major storm cleanup is underway across the bay area. from floods to rockslides. we are monitoring the impacts this latest storm has left behind and the lingering impacts on your commute. plus, it's almost time

for tip off. nba all-star weekend is officially underway. ahead, the concert kicking off the busy weekend and the security measures in place. this is today in the bay. good friday morning to you. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we do begin with breaking news. the wet weather hitting parts of the bay area, causing traffic trouble in the north bay. a rockslide and downed tree blocking three right lanes of highway 101. it all happened about 7:00 last night near the rodeo avenue onramp. this is a live look at the scene right now. we called the chp overnight. they told us they hope to have the highway fully reopened by 8:00 this morning. mike inouye tracking the road conditions out there. yeah, clearly you saw only one lane heading south. let me get you located here. notice the map has less green and no blue this morning. green means it will be slick, potentially where you're driving it over here. we saw the aftermath, though, after the

rain soaked the hills. hillside mudslides, rock slides and some branches down. they have to get through those with chainsaws. south 101 through sausalito. only one lane open. potentially another three hours. we'll continue to track the progress as jesse's out there. our photographer. meanwhile, over in the east bay, we have another alert that would be northbound 238. one of f those two lanes on the connector is blocked by an earlier crash, but it's still open. and this is where you see the green highlighting through the east bay and parts of the tri-valley. we still have some damp roads out there. kari much calmer this morning, but we still have to deal with some slick roadways. yeah, and there's a lot of puddles too. so as we get some lingering showers moving through with this storm system, there still will be some soggy conditions and the potential of more of that land movement. those landslides, as well as some flooding in some of the low lying areas, as we're still getting some waves of rain south of the golden gate bridge. the good thing is that as we track it with storm ranger, we are seeing it letting up for the north bay, but we are still

seeing some pockets of heavy rain and some parts of the east bay from san ramon down to dublin, as well as livermore, and then also some off and on rain for the south bay. as we go into the afternoon it will continue to dry out. we're dry tomorrow as well, but then we'll be watching a few of those pop up showers possible on sunday, starting in the morning for the north bay, and it will be very hit or miss. not all of us will see the rain, but there will be that chance this weekend. so we'll talk more about our weekend forecast, temperatures and what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. thanks so much, kari. well, this morning, two people are safe after becoming trapped on an island in san jose. this happened in the middle of the guadalupe river near autumn and coleman avenue yesterday. firefighters managed to pull the pair to safety, along with two dogs and four puppies. san jose mayor matt mahan posted on social media his gratitude for first responders for that rescue. now, over the past 24 hours, we have seen flooding in parts of the bay area, including in the north bay. take a look at this scene

right here. this is in napa. several inches of water. as you can see, rushing through this intersection of highways one, , and 12. and be sure to stay with us for the latest on weather related impacts by downloading our free nbc bay area app. our team of meteorologists tracking it all for you, and you can too. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says a russian drone nearly destroyed a nuclear power plant at chernobyl. zelenskyy posted video of the attack. an explosive warhead struck a concrete shelter, which protected it from leaking radiation. a fire at that site has been put out. all of this comes as vice president vance and secretary of state rubio meet with zelenskyy today. it is the first in-person meeting in the trump administration's push to end russia's war on ukraine. here's today in the bay's alice barr with more. okay, well welcome everybody. this morning, vice president jd vance meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy at the

munich security conference. it comes just as the trump administration is stepping into negotiations to end russia's war on ukraine. president trump spoke this week with russian leader vladimir putin. later pressed on whether he trusts him. i believe that he would like to see something happen. i trust him on this subject. in a sharp turn from the biden administration's efforts to isolate putin, president trump said he thinks russia should rejoin the g7 group of nations. it's not a question of liking russia or not liking russia. all you talk about is russia and they should be sitting at the table. russia was kicked out in 2014 after annexing crimea from ukraine. now defense secretary pete hegseth saying ukraine likely won't get that land back. it's not a concession to vladimir putin. it's a recognition of hard power realities on the ground. president trump also suggesting ukraine won't get nato membership without naming anything. russia would have to give up. maybe russia will give

up a lot. maybe they won't. president zelenskyy asserting ukraine won't accept any agreement without its input while on the streets of kyiv worried ukrainians under attack for nearly three years, say they feel betrayed. others holding out hope. the trump administration navigating the response from world leaders while at the same time targeting trading partners with reciprocal tariffs on imported goods to match the levies other nations put on u.s. imports. another shift as president trump remakes u.s. foreign policy. in washington, alice barr, nbc news former san jose city councilman omar torres, who is charged with sexual abuse, is due back in court. this is for a plea hearing later today. police arrested torres last november in the wake of a sex crime accusations. he's now facing three child molestation charges. that hearing is this morning. it's scheduled for 9 a.m. torres resigned in november. a special

election to replace him is set for april 8th. happening today, students in the east bay are taking action. berkeley high school's intersectional student activist will hold a march and rally today to protest what they call is mistreatment of unhoused community members. the students will march from shattuck avenue and center street to people's park. the march starts at 230 this afternoon. also happening today, east bay advocates. they will protest what they say is a lack of safety and an intersection. this is near a middle school, so the group bike east bay will be protesting the traffic violence and demand improvements there at harrison street and hamilton place in oakland. that intersection, right next to westlake middle school. advocates say that the crosswalk is dangerous and right in front of the school. the protest will begin at 8:00 this morning. we're moving you forward with a look at a love letter to the san francisco skate community. we have a look at the renderings of the new skateable art at un skate plaza.

it was born due to a collaboration between the city's recreation and park department and designer, alexis sablone. the public private partnership is expanding the park and creating new elements for new and experienced skaters. according to the rec and park ceo, since the un skate park opened a year ago, more than 350,000 people have visited. the best way to keep a space safe is to activate it and make it happy. skateable art. or like large scale public art that is saying like come like climb on this, sit on this, play on this. don't you know it's not art something that really interests me and that i, i believe, can enhance public space. it's someing that we take as an honor to be part of revitalizing the city, the spirit of creativity. we're really invested in empowering youth and increasing their engagement.

tomorrow, between noon and three, there will be a celebration sponsored by converse, the skate park project, and skate like a girl. the event is being held amid all the nba all-star weekend events in the bay area. you can learn more about the project on our website at nbcbayarea.com. now to a live view of the oakland arena, where more nba all-star festivities are happening today. the celebrity all-star game will be at the oakland arena today at four, but last night, shaquille o'neal, charles barkley and the rest of tnt's inside the nba brought their studio to pier 48 for the all star weekend. fans also got to see a free. chance the rapper concert. right now, the city is seeing tens of thousands of fans booking reservations at hotels and restaurants over the weekend. a golden gate restaurant association executive director says all-star weekend is giving san francisco the perfect boost. what's really exciting is all of the cent bar and restaurant openings in the chase center has

just been really teed up, now to offer our guests tons of selection and really high quality options. customers are also saying they feel safer knowing san francisco police have ramped up their presence over the weekend. one time in the city there. all right. and hopefully drier times to heading our way. we still have some lingering rain this morning, but it will be clearing out as we go throughout the day. and wtever you have planned this weekend, it's looking pretty good, but i wanted to show you one more view of stormranger just in case you're about to step out the door. most of the rain is south of san francisco and over parts of the east bay, down to the south bay. as that tapers off, our rain chances decrease throughout the day. it will be partly to mostly cloudy into the weekend as high temperatures head for the upper 50s. lows in the upper 40s all around the bay area. we're going to have a cool day with a lot of clouds. only some peeks of sunshine in some spots, and tomorrow a little bit warmer with highs in the low 60s. and mike, if you have weekend plans hitting the road, where can we fill up for less?

you know i find less, but it's more eensive overall. we see those prices coming up a bit here in oakland it's 3.99 the low. the only place under four bucks in that county exxon on foothill boulevard. same deal for the south bay. santa clara county has one place under $4. it's in sunnyvale, 3.99 at national petroleum on old san francisco road. and nothing under $4 in san francisco. the low is for 13 at arco on mission street. juszczyk the good news or bad? gasbuddy.com for your area on the roadways. pretty good news. a less activity as far as rain goes, but we still have that mudslide in sausalito. we'll revisit that again. but this is your second of two alerts. this is a northbound 238. a crash is on the connector to northbound 880 off the castro valley y. it will be there for quite some time. sounds like they have to move a big rig trailer. it's going to take a while there. we're looking at the rest of the east bay. some damp roadways. 580 has been opened up to big rigs. note that because of that crash on 238 and near the bay bridge, there was a crash in one of the hov lanes.

folks are getting through. back to you. thanks, mike. 511 this morning, a federal worker purge. still ahead here on today in the bay. overnight, president donald trump's administration moves to fire thousands of employees from the education department to veteran affairs. everything we're learning about this new round of cuts. and in tech news, we love stories. and does i have something to do with it? oh, come on, you already knew that i had something to do with it, laura. yeah. also, hearts on the fast track. the speed dating event bard is hosting, and the way it hopes to help riders make a memorable connection. but first, a special performance is on tap. on today show this morning, the backstreet boys will be in studio one a to perform. some of their biggest hits are taking us back. well stick around. that's coming up for you at 7:00 this morning. we've got much more ahead for you right here on

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today at 514, we are taking a look at san jose. starting out. still pretty damp out there with some lingering showers, but at 7:00 all of it's clearing out. we are going to see some peeks of sunshine today and temperatures staying on the cool side with upper 50s into the afternoon. this is what we'll see for most of our weekend. we'll talk about our next chance of rain and what's ahead coming up in the microclimate forecast. and the golden gate bridge. you see how light the traffic is. but folks are coming on the southbound direction. those headlights toward us. farther

north, through sausalito, we still have traffic down to one lane of highway 101 because of mudslides and rocks. and over in the east bay, we still have that crash off the castro valley wine. well good morning. very happ friday to you. markets higher. even after president trump announced new tariffs because he said he wasn't going to put them in place yet. tree falls in the forest and all that.atch shares in air bnb today. the company opened its book, showed investors it's making far more money than expected. new york times says airbnb's founder is joining elon musk's doge effort to shut down government departments. as for those tariffs, okay, they're complicated. president trump calls them reciprocal tariffs. but in fact, they'd be put on countries that tax american goods through their value added tax system. we'll go into more detail when or if they are actually put into place. president trump told federal departments and agencies to lay off all probationary federal

workers. new workers who haven't earned civil service protection, whether that's law enforcement or forest ranger or accountant. the office of personnel management says that could be as many as 200,000 people. tiktok back on the app stores for both apple and android after that ban. the new york times reports both companies got written assurance from the doj it wouldn't pursue the matter. it's valentine's day, and as we're thinking about our own love stories, a reminder your parents, your grandparents had love stories of their own. i was thinking of that when i saw one of those animated photographs on social media. i think you probably have seen them. services that take your old family photographs and animate them using ai. the company myheritage, says they've done more than a million of these. a nice reminder there are stories, love stories all over your family tree. it's really brings out like reenacts scenes from

still photos and letting us view as if it's happening now. even photos that were taken 70 years ago or something like that, which is amazing. and indeed, the love stories are are all around, especially this time of year. so it's really fun to see those though. while you're thinking of your grandparents love story is sweet. maybe people thinking watching their hippie dad trying to woo their mom is like, oh, gross, dad. oh! no. that's cute. you all love stories. my grandparents met on a college campus. my grandmother said, i like your socks. that's awesome. is that why you always wear fancy socks? yeah. keeping the tradition alive. he really does. i get it from my granddaddy. that's awesome. that's nice. thanks, scott. you bet. well, after much anticipation, the snl 50th anniversary celebration is almost here. we've been talking about this all week long, and we have taken a look back at some of those iconic moments and sketches from a half century of comedy, but we still need to give you a special shout out to a segment that might give our

very own laura garcia a run for her money. people around the world drank themselves into oblivion today, in honor of saint patrick's day, or as the irish refer to it, saturday. it was reported that chinese hackers have infiltrated at&t and verizon to spy on american customers, which has got to be the first time anyone has ever said, thank god i have sprint. we probably do those in our head sometimes, right? okay, so that's just a tiny fraction of the news parody weekend update. you all probably know that one. the sketch first debuted on october 11th, which is my birthday. 1975 was before i was born, though chevy chase jagger eaton jimmy fallon and tina fey, amy poehler, colin jost, michael che are just a few of the cast members who have actually sat down before the frame anchor desk. weekend update is credited with paving the way to the daily show and the stephen colbert or the colbert report, among others. all right, well, here's a look at the entire slate for

snl 50 events. homecoming concert airs live tonight on peacock at 5:00, and then tomorrow you can catch the re-airing of the very first episode of snl. then sunday, it's the three hour special. it's going to air live on nbc bay area starting at 5 p.m. but you know what? before that, it's going to be a red carpet so you can start the fun early. we all know today is valentine's day. if you didn't know. all right. and you may be feeling a lot of love out there with your partner or looking to make a lasting connection. yes. so listen to this. for bart, timing is critical for making a connection. and tonight it's trying to help singles find a special connection on their train. shall we call it the love train? why not? maybe 200 lucky ticket holders will increase their odds of finding love on a special train leaving from the downtown berkeley station promptly at 710 tonight. bart is holding a speed dating event. it sold out in less than 12 hours,

and there's a ton of ierest in another. we have a six car train that's going to pick up 200 participants at downtown berkeley station. it's a 90 minute ride. no stopping. every car will have a host in it. a bart employee who is going to facilitate the speed dating, or at least friendship making. you don't have to be looking for love. the idea is to meet new people and have somewhere to go on a friday night that happens to be valentine's day. this is a first, and we know people meet on bart. we know all kinds of couples who have met on bart and gotten married. wow. bart says it's continuing to figure out ways to energize a new group of riders with on train events and more to come. in fact, they already plan on one in may, on may the 4th for the star wars fans, may the 4th be with you. yeah. so you can bring your yoda then, but not tonight. imagine getting on that train and not knowing it was star wars day. speed dating is specifically for speed dating. yeah. no kidding.

chewbacca in may, baby. all right, well, outside of the train, there's the rain. yeah, at least for now. the good thing is that it's not going to be with us the entire weekend. but we had so much rain. take a look at some of the rainfall totals we've had over the past few days. and san rafael getting over three inches, and there were some widespreadainfall totals of about 2 to 3in across the bay area. the winner, uvas canyon, it was over eight inches of rainfall and all of that has to go somewhere. so we are going to see still a lot of the flooding issues that we've seen from the past few days continue. but as the showers clear, it's going to be cool and we're watching the coastline for dangerous surf. and then on sunday, there's going to be some spotty light showers moving in. but once again, this big storm system that we've had to deal with from the past few days is starting to wind down. but we're just getting the last little bit of that rain moving through parts of the east bay. it's mainly over the hills, but we're

still seeing the rain pouring as you're driving through fremont on 680 as well as san jose, and then it's off and on for the south bay. so a live look outside in dublin shows the wet commute that you're dealing with and the rain lasting for another hour or so and then clearing out today. the clearing will continue throughout the weekend until sunday, when we are going to start to see some off and on showers moving through. not all of the bay area getting that, but there will be that chance as we head into sunday. presidents day is dry and it looks good for much of next week. and mike, you were saying the traffic volume is still light and that's what's keeping those speed sensors moving. well here the mudslide we talk about that and i'll show you pictures coming up as we restart our show at 530. but i wanted to remind you that there's lane restrictions south 101 through sausalito. a crash may be getting a traffic break approaching the bay bridge, but i didn't see any problem at the toll plaza itself over here. this is an issue. a crash blocking part of the connector north 238 off the castro valley. y on the north. 880 so they've

allowed big rigs to use 580 westbound. five 80th may look a different as far as the population goes. we'll watch for any typical slow, atypical slowing in the south bay peninsula. look g

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designers sold in major department stores, and that, for me, was like a big problem. it was a problem that i couldn't ignore. so brant is danielle is a founder of harlem fashion row, an agency based in new york city. her business first took off when she launched a fashion show that eh year would showcase work and talent of black designers. through the years, brands started to notice. and last night, she and six black designers launched a new collab with classic san francisco brand gap. and here is two of the designs i just want to show you all quickly right here. that's cool. this is one. and then the sweatshirt here. laura has so boom. oh, wow. it's bigger than me. so you can get very cool though. very nice. congratulations to all of them too. well, coming up next, the top stories that we're following for you today, including breaking news we're following. they're continuing to monitor a rockslide bloing southbound 101 in sausalito. we'll talk about the cleanup and these delays that commuters are facing. i'm ginger conejero

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right now at 530. wet weather causing major headaches, including a rock slide on highway 101 in sausalito. when officials are expecting to get all of the lanes of the road back open. plus, nba all-star weekend is going down, baby. it's going down for the nba all star weekend. come on man. this is the yay! fun times in the bay. counting down to tip off. this morning we are live inside moscone center with a sneak peek at nba all star weekend festivities and what you need to keep in mind as you navigate through the city. this is today in the bay. good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. want to get right to our breaking news this morning. a rockslide blocking off some lanes of southbound 101 in sausalito. want to give you a live look at that scene this morning? this is near rodeo avenue on a ramp. we're still

working to get that. but, mike, i know you have been monitoring this situation and the traffic across the bay area. do we know when it may reopen? you know what? we have our cameraman out there. jesse and i are getting peeks. there's still only one lane open. marcus. it may be 8 a.m. it may be as late as 8 a.m. when that reopens. that's important to note, because this happened last night just after seven. so that would be over 12 hours of that restriction southbound. we see a little bit of slowing because again, only one lane open past the scene where that front loader, we saw that on the live shot and it's loading the mud debris and there are tree branches. i understand they have to use the chainsaw to clear those. very light traffic right now. friday early commute coming south toward the golden gate bridge. that's the note. that's where it is on the map. we had an earlier crash, which should be clear from the bay bridge toll plaza. it was in the hov lanes, but we see those lanes on the span still starting to slow a bit. also, highway 37 at the top. notice the green highlighting through the east bay. that means less wet roadway, but there is a problem. north 238 on 880 there's a crash

there restricting the connector. and so chp is allowing 580 to take some of the semi trucks. that will mean a different group of vehicles with you if that is where you typically take west 580 toward the bay bridge. again, as we zoom out there's still the green highlighting. so kari that means there's still some slick roads. we're not completely clear, but it's better than yesterday. yeah, we're still seeing some waves of rain coming in and also big waves near the coastline. there's still a high surf warning in effect through tomorrow morning, as we are currently seeing those waves at about 17ft down around santa cruz, 15ft off the coast of san francisco, and 16 foot waves off the coast of bodega bay. and we can see the waves of rain as well that we're seeing for the inland areas, as we're still getting some wet weather in the south bay as well as the east bay, but it is starting to lighten up for the north bay after all of the rainfall we've seen recently. storm ranger showing that this last little push of the shower is moving through this morning could still create some wet road conditions out there as you're driving to work, but along the coast, we

are going to see a mostly cloudy and cool day with some breezy winds. and once again, you do have to be careful near the coastline. so for more on that, i'll send it back over to you, marcus. all right. thanks, gary. we know that wet weather is pushing some of our coastal communities almost to their breaking point. and now capital village in santa cruz, rushing to recover before the next round. rain today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us live from santa cruz with the work that is happening there at capitola village. morning, kris. well, good morning to you, laura. i'm here at the santa cruz pier this morning. and you heard kari talk about that high surf aisory. and because of that, the santa cruz pier is going to be closed today. almost all santa cruz county beaches will close today if they haven't been closed already. i want to show you some of the preps that were happening in capitola village as well.ou see some of those iconic buildings boarded up in anticipation of the rain, the waves that are expected to be up

to 30ft between today and tomorrow, local businesses also filling sandbags. now, the fear is that some places that were just rebuilt and just reopened will be subject to the flooding here today. now in san jose, people were forced from their homes when the penitencia creek river ran its banks. the levels were already high and then there was debris and then a tree that blocked the flow. now people will be out of their 16 apartments for weeks, furniture and other belongings ruined, and there could be other trouble down the road. i was getting ready to walk out the door and i saw it coming from the creek over there, out into the middle of the street. and then i watched it come like right here where the cars are, and cars kept coming like this. so every time they came, it would just push the water this way more and eventually it came up the curb. i'm waiting on kind of a final assessment, but what we see often in these storms, especially if there's windd and days worth of rain, is that

older trees will fall over, fall into waterways and can create blockages. now, some of those folks who are out of their apartment homes will for 2 to 4 weeks. the city is helping them with hotel accommodations. now, back here in santa cruz county, you are going to want to stay away from the beaches. there is hazardous wave conditions and waves expected to be as high as 30ft. so everything here is going to be closed, which means that there is going to be also an economic impact here in santa cruz county, because this is a big weekend. a lot of these restaurants had reservations for valentine's day. they were making plans for a lot of visitors over what is a three day holiday. and of course, some of the kids in san jose have a ski week coming up, so they're hoping that the storm will move in and move out very fast in santa cruz. kris sanchez today in the bay. a lot to keep in mind there. all right chris thank you. talk about a busy weekend. that is going to be the

case in san francisco, where there's events planned across the city for the nba all star weekend and the chinese new year parade. that's also happening tomorrow. san francisco is celebrating the year of the snake. the parade starts at the corner of market and second, there will be over two dozen floats in the parade this year. and the grand marshal is actress joan chen, and new mayor daniel lurie has been named an honorary marshal. that parade starts at 5 p.m. well, nba all star weekend full swing. and you know what? today the fans are the stars. today in the bay. ginger conejero saab is live insid the moscone center in san francisco. and ginger, literally, fans can test their skills out there with some challenges. yeah, well, we saw it just moments ago when quinn took to the slam dunk contest here this morning at nba crossover. it's a total fan experience. marcus and laura. and guess what? after you do that, you're going to be alongside nba legends here to tell us all about that and more.

we've got andrea wilson d direcr of sponsorships from at&t. happy valentine's day, valentine's day and all-star weekend. we've got a lunar parade, a lunar new year parade. i mean, san francisco is very busy this weekend. and look at all the stars and the legends that are going to be out, including quinn. of course, everybody can be a legend this weekend with us. all right, well, tell us how that worked. because we were just at that court. we saw that slam dunk with the great pass, i might add. andrea, how does that show up there and what's going on on this wall? so everybody has a chance to be a slam dunk legend here with at&t. we can me the kids and the kids at heart have their dunk dreams fulfilled. w e so have customizable courts so you can pick from the at&t slam dunk court or from bay area artists. we can get those courts on there, as well as one designed by our at&t athlete, shai gilgeous-alexander. so lots of great options to choose from to have your slam dunk dreams fulfilled. i mean, this is really like the contest that so

many people are watching out for. i'm just going to have josh pan over to these. i mean these are legendary dunks. we saw vince carter a moment ago. we saw aaron gordon's dunk i mean now you're seeing quinn. so you can be that fan right there. who's dunk ends up alongside some of the shaq. oh my goodness. look at shaq's dunk is that. oh no that's not shaq. that's not good okay barry can you help me out with the players. we can see quinn's dunk. you can see gordon's dunk there okay i got that one. and then all of a sudden you can keep seeing yourself really. and then make it over to some merch. these e some of the artists that you were talking about. that's right. for everybody who participates in the dunk experience or in our slam dunk decision voting, you have a chance to get one of our t shirts or hoodies, as well as tote bags and really, really see kind of the posters that we have from our artists as well. okay, well, here's the basketball that's going to be the slam dunk

contest later. we're going to give it some good luck here. rub, rub, rub. good luck to those guys. that's probably going to win. that's the ball that's going to win. and we will have all the dunkers here over the course of the weekend if people want to come out and see them. awesome. all right guys. well that's just a bit of the fan experience. we're going to have more in the next hour. send it back to you guys. but that is going to be the ball that wins the slam dunk contest. even if i can't take it off, it's stuck to the yeah. even if i can't that is the one. it's stuck. very cool. so many activities out there. thank you. thanks, ginger. and they're like ginger stop touching it. yeah. rubbing it. interesting. okay. we've got great weather for the weekend and the rain is moving out of here. so that's the good news. you can still see the raindrops on the camera lens this morning as we take a live look outside in san francisco. so a bit of a soggy start. but for the celebrity game at 4:00 it is clear and 56 degrees, and we're going to see temperatures staying in the 50s throughout the weekend. and the skills challenge tomorrow at 5:00. it's

looking great for that.nd on sunday of course the big game. so it's going to be a little bit of a cool weekend. if you're going to the lunar new year parade it's going to be in the 50s. and as we go throughout the morning, it's only 50 degrees. and throughout the day it heads for the upper 50s. and then those temperatures drop quickly. once again, if you want to hear some waves and also get away from all of the crowds, we're going to see temperatures in the upper 50s for santa cruz. still, some of those lingering showers, at least for the first part of today. but the rest of the weekend is looking nice. and for napa, we will have highs up to 60 torrow with some peeks of sunshine watching sunday for a slight chance of rain, but other than that it just stays mostly cloudy. and mike, you've got your eye on some congestion for the weekend. yeah, well, we talked about the chinese new year parade. we talked about the nba all star activity. there's activity on both sides of the bay. it's a busy weekend for basketball fans and beyond in san francisco and beyond. we're going to start with thrive and city and chase center, where there will be a focus, of

course, the weekend's events through sunday's all star game. and of course, everybody wants to see ginger dunk a little later on today as well. along with the games at chase, a short walk up third street takes you to pier 48. we talked about how chance the rapper already performed there, and there will be concerts all weekend long as well. throughout the all star break, it's across the water from oracle park and that means third street will be active. meanwhile over there just a short distance away, but in the city farther into the city, moscone center a ton of fan experiences. ginger is talking about the interactive exhibits, meet and greets, and there will be traffic congestion because howard street location is between market street and the bay bridge itself. and there's also another major celebration we talked about affecting traffic on saturday evening. that's over here, the chinese new year parade that starts on market. then it quickly diverts over to geary, powell, post and kearny street and it ends up just on the edge of chinatown. but it will disrupt traffic as it passes through the area for street closures. that's on the north side of market, of course, muni is free saturday and sunday. that's an option. and

bart can take you under the congestion on city streets, and bart can take you under the bay. because remember, there's more events over at the former home of the warriors. that's at the oakland arena, the site for friday's nba all-star celebrity game. we talked about that, plus the all star practice on saturday night and the hbcu classic game also on saturday. now for more busy weekend information, go ahead and check nbcbayarea.com and click on the link for nba all-star game as well as our traffic page. scott, always traffic there. all right. of course. well, coming up on today in the bay doge reportedly on its way to the pentagon, we'll take a look at the latest. and celebrating 50 years of comedic history ahead. we're live from new york as a big celebration for snl's 50th anniversary sets to kick off tonight. but first, here's another edition of our school shoutout series, and it's a special one from a local teacher honored by nbc sports for its all star teacher award. i'm jessica holman, and this is the student government class at

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back. it's 546. president trump's pick to run the department of education says she wants to focus on teachers and students, but scott mcgrew linia

mahon has bigger problems to worry about. she does? yeah, really? elon musk. president trump wants to shut down the very department she is supposed to run. they want to undo the law created in the 70s that created the department of education. that same law created the position she wants to fill. mcmahon, a former pro wrestling executive, told the senate committee vetting her she would work with them, would work with congress to make sure american education was the best in the world. invest in teachers, not washington bureaucrats. if confirmed as secretary, i will work with congress to reorient the department toward helping educators, not controlling them. okay. work with congress is a key phrase there. the trump administration's position is it doesn't have to work with congress on things like the department of education, that it has the power to entirely shut this down, or usaid or the consumer financial protection bureau without getting the okay from congress, even though congress created all those

things. there's a complicated story brewing with the democratic new york city mayor eric adams. you know, he was charged by the feds with crimes ba when biden was president. but then the trump department of justice instructed its prosecutors to dismiss the charges. the lead prosecutor, danielle sassoon, who calls herself a conservative republican, quit her job, saying it would be unethical to drop the charges. she said in a resignation letter she had sat in on meetings where, quote, something like a quid pro quo was discussed, dropping the charges to get the democratic mayor's help with deportations. she quit.o the doj reassigned the case. and two sources tell nbc that prosecutor quit. the new york times puts it at a total of five. five times the next person to get the assignment to drop the charges quit. adams attorney denies there is any deal with the trump administration to help out with deportations, though adams did an interview with our sister

station in new york city last night where he said he instructed city staff not to get in the way. robert kennedy was sworn in as secretary of health and human services at the white house. all democrats, single republican, voted against his confirmation. former republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was that no. he had polio as a child. kennedy says he has serious doubts about vaccines. president trump had this to say about mcconnell, who backed trump at nearly every turn, including his two impeachments. well, i feel sorry for mitch. and i was one of the people that said he couldn't. he wanted to go to the end and he wanted to stay leader. he wasn't he's not equipped mentally. he wasn't equipped ten years ago, mentally, in my opinion, he let the republican party go to hell. if i didn't come along, the republican party wouldn't even exist right now. mitch mcconnell never really had it. elon musk reportedly headed to the defense department today to make cuts

there. the f-35 fighter is one of his targets. musk in the past has called the stealth fighter, quote, a scam. and its makers at lockheed martin. idiots. trump likekes the fhter. he keeps calling it invisible and just offered to sell it to india. both musk and trump have promised big cuts to weapons systems. not necessarily bad news for generals at the pentagon. number of weapo systems the u.s. military doesn't want. but congress keeps approving it, perhaps because the factories are in their district. very interesting. thank you. scott. okay, we're switching gears here. we're talking about the big five zero. arriving this weekend for saturday night live, the iconic tv show celebrating 50 years of laughter. and there's a big concert tonight and a live three hour special on sunday. nbc's mark barger joins us now live from new york, with a look at what audiences can expect and mark 30 rock, no doubt abuzz with anticipation today. oh,

absolutely. i was in the building the other night at about midnight, wandering through, doing my business, and i saw colin jost just going through the hall. so obviously these folks are working long hours getting ready for the show on sunday night, and it's valentine's day here, so what better day to show the love for saturday night live? this is the start of a big weekend for the show. i'm standing in front of radio city music hall, which will be scene of f a conce tonight, and 30 rock will be hosting the show sunday night, all in tribute to a comedy institution. but wait, there's more. today's cast of snl is part of something. live from new york. it's saturday night that started before they were born. i think it's very meaningful because, like, my mom has a relationship to the show. my grandma has a relationship to the show. and now these current stars have their own role in the 50 year legacy honored this weekend. i get star struck. so i know that that's going to happen this weekend. radio city music hall starts the party tonight.

lady gaga, miley cyrus, bad bunny, david byrne, jelly roll and many others in a homecoming concert. then sunday's main event, a three hour special in studio eight h, featuring some of the most popular hosts and many of the 167 cast members from over the decades. and i can see russia from my house. if the 14 year old version of me knew that, i would be celebrating snl. yeah. my head wants to explode. the insurgent comedy show lorne michaels created against the odds. we were really just like the redheaded stepchild of nbc has grown and evolved. get off the shed into a touchstone of american humor. super size. i just want to honor lorne and all he's done. even a man known for his wisecracks. i love this guy. is humbled by snl's impact. it's really a

landmark television program, one that is ready to celebrate. timothy. charlemagne. and the concert will be going on streaming on peacock tonight in radio city. and then sunday night, the main event, the three hour special. you'll see it live right here on nbc. rehearsals for that started on wednesday, but as we all know, over 50 years of snl, that show changes up to the start of the show. adjustments, changes straight on through. they'll probably even be adjustments once the show starts on sunday night. i'm mark barger, live in new york. lauren marcus, back to you. you got it. live in new york, mark vargas. all right. big celebration there. thanks, mark. so here's a look at the entire slate of snl 50 events. as mark mentioned, the homecoming concert airs live tonight on peacock at 5:00. and then tomorrow you can catch a re-airg of the very first episode. then sunday it is that big three hour special. it airs

live on nbc bay area starting at 5 p.m, and it includes a red carpet event that starts at four. so much stuff. i'm really looking forward to it. yeah. i'm excited. and if you out this weekend and you may, you know, not be at home, make sure your dvr because the rain is gone. so a lot of people are going to be out. yeah. the rain will be gone. the temperatures will be slightly warmer. but we are also going to watch out for a chance of spotty showers on sunday. along the coastline. the dangerous surf continues and at least for this morning, we do have a few lingering showers and breezy winds. so here's a look at the state radar as we are seeing that storm system having a pretty big impact, not just for the bay area, but also bringing some beneficial rainfall to southern california, as well as a big boost to the sierra snowpack as that snow continues to come down this morning. a look at storm ranger shows the rain is easing up for the north bay and for the east bay. we're also seeing that last little bit of rain clearing out. so for san jose, parts of the

south county, it's going to be another 20 to 30 minutes before that rain really starts to move out. but we are still seeing the wet road conditions out there and still some rain in some spots. that's been pretty heavy. it's going to pick up here for morgan hill within the next few minutes, and then our temperatures today head for the mid to upper 50. a little bit of a boost in those temperatures in the highs tomorrow headed for the low 60s. and then for sunday we're going to see more clouds. but at least for the south bay temperatures will be a little bit warmer with highs in the low to mid 60s. so here's a look at our hour by hour forecast clearing out today. most of the day tomorrow. and then some hit or miss rain popping up on sunday. first in the north bay in the morning into the afternoon. there could be a few of those showers moving through, although not all of us will see it. and a look at how our reservoirs are doing pretty well, especially for northern california that are at 81% of capacity. we still have some work to do across southern california, but it's our long holiday weekend. rain chances go

down and for presidents day it's going to be cloudy, but highs reach into the mid 60s. and mike, now you have an alert for the north bay. yeah i have an update on that alert. actually i don't i have the update because jesse, our photographer is out there actually on southbound 101. chp hasn't given the update, but our camera does show two lanes are now open. there we go. get out of the way. you can see two lanes are now open. they still have a lot to clear up. some wood there that's been sawed up, as well as some of the hillside that has to be shored up. and there are a couple of other slight areas. south 101 coming down through sausalito. let's get you back to the map. we'll talk about the slowing that we see. the volume is starting to build now. it's a light friday as we expect north bay. no problems until you get to that portion of sausalito for south 101. and it may be 8 a.m. before they completely clear those lanes. we'll continue to follow that story. the rest of the east bay is just a smooth, easy drive except for north. 238 the crash at the 880 transition. so there will be restrictions and slowing back to you. thanks so much mike. well, happening

now we're getting a look at the list of israeli hostages set to be released tomorrow morning. this is in the hamas-israel ceasefire deal. all of the hostages being released are men. one of them is an american israeli, 36 year old sagi dekel henken was taken hostage during october 7th attack in 2023. now, this is part of the sixth installment of the first phase of ceasefire deal of the exchange of prisoners. now, according to the deal, israel promised to release 30 palestinian prisoners for each civilian hostage released. it is certainly a busy friday morning here on today in the bay ahead at 6:00, an overnight rockslide impacting the morning commute in the north bay. our crews are at the scene. we're live th an updatewi

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fast overnight to clear a rockslide on highway 101, in the north bay. we're tracking your alternate routes this morning as the wet weather slowly trickles away. plus, it is almost time for tip off nba all star weekend officially underway. securit