a tradition returns to san francisco tonight. ♪ tonight is opening night for the san francisco ballet "the nutcracker." the production -- it plea meered in 1944. different performers have portrayed the character will attend tonight's premiere. right now at 6:00, the president up oakland schools under fire. >> we are here to serve you notice of the recall election. the district considers millions of dollars of cuts. new this morning the future of pg & e now in limbo up next the plan that san jose city is moving forward with. and hello santa. forget writing st. nick a her. now you can facetime him.

who would have thought? >> you can connect to the north pole. we'll tell you all about that. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> thanks for joining us. first, we want to talk about something that a lot of people are talking about this morning. it's in mississippi there, but you see this, and you're probably wondering how does it relate to the video? police are using baby yoda to get people's attention. it's interesting how they're doing this to get people to pay attention. we'll talk about it later. >> it's not like they're on the side and using the force. >> no, but that would be awesome. something to thing about. he's pretty cute. you'll have to wait until april to get any toys with baby yoda, yeah, but we're going to look forward to the weekend.

>> yeah, this is a good weekend to go christmas shopping. we've had some heavy rain. though we do have rain in the forecast, it won't be all that heavy. a look at that view, crossing the golden gate bridge, you can see the need for windshield wipers, even on our camera there, some off and on light rain for today, as well as tomorrow. mike, there may be a closure in san jose. >> we had an earlier crash at the yerba buena off-ramp, but it looks like there may still be activity. i can't get confirmation from the chp. everything issing on as far as speed north of there. in fact pretty much around the bay, you see a pretty drive. there is a crash at bailey. i'll explain that coming up. back to you.

a potentially major problem, but it cleared before the morning commute. it was closed after a big rig jackknifed around 2:00 this morning. this is video just after the crash. no major injuries were reported. oakland unified considers slashing millions from its budget, sparking outrage. bob redell has the story. >> reporter: these parents are angry about pending school closures and any possible budget cuts. last night joanie london, the acting president of the school board, she spoke at a community meeting at emerson elementary to let parents know tonight the board would be considers cuts in order to meet the 3% reserve. this video provided to us by a

member, and they're also angry for satan down one elementary and merging it into another. when london started speaking last night, a parent with oakland not for sale warned london that her job is on the line. >> we are here to serve you notice of your real election, because -- i am injured. i'm going to have to have surgery, and should be held responsible for beating up parents and teachers trying to speak up. we have collected enough signatures to serve you notice of intent for the recall, ball not only don't now represent the needs of the children -- >> the lady serving the intend, she's a mother of two daughters at the elementary school slated to be closed. she says she is was hurt at a

protest during a board meeting in a confrontation with the police thele scoot district police chief defended the officers' actions at the time, saying they were there to keep the protester from getting on the stage. i did reach out to the district and president london for their reaction. i'm still waiting to hear back. the board meets tonight. reporting liver. bob redell, "today in the bay." the man accused of a deadly stabbing on b.a.r.t. is due back in court. hi public last week requested the hearing to be delayed until day. investigators say williams was trying to stop the shoes. >> 6:05. new details in the upcoming

retrial in the ghost ship fire. his attorney is asking to know the names and identities of those jurors. he believes the inside may help in the retrial scheduled for the spring. jurors in that first round also -- news reports for plans to take over pg & e. mayor lick cardo wants to convert the state's largest utility into a co-op. other backers including mayors from oakland, berkeley and supervisors from several bay area counties. a new numbers from san

francisco police show a more diverse police force. the department says between last year and this year, 7% more women entered the police academy. between 2008 and 24 years, 5% more officers of color were sworn in. in addition, 415 officers are bilingual. in the meantime, happening today in the north bay, novato's news chief matthew mccaffery will be sworn in. he also he will replace -- amid the housing crisis, the assistance team is getting public inpit on hout to betts fulfill the needs of, and this morning meeting, the second is at 6:00 in gilroy. also today, one of the bay

area's largest charity giveaway gets under way in an hour. the glide memorial church grocery back giveaway it happens. they include frozen turkeys with a lot of fixings. more than 5,000 families in need will receive those groceries. the giveaway gets under way. >> the time of giving. >> it is. it's so nice to see people get to celebrate, like what we would consider the traditions. >> and a lot of people going out, making sure they have at the umbrellas handy. >> it would be fairly light. you have the nbc bay area app, you can see where the rain is falling.

we're also going to see the off and on rain in parts of the east bay. this is a pattern we'll see, especially for the morning, with mostly cloudy skies for the afternoon, going going into early tomorrow. i'll talk more about how much we may see in a few minutes. there's no closure in san jose. >> that's right, no closure, waving that off for northbound 101. the other over here on the east bay side. where -- a new crash reported over there, west 92, getting off the foster city exit there. it may be affected but it looks like it should clear quick ly that is because of the earlier crash that's affecting it.

and the bay bridge toll plaza, we do have the backup. no more slowing. back to you. thanks, mike. all this morning they're -- up next, what the beverage retail giant is accused of doing to you, the customers. netflix releasing the latest numbers on "the irishman." did you watch? >> hey, scott, i've got santa on the phone. he did facetime me. we're going to talk about how you can come face-to-face and face the beard with jolly old st. nick. coming up. more ahead for you right here on "today in the bay." it's 6:10. mike bloomberg's never been afraid of tough fights,

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good wednesday morning. as you get ready to head out the door, this is your view. here's a look at walnut creek. it's been cloudy, misting, that's the weather we'll see at least through 9:00. we will be tracking more light rain in the forecast. i'll show you that in about five minutes. we're seeing the brake lights being tapped. the good news on the foster city side, that crash has made it off the bridge onto the shoulder. you're heading into this misting shot here. we'll talk about those areas coming up. well, good morning to you, a very happy wednesday as well. it looks like the new nafta, the usmca is going through. we'll talk more about that when

we talk politics. netflix says 26 million homes washed "the irishman" in its first week. we don't normally that you can about the saudi stock market, but it's worth talking about today. aramco raised $25 billion, about twice what facebook raised at its ipo. back here at home, kaiser permanente has named its new ceo. gregory adams has been running the hospital chain since the unexpe d whatsapp uses have end-to-end encryption. that means even facebook can't read your messages. "new york times" says facebook

has refused the doj request, saying in a letter that backdoor access you are demand fog law enforcement would be a gift to criminals, hackers and repressive regimes. apple never relented. president trump has never technically withdrawn his request for a back door. we don't know what you guys are talking about, this is true of imessage, true of whatsapp as well. it kind of removes them from the problem. law enforcement, quite understandably, is say there's a way for criminals to communication, we would like to see it. you can see both sides. >> absolutely.

6:16, new at 6:00. concord-based bevmo is shelling out more money to santa clara county. prosecutors say bevmo charged customers more for items marked with lower prices. they provided refunds through the customer loyalty program. parents, listen up. this is one of the biggest questions this time of year. are your kids naughty or nice? they're on the nice list, but if you're unsure, with just two weeks left to christmas, there is a way you can talk to the big man at the north pole. >> i'm proud to say all three of your names are on the nice list, for now. >> look at the relief on their faces. so santa and the north pole now

in the 21st century with talktosanta.com. prices are $30 to start. just think of the time it allows you. if you prefer -- santa can also send your child a personalized recorded video message. when you get your pictures taken, they show you the website where you can can get a personalized letter or something like that. it's kind of cool. >> santa has that janet jackson headset. >> he's in control. it's that time to make plans to get those christmas givers, head to the mall, maybe go shopping, or if you're going to put in the call to santa, maybe

send snow to the bay area. how about that? no. >> i would love that. we're going to see some rain today, keeping the temperatures fairly warm. we are going to still maybe need the umbrella, just at times with the sprinkles coming down, i would prefer a jacket with a hood on. we're tracking it on stormranger, as we get a closer look. moving through south san jose, and we're also see some of the rain right there on 680, as you come from sunol into fremont. we'll see the waves of light rain not only today, but tomorrow as well, though the center of the storm, the very strong part of it is well to the north of us. we're just getting the scattered showers, so unsettled weather

continues today with waves of rain. that's going to make that morning commute a little wet. we're not looking at heavy rainfall totals, showing from just a trace amount of rain up to about a tenth maybe to a quarter inch of rain. temperatures right now are warm at 36. so this will start out at rain for the sierra. we're looking at the snow levels coming down, and it could bring up 2 to 11 inches of snow. this is not a significant system, and it does stay off and on wet through the next few days. it clears in time for the sunday home football game for the raiders as well as the 49ers. then on monday that rain is right back in the bay area. heading over to mike, you're saying most of you can tang your time? yes, look at the being view of the bay.

over here tri-valley just starting to show a bit of slowing, right here hayward north and south, that's just kicked in over the last ten minutes for that build to the commute. northbound 101 has shown a steadily increasing volume, a drop in speed over the last ten, and again toward the end of the year we're seeing a later build, as in the pattern this week. light rain coming across, also westbound -- and that's a typically pattern. we're looking at a nice smooth drive, but over the next half hour, you'll build ten minutes onto your commute. you can beat a bit of the rush, but there's not a lot going on.

a bit lighter on the last approach. you, stillike. "today in the bay," a lot of people were affected by the pg & e outages. at 6:30 we'll talk about how one city has been. the baby yoda craze is just getting crazier. a woman is charged more than $1,000 for a bike rental. nbc bay areas responsibilities, next.

welcome back. nbc bay area responds to a san francisco woman who felt a bike rental service was taking her for a ride. she asked chris chmura for help with a whopping four-figure bicycle bill. >> denise says she using these rental bikes on a regular basis. the next day she said she would be charged $is it 00. she said she look everywhere around the bike for that number, but had no luck.

after pleading her case to lyft without success, she turned to us for help. we asked lyft what happened. it didn't answer or questions, but it tell us we have reached oat to denise and confirmed that the trip has been closed out in our system. denise says she won't have to pay that $1200 charge. got a problem with a consumer matter? call us anytime. thanks, chris. while a wise and green jedi once said, fear is the path to the dark side, a car seat is the path to the safe side. >> transcription leaders are driving that point home. >> so maybe that's -- i think

it's cute. up next for you hire at 6:26, tackling the housing crisis in a live report. we're going to explain whose property taxes may soon go higher. and a big shake-up? francis, oracle is taking the massive money generator to the open world convention to laws. still ahead, how much money san francisco stands to lose.

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right now at 6:30 we are looking live outside at downtown san jose. kari says it's going to be misty for a lot of folks and a little muggy as well. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. so we'll send it over to kari for a look. we just missed the windshield wipers as kroy the camera. as you head out you'll have to turn on the windshield wipers as well. we're tracking it with stormranger. it's going to get put to use as this storm system brings us off-and-on rain the next few days. >> that nbc bay area app has weather and traffic as well from

our friends over at waze. our partnership gives us that option. the south bay building right on schedule. we are seeing things shift about a half hour later as far as the patterns. we now have more traffic in through san francisco, south 101, maybe a crash around cesar chavez. i'm concerned about a craus outside the robin williams tunnel, but back to you. a new plan for affordable housing, the money coming from taxing the wealthy. to explain how this plan would work. roz? >> reporter: good morning.

property tax hike almost always creates a controversy, but that's what this is. this is a tax against homes and commercial builts worth more than $2 million in san jose. the projected race would be spend on affordable housing, like converting old hotels into apartments or building tiny homes to help get the homeless off the street, but one said it's not specific enough. >> i think we should have a committee to oversee it. i would hate to see a whole new line of council members chairs as opposed to new shelters. >> reporter: this will be on the march 2020 ballot.

>> thank you, roz. new overnight police are investigating a woman who was shot to death. officers say it happened about 9:00 p.m. not too far from elm hurst park. people are not saying much about the details, or if she was shot before or after the accidents. there are no suspects at this time. new details released just moments ago in the deadly shootout at an east coast deli. authorities now believe it was indeed targeted by a man and woman in the gun battle. this is jersey tty gun battle, including a police officers. the mayor of jersey city just wrapped up a news conference. he says that surveillance footage indicates that the attackers clearly targeted the deli, even before that news came out, neighbors were extremely

concerned. >> if that's the case, that's very scary. we generally feel very safe here in new jersey and the united states, but we can't take anything for granted. >> because two officers were just one block away, they were able to engage the attackers almost immediately, and this morning police are stepping up patrols in the surrounding area. the shooters have not yet been identified. a hearing today could determine whether there will be a retrial for one man accused in this high-profile bay area mired case. jurors just last month acquitted tiffany lee in the death of her boyfriend but the jury could not reach a vertebra on her codefendant. prosecutors are expected to announce today whether they plan to move forward. two suspects on your screen

have now been charged. police this week also made two more arrests. they say the suspects are part of a group that broke into homes, tied up the people inside and robbed them. santa rosa leaders are providing more help for people trying to rebuild their homes. the city doesn't nearly 700 homeowners have not yet started the rebuilding process. the fire destroyed more than 3,000 homes in october of 2017. 6:35, san leandro is detailing the impact of the recent power shutoffs. the city spend at least $15,000

in police overtime. pg & e put the shutoffs in place due to high fire danger in the northeastern part of the city. strong winds did knock down a radio tower on october 26th. that combined with a failed backup system briefly left officers without a way to communicate. oracle is pulling its annual open world against out of the moscone center. every year they draw tens of thousands from the it can industry. now they plan to move that event to laws. the sf travel association said attendees were turned off by high hotel prices and conditions of city streets. the president of bun union square hotel caused it a major loss. >> you don't replace a conference that represents 63,000 rooms. that's just hotel rooms.

>> sf travel says hotel and industry losses will surpass $60 million per year. that's a big drop. over here we actually have in addition more traffic, and we just see this, a bridge crew in the service lane, see that? getting over mid span here. we'll see if it stays there, and for the bridge crew, you clearly see something going on. at the very least a distraction. so we expect more slowing. here getting getting toward the golden gate bridge, the north bay through the robin williams tunnel. we do have a crash which may be blocking the left two lanes down toward the golden gate bridge keeping itself clear. a check on the status.

thank you very much. we'll get to the weekend weather sors and some activities that are -- kari the last couple weekend were rained out. >> othey have received more than four feet of snow in december alone. one of our photographers has already been skiing, and he said it was fantastic. >> and we don't have any big storms, storms we'll see coming in will be light. you'll get that snow globe effect here we'll have some rain, and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. on sunday we'll take a break. as you're traveling around the bay area, we'll see some mostly sunny skies. we're looking at going ice skating on saturday.

that's when they'll have the -- but there will be times of rain coming down. it won't rain the whole day, but heads up, at too many there will be wet weather. on saturday we'll have the lighted bode parade. so the waterfront, maybe sure you're planning for that chance of rain. by sunday all of that moves out then maybe after the game you'll head to christmas in the park with partly cloudy skies, and temperatures holding steady. if you're going to be in the trivall trivalley, expect showers on saturday, but we'll see cooler air moving in mid 50s in the forecast, and for the sierra, there will be light snow coming down, but it looks to clear out. we'll talk about today, taking

a-looking at our rain in about three minutes. . the president of the oakland schooled board under fire overnight. >> parents saying they're going to call for a recall. a live report on that effort by the parents as district leaders consider slashing millions. here's a bold message the parent sent. meantime president trump making his first public response to his impeachment. we'll look at that when "today in the bay" continues.

right now at 6:343, let's check out pleasant hill starting with fog. and then we'll see mostly cloudy skies, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s,off-and-on rain through the day. we'll look at stormranger and the rest of our forecast in about five minutes. the drops are back at golden gate bridge. just to the north of here, it looked like it was causing some closing.

we'll talk about what stretch of the north bay is wet. parents are sending a strong message to this woman, president of the oakland unified school board -- it's time for you to go. >> bob redell joins us live. walk us through why some parents are so upset. >> reporter: well, there's two things. they were upset about pending klaus and anger over thoses issues. this is jody london. she spoke alternate a commute mean to let parents know tonight the board will be consideration $15 million in cuts in order to meet the 3% reserve. this video was provided to us from a member of the group upset

with the school board. when london started speaking, a parent with oakland not for sale warned her. >> we are here to serve 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 speak up and stop school closures. we have collected enough signatures to serves notice of intent for the recall, because none of you actually represent the children -- the lady serving that intent to recall is a mother of two daughters at the landlord tear school slated to be closed. she says she was hurt during a protest this past october in a could not frontation with police. she and others have since filed

a claim against the school district. the school police chief defended his officers. i did reach out to london and the board, and have not heard back. the board does meet this morning for a presentation of the first interim budget report. bob, thank you. a potential make problem was cleared before the morning commute. it was closed after a big rig jackknifed around 2:00 this morning. this is video just after that crash. no injuries have been reported. on new details in the catholic church sex abuse scandal. half of california's dioceses maybe by subpoenaed. six dioceses, including san

francisco, san jose and los angeles, are already providing documents to investigators. the catholic church pays hundreds of millions already to the victims. the president responded to his impeachment at a real li last night? >> he's calling it impeachment light? >> its. >> a clever way to respond back. the how judiciary is drawing up two articles of impeachment. previous impeachments have had far more articles, but abuse of power, is the top charge the framers of the constitution had in mind when think included impeachment in the constitution. here the president spoke last night at a rally. he called it impeachment like. he also questioned why the democrats agreed to the usmca. that is, of course, the new nafta. democrats say they got everything that they wanted. republicans senate leader mitch

mcconnell, though, not happy about the here. here is the president on that. apparently we don't have any sound bites from the president this morning. he made fun of the presidents agreed to the deal. s let's talk about attorney general william barr. he is calling into question the professionalism of the fbi after the release of a report from the inspector general. keep in mind this is a report that william barr ordered. in this report, the centralor general clear it is the fbi of bites. the report report did find flaw it is, but gave a stamp of approval to the overall investigation.

the report is available online, you can make your own decision. you might want to start on page 3, where it says we did not find evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the investigation. now, the inspector general who wrote that report is going to testify before congress today, giving lawmakers the opportunity to ask him, did you clear the fbi of bias in the russian investigation? we're going to assume he says yes the that's what he wrote in the report. we're going to look at that on twitter as well. thank you very much, scott. to satisfy your holiday up cravings for foreign minister christmas? it's a three-course meal crammed into a can. talk about leveling up. the tinner includes vegan and

veg tears varieties as well. gingerbread, pancakes, even a nut roast among the selections. >> i think there's a unanimous pass. >> yeah. let's get you ready for work and school this morning. we're going to need the windshield wipers every now and then. if you don't want to deal with the umbrella, maybe just bring a jacket with a hood on it. we're going to see mostly cloudy skies, only reaches about 60 degrees today. this is what stormranger, or mobile doppler radar is showing,

mostly light rain. it's on the san mateo bridge. we're seeing rain extending, and then for the south bay, most of the rain, light showers moving through around the evergreen, silver creek areas. we're going to see some of the rain coming down on highway 24. we're tracking this system that's going to make it unsettled. the center of the storm still well to the north. this is what we're seeing the light showers well to the south of the center of that storm. as we go into today, we'll see the light rain off and on. there will be breaks, maybe even peeks of sunshine, but it looks like a chance of more measurable rain early tomorrow morning then it dries out heading into

friday. for the most part about a tenth to a quarter of an inch. this isn't a significant storm, just makes it soggy. well a couple more headed our way. but it also looks to fall apart. there's a couple more storm systems that will live early next week. really dry daily friday, and the weather looks perfect for the raiders' final home game. mike, you're still tracking that crash in sauce lita. >> yeah. what's going on in many spots around the bay, you'll see slippery weather out there for the roadways as well and through the robin williams tunnel. ed use it as a landmark, but it's just south of the tunnel. vehicles are being removed, but there may be a slowing as well.

over here, westbound 80 down towards the bay bridge, that bogs down around sunol valley road. no work on any injuries, but. no concerning as far as sending a bunch of crews over there, so i think the injuries are relatively minor. there's confirmed a crash on the web northbound 280 jams up just past lawrence expressway. blocking one way, and does tie you up, but lighter volume of traffic throughout the day does show some hope for recovery after the crash clears. and brakes are tapping. the dumbarton looks much better. happening now, a group of

women's pilots and flight attendants are suing frontier airlines, claiming they were discriminated against while pregnant or during breastfeeding. all new news for you this morning, a property tax coming to some south bay homeowners. coming up, how that money will be used. plus developing news near sacramento. police are searching for a man who walked into a library and started stabbing people. up next, evidence that helps to track down the killer. do you look for tips? coming up, what those changeser and diaw your input. here, it all starts with a simple...

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welcome back. here are the stop stories on "today in the bay." a live look this morning at san jose city hall -- well, we don't have the live shot, but city leaders just approved a property tax measure aimed at racing millions for homeless housing. if proud it would add an additional tax on buildings or homes more than $2 million. it was a majority vote with two members opposing, saying the language was not significant enough. the measures will appear on the march ballot. the chaotic scene unfolded

yesterday in auburn. a step, and then a third person while running out president so far there's no updates on the victims injured. police questioned a man near a gas station, but witnesses said it was the wrong guy. currently workers receiving tips can only be assigned to do non--tip-generating tips 20% of the time. the federal labor repealed. attorney general podcast engineer beserro just joined other attorneys general across the united states opposing that change. we're going to get more of the needed rainfall across the bay area.

it will be off and on not only today, but tomorrow as well, drying out on friday. we're starking with a problem in san jose. >> a few. nothing make problems, but there are a couple key carats, look at the stream of hislights than you may expect. this is alternate 880 and 17. westbound, it's starting to recover, and we'll have more. make sure you're careful out there. glad to have you with us this morning. that's what's happening "today in the bay." more local news at :25.

we'll see you at 11:00, too. test test test test test te overnight targeted attacks, new questions about the motive behind the deadly shooting of a new jersey police officer and three others. questions about the motive behind the deadly shooting of a new jersey the drama unfolding on live tv. three others. the drama unfolding on live tv. >> i'm going to back >> i'm going to back up again. . the fire is getting louder and faster right now. this morning what we're learnin faster right now. this morning what we're learning about the about the victims as victims a investigators search investigators search for answers. did the gunman specifically swe. did the gunman specifi target a jewish deli and its y target a jewish deli and its customers. sounding off. customers.>> they're impeachinge sounding off. a >> they're impeaching me and there there are no crimes. this has to be a first in history. as >> president trump proclaiming history. >> president trump proclaiming his innocence after democrats unveil his innocence after democrats impeachment against him, abuse of p unveil two articles of impeachment ns