That is a Flash Flood Watch in the entire bay area. If you live near a creek, river or stream, you need to watch that closely and winds could top 30 miles an hour, that will bring us Power Outages and downed trees and a blizzard warning now in the sierra. Were going to get it, its going to get here quite heavy and strong. See you soon. Some people in the south bay arent taking any chances with this upcoming storm. They are hauling in the sandbags and hauling out debris from storm drains. We go live to san jose where many people shifted in high gear today. Marianne. Reporter they certainly did. If you take a look at this pallet, just an hour ago, this paletlet was full and now its already empty. Many people say because of the storm last week, they were caught unaware and now they want to be better prepared. Benjamin ochoa needs sandbags, a lot of them and fast. With the storm thursday expected to dump 4 inches of rain in the south bay, he wants to make sure his house stays dry. We have a drain thats broken. Since we havent got it fixed yet, were just going to prepare for it so it doesnt flood the house. San jose city crews are preparing, too, clearing out catch basins they removed this truckload of debris that could have clogged city storm drains and this is just the beginning. We will be deploying crews starting tomorrow night at our pump stations to pump them down, create extra capacity to pump stations for the incoming water. At the San Jose International airport, theyre getting ready to mop up the terminal to prevent slips. We want to make sure theres no flooding, so will sandbag that have been brought in today, clearing drains. And you may want to do some prevention of your own to prepare for wind gusts of more than 50 miles an hour, otherwise your candy canes could end up decorating your neighbors lawn miles away. You can come here to 1444 mabrey road san jose and the sandbags are free. Other cities also offering sandbags. Thanks so much. Up in San Francisco city leaders are turning to resident for help cleaning out the storm drains. Crews have been pmaking their rounds cleaning out 2,300 catch basins. Theyre asking the public to pitch in. City officials are asking people to stay indoors when the storm moves in. Please stay off the streets in you can, avoid big puddles. Doesnt walk through water if you dont know what it is. There may be do you understand pow downed power lines so just be safe. You can find out more on your smartphone, go straight to the weather page and then you can put in your zip code to get the weather in your neighborhood. Youll see aprlerts about high winds and flooding. Has uber been taking customers to a ride when it comes to safety . The San Francisco d. A. Thinks so. The Ride Sharing Service is being accused of deceiving customers and more. Reporter the d. A. Is accusing uber of false advertising and overcharging customers, especially when it comes to rides to the airport. On its web site, uber claims to offer the safest rides on the road. Today San FranciscoDistrict Attorney george gasgone says that doesnt hold up. They give people a false sense of security when deciding whether to get in a strangers car. Today they teamed up to file a lawsuit against the ride sharing giant. The client claims every driver undergoes rigorous background check. Gasgone says thats not the case unless every driver is fingerprinted. The suit also accuses uber of fraud, saying customers were charged a 4 airport fee, alleging the money was being pocketed by the driver instead of going to sfo. Were asking for restitution of all sfo airport fees, tolls paid by uber consumers on trips that uber driver did not actually pay the San Francisco airport. Reporter following the announcement, uber released a statement saying uber is an integral, safe and established part of the economic ecosystem. We will continue to engage in discussions with the District Attorney. You should not just jump in blindly bleaching youre totally protected. Clearly youre not. And the Ride Sharing Company lyft was facing similar accusations. That company will pay 500,000 in penalties. Michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. The family of a 6yearold girl killed by an uber driver talked today about learning that that driver will face charges. Sophia lu was walking in a San Francisco crosswalk with her mother and her brother when she was hit on new years eve. The driver will be charged with charges of vehicular manslaughter. He was driving for uber. Shes a happy girl. The company are really, really bad, you know. The system so bad. The driver was driving and at the same time driving on the phone. The company has not commented on the latest charges but says they should not be liable because the driver was not carrying a passenger at the time of the accident. More bad news for uber. The company is facing heavy backlash from cities all over the world. The city of oregon is suing to stop uber from operating there. Overseas courts in thailand, spain and the netherlands ruled that uber stop operating immediately because of unregistered drivers. Santa clara leaders have approved a living wage of 19. 06 an hour that will take effect next july and require every company that does business with the county to pay at least that an hour. Students at one of the largest high schools in the state staged a walkout today with solidarity with protesters marching against the grand jury decisions. Thousands left class around 2 00 this afternoon, headed to the Union City Police department where they staged a socalled diein. Organizers say they want it see the demilitarization of the police force and abuses by the criminal Justice System addressed. That demonstration followed another night of unrest in the east bay. Thousands of people hit the streets squaring off police in berkeley and then shutting down interstate 80 in both directions in emeryville. Jody hernandez . Reporter the city council cancelled its meeting tonight saying it couldnt accommodate all of the people that were expected to attend, including the protesters. Instead the city, as you can see, has blocked off the street in front of the Police Department as they gear up for yet another protest. Cindy shows us the staples in her head, the aftermath of injuries she said she suffered at the hands of Berkeley Police during weekend protests. When i knelt down to help up another woman who had fallen. I looked over my shoulder and saw a police had raised his baton. And when i ducked, he connected with the back of my head. Reporter but this minister in training at the Berkeley School of religion hasnt let it stop her. She and her friends protested again last night. Some of her friends were arrested on interstate 80. We wanted to show people that they could really make a difference just by being there and being peaceful and causing disruptions in ways that doesnt destroy other peoples property. Reporter but the chp says not everyone was peaceful. They arrested 221 people last night. Some, they say, were quite hostile. The crowd lately has chosen to be aggressive. Aggressive means theyve been kicking, biting, spitting. Reporter the protest brought interstate 80 to a standstill for close to an hour. This woman was in labor and stuck in the middle of the protest. Police were able to get her to the hospital where 8 pound camilla was born. Think of all the other people being impacted. You can see Martin Luther king, jr. Way has been barricaded off between Center Street and addison street. We understand about 75 protesters have gathered but have not begun marching. But police say they are ready if they head this way. Reporting live in berkeley, jdid hernandez, nbc news. Richmonds brass was on board with the program a year ago. They say the departments patrol officers should be outfitted with body cameras by midjanuary. Department of justice grants financed that body camera equipment. Still ahead, leading the way. The move san jose is poised to move tonight that is expected to generate big bucks. And the person who caused a big traffic jack in the south bay. A strange alleged attack on a deputy. I hear one of the Flight Attendants come back and say shes having a baby. Yup, bean on board. An eye opener on board a flight when a woman goes into labor. A woman who caused an allnight traffic jam in san jose is facing more charges. After being taken in custody, police say she attacked an officer. Robert . Reporter well, it was a strange incident that took place around this interchange here at interstate 680. The events became even more bizarre when she finally surrendered. Police say the woman who went out on the edge of this overpass had threatened suicide and for about nine hours police tried to talk her down while motorists and people in the area waited helplessly. Ive never felt so much road rage in my life. I was very angry. I live a block in from city hall and we were completely landlocked. Reporter police say they understand the frustration but point out safety of everyone involved is a higher priority than inconvenience. We did after a long time talk her off that bridge and were very happy that nobody was injured at that point. Reporter but sources tell nbc bay area that the woman bit a correctional deputy while being booked, possibly severing the officers finger. The new information had some people confused but some told us they still felt sorry for her, though the traffic disruption tested that sympathy. Definitely tried to pull them down sooner and not have so much of a traffic jam and close off so much of a busy freeway. Reporter the police and Sheriffs Department are not discussing the womans mental state. She remains under observation in custody in jail tonight. Thank you, robert. Placing a tax on your place, san jose poised to legal ice airbnb rentals the same way San Francisco did. They plan to tack on a 10 tax. The tax would generate about 150,000 a year for the city of san jose. The meeting takes place about an hour from now. More trouble from san joses huge homeless encampment. Our cameras were at the jungle as the fire broke out today. This is the third fire since the camp was cleared out last thursday. The city is trying to relocate the 300 homeless, but many are reportedly still sleeping outdoors. Music and free food samples made the opening of san jose owes newest food market more of an festival. The whole food is downtown so it skews more urban. We have a lot of foot traffic coming up. Weep also want to give the easy Shopping Experience so the customers come in and grab something and go. And also the big families can fill their baskets up and fill their fridge for a week. Its the first store with a fresh brewery. The complex was built green. Its brought 150 new jobs to the area and its not finished hiring yet. Whiplash tonight for east bay mud as they grapple with the arrival of a storm and ongoing drought. The utility is asking customers to conserve more waerkts 15 instead of 10 . Also, it is preparing to buy water from the federal government, up to 16 million worth. That money will be paid with a surcharge to customers of up to 14 depending how much water it buys. Were going to see buckets of water falling from the sky over the next 48 hours. Our meteorologist is here with more of the timing. This is going to be a very powerful storm. It looks like a very strong punch of at least 24 hours of heavy rainfall and gusty winds. We have cloud cover approaching the bay area right now. Our storm system is well out here, several hundred miles. When that gets here, things are going to ramp up and quickly. Right now no rainfall, temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s and as we head throughout tomorrow, we are going to begin to see some changes. 95 of the bay area is going to stay dry. But up into San Francisco, well see drizzle beginning. Once again, well stay dry in the south bay, the peninsula and also for the trivalley as we head throughout your wednesday. So when is that rainfall you keep hearing about finally going to get here . As we head throughout wednesday at 7 00 p. M. , rain fault developing into the north bay, likely through about 11 30. We probably wont see those measurable totals until about 5 00 a. M. On thursday. I want too keep show ug this so you are ready for the storm system as it moves in. Well see not only heavy rain fall thursday at 9 a. M. And likely in into the early afternoon into san jose. Normally the storm hits the north bay, by the time it gets to san jose its broken up. But check out the orange and yellow, thats where our flooding concern is coming from, this longduration event. Watch the colors intensify and check out the wind speeds by 8 00 p. M. , about 25 Miles Per Hour in san jose and 31 in San Francisco. Keep in mind these are wind guests but check this out. By thursday it ramps up into the 30 mileanhour category for most of the bay area and by 8 00 in the morning we could likely have wind gusts as high as 43 miles an hour, and 36 in san jose. Those are the kind of winds that could bring Power Outages and downed trees. Well talk more about the storm system and have another recap of our top concerns in about ten minutes. Well see you then, jeff. Coming up, babys first flight. A midflight surprise that greeted some local flyers. And a bombshell report that the cia performed torture and lied about it. Thats coming up. The joe Montana Development at santa clara will not be ready in time for the big game. It wont even break ground until after the super bowl. Montana had planned to have the 400 million project up and running by the time levi stadium opened this past summer. Obviously that didnt happen. It will include a passive hotel, sports bar and retail complex. Talk about a surprise in the skies when a passenger on board a flight leaving San Francisco goes into labor. Scott budman is here with what happened next. Usually baby on board refers to a car. This morning it referred to a baby being born on an airborne plane. Not long after leaving San Francisco, southwest flight 623 turned into an airborne Maternity Ward as passenger charl Charl Charlie reeve tweeted a passenger just delivered a baby. An emergency room nurse was also on board and she helped with what witnesses and southwest are calling a successful midair delivery, a first for just about everyone involved. No, no, in fact i asked the Flight Attendant if shes ever gone through Something Like that. She said, no, its something they talk about in the train bug not something you ever expect to use. That was her first time, too. Southwest on its web site has advice about flying while pregnant, but inflight delivery, thats always a surprise. The flight originally bound for phoenix made an Emergency Landing in los angeles. About two hours later, the remaining 111 passengers, who did not become parents today, flew on to phoenix. Were told the family is all well. Happy ending. We got a sneak peak at the new Kaiser Permanente building. It replace as 50yearold hospital that sits right next door. It features special procedure suites where patients get a more focused treatment. The suites also feature the get well network where patients have flat screen tv at the foot of the bed, can order movies on demand, surf the internet, send emails, learn about their care giver and what their schedule is for the day. Were improving, innovating through Quality Service and innovation, making stateoftheart hospital for both the community here at redwood city and redwood, california. Still ahead, an end of the year present for investors, a blockbuster ipo set to debut this week and its from right here in the bay area. We are tracking when the rain will arrive. Also the cias actions a decade ago are a stain on our values and on our history. Dianne feinstein says more brutal and less effective. What were learning about the cia tactics and what a former cia agent from the bay area sense about the concept of torture. A major storm barrelling toward the bay area at this hour. Everything from trees and power lines are at risk. Chief neurologist jeff rannieri is tracking them for us. Were looking at the storm track and intensity. You want to follow the red color. Thats the center the storm. Its a very large area of upper low pressure thats going to pass right over california, all of this against a major uplift in the atmosphere thats going to set off these problems we think were going to be finding. The first one is a Flash Flood Watch near the entire bay area. If you live near a river or creek, you want to watch that on thursday, especially when the storm is expected to get hit. We expected napa and at the south bay its the Guadalupe River well be following. The second major concern will be high winds. Its not just for one section at the coastline. The entire bay area under a high wind warning. Winds likely gusting around 40 miles an hour. That will bring us downed power lines and trees where winds could top 50 miles an hour. The third and very serious concern would be anyone trying to head up to the sierra wednesday night, thursday, there will be whiteout conditions as 2 to 3 feet of snow is likely with this storm system. Heres a few simple storm tips. I was out doing this this weekend myself. You a you want to clean out the storm drains and make sure the culverts are clean. You want to bring loose items indoors. If youre in a floodprone area, theyre offering sandbags, it can hurt to take a couple of those. Very good advice. Thanks, jeff. Can you learn what you need about the storm on your phone at our nbc bay area weather site. Can you also see alerts about high winds, flooding and Power Outages. New details of the cias socalled enhanced interrogation techniques are coming to light tonight. Were learning they were more brutal and more extensive than the agency may have portrayed. Mark matthews has been looking into the longawaited Senate Intelligence report on the cias interrogation techniques. He joins us from San Francisco with local connections. There are a number of them. The biggest is senator dianne feinstein. She pushed for this report, it is her report, it was commissioned by her committee and wed like to start with showing you a reenactment of a waterboarding. The Senate Report describes waterboarding as a series of near drownings, saying it was employed more often than the cia has previously admitted. The report also detailed sleep deprivation for up to a week, socalled rectal feedings, beatings and death threats. Dianne feinstein pushed for it to be released. History will judge us by our willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. Reporter it was just months after the september 11th attacks that u. C. Berkeley professor yu penned a series of writings. My opinion is they went over the line a lot of times. Simply waterboarding one detainee 183 times, its gone way beyond the intention of this program. And that is not really the crux of the issue, says baer. More important than that, was it effective . I have seen nothing so far of solid evidence that torture saved lives, and thats really the question we should be asking ourselves. Reporter in the senate some republicans are defending the cia. While there is no doubt that there were indeed moments during the cia detention and Interrogation Program where interrogators exceeded the authorized limits, such instances were relatively few and far between. Reporter today secretary of defense chuck hagel ordered the minute on high alert to deal with any potential fallout from the release of the report. Robert baer says thats probably an overreaction. He says those who want to harm the United States are far more motivated by drone attacks. Reporting from San Francisco, mark matthew, nbc bay area news. And today federal prosecutors said they have no intention of reopening the case, which has been closed since 2012, stating that no new information came from todays report. In washington the house and senate are expected to adopt a final spending agreement this week. The massive 1. 1 trillion Government Spending bill prevents a shutdown like the one last year and also funds most of the government through next september. The agreement delay as fight over president obamas new immigration policy until next year. Death penalty on the table for a man who could face that for the shooting death of a Northern California deputy. Prosecutors announced today what theyre seeking. The couple are accused of killing two deputies and trying to murder two other people. It happened during a violent rampage. U. S. Stocks had a mixed day after a major dip yesterday. The dow fell because of nerves over a slowing chinese economy and 13 drop in the greek market. But the market closed higher today. A report shoud that Small Business optimism rose last month to its highest level in eight years. One week makes a big difference for San Franciscos lending club. Its raised the new price for its upcoming ipo. This week the Company Values it at 12 to 14 a share. The Korean Airline executive who allegedly went nuts over notice has resigned. Heather cho got upset after a Flight Attendant served her macadamia nuts in a bag, rather than on a plate. He demanded the crew chief be removed from the plane. Cho is Vice President of airline and daughter of the airline as ceo. The airline has since apologized. Still ahead, no more getting stranded. Were going to tell you about the latenight Public Transportation service that will soon roll out. And a powerful storm forcing hundreds of flight to be cancelled. Change your move by changing your walk. The steps you need to take. Bart is launching a oneyear Pilot Program to extend their allnight service between San Francisco and the east bay. Bart wont run later but an expanded bus unit will get the riders to their stops. It will add new stops to the 16 and 24th street bus station. Take a good look at a man and a woman in this video. They were caught on camera walking into a condo complex on 5th avenue in san mateo back in october. Police say once they made it inside, they broke into several cars. Officers have been on the lookout for these two since but havent been able to track them down. Theyre hoping you know who they are and that you call them. You know that spring in your step when you feel good . Volunteers in a study were given ale a list of negative words and then walked on a tread mill. Those who walked in a happy mood remembered more of those words from that list that was given. Rain, downpour. Stand up straight, get excited. We do have some side effects from that wet weather. Of course well be tracking the rather benign conditions but well talk about the heavier rain and flooding potential in just a minute. Plus the duchess and the kings, lebron james learned a royal lesson. [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. Start your new orleans holiday at followyournola. Com. The duke and duchess of cambridge are wrapping up their threeday visit to the u. S. Tonight. They had a packed day, including attending this center for disadvantaged children. Chris, a very, si exciting d for the couple who just left the met. The weather has finally cleared up. It poured all day here today but that did not slow down the duke and duchess of cambridge, as they paid their respects to the victims of the 9 11 terrorist attacks and visited several other charities that are important to them. Under somber skies, the duke and duchess of cambridge made a somber visit to new yorks 9 11 museum and memorial. The royal couple braved the heavy rain and looked at a reflecting pool where one of the great towers once stood. Great britain lost 67 souls on that day and they placed a memorial. In it a handwritten note in sorrowful memory of those who died on the 11th september. Inside the museum the couple paused to look at the exhibits. Two tridents from the world trade center, te exterior, the remains of a fire truck and watched videos of some of the victims. The duchess said how moving she found the memorial to be. The couple spent about a half hour in the museum. Later they visited a partnership with the city kids foundation. The duke and duchess chatted with the teens and watched a presentation there celebrating creative contributions to the Creative Arts in the city. And what would a visit be without a visit to Empire State Building . And again just about three, fourmenfour minutes ago the duke and duchess of cambridge came down the stairs from the metropolitan. They are headed back to Great Britain after little more than a two days. They were here at the met for a gala celebrating the anniversary of their university, which is where they first met and fell in love. The cleveland cavalier was posing for a photograph after last nights game against the mets. See what happened there . He put his arm on the future queens shoulder. Thats a nono according to british etiquette. A spokesperson for the royal family says there was no breach of protocol, not a big deal. As for william, he just kind of looked the other way and looked at those little jerseys they gave him for the baby. For Little Prince george. Unfortunately a break in the weather right now in new york so the royal couple can hopefully flight out tonight without any delays. A noreaster is hitting the east coast. The winter storm is bringing snow, heavy rains and icy conditions. The storm will linger in the northeast for several days. Flight delays and cancellations already reported. Were going to probably see a lot of cancellations ourselves, just because of this storm were going to be receiving. General ranieri joins us. Well have powerful rain wednesday to thursday which will likely impact our airports as well. The tarmac will have a hard time dealing with the wind. If you know anyone arriving or trying to leave the bay area on thursday, it will be tough. A huge tap of moisture feeding into california right now and the thing thats going to make this storm system different from so many storm systems weve seen overs past 12 months is the core of the storm offshore is going to move right on top of california. Then the other thing is this powerful tap of pacific moisture thats going to feed into it. Its going to be a like a nonstop, full engine for this storm system to run on. Theres going to be plenty of gasoline, so to speak, for this to keep churning out quite a bit of rainfall. Well get you into the timeline here. This is going to be the storm day. You can do we have 6 expected in san jose, cloudy skies at the coast line, San Francisco mainly a dry day, 64 second right across the arena. Well take you to the north bay, east bay and trivalley. Santa rosa is going to have the best chance of getting any kind of rainfall tomorrow. Thats because the storm is going to enter from the north first and then move off to the south. Also mostly cloudy skies in livermore. Lets get to the goods in the storm timeline. Well begin to see the initial rainfall drop down by 11 30. By 5 00 a. M. , well see heavier areas of rain develop in marin, knapp and sonoma counties. With the core of the storm moving on top of the bay area, it looks like it will keep its strength toward San Francisco, back toward the east bay as well and likely hold on to its strength down toward the south bay. You can see quite a bit of now, this is definitely worth noting on all forecast models at 6 49, there is not one forecast model showing dry conditions. Theyre all showing heavy rains and gusty winds. We have not seen a forecast this certain for a strong time we could see isolated amounts of 3 to 5 inches. For the east bay down to san jose, at least 1 1 2 inches. We may see some of the Higher Elevations get up to 4 inches and from the Santa Cruz Mountains anything from 3 to 6 inches. One of our Major Concerns is a flash flooding for the entire bay area. If you live near a creek or bay, its not time to go and try out a canoe you got a few months ago. The water can sweep you away. High wind warning for the entire bay area as well. Winds that could guest as much as. Your winds will pop to 70 miles an hour, limiting visibility. The storm day will be on thursday and well have muchneeded drying in the forecast by saturday and sunday. Well continue to track the storm and any changes in that timeline. Of course any time at nbcbayarea. Com. We have a great new app, check it out. Type in nbc bay area and you can download that. Keep us in the loop when you take pictures. When the storm rolls in on wednesday night, be sure to take pictures and send them to us. Well be right back with sports. An update to our earlier story, the one about the baby being born midnight on a southwest airline planes. Southwest just had an interview with one of the Flight Attendants on board when the baby was born. It was amazing. Everybody was all the passengers were awesome. Everybody was clapping. The plane made an Emergency Landing in l. A. Mom and baby are told to be doing well. Lets get to sport. Were going to start off with some baseball. Looks like the giants are the underdog in securing a pitcher. Yeah. The underdog is over, too. Its done, jessica and janelle. You know, the giants were trying to tread up the river on this one. Jon webster with ties to theo epstein at the cubs and also the Boston Red Sox where he won two titles. But the wait is over and the results are not good. Gm bobby evans confirming the giants are now out of the race for the lefty. And lester called to inform assistant gm bobby evans he would not be coming to the giants. Evans said we did not receive a rose. And he had a quip for finishing second. He said we finished first in the most important area. Over to the 49ers where bowman has been activated to the 53man roster. Hes yet to play while he recovers from reconstructive knee surgery. The move is a very positive step in the right direction. Just taking it day by day. Whenever the coaches say i can, it would be a modified practice. It wouldnt be full out. Thats how i would like it. But ill take my time and take it slow and try to get back to where i was. The big man was questionable against the rockets due to right knee tendinitis. He played just a few minutes of the First Quarter in last nights 10286 victory in minnesota. Visibly limped and was seen grabbing at the knee before heading to the bench. Sharks back on the home ice at sap center this evening, where theyve won their last three games, hosting edmonton. Coming off a loss against the oilers in edmonton after the oilers had dropped 11 straight prior to beating the sharks. You just played them so you know what to expect. So you come prepared to play every day. You come prepared to win. You want to win. Sometimes that doesnt happen but tonight we won a bounceback from sunday nights effort. If we play the best hockey that we can, then i believe we can win every night no matter who the opponent is. But weve got to focus on getting our game back to where it needs to be. All aspects of our game we need to play better. Finally a big night for madbum. The honors bestowed upon the athlete that best symbolizes in character and performance the ideals of sportsmanship. Joe montana, Michael Jordan and muhammed ali just a few of the previous recipients. Tough luck for the giants in the jon lester sweepstakes. They were really battling against it. The relationships he had with the other team are probably too much for the gmen to overcome. Watch sportsnet central at 10 30. A live picture at berkeley where another night of protests are under way near berkeley city hall. It looks like theyve begun their march. Well keep an eye on the situation. Hopefully nothing like last night when they shut down interstate 80 in both directions. Well be following this all night and on our web site, nbcbayarea. Com. Hope to see you at 11 00. Brand new couple shocker. Kate hudson cancels her wedding. Is she already moving on with derek hough, now on extra. Extra. Kate hudsons rumored hookup with dancing with the stars derek hough. Extra uncovers new includes about the new relationship. Hes a dream boat. Was this sexy late night dance the beginning of the end of her engagement . Now trending the reality star murdersuicide rocking hollywood today. Then sarah palin unfiltered. Im not wired to sit down and shut up. In her element going all mama grizzly about her familys