and this is charliil while trying2-ur. nothing lasts longer for powerful cough relief. once again we )re in a microclimate weather alert. the rain is coming down across the bay area -- ad lib live radar. and this is the first of two storms taking aim at northern it's the first day of spring. we're in a microclimate waeathe alert. our radar is lit up. red, green, yellow. this is the first of two storms taking aim in northern california. good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. how long will this stick around? >> will stick around for the morning commuted and then scattered throughout the that's dublin on 5

a lot of the heavier rain targeting san francisco and areas to the soth. we see a lot of yellows and reds indicating heavier rain. where it is red is pretty much everywhere. south of the golden gate bridge is where we will have to deal with the slicker conditions. the rest of the day the rain becomes more scattered and lighter going into the afternoon. this is mostly a morning event that will continue. another storm is behind has. i'll talk ell you more coming u. and mike, you already have a crash on the bay bridge? >> on the bay bridge. very slowly moving over towards the oakland side. coming out of the treasure island tunnel, you have to hit your brakes. it looks like they have a big ris rig involved in this crash. this is a problem for the next

few minutes, combined with the fact there's rain on that span. use con delays coming over from san francisco towards treasure puddling, ponding, that rain hitting the peninsula. 280, 101, 880, across towards the tri valley. there's that radar lit up in beautiful springtime colors. back to you. >> that's right. so everybody better be ready. could be a wet, nasty commute out there this morning. >> you know what? the drive is a big deal this morning. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live for us this morning. talk about the drive for you this morning. >> you know, we have seen a necent amount of. you can see we're standing lo down, but slick roads because we saw that rain coming down, at least in the past hour. drivers there, you want to keep distance and slow down when you're on the road. let's show you some cellphone

video that i was able to film off of frontage road, right near here off of 101 south. that's what will be contributing to the slick roads we're seeing. you always want to keep some distance there. we did speak to some drivers saying they have to deal with yet another round of rain. so they're dealing with that this morning. we'll hear from them in the next hour. we'll monitor those conditions. we'll have another update at 5:30. live in mill valley, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> stay dry out there. you can track the rain along with us, dowoad our free nbcbay area app, take the radar wherever you go. now to a "today in the bay" follow-up for you. there's a plea from community leader transparent. >> five police cheech listen. ian cole has more on what they're demanding. >> reporter: rosie lost her nerve fi jphew jacob in a polic

shooting in 2017. he was unarmed but it was ruled justified just last week. she wants the records to be released. the organization pact helped make police records more accessible to the public. a new law went into effect in january. they reviewed with it top brass from the sheriff and police from san jose, morgan hill, sunnyvale and campbell. >> we're going to follow the law. >> reporter: it's not cut and dry in each case, b in >> chavez will continue pushing for records in her we want transparency. we want that bridge to be built between the community. >> ian cole, "today in the bay."

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they say what go right now looking out at walnut creek. the start of a rainy spring day in the bay area. a look at that forecast coming up. we heard the here. found that out the hard way as university of kansas student she's climbing this flagpole. oh. yeah. there she goes. and this was in texas last week during spring break. the footage of that incident going viral. she's being called flagpole girl on social media. she was left with a few bruises but otherwise she'll be okay. bruised ego as well. >> among other things. >> what did you do for spring break? >> let me show you youtube.

look at grandmom back in the day. >> they don't think about that at that age. >> you got to goi to see anothe round of rain. e et bay, areas to the south. as we zoom in to the north bay, more green here compared to what we're seeing elsewhere. where it's bright red, it's really coming down. it seems like after our break from the rain, we are kind of getting out of that habit of bringing the umbrella to work every day. we have to get back in that habit now as that rain continues to come down. looking at san jose with lighter showers coming through. east san jose, much heavier. this storm moving in, a break for tomorrow, and then another one that will be here going into friday. so it's about to start getting a little bit more buddy hereft this is a live look outside at the commute heading towards the.

you can see the rain on the roads. as you're about to head out the. in the low 50s. there may be some breaks in the rain, we'll still see some chilly temperatures compared to what we've had recently. live look outside in san francisco, the cloudy skies. as you head out the door once again, make sure you have the umbrella, also a coat because it will be much cooler over the next several days. going into the day and the afternoon, scattered showers that we've seen focused in the south bay, kind of moving further to the north later on this morning. then becoming more scattered going throughout the day. hit or miss rain, then not as much going through the rest of the day. a lot of it will be focused on this morning, looking dry into early saturday morning. the rain that we'll see now bring us less than a half ink ch of rain.

most spots a quarter inch of rain, then more busy weather heading into week. another storm system coming in, the possibility of tracking some very heavy rain going into next tuesday and wednesday. more updates on that. mike, you're tracking the rain in san jose? >> happy spring. the blurry look. that rain is coming down. folks might have gotten relaxed over the last week. make sure those windshield wipers are in good shape. you see that blue, highlighting here puddling and ponding likely. a disabled vehicle in the area of our camera. we don't see it blocking lanes. a crash north 87 blocking the slow lane. no slowing there because traffic is light. there's a big crash here, north to camden and kurtner. i saw a bit slowing north of 85.

we'll keep tracking that. an overturned pickup blocking two lanes, possibly three in the area. that might leave one open traveling north but not seeing slowing on the sensors. we see the blue, puddling and ponding where there is blue. the bay bridge, the westbound direction is slow. eastbound crash is cleared. westbound accident is slowly clearing. all lanes are starting to move once again. back to you. >> thank you very much. new details this morning following the death of an east bay high school graduate. according to the chronicle, ryan abelli had a blood alcohol level of nearly four times the legal limit at the time of his death. he attended de la salle high school. he died after falling down the stairs in 2017. last week a lawsuit brought on by his parents against the fraternity was settled out of

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all-nighter as the team kicks off its regular season a half world away in japan. we were there watching the games with the fans. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you. thank you very much for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. that rain is coming down. welcome to wednesday and welcome to spring. >> first day of spring, of course it gets colder. we're going to see a 10 degree drop in temperatures and some rain. we are seeing it pretty much covering the whole radar around the bay area except the north bay where it's much lighter. we're also seeing it tapering off for the ukiah area. heading down to santa rosa, it's raining and also pouring in san francisco over towards oakland. extending over towards the tri valley. as we get a closer look, the rain has been coming down at a rate of a a inch per hour around walnut creek and conco concord. for the south bay, it's lighter in san jose but heavier for

morgan hill and gilroy. this rain tapers off today. more on t