. >> and i'm vicky nguyen, in for laura garcia-cannon. >> we're finally going to see more sunshine than we have in the past couple of days. for san francisco 65, the north bay, you'll see plenty of sunshine. let's talk to mike. >> good morning, anthony. welcome to the morning. we have a land -- what are they talking about? a caltrans crew himself arrived here, a land slip blocking lance. you see that there's still power going to it, but they have to at least clear the mud and rocks. we're watching for effects of fog along the coast, as well as the orange blob over in hayward and oakland. for now, over to vicky. >> thank you. more disturbing details as people continue to mourn two new york city officers brutally gunned down this weekend. still in mourning, ramos' 13-year-old son on social media said "everyone says they hate cops. that's who they call when they need someone." >> we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence because we are not about that. these two police officers lost their lives senselessly. >> a new york yankees foundation will pay for the college education of

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >>

. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. the rain coming down, drive very carefully out there. christina loren has a look at how our day is going to shape up. >> we really need the rain, although the timing could not be worse. it's going to come in heavily for your morning drive and we'll have another wave of heavy rain as you try to make your way home from work. potentially an inch to 2 inches right here in the south bay, though the highest totals are expected in the north bay. we'll check in with mike, the only dry area i can find is gilroy to morgan hill and that's closing in quickly. have your umbrella ready to go, travel cautiously this morning and i'll show you how much more rain is on the way. >> let's take you out to the roadway. we're looking over here to the bay bridge. the oakland area, it has a very blurry shot. we also have the camera shaking around from time to time. look at, that the entire map is green here over in the east bay. we do have a crash at north 880. it does sound like a fender bender there. over on the left side we have the peninsula in blue. a singl

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. another chance to dry out but only for a short period, as another system moves in. we are tracking weather issues across the bay area. >> "today in the bay," stephanie chuang monitoring the news. christina loren standing by and ready. >> can i talk? can i talk now? just kidding. we had this whole spread ready to go, four boxes, mike, me, stephanie, altogether, you'll see that coming up. but we have showers this morning. between make sure that you are ready for that. if you're headed into southern california for today, trying to get a little leg up on that holiday travel, you're going to be traveling with the system. now a bit of a break. heavy stuff arrives between 1:00 and 3:00. latest coming up, make sure you're ready for another round. potential flooding, expecting it again. potent system moves through by friday. we'll have all of that coming your way in moments. first, mike inouye, standing by, mark my words, he was standing by. >> all of us standing by. the golden gate bridge, it

i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. and anthony slaughter is here for christina loren. >> a warning for the black ice you may be seeing. not looking at freezing conditions here, but in ukiah they're freezing and even trucky. 6:00 and 7:00 are usually the coldest times. as temperatures continue to fall, we'll that. temperatures very cold. >> new this morning, a pakistani official says the alleged mastermind behind a recent massacre at a school is dead. the attack killed 148 people, many of them children. at the same time at least seven isis toldiers were in returni returning -- soldiers were returning. >> deaths have triggered ongoing protests across the country, including here in the bay area. the damage is still apparent. protesters said they specifically chose to act on christmas might. >> reporter: they did. good morning and merry christmas to you, kris. the destruction to last night's protest much more limited compared to recent protests in oakland and burkery. it doesn't make sense to people why demonstrators targe

eem laura garcia-cannon. >> and sam brock. christina is in a festive period. the city and people still have to get ready for another round of pray. >> we do have a huge system. sfm and we take you into 11:00 a.m. it clears out by 2:00 and by tomorrow morning, some wide activity before we get into a long stretch. if you've got family and friends coming into town, it's going to look like a whole new wear innin nrc nrchlis on medication. we're stel around be prj snrnl we'll see you at the san frel. kicking up for a mist for the car behind those, trailing behind boop feemd south 1 1 thing not necessarily wreath created but looking for any significant rain. >> today millions will be hitting the roadways for the holidays. many of them are sending off to tahoe. but that may an area where many people are going to be coming through, bob, with some tips on how to get around sfwrks sfrks if you're heading i-5 north, keep in mind the reminder of a ten at foos snnchs ice, over 6,000 people this morning for the darfur noon. the next two and a half weeks starting now getting

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and sam brock. the weather has brought down trees, power line, mud slides and road closures. thousands spent the past holiday weekend stuck on the roads, at airports and across the country or at home in the dark. but the worst still could be to come. >> stephanie change little pick picked. >> as much as we need the rain, there were problems with the rain over the weekend. a mud slide and in san francisco, in the presidio, a tree fell taking down power lines with it. >> it made a big boom. but no sparks and no wires. >> it was like dominos, just came down. >> meantime people are also of course trying to get home from holiday travel. san francisco international suffered a back log, much of it caused by strong winds. >> different story yesterday, only minor delays reported. though people said it was a wait o get out because of the wet roads. it can remind you why you theed to mover. >> live here this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you, steph. >> and mike inouye has a lotst. his

i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> check the bottom of your screen. we'll have the very latest school closures on that ticker. >> one of concerns because it's been raining there overnight and we've got a will the more rain on the way is the russian river. we'retracking about 6.4 feet. we're going tres 36 years to a interest it just how much rain is coming in with this storm system. we have a lot of rain and a very small mover. that's why we have the flash flood watch in play for the entire bay area. it a dangerous stair yod woum as and at this point much of that activity is still well of san jose. it will continue between now and 9:00 a.m., dangerous driving conditions, especially if you have a high-profile vehicle. you could get knocked around a little bit. you want to hold on tight to your steering wheel this morning. let's find find out what's going on out there. >> in these conditions, a hool sflrnls sfb frshl chp. and truck around as well. watch it as you're passing by the prrj frrj running through 101 through march. keep that in mind. eastbound

i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon.'s take a live look outside, beautiful look at san francisco this morning. sprinkles on and off overnight. yet another storm is now moving in. christina loren joins us with a microclimate weather alert. >> i want to make sure everyone's aware of this before they head out that front door at home. tracking these showers, they're coming in steadily. here's the deal, it's been raining overnight. and we have wind increasing at this hour as well, sustained speeds, getting gusts to 35 miles per hour. a pretty intense gust just rolled off of -- the rain continuing to come down. the traffic flow not so bad. it's still early in the commute. the south bay moving smoothly. highway 17 is what christina talked about the rain having traveled through. right around the same time weep have a tree down across 17, wires down as well, both directions, all traffic flow stopped. if you're traveling to los gattos down to the summit, you're turned around and sent back. we have about 100 vehicles, including som

laura garcia-cannon is of off, sfrch. >> you know, i don't think it's going to be that cold on new year's eve. today, the weekend and the first half of next week. by wednesday and thursday we'll start to moderate a little bit. >> even you guys reich to dress up. >> you know the livermore temperature is a little more deceiving. so it is cold out there this morning. definitely want to make sure you paying attention on those roads. we're going to warm up near 60 this afternoon. >> then we take a break. enjoy the rest of the newscast and then hit the road. >> enjoy those new toys. >> thank you, anthony. >> early this morning, the pakistani government reported a militant was killed in a ray of grs forces federal government -- towns and villages in five malaysian states were inundated with torrential rain earlier this month. >> here officers in new york city there say good-bye to one of their brothers tonight. rafael ramos was shot and killed last weekend while sitting in a patr patrol two men killed by use of force by police officers. those deaths have triggered ongoing pro-tests across the co

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm vicky nguyen. laura garcia-cannon has the day off. this morning police are investigating an early morning home invasion right now. stephanie chuang joins us. we're hear police are now looking for the suspect who they believe is armed? >> reporter: that's right. it's unclear whether it's one or more suspects they're looking for. we're very close to san francisco university. this is where the home invasion robbery happened. police confirmed it was armed. no visible signs of breaking down the door or anything like that at 108. there were eight to ten officers here earlier. and several patrol cars both san francisco state and spd responding. we did see a couple of young men, two to three. they may or may not be students as we are close to san francisco state. we have not been able to confirm that with police. the officers said the victims understandably very shaky. police couldn't say how many suspects because they said with multiple victims, there have been different accounts of what happened. officers have been here looking with flashli

. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. christina loren has our weather. >> the coast is where we're really seeing the strongest gusts right now. as i drove in this morning, parked my car, saw a couple of frosty vehicles out there. your windshield gets much colder than the surrounding air. as we head throughout the day today, your specifics or going to be chilly. as we head throughout tomorrow, we'll lose the wind and the coldest temperatures of the season so far. >> breaking news in the south bay this morning where investigators are looking into a rash of new car fires. they all broke out overnight near the san jose cab bell border. bob there were a string of car fires in the same area so are they connected? >> we don't know yet. three car fires tuesday night, 23 bam you're looking at the remains of this one fire. you can see that the car has already been removed. there has been a strong smell of gasoline in this parking lot, right up against the river walk apartment come plkts. and this was around 2:30 po now, at this map

i'm vicky nguyen in for laura garcia-cannon this morning. >> and i'm sam brock. it's been a sad morning after two police officers were shot and killed this weekend. rafael ramos and wenjin liu were in their police car when they were gunned down. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam. the unions here are sending officers to new york city in a sign of solidarity, to show support. there's no evidence of any imminent threat to any law enforcement officers but the brazen killings of those two nypd officers -- the gunman posting on social media he would put pigs in wings. >> all 10 and 12 hours you have to stay on your toes. you always have to be looking over your shoulder. that's a constant. >> reporter: and police departments in major cities like san jose are on alert to wear bullet proof vests. the san jose police officer's association have been ambushed in the past but that is not a common occurrence. now coming up in half an hour, you understand this of course has a psychological toll on people in this field butch we hear from an expert on what e

i'm sam brock. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. today president obama will announce his choice to replace chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense. he is expected to nominate ashton carter in about 30 minutes. trac tracie potts joins us from capitol hill. he's an unknown name, though not unknown to the administration. >> he was the number two at the pentagon until last year when he was passed over for the top job by chuck hagel. he is initially an academic but also has a long history at the pentagon managing defense cuts. he's an expert in weapons. he came in as a missile defense analyst so he knows a lot about weapons. he was the main purchaser for weapons at the pentagon so he know s a lot about the tools they're going to need to do things like fight isis, get out of afghanistan, ukraine, ebola. the nomination, then he'll probably make a tour and do some visits on capitol hill the confirmation hearing will not likely take place until the new legislators take office. >> we know that chuck hagel's nomination and confirmation we

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and sam brock. let's get ready for a microclimate alert. the golden gate bridge will make its way on to your screen, i believe. it's all lit up. >> good morning to you. it's the friday before christmas and that does put a little cherry on top of everything, doesn't it? >> it's a big travel day. you do want to go ahead and check with your carrier if you're trying to pick somebody up at the airport. we're going to time the system out to your doorstep for you. if you're trying to get out of town, we've got a little bit of a problem for you in some spots. so stick around for that. here's mike with your morning krie drive. >> we have the fog, the drizzle. wanted to make sure we showed that before the traffic report. >> in the north bay we have orange as well. then farther south, south san francisco, the biggest crash going on right now, the southbound side has shut down the entire freeway at grand avenue. there's a crash between two vehicles. no details on injuries. if you get on to 101 south of 380, you are in the clear. if you're heading south

i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. and anthony slaughter is here for christina loren.

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock on this monday. we'll have much more on that story, including a live report from washington, d.c. in just a moment. first we'll begin with a microclimate weather alert. this overnight rain coming down very consistently in the area. it not going to let up any time soon because the ground is already saturated from last weeks storms, flooding is likely. >> you see all the way down the peninsula to san jose. let check in with meteorologist christina loren right now. she's got a look at the forecast. a wet week ahead. >> we got a lot of rain out there right now. want to make sure everyone is aware of this before they hit the highway this morning. the peninsula getting slammed, all the way up and down 280, dangerous drive conditions. you can see that moisture steadily streaming in but the front itself is slowly moving south. at this point the heavy stuff is starting to push just to the south of san francisco and that's going to be the case as we head throughout the morning. it going to take quite some time

i'm vicky nguyen, laura garcia-cannon has the morning off. >> and i'm sam brock. did we mention it's an unusually foggy start in the south bay? a challenge for some drivers as they try to get to work. anthony slaughter is keeping tabs on your weather. >> we're looking at that dense fog. visibility is down to less than a quarter of mile. as i was going to some of the sky cams in san jose, there are some sky kams where it actually looks clear. it's all in the vantage point of where you're at. it's all relative this morning. you'll notice the visibility is starting to lessen, especially across oakland and across the coastline. that's the morning fog that we typically see. again, it's not for everybody. it's very isolated this morning. the thing about it this afternoon, sunshine for everyone. that won't be isolated. we're going to see 70 in the south bay today, 67 in the opinio peninsula, and you'll be in the low 70s, the fog is starting to build across the golden gate bridge. that will cause a few more problems. let's talk to mike and see what he's got for that. >> t

i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. before you head out the door, we do have a microclimate weather alert to tell you about. another storm hitting the bay area, across the entire bay area. >> from the bay bridge down to san jose, your drive to work this morning is going to be slick. mike will join us with a look at the conditions and christina is going to let us know where the rain will fall the hardest in just a few minutes. >> but right now we do have an update to breaking news this morning. it appears that officers are beefing up their presence in downtown sydney where a gunman has taken an unknown number of people hostage. >> stephanie chuang joins us. this area is of great concern, the u.s. consulate is just a block away. >> the u.s. consulate was evacuated right away. this is comparable to new york city's time square. in sydney it is 1:30 in the morning. this began over 15 hours ago. five hostages were able to escape the lindt chocolate cafe. it's unclear whether the gunman let these people go or they managed to g

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. the rain starting to clear out finally but it may still be an issue for parts of the bay area. christina loren has been a busy lady the last day or so. >> it's the kind of rain that we need to actually make a difference and it certainly did. in san francisco we had some amazing rainfall totals like we haven't seen for years, since 2009. and those numbers could go up even more so throughout the day today. though san francisco is pretty dry right now, you'll find some light activity through marin. and as we head throughout the day, though, nothing heavy expected. that doesn't return until we get into tomorrow. i'll give you an eye of what to expect for your friday. temperatures in the mid 60s, and they'll drop to the low 60s and we'll bring in that rain. clean out those storm drains as week get ready for another round of rainfall. >> down here in san rafael, you see the glow of the lights and the water kicking up on the roadway. 101 is still soupy here. and in heelsburg, properties of a

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and sam brock. the weather has brought down trees, power line, mud slides and road closures. thousands spent the past holiday weekend stuck on the roads, at airports and across the country or at home in the dark. but the worst still could be to come. >> stephanie change little picked

. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're on the air early this morning because there's a lot you need to know to keep you safe during this treacherous storm. >> many schools in the area are preemptively closing because of flash flieds and high wind warnings. >> all day long, we'll be updating the ticker at the bottom of your screen so stay tuned for that information. >> we have a lot of rain moving in right now. but this system has stayed right where it is just about all night long and now we're really starting to get the heavy stuff. as you can see, showers haven't even really made it past the golden gate bridge just yet. everybody keeps writing me on twitter "when is this storm going to hit"? you just wait. over the next couple of hours it going to get very heavy. they have received up there over 3 inches. your sustained winds in san jose, 27 miles per hour, half moon bay, 37 miles per hour sustained, we're getting gusts to 50. just like we told you yesterday, this is the time, this is when it's going to start to get

. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we do have new details on the late-night protest in berkeley that caused widespread delay for drivers. stephanie chuang is live at amtrak. and protesters shut down that station at one point. >> that's right. these did remain calm last night. they did stage a sit-in here along the berkeley amtrak tran track, though it is clear this morning we did just catch some employees with union pacific jumping off trains this morning with their flashlights, making sure the train tracks were clear, after getting reports that protesters cut the cables to the lights of the crossing arms. that was justification fixed mi. there was a push toward the bay bridge that started at the pedestrian bridge crossing at university avenue in berkeley. that's where police and demonstrators squared off. some said they'll be out there protesting the mike brown and eric garner decision for as long as it tax to get heard. >> people are dying for what, unarmed people? no justice no, peace. nobody's doing anything about

. >> and i'm vicky nguyen in for laura garcia-cannon. anthony, one of our co-anchors almost missed his exit here. >> process of elimination, it wasn't me. >> it's so dangerous this morning, even just trying to do that early this morning with no cars on the road, i had to bypass it. thanks to that video, whoever you were, you mysterious driver. this is our live shot from san jose. you can't even make out the street below. that's how foggy it is. and it's only in the south bay. you'll notice up the peninsula, san francisco, north bay, it's really isolated this morning and a lot of that gray area is where the fog is being picked um on our weather computer. you can see just putting the numbers on the map, visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile. sunnyvale mountain view, ten miles, san carlos and san francisco, no problems right now. once you hit about 7:00 as the sun rises, you get all of that cold air that sinks down to the surface and that's how you get that fog with radiational cooling. 70s for the south bay today, 65 in san fran

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. a realtime look at our radar on the top left-hand side of your screen. that is more activity than we seen. san francisco. good morning for you. stilli expect it to be freightful. . between 10 and 2, it's out of here. we might see a little bit of lingering activity as we head throughout tomorrow morning. but overall, fair weather returns to the bay area for a good period of time before that storm window opens up again. we'll have your full forecast in just a moment. >> let's take a quick pick outside, christina. the golden gate bridge again. mike inwu weep on things for us. traffic will most likely pick up good morning. >> good morning. is it zpchl that's a more than 3% jump if you look at the numbers compared to last year. why the jump? people have more money, consumer optimism and it doesn't cost nowhere near as much as it used to to fill up your gas tank. you're looking at $2.55 for a gallon of gas in fremont. that represents a drop of 30 cents from a month ago. these overnight numb

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. let's kick things off with a live look out your window right now this morning. the roadway is still a little slick as people inch their way across that bay bridge and the skies still cloudy and trying to dry out before another round of wet weather heads our way. >> commuters this morning, especially headed over 17, the summit, you want to take it easy out there. that's where the heaviest rainfall is coming through. a decent batch located over m n -- marin county. some cities right now at about 200% of average, just because of the rain that's come through overs past week. also tahoe yesterday accumulated over a foot -- a foot of pressure powder in some places and there is going to be a big ski weekend. stick around if you can. if you have to go out that front door, mike will be here in just moments with your drive. >> we know more rain could bring more damage, extremely wet weather proved to be too much for parts of the bay area bringing down trees, flooding streets, stranding cars. an

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> u.s. embassies around this morning around the world are bracing for backlash ahead of the release of a new report detailing the cia's interrogation techniques during the bush administration. the report due out this morning will explain how the u.s. questions terror suspects in the aftermath of the september 11th terror attacks. tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c. there are concerns more extreme elements may respond violently to the reports. good morning. >> sure. the concerns about retaliation not only with the embassies that you mention, but the military. there are 2,000 marines that have been put on alert in the mediterranean. when this report comes out, it will tell us what is going on behind closed doors. but some republicans say the world doesn't need to know that and, number two, the report is inaccurate. they say it's irresponsible to release it but no one from the cia was even interviewed for this report. senate democrats like dianne feinstein are behind it. she's in c

. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. parts of the area could see several inches of rain today. but the real problem is the ground, saturated from the week before. >> sfo has already cancelled dozens of flights this morning. here's a live look outside as we gauge how that weather is affecting your community all over the bay area. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. everybody at home getting that heavy rain at this point. the one exception is up in sonoma county, this is a very slow moving system. as we head throughout the day today, we're expecting downpours. things will relax a little bit but we have some thorpgs on the way as well. we guide you and start that clock for you at 8:00 a.m. rich downpours, you'll need the umbrella and need why are jacket for today and can see showers not as steady but still coming in. you'll still need that umbrella. but then the rain returns, another storm on the heel of this system and then another one after that. i'll tell you how much rain we

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. the rain starting to clear out finally but it may still be an issue for parts of the

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. >> check out the bottom of your screen with the variousd road closures. wind speeds up to 50 miles an hour, christina. >> yeah. we're getting rainfall totals impressive, to the tune of 3 inches so far in petaluma. we have to tell you right now the heavy stuff hasn't even impacted the bay area. but everything changes as we head throughout the next couple of hours.

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we have a little bit of a break in the action right now but more rain assuredly is on the way. let's get your microclimate forecast from meteorologist

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we have a little bit of a break in the action right now but more rain assuredly is on the way. let's get your microclimate forecast from meteorologist christina loren. >> historic rainfall for the month of december. we kick off winter officially on the 21st and i got to tell you right now, january and february typically our wettest months here in the bay area. we're going to get by with a mostly dry day this week, more sunshine than any other day this week and looking pretty dry into the weekend, into your christmas day before we get hammered for the first week of january. we have a lot to go over in your full forecast. i like to move you ahead not just the next through three days, i like to move you ahead weeks if possible. first, though, here's mike and your morning drive. >> christinchristina, i'm just o get folks through their morning commute. the water a couple seconds ago had water on the lens and on the roadway. here's lane five. a report of the crash at the bay bridge toll pla

. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. that rain is coming down. that means drive carefully out there. >> we are expecting numerous storm reports. we already have a saturated ground because of rain that came in over the weekend. what you'll notice in the pacific is the steady stream of heavy moisture. that, my friends, is the atmospheric river and we're tapping into this this morning. that's what going to produce some very heavy rainfall over a very short duration of time. as a result, we are expecting numerous reports of ponding, flooding on your local roadways and that also has to do with the fact that the leaves falling and clogging up storm drains all across the bay area. what you can expect for today. bouts of heavy rainfall just about all day long, you'll need your umbrella. then we're going to be watching for strong thunderstorm formation as we get into your afternoon. right now we want to check your drive. welcome in to mike inouye. >> a lot of spin-outs early in the morning and now we're seeing more fender bender. the golden gate bridge, w

. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. the skies are clear -- >> sounds right. >> clear skies. another round is on the way. right to the microclimate forecast and meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. we just can't get this rain out of the bay area. we need it. we want it. unfortunately for everybody, it's been relentless, as we head throughout the morning hours you're getting a break as you get ready to make your way out the front door, we have areas that have not had an opportunity to dry out. over the past three to six hours, this is what the trend has been, light, spotty activity. heavy stuff moves in throughout the second half of your day. want to make sure you are aware of that. grab that umbrella. temperatures school enough for a jacket all day long as well east shore, 56,s that your high. 57 in the north bay with moisture starting to push on shore, after 9:00 a.m. we'll show you the time line and tell you how much we're expecting from the most recent expected rain. still getting mind-blowing rainfall totals out of the storms. that's all coming your way in mome

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock on this wednesday. we'll start right now with a live look outside your window. bay bridge on left-hand side, san jose on your right. of course it's been a wet commute, for people, as it has been all week. monstering storms in and out. we are not done yet. live look at radar. things calm for the time being. but this is going to pick up again. more activity before the day is through. heavy rain approaching the area. >> it's very tough. the ground has been saturated. right now, "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang, live this morning from marin county, leaders issued a state of emergency because of the storm damage. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rain kicks back up around 5:30, lasted for 20 minutes. it's mostly a break to today and rain has stopped. you can see why drivers have to be cautious. by tamalpais high school miller avenue, i don't know if you saw that, a lot of water splashing up. one lane closed because of flooding. it's not just water shutting down roads. putting up barricades to mak

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. right now our doppler radar is lit up with all different colors, plenty of green, yellow and even orange. that indicates heavier rain coming in this morning, sitting right on top of the bay area region. >> the rain causing problems from oakland, across the bay, golden gate bridge, all the way down the peninsula into the south bay this morning. >> and we do have a team in place as we get you through the day to tell you what you need to know this morning to be safe. our crews set up all across the bay area. we're going to begin with meteorologist christina loren. she is tracking that rain right to your doorstep. >> good morning. not envious of our reporters out there this morning but, hey, you've got to get out that front door as well just to get to your vehicle this morning and heavy rain. you'll likely need that umbrella just to get to your car. we've got that heavy stuff all across the board. as we head throughout your day today, this is going to continue through lunchtime. we'll be

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. let's kick things off with a look at our realtime doppler radar. the green activity not as pronounced as it's been in the bay area. a quiet period before yet another round of rain moves in. we're talking the fourth storm this week. >> that's right. we're kind of getting used to the pattern of rain all the time, christina. >> it's almost unbelievable how much we've accumulated. it's historic. we've taken the record back as far as we can just to find a december that was as active as this. and here in san jose we're on our way to potentially breaking an all-time record for this month. we're not going to tally up too much for rainfall totals today. but tonight we will get the heavy stuff. foam sfo could be problematic. can you see at that point we're getting some pretty generous downpours across the greater bay area in addition to the heavy rainfall on the way, another round of gusty wind as well. we could see more trees go down. i'm going to time out the wind for you coming up in my next

. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. the rain coming down, drive very carefully out there. has a look at how our day is going to shape up. >> we really need the rain, although the timing could not be worse. it's going to come in heavily for your morning drive

i'm vicky nguyen in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock.anoke park police officers injured after running into a burning apartment complex to rescue a person, this happened at midnight. spokesperson for the public safety department says two officers did suffer smoke inhalation but are going to be okay. the person who lived in the apartment are treated for minor burns. three units damaged, 14 people have been displaced. >> police are asking for your help in identifying a man wanted for sexual assault. police have issued this sketch of the man. take a look. on monday he pulled his car alongside a woman and tried to lure her into his vehicle. when she refused the man got out and attacked her. it happened near the corner of 33rd and san fernando streets near highway 101 and 680. the victim managed to run away. the car is a white four-door sedan with silver grill. >> hearing from one of the women involved in a scary road rage incident on interstate 80. south bay woman in jail, for allegedly harassing two young women, intimidating them with both h

thanks for joining us, i'm vicky nguyen, in nor laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. tracking a christmas eve storm towards the bay area bringing with it rain, strong winds, as well. >> let's take you outside, live to look at san francisco, drive across the golden gate bridge and downtown. good morning, anthony. >> good morning to you both. what you saw was better images of what you can make out from the skycams, because dense fog is impeding the view. and you try to look at some of the skycams, completely black this morning. while we have skycams, some of them inoperable because of how thick the fog is. it's the thickist from the north bay from vacaville from santa rosa, salsa lito. just updated as 6:00 hour hit. dense fog across the south bay. san mateo bridge, completely fogged in this morning. visibility down to less than a quarter of an hour. san jose yesterday, we couldn't see anything. you can make it out perfectly fine, this monthing christmas in the park. cloud yoevz head. the next storm system making its way. time line, by 11:00ing 12:00, we'll see the first

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. a warning for you, before that storm hits, right now a powerful, dangerous system is ready to make landfall. this is a look at our real-time doppler radar on the left-hand side of your screen. a dry bay bridge in downtown san jose, dry for now, that's going to change in a matter of hours. >> we have a team in place. kris sanchez in the east bay how pg&e is gearing up. damian trujillo has more on the mad dash for sandbags. but we begin with meteorologist christina loren. christina, when is it it going to get bad? >> starting tonight, laura and sam, good morning. because expecting activity to ramp up tonight, we actually have a flash flood warning issued for the entire bay area, not just mountains, not just the north bay, everybody. and this goes into effect tonight. staying in effect all the way through tomorrow evening. i've got to tell you, in addition to heavy rain, a lot of wind on the way to the bay area, gusts of 80 miles per hour possible here in our backyard.

thank you for joining us, i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. everyone is really preparing and in an hour pg&e crews packing up their trucks and bracing for the storm expected to knock out power across the bay area. chrkris sanchez live where crew will be preparing this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've heard folks around town going, really? really is the storm going to be as bad as they forecast that it's going to be? yes, it is. pg&e is getting ready. we've seen flatbed trucks rolling in with giant rolls of material in the event that power lines could come down tomorrow, and expect some will. a live look here this morning. we have -- they will be loaded up and heading back out on to the roadways in an hour and a half. looking for trees that could put power line as the risk. look for lines that need to be better secured ahead of the storm. the utility does this every time they expect a massive storm like this one. they want to be proactive rather than reactive. strong winds, heavy downpour forecast not only by our meteorol

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock on this wednesday. much more in the east bay. we'll begin with a look at your microclimate forecast and meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you sam, laura, everybody at home. we're getting into that very, very small window of time where we still have good weather. and as i can tell you right now, that high wind warning -- it was a watch yesterday -- that's going into effect as of tonight. i can tell you, we've got a lot of rain and a lot of wind. like some of us have never experienced before on the way to the bay area. stick around. first, it's calm out there for now. fog. check your drive. here's mike. >> beautiful look at downtown san jose. you showed that tech museum in the foreground. here not clear view but beautiful flow of traffic for 580. this is from dublin. widen out the camera, lights appearing out of the low clouds and fog through that area out of livermore. another live look at san mateo bridge. traffics a running smoothly. flat section visible. tougher to see the lights in the clouds. you can barely mak

. >> and i'm vicky nguyen, in for laura garcia-cannon. >> we're finally going to see more sunshine thanas c

i'm laura garcia-cannon. will get to our microclimate weather alert in just a moment. first breaking news in sydney, australia. these images captured just moments ago. this is the scene outside the coffee shop where hostages are being held. we don't have a lot of information about what just happened. it's a very active scene. we presume those were hostages being held inside the coffee shop that were running out. we've also seen one woman carried out who appeared to be injured. this is that same area where several hostages escaped earlier today. of course we'll update you when we get more information. we are expecting a very special report from nbc news coming up in just minutes at 7:30. in the meantime, a new round of rain rolling through the bay area brought down a bag area this morning in alamo, happened on stone valley road. for a time they had effectively cut off the road for people who live above where that tree went down. in the same area this morning, a tree went off the road and took out a power pole.

i'm vicky nnnguyen in nor laura garcia-cannon. >> two officers were sitting in their cruiser when a gunman ambushed them. >> reporter: the braze i don't know -- brazen killing of the two police officers has become a reminder of the risks the officers take every day on the job. police officers are being told to wear bullet-proof vests and to avoid posting inflammatory remarks on social media. this happened with an officer here. >> so sad. thank you very much, stephanie. >> we're going to be checking back in with stephanie coming up later in the newscast. at 6:30 we'll have a live report from washington, d.c. with how the president is reacting to this deadly ambush. >> we have new video to show you this morning of an apparent road rage incident that led to a tasing by san jose police. someone reported being targeted near highway 87. police got to the scene and found the suspect's vehicle. that's when police say he took off on a slow speed chase. when he didn't comply with police orders, officers tased him. >> look at that beautiful sky. good morning, anthony. >> all that cloud cover is going

i'm laura garcia-cannon.oard of supervisor will vote on whether to settle with the family of a woman found dead in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital last year. lynn spaulding was missing from her hospital room for 17 days before her body was found. spaulding's family has filed a claim with the city for more than $2.9 million. >> we've issued a microclimate weather alert because of all the recent storms, one slated to hit the bay area today caused things like this to happen. crews had to shut down route 17 to remove a downed tree and power line. let's check the forecast right now, though, with christina. >> good morning to you. want to start with this fly picture of pacifica. getting a little break from the rain. we do have some lingering shower activity in the south bay. a lot of that is clearing out of gilroy, the last lingering activity. the sun is coming out and will stay out for a few hours. then we got another round of heavy rain. let me give you the timeline for that. right at 3:00 as people

laura garcia-cannon is off today. >> people are angry offer the recent shooting death across the country, taking their frustration out on local businesses. this is what happened to a chase bank in berkeley. also local businesses were hit. you can see the protesters smash a window and then just walk away. >> so a lot of activity there. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren who is checking the possibility -- or the guarantee, i think, of more rain this week. >> the guarantee i can give you 100%. how much, that's the big question mark. this morning, we're tracking a little fog through the tri-valley. north bay rain to south bay sun. that's the sorry throughout today. everybody seeing a fair amount of sunshine today, tomorrow, things start to turn cloudy and then we bring in the rain, heavy at times, by wednesday night. here's mike inouye. >> we have a little break before that rain but still dealing with moisture in the air. we're showing you westbound 580. look at the map. remember our traffic and weather map tied together. we have the road weather index has orange painted. that

i'm laura garcia-cannon.rm delivering as promised right now across most of the bay area. if you're not seeing it yet, you certainly will. storms closing schools, causing outages. pg&e reports more than 5,000 customers are without power. winds brought down a tree earlier this morning. the chp says the message here if you have to drive, go slow and be extra aware on bay area nose. also a flash flood warning for the north bay. >> this means flash flooding is occurring at this hour and is imminent through about 10:15. you want to stay off the roads if you can, san rafael richmond bridge. the golden gate bridge looking a little bit better. the rain is just getting going when it comes to the heavy stuff. there's a really potent line out here with a lot of red in it. this will bring in very fierce wind into san jose. from now until about 10:00 a.m., the action starts and we'll be in it all night long basically. the heaviest pockets of rainfall up north. you can see all of this moisture on the way to south bay over t