one person is dead following an overnight fire in the east bay. a live report on the

investigation underway, as we hear from firefighters. plus rain coming down across the bay area at this hour. here is a live look at downtown san jose and meteorologist kari hall monitoring the latest here with this atmospheric river and our mike inouye tracking the slick commute for you. also protecting immigrants. the town hall. bay area leaders are taking part in today as a federal crackdown continues across the nation. this is today in the bay. boy, is it a soggy thursday morning in the bay area. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. what first, as this most recent storm is moving across the bay area, our storm ranger is sitting atop san bruno mountain scanning the skies. this is the bay area's only mobile doppler radar, helping bring you the most accurate forecast. this storm comes following last week's storm, which caused damage in the north bay. much of that area is still saturated this morning. let's head over to meteorologist kari hall this morning. she's

monitoring the rain, and we've got a flood advisory. yes. so they issued the flood advisory out way ahead of the storm. and so that means that we're watching out for that possibility of street flooding, as well as rising creeks and streams. and then we can see this large storm system as it is moving directly into the bay area. this is the center of low pressure that's driving all of this rain with this atmospheric river into our area. and then once we get to this part of the storm that's directly over us, then it becomes more scattered, but also with more energy. there will be the possibility of thunderstorms. so we're going to have the more widespread and heavy rain continue for the next few hours. and we can see that there's a lot of yellows and reds here, mainly south of san francisco into the east bay. and for the north bay, there is a steady light to moderate rain that continues to come down. adding up on top of all the rain we've already had on storm ranger, we can see that some of the heavier rain once again is now shifting into the south bay, the east bay, as well as over

toward the central valley. before the bay area, it is pretty steady for the north bay. and then we're also seeing the impacts of all of that rain causing some flooding on the roadways, as well as the potential of some more landslides and flooding in the santa cruz mountains, where it is really pouring at this point. and so as we take a look at what to expect, we are going to see that possibility of more flash flooding in the santa cruz mountains, some street flooding elsewhere, and ponding. that means it may be a very dangerous commute. and so, mike, you're tracking that with a lot of accidents on the roads. and we have a 48 incidents reported by chp already this morning. i'm tracking with them, most of them standing water, larger puddles from flooding. look at all the blue puddling and ponding. the green shows where it's at least wet. at least i'm most concerned about this. this leaves only one lane of westbound 580 open at redwood road. there was an earlier crash involving a semi truck which may still be there. reports of several inches of water across all but the fast

lane, which is getting through right now, very slowly because folks are heading over toward the castro valley y off of the dublin grade. no word on when they can clear that. they think theyust have to clear a drain. but this has been going on for a while. again, in toward the castro valley, y wet roadways continue several spots on and off ramps through oakland, along 580 and 880 reported with standing water, large puddles there. definitely a wet commute as you head toward the bay bridge. here's the blurry look over at the berkeley curve. back to you. thank you very much, mike. well, breaking overnight in the east bay, first responders are on the scene of a deadly house fire. it happened in brentwood on nicholas court off of central boulevard today in the bay's bob redell. live for us there. and, bob, i know we're learning one person has died here. do we know what happened? sadly, you are correct. the fire is out. the coroner has come and gone. you're looking at what's left of this two story home here on nicholas court. as you mentioned in brentwood. and that garage right there. there's the fire department still out here, just spraying foam to make sure

nothing flares back up. that is where this person died. but as far as what happened, what were the circumstances? no, we don't have an answer to that yet. the fire was called in around 1145 last night. according to the fire department, the fire appears to started in the garage. neighbors told the fire department they thought someone was still inside the house. firefighters attempted a rescue when they found the person dead in the garage. it's not clear if that person was trying to escape when they succumbed to the smoke and fire. this is a this is a well seated fire. this has been burning for a while. and this is a large home 3000 plus square feet with significant construction hazards. the fire was all the way into the attic from the garage. it's horrible. this is the second time this house i'm sitting right here, burnt down in 2000. what was it two years ago? two years ago? yeah. so it was kind of scary.

and i thought, you know, not again. a fire investigator was also out here earlier trying to figure out what caused this fire that, again, killed one person. there are two cars in the garage that burned up in this fire. one looks like an old convertible that's on the right side. the second is a sedan that looks like it's from the 40s or 50s. don't know what role, if any, those vehicles might have had in the start of this fire. reporting live here in brentwood. bob redell today in the bay. very sad a life was lost there. thanks for the latest, bob. we are also following breaking news from overseas this morning. at least 28 people arare hurt in munich, germany. this is after a car slamd into a crowd of people in a suspected attack. police say that the driver, a 24 year old afghan, is, quote, secured and poses no further threat. some of those victims were seriously and critically injured. the incident comes a day before a major security conference in munich is set to

begin. vice president jd vance and secretary of state marco rubio are among the many world leaders expected to attend. and we will continue to monitor this breaking story, both on air as well as online. make sure you download our free nbc bay area app. that way you won't miss any of our updates. new details in the cyber truck crash, which killed three piedmont college students home for thanksgiving break. the coroner is releasing its toxicology report on the victims who died. all showed traces of cocaine, alcohol and marijuana in their systems. two of the victims died from inhaling toxic fumes and smoke. also, the driver had just under a 0.2% blood alcohol level. a fourth person in the car survived. the truck slammed into a tree and a retaining wall and then burst into flames. investigators are still sorting out the exact cause of that crash. happening today, bay area leaders are taking part in a virtual town hall highlighting protections for immigrants amidst the federal crackdown. the latino community foundation

is hosting today's event, set for 10 a.m. it will feature a question and answer session with experts from up and down the west coast. former u.s. secretary of housing and urban development julian castro is leading the event. he is now the ceo of lcf. one spokesperson says the topics will include immediate and long term needs for immigrants, the obstacles now in place, and ways to support immigrants. this is an opportunity to hear directly from community leaders that are on the front lines, providing resources and education to members of the community about what their rights are in, especially if they're facing the threat of deportation. leaders are stressing the importance of knowing your rights and access to seminars. to join today's event, participants must pre-register on zoom. you can find that link on the latino community foundation's website. 508 now to a live look at storm ranger busy at work on top of san bruno mountain tracking the

rain. there are new flood watches and landslide warnings in effect right now in the north bay. napa county sheriff issuing a flood watch for people living in the oak circle area. it said hopper creek could flow into oak circle. it's advised for people to move their cars and trucks to higher ground. evacuation warnings remain in effect for several neighborhoods in santa rosa as well. police are telling people to be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice. drivers are also being warned about flooded roads and we are seeing the rain come down. it's that atmospheric river we're in. kari. yeah, we've already gotten about two inches of rainfall, pretty widespread across the north bay, but it's been over 3.5in for the santa cruz mountains. so if you are told to evacuate, make sure you do so. and it's always good to have a plan ahead of time. if you do see water covering the road, turn around. don't drown. that's definitely the advice here, as we've seen a lot of flooded roads. and then protect your possessions and gather your paperwork ahead of time. make sure you're signed up for nixle

or the nbc bay area app so that you can get alerts. if we are seeing some more of those heightened warnings going into effect. but the rain is widespread, which will continue through the next several hours. still a steady rain for the north bay, although the heaviest rain and where we're seeing the ponding on the roadways and the flooding issues is now in the east bay, as well as the south bay, the south bay to the south county. as this heavy rain continues. and mike, this has had a huge impact on the morning commute. absolutely. where you just show the active radar. i'm looking at the shot from oakland w, lighter traffic. right now we have wet, slick roadways. visibility is an issue. as i was driving through the south bay, in fact, there was standing water, smaller puddles, but they were pulling my car to either side. so keep both hands on the wheels. lots of single car crashes reported. you see the blue puddling and ponding, but no major slowing throughout contra costa county and not yet around mare island, though we'll watch for that for westbound highway 37. the biggest impact right now are three out of your four lanes are flooded and

there's a semi truck. perhaps another crash in the backup approaching the area toward redwood road, where this lane restriction continues. the volume coming out of the altamont pass is steady, moving hopefully a little slower, slicker roadways all the way through the south bay and on the peninsula. back to you. thanks, mike. 510 right now. using ai to enforce age restrictions online. just ahead on today in the bay. the way google plans to use its new ai models to help estimate whether a user is over or under 18 years old. in other words, act your age plus confirmation this morning. we're not going to see lower interest rates any time soon. out to the futures this morning, we'll take a look at what wall street is up to. i don't think they've woken up yet.

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we are under a microclimate weather alert as we are going to see the rain continue throughout the day and temperatures holding steady. staying in the 50s as we get gusty winds and all of this rain may continue to cause flooding concerns even into the afternoon. we'll talk about when this rain wraps up and look ahead to the weekend forecast. coming up in a few minutes and looking at a clearer as far as the traffic flow goes, clear back up bay bridge toll plaza. but look at the conditions, the water kicking up, cars getting closer together will mean the splash hits your windshield as well. we'll track your commute because there's a lot of slowing

and a lot of spinouts out there. well, good morning and a very happy, if somewhat wet thursday. markets fell as we got hotter than expected inflation data yesterday. we get more inflation numbers this morning. cisco systems there in san jose. they say sales are up as companies buy more of what cisco makes to handle ai computations. cisco also buying back more stock upping its dividend. chevron becomes the latest company to lay off many as as 1 in 5. now it moved its headquarters from san ramon to houston, but there will still likely be bay area workers affected. x the company is going to settle a lawsuit from donald trump. trump sued x, the company, for kicking him off the service back when it was twitter kicked him off after trump supporters attacked the capitol, according to a source familiar with the situation. nbc news confirmed wednesday the settlement involved a payment of $10 million, according to public

documents. the state department is planning on buying $400 million worth of armored cars from tesla, though business insider noticed in the last few hours those procurement documents have been changed to read armored electric vehicles, not tesla. musk tweeted nobody mentioned the deal to me. now, the original document dates back to the biden administration, according to those who have seen it. but it continues to spotlight concerns that musk is both in charge of cutting government spending while also benefiting from government spending. i mentioned the inflation data. we get producer price index today. yesterday it was the consumer price index showing inflation getting worse. coincidence would have it. the head of the fed was meeting with members of the house. at the same time. you're going to hear him say policy restraint. that means keeping interest rates high. if the economy remains strong and inflation does not continue tmove sustainably

toward 2%, we can maintain policy restraint for longer. if the labor market were to weaken unexpectedly, or if inflation were to fall more quickly than anticipated, we can ease policy accordingly. that means higher interest rates. google working on its way to figure out if you're 18. through artificial intelligence, for instance, by watching what websites you visit or videos you watch on youtube when it detects somebody under 18, google will notify it, change some of the settings and offer them ways to verify themselves with a selfie or credit card or government id, just in case it got it wrong. i suppose if you use sus in any email, you are automatically going to be what if i'm talking to my kids, right? so my problem is i have some kids in my life who watch my youtube, and my youtube is all like history and, you know, airplanes and stuff. and all of a sudden i've got all that minecraft stuff. so, yeah, that algorithm is like, who is this person? right? he's a little sus very aware. he's a little sus. that's right. they would say that. thanks, scott.

you bet. that's galentine's day. oh, it's only the best day of the year. every february 13th, my lady friends and i leave our husbands and her boyfriends at home, and we just come and kick it breakfast style. yeah, it's galentine's day. the unofficial holiday celebrates the strength of female friendships. galentine's day gained some traction after it was featured on nbc sitcom parks and rec. there's also a version for men. it's called valentine's day. i don't know when that is. is it today, too? yeah. let's go for it. okay. could you all be busy then? we'll be busy. so there we go. trending. this morning. we're just three days away from saturday night live celebrating 50 years. and all week here we're talking about, talking about and looking back at some of those iconic moments from a half century of comedy. and this one is regarded as the show's top sketch of all time. take a look. i got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell.

for all our times have come. so there you have it, right there. host christopher walken actually stars as bruce dickinson. he's a highly successful music producer, collaborating with blue oyster cult, who, in the midst of recording a new song, he requests more cowbell to make the track even better. despite the pushback from the band. the sketch first aired in april of 2000. according to the documentary snl 50 beyond saturday night, the sketch actually had no cowbell at all at first, but they asked for more woodblock o'clock. will ferrell makes that so funny. okay, so we want to give you a look at the entire slate of snl 50 events. the homecoming concert airs live friday night on peacock at 5:00. then saturday, you can catch the

re-airing of the very first episode. then on sunday, it's the three hour special. it's going to air on nbc bay area starting at 5 p.m. and to get you in the mood, it's going to have a red carpet event starting at 4:00 live all weekend. better dress up. cowbells ready? that's right. today you better bri the raincoat and an umbrella. let me tell you, it is coming down. it is really pouring this morning, but we are getting the brunt of the storm for these early hours. as we go throughout the day, we are going to see it taper off to some more scattered activity. but that's also when we may see some thunderstorms popping up. we can see this big area of low pressure, the swirl of the clouds there, and all of that rain that's being driven into california with this atmospheric river. and as this system moves closer, we start to see the more widespread rain becoming scattered into the afternoon. we can already see it starting to taper off for ukiah and areas farther to the north. and then there will be a brief break before once again, there is more rain coming in this

afternoon. as we get a closer look at the north bay. there are still some pockets of heavy rain around fairfield, and that also extends down toward concord and parts of the east bay, back to san francisco and half moon bay down to san mateo. you can see the bright yellow there on storm ranger showing that heavy rain, and then some light to moderate rain for san jose, but it has really picked up for the south county from morgan hill to gilroy and moving farther south. as we head toward 8:00, we can see that there will be some breaks in the activity with all of this rain, and then maybe even some rainbows and sunshine for a little while as we still get the off and on showers continue into the afternoon as well as the evening, but for the evening commute, it won't be nearly as bad as what we're seeing for the morning commute, and there still will be a chance of showers in the forecast through early tomorrow. but if you have some friday evening plans, some weekend plans, all of the rain will be out of here. we've already gotten a couple of inches of rainfall pretty widespread, with an additional

inch and a half possible for the north bay to the inland east bay, but the highest rainfall totals will be over the santa cruz mountains with that elevated landslide threat. that's also where we have a flash flood warning for the lighter shade of green there, and then a pretty widespread flood watch that was issued well ahead of this s water covering the road, do not drive over it because you just don't know how deep it is. and looking at the rest of the forecast, we will have that slight chance of rain early tomorrow. the weekend? not bad at all though it won't be clear and sunny. it will be milder and temperatures continue to warm up next week. mike, you're seeing lots of slippery roadways. yeah, the chp has lots of reports of a single car. spinouts or single cars going facing the wrong direction after hitting an object center divide or maybe some debris in the road. we're looking at light traffic at the richmond bridge heading over towards san rafael. but when those lights come to us, look at how slick the roadway is and watchhe water splash up behind these cars. there's water on the lens all over these contra costa

freeways. we're looking at more puddling and ponding for highway four back toward antioch through pittsburg bay point 680 down through danville. no major flooding reported on those roadways. we have had on and off ramps throughout oakland with reports of standing water. southbound 880, there is a slowdown towards 16th, and there was a traffic break which made things clearer down toward the coliseum. but things are starting to restore now. we still have only one lane open west 580 at redwood road because of flooding. several inches across all but the fast lane over there. back to you. good to know it's so busy out there. thanks, mike. 522 right now and next here on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. big numbers of people are missing out on a small property tax break. we'll help you get yours before a weekend deadline. i'm consumer investigator chris consumer investigator chris did you know using the grocery outlet app

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of her slams into the bay area. we are in a microclimate weather alert as we follow the storm's path. we have live team coverage on the slick commute and the updated timeline for clear skies pleading for a lifeline. the new action angry teachers are taking today to stave off massive budget cuts at sonoma state university. plus, in this market, you've got championship caliber teams and such an incredible die hard fan base for the dubs. and now coming up, the valkyries basketball's best set to take over chase center. so grab your bucket list. everything you need to know

ahead of nba all-star weekend tip off. this is today in the bay. and before we can get to the game, we're going to get through this storm. you got a boat through the storm. want to say good morning to you on this thursday i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we do need toegin with our top story this morning, this intense storm making its way through the bay area. our kris sanchez monitoring flooding concerns in the south bay. mike is tracking the wet commute. and we start, though, with meteorologist kari hall. boy, what's it going to ease up? it's going to be a few more hours before we start to see it become more scattered, but we can see the storm system driving all of this rain and pulling in that atmospheric river directly into the bay area. this is the center of that low pressure, and once we get here, then we may see some breaks in the activity. but that's where all of the energy is. and there's the potential of thunderstorms that we could see continue into the afternoon. so we are still dealing with the more widespread and heavy rain

for now. but notice how in the north bay it is already starting to ease up along the coastline for ukiah, while the heavy rain is still coming down for san francisco to the east bay. we're tracking it all with storm ranger. that's our mobile doppler radar. you can see the red scan there and still showing some rain off the coast as it continues to be pulled into the bay area. it's pouring that heavy rain. we've already measured at least two inches of rainfall for much of the bay area, and there's more coming down. and so that's going to raise the risk that we could see some flash flooding in the santa cruz mountains, as well as some street flooding. and that threat starts to ease up a little bit as we get some breaks in the rain later on today. but once again, that thunderstorm risk will increase. so i'll be tracking all of that for you as we go into the next few hours. thank you. kari certainly has been a long night in some locations, as other parts of the bay area get a dose of this heavy rain the north bay keeps experiencing today in the bay's kris sanchez is live for us now

in san jose in the south bay. now, kris, no matter where you drive, it seems like it's really going to be a challenge this morning. yeah, you know, the roads are already sloppy, but you heard kari say that the south bay is going to get even more rain throughout the morning commute, so you definitely are going to want to give yoursel extra time as you hit the road this morning. i want to show you some of the problem spots already happening in the east bay. this is 580. this was taken just about an hour and a half ago. you can see there's flooding along westbound 580 near beaumont avenue, ardlie avenue, and on the approach to the eastbound i-80 freeway. you can see drivers trying to make it through those flood waters. and that's exactly what the chp says you're not supposed to do. you can lose control of your car in just two inches of water. and of course, water can cause your vehicle to stall. and that puts you in a pretty dangerous situation. now, the chp has been out all night as the roadways have been pooling and the wind

blowing the rain sideways at times, making it really hard to see. so the advice this morning work from home if you can, or delay your start if you can't. the chp says be very careful if you're going to be out on the roads, slow down. take your time, don't be in a rush and just expect that there's going to be traffic there, most likely going to be crashes out on the road. now, the city of san jose's departments of transportation and also the public works department work to minimize the impact. but still, they expect flooding along the guadalupe river and creeks, including coyote, los gatos and upper penitencia. now you can see what you can do if or if you see any sort of blockage in the gutters or storm drains in your neighborhood. you definitely can clear that away with a rake or something and help your neighbors out. now, if you happen to have the d day off, today is the day to make a stew or soup and not go out exploring because some of our state parks are closed. the santa cruz wharf is also closed this morning, and

it's not like you would want to be anywhere near highway 17 with the flash flooding warning. and mike, i think that you can corroborate that the roadways are difficult this morning. absolutely. chris, you started off with video of 580 up farther north in oakland, but i'm focusing right here on 580 because we have only one lane open. you saw chris's video with all that water making that rooster tail behind the cars. if they're fortunate enough to make it through, you can get by in one lane, four lanes of traffic, squeezing down to just one lane. around redwood road, there was a crash or at least a disabled semi truck in the area as well, and there may be a crash in the backup, although there's not a lot of detail the backup is starting to build. look at the green here in castro valley. the castro valley y is okay, but the green on the map shows where there will be wet roadways. we have slowing for 242 between highway four and 680 that developed early and is sticking around as well. hopefully they're slowing for the conditions slowing for highway 37. typical pattern over here and in richmond there may be another crash. we've seen a lot

of spinouts, single car crashes reported, and then there may be one vehicle in the center divide facing the wrong direction. after losing traction, i had trouble pulling the car back and forth when it was getting pulled by puddles throughout 101 in santa clara. here's i-80 toward the bay bridge. you see more volume, and you can see that water kicking up, so that will be a factor for cars following other vehicles, kicking the water onto their windshields even if it's not actively raining all along the peninsula, everything is moving smoothly. the south bay does show a little more area with slowing than we typically see at this time. we'll track that, but no crashes reported for 101 in san jose. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. and don't forget, you can track the rain with our free nbc bay area app. that way you can get storm ranger data. now, this is the bay area's only mobile doppler radar. storm ranger is closest to the ground. that way, you're going to get a better scan of your neighborhood when you can see the rain, fog, even smoke. our app is free and available for all smart devices. it is 536. were following breaking news this morning in eastern contra costa county. that's where one person is dead after an overnight house fire.

it happened in brentwood on nicholas court off of central boulevard. firefighters say the man who died was trapped in the garage. our bob redell is at the scene. he'll join us with a live report in our next half hour. happening today oakland leaders. they are expected to unveil a new plan to save fire stations that are either already closed or now on life support. two oakland hills stations now closed through june. the city is weighing four more closures as soon as next month. now, all of this to help offset a massive budget deficit. some residents say that it's already led to delayed response times. this afternoon, three council members are organizing a news conference to introduce a new ordinance. happening today, two women charged in connection with a weekend crash that injured six people inside a san francisco parklet are due in court for their arraignment. surveillance video shows the crash, which happened sunday outside the napper tandy pub in the mission. police say officers were chasing a stolen car and the women inside that car ran from the

scene after the crash. officers arrested two of them and say a third woman got away. the two suspects are facing multiple charges. jurors in santa cruz begin deliberations today in the case of a man convicted in juvenile court of a decade ago for a heinous murder. adrian gonzalez was 15 years old when he kidnaped, raped and killed eight year old maddie middleton. this was before leaving her body in a dumpster at the apartment complex where the two lived. he pleaded guilty in 2021, but is now eligible for release after turning 25. jurors are deciding if that should happen or if he should instead remain in custody for at least two more years. angry sonoma state teachers today planning to deliver petitions with thousands of signatures demanding administrators reverse the plan for massive budget cuts. the school is still on track to eliminate its athletic department, including seven women and four men's teams. dozens of other campus positions and six academic departments are also on the chopping block. university cites declining enrollment and a $24 million

deficit. student athletes are now suing to block the sports cuts. well, taking a live look for you right now. the soggy san francisco and the most of that heavy rain should be long gone by the time things get really busy for nba all-star weekend. some of that actually starts later today. that's when grammy winning artist chance the rapper tips off the festivities with a free concert. it's happening as part of tnt's road show coverage, and it starts at 430 on pier 48. now, we can also tell you that comedian dave chappelle. he is performing tonight at the masonic theater, but most of all, star weekend events actually get underway tomorrow. now, i know a lot of people probably want to go out there and see. chance the rapper there. what about the umbrellas needed tonight over at pier 48? yeah, the rain is going to be tapering off to some more spotty activity, so there still will be a chance. but the bulk of the heavy rain happening this morning all throughout the weekend. we'll see the mix of sun and clouds and some much improved weather for tomorrow. and then on saturday we only

make it up to 59 degrees. so you probably want to wear some layers and enjoy the little bits of sunshine while we get it. and if you want to get away from all of the activity and maybe just enjoy some time on the beach, it's going to be a weekend where it's going to be breezy and cool. high temperatures in the upper 50s in santa cruz and in the 40s for overnight lows. it is really coming down with a heavy snow in the sierra, so palisades tahoe may be a little bit difficult getting there as the snow continues into at least early tomorrow. but then after that we are looking at some clear conditions and highs in the low 40s, which may create the better road conditions for those crews pushing away all of that snow. and mike, you're seeing lots of standing water reports. yes. so tougher conditions right here. look, in san jose we can see a good example of the water spraying up as cars travel past our camera. north 101, just north of the two 8680 interchange. there in the distance, a smooth flow of traffic, but a little more slowing than we expect. and that's because of those

conditions. i believe folks are wisely slowing down. fender benders pop up all around the bay many times, single vehicles likely spinning out or at least losing traction. we do have some more traffic. there may be one more lane open now. westbound 580 was down to one lane at redwood road. they may be clearing some of that flooding. from what the chp thought. they thought they could clear a drain and remedy that pretty quickly. but so far things have not cleared from the area overnight. a warning the webster tube is again closed overnight for the scheduled maintenance. you'll use those bridges just to the south to get from oakland into alameda. then in the city, a as ey were talking about chance the rapper, pier 48. so that's just across the bridge from oracle park there and just up the road up third from where the chase center and thrive will have a lot more activities later on. pier 48 does have the concert venue indoors, and so just watch the rain on the surface streets and visibility getting there. and the rest of the bay does show a slower drive. we do have a fire report over here off 242. it may be an overheated vehicle. we'll check on details because that is causing some slowing. back to

you. thanks, mike. well, just into our newsroom, a preliminary 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck near hayward about 503 this morning. no reports of any damage, but many people are saying they felt it. well, of course, continue to bring you any updates as we get them. also ahead on today in the bay, say goodbye to your crafternoons. the reason hundreds of jo ann craft stores are closing across the nation. and we'll tell you the bay area stores affected. in washington, the white house bans two reporters for something they said or didn't say. i'm ginger conejero saab nba all-star weekend kicks off today in san francisco. marie and i are going toake our shots this morning, but we're going to tell you how the bay area is on full display during all star weend. stay withke

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morning. here's a live look at dublin and the reason for the microclimate weather alert. such a sloppy commute as we are seeing heavy rain coming down. and watch out for standing water. if it's covering the roadway, make sure you turn around. we're also getting some gusty winds and the rain continues steadily through about 8:00 and then tapers off to some off and on activity. but we'll also be watching out for a chance of thunderstorms. so more on that coming up in the full microclimate forecast. and as conditions change over the bay bridge. definitely still slick,

but more vehicles and more slowing off the 880 overcrossing. we do have better news for castro valley. i just got word all lanes of 580 have opened around redwood road. we'll talk about the sensor recovery and the build for your commute. thanks so much, mike. it is 545 right now. another controversial pick for president donald trump's cabinet goes up for a vote today. scott mcgrew with us this morning. and scott, if robert kennedy jr has made it this far, chances are he will make it. he will make it. i mean, today is the full senate vote. yeah, there could be a surprise, but he's gotten through all the committees. if republicans didn't think he had the votes, he wouldn't be as far as he is. kennedy, you'll remember, was running for president as a democrat recently as six months ago, wants to head health and human services. he has unusual ideas about health, including questioning whether hiv causes aids. he is the last of trump's most controversial nominees. former democratic congresswoman tulsi gabbard was another controversial pick. she made it through. she is now the

country's director of national intelligence. the only nominee not to make it through was matt gaetz. he was trump's first pick for attorney general. his next choice, pam bondi, did become america's top cop. yesterday, she announced she was taking the state of new york to civil court over its policy to allow new york residents here illegally to apply for driver's licenses. and what new york has. they have green light laws, meaning they're giving a green light to any illegal alien in new york, where law enforcement officers cannot check their identity if they pull them over. law enforcement officers do not have access to their background. and if these great men and women pull over someone and don't have access to their background, they have no idea who they're dealing with. now, that's not accurate. new york state does require regular identification, like a passport to get a driver's license. those here illegally

have to prove they are who they say they are, just like a legal new york residents. it's just new york does not ask about citizenship. the white house denied two reporters from the associated press access after the ap said it would refer to the body of water between florida and texas as the gulf of mexico, which displeased the president. reporters pointed out the government punishing someone for their choice of words sounds a whole lot like a first amendment issue. is this setting a precedent that this white house will retaliate against reporters who don't use the language that you guys believe reporters should use? and how does that align with the first amendment commitment that you were just talking about? i was very upfront in my briefing on day one that if we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable. and it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of louisiana is called the gulf of america, and i'm not sure why news outlets don't want to call it that, but that is what it is. other news. indian

prime minister modi will visit the white house today. both biden and trump have tried pulling modi father over to america's side. he is neighbors with china and trade partners with russia. president trump said he had a phone conversation with putin about ukraine. now, some who support ukraine are worried trump is sidelining ukraine while discussing ukraine's future. president trump said he called the president of ukraine shortly after the call with putin. trump also said the u.s. and russia are planning a series of one on one meetings. marcus. all right, scott, thank you. well, new this morning, joanne is closing several stores here in the bay area. the fabric and crafts retailer says that it will close around 500 of its 800 lations across the nation. joanne filed bankruptcy twice last year. bay area closures include concord, corte madera, cupertino, daly city, dublin, el cerrito, redwood city, rohnert park, morgan hill, san leandro, san

mateo and santa rosa. around 60 stores are closing across california. the company has not announced the exact dates when those stores will close. 549 for you right now and the nba all star weekend is kicking off, and many across the bay area abuzz with excitement and anticipation, of course, for the star studded events today in the bay, ginger conejero saab live inside splash at thrive city this morning. ginger, we know that steph curry is a fan of this new spot. looks cool to. it does look very cool. look at this. it's less than a week old actually. but guys, there's a lot of hype around nba all star weekend. the city is projecting about $350 million in economic impact. we're at splash here in thrive city. it's an all new spot. and as you mentioned steph curry is a big fan of this. he's renting it out this weekend for private events and public activations. here to tell us more about that is tom balcom at splash. it's 5:00 somewhere. it's 5 a.m. and tom, talk to us

about the exciting weekend up ahead here at splash. a lot of fun. it's the it's the nba super bowl. so we're excited to be opening a couple of days here this week. we have a couple of private activations. what does that mean exactly i know steph there's a steph curry museum. yeah they reimagined our whole space. we've only been open less than a week. and they reimagined the space already. it's beautiful in here. it's absolutely amazing. i my whole staff is walking around just blown away. and we're just going to we're going to open it up to the public a couple of days on friday and saturday from 11 to 630 on friday, and then 11 to 3 p.m. on saturday. so come first, first come first serve. come on down. first come first serve. you heard it. so you got to make it early, right? tom and i know this place is going to be a place for the pre-game and post-game. it's going to be raining in chase center or making it rain. those players are going to be making it rain

despite here at splash. that will be the spot for many of the all star weekend activities and events this weekend. oakland arena will be the place if you want to see the nba's rising stars get their game on. that happens on friday. run tmc tim hardaway, mitch richmond and chris mullin will make appearances at nba crossover, and they'll also be honorary coaches there as well. so the fan experience kicks off at nba crossover on friday at the moscone center. there's also a celebrity game that will happen tomorrow at chase center, just a couple steps away. bay area legends team bonds versus team rice will face off. you'll see matt barnes, terrell owens and others on the court. and as far as our guys are concerned, our warriors, you will see plenty of them throughout the weekend. you can see them on the screen buddy hield, draymond green, moses moody, brandin podziemski, trace jackson davis, pat spencer and quinton post all going to take the court on are all going to be

on the court at some point this weekend. then let's talk about performers on saturday. multi-grammy award winning artist her will be performing between the competitions. kevin hart will be leading the show as a first ever nba all-star emcee saturday night. raphael saadiq of oakland's very own tony, tony tony will be in the house. that's a little bit of a throwback, guys, but oakland's tony, tony, tony will be in the house on saturday. tom, there's so many things to look forward to. we're going to talk to u in the next hour as well, and you're going to be making some special 5:00 goodies for us. absolutely looking forward to it. 5 a.m. goodies. that means coffee, guys. don't get it twisted. yeah, i was going to say happy hour is starting way early. thanks so much, ginger. that will be really fun. and by the time a lot of those festivities get underway, the rain will have cleared out. yeah, we are going to see that rain moving out and we needed the rain south of the golden gate bridge, so it's good that we're getting that, but we're

also seeing it having a big impact. starting out our thursday morning and take a look at how widespread the rain is all across the state with snow in the upper elevations. and then once we go into the afternoon, the center of the storm will be a little bit closer. that could mean some breaks in the activity, but also the possibility of some scattered thunderstorms. as we get a closer look, we can see with storm ranger that the rain is letting up for coastal marin county, sonoma counties, as well as up toward mendocino counties. and we're going to see that moving off towards the south and east. with the more widespread rain starting to taper off. but we can still see there are some pockets of heavy rain around fairfield and then moving down toward brentwood and antioch, as well as over toward richmond and the berkeley hills. down the east bay, we can see the heavy rain that's really been picking up for morgan hill and gilroy as it's been moving over the santa cruz mountains. so with this atmospheric river, we can expect the times of heavy rain mainly this morning and the potential of flash flooding in the santa

cruz mountains, street flooding during the morning commute that ponding on the roadways. and once again, if you do see high water covering the road, do not drive over it. we could see more gusty winds and downed trees as a possibility. and watching those rising creeks and streams, not only today but into tomorrow as well, with scattered rain as we go into this afternoon. so we can see that as we go throughout the day. there will be some breaks in the activity, but there still will be a chance as we go into this evening as well as early tomorrow, clearing out for all of the festivities for the weekend, looking at an additional inch and a half of rainfall for the parts of the north bay, the east bay, as well as the south bay, morgan hill may get another two inches of rain, and we've already had about four inches of rain in ben mond, so there may be another couple of inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains. that's the reason why this is highlighted in a brighter shade of green. that's where we have alash flood watch or warning in effect for the santa cruz mountains. as

that heavy rain continues, a slight chance of scattered showers early tomorrow, but the weekend not bad and it's a long holiday weekend for a lot of up slightly. mike, you're seeing some traffic flowing now in castro valley. yeah, the water standing and now the traffic is flowing past 580 at redwood road. all lanes have been cleared of that several inches of water that were backed up there. i think they cleared the drain. and so now traffic is on a typical pattern, castro valley y, little bit through hayward. it's actually not that bad. but watch those speeds. the tri-i-valley pks up the volume, but the earlier incidents have cleared 680 does have a couple near the fremont funnel. same thing for 880. we've seen a little standing water, lots of standing water. watch those on and off ramps and typical backup at the bay bridge. back to you. thks, mike. happening now. a man fighting for his life this morning following a shooting in san jose. this happened yesterday at the intersection of farm and dow drive. this is near canoas creek. now, at this time, police are still investigating what led up to that shooting and looking for the person

responsible. this storm certainly causing flooding across the bay area. take a look at 580 in the east bay this morning, where we're monitoring the rain coming down just ahead at 6:00. we continue to track the issues arising from this atmospheric river. you're watching

right now at 6:00. heavy rain soaking the bay area overnight. it's causing flooding and slick roads. we're monitoring the trouble spots as this heavy storm makes its way through the bay area. plus, breaking news overnight. a deadly house fire in the east bay. the investigation underway as neighbors reveal details about the victim this morning. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning. thanks for making us a part of your morning.. i'm mars washington, and i'm laura garcia. want to show you new video that's just into our newsroom from the east bay. westbound 580, in oakland. as cars were driving through that flooded roadway. this is why you have to slow down. this was taken about 4:00 this morning. now, in the north bay, there are new flood