Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20180227

Oakland we will be into the upper 50s and still breezy and we will have another storm system approaching by late tomorrow morning. We will talk more about that and the timing and how much coming up in a few minutes. Youre seeing that the freeways are pretty calm now. We do have one blip behind me at the bay bridge toll plaza. We showed that in the life shot, marcus talked about the backup thats there. For the cash lanes typical and they havent yet opened all those toll taking booths. North bay there is a disabled vehicle right at the top of your screen, 101 over at san antonio road its getting cleared right now as we speak. Lets show you the bigger view of the bay. No major problems on the freeways, but these little white patches here, there may be ice remaining or maybe a little snow, we saw that video from livermore over there and theres the trivalley. So far, again, the freeways are moving nicely including highway 17 which also got an overnight advisory from chp. They said there was snow in this area just off the freeway there is a crash. For more on this and the conditions we will hand it right back to you, laura. Thats right, its really tied to the weather, he believe, as well. Those icy conditions are causing problems this morning in the hills and mountains over the bay. This is new video of that crash mike has been talking about it since we came on air at 4 30 this morning where a car went off the side of the road. Dangerous driving conditions played a role in this one. Kris sanchez is live with a check of those roads this morning. Kris, how about your commute, how was it morning . I know you went up highway 17. Reporter well, i can tell you that we did see some patchy wetness on the roadways, a few sprinkles, but it seems to be improving because some of the folks in our newsroom who drive over the summit to get to work in the morning say it was a White Knuckle ride as they were headed in. You were talking about that crash that happened just off the roadway in los gatos, we want to show you that video, though youve seen it before. We dont know yet if weather was a factor. Chp says its too early to tell when that truck went off a ravine in los gatos, but we can tell you that the driver was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk. In the video you can see the drunk at a 45degree angle with just the right tires keeping it from going over that ravine. Now, in the last hour cal fire firefighters got a harness on that car, on that vehicle, so it wouldnt roll down. It did manage to get those two people out plus their dog. At first officers on scene told us that it looked like they were asleep or passed out at the time. That might have been a good thing because it was a pretty serious situation that they were in, it might have kept them from panicking. The first cotruck wasnt heavy enough, rescuers had to call for two bigger rigs and all of that time the car was teetering on the edge of disaster. Conditions are expected to improve throughout the morning, but you will want to be careful out here because not only is the breeze going to blow you around, there are patchy wet spots on the roadway and when the temperatures are low as the sun comes up that could turn into black ice. In the santa cruz mountains, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Take it easy. Thank you, kris. Right now you can keep track of whats going on weatherwise, weve made it easy for you, we have the nbc bay area app, it is free to download. This is for iphone and android users. At 5 04 happening today a push for expanded background checks in the south bay. Santa clara county supervisor dave core tasy is behind the effort to prevent more gun related deaths. He says it should include Mental Health records. He also says he will call for a gun violence and Mental Health summit within the next of 0 days. In washington, d. C. Expect to see more headlines about gun control today. President trump is set to meet with house and senate republicans. Since the Florida School shooting we havent heard much from top leaders inuhcw congres they cant a agree on stleng thing background checks. Democrats say it doesnt go far enough. Theres even disagreements among republicans over the president s proposal to arm some teachers. Teachers that are willing to be trained to help provide a layer of defense im all for that. I just i just dont think that thats a serious proposal. I really dont. Now, we have heard the president call for some changes, the president says that he will eliminate bump stocks used in the Las Vegas Shooting even if Congress Wont act. At 5 05, we are waiting to learn more about the people arrested by i. C. E. Agents in Northern California this weekend. So far i. C. E. Has not released any details. Oaklands mayor is hearing the backlash, however, for her decision to warn people about the looming sweep. Libby schaaf shared voice mails from her critics. She should be impeached from office and arrested for obstruction of justice. Calling to confirm that the hotline is working, calling with legal questions, we definitely are feeling the crisis, the fear in communities, but were also seeing the resilience and just wanting to be as prepared as possible. That was a woman from the immigrant Liberation Movement saying undocumented immigrants are stared. Immigrant Rights Groups say i. C. E. Arrested 11 people over the weekend as we first reported to you on monday on our midday show i. C. E. Simply says that deportation officers work in Northern California every single day. 5 06. Happening today, changes may be in the works for alameda countiess controversial annual urban shield training and weapon expo. The event takes place in the fall and it focuses on counterterrorism and its funded by the federal grant. Last year supervisors put together a task force to look at ways to improve it. Later today they will hear recommendations. Theres also a protest being organized ahead of that meeting. Protesters say that the event promotes mill titarization of police. A renewed call to end a backlog in Sexual Assault kits. The Santa Clara County supervisor cindy chavez wants to require that authorities test all kits within 30 days. These kits contain physical evidence of alleged crimes. There are more than 13,000 untested kits in california right now. Happening today and new this morning for you before you head out the door a warning if you are about to head over the richmondsan rafael bridge. Crews will be testing out new Traffic Signals that could lead to some confusion. Today in the bays pete suratos is live and we know tens of thousands of people travel that roadway every day. Whats being done today . Reporter good morning. The message is simple for folks, if youre traveling eastbound from san rafael into richmond they say disregard those electronic signs. They are going to see green arrows, red xs. Theyre saying to disregard them as a part of the Testing Process that they are going through. We will show you guys this video, this coming from the metropolitan transportation commission. You can see the blinking signs there. Periodically offer the next several weeks thats what drivers are going to see as theyre heading eastbound into richmond. Eventually that green arrow is going to mean something, its going to indicate that a third lane is open. The third lane will be open during heavy traffic periods between 2 00 p. M. To 7 00 p. M. Detail. That third lane will hopefully ease some of the congestion during that time period and is being created on the existing shoulder from sir Frances Drake boulevard to the richmond parkway once you get into richmond. While all of this is taking place during thats itting period the two left lanes will remain open, but a new third lane is expected to be open in april of this year. Were live in richmond, pete suratos for today in the bay. 5 08 right now. Happening tonight you can help decide the future of bart in the east bay. The Transit Agency is looking for input on what bart should do in livermore. The current proposal calls for an extension of the existing bart system from the dublin pleasanton line to a new station near 580 and isabelle avenue in livermore. There are also a few alternative options, an extension that utilizes smaller trains similar to light rail. Theyre also considering an express bus service and lastly theyre looking into enhancing the current bus service. Barts open house is tonight from 6 00 to 9 00 at the Robert Livermore Community Center over on east avenue in livermore. And right now its a 5 09. We walk out the door to Cool Temperatures and quieting weather after such a busy day yesterday. I wanted to talk about how much rain we measured in parts of the bay area. Check this out, mt. Diablo had almost an inch of rain, the same in alum rock and East San Jose. In walnut creek a little over half an inch there and also in guerneville as well as concord. In oakland a quarter of an inch of rain, in San Francisco and halfmoon bay about threetenths of an inch of rain, morgan hill a little over a tenth. I posted a video of some hail yesterday on my Facebook Page karihallweather. A little bit of some small ice pellets there you can see in the video if you check it out. Well talk about whats ahead as the next storm system arrives in just a few minutes. Mike, it looks like a typical tuesday. Looking over here, a smooth drive around the bay, nice speed sensors. We do have outstanding over here a little ice possible, thats our road weather index, again, our traffic and our weather system is tied together showing you conditions possible out there, but not for 580. There is just that typical slowing through the altamonte pass. Once you get through that a little bit of slowing at the merge things are just fine getting over to the dublin interchange, the bay bridge weve seen the backup clearing from the cash lanes and then in the last five minutes it started to build for the morning commute, typical pattern here, guys, back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay from the freeways to the water, new this morning, the interesting idea being floated around San Francisco that could ease Traffic Congestion across the bay area. Plus happening today filmmakers flocking to san jose for cinequest. So are hoping to see. Im sure you have a cellphone but do you have a mega phone. Mike traffic tease happy tuesday to you. Volitility on the stock market continues. But in this case. The volitility made you money. The dow shot up almost 400 points on monday. Stocks in the news. Comcast our Parent Company has offered 31billion to buy sky in great britain. And there are rumors apple will come out with its largest phone yet. May i suggest we call it the megaphone. The rumors. Which are coming from very dependable sources. Say the newest iphone the megaphone. The rumors which are coming from very dependable sources say the new iphone will be a cross between a phone and a tablet. Sce not quite this big, but darn big. At least as big as the iphone 8 plus. Reporter Christine Farr over at cnbc discovered apple is going to open its own medical clinicsa in Santa Clara County for employees and their families. Nti theyre looking to fire. Te the job listing talks about s state of the art facilities. Amazon recently said it would fe look into providing private healthcare for its employees asa well. And microsoft are squaring up in the Supreme Court again, this time a fight over a dhere data is stored. And whether the feds can look at it. The fbi wants to lookil i ats s domail written by an accused druge dealer, but that email i stored on a microsoft server in ireland. So does american law apply . It is after all an american company, microsoft, but the ir email is not in america so whose law applies . So far court has said it should be covered by irish law. This is one we will be watching closely because so many things whose law applies . Very interesting. Thats a goody that question it t is. Its 5 16 right now. A possible menu change at levi stadium. The company haspr beenimar prov. Food and drinks they are laying off some workers. Center plate had been thene primary vendor for the stadium. Since it opened in 2014. The company now telling the mercury news this morning the contract will expire in april. The paper reports that center plate will now cut over 750 jobs. 49ers confirm the stadium now will change their concession vendors, no word on why. Officials will formally recommend a new vendor to the Stadium Authority today, so new vendor, probably a new menu. One of the bay area Ferry Services is now reportedly considering a move into the taxi business. We are talking about water eek n taxis. According to the examiner this morning San Francisco bay ferries Board Members will vote this week on a plan to if you bu haddyt th using those boats for to 60 passengers. Tors a the agencys large ferries can transport more than pr400 but those boats cannot service happe cities. Some privateoday operators a provide bay taxi services. Happening today the annual cinequest Film Festival begins in san jose. The big stars were waiting n to hear from tonight, william h. Macy and rosario dawson. Their movie crystal opens that festival. It runs through next week. Mercury news reporting the festival brings in 100,000 emuno downtown san jose generating about 9 million in economic impact. Sume nbc bay area and telemundor in e sponsorsz cinequest. Look for coverage tonight at 5 00 and 6 00. Chris chmura is set to emcee and Jodie Hernandez will be interviewing celebrities on the red carpet. Might have to bring a jacket to wear over her gown. Its cold out there. Its going to be cold today but at least we will have the sunshine. Yesterday we had the clouds rolling by every now and then k and each thosec pop up showers and storms. Now that we have some quiet weather today and you can leave the umbrella at home, good news as we get a live look outside in San Francisco. We do have more rain in the forecast. As you check out that sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen you will see exactly when we will have the rain. Not today. Here is a look at our temperatures now as you step out in santa rosa, it is 37 degrees, 43 in oakland and 42 44, rather, now in san jose. And that morning drive throughout the peninsula is going to be in the low 40s, up to about 11 00, we are at 51 degrees and noon at 52 degrees with our high temperatures today reaching into the upper 50s. This is still cooler than normal. We should be in the low 60s in the south bay and we will get there in the north bay. Santa rosa expect a high of 64 degrees while it will be 56 today in San Francisco. Here is our next storm system set to move into the bay area and the rain we had yesterday is now south of the bay area as we look at when it arrives we will start to see some spotty showers popping up by tomorrow, late in the evening, and then continuing to make its track southward into the bay area on thursday morning. We will see this rain off and on throughout the day on thursday, friday, even on saturday. So its going to be soggy for three days straight, but such much needed rain because we are still only at about half of the normal amount of rain that we normally get and looking for that sierra snow pack. This is what one computer model is putting down at about 35 to 36 inches around tahoe city, up to 67 inches in kingvale, so that looks really good that we will get decent snowfall totals and our highest chance of seeing the rain and snow will be throughout the day on thursday into saturday and then it does clear out for a couple of days between sunday and monday. Mike, you are also tracking some changes this time at the bay bridge. We saw the backupge fluctuate at the bay bridge toll plaza and it has started to kick in. It looked like the metering lights were on but we los know are not on yet. This is what happens first, the jam all the way up the incline. The stanchion right here is where they have the metering lights. If they were on we would see everybody waiting here and then clearer traffic past it. This is what triggers the tmc to turn those lights on. They have cameras and watch the volume coming in. We look at your maps and see a n smooth drive onew all the approaches funneling down to that slower drive where we just saw the camera shot. A smooth drive across the bridges, good stuff all around the bay. That little bit of slowing for the altamonte pass and areas of livermore where the snow and ice might be sticking around so be careful, watch tesla, a lot of folks take that as it gets more crowded. The crash off of highway 17, 17 itself moves nicely, but there is this truck hanging off the edge of the roadway. Aeria back to you. B we do have breaking news we want to take to you los angeles this morning. Firefighters are at the scene, there is a pretty massive fire that was going on in this als om building. This is inn Downtown Los Angeles in the Fashion District. There you see to the left of that building right there the flames really engulfing the entire area. Absolutely. You can see firefighters as we kind of pan down the camera there, you can see how many firefighters are there on the scene as they try to battle this fire there. A very popular district as a lot of people work there as well. So as you can see there we see more of those flames there, just the glow from look at that, the sparks that are happening in that building. As you can see there, wow, as that smoke continues to bill low up there. You can see their attempts to probably go in. That building would be very dangerous for them to enter. Firefighters on top. Fashion district is around peko and san pedro in Downtown Los Angeles. Very close buildings in that y. Area. We will keep tabs ofofw whatse happening in Southern California this morning. Coming up next here on today in the bay, we investigate. That was a decision i made at the time, you know, to write that letter and try to end my life. Students on the brink of suicide. So why arent some schools tracking valuable information that could help save lives . Im vicky nguyen. We investigate next. [burke] at farmers, weve seen almost everything so we know how to cover almost anything. Even close claws. [driver] so, we took your shortcut, which was a bad idea. [cougar growling] [passenger] what are you doing . [driver] i cant believe that worked. I dropped the keys. [burke] and we covered it. Talk to farmers, we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum door bell rings cell phone vibrating hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello, i got your package. You can just leave it, thanks. cell phone vibrating hello, can i help you . Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Reality affecting students across well, at 5 25 right now its often thought of as a too taboo topic to talk about, but teen suicide is an alarming reality affecting students across the bay area. As vicky nguyen has learned, some of the Biggest School districts arent keeping track of valuable information that could help save lives. Reporter good morning. If you had information that could help you identify students on the brink of suicide, wouldnt you use it . National teen suicide rates have risen dramatically. Weve learned some schools are trying to tackle the crisis by tracking 5150 holds. That is the code used to identify people at risk of harming themselves or someone else. Theyre taken to a Psychiatric Hospital for a mandatory stay. When schools know that information they can help students transition back to school and provide counseling. We surveyed 28 of the largest School Districts in california and found only eight track this data. Across those districts, students were placed on a 5150 hold 455 times last year. San jose, San Francisco and palo alto are among the districts that do not track this information. To see our full report and hear how this data is helping, go to nbcbayarea. Com weinvestigate. And in that very spot you can kablngt our Investigative Unit if you have a tip or maybe a story to investigate. You can also call them, 888996tips. Coming up here on today in the bay, wild weather. Its crazy weather because this is my niece, she is visiting from chile, and we were up there just a . Few days ago and it was nice, it was sunny. If you didnt know take a look right here, winter officially here. New video of the snow in the east bay overnight. Were live with what people in livermore are waking up to this morning. Plus counting students, the push for transparency when it comes to class sizes in palo alto. We investigate the average number of students per classroom in california. Good morning to you, just seconds before 5 30 this morning. Youre watching today in the bay. You can see right here this snow near livermore overnight. Definitely a Winter Wonderland looking drive for someone this morning. This is what people could be waking up to, maybe not so much the snow falling but definitely the snow on the ground. Which is amazing for the east bay. Good morning, thank you so much for joining us, im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. You can tell when you walk out the door, though, cold temperatures but no rain in sight for today, kari . No rain in sight for today. All of the crazy weather we had yesterday is starting to calm down and our temperatures are cool but not too cool. We are at 44 degrees right now in san jose, 42 livermore, 42 fairfield, oakland at 43 degrees. As you get up early this morning about to wake the kids up and get them out the door for school its going to be in the low 40s to start so make sure they have something nice and warm to wear. Even at recess its going to be chilly with low 50s and mid 50s by the time you go through that pickup line. As we get a look at all of our high temperatures today reaching into the upper 50s, even some low 60s. We will talk about whats ahead as the next storm system approaches and your weekend forecast in a few minutes. Mike starts out with the bay bridge toll plaza. Which is packed right now. We also showed folks how jammed it is up the inn clun klein. Its late for the metering lights to be turned on so im concerned about the flow on the bridge itself is still moving well, no problem except for this stretch from grand avenue right through this shot. We are talking about your travel options as well. We have no delays for these mass transit systems, south bay, peninsula, east bay and the bart system which covers that whole bay. Over here we are registering snow, possibly ice, thats over in the livermore valley. You guys will talk more about that, but first you have the breaking news. We continue to follow it out of Southern California. These are live pictures from los angeles. Look at all the fire engine response there. This is to a fire that is buildings at a burning at a vacant building in the Fashion District near pico and san pedro there. Firefighters have surrounding this building. Now you see a lot of the smoke, but the fire remains underneath as they are attempting to tackle it from all areas. It started about 5 00 this morning so its been burning now for over a half hour. No word so far on a cause. 5 32 right now, back to our microclimate weather. Check this out, this is what some people are waking up to this morning. This is near livermore. That snow falling down there, snow actually sticking overnight. Possibly causing some trouble for some drivers this more. Today in the bays bob redell is live in livermore with how things are looking. Bob, the snow is not falling right now so what are the conditions like on the roads . Doesnt look too bad behind you. Reporter on the valley floor everything is fine, its cold out here but we havent seen any ice, roads are wet from yesterday, marcus. Unfortunately getting to the snow, not going to be easy. We are on mines road near livermore avenue here in the base of the valley floor in livermore and if you go ten miles south that way on this two lane winding road you will hit the snow line. I did the drive earlier and the snow line isnt much to see. When you get a little further, five miles further to about 15 miles south of livermore you will see this. This was shot about three and a half hours ago, this was overnight, you can see the snow was coming down pretty good, it was sticking on the road, sticking on the trees. The person who shot this said that the roads are very icy and slippery up there. Something to keep to mind if you were going to try to keep that trek. The good thing is its a very rural area, thats not a main area where commuters will be using it, its something where people who live out there will be impacted but its not something thats going to be impacted the general population at all, but it is that was an an elevation of around 2,000 feet. Ive been in livermore for a good 15 years now, we do see this from time to time when the snow line will drop to the 1,500 to 2,000 foot level. Its not entirely unusual. What will be interesting to see is once the sun comes up if we will be able to see some of the hills here in the southern livermore area, see if they have any dusting of snow. We know mt. Diablo north of us has snow, it will be interesting to see if we got it at these lower elevations closer to the valley floor, we will know within the next hour or two once the sun comes up. Reporting live in livermore, bob redell, today in the bay. Kind of a rural area there so not too unusual to see. Its rare, dont see it that often, but who made Mother Nature angry . We need to make her more angry, right, because we need every drop of this rain and snow or whatever type of precipitation we have. Right now as we get a live look outside in San Francisco lets talk about these snowfall totals because bob mentioned mt. Diablo and thats where we had the most amount of rain and there was wintry precipitation mixed in there, Alum Rock Park also got quite a bit, close to an inch of rain, walnut creek and guerneville had about 0. 6 of an inch of rain and concord a little more as weve seen some of that rain falling in San Francisco, about a quarter of an inch there, and in Castro Valley a half of an inch and in halfmoon bay a little less than an half of an inch there. I post add picture of the rain and the hail bouncing off of the back of the truck and at my home in East San Jose im karihallweather and you can watch that video, check out tthe hash at that tag there. We will be talking about possibly low elevation snow in the forecast in a couple minutes. Here is what it looked like after the storm passed. A rainbow overlooking the San Francisco bay. Thats pretty we want to see your pictures and video, share them with us. Send them to us i see at nbcbayarea. Com or you can always tag us on twitter. Of course to take weather with you when you are on the go, stay connected with our nbc bay area weather app. You can actually get our live Doppler Radar that we used right here in studio in the palm of your hand. You can find it at nbc bay area, its the app on iphone and android. People at one millbrae apartment complex are settling back in their homes right now. This after a scary early morning. Take a look here, firefighters responded about 3 30 to a call on South Broadway near el camino real. It turns out this fire was in the trash chute and that triggered that smoke alarm and the evacuations. After an hour plus in 40 degree temperatures neighbors got the all clear to go back inside. New this morning one person in the hospital after chp says they were hit by a pickup truck while walking in a crosswalk. It happened after 6 00 last night at the intersection at Center Street and gem avenue in Castro Valley. The chp says the victim suffered major injuries. The officer we spoke with is not sure if the injuries are lifethreatening. The driver did stay at the scene to talk with officers. The family of gilroy man who died while in Police Custody believes officers crossed the line. But police insist officers did everything by the book and they say they have the body camera video to prove it. Family members last night gathered at the location where 42yearold steven juarez died on sunday. Police say officers responded to reports of an intruder and that the suspect was jumping from roof to roof and then resisted arrest. At one point officers say they had to use a choke hold. Family members are calling it an unjust beating. My cousin was alive when the police found him and then he died at their hands. The witnesses said they kept beating on him and that he was calling and pleading for them to stop. Police have not announced an exact cause of death. The results of an autopsy are still pending. 5 37 right now and tonight Palo Alto School board will discuss making class size requirements a policy. Right now class size standards are laid out in Teacher Union contracts only. Proposed new policy calls for one teacher for 28 students. The board meets this morning at 8 00 at the district offices. More details now on class size averages in the state. This data is reported to the state by schools. Currently on average there are 22 students for every one teacher at the kindergarten level and it only increases from there by the time we get to sixth grade. There are 27 students to one teacher. Were looking over here over at the bay bridge. Also packed in and this is what were talking about. Those metering lights have been turned on, you see how everybody waiting right here, but folks up the incline a lot more spacing now thats what we need to keep things moving smoothly. In case anything happens on the span over here, they want emergency vehicles to be able to get there. Thats the reason why everybody wax up over here on the oakland side, to keep that bridge moving smoothly. Everything else moves nicely around the bay as we look at the city down toward the south bay. Continue down toward highway 17, traffic does move smoothly in the direction with the arrow there was a little slowing toward the summit and that accident over on the right is where kris sanchez continues to follow that truck that is hanging off the side of the roadway there. The good news is they rescued a couple people and a dog. And their little dog, too. Car not so much. So we are looking forward to the weekend and we know its going to be a soggy one at least to start but there will be one day where you can get out there and enjoy a little bit. Its still going to be chilly. Our high temperatures are only going to reach into the mid 50s and you know its going to be cold during the morning hours, but rain throughout the day on saturday, sunday all of that clears out and we will get some times of sunshine and highs reaching into the mid 50s with some breezy winds. If youre going to squaw valley this weekend big heads up we are going to have a lot of snow falling between thursday, friday as well as early saturday and then by sunday it does taper off, you will get some unis, but the high will only be 27 degrees. As you pack, make sure you have the tire chains, allow a lot of extra time to get there and you have nice warm clothes. As we look at our forecast we are going to have a lot of rain so thats going to be the big story. We will break that down, i will also bring you back to today and show you the temperature trend, thats coming up in about three minutes. Coming up next on today in the bay, teachers are frightened to go to work. Ive had to go to counseling, i have ptsd from this. New this morning the Northern California educator speaking out after a student threatened her school. We investigate just how many threats california schools are facing on a daily basis next. And President Trump tweeted out something very simple this morning, witchhunt. Whats got him so upset . We will take a look when today in the bay continues. 5 43 now. Grab a jacket before you head out the door, its a chilly start and you will need the sunglasses today. Lets go to cupertino to check out the temperature trend that starts out in the 30s and 40s. By 9 00 we are at 46 degrees. All of that sunshine makes it a little bit milder today compared to yesterday and we will start to see the clouds returning by tomorrow. So this is our one day to soak up the sun. I will talk about the incoming storm system and how much rain we could see thats coming up in five minutes. And these travel times for the trivalley moving nicely, that snow we showed you in livermore is not a problem for the freeways right now. We are looking over toward the approach to the bay bridge. A little bit of time here for the east shore freeway at the top, but nothing you cant deal with through berkeley. Its 5 44 right now. New this morning a sacramento Area School District is coming under fire for its handling of a threat made against a teacher and the school by a student. Colleen sanders a statistics teacher in El Dorado Hills said a student made threats about her to other students. She reported it to the district, but she says she heard nothing. Here is what sanders says was said. This individual said to other students that he wanted to beat me up and he wanted to fing kill me and he wanted to shoot up the school. The district did hold an jt recently but would not say ifva the student s expellede e or not. U is not allowed on any district campus or event auto. Students and teachers are expected to pressure the school board tonight looking for more clarification. More details now, threats against schools are up since the Florida School shooting. Overnight we looked at data recorded by the Educator School safety network. It finds on average 50 threats a day have been made after the shooting compared to ten before. California is leading with the highest increase of threats since the florida shooting. 5 45. A look at washington. And its pretty good bet right now to say that the warriors will not be anywhere near capitol hill today when they make their one and only visit to d. C. This season. But we also know that the warriors will not be visiting the white house. President trump disinvited them last september for the traditional champions visit. The warriors plan to take an undisclosed private tour along with d. C. Area school children. ÷j [ks one of the president s closest advisers will be facing question today. Scott mcgrew joins us now. Hope hicks under pressure but not too much pressure. She is not talking to special counsel mueller, shes talking to the House Intelligence Committee and thats run by republicans that are very friendly to President Trump. The House Intelligence Committee is one of several groups inn investigating the russia question. Lately it has been the victim of tremendous infighting. Hicks is the White House Communications director and according to many reports a favorite of the president. Before she was Communications Director she worked with the president s daughter. Now, we dont know why the president tweeted this a few minutes ago, it could be in reaction to the hicks testimony, it simply says witchhunt. The president is going to make his first trip to california as president to inspect prototypes of wall. We expect that sometime in mid march. He will also attend a republican fundraiser in los angeles. Speaking at the governors conference in washington yesterday mr. Trump criticized Law Enforcement officers who didnt go into the classroom to confront the gunman at stoneman douglas, said he would. Take a listen. You know, i really believe you dont know until youre tested but i think i i really believe i would run in there even if i didnt have a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that, too, because i know most of you. Other news, north korea says it is willing to talk, but the most important person in that conversation, the guy who would be talking to them, is going to retire. Joseph uhn is the state Department Special representative for north korea, he is the guy who went to north korea to help negotiate the release of american student otto warmbier. He says he will leave the state department this friday. We will watch what happens with hicks. Of course, that will happen mostly behind closed doors but we will update you as best we can. I will he keep you updated on twitter and facebook as well. If you are just waking up thinking about breakfast or you are just hungry like me, it is National Pancake day at i hop. For the 13th Straight Year you can get you a short stack for free from 7 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. Today. The dine in only deal is limited to one per person while supplies last. How do you run out of pancakes . Its just a mix, right . Well, the pancakes are free but ihop hopes its customers will donate to its Charity Partners the childrens miracle network, the leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Shriners Hospital for children. Ihop has raised nearly 30 million since its first pancake day in 2006. I dont think he run out. You could get back in line with maybe a different hairdo or somethin something. Call them flapjacks. You better wear your stretchy pants. Its all for a great cause today. So enjoy your breakfast, your coffee and your pancakes this morning. Its going to be a great day. A lot of sunshine and we start out with some chilly temperatures as you get ready to head out the door, some low to mid 40s for much of the inland areas from livermore down to san jose, 45 in palo alto and its 37 in santa rosa. One of the more chilly spots to start out on this tuesday morning. But its going to be warmer this afternoon, up to 64 degrees. 57 degrees in oakland today and 59 in palo alto and san jose. The sevenday forecast up at the bottom of the screen shows that that rain returns as early as tomorrow evening. So we start out this morning as the skies clear, youre standing in front of the closet like what do i wear today. Good one to bundle up again with a coat and also some long sleeves. I think you could just wear long sleeves later today and be comfortable but you will also want to make sure you have the sunglasses and you dont need the rain boots today. Maybe dress shoes a good option as you get the kids out the door for school this morning its going to be only in the low 40s in San Francisco and then some upper 50s by 1 00 today and the breezy winds that well feel this morning will start to calm down so it wont be as windy. We are taking a break from the rain, the showers we had yesterday now just south of the bay area. Here is the next storm system that we can see the clouds and clusters of clouds starting to get its act together and lining up to bring us more rain. We will start to see that rain in the north bay by tomorrow evening and the rest of the bay area on thursday morning, it will still be raining off and on throughout the day on friday as well as saturday, snow coming down in the sierra. Even some low elevation snow for some of our hills in the bay area and then by sunday its clear, but there may be another storm system early next week. And this storm system moving in has the potential to bring us one to possibly three inches of rain, much needed rain, but we still in the north bay need about 13 inches of rain to catch up to normal. Were not going to do that all at once, lets do it slow and steady. We will see a steady rain between thursday, friday and saturday, sunday is your day to get outside as the skies clear, we will be in the low 50s for both the coast and the inland areas. Mike, its a slower build for this tuesday commute. I think maybe some folks might be taking their time, getting a hot leverage for their car ride. Its pretty cool out there, folks. Over here were looking at a smooth drive. Easy drive for most of your speed sensors, just that build coming out of the altamonte pass and a build 680 through pleasanton. Over here the Castro Valley y builds up towards hayward. No surprises as you heard toward the san mateo bridge and pretty soon the dumbarton bridge. The bay bridge already sees all this traffic around the berkeley curve and there may be a fenderbender near the berkeley curve. I will check with chp in just a couple more seconds and we will see how things do develop. Over in the north bay a little bit of slowing for highway 37 out of vallejo. Typical just a little bit and here on the peninsula no problems, no delays for palo alto north toward willow and in towards San Francisco. Back to you. Coming up, new this morning, hearing your questions and concerns. The way the city of San Francisco is making it easy for citizens to speak their mind. But first happening now the superhero movie black panther is paying tribute to its oakland roots. Disney is donating a Million Dollar to the boys and girls club of america in oakland to help expand its stem programs. The city shows up several times in the movie and the director is from there. Plus diesel cars could soon be a thing of the past in germany. A German Court Ruling that cities can ban diesel cars in an all out effort to fight air pollution. That means millions of drivers could be forced to park their cars indefinitely. We will be back with more news right after this break. Welcome e bay. Some in the bay area are seeing snow in sacrame the bay. Look at the snow were seeing in the bay area. Yep, enough to make a difference, make a snowman. Do you want to build a snowman . Sacramento they got enough to do it right there. This is a photo from an nbc reporter there at the scene. Tweet us your pictures and videos. 5 55 right now. Its a question really affecting your safety. Are passengers being put at risk by counterfeit parts being used on some of those planes. The fa as own Inspector General says yes. Stephen stock spoke with a whistleblower who says the problem is even worse than previously reported. He is here with a first look at tonights report. Reporter we are talking about bogus parts that find their way into airplane systems, technically theyre called sups or suspected unapproved parts and experts say they can cause airplanes to crash. Faa records show more than 2,600 different instances of unapproved paz airplanes just since 2011. Including on airplanes flown by almost every commercial airline in the united states. Citing recordkeeping weaknesses, lack of management control as well as inaccuracies in tracking unapproved parts, the Inspector General for the faa said, quote, the fa as oversight of industry actions to remove unapproved parts ineffective. Congressman Peter Dee Maz Joe of oregon asked the Inspector General to weigh in. One critical component that isnt up to manufacturers standards could take down a plane midair. So thats pretty serious and i think most of the traveling public will get that. Reporter and its not just the Inspector General who was concerned. Tonight hear from a whistleblower who is based in china and same dpooforward to u saying he saw many parts that werent properly manufactured that got on to airplanes that we fly every day. And we will take those concerns to washington, directly to the acting administrator of the faa to ask what hes going to do about this. Thats tonight at 11 00. You see just how extensive those reports are, looking into things. So do you have something you want our Investigative Unit too look in . If you do you can give them a call, that number right there, 888996tips, or if you want to be more detailed about certain things you can actually send them an email, go to the website nbcbayarea. Com weinvestigate. It is 5 57 right now and developing this morning more rain in the forecast for the midwest after a series of deadly tornadoes and flooding. Heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding and damage through mississippi and tennessee valleys. The ohio have i ever is swollen from louisville to cincinnati. Emergency officials are going door to door asking people to evacuate their homes. Happening today boosting safety on our roads, a rally will be held in berkeley in about two hours to raise awareness about careless driving. Its called the drive like your kid died here rally, that event is being held on the nineyear anniversary of the death of a fiveyearold boy who was killed by a car while walking in berkeley. That rally is happening at the intersection where he was killed at derby and warren streets. It is set to start at 8 00 a. M. A followup now this morning on the search for a Good Samaritan who was knocked off a highway overpass and into a water channel. A boat with Sonar Technology will be out in stockton today to help crews search for that missing woman. Doris wilson and another Good Samaritan had stopped to help a driver who had called on interstate 5 on saturday night. Authorities believe wilson died when a speeding car hit her sending her into that water below. Mark farrell is asking people to talk to him about issues that are important to them. Hes going to host an open door chat twice a month, those chats will start this friday and continue on the first and third friday of every month. This will happen from 8 30 a. M. Until noon. You can go to city hall and sit down with the mayor for a tenminute appointment. Those meetings will be chosen through a lottery process. Reminiscent of willie brown used to do it on saturday morning. Wild weather in the bay area overnight. Snow and ice on bay area roadways creating dangerous conditions for drivers. The new video and live reports as you get ready to head out the door. Plus bringing bart to more of the bay area, the expansion plans in the east bay and how you can be a part of the process. And easy your commute, the step transit officials are taking today to open up a new lane on one of the bay areas busiest bridges. The reason there might be a little confusion about it. Today in the bay continues right now. Good morning to you and thank you so much for joining us here on today in the bay. It is 6 00 in the morning and weve been here since 4 30 so were already up, were just helping you get up. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. We have this wild new video into our newsroom a short while ago, snow in the hills of livermore. There was a dog that decided to stay in the car. Definitely a california pooch there thinking what is this white stuff. At least he turned on the windshield wipers. The weather overnight surprising to a lot of people, not that rare, though, but right now were getting a break from it at least today. Yes, we are getting a break from all of this. I was thinking about over the weekend i saw a dog in San Francisco with the little booties on and how they walk so funny