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you. 4:30. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we'll get a look at the commute and traffic in just a bit, but first, breaking news. we want to keep going with you, mike. you have breaking news. >> let's start with this deadly crash. sad news here. shutting down the dublin interchange. we'll show you what cal trans has. here we go. there's the deadly crash with the crash sideways here. i'm going to step over to the map and step in for folks so you can see what's going on. this is a still camera from the cal trans. this is a transition off west 580 onto northbound 680. this vehicle is sideways. lots of damage is all we can tell. there's a crew on scene but what we need is for the coroner to arrive. we're looking at a live shot and looking at traffic flowing very smoothly. the crash is farther off in the distance. even though the connector is completely closed, the traffic is getting by and folks are

passing by and looping back. you can also exit onto city streets, take dublin boulevard to the interchange. that can get very crowded very quickly. the cooner should be on scene in the next few minutes. the commute is very light right now. >> we're starting with a look at storm ranger. we're getting ready for our next round of rain. we powered up our mobile doppler radar. it's a dry start this morning but the storm system is just to the north and that will be moving in as we go into today. for the north bay, the rain moves in around 2:00 to 3:00 and spreads across the rest of the bay area later on this evening. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >> a new warning on the peninsula. young coyotes are on the move prompting some communities to take precautions when it comes to young children and pets. >> we spoke with several people who had run-ins with the animals. >> stay away from this trail or enter at your own risk.

that's the message redwood city has been posting on the bay trail after what they say is an increase in coyote sightings. >> we were driving into our complex. the light shone on the coyote, and it just stood there and stared at us. >> they look like dogs but they're a little different. >> every person where spoke with in this neighborhood said they had at least one encounter with a coyote in the past weeks. some more concerning than others. >> we started to move away, he came back towards us. i tried to scare him away, wave my hands, yell at him. he would go away for a few minutes. as i started to move on, it was like he was following us. >> this is just in the last three, four months. >> it's those reports and images like this that has prompted the city to put up these warning signs. especially if you have small

children or are walking pets at dawn or dusk hours. that's not the solution. she says instead, every city should start by having its own response team. >> they need a system to take reports from the public and map it out so we can see where the hot spots are and do investigations there and go, well, somebody is feeding purposely or here's a feral cat feeding station. we need to get that under control. >> redwood city shared tips on how to scare off a coyote, but to avoid a coyote from following you, you need to make sure you follow through and don't stop until it's long gone. >> a large garbage bag. you open it up, fill it up with a bit of air and snap it in the air. it's this billowy thing that scares the heck out of coyotes and it's so simple to have with you. >> police in san jose investigating a deadly accident involving a pedestrian. it happened last night around 8:00 p.m. near little orchard

street near oak hill cemetery. shortly afterwards, people were at the scene to grieve. some say the area has become a hot spot for crashes. >> several people have been killed. i have been to the city. i talked to the city several times. many times about putting a cross walk in here. it's very dark. there's homeless people. the last time somebody was killed i actually put giant cardboard signs that said how many more people will die? >> police say the driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating. this marks san jose's 31st deadly accident involving pedestrians this year. the city's highest number on record. kris sanchez will join us with a live report in our 5:00 hour. >> sunny balwani will serve 13 years in federal prison. the former theranos president was unemotional in court yesterday when he learned his fate. jurors in july found -- they convicted him on 12 counts of criminal fraud. prosecutors were asking for 15

years. balwani's attorneys argued for no time. >> we respectfully disagree with the result in the case. we're disappointed in the outcome and we plan to appeal and keep on fighting for our client. >> the sentencing comes weeks after the ceo elizabeth holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison. so why is balwani's sentence longer here. we ask one expert about that? >> i think what played in the judge's mind is that balwani is the adult in the room or he was during this whole affair. he was 37 when he met elizabeth holmes. at the time, she was an 18-year-old high school student. he had extensive business experience. he should have known better and he should have shut this thing down before it became the disaster it was. >> balwani has been order to surrender on march 15th. >> russian forces now targeting ukraine's power, water, and heating systems.

the goal to use the cold as a weapon in order to force ukraine to surrender. as the war rages on, so does the san francisco bay tech company's efforts to support ukraine and that effort needs your help. >> we have seen images like this come out of ukraine for more than nine months now. images that are personal. >> i have a number of family members there in ukraine. >> for matt -- >> ukrainian people are very resilience and this can sometimes mask the severity of the situation on the ground there. and we should not forget about that. we should not forget that under these brave faces, it's incredible tragedy. >> tragedy that this man and his tech company have decided to do something about. lipman and two of his cofounders were born in ukraine. the company also started there with its head office now in sf.

grammarly provides technology like this to help people and companies communicate more effectively. >> it makes sense that effectiveness is how they decided to help ukraine. right now, many hospitals are unable to function at full capacity because of damage or no power. >> we think a lot about efficiency of the help, about making it as direct and as impactful as possible. and ambulances that are used as hospitals on wheels in ukraine, they save lives in a very direct and immediate way. >> the tech company is working with united 24, the initiative to collect donations by ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> only together we have the potential to stop the war that russia has started and to rebuild what russia has destroyed. together we can help freedom defeat tyranny. >> since may, more than $230 million has been raised through

the initiative and 90 ambulances purchased but lipman knows -- >> the need is endless. there is no immediate end in sight. >> grammarly has an office in kyiv that is closed right now. almost half of their team members are in or originally from ukraine. today in the bay. >> 4:39 for you this morning. hundreds of "new york times" journalists walking off the job today. ahead for you on today in the bay, we'll tell you the reason for the walkout and why the paper says its readers will not feel that impact. >> plus, iphone users may have to pay extra to receive a blue checkmark on their twitter accounts. the new pushback and the message twitter wants to send to app.le

good thursday morning. right now, the time is 4:42. we're taking a look at san rafael, starting out with a lot of fog in the area. low visibility in spots. temperatures in the upper 30s. going to be another cold morning but it stays mostly cloudy as we prepare for rain that's set to arrive this afternoon. i'm timing out the rain. we'll talk about what you can expect in a few minutes. >> unfortunately, following a deadly crash at the dublin interchange, blocking west 580 onto northbound 680. traffic is flowing smoothie. we'll talk about the interchange. there are a couple options and i'll let you know the latest about when we hope lanes will

reopen. >> good morning. i'm sill vanna from cnbc. wall street is expected to open higher. investors continue to wave the likelihood of a recession next week. the federal reserve is expected to hike interest rates when it meets next week, but by a smaller amount than previous hikes, but traders are concerned whether the fed can avoid a recession as it tries to reduce inflation. now, in focus today, jobless claims sxurnings from costco and lululemon. hundreds of journalists and other employees at "the new york times" are staging a 24-hour strike today. and what would be the first walkout of its kind at the paper in more than 40 years. members of the news gild of new york say they're fed up with talks that have dragged on since their contract expired in march of last year. a spokesperson for the times says the paper has contingency plans to keep operating without disruption. >> and it's going to cost you more to get that blue checkmark if you pay through twitter's iphone app. the information reports twitter

plans to charge $11 for twitter blue when it relaunches. the subscription service was supposed to cost $7.99 a month. it will be at $7 a month if you pay through twitter's website. the move is reportedly a pushback against the 30% cut apple takes on payments by users through ios devices. the lower pricing on twitter's website may drive more users to that platform. >> interesting. they want to pass it on. >> mm-hmm. we'll see if it does drive more users to the platform. >> exactly. >> we'll be watching. thanks. >> 4:44 right now. final holiday run for beloved light display coming up next on today in the bay, the story behind this holiday spectacle, and the emotional tribute one family says simply getting too family says simply getting too hard to repeat every year.

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welcome to thursday morning. a quick glimpse of the golden gate bridge there. we're keeping tabs on it. 4:47. mike also keeping tabs on a bad accident. >> the worst part of my job is to report a deadly crash, and that's what we have right now. we're looking at the traffic impact because of this tragedy. it does demand an investigation, and the coroner has been called to the scene. let me step into this shot that we get courtesy of one of the cal trans cameras. this is the connector to 680 coming off 580. very early in the commute so

this car and the tow trucks are on hold until the coroner gets there. the coroner should arrive i'm hoping in the next ten minutes and then the investigation can continue. likely as we look at the map, that should last and hopefully looking at clearing possibly starting to clear some of the connector by 5:00, but right now, folks i believe are circling back, exiting at san ramon and getting back on the connector. you can connect to 680 off 580. the dublin interchange is going to delay you, but the traffic is lighter and the conditions great right now. >> good right now as we're getting ready for our next storm system that's going to be moving in. we powered up our storm ranger on top of san bruno mountain. this is what we're expecting, rain for the evening commute. as we go through later tonight, that rain clears out. our next round will be a heavier rain starting on saturday with some high wind gusts and it also could cause some flood issues as we get those clogged street

drains and quick moving creeks and rivers as the water rises quickly. for the weekend, we're also getting ready for a lot of heavy sierra snow that may close the roads once again. here's alic at storm ranger, the red is our doppler radar parked on san bruno mountain. when the rain comes in, it's for the afternoon to evening hours starting in the north bay with quick and heavy rain moving through the bay area. by 11:00, it's passing through san francisco and parts of the east bay. while the north bay is starting to clear out. tomorrow looks mostly dry all the way up to the evening and then we see the next round of rain moving in very early on saturday morning. as we wake up, we're going to hear the rain hitting the roof and pouring throughout much of the day, and even waves of rain going into early on sunday. for the sierra, we talked about this, a lot of heavy snow that will close the roadways and the potential of getting up to 29 inches of snow in tahoe city. 58 in kingdale and 54 in

kirkwood. for us, we're going to see this initial round of rain come in with about a tenth to a quarter-inch of rain, but the however. rain continues throughout the weekend. it's going to be pretty widespread as we go throughout the next several days with another storm system moving through by the end of next week. pretty active busy weather pattern with chilly temperatures, only reaching into the mid to upper 50s and morning temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s with a high only at 50 degrees to start out early next week. now we're going to turn to our climate crisis. we have world leaders flocking to montreal, canada, this week to work on a new set of goals aimed at slowing down the loss of our natural world. it's known as cop-15 and it focuses on the world's biodiversity. things like plants and animal species. the comes after countries gathered in egypt to tackle the

climate crisis. this focuses on conservation. one million plant and animal species threatened with extinction as a result of human activity. our clean air, food, and habitable climate are all regulated by the natural world. we'll keep an eye on any headlines coming out of cop-15. if you would like to follow more, head to nbcbayarea.com. laura. >> thanks so much. >> 4:51 right now. the holidays all about tradition and one family in vallejo has taken a christmas tradition to heart. >> the taylors light up their home with thousands of lights. this is in memory of their daughter. as today in the bay found out, that tradition will soon come to an end. >> they call it the christmas house of glen cove. >> i have been coming here my whole life. it's kind of like it's my childhood coming here with my brother. >> they come to see this home in vallejo all decked out with lights, statues, a ferris wheel, and of course, santa.

>> ho ho ho. >> i love being here. it makes me so happy. >> merry christmas. >> making people happy is the goal for bob and linda taylor, but that hasn't been their only goal. bob and linda have been putting on this light show for 23 years and they do it in honor of their daughter. >> i lost my daughter in a plane crash 23 years ago. and christmas is her favorite time of the year, so we dedicate this to her every year. >> it takes three months to put this spectacular light show on. and it takes another three months to put the lights away. and the light show is not cheap. the taylors' light bill for december is about $2,000. but all this joy is coming to an end this year. they say it's not about the money. >> we just can't keep going up and down the ladders. >> the taylors say they're getting too old to climb up and down ladders to decorate the house. and people who are coming this year know it will be the last

time. >> i'm so sad. you know, but it's too hard for us now to put this all together. >> december 31st, our last night, we turn these lights on. i'm going to be crying. i mean, i'm getting choked up right now. there's no way i can hold back. i told everybody, i want to make this so bright that she can see it from heaven. that's our goal. and i really think i have come close to it. i think she can see it from heaven now. >> cheryl herd, today in the bay. >> a look back at america's search history from betty white to golden state warriors. we'll look into the most googled trends this past month. >> and happening now, it's almost time to get your tickets for one of the bay area's most popular music festivals. holiday presale for the bottle rock fest in napa valley go on sale at 10:00 this morning. american express card holders

and certain residents have access to the tickets now. last year, metallica and pink headlined the three-day festival. this year's event takes place the weekend of may 26th.

4:56 right now. the lists are out. what dominated your search history in 2022? google trends has released their top searches of the year. >> woodall took the top spot, beating out all other trends, and number two, election results, and rounding out the top three, betty white. now, what was not high on the list this year of those searches, covid. it has been dominating the searches the past couple years. in 2022, it slipped.

and the golden state warriors specific to the bay area made it to the number three spot in the sports category. >> 4:56 right now. scary encounter for a north bay family. coming up next on today in the bay, the new video of a mountain lion watching them in their backyard right before it attacked their dog. >> and we're starting out with some dense fog in parts of the north bay. salono county under a dense fog advisory with visibility down to a quarter mile. i'm tracking that and incoming rain coming up. >> we're seeing the dublin interchange. i believe a new vehicle has arrived. we're going to check out what chp has to update but i'll let you know what my theory is regarding this deadly crash and the closure here affecting

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right now at 5:00, the spike in flu cases leading to a rush to get everything from antibiotics to over the counter rr drugs. shelves now empty at some local drugstores. this hour, expert advice on how to protect yourself. >> congress staring at the possibility of a federal shutdown. we're live in washington with the urgent issues that need to be decided. >> plus, more rain heading into the bay area. nbc bay area storm ranger is tracking its arrival, and kari hall has your timeline.

a good morning to you on this thursday. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll get a look at the forecast shortly with the rain coming up, but mike has breaking news this morning affecting commuters in the east bay. >> exactly, closed right now. chp has closed the dublin interchange for this crash. on the cal trans camera that is on northbound 680 coming off 580, this live look doesn't tell a lot, so i step in and show you there's a tow truck that has been here as we have been monitoring, been there since about 4:00 in the morning. over here, a couple vehicles but this van has appeared. i believe that is the alameda county coroner that has arrived on scene and they're doing an investigation. the car i believe is the one involved in the deadly incident. it's blocking the connector from west 580 where we see from time to time a little slowing. that connector is closed to northbound 680. folks are moving by, getting back on at foothill and getting back on 680. if that is indeed the coroner's van,