Some of our Traffic Cameras right there. You can see the wet roads, gloomy skies. The weather is causing some problems including power outages. Crews are cleaning up at the San Francisco National Cemetery tonight, after this massive tree fell right on down. Luckily, no one was hurt. Thank you for joining us tonight. The active weather, far from over. Another round hitting right now. Meteorologist is here with whats happening at the moment. Rob . San jose is an interesting view, as its sort of in a picture what weve been seeing this saturday. Sun at times, downpours, hail, gusty wind. Right now, areas south of san jose on the area, around morgan hill, thats where youre having heavy rain, some hail mixed with this line of showers, including severe thunderstorms, which have prompted the special marine warning offshore for the potential of damaging wind gusts and another one just added in there, approaching monterey bay through 6 00 tonight, as this comes onshore. Were likely to get accumulating hail and snow down to 3,000 feet around the Santa Cruz Mountains. As we jog northward, scattered showers ongoing. This cold, unstable environment is the reason why well have a chance of thunderstorms on into tonight and a potential of low snow levels, allow as 2,000 feet in spots tonight. Well take a closer look at how long this pattern will stick around, and total up the snow totals coming up in two minutes. Lets get up to the sierra right now, rob. A blizzard has shut down i80. This is video from last night. Dozens of cars stuck on 80 at Donner Summit. And this is what Donner Summit looks like right now. Cant really see much. Most of the cars are gone, but no one but the chp and cal trans are allowed on the interstate tonight. The warning is clear, dont head to the sierra, but some people were already up there. Nbc bay areas kristy smith spoke to a family hunkering down near tahoe as the storm rolls through. It was pretty nuts. The wind was howling. Reporter terence and lisa described what it was like overnight in truckee. Yeah, its quite treacherous, just being outside. The couple drove up when conditions were clear last sunday. We thought we were in store for a perfect weather of skiing and playing in the snow, and around thursday, the weather definitely took a turn for the worse. This is video they shared of one of the few times they left the house. Weve only left the house maybe a couple times a day to go walk the dog, but even then, were wearing our full snow gear, we put on snow shoes and were kind of standing in blizzard weather and whiteout conditions. They canceled their planned activities and are hunkering down inside to wait it out. The snow outside is basically five feet tall. As tall as me, so, theres no chance of really doing any of those activities. As of right now, were warm and cozy. Weve got the fireplace going, plenty of food, heat in the house. The power has cut out in and out multiple times, but usually they have it back on in five or anyone outs. Reporter this is what conditions are like today, as crews in truckee try to clear the snow. First and foremost, the message still stands, avoid all mountain travel this weekend. If at all possible. Jeremy is a Public Information officer for cal trans district three. Interstate 80 across the Sierra Nevada is still currently closed between colfax all the way to the nevada state line, thats eastbound and westbound, due to there was a number of spinouts yesterday. Since then, the Winter Weather conditions have only gotten worse. And the snow keeps piling up. Kristy smith, nbc bay area news. Well, highway 50 is open tonight, but chains are required. Taking a live look at highway 50 at ski run right there. You can see cars right there in the snowcovered intersection driving very slowly right now. All right, so, 50 is open. Authorities urging people not to travel to tahoe this weekend. Joining us now, cody bass, the mayor of south lake tahoe, and mayor, thank you for joining us. And where exactly are you and what are you seeing . Well, you know, im actually at my house right now, but i was actually just at the ski resort. They were able to actually operate today, only midmountain powder chairs, the highest you could get, however, you know, we i would say, you know, last year, we had a 70year snowfall, so, this is one of the major snowfalls of this year, and our crews have been really great locally in town. Weve really been able to stay open, most of our businesses are open, absolutely all of our hotels, of course. What ive been telling people is, get here before a storm. Really some of the best times youll have in tahoe is through a storm and during a storm. Its truly majestic, but you cannot travel over our passes while these storms you dont want to be in the eye of the storm. So, get here before, stay through it, and then, you know, sunday, monday, are going to be the best, you know, days of skiing and snowboarding you can have. So, the real thing, as this happens, for anybody thats not here now, is come here on thursday, come here before the storm, take a day off on friday. It really isnt advisable to try to travel through the eye of the storm, and, you know, yes, 50 is open, i would say it looks like tomorrow coming up, you know, please i dont advise anybody to travel until we actually have the storms cleared. Cal trans does an amazing job keeping 50 open, but its really advisable to just come before the storm, stay through it, and it will be a great time. You know, we had a major event planned for this weekend at heavenly that is still going to happen tomorrow evening at 6 00, it will be a great event, but again, really caution taking, or traveling through the sierras when the storm is actually pounding us. Mayor, lets talk about power outages. You said hotels and restaurants are open, but are you seeing power go in and out right now in some of these areas . You know, the last check i had with Liberty Energy, we were at six incidents, about 430 Different Properties out of power. I live close here to a hotel, they were out of power for most of the night, but liberty was on it and theyre back and so i would say Liberty Energy is really doing a good job keeping the power on through this storm. Different than last year, where, you know, we were for weeks and weeks and weeks pounded with these kind of storms. Or crews here locally have theyre more than prepared. I feel confident where were at right now, and confident to welcome back to tahoe as we always will. But definitely do not travel tonight or through these series of storms. This next week will be great, you should come up and visit us, it will be an amazing time. But just do not come through the eye of the storm. Gorgeous area. Mayor bass, thank you for taking the time. Absolutely. Here, many people are digging out, as more snow falls. This video right here from sugar bowl ski resort. Check it out. Snow blowing in the high wind, its stacked up against the door, completely whoa. The videos are always really fun to see. Lets go for a walk. They are not alone. Researchers in the Central Sierra Snow Lab woke up to a similar sight. This is the view to get out of the snow lab this morning to do 8 00 a. M. Measurement. Our stairs have disappeared and been replaced with some wind blown snow. Gorgeous sight, though. Crews are trying to clear the snow. Video shows one worker removing a large chunk of snow from a whoa. Thats a big chunk. Get back over to rob right now, latest on the conditions in the sierra, rob. Were going to see day three of the blizzard warning for the sierra, the good news, conditions should start to dial back a bit, as we head towards the afternoon. Blizzard warning active through 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow. But look at the snow totals so far. You saw sugar bowl, up to 52 inches of snow. More than four feet. And were expecting at least another two to three feet of snow for many locations above 6,000 feet. Some of the higher peaks could see four feet. The damaging wind gusts, the speeds starting to come down. We had wind gusts over 100 miles per hour. So, the two components of a blizzard warning, the high snow rates, low visibility, strong, sustained winds. That will start to calm down as we head into sunday evening, as that blizzard warning expires. Closer to home, we are tracking snow chances in our own bay area mountains. Well have a look at that coming up in a few minutes. You can track the snow and the rain while youre on the go by downloading our nbc bay area app. Just point your camera at the qr code on your screen. That will take you straight to our radar. All southbound lanes of interstate 880 are open again after a big rig crash forced a shutdown. Happened about 2 00 this morning, just north of 16th avenue. Chp says the truck you see here anyway, got into a crash with another car. The big rig flipped over and spilled fuel object the freeway. Chp shut down all southbound lanes while crews worked to clean that spill. No one was hurt. All lanes reopened around 11 30. Were following developing news in the middle east. Senior Officials Say israel has agreed to a proposed ceasefire deal with conditions. A u. S. Administration official close to the matter says israel will accept a proposed framework of a Gaza Ceasefire if gaza agrees to release six elderly and women hostages. The proposal is for a sixweek ceasefire in gaza with the potential to expand from there. Vice president Kamala Harris will meet with a member of israels war cabinet at the white house on monday and talk about this deal. Meanwhile, more aid has begun to enter gaza. The u. S. Air force completed its first air drop of aid into gaza today. It was a team effort between the air forces Central Command and the Royal Jordanian air force. Three planes dropped 66 palettes of ready to eat meals along the gazan coastline. That amounts to 38,000 meals for palestinians desperate for food and water, many of them displaced from their homes. President biden announced the drop tomorrow, calling the amount of humanitarian aid in the region insufficient. The u. S. Central come man says it is planning for more potential supply drops. Protesters around the world continue to show their support for a ceasefire in gaza and an end to u. S. Military aid for israel. This demonstration in San Francisco was one of 120 protests around the globe this weekend. The global day of action, part of the shut it down for palestine movement. Organizers say is pressure is extremely high, with israels threatened invasion of rafah just a week away. Many displaced palestinians are now in rafah with nowhere else to go. There are also fears that the u. S. Will get entangled in another long war. Palestine and israel and the ukraine are free, were all free to stop war by not participating and engaging. Unfortunately, how i feel about all of this is the fact that u. S. Americans, the United States of america and our military, is going to get sucked into world war iii. In less than an hour, a similar demonstration set to start outside San Jose City hall. Coming up, super tuesday just three days away. The last minute push this weekend to get out the vote. Plus, Governor Newsome replea releases his plan to stop crime in oakland. And were tracking rain in the bay area, of course, along with all that snow up in the sierra. Robs going to join us again in a few minutes with your full forecast. Ahead for us, another Norfolk Southern train derails in pennsylvania. Well have the very latest. And spring break mayhem. Miami beachs radical new plan to control crime, including high to control crime, including high tech drone patrols, on nns nns. 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We need everybody to get engaged, because democracy is not a spectator sport. We got to have everybody voting, right . All right. The event was held in san jose. Phone bank leaders say march is hard time to get voters to the polls. They plan to keep the mobilization effort up until the polls close tuesday. And the countdown is on. We have an entire section on our web page dedicatedo the upcoming election. Just point your phones camera at that qr code on theeft side of your screen. That wl te you to our website, nbcbayarea. Com, and there you can learn more about the big races and the candidates and how to cast your ballot. Oaklands persistent problems with crime and safety have caught the eye of the governor. Now the city is set to get a boost from the state to help tackle these issues. Yesterday, Governor Newsom released a tenpoint action plans to enhance public safety. The strategy comes from cal trans, it includes more maintenance, cleaning up litter and landscaping, addressing encampments and adding security cameras. Critics say thats not enough, that the city really needs more Police Officers and a new Permanent Police chief. All right, rob here, youve been busy working, and, you know, we were talking about possibly us getting snow here in the bay area, as well . Silver lining to the forecast. We actually have a chance. Mount hamilton theres been snow at times. Colder temperatures tonight will drive the snow levels down, but at the same time, watching for thunderstorms and accumulating hail. That might look a bit like snow at times around the bay area. Lets recap our rain totals since thursday. Big winter so far, have been the Santa Cruz Mountains, three to four inches of rain have come down. Half inch to an inch and a half to san jose to the north bay. It is chilly outside. 52 degrees. South wind at 11. Just 49 degrees in walnut creek and a south wind at 22 miles per hour. And there you see the rain near San Francisco, a chilly a 50 degrees. 40s and 50s outside. Wind speeds not as strong as yesterday. We have not had that wind advisory for this evening or into your sunday forecast. Tomorrow morning begins with cold temperatures, 30s and 40s to start. Gives you an idea where the snow levels will be, close to 2,000, 3,000 feet tomorrow morn, and high temperatures tomorrow, mainly in the mid 50s around the bay area, from San Francisco, oakland, into san jose. So, a tour of the radar shows the most active weather at this hour. Santa cruz mountains, down towards morgan hill, special marine warning ongoing for strong, severe thunderstorms approaching the coast. Less intense weather around the central bay and north bay, but the air aloft is quite cold. This is adding to instability, the chance of seeing hail at times, thunder, or snow in the picture for elevations above 2,000 to 3,000 feet tonight, and that is the color coding youre seeing right now. A little more near the diab low range, Mount Hamilton, as well. And i think the higher peaks of the Santa Cruz Mountains could be cold enough for brief snow showers. During the day, less activity in the morning, then you add in the daytime heating. Sunday will look a lot like today, with the showers popping up. Rain totals will be less. Look at the chances of snow tomorrow. North bay mountain areas, around Mount Hamilton and off towards the diab low range, thats where well have the best chance. Monday is traendtrending drier. Our next opportunity, not as much as were going through right now, but mark it on the calendar for tuesday into wednesday. That appears to be the next window of opportunity. One thing well also see, as we head into next week, less severe weather, in terms of thunderstorms and heavy snow. But more mild temperatures back into the 60s for highs, once we get past that chance for showers tuesday into wednesday. Should be in the mid 60s, approaching next weekend. But for now, winter in full effect around the bay area. Well be watching the higher peaks for snow showers tonight. In my mind, its spring. In march, its spring. Rob, thank you. Up next, racing into the future. The contest putting local High School Students to the test, and how the skills theyre learning could help the environment. What do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. 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Talk to your doctor about building new bone with evenity® students are racing towards a more Sustainable Future in the east bay. This was the Horizon Education grand prix nor cal qualifier. Horizon education hosted it, along with toyota. Students designed, engineered, and raced the cars, putting them to the test in a series of race cars. The idea, to design the fastest, most efficient car, all while using a sustainable fuel source. This is definitely a place where leaders grow, because of this competition, and the engagement that our students are participating in, theyre marketable right now. Im sure there are several Car Companies around this beautiful state that we call california that would hire them right now. Get the resumes in, folks. Do it. Teams that qualified go to the state final competition on april 13th. Winners of that competition head to the world final in anaheim, that is in september. Well, the oakland marathon is just 15 days away. This years event includes the east, learn, play kids fun run on march 16th and the 5k, 10k, half marathon, and full marathon the next day, march 17th. You can sign up on the oakland marathon website. Still to come, a new list naming the happiest cities in the United States. The bay area city topping that list, and where a couple other local cities are ranked. Overflowing with ideas and energy. Thats the San Francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. Known for her grilling of corporate executives. With deep policy knowledge. Katie porters housing plan has bipartisanfriendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down. And the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. Lets shake up the senate. With democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. The numbers are outing and three of the happiest cities in america are in the bay area. Maybe not much of a surprise. Thats according to a report by wallet hub. It ranks cities using emotional and physical well being, income unemployment, community, environment, and number one, the city of fremont. Its the third year in a row. Wow. Reports say its because the city has the highest earning middle class in the country. Also has the lowest separation and divorce rate. San jose, third, San Francisco, seventh. Well be right back. You can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. Existing customers can get a free line of our most popular unlimited plan for a year not only will you save hundreds but youll also be joining millions who have connected to americas most reliable 5g network. Sure is a lot safer than becoming a stuntman for money. Get a free line of unlimited intro for a year when you buy one unlimited line. Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. Democrats agree. Conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. Our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. Mr. Garvey, you voted for him twice. As your own man, what is your decision . Garvey is wrong for california. But garveys surging in the polls. Fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. Stop garvey. Adam schiff for senate. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. Finally tonight, great story. An update on two Mountain Lion cubs rescued from the Santa Cruz Mountains. Theyre rehabilitating at the oakland zoo. You may remember maple and willow. They were found in november, their mother was killed by a car. But state fish and wild life rangers brought the cubs to the zoo. And you can see the sisters in very good health. This is a look at them through the cub cam. The best time to catch them in action are between 9 00 a. M. And 3 00 p. M. All right, lets check weather. That is the story today. Wintry. Yeah. Probably the story of the night. Watching lowering snow levels, a chance of some hail, isolated thunderstorms. And on the radar, a lot of activity south of san jose. Showers ongoing into sunday. Then a drier trend for the second half of next week. Temperatures rebounding back into the 60s. All right, rob, thank you very much. And thank you for watching. Nightly news is next. Well see you again at 6 00. Tonight, the dangerous blizzard dumping massive amounts of snow across parts of the west right now. Up to 12 feet, yes, 12 feet expected in parts of the Sierra Nevada this major highway shut down drivers trapped for hours. Whiteout conditions as the unrelenting snow is whipped up by 100mileperhour winds also breaking, the u. S. Airdropping humanitarian aid into gaza
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