wednesday, september 18th. taking a live look outside, can you make it out? it's up in san rafael this morning. wednesday showers are headed our way but kari is letting us know just how far they'll make it into i guess the southern part of the bay area. good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. so what is it going to look like? when can we expect the rain to head our way? >> it's rolling to the north bay, well to the north of us, as it approaches and we bring it in closer to see the rain that's moving blue ukiah and parts of northern sonoma county. as you make your way out the door we are going to see some hit or miss showers, not everyone getting in on this action, and we're going to see

some wet roads in those areas that will continue to make its way to the south. as we take a look at san jose, and see when that rain may get here, it looks like it will be a little bit later around 11:00 to 12:0037 we start out the morning with dry conditions so good news there. we'll talk more about what's ahead. mike, you have a couple of east bay crashes. >> that's right, one of them is near the shoulder, i passed by that on 880. we'll talk about that near stephenson coming up. i had slowing that showed up until a couple of seconds ago as we were taking the air i saw the eastbound slowing for 580 clear up. the crash is westbound at the center divide, they had four lanes blocked, now just one, this crash is being cleared up and a lot of debris west 580 approaching highway 13. no major injuries and that should be clearing soon. those slowdowns we saw may have been a result of the traffic break. i'll let you know as things approach the bay bridge which is just fine. back to you. >> thank you. breaking news in san

francisco, at least one person is dead after a house fire in the mission terrace neighborhood outside of balboa park. >> "today in the bay's" thom jensen is there. thom, did anyone else inside make it out? >> reporter: we understand -- good morning. we understand that two people were pulled from this burning home here this morning shortly after 2:00 this morning, and as you just heard, one person did not make it, an adult woman we understand did die, did not respond to efforts to revive her and adult male pulled from the home in critical condition, also a family pet, a dog found dead at the home here. we are right at the corner of san juan and delano avenue. the home on delano is the one we're talking about. san francisco fire confirmed in the past few minutes the woman owas killed in this fire. the first trucks being dispatched to the scene, he said firefighters did carry two people out of the two-story home

on delano avenue and they did not initially respond to efforts to revive them. they were taken to the hospital. san francisco's new fire chief also on the scene this morning, responding to our questions about what happened. >> crews arrived on scene to find the house involved in fire with heavy smoke conditions. they immediately initiated fire tech and a search of the building. during that, they found, located two victims, pulled them out, rescued them and they've trand port transported them to the hospital. >> reporter: again, we were later told that one of those victims, an adult woman, did not make it, and that a man rescued from the fire here is still in critical condition. because this is a fatal fire, investigators are already on the scene here starting to look for a cause. it's still so early, they still need to contact all of the family members and let them kno

investigators on the scene have to get a better look at exactly where this started and how it started and we'll get more information to you as soon as we can. we're live in san francisco, thom gen den, "today in the bay." >> a busy morning, thank you. a 14-hour police standoff is over now in the south bay. this started around 12:30 yesterday afternoon on madeira avenue in san jose. police say they responded to a fight between a man and his roommate who allegedly made threats with a meat cleaver. the man who called 911 ran outside to safety but the suspect stayed inside and would not come out. it's not clear how this came to an end but one person was taken away by ambulance. police are not saying if that is the suspect. the party is over, the warning from oakland police officers after a weekend filled with reckless driving, arrests and an injured officer. sideshows have been going on for decades but officers have a new way to stop it.

"today in the bay's" cheryl hurd plains. >> reporter: 42nd and high street at the 880 on-ramp is a hot spot for sideshows. 55th and foothill is another magnet for the same activity. frank irving tells us it needs to stop. >> they would have been in my house, but see what happens was they hit that, bounced of this, went if there. >> reporter: that happened a few months ago. he said the same thing could have taken place on sunday when some 80 cars and 200 spectators took over the street. violence erupted as bottles were thrown at police. one officer injured. >> i don't see why they don't block the streets off and take everybody's car. >> reporter: oakland police is working on it. >> if you come to the city of oakland and participate in illegal sideshow activity, we have zero tolerance. >> reporter: opd is using new tactics to crack counsel on an old problem. starting this weekend, the sideshow spot spot at 42nd avenue and 880 will be

barricaded along with other problem areas. this noel gallo says it's a problem. >> we don't have the number of law enforcement officers that we should have. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >> 4:36. former president barack obama is visiting the bay area today atten invite only hosted by spaunkw plans to rename a road on 880 after obama. citycouncil members studying dixon landing road into barack obama boulevard. the city leaders in sunny hill say it is one of the first integrated neighborhoods in america. democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke will also be in the bay area today,

visiting san quentin prison in the north bay today, and then he'll head to oakland for a discussion about equality, equity, and justice. san francisco's central subway is way over budget. according to "the examiner" this morning the project is nearly $55 million in the hole. the sf mta may have to center whether to pay for the final days of construction with funding made to fund other transit projects. baseball time, the a's and the royals in oakland last night. the a's winning 2-1, with ten games remaining in the regular season, the team has a 1 1/2 lead for the top wild card spot. >> the a's started their game after the giants last night and finished three hours before. the giants were at fenway park in boss stone for a six-hour game, check out this morning giants mike yastrzemski hanging out with his hall of fame

grandfather red sox legend carl yastrzemski. the younger yas hit a home run and the crowd went wild including his family in the stands. he's a local boy there. the game went into extra innings as well in the top of the 15th inning, score tied at 6-6. alex dickerson with the became winning hit. the giants beat the red sox 7-6, that was the home run i was talking about. coming up here on "today in the bay" at 4:38, walmart giving customers a chance to get money back after shopping at the store, how customers can take advantage of the higher cash back earnings. if you are a fan of "downton abbey" how you can stay the night in the castle use the in the television drama plus dinner with the people who actually call the castle home.

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good morning. i'm rahel solomon at cnbc headquarters and here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open lower after stocks finished a touch higher yesterday, as oil prices fell back. on today's watch list, the federal reserve is the big focus. it wraps up a two-day meeting this afternoon and is wildly expected to cut interest rates, a move that would lead to lower borrowing costs on cop sumers and businesses. investor also look for clues on whether the fed plans further cuts this year and next. al mart is rolling out a new

credit cards reward program with capital one, offering up 55% back on malwalmart purchases. the private label walmart rewards card is only available for store purchases. walmart is taking a page from the new apple card offering higher cash back earnings on select purchases made by mobile payments through the walmart pay app. fans of "downton abbey" have a chance to live like a lord or lady at the home. the owners of high claire castle, the set of the bbc drama misted the home on airbnb for $187 a night. 'a one night only listing and do you have to convince the lord and lady in a written application that you are truly passionate about the show. applications open an october 1st with the stay set for november 26th. guys, back to you. >> hmm. >> sounds good. i would think they would charge more. >> well, you got to write a letter and everything. it's like getting into college. come on.

>> lady laura says thank you. >> ooh, "today in the bay" in the castle. >> that would be good. have to convince them of that. >> only 187 bucks. >> pool our money together. kari? >> good idea. let's get ready to head out this morning, we are going to have to grab the umbrella for those quick moving showers that will be moving through later on. palo alto will see the rain most likely around 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. i'll be tracking that for your microclimate, coming up next. and as the rain heads over there, so do the drivers at least over to 101 on the peninsula, this is the san mateo bridge, looks great right now. tracking that big rig that we had in the roadway for fremont. we'll talk about the nimitz coming up. need a nice reward today?

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and a good morning to you on this wednesday morning. hump day for you. taking a look at sfo. well, a lot of people coming in, a lot of people going out. we will avery a look at that coming up in a bit as well as the forecast for you. 4:46. warrior fans, listen up, because this is your day. single game tickets go on sale this afternoon at 2:00. of course the warriors begin their 2019-2020 season in san francisco at the new home, the brand new chase center. the first preseason game is october 5th against the l.a. lakers. the $1.4 billion chase center is already open has been hosting a lot of concerts, some of the ggest names in the music

business. >> a pretty good line-up so far, big, splashy opening. >> i wonder how much are the tickets going to be. it's got to be really high. >> for the warriors single game? get in early. we'll find out. >> 2:00. >> we're getting ready for that, we're getting ready for a day with another quick round of rain moving in. here is a look at the storm system just to our north producing quite a bit of heavier showers away from the bay area, but as it moves in, it becomes light and spotty, and the seven-day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen, showing we will have some warmer temperatures headed our way but it does stay cool as we start to see this wet weather moving in. right now most of the rain is around cloverdale and clearlake, and our model shows as we go hour by hour we'll start to see it dropping in to santa rosa around 7:30 this morning, and then moving in to napa around 9:00 to 10:00, as well as fairfield, we can also start to see some spotty rain moving into parts of the east bay by 10:00, and then it will be moving in to

san francisco around 10:00 to 11:00 and starting to move into the south bay by early afternoon. this looks very much like the system we had on monday, but it looks like we'll take a little bit longer working its way through. by this evening, we're clearing out and we'll have mostly clear skies tonight. that's a look at our camera in walnut creek this morning. as you're getting ready, we will see clouds rolling by, temperatures to start in the low 60s and every now and then the sun peeking out. looks like at 11:00 we're not seeing any rain reaching walnut creek yet and we're in the mid-70s today, breezy winds, a chance of showers and highs in the upper 70s for the south county. only a few spots reach the low 80s today. it's mostly 70s with danville up to 79 degrees. we're going to see a high of 74 in redwood city and the mission district today up to 68 degrees. the north bay reaching 78 novato and clearlake up to 75. this storm system will continue to move off to the east fairly

quickly and going into tomorrow, it's breezy and cool. it's going to be really pleasant. we also have some nice weather on ay. but then going into the weekend t will start to heat up, but it looks like there could be a system dropping in early next week that will bring down the cooler temperatures, but it's going to take a while before it gets here, so here's a look at our temperatures, reaching into the upper 70s today. we're going back to summer this weekend, with some 90s and that continues into early next week. mike, you're updating that crash in fremont? >> that's right, involved a big rig and there were flares out, the big rig has just been cleared in the last few minutes. south 880 coming down toward the truck scales and tesla, back up between stephenson and auto mall parkway. the flares may be in the last stages of burning out but i don't see any slowing on the sensors. slowing on the peninsula side of the dumbarton bridge, payfront expressway, marsh, willow, is where the construction crews typically are. we see a smooth drive other than that. both directions with slowing as

you pass by warren and basically seminary avenue, where the crash blocks your fast lane over on the center divide so it's likely a distraction as folks come away from the bay bridge. thereeway is open, there may be traffic breaks as there's a lot of debris in that westbound commute direction from an earlier crash still blocking the fast lane. a crash west 80 at powell approaching the bay bridge but everything should have been cleared to the shoulder in the last couple of seconds and the bay bridge we're just starting to see a smattering of traffic and looks like there's a stall there, because that's little far back to give folks space in the fastrak lanes. i hope that person wasn't checking your phone. don't check your phone. back to you. >> good advice. airbnb wants to help people in the bay area and los angeles county find affordable housing. it's investing $25 million to help low and moderate income families buy or rent places to

live. the company also says that program will help small businesses create jobs. it also has a new infrastructure component to the plan, but specifics weren't outlined. >> it's 4:50. another horse death to report this morning at the southern california racetrack, which is already under a lot of scrutiny. santa anina park officials said the horse sufferedcy pelvic fracture during training and had to be put down. this is the 31st horse to die at track since december. the horse is scheduled to undergo a thnecropsy. the contra costa county is about to lose more than half a million dollars in the name of justice. the county will no longer charge administrative court fees. supervisors are putting a temporary moratorium on fees for drug tests, electric monitoring and work programs. supporters of the moratorium say low income and people of color are disproportionately impacted by the fees and say that's

discrim nair but not all county supervisors are on board. >> forcing people who can't afford to pay these fees makes it harder for them to get their life on track, be successful and not to recommit a crime. >> i voted against the moratorium because i did not have information that indicated how we were going to make up the hole by not charging these fees. >> the temporary moratorium goes into effect right away. the board of supervisors has asked for more research on the issue and will discuss it again at the end of the year. 4:52 right now. coming up here on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> if you have earthquake insurance, brace yourself for potentially costly news in the mail. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds" to one man's shock, next. but first, happening now, in san diego, the search is on for a suspect who got away after police detectives were shot at last night.

luckily, none of the officers hit by gunfire. there was a shot pursuit before two of the three suspects were arrested. the other suspect still on the run. we'll be right back after this break with a lot more news. it's iv:53. 4:5.3. my new $4.99 blt cheeseburger combo, comes with... 100% beef and hickory smoked bacon, plus fries and a drink all for just the change in your couch. i found the remote! try my new $4.99 blt cheeseburger combo.

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dennis says nothing changed with his house or his coverage and there were no quakes over in byron, where he lives. so he was baffled by the increase. earthquake insurance is sold by the california earthquake authority. so we asked the cea what happened? it told us about 25% of its policyholders saw a rate hike over the summer, including dennis. the cea blames three factors, higher construction costs, new research showing increased earthquake risk, and changes to how cea evaluates roofs and funations. there is some good news. homeowners might qualify for a grant of up to $3,000 to help retrofit their homes with earthquake resistant braces and bolts. doing that might reduce your premiums. remember, earthquake coverage is not part of traditional homeowners or renters' insurance. it's optional. learn more at

nbcbayarea.com/ponds. just look for our earthquake insurance story near the top of the page. 4:56 for you right now. back on track, coming up here on "today in the bay" -- >> new detail is on the high spd rail construction. the bay area leg of the project that's getting the green light to move forward. and as we start out this morning, we do see some spotty rain moving through the north bay and the rest of the bay area will get in on that chance as well. in campbell, expect a shower to possibly move in around 11:00 to 12:00. i'll have more on that and all of the microclimates coming up next. and palo alto at university, a disabled vehicle reportedly just got cleared from the roadway. i didn't see it as a problem on our live look but we see the flashing lights and the jam there, just north of willow. traditional clearing of crews at marsh, that will continue for a while. i'll update what's going on, on the other side of the bay. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 5:00 the 49ers versus the city over santa clara. the fight over the stadium expected to come up today. why the niners control over levi's in jeopardy. one day after president trump's trip to the bay area, former president barack obama arrives in san francisco. the event he is attending and what's on president trump's agenda today as he visits southern california. and cup share, the bay area city launching a new service where people can share reusable cups. we'll tell you how this works,

coming up. "today in the bay" continues right now. and good morning to you. thanks for starting your morning here with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. kari is tracking some showers on this wednesday morning. >> yes, we're starting out with rain in the north bay that will be coming down across the rest of the bay area, but they're hit or miss rain and it starts out light. as we get a look at where that rain is now, moving across parts of northern sonoma county, the rest of the bay area is dry. our models show rain moving in later this morning, so more on that and mike, you're updating the crash in oakland. >> that's right, kari, i got my eyes on both sides of the bay. crash in oakland and construction clearing from 101, i showed that to you before our commercial. over here the slowing cleared for 580 approach warren freeway. i'll double cck with chp. activity in san francisco on city streets, 280's fine. you'll take to us the big activi