you, 4:30 as we take a live look out on san jose. a great way to start the middle of the workweek. we're halfway there. good morning and thanks so much for starting your morning with us, i'm marcus washington. >> now we just have to get through it. i'm laura garcia. in fact, better keep moving out there, it's another brisk cool morning. >> it is and the winds are starting to pick up, too, so it probably feels that much more colder as you head out and make sure you're prepared for not only that but the rain that will be moving in as we go throughout the day. we are looking at some very soggy conditions for the evening commute but we do start out with all clear skies this morning. as we get a look at what's happening now we're going to see those temperatures very chilly to start.

mike, you're tracking some changes in the tri-valley. we are. first of all, beautiful crystal clear view of san jose and the traffic down in the south bay, also equally as clear right now, kari will tell you about those changes and the timing that's happening today but right now the roadways are dry. we had a lot of slowing just after 4:00. a lot of slowing south 680 approaching highway 84. there is a construction zen there, two, possibly three lanes still closed heading down toward highway 84 where there was a report of a crash as well as folks were coming out of livermore. perhaps they've cleared that construction but perhaps they haven't. that crash is over on the shoulder with no injuries. getting toward the bay bridge an easy drive as well. that's a great drive toward the toll plaza. we will send it back to you. happening today students at marjory don't man douglas high school in florida are returning to class for the first time since this month's deadly shooting. >> school officials say today is the start to a phased reopening.

they say they will focus on healing first. as survivors return 17 will not including meadow pollock. here is her father's issue this morning. >> i want to be the last father of a murdered kid that's ever in this country. that's it. this is me, i'm the last father. >> students who are not ready to return are being allowed to finish classes online. today a north bay high school is closed because of a threat. officials say that they found graffiti threatening students and staff in a boy's bathroom at alameda high school. police say that they will patrol the school over the next few days. officials are not discussing the exact nature of that threat. separately more than 200 students stayed home from alameda high school because of a threat found in a girls bathroom. happening today a san francisco -- in san francisco a major protest denouncing i.c.e. raids. >> this comes as we learn federal agents arrested more than 150 people in northern

california this weekend. cheryl hurd looks at what is next for the immigrant families. >> when you put out notices it puts the whole entire community in fear. >> reporter: that fear is being belt in the bay area. reena is from el salvador and is here legally. >> we know that this is not just taking the people who are, quote/unquote, cricriminals, th is terrorizing our community. >> reporter: the phones at siren has been nonstop but in many cases siren says the reports are false. >> it is important for community members to not spread something that hasn't been verified. >> reporter: i.c.e. verifying arrests has been made. this after libby schaaf put out a warning this weekend that i.c.e. raids may be coming to her city. the deputy director saying the oakland mayor's suspicion to publicize her auto decisions

about i.c.e. operations put i.c.e. officers at risk. he went to on to say this reckless decision was based on her political agenda with the very federal laws that i.c.e. is sworn to uphold. mayor schaaf saying that her priority is for the long-term well being of oakland and i know that our city is safer when we share information that leads to community awareness. cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." happening today your chance to play a role in the national debate over the future of air we breathe. the epa is holding a public hearing on the trump administration's push to repeal the clean power plan. this starts at 8:30 a.m. at san francisco's main library. environmental groups say they will protest in support of the plan. critics say the obama era policy is too tough on businesses. at 4:34 right now san jose airport is adding nine new flights. the mercury news reports that southwest will add routes to spokane, houston, st. louis and

orlando. frontier will add routes to atlanta, cincinnati and colorado springs and delta is adding a flight to jfk. the san jose city council is set to approve the new routes next tuesday. the time now is 4:35. happening today at san jose's cinequest film festival actor director nicholas cage will be on. >> he is one of the actors getting the maverick spirit award, it's the festival's highest honor. the ceremony is set for 7:30 tonight. cinequest virtual reality festival runs through next week. our parent company comcast celebrates black history month at an event for employees in livermore. it's organized by the black employee network which supports african-american employees at comcast. i will be attending and speaking at the event which is happening this afternoon. >> that's going to be great. you have your speech all ready. >> i'm ready. i gave you a sneak peek this morning.

>> it's very powerful. >> it is. we also wanted to add that the school that we told youieixlv a- >> anna lehigh school is open today. >> 4:36. a 360 degree look inside google's self driving car. the company's hope as it prepared to launch driverless vehicles. plus amelia earhart's car found this morning. where police made that rare discovery right here in california. who are these people?

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good morning, i'm landon dowdy and here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set for modest rebound this morning. the markets did fall off yesterday following testimony by new fed chair jerome powell on capitol hill. he signaled that the fed will be aggressive in raising interest rates to keep inflation in check and the economy from slowing. you want to look for reports today on manufacturing, housing and fourth quarter gdp. the dow falling 299 points yesterday to 25,410, the nasdaq dropping 91 to 7,330. google's safe driving car unit way mow has posted a 360 degree video on youtube to let people envision what it's like to ride in an autonomous vehicle. wamo is about to announce self driving rides with real passengers and no human behind the would he will in phoenix, arizona.

a recent gallup poll said 54% of americans say they are unlikely to use a self driving car. amazon is buying ring the maker of smart door bells for $1 billion. that would make it one of the company's biggest acquisitions ever. the deal will help amazon expand further into the fast growing home security and in home delivery service market. it comes months after amazon launched its own technology to let delivery workers to bring packages straight into customers' homes. ring was founded six years ago and it was once rejected by the big name investors on shark tank. back over to you. >> it shows i guess you never know. things can turn around. this morning investigators have found a vintage car once belonging to amelia earhart. someone stole it friday in l.a. police say the 1932 hudson tara plane was in a locked trailer. the car is one of 14 that still exist. it's worth about $500,000.

>> i'm glad they found it. coming up on "today in the bay," with he told you about it, it is cold outside. kari, what can we expect throughout the rest of the day? >> if you're heading out in the north bay you want to make sure you have the umbrella. we could start to see this area of rain and snow making it down into the north bay as early as this afternoon. we will talk about when it arrives for the rest of the bay area coming up next. and there it is, fremont, by the struck scales. 880 moves smoothly. we will talk about what we see for 880 a little farther north.

francisco and good wednesday morning to you. a live look out to san francisco, the transamerica building there. look at the lights and the clouds. that looks like the beginning of a scary movie, maybe batman. >> right. >> happy wednesday morning. batman signal. >> right. >> are you going to come rescue us at least? >> it is going to be a great day. it's good to see we will have rain moving in here. it will be chilly to start, too. a look at san jose, let's check out our forecast for santa teresa today. we will only be in the low 40kv. for the south bay it will be a while before the rain makes it into the south bay but we will see the clouds moving in and temperatures making it1ñá into mid as we get another look at san francisco and that may be your

view this morning as you look out the window and you do need to start out with a jacket, but% don't forget the umbrella, especially if you will be gone for most of the day. there will be some showers moving in by this afternoon. so let's talk about the timing. the rain forecast shows that in the north bay here we are farther to the north, north of santa rosa and ukiah, we start to see the rain moving in around noon in those areas and it could be very scattered and spotty as we head into late morning. by early afternoon there could be a couple of showers moving into san francisco but this is not the main system that will bring in widespread rain. we will have more widespread downpours as we go into tonight, pretty much all of the bay area should see some rain by 8:00 to 9:00 tonight and we will see that rain continuing into the ñwed indicated by the pinks and the blues there farther to the north and that could also be the case for the south bay and east bay. very chilly conditions, a lot of

sierra snow, and the rain continues until about saturday. sunday is dry, monday is dry, but there may be another system right behind that that could bring us another round of some widespread rain heading into tuesday of next week. let's talk about this first round of rain that will linger from thursday into saturday. there's the potential that we could get at least an inch of rain for all of the bay area, but there could be some spots in the santa cruz mountains and the north bay getting two inches plus, maybe even three inches. we are looking at some soggy weather. after this next 48 to i'd say 60 -- you know, 65 hours, yeah, there you go, 72 hours, we will go there, and we will start to see things clearing out for only two days in this @icmforecast. mike, you weredzññ looking at s slowing in the east bay. that's right. we saw the speed sensors moving around from green to orange to yellow. over here that tri-valley still maintains a smooth drive despite the crash.

what i'm talking about is 880, the nimitz freeway through downtown both directions look like they are back at speed but over the last ten minutes i saw both directions show some slowing. there's overnight road work that goes on there between 23rd and 29th. getting over to the rest of the maze an easy flow. highway 1 at a full closure but traffic sensors are showing a smooth drive. 24 shows the traditional slowing that pops up right about now. may be a sensor read because it happens again the tradition right there. over here no problem for the mass transit system, either. 28 trains for the bart system and capital corridor, ace train, no delays reported through the central valley. over here caltrain moves smoothly on the peninsula. the bay bridge toll plaza the last ten minutes have shown a backup for some of the cash pairs on either side. we have a lane or two closed on either side of the fast track lanes, that's why we have the early backup, traditional there as well. farther north there is the

richmond-san rafael bridge. over here from richmond this one car, now two, now three are heading toward the north bay with no delays for highway 101. at 4:48 right now bogus parts that find their way on to airplanes can have deadly consequences. senior investigator stephen stock breaks down what he found. >> he is looking at an inspector general's report showing the faa isn't doing enough to keep these parts out of planes. >> they're called suspected unapproved parts on sups in government lingo. we found ntsb records linking sups to 32 general aviation crashes that have killed 11 people since 2011. faa records show 3,000 different instances of unapproved parts discovered on airplanes since 2011 including on planes flown by just about every commercial airline in the u.s. >> i don't believe the faa has kept up. >> congressman peter dee fazio of oregon says right now the faa

does not pay enough attention to unapproved parts. >> one critical component that isn't up to manufacturers standards could take down a plane. >> and right there, you know, that's a part of the investigative unit, they look into so many stories. if you have one you want them to look into you can call this number, 888-996-tips, or go to the website nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate and there uks send an e-mail explaining what you want to have investigated. at 4:49 right now, happening now, the threat of mudslides have five victims in southern california on edge. they will remember last month when the rain sent tons of mud and debris smashing into homes no montecito. more than 20 people died from there. people living in the fire burn zones are being told they need to be ready to leave at any moment. an evacuation warning will go into effect in less than four

rau hours. a bay area fire chief says his department needs more money before the next disaster strikes. he said it took 12 to 24 hours before fire crews from outside the area began arriving. that's precious time where lives and property could have been saved. he's joining other fire chiefs from across california asking lawmakers for $100 million. the money would be used to call in extra firefighters and dispatchers when fire danger is up. coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> the solar panels work well, the problem is the extra 9 grand they cost her. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds. a develop afghanistan. that country )s president c but first happening now at 4:50 a developing story out of afghanistan. that country's president calling on the taliban to take part in peace talks. the second annual kabul process conference is going on right now. a resurge in taliban has been

blamed in more increase in violence. plus a report released says that sacramento the best city to start a small business. the website lending tree looked where businesses tend to do the best, sacramento is one of three california cities on the ten best list, fresno and l.a. are ninth and tenth. also on that list grand rapids, michigan, portland, oregon.

nbc welcome to wednesday morning. wow, what a glorious look outside this morning, looking at the bay bridge from the distance. all the lights glistening. it is clear and that also means it's cold. don't have the cloud cover to keep us warm like a blanket this

morning. nbc bay area responds to a san jose homeowner who believes she is out of close to $10,000. >> she blames a solar company. consumer investigator chris chmura is here with a look at the story that could apply to a lot of people. >> good morning. the state says complaints about solar salesmen are skyrocketing. in fact, it's now doing undercover work because so many people are upset. laura is one of those unhappy customers. she said she bought these solar panels from a door to door salesman. laura says the $30,000 contract hinged on one key factor, a 30% tax credit worth nearly 10 grand. so when we did all the math for monthly payments of petra, that was how the monthly payment was figured, with that 30% already figured in. >> but when laura filed her tax return, she didn't qualify for the credit. laura asked us to help her get her 9 grand. tonight why the solar company refused. we'll also show you how you can avoid this kind of expensive

dispute with one key second opinion, and we'll arm you with critical know how that might get you out of a contract that you immediately regret signing. call us with your consumer complaints, the number is 888-996-tips, or online at ,6by nbcbayarea.com/responds. they snagged the gold at the 2018 winter olympics and now the u.s. women's hockey team back home in florida this morning. >> they returned to a water spray salute and a terminal full of supporters in tampa. this includes hillary knight. hockey team says they still can't believe their gold medal win. >> it's crazy. it's been a whirlwind. it's really fun and for us it's exciting to see, you know, kind of all of america really bought into our team and what happened and now we're just hoping to inspire the future. >> of course. we love you guys. passengers aboard the delta flight from l.a. say they had no idea they would be flying with the gold medal winners. this morning the olympic

spirit is living on through five guide dogs in training. the guide dog school guiding eyes for the blind in new york just named its olympic litter. that's because they're all named after american gold medalists, their names are jamie anderson, jessie diggins, kikkan randall, chloe kim and mikayla shiffrin. >> isn't that cute. look at those puppies. a northern california teenager wowing the judges on the voice with her very sweet pure sound. it's pretty, right? >> pure sound, control. 17-year-old jackly lovey from plaserville first started singing and song writing when she was 11 years old.

she was performing in old sacramento before stepping on "the voice" stage. >> i just got on the side walk and played with my guitar, i would find open mics or bars or cafes wherever they would have me. >> look at her on the big stage now. she describes her style as a mix of folk, americana and the classics along with a bit of taylor swift. the voice team found her on youtube. she wicked alicia keys as her coach who promised to help her develop her unique sound. you can watch "the voice" this monday and tuesday. we will have to follow her journey on nbc bay area. that will be fun. i already feel like rooting for her. coming up here on "today in the bay," kari tracking our next big storm. kari? >> it's going to bring in heavy rain starting out this afternoon into the evening. a live look outside in fremont, all clear now and for part of the day we will see peeks of sunshine, a cool start, lower

40s by 8:00 a.m. and only reaching into the upper 50s today. we will talk about exactly when that rain arrives in your town that's coming up next. and this town is dublin, i guess that's the city driving westbound with head lights over toward the dublin interchange. the tri-valley looks good right now but we do have an issue going on at the bay bridge. i'm moving the camera around trying to spot that coming up. you could generate your own energy,

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overlooking san francisco this morning. no rain just yet, but we are tracking a significant storm that's making its way to the bay area right now. good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. right now we want to get a look at what's going on weatherwise. yesterday so nice, it was so nice outside but now we need to get ready for the rain to return. >> yesterday hopefully you enjoyed it, it was the nicest day of the week. today we will start to see clouds moving in, rain by the afternoon to evening hours. it's all because of this storm system making its way closer to far northwestern california, moving closer to the north bay as we head toward noon. we are feeling temperatures cold enough for it to snow initially but by the time it gets here it will be much warmer. we are below freezing in santa rosa and napa, 30s out there now. as we look at the timing of the rain we should start to see it make it into ukiah and lake port by early afternoon. more hi