few minutes, and mike, it may be tough through the maze. >> you know, i'm looking at a combination, though, kari, of our live cameras and speed sensors. the live camera in emeryville shows the berkeley curve moves through smoothly so the headlights come off of 24, 580 flowing toward the bay bridge and off the 880. this visual shows us a smooth drive but the map shows slower off of 24, past a crash, which i could not locate any of our cameras but chp and the sensors show there's activity going on there, slowing folks coming out of the caldecott, you're fine until you get to highway 13 and prepare to tap the brakes. in the area north of there, san pablo, we've been tracking this, san pablo flows for interstate west 80, typical for the more than commute. san pablo avenue closed between 23rd and broadway. there's a police investigation going on. pete suratos is out there, in just a second i'll hand it off to the anchors. the rest of the bay shows a light drive and a subtle build for san jose, an easier start to your tuesday commute.

back to san pablo, guys, back to you. >> that's right, the breaking news we're following there this morning. we want to take you live. >> pete suratos is standing by. pete, tell us the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott and laura. we're standing here on san pablo avenue where the fatal car accident took place, not too far from contra costa college. we're in this college center area is where it's called. san pablo avenue between laurie lane and 23rd street. you see the scene of this fatal car accident. the new details we get from chp is this was the result of a fatal pursuit crash, so a contra costa county sheriff's deputy was chasing someone before the crash. we do see at least from our vantage point there's a yellow tarp that's on top of the car. of course, we are able to confirm that this was a fatal crash. we do know it happened roughly around 12:00 a.m. but it's up in the air as far as exactly what led to this pursuit or how many people were involved in this fatal crash, that's really going to cause some traffic issues along san pablo avenue all morning long.

we're going to show you the scene here, that is the scene of that fatal car accident. we know the area will be shut down for several hours here on san pablo avenue between 23rd street to broadway. of course, keep an eye on that, have another update in the next half hour. we're live in san pablo, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> pete, we will check back with you, thank you. it is 6:02. as our investigative unit has reported, government leaders tried to make sure california's emergency alert systems are efficient and helpful. happening today, members of the state assembly will meet close to santa barbara to discuss emergency alerts. the hearing will discuss lessons learned from recent fires as well as figure out ways to improve the system. 6:02 right now. painstaking process it seems to get more difficult by the hour for butte county search teams looking for human remains. the number of confirmed dead from the camp fire is now 88. the number of miss something 203. as notes accumulate on message

boards from families looking for loved ones, authorities say the task of identifying the dead has become terribly difficult. >> the remains that we are now recovering oftentimes are remains that have been almost completely consumed by the fire, leaving just bone and bone fragment. >> butte county sheriffs say there's a strong possibility some fire victims may never be found because the fire completely consumed their bodies. imagine what people are dealing with. so nbc bay area is teaming up with telemundo 48. we have a fund-raiser set up all day today for giving tuesday. this is some of the people just standing by, ready to take your calls this morning. people are already arriving. the phone lines, in fact, are open. you can call 1-833-nbc-kntv or if it's easier go online, text "buttefire" to 91999. for more information, kris

sanchez is there where they're taking the calls and will join us in minutes. it's a great chance for to you do something and we know where the money is going, northern and southern california fire victims to help them really try to rebuild their lives. >> so important this morning. phone lines open now. a major traffic problem in the south bay could get some relief if a land swap deal is approved today. >> nbc bay area's sharon katsuda is live in san jose to show us what is in the works. >> good morning, laura and scott. the san jose city council will discuss this area on branham lane. when there is heavy traffic, there's two lanes that go down to one lane and back to two lanes. here is a map of the project area on branham lane, there's a safeway and mcdonald's nearby. the idea is for san jose to do a land swap with the county to expand a stretch of roadway along branham lane at snell avenue. the county in exchange would get about 1 acres near hellier avenue. because of the congestion, drivers have seen major

accidents, including fatalities. drivers in this area are in favor of the idea of widening this area. >> there's only one lane, so sometimes people they hit each other. >> it took me about 20 minutes. >> reporter: wow. >> it's like a mile. >> reporter: city leaders say they've worked on the idea for several years, and today, there will be a public hearing on the plan, and that takes place at 2:00 at san jose city hall. reporting live in san jose, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, sharon. in a few hours, a man charged with killing a woman at a b.a.r.t. station returns to court. john lee cowell accused of stabbing an 18-year-old nia wilson to death. wilson's sister was also stabbed but survived. investigators say the stabbing happened on a platform at the macarthur b.a.r.t. station in july. cowell has not yet entered a plea in that case. happening today, concord leaders will look toward tweaking a program launched 18 months ago to settle housing

rental disputes. the residential rent review program includes a series of coordinated steps to mediate disputes. each of the two dozen or so cases reviewed have all been successfully resolved. councilmembers will hear public comment and perhaps make some kind of recommendations at 6:00 tonight. christmas just weeks away, so who haes be's been naughty a? we're asking those questions, not santa, and wallwallethub ou with the least and most sinful cities. fremont is among the top ten least sinful cities in the u.s. the bay area city ranks tenth on the list. number one south burlington, vermont, number two, pearl city, hawaii, number three, columbia, maryland. the top sinful cities. i think you guessed number one. >> vegas, baby! >> yeah! number two, l.a., number three, new york. san francisco, surprisingly,

26th. in order to rank the cities, wallethub looked at violent crimes, excessive drinking to adult entertainment establishments. >> it's a combination. combination. yeah, leaving your heart in san francisco. let's move on to the forecast, shall we? freshen things up with some rain around here. >> we'll freshen things up today. right now at 6:07, we are seeing it starting to make its way into ukiah right now, and it's going to take its time before it makes it into the rest of the bay area, but we are ready for another round of that rain to move in. we're tracking it with storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar as it sits on san bruno mountain. it's going to give us a live view of the rain, as it moves in. as we get a closering l look, w seeing showers north of ukiah. driving up north 101, be mindful it's starting to get slick as

the rain makes its way in. time frame 1:30 in the afternoon, in the afternoon, san francisco, oakland and moving through the north bay. the south bay may not see that rain until about the time for the evening commute, which is going to slow you down even more. so we'll talk more about that in just a few minutes and, mike, you're getting some better news for the bay. >> it's weird at 6:08 in the morning. we typically see a big build. it's a slower build, after thanksgiving toward the end of the year, we tend to see the morning commutes build more gradually and then the afternoon and evenings cross-town traffic a lot more of an issue. south bay no major problems, a build for hayward, 680 through pleasanton and a blob of fog near the tri valley. upper east shore still just 20 minutes getting down through berkeley and in toward the maze and the maze itself off of 24, big recovery over the last ten minutes. that earlier crash has cleared from the maze, and no major problems. now we have a delay but it's for the capitol corridor train

number 521 coming into richmond. no other systems experiencing any problems this. back to y back to you. the new trade threat from president trump that will affect your smartphones and workers in the area. the phones are live here in the nbc bay area, telemundo, united way phone bank. we have folks from the united way ready to take your phone calls. this young lady just took our first phone call, a donor who wants to donate $25 to the wildfire fund. you can do the same thing. here is all of the information, it's up on your screen. you can call us here, 833-nbc-kntv, you can go to nbcbayarea.com/donate, you can also text from the comfort of your phone "buttefire" one word, to 91999. we'll talk more with the head of

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in time for lunch. we are seeing our next storm system moving in, bringing some rain to the north. now we'll track it live on storm ranger coming up in less than five minutes. a look at the san mateo bridge shows you a pleasant drive. you've got company but everything is moving, just a little bit of a tap of the brake lights. we'll talk about where things are for this tuesday. >> good morning, i'm frank holland with your cnbc world headquarters headlines. we'll start off on wall street. the markets are going to try and add to yesterday's big gains. yesterday the markets rallied, beaten down tech stocks rebounded from steep losses and shares of gm jumped after the automaker announced it would shut several factories and cut thousands of jobs. the dow rising more than 300 points for its best day in more than two weeks. on today's watch list, reports on home prices and consumer confidence. your next iphone could come with a hefty price tag. president trump telling the "wall street journal" he expects

to move ahead with the next round of tariffs on products imported from china, that could include a 10% tariff on iphones, laptops and other consumer electronics, which the president says consumers can handle. apple's products are currently exempt from u.s. tariffs, although the iphone is assembled in china, many parts do come from the u.s. it's unclear whether apple would shoulder the extra cost or pass them along to consumers. today is giving tuesday. last year, the promotion raised more than $300 million for charity. if you're looking for a tax break for making a donation, look into the changes that resulted for the new tax law passed last year. the american enterprise institute expects charitable giving to drop by 17 billion. about 80% of that decline may be driven by an increase in the number of taxpayers who will now claim the standard deduction which is now $12,000 for single filers. those are your cnbc business headlines. scott and laura, back over to you. >> thank you, frank. we still want to you give. >> we know there's a lot of people that give, especially

right here in the bay area, and certainly the people that were victims of some of these horrific fires in northern and southern california could be great recipients. right here at nbc bay area, along with telemundo 48, we are joining the united way, focusing our efforts an helping survivors of the camp fire in butte county. >> kris sanchez joins us from our call center, where we're able to take your call, get your text, and hear what it is that you would like to donate. kris, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, hi there, scott and laura. all this from the moment we saw the flames emerging from the camp fire in butte county, people were asking, what is the best way to donate, and we know that oftentimes the long-term financial donations are the best way to help. you've probably seen that drone video of all of that devastation, as the fire rolled through paradise and butte county, and there's just nothing left. lot of these folks had to leave their homes with nothing more than what they could pack of

their cars. the united way of northern california set up the camp fire relief fund to help with financial donations. i have sydid sidney griffin her. people want to bring doughnuts and water. why is money critical? >> it is critical because it allows us to impact those basic needs, and to provide immediate relief to those folks who are starting their path to recovery. >> right, because you are talking about getting folks out of the shelters, into transitional housing, and into permanent housing. some have lost their paychecks? >> yes, absolutely. it provides that short-term relief, where they're able to take care of some of those basic needs that will allow them to move towards recovery and support. >> and the united way does a really good job of maximizing the impact of your dollars, so you and i spend $1, we spend $1, the united way spends $1 and you multiply that. >> today is giving tuesday, so

it's a great opportunity for us to extend the spirit of giving into the community, and we're focused here on northern and southern california, and really trying to impact those communities. >> all right, so we're trying to make it easy for you. you can follow any of these ways on your screen, 833-nbc-kntv for the phone calls, go to our website nbcbayarea.com/donate, or text "buttefire" one word, to 91999, and that will give you a link to a donation site. we're going to be here all day long, the phones went live about 6:00 this morning. they have ringing, you can see some of the folks are already on the line, and we're going to be here taking your phone calls all the way until 7:00 this afternoon, or 7:00 this evening. of course, if you can't do it right this minute because you're brushing your teeth, trying to get the kids out the door, we have posted all of this information on our social media platforms as well so you could

sneak a text in to "butte fire relief" during your lunch time hour or parking lot at work before you walk in the door. united way does a great job of spending your money wisely and helping these wildfire victims. it's been so hard to see, and so many of you have been asking how to help. we're hoping that this will make it easy for you. laura and scott? >> in fact, let's put up the number one more time. thanks, kris, we'll be joining you later this morning there in that call center. here is the number again. 833-nbc-kntv, or you can also text "buttefire" to 91999 if it makes it easier for you. >> that's right. i just did it myself. it's important to remember, as you're getting your text message ready, buttefire is all one word, and then we will send you a link and you get to decide through the link how much it is you donate. >> it could make a big difference for a lot of people. what made a big difference is the rain. it really helped out the firefighters. the fire is now 100% contained.

more rain is coming to the bay area. >> we'll have several rounds of rain moving in, as we go into the rest of the week and the best tools to track and storm ranger, mobile doppler radar, the only one you'll see here in the bay area, and the scan that you'll see is live, when you watch the other stations, about two to five minutes behind our scan, which could make all the difference, if you're getting ready to head out the door. as we track it live, right now, we see the rain approaching ukiah. still most of the bay area is all dry right now, and we can see even some really intense downpours starting to make its way in, so as it approaches 101, and areas around ukiah and farther to the north, those roads will start to get wet this morning. but if you're farther to the south, in spots like the tri valley and livermore, we're not going to see that rain until about 11:00. so you'll get the kids to school. they will need the rain gear as they're getting out of school, and they may be held inside for rece recess. as we start to see that rain approaching right at about 1:00 to 2:00 this afternoon, to san

francisco, oakland, and then starting to move into the triva val lley and the south bay the evening commute lighter showers that will be spotty as we go into tonight. little bit of a break there, and we'll see a round of some heavier rain moving in late tomorrow night. here we are wednesday 8:00, and we have a pretty good coverage of rain here on the radar, with some pockets of some really heavy rain, and that's when we get the brunt of this storm late wednesday night into early thursday morning, with some gusty winds as well, and still rain throughout the day on thursday. so during this time, we're looking at several waves of rain, the first one moving through, only brings about a quarter to half an inch of rain across the bay area, and then in total, we're looking at over an inch of rain with some higher amounts farther to the north. and while we get rain, the sierra gets snow and we're looking at the potential of getting over two feet of snow for our higher elevations. our seven-day forecast looks

pretty good with a couple of days of a break there on friday, as well as sunday. monday also looking dry, but other than that, we're going to be tracking some rain. as we head over to mike, you're starting with what's happening at the bay bridge. >> i want to show folks, kari, the bay bridge toll plaza has the backup filled in for all lanes now. part of this is because traffic was held up, 580 at 80, the maze there, an earlier crash. everything cleared, all three of the vehicles cleared and we have the metering lights on in the backup here. overall, we're seeing a lighter volume because that's what we tend to see after thanksgiving, and we do see that for contra costa county, concord and walnut creek there. the upper east shore freeway mild slowing, just under 25 minutes from highway 4 to the maze and the backup at the toll plaza, remember that folks tend to hit the road at 7:00 instead of 6:00 the last few weeks of the year. you might get a break there as well. watch this afternoon and evening, kari is talking about the rain coming in, so expect a lot slower traffic around the bay. little slowing for hayward, the san mateo, and dumbarton bridges

pick up the volume and a south bay a little build for north 101. the sunrise, beautiful orange color in palo alto. the earlier construction and traffic breaks have cleared on the. heiness in -- peninsula. coming up,' sheriff's chase ends in a deadly crash at contra costa. at 6:30, the details we're learning right now. a life insurance company shorted him 100 grand. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. are launching a new campai

educate young people about 6:24 on your tuesday morning. san francisco leaders are launching a new campaign to educate people about marge marriage's potential dangers. the public health department rolling out what it calls its truth or nah campaign. it encourages young people to ask the right questions and be informed when it comes to pot. among the major messages, pot can be just as damaging to your lungs as cigarettes. the recent district survey found one in five high school students have used pot over the past 30 days. nbc bay area responds to a fran family that's been battling a life insurance company. >> they asked consumer investigator chris chmura for help getting $100,000. >> good morning, we met peter

and nora smith last year. debbie smith, peter's wife and nora's mom, died unexpected. debbie's life insurance company only paid $100,000 of her policy, half what they expected. we found a disconnect between the amount listed on the front page of her policy and a provision four pages inside. how misled do you feel by that? >> totally. >> coming up tonight at 11:00, a development that peter says will change his life. plus the smith family's warning for your family, especially if any of your loved ones are around age 70. if you have a story you'd like to share with us, let us know. go to nbcbayarea.com/responds or you can call us. the number is 888-996-tips. i'll see you again tonight at 11:00. >> looking forward to it. rain on the way. just a couple hours the first in a wave of storms and kari's timing is next. breaking news we're following, a crash in contra costa county overnight still has a major road shut down. what we know about what happened. and walking out, the reason some parents on the peninsula say they want to show their

school district a message before a key discussion tomorrow. let's look in at the people taking donations to help wildfire victims, up early this morning, they're already answering calls, you're donating, thank you. if you want to help, call or text or head online until 7:00 p.m. we'll check all day long. you're watching "today in the bay." this little home of mine,

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radar right now at 6:30, look what is headed our way.

good news, that green up there is the rain that we're tracking. live look at our satellite and radar, rain here, snow in the higher elevations of the sierra. good news for us. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> happy tuesday. i'm scott mcgrew. this is the first of a couple of systems that will bring up much-needed rain. our storm ranger tracking it all and so, too, is kari hall. >> storm ranger is a great tool because it gives us a live view and high definition view of the rain as it starts to move in. we are getting some of the wet weather moving into ukiah and also up around the burn scar areas and near the camp fire. as we watch this, we're seeing yellows and reds here, indicating heavy rain with rainfall rate 0.3 of an inch of rain per hour. if it rained for an hour, that's how much rain they would measure there. 101 getting we ht from hopland

farther north and extending toward point arena. we should see that moving into san francisco and also off toward the east. i'll be tracking this and look ahead to the weekend. mike, you are tracking two issues for the east bay. >> one of them has the big marker in san pablo, the active police investigation and pete suratos is out there. i'll let him handle all of that. it affects san pablo avenue and not the east shore freeway, a lighter volume around the bay keeps us moving better than we expect expect except for east 24, counter traffic rate. an earlier crash has to be moved from the center divide. we'll track that of course, any slowing we have to watch for that. hayward a little, predictable through there and looking at the south which is just starting the northbound push, but that big news in san pablo, i hand it

right back to you guys. >> let's jump back there and take you there live to breaking news we've been following all morning on "today in the bay." >> pete suratos is standing by live covering it for us. tell us the latest, pete. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, scott and laura. look, we're standing on san pablo avenue between laurie lane and 23rd street. the area is shut down as a result of what we're learning was a fatal pursuit crash, that's the new information we're getting from chp, and according to chp, it was callwho was calt assist, a contra costa county sheriff's deputy was chasing someone before the crash. you are looking at video of the car involved, there was a yellow tarp put on top of that car, when we just arrived here, roughly at around 5:00 a.m. as far as the details, the crash happened roughly around 12:00 a.m. not information as far as what led to this pursuit and how many people were involved. let's take you back out here live, the car involved in this

accident, several investigators on the scene, but this area on san pablo avenue will be shut down for the next several hours. we're live in san pablo, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks for following the latest, pete. we have sad news coming out of overseas, getting word three u.s. servicemembers have been killed in afghanistan. the department of defense says it happened when an explosive went off today in a city southwest of kabul. an american contractor was also hurt in that blast. a bay area man sentenced to 26 years for the planned torture and murder of a classmate could go free soon, and has prosecutors challenging state law. jay williams is set to appear before a judge this morning. williams was 15 when he was sentenced for the planned torture and killing of his high school classmate in san jose. a brand new california law blocks most 14 and 15-year-olds from being tried as adults. it takes effect at the 1st of the year, but still applies to

williams, who could be a free man next june. prosecutors are challenging that. it is 6:33. happening today, in just a few hours, some parents in redwood city will protest potential school closures. they plan to meet at hawes elementary school this morning, and then walk to the redwood city school contradistrict offi. they're upset about the proposed plan to close four schools and merge programs due to budget cuts. among the schools impacted, hawes elementary, orion alternative elementary, fair oaks elementary and the spanish emergence school. school board trustees are set to discuss that plan tomorrow night. a team of alameda county firefighters back in the bay area, after spending days helping in the camp fire zone in butte county. it includes a trained search and rescue dog. they spent a little over a week, including the thanksgiving holiday, fighting flames and searching for the missing. meanwhile, the list of

unaccounted people stands at 203. >> it's just unbelievable, and the death toll now 88. search teams are going through various parts of paradise searching for remains. the sheriff's office says there is a possibility some may never be found. messages from loved ones looking for the missing are still posted on boards at shelters like this one in chico. the massive wildfire destroyed nearly 14,000 homes. it was fully contained over the weekend, after igniting more than two weeks ago. speaking of the fire, we take you live out to our call center we have set up, as people arrive for the morning. we started at 6:00 this morning, raising money for the fire victims in participation with the united way, and as they say, those phone lines are open. you can call 1-833-nbc-kntv, or go online as well, and you can text "buttefire," all one word,

to 91999, and we'll send you a link with different options on how much you want to donate. you can also text "uwvc" 41444. all right, folks, while we are giving this giving tuesday, we're giving a nice break to a lot of the driving. we are seeing a lighter commute, it will kick in about 7:00, right after the end of our show, but we have a new crash reported west 80 around appian way. mild slowing there, everything off to the shoulder and the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. this is what pete suratos was talking about, san pablo avenue, a major roadway through san pablo itself and sometimes an alternate for folks to the east shore freeway is not an alternate between broadway and 23rd. that continued investigation after that pursuit ended in someone dying there on the scene. the investigation likely can continue through about 10:00 a.m., so avoid that portion of san pablo area.

the east shore freeway is looking lighter. the rest of the bay is also looking pretty good. this is a great shot of palo alto. the traffic flow is great. there's also a nice sunrise. >> the traffic is amazing! >> i knew you were looking at that, that sigh. >> being a traffic guy, you could say that. being the eternal optimist, it was pretty nice out there. >> yes, i just posted on facebook and twitter, red sky morning, sailor's warning. red sky at night, sailor's delight. the saying is true as we track it on storm ranger. our mobile doppler radar as the rain approaches ukiah, and it's starting to roll in, and will be affecting your plans for the afternoon. we'll also have another round of some heavy rain between tomorrow night and thursday, and as you make weekend plans, yes, we have another round of rain that will be here on saturday. so san francisco cool, breezy and for saturday, we're going to see more of that rain moving in, and i know you're watching the forecast for saturday, because

of the cal and the stanford game that was postponed because of the smoke. this time, there will still be a chance of rain, but it's going to start at this point it looks like it will be clearing out, as we go into the afternoon. so there still will be a chance right at about noon, as the game starts. if you're making plans to hit the road, going to heavenly, if you can try to get there maybe on thursday, that will be your best travel day, because it will be snowing on thursday, and friday, rather friday and saturday. we'll talk more about today, that's coming up in about three minutes. >> helping to plan the trip to the sierra, thanks, kari. video that has everyone talking, a heart-stopping moment when a hang gliding instructor forgets to hook his passenger in. and we'll take to you tijuana, how authorities are reacting to migrants still there this morning. out live to the big board, apple pulling the dow lower after president trump's comments about apple and tariffs.

folks help us light up the phones. our volunteers at the united way phone bank, nbc bay area and tell mun toe 48 are waiting for your phone calls. we've had donations of $25, i heard $100 over here and we'll be here all day through 7:00. we'll tell you what your money goes for, when we come back, as we try to help the victims of the butte county camp fire, and also the victims of paradise.

right now at 6:41, the sun is rising and we have rain approaching. here is a look at the sunrise over san jose. get your cameras ready. as we head toward east san jose, the neighborhood of evergreen, rain starts at about 2:00 this afternoon. so you still have quite a bit of time to get things done, but it's moving into the north bay, we'll track it live from storm ranger, coming up in less than five minutes. >> we passed the half hour mark from highway 4 to the bay bridge. things are getting crowded, just as we get toward 7:00. there's the berkeley curve. we see the slowing toward the majority of the ma jam. we'll show you what's going on farther north from here. >> thanks so much, kari and mike. 6:42, developing this morning, thousands of migrants are hunkered down now in tijuana, as federal agents work to try to prevent another chaotic scene like this one that we saw on sunday. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in mexico.

>> reporter: about 3 hub troops previously deployed to texas and arizona have now been moved to california. the white house is defending the use of tear gas at the southern border. president trump and rallies in mississippi saying the caravan should turn around and is causing lots of problems in this area. meanwhile, u.s. officials say that the tear gas that was fired during the sunday incident was at a group of mostly adult males, but it did hit some women and children, and we spoke with one woman who had to grab her kids and run away from the tear gas. she says she wasn't trying to cross into the u.s. illegally, but merely apply for asylum. meanwhile, tijuana's mayor is calling this a humanitarian crisis. u.s. authorities are only processing less than 100 asylum applications a day. the question, how long will this

backlog last? guys, back to you. >> gabe, thank you. a follow-up for you on an oakland woman deported to mexico last year. she's now a step closer to being reunited with her four bay area children. maria mendoza sanchez entered the just illegally 20 years ago and she eventually was deported. her children are between the ages of 13 and 24. yesterday she was at the u.s. embassy in mexico city where she says the state department agreed to give her an h1b visa. >> i was very happy, honestly. you cannot imagine how much i miss my kids. it's been very difficult. >> maria is say nurse in the highland hospital's oncology department. she has to hope immigration officials allow a waiver for her h1b special skill visa. if that happens, it is possible she could be home in time for christmas. 6:44, new details this

morning, salad may be safe to eat again. the fda saying certain types of romaine lettuce should be avoided after a widespread e. coli outbreak. the lettuce appears to be from the central coast. lettuce from elsewhere and labeled as such should be okay, but if you don't know where your romaine came from, don't eat it. exact source of the contamination is still unclear. 43 people have gotten sick in 12 states. happening tonight, oakland's native lynna moorer is lasting another week on "the voice." here's how she sounded last night. ♪ she's in the top 11. fans know she was initially voted off but her coach, kelly clarkson, brought her back and calls her the comeback kid. moorer sounds like she's ready to live up to the name. >> just being on here is a benefit because i have a band

that's able to do any key, any arrangement that you want, so just so awesome to be able to portray that and give the audience what they want. it was awesome. >> how fun. watch "the voice" tonight at 8:00 and watch "this is us" at 9:00. "new amsterdam" is at 10:00, followed by "nbc bay area news" at 11:00. 6:46, some video we want to you show, where a guy is hanging on for dear life, heart-stopping stuff. >> take a look. this guy goes hang gliding for the first time and holding onto the metal bar. they didn't snap him in like they're supposed to, so he has to hang onto that bar for dear life. the video was posted to youtube by chris gurski. it happened while the guy was on vacation in skits witzerland. he later landed after dropping off his passenger. i think he broke his wrist. >> yes. >> seechtu uleventually he land. >> you suppose he knew this is

not expected. >> like a piggyback ride. >> maybe there was a language barrier. >> must have been something. >> all right. rain coming our way to the bay area. >> we're tracking another wave of rain here. we'll see it busy over the next few days, the reason why we gassed up storm ranger. we have it ready to track the storms coming in and nbc bay area is the only station with a tool like this. it's a mobile doppler radar that we can move around the bay area, and so we're scanning and giving us a live view and when you watch the other stations their scans are two to five minutes behind what we're showing right here, so as we watch the rain moving in, it is going to start to give us some soaking downpours as we go throughout the rest of the day, as it approaches ukiah right now, and this is what storm ranger is scanning. we see reds and yellows there showing the rain, getting quite heavy in some spots. we've seen rainfall rates coming down at about 0.3 of an inch of rain per hour, so if it rained

for an hour in the same spot, that's how much rain we could measure around these areas. it's also going to make those roads wet if you're going anywhere anothnorth of hopland n the next few minutes. we start out this morning with this amazing sunrise over the south bay, as you look out the window and get dressed this morning, it is chilly, as you get ready to head out the door. you don't want to forget your rain gear, even though the rain won't get to the south bay until later on this afternoon. we'll see the rain moving into much of the north bay, san francisco and oakland by early afternoon, and it will be scattered, a few pockets of heavy rain will be possible, and then later on tonight, this activity starts to taper off for most of us. we'll get another round of rain moving in. look at the time, wednesday 8:30 in the evening, and the rain will be pretty much widespread, with some pockets of some heavier rain by early thursday morning, and thursday still looking pretty soggy for most of the day, and some gusty winds, some things we'll have to watch

as the rain continues to pour. so the rain we'll see between now and later tonight will only bring us about a quarter to half an inch of rain. the next round in total we're looking at about over an inch of rain for all of our microclimates and if you're making plans to go to the sierra, right now in squaw valley it's 38 degrees, as the rain approaches and it will change over to snow about possibly producing over two feet of snow over the next several days, so a lot to watch here, as we make plans, maybe here or beyond. as we head over to mike, south bay is it looking good? >> it looks great, kari. talking about the view, you showed that from your closet, so that means that i'm standing outside the window of your closet. is that weird? let's just move on, a little weird. looking here, a nice view and kari told us the red sky in the morning is the warning and told us also about the rain. i warned you also about getting closer to 7:00. we'll see volume start to build on cue for san jose. now 'til the end of the year we'll see that later commute,

starting around 7:00, as more folks tend to hit the road later and flood the roadways, afternoon and evenings. smooth drive, a build for the 680 drive through the tri valley and 880 through hayward. fender bender reported around "a" street. everything is off to the shoulder. light volume but typical pattern because the commute routes are still similar to what you normally would see. contra costa county, walnut creek interchange off of highway 4, 42, 680 and 24. new crash reported toward the richmond to san rafael bridge. there are three lanes blocked for a couple of minutes. the slower drive if you're headed over from the racetrack, golden gate field, there will be an issue. watch for the traffic flow and clearing cars. >> thanks so much, mike. 6:50 right now. happening now, six stranded whales back in the ocean in new zealand. conservation workers and

volunteers hoping those whales will swim away into deeper waters. the ten pygmy killer whales stranded themselves. no word on why they beached themselves. over the weekend, 145 pilot whales became stranded. none of those survived. next, your chance to do some real good to your fellowic californians on this giving week. plus a look at top stories including breaking news we started covering at 4:30 this morning, a deadly crash in contra costa county around midnight, as a major artery shut down. what we know about what happened. we're back in just two minutes. hey, batter, batter, batter, batter.

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welcome back on this tuesday morning. before you head out the door, here are your top stories on "today in the bay." >> breaking news we're following this morning, a live look in san pablo on san pablo avenue near 23rd street, not far from contra costa college. the road is closed there, as police investigate a deadly crash. the chp says it happened during a chase. officers say a contra costa county deputy was involved in that chase. the crash happened about midnight. don't yet know what led up to it or the number of people involved in the crash. the street is expected to be closed for at least the next few hours. in just a few hours, a man charged with killing a woman at a b.a.r.t. station returns to court.

john lee cowell accused of standing 18-year-old nia wilson to death. wilson's sister was also stabbed but survived. investigators say the stabbing happened on a platform at the macarthur b.a.r.t. station in july. cowell has not yet entered a plea in that case. 6:54. you might be getting some relief on south bay roads. land swap is in the works today involving a very popular roadway. live look at branham lane, where the san jose city council is planning to study a plan to help increase traffic safety. the area is known as a major bottleneck, where the lanes go from two lanes down to one lane and back to two lanes. the idea is for san jose to do a land swap with the county to expand the stretch of roadway along branham lane at snell avenue. because of the congestion, drivers have seen some major accidents there. new this morning, your next iphone could come with a hefty price tag. president trump tells the "wall street journal" he expects to move ahead with the next round of tariffs on products imported from china. that includes a 10% tariff on iphones, laptops and other consumer electronics. however, it is unclear whether apple would shoulder the extra

cost of tariffs or pass them on to consumers. it's 6:55, we are working to raise money for fire victims. you can call in right now and donate. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is at our phone bank to tell us how things are going. kris? >> reporter: hi there. we saw the flames engulfing the town of paradise and also had so many calls and emails from people asking how they can help. that's why we've set up our wildfire fund-raiser here. we have volunteers from different companies, we have enterprise and wells fargo here answering calls for the nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and united way fund-raiser. this is an effort to try to help these folks who have survived such a devastating wildfire. you saw the drone video of paradise there, it was just leveled, and then you also saw the families that were in evacuation centers, some of them living in tents, because they left their homes with nothing more than what they could fit in their cars. this is a long-term effort, and a lot of times, folks want to

give hard goods, but those are hard to stretch out and to distribute. we have ta mara from the united way bay area. why is the money donation so critical? >> it's important, because it's faster to be able to distribute these funds. it's more direct, and yes, we want to give these funds to people who need it most in the bay area, and in southern california. >> reporter: some folks lost their paychecks so anything that your paycheck would cover, you can't take a donation of clothing or food and pay your cell phone bill. >> exactly, right, and also for housing as well, people need to find shelter at this time, and so money is going to be really important to donate. >> reporter: she has took a $1,000 donation, it's an anonymous donation but it was from somebody from san mateo. let's outdo san mateo with the

$1,000 donation this morning. we hear the phones are ringing. >> the phones are ringing. here is the number for you to call, 833-nbc-kntv. or you can go online, nbcbayarea.com for more information as well. if it's easier to grab your phone, text "buttefire" one word together, to 91999. >> let' get a last-minute check of your traffic and weather on this fine tuesday morning. >> yes, it's going to be raining as we go into the afternoon, really a sight to see and another round of showers moving in. now approaching northern sonoma county, and we're going to see the rain in the north bay through about early afternoon, and then it works its way to the rest of the bay area. this will mostly be a round of some light showers, and kind of scattered as we go through the day. there will be a bigger storm moving in late tomorrow night, into thursday, that could also pack some winds along with some heavy rain, so i'll be tracking that for you, and also talking

about that weekend, keep checking in and also check on the nbc bay area weather app. >> thanks, kari. >> the commute is kicking in. >> just kicking in, though. it's almost 7:00 and we're just starting to see slower drives around the bay. we have a typical pattern, no surprises, but surprisingly light up until about 6:30 this morning. of course if you've been watching traffic, for over a decade like me, it's the same pattern, after thanksgiving a lighter flow. you notice a slower drive in general, good stuff. dublin shows a little fog, you have to deal with and this' the beautiful view over there in san jose. that's nice. we have mild slowing for san jose kicking in for silicon valley and that will hit hard until about 9:00. all right, giving tuesday. we'd love for you to support our drive going on, specifically for the wildfire victims in california. >> we will be doing this all day. you can dial 1-833-nbc-kntv, of course go to nbcbayarea.com as

well, make those phones light up. >> in fact, we'll head over to the phones our sefselves and bek with a local update at 7:25. good m >> i felt like somebody kicked me in the stomach. >> workers blind sided by the news staging a walkout. the company and the president on the defensive. >> i'm not happy about it at all. >> what happens next for those workers? breaking overnight. paul manafort, the president's former campaign chairman, accused of repeatedly lying to the fbi and the special counsel in the russia investigation. his plea deal now in jeopardy. will he face even more charges