Matter of hours. Buying food right now. Getting all ready for, you know, a lot of batteries and a flashlig flashlight. Reporter residents like john smith are already preparing, hoping for the best. I just hope the roof doesnt leak, thats all. Reporter dont we all. And tonight with all the rainy weather, you can see traffic is slowmoving here behind me, chp urging drivers to take it slow and keep an eye out for standing water. And late this afternoon, we spoke with the spokesperson from pg e. She tells me they are bracing for Power Outages throughout the bay area, but believe People Living here in marin could be hit the hardest. Coming up at 6 00, we have tips for you to prepare for the storm that should be hitting even more tomorrow. Reporting live in larks per tonight, elyce kirchner, nbc bay area news. You can access the rain and track in your city by downloading our free nbc bay area app. The future of Driverless Cars hit a bump in the road today. But uber isnt slowing down. Take a look. A small fleet of uber selfdriving cars hit the streets of San Francisco. Theres one right there. We should note, there is still an engineer in the drivers seat. Heres the problem. Lets than an hour ago, the state stepped in and demanded uber take those cars off the road. That is, until uber gets the proper permits. So what now . Nbc bay areas Christie Smith is in San Francisco. Christie, whats happening with this . Reporter well, i can tell you, we have seen a handful of the specialized suvs driving around south of market. They seem to be coming and going around the warehouse. I have to say, we actually never saw them pick up or drop anyone off, and at least for now, the state is saying they need to stop. The suvs had technology on top, and the uber logo. The Ride Sharing Company said riders in San Francisco could be matched with a selfdriving car starting today. I saw a lot of occupants over the selfdriving car. Its pretty interesting for me. Reporter he works in i. T. , a regular uber rider. Im going with the technology. See everyone in the Technology Going forward. Reporter a potential snag, though, is a required state permit for testing. The company explained they didnt think it was an issue, because its still early and their cars are not yet ready to drive without a person in the drivers seat ready to take over. The suvs we saw had a person in the drivers seat and passenger seat. Some uber users told us its all too new. Not yet. I would want to read about it after. Reporter how come . Just nervous. About sitting in it. Reporter two drivers told us they think drivers will always be necessary. The thing is, its oregon for the driver. Im not worried at all. Reporter we did reach out to uber late this afternoon for an additional comment. But havent heard back just yet. I did call San Francisco police about these socalled selfdriving cars and they said if they did spot a selfdriving uber breaking any law what they would probably do is criteria the safety operator that is behind the wheel. Reporting live in San Francisco, Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. New at 5 00, the Hayward Police chief is retiring. This comes after the city launched an investigation we first told you about back in august. This is the chief, diane stuart. City leaders say they received an monday newsletter making allegations about her and launched an investigation and put her on administrative leave. Today the city announced she is retiring, but did not reveal what those allegations were or the outcome of the investigation. But her retirement is effective immediately. A south bay tennis coach is under arrest tonight, cuesed of Sexual Misconduct with a 7 and 8yearold girl. Matt montana was working at the sunnyvale tennis center. It doesnt end there. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo is live at the main jail in san jose. Montana is a registered sex offender and was still able to give private tennis lessons to kids. Reporter thats right. Hes locked up behind me tonight. He is on the database, a database that everyone has access to. Yet he was still allowed to teach tennis to kids. This is where matt montana was an instructor at the Sunnyvale Tennis Club between 2006 and 2012. But no one seems to remember him here. Well, i havent seen him since ive been here, and thats been a long time. The city runs the tennis club, but hires a contractor to operate it. While working here, detectives say montana molested two young girls. Detectives learned that montana, a registered sex offender, had engaged in continuous sexual abuse of a child. I think its horrible. I just want to wring their next. Reporter the police chief says montana failed to tell the program operator, bg tennis, that he was a registered sex offender, as required by law. But that same company could have found out themselves, simply by logging on to the megans law database, like we did, and found montana in seconds. Why didnt they . Thats what were looking into right now. We dont have that information. Reporter montana has been working as a private tennis instructor around the south basins 2012. So Police Believe more victims might be out there. We tried contacting that old contractor, bg tennis, but it is unclear if they are still in operation at this point. We also tried to get his side of the story, thats montanas side of the story tonight. We are still waiting for an answer. Live outside the main jail in san jose, im Damian Trujillo, nbc bay area news. Thank you. A fire that killed a woman in an east bay home was no accident. Investigators are now calling the property a crime scene. Sheriffs investigators have put a large tarp over the Castro Valley property to protect any residents from the incoming rain. They say the fire, which happened yesterday morning, was set to cover a murder. The body of the victim was found inside of the garage. The 59yearold woman was recently widowed. I cant imagine for the life of me, which is what makes it more shocking for us. Because she was they were very nice couple. And it just doesnt make any sense. Investigators are interviewing family members and friends. They dont know whether the motive was burglary and have been canvassing the street for home surveillance video. Latebreaking news involving russia and the elections tonight. U. S. Officials say they have a high level of confidence that russian president , vladimir putin, was involved in a u. S. Election hack. The intelligence came from diplomatic sources and spies working for u. S. Allies. They believe putin was involved with a Russian Campaign to interfere with the u. S. President ial election campaign. And were still waiting to hear what the next step should be and officials are saying theyre looking into putins personal finances. Some of the biggest names in tech travel in Silicon Valley to meet with the president elect. Executives like tim cook of apple, larry page of google and Sheryl Sandberg of facebook made the trip to new york city, gathering in a Conference Room to speak with donald trump. Among the issues said to be on todays agenda, immigration visas, job creation and innovation. Anything we can do to help this go along, were going to be there for you. And youll call my people, youll call me. It doesnt make any difference. We have no formal chain of command around here. None of the Silicon Valley leaders would comment on camera after the summit. They left trump tower quickly. Tonight at 6 00, why some in Bay Area Technology and the community here say theyre already mobilizing to fight back against one of Donald Trumps campaign promises. Its happened again. Already reels from one big hack, yahoo is under fire yet again. This time for an earlier hack that may have exposed data from 1 billion users. Late today, yahoo admitted it had been hacked in 2013, and 1 billion accounts may have been compromised. This comes after admitting to a separate breach in 2014 that affected 500 million users. No word on whether any sensitive customer information was taken, or what verizon, which plans to buy yahoo says about the most recent revelation. By the way, our website, nbcbayarea. Com, has a graphic of the largest data breeches of alltime. Tonight some mixed machines from the commissioner of the nfl. Hes diminishing oaklands plan for keeping the raiders, but also saying he wants the team to stay in oakland. His comments come after last nights big vote in the east bay. Both oakland and Alameda County leaders approved a framework for a stadium proposal. Their vote allows the city to negotiate with the group led by ronnie lott. Here is commissioner Roger Goodell speaking late today at the nfl owners meeting near dallas. We have not made great progress in oakland or san diego. There is not a stadium proposal on the table that we think addresses the longterm issues of the club and the communities. So we need to continue to work at it. Long ways to go to keep this team in the east bay. Goodell noted that the raiders cannot seriously discuss relocation until after this season ends. Raiders owner mark davis makes it very clear, he wants the team to move to las vegas. Hell need a majority vote from his team owners, which could come as early as next february. Gearing up for inspections. In the aftermath of oaklands warehouse fire, many artists fear they may be evicted. Im jodi hernandez. Ill show you whats being done to help protect them, coming up. One man is in the hospital and police say the suspect is on the run after a violent attack. Why the victims family says their dog may have played a role in the fight. Im meteorologist jeff ranieri. Our storm expected to arrive on thursday. Here are the things were watching out for. Heavier pockets of rain, winds that could bring down trees and power issues, rising river levels and in the sierra, 12 to 20 inches of snow, possibly whiteout conditions. Well run you through the storm time line at 5 19. Artists in oakland are on edge. Theyre not only dealing with a loss of many members of their community in the ghost ship fire, but they fear that he might be displaced as landlords crack down on work spaces. Jodi hernandez is live where the fear may become very real, jodi. Reporter it definitely is a very real fear. Tonight members of the community are coming together to help support those impacted by the fire. Boots riley is among the artists performing tonight at the fox theatre for a fire relieve event. Many fear they too may become victims. Sara, travis, johnnie reporter he read the names of his friends and all those who died in the warehouse fire. As he stood together with the owners of he have everette jones. They want to make work spaces safe. We dont want anyone evikted. Reporter last week, dorothy king made waves when she voiced her concerns about the safety of the Warehouse Space next door. Known as the salt lick. My friends died. I can tell you whatever i want. I empathize with that. Reporter now they team up to fund raise for any needed fixes. Today fire inspectors toured the warehouse. The inspectors were, you know, very appreciative of certain features of the space, you know, including the fact that theres smoke detectors in every room. Reporter this tenant said inspectors suggested manageable improvement, but i says other artists he knows in oakland have gotten eviction notices from their landlords. And many fear they may be next. In fact, some are meeting tonight to gear up for surprise inspections. Whats on the line for a lot of people is an affordable space to work or an affordable space to live. Reporter artists are doing all they can to support one another during this very, very difficult time. Again, a benefit concert will be held here at the fox theatre tonight starting at 7 00. Reporting live in oakland, im jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you, jodi. More than 1. 5 million, thats how much money has poured in for those impacted by the fire, including the families of the 36 victims killed and those who got out alive. The money is coming from concerts, donation drives, even online donation sites. One of the biggest sources of money to date is being collected by the San Francisco nonprofit, Gray Area Foundation for the arts. As of this morning, the organization has raised 672,000. Another organized by the oakland as now has around 481,000. Both groups are trying to figure out how to distribute the money, that includes working are the red cross to figure out how to get that money to the families. Raj . A violent attack in morgan hill. This man is accused of attacking his neighbor with a baseball bat. And then taking off. Neighbors say the fight started over a dog and a lawn. New at 5 00, nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts joins us from morgan hill. Michelle. Reporter the victims wife says their neighbor, mark weber, didnt like their dog barking all of the time, and she believes thats what started this argument. Today here at the police department, investigators are urging weber to surrender. He is possibly armed and dangerous. Reporter Morgan Hill Police say 47yearold mark weber is wanted for assault with a Deadly Weapon after attacking his neighbor with a baseball bat. On friday afternoon, police say they received two calls, one from a neighbor who overheard a fight outside and another from mark webers son. He just got a call from his dad saying he had been in an altercation with his neighbor, assaulted him and possibly killed him. And now possibly going to hurt himself. Reporter at the scene, officers found the victim severely beaten inside his home where investigators believe the attack took place. Today the victims wife didnt want to speak on camera, but tells me her husband is being treated for brain injuries after being hit in the head. She also says the fight started because weber had an issue with their chihuahua. Ive noticed them letting their dogs out and letting their dogs do its business on other lawns. Ive caught them doing it on mine, but ignored it. Reporter logan crawford, across the street, was surprised to hear a similar incident on webers lawn may have sparked the violent attack. I hope he gets well and home safe, and i hope the other guy i hope he gets whats coming to him. Reporter police say depending on the victims injuries, weber could be facing attempted murder charges. Reporting in morgan hill, im Michelle Roberts, nbc bay area news. The band has been disbanded, but the bad blood continues at stanford. Today charges of sexism, the zany stanford band has been in and out of trouble for years, but now alumni women band members are slamming the universitys latest decision to suspend the band. Stanford leaders last week cited alcohol and title 9 violations in its crack down. Title 9 is a federal law meant to prevent sexism. Now the Stanford Daly is publishing a letter for more than 100 former female band members in saying, in part, them powering the 100 female top band management also strikes us rather than for women. What a bitter irony to invoke title 9 in eliminating the first allfemale band leadership. The university is not commenting on this letter. A wakeup called today. A 5. 0 magnitude earthquake shook the geysers, the large gio thermal field. No reports of damage or injuries from the wake. Its a seismically active area but todays was bigger than the usual jolt. Jeff ranieri is back with us. We are talking about the storm rolling in. Itsing about to hit the north bay first. It is. And then its going to be hitting everyone, even down in the south bay, which sometimes gets left out with our storm systems in every single forecast model shows this wet weather for tomorrow. So lets get a look at the microclimate weather and right now what i want off with is how much of california currently is under some sort of flood watch and warning. It goes from Northern California all the way down toward los angeles. So the entire state, if youre planning on some sort of road trip tomorrow, is expected to get wet weather. You may want to look at the traveling plan twice, because we know how dangerous these california roads get as they get wet. Look at this sub tropical stream of moisture, thats whats really boosting up our storm system to bring this heavier rain. Our biggest concern will be the santa cruz mountains, especially where the loma fire burned. We could see anywhere from 2 to 3 inches, maybe isolated amounts higher than that, so that could produce some mud and also rock slides. Tomorrow mornings forecast does have rainfall returning. A few spotty showers for the south bay and 49. And also for the peninsula, 47. The best chance of heavier pockets of rain will be in San Francisco, and also the north bay as temperatures will be in the 40s. So lets get to that rain and the time li line. Tomorrow morning, 6 00 a. M. , some heavier pockets rolling into marin, napa and sonoma counties. What you want to know is from 6 00 to 10 00 in the mornings its all about the north bay. You see these orange and yellow areas, the heavier intensity of remain pushing across. By the afternoon, our best guess right now is the east bay will start to fill in with some rainfall at about 2 30. The peninsula and the south bay. San jose, the way that, again, every single forecast model shows it, we should be locked in for some heavier pockets of rain by the Late Afternoon and early evening. And then the storm system eventually pushes out by 10 00 at night. What about rainfall totals . We have seen it go up a little bit from our earlier thinking. All in all, i think were locked in for three quarters of an inch to one and a quarter inches bay area wide. Notice the areas in purple and also red. Thats where we could see totals 1 to 3 inches in the north bay, and also right here across the santa cruz mountains. What about river flooding . The one area im zoning in for is the Russian River near guerneville. Not flood stage but close to action stage. Folks in guerneville are used to the large riverlevel rises. But watch the creeks and streams behind your house. We dry out friday, saturday and sunday. And what i want to point out is by friday morning, lows down in the 30s. We get over the rain tomorrow and then it gets icy cold for us. Freezing. Yeah. And chilly and wet. Thanks, jeff. Up next, alaska and peninsula based Virgin America officially merging. Today they debuted take a look. A unique look. Back in a moment. my hero zero by lemonheads zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. Right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. Happening now on our home page, the founder of core power yoga was found dead inside his home in san diego monday. Investigators are calling his death suspicious. There are more than 150 core power studios across the u. S. And on our website, a College Student charged with filing a false report after she told authorities three men called her a terrorist and chanted donald trump. The merger is officially complete. Todays celebration at sfo included one crazy paint job. Huge letters reading more to love. An alaska air logo on the tail while the front was Virgin Americas trademark red. Until today, Virgin America was the only airline based in california. Todays celebration, alaskas ceo assured the crowd, california features figures big in the companys future. I hope to see a lot of new flights, a lot of new service, many we reviewed growth plans with our board. I hope to see a lot of new options. Details of the merger arent public yet. But the ceo foresees new growth for california. For now, both airlines will operate separately. Its the season of giving, and this morning, thousands of people and families received bags of groceries. It was all part of glide memorial churchs annual grocery bag give away. Glide gave out two different types of bags, one with a frozen chicken and one with pf changs orange chicken. Sunday morning, the giving continues. Glide memorial is hosting a toy giveaway. Such incredible work there. Well be back in just a moment. Welcome back. A quick look at what we can expect with our thursday storm. Heavier pockets of rain, wind, 20 to 40 and also rising river levels. Ill have the fun rundown at 6 00 p. M. Thanks for joining us here. Hope to see you at 6 00. Nbc nightly news is next. See you then, folks. With private information from over a billion people. U. S. Intelligence has directly linked voip voip, to the the russian president himself actively directing the use of hacked material. The price you pay. The fed hikes Interest Rates and your credit cards bills, mortgages, and Student Loans are about to get more expensive. Wry uberunder fire, a former employees accusing unauthorized access to the movement. Line of duty. A supermarket surprise for an amazing