near e underwater. the russian river finally crested last night at just over 46 feet. our microclimate weather coverage continues. good morning and thank you for joining us. i )m laura garcia. and i )m marcus washington. we )re on early for you at 4 am to get you ready for the day. mike inoyue is checking the roads. mike -- mike toss to kris anchors toss to kari.

and as mike just told you about. and as mike just told you about. right now--el camino real near highway 85 in mountain view and sunnyvale is shut down because of a downed power line. at last check--- p-g-and-e tells us nearly (6- thousand customers are

being impacted. this is a look at the outage map. crews are on the scene working to restore power. it )s not yet clear how long tht could take. or when el camino real will be open. we want to get you the latest numbers when it comes to flooding impacting parts many new developments happening while you were sleeping-- the russian river finally cresting between 10 and 10-30 last night at just over 46 feet. this surpasses when the river crested in 19-97. more than 35-hundred people are under mandatory evacuation orders this morning. 13 school districts and schools in sonoma county have canceled classes for today. dr ts -- it was shot yesterday before the

as we )ve seen with so many of our fire and flood zones in recent years -- its not just people. there )s a big focus on pets who are missing. ay )terry mcsweeney reports on a mobile animal shelter in sebastopol that )s helping out. ad lib weather app push!

developing this morning: president trump is headed back from southeast asia empty- handed .. after talks stalled nth korea )s nuclear when no deal could be reached .. away. the end - no doubt aint- signin disappointment for president trump. during talks -- the north korean leader suggested a willingness to dismantle his country )s nuclear program.

this was their second summit. and right now there are no plans for a third. the president - now returning to the u-s amidst the fallout from yesterday )s explosive accusations by his former personal attorney michael cohen. cohen testified president trump broke the law during his time in office. that included ordering hush money payments to adult film actress stormy daniels - which hee president denies. resident left vietnam .. he addressed cohen )s testimony. in his opening statement -- cohen called the president a racist, a con man and a cheat .. who repeatedly directed him to lie. he also suggested the president knew in advance about the clinton wikileaks disclosures.

cohen is due back on capitol hill today .. behind closed doors .. in front of the house intelligence committee. coming up on today in the bay -- 80 crash - tease kris live report next

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a horrific crash is going to impact the commute in the east bay. several lanes of interstate 80

breaking news. we're covering a horrific crash. certainly going to impact the morning commute. several lanes of 880 shut down in emeryville as emergency crews work the scene. >> kris sanchez joining us live from emeryville with the latest. kris. >> hi there. this is a really sad crash. emergency crews are right now removing the van or suv that was stuck under that big rig. the roadway here will reopen within the next 15 to 30 minutes or so. that is theood . of this crash t now is that the driver of the big rig that was hit said he was pulled over on the shoulder, had gotten sleepy and was sleeping in his rig when he felt the impact of someone driving into him it hit the big rig with such force it was stuck underneath. we now know three people died on exact and another has very serious injuries. the investigation into what happened is going to take a

while. but -- >> okay. it looks like we lost her microphone there. the investigation will continue. several lanes of interstate 80 shut down this morning as police continue to investigate. the chp, of courses on the scene as well. we'll check in with mike, he's got a look. >> 4:13 for you right now. we have more for you on "today in the bay" including kari tracking this thursday forecast. >> this storm is moving out. the roads may still be wet. here is a live look outside in walnut creek 680. as you drive to work mid-40s and partly to mostly cloudy skies. storm ranger all clear for now. we'll get a look at what's ahead in the forecast coming up. right there we're looking the lanes of i-80 westbound heading to the flashing lights in the process of clearing lanes that may have affected the live shot. jammed up off the east shore,

things slowly starting to move to the toll plaza. we'll track that. ♪ ♪ the things that matter most

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wx and traffic and a good morning to you thursday. in san rafael, still wet on the roads. 4:17 right now. >> let's check in with kari. i think we all need a clans to dry out. >> yes, we do.

it's still spring likling and me as we head out but as far as the bay area it's out oe the storm still producing some light rain and snow for the sierra. south of the bay we're seeing light rain still moving through. this is a look a the roads may you head out.lking about the st we've had in the north bay since sunday. we always talk about this rain ug i northernounty where we see high rain totals, convenient a venado. 21 inches. overall 12", russian river, naacp and marin counties. looking at our rain totals elsewhere across the bay area with behm lomond in the santa

cruz mountains, decent rain totals, 4.5", richmond 3", san rommon, 1", palo alto close to .5 inch. in san jose .25" of rain. maybe a few peaks of sunshine here and there. our next storm arrives early on saturday morning and continues to bring us some off and on brain throughout the fall. but it crested at 10:30 last night at a little over 45 feet, which is well over flood stage, which is at 32 feet. that's the reason why we're seeing some of those conditions we're seeing now in those areas. all that flooding and evacuations. going into the day today, a mix of sun and clouds. we're also going to see clouds rolling by tomorrow. then by saturday, once again starting early in the morning, that rain will be here off and

on throughout sunday as well. kind of tapering off on sunday into monday. we'll have another potentially very strong atmospheric river moving in next tuesday into wednesday. i'll haveor that. mike, you're tracking that crash near the berkeley curve. >> the deadly crash, kari. three people in a minivan killed happening. now traffic flow moving to the bay bridge unimpeded in that crash, we'll follow that in the newsroom. it happened aboe 1 morning. looking at the curve itself moving at speed. down in the south bay take you to el camino ino real. that's technically highway 82 traveling over 85. mountain view, sunnyvale border, where i grew up. right now it's in the dark, a power issue there. power including the el camino n

hospital. i believe they have generators but the surface streets, signals may have a problem. closure may be a big problem. we'll see if that's affected toward school hours as well as business hours. the south bay moving nicely. damp roadways around the bay. er roadways and much calmeran the incident report from the area. over on richmond parkway a minor crash, no lanes blocked there. highway 37 in bothrectns, all lanes are blocked. a flooded roadway continues with the problems. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 4: 4:24. a doctor is shot by a v.a. medical center in florida. this happened inside the emergency room in riviera beach outside of west palm beach. police say they arrested 59-year-old double amputee from michigan. the doctor was struck while attempting to subdue the patient when he fired the gun. >> 4: 21.

to a follow-up, the race for north carolina's congressional seat now faces criminal charges. he's in jail facing charges of illegal ballot handling and conspiracy. fourrkg fore him were also charged. this stems from their handling in the absentee 2018 republican prim ear in north carolina. well, a man suspected of murder in danville shoots and kills himself in illinois. detectives say 51-year-old mark sippian murdered john moore sun. he drove to his parents house where ps he shot himself. he dated their daughter. they filed a restraining order accusing him of stalking and domestic violence. p public defender jeff adachi who died last night.

hundreds gathered for a vigil and marched to city hall. he was the only elected public defender. he stunned co-workers who praised him for tenacity and assistance. >> i knew jeff 28 years. in that time i never saw him ba police have ruled out foul play in adachi's death. it's believed he died fattack. a special meeting to discuss what to do when it comes to parking your car in berkeley. last year they forced 20 rv residents off a stretch of marina boulevard. they will change codes that will further limit rv parking. they will talk about developing an online permit parking summit. they will consider creating more resources for people who live in rvs. tonight the comedy "brooklyn nine-nine" takes on #metoo. >> we got to talk to two stars

of the show. beatrice directed her first episode ever titled "he said, she said." it deals with a sexual assault investigation. >> jake and amy are investigating the case. while they are investigating this case, all these kinds of issues come up. it's really i think exciting to watch two people kind of be discussing this stuff that really all of us should be scussing. i'm excited for us to kind of shine a little bit of a light on that. >> you can watch the all new season of "brooklyn nine-nine." that's tonight right here on nbc bay area. ittart at 9:00. coming up here on "today in the bay," southwest to hawaii. when you will be able to book your flight with the airline and the price war now kicking off. >> i've been waiting for that one. >> plus apple laying off workers. how many employees are impacted by the cuts.

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retreat welcome back, everyone. it is 4:26. analysts viewing layoff announcement as a retreat to the core. apple is laying off 200 workers in the self-driving unit. the layoff comes from iphone bread and butter. 120 engineers are included in those layoffs and it takes affect mid april. frequent flyers to hawaii this morning no doubt saying aloha to a new fare war. finally signing off on southwest air service from the mainland. southwest has to conduct numerous test flights to receive approval. it's promising to announce those routes within days. experts believe west coast fares will drop bse may b but

yesterday alaska airlines offered flights as low as $129 each way, which is pretty unheard of. >> watch the baggage fees, my friend. >> oh, yeah. this morning fans could soon get to share team spirit on their license plate. the newly proposed bill is looking to allow logos of sports franchises. that would include warriors, a's, raiders, san francisco giants, all good teams. if passed they will have to pay an extra fee to get and renew the teams. it will be hard to choose. support them all. coming up kari tracking the change in our forecast. >> we're finally going to get a chance to dry out. if you're planning a trek to the sierra, it is still snowing and you may want to wait until tomorrow. we'll talk about weekend plans next. >> i-80 sierra, bay bridge toll plaza we have a back-up. giving you an update on a deadly crash that happened nearby and also the outage, power outage in

the south bay.

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to get you ready for the day. so much going on including a big traffic accident happening at this hour. it actually happened overnight. >> it did. we'll give i video of the scene off the curve. off the shoulder a big rig pulled over to take a nap to make sure he could safe