Is ground is soaking wet. Weve been seeing rain overnight in many locations of the bay area. Its going to be one of those days where its going to rain all day long. So a very indicative el nino pattern this morning. Youll notice as we zoom out. Lots of rain heading our way to the oregoncalifornia border. You can see rain is falling. It has to move through the bay area throughout the day. Ill show you the future cast and youll notice the yellows and oranges. Thats heavy snow. They have winter storm warnings there. The north bay into San Francisco, san petaluma. Thats when the heavy band will move through. By 4 00 well see the band of rain. Overall its going to be one of those days you want to stay inside. Its going to be rainy and gray and really soggy. So if you have the kids, you want to take one of snow days take it easy get out there and ajoy. Theres a Flash Flood Watch for the north bay. Keep in mind. Flooded roads, creeks, and streams continue to rise throughout the day. On the bright side a chance to put on the boots and splash in puddles. My kids lo to do that. Thats true. Maybe stay off the roads. Right. More evidence let me get that straight of the power of the storms here. This mud slide closure in marin county. Its between fairfax. The road is expected to be closed until monday for repairs. Sach rated ground continues to uproot trees. This downed tree is on the marin coast. The roadblocked on highway 1 at fair valley road because a tree fell on a power line there. In the middle of the storm, the demolition of a pacifica Apartment Building is underway to keep it from crashing down a cliff side on to the beach belo below. The work should be done by wednesday. The city has been fighting the owner of the building for almost six years now. Its right next to another Apartment Building that was torn down last month. High surf and strong storms are causing the cliff underneath the building to give away. The foundation will remain as a way of stabilizing the cliff top until this summer and it will be removed. Pacifica leaders said demolishing the building will prevent pollution to falling on to the beach below. Track the rain on your smartphone. Download our free nbc bay area app. You can watch the radar and theyll give you a personalized forecast as well. Now to a developing story. A medical scare prompted an evacuation at a walnut creek hotel. Six people recovering from getting six at Holiday Inn Express. One person was taken to the hospital. Many guests complained of their eyes and throats burning due to a pepper spray type smell coming from the hallway. Hazmat crews searched the building looking for a cause. Ultimately they never found anything, but we did ventilate the structure with our own fans and watched the hvac system in the structure to bring in a lot of fresh air into the building. Crews gave the all clear and the hotel reopened shortly after. Well, a chp officer is recovering from major injuries this morning after being hit by a car on a slick pass in the sierra. This is video of the aftermath from our traffic camera. The accident happened yesterday about 3 00 on i 80. The officer was out of his car guiding drivers because of the bad weather. Westbound lanes were closed for about an hour. Two violent investigation crimes in one night. Both in san hjose. Police respond to a deadly shooting at a coffee house. The latest incident marked the citys ninth homicide of the year. Late friday night Police Responded to a call at a cafe where a man walked into the coffee shop and started shooting. Two men were rushed to the hospital. One died. The shooter is still on the loose. Then early yesterday morning officers received a call that a man was shooting at people outside a 7 eleven. Three officers shot and wounded Stephen Pedroza after he fired after them with a high powered rifle. San jose police chief eddie garcia commended the work of his officers. I cant state enough bravery and heroism of the officers. The three officers involved in the shooting have now been placed on paid administrative leave as internal affairs investigates the shooting. Police are investigating their own officerinvolved shooting on friday night after an armed man robbed a kfc. A Woman Working inside called 911 to report a man with a gun. When officers arrived, they saw a female employee inside the store with her hands in the air. The robber tried to escape out the back of the restaurant. An officer confronted him and yelled for him to stop. Instead police say the man pointed his gun at the officer who fired one deadly shot. The District Attorneys Office is now looking at what happened. A statewide sweep is underway to catch people buying alcohol for underage drinkers. About 400 people have been arrested so far including more than 50 arrests in bay area counties. This picture shows officers arresting a man in san jose on a charge of purchasing alcohol for a minor. And in the north bay, police say this taxi driver was busted on the same charge. Investigators say they also found evidence of meth during an arrest in san jose. We have more to come on today in the bay. Tensions continue to build at donald trump events. Why protesters ended up being pepper sprayed last night. A new Research Shows were eating too much of a certain type of food. A new health warning. Your time is 7 09. A live look outside now at san jose. This is a shot taken bay photographer who is managing to stay dry we, out sprinkles are coming down there. Thats near the s. A. P. Center. Slick roads so be careful. To decision 2016 now. Another rough day on the campaign trail for donald trump. The billionaire has more problems with protesters at his events. Police pepper sprayed a group of about ten people last night in kansas city. They were trying to get protesters to move back after their demonstrations filled into the streets. When some refused to cooperate, Police Say Officers used pepper spray to get it under control. Protesters interrupted a trump event earlier in the day, also. Just two hours after a man tried to jump on stage at an ohio rally, trump had to call for several times for protesters to be removed from an event. The latest trouble comes after a squirmish with Trump Supporters five people were arrested and two officers injured democratic and republican opponents alike are using opportunity to condemn trumps rhetoric toward demonstrators. He told the supporters to beat up the people in the crowd w and dont pay their legal fees. Donald trump created a toxic environment. If you see violence you should condemn it. If you see a bully, you should stand up to him. Yet to be seen whether the rising tensions will affect trumps campaign. Five more states hold primaries this tuesday. A bizarre story a man charged with an attack an an alaska erace. This dog was killed when a man on a snow mobile. Police arrested the 26yearold. He drove a snow mobile into the two sled teams. He said he turned himself in after waking up from a drunken stupor and saw the damage to his snow mobile and realize what he had done. The two mushers are okay. They lost two prize dogs and several others were hurt. Microsofts new plan that will hopefully make everyones commute a little easier. The commute this morning going to be sloppy. We have heavy rain pounding through the bay area as we speak. Well talk about the rain, the time line, and when its expected to move out coming up. The full forecast after this. Thank you for joining this sunday. A live look at the gauadeloupe river. You can see plenty of rain drops. Its going to look this way across much of the bay for most of the day. Anthony will be by in a moment to tell us where the rain is coming down and the changes in our forecast for the week ahead. Startling new Research Shows that ultra processed foods make up nearly 60 of the calories in american diets. From frozen pizza and soda to chips and cookies. Doctors say americans are eating too much processed food. The biggest problem is the amount of added sugar in many of the teams. 90 percent of all added sugars in the u. S. Diet come from ultra processed foods. Thats all linked to weight gain, diabetes, and increased risk of disease. Experts say americans should be eating far more whole foods and limiting the junk. I usually tell my clients, you know, try to do maybe three or four times a week max. I think when i was younger it was about the calories. Now i focus on what is in the foods. That is a good idea. Dietitians also warn that some ultra processed foods mass can raid as healthy alternatives. They advise looking at labels. It is no secret our traffic is getting worse as our local economy continues to grow. Now a pair of hightech heavy weights think they have a plan for fixing it. In this story youll see only on nbc bay area. Our business and tech reporter talked exclusively to the researchers behind a new plan to fix the gridlock. As the tech economy has grown so has the south bays traffic mess. Every day and were stuck. So big traffic meet big data. To gather data. To understand better what is really happening. Inside microsofts Silicon Valley headquarters, theyre crunching the numbers using software to tackling the hard problem of improving san jose traffic. So well be looking at data for the last five years here in san jose to study traffic patterns and patterns and help policy makers make good decisions when it comes to traffic planning across the Silicon Valley. Its the very beginning of a long range plan to both improve road safety and lower commute times. And san jose has been chosen as one of the test cities. Thats very meaningful to folks of san jose. Which city leaders appreciate but look at with an understandable dose of skepticism. After all, technology can only do so much. Its certainly not a panacea. Theres no silver bum let for this. Using this own data we have and analyze it and slice and dice and look at where is the best place to put our money. A tech company trying to ease a problem caused largely by tech jobs. In a city known for hightech and high. Scott budman nbc bay area. Looking forward to the results of that study. The program which officially kicked off on friday is called vision zero. One of the goals is to reduce traffic deaths and injuries to zero. Back to the weather coverage now. Rain is saturating ground and moving in mornga. A problem that has homeowners worried. So much so that two decided to leave and there is that can be done right now. East bay mud engineers say right now they cannot fully evaluate how loose the soil is and likely wont be able to do so until the summer when theyll be able to determine if the ground is solid or if its in danger of a mud slide. Lets check in with anthony slaughter who is following the weather and the forecast. Rain everywhere. Changes ahead, too. Yeah. We have a Flash Flood Watch in effect for the north bay. Its because of the streets and vineyards that are dealing with the flooding. Its not huge flooding but a little bit of water over the ground makes you scratch your head and question can i make it through that . You never want to drive through any kind of flood waters even if it looks shallow. It only takes about a foot of water, 12 inches of water to move your car and lift it up after the ground. Thats not a lot of rain, if youre wondering, you know, if youre in your car looking at the ground and it looks shallow. Its probably more than just 12 inches. You dont want to drive through flooded roadways. And Flash Flood Watch in effect for the north bay. We have heavy rain moving through the bay area now. Mostly concentrated across the peninsula and the east and south bay. We have more rain coming our way. Lets you to the future cast. Wide spread rain continues through the day. This is 1 00. Youll notice some of the yellow embedded in pacifica, San Francisco, toward 101 corridor through the north bay. Thats where were expecting the heaviest rain around noon. That band of rain will move to the south bay and east baby 5 00. Well see heavier pockets for the east and south bay. After that things will start to dry out and tonight overnight were expecting to see a few lingering showers but tomorrow to start the day were expecting to dry out and well see sunshine and then a big warming trend in store for the bay area. That Flash Flood Watch includes the north bay. Just the north bay. Thats it. The rest of the bay is going to see plain old rain today. We could see ponding on the roadways. The biggest threats for flooded roadways and fast rising creeks and streams are across parts of the north bay. Plain old rain from the south bay into San Francisco. Even in the north bay. Nothing overly heavy now. Its been raping for hours. The ground is saturated and there are puddles and ponding on the roadways this morning. Keep in mind as you get going out there. Temperatures later on this afternoon going to stay chilly upper 50s to low 60s. We have a steady stream of moisture moving in with the cold front. You can see that by the green rows. Across the pacific more rain continue to stream in. As we move through the day and youll see heavier bands making the way through the santa cruz mountains. This will be the general trend all day long. Make sure if you have not gotten that app, to do so. Because the weather is helpful, especially if youre not near your tv or computer. Look at the rainfall amounts were looking at over the next day. This is about an inch of rain at halfmoon bay. Same deal for walnut creek. Well get rain shadowed for san jose. Expecting about less than half an inch. San francisco will get 3 4 of an inch. South bay not going to see huge amounts. But definitely enough to continue to rise those streams and creeks. The wind will start to kick up through the day. Youll notice about 1 00 well see the strongest winds at the coastline, the east bay, and north bay and itll start to die down as we move into the overnight hours. A quick update its expected to crest tomorrow with the rain. It will be below flood stage but keep in mind 29 feet is action stage. Thats when you start to get a little concerned. Thats where were headed by monday and itll start to drop off by tuesday. Lots of advisory across the state. We have winter storm warnings posted for the sierra. Winter weather advisories for the lower seer ye eer sierra. Its been snowing overnight keep in mind if you today way. I advise not to do so. Another foot of snow is expected by the days end. Thank you. Coming up on today in the bay. We think if we can put enough out there that will have some success. Giving Mother Nature a boost. A group at a bay laboratory is trying to help revive an endangered species. That. Story next. Considered a seafood delicacy served in top bay area restaurants. White app low knee is a different story. Those animals are federally endangered. We go to a Bay Area Laboratory where the population is getting a boost. In the world of science, the idea of making babies isnt exactly romantic. We are making abalone babies. Now theyre ready to go. The process includes a lot of standing around. This is the female. And a lot of watching. Were inducing spawning. The subject at the center of the attention critically endangered White Alabama abalone. Its estimated there are only around 5,000 white abalone left in the ocean in southern california. So researchers here are now taking matters into their own hands. Were breeding them to make more of them so we can put them out in the wild. In a special oneday event the Lab Scientists collected all their white abalone separating the females from the male. They are called broadcast spawners. They send their eggs and sperm into water columns and they collect in tiny pillars of water. We put them in pockets with special chemicals that make them think that other animals are spawning. Reporter it artificially sets the mood. We get excited every time. Reporter even in a sterile scientific setting, each release abalone egg release ensues a cheering section. We combine the eggs and sperm to optimize for thelization. Reporter in about the week the work will result in a millions of offspring which a few thousand survive. We have more white abalone in the lab than exists in the wild. Reporter the scientists plan to return them to the ocean and let nature take its course. We think if we can put enough out there, that will actually have some success. Reporter in the meantime the romance is left to a team of scientists. At the end of the day were saving an endangered species. Reporter nbc bay area news. Today in the bay is back after this break. Up next its going to be another soggy day around the bay area. Anthony slaughter will give us a look where youll see the most showers. Plus, holding the powerful accountable. The contractor cleaning up radiation wont talk but a former worker is break his silence claiming a cover up. Take a live look outside. Athe. Your time is 7 29. We start off this sunday march 13th with a live look outside. Thats the golden gate bridge. Fog over the top of the bridge. It was coming down in sheets just hours ago. The rain was. Making for a tough and dangerous driving route there. Lets head to the south bay. A look at san jose. Still sprinkling there. Earlier we were showing you the guard l guadeloupe river. We are tracking the storms this morning so you can plan your sunday. Here is a look at the radar. The north bay on Flash Flood Watch. Anthony has been telling us about it all morning. Good morning to you and thank you for waking up with us. Lets get to it. Anthony said that flash flood warnings in effect. Well see another rainy day. Its a Flash Flood Watch. A warning means its happening now. The watches mean were on guard and were watching for it later on this afternoon. Thats where you can see the future cast is lit in green, yellow, and red. The oranges and yellows denote heavier rain. Thats where rainfall rates will approach an inch an hour. By 1 00 were expecting the heavier band to move into the knot ba north bay. It will work into the east and south bay 5 00 tonight. Well see a light sprinkles and showers into the overnight hours but the forecast today, vicky, is rain, rain, rain. Its going to be all day long. So if you have a back up plan to stay inside and enjoy the rain from the inside. But again if you have to hit the road. Take easy. We have a lot of ponding and puddling. In the north bay dealing with flooded