bracing for possible flooding. nervous residents in the north bay are keeping a close eye on the russian river. it is set to crest later this morning. we're live with the latest on evacuation orders. plus, president trump sparks new outrage in proposing a u.s.

takeover of gaza. the details on his unusual pitch to create, quote, the riviera of the middle east, while suggesting palestinians should abandon their homeland. this is today in the bay. a very good morning to you. 5:00 on wednesday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. we do begin with flooding concerns in the north bay. it follows yesterday's big storm that will still is leaving some mess there in the wake of it all. now, from the flooding in novato to the mudslide in saratoga that closed highway nine crews there this morning still working to clear that debris. this morning we have team coverage on the aftermath and those flooding concerns. meteorologist kari hall is monitoring water levels. but let's start out with today in the bay's ginger conejero saab. she is live in guerneville. and ginger, you can really see the impact of the storm where you are. that's right. good morning. laura and marcus. and

guerneville is not a place that doesn't see flooding. i mean, they usually do see flooding with some of these big storms. but the last time that we were even here, the water didn't come this far out. i want to show you a look kind of how how much water is on this road that leads into a park and into those homes. you can see there's a car that's still there. it's about halfway on those tires, though. the water comes about halfway on the halfway up on those tires. you can see that garbage truck there in the middle of the road. and moments ago we spoke to a gentleman who says that he lives nearby and says that police you went went through the homes and the units one by one, trying to make sure that everybody got out. this is also something else that i wanted to show you, which is a parking lot. the last time that we were up here and one of the major storms as well, the water didn't even come close to where it is now, especially now filling the parking lot. that gentleman that we spoke with says most of the people tried to

get theirars out from this parking garage and park on the street, but as you can see, there are still some that have, you know, unfortunately left their their cars here. now, the impact of the rains and the floods, this is also a concern down in napa. that is where people have been watching those water levels very closely, because it was expected to crest at major flooding levels overnight. fortunately, that did not happen. however, there has been higher water levels around the river in the downtown area, prompting the city to close its flood gates last night as the runoff from the storm was causing levels to quickly rise. now, pathways where people usually walk down by the river were covered with water and the high levels piquing the curiosity and even prompting those concerns of residents in the area. i haven't seen it this high before. as i told you earlier, we actually lived downtown during new year's eve 2005 2006, and that was, of

course, like a major flood in napa. but this is incredible that it's flooded all the way under the bridge. the kayak and gondola launch spot, the bridge to it has been lifted. there's a patch of grass over in that area where we host concerts and things like that. so those people down in napa were very closely watching those levels. the good news is that it did not crest at major levels. it's an action stage, just under 24ft here by the russian river. the waters are expected to crest at six this morning. we'll be watching out for further impact from that, but that is expected to get up to more than 35ft. that's moderate flood stage. laura and marcus. and as that gentleman that we spoke to not too long ago just said, this is his first time experiencing a

flood like this. and he doesn't, you know, he has concerns with his family. he says this is really something that he doesn't. he isn't familiar with how to deal. he isn't familiar how to deal with this, especially because the standing water is going to be here for some time. we're live in guerneville, ginger conejero saab. today in the bay. tough way to quickly learn or have to learn. thanks so much, ginger. all right, let's turn things over to meteorologist kari because she has been monitoring those water levels for us for the russian river this morning. and, kari, how close are we to the flood stage? yeah, the good thing is that the rain has moved on, and so we're not expecting much in the way of any heavy rainfall as we go through the next few hours. but looking at the russian river at guerneville, we are expecting it to crest at 6 a.m. and it will be just below that moderate flood stage, or could go about a half of a foot above that moderate flood stage in the next hour or so, and then quickly start to recede as we go throughout the day and into tomorrow. but looking at our hour by hour forecast once again, we are mostly dry for the

bay area, with the exception of some very spotty showers in parts of the north bay this morning. and by this afternoon, things are really clearing up as the rest of the bay area continues to see sunshine, you will notice that it will be much cooler as now the cold front has settled in, so we'll continue to watch those water levels. and what's ahead with the next round of rain in our forecast coming up in a few minutes. mike, you've been watching some road work in many parts of the bay. there was a lot of rain, but then others it was a lot lighter. so there was enough of a break that crews here on 101 at university were able to do the work on the northbound side where it is. they had to completely blocked off your off ramp to southbound university avenue, which is just over here in the overpass. i did see some cars go through the area, and some crews just cleared in the last few minutes as we were talking th ginger, so they may be getting ready to reopen the area. no slowing on the sensors. southbound direction sees the closure at university overnight from 1 to 4 tomorrow morning, so keep that in mind. so far though, everything much lighter, much better conditions. back to

you. thanks so much, mike. we are following breaking news overnight in richmond. police now confirming officers shot and killed a man they say was wanted on domestic violence charges. that shooting happened a little before 9:00 last night near carlson boulevard, north of cutting. officers say the suspect refused to cooperate, and for some reason, the conflict escalated. police so far not indicated if the suspect was armed, but say the investigation is still in its early stages. widespread backlash this morning for president donald trump. this is after his latest proposal for the middle east and the future of gaza. he's proposing redeveloping the territory and keeping it under u.s. control. he outlined all of this during a news conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and he suggested that they should uproot the more than 2 million palestinians who live in gaza. the president also is not ruling out deploying u.s. troops in gaza. and this morning, u.s. lawmakers on both

sides are pushing back. we'll see what the arab world says. but you know that the problematic at many, many levels. that's insane. i can't think of a place on earth that would welcome american troops less, and where any positive outcome is less likely. adding to the humanitarian challenge in gaza, the u.s. agency for international development announced overnight almost all direct hires will be placed on administrative leave this week. meanwhile, bay area activts are organizing a protest against u.s. foreign policy in gaza and the trump meeting with netanyahu and demonstration is being planned outside of berkeley city hall at 3 p.m. all of this comes as talks continue to extend the middle east ceasefire past the march 1st deadline. and though some israeli hostages have now been released, other families remain in an agonizing wait. among them the family of a young man whose mother grew up in berkeley. today in the bay's kris sanchez. following that

story for us. and kris, she's now being, you know, been experiencing what? nearly 16 months of heartache here. yes. so alona hill is one of the young people who was kidnaped by hamas on october 7th of 2023, and his mother knows exactly how it happened because it was caught in horrifying detail on camera. the kidnaping we have, the kidnaping video where hamas took the, you know, the, you know, took the video. so we can see how this happened. the video of alana hill being dragged away by hamas is hard to watch, but his mother does not want people to forget how he and the other hostages were kidnaped from the nova music festival on october 7th of 2023. she also wants the wod to see her son, as he lived up to that point playing music which his mother says guides his life. and here, smiling, surrounded by his family, including his mother, who grew up in berkeley. israel and hamas reached a ceasefire agreement just three weeks ago, allowing for the release of

women and children, injured hostages and hostages over the age of 50. allen, who will be 24 next week, was not among them. while i'm celebrating those returning my family and many others, we remain in agony. although allen has not been seen in the last 15 months, he believes he is alive and she is desperate for the latest ceasefire between israel and hamas to hold. so the second wave of hostages can be released starting march 1st. negotiations for that are set to begin next week, and who knows, they will be delicate after the first deal in november. okay. dozens of hostages were killed. dozens. and we fear that this history will repeat itself if there is no action. as of january 30th. 15 hostages have been released and 400 palestinians set free. but of course, these are very tenuous times. laura, thank you

very much. interesting to hear her story. well, let's take a live look now at the white house, where governor gavin newsom is expected to meet today with president trump talking about help for recent wildfire victims. it comes following the president's visit to the fire zones last month. at the time, he suggested federal aid may be withheld or come with some kind of catch. newsom will be the first democratic leader to visit the white house since the president took office. the meeting also comes a day after trump says california's high speed rail project should be investigated. all right. today, are we going to get a chance to go out and about, maybe run some errands? get a break in the forecast in the rain today? yeah, break in the rain, but definitely not break in the cold weather. it's really going to be much colder than we had yesterday. now that the front has settled in. and there is a frost advisory in effect for the valleys in the north bay, where we are going to see those temperatures dipping near freezing over the next several hours, down to 36 degrees in

napa, 35 in sonoma and 34 in santa rosa and santa rosa. we are once again at about 34 degrees. the wind is calm, will be in the upper 30s for the next few hours, but as we go throughout the day, gradually warming with a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures there headed up for 55 degrees, which is a little bit lower than we typically see even in early february. so it will be a colder, cooler day across the bay area. scott. well, after years of worrying about it, some california college colleges are now accepting ai. let's go out to the futures this morning, see what's up. and wall street and it's going to be a tough day. we got some disappointing news from google and apple. we'll talk about it. plus a safe place for travelers to decompress. ahead we show you the new sensory room opening inside of sfo. much more ne ahead. don'tws

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state university system just announced it's working with openai and its chatgpt for education that will help students at campuses like san jose state use ai for tutoring and the like, and the job skills they need in the future. it's also remarkable, though, ever since chatgpt was unveiled, educators were worried about students using it. some schools banned it. now, with the open ai that's new called chatgpt edu, the university is supplying it due to new tariffs against china. the u.s. post office says it will stop delivering de minimis packages. these are those little packages that come directly from china, from companies like shein or temu, somemething yo order off tiktok. president trump has promised for a long time to end that direct access from chinese factories to the american consumer. walmart encouraging many of its behind the scenes workers, office workers and the like to move from wherever they are to

sunnyvale. this, according to a memo seen by reporters at bloomberg. walmart has had an administrative hub in a technology lab here in the bay area for many years. in washington, a protest against tesla ceo elon musk's apparent takeover of government departments and government computers. it was musk who encouraged president trump to shut down america's humanitarian aid to the world. usaid. the richest man in the world says the program that digs wells for clean water and fights diseases like ebola and malaria was corrupt. he's also asked for and received access to federal employee records and payroll information. when we open up the senate every single morning, we don't pledge allegiance to the billionaires. we don. we don't pledge allegiance to elon musk. we don't pledge allegiance to the creepy 22 year olds working for elon musk. we pledge allegiance to the united states

of america. yes. and so i want to make sure that my mother gets her security, her social security check, not because she pledges allegiance to elon, but because she pledges allegiance to the united states of america. now, that reference to 22 year olds, musk brought a team of very young people. wired says one of the people put in charge of u.s. aid at one point was 19. his previous job was camp counselor. so there's a team of young people, particularly young men, with musk in washington. there are complaints. they have no badges. they have no security clearance. that's what the that's what the member of congress was referring to. interesting. thank you very much. thanks, scott. you bet. well, if you travel a lot, you know, airports can be a little overwhelming. now, sfo is providing a place for travelers to relax. it's a new sensory room now open inside the harvey milk terminal. the cabin simulator is a centerpiece of sfo's new sensory room, designed

for neurodivergent travelers looking to ease their feelings of nervousness over flying. it includes two rows of seats, overhead bins, even working lights. t airport's guest experience director says the space also includes soundproof walls, dim lighting and other tools for decompression. as time has gone by, we've become more and more familiar and aware of the neurodiverse community. they make up potentially up to 30% of the us population, so a lot of our travelers would consider themselves neurodivergent. vo joins a handful of other airports, including pittsburg, kansas city, portland and seattle tacoma, in creating such a space. coming up in our streaming newscast at 8:00, we're going to give you a full tour of the new sfo space. you can watch live on roku, pluto, and other platforms, including nbcbayarea.com. i'm for one, always running to my flight, so i probably don't have room. time for the sensory room. the way you read that, i just put me at ease. i felt like it needed to be read like that, you know?

yes. yes. okay. all right. trending this morning, an all star in the world of comedy is adding to what no doubt will be a sold out set in the mix when basketball's biggest stars come to the bay area. let's pick things up here. dave chappelle just announcing plans there for auditorium. it's happening inic san francisco eight days from today, thursday, february 13th. tickets go on sale at noon today. his show comes just ahead of nba's all-star weekend, which is highlighted by the game over at chase center on sunday. the 16th. and if you watch closely, you'll see mike and i in our dreams out there playing. you know, i can try to spin the ball on my finger. is that right? if they when the globetrotters came up. yeah. they spin it and they put it on your finger. i can do that. it's like, hold it, hold it. but there's going to be so much going on with the next couple of weeks with the super bowl, the nba. yeah, we've got the lunar new year. so yeah we're going to be watching the weather for all of that too. i know you're just making plans for the weekend for your super

bowl party. so as we take a look outside, it is clear we are going to still see some lingering showers in parts of the north bay while the rest of the bay area is going to be cold and sunny today, with more rain coming in tomorrow and the weekend will be staying dry. but kind of on the cool side as we take a look at the bigger picture here, we once again are seeing the rain moving to the south of us and then looking at this next system with some colder temperatures that will be dropping in as we go into tomorrow. so looking back at how much rain we've already measured, santa rosa had over seven inches of rainfall. it was the north bay that really racked up the most in napa over 5.5in, but we also got quite a bit in the berkeley hills and that waws close to six inches there. san francisco nearly four. over four inches of rainfall. and in san jose we were over one inch of rainfall. very much needed south of the golden gate bridge. not so much for the north bay. and we are going to have a cool day now that the colder temperatures are settling in. we'll also have

some chilly nights and dropping down into the 30s, with our highs only reaching into the 50s over the next few days. so our hour by hour forecast shows that there still will be a chance of rain from marin county to napa and sonoma counties as well, and farther north, while the rest of us may miss out on that rain, it's going to be partly cloudy for the afternoon. the next batch of showers will arrive early tomorrow morning, and then we'll continue off and on throughout the day, and maybe even continue into friday morning before rolling out of here for the weekend. rainfall totals will reach about three quarters to an inch, possibly an inch and a half in san francisco. and then the rest of the forecast. we a are seeing things looking much quieter after such a busy week, and we are going to see sunshine from saturday all the way through next tuesday, and temperatures that will head for the mid to upper 50s. overnight lows, though, will dip each night into the 30s, and in san francisco 57

and sunny today, but expect showers for tomorrow as well as early friday. mike, you've been watching the golden gate bridge. yeah, i was watching nothing for a while. the southbound traffic had paused, as is typical. when they clear the construction, the overnight roadwork on the marin side, there was enough of a break again for that crew to head out there, heading south toward spencer, and you see the flashing lights as they are coming over from the marin side and traffic is restored. coming into san francisco out of marin county. a smooth drive, not enough to really show up on our sensors. you might see a little dip for a couple of minutes. we're looking at the rest of the bay. oh, just now we're seeing highway 37 show the typical slowing out of vallejo. no slowing for highway four into concord, pleasant hill all moving very smoothly. a wind advisory given for a lot of the bridges overnight. things are calmer now, but just know the chp did call out the bridges, as well as the altamont pass light traffic there throughout the east bay and tri-valley, as well as the south bay. back to you. thanks, mike. it is 523. coming up next on today in the bay, we are celebrating black history month on nbc bay area. and this morning we're going to introduce

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he's known for his street portraits, bringing beauty to the many people that he meets that became like a calling. i was like, how? how can i give everybody their dignity with this camera? now, bay area's joe rosato jr. has that story coming up for you tonight right here on nbc bay area at 530. the full gamut of it all. there you go. it's 530 almost in the morning right now. comingp next, the top stories that we are following for you today, including the growing calls for the san mateo county sheriff to resign. the push one group is making to remove her from office. i'm ginger conejero saber, live in guerneville this morning. where people who live here, who were who went through mandatory evacuation orders, are taking action this morning to try and get some more of their things safe before the river is expected to crest at 6:00 this morning. we'll bring you a live

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530. for you this morning. good wednesday morning. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. this morning we continue with our storm coverage. this is people who live in the north bay are bracing for more possible flooding. now, the main concern is the russian river, which is expected to crest around 6:00 this morning. that potential flooding is prompting mandatory

evacuations along the river. this is for people in the low lying areas. we have team coverage this morning. meteorologist kari hall is monitoring this morning's river levels, but we want to start things over with ginger conejero saab. she's live for us in guerneville. and, ginger, i know we've been talking to you this morning, and we're already seeing some of the water levels increase where you are. that's right. and it looks like people are still really trying to take action. marcus, before the river crests at six. i want to point your attention behind me. there is a man who has been working on getting his truck out of this flooded garage. before that, he was successful in getting another car out. but with water levels, these flooded water levels are expected to risese en higher, potentially as the river crests. at six this morning. you definitely want to get as much as you can out. you can see he's driving through that standing water right there. now, we've been here before. this is the

farthest out that we've seen flooded waters. last time it was, you know, much further in over kind of where that sign is and maybe possibly where that car, that other car that you see that stuck there. that's kind of where the water was last time. but if i could point your attention over to the right, it's come much further out and past six. we spoke to someone from sonoma county fire who expects that this water can actually go all the way out to where the road is, and to the end of that driveway that that person who's surveying from sonoma county fire also said that this is what he what he deems kind of the worst that he's seen this morning here out in guerneville. now, there are other areas that are still flooded or are also flooded in guerneville. i want to show you that video. it's hard to get great perspective because it's still dark out, but you can see just how high the water is with a truck that looks about halfway submerged in flood waters, the trailer right next to it.

another indication of just how high those flood waters are. about five minutes away from where we are, there's another place that's called pee-wee golf and arcade. across the road from that trailer. and that truck there. also, there's also quite a bit of flooding there. characters from the mini golf course appear to just pop out from standing water. there are signs and a building which is part of that mini golf and arcade that you can see are also in flooded waters. now our news team caught people evacuating last night. that's when there were mandatory evacuations for people in low lying areas. that was also after an alert was sent out from sonoma county sheriff's office, saying that all properties along the lower russian river from healdsburg to jenner, below 36ft, must leave now, or 36ft flood level that they must leave now. pulling out because i don't want to have to step out into water in the morning. a little stressed, but you know, we've been through

this a few times. i've lived here for about ten years. yeah. so that really has been quite a concerern. marcus and laura, sie last night, officials are forecasting the river to crest at about 35ft, just just 30 minutes from now. so you can see that man that was trying to get his car or cars out of this parking garage was really working to jumpstart that truck wasn't working that well, but fortunately, it seems like he's able to get that out. we'll be here throughout the morning to give you more updates, but for now, for now, we're live in guerneville. ginger conejero saab today in the bay. having that pickup truck definitely worked out in that situation there. all right, ginger, thank you. also in the north bay, some sonoma county schools will not open today due to the ongoing storm impact. that includes all schools in the guerneville school district, the monte rio union school district and the west sonoma county union high school district. also, cassia elementary school east of

stewarts point. well, now let's check in with meteororologist ki hall. she's been tracking the russian river levels this morning. and so we are. the good thing is that we're not seeing much more in the way of rain. so the storm system has moved on. that will hopefully give us a chance to give a break from those rising water levels. but we are still under a flood warning through tomorrow morning for the russian river at guerneville. and we are going to see the flood stage and the river levels cresting in the next hour or so, and then peaking at 35.79 as of the latest readings there. and that's above a moderate flood stage. but we're also watching the napa river at napa, and it is now at 23.57ft. the last time it got to 23ft or higher was 2019. and so it's the highest levels since the past 25 years was 2006, at 29.85ft, and the highest ever was in 1995 when it

got up to 30.5ft. well, as we take a look at what to expect today, as people are trying to clean up and watching those water levels, it will be a cooler day. temperatures in the mid 50s. for our afternoon high it will be sunny, but we will see another storm system coming in tomorrow. back to you. all right, kari, thank you. well, kari is certainly monitoring that, but our coverage continues with today in the bay. bob redell. he's over in san francisco. i know you're monitoring the rockslide there in telegraph hill neighborhood. can you talk to us about the progress with the cleanup? how is that going? well, the city hasn't even started to try to clean up this rockslide that happened last night. as you can see, it spilled out onto the street. we're on sansome street, not far from the intersection with union. this is across the street from levi's plaza. if you're familiar with this area. this is at the base of telegraph hill neighborhood here in san francisco, not far from coit tower. and what you can see there, if you can see it in the dark. this is rock that is come

through the barriers here that have been set up here. this is a large base of rock. if you're not familiar with this area that's been here for obviously since the beginning of time, but what it looks like is at the base of this hill, this rock, a part of it sheared off. it does look like as you look up there, you can see up there in the light. there's still a lot of foundation there. so it looks like this is just something that sheared off at the bottom during yesterday's wind and rain storm. and as you look to the left, the headlights are coming towards us on the road here. the city has put up some k-rails here so that people cantill drive down this section, so it's not impacting sammy sullivan as far as we can tell. it doeoesn't look like any more of this is coming. going to be coming down anytime soon. i'm not a geologist. i'm just telling you, it looks like the part that did come down is settled for right now. and that's a good sign, considering the fact we don't have any more rain or wind right now. so of course they'll be up to the city to decide what to do with this. but right now they've just shut off this section of sansome, allowing the rest of the traffic to continue on. as you can see,

the san francisco fire department, they did tweet out that this happened a little bit before 630 last night, says there is no threat to the public, and they're just asking people to avoid this area. now, yesterday's storm caused problems elsewhere. also here in san francisco, the wind and rain brought down a tree which took out an overhead muni line. the wire there and crashed onto a parklet. this happened in front of the blue light sports bar in cow hollow. one person was hurt, but they are doing okay. let's head down to the south bay. i think we have new video into the newsroom. this is a mudslide that closed down a stretch of highway nine in the santa cruz mountains. i don't know if you can see the slide in the video there, but you can see the closure as a result of that. caltrans is working on removing the dirt and debris. the closure is between sanborn and redwood gulch roads again on highway nine. while caltrans is doing the cleanup, they're also monitoring that hillside to determine if the slide is stable, which could delay a reopening. we are hoping to have a better idea in a matter of

minutes, around 6:00 this morning, as to whether or not highway nine again in the santa cruz mountains will reopen after that mudslide. reporting live here in san francisco. bob redell today in the bay. all right. perfect. we'll check in with you, bob, throughout the morning. our free nbc bay area app is also a great resource to have. once that heavy rain returns tomorrow, you can actually type in your zip code and get a customized forecast for your neighborhood. keep it handy. all right, mike's got a look at the roads for us. a little break in the rain. yeah, break in the rain. but let's talk about the slide that bob was talking about over here off the sanborn park and redwood gulch area. t this is the area e often talk about with one way traffic control. they continue to try to shore up the sides since last storm season. so this is a repeated issue over in the area still blocked off right now. we'll see if they can do one way traffic control. bob and i will follow that over the course of the morning. meanwhile, your typical commute starts northbound 101 with little break tap just around the area of 680 heading up toward oakland road. and we know that happens for the south bay. first

burst of traffic. no problems for the tri-valley just coming out of the altamont pass. a little build, no surprises. wind reported by chp through that area and across many of the bridges overnight. all those things have calmed down quite a bit. i'm told. we're looking at a smooth drive, a little build for highway 37 westbound out of marin county, out of out of out of vallejo and over in toward novato. we're looking at a smooth drive across the bay bridge. and now, just now, in the last few seconds, we're seeing these folks slow toward the approach. the metering lights have probably activated over the last few minutes. back to you. all right, mike, thank you. well, happening today, a grammy winning bay area band expected to add their voice to the anger over federal immigration crackdown. members of the group los tigres del norte are among those joining community leaders in the south bay for an event opposing recent ice activity. it's scheduled to happen at 11:00 this morning outside of sacred heart community service on first street in san jose. separately, immigrant rights supporters are organizing a march. this is at the mission street bart station on 24th in san francisco. that

gathering begins at 5:30 p.m. now, today's rallies. they come a day after san jose leaders unanimously approved a resolution supporting immigrants, regardless of their legal status. council members acknowledge while ice activity in san jose so far has been limited to targeted individuals, there is still fear that more broad based actions may come. a recent ap poll finds 7 in 10 favor deporting immigrants who have been convicted of a violent crime. the rank and file in san mateo county sheriff's office may be ready to throw their support behind the measure to remove their embattled sheriff. a march 4th special election will determine if supervisors have the power to remove sheriff cristina corpus from office. she has repeatedly denied allegations against her, including abuse of power, nepotism, racism and creating a toxic work environment. all were brought up as part of an independent report last year. later today, the sheriff's association association and the

organization of sergeants will hold a joint news conference endorsing that measure. she has denied all claims. well, turning back to our weather coverage, here's a live look at highway 80 near donner summit this morning. there's still some chain controls, with the latest storm moving through that area. cinthia pimentel is here with a look at just how much snow the area got. and we should be getting some more too. yeah, definitely. these totals could change as the sites update their numbers this morning, so hopefully i can bring you more updates from south lake tahoe. but for now, i did want to say up there in north lake tahoe, if we can show those graphics really quick, the sierra snow lab, we're expecting an update at around 8 or 9 this morning, but did really well in the last couple of hours, just over that foot approaching a foot and a half there. also through parts of the boreal soda springs. we're going to keep it there in the sugar bowl area to about a foot doing well. palisades just around that half an inch mark,

half a foot mark. so we'll continue to watch that. we're also recovering really well with some good news there through our sierra snowpack last week, we were at 65%, with the statewide average now just over 70%. so we're recovering in that to after a really dry january. looking towards the next couple of days through palisades tahoe today, we'll see some clearing there as the showers have pushed on through. but more snow is expected tomorrow and on into friday. we'll have some messages going up to just some travel delays to be aware of that will bring you as the week goes on. it is looking better though as we go on into saturday and sunday. lauren marcus, time to hit the slopes. all right. well you know we love a good countdown here right? we do. well we are counting down to the super bowl and had for you here on today in the bay. the changes the nfl is now making to the end zones. and the reason some are now questioning the timing of it all. president trump startles many by suggesting the gaza strip would make an excellent resort, the riviera of the middle east, he calls it. plus

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again tomorrow. we have that one. one more storm coming in and then we're dry for the weekend, so i'll have details on all of that coming up in a few minutes. and we had an overnight closure. north 101, the exit at university. you're looking in this area southbound will have the closure tonight from one in the morning actually. so tomorrow morning from 1 to 4 in the morning. university avenue closed for the off ramp from south 101. we'll talk about that more coming up. thanks so much, kari and mike. it is 546 right now. president trump stunned both supporters and critics tuesday by suggesting the u.s. take control of the gaza strip. scott mcgrew here with that for us this morning. okay, scott. so he doesn't want to stop there. he actually wants to build hotels that would be owned by the u.s. government. the whole thing would be owned by the u.s. government. good morning. he says gaza is the riviera of the middle east. now, what happens to the 2 million people who say it's not the riviera, it's my home. they would have to go elsewhere. says president trump. trump held a press conference

with his fst foreign visitor to the white house, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. trump has argued palestinians c't live in gaza because israel has destroyed it, and that some other countries should take them in once they're gone. he says the u.s. would take over and did not rule out using american troops. and after that new development. i do see a long term ownership position, and i see it bringing great stability to that part of the middle east and maybe the entire middle east. and everybody i've spoken to. this was not a decision made lightly. everybody i've spoken to loves the idea of the united states owning that piece of land. it means that we want to have we want to give people a chance at life. they have never had a chance at life. because the gaza strip has been a hellhole for people living there. it's been horrible. now, to be clear, the people he says, deserve a chance at life. the palestinians would not return.

it's worth noting the forced move an entire people is considered a crime against humanity by the united nations. the u.s. has also dropped out of u.n. programs to help palestinians. american humanitarian workers, part of the state department's agency for international development, have been told to pack up and come back home to america. they are in far flung locations fighting hunger in africa, providing clean water in south america, fighting disease in southeast asia. the world's richest man, elon musk, says he suggested to president trump the program be shut down due to what he calls corruption. musk and his team have also gained access to government payroll computers at the treasury, alarming many a protest here yesterday outside the treasury included members of coress who are alarmed by what they see as the speed of the unelected billionaire's takeover of government institutions. every single one of us has a responsibility to stand up to

this fraud, and it is true we have to reach out to everyone in this country conservatives, liberals, republicans, democrats and tell them that we have not months, we have not weeks, but we have days to stop the destruction of our democracy. we have work to do. musk has been encouraging government agencies to offer mass resignations with a payout like he did at twitter, though many twitter employees say they never got their money. in a new memo, the cia has offered a payout buyout to every employee who wants to quit. fbi agents, meanwhile, are suing the trump administration from trying to stop it from naming and possibly firing any agent who was involved in investigating federal crimes committed during the attack on the capitol in 2021. the attackers have been pardoned. law enforcement says it's still facing retribution.

the senate has approved pam bondi to be the top cop in the u.s, the new attorney general. senate committees have voted to approve the appointments of tulsi gabbard as america's top intelligence official, and robert kennedy jr to run health and human services. the vote goes to the full senate. now, a few weeks ago, many thought that pair would not make it this far. marcus scott. thank you. let's take a live look for you now over at the superdome in new orleans. that's where the chiefs and the eagles play. super bowl 59 this sunday. some fans, meanile, questioning the timing of a new decision by the nfl. this is to drop its end. racism phrase stenciled into the end zone. ever since the 2020 super bowl. the league is instead going to replace it with a different phrase choose love, which a league spokesperson says is more timely right now due to recent tragedies. that announcement also happens to coincide with president trump's

confirming that he plans to attend the game. training for you this morning, just days after making peace with the grammys, the weeknd is setting his sights on. hello? jumpscare superstar dropped the first trailer for his film hurry up tomorrow. it's inspired by his first album. the psychological thriller hits theaters may 16th. the weeknd plays a musician with insomnia who unravels the heart of his existence. also a side note, the weeknd's real name is abel tesfaye. he's listed by that moniker in the trailer in case you're reading the credits. looking for weakened. so hurry up tomorrow. would that make it the weeknd? i don't know, i always say hurry up weekend so very clever, i don't know. all right, let's get started this morning as we are going to have a very cold start and a sunny day ahead. but tomorrow is when

the rain comes back, so we do have a lot more to track as we go closer to the weekend. and let's take a look back at all of the rain that we've already measured. and it was pretty wild to see that for the north bay in mount tam, we had over 17in of rainfall, and we know that the north bay did not need all of this rain, as we were still at a surplus. and in santa rosa we've had over seven inches of rainfall. mill valley had over six inches, and even in parts of the east bay we had some really high rainfall totals over five inches for the berkeley hills and in san francisco, four inches, while san jose had one inch of rainfall. now the cold front has moved in and we are under a frost advisory until 9:00 for these areas shaded in blue, and our temperatures will dip to the low to mid 30s, we are already there now at 36 in napa, 34 in sonoma, but we're also seeing some mid 30s in parts of the east bay, and

frosty conditions will be possible in the interior east bay as well as the south county. but then taking a look at our highs, this is lower than what we typically see even for this time in february, with a high of 57. in san jose, it will be 57 for that high temperature in concord, as well as some mid 50s for the north bay. tomorrow as that rain comes in, it's going to be widespread and our temperatures will remain very chilly, only making it up to 50 in napa and 59 in san jose. this will be a cold storm system dropping in. we can already see that it is producing some snow across the pacific northwest. as it arrives in the bay area, there could be some snow on elevations above 4000ft, but overall we go throughout today with some mainly dry conditions, with the exception of a slight chance of a spotty shower in the north bay and then throughout the day tomorrow, the rain is pretty much off and on and continuing into friday morning before it tapers off. and then we have a dry weekend. we may

see another one to possibly inch and a half of rainfall for tomorrow. storm system coming in, and then we're back to the sunshine, but our temperatures will only make it into the mid to upper 50s for the weekend and each morning, starting out with some mid 30s and for the rest of the forecast for san francisco. sunny, cool, breezy today and 57 degrees with off and on rain tomorrow into friday morning and then sunshine extending into the middle of next week. mike, you're seeing the drivers lining up in oakland as they should. lining up between the lines. here's the toll plaza quickly filling in past the 880 overcrossing and no surprises at the toll plaza or across the span. a little break taps here, brakes tapping through richmond as well. this is wednesday, so lighter volume than tuesdays. we're looking at highway 37, and now highway four shows a bit of slowing as we expect into concord, pleasant hill, walnut creek, and the caldecott tunnel all moving at speed. same thing for the 680 corridor all the way through san ramon, down through sunol. the south bay does have

some slowing north 101 typical there, and there's a crash. 288 mclaughlin off on the shoulder. we'll keep monitoring that as we look at the travel times. vasco road is a critical exit from contra costa county down toward 580. still only at 22 minutes. that's no big deal there. and as we look back here, i wanted to show you on the peninsula again. i told you i'd talk about highway 101. as we were looking through the area again. gotta get my maps to cooperate here. 101 at university. the southbound side will have that exit closed for three hours from 1 to 4 a.m. overnight. and so keep that in mind. you take the loops to continue south on 101. back to you. thanks, mike. well happening now, pg&e crews are working to restore power to some bay area neighborhoods impacted by the storm. want to give you a look right here at that outage map. as of 4:00 this morning, about 4400 bay area customers have no power. more than half are scattered across the peninsula. the latest storm has moved on, but not before leaving behind some big problems. ahead on today in the bay, the

flooding we're seeing in parts of the north bay this morning as our teams track river levels. plus traveling to dc, the key meeting governor gavin newsom is having today with president trump. the request. newsom is set to make. and a reminder to you nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us whenever you'd like on roku or other streaming platforms. also, head to nbcbayarea.com. a lot more

bracing for a possible flooding. some people in the north bay forced to leave their homes with flood warnings in effect. we have live team coverage, with the russian river set to crest in a matter of hours. plus, president trump's brash plan calling for a u.s. takeover of gaza. the immediate backlash to his unusual pitch to create, quote, the riviera of the middle east, suggesting palestinians should abandon their homeland. why i'm celebrating this, returning my family and many others. we remain i