Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20180110

Capital up to napa. Near kenzo estate, we are looking at the closure. For highway 121 because of an overnight crash, pete suratos is there and will bring an update. Now, toward the bay bridge, a smooth drive for travel times. That is great news. Be careful. Laura, over to you. Thank you very much. Developing now in southern california, first wildfires, now deadly mudslides. Look at it. Some of the neighborhoods where oprah and Ellen Degeneres live. Here is what we can report. 15 people are dead as homes were swept away by pounds of mud. We are told the death toll is expected to rise z. In the meantime, hundreds of people are waiting to be rescued right now. New, dramatic video shows the dire situation of people actually in this morning. Coast guard crews are trying to swoop in, getting on top of rooftops. This is a family of five, including a newborn, two Young Children and the familys dog trapped by the mudslide. The horror they are going through. The most powerful images we have seen was this teenage girl. Can you see her emerging from the mud . She had a look of shock on her face. Rescuers worked so hard to rescue her. This is the beginning of what is expected to be a long recovery for hundreds of people. Today in the bays, kirk hawkins is live. These people are going through so much heart ache. Look how thick it is behind you. Reporter its truly devastating and historic here. You can see behind me where we are standing on the 101 freeway that is shut down, these dump trucks arrived. What they are hoping to do is remove the mud and debris that forced the shutdown of this highway. At the same time, an all out search is under way for survivors and access remains a concern for first responders. I got it. Reporter rescue crews racing against time, searching through homes buried under mud to find a 14yearold trapped inside. A miracle discovery. Firefighters used the jaws of life to pull lauren to safety. It was so hard to hear her. We could have easily taken two more steps and not be able to hear her at all. Reporter wading through mud with dogs. A desperate search for survivors. A baby. He was okay. Got the mud out of its mouth. I was hoping it was okay. Reporter the coast guard called in to help with evacuation. It was bad up there. Certain neighborhoods got hit bad. Some houses completely wiped out. Reporter it was in the hills that burned weeks ago, the largest wildfire in history. Trees coming down. Four feet of mud raging through, could wanter high through my house. It was like in the middle of a river. You see water gushing down the hill. Reporter where there was once flames, now theres flooding and mud. Now, there are mandatory evacuation orders in place for thousands of people. By the way, the 101 freeway isnt expected to reopen until thursday at the earliest. Live in month skirk hawkins. Now, a developing story here at home. The Investigation Continues this morning, an officer involved shooting at a south bay power plant. Bob redell is live at the Energy Center in south san jose with what led up to the shooting. Good morning, bob. Reporter good morning to you, marcus. San Jose Police Department wrapped up its investigation at the met calf Energy Center. Its the large structure at the end of the road there that provides electricity. It is also the sight of the officerinvolved shooting. You can see the crime scene unit, the Police Department and convoy of squad cars leaving the facility. According to one Law Enforcement source, the person shot and killed by police had been trying to break into the facility. Reports at 5 15 last night, police approached the man sitting in a parked car near a gate. He reportedly got out of the car with an ax. At least one officer opened fire when he didnt drop the ax. He was killed. A spokesperson sent this statement, we can confirm there was an event involving an intruder and Law Enforcement. Our employees are safe and we are cooperating with authorities. This is the first officerinvolved shooting of 2018. There were eight last year. In 2013, at least one person with a rifle fired shots at the nearby substation run by pg e and damaged equipment there. The sheriff called it an act of sabotage with an attempt to shut down the system. That person has never been arrested. Bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks so much, bob. 5 06 right now. Happening today in sacramento, governor jerry brown will release the budget proposal. We dont know the details, but tax revenue from the Recreational Marijuana expect to give the state a boost. Last years 182 billion budget included more money for schools and added more to the rainy day fund. Developing this morning, the world of politics. A win for d. R. E. A. M. Ers. A federal judge revised part of the Immigration Program that protects young, undocumented people from deportation. Kris sanchez is live with more. Reporter hi there, marcus. President trump, surprisingly, has not reacted to the policy change as though he has not been on twitter for seven hours, either. Californias attorney general sent a tweet that says d. R. E. A. M. Ers lives were thrown into chaos when they tried to terminate the daca program without obeying the law. This is a step in the right direction. This is a temporary stop of the Trump Administrations wind down of daca based on what stthey called an error of law. It was based on the idea the program was illegal, when, in fact, it was upheld by the supreme court. What we can tell you this means for d. R. E. A. M. Eres is this is continued protection for them. However, it will not accept new applications at this point. We know that the u. S. Justice department could appeal this injunction and the five lawsuits challenging daca continue. The lawsuits filed by santa clara county, the board of supervisors, city of san jose rksz university of california and other states employee unions. Many local governments and agencies have pages dedicated to find legal aid for the young d. R. E. A. M. Ers. I will tweet out links to those resources as the morning progresses and watch for reaction from washington. In redwood city, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thanks for the latest there. 5 09, marin county leaders are putting their foot down on large tour buses coming in out out of muir woods. They adopted an ordinance allowing them to bound Motor Vehicles longer than 30 feet on winding roads. The plan is expected to pave the way for a follow up ordinance. The earliest county leaders will vote on the plan is later this month. Right now at 5 09, we have had a really dry start to our water year. It looks like that recent round of rain is really helped us out. Now, lets talk about how much rain we have measured and how much we need to catch up to normal. Santa rosa got nearly 12 inches of rain, but we have lacking 4. 5 inches of rain to catch up to normal. We are doing better than we were. We are at 72 of normal. San francisco, seven inches of rain there. We have had good amounts for san jose, over four inches of rain. But we are still missing almost two inches of rain to catch up to normal, so we have 69 of normal. Look at the numbers where you live, how much rain is measured. Not all of us will see this, but we will see light rain moving through the north bay as well as the peninsula and also showers in San Francisco by 10 00 and that will be in and out of here by early afternoon. Then well go back to some more dry weather for a while longer. Well talk about what else is in the forecast in a few minutes. Mike says its a great start to the commute. It is. Drying out on the roadways. There may be slicker spots but overall, the green highlighting is not here. Out of the Altamont Pass through dublin and the interchange. Nothing big. There is the san mateo bridge. Well show you the live look. Chp lit up this sign that says high winds. That was reported overnight. Havent had problems and chp usually calls that and holds it for the morning. Theres no issues, just that warning. Back to you. Thanks, mike. More is coming up on today in the bay. What one Bay Area School district is doing about a teacher shortage. Business and tech in las vegas. Plus, when animals attack. A reporter caught off guard by curious lemurs. The video you have to see to believe all coming up next. Its 5 14. Time to get up and get moving. We have a chilly start this morning and no rain as of now as we take a live look outside in san jose. The clouds will be rolling in. Santa teresa, we are going to have temperatures in the upper 40s. 52 degrees at 9 00 and upper 50s today. Its going to be where we should be for this time of year. Only a few peeks of sunshine and a slight chance of rain. Ill talk about whats ahead in the microclimate forecast in about five minutes. We are looking at san rafael, an easy drive. The roadways damp, but no problems. Let me show you the travel times through the area. A great flow there as well as out of vallejo. One closure up in napa. We are going to track that. Ill tell you more about that coming up. Thanks. An effort to hire more teachers in an east bay community. The west contra costa unified School District is holding a job fair. Its at sunol middle school. They looked at the states teacher shortage. They say we rank last in student to teacher ratio. California needs to hire 100,000 teachers to bring the ratio to the national average. Over the next decade, california will need onethird of the work force to maintain the current level which has us last in the country. At 5 15, they will make a push to allow suspects smartphones. Scott mcgrew, encryption has them frustrated. This came to a head during the investigation into the mass shooting in san bernardino. The fbi wanted apple to create software to break into the phone. They said no. The head of the fbi calls this an urgent Public Safety issue. Donald trump, who was candidate for president at the time of the shooting called for a total boycott of apple products. Tim cook was trying to show off how liberal he was. Trump never rescinded that call for a boycott. Facebook and alphabet, the Parent Company of google, have been called back to congress to explain their role in spreading terror messages. This is video from november talking about the use of their platform to affect the election. They will go before the Commerce Committee on january 17. A rainstorm hit las vegas. Bad timing for the largest tech conference in the world. Our scott budman managed to stay dry. Reporter good morning and welcome to las vegas and the consumer electronic show. We are familiar with action cameras and drones. They are getting faster and cheaper, good news for consumers. How about this . This is an ear bug. It comes in a pair of two from melted down guns. A little bit of everything here. The focus at 2018 show is artificial intelligence. You have heard about ai in cars and refrigerators. You are going to focus today on robots. Robots here to serve us. They are robots built to know us with artificial intelligence. Well show them to you throughout the day. In las vegas, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Coming up at 6 15, well show you something new. Its a spin bicycle and they have something new. Have you ever done a report with animals . I have. Strange things can happen with animals. Look at this enthusiastic welcome from this reporter. Video of a group of lemurs all over. Leaping lemurs. Yeah. This reporter was trying to do his story and they were rather excited. It was a new zoo near cam bridge in great britain. The bbc reporter tried to go with it even if the lemurs had other ideas. They started biting him. Are they teething . Thats a tough thing. Look at them leaping through the trees. I think i might have been out of there at that point. Im done. You need safety goggles. Remember that bird that came on set. Im going to try to find that. I dont have a picture of that, i have a picture of the chinese crane with the same hair as i do. I had a dog on my lap once. That didnt turn out well either. I got scratched by a cat during clear the shelters. We have all bad experiences with animals, dont we. Oh, i love them. Im good. As we get ready this morning, we will be sharing our stories. Cant wait to hear yours. We are going to have dry weather as you get ready to head out. Here we are looking at the radar, again. We see a quick moving round of light rain approaching far northwestern california. This is going to move into the bay area later on and start in the north bay with light showers. This will mainly stay along the coast and make it into the bay area by late morning and early afternoon. Its all dry and clear out there now with the temperatures in the upper 40s as you get ready to head out the door. Check out the high temperatures today. 59 degrees is the high in morgan hill and milpitas. 59 in danville. A lot of upper 50s here. Hayward, 60 degrees and 60 in fremont. Daly city, 58 degrees. 59 on the embarcadero today and upper 50s for the north bay as well as the clouds move in. Lets start with the morning commute in the east bay. 47 degrees. You have to crank that heat up, mostly cloudy skies. I dont think youll have a need for sunglasses today. A chance of showers moving through fairly quickly. Keep that umbrella in the backseat of the car. As we look at what we are going to see today, the rain outlook by 11 30 shows the showers moving through ukiah, santa rosa and San Francisco. Then it moves out. By tomorrow, we have another slight chance of rain farther to the north. Other than that, dry all weekend. Monday, we start with this storm system rolling on shore, bringing rain between monday and tuesday as well as wednesday. Enjoy the weekend. A lot of sunshine here. San francisco reaching up to 61 degrees on sunday. The interior valleys, a high of 64 degrees. A pleasant weekend. If you havent taken down the Christmas Decorations, now is the time. Well see more rain moving in by monday. Mike, what do you have going on on the bay bridge . I have a guilty look because the Christmas Decorations arent completely cleared out. Now, we have the sensors in motion as well. Green on the roadway. Theres a crash reported in san jose around berryessa. Maybe off 680. Ill get more detail as they arrive into the area. 680 on the southbound side, a fender bender reported here. Initial reports. I dont see slowing. South of the walnut creek interchange. Well continue to follow that as well. The blip shows up here, east 24. Thats traditional. Things will sort out, but ill track that. 15 minutes from highway 4 here where the back up is right on schedule. Well look at the back up building here. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay, recall expanded. The reason you might need to check your car this morning. Combatting a brutal flu season. The signs you need to look out for as bay area hospitals face overcrowding and lack of supplies. On social media, celebrities are talking about the devastating california mudslides. Posted flow toes over mudslide filled backyards. Our coverage continues at 5 30. At Stanford Health care, we can now repair complex aortic aneurysms without invasive surgery. If we can do that, imagine what we can do for varicose veins. And if we can precisely treat eye cancer with minimal damage to the rest of the eye, imagine what we can do for glaucoma, even cataracts. If we can use dna to diagnose the rarest of diseases, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. Imagine what we can do for you. Have died that includes six here you know anyone thats had the flu. Oh, yeah. I know a lot of people have. The relentless deadly flu bug sweeping the nation. In california, 27 people died including six in the bay area. This week, one person died in solano county. Hospitals are struggling to keep up with the demand. They have filled a hospital to capacity. The deal with the overflow, the Urgent Care Center has extended hours monday to friday until 11 00 p. M. The current strain making its way through is h3n2. We know it tends to cause more severe illness. Elderly and babies are most susceptible. The best way to stop the spread is stay at home if you are sick. Use a mask. Above all, wash your hands often. Some people like to keep working when they have the flu. Take time off. More vehicles are being recalled this morning because of takata air bags. This is the largest series of automotive recalls in u. S. History. Toyota and honda are recalling their vehicles. Customers will be contacted. The recalls come after takata revealed 3 million inflaters are defective. They, too, can explode and fire shrapnel. 20 people died and 280 others hurt. The problem brought a criminal conviction and crime against takata and forced them into bankruptcy. Coming up next on today in the bay, heart breaking moments in southern california. A little baby. A kid. Got it out. Got the mud out of its mouth. Frantic search for survivor this is morning after mudslides put neighborhoods and streets out. The deadly rock slide in the north bay that is shutting down a freeway this morning. You could generate your own energy, at home. Or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. Do your thing, with Energy Upgrade california. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Good morning, bay area. A live look outside overlooking fremont on this now wednesday morning. Made it through the rain, half way through the week. Now get through the day. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us, im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. We want to head over to meteorologist, kari hall to see what to expect adds you head out the door this morning. Its a cool one. We have had a chance to dry out for a little while. Theres another round of rain to the north of us. This is ahead of a quick moving cold front that may hold together long enough to give a light rain across the bay area. Here is a live look outside in palo alto. As we go through the day, those clouds will start to roll in and our temperatures will reach into the upper 50s there today. But, it looks like palo alto will stay dry. The showers for the north bay and the coast and high temperatures today for the interior valleys, up to 57 in antioch and livermore and santa rosa, 67 degrees. 61 in san jose. Well talk about whats ahead for the weekend coming up in seven minutes. Mike, you are tracking that back up at the bridge. The metering lights were turned on. We saw the back up forming. There you go. Whatever the case, they are on right now. The back ups form more gradually as we see throughout the month of january after vacation is over there. Yes, vacation is over. We get back to the map. Anywhere south of the bay bridge moves nicely. A crash at 680 northbound. There may be one lane blocked. Sounds like everything is off to the center divide. Theres a distraction. The build should come off 101. Ill track that closely. We have a closure from 121. There was a deadly landslide. Pete suratos is going to report more on that in two minutes. We have developing news from you guys as well, marcus, laura . Developing in southern california, more rain could fall. That would add to the devastation. Look at the mud that swept through after the downpours in the areas ravished by wildfires. We know at least 15 people were killed. Many roads and freeways buried in mud and debris. Miguel almaguer is in montecito with a look at the aftermath left behind. Reporter good morning. The worst of the rain passed. The damage is just being realized. Homes that were swept off their foundations. The white you see is a family car thats been flipped upside down. Coming up on the today show, well show dramatic images, a 14yearold girl pulled alive from rubble like this. At first light here, search teams will be back on the ground looking for survivors. See you in a bit. Back to you. Thank you, miguel. We look forward to that. We have another crew in Santa Barbara county. Our reporter tweeted this video when she arrived showing highway 101 closed for a 30mile stretch. More weather concerns here at home. Following heavy rain, a rock slide leaving one person dead along highway 121 in napa county. Today in the bays, pete suratos, joins us live with a reason the crews are having a tough time dealing with this this morning. Good morning, pete. Reporter yeah, good morning to you, laura and marcus. The main concern for the crews is the stability of the road on highway 121. We drove up there not long ago, a few miles up. Once you drive on the road, you are blocked off as kenzo estates to Wooden Valley road as they continue to work on this issue. The concern here is the stability of the road. Well show you the video from overnight. Crews trying to get the car out of the embankment following this deadly incident. Chp says it happened around 5 00 p. M. When a rock dislodged, striking a car, sending it into an embankment. Now, we are on the usgs website saying it can be triggered by an earthquake, but more times than not, intense or prolonged rainfall, something we saw a couple days ago or yesterday. Recently burned areas are susceptible to seeing landslides as well. With the conditions described as dangerous by chp, the information on this victim is minimal. I dont have the information. Its treacherous terrain. They repelled down for lifesaving measures and confirmed fatalities. I dont have information beyond that right now. Reporter chp pointed out, we are in the vicinity of the atlas fire. Its too early to tell if its connected to it. Caltrans does plan on sending a geologist to check out the stability of the hillside. Live in napa, pete suratos, today in the bay. Thank you so much for that. It is 5 35 right now. In central america, we have been keeping an eye overnight on the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that shook honduras. It hit the coast of honduras and cayman islands. Right now, no reports of major damage. New this morning, a plan to use drones to inspect for potential quake damage on San Franciscos waterfront. The examiner is reporting commissioners unveiled the plan yesterday. Camera equipped drones would examine seawalls when a quake strikes. Following last weeks quake in berkeley, engineers did inspections by boat. They will likely approve the plan next month. Happening live, a look at north bay Human Trafficking. They have holding an event to highlight the problem. A movie will be shown on the topic followed by a discussion including a Human Trafficking survivor. Details, overnight, we took a closer look into the numbers. California has the highest number of Human Trafficking cases reported in the united states. This map tracks Human Trafficking cases showing where the crimes happen. The bay area, los angeles, san diego, are major hot spots. The number of cases reported have been on the rise. In 2012, 500 cases were reported. Last year, 1300 cases. 5 37. A follow up of a man accused of sexually assaulting a san jose teacher could be out on bail today. The 43yearold made his First Court Appearance yesterday. He is accused of assaulting and robbing a middle schoolteacher last tuesday before school opened. The judge did not allow us to use his face. Police say that Surveillance Video of him at the school shortly before that attack. Once he posts bail, he will be fitted for an ankle monitor and 100 yards from the school. He should be back in court next month. Happening today, a possible next step to increase tolls from bridges in the bay area. This is a live look this morning. Today, the bay Bridge Authority is voting on whether measure three will go on the ballot in june. If they approve it today, the decision could happen in a couple weeks. New funding would help pay for it. Have you seen the recent art installation called sonic runway . If you havent seen it yet, you have more time. City leaders decided to extend it through the first week in march. Its all due to popular demand. It can be viewed anytime between 5 00 p. M. And midnight. We have sonic hallway before bedtime. Go to bed it echoes. Yeah, right . Over and over again, somehow on deaf ears. Thats right. It doesnt get heard. In the south bay, we heard of a crash at 680 and berryessa. Activity will be on the shoulder. Well track that. Here, we have activity in the north bay, south 101, reported blocked by a big rig. There may be a diesel leak on that. Past 580, is traffic is not slow. As we get out to your travel times, a nice, smooth drive where the metering lights are on and no delays for transit. 47 bart trains are all running nice. You know whats right around the corner . The weekend. As you are making plans, the weather is clearing out. Lets check out saturday, 60 degrees for the coast and the bay. Low 60s for the inlands areas and mostly sunny skies. More of the same on sunday. A touch warmer, more clouds moving in. 64 degrees inland. If you are going to santa cruz this weekend, check out the numbers, not bad at all, 66 degrees on saturday and 65 on sunday. For the sierra, squaw valley is looking good. Upper 50s by the end of the weekend. Mostly sunny skies. Shouldnt have problems getting there and back for the weekend even though we have a light amount of snow on the ground especially for the upper elevations. Let me know what you are doing this weekend on twitter. You may see it featured here coming up in an hour. Ill have a look at todays temperature trend coming up in three minutes. Thank you very much, kari. 5 40 right now. Coming up next, new overnight, palo alto james franco in the hot seat. The questions he faced about sexual allegations. Why did we get this trump cabinet. We take a look when today in the bay continues. Videogame dance music [burke] abstract accident. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum it is 5 43. Good morning, cupertino. Lets check out the temperature trend. Its going to be in the low 50s. Later on, by 9 00, as the temperatures gradually warm up, well be in the upper 50s today and well have a lot of clouds moving in, a slight chance of rain. For the most part, all that heavy rain is out of here. Well talk about the rest of the weekend and also the weekend thats coming up in five minutes. 25 minutes, thats the report for the travel time between grant line road and the dublin interchange. We are building a bit. Here is the east bay in the green headed toward the maze. The back up at the bay bridge, well show that coming up. Thank you very much, kari and mike. It is 5 44. Palo alto native, james franco is reacting overnight to allegations of sexual misconduct. The biggest name, Breakfast Club star, allie. She posted a tweet saying why is james franco allowed in. During the Golden Globes is when that happened. Franco says he does not know what prompted that comment. First of all, i have no idea what i did to ally. I directed her in a play off broadway. I have nothing but a great time with her. Total respect for her. I have no idea why she is upset. She took the tweet down. I cant speak for her, i dont know. The others, look, in my life, i pride myself on taking responsibility for things that i have done. I have to do that to maintain my well being. I do it when ever i know that theres something wrong or needs to be changed, i make it a point to do it. Viewers criticized franco because he wore a times up pin. He said he wore it because he supports it. 5 45 right now. A skater visiting the bay area got a taste of the car break ins we have been experiencing. Someone broke into the suv her parents rented and parked in japantown. Her ice skates were stolen and two of her custom skating dresses. This is video of her competing in one of those dresses. They are worth more than 1,000 a piece. The dresses are very personal to me and mean a lot to me. Please return it. That would be very much appreciated. She deserves them back. She is one of thousands of victims. 30,000 break ins were reported in San Francisco last year alone. We are hearing from a woman many thought would be representing the u. S. In the olympics. Ashley wagner placed fourth in the figure skating championships in san jose. She left it to the judges. Wagner is talking exclusively about the controversy of the finish. Do i hear a tone of regret . Are you sorry you spoke out the way you did . No. I mean, what you see is what you get with me. I pride myself on being honest and open. That whole interview airs after today in the bay here on nbc. We are your home for the olympics. 5 47 right now. The president giving unusual access to Television Cameras in the white house. Our cameras were there as they talked about daca. Washington under the gun to get something done. Some version of the d. R. E. A. M. Act approved by congress. Yesterday, President Trump went beyond the spray, where a tv camera man briefly videos or sprays the cabinet meeting. Cameras were allowed to stay as the president talked about daca, indicating he is up for compromise z. Phase one, daca and security and we do phase two, immigration. I think we should go to it. We do one, then the other. You know, a federal judge made a move regarding daca tuesday. Kris sanchez will fill ewe in on that in a moment. Many of us saw this tv camera move as a way to show donald trump is in charge and mentally competent as millions of americans read fire and fury. Millions more are waiting to read it. Amazon says it back order on the book is four weeks. The San Jose Library says there are 1,011 holds on the book. The Trump Administration says they will open up offshore drilling in america but they changed their mind. No drilling off florida, after even republicans in florida objected. Interior secretary ryan syn key says the change comes because floridas coasts are popular with tourists. You might say tourists like the california coast, too. But it is not a factor in the president ial election. California is solidly a democratic state. Florida, in purple, that one is up for grabs. We check out what the president is saying every day. We are interested in what you think. Contact me on twitter. Thanks, scott. Right now, we step outside for a look. No rain as of now. There will be a chance of rain in the bay area. Quick moving round of scattered showers. We are not completely out of it, as of now. We will have a chance of dry weather as we go into the day. A live look outside in san jose. It is a cool one, as marcus said. Its 46 degrees. Thats cooler than we have had the past few mornings with the high today up to 61. Its going to be a nice one. We will, at times, have clouds rolling by. We talked about the chance of rain quickly moving through by late morning. By this afternoon, a breezy, mild day. Tomorrow, the north bay will have a rain chance, otherwise, the rest of the bay area dry and cool. The high temperatures, today, low 60s. Morgan hill, 60 degrees. 57 in antioch and 57 in santa rosa. San francisco, upper 50s there. Getting dressed this morning, start out with a nice warm coat. You dont have to lug around all the rain gear because of the chance of rain fairly slight along the coastline. Long sleeves needed today. Light long sleeves as the temperatures warm up. A good day for pants and dress shoes as it will feel like the middle of winter. Here is a look at the rain chance well have today. Mostly, once again for the north bay into San Francisco, along the coast. It will be a quick one and done. For tomorrow, well have a slight chance of north bay showers. Then we take it all the way through monday for the next significant chance of rain for the bay area. A couple storm systems lining up in the pacific and they will be here to start out the new week. We are looking at upper 50s, low 60s and a fairly dry forecast for the next several days. For the weekend, its looking really nice. Check out inland areas, 64 degrees. Well talk more about this. Mike was telling me the commute is just getting started. The metering lights were turned on around 5 25. We saw slow building. Now slowing in the south bay for northbound 87. Theres a crash reported toward 280. Both vehicles on the shoulder. The volume of traffic is delicate back to capital expressway. 101 crowded the last few minutes. There is the south bay build. The north bay, a smooth flow of traffic. The bay bridge toll plaza has that back up. We have the back up here, no problems for mass transit approaching the area. That will be bart and thats moving on time. Back to you. Thanks, a lot mike. Coming up, california Police Department is trying something new to prevent crime. The reason crime does pay in one city. First, happening now, we are following a developing story this morning out of pakistan. A mob attacked a Police Station in a nearby government building in pakistan. The people are angry over the rape of an 8yearold girl. Two people are dead and several others injured. Home buyers are starting 2018 with a bang. Mortgage rates are up 20 . People may be taking advantage of lower rates now, concerned they are moving higher. Well be back with more, stick around. Paying people to stay out of crime. The city of stockton is moving forward with a million new this morning, at 5 55, paying people to stay out of crime. The city of stockton is moving forward to reduce gang violence, specifically violent shooting. There were 55 murders in stockton last year. Now, advanced peace is trying to prevent shooting. Here is how it works. They identify 50 people considered the most atrisk for committing gun violence and paying them not to do it. The program lasts 18 months. After six months, participants will be paid up to 1,000 a month. Stocktons mayor personally raised 1 million to fund the program. It will cost taxpayers nothing. I want to see a reduction. Trending in the right direction, ill be happy. Critics say theres no way to prove it will be successful and the wrong approach to rehabilitation. The city has not released early results. 5 56 right now. A follow up for you, two years ago, we told you of dozens of bottles of expensive wine stolen. This morning, we are learning one of the men involved in the robberies will spend three years in jail for the crime. A san jose judge sentenced the 53yearold yesterday. Investigators say he and another man stole 100 bottles to sell to a buyer in north carolina. They were worth 5 500,000. Happening today, repairs get under way at a San Francisco bart station. Starting today, crews will remove the street level escalator on the west side in the mission. It will be out of service through april. Bart is going to do the same work on ten other escalators in two years. The goal is to overhaul the electrical system causing them to break down. The headache from the east coast bomb cyclone is continuing. As the snow is melting, a problem is happening. Take a look at that suv. It had its roof crushed after a chunk of ice fell from 20 stories from above. It happened yesterday in manhattan. Luckily, no one was hurt. Scary moments at walt disney world. A door on one of the monorails stayed open during the trip. You can see, this happened over the weekend. That opening, right there, big enough for a child to have fallen through. No one was injured in the situation, once the train stopped, it was taken out of service for repairs. A live look at the Oakland Coliseum this morning, the home of the oakland as. You can sign up for free tickets to an as game. The game is coming up april 17th when they host the Chicago White sox. The game will mark the 50th anniversary of their first game at the coliseum. You can get the tickets at athletics. Com. Happening today, a milestone for giants legend, willie mccovy. The first baseman turns 80 years old today. He played 19 seasons with the giants and played with the padres and as. Hes part of the giants history and at t park. He was inducted in the Baseball Hall of fame. A bay area classic. 5 58 right now. Coming up next, deadly mudslides. The death toll rising and the devastating mudslides in montecito. The live report as the search continues for survivors. New overnight developments, a deadly shooting in the south bay. What the man was holding before an officer fired. Hope for d. R. E. A. M. Ers. The win for the daca program. The response just into the news room from the white house. Today in the bay continues right now. A very good wednesday morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us, im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Right now, we have meteorologist, kari hall to let us know what we can expect as we head out the door. We have had wet weather the past couple days. We get a chance to dry out in the bay area and we are going 20 see a lot of clouds rolling by. We are going to track slight showers moving into the bay area starting from north to south as we are seeing the rain to the north of us as we get a look at the rain forecast. North bay, along the coast, we could see spotty rain today, moving from north to south. Inland areas may not see a lot out of this. Ill continue to track that. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast. Mike, you are tracking a crash in san jose . There was an issue and still is an issue for the one outstanding area at the bottom of the screen. North 87 continues to show more slowing over the last 15 minutes. The source . Its back up here near 280. An earlier crash at 280 and 87 interchange. Its jammed up from capital expressway up past the capital and kirtner. It is enough to queue all that slowing. The rest of the south bay moves nicely. In the north bay, we have a closure, 121 near kenzo. Pete suratos is up there talking about the landslide that resulted in at least one