if you live in the front royal area, you are right on the tail end of this. but we continue want you to letn your guard just yet. there's still a lot of heavy rain happening in that area. you can see tamara zooming in on some of those areas. dark and bright red areas are really a focus this afternoon. as she's mentioned you want to go into the most interior room of your home or basement, a closet, something like that.mi we knew into this weekend that severe weather might be a possibility because it was going -- the atmosphere was b going sort of ripe for conditions like this with the temperatures being so, so warm. wead started off as a really beautiful day. and just about 25 minutes ago when we came on the air, we were coming into a severe thunderstorm warning. what you're looking at here is i-66 infauquier county. and we are seeing rainy conditions there. not a lot of folks on the w roadwaysch is good. within fauquier county is where that tornado warning is stffl in et for at least the next six minutes until we hear another update from the national weather s

they were already in the area. first responders got the call for a fire that broke out in the basement of this row home on 19th street in northeast yesterday. the fire spread through the home, forcing the man inside to run to the upper levels. one man had to be brought down to the second level of the home using a ladder. the other was rescued through the front door. firefighters tell us this was just another routine call for th m. >> crew did fantastic. we train for this stuff all the time. everybody knew their, positi knew where to go. e was rescued by ladder instantaneously. >> one of the men suffered some pretty serious burn injuries. h we're told is expected to be okay. >>> four pedestrians are recovering after a c crashed into them at a fairfax county shopping center. police had to rope off the scene in front of this wells fargo bank on a randaleoad yesterday. they tell usiv the drer of this bmw struck three cars and then plowed into several people. all of them rushed to the os htal. they are expected to be oka

he will likely not return to the bay area. ead, opting to live somewhere in northern virginia. >>> facebook is intensifying its efforts to shut down fake accounts. the social net working giant says it removed 3 billion fake accounts between october of last year and march of this year. that's twice as many as the previous six months. the company said it saw a steep increase in the creation of these fake accounts. >>> the tech museum has a new name. >> we are now the tech in trek. >> we've done a lot of learning about learning. and we're pretty clear now that the ways we thought we learned aren't quite that accurate. that the way, particularly our kids today are learning, is in fact interactive. >> the tech interactive is supposed to better reflect the mission of the south bay institution. its hands on exhibits are geared to steer students to careers in math and science. according to its ceo, the muse he'll did not accurately define its role cynic it doesn't have a collection of artifacts as traditional museums usually have. >>>

not not only jihadist ones which are contributing to the insecurity in the area. tom i still have the kind of adenauer foundation thanks for your analysis. thank you. the united states is deploying an assault ship and a missile battery to the persian gulf to bolster other military vessels already in the area the u.s. said the move is in response to a possible threat to u.s. forces in the region by iran but they didn't specify the nature of that threat around on the other hand has dismissed the claim the newly deployed vessels are the u.s. arlington which transports marines and landing aircraft as well as patriot air defense missiles they will join the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. china's top trade negotiator says he's cautiously optimistic his country can still reach a trade deal with the united states weiss premier league who are made the commons after the us announced plans to raise tariffs on all remaining chinese imports the new levies targets $300000000000.00 worth of chinese products including consumer electronics that's on top of $200

traffic slowing from the berkeley area. we had an earlier problem on the span itself causing early backup at the maze itself. look at that. that is because traffic is held off into the area. 24, be very careful. you can't access the bridge right now because of the speeder routes. 880 northbound jamming up. getting through the city streets, major streets. this could have a major effect on the surface streets for berkeley, oakland, emeryville. another crash getting away from the bay bridge toward the the richmond-san rafael bridge. a couple lanes blocked there. that's better news. a bigger issue at the san mateo, another alternate. two right lanes blocked for 880. overall the volume is lighter. >> a new storm will be moving in as we head into tomorrow. we're already starting to see the rain popping up as we track that storm and the arrival as we go into the forecast. so looking at what to expect, rain tomorrow. and the potential of some storms. that will be two storms moving in. and then a third moving in for the weekend. so w

yes some of them because of the recent scale in violence in some of the areas where we're responding to the about our outbreak i mean particularly in good tempo where we had the tragic and happened where we had the tragic killing of the cameroonian doctor recently and devoted treatment centers have been attacked and they've been various violent demonstrations so it's made it very volatile. that some of the health workers to actually go out. and that's why you see up scale in the cases of the boda recent. but it's not i mean good tempered by it's pretty bad we work in many things are in a comma right. now health workers have been it was ok so if you're talking about and upscaling the cases but i think a lot of people will be aussie in the question is this outbreak likely to spread outside of the borders of where it is kind of to contained it could easily do that you know at the moment it is contained within 21 different health in north people and the jury where it's been for some time but i mean you know you can easily spread across the border into uganda. or move southwards towards go

the area where the link. so unfortunately the fence over to him university was actually broken off and put to block the road and they had a bridge and the university at the moment when the people started removing the barricades where were. subjected to. fire. shots from a near. street and we lost matar and a number of casualties this was. clearly under instructions. to cause chaos but what we did we withdrew why so that there is no come in gauge meant and this is in order to preserve the peace of the people and the safety of the people and unfortunately as my brother mohammed has mentioned that the demonstrators followed the. the calls of the forces until the meccano met street and we say with god's will these events will be the last events caldwell in and that we hope that the right agreement is reached and the people maintain peace and may god peace upon you know i will finally finalized by saying this revolution is targeted and there are many circles. that our way lay in wait in through this country and th

as michelle told you about the area. i will speak to how we are developing our local priorities that feed to the regional plan. joining me in the audience today are some of our colleagues from key partner agencies and leads of the project. we have linda of the transportation authority as well as doug johnson from the planning department and the sf m.t.a. connect sf strives to collaborate, coordinate and streamline long-range transportation planning across the city agencies to identify major transportation investments and policies. it factors in land use to plan transportation as the two are related and interdependent. in the spring of 2018, we completed the first phase of work. this included developing a vision what the city will be like in 50 years. this was an extensive outreach with 5,000 individuals and 60 organizations contributed the thoughts on the future of san francisco as a place to live, work and place. the vision is one where san francisco is a growing, diverse and equitable city and there is a multitude of tr

the christians were surprised, too, and also other arabs in the area. they know the regime will take revenge on them, so all the people in this area were fearful. it was not only the kurds who were nervous. >> reporter: since his tweet, president trump has backtracked, saying 400 u.s. troops will stas ia, half of them supporting the kurds. mona yacoubian is an analyst at the congressionally-funded u.s. institute of pe thshington. >> well, i think iu.s. pulls out or even leaves just a small, residual folle, the kurds ind themselves, i think, in a very precarious position. and the... the semi-automous area that they've managed to carve out of northeastern syria, the system of governance and security, all of that-- the kurdish project if, you will-- i think will indeecome under threat should the u.s. withdraw. >> reporter: an even greater threat to the kurds is neighboring turkey. for decades, the turkish government has fought an armed kurdish insurgency inside turkey, called the p.k.k., that demands an independent breakaway state. both the u.s. and turkey

but the rain is hovering in the area. it is moving throughout the bay for the rest of the day, into tomorrow. so be prepared. especially for evening commute. if you stay for dinner, you might get hit with rain in the tri-valley. contra costa and the north bay showing highlighted green. same thing coming down along the peninsula. over here, the east bay and south bay looking good. no reports of any spinouts. we will see that likely because the first rain after a while means the grease and oil has risen to the top of the roadway there. we are looking at one crash north 17 around the summit. earlier slowing. still reports of one lane blocked. your right lane. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> americans are having fewer children than ever. we'll tell you about the new record low for u.s. birth rates. >>> plus, trying to stop bad guys from streaming bad things online. we'll take a look when "today in the bay" continues 37. mike traffic tease >>> right rain as you head out the door. at 5:14, a live look outside at walnut creek.

makes its way into the area. re looking at a few storm chances later in the day. otherwise the weekend is looking dry. >> that storm on sunday sets up even nicer weather as we move into monday and tuesday. look at the tperatures the next couple of days. 85 tomorrow, 87 saturday. look at monday. 76 with sunshine. it is going to be rather breezy monday.ay as that storm sll looking very nice on tuesday. high temperature in the upper rain fore we see another chance coming up on wednesday and thursday. we'll keep you posted on all of it from the storm center. things calming aittle t, but keep the brellaum >>> who knew how much we missed it? theau dinosr hall at the national history museum has been closed for five years. after the longwait, it felt like billions of years, it's set to reopen next week. >> nbc news got a sneak peek inside and it's bigger and better than ever. the $125 million renovation including more exhibits, more a fossils, more interactive feel. this will reopen a week from saturday. >> you know what'

area. look at all that lightning right around the frederick area. then watch how this moves into howard county right there. a ght here you see this big time storm. n of lightning there. we were on the air at this time. a tornado warning in effect for howard county including the columbia area. now we're seeing some of the damage there. chopper 4 is over that sceneri t now surveying some of that damage. i have seen numerous reports or numerous areas wp rig. right there. just zoom on in to that area. i'm watching c pper as well as talking to you guys. let's take a look and show you what's happening now. here is chopper right here. u can see some damage from that house. look at these trees right there. stop right tifre. ou can hear me, look right there. i want to zoom in. they're leaving me again. there's some moreouses. look at these trees here. once again, these trees are sheared off in the middle. these aren't thrown straight over like straight line winds. they're sheared off in the middlebout 10 to 15 feet up. that tells us there was a tornado hoppin

the mount ops over 2 inches plus in some areas over the mountain tops or an inch of rain in the san francisco. we see that kind of rain amount that the more we expect to see the entire month of maine. all right we've got those winds that will also be kicking up right now just a breeze but watch what happens we hadn't or tomorrow morning. you begin to see the yellow showing up along the coastline, the winds begin picking up 70 miles per hour. but then in the afternoon all those colors showing up we've got the red and the purple some of those gusts maybe over 40 miles per hour out near the beaches. so certainly a lot rain coming our way a lot of gusty winds here is timing it out for as we head through the night tonight it's tomorrow morning. maybe some showers across the peninsula. and that really in the afternoon that is a fierce storm coming in by tomorrow evening, the commute is going to be rough expect some heavy rain. and yes, even some thunderstorms around the bay area. all right lawrence, thanks very much. a group of san fran

now in the vegas area. hey, if you're going to be traveling to vegas, expect some rain for your forecast for the next 24 hours down there. here locally, well, we will have traveling showers. by 9:00, 10:00, the rain will be moved

the situation. we'll also check in on bay area bridges coming up in just a bit back to you. conditions out there, nice and clear the lick observatory but elsewhere you might want to clutch that cup of coffee a little extra tightly because it is cool and it is foggy this morning off to a dreary start for this thursday after what has been a consistent warm up in the days leading up to this 50's across the board for most areas a few 40's such as up in timber on and down in san francisco right now that 49 degrees each you also got a wind chill this morning winds. breezy and nevado pacifica san francisco on over to fairfield and we'll continue to be breezy into the afternoon to so today a little bit cooler little cloudier and stilr on the breezy side back to you. there's and the raptors facing off in the nba finals will have an update on damarcus cousins injury ahead of tonight's game. >>and children frightened by a man who exposed himself in public just outside their middle school now police are looking for that man we'll talk more about it who they're trying to find and a woman

everything is green in the area. right now traffic is backing up and later on depending on how long it is out there it will go through the maze and westbound 80 and westbound 580. also an update on a crash in the south bay northbound 280 to 880. the connector ramp is temporarily blocked to clear an accident. so far traffic is still pretty green in the area. mass transit, the way to go especially across the bay this morning, b.a.r.t. reporting no delays at this time. jessica, natasha? >> we don't need this. >> no, we don't. >> thank you for tracking it. >>> if you've been wanting a new device to play your music, apple says it has the thing for you. >>> and a tweeter in chief. you have to know some very unusual terms. here is "tech bytes." >>> in today's "tech bytes," apple's first new ipod touch in four years. >> the company says its more powerful chip can hold all your music and support group. face time calls an augmented reality app available in six colors and prices start at about $200. >>> and how about some wood w

unfortunately a lot of the roads in oakland and other areas in the bay area. reporting live, bob riddell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, so much, bob. stay connected with our free nbc bay area weather app. you will have all the information in the palmetto of your hand. see where the rain is going and coming to you with our free nbc bay area app. >>> on capitol hill, president trump is set to unveil a sweeping new imfwrax proposal today. the administration says it will empathize fields in education instead of family. "today in the bay" is live with more on what to expect. craig. >> reporter: marcus, good morning. good morning, everyone, it's described as a two-pronged plan, it faces an uphill battle in congress. on border security, president trump's immigration proposal outlines border wall completion and 33 designated areas and scanning improvement at ports of entries. >> not one more american life should be lost because our law makers failed to secure our borders. >> the plan's main -- r. t >> reporter: the plan's main system is switching to an american based

we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like. >> good evening, welcome everyone. we will start this meeting with our pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> welcome, all. thank you very much for your attendance this evening. >> this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. the fire commission regular meeting of wednesday, may 22nd , 2019, and the time is 5:00 p.m. item one, roll call. [roll call] item two, general public comment members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners were department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker. the last of a response right -- by the commissioners or the department personne

it is for the new public access areas on the south side of the historic station 35. there's the need, in order for that to be public access, opened up to public access, to shore up the substructure and i think the costs there are proximally $800,000 or million dollars in cost to do that work, and so we have said, okay, we can apply those costs as rent credits as well. i think the math works out currently with those two pieces, that is $2.4 million, and at $13,000 a month in rent, it works out to around 15 years where those things will even out completely. there will be no actual collection of rent by the port for least 15 years, and then the m.o.u. also provides for the ability for us to grant additional rent credits for additional investments that may be required at fire station 35. and then as with all of our long-term leases, you know, if you think about the ferry building, they get the exploratory him, the ballpark, any of these facilities where we have these long-term leases, the tenant is required -- the tenant is responsible for maintenance and repair, and so

it was the dark area security situation in this part of the country has complicated efforts to control the outbreak the various rebel groups have been accused of spreading rumors about it both left for their own political gain this is adding to an environment of distrust towards health workers some villages believe the disease was created to take their money. because information sometimes birds much quicker than correct information. but denying a bola is very dangerous disposal this is as we often say that people will die of ignorance but we're trying to fight this ignorance in the population got us. you know an effective vaccination program has halted the spread in some northeastern towns. but others particularly prone to rebel groups has seen a spike in new cases the world health organization is now warning there's a risk infections could spread to other provinces in a statement last week it says without commitment from all groups to cease these attacks it is unlikely that this outbreak can remain successfully contained in north kivu and the cheery provinces. until the insecurity sto

in fact, most of the bay area picked up nothing today. it's been for the higher elevations if you live in contra costa. you saw the clouds this afternoon. that's coming from the system in the west. the counter clockwise flow is pushing in the humidity. also that moisture. this is the same storm that eventually will bring us rainfall by the week ynd. look right now, you can see it's contained to the eastern half of the bay area. it was going good here across mt. hamilton this afternoon. they picked up a half inch there. right now, just a couple lingering showers possible up in gilroy. in the next ten minutes. i'm watching this area in altamont and livermore in the next 20 minutes. we'll have details on the weekend rain chance in 15 minutes. >>> thank you, jeff. we're hearing for the first time from the family of a woman who was dragged by a muni train in san francisco. take a look. it was caught on camera last month. a muni train dragged troy lee after her hand got stuck between the closing doors at the embarcadero station. it dragged her o

yeah we've got more showers around the bay area other parts the country really severe weather in the potential for more severe weather tornadoes on the ground again tonight. you see storms just kind of rotating on through this is all part of that same system about tornadoes all the way through a texas and oklahoma yesterday more tornadic activity this evening. in fact we've got tornado watches and warnings up posted all the way into a missouri also illinois we're seeing some very strong thunderstorms rotating on through and numerous reports of seeing some tornadoes. funnel clouds all along that frontal boundary see those on the backside in red. well those are some of the reports of some of the tornadic activity some damage being done also in missouri. outside right now we've got a lot of clouds in the bay area more showers continuing outside is going to be on and off throughout the night tonight. we've got some thunderstorms to nothing too severe popping up in the central valley and a chance we could still see a couple thunderstorms here locally but i'm mostly just the pop-up showers

affordable housing top of mind for so many in the bay area. ries continues for a new project along the peninsula and what several other communities will talk about tonight. >> plus, why? the steps experts will take on why so many whales are dying in the bay area. >> plus, future in question. the new trouble from a contra costa county library. we'll have the details. you're watching "today in the bay". man, that's a cool looking hot tub. we should check on the baby. he's so sweet. maybe too sweet? internet's down. go! your home is only as smart as your internet. get reliable at&t fiber and get speeds up to 300 megabits per second and directv. bundle for 75 dollars a month for 12 months. limited availability. may not be in your area. more for your thing. that's our thing. call 1-800-call-att. tto harrison, the wine tcollection.. grace, you get the beach house, just don't leave the lights on, okay? to mateo, my favorite chair. to chris, the family recipes. to craig, this rock. to jamie, well, let's just say, enjoy the ride. the redwoods to the red

or in the surrounding area with the 8 damaged homes.o some really good news on that front again we're still looking for what caused this fire investigators are still working on that so far this morning, reporting live christina tetreault kron 4 news. thanks christine, a. >>3 we now know the name of the man who died after a confrontation with san jose police 24 year-old efron ask of l from stockton was fatally shot by police on saturday in san jose officers say they found him inside of a car that was reported stolen. officers say he did not comply with their commands to surrender fact here and that stolen car into patrol cars and then dre the car. the officer was treated for serious injuries, including multiple fractures. >>in the north they have had a lone woman turned herself in to the for the stabbing of a 16 year-old boy from sonoma county 20 year-old rocco madonna went to the cops to say she was involved in the stabbing that happened that teenager on saturday night he was riding his bicycle on a bike path in front of the rancho vist

look at the snow coming down the area received 29 inches of new snow this month's that is anll-time record at ma'am us. and the resort says even more snow. more snow in the pipeline in the coming days before the last round of snow officials had expected to stay open until independence day looks like it's gonna stay open a lot longer lawrence s amazing i've never seen that before not all the way to august i've july 4th before that's going start to factor into my fishing season. i mean you got the snow i want to out there fishing. >>either, they want to get to do a we've got some ideas some fun things if you want to do around the bay area this weekend a lot of festivities how about this carnival in san francisco. he wanted to the mission saturday and sunday. >>yeah, it's going to be full of beautiful colors all the parades the costumes and you can see partly cloudy skies and dry conditions on saturday is going to be little bit cool but yeah be prepared for some showers a few headed there on sunday. well this one you go the santa cruz area about the santa cruz long word surf con

then a heads-up into next week we could be talking about more rain in the bay area. at this number up in the north bay. kind of tucked in close to guerneville, an area here over 5 inches of rain, 5.80 inches and we are not done yet. rain and snow showers toward the sierra where they have a winter storm warning in place. take a look at radar right now. you can see the focus is shifted to the central portion of the bay as we come in closer to san francisco and oakland. it looks likes we have heavier cells, intensities to talk about here around san leandro for this portion of the region, also approaching castro valley. in the inland east bay toward pleasanton, san ramon, concord and lafayette, we still have coverage around the clayton area. around the santa cruz mountains approaching saratoga more activity as well, and including morgan hill, san martin and gilroy. if i click on this one cell around san martin around 101 north of gilroy here, you can see the rainfall intensity there at about an inch per hour, the projection the radar shows right now. current numbers in t

>>i'm just involvement the weekend storms follow a couple storms that already hit the bay area this week so let's go over now to our meteorologist mike theresa rodriguez who is tracking this latest round of rain. >>yeah, another big impressive storm is impacting us in the bay area very unusual for mid may would be should start drying out leading into our summer months but instead, i'm tracking light to moderate downpours out there this evening starting to see a little bit of a drying trend so let's zoom on and on storm tracker for in san francisco peninsula noticing that drying trend already even into san mateo county. but half moon bay, widespread light rain there and even as you head into the east bay tracking some spotty hit or miss showers but the bulk of the moisture in our interior valleys as this storm is starting to exit to the south at east at least for this evening and we are noticing some spotty showers also for those of you in the south bay, but the bulk of the moisture and the heaviest rain noh bay r fairfield and even parts of the lay whole we do have a slight chance of pop

and there is the line through our area. o from missouri to o region, dangerous day for sure around us, dangerous for them. still seeing the damage there. and thousandmage inow damage in. >> and so you have that line already moving through,an but ther one behind you. is that following the same track? >> let's show the national map. we are watching in line here. once again severe thunderstorm warnings ongoinback the west. ou not expecting the same tornado outbreak, but herethe thing. the pattern that we're about to get into especially back towards this area, a lot of severe weather over the nextor week so in this region as we start to get into what is called a heat ridge, that will be building our heat into the weekend and next week, we're forecasting the first heat wave of the system. we've bumped up next week's tu temperaes into the mid and upper 90s. we'll be watching that closely. back into our area right now, severe thunderstorm warni4:s go until 5. and o until 5:00. entire area until 8:00. you see where the storms are. i

and ended up clearing the area hillsdale shopping central. police say allen pointed a very real looking fake gun yesterday afternoon. some stores at the popular mall locked their doors while frightened customers and employees hid in store rooms. >> while he was displaying his firearm, he was telling people around him that he was an undercover police officer which was not true. >> a few hours later, police say he claimed to be in the military while appointmenting his fake gun at people at the laurel wood shopping central, a couple miles away. that's where he was arrested. in 2010 he was arrested on multiple counts of impersonating a police officer. >> say it again. enough is enough. >> a district wide strike in the east bay after months of unsuccessful talks. teachers in union city hit the picket lines today. scott? >> reporter: good evening, we're about 10 miles away from the picket line here at union headquarters. about the teachers pulled up. the two sides are far apart and the strike is still on. with drivers honking in support, teachers fr

>>rare intensive spring storm is hitting us here in the bay area tonight, this is a live look at storm tracker for radar you can see we're all the rain is falling right now and it's going to get even more intense here now live look at bay area bridges as the commute is under way and the roads are slick tonight. you can see rain drops there. >>the richmond sandra fell bridge camera this is going to be the most significant amount of rain the bay area has seen in more than a month. good evening, everyone thanks for being with grant lotus. >>and i think you would kiss this is the first of several storms to hit over the next few days conference chief meteorologist laura carno joining us course today, but now the main event is about to move on shore we're seeing the storm system reswirl off the coastline that is the core the the storm. >>and we're starting to see those heavy bands beginning to move on shore look at all the yellow in the orange, still off the coastline that is rain yet to come that will be pounding the bay area over the next couple of hours maybe 3 to 4. as we'll see the stor

bringing us the threat of pop-up thunderstorms showers will make its way into the bay area bring us renewed threats of pop-up thunderstorms hail possible gusty winds and also quick heavy downpours at times throughout most of the morning, drier conditions by early afternoon with some spotty scattered showers and then a slight chance of that severe thunderstorm threat continuing by around 5 o'clock in the evening and this is certainly going to have an impact on your bay to breakers forecast because it will be severe weather impacting your early morning, but then i am tracking calmer conditions by the afternoon but remember when you hear thunder war go indoors with some more wet weather making its way for the remainder of your workweek kron in a jar back to you thank you so much for recent a rainy weather has forced an east bay college to cancel its commencement ceremony. >>that was today, state east bay students and thr families are pretty upset because now they've been told there's not going to be one that will happen at another time, it's not to be rescheduled. kron four sta

so really comfortable all across the bay area. as we head over to mike, chp is working quickly. >> they are working quickly to clear the incidents we had on the road. caltrans quickly clearing. recovery through palo alto. i don't know why this slow speck shows up 101 towards 237. there should be no crews blocking any lanes on 101. i think it may be a sensor read. maybe two slow trucks there. this is not causing a problem getting toward or from the golden gate bridge. that is clear through the north bay. back to you. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay", the latest illegal drug colorado is trying to make legal. >> an important day for uber and lyft. >>> the single blow overnight that brought this new york city building down. that's coming up at 5:25. >>> right now at 5:15, we walk out the door to our usual start to the day. some low 50s. and mostly clear skies. that's a live look outside in san jose. as we go toward santa clara, our temperatures will be at about 55 around sunrise. and some mid-60s by lunchtime with all clear skies.

course of the day but primarily dry skies and calmer winds and yesterday brought us inland areas a range of 60's but a lot closer to 70 the further away you get from the bay also plenty of sunshine, especially later on today after passing clouds this morning. part ways and give way to some much clear conditions will enjoy for much of the rest of the forecast. rebecca. >>well looks like of the weather is cooperating for your memorial day today and so is the traffic there really isn't any traffic it's been pretty light. all morning long here if you're trying get into san francisco going to any of the memorial day events are not going problem, especially here the bay bridge toll plaza approach 8 minutes to make your way out of macarthur maze and then across the upper deck into san francisco, a drive times around the bay area were still in the green green means speeds are the limited means good. so an iata conquered 15 minutes right now. more news weather traffic right after >>highs lot of people have the day off it's going to be gorgeous out there john yeah, defovinitents today dari

in the installment of our "bay area proud." graduations. which means it )s time to celebrate all th >>> it is that time of the year. the one for college graduation. which means it is time to celebrate all of the hard work that went into school. but one graduate put in a lot of hard work, well, before she ever started college. here is her story in this morning's "bay area proud." >> exactly 963 students graduated from the university of san francisco this past weekend. each one tracing the exact same path across the stage. and while each graduate's journey to this spot was different, it must be said that few were as different, or as inspirational as julia nelson. among this sea of caps and gowns, just how many were worn by someone who was an alcoholic at age 11. >> it didn't matter if it was saturday at 1:00 in the morning or if was tuesday at 10:00 a.m. in class. if i had it, i did it. >> julia says growing up she always felt like those around her had a light bulb above their head, one that worked when switched on. but her, always stayed off.

so the 341 area cold is overlaid upon the existing 510 area code. that means that 510 and 341 will co-exist in western alameda county and western contra costa county. now, this area includes interstate 880, carquinez bridge on north through richmond, oakland, hayward and fremont at the south end. and after getting your kid imagine hin early. well, there is a bill that would ban california classes from starting earliern 8:30. this is the second time in two years lawmakers are idea forward. supporters say that later start times would improve academic performance and mental health. opposhatamy schedules and create burdens for the school districts. last year governor jerry brown vetoed the proposal, but advocates believe governor newsom, who is the father of four kids under the age of 10, may think differently. >>> i'm abby and this is synced in. a lost dog at the airport? yeah. not a movie script, guys. this 13-pound poodle was supposed to fly to raleigh, north carolina from sfo, but american airlines mistakenly flew him to philadelphia instead. at fir

we still have plenty of showers around the bay area. the camera from treasure island pointed towards bay bridge through all that fog out there. mostly light rain in the bay area. there are a few areas where it is coming down pretty good. rain totals in san francisco about a 3rd of an inch. santa rosa had an half an inch. right now the numbers are in the 50s. we're looking at the front moving south and out of the bay area but that does not mean the rain is over yet. the center of the low associated with the front will be moving over the bay area in the wee hours and early morning. doppler does show while this is drying, the space still has scattered showers and parts of the east bay caught you can see in oakland and towards walnut creek and up towards richmond it is rainy. in the south bay and insula caught not too much. that will change between now and tomorrow morning as that low pressure begins to sink south towards the bay area. there is even potential of thunderstorms. the future cast shows there is more rain on the way. the rain mos

moreen has lived in the bay area her entire life. she's seen the increase in traffic and cost of living but most of all wants something new. >> it's just, you know, i'm in my 60s. i've been here long enough. >> reporter: gonzalez is now packing because she sold her san leandro home and bought a new one in the phoenix area. >> it's exactly what i was looking for is someone to help me. not just trying to sell my house and me trying to find something good enough on my own. i needed the whole system. >> reporter: the real estate broker scott fuller seized the opportunity after seeing multiple polls showing home owners want to leave the bay area. he helped them sell, move and partner with a new realtor in their new city. >> most of the people we're working with on the brokerage side are selling properties. >> reporter: he says the top places his clients are moving to are sacramento, reno, portland, seattle, and denver among other fast growing cities and tech hubs across the country. fuller says his main clients are either retired or workin

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as you know may has been very wet across the entire bay area. checking out san francisco so far 1.94 inches. that makes this the 12th wettest may on record. the records go back to 1849. the last time there was this wet of a may was 1998 with san francisco getting 3.92 inches. here is the area of low pressure that cooled us off the last few days. the showers are moving on off to the east as high pressure returns. this is the source of a warming trend with a spike on friday and into the weekend. a nice, dry weather pattern looks to be taking us into the weekend. here is tomorrow. starting out with low clouds and fog. as we take this into the afternoon hours, look at this. shower or thunderstorms kind of developing toward the sierra and maybe approaching the area to the north. there is a chance we could have a few sprinkles first thing thursday morning. that is about it. we will kind of halt the cooling trend that one day. bringing that cooling trend to an end short term. san jose 80 degrees. hayward 70. pacifica 61. san jose checking in at 74. half

there are several planned across the bay area this morning. e abortion law say they want to take their fight all the way to the supreme court. >>i hope is that someday we will see the sanctity of life are stored to the center. >>of american won't i made the choice to continue to carry my baby to term and i gave birth to stillborn baby at 27 weeks that that's a decision that not everybody can make time. >>and just really believe that i wanted to be given the choice to make a decision of whatever she too. >>in mississippi they haven't of a law now there are no abortions as early as 6 weeks and that law heads to federal court to be challenged today. >>other national headlines, a 5th child has died now while in us custody at the southern border, the 16 year-old boy was traveling from guatemala and was apprehended by us authorities in texas. an investigation is underway right now into how that child died with the uptake of migrants crossing into the us immigration officials have ordered more medical checks for children in their custody. >>it was the

>>what can this strike is set to take place yes here in the bay area and really all across america in major cities across america now talking with drivers today. there was a sense of confusion among some on what time this is taking place because the strike times are different in cities all across america, the powers that be here in the bay area are asking rideshare drivers, not to accept rides during the afternoon and evening hours. if you haven't used the taxi like this in years. you may want to take down the number wednesday over and lift drivers in san francisco are being urged to go on strike from noon to midnight. >>as the battle wages on for higher pay actual benefits and a better support system. >>just taken off that time tomorrow that's really important for all of us so that we can have the positive results in the in. >>uber goes public this week and many drivers wanted to be known that they are not happy full-timers telling us they have to work 10 to 12 hours a day to make an honest wage. >>new bern e 2 respected drivers and they more. the seas so fair for drivers. i mean for

the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafÉ. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have o

i had a specific question about bathrooms and trash cans in the area. there's a photo in here of how the increased cleaning is going to allow us to pick up around some of the broken trash cans, obviously, we would like to have a situation where these tracker cans are not overflowing or broken up in that way to begin with. so one question, in your budget, is there anything for adding trash cans that you manage and, also, there are at least two public jcs in your area and do you have any role with those. in other cbds, there's been some support or is the operation and the attendance and all of the funding around that done by the city and you don't have any role in that? and do you have any either budgeting or intention to take on a greater role with managing the public restrooms in the civic center. >> we piloted our first big-bell trash cans in the district this year to tremendous success. we know they are not inexpensive and they do require maintenance but that's the beauty of having cbd stewardship. we can remove graffiti surface it happen and schedule

here in the bay area. >>you know we can is a highway patrol officer rossli says having additional officers working on the road over memorial day weekend is a no-brainer. >>we do serve a of a busy area. looking for. >>to the only way to making sure we are. >>also rules and laws of the road. ok special attention to. >>individuals not ways he goes always looking for. signs it's a. >>try limit the inflow it's just after midnight sunday chp san jose responded to a dui crash on highway 17. they say a 23 year-old woman ran into a power pole shutting down traffic for nearly 8 hours in the area. she's one of 15 dui arrests that have been made in san jose since friday. >>maybe you should. take a drive just because you're afraid being pulled over by a police officer you should not drink for the safety aspect. >>for yourself and for others as of sunday morning chp san francisco had made 11 dui arrests. 6 have been made and moran and oakland officers have arrested 12 for dui over the memorial day weekend with so many op

getting out of the area, starting as early as 10:30, 11:00 slowing toward the sacramento area. we'll see lots of folks flooding the roadway early afternoon. watch the areas, on and off ramps near the airport. >>> breaking news to tell but this morning. an announcement sure to have major repercussions for great britain. you can prime minister theresa may will be stepping down june 7th. she said her decision came down to one thing, and one thing only, brexit, and the in ability to work out a separation agreement with the eu. >>> but in a democracy, if you give people a choice, you have a duty to implement what they decide. i have done my best to do that. >> may says she expects the transition to be orderly. she won't officially leave until new leadership is in place. as for who might replace her, that is still up in the air. >> we are just learning about an arrest and recent vandal attack that shook up people in the south bay. >> it happened may 6th. someone spray painted veterans memorial on park avenue. the arrest of a 39-year-old suspect, this guy here in the photo. he is facin

>>and i'm tracking your commute around the bay area. check out the drive here to the return center fell bridge right on the camera on the pavement to so it's going to be slippery commute make sure you're driving at a reduced speed up there and leave a >>bky 39 of course are keeping a close eye on storm tracker for this morning because all all eyes are on that rainfall which year in countering as you step outside your door all across the bay really. the heaviest of it is in areas just west of san francisco now if you're looking just west ocean beach at stops making its way our direction for those of you on the peninsula and right around antioch if you're traveling along highway 4 between conquered in antioch right now some moderate shower activity campus. fairfield up there in the very top of the screen too and if you're traveling down 6.80 south of walnut creek rainfall intensity will be picking up as you head towards danville and san ramon further north in the bay area light showers continue across the marine headlines as well, sir sono