in a clinical study, 4 out of 5 users felt better joint comfort. move free. find our coupon in sunday's paper. and a good thursday morning to you, november 21st. taking a look outside right now at san rafael, getting started with this thursday or as many people like to call it, friday eve. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's get to the forecast. cold this morning. >> it is cool this morning and our air is drying out as we see across the region the storm system spinning to the south. we are going to continue to see that weather system moving away. it's causing our winds to calm down. palo alto our temperatures in the mid-40s and reaching into the low 60s by 11:00. ayith some sunshe. we'll talk about that coming up. traffic squeezing through

squeezed through 680 squeeze down to mission boulevard, that's fine. heading southbound and that is looking like speeds are improving. about a half hour earlier to get out of the roadway, that's good. smooth on the nimitz and the rest of the bay. we'll show you the rest coming up. for thousands of people in sonoma county waking up without power after what's been a very chilly night. >> they're hoping to get the power back on shortly. the current outage map. "today in the bay" live for us in santa rosa with the update on the latest power shutoff. >> reporter: it's 40 degrees or so in santa rosa so very chilly. we're here at the pg&e warming

center set up here. inside that tent with a warming heater, a place to plug in your cell phones to get those charged up, and some hot coffee as folks wait for the power to come back on. the latest information is 6,000 folks are still without power. this outage has been less disruptive than first thought it is frustrating for this indian restaurant. the owner spent $1,600 on a generator and cooked in the dimly lit kitchen to accommodate his party planned months before so as not to disappoint customers. >> i from pg&e, the possibility of shutting down. >> it's sad. how can we celebrate

>> reporter: businesses are dark and for one family it's been a windup radio and dinner. as of 8:00 pg&e will flood the area with crews and begin the inspections there and once they get the all clear begin re-energizing the lines. for now we are live in santa rosa. i'm roz plater. a live look on capitol hill and that's where a short time from now more public testimony will be given in the impeachment hearings. >> today's list includes david holmes, a ukraine. he overheard a key phone conversation involving eu ambassador gordon sondland and the president. yesterday sondland confirmed the quid pro quo and trump

attorney giuliani, that everyone was in the loop and secretary of state, the president and others knew about it. republicans tried to emphasize sondland never heard this directly from the president. >> mr. giuliani was expressing the desires of the united states, and we knew these investigations were important to the president. >> did the president ever tell you personally about any preconditions for anything? >> no. >> the president and other staff members are strongly denying sondland's claims. besides david fiona hill will testify. nbc bay area will carry today's hearings from the start which may begin as soon as 6:00 a.m. and we'll stream the hour of "today in the bay" on our app continuing until 7:00 a.m. and nbc bay area.com. the man accused in the deadly b.a.r.t. train stabbing is scheduled to appear in court. police say the suspect stabbed a

good samaritan who tried to step in as he was stealing the sleeping passenger's shoes. the victim was stabbed with his own knife. b.a.r.t. police say the suspect had been a patient at san leandro hospital who for some reason walked away from the facility. they also say the stabbing would have been hard for officers to stop. >> a fight that began and anything short of having an officer on the train car would have been tough to prevent. >> williams' family is heartbroken. they say that he was a beloved uncle, a kind man and longtime raiders fan. that incident is now bringing up all sorts of questions about safety. a live report coming up in the next hour. 4:35. remember how sfo moved the ride share pickup to the international terminal lot? with the busy holiday season, they have launched a two-month

pilot program allowing some uber riders to be picked up curbside. the option is only available for those using uber comfort, uber select or uber xl. could be added later if it becomes permanent. regular uber and uber pool riders also must still head to the international terminal. 4:36. barack obama is visiting the bay area. he is the keynote speaker at the dream force conference in san francisco today. dream force kicked off at the moscone center. more than 170,000 people were set to attend. third and fourth is closed. as for president obama he's scheduled to attend a dnc fund-raiser this afternoon after speaking at the conference. ti> it's 4:36. up next on "today in the bay," if you're a starbucks fan you may want to stop in on black

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with free grande brewed coffee or tea throughout january. the cost to get it daily for an entire month would be $82 before taxes. starbucks rewards members can add $50 bonus before tuesday and black friday. i'm sure you are coffee connoisseurs on this shift. >> no, i'm not, frank. >> actually, he doesn't drink anything, can you believe it? i have like an iv drip. >> nothing with caffeine in it? >> no. water. >> all this pep and cheer comes naturally. >> i have to drink something. >> if they said we would give you those lemon cakes we have there unlimited until january -- >> you would need a bigger chair. >> that, too. thanks, frank. 4:41. coming up here on "today in the bay," meteorologist kari hall looking at the forecast. >> well, now that red flag warning has expired.

winds are calming down. we do still have a cool start to the day. a live look outside in san jose and heading over to campbell. we are going to see some near normal temperatures today reaching into the 60s. we'll talk about what's ahead with our rain chances coming up next. not the meteorologist but i'll tell you that's not the sunrise. bright lights. the construction has crews on the move on the northbound side. the update for the peninsula speeds and what else is on the move in the east bay. in. kim is now demonstrating

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>> my mom used to say diplomatically i love my children equally. >> i love the forecast every day this week. you want to take your child outside, all of them. enjoy today, have a cool start, a look outside in san francisco. it's all clear and no fog today and not as windy. i wanted to show how cold and of course with all of the peoe without power it is really brutal especially as we check out some of our temperatures now down to 36 degrees. it is 39 degrees. it is 16 degrees colder this morning compared to yesterday morning and part of the reason why is we are seeing calmer

winds. when the winds calm down we don't have temperatures as warm. it's actually allowing for that cold air, that warm air that was near the surface to escape and start to cool off. we are looking at temperatures much cooler this morning in the north bay while our afternoon highs will match yesterday's reaching into the mid-60s this afternoon for downtown san jose, reaching up to 67 in east san jose. we're 60s in t in danville. in san mateo a high of 62 degrees. we hav san francisco and some upper 60s in santa rosa as well as napa reaching 66 degrees. as you get a look out the window, you're about to get dressed, grab a warmer jacket because of the chilly start and maybe a hat, too. you don't have to worry about it blowing away today with our winds calming down so that area of low pressure moving off to the east will start to see high

pressure building for the weekend and that's going to help warm us up a few more degrees. a pleasantly warm weekend and then weep see the changes going into next week. this storm system drops in and as it slides down california it will bring in some sierra snow and some rain. and it looks like this time going into wednesday and thursday we have a pretty good chance of seeing at least scattered showers and possibly another chance of rain next friday which will bring a big change in our weather pattern that we've seen recently but, unfortunately right now we don't have a good handle on how much rain we're going to see because our models are kind of disagreeing right now. this is the euro model and it is a higher resolution one but it does show we're looking at about two to two and a half inches of rain in parts of the north bay as well as the east bay and along the coast. then we have the gfs model showing much lighter amounts of rain, maybe a quarter of an inch. so they're just all over the place right now.

of course i'll keep you up to date and keep fine-tuning that forecast. we're going to see temperatures in the upper 60s for today and tomorrow. a nice weekend, low 70s inland. we'll be watching those storm systems come in. right now, mike, you're tracking a couple of crashes. we have thanksgiving travel a couple days beforehand and friday the tree lighting in san jose will be outside, of course. san jose looks great and so does the rest of the peninsula. en e cracking. just got word from our friends at chp who said 30 in the morning. this one at a traffic break southbound 101, you see the slowing here. that must be in effect now. the rest are on the shoulder. the bay bridge toll plaza we'll

talk about in a second. the camera was shaking. it looks like things have calmed down as have the winds. catch lanes are backed up at the bay bridge. 4:50. high speed rail would be a windfall. >> instead our investigator un discovered it has nearly put some out of business. >> reporter: we found at least half a dozen small business owners in the central valley who high-speed rail has failed to materialize for them and collectively has cost them millions of dollars. high speed rail hired prime and subcontractors to work on construction before the state had objetained the proper right of way.

one of the companies bill nelson construction nearly went bankrupt. >> i brought equipment. probably spent half a million dollars for excavators, loaders, water trucks, crew trucks to man up for this work. >> reporter: and this is not a new problem. our investigation uncovered records dating back to 2011 that document small businesses having trouble getting paid on this project. what does the ceo of high speed rail say about all of this? find out tonight in our special report on nbc bay area news at 11:00. coming upn "today in t bay. >> reporter: a brand-new car should easily pass a smog test, right? this one did not. i'm chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. but first, happening now, a little news on bei bei. he arrived after a 16-hour

nonstop flight from washington, d.c. bei bei will be quarantined for a month, learns to eat local foods and picks up the local dialect. bei bei was a favorite where he was conceived through artificial insemination. we'll be right back after this break. t harrison, the wine collection.

to craig, this rock. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california. nbc bay area responds to a man whose new hybrid car had a big problem. >> it wouldn't pass a smog test. he asked chris chmura to plug in a soon >> reporter: good morning. he bought his new chevy volt in louisiana and had it shipped here. when he tried to register it, it

flunked a smog test. he says he paid $98 for a dealer to diagnose it. keep driving until it reset itself. that actually worked actually. he thought it was unreasonable to charge him $98 to diagnose a brand-new car that's still under warranty. we reached out to gm for him. it investigated and offered dwayne a $100 credit for service at any gm dealer which he accepted. early on dwayne asked us if he could use california's to get his new car replaced. the answert'complicated. state law doesn't lay out a specific number of times before a dealer should take back a car but it is clear about one thing. you absolutely need detailed records. document every problem, when it occurred and what the dealer did

just in case you need the lemon law. we hosted helpful guidance. send us your consumer complaints or call us. >> thanks, chris. coming up next on "today in flag warnill new overnight the we'll take a look back at that and also the winds calming down this morning. what's aheado iead out the door in walnut creek, it is chilly out there. 45 degrees. we'll talk about the warm yum and what's ahead for the weekend and we're looking at a crash here in oakland -- i'm sorry, san leandro. just off the nimitz and what's going on. i believe we have a closure that may be going on right now. take in fragrance inspired by nature...

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right now at 5:00, still in the dark. the pg&e power shutoffs continue in the north bay as temperatures drop overnight to new lows. how people are coping. protesters and riot police clash at cal as ann coulter makes a visit. a live report on the arrest and injuries just moments away. and another round of debates in the history books. they go head-to-head tackling each other and the president. still ahead for you the promises made. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good thursday morning to

you. thanks for starting your morning here with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. as we wait for the rain we have something to show from you southern california. take a look at this. a winter wonder land there. as much as 8 inches fell yesterday, wednesday. this is on your way to big bear. despite being forecast the snow caught a lot of people by surprise as they rushed to get their snow shovels out and of course the chains. push hard! >> help, help. >> i know we've had a little bit of see now in the sierras. heavenly had to delay the opening of their season because of the lack of snow. >> we need to be cold enough for it to stick. >> so they're making snow but it has to be cold enough. we'll see our chances of rain

and snow going up next week but we're still dry now. a look at san jose. clear skies and a look at our temperatures. by lunch time we're mostly seeing upper 50s andow it will shape up to be a nice one with seasonable air and temperatures reaching the mid-60s. we'll take a look ahead to what else is coming our way as well. mike,