Steady rain since 6 00 last night. Drivers have encountered pools of standing water on the roads. Be careful out there. Along with the rain we had strong winds and gusts were reported at 40 miles per hour. At sfo they had to change the landing pattern so that planes could come in from the north. This does happen occasionally. Dozens of flights were delayed. Some up to 2 1 2 hours. And a winter storm warning is now in effect in the sierra. The snow started coming down overnight. Several inches are expected to fall throughout the day. And chains are required on i80 and highway 50. We want to check in now with steve to see how long the rain system will last. Morning and then we get a break this evening. And one more system friday but not as strong. All day tomorrow . No, evening. Thank you. Any time. Some of the rain totals were pretty good for the first system of a ridge of High Pressure. Record highs were off the chart. This system had a pretty good punch. St. Helena over an inch. And gilroy, an inch. Novato had over an inch of rain. Castro valley was in there. Brentwood, just over a quarter inch of rain. There are parts of system that have to go through in the morning. Decent rain in northern napa county and marin county. Right over san rafael. That cell is heading own san pablo bay. And the possibility of hail on the back side of that. And that will move over to richmond and el sew brawn today and el cerrito. 40s and 50s, much, much cooler air mass in place. And the breeze will be blustery today but its more westerly than it was south, southeast. Looks like by this afternoon, things will be much calmer. We keep thunderstorms in the mix here and a lot of instability. And 60s for highs. Temperatures will rebound and not until the weekend. Morning rain off and on and some could be heavy. And that will cause problems based on my experience. Correlated with a bunch of crashes. Lets take a look at one of them. Northbound 680 at ignacio valley road. And northbound 680 is not that slow yet. Southbound 680 is not slow. Its somewhat early but theyre working on the problem and hopefully, it will be gone soon. I moved the maps to the livermore valley. And eastbound 580 near north flynn theyre clearing an accident. Out to live pictures. This is a look at the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. And not too bad here. And if youre driving to the san mateo bridge westbound 92 traffic is looking okay so far. At 5 03 lets go back to the desk. A new report on californias rail project is expected to have a change of plans. Janine de la vega joins us live in san jose, the plan is not due to be announced until tomorrow. But the bay area will score a big win sounds like. Yes, it does sound like that. We are here at the main transit hub in the san jose area. And bullet trains would definitely improve the transportation infrastructure here. The California High Speed Rail Authority originally planned to build the first segment of tracks from the Central Valley to burbank. And several reports say officials have changed that plan and instead the first bullet train tracks will be built from san jose to bakers field. The mercury news reports that the its more Cost Effective because there are no tunnels as in southern california. The bullet train would open a lot of opportunities for the silicon valley. It would make it easier to electrify caltrain because the bullet train and caltrain run on the same tracks. It would improve the commute and attract workers. Right now the projected date that high speed rail would be in san jose is 2025. And while bonds are paying for part of the project, theres more funding needed. Time is 5 05. Shes been arrested again. The woman known as the serial stowaway has been arrested at a chicago airport. Marilyn hartman was arrested at ohare airport. Police were alerted by her ankle bracelet. She was ordered to stay away from chicagos airports after repeatedly trying to speak past security. Shes been captured in the past sneaking on the planes in San Francisco and san jose. Apple computer users all over the world from regular people and all the way to the white house are talking about the hot issue or whether apple should unlock the iphone of a terrorist. Ktvus allie rasmus is live in the newsroom to tell us how this controversy could lead to congressional action. Reporter apple will fight a court order to create software that would allow the fbi to access the iphone of syed farook. Here in the bay area, apple and privacy Rights Advocacy rallied in support of the tech companys decision. Apple phones have a security feature that disables the iphone. If the government doesnt get to conscript you into Building Tools or technology or basically becoming a mini fbi agent working for them. They are not asking apple to redesign its product or to create a new back door to one of the products. They are simply asking for something that would have an impact on one device. Engineers and privacy advocacy say it doesnt work that way. Once the software is created and available. Theoretically, anyones phone could be hacked by anyone who gets ahold of the software. They are considering drafting a measure to force the companies to decode the encrypted data. And google has come to their defense. Well talk more later this hour but the bottom line is this debate is not going to end any time soon. Allie rasmus in the newsroom, thank you. A new chp report says surveillance cameras on the Golden Gate Bridge did not get pictures of whoever fired blow darts that injured two pedestrians on the bridge. The chp checked Surveillance Video and neither of the incidents were captured on the cameras. Both victims say the blow darts hit them as they were walking across the bridge. They were treated at the scene. The darts by the way are being analyzed at a state crime lab. Two sexual assaults near the campus of uc berkeley in less than a week. A woman was assaulted by a stranger just ant a block from peoples park. That attack followed another assault in the same area last thursday. The proximity and timing of the nighttime attacks are raising concerns and questions about a possible connection. I live in unit 2 and its very, very close to where i live. And its scary to walk around alone at night. Last thursday, a man grabbed a student from behind, pushed her to the ground and sexually assaulted her on hay street and telegraph avenue. Hes described as 59, curly hair and a beard. No description of tuesdays attacker. A safety alert is going out at San FranciscoState University. A woman was walking through the garden of remembrance and saw a man standing at a 3rd floor window of a nearby building exposing himself. Hes described as white, approximately 20 years old. 6feet tall, blond hair. Administrators are encouraging students and faculty to use the free escort program. New reports, yahoo will lay off 300 workers at the media division. Yahoo is shutting down seven of the digital magazines. 128 employees were let go at yahoos sunnyvale headquarters. 46 in San Francisco. And 150 in southern california. Yahoo will cut its global work force by 1600 people by the end of the year as it struggles financially. Panasonic, a major japanese manufacturer will recognize samesex marriages among its employees. It will offer some of the benefits to samesex couples. The details are being worked out. Panasonic says the change is after they studies lgbt issues for 10 years. Japans government does not recognize samesex marriage but a few local governments do allow them to register their unions. The search continue for a driver who hit and killed a cyclist in san jose. Things are shifting in the race for the white house. Voters get ready to head to the polls in South Carolina and nevada. Up next, the new frontrunner for the republicans be the reason things are getting tighter on the democratic side. We are looking at a morning commute that is going to be wet. Some of the rain is moving through. This is 880 and traffic is doing okay. We have a couple of issues on the commute. Well be right back with more traffic and weather when we return. New this morning, the turkish government says a man from syria linked to kurdish rebels carried out the suicide bombing that killed 28 people yesterday. The car bomb in the capital city of an car rain chances ankara. The pkk has been fighting for kurdish independence since 1984. Turning to the republican president ial race. Theres a new National Poll out. And someone other than donald trump is on top. A wall street journal poll taken after the last debate shows senator ted cruz up by 2 points over trump. Both men accused each other of being dishonest. Donald trump has threatened to sue. Some questioning how deep the support is. If you talk to people who have been doing private polls associated with campaigns and the super pacs the belief is that trumps lead is not as commanding as the public polls suggest. Florida senator marco rubio picked up a big endorsement yesterday. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said marco rubio is the best candidate in the crowded republican field. Republican voters go to the polls on saturday. The latest National Poll shows former secretary of state Hillary Clinton leading vermont senator Bernie Sanders by just 2 points. Hillary clinton, a native of chicago, held a get out the vote rally stressing her close ties to president obama. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders are running neck and neck in nevada. And the polls have been few. Crude oil prices are up after iran agreed to a production freeze. Thats sending many of the european stock markets up now. And most asian markets showed gains. Japan and south korea were up 2 each. India and singapore had 1 gains for day. Chinas shanghai index dropped just slightly. Checking in on our markets, the futures indicate a third to a half of a percent up for the across the board for the dow, s p 500 and nasdaq. The dow and s p 500 were up 1. 5 each yesterday. And the nasdaq finished up 2 in trading. Lets go to sal because the roads are wet. And you ran into rain. And it could get tricky. It could be getting tricky. We have minor accidents and not so minor ones. Lets take a look at the commute into San Francisco. Right now westbound bay bridge is not really crowded and more people are showing up. And we tend to have earlier commutes when it does rain. We have a look at interstate 880 and the traffic here is going to be okay if youre driving in the area. This is 880 north and southbound traffic. And it continues to be okay. This is an accident. Im going to put it on the map. Northbound 680 at 24. Ignacio valley and traffic is slow approaching the scene. Theyre still working on it. And southbound 680 is okay. 5 17 and lets go to steve in the weather center. We have thunderstorms in progress. And well get to that and theres one approaching the coast, right off the marin coast. The rainfall was pretty impressive after a strong High Pressure system. We had record highs monday and tuesday. And then the wind and then the rain. Lexington reservoir close. Novato, over an inch of rain. Sfo a half inch. Brentwood,. 28. The system is swinging in and theres cold, unstable air with that. Towards vallejo, maybe american canyon, and right off the marin coast lightning is showing up. If youre there by the golden gate you may see lightning. And some areas no rain at all. And others could get brief, heavy downpours. Some of this is lighting up pretty well. In the mendocino county, theres areas that are clear. And heading to vacaville and eastern Solano County some can produce hail. The sierra has snow. And winter storm warnings are out. Thats going to be a dicey ride. 40s and 50s for temps, much, much cooler than earlier this week. And the wind is more westerly for most or west, southwest. And still blustery and not as strong as yesterday. And you can see the colder air swinging through for the morning. And by the afternoon we get sun breaks and that will juice up the atmosphere. Well seep the isolated showers in the mix. Sun, clouds, rain, cooler, some of the rain will be brief but heavy. Weve come way, way down and the cold air continues to filledder in. Look for off and on rain today for some. As i said, its a lather, rinse, repeat. [ laughter ] one more system on friday and then the weekend looks better. Kind of nice. Pam approved. It is nice. We need it. Yes, we do. Its 19 minutes after 5 00. And shes winning new fans in her new home. Its pretty hard not to swoon and just fall in love with her. Pretty hard not to fall in love with that little one. A baby otter from monterey is adapting to her new home in chicago after being rescued last month. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Its 5 22. And new this morning, federal regulators know the cause of a crude oil spill near santa barbara. Corrosion on a pipe was the cause. The pipe failed when it was pumping at only 50 of maximum pressure. And they also say the leak was a lot bigger than they first thought. They thought 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled and now they say it was more than 140,000 gallons. There will be more details when they release the final report later this year. Cute story of the day. I have been following her progress on instagram. A 10 week old sea otter found stranded on a beach has a new home in chicago. Right now the pup does not have a name. Its only known as 719. Thats the tag number given by the monterey bay aquarium. And she was taken in by trainers where they are watching her around the clock to make sure shes making a full recovery. She was only four weeks old when she was separated from her mother. It was a day of large storms and the swells separated her from her mother im guessing. She seems to be learning skills quickly. And she also likes to cuddle. And after a couple of months shell be on display and get a permanent name. And no, you cant have her. Theres an employee at a Hotel Getting a lot of attention. Its wally the robot. He works at the marriott at l. A. X. Hes making Room Service Deliveries. When a guest asking for a delivery, the employees program him with the room number, the floor, and a message. He cant talk but its programmed to make a phone call when he gets to the room. Hello. Your delivery has arrived. Wally is waiting outside your door for you to pick it up. I loved it. It was like being in star wars. It was like r2d2 coming to your do. The event in manager says theyve had a spike in Room Service Deliveries because people want to check out wally. Giants pitchers and catchers will have the first workout today. Fans are hoping for a repeat of the even year magic when the giants have won all the most recent world series championships. Position players dont have to report for a couple more days and a lot of them are already in camp, including second baseman joe panik. He was sidelined for much of the last two months of the season with a back injury. It was tough mentally. You want to be out there as a competitor and teammate. You want to be out there and battling. And i kind of learned how to deal with it and just kind of learned how to take it day by day and take care of my rehab. Ktvus joe is in scottsdale with the giants. Joe will have a live report coming up later on the nine. Time is 5 26. And a new ban on the San FranciscoState University campus. Why students are being told to leave their hoverboards home. And were following breaking news from vallejo. There was an overnight fire that turned deadly. We will have the latest on the investigation. Good morning, we are looking at a commute where traffic is still doing pretty cancel. If youre on the sunol grade, well tell you more about the wet morning commute. And a thunderstorm is in process over San Francisco. The storm track takes it over the golden gate and towards berkeley in the next 15 minutes, i can see the lightning from here. 36 welcome back to mornings on 2 on thursday, february 18th. Im dave clark. And im pam cook. I guess were talking about thunder and lightning. Right over San Francisco right now. Thats what is going to happen. Its lit up. And coming in right over the golden gate to be honest with you. Well take a closer look. And ill put the storm track in right there. And thats the cone on it. Zoom in a little bit here and see if we can get a better idea where its going, and right about over the golden gate. In between tiburon and the Marina District. And the radar sweep from light there. When you see the pink, thats the possibility of hail. So thats coming in right now. Ill put it in motion and take a look at whats going on. This is the cold unstable air. And theres the cell there. And what were looking at is that moving in over the golden gate. And theres another one over hercules. Crockett, el sobrante. From parts of Northern Lake county, wrapping balk to Solano County. It will be breezy to windy, not as bad as yesterday but more of a west, southwest wind. And thats swinging in right now. Instability, thunderstorms, sun, clouds, rain, cooler, and some of this looks like as i mentioned going right over the golden gate. We could have issues here briefly until the cell goes through. Ive been looking at the traffic pictures just looking around to see if i see anything. And all i see is rain. Its hard to stare as a picture and wait for lightning. Lets take a look at the commute now. Traffic is moving along slowly still because theyre clearing an accident northbound 680 at ignacio. Traffic is still light in the area and not as bad as it could be. Eastbound 580 to north flynn they are clearing an accident here. And westbound 580 is going to be slow as you drive from the altamont pass. Bay bridge toll plaza is not a big delay. Its backed up for a little bit at the toll plaza. And nothing major. The metering lights have been switched on. And you can see the traffic on 280 in san jose. Lets go back to the desk. We continue to follow that breaking news. A baby trapped and killed in an overnight fire at a vallejo apartment complex. Ktvu fox reporter alex savidge is on the scene with more on how the investigation is going. Alex