Tracking it all hour long. From renting a bmw for two weeks to lavish meals and hundreds of dollars spent on wine. The city audit in san jose shows that some employees are using city credit cards for questionable purchases. So exactly which employees are living the high life on your dime . Damian trujillo is live at city hall where he went looking for some of those names. Reporter what we found is there are some people noted inside this audit who work here and city hall, including the mayor. There are firefighters and other employees whose expenditures are being questioned. These are some of the thousands of documents nbc bay area got from the city auditor today. This one, Sharon Erickson said in her report, violated prudent use of city funds. Its a charge for more than 2,300, including 700 in alcohol, to entertain a delegation from ireland. At the dinner table that night, the mayor. And several council members. The city manager and City Attorney were also there. There was approval for Alcohol Purchase as part of that meal. We questioned whether it was a prudent expenditure of taxpayer dollars to spend that much money on alcohol. Reporter in a statement, the Mayors Office wrote city policy allows limited expenditures of this type for Economic Development purposes. A spokeswoman said the mayor didnt have wine at the dinner and that the mayor has been briefed by the city auditor and is exploring ways to increase transparency around pcard transactions. We do question in this report the use of procurement cards for business meals, for highly compensated or highlevel employees. Reporter also mentioned in the audit, a 2250 expense for tickets to an awards dinner, a dinner City Employees did not attend. We found in the new documents it was charged by the airport director. And this one. Four top drain leather rocker recliners bought by a firefighter in charge of facilities for almost 3,500. If they did knowingly use the credit card in violation of city policy or procedures, then there are some steps to take some corrective action for that. Reporter union leader Jose Guerrero says all employees go through annual training on how to properly use their cityissued pcards. All of us as City Employees, whether City Employees or any politician, must adhere to honesty, integrity, and transparency in the use of the city credit cards. Reporter guerrero says that goal is for all employees, whether elected or not. Another expense mentioned in this audit, the firefighter who leased a bmw for two weeks. In the audit, he says that he did not have his personal car with him but he intended to switch the charge later on. Apparently that did not happen. The Fire Department tells me they take this matter very seriously and there is now an Ongoing Investigation already you can find all these documents online at nbcbayarea. Com. The city auditor did make several recommendations on individual cases and on policy as well. She said the majority of the employees are following the rules, but recommends that all employee expenditures be posted online to promote transparency. And she says she will check back in six months to see if the city has acted on recommendations. New details tonight in the case of uber driver accused of beating a passenger with a hammer in San Francisco. This happened early tuesday at elsworth and alamany boulevard in bernal heights. The driver hit one of three passenger in the head after an argument about what route to take. The San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon says the suspect has pled not guilty and uber may be liable. If an employee is in the course and scope of their employment, injures others, you have certainly civil liability, depending on the extent of it, it could be criminal liability. Im not saying theres either at this point but certainly thats the normal lens that you use to look at these cases. Uber tonight has issued a response that reads in part, it is our policy to immediately suspend a drivers account following any serious allegations, which we have done. We stand ready to assist authorities in any investigation. Happening now, another major water main break in Southern California. This one started just before 3 00 on sunset boulevard. But this time in west hollywood. 2 1 2 hours later, still gushing water. No word on how many gallons have spilled. The break happened about seven miles from that massive water main break in july that flooded ucla and the campus. In that case, 20 million gallons spilled. Both breaks happened along sunset boulevard. Its too early to know at this point if the break happened along the same water main. For most of the afternoon this is what it looked like in downtown san mateo, one of the busiest streets in that corridor, after a van smashed head0 into a Public Transit bus, killing two and injuring five on El Camino Real near 10th avenue just before 1 00. Nannette miranda is live with traffic now flowing normally. Do we know any more about what actually happened . Reporter the man and woman from the van died. And their names still have not been released. All of the passengers on the bus survived. And one may have escaped injury after something told her to leave the bus immediately. Nobody saw the woman because we didnt get on the other side of the car. Everyone was screaming. Reporter investigators dont know why yet, why the green van traveling southbound on south El Camino Real near downtown san mateo crossed the center divider, crashed headon into a san trans bus, in front of the funeral home where Susie Wiggins was headed. I saw the van coming from the south. And traveled across the lane. I went around the bus to park my own car. I realized that he had hit the bus headon. Reporter annabel diaz was one of 15 to 20 passengers on the bus, but instinct told her to get off the bus early at the stop just before the crash site. The san mateo resident thanks god for telling her to get off. It was really scary and she cant imagine it could have happened to her. In all, sam trans says five needed to be taken to the hospital. Drivers are pulled from service pending the outcome of drug and alcohol testing. Reporter passenger diaz says theres nothing to indicate the bus driver did anything wrong. A oneday strike by golden gate ferry captains is leaving thousands of commuters looking for another way to get home tonight. Its also forcing hundreds of giants fans to find a way to get to the game. Mark matthews is live at at t park with more. Reporter on average, 700 people ride the ferry to the ballpark on any given game night. Tonight those 700 are joining the clogged streets and the parking lots around this ballpark, because as you can see, the ferries are not running tonight. They havent run all day. At the Ferry Landing picketers walked the line in support of 16 ferry cap tanz out on strike. Were behind the cost of living, have been over ten years. Reporter robert barley makes a little over 80,000 a year. A spokeswoman for the district says thats competitive. Ferryboat captains and deck hands are the highest paid on the bay. Reporter the skippers say thats not true. According to the districts own wage survey, were behind the scale. Reporter we checked. The districts wage survey shows the golden gate cap tanz are the highest paid, compared with red and white and blue and gold fleet, but paid significantly less than ferry captains in the districts other area, washington state. Meanwhile, passengers seemed sympathetic to the ferry captains strike. And of course i was like, i dont feel too great about crossing the line. But i need to get to work too. Reporter there were signs warning of the oneday walk out. Didnt see the signs . No, i didnt. Have to find another way. Take the bus. Reporter there were problems with the buses too. An unusual number of bus drivers called in sick. Yeah, the bus i got on was definitely behind schedule. Reporter roughly 9,000 a day ride the golden gate ferries to work. Today, many of them were late. Is he understanding . No i have to be there at 8 30. Reporter the board of directors of the golden gate transportation district met today to hear a report on the negotiations. The board authorized a generous wage increase of 3 per year for each of the three years of the proposed contract. Reporter and there was no talk of budging in negotiations. The next session at the bargaining table set for monday. Lets hope that the giants ship comes in, even if the ferryboats dont. Reporting from at t park, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. Another timeout in the case against San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman ray mcdonald. Prosecutors have cancelled a hearing that was set for monday. You may remember that the First Court Hearing was canceled earlier this month as well. San jose Police Arrested mcdonald at his home back in august. On suspicion of felony domestic violence. Prosecutors say he has yet to be charged and say there will be a new court date will not be a new court date unless they decide to file those criminal charges. More details on the deadly discovery in mountain view. Investigators say they have identified the chemicals in the apartment where two bodies were found. As calls yul sul fight and sulfuric acid. Authorities were called to the complex on california wednesday night after neighbors reported a smell coming from the apartment and a note on the door. Tonight police are saying that note was not a suicide letter, but did not give other details. They also have not released the identities of those two bodies. Still ahead, a new round of accusations in a highprofile local racy. What congressman mike done honda is being accused of and the direct response hes making. San hose weeding out the number of pot clubs that will operate in the future. Im robert honda live at city hall. Coming up a look at the list of city permit approvals and rejections. Good evening. Im meteorologist jeff ranieri. Tracking dangerous storms on Doppler Radar for tonight, also a newly issued Flash Flood Watch along i80. Well tell you exactly where that is and how long these storms last in just a few minutes. San jose is now in the process of deciding which pot clubs will be able to stay open for business after the city ordered all clubs to shut down in july. The citys decision on applicants so far shows a huge change in its vision for the medical marijuana landscape. Robert honda joins us live at San Jose City hall with more. Reporter janelle, if you remember, at one time there were more than 100 pot clubs in san jose, about 90 by the time the city set up its permit process. But very few are going to get approved. Pretty tasty, just got it in today. Reporter officials said pot clubs were operating like the wild, wild west with no regard for city restrictions. The number of applicants for city permit indicates many simply closed doors and of the 30 or so on the list it appears only six were approved for this first phase about half a dozen are under review, 16 were denied. Its not completely barren. But once the ordinance fully goes into effect and were down to the six to ten clubs that might still be open, many of them will be limited in what they can provide. Reporter the number could end up even lower since this first phase just means the clubs approved are in compliance with city restrictions such as not being too close to a school. They still have to apply for a permit to open and clubs that cant get a permit will have to close by october 18th. So if you have a location that fits, regardless of how you run your operation, you can stay open. Theres a lot of people that work in the industry that are no longer going to have their jobs. And the biggest and most important thing is now youre going to push people to be selling these things on the streets. Reporter city officials acknowledge a handful of clubs are still ignoring the process. Next week the city council is expected to boost fines significantly for noncompliance. Now were learning a father and son hospitalized after rescue crews pulled them from San Francisco surf on wednesday died. The accident happened at ocean beach. Medical examiners have identified the victims as 47yearold jose garcia and 24yearold jose garcia jr. Both are from stanislaus county. A total of three had to be rescued that day. Crews pulled one person to safety. New accusations are flying in one of the most highprofile congressional races in the country. Californias 17th district in the south bay. Kevin durant candidate rokhanna is demanding the office of congressional ethics investigate congressman honda for misuse of house resources. Rokhanna held a News Conference revealing allegations, the most damning saying honda enticed donations with perks like attending a state department event. In this country we have a basic rule that you cannot trade on public assets to try to raise funds or to try to further your own campaign. It goes against the very fabric of our democracy. Rokhanna wants investigation so voters can take the outcome into consideration when they cast their ballots in november. In a statement by congressman honda, he says there is no ethical violation, but he does admit that the staff should have taken more care to prevent the appearance of coordination. Honda also has an accusation of his own. The fact is that this challenger has orchestrated a fake news event in a desperate attempt to add publicity to save his campaign from another failure at the polls. Searching for a new job in the hospitality and Health Service industry may have a position for you according to new information about job growth in california from the States Employment development department. The Fastest Growing industries are pharmaceutical, technical, consulting, and business management. There is demand across the economy. As consumers are starting to spend more we are seeing service industry, and we need individuals out there. We see great needs for software developers, accountants, auditors, pharmacists, so forth. So i encourage people to take a look at what are those options out there . The port also notes the Tourism Industry is on the hunt for restaurant cooks, general managers, and operational managers as well. Take a look. Some hopeful pictures here. The first snowfall of the season in lake hato at the heavenly ski resort. Its just a dusting of snow but for skiers who cant wait to hit the slopes, especially after last season, its an encouraging start. What were dealing with now is theed into warning. Meteorologist jeff ranieri can tell us more. Dangerous weather popping up in isolated zones here across the bay area. The largest threat right now remains that Flash Flood Warning that does include the interstate 80 corridor if youre traveling or know anyone heading eastbound or westbound, expect a huge backup. Potentially dangerous conditions on the roadways. Water, that could pond up a foot or more here from fairfield through cordelia. If you live in any of the neighborhoods near this as well, near cordele that, chadborne, mankiss corner, if you have creeks behind your home, watch those closely. We had about 2 inches of rainfall in an hour or two. Thats where that Flash Flood Warning has been issued by the National Weather service, until 8 45 tonight. Lets take you to the radar. A little bit of good news for this thunderstorm, its starting to weaken. Still heavy riffle in cordelia and chad borne as well. Also a few reports of isolated hail. I think this thunderstorm, longlived thunderstorm, could stay with us at least the next hour or so. Now, the other zone of concern was napa. Weve started to see activity beginning to calm down. It push some of the heavier rainfall toward american canyon. You are looking at some of that wet weather. Where we did have, once again, those heavy downpours, thunderstorm warning about 30 minutes ago in downtown napa. Again, thins are beginning to get a little bit better. The other zone of concern i want you to not get caught off guard by, in the trivalley, heading down i5 tonight, weve got a row of thunderstorms firing up here from patterson through the tracy triangle. If youre headed out livermore down toward i5 to los angeles, watch out for those thunderstorms, they could be impacting the next hour and possibly brentwood as well. Again, 95 of the bay area remains dry right now. But youve seen those towering cumulus clouds in the distance. The areas we talked about are the areas being impacted by those storms. The weekend forecast, you can see no thunderstorms, no rainfall expected saturday or sunday. For the south bay, 82 degrees. San francisco, low 70s. For the north bay, 82. A little bit warmer as we head throughout sundays forecast with 86 expected throughout the trivalley. Remember, janelle and jessica, you can head to nbcbayarea. Com. Weve got this interactive radar. Zoom into your neighborhood and track that weather. Still ahead, how one man stranded thousands of travelers from coast to coast, even here in the bay area. The bay areas latest multimillionaire steps up to claim his prize. Were learning about the lucky lotto winner on the peninsula. History on stage this weekend. Berkeley will host a musical that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement on campus. Its time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you cant take part, you cant even passively take part, and youve got to put your bodies upon the gears, upon the wheels, upon the leaders, upon the apparatus, and youve got to make it stop. And youve got to indicate to the people that speech given by mario savio in 1964. His son daniel has written the music for a stage performance. Marios wife lynn is the shows creative director. Its tomorrow at 8 00 at the berkeley rep theater. The movement started months before the speech when Jack Weinberg was arrested by Campus Police and held in the back of a patrol car for 32 hours. We talked with jack and students on both sides of the movement, as well as administrators and journalists. You can see their stories starting tuesday as part of a special series berkeley Free Speech Movement 50 at 6 00 right here. Wednesdays 228 million power ball winner didnt waste time. California lottery officials tell us vin nguyen of san mateo bought the Winning Ticket from the dehoffs. Hes a nally technician. He picked the numbers at random, couldnt believe he had won, and just wants to live a normal life. Nguyen chose the 228 million jackpot in payments over 30 years. Looks like this yard is just right. A family of bears have become comfortable in Southern California in this neighborhood. This is mama bear and her two baby cubs. The bears are frequent visitors to monrovia, just north of l. A. , south of the Angeles National forest. People who live near them dont seem too concerned about the bears climbing over their fences. Nobody has called fish and wildlife or police and said people just say they like to bear watch and a distance and enjoy the show. Seem to feel comfortable. Still ahead, more trouble for a Northern California company. The new recall that may make you want to check your freezer. Putting academics first. A local university making a move to raise the bar for student athletes. A fire in an air Traffic Control center near chicago causes some delays and cancelations for travellers here in the bay area. And now some are questioning the effectiveness of the system. A rainy and wet night. Even reports of hail now. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is here. Hes got our microclimate weather alert. The biggest concern continues to be across fairfield. We want to update any viewers here that may be thinking about heading on i80. If you had plans to pass through fairfield, thats where were looking at flooding conditions in place. They had about 1 to 2 inches of rainfall this afternoon in just about a twohour time. That is a classic scenario to set up flash flooding. You can see on radar at least a bit of good news for some of you out there. The rainfall is not as heavy. Were not tracking any hail at the moment. Theres no lightning showing up on the radar. But any rain is exacerbated things right now. I80 basically from cordelia right to downtown fairfield, that is the zone that you need to be aware of. If you have any creeks behind your house, watch those closely. Even though the rain may not be coming down heavy, lets say at your house, you get some downstream flooding from some of these smaller creeks, rivers and streams and that water can still rise even if we get drying conditions. Flash Flood Warning in effect here from the National Weather service through 8 45 tonight. Cordelia, chadborne, mankiss corner in effect for this Flash Flood Warning. And a Flash Flood Warning, were not familiar with it across the bay area, it means just that. In a flash, in a split second, you can get water rising up. It only takes 1 to 2 feet of water to pull a car away. If you approach standing water ask youre in this area, you do not want to drive through it, you want to turn around, dont drown. Dont test and it see if your car can make it through it. Some of the roads under the Flash Flood Warning, green valley road, Solano College road, back here towards rockville road as well. In the north side of the Flash Flood Warning, it includes st. Andrews road and also Rancho Solano parkway. Were continuing to track this weather and well have more coming up in that full update in about 15 minutes. From the road to the air. Flights grounded and passengers stranded across the country all because of a distraught man. Hundreds of Flights Canceled across the nation after police say a contract worker set a fire at an air Traffic Control center near chicago. Tonight, passengers in the bay area are left stranded and questions about a system where a Single Person could cause such a widespread problem. Christie smith spoke with travelers live at sfo with more. Reporter one expert says that air Traffic Control is so busy around the chicago area that a backup system would probably have a tough time keeping up with the load at the same capacity right away. The passengers impacted here in San Francisco think the system should have been up and running much faster. Canceled. Reporter this family is scrambling to get to an important family wedding in the midwest. Were looking at buses, trains, other airlines. Its just frustrating. Theres really no one you want to be angry at the airlines, but what are they going to do . Air Traffic Control is down. Its just really sad. I want to see i want to be at my nieces wedding. Reporter the nationwide trouble started after investigators say a contract worker set afire to an air Traffic Control center near chicago. Officials say its not linked to terrorism but the incident brought two of the nations busiest airports to a halt for hours and set off a Chain Reaction from coast to coast. It sounds like its one guy and he was able to start a small fire which kind of cascaded and shut down or delayed traffic across the united states. Thats pretty imcredible, really. Reporter flights did resume at a reduced rate, but the damage had been done. Many are asking how one person could impact flights nationwide. Aviation expert Mike Mccarron said the weakest link in any Security System is people. Investigators will have much to examine, but he believes the overall system is keeping people safe. The backup system took over, albeit slowly. Things were in place to cover for this. Is it uncomfortable . Is it troublesome for people . Certainly. But for the longterm, big picture, its very safe. Reporter there were a handful of cancelations at oakland and san jose. Nine departures at sfo, nine arrivals also canceled. The system is moving but call ahead, some are moving rather slow. And the take a look at this graphic from the website flight aware. It shows all the flights in the air at the height of the delay. But if you look closely, in the chicago area which is further north, the top part of the screen, it looks more bare because all the flights there were grounded. Two highprofile Security Breaches at bay area airports have forced airport officials to rethink security protocols. San jose director of aviation briefed city council on security changes coming to san jose airport. The first breach happened in april when a teen stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from san jose to hawaii in april. Four months later, stowaway Marilyn Hartman boarded a flight without a boarding pass or ticket. The airport is considering significant changes including testing infrared imagery around the perimeter of the airport, increased patrols, and reviewing fencing standards and signage. A new resource is now available for a growing segment of the bay area lgbt community. Officials in San Mateo County say that community is growing but they feel its often invisible in the shadow of San Franciscos larger community. To address local issues, San Mateo County formed a lgbtq commission and held its first meeting today. The volunteer group will address issues like bullying in 62s, bathrooms for transgendered people, and isolation later in life. Foster farms recalling nearly 40,000 pounds of frozen chicken after a contamination scare. There have been no reports of anyone getting sick so far but the company is moving forward with caution since specific strain of bacteria involved could cause a potentially fatal disease. The product to watch is a 3. 5pound plastic bag of frozen chicken breast grill strips. The chicken was processed in a plant in louisiana and shipped to Retail Locations in california, texas, utah, and washington state. A new plan to keep Illegal Drugs out of california prisons is leading to some of the stuffest visitor screenings in the country. State correction Officials Say the screenings will include hand swabs and drugsniffing dogs fare visitors and staff. Visitors could also be strip searched if initial testing indicates they have been in contact with illicit drugs. Inmated a vee case groups say the new procedures invade privacy and will discourage visitors to visit inmates in prison. Corrections Officials Say the steps are necessary to control a growing problem in californias prisons. The new screening started next month. Coming up, rain isnt what they wanted. Why Grape Growers could be crushed by the recent storm. It is time to celebrate. The role local scientists played on a mission to mars. Wall street end this week on a positive note thanks to an optimistic forecast on the u. S. Economy. The dow closed up 166 points today. The s p and nasdaq also posted gains before the closing bell. Investors rallied on a new Consumer Survey by the university of michigan which found more people are feeling got about the economy and their future incomes. You might call it an update to the update that killed a few iphones. apple has released the newest version of its ios 8 software meant to fix a problem with the Previous Software that was released just monday. That software, the first one, prevented people from using the smartphones to make phone calls. Tonight there are rumblings the new update might not be fixing the problem for all users. A new ford recall is affecting hundreds of thousands of fairly new cars. Company Officials Say theres risk of a short circuit in 850,000 vehicles which could lead to the failure of the vehicle stability control and air bags. The recalled models include 2013 and 2014 cmax, escape, fusion, and lincoln mxz. Ford dealers will contact affected customers and fix the issue for free. This has been a bad year for automakers with more than 40 million cars recalled since january. Dozens of bay area ferrari owners are in overdrive this weekend. The only thing missing at the Golden Gate Bridge today, magnum p. I. And the moustache. Todays 50 ferraris took off in the 2014 fog rally. Drivers headed down to Santa Barbara where theyre going to hold a weekend of events. The rally also raises funds for the makeawish foundation. Good thing they werent heading up to fairfield for hail on the ferraris. Wouldnt want that on the car tonight for sure. Were still tracking that Severe Weather here on the Doppler Radar. Were going to have the fulltime line on these thunderstorms, when they move out and where the worst of the weather is right now. Still ahead, a topranked university but many athletes arent making the cut, not even graduating. Cals new plan to make sure all players make the grade. Uc berkeley scientists celebrating a big success, a trail blazing mission to mars that they played a role in. Jodi hernandez shows us how ten years of intense work is finally paying off. Ignition. And liftoff. Of the atlas 5. Reporter after a tenmonth, 422 million mile journey, nasas latest marsbound spacecraft called mars atmosphere and volatile evolution, maven, has made it to the red planet. Among those celebrating, scientists and engineers at uc berkeley. From wing tip to wing tip is about the size of a Yellow School bus. Tip to wingtip is about the size of a Yellow School bus. They helped build many of the instruments on board. When youve built something and worked on something for a number of years, now its in orbit around mars. Reporter cal researchers spent the past decade constructing sophisticated instruments designed to answer questions no other mars mission that is tackled. What happened to the red planets atmosphere that made it uninhabitable . There is evidence on the surface of having been past milder climates, more atmosphere, more water, a much more earthlike place. We all wonder what happened to it. Reporter and data is already pouring in. Thats real live greetings from mars. If you know how to look at it right. Reporter maven operations engineer tony mercer is monitoring it all. Weve been looking at data since by launched. But its not as cool as being on mars, looking at the real science weve been planning on looking at for years. Reporter already a blip in the data has researchers scratching their heads. The possibility of new discoveries, finally a reality. You get to design, build, test the instrument, calibrate the instrument, cry a little bit when you send the instrument off, watch the launch, wave goodbye as it goes away. Its a lot of fun. We will fill in that gap in knowledge of materials. This will rewrite textbooks. Reporter in berkeley, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Back here on planet earth, the rain is helping firefighters make significant progress on the king fire burning in El Dorado County east of sacramento. The latest storm dumped up to an inch of rain, enough to last some firefighters who have been on the front lines for weeks get a break. The fire is 68 contained. Evacuation orders in two communities have been downgraded from mandatory to voluntary. And according to the u. S. Forest service, most of the fire is now burning in unpopulated, remote areas. Almost everyone is welcoming our rain across the droughtstricken state. There is one group that wants it to stay away these awhile. Grape growers in lodi. Rain could cause drapes to rot and decay. One grower was able to harvest wednesday night but would have preferred to wait just a bit. If the water held off a couple weeks it probably would have been better for us. Grape growers say they know everyone else needs the rain and they say theyll be more welcoming of some raindrops once harvest ends in midoctober. Right now too much rain in Solano County. Lets check with jeff ranieri. It is in Solano County where we find ourselves under this Flash Flood Warning which does include the i80 corridor. Any plans to head that way tonight, you definitely are going to be seeing a lot of the water on the roadways. Anyone living in this area should watch small creeks, rivers and streams that you may have in your backyard. This is in the area of ch chadborne, cordelia, mankiss corner, parts of fairfield under Flash Flood Warning until 8 45. For a lot of us that arent familiar with flash floods, we talked about this earlier, it is just that, it can happen in a flash. Youre driving down the road, a river or creek goes over its banks, you get a lot of water in the roadway. So just keep your eyes open and keep a close eye out and around your house. Doppler radar, the good news for those of you near fairfield down here towards cordelia is this thunderstorm activity is beginning to calm down. Still some pockets of heavier to moderate rain. We had 1 to 2 inches of rainfall in a twohour time, a classic scenario to get you flooding. Then were still tracking wet weather across napa. Its calmed down a little bit since earlier this afternoon when we had multiple lightning strikes and hail that was reported nearly. 5 inches in diameter. Weve got video from nbcbayarea. Com, our web team and our crew behind the scenes helping to flip this around. You can see here just how heavy that rain is coming down. Also some small peasized hail within that video. Thats what a lot of drivers face today as this upperlevel area of low pressure just kind of scooted a little bit too close to the bay area to produce this wild and wacky weather. I do want to take you to the next threat on Doppler Radar, at least the most severe angle. That is here across sebastopol, close to santa rosa, at least 19 lightning strikes in the past half hour. That thunderstorm pushing off toward the south neroer in the park. It will likely be weakening the next 30 minutes. I do think were going to see the chance here of some isolated thunderstorms, at least until 9 00, 10 00 tonight. So last area of concern is right here across i5. Youre traveling from the trivalley maybe toward Southern California. On that route youre going to encounter areas of scattered thunderstorms hitting tracy. Take a look at the radar, you can see about 85 of the rest of the bay area is currently under those clear skies. A rough night here in the north bay. Lets advance things, get you to the forecast. Temperatures have cooled off since those daytime highs. Weve got 70 right now along the east shore. Some sun as sun begins to set. Currently 68 with some city sunshine in downtown San Francisco. As we get you into the microclimate forecast throughout saturday, no chance of thunderstorms. No chance of any rain. 80 expected in san jose. Throughout the peninsula, 79 in palo alto. Mainly 60s in San Francisco. Downtown will likely pop up to 72 along the embarcadero. North bay, east bay, trivalley, well dry out in napa, 82 expected. Pleasanton expecting 81. Now for the back half of your weekend throughout sundays forecast, numbers warm up a few more degrees. Looking good in the trivalley. 86. 84 into the south bay. San francisco with 74. Were tracking storms tonight and you can check nbcbayarea. Com. Weve got interactive radar, see whats happening right on top of your house. As magic june still two. They have a chance to clinch a wild card spot tonight. Not getting a passing grade. Uc berkeley is getting some key recommendations in how to improve athletes grad rates. The school today released findings from a special task force formed last year. The Task Force Recommends admitting fewer students who dont meet minimum academic qualifications, evaluating coaches based on how players perform in the classroom. Cal has some of the ncaas lowest Graduation Rates for major sports, like football and basketball. Baseball, the giants have made it into the postseason, now we are rooting for the as. Thats right, ladies. Theyre looking for a passing grade or theyre going to be watching the playoffs on tv. Its no secret as have been feeling the pressure of offensive woes since Yoenis Cespedes was shipped to boston. That lack of run production has l. A. Trying to clinch a playoff berth. As and rangers from arlington. The magic number sitting there at two. Top third, 10 rangers, two on for adam dunn and the big fellow rockets a shot to right field off knick keppish. Eric sogard and coco crisp score early. A frame later, this is what theyve been missing. Josh reddick crushing a fly, solo shot to right field, 12th of the year. Right now the as have opened it up. They lead 61 in the fifth inning. What a difference 24 hours made for the giants. Last night the orange and black popping bottles and spraying bubbly all over the clubhouse with the wild card berth. The night before they watched the dodgers dance. This squad very aware the postseason is a completely new dawn. Coming inn these next three games the hitters are going to attack, pitchers are going to attack, weve got to play good consequence. We just need to get prepared for going out there and winning at all costs. Thats what were going to have to do on wednesday. The giants announcing this years coveted Willie Mccovey award winner as we speak. Unfortunately big mac still hospitalized due to infection, is not at at t park for the presentation. Buster posy won in 2012, hunter pence last season. I grew up with his poster on my wall. He was one of my favorite flares. But he also does this beautiful work in the community. He teaches you how to be a man just by his example. Hes what i think every San Francisco giant wants to be. Football, reinforcements could be on the way for that 49ers offense which went scoreless in the second half at arizona last week. Pro bowl tight end vernon davis back on the practice field today. Although he still feels some pain in his injured ankle and is expected to be a gametime decision against the if ilfa eagles. Backup Vance Mcdonalds knee has recovered and he is good to go for sunday. Its tough when your guys are out there battling. You want to get out there because you know you can contribute and help them. So thats yes say i fake take it one day at a time. They told me 2 1 2 weeks or so, take it day by day. So hopefully, you know. Its feeling great. Well see. Finally the raiders might have advantage over miami in sundays london showdown. Silver and black have been practicing in and adapting to the british summertime time zone difference all week long. The dolphins just arrived. And that transition is not easy. Ive been waking up about 3 00 in the morning wide awake. So i dont know if im acclimated to the time change. But i feel good, i feel rested even though i wake up at 3 00 in the morning. Ready to go. I think our team needed a chance to come together and unify a little bit of the group. You know, hopefully well hopefully it will benefit us down the road and well play some good football. With the game now closing in, raiders have also relocated to londons city center from the suburbs. Theyve been staying in penny hill park an hour southwest of london. That sounds british, penny hill park. Sounds great. Maybe british royalty will show up. Thank you very much. Tonight, at 11 00 we investigate new technology that could improve safety at airports across the country. Why hasnt the faa implemented it . Thats tonight at 11 00 after dateline. Severe weather going on, a microclimate weather alert. Yes, and we know 85 of the bay area continues to remain dry tonight. Youve probably seen off toward the distance towering cumulus clouds. A few zones have been getting hammered with heavy rain and hail and lightning. Weve seen thunderstorm activity calm down in fairfield. Were under the threat of flooding for at least the next hour or two from fairfield to cordelia where you want to watch it closely. Small creeks, rivers and streams watch closely. Sebastopol, we had multiple lightning strikes the past half hour. That strong area of rainfall is headed toward petaluma. Toward the tracy triangle, were also tracking some strong thunderstorms. I think this will last about the next two to three hours. Then well start to see calmer weather. Thank you very much, see you at 11 00 as well, byebye. Clooney wedding watch goes into overdrive with a wild oceans 11 style boat chase through venice. Now on extra. The worlds most eligible bachelor and the woman who tamed him take over venice. Every detail on the rehearsal dinner, the ceremony, her dress, as alist guests pour into venice. Extras in the middle of the madness revealing the alist guest list. Damon, crawford and a Surprise Rock star. Extras star photo feed. Kim k. After her paris attack with her incredible hulk security guard. Plus, j. Loe and leah reminis island girls night out that ended in an ambush makeout. Derek jeters fairy tale goodbye to the bronx
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