rain. meteorologist, kari hall, tracking more wet weather set to move into the bay area in the next 24 hours. she tracks down everything you need to know, including when you can expect rain in your neighborhood. up in fire. this morning we are looking at the damage done. plus -- >> jack's a little fighter. that mountain lion picked the wrong kid to mess with. >> a road to recovery. a 5-year-old tells us how he's

doing after being attacked by a mountain lion. we made it to thursday. want to say good morning to you. i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. just got to make it through now. all right. thanks for starting your die with us. it's another cold morning. let's get you a live look outside in san francisco where we are still all clear as you get ready to get up and out the door. take a look at where we are right now, and it dipped below freezing again in santa rosa. you do need layers, but take a look at where we are headed this afternoon. reaching into the upper 60s for parts of the south bay. won't be as warm for the north bay, but we will see this as the warmest day we will have in quite a while.

we will talk about rain coming up in a few minutes. mike, you are looking at flares lit up in oakland? >> yeah, there's a crash. no major injuries reported but i have seen over the last few minutes in the bushes alongside north 88, flashlights, so people are looking for something. there may have been a crash and folks may have left the scene. there was slowing. it cleared up after the initial arrival and the placement of the flares, so we are looking at a smooth drive but a restricted north 880. light volume of traffic all around the bay. there's a new crash in san josé, and i'll check that out. and then a late night fire on few blocks south of oregon

field. four businesses are damaged. firefighters are still looking into the cause. our emma gosk is there this morning. we will have an update. the hunt is still on for a mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy. >> it was a terrifying encounter between one of the cats and jack. >> jack ran a little bit ahead of the adults and must have, you know, possibly surprised the mountain lion. >> amy wagner says his nephew was with his grandparents and mother who charged at the mountain lion to save his life. >> she was able to scare it as

she ran up and was screaming and scared it off. >> jack's mother scooped him up and ran down the hill and took him to the hospital. he suffered a broken bone near the eye. >> if anybody can bounce back from something like this, it's jack. he's a ball of energy and nothing really slows that kid down. >> he and his family have managed an organic farm. there's a gofundme page to help with expenses. >> frequently there are similar attacks like this. >> they are hunting down the lion. >> we could identify the offending animal and that animal would be removed from the wild. >> as the hunt continues for the

young lion, jack is staying strong and fighting for a full recovery. >> jack is a little fighter. that mountain lion picked the wrong kid to mess with. now to new developments, pg&e will go to trial for its role in the deadly fire. the judge says there's enough evidence. that fire killed four people and burned more than 50,000 acres in shasta counties in september of 2020. investigators blamed that failure on pg&e's failure to maintain a tree that was leaning towards power lines. this is a new movement to remove open air drug markets in san francisco. >> there was a meeting last night outlining what advocates

say have to happen in order to get it to work. >> standing room only for the launch of together sf's anti-drug policy. >> prioritizing ending the drug markets must happen, because that's not a stated priority of the city's leadership and that's part of the problem. >> they are addressing the drug epidemic. it's solution, harm reduction is not enough, and law enforcement and recovery programs must also play a role. >> are there bad police? yes, there are. but we didn't do, we didn't come up with a plan when we come up with when we take the police away. >> disrupt. you are on this corner, and we're on this corner, now you are on that corner, we're on

that corner now, and we do that from sunrise to sunset. >> former addict, odd remoore, liked what he heard. >> i know it will work. >> tonya's son finally has a bed in recovery after fighting addiction for several years. >> maybe they should have treatment options available first. >> together sf leaders there, everybody got a flyer like this one, and it's demanding city leaders put an end to the open air use. you may have seen him in charge around san josé for the last couple of weeks but it was not until last night that matt mayhem got sworn in.

he was sworn in on the 29th in a private party, and he was sworn in with his wife and kids by his side. he has several goals already. >> we need to acknowledge that without making greater progress on the base ebgz of homelessness, public safety, we're holding ourselves back. we have the potential to continue to be a city full of opportunities like we have been for generations. >> he's the city's 66th and youngest mayor since mchenry back in the 1980s. >> the african american sports and entertainment group will sign an exclusive plan for a plan. that plan will transform 100 acres of land to be for rez did

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good thursday morning. it's 4:41. let's take you to the tri-valley with a live look outside in dublin. it's already a busy start. but it's also cold. our temperature right now just 2 degrees above freezing and will hold steady there for the next few hours. we will see more clouds coming in and eventually rain, and we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. easy drive 880 through fremont. a crash around 101. we are giving you detail on what is called a traffic alert up in oakland for flares up by the coliseum. we will talk about oakland, too, but first let's check in with silvana. >> wall street is set to open higher after a positive session yesterday. the dow erasing more than a 500-point loss to eke out a small gain. the nasdaq ending up about 2%.

the moves coming as the federal reserve hikes interest rates by a quarter point, and inflation is cooling enough for the fed to take notice and pause it's rate campaign soon, though the fed has not given any indication a pause is coming. in focus today, data on jobless claims and factory orders. meta, as revenue growth slowed for three quarters, and then fallout from apple's privacy changes, meta has focused on being more active and cutting projects not performing. the company says it sold 7.1

million play station consoles. sony now sold more than 32 million ps5s since it launched. >> wow. >> lots of people playing video games. >> no, no, they are working from home. >> that was a hit. trust me. >> thanks, silvana. 4:44 right now. still ahead on "today in the bay," the brand new video you have got to see this morning. plus -- >> the beach

to you. what a nice live look outside the golden gate bridge this morning. look at the bottom there. tracking your forecast that includes a little rain. kari is tracking this. >> by tomorrow morning we could see rain in parts of the north bay, and most of the bay seeing it later in the morning. it's still cold and still clear. a look at santa rosa right now.

it's 30 degrees. we are below freezing there. we are also going to have another chilly start, you see more clouds moving in today. temperatures headed to the upper 50s in parts of the north bay. if you look up this morning before you head to work, you might see a rare sight in the sky. today is the closest approach of the green comet, and we have not seen this particular one since the stone age. by tomorrow morning all of these clouds will be in, and we can see them off the coast right now. we are seeing the rain approaching first in the north bay. look at the timeline. this is at about 3:00 in the morning. it's moving into lake and north sonoma county and then spreading across the rest of the bay area by 6:00 to 7:00. it starts out with a wave of heavy rain and then gets lighter and more scattered throughout

the day. by the afternoon, some of us are getting a break. there still could be lingering spotty showers. this first round of rain, not really heavy bringing us a quarter to half inch of rain. more rain in the forecast for the end of the weekend. sunday we could see up to an inch of rain and even higher amounts further to the north. for much of the bay area, about half to three quarters of an inch of rain. also a good amount of more sierra snow. another 15 inches of snow, so that's going to be great to see that coming down after we talk about our historic snowpack. we will have a update on that. we will see temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. scattered showers on friday and then more widespread rain on sunday. mike, now you have a traffic alert on the grid? >> i do. chp has it on the grid, and it's

not in san josé and not on 101, this is westbound tu hrfpl tully. we are going to have more on the project as there has been changes there. and then here they changed the status from a crash to an alert. there's flares here that will be a distraction. they have folks leaving the scene and perhaps they will open the lane soon. >> thanks, mike. with the anticipation of the rain this weekend a scheduled closure is getting pushed back. northbound 680 between before

sunol was going to be shutdown, and we will see that closure from sunol boulevard to bertel avenue. and then a woman tried to smuggle a half pound of amphetamine to the jail. when guards searched her before the visit they found this, 9 ounce of meth. new video shows firefighters rescuing a german shepherd that fell into a hole. they got him out. they were able to use a rope with a hook to hook the dog's collar and lift him up to

safety. a new treatment with people for type two diabetes, and it's a major break through. why is it so hard to get? it's called ozempic. that and much more for you today on the "today" show after us, "today in the bay." happening today the pebble beach pro-am tournament. we also heard from actor josh

drumel. >> i never take this for granted. i do love this part of the country, and i love all of it. the golf here is second to none and the fans, the volunteers, i love the whole vibe and especially in weather like this. >> the tournament runs through sunday. among the celebrities competing, buster posey, aaron rodgers and jason bateman. the powerball jackpot is growing again after nobody won. the winning numbers last night were 31, 43, 58, 59 and 66, and i said that fast but you didn't win. the cash value for the drawing is now $375.5 million, and that's after taxes. 4:53. still ahead on "today in the bay," the issue that had police

on the move and traffic certainly backed up and blocked. giants fans are about to have their first chance to snag some of the single ticket season tickets. pitchers and catchers report to pitchers and catchers report to spring training on

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it happened in pleasanton. officers and local ranchers acted quickly and were able to wrangle the cow. a car hit the cow but nobody was hurt. and then a new penguin at the aquarium. >> the chick is adjusting to life in the penguin aquarium. >> i didn't know they were so small when they were born. >> right? >> cute. a big windfall for public transit, and big money heading to bart and the bta and among the projects the funds are expected to support. if you are about to step out

the door in belmont, it's in the upper 30s. if you can hang out for a while we will talk about rain coming in in just a few minutes. looking at oakland, we have no problems now traveling north -- oops, sorry, showed you the north bay. no problems here in oakland. flares just burned out. sorry the control room wanted to show that all lanes are open northbound 880. i will let you know if there are any problems, but so far from the live look

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right now at 5:00, alameda county's new district attorney is reopening several high profile investigations involving law enforcement in the east bay. the reason she says the cases deserve a fresh set of eyes. plus, getting down to business. president biden goes one-on-one with house speaker, kevin mccarthy. we're live in washington with a cause uniting gop lawmakers and an fbi search of president biden's delaware beach home. the all-new encouraging numbers of the snowpack as we await a new drought update. good thursday morning to you. 5:00 right now. thanks for starting your morning with us. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. it's time to talk