san mateo bridge taking the fallout from the dunbarton and the dunbarton is remaining about 35 minutesrom east to west. >>> sue, thank you. here's something you don't see every day. a gray whale playing with a group of dolphins. this video taken a week ago off the coast of oceanside in southern california. you can see them splashing about. >> that is really cool. >> yeah >>> the eagles not the only winners at the super bowl. 13-year-old ryan mckenna comes out on top, at least on social media. he was recording it on his phone when timberlake walked past him. he seized the moment and snapped a selfie with the singer,er who obliged. mckenna is known as the selfie kid. this morning, he explained how this halftime encounter upped his social media game. >> like right after, immediately right after, my phone just exploded. and then last night, i got 8,000 followers. >> 8,000 more followers? >> exploding. >> ryan, did you even go to sleep last night? >> no. i went to sleep at like 2:00 and then i had to get up at like 5:00. >> look at his eyes. he's falling asleep while he's doing the intervie

back to the dunbarton bridge.his is a couple of lanes blocked with an accident involving two or three vehicles. now we're seeing the better part of the span slow and go as you make your way from the east bay to east palo alto. looks like once you get past the scene of that accident, things are looking et pretty good. to the santa cruz mountains, a stalled big rig blocking the right lane. this is south 17. the reverse commute. but still very slow your way from los gatos to the summit. the big rig is blocking the right lane affecting your drive southbound towards the coast. >>> thank you, sue. neighbors on alert in palo alto fouling two mountain lion sightings. the first after 10:00 p.m. saturday night and the second on sutter avenue an hour and a half later. it's not clear if this was the same animal or two different mountain lions. the locations are about a mile and a half apart. one witness walked us through exactly how she reacted. >> we were shocked initially. we thought, wow, look at that. i started to honk re

check down the dunbarton bridge. it's increasing drive times but better.aking of better, 80 westbound at pinole valley road. a sigalert with the motorcycle down. that's been cleared out of lanes. you should start seeing improvement. let's zoom in with the 3d look. you can see the graphic that mimics the exact volume on the freeway. it is bumper to bumper all along from probably crockett down to the scene of the accident at pinole valley road. another problem spot on the peninsula, looks like it's a lot of sky there. north 101 near the whipple off ramp. that is still closed. the whipple off ramp i should say. due to a sigalert and accident blocking the ramp. take 84 to get around this detour. >>> thank you, sue. giants a hospital after he hit his head. the story did not say if the fall was caused by another medical issue. a statue of him stands outside of at&t park and inside his retired number 30 hangs from the stands. hi last public appearance was in january at at&t park when he helped celebrate willie mckofi's 88th birthday. >>> there are new accusations

it's running perpendicular to the east/west bridges, san mateo bridge, bay bridge, dunbarton, all tricky to navigate during the evening commute. now, the storm track moves away for a couple of days and we warm into the 60s. another storm comes straight from the arctic and chance of rain and snow for monday and wednesday. looks like i was looking way ahead. march 1st, 2nd and 3rd, might get a significant storm. >> fingers crossed. as you said, we're starting the drought season. we're already behind. >> way behind. we won't catch up, but if we can get something to hold the drought off for a couple more weeks, that would be great. >> we'll take it. thank you. >>> oprah winfrey responding this midday after president trump called her very insecure. the president made the comment after watching a "60 minute" segment where winfrey had a conversation with michigan voters split in support of him. winfrey told ellen she doesn't like, quote, giving negativity power. she says she worked very hard of trying to do the opposite of what she was, quote, hate-tweeted about. >>> new this morning, apple is

dunbarton bridge is problematic. a few earlier crashes there. if you look at the south bay commute, the traffic is getting busy on all the approaches to the west valley.>> rose, i go to. someone told me concorde had a blackout during 10 minutes during the super bowl. that could be an attorney. -- and eternity. >> outside the doors this morning the sun is up and you don't need the lights any longer . we are looking at a beautiful start to the day. have you noticed the sun setting a little later these days. at about 5:40 pm in the afternoon and we will have sunshine and unseasonably warm weather once again. another view over the skyline of oakland. 54 san francisco. 44 santa rosa. inland communities a chilly start. san jose 51. as we get into the days ahead we will remain with high- pressure and control of weather. we have a system sliding through the pacific northwest bring cloud cover and rain to northern california. doesn't look like much. it is weakening the high- pressure just a little bit so the afternoon highs will be coming down today. but

. >>> take a look at live doppler 7 south of the dunbarton bridge. we've got sprinkles and a shower. this is just the first round of more scattered showers to come. >>> mike, thank you. this morning, dozens of people are recovering after a ferry explosion in mexico. the local civil defense director says two americans are among the 25 people hurt. all are expected to be okay. the passengers were getting off the ferry docked in play i can't dell carmen when a blast ripped through the vessel. investigators are looking into what went wrong. >>> spacex is trying to launch the falcon rocket after strong winds forced the delay. they plan to launch a pair of prototype satellites to form the basis for star link. a constellation of 11,000 satellites that would beam broadband internet back down to earth. it's scheduled for 6:17 a.m. from the vandenberg air force base in santa barbara county. >>> the robot dog -- this doesn't tell the whole story. there's new video showing how determined, oh, my good necessa necessary, where this -- gets it off -- he uses a harn

tracking light showers this morning across the dunbarton bridge.possibility of snow as you head up into the santa cruz mountains and into the range around mt. hamilton. there could be slick spots out there. that's the big story for the morning hours. let me show you this. the last time we had a storm impact scale. we've got scattered showers that are going to develop this afternoon with gusty winds and the snow level lower than this morning. down to 2,000 feet. we'll take a look at your accuweather 12-hour planner coming up next. here's suement. >> we'll be monitoring chain controls in the sierra. so far, nothing happening there yet. we'll keep our eye on it. the san mateo bridge, there is a sheet on the road. we did get weather and rain. slick roads past the scene along the span there as well. we'll come back and take a look at your east bay and east shore commute in a minute. >> sue, thank you. >>> we are tracking a deadly crash involving a truck and camaro with paper plates. amy hollyfield live in bay point this morning. >> reporter: hi, reggie.

we have had some slow traffic on the dunbarton bridge because of earlier issues.e is another new accident. i would just avoid that and used to hundred 37 instead or other bridges. other commutes are getting underway. they are normal. some slow traffic on the capital expressway. it is 6:50. let's go to weather. >>> another beautiful day. a little bit of fog out there over the northbay. that is about it. temperatures are mild for this time of year. it is february. santa rosa could be 34 instead of 44. san francisco is checking in at 44 and san jose, 50 degrees. we will continuing this pattern of high pressure over the west. it will continue to be cold and low over areas of the east. in minneapolis the afternoon high was seven degrees. we will continue with dry weather and mild weather all the way through the work week and into the weekend. i want to show you something here. you can see from the color coding how it follows the cold air. it goes down into areas like little rock. that over to the west, we are enjoying orange and yellow. the warm spot this morning is mi

dunbarton bridges dealing with delayed's -- delays heading west toward 101 and san mateo. 32 minutes 2101. and uptown 242 at clayton road, two lanes are blocked for drivers trying to get through concord.>>> it is beautiful as far as weather is concerned. we're looking at ocean beach and it is nice and clear. san francisco, 56. santa fe 51. -- san jose 51. your high temperatures are above average, mostly in the 70s. cooler along the coast, 65 degrees in pacifica and 66 and half moon bay. the east bay is warmer, 73 in brentwood. around the bay we will be mostly in the 60s and 70s. 68 in south toledo as well as berkeley and san francisco, 75 in santa rosa. it is a beautiful clear sky for the rest of the week. it will be rinse and repeat, pretty much going into the weekend.>> so everyone watch the super bowl, favorite commercials? >> i would say the peter dinklage one. >> that was my favorite too. >> i need to go back and watch it, i missed that commercial. >> there were a lot of good one -- once. >> the eli manning, -- that was another good one. the dirty dancing scene. and his receiver

at warren another crash, that's a slow corridor, dunbarton bridge to west 37.maybe a little better getting to palo alto and the rest of the peninsula. a slower drive for oakland, continuing for 580 and 880, you know that. back to you. >>> i'll have another local news update in half an hour. ♪ how beautiful, ♪ when seeds we sow ♪ give free their fruit ♪ to hands below ♪ as thank you for ♪ the chance to grow pick your free yogurt at chobani.com ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> how awesome is that? how awesome is that? that's the university of illinois band playing for us at 8:30. we have a bunch of mascots here, too. they're in town for the big ten men's tournament under way at madison square garden later today. we're in the middle of a week of some big, big giveaways. you know what you're going to bin today? can we have a drumroll, please? [ drumroll ] everybody here is getting an assortment of self-care products from bath and body works. congratulations to everybody. but wait,here is cindy from illinois and shelly from arkansas? shelly? >> oh, my god. >> hi, sweetie. were you first i

. >>> it is nice and quiet across the bridge but we are tracking some hotspots including one on dunbartonke a closer look at travel time's coming up. >>> good morning is monday, february 5. i michelle griego. >> good morning i am kenny choi. let's get a check at the weather and traffic. what a weekend. >>> this does not feel like february, does it. and it will continue going into the rest of the week. for the rest of february or at least the rest of the week will be sunny and absolutely beautiful. we're taking a look at high temperatures right now, in the 40s for northbay. 41 is the coolest we are seeing right now. 50 degrees in san jose, 59 in pacifica. and 56 in san francisco. currently the headlines for the day are mostly clear. little bit of patchy fog for the northbay valley and it will clear up for a sunny, beautiful day. mild to warm temperatures and dry weather for the rest of the week. this will continue all the way to the weekend. high temperatures above average and here's where we normally are. tempted cisco, 59 and concord 58. it would be winter. however, today look at the tem

you can see just passing over the dunbarton bridge and out of the sunol grade, that's the leading edge of the wet weather. it's getting down to the bay by 7:00 easily. some of the heavier rain in san mateo. he broaden the picture, you can see the dividing lane of the steady rain and the colder, breezy, blustery air that will bring us a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. so from 7:00 on through 9:00, from san francisco southward and oakland southward, that's where the best chance of rain is going to be. it turns over to scattered showers by 9:00. still over the peninsula in the east bay. but by noon, the clouds open up. the gray you see there, that means grab the sunglasses. for the lunch-hour, be ready. see the green develop rapidly through 4:00 at least. all the way up until 7:00. that's when the snow level drops down also to 2500 feet. we could get a gudusting on the higher elevations the. overnight, it will become breezy. rainfall totaltotals, as you ca, once they pop up, come on, up to a third of an inch of rain. down to about a tenth of an inch of rain. 7-day fore

as you broaden out the picture, you can see over the last few hours from about the dunbarton bridge southwarday find a few slick spots and even snow up in the sierra. this is prompting this and what's going to happen later -- gusty winds, hail possible. the snow level down to 2,000 feet. railroads in the 30s. in the low 50s by noon and low to mid-50s by 4:00. that's the chance. >> none of the major highways are requiring chains at all. better news for sun vail. near the lawrence expressway, had an earlier accident still partially blocking but traffic is dissipating nicely. debris in lanes and chp is saying it will diminish with time. as cars are driving over t they've closed down the oregon expressway off ramp from northbound 101 due to an accident on city streets. you want to use embarcadero road instead. >> sue, thank you. >>> we're tracking developing news. a deadly crash in the east bay involving a truck and akah marrow with paper plates. >> amy hollyfield live in bay point this morning. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. the car and the pickup truck ended up in this yard in the corner lot. no

may want to avoid it at this hour and take the dunbarton bridge until they can get that motorcycle uput. apparently the motorcycle is laying on its side. the rider, though is okay fortunate fortunately. we'll have to get emergency crews through that. we'll be following this next little while. yep. >> thank you, sue. ac 7 news learned new details about the united airlines flight from sfo to honolulu where parts of the engine broke off. who could forget this image. it suffered an engine surge and compression stall. it resulted in outer panels of the engine shearing off and falling into the pacific. investigators spent yesterday at the honolulu airport looking at the engine and the plane. the flight data recorders have been sent to washington, d.c. for review. the united flight landed safely with no injuries. >>> the oakland dmv office will remain closed for two more weeks due to flooding. water and ceiling tires poured down after someone stole copper piping from the roof. it was only worth about 50 bucks. but the damage from the flooding is in the tens of thousands. crews are busy repla

that's blocking the left lane and approaching the dunbarton bridge toll plaza, second lane from the leftcars got into it. now you're slowed from 880 all the way to the tolls. once you're on the span, you're looking good. >> sue, thank you. >>> developing news, we're tracking a deadly crash involving a truck and a camaro with paper plates. amy hollyfield live in bay point for us. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. i just spoke with the man who lives in this home and the crash landed in his front yard. he was not able to go back to sleep. he's very shaken up. he pointed out there was a tree here. it is completely gone because of the crash. it knocked part of the tree on to the roof of his home. part of it all the way into the backyard. that gives you an idea of the impact of this crash. wait until you see what was left of the cars. there were two vehicles involved. two people were killed. according to mark martin who lives here, the passengers in each car were killed. a woman in the pickup truck and a man in the camaro. the truck was turning on to port chicago from wharf drive in bay point when

across the dunbarton bridge. it's the white that shows up. 35 -- 84 come together and keep heading south. you keep running into snow showers. there's a possibility of 2 to 4 inches up until 10:00 in the santa cruz mountains. for the rest of us, partly cloudy this morning. look at those temperatures. 32 to 36 degrees. noon will be barely 50. with the north winds gusting up to 20, 25 miles per hour. windchills in the 40s. same thing at 4:00 when another chance of showers develops. by 7:00 it's over. we look forward to freezing cold temperatures. getting snow in the sierra as well. chain requirements on all major sierra freeways. walnut creek looking good. holiday light for most of our freeways this morning. the taillights are headed southbound just past north main on 680 towards highway 24. an easy drive through the caldecott tunnel. green is great out of the central valley. we're not seeing any slowing. here's a look at quick drive times on 80 to the maze. there's the bay bridge. no metering lights and your ride f

dunbarton bridge time less than ten minutes as well. all looking good at 5:20 on your wednesday. >>> sue, thank you. thousands of people who fell for a debt relief scheme are getting some money back. they're mailing out 5700 checks with 84 bucks. it's part of a settlement. the company exaggerated how much money people could save and charged illegal up front fees. they're now banned from making misrepresentations about debt relief and financial products and for making unsubstantiated claims about a product. >> it's not often you see a bear hug. you're in luck today. you're going to watch a caretaker giving jimbo the bear a hug in new york. a vet was called in to examine the 10-foot tall, 1400-pound kodiak bear. after seeing the vet, i guess jimbo was a little uncomfortable and agitated. so the caretaker who unbelievably has the name of jim gave the 24-year-old kodiak extra love. the animal has been at the center since he was a cub due to injuries that left him unable to be returned to the wild. >> that is something to see him put his han

if you go east of the east bay, across the bay bridge or dunbarton bridge, you're in this basically failing state that in the next recession will probably go broke. >> those remarks were at stanford's hoover institute speaker series on wednesday night. he also criticized silicon valley for being a "one party state. the co-founder was the only figure to back president trump. >>> san francisco's budding marijuana industry has a tour for out of state tourists who want to sample what the city has to offer. >> they're getting ready to roll out a cannabis inspired excursions in san francisco and the east bay. the 4 1/2 tour cost $295. it takes customers to places many can only imagine. >> we have to inform. but we also have to come down to the consumer's level and kind of walk them through the process of understanding things, holing their hand. >> so much fun. you know, at first it was a little weird because i'm not used to being able to be open about it. >> visitors will stop at multiple dispensaries in other areas of cultural significance, including hippy hill and golden gate park and grateful

commute. 880 northbound driving into oracle is a little bit slow but the other bridge san mateo and dunbartony good and the south bay commute, an unofficial day off for a lot of people as we have slow traffic on 85 and sunnyvale. let's go back to the desk.>>> back to maryland where president trump is speaking at the cpac. let's listen in. >> one of the big measures we will take and everybody in this room agrees, there is nobody that loves the second amendment more than i do and there is nobody that respects the nra more. they are great people, they are patriots, but they are great people. we really do have to strengthen up the background checks. we have to do that. and we have to do, for the mentally ill we have to do thorough checks. we don't want people that are mentally ill to have any form of weaponry. we have to be very strong on that. >> [ applause ] >> so we will do that and i believe congress will get it through. they have somebody who wants to get it through now, not somebody who is all talk and no action. this is somebody who wants to get it through but i also want to protect. we ne

driving on 880 and 92 is pretty slow and likewise for the dunbarton bridge although things are improvingula traffic is slow on the 101 but 280 is getting backed up out of daly city into crystal springs road. i think people have heard about san mateo and they are avoiding this but now more people are on the freeway in this area. let's bring in rosemary orozco. >>> another cool day in store feeling like february today and this week compared to last week. this is a look at the bay where it is gorgeous to start but you might need a thicker jacket with 30s and 40s and into the afternoon we will barely reach the 60s. we have cool conditions in store , yesterday we had the wind and the pattern continues into the coming days providing the opportunity for the sierra to pick up a little bit of snow. snow levels are dropping this morning and even though there is not a lot, there is enough to slick up the roadways. so be prepared for a little bit of winter travel over the sierra. at home we have partly cloudy skies into the afternoon and the wind won't be as strong. it is a little breezy along the c

dunbarton bridge the better route if you can choose, and if you're watching me now you can.. meanwhile, the 101 is very slow in towards sunnyvale and mountain view. typical there. back to you. >>> we'll have another local news update in half an hour. ♪ >>> hey, everybody. welcome in. it is 8:30 on a wednesday morning. february 7th, 2018. we're so excited. it is now snowing in new york city. sheinelle jones, get under. >> yes. >> sheinelle and i have weather-sensitive hair. so we have a great crowd moment. it involves everybody on the plaza. all right. have you finished shopping for valentine's day? that's a no. good. every single person on the plaza is going to go away with $100 worth of gift cards. $50 of treats and $50 from heyneedle.com. and kevin has got them. he's handing them out. thank you guys for coming. we're happy you're here. >> carson loves gold belly. >> sorry. >> everybody at home don't you worry. we have you covered, as well. we have creative ideas for the special somebody of your life. >> what's going on there? >> that's like a pillow with a hand. who doesn'

if we push in it is slow from 238 all the way into southern fremont, the dunbarton bridge is also slowouth bay commute is starting to fill in. all of the commutes are slow over the wet weather so please give yourself extra time. let's bring in steve paulson.>> we have some rain totals but it looks like a much bigger system is coming thursday and friday. montero with good rain. san helena very good, el cerrito .24. sometimes i don't have all the time to update these. walnut creek .19, oakland airport .13, most of the rain was in mendocino county. upper lake and lake county once lashley, cloverdale almost there, occidental .25, san francisco and cal at .13. cordelia has .16, two inches of no -- new snow at gold run. there is a winter weather advisory continuing into the mountains going until 10:00 tonight. again this is another system where they have a lot of precipitation as opposed to the snow. we have poultry amounts of rain until now but that 2 to 4 inches could be even more around lake level. 8 to 18 inches at the passes in the mountains. when we are winding down with the rain they

dunbarton bridge slower than i would probably like. oakland, 880 and 580, a slow drive there.ound 101. >> thanks, mike. >>> we'll have another local news update for you in half an hour. you can always go to nbcbayarea.com for your news and weather. the advice you )ll need booking your next (flight. plus: san jose )s vincent zhou s america )s youngest olympian. or garvin thomas is alongside him as he makes his olympic debut. "today in the bay" - from 4:30 to 7 a-m. how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let's plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. prudential. bring your challenges. at home.ld generate your own energy, or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade cali

san mateo and dunbarton bridges are looking busy but coming up we will talk about the peninsula. let's bring in steve paulson with the weather. >> we have mostly clear skies with a few lower clothes around the south bay but overall sunny and breezy and more so into friday and saturday. our friends from the national weather service show a nice sunrise from the lake observatory with sunrise and a few clouds. also it is pretty cold as it is crisp and chilly. i'm trying to turn on the rain. eventually we will get to it. 38 in watsonville and santa cruz 39 so it is not just cold inland it is cold at the coast as well. the last rain was january 25 that is 21 dry days in a row. 21 days is nothing compared to where we have been before. using san francisco climate data looking at the midwinter dry spell there have been two that were 43 days in a row, february 2 until march 14 1864. also in 2014 we had 42 dry days in a row. the 27th driest was 23 days in 1852 so we are not even in the top 27 but it looks like we will get to the top 15 before the rain shows up. the northerly breeze will tak