I showed just before the commercial, a couple cars waiting on the side. There was not a problem that happens before 5 00. They are waiting for the metering pricing to change. Thats a nono. Never pull over unless theres an emergency in the area. To the map, a smooth drive. No one pulling over in the maze or out of the north bay. Thats great news. A smooth flow of traffic. The overnight rains and slick roadways. Be careful, grease and oil may be on the road. So far, traffic flows smoothly. Back to you. Thank you, mike. New this morning, video from the north bay showing the much needed rain falling in santa rosa. Bay area firefighters have been waiting for this wet weather since the fires started. Wile containment numbers are up, this will give crews a bigger upper hand in fighting the flames. 42 people died. Thousands of buildings destroyed since the fire started last week. To the north bay, the rain is helping fire crews further south. The bear fire is still burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains and continues to threaten homes. Bob redell is live in the Santa Cruz Mountains with more on the fire fight there. Bob, when talking rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the concern is mudslides. Not likely for that to happen at this point. Reporter not something they are talking about here. Good morning to you, kris and marcus. The weather over the past 24 hours helping firefighters put out the bear fire thats been burning there in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Behind me, this area got a good dousing of rain. This video, new into the newsroom overnight. Right now, the bear fire, according to cal fire is 35 contained, burned 328 acres. Cal fire expects full containment by tuesday. There are some areas that remain evacuated. However, other neighborhoods have been reopened. Residents off skyline boulevard and south of bear creek road were allowed to go back home. Those living along Bear Creek Canyon road, deer creek road, they are still under evacuation orders. The bear fire has been very dangerous for firefighters because of the steep terrain. Seven firefighters were hurt, including andy goodson with the santa clara unit. You can see a picture cal fire put on facebook. Goodson is being treated at itu at Stanford Medical Center when he tumbled 50 feet. Reporting live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks, bob. New this morning, we are taking a closer look at the losses from the fire. 1 billion is just the early estimate, according to the california insurance commissioner. Much of that loss in Sonoma County where more than 5,000 homes and buildings were destroyed. Again, these are very early numbers. The commissioner expects the number will go up. New this morning, video of an overnight tow truck crash in dublin. It is not as bad as it looks is what im trying to say. The truck crashes through the fencing that separates the freeway and bart rails. The smcement fell on the tracks and caused a closure as crews were cleaning that up. Right now, bart says they did clean it up. No damage to the rail. The trains are running through dublin. Developing in d. C. This morning, a Budget Proposal is headed to the white house or rather to the house. The Senate Passed it late last night. The controversy cal condolence call is in the headlines. Now the chief of staff is weighing in. Reporter exactly, marcus and kris. In fact, when he walked into the White House Briefing room, you could hear a pin drop. He gave the most emotional defense of President Donald Trump that we have seen to date. Thanks a lot. Reporter general john kelly lost his son to a land mine and knows the pain of a gold star family. He defended President Donald Trump from accusations by congresswoman fredricka wilson, that the president was insensitive. I was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. Reporter the congresswoman not backing down yesterday. Why should i walk back comments when everyone in the car heard the same thing. Walk back to where . To where . Where do you walk back the truth . Reporter other members of congress frus raitted by the lack of details to how american troops walked into an ambush killing four soldiers. Following the controversy added to others. President george w. Bush took steps to criticize the sitting president without personally naming him. Bigotry is emboldened. Politics more vulnerable to conspiracy theories. Step up and provide moral leadership to the nation. Reporter lost in the debate is a vote in the senate to pass a budget for 2018. Edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. We are learning the last two prototypes for president trumps wall is going up in san diego. Six are upstanding side by side. They have until october 26 to finish. No word on when the final will be selected or who is going to pay for it. President trump says mexico will pay for the wall. Mexicos president says its not going to happen. The murder case of a beloved south bay woman goes back to court. Miss flow, as she was known to neighbors was beaten to death during a home robbery. The 88yearold pillar of the East San Jose community was hit in her own home. Two men, including her 19yearold neighbor face murder charges. Three other suspects were arrested in connection. All five are expected to enter their plea. Right now, 5 07, we head out the door to cooler temperatures and also wet roads. May also have some of the leaves pulled off the trees after we had that quick moving rain overnight. The rain has now moved out of here. As we look at the High Temperatures today, it is a much cooler afternoon with highs only in the upper 60s for the south bay. San jose, 67. Also 67 as we move toward the east bay and concord. Oakland today, 62 degrees and some breezy winds coming from the north about 10 miles per hour. Daly city, a high of 59 degrees and San Francisco, upper 50s to lower 60s in the north bay. Highs in sonoma reaching 66 degrees. As we are looking back at the rain we had mostly a quarter inch, but well take a closer look at the totals coming up in a few minutes. Mike is tracking how it looks as you head out for your commute. Thats right. We have wet roads. You talked about the rain. Snow in the see area. We got confirmation from our buddy, brian hickey. Slush on i80. No restrictions to south lake tahoe. Here, we are looking at a smooth drive for the speed sensors. The south bay, standing water, a puddle reporting coming through the downtown area in san jose. Traffic flows smoothly. The off ramp, someone didnt make the curve. Watch those speeds. Over here, these speeds are great. Watch the travel times. They are going to grow, but no delays through the trivalley. Its a good start. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Somebody is going to remind you to down load the nbc bay area smartphone app. It will send push alerts. I got one on my work phone and personal phone this morning. They work nicely. It did. Five minutes away. Awesome. Put the hood on. Here is whats coming up next on today in the bay. New privacy concerns over smart watches. The reason the device on your kids wrist is prompting a warning. Car pool canceled. The popular way to get around San Francisco has been idled. Well bring you up to speed when today in the bay continues. Good friday morning. At 5 12, we have seen the rain come and gone. Still a slight chance there may be a lingering shower or two. Taking a live look outside in san jose, clearing. As we go through the neighborhood of campbell, clearing skies today. Look at these temperatures only reaching into the 60s today. This time of year, we should be in the mid70s. Well talk about the weekend when we warm up in about five minutes. About eight minutes is how long it takes to get from navato to the Richmond San Rafael bridge. 101, 37 is a smooth bit of traffic. Wet roads may be a concern. Police are questioning two men in connection with a deadly carjacking. 46yearold James Figueroa was killed yesterday morning in fron front of his own home. He was hit by his own pickup truck by a carjacker. They found a car found during his killing. That led to a pursuit. Officers were able to arrest two men in that car. Right now, the suspects are in pursuit. 5 13. Happening today, steve bannon will be in california. The controversial breitbart editor and white house chief strategist it was keynote speaker at a falcon investigation in anaheim. This morning, two arrests and reports of some violence during protests outside a White Nationalist speech at the university of florida. Florida declared a state of emergency to brace for his visit on thursday. At times, his speech was drown out by boos from the crowd. Parents, new this morning, smart watches for kids can be putting nem in danger. Seven consumer groups are asking the trade commission to investigate the product. The groups say Research Shows hackers can access those watches and track your children. Here is susan grant with Consumer Federation of america. A stranger, someone you dont know, could be using the watch to follow your kid around, to communicate with your kid. The three smart watch makers that sell in the u. S. And were tested to be vulnerable to hacking are teeny tell, care app and se tracker. They say the product is secure. They say their product is secure. The other two companies have not responded to the allegations. Tell your kids not to give their personal information. Absolutely. Even if they have a choice. A private bus system, chair yat will not be running in San Francisco this morning. They temporarily shut the Transportation Company down. Scott mcgrew has been trying to figure this out. Good morning. They run private buses. Anyone can ride them for a few dollars more than muni. They are quicker, cleaner, get to where you want to go because you dont have to follow long routes like city buses. They were shut down thursday afternoon by the Public Utilities over concerns about the safety of the vehicle. They use ford vans exclusively and chariot is owned by ford. John mccain introduced a bill to require social networks and other internet entities to disclose who is paying for political ads on their site the way tv ads have to disclose it. It comes after facebook, google and twitter have been examining how they were taken advantage of by russians. Silicon valley has been able to avoid government regulations. Thats why they have been so successful. The russian ad controversy could be the thing that opens the door to far more oversight from washington. Executives know that. Sheryl sandburg went to washington to lobby for facebook, then said she wants it Senate Intelligence committee to release the facebook ads they are investigating. Release them to the public. The Senate IntelligenceCommittee Says thats fine if they want to release the ad. Here is the senators in charge. Clearly, if any social media platforms would like to do that, we are fine with them doing it because we have already got scheduled an open hearing because we believe the American People deserve to hear firsthand. Bottom line, you have two sides saying release the ads, the other side says release the ads. So far, nobody is releasing the ads. We are hoping we are going to see the ads. Theres a november 1st hearing. Then we, the public, the voters affected by this get to see the ads. Will we get to see them before the public sees them . Hopefully everybody sees them at the same time. Thank you, scott. The world series is almost here. Baseball fans in california may still be celebrating this morning. I knew we were going to do it. I waited for a long time. The dodgers fans took to the streets of los angeles. The game was actually in chicago. The dodgers won the pennant in 111 against the cubs. This is the first world series trip for the dodgers since 1988. L. A. Will play either the yankees or astros. Im hoping for the astros. You are. Chicago, not so happy. I bet. Dodgers all day with that one. Looking at the forecast this morning, you are stepping out the door. It feels cooler and you can see the remnants of the rain that we had overnight. Everything is still kind of wet. That may include your car. So, as you drive this morning, we are still looking at a lot of the rain to the east with a few spotty light showers lingering behind showing the light rain across the south bay. As we look farther to the north, theres a cluster of showers moving through eureka and ukiah. This could move into northern Sonoma County within the next couple hours. As we look at the wind speeds, it will start out with breezy conditions at about 1015 miles per hour. Maybe a little higher in a few spots, coming from the northwest. The rest of the morning, the winds start to calm down today. It stays mostly light, into the afternoon and evening. Stepping out to upper 40s right now in santa rosa, 52 degrees in napa. 56 degrees in san jose and looking at the High Temperatures this afternoon, reaching into the upper 60s. Normally, for this time of year, we are up to 74 degrees. So, we are not close to that as of today. Things change quickly for the weekend. Antioch and danville, a high of 68 degrees. Fremont, 65 today. San mateo looking at 63 for the high. Halfmoon bay at 59. San francisco, upper 50s to lower 60s and the north bay up to 67 degrees today in napa. Going through that morning commute in the east bay, you may have to crank up the heater. Clearing, but slick on the roads. Temperatures in the low 50s, then, as you head out, it is going to be fairly cool. Throughout the day, for oakland, looking at the school day forecast, expect the temperatures to rise to 60 degrees by 1 00 as you walk home. We talked about whats happening in the sierra. Here is a live look at squaw creek. 33 degrees with light snow. Beautiful and the potential of 24 inches of snow for the rest of today, then it clears out. We are going to be clearing out as well. San francisco, low 60s today. Warming up a bit for the weekend. Much more early next week. Upper 60s inland today to upper 80s by tuesday. Still major changes on the way. Mike says make it look easy on the wet roads. Make it look easy because the traffic is light. Take it easy. Lower those speeds because there might be grease and oil making things slick. Bring your change over 80 and the sierra. We have change required. Over here, closer to home, much easier. You can see the green patches here. They might indicate wet roadways. We know you are going to have them. The live cameras over the bay show the sheen on the roadway. Slowing coming through the trivalley. Thats great stuff. I want to show you live cameras. Turn toward the dublin bart station. Kris talked about a crash involving a tow truck and cement debris. Well take you to waze. Light traffic out of pittsburgh. The purple line is the fastest one sticking to the corner instead of cutting it. Waze will show you the best route and the major highways are a best bet. Nbc bay area wazers at the bottom of the screen is your best bet. Back to you guys. Thank you, mike. Coming up, teens and sleep. A big increase since the 1990s. The new Technology Researcher are blaming. After a disaster like this, do you have to take the insurance companys first offer . The answer is no. Im chris chmura. Ill show you how when nbc bay area responds, next. You could save energy by living off the grid. Completely. Or. Set the washing machine to cold. Do your thing. Energy upgrade california. Some Insurance Companies move into the north bay to assist with wildfire damage and claim the paperwork is moving fast. Consumer investigator, chris chmura says moving too quickly might shortchange yourself. Chris has this important forethought. Reporter if you are filing an Insurance Claim after a dizster like this, there is no rush to take the first offer from the insurance company. They will send an adjuster who assesses how much the home and contents are worth. If you disagree, you dont have to accept it. You have the opportunity to hire a public adjuster. They come to the remains of the home and provide an assessment of how much the home and belongings are worth. Compare it and begin to negotiate. Its your right under california law. If you have a complaint call 888996tips or online at www. Nbcbayarea. Com responds. 5 25 now. The ninth Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco reviewed a case to overturn californias 145yearold law that criminalizes prostitution. It was filed by a cincinnati lawyer representing three former prostitutes and disabled man who wants to be a client. The court in oakland dismissed the case last year. During questioning yesterday, a judge asked why is it illegal to sell something that is legal to give away. The lawyers say the 1872 law protects women against sex trafficking and violence. Research out of california that validates what parents already know, teenagers dont get enough sleep. Researchers compared the sleep patterns of adolescents over 25 years. 40 of todays teens sleep less than seven hours a night. Researchers suggest smartphones are to blame for the trend. The more time they spent online, the less sleep they got. Limiting smartphone use to two hour as day leaves enough time for proper sleep. Make them charge it in the kitchen. Coming up, another item banned from flights. The reason some officials want to keep laptops off planes completely. Reporter firefighters on the bear fire get a boost from overnight rain. The time line for full containment of this fire. You are watching today in the bay. Wow nice outfit. When i grow up, im going to mars. Were working on that. Some people know how far they want to go. A personalized Financial Strategy can help you get them there. See how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more o