burglaries in the south bay. multiple right now at overnight a string of burglaries in the south bay, multiple auto shops targeted. coming up in a live report, the items taken. there's a lot of fake news out there, no, i didn't. >> president trump denying a "new york times" report he wanted to put an ally in charge of michael cohen. and -- ♪ >> musical milestone, ariana grande reaches beatle status with three singles at the same time. "today in the bay" continues right now. and good tuesday morning to >> wow, we're moving along. >> marcus isn't.

>> feels good to be a whole day ahead now. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. half way through the work week. might see a change in the forecast. >> we have a little bit of a change today, not a major change. some of us may not see that change at all. that means rain could be moving into parts of t look at storm r. you walk out the door this morning, and actually it feels a little bit warmer and then we have another cold front moving in. so that's approaching from the north and will bring in some scattered showers, just briefly into late morning and early afternoon. this system will be a quick one and done. we'll go back to some dry weather for a little while long sore we'll talk more about that coming up and mike, you're checking on some bridge work. >> i am, kari. it's not enough of rain showers, not going to affect the construction, the repair work at the richmond-san rafael bridge because they have cleared. they have cleared the overnight work. remember that will continue for the next couple weeks because that expansion joint that had the problem with the debris falling. that will be for 580 open and clear. 37 not open westbound. it's closed at atherton, that

co toward 101. atherton avenue about be your r. we'll keep checking with cal trans, the rest of the bay an easy drive. we'll point out a south bay crash coming up. pack to sounds good. police investigating a series of burglaries that took place overnight. >> the thieves targeted at least five businesses across the city's south side. we put together this map for you. all morning, officers are busy searching for the suspects and evidence. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live at one of the businesses that was hit. bob, do police think these are related? >> reporter: laura and marcus, we do count five burglaries and we have reached out to police to see if they think they're related. the reason why we askn a three to four-hour time period and within a close distance to each other. for instance, we have this a smd and across the street, you're not going to be able to see but o'reilly auto parts shop was

hit. this started late last night, late tuesday night when someone hit up a separate auto zone on coddle road and within 30 to 45 minutes they broke into this auto zone on almaden expressway and that o'reilly radio parts across the street on branham. around 2:00 this morning, there were a group of several men who had their faces covered, they broke into a vape shop called the abyss vapor lounge. staff at a veterinary hospital interrupted the burglary, the men took off in a car and an hour later a fifth location was hit, a liquor store at tully and king. law enforcement did find a man inside, they deployed a sheriff's k9 who bit the man and helped police take him into custody. we've reached out to san jose police to ask them that question, are all five of these or at least some of these burglaries that took related. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay" >> very busy morning for police. thanks for the update.

this morning, president trump is denying a report he tried to put an ally in charge of the justice department's case against his long time attorney michael cohen. nbc bay area's tracie potts joins us live from washington with more on that story. good morning, tracie. >> hi there, good morning. so the "new york times" is alleging that president trump called up the justice department and tried to switch out the person in charge of the investigation of his former attorney. prve happened. according to the "new york times," president trump called up then acting attorney general matt whitaker and asked for a change. the paper reports mr. trump wanted to put an ally in charge of the case against his michael cohen. the fbi was investigating hush money payments cohen made to women for mr. trump. >> reporter: did you ask acting attorney general whitaker to change the leadership in the

investigation of your former attorney michael cohen? >> there's a lot of fake news out there, no, i didn't. >> at no time has the white house asked for, nor have i provided any promises or commitments. >> reporter: the man the president reportedly wanted in charge, u.s. attorney jeffrey berman. berman had already been recused from the case say "the times." legal experts say if the president made that call, it could be considered obstruction of justice. >> was it asked in the form of a question, can we get the u.s. attorney to handle this, no, sir, he's recused or more of a direct order that was ignored? those facts make a difference. >> reporter: the former acting fbi director who ordered two investigations of mr. trump tells nbc he briefed congress. >> no one objected, not on legal grounds, not on constitutional grounds, and not based on the fact. >> reporter: more drama swirling around investigations involving

the president. now, even if the president had requested that change and it was made, some observers are noting that berman may not have been that big help to the president. he is the u.s. attorney now investigating president trump's inaugural committee. back to you. >> also interesting to trace. thanks so much, tracie. well, it is 5:06 right now, and new this morning, new signs of a possible escalation in the nuclear arms race with russia. russian leader vladimir putin tells russian lawmakers he will respond'u.s. deploys nuclear missiles in europe. putin says russia would target both the u.s. and the countries where its missiles were stationed. seeking a confrontation. california governor gavin newsom fighting back this morning, newsom says president trump's demand for california to return billions of federal

dollars for the high speed rail project is "clear political retribution by the president." the governor went on to say "it's no coincidence that the administration's threat comes 24 hours after california led 16 states in challenging the president's farcical national emergency." president trump is angry, tweeting about the state's abbreviated high speed rail project and insists his declaration is legal. >> we have absolute right to do that. i have an absolute right to call national security. we need strong borders. we have to stop drugs and crime and criminals and human trafficking and we have to stop all of those thing admistration asking for more than $2 billion in federal funds back. governor newsom says it is the . last week, governor newsom annod going to scale back the project. in a few hours, members of the immigrant community in san

francisco plan to gather to support a father detained by immigration custom enforcement. fernando carillo was pulled over last year while dropping off his 4-year-old daughter at day care. today he has an immigration hearing after an appeals court reversed protection against deportation. supporters plan to hold hearts and valentine's representing the love and hope to keep carillo's family together. 5:08 right now. developing this morning, a bizarre and deadly accident now under investigation at orange county's john wayne airport. late last night, the airport says that a tire on a passenger boarding bridge exploded. this happened while two crew members wereker was not seriously injured. osha investigators are expected to be there this morning to determine exactly what happened. happening early this morning, the countdown is on to k off the job. teachers will teachers gave a formal 48-hour

last-minute deal they will strike tomorrow. teacher, calling for a 12% pay raise and better staffing over the next three years. the district says it cannot afford more than 5%. district leaders say they're still hoping to hammer out a deal. richmond-san rafael bridge repairs have stopped for the morning commute. crews are working on a permanent fix to that damaged roadway. this started last night because cal trans wanted to wait until after the week's storm to start. you may remember 12 days ago, chunks of that concrete fell from the upper deck. crews are replacing expansion joints near the failing concrete. traffic on the bottom deck is limited to one lane during those repairs. developing right now, much of america waking up to another major winter storm. 39 states from the rockies to the east coast are feeling somv afternoon. is supposed to roll across this new for you this morn in th. down in southern california,

this is snow in joshua tree national park. this picture was posted on the park's instagram page. the caption reads "snow way!" we may be in the desert but that doesn't mean we don't flake out on winter." the park use used #icywhatyoudidthere. whatever that means. >> "i see" what did you there. >> icy/i see. >> joshua tree maybe in the spring or fall or something, but not in the summer. we are going to see some of the temperatures feeliuc a mix of c throughout the day. we're going to see that rain in,movi the slight chance of rain later on as we go into early afternoon but the rain

will be very spotty, very hit or miss and not all of us will see it and we'll go back to dry weather for the end of the week. we'll talk more about that and mike, you have an update on the crash in san jose. >> i do. it is gone. that is the kind of update we want. no other slowing. nice drive north 280 around parkmore, there was a crash blocking a couple lanes for about 30 minutes. smooth flow for the rest of the bay as well. a little slowing out of the altamos say disabled vehicle around the 680/highway 4 interchange. so tire and spare a so they'll get that help and slowing at the bay bridge toll plaza. early backup but no major meeting approaching looks like there at the right time. back to you. >> thanks, mike.next, more and more americans are falling behind on credit cards and car payments. what experts say that trend

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mi we're coming up on 5:15 this morning. it's not as cold and we'll have a few more of those showers passing by. it's not going to rain all day.

we're seeing clouds rolling over the south bay, and then as we go into late morning/early afternoon some peeks of sunshine. just keep the umbrella handy just in case. we'll talk about that in detail coming up in less than five minutes. and i did want to show you that we have a smooth moving span right here westbound with the tail lights across the bay bridge. the backup is filling in the toll plaza, and that's early, but there don't appear to be problems at least not athe toll plaza. and a very good morning. happy wednesday to you. tesla says it's eventually going to allow leasing of the model 3. right now you can only lease the model f and x. becse if you sell a en car to somebody you get all the money. if you finance a lease, you get their money one month at a time, and tesla needs money now. the big business story though this morning is the fed. we'll get the minutes, the notes from the federal open market committee's most recent meeting today at 11:00. the reason we care is because

the fed as a whole has indicated it is done raising rates for now, but it has voting members and we're going to get a peek at hat way, that d know how many on they should keep interest rates low. google thought it was announcing good news when it says its nest security system would soon be able to act as a home assistant. you can talk to it. except consumers hadn't realize the nest security system had a microphone in it. google says the microphone don't supposed to be a secret. it's just nobody knew they had a microphone. a new study from the national buru research says facebook may make us spend more money because we want to have the same lifestyle as our friends, what economists have always called keeping up with the joneses. it used to mean when a neighbor gets a new car, you get a new car, too. now you see pictures of friends on cruises or at restaurants and causes you to spend more money.

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signal that cracks are really starting to show in consumer's finances. the average household owes more than $8,000 to credit card companies. this is fire and ice captured in a single image at yosemite national park. every year for a few days in february the sun sets just right on horse tail falls turning the water fall into liquid fire. the phenomenon is called firefall. several photographers gave us permission to use their shots, saying the weather is so cold, the waterfall is mostly frozen. each of the photographers endured dangerous roads, chain controls, freezing financingers just to capture the beautiful scenes. it takes hours sometimes just to get there. >> yes. >> right at the moment they capture it, it's gorgeous. >> that is >> they were saying it was really hard to get there this year because of all the snow we've had. >> right. >> but worth it, i go's. >> i guess so. >> thanks for sharing. >> watchg that over the next few days.

we have some rain here and more sierra snow. this is walnut creek creek as you get ready to head out the door, the clouds act as a blanket to keep the cold from dipping into the 30s. it's going to be about 44 degrees at 7:00 and then going from the mid-40s to the mid-50s today. this is the weather we've see recently, where we will not make it out of the 50s, when we should be in the low 60s, and we have yet again another cold front that will be moving in. here is a look at storm ranger, we're going to see some spotty showers moving in, as this front arrives. eukagain moving through and it's making its progress toward the bay area, and will start to move into the north bay first, but overall, this system is really starved for moisture, so we are not going to see a lot of rain, but we do still have that chance as we go throughout the day. here we are at 9:30, we see some scattered rain moving into the south bay as well as parts of the north bay, and also along

the coast, and then we start to see it tapering off, as we go into tonight and then our rain may add up to about 0.2 of an inch of rain at the most. the sierra getting additional light snow. many of the models showing about two to four inches of snow over the next couple of days and we'll see it add up more, going into early next week, with more storm systems moving in, but check out our percentage of normal for our central sierra, doing the best looking at 154%og season, and we are seeing some more snow in the forecast. we're going to be in the upper 50s tomorrow, some breezy winds, and mostly sunny skies, once the system passes, and then looking at another chance of rain on sunday, and again on tuesday. mike, you're tracking a couple of mine issue minor issues. >> fremont sunol area we have a

crash. a big rig reported on the right shoulder and out of lanes. i'll track that for you, for the next few, to make sure everything is moving smoothly. looks like it is. over at the bay bridge now as you approach the bay bridge at the berkeley curve, there was a minor crash reported there, it's out of lanes as well and we see no slowing on the approach. the slowing was at the bay bridge toll plaza and i have no reason for it, i scanned the area and reports and i don't see anything other than a lot of cars arriving at the same time. there you go. we have a smooth d highway 4. back to you. >> thanks, mike. hospital giant kaiser building a brand new medical school in califocoming up next, incentive offered to the first students who sign up. we've been talking about this controversial new documentary about the king of pop, michael jackson. this morning, a brand new trailer is out. check it out, coming up. we are a

new documentary it is 5: me back, everyone. documentary focused on allegations of sexual abuse by michael jackson. >> "leaving neverland" the singer's famous ranch in los angel angeles. >> told me if he ever found out what we were doing, he and i would go to jail for the rest of our lives. >> jackson's family has denounced the film, saying that both accusers testified under oath that the king of pop never did anything inappropriate, and

that it is a rehash of old allegations. hbo plans to begin showing that film march 3rd. new perspective today on the possible legal trouble facing santa rosa's jussie smollett if police find he orchestrated an attack o charges you're looking at here is basically obstruction, lying to authorities in illinois, that would typically be a misdemeanor butabout this case. >> nbc legal expert ari melber says things could be worse for smollett if authorities end up connecting a threatening letter hethities. police are still waiting to re-interview smollett in light of recent new evidence. you can new thisni permente getting the green light to build a medical school in pasadena. it received accreditation for that school. classes are expected to start next summer. students who sign up for the first five classes will get their full tuition waived.

>> 5:26. new for you this morning, a new achievement for pop star ariana grande that has only happened once before five decades ago. ♪ >> grande occupied the first three spots on this week's billboard hot 100, her new album "thank you next" dropped last week and that song, "seven rings" and "break up with your girlfriend" are three, two and one. grande appeared on "the late show." host james corden brought out a cake to celebrate. the beatles are the only other over five weeks back in 1964. they are classic. you brought up a food poigood p earlier, they sold the album. >> you had to go to the store to say i want to purchase this album. i want to purchase this single.

>> now it's easier. >> boop, boop, boop. i have to admit, i have that album. pretty good. >> 5:27. coming up, top stories we're following this wednesday morning including a bombshell admission from the dmv, why the agency says i.c.e. agents have immigrants' licenses. more details in a new report. how would you like to drive downtown l.a. without a speed limit? one state lawmaker is calling for it. the reason why, coming up. >> seems some people do that already. not much moving along the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. mike has a look at commute and weather coming up as well. 5:27.

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alto. a very good weaded out the toward the golden gate bridge perhaps? traffic is flowing through there. is it in other parts? we don't know. we'll check in with mike. good morning to you, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we check out the weather before you get outside, we go to meteorologist kari hall. >> in fremont everything is nice and quiet and a few clouds rolling by. it's warmer this morning compared to yesterday morning, and we'll see those clouds rolling by, a sign that we will have some changes today as we go into the afternoon, there will be some spotty showers moving in. we're track it on storm ranger, and seeing the rain still well to the north of the bay area. we'll talk about the timing and what's ahead, in a few minutes. mike has a backup.

>> the first is because of the metering lights and the crash is in one of the right lanes as you get past the toll plaza, just past the toll plaza, it involves a motorcycle. folks were likely slowing to watch and the third reason is of course because we have that backup forming out of the maze and it is the toll plaza at the right time, and so we had the backup forming earlier, a crash complicated things a metering lights slow you down further. that's it for now. new for you this morning, the california dmv admits customs have access to information that could get some people deported. "today in the bay'"''s" kris sanchez has more. >> reporter: we are talking about the california driver's licenses immigrants can get so they can drive legally and thus get insurance. the whole idea when these were launched was to make everybody safer on the roadway. assembly bill 60, a.b. 60 passed in 2013 stated this was not to

be used "as evidence of the holder's citizenship or immigration status or as the basis for criminal investigation, arrest or detention." our sister station nbc san diego talked with a man who was pulled over by immigration and customs agents and now faces deportation. he says he knows that i.c.e. had access to his driver's license information because that was the picture they used to identify him. a deputy director for the dmv explained that the agency does not keep a separate database for a.b. 60 licenses and all of the dmv records can be accessed by outside agencies through the department of justice. she adds that the searchable information does not include immigration status. a spokesperson for i.c.e. told nbc san diego that i.c.e. cannot access thatdmv database directly but wouldn't explain how they accessed it indirectly, saying that it is law enforcement sensitive.

several california lawmakers have been looking into this issue, and are now asking the governor and the attorney general to take a look at how this information might be used, and how it might deter people from trying to drive legally and keeping the roads safer. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thanks so much for that update. 5:33 right now. happening today, state lawmakers will make a push to reduce the consumption of "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from walnut creek with some of the details on this one. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. state lawmaker also make this push by introducing five bills later today and in looking at the bills, it's more than just a soda tax we're talking about this time around. let's talk about these five bills that are up for consideration. that first bill calls for capping the size of sugary drinks in unsealed containers at 16 fluid ounces, applied for

restaurants and grocery stores. the idea is potentially a way to deal with what's considered the supersize phenomenon of the average soda. the second bill calls for labeling the sugary drinks with health risk warnings, similar to what you'd see on tobacco products. a third bill wants to prohibit supermarkets, convenience stores and retail stores from placingc. some people call that impulse buying, so lawmakers claim soda companies pay prime money for that real estate for the placement of those products as you're checking out from a grocery store or any other examples. fourth bill would bar soda companies from offering promotional deals to lower the price of the drinks to customers, and the fifth and final bill would be a tax on the drinks, but that tax would be used for programs to offset the health effects of drinking sugary drinks. here is what folks at this 7-eleven in walnut creek are telling me about those bills. >> me personally, i disagree with it. i see it more aseying to bring

tax in a way, you know, they do it for tobacco and alcohol but sugar, sugar is in everything, and you know, i don't think they should be implementing that. >> i try to not have my kids drink soda, so that's the way it ought to be, and if it's unhealthy, then it should be expensive, you know what i mean? >> reporte v 11 similar bills have beent o them failing but lawmakers say if this one fails, but make another push in 202037 we a. we're live at walnut creek, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks, pete. it is 5:36 now. we now know the name of the 85-year-old woman killed in a deadly fire in san mateo. investigators say susanna tonga was killed early ed why morning when flames started inside her home. firefighters helped get six people out of the house but they

went back in when she was unaccounted for. they found her and performed cpr, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. responding to a crisis, after a growing number of priests are being accused of sexually abusing minors. last night, dozens of people school of theology to hear ay the scandals are affecting them deeply, and they want change.edbut i think we're also hopeful, because a lot of voices are being raised now who really want to reform the church, seeking authentic and lasting reform. >> on tuesday, the catholic diocese of oakland released a list of 45 men accused of sexual abuse. 20 of the names on that list are local priests. today, a conference benefiting former president barack obama's foundation is wrapping up in oakland. >> it is the final day for the first national gathering of the my brother's keeper alliance. the organization supports boys and young men of color,

and warrior star steph curry spoke to about a thousand in ce. the former president talked about his personal struggle growing up. alear sense of direction through a big chunk of my high school years, and in retrospect, i recognized some of it was i was angry about my father not being there, some of it was i was growing up in an environment as an african-american boy, where we didn't have a large african-american community. >> there are 250 my brother's keeper organizations across the country. a new report says contra costa county is among the deadliest places in the country when it comes to trains. the findings have the area tied at ninth place, along with san diego. the federal railroad administration says 44 people were killed on local tracks from 2013 to 2017. the report does not include suicide. six out of the top ten counties

are in california, with los angeles county at the number thr believes that he may have the answer to the apparent decline ain. how about zipping through the central valley at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, in your own county state ser submitted a bill to add one lane in both directions on interstate 5 and highway 99. the additional lanes would not have speed limits. those lanes would follow germany's audubon rules, and they say it would cut pollution levels. mike, i don't know about this. >> i could see it on 5 but no way on 99. come on. >> that's a narrow roadway. laura and i were talking about, i think we've seen folks who think it is the autobon. you have to north ut

the south bay. everything else is mafg as you expect toward the bay bridge. and really kick in at 6:30 we had ana a a crash was called over there just past the toll plaza but it's moving normally and the richmond-san rafael bridge the overnight roadwork is ready and clear and everybody was just to the tolplaza. >> exactly. the weather today is like a treat for us this morning. >> i guess. >> it's cool outside but it's warmer, not in the 30s. >> right. i mean 40s. >> from 30s to 40s? i'll take it. >> and we have a cold front coming in, so we're going to change. >> sorry, marcus. >> hey, look at this, though. on saturday we still have some sunshine in the forecast, even though it won't be all0s it's tn do right now and we'll see a chance of showers moving in by , for the inland areas. are you going to the chinese new year parade on saturday?

it's going to be really nice out there in san francisco, a mix of sun and clouds. high temperatures reaching the mid-50s, into the evening, and then if you're headed farther north, maybe up to lake shta, it's goio driving conditions on friday butking at chance of showers by the end of the weekend. more clouds on saturday, and expected it to be cool and windy throughout the weekend and yosemite looking at some great weather for friday and saturday, but sunday you may have some issues as more snow comes down. we'll talk about today coming up in about three minutes. >> thanks, kari, looking forward to it. >> it's 5:41. coming up next on "today in the bay," one of the largest police departments in the united states forced to release all reports of shootings and misconduct. major civil up. plus bernie sanders' campaign> still ahead, some goo

this wednesday morning. this dog who ran off scared during the camp fire butte county finally back ow hwith hi family this morning. we'll show you the touching reunion coming up. you're watching "today in the bay."

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right now at 5:44, as you get ready to head out, it's not as cold as yesterday in loss aga tows. we've seen clouds starting to roll in and we'll see a mix of

sun and clouds throughout the morning, a slight chance of rain going into the afternoon but another cool day. we'll talk about what's ahead as the front passesnd week, coming up in less than five minutes. what's ahead of these folks on the right? highway 101. a smooth drive across the san mateo bridge right now. we're watching the early backup that sorted itself out at the bay bridge. we'll show you what else is going on for your commute. >> sounds good, thanks so much. quarter to 6:00 right now. a judge in los angeles says police departments must release all recordings of police shootings and misconduct, even if they happen before a new state transparency law took effect. police unions have gone to court to block the release of some records. the ruling won't take effect until march to give time for an appeal. last week a judge in contra costa county denied a request to temporarily block the release of the records.

new video showing the aftermath of a deadly cras this unfolded last night in otay mesa, outside san diego. border patrol agents say a man and a woman crossed the border and quickly got into an awaiting car. the car led agents on a chase that hit speeds of 100 miles per hour. the car struck a turning truck, the two men in front died. the woman is in critical condition. and new details on the effort to block the president's national emergency border wall declaration, the american civil liberties union filed a new lawsuit in san francisco, the aclu argues there's no emergency to justify the president's actions. thsu aused the tru administration of violating constitutional limits on presidential authority. the state of calor this lawsuit was filed in california, probably no surprise to the president. >> and likely part of a strategy, scott.

>> you know what? mike, i mean scott, we can't hear you. you have a great presentation there. can you check your mike really quick? okay, we're going to check in with him, he's going to check his batteries in a little bit. just live tv, that's what happens every once in a while. let's move on now. more than three months after devastating fire, of course the one we're talking about in butte county, a lot of animals were separated from their owners, but we want to show you this amazing moment on monday when a paradise family received their 12-year-old dog, kingston, got him back 101 days after he jumped from the back of their truck. he was scared, no doubt, during the fire evacuations that happened in early november. volunteers rescued him on sunday. can you believe he survived by hunting skunk, because that's

what he smelled like when they found him. the family says they never lost hope that they would see him again. >> but it's a beautiful sight to see them get back with him. >> really nice. >> a touching story there. >> yes, very nice. we see a lot of those reunions. >> they say dogs find their way back home. >> pats do, too. they're the ones that don't belong to you. a little warmer out there on this wednesday morning. >> it is warmer to start and ave cold front coming in, could bring us a little bit of rain today, as we go ahead with the forecast, starting out with some movin in i in this sh everything is looking good, nice and dry as you getea the screen. we take a live look over the south bay, we'll see thin clouds, at times the moon peeking through the our temperatures wl mid-40s to start, and then reaching into the low 50s today. what's normal? we should be at 63 degrees, but

we haven't seen temperatures like that it seems like in forever. so we are going to still be cooler than normal today, reaching into the mid-50s for our afternoon highs, and then as we check out storm ranger, that's the red scan, our mobile doppler radar showing no rain for the bay area but then you head farther to the north around eurek eureka, showers are passing by, it is scattered there and where we have the higher elevations we're seeing some snow. we could see some snow over s of the bay area peaks going into the day but there's not a lot of rain with this system. so it's going to be very hit or miss, going into late morning and early afternoon, and you just want to make sure you're prepared in case one of these quick-moving showers passes by where you are at the time and we'll see things clearing out tonight. not all of us will see the rain and where we do, it will be very light. it shows the highest amount around morgan hill at about 0.2 of an inch of rain. just where some of the cells pop

up and produce some slightly heavier rain is where we'll get the most of those showers. looking at temperatures in the upper 50s tomorrow, and then back into the mid-50s for the weekend. by sunday, another quick-moving cold front will bring us some scattered rain by the end of the weekend. i'll be tracking that for you. mike, now you'll take to us hayward. >> i am, to where the crash had all lanes of the nimitz freeway blocked in the southbound direction, that is your morning commute right now in that area. south bay peninsula just fine, it's south 880 but we're in recovery mode because all lanes have just cleared, again south 880 as you head down toward whipple and dyer, where the mall is, but smoothing out of san leandro and past that san mateo bridge highway 29. 92 and 84 bridges westbound are showing a lighter commute right now, that will build of course. the bay bridge toll plaza already has the metering lights turned on, and we had that crash, which has cleared, as i understand it, just past the toll plaza, but i'm leaving the icon there, until i hear the all clear because a distraction

especially at that spot will be anissue. the maze moves nicely. contra costa county as well. folks are using 580, the richmond bridge as an alternate to westbound 37 or taking atherton because of the closure that continues this morning in novato. a smooth drive for 680 here and 24 there, the split past the b.a.r.t. station in walnut creek and b.a.r.t. itself the system no delays reported. they got about 37, about 40 trains on time now. back to you. thanks so much, mike. we'll have more of the lawsuit filed by california and the th. first happening now for you, china is going high-tech to celebrate a long tradition, a thousand illuminated drones flew in formation in southern china last night, this was to celebrate the lantern festival. the drones create a different 3-d formations including a pelican, a lantern and chinese characters of happy lantern festival. the festival marks the end of the chinese new clear celebrations.

and still ahead, and all new on "today in the bay," a controversy over a microphone inside some smarthome systems that many users say they didn't know about. we'll have google's response this morning. all new this hour, can shark dna cure cancer? apparently it's not as fetched as it sounds. the new research that could save human lives. the supermoon.

in fact he calls it a hashtag "mostly smeared moon". follow mike on facebook at "mike inoyue". mike inouye didn't get to see the super moon, he called it #mostlysmearedmoon. follow him on facebook. google's microphone in the nest home security products was not meant to be a secret. users didn't know the mike existed to begin spokesperson t the business insider the company made the mistake. the company said the mike has never been on and is only activated when you enable the option. google announcing earlier this month its digital assistants would work with nest and use the microphone. >> it is 5:55. sfo will offer high-tech lat

lattes, two coffee robots will both be opening in terminal three. airport officials say the kiosk will be part of a trial to try to reduce cafe lines in some of the terminals. riggo is set to open in may on memorial day weekend. cafe x is scheduled to open in september. cafe x already opened up three pop-up locations in san francisco. here is a question for you this morning, some scientists are asking this very question this morning, does shark dna hold the secret to curing cancer? >> researchers in florida say they've the great white sh gen that could one day help humans fight cancer and >> this is aproject, but our idea is that we can take these advantageous genes in sharks and the first step, put them in human cell lines laboratory and see if they help reduce or even block cancer entirely, or help with wound healing.

>> t >> white sharks have specific dna sequence changes indicated they can adapt and maintain genome stability, basically allowing them to repair dna, unlike humans. 5:57 right now. sober homes are supposed to help people stay off drugs and alcohol with support of their peers but who is checking to see what's happening inside? >> vicky nguyen has more with what she learned. >> sober homes or an unregulated industry. insiders tell us the lack of oversight means people aren't always getting what they expect. a man reached out to us about a sober home in san jose that he called a money-making scheme. peter myles is a homeless veteran who needed help quitting alcohol. he says he left the united states mission in san jose after a few months because he didn't agree with the group's requirement that residents go door to door six hours a day, six days a week, asking for donations.

myles says he kept drinking while he was there, and as long as he went out to collect money, they looked the other way. is that what you thought you signed up for? >> no. i thought it was, you know, sober living environment. >> reporter: the group's administrator, patricia martin, says the claims are untrue. she said she gave myles multiple times to return to the home after he relapsed. and that substance abuse is not allowed. martin says the group relies solely on fund from donations and public >> we do drug testing and breathalizing. >> reporter: how often? >> we don't have a scheduled thing. but we do it at random. >> tonight at 11:00, we show you the spectrum of sober homes we found and talked witpe who explained what people need to look for to make sure their sober home is just that, sober. hope to see you at 11:00. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit, the number is-9s o go to the website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. right now at 6:00, a string

of burglaries in the south bay overnight. at least five different stores hit. we don't know if they're related but many in the same area. what police are telling us this morning. lobbying lawmaker, the big trip oakland teachers are taking in hours, before going on strike tomorrow. and road reopening, we hope. the quick work still under way in the north bay, after last week's storm. plus, what we're hearing about the cost of these repairs. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good wednesday morning to you. thanks so muc fra garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is going to have a look at your commute in a bit but first we want to start with meteorologist kari hall. kari, i call it a treat this morning. it's warmer this morning. >> it is warmer. >> it's not warm but just warmer. >> at this point, we take what we can get, right? >> it is wednesday. >> we're going to see a mix of sun and clouds and also have a chance of rain, as we go into the afternoon. could you see a few more clouds this morning, as you head out, looking live over san jose, headed over tdgl,

in the upper 40s compared to the mid-30s, where we were yesterday, and we'll see those highs reaching 53 today, but we're still about ten degrees below normal. we'll talk about that rain moving in, in just a few minutes and mike, you're updating the crash at the nimitz. >> that's right, looking at southbound 880 coming out of hayward in toward union city. the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on but the san mateo bridge may get more crowded as folks try to bail out of the backup at whipple. i told you all lanes would clear, i was wrong. the slow lane is still blocked by an earlier crash and that has southbound 880 jamming up as you head down toward union landing, the shopping mall, you see the shops over here on the western d beyond and that's going to have folks choose the san m