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Eight hours. And look at this. The thing is just sitting out there and spinning around. What you can expect is the storm system is still going to hit us. It is just taking its sweet time. You will see associated with this area of low pressure we have thunderstorms developing as well. Now, heres the deal when it comes to the thunderstorms. Were expecting more daytime heating. So the chance for thunderstorms to become more widespread is actually going to become more likely. Whats interesting as well they thought they were going to get quite a bit of activity through los angeles and they havent even had any showers just yet because this system is just sitting here and rotating out in the pacific. Although i can tell you, over the past 20 minutes, we are starting to get more and more action right here in the bay area. Especially in contra costa county. Through the trivalley and through morgan hill getting thunderstorms right now. This is the closest the showers have been to the coast all morning long. Were going to continue to track this for you, but i have to say, ive actually seen snails working their way faster than this here storm. Back to you two and breaking news. We have breaking news from the white house. Looking live right now. A Law Enforcement official tells nbc news a person has been detained for flying a drone near the white house. It does not appear the drone was actually put up into the air. It was just an attempt. Well keep an eye on this and bring you updates as warranted. To the latest developments on the philadelphia train crash. Crews this morning still repairing and replacing the damaged track. The corridor between dc and new york is one of the nations busiest railways. And officials hope to have limited service in the area by monday. This comes as the Investigation Centers on the man who was at the controls at the time the trainings engineer. Turnings out he worked on trains here in the bay area. Bob redell joins us from the newsroom. Were learning about an eight person who has died. Reporter that was a passenger who died tuesday night but the wreckage was so badly mangled that a cadaver dog wasnt able to locate the persons body until this morning, almost 36 hours after the crash. Those in charge of the investigation believe that everyone who is on that amtrak train is now accounted for. That includes 243 passengers five members of the crew. In a new development this morning, the attorney for brandon bostian, he says his client suffered a concussion needed 14 staples in his head along with stitches in one of his legs. Bostian was behind the controls of the amtrak train when it barrelled along a curve through philadelphia at 106 miles an hour, more than twice the speed limit. His Attorney Says he has no memory of the crash, doesnt recall using the emergency brake which investigators say was applied immediately before the derailment. He remembers driving the train and going through that area generally. Has absolutely no recollection of the incident or anything unusual. The next thing he recalls is being thrown around coming to finding his bag, getting his cell phone and dialing 911. We want to understand what was going on. We want to understand why he why the train was operated that way. Was it a mechanical issue . Was it some sort of human issue . We want thats what were here to do. Reporter the National Transportation safety board says it will give bostian another day or two of recovery before interviewing him about the crash. They say he hadnt been drinking or doing drugs behind the controls of the train. He does have ties to the bay area. Between 2010 and 2011 he contracted as an engineer at caltrain while still an employee at amtrak. This is the latest incident raising questions about the health and future of americas railway and its infrastructure. Hours after the deadly derailment members of a house panel voted to cut amtraks budget. If that vote holds it would lower amtraks budget to about 1 billion, less than half of what the white house wanted. There are extensive infrastructure upgrades that could be made that would benefit the traveling public. How one potential upgrade involved Satellite Technology that would remotely stop or stloe down a train if it detected excessive speed or a possible collision but the money to cover that Technology Remains in limbo. Were updating the story across all our digital platforms. Students go ahead. Students at one South Bay School are honoring a classmate killed in a horrific car crash. Students at christopher high in gilroy wore black in memory of Sara Jean Williams since that was his favorite color. She died tuesday night in an alleged drunk driving incident along leavesley road. She was a senior and getting ready to graduate. She was an avid artist who loved ceramics. It is painfully obvious she will be missed. Reporter are you getting the support that you need at school . What are your parents telling you . What are your friends telling you . That i cant even believe this happened to her. She was so young. Three other passengers were killed in tuesdays crash. Two 18yearold girls who attended mt. Madonna high school and a 24yearold man. The chp arrested the 23yearold driver for driving under the influence. Sadly another Christopher High School senior also killed in a separate car accident that one on saturday. The School Marquee boor natalie salcidos name this morning. A Mountain View Police Officer recovering after being hit by a suspects car last night. The officer responding to a call about attempted fraud. He was not seriously hurt. Several suspects were detained. Its not clear if any arrests were made. New at 11 00, a recordspending proposal from californias governor who wants to send more money to Public Schools, set aside some reserves and create a state tax credit for the working poor. Governor brown announced his Budget Proposal at the state capitol. Its higher than what he propieced in january. By law the state must spend most of the surplus on Public Schools and also fill californias rainy day fund. Just into our news room a hurdle cleared for the controversial bill looking to force School Children to be vaccinated. Within the last 30 minutes the state Senate Passed sb277 on a vote of 2510. The bill would eliminate parents ability to claim personal or religious belief as a reason not to vaccinate their child. The law would only apply to children attending public or publicfunded charter schools. The bill of course moves on to assembly. Up next at 11 00, a questionable donation. Stunning admission by an abs news anchor. Plus are you addicted to your smartphone . Well tell you the symptoms of nomo phobia. New details now on a cruise ship where some travellers might wish they had regular old sea sickness instead of norovirus. That cruise ship docked in the San Francisco bay after some passengers got sick. Nbc bay areas Stephanie Chuang live in San Francisco. You talked to a couple of the passengers. How are they feeling . Reporter the ones i spoke with say theyre feeling fine. They were in good spirits this morning coming back home to the bay area. You can see the star princess cruise ship docked here in San Francisco. Passengers getting off the ship all morning long. We found one couple who did get sick with the norovirus and says the outbreak began a few days in. Pat and Linda Mckenzie were excited for their cruise to hawaii. Thanks to the norovirus the couple still hasnt seen cue wiey. I had it for 36 hours. Reporter according to the centers for Disease Control and prevention theship that departed ypres 29th had 135 sickened passengers plus 16 crew members reporting symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. The cbc says the crew increased cleaning and disinfection procedures and collected stool specimens for testing. They would check us. They came in sanitized the room, and they washed the walls. They were they were excellent. Really good crew. Really good captain. The staff was excellent. They really were great. They came in with a hazmat suit. Captain inform us there is only four passengers remaining sick. Most of the passengers are doing fine. The virus follows three last month alone two on san diego bound cruise ships. The virus is transmitted through an infected person contaminated food for water or touching contaminated surfaces. This is the ninth gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a cruise ship this year alone. Passengers saying it still didnt ruin their vacation. Everybody was happy. Having fun. They controlled it. I think they did a great job. Reporter once the ship docked this morning the cdc says two of its Vessel Sanitation Program Environmental Health officers and two Public Health officials boarded the ship to conduct a Health Assessment evaluate the outbreak and the response. The staff also making sure to sanitize everything again to make sure its good to go before the ship leaves again. By the way, the couple we spoke with says they had such a good time theyve already booked their next cruise. Live in San Francisco, Stephanie Chuang, nbc bay area news. Stephanie. Thank you. Turning to the markets. A good day. Dow industrials up better than 150 points. Started out as weakened dollar. That makes investors happy. George stephanopoulos former Clinton Administration adviser acknowledged today he donated 50,000 to the clinton foundation. The foundation is separate from the clinton campaign. And hillary clinton. There have been accusations that donating to mr. Clinton influences mrs. Clinton. Whether or not thats true thats really not the issue this morning. The issue for critics is stephanopoulos has participated in interviews and stories where that connection or lack of it was examined. He had asked hard questions about whether contributions to the charity affected Hillary Clintons policies as secretary of state without then saying, i am one of those contributors. The contributions were confirmed by the blog politico. In a statement this morning. Abc news said it stands behind its anchor. Stephanopoulos has always been connected to the clintons. He has bill clintons press secretary and a close white house advisor. Mark zuckerberg is 31 years old today. Back when he was in his early 20s, he said i want to stress the importance of being young and technical when hiring. Young people are just smarter. Why are most chess masters under 30. Happy birthday, mark. Well quote you again next year. Nick woodman the ceo of gopro promised his College Roommate 10 of his new company for his hard work. Its time to pay up. The company gave neil dana and those options became due. Woodman paid the company back the money it spent. A quarter billion dollars. Nick will be okay. He is still worth billions. But we can say nick woodman absolutely keeps his promises. Woodman is a parttime race car driver and gopro sponsors the indy car rice at sonoma. Look at this crash. This is extraordinary. Updade upside down, 200 miles per hours. Hes going to be okay kris just a phenomenal crash. He must have crashed because hes so old by zuckerbergs standards. A younger man probably would have handled it. Should have been in the senior lane. A bay area man wants to start a Class Action Lawsuit against wells fargo. Campbell man asked the federal court to certify the lawsuit. It mirrors accusations filed in a lawsuit last week by the see of los angeles. Both claims claim the bank encouraged employees to fraudulently open new accounts with his High Pressure sales. Wells fargo denies the allegations. California is joining the legal battle to stop a bay area billionaire from restricting Public Access to a public beach. The billionaire owns a piece of land near Half Moon Bay and modern law says he has to allow access to the beach. He claims the property came with rights that date back to the time of the treaty with mexico and that under those laws he can block access to the beach. The matter will go before an appeals court. Be honest. Do you get anxious when you leave your phone at home by accident . Do you feel separation anxiety . Unable to check facebook and google and textbook. I will neither confirm nor deny. You may have the symptoms of nomophobia. It is actually a real thing. Reporter its that instant. Palms sweating, moment of anxiety. You dont have your phone. There may not be an app for that but there is a name. Its called nomophobia as in no mobile. It refers not just to our addiction to smartphones but the fear that takes over when the battery is dead or youve left the phone at home. Some students at George Washington University Say the thought gives them chills. I would feel very naked. I know a lot of people would describe it as feeling naked. Its like a feeling of disconnectedness, really. Youre like oh, my god. I dont know whats going on in the world. Reporter college kids are not the only ones battling the symptoms. At black rock Group Public Relations in virginia the thought of being disconnected is disconcerting. If i forget my phone id probably have to go home and get it or notify everyone i dont have my phone on me because i couldnt stay in touch with people. Reporter psychologists at Iowa State University developed a short questionnaire to help you gauge the mobile addiction. So how would you answer these statements . I would feel uncomfortable without constant access to information through my smartphone . I would be annoyed to i couldnt look up information on my phone when i wanted to. Being unable to get the news on my phone would make me nervous. Running out of battery would scare me. If i didnt have my smartphone with me i would feel anxious because i couldnt instantly communicate with family and friends. Researchers say the growing nophonophobia should come as no surprise. As they become more portable multifunctional we find more ways to become attached to them, if not addicted. Reporter truth be told broadcast journalists seem to have the hardest time breaking free from the small screen. You feel like you always have to be available to everybody. You cant sit and look at the trees. You cant watch the people around you. You cant think. A short time ago ucla announced the finalists in the loeb awards. The top business journalism not just in the United States but in the whole world. Were proud to say this year nbc bay area is a finalist for the units work to expose questionable food handling by the restaurant supplier cisco. The reporter who broke the story was our very own vicky nguyen. Thanks for having us on the show to remind people what the investigation was all about. If you remember it was about a year ago, july 2013 when a tipster said to us the Worlds Largest food supplier is putting food in outdoor sheds. Where you put your furniture and things you dont want in your home. We went out and watched and we couldnt believe what we were seeing. Were looking at the video. Cysco big rigs. Raw pork that had been sitting in a shed in concord in the height of summer for five hours. We followed that actual pork to a restaurant in concord. And talked to the restaurant manager and said did you know that your food was being stored in these conditions . Thats beef strip loin steak. Dairy products, raw seafood, raw chicken. This is stuff that the law mandates has to be kept properly because its perrishable food because of all of our food safety concerns. The good thing here is that not only were you able to catch them doing it and find out it was a bigger issue but that you officially have been able to effect change. Reporter yes. It took a whole year. It was a series of reporting, surveillance bringing it to the public and the state health department. The District Attorney here in Santa Clara County and in santa cruz teamed up with eight other District Attorneys offices and reached a settlement one of the Largest Consumer protection settlements in state history. 19. 4 million that cysco agreed to pay. In fairness to them as soon as we brought this to their attention they began shutting down these sheds everywhere. Vicky congratulations on being a finalist. The other finalists are abc news. The big one. Wall street journal, and propublica and kntv. Nbc bay area. You are among giants. Reporter were honored. We mean it sincerely when we say it is an honor just to be nominated. We are grateful. True credit goes really to the folks who spoke out. Starting with the original tipster who said they couldnt bear to see this happening time and again. We are grateful. If you want to watch vickys report go to our went nbcbayarea. Com. Once there search for cysco and the investigative tab as well and find all the investigations. A reminder thats sysco, not like the router company. Nominated among giants. Here is meteorologist christina loren. She is tracking a snail this morning. Here is the story. [ slowly ] its final getting a little momentum at this hour. But this thing is moving so slow. We did the math in fact. This storm has moved a total of 15 miles over the past four hours. Final were actually getting a little activity. The showers are coming in. You can see right now up and down the peninsula starting to get some of the wet weather. The same for the westernfacing slopes surrounding san jose. Mt. Hamilton, looks like a thunderstorm has roared over that area. As we head throughout the next few hours this is intensify. Finally things getting a little Forward Motion and moving inland. You can see right now, just about to hit 280. We have some of the moderate rainfall thats going to push toward sunnyvale as we head throughout the next hour. Thunderstorms are also expected and becoming more likely because of the fact that were getting the daytime heating. The sun has actually been out for the past few hours in full force. Its kind of muggy out there if you walk outside. It feels tropical almost like florida. This is what you can expect when it comes to the thunderstorm chance. Up in the north bay, high elevations surrounding san jose mt. Hamilton the Santa Cruz Mountains as well. Fair game later on in the east bay hills. Well keep the instability in the forecast through friday afternoon, but we have the best chance for thunderstorms today into tonight. 64 degrees. Thats it for the high on the peninsula. 62 degrees in the east bay. And 64 degrees on the way to the trivalley. Weather headlines tell the story. Humid for now. Showers soon. Widespread activity. The system has the same trajectory that we were looking at early this morning. Everybody is still fair game for the shower activity. Could still actually measure. 3 to. 4 inch in the south bay. A little residual activity friday and saturday. A good idea to keep the umbrella with you. Youre not going to be using it as much as were expecting for today. Then we stay unsettled through next week. 10 to 20 chance of showers even as we meet back here next week. Let me show you the weather trend for strengths, south bay and the east bay slooevalleys. Low 60 fost San Francisco. East bay valley into the mid to upper 60s. Cooler than average across the board. Were in may. Could be in the 90s. We could be paying pg e high bills because of using our ac. Natural ac stays on for us. You dont have a high bill if youre scott mcgrew and solar panels. Toorbm brady has a very big deadline. Its coming up next. Pacific time to file his appeal for his deflategate suspension. Its four games. An investigator found brady probably knew Team Assistants cheated by deflating game balls in the afc championship game. Up next at 11 00. Not a hobby, a game changer. One man is using 3d printers to give people a second chance. Its a hightech toy with a real life payoff. 3d printing by revolutionize business. Its already impacting lives. Nbc bay area Stephanie Chuang reports on how 3d printing is giving some people the ability to walk again. Reporter the chronic foot infections began when she was 16. She didnt truly understand pain until five years later. Thats when doctors amputated her leg. There are so many ways that being an amputee is hard that you wouldnt think of because you have your limbs. Reporter she had to start all over again, beginning with baby steps. Something as simple as getting in and out of the shower without her prosthetic leg became dangerous. I have had a few times where ive fallen and i have slipped getting in and out of the shower. I have hurt myself. Its scary. Worried that i might hurt myself more. Reporter she was forced to ask for help from people at the gym to get her into the pool for instance without her prosthetic leg. Having to rely on strangers is scary. Reporter thats why jeff huber started standard cyborg. The San Francisco based startup creates prosthetic legs. The reporter his product games to serve as a secondary leg, water proof. At 799, its much cheaper than traditional ones. Nobody else in the world so far as i know has created a functional three d leg. Im an amputee myself. Reporter he experienced the difficulties of expensive and poorly designed prostheses first hand. My shoe has a big hole in it because my sock has a hole in it. The foot shell is falling apart. Reporter one made by what hes dubbed his glorified glue gun. The leg shape is scanned. The image is finalized on his computer. Then the data sent directly to his 3d printers. These mechanical arms shoot Laser Technology to mold melted plastic into just about anything. You can print an object. It has infinite complexity that traditional manufacturing methods couldnt even make. At a cheap price. The 3d printer doesnt care. Reporter its part of the maker movement. A wave of handson inventors and innovators harn eddsing the power of production by people who might be ignored by mass manufacturers motivated mostly by money. Its great. There are only a few people who would think of doing this for us. Reporter the field of personal manufacturing is in its infancy. Most products have been toys and gadgets in part because the plastics have not been strong enough. Huber says thats rapidly shifting. Within the next couple years youll see pretty cool things happening, i think. Reporter according to san jose leading Touch Technology and microcontrollers manufacture, the market for 3d printing products and services hit 2. 2 billion in 2012 and is expected to jump to 6 billion within two years and 8. 4 billion by 2020 coming mostly from the aero space and health care industries. Were in the early stages of this. It will be fascinating to see what plays out over the next 20 years. Reporter ten hours after printing and some days of waiting. Veronica perez finally got to try on her new leg. How does it feel . Lets take a few steps this way. Reporter still a work in progress but perez is giddy and grateful. I would never think of Something Like that and then be able to produce it. And like you actually did that. I think its so awesome. It certainly helps. When you want to pull your hair out to be like this is actually going to change somebodys life. I should probably figure it out. There you go. Thanks so much. Youre welcome. Reporter Stephanie Chuang nbc bay area news. You have to get the hug to an Investigative Unit exclusive. Publicly pg e has worked to build confidence in its commitment to safety and security. Especially when it comes to securing the power grid. An internal pg e memo obtained by the Investigative Unit now reveals contradictions between what pg e has said in front of our cameras and what it has said behind closed doors. The Investigative Unit interviewed Stephanie Doug lass last year. She is the companys director of corporate security. In the interview she said pg e has highlevel security at critical electric substations in northern and central california. 12 days later she wrote a memo to the president of pg e saying the company is years away from a healthy security plan. State senator jerry hill says the memo called pg es integrity into question. The memo clearly states that pg e has not done and hasnt had the resources to do what was necessary to provide the security of the infrastructure. It clearly says that she did not tell us what the facts of the situation. Pg e declined interview requests but said it is adding more funding and staffing for security since that august memo. Tonight at 11 00 the Investigative Unit shows you exactly what is inside that internal memo, and youll hear what senator hill had to say to pg e insiders who wanted the information out. If you have a tip for the Investigative Unit give us a call at 1888996tips or send an email to theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Melee at Justin Herman plaza. Skateboarders against vendors, with a lot of terrified witnesses. This is an area, of course filled with tourists and locals. It happened last week but only now are we getting some answers. Nbc bay area jean elle has the latest. Reporter this is the normally quiet vendor area at Justin Herman plaza friday night. Jen irv martinez was there. She posted video of the fight on youtube. She says it started when skateboarders brought a disagreement onto the plaza. The vendors got in between and were like stop fighting. Dont fight in the plaza area and thats when they started trashing his stuff. Reporter it took a Community Effort to end the violence. He got off his. He started pulling skate boards out of peoples hands. My partner grabbed a stick used to massage shoulders at the booth and he used that to pull people off the vendors just to separate them. Its all about deescalation. Reporter martinez says two vendors were treated for injuries at hospitals and are recovering at home. Police are investigating. The area is popular with tourists and is often full of commuters walking to and from the ferry. Martinez says there were so many people at risk she would like to see a regular police presence. Like a crazy homeless person spitting on everyone or a guy wandering around with a stick all day. We have a lot of problems that would be solved by having a police presence. Even a park ranger. Reporter the agency says it manages more than 220 parks and facilities but usually only has four park rangers on duty at a time. Jean elle, nbc bay area news. Up next at 11 00. Dangerous diving. The move to stop the deaths of abalone divers on our coast. Im sam brock. Coming up next in reality check, the truth about almond. Pained as the water waster in the drought. Is that accurate or plain nutty . Well look at the facts. Final the muchneeded rainfall is pushing into the bay area. Were also getting some pretty strong thunderstorms in parts especially over the south bay. Well track the activity to your doop doorstep and tell you what to expect for the rest of the day when nbc bay area news at 11 00 comes back in moments. Abalone diving is one of californias most dangerous outdoor pastimes. Joe rosado jr. Tagged along with a group hoping to make a live saving change along our shores. Reporter a little over twohour drive north from San Francisco will land you near salt point state park. Its a coastal scenery often described in words like beautiful and awesome. Its also a favorite destination for divers seeking the precious mollusk abalone. A lot of people take it as a delicacy. Reporter the pursuit of that delicacy elicits another word. Unforgiving. Reporter in five years some two dozen divers along the north coast have died hunting these yawned water creatures. Four deaths since the season opened last month. It is a dangerous activity. One of the things we want to stress out here is safety. Reporter an a recent day in salt point, al of the dive shop. You have to spend time watching the ocean. Reporter led a safety course for firsttime abalone divers. Down at the base of the rocks in the knocks and crannies is where you will find abalone. A lot of people get in trouble by not being familiar with the ocean. Slide it upped and pop it up. Reporter they utilize free diving relying on a wet suit mask fins and snorkel to reach the cloistered terrain of submerged rocks. The hazards that have stricken divers here are a mixed bag. Mostly what people die of is drowning and heart attacks. Reporter there are entanglements in kelp frigid currents hazardous rocks and shark attacks. The ocean is nothing to mess with. If you slip up it will make you pay for it. Reporter like most veteran divers rick has a story of a close call. I went in the last day one season and the waves were really tall. Barely made it in. It was stupid. Bad conditions. Panic is never your friend. Reporter the group of divers falls under the watch of california state park life guard nate buck. People get into trouble up and down the coast. They drive a long way and get here, no matter what the ocean conditions are, they get in. Reporter even on this relatively mellow day, buck and a fellow life guard are nearly pressed into action as another pair of divers drift dangerously close to the rocks. Fortunately the pair swims safely to shore. After an hour and a half diving, so is the class from sonoma coast divers. With a successful catch of abalone. Among the firsttimers napa wine maker sebastian. Youre happy youre down. The first thing you think is i am in the wrong place right now. I want to be back up there. You just freak out a little bit. Reporter still, he said the potential dangers wouldnt deter him from coming back. You hear that all the time. Reporter the power and beauty of the coast is a stunning distraction from the perils and risks but a statistic shows that many many more divers will land in harms way, chasing these shy, reclusive delicacies. Not everybody wants to risk their life for getting a snail. Reporter joe rosado jr. Nbc news. From the water to not the water. People pointing the finger about the drought. Millions of homeowners facing mandatory rationing, farmers being scrutinized and Almond Growers are getting the most attention. But are they really draining our precious water . Sam brock has todays reality check. Reporter you might call california the fruit basket of the United States. More than half of the nations fruits, nuts and vegetables are grown right here. Pair that production with the drought of historic proportions and you know why farmers and state leaders are scrambling right now to save what precious water we have left. Enter the one crop thats taken the brunt of the blame. The california almonds. For california farmers you can say life has been well kind of nuts these days. Plants and fields are thirsty, without much water to go around. So it makes sense for critics to start searching for a scapegoat. But is americas number one snack nut, shown here in video provided by the almond board of california really as bad as its cracked up to be . Lets look at a recent report from the bay area based Pacific Institute that draws on years of numbers from the department of water resources. It shows almonds and miss tashpistachios are tied for fourth in water intensity. They average about four feet of water. Above almonds on the list rice alfalfa and pasture. Rice and alfalfa average five feet of water although alfalfa can get all the way up to six. Take a look at the data says Dennis Baldocchi and youll see almonds are getting a bad rap. These trees produce variable crops. Both economically and also nutritionally. This is why almonds i think are they shouldnt be demonized. I guess the biggest question we need to ask our society is how many acres and how many tons of them do we need given the precious water that we have statewide. Reporter the number of almond farms has steadily increased. Nearly doubling in the past decade. But other water intensive crops like alfalfa take up far more real estate in california. Alfalfa feeds livestock to support californias number one agricultural commodity, Dairy Products or gets shipped overseas to countries like china and japan. Bottom line there are far more e egregious water wasters but almonds still rank as californias number two agricultural export and california is the worlds leading producer of almonds. Not a bad bang for the buck says baldocchi who would like to change the script on these popular nuts. Solutions to the problems are more complex than simple bromides almonds are bad or good. You have to think carefully about what crops you want to grow, how much water theyll use and whats the true cost of this. Reporter we spoke with the almond board of california which says their farmers are reporting different numbers than what we just showed you. Thats because a crops theoretical water need doesnt account for soil types and rainfall. They say in actuality they need three feet of water per acre not four. The bottom line is the same. Almonds do require a lot of water but theyre not at the top of the list for california crops. Im sam brock. Thats this edition of reality check. Back to you. I cant believe were shipping water everyoverseas. It is good to know. I think a lot of people bought into it. Its not quite fair. I do know christina loren, were going to have to change our behavior. Once again were talking about the drought while rain is in the forecast. Always the case isnt it. You know what . This time of year this is such a welcome sign for all of us. Scott, kris, everybody at home. Our storm is moving in. About six hours late but better late than never is what i always like to say. We have such a great radar capability here at nbc bay area, you can see the heavy cell right now located over 280 as you drive through loss altos. There is a tech that exits right there at page road. A lot of people who work in the tech industry. Finally getting the rain over places where people actually live, not just over the local mountains. Although what youll notice here, mt. Hamilton getting quite a bit of activity as we speak as well. Here is the deal. Because we had to wait on these showers, the sun came out, it warmed up our atmosphere, so the chance for us to see strong thunderstorms has actually improved over the past few hours. And whats so interesting about this storm system even though it just sat out there stationary over the pacific for the past four to five hours, it has maintained its organization. It is still very strong. And as we head throughout the next couple hours, it does look like its going to get that Forward Momentum to move inland. Its a very bizarre track. Its moving from south to north. Everybody still expecting the widespread activity as we head throughout the day. And if you walk outside, if you havent been out there just yet, it feels muggy and sticky out there. At least for now well get some raincooled air later today. 64 on the peninsula. 62 for the east shore and 65 degrees out in wine country. So thunderstorms are expected later on today. And not just over the local mountains. We could see them develop there and then drift over some of your valleys, especially san martin gilroy. You want to keep that in mind. This could be a very active day if we get all of the ingredients that we need. Right now weve got the instability. Were getting that daytime heating. We could see some cool air rush in. And that would interrupt things. But i can tell you right now, were still fair game for these thunderstorms. Especially over tahoe where were expecting snow down to 5500 feet, 1 to 2 feet of snow from this system. Also expecting those thunderstorms here over our local mountains. The best bet will be over the Santa Cruz Mountains, westernfacing slopes surrounding san jose and the east bay hills. In addition to that were also going to bring in the north bay mountains as an area that could see that activity. So humid for today. Weather headlines tell the story. Showers on the way to your neighborhood soon. Residual showers tomorrow and saturday morning as well. Nothing heavy. Today the most active day. The pattern remains unsettled through next week through next week. The jet stream isnt going anywhere. Your temperatures will stay steady from saturday into sunday. Keeps us at a 10 to 20 chance of showers through next thursday. Its bizarre but a good bizarre. How bizarre back to you. Thank you much. Up next at 11 00, a foulmouthed parrot is causing quite a stir in treacy. Why neighbors complaint rula is teaching children those bad words. Tweet this. The easiest way to boost your job chances is by jumping into social media. Not having a professional Online Presence can hurt your shot for a new job according to Career Builders annual social Media Recruitment survey. It found more than half of employers are using social networking sites like linked n to research job candidates. In 2013 that was below 40 . About one third of employers say theyre less likely to interview candidates that they cant find online. You put too much on online and they dont want to talk to you either. The mouth of a bird brain in tracy has people covering their ears. The problem participately this parrot rula. The owner says the bird tends to say its own name but a neighbor says she has proof rula says the word meaning prostitute in spanish which is similar sounding. You can look it up if you want to. Animal control is now involved. Officers have responded to more than a dozen complaints. They cant confirm the bird is cursing even if it is if youll excuse me, ruffling some feathers. You cant unteach a naughty word. Well be right back. Highway ended up looking more like a fruit smoothie when a truck flipped spilling hundreds of water melons. 30 minutes east of tampa, florida, last night. Officers say the truck flipped because the weight of the fruit shifted when the truck hit a curve. The good news though the driver was not seriously hurt. I admire their not just jumping on them. I would because im a 12yearold boy at heart. Thank you for joining us. Our next newscast is at 5 00. Get the latest information anytime of day at nbcbayarea. Com or any of the social media platforms. Today on access Hollywood Live, matt lauer will be joining us to talk about his bicycle ride from boston to new york for charity. I cant wait to see what hes going to wear for that one. And from the blacklist megan boone delivers some juicy details about tonights season finale. 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