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 francisco later on. let's see how the road are shaping up. >> they showed that video of 87 -- by the way, that want me either who did the filming. visibility is an issue now. tougher to see the glow of lights. your exits will come up on by surprise. slow down, it will give you more time to see those exits. a very light volume of traffic on the golden gate bridge. the fog will require to you slow down. from the bay bridge, volume

you can see the south bay, starting to become thick. cross oakland and in the north bay, that's where it's the most widespread. as you see from sky camera network, you can barely, you can't see anything from this camera. this camera is activated. i was checking it, there's one light down there that shows the street in that in south bay. there is beginning to see -- we are beginning to see fog thicken up across the south bay. quite a different story from what we saw an hour ago. even in the east shore, peninsula, thick fog. san francisco, north bay, hard to escape the fog wherever you are, it's very, very foggy. now, rain will move in as we head towards afternoon hours. by 10:00, 11:00, dry for the bay area. north bay will see showers first. then noon, 1:00, 2:00, rain will push into the san francisco area. down through the peninsula, and over towards east shore as well. by 3:00, 4:00, we'll see rain in the south bay and also that rain will be continuing for sacramento, the central valley, towards la. or up to tahoe, that rain will eventu

right now the major outages are centered in the south bay. in the east bay, 15,000 still do not have power and in the north bay, nearly 10,000 are waiting for the lights to come back on. >>> wind also wreaking ha jock in the south bay, significant portion of valley fair mall lost power about 2:30 this afternoon after a wind knocked down a nearby power line. well, we just learned power has been fully restored after about three hours. so it's back on at valley fair. we are live in san jose at one of the biggest trouble spots. >> reporter: well we are still here on silver creek road where the wind has not really let up at all. we are still feeling the strong swirling gusts that have been causing so many potentially dangerous situations. pg&e crews were scrambling all over san jose today dealing mainly with trees that crashed down on power lines. there was a chain reaction on silver creek road that stunned residents and left some stranded and without power. >> and i had no idea what happened until i tried to get home and i can't get home. >> repor

we'll talk about the south bay slowdown. it's a big problem for the bay shore freeway as well, coming up. >>> here's a look at today's stories at 6:13719 people arrested in the east after protests turned destructive. people jumping through a smashed store in emeryville. protesters upset over the grand jury decision. >>> the courageous work of ebola fighters earned them "time" magazine's prestigious person of the year, a group award. includes three workers who survived ebola, including american dr. kent brantly, protesters second, putin third. >> a former uber driver involved in a crash that killed a 6:00-year-old girl will formally be charged in court today. accused of hitting and killing sophia lu in a city crosswalk with her mother last new year's eve. he was in between uber fares at the time. >> san francisco suing uber. los angeles suinging uber. >> that's right. scott mcgrew, it's a tough month for uber. >> it has. this coming a few days after accusation in uber driver in india raped his passenger. that driver's father,

holds up in the south bay as the storm system does come farther and forth are south. >> it going to gh for. >> can also check out our nbc bay area app. you can click on a weather tab and get up to the minute radar and of course fantastic reports from all of our meteorologists as well. we'll give you alerts about wind, flooding, outages as well. that's all at your fingertips on the bay area app. >> and we're getting hot zones. >> yeah, some people are already in it. >> i don't know why these commuters are pulled over there. we'll ask mike in a minute. a lot of rain is accumulating and the roadways are starting o to -- right know dangerous conditions. you really don't want to be on the roadway if you can avoid it. >> that's right. if you can work from home, here's your chance. >> christina talked about the slowing at the san rafael bridge, very high winds illustrated by the flags. here in fremont, not slowing the commute in the south bay just a bit. going from green to blue on the peninsula and in the north bay, here's palo alto with soupy conditions. very slick conditions but so far a

there's a lot of rain coming in through the south bay. we don't get as much rain as other parts of the bay. there's 101 northbound. this is 101 north of 680. the blue highlighted for 85, that's more ponding with the rain. likely having flooding reports through downtown, though we haven't had really any for 87 this morning, though 280 did have some. 237 getting all the rain as well. typically see flooding reports through milpitas. unusual slowing for the tri-valley, unusual slowing in both directions from danville. big puddling across the sycamore valley road. we haven't heard of any lane closures there but look at that blue. we get a wider shot along the peninsula. big puddling and ponding as you're approaching the bay bridge. metering turned on typical time this morning, puddling at the toll plaza itself. a smooth drive, however, across this span. the golden gate bridge also has a crash going on on the north side. we can't see it here but reports that car went up on to the sidewalk portion as folks are traveling to the area. you're going

and south bay your fine. also have coastal flood advisory in effect still to o'clock today and still going see higher than normal times the general as to the morning hours late morning hours an ocean wave is over 20 ft. possible definitely have to watch over flooding in low-lying areas. and this is affecting the entire bay area as a conceive across from the north bay impacting san francisco parts of the peninsula where along the shoreline. the trick as it tracking showers for tomorrow and o'clock in the morning. should be dry card conditions a pilot o'clock potentially to the center rose area parts of the north bay and then farther south and more widespread but fairly fast moving system 3:00 should be out of here few lingering showers and areas in the south bay after that looks like we can see dry evening ride home and try evening ride hay out of town for christmas eve. live look at temptress right now chile for some sponsons including center rows of 47 degrees over '40's and oakland conquered some detail san

then the south bay yesterday. now it's in the north bay, where we're looking at the most dangerous, thick fog. we have a storm system on the way. that's expected to arrive today. we'll time out this entire system coming up in a few minutes. i want to show you highs today. going to be dramatically cooler, rain's going to move in 60s today. 50s north bay. showers expected first in north bay, then slide through the south bay. full time line coming up. let's talk to mike. more of the fog. >> talking about the fog on the peninsula. yesterday was very tough in oakland. right now, it's not easy, either. we can at least see the glowing lights, as we take there is to full screen. rooftop camera showing you 14 floors down. the big bright glow, that's a rooftop light to give you reference. there's an issue. all right on the deck itself. okay for 883. watch oakland hills, you see orange there. as the roadway rises to meet low clouds, it will become a fog situation. a tree down, 580 at 14th. sounds like a car hit by the falling

he also worked in the gilroy school district and as a ymca youth leader in the south bay. investigators are asking anyone who may have had contact with him to call the morgan hill pd. >>> students say it's just for fun but bay area schools and police are warning of the real-life consequences of the nerf game assassin. livermore high school and pd are sending out a letter to parents. it involves teens pretending to kill each other with nerf guns or markers. police posted this fote toy of a crash that happened while teens were playing the game. a girl drove her car into that house trying to get away from another player. at least one parent we spoke to says her daughter will not be playing. >> i think it started at something fun but i think with all the school shootings and the air soft gun shootings and things that it's really dangerous now. >> police agree. they're warning the game can lead to false calls of armed people and the fear is responding officers could mistake that toy gun for a real one with possible deadly consequences. >>> jeff ranieri is giving is updates for a

let's talk to mike and see what he's got for that. >> the fog is a factor for the south bay. by the time these folks reach downtown, it should start to lighten up. you watch for that on the north bay, as well look the bay bridge. our shot from emeryville turned toward the city and this dark band here, low clouds drifting across the span. there's all sorts of vehicles getting closer to the san francisco 9th street off ramp. lower visibility gives you less reaction time. we'll track the rest of your commute. it should be a lighter tuesday. >> mike, thank you. this morning a busy start for south bay firefighters. take a look. this is what's left after flames ripped through a third car overnight. two of those cars now have the attention of arson investigators. >> stephanie, another fire broke out, a third fire. hard to keep track at this point. >> reporter: good morning sam and vicky. the first of the fires happened here at the river walk apartment in call bell around 11:40 last night. around 40 minutes later, a second fire. investigators may be looking at location. this is the tr

yesterday it was the south bay. you can see even seeing some develop across mountain view and woodside on 280. one area to keep in mind. patchy fog. even in oakland, not bad but in the north bay, socked in this morning from vacaville to santa rosa and the extreme coastline. take it easy from the north bay this morning. otherwise, showery, as we head towards the day. 59 in the north bay. 60 south bay with showers arriving this afternoon. the full time line coming up in moments. >> thank you. time 5:01. >>> four people have died, and more than 50 people hurt after a violent storm that ripped apart a mississippi town overnight. meteorologists say is it possible a tornado touched down in columbia, mississippi. strong wind ripped the roof off of a daycare center. children were inside but no one was hurt. a number of cars were flipped over. a hospital lost power but did continue operating on generator power. >>> 5:02. the navy investigating whether the former navy s.e.a.l. who claimed that he killed osama bin laden reveale

bay. everything will continue to move from south to north as we progress throughout your day. we're talking about maybe six to eight consecutive hours of heavy rainfall, which could produce some damage across the bay area, especially areas of poor drainage and areas where the fallen trees -- this heavy rain continues tuesday night into wednesday morning and finally clearing you out by thursday. first we want to check your drive and say happy monday to mike inouye. >> happy monday, christina. to greet us, they froze us. let's look at your map. it is jammed up. traffic just starting to move a little bit better. there was a crash that's just cleared the roadway. chp says you should see smooth and flowing traffic as that builds. slower drive north 85 approaching 87 where we had an issue. now we're seeing a recovery again as that volume builds into downtown. more flowing traffic than last week but not as much as a typical monday. so we'll see that restoration continue. but this will be a big problem as well. the dumbarton bridge crashed, overturned vehicle blocking the slow lane. we

he it's 5:00 in the afternoon, we have rain painted over the central and south bay. it will be with us through the afternoon drive as we get into the evening urs who, scattered showers in the forecast, we start tomorrow morning with mostly cloudy skies. maybe drizzle. a few scattered showers. the rain line awfully close to the northern edge of sonoma county. there will be a slight chance for scattered showers in the forecast for tomorrow for parts of the north bay as well. widespread 50s to 60s in the forecast for your afternoon. upper 50s in areas like san francisco, san jose, you are expected to be right about 60 for the second half of the day the. the extended forecast, today will be a wet one. tomorrow dry. north of the golden gate bridge we'll leave in the possibility of scattered showers. we finally dry out on sunday. we're dealing with the fog as the residual to the rain but we're going to be dry through christmas. >> and warmer, too. >> and warmer. >>> protesters in san jose want the police department to fire the officer who posted controversial comments on t

south bay. feeling look upper 30s. east bay. 43. 39. when the wind kicks up. feels it at 32 degrees. dipping to 38. more wind chill in the forecast. east bay. 34. north bay. looking at 33. just in case you are missing it. common sense advice. here is the few ways to beat the cold. dressen layers. help to trap heat next to your body. when the wind kicks up. stay warm. gloves scarf. people making fun of you. you'll be the warm one. protected there. most appropriate for that. don't forgot to warm up the car. watch out for debris in the roadways. lot of trees come down. may still be limbs in the road. worst commute. across the bridges. it will be the gust jeepest. we may have a few icy patches. the storm system that did not bring any rainfall. moved from canada. didn't move over the pacific. lot of moisture. rainfall. move from the land here. southern california. that was the wind. and the cold air across the bay area. 11:30. no dif renls. head through our tomorrow morning. not as gusty. wind to 20, 25 mile per hour. may take down treats and power outages. here's

south of the radar. good news for the north bay. heaviest rainfall leave. still moderate areas of rainfall continue. where it is really continually ramping up now. down here across freemont, san jose. slowly, a crawl, moving off towards the south. that's where our flooding concerns are heightened across the south bay. get a look. you can see this rainfall. again, in red. super heavy here for the south bay. anywhere from a half inch to one inch per hour. any of the zones as we zoom in here, that are, that are located near san jose, park moore, santa clara, all way done to willow glen. could suffer isolated road flooding. because that rainfall is coming down so hard. and has been continuing for the past couple of hours. we have heavy rainfall here through morgan hill. gil. >> reporter:. rates, 1 to 1 1/4 inches per hour. in terms of the rainfall. it has been intense. in just a 24 hour period. that's it. we picked up more rainfall in the bay area than we saw for the calendar year last year in some cases. over 5 inches in sonoma. over 3 and 3/4. mill valley. continues over. 4 1/4. san francisco, 3 1/2 in

look at our highs today. 70 degrees in the south bay. in newark bay, if you're visiting town, if you're trying to get in some wine later on this afternoon, 71 degrees for wine country later this afternoon. it's going to be delightful across the area. christmas eve, we're tracking a storm system that's going to move in. the timing of this is actually sped up. instead of the showers moving in for morning, it looks like it going to come in tomorrow afternoon and then push out of here. so christmas morning would be dry. >> first of all, that's good news because i think someone very significant has travel plans tuesday but yet we could not see this shot from the bay bridge. look at that beautiful view and beautiful drive as well. it may drift around the bay. the mud slide, there's nothing going on like that now. you notice the on thing of note, bottom of your screen, the bik orange blob there, there's going to be patchy, dense fog in many parts. a live look given shows you 101 and milpitas as well. >> and it's down to the wire for a local char

the south bay being hit the hardest, more than 24,000 customers without electricity in the south bay. in the east bay you got more than 15,000 customers still without power. in the north bay nearly 10,000 are waiting for the lights to come back often. come back on. >>> a large tree crashed into a house in north napa on vintage street. we don't know if anyone inside was hurt. we have a crew there now and will update you when new information comes. >>> strong winds turned deadly in the town of paradise has taken two lives at one scene a pine tree over 100 feet tall crashed down on a woman driving down the road and a second person killed when a tree fell on a home. >>> this same storm is bringing snow to the sierra. state officials took their first snow pack survey in the season coming up in ten minutes. the rain is a difference when it comes to snow in the sierra. be sure to download our nbc bay area app for your smart phone and get personalized forecasting, it is free for apple iphone and android users. >>> now to the latest development to the airasia tragedy, it is wednesday morning i

but there's also trouble in the south bay. nbc bay area's nannette is in the south bay. s begin with jeff tracking the trouble spots at this hour. >> yeah. that's really what i want to spend time on. give folks a heads-up on what's coming their way. all of the bay area is getting rainfall, but there's a few particular areas that are seeing heavier rainfall versus over. right now? south san francisco near the airport, you're seeing heavier rainfall moves off towards the east. that will give you continuous heavy rainfall for hayward back into freemont. for the south bay, you've had moderate, heavier pockets in san jose. then you're under a lull right now, just moderate rainfall, but all of this that's hitting the peninsula will continue right here to downtown san jose also ft. campbell as we head throughout 6:36 through willow glen by 6:42. more off to the north, really the most dangerous travel right now is here across 880 also 580 and 680, you have hayward, union city also freemont with a heavy pocket of rainfall and back here through pleasantton. it will be nasty the nex

the other zone we're tracking is across the south bay. morgan hill is in the clear. heavier pocket of rainfall right now throughout gilroy and south of gilroy and it's going to be a wet and slow commute. at least for the next hour or so. as we look at the future cast, we continue throughout tonight. at 10:30 another round of rain is lining up and eventually bring us more wet weather by 3:30 in the morning. we're continuing to track this wet weather and another storm that is shaping up as we head throughout next week. i will have full details in 15 minutes. >>> we can see from your radar the heaviest rain is expected to be coming down in the santa cruz mountains. that means highway 17, look at this earlier, will be and has been treacherous. nbc bay area's robert honda is joining us on the summit of 17. robert, all of this rain is good and bad news. >> reporter: that's right, roj. when you're in a drought rain is not a bad thing but it obviously can make bad things happen. there were some storm-related traffic accidents on highway 17 today and a lot of close calls. the

the south bay moves nicely. the earlier flooding we had talked about at but we do have two lanes blocked at dixon county road. eastbound getting toward the sierra, if you do drive there, bring those chains because there's chain requirements. as christina said, better tra l travel. >> the brunt of the storm is gone. but sfo. >> tonight -- >> a neighbor found him this morning. >> the blood thirsty legend comes to life. >> don't anybody move. >> the lone grim. >> i wanted the preus. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. >>> welcome back, everyone. a nice clear look at san jose this morning. sort of the calm after the storm in a sense, after we were hit by such a big one. we'll have a look at what we're in store for on the weekend in just a bit. firefighters needed a rescue boat to help people get out of two flooded mobile home parks. residents say the downpour started yesterday morning and simply never stopped for them. this area is located right off of 101 in

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the chance of rain throughout the south bay and the east bay will continue throughout the evening. eing rain mainly to the south. >> reporter: some of it is drying up as it approaches the coast line but to still should keep on oberland the. we're seeing low visibility and the bay area especially over the bridges. if you're driving out tonight keep that in mind is that is a big issue out there tonight as well. a lot of the rain is south of the golden gate bridge i would not put the umbrellas away from oakland are hayes would write down they could see of of shower later. >> reporter: after midnight things will probably dry out. tomorrow afternoon of show you what we can see out there. >> reporter: bay bridge toll plaza you could see all the headlights the cats lanes and not going anywhere opposing traffic is having an to the east bay the golden brett got golden gate bridge is significantly better than bay bridge is the worst of it. two accidents on eastbound interstate 80 and burke they'll an accident aug. eastbound fight aids area 0 and oakland avenue 580. multiple lanes are blocked

the south bay moving smoothly.hway 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 some big rigs, they have to turn back and go the. you can also download our nbc bay area app on to your smartphone. >> taliban militants claimed responsibility for an attack on a school in the northwestern part of the country, killing at last 126 people, most of them children. and the standoff between the police and the gunmen not oaf yet. >> reporter: good morning apc news the and at least six gunmen entered the school in peshawar. there were reportedly around 500 people in the school at the time. people are trapped with possibly still children held at gun point. this is a military school here. some have said that the shooters went classroom to classroom, shooting ch

we're not talking about flooding from the south bay up into the north bay. it's going to be isolated pockets that you're going to have to watch out for. downed trees and power outages likely with winds that could top 40 miles an hour, hold on with both hands to that steering wheel especially if you're going through any kind of passes. blizzard warnings for the sierra, think twice, please do not leave tomorrow for a trip up to the north sea. winds at the summit if you're trying to go to reno could hit 70 miles an hour. one to three feet of snow is likely, change your plans to friday night or on saturday. it's going to be a lot safer to get to your destination. not too much change here throughout the bay area, all areas expecting rains, keep an eye out, we have pinpointed a few spot where is the best points of thunderstorms. los gat toes will be one of them. across the north bay, east bay and tri-valley, best spot for any thunderstorm activity will be 69, tri-valley temperatures right around 60 degrees. extended forecast and we'll be able to breathe for a litt

i'll talk you through the shot and your commute coming pup. >> let teak a live look outside from south bay this morning, downtown san jose. it is monday, december 1st. this is "today in the bay." >> and a very good monday morning to you. thanks to you for joining us. 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

i'm talk building the south bay. where we saw the most power outages. widespread across the bay area yesterday. wind speeds are dropping off. this is a cold front. a dry cold front came through the bay area. behind it trails the coldest air of the season. just in time for your new year's eve celebration plans. really we want to make sure you stay safe out there. we want you want to get out there and ring in the new year. make sure you have a jacket. it will still be breezy and temperatures will be frigid. right now back to you, sam and chris. >> definitely a sweater is not going to cut it. the windy weather is to blame for this apartment fire in san jose. they say it started when the wind knocked over a tree on seven trees boulevard. then one of the residents lit a cancel. when he came back, that apartment was in flames. >> bob joins us live in san jose recounting all of these events. pge crews were kept busy overnight. >> they are so busy trying to restore power -- good morning to you, chris and sam. public works will be out here later today. traffic li

on the other hand if you're in the south bay over parts of the north bay we have the fog back with us this morning. isn't that a beautiful golden and red hugh there going on this morning? we'll have mostly sunny skies for the afternoon today. today will be a lot like yesterday. in the sense of numbers. and sunny skies for the afternoon. patchy dense fog this morning. it is fairly wide spread and it again is very patchy. and when it's patchy like this it could be all the a little dangerous because you have clear skies and a wall of fog. so take it easy on the roadways this morning. ridge of high pressure will begin to weaken and on the backside of this a front is going to move through california tomorrow and bring us some rain. so for christmas eve it looks like we will have wet weather and the models becoming a little bit more consistent. has also sped up the storm a little bit. as we get you your afternoon we are mostly sunny. as we get around sunset the clouds pile up. but most of us are enjoying the clear skies. but the over night hours things change and wednesday morning we wake u

not bad for the south bay. look at bay area, look at your maps, no problems for the peninsula, a build off of 92. we'll show a slower drive south 880 through fremont past the crash at mowry. 880, yes, slowing coming down out of hayward. looking at a big slowdown out of sunol, identical to the situation monday where we have a big rig blocking two lanes. chp, trying to make the best of this work. tow truck's trying to get there last we heard tough getting there but that was 45 minutes ago. should be there by now. more traffic off of 580. fog and low clouds through dublin area. smoother drive through concord, highway 4. slowing through walnut creek interchange. approaching that bay bridge. look at our view from emery view across the span. no major problems. just metering lights off of the maze. golden gate bridge shows you evidence of the mist. it will be an issue for some spots around the bay. we can see across the span once you look through drops on the lens. back to you. >> driving conditions and your forecast a

in the south bay. we'll have slick conditions for you tomorrow and another round of rain as well. ill a dry spell at that point for most of the bay area. but look at what's coming our way. move this thing in motion, that's when the heavy stuff moves in and this is enough rain to create localized flooding. you know where the spots are in santa rosea, you don't want to have the radio blasting later on tonight with conditions like this coming in. i stopped that clock for you between about 11:00 p.m. and midnight. we'll get a little break from the heavy stuff. like i said before, conditions will be slick. tonight is the first night of hanukkah. sun sets tonight at 4:52, 55 degrees, a little bit of shower activity if you will be gathering together with friends. as we head throughout the next couple of days, keeping the rain going into the forecast. thursday is a good travel day for you. and friday into saturday we get another potent system. i'm still waiting on the data for this one. it's kind of wishy washy with the models they're doing right now. i do think we're getting some pretty g

stormtracker2 showing you fairly widespread light rain reported over parts of the south bay, east bay, into areas over parts of the north bay, although we're seeing a little bit of a break in some spots, more on that in a minute. this is where we have pretty steady rain. the southern half of the peninsula and into the south bay, light to moderate rain falling in sunnyvale, san jose and milpitas. we have light, steady rain falling over the east bay, areas like oakland, hayward stretching out into areas like antioch and beyond. but look on the back side. we've got partly cloudy -- i should say mostly cloudy. but mainly dry conditions on the west edge of san francisco and parts of the peninsula and if i shift into the north bay, we've got some dry weather at the moment in areas like santa rosa, petaluma, novato in through san rafael. but napa still reporting light rain and that continues through fairfield as well. here is a look at the rain and snow where that line remains at this time. right about donner summit. right about 7,000 feet, this is going to be the case for today. we do have

next week they'll pass out more than 17,000 toys and books to south bay children. each child will get two toys and one book. >> they let the parents pick them so that the parents know exactly what. >> what they are getting the kids, yeah. >>> meteorologist christina loren is here with a forecast that maybe isn't your perfect present, but we won't return it. >> it is a gift for parents across the bay area, because you can get your kids outdoors, but just for today i've got to tell you, it's been pretty rough and i'm sure they've been tracking in the mud as we head throughout the next couple days, we are going to see some shower activity. tomorrow another system. after that, though, a long stretch of dry weather for the bay area. i want to show you mt. hamilton, because for the first time this week we've got a lot of sunshine over the bay area, but this is about two hours ago, watch what's happening as we speak, fogging up. we do have another system already starting to impact our higher elevations, but getting some sunshine at this hour and it feels nice. it's so pre

at that point we're still going to be mostly dry here in the south bay. looking forward to 7:00, that's when we are going to get slammed. do keep that in mind. more rain on the way but you will have opportunities get outdoors today. we've got another system on the way for tomorrow and a third on the way for this weekend when a lot of people are going to be traveling. first i want to check your drive. it's a tuesday morning, there's rain out there. good thing we have mike inouye. >> right now the morning, as christina says, we'll get the live camera here. watch as these cars travel through. you can see that mist kicking up behind the cars. very much at the speed limit right here but a slicker roadway. there's flooding reported on junction at the top of the screen. you do have those spots where we do have flooding left over from yesterday's rain. so we'll continue to watch that. the freeways are moving very smoothly. the highlighting shows you where it's going to be wetter. highway 13, an earlier crash just north of milwaukee miller, still over on the shoul

long tim since we have seen crystal clear skies like this, not even a cloud in the sky from the south bayough san francisco, even into the north bay. right now, 65 degrees, clocking in at menlo park. 65 your my san francisco later on. 71 for the north bay today and 70 for the south bay. let talk about this system moving our way. across the pacific northwest now sending a steady stream of moisture toward portland and seattle. that system, going to be here tomorrow morning, this is 10:00, notice the futurecast completely clouded in tomorrow to start the day. bien into, those showers move toward santa rosa, napa over toward fairfield, all of that heavy activity is going to stay north of the golden gate bridge tomorrow, at least until about the -- till about noon. the afternoon hours, see that rain pushing to the south bay, the trivalley and peninsula as well. this rain is going to be out of here by about 5, 6:00, look what happens, the overnight hours, clear out completely, even tahoe, get some snow but it will be done by 7, 8:00. the other thing to keep in mind is it is going to be extremel

the showers will be best across the south bay at 7:00. most of us are hopefully dry by then. >>> sue, better news in south san francisco. >> southbound 101 was entirely shut down because of an accident an hour ago. c.h.p. just now informing us of the two left lanes having been re-opened and they have a sig-alert in effect. two lanes, one and two, they now are re-opened in south san francisco. still a lost wet weather so take extra caution. >> two lanes beat no lanes. >> so true. the wet weather continues. now another storm arriving this morning with bay area residents making preparations to keep themselves and their property safe. nick is in the north by. how wet is it? >> kristen, it is. coming down. my mission was to find the rain. high photographer and i have been riding around trying to understand what, exactly, we are seeing in marin and we checked out an area that had experienced a mudslide. on tuesday they had the put slide and the residented experienced flooding. it looks good. like everyone else we are keeping our eyes on the sky

south. they combine with a lighter flow for the east bay.ll show you the shift in your morning commute coming up. >> a live look outside this morning. this downtown san jose. it's still dark out there. that will

not the case this morning and little the slowing for all small passed a much wider than usual rind south bayfreeways are some scattered fog reported a 80 along the corridor commute. dixon landing road through peter as a.d. at 17. parts of the allman ballet for highway 85. and many ride into north bay 101 rent county than fully no delays today. but we saw yesterday so it's an easy trip and drive time from the bottle golden gate bridge is still under 30 minutes. you're right to the bay bridge to me during my have been activated. the back up until about the 80 or crossing. for your golden gate bridge cemetery ridge read. and highway 92 still pretty light and easy trip getting over to sam a tail and a lot of a word. add to the golden gate where was awesome fog this morning but not nearly as bad as yesterday and no fog advisory has been issued for the bridge. on highway 580 the richmond bridge. the commute here at the toll plaza lighted off that there is no backup or delay to richmond for the 580 ride west on. >> : new documents released in the remic all sexual saw investigation painted a differe

>>> a mystery in the south bay continues. a string of recent car fires leaving lots of unanswered questions. >>> get ready to party. the countdown is on for 2015. the growing bay area hot spot where more and more people are choose to go celebrate. >> are you ready to party? >> i can party right now. >> a live look this morning at downtown san jose on this new year's eve, weapons, december 31st. >>> from nbc bay area, this is today in the bay. >> i'm ready to party like it's 12:00 noon. good to see you this morning. it's 4:30. >> well start with the micro climate weather alert. fierce winds take a toll across the bay area. in the north bay, a large redwood toppled into a house in north napa. the damage is so bad the house has been red tagged. no one is being allowed back into the house. two homes behind this have been red tagged due to another large redwood at risk of falling. a cold and windy night. much more to come. we have the first look at conditions. christina, you did not oversell this. fierce winds yesterday. >> defini

bay area. it has been about seven to eight hours per it is starting to edge to the south. eventually it will make its way back to the central valley. there also flood watching near the rivers of the bay area. it could be breached by tomorrow morning. flooding is also a possibility once once the rain pushes through. >> jacqueline: futurecast does have a few light showers coming in to the north bay. mainly it will start to taper off past midnight. moore's body right into tomorrow morning spotty thunderstorms are possible not nearly as bad as what we saw today. here is a look at the time line. 10 you could see how heavy the rain is coming down over the san mateo bridge. >> jacqueline: a few isolated thunderstorms are possible. thunderstorms are possible near the immediate coast. we have seen very impressive rainfall totals. also, and the sierra snow is coming down hard with a winter storm warning patrick expecting to feet of snow and 6,000 ft. with the highest elevation of 3 ft. of snow. taking a look at the extended forecast with the morning train tomorrow. more rain in the f

in the south bay it was also felt like it is in the '20s. for in the afternoon temperatures will be very similar to today. we won have be windchill factor. the freeze warning and watch is in effect, coz we're expecting temperatures to drop into the 20s. it is a leech really going to be freezing. as we head into thursday will actually be in the '20s and '30s. usually fog is the biggest problem for viewing fireworks over the bay. this new years eve - the biting wind could be a deterrent. but not for our vicki liviakis -- who's on the embarcadero for a sneak peak. of the kethat's if you can stand the elements. earlier today, you could see the water lapping up onto the sidewalk. these metal fences are set up to keep people from falling in. hundreds of thousands of people expected to cram onto the embarcadero to watch the fireworks extravaganza that kicks off at 11:59. all launched from double barges on the bay. stand up/i made a trip onto the barge and it seems all the pyrotechnics are good to go. jeff thomas is the show producer. sot/we're movi

moving down to the south bay and then still on wake of that. still more rain and later in the week.ook of future tests coming up. >> : jacqueline mention the south bay it does continue their at this hour spotty showers continue for the rest of the evening just bush joins us live and santa clara what's it like >> : on the and off-again situation all night long with regards to rain down here in santa clara rallied. and last half-hour was not raining at all in this about five minutes ago started coming down is very light very thin rain very different on our go to the video we shot just than any conceives coming down pretty good this video shot just down the street over the parking lot levi stadium any conceive a drainage it are getting a workout. as far as drivers roadways completely covered with rainwater and drivers having to sit a little extra precaution i can tell you from my drive from san francisco high won a one it was stop and go traffic trip people so concerned about the rainbow for now like i said rain coming down are slightly but consistent way. >> : flooding nearly a week a

overnight lows in the bay area, a rather quiet night. 55 in san francisco, 50 in napa. 50 palo alto. tomorrow, with that mild southnd, i think we'll see 70 in san jose, 66 in downtown san francisco. and along the coast, still mild. 64 for half-moon bay with peeks of sunshine out there. sunshine tomorrow, mild south wind. perhaps an isolated spot of drizzle. then tuesday, this is the next storm that moves in. lasting until wednesday morning. and then there could be isolated lingering showers thursday into friday. the good news, tuesday looks to be the strongest of the three storms we've seen all week. >> how is this series of storms impacts the overall drought? >> i think the biggest impact we saw was in the south bay. san jose is less than a third of an inch away from getting back to normal. >> wow. >> i think they'll get that on tuesday. then we can make bigger dents into the overall droughts. >> talking about a drought, mike, the raiders offense? >> very good, young lady. >> he gave me that line. he gave me that line. >> today's shutout in st. louis. just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it got worse.

we'll go to the north bay and look at south bay 101. a lot of fog here but a lot of cars are starting to build. here you're close to the limit, coming down up in upper 50s. it's a clear view across that span. >> good, because that one shot was pretty foggy. >> 6:35 right now. those markets have been open for a few minutes. lots of good economic data to chew on these days. >> let's check the numbers with scott mcgrew. >> good morning to you. right now the dow industrials are lower. part of this is concern over what the fed will do. let's talk about friday. we learned more than 300,000 jobs were added in the month of november. the big question, what will the fed do? we'll find out in the next meeting but it seems very likely that would raise interest rates. >> still to come, a chemical leak forcing thousands of people dressed like furry animals to evacuate a hotel. we're going to explain coming up. >> i certainly hope we have video for that. plus, major changes to the olympic games. the sport that could make a comeback thanks to a vote th

that was for the south bay. over here in the north bay, 580 san jose. all that water pouring down on the lens and rooster tailing there. folks had to stop as they're getting across the roadway through that portion. just be careful out there, blue puddling and ponding on both sides of the bay. watch those fast lanes in the south bay showing more of a buildup and the bay bridge toll plaza has the crowd building as well. >> thanks, mike. 5:40 right now. >> we keep taking a look at the radar this morning because look at how intention the rain is falling out there. the roads saturated, the rain still pouring down. we're going to check back in with christina and mike in just a few minutes. 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather after this break. >>> taking a live look outside, look at the golden gate bridge, saturated. more than a half inch of rain has already fallen in the city and there will be more before all is said and done across the bay area. christina loren tracking chances of severe storms later today. she's going to join us in about two min

no major slowing there or the south bay. live look. south bay camera, north 101, moves smoothly. volume holding steady for the last ten minutes. story road, a crash. ambulance and chp on scene, we may have issues. i wish there was a way we could stay with people even on the air. ideas? >> racking my brain. yes, i have an idea. learn what you need to know about the storm on your phone. nbc bay area mobile site, go straight to the weather page, you'll have everything right at your fingertips, as mike alluded to, including the latest forecast from our team. nbc bay area mobile. >>> right uber is finding itself in trouble. the former driver will be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. accused of hitting and killing a 6-year-old while in a san francisco crosswalk with her mother last new year's eve. he was in between uber fares at the time. lu's family says uber should face charges as well. uber says since he did not have a passenger in the car, it should not be held liable. now, the incident has led to new lawsuits against the company. yesterday the san francisco and los

the gunman, still on the loose. >>> drama in the south bay. the mayor elect of the bay area's biggest city is being blasted by some of his council members. three of them aren't attending tonight's special meeting. councilman says he doesn't want to legitimatize an illegitimate process. they're accusing the mayor elect of a power grab. this as the outgoing mayor packed up his office just today. mayor chuck reed still has a few weeks remaining in office but he wants to clear out the space for mayor elect sam liccardo. robert handa has more on the rocky start for san jose's new mayor. >> reporter: city council district 4 has not had a representative since councilmember chew got elected to the state assembly in november. at this hour the city is picking dhu's replacement in a process that has many people accusing mayor elect sam liccardo of stacking the deck on the council. the fight between san jose city hall and public safety unions over pension reform is an ongoing battle waiting mayor elect sam liccardo and the sides have been meeting to make p

that's about it for the south bay other than northbound as you're passing by south coyote. and a storm coming up from morgan hill. >> thank you. a lot of breaking news we're following this morning. we have just learned airasia was not equipped with the satellite system that helped track the malaysia missing flight this year. meanwhile, crews have spotted oil slicks and debris in the java sea where authorities think the plane crashed sunday morning local time. the plane vanished from the radar as it was flying to singapore from indonesia. there were 162 people on board. officials believe the plane flew into bad weather and crashed somewhere in the java sea. back in july a malaysian airline flight disappeared. and in july there was a plan shot down in ukraine, all 298 died on board. a the "today" show will have much more on this breaking story in just a few minutes. any time we are not on the air, you can always get up to the minute information on our wb site. >> the worst kept secret in bay area sports finally became official yesterday. the 49ers and jim harbaugh announced t

clouds still going through the area of the south bay. watch 87 coming into downtown. over on the peninsula, there is flooding reported and northbound at march, possibility all lanes blocked right now. and a quick look at the north bay where somebody 101 picks he up volume. watch for flooding come out of the waldo tunnel. back to you. >>> drivers will have to slow down this morning. we would like to see what's going on where you are. send us your weather photos to ic@nbcbayarea.com. >>> it is 5:40 right now. we continue our microclimate weather ar letter coverage. already flight cancellation troubles this morning. >>> plus, this video shot in san jose just a few hours ago keeps the rain pouring down. we will be back to talk all about it right after this break. >>> a live look at the radar right now, rain all over the bay area. in the south bay, in fact, the rain started a little after midnight. you hear people talk about rain coming down in sheets. that's a pretty accurate way to describe this. and that rain is causing tons of problems for drivers. >> a bus busy thoroug

sure enough we have had quarter inch in the south bay and three-quarters of an inch in the north bay where it is coming down lighter and we have a tapering in the intensity moving through the diabolo range and headed to the central valley. the altamont pass all morning at 580 has been getting slammed and now we are seeing more greens and same thing across the san mateo bridge become to half moon bay. the next 12 hours looking downtown you can see the ponding on the roads and 47 to 51 so dress warmly by noon we will have showers at 52 to 58 headed through 4:00 the sures are tapering and much lighter for the evening commute and the evening hours most of the showers are over but the fog will start forming leader in the evening. >> so meteorologist mike nicco's santa and leyla gulen is the grinch. >> a lump of coal, but the san mateo bridge is, withing up in the when -- in the westbound direction to foster city. highway 84 is shut down eastbound and westbound because of the landslide. that is going to destroy the commute along 84 head the to the sunol grade and cause major backups on 580

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it's especially thick over the south bay. san jose has reported right about a quarter mile visibility. you will find it in south san jose off to the east perhaps some through milpitas. take it outy out there. livermore your visibility has been good. in napa, from anywhere from three quarters of a mile to five miles. now it's ten miles. the stretch through american canyon. you may find it in fairfield as well in part, of the central valley. if you drive to the central valley, you will find it this morning. 48 degrees in concord. we have 47 in oakland. mid-40s in and around napa. 46 for you and 47 redwood city. so a chill in the air with the mostly clear skies out there. but by the afternoon, we're feeling good. take a look at these numbers. 67 in concord as well as livermore. 66 san jose, 68 in oakland. 67 in santa rosa and 65 for san francisco. we do have changes on the way. in addition to a cooldown. we have wet weather coming for christmas eve. i'm going to detail the time line on that for you coming up. good morning, sal. >