Forecast. When the rain is moving in and moving in and continuing to moving in and out all week. Most of it moved out. We had the rain early this morning. Some of the widespread rain is moving toward the east and more sierra snow. The roads are still wet and there will be once again puddles left behind. Very much like yesterday morning. Live look outside in palo alto. And highway 101. Temperatures will drop down into the upper 40s over the next few hours and slowly rise as we get sunshine today. We do have a bigger storm headed our way by the end of the week. Ill talk more about that coming up. And there is tire spray in san jose. Of off the roadway, they will spray the car behind them so that is what you are encountering on the windshield as well. The streets are damp and the surface streets have the water so watch coming off the offramp an on city streets slippery sometimes. San jose and the peninsula and the east bay moving at speed. Green sense kwoors all over. There is a crash toward highway 4 and well talk about that but i want to make sure we include from the start, the cash lane backup at the bay bridge. Well track that over the next few minutes. Back to you. New from overnight, were working to find out more about an Intense Police activity in the south bay. This is video of the seen on blossom hill road and reilly report in san jose. The officers were roping off the crime area with tape and officers are still looking for a suspect. Were still working to find out more information. Our reporter bob redell is at scene and will have a live report at 5 00. And the waiting game for two o oakland mothers in a home. They are waiting for the sheriffs to come make them leave. [ crowd chanting ] supporters have been rallying outside of the home on magnolia street after the judge ruled the women have no rights to the ohoe owned by wedgewood llc. A spokesperson offered the moms rent for the next two months but the pair called the offer an insult. Last night supporters locked arms and vowed not to let deputies evict them. These large corporations are hidden behind llc and it is very difficult for tenants to pursue their rights. This movement is to show people no matter what happens or how many obstacles with put in your path that you still should have the strength to fight. Today in the bays kris sanchez is outside of the home and joining us with a live report with the latest developments at 5 00. The former uc berkeley worker accused of being the nor cal rapist will return to court in sacramento. In 2018 authorities arrested roy rauler at his benicia home and dna evidence led him to waller in connection with a decade of unsolved attacks in thnorth bay counties. They will determine if there is enough evidence to go to trial. Well look at the impact of the kincade fire in Sonoma County. The board of supervisors is expected to hear a report from an analytics company. The fire and evacuation of 185 thousand thousand residents made up a majority of the cost. But additionally they say planned pg e shutoffs between late october and early november cost an estimated 105 million in losses. The average resident spent two and a half days without power. According to the chronicle, Sonoma County is preparing to take legal action against pg e but the state has not announced an official cause of the fire. The utility does admit a high voltage power line malfunctioned at the time the fire began. 4 34 and happening today, oakland leaders rolling out a new campaign meant to clean up Illegal Dumping called oakland proud, standing for prevent and report oakland unlawful dumping. They plan to announce a slew of new services at this mornings meeting. Another longterm San Francisco restaurant is closing its doors. It is blaming the problem many other businesses face, talking about high rent and high labor cost. The castro cafe floor has been a main stay since 1973 but it is no longer open. They are searching for solution to keep restaurants open. And some are supporting a vacancy tax. Under proposition d landlords who leave a commercial space empty for more than 182 days will be fined. They are aiming to bring vibrant neighborhoods back. I would definitely support that. Right now they dont have an incentive to fill it. The castro in upper market had 10 vacancy rate in 2017 and that is up 7 from 2015. College admission scandal fallout continues. Still ahead on today in the bay, the claim the feds are are making against actress lovey laughlin. Plus the issue being reported with thousands of toyotas this morning. And keeping our eye on the roadways this morning, this is already a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Mike is researching any backups out there. And you notice wet roadways and kari has a look at the forecast. A lot more ahead. 4 36. When our daughter and her kids moved in with us. Kids, bedtime . She was worried we wouldnt be able to keep up. Course we can. What couldnt keep up was our bargain detergent. Turns out its mostly water, and water doesnt get out all the stains. So, we switched back to tide. One wash, stains are gone. Kind of like our quiet time. [slurping] what are you doing . Dont pay for water. Tide gives you three times the active cleaning ingredients. If its got to be clean, its got to be tide. It is 4 39 thousand. Lets head outside in dublin where were seeing wet road this is morning as you head out. And people already on the roads this morning. Temperatures dropping down to the low 40s by 9 00. And now were going to have a chance to dry out once again going into the afternoon with highs reaching into the mid50s. Im tracking a pretty big storm for the bay area. One of the biggest weve seen in quite a while. Well talk more about that coming up in less than five minutes. And laura shows you the backup at the bay bridge before the commercial break and we saw a break in the traffic closest to the screen. Well talk about the pattern we see and the backup and where where it is coming from and what i expect from the morning timing. Good morning, im rahel solomon and here are the top business headlines. Wall street is set to open higher after stocks rallied ahead of the u. S. And china planning phase one of the trade deal this week. The nasdaq and s p 500 closing at record highs. On the watts list a report on Consumer Prices and reports from j. P. Morgan and citi group and wells fargo. Fuel pumps could fail in toyotas increasing the risk of a crash covering 2018 and 2019 texas, toyota forerunner, land cruiser, sequoia, siena and sequoia and tundra models. They are still working on repairs and owners will be notified by mail in mid march. And tgi friday chain is preparing to go public during ipo. 30 of sales come from the bar but it is seeing fewer customers visit restaurants instead opting to order delivery or dine elsewhere. They are improving music and lighting using seating that encourages customers to socialize and friday may drop a policy not to serve a beer and shot at the same time. Apparently that is a popular combo with happy hour customers. I wouldnt know anything about happy hour. A beer and a shot . Let me tell you something about happy hour. Drinking water. I think a beer is it beer before liquor never sticker and i say liquor is quicker. You know what that is for another day. You dont know much about it. But that is right. Almost 5 00 somewhere. 5 00 in the morning though. Big difference. 4 41 right now. Coming up on today in the bay, kari is tracking the tuesday forecast. I want to hear more of the liquor knowledge. Well talk about it in the break. Okay. Were talking about rain moving out of the bay area today. A little bit of a break before another storm coming in. More on this and all of of the forecast coming up next. And that little bit of rain makes it slicker. 880 is smooth by the coliseum and closest to that conversation before us, but after the break well talk more about the commute. And we do have dashcam video of the moments before a car ended up in a Contra Costa County canal. What witnesses and police are saying the driver was doing moments before that crash. The van gogh. To harrison, the wine collection. To craig, this rock. I leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. That you do everything to preserve and protect them. With love, california. Even though you keep your car clean, does it sometimes smell stuffy or stale . Try febreze car vent clips to eliminate those odors for up to 30 days. Stuffy, stale car odors occur because of everyday smells that are absorbed and released from soft surfaces. Then theyre circulated by the ac system. Febreze car vent clips eliminate the stale, stuffy smells in your car and leave behind a fresh scent for up to 30 days. Plus, they come in a range of scents including extra light. Try febreze car brand power, helping you buy better. And a good morning to you on this tuesday. As we start the day, taking a live look at downtown san jose. Pictureesque. Beautiful start to the day. What do you got for us. I think that rain really kind of washed everything down. Were starting a fresh morning and then well get sunshine today. Once again that look outside in san jose. Lets head over to campbell to check how our temperatures will shape up. The cold front slipped on through and then wee see the temperatures hovering in the upper 40s throughout much of the morning and then slowly arming up with a mix of sun and clouds today. So this first weather system coming in, but there is still active weather across parts of the Pacific Northwest and well stay unsettled with the rain to the north of us and then we have a larger storm system well be watching on thursday. That will bring in some widespread rain and it is also going to be quite windy. Our hourbyhour outlook and seeing things drying out and clearing out and then more clouds moving in. Tomorrow mostly cloudy but the rain doesnt get here until late tomorrow evening. And then sweeping on through as we head toward thursday with with some rounds of rain continuing off and on throughout the day on thursday. But clearing out by friday. During that time were looking at rainfall totals that may reach about three quarters of an inch in parts of the east bay. Over an inch of rain in some of the upper elevations. Up to santa rosa, up to about an inch of rain and possibly an inch and a half for parts of the north bay in spo if spots lik ukiah, it will be a cold storm and with we may have storm on the bay area peaks. On saturday, another storm system will weaken as it arrives and then still seeing some busy weather heading into next week. Sierra snow looks good. Looking at possibly at least two feet of snow and a lot of our ski resorts. And as we go into the weekend with, that slight chance of rain on saturday as temperatures warm up. Were going to head back to some more seasonable weather for the end of the weekend into early next week. Mike, youre choes closely cracking that road out oakland. Were talking about the bay area toll plaza and were talking about compression on the midway but a steady flow of traffic in the fast track lanes and a it good commute coming in. This is tuesday. We expect this on tuesday and thursday. It is like college classes. And a smooth drive right now. Were looking at orinda toward the city, right now clocking in at about 35 minutes but by 6 30, 7 00, things double in time so keep that in mind as the build is expected to reinstate. We do have something counter commute, north 242 at highway 4, slowing at the interchange. Port chicago highway will take you around but you dont need to. The crash should be cleared in the next few minutes. The rest of the bay shows a nice drive but highway around the ge plant, and a spinout facing the wrong direction across the summit in santa cruz, one lane blocked in the northbound direction. Back to you. Have have you seen this video, mike. In a moment you see a car flying off the road and into a canal. This is dashcam video. There it is. Following a car that was following that other vehicle as it crashed. It happened last night in pittsburg at wesley and rage road. Before the crash four Good Samaritans helped her get out. She was still stuck in the van and we were holding her head above the water and she kept saying any leg is stuck and etch was helping and so we just kept holding her head above water. She was speeding in and out of laneses and drove through red lights before driving into the canal. Police say the woman was showing signs of impairment and told officers she blocked out while driving. Oakland police are taking more action against side shows in their city. Viewers sent us this video of a show near emeryville border. Over the weekend officers towed several cars connected to the incident and on monday night the chp helped break up this side show in san leandro at foothill boulevard and 580 and also side shows in union city over the weekend. A legal victory over the Trump Administration when it comes to separated families at the border. The judge heard from the the aclu acoupling them of resuming the practice that sparked outrage. The judge found in evidence of abuse and refused to issue no guidelines but ordered dna tests when the question of parental ties are in doubt. A New California poll shows month one candidate is dominating the contest in the golden state but Bernie Sanders is leading with 27 among voters. Former Vice President joe biden and senator Elizabeth Warren follow closely behind. Now to operation varsity blues. Federal prosecutors say that actress Lori Laughlin and other defendants are with holding evidence in the College Admission scandal creating a fight before the trial even begins. Both sides are looking for documents related to the scheme. On friday Lori Laughlins lawyers had access to secret usc documents that allegedly include information about the number of students accepted into usc who were considered vip or whose parents donated at least 50,000. The feds claim wealthy parents bribe and paid for spots at top tier schools. 4 51. The governor is outlining the bold plans in the budget spending proposal, one of them involves bringing all of the states cannabis licensing programs under one of roof. Hes proposing to create a Department Rather of cannabis control. Three skriexisting agencies wou all be included. He said the goal is to centralize and aryan regulator centralize instructions. Criminals poising as pg e employees are targeting north bay and residents and they are threatening to shut off the utility without payment immediately. Those calls have double in the last year. The utility does not ask for personal information over the phone. Anybody who receives those calls should report it to the Financial Institution and police. 4 52 coming up next, nbc bay area responds. Sticker shock. With the water bill when it is more than five times higher than usual. Im chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds next. A developing story in china. A search for survivors going offer an a sinkhole swallows a bus and pedestrians. Six people are dead and ten others are missing. Surveillance footage shows people at a bus stop running from the collapsed road. The bus could be see standing almost vertically sunk halfway into the ground. Sinkholes are are not uncommon in china when they are blamed on construction work and the rapid pace of development. 4 52 now. Stick around. A lot more ahead. America isnt just sick of donald trump, americas getting sicker. There are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. And hes repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. Mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without Health Coverage can get it, and everyone who likes theirs, keep it. While capping fees to lower costs. As mayor, he helped expand coverage to seven hundred thousand more people. And championed womens reproductive health. As president , hell give access to everyone. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Is that for me . Mhm aaaah nooooo. Nooooo. Nooooo. 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A manager agreed to review the case and credited the eaglesons with 353 because it is not entirely clear what happened. That is the not full amount they wanted but they were glad to reach a compromise. If you are getting soaked by a consumer problem, maybe we could help. Visit nbcbayarea. Com responds or give us a call at 888996tips. Got a spare 350 . Not on me. Well, that is what it is going to cost you to do to the bank if you dont have the tickets for the nfl championship game at levis stadium. But resale tickets started in the mid 300s dollars. And then it is on to the super bowl in miami. Next on today in the bay who is being hired just days after more than a half a dozen prosecutors with were fired. And kari is tracking the rain for us. Second round of rain this week. Already pushing out of the bay area. Well clear out today. More rain heading our way before the end of the week. Well talk more about that coming up next. Some of the breeze pushing the storm. Also pushing that little flagging there in the foreground. A smooth drive through fremont. Be careful out there. Well talk about the building of a pattern we see. Plus looming vote on capitol hill. A live report from washington on the big day ahead in the impeachment trial debate. Youre watching today in the bay. A new season of the critically acclaimed docuseries. I felt to grateful to the people who came before me. Revealing the untold stories. I always played those games scaried. Of the people and places and moments that shaped the bay area and the world. We dont think like sheep, man. Bay area revelations only on nbc bay area. Right now at 5 00, Intense Police activity in the south bay after a chase on the freeway and city streets. Were have a live report from where it all ended. Plus [ crowd chanting ] loud chants, locked arms and a growing battle over the homeless crisis. The eviction deadline drawing near for mothers who illegally moved into a vacant east bay home. And a flip of the switch. The growing debate over San Francisco making a bid to buy pg es power grid. Today in the bay continues right now. And a good morning to you. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Lets take you outside right now. Taking a look at radar. Tracking the rain as it moves across the bay area. Looks a Little Something like this. And of course those Current Conditions that you see in san jose and San Francisco or sfo this morning. Kari is timing out the wet weather that weve been having and how it rinsed everything clean. Yes. The rest of the day well see the sunshine and the rain moving away from the bay area. Still lingering light showers left over this morning. Heading out of the door in concord, leave the ba the umbrella at home. Well see the windshield wipers because of the cars in front of you kicking up the water but no more falling from the sky and then teams gradually warming up into the mid50s for today. Well take a break from the rain for a little while but there is a big storm headed our way so ill talk more aboha