lemas is a fourth grader at charter school of morgan hill, picked to represent the 340,000 californians who have developmental disabilities. the tree has more than 500 hand crafted ornaments made by children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. i say other abilities. more tree lightings are planned for tonight, would you be surprised? i don't think so. just three around the bay area now. the town of cotati is starting its tree lighting event at 4:00 this afternoon, they say rain or shine so most likely rain. burlingame city hall at 5:00, likely raining, also when santa clara lights its tree in front of the rec center and should be raining around then. you want to get the nbc bay area app to track it all. so all of the rain is why we are now on the verge of a microclimate weather alert. right now at 6:00, brace yourselves, heavy rain now just hours away and expected to bring several inches of rain across the bay area. coming up in just a few minutes,

meteorologist kari hall will let us know if that storm will bring a weekend washout. plus, the new year will bring higher fares on b.a.r.t. we'll break down how much more you're going to pay for your commute. and it's going gaga for lady gaga. the new california pop-up store that the pop star just unveiled. we'll show you what's in store. "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks for joining us on this soon to be rainy friday. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. the rain is coming our way, kari. >> the good thing is you have the morning and part of the afternoon to prepare for the rain. the fog is the issue right now and visibility in the tri-valley and parts of the east bay cut down to about a quarter mile or less. in fact, that's a look at our dublin camera, wow, you can barely see anything. so just slow down as you make your way out the do are.

checking out storm ranger we are seeing dry conditions. i'll time it out for you, we'll go hour by hour coming up in a few minutes. mike you're tracking the toing in dublin. >> the live camera was down to zero miles but i can see hundreds of feet here from our camera over to the westbound commute lanes. traffic is moving nicely and good spacing, allow for a little extra stopping distance. that fog right here where the camera is all the way back coming out of theality month pass it is an issue for the early commute. the early commute is not an issue. it's friday so look at the light build for san jose, a little through hayward for southbound 880. the bay bridge toll plaza really the only major concern with the fog creeping up across the bay bridge and across in toward rio vista. the bay bridge toll plaza with an early backup with a problem in san francisco that cleared and now we're seeing much better movement over here at the toll plaza. back to you. breaking news now, we go

back to it, we're getting word from the u.s. navy that that situation in florida is now much more serious. we just reported that there was an active shooter, that shooter is now dead and a lockdown is over at the naval air station on the florida panhandle. the active shooter incident happened at the naval air station in pensacola, florida. now we know that another person has died in this incident. so the gunman who initiated this active shooter situation and another person are dead. several other people have been taken to the hospital. the story is developing. we're going to bring you more details as soon as we get this emin to the newsroom. 6:03. back to the storm and what's coming, and of course the preparations under way. "today in the bay's" damian trujillo is live in santa cruz mountains and i know you were out there monday morning and it was really coming down. >> reporter: yes, things are a little different this morning. no rain right now but the gauge inside our news van says it's 48 degrees.

a slight wind effect also so it might be a little colder than that but it is dry. that will soon change perhaps by the evening commute up here in the santa cruz mountains and all of northern california is bracing for what is expected ahead this evening, and into saturday morning up here. one of the areas of concern is south of salinas, highway 101 between chular and gonzalez. on wednesday floodwaters forced the closure of the highway in both directions. several cars got stuck in the flood as drivers hope to make it across. crews made some emergency repairs yesterday but there are no guarantees that the area won't flood again. so be aware if you're headed to southern california, including my hometown of greenfield on highway 101. another area of concern is up north in sonoma county. the area around the kincade fire will soon be under a flash flood watch. that watch begins early tonight and lasts into saturday morning with the heavy cold front

expected there. they expect up to three-quarters of an inch of rain per hour in the kincade area. the ground there is already sat la rated. after that, the scorched earth and threat of mudslides and rock slides increases dramatically in that air. be prepared for a soggy couple of 24 to 36 hours up ahead, because the rains are coming. it might be dry now but don't let that deceive you. the rains are on their way. live on the summit of the santa cruz mountain mountains, i'm da trujillo, "today in the bay." >> a live look at interstate 08 near donner summit. within 24 hours a new round of snow will move through the sierra. ta show ski resorts couldn't be more excited about that forecast of 12340e since a lot of people go up there to ski. >> right, this time around it looks like a little bit of a warmer storm compared to the last storm that moved through, caught us up with how much know we should have in the sierra.

we're there for the central parts of the sierra. the snowpack is where it should be at 103%. more snow is on the way but it does start out as some rain and you'll only see that snow as you go above 5,000 feet. we are going to start to see it come in this evening, tomorrow morning. some scatter the snow showers coming through and the snow levels will start to drop on saturday into sunday with the potential of getting about two feet of snow in some of the ski resorts. we'll be talking about rain in the bay area coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, kari. be sure to be careful if you're headed out there. follow kari on facebook, twitter and instagram, posting updates to the forecast so you can see them while you are on the go. san jose firefighters posted photos of a rather unusual rescue. they say somehow that driver there crashed his car own a levee in the alviso slew past the field. an off road vehicle to h to get

him. the man was muddy but otherwise okay. firefighters don't know how the driver ended out there but remind everyone the levees are not designed for vehicle traffic. 6:07. fremont police are warning about a new rash of car break-ins. officers say wednesday night suspects targeted apartment complexes some of which were gated. they smashed windows, took bags and other items from the parked cars. police say this is damage they did to one of the car windows. the department says this is a reminder to take your personal items out of your vehicle. it is planning to add extra patrols to deal with the issue. b.a.r.t. riders be prepared to dig deep near your pockets when it comes to the fares the new coming year. fares go up every other year pegged to inflation. january 1st a 5.4 increase. downtown berkeley to oakland

will increase ten cents. antioch to powell street will go up 40 cents. paper tickets will still include a 50 cent surcharge. a live look in san francisco and that's where happening today cal train is getting its annual holiday train ready for the rollout. not only does the train capture the holiday spirit but when the train sets out tomorrow and the next day, it will be part of the holiday toy drive. the salvation army band taking part as does santa and of course rudolph. he needs a little break every now and then. and there are the christmas carollers along the way. 4:00 p.m. tomorrow and the next day that train will set out from san francisco's cal train depot and each day it will make a series of 20-minute stops along the peninsula, ending its run four hours later in the south bay. >> that snow is coming down really heavily, kari is picking it up on the radar. >> that's fake snow.

we're going to get real snow in the sierra and a mix of rain with snowflakes especially for later today into tomorrow. right now as we track the storm on storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar showing we're starting out with dry conditions but the rain is close by, just off the coast. so many people asking is this an atmospheric river? we see here is the center of the storm, it is not connected to that deep tropical moisture coming from hawaii, but it will still bring in some significant rainfall totals, we're looking at san jose getting up to an inch of rain, and much higher comments headed to the north bay, about two to three inches. we'll track that. i'll take you hour by hour with at rifle of the storm coming up. mike, you're looking at oakland to see some improvement on the roads. >> we can kind of see that, kari. i'll stay clear, the lanes are filled in. the metering lights were turned on at the regular time because of an early crash in san francisco. look at the movement in the

middle, we see over here the lanes off to the left a little bit lighter. the movement here fastrak improved over the last half hour if you've been with us for the stretch. we watch for the subtle signs. the backup was caused because of a crash and debris fremont street. that has cleared and so has the rest of the approach. as far as the traffic flow goes it is clear right now but the big issue is fog through contra costa county a lame da county, be careful. i'll let you know how the south councy why coming up as well. 6:10. how do you feel about beyond meat? >> i haven't had it but kari loves it. >> it's all the rage. coming up we'll tell you about the big box store that soon will start selling the meatless burgers for you. you know where the beef s the beef in the economy. it's aiz maing, we got great numbers, we'll look coming up.

and a lot of folks can't top stalk being the. he lowton commercial where a husband gives his wife a work workout bike for christmas. coming up at 6:25, the actor plays the husband is chiming in. we'll tell you what he has to say, next.

good friday morning. 6:1 we are getting ready for

rain. a few more hours a live look at christmas in the park, and maybe if we get out there early before we see the rain arriving later on today, even temperatures warming up into the mid-60s. we'll be tracking it all on storm ranger, i'll take you hour by hour for when the storm arrives, where you live, coming up in about five minutes. and where you're driving is pretty good. waze calls out the red stretch toward the bay bridge toll plaza about a ten-minute delay which is unusual for this time on a friday because how widespread the drive is on the approach. talking about timing what you can expect for your get out of town backup and what you have right now as well. good morning to you. happy friday morning. uber news, our report oracle news in federal court facing accusations. oracle in federal court facing accusations it underpays minority and women. oracle says it doesn't. we got the latest numbers

from the labor department blockbuster hiring, 266,000 new jobs last month, unemployment rate falls back down to 3.5%, that's a half century low. you do have to subtract the gm jobs, about 45,000 because of the strike. they weren't counted last month, were overcounted this month. they're not new jobs. they're the same jobs, just back to work but nonetheless, amazing numbers, really, really good. let me point out not my idea to dot add/subtract thing. that was invented last month by the white house. the head of united airlines oscar munoz is stepping down. munoz helped turn the airline around, but of course will also be remembered for badly handling the passenger who was beaten and dragged off a united plane. originally munoz said the passenger had been inconvenienced but later realized the seriousness of the attack. a new report from zillow

shows the median price of a home in santa clara county fell 6% year over year. the new median price just slightly over $1 million. it's $1,008,000. median is tricky. it means the middle of course, equal number of houses sold above and below. the median price can go down if fewer mansions are sold, for instance. that 6% is enormous. that might not sound like much, you wouldn't buy a pair of shoes that were on 6% sale but 6% in the financial world is gigantic. that said, that doesn't get us very much closer to affordable, right? oh look, house prices are down to only $1 million. that's again median, and that's in santa clara county. >> the million-dollar homes they're like small. >> you have h that your friends come out, this is a million-dollar home. >> how much do you think this house is? >> that's a fun game. >> thanks, scott.

6:16. beyond burger fans, i want you to get ready. because you can now buy the plant-based burgers at costco. for the first time the southern california-based company will sell the eight-pack of patties for about $15. the burgers won't be available at every costco location. beyond meat said they'll only be available in select stores. trending this morning, if you want to be like lady gaga, head to southern california. the pop star opens up a new pop-up store in los angeles as she has teamed up with amazon. if you want to be like gaga you better hurry because the store is only open until 9:00 tonight so you have to call your friends in l.a. >> what are they selling? >> i think it's makeup. >> oh. >> gaga's monsters. >> get started. >> come on, man. the weather is, people are going to look out their window going what's the big deal. >> right. >> it's coming later. >> it's going to be later today and you may be able to get in all of your outdoor activities,

head to work, head back home and maybe go out to dinner before that rain arrives so it's all going to be later on this evening and the farther north you are, the earlier you'll see that rain. we take a live look in san francisco, we are going to see a lot of clouds rolling by but i wanted to quickly get you ugt ka caught up with how much rain we've gotten and santa rosa is already at almost nearly average, 95%. we've measured over seven inches of rain there but we do still need the rain in san francisco, oakland, livermore, and san jose. we're running about 40% to 50% of normal in terms of our water year, so we have another storm coming in and it's great news. it hasn't yet arrived as we see the storm still well to the north of us, but let's time it out today. here we are seeing a lot of clouds through early afternoon. here we are at 3:00, we're just starting to see that rain approaching ukiah, and then quickly spreading into the north bay by 5:00 to 6:00. then for the rest of the bay

area, the rain kind of holds off until later not reaching san jose possibly until 9:00 to just after 9:00 tonight, as we get that rain shadow effect but still looking at some waves of rain coming in, even into tomorrow afternoon, and where we do see that rain it may be heavy, but the possibility of some thunderstorms and the winds are going to be high, all throughout this time that we are going to see this rain falling and we take you through sunday morning, still some waves of rain coming in, but it will start to taper off as we head throughout the day on sunday. so we are going to have some significant rainfall totals. for more on that we head to vianey arana, going to give us a look at what we're expecting here. >> that's right. you took them through the time of the rain but how much rain are we expected to see in the bay area? it's not right now but as we head in toward saturday and sunday if we could pop up some of the rain totals i could give you a good idea. to the north bay three-plus

inches for ukiah, santa rosa, napa and of course some of the closer areas to san francisco will see a little over two inches. down there we go down through the ben lomand area santa cruz talking three inches of rainfall and wondering about the south bay if you live in san jose just a little over an inch, in through palo alto a little over an inch as well as san francisco. expect to see higher rainfall totals up through the north bay and the santa cruz mountains but remember this time line is taking you through sunday. heaviest rain through overnight and tomorrow. kari will take you through your seven-day forecast. kari? >> we'll see the rain throughout the weekend and as we go into next week we will start to see our weather drying out. definitely great news with upper 50s and low 60s. it will be cool but after a soggy weekend, you'll have a chance to put up the christmas decorations and head toment so

of t toment so of the plateses, christmas in the park and tree lightings after sunday. mike, you've been watching the morning commute. how is it looking? >> we're staying optimistic, fingers crossed and we are getting some of our wishes if you're using them on the bay bridge this holiday season. we see a lighter flow of traffic, starting to ease up with the backup. that trend which is counter your typical, because it's friday with the lighter commute, look at the approach. we have nice easy drive coming in on all of the sensors. the early backup caused by a crash in the 5:00 hour and that cleared long ago. the debris caused the backup and now there's no problems on the approach for contra costa county coming in through the area as far as the traffic flow. we have crashes highway 4 eastbound at lone tree and crash highway 113 at 112. fog may be a factor as well. we'll talk about that in a second. waze predicts you have until 1:30 for the commute to start to build and it will kick in getting out to sacramento and toward the sierra. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive coming up from morgan hill, about another 20 to 30 minutes before that commute

starts to kick in to san jose. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:21. still ahead on "today in the bay," from florida to the bay area, u.p.s. delivery drivers under siege this holiday season. coming up at 6:30, the armed robbery of a driver caught on camera in san jose and now the search for suspects. plus, nbc bay area responds. >> a medical bill error and unexpected cell phone charge and a subscription fight. we take them all into the end zone. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds," next.

6:24 for you this morning. it is friday, time to check in with our consumer team for their most recent touchdowns. >> can you tell we're in a football spirit? >> consumer investigator chris chmura's keeping score for viewers just like you. >> good morning. we think our record is on par with the niners so we have some wins we want to share. let's start with the duo, denise in sonoma and diane in murphys each had a penalty flag thrown on nearly identical medical bill problems. we helped denise get $1620 and diane get $2919. wendy in san francisco believes she was overdue a credit for switching her cell phone bill to paperless. we cleared up the hangup and got wendy $210. finally this week victory for kathleen in saratoga.

she was doing overtime in a battle over a subscription. we ended the stalemate and she scored a refund of $347.95. if you're having trouble getting to the goal post with a company, maybe we can help you run that ball in. give us a call, 888-996-tips, or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. have a great weekend. so the actor in that controversial peloton commercial is speaking out. >> the ad chronicles the wife's progress over a year was bashed by a lot of folks as sexist and promoting an unhealthy body image. so much so the company may have lost $1.6 billion in market value. the actor who played the husband said his friends and acting coach liked the ad. with the negative feedback he wonders how it will affect his

future acting work and work as an elementary school teacher. >> people are coming up with narratives. he says i didn't see that when i was handed the script but interesting, the interview was gotten by "psychology today" reached out to him. some people were saying things that were so mean that they were wondering how he was doing. now his counterpart, the wife, has not said anything. >> you think about it, he was an actor, just acting. so it's not his fault. just remember that. coming up next, uber sheds light on the thousands of reports of sexual assaults and the victims are not just passengers. up next, a live report on the alarming statistics, plus the response this morning from uber's top executive. and caught on video, a south bay uber driver robbed making a delivery and investigators believe this is not the robber's first attack. coming up, details on the dangerous deliv

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right now at 6:30 on this friday morning, a new round of wet weather taking aim at the pay area. on your right now you see san francisco, san jose all clear for you right now, but to the left you can see the radar, that storm moving our way. our team timing out what you can expect as you make those weekend plans. we want to thank you for starting your morning here with us with "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez, in for laura garcia. we want to get right to the forecast because we know that you are planning your day.

>> yes, and so we're starting out with some patches of fog, especially in the east bay, and in the tri-valley, but as far as the rain we're seeing, it's still well to the north of us, and it will be several hours before most of us see that rain, but it is going to affect some of our weekend plans especially later on this evening. so we can see the initial line that's way ahead of the upper level low that's still off the coast, but this works its way through. there will be a break and then the rest of the storm will be coming through. so we're going to see it coming in waves. as we go into the morning, we're still dry, but then we take you through 3:00 this afternoon when start to see the rain rolling into the east bay and the rest of the bay area. we may not see it in san jose until after sunset this evening. i'll have more on what to expect and some weekend events going on as well. but right now, mike, you're tracking a new crash. >> i am, kari, in oakland. a live look past the coliseum, the volume of traffic and traffic is bogging down at high

street. i see some of the sensor slowing on our wide view of the map. the crash reported on the southbound side might be in your slow lane, shouldn't be visible from the northbound side, that's why i'm concerned we see the northbound slowing. we'll continue to track that critical area of oakland. 580 and the rest of your approach toward the bay bridge looks great. the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. we have early backup there, and sort of holding steady right now. south bay and peninsula look great. the fog is another major issue. you have breaking news, kris. >> i have the breaking news, mike, i'll take it from here. we'll get back to the florida peninsula, the panhandle. the active shooter situation now over this was at the naval air station in pensacola. here is what we know so far. the shooter is dead along with another person. several other people have been hospitalized. we want to let you know the hospital where the victims are being treated naval air station pensacola is a very large base in the southeast. it's home of the blue angels. this is the second active

shooter at the u.s. naval base this week. the other incident happened wednesday at pearl harbor. two people died there, before that shooter killed himself. it is 6:33 right now. an alert this morning for people who use rideshare services to get to and from work or other earned, maybe weekend nights out. uber is revealing the number of reported number of sexual assaults. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in walnut creek this morning, sifting through all the local numbers. a lot of folks might be surprised to hear not all of those people of the victims are riders. >> reporter: correct, kris. surprisingly about half of the victims are drivers. roughly the other half the passengers. we're learning this from an 48-page internal report just put out by uber. take a look at your tv screen for the numbers. between 2017 and 2018 uber reported just under 6,000 reports of sexual abuse during rides for the two years.

there were about four reported rapes per week or 1 in 5 million rides. a slightly higher number of attempted rapes. around 1400 to 1500 reports of groping, during each year and hundreds of reports of unwanted kissing, sometimes on the breasts, rear end and on the mouth. now according to a study, uber banned more than 40,000 drivers in the u.s. over the past two years for a variety of reasons, including sexual misconduct. continuous background checks revealed problems in a number of those cases. uber will be sharing the names of the drivers with other ride sharing companies. another revelation from the report, uber's aware of law enforcement's involvement in just 37% of the reported rape cases. here is uber's chief legal officer in an exclusive interview with nbc news. >> the number seems kind of low to me, just 37%? >> i'll tell you, one of the facts about sexual assault is

that it is a very underreported offense. uber shouldn't make that choice for survivors. survivors should make that choice for themselves. >> it also opened up the possibility that uber is aware of someone who potentially raped someone else who is out in the public without involving law enforcement. >> as someone who is a former law enforcement official, i understand the tension. we have lots of information about an incident that we will share with law enforcement if we get the consent of the victim. >> reporter: uber's also announced new safety features for riders, including the ability to text 911 from their app, unique p.i.n. codes from their rides and on trip reporting. reporting live in walnut creek, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob, for going through all the numbers. uber's report comes on the heels of new allegations against rideshare competitor lyft. 20 women claimed lyft allowed drivers to continue after they were accused of sexual assault.

a few months ago, 14 other women sued lyft because of similar claims. lyft says it launched more than 15 new safety features including criminal background monitoring. san jose police are looking for two men tied to a series of armed robberies targeting u.p.s. drivers. this security video shows one of the recent thefts which happened tuesday and wednesday, you see a man quickly run from the parked u.p.s. truck near beech grove court and banana grove lane in south san jose. police believe the same two men were involved in two other similar recent crimes. in each of the cases police say the robbers held the driver at gunpoint while they grabbed packages. witnesses describe the getaway car as a black or dark colored honda sedan. 6:36. new developments this morning in south florida after dramatic and deadly shoot-out that played out during yesterday's busy rush hour. it left two innocent people dead, two jewelry store thieves

also dead. now the video that we want to show you gives you an idea of the chaos that unfolded. [ sirens ] witnesses say it just seemed like that gunfire was never going to end. the shoot-out happened in miramar, 20 miles north of coral gables. two gunmen robbed a jewelry store and hijacked a u.p.s. truck with the driver inside. the truck got caught up in traffic and that's when the gunfire erupted. the u.p.s. driver died in that as did a bystander who was hit by the gunfire. one witness described trying to protect his young son as that terrifying scene was unfolding. >> i was freaking out, just focused on protecting my son basically, holding him down,

trying to look behind and around to make sure there was know other shooters, anything like that. >> nbc identified the u.p.s. driver as 27-year-old frank ordonez, he was the father of two little girls. right now police are still trying to piece together how the bystander died in that chaos. 6:38. beware as you head out to fill up your tank but contra costa county. it's going to be painful. contra costa county has the second most expensive gas in the bay area according to aaa. the county's average price for a gallon of gas is $3.80. top of the list of course san francisco county at $3.94 a gallon. a utah man is caught playing the trumpet while driving on the interstate. look at that. 13-year-old girl was riding with her family -- >> what? >> -- she saw this happened and pulled out her phone last month. the video of course went viral. it's been revealed the man is a local. many people say he habitually

plays the trumpet while driving. i just hope nobody stops short in front of him or he'll get the trumpet to the back of his throat. >> or cause the accident. i mean, come on, people. >> that's not the best decision i think. >> maybe a performance he's try igto warm up before he gets there. >> it's bad if he has to practice all the time. >> this could be his car horn, getting ready on the horn. >> don't do that. don't want to do that in the bay area. >> don't do that. >> you see somebody doing that, make sure you have a 13-year-old who it k get the video. >> don't try get it if you're driving. >> hands free, chp will take your call. updates from chp now we see speeds improving right here traveling north past the coliseum. i warned you the crash on the southbound side but that was a weird traffic flow. that crash looks like it is really showing the focus on the southbound side and that's what we expect to see at 29th, having traveled down 880. northbound there may be spectator slowing for the traffic and flashing lights on

the other side and raise the center divide in the area that will contribute to the spectator slowing, won't discourage spectator slowing. the surface street traffic you see the jam up at about ten minutes taking 880. eastbound 580 away from the bay bridge that's clear as is the rest of the bay for the speeds. notice the big orange blob is how i interpret fog. >> okay. we're going to be interpreting a lot of rain for the evening commute but the weekend also going to be raining. >> it's going to be off and on with the waves of rain coming in, and i know for a lot of people it starts today. you're trying to make some plans, but for most of us, that rain doesn't arrive until later on this afternoon and into the evening. here we are taking it in to 7:00 and the rain is moving into the north bay, and then approaching the south bay later on this evening, and pretty much off and on all throughout the day tomorrow. we'll see some rain passing by at times, and temperatures reaching into the mid-50s for the coast, and some low 60s for the inland areas.

on sunday, the rain starts to move out, mostly after the morning, so we are going to catch maybe an opportunity or two to get out to some of those outdoor activities you've been missing out on. i know the winter festival is happening in redwood city tomorrow and throughout the day, once again off and on rain, so that may be something you want to check out, also christmas in the park on sunday, that's the better day to get outside. if you're going to the sierra, we're going to see some rain and snow but most of it does hold off until later on this evening so you have a travel window between now and this evening, and even though it starts out as rain, it will change over to snow with lowering snow levels down to about 6,000 feet into tomorrow. checking out what's going to happen in russian river valley, once again soggy there, temperatures in the upper 50s and then it will taper off sunday. we'll track that and today's temperature trend and a look at storm ranger coming up in the forecast in about three minutes.

>> thank you, kari. 6:41 and coverage continues with the storm. ahead, a live look at the report, the critical warning that we want to go out to the north bay neighborhoods ravaged by the recent wildfires. looks like that impeachment cloud could start maybe before christmas. meanwhile out on wall street, we got phenomenal job numbers, incredible strength in the american economy, unemployment rate drops back down to 3.5% and wall street loves it. you're watching "today in the bay."

good friday morning. right now at 6:44, let's head outside in palo alto and starts out with light, patchy fog.

if you're out the door and back home by early this afternoon, leave the umbrella at home. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures today reaching the low 60s. that storm still to the north of us, but we'll be tracking it. i'll take you hour by hour and show you when it arrives, that's coming up in less than five minutes. >> and looking at a slowdown for oakland, this is the only issue right now, the only major issue is the crash traveling southbound on the nimitz freeway, jammed up toward 29th. a crash blocking one lane and causing about two miles of backup as you start from tapping the brakes. we'll talk about how long it will take you based on our waze information and waze community coming up. the president says bring on the impeachment. he wants a speedy trial and now looks like he'll get it. congress is now talking about an impeachment trial starting before christmas, as soon as the 20th. as you know, yesterday the speaker of the house ordered the

democratic-led judiciary committee to move forward with articles of impeachment, the formal accusation, needs to be voted on by the house and the trial in the senate. there will be another hearing on monday. this is when the intelligence committee which was in charge of the investigation will present the formal findings to the judiciary. it is worth remembering the committee has said it is still investigating. president trump has complained of all the accusations against him, but there could be even more coming. it seems like the worst possible timing but rudy giuliani was in kiev yesterday. these are pictures released by a ukrainian lawmaker, sympathetic to the russian cause. the whole case against trump involves giuliani trying to convince ukraine to launch an investigation against joe biden and his son. the accusations against bidens are nbc uses the word baseless but still incredibly politically damaging. joe biden is going to have this

on his back throughout the campaign. think hillary clinton's emails. just look what happened when biden was confronted by a farmer in iowa. now i know the audio is terrible. i still think it's worth showing it to you. >> a lie, man. that's not true and no one has ever said that, no one has. >> i see it on the tv. >> you see it on the tv. i know you do. >> i'm not saying you were doing anything wrong. >> you said i set up my son to work at an oil company. >> joe biden is trying to get votes in iowa. we mentioned strong economic news, more than 260,000 jobs added in the previous month. unemployment rate falls to 3.5%. i'm tweet being that. follow me online, @scottmcgrew. >> thanks, scott. back to the storm, what's coming, and the preparations under way. here is a live look across the bay area. you see there san francisco, san jose, san rafael and walnut creek. >> depending where you live the rain is several hours away.

"today in the bay's" damian trujillo is live in the santa cruz mountains expecting to get pummeled and i see you've put on a hat. monday morning you were out there it was raining. what is happening now? >> reporter: i try to avoid the beanie the first couple of hits this morning, but it's just cold up here in the santa cruz mountains but it is dry. no rain yet and so it makes for a friday light commute those headed from santa cruz over the hill into silicon valley to start their work hour but when the rain arrives the mudslides become a concern up here along highway 17, and many other concerns all across northern california. one of the concerns is of course in the burned areas up in sonoma county, in sonoma county the area around the kincade fire will be under a flash flood watch, that watch lasts until saturday morning with the heavy cold front expected there in a matter of hours. up to three-quarters of an inch of rain per hour is forecast for that kincade area. that increases the threat of

mudslides and rock slides as a charred landscape is heavily saturated by now. another area of concern is south of us highway 101 between chulr and gonzalez. wednesday floodwaters forced the closure of highway in both directions. crews used yesterday to dry off and make repairs, emergency repairs, but there are no guarantees that the same thing won't happen again. so be aware if you're headed to southern california tonight and into tomorrow, as highway 101 south of salinas remains a concern for those traveling in that direction. here in the south bay at the levi's stadium pac-12 championship begins at 5:00 today and so make sure you plan ahead. it will be cold, and you might get through with no rain, but be prepared in any case. we're live along themountains, trujillo, "today in the bay." >> they're used to the rain and

the cold, i think they'll be okay. the local fans might be a little bit not. >> it's going to move in later this evening so for most of us we can have the day to pick up the leaves, get outside, do some outdoor activities before the rain arrives. we take a live look in richmond, we can see the sunrise. i love the way the sky looks right there, but you can't see that in dublin. right now we have dense fog for your life. we are mostly seeing fog in the east bay and tri-valley. visibility down to a quarter mile or less and the storm is still to the north of us, storm ranger on mobile doppler radar, if you have the nbc bailing area app see what storm ranger is showing at this point and the rain is still to the north of us as it approaches eureka. it will work its way into the bay area later on today and the first wave of rain coming in and the center of the storm will work all the way through the bay

area tomorrow, bringing us round after round of rain, but we will have some breaks in between, so here is how it looks for us. as we time it out, here we are at 3:30 this afternoon, and still most of us aren't seeing any of that rain but then quickly as we head toward 6:00 to 7:00, the radar starts to fill in especially for the north bay and parts of the peninsula, still not raining in the south bay yet but that will start to close in, as we could start out with the rain shadow in san jose, but elsewhere we'll start to see the scattered showers moving in. even in to tomorrow morning, there will be some braeneaks ine rain and staying the heaviest over parts of the north bay, if you're making plans for tomorrow afternoon, it looks pretty wet for most of us, with some gusty winds, and with the ground already saturated, we'll have the concern that we could see some downed trees, even into tomorrow evening. it's off and on with the rain until about sunday morning, when we'll quickly see everything starting to clear out. now during this time, we're looking at some pretty

significant rainfall totals so right now head over to vianey arana tracking how much rain we'll get. >> you saw we have damian trujillo in the summit santa cruz area, expected to be one of our highest rainfall totals, over three inches through there but check out the north bay, a little over three inches up through ukiah. santa rosa just over two and a half inches. in through san anselmo and napa area as well nearly two and a half inches. the rest of the bay area just over an inch in san francisco as well as san jose just a little over an inch, but it will be enough where you'll feel it because this is extended according to our euro model expected to see through sunday. this is a three-day rain total. the rain will start from the north spreading to the south so this is going to be a number we'll be monitoring closely. the north bay and the santa cruz mountains expected to be the heaviest in terms of the rainfall totals. let's send things back over to kari. >> we're going to see things drying out once the storm system moves out especially late on

sunday, but then check this out, next week we'll get some sunshine. i know we've been missing it and we'll see temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s, san francisco a soggy weekend but drying out by monday. mike, tracking the roads and you have crashes on the nimitz. >> two crashes on the nimitz. the new one is in the south bay but not a major issue as far as the details i have southbound 880 around great mall. you see the south bay in general typical slowing north through san jose. that's your standard build for a friday, same thing for hayward and the tri-valley is fine but limited visibility at times because of the fog. thick fog coming out of brentwood, discovery bay as well that will slow you down on vasco but so far close to the speed limit there. circled incident is the big deal for the east bay and in addition to the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are on and filled back to the parking lot, looking at 880 continues to build, filling up southbound 80 toward 29th, one lane is blocked. waze shows you a similar slowdown and waze times it out at about ten minutes a backup traveling through the area.

this trash was reported by waze community member heather heater, bottom of your screen, nbc bay area is the team i would love for to you join and thank heather as we thank you for joining that team, sharing the information for the commute. back to you. happening now, two teenagers in oregon are facing charges after police say they damaged nearly two dozen graves at a local cemetery. headstones were knocked over and broken at the forestry cemetery west of portland. the damage totalled about $5,000. not good. next a look at the top stories we're following, including the update on the breaking news we're following in florida, where there's been a mass shooting at a naval base. and an all new audit surrounding how b.a.r.t. will handle the recent arrest of a rider eating on the platform. we're back in two minutes with more local news for you. it is 6:54 right now. you're watching "today in the bay." on the economy, a unique leader.

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welcome back. before you head out the door, it is 6:57. here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> back to the breaking news out of florida. an active shooter situation is now over at naval air station pensacola. what we know is that the shooter died along with two other people. several others are hospitalized. folks are being taken to the hospital, they're being treated there. naval air station pensacola is a very large base in the southeast, and home to the blue angels. this is the second active shooter at a u.s. naval base just this week. the other incident happened wednesday at pearl harbor. two people died there, before the shooter then killed himself. new for you this morning, b.a.r.t. police apparently still

under a microscope after a recent arrest surrounding a half eaten sandwich. the agency's director now wants police citations audited for racial buy pass. the arrest went viral after video of the confrontation between steve foster and officer was posted online. foster believes that he was targeted because of his race. a new report finds b.a.r.t. police hand out a majority of its eating citations to people of color. our investigation unit is taking an in-depth look at the issues happening on b.a.r.t. you can watch that entire series of reports now on nbcbayarea.com. before we get to weather we want to check out the situation in the mountains. let's look at interstate 80 near donner summit. the roadway looking pretty clear right now. but within 24 hours a new round of snow will move through the sierra. you're probably going to want to pack your chains if you're headed there and pack an emergency kit. sometimes you get parked on the roadway as people drive less

than carefully. >> right now just foggy but temperatures are also kind of warm there, and so this will start out as rain and then change over to snow. right now we're seeing on storm ranger the storm approaching and as we go into the rest of the day, as well as the weekend, some waves of rain, so make sure you're following me on facebook, twitter as well as instagram. i'll have forecast updates when you're on the go. >> we want to look at the roadways now before we head to tahoe. >> one problem. one problem in oakland the jam. i'll take you to the maps, southbound 880 may have a traffic break as you approach 29th. you see the jam from about 980, just under two miles of backup adding about ten minutes onto your drive, again at 29th where the crash blocks one lane. everything else is green, the speed sensors almost green and the orange shows you the fog through the tri-valley, be careful there. >> that is what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with you at 7:25 with more live local news and we leave you with some holiday

cheer that's not real snow, that's not showing up on the doppler. >> hey, san that. that's the holiday train. it will be so much fun. >> get ready to roll. we'll document it and bring it to you in our midday news at 11:00. have a fantastic day. at least three people killed including the gunman. others rushed to the hospital. just ahead, a live report of the still unfolding situation. south florida shoot out. a deadly hijacking involving a ups truck and a botched jewelry store robbery. this morning, the innocent by standers caught in the cross fire and one victim's family