pete suratos is on scene and so are we. the impact it has on highway 101 coming to san mateo. >>> the trial of donald trump continues another day with accusations from democrats. the president's defenders will not get a word in until saturday. good morning. the rules created by republican mitch mcconnell will give the democrats 24 hours over the course of three days to deliver their case. that's yesterday, today and tomorr we've seen hours and hours of opening arguments so far, though the issue is actually simple. there's impeachment manager jason crow summing up the case in exactlyde ahone call. he spoke with ukrainian president zelensky and asked for a favor. and on that same day just hours after his call his administration was quietly placing an illegal hold on critical military aid to support our friends. >> that is the whole case right there. the white house does not deny trump asked for the favor. it's in the transcript. the president does not deny he withheld military aid deliberately. curiously the president's lawye

. >> pete suratos is live in along the way to show us what is happening now. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you. we're just getting to the scene along junipero serra. that car crashed into a tank of propane and it is up-ended and it is unclear how this happened and how the driver crashed into it. for folks familiar from this area, it is not too far from san francisco state en route to the university. very active scene with san francisco fire and police investigating the scene. now as far as we know, obviously i show you that this driver crashed into this structure holding propane. we know that the driver had to be -- was rescued out of there and was moving before being transported to the hospital. really it is unclear exactly what that driver's condition is at this point or exactly what led to this crash in the first place. as we take you back out here live, very active scene along junipero serra not far from san francisco state and crashing into the structure and a division chief should be out here at some point and he'll get more details and bring an update in

. >>> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in santa rosa for us this morning. the last time we spoke with you it started raining right after that. >> reporter: and it's not raining right now. we are feeling wind gusts here in santa rosa. turn around and show you what we're seeing. we have some slick roads because the rain has been sporadic. it could affect people as you hit the roads. i want to show you some video. you see the rain coming down in that part of town north of where we're standing, a bit of rain there. we've been monitoring stuff throughout the north bay or from the mill valley area up into santa rosa and the windshield wipers going. at about 4:30 on the 101 back out here live, unlike the last report the lane isn't coming down. you can see there are some slick roads there. we'll have another update on how the weather is going out here. pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> the rain having a mind of its own. thank you, pete. if you are about to use one of the bridges to get to work you may want to take it easy. >> any high winds yet? >> reporter: the

reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >>> and pete, while you were reporting, we wereking back here. people are already lined up to get in. parking lots don't open until 9:35. two more hours until the parking lots open, and then gates to levi don't open until 11:35. people are already there lined up, you're showing us. wow, exciting, it must be like electric energy there right now. >> reporter: yes, people are excited. we're seeing some kids over playing some football. we have folks starting to drive in. really it's just the whole tailgate atmosphere. maybe you can show a little bit more of that where people are lining up. different 9ers jerseys, the joe montana jersey, and more recent players like jimmy garoppolo, nick bosa jerseys out here. they are excited. it's been a while since the 9ers have been in the playoffs. they win today, they go to the nfc championship, and who knows, we may have another super bowl trip and get that 6th lombardi trophy for the 49ers. >> you don't want to jinx it. it's an exciting thought. we can't go there yet, pete. very exciting. >> rep

reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> pete, thank you. >>> 6:47 now.nd decision 2020 and the countdown is on to the first presidential caucus in iowa. one week from today. this as joe biden seems to be getting more support in new england. biden is hoping his endorsement could put him in the lead as a front-runner in new hampshire which votes two weeks from now. in a new survey by a vermont radio station 29% of democratic voters are backing vermont senator bernie sanders. >>> now over the weekend a bombshell, former top official said there was quid pro quo. >> and scott mcgrew, this comes from the most important witness of all. >> if he's allowed to be a witness. good morning. former national security adviser john bolton is writing a book "the new york times" got a hold of parts of the manuscript and in it bolton said trump deliberately withheld military aid from until it promised to investigate the bidens. that of course is the whole core of the impeachment inquiry. now we've heard this before. the president's chief of staff twice admitted quid pro quo

and pete suratos is out there. there were changes this morning, pete. big deal. again not just one intersection. this is a big >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, mike. big deal for that portion of market street right behind us a you could still cross market street if you have a private car, you just can't turn onto it it. now i want to show the viewers at the impacts area and the map. this two mile stretch of market street that will be effected so eastbound from tenth to main street and westbound from stewart to van ness avenue. so as of had this morning no private cars are allowed to drive along that stretch of market street. only buses, taxis, bikes and commercial vehicles as well as emergency vehicles like police and fire trucks can drive along that part of market. and as you just saw behind me, private car can still cross market street, they just can't turn on it. now the changes are are part of the city's better market street project. which will roll out in three phases. the intent to that project is to encourage people to use public transportation and

surface street traffic is all green and the purpose and the embarcadero, pete suratos is out there because, pete, big changes today. what is going on. >> reporter: that is right. good morning, mike. big changes to market street. we're standing on market street behind me. it is going to be a pretty sizable amount of the street impacted by these changes. as you won't be able to drive private cars along this portion of market street. now i was going to show the viewers the impacted area. it is a two mile stretch of market street so eastbound from 10th to main street and westbound from stewart to van ness avenue. sos as of this horning you cannot drive private cars along that stretch i just showed you so only buses, taxis and bikes and commercial and emergency vehicles like police and emergency vehicles but private cars could cross market street but they just can't turn on it. it is part of the city's better market street project rolling is to encourage people to use public transportation for a safer and greener space for pedestrians and cyclists in the area. as fares as dealing with the traff

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joining us live. police telling you anything. >> reporter: not at this point. we're here at hatch and o'connor drive where the scene is and you could see it is still an active scene and you have contra costa sheriffs and incident command and we know s.w.a.t. team is on the scene and we saw someone just walking out of the one of the homes on the block. you could see the s.w.a.t. officers in tactical gear. so right now we're not getting any information but just observing the scene. it is a residential area. obviously we have s.w.a.t. team in the areament we don't know if they're looking for a suspect, maybe someone barricaded inside of there but we're working to get more information as the scene continues to unfold. we do know that it came in around 9:00 p.m. last night when we see the police activity here in san pablo. continues to be a scene. as we take you back out here live, sheriffs you see on seen, pinnol fire is on scene so a heavy police presence as we try to get more information and once we get

. >> pete suratos joins us from orinda with with the details there. goodrn >> reporter: good morning. this move is inevitable by b.a.r.t. but her putting out a report to show who it could impact specifically. and that was put po-- put pogt b.a.r.t. office of civil rights surveying 400 riders and 65% identify as a minority. majority of them are fine with discontinuing paper tickets, 20% opposed it. there was also additional data showing that this paper ticket group also includes riders who don't use smartphones. now overall the report concluded that low income riders, not just people in minority groups, would be affected by the switch as well. now as far as a solution goes, b.a.r.t. plans to give out free clipper cards through community based organizations in or near the low income locations with a meaned-based plan starting in spring. b.a.r.t. is transitioning to paperless at popular locations such as embarcadero and 19th street oakland and downtown berkeley. usage is up by 8 wide but the goal is to phase out paper ticket this is year. reporting live,

. >> pete suratos joins us live. any new information, pete? >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, still no new information from contra costa county sheriffs on the scene but behind me still an active scene here on o-hatch drive and o'toole. a call came in and they couldn't give any information if they are looking for a suspect. this is a barricade situation but we know that s.w.a.t. team is on the scene and active presence here in the residential part of san pablo on the border area but still an active scene as we're working to get more information on this. but clearly a big police presence still here all morning long as we take you back out here live. we're working to get more information. we're going to continue to monitor things and we'll bring you new updates as they come in. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay.." >> pete, thank you. >>> developing for you on capitol hill, a historic day ahead as senate impeachment arguments begin later this morning. >> we have a live look in washington where the senate went late into the

our pete suratos is there at the scene. and we'll check in with him with a live report as soon as gets more updated information. >>> 5:32 right now. and day two -- two days i should say until the super bowl and the 49ers and fans can almost taste it. >> at least the guam moly. get that ready. cheryl hurd is live in miami covering it for us. we're getting it all. >> reporter: we're getting close. i heard marcus say you can taste it. i can literally taste it. it is just a couple of days. welcome to miami. the weather is beautiful and the skyline is fantastic. take a look. it is all the buzz. celebrities and the fans are pouring in. but what about the team? well, of course they're here. they're keeping loose and keeping their real practice under wraps. keeping it a real secret. and yesterday we talked to the rookie nick bosa. he's keeping it loose too and he said that he's ready for a win. >> no, i'm enjoying it. i love being around my teammates and know nfl team stays the same every year so it is it is a different group next

. >> pete suratos has been live at the scene for us trying to get some updates. still pretty active out there, pete? >> reporter: yeah, definitely. still an active scene in san pablo at o 'hatch and o'toole drive. contra costa sheriffs were still on the scene. we saw them bring plastic bags into the vehicle you see there. i'm not sure exactly how that is connected to what is going on but you could still see some very active scene. we'll show our viewers the video from this morning. the s.w.a.t. officers were here on the scene and now we were told that that activity is on o'toole way so that is just up the block there at a home in that area. and we're still working to get information if they're looking for a suspect. this is a barricade situation if anyone is hurt at this point we don't have that information. i did give a call to dispatch and they couldn't provide us with much information. but with we know this started overnight. back out here live to the scene, you see a sheriffs deputies there. they did bring some plastic bags into that incident command vehicle t

pete suratos is live at the chase center with reaction from the warriors. >> but first live to anthony flores. we're not seeing the normal celebration after the death of kobe bryant and 49ers reacting to the loss of the mab legend. >> reporter: that is right. super bowl week kicked off on a somber note as news of kobe bryant's death and even 49ers reacting and richard sherman who grew up in los angeles tweeted this. just don't have the words. george kittle just one word from the all unbelievable. and joe montana tweeted our condolences to the bryant family and nba family and laker nation, rest in peace. as for the 49ers, they arrived in miami on sunday around 7:00 p.m. local time. the super bowl arrival was more subdued because of the shock and sadness in the wake of the kobe bryant tragedy. today the 49ers will begin a week-long media blitz leading up to super bowl liv against the kansas city chiefs. both the niners and chiefs will be in the national spotlight with opening night. it is the traditional media day and we look forward from hearing from the 49ers as they take in all of sou

reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> pete, thanks so much for that one. stay with nbc bay area for the updates throughout the morning. be sure to download our nbc bay area app. it is free. that way you can track the storm on our interactive radar. >>> jury selection is set to move forward. it comes after a judge ruled john lee cowell is mentally competent to stand trial. investigators say he stabbed nia wilson to death on a macarthur b.a.r.t. platform in 2018. her sister was seriously injured. cowell has pleaded not guilty. >>> new details are surfacing this morning about a shooting at a union city school parking lot that left two boys dead and now police are releasing a new clue in that case. a photo of a car that may have been involved. you could see it moving there. police believe the shooters were driving this silver toyota camry. an 11-year-old boy sitting inside his mother's minivan along with a 14-year-old friend were shot to death last november. it happened in the parking lot of an elementary. police still don't have a motive and have not ruled ou

reting li i reporting live, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >>> thank you, pete. our investigative unit just finished a series that looks at crimes on b.a.r.t. you can watch it on our website. >>> 5:34 on your thursday morning. the federal court in san francisco today will hear arguments surrounding the fate of thousands of asylum seekers, specifically asylum seekers unlawfully prevented from accessing the u.s. before the white house issued its ban last year. an injunction is now in place blocking the trump administration from applying that ban to the group of people. today federal attorneys will order for that to be lifted. >>> the vallejo police, the department is led by its first african-american chief in its 120-year history. in november chief shawny williams was sworn in. it comes at a pivotal time. the department has been in turmoil with a disturbing number of officer involved shootings and allegations of excessive force. some say the incidents unfairly target more black and brown people. in an exclusive interview with nbc bay area, chief williams says he ho

pete suratos joins us live at the b.a.r.t. station with more on this new program. pete? >> reporter: good morning. as part of the program b.a.r.t. will vote on this later today at the board meeting on adding community service officers. essentially they want to be on the trains to focus on quality of life issues for passengers on the trains. it will take place over the span of six months. now the officers would be unarmed. there will be five teams brought in to work on saturday. effectiveness will be measured by the number of incidents reported or how satisfied customers are. it won't exceed $690,000. the meeting will take place at 9:00 a.m. reporting live, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> a good look at crimes on b.a.r.t. watch it on our website. >>> 6:33, a federal court will hear arguments surrounding the fate of thousands of asylum seekers specifically those who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the united states before the white house issued its ban last year. applying the ban to that group of people. today federal attorneys will try to lift that injunctio

pete suratos is at sfo where all of this is weighing on the minds of passengers and operation officials out there, pete. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. good morning to you, laura. we're seeing reduced flights as a result of the coronavirus spreading and also as the demand to fly to china has gone down. they will reduce flights starting next month. we know delta will cut the flights in half from february to april. this is a trend we're starting to see with some airlines. now as far as the local impacts, cities and airports at sfo are keeping a close eye on it. we know berkeley is actually telling people to get the flu vaccine. the symptoms are similar to flu like when it comes to the virus. i want to show you some video from yesterday. this is an emergency landing in riverside. that plane was coming from wuhan, the epicenter of this virus. it was carrying americans landing at this riverside air force base. those folks will be monitored closely, kept in quarantine until doctors can determine they are virus free. >> although the numbers are still relatively small, they hold the potential

pete suratos live for us with the details this morning. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. the palo alto city council voting unanimous for what they are calling a safe parking program. of course they are doing this as a part of a solution to the city's growing homeless problem and an issue we're seeing across the bay area and across the state of california. at this point it is just a pilot program but it will start with four parking locations at participating church parking lots or folks living out of their cars or vehicle zwel dellers and they want to move to city owned lots for bigger sass for the safe parking program. similar to the safe parking programs, the city wants to connect people with with case management services. so the ultimate goal is to get nem into permanent housing. this is addressing the much larger issue of homelessness which we're seeing across the bay area. in fact, you have california governor gavin newsom recently proposing more than a billion dollars to tackle this specific problem with more shelters, servic

pete suratos joins us where all of this is weighing on the minds of passengers and how they will deal with it. >> reporter: we're seeing some of these major airlines reduce flights to china as this virus continues to spread and also as you can imagine demand is going down as far as flying to that region. it was a big announcement yesterday morning with delta and american saying they do plan to reduce the flights. delta reduced the flights starting next month. they plan to cut it in half from february to april. there will be some flights still going to beijing from some major cities not including any here in the bay area. now ari airlines plans to inform affected customers on a case-by-case basis when it comes to cancellations. it is a trend with some airlines that are reducing flights to china. the coronavirus spreads, now when it comes to the local impact and berkeley is telling people to get that flu vaccine since the symptoms are similar to the coronavirus. there was an emergency landing in riverside yesterday morning, a plane from wuhan carrying 200, one american, landing at a riv

reporting live, pete suratos, for "today in the bay." >> very interesting. ks so much, pete. >>> 5:33 now. evicted and arrested for squatting. those mothers in oakland calling this the start of a movement. this is exclusive video shot by a filmmaker in a vacant home where the deputies arrested the mothers. we covered the drama all morning long. last night the mothers were released and they enjoyed barbecue inside of the boarded up house. >> it is never about being on the inside. you should have took us on the inside and it is quieter and now opt out side we could hold banners and make sure this goes worldwide. >> they should try to build more housing not hurt people who create housing. >> the owners are now talking about trying to sell the house to a first-time home buyer. >>> this morning we could learn about t about the surge of people displaced in the south bay. if you've been in the downtown you've seen the gentrification. they are trying to stop the displacement of people. the city council woman will be there. and supervisors have selected a site to help

"today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in santa rosa to explain what is at stake here. pete. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. it is the last thing wildfire victims want to hear at this point. but as you could imagine, it is met with opposition at this point. but here are the details we're getting from this report in the "san francisco chronicle." fema said that pg&e owes it $4 billion and it would be reimbursement for the government's response to wildfires back in 2015, 2017 and in 2018. but pg&e said that the money to pay any of that back would have to come from the more than $13 billion the company wants to use to settle with wildfire victim claims. so we're talking about nearly 30% of that overall settlement money. now fema said they have no interest in taking money from these wildfire victims but this is all about holding the utility company, pg&e that is, accountable for their actions. now 40 members of congress have sent a letter to fema regarding this idea of litigating the claims expressing, quote, great dismay and concern. but a hearing is set to take place wi

"today in the bay" pete suratos joins us live in sonoma with the measures taken by law enforcement and the school and of course the very concerned parents there, pete. >> reporter: very concerned indeed. good morning to you. and as a result of the incidents we're told there should be more of a police rens here at altimira middle school. this took place according to the victim when she was walking to school. now according to the sheriff's department, they say that the suspect kidnapped and sexually assaulted that teenager, a 14-year-old yeld morning before letting her go. she did inform school administrators and then in turn contacted the sheriff's department. now while deputies were investigating this incident, they get a call about another possible kidnapping involving yet another student. now both of the victims in the cases describing what sounded like the same person that was also in the same car. now deputies were able to locate the man in his car within a mile of the campus here in sonoma in a matter of hours. now the suspect is in custody and off the street but there is still a

reporting live, pete suratos, for "today in the bay." >> pete, thank you. >>> 6:36 now. in oakland, crews are expected to continue to build tiny homes to fight the homelessness epidemic. over the weekend volunteers built three and are in the middle of building six more. many are wondering how long they will stay up. well the construction in oakland, san antonio neighborhood is the fourth attempt by the housing advocacy group the villeth to create a community for the oakland homelessness population. the three other attempts were bulldozed by the city and the projects did not need permits. >>> on the peninsula, house boat battle is expected to come in to a head today in redwood city to make way for 130 new homes. as early as today, the city is expected to bring down eight remaining two-story floating homes at this docktown marina. the area is under development. three weeks ago the city removed morehouse boats it bought from owners last year. city officials say they worked hard to help the house boat owners relocate. >>> taking a look at the weekend weather. before we get t

i'm pete suratos forda suspect years ago will likely be formally sentenced today. you might remember this three men enterin lundy avenue they then killed christopher wren in august of 2015. two of the attackers were later killed by police, days later. "the mercury news" reported in november dwayne guru pleaded no contest and accepted a 17 year sentence and is due back in court today. >>> the man killed this an early morning shooting in palo alto on tuesday is identified. the 52-year-old mont espinosa did call 911 after being shot in a parking lot on san antonio road. sadly doctors could not save him. a $20,000 reward is beingelp tr. >>> new this morning, a class-action lawsuit filed by thousands of people who call treasure island home. they say they have been living among radioactive tomic chemicals and people are claiming they have developed tumors and health issues but the government said the claims are not true. our unit has done several stories about the clean-up on treasure island to see those stories go to nbcbayarea.com. >>> 5:37 and when it comes to driving

. >> pete suratos is live at one location where development is now at a standstill. pete?> reporter: good morning to you, guys. a big chunk of the developments in san francisco are tied with three projects including one we're standing near in the yorba buena treasure island area and this is far from being completed. in this report from the chronicle they outline the mega developments approved back in 2011 to transform three neighborhoods in particular the hunters point shipyard and the treasure island area where we are standing and then park merced near san francisco state. they total more than 25,000 units representing 35% of the area's pipeline when it came to new housing. but after nine years only 350 homes have been built which comes out to around 1% of the total. now these projects are are often sidetracked do you to long approval and pressure for developers to create more open space or small planning staff and that is what we're seeing in contra costa county at the concord naval weapons station. now there have been success stories with these development stories in sa

"today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live with new details about the victims and the suspected in this case. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. that new information from moraga police is the suspect may have dated one of the victims so there is a bit of a relationship there. so they're investigating it as a possible domestic violence case. but we'll show you video from the scene. now moraga police say they got a call around 7:30 p.m. last night about a shooting in this parking lot in front of the they found two shooting victims in the van that you see there in the video. now moraga police are identifying the shooting suspect of 25-year-old isaiah glaze of sacramento. he was arrested north of the scene thanks to information received from the victims. thousand here is the police chief explaining what they know so far about how the shooting unfolded. >> the suspect was driving a car. he stopped directly behind the victims' vehicle and the victims had the silver van here behind us and blocked the car in. and he got out of his car and went to the driver's window and fire

reporting live, pete suratos, for "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there, pete. >>> evicted for squatting, moms in oakland are calling this the start of a movement. this is the video shot by a filmmaker inside of the vacant home with deputies arrested the mothers. we covered the drama all morning long on "today in the bay." last night the mothers were released and returned to magnolia street where they enjoyed barbecue. the owners are are focused about get the home ready for sale. >> on the inside it was quieter. now we're outside and we can make more noise as people walk by we could hold banners and make sure this is going to go nationwide. >> if moms 4 housing and the city council want to make a difference they ought to try to build more housing not hurt people who create housing. >> the owners are talking about trying to sell the house to a first-time home buyer. >>> well later in morning, we could learn more about the recent surge in people being displaced in the south bay. critics say that if you've been in downtown san jose recently you've seen the gent -- gent fif ric

pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> 6:40 now.g up next on "today in the bay," we continue to follow breaking news in oakland. a group of mothers remove ready from a home they were illegally occupying. a live report in just moments. >> looking like we have a date on president trump's impeachment trial. out to the big board as well. dow industrials up mildly. we think that u.s. and china will sign a deal tomorrow. you're watching "today in the bay." this is the denny's super slam. two bacon, two sausage, two eggs hash browns and pancakes and now make those pancakes all you can eat for a buck. that's where the duper comes in. the all new super duper slam just seven ninety nine. see you at denny's. >>> 6:43, breaking news. we continue to follow a dramatic morning in oakland where deputies went in to remove mothers illegally living in a vacant home for months. the group has been fighting an eviction order. >> and it is a busy morning out there. we've been bringing you live breaking news all morning long. kris sanchez is live with the

pete suratos is live for us in one area of location where development is now at a standstill. pete?> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marcus. a big chunk of the developments are tied to three projects in san francisco making up a pretty large percentage of it. we're standing in the yorba blenda area and behind me you could see they are far from being completed. according to the report in the "san francisco chronicle" we're talking about three projects that were approved back in 2011 and they said they were set to transform three neighborhoods, one neighborhood is hunter's point shipyard and the other one is where we are standing near the treasure island area and the last one at mark merced, that is near san francisco state. now altogether they total mar than 25,000 units so talking about representing 35% of san francisco pipeline for proposed housing. but after nine years, get this, only about 350 homes have been built. which comes out to just around 1% of that total. now the projects are often sidetracked due to long approval process and high infrastructure costs as well as the

pete suratos is live in sonoma with the mur law enforcement and the school. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. as a result of the incidents, we expect to see heavy police presence tan normal aroundality -- around alti mira middle school. it took place while she was talking to school. now sonoma county sheriff's department said he kidnapped and sexually assaulted the teen and then school administrators contacted the sheriff's deputy and then they got a call about another possible kidnapping involving another student. now both of the victims describing what sounded like the same person and same car. as a result deputies were able to locate men in his car and within a mile of campus in a matter of hours. the suspect is off the streets but of course there is still a sense of worry for some parents. >> it's ridiculous. it's sad. how does a parent want to go to work now knowing that anything can happen. >> reporter: a lot of concern there as you could see. but students are being told to walk in pairs this morning. and of course be aware of

pete suratos, "today in the bay." you can watch on our website. >>> president trump backing dow. what comes next? the president is vowing even stiffer sanctions and not letting iran obtain even more options. >> our missiles are big, powerful, accurate, lethal and fast. >> as the trump administration considers options in the middle east, anti-war protesters are speaking out and that includes demonstrations planned later today in the bay area. in fact, coming up on "today in the bay" a live report from washington on the response from capitol hill. in an interview mike pence reacts to the developing situation. >>> the federal court will hear arguments surrounding the fate of thousands of asylum seekers, those unlawfully prevented from accessing the u.s. before the white house issued its ban last year. an injunction is in place that blocks the trump administration from applying the ban to that group of people. today federal attorneys will try to lift that fill out question for the man acquitted in the kate steinle hearing. >>> prosecutors filed a charge after jurors found zarate not

. >> "today in the bay" pete suratos will have a live report at about 5:30. >>> no progress to development the naval weapons station. city council members heard six hours worth of testimony over issues surrounding the hiring of union labor and then sometime around midnight they decided to continue that meeting until tonight. that is when final deliberations will take place without further public comment. >>> 4:35 now. and today state lawmakers plan to question cell phone companies, at&t and verizon about how to better manage outages. the fcc said 900 cell phone towers were offline during one of the outages back on october 27th and that included more than half of cell phone towers in marin county alone. two senators will announce legislation to help some pg&e customers keep power on during planned outages. >>> 4:36, we continue to monitor what is happening in iraq. here at home, the price you pay at the pump. how tensions may impact the cost of gas around the country. >>> letter. one southern california representative duncan hunter is expected to step aside as he faces criminal charges. >>>

pete suratos is joining us now with the report. >> yes, as you mentioned there was one in pacifica and another one in campbell this morning. we will show the viewers the footage from the crash as it took place in 3:30 a.m. along highway 17 in campbell and the information from chp is that the wrong way driver crashed the honda accord into another driver, into a toyota avalon and died as a result of the crash. now the driver that she hit is a man in the toyota avalon had to be extricated but the cph officer said that he was standing on his own and taken to the hospital, but he appears to be okay. this happened 24 hours after a deadly wrong-way crash happened in pacifica, and here is some footage of the crash at 3:15 a.m., and the chp is reporting a wrong-way crash headed southbound as a dodge crashed into a mercedes-benz suv, and one died there on the scene. and two others taken to the hospital for injuries. it is unclear if alcohol is a factor. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, pete. another deadly crash overnight in the south bay, and this is happening a little bit befor

pete suratos will have a live report in our 5:00 hour. >>> we're trying not to -- if you would like to leave now. this is your last chance to leave before we place you under arrest. >> video shot from inside of the vacant home in oakland where deputies arrested and evicted squatting mothers. and if you're watching "today in the bay" you saw it play out live here on "today in the bay." and now as we report, the women are vowing to continue it the fight. >> sheriff's office, here for an eviction. >> reporter: that is the warning deputies made before sunrise berkeley independent filmmaker was inside with with the moms who were pacing and on phones when lawmaker forced their way in. >> i'm going to be walking out. >> i don't want to -- >> but you're going to have to. >> the house that you're talking about has been empty for three years. nobody has been in it or anything. so why shouldn't they have it. >> moms for housing started squatting in this house in november. last week a squjudge ruled they have no legal rights to the ome owned by wedgewood llc based in southern california. >> if mom

pete suratos was telling us about the new travel restrictions. intel reports its profits. watch this company for news. tesla stock doing so well tesla is now the second most valuable car company in the world overtaking volkswagen. only toyota is worth more overall. tesla blew past ford and gm a long time ago. other european built cars could get more expensive. president trump pivoting his anger from china to europe. take a listen. >> frankly, i'll be honest, i wanted to wait until i finished china before i went to work on, respectfully, europe. europe is so beautiful. a lot of us come indirectly from europe. isn't that nice. but they are actually more difficult to do business with than china. >> tinder adding new safety features. you can check in with friends and call the police for you. "the wall street journal" the first to report that. you'll see it by the end of january. >>> and the makers of fortnite are developing a sports league for colleges and high school. each can have three teams of two people. they worked a deal with the national federation of high school assoc

reporting live, pete suratos, for "today in the bay." >> no doubt pretty dramatic there this morning. thanks, pete. >>> 6:03 now. and let's switch gears and talk about what everybody is talking about these days. >> just two more days until the 49ers take on the chiefs in super bowl 54 roeliv and that ce felt across the country. >> cheryl hurd is live in miami. quarterback soak him. >> reporter: oh, he definitely is. and yes, we do love to watch it. and i haveneefor a very long ti people say, ah, miami, i know exactly what they're talking about. fans and celebs are pouring in. and of course both teams are here. and all eyes are on, guess who, jimmy garoppolo. and he is feeling great, baby. and i got a chance to meet him last week and he tells me that he is never tired of saying that phrase because he said it goes with everything. he's focused, he's grateful and he's ready to silence the doubters. >> about a year ago i was learning how to run again. so it is just that when you look back on everything it makes you realize how special this moment it is one of the things you can't take for

pete suratos, "today in the bay." >>> and the end of the road stays away. >> so starting next wednesday, the long planned market streetcar ban takes effect. and it is permanent. city leaders approved the plan two years ago to ban private vehicles all the way from van ness to the water front. that is in order to prioritize public transit and to make market more accessible for bicyclists and walkers. cars could still cross market street but you will not be able to turn onto it. and that is a big difference for you, mike. >> and for me and for other folks who travel through the area. there will still be cars and other vehicles but not typical passenger vehicles. we'll talk about that and get around if you need to divert using waze, join nbc bay area wazers to talk about other options as well coming up in days. an unusual warning in san jose. north 101. headlights moving smoothly but you can't see the city lights. there are low clouds and fog. we have good recovery from the crash at oakland road but hor slowing about capital expressway and the 101 and because the morning commute is just sta

. >> "today in the bay" pete suratos is live in santa rosa to explain what is at stake here. >> reportergood morning to you guys. of course this is the last thing that wildfire victims like some here in santa rosa would want to hear. and there are a lot of people who are opposed to this idea put forth by fema. now here are the details from the "san francisco chronicle." they say that fema said that pg&e owes it $4 billion over the reimbursement for the government's response to the wildfires in 2015, 2017 and 2018. the pg&e said that the money to pay this back would have to come from the $13.5 billion the company wants to use to settle wildfire victim claims so we're talking about nearly 30% of the settlement money. now fema said they have no interest in taking money from wildfire victims but want to hold the utility company accountable. now 40 members of congress did send a letter to fema regarding the claims expressing great dismay and concern. but a hearing will take place with with with a bankruptcy judge on this soon. >> a heads up for drivers in the south bay. we're not going to do

we'll send it out to pete suratos who is looking at those conditions if santa rosa. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. we didn't see much rain this morning. in the past half hour or so we've seen the rain pick up. just 101 south on ramp, the roads fairly slick right now. we saw rain in the windsor area earlier this morning and here in santa rosa on our drive up. we're going to continue to keep an eye on these conditions as the rain continues to make its way back through the mort bay. >> that rain is pushing to the north and east getting to move into san francisco as we've seen off and on heavy rain that will make the commute very slippery for you. this is what we're expecting, we've of heavy downpours and turning more scattered. we could see a chance of thunderstorms and gusty winds picking up throughout the day. mike, how is that impacting the roads? >>> moving to concord, the radar shows you all that orange in the top there. on the peninsula highway one is closed. you get around that deadly crash. back to you. >> thanks, mike. another local news update. >>>

pete suratos joining us live on market this morning keeping an eye on the drivers out there. are they getting used to it? >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, laura. drivers will have to get used to it as changes begin this morning. we're standing along a part of that portion so we're talking about two miles that will be impacted. so from 10th to main street eastbound and westbound from stewart to van ness avenue. as you mentioned, no private cars can drive along that portion of market street, only buses, taxis, bikes, commercial vehicles and emergency vehicles as we see the buses roll along that portion right you no. private cars could still cross market street. i want to point that out. you just can't turn on it. and you see the parking control officers here to call tensi-- tl attention to the changes and signs in the impacted areas to give the heads up. back to mike with more from the studio. >> this purple route that pete is talking about from 101 or van ness to the shore is banned for private vehicles. lots of traffic flow, lots of options for folks but i expect missi

pete suratos, what is the latest for this project? >> reporter: good morning to you, mike. we're starting to see cars drive out here so we'll if they follow directions on those signs. but you could still cross market street, you just can't drive along it, at least that portion of market street. so i'll show you guys the actual map showing the impacted area. there is a two-mile stretch of market street. so eastbound from 10th to main street and westbound from stewart to van ness avenue. so as we mentioned all morning long, no private cars are allowed to drive along this stretch of market street. so we'll talk about buses, taxis and bikes and commercial vehicles and emergency vehicles like police and firerucks. now private cars could still cross market street. they just can't turn on it. now the changes are part of the city's better market street project which will roll out in three phases. the intent is to encourage people to use public transportation to create a safer greener space for pedestrians and cyclists. as far as today, sfmta will have parking control officers and s

you areeing the rally speaking to the crowd at 11:30 a.m., and reporting live, i'm pete suratos. >> thank you, pete. following the eviction, the organizers of the san francisco pride parade organizers were preventing the sheriff's deputies from marching in uniform. >> they enforced the eviction in oakland and this is part of the sheriff's department duties and the group also decided to bar google and youtube from the company because they allow anti-gay content on the platforms. the pride parade is in june. >>> a lot of the happy bay area football fans. the san francisco 49ers are off to first super bowl in seven years after dominating green bay. >> it was a great game, and run back rahim mostert has gone from a third stringer to a name in the record books rushing for 220 yards and four touchdowns and the both are playoff records and the niners clinched it 37-20, and the head coach kyle shanahan addressed the team in the locker room afterwards. >> guys, we worked all year to get to this point here and we knew that we had to thern one and this is not the one that we had to set out to get, r