Dealing with what is a very wet and potentially dangerous winter. Reporter yeah, timing is important here, sam and laura. Thats how you got that announcement here in the Mayors Office just wrapping up and mayor ed lee saying the attitude at city hall is theyre always planning for a disaster for the rain. Planning for this apparently last fall coordinating among many agencies. 1,100 beds additionally open with more set aside for overflow in seven dedicated areas in the city where there are more homeless. Setting up in phases of 200 to 300 beds. Theyre working with Salvation Army and providing food. Public works passing out sandbags to Property Owners while several preparing for heavy rains, high winds, power outages, mudslides and landslides and trying to get to as many people as they can. Its about doing the right thing and making sure they take care of communications, their family, their businesses and their neighbors. Reporter and this is happening as federal Disaster Relief workers this morning taking on a multiple groups involved in a task force focusing on things like key atrisk populations, what facilities need monitoring and taking a look at the 9798 el nino. Back then 883 million worth of damages throughout california, 17 stormrelated deaths in the winter, 40 counties were declared federal disaster areas. 100,000 people evacuated with 55,000 more who needed shelters. So the preparations for el nino have been going on across the bay area including things like shoring up drainage canals in san jose. Important work as fema says the drought has hardened soil making it act like cement so the first heavy rains may cause widespread flooding. Winds could force widespread power outages, debris likely to clog streets and storm drains. A lot is going on. A lot of people working on this. Here in San Francisco public works offering a Program Giving away free brooms and bags and tools and those in my neighborhood i will pick up this litter to help make sure flooding doesnt happen. A very coordinated event here in the bay area. Live in San Francisco at city hall, stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. Makes a difference to to avoid hteph. You know, in fact its flooding s andthis that we are hoping to ides. In the bay area. This scene playing out in the northwest. Heavy rains leading to floods and even landslides. This is in the city of ka lama water thwest washington state. More than a foot of water covering parts of the downtown ghea flooding businesses. City hall and the library both ing several inches of water inside that causes a lot of damage. Meteorologist anthony slaughter has been tracking the system behind this one that is expected to bring a lot of rain our way. Oh, yeah. In fact the storm were looking at this morning has kind of fallen apart. Its the one for north bay did exactly what we thought it would do. Bring a few showers through the Golden Gate Bridge, even right now. Reports across the north bay and you can see how much rain weve seen so far from the light activity. Sea ranch up to about quarter inch, santa rosa more than a tenth of an inch. Sebastopol closer to a quarter inch. And elsewhere trace amounts. Now, the storm system that brought the rain today thats this big one up across the Pacific Northwest. Thats where its been raining over the past few days. Here is the storm system thats going to move through for thursday. Time this to your doorstep. Not much in terms of rainfall there in the north bay, cloudy through the. Tonight around midnight well see first showers arrive across the peninsula even near the south bay. But the heavy band of rain doesnt push in until tomorrow morning around 4 00 or 5 00, especially for the best of the bay area, 5 00, 6 00, 7 00, the trivalley, south bay, peninsula, this is where were going to pick up the heavy band of rain, at least the first round. We get a bit of a break tomorrow afternoon. And then tomorrow night another heavy band of rain pushes back in and thats going to linger with us all the way through friday morning. Well talk about rainfall amounts, how much we could actually see from this storm, how much snow we could see and very strong winds as well. See you in just a bit to go over all that. Okay, anthony, thank you. Younds like the morning commute tomorrow is going to be a delight. You can track the entire storm any time you want with our free nbc bay area app. 11 can also see our live Doppler Radar, get a flames ized forecast for your neighborhood. New at 11 00, a twoalarm one damages a south san jose restaurant. Flames broke out shortly before ghte this morning at the Union Chinese restaurant on union avenue. Luckily no one was inside at the time. 31 2fighters believe that blaze started in the kitchen. They knocked down the fire flthin 20 minutes, but their work wasnt quite done. What does potentially happen with fires that start in the kitchen area and get into that flew there is that grease build up that happens in that flute. Didntn when they made that ble ial, theres still hidden fire inside. Crews spent another 20 minutes making sure the fire didnt escape. Theres considerable damage to the kitchen. The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation. L new details this morning on the turmoil within Santa Clara County jail systems. Sources telling nbc bay area the president of the jail Officers Union has stepped down, at least temporarily. Union members say they were told of the decision at a heated meeting last night and that no trat was needed. Hes been on and off the job since september when he and two essageofficers were placed on administrative leave by the sheriffs department. Sources tell us the officers are being investigated for exchanging what were called racist Text Messages mainly about inmates. Indamessages have not been returned. Ido rame invasion in the east nt ona nanny pistol whipped. One of the safest neighborhoods erday bay area. You can still see the footprint on the front door where the home karasion began at 2 30 yesterday timernoon. Red awith a handgun kicked down h marknage suspec still trying to wrap my es thround everything thats happened. Obviously startled and scared. A lot of emotions right now. They walked through the house going drawer through drawer through upstairs and downstairs looking for money. And at one point the suspect actually pistol whipped the nan any in the head causing a laceration. The nanny was treated at the homt. The girl was not hurt. The family says the gunmen took hoads, cash and 2012 black hayenne porsche. Happening today, San Francisco residents angry about the citys most recent Deadly Police shooting plan to hold a rally ahead of a Police Commission meeting. Ated week sfr officers shot and killed 26yearold mario woods in the citys bay view district. Hiswas all captured on camera by a bystander. Police say he had just stabbed someone and repeatedly ignored comers to drop his knife. Out 00 p. M. Organizers plan to rally on the steps of city hall. That is also where the Police Commission is set to meet and where chief greg sir is going to t. I about the recent use of ent by his officers. Mminpolice Officers Union is showing its support for comrades at toed in last weeks incident. In a statement the union says coat there was an imminent threat to life and that officers ion al other options. At tonights Police Commission eeting chief sir is going to n then the idea of equipping officers with tasers which the uld haalso does support. That idea has met serious resistance in the past, but proponents argue that tasers re nd have prevented what totimately became a fatal outcome involving woods last week. Parents in the east bay are not happy with a new program. At got the go ahead to be taught to their fifth graders. Boatheyre especially not pleased with whos teaching. Ed gnts and students protested outside city hall last night in san leandro. They wanted the school board to nd g no on a new federally funded Gang Prevention Program taught by police. K ts say the sixweek, sixhour course wastes valuable teaching time and gives officers dontch power. Approach children at all times of the day including at e rece recess, lunch, what have you. Here to learn about math, science, not how to stay out of gangs. We dont have a gang problem because of the fact were proactive. E progrout into the community. We integrate programs like this with our youth. Pt out board voted unanimously ws test the program at two Elementary Schools in san leand leandro. Students will have the option to opt out of the course. Major news in the business to sp this morning involving yahoo. Mmercompany is making moves to revive its struggling brand. Yahoo says its dropping a plan to spinoff its stake in the Chinese Ecommerce Company alibaba. Be tove basically means yahoo is going to separate the valuable Alibaba Investment from the rest of the company. The new yahoo will be two companies. One will have a 15 stake in alibaba while the other is everything else. In 2012 when i joined yahoo all of our Revenue Streams were in decline. They were large Revenue Streams, but they were all legacy businesses that were deteriorating. And the fact that today we have futuristic monetization opportunities and revenue growing as much as 50 year over she in terms of mobile, video, native and social thats a major achievement. Ceo Marissa Mayer adds shes deeply committed to yahoo. Eantime the companys chairman says the board is solidly behind mayer. And the company is not for sale. Toxic algae is polluting Lake Del Valle in livermore and usesits closed to swimmers. Even dogs cant get in the water. The toxic algae blooms have hit several other lakes in the east bay causing everything from itchy skin to diarrhea, vomiting and headaches. Rssearchers are trying to figure out whats causing the algae boom. Theyve never had a problem like his before. Up next at 11 00, the ag biors continuing their winning ways on the court but also off of it. There still could be one big snag though before they get their new sparkling arena in San Francisco. And im bob redell. Well take you live here to levis stadium for the one bowl event you probably havent heard of. Well tell you what its all about coming up. And this morning were still finding some light showers across parts of the north bay. Farther south more sunshine and temperatures a little bit warmer. We are going to see this heavy rain pull through tonight into tomorrow morning. Well time that out for you coming up after this. Got a tip for nbc bay areas Investigative Unit . Call 1888996tips, or email theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Nbc bay area, we investigate. Nchs in fau weeks theres going to be the faster farms bowl at levis stadium. College football, you might call it that. But students are also taking to the turf at levis stadium in a unique bowl competition of their own. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live in santa clara this morning. Hey, bob. Reporter good morning to you, laura and sam. This is the firstever stem bowl. So instead of trying to score touchdowns, these students are here trying to improve their understanding of science, technology, engineering and math through a handson experience throughout levis stadium right there. Thats one of the circuit stations that theyre participating in. That looks like game day motion in math. The 49ers museum along with chevron invited about 400 of these students from local schools to participate. Over the next few hours this has been going on for about an hour, but for the next few hours well rotate through six different stations throughout levis to teach them other things, stadium design, the Science Behind the solar panel that powers this venue, the Wireless Technology allowing fans to be online during the games. We want the students to walk away with an understanding that science, technology, engineering and math is part of everyday lives. And we dont want it to be a mystery to them. We want them to understand that its something that will help them in whatever career path they choose. Reporter i dont know if you guys realize, but the 49ers made a commitment to s. T. E. M. Education when it opened the stadium in 2014 with the construction of a hightech classroom in which theyve invited kids to throughout the couple years theyve been open. Live at levis stadium, bob redell, nbc bay area news. All right. Bob a big kid checking out the bells and whistles. Appreciate that. Bay areas next big thing the warriors 600 million privately financed waterfront arena getting the green light. So what does the decision by the board of supervisors mean . Construction could begin in months and the team could be leaving oakland by 2018. But theres still one wild card here. Nbc bay areas jean ellie shows us the possible hiccup. The warriors keep the winning streak alive on the court. The final sets the final Environmental Impact report is certified unanimously. Reporter and the front office wins a political arena at city hall in San Francisco after hours of testimony. My fashion and passion for the warriors is clear, so please bring them here. Reporter the board of supervisors denied an appeal and approved the Environmental Impact report for a new Golden State Warriors arena and event center in mission bay. Is even one life worth the risk . Reporter the Mission Bay Alliance released this video saying impacts to traffic and the ucsf hospitals created by the 18,000seat facility are not adequately addressed. Impacts on cal train and golden gate Transit System and on the ferry system. You have the finding that its significant and unavoidable reporter but the board says a stadium tax on tickets, a 17 million onetime fee and annual tax revenue from the arena will pay for improvements and services needed to keep things moving on event days. The warriors president says after three years of negotiating it feels like a win. I think were ecstatic. We have a culmination of so much work. Reporter but it may not be game over. The Mission Bay Alliance maintains the arena is a bad economic deal for the city. Any other development on that site consistent with the existing lands use entitlements would generate a lot more revenue to the city than this. Reporter it has 30 days to take legal action against the project, a move the group says is likely. Nbc bay area news. For only the fourth time ever a woman is time magazines person of the year. Yes. This morning on the today they revealed it, time named angela merkel, cited for standing up to Vladimir Putin in ukraine, opening germanys borders and managing the debt crisis. The other three women to appear solo on times person of the year cover, Wallace Warfield simpson back in 1936. Queen elizabeth ii in 1952. And corazon aquino. Few lucky san jose children get to shop with a cop. This is the eighth year of the heroes and helpers shopping spree. 100 underprivileged kids were given 125 gift cards to target and accompanied with Bay Area Police officers. Everyone met up at the s. A. P. Center for breakfast and took a Police Convoy to target complete with flashing red lights and sirens. They get to pick out their own presents. And just seeing the excitement in their faces and their eyes and knowing that this is something they will remember for the rest of their lives. All the little shoppers. So will the Police Officers. Sure. All of the little shoppers had to do a little homework beforehand. Thats right. They had to finish assignments, read several books in order to be chosen. I happened to stop by that target today where it was all taking place and it was such an exciting scene all these officers from different agencies throughout the bay area. Chp, fbi, you name it shopping with these kids. The kids had their little calculators out. It was really sweet. Such warmth. And we need it. And the kids were buying for other people. Theyre saying i want to get my mom this, or a little treat for their dog. I mean just that spirit of giving. Very moving. Im trying to tweet out pictures this morning. I wish you had or maybe a video, a little bit. A little. Ive been tweeting them out. Very cool. 11 19 right now. It is a little foggy out there. Its been this way on and off, anthony, for the last several days. Theres going to be a change in the works. There is. In fact im standing in fro of our next storm system brewing krooz the pacific. You can see for yourself its starting to get its act together. The rain we had this morning its from the north bringing rain to the Pacific Northwest and did what we thought it would, fade out across parts of the north bay. Were going to still hang onto light showers through the day across parts of the north bay, but the farther south you head youll see more sunshine. Mid60s across parts of the south bay, 59 in peninsula and cloudy skies north of the Golden Gate Bridge with on and off mist from time to time. Microclimate forecast here on wednesday brings sunshine for the south bay. Mid60s expected from san jose to morgan hill. Cooler on the peninsula, thats where youll find more cloud cover and cloudy skies across parts of San Francisco today, temperatures near 60. Across the north bay thats where youll see the on and off showe showers, temperatures cool upper 50s to low 60s