happening today there will always be sea lions at pier 39. it's to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the real lions arrival. right now at 6:00, the first major storm of 2020 moving in. expecting rain and strong winds. when you'll experience it. and a live look at storm ranger. the system slowly moving in. the north bay, gusty winds as far south as san jose foothills. >> live team coverage with reports from santa rosa where it's already coming down and the

windy conditions. a very good morning to you and thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want to talk about the rain. meteorologist kari hall has been following it. the rain is already in the area. what can we expect? >> the winds rushing up to that storm system moves north to south. scattered showers. we're able to track that on our mobile radar and some of the rain still north. we've seen some spotty showers moving out ahead of that. if you're traveling down crossing the golden gate bridge heavy rain there. we're going to see some of the heaviest rain moving through later this morning. as we take it hour by hour that rain approaching san francisco moving into oakland and then the tri-valley around 9:00 to 10:00 this morning and it will be approaching san jose.

also what's happening in the sierra in seven minutes. >> i've been looking at your radar. bringing us surface level traffic -- sorry, air traffic. surface level radar. that wind and the rain coming in from the north bay will move across the bay right in the middle of folks dropping off in school. windy conditions, the yellow highlighting and the deadly closure. we do have a live camera showing you the closure at skyline. you see the smoke blowing off the flare. down to manor because of a deadly crash. you are talking more about that. back to you. breaking news on that deadly wrongway crash that you've been covering in pacifica. still shutting down lanes.

look at the mess just after 3:00 in the morning. the chp says a dodge charger was going the wrong way crashing into a mercedes suv. the driver of the charger died at the scene. a passenger taken to the hospital. the driver of the mercedes also rushed to the hospital. no word on when the lanes will reopen. you see the heavy response by firefighters and rescuers. back to our live team coverage of the storm. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in santa rosa for us this morning. the last time we spoke with you it started raining right after that. >> reporter: and it's not raining right now. we are feeling wind gusts here in santa rosa. turn around and show you what we're seeing. we have some slick roads because the rain has been sporadic. it could affect people as you hit the roads. i want to show you some video.

you see the rain coming down in that part of town north of where we're standing, a bit of rain there. we've been monitoring stuff throughout the north bay or from the mill valley area up into santa rosa and the windshield wipers going. at about 4:30 on the 101 back out here live, unlike the last report the lane isn't coming down. you can see there are some slick roads there. we'll have another update on how the weather is going out here. pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> the rain having a mind of its own. thank you, pete. if you are about to use one of the bridges to get to work you may want to take it easy. >> any high winds yet?

>> reporter: the wind gusts are still the same. gusts 14 to 16 miles an hour. the winds are more sustained. take a look at the flag. we're at ground level. the flags are higher and i suspect the winds are higher, too. i bring that up because as you're heading in driving up the incline you will see higher winds and why the chp issued a wind advisory. if you are driving a vehicle that has a high profile, a van or a box truck, you could get blown about. something to keep an eye out. the gusts in the 14 to 16-mile-an-hour range. we expect more as you head into

san francisco. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thanks for that. be sure to stay with "today in the bay" throughout the morning. follow kari on facebook, twitter and instagram. she is posting the on the go forecast updates. we're just a few hours away from the senate receiving the articles of impeachment. the lawmakers taking the first step to putting the president of the united states on trial. tracie potts with what to expect. >> reporter: lev parnas, rudy giuliani addressing the issue at the heart of impeachment. >> the president didn't know what was going on. president trump knew exactly what was going on. >> he's talking about efforts by himself, giuliani and others to get ukraine to investigate joe biden. president trump said he did not know those involved. >> you're saying that was not a true statement? >> reporter: new evidence from

parnas including this voice mail. >> lev, bt here. we have a request to talk to the big one. >> reporter: now heads to the is not. along with articles of impeachment accusing abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >> they have a hoax going on over there. let's take care of it. the. >> reporter: the seven managers who will manage the case. >> they passed the first presidential impeachment that does not even allege an actual crime under our laws. >> reporter: the senate formally receives the charges. >> an impeachment trial of donald john trump. >> reporter: chief justice john roberts is sworn in to reside over the trial. majority leader mitch mcconnell announces it will start tuesday. roberts swears in the 100 senators who will act as jurors. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> our scott mcgrew will have more at 6:45 in his checks and

balances segment. at about 9:00, the senate is expected to formally receive those articles of impeachment. you can watch it all unfold here on nbc bay area. 6:07 right now. investigators are on the scene of a shooting in san jose east foothills. kris sanchez live there for us. what are investigators telling you? >> reporter: they're not saying much. they're still out here at the scene about seven hours after the shooting was first reported. you see the crime scene tape is still up. it was reported around 10:20 last night on squeri road and clayton road. a witness told us he saw a victim outside a car not far from the quick stop in mt. pleasant. san jose police tell us the shooting happened on squerpy road which is a road only about a third of a mile long and dead ends off clayton avenue. there's a neighborhood there but

there's also some sort of industrial type property. squeri is blocked off as is clayton road between mt. pleasant and mt. mckinley road. we have seen people doing u-turns and going another route. sanders elementary school is just down the block here. we don't expect the school day might be impacted by the investigation here because it is about a block away. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you, kris. we are under a micro climate weather alert this is a look eastbound i-80 as you approach donner summit and this is where we see the snow going. the winter storm warning has just started and continues throughout the day as we go into the next couple of hours. we'll see the storm system bringing the bay area some rain. we'll move over to the sierra.

as we look at the progress it has become a slower moving storm but it will still bring in the same punch with high winds and heavy rain even with the slower moving storm we will see at timtim times today very cold temperatures and looking at temperatures only reaching 28 degrees and another one to two feet expected today. we'll be tracking that and how much the bay area rain we may get but, mike, you were saying with the live view in pacifica still that closure. >> and we can use the flares we saw here. it starts to gust and swirl. the flares are blocking off access. folks have to continue as that car did.

we'll show you where they are on the maps. at manor drive, it happened after 3:00 this morning. still have debris to clear up off the southbound side. south you see the slowing now. that is your alternate. the radar coming in with the rain. it is hitting the peninsula in watches. it's very smooth for the rest of the bay. 6:11. still ahead on "today in the bay," new details in the delta flight fuel dump over l.a. area schools. did the air traffic controller know what the pilots were about to do? new audio from the cockpit at 6:25. plus, the stock markets open at new record.

right now at 6:14 we are under a micro climate weather alert as we track the rain with our exclusive mobile doppler radar. we are starting to see some of the commute on the richmond/san rafael bridge getting soggy. the heavier rain moving from marin to fairfax within the next 20 minutes. i'm timing out this for your

commute. more as we look at our timing for the rest of the bay area in less than five minutes. a live look here on the lens again. getting on southbound highway 101. the deadly crash that happened just after 3:00 this morning which keeps that highway closed along the coast. the dow will open above 29,000 this morning. target stock under pressure after the company said christmas shopping wasn't very strong. we'll get more retail sales data this morning. president trump, vice president premi premier, and got a look at the text. it's a bit more vague than some people hoped. it does crack down on the chinese practice of requiring companies to share their trade secrets if they want to operate in china.

>> toyota is investing in the santa cruz based joby aviation. they want to make air taxis. they are hiring for dozens of positions. they make the fire fox web browser. they make money off referrals to google as you use fire fox to search. the company has about 1,000 employees. hipmung is shutting down. has to be the easiest way to buy airplane tickets. the cheapest and the shortest. they manage travel for the debate team while in college. they sold to sap concur and now they're just shutting it down.

earlier i said adam was on the harvard debate team. it was m.i.t. and was the north american debating champion of 2010. thank you very much, scott. now to our micro climate weather alert, a major storm rolling in. a live look at the radar for you this morning and the golden gate bridge, the story now north of the bridge where the rain is coming down. >> a live look in santa rosa. a bit of a break from that rain. you can see the wet roads as well. kari hall has been tracking the storm. >> it has slowed down. we're not seeing the brunt of the storm with the heavier rain. the storm approaches from the north and we've seen the heaviest rain still off the coast and spotty showers across parts of marin as well as sonoma

up to lake and mendocino counties. we've also seen some rain now falling on the bay bridge. this is moving over to oakland as we get a look at the timing. another 20 to 30 minutes before it makes it to orinda. some of the heaviest rain moving into some of the coasts to the north on northward but it's moving into santa rosa with the heavier rain already starting to hear the wind picking up there. a wider view and a look as it approaches. the center still off the coast and when we'll sea see spotty showers moving in this afternoon. had is already a cold storm.

as it starts in our north bay areas some of our mountains and hills elevations above 3,000 feet will see some snow coming down. we're seeing heavy rain and look at the time line. making its way through the east bay and moving closer to san jose. and by noon to 1:00 we're seeing the rain moving into the south county, some snow on mt. hamilton. we're still looking at some showers coming down could produce some thunderstorms with small hail so even though the heaviest rain will have moved out that threat of thunderstorms for today. totals from 1 to 3 inches and maybe higher in the hills. a slight chance of thunderstorms

winds gusting. snow levels coming down to about 3,000 feet. we're looking at two to three feet of snow. all of this moves out and we'll dry out for the weekend looking like a nice one. we'll see temperatures back into the 60s. mike, that incoming storm affecting the drive. we show the wind where we have the closure and breaking news. we have a live camera on highway 35. there's the southbound side of skyline. highway 35 is open. we'll get you back out to your maps and show you you'll get diverted off highway 1 on skyline.

into pacifica out of daly city that will keep you heading south. allow an extra ten minutes. that rain and wind will affect your conditions for driving. i put on the red sweep, our storm radar giving you more accurate to what you would encounter when you're driving as well. the north bay, of course and the slick roadways. do be careful. building a high speed rail line hitting a roadblock this morning. those obstacles in the way. plus, nbc bay area responds. >> when it comes to consumer complaints, one particular gripe comes out on top. we often prevail. i'm consumer investigator chris

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including rajat in fremont. he did not get the gift card he was promised until he dialed us. that's $250 right there. tony found his phone bill contained calls he didn't make to afghanistan and pakistan. they did talk with us and tony got $342.60 back. finally rosa and mamod were pointing fingers at a wireless company over tablet troubles. maybe we could help with your phones, go to nbcbayarea.com. tap the menu and respond or call us 888-996-tips. >> thanks, chris. 6:25. new details this morning, the pilots of the delta plane that dumped fuel on schools didn't tell air traffic controllers. >> listen to this exchange. >> you don't need to hold to

dump fuel or anything like that? >> negative. >> you can hear the pilot saying no. the faa says that they had air traffic controllers known this they would have told the pilots to dump fuel over the ocean. instead unleashed that fuel on 60 kids and adults on the ground. aviation experts are weighing in and many wondering why. >> i hate to question their judgment but i personally and many of my colleagues i've spoken with would not have done it this way. >> the plane made an emergency landing after dumping that fuel. as for the people on the ground, some suffered minor injuries. a pie speed rail project aimed at connecting victorville to las vegas is hitting a roadblock. they expect the one-way trip to take 90 minutes in any direction. the federal railroad administration sent a letter putting that project on hold

temporarily. the rail was originally projected to begin service in 2023. a similar service transports tens of thousands from miami to west palm beach every year. >> if you're looking to get out of the bay area you might want to plan a trip to yosemite national park. next month is the peak timing to seep the winter fire fall on el capitan's granite walls. it refers to when the sun setting illuminates on the wall making a glow like lava flowing interest there. mark your calendars. the best viewing dates will be from february 12th through the 28th. maybe we should go. >> i think so. we could do it on a weekend i don't want to camp, though. >> glamp. >> that's more my thing. 6:27. up next the weather alert.

team coverage on thursday morning as this year's first powerful storm hitting the north bay right now. meteorologist kari hall is tracking the time line for us. >> a look at storm ranger, seeing the heavier rain moving through the north bay, a closer look shows that rain moving through marin county and across the bay over to richmond and hercules in about the next 20 to 30 minutes. a look at more of our micro climates up next. ♪

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right now at 6:30 a live look at the radar we want to show you powered by our storm ranger. nbc bay area issuing a micro climate weather alert for you on this thursday morning. >> here is why. rain already coming down in the north bay. gusty winds may impact your morning commute. and we have you covered with team coverage of the storm with live reports coming up just moments from santa rosa and the bay bridge. >> first good morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. recallier some power outages in rohnert park. tracking the wind and rain for us. >> especially on the north bay peaks. winds gusting 50 miles an hour as the storm comes in. what we're seeing the winds rushing into the storm system. out ahead of that main line we're getting some light rain and some of the heaviest rain has been in the north bay so as

we get a closer look looking at santa rosa and rohnert park, it's about to get heavier. it will arrive within the next 25 minutes and continuing to the east. a wide view, you can see that a lot more of the storm has to work through the bay area. we're expecting not only heavy rain but high winds, some snow on bay area peaks and a chance of thunderstorms today. details on all of that in a few minutes. mike, you're updating that freeway closure in pacifica. because of this crash we got into the newsroom early this morning, 3:15, closed down highway 101. a deadly crash. the driver was driving the wrongway and that driver has been killed in this crash. the passenger, though, in that vehicle and another person in the oncoming vehicle, they're both in the hospital. so as we move away from that video that was what was going on for highway 1 and still closed because of debris in the area. from highway 35, skyline all the

way down to where you take the alternate around that scene. northbound those roadways is open but then we have that rain coming in right there along the coast and then along the peninsula you'll soon see the incident with the gusty winds and the rain. a live look at the richmond to san rafael bridge shows you in the east bay we have this rain greeting you and across the span it may be gusty. pete suratos this morning, we know there were some power outages close to you earlier. how are the winds, are they picking up? >> reporter: getting windy, guys. good morning to you. i saw that tweet by kari about power outages. we're start to go see rain come down. as the cars make their way along cleveland avenue just off 101 south in santa rosa, the rain slowly but surely starting to

pick up as we've heard from kari's forecast as it makes its way through the north bay. i want to show you video from other parts of the north bay. this was just before 4:00 a.m. you see the rain coming down in parts of that town. you see it coming down in the parking lot area as cars were making their way through as they're dealing with the weather. now video driving on the 101 coming up here to santa rosa through mill valley, petaluma, all the cities to that point in santa rosa where you saw that rain coming down. how to work the windshield wipers. that is something folks will have to deal with. you could see the rain lighting up but still slick roads. we'll monitor things and bring you updates throughout the morning. >> thanks for checking in with us, pete. we showed you the northern part

of our viewing area. this is a live look as we head south. if you're planning to cross the bay you might want into some trouble. >> bob redell is live in oakland. bob, how are you dealing with those winds out there? where well, they're still sustained. now stronger gusts. 30 minutes ago it was 14 to 16-mile-an-hour gusts and now we're seeing gusts as high as 20 to 21 miles an hour. a wind advisory for the bay bridge. they're definitely flapping, higher up. as you're going up the incline this morning, it is windier than here at ground level. you can see 25-mile-an-hour gusts, something kari hall was predicting earlier.

it is going to be windy on the bay bridge. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest, bob. stay with "today in the bay." we have updates throughout the morning for you and be sure to download our free app. you can track the storm with our radar and see when it's heading to your door. today jury selection is set to move forward for the man accused in a deadly b.a.r.t. stabbing that comes after a judge ruled john lee cowell is mentally competent to stand trial. investigators say he stabbed nia wilson to death on the macarthur b.a.r.t. platform in 2018. her sister was seriously injured. cowell has pleaded mott guilty. 6:36 for you right now. governor newsom heads to the east bay today. he expects to outside line a plan to tackle the state's

homeless epidemic. he signed an executive order that would force state agencies to identify properties that could become shelters. the police commission wants mental health professionals to deal with homeless encampments rather than sfpd officers. this morning "the chronicle" is reporting the commission unanimously voted for a resolution asking mayor breed and the board of supervisors to reconsider the city's response to the homeless crisis after the officers continued to come under criticism over encampment cleanups. if you got a ticket recently in alameda, you might want to give it a second look. police are warning someone has been leaving fake citations. they read this ticket was esh you'd by a concerned citizen and is not an actual fine. the ticket is for entertainment purposes only.

don't really know who it's meant to entertain. mike? bring it over here. let me tell you who it entertains -- i don't know. don't assume they're fake tickets either. they might be real. read it carefully. looking at the weather conditions that will play a factor. this morning an important factor causing slowing in the north bay. remember traffic and weather work together over here and we have that closure off highway 35 continues at manor road. a slower drive to sharp park to get back past the scene. the rest of the bay shows a smooth flow of traffic. that storm where they're trying to clear the roadway continues.

>> which is so great to have with the storm moving through. let's get a look at that because i know people are trying to get out the door as well as making weekend plans. a look at storm ranger as the storm system approaches. we've seen the heavy rain in central sonoma and a big part of marin county and we're seeing that storm arriving in san francisco as well. that's extending to the east and will move within the next ten minutes to brisbane. it moves to oakland at about 7:11. heads up that within the next 30 to 40 minutes we'll see the rain moving into that area as well as orinda within the next 50 minutes. we're going to see the storm system rolling through off and on rain today, even a chance of thunderstorms. as we head to the weekend, all of this clears out. it is looking better for saturday. in fact, i've taken out the rain chance because it looks like the

storm and that chance of rain stays to the north of the bay area. we're looking good. temperatures reaching into the 50s, even up to 60 degrees by the end of the weekend. we also have the women's march going on around the bay area. if you're going to be in san jose expect it to be at 52 degrees. a few clouds early but clearing out as we go throughout the day reaching into the mid-50s and then we have perfect weather for the 49ers game on sunday. kick off at. 40. and then a few more clouds by the end of the game. we also had the napa festival. lower 50s by 9:00. going hiking we'll see a mix of sun and clouds and highs in the mid-50s for highs. a look at storm ranger coming up in about three minutes.

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right now at 6:43 you are watching "today in the bay." issuing a micro climate weather alert as we continue looking at our cameras across the bay area, san rafael as well as san jose. that rain moving from north to south as we track it on storm radar. some heavy rain moving to the east and in san francisco. we'll be crossing the bay into oakland within the next 20 minutes. we'll be tracking this with a time line as well as team coverage tracking this storm. more coming up in the forecast within the next five minutes. kari, look at this live camera. this is the access point. chp in their rain slicker. the closure for highway 1. you cannot access that off skyline boulevard. we're talking why. you have that report coming right here. it's breaking news that you've been helping us to follow this thursday morning. it was a deadly wrongway crash in pacifica as mike just said.

it's still shutting down lanes there. it happened on southbound highway 1 just after 3:00 in the morning. the chp says the dodge charger was going the wrong way when it crashed no a mercedes suv. the driver of the charger died at the scene. a passenger was taken to the hospital. the driver of the mercedes also rushed to the hospital. no word on when the lanes will reopen. back to the breaking news we've been following from san jose's foothills, within the last ten minutes an overnight shooting is now a homicide investigation. here is a live look at the scene where investigators say this all happened around 10:20 last night. a witness told us he saw a male victim outside of a car not far from a gas station on clayton road in mt. pleasant. the shooting took place a block away. so far no arrests. there is an elementary school not far from the scene but it should not be impacted by the investigation.

governor newsom is reviving a project pushed hard by his predecessor. former governor jerry brown. he supports building one tunnel under the delta to pump water to southern california. this is a map of where that tunnel would be built. brown wanted two tunnels. the project will now enter a lengthy environmental review process. the environmental groups like the sierra club are opposing the plan saying it could impact the delta's ecosystem. the impeachment is now in the hands of the u.s. senate. >> impeachment articles will be read on the senate floor today, scott. that's right. every day, laura, bringing a bit of history. today articles read on the floor of the senate, the chief justice of the united states, john roberts, sworn in as the judge. he is a kfb but washington insiders say the white house is nervous he may make key rulings allowing damaging evidence. all of this, of course, comes after house leaders delivered

those articles to the senate yesterday. two californians, adam schiff, zoe lofgren named to the team of impeachment managers. you can think of them as the prosecution. lawyers for a republican operative named lev parnas. they show the plot to push the president of you chain to announce an investigation into the bidens. parnas talked to rachel maddow and said the president knew. >> what do you think the main lie being told that you feel you can correct? >> that the president didn't know what was going on. president trump knew exactly what was going on. he was aware of all of my movements. i wouldn't do anything without the consent of rudy giuliani or the president.

>> parnas said vice president pence's unexpected cancellation of a visit to ukraine for the inauguration was related to the fact they didn't announce an investigation. no investigation, into pence visit. a word on parnas. i showed you the msnbc clip but he was on cnn, "the new york times," he's on media tour and has been accused of funneling money and running a company called fraud guarantee. take his claims with that context in mind. the impeachment trial gets under way tuesday. will witnesses be allowed to speak? the majority leader so far has said no. we're following on twitter. you can follow me at scott mcgrew. a live look at our radar. the storm already imposing itself on the bay area and the

bay bridge. we bring that up because wind could be a problem. >> a look at santa rosa where you see the wind coming down. take a look at that in a bit. how long will we see it linger around? >> mostly the morning as far as the heavy rain but going into the afternoon thunderstorms for the bay area. this is a day long event here. as we get a look at storm ranger, our exclusive doppler radar, that you can also see on the app as the rain moves in and get alerts as it approaches your location. bright yellows and reds. some really heavy rain moving into coast al marin and now

crossing the bay heading to the east bay. i've timed it out for you. it's just a couple minutes away from richmond. hayward, you have about 20 to 30 minutes before it arrives at your doorstep. that's the leading edge of the heavy rain as it moves in we'll have some gusty winds from north to south as well as from west to east and scattered clouds we're seeing out there where we could see some thunderstorms near the center of the low pressure. all of this has to work its way through the bay area. as we look at the time line, 8:00, still the heavy rain moving through the north bay, moving into the tri-valley as well as up and down the peninsula and approaching the south bay at 10:00 this morning and pushing through with some snow on some of our bay area

peaks. 2:00, 4:00, off and on rain. and it gradually tapers off. it will be higher fom some of the hills and then a slight chance of thunderstorms. winds gusting anywhere from 30 to 45 miles an hour. for the sierra one to two feet of snow. our seven-day forecast looks much drier as the rain stays to the north. we'll see temperatures warming up for the inland areas. slow 60s. we'll see highs in the low 60s. mike, now that rain is a factor at the golden gate bridge. the slick conditions, the water really starting to get into the lanes and pond up a little bit. so watch for slicker conditions into and out of the north bay.

that radar activity, traffic and weather, we work together as a team and so do our maps. the speed sensors slowing. now here is the deal over here on the peninsula southbound highway 1 not accessible. we still have our crew out there showing you the closure with more flares being put out. again this is highway 35 moving. out to the maps once again a reminder that the southbound side is closed. pacifica into san francisco so your commute and a deadly crash with the clearing of debris around manor drive. a typical commute and that will be a factor. those flags really whipping around in fremont. back to you. thanks for the latest there. 6:52 right now and happening now

police in the philippines are blocking towns near the taal volcano. it has been erupting the last several days and now it's shaking the ground and opening up cracks in the road. the thick ash is damaging hopes and farms now. tens of thousands remain evacuated. a look at our top stories. storm ranger hard at work letting us know the best advantage point of where the storm is moving in and what you can expect as you head out the door for that commute. a live report coming up on "today in the bay." it is 6:53.

welcome back. before you head out the door it is 6:56. our live team coverage that will impact the entire bay area. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you. we're still here in santa rosa off cleveland avenue near the 101. look, i would say the intensity of the storm has picked up in this area. you can see the rain coming down as the cars make their way through this morning's commute with that rain coming down.

some clips of other parts of the north bay, first, windsor where there was rain just before 4:00 a.m. you see that rain coming down there. then video of santa rosa. driving up here you see our windshield wipers were going. nothing like we're seeing now. back out here live you see the rain coming down just on that 101 south ramp. rain coming down. we'll continue to monitor things and bring you updates here in the north bay throat the morning. pete suratos for "today in the bay". >> reporter: and i'm bob redell live where within the past five or ten minutes we're starting to see the rain. it's cold and it's also very windy. if you look at the flags behind me here they've been blowing

straight out who are zondal. that's a reason chp has issued a wind advisory. gusts of 20 miles an hour, probably closer to 25 miles an hour again, if you're going to be driving in to work, into the city this morning, windy. >> reporting live in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> poor bob. he mentioned it's cold and wet. and the cold temperatures are the reason we'll see some snow on some of our bay area peaks and storm ranger mobile doppler radar some of the heaviest rain moving through rohnert park and then heavy rains pushing east. this is the trend, the storm rolgs through and then left

behind that a chance of thunderstorms for the afternoon. a chance of small hail with updates to come. talking about pacifica with a closure. we have a crew. an early morning deadly crash continued to close highway 101. you come up on the flares. that's highway 35. the green highlighting all over the map shows you the wet conditions there and now the san mateo bridge slowing. i think there's rain there as well. we'll be back. stay with "today in the bay" for updates throughout the morning. be sure to download our nbc bay area app. you can track the storms just like we do with our interactive radar. we'll be back at 7:25 with a

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