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. see if that's affected by the pud's? it is not. drive on the richmond side of the rich smnd/san rafael bridge, left overfrom yesterday, hitting the north bay. no problem. easy drive. road conditions great through cocoa county. debris reported for 24 just off the walnut creek interchange. no lanes blocked. might see a crew. and what kari talked about here, rain most recently near 680. not a problem. although a crash reported now around milpitas, 880 at 237. i'll check on the latest from chp. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:01 and we're keeping a close eye on washington, d.c. this morning, because there are reports that the fbi could end its investigation into brett kavanaugh soon. >> "today in the bay" tracie potts joins us live from washington. something else people are talking about this morning.

president trump mocking testimony from palo alto's dr. ford? >> reporter: and getting some support from former president george w. bush. a spokesperson for president bush saying wasn't mocking, pointing out inconsistencies in her statement. we'll show you exactly what the president said so you can decide for yourself, but as for that fbi investigation, yes. we are now getting indications from a couple of people familiar with the investigation that they could wrap it up a few days early. sources are telling nbc the fbi could end its investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against judge brett kavanaugh days ahead of schedule. without interviewing his accuser dr. kristine blasey ford. president trump mocking ford's testimony at a rally last night in mississippi. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. mow did you get there? i don't remember. where was the place? i don't remember. how many years ago i don't.

but i had one beer. that's all i remember. >> reporter: calling it a soulless attack as they await the fbi's report. >> as quickly as they can but used as another reason for delay. i can tell you that. >> reporter: republicans insist on a vote this week. that process would have to start today. >> what we need to do is wait for the fbi. >> reporter: lawmakers anxious to compare the fbi's findings to kavanaugh's testimony. >> if you say, well, maybe he's telling the truth and maybe he's not, he doesn't belong on the supreme court. >> reporter: we've confirmed at least four people interviewed so far. dr. ford's attorneys write, it's inconceivable to end this investigation without talking to the woman who started it all. but then there are people who are supporting judge kavanaugh saying it's inconceivable to them that this investigation is even happening thinking this should have happened a long time

and now at least are or track to get it done by end of the week. that's the plan and what republican leadership is moving towards. >> thank you, reporting from washington. dr. ford's testimony in front of the senate judiciary committee making impact around the world. the city is honoring dr. ford with a proclamation for inspiring victims of sexual assault to come forward. palo alto's mayor since shared her own stories of assault citing the courage of dr. ford. people in the tri-valley rocked this week with the word of an apparent overdose death of two teenagers. it's led to an urgent new warning for parents. the livermore police are telling parents to pay special attention to their teenagers. this after the death of a 16-year-old girl and 18-year-old boy. the 16-year-old overdosed monday. the 18-year-old died sunday. police suspect they died after consuming a street form of xanax

campaigning a powerful opioid. scott adams is creator of the popular comic strip "dilbert" and he became emotional talking about what happened. >> he died last night, or maybe early in the morning yesterday, we're not sure, in his bed. >> authorities are trying to figure out where the teens got the drugs, and if the cases are linked. a 33-year-old cold case murder in contra costa county is served using a technique never used successful in the bay area. using dna collected from a crime scene. 57-year-old virginia vincent found raped and murdered in her danville apartment back in 1985. her killer never found. 16 years ago a dna profile was made from the evidence and the case went cold again. then last year the share eriffs office used that meth and tied joey ford to the crime.

he was a plumber in that area who died 20 years ago. always talk about the president tweeting. expect a text from him today. it's actually fema testing a new way to notify americans across the country in the event of an emergency called a presidential alert, and anyone with a cell phone is going to get one of these alerts this morning. this is around 11:18 our time. it reads presidential alert. this is a test. no action is required. it's supposed to push out a few weeks ago but delayed because of severe weather on the east coast. more details for you today. tests coming in the wake of national attention. focused on how emergency alerts are sent. sometimes the system has fallen tragically short and as you probably recall as our own nbc bay area investigates unit uncovered, sonoma county's system failed during the deadly firestorm last year. the county recently rolled out a new overhauled alert system.

and just in to our newsroom at 5:06, a popular north bay brewing company laying off employees. curting 12% of its workforce. 100 of the companies 900 employees let go. the petaluma brewer says the decision to downsize is due to declining sales and more competitors entering the market. guess what's sailing back into the bay area? "lady washington." no relation here. we love when the historical tall ships visit from washington state. a boat docking at pillar point marina in half moon bay and starting at 4:00 this morning, you can actually hop onboard and take a tour. that ship will be docked there through sunday for all of those nice tours. >> "lady washington." right now we want to give you a live look.

s.a.p. better known at the shark tank. dropping the puck on the brand new hockey ice. >> brand new. sharks considered a favorite with the addition of star player eric carlsson. they're glad hockey is back. including the epicenter for shark fans off the ice. popular britannia arms. part of revenues made during the hockey season. >> definitely more competition downtown than 15 years ago. that taking into consideration. move with the times. make things more current for us, which is our menu and what we do with service, but other than that, we anticipate the same shark season and we anticipate a good year. >> good luck to them. sharks host the anaheim ducks tonight. really good luck to the sharks. game time 7:30. a big street rally happens before the game. find it right there outside the s.a.p. center. hopefully weather cooperates. a slight chance of rain but

heavier downpours heading towards the north bay. may have been awakened by thunder and heavy downpours. that's were quieted down. maybe you can get a little sleep now. radar shows spotty rain mostly for the peninsula in the south bay and parts of the east bay and areas we didn't see rain yesterday, it's mostly light, though, as you head ot for your drive this morning. just enough to wet the streets. if you're on your way to deerdon station in san jose, temperatures will be in the 60s and partly to mostly cloudy skies. at any point today there could be water dropping from the sky. be prepared for that. otherwise a mix of sun and clouds and walnut creek, the temperature reach into the 70s. mike, you looked at the san mateo bridge? >> kari, you talked about that phenomena, water falling from the sky yesterday at the north bay. not an issue this morning. on the peninsula side, san mateo bridge, radar activity.

from the hayward side, everything fine. westbound, might encounter a sprinkle. the highlight in green registers potential for this area and down in san jose. looking over at this crash. i told you about that. popping up here on 237 just off of 880. slowing for just about three or four minutes. looks like it's gone back up to the speed limit as they moved all vehicles off to the shoulder. no major issues as far as injuries. good news. getting towards the bay bridge a little more traffic through richmond off the bridge, easy drive now to the bay bridge which has mild backup just starting to form. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, mike. coming up next on "today in the bay," 5:10. toys "r" us making a comeback. considering what could bring back geoffrey the giraffe. and this will keep plastic

out of oceans. we explain. coming up at 5:25.

mike traffi the time is 5:13a cloudy start this morning. even some spotty rain. here's a live look outside in san jose this morning before you head out. temperatures will be warm as we start out the day with some mid-60s. heading into the low 70s today and a chance of rain right around noon to 1:00. have the umbrella handy.

we'll take a closer look at storm ranger, or look at it on your phone. nbc bay area app. details on the forecast coming up in about five minutes. and here's what i meant when i said mild backup forming at the bay bridge. bottom of the screen, still missing one of those cast hole, and the metering lights should be turned on in the next ten minutes. we'll follow this around the bay. good morning. i'm frank holland 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 optimistm about global trade. and slipping, amazon and facebook fell. on today's watch list reports on the health of the u.s. services industry, and hiring in the private sector. the dow rising 122 points to 26773. the nasdaq dropping 37 to 7999.

tim cook says apple takes data privacy very seriously. in an interview with vice news on hbo, cook says he'd be open to some form of government regulation saying apple isn't in the business of selling 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. its updated it's privacy policy to require all apps to disclose how your information will be used. and endless shrimp are okay, but red lobster says no to plastic straws. the chain joining starbucks, american airline and others in getting rid of the straws. customers have to ask their servers for one. they plan to phase them out by end of 2020 and replace them with an eco-friendly alternative. the company emphasizes the shift will eliminate more than 150 million plastic straw as year from its more than 700 locations. you asked about the cheddar

biscuits earlier. i'll make a call, but pretty sure they're safe. >> you knew what i was talking about, right, frank? >> i depend on the biscuits every time i go there. >> i know. >> frank's a buddy of mine. >> we all do. a little ranch, too. >> i'll pass on the ranch, frank. thanks so much for joining us. good to see you, man. >> thanks, guys. well, new for you this morning, a possible new life for one of america's oldest retailers. at least when it comes to the youngest shoppers there. toys "r" us executives reportedly are working 0 an plan to hold on to the company the assets and reorganize with less of the business. this comes after the company's remaining leader canceled an upcoming bankruptcy option to sell off all remains assets. and as we've been talking about all morning. it is a big day for the as as they take on the new york yankees in a wild card match. >> the team is holding a watch party at the oakland coliseum.

you have to work? don't worry. as have you covered. a permission stloip your boss excusing nine needs to leave their job early to attend. the watch party happens inside the treehouse at the coliseum at 4:00 this afternoon. >> and i wonder do those really work? >> well, i don't know. we're off already. we could go. >> right. >> but it's the evening anchors, not there and send a note, would it work? >> hmm. >> you may see your morning anchor missing as well! >> it could happen. >> and we'll have to watch out for rain today. so maybe that's a reason to call in -- sick -- to work -- today. here's a look at storm ranger right now. mobile doppler radar showing the rain is clear from the north bay where we had all the rain yesterday, and now it shifted south. so we are seeing the showers falling on the peninsula right now with very light rain.

it's mostly sprinkling on 280 and 101. we head to the south bay. a couple of sprinkles earlier and about 30 minutes, it's cleared. head up towards the east, we see rain falling around union city and freemont, but once again, light rain. turn on the windshield wipers and getting kids ready for school in antioch, partly cloudy. temperatures mid-60s, heading to the mid-70s today and partly to mostly cloudy skies. the rain so hit or miss. a look how the futurecast plots it today. we will see some rain at times, and it could be anywhere across the bay area. even the north bay where you're trying to take a break from the heavy downpours, but we will have a better chance of rain for the south bay and the east bay. these areas that missed out on the rain yesterday, and at 3:00 in the afternoon, we could really start to see the activity firing up. with eve an slight chance of thunderstorms. watching out for that as we go into tonight, tapers off, but still looks like some of that

rain could hold on to the south bay and east bay by early tomorrow morning. and then clear out during the afternoon. but it still stays unsettled. getting up and ready, tell you about the factor today that's high. 70% humidity. with high humidity, put it in a ponytail and go. high humidity and times of rain. temperatures, though, comfortable with highs reaching into the mid-70s today. all across the bay area. a few upper 70s for the inland valleys. we're going to cool it off a bit tomorrow as the skies gradually clear, and then heading into the weekend, it's going to turn warmer and windy by sunday. up to 82. for san francisco, staying in the 60s. still watching for showers today. and, mike, the traffic center is on sprinkle watch. >> listen to you carefully in the traffic center as well. sprinkle watch indeed north of san francisco. got a lot of rain yesterday. today very calm. over here, kari pointed out 101,

280 in san mateo, watching for issues. so far no slowing showing up. spotted a, look bottom of the screen. suddenly the last three minutes, southbound 85 really shown a slowdown heading towards 87. no incidents reported. i'll check on that. and the road weather index showing conditions may be a little slick through the area. maybe light rain in the last few. meanwhile, highway 17 northbound around the summit, report of a crash that came into chp reportedly on the shoulder. only a couple lanes and dark there. keep that in mind. no real problems. kari showed radar basically between gilmore and san jose showing potential for slicker roadways potentially. and just because of the green weather index doesn't mean you're guaranteed slick roads. this is 101 north of 680 and it's just fine. light traffic here. reminder, of course. transbay center closed temporary

facility again in effect over there until further notice. fremont closed through the area as well and caltrain stopped service heading into san francisco this weekend. this morning it's okay. starting this weekend, the trains stop at bay shore and you take a bus that they'll provide that fare. a change. back to you. >> thank you. 5:21. recreational pot use goes up, learning more about its impact. new this morning what a study is finding about marijuana's effects on the teenage brain. all coming up. you're watching "today in the bay." sentenced.

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this morning. detectives in maryland are looking for a burglar who tested his luck to the point literally knocked him out. >> yeah. look at this surveillance individual joe. a m video. throws a brick through the glass. the brick bounces off and hit the man in the head. the crushing blow sent him tumbling to the ground. watch. see it here in the replay. bam. comes right back on him. he went unconscious a few minutes but eventually got up and ran off. see? crime doesn't pay. >> karma. >> uh-huh. yes. coming up for you here on "today in the bay," a crime spree in contra costa county city. four stores hit within minutes of each other. who police are looking for. a fight heating up between two sisters. two sister cities, in fact. the reason a japanese city is cutting decades-old ties with san francisco over this statue.

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and good wednesday morning to you. 5:30 right now as we take a look out at this beautiful shot here of the golden gate bridge. you can see cars getting along there this morning. thanks so much for beginning your morning here with us on "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. >> a different story from yesterday where all the rain was rolling by san francisco and the north bay. now it has shifted south. you can tell it's lighter and

more scattered than it was yesterday when hitting the north bay. we're using storm ranger, mobile doppler radar, scanning the peninsula, there is still light rain moving through san mateo, approaching woodside and a lot of this is lifting towards the north and east. the system shifted to the south, but we're still seeing quite a bit of rain across the region, and it's going to stay unsettled today as well as part of the day tomorrow. here's how the futurecast looks. not all of us will see rain, but we have a better chance in the south bay. crossing fingers yesterday. not a lot happened. today, it may be our day. going into the afternoon, seeing some scattered showers popping up as we go into tonight as well. so i'll talk more about this and also look ahead to the weekend, but there is something unexpected at the bay bridge. mike? >> take you out there now. it's not weather. rained yesterday. this morning things are drier at the bay bridge. like right there. one cache lane, people moving

out of it at the bay because the last toll ticker not yet open for business causing a little bit of a different flow there on the approach towards the bay bridge, but so far far as the big picture goes, same thing. what we typically see with metering lights on, cocoa county looks great. and south of the san mateo bridge, kari talked about the light rain traveling through, so far not a problem or changes as far as that traffic throw and tri-valley operating normal as well. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now and new for you this morning, mr. is in the east bay are looking for two men who robbed four cell phone stores in less than an hour. >> aggressive. "today in the bay"s, live in continue ta costa county. an ongoal problem not only there but across the bay area? regard right. good morning, laura and marcus. the crimes are committed last night in contra costa county similar to the grab-and-go-style robberies we've heard about the

apple stores throughout the area and other cell phone stores. we put this map together. look at your tv screen to see where the crimes took place last night. the first three in concord. started around 5:40 last night. two adult men entered an at&t store. they stole a number of cell phones on display. they left and then entered the sprint store just steps away. same thing. grabbed phones. damaged displays in the process. then about 20 minutes later, now talking about the 6:00 time frame, police believe the same pair hit a third store. this is the verizon store on oak road in congress cord. you see it on your tv screen. video for you there. as police responded to that location, officers learned that their colleagues in pleasant hill were also working a grab-and-go robbery. you can see from this video, this is from the at&t store on monument boulevard. according to the police timeline, they hit that store ten minutes after hitting that last store in concord.

police are looking for two adult men. one wearing a black and white striped hoodie, the other wearing a dark hoodie. for concord police, keep in mind, still trying to solve a similar grab-and-go robbery at another store that took place in mid-september. a problem that's not new for police here. in the east bay, or throughout the bay area. reporting live in walnut creek for "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. 5:34. happening today, the man who police believe killed his ex-girlfriend and dumped her body is expected to be arraigned. authorities arrested 19-year-old anthony pinmentel. investigators believe he killed mariah davis from richmond who he dated in high school. family members reported her missing last week and say pinmentel 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. when it comes to bay area

commute, pay as you go express lanes, no doubt the future. happening today, that future gets started for one busy stretch of highway. so east bay leaders will help break ground on the new 11-mile express lane for southbound 680. this stretch is from marina vista in martinez to rudd gear in walnut creek. amg the way, drivers expect plebt if lane closures and alterations there, and it will close -- it will take close to three years to complete. with that opening set for the year 2021. new for us this morning, orinda city taking new members to boost gun safety. council members voted to require gun owners to store all firearms. violators cited with an infraction as opposed to misdemeanor and the fines run up to $500. update on a story reported last week. today is the deadline to submit

an application to bring a plot of farmland into the city limits opening the door for construction of a private catholic high school. the san jose catholic diocese owns the lands and wants to build a school but the land has to be annexed to have city services. now it's up to santa clara's local agencies formation commission or lafco to protect open space and agriculture land. the commission said no in the past, the plan could get a blessing this time in part because the diocese is willing to preserve as much farmland and it develops. >> what we're offering is, we want to keep this morgan hill beautiful, and we're offering a one-to-one mitigation. for every acreage of land that we build for the children and students, we're going to reserve another acre to keep it agricultural. >> lafco will take up the issue likely at its meeting in

december. a new memorial in san francisco led to a messy breakup. happening today, supporters of the memorial plan to talk about it. now, the breakup itself involves san francisco and its sister city in japan. osaka. their 60-year relationship is severed by the mayor of osaka. it is in response to a chinatown statue honoring so-called comfort women in world war ii. supporters say comfort women were victims of the sex trafficking trade and the japanese military played a role. japan's government opposeded new shach ch statue from the start, supporters believe denies history. issuing a 30-day moratorium to take electric scoote erers o the street. you can use them now. the issue became urgent when the scooters became a big problem clulter e cluttering sidewalks about a month ago.

and big day for the oakland as. the first playoff appearance in four years. >> nbc news bay area's sports reporter joins us from the coliseum. the fans that can't make it to new york get a chance to cheer on the team from the coliseum. >> reporter: that's right, marcus. good morning to you and lauren. yes, fans get a chance to actually watch at the treehouse. a sports bar at the coliseum for oakland as fan tweeted out by team president yesterday. an exciting thing for fans to watch the game here at the coliseum, because their oakland as are in new york. some new video. as getting loose for the game. the major league baseball leader in home runs getting loose at yankee stadium. this is the oakland as first playoff appearance in four years. for this young team, first playoff appearanceall together. of course, plenty of fan excitement. we were here last week when fans bought playoff tickets last

friday. the as would have to win today advance play the boston red sox. fans i spoke to are hoping for some playoff games at the coliseum. >> we're young and fearless. we can beat the as. they're scared. >> oh, my god. it's amazing. a young team. who knows? it's kind of like winning the lottery. they could do real good, and then they could do not so good. >> they're just a fun team to watch. i mean, because they're never out of a game. you know? if you're down late in the innings you know they'll have a good chance of coming back. got a lead late in the game, almost sure they're going to win. they've got so much young talent that, as long as they hold on to them, that's my basic concern. >> reporter: let's hold on to that young talent. i agree. point out. as and yankees split the season series this year and the as, how about this, have the third best road record in major league baseball. i don't want to point out that

first pitch is tonight at 5:00 p.m. live here oakland coliseum. for "today in the bay." >> got to cheer them on. >> a lot of fans looking forward to it. thanks so much, pete. and i know a lot of fans going there today. definitely causing more traffic around the coliseum. >> go to the treehouse and celebrate. celebrate responsibly as well. pete is into that as game. a big time supporter, grew up in the bay area. and as green by the coliseum, marcus said, watch out. going to the watch party at the treehouse later. a note, roadway flooding reported in marin county. flooding, usually that means a larger puddle. no rain this morning, not like yesterday. just probably leftover from some of the lower portions at the on and off ramp. sounds like over in the north bay one of those areas. cocoa county looks great for the walnut creek interchange, through the caldecott. easier than yesterday. south of the san mateo bridge.

over in san mateo, might get damper roadways. south bay, no problems for south county, green on sensors, road weather index, live shot shows san jose 101 picking up a little volume in the drive. >> good right now. we could see spotty showers. >> off and on rain today, yeah, and as we get our way out the door trying to make it to the weekend, storm ranger, mobile doppler radar showing everything is quiet for the north bay after earlier showers and storms and then rain shifted over towards the peninsula and parts of the south and east bay. this is where we will have a chance of rain today as we head towards saturday, all of this quiets down and the inland valleys looking at highs reaching 77 degrees. 72 degrees for the bay. and for the coast, looking at highs reaching into the 60s. check out sunday's forecast. across the bay area, it's going to start to warm up just a bit and a lot more sunshine with some gusty winds as we approach

sunday into the afternoon, low 80s. you're going to fleet week. do you want to see the air show around the bay year? temperatures in san francisco reaching into the upper 60s, and then some gusty winds by sunday. so i don't know if that will have an impact on your plans, but as you make plans, in camp, maybe check out the saint lucie school fun fest, a funny thing for kids. have nice weather. highs reaching up to about 78 degrees. partly cloudy skies and then for the evening, cools off nicely. this going on all weekend long, and all day as well. if you're going to the sierra, going to see temperatures cooling off. check out sunday. the high only 52 degrees. talk about that today and look at another look at storm ranger in about three minutes. >> look forward to it. thank you, kari. 5:42 right now. a california congressional race take as nasty turn. >> three different names to hide his family ties to terrorism.

next, a new television ad spurring controversy among two candidates this morning.

good wednesday morning. 5:45. walking out the door to mostly cloudy skies in palo alto and feels humid. temperatures in the 60s. be prepared for a chance of rain today even into the afternoon highs reach 70 degrees. look at storm ranger, looking at some spotty showers right now,

but we'll watch out for the chance of thunderstorms today. more on that coming up in the microclimate forecast in less than five minutes. looking at the bay bridge again. look at the bottom of your screen. we have cache lanes starting to sort out. good news is that all the cache lanes just opened. bad news, see the two cars stopped there? starting to move. i'll check on this and monitor your approach in towards san francisco as well as the rest of the bay. >> thanks, kari and mike. 5:46 right now. the bishop of the catholic diocese in san jose is reaching out to victims of sexual abuse by priests. a listening session was held at most holy trinity church. the second of three events where the bishop is encouraging victims and families to tell their stories. no cameras allowed inside, but outside the sister of one victim spoke with us. >> there has been a systematic

environment of a good old boy fraternity. sweep it under the rug, move so and so aroundants people have lost faith in the institution. i'm hoping that they have not lost faith in jesus the christ. >> that listening session came on the same day a new lawsuit was filed in los angeles. it accuses bishops across california of a cover-up. bishop mcgraw and others are named as is the archbishop of san francisco. 5:47. new this morning, going negative on a political opponent is nothing new, but many believe wan san diego congressman took it too far. >> working to infiltrate congress using three different names to hide his family ties to terrorism. his grandfather 34569 mastermine olympic attack. his grandfather said they

deserved to die. >> pointed out numerous problems with the ad. among them, his opponent is christian. a statement issued saying hunter lost his grip on reality. the statement refers to recent criminal charges against hunter and his wife. hunter is accused of using $250,000 in campaign funds for his own personal use. once upon a time three little bears were on the hunt for a snack in nevada. >> yeah, but found themselves in a sticky situation. they became stuck inside a garbage bin near reno sunday morning. firefighters say on facebook they woke up saturday night to the sounds of a garbage bin being tipped over. firefighters found an agitated mama beer watching over the bin. a firefighter lifted the bin so the three could escape. the three little bears ran one at a time from that bin and scurried off into the woods.

>> lucky they were little bears. >> yes. >> you can imagine what it would be like. >> ran away. >> looking around, because the plama bear is -- >> oh, yeah. mama wasn't too far, i'm sure. >> and the containers up there. >> getting in and out that one wasn't locked. >> got in. not out. >> wasn't locked properly. oh. seeing thunderstorms in sierra? >> today looking at radar, seen a lot of activity around the bay area, and then as we zoom in to the north bay, check out the storms we had rolling through the sonoma/napa county line around 12:00, 1:00, ending about 2:00, to 2:30, now everything is nice and quiet in the north bay. you can go back to sleep after that crazy start. as we look at storm ranger, that's the red scan. parked on san bruno mountain showing us there is rain on the peninsula, but very light. so it's not the heavy rain we saw in the north bay yesterday, and then as we look at san mateo

and right on 280, wet at times. going to zoom out to show you just how widespread this storm system is affecting parts of coastal california. we have it moving now a little farther south and i'll watch out for a chance of isolated thunderstorms today. we have already seen that happening across the region. as you head out for your morning drive in morgan hill, the roads may be a little wet for rain that fell earlier this morning, and it's going to drop down to about 59 degrees at 7:00 this morning. and thend ev a chance of rain, partly cloudy skies. don't forget the umbrella as you're getting dressed. affecting areas that didn't say much rain yesterday. south bay, east bay, peninsula, a chance of showers. how the day plays out on the futurecast. there will be a lot of breaks from this. we're going to see partly cloudy skies and then as we go into this afternoon and into the evening, a chance of some rain firing up. once again a slight chance of

thunderstorms. then quieting down tonight. by tomorrow, still could be lingering rain. this unsettled pattern staying with us for just a little while. as we look at our rainfall totals, it's going to be very hit or miss, and where you do get the rain, you could see up to a quarter of an inch. i'm tracking all of this. let me know what you're doing as you head into the weekend. you may get a personalized forecast and even for today as you make plans around the bay area. watching out for a chance of thunder. highs for the inland valleys reaching into the upper 70s. cooler tomorrow but still an early chance of rain then turning warmer and windy end of the weekend. san francisco staying in the 60s and looking good for fleet week. heading over to mike tracking the roads and some of those slick conditions. >> right, kari. giving that warning, because the radar showed activity. your radar shows rain coming or falling currently in parts of the area this morning and showed green highlighting in san mateo,

101, 280, chance of slicker roadways. here in the south bay and east bay really hitting the hills. not a major problem for the freeways. great news for the flow. we see typical patterns, slowing through san jose. hayward and pleasanton, southbound 680. up here, concord, a slower drive for highway 4 getting into the area our pittsburg and bay point and patches puddling reported for 101 in san rafael a few puddles at the on and off ramps. keep that in mind. slowing at the bay bridge. talk about the different pattern there, but a note looking forward towards fleet week. folks, activities on the embarcadero. folks coming across the bay bridge, everybody getting here including mapping utilities. telling you get off and go past the area including fremont street to the area still closed. not all of the maps have latest updates on that particular closure. take note. harrison, loop around or stay clear of the area.

right here, transit center. closure for fremont, if you can stay clear of that portion of the city, because things are going to be jammed up heading towards the fleet week activities and the bay bridge. all the cache lanes open again. notice the fastrak lanes are slower indicating more traffic slowing. take the cache lanes, though, you don't have to wait for the fastrak lanes and can get a shorter wait. back to you. >> thanks. 5:53. hail add hero. a pizza delivery driver helped save a woman in danger. plus what police are saying about a decision to fly extremely close, close crowds of tailgaters using the chopper. volcano eruption on the sane central indonesian island as that earlier earthquake. no evacuations immediately ordered. the eruption it is suspected triggered by a 7.9 earthquake

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decision to buzz a crowd of tailgaters using a police chopper. 5:56. the faa is investigating about buzzing above a crowd of tailgaters using a police chopper. new video. the helicopter responding to unruly tailgaters before the

penn state game against ohio state on saturday. witnesses say police arrived on horseback to break up a fraternity tailgate. flew low to the ground kicking up debris, blowing over tents and causing chaos. >> i thought i would die at a point. so afraid for my life. i thought it was right in front of me and everything was flying. a hot grill next to me flipped over and flew across the field. >> police are saying that that chopper pilot was trying to get low enough so people could hear in order to disburse. 5:57, happening now. flooded roads slowing things down for commuters in phoenix, arizona. tropical depression rosa drenched the area. firefighters rescued at least six people trapped in vehicles. several schools remain closed agency they attempt to clean up. in pennsylvania.

a look at what damage is left behind from a destructive tornado. take a look here what's left behind of that nursing home. you can see there the roof of that buildy mostly didn't make it. the facility issued evacuations ordered for all of its residents and placed as a middle school. not yet clear when they can return home. 5:58. california spending millions to fight the trump administration on a number of issues. so far the state filed nearly four dozen lawsuits against the feds. the government timed its own suits against california. the legal battles cost the state more than $9 million. right now first lady melania trump is on her first international solo trip. while in africa, she's aiming to promote her the best campaign and highlight women's and children's health. this morning she met with a team of ghana during a second stop on her four-country african visit.

she will also visit kenya, malawi and egypt. and betsy devos kicks off a rethink school tour making stops in georgia and alabama this morning. devos will be joined by federal student aid strategy and trrmation officer talking about new mobile app designed to help students sign up for financial aid for college. this morning, a pizza delivery driver in southeastern wisconsin is being dubbed a hero. >> being credited with helping free a woman being held against her will in her own home. while the customer was paying for his food, the driver saw a woman with a black eye mouthing, help me, and call police. which is what he did. when deputies arrived they arrested dean hoffman, who entered the home of his ex-girlfriend earlier in the day. hoffman reportedly punched her, tied her up with a power cord and tried to convince her to get back together with him. the driver who saved the woman thinks he was in the right place at the right time. >> it's just kind of weird how

any moment at any time a random coincidence will make an impact on a person's life. any other driver to have made that delivery and not noticed what i saw, maybe not made the call. >> good thing he did. they also found a gun in the suspect's car. right now at 6:00, the confirmation controversy on capitol hill lingers on. >> the fbi investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh might end earlier than expected. plus, the text message alert you can expect to get today from the president. and an urgent warning for parents in the bay area after the deaths of two high school students. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> amend i'm marcus washington. of course, mike has a look at our commute this morning. wet stuff around here in parts of the bay. >> different than yesterday. >> now we get to the cause of all this.