The wettest 24hour period since last december. Picking up more than 3 to 4 inches of rain in seattle. You see San Francisco 2 inches and now an inch of rain in dublin. You can notice at those hills. Were seeing the palo alto area. But then more than 5 inches of rain and it is still coming down. This is the last wave of moisture coming in through this particular weather system and that will spread rain through the bay area. This is the last burst of heavy rainfall at times. Then through 7 00 tomorrow morning, the skies lessen up in terms of the rain. The winds will begin to accelerate between 6 00 and 7 00 through the north and east bay hills. Youll see wind gusts at least 40 miles per hour. This on top of some saturated soil. Youre going to have to watch out for some trees coming down and keep in mind if youre highway 17 commute takes you across some of these mountain areas, but 4 to 6 inches of rain up there in the hills, mudslides could become possible as we head toward tomorrow mornings commute. An even colder system coming up for new years eve, details coming up in a few minutes. Heavy rain is causing major problems across the bay area. Were talking about localized flooding, painfully slow communities and rock slides. Terry joins us from alameda county. One of those slides ends up closing in the east bay road at least for some time tonight. The rain came down and so did the rockes and hills east of where i can in fremont. Theres rain coming down now. As we heard, more in the forecast. Road crews expecting to stay busy for many of christmas week. Alameda county public works crews tonight racing from one road blockage to another on calamaras road. What has your night been like tonight . Very busy. All across the bay area tonight, creeping commutes, slower than usual in places. Some of it caused by crashes, some by the rain. The north bay is being especially slammed by this storm. Rain has been coming down most of the time since yesterday morning. In sosilito charlie got soaked trying to get to the airport. We need it. Its fun. And another rain caused problems you may not have thought of. In pleasanton, trying to raise money for those in the philippines. Its hard to play guitar while wet, but nothing is going to stop us. And when we were up in the hills tonight, we were begin to go feel a bit of that wind rob was talking about. Terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. On the peninsula now, theyre praying for divine intervention perhaps. A city church is sliding down a hill. Tomorrow, church and city leaders will discuss options for the building which is on unstable land along avalon canyon. And the rain could lead to a mudslide. And this area around here to this church is you know, it has slid before. So you always worry about that and a lot of cold and water and fractures off the land. The slow rainfall could be an issue. Timing is everything. Thousands of us will be heading to the sierra in the next couple of weeks and its all about when you go. Chains and whiteout conditions could be in order. This is a live look now at interstate 80 near boreal. At least three feet the of snow has come down in some places, forcing drivers, obviously, to take it slow. But those roads are open as you can see. Chains are now required for all vehicles on 80 and 50. Best advice, though, have a flexible window of travel days. Our microclimate coverage continues online. Its a great resource. Check your forecast and see our Doppler Radar 24 7. Download our free nbc bay area app. New at 11 00, a new multi Million Dollar payout for a man shot by a San Jose Police officer. The jury ar warding him 11 million today. Hon lamb was shot because he was arguing and moving toward a man while arguing and hold ago knife. L lams attorneys argued that he was suicidal and threatened to kill himself. The man the lam was arguing with was a neighbor, trying to talk lam out of hurting himself. New details on the death of a man at a uc berkeley party. Jeffrey had been drinking when he fell from what was described as a significant height and died saturday moing. He was a member of pi capa phi. Police say there was no foul play involved. A warning for shoppers, keep an eye on your credit cards. If you dont, thieves will. Homeland security investigators are searching for this man who was accused of plant ago credit card skimming device at a safeway in walnut creek, right there in the safeway cash register. It happened in september. A similar device was found at a safeway in dublin. Both devices were removed before any Customer Data was stolen. They are able to read all the information on your magnetic strip. People should be more alert. Maybe not use a credit card tied to their actual bank account. Thats why i have to use cash. I have to carry out large amounts of cash in order to avoid the grinch. Investigators say the suspect may also be behind similar incidents at gas stationes and other stores. He may be driving a toyota corolla. The San FranciscoPolice Officers who ticketsed racist and homophobic messages to each are keeping their jobs. A superior court judge ruling today they wont be disciplined because too much time has gone by. However, it wasnt until this april that police chief greg sur wanted to fire or discipline the officers involved. A woman tried to potentially mow down visitors on the las vegas strip. Lakistha holloway said she is extremely under duress. She tried sleeping in her car in several casino parking lots last night with her 3 yaerld daughter, but kept getting kicked out by security. It was shortly after that that she drove on to the sidewalk near the paris and Planet Hollywood casinos, witnesses say purposely running people down. One on the street was killed and 30 others were hurt. We havent determined to the exact fact what the motive was. We believe she had some disassociation with the father of her child. We dont know the exact precipitating event that caused her to snap. Holloway is now facing murder charges. She also also driving on a suspended license. The freewell man charged with trying to join a terrorist organization in syria will be in court tomorrow. 22yearold adam shoffey, b a graduate of Mission San Jose high school was arrested this summer after he tried to board a fly from sfo to istanbul. His lawyer says the feds had it wrong. The he was headed to syria to help refugees. The fbi, though, says he was going to join an Al Qaeda Linked terror group. He has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charge. He faces up to 20 years in prison. Another development, the neighbor of the muslim couple responsible for the recent attack will stay in Police Custody without bail. Enrique marquez appeared in a Riverside Court today. Hes accused of buying weapons used in that San Bernardino shooting. Marquez not only bought the guns for the husband and wife but plotted with sayed farook to commit terrorism in 2011 and 2012. A suicide bomber on a rigged motorcycle rammed a patrol. Its the largest u. S. Military in afghanistan. Detective joseph lamm was a 15year veteran of the nypd. The 45yearold worked in the warrant division. He was married with two children. The others killed were a convoy of u. S. , nato and afghanistan forces. Two other americans and an interpreter were hurt, as well. A child will be back on the stand tomorrow in San Francisco. The selfproclaimed reformed china town gangster is testifying in his own defense. He was charged with money laundering, racketeering and he said he was abducted at the age of 10 in hong kong and he joined a china town gang after moving to the u. S. In the 70s. However, he said he changed his life around after getting out of prison in 2003. I was just thinking, i want my phone back and i want to get her on video. Next at 7 00, this politician robbed of his cell phone but he wasnt about to let the thieves get away. Plus, it had never been done before until now. The dramatic landing that could signal a new era of space flight. And were tracking another round of rain moving into the bay area with increasing winds for tomorrow morning, plus snow in the sierra. Right now, near 7,000 feet, but our next storm for Christmas Eve could bring some of that snow down to the bay area hilltops. The latest in the forecast when we come right back. A San Francisco supervisor scott weiner was robbed in from politician to crime fighter, a San Francisco supervisor was robbed in the mission district. Cell phone, cash and mays. There was a lot happening here b, but he quickly devised a plan. Gene is in San Francisco this evening. He is a big guy, but he was still targeted. Thats right, raj. Supervisor scott weener is known here at city hall for being calm and collected, even during heated debates. The turns out, hes calm during a robbery. A reminder to be more to get people off the screen. Politician supervisor scott is used to hosting events and negotiating at city hall. I stay calm and try to keep a level head. On his way to b. A. R. T. , the harvard law graduate says he calmly negotiated with thieves. And i took out my phone briefly to look at my calendar because i needed to refresh my memory on what address i was going to. And three people came up, oa woman and two guys and the woman grabbed the phone for me. Wienor says he demanded his iphone back and the man demanded 500. They agreed on 200 and a stop. At an atm. A stop he hoped would capture key evidence. I want to get it on video so we can get her off the street. Wienor said the woman made threats. She showed me a black canister of mays and said im going to spray you in the face. At one point she mentioned that one of the guys had a gun. Wienor says he never saw a gun the and once he got his phone back, he flagged down police. Investigators circulated a photo captured by the bank and four hours later arrested the woman. Police say while wienors plan worked, it was a risky move. Now we know this politician stands up for what he believes is right at city hall and on the street. My instinct once she grabbed it from me was give it back. Tonight, police say theyre nog releasing the identity of the woman that was arrested because theyre looking for the two men involve, but they do tell me they dont believe this is the womans first robbery. We want to show you new video this evening of spacexs fall con9 rocket sticking a perfect landing. Its a first for the Space Exploration company. The unmanned rocket blasted off in florida this evening. That is not the rockets engines youre hearing, but the people inside mission control. They were cheering, as you heard, as fall con9 stuck that landing. This is historic for spacex. Their last two launches were unsuccessful. Its a no fly zone, no drones near the golden gate bridge. Thats the warning tonight from the feds. Here is a look at the new signs going up with the bridge this week. The reminder, the drones are banned from flying over or near the iconic bridge. Lets take a live look now. Drones are banned from the area surrounding the golden gate. Anyone caught breaking the rules may be prosecuted and have their drone taken away. This morning comes as retaine e estimate more than a half a million drones may be given as gifts. Fire, pharmaceutical says martin schrelli is no longer its ceo. He was arrested on securities fraud charges last week. He allegedly misappropriated money to pay off debts at previous companies. He has pled not guilty. He also resigned as ceo where he raised the price of a lifesaving hiv drug by ,000 . No a 30year ban now lifted. Gay men will be allowed to donate blood, but they can donate as long as they havent had sex for at least a year. So all blood donations in the u. S. Are screened for hiv. Experts say there is a window of several days where a infection cant be detected. The fda enacted that ban at the height of the aids crisis. Sfpd recruit ricky williamss was shopping in san leandro. He says he was in the parking lot when he came facetoface with a desperate Mother Holding a struggling baby. She needed help and she actually was like, yeah, my baby is not breathing. The baby is just lying down, just lifeless, limp. Well, williams took the baby, performed cpr in the back seat of a car. Paramedics arrived soon after and the baby was taken to Childrens Hospital in oakland. Were told the baby is doing just fine. That is so good to hear. What a relief. Rob, you say the wind is pick up, but the rain might dissipate . Yeah. Will transition from widespread rain to scattered showers. But the wind will be sticking around throughout the day. Outside, it is still mild. From high temperatures down to 60. Warmer than the high temperatures well see around here come Christmas Eve and christmas day. San francisco accommodation of allow clouds, misty skies, 59 miles degrees right now. We have this next band of rain that is dropping in across the north bay morin county. Light to mot moderate rain at times. Through the tri valley. Just starting to get into san jose but month more moderate to heavy rain. As we pointed out at the beginning of the news cast, almost 5 1 2 inches of rain. And theyll probably get to six overnight as this last wave comes through. The computer models bring between now and 3 00 a. M. , probably another half inch or so to those hill tops there around the santa cruz mountains. This system was charged up in terms of moisture coming in off the pacific. Having a really extensive moisture cap going all the way off to the north of hawaii. Scooped up, plugged into the system in these atmospheric rivers. And we see them set up, especially in the costal hills as that moisture raises up in the santa cruz mountains. That can lead to inches of rainfall. We saw that less so through the valleys. But these types of patterns will be watching to hopefully make up some ground in the dryer than average start to the rainfall season so far. Especially between now and 3 00 a. M. , notice the transition right around sunrise to about 1 00 tomorrow. Notice less showers, not really adding to those rain total i by 1 00 tomorrow. So well transition out of widespread rain to scattered showers and in the sierra, still snow showers, especially south of highway 50 could get another foot of snow. Above 7,000 feet overnight. But the wind will be the big story. This may wake you up around 4 00 or 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Thats when you see the faster winds speeds. Gusts about 40. Wind advisory up to 4 00 this afternoon. Highs for at least one more day. Upper 50s to low 60s, rain to start, scattered showers decreasing to a dryer forecast as we get towards wednesday. Then well be watching our temperatures taking a nose dive. The next system comes in and drops our temperatures and we think could drop snow levels, too. Here is that break from wednesday into thursday as the system will not bring as much rain. It is a colder system, which means it is dryer. But look at lake county. May see snow showers at times. And heading into Christmas Eve night, look at that. Towards mt. Hamilton. But maybe its low as 3,000 feet as we head into Christmas Eve night into christmas day, it looks dry for travel friday into saturday with our next system coming up for sunday. Overall as we officially move into winter, sevenday forecast coming up looking that way through the weekend. Thanks a lot, rob. Still ahead, an important warning about a popular holiday candy. When the bay area leads, the world follows. Stw what happens here changes lives. And were there at the heart of the storm. Nbc bay area news. Things keep getting worse for chipotle. Five more people say the restaurantafter eating at vo the new cases are in problems continue to mount for chipotle. Five more people claim theyve gotten sick after eating at the restaurant chain. That brings the total cases so far to more than 50 people in 12 states who have become sickened from the food. The chipotle ceo apologized and promised to enhance food safety by enhancing the restaurants training. A holiday recall to tell you about. Its chocolate. Mars chocolate north america announced today that 7,000 cases of the dove brand chocolate assortment snowflakes may contain peanuts, wheat or eggs. People allergic to those could have serious or life threatening reactions. The chocolate was sold ohm at walmart stores. Up next, the retirement of a legendary bay area football b player and a heartbreaking ending for one of our College Basketball players. vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive Million Dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, well never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. So we figured out a way to add rich ingredients like this into 22 light soups, all with 100 calories or less per serving. So if you want to eat light and not give up rich flavor, do what we do. Make it progresso. Im very grateful that i was able to come back here and play for a second time around. It was a lot of fun. Just two games remaining in the illustrious career of raiders charles woods. As expected, the future hall of famer announcing his retirement at soaps end. Tied in fifth for all timeinterceptions will almost certainly enter ohios hall of fame as a first ballot hall of famer. That core is gone. Were developing another core. We have to develop a core. And i think theres a lot of pieces to that core here. That core, continue to be ugly in 2015, 49ers killed cincinnati, 240 before scoring late in the Third Quarter on sunday. At 410, they share the worst record in the nfc with the cowboys and ranked dead last in offense overall in the entire nfl. Busy night on the college hardwood, stanford men, under six to play, eric studaville, tying things up at 56 apete. Later, roscoe allen driving for the bucket. Give him the foul. Studa central fouls you out as stanford reclaims the lead. And he throws down the twohanded jam. Cardinal pull away with a 7060 victory. On to Heartbreak Hotel for santa clara. Broncos up big time. Tigers up the court in a hurry. And off the pick. Alex gets the fade away threepointer and buries it as time expires. Pacific 73 santa clara 72. On the ladies side, number 21 cal hosting jordan canada and 19th ranked ucla. This was a classic. Bruins down, 75. Fourth quarter, three seconds left, bruins down three. Off the inbound, canada gets another buzzer beating triple and were going to overtime. In o. T. , bears now down a point. Shot clock running down. Aisha thomas, the desperation three. But ucla coming right back on the fast break. Canada hooking up monique billings and were going into double overtime. In the second extra period, bears down a point. Finding the range on the go ahead jumper and that would be all. Cal win tess marathon, 108104. The finally, the city of philadelphia, well, its never been known for its holiday spirit. As far as the eagles and christmas are concerned. This man denied introoi entry for his Christmas Tree on sunday night. Thats right. He wanted to bring a tree into lincoln financial field. 2 denial, not really that much of a surprise seeing as the tree probably didnt have a ticket or a seat and, of course, eagle fans are known for decades ago. Thats it for sports. More news after the break. Rob, were talking about this, windy nuch that we need to bring in Patio Furniture . I think so. Heading towards tomorrow morning. This is the time of year we can get these rainfall totals, december the wettest month of the year for San Francisco. We got almost half of that today. The focus has been on the rain and were seeing more of it right now into tomorrow morning. But around dawn tomorrow, begin to see those gusty winds picking up north and east bay hills wind advisory through 4 00 tomorrow morning. Rain changing to scattered showers during the afternoon. Well see less rain right after lunchtime, but the winds will be sticking around for today. These winds, you dont have to do a whole lot to drop some trees and santa cruz has seen almost 6 inches of rain. A lot of us on the move this week with the Christmas Holiday here. Watching the sevenday forecast, as well. Another storm coming. Thanks for joining us tonight. Center a great day tomorrow. Byebye. Be safe. 3 steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the