christie smith is live in san jose, and christie, the board has come up with a decision. >> we're still waiting to get exact word on that, but i can tell you one supervisor said that the real problem is that for the last 14 months, firefighters have been arriving late to their emergency calls and still collecting their incentive pay given by the county. so right now the acting chief and heads can have explain what is going on and how they plan to fix it. more than 8 -- >>> all right, looks like we lost christie smith here. we'll check back in with her. >> moving on, this american, will be in court, accused of walking on to the campus of the south bay peninsula hebrew day suspect, this suspect, theodore, who likes to dress as a woman, had to register as a sex offender after kidnapping a young girl. the child now, a full grown woman, asked that we filmed the interview in shadow. she said she was nine when she was asked to paper sit his -- babysit his puppies. >> he is a sick man, i can't believe he would want to do somebody to a young kid. even now, trying again. he didn't learn his lesso

christie smith will see how the peninsula braces you for wet weather. live in our weather center. how are we looking? >> getting hairier as we speak. you want to give yourself extra time to reach your destination safely. not talking about the rain that's going to put your life in danger unless you rush out that front door this morning and don't take it easy. we want to make sure you're prepared for what's coming our way. we have brief, heavy downpours across the bay area. i wanted to show you the lightning strikes that we are dealing with at this point. i'll show you that in a minute. before i do so, let's take you out live to christie smith live in palo alto this morning where they are bracing for some potential flooding. how are locals getting ready for all of this heavy rain? >> reporter: well can tell you we saw one man coming out here, filling up his trunk with sandbags. he didn't want to be filmed but he want fod hed to hurry up and home. it has started to rain here this morning. this is a good place to come out and get prepared, if you need sandb

we want to zoom you into mill valley, christie smith is live.there with areas that flooded. right in shopping centers and everything else in the north bay. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, the rain did cause some problems in mill valley and marin county but not too many complaining complaining that the talk before this was all about trout conditions. this is what the rain left behind hours after the rain stopped. this is a tributary, a flood advisory was issued over the weekend, all of this rain fell very fast, so fast it couldn't drain fast enough. this morning we checked out two businesses, the 2 a.m. club and joe's tacos next door where the water has receded but yesterday it extended inside and over flowed in the street out front. the owners say on sunday a storm drain bubbled up with water. it flooded the two businesses. >> all of our four sinks, the toilets, the drains in the men's and women's bathroom were taking water on so we had flooding in the back of the bar. >> reporter: at north bern dale mud slid down ab

reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. we have an update on breaking news in the south bay. a fire forced 18 people including eight children out of their homes. flames broke out before 12:30 this morning at a town house complex on chenoweth avenue. by the time crews arrived three of the four units were on fire. the flames so large firefighters had to call for backup twice. one is said to be destroyed two others badly damaged. everyone made it out safely no. word on a cause. >> new details as well, we just learned a problem with the air conditioner caused the cabin after delta plane to fill with smoke as it landed at the oakland airport. >> leave all of your belongings and get off this aircraft. go. we cannot breathe back here. go. >> this dark youtube video was taken by a passenger. you can hear a frustrated flight attendant trying to get people to get off the plane. leave your luggage. the plane was flying from l.a. to oakland. firefighters said they did meet it on the runway. everyone made it off the plane just fine. fir

christie smith gathering details. she will join us with a live report in the next half hour. >> uc-berkeley offering measles vaccin vaccines. a cal student who had not been vaccinated has come down with the measles. the student was likely exposed during a trip abroad. he affected classes. we are told the person lived in contra costa county. traveled on b.a.r.t. and downtown berkeley. >> the measles vaccine is extremely effective. people who are immunized don't need to worry. >> measles contagious. you don't need to touch someone. you can get flute the air even after they left the room. symptoms include high fever, runny nose, coughing, watery ryes and the rash on the face and the neck. >> 4:33. the russian worker who was hit by a bobsled is in stable condition this morning. the worker was air lifted to a hospital yesterday and has undergone surgery on two broken legs. the organizers say the operation went well and the worker is conscious. he was hit by a forerunner sled at the center before the start of the two-man bo

christie smith live at stanford with the reason behind the change. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. we've been walking around the union this morning and there aren't many ashtray stands set up. we only found one place this morning that suggests that it would be an okay place to smoke here. but this request came at the request of stanford university that the two vendors that do sell cigarettes stop selling them here by march 1. the university already has a smoke-free environment policy. that bans smoking in classes, offices, enclosed buildings and resident halls, to smoke outside you basically have to be at least 30 feet away or more from any building. stanford says that it is an advocate for health and well being and tobacco sales,

lot of students forced from their homes overnight, christie smith. >> reporter: the good news is most residents are back in their apartment after a scary night while they were sleeping they were rattled from their sleep to find that their apartment building a 12-story high-rise was on fire, that fire right in the middle of the building. san francisco firefighters say that on their way in before 1:00 this morning on cambon drive right near san francisco state they were getting reports that residents were seeing flames shooting from a unit on the sixth floor, and then reports of oxygen tanks exploding inside the building. now what they did was they quickly started an aggressive attack on that sixth floor unit, helped two people get out of there, while up to 200 others sheltered in place away from the fire or they evacuated into the cold outside up to 200 people. >> high-rise building, requires evacuation, that's one of the big efforts we have to do, evacuate the personnel because of the smoke so we have precautionary measures we took to evacuate the building. >> two people were injured

"today in the bay's" christie smith is live in san francisco. have people been allowed to return home? they're probably cold outside. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you. they have. we're talking about 200 or so people back in their apartments, most of them. firefighters are saying no one has requested help from the red cross finding a place to stay, after a rough night, these people being rattled out of their beds by a fast-moving fire, in this 12-story apartment building firefighters say burned hot and kick on camdon drive near san francisco state. flames were shooting from a sixth floor uninit the back. the building is blackened where that was. on the way here it escalated, reports of oxygen tanks exploding here at the park merceda apartments and they had to dispatch more units because of that. firefighters helped two people out of that sixth floor unit, two people injured, one needing oxygen. with such a large building, the concern getting everyone out safely. >> it's a high-rise building, requires evacuation, that's one of the big efforts

christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> 5:08. pleasanton teen accused of speeding when he hit and kill a bicyclist last june will be in court for a preliminary hearing. charged with murder, driving 43 miles over the speed limit when he hit diana and her husband on foothill road. he boasted on twitter about speeding, and that led to the murder charge. >>> police hope newly released images will help them track down a group of suspected, violent robbers in san jose. accused of seven armed holdups, including a carjacking last year. one of three suspects pistol-whipped and robbed several people. the crime spree started at 3:00 a.m. on october 27th. spanned the whole city. police say the suspects should be considered armed and very dangerous. >>> palo alto has certainly seen a spike in crime. one of the latest, a purse snatching in the downtown area. police released this sketch of a man they say walked up behind a woman sitting in an outdoor table at a restaurant on university avenue, snatched her bag, and took off. happened 7:00 last

"today in the bay's" christie smith digging up more information.he will have -- join us for the latest in a live report coming up in 20 minutes. >> tis mohis morning, counting to the winter olympics in sochi. one high-profile member of the team usa dropping out of olympic event. snowboarder shaun white says he's dropping out of the slope style event so he can focus completely on the half pipe. white jammed his left wrist yesterday. he but was among several who had been complaining about unsafe conditions on the course. "today in the bay's" janelle wang new details about the announcement in a live report from sochi at 6:45. >>> learning that coca-cola will be putting an olympic encore on an ad that attracted a lot of attention during the super bowl. >> peggy, we understand bay area fifth grader's featured in the commercial. >> that's the cool part, seeing a local girl in the huge coca-cola add. the commercial "it's beautiful" one of america's most patriotic songs sung in it's a different languages by people of different ethnicities and that upset su

. >> we have christie smith monitoring flight cancellations from the storm. bob redell shows us problems caused by fallen trees. >> and we want to start with anthony slaughter who is standing by. the intensity are reaching dangerous levels. >> that's right a slight risk for severe weather across the bay area. this storm threat has included us in the slight risk for thunderstorms. they could reach dangerous levels like winds that could top 65 miles per hour and not that uncommon this morning, wins up to 54 miles per hour. there is a risk for funnel clouds and small hail this evening as you head home from work and school, and of course power outages and downed trees like we had this morning will continue into this afternoon. 54 miles per hour, half moon bay, 52, and up to 33 miles per hour. lots of heavy rain falling across the bay area right now. you see that from the golden gate bridge cam. you can see just off the coast of san francisco right now there is another batch of rain that will move through. in fact that is effecting the sunset district here in abou

christie smith is live, talking to people who are hoping to get lucky at a place that has been lucky twice. >> yes, the last big ticket really put this little store on the map, it was worth $324 million. a little has changed out here. the owner got a little cash out of the deal, but everyone has been coming to see if it will happen again. the store's name has changed, it's now called jennifer's gifts, the lomillionaire made he signs are up everywhere. one of two winners, the other was in georgia. he had reporters and lottery officials at his door waiting to talk with him. he saws lottery business has not up by about 30%. he got a $30 million cut for selling that ticket, but after taxes, he says it was closer to $525,000. he has not done anything grand, but the hopefuls still come. >> i got $525,000. i'm looking for a house right now, but they cost so much. more than what i thought. yeah. yeah. you know, like, a lot of pressure. >> i was on my way here last time, but i kind of shifted another direction when the big lotto. >> you could have been the big winner? >> yeah, i just missed i

nbc bay area christie smith is in oakland where the d.a. showed some untested kits to you. i can imagine being a victim and wanting to know when they will be tested. >> yes, imagine thinking your case is moving forward and part of it wasn't. alameda took a step today to solve unsolved rapes. they have about 1900 kits that were never sent in for testing. starting today they will be sent to a lab in virginia. it will start with a bunch of about 100 of them. nancy o mallly says there is a variety of reasons for this. sometimes if the perpetrator is known, the test may not be sent in. government crime labs are overwhelmed and they say there is not enough of them. one rape survivor was here today to help eliminate problems so the backlogs could be solved. they say the culture is starting to change and this is a huge jump start. >> i know my kit sat for nine-and-a-half years. and i know what it did for me to get that tested. and that the man who did it is behind bars. so we can help bring closure to these people, it's amazing. >> we want justice for victims, absolutely, and for e

christie smith is live in san francisco this morning. so christie, are police telling us anything about the suspect? >> reporter: good morning to you. they haven't said a lot about it. right after the shooting the suspect disappeared into the crowd. as you can imagine it was chaos with everyone trying to get out of the way. what police are doing is checking surveillance tape because the man who was shot down the stairs or escalator into the powell street b.a.r.t. station. also this happened over there near the entrance to the westfield san francisco shopping center so police will check as many tapes as they can to figure out who this shooter is. that sent shoppers running into stores and down the street after they heard at least two shots around 7:15 last night in a very busy part of the city right near stores and also near the powell street cable turnaround. tourists and residents watched in horror, bart and muni trains bypassed the station for a time after the man collapsed there. witnesses describe the first minutes. they don't think t

christie smith is live from tenant avenue. christie, when are these lanes going to reopen? >> reporter: well, good morning to you, scott. earlier we had reported that possibly one lane of southbound 101 would reopen by 6:00 this morning. here it is 6:00 and obviously that hasn't happened yet. you can see emergency vehicles there in the distance. that's where the crash site is. this is where an overturned tanker is just past tenant avenue. there is a lot of work to be done after a vehicle lost control on slick wet roads. it's still raining this morning. went across the southbound lanes into the center divide and hit that big rig tanker truck carrying gasoline that flipped toward a ditch. it was carrying about 8,000 gallons of gasoline. 4,000 spilled. 14 homes were evacuated as a precaution. i'm told the closer you get the more you do smell gasoline. hazmat crews are also dealing with the spill. >> there is a drain about 50 to 70 feet south of the spill, and the spill was viewed going into the drain. unknown amount. >> reporter: right now there is a second truck that was brou

christie smith live at the university. christie, tobacco products being snuffed out all over campus. >> reporter: good morning. the university is saying it has been considering doing this for some time, that it's an advocate for health and well being and the sales of cigarettes aren't consistent with that message. so, starting very soon the two retailers here on campus that do sell cigarettes, the union and also the gas station, on the other side of campus, they will end the sale of all tobacco products. this gives stanford smoke-free environment policy the ban that it has in place. it applies to classrooms, offices, buildings and all facilities. you can't even smoke outside during organized athletic events if you are close by. smokers have to go more than 30 feet away from the nearest building outside to smoke. so with this new rule, no tobacco products will be sold, we're talking about cigarettes, chewing tobacco all the way down to e-cigarettes. cvs had a similar announcement. uc-berkeley went smoke-free. the use of ciga

. >> that's right, christie smith is live in fremont this morning, and christie, a 10-year-old boy broughtthis major change. >> good morning to you, we just got to meet the 10-year-old boy behind us, and he is quite something. he said if he had it his way he would like to braille the whole world. he is off to a great start this morning. he has a braille and scanner system so the visually impaired can shop independently. it basely reads the bare code and announces what it is and what's in it. joshua goldenburg was born blind and he was a master plan behind it. he asked his mom why there was not a sign in braille explaining that and they didn't know. so they started the foundation to help get braille into grocery stores. this is the first one here in the bay area that comes with the supporting technology. his family hopes this is just the beginning. >> are you proud of this? >> yeah. >> why? >> because other blind people can shop too. >> the idea second-degree to empower people. other people said we don't need braille in here because blind people don't shop in here. if there was braille thro

christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> 5:36.in, two workers were airlifted from the tesoro refinery after injured on the job. just before 3:00 this morning, workers were burned, but it is unclear how badly. crews are still investigating exactly what happened. we'll give you more details as soon as we get them. >>> also new this morning, police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian in san francisco's pacific heights. the crash happened just before 1:00 near van ness and pacific avenues. officers arrived in the area, found a person down in the road. that pedestrian pronounced dead at the scene. the driver is cooperating with police. also new, chinese officials trying to figure out the extent of damage after a strong earthquake struck near xinjiang after 1:00 a.m. sparsely populated but officials worry because it was so big, there could be significant damage and casualties. the usgs reporting a magnitude 6.9. the china earthquake networks measured 7.3. there have been a series of other smaller aftershocks since that in

christie smith is live with the reason behind the change. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott a. pack of smokes harder to find at stanford university. the two vendors who still sell them agreed to the request to stop selling them. we took a look around test tresers union. there is one place you can smoke but you are pressed up about the bushes 30 feet from the buildings. right now you can find tobacco products at the union and also the valero gas station across from where we are. the university says that overall it's an advocate for health and well being and tobacco sales aren't consistent with that. it's not just cigarettes but chewi ining tobacco and e-cigarettes. you recall cvs pharmacy made an announcement by january 1 of this year, uc-berkeley said it would be tobacco-free. at stanford this step adds to the policy of no smoking in classes, offices and buildings. this is expected to take effect at stanford by january 1. reporting live at stanford university, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. it

live at sfo, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> had to be a frightening flight for them. thank you. >>> it is polina day, all eyes on the iceberg skating palace and san jose's own polina edmunds making her olympic debut in women's figure skating. >> i'm so excited for her. live for "today in the bay's" janelle wang. she's only 15 but polina says she's ready. >> reporter: she's a very confident, young lady, that's for sure. good afternoon. figure skating begins in about two hours from now. polina edmunds has been here in sochi for two weeks now, but she did leave during opening ceremony, went to austria for a bit to get extra skating time on the ice at a training center there. all ladies for team usa are back and ready to compete happening tonight at iceberg skating pal lance 7:00 p.m., two hours from now. her teammates include ashley wagner and gracie gold. polina's the youngest, age 15, sophomore at archbishop plans to skate the same programs she did in u.s. championships in boston last month which land her a silver medal and spot on the team. polina is a virtual unknown

"today in the bay's" christie smith live at sfo. several people were rushed to the hospital. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. they had ambulances waiting on the other side. we did hear from one passenger who said he never experienced anything like it, that it was like a roller coaster, that he was lifted up in his seat, this wasn't like usual turbulence. it went on for two long minutes, probably the scariest two minutes of his life. this is on a cathay pacific flight, and probably equally frightening for the 321 passengers and crew on that flight from sfo to hong kong on right there. it did finally land safely after that severe turbulence over japan. paramedics and ambulance met the plane at the gates. two flight attendants and seven passengers injured, all but one treated and released now. take a look at aftermath from inside of the plane. twitter pictures were sent out, just a mess inside. looked like someone picked up the 747 like a toy and shook it around. one passenger described the scene like this, saying some passengers on th

christie smith live in san jose with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. disturbing accusations against mario enrique who work forward the fire department for years. according to the merck he is facing serious drug and sex charges involving children. he is also accused of selling methamphetamine and sex assault again involving minors. the merc sites the department of justice. they believe the 53-year-old they say was booked after an arrest as you said at the station where he worked. this happened just yesterday. it is believed that he was soliciting business on line. computers were seized from his home and the fire station. his face book page says he has worked for the department since 1994, 53 years old, they say at this point it's unclear the number of victims and the information they say came from a tip but not a tip from a minor. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> a warning has been issued for bart riders after a uc-berkeley student is infected with the measles. the

christie smith is live in san francisco with more on that. >> good morning, peggy. i can tell you the site where the workers are at is busy this morning. details still coming in, but we're hearing that one of them fell from a crane and landed about 15 feet down. it happened where we are on the 500 block of howard at first. what caused the fall was somewhat unclear, but there was reports that he was hit by something. again it's still coming this it. but firefighters are telling us when they got here and this man was here he was alert and conscious. i got off the phone with a spokesperson for the transit center project, and he says what was going on here was the excavation of the project. they're sorry to report it happened but it looked like there was a malfunction of the crane. a heading fall dislodged this morning. but they're saying there is a safety standdown going on which means they will stop all aspects ofwork involving a crane while the investigation goes on and osha is investigating as well. >>> all right, christie smith, thank you. now to the winter olympic

christie smith is live in san francisco with the latest on the investigation. christie. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you. that's right, san francisco police tell us that they are looking at surveillance tape from the many stores up and down market street trying to find the shooter who ran off into the crowd. someone opened fire last night outside of the west field shopping center. this is a really busy corner filled with shoppers and tourists, the victim here stumbled down an escalator there at the powell street b.a.r.t. station entrance after san francisco police say he was shot at least twice. they describe him only as a young man. this is a busy time of day around 7:15 last night, the powell street cable car turn around across the street. witnesses tell us they wondered if there would be more gun fire as chaos erupted. the muni and b.a.r.t. trains bypassed the station and it was shut down for a time. witnesses describe to us those first moments. >> it was just real quick, bang, bang, then everyone kind of scattered, started running like the direction i w

. >> they're talking about kill switches, christie smith. >>> yes, it's a real hassle when your smartone is stolen. and how much information is stolen on there. 50 of course of all robberies in san francisco involve a smart phone. so this bill just introduced about an hour ago would require kill switches on all new smart phones sold in california. it would take effect by january 1st of next year. senator mark leno introduced senate bill 952. he says the issue is that robberies of smart phones and tablets are at an all time high and getting worst every day. it's not just an inconvenience, but people get hurt when the robberies take place. they would have to come preequipped with anti-theft technology. major wireless companies could not sell these type of phones unless they were preenabled. so if it is stolen, it could be rendered use less. >> the potential thieves know that devices are going to be sold with it already installed. there will be a very great deterrent for them to go after your mobile device because chances are it's going to be worth nothing more than a brick. >> the polic

christie smith is live in san jose.ess owners worrying this could hurt their bottom line. >> reporter: that's what they are wondering but really, if this goes through it would put san jose in line with other cities. you take san francisco and oakland you can use a credit card to pay for your parking downtown. and those cities also have apps on your smart phone where you can find open parking spaces and also use it to pay for your parking. and that's what san jose is looking at, what the council is going to talk about today, ready to order smart meters for the downtown area that would bring san jose in line with other big cities cost wise as well. right now it's $1 an hour here in san jose. it has been stuck at that price for about 11 years. you can barely get a candy bar for a dollar now but it would jump from $1 to $2. oakland is at $2 an hour. san francisco can go up to $3.50 an hour for downtown. transportation leaders in san jose say the most convenient spaces in front of businesses shouldn't be the cheapest by far.

christie smith is live there. this is going to help the visually impaired. >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you, scott. it's amazing what a kid can do when they put their mind to it. a 10-year-old boy born blind has been working tirelessly to put braille on store shelves so everyone can shop independently. the whole foods is on board. we're going to get a chance to meet joshua goldenberg here to celebrate this accomplishment. he and his friends from the school for the blind will have a scavenger hunt. joshua was born blind. when he was 6 the kind of reading he was learning didn't apply to picking out things in the store. he and his parents started the joshua foundation to put braille in stores. they talked about doing it one market at a time. >> to him he is no different than anybody else. so why is the world different when it comes to him? that's what he's trying to figure out. that's what we're going to try to change one step at a time. for him, for everybody. >> reporter: his mom says when she heard o

christie smith joins us live at levi stadium, home of super bowl l.morning. >> reporter: good morning. after the game a record number of football fans used the new jersey transit system so. many announcement was made in metlife stadium after the game to go ahead and sit for a while and enjoy what was left of the ambience until some of the congestion died down at the train station for people trying to get home. i wanted to show you pictures, broncos and seahawks fans squeezed into that transit center trying to get home. uncomfortable and angry. these were tweeted out by the associated press and a new york senator. two hours after the game had ended. finally 50 shuttle buses were brought in to get things moving and get people home. the bay area's super bowl host committee is there watching all of this gridlock taking notes on all of this for the 2016 super bowl at levi stadium. the game in santa clara of course but the parties and events going on in san francisco and elsewhere. public transportation, it is a going to be key. super bowl trains will move

reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> thanks, christie. 6:48.certainly watching the forecast as we give you live looks outside across the bay area from sunol, san rafael, san jose. fog would make its way into your commute and that could make your drive into work difficult. >> let's check in with christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you. yeah, we've got fog out there. that's one of the things i want to let you know about. in addition, we've got rain on the way as early as this afternoon. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. as we head throughout the day, we'll climb into the supper 60s in places in the east bay, mostly the tri-valley, hit 62 in oakland today. 59 in san francisco. 61 degrees, cooler north bay with lingering cloud cover for the first part of the day. showers arriving by 4:00. light for today and tomorrow. everybody's looking to get wet as we head into the weekend. seven-day forecast shows you that at the bottom of the screen. this amazing picture coming in from san bruno, why we have flight delay at sfo, a half hour. check

also on the peninsula we have our own christie smith. you're out there with some wet roadways on the peninsula. no one is immune from this. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know, the rain has been falling steadily since we got here before 4:00 this morning. got up at 2:30 and it was raining then. it's not raining as hard now as it was maybe an hour ago but again, it is steady and this is a result around the freeway, the exits here, there's maybe two to three inches at least ankle deep of standing water. what happens is that when the cars take this exit off of highway 92 from the san mateo bridge you can see they are surprised to see all of this standing water and their tires so deep in the water. and of course you were talking about this but it's caused problems throughout on the roadways where it's wet and slick and dangerous. and san francisco overnight at 101 and third, a driver in a convertible porsche 911 lost control, and slammed into a tree. there were minor injuries, the car was totaled, as you know sometimes those can go fo

reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> good for her. hit the books again. >> 5:12. with the federal government wants to do to protect consumers after that data breach at target. >> the first lady takes her let's move initiative to another level. how it could affect local schools. >>> welcome back. the u.s. attorney general pushing congress to take action after a series of data breaches compromised millions of americans' personal information. eric holder wants lawmakers to create a national standard for businesses outlining to them how and when to notify customers whose information may have been compromised much like the laws here in california. target didn't inform people about its data breach until four days later. 70 million people were affected. retailer neiman-marcus waited ten days before notifying customers of a similar breach. both target and neiman-marcus are publicly held companies so sec regulations require them to disclose breaches provided it doesn't interfere with criminal investigation. there are no federal rules for priva

nbc bay area's christie smith live at the berkley fire department headquarters. christie, chief says it's a tough time for all of his crew. >> reporter: good morning to you. the berkley fire department has suffered a huge blow. you can really see it on the firefighters' faces this morning, that they're just struggling to deal with this. it seems everyone knew tony nunez. today would have been his 28th year with the berkley fire department. we're also told that his brothers work for the contra costa fire protection district. the 54-year-old veteran firefighter was killed in an off duty accident sunday. his tractor flipped over and rolled down a hill in his property. firefighters tell us they believe he may have been preparing for the storm coming up or perhaps moving things around for fire season. fellow firefighters stood with their hands over their hearts as a vehicle carrying his body drove by to the coroner's office in martinez. at fire station 7 in the berkley hills where he worked, flags were at half staff this morning. that's where we spoke with the fire chi

reporting live in mill valley, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, christie. the north bay got most of the rain, some of it got to the south bay. this is only the second storm this winter. water experts say it did little to quell drought concerns. there needs to be several big storms to make a marked difference. >> i think it would take a good eight inches of rain basically to start seeing any measurable runoff into our local reservoirs. the water sheds are that dry. >> so here's a good example. lexington reservoir, people walking around in an area that normally would be under water. the reservoir part of the ground water system that collects rainfall that the water district then releases throughout the year. the district has already set a preliminary water use reduction target of 10% and would consider additional recommendations at a meeting later this month. >>> take a look at fulsome lake near sacramento. there's been a dramatic change in the amount of water flowing into the reservoir there. water levels have risen at least eight feet in the last couple of

"today in the bay's" christie smith is live. >> reporter: the people who live in the high-rise woke up and saw flames shooting out of a six-floor unit. there were two people injured in this fire. let's look at some of the video from overnight here on kambon drive. the fire burned in a that one ?[á. before they even arrived here they were getting reports of oxygen tanks exploding in the building. they called in extra units to help here at the park merced and of course there was the immediate concern of the safety of all the residents in such a large building. this is a 12-story building so many people were evacuated or sheltered in place while firefighters focused on the one unit. two people were injured here, at least one of them needed some oxygen. >> it's a high-rise building, requires evacuation, that's one of the big efforts we have to do, evacuate the personnel because of the smoke. precautionary measures we took to evacuate the building. >> reporter: the extent of their injuries is unclear at this point. many of the residents just grabbed what they could on the way out, their clo

christie smith is at that chevron right now. christie, buy me a ticket. >> too late. >> reporter: i did, i tried. but it wasn't me but i tell you, whoever won this, if they are to show up here at the chevron station they would be in for a hero's welcome. there are nine television trucks here, basically every spot taken up by reporters trying to find out who had the incredible fortune to be able to turn a $2 ticket into a $425 million powerball jackpot which is what happened to someone overnight. that ticket was sold at the dixon landing chevron here in milpitas as you said 17, 49, 54, 35, 1, with the powerball 34. we know it was sold here in the past couple days, shoppers of course nervously checking those tickets. >> we did buy tickets. i don't know if he bought it here. we'll see. >> i may be the next millionaire. >> are you suspicious your friend bought the tickets and doesn't need you any more? >> he better not do that. i know where he lives. i'll hunt him down. >> reporter: the owner of this store gets $1 million just for se

christie smith will give us an undate. northbound side is clear but a distraction because of the activity. we're looking to the bay bridge toll plaza. the wet roads and the pud youling. no closures down the on and off ramps. the oakland hills is a concern overnight. we often hear about limbs that have fallen so i'll let you know. so far none reported. >> our coverage of the storm continues of course all morning long. we'll check back in with christina loren in a bit. any time we're not on air you can visit nbcbayarea.com and check out live interactive radar. >> 4:36. fire crews have not figured out what caused a cabin of a plane fill with smoke. >> leave your belongings and get off this aircraft. go. we cannot breathe back here. go. >> that youtube video was taken by a passenger. you could hear a frustrated flight attendant trying to get people off the plane. the plane was flying from l.a. to oakland so it didn't have to detour but oakland firefighters did meet it. everyone made it off the plane okay. >> the san jose firef

christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks, christie. >> let's check in with peggy bunker in the studio with a measle i alert. >> that's right. the the tricky thing with measles it sticks around after the infected person is gone. people might not be aware they have. it is contagious. health officials are alerting bart riders they may have been exposed to measles. the affected student lives in contra costa couldn't and commuted on b.a.r.t. from el cerrito del norte to downtown berkeley. he attended having no idea he had measles. one tfr signs, a rash. >> the key thing about measles is the rash and not always present in some individuals. comes later. it is starts on the face to the head and spreads to the body. >> when you consider that measles is spread through the air when a person coughs or sneezes, the only real protection to be found is the mmr vaccine. the student was not immunized, he was likely exposed during a trip abroad. berkeley has been in touch with about 100 students who were in class with the student. they will be handing out 300 doses on campus. >> an update to breaking n

significant changes to their usual routine in order to prepare for the rainfall which brings in christie smith, live in palo alto. tell me, christie, how are people getting ready? you have a lot of sandbags behind you. expecting quite a bit of rain out there. >> reporter: they are. good morning. it's already windy and cold out here, no rain just yet. you can kind of feel it in the air. when it does rain, yeah, they are ready here in palo alto, stacks and stacks of sandbags ready. this is the story across the south bay. these along the embarcadero road are filled up and ready to go. six sites run by the santa clara valley water district in san jose, palo alto, morgan hill and 17 more sites run by different cities in santa clara county. some sites have the bags full, others you've got to fill on your own. they suggest you bring a shovel. most cars can only handle 20 to 30 bags at a time. east palo alto, the city has been working very hard to repair damage on the creek and improve flood protection along the garden neighborhood. december 2012 storms caused it overflow and three dozen families had

christie smith live in oakland with the reason why skyline high school is closed.ning. >> reporter: good morning to you. normally students might start showing up for class in the next hour or so. today is like a snow day without the snow. the only work that's going to be going on is work to fix a ruptured gas line that was accidentally ruptured here at skyline high school yesterday according to district spokesman troy flint. he says a contractor was repairing a gas line but created a break instead. pg&e came out to shut off the line, then a part was needed and they couldn't get their hands on it over the holiday so. today, 1800 students will not be in class while the repair work is finished. >> it's just a safety precaution. everyone gets a little anxious working with gas lines. i don't believe it was a serious risk but in situations that can happen when gas is involved, it was better to err on the side of caution and not have students and staff there. >> the school's website does explain the closure. he says they contacted students by e-mail and a phone tree as we

christie smith is live in san jose. business owners i would imagine don't like this. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. some business owners downtown are wondering out loud why would you want to pay more to park at a meter here when you could just go somewhere else and park for free. it's true that metered parking would jump from $1 to $2 under this plan. but that would put san jose in line with other cities like oakland which is already $2. san francisco is even more. the plan is to change out about 1200 downtown meters for smart meters that can take credit cards, debit cards, coins and eventually an app that would let you know where parking is available. the cost for this, $1.3 million. that's why the price is going up. san jose has been at about a dollar an hour for 11 years making one of the best deals for downtown parking in the country. that has some faces full all day. the city is making sure that everyone can find a place to park. digging deeper not always popular but some think it's worth it. >> two bucks

christie smith live in milpitas at the store where it was sold. pretty exciting, christie. we're at work today. >> reporter: yeah. i tried hard but i was not the winner. you know t the winner could be any one because this chevron station sits along the 880 corridor. i spoke with the gentleman working, their phone is ringing off the hook. he doesn't know but did confirm that machine you see right there, that's the one where the winning ticket came from. it could be a regular or someone passing through but they had the incredible fortune of turning $2 into $425 million at the chevron food mart near dixon landing road. don't know if it's the only winner because there are 44 lottery jurisdictions. the numbers 17, 49, 54, 35, 1, and the powerball 34. and the retailer gets a million bucks just for selling that ticket. >> mr. sing. it's mr. sing. >> mr. sing now has something to sing about. he's going to get a million dollars. >> reporter: the two other tickets matched five number, and they were sold in el segundo the other in modesto. the closest office to claim the prize to us i

reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. let's turn to the airports, we're getting word of delays of up to four hours, particularly inbound but also outbound at san francisco international airport. flights are delayed because of rain and high wind speeds. this according to flight aware which is the website you're looking at. we were listening to bob's report. he was in the flight path of sjc. >> so the worst of the storm started early this morning, moved through, what are we looking senate. >> we're still getting a couple heavy waves of rainfall through the next couple hours, then things are going to relax and scott's on point. we checked the page before coming on and everything seems to be on time now. we'll keep you updated. let's take to you the radar show. you what is coming our way. you can see that's the next batch of rainfall. that will kind of break apart as it rides over the santa cruz mountains. we're not going to get a lot of that in the south bay. what will happen is we're going to see this string of moisture ext

we're going to check in with christie smith for a look at the new damage.ive look at the bay bridge where all of this rain has revealed new trouble. what was supposed to be waterproof seals on the new eastern span now leaking. we're going to get more details in a live report later this morning. >>> let's take live pictures. this is sochi, russia and the olympic flame burning bright. that's where competition is well under way in a fifth day. >> that's where our own nbc bay area's janelle wang also live at olympic park. team usa had a big night of figure skating. good evening. no, good afternoon to you. good morning for us. >> yes. exactly. you got that right. well last night team usa could not do better than third and had to skate nearly perfectly to secure a bronze medal and did. we'll show you some video of gracie gold skating in the free program. world ice dance champions meryl davis and charlie white. the team event prepared them for the individual events which begin with pairs. >> solid, nationals, being able to do the free skate i feel really good goin

. >> let's check in with christie smith live south of the san mateo bridge. >> reporter: good morning to you. the rain is starting to pick up again, but we've been here since before 4:00 in the morning and it hasn't let up at all. we're starting to see more brake lights out here off of 92 from the san mateo bridge as the commute picks up as well. the brake lights, it's raining and the roads are wet. this is one of the exits, a little used exit but the water is ponding, you're maybe getting three inches angle deep. that water is covering the roadway on the exit. it was causing problems while these wet slick roads overnight one of the worst of them an accident on 101 at third street. a driver in a porsche lost control and slammed the car into a tree. for some reason the top was down when the car hit the tree. it was totaled. also on i-80 at 101, there was standing water blocking number 2 and 3 lanes. because the drains are clogged. there were crews trying to clean it up. again, a lot of water out here and it hasn't stopped and doesn't seem like it will. i wanted to show you on the way o

reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. >> i want towith christina, a look at the storm. better enjoy today. >> yeah, definitely want to. good morning to you, scott, laura, everybody at home. it's a traffic tuesday. mike's going to be up in a moment. 45 degrees to start the day in the south bay at 52 in san francisco, believe this is going to be the last day of the 70s. we're going to fall to the low 60s tomorrow. enjoy it while it lasts. 62 in san francisco, rain showers at this time tomorrow when we meet back here we'll be tracking that storm system. but you get one more dry day. let's check on the drive. here is mike inouye. >> we'll take that dry day. a build at the bay bridge toll plaza. not so bad. backed up off the berkeley curve, back to the maps t south bay, northbound routes continue this build here, 87 and 101 that show the latest build. we're following the two fires, the deadly fire bobbed talked about an issue for willard, 24th and san antonio. the second fire we're tracking. back to you. >> mike, thank you. in fact we're g

other social sites to vent about the cramped crowded conditions on platforms and train cars. >> christie smithtadium which of course has the super bowl in 2016. christie, the super bowl committee here trying not to repeat the same issues we saw in new jersey. >> reporter: yes. good morning to you. they certainly got an eyeful. all along football fans were urged to take mass transit to the super bowl as a way to avoid congestion and they did. but they showed up in record numbers. at one point there was actually an announcement after the game for fans to go ahead and linger at metlife stadium, because there were so many people packing the train stations. not just the trains but the new jersey transit stations all together full. the ap tweeted out a photo and showed it. fans no longer talking about the game but yelling that they wanted to go home. two hours after the game ended, 50 buses were brought in. that got people moving. the bay area super bowl host committee is there watching, taking notes that could help here in the 2016 super bowl in santa clara. both really offering a regional approach

reporting live in milpitas, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> all right. thanks so much, christie. >> time 6:09. still ahead "today in the bay," a collapse at a church has kids inside. new details how the second floor gave way ending dozens of people down a 12-foot drop. >> janelle wang live in sochi with the skater's family. >> you are going to want to stick around for this. this is polina's family in russia. we'll talk to them. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> here is a look at today's top stories. at least 28 people confirmed dead, 300 hurt as violent crashes in ukraine rage on. despite a brief truce. the unrest started months ago after the government took a bailout from russia instead of dealing with the european union. >> nbc has learned that the two men charged with beating giants fan bryan stow outside dodger stadium may announce a plea deal in court this morning. as part of it louie sanchez will get 8 years and marvin norwood four years. >> authorities trying to figure out why the second floor of a mississippi church collapsed. sending dozens of children plunging 12 feet t

christie smith is there with more on the eradication program. >> i have to tell you it's awfully easy to find swiquirrel around here. according to the city spokesman, that's part of the problem. people love to come here and feed them. and it's not just the squirrels, but also gophers, and they have left holes all over the park. flow is plans to trap and terminate them. officials say the numbers are in the hundreds. this used to be a landfill until 1991 and then it became a park. but an inspection showed that there was serious erosion go on here because of all of the puddles and wholes. the landfill has clay on top, and if it is penetrated toxins could be released into the bay. so they're talking about trapping, removing, killing, or abating them. >> are they a menace? >> they are in one way, because they create areas where people can have an accident, you know, you got rain coming into the area. maybe some of it is drifting out into the bay. >> it is a check and balance system kind of thing. it depends on what the damage is, and if it's true damage and true problems something has to b

that's where we find christie smith. >> reporter: we, officials have been out here all morning because of some of the gasoline spilled. we finally have two of the three lanes open. what they're delling us is the third lane will stay closed for quite some time because they're dealing with all of that gas that leaked out. you can still smell it out here this morning. they have to do remediation and remove it after a tanger carrying 8500 gallons of gasoline turned over. for a time it shut down all southbound lane. first we heard that 4000 galloned filled and now we're hearing it's closer to 1700. a 23-year-old man was traveling too fast and lost control. it ran into a gas tanker that lost control and rolled off of the shoulder. 1700 galloned spilled. some of it went into the dirt and some went to the a storm drain. >> we're looking for sheen, impacts to wildlife. if there is any endangers wildli -- endangered wi endangered wildlife we want to take care of it. >> have you seen any? >> no. >> we're going to scoop up the dirt. anything con tam named we will take out of there and deal with th

christie smith is live in menlo park.get junk mail but this one had a surprising tone about it. >> reporter: yes. good morning to you. happy friday. this one is kind of a head scratcher. we get that junk mail we look at and toss away. then there is another kind that a woman from san francisco got that made her wonder what in the world did he she do. this is a credit card offer envelope she says the bank of america sent her. it says lisa is, then an offensive middle name, mcintire. she tells the times that her mom saw it first, it was sent to her mom's home and then there was a text from her mom. it went like this. interesting piece of junk mail addressed to you, lisa, she responds what, no kidding. that's how it's addressed. the offer was tied to her membership in the golden key honor society. they did apologize and they are looking into it. they tweeted back at her too saying we're incredibly sorry this happened and are researching so we can take the appropriate action. later the name was inserted sometime it appears bet