at 6:00, tracking a new wave of rain. this time it's targeting the south bay. meteorologist kari hall. timing out just how long it will last. and flooding turns deadly. the new details we're learning about the weekend discovery in the north bay. we don't expect the young people to go from this service. go here. go there, go there. oh, we don't do that. go over here. moving

the bay area forward with a one stop shop to end youth homelessness. the local nonprofit helping those in need to find housing and jobs. this is today in the bay. good monday morning to you. 6:00 right now. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. we are under that microclimate weather alert this morning. of course, meteorologist kari hall is monitoring all of that. so how long is this batch of rain going to stick around? it's mostly throughout the morning and then some breaks. this afternoon. we are seeing the heaviest of that rainfall now moving through parts of the bay area. and this is a look at our live view of storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar. we have it parked on san bruno mountain and we are going to see the heavy rain mainly south of san francisco for today. but tomorrow the spotty showers will linger and it stays cloudy and cool. but heading into thanksgiving, we are expecting some morning fog. but overall a sunny and chilly day. here's a look at the latest

atmospheric river that's been affecting the central coast to the south bay, but also sending some waves of rain farther northward and affecting some of the areas that are trying to dry out and recover from all the rain we had last week. we are seeing the rain now, moving back into marin county and santa rosa, but where we see the yellows and reds on storm ranger is now moving across the bay and heading northward. as we are going to see some times of this rain affecting not only your way out the door and your morning commute, but as well, we are going to see that rain into later today. our hour by hour outlook does show that we are going to see those showers moving through parts of the east bay, with some breaks later today. so this latest storm comes with much of the bay area still trying to recover from that rain that moved through parts of the bay area on friday. so our ginger conejero saab is live on the peninsula where the flooding concerns are still front and center right now. well, flooding may be on people's minds as the wet

weather continues to head south from the peninsula, which is where we are. we're close to downtown palo alto along university. it's not raining all too much right now. you can kind of see the slippery roads or the slick roads. i should say, but it has been a little bit on and off as far as the rain is concerned this morning. people, however, are bracing themselves for the rain because of the amount of rainfall that we saw in the past days in the north bay. let's take a look at some of what happened there. the russian river surged just below moderate flood stage this weekend. also over the weekend, authorities confirm a fatality in sonoma county close to highway 116 and maze canyon road. a car was spotted in a flooded roadway saturday morning. first responders recovered the man, who was in that car, but he was pronounced dead at the scene in santa rosa, firefighters pulled another man's body from piner creek, though police say it is not clear if his death was storm related. now going into the

weekend, san francisco got soaked. a flash flood warning went into effect for a couple of hours on friday. a couple of the neighborhoods really saw the effects of that. the mission district saw flooded streets and gutters. the western addition underpasses looked like pools, and the marina district saw flooded gutters and stalled trucks. now, as the wet weather begins to return, a business in san francisco is ready in case the rains cause more minor flooding. luckily, we have lots of soil in bags, which basically double as sandbags, so we were able to like put those around and kind of divert water from coming in as much as we could. and as the trees on university avenue are so beautifully lit this morning, it's a reminder that the holiday season is upon us. it is the start of the thanksgiving holiday week, which triple a as far as travel plans are concerned, will start counting tomorrow. choose the tuesday before thanksgiving. an estimated 80 million people are expected to travel more than 50

miles, so we'll have to see how this wet weather impacts those travelers looking to get away or come into the bay area for the thanksgiving holiday. we're live in palo alto, ginger conejero saab. today in the bay. yeah. no, i've told people who were heading to the bay area, look, bring the umbrella because it's raining. all right. thanks, ginger. and a reminder. you can also track the rain on the go using our free nbc bay area app. make sure to download it to see when the storm will be moving into your neighborhood. just scan the qr code on your screen to get your local weather your way from the people you know this morning. here's a guy we know, mike tracking that morning commute soggy out there in some parts. yeah, it is. and that's why i'm glad. i also know the meteorologist over there next to me. we're looking over here at the bay bridge toll plaza where you see the rain on ther on ther conditions, but lighter volume expected for this week as we see a more gradual build at the toll plaza itself. and lighter, slowing, but still slowing. in typical patterns for highway 37, the upper east shore freeway highway 4 coming into concord and now 242 heading down toward

pleasant hill. eventually walnut creek. the interchange is just fine there. 680 corridor. no major issues, but do note that once you get down to the tri-valley, a lot wetter roadways as the recent rain traveled across this band in the south bay, still tracking two crashes. south 101 right around lawrence expressway. back to you. thank you very much, mike. new at six. a high school teacher in solano county is in custody this morning. charged with possessing child. drake sherman was a teacher, athletic director and baseball coach at rio vista high school, about 15 miles from antioch. school district officials say sherman was placed on administrative leave back in march amid misconduct allegations involving multiple students. he is set to appear in court tomorrow. happening today, the man accused of sneaking into a middle school locker room in san jose is due back in court. today's hearing is set to decide whether travis street is competent to stand trial. he was arrested after

allegedly trying to record girls in a locker room at bret hart middle school last month. the court assigned a at least one of those psychologists to examine him at the request of his attorney. if street is found competent, that case will be returned to the original judge and processed and proceed as usual. now to a live look in san francisco, where a strike involving some downtown hotels appears to be growing. unite here local two union reps say about 500 workers at the san francisco marriott marquis walked off the job yesterday. they joined hundreds of other striking workers at a number of other major hotels including some in union square. a nationwide hotel workers picket weeks ago. in a statement, the marriott says the hotel remains open and management has protocols in place to operate amid any avoiding any impact to staffing. this morning we're moving you forward as one organization is working to help young people stuck on the streets. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live from the east bay this morning. and bob,

no surprise here because this assistance really is needed because youth homelessness we're seeing here in california. back to those pre-pandemic levels. unfortunately, you are correct. good morning to you, marcus and laura. most california students, they're excited to have this week off so they can go be at home with their family. but sadly, there are more than 200,000 k through 12 students here in the state of california who do not have a place to go, do not have a home to go to. this week. this is a sad statistic that we are reminded of as this is the last week of youth homeless awareness month. according to the public policy institute of california, the number of students in k through 12 without a place to live here in the state of california has returned to pre-pandemic levels. the number fell to around 3.7% during covid. then in 2022, 23 bumped up back to 4.1%. that represents just under 250,000 kids here in the state.

turntable. they're a nonprofit here in the bay area trying to help young people stuck on the streets, whether they're in alameda county where i'm at, or cities like oakland, san francisco, anywhere in the bay area. but by providing them with one stop shopping, help for housing, therapy and support in finding a job, it's easy to assume things are getting worse. but from what i'm seeing, it's getting better. when we continue to provide relationship based and holistic models where we don't expect the young people to go from this service. go here, go there, go there. oh, we don't do that. go over here. all of those fragmented parts in the community just stresses the young person out and wears them down. and where would you be without turntable? probably in the streets if i didn't. if i didn't have turntable, i'd probably be in the streets. still. the bay area based robert

craig films is donating 50% of its profits from five of its films on homelessness to turntable and other organizations. the film company recently released a documentary called americans with no address. that's probably what you're seeing on your screen right now. the film's producer says this is what she found while putting that documentary together. this is what she found in the programs that worked best in helping the unhoused. building relationships. when every every one of us as humans, we need connectivity. and so programs that really build the relationships inside went with a holistic approach, but secondary had the wraparound services. housing is important. that's number one. but number two are the programs that provide the services that really adhere to the needs of an individual. in february of next year, robert craig films will also release a feature film on homelessness called no address starring william baldwin. reporting live. bob redell today in the bay. all

right, bob, thank you. turning back to our weather coverage this morning, we're under a microclimate weather alert. we have a live look at our storm ranger mobile doppler radar scanning the skies up on san bruno mountain. another round of rain moving into the south bay. it's here. it's wet out there. kari. and it's mostly moving across the south bay with the heaviest rain. but we've also seen that rain spreading northward and affecting parts of the north bay as they try to dry out the yellows and the reds on storm ranger, indicating some really heavy rain. moving into sausalito, parts of southern marin county, as well as over the contra costa county. as you're heading out driving on 680, you may encounter some of that really heavy rain coming down and a steady rain elsewhere. so as we head down to gilroy, this is one of the areas that may see the rain continue for a lot longer throughout the day compared to areas to the north. so the rain will be heavy through 11:00, getting lighter with some breaks in the activity, but the high temperature staying in the 50s for today. we'll be tracking the

cooler weather and eventually talk about some drier conditions in time for thanksgiving. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike's been tracking where we can find lower gas prices. yeah, we'll talk about that rain, but let's start with the gas prices. contra costa county today. the low is in concord. 359 at bond fair market on willow pass road. the next price in line in the middle here in marin county, we got mill valley with the low of 367 at arco on redwood highway. and the last number, it's much higher if we head down to the south bay. sunnyvale's low is 379 at national petroleum on old san francisco road. there have been some changes over the weekend and likely through this week of a lot of driving. let's check with gasbuddy.com. no matter where you go, let's get out to the roadways though, where you're going pretty much everywhere at a good speed, but tougher conditions, of course. wet roadways this one section may be a concern. south 101 between fair oaks and lawrence expressway. we've had two crashes in those demarcated areas. there may still be a traffic break after they try to clear vehicles, and in fact,

they successfully cleared vehicles to the right shoulder in both cases, i believe we're looking at northbound 101. the volume pretty steady, relatively light right now, and the conditions still slick in san jose. back to you. thanks, mike. 612 this morning. and you know what? holidays are here. and that means you need to x off those items on the shopping list. even with prices at record highs, americans plan to spend more than ever. we're going to break down the math when we return. plus, happy holidays, merry christmas. whoa, whoa. santa ready? there's a new twist on the south bay tradition. we're going to take you for a ride. see all the lights and the sights and sounds. even the pooches are out there. not on four wheels, but two. keep it here. you won't want to miss it. coming u

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than it typically builds to this capacity full at the toll plaza for all lanes. we'll show you those conditions and the commute coming into the area. good morning. wall street is set to open higher as the markets kick off. this holiday shortened weekend. investors react to president elect trump's pick for treasury secretary. hedge fund manager scott bessent. now he's seen as someone who would be supportive of the stock market and may favor a more gradual approach on tariffs. the markets are coming off a winning week, with the dow rising about 2% to record highs, and the s&p 500 and the nasdaq gaining more than 1.5%. now in focus this week, we get down on housing, consumer confidence, inflation, durable goods and gdp and shoppers are expected to spend an average of $650 between black friday and cyber monday. that's up 15% from last year, and that's according to a new survey out today from

deloitte. now, for the entire holiday shopping season, consumers are projected to spend just under $1,200. that's up 8% from 2023. and they say they're willing to spend more, even as higher costs continue to weigh on their wallets. about 80% of retailers expect sales growth this season, helped by traffic both in store and online. and krispy kreme is bringing whoville to life this holiday season. it's rolling out a mary grinch miss donut collection for a limited time starting on black friday. it has three new donuts based on the characters from the iconic doctor seuss book the grinch, grinchy claus and cindy lou who and customers can get a six pack or dozen at participating stores or through the krispy kreme app as well as at select grocery stores. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm silvana henao. those are pretty adorable. yeah. yum yum. well, here's a live look for you this morning over at the

white house. this this is a few hours from now where president joe biden will pardon a pair of turkeys. peach and blossom. yes. they made their public debut yesterday. well, today, the president will officially share. spare them becoming part of anyone's thanksgiving dinner. peach blossom there they were. raised in minnesota. well, now, at 17 weeks old, they will return to the farm to live out their lives as ambassadors of the national turkey federation and the white house. pardoning tradition started back with president harry truman in 1947. those are beautiful, though, too. big birds. yeah, well, joining for you this morning a new spin on an annual drive through holiday light display at san jose's historic park. we're actually talking about the christmas in the park drive through light show. pretty cool at history park. hundreds of cyclists cruised into the park last night to check out the holiday lights, show off some of their own bike decor all lit up. the event is traditionally for cars, but after a request from cyclists, the nonprofit decided to offer a bike only night. money raised goes to support

christmas in the park, which is on market street. they're still short $100,000 for next year's event. you can drive your car now through the drive thru display at history park through december 31st. saw that person on a unicycle. i wonder if they pay half price. is it per wheel? maybe. yeah, quite a talent. got to be a lot of balance there. okay. a lot of umbrellas out today. this morning it's really coming down in spots and we're going to see it continue. but some breaks in the activity later today. it's all a part of this atmospheric river that's now targeting areas farther to the south, from the central coast to the south bay. but we've also seen the rain making it into the north bay as well as you're trying to clean up and recover from last week's historic rainfall. and so we're going to see off and on showers as we get a closer look at the radar. stormranger showing some light activity, moving through sonoma county. but it's really picked up from marin county. and that will also be lifting

northward. we also have a wave of rain that's moving through alameda county and moving into the delta, where we are also seeing some rain picking up for the san mateo bridge and moving down toward palo alto. lighter showers elsewhere, but this activity will continue, at least for the near term as this storm system is moving through. and i know it's a big travel day, so you're probably checking ahead to those delays that rainfall in san francisco is leading to about two hour delays right now. and in dc we have about 30 minute delays. but elsewhere we're not seeing a lot of those travel delays as of yet. but i do think that sfo is going to continue to see those problems. as we are looking at some off and on rain throughout the morning, but notice how we're not seeing as much of the activity going into today. so it could be in the tri-valley as well as the peninsula where we're seeing just a cloudy sky for most of the day. every now and then, some light rain coming through, but it's mainly going to be the south bay down to the south county. that gets the heavier rainfall and chances

will continue into tomorrow morning. and then we start to see things clearing out. so between now and tomorrow morning we could see another 2:45 tenths of an inch of rainfall. and it could be a little bit heavier for morgan hill and areas just farther to the south. but then once this system pushes out by late tuesday into wednesday, it's looking dry for thanksgiving and even thereafter, for much of the bay area, we could start to see some scattered showers for southern california by the end of the week. but it looks like that stays away from us. so taking a look at our 7-day forecast, we're in the brunt of this storm for what we are seeing right no. tapering off between today and tomorrow and then going into the rest of the holiday week looks much better. and mike, the commute is a little slower to form. yeah, because it's a lighter volume this week. likely to be a monday, tuesday, wednesday. and then of course thursday and friday. of those folks, we thank whoever's working those days. most are off on vacations. we're looking at the wet commute, though damp roadways, slick roadways, blue

shows where there's likely puddling and ponding through many areas. we're still seeing standing water in many intersections coming through san francisco, having just seen more rain on many of our cameras, we're looking toward the richmond bridge, where there's a slick roadways and also some flashing lights. i'll check on those back to you. thanks, mike. coming up next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. she bought a product that's supposed to relieve stress, but her purchase is actually increasing it. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next

what? bay area response. nbc bay area response to an east bay woman who kept running into these roadblocks, returning an expensive massage chair when her purchase started tying her up in knots. she contacted consumer investigator chris kamara's to team try to relieve some of that tension. let's talk about joanne in hercules. she bought this massage chair for 1564 bucks from a third party seller on walmart.com. well, she says the chair couldn't reach the part of her back that needed massaging. she wanted to return it and get a refund. the seller said, okay, but you have to return it in its original packaging. joanne said she didn't have the original packaging because the delivery people took it with them, and she couldn't find another box big enough for the thing. after weeks of back and forth, joanne asked us for a hand. we contacted walmart. here's what it did. it took back the chair

and gave joanne her $1,564 back. we asked walmart for a comment, but it only told us it resolved this directly with the customer. joanne actually asked about the return policy for that chair before she purchased it, and that's a savvy move, especially if you're ever buying a large or expensive item. if you think a company is sitting on your refund, let us know. snap the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. thank you very much, chris. 626 we do have a lot ahead for you. coming up at 630 this morning, south bay getting drenched this morning. meteorologist kari hall is tracking a new wave of rain hitting the bay area. and just how long it will last this holiday week. and the menendez brothers, who you might know from the small screen, will be appearing on screen in a courtroom today for the first time in years. we'll tell you what's at stake. you're w

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monitoring new storm making its way through the bay area, and the impact it could have on your holiday week. the factor is going to be a new day in town on december 2nd. could be a real game changer. we're just hours away from a hearing, which could be the first step towards freedom for the menendez brothers. the next phase in the case, as they are set to return to the courtroom. president

elect donald trump fills out the final top positions of his administration over the weekend. but can they survive the confirmation battle? well, we're breaking down what's next for trump's most controversial choices. this is today in the bay. good morning. on this wet monday. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we are under a microclimate weather alert. check out all these cameras across the south bay this morning where the rain has been coming down overnight. and this is, in fact, what it looked like overnight in palo alto. new video just coming in. within the past hour, as the new storm has been making its way through. but the question is on everyone's mind will that rain stick around for thanksgiving? meteorologist kari hall, of course, has the answers for us this morning. how is it looking for a dry thanksgiving? it looks very good for thanksgiving, but we have to get there. and there's several more days between now and then. so of course, the travel is the other issue. so we are starting out with some soggy conditions,

looking at upper 40s and low 50s, as you're heading out with a breezy wind. but this atmospheric river is targeting the central coast down to socal and extending up towards the bay area, with the south bay in line for the highest amount of rainfall totals. even though we are seeing rain pretty much everywhere across the bay, as we get a closer look with storm ranger, that's our mobile doppler radar. the area is trying to recover from the historic rainfall that we had last week in the north bay. is still going to see some waves of showers, at least some light to moderate rain, but the focus where we're seeing the yellows and the reds has been the peninsula, the east bay and extending down toward the south bay. but once again, you can see the rain is pretty much everywhere. as we are looking all across the bay area and then going into today, it's mostly throughout the morning, and then we start to see some breaks in the activity. but a chance of showers continues into early tomorrow, so we'll take a look at your travel forecast and thanksgiving coming up. but mike, it's a wet drive through san jose. yeah. this is our live

camera. 101 northbound typically where we see a little more slowing at about 632 in the morning. we should be seeing that second build. but look at the water kicking off those cars as they travel by. that's the big concern. northbound 101 right where the arrow is. the curved arrow that should be showing a little more slowing on your typical monday. we'll see that build, but overall a lighter volume. the green highlighting all over the bay. those conditions a slicker roadways. watch that san mateo bridge seeing more traffic coming off the east bay. nothing dramatic. again, lighter volume this week, especially monday, tuesday, wednesday and holiday traffic thursday and friday. likely for the morning commute. but we are having the buildups through the east bay and the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza can't escape that. right now we do have the water on the lens again and watch those slick roadways, especially the on and off ramps and those intersections back to you. thank you very much. well, the fate of two brothers convicted of murdering their parents in their home will be in the hands of a california judge today. the menendez brothers will appear in court for the first time in years. today in the bay's kris

sanchez shows us what the judge in southern california will consider. kris. good morning to you, laura and marcus. we expect to see the brothers in the courtroom, but via live stream. now, while there have been calls for the brothers to be resentenced for the murders of their parents, this hearing is related to their petition to have their convictions overturned altogether. eric, who is now 53, and lyle, who is now 56, are asking that their murder convictions be overturned on the grounds of new evidence. this is evidence not considered in their original murder trial, and it includes a letter from the younger brother eric to a cousin detailing sexual abuse by their father. the brothers were just 18 and 21 years old when they shot and killed their parents in their beverly hills home. after two trials, the brothers were convicted and sentenced to life without parole. while the hearing is today, the judge has until tomorrow to respond to that habeas corpus petition, which is the inmate's challenge of their conviction. the judge

is set to tackle a couple of issues the habeas corpus petition, based on the new evidence that's emerged. but also there's a special law in california for resentencing. if there's new evidence or if there's childhood trauma or if, in fact, they have been rehabilitated. all of those things could result in them being sprung from prison. now, this is separate from the brothers other request, which is that they be resentenced and that is scheduled for december 11th. now, between now and december 11th, a new district attorney will take office. the current da, george gascon. you might recognize him. he's former san francisco da. he recommended clemency, a shortening of their sentence, and that they be eligible for parole. now, the menendez brothers are serving their sentences in a san diego prison, which is why they are going to appear virtually. and while they won't be there in the flesh, the court still has to hold a lottery for the seats in the courtroom because of the strong public interest. laura, we will be watching. thank you. kris 635 right now. happening

today, vice president kamala harris arrives in san francisco for her first bay area visit since losing the presidential election. harris is headed back to dc from hawaii, where she's been vacationing for the past week. we know at this point that she and her husband, doug emhoff, are scheduled to arrive sometime tonight. no further details are being released on their stay. well, capitol hill will no doubt be experiencing some monumental change in the coming weeks, starting with a hot button selection president elect trump is making to fill out his cabinet, along with some growing questions about qualifications for some of his picks. some wonder if there is enough being done in the vetting process. well, joining us this morning to talk more about this is frank figliuzzi. he is the former assistant director of the fbi and current senior national security and intelligence analyst for nbc news. frank, thanks for being with us this morning. so let's get right to it here. why are some arguing with these background checks? because some of the people, the nominees there don't necessarily have the qualifications in the

departments that they will head, but that's not necessarily uncommon with other administrations as well. well, i think there's a combination of things going on here. first, it appears that president elect trump is desiring to do away with fbi background investigations for his nominees. that's a significant break with history. fbi has been doing the backgrounds on white house nominees since at least president dwight eisenhower. so you've got that break with law tradition. masai executive orders dating many, many decades back that say you need to do a background investigation and we like the fbi to do it. but the second thing you mentioned is really important as well. we've got some nominees here who not only are allegedly lacking the qualifications for their positions, but also have baggag, serious baggage that the media has caught on to and has been reporting that may disqualify them from the job. and so the concern here, regardless of what your party affiliation is, is

that the senate judiciary committee could be flying blind with regard to their advice and consent powers over these nominees. if they don't have all the nitty gritty details of the baggage of the allegations of a foreign entanglements, sexual assault allegations, then they're making a decision and they're doing it without all the facts. well, some critics believe trump's transition team may be trying to bypass the vetting process entirely for some of his cabinet nominees. can you talk a little, frank, about the checks in place to ensure it is transparent, the whole process? well, i can tell you what works in a normal administration, but there's nothing about this that appears to be normal. normally, the fbi will do that background investigation and importantly, people need to know the fbi doesn't make the call on a nominee. they don't say thumbs up, thumbs down. they say, here's what we found, here's what troubles us. and they hand it to the senate, to the white house first. and then ultimately it goes to the senate judiciary committee. so they are equipped

with that information and now what president trump is saying is i'm going to use a private investigative firm. well, that's a problem because the firm is, of course, is loyal to whoever's paying their invoice. they don't want to upset the person paying their bill, and they don't have the powers the fbi has to have to look at classified files, wiretaps, intercepts, interview people about very sensitive things, and grant them anonymity. that's not what a private investigative firm can do. and you just brought it up. the fbi there. this is your area of expertise there. and i know trump's choice for fbi director is still open right now. and some people are wondering if trump team may be ready to play politics here. can you talk to us a little bit about what may happen here, especially given the importance of the position and trump's own past legal history? yeah, all indicators are that trump is prepared to fire the current fbi director, chris wray, by the way, that would be the second time that a president trump has fired an fbi director. he fired, as you know,

jim comey, because comey was refusing to take a loyalty pledge. and he was investigating the russia involvement in the campaign. but fbi directors are supposed to serve a ten year term to avoid politics, to straddle presidential administrations. the concern, of course, is if we put people who are loyal to trump in one of the most powerful positions in government, fbi director, they can use the power of the bureau. the gun and the badge and all their investigative tools to target trump's enemies. that's a concern. and if it can, if all of that change dribbles down to the field office, like the fbi field office in san francisco, and we have politicians telling them what cases to open or close, then we all have a problem. all right. frank figliuzzi, former assistant director of the fbi. thanks for taking the time this morning to join us. thank you. 640 for you this morning. want to take a look out this morning? look, this camera has been kind of fuzzy. you can't see much out there, but this is over at

sierra at tahoe ski resort. this is near echo summit, about 15 miles south of lake tahoe. so later today, skiers, snowboarders, anyone who wants to go out there and have a little fun will celebrate opening day. there just about every sierra ski resort is open at this point. all except kirkwood, which is scheduled to open next week. wow. so perfect timing for anybody planning on driving up to the sierra this week, but you got to plan ahead for the conditions just to try to get there. yes, you want to make sure you're checking ahead for road closures, road conditions, as well as the possibility of any chain controls, as well as tj defalco. oh well, let's take a look at palisades. you know what? her mic went out. so here's our break. marcus. let's do the weather. all right. taking a live look at palisades tahoe. where? look at the current conditions right now. ooh, snow anticipated for that area monday. just a high of 38 degrees. look at the snow estimates, though. i kind of want to go over to the green screen right now and actually go do this to you. could do it shall i? let's do it. come on. so look at kirkwood there. you can see eight inches twin

brother. you can see right there kirkwood eight inches. looking good for us. this morning. lake tahoe two inches. now, i know you love lake tahoe laura there. but you know what? look, might be good for you to go in through. i love lake tahoe. take a look at these estimates here. and this is just making way for a great snow season that we're seeing here. let's move on ahead to the next graphic shall we. look at that heavy sierra snow. this is what's anticipated in the area though. this is why you got to check the roads before you go. chain conditions most likely are going to be when these flurries are coming down. yeah. you can see here, donner. all the way down. donner to bear valley. moving out the way. you can see a little bit more for you this morning. you can see right there. you can watch for those road closures. as laura was saying, the chain controls gusty winds there 45mph. of course. meteorologist kari hall of course, still monitoring what's going on there. we're going to have more of that coming up for you a little bit later, right here on today in the bay. all right. let's check the road conditions. in fact, right now with mike inouye see how things are rolling out there on the roadways. let's take a look out here, give you the overview. we have the green

highlighting there. now that you want to do this to know you do a great job. look at the green highlighting over here. we have a smooth flow of traffic, lighter volume expected as we're looking out to the south bay. we had a lot of activity here. 101 right around fair oaks. they finally cleared the second of the two crashes and the northbound direction shows a lighter volume of traffic that can basically characteristic of this week. as we travel around the bay. a shout out the sap center tonight. sharks play against our rivals from the southland. the kings will be in town, so there may be a bigger crowd through the area and more folks actually coming to downtown because of the holiday festivities has more visitors might be coming into town right now, lighter volume of traffic south through the sunol area and also off the castro valley. y. we're just starting to see a mild build across the san mateo bridge. nothing dramatic. again. wet roadways show where all the green highlighting is throughout the east bay. typical patterns but lighter volume of traffic. richmond as well as across the bay bridge. the note in the city. the warriors play tonight as well, so that 280 extension will be crowded as folks may get into the city for that 7:00 game. back to you. all right.

thanks, mike. a cargo plane crashes in lithuania. up next, the all new video showing the moment it exploded overnight and salmon drawing crowds in the south bay. the reason these fish are getting all the attention this weekend. plus, i was just excited to get to make these movies, and it didn't disappoint. every day on set was was the best day you could possibly imagine. i go one on one with wicked's ethan slater about the film's success at the box office this weekend. much more news ahead. you're watching today in the bay.

cierra. dhl boeing cargo plane crashed into a home near lithuania's capital. surveillance video showed the moment it happened. that huge fiery explosion happened behind a building you saw there. one spanish crew member died. police say the cargo plane was carrying four people. the other three crew members who were spanish, german and lithuanian citizens survived, but they are hurt. the cause is under investigation. happening today on the peninsula as president elect donald trump vows to carry out mass deportations. a new push to better protect undocumented immigrants. one council member in redwood city plans to introduce a new ordinance, making it the latest bay area sanctuary city, provided the city manager approves council members may start debating it as soon as mid-december. other

cities are fast tracking similar legislation, including los angeles, which adopted a similar resolution last week. an unusual real life fish story is playing out right now in the south bay. it was a surprise return to the chinook salmon over in los gatos creek. so volunteers say that the number of fish their highest they've seen in a decade. and the site is drawing a lot of people out there. people lined the walking bridge over in campbell yesterday, hoping to get a glimpse of the migrating fish fighting their upstream battle. experts call it a byproduct of all the recent rain we've gotten, and they're glad to see that people are excited about this. i think that the more eyes that are on the creek, the, the better it is for the fish, so more people are aware of it. we have signage out here, so that so that fish and game will be called and fish and game is pretty active right now in terms of protecting things. so i think it's a positive. yeah. so keep that in mind. it is against

the law to poach the fish. volunteers do tell us. unfortunately some people seem to be ignoring the no fishing signs. well 23 this morning the buzz is building over the opening of the latest bay area costco. it's opening wednesday in pleasanton, just off of interstate 680 on johnson drive at stoneridge. now, a lot of those customers just can't wait. pleasanton mayor elect posted these photos on social media, providing a look inside, and people camped out outside. as you see right here, this was outside of the doors before anything open. this was on last thursday. we should also point out that we sent a crew there this morning, but no one was camping out. we did reach out to costco to find out if those possible customers were given wristbands, or maybe just forced to leave due to all the rain that we've been having. but i can tell you that a lot of rain gear there will be in full gear this week. also trending for you a wicked weekend at the box office. the musical adaptation took oz to the number one spot. are people born wicked or do

they have wickedness thrust upon them? universal's film version of the popular broadway musical earned $114 million this weekend. that is the third largest domestic debut of the year. i caught up with one of the stars, ethan slater. he is a munchkin, going to school with glinda and elphaba. bach is. he's kind of like a lonely soul in a lot of ways. and when he arrives to shiz university, he's looking for community. he's he's looking for love. and i think he's leading with really good intentions, but he sometimes sort of stumbles and trips and winds up in a different place than he needs to be, which i think is a pretty relatable thing in a lot of ways to a lot of people. found love. slater also told me they've already filmed part two of wicked. when will find out what happens to bach and the love story on screen? it comes out next november. and we should note universal is nbc bay area's parent company, as well. it's a

good movie. there it is. it's a it's a long one. yeah. two. you enjoyed it? i took the kids. there were people dressed up like green faces in the works there. anybody singing? no. thank god. okay. besides, you know, i saw someone posted that it was so hard for me to hold back singing, but i did it. they did? yeah. there was some applause. it was nice to see. yeah. all right. so today is a good day to do that, to go to the theaters, because it's still raining out there. that's if you have the day off. maybe your kids are out all week long as we're dealing with this storm system moving through, and we can see the spin of that low pressure system farther to the north. drawing in this atmospheric river that this time is positioned a little bit farther south, but still affecting pretty much all of the bay area. but the focus for the heavy rain will be for the central coast down to the south county, and we're still seeing that rain on storm ranger with some pockets of some heavy downpours moving from alameda county and lifting northward into contra costa county within

the next few minutes. so as we get a closer look at the south bay, the east bay, the peninsula, pretty steady rainfall coming down, and for san francisco may pick up here in the next few minutes. and also some heavy rain moving from san rafael and pushing northward on 101, eventually making it back to santa rosa. today is a big travel day, and if you are planning to head out, heads up that in san francisco we're seeing two hour delays right now. so pretty significant there from d.c. we are seeing about 30 minute delays and elsewhere things are looking good. but the north bay getting a steady rain right now may pick up once again here in san rafael, but it won't be raining all day. so that's the good thing, is that for the next hour, we have some moderate rainfall and then getting lighter and then staying mostly cloudy into late morning into the early afternoon. but really at any point today and into early tomorrow, we could at least see some spotty showers moving through. but the brunt of this system is affecting us now and into tomorrow morning. we're seeing much less activity, and

we're looking at the possibility of another 3/10 of an inch of rainfall for the tri-valley, up to a half inch of rain for the south county for the north bay, it's going to be a lot less. and then once this system clears out tomorrow, the rest of the week is looking great. and that includes your thanksgiving. it will be cool, but then going into the weekend, there may be some spotty showers across southern california, but it looks like it stays away from the bay area. after today, we're seeing our weather conditions improving gradually warming up. it's still going to be kind of cool with some mid 60s, but each morning we'll start out with fog and then it will turn mostly sunny. and mike, you're getting some fresh rain now out of richmond. yeah. so we do have fresh rain and some more cars. we do have a commute today monday, tuesday, wednesday we'll see a lot lighter than your typical commutes. of course. thursday and friday holidays for most folks. we're looking at the east shore freeway. that camera was right there at the richmond bridge. you see your typical builds on the green highlighting throughout the entire area. you'll have wet, slick pavement.

use caution out there, folks. lighter traffic, so you might be inclined to use a higher speed, but slow it down for those conditions. back to you. thanks so much, mike. it is 653 and happening now. cable car service in san francisco will be limited for today and tomorrow due to street closures. each powell street line will only operate north of washington street through chinatown. riders will then have to take busses to cover the rest of those routes, or walk the remaining ten blocks to and from union square. the california line will close entirely with busses covering the big stretch. the line's closures, and every day at 530 in the afternoon. and we're back in just minutes with a look at our top stories this morning, including a hearing which could be the first steps towards freedom for the menendez brothers. the next phase in this case, as they are set to retur to the courtroomn

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a look at our top stories here on today in the bay. staying with our microclimate weather alert, here's a live look outside where rain once again moving through parts of the bay area. kari tells us the south bay and peninsula will get the lion's share of rain to start the week. in the meantime, north bay authorities confirming the first storm related death. one man died saturday along highway 116 in sonoma county after getting caught in flood waters. a second death in santa rosa is still being investigated as possibly storm related. a reminder you can track the storms on the go using our free nbc bay area app. just scan the qr code on your screen for local weather, your way from the people you know. now let's check in with kari for one last look at weather. yeah, and if you do have that app, you can see what storm ranger scanning what we're picking up on right now. a heaviest rain moving from parts of the bay area south of san

francisco. for the most part during the morning and then becoming spotty today, as well as spotty showers tomorrow. but in time for thanksgiving, things are clearing up. although we will have fog with all of this moisture still left on the ground. but once again, we're still going to have this wet weather for today and the heaviest of it in the next few hours. all right, kerry, thank you. well, the menendez brothers convicted of killing their parents in southern california 35 years ago, will make their first court appearance in years. the brothers will appear via zoom. and while there have been calls for the two to be resentenced for the murders of their parents. today's hearing is related to their petition to have their convictions overturned altogether. today, vice president kamala harris arrives in san francisco for her first bay area visit since losing the presidential election. harris is headed back to dc from hawaii, where she's been vacationing for the past week. we know at this point that she and her husband, doug emhoff, are scheduled to arrive sometime tonight. no further details are being released on their stay. we know. wet start to the day could cause some

issues on the roads. how's it looking out there? lighter traffic volumes, what we expect. but look at the conditions here. this is san jose. we do still have slowing. monday, tuesday, wednesday will likely see commutes coming in the morning, at least for the shorter term. look at the northbound build through the south bay. typical pattern, but lighter volume. the green highlighting shows you slicker conditions there and around the bay, and we still have the backup at the bay bridge. no surprise there. not at all. all right. thanks, mike, and thank you for making us a part of your morning. that's what's happening today in the bay. the today show starts now, but you can also join us for our streaming newscast. that's at 8 a.m. you can find it wherever you stream or just head to nbcbayarea.com. have a great monday morning. good monday morning. ready, set, travel! >> yeah, the sprint to thanksgiving is on. millions facing crowded roads, airports, and rough weather. good morning, it's november 25th.