Seven minutes. Seeing how that affects the drive for everyone headed out. Were watching because the drive is building just as the rain continues to come in. Were seeing the road weather index and as kari said moving toward the western part of oakland. Things are getting more crowded were focusing on new issues for the south bay. No major crashes blocking the roadway. North 101 a new incident that sounds like a crash reported north 101 just about trimble road. No slowing here. Well watch the sensors but we see that for the first portion of the commute which kicks in. 87 has earlier slowing and now were sorting back out again. 87 hat a portion of the roadway reported with flooding around that Airport Boulevard so be careful out there. Back to you. Thank you very much. This morning Oakland Police are investigating a crash involving one of the departments officers. It happened about 9 30 last night on hillside and 96th avenue. Police say the patrol car hit another car. The Police Officer and three other people inside the other car had minor injuries. Investigators say the officer was responding to a call about a chase when the crash happened. The suspect was wanted for murder and taken into custody. Right now, a look at the scene of a deadly twocar crash in the south bay which has cleared up this morning but it was a mess last night. This happened just before 10 00 on Santa Theresa boulevard in highway 85. Crews were at the scene early into the morning the driver died, the other driver was critically injured. There were no passengers in either car. The bart board of directors will consider significant changes as they try to balance the budget. Bob red elell joining us wit the new proposals the board is looking into and how it can impact service. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you sam and laura. As youre well aware, bart fares are set to increase by 3 come next january thats to account for inflation. What it doesnt take into account for is the budget shortfall estimated to run anywhere from 25 million to 35 million. Later bart will discuss ways to cut costs. Some argues they are considering. A 50 cent surcharge on the paper mag stripe tickets. This would encourage riders to switch to the clipper cards. Theyre looking at a discount rate for senior students and people with disabilities from 62. 5 to 50 . Delaying the start of service until 5 00 a. M. And cuts in position the elimination of 15 jobs. My thoughts are that its already travel enough. That just sucks. Does that change your mind using bart . Probably not. Reporter probably not . Because i have to depend on it. I dont have any other alternatives. Its either caltrain or this otherwise ive got to drive so other places have great public transportation. I dont know why we dont. Reporter the Transit Agency has been enjoying six years of consecutive growth but during the first half of the 2016 2017 year, bart reported a 4 drop the in number of weekday riders. Weekend ridership slumped by 9 which led to a tremendous drop in revenue the bart board isnt expected to make a final decision on those proposals until june. Bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you very much, bob. Berkeley police need your help identifying three more people they say committed criminal acts during last months trump rally. The trio face charges from robbery to assault with a deadly weapon. Another rally set for this weekend and the concern is so high that the Farmers Market has been cancelled . It was scary. I wish people could just use their words and get along. Happening today, san jose airport is expanding again and to today in the bay got a sneak peek at the waiting area. Family and friends no longer have to wait for passengers to exit through customs they can wait in this sparkling new 3,000 square foot air conditioned lounge. To accommodate the additional traffic, the number of Airlines Offering service there has tripled from three to nine internation nafl service over the last couple years. Heres john with the airport. Part of the customs process, you dont know when grandma will be coming through the door because if shes in the back of the plane it might take her longer. Its a great opportunity for meters and greeters to be more comfortable while theyre waiting to be reunited with family. Meet, greet grandma. Shell probably give you a big kiss and you have to wipe the lipstick off of the side of your cheek. Thats what happens with mine. The expansion costs just over 8 million using money from existing bond funds. In the meantime, according to sf examiner the Transbay Joint Power Authority approved 5. 4 million for a preliminary study. The San FranciscoTransit Authority wants to extend caltrain from the at t park area to the transbay terminal but theres no time line set for the project. A summit getting under way focused entirely on autism. A similar event called autism at work summit. Leading businesses will come together for whats being called the largest gathering to address the issue of autism. 6 07. As you get ready to step out the door, we have clear skies across the south bay but rain is moving in 5, 3 degrees and cooler in the trivalley. 49 with wet roads. You see those rain drops on the camera lens there in the north bay from tiburon. In San Francisco wet roads as the rain continues. Well see the high on the trivalley, 60 in the peninsula and 58 in the east bay and San Francisco a much cooler day and were in for a soggy easter as well outlook to that forecast in four minutes, make is checking a crash in san jose. We talked about a crash on highway 101. Also highway 101 and 280, that will be the case as the volume builds. Just got word from chp because that crash did clear off at the trimble off ramp. Just a tippypical drive for the south bay. Were looking toward the east shore freeway 24 minutes suddenly slower now from richmond where backup is don through berkeley as we look at the toll plaza we have that backup because the metering lights are on and slowing because rain is falling. Folks are slowing down and were seeing fast track is a good advantage. Back to you. One of californias Largest School districts facing a lawsuit. The reason a medical group says School Cafeteria menus have to change. And that fellow dragged off a United Airlines flight . His family is going to hold a press conference. Lots of things happening. Mike trx mike ad libs . With a lot of kids out for school this week, maybe youre planning to head to the sierra. Its been a historic season for snowfall, rain, all of that, its still coming down. You want to allow extra time to get there. You can see the snow continuing today and clearing out for tomorrow as well as saturday with snow coming down again on sunday. And well see the potential of some areas above 6,000 feet getting another foot of snow more on what the bay area can expect in the forecast coming up at 6 16. The bottom of your screen, highway 37 slowing. We are looking at 101 which got hit with rain. 6 12, new this morning, the l. A. School district is facing a lawsuit for serving hot dogs and other processed meats to students. The Physicians Committee for responsible medicine filed a lawsuit arguing that processed meat cans increase the risk of cancer. The group says serving processed meats violates the States Education code which requires school food be of the highest quality. This next story is incredibly saddening. Thieves at fishermens wharf left a bay area visitor crushed by taking the ashes of her dead father. The chronicle spoke at length with this woman, she says somebody took just about everything from the trnk of her rented car on beach street as she and her mom were walking along pier 39. They planned on scattering her dads ashes on what would have been her fathers 57th birthday. 6 cln6 13 right now. Construction booming in downtown San Francisco and thats creating a huge backup. Construction slowed traffic as much as nine Miles Per Hour during the morning commute. Yelp is getting into the drone delivery business. The company teaming up with a startup called marble. Its testing the robot for unmanned food deliveries in San Francisco part of its eat 24 service. For now human handlers are chaperoning the robot to make sure everything goes smoothly. Not a bad idea. United Airlines Offering more than just an apology. Theyre offering everyone money back. Meanwhile the family of the man dragged off the flight is ready to talk. Scott mcgrew . Yes. Theyve scheduled a press conference and theyve hired lawyers who are warning united, do not destroy any evidence. The united ceo is now in full apology mode, a full 180 from where he started out. Oscar munoz said david dao, the man dragged off the flight, did nothing wrong and cannot be blamed. Munoz says Police Officers will never be asked to take a paying customer off a paying flight because he or she refuses to leave. A San Francisco supervisor, meanwhile, proposed a new law that would prevent San FranciscoPolice Officers from taking passengers off flights if they are not being violent or threatening anyone. The city of chicago which suspended one of the officers at the airport and have suspended the other two involved. What were the officers told, did they know . They were being used to ask their police power to take what was fundamentally a contract dispute between the company and the customer or were they told the passenger was a danger and doing their jobs . Remember, even uniteds ceo now says the passenger was not a threat to the aircraft, that this was a business dispute. The difference between uniteds attitude on monday and tuesday compared to now is stark and its fair to ask how much is genuine and how much is reaction to the hit on yaw nighted stock. Google, what is the whopper burger . Reporter google has reprogrammed its google home Voice Assistant to ignore a new ad from burger king that deliberately sets the device off when it hears that guy ask about whopper, google home is similar to amazon echo and is set off by the phrase wow, thats sneaky. And then it goes to week paid yarks reads whatever is there and burger king went on wikipedia, made it all yay whopper and it worked for a bit and now google had changed it and apparently burger king and google did not talk to each other ahead of time and google was surprised . Taking advantage of that. They were trying to game the system there. You get to do that once. Boys, we are going out to lunch today. You know why . Its National Make lunch count day. The idea is to empower workers to step away from your desk and take a break for lunch. According to a 2016 study, most workers suffer from a a fear of lynching out workers eat lunch at their desk twice a week. A third eat lunch at their desk three times a week. I eat breakfast and lunch at my desk. At our digital diner . We do. We have people on facebook that send out pictures of their sad desk selves. Get outside, get some food, bring an umbrella. I think the rain may chase you back. The desk is looking good today. Especially with rain moving in. It will be off and on throughout the morning and afternoon and as we get a live look outside, it looks dry now, but there is some rain rolling in and we were just seeing rain here in San Francisco at the Golden Gate Bridge. It has since cleared so this is the kind of weather well see throughout the day. Sunny and then it rains and then its cloudy and sunny again and you see the seven day forecast more scattered showers but clearing in time for good friday. Still those showers moving through peninsula and once again its starting to close in on the south bay while San Franciscos catching a break now is the time to head out the door for that drive and then as you drive down to 80 and also 101, redwood city, palo alto seeing rain at this point, a good chunk of the peninsula, its starting to move closer to sunnyvale. Santa clara within the next 20 to 30 minutes so if you have to get out the door, be prepared you may see rain drops coming down. Richmond and berkeley getting in on some rain but it will be wrapping up within the next 20 to 30 minutes so if you can just try to wait it out there. Were going to see this rain moving through at any point today at 10 30 in the morning, we see those showers moving through the north bay, very hit or miss activity for the east bay and south bay and even at 1 00 this system still bringing us some times of rain, it may be heavy, too, and through the evening commute we see this a little bit less, by 7 00 or 8 00 its out of here. How do you dress for this weather . As you look out the window, looks clear but dont forget the umbrella. It will be cooler so a jacket needed. Thats a necessity with some long sleeves and slacks to keep you dry as you kick up puddles as the rain moves through. There will be more rain on the way in time for easter. This model showing rain returnings. We can see the rain rolling in once again and now mike is tracking a crash this in richmond. It doesnt sound like its related to the weather but you just showed the rain coming through. The peninsula side shows the road weather index. We see slowing for the south bay. Were looking over here towards eastbound 80 get away way from the bay bridge where the crash reported around central that may be visible with the flashing lights from the other side of the freeway. That may add to slowing we see but we typically see that toward the racetrack and the merge up the upper east shore freeway. Mild slowing through the area and in fact through the rest of the bay but theres the road weather index showing you the drive. Lets check back with waze and what waze talks about with our south bay. We had that crash 101 at trimble. Despite that slowing waze still said, look, that purple line right here, just 28 minutes from 101 where they split to where they meet up by google. Waze is powered by google. This can power your commute as well because you can compare and take these three routes all within three minutes of one another. 87, 280 or 101 toward mountain view. Now you go back to your phone, you have an android or iphone. You can use the app or check it out. Click on your profile after that. Make sure youre on our team. Nbc bay area wazers, were powered by google and the community. That means you. Back to you. Credit Card Companies offering plenty of perks these days. You get the junk mail every single day. Theyre trying to compete for your business but after the break hopefully the card is not declined . That will wake you up. Surprising numbers that show people arent taking advantage of the perks. A little chip reader there for you. Plus, pushing to keep students safe. The steps some schools are taking to protect kids as they get on and off the bus. New this morning. A lot of credit card holders are not claiming the rewards theyve been earning on their purc new this morning, a lot of credit card holders arent claiming the rewards theyve been claiming on their purchases. Thats according to a new survey from bankrate. Com. The most popular option for people who do cash in on rewards is cash back. Airline tickets came in second. Getting drivers to stop for a school bus can be a challenge and now some schools in North Carolina are making a change in an effort to keep students safer getting on and off the bus. Schools have added extended bus stop arms. That i stretch six and a half feet out. School Officials Say theyre hard to miz. It pretty much almost covers the entire other lane of approaching traffic or on coming traffic. Theres no execute now that i couldnt see it. According to North Carolina, the state has more than 3,100 stop arm violations a day. Pushing to create more jobs in california. The state board is considering 91 million in tax credits for businesses that promise to hire people in california. That includes 8 million for General Motors to make Autonomous Vehicles and nearly 8 million for a company that makes electric buses. When you buy a house, if you can, you need Title Insurance but few home buyers know theres a way to save money doing that. Every dollar counts. To show us how to do it, chris chmura brings us the story. Reporter its one of the few things were forced to buy, we have no idea how it works and we dont bother to question the price but even if youre clueless about Title Insurance know its negotiable. The California Department of insurance says you can save money by comparing rates and depending on the price of the home that can men hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars in your pocket. Send us your consumer questions. The number is 888996tips or online at nbcbayarea. Com responds. Chris, thank you very much. Talking about burgers a second ago. A burger run that went a little too far. After getting calls erratic driver, police on sunday stopped a driver in ohio. Who was the driver . An eightyearold boy and his passenger, his fouryearold sister. Their mission was to get a mcdonalds cheeseburger. The siblings had a craving, dad was fast asleep, the boy told officers he learned to drive watching videos on youtube. A dramatic scene overnight in the east bay. Coming up next on today in the bay, find out what led up to a car crashing into a fire hydrant. Reporter a life saving project set to get under way at the bay areas most iconic bridge. How the construction may affect your commute. To take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. Were tracking scattered showers making for a wet morning commute in parts of the bay area. Taking a live look outsid. We are tracking scattered showers making for a wet morning commute in the bay area. Looking outside, downtown san jose. Thanks for joining us, im laura garciacannon. Im sam brock