ad lib live picture - emeryville cam and it is wednesday morning, 4:30 for you right now, and we have made it half way through the workweek, taking a live look and the bells ring throughout the bay area this morning. thank you for starting your morning with us on "today in the bay." >> let's check that forecast. expecting spotty showers today? >> what we'll see. if you missed out on it yesterday with the rain, today is your chance. this will be rain focused mostly south of the golden gate bridge today and storm ranger, mobile doppler radar, zoom into the south bay. a little spotty, light rain, but we are seeing better downpour coming up 101 just near, just north of morgan hill and gilroy. tracking that going through the

day. this storm system shifted a little matterer south, but is still out over the water right now, and i'll also watch out for a chance of thunderstorms. more on that coming up. mike, looking at a few puddles on the road. >> you showed us, south county. into the north bay, a few puddles approaching the top plaza. riemer of yesterday. some patches. right now things moving smoothly. the live shot right here. a couple of puddles and ponding in around the 101, 37 interchange. all lanes open throughout the freeway throughout the approach to the bay bridge. no problems for cocoa county. down here south of the san mateo bridge, today we see glin interchange earlier this morning. a crash eastbound 580 towards livermore, north livermore. it's on the side and no problems so far. >> thanks, mike. 4:31 right now. a tragic story our the tri-valley this morning.

a lot of heartache and worry about the deadly overdoses of two livermore teenagers. >> one just 16 years old a junior at granada high school. the teenagers took street drugs laced with opioids. this morning, the investigation continues into where they got those drugs. >> and "today in the bay" with more on tracking down the seller of the drugs. >> i imagine those parents are going through really, really emotionally tough times. >> reporter: this woman and her daughter morgan out for an evening stroll in downtown livermore. they are well aware of the two other parents unfortunately offered it more often than not. >> i've had friends have, and have passed away, and it sucks. >> reporter: while people who don't know the two victims are concerned about the way the two teenagers died, justin myles' stepfather took to social media.

scott adam, creator of the cartoon "gilbert" given an emotional at of the 18-year-old's death. >> died last night, maybe early in the morning yesterday, we're not sure, in his bed. >> reporter: police suspect he died after consuming a street form of xanax that may have contained opioids. the 16-year-old granada high school teen overdosed. pris trying to figure out where they got the drugs and if the cases are related. >> if we can find out what these kids took and deal with the source. it's way too early. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >> tragic. so young. it's 4:33. happening today, the man who is believed to have killed his ex-girlfriend and dumped her body is expected to be arraigned. 19-year-old anthony pinmantell killed 18-year-old mariah richmond who he dated in high school it is alleged.

they say he was the last person she saw. on monday police say he led officers to a body near lake chabot dam. so far, a positive identification has not been announced. a cracked window at millennium tower was not caused by the building sinking or tilting. some heard a popping noise and then discovered a crack on the 36th floor blocking off the sidewalk underneath the tower and ordering inspection of all windows. the home owners' association says a "exterior impact trigdgit it from the outside. one city supervisors doesn't believe that. >> talking about a bird strike? a bb gun at the 36th floor of this building? seems pretty farfetched. >> you just heard from supervisor aaron peskin who says that the windows are designed to

withstand hurricane force winds and earthquakes. and update on a story we first reported last week. today is the deadline for the city of morgan hill to submit an application to bring a plot of farmland into city limits. that opens the door for construction of a private public high school. the diocese owns the land, wants to build the school. the land has to be annexed to have city services. it's up to the local location, or manco. protecting open space and agriculture land. the commission said no in the past, the plan could get the blessing this time in part because the diocese is willing to preserve as much farmland as it develops. >> what we're offering is, we want to keep this morgan hill beautiful, and what we're offering is a one-to-one mitigation for every acreage of land we build, for the children and students, we're going to reserve another acre to keep it

agricultural. >> they will likely take up the issue at its meeting in december. a san francisco billboard is raising eyebrows this morning. you can so is right here. it's for a gay dating site, and some people who noticed the bigboard near geary says it's pretty up front. >> dealing with a topic that, you know, it may sb not meant for the mainstream. gestive than and anybody that other places, but i think if that's the type of marketing and the people you're trying to find for your company, then good you. >> one viewer told us that she is concerned about the location of that billboard. she says that children will have to look at that as they sit in their parents' car waiting to get into the trader joe's parking lot. issuing a 30-day moratorium to take electric scooters off the street. you can still use the scooters now. the decision was made last night. like san francisco and san jose

the issue became urgent when scooters began clutters sidewalks about a month ago. it comes down to this -- >> yes. one game, win or go home. tonight the as take on the yankees in the american league wild card. it happens at yankee stadium where the as held a workout yesterday. you see there. so the last time the as were in the postseason, four years ago. most of the current players there were not on that for. this is uncharted territory. >> we're excited to be here and grateful for the opportunity, and just, you know, all the work that you put in throughout the season and to be here at this point. i mean, it's everything you could ask for. >> all right. whoever wins tonight's game, the as, faces the boston red sox in the division's series starting friday. >> let's go team! why we're we'rie i wearing gree and apple ceo defending the company's business in china. what he's saying about the

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good morning. here at cnbc global headquarters. today's top business headlines -- wall street set to open higher. the dow rallied yesterday closing at a new all-time high boosted by gains at intel and boeing amid optimism about

global trade. the nasdaq slipped large cap tech names like amazon and lth services industry and hiring in the private sector. dow rising 122 points to 26773. nasdaq dropping 37 to 7999. tim cook says apple takes privacy very, very seriously. cook says he'd be open to some form of government regulation saying apple isn't in the business of seller users' data to third parties and tries to collect as little as possible. apple continues to roll out new tools to make it harder for others to access your data. it's updated its privacy policy to require all apps to disclose how your information will be used. and endless shrimp is okay but red lobster says no to plastic stars's joining starbucks, american airlines and others getting rid of the straws. customers have to ask their server for one.

red lobster plans to phase out plastic straws by end of 2020 and replace them with an eco-friendly alternative. that shift eliminates more than 150 million plastic straws per year from its locations. those are your business headlines. back to you. >> anything good for the environment, i guess. >> don't get rid of the cheesy biscuits. >> you've got it right. thanks, frank. >> thanks. more and more americans are buying sseda. according to september sales data. toyota, ford and honda reported sales declining of twebetween 7d 12%. this could be a profitable trend for automakers, which typically make more money on larger vehicles. the good news here, for people looking to buy sedans, carmakers are discounting them to try to move them off the lot. >> there you go. all right. coming up on "today in the bay," a look at the forecast, and seeing some scattered showers

this morning? >> yeah. and a few thunderstorms, but roads are still dry in the south bay. as we get a look out there right now. evergreen seeing temperatures in the mid-60s and then a chance of rain as we go through the morning. here's a look at storms that rolled through the north bay. we'll take a closer look at the radar and where the rain is concentrated. that's coming up next. and palo alto, concentrating on the drive. moving smoothly. good focus, folks. peninsula, no delays. showing where the rain is. making roadways slicker. different than yesterday. you could save energy

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and a great start to your wednesday morning. take a live look now at sfo as a lot of people are heading in and out, but right now you're hanging with us. take a look at this. new video to show you this morning. three little bear cubs in reno. they found themselves stuck inside a garbage bin. yeah. run little one! woke up to sound of garbage tipping over. firefighters found the agitated mama bear watching over the bin in a video shared by the department. you see the firefighter lifted the lid off the bin so the bear cubs could escape. three little bears ran one at a time from the bin and scurried off into the woods. >> sounds like a story. looking for their porridge. >> that bin was just right. >> they're adorable. >> i saw has picture you posted

of your friend's car. >> yeah. exactly. just this weekend in tahoe. they ripped -- on facebook -- the back of his car. didn't have food. a wet, like, ski bag with ski equipment in it. >> they don't know. >> looking for the money! >> all right. if you're heading to tahoe today, there's a chance of storms on your way. here's a look at some of the storms we've seen earlier this morning on the sonoma/napa county line this morning. at about 1:00 to 3:00, really coming down for a while. even small hail reported in those ar ieney shifted a little bit farther south. we're seeing some spotty light rain with storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, the best view, because it's parked right on the san bruno mountain and we can see all the rain coming down on the peninsula and extending down towards san jose. the rain is very light at this point. once again, we've seen the activity. kind of calm down for the north bay right now. as we get a closer look at the

south bay, not all of us are seeing the rain, and we've seen it continuing to move off towards south san jose over towards evergreen and over the hill, where the rain is falling right now. as you leave from gilroy heading towards morgan hill, roads may be wet but the rain now moving off towards the east, and then as we look at the bigger picture, we still see quite a bit of energy as this system continues to bring up a lot of moisture, and also sparking up enough energy to produce lightning. we'll watch out for that as we go throughout the day. in between the showers, we're expecting partly cloudy skies. in spots like martinez. temperatures will be very mild and it will feel humid out there with temperatures in the mid-60s heading into the mid-70s, sun peeking out every now and then. getting dressed, do not forget the umbrella especially in san francisco and farther south, where we'll have the highest chance of rai as we go through the futurecast,

see how the day shapes up. still there will be spotty rain moving through. especially for the afternoon, but it looks like later on tonight activity tapers off, and there could be one last shot of rain tomorrow. so this system is moving very slowly and may linger into the first part of the day tomorrow showing even a slight chance of rain for the south bay by tomorrow afternoon. so hopefully we'll get a little bit of rain out of this system, and as we look at the computer models, the rain is very hit or miss. either you're in with the rain or you're not, and where we do see it, you're going to have some heavy downpours just briefly. and then through the rest of the forecasting, clearing out. sunday looks pretty windy as temperatures reach into the low 80s, and warmer air behind that. for san francisco, some 60s all throughout the forecast. mike, you were looking at the road conditions. how's it looking out there? >> different than yesterday. you warned us about that and told us about that. anywhere north of the san mateo bridge, yesterday wet.

dry now and west of the san mateo bridge, road weather index highlights green. damper roadways possibly slick roadwa in patches around the area. really doing okay. earlier rain over there in dublin, near the dublin interchange, but that's moving smoothly all morning. things calmed down there now. showing you activity here. san martin, morgan hill towards san jose. highway 101, likely to get slicker conditions and north bend the commute we're worried about coming into our area. not really a problem. southbound smooth heading into gilroy. santa cruz mountains no problems reported overnight. we concern ourselves with sometimes drainage there. that's fine. over here, 101, even a look at 101 itself just north of 680, roadway dry. not even puddling, because lighter rain throughout the south bay. throughout portions of the south bay, i should say right now. as we get a reminder, remember, san francisco, transit center moved to a temporary facility, making good progress with

regards to diagnostics and a plan for reopening fremont street, not reopened this weekend at least probably not until the 12th we're hearing. caltrain stopped service starting this weekend heading into san francisco. stops at bay shore. another re-route if you're heading up to fleet week. back to you. >> thank you. take you live this morning to africa where first lady melania trump just met with the king of ghana. her first solo trip as first lady. she is also visiting other countries as well in africa. kenya, malawi and egypt as well. 4:51 now. george gascon will not seek he says he need m t to devote to his eld.a. race that not involve an incumbent. a campaign manager expects a

crowded and competitive field of candidates. >> from supervisors to everyone at the hall of justice who's either a public defender, deputy public defender, deputy assistant attorney. the speculation could run the gamut of almost every lawyer in town. >> gascon's term ends in 2019. a new memorial in san francisco has led to a messy breakup. happening today, supporters of that memorial plan toal involve francisco and its sister city in japan osaka. their 60-year relationship is being severed by the mayor of osaka in his response to a chinatown statue honoring so-called comfort women in the world war ii. supporters say that comfort women were victims of sex trafficking trade, and the japanese military played a role. japan's government opposed the new statue from the start, supporters of the statue

believes denies history. 4:53 right now. coming up on "today in the bay," a magical moment caught on camera. the search for this couple who got engaged in the middle of the street. first, happening now, a volcano erupts in the same central indonesian island as earlier with an earthquake. evacuations immediately ordered. a government volcanoist expect the irrups werupted due to the earthquake last week. authorities are warning volcanic ash in the air. more news after the break. p

are closed as a wildfire burns near the columbia river in 4:56.

parts of oregon highway are closed agency wildfires burn near the columbian river in oregon. this is near the washington/oregon state line. several homes and other structures are threatened. so far none have burned. about dozen homes evacuated. fire officials say more evacuations are possible, depending where that fire goes. the fire is burning in an area devastated by wildfires this summer. a new proposal might keep the south bay mayor in office for an extra two years. some san jose city leaders want to move it to align with the president's races. there is typical higher voter turnout during those years. the change was prosed and vote verse to approve. the mayor is running for re-election this year but didn't help draft the proposal. this is a beautiful moment captured on camera, but now a search for a couple. >> eugene chan on his way to a dream force conference yesterday and saw a man carrying a bouquet

of flowers get down on one knee. he pulled out his phone and took a picture of that. he wasn't -- now he really wants to find that couple and gish them that picture and is hoping social media will help spread the message and identify that mystery couple. >> a beautiful picture. just the hubbub of the city going on. >> reminds you of the picture when the soldier was kissing the lady -- in new york. >> uh-huh. very nice. hope we find them. coming up next on "today in the bay," a check of that wednesday forecast. ky kari. >> and some chances of rain across the bay area today. palo alto has also mild temperature, off and on showers. seeing light rain coming down now. a closer look at storm ranger and what's ahead. that's coming up next. but we're not seeing the rain here at the golden gate bridge. yesterday that truck held up to 5:45 in the morning. you see it this morning. getting ready for this morning's commute. we'll show you the change. plus, the fbi investigation

into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh might end earlier than expected. the reason it could be finished early. a live look outside at sa.

good morning welcome to wednesday morning. halfway through the workweek. a live look outside this time from the south bay overlooking san jose. not a lot of people coming and going. it is still early. just turning fi ining 5:00 righ. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia.

>> and i'm mike washington. we want to talk about the rain, kari, hitting the south bay you say? >> yeah. areas that didn't see it yesterday will have that chance today. as we look at storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, the red scan you see. as we zoom in to the peninsula in the south bay we can see spotty showers. not all of us are seeing rain. you just heard it hitting the windows in evergreen and now it's moving towards the north and east and as we go through the day we're going to see rain chances in the forecast. as our highs head into the 70s across the bay area. a closer look at forecast coming up. mike, you spotted a puddle. >> i did. i'm on puddle watch, kari. over here, remnants of yesterday. here comes one car.