Expanded for the north bay hills and the east bay hills. Here the deal in the satellite and the radar. You see the rain up to the north and the rain and snow to the east out in the sierra. They could pick up snowfall up above 6500 feet. And you you may have noticed showers picking up in the south bay. And the temperatures are in the 40s to the 50s out there. And lots of 50s in hayward and fremont and the current wind speeds, theyll be changing quite a bit all day long. You see the west, 29 miles an hour. And Half Moon Bay 32 miles an hour. And the gusty wind and clouds this morning. And patchy fog and more sunshine this afternoon. And the temperatures on track to reach the 60s, warmest locations around 70 by 4 00 this afternoon. And now sal is standing by with an update on the roads. Good morning, mark. Were looking at a commute that will be busy at the bay bridge. And well start there and show you that the traffic will be slowing down at the toll plaza as it normally does with no major issues once you get on to the span. It is windy out there. And if you drive a small car this is one of those two hands on the wheel kind of day. And looking at the bridge, you can see the traffic is moving along pretty well. And that is i look at the Golden Gate Bridge and the traffic is smooth as you head south. Southbound 101, driving through San Francisco, not a bad commute and neither is northbound 101 to the airport. And 880 is beginning to get slow. And the south bay, everything looks good and some slow traffic on northbound 101. 602. We have breaking news of a police chase in the east bay that ended in hayward. Look at the pictures. About 3 30 the officer spotted a car linked to a dui case and there was a pursuit and it ended in a standoff in hayward. The person was take mean custody a little while ago. Were getting unconfirmed reports, that the suspect may have been wearing some kind of body armor, a chest protecter on the suspects car. And were trying to get more information and bring you more details about the chase and the arrest. People in one San Francisco neighborhood said they are fed up with the recent violence in their area after someone shot and killed a woman and injured two others. This is happened on Plymouth Avenue and broad street near 280. The shots were fired from a passing car. And the investigators were through the and marked 11 shell casings on the ground. And the three people shot were innocent bystanders. The woman was shot and killed just a few steps away from her home. And one man was walking home and the other was working for a cleaning company. And the shooter got away. But the police are checking the surveillance cameras trying to find clues. This was the third homicide in that neighborhood in six months. Were out there. And well have more from the area in the bottom of the hour. California drivers could pay more to keep their cars running and on the roads. And theres a proposal to raise the gas tax and stage fees. You say that the money, if this goes through, would fix our bad roads . Reporter yes, local roads, state highways and facially anything that you drive basically anything that you drive on in the state of california. If you could drive on a pothole free road. How much would you be willing to pay to do just that. Drivers will pay an extra 12 cents at the pump in fuel taxes as part of this idea. Drivers would also have to pay higher registration fees, depending on the value of their car and for the first time, drivers of zero emissions vehicle was have to pay a hundred dollar fee by 2020. And it is supposed to bring in 65 billion to pay for repairs. And several hundred Million Dollars will go to some Public Transit projects. Higher taxes and fees are not a popular idea. But many of the people that we talked to agree that the roads are in bad position and they need to be fixed. I dont want to pay more for registration or gas, but you have to realize, someone has to pay for it. Reporter it will be the first time in 23 years that the gas tax has gone up in our state. And the state lawmakers are fast tracking this proposal and they set next thursday as the deadline to make a decision. And gary brown will discuss more details with the plan and state lawmakers in the area and theyll be in concord later this morning to talk about it. Thank you. A pedestrian was hit last night by a late rail train last night. The Valley Transportation Authority spokesperson told the mercury news that the victim was struck on the platform. The pedestrian was rushed to the hospital. We dont know their condition. And the train was carrying about 30 passengers and no injuries reported. A man has died of walnut squeak after creek after an explosion at a Senior Citizens home. Something set this off last night about 6 30. And the explosion was Strong Enough to shatter windows. First responders gave the injured man cpr but he died later at the hospital. In oakland, about 3 dozen people are staying at a red cross shelter. They lost their homes in mondays deadly Apartment Fire in west oak land. People have been coming by and donating clothing and toiletries and other items. They say that money, monetary donations to the red cross or the west Oakland Youth Center is what they need now. People from all over california will pay close attention to what is happening in the sierra, nevada today. They will conduct the annual april 1st snowpack survey today and that is the most Important Survey for the year to determine Water Supplies for the state. The snowpack was 186 of normal for this time of the year. And Governor Brown is expected to announce in april if he will lift the drought emergency put in place in 2014. Santa Clara City Council has declared an end to the water shortage. It puts an end to 20 restriction of water use. But they hope that people will be efficient with the water use and adopt Water Conservation practices on their own. Residents in san jose and lawmakers are are looking at the way the city respond to emergencies. And the information that they provided may have been misunderstood by others or it was just wrong. In some case, they say that the capacity of the creek was about half of what they expected. It is my hope that they will recognize that the numbers are wrong and fix them. And if they dont, well go higher on our own engineers to fix the problem. But it need to get fixed. The next step will be to listen to what the people are saying. The meetings scheduled for april 6th, 12th and the 17th. More people are distracted by their cell phones with more consequences. 6,000 pedestrians died and that is the highest number that weve seen in two decades. And this may be more drivers and walkers distracted by cell phones and other devices and that is difficult to confirm. And the ntsb has noticed a trend and launched its own investigation. Several candidates have entered the race for governor of california. And one candidate has the early lead. And well tell who you may challenge. And President Trump has made building a wall a priority. But the real challenge may be what is under t and what is being done to crackdown on underground tunnels. We have a big boost of wind speeds. And well talk about the wind advisories coming up. There was a warning for drivers that use al meet diaroads. They are making emergency repairs to the road where there have there have been several mudslides in the next two months. And well look if the road will be completely closed or just expect language delays. It will start at 9 00 this morning and should be wrapped up by noon. And this is a section of redwood road in casstor county. This 80foot section of the road will need to be repaired. And it was badly damaged by last months big storms and the storms did not give way till yesterday. Theres a new poll showing that lieutenant is in the lead for the governor of california. He had 28 of support and one conducted by the us berkley government of studies. His name recognize gave him a lead. In the survey, San Diego County businessman john cox had 18 and former l. A. Mayor with 11 percent and state treasurer john chung with 8 . Uc president will visit mexico. And she want to Share Research information between the u. S. And mexico. And the former Homeland Security secretary also addressed fears surrounding increased Immigration Enforcement and the proposed border wall. We talked about the students from mexico attending the university of california and the other way around, students from the university of california coming to mexico. Are in the university of california and the mexico initiative, the number of americans and mexican students studies in each others institutions has reportedly gone up 34 in the last three years alone. The San Francisco board of education has selected a new superintendent of public schools. He spent 30 years working in education and a graduate of the citys public schools. And he began his career in the Bay View District and currently the superintendent in the eagle wood district in south earn, california. And the San Francisco school board will vote on his contract next week. Thousands of people are eager to spend time in the nevada desert and tickets for the annual burning manifest val sold out in minutes. People started to rush and buy 425 tickets yesterday and in 30 minutes 30,000 tickets were gone. The San Francisco organizers of burning man said that another 500 tickets for 1200 each will be made available april 5th. It is and in northern nevada. Spring break is starting to phase in the area. Youre noticing a bit of an effect on the roads. Thats right. Traffic is a little better if youre driving in some areas, not so much in others. Lets look at the toll plaza. You can see the traffic is backed up for the 20, 25 minute delay and were working at the peninsula. And usually by new york now. We do see some slow traffic. And that is a look at the sam mateo bridge. It is not a bad commute. And things so far for the most part are doing very w and there have been some incidents. But were getting a little bit of a light are commute on this thursday, so far. 6 16. Well bring in mark filling in for steve. You probably talk to steve a thousand time a week. Absolutely. Steve gets to rest today. Im happy to be here talking about the winds. You see the winds picking up. And the giants and the as playing today. And the wind will be a factor, picking up. Theyll be a factor all day long. And the wind advisory 40, 45 miles an hour. This is in place for San Francisco. And the north bay and the east bay hills, it will begin at midnight. So the winds ramping out of the northwest. And an active rain pattern and rain showers up to the north. And we had scattered so light shower activity. You can see this moving through from the north to the south over san jose and Mountain View and morgan hill. Right now lots of 50s for santa rosa and oakland 56 and premount 53. So lots of 50s to start out your thursday morning. And check out the current wind speeds, theyll be changing quite a bit through the day today. Oakland airport that is sustained at 29 miles an hour out of the west. That is augusta at 36milean hour. And the wind advisory in place not till noon. The wind are picking up out there. And theres a chance it could be starting up earlier. It is that time of year for allergies, especially for the trees. And the pollen levels will be up. And you can see this area of low pressure moving in from nevada this is the source of the cool down and gusty winds. And the temperatures down a good five to ten degrees from yesterdays reading. Just a one day dale and tomorrow, the dale. And tomorrow the deal and tomorrow the High Pressure moves in. And here we are at 6 00 this morning. Cloud and slight chance of a lingering shower. You see the rain and snow in the sierra. Snow levels above 6,000 feet. And the wind coming out of the northwest with clearing skies for your thursday. Temperatures for today, mainly in the 60s with oakland 66 and San Francisco 65 and pacifica 61 and Half Moon Bay 62. And baseball this evening, at t park with the as visiting the giants. And the temperatures in the 50s. And it will be behind i didnt at the ball windy at the ballpark as well. And well begin to warm things up tomorrow and it will be breezy out there. And saturday will be the warmest day of the weekend and sunday well cool things off. And no rain drops yet. But potentially it is hard to say, a week from now, eight days from now, we could talk about the storm door reopening. So well see april is typically to keep the weather forecasters on the road. One day it could be sunny and the next day hailing. A mystery may have been solved in the sierra what is saving the giant sequoias and the source is thousands of miles away. Federal investigators are getting the first look at that time van filled with Church Groups and a truck accident. The only survivor is the driver from the van. And the pickup truck driver is in critical condition. The Church Members were returning home from a three day retreat. No word on what may have caused the crash. An investigation goes on into the theft yesterday of an American Airlines copilot during a plight to new mexico and the flight was going from Dallas Fort Worth to albuquerque and the pilot announced there was a medical aemergency. And they emergency and they eventually landed safely in albuquerque. And the copilot was given cpr. But he later died. And today could be legal problems for President Trump over trump university. A judge will look at when hell approve or deny to settle a suit. They said that the classes were like info mer shalls. And if the judge accepts the settlement, the people will have about 80 of their fees refunded. Obama administration determined that the pesticides could hurt the ban of children. And they say that the ban would have caused confusion and uncertainty for thousands of american farms. And the epa said that the pesticide is being used safely all over the world. However, environmental groups pointed to the recent studies showing even small amounts of the pesticide can hurt the Brain Development of a fetus, infants and children. The city of San Francisco plans to continue being a leader in the battle against climate change. Officials said theyll continue to for policies that cut green air gases and asked to install solar panels on top of roofs and they will create thousands of new green jobs. San francisco said that being good to the environment can be good for the economy. If you look at San Franciscos thriving economy, we were have been able to reduce our emission by 28 and our economy has increased 50 . So saying that clean air economy is bad for business that is not the case in San Francisco. San francisco officials and environment kwr5a8 organizations say that and environmental organizations said theyll take their fight to the court system if they have to. And now we know why sequoia trees grow so tall. They need foss foss phosphorus to grow so big. And it is care rid from california by the wind. A game change for People Living with the multiple sclerosis. Well explain what it can do. Three innocent people shot on a street in San Francisco yesterday. One of them died from her injuries. Well tell you what were learning about the victim in this case. And the search for the shooter coming up. Still slow out there in some areas. And it is getting slower on highway 24. More crowding here on 24 and lafayette. And well tell you more about the commute straight ahead. Livestream your favorite sport at the airport. Binge dvrd shows while painting your toes. On demand laughs during long bubble baths. Tv everywhere is awesome. The allnew Xfinity Stream app. Xfinity. The future of awesome. This beautiful picture is not telling you the weather story which, is the wind. Welcome back to mornings on 2 for thursday, march 30th. Lets go in and bring in mark. This is the time of year when things change quickly. Yesterday was beautiful, right . Today were cooling things off and the stronger wind will be out there as well. And we have wind advisories to talk about. And i dont know if you heard the raindrops overnight. But we had a few showers across portions of the bay area and to the north as well and napa. 06. Win the advisory in place, not till noon and up in San Francisco. And then beginning late tonight as we head into friday for the east bay hill dollars and the north bay hills, the wind could be gusting to over 40 and approaching 45 miles an hour. Active radar pattern here and you can see the rain showers to the north and rain and some snow out in the seria and we had this cell move to the south bay in the past hour. And current numbers right now lots of 50s on the board for San Francisco out in napa and san jose 56 and the wind speeds, they have been picking up and look at Oakland Airport and the wind 28 miles an hour out in nevada, the wind gust to 25 miles an hour. And out in sfo and Half Moon Bay, the winds gusting to over 30 miles an hour and san jose not nearly as strong. This morning, partly cloudy skies and patchy fog and cooler than yesterday. And were thinking lots of 60s in the warmest locations around 70. Cooling off just for today and changes by tomorrow and well talk more