don't know what's going to happen with our kids. everybody is fighting for their school right now at six. an uncertain future for some students in the south bay as they face possible school closures. it's a growing trend among struggling school districts. the negative impacts parents say this will have on their children. plus, a tragic loss in the north bay. one of the victims of last week's plane crash in alaska, identified as a bay area native. the way his loved ones are remembering his life. and more rain on the way for the bay area. meteorologist kari hall has your outlook for when that wet weather will arrive near you. this is today

in the bay. you know, sometimes we talk about rain and it's like, oh, rain. but you know wh? the bright side of it all. you don't have to wash your car. there you have it. that's even better than what i was going to say. what were you going to say? no, i was just saying we need the rain. but no, i don't have to wash the car. there you go. and if you have more than one car, you're good. good morning to you. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. we'll check all those cars on the roadway this morning, no matter how many you have. we'll check it. yeah, but kari is keeping an eye of when this rain is going to roll in. yeah, and for the north bay, they've already had more than their yearly rainfall. so it would be nice if we could just g get it sth of the golden gate bridge. but unfortunately, that's not going to be the case. so we are going to see rain chances moving in later tonight into early tomorrow morning. a quick moving wave of some spotty light rain, and then a stronger storm system moving in late tomorrow night and continuing through thursday. that will also bring in some gusty winds and the possibility of flooding in some spots. but before that

storm arrives, it's just cold out there and we're seeing some near freezing temperatures in spots like livermore that's now down to 29 degrees. it is 30 in danville, as well as 30 in sonoma and santa rosa. and then as we take a look at what santa rosa can expect throughout the day, going from below freezing to mostly cloudy and a gradual warm up today with highs in the mid 50s. but overall jacket weather. and then tomorrow we'll need umbrellas. so we'll talk about that. but mike you're tracking two crashes right now and one is affecting folks getting off of the bay bridge into san francisco. that did cause quite a bit of slowing and a quick filling in at the bay bridge toll plaza. i believe things should start to move at a normal pace for the metering lights, and there is some recovery on those speed sensors traveling across the span. there may be a disabled vehicle that pulled to the shoulder at the toll plaza itself. didn't see any lanes that were stopped again. recovery. the earlier crash at five instead of four vehicles, there were three. no major injuries, some minor injuries. we're tracking that also tracking here. eastbound

580 slowing counter commute toward dutton. there are 4 or 5 vehicles involved in a crash, and it looks like things may be moving smoother now. heading down towards san leandro. back to you. thank you. mike. well, two bay area communities facing school closures are having difficult and different conversations today. and one district families and educators, they are fighting for their future, and in the other, they're getting a reprieve, at least for now. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us from the newsroom with what's happening today kris. well, good morning to you, marcus and laura. district leadership in san francisco and in san jose's franklin mckinley elementary school district are meeting tonight. and though they are 50 miles apart in the bay, families in both districts have been fighting the same fight trying to keep their schools open. but with budget holes this big, something's got to give. let's start in the franklin-mckinley school district, where up to five schools may close and up to 50 teachers could lose their jobs. the district says they have 40% fewer students than 14 years ago, and lower enrollment

means fewer funds. parents plan to rally ahead of the board meeting today, hoping to get the board to postpone a vote or ditch the vote altogether. now, one of the schools is captain jason dahl elementary school, which is named for the united pilot who died on nine over 11. we talked with some mothers who are worried about their kids, academics and social emotional learning, having gone through the pandemic in their early school years, but also what it will mean to go to a different school farther from home. they're running up to teachers and hugging them. they have that sense of community and family there, and every day he's asking my oldest like, is my school closing and what what's my new school? the nearest school would take me about 40 minutes to just get there. and it's just it's hard. she says they are a walking family, so it will take 40 minutes. so a statement from the franklin-mckinley school district reads in part. school districts throughout california are facing structural budget

deficits driven by declining enrollment, lower birth rates and people moving away due to the high cost of living. the statement goes on to say, this is a process that weighs heavily on our community, and we empathize with everyone who may be affected. now, san francisco unified is also discussing its budget today as well. and one of the slides in the presentation is titled keeping the lights on. that's where they are. while sfusd has a proposed list or had a proposed list of 13 schools up for closure mere months ago, the board directed their newly hired superintendent to stop that process, at least for the next school year. marcus, it looks like a lot of school districts across the country are dealing with cutting those number of schools down. all right, chris, thank you so much. all right. well, in san jose today budget talks they kick off city leaders. they are facing a potential $60 million shortfall next year. this comes as a lagging tax sale revenue their increased cost as well. mayor

matt mahan says that there are several avenues to look at to save money and avoid the layoffs. that includes deferring planning work, delaying the opening of a new police training center, and reducing the number of vacant city positions. now, one week from today, expectant families in hayward. they will have one less option saint rose hospital, temporarily closing its family birthing center. now the closure could l last up to 8 months. the hospital first made that announcement last fall, saying that all 17 beds will be closed to allow for the reimagining of the unit. in a new statement, the hospital says that it currently sees on average, less than one birth per day. the hospital also says, quote, that this decision was made by the board of directors due to a consistent decrease in the number of births at srh, which has created challenges in maintaining and sustainable, high quality birthing service for our community. end quote.

registered nurses are outraged over the decision, claiming that it will impact patient safety. new at 6:00, we're learning more about the victims of a small plane that crashed in alaska over the weekend. power technician andrew gonzalez was one of ten people on board. according to the press democrat, the 30 year old grew up in santa rosa before moving to alaska in 2022. these are pictures from his wedding website. gonzalez and his wife were set to hold a ceremony in july after tying the knot in october of 2022. his wife tells the paper gonzalez took pride in his work, which took him to villages, health clinics and schools across alaska. gonzalez was returning homeo wasilla from a job in a remote village when the small plane he was on went down in the bering sea. all ten people on board were killed. the national transportation safety board is investigating the exact cause of that crash. a handful of north bay evacuees who recently

returned to their flooded homes, fear a repeat may be coming as the next round of rain is returning. last week's russian river flooding caused problems in low lying areas of forestville and guerneville, including at river bend resort rv park. many neighbors there ended up parking outside at the pub next door, seeking higher ground. they're now keeping a wary eye on the forecast. a little nervous, i'll be honest, you know. but we'll take it as it comes, you know, go back in the pub if we need to. just started setting it all up again, getting the yard back in order. well, of course, the entire bay area set to see some rain tomorrow. i know you've been tracking what we can expect is going to be a lot. or is it kind of over? it does look like quite a bit. and over a short period of time, mainly from thursday into friday. and as we mentioned, it would be nice if the north bay could catch a break from this as they've already gotten their yearly rainfall, but it's areas farther south that really needs it, and that is what will most likely get the highest rainfall totals.

but this is a very large storm system. so we are going to see all of the bay area getting some heavy rainfall totals. and looking at this atmospheric river having a bigger, bigger impact on thursday and friday, elevating that landslide threat as well as we'll be watching the creeks and streams where the water levels may rise fairly quickly. you want to make sure you have a plan to evacuate if necessary. and then for the sierra, we're going to see some heavy snow. as far as the timeline, we start out with some light rain for later tonight, and it's in and out of here fairly quickly. in fact, by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, the rain has already cleared. we have several hours of a break, and then the next round of rain comes in late tomorrow night and continues into thursday. getting heavier on thursday morning. so we'll talk more about the impacts that we can all expect and how much rainfall we may see before the weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike has a look at where we can get a little bit of a break from gas prices. yeah, the low is still in the south

bay, but a little bit higher today. still in san jose, but three. 89 instead of 88. this would be at gulf on tully road. that's where we saw that price point. same low of 389 in alameda county. this was at a big box. this is in pleasanton. they have costco on johnson drive again 389 the same for that county. and in the north bay, vallejo has the low of solano county's low of 393. that's at arco on sonoma boulevard. you can check gasbuddy.com for those prices. and on their blog they're talking about why prices are coming up just a bit on the roadways. let's look at how things are shaping up. we do have an alert that's just been issued by chp. this is for eastbound 580. i told you about that crash at dutton avenue. sounds like four, possibly six vehicles involved, many of them on the shoulder counter commute. getting away from oakland, heading over toward castro valley and san leandro. no, that's there, but traffic is still moving. we have slower drive on the east shore freeway, a disabled vehicle at the bay bridge toll plaza. but the crash cleared from the san francisco side. back to you. all right. good to know. thanks, mike. speaking of san francisco, help

wanted at the san francisco zoo. they are hiring someone to be in charge of their pandas. but there's one thing. there's still no pandas. coming up nex the concerns. we may never get to see those furry creatures in the city by the bay. all right, that's a job. well, a school in south carolina has canceled girls engineering day over dei concerns. let's go out to the futures this morning, see what wall street is up to. those red numbers keep getting bigger. plus, put your head on my. shoulder. hey. south bay native stuns coaches on the voice. but did he get a chair turn? oh, the coach who saved the singer from going home at the very last second. you don't want to miss how that all played out right here on today in the bay when we return. pretty.

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stay to you. wall street digesting the news of the new steel and aluminum tariffs. mostly they're waiting to see what other countries are going to do in response. mcdonald's here says sales slowed in the last quarter. part of that might be the hangover from the e coli scare. lyft says it will soon have automated taxis in dallas. elon musk and a group of investors have offered to buy

openai, run by sam altman, there on the right. musk was already one of the original investors, the two not seeing eye to eye on the future of the company. musk wants it to be a nonprofit with a focus on ai safety. altman a more commercial focus. musk's group is offering $97 billion for the company. altman said no. altman says he's worried musk, who has his own ai company, might be trying to slow openai down. no secret the two don't really like each other. altman appeared with donald trump recently. musk is trump's so-called first buddy. this is an interesting story. so this is a girls school in charleston, south carolina. our affiliate tv station there reports school administration canceled a girls engineering career day after the organizers said federal workers like air force and coast guard pilots said they could no longer participate because of rules against dei. it's not clear president trump's broad order to

end federal dei included participation in girls science day, but it is an example of the confusion. vague executive orders, cause we've asked the white house about it. okay. i'm sure your friends and family have already sent you this screenshot, but google maps has done as it said it would do, and changed the label of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. this, after trump ordered the name change on the federal level. google uses government names for locations. for instance, turkey recently changed the spelling of its name and google changed its map. you may have seen this over the weekend. the governor of illinois says he's going to make a change to chicago. illinois sits on the shores of the massive lake michigan. yeah. michigan governor pritzker says enough of that. a great lake deserves to be named after a great state. so today i'm issuing a proclamation declaring that here and after lake michigan shall be known as lake

illinois. the proclamation has been forwarded to google to ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous change. and yes, he's being tongue in cheek. we're 90% sure. but the funny thing is, if google changed it, he's like, oh yeah, right. oh, okay. hey, what else can do? today? thanks, scott. 616 right now and new at six. if you love pandas, there's now a job opening for you. san francisco zoo needs an assistant curator of giant pandas. it's all in anticipation of the bears possibly coming to the zoo as a tourist attraction from china. under a plan from former san francisco mayor london breed. however, zoo leaders tell the paper the city's plan is not finalized yet. if you want the job, you must supervise animal keepers who take care of the pandas. it would pay between 67 and $72,000 a year. that would be kind of cool, right? they're

so cute. i know. exactly. well, speaking of cute, this next story, not so much. but you know what? new for you this morning. the world's ugliest dog contest. you know, the one where dogs looking like that. okay, so it takes place in petaluma every year. well, according to the press democrat, it's not going to happen this year. they say that this comes as the city takes managerial control of the annual event. this for the first time in 50 years. the fair takes place june 19th through the 22nd at petaluma fairgrounds. all right. well, it is 617 right now and trending for you this morning. a south bay singer has performed his way onto nbc's the voice to cabeza en mi. overall. nadira. ahora de b-boy. that was 25 year old ricardo moreno, originally from san jose but now living in tracey. he sang a rendition of paul anka's put your head on my shoulder with a

little bit of a latin twist. and while his performance didn't initially get any chairs to turn, michael buble had second thoughts and decided to use his replay button to add ricardo to his team. and ricardo is now more than ready to be on team bublé. how do i feel? i feel, feel great, i feel surprisingly not nervous. not, you know, i'm comfortable. i'm just i'm ready to get this ball rolling. i'm mostly excited working with michael buble. just. i mean, i've always been a big fan of michael buble. so now the fact that i'm getting to work with him and vocalizing with him is amazing. quite the opportunity. make sure you tune ino cheer on ricardo on the voice. it airs right here on nbc bay area every monday night at eight. ricardo is one cool cat. he's like, no, i'm not. yeah, i know, i was like. no, it's cool, it's cool. it's nice to know that in spanish, baby is pronounced

baby. yeah, baby. look, you watch the show. you learn a lot. learn a lot. yeah. and we're going to learn about that forecast too. yeah. a lot going on here. there's a lot going on. it cold this morning. we have rain on the way. and then before we hit the weekend we may see some flooding in some spots. but this is a look at what we're seeing right now as you're stepping out the door. we're still below freezing. there is a frost advisory in effect. and it is 31 in napa right now, 41 in san mateo and san jose at 37 degrees. we're in the upper 20s in livermore right now in san rafael, you're walking out the door to 34 degrees. it is all clear for now, but we will start to see more clouds coming in over the next few hours with temperatures headed for the low 50s. rain will be back late tonight. this is at 5:00. we start to see some light rain moving from marin county down the peninsula, and then it kind of just gets in and out of here fairly quickly. in fact, not all of us may see that rain. and then we wake up tomorrow morning

to a cloudy sky and we'll be getting ready for heavier rain moving in late tomorrow night. and it's going to be pretty much all over the bay area, with some pockets of heavy rain coming off and on throughout the day on thursday into early friday. and during that short period of time, we may see a pretty big impact here with some heavy sierra snow. and notice that it will be widespread across the state. so the good thing too, is that southern california will also get in on some rain. much needed at this point, and then wewe wl take a break into parts of the weekend before another storm system moves in late sunday into monday. so this initial wave of rain coming in before the weekend will bring us about two to possibly four inches of rainfall for the santa cruz mountains, some of the coastal areas, some of the hills and mountains will have the highest rainfall totals. and then for the sierra, there could be anywhere from about three to possibly four feet of snow before the weekend. so this is going to come in really fast and dump a lot of rain and sierra

snow, and then clear out for the weekend. there will be another chance of rain late sunday, but as of now, looks like it's also clearing out for the holiday next week. if you have the day off. and mike, you've still got a traffic alert. that's right. same place. we call it counter commute because it's eastbound 580 heading out of oakland toward castro valley. the commute goes the opposite direction, but our friend tony commutes here in this direction. he got caught in the backup. there's an original crash blocking three lanes of eastbound 580 at dutton, just in the backup. there's some debris. and so i believe they've done a traffic break because tony tells us there were at least temporarily stopped all lanes. he got off the freeway. he's making his way over toward the nimitz as an alternate. smart move on tony's part. meanwhile, getting over toward the bay bridge in the maze, everything moves smoothly. the build for richmond, the build over here for 242. there is a crash just north of the benicia bridge. i believe it just cleared everything else looking pretty standard, including the backup at the bay bridge. there was a disabled vehicle, but i think it cleared from lane 14. back to you. hey, call tony back, and if

you know he can pick up some donuts if he's off the freeway. anyway, thanks so much. 622 right now ensuring internet safety. coming up next on today in the bay, the steps a popular kids game is taking to make sure parents can monitor their kids activity online. but first, as we head to break a reminder for you, the golden state warriors face the dallas mavericks for the third time this season tomorrow, so make sure you tune in to nbc sports bay area for warriors pre and post game live starting at 5:30 p.m, hosted by bonta hill. n tip off is at 630. the warriors postgame live will begin immediately after the game.

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a day of action to raise awareness about family safely using technology online. it's called safer internet day. it's meant to bring communities together to discuss the challenges families face in the digital world, including online gaming and its impact on children. we recently spoke with a representative for roadblocks, a video game popular with kids. she says parents can take measures to protect their kids when it comes to online harassment on roblox. we encourage parents to start their own roblox account. they can create an avatar and a username, and then once they have their

own account, they can link their account to their children's account, and then they'll have visibility into who they're talking to and what they're playing, and set things like screen time limits. she also says concern. roblox users can always report potential violators. in our 8 a.m. streaming newscast, i'll talk live with a tiktok representative about the steps that app is taking to try to keep kids safe. well, we've got a lot more ahead for you at 630, including a rise in flu cases across the country leading to flooded ergency rooms. so why are there so many cases? well, an expert is going to break down the reason. it may seem like we're seeing larger winter surge than usual. plus, the city of fremont to vote on a new ordinance that would target target homeless encampments. the reason why these homeless outreach groups feel that the law would target them. stay with law would target them. stay with us. you're

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reversed to ticket drivers in san francisco. the reason the city won't find drivers for parking too close to crosswalks. this is today in the bay. 630 on your tuesday morning. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. time to get a look at that forecast for you because it is a cold start for you. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking what we can expect out there. stormranger hard at work. yeah, so it's cold and clear for now, but we've got stormranger on san bruno mountain ready to pick up on this next storm that's going to be coming in and having a big impact on the bay area. so we do have a new atmospheric river headed our way with a little bit of rain ahead of that. moving in le tonight into early tomorrow, but tomorrow into friday we'll see the heaviest rainfall coming in, and there will be the elevated landslide threat that will be with us as we watch those creeks and streams rise fairly quickly. there will also be some heavy

sierra snow in the forecast. our hour by hour outlook does show that rain coming in very quickl, overnight, not having a big impact. but as that next storm system comes in, the rain will be heavy and widespread starting late tomorrow night and continuing in waves into thursday morning. all of the bay area is going to have some heavy rain and the possibility of flooding, and all of this rain coming over a short period of time. so this morning, the concerns are growing for that incoming rain for people in the north bay. some people who live in sonoma county have just settled back into their homes after evacuating last week because of that flooding, only to possibly get flooded again today in the bay, ginger conejero saab is live in the north bay, and ginger officials are also on alert. reporter that's right, kari. and you mentioned it. there were landslides last week. the concern for that once again, this time around with more wet weather, because when we when we spoke to sonoma county sheriff's

office last week, they said flooding is something that they've come to expect year in and year out. but it's the landslides that have come a bit more unexpected and also terrifying, particularly for the people that lived in this home. i want to show you a picture or video of a home in unincorporated santa rosa that's around deer trail. caught a mother and daughter were rescued by sonoma county fire district as a landslide hit their home and trapped them inside last week. they were rescued safely. the home red tagged now during our coverage are their homes were either red tagged or under evacuation orders in that area. many others under evacuation warnings. another home in forestville floated into the russian river. you can see the roof of the home bobbing in the water. sonoma county fire told us. fortunately, that was a vacation home and did not have people in it at the time. now here's a russian river overflowing into the low lying

areas. this over forest hills riverbend resort rv park. last thursday, a jeep got tossed around by the water. the water was so high, a kayak was the only way of getting in and out. now the rain returns today with heavy downpours expected through thursday. as kari just mentioned, the guerneville area expected to get more than an inch and a half with the river already swollen last night, folks are jumping in to help. the biggest need is to find out what are the next steps. you know. what do i do? i've just been displaced from my home. maybe i was living in a mobile home park. the mobile home park is underwater now. what do i do? the salvation army is teaming up with the county to help people get food and share other resources with them. another bit that we're already feeling this morning. it's pretty chilly outside, so if you are also with the anticipated wet weather and see how cold it is already, it's something folks, for folks there to be pretty concerned about. we'll continue to monitor that,

but for now, we're live in the north bay. ginger conejero saab today in the bay. all good information. thanks, ginger. hey, and don't forget when a storm is rolling through the bay area, you can track it with our free nbc bay area app. you can get storm ranger data. the bay area's only mobile doppler radar. now, the storm ranger is closer to the ground, so it's getting a better scan of your neighborhood. you can see fog, rain, and even smoke. our app is free and available for all. may be poised to enact one of the strictest ordinances yet banning encampments, but advocates say it goes way too far. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live outside fremont city hall this morning. and bob, leaders say this plan is focusing on violators, but critics fear even volunteers may be considered offenders. correct. good morning to you, laura. one homeless outreach group tells us that this new proposed ordinance that will be voted on tonight here in fremont would not only criminalize homelessness, but

would target the people who are trying to help the unhoused with this new law, people who they say are just simply trying to help. so tonight at 7:00 here at fremont city hall, the city council will vote on this new ordinance that would not only ban encampments on any public property and private property not specifically designed for camping, but it woululd also mae it a crime to, quote, aid and abet an illegal encampment. those caught breaking the law could face possible jail time and a $1,000 fine. last night, our own raj mathai spoke with fremont's mayor, who says the city has no intention of targeting groups who help the unhoused and claims that other cities in the bay area used this same aiding and abetting language in their municipal codes as well. so this is not unique language to the city of fremont. it's a language that's commonly found, and the intent is to prevent large wooden structures, like in the

waterways or in the parks, that are not only not safe for the community, but also not safe for the people, the unhoused people that live in them. and so we will never enforce any of these provisions on people that want to give water or food or supplies or tent or even the outreach workers. a case of whack a mole where you're just moving people around or potentially arresting them up to six months in jail, or $1,000 of fines that they can't pay, or worse still, arresting people like our friends at the dominican sisters of mission san jose that go to the osgood encampment and feed the poor and clothe the poor as part of their mission of mercy. they too could be arrested under the aiding and abetting provision of this ordinance. the mayor of fremont tells us his city has reduced homelessness by 21% over the past two years, and has built almost 2000 affordable housing units. so again, city council taking this issue up at their regular meeting tonight here at

city hall, 7:00 reporting live here in fremont. bob redell today in the bay. all right. cities across the bay area trying to address the growing issue. thank you bob. well, san francisco transit leaders are drawing the lines when it comes to enforcing new fines for parking and so-called daylighting zones. the state law took effect january 1st. it bans parking within 20ft of an intersection approach. transit leaders agreed to hold off on enforcing it until march 1st. a new statement says that mta violators they will actually only be issued fines for parking in marked zones. that means those visibly painted red violators with will be fined more than $100. now, the mta also debated a lower $40 fine for parking in unmarked zones, but that plan is now being scrapped in favor of the zero cost warning until those curbs can be painted red. 638 on your tuesday morning. wow, look at that sunrise in the bay area. you know what? it's clear. and

it's very cold out there. kari has been keeping tabs on the temperatures for us. yeah, it's probably hard to tell, but it is freezing there in the tri-valley. and we are under a frost advisory, in effect for much of thehe south bay, east b, as well as the north bay valleys. and here's the reason why we are seeing temperatures now down to 30 degrees in danville. 29 in livermore and just 1 degrees above freezing in pleasanton, as well as much of the north bay below freezing right now. and then taking a look at walnut creek and what to expect. it's 36. it will start out clear, but quickly we'll see clouds rolling in with the filtered sunshine today as our high temperatures head for the mid 50s. it will be cooler tomorrow as we get some rain coming in. overall highs reaching into the mid 50s acrs the bay area and more cool days ahead as that rain continues into friday. mike you're seeing alert continuing for oakland. that's right. we have three spots i'm watching. but the alert continues for eastbound 580 at dutton. there's some recovery for these speed sensors

leaving oakland and piedmont heading down toward san leandro and castro valley. they may have cleared some lanes. there were three lanes blocked. in fact, all lanes for a period of time because of some debris getting away from oakland and away from the bay bridge. getting toward the area. west 24 highway 13. an earlier crash may still l leave one lane blocked. we're watching that. and one lane blocked north of the benicia bridge, so both directions of the commute are distracted by the activity that's on the north side of the bridge. that's 680 there as we're looking at highway four coming towards 680 and 242 itself, both slowing and the walnut creek interchange starting to see more volume of traffic, a little more slowing coming through the area. looking ahead, we'll take a second to talk about the posey tube overnight from alameda in toward downtown oakland. that tube will be closed for its scheduled maintenance, and folks know the options are to the south over the water instead of under the water. the rest of the bay shows a pretty standard build, with 880 and the san mateo bridge showing the most change in the last few. back to you. thanks, mike. while we're seeing it here in the bay area and really across the nation, flu cases are

rising and hospitals are overwhelmed. ahead, the expert advice on what's causing the surge and the way you can stay protected this winter. plus, several federal court judges getting in the way of president trump's plan. we'll talk all about that coming up. plus sweater weather. sweater weather. sweater weather. finally. sweater weather. sweater weather. it's about time. it's about time. sweater weather. finally. and they're still saying it today. saturday night live celebrating 50 years of iconic sketches like the one you see right here. big names set to return for this weekend specials. you don't want to miss that. we have much more ahead for you right here on tod in the bay.ay

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new surveillance video showing the moment that a learjet veered off of an arizona runy, crashing into a parked gulfstream plane. one of the five people on board the learjet died. two others suffered serious injuries. that other plane was empty. this all happened monday in scottsdale. we're also now learning that the plane was owned by mötley crüe frontman vince neil. he has not. he was not on board at the time. that investigation is ongoing. well, the courts are blocking president donald trump from carrying out some of his controversial plans. scott mcgrew joins us now. you told us

yesterday to watch if the white house actually defied the courts, and little did we know, it had already happened. it already happened when we were saying this might happen in the future, at least according to a federal judge. we were going to wait and see. then this federal judge in rhode island said the white house had already violated a court order to unfreeze all that federal funding. the white house is growing frustrated, and there is some talk around the edges about continuing to defy the courts. here's the president flying back from the super bowl. no judge should be. no judge should, frankly, be allowed to make that kind of a decision. it's a disgrace. now, the court decision about freezing funds is just one of several places the white house finds itself at odds with the courts. a court has paused trump's reduction of funds to the national institutes of health, nih. yet another judge continued the pause on trump's offer to buy out federal workers. a federal court has

stopped elon musk from accessing treasury computers. another court paused the shutdown of the u.s. aid agency. and moments ago, we got word. two dozen religious groups will file suit in federal court today to stop ice agents from raiding churches and temples and mosques. vice president j.d. vance tweeted earlier this week judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power. now, this takes a little bit of parsing. he is right. the way he wrote it legitimate power. but the judiciary is absolutely able to block what it decides is illegitimate. that's essentially why it's there. and it is definitely the checks part of the checks and balances. jordan's king abdullah has a day ahead of him. he's headed to the white house for a meeting with president trump, who wants him to take in millions of palestinians from the gaza strip. president trump says he wants to evacuate gaza, build hotels and other attractions. he

calls it the riviera of the middle east. a reminder, the united nations says the forced move of an entire people is a crime against humanity. yesterday, he said the palestinians have no right to return home, that they should go to jordan or egypt. here's his most recent thought. would you withhold aid to these countries if they don't agree to take in the palestinians? yeah, maybe. sure. why not? you mean if they don't agree? if they don't agree, i would. i would conceivably withhold aid. yeah. president trump also said all bets are off. let hell break loose. if hamas does not finish releasing israeli hostages. hamas says it's delaying a hostage release scheduled for saturday because israel is delaying or preventing refugees from returning to their homes in gaza. the department of justice dropped its charges against new york mayor eric adams. he had been accused of bribery and wire fraud. prosecutors still need a judge to sign off on it, and the president has pardoned former

democratic illinois governor rod blagojevich, who was accused of trying to sell the senate seat vacated by senator barack obama. governors appoint senators when offices are vacated in this case. obama's case. he was president. blagojevich had been in prison for eight years. the former governor caught on a recording saying he was not going to give up the senate appointment for just nothing. but laura, he says, that was really just all talk. a lot to cover there. thanks so much, scott. well, new at six. doctors are warning about a new influenza surge across the u.s, including here in california. state health leaders say ten children have died from the flu in california since last june, and the infection positivity rate is nearly 30%. cases are now backing up at most medical facilities, with flu related doctor visits hitting a 15 year high. experts cite the combination of an unusually strong strain and lower vaccination rates. we've seen a lot of sick people in general

compared to previous years. seems like they're having more respiratory issues. coming up on today, expert advice on protecting yourself this flu season. that's at 7 a.m. right after today in the bay. well, trending this morning, preparing for a once in a lifetime homecoming. snl revealing some of the former cast members coming back for that 50th anniversary special. live from new york. it's saturday night. haha. that's the show's very first sketch, which you'll actually be able to relive this saturday night. now, guests for sunday's special now include chevy chase and at least three other original cast members. the only surviving cast members still not listed as dan aykroyd. other alums scheduled toppear include eddie murphy, adam sandler, tiffany fey, tina

fey, excuse me, and kate mckinnon. and here's a look at the entire slate of snl 50 events. the homecoming concert airs live friday night on peacock at 5:00. saturday, you can catch the re-airing of the very first episode, and then sunday it's the three hour special. it airs live on nbc bay area starting at 5 p.m, and it includes a red carpet event starting at four. so many stars have come out of that show. it's amazing to see. yeah, that schedule is interesting because the only one that's not live is saturday night. it's the first one. yeah. all right. make sure you check it out. oh, and look where we are on the set. hey, just like that. kari is going to look at our forecast for today. we've been talking about how chilly it is. freezing in some parts. yeah. it's freezing. we do need to layer up. and then we are going to see rain coming in tomorrow and continuing before the end of the week. so this is a look at the storm system

that's on the way. it's going to bring in more clouds throughout the day and at least initially not raining. but we are going to see that rain starting to ramp up as we go into the next couple of days. so here's what to expect. the new atmospheric river coming in, and by late tonight or late tonight into early tomorrow, we could see a little bit of rain coming in and then a break with some heavier rain into thursday. so with all of that rain and the ground already saturated, there will be an elevated landslide threat, especially in some of the burn scar areas as well as near the coastal mountains. we'll be watching the creeks and streams. as of now, the rivers are expected to stay below flood stage, but some of the smaller tributaries may rise very quickly. and then heavy sierra snow coming in before the weekend. so here's a look at our hour by hour outlook, which actually shows not all of the bay area will see that rain coming in this evening. but this is at 6:00. we see marin county on southward seeing some rain. and then that quickly tapers off before sunrise tomorrow. just staying cloudy throughout the

day. and then on late tomorrow night into early thursday, we see the waves of heavy rain coming in and during that time period, getting the brunt of the storm on thursday into friday. that's when we may see a lot of those impacts starting to continue to add up. so here's a look at how much rainfall we could see. a lot of our models showing the highest rainfall totals will actually be in the south bay, as well as the south county into the santa cruz mountains. but still looking at some significant rainfall in the north bay that's already had all of their yearly rainfall to date. and so we don't need another two inches. but this will help out some of the reservoirs that across the state are, on average, running about 84% of capacity for today. we do still need a lot of that water to hit the south bay. our reservoirs are running at about 50% or below, and we are going to get that rainfall coming in before the weekend. so here's a look at our 7-day forecast, showing that after all of that activity, at least for the

weekend, saturday is looking good with highs in the low 60s. there may be some more rain coming in late on sunday, but then drying out. if you have the day off on president's day, it's looking good. and mike, you're still focused on three crashes. yeah, two of them are on this map right here. one north of the benecia bridge. one lane is blocked. single car involved, but more slowing coming down opposite direction because of the distraction. a build over here for contra costa county. we're looking at a standard flow now slowing for 24 heading toward the second of our crashes, 24 westbound at highway 13. this crash still may be involving one lane. i still see a slower drive heading over in toward the maze off the area. and then this is the alert eastbound 580 at dutton. we still have possibly three lanes blocked by a crash. folks are cutting over to 880, likely on 98th. back to you. thanks so much, mike. it is 653 happening now. three san francisco men face charges following a recent string of burglaries at palo alto restaurants. in all three cases, police say several men entered through the back doors in the middle of the night.

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657 for you this morning. welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at our top stories here on today in the bay. first, a handful of north bay evacuees who recently returned to their flooded homes fear a repeat may be coming as the next round of rain returns. last week's russian river flooding caused problems in low lying areas of forestville and guerneville. a mother and daughter were rescued by sonoma county fire as a landslide hit their home and trapped them inside their home. in a number of others were red tagged. we're waiting to see when the rain is going to come in. kari is keeping tabs of the forecast for us, and we are going to see some light rain overnight into early tomorrow. but that's not the big storm that we are going to be preparing for. we are going to see heavier rain coming in early on thursday and continuing off and on into friday. and during this time we may see a couple of inches of rain before we even make it to the weekend. and don't forget, you can track the storm with our nbc. bay area app or app is free and available for

all smartphone devices. well, today, fremont leaders are expected to finalize their planned crackdown on public camping. council members have already approved a new plan to criminalize not only camping on public property, but aiding, abetting or hiding illegal encampments. they approved that ordinance last week. it's calling for a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. now, opponents fear the new rules may actually be used against aid workers providing services for the unhoused. leaders in another struggling bay area school district will meet tonight to weigh possible closures. san jose's franklin mckinley district is considering closing five elementary schools, including dahle elementary, named for jason dahl, a nine over 11 hero. the district is grappling with declining enrollment, and opponents plan to rally tonight ahead of the meeting. all right. a look at what's happening on those roads out there, mike. yeah, let's take a look. 880 through oakland is great right now. southbound

would be your drive away from oakland down towards san leandro. 580, by comparison, has an alert still blocking three lanes that will jam you up to about 98th. well, snl week on the today show ahead of the 50th anniversary coming up, we'll have actress ana gasteyer talking about her tenure as a cast member. in the meantime, you can keep watching today in the bay on roku or wherever you stream. at 8:00, we have a special treat with current cast members joining us live. wow. look, it's an snl week weekend and all star weekend. the bay area just got it going on. oh yeah, and lunar new year parade. we have everything. yes. oh my goodness. don't miss the rain. oh, wel have a good one today. show starts next. have a terrific good tuesday morning. punishing winter weather is wrapping up in a big way.