Youre going to be outside, youd better plan on being wet because were talking about rain moving in right now. In fact, showers starting to develop across parts of the north bay, napa, santa rosa near mill valley starting to see those showers approaching sausalito and San Francisco. Even oakland in the next couple hours. So the rain is just getting going. And this is our next storm system moving back into the picture. Its going to be with us all day long. So the rain will develop by lunchtime, especially for the east bay and south bay and with us through the afternoon and evening hours. We have two more storm systems to get through this upcoming week. In fact, this storm system thats moving in right now, vicky, thats going to be with us the next couple of days. Then weve got another one for christmas eve. Well go over all of that coming up in the next report. Good heads up for people who have travel plans. Especially if youre headed to the sierra. Were talking more feet of snow. Pack those chains. Anthony, thank you. We begin with developing news on a fatal small plane crash. That flight took off from the south bay. Air Traffic Control operators received a mayday call from the aircraft about 4 30 yesterday. Shortly after the call the plane was reported missing from radar. Investigators believe they found plane debris in bakersfield. They havent said how many people were on board. It does not appear there were any survivors. The plane left from Reed Hillview airport in san jose and was headed to henderson, nevada. It usually takes about three hours. The faa reports the singleengine piper pa32 plane similar to the one you see here on your screen disappeared off radar about ten miles south of bakersfield. According to the National Weather service, it was rainy and cloudy in the area at that time. Ntsb investigators are on their way to the scene this morning to continue the investigation. An air France Flight from east africa to paris was forced to land due to a bomb scare. The flight made an Emergency Landing last night in the kenyan coastal city of mombasa. It was headed from the island of mauritius to paris when the device was discovered in the planes lavatory. This is a picture of that plane on the runway after it was grounded. All 459 passengers and 14 crew members got off the plane safely. One passenger said he noticed something was wrong when the plane started to descend. Went down slowly, slowly, so we realized probably something was wrong. But air france was great, was wonderful, so they kept everybody calm and real quiet. Police are questioning six passengers in connection with the device. Investigators have not yet said if the device was an explosive. This is before air france plane to be diverted due to threats within the past month. Grave questions on the cal campus this morning after a 22yearold man is found dead inside a fraternity house. The mans body was found inside the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity house on channing way early yesterday morning. Berkeley police say they dont know if there had been a party at the house. Neighbors tell us they didnt see anything unusual other than hearing an alarm after midnight. We are investigating it as a suspicious death just because were not sure of the complete circumstances of how he actually passed away. Investigators have not released the mans name, and they are not saying if he was a student. There were two Student Deaths at cal last year. One student fell down a flight of stairs. Another was found dead at a fraternity party. This latest incident happened just as students finished finals and were heading home for the holidays. A driver in alameda died when his suv plunged into the oakland estuary. Witnesses say he was speeding when his vehicle jumped a sidewalk, crashed through a railing, and into the water. It all began around 7 00 a. M. Yesterday in the parking lot of nob hill foods. The cashier ran out to help and immediately dove into the water. I go in, and i cant even see my hand. Its too dark to see anything. So i just go in there, tried to find something, and im finding absolutely nothing. Emergency crews later pulled the victim out of the submerged suv. He was declared dead at highland hospital. His identity has not been released. A successful rescue in San Francisco. This is video of a 55yearold man after he was pulled from the water near ocean beach yesterday morning. He is in Critical Condition. Firefighters found him face down in the water. Witnesses say the man was walking on the rocks by the cliff house when a big wave knocked him into the ocean. Rescue crews administered cpr, then rushed the man to the hospital. A tragic end to the search for a san jose woman missing since friday. Investigators tell us she was killed after being struck by two cars. Police say the driver of the first car that hit the woman pulled over to help, but then another driver struck the woman, and that person took off. Police are still trying to find that second driver in the hitandrun. This all happened just before 3 00 saturday morning on center road near tully. The victim is 76yearold lee lynn yan. An environmental disaster being compared to the Bp Gulf Oil Spill now taking place in l. A. That is where leaking natural gas has been seeping into the air for months. Heres time lapse infrared video of the methane being released near the affluent neighborhood of porter ranch. It is enough gas to fill the Empire State Building every day. The noxious fumes have sparked hundreds of illness complaints, and socal gas is now paying to temporarily relocate thousands of residents. Two schools are also moving their students. My throat is always irritated. I coughed out of control. You can see my eyes watering. Socal gas insists there are no longterm health defects, but lawyers are suing the company on behalf of residents. It could take three to four months to fix that leak. Now to decision 2016. Democratic president ial candidates took center stage in New Hampshire for the final debate of the year. Senator Bernie Sanders started by apologizing to Hillary Clinton for a breach of her campaigns voter data. This is not the type of campaign that we run. And if i find anybody else involved in this, they will also be fired. She accepted the apology and quickly moved on to other issues including gun control, National Security, and terrorism. We must work more closely with Muslim American communities. We need to work with them, not demonize them as the republicans have been doing. Former Maryland GovernorMartin Omalley went on the offensive, slamming both candidates in hopes of closing the huge gap in the polls. The democratic president ial candidates fill face off again on january 17th in south carolina. And much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, why members of the Muslim Community brought their traditions into a local church on the peninsula. Plus, a new beginning for a San Francisco landmark. The plans for the Old Mint Building right in the middle of soma. Stay with us. You should shop at Grocery Outlet first because their prices are up to 60 less than what youll find at regular stores but wait, theres more shop here first, and youll always find more bargains but wait, theres more amazing deals on big name brands in every aisle but wait, theres more watermelon more announcer bonein spiralsliced half ham just 1. 49 per pound. Grocery outlet bargain market your time now is 7 09. Take a look at this gorgeous live picture from our san jose cameras as the sun rises. Those colors, i havent seen those colors in the sky since the summer. It looks absolutely beautiful out there. Well, to the latest now in the investigation of the terror attack in San Bernardino. This weekend moving crews cleared out the home where the two terrorists hatched their murderous plot and assembled their bombs. Syed farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire at a Holiday Party on december 2nd. 14 people were killed. The couple lived in this redlands home, and they died after a shootout with police. After the attacks, the fbi found not only pipe bombs but thousands of rounds of ammunition in the residence. Farooks family was at the home yesterday morning as items were being hauled away. The terrorist attacks in paris and San Bernardino have shown an unwelcome spotlight on muslims. In an effort to foster a better understanding of the Muslim Community, people came together on the peninsula to get to know their neighbors and to learn more about the muslim faith. About 150 people gathered at the First United Methodist Church in palo alto. The theme of the event was from fear to friendship. It was put on by the american muslim voice foundation. The yearly gathering was scheduled before the terror attacks in paris and San Bernardino, but organizers say because of those attacks, this event was needed more than ever. I want them to see us as mothers, daughters, friends, grandparents, uncles and teachers. That is what is missing. To help people learn more about muslims, the foundation displayed wedding gowns, Childrens Clothing and jewelry. Organizers tell us because this event has grown so much, this is the first year they held it at a church. Still ahead on today in the bay, star wars made a splashy and historic debut this Opening Weekend as the force awakened, the move a full startups made that left their offices empty. Anthony. Were waking up to sun in some parts but the clouds are moving on in, and weve got rain to talk about. Were going to get to your full forecast coming up after this. Who coined the term side bread . Because theres nothing side about this bread. It may look like the moon. But its the star of the show. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Time now 7 14. A live look out at the ice wink there. Absolutely the right weather because it is chilly. If you havent stepped outside yet this morning, it is cold. And we are going to see some showers later in the day according to anthony slaughter. Stick around and hell tell you when and where. Well, a San Francisco landmark is being revived. The old mint on fifth and mission is finding new life as an events location. The classical revival building was built back in 1874. It survived the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes. The city will waive the 25,000 monthly rent if the Event Company pays for upkeep. The city estimates the old mint needs about 60 million worth of repairs. Some Silicon ValleyCompanies Look more like ghost towns than offices on friday. Star wars is to blame. Many offices renting out theaters so their employees could see the film. Business and tech reporter scott budman reports. Reporter it will probably be the biggest movie of all time. But one of the few things that can shut down the tech industry. Tech Companies Like google, accela and paypal buying out theaters to show their employees a good time. A lot of folks in the i. T. World and tech world is what we grew up with. Theres a very high correlation if you get a bunch of engineers and technologists together with people who love star wars. Its almost one for one. Reporter and of all the people lining up to see star wars, trent adams is the big man on his campus. One of the hardest secrets ive kept. Reporter trent who works for san josebased paypal is an extra in the movie. Youll actually see him if you look close enough. And they had a fullsized set of the millennium falcon, looking at this being stunned, and then being asked, well, would you like to go inside . And it was physically hard to walk up the ramp into the millennium falcon because it just catapulted you back to your childhood. Reporter a childhood movie that inspired a lot of techies to get into the business in the first place. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. The force awakens is smashing all the box office records. It opened to 125 million on friday. It makes it the highest grossing movie in a single day. A lot of them presale tickets. It is on track for 250 million. If you are headed to the sierra today, pack your chains. This is from scott walker, and it shows the snowy roads he had to deal with on the way to tahoe. This was about 4 00 yesterday afternoon. This is on interstate 80 near blue canyon. Ski resorts are getting a blanket of fresh snow. This has been one of the best starts in years for Northern California ski resorts. Wow just look at that amazing amount of snow on the ground. I do not miss driving in the snow, anthony. I used to work in reno. You and me both. Going across 80 to get back to the bay area. It was scary. Slippery. If you want the snow, its close enough to go to. If you dont exactly. Stay right here. Thats right. We are looking at more rain today moving into the bay area. Weve got the rain, weve got the snow. Its all headed our way once again. And heres a shot from oakland. A beautiful sunrise, vicky was commenting on this earlier. Yeah, it makes it all worthwhile being up this early this morning. Lets talk about the weather. We can show you the radar because it is raining across parts of Northern California. Eureka dealing with heavy rain right now. This cold front going to continue to sag south as we head through the day. More showers will arrive if you havent seen any of these just yet, we will be talking about them at least across the south bay momentarily. Right now the rains across parts of the north bay, thats where you see the green from napa towards fairfield, even across the coastal mountains. As we move through the day, sunshine is going to go away. Were talking about more cloud cover today and those showers starting to develop. North bay, San Francisco, then across parts of the east bay peninsula and the south bay later on this afternoon. Temperatures going to be cool, though, as we head towards the next couple of days. Heres what you can expect this upcoming week. Weve got lots of rain to talk about. Tomorrow, the storm system lingers. So were going to see another day of rain, not only for today but tomorrow as well. Tuesday, another storm catches up with this one. Well see rain pretty much likely all day long. Wednesday will be the day to dry out. And well see more rain by thursday. If you want to get outside, maybe do lastminute ice skating, wednesday is the day to do so because once this rain starts today, its going to be with us on and off through the next couple of days. So lets time this out and ill show you what im talking about. This is lunchtime. Widespread rain down to the south bay. It continues to rain through about 7 00 this evening. Then it becomes more scattered in nature. Tomorrow morning when you wake up, there will still be a few pockets of rain in the area especially for that morning commute across parts of the east bay through the peninsula and even across parts of the south bay as well. As we move through the day tomorrow, another band of heavy rain pushes back in by the afternoon. And we do it all over again for tuesday. Well dry out a little bit in the morning and then more heavy rain approaches by the afternoon and evening hours. So as you get ready for winter, yes, christmas in winter starting this upcoming week. Oh, more snow into the sierra. Winter weather advisories there. Were talking 32 inches of snow between now and wednesday in some spots. So that means about two to three feet of additional snow expected for the sierra in just in time for christmas. All right. As we move towards the next couple days, san jose will stay wet through tuesday. Wednesday will be that dry day. Same deal for the east bay valley. Temperatures staying cool. Then as we head towards thursday, this storm system moving in for thursday, this is going to be very cold and drop our temperatures back into the low 50s. Morning lows, christmas morning, right near freezing. So its really going to feel like christmas as we head towards the next couple of days. Yep, the rain stays with us all the way through thursday. Even for friday, vicky, it looks like well have a few morning showers right on christmas day. So tis the season. Happy holidays. Back over to you. Yeah, just time to get those rain boots out and get a workout in them. Were back in two minutes. Coming up it wont be over until we find justice. A widow who won the fight to change 911 rules at the Postal Service is now fighting something else. Why the government is denying her benefits afterer had husband suffered a grave injury at work. Fifty thousand dollars and counting thats how much an east bay widow is still figg 50,000 and counting. Thats how much an east bay widow is still fighting for in death benefits after her husband died following an injury at work. We first told you about the postal worker whose tragic death and delayed 911 call spurred a National Policy change at the usps. This morning we investigate how the government is responding. One day he was here and then now hes gone. Reporter more than a year after losing her husband, widow larnie still grieves. Pain made worse for Workers Compensation to support her family. We have to survive on our own, and its been a struggle. Every day we miss him so much. Reporter the government denied her petition for death benefits twice. Even though her husband, sam, was severely injured during his shift at the postal Processing Center in