southern california, wrestling with new threat as crews battle ongoing wildfires. this as president trump is set to visit the disaster zones. details on how he's expected to meet. plus, a big step to help move the bay area forward. the new shelter is set to open in the south bay, and the assistance it's providing to the community. also working to offer free parking in

san francisco. the all new proposal being considered as the city prepares to host thousands for chinese new year celebrations. this is today in the bay. and good morning to you. on this friday, i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we'll check that morning commute with mike. hopefully it's light out there for this friday. it's been a chilly week. cynthia is in for kari. it sure has. and it continues this morning. we are grabbing our winter coats as we step out the door. let's take a look at that. microclimate forecast 39 right now in south san jose. but it gets cooler as we travel on into the tri-valley 33 in danville right now to 34 in sonoma. we have some 40s right there along the peninsula, 44 in san mateo. so grab that coat as you step out the door for the final day of the workweek and school. we probably we're going to keep it on as we track more of that incoming cloud cover and a bit of a cooler day compared to yesterday. that was a stunner. we are down for temperatures tumbling into the weekend ahead, only a high of about 66 in south

san jose to the low 60s up in the north bay, where we'll notice that incoming rain as we go on into our saturday. so i'll track that for us. mike found a crash on the peninsula i did. it's very calm on the roadways and answer to laura's question, but we do have a crash over near sfo, the off ramp from north 101 at the sfo exit may be affected by this crash. it sounds like everything's just off the shoulder. speeds are fine on the freeway itself. i'll track that. meanwhile, at the airport things are very calm right now. takes a few more hours to gear up over there. earlier crash eastbound 80 at pinole valley road cleared another one appeared in the last couple of seconds. i don't know if that's a repeat or if that's a new incident. we'll track that. and eastbound 37 did reopen. those sensors should light up. back to you. thanks, mike. today, president donald trump i expected to visit fire raged disaster areas of los angeles, but it's unclear whether governor gavin newsom will be by his side today in the bay's kris sanchez. joining us from the newsroom this morning. with the progress and the

prospects for federal funds. well, i want to start off with the fires because we know so many of us have connections down in l.a. those fires continue to burn, fanned by warm and dry santa ana winds. the huge fire burning near castaic lake north of santa clarita, forced 31,000 people from their homes and more than 10,000 acres are burned. and that was just in about two days time. containment is at 36%. the palisades fire, the first and still the biggest fire, is now 75% contained. the eaton fire, so destructive in altadena and pasadena, is now finally 95% contained. we know that 28 people are confirmed to have died in fires in la. more than 16,000 structures are destroyed, and in all, there are 255 wildfires burning in california right now. governor newsom just signed a $2.5 billion recovery package for la, he says, unanimously, with

bipartisan support and with no conditions attached. he posted that he hopes that congress and president trump will do the same. based on what president trump has said, that doesn't seem like it's part of the plan. should the money be contingent on on them practicing the science of forestry? well, i think this i'm going to put a statement out today, i think, and maybe it's already written. i said, i don't think we should give california anything until they let water flow down. although the president and the governor have cooperated in crises before, as during the camp fire in paradise. the video you're seeing here, this time, the governor says he hasn't heard from the white house. and more recently, the president has said he would like to see states taking care of their own problems. so stay tuned for that visit later today. marcus. all right, chris, thank you. president trump's visit comes as southern california may be in line for some much needed rain as soon as this weekend, but that arrival comes with big

concerns about potential mudslides in the recent burn zones. equipment is now being distributed to neighborhoods. this is where the palisades and eden's fire has caused the most damage. meanwhile, crews clearing that area are still in the early stages of debris removal, with much of that concern and all of that considered to be hazardous. state health leaders are expanding testing for dangerous toxins. a week after a major fire broke out at the world's largest battery energy s storage facility in moss landing. city leaders are asking the california public utilities commission to conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the fire at the vistra battery storage facility. legislation was introduced this week that would prevent energy companies from seeking approval at the state level to use the land and build companies, essentially bypassing local decision making. officials also said the cleanup could take weeks, if not months. south bay advocates today plan to throw their support behind an upcoming scheduled debate over banning the installation of

artificial athletic turf. santa clara county supervisors last year weighed the idea of banning plastic turf for all county owned properties, but they tabled the plan before it ever got a vote. next tuesday, they'll pick up that debate again. the ban has the support of county health leaders, who argue chemicals and fake grass have been linked to cancer, but opponents say that there are too few grass fields. a news conference is scheduled for noon. a south bay nonprofit today is cutting the ribbon on its recently renovated homeless shelter. the picardo reception center is located on little orchard street in san jose. it's also considered santa clara county's largest homeless shelter, with room for 250 people. the group home first, says a $150,000 donation funded the renovation, which will offer more privacy and what the nonprofit calls a better overall experience. now to a live look in san francisco this morning. this is where there's a new push to draw more visitors to the upcoming chinese new year events. portsmouth square is the

city's oldest park, located in the heart of chinatown, and today, two supervisors will announce a proposal to offer two free hours of parking inside the square's underground garage for the lunar new year celebrations. it also calls for free muni rides. the weekend of the parade. that celebration is going to take place february 15th and 16th, happening tomorrow. the city of half moon bay is partnering with the mexican consulate to host a mobile consulate. the mobile mexican consulate will be held tomorrow at the ted attic community center. people can book appointments to request and renew documents. the mobile consulate team will be able to print on site passports, birth certificates, consular registration and voter credentials. appointments must be booked directly with the consulate by calling (424) 309-0009 or visiting its website 507 for you this morning, as we take a live look out at walnut creek there. like

most places across the bay area this morning, a cold start yet again. forecaster cinthia pimentel in for kari today and a cold start. but we like the way it ends for the day and you might see some patchy frost out there as we get friday started. right now 36 degrees in walnut creek. we're going to keep the 30s around until about eight 9:00 this morning. going into the afternoon, we're going to notice that increasing cloud cover and temperatures much cooler out there in the east bay. we have a cold front that is going to start to sweep on in as we go on into the mid morning hours. that will bring about more clouds. it's already bringing some returns of light rain up towards the northern part of the state, and even some mountain snow that will push on through the state, not only for the bay area, but down into southern california, bringing that much needed relief. so i'll track the timing of it. not going to ruin our weekend completely, but i want to get you that hour by hour outlook coming up in a few minutes, and mike wants to get you ready for the weekend with a cheaper gas price. yeah. so now we don't usually have this for the low,

but it is san francisco this morning, so happy friday san francisco 359 is the best deal there at golf on mission street. that's not far off 280. it's near alemany boulevard in the city in the south bay. the best is 367. san jose's quick serve on alum rock avenue in the middle here. and at the bottom, it's concord. contra costa county has 375 as their best at concord, superstop that's t the w at their shop on willow pass road. you check the low in your area. of course you check your area. gasbuy.com we'll check your area for the roadways. the big. map shows you green sensors. we expect that just after 5:00 on a friday. thank you. thanks, mike. connecting cultures and developing talent.

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37 degrees right now in half moon bay. chilly start throughout the mid morning hours and into the afternoon. clouds are coming back in. it was nice while we had the sunshine, but we do need some of that incoming rain for the weekend, so we'll track it all for you. coming up in the full microclimate forecast and south county, north bay and here on the peninsula 101 moves very smoothly. aside from the crash, north 101 at the sfo exit. major damage, no injuries, and the off ramp is open. we'll show you what's going on. there may be something new heading over from the east bay coming up. well good morning. very happy friday to you. s&p 500 will open at a new record. it has been a string of wins for the market. standard and poor's has hit records 13

times last year a couple of times this year. jetblue says it will start accepting venmo as payment for tickets. jp morgan chase said it made more money last quarter than any other bank ever in all of history, and it gave a raise to its ceo, jamie dimon $39 million. now, that does not make him the highest paid banker. financial filings show he's now tied with the ceo of goldman sachs. costco says no to changes in its da programs. shareholders voted overwhelmingly to keep dei in place despite pressure to end it. apple recently voted against ending dei as well. the u.s. government has suspended all federal workers involved in dei programs and suspended them with pay, but they're going to be laid off. it's also warned employees not to hide dei programs under other names, and warned employees must report their fellow workers if they

suspect them of working on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. donald trump signed a long awaited cryptocurrency executive order at the oval office thursday. san francisco crypto investor david sacks looking on crypto world didn't particularly react. not much of a change in bitcoin now. trump, who has recently, as four years ago called crypto a scam, is now calling for a crypto stockpile. people who buy bitcoin like that because a big pile of bitcoin held in a vau means they're available. bitcoin would be worth more. the president made a virtual appearance at the world economic conference in davos, where he said he wanted the u.s. fed to lower interest rates quickly. i'll demand that intereststates drop immediately, and likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. interest rates should follow us. now, economists say they don't expect that to happen, that interest rates are going to remain high because of the worry

of inflation caused by president trump's tariffs and overall spending. i mean, you've seen billionaire investors tell trump they're going to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in the united states. and that's just the rule of economics, is you can have a hot economy, but that's going to put pressure on prices, push them upward because more people have money and gas prices will get more expensive because more people are doing things. or you can have a lousy economy, low interest rates and low gas prices. that's just as mike football coach said, scott, them's the rules. yeah. thank you very much. you bet. it is 516 right now. apple music dropping a preview for kendrick lamar's much hyped halftime performance at this year's super bowl. this feels a lot bigger than what people think, so that's a must. exactly. now, i've been thinking about a guest performance. rapper announcing that sza will join him. and if you won't be attending the big game like most of us, you can still catch them together as the two artists will embark on a

co-headlining tour in april. they have a performance set at oracle park coming up on may 29th. a lot of people have been talking about that. no kidding. very talented. i like sza. yeah. okay. also trending. it's been a big week for actor timothy shamier little. s portrayal of bob dylan in a complete unknown earned him his second career academy award nomination as lead actor. and you know what? this weekend, chalamet is making his third appearance as the host on snl live. what's up? i'm timothee chalamet, and i'll be the host and musical guest this week on snl. congrats on your oscar nomination. thank you sarah. i appreciate it. did you know i have an oscar? i didn't know you were in a movie. no. i date a little green guy who lives in a garbage can. oh, so, like sesame street. what's sesame street? all things considered. that's funny. what's sesame street? okay, so for the first time, he is also the musical guest. so get this. this is the first time for snl to have a person serve as a musical artist without their own body of

music. interesting, right? well, shalamar's previous visits have made him a favorite among the cast. i don't want to say he's like our perpetual little brother here at snl, but he is. it's like he's family at this point. he's so much fun. and when a host is so much fun and you can tell that they love where they're at, you're like, oh, i just want you to have the best show. it's got to be cool for the cast to think of you like that. so again, timothee chalamet, both the host and musical guest this week. snl will be off next two weeks. this is to prepare for the 50th anniversary special. all right. the big question is what will he sing? because he has no bob dylan original music? that's what you're assuming. oh, yeah, because it's promoting the movie, too. oh, yeah. that's true. that's what i'm thinking, i don't know. well, here we go. well, if you build it, they will come. a local nonprofit is building community and moving the bay area athletes forward by developing talent on and off the baseball field. i've gone stronger just from being a pg athlete, and it's gained me more confidence. that's what we do. team blue, hard 90 to home is a

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francisco. all right. a little too early for spring training just yet. so cold out there right now. it felt like spring yesterday. this weekend it's going to be. yes. it was so lovely this weekend. we're back to winter, where we should be. so let's get you a check. getting ready for the weekend. now we're starting with 34 degrees up there in santa rosa. that's one of our colder spots because we come down into san bruno, the peninsula. we've got mid 40s and continuing that into san jose with clear skies. so yes, that springtime feeling will turn more into winter as we go on into the weekend down here in the south bay, we're going to knock about maybe five degrees 66, in los gatos to 68 down in gilroy, low to mid 60s, where we go from half moon bay to 64 out in dublin, much of the same up there in the north bay. remember yesterday i told you i will watch if we'll issue any wind advisories? well, here it is tonight on into sunday morning for those north bay interior mountains, those gusty offshore winds at times as a new low

pressure system comes into the state. so be careful with that, especially on the higher ridge tops. you'll notice more of those high clouds rolling in today. a bit of a gloomy friday, but that's okay if you want to wind it down for the weekend. and here's where your chance of winding it down even more comes about as we track some spotty showers for our saturday afternoon, we notice that counterclockwise rotation. if we do get any showers, they could also turn into a chance of some thunderstorms. we'll try to see if there's any instability and if that develops into a more critical situation. that will continue on into sunday too. and you notice a little bit of a spot there in the hamilton range, we could get even a light dusting of snow into the south bay mountains. it's going to be very traces of mountains here for the northern part of the state, down into southern california. they are nearing that. three quarters of an inch mark for rain will also keep an eye on any possible debris flow. if that happens, it will be localized, but still something to watch as we track the weekend moving forward. our inland 7-day forecast. we will enjoy

temperatures in the mid 60s for today, the spotty showers for the weekend, and much cooler. we tumble those temperatures down into the upper 50s and san francisco. the peninsula area going to get breez into the weekend with those 50s staying all week long. mike, take us to the richmond-san rafael bridge. what's going on? you know, right now the toll plaza itself looks fine, but just past the toll plaza, i got word of some sort of incident. it sounds like a disabled vehicle. it's marked here. and you do see mid span, those sensors start to slow. so it may be as close as the high rise heading over in toward the san rafael side. no major problems you saw at the toll plaza, but we'll watch if they can't clear that soon. that may be a factor. getting over to the north bay in the north bay highway 37 already showing a little bit of a commute factor there with the typical break tapper around mare island right on schedule. even on a friday, we still have some slowing and now you can see it on the sensors. west 92, approaching the disabled vehicleight at the connector to north 101. everything is reported open, but this may be at least a distraction for folks coming off

of foster city and the bridge heading north in towards san francisco, south bay, east bay, tri-valley, all looking at speed. back to you. thanks, mike. 522 right now, coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. we have two viewers doing battle with companies with one thing in common they need our help. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura.

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form online. have a great weekend. you too chris. coming up next, our top stories we're following for you today, including increasing community safety. the new program leaders along the peninsula have launched in the way it aims to protect local businesses. a cyber truck here in the bay area, spray painted with the word nazi. the reason why that owner does not think she was the target.

pictures of deportations, and they were sent to us from the white house. plus, i just don't know why. they just don't see it that way. prosecutors choose not to charge a mother whose son is tied to a notorious east bay killing. the late night decision leaving one family stunned, also caught on camera. new video shows the moment a vandal goes after a cybertruck on the peninsula. see why the owner believes a controversial gesture made on made this week. on the other side of america may actually be the motive for the attack. this is today in the bay. 530 on your friday morning. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. laura said a beautiful word friday. yes. time to get a look at that friday forecast for you today.

cynthia kari this morning. look. cold start. it is winter, so. hey, here you go. you're right. you are absolutely right about that. we are starting with some good morning teverybody. happye. friday. but then we advance this timeline forward. and you'll notice that we go through the first half of the day under clear skies and then turning cloudy into the afternoon, temperatures topping off at 67 in san jose compared tohose low 70s yesterday. so incoming clouds for today getting us ready for some spotty rain. mountain snow for the weekend. i'll show you the chances that aren't only in the sierra. maybe some here in our highest peaks and ahead. not the only rain chances this weekend that i'll be tracking, but more ahead. we're going to switch it back to winter. but, mike, you've got a couple of incidents out there. where are they? you got some changes? i got one right here, 92 to 101. that disabled vehicle cleared. folks, let's zoom in over toward sfo though. that one still going on. tow truck heading over to pull that

vehicle from the off ramp from 101 north. that took a wrong turn. so give them a break. they're going to clear that soon. it shouldn't be impacting the off ramp anyway. just a visual distraction from northbound 101 getting over toward the bay bridge. from the east bay, we typically see a build we see at the top of the screen, west 37. we do have that volume increase, and at the toll plaza itself, more cars, no metering lights shouldn't happen until a little later this friday. back to you. thanks, mike. 531 right now there's new photos this morning of immigrants in handcuffs being flown out of the united states. and as the white house says, posting t those photographs. right. good morning to you. we just got them the new white house press secretary posting them on social media as well, saying deportations have begun. now the president has promised millions of people will be rounded up. the photographs show just a few dozen people boarding, boarding, rather, a u.s. air force cargo plane, she says, quote, deportation flights have begun. president trump sending a clear and strong

message to the entire world. if you illegally enter the united states, you will face severe consequences. a federal court in seattle also sending a very strong message that donald trump's order changing the definition of birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. the federal judge in the case, appointed by ronald reagan, has put a temporary stop to the implementation so the two sides can argue their case. the case brought by the state of california and a dozen other states, the judge says. i've been on the bench for over four decades. i can't remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. this is. but to hear the judge from the bench say that in his 40 years as a judge, he has never seen something so blatantly unconstitutional, sets the tone for the seriousness of this effort. reaction from democratic leadership there. democrats also reacting strongly to trump's pardoning of people

who attacked police officers at the capitol on january 6th, donald trump didn't care ait about safer communities when he released those who were convicted of beating the out of police officers. so don't come to us and talk about security and safer communities when you do that. the founder of the right wing oath keepers, who once said his only regret was capital protesters didn't bring rifles, toured the capitol yesterday and said this about police officers. just because somebody puts on a uniform doesn't make them a good person. it doesn't mean that every action that they do is correct. i believe that the i believe that law enforcement that day, i believe they started a lot of the violence that happened. president trump made a virtual address to the world economic forum in davos, where he encouraged manufacturers to bring their factories to

america. he said he would demand lower interest rates as well, and then praised crown prince mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia. the united states, says mbs, as he's known, ordered the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi. it's also reported today in the papers that saudi arabia will be investing at least $600 billion in america. but i'll be asking the crown prince, who's a fantastic guy, to round it out to around 1 trillion. president biden called mbs a pariah after the murder, though. as you see, biden met with the prince a few years later, even fist bumped him. khashoggi went to the saudi arabia embassy in turkey. this is video camera of it to get a marriage license. he was murdered and decapitated inside the embassy, his body cut into pieces by saudis. back here at home, fox anchor pete hegseth could get the nomination he's looking for. as soon as today. president trump says he'll make a good secretary of defense.

republican led committee agreed. with the exception of susan collins from maine, lisa murkowski from alaska. and we do expect president trump here in california later today in los angeles to inspect fire damage. our kris sanchez has full coverage of that, marcus. coming up shortly. all right, scott, thank you. well, there are some new video showing the moment a vandal takes aim at a cybertruck on the peninsula. so the owner of that vehicle is sure she knows why her truck was targeted. she says she believes it's purely political. today in the bay's bob redell is live outside the tesla factory in fremont. and bob, first of all, we need to explain to viewers what tesla maybe has to do with it. correct. good morning to you, marcus and laura. the woman who owns the cybertruck says she doesn't believe that she was a target of this vandalism, that whoever did this, she believes, was trying to send a message about elon musk, whose company tesla builds those cybertrucks. this happened wednesday night in downtown redwood city. a tesla

car camera recorded a man spray painting the word nazi on the side of a cybertruck that happened to be parked right in front of that car. we spoke with amanda lopez. lara, who is the owner of that cybertruck. she was out for dinner wh the vandalism happened and immediately reported the crime to redwood city police, who is now investigating. lopez lara believes that she again was not the target, but believes the vandal was sending the message about elon musk, who made a questionable hand gesture earlier in the week that loed like a nazi salute. with all the social media and the news circulating with, you know, telling him, you know, accusing him of it being related to, you know, hitler andll that, i don't think it's a coincidence. it was just really disappointing and disheartening that, you know, i went to berkeley myself, and i fully understand standing up for what's right. but this isn't doing that isn't working towards that purpose. lopez lara points out to us that she herself comes from a family of migrant farm workers. her fiance

is born and raised in the bay area with their families from mexico and el salvador. she says buying the cybertruck had nothing to do with political ideology, ideology, ideology or anything like that. it was, quote, just a decision on a car. now, you may remember on monday, on inauguration day, musk was seen on stage at capital one arena in dc, making a hand gesture which many sayay is reminiscent of a nazi salute. some have since accused him of knowingly performing a nazi salute, while others, including the anti-defamation league, have defended him, saying it was just a, quote, awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, unquote. musk has since joked and tried to make light of the situation after his move sparked a firestorm on social media. reporting live here in fremont outside the tesla factory. bob redell today in the bay. all right, bob, thank you. the family of an oakland woman believed to have been murdered three years ago is expressing outrage after a new decision from prosecutors. the contra

costa county da's office announced they will not seek charges against the mother of the man investigators believe killed her. investigators say alexis gabe's boyfriend, curtis jones, killed gabe and it was believed he dumped her body three years ago in amador county. he left the area, and washington authorities shot and killed him while trying to arrest him for therime. with the statute of limitations approaching for his mother, prosecutors say there's insufficient evidence to successfully prove her guilt in being an accomplice. gabe's family says they're disappointed with that decision. it was very disappointing. definitely. our attorney, dara, worked really hard on, on on her presentation and we had a substantial amount of evidence that she presented. gabe's family is organizing a remembrance event for sunday, the day they believe jones murdered her. they're calling it a day of kindness or a day of

compassion. asking everyone to perfm acts of kindness to pay their respects. today, people in half moon bay will remember the victims of the mass shooting at the mushroom farms. it's been two years since the deadliest county. there will be ateo heartfelt two year remembrance ceremony to honor the victims and survivors. a press conference at 11:00 this morning. and a vigil tonight at six. this comes as the city is planning for a permanent memorial in downtown and displaced artists renderings of the potential designs. now, we actually spoke with one of the survivors, pedro romero, who says that he shared a converted shipping container with his brother jose, who died in that shooting. pedro underwent three surgeries and has not been able return to work. but he says living without his brother jose haseen by far the most difficult thing. that's what hurts the most, is that my brother is no longer with me. in a pending lawsuit filed last year. pedro's attorney argues

the two brothers former employer failed to protect them and their working living conditions on that property. the complaint also claims thathere was a history of violent incidents at the farm. california terra garden did not immediately respond to the request for a comment on that lawsuit. police in san mateo are launching a concentrated new effort to crack down on crime. the department is introducing a new program it calls business watch. it's now encouraging downtown businesses to band together in an effort to reduce crime and foster stronger ties between police and downtown businesses and the people who visit there. the plan envisions new partnerships in areas like education, training and an integrated security camera network. 541 this morning, as we take a live look at this beautiful shot here in downtown san jose. cinthia pimentel has a look at that forecast for us. beautiful sites, cold temperatures. yeah. and the sites will continue up there in napa with the lighted art festival tonight. and it runs

through about the middle of february. so you have a chance to check that out tonight. we bring our coats because we dip down into the 40s as we go on and track some incoming clouds as well for our friday. san jose lunar new year celebration tomorrow and on sunday at the grand century mall, you'll notice a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures much cooler than they have been in recent weeks. with all of that sunshine. things are going to change this weekend. if you can't make it to san jose, but you still want to celebrate, there's another one in millbrae, so mid bay. that one is on broadway. that one is also going to be met with a mix of sun and clouds and mid 50s there. for the forecasted highs you could end it tomorrow night. warriors taking on the lakers. there we are looking at temperatures in the city coming down into the low 50s. so definitely bring all of the warmer. warriors gear as you go out and have a fun time. let's go to one of my favorite places in the world, carmel. what a nice day to get away. today we are looking at temperatures in the low 60s, but

then maybe some rain showers for the weekend. but that could still be cozy if you just go into a cafe and sit down and enjoy that light rainfall up into the sierra we go, today is your best bet to get up there because things are going to change for the weekend. we are looking at 1 to 2in of some fresh powder up there, so not a complete whiteout, but definitely could make the road situation a bit tricky. so if you are headed that way, practice putting on the chains today and carry them with you just in case things change. we'll be tracking more of the snow and rain chances here in the bay area in aew minutes. but mike, you also have a weekend forecast. yes, mike's version over here, the bay bridge. it's friday, so we'll see a later start to those metering lights. saw the bill happen. it's subtle. nothing major right there and no problems. getting there on the roadway. gave you typical brake tapper right around merritt island. a little more focus now out of vallejo and that's about it. look at this. highway four. no problems. so contra costa county showing that lighter friday commute. we'll have roadwork 101 into sausalito. watch overnight work tonight.

that's one of your weekend warnings. good times last night for the warriors at chase center. good times tonight if you're heading to toms concert over there at 730. love that comedian. don't love traffic, so avoid the area if you don't need to be around that parking lot. we still have that one incident working around sfo the exit from north 101. it's open. there's just activity for an earlier crash there. north 101 is starting to show a little slowing for this friday. as we look toward this. 101 here is just fine. just picking up the volume right on schedule. watch those exits from 101 through san mateo county overnight. so over the weekend there may be work as they're working on retaining rails through whipple and hillsdale. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. you know how you're always looking for that perfect parking spot? well, unsanctioned. no parking curbs are popping up in san francisco just ahead on today in the bay. the reason officials believe it keeps on happening. we're live at the sonoma raceway this morning where we're going to talk about cruising into the weekend in a whole different way on that track. stay with us. but

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in san rafael clear 37 degrees will keep the 30s through about 9 a.m. we're going to see more clouds coming in for the friday forecast and cooler temperatures into the weekend as well. we also got rain mixed in there too. so lots to talk about. we'll talk about the full forecast in a few minutes. and it is friday so it's a lighter traffic a little later build for the commute looking at 680 approaching 24 with these headlights through walnut creek. you're at speed no problem there coming through concord, pleasant hill, walnut creek. we'll see how things are building up closer to the bay bridge. it's about time. we should see those metering lights. we'll check on that coming up. well, if parking in san francisco wasn't vexing enough already, some people are

now apparently taking matters into their own hands and adding to the confusion. they're painting certain curbside red without permission. that falls under the new day lighting law. now that law took effect january 1st. it bans cars from parking within 20ft of a marked or unmarked crosswalk. people in the richmond district say someone recently extended red paint on the curb well past 20ft, even stenciling a transit agency logo to make it look legit. mta is now trying to remind everyone penalties for parking and day lighting zones will not be enforced until march. crews are also trying to repaint those curbs gray again. 549 right now, pandemonium is in full swing for seemingly everyone in the d.c. area, and today, the two pandas will be making their debut. we have a live look. we've been looking behind the scenes of panda cam this morning. take a look. creatures been crawling around scratching on some trees. the

smithsonian national zoo welcomed the pair of three year old giant pandas, bo lee and xin bao, in october, almost a year since the zoo's last three pandas left back for china. but the pandas made their official public debut when the zoo opened about 40 minutes ago. the zoo relaunched giant panda cam so that people can see what they're doing in their little enclosure. the giant pandas assistant curator says watching the pandas grow makes coming to work special. it's been amazing to see the kind of things that we've been able to do with pandas. they're amazing animals, and every day they're doing something adorable. and it makes coming to work every day pretty special. wow, what a cool job. that's your job to watch pandas grow. you can watch the full story on today's show at 7:00 this morning. see how the zoo prepared for the pandas big public debut today. it's coming up right after today in the bay. still hopeful we can get some here in california as well.

fingers crossed. well, this weekend it's your chance to take a ride on the wild side. all while supporting a good cause. yeah. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab live for us this morning over at sonoma raceway. and, ginger, i understand you're cruising into the weekend with a lot of fun happening today over there. you feel the need for speed. i feel the need for speed. well, not just yet, because i'm still getting warmed up. you know, like it's a cold morning out here. we got to warm up. we got to be safe about it. so we're going to get out there when the. when the sun comes up, hopefully in the in the next hour. but this is kind of like a different visit here at the raceway because typically when we when we come and we visit, we talk about other cars getting on the track. they have a need for speed, but this time we're talking about how you can take your own car and feel and fulfill that need. we're talking to courtney kaiser, who is the director for the sonoma chapter of speedway children's charities. and courtney, this is this sounds like a really

exciting thing for us normal folk here who go, you know, the regular 65 miles an hour, we can actually take your car out there. how does that work? yeah. so anyone this is one of the only opportunities that we have all year where we're able to invite our race fans, invite car enthusiasts, invite anyone with a safe, street level legal vehicle to come out and drive the racetrack. so you get to experience the same course that nascar drivers drive in a safe, comfortable environment. but it's also really, really fun. really? i mean, you're just telling me about the track because obviously we're not on the track right now. it's a little bit dark, but there are some tight turns. there are some changes in elevation. so this is like taking possibly like a video game, but then also being in your own car and feeling what it really feels like. yeah, absolutely. it's such a unique course. it's one of the most unique courses in the country, and we have hairpin turns, we have esses, we have ups, we have downs, we have straightaways where you get to go a little bit faster. and so it's a really unique experience. great. well we got to talk about the cause

that's behind this. talk to us about where and who benefits from from the driving for a cause this weekend. yeah. so all proceeds from this weekend go towards speedway children's charities. we are the charitable arm of sonoma raceway, and all funds support children and families in need right here in sonoma county. so we have over 40 nonprofit partners, amazing nonprofit partners here in sonoma that we are able to distribute those funds to, to support. all right. okay, courtney. well, we're going to try. i only know of hairpins in my hair, but we'll see how we actually do when we get the wheels in that hair hairpin point of the track. all right. all right, guys, well, we'll wait for that in the next hour. you'll see if lightning mcqueen comes out or not. i don't really know, but all i know is be safe, because we're going to be going up the track. i know we have our order. come out in minivans. yeah. i'm going to give an early traffic alert for the sonoma race. that's what i was

thinking. that's exactly what i was thinking. it's bad if there when we do have events like that. but fun. and this weekend we're also going to be tracking fun, at least weather wise. for me right now out there in dublin, it is a chilly start. so people in their cars cranking up the heaters as we start this morning with some upper 30s there in the tri-valley, you'll notice more of those clouds returning today. much cooler temperatures out there in the east bay. we're going to keep it in those low 60s for concord at 62, upper 60s for san jose. cool in the city today at 59 and 62. up there in napa, those high clouds come around, not bringing any rain just yet, but we get on into saturday and there's that counterclockwise activity starting to ramp up, some spotty showers for the south bay into the afternoon and up into the north bay as well. so really it's hit or miss, but at times when it does hit, it could bring some thunderstorm chances embedded in that as well. we look at that white spot right there through the south bay range, and maybe up into parts

of lake county. could be seeing a light dusting of snow. so that's what we could wake up to on sunday morning. we're going to keep that that convection going and traveling south into southern california, where they're going to get some much needed fire relief and also some mountain snow. so suppressing the fire concerns for now and also bettering that air quality for them, they've been struggling all month long, and that shower is moving down as we go on into the state. that's not going to be the only rain chances, though. we go on and take a look at the pacific starting to get quite active as we go on into the middle to late part of next week. so that could bring some more rain chances here. as we say goodbye to january and finally get february started. it's been a long month. san francisco and the peninsula. we will see cooler temperatures into the weekend. breezy at times with those spotty showers, clearing it out for lunar new year next week, and our inland valleys 60s turn to 50s and we still keep it cool into next week. mike, you're looking for that friday commute and i have

found it. look at the screen, folks. this is the backup you see on a friday just before 6:00. yeah, the metering lights are active now. hasn't yet formed because of the lighter volume of traffic. but there is metering and there is a little slowing across the span. typical there. same thing for 37. no surprises. highway 4 still at speed. same thing for the walnut creek interchange. the 680 corridor. here's vasco coming out of contra costa county. you're at speed all the way to and across 580. just a little slowing for 880 through hayward. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. happening now. redwood city is welcoming a new fire chief. leaders just named barack carter. he is a 25 year veteran firefighter who most recently served as the fire chief for cal fire's santa clara unit. he's also worked in south county fire district and in morgan hill. his first day will be february 24th. president trump is heading to california today, going to tour the byrne-jones from those devastating wildfires. but could

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california the used billions of dollars of money. angeles. this is like a nuclear weapon went off. what's happened to los angeles right now? at six? president trump visiting disaster zones. this as southern california residents begin to pick up the pieces. the new threat. homeowners are now facing when it comes to building back. plus, immigration raids start across the u.s. new details on operation in on the east coast. as anxiety is growing in the migrant community and san francisco getting ready to celebrate the lunar new year, i'll take you on a walk through chinatown for a look at how many are getting ready this weekend for the celebrations to come. this is today in the bay. good morning to you on this friday. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we're going to check that friday morning commute with mike in just a moment. but cinthia piment