this morning, the force is very strong in mississippi. we're going to show you how police are using baby yoda to get drivers' attention. >> oh, who was that? i hope it was not that. >> i said slow down! >> stick around for that one. we want to talk about that weather today. >> muggy today, off and on light showers, and a live look outside. you may notice thats roads and everything are still wet, and now we are just stuck with the clouds, and a slight chance of rain throughout the day, showing that for the most part we're not seeing very heavy rain, tomorrow as well, even into early friday, i'm going to talk about what you are see right there, might be, bay area freeways are looking good. >> looking great. the toll plaza is looking good as well.

a bit of slowing as well. contra costa county looks great. 101 northbound, both of those activities are off to the right shoulder. there's the rest of the bay, so marcus, right over to you. >> that's right, mike. new overnight, a potential make problem cleared before the morning commute. crews have just reopened the connector to 101 and 880. this is video from just after that crash. luckily no injuries have been reported. parents are sending a strong message to the president of the oakland unified school district,

bob, tell us why parents are so frustrated. >> reporter: parents in oakland are angry about pending school closures and possible budget kut. the acting president for the unified school district, she spoke at a community meeting at emerson to let parents know tonight the board will be considering $15 million in cuts in order to meet their 3% reserve. this video provided to us by a members of oakland not for sale, a group opposed to those cuts. when london finished speaking last night, a parent with oakland not for sale warned london that her job is on the line. >> we're serving you notice of a recall election, because -- [ cheers and applause ] -- >> i am injured.

i'm going to have to have surgery, and you should be held responsible for beating up parents and teachers who are trying to -- and we have collected enough signatures to serve you notice of intent for the recall, because not only -- needs of the children -- >> that lady serving the intent to recall is a mother of two daughters at the element tear school planning to be closed. she said she was hurt during a protest in october in a confrontation with police there. she and others have since filed a claim against the district. the police chief defended the officers' action. i did reached out to the district this morning for comments. i have not heard back. the board meeting tonight will be a presentation of the first interim budget report.

>> bob, thanks for the update. a new report in san jose for a plan to take over pg & e. mayorly cardo wants to convert it into a co-op. council members joined a growing number of california leaders of the backers, including mayor from oakland, berkeley and supervisors from several bay area counties. this comes after this years as blackouts and evidence that the utility might have sparked several wildfires. a man accused of a deadly stabbing of a good samaritan on b.a.r.t. is due back in court. the suspect appeared before a judge last week, but did not enter a plea. instead his public defender requested that the hearing be delayed under today. police say he stooped officer williams last month. investigators say williams had tried to stop him from stealing another passenger's shoes.

jurors could not reach ae f trial tied to the fire that killed 36 people. his attorney is now asking to know the names and identities of the jurors. he believes their insight may help the defense in the retrial scheduled for this spring. police show a more diverse court. the department says between last year and this year, 7% more women in addition, 415 officers are currently bilingual. novato's new police chief is set to be sworn in. mccaffery has served with the department since 2015, with a nearly 30-year law enforcement

career in the bay area. 5:05. santa clara county homeless assistance team is getting public input on how best to fill the needs of the homeless people living within its border. the first is at 10:00. the second is at 6:00 tonight in gilr gilroy. happening today transportation leaders hold the second of two open houses on new express toll lane policies for interstate 880. they will run north and southbound between oakland and fremont. the northbound direction will end at lieyuellen. tonight's open hose starts at 5:00. a public decision -- a final decision is expected next month.

also today, one of the bay area's largest holiday charity giveaways gets under way in just a few hoyer. glide grocery back giveaway takes place, including frozen turkeys, plenty of fixings for a complete holiday meet and over 5,000 families will get those bags. all right. we've been talking about it this morning. a muggy start. >> very humid. we have sprinkles, but no heavy rain at this point. this kind of showers. here's a look at our mountain view forecast today. i don't think we'll see a lot of sunshine today, but every now

and then you'll have light rain moving through. mike, you're looking at the san mateo bridge. >> two reasons, there's a disability vehicle over on the right side, which doesn't have much of a -- it was there a second ago. maybe it cleared. so that's good news. i want to do show you the -- a lot of humidity in the air. it may be as issue, for a safe stopping distance, all the visibility over a countrile miles, over here in san jose there's no slowing that shows up there. a couple news disabled vehicls s

again sketchy -- >> thanks, mike. 5:08. next here on "today in the bay," it's 5:25 for you. troubling developments overnight on a deadly standoff, a shooting in new jersey. the question is, did the gunmen specifically target a jewel wish deli. and business news with the latest numbers on "the irishman." have you watched it? plus it is "star wars" night for the warriors. the big takeaway said for fans tonight. on the economy, a unique leader.

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good wednesday morning. as we head out the door in palo , a lot of clowns. every now and then mythsing and drizzling. we're going to get a lot of cloud temperatures today reaching the lower 60s here.

we'll see more light rain in the forecast. we'll talk about all of that as you make your weekend plans. that's coming up in about five minutes. right now our view of 580 in the foreground, we cannot dea view of the december we'll talk about the build we see and what's going on in the east bay. we're we don't talk about the saudi stock market much, but with the biggest ipo in history, aramco raised $25 billion about twice what facebook raised at its i. po o.

back here at home kaiser has nay a new ceo gregory adams has been running it since the unexpected death of tyson. facebook is pushing back, the department of justice pushing the company to put in a back door so law enforcement has access to messages "new york times" says facebook has refused the doj request, saying in a her, the dbackdoor access you ae demanding would be a gift to criminals, leaving every person on our platform more vulnerable. facebook was under the same pressure after the, and

president trump called for a boycott. tech yale he they have withdrew -- a lot of ambassadors are uses whatsapp, which they are not supposed to be doing. >> i think that was most shocking that not even allowed that. >> that's right, with our business. on new this morning, trip adviser is out with the annual surveys. and more people are planning to travel, an increase of 4%. the most popular destinations include honolulu, phoenix and miami. we don't see snow in the

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already. sure, fear is the path to the dark side, of course, but a car seat, well, that's the path to the safe side, some would say. >> that's what mississippi transportation leaders are trying to drive home. they're doing it by jumping on the whole baby yoda bandwagon. they referenced the popular figure on the sign. that's pretty cute. i have to say, i like the baby yoda. >> i haven't seen "the mandalorian" yet. >> be careful, the light-up signs in california, they're not always lit up. when they first came out i heard they had everything is fine, keep driving and everyone would slam on their brakes to read what it says. >> you're trying to drive, read,

and -- it could be a distraction. >> this is what you are driving through this morning. there is a sign right there, just like two lanes. can you see that through the lens? mike says, i see it. we're going to see cloudy skies and some off and on rain today. temperatures reaching into the low 60s for the south bay. we'll be raining all day, in fact i think most of the day will be dry. we'll see temperatures in the low 60s san mateo reaches 60 degrees. all the way up to the north bay, that's where we're going to see the highest chance of rain. our temperatures today stay cooler in some of those spots like sonoma, today reaching 66 degrees. right now the rain is moving toward the east bay. as we get a closer look we've

seen the spotty showers. we're tracking it with storm ranger. ability to get it all the way down to street level, so we can see exactly where it's raining. if you have the nbc bay area app, you can have it right on the smartphone where you can see even get alerts as the rain approaches your location. the storm system is rolling across the region, well to the north of us. we're getting weak showers well to the south of that. as we go through the day we'll still have the slight rain chances. there looks to be a better chance of rain during the overnight hours. tomorrow we'll see off and on rain, and then breaks in it. through all of this maybe about a tenth of an inch, so that's something we'll be watches going

into -- i always like dipping into the cameras in the sierras to see how much snow has fall un. even going through the weekend we're looking at mostly another 1 to 5 inches. there could be a few spots, some of our resores getting up to 11 inches. it does clear out in time for sunday, but there will be more rain right behind us. mike? it's like reading the tea leaves over here. the pattern where the fast-track lanes are backed up, but the cash lanes are a bit lighter. the metering lights were turned on about five, ten minutes ago, so we've had this slow, gentle build here. that indicates a lighter volume of traffic. usually indicates more monday through friday commuter. some folks who are getting a chance to take a days off are

doing so. over here, a disabled vehicle out of lanes over off to the shoulder, and a nice smooth drive getting through contra costa county. one concern i'm zooming in here, where they come together, crashed there on the shoulder, but it's enough of a distraction point where i was concerned, but that's been there for about 15 minutes. we saw that pop up. meanwhile, we're looking at the rest of the bay. you might need to use a windshield wiper, but the crash -- no major problems. this should also be off to the shoulder. the build out of san martin into san jose may not kick in for another 15 minutes or so. now, wee take a look at the rest of the transit agencies here.

all on time right now. back to you. 5:21 for you now. searching for answers here. next on "today in the bay," a bay area woman who no longer is on the missing list after that volcano erupted in new zealand. the new hope for her family. a video shows a dramatic rescue. it left two hikers stranded in the snow on a mountain, but first we'll remind you you can always find us on social media. this is a photo i posted. i thought i was going to get a dryer for christmas, would you believe my husband was able to fix it with a $4 hughes? >> handyman. >> i don't know how he does it. follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. you're watching "today in the bay."

5:25. authorities say it's too dangerous to complete recovery missions in new zealand. that's because more steam and mud is venting from the volcano. there are still eight others missing and presumed dead, but this san francisco woman is no longer on the missing list, which is giving her family new hope. her family and friends say they still have not heard from her since sunday when she texted them this before the eruption.

she is a nutritionist in san francisco. investigators say it's still too early why a man and woman carried out a deadly attack in new jersey. six people were killed. two other officers were injured. officers say preliminary investigation suggests officers were trying to stop the suspects during an incident related to guns. the gun battle with police continued as the couple entered the deli. there is a growing concern among many that the jewish deli was targeted about i the active shooters. >> if that's the case, it's very scary. we generally feel very safe here in new jersey and the united states, but we can't take anything for granted. >> officers are setting up patrols in that area this morning. take a peek at your tv, if can you. new video shows two hikers being rescued off a snowy mountainside in southern california. they were stuck there after one hiker feld near the devil's

backbone trail. crews also airlifted the other friend, who managed to call for help. both hikers are expected to be okay. >> i would wait until spring. there you go. coming up, the top stories, including working to solve the housing crisis. and how can you actually weigh in on that proposal. plus new numbers review the financial hit for one bay area police department during the recent planned power outages. >> a live look, you can see the backup has begin. mike will get us there that newt in a bit. kari has a look at the wet start on our wednesday. much more ahead for you here on "today in the bay."

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a happy wednesday to you this morning. a live look outside. as you can see, this is what that morning commute may look like. we want to thank you for joining

us here. >> first, a big reveal from the washington whiffle blower to facebook's ceo, mark zuckerberg. we'll tell you who is "time's" person of the year. people are already going nuts about the final announcement. we won't make you way wait long. here's the view at walnut creek. it's going to be very muggy, patches of fog and drizzle, temperatures in the low 50s, and we're not going to see a lot of sunshine today, oui just going to see the temperatures holding steady. that's a look at stormranger. parts of the east bay, it's just enough to make those roads a little slip for you this morning.

also light rain coming down, so i'll keep an eye on ranger. look, remember we had sparsely populated lanes now indicatesing we'll see a lighter commute. also. also on circling here, 580 and i-80 are the same freeway. they merge together near the mini maze, and the details of that crash just cleared, indicating it's probably over here rather than where they weren't were so whatever was going on, we have a -- east bay just getting there with a bit of traffic. back to you. new this morning a new plan to raise millions for affordable housing in san jose, and already approved by council members. >> that money would come from

taxing the wealthy homeowners to help folks who need it the most. "today in the bay's" ros plater is in san jose with more. >> reporter: it's likely to be controversial. it is indeed a property tax hike, but that's the idea behind what the mayor is calling a priority spending plan. it will be an extra tax on homes and buildings worth more than $2 million. it would be spent on -- one homeowner tells us she's all for affordable housing, but everybody needs to share the burden. >> i don't agree it should only be on based on a certain valuation of the home.

>> reporter: it will be up to the vote. this will be on the march 2020 ballot. roz, thank you. new overnight please are investigating the discoveries of a woman found shot to death in a car that crashed in east oakland. this is near e street not farther from the elm hurst park. or if she was shot before or after the accident. there are no suspects at this time. there's a today to determine whether there will be a retrial for one man accused in a high-profile bay area murder case. tiffany lee was acquitted in the death of her boyfriend. he was the father of their two

children. the jury could not reach a verdict on her codefendant. prosecutors are expected today to announce a decision on whether or not to move forward. the two suspects on your screen now have been charged. police this week also made two more arrests, saying all the suspects are part of a group that broke into homes, tied people up and then robbed them. the two suspects so far are facing twoony counts. it is report that had council members agreed to a $3 million contract extension with a consulting firm that assists homeowners with filling out all the necessary paperwork. the city estimates that nearly 700 homeowners have yet to start rebuilding. the fire destroyed more than 3,000 homes in october of 2017.

and san leandro is detailing the financial impact for pg & e's recent power shutoffs. the city spe-- strong winds knod down a radio tower during that event. that combined with a failed backup system briefly left officers without the ability to communicate. oracle is pulling its convention out of the mar down center. every year it draws thousands of people generating millions of revenue. oracle plans to move that event to las vegas. the san francisco travel association says attendees were turned off by high hotel prices and the conditions on san francisco city streets. the the president of one union

square hotel calls it a major draw. >> you don't replace 63,000 rooms. that's just hotel rooms. sf travel says losses will surface $60 million per year. oracle says it does plan to maintain the relationship with the city. b.a.r.t. is getting the word out about a elimination of five early-bird bus runs. they run in place at the 4:00 a.m. hour. five earlybird runs are being discounted as of next monday. this is due to low ridership. three of the runs between fremont and oakland, the other two are eastbound to oakland also another chance to weigh in on the future of b.a.r.t. the new manager is making two stops on what he calls his listens tour. at the fruitvale

station this morning and then at 4:00 p.m. at the west oakland station. you can actually watch the entire series of reports right now on nbcbayarea.com. guys, check out that series. we're talking about the backup on the approach. this is the flat section, you can see tapping of the brakes, the glow of the lights, humidity in the air. the morning commute builds, at the top of the screen, a crash, chet means two things, the car within the lanes, and secondly they'll be clearing that there may be -- nothing major. well, here we go on our wednesday morning.

it is hump day, and we're dealing with misty rain? >> yeah, it's going to be off and on rain. this will be a strong storm. then on sunday we'll see things drying out with temperatures on the cool side, reaches the mid 50s for the coast, upper 50s for the bay, about 60 for the inland areas. how you about going ice skating on saturday in san francisco? once again a chance of rain, but we will mostly see cloudy skies, temperatures up to about 60 degrees. we know on sunday we've got the big game happens in levi stadium. it's going to be nice but cool. also looking at some temperatures at about 56 degrees at kickoff on sunday. if you're planning to go to christmas in the park, it's going to start to cool off after the game on sunday.

that's our dry day. we're all making plans to get out and enjoy a lot of things we haven't been able to the past few weekend because of rain. we'll still track some thundershowers. that's coming up in about three minutes. all new for you, the fallout for the catholic church. next up heap, the california diocese is now being subpoenaed in a new sex abuse investigation. and president trump making his first reaction do his impeachment. it's pretty clever actually, kris. and we've been counting down to it all week. who shaped your world the most in 2019. next we revealed "time's" person of the year.

. good wednesday morning. starting out with fog, mist and drizzle, with a lot of clouds today. i'm tracking a bit of rain. we'll talk about that in about five minutes. here's some of that gridlock at the golden gate bridge. the problem some of these folks may be heading toward a crash involves three or four vehicles. i think a bridge crew is just arriving on scene. we'll bring you the latest. thanks, mike. we haven't checked in on the high-speed rail project in a while. the grand plan is to connect the bay area to l.a. may be on life support.

construction continues in the central valley. at 6:00 this morning, we'll show you the big milestone they just reached. a major problem cleared before the morning community. crew versus just reopened northbound so 1 connector to northbound 880. it was cleared at a big rig jackknifed. this is video just after the crash. no injuries have been reported. a new details in the catholic church sex abuse scandal. half of california's diocese may be subpoenaed six dioceses are already providing documents to inveat millions to victims. now to decision 2020 and the presidential race. today democratic candidate and san francisco billionaire tom steyer plans to visit the bay area. he has two town halls scheduled.

one takes place in walnut creek. another is tomorrow . jerry brown plans to make an appearance in san francisco today alongside bloomberg. they plan to participate in a conversation on climate change in a private event at the moscone center. the president responded to the impeachment. >> he's calling it impeachment-light. a clever way to push back. as you saw live here on "today in the bay" non, the house judiciary is drawing up two articles of impeachment. previous impeachments have had far more articles, but abuse of power is, of course, the top charge. framers of the constitution had in mind when they included impeachment in the constitution. here's the president. this is the lightest, weakest

impeacent. you had many, you recall judges, lots -- many of impeachments, but today everybody says this is impeachment light. this is the lightest impeachment in the history of our country by far. >> the president also questioned why the democrats agreed to deal on the new nafta, usmca. democrats say it's because they got everything they wanted. republican senate leader, in fact, misch mcconnell not happy about the deal. here's the president again. >> what pelosi did, as i said, they do the impeachment and right away let's do usmca. you would think she would wait like a day. she wanted to smother the impeachment crap. >> even after an investigation

of the fib he ordered cleared the fbi of political bias in its pursuit of connections between trump and russia. the report did find flaws, but gave a stamp of approval to the overall investigation. there's new pressure this morning on the fbi director christopher wray. president trump once again attacking the director, saying he doesn't know what report the fbi director read, but that the fbi is badly broken. the report is available online. can you read it yourself, make your own decision. the inspector general will testify before giving lawmakers the opportunity to ask him, did you clear the fbi of bias in the russia investigation? we assume he's going to say, yeah, he did, because it's in the report, on page 3. you can following that along on twitter, find me on twitter. i'm scott mcgrew. listen up. "time" has just named its person

of the year. he picked greta thunberg. >> the 16-year-old widish girl helped spark worldwide protests over climbed change. today's announcement dame on "today" show. also the hong kong protesters and the whistle-blower at the center of the impeachment trial. new healthy eating options of gamers who can't hit pause. yeah, that's a three-course christmas tinner, a three-course meal in a can. talk about leveling up. it now inclusion vegan and vegetarian options. how do you warm it up?

>> i mean, i guess if it mixes together like a beech stew or something? just silly. >> it might be a way to get my son off the games. >> i'm going. i'm good. as you get ready to head out the door, it's kind of foggy in some spots. here as a look at your morning commute. temperatures staying mostly in the 50s today. we are seeing some spotty light rain mostly for the peninsula. also for the dumbarton and the san mateo bridges now. then for the south bay, we have some rain moving through downtown, pushing into south san jose, over toward alum rock area. heading toward the tri-valley, we're seeing some light rain

just to the east of hayward, and then also as you go up 580. we'll having to deal with some of that rain off and on. it's all because of this large system that's going to be bringing us more unsettled weather. notice the swirl of the clouds at the center of that low pressure. it's still well to the north of us. this won't be a strong storm system. we're just getting all the moisture in the light rain that will be brought into the bay area as a result of that low that's very far to the north. we're going to see some spotty rain today, and there will be some break, maybe even peeks of sunshine, but tomorrow morning looks to be the best chance of measurable rain. we'll start out with light rain off and on, but we start to see this tapering off and we're going to dry out on friday with a look at the possible of about a tenth to a 1/4 inch of rain for most of us.

our forecast stays soggy sometimes. we'll see another round of light rain moving in, but overall the big story is there are no significant storms in our forecast. you're talking about the light rain. the issue is heading into the air where there's been a couple crashes reported. this is actually hitting north. there may be another crash around the wall. slowing that we see in the commute direction. northbound, north of the robin williams tunnel, but we don't see any slowing in that direction. heading down towards san francisco. a historical reference. they have timed it out. the traffic really won't start to build, so about a hohn auer, so you may want to get an

earlier start. over here, this is fog registers around bailey, but the rest of the bay looks really good, kris. that is good news. thank you, mike. a group of women pilots and flight attendants are suing frontier airlines. they claim the denver-batesed airline discriminated against them. the airline denies the allegations saying it has strong po ines place to accommodate pregnant women and nursing mothers. police are searching for a man who walked into a library and started stabbing people. he grabbed them, and started stabbing them with a knife. the key piece of evidence that hopefully will help to track down the attacker. millions of american workers rely on tips, and now the trump administration is looking to

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library. witnesses say the attacker stabbed two people inside the library, and a third person on the way out. >> he just came up like he was hugging him, and started stabbing him. i thought it was fake. he had like a black knife. >> so far there's no the victims injured. police did question a man at a nearby gas station, even talked with witnesses they just heard talking, but they say officers had the wrong guy. stay tuned. a new reminder for pet owners in san francisco to be extra careful after a pack of coyotes badly mauled a dog. they had to perform surgery to save that dog. they realize the coyotes are not going anywhere, so they're trying to watch pets more closely. today is the last day to comments on a proposed change on how businesses handled workers

who receive tips. the labor department is proposing that the limit be repealed. the attorney general just joined 19 other attorneys general across the united states opposing that change. the deadline to comment was extended to today, due to problems with the website. you with go there to leave your input. we are getting as update on work done on the high-speed rail, releasing this video on youtube yesterday. a major project finished is hig gateway. the group says there are now 30 major sites -- that's 119 miles, earlier this year governor

newsom pulled the plug on extending the project any farther. there's an opportunity to learn more about the dangers of vaping. this is part of a series of speakers by the school district. the cdc reports more than 2,000 cases of lung injuries, nearly 50 deaths linked to vaping. and now to menlo park where leaders approved the ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and vaping products. they will hold a second vote next tuesday. a possible lifeline for hundreds of ccsf classes now on the chopping block. "the examiner" reports that supervisors are proposing new funding for classes slated to be cut. the school is projecting a new

$13 million deficit on top of the cuts already made to get out of hole. grab your ten-gallon hat and cowboy boots. san jose just added a new nonstop route to austin, texas. american airlines will debut the service next april. in all seriousness, though, austin is an up-and-coming location for tech-related companies, as probably already know, and it eastern has the nick fame the silicon prairie. i'm not sure that one is going to stick, though. i haven't heard it before. you know i went to texas. hook 'em. a lot of folks have sugar plums dancing in their heads. a tradition returns to san francisco tonight. ♪

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