If youre coming in through the emoriville stretch here, 17 minutes across the bay bridge once you make it through the maze. A closer look at the north bay is coming up at 6 09. Thank you. The whole team is getting you ready for the rain coming in. Amy hollyfield is in the north bay tracking the wet roads. Amy, what are you seeing . Reporter hi, natasha. Were talking to people as they brace for the rain. They are preparing for it mentally and just fundamentally grabbing the rain gear, doing what they need to do to any plants or pets, like succulents. One woman told me shes bringing those inside. Just mentally preparing for whats to come. We need it but its kind of miserable. It changes the day a little bit but its good. Yeah, we need it. Just drive slower. Thats the main thing. People drive kind of stupid in the rain. But you just go with it. Reporter were getting a nice break in the action right now. So your commute could be pretty smooth if you can jet off right now. We will keep you posted on the current conditions. But this is a good window of opportunity if you want to hit the highways right now. Reporting live in petaluma, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. You can track the rain where you live with the abc 7 news app. It is free to download. Enable push alerts and well send you breaking updates to your phone or tablet. And we are tracking tough news for twitter employees. Jack dorsey is addressing his entire staff today after announcing layoffs this morning. Twitter is letting go of 9 of the workforce thats roughly 350 people. Most of the cuts will come from the marketing and sales force divisions. And employees were notified of the layoffs just before the Third QuarterEarnings Report came out around 4 30 this morning. And that report showed the media adjacent at a flat growth. But dorsey says twitter has a clear plan Going Forward and is manging changes to ensure longterm growth. Relief could be coming if youre tiring of struggling with the commute between the south bay and San Francisco. The Public Meeting is happening today to help easy traffic along highway 101. Matt keller is live with the details. Hey, matt. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. The early bird gets the worm. And the early driver gets a pretty smooth commute. Not much traffic out here on 101 this morning. But lets be honest, 101 is a cran crapshoot. You never know when youll get stuck in a jam. But the traffic has gotten better. Apparently it gets better by talking. The caltrans officials are here in San Mateo County to talk to the public about the 101 major lanes project. The uber driver toll us this morning he wants to speed things up. If you get stuck in traffic, you lose money. Youre hoping they can improve it some way, too. Yeah, that would be awesome. Reporter so what is on the table . A couple things including the combination of changing existing hov to express lanes. The solo drivers can pay to use it and adding new express lanes near whipple road to 380. Possibly removing or replacing auxilliary lanes. The meeting starts tonight at 6 00 at the san mateo city hall. Matt keller, abc 7 news. New this morning, an investigation is on in oakland where a body was found at the onramp on eastbound i80. This is a look at the scene near Hilltop Drive that remains closed right now. No word on when it will reopen. We are told the victim was not hit by a car there. Police are investigating how they could have died. Were in touch with investigators. When we hear new details, well let you know. Cals Greek Community agreed to play by new rules following a temporary party ban selfimposed after two women reported being sexually assaulted at offcampus fraternity houses. The new rules include having trained members give quick consent talks with groups entering parties. And everyone one of those parties, at least three socalled sober monitors will watch for unwanted activity. Police in the north bay are searching for the man who robbed another man right in front of his house. It happened just before 5 00 last night on waverly road. The 72yearold victim may have been followed home from a nearby bank of america. Fortunately, he was not hurt. The robbers did get away in a silver honda civic with a green paper license plate. This just in, shaking still not over for central italy with numerous aftershocks this morning as they deal with the damage after two pretty big quakes there yesterday afternoon. In fact, i want to show you this new video that starts out with all the shaking, you can see, its just kind of white there. And then you see all the rubble that has been leftover this morning as crews are still assessing the damage right now. This is the same area where a quake killed about 300 people just two months ago. As for yesterday, the first quake was a nag any attitude 5. 5 and a 6. 1. So far no reports of any injuries or deaths. Just a lot of rubble as youre seeing. Pretty dramatic damage in the area. Still cleaning up right now. Thats the latest in our live video, back over to you. And with less than two weeks before decision day, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton are campaigning together for the first time. The two will be at a rally in north carolina. The first lady has made headlines recently with several of her passionate speeches. On the gop side, trump has a busy someday in the key swing state of ohio. Hes scheduled to make three Campaign Stops across the state. Next, danger in our own backyards. The scary warning out this morning about the risk of wildfires here in the bay area. Plus, a campus bake sale drawing a crowd and not because of the treats. Why some are saying the organizers have a racist message. 6 06. I want to show you live doppler 7 right now. You can see some showers especially in the north bay. That rain is certainly coming for most of the follow your own sense of style. Because, you want to be confident. T. J. Maxx really helped us express our creative side. Thats the best part. You dont know what youre going to find. I always find great deals on shoes. Purses. Were a team. Yeah. Maxx life at t. J. Maxx. All right. Well start with San Francisco. Open up the roof camera here, and you can see were inbetween the scattered light showers to dominate the forecast through mainly the day hours. Temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. The financial district, 63. Dress for those temperatures everywhere. Well keep the temperature theme going real quick to show you the mid to upper 60s with the raincooled air. Pretty much the same thing tomorrow. A touch warmer saturday as its not going to rain all day. In fact, the rain may hold off until the evening hours. Ill show you that coming up. Then if youre wondering when the heaviest rain comes in around 9 00 to 10 00, youll get a burst. But it is during the evening and overnight hours you get the best chance. Well take a look at that coming up next. And good morning, mike. We are waiting for most of the rain to arrive. We did have showers pass through. A few sprinkles out in some areas, too, but overall were looking pretty dry on the 101 camera in san rafael. Southbound lanes are still moving along just fine. And moving over to the traffic maps, we have live doppler 7 on top. It is pretty scattered there across the bay area. The only blocking situation we have, reggie and natasha told you about this fatality investigation in the richmond area, westbound Hilltop Drive ramp to eastbound 80 is still closed. But hilltop has reopened itself. You can get by with heavy activity on the shoulder. Well have more at 6 20. California leads the way as the state with the most homes at extreme risk of being consumed by wildfires. 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The Group Calling themselves the Young Conservatives of texas held a bake sale. They have different prices for different races and sexes. So what was the point here . Well, they say theyre trying to mirror what they believe is preferential treatment in the College Application process. They put on a similar bake sale in 2013. The schools paper reports that protesters gathered and started chanting races go home. That ended the sale. It doesnt appear the group will be punished in any way. Were hearing from a 29yearold california woman who was in the passenger of a terrifying ride along a madeira patrol car when shots were fired. Jessica was riding with the officer early friday morning when the officer tried to pull over a white suv. The white suv opened fire at the cop car. Two shots hit the windshield. One flattened a tire. Jessica suffered from minor cuts from flying glass. She calls this whole thing a nightmare. So scared, i didnt know how to react. I was like thinking about my kids, and im like, im going to die. That officer was not hurt. You can hear the rest of the interview coming up at 7 00 on gma. A San FranciscoCommunity Activist who once face murder charges is thankful that a black man can get justice. This shows kevin epps leaving jail on thursday after the District Attorney decided there was not enough evidence to charge him. The shooting in glenn park has been said to be selfdeense. This has been an unimaginable traumatic experience. Marcus polk was shot after forcing his way into epps home. He was a registered sex offender with prior drug, Domestic Abuse and robbery charges. And a palm springs man accused of killing two Police Officers in an ambushstyle attack will face the death penalty. 26yearold john felix will face the ultimate punishment. Authorities say felix fired through a metal security gate with an assaultstyle rifle to kill the two officers on october 8. The officers were wearing ballistic vests responding to the domestic disturbance call. And google is under the alphabet umbrella. Alphabet is googles parent company. According to cnn. Com, the move signals a high level in the cars ability to be successful. Alpha beth hopes to provide Traditional Software to car manufacturers. We are turning to mike knnio this morning. This is the first of many days of rain to come. This will probably be the strongest storm. Well jump right into it. Good morning, nice to see you both. Nice to see you at home. Youre probably happy to see if commuting through san rafael. Southbound on 101, it is just mainly cloudy. And about a mild 60 degrees. The heavy rains are possible this evening and overnight. So there are puddles developing on the roads before tomorrows morning commute. And then the weekend storm is looking breezier, but with lighter rain, heres a look at the showers moving through grover park, petaluma, thats heading off to the north and st. Melina. We have better radar returns to north, but this storm is coming from the north. So well see the heavier showers and possible thunderstorms. Well have a flood watch from 3 00 to 7 00 friday morning. The winds are not a big issue with this particular storm. Were calm to about 7 Miles Per Hour. We may get up to 20 Miles Per Hour this afternoon. So on our storm impact scale from 1 being light to 5 severe, this is light at a 2 due to the. 75 to the 1. 5 in the north bay. You can see from now through 9 00, some scattered light showers. A better chance across the north bay. That will continue during the noon hour. All the way up until 5 00, then you can see the yellows and oranges start to develop. Thats going to continue all through the overnight hours and into tomorrow mornings commute. Then it will taper tomorrow afternoon. San jose,. 75. Oakland the same. A half inch. More than an inch in santa rosa. Hopefully twothirds in the east bay neighborhood. It will be dry on halloween. Otherwise the rest of the storms will be light. Good morning. The first hour of the commute today between 4 30 and 5 30 we had a lot of crashes. Between 5 30 and now, no new incidents. Well enjoy it while it lasts. The bay bridge metering lights are on and have been since 5 27. So only the carpool lanes are moving okay at this point. And back in the 880 flyover, we had flashing lights 15 minutes ago. Those have cleared. Never had anything reported from chp. Live doppler 7 on top of the traffic maps this morning, not too many areas with any heavy rain this morning. But as mike explained, we have a few sprinkles out there. Be on the lookout for that and wet pavement. Westbound highway 4 in walnut creek, 12 minutes. No problems on walnut creek to highway 4, just ten minutes. Tracy to dublin is just ten minutes as well. Ibm is teaming up with the Weather Company that owns weather. Com. A smart inhaler would use weather data and sensors to track how patients are doing and if they are using their inhaler properly. This is to use a if people are useing these inhalers as necessary. And you can take this Doppler Radar with you whenever you need it. Heres a look at what is coming up. 12 days to go until election day. On Good Morning America this morning, my exclusive interview with donald trump, his wife melania and their entire family that was in washington, d. C. Donald trump energized, upbeat, unapologetic on the all right. 6 24. Welcome back. Take a look at your screen. Whoo that is close. The area of one of the scariest airport runways coming to an end. Thats the boeing 747, it flies just over the heads of crowds before landing. Its not a mistake, its just what happens here on the island of st. Marteen. They are now replacing the big 747 with the much smaller airbus 330. So the landing not going to be so thrilling or so low. The a330 is still a big plane. And rob from fremont has a question about rebates. He spoke to us in fremont. Michael finney has the answer. I purchased a washing machine last year and had a rebate frau pg e. When i went to apply for the rebate, they told me they ran out of money, even though the rebate was not expired yet. What do you think . Hey, rob, great meeting you at the fremont street eats event. Look, when you buy a qualifying appliance, you can get rebates anywhere from 50 to 150. But, and its a big but, those rebates are on a first come, first serve basis. Te fine print right there says the rebates and amounts can change at any time for any reason. And thats why my advice is always to check to see if the rebate is still going before buying. Rob, thanks for your question. If you have a question for michael finney, record it and share it on social media using askfinney. Coming up next at 6 30, trouble at the dmv. The outage is still impacting offices across the bay area. What you need to know if you have an appointment. And the search for a missing sailor who took off from San Francisco has now been suspended. Why there are concerns about his safety this morning. And i continue to gather more details about twitter announcing layoffs. Ill have more details coming up. And here are the newest rainfall potential numbers for not only the storm but the weekend. Up to an inch in the south bay. Possibly 2. 33 in san rafael. Theres a graph color coded to show we have a 2 to 5 chance of any flash flooding. That doe good morning, im natasha zouves. And im reggie aqui. Mike, where is this rain . Thats a great question. Lets get right to it, reggie. No pulling punches. Well show you, good morning, everybody. Everybody needs to be prepared to get wet today, tomorrow and through the weekend. Right now, im seeing a little bit near pacifica heading to hillsborogh, brisbane, and that area. And then you can see scattered light showers. Thats what were going to have most of the day until we get to the latter parts of the afternoon and into the evening hours. Right now san jose, youre dry. But youre going to get wet weather. Were going to have more numerous showers across the north bay at noon and the rest of us get rain heavy at times during the afternoon and evening hours. How is the commute this morning, alexis . Is it Getting Better . We started off busy, we had a lot of crashes and heavier stuff come through with wet pavement. But those have all cleared. We are incidentfree at the moment. Westbound 880 filling in through the emeryville stretch. The drive times are ramping up as well. So westbound 880 between highway 4 and the maze, we are up to 28 minutes. Not terrible, but that flipped over from green to yellow. Well take a closer look at the south bay coming up next. And we have you covered. We are combing the roads this morning looking for rain and any issues. Abc 7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield is combing the north bay live for us in novato. Good morning, amy. Reporter hi, reggie. Were here to tell people to enjoy the dry commute being offered to you right now. Because it is expected to change later today. And as we have talked to people this morning, we are finding that people are aware of the change in weather that is coming. Ad they are preparing. I had to set up all my succulents with umbrellas and put them in the greenhouse because they cant get too wet. And i have to make sure my dog is okay during the day. I set her up in the garage and prop the door in so nothing can close her in and wet. That way she doesnt get wet and make sure my animals and plants are all good. Then im set. I have my rain jacket and work. So i dont really go outside in the rain. Reporter she is ready. You see its dry right now, but don