cinthia pimentel joins us with a quick look at your forecast. we are under a microclimate weather alert. it was pouring on my drive, and i already saw ponding water on the free waist. >> all of those effects have pushed on through. good morning, everyone that's why i decided to call the microclimate weather alert. some spots have seen half an inch of rain in the north bay and in the santa cruz mountains. san mateo bridge, a very fasty commute if you are planning to head that way during the next couple of minutes to an hour. we're seeing that widespread rain, pushing on through at this current time over the east bay. we'll give you a closer look neighborhood by neighborhood. antioch from clayton into brentwood this hour, as well as the peninsula down into palo alto, as well. here is the santa cruz mountains extending into gilroy and parts of the 5. coming up in my full forecast, we'll talk about the next atmospheric river on the way. >> cinthia, thanks. >>> happening now, san francisco police are searching for this missing toddler. the 1-year-old

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i know you'll keep us posted, cinthia.all of that. >>> we're going to turn now to the woman who has been dubbed the party mom for allegedly hosting alcohol-fueled parties for underage teens at her los gatos team. our investigative unit learned shannon oo'connor, who is awaiting trial, was attacked in jail by other inmates. candace has been digging through court records and joins us now with what she's learned. >> reporter: here are the court documents we obtained today, showing shannon o'connor was attacked in her dorm room in october. her alleged attackers were arraigned in court this week. there is a statement of facts of what deputies say happened to o'connor. she was treated at the hospital and released back to elm wood. five female inmates used their hands and feet in assaulting o'connor, lasting 16 seconds until deputies entered the dorm room. the statement of facts say o'connor did not fight back. there's no motive for the attack. we reached out to the accused attackers' attorney but have not heard back. you may rec

let's bring cinthia back in. this wasn't just one tornado. it was several that touched down, wasn't it? >> exactly. most of them happened in the evening/night hours, so it catches a lot of people off guard. another thing about places like mississippi, there are several mobile homes so the impacts from all of these storms, very tragic. i have satellite and radar on a loop right now, and you can just see all that green and yellow, that severe line of storms just pushing on through the east, dropping golf-ball sized hail in the overnight hours. and those very gusty winds. i was looking at the data from all of this. so far, it stretched about 80 to 100 miles. the severe threat continues today. definitely something that we'll keep an eye on, chris. >> cinthia, thank you very much. >>> family members are grieving this morning, and the community is asking for answers after a high-speed police chase ended with a deadly car crash. a 31-year-old mother died. her twin 6-year-old boys are still in the hospital. one of them is in critical condition. "toda

cinthia pimentel joins us this morning with a look at your microclimate forecast. not only is it dark, but some parts are rainy. >> it's been rough on all fronts, hearing the rain once again, losing an hour of sleep, and we have a slick commute over the golden gate bridge right now, and some scary clouds up there over the bridge. i did want to take you to storm ranger and show you where the rain is. widespread south of the golden gate bridge and east. so let's go to the east bay. parts of hayward, union city, extending into pleasanton and your tri valley. heavy downpours over the coastline and stretching inward closer to redwood city and san mateo. a few sprinkles in the south bay. berkeley and richmond, any plans to drive over the bridge, do be careful with that. right here we are awaiting the rain in our studios. lots to talk about through my full forecast. i'll walk you through the showers today. a lot of activity going on monday night as we await the next atmospheric river. >>> we begin with a follow up to a story we brought you yesterday morning. in just 24 ho

we will check in with mike in just a moment, but, look, cinthia is in for kari. >> we are trying to follow the drought closely after the wild winter season. we are looking at changes mostly through the central coast down into l.a. i think they are out of the drought at this moment. we are doing very well, though. remember, we started the season with a lot of dark reds on the map. now we are staying clear here in the bay area as well. i didn't notice a change for today's update, so we are staying abnormally dry in the three following counties, sonoma, solano and over in napa county. we are going to get the break from the rain. san francisco right now 51 degrees with cloudy skies. we will go out to the mid-50s this afternoon. it will be a little breezy so make sure you bring your windbreaker. >>> mike, how is it looking in traffic? >> like a breeze in many spots. we do have an alert. i know we are talking about puppy day later on, and there was a dog in the carrier, and i think the dog was injured. no major injuries to humans in the area, and traffic is improving through the area, and now ba

cinthia pimentel joins us with a quick look at our microclimate forecast. it was raining, windy, like around the 1:00 a.m. hour. the wind really picked up. >> no kidding. we've had a very active night around the bay area, so if you're up early this morning, your alarm clock was the weather. it's still a slippery commute if you are headed over the san mateo bridge, and there are rough waters as we see the back end of the storm system bring along all of these issues for us. we're picking up some ground-to-cloud lightning strikes. let's see where the rain is. i've been see thing line of showers just linger around the south bay and into the peninsula. so let's take it a little closer and see where that rain is, just moving in over here into sunnyvale and down into gilroy, morgan hill, seeing some of that rain and the snow on top of mt. hamilton. let's not forget what's going on in the north bay with that winter storm warning. we'll be covering it all this morning. but for now, back to you, kira. >> thank you. we begin with storm-related power outages taking the

>> cinthia, thanks.les after the recent storm, leaving a gaping hole in the roof. we'll tell you what it could take to save this historic building. that, plus all your other top stories and cinthia's full forecast at 7:00. hope you'll join us. hope you'll join us. right now back to people today... they could spend half their lives over 50. but it's gonna to take some planning. what can you do for me? make sure your money lives as long as you do. the younger you are, the more you need aarp. join today. >>> and are there any new security measures in place? >> oh, thank you for that question, mario luigi. yes, this year all the nominees have been given tasers. all the seat fillers have been given guns. and jimmy kimmel has been given a flamethrower. >> that is keenan thompson on last night's new episode of "saturday night live" playing mike tyson as a security guard for tonight's oscars. jenna ortega, who plays wednesday adams on "wednesday" hosted with musical guest the 1975. >>> lately when you hear the n

i'm cinthia pimentel. we are waiting on the rain to get to the bay area.i take it on a little closer with satellite and radar, we are seeing some of the instability already off the coast with some lightning strikes. winds are going to start to pick up. if the rain isn't here yet, you might be woken up by the winds, 20 to 30 miles per hour. winds or more as we go through the middle of the morning. we have a lot to talk about. >> and that is your local forecast. guys, back over to you. >> angie, thank you very much. >>> still ahead, one man's incredible journey as he learns how to read in front of hundreds of thousands of followers. >> hisemarkable story is r r >>> we're back on a saturday morning. your kids like mine may have told you that this week was read across america day, a time to recognize the value of literacy. >> yeah, it's a topic that is especially important to 34-year-old oliver james, a personal trainer who's going viral on tiktok. >> his social media followers are not looking for exercise tips, they are watching oliver's inspiring journey as

hey, cinthia. >> hey kira. good morning everyone.2 for you over in scotts valley. this is all because high pressure is dominating over the bay area right now, blocking any systems coming our way. now we're going to go out to dublin in the east bay. going to warm up very nicely into the 60s this afternoon by around lunchtime. and everywhere else around the bay area, very mild day. even some 70s on the board. 71 for you in dublin as your daytime high, 73 down here in mountainview. now we're going to talk about some changes coming up ahead. we have more rain coming in tonight on into next week all coming up in my full forecast. kira? >> oh, but i'm so enjoying this break. cinthia, thanks. >>> also coming up at 7:00 today, a stunning statement by former president donald trump early this morning on his true social website claiming illegal leaks indicated he'll be arrested and soon. what he's calling his supporters to do. wel have that'l >>> prosecutors charge russian president vladimir putin with war crimes for deporting hundreds of ukrai

today in the bay's cinthia is here with more. a lot of the communities are taking action because they saw what happened with the last storms. >> good morning. they are preparing as best they can while recovering from the last series of storms. i want to introduce you to one family in felton in santa cruz county. they are cleaning up debris from the home they lost. the neighborhood was transformed by the january storms and amber and her family had to be rescued by canoe. they are living in rvs. they are getting out before the storms. they are hauling the trailers to higher ground this morning. >> anywhere there is a slight crack, water starts pouring in. >> powerful. the family lives between the creek and river and the san lorenzo river is forecast to go over flood stage and moderate to major flood stage. as the national weather service tells us, this is not the only threat we are dealing with tonight. >> every place has an opportunity to flood. we are also expecting quite a bit of wind. trees will come down. >> county leaders are

. >> thank you, cinthia. >>> ahead on "today in the bay," a new contest that may have you brushing upon your finish. >> okay. >>> plus, we will continue our coverage on tiktok, the latates from wawashington on ththe poss ban. plus -- >>>> you know,, let's sit down watatch tv. afteter the brbreak, we h have prpreview of tonigight's n new e ofof "lalaw & orderer." don't w want to miss that comin up. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. it's 5:15 on this thursday. let's go to the north bay. novato, currently at 48 degrees just seeing clouds passing through right now. we will go into the mid-50s by this afternoon with a slight chance of spotty showers as we move through the day. i will track that for you coming up in the full forecast. >>> and then the cones from the golden gate bridge, and the north side should have full access, and coming towards us the headlights, light traffic. we're still watching the east bay and that crash. we will talk about what is going on on 580 in oakland, coming up. >>> a big tiktok hearing coming up, but let's talk with the fed and banking. stocks took a b

we'll tell you about it ahead at 6:45. >> right now we want to go to cinthia.an tell from the way they were sleeping, it's cold out there. >> we're going to get ready for what's going on in santa rosa. morgan hill, one of our colder spots. if you're heading to work, make sure you crank up the heater. this morning, 7:00, 8:00, still in the upper 30s, low 40s, then we'll climb up nicely into the mid-50s this afternoon. also getting you ready for school in livermore, a very chilly start, another place that you want to make sure you're warm. might keep on the jacket even if the mid-50s are too cold for you under the sunny skies. what can we expect as we go into the weekend? coming up in my full forecast, we'll talk about this weekend, the dry conditions. we'll walk you through the low 30s expected and the storm already on its way for next week, bringing rain, gusty winds. what are we checking on in san jose right now, mike? >>> 280 coming toward us, the criss-cross. a smooth drive here, but toward us the volume builds. i'm circling on the map so you know where the

. >>> cinthia pimentel joins us with a look at your forecast. spring is only two days away.elcome the new season. >> we are going to go into spring but we are still going to get some rain. you know what they say, april showers bring may flowers. we will take it. i will show you another picture of san francisco. it just a beautiful morning. i feel like we have been in this pattern, before, a beautiful day once again. right now, 49 degrees. we will climb into the 60s, mid- to-upper 60s by around 2:00 or 3:00. that is because we have high pressure over the state. we are in from a calm pattern at least for today. here are your headline for what we can expect and we are going to see that beautiful weather today increasing that cloud cover and rain chances tonight on into sunday and next weekend. speaking of those spring showers, we are going to transition here into el nino pattern. we are going to see some more rain showers. weekend after weekend. >> we always love the weekend forecast. it means we are off work, most of us at least. wait, you mentioned el nino. many of us born in

cinthia, near record snowfalls this season. still not over yet. >> absolutely right. had a feeling that they would extend the ski season. they're telling us about the conditions, giving us a chance to get up there. let's take a look at the weekend weather and start with the snowpack, a very big focus this winter. everywhere you look, northern, central and the southern sierra running well above average. and we are trending right behind the '82-'83 season. a little bit of a climate change bit for you here. only in the two years out of the past 11 have we finished above 100%. so this season looking great, and i'm excited that it's going to continue on into the fourth of july. as far as getting to tahoe, i think today and tomorrow look good. coming back on sunday might be a little tricky. so even though the weather looks great, just make sure you keep an eye on the road conditions for any chain controls and any kind of situations going on. if you want to keep it local here, going to napa, maybe with the girls, a fun day trip, you're going to be all right. temperatures wil

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. >>> perfect time now to check in with cinthia pimentel as we are under a microclimate weather alertrouble. this is a live look over the san mateo bridge. it's been a slippery commute, so if you're going over that bridge in the next couple of minutes to an hour, we have some rain out there, so please be careful of that and give yourself enough space. storm ranger picking up on a lot of moisture and snow around the bay area. you can see parts of the north bay, the santa cruz mountains, as well as over on mt. hamilton. let's give you a little closer hook to where the heavier pockets of rain are right now. that cell that just moved over to san mateo bridge, now moving in, picking up speed, and here we have a wintry mix on the coastal mountain ranges. i'm going to zoom it through to the south bay. down 101 or morgan hill, gilroy, you're seeing the rain and snow piling up over mt. hamilton, stretching into the east bay, as far north as discovery bay and stockton. and in the north bay, we have the winter storm warning and that winter weather advisory for the north bay hills. you can see th