Breezy and much colder after that rain moves on through and winter officially begins on thursday. Well talk more about that and how much rain we could see coming up in a few minutes. Now you have a fire reported in richmond. I do. Possible delays because of the fire. No surprises south of the bay bridge. The bay bridge itself, not showing a major issue. Its getting there from the upper east shore. Slowing out of richmond. Its condensed toward central avenue. Reports off the roadway, theres a roadside fire going off in the bushes. Well see if it develops into anything bigger. Doesnt look like it judging from the Speed Sensors that are moving better. Under 25 minutes and the back up at the bay bridge. Well show you the travel times getting through the maze. No issues. Highway 24 was slow from fish ranch road. It moved better now. There may have been a stall in the area. So far, a typical build. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Overnight Police Pursuit ends with a crash into a wedding store. This video just in showing part of that tape. [ sirens ] pretty high speed. It was east 14th street about 1 30 in the morning. The car eventually crashing into a nearby bridal shop near bancroft avenue. Some of the damage to the outside of the building there. No word on why police were chasing the driver of the car. We reached out to authorities for more information. Well bring you updates as soon as they come into us. 6 02. News for air travelers, the power is back on at atlantas hartsfieldjackson airport. It brought applause from passengers last night after the power was restored at the worlds busiest airport. They have been left in the dark for most of the day yesterday after an underground fire knocked out power. Passengers used their cell phones just to see. A lot of people were stuck outside Security Check points with nowhere to go. We havent gotten an email or text. I am surprised about that. Reach the airline to get a different flight. The system is down. This is a mess. 1100 flights were canceled during that power outage. We are still feeling the effects today. Today in the bays pete suratos is live at sfo with information holiday travelers need to know. Good morning, pete. Reporter good morning to you, marcus and laura. Our news room is looking into this to see exactly which flights are canceled as a result of that power outage that took place in atlanta yesterday. So far, the numbers show a half dozen or six canceled flights with arrivals or departures are affected three major airports here. We are seeing five cancellations, two arrivals affected because of what took place in atlanta. In san jose, theres one cancellation. Its a departure. So far, in oakland, we are seeing no cancellations. Its a much different story here yesterday at sfo when the power outage took place in atlanta. The number of cancellations areawide, tripling the numbers we are seeing so far this morning. Those numbers could change throughout the day. People are affected this morning. Cindy garcia is flying frontier. Her flight was canceled to atlanta. That means less time with grandchildren. Its a trip she only takes once a year. My grandchildren are all there. This is the trip i take every year, every year. And every day counts. So, seeing the cancellation, im shocked but hoping it will be positive to get on another flight this afternoon. Reporter hope everything works out for cindy. Of course, i want to remind our viewers to check in with our airline before heading to the airport. These are the Early Morning flight numbers. Of course that can change throughout the day. We continue to monitor those changes and will bring you updates as we get them. Live at sfo, pete suratos for today in the bay. Thanks so much, pete. 6 05 developing this morning, Police Search for a suspect outside a bart station. Two people were hurt. It happened about 9 30 last night. A man was stabbed and a woman hurt. The female victim has been treated and released. The male victim was in surgery overnight, but he is expekted to survive. Breaking news in new york city. A mother and her Young Children are dead. Ten others were hurt after an Early Morning house fire. This is in brooklyn. A 40yearold woman died and her three kids ages 11, 7 and 3. As for the injuries, three people who were in the home are critically hurt. Seven others, including five firefighters have minor injuries. The sister station reports the mother and father lived inside that house with with their six kids. One couple was spending the night as well. No word on the cause. This weekend the thomas fire became the second largest wildfire in california history. The fires burned 270,000 acres forcing over 100,000 people from their homes. Today marks two weeks since that fire started. Firefighters say they are exhausted. Insane. Its the biggest fire i have been on. Ever seen a fire like this . We have been on big ones but not like this with all the homes. Two people have been killed, including a San Francisco firefighter. Family and friends said goodbye to him on sunday. We are seeing video a bay area firefighter shot. They posted this video over the weekend where you can see they are surrounded by flames. The post says the firefighters were on their way to protect homes. San francisco fire department, another local crew helping to fight those flames. They posted this on twitter. 22 firefighters left this weekend to relieve some of the crews knowing they wont be able to spend the holidays with their own family and friends. At 6 07 this morning, live to washington, d. C. Where President Trump says he does not want to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller and wants to let the investigation run its course. The president , again, insisting he did not collude with the russians. Today in the bays Edward Lawrence is live following the developments. Good morning, edward. Reporter good morning, marcus and laura. The president all into this with a phone conversation with russian president vladimir putin. Again, President Trump saying he did not collude with the russians to help him win the election. Returning from camp david, nbc news asked President Trump if he plans to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller. No, im not. No. Reporter the comment may end weeks of speculation the white house wants mueller out and the Russian Investigation stopped. Still, some of the cabinet members say this cloud takes away from the administrations message. We have to get past this investigation. Its a giant distraction. Nobody has said this impacted the outcome of the election. Reporter special counsel investigators are coming through emails sent from the president s team in the transition. A trump transition lawyer accused him of obtaining emails. They said some contain attorneyclient privileged information. Not looking good. Not looking good. Cant imagine theres anything on them, frankly. As we said, theres no collusion. Theres no collusion, whatsoever. Robert muellers spokesperson said when we obtained emails in the criminal investigation, we have secured the account owners consent or appropriate criminal process. Swhak is the white house afraid of . Let them finish the job and get the facts. Reporter they would rather talk about the tax bill set to hit the president s desk this week. The house will vote on that tax bill on tuesday. Its expected the senate will take it up on wednesday. Live in washington, Edward Lawrence. Back to you, marcus, laura. Happening today, Oakland SchoolBoard Members will meet with District Advisory Committee to go over a controversial budget for next fall. Last week, the district sparked anger and frustration when they approved 9 million in cuts. They are not saying how many workers will lose their jobs. The cuts are necessary to avoid the potential of a state takeover. The meeting gets under way at 5 30. Its 6 10 now. Time to get up and moving and make sure you have on a warm coat. Here is a live look outside in downtown san jose. If you didnt get a chance to check out christmas in the park, maybe do it today with less crowds. Its going to be beautiful as well. Not as windy. Temperatures reaching the mid60s. Later on this evening, it cools auch into the mid50s by 7 00. If you are in San Francisco, going to the menorah lighting in union square, very nice. Have on lots of layers to stay warm. As we head over to mike, giving us an update on the commute. We are starting to see that build. Typical pattern for the most part. I have a concern because as the traffic comes in, 680 slowing through presenton and the build through 880 and the san mateo bridge, more popular and a crash reported. Seeing blips there. Its right around the toll plaza. I dont see anything on the toll plaza, the flat section. A crew has gotten there. More slowing through hayward toward the peninsula side. Thats palo alto. Over here, flashing lights in the trivalley. Doesnt luke like a problem. 580 out of livermore and the Central Valley is moving as well. Ill double check. Back to you. Sounds good. Thank you. 6 11. Coming up on today in the bay, from the nba to the nfl, the tweet from steph curry that has fans wondering if hes going to buy the Carolina Panthers. Commuters turning residents into prisoners of their own homes. The action one east Bay Community is trying to take to ease the congestion on the local roads. You are watching today in the bay. Good monday morning. Right now at 6 14, a cold start. Lets take a live look outside in san jose. A lot of drivers already up and out the door getting this workweek started. Its going to be 43 degrees in evergreen. The temperatures making it into the low 60s again today. Well above normal, but cooler air and some rain in the forecast. Well talk about that coming up in five minuteses. Kari, here is a look at the dublin interchange. We have a crash in that area. Im tracking down more details and will let you know how things shape up in dublin, pleasanton and livermore. 6 15 right now. New this morning, a problem affecting neighborhoods throughout the bay area. Commuters using local roads as a shortcut to work. In one community, traffic has gotten so bad, residents are trapped in their home during the morning and evening rush hours. Bob redell is taking a closer look at the problems people are complaining about. He joins us on tesla drive in livermore with a possible solution. Good morning, bob. Reporter good morning to you, laura and marcus. Over the past several months, thats what this road has become popular. You can see how popular it is this morning with the headlights. These are commuters using tesla road, a rural road as a shortcut. Now, if you are not familiar with this area, we put together a map for you. We are in South Livermore and the area cut through traffic is tesla road east of greenville road, thats the intersection we are at right now. Alameda county tells us tesla has seen a 37 increase in traffic over the past year. You dont need to tell that to brett paris. You can see in this cell phone video he shot for us, it is very difficult for him to leave his home on tesla where he owns and operating the ventura winery. Most days, traffic is bumpertobumper until 7 00 a. M. The normal tenminute ride to drop his kids off at school in town now takes 40 minutes. He is so frustrated, he put his property up for sale to try to move away. If i live in San Francisco and commute to livermore, i could be in the city and commute out here just as fast, in reverse. Its ridiculous. You spend three hours a day going to a town thats five miles away. Reporter ideally, paris and 150 of his neighbors along tesla would like the speed limit dropped to 25 miles an hour to discourage commuters. The current state law wont allow that. We spoke with a staffer, and they say they are considering speed tables, which are like speed bumps, only longer in length to diswade them from using tesla as a shortcut. In a perfect world, we would shut them down and not allow the traffic not paying for the road improvements or paying taxes here and shut them out. In a perfect world. We dont live in that world. Yeah, you are right. Speed bump, speed tables, round abouts are things we can do as a county. Reporter Alameda County rural Roads Committee is supposed to meet and decide whether or not to install those speed tables, assuming thats the route they take. They could be installed by springtime. Legislatures are trying to change the law to reduce speed limits on rural roads like tesla. Reporting live in South Livermore, bob redell, today in the bay. Looks like its long out there. Thank you, bob. 6 18 right now. In business and tech news, a lot of people looking for holiday gifts, the hot tech gifts. For the rest of our news before the bell, lets check in with contessa brewer, live at cnbc World Headquarters this morning. Good morning, contessa. Wall street is looking to open sharply higher this morning. The markets are coming off a positive week. The dow and nasdaq rose more than 1 . On reports the tax reform will pass. Green across the board. Look for Economic Data on housing and consumer sentiment. On friday, the dow rose 143 points to 14,651. The nasdaq was up 80 to 6936. If you buy a tesla for work, you will not be able to use the companys charging stations anymore. Tesla is prohibiting new commercial vehicles from using the red and white charging ports. Its leading to a lot of c congestion. They are intended for drivers who dont have ready options at home or work. Last year, tesla announced fees for charging. If you are still scrambling for a last might be ut tech gift under the tree, you are not going to be able to find apples air pods. Reports say chains like best buy and walmart, at t and apple website itself have sold out of the Wireless Headphones until the new year. Its a repeat of what happened last year. They dnlt have enough supply. They say this time its an issue of supply and demand rather than technical issues. This is a case of, if you snooze, you lose. You dont want to lose them. Too expensive to lose. Thanks. If you have hundreds of millions of dollars laying around, why not buy an nfl team. The Carolina Panthers are up for sale. Sunday, warriors star steph curry responded to a tweet from diddy, writing he wanted to buy the franchise. Currys response . I want in. He went to college in davidson, which is in north carolina. Here is why the team, however, is for sale. Owner Jerry Richardson posting a letter online sunday night announcing the move. The decision comes after Sports Illustrated reports allegations of workplace misconduct against richardson. He is assuring the fans the sale process will not start until the end of the season. You know, steph watches us every morning. Good morning, steph. I hope the change happens. Wouldnt that be awesome . Thats catchy. I like that. You know what, im going to invest, 25 right here. Go marcus. Small share. Getting mike on the Marketing Team there. Here this morning, looking forward to warming temperatures at least later on today. It will be a chilly morning as you head out the door. Lets check out these temperatures. In the peninsula, right in the middle of the screen, looking at the san mateo bridge and the jam there, 41 degrees. 42 in the south bay. 41 in the east bay. San francisco, now at 48 degrees. Lets look at the high temperatures today. Up to 64 in cupertino. The seven day forecast is on the bottom of the screen, showing rain for the middle of the week. Its dry today. 63 in oakland. Its above normal for this time of year. 63 degrees in palo alto. In San Francisco, outer sunset, 62 there. 62, also, in mill valley. We are awaiting that storm system thats been long overdue. Its been so dry. Then it starts to bring in rain from the pacific northwest. It dips into the bay area by later on tomorrow night into wednesday morning. So, once again, clear today, clouds start to move in tomorrow in advance of this system. By the late night hours, for tomorrow, it moves into the north bay and for the rest of the bay area. One and done before the morning commute. Wednesday looks dry. It brings in snow for this sierra. It looks like we will have potential of getting a tenth inch of rain for most of us here in the bay area, which is more rain than we have had all month long. Let me know what you are going as the weekend approaches. Im meteorologist, kari hall on facebook. Checking out the forecast, cooler as the week goes along. I posted the seven day forecast on my page and also pictures from the weekend christmas party. You can check that out, too. Mike, as we head over to you, reports of a crash in the trivalley. No reports of anything at that christmas party. We are looking toward the bay. The Speed Sensors are looking great. A build to the south bay typical for 101 and 87. No real surprised. Thats good for folks in the area. The trivalley, here is what bob is talking about. All this traffic on 580. Some folks use tesla road, but its very crowded as you saw from bobs report. Theres the crash you saw. Folks heading over there. Its off on the shoulder. No injuries. We are looking at that in the back up. That is an additional factor. Toward the bay bridge, no issues for the maze z. A new crash at cutting. I just learned it involves a motorcycle. Im going to check on that. Very concerned about the impact to your commute as well as the rider as well. We are looking toward the maze and the slowest drive is 24 out of the caldecott tunnel. Back to you. Coming up next on today in the bay, investigating ufos. A secret look at the 22 Million Government Program to look into ufo sightings. New overnight, Kensington Palace released a new portrait of the royal family. Its going on their Christmas Card. Im tweeting about it. Share your familys Christmas Card this morning. I have to take a picture of mine. You are watching today in the bay. Theorists are on high alert. 6 27. For you this morning, a conspiracy they are ris is on high alert. The pentagon admits they spent millions to study ufo sightings. There was a yearly budget of 22 million. The New York Times broke the news this weekend. This morning on the today show, the journalist behind the articles goes indepth. There are some logical explanations for some of the observations. Often natural phenomenon that can be explained. A considerable number, a large number are not explained or explainable at this point. Thats what science has to look into. To see more of the interview coming up at 7 00 a. M. , funding was cut back in 2012. Skeptics wonder if the Program Still exists. 22 million. Coming up next on today in the bay, a close call at airports after two incidents at sfo. The litigation and the legislation at an east bay lawmaker is working on to make sure it doesnt happen again. Another fire set along interstate 680 in san jose. Why investigators say this is a pattern of many before. You are watching today in the bay. My wish was a clubhouse, but we call it the wish house. People visit National Parks from all over the world. Food tastes better when you dont have to cook it. He was just supposed to be my dog. I dont know why. vo were proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars in just ten years. Get 0 financing for 63 months on select models. Plus well donate 250 to charity. The bay area, and we right now, 6 30 on a monday morning. We are off to another chilly start across the bay area. We could see a chance for rain later this week. Remember that wet stuff . A live look outside from the cameras christmas in the park. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Hope you had a great weekend, im laura garcia. We want to head over to meet yo meetologist kari hall to get a look at the weather. As you bundle up, we have mid30s for the north bay and south county and the trivalley. The inland valleys dipping into the 30s. Much of the south bay, the inner bay and the coast are low to mid f 40s. As we check out the high temperatures today, not bad at all. 65 in san jose. 63 in palo alto and San Francisco, 64 degrees. Well talk about the arrival of that rain coming up later. Mike has a change for the east shore freeway. Add ten minutes on to the drive off highway 4 and the bay bridge toll plaza. The rest of the maze is moving well. The reason is because of the crash we talked about, west 80 around cutting boulevard. Its blocked by a motorcycle coming down. Didnt hear of major injuries. Chp is finding out the details. Well track that. Slowing through richmond and berkeley. Nothing dramatic off the maze. The build is on there and it is monday. We are seeing the commute for the trivalley and east bay in hayward. Southbound past san mateo, we track that commute. We have a couple fender benders. Back to you. Thank you. We had a problem with fires as well. Developing in the south bay, looking for an arsonist expected in a dozen fires over the last couple weeks. Kris sanchez is live with the investigation into that most recent fire. Good morning, kris. Reporter hi there, marcus and laura. If this is the work of the same person, that person has been very busy. There have been nearly two dozen fires set along 680 here in san jose with the conditions being what they are, the pressure is on for investigators to track down the one person responsible. The fire on sunday was set in a shopping cart and investigators say it does appear it was set on purpose. The fire burned sunday morning 680 near capital expressway not far from a homeless encampment. Chp, leading the investigation is canvassing the area. They say they are getting cooperation and they are making good progress. They are not yet ready to release suspect information at this point. We will continue to press them for that information. Now, san jose fire battled this fire along 680 tuesday. It was visible to our crew as they arrived on the scene. But, again, nearly two dozen in all. With the high winds and the very dry conditions, right now, really the pressure is on to find the person responsible or the people responsible before a small fire along the freeway turns into something worse. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thanks so much, kris. At 6 34, San Francisco ysai goodbye to mayor ed lee. Of course, hundreds of people, including prominent california leaders like governor jerry brown, dianne feinstein, nancy pelosi and Lieutenant GovernorGavin Newsome were there. They all spoke and so did london breed. She reminded his wife and daughters of the respect the city has as the man they knew as husband and father. Here is acting mayor, london breed. Our mayor had kindness, he had class, he served others before himself. He listened. He cared. And he fought for our city, all of its people with the quiet dignity of a man who knows exactly what he stands for. Mayor ed lee died Tuesday Morning after suffering a heart attack. Its 6 35 right now. Recent close calls at sfo prompted a lawmaker to launch new legislation. We have a live look inside the airport. The scene of two incidents involving air canada planes. Pilots didnt hear controllers telling them to go around. According to the cockpit voice recorders were not removed and the conversations have been lost. Congressman mark is proposing legislation that would preserve voice recorders. Ntsb says the rule changes are not necessary. Happening tonight, the city of pittsburgh is expected to sign off on the freeway Security Network project. This leads to ways to install video cameras, license plate readers and microphones between pittsburgh and antioch. Technology would be installed on i80 between richmond and herk lease. This comes after dozens of freeway shootings. We want to show you this video. The car at the top of the screen, people are inside the car firing a flair gun into a home. It happened in san ramon saturday night. The suspect aimed and fired at five homes. None caught fire. If you have information call san ramon police. A Police Officer is under investigation after he allegedly fired shots inside a San Francisco hotel. It happened early sunday morning. Here is the dispatch call that went out to officers. On the 17th floor, about seven shots. This happened at the four seasons hotel. Exactly what led to the gunfire is not clear. The officer barricaded himself inside a hotel room, but surrendered to police. Guests at the hotel were told to stay inside their rooms as officers searched the area. I thought it was housekeeping at first. He had a badge. I was shocked. The richmond Police Officer was taken into custody. Before that, he was evaluated no one was hurt. Police are searching for this man. He is the fourth suspect wanted in connection with a murder. Over the weekend, Police Arrested three suspects in connection with the same murder. It happened last december. An 18yearold was shot to death on south winchester. It was the 46th homicide of the year. Police have not released a motive for that murder. New this morning, a highspeed ferry may carry commuters. Golden gate transit is considering buying a used boat from a private operator. Its similar to the one the agency operates topping out at 37 miles an hour. Golden gate transit says an extra boat likely would not increase the number of ferry runs, instead, used as a fillin for the other boats. 6 38. If you are driving somewhere for christmas, good news for you. Gas prices have dropped three cents and its expected to go down more. The bad news is we are paying a quarter more than what we did during last christmas. A gallon of regular above the national average. In San Francisco, it is 3. 26, oakland, 3. 13 and san jose, 3. 10. Economically, i dont know how great that is. Anyway, we have a look at the morning commute. Hopefully folks arent idling out there. Still slow. We are looking all right for the most part. I dont know, the northbound routes are starting to build. No one is idling, but slow on 101 and 87. The disabled vehicle here, coming up past saratoga, that cleared in the last two minutes. No injuries and not a problem, just blocking part of one lane through the area. The rest of the bay shows a drive in the trivalley. Holding steady there. 880 shows more traffic toward union city and the newark side of that bridge there. Cross the san mateo bridge, nothing dramatic. I want to show where we have slowing. Im tracking the motorcycle crash west 880. It blocks one lane. The good news, a motorcycle is involved. No injuries reported. We have a build up. Its 45 minutes from highway 4 to the wurve. The motorcycle ride, it sounlds like everything is okay. Thank you, mike. Thinking ahead to the weekend. Right. The weekend before christmas, right . Its going to be so busy. A know a lot of people are making plans. Its going to feel like the holidays, right . Take a look at these high temperatures in the upper 50s. The morning, well, its going to be freezing in the inland areas. For sunday, more of the same, 58 degrees across the board. Breezy conditions and sun shiz. If you are going down to l. A. To visit family before christmas and the holidays, its going to be in the mid60s all weekend long, keeping it closer to home, not the best beach weekend. Upper 50s. With the wind gost gusts, it will feel cooler. Going to the sierra, there will be additional snow falling this week coming in on wednesday and out of here in time for the weekend. Its going to be cold and windy with those high temperatures staying in the 30s. Let me know what you are doing this weekend. You may get a personalized forecast or see it here, coming up at 6 38 each morning. Ill have a look at the temperature trend in three minutes. Now, you are spoiling us. Thank you, kari. 6 41. Coming up, getting covered. The important deadline you need to know about if you need to sign up for Health Insurance. Following the stock market, the dow is up 200 points. The dow soars as they hear the upcoming tax bill vote. The time is 6 42. You are watching today in the bay. Coming up on 6 45, a clear start this morning. Beautiful sunrise as we take a live look outside in san jose and a busy morning commute under way. Campbell, later this morning, still cold. Upper 40s. Then it does make it into the low 60s today, which is above the normal high temperature. We are in for cooler temperatures and rain in the forecast. Well talk about the timing and how much, coming up in five minutes. Kari, this is a big slowdown here across the san mateo bridge. You think this is bad, theres a problem getting there. Ill check with chp and get details. Thank you so much, carry and mike. It is 6 45 right now. Senator john mccain recovering from brain Cancer Treatment in arizona this morning. He returned to his home state yesterday. He is suffering side effects from chemotherapy for a malignant brain tumor. The gop appears to have enough votes to pass that bill, but President Trump told reporters mccain would return to washington, if Congress Needs his vote. I did speak to senator mccain. I wished him well. I wished john well. I understand he will come if we needed his vote, which hopefully we wont. The word is john will come back if we need his vote. Senator mccains doctors say he is responding well to treatment. If you are in need of Health Insurance, theres time to get coverage. The deadline to sign up for cover california is extended to this friday, december 22nd, if you want to have Health Insurance starting january 1st. The final deadline for coverage next year is january 31st. In the last few days, thousands of californians have signed up. In fact, sign ups this year out pacing last year. If you are going to the post office today, it is not so much a great idea because it is going to be very busy. The post office saying this is the busiest day of the year. People have to get their packages out, of course. Today, you want to make sure you do that to get it to grandmas house or anywhere it is going by friday. Thats cutting it close. Not just in the store, usps. Com is expecting 7 million customers today. This week, the Postal Service will deliver 3 billion pieces of mail. New this morning, Christmas Shopping became easier for the bay area. They are suddenly 40 million richer after hitting it big in the states superlotto plus game. The Winning Ticket was purchased at the albany hill minimart. Here are the winning numbers, 4, 17, 21, 37 and 44 with that meganumber being 17. Congratulations. Indeed. A live look at the coliseum this morning. After last nights game you saw here on nbc bay area. Raiders fans, this morning, may be bummed their team was this close to that win last night that may have saved the season. See how close i mean. We are talking the width of a card on the fourth down during the time game. The refused a note card to measure the down. It looked short, but gave dallas the first down. From there, they drove the field with less than a minute left. David karr stretched but fumbled through the end zone. The ball went back to the cowboys. That killed the raiders chances for the playoffs. The niners fans, meanwhile, are feeling hopeful. Looks like they have a quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo looking the part as he led the niners to the last drive in that gamewinning field goal. The niners now 2523. This is their Third Straight win all with garoppolo behind. Star wars fans, did you see the movie . I was going to too many christmas parties, but a lot of people did. The last jedi earned more than 2 million in the opening weekend. It is the number one movie at the box office. The eighth star wars movie brought in 220 million to be exact. The best opening, ever, for a film. Fern nand finished second with 13 million. I love it. That makes you want to go out. I have heard its very good. I have heard a lot of great things about it. Vacation coming up for a lot of people. Whether you are planning to hit the road or going to be staying around the bay area, we will have changes on the way heading into the weekend. Lets take a live look outside in San Francisco. Its still a cold morning as you get ready to head out. The seven day forecast coming up at the bottom of the screen. All clear out there. 45 degrees in San Francisco. Its 35 degrees in santa rosa. Oakland, 41 degrees. 42 in san jose. A cold start, once again. As we check out the high temperatures, warming up, again. This is still above where we should be as we get closer to the end of fall and beginning winter this thursday. As we, once again, get another look outside, you are getting dressed and standing in front of the closet, you will have to start with a warm coat and sunglasses. It will be bright and sunny all day long. As the storm system approaches, we see the rain moving in. Finally, we have been waiting on this all month long. At least a good amount of rain for the bay area. Starts out late for the north bay and throughout the day, we are going fo to see those clouds moving in. This is a quick one and done moving north to south and out in time for the morning commute on wenlz. Wednesday afternoon is looking dry. In the meantime, rainfall totals that, for most of us, may reach a tenth inch or less. This is more rain than we have had all month long combined. As we look at the sierra. A good amount of snow there as well with the snowfall totals 34 inches. There may be higher amounts. Then, its going to be breezy. Winter begins on thursday then look at how those temperatures drop. If you think its been cold recently, its about to get much colder. We are talking the inland valleys dipping down to freezing or close by the end of this week. Ill have more on that. Mike, you are saying you are concerned about a crash in hayward. It is affecting folks heading to the san mateo bridge, which is already crowded. Well start with the south bay, more slowing to 101 and 280 at the 17 880 interchange. Nothing unusual. Southbound 880 was looking great and lighter until ten minutes ago. A crash at 92, right at the interchange blocking the left lanes before you get to the turn off there. That will complicate things. Folks staying to the left are okay, but slow toward hayward and union city. A look at the san mateo bridge shows the volume of traffic we are seeing these folks. The peninsula shows no delay yet but it will soon because of the folks heading toward 101 and 92. Back to the maps, oakland is moving smoothly, north to the bay bridge, the bay bridge itself and the maze shows the volume build. The crash getting to the shoulder, but blocking one lane, west 80. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Coming up next, a quick look at the stories on today in the bay including a chase and crash in the east bay. [ sirens ] the damage left behind this morning after the car crashed into a bridal store. First, happening now at 6 52, breaking news as leaders in puerto rico want a recount of hurricane deaths. The official count is at 64. Reports by the New York Times says more than 1,000 people died. Parts of the island are still without power three months after the hurricane hit. We are following a developing story asking Security Forces under attack in kabul. There was heavy gunfire. We are waiting for the death toll. No group claimed responsibility for that attack. We are back in two minutes with more news. Stick around. Welcome back. Before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today in the bay we begin with an overnight Police Pursuit that ended with a 6 56. Welcome back. Before you head out the door, here are the top stories. A Police Pursuit ended in a crash into a wedding store. [ sirens ] this is video into our news room shows the chase along east 14th street about 1 30. The car crashed into a bridal shop near bancroft avenue. You can see the damage on the outside of the building. No word on why police were chasing the car. As soon as we get more information, well bring you updates. A live look at sfo. A power outage at the busiest airport. The number of cancellations was higher on sunday. In total, it led to 1100 cancellations. Coverage of the power outage continues next on the today show. Hear from travelers getting home this morning amid the travel chaos. The search is under way for three people wanted after an attack outside a hayward bart station. It happened about 9 30 in the bart station parking lot. A man was stabbed and a woman assaulted after an altercation. Breaking news out of new york city. A mother and three children were found dead after a house fire in brooklyn. Investigators say that fire broke out inside the home but they dont know what caused that fire. Live in livermore this morning, where people in one neighborhood are pushing Alameda County to find a fix for the traffic congestion. Tesla road bebecame a popular shortcut. Its recorded 37 increase in traffic in the past year. They are considering adding speed tables, which are longer speed bumps to discourage drivers from taking that shortcut. A live look in san jose. Firefighters put out the latest of a string of recent fires that appear to have been purposely set perhaps by the latest person. This started in a shopping cart near 680 and capital expressway near a homeless encampment. They are investigating 20 fires in the south bay that may be connected. A live look in keowntown san jose, christmas in the park. We are off to another cold start. Like a great california says, bring sunglasses for later. It will continue to be like that. Cold mornings and very nice warm afternoons. It will start to get cooler and breezy and we go toward the middle of the week. Look at those morning temperatures. Its going to be dipping as we officially begin winter. The marine approaching there. You have a crash . I do. Better news for that crash in hayward. We see a smooth drive. The south bay starting a typical pattern. That means a build. Your morning is slowed down there. South 880 starting to speed up. The crash has been moved out of the lanes. Good news, no major injuries. The bad news for san mateo, a lot more folks out of the bridge to the dumbarton bridge. Thats where we see the traffic. The rest of the bay showing a smooth drive. A lot of schools getting out for vacation. Get those prez septembers for teachers ready. They need a break, too. 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