The slowdown if youre driving in that area. First, joining us live from market and montgomery streets, this is where that is happening. Ginger, what are we talking about . Weve seen a lot of protests lately. Whats the message today . Reporter the message continues to be ceasefire in gaza now. Its directed to senators alex padilla and laphonza. Ill show you the the intersection of montgomery and Market Street which is shut down here in downtown San Francisco. The border of the financial district as well. You can see specifically what is blocking the intersection is a table with 16 protesters that are locked to it. It is symbolic of protesters asking california senators padilla and butler to the table to talk with Community Members who support a ceasefire. One of the protesters here this morning is a quadriplegic man from San Francisco who says he is here to give his voice and his alliance to ending the war. He says he is not deterred from how past protests have ended in arrests. Those arrests are actually inspirational. We dont want business as usual. We will keep showing up and disrupting as needed. Reporter now, you can see actually Market Street is open to its normal traffic. Were seeing a truck and that bus just pass by. Its really the intersection of montgomery passing market and moving on to new montgomery. I do want to call your attention from that protest with the table on it. Our camera, our photographer josh will move over to another action over at the one post building. There are also a dozen or so protesters on that side, blocking entrance to that building because thats where senator Butlers Office is. I am told this protest is scheduled to last for 170 minutes, which is symbolic of when protesters believe are how long, or how long protesters believe the war has been going on in gaza. That is still not set in stone, as im told. They will stay out here as long as they need to to call attention to the message that they so want to send this morning. San Francisco Police is here on site. They have cars patrolling on sutter as well as nearby kearny. They say no arrests at this point need to be made but if there are further disruptions, they will act accordingly. In San Francisco, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Now lets turn to nbc bay areas micah noah. This is a very busy part of the city. How can drivers try to get around this demonstration . This is right off market, north of market. Market separates montgomery and new montgomery in the middle of all these high rises. Lets show you the labels. Im showing you the arrows. We have a lot of oneway streets. The activity here, market, where ginger did show muni. She said you would see muni in the foreground but there may be disruptions. The b. A. R. T. System goes underneath moving just fine. Second and third are moving one way. Sorry. Sutter and bush are oneway. That will keep you clear of all the protests and the marching you saw there. Third street, well take you toward market but market has got restricted traffic flow because of the muni and bus restrictions as well. Mission is a good option. And Second Street is both directions. New montgomery, montgomery, and market is where all the closures and the protests are disrupting the traffic flow. Back to you. Thank you, mike. And this isnt the first time that ceasefire protesters have shut down traffic in the bay area. In november demonstrators shut down the bay bridge to protest the war in gaza. The activists stopped traffic for hours and several organ donations were actually delayed because of the backup. They couldnt get the organs across the bay bridge. Participants face misdemeanor charges in San Francisco. Last week propalestinian protesters shut down the golden gate bridge. They got out of vehicles with signs. Chp says the protest took about 20 to 30 minutes and no arrests were made there. Just yesterday, an activist brought standstill between due boies and octavia. No arrests were made then. The chp said they rarely get advance notice of the actions but it does have a protocol in place to get vehicles moving again quickly. Yesterday, activists told us, they are vowing to organize more road closures as long as the middle east conflict continues. Just into our newsroom, a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to boston was diverted to denver after experiencing an issue with one of its wings. In a statement, the airline confirms it happened yesterday. Check out this video. This is from social media. It is showing the damage there to that wing. Look at it. The flight landed safely. None of the 165 passengers were hurt. Passengers were then moved to another flight. The faa is now investigating that incident that happened aboard that boeing 757200. Developing now, police are investigating a murder at an apartment complex. This is in santa clara. Bob redell has been following this all morning long. Theres been an arrest, i understand, bob. Reporter correct. Theres no threat to the public. Santa clara police have taken a man into custody, marcus and laura. Were at the wily scare apartment complex in santa clara. This is at the intersection of white oak lane and poinciana drive off the lawrence express way. You can see the police are still on the scene. Theyre expected to be here throughout the afternoon and theyre focused on a unit to the left of your tv screen. Just before 2 30 this morning, a man shot and killed a person inside that apartment unit. That person died on the scene. Were still waiting for the Coroners Office to arrive. Police found the suspect, the man, nearby. They arrested him just after officers arrived on the scene. Its not clear what led to the shooting or what relationship if any the man has with the victim. Earlier this morning, people were gathered out front. They were distraught, crying over what happened. They were receiving the news from police. We believe they were family or friends of the victim. This is the second homicide of the year in santa clara but prior to 2024, prior to this year, the last time someone was murdered within the city limits of santa clara was back in 2020. Reporting live in santa clara, bob redell, nbc bay area news. Really heartbreaking there. Thank you. We will continue to monitor this story throughout the day. Make sure to download our app to get updates straight to your phone. You can scan the qr code on the screen. It is free to download. Lets take a live look outside for you. Beautiful there in walnut creek as we head into the afternoon. Youve been monitoring like you told us today, on and off with this weather when it comes to rain. One minute its sunny. The next minute its raining. Then we may have some clouds between. Weve seen a mixed bag of weather as we can see. There is a lot going on here as we look across the region. There is that steady blast of moisture that is still being drawn across Southern California and then we are seeing the spotty showers near the center of the storm that is coming in as we speak. Weve seen a couple of lightning strikes across coast alma rin county. But so far, not a lot of that has made it in. Weve seen the rainfall moving in toward dylan beach. And then some really intense rainfall that has picked up as you approach the 101 corridor. Were going to see the chance of thunder continue for today, for all of this area, shaded in this light green that is highlighted by the storm prediction center. Were going to have this activity off and on rain as we go into this evening and also, lingering into part of the day tomorrow. Ill let you know when were completely dry. That is coming up in the full micro climate forecast. Thank you. To decision 2024, and the race for your vote. President joe biden stops by the west coast, aimed at his reelection bid. Hes set to arrive in los angeles later this afternoon. He will participate in a Campaign Reception before spending the night there in Southern California. That is ahead of his planned trip to San Francisco tomorrow where hes expected to participate in two campaign events. One cohosted by speaker nancy pelosi. Then on thursday, President Biden travels to Los Altos Hills for a fundraiser. Tickets range from 6600 to 100,000. The president will then head back to the white house. Ahead of the states primary on march 5th, the stage is set for tonight for the senate debate. It is a race that will have a major role in californias representation for decades. The four candidates, three democrats and one republican, are all set to square off. Kris sanchez is in our newsroom with what to watch out for. There will be four candidates on the stage but there are 27 candidates on the ballot vying to fill late senator Dianne Feinsteins seat. Only four will be on the stage. Three democrats, one republican. Congressman adam schiff who leads in the polling and who most recently led the prosecution of donald trump in the Senate Impeachment trial. The lone republican is steve garvey, had a is more known for his days as a baseball player for the dodgers and the padres than for his political dealings. Congresswoman katie porter is known for her tough questioning of Corporate Executives during the executive hearings, and congresswoman barbara lee who has served in congress for 25 years. The debate is hosted by our l. A. Sister station knbc. The stage is set as you see there on the screen. Our political analyst larry said schiff as the front runner has the most to lose as the favored candidate. So he might play it pretty safe. The rest will be in a battle for number two. Heres one of the moderators, knbc political commentator conan nolan. Remember the top two finishers go to the november runoff. Remember, this is historic. The last time this seat was open was 30 years ago. In california, a lot of other states, once somebody gets elected, theyre going to be there for a while. California is heavily democratic but if republican steve garvey can galvanize the 24 , 25 of voters who are republican, and the other three candidates split the democratic vote, things could get pretty interesting. Today is february 20th. It is the last day to register to vote. Kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. Kris mentioned registering to vote. Grab your phone. We have a tool to give you the information you need. It is called plan your vote. Scan that qr code at the center of the screen to the right. It will take you directly to a website which has details about mailin voting, what to bring on election day and more. Controversy surrounding the alleged social media account of the widow of a russian prisoner who was found dead. Next on our midday newscast, the action taken and what were learning about the dual National American citizen being detained in the country. Plus, a major east bay closure after the road gives way. How long the shutdown is set to last. And a reminder, nbc bay area streaming 24 7. You can watch us whenever you want. Were on roku and other streaming platforms. Streaming platforms. Stick arou. Nd thousands of women with Metastatic Breast Cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr positive, her2 negative Metastatic Breast Cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. Ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. Ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. Ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. Both of these can lead to death. 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X, the server previously known as twitter, suspended an account which appears to belong to the white of the late russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny before restoring it a short time later. X blamed it on an error. No one, not even x, can be sure who is who on their service. The chkt has just three postings on it as of this morning was started a few days ago. Youll recall, twitter got rid of its verification system so anyone can buy a blue check. We dont really know who is actually who. I will say, the account is followed by legitimate and trustworthy people. X has not said why the account was suspended and x does not answer press questions. [ speaking in a global language ] she accused the kremlin of hiding her husbands body and said she would take up her husbands cause for freedom and democracy in russia. The Russian Ambassador to the united nations, meantime, says the world should not rush to judgment on navalnys cause of death. The autopsy, he says, is not finished. Because the medical investigation is not over yet, the exact cause of the death was not yet disclosed. Our western colleagues rushed to claim 50 minutes artist happened, after the news was published, that this was the responsibility of the putin regime, et cetera, et cetera. American officials blame putin. Not because putin specifically poisoned navalny but because putins policies put his political rival in an arctic prison. And the u. S. Embassy says it is aware of reports that a dual National American russian citizen has been detaineded by russia and accused of treason. The woman who lives in l. A. Is accused of raising money for ukraine. In a statement, the russian fsb says in addition to raising money, quote, in the united states, the citizen repeatedly took part in public actions in support of the kyiv regime. Which seems to simply mean taking part in demonstrations. Illegal for someone with a russian citizenship in russia. Back to you. The white house said this morning it would announce new sanctions against russia on friday. In response to navalnys death, there are already major sanctions in place after russias attack on ukraine. In less than an hour, the Antioch Public Library reopens with added security. The Library Leaders closed it over the weekend citing crime concerns, including recent fires, threats, drug use and sexual activity. During the closure, team repaired outside fencing and updated the security system, and starting today, the new Armed Security guard will be added with the help of monitoring the surrounding area with a patrol car. A live look in oakland this midday. California u. S. Senator Laphonza Butler is expected to start a Panel Discussion soon along with lady gagas mother cynthia. This is all in conjunction with the singers born this way foundation. They will discuss what organizers describe as the Youth Mental Health crisis in california. A similar discussion involving senator butler takes place in Southern California on thursday. New at 11 00, American Airlines passengers should expect to pay more to check a bag. The airline announcing passengers will have to pay 35 to check a bag if they pay online. The fee is 40 if passengers wait to pay at the airport. Both options previously cost 30. This is the first time American Airlines has increased baggage fees in nearly six years. To a followup, niles canyon road remains closed because of the storm damage and it will remain that way for at least the next few days. Caltrans macing that assessment earlier this morning. The road near there on highway 84 shut down yesterday after chunks of that that road washeded away along alameda creek. And the section of highway 9 is closed. This is outside saratoga. This is due to a mud slide between sanborn road and red wood gulch. It is estimated to reopen about 8 00 tomorrow night. Lets take a live look at mt. Rose in lake tahoe. For thousands of kids, this is their ski week. That means no school all week. The tahoe area is still under a winter storm warning. Take a look at dodge ridge resort off highway 108. Another storm is moving into that area this afternoon through wednesday morning. Now a look at how much snow has already fallen. That is a lot of snow. Great for the skiers up there. That was really bad. Its very difficult to travel. And i do have some updated snowfall totals. Theyve downgraded that winter storm warning to a Winter Weather advisory. That means that it may be a little bit tricky to get there but were not expecting much more additional snow. Weve had a lot with kirkwood getting 32 inches of snow in the last three days. And heavenly has had more than two feet of snow. Sierra tahoe, 27 inches. Bear valley at 18 inches of snow and north star, 24 inches. Once again, weve seen that winter storm warning downgraded to a Winter Weather advisory, as we may still have some breezy winds and low visibility at times. Here in the bay area we talked about that mudslide near saratoga and this is the reason why. Weve had over six inches of rainfall since the weekend. And calistoga has nearly six inches of rainfall. Santa rosa has had over five and fairfax, 3. 74 inches of rain. Mt. Diablo, over three inches of rainfall. Where do we stand when we compare this season to last . We know that last year was kind of crazy for a while. We had so far this season over 28 inches. So thats more than last year. In santa rosa but not more than last year in oakland, livermore, San Francisco. We are very close to last areas rainfall totals as well, as san jose both seasons getting about 12 inches to date. And were seeing more rain coming in with the heaviest rain moving across Southern California. We are seeing a lot of lightning strikes just off our coastline. But a lot of that is not making it into the inland areas. We do have that chance as we continue to watch for the heavier rainfall now moving into the north bay. Moving over closer to novato in the next few minutes. Weve seen the rain really picking up in the last few minutes. As we go throughout the day, we will see off and on showers. It may be heavy with gusty winds and flooding. It does look to taper off. We should have a chance to dry out after that. Were looking at another quarter inch of rainfall between now and tomorrow and for the weekend, i was watching this storm. As of now, it looks like it will stay off the coast and to our south. So that will give us a break from the wet weather going into the weekend. At this point, it is muchneeded. As we go into next week, there will be more active weather coming our way along with colder temperatures. As we look at the sevenday forecast, a chance of showers today and tomorrow. It looks good for the weekend. Were even taking out the sunday rain chance. Marcus . Thank you. Happening now, San Francisco just named among the top 100 hardest working cities in the u. S. Sf coming in at number eight on that list. We looked at 11 key metrics including the lens of americans average workweek, the average commute time. The Nations Capital clocking in at number one. Fremont, 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. Do you know what today is . Yes. I know you do. It is National Love your pet day. The unofficial holiday encouraging you to give a little extra attention to the furry little creature in your life. We want to give you a look at the pets from our crew. Both on air and behind the scenes. Im not a pet owner but i vicariously get it through all of you. And kris this week is dog sitting. Oh, yeah, two extra dogs. Yeah, you do look for those windows of opportunities to walk the dog. And the grass is still wet for a lot of spots. Even that, i dont know if i want to go out right now. Were still going to have a chance of rain tomorrow. After that, it will be drying out and enjoying some sunshine for the weekend. I love the sunshine. We need it. We need a break. Although we need the rain, too. Thank you for joining us. You want to see who we are as americans . Im peter dixon and in kenya. We built a hospital that provides maternal care. As a marine. We fought against the taliban and their crimes against women. And in Hillary Clintons state department. We took on genderbased violence in the congo. Now extremists are banning abortion and contraception right here at home. So, im running for congress to help stop them. For your family. And mine. I approved this message because this is who we are. This ad . Typical. Politicians. Hes bad. Im good. Blah, blah. Lets shake things up. With katie porter. Porter refuses corporate pac money. And leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. Katie porter. Taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. And drug company ceos to stop their price gouging. Most politicians just fight each other. While katie porter fights for you. For Senate Democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. Right now on california live. Ready to journey to the flavors of morocco right here in the heart of l. A. Ill tell you where im at and why you should book a table a sap. And then vanessa bell