report. and -- >> i told my mom, who you with? >> the curry brothers go head to head at oracle. what steph is saying about beating brother seth. good wednesday morning to you. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. first, everybody is going to talk about the weather today. >> yeah. starting out wet this morning. light rain moving in. we are going to see rounds of light rain through the early hours, a break early afternoon, heavier rain moving in later this evening. as we take a closer look, some of the heaviest rain where we see the yellow is right there as you head closer to richmond, over toward concord. we will see waves of it. we talked about the potential of thunder and lightning. that is tomorrow with the second system moving in. today the rain gets heavier as we go into the evening along with gusty winds.

i'll detail the forecast and talk about this in a few minutes. mike, this is the first rain in a while making the roads slick. >> that's right. not only because of the wet roadways but the oil and grease that's allowed to sit on the roads between rain, which we haven't had for a while. it will quickly rise to the top, making it slicker. benecia, 780 and car key tphas brid carquinas. we will have slicker roadways from mist, drizzle and light rain moving through contra costa. the golden gate bridge. you see the sheen, slicker roadways. so do be careful out there. >> the north bay is expected to receive a lot of rain initially. that's where we send our crews. >> pete suratos joins us live from petaluma. how is it looking up there, pete? >> reporter: yeah. good morning to you, laura and marcus.

well, no ball cap on yet so far. it's fairly dry here in petaluma. maybe a little bit of a sprinkle right now. even on our drive up from mill valley, going up north through the cities through san rafael and novato, we didn't see any rain. so far, so good. of course the conditions could change throughout the day, as we have been discussing all morning long. there will be roughly two and a half inches in santa rosa through the weekend. when the rain comes in, things could change. a tweet was sent out by sonoma county as far as getting prepared for the rain. all the stuff we have discussed the past few months because of this rain. wet and slick roads, ponding. never drive-through standing water. increased commute times today and thursday. and reports of gusty winds may bring down smaller tree branches. that's typical when we see the rain come down. we will get reaction from folks when it comes to this weather. you cover rain a lot when they start to recognize you when

they're asking you your thoughts on the rain. we will hear from them in the next half hour. pete suratos for "today in the bay". thanks, pete. and you know you can stay up to date on what's happening with the wetherby downloading our free nbc bay area app. that way you can follow the radar as well as when the rain comes to your neighborhood. >> alabama making headlines this morning. the state passing a near total ban on abortion. a doctor performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy could be charged with a felony. supporters hope the case will wind up in the supreme court. "today in the bay" kris sanchez joins us with more. kris? >> reporter: hi there, laura. the governor has six days whether to decide to sign it into law. it only allows exceptions in the case that pregnancy carries a serious health risk to the woman.

>> we have never seen anything like this in several decades. we have the supreme court more conservative, more hostile to roe versus wade. >> in a tweet aclu promises to sue for any law that criminalizes doctors and makes abortion a crime. if the alabama governor signs

that bill into law, it goes into effect in six months. the aclu, again, promising to prevent that law from going into effect. by the way, alabama has been before the supreme court because of restrictive abortion laws before. they lost a case back in 2016 that said abortion providers had to have admitting rights at a hospital. so it's possible we could end up at the supreme court again. >> one to watch. thanks, kris. see regents are not saying if a partnership announcement will be on the agenda. during a three-day summit today in san francisco, they want to expand a partnership with the click health care dignity health. it is only proposal. nothing is finalized. critics are demanding the existing partnership be abolished. protesters are planning to gather outside the summit to oppose that deal. 5:05 right now.

extending bart into livermore has been dead for a year. tri-valley transit leaders considering an alternative. bob redell live outside the dublin pleasanton bart station. right now the last stop on that line. there is an important meeting planned for later today. >> reporter: correct, marcus. yes, the board of the tri-valley san joaquin regional rail authority will meet today to discuss funding and scheduling for the proposed valley link that would extend service from dublin pleasanton bart behind me into livermore and eventually into the central valley. the valley link rail would be similar to the 10-mile extension of service between pittsburg bay point and antioch. that went into effect last year just north of us. using diesel or electrical multiple trains. except the valley would travel much farther with stops at isabel, greenville and over the altamonte in mountain house, tracy, and some day stockton.

new tracks would have to be built on 580 to get through livermore. the rest of the route would be used by existing line that used to be owned by southern pacific. trains would run every 12 minutes during the commutes. this week the rail authority survey tri-valley residents with questions like how often would you use this service? not clear when the results are expected to be tabulated. if you want to learn more, a community workshop next week, 6:00 to 8:00 that night at the robert livermore community center. you'll recall for years, people in the tri-valley like myself, we have assumed as promised bart would extend into livermore. but last year the bart board put the kibosh on that plan. bob redell, "today in the bay". i'm sure if it eases the commute, people are all on board. south bay education supporters head to the state capitol focusing on schools and

classrooms pilgrimage. this is last year's bus trip to education. dave coretese organizes the trip. students, teachers and community leaders will meet with lawmakers to air concerns about school funding and other issues. 5:08. so far, so good for dub nation. despite missing their star, kevin durant, the warriors came out and certainly took care of business. in the first game of the western conference finals. warriors won by 22. 116-94 at oracle. steph curry led the way with 36 points. after the game he talked about how the family affair is now going on with his brother seth wearing the other team's uniform. >> i told my mom, who you with? i saw her stand up and cheer. but i saw all portland gear. it's just weird. >> game two right back at oracle on thursday night.

still not clear when durant will be back in the lineup. >> i'm sure at the end of the day, both parents are going for both boys. >> of course. of course. they were e both cheering them on. it's fun to see, though. >> the parents win no matter what. >> yeah. that's a win-win. all right. so with we ae are winning when to rain in the middle of may. with the middle of the week, we'll take it. we will deal with it. a soggy commute out the door in brentwood. temperatures staying cool. this storm starting to roll in with light rain. as you step out the door, you want to make sure you go back in, get the umbrella. you're ready for this wet weather. it will only get heavier as we go throughout the day. some of the pockets of the heaviest rain edging its way into solano county. so i'll be watching for that. going throughout the rest of the day, it will pick up in intensity going into the 8:00 to 9:00 hour. a lot more commuters are out there on the road. so expect it to be a busy day.

and as we get used to seeing that rain falling once again, we will get some pockets of heavier rain tonight. going into tomorrow, there will be a second storm system coming in that could bring us the possibility of some thunder and lightning. i'll have more on that in just a few minutes. mike, you're tracking the build at the toll plaza. >> i am, kari. yesterday, remember, we had that tanker fire over at the maze. that may have held folks from driving in in the morning. often when we have a headliner in the morning commute, the next day sees more early traffic. and fastrak lanes are filled in at the toll plaza. it's only 5:10. no metering lights and the cash lanes are clear. but the rain is hovering in the area. it is moving throughout the bay for the rest of the day, into tomorrow. so be prepared. especially for evening commute. if you stay for dinner, you might get hit with rain in the tri-valley. contra costa and the north bay showing highlighted green.

same thing coming down along the peninsula. over here, the east bay and south bay looking good. no reports of any spinouts. we will see that likely because the first rain after a while means the grease and oil has risen to the top of the roadway there. we are looking at one crash north 17 around the summit. earlier slowing. still reports of one lane blocked. your right lane. back to you. >> thanks, mike. americans are having fewer children than ever. we'll tell you about the new record low for u.s. birth rates. plus, trying to stop bad guys from streaming bad things online. we'll take a look when "today in the bay" continues 37.

mike traffic tease right rain as you head out the door. at 5:14, a live look outside at walnut creek. our temperatures will be in the upper 50s and low 60s throughout the day. very cool, along with clouds and rain. we will talk about the heavy rain and also the thunder and lightning in the forecast. more in just under five minutes. and any rain is more than we had for weeks. looking at the golden gate bridge with the light, slick roadway from the north bay. no problems right now. watch it. lots of oil and grease will rise to the top. and good morning. very happy wednesday to you. markets recovered some of their losses. remember, big loss on monday.

a bit of a turnaround here on tuesday. and if you're asking yourself, wait, what happened to improve investors' mood to make this happen? the answer is nothing. maybe people buying up stocks the a discount. hard to say. history made here. uber closed higher for the first time in its short public run. gopro confirmed plans it would move some of its manufacturing out of china to avoid washington's tariffs. they will move production to mexico. they have been talking about this for months. apple would have a much harder time moving out of china, of course. that's where all the raw materials are. analysts at bank of america estimate if tariffs grow, apple will have to add 20% to the cost of a phone or report 20% less profit. as of right now, items like iphone are not under tariff. but washington has talked about expanding trade tariffs to include every product shipped from china. watch the trade war, but also

keep your eye on real war. we will talk about that as we talk politics in a half an hour. facebook will ban certain people who post about terrorism from streaming on facebook live. the rules are complicated. not set in stone yet. it's part of a larger effort by facebook to crack down on radical users. also today, facebook, youtube, google will join in a conference in paris. they're calling it the chri christchurch call. tech companies will join new zealand's prime minister, leaders from the g-7. they will talk about ways of the second one of these videos go up. people are streaming this stuff live. that they can knock it down. >> yeah, interesting. okay. thank you, scott. well, trending now for you this morning, air pennsylvania bride's story about wedding guest etiquette is going viral. social media users are weighing in after she took to facebook

saying a wedding guest brought plastic containers to take over leftover food and dessert. not only that, but the newlywed also wrote the same guest then took beer home, along with flowers. that's just ridiculous. no word on whether the guest left with a big truck as well. the bride said they did that after gifting the couple, wow, $5. >> you know what, that's her friend. get new friends if you don't like it. >> i'm at a loss for words with that one. >> sometimes you're getting a new beginning in a wedding. it's time to start cleaning house when it comes to your friends. >> marie kondo your friends. does it spark joy? thank you. >> a container. >> i have a feeling there are a lot of other stories about that friend. >> i guess they took 10 containers of food. 10. so they planned.

>> they said they didn't want to waste food. this is the tip. >> i can't wait until the baby shower now. >> all right. so let's head over to the weather department where we have been talking about this storm coming in. and it's finally hear. starting out with light rain. and we'll see a series of storms coming in to the bay area. so that storm door opened once again. just when we thought we were going to have dry weather going into the rest of the season. here's a look at the rain where some of the heaviest rain is falling right now in parts of the north bay, san francisco, northward. so we are track with what we are expecting in terms of our start to the morning with some wet weather in spots. as we look at contra costa county, some of the rain north of danville and light sprinkles in brentwood. it is getting quite heavy anywhere from napa to american canyon and also just north of vallejo. as you head out, be mindful that

the roads will be wet. and deal with the windshield wipers and umbrella. it is that time again. san francisco seeing light rain that extends to oakland and then tapers off east of there. so we're looking at our hour-by-hour outlook. this is what the radar could look like. you want to make sure you have the nbc bay area app. track the weather where you live throughout the day as you are out on the go. some of the heavier rain makes spite the tri-valley, the east bay, and coastal areas for the north bay later this morning. it looks like for some of us, a break into the afternoon. here we are at 2:00. only scattered light rain. then the heavier rain gets going tonight in time for the evening commute. plan for a longer drive home. later on tonight, it becomes a lot more spotty. but then there will be a secondary push of energy that could produce more heavy rain, along with some thunderstorms for tomorrow afternoon. all of that energy building up that could give us thunder and

lightning and additional rainfall totals that in all look like for the north bay could be over two inches of rain. and then for parts of the south bay, up to an inch of rain in some of those spots. so we are going to possibly get more rain than we normally get for the whole month of may all in one storm. so this will be something to watch. not only that, but temperatures will be very cool. that could lead to sierra snow. we head out to our forecast, vianey is live in san mateo with a look at the forecast. so far it's not raining there yet, is it, vianey >> reporter: not yet. it was sprinkling on our drive up here, but it has calmed down just a bit. because it is a cold storm, the daytime highs will only top out in the 20s in the sierra, which means snow is on the way. let me give you an idea how much we are expecting not just into tonight but the next couple of days in terms of travel conditions. this is definitely one you want to look out for. a mix of showers pretty much in the higher elevations, above

8,000 feet is where we will see the most accumulations. anywhere from 16 to 18 inches through tomorrow 11:30 p.m. the rest of the areas could see seven to eight inches. now, if i take this all the way through monday, which means not only just tonight's storm into tomorrow's storm, but also the additional storm that is expected into saturday, we're talking two inches for some of the higher tops and 25 inches for some others. overall, pretty good snow accumulations. just to give you an idea why this is so rare. the last time that we typically see it snow or a winter storm is around may 8th. so we're sort of on track. we are used to seeing snow this time of year. but so much snow is pretty impressive. a lot of the resorts will be very happy, kari. i'll send it back to you. >> yeah. take the tire chains to travel to the sierras. very unusual.

we will be tracking another storm system for your weekend plans. looking at another round of rain developing by saturday afternoon. and continuing through sunday fpld f. we should see dry weather on monday. there may be more rain coming in early next week for san francisco, temperatures staying cool. only around 60 degrees the next several days. mike, you're starting with rain in richmond. >> i am, kari. slicker roadways. i'm not saying anything inappropriate. they're not bleeping me. they have the finger on the button. slicker roadways is the concern as they show the radar moving through the area. watch out. there's even more rain that kari showed up in vallejo, around merit island. and 37. the rain is not significant enough to cause flooding to be a problem right now. it is causing this index to show green. the north bay, rio vista, contra

costa, brentwood, that is not affected just yet by this. it is coming across the peninsula. over here across the san mateo bridge. we see we are showing a smooth flow westbound. we see the sheen. yes, damp roadways to the hayward side. we are enough seeing the glow and sparkle on the lights over there. palo alto got a little bit of damp moisture. maybe drizzle but not rain just yet. back to you. thank you, mike. coming up, a young girl was punished for standing up against the nazi salute. why the teacher let students make the gesture. ♪

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a very good morning to you. guess what is visiting in the bay area. take a look at that radar. yep, rain in may. the quantity of this rain is what's interesting about this. kari is following the storms hitting the bay area. good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. "today in the bay" meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that system. a look at what we can expect and when. >> if you don't have a time to take a shower, stick your face out the window. that will be coming in. starting out light. we are going to see some of the heavier rain coming in later today. a closer look, where we are seeing the rain falling now anywhere from san francisco extending over toward the

northern parts of contra costa county, northward into the north bay. some of the heaviest rain moving through petaluma as well as napa. we see yellow being picked up here. off and on showers throughout the rest of the day. breaks in between. some of the heaviest rain after sunset tonight. that's when the rainfall totals really start to stack up. i'll have more on that in just a few minutes. mike, you're checking in at the bay bridge. >> that's right. 5:51. we did see the metering lights being turned in, filling in all the lanes. things looking good. damp roadways. do be careful. aside from the green highlights, damp roads. we have green sensors. no problems coming into the maze. unlike yesterday. a smooth drive-through the maze. a smooth flow of traffic. a little rain having hit up in vallejo, richmond as sensors

show there. saw a little bit on the hayward side. most of that is to the north. >> our team coverage of this storm is continuing. the north bay is expect to go see a lot of rain initially. >> that's where we started sending our crews. pete suratos live in petaluma. coming down there yet, pete? >> reporter: not too much rain. i did put on the ball cap because we are getting sprinkles. not too much rain driving up from mill valley. of course conditions could change. we know that they are expected to be two and a half through santa rosa through the weekend. it should pick up the next few days. we take a live look at the freeways there. sonoma county did put out an alert for some information talking about the wet and slick roads. be careful of the ponding of the water on the roads, as well as gusty winds. they may bring down smaller tree

branches. we spoke with folks about this unusual pattern of rain that we are seeing today over the neck few days. here's what they had to say. >> i like it. bring it on. we have had enough dry weather for me. a little bit of rain, and i can turn my sprinkles off for a few days. saves water. clears the air, too. >> as long as it doesn't in convenience anyone or cause any trouble, it should be fine. >> reporter: so as you can see where we're standing, we are seeing sprinkling. we will continue to monitor things. i'll have another update in the next half hour. pete suratos for "today in the bay". >> all right. stay dry, pete. thanks. >> sausalito, homeowners are nervous about the coming rain. you may recall in february, heavy rain brought down the hill sides and one home crashed into a second home. crews had to rescue that woman who was trapped in the sliding

home. public workers director said crews are alert ahead of this week's weather but they are not expecting any major problems. >> rain in the bay area means fresh snow in the sierra. a live look from caltrans up on interstate 80 in kingvale. several inches could fall the next few days. this comes at the end of an impressive winter. the snowpack is over 133% of average. talked hoe squaw valley plans to stay open through the fourth of july. our effect news team will stay on top of the storms. nbc bay area news at 5:00 p.m. happening today, an accused purse snatcher might face a judge very soon. the crime was caught on camera. it is shocking to a lot of people. you may have seen this yesterday. that man walking there behind this mother and daughter as they are walking up the steps in east

san jose. he snatches the purse and drags the mother and daughter down a flight of stairs. this happened last week. the video helped find and arrest cabrera over the weekend. he is linked to other purse snatching robberies. he was already on parole for burglary. he could soon be in court as early as today. >> that is shock to go me. he is so aggressive. new details surrounding the deadly midair crash involving two sight-seeing planes in alaska. a southern california man listed among the six who died. search crews from now recovered the bodies of all who died. among them, 46-year-old louis botha from san diego. three other americans, including the pilot, died, along with a canadian woman and a man from australia. the plane was flying passengers who were taking a cruise through the gulf of alaska.

other passengers were shell-shocked. >> we all said prayers. it's just, yeah, it's kind of a -- it's quiet. you know, everybody is kind of sombering moments. >> some of the 10 people rescued are now out of the hospital. doctors discharged three victims yesterday. one tennessee father is outraged at leaders of his daughter's school. >> keith gamble said his daughter was sent to the principal's office after calling on her classmates to stop making a nazi salute. in a series of tweets, they made a gesture after a teacher instructed them to last week. one student designed to play adolf hitler was supposed to give the salute at the end of his presentation. gamble's daughter was not disciplined for her concerns, adding the school agrees that the actions of the students were completely inappropriate. 5:36 for you right now. new this morning, u.s. birth rates are dropping to another

record low. the new cdc data shows roughly 3.7 million births last year. that's down 2% from 2017. and is the lowest in 32 years. c-section deliveries decreased. however, pre-term births increased for the fourth year in a row >> tired of chatty drivers? uber is rolling out new features for its luxury rides. when you order uber black, you can order a quiet ride. and you can request help with luggage and everyone the preferred temperature. it will cost you. they are usually 100% more expensive than uber x rides. do you like talking to your driver, mike, or what? >> it depends on the driver, i guess. >> it depends on the conversation. >> exactly. exactly. i want to try the cash cab. bring that back. >> that's fun. i love that. >> make some money. >> out to the roadways. this commute is so money it

doesn't even know it. we have green. but that registers damp roadways. we have had light rain throughout the bay area. kari is going to talk about where that's coming in, and the timing as well. that might affect your evening drive. crews clearing from 3580 the last 45 minutes. blips of slowing. westbound 24 before the caldecott tunnel, one vehicle in the center out of lanes. one on the shoulder out of lanes. both will be distractions. we see a little slowing as they clear the roadway. we will track that and see if they have to clear that vehicle from the center median. so far the bay bridge and the richmond-san rafael bridge should see light rain. there you go. some of that rain into the weekend as well. >> yeah. off and on rain this weekend. that's changing a lot of plans. because we have so many outdoor events from graduations to the beta breakers. also a lot of festivals. this is the way we start this

morning with light rain coming down mostly in san francisco on northward. we have seen some of the rain reaching into other parts of the bay area. expect it to be a soggy morning. tomorrow we'll have a chance of some thunderstorms. on friday, the rain starts to move out. by friday afternoon, it looks clear. another storm system will be coming in on saturday. by sunday, we are still going to see some scattered showers. so we do have a very unsettled weather pattern. if you're making plans to head to a taste of richmond, that's on saturday. it is still going to be raining off and on going into the afternoon with breezy winds. look how cool it will be. 57 degrees. you're looking for those events and things you can do indoors. but we also have the rose parade and festival in santa rosa on saturday. at the time the parade starts, it looks like there could be some light rain and possibly the parade will still go on even with the cool temperatures and off and on showers. not expecting anything really heavy.

if your plans take you to the sierra, make sure you have the tire chains and the same things you had to do in february you are having to do now in the middle of may. we will see the potential of heavy snow getting to spots like squaw valley. i will have a look at the timeline coming up in just a few minutes. thanks, kari. >> 5:40. new barriers could soon go up at protected lands at the u.s./mexico border. some of our closest allies are casting doubt about our claims about iran. we'll take a look coming up. >> and how big of a sharks fan are you? would you get a tattoo to prove it? still ahead, new team tattoos for free. we'll tell you where.

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mike traffic tease right now at 5:43, it starts out cloudy with some parts of the bay area getting some rain. showers in the north bay. the rest of the bay area steps out to drying conditions. a live look outside in fremont. as we get ready for the rain to move in. make sure the windshield wipers are working. more coming up in less than five minutes. >> showing the first slowdown we typically see. no crashes in the roadways.

look pretty dry here. i heard about a spinout in the north bay. where that is coming up. thanks, kari and mike. 5:43 right now. las vegas police are releasing shocking video of a woman pushing an elderly man off a bus. >> a warning. this video you may find disturbing. >> the man with his walker is being pushed from the front door of the bus. the 74-year-old victim later died from his injuries. it all happened in march. witnesses say the man had been asking the woman behind him to be nicer to passengers when it happened. the suspect, 25-year-old kadisha bishop is in custody now facing a murder charge. new border walls are going up in a national monument and wildlife refuge. they are replacing barriers through 100 miles of southern california and arizona. the new barriers will go up in organ pipe cactus national

monument. the department of homeland security weighed environmental and dozens of other laws to build the walls there. it is being paid by the president's emergency declaration. you may recall congress refused more border wall funding. each day, marcus, we are seeing the white house warn about new dangers from iran, stepping up precautions, moving military forces in closer. a warning to all nonessential personnel for the consulate in iraq. including folks on diplomats. factions allied with iran may attack. the iraqi government said it wasn't aware of any new threats. you're going to hear from a british general who goes out of his way to make sure the world understands the uk is not part of any future conflict with

iran. and it will use the word daish. >> i have no word of iran in any of my orders, in any of my directives or in any of my planning documents. iran is no part of our mission. we are here at the invitation of the iraqi government to defeat daish not to have anything to do with iran. i want to put that out there. >> the u.s. responding to him insisting his warnings -- or their warnings, rather, were accurate. the british warned the concentration of planes and ships in the persian golf could lead to conflict. our new attitude towards iran is led by john bolton, who has not been shy about his desire for a regime change there.

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with the teeth. >> no. >> the mike tyson effect. >> we have had a long time to prepare for this and deal with it throughout your day. we are seeing the need for windshield wipers, umbrellas and grabbing the rain gear. it is starting out light. heavier rain expected later this evening. we are looking at some of the rain moving through parts of the north bay, pretty much covering all of the north bay. showers in san francisco and parts of the east bay. here we are at 9:00 this morning. and it looks like it picks up as

many more people get out on the roads through the tri-valley, parts of the east bay, and down to the south bay. we will also see the rain in parts of the bay area. we expect it to really ramp up. 5:30 this morning, the north bay in san francisco, down the peninsula and right in the middle of the evening commute. some of the areas haven't seen much of it. then it tapers later tonight. spotty showers off and on tonight. tomorrow, another system moves in. this will have a little bit more energy. it could produce spotty, heavy rain. and also a chance of thunderstorms. that's something we haven't seen in quite a while. so the potential of some rumbles of thunder, some lightning and brief heavy rain along with

those gusty winds for tomorrow afternoon and all of that starts to wind down late tomorrow night, into friday. a lot to watch here. not only that, but we are talking about fairly significant rain for may. for more we head out to our forecast. vianey arana live on the side of the road on the peninsula still, right? how is it looking? >> reporter: it's looking pretty dry right now. i'm in san mateo. this is the stretch heading into the san mateo bridge into hayward. and one of the biggest concerns when we're talking about pounding rain or rain accumulation is the commute and how much rain we are expecting. as kari has been mentioning, the rain is expecting to pick up. if you get out of work 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, the rain will be picking up. take a look at the totals through 10:00 tonight. some of the higher elevations,

including the ben loem area. tomorrow through 3:00, you can see the higher elevations, including two inches of rain in some spots. this will be a good amount of rain. considering it's may, it is pretty impressive. slow it down. get the windshield wipers checked. kari, i'll send it back to you. >> really affecting the evening commute. you are making weekend plans around the bay area. more rounds of showers moving in. throughout the day on friday, we start to see the rain clearing out. so friday afternoon is looking good for outdoor activities. by saturday afternoon, the next storm system starts to roll in. it brings heavier rain saturday night. scattered showers through sunday. and then by sunday night, it is clearing out as well.

our seven-day forecast shows that we will have these rounds of rain coming through. and also the potential of some thunderstorms on thursday. friday morning, it starts to move out. and another round on saturday afternoon. mike, you're tracking a few crashes now. >> that's right. and damp roadways. the green is where you will find slicker roadways. hayward through some of the stretch. crash quickly cleared to the shoulder south 880 and industrial. south bay and peninsula look great. two cars involved in this crash. both vehicles off the roadway on either side. slowing west 24 toward fish ranch shy of the caldecott tunnel. that's good news. meanwhile, the rest of the bay shows a smooth dry. predictable slowing. the backup at the bay bridge. metering lights are on, but nothing more than that. one crash reported on the shoulder. pass by american canyon. it's a spinout indicating the possibility of slick roadways there as well. back to you. >> thanks, mike.

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arrives. >> i think the question for me, for us is when is a person a person? >> reversing roe v. wade. that's the hope of supporters on of a controversial alabama abortion ban. the restrictions, the legal questions and the potential impact on women across the country. >> east bay extension. a change of plans for bart into the central valley. rethinking the type of train cars that will get you there. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. before we get to your commute with mike, out the door with the weather today. because we are expecting some rain. >> yeah. that's something we haven't dealt with in quite a while. make sure the windshield wipers are working. as mike pointed out, even the washer fluid. it may make it hard to see out of your windshield. a live look