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Tracking the storms sincehe begiing of the we. Timing . Ats thlatest anim kari wx chroma kris anim along with watching karis forecast you can also stay on top of the weathe all right. Thank you very much, kari. Along with watching karis forecast you can stay on top of the weather with our nbc bay area app. Download it today, get ahead of the storm and get alerts on when that rain is 30 minutes away from your home or work. Okay. Right now a storm cloud of protesters is followed around at every stop hes made up and down the west coast. The bright bart editor is taking heat for what he feels is an jnd of white nationalism. His next stop is the cal berkeley campus. Nbc bay areas bob redell is joining us from the campus. Bob, theres been violence from previous events. Are they bracing for a chaotic scene here . Reporter good morning to you, sam. U. C. Berkeley police tell us there could be as many as a thousand or perhaps even more people out here pro testing the speech when he speaks tonight at 8 00 here at the student union. You can see the barricades are up. The Police Department has called in officers from other u. C. Campuses to help out. And theyve also alerted the Alameda County Sheriffs Office and Berkeley Police to be on stand by. Organizers of this protest have stated on facebook it is their intention to shut down the speech tonight and prevent what they say is a right wing hate speech against women and minorities. A leader in the altright movement has been accused of being a racist, misogynist and white supremacist. About 100 people protested peacefully last night at cal poly. Last month a protest turned dangerous when one person was shot at the university of washington. Protesters at u. C. Davis became so rowdy he had to cancel his appearance there. A number of cal students and professors have asked the university to cancel tonights appearance, but the administration will not. Citing his right to free speech and the campus republicans right to invite him to speak here. Even though the University Chancellor publicly calls him a troll and a pro vok or. I say bring him. Let him speak. Everyone has a free right to speak. You know, whats on their minds and let them speak. This the cal. University of california. Thats what makes it so great. I know friends attending on both sides just to hear what he has to say, his thoughts. It is very important. One part of the culture here at berkeley, or at least on my part is to really understand all points of view, and im pretty conservative. And for me being on the liberal campus, that is an important aspect. I think this goes contrary to the narrative thats in the news lately that you cant speak your mind at u. C. Berkeley. So, if youre conservative or if you have opinions that are a little more to the right, i think you can still express those here. Reporter in the past he denied he is racist or white supremacist. He points out his boyfriend is africanamerican, that people are too politically correct and take his humor too literally. U. C. Berkeley police wont divulge how much they are beefing up their presence for tonights speech but are aware of what happened at davis and university of washington and are planning accordingly. In spite of the outcry over the appearance tonight here at the college campus, there are a number of people who want to hear him speak. His event sold out within 48 hours. Reporting live here at the cal campus in berkeley, bob redell, nbc bay area news. All right, thank you very much, bob. So, now to washington, d. C. Where President Donald Trump said political gridlock stalled the Supreme Court pick. It may be time for the Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell to, quote, go nuclear. That would mean changing senate rules to make it impossible to filibuster a high Court Nominee. U. S. Supreme Court Nominee is on capitol hill today. Hes meeting will lawmakers and members of the Senate Judiciary committee. Kris, this comes on the heels of Senate Republicans already changing the rules once today after democrats boycotted hearings for two trump nominees. As a result, health and Human Services nominee tom price and treasury secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin are going to go ahead and get full senate votes. Meantime the Senate Judiciary committee advanced Jeff Sessions nomination for attorney general without a single democratic vote. California senator Diane Feinstein delivered fiery criticism before saying no. Hanging it up instead of hanging ten, mavericks, the world famous surf event might be wiped out. Nbc bay area was the first to break that nusz last nights and now today nbc bay areas pete suratos is joining us from Half Moon Bay with official word the organizer are filing for bankruptcy, pete. Reporter yeah, good morning to you, kris. And were standing here in front of the mavericks surf shot in Half Moon Bay. Theyre telling us now it looks like this event will be called off because Cartel Management has filed for bankruptcy. According to the folks here they were blind sided, hearing about did on the news. We know Cartel Management has filed for that bankruptcy along with mavericks llc. They filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The mavericks shop we are at is a separate entity from the management so the shop is still in place and not going anywhere. As we reported Cartel Management has had Financial Issues in the past. Most recently a 1 million lawsuit it lost last year in l. A. , that was not related to mavericks. There were also other problems which included unpaid bill, unpaid contest permits, and lawsuit filed by a former sponsor red bull. We did speak to a surfer and long time friend of the mavericks owners. As the competition has grown over the years, shes seen organizers come and go. Theres been other organizations that werent able to sponsor the contest on a continual basis, so, its had some different iterations. It will continue on. Reporter now, Cartel Management did put out a statement. Here is a portion of it im going to read to you. It read, quote, the chapter 11 filings by titans of maverick and Cartel Management represent the culmination of a strategy designed to implement a sale of the assets and intellectual property of the companies to afford a buyer certain protection available only in bankruptcy. Titans and mavericks intends for such a sale to ensure smoothest transition of the business and operations. Now, the friend i spoke to said they rallied together in the past to put together their on maverick surfing contest, even prize money. There is no word if theyre planning to do that this year. Were live in Half Moon Bay, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. All right, pete, thank you very much. Now to a developing story out of san jose where an Investigation Continues into what prompted a deadly shooting overnight in east san jose. We brought you live breaking coverage of that story on today in the bay starting at 4 30. The violence unfolded at a strip mall on tully and quill by roads not far from the east ridge mall. When Police Officers arrived, they found a man with gunshot wounds at 10 00 last night. That man has still not been identified and were waiting for a suspect description and a motive. This marks the citys fourth homicide of the year on the heels of last years 25year record for homicides. Well, today the deputy who first looked for sierra lamars cell phone after she disappeared is on the stand in the Death Penalty trial of her accused killer. The deputy also questioned registered secti registered sex offenders about her disappearance. They told jurors yesterday deputies did not follow proper protocol when collecting evidence inside lamars back pack hinting that deputies might have tainted it. He also claims there was no visible hair found on a rope discovered in the truck of torres car which contradicts what prosecutors said. Lamars body has never been found so dna evidence in this case is critical. And if they can suggest the dna is not properly analyzed, it wasnt properly collected and if its not reliable, that completely undermines a case where there is no crime scene and there is no body. Prosecutors also called to the stand gilroy mayor who was trained in search and rescue and helped in that search at the time. They are among what could be a hundred witnesses expected to testify in this case. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo is in that courtroom tweeting updates and well have a live report at 5 00 and 6 00 tonight. The widow of the orlando shooter appeared in a courtroom in oakland today. She is ordered to have a mental evaluation. Salman married to mateen, he master minded the deadly shooting back in june. The fbi arrested salman in row day owe earlier this month. Her attorney was planning to ask for a lower bail amount today. Sold out water mark conference for women Silicon Valley started a few hours ago and a familiar face helped to kickoff the conference. So, make the most of your day. That is, of course, our own laura garcia canaan. She was the mc for the earlier event. The conference teaches leadership, gender inclusion. Digital strategy and of course personal and professional growth. All right. Here is a list of who is going to be speaking today. Sheryl sandberg, former secretaries of state, multiple, Madelein Albright and condaleeza rice and actress viola davis. They will be doing the honors this afternoon, 6,000 plus people at that event. Huge honor there. They couldnt have picked two better em sees. A School Board Leader coming under fire for what he said online. Tweets causing controversy in the school district. And the tour of california is going to be riding through the south bay once again. The new route that is going to take cyclists right through san jose. Plus, moms, how are you going to hear the school bus coming if it doesnt make any noise . Well take a look in business today. Adlib numbers emcee emce all right. You see some green behind the folks on the New York Stock Exchange this morning and the markets are showing more green after hitting a bit of a snag earlier in the week. Right now the nasdaq is up almost 30 points. The s p 1 1 2, and the dow jones is up 35 points. All right, i love this. You know your child is running behind in the morning when you hear the school bus and the child is still eating. You cant prod them along soon. Buses will be electric meaning you wont hear buses coming at all. Scott mcgrew got a chance to see one up close. Good morning. A Canadian School bus maker called lion is showing off their new buses. Theyll start transporting kids in a Sacramento School district. They expect to expand to a lot of other School Districts as new laws require those schools to get rid of older, more polluting buses. Each bus can go 100 miles on a single charge. Now, the company is based in quebec, canada. Its going to open a factory in california. I asked the ceo if that new factory had anything to do with his fears of nafta going away. Because if and when President Trump kills nafta, canadian products will become more expensive. The ceo said, no, california is just going to be a big enough market where it makes sense to build buses here. But American Companies are worried about nafta and trumpS Immigration policies as well. Theres a really interesting plan. Some Tech Companies are making to move workers out of california and into canada. Vancouver specifically. Particularly foreignborn h 1 b workers if the president tries to send them home. Skilled engineers from india or china, theyre calling this operation true north. We already knew that peter thiel who is an immigrant from germany, had plans to get residency in new zealand. But new documents show hes been granted full citizenship. Teal told the kiwi government hell probably still live in america, but said in this filing for citizenship that, quote, no other country aligns more with my view of the future than new zealand. Not only that, but he made those statements and applied for citizenship years before he made the appearance at the Gop Convention and publicly supported donald trump. Now, theres nothing illegal about any of this, of course, but you have to wonder what that patriotic crowd might have thought if they knew that the man at the podium was working on getting citizenship in a different country when he was telling them how Great America was. Back to you. Thats a story you will see only on nbc bay area. An east Bay School Board trustee is tweeting up some controversy. He tweeted his support for trumps executive order on immigration, breaking away from the slew of local leaders and educators who had condemned that travel ban. He also tweeted a flurry of messages from protrump, antimuslim accounts. I dont care what the office says. I dont care what anyone says. Were going to follow the law and worry about protecting students. So, this in no way reflects the views of the agency. Bell says he is tweeting as a private citizen, not as a representative of the school board. He works for Contra Costa County office of education. The city of berkeley has reached a legal settlement in connection with the response by police during a 2014 protest. Protesters and journalists sued over the use of force during a black lives matter protest in december of 2014. Many of them were struck with batons. The city agreed to 125,000 pay out for seven different plaintiffs. The city of berkeley also agreed to police use of force reform. Councilmembers will meet later this month to officially sign off on that settlement. People signing up for Health Insurance through covered california have a little extra time to finish those applications. The the new deadline is saturday. The catch is you had to have started the application before the deadline which was midnight. The Trump Administration is also extending the deadline on federal exchange crafted by the Affordable Care act. And the tour of california will wind its way through the state and that once again includes going through san jose, one of my favorite things of the year. The race features cyclists from all around the world and will cover 600 miles from sacramento to pasadena. A year after skipping the bay area, the race will now include san jose for the 11th time of the 12 years of the event. However, unlike past years, its not going to go through downtown. They moved it to san jose foothills because it makes for better racing and less gridlock downtown. The race starts may 14th. All right. May be some complaints and squeaky wheel gets the grease. A look right now, new video from butte county. Check out that water being released from the lake gushing down. Thats because there is not enough room and water officials are making room for more water. Expected from the upcoming storm. The lake about 80 miles north of sacramento is one of the largest reservoirs in the state of california. Weve seen it open on some of our smaller reservoirs. Theyre doing it right as we speak. We are expecting another couple inches of rain and one that runs down to the reservoirs. More issues, and we are tracking the rain. And also keeping you up to date on whats happening. Thank you, kris, for sending me this beautiful picture when you were out reporting earlier this morning. Take a look at that sunrise. If youre following me on facebook and twitter, you can send me your weather pictures. Ayesha sent me this picture of pacifica this morning. Absolutely gorgeous sunrise. This is what were seeing right now in oakland, some cloudy skies, a couple of raindrops here and there. For the most part, the weather is still dry. Our temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Napa right now at 53 degrees, 52 in San Francisco. A lot of green on the map. Moisture starting to stream in. Its been producing some light rain, but still not seeing any of the heavier downpours just yet. As we get a closer look at the north bay from napa over towards vacaville, and we are still going to see this rain off and on through the rest of the day. Also the winds picking up. Winds are rushing in from the south. Well start to see more of a stronger southerly wind later on this evening along the coast line, thats where the winds will be the strongest. And we will have the highest gusts at about 2 00 to 3 00 in the morning with more of those scattered showers starting to move in. Half moon bay looking at those wind speeds sustained at 37 miles an hour, may be even higher with gusts up to 50 in the inland areas, at about 20 to 25 miles an hour with some of those winds picking up. And it still stays breezy throughout the day tomorrow. Looking at the time line for when well start to see some of the heavier rain moving in, looks like by our 11 00 newscast well start to see some of the showers becoming more scattered and then some heavier downpours early in the morning, three or 4 00 well have rain moving in that will briefly be heavy and scattered activity throughout the day tomorrow. This is storm system number one. You can see the swirl of the clouds, and this will take a couple of days to work its way through the bay area. And well have a brief break before storm system number two moves in, and thats expected on sunday. All of this bringing a lot of rain and some sierra snow. Looking at our temperatures now, going to stay in the 50s in San Francisco. Look at how unsettled it stays, meaning more rounds of rain in the forecast throughout the weekend and early next week and ill of course keep you up to date on all of that. Ill have another look at the forecast. Well talk more about the sierra coming up a little bit later. All right. We look forward to t. Thank you, kari. Coming up next, the raiders may not be leaving for las vegas after all. The new set back that is keepling a stadium from being built in sin city. But first happening right now as kari was just telling us, shes tracking the next round of storms moving in for tonight and then of course for tomorrow morning during your commute. We are already preparing storm coverage with our team across the bay area. Get immediate text alerts and live look at radar with our nbc bay area app. Plus new information exposed about the widow of the man accused of carrying out an attack in atlanta that left people dead, the deadly est attack in history. She posted letters to can to be released from jail to be with her mom in florida. Were back in two minutes. With the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. Stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Download the xfinity tv app today. Vegas has hit a snag. Heres a live look athe raiders rrent home. The raiders planned move to las vegas hit a snag as we look live at the oakland coliseum, their current home and what could be their home for a while. Starting to look like it. The possible stadium deal in sin city is on shaky ground and it is all about money. Nbc bay areas ian cole filed this report last night on the problems. Reporter the raiders stadium plan in las vegas fumbling. First casino mobile Sheldon Adelson announced he was out. The raiders back up for financing Goldman Sachs is also stepping away. Theyve lost their momentum. Reporter the proposed stadium once looked like a lock to woo the silver and black. Now raiders owner mark davis has to go out and find at least 650 million elsewhere. It comes back to the original point which everybody looks at, what percentage of the team is mark davis willing to give up to have a partner with billions of dollars to help him build. Reporter the shake up encouraging the cofounder of save oakland sports. This vegas deal is looking more and more like it was going to be a reality. To have this thing all of a sudden like the rug pulled out from under them lack of a better way to say it really statd i can. Reporter tweeting on his plans to keep the team here. We will keep working for everything we can in oakland and Alameda County communities and businesses and for the raiders. The news reviving raider nation feeling oakland is still in the game. Get a new stadium, theyll be set. Reporter ian cole, nbc bay area news. Coming up an inmate still on the run. The details about that suspects past that may have police on the right trail. For an escaped inmate. We brought you live eakin stati there is an intense search for an escaped inmate and we first brought you the start of that search during breaking News Coverage yesterday at this time. And this continues. The search for sean nu who was on the way to skrks fo to be transported back to kentucky suddenly police say he jumped out of the back of their car at 880 and hayward and escaped. Nbc bay area cheryl hurd filed this yesterday on the search. He could be anywhere. He could be knocked on somebodys door. Reporter a major concern for Delfino Vasquez who knows the Alameda County sheriffs deputies are actively searching for sean nu. Maybe scared of somebody kicking your door in, shoving you in, and holding you hostage until this clears. Reporter he is wanted in kentucky for credit card fraud case. He was recently arrested in hayward on a dui charge. Boon county kentucky sheriffs deputies were transporting him from the santa rita jail from sfo on 880 near a street in traffic when he jumped out of the back seat in handcuffs and started running down the freeway. Authorities conducting a massive search and didnt find him. Its a rental car. I dont know if the child locks were placed on it. That will have to come from kentucky. Reporter boon county sheriffs tells nbc bay area the rental didnt have Child Safety Locks and they didnt put leg shackles opt inmate because they were facing a long flight back home. We stay up late. Reporter vasquez says the neighborhood wont be resting easy tonight. He could be still in the community here locally, in my opinion. Keep your doors locked, i guess, right . Every night. That was cheryl hurd reporting. Deputies say the best advice is to keep those doors locked all the time. And nu has a thin build, 61, hes 165 pounds. If you encounter him, you should contact your local Police Department. Well, this just the latest manhunt in the bay area. The suspected bank robber who was accused of leading police on a chase and man huntd in Santa Cruz Mountains last week is going to be in court today. Police say the 21yearold cruz vargas robbed a bank last week creating delays on highway 17. He was eventually caught. You see the video on a construction site in san jose. The fbi is offering a 21,000 reward to capture the Northern California Bank Robber Known as the khaki bandit. Here is surveillance photos from the banks hes robbed. The banks are in napa and sacramento and the chick owe area as well. He has been known to wear khaki pants thus the nickname during those robberies. Back to the first 100 days and some local ties to responses to the Trump Administrations legislation and executive orders. Santa clara county is among those taking the Trump Administration to Court Challenging the executive order on immigration. County gets close to a billion dollars in federal funding every year and that could be in jeopardy. County supervisors voted unanimously to go ahead with the lawsuit last night. Santa clara is a sanctuary county. Leaders say President Trumps executive orders require compliance with ice and other security agencies in order to get 300 million of promised federal money. The county says it could lose much more than that. With the leverage on the 300 million, the matching money that we gain with that 300 million, we could lose up to a billion dollars and thats onefifth of our budget. If Santa Clara County were to lose that money, official say that there would be cuts to Services Like Emergency Rooms and Mental Health clinics. San francisco is also headed to court. We carried this press Conference Live as well at the start of our show yesterday. The city is the first to sue President Trump over his executive order on sanctuary cities. City attorney Dennis Herera filed a lawsuit yesterday. His goal, stopping the president from withholding federal funding for sanctuary cities who refuse to help immigration officers. Herera says the president has gone too far in his new order is unconstitutional. San francisco gets approximately 1. 2 billion in federal funding every year. Another major showdown in washington where democrats are taking steps to staal the confirmation vote for several of President Trumps cabinet nominees. Nbcs Haley Jackson reports. Reporter today a boycott and its backlash on capitol hill. Democrats demanding more information from two of President Trumps picks. Responding to questions of senators, getting Accurate Information matters. Reporter threatening a no show again today, Democrats Holding up confirmation votes, citing their questions about investments by Health Agency pick tom price and Business Banking dealings by treasury secretary nominee steven mnuchin. Now gridlock with republicans raging. I think they ought to stop posturing and acting like idiots. Reporter the gop in 2013 similarly boycotted then epa pick Jen A Mccarthy while this latest move by democrats will slow down the president s cabinet confirmations republicans likely still have the numbers to ultimately eventually push the picks through. That also includes senator Jeff Sessions who aa peers on his way to becoming the next attorney general. His Committee Vote becoming a flash point for democratic anger. On these executive orders and on firing sally yates, i am very fearful that we are careening toward a constitutional crisis, literally a legal nightmare. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan, while backing the president S Immigration stance, acknowledging its rocky roll out. I think its regrettable that there was some confusion on the roll out of this. Reporter hes talking about that newly implemented travel ban. Though thats not how press Secretary Sean Spicer is now describing it. Well, first of all its not a travel ban. Reporter thats different from what he said sunday. Its a 90day ban. And from what the president called it saturday. Were going to have a strict ban. Reporter Kristen Welker asking for clarity. The president himself called it ban. Is he confused or are you confused . Im not confused. I think the words being used to describe it are derived from what the media is calling this. He has been very clear it is extreme vetting. Reporter massachusetts, new york and San Francisco now joining the lawsuit against the executive order with reports amazon supports the suit, and backlash against another business, starbucks from some Trump Supporters after the company pledged to hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years. The immigration debate turning up the heat on the hill with education pick betsy devos in the spotlight. Shes facing accusations of plagiarism. The Washington Post now reporting answers she provided to senators seemed very similar to a past Obama Administration press release. Devos writing, every child deserves to attend school in a safe, supportive environment where they can learn, thrive, and grow. Many of the responses look copied and pasted from previous statements. Reporter a white house official calling that character assassination, and a desperate attempt to discredit betsy devos. That was Kristen Welker reporting, another issue that has come under fire here is the administrations position on Climate Change. Now the long list of california professors have signed an open letter to President Trump urging him not to withdraw from the paris climate agreement. This is just some of the more than 2000 faculty members who have signed the Climate Change message. Theyre from u. C. And c. S. U. Campuses along with cal tech and other schools. That letter argues that Global Warming is real and that bold action must be taken now. They are urging President Trump to abide by the paris climate accords signed last year along with nearly 200 other nations. Gaining praise from renters, san jose leaders reportedly modified an element of the citys rent control program. The mercury news reports that councilmembers yesterday eliminated a plan that allows landlords to effectively bank the unused portions of rent hikes in any given year to tuse them later. Rent hikes of up to 5 per year. San jose is in the process of implementing this new rent control program. Happening today, the battle in richmond over rent control heads to a courtroom. A Contra Costa County judge will halt a rent control measure approved by voters last year. Todays hearing follows a series of delays that began in early january. If the injunction is approved by a judge, the law would be on hold until the appeals play out in court. Rent control supporters plan to rally before this hearing. Many are asking what is behind a recent outbreak of measles in l. A. County. This is a new state law mandating vaccinations for School Children has been in effect for few months. Infectious disease expert worries the new law may not be as effective as hoped even though parents are complying and getting their children vaccinated. And in california, the kindergarten vaccination rate is about 94 . So, thats pretty darn good. It turns out, however, that measles being so infectious, that you need an even higher immunization rate than that. That was dr. Blum berg there who says it is going to be difficult to push the vaccine rate higher in california as exemptions continue for children under one year of age, and for people with weakened immune systems. A wake up call about many of those over the counter sleep aids millions of people take before bed. So popular that americans spend more than 425 million a year on. Yes, specifically startling new evidence that many are being misused. People not realizing it can lead to serious side effects. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has more. Reporter before sunrise in st. Louis, and she is up and ready to go. Im a morning person. Reporter a far cry from just a few months ago. I was cranky. Reporter she couldnt sleep. So, she turned to over the counter sleep aids. I tried tylenol p. M. , aleve p. M. , excedrin p. M. , the nighttime. Reporter and for how long were you taking those . A couple years. Reporter shes not alone. Report found 18 of those who take over the counter sleep aids in the past year did so on a daily basis. 41 said they had taken them for a year or longer. Sometimes they can be dangerous. Reporter a big concern for sleep doctors. We know some of the common ingredients can cause liver damage. We know ibuprofen can cause ulcers or kidney damage. Reporter most over the counter sleep medicines contain an allergy medication which also happens to make people sleepy. Okay to take for up to two weeks, but doctors say potentially dangerous for much longer. In a statement that Consumer Health Care Products association said these drugs are approved by the fda to treat occasional sleeplessness, not longterm sleep disorders or insomnia. She has now adjusted her sleeping routine. Always going to bed and waking up at the same time, keeping the room cool and dark. She now sleeps through the night, no medicine. I was real amazed. Reporter a big awakening for a woman who once thought she couldnt do it without pill. Kristen dahlgren, nbc news, st. Louis. All right. Moving up here, we have rain coming in and weve been talking about that coming in tonight, but there is some light rain in the north bay right now, kari. Yeah, the rain he will gets heavier as we go into tonight. Coming up in four minutes, well talk about that time line and what to expect as this rain continues to become more widespread going into the day. Thats in the micro climate forecast. Dozens of people complaining that they are sent to collections before receiving a bill. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds next. South bay viewers who sent the same complaint to us. Sam 2shot they say abu nbc bay area responds to 25 south bay viewers who sent us the same complaint. Yeah, they say that an Ambulance Company sent a debt collector after even sending them a bill. Nbc bay area chris chmura took their calls. Good morning. The dollar amounts varied from 1,000 to 3,000 each, but the story was the same. In all 25 cases, people told us they had required an ambulance a little more than two years ago. But in the middle of 2016 they got an unexpected notice from a debt collector. I was shocked because i never had like any news from rural metro about a bill or anything. Rural metro is the name of the company that operates ambulances for Santa Clara County. In a statement, rural metro acknowledged that it sends an unknown number of accounts to collections in error. It told us the billing issue resulted from a processing change that was made when rural metro came out of bankruptcy. We forwarded the 25 complaints we received to rural metro. It closed all of them, erasing almost 35,000 in debts for our viewers. But theres more. Tonight at 11 00, well explain what the debt collector did when it discovered the error and well explain what to do if you are in the same predicament. If you have a consumer complaint, call us. The number is 888996 tips. Or visit nbcbayarea. Com responds. Ill see you tonight at 11 00. It must be great to be chris chmura. Youre welcome, i helped you. Thousands of dollars falling from the sky. Amazing. Kari, you help us every single day, you make sure were wearing our galoshes when were supposed to. Not saving you money, though. Not a lot of sun screen. Dont worry about that. Heres a live look side. Were barely getting any sun here and its been mostly cloudy. Were even starting to see some of the that rain moving in. And weve also been having some poor air quality in the north bay. Another spare the air alert in effect, and that will hopefully be discontinued after this evening once this storm system moves in. Right now its 50 degrees in fairfield. Its 52 in San Francisco. Oakland 54 degrees. And 53 in san jose. Some temperatures in the 50s, but heading into the low 60s later on in mill pepitas, 62 di. A little cooler than it was yesterday. Danville 62 degrees will be the high, 58 in vallejo, 59 in san mateo and in San Francisco looking at those highs, and the Marina District at 58 degrees and 59 in know vat owe. So, expecting more clouds, some off and on light rain as the storm system approaches it will start out initially with some light rain and some breezy winds. Starting to see a lot of green here on the for the north bay for marin and sonoma as well as southern napa counties extending over toward fairfield as well. And we will continue to see this becoming more widespread and a little bit heavier as we go through the day. Models are showing more of the heavier rain moving in later on this evening. Right around midnight, a few of those isolated cells that produce some really heavy rainfall for just a little while. Well see this off and on throughout. Tonight winds picking up and the rain continues into tomorrow mornings commute. Still looking at some breezy winds and some off and on rain throughout the day tomorrow. Rainfall totals look to reach anywhere from a half of an inch maybe up to an inch for parts of the bay area and the highest rain in the north bay where we will see that rain a little while longer. We have two storm systems were watching. This is the first one. The second storm system moving in for the end of the weekend, and into the start of next week. All of this bringing some additional snow starting late tonight for the sierra. A live look at north star and lake tahoe golf course shows that we still have a lot of snow on the ground. Snow fall totals look to reach about another six to 12 inches, maybe a little bit higher for some of those higher elevations. And here in the bay area, looking at some more spotty rain in San Francisco, off and on showers throughout the weekend. Maybe a little bit of a break there on saturday, but not much of a break from all of this rain. Ill keep you up to date on that and ill have another quick look at the forecast coming up a little bit later. Kris and sam. Thank you very much, kari. Coming up we are get ag a preview of one of the super bowl ads that will play this sunday while sam is filling up on wings. This commercial from budweiser, though, stirring up controversy. Strummed guitar you cant experience the Canadian Rockies through a screen. You have to be here, with us. Theres only one way to travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. And thats with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. Canadas Rocky Mountains await. Call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. Way into the big game. Its not uncommon for companies to unveil their ads days before the super bl. Now to the super bowl and how politics has even made its way into the big game. It is not uncommon or companies to unveil their ads days before the super bowl to maximize the buck also no doubt budweiser is getting plenty of attention for its ad. The story of an immigrant. Something as political joe frier reports the beer maker says otherwise. You dont look like youre from around here. Reporter its an epic tale told in 60 second. The real life story of Company Founder who in 1857 moved from native germany to the u. S. We dont want you here. Go back home. Ment reporter the ad drama tieses his way to st. Louis where he eventually meets his business partner, ever heart an highser. This is the beer drink. Reporter with the nation now deeply divided over trumpS Immigration order, the commercial has struck a cord with many on social media. There is praise, good on you, budweiser. We are a nation of immigrants. And theres criticism. Lets keep political issues where they belong. Government. I dont think budweiser meant it as a political statement, but its become part of the dialogue, and it will be a very anticipated spot because of that. Reporter for budweiser, the ad in development for nearly a year is about heritage. An highser bush said we believe beer should be bipartisan. It did not set out to create a piece of political commentary. However, we recognize that you cant reference the American Dream today without being part of the conversation. Who that . Reporter no doubt this years ad is a dramatic departure from the lighter fair of super bowls past. From the budweiser frog that generated laughs to the adorable puppy that produced plenty of tears. And of course budweisers beloved clieds dalz. Advertisers are always looking to breakthrough during the super bowl like apple did with its infamous 1984 ad. This sunday experts expect most companies will try to make noise without making a political statement. That was joe frier reporting there. I dont know about you, but those budweiser frogs have a special place in my heart. So far most this years ads are focused on humor and nostalgia. A steep investment, 30 second spot is going for about 5 million. No pressure. They spent that kind of money. Whats up. Need that had commercial. Well be right back. Game night is our daughter allies favorite night. And knowing that her favorite General Mills big g cereals are glutenfree, like honey nut cheerios, rice chex and lucky charms, she can enjoy it her way. Try new very berry cheerios. The taste of real fruit in every bite. So berry good. Teacher is definitely a hit at his North Carolinalementasch thats because he has a special personalized handshake for the teacher had a hit with the North Carolina elementary school. He has a special personalized handshake for each student in his threeth grade classes. And his name is barry white, jr. He teaches literacy. He figured he could build trust with his students. White says he is a cavs fan and watching lebron james shake hands with his teammates inspired him, though sam brock is questioning his motivation. Not his motivation, his inspiration. I think dwyane wade as a big part of those hand shakes. I think barry white might be a genius. Can you imagine remembering 50 different handshakes. Do you want to make one up after the show . We have a hard time remembering one. The forecast. We have some rain coming in. Were starting to see some light showers. This will become more widespread after we go through the day. The evening commute may be a little bit wet for some, but the heavy est rain rolls in tonight with some gusty winds and some patches of heavy downpours. So, well have more updates on that as we go through the evening. Youll be a busy woman tomorrow morning i would imagine. Thanks, kari. And ill be a soggy one. Swe well see you back here tomorrow. Stand by, everyone. Were live in five, four, three, two, one. [ applause ] the hair, vet long tie, jon stewarts trumpinspired makeover reunited with colbert for the First Time Since the inauguration. How we have missed him. I miss him so much. So smart and clever. Love how he rings up the tie and throws it over the shoulder. He says that the president , this is how men dress now. Okay. Yeah, im not so sure about that. He was great, great seeing them back together and i imagine for jon stewart he has so much to say now that trump is president. In fact, he did have a lot