bridge and our live doppler and good wednesday morning to you. january 30th right now, taking a look right there at the golden gate bridge. not too many cars on the road but you can also see from our radar to the top right of the screen that a storm is a-comin'. thank you for starting your morning with us here on "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. i feel g talking about aorm whe midwest are blisteringly cold. >> that cold is brutal. we'll look at those temperatures as well but here we start out with some rain moving in, and ahead of that, we have some patchy, dense fog moving through the tri-valley, also in parts of the north bay. so i've been tracking that, and also this storm moving in, we can see the swirl of the clouds and so far, no rain as we get a

closer look at storm ranger, that's our mobile doppler radar and it's scanning showing the rain still well to the west of us. so as we go throughout the day, we are going to see the rain starting to come in later on this afternoon, but most of the day, we'll be dry, so i'll talk more about that in just a few minutes, and mike, fog is already in the picture. >> that's right, in the same picture you showed, i wanted to make sure folks saw this. look, this is 580 westbound and you can't really make out most of those tail lights. they're dimmer, of course, with the low clouds in the area. fog in parts of this portion of the tri-valley coming out of the altamont pass, or into it if you're going eastbound and that's the direction you'll find o two as youtruction blocking a altamos hasded north out of gh fremont. we'll keep checking thating up the city. some of the big events in san francisco may be able to sell cannabis through a city "today

suratos joins us. >> reporter: it's just a proposal at this point by the board of supervisors but the permit process could be in place as soon as the annual for 20 event we've covered for a number of years i've covered at golden gate park. here's what we learned. it's going to implement assembly bill 2020 which allows cities in the state to issue cannabis permits for temporary events. the temporary events need to have a state and local license. now initially pves that have ben a regular basis, receive city permits and had significant amounts of unregulated cannabis, so 420 falls into that category, issued by the office of cannabis and requires city agency approval for the area where it's taking place, to use 420 as an example you need approval by the parks and rec department in san

francisco. permits could range from 500 bucks for 500 people attending to as much as $3,000 for events of more than 2,500 people, but all that said, smoking is still not allowed in public parks and state law does not allow the consumption of cannabis where smoking is prohibited. we're live here in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> i know a lot of people have their ears to this possibility. >> yes, a lot of folks will go for that. thank you very much, pete. 4:33 now. a toe anotherious member of an australian graffiti crew is in court today accused of vandalizing b.a.r.t. station. matthew white is charged for tagging at the millbrae yard. he was arrested earlier this month at sfo while he was waiting for a flight to sydney. il on a $400,000 bond. count it is unclear whether he is linked to other b.a.r.t. yard vandalism as well. tonight is your chance to help make san francisco safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. muni invites you to comment on

designs for the folsom howard street scrape project, it would upgratcrosswalks with new signals and mid block crossings and add transit only lanes and new service for the bus service areas. bicyclists would see concrete barriers and move the bike lane so it sits between the curb and parked cars. >> it's safer, you have the separation between the cars and the bikes, put the parked cars between them and it makes for a much safer ride. >> those improvements are for folsom between second and 11th and howard, between 3rd and 11th. folsom and howard are considered to be part of san francisco's so-called high injury network, this is where 70% of the city's serious and fatal accidents occur. that meeting gets under way at 6:30 tonight, along seventh street near folsom street. if approved construction will begin in 2021. a serial groper has eluded

capture for months but police hope this sketch will help track him down. a man who looks like this targeted people in sunnyvale, as women are out for their evening walks. >> jean elle is breaking down what people know and others know. >> reporter: melody says people who live near raynor park are talking about a warning from police about assaults. this man has grabbed three women in the past ten months. >> they were walking alone in the evening hours, a male subject came up behind them and started groping them, forcibly grabbing them. >> reporter: police say all three women screamed and fought to get away and the if, assault was in april in santa clara followed by an attack in may in sunnyvale and another a few weeks ago on january 10th in

sunnyvale. out walking her dog, wade says she's angry about not feeling safe. >> i hate it. i've lived in this neighborhood for 35 years, and i've walked all times of day and night and i've always felt secure in the neighborhood, so i truly hate it. >> yeah, it's shocking. it's absolutely shocking. >> reporter: oliver wong says police have been knocking on doors asking for security camera footage. >> definitely going to keep our eye around the neighborhood. >> that was jean elle report. police are also urging people to check surveillance systems for a man walking alone and the time frame is 6:00 in the evening on january 10th. >> 4:36 right now. a cold case never solved. this year marks 30 years since the disappearance of a dublin girl, eileen misheloff was 13-year-old when she went missing. on the day she disappeared she left school early after being excused from class. she was walking home alone and

last seen at the intersection of san ramon road and boulevard. they're holding a candlelight walk to retrace her steps tonight at 7:00 at wells middle school. coming up for you here on "today in the bay," apple is warning investors this morning. what they're saying is the reason behind a drop in profit, and how this could impact your money. plus, is chicken an af aphrodisiac? look at what one fast food company is offering up this valentine's day.

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good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc global headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open up

higher this morning. the dow rose slightly yesterday but the nasdaq slipped. investors are focusing on global trade developments as u.s. and chinese delegates meet in washington. also reports on hiring in the private sector and home sales. the fed wraps up at earnin companies the likes of at&t, boeing, mcdonald's, facebook and tesla. you want to watch shares of apple today. the company reporting a drop in quarterly profit and sales just weeks after slashing its forecast citing weak innocence china and people waiting longer to upgrade their iphones. apple expects its sales slide to continue in the short term but the stock is rallying this morning, up more than 5%. results weren't as bad as wall street feared. and a box of chocolates and a dozen roses are so 2018. chick-fil-a has you covered this valentine's day, offering heart-shaped trays of 30-count nuggets at participating restaurants.

they will set you back $17in' 69 and the minis ever $12.19. the promotion runs through february or while supplies last. those are your cnbc business headlines and apparently it's an aphrodisiac, i guess chicken. >> you show up with nuggets on valentine's day and you'll get a noogie. >> i'll be happy. you feed my stomach, you feed my heart. >> that's true, fastest way to a man's heart. thank you very much, frank. coming up here on "today in the bay," kari has a look at our hump day forecast. kari, some rain included? >> yes, we will see some rain later on this evening but we're starting out the day with low clouds and fog. despite that, we will have a really nice day with mostly sunny skies. campbell looking at another day with warm temperatures and sunshine. we'll talk about when that rain gets here, coming up. and i see the low clouds here as well, this is 580, the richmond-san rafael bridge, low clouds there but we have construction work, that's the

change, shifted over to the lanes left of where they were yesterday. we'll see what else has changed since you last checked your commute. today on "california live" a pair of socks at a time. and a cafe that provides a pup with your morning cup. it's all happening on "california live" >> this morning at 11:30 on nbc bay area. creek

good morning to you. quarter to 5:00 right now, and this is a live look as we are looking out our window over walnut creek. rain not quite arriving there yet but you might notice some fog as you hit the road this morning. kari is tracking all of that with us. i'll talk with her in a few minutes. how about this, a cat safe

and warm this morning, back from the brink of death there. animal control officers are being credited with nursing her back to health after she was found nearly frozen. >> they found her under a wisconsin bridge stiff and unresponsive. she's now getting care and will soon be well enough to be adopted. she has a lot of love to give and still has eight lives left. >> cross at least one off. >> poor thing. i mean, you definitely could freeze out there. >> yes, you have to think about animals, too, and the really cold weather that they're experiencing across the midwest, and the plains, so we're going to be monitoring that. here at home, we're starting out with some fog especially in the tri-valley. look at the visibility down to about a quarter of a mile, and most dense fog there, but we are seeing patches of it drifting around some of our valleys around the bay area. so as you head out around antioch, it's going to be fairly cool, partly cloudy. there may be some fog as you head to work this morning, and then our temperatures going into the mid-50s with some sunshine

throughout the day. we can see the low clouds over san jose right now, so as you look out the window, you're getting dressed, it's going to be a day for long sleeves and despite all the rain we're talking about, you will need the sunglasses at some point today, as that sun breaks out and our temperatures head into the low to mid-60s again today. we're going to see a high of 65 inconcord, and 64 today in livermore, but here is that storm as it approaches, it does still have a distance to go, but it starts to bring us wet weather. as we get a closer look still seeing showers well to the west of us and storm ranger will be keeping an eye on that and tracking it as we go throughout the day but it is all dry this morning. a couple of sprinkles but mostly some fog possible, and then a break in the clouds, but look at the time frame. here we are this evening at 8:00, and we're just starting to see that rain approaching the coast and moving off towards the east, and there will be some rounds of heavy rain during the overnight hours. so once again, we do make it throughout most of the day with

some dry weather, and then we are going to see that rain coming through while most of us will be sleeping and it's out of here before you wake up in the morning. there will be some more rain on the way as we approach the weekend. this wave may bring up to about a half, maybe three-quarters of an inch of rain, som into parts weekend. waves of it coming through, and then we will see some breaks in between especially on saturday, but overall we're about to enter a very wet pattern. mike, you're tracking something going on with some flashing lights? >> that's right. the lanes opposite the ones closed yesterday. yesterday we had lanes off to the right approach. this is the richmond side of the richmond to san rafael bridge. this morning, all of these lanes off to the left are closed up. now, they may open some of them before 6:00 but the entire project scheduled to clear at 6:00. however, yesterday was the same schedule and they didn't clear until about 6:30 so plan on possible delays headed toward the richmond-san rafael bridge if you travel between 5:30 and

6:30 in the morning. we'll continue to follow that closely. contra costa county an easy drive across the carquinez bridge and benicia bridges, no problem, and really the issue are the orange blobs there through the tri-valley, livermore, 580, fog there, low clouds at the very least, and here also through south county, highway 17 may be an issue, darker roadways and low visibility as fog and low clouds drift through the area. 101 is clear about a half hour, san martin was showing fog, you know about that, keep that in mind. 101 just north of 680/280 interchange clear view, clear drive no problem and a nice ride as well on your early commute here, capital corridor coming out of the central valley and cal train coming out of south county up toward san francisco no delays as well. back to you. >> thank you. major policy changes are now in effect at schools across the bay area, impacting tens of thousands of students. >> and educators are crediting our reporting which exposed how a lack of teacher training

across the bay area was negatively impacting transgender students. senior investigative reporter bigad shaban has that for us now. >> good morning. it was more than a year ago when we first exposed the bay area's wide disparity in teacher training, so we decided to find out if anything's changed. we again surveyed the 20 largest school districts in the bay area, and discovered only four required training for all of their teachers, that's just 20% of districts, and even when it is offered we learned training varies widely. courses for educators range from just 19 minutes to 16 hours and remember, our reporting uncovered that last year five of the largest school districts in the bay area, home to more than 105,000 students did not offer any teacher training at all, but after our initial investigation aired, at least three school districts have changed their policies to begin training teachers. the reforms are now impacting nearly 60,000 students at 61

schools. so what type of training is provided to teachers in your area? we made finding the answer a lot easier for you. just logon to our website. there you can learn all about school training sessions offered in your neighborhood. educan see which districts tion courses for teachers and which aren't ri at nbcbayarea.com/investigations. 4:50 for you right now. the search is going on for the men who allegedly beat up a bay area actor and lgbtq activist. new reaction this morning from nancy pelosi. jesse smollett was born in santa rosa and stars on the tv show "empire." chicago police say smollett say two men approached him outside of a fast food place around 2:00 in the morning yesterday, yelled racial homophobic slurs, beat him and wrapped a rope around his neck. so far no arrests have been

made. house speaker nancy pelosi tweeted her reaction to the attack calling it "an affront to our humanity." i'll take a nice long look at the golden gate bridge, what we can see of it this morning as we look live because driving across could cost you more, the firsthand experience. the golden gate district is considering raising tolls to $9.80 by 2023. it will backfill a $74 million deficit they expect within the next five years, but leaders will take a final vote. first they want to hear from you, the first of four public meetings is tonight at 5:00 at whistle stop in san rafael. coming up here on "today in the bay", "nbc bay area responds." >> he bought a portable air condition ear enwouldn't fit in his window and when he tried to return it, the ac went awol. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. first, happening now,

britain is set to leave the european union in less than two months but there are major problems with brexit. eu negotiators make clear they won't negotiate their divorce deal with the uk despite the british prime minister winning a mandate with british lawmakers to reopen that agreement. the main sticking point to ceiling a brexit agreement is the so-called back stop to avoid checkpoints between northern ireland and the irish republic. more news coming up after the break. sunnyvale man whose attemo

ret well, 4:55 right now and nbc bay area responds to a sunnyvale man whose attempt to return an air conditioner left him hot under the collar. >> consumer investigative

reporter chris chmura explains how his team helped cool things off. >> back during the summer andrew ruff ordered a portal air conditioner from walmart. when it arrived andrew found the ac wouldn't fit in the window, so he arranged a return with the shipping label. a delivery service, when it hadn't picked it up and andrew waited for a later walmart tol the ac never arrived at the wa he checked with e delivery company and it claimed it never picked up the package. after a back-and-forth with the shipper, andrew learned that he had an incorrect return label tracking number from walmart, when he turned to us. we reached out to walmart and a few days later it sent andrew a $150 gift card which covered the full cost of the air conditioner plus shipping. we asked walmart what happened, but it did not get back to us. whenever you return an item you bought online, take these three steps. first, snap a photo of the shipping label.

second, make sure you get a printed receipt from the shipper at pickup, and third, track that package to its final destination. if it doesn't arrive, contact the store right away. we deliver for you when it comes to consumer complaints. call us any time 888-996-tips o nbcbayarea.com/responds. 4:56 now. coming up on "today in the bay," kari, midweek weather shaping up, seems a little foggy out there. >> yeah, starts out foggy in some parts of the bay area and then it will end with some rain. right now, we're all dry, though, as we take a live look outside in palo alto, some low 50s, and we will see it warming up again today with sunshine. we'll track that rain coming up next. >> and tracking your commute, dry roads right through but watch out for that fog. i can clearly see the high-rise across 92. my focus is on where we can't see quite so clearly, coming up. plus securing the southern

border once again hits the negotiating table ahead of the talks.

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for joining us on this wednesday. i'm kris sanchez if nor laura garci garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get you the commute with mike but first we start out with the weather. >> the rain is coming later on this evening. i want to show you a cool view we have from above the clouds looking from our sutro tower camera. that's been drifting ss visibility in the tri-valley down to about a quarter-mile. slow it down driving through livermore. elsewhere we have patchy fog. the storm is approaching and we'll see increasing cloud cover throughout the day and the rain tonight and i'll be tracking that with a time line. as we head over to mike we're focusing on what disappeared. >> first thing disappearing are flashing lights, thank goodness. crews are moving the lane closures as they do work on the richmond side. we saw flashing lights and cars and trucks move out of the roadway. only two lanes richmond to san rafael but that's plenty for the

light traffic. a smooth flow of traffic, in the shot we saw low clouds hovering around, still above the deck, not enough to be fog but kari showed you above the cloud cover, we showed you below so we have you covered everywhere. over here livermore lower visibility there and watching the sensors for 17 and 101. we'll track it. back to you. >> thanks, mike.