welcome to monday morning. it is april 15th. tax day. a live look at the bay bridge this morning. tracking a new storm that is also headed to the bay area. more on that in just a minute. good morning to you. >> taxes and the bay bridge toll plaza. >> money, money, money. >> monday and rain. just go back to bed. >> right. it's going to start out nice, though. it won't be too bad. a quick moving system moving through this afternoon. mobile doppler radar on san bruno mountain. a couple of light showers from the north. we will start to see the rain spreading across the bay area, going into the afternoon. once again, we start out dry,

especially in the south bay. we see mostly clear skies. temperatures in the 50s. heading into the upper 50s. it won't be as warm. more clouds moving in as we go throughout the day. mike, you were hearing about a traffic alert. >> a traffic break over here at the top of the screen. the south bay, all along the peninsula. here the east bay, tri-valley, everything is moving as you would expect. it is moving as you would expect in contra costa county. but we have a disabled vehicle over on the shoulder. watch out. stay to your left. over here, right and left side of the bay bridge, cash lanes. notice over here, these cash lanes we have two on the left that are not yet open. that should change over the next 29 minutes. back to you. thank you very much. we start with breaking news in the north bay. a fire tearing and a strip mall in novato. >> pete, how badly are we talking about when it comes to the damage there?

>> reporter: yeah. good morning to you, marcus and laura. well, we know that the fire is contained. that's what fire official are telling us. you can see the crews behind us in front of this building on 300 block of marin keys boulevard in novato. we want to show you new video from not too long ago. we know fire officials say it began roughly around midnight. they received 911 calls from passers-by. there were two people inside who made the 911 call and reported this fire. they were able to get out safely. as far as where the fire was, they are saying it was in the middle section of the building and the roof. that is where most of the fire was coming from. or as they term it, fully involved in that area. crews were able to put it out by 1:15 a.m. it took a little more than an hour to put out the fire.

here is the deputy chief explaining how they were able to put the fire out. >> what we is we basically put water the fire with our aerial master streams getting water on the building from above. >> reporter: take you back out here live. crews still here on the scene. we know there are 8 to 10 businesses in the structure, number of businesses that add either smoke, fire, or water damage. arson investigators are heading to the scene because the cause of the fire is still under investigation. pete suratos for "today in the bay". >> glad those who were inside are able to get out safely. 4:33. out of oakland's highland park, six children homeless after a fire ripped through their apartment building. firefighters tweeted out video overnight. it handled just before 3:00 this morning on fruit rail, south of

580. firefighters say the fire started in the third floor unit. no reports of any injuries. now, to oakland, where there is an all-out seven for a hit and run driver. >> a mother and her 6-year-old son were hit in a crosswalk some left for dead. investigators have a suspect in mind, but they're still trying to track down the driver. >> reporter: just before sunset in the parking lot of a laundromat at 26th and foothill, prayers for the victims. angel tkpgarcia and his mother e rushed to the hospital but did not survive. his 20-year-old brother was also injured. all three were thrown in different directions of the car. >> another went 20 feet away, another 10, 15 feet away from each other. >> reporter: he wasn't able to

say much to his child before he was whisked away to the hospital. he only got to tell his wife a few words before she passed away. >> be strong. be strong. she's crying. >> reporter: throughout the afternoon, neighbors gathered and took up a collection for the family. they want to help send the remains of the two back to guatemala, if possible. people in the neighborhood have been pushing for ways to slow traffic down. >> a light would be ideal. but i also heard having stop signs on more of these blocks, not just the straight shot that you see here. >> reporter: garcia is devastated. he hasn't been able to explain what happened to his two other children. >> i have two kids left. that's it. i lose half of my family. >> our thoughts are with that family. 4:35 for you right now. happening this week, jury selections continue in the ghost

ship warehouse fire trial. both sides of the case are combing through potential jurors to hear the high-profile case. last week the jury had ruled that oakland mary libby shaf will n will not have the take the stand in the case. attorneys wanted the mayor to testify because she knew about a civil grand jury report about problems with oakland's fire inspection process. schaaf's attorneys pointed out that the mayor had no direct knowledge before the fire. opening statements are scheduled for next month. a follow-up on a fight that forced a family amusement center to close over the weekend in contra costa county. it happened at the jungle in concord. during the confrontation, someone used pepper spray. as much as 30 people were affected, with symptoms from coughing to vomiting. teenagers all left before officers arrived.

but they are using security video to look for the i instigators. the roar of the tiger. >> no one gave tiger much of a chance. his last win at the masters, 14 years ago. in yesterday's final round, he took the lead in the 15th hole and never looked back. this is the fifth masters championship and first major victory since 2008. this tweet is going viral. it shows him hugging his father in his first masters in '97 and hugging his young son after winning the masters yesterday. >> pretty cool there. speaking of champions, here's a live look at oracle where the world champion warriors back in action in the first round playoffs against the in whichers. they took the first game with ease. tonight's game tips off at 7:30. 4:37 right now. coming up on "today in the bay", list pumping the breaks on

electric bites in san francisco and other cities across the country. potential dangers that forced a company to pull them from its fleet. we have good news for you. the freebies and deals you can get after filing your taxes.

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headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. we will begin with wall street. markets expected to open slightly higher, if not flat. wall street also experiencing a positive day on friday following strong earnings from jpmorgan chase. also, disney had its best day since 2009 after it announced disney plus. more earnings from the likes of citigroup and goldman sachs. lyft is pulling several bikes from its bike share programs new york city, d.c. riders expected a strrpstronger expected braking force on the front wheel. and on this tax day, take advantage of tpraofreebies and as you complete and file your taxes. boston has a meal for $10.40.

macy's is offering 40% off shoes when you buy two or more pairs. office max is offering up to five pounds of free paper and document shredding from today through april 27th. back over to you. i could use that. >> i know. >> it sounds like i'm getting rid of evidence. >> who doesn't need free paper. >> all that and work up a hunger and go to boston market. >> there you go. eat some cornbread. >> coming up on "today in the bay", rain coming to the bay area. kari has been tracking it for us. >> that is moving in this afternoon. at least we can get in the door this morning without any of those issues. a live look at walnut creek. starting out with a nice, dry commute. temperatures in the lower 50s. upper 50s as we go through late morning and more clouds. we'll talk about when you will need the umbrella coming up next. >> right now, shield your eyes. the headlights coming towards us. westbound looks smooth. the peninsula, it looks like a little slowing. we'll break it down coming up.

a very good monday morning to you. people are out the door early. they are so excited to get a jump on monday. we'll check in with mike in just a moment. quarter to 5:00 right now. everybody going to talk about this today. an estimated 1 billion people tuned in last night. hbo's hit show "game of thrones" is back.

this is the eighth and final season. you may be shocked to learn how much it takes to produce one episode of every show. $15 million. according to variety, the show's cbi dragons and epic battle screens aren't cheap. the season has some of the longest episodes in the show's history. the final four episodes expected to run 80 minutes each. >> wow. aren't those called movies? >> pretty much. yeah. almost as much as to produce this show. almost. >> did anyone watch it? >> no. >> i did not. i have to start watching it. >> a friend of mine posted something online. i have never seen an episode but i'm here for it at a watch party. >> but he's all dressed up. >> i don't think he was dressed up. i think he was there, like, okay. >> i don't know. you know, for the hype that it gets, it has to be good, right? >> i would imagine it is. >> i don't know.

i've got catching up to do. all right. let's start out this morning. getting out the door, we have been talking about a new round of rain. here's a look at the temperatures you will feel on this monday. 48 degrees in livermore. 53 in palo alto. 50 in san jose. martinez, our temperatures in the low 50s. now, we start out with sunshine. but the tay will not end that way. in fact, we will already start to see clouds moving in by 10:00 to 11:00. skies becoming mostly cloudy. as you get dressed and before you head out the door, expect to have a nice warm sweater and the umbrella. the rain chances going up later this evening. as we look at storm ranger right now, mostly showing we do have some partly cloudy skies, a couple of spotty showers moving through parts of the north bay. as we open this view and show you what else is happening, rain

is moving closer to the coast, farther to the north. we'll be watching out for the rain chances. let's take it into the afternoon. here we are at 1:30. the rain moving into lake and mendocino counties, northern sonoma county. and it continues to make its way across the bay area into about 3:00 to 4:00. into the east bay by 5:00 to 6:00. so this is the evening commute. pretty much all the bay area will be seeing rain. plan for that, especially if you'll be heading out and have the top down on the convertible or riding a motorcycle. we will see some of the showers moving through this evening. and then slowly winding down tonight. now, there still may be a couple lingering showers early tomorrow morning. for the most part, it will start to clear out. the system brings us a pretty good amount of rain. mostly a quarter to half inch of rain in spots. most of us staying below a half inch. can you believe there will be

more snow falling in the sierra? another six to seven inches for some of our resorts today. and going into the rest of the week, it clears out and warms up. we are looking at highs near 80 degrees by thursday. we start out with 60s. and then end the week near 80 degrees. so it is going to be a wild week ahead. like you were saying, still a few crews on the road. >> changes in the weather. over here, the crews likely winding up their road work. we are still watching for traffic on 680 approaching 240 through concord. nothing updated as far as the issues there. we're waiting for a tow truck to clear. a disabled vehicle. as far as the big picture looks over here, i will zoom in toward palo alto the southbound side, willow toward university, a sensors for a couple of minutes. crews are doing striping work overnight. we took a live camera since we have one. look, it's the northbound side which suddenly shows slowing and

the flashing lights. the willow off-ramp is also closed pause of weekend work. you do that between midnight and about now. right now use university towards the dumbarton bridge. the cars moving smoothly. back to you. new this morning, authorities are investigating a bizarre and deadly incident in southern california. >> that's where a security guard shot and killed a man who stripped off all of his clothes, then stabbed an elderly man at a fast food restaurant. the man crashed his car into the restaurant in palmdale. the stabbing victim expected to be okay. the 29-year-old attacker has not been identified. authorities are trying to figure out if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. well, now to decision 2020.

senator kamala harris is doing something she has never done. she made 15 years of her tax returns public. they had a combined adjusted gross income last year of nearly $2 million. they paid $700,000 in taxes in 2017. and thief had he paid $2.2 million of federal taxes since getting married in 2014. just a reminder, president trump refuses to make his public. south bend mayor pete buttigieg is officially throwing his hat into the race. recently buttigieg had made headlines starting with vice president mike pence. hoping to connect with the people of palo alto, teaming up against the firefighters for a good cause. >> the charity fund-raisers

helps st. jude's. they had shaved ice stands. organizers hope to make the event an annual tradition. >> the goal of this is to both support the local community, get people involved in supporting the children at the hospital, and begin an annual event where people for years to come will come to support the hospital. >> they checked out the fire truck, police car and paramedic car as part of a touch the truck activity. >> coming up on "today in the bay", nbc pay area responds. the federal tax deadline is today. worried about an irs audit? we'll compare fierce and facts. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. first happening now, people in nepal celebrating the new year with traditional rituals including smearing each other

with powder and carrying loved ones through a crowd of revelers. it marks the beginning of the local new year and the spring season. they thank the gods for the spring weather and pray for good harvest during the upcoming monsoon season. more news after this break. it's 4:53.

and good morning to you on this monday. taking a live look at palo alto. we have flashing lights. mike will have a look at what this could mean for your morning commute. hopefully it's an easy trek for you. it is tax day. millions of families have begun to wait for a refund or audit.

>> should you worry? we invited chris chmura to share his team's expertise in dealing with the irs. good morning. we receive a steady stream of irs cases like william in oakland, alex in san jose and mike and kathleen. audits are on people's minds and their fears. we tracked down statistics and find audits do not live up to the scary hype. first, your chances are one-half of 1% are audited or examined, as the irs says. 70% are done by mail. no surprise, knock at the door, or subpoena mondays for an interview. you settle it with letters. here's the most encouraging part. it is possible the examination will result in a bigger refund. in 2017, for example, 34,000 audits ended with the irs writing a second check to the taxpayer. not the other way around. if you get a letter, don't sweat it.

if you run into trouble with the irs, tell us about it at nbcbayarea.com/responds or call us at 1-888-996-tips. >> it still sounds scary. >> it does. >> 4:56. coming up on "today in the bay", we want to check the monday forecast for you. >> you know on tax day everyone is standing in line at the post office trying to get those mailed off today. it's going to be one of those days you may be standing out there in the rain. i'll be tracking this storm system. more on that coming up next. and even though we're tracking the slower drive, the flashing lights marcus showed you on the peninsula, we have a change here. one more cash lane open. mild backup at the bay bridge. oakland firefighters saying enough is enough when it comes to side shows. the damage left behind last night and the concerns firefighters have for safety of lives.

chaos on east bay streets. we )re live after a sideshow spirals out of control - people right now at 5:00, chaos after a side show spiralled out of control. people looting. nancy pelosi blasts president trump in a new interview. what she is saying about the commander in chief and the mueller report. >> and time is nearly up. today is the last day to file your taxes. still ahead, tax deals companies are offering for you today. and good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us right here on "today in the

bay". i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. breaking news. an earthquake, 3.6, north of clear lake, i believe -- south of clear lake and here's of healsburg. this is what it shows on the sigeismic graph. we have phone calls being made in the newsroom right now. wanted to bring you that breaking news. right now we want to get a look at the weather before you head out the door today. there is rain we anticipate? >> yeah. it will start this afternoon. we'll start to see clouds rolling in. a live look at pal poe alto. as we go in the rest of the day, the rain approaching from the north. i'll be tracking that. you have been tracking menlo park. menlo park,