Plus, clouds moving into the bay area as another round of rain moves our way. When the wet weather will arrive and impact on your week. And music taking over downtown San Francisco, how one neighborhood is using Live Performances to try to get businesses abused. [ music ] the news at six a clock starts right now, thank you for joining us, i am terry mcsweeney. And i am gia vang, we have enjoyed a dry, sunny weekend so far, but changes are on the way. You can see dark clouds in the sky. In San Francisco also, you can see that flag just really moved by the wind. Rain is going to move into x and meteorologist rob may ohta here to tell us when the rain will start to fall and the big changes by the end of the week. A lot of things happening over the next five days. Right now it is the wind, the clouds, and eventually the ran spelling into the north bay. There is the creek right now, you can see across Sonoma County come on approach to San Francisco within the next hour or two, and eventually after 9 00 tonight heading into the south bay. Notice satellite trend here, mostly cloudy skies, not a lot of my start with this particular weather system and it should scoot through pretty quickly. By 9 00 tonight most of the rain in the north bay. After 9 00, it transitions into the Santa Cruz Mountains and around the south bay. Notice the blue and green indicating a third of an inch of rain across Sonoma County and less than a quarter of an inch in san jose. Bigger changes around the corner, one more rain chance into tuesday, and then strong highpressure mizzen, this is the big change up over the next five days, it is going to lead to some warming, but also offshore wind point we will be watching that closely wednesday and thursday where the mountains could get gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour as you head into thursday morning. We will have a closer look at that in the spring my temperature is just around the corner as we head towards next weekend coming up in just a few minutes. You can track the ran when we are not on air at using our free nbc bay area app. Just point your phone to the qr code on your screen, it was taken straight to our radar. And other shooting happened on the bay bridge, the shooting happened last night just before 8 30. It stalled traffic for hours but a woman was driving on the eastern span of the bridge just past the island when another car pulled up and someone darted shooting at her car and the woman was hit. She pulled over and called 911, taken to the hospital. Chp closed four of the five eastbounder lands for about two hours. To see what they could figure out that right now, detectives are looking for a motive. Anyone with information is urged to call police. Please also investigating a deadly headon crash in the oakland hills. You are looking at the deadly aftermath just east of mountain boulevard. The crash happened early this morning just before 5 00. Police say the driver of the red car struck the suv, which was going in opposite direction. A passenger in the suv died at the scene. Five other people, including the drivers of both parties, were injured. Right now, it is not clear what led up to this crash. Keep your car locked and be aware of your surroundings, that is the message from police after a woman stole a car while it was being worked on. Last week, and then was detailing a car for a customer and the doors were unlocked, the keys were in the ignition. That is when a woman jumped in the car, turned it on, and took off. The worker was dragged by the car as the woman drove away. Police later tracked her down and arrested her, the worker wasnt seriously hurt. [ music ] music filled the downtown San Francisco today, part of a new program aimed at helping revitalize the midmarket neighborhood. Organizers are helping the Live Performances will breathe new life into the area that has faced challenges. Here is nbc bay areas Christie Smith point [ music ] reporter in San Francisco today, the sounds of the city came with a new 200 at whisker man is the name of the band that we both play and print reporter today, these two musicians were playing outside along Market Street. Has been going amazing, a lot of people coming out. Some of my fondest memories are busking. When people arent expecting music, you get this whole other joy out of them. Reporter they are part of a launch of what is being called a busk it. Today on the sidewalks along Market Street. Busk it celebrates bringing professional musicians to the sidewalks, to local businesses on Market Street, to create a joint music for passersby and folks going to the cafe, the theater. Reporter and it is happening in a neighborhood looking to try something new. This is part of a vision for the midmarket neighborhood that really leans into the wonderful Creative Infrastructure we have here, and what i mean by that is on three blocks 17,000 Live Performance seats, a fabric of Community Cultural organizations. Reporter the new effort to revitalize the area kicked off today at eight different locations. Between fifth and eighth streets on Market Street in San Francisco, we will have 20, 25 musicians playing throughout the day, and following today, you can enjoy a 40 more weeks of live music on Market Street. The city has de to transform the area around human plaza, which has faced challenges with homelessness and drugs. A few blocks away, there were some people enjoying the activation. Thinit is great tha city is investing in artists and bringing people out to enjoy the mans spaces, and i happen to be fans of these bans. The city has a history of being a transcendent when it comes to arts and culture. We have the Creative Community raising her hand to say i want to be part of the revitalization of downtown. Reporter Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. Congressman adam schiff is pushing back against the claim wealthy donors rigged californias senate race. Katie porter, one of the three Top Democrats in the race to take over the late senator Dianne Feinsteins see made that assertion, she said big donors set millions of dollars to mr. Adam schiff to rigged the race. This morning on nbcs meet the press, said democrats were quick to denounce the language and the claim. A very loaded term indicator of trump, it connotes fraud or ballot stuffing, false claims like those of donald trump, and i think what is remarkable is democrats very quickly rallied to say no, we dont use that language, the election was legitimate. And adam schiffporter did congratulate him, despite making those claims. He will face off against republican steve garvey for the senate seat in november. Both won 32 of the vote. Protests before hollywoods big night, hundreds of demonstrators hit the streets as afternoon accusing the Entertainment Industry of actively supporting genocide in gaza. The demonstration began just a few hours before the 96th annual academy awards. Organizers say they want to expose retaliation against those in the Film Industry who speak out against israel. Just before 3 00, Los Angeles Police told the crowd to leave, but not everyone did. A second protest was held nearby, calling for a cease fire and for leaders in hollywood to take action. U. S. Forces are taking the mentoring action in the middle east. They joined the Jordanian Air force to drop more food over gaza today. Take a look at the latest airdrop in northern gaza. Uscentcom says nearly 12,000 meals were dropped along with rice, flour, pasta, and canned food. Back here in the u. S. , President Biden expressed both support and criticism of israel this weekend. He has a right to defend israel, right to continue to pursue hamas, but you must, must, you must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken. He is hurting, in my view, he is hurting israel more than helping israel by making the rest of the world it is contrary to what israel stands for, and i think it is a big mistake, so i want to see a ceasefire. Obviously talking about Benjamin Netanyahu in the interview, and in the same interview, President Biden said the defense of israel is Still Critical and he would not cut off arms assistance. Coming up, it has been one year since the river levee broke. We take a look at the destruction it caused and where the repairs stand now. Plus, new program is making it easier for californians to file taxes. How it works and when you can start to use it. The weekend ending with some rain now moving back into some rain now moving back into the north bay. 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Tax season is upon us and california is part of a Pilot Program aimed at making filing easier and cheaper. The irs is rolling out a direct file program, it is free for taxpayers. 12 states are taking part in the trial run this year, including california. The idea is that people filed directly with the irs on its website and that cuts out the need for tax preparation programs or tax preparers. But for most americans who earn a w2 and earn an income, your taxes are simple, because you are not like wealthy americans who file thousands of papers of tax returns and are hard to calculate. So, if you are a teacher, you are a mother of two who is working as a nurse, more likely than not, this service is going to be available to you. This Program Launches on tuesday. To be eligible, you need to file a simple federal tax return and take a standard deduction. You also need a valid i. D. Point tomorrow marks one year since one of the worst floods to hit Northern California in recent memory. Shortly after midnight on march 11th, 2023, the pajaro river levee broke and not sent water rushing into the small town of pajaro in monterey county. The majority of the homes there flooded, displacing about 3500 people. It later came to light that federal officials knew for decades that the levee was at risk of failing. Shortly after the flooding, emergency repairs were made on the levee, but a more permanent solution still hasnt started to work on the project is expected to start later this year. Some tahoe ski resorts are closing down because of the wind. You are looking at one of the live cameras up there on mount rose. You can see the left is not moving, trees are blowing. Tahoe also shut down its lift through the senate. The area expects more snow as soon as tonight. Last weekend, it was too much of a good thing, they had so much snow they couldnt do it, and now it is wind. When the winds get that strong above 7000 feet, a lot of times operations at the ski resorts shut down. Less wind over the next 24 hours, but more snow. We are expecting another foot of snow to come down over the sierra will be the story of our own weather picture here. Not just for this evening, but offshore driveway and picking up as we head towards the middle part of the week. Right now, san jose, mostly cloudy, not to gusty around downtown. 59 degrees in dublin, southwest winds at about eight Miles Per Hour. Towards walnut creek, currently 58 degrees, see the trees moving out of it, westwind at 13 point downtown San Francisco, thats where the stronger winds are, 57 in San Francisco, winds at times 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour close to San Francisco. Right now, Sonoma County, starting to see the rain pushing onshore. This is going to drop from north to south between now and about 3 a. M. You are starting to see a little bit more here offshore, as expected, mainly evening to overnight rain chance here. Not much behind it, already starting to get that clearing up on the north coast. This is what is headed our way as we head into tonight, so notice for the north bay, top rain coming in from now until about 10 00. And then by 11 00, San Francisco southward will begin to see the showers passing through san jose in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Right now, doesnt look like it is going to have an impact on the monday morning commute. And the top rain totals, right there in Sonoma County and the Santa Cruz Mountains, we are likely to see identical rain totals with the monday night and tuesday rain chance, so get used to seeing that picture there. Top rain totals should be in the north bay, maybe about a third of an inch to half inch on the hills of Sonoma County. By tomorrow morning, isolated showers will be moving out, upper 40s to start the day. Partly cloudy skies. Monday will look a lot like today. A dry daytime, but as we head towards the evening, the next rain chance drops down the coast. So, kind of similar timing monday night on into early Tuesday Morning. There goes the rain. But unlike monday morning, might have some showers lingering for the Tuesday Morning commute. A little bit of rain at times on tuesday. After that, the skies clear and the wind is something we are going to watch as High Pressure builds in right across to our north. Low pressure dropping down towards arizona on thursday. The Pressure Gradient between the two will create some north to offshore wind at times, which the peak of that went well likely be Late Wednesday into thursday. Notice the direction of the wind arrows and the color coding, top wind arrows just before sunrise on thursday morning. A little breezy on thursday, but 70 is in reach. Less gusty on the hills and more warming as we head into friday, and next weekend, look at those heads. Midtoupper 70s possible for next weekend. And no rain chances for a change as we head through next weekend. Notice San Francisco close to 70 on friday and saturday as the wind backs off. Once we get to the 70s thursday, might be staying there for a while. Seven to 10 day outlook beyond next weekend, keeps those mid 70s around beyond next sunday, too. Thats the first nice stretch of the year always feel so great. It does. Rob, thanks a lot. Still to come, flag football camp is putting young female athletes to the test. Female athletes to the test. The high profile coaches and by salonpas lidocaine flex. A super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. And did we mention, it really, really sticks . Salonpas, its good medicine. The International Space station is saying goodbye to four of its astronauts. The astronauts known as crew seven embarked on a mission six months ago. The goal, to conduct experiments and technology demonstrations, things like filtering wastewater, growing food on the iss and studying spaceflight and immune function. Today, the crew spoke ahead of their departure. Crew seven, we have got a little bit more work to do to get back home, so lets end it strong. They left lake in september. They missed a lot. They are expected to depart from International Space station tomorrow, it will be back on earth Tuesday Morning. You have heard of schools canceling classes because of bad weather days or poor air quality, but in new jersey, one district is giving kids a Solar Eclipse day. Melissa in colorado, she used to work here, explains why the school made the change ahead of the eclipse next month. Yeah, its going to be really cool to watch, it is going to be a total eclipse. Reporter while some see you next month Solar Eclipse as a jawdropping celestial experience, the Livingston School district is i and the afternoon as april 8th as a day to proceed with caution. The district superintendent sent out this letter to parents and students, alerting them that the students will have a halfday because the timing of the Solar Eclipse directly aligns with the typical dismissal time. I think its wonderful that they were proactive to be able to do this, get the kids out early, got into a safe space. Ask i am not sure this is a great decision personally. Reporter the superintendent saying ms children are properly supervised, that could be drawn to look at the eclipse, and would likely do so that day at dismissal. Without the proper equipment, this can cause damage to their eyes. I had a mom tried and someone asked, doesnt this seem a little ridiculous or laughable . I said i think it is wonderful. The district said they are looking out for adults, too, adding parents are bus drivers might get distracted or disoriented by the glare when picking up or dropping kids off. This mother of two things it is a missed opportunity for the kids to experience a lesson in astronomy at the proper eyewear is available. I think it would be equal for them to all be there and see it as a group. Reporter some districts in ohio and upstate new york are going one step further and canceling school altogether on april 8th. That was melissa in colorado reporting. Girls dominating the football field and fairfield today. Yeah, check it out, this was seen at Solano Community college. Though we put on a three flag football clinic, and girls ages four to 18 got a chance to play and learn a sport that is usually dominated by boys. Former nfl players and pro womens flag Football Players coached the girls through some drills and show them how the game could even lead to college scholarships. Exit my name goal is to just play that and be able to show my team that we can win. 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