead. you will see a green rare owe or red x blinking periodically. metropolitan transportation commission posted this to their youtube account. you can see what this will look like. periodically over the next several weeks you will see the green arrows and red xs on the

overhead electric signs on the lower deck and eventually that green arrow will indicate a new third lane that's going to open during heavy traffic periods between 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. that third lane will hopefully ease some of the traffic congestion during this time period and it's being created on the existing shoulder. that's going to stretch from that sir frances drake boulevard area in san rafael to the richmond parkway point richmond exit when you get into richmond. during this testing period i want to point out only the left lanes will be open. when it comes to that new third lane it will hopefully help with some of the traffic congestion. officials hope to open it by this april. live in richmond, pete suratos for "today in the bay." 6:09. is happening tonight, you can help decide thee future of bart in td east bay. the transit agency is looking ei for input on what bart in livermore should look like. the current proposal calls for an extension of the existing ii bartve system from dublin pleasanton to a new station near isabelle avenue in l.

livermore. there is a few alternative options, an extension that y ar utilizes smaller trainslo simil to light rail, they're also considering an express bus service.at the lastly, they're looking into enhancing the current bus service.in bart's open house is tonight from 6:00 to 9:00 at the robert livermore community center over on east avenue in livermore. and right now it's 6:10. we start out with a clear start this morning after a lot of clouds andnd even quite a bit o rain yesterday. here is a look at san jose. we are about 30 minutes from sunrise right"s now and with th sun rising earlier in the morning you may be able to get a nice jump on your day. it's 44 degrees now in san jose, 42 in oakland. also 42 in fairfield and 38 now in santa rosa. it's a chilly one. if you're heading out for a jog around san jose this morning we will be at 41 degrees at 7:00 and if you wait until a little bit later we will be in the upper 40s, low 50s until about early afternoon making it into the mid 50s today. so it's going to be a nice one with some sunshine, tomorrow the

rain returns so i will detail that in just a few minutes. mike has a new crash reported in the south bay. the chp report says it's a hit and run, that doesn't mean it's anything serious, but one of the people involved may be in trouble and it could get more serious if they don't report with some details. no serious injuries, no major injuries, that's what i meant by serious issues. northbound 680. over at 237 that's where the original krosh is reported. just saw another one pop up north 880 at 237. sometimes people get confused as to which roadway they are on. so far it's only the commute that shows the build, coming down out of treatment and in toward milpitas. a smooth drive toward the bay bridge, just a little build for the east shore freeway. 23 minutes from highway 4 to the backup at thee bay bridge toll plaza.y in t there's the berkeley curve.balla that's where you're really slowing down. back to you. >> those lights are very pretty, though, at least. this next story is going to make you go why? a college basketball player intentionally misses a chance tm break a free throw record.

>> yeah, this is all new this morning. the reason the rising star purposely missed that shot. plus i know you have a phone, but do you have a megaphone? when "today in the bay" continues.

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as we speak and if you can enjoy it you may want to do so by just looking out the window. it's a chilly start if you are about to head out the door, let me get you out there with a look at our temperature trend for the day. in willow glenn normally we are at 64 degrees but today we will make it into the upper 50s. more on that coming up in five minutes. and look at these travel times, yeah, we're expecting the build for highway 37, it's not as much as we often see on a tuesday. that's just a little slowing out of vallejo. the tri-valley you do have a number of your freeways getting nor traffic so there is a little slowing. not so dramatic here, either. we will show you a bigger view coming up. and in business news this morning volatility on the stock market continues. the dow shot up almost 400 points on monday. i suspect we're going to have a lower open today after our new fed chairman said interest rate hikes were likely. stocks in the news, comcast that's our parent company has

offered $31 billion to buy sky in great britain and there are rumors that apple will come out with its largest phone yet. may i suggest we call it the megaphone. the rumors which are coming from very dependable sources say the newest iphone will be a cross between a tablet and a phone. so maybe not this big, but at least as big as the iphone 8 plus. reporter christine farr over at cnbc discovered apple is going to open its own medical clinics in santa clara county for its employees and their families. they are looking to hire, by the way, the job listing talks about state of the art facilities. amazon recently say it would look into providing private healthcare for its employees as well. the u.s. and microsoft are squaring up in the supreme court again, but this time it's a fight over where data is stored and whether the feds can look at it. the fbi wants to look at an e-mail written by an accused drug dealer, but that e-mail is

stored on a microsoft server in ireland, so here is the question, does american law apply? it is after all an american company, microsoft, right? but the e-mail is not in america so whose law applies? so far our courts have said the e-mail should be covered by irish law, the justice department has appealed that and so it's in front of the supreme court this morning. 6:17 right now. college basketball player, have you seen this, he's being praised for missing a free throw. jordan buick hand nonis one of the star players on the university of iowa basketball team. his team was comfortably ahead of northwestern on a game on sunday when he went to the free throw line and missed it. he was tied with a former hawkeye named kris street for the most consecutive froes made in school history, he had a chance for the record but they say he miss it had on purpose. it turns out, though, how respectable. street died in a car accident during the 1993 season and

bohannon wanted to honor his memory. he even pointed to the sky before his next free throw attempt. isn't that beautiful? that gives me the chills while i was reading it. that's amazing. i bet you no one ever breaks that record. >> i hope not. >> that's a nice thing. that's a good thing. records we are talking about today, no records set today. >> no records set in the weather department but we can could see a decent amount of rain and much needed rain. we start out with a beautiful sunrise and this one you will want to sit back and look at what's going on. there we go, a live look outside in oakland. it's 42 degrees and we can see the orange and the blue hues there in the sky. let's get to those high temperatures today. we will be up to 58 degrees in morgan hill, 56 in milpitas and for the east bay up to 63 degrees in danville. oakland 57 degrees. the seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen showing san francisco's seven-day forecast, all dry today.

we will be up to 58 degrees in san mateo, san francisco 55 on the embarcadero and the north bay up to 64 degrees in santa rosa. a very chilly start, though, this morning. let's get the kids out the door for school. let's go to livermore. it will be 40 degrees, make sure they have a nice warm coat even at recess it's only going to be 50 degrees, but it will be sunny. most likely recess outside today compared to yesterday when they still had that rain to deal with. the rain has moved off towards the south, now over southern california. our next storm system we are watching that over the pacific. that will be here bringing some rain to the north bay by late tomorrow evening. starting out to the north and then making its way into the south bay and the east bay, the rest of the bay area by thursday into friday. we will still have rounds of rain possibly lingering throughout the day on saturday and sunday. that's our dry day, the only day to get outside. here is a live look at squaw valley, it is so beautiful this morning. if you can go to the sierra

today and tomorrow will be your chances and your window to get there because after that we are looking at the possibility of two to three feet of snow falling in the sierra and desperately needed at this point heading toward the end of the weekend drying up with mid 50s in the forecast. mike, now you are tracking a crash out of san jose. >> i got some more information and so it does -- we will show you the map just overall. things are moving smoothly, no major concerns, but over here down in the south bay this is where things got a little confusing over the last few minutes. we have the crash i told you about the hit and run reported north 680 at 237, now if it's there at all it's over out of lanes, no slowing and off the shoulder. northbound 880 at 237 there is a crash reported here, very similar details, this has more information as chp arrived, they said, yes, at least partially blocked and also there's activity in the shoulder so this will be slowing as you head past the scene. on the southbound side we see a lot of slowing as well.

it could be because of tech tater slowing or because the crash is on that side of the freeway. we will continue to follow this because that is a critical time as folks focus on that area of the south bay, that's the milpitas area. looking at this area as well, the east shore freeway slowing through berkeley toward the bay bridge toll plaza. we know the metering lights will be on now and they are and the backup is there. no major problems for transit agencies, that's good stuff getting through the bay, you have options in the city and along the peninsula as well. here is 101, easy drive, these taillights north through palo alto through university all the way into san francisco. back to you. coming up next on "today in the bay," more reason to keep a close eye on your teenagers' cellphone use, new this morning the private and inappropriate messages a lot of teenagers are sharing with each other. that was a decision i made at the time, you know, to write that letter and to try to end my life. >> students on the brink of suicide, so why aren't some schools tracking value information that could help save lives? i'm vicky nguyen, we investigate next.

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reality affecting students across topic too taboo to talk about. many people think that but teen suicide is an alarming reality affecting students across the bay area. >> vicky nguyen has learned some of the biggest school districts aren't keeping track of valuable information that could helpóéme lives. >> reporter: good morning. if you had information that could help you identify students

on the brink of suicide, wouldn't you use it? national teen suicide rates have rich dramatically. we've learned some schools are trying to track it by tracking 5150 holds. it is the code to identify people at risk of harming themselves or tunnels sw. they're taken to a psychiatric hospital for and ma tore stay. when schools know that information they can help students transition back to school and provide counseling. we surveyed 28 of the largest school districts in california and found only eight track this data. across those districts students were placed on a 5150 hold 455 times last year. san jose, san francisco and palo alto are among the districts that do not track this information. to see our full report and hear how this data is helping, go to nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. and of course the investigative unit always working and looking for more stories to solve. you can actually have yours looked into, you can call this number right here, 888-996-tips

or go to the website nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. now to an alarming new study about teenager texting habits. data shows about one in seven adolescents have sent sexually explicit messages, photos or videos and one in four have received so-called sexts. 12% of teenagers say they forwarded one without the permission of of the original sender. parents should discuss the risks and possible legal consequences of this. looks like the tooth fairy trying to save a little bit of o money. >vg9ording to delta dental's latest survey the tooth fairy's cash gifts dropped in 2017. sad for kids on that. >> the wings are getting tired. >> an average of $4.13. a lot more than i got for a tooth. that's an 11% decrease from 2016. overall the tooth fairy was still very generous, leaving a

whopping $271 million under the pillow of children across the nation. the cash prize for the first time tooth was almost most coveted there at an average of $5.70 a tooth. >> wow. >> when i was little it was a quarter and i think it went up to a dollar. >> there you go. >> and now look at it. >> wait until you have kids one day, we will see how big the tooth fairy's wings are by then. filmmakers flock to san jose for an annual film festival starting today. the impact south bay businesses are hoping to see. the wild weather in the weather overnight. the time now 6:27. introducing the prime rib cheesesteak from jack in the box.

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introducing the prime rib from jack in the box. with strips of prime rib grilled with peppers and onions and smothered in provolone cheese and i'm challenging you to try it, martha it's on, jack. why are we whispering? try my new prime rib cheesesteak, part of my food truck series. the bay area-- as we )ve right now at 6:30 on your tuesday morning we are off to another cold start across the bay area as we've seen these icy conditions even some snow overnight, but look the fun emerging. taking a live look outside from downtown san jose. we will have a clear day at least. >> yes. >> umbrellas not needed. good morning, thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. kari, with the rain not in sight for today what can we expect weatherwise? >> it's going to be a chilly day but that sunshine makes it feel better, doesn't it? let's take a look outside from san brown know mountain looking over san francisco. it is a gorgeous sunrise. get those cameras ready. here is a look at those temperatures, though, you may be

snapping the pictures from inside the bedroom looking out the window. 48 degrees, 41 now in livermore and it's 44 in san jose. as we get the kids out the door for school heading out the door in san jose it will be 41 degrees and still a cool one with some mid 50s into early afternoon as you pick them up. we will talk about what's ahead and that weekend forecast in just a few minutes. mike starts out with a crash on the nimitz. we're still sorting out the details in the south bay as folks head down towards silicon valley. this is the problem. san jose not a problem, that's typical northbound slowing, the build there, it's southbound 880 really jamming up. i told you i thought the crash was here judging by that traffic pattern. chp says, yeah, it's at dixon landing road or a little fast there. we may have all lanes blocked for a short period of time. there may be a traffic break to clear one of the vehicles over from the center divide to the shoulder. that is a slow drive. 680 through the area is fine southbound. the bay bridge not so bad of a

build. 27 minutes highway 4 to the bay bridge. look at the san mateo bridge over the last few minutes. hole low tuesday, we have this commute building along the flat section making its way on the high-rise but no delays yet in foster city. >> you say hello traffic i say hello snow. a wild sight in the east bay overnight. this is new video into our newsroom this morning showing the snow in the hills near livermore. there was a lot of it that came down. "today in the bay's" bob redell live in morning to show us some of the wintry conditions. it looks like -- well, it's up here in the mountain tops, huh? >> reporter: yeah, i traveled to the central valley to see the snow, here we are on the valley floor of livermore and the sun is now up and you can see the snow in the hills south of livermore here in alameda county. i'm guessing that that's probably at around 1,500 feet is the snow life. if you are going to drive that snow it's a different story. we are at tesla on mines road and that's a 15 mile drive from

where we're standing right now on a windy two-lane road. i drove this earlier this morning, got ten miles, did get to the snow line, wasn't much to see, it was scattered, but had to turn around because we didn't have cell service. the video you are looking at was taken around 2:00 this morning, again, that's 15 miles up mines road at an elevation of around 2,000 feet and you can see the snow was i can is itting, it was coming on to the ground, sticking on the roadway, on the trees and the plants in that area and as you just saw moments ago in this life picture we know in a that snow is still up there. unfortunately as i mentioned it's very difficult to get up to that location, that's mines road, it's a very rural road that heads eventually to san jose and mt. hamilton. fortunately it's not a commute road for many if any people, a few people live up there, but it's not something that's going to affect the morning commute. again, it's just a nice thing to see here, here we are getting close to march and we're seeing snow on the valley floor, from

the valley floor here in livermore. i know it's also visible on mt. diablo, maybe we can get a look further north later this morning. reporting live in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." we are finally getting some good rain and snowfall to the sierra. >> we are hoping for a miracle march. let's get a look at now that the sun is up we can see what it looks like in sunol this morning. you can see the snow sticking to the grass there. we're going to talk about the rainfall totals in mt. diablo a little bit of a wintry mix there, almost an inch of rain, also in alum rock park, a little under an inch. walnut creek has a little more than a half of an inch of rain there, also in fwernville and concord. you can see some pretty decent rainfall totals here with this first storm that moved through. san francisco had about a quarter of an inch of rain. in my house at east san jose i had some hail pellets and you can watch the video on my facebook page @karihallweather. if you have pictures on video share them on my facebook page

and we will talk about the rain and the possibility of more snow in the draft coming up in just a few minutes. the rain, the snow, the cold weather. let me help you out here. nbc bay area weather app to keep you up to date on what's going on. it is free to download for those iphone users as well as android users. also new this morning people at one millbrae apartment complex are settling back in their homes right now. this is after a scare earlier this morning. the firefighters responded to that fire about 3:30 on a call on south broadway near el camino real. it found out that that fire was in a trash chute. after an hour the neighbors got the all clear to go back inside their warm homes. one person in the hospital after the chp says they were hit by a pickup truck while crossing

the crosswalk. it happened a little after 6:00 last night in an intersection at center street and gem avenue in castro valley. the chp says the victim suffered major injuries. the officers we spoke with is not sure if the injuries are life-threatening. the driver stayed at the scene. the family of a gilroy man who died in police custody believes officers crossed the line but police insist officers did everything by the book and have the body cam video to prove it. family members last night gathered at the location where steven juarez died sunday. police responded to the report of an intruder and that the suspect was jumping roof to roof then resisted arrest. at one point officers had to use a choke hold. family members are calling it an unjust beating. >> my cousin was alive when the police found him and then he died at their hands. >> the witnesses said they kept beating on him and that he was calling and pleading for them to stop. >> police have not announced an

exact cause of death. the result of an autopsy are pending. we may learn new details about a shooting involving san francisco police. it happened a couple weeks ago near golden gate park's panhandle. two people had been shot, one died. the suspect got away but later officers found him hiding inside an rv on alameda street. at some point sfpd say an officer fired his gun but didn't hit anyone. tonight police are holding a town hall meeting that starts at 6:00. more details now overnight we actually looked into the number of officer involved shootings in san francisco. the number of shootings has been in the single digits for nearly a decade. the lowest number three back in 2016. a possible fix for the homeless crisis, we are talking about tiny homes in the south bay. it was standing room only during last night's town hall meeting in san jose's east side. it's a possible site for the tiny home project. the 20 to 40 homes would range

from 80 to 100 square feet. city officials are hoping that these meetings can educate hesitant community members. now, that next meeting will be this thursday at 6:00 in the wyndham hotel off of silicon valley valley boulevard. happening today the annual cinequest film festival begins in san jose. >> the big stars we're waiting to hear from tonight william macy and rosario dawson, their movie "crystal" opens the festival. it runs through next week. mercury news reports the festival is bringing in 100,000 people to downtown san jose. nbc bay area and telemundo sponsors cinequest. look for coverage tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. consumer investigator chris chmura is set to emcee and our joyed gee hernandez will be interviewing celebrities on the red carpet. take a look over here i want to show you the overall the bay looks great right now, slowing through hayward as you would expect and pushing across that san mateo bridge.

we have this crash we continue to track south 880 heading down toward milpitas out of fremont that's around dixon landing road, again, still trying to clear some vehicles, there may be quick traffic breaks here, no details given by chp just yet but we see the slowing. we see the slowing northbound 101 up through san mateo north of 92, the san mateo bridge, that's pretty typical but we did just get reports of a crash here, sounds like a pretty big deal airport boulevard near coyote point. that is close to the off ramp and that may be affecting the traffic flow as folks may be slowing down and backing up at the off ramp. no confirmation but that's the traffic pattern i see. now folks are heading across the san mateo bridge and there's the dumbarton bridge for 84, a slower drive just builds. now, that part is typical as you head to the peninsula. there's the bay bridge and unfortunately that's typical as well. the ba you canup fills in all lanes coming off the berkeley curve. this not to typical, before we get to our weekend weather we want to bring you live pictures

from nbc bay area sky ranger this morning. isn't that majestic? yeah, there's snow down below in the east bay hills near livermore. look at the sunrise as well. what a beautiful start. bob redell was out there live reporting on that snow up there on the mountains near livermore this morning. had quite a bit of snow, quite a bit of dusting up there and more expected in the sierra by later this week. >> we could have more in the bay area, too, because these next couple rounds of rain will also be very chilly so i think our hills will get some snow. as we look ahead to saturday it's going to be cool only reaching into the mid 50s and look at that, that's your soggy day, but by sunday it does clear out, that will be our day to get outside with a mix of sun and clouds, but it will be chilly, only reaching into the mid 50s. if you are going to the sierra let me tell you when to get there. today, tomorrow, after that your window closes because that snow will be just dumping down and look at the high temperatures, only in the low 20s. so bring the tire chains and

also pack your bag full of very warm clothes. on sunday 27 degrees that's going to be the high, but we will get some sunshine. if you're going to monterey this weekend rain on friday and saturday, sunday all clear but the high only 53 degrees and then we check out napa valley where we will get some rain, saturday as this storm system wraps up and it's once again going to be a chilly weekend. let me know what you're doing, i'm @karihallweather on twitter and we will have a look at today's temperature trend coming up in three minutes. it is 6:41 right now. cutting down on the number of parking permits issued in one bay area city. the decision overnight from local leaders as they look for solutions to the bay area's traffic problem. one of the president's closest advisers ready to testify this morning. he tweets simply witch-hunt. and, scott, right now we are following the money on the markets. you can see right now the dow up

28 points. still above 25,000 right now. u.s. stocks opened slightly higher ahead of new federal reserve chair jerome powell's testimony. following the money on the

it's 6:44 now. now that we have some light in the sky, the sun is up, you may be able to see that snow in the distance from the south bay looking toward mt. hamilton. let's go to san jose to check out our temperature trend where

at 10:00 we will still be in the upper 40s, upper 50s today for the high and normally for the end of february we are at about 63 degrees. so cooler than normal and the next round of rain set to move in late tomorrow night. more on the timing and how much coming up in five minutes. and backed westbound across the bridges, i'm not in it, but it doesn't move badly if you are in it, that's more pleasant than many days. we will talk about what's going on here and i want to focus also on the richmond-san rafael bridge. thank you very much. it's quarter to 7:00 right now. new this morning finding parking is about to get harder for workers in palo alto. palo alto online reports this morning city leaders are capping the number of employee permits in downtown starting next month. in 2015 the city capped those permits to 2,000. the new cap is 1,100. the city says it's seen a decline in request for the permits. a live look in washington right now and it's a pretty good bet to say that the warriors will not be anywhere mere the

capitol and the hill today when they make their one and only visit to d.c. this season. we can also say that the warriors will not be visiting the white house. president trump disinvited them last september for the traditional champions visit. the warriors plan to take an undisclosed private tour along with d.c. area school children. speaking of washington one of the president's closest advisers is expected to face questioning today. >> hope hicks under pressure but you say say not too much pressure. >> that's because she's talking to the special counselor -- not talking to robert mueller, she's talking to the house intelligence committee run by republicans. very friendly to president trump. the house intelligence committee one of several groups investigating the russia question. lately it's been the victim of tremendous infighting. hicks of course is the white house communications director and according to many reports a favorite of the president. before she was communications director she worked with the president's daughter. the president tweeted this early

this morning, it&i> simply says witch-hunt. the president is going to make his first trip to california as president to inspect prototypes of his wall. we expect that sometime in mid march. he will also attend a reap fundraiser in l.a. speaking at the governor's conference in washington yesterday mr. trump criticized law enforcement officers who didn't go into the classroom to confront that gunman at stoneman douglas. he said he would. take a listen. >> you know, i really believe you don't know until you're tested but i think i -- i really believe i would run in there even if i didn't have a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that, too, because i know most of you. >> moments ago video just into our newsroom, attorney general jeff sessions said in a speech he will have an announcement very soon on an effort to ban bump stocks. and north korea says it's willing to talk but the most important person in that conversation, the guy who would be talking to them is retiring, joseseph yun is the u.s. state

department's special representative for north korea. he is the guy that went to north korea to help negotiate the release of american student otto warmbier. he says he will leave the state department this friday. we examine the president's tweets and executive orders and speeches every morning here on "today in the bay." we like to know what you think, you can exactly on twitter and on facebook. what do you think about the cold weather we've been having in take a look at this, nbc bay area sky ranger live over the east bay this morning where we're seeing -- look at all that snow. >> tahoe? >> it would think it was but it's not. those cold temperatures mixed with that rain we saw coming down yesterday produced quite a bit of snow in the mountains. >> a beautiful sight around the bay area. >> some of my friends are on facebook saying they've having withdraw from the winter olympics, so -- >> we will continue it now. we will strike up the music again. i would imagine that would be a big distraction for anybody driving through the tri-valley and looking at the mountains

like, what? snow? it's really amaze to go see especially with the gorgeous sunrise this morning. another storm system moving in by tomorrow into thursday could bring in more bay area low elevation snow. here is a look at the right side of the screen, the view from the tri-valley and sunol you can see the snow coating the grass, it's 41 degrees there and in the peninsula 44 degrees, a chilly start also in the north bay with some mostly clear skies, it's 38 as you step out the door. so make sure you're dressed appropriately. the seven-day forecast up at the bottom of the screen. today after this chilly start we're heading into the upper 50s today for the south bay, livermore, san jose 59 degrees, 56 degrees in san francisco, low 60s from the north bay from santa rosa over toward napa. getting dressed this morning so important that you're dressed with some warm layers, a coat and also light long sleeves will be necessary for later on today once it starts to feel a little better. don't forget those sunglasses.

it may be blinding you on your drive this morning and also a good day for the dress shoes. tomorrow we're back to the rain boots once our next storm system moves in. the rain we had yesterday now to the south of us we will be watching out for this next storm system set to move in, it's still well over the pacific, but by the time it gets here looks like it could be packing quite a bit of rain, low elevation snow, chilly temperatures and chef snow for the sierra. this goes on from wednesday night to thursday to friday, even into saturday. doesn't clear out until sunday. so we're going to have a prolonged event of rain. we are looking at for the most part one to three inches of rain, but we still need about 12 to possibly six inches of rain to catch up to normal. and as we look at that seven-day forecast it looks pretty chilly over the next several days. mike, it's still slow for some heading into the south bay. we're talking about the crash at the nimitz as we head down past dixon landing road from fremont in toward milpitas. a big look at the bay, doesn't

look like any real surprising patterns here. this is a tough drive coming toward fremont where folks come down through 680 and 880, the traffic funnels towards dixon landing road. it has been jammed up by a crash. no updates from chp so we are giving them a call and seeing if they can give us more information from the scene. slowing across the dumbarton and san mateo bridges. and that crash in san mateo just off coyote at airport boulevard does not look like it's adding additional slowing for 101 but i continue to track that. a slower drier getting over toward the bay bridge. richmond-san rafael bridge westbound this is your commute direction that moves well, that puddle drying out right there. over from the san rafael side, these folks heading eastbound, pete told us they will test out the overhead signs but you still have the typical lanes of traffic open today. a quick look at the top stories here on "today in the bay" including new video into our newsroom this morning

showing a risky rescue. the dangerous weather conditions you need to know about as you get ready to head out the door. the superhero movie "black panther" is paying tribute to its oakland roots, disney the company behind the movie is donating a million dollars to the boys and girls club of america in oakland to help expand its stem programs. the city shows up several times in the film and the director is from there. plus diesel cars could soon be a thing of the past in germany. a german court rules cities can ban diesel cars in an effort to fight air pollution. that means millions of drivers could be forced to park their cars indefinitely. before you he

here are the top stories on today welcome back. it's 6:55. before you head out the door here are the top stories we're covering on "today in the bay." we want to bring you to breaking news right now. sea world has abruptly announced that it's ceo is stepping down. in a statement about three hours ago the company announced joel mamby is leaving effective immediately. he has been at the helm since 2015. sea world has been under pressure for years now with handling of its orca exhibits. the company said attendance dropped 5% over this past year. a white knuckle drive for some people overnight. the cold weather has settled on wet roads creating some dangerous conditions. two people and a dog needed to

be rescued after their makeup truck went off the road. you see it will at miller cutoff in so cal. chp arrested the driver saying he was under the influence. a live look near livermore where the winter weather is in full effect. video from overnight, take a look at this, it looked more like lake tahoe than near livermore right here. lots of snow coming down there. this video from about 2:00 a.m. on mines road. the elevation about 2,000 feet and it even had the attention of one dog you could see right there sitting in the comfort of his owner's car. beyond the bay area we are tracking the snow in the sierra as well. this is a live look from our caltrans camera on i-80 in kingvale. right now chains are required on highway 50 and 80. a rare hailstorm in sacramento. our state capitol. made driving there pretty difficult and walking for some folks there. a lot of drivers had to call for

help because they got stuck. heavy ice piled up on roofers and carports causing some of them to collapse. at 6:56, new this morning, car jacking suspects trying to outrun police crash into a richmond home. happened last night. officers pulled over a dodge challenger with two suspects inside but the suspects sped off. officers followed, but they say the suspects ran into the home. thankfully no one was there. the suspects took off running, a police k-9 was able to track down one. witnesses helped capture the other suspect who was hiding in a home. live look from our camera at the richmond-san rafael bridge toll plaza. drivers are being asked to ignore blinking electric signs on the eastbound side of the bridge today. over the next several weeks you might see those green arrows or the red xs on the electric signs on the lower deck of the bridge. crews are testing new signs which will eventually be used to indicate that a third lane is open. it's designed to reduce congestion during heavy traffic

patterns. during the testing period only the two left lanes will be open. the new lane should be open by april. we're waiting to learn more about the people who were arrested by i.c.e. agents in northern california over the weekend. i.c.e. has not released any details. in the meantime oakland mayor libby schaaf is facing a lot of backlash for warning people about looming immigration sweeps. some say she was supporting criminal activity. immigrant rights groups say i.c.e. arrested 11 people over the weekend. i.c.e. says deportation officers work in northern california and conduct arrests every day. at 6:58 this morning, nbc bay area sky ranger taking flight above not the sierra, but the bay area as snow has been blanketing a lot of bay area mountains. mt. hamilton and some mountains near livermore. it's been just a lovely sight to see. those cold temperatures certainly were waking us up. so cold turned the rain into snow. >> absolutely. snow coming down. we could see more of that, i

think because this next storm system coming in will be such a cold one, we could have some more low elevation snow for the bay area and some rain as well. now, that moves in late tomorrow night and continues into thursday, friday, finally tapering off on saturday, but this will be some much needed rain. we are only at about 50% of normal with our rainfall and our water year, so hopefully this will help catch us up some, looking at the possibility of getting about one to three inches of rain over the next couple of days. >> not a lot of outdoor activity, but definitely needed rain. >> yes, we do. mike is updating us on a crash in milpitas. >> this is 880, i was just on the otherside of the wall talking to ramone who went through the area, all but one lane is open. south 880 past dixon landing road, one lane is blocked and that's where the traffic is really kicking in now. that's tough out of fremont. that circled area there's a dump we will send out information on that. and that's what's happening

"today in the bay." we are back at 7:25 with a live look al news update. >> thanks for joining us at nbc bay area "today in the bay." we are back at6x0 4:30 tomorrow morning taking a look right here at the bay area. beautiful sight. good morning. war of words. the former sheriff's deputy called a coward for somedtaying outside during the florida school shooting, breaks his silence to defend his actions. as his boss doubles down amid calls of his own resignation. >> i gave him a gun. i gave him a badge. i gave him the training. if he didn't have the heart to go in, that's not my responsibility. here it comes. a dangerous, new storm, taking aim at millions. flooding that's forced widespread evacuations, expected to get worse. while in the east, all eyes on a potential nor'easter that could get ugly. al's watching it all. speaking out. the former styla