this ho it is friday, march 2nd. can you believe it? >> already march. >> it is already march indeed. live pictures from fairfield this morning. you see all those folks in the distance, some of them might be headed to the sierra if they're lucky they won't get stopped and turned around. dangerous conditions out there. we have pete suratos who is going to give us an update on that in just a few minutes. thanks so much for joining us on this friday morning, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want to get you started with your day. looking at the weather this morning, certainly a different image than yesterday with all the rain coming down. >> we are not in the clear. don't be quick to put away that umbrella. at least your early morning commute is looking a lot better than what it did yesterday morning. now, overall temperatures remain in the 40s, it's nice and cloudy outside right now, but, hey, as far as the rain, let's take a live look at that doppler radar,

you can see the storm system sitting off far to the south. that's on its way trekking towards los angeles. this is the current look right now, we could see a couple spotty showers off the coast so we still have a chance of seeing very light rain early on, but this is just a break. we are expect to go see another round of showers as we head into late morning and into this evening as well. that's also going to bring pretty low snow levels to the sierra as well with a chance of thunderstorms into saturday, but i will have an update on that in just a bit. you're showing that the rain has cleared from the area for the most part but it did leave slicker roadways and the sun is not out so it can't be driving off the roadways. we will watch out for issues with slick roadways. so far pretty calm on chp report. northbound 280 it was a spinout. be careful. those slicker on and off ramps may be a factor for your commute. an easy drive over to the maze, 880 at speed up through san

leandro and oakland, our oakland camera is not even shaking around, today a much calmer drive. back to you. rain here in the bay area usually means snow in the sierra and this time it means a lot of it. caltrans briefly closed interstate 80 from the state line to cole fax because of low visibility and be more snow is on the way. >> pete suratos is live with what conditions are like right now and what you need to know before heading out there this weekend. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the conditions here in fairfield are clear right now, but the big concern is for folks driving along 80 behind me heading up to the sierra. i want to show you guys this video, this is from our nbc affiliate in sacramento, this is a perspective from a driver and passenger heading up towards that donner summit area. you can see the visibility is very low as those conditions were described as blizzardlike near that donner summit area. that was definitely the case for

one man who was forced to pull over due to those conditions. here is what he had to say. >> it was totally fine until actually two minutes ago. i decided to pull over because i couldn't see anything. >> reporter: now, those blizzard conditions shut down the 80 corridor area for about four hours at one point bringing traffic to a stop. in fact, one ski resort had to close up due to those conditions. those closures are from cole fax to the nevada state line. i just checked on the caltrans website. a reminder to put chains on your car if you don't have a four by four-wheel drive or snow tires. it goes without saying to drive carefully if you're heading to that sierra area. live in fairfield, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> we have heard from a lot of folks who took extra days off early to get there before this point. lucky those folks -- folks that are headed today should be careful. thank you, pete. happening now in southern california the same storm system

is still moving through, but the brunt of it arrived during the overnight hours and there are some very real concerns about potential mudslides in the areas that were burned by the thomas wildfire just two months ago. police yesterday went door to door in some neighborhoods advising people to evacuate. a lot of those were taking that recommendation very seriously. >> we aren't going to wait until somebody says evacuate. we would go before. we have several friends who died in the mudslides in montecito. >> that changes your perspective. a flash flood watch is in effect in some neighborhoods public safety workers helped residents set up make shift water channels to help to steer that potential heavy rainfall away. the latest storm has moved through with the north bay fire zone seemingly holding off well from the threat of mudslides. lots of people looking at that storm as a test with concerns fire debris might push into storm drains and driger flooding. crews have had about four months

to clear hazardous waste so there was less concern about the toxic runoff. a lot of people want to keep track of what's going on weather wise. you can download nbc bay area's weather app. it keeps track of what's going on exactly where you are, pinpoint that. this is free for you as well and that's free for your iphone as well as android users. walnut creek's john mere medical center is cooperating with police after the arrest of a nursing assistant accused of skts ul battery against a patient. prosecutors say cody baca turned himself in last friday. walnut creek police say he was working at john muir last year when a patient made a sexual assault claim against him. baca also faces burglary charges. in its statement john muir says it takes all patients' complaints seriously. a murder investigation on the coast. police are looking for clues after a body was found at gray we will cove state beach. that's just off of highway 1

between montara and pacifica. police say that the man's body was found february 13th in the parking lot of gray whale cove. the victim has been identified as 53-year-old rodriguez jr. of san francisco. police say they was shot. they are looking for clues in that investigation. a fire left dozens of people without a home this morning in fremont. sky ranger was over the scene about 3:00 yesterday while firefighters were dealing with hot spots. this is wood creek apartments just off 680 mission boulevard interchange. more than 30 people were displaced, but firefighters say the situation could have been way worse. >> it was pretty aggressive fire and got up into the attic and late in the afternoon there were pretty stiff winds so we had concerns that the fire might breach across the breeze way. >> now, the cause of that fire is still under investigation, but the good news is that no one

was hurt. make sure you stick around for "today in the bay" because we are going to have to tell you how amazon is making sure your package gets delivered straight to you. res from san francisco - more news ahead - you )re watching today in the bay. and we want to take you live to san francisco this morning where the rain might not be falling right this minute. vianey says you can be prepared for it especially if your workday starts right around the 9:00 hour. we will be on top of that weather forecast and we will get you on the roadway if you are headed out earlier this morning. you're watching "today in the bay."

good morning, i'm landon dowdy and here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open lower this morning, stocks stalled off yesterday following president trump's announcement of steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. that's sparking the fear of a possible trade war with china, canada and brazil, it's also adding another layer of uncertainty for jittery investors as trade tensions could threaten the u.s. economy and companies as well as consumers. the dow falling for a third straight day and posting it's third day losing streak of the year, the index closing down to 24,608. ll bean will no longer sell guns or ammunition to anyone under the age of 21. it joins walmart and dick's sporting goods in changing policy in the wake of the

florida school shooting. ll bean only sells firearms at its flagship store in maine and does not sell assault weapons and handguns. rei has stopped selling products made by vista. rei does not sell guns or ammo in its stores. uber has launched a new service to offer rides to and from the hospital or doctor's office. rides are assigned from a centralized dashboard and uber health does not require riders to have the uber app or a smartphone. reports show some 3.6 million people miss appointments each year due to the lack of available transportation. marcus and kris, back over to you. >> that's a lot of people. i hadn't thought about that. thank you, landon. amazon quietly rolled out a program to let delivery people take photos to confirm your items had been dropped off. that photo will show where the package was placed outside your door.

if your package is lost or stolen you will be able to request a duplicate copy of the original order with the photo so that you can get a refund. the program existed for six months already in select u.s. markets, that includes san francisco. so this morning a lot of us waking up no rain in site, but it's not far away. vianey has been tracking when we can expect to see all of this. >> still dealing with unstable conditions but now our focus will shift in towards rain toward the later portion of tonight and a cold air mass. 14 degrees colder at this hour in napa, 16 degrees cooler in santa rosa. i will talk about the rain update and when we can see a chance of thunderstorms coming up. there we have palo alto, an easy drive right now, you notice the sheen on the roadway, it's fine here, but watch those off ramps because of slick conditions. we will show you what's going on locally and we will talk about a little farther out as well.

and welcome back. it is 4:45 as we take a live look on highway 101 near 680 in san jose. as you can see cars on the road, they're getting the day started. still a little wet on the ground. you can see the glare from the roads. we will have a look at what's going on trafficwise. vianey looking at weatherwise. >> early this morning, i don't know about you guys, i didn't catch any rain coming in. i saw light showers when i woke up in downtown san jose but that

was about it. we are not in the clear, we still got pretty unstable air and we are following a cold air mass that's going to bring low snow elevations and also the chance of seeing isolated hail. i will talk about that. first look at how it is outside. 47 degrees, south bay 47, san francisco about 45 degrees right now, north bay 34. here is a look at our doppler radar. this is that same storm system, all this green is our precipitation that you see. look at it now, this is how the radar currently looks. we have a couple spotty showers lingering offshore but the majority of that rain is now trekking off to the east and the southeast as well which means, yes, this is that same exact storm system that is expected to bring a good amount of rain totals and rainfall towards los angeles. if you are heading down towards los angeles, if you have family in los angeles, this is what we're expected. look at the amount of rainfall, santa barbara, bakersfield they are expecting a sweep of moderate to heavy downpours and also strong gusty conditions which is why they're looking

ought for all of those burn zones. now, with this cold air mass we are also expect to go see even more snow on top of the snow that's already falling in the sierra. this is an estimate taken through saturday, this is through tomorrow, and look at this, 45 inches at twin bridges, 49 inches in kirkwood, south lake tahoe over 30 inches and 41 inches in kingvale. we are definitely expecting for this to also drop down some of our temperatures locally as well. let's take a look at storm totals so far. napa got over two inches of rain from the past 24 hours of the storm system. orinda over two inches, san francisco nearly an inch, redwood city also nearly an inch. this hour by hour outlook. so let's talk about when we can expect to see the next chance of rain. if you notice the timeline up here we are not really expecting much but we might get some light scattered showers near the south bay, you can see these small pockets of rain, but if i fast forward this timeline right after your lunch hour we could see another round of showers moving through pushing down from

the north to the south, again, so the north bay will have a better chance of seeing some of those showers early on into the afternoon, then if i take this through the evening we get another round of moderate to heavy downpours and if that cold air mass gets cold enough we could see the chance of seeing some hail. long range outlook right now we do have a chance of some thunderstorms to start off our weekend into saturday and also some low snow levels because of that same cold air mass. as we take this timeline through sunday we do catch another break from the rain and it looks like clearing skies and a drying trend into early next week before we see the arrival of an additional system making its way in. as far as your daytime highs we will be in the low to mid 50s, in oakland a high of 56, san jose a high of 57 and for the next seven days a quick look at what you can expect, we have showers moving in with possible hail even as we head into early saturday. let's get a check of the roads with mike. calmer conditions as we've talked about, calmer than yesterday. a nice drive right now. green sensors. we did get reports of a new

crash coming in towards sunnyvale for highway 101, we will give chp time to give us more detail. no slowing there. or for the spinout 280 at saratoga that's over near the shoulder. earlier reports from the antioch, benicia and also altamonte pass. watch for gusty conditions. those wind advisories expired overnight and we haven't heard of any major issues. toward the bay bridge we do have one incident reported around treasure island, again, just came in so we will give the chp and bridge crew a few minutes to give us detail about that. you can take bart, that system is on time, no delays or changes for the golden gate ferry for san francisco bay ferry, either. the weather is not affected this morning at least as far as the timing goes for these lines as well. the bay bridge toll plaza itself, we do have the cash lanes backing up on the left side because, look, there is one that's not open yet, one cash lane that's not open. that's typical of a friday. i-80 is closed through the

sierra right now coal fax because of hazardous road conditions. from fires to floods to mudslides and mass shootings, when tragedy strikes. first responders spring into action, but an exclusive nbc bay area investigation found that thousands of firefighters across the the country are not getting the help they need to cope with the stress of that job. >> investigative reporter liz wagner has the results of an unprecedented survey about firefighters and mental health. >> reporter: good morning. we teamed up with the international association of firefighters and sent out what may be the largest survey of its kind. we heard from nearly 7,000 firefighters in almost every state and the results are staggering. three-quarters say they're suffering from posttraumatic stress, 27% have problems with substance abuse, and one out of every five has had thoughts of suicide. but many firefighters point to a

lack of services to get them through it. nearly two-thirds don't believe there are adequate behavioral health resources. in recent years the fire service has tried to do something about it. the firefighters union is routinely sending peer counselors to emergency scenes like last month's school shooting in florida and this month marks one year since the union's ptsd treatment center opened near washington, d.c. we visited the only other place like it in the entire country, it's here in northern california, but there's a six-month wait to get in. if you know a firefighter who needs help or if you want information on ways we can support our heroes we have resources on our website, head to nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. back to you. what about you, do you have a story for our investigative unit? if you do you can give them a call, that number right there on your screen 888-996-tips or you can send them an e-mail, you can go to the website and look up some information there, it's nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. we're learning just how much

california agencies had to spend to fight the worst of last year's devastating wildfires. the governors office of emergency services says that the tab for fighting the north bay wildfires alone was $1.5 billion. in comparison the cost for fighting the southern california fires in december was about $300 million. the federal government is expected to reimburse most of the state's expenditure. oakland and the dmv there will not reopen on monday as planned. we're learning it's going to be closed another week. last month they had copper pipes in the ceiling that caused flooding. the dmv is still honoring appointments at other offices. san francisco is making it easier for low income residents to pay their tickets and their citations. the mta yesterday launched a new ticket program for payment. it allows those who qualify the chance to pay in installments to cover the fees for parking and

muni citations. a grace period is also in place until the end of may. and those who take advantage of the new program will also have all of their late fees removed. south bay transit leaders have reportedly come up with a low tech solution to track tech buses moving through a busy commuter corridor. according to the chronicle the vta wants to know how many buses are used by companies like apple and google. this is along highway 85. they're trying to use that information for future transit projects but those companies are r refusing to provide the numbers in response the vta has set up a half dozen cameras to do the counting. coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> someone else's debt on her credit report and the company involved isn't helping. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we will. nbc bay area responds. but first, happening now, more power outages in puerto rico after two power plants shut

down. this after two back to back hurricanes last fall that wiped out electricity to most of the island. at one point nearly one million people were without power once again. and talk about a hangover and wrong destination. according to a new report a new jersey man says he blacked out while partying in west virginia, he drunkenly ordered an uber to where he was living on the west virginia university campus. instead of going back to campus, though, he accidentally put in his new jersey address. he fell asleep in the uber riding 300 miles. guess what the ride cost him. more than $1,600. who are these people?

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to a dublin man who says he was promised money for trading in old phones, but never nbc bay area responds to a dublin man who says that he was promised money for trading in old phones, but never got a dime. >> we all have old phones, this could happen to us. our consumer investigator chris chmura says our team tried to change that. >> sean anin says verizon promised him a $400 credit for every phone he upgraded so he bought two new iphones, handing over his old ones. but sean says he never saw that credit. he told us he called verizon was told it would take 90 days for the credit to appear, but six months later, nothing. so sean called us. we contacted verizon and it cut shawn a check for $800. it's not always easy to do but it's a good reminder to try to get deals like this in writing. if they won't, you have to ask yourself, why not? if you have a consumer complaint

call us like shawn did, 888-996-tips or log on to nbcbayarea.com/responds. coming up on "today in the bay," it is tracking our next chance for rain and it could come lunchtime or so. >> right now the doppler radar isn't showing too much excitement but that doesn't mean we are not tracking more rain into the evening hours. all the details coming up. a bre

but slick roads remain... all right.

now at 5:00 we have a break in the rain for now, looking at our storm ranger mobile doppler right now, we know that they get a lower level view of that rain that's falling and it looks pretty clear, looks like it's frozen. if we look outside our windows at all of our bridges this morning, it could be another dangerous commute across the bay area. we have a team in place to get you through this friday safely. thanks so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez, i'm in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we have you covered roadwise as well as weatherwise. let's head over to vianey right now to look at what's going on. you say this is going to probably start up around lunchtime. >> yeah, right after lunch hour. we were seeing the earlier models showing it possibly starting late morning, now it's looking more like into the afternoon. as we can expect to see also the rain, we're also expecting kind of a slight drop in those temperatures. 45 degrees right now in the peninsula, south bay 46, san francisco 45, north bay a very cold