ad lib live picture of richmond. and good tuesday morning to you and we are tracking rain, taking a live look outside right now, richard, you can see the wet roads there. >> that will be the scene for a lot of commuters this morning. thanks for starting your day with us. >> let's go straight to carrie right now. >> we have been talking about this since last week. it's finally here as we track the rain. most of it has been in the north bay, san francisco. we are starting to see some spotty light rain make it into the east bay as well as a few sprinkles in north bay. >> that rain has been pouring down, our rainfall rate as i did a query there in santa rosa, we can see rainfall rates at

about .3 of an inch per hour. it's really pouring down there you head down to san rafael, it's soggy heading through marin county, in northern cocoa county, with we see spotty rain there across the delta and we see light rain east of hayward. we will be tracking this for your roads this morning as we see the showers taking a break. we see some light rain moving through the santa cruz mountains approaching the southbay. i will be seeing slicker roadways as crashes. rs san rafael bridge. we showed you the north bay as well. we have the green highlighting. you whether find the dacher, slicker roadways. over here, we have radar activity. our storm ranger out there

giving you great resolution for the radar the activity for the rain. you will have wetter roadways. we have a solo car spinout. expect to see a few of those throughout the morning. it's been a while. so that oil and greece is gathered on the roadway. now slicker roadways for highway 101. there is the golden gate bridge, slicker conditions. you. >> you see it out there. this is the first rain of the season, as you can imagine, you can see, there are problems that could be caused. >> today a report from sonoma county, where it's been raining all night. >> there has been valley, rain e going fast and rat traps. >> i had a customer get 20 rat traps. she says they have been coming in her house like ten years.

>> during the rain? >> during the rain. >> reporter: shortly after the rain arrived, an i don't have turn vehicle in how rain mixes with months of oil buildups. a flood of phone calls from people fearing damage. >> it drains out over the gutter and back into the wall of the house the worst case scenario, which is unheard of. it happens fairly frequently. >> reporter: pge is pulling you a way power lines and transformers, the first rain storm dust mixes with water, creating problem that triggers outages. >> and be sure to download our free nbc bay area map. on the storm ranger there, you can track the rain and use our app to see doppler radar. >> rain is a welcome sight as california marks another dry year the state wide snow pack

was 58% of averages the last 12 months because of the below average precipitation the southern part of the state left with less than half it usually sees. it sees record breaking rainfall here in california. they are not confirming one mother's worst fear that her missing daughter was mrded. -- murdered. police are saying a man she dated in high school, is under arrest. they say he led officers to an unidentified body. the mother believes, he was the last person to see moriya. >> i talked to my daughter on wednesday, that morning when i was at work. i called in and talked to her. i didn't know she had plans to go with her ex-boyfriend at

lunch at lafayette at lunch. my beautiful daughter, i'm going to miss her, i don't know if i can make it. >> police found her car in richmond. they say the suspect along with his father told them where to find the body. 4:35 right now, federal prosecutors hope to try i the man for indicakate steinly's mu. they did it shortly after jurors found him guilty on the least serious charges on pier 14. the federal trial was originally supposed to start this week. but back in august, the judge postponed the trial until the court rules on double jeopardy for federal and state charges. 4:35 right now. a new effort to curve the growing opioid epidemic in california. starting today a new state law takes effect, it's aimed at making it harder to people to

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good morning, i'm cnbc bertha coombs at headlines. optimism over the new nafta trade deal has been fading. the dow rose nearly 200 points yesterd yesterday. if nasdaq fell.

facebook gains in technology. keep an eye on oil price, today they're at a four-year high with u.s. crude trading about $75 bucks per barrel. they're concerned about new u.s. sanctions on iran. auto sales will start rolling in any minute. the dow closing up 192 points. the nasdaq flipping to 88,037. mazda aims to take all the cars it produces and aims to make them electric by 2030. >> that i join a growing list by making more gas hybrid, plug-in hybrids. mazda says it will rely on gas powered cars as it waited for interest in electric cars to pick up. they decided to rev things up a bit. see what i did there. amazon is expecting to announce plans for a streaming service through its imgb website.

the service comparable to roku and voodoo will be available. user content will include movies and more exciting, amazon says it is raising minimum wage to $15 an hour starting next month. it certainly will help them perhaps attract holiday workers, which look to be in short supply in retail. back over to you. >> i was thinking, holiday workers. >> thank you so much. new this morning, october here, retailers are starting to roll out black friday plans already. in the past two years, holiday deals are started to creep in earlier and earlier, some opening thanksgiving day. however, some businesses are planning to stay closed and let workers stay close to families. costco, home depot,

nordstrom's and tj max. >> that's what family time is for. well, coming up here, carrie hall has a gift for us. we are seeing a lot of christmas colors on the radar this morning. as we get a live look outside in san jose, it's dry. evergreen,er with going to stay mostly dry, our temperatures will be in the mid-70s as the sun peeks out. further north, we will impact the start of your day, that's coming up next. many folks start their commute with the bay bridge toll plaza, you see a mild backup, wet roadways, i should say, slicker all around. we have a new crash in the north bay. another in the east bay. today iy

morning - live pictures from the golden ga welcome back to "today in the bay" on this tuesday morning. taking a live look outside, the slick roadways. a little have an update on the storm moving through the area. first check out this. >> ahh! oh my god! >> that's cool. >> you might not know the scream. you know that smile. that's nbc anchor vicki, this is

part of her out of this world fly along. for the ret of us, it's a sneak peek. right now things are ramping up, there are veteran-related events happening today in san francisco. as for the blue angels. they don't take to the skies until later this week. that's a good range in the forecast. so the 3-day air she begins on friday. oh, vicki can, you look like you had a great time. >> i suited up to ride with them once years ago. >> they needed a booster seat? >> i couldn't, they said i was too small, i'm petite. >> she was like this. >> big old tall heels i wear. oh, well, we're here on solid ground, it's wet. >> it will be wet today. for some of those festivities going on.

we will be seeing clearing showers. all in time for the week. the 7-day forecast, we get ready for storm ranger. that's parked on san bruno mountain, it's giving us a high definition view of the rain as it falls out of the sky. well, a lot of that heavy rain has been over the north bay. we're seeing pockets down to santa rosa, rainfall rates have been over a quarter of an inch of rain per hour. we had marin county, there has been a few breaks here and there. 101 has been wet, north of san rafael. moving over towards villejo right now, some of that wran rain is passing by. down in the peninsula where the rain started up around san mateo to belmont as well as foster city, menlo park. palo alto is dry as of now.

sprinkles making it into the south bay. we're starting to see the system get going, we seen it wobbling off shore. this has bee's notinmuch. the center of the low pressure well offshore. this is going to continue to draw in moisture across the bay area throughout the day. even enough energy to produce thunderstorms over the sierra and central valleys. look at bodega bay, over an inch of rain. ukiah has close to an inch of rain. rohnert park. half an inch of rain. the berkeley hills, .30 03 --03

inches of rain. most of us will take a break an today, even tonight into tomorrow, we'll still have a chance of some of these scattered showers moving through, tomorrow afternoon shows a chance of rain. >> that may be the better chance for the south bay and east bay. rainfall totals look light for most of us, unless are you on the north bay and the peninsula, rainfall totals will be a quarter of an inch or more. another computer model showing also about the same. so as we head towards the end of the week, we dry out. thursday and friday it will be nice as far as temperatures. then a lot more sunshine to go along with that. as the humidity drops, hitting the low '80s. san francisco, a slight chance of showers and a few spotty showers tomorrow. mike, you areing a traffic

break. what's going on? >> a traffic break out of san rafael the shot right here, i want to point out if you look closely, you can see a mild puddling over here, carrie was showing the activity for hey 101. there you go. now, we're looking at this, not far from that camera shot. northbound 101. reports of a crash over there. over in the east bay, we have a couple spinouts. the first is reported at west 24 over fish ranch road. you see the green highlighting shows thatngn through, the hielth is the index. everywhere you see that green highlighting is where you will see the slick conditions, carrie showed an earlier wave, now it's not raining, it's still wet in some patches. keep that in mind. we will see more, that may be enough to kick off spinouts. we seen a couple for 24, another

for the north bay earlier, palo alto doesn't show a problem. there is a sheen. we'll track this as the weather continues to develop around the bay, back to you. >> thank you so much. new details, a grateful southern california mother talking for the first time about a shark attack that almost kill her son. a warning the photos we are act to show you are pretty graphic. the parents say he is now improving after being in very serious condition. oh, look at that a shark bit him in the ear, shoulder and back. he was out lobster fishing north of san diego on sunday. >> i just want to tell him that i love him from the bottom of my heart. >> to his credit, for having the presence of moo ind to tell nearby kayakers. one was a lifeguard. they got him to shore where a hock then airlifted him to the hospital. as november approaches, the

california governor's race is heating up with candidates on both sides hitting the campaign trail. this morning, governor gavin newsom will be touring an early childhood education center. he is expected to talk about his plan. in the past he called on the state to spend more money on the investigation. john cox is taking a bus tour across the state, dubbed, health is on the way, he stopped in san diego yesterday where he toured a homeless shelter. cox's campaign is acknowledging newsome had a 25-point lead in july. they believe they are significantly closing that the way, their fire proof safes weren't. we are looking at what that means. nbc bay area rnd melania trump s in ghana for her first stop on the african tour. she is traveling across the

continent, visiting malawi and egypt. she is expected to make stops at local schools and taking in regional cultural experiences. more news for you right after the break.

4:55 right 94. nbc bay area responds to north bay fire victims who lost family heir looms, and safes that were supposed to be fire proof. >> our investigator has been having a lot of questions about fire proof safes. >> good morning. some people told us their safes melted in the firestorm, mike cobb is one of those people. he se rebuilding now. during fires he had two safes that did not survive. >> well, you couldn't recognize

it. it was basically the bottocan t. the top was a crumbly material. >> it melted? . >> yes, just disintegrated. >> so what makes a safe fire proof? tonight at 11:00, we'll explain what is or isn't. why a major industry auditor says that term is misleading. how you may wthange your evacuation plans to take into account serious limitations in safes. if you have a investigate, call us, 1-888-996-tips. i'll see you again tonight at 11:00. all right, coming up here on "today in the bay," wet roads in a lot of the bay area. >> right now mostly in the north bay and the peninsula. we will start to see activity making its way into the east bay as well. we'll talk about that coming up next.

and a look at the san mateo bridge. it looks just fine right here. there will be damp roads from the san mateo bridge. we will show you slick slippery conditions and the result wheres cowheres -- results coming up. zblrnlgs

we'll talk about that coming . right now, 5:00, we are tracking rain this tuesday morning. a live look at our live top lira dhar. our storm ranger already working overtime. welcome to fall. welcoming the rain as well, a

nice change. it's so dry out there. good morning to you, thank you so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> a lot of wet ones out there. first, we want to talk about that rain. >> a welcome site for the north bay. we are going to see a lot of rain there as we head through the morning commute. we look at the yellows and reds, and then becoming more scattered heading into san francisco and down the peninsula. just now seeing the sprinkles working into the south bay. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike is saying the roadways are slick for some. >> we are looking at the richmond side. as he cars come through, you can see the sheen off the roadway. it's not very heavy here that's tough at times, that greece and the oil lifted off the roadway, creating the slick conditions for drivers, operating just fine, over there on the north bay side a lot more

registering for our road index. all over the darker green, the yellow readouts from storm ranger, we are working together the traffic and weather, we see slowing. there may be a traffic break. the second spinout for the morning, it looks like there is more slowing to the area. anywhere south of the dunbarton bridge, much dryer, those conditions will change. we'll send it back to you. >> as you mentioned, the north bay is affecting the compute. >> we tm coverage here, he