Is just a couple days away. They are hoping the annual event will give them a muchneeded boost. The rain is back. You can see the green on the radar. Taking a live look across the bay area, were starting to see some wet roads. The rain expected to pick up a bit as the evening wears on. Rob, youre timing this all out, are we going to have a wet commute tomorrow morning. The main event is happening overnight. Right now, for anyone whos driving across the Golden Gate Bridge, yes, you are driving through some of that rain. We show you that rain right from the Golden Gate Bridge into san mateo, and now starting to push away from the norm bay. Youre getting pretty good downpours there, all of this will continue to march southward. Theres not a lot of moisture with this particular weather system. As we take you hour by hour, youll see how this transitions into the south bay overnight, and by 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow, most of the showers have moved out. But what has our concern a little bit later on this week is the potential for very strong winds. This is going to lead to warmer temperatures, High Pressure building in. But by thursday and friday, could see wind gusts along the north bay hills up to 50 miles per hour. Well talk more about that and high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s by next weekend. Well take a closer look in a few minutes. You can track the weather when were not on air with our free nbc bay area app. Point your phone at the qr code on your screen, and it will take you straight to our radar. The search is on tonight for the person who opened fire on a busy bay area freeway. The latest happening last night on bay bridge, snarling traffic for hours. The chp says a woman was driving on the eastern span of the bridge when another car pulled up. Someone started shooting at her car. The woman was hit. She pulled over, then called 911. Paramedics got her to the hospital. No word on how she is doing tonight. Chp closed four of the five eastbound lanes for about two hours to investigate. And right now, detectives are looking for a motive and the shooter. Anyone with information is urged to call police. Police investigating a deadly headon crash. East of mountain boulevard, it happened about 5 00 this morning. The driver of the red car hit the suv. Again, it was head on. A passenger in the suv died. Five other people, including the drivers of both cars were hurt. It is not clear what head up to that crash. A remarkable story, a north bay family suffered just minor cuts after engine trouble forced them to crash land in the mendocino woods. They had just taken off from a small airport northwest of santa rosa. Five minutes later, the single engine lost power. They decided to deploy parachute system enough to make a relatively gentle crash landing. All on board had minor injuries. Something big is coming to the east bay. The city of oakland about to show off its vibrant and diverse food scene. More than 150 eateries will be offering special menus and deals, everything from food trucks to michelinstarred restaurants. Theyre hoping for a busy ten days. Reporter at 8 16 in the rock ridge neighborhood. We serve naplesstyle pizza and pasta. Reporter this restaurant has been in oakland for more than a decade. Now theyre gearing up for the citys Restaurant Week. Were doing a deal where you can get a pizza, salad and canoli for 45. Reporter many restaurants are offering special dishes or deals. For people who havent been here before, its a good time try us out and potentially make us one of your regular spots. Reporter it goes from march 14th to march 24th and includes all kinds of businesses, from food trucks to michelinstarred restaurants. New to Restaurant Week this year is west oaklands swahili spot, which serves up east african food. Im trying to bring a home made, like a homefeeling food, so people who are missing that at home, i want them to find it right here in the bay area. Reporter she transitioned from cooking up curries and fried fish in a food truck to a brick and mortar kitchen. I said let me put it in during Restaurant Week and people can get to know me. Reporter more than 150 restaurants and food trucks are participating this year, offering food from all over the world in neighborhoods all across the town. And of course these businesses are hoping they might just become your new favorite spot. In oakland, alyssa goard, nbc bay area news. New video showing firefighters battling a massive fire in contra costa county. Started late this afternoon inside a vacant warehouse in antioch. Crews say took 30 minutes to get it under control. No one hurt. The cause under investigation. Overseas, the u. S. Is taking action in the middle east. American forces teamed up with the Jordanian Air force to drop more food over gaza. We want to show you video from the latest drop in northern gaza today. U. S. Cent com says nearly 12,000 meals were dropped. He has a right to defend israel, a right to continue to pursue hamas. But he must, he must, he must, pay more attention to the innocent lives taken. Hes hurting israel more than helping israel by making the rest of the world, its contrary to what israel stands for. Its a big mistake. I want to see a ceasefire. He said the defense of israel is Still Critical and would not cut off weapons. The u. S. Is the racing to rescue nonessential personnel from haiti amid a surge in gang violence, all while the Prime Minister faces growing pressure to resign. Marissa para has more. Reporter an evacuation amid a country in chaos. Nonessential embassy employees airlifted from haiti, approved by President Biden who remains deeply concerned. The administration also boosting embassy security. U. S. Southern command saying no haitians were on board that flight. Last week the white house emphasizing the urgency of the crisis. You think about food, clean water, health care and other Critical Systems through u. N. And geo partners to help people in need. Reporter a state of emergency in haiti now extended to next month. The u. N. Reporting 5. 5 million people, almost half the population are in need of aid. Years of Political Violence came to a boiling point last weekend when gangs attacked the capital, portauprince. The Prime Minister still in puerto rico, forced to land there and calls for his resignation now growing louder. Haitis main airport shut down, leaving haitians stranded. Its been bad before. I think this probably the worst. Reporter mercy corps has been working to reduce violence in haiti since 2019. The situation is delicate. And it is important to make the right decisions moving forward. And im sure the u. S. Government, like all governments, do not want to make the situation worse. Coming up, the protesters who shut down the bay bridge last year getting ready to face a judge again. What theyre asking for and when they return to court. And hollywoods biggest night gets off to a kind of a bumpy start. Why the officers were delayed. Plus who ended up winning big once the show did get under way. Were on the red carpet next. Right now, storm ranger showing you rain. This should move out before a second storm arrives later to is it possible to count on my internet like my Customers Count on me . It is with comcast business. Keeping you up and running with our 99. 9 network reliability. And security that helps outsmart threats to your data. Moaire dida twoo . Your data, too. Theres even roundtheclock customer support. So you can be there for your customers. With comcast business, reliability isnt just possible. Its happening. Get started for 49 a month. 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Hundreds of demonstrators hit the streets this afternoon, accusing the Entertainment Industry of actively supporting genocide in gaza. The demonstration began a few hours before the 96th academy awards. Organizers say they want to expose retaliation against those in the Film Industry who speak out against israel. And despite the disruption, the oscars of course went on. This years ceremony was filled with glamour, laughs and dancing kens. Robert kovacic from our sister station in l. A. Has a look at the big night. Reporter good evening. From outside of the dolby theater where there was some drama, inside, no real drama when it cams to the categories themselves. Listen, we knew this was going to be a bomb, with that said, congratulations to universals oppenheimer. The only real battle, the battle between the stones, emma stone versus lily gladstone. With all of that said, the show still ran three and a half hours long, but there were some showstopping moments to make all memorable. Lets start by what made the 96th annual awards different. This year it wasnt what people were wearing. It was what john cena was not. Costumes, they are so important. Reporter it wasnt ryan gosling the actor but ryan goss lick the singer, belting out a song with so much kenergy, the attendees jumped out of their seats. I was so amazed by ryan and what he was doing, and that number just blew my mind, and i was right there and going for it, and, you know, things happen. Reporter the night began with a standing ovation for the awards backstage crew and an acknowledgement of all who stood in solidarity with striking actors and writers. The hollywood shutdown was one of the Entertainment Industrys two biggest headlines last year. The other . Barbenheimer. Im just happy that we can finally put this barbenheimer rivalry behind us. Reporter barbs traded. But tonight, the barbenheimer rivalry, a blockbuster film that appeared on the very same weekend was finally blasted away. And oppenheimer. Reporter oppenheimer with 7 wins from 13 nominations, including the big one, best picture. Best director, christopher nolan, killian murphy, the first irishborn actor to win in the best actor category. Very overwhelmed. Very humbled. Very grateful. And, you know, very proud to be irish. Id like to thank my terrible childhood and the academy. Reporter from nbc late night to oscar gold. After three nominations, Robert Downey jr. , winning an academy award. And what was barbie made for . Eight nominations and one win for best original song. But it was one for the books. 22yearold Billie Eilish and her brother Phineas Oconnell are the two youngest people to have won two oscars. There were other firsts as well, including ukraine winningis first oscar. The director for best documentary described the film about journalists being trapped in mariupol during the war in ukraine said this is probably the first time a director will ever say this on stage, but i wish i never made the film. Congratulations to wes anderson, also winning his First Academy award, and how about everyones favorite monster . Godzilla minus one is the godzilla franchises very First Academy award. Were here in hollywood. Im robert kovacic. Back to you. We have posted a full list of winners and red carpet pictures on our website. Head to nbcbayarea. Com. Click the link on our home page. And speaking of things you want to see. Tomorrow morning, the today show gets an exclusive behind the scenes look at elton johns oscar party, which is undoubtedly still going on right now. You can watch the today show right after today in the bay. Probably just getting started. Yes. Bay area nonprofit is asking for your help. A van used by the Shakespeare Festival was stolen. They use it to bring the play to schools and libraries across the state. It was carrying sets, instruments and costumes when it was stolen. Now theyre raising money to by a new van. Police asking anyone with information to give them a call. It was a gorgeous day in the sierra today. The weather drew a lot of skiers up to the mountain. You can see mt. Rose. And it was packed. The sunny weather was a Welcome Break after the area got pounded. Several feet of snow, and they couldnt get on it because the resorts were closed. And today it all worked out, well, except when the resort closed because of wind. Things are calming down . Less wind, more snow. Theyre going to like that. Skiing in the summer the way things are looking right now. Another foot of snow over the sierra. The rain is finally moving through the bay area. And pretty good timing. We managed a mostlydry day. And san jose no rain just yet. 55 degrees, wind out of the south east, the sign of a frontal boundary on approach when those winds are out of the south. Youre seeing it right now in san jose. Over towards walnut creek, 56 degrees, most he cloudy skies, now trying to get into the rain as we get closer to the bay. Theres the view at sfo where winds are picking up, 55 degrees, and yes, the rain has arrived there, as we look at san mateo, sbrooun. San bruno. And out of the north bay now, novato to vallejo and napa, moderate rain. It is scooting through pretty quickly. In fact before sun rise, all that you see there going to be moving out fairly fast. Not much behind it. Here is the break that were going to see for the better part of the day. And then same time tomorrow, essentially, another chance of rain will drop in late tomorrow. For the morning commute, things looking better. Slight chance of an isolated shower. But we should trend to partly cloudy skies through lunchtime and highs pretty close to what we had today. Upper 50s and low 60s. From San Francisco to oakland. Top totals will be in Sonoma County and marin county along coast as weather system number two drops in tomorrow into Tuesday Morning. The timing on that looks like this as we head into the evening. A repeat of what we had today. 11 00, rain starts to move through. One difference, though, is the Tuesday Morning commute may still have showers attached to it. You may need windshield wipers, and maybe thunderstorms in interior Northern California for tuesday afternoon. But a big pattern change after that. High pressure dropping in, a pretty classic north offshore wind pattern. Thats probably going to peak between wednesday night and thursday. You see the arrows pointing offshore. But look at the temperatures. Starting thursday into the 70s. Lets take you over to friday. Mid70s. As we head into the weekend, breaking the pattern of the last couple weekends, not only will we be rain free, but some of the warmest temperatures arriving next weekend. A little rain tonight, a little more monday night into tuesday. Then wind will be something well have to watch for elevations above 2,000 feet in the north bay. Gusting into thursday. But a lot warmer, and its going to stay warm friday into and through next weekend. Springlike temperatures just around the corner. Yeah, those 70s look so good. On a weekend. Yeah. Rob, thanks. Up next, girls hitting the gridiron. The camp putting their flag football skills to the test and why this sport is on the rise. Three, two, one, ignition. And liftoff of falcon 9. Go starling, go spacex. There it is. We see these quite often now, but spacex has again launched another batch of starlink satellites. Still like to watch it. Falcon 9 rockets, launched just after 9 00 p. M. From the brandenburg base. s the second Starlink Mission in about four hours. Another one launched earlier from florida. See what i mean . This was the 17th flight for the booster supporting this mission. The International Space station saying goodbye to four of its astronauts, known as crew seven, embarked on this mission six months ago to conduct experiments and technology demonstrations, things like filtering wastewater, growing food on the iss and studying the effects of spaceflight on immune function. They spoke ahead of their departure. Crew seven, weve got a little built more work to do to get back home, so lets end it, end it strong. Theyre expected to depart from the International Space station tomorrow. Theyre going to be back on earth Tuesday Morning. A big welcome, too. Yeah, absolutely. Girls dominated the football field in fairfield today. Check it out. This is the scene at a solano college. And girls aged 4 to 18 got to play and learn about a sport normally dominated by boys. Pro womens flag Football Players coached the girls through some drills and showed them how the game could lead to college scholarships. My main goal is to play good and show my team that we can, like, win. Many girls say they left feeling inspired and were expired to learn flag football is making its olympic debut in los angeles in 2028, and hey, we do not want you to forget this. We are your home for the Paris Olympics this summer. They begin on july 26. Why the niners are willing to part ways with the longesttenured player on the team. You can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. Existing customers can get a free line of our most popular unlimited plan for a year not only will you save hundreds but youll also be joining millions who hav