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 watches and landslide warnings in effect right now. napa county sheriff issuing a flood watch for people living in the oak circle area. now, evacuation orders remain in effect for several addresses in a santa rosa neighborhood. people are telling everyone in that area to be ready to evacuate in a moment's notice and a warning. drivers need to be aware that there are flooded roads there. yeah, there are a lot of pockets of flooding everywhere. let's get to meteorologist kari hall this morning. she's been monitoring this microclimate weather alert. and we know that in the north bay, they've already gotten all of their yearly rainfall before we had this storm. and so any additional rainfall would cause the water levels and the flooding, the possibility to come up fairly quickly for other areas. we haven't had as much rain. but even as this moves through, it's just coming through too fast and too hard. it's causing a lot of flooding and the standing water on the roadways that we are seeing. the good thing is that with storm ranger, we're able to track exactly where the heavy rain is, and we are seeing it tapering

off for parts of the north bay, and that will be the trend over the next few hours with a steady to light rain. but we are still seeing it pouring pretty heavily around fairfield. expect that activity to start to lighten up as well, and we have some heavy rain right around oakland and the berkeley hills, and moving over towards 680 from san ramon to dublin right now and continuing through the tri-valley, as well as extending across much of contra costa county in the south bay, we're seeing some bright reds for morgan hill on southward, where that rain as it comes over the santa cruz mountains has been causing a lot of issues. so make sure that if you are told to evacuate, you do so and do not drive over water flooded roads and make sure you gather your paperwork if you are also told to evacuate. so if you have the nbc bay area app, you can get those alerts. you can download it by scanning the qr code on your screen. and it is a great way to track this storm and also get those alerts as we are seeing more flood watches and warnings going up. and mike,

you're seeing the bay bridge looks unexpectedly light right now. you know, we had more traffic kind of eased off and now it's filling in once again. i thought there was a major incident on the east shore freeway there slowing and no major incidents reported. but we do see more slowing gradually spread out across the upper east shore freeway. same thing for highway 24. look at that. and southbound 680. so this gradual slowing to me means folks are slowing because of those conditions, those wet conditions you saw out there. wise move drivers give yourself a little extra time, even though traffic does seem to be moving smoothly. we had some earlier flooding that took out most most, most of 580. we showed the video earlier. this was even worse over here near redwood road, but it has recovered and cleared nicely. the tri-valley is just starting to build. same thing for the south bay north 101. back to you. all right mike, thanks. we are following some breaking news from overseas where at least 28 people are hurt in munich, germany. this is after a car slams into a crowd of people in a suspected attack. police are saying the driver, a 24 year old afghan, is, quote,

secured and possesses no further threat. some of those victitims were seriously and critically injured. that 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. more breaking news we're following. but this time, closer to home in the east bay, first responders are on the scene of a deadldly use fire. it happened in brentwood on nicholas court off of central boulevard. and that's where we find today in the bay's bob redell. he is live there now, and sadly, one person died in this. you are correct, sadly. good morning to you, laura. the fire is out. the coroner is come and gone. so is the fire department. a contractor has been out here boarding up this house. you can see some of the items that are left on the front lawn right there. there's a charred remains of what looks like a motorized scooter that somebody was handicapped might use to get around. and then behind that, there's the remains of this two story house. this is on nicholas court here in brentwood, where one person died

in the garage, which you can see again, has been just boarded up by some contractors here who look like they're getting ready to go. but they just boarded up that garage. the fire was called in around 1145 last night. according to the fire department, the fire appears to have started in the garage. neighbors told the fire department they thought someone was still inside the home. firefighters attempted a rescue and that's when they found the person dead again inside 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 thoht, you know, not again. a fire investigator was also out here earlier trying to figure out what caused the fire. that again killed one person. there are two cars in that garage that burned up in the fire. one looks like an old convertible. the second a sedan that looks like it's from the 1940s or 50s. don't know what role, if any, they might have had in the start of this fire. reporting live here in brentwood. bob redell. today in the bay. so sad the life was lost. thanks for the details on that, bob. well, we also have some new details to tell you about. this is in that cyber truck crash that killed three piedmont college students that were 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 retaining wall and then burst into flames. investigators are still sorting out the exact cause of the crash. well, happening today, new protests are planned in oakland and san francisco in response to federal immigration crackdown. this is the latest in a string of recent protests, including one just last week by students at san jose's gunderson high school. today, students at oakland high school are walking out of school at 10:00 this morning with plans to picket outside the school, then march over to lake merritt. san francisco state students will alsoold a rally in march. that one starts at 2 p.m. in malcolm x plaza. well, at the same time, bay area leaders will be taking part in a virtual town hall highlighting immigration rights. the latino community foundation hosting today's event is going to take place at 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's now the ceo of lcf. one spokesperson says that topics will include immediate and long term needs for immigrants, the obstacles now in place, and ways to support them. 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, which you can find with the link at the lcf website. it is 608 on your thursday morning storm. ranger staying pretty busy this morning. tracking this atmospheric river moving through the bay area. it's parked up on san bruno mountain this morning. rain falling across the bay area. kari is keeping track of

it all for us, and we've had quite a bit early this morning. up to now, we've had for much of the bay area, anywhere from one and a half to two inches of rainfall, but we've already gotten over four inches of rainfall in the santa cruz mountains. we are seeing it lightning up as we track it with storm ranger. for much of sonoma county and northern marin county, we're seeing the edge of the clearing starting to make its way into the north bay. so that's going to be the trend for the heavier rainfall, the more widespread rain to start to ease up to some more scattered activity by late morning into the afternoon. but there still will be a chance at any point as we go throughout the day, and possibly even some thunderstorms as we get some more of that energy moving in. with that area of low pressure making its way across the bay area, and rain chances continue into early tomorrow, but then taper off for tomorrow afternoon with a much clearer and drier weekend ahead. mike, now you have a look at san jose. yeah, so not clear or dry right now on the roadways in san

jose we see north 101. that water kind of picking up and kicking back after the cars passed by us. it's enough to show you what it would be like hitting your windshield. and that might be why we saw a little more slowing for a short period of time here. but we're back to the clearer drive. and then in about a half hour, we should see more slowing for that section of 101 minor crashes reported around. but what we're looking at this section right here, 880 just south of mission, as well as 680 just north of calaveras. reports of flooding and a spinout or a single car crash involved there in spots. we're watching a couple of lanes right here, north 680 past calaveras. word that you're to slow lanes are blocked right now by standing water. southbound 880 kind of holding steady with mild slowing in through hayward clearing. by the time we get to fremont, a lot of on and off ramps through oakland through the morning have reported big puddles standing water use caution. back to you. good advice. thanks, mike. 610 for you right now. another blow to a struggling bay area mall next here on today in the bay, we're going to give you the lates business announcing it's leaving san francisco center mall. and we've got word that the

president is going to talk about yet more tariffs. it's coming up. let's see how wall street is reacting this morning. looks like it's going to be a fairly quiet open. plus with valentine's day less than 24 hours away, have you made those dinner reservations? well, if not, we've got you covered. with the local restaurants being ranked among the best of the best in america. stick around. you're watching today in the bay.

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the time is 613. we are under a microclimate weather alert and it's such a sloppy commute. we're taking a live look outside at 101 through palo alto, and you can see there is a lot of water on the roads, and heavy rain continues through 7:00. but then there will be some breaks in the activity and some scattered rain through the afternoon. and we're watching out for the possibility of thunderstorms later today into early tomorrow. we'll talk about that with a look ahead to the weekend coming up in a few minutes. and you can see the water on the roads here too. this is our shot of oakland, where you can also see on the road northbound 880 just toward high street. those brake lights are starting to stack up. there is a crash reported. i'll bring you the latest update from chp. our cameras, and of course, the speed sensors heading to the area. well, good morning and a very happy, if somewhat wet, thursday mckivitz fell as we got hotter than expected inflation data today. we got more numbers this morning. cisco systems in

san jose says sales are up as companies buy more of what cisco makes to handle ai computations. latest inflation data. the producer price index shows wholesale prices rising faster than expected. more bad news yesterday, the cpi consumer price index showed the same thing. x the company is going to settle a lawsuit from donald trump. trump sued x, the company, for kicking him off of the service. back when it was, twitter kicked him off after trump supporters attacked the capitol, according to a source familiar with the situation. the settlement involves a payment of about $10 million from twitter x to trump, according to public documents. the state department is planning on buying $400 million 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. musk tweeted

nobody mentioned this deal to me. the original document actually dates back to the biden administration. to those according to those who saw it, though, it just it continues to spotlight concerns that musk is both in charge of cutting government spending while also benefiting from government spending. white house just informed us president trump will hold a press conference just before noon. our time to talk about tariffs. now these would be reciprocal tariffs revenge tariffs for tariffs that other countries have put on us after we put tariffs on them. and finally, google working on a 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 someone may be under 18, google will notify them that it's changing some of the settings and will offer ways for users to verify their age with a selfie or a credit card or a government id, just in case it got it wrong. there's, as you know, a court case winding its way

through the courts about proving your 18 over concerns about adult websites. google doesn't do that, but i think the day is going to come where you're going to need some sort of internet identification card that says, i am me, and i would like to look at that material there. interesting. yeah. all right. well, you know, when you look younger than you say you are, right? yeah. i'm 52. no you're not. i don't want to be. oh thank you. yeah. right. it'll be one like. yeah, we'll say i don't really think you should, young lady. right. exactly. you don't want to be offended when they ask. when they ask for a selfie. all right, all right. thanks, scott. well, new at 6:00. another business leaving what was formerly westfield mall inin downtown san francisco. chronicle reports the burke williams luxury day spa, leaving at the end of april, citing conditions, downtown and safety concerns. bloomingdale's recently announced it would close its location at the newly renamed san francisco center next month, when its lease expires. also new at six for you, yelp is out with its top 100 places to eat in the u.s,

and there are some places in the bay area making the list, cracking the top ten at number eight. the good salad. this is in santa clara. the restaurant focuses on chef crafted salads with quality ingredients made in-house. it was founded by a former tech engineer. in addition to santa clara, it also has locations in los altos, campbell, and palo alto. but you know what? the salad hotspot isn't the only place on the bay area making that list. restaurants in roseville, redwood city, pleasanton, san mateo, san francisco, and half moon bay also on that list. and maybe you want to get a crack at one of those restaurants over the next few days, because valentine's day just around the corner and one of those restaurants really might be the perfect spot for that romantic night. or maybe it's perfect for galentine's day. 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. i love it. happy

galentine's day to you. the unofficial holiday celebrates the strength of female friendships. galentine's day really gained traction after it was featured on nbc's sitcom parks and rec. there's also a version for men. it's called my valentine's day. i don't think it has quite the ring to it. valentine's day? yeah, i like that we can have a valentine's day. you're my pal. and i'll go to that salad place. yeah, guys don't have to get gifts for anybody else, and you can just have fun. there we go. well, we like gifts, right? kari. yeah. i said that. that was a good try, marcus. you know your gal pals quite well. i do. you all deserve all the gifts that you all are going to get. yes. all right. well, we're getting the gift of rain this morning. i didn't mean that, but. okay. you were very. that was very generous. mother nature welcomes that. yes. we are going to see this, though, tapering off. so that's the good news, is that we have a few more hours of dealing with the brunt of this storm, and then we are going to see it becoming more tapered off to some scattered rain. but look at

all the heavy rain being drawn in by this atmospheric river. and you c see the center of the low pressure here. once that arrives, we see some breaks in the rain. but that's also where all of the energy is. and that could potentially mean thunderstorms as it moves right over the bay area. so a lot of concerns here. we are not done with the more higher impacts of this storm system as it continues to move through. as we see the heavy rain that's now shifted over toward the east bay, the south bay, and it's tapering off for the north bay, as we can see with stormranger, a little bit of a closer look shows that at least around santa rosa, much of sonoma county, as well as northern marin county, we are seeing some breaks in the rain. and boy, do you need it. after all of the heavy downpours we've seen overnight, it's still coming down steadily around solano county, around fairfield. but then as we get into the south bay, that rain is still dumping down and the santa cruz mountains has had the highest rainfall totals we've seen across the bay area over four

inches, and all of that causing flash flooding concerns, which also extends into the south bay. now, with the flood warning, watch out for that water just ponding on the streets and that flooding mainly in those low lying areas. and if you do see water covering the road, do not drive into it. just turn around. and also probably saving not only you, but the cars behind you that have to deal with that rooster tail. we're going to see those high winds and the possibility of more downed trees, and the creeks and streams may rise through late morning into the afternoon, with scattered rain continuing into this afternoon into early tomorrow. our hour by hour outlook does show that we are going to see not just the widespread rain, but it tapers off to some scattered rain into later today. and that's what we mean by that hit or miss activity. really, at any point today it could rain, but there will be some breaks, maybe even some sunshine and some rainbows as well going into early tomorrow morning. and then look

at tomorrow afternoon into saturday. all of this clears out, but during the short period of time, we could get another inch to inch and a half of rainfall in the south bay as well as the east bay. so the flooding threat does remain as we go into the afternoon into early tomorrow, the rain starts to ease up and then it all clears out for the weekend, which is great timing because we have so much going on in the bay area and it's a long weekend, so hopefully you'll have a chance to enjoy it. mik you've been closely watching the nimitz. yeah, we actually right in the foreground on this overcrossing had a crew sitting there. i don't know if they were poised to go and help right here, but north 880 is what we're focusing on. that crew has cleared the overpass, but we have not cleared the slow lane. north 880, just past high street. so just out of our view, you see the flashing lights at the top and more heading there. you're slow. lane is blocked. there may be more slowing if they have to block an additional lane to clear that. that's just one short section of the nimitz freeway. 580 westbound is clear but wet wet throughout oakland and the rest of the bay. watch

for standing puddles on the on and off ramps there. highway 24 and 680 continue the slow drive through walnut creek and the caldecott tunnel, but no problems for the tunnel itself. the rest of the bay a little bit lighter south of there. back to you. good to know. thanks, mike. well, coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area response. 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 chmura. nbc bay area responds next. but first, we're uniting the bay area through sport. that is the mission of bay area host committee, a nonprofit committed to showing off our region to the world. and we are proud to partner with them to bring you a special segment, which really provides a closer look at what it takes to bring big events to the bay area, like the 2025 nba all star game. it's going to air saturday night at 7 p.m. right here on nbc bay area. we'll be right back.

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now, at 630, an intense storm slams into the bay area. heavy rain has been falling since last night. meteorologist kari hall. timing when the brunt of it should move out. and just take a

look at the problems for drivers out there. we are live this morning monitoring your slick commute. plus, the nba's all-star weekend is officially kicking off with basketball's best. we're live at chase center with a look at some of the events you won't want to miss. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. 630 right now i'm laura garcia and i'm marcus washington. we do have live team coverage for you on this storm. our kris sanchez and mike know we of course tracking those issues for folks there on the roads. but first let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. right now she's got a look at how we're looking right now. and the rain is still coming down. it's been coming down for hours. and this atmospheric river has been driving all of that heavy rain that is now really starting to add up with the impacts that we're seeing. with heavy rain continuing to move through and that center of that storm that we're seeing off the coast, that little swirl of the clouds that's going to bring us the possibility of thunderstorms once this starts to taper off to

some scattered rain later today. but this has caused a lot of flooding issues. the good thing is that with storm ranger, we are seeing it easing up in parts of the north bay while it is still dumping down south of the golden gate bridge, and we can see the pockets of heavy rain now moving through oakland and berkeley, as well as san francisco down the peninsula to san mateo. and we can also see it picking up around fremont. and that's going to also be the case for the south county. from morgan hill to gilroy, we can see the heavy rain that's still dumping down as we go toward late morning. we start to see some breaks in the rain, but really, at any point we could see some of those showers coming through. and there will be then is when we could see the thunderstorms popping up into tonight, as well as early tomorrow. marcus and laura, thank you very much, kari. as shshe mentied, it's really been a long night. i mean, you can see howow these rains have just been coming down already in the north bay. they've had so much water. it's been saturated up there. yeah. and also in the

south bay, we're seeing the issue as well today in the bay's kris sanchez is in san jose this morning. kris i dealt with it coming in myself. i've seen in your reports, no matter where you're driving this morning, you're going to face some challenges out there, right? and marcus, what you drove through isn't even the worst of it. you've been hearing kari say that here in the south bay, we are going to get the brunt of it through the later part of the morning commute, and we are already seeing flooding. i want to take you to gilroy. this video taken just in the last couple of minutes, you can see there's flooding in a parking lot there. and that's just one area, folks trying to do what they can, trying to clear out those storm drains to give that water some place to go. but again, we are expecting more rain in the south bay than we've gotten in the last couple rounds of storms. i want to take you also to oakland this morning, and this was taken just about 4:00 this morning. probably what you dealt with marcus this morning. this is westbound 580 near beaumont avenue, ardley avenue, the approach to eastbound i-80 all getting a lot

of flooding there. you see drivers trying to make it through those flood waters. and that's exactly what the chp says you should not do. you can lose control of your vehicle and just two inches of water. and of course, if it's deeper than that, that water can get in your tailpipe and your vehicle can stall. the chp has been out all night as the rains have been pulling along freeways and the wind blowing that rain sideways, which you maybe saw at the beginning of this live report, kind of making it very difficult to see because it is blowing in the other direction. now, if you can work from home or you can delay the start of your day, you should do that. if you cannot, then you need to leave early and you need to be 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. there's most likely going to be crashes out on the road. now, you saw that person trying to clear a storm drain in gilroy just a few moments ago. this is the city of

san jose and their workers from their transportation department and their public works department. they've been trying to minimize the impact ahead of the storm. but still, we expect to see some flooding along the guadalupe river and creeks, including coyote, los gatos and the upper penitencia creek. if you see flooding in your neighborhood, you can try to clear that storm drain if it's safe to do so. if you have the day off and you thought maybe you would go out exploring, you should know that a number of the state parks are closed in the south bay, and we expect flash flooding on highway 17, so you wouldn't even be able to get to the santa cruz wharf, which is closed today anyway. mike inouye has been tracking all of the hazards spots. and mike, i've seen your maps and there is a lot of ponding on the roadway. absolutely. a lot of blue was earlier today, and we're going to see some more in the south bay. kris you're talking about the more system, more systems coming through the area. we already have been seeing this water kicking up. this is north 101 north of the two 8680 interchange, the volume building. once again, as we

approach 640, we see typical slowing here. highway 87 usual suspects curtner and getting on toward taylor. we haven't seen the flooding reports there, but know that there will be some standing water. watch the outer lanes and then over here. this has been going on for a while, coming into cupertino and extending up towards sunnyvale. northbound 85 really jams up. there are three lanes here a crash, a car hit the center divide, then another car hit that no serious injuries reported. but of those three lanes, only the middle lane is open right now. quite a distraction. they have to clear a couple vehicles as this portion of the south bay starts to see a build as well. coming out of cupertino and up towards sunnyvale. meanwhile, pretty standard for the rest of the bay as we're looking at highway 24 and 680 walnut creek and extending south. we've seen more slowing there. i think the conditions are demanding that attention to the conditions. back to you. thanks so much, mike. now don't forget you can track this storm the rain on our free nbc bay area app. you can get the storm ranger data there. it's the bay area's only mobile

doppler radar. storm ranger is closest to the ground, so therefore you're going to get a better scan of your neighborhood. you can see the rain, fog, even smoke. our app is free and available for all smartphone devices. 636 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. the women inside the car ran from the scene after the crash. officers arrested two of them and they say a third woman got away. the two suspects are facing multiple charges. also today, oakland leaders are expected to unveil a new plan to save fire stations that either already are closed or now on life support.wo oakland hills stations now closed through june, and the city is weighing four more closures as soon as next month. all of this to help offset a massive budget deficit. now, some residents say that it's already led to delayed response times. this afternoon,

three council members are organizing a news conference to introduce their new ordinance. a live look in the sierra along i-80 at castle peak. look at that. the storm bringing a lot of fresh snow to the sierra. if you're heading there by car, chainsre required. you should probably just stay home at this point and wait till the storm to clear. chains also required on highway 50, reminding everyone to check those condions before you go. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall right now. they're going to get a lot of snow up there. yeah, we were talking about the possibility of about 4 to 5ft, and it's coming down so heavily. now is not the time to try to drive there to the sierra. there will be some breaks in the activity later on today, but we're still looking at the possibility of another 34 to 53in of snow, which is great for the resorts and is going to really give us aood setup for skiing before the weekend. but you can see the low visibility as we take a look at the live camera at palisades tahoe and still expecting some snow showers through tomorrow. the

rest of the weekend is looking so much better with some breaks in the rain and snow, and we're going to see temperatures headed for the low 40s. we also have the all star weekend for the bay area in san francisco. it's going to be in the upper 50s. partly cloudy, kind of a chilly weekend, but at least we won't have to deal with any widespread rain. and it looks good after today. mike, you've been tracking several crashes. that's right. some smaller, some single vehicle involved. likely. probably spin outs. so watch those speeds. but over here in oakland, more flashing lights heading north toward high street just outside of our view, with some flashing lights at the top of the banner there. we have the slow lane that was blocked and now some debris reported in the area. it's not reportedly due to this crash, but there's more junk in the roadway, perhaps from trees alongside the freeway. look how jammed it is for north 880 past the coliseum. that's the really tough stretch here. 580. looking great. but again, we've had a lot of flooding reported on on and off ramps throughout oakland. piedmont hills, we're looking at 24 and 680 coming down out of

walnut creek and concord. we've seen a lot more slower speeds, or at least at least some brake taps. and that's what you should do for those scker conditions through the area and windy across a lot of the bridges. we're going to look ahead as well. tonight again, we have the closure for the webster tube. so you have to use those bridges just to the south from oakland over to the island of alameda. and then we have a concert in the city, pier 48. remember, that's inside chance the rapper. there will be activity just across the bridge from oracle park. scott. that should be a cool concert inside. over to you. well, inside is the place to be. lots more to come on today in the bay, including an argument in washington over something somebody said or honestly didn't say. we're live from splash and thrive city this morning. maria wales and i are back for the second quarter, so to speak. we're kicking things off in san francisco for all star weekend. we're going to tell you how it's going to show off some bay area pride. and i haven't gotten one shot. hold on, i had it had it. just going

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there could be a surprise, he got through all the committees. and if republicans didn't think he had didn't have the votes, he wouldn't be as far as he is. kennedy, you remember, is running for president as a democrat as recently as six months ago. he wants to be the head of health and human services, and 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, but she made it through sworn in yesterday as the country's director of national intelligence. the only trump nominee not to make it was matt gaetz. he was trump's first pick for attorney general. trump's next choice for attorney general, pam bondi, did. she's america's top cop now. 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 a driver's license. 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. well, new york state does require regular identification, like a passport to get a driver's license. those here illegally do have to prove they are who they say they are, just like legal new york residents. new york does not ask about citizenship, though. the white house has 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 displeases the president. reporters pointed out barring access, the government is punishing somebody for their choice of words. and that sounded, they said, 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 up front 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 ththat 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 been trying to pull modi father over to america's side. he is neighbors with china and trade partners with russia. president trump said he had a phone cversation with putin about ukraine. some who support ukraine are worried trump is sidelining ukraine while discussing its future. president trump says 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. very interesting. thank you very much. well, a lot of people are going to be meeting up in the city this weekend. the nba all-star weekend is kicking off many across the bay area, really abuzz with excitement and anticipation for some star studded events. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab live for us inside splash at thrive city this morning and ginger, we hear steph curry, big fan of that new spot. he is marcus and laura and splash is a big fan of steph curry specifically because there are a lot of things that have his influence that are in reference to the great things that he does, just like night night. if you know, you know, tom balcomb is here. he's a general manager here at splash. night night is one of the drinks that's named after mr. curry, right? yeah, absolutely. it's curry's own bourbon. it's. it's special. it's gentleman's cut. we bought 25 cases of it

yesterday for the weekend, so we should. we should throw a big party. it sounds like it's going to be a big party. going to be a splash. don't go to sleep yet. no night night yet. morning. morning. it is all right. that was a cheesy one. talk to us about the lineup of events as you pour a night night. well, what's not going on? obviously, it's going to be a fun weekend for us. we've got a we got an amazing museum up above on our second floor. it's going to be a lot of fun. we've got all kinds of fun things that are happening all around. we are not going to be taking reservations here at splash, but i am making the night night right now, and probably one of the most important parts of this drink happens to be this garnish here. and besides the and i think what's really important is that you have a little basketball as the garnish. perfect. there you go. how beautiful is that. look at that. night. night night. don't. that's that's what you

know those fans are going to be doing after all the events. speaking of the steph curry museum, i know that's one of the public activations that's happening this weekend. and if you didn't notice marcus and laura guys, you can see that ticker that is a 350 degree ticker that goes all the way around. it will bring you to a 90 90 foot screen screen. that is huge. biggest, biggest screen in san francisco. oh my goodness. the super bowl on it with 1100 of my favorite fans here. and we had a party. it was a lot of fun. it sounds like it's going to be a party this weekend. i know this here is called splash, but guess what guys? the players are going to make it rain. just a few steps away at chase center and at oakland arena. oakland arena is where you're going to want to be. if you want to see the rising stars event that kicks off on friday, that's taking off over in oakland. run tmc tim hardaway, mitch richmond and chris mullin will make appearances there. they will be honorary coaches. also, nba

crossover that starts tomorrow. that is a fan experience at the moscone center will be there. hint, hint tomorrow morning as well. celebrity game will happen here in sanan francis. that happens tomorrow thoug at the chase center, bay area legends team bonds versus team rice will face off. you'll see matt barnes, terrell owens and others on the court. and how about our warriors? you're going to see plenty of them throughout the weekend. buddy healed and the three point competition on saturday. you're going to see draymond green moses moody, brandonn podziemski, trace jackson davis, pat spencer and quinton post all blue and gold. there you go. on saturday, multi-grammy award winning artist her is performing in between the competitions. kevin hart is leading the show as the first ever nba all star emcee. and then saturday night i wanted to specially mention this raphael saadiq. do you remember him? tony. tony. tony. oakland's very own. he'll be in the house and he'll be performing and bringing the house down as well. a lot of bay area pride to go

around this weekend. you feel it despite kind of the weather that's coming, it seems like the fans are going to be lining out outside. splash and. oh good morning. morning. good morning. what's in a night? night night. what's in a night? night, tom. we have our very own gentleman's cut. we have a little bit of calvados. a little bit of cocoa. chocolate bitters inside. so it's got a it's got a twist to an old fashioned, really, really delicious. all right. and don't forget your basketball taste test. talk about talking about sinking it in. but kidding. all right. cheers. going to go. cheers. cheers. she's not going to be around for the 11. yeah, that's what i was thinking. night night. all right. thanks a lot, ginger. all right, well, night night has come and gone. splash of another kind outside. absolutely. it's really been

pouring very heavily during the overnight hours. let's get a look at this storm system that is slinging all of this moisture, this heavy rain int the bay area. not only here, but all across the state. some much needed rain for southern california as well. it's all been driven by this area of low pressure that we can see that's bringing in that rain from that atmospheric river. but we're starting to see some clearing once we get closer to the center of this low level storm, this low level, low pressure system that's going to create more scattered activity, but also more energy and the possibility of thunderstorms. so we'll be watching out for that as we go into the rest of today. as we are seeing some of the heavier rain now tapering off for the north bay. it's still been coming down for areas in the east bay as well as the south bay as well as the peninsula, but a closer look at the north bay. we're seeing some lighter rain for santa rosa. still raining pretty hard around fairfield, but it's about to ease up here soon. and then for the east bay, it's really

dumping down from 580 to 680 oakland. we're seeing it also pouring in castro valley over toward dublin, also down the eastshore freeway, as you head down to union city and fremont. and we're also seeing t that hey rain over the south bay and widespread downpours for the santa cruz mountains into the south bay. as we go into the rest of the day, we are going to see that risk of flash flooding in the santa cruz mountains and more street flooding, at least for the next few hours. but with the gusty winds that may down some tree branches. so watch out for that. allow some extra time to get to work, and the risk of flooding for the creeks and streams all around the bay area from the east bay to the north bay, as well as in the santa cruz mountains. that will continue as that water flows down and the rain will take a break by latete morning. here we are at noon, and we're seeing another wave of rain coming through, and that could also produce some thunderstorms into this afternoon. at any point we could see some rain coming down,

and then that chance starts to ease up as we go toward tomorrow. saturday is all clear, looks so much better and we'll have a chance to try to clean up from all of this rain. there's still the possibility of an additional inch and a half to possibly closer to two inches of rain for parts of the south bay and santa cruz mountains. and then looking at that chance of rain early tomorrow, the weekend a little bit warmer, highs in the low 60s and a mix of sun and clouds. and for the long holiday weekend we are looking at some sunshine and milder temperatures. while we're still in the brunt of this storm, at least for the next few hours, and you're seeing it's a messy commute out there now. it is kari. the conditions are tough out there. so many incidents, i can't call them out. we'll show you a live look at palo alto with the peninsula light. as far as the volume of traffic just starting to build the south bay. also kicking in slick roadways, standing water in many spots and north 85 in towards sunnyvale and mountain view out of cupertino still have a crash that's trying to clear there.

the rest of the bay shows a pretty typical pattern, a lot of slowing on the peninsula side of the san mateo bridge. but that's as that rain came over the span as well. a crash still trying to clear north 880 just north of the coliseum. back to you. thank you very much, mike. 654. happening now. a man fighting for his life this morning following a shooting in san jose. it happened yesterday at the intersection of farm and dow drive near canoas creek. at this time, police are still investigating what led up to the shooting and looking for the person responsible. we'll be right back with a

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welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at our top stories here on today in the bay, starting with our microclimate weather alert and that heavy overnight rain, we're getting some new video of some

flooding in the south bay. parts of this neighborhood knee deep in water. this is near las animas park in gilroy. looks like at least some of the problem is due to a clogged storm drain, but it's not confirmed. we should know more in our streaming 8 a.m. newscast when kris sanchez arrives there at the scene. there's already flooding along westbound 580 near beaumont and dahle avenues and on approach to eastbound i-80. many were d driving throuh the flood waters there. chp says it's something you're not supposed to do, as you can quickly lose control of your car in just two inches of water. kari has been keeping tabs on all this rain coming down. yeah, it's still pouring across much of the bay area. we've been tracking it with storm ranger. you also have access to the same radar on your smart device. if you have the nbc bay area app, and we can see the rain is getting lighter and not as widespread for parts of the north bay, but it is still dumping down in castro valley and dublin as well as the tri-valley. be careful out there

during that morning commute, as this is still going to cause some flooding concerns over the next few hours. all right, kari, thank you. well, one person is dead after an overnight house fire in brentwood. it happened on nicholas court off of central boulevard. firefighters say the person who died was trapped in the garage. so farthey have not been identified. and it's really a messy one for commuters out there. mike, it's the big note is just watch the conditions. mind the conditions. slow down a bit over here at berkeley curve emeryville. the tail lights slowing as they approach the backup at the bay bridge, and sloppy in the south bay as well. all right. wet start to the morning, but we're moving through. all right. thanks so much for being a part of our morning and allowing us good thursday morning. we're following breaking news overseas. >> a suspected terror attack in germany. it's february 13th. this is "today." breaking news. chaos in germany this mornining. a car slams into a crowd in

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