Rain is falling across the bay area this morning. Were tracking when and where it will happen. The president of the Missouri School system has Just Announced his resignation. Were talking to the bay area woman that has launched a new type of restaurant. I hope youre singing. Were giving you a lookout side. The camera is is flooding the rain. Were also getting reports of thunder and lightning. A lot of students having to trudge through this. Take a look. It looks like its night time from what youre seeing. It is so dark outside. Weve got aa bit of gel on them to break it up. Is the background real . If it wasnt real, wed be putting on a sunny background because it would look better. Right. People were freaked out by this. Right now, it is raining across the bay area. In a couple of minutes well bring in steve paul son, and hell talk about how long it will last. Reporter good morning to all of you. Yes. Downtown San Francisco getting a good soaking. This is the scene. The umbrellas are out this morning. The rain jackets are on. Some pretty steady showers for the past couple of hours this morning. Maybe our in between this morning, but weve seen some very strong rain, especially this morning. Take a listen. Reporter there you go. That was a thunder clap. Hopefully you can hear it off in the distance. A handful of lightning strikes, but as these thunderstorms have moved through the area, there has been obviously the Thunder Associated with that lightning. Weve also seen some hail coming down in certain parts of the bay area. Probably about 7 00, it came down quite heavy at times. Again, its lightened up here. At this point, its safe to say were calling this a drizzle. Not certain what else is on the way, but people were mostly ready for the rain this morning. People out with the umbrellas. Muchwelcomed storms. All right. Alex, thank you. Glad theyre prepared because all last week, we were talking about rain coming. People complain about their commute. Yeah. It spikes the commute time. Steve, i know youre working pretty hard, and the rain is still here, huh . Its not 9 00 p. M. Its 9 00 a. M. Thats right. People, wake up. I cannot count the number of thunderstorms that have been reported. It started mainly in marin county. The peninsula just went nuts with thunderstorms. Danville getting reports. Theres a really intense cell just north on the san mateo coast. 236, highway 35, and just south of sar toga. Came in around pes ka dar row. Lots of reports of thunderstorms that went for around a half hour in cobb mountain. Now, it just looks like a steady, cold rain. Antioch, brownwood. Thats where the focus is. Look at that. Thats on highway 1. Also gillroy. Its going to be a cold day. I would not be surprised if funnel clouds produce out of this. 3,035 easy. All right. Well check back with you. Heres the deal. Thank you, steve. Ive got two little packs for our microphone. I cant hear anything right now, so the producer could be saying anything. Ill plug back in, and as i do, its always snow in the sierra. Many skiers and snow borders rush to the slopes. The best season in more than ten years. I love it. I havent seen snow this year, so it just kind of all came at once. Chains are required are interstate 80 and donner lake. Twin bridges to myers in el dorado county. Opening statements are underway in the former gang lead er leader chow. Live for us this morning on what we can expect in court. Alley . Reporter racketeering, money laundering, and more. Pieces of evidence like the wiretapped audio recordings. Testimonies from chows co defendants. If convicted, he could face life in prison without the possibility of patrol. Hes accused of gun trafficking as well. It resulted in criminal charges against 29 people. Lee land yee was one of them. He pleaded guilty. Hes scheduled to be sentenced next month. Raymond chow is the one on trial today. The defense is trying to have his case thrown out. They claim the f. B. I. s case was mishandled. We dont know what the prosecutors response to that was. The jury will ultimately decide chows fate, and were told the jury could decide on this for quite a while. It could expect to be lasting at least 10 weeks. The Washington Post has written about it. Taras inside the courtroom with more. Thats right. Well have more coming up throughout the day with whats happening in the trial. The plan to tear down a widelyused panel of transits is facing debate. The San Francisco examiner says in order to do that, they would have to tear down two pedestrian routes. Residents are concerned about the loss of parking in that area. Were talking about howell street station is apparently getting a makeover. Powell station is the number 3 busiest station. It is often jam packed with riders. Bart planners are recommending 9 0 they will first focus on the stations entrances. That is their entryway to the city. You think about tourists with their bags from sfo. Sort of a unfortunate first welcome from sfo. The statute of limitations has run out on whatever school skipping weve done. Were safe on that. Up next, how a safe driving contest is working to help. Up next, details on a program. Keeping you connected to 9. Well be back on this rainy day. Snp down by 1. 3 . Nasdaq by down. Program my drive. Getting your drivers license with positive habits. Students are all competing to earn 10000,000 100,000 for their schools. Theyre one of 50 small schools. You can log on and vote for this video and make a commitment to safe driving. Weve posted for on ktvu. Com. Its not often that you have a chance to turn an email into a work of art, but heres the chance. Real paper, not pixels, and it will be sent out. People can submit emails starting today through friday if you are interested in sending a real letter. Weve posted more information on ktvu. Com. You can actually take a pen and piece of paper and write what youre thinking. If you want to make an impact, buy a Christmas Card and christmas stamp, and they can hand stamp it. Now, youre really making an impact. Nobody gets good mail anymore. So to get a piece of personalized real email, its so special. I love it. Sfwl im going to write my sister a letter now. Send it off today. The cups at starbucks are plain red. Some people are upset calling it a war on christmas. Former pastor joshua herstein posted a video to say that their names are merry christmas. Starbucks says it tries to create a culture of diversity. This is creating a lot of publicity for them as well. I put it up on my facebook page. A lot of people said, not a big deal. The big deal is that this is happening before thanksgiving has happened. Coming up, the big announcement following students protests against racism. And honoring scientists in silicone valley last night. And steve will be back at about 9 30 to tell you how much longer were going to have to deal with this rain. A day like this, real rain happening in oakland. A lot of people are prepared with their umbrellas today. This is a story weve been talking about since the middle of last week. A lot of people posting pictures of the lightning and rain. It started what . 5 00 or 6 00 . Every time it rains, just all of a sudden, it lights up with incidents. People are driving too fast, so slow it down if youre going somewhere, and expect delays. Police in new york are searching for a gunman that shot three people in downtown. It was in a subway station. It started out as an argument in a mcdonalds. An airline headed in and out of germany. Employees plan to walk off the flights. They are reportedly upset with costs and benefits. President obama and a fire at a tire shop yesterday just before 8 00 in the morning. Heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof of the building could be seen as far as oakland and marin counties. Smoke and water damage. Luckily, no one was hurt. I saw a man knocking on the windows yelling that there was a fire. The red cross is helping those that needed to evacuate. The president of the university of missouri. The resignation follows several racism harassment issues. Yeah, many students have been calling for the resignation for months now. Several incidents including remaining silent during the events of ferguson, which is only about 120 miles away. Please use this resignation to heal and not to hate, and lets move Forward Together for a brighter tomorrow. That was tim wolf making that announcement just about an hour ago before meeting with administrators. This apparently started when back in september, the student body president , somebody yelled racial slurs to them. Then just last week, somebody wrote a swastika on a dorm room in human feces. I take full responsibility for this frustration, and i take full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred. Many Football Players said they would not play in the upcoming game if he was still there. A lot of questions remain of whos going to take over. 1950 refers to the first time that African American students were allowed on missouri campuses. I jumped immediately to what happened at Berkley High School last week. A racial message written on the computer there. Exactly. A lot of what would have happened today, obviously, it would have had major effects across the country. Coming up, 49ers, highlights from the game. Plus why reggie bush is planning to sue. Redefining fast food. Take a look at meals being served up. [door knocking] [door bell ringing] come ona my house, my house, im gonna give you candy. Come ona my house, my house, im gonna give you. Apple and plum and apricota too, eh come ona my house, my house a come on. Come ona my house, my house. Im gonna give you everything. Complete your thanksgiving table at target. Right now butterball premium frozen turkey is only 99 cents a pound. Come ona my house take a look behind us. Remember when you joined us at 9 00 . It was all dark. Now, it looks lighter. It looked like we were doing some kind of night time newscast earlier on. If you want to talk to us. Do hash tag ktvuthe9. Thats great. New video from san jose. This one, thunder and lightning and lots of rain. It wasnt quite roaring, but i heard it in there. There it is. Theres a little lightning strike. A lot of people say their pets are going nuts with all this. Thunder and lightning with the bay bridge. My radio went out or whatever. Steve paul son is in the studio. Are we going to be dealing with this all day . Yes. I would think most of the day. Look at that. Theres still numerous reports of lightning all over san jose to the east as well. Now racing into santa cruz and santa clara valley. That looks very intense. I would not be surprised if theres not some reports of hail. Over from san jose to santa rosa. When you see the purple there on the radar beam, i dont care if its close to the site or not. Thats hail, a system thats just moved on shore of the san jose coast. Livermore out to the east bay. Also to brent wood. Things finally calmed down in marin county. Parts of hercules, rodeo. Now, just a cold rain. We are getting a little bit of a break here. Anything goes today. Temperatures today, man, theyre cold. Theyre in the 40s for many. More snow, maybe even down to 3,000 this evening. We get food out here. Yes. Food has arrived. Well get to this in just a bit. Someone wants to take over the whole fast food era now. The republicans have their next debate tomorrow night. The latest fox poll shows them sharing third place with ted cruz. Mike huckabee has been bumped from the debate because of their low poll reports. Mr. President , the president of mexico is here to see you. I brought you the check for the wall. Ben carson is expected to face questions on the re recent accusations that he has exaggerated stories about his younger life. Ross will be there reporting live. Backing off a fingerprint requirement to Meta International airport. They will consider eliminating a rule to require all taxi cab drivers to be fingerprinted. I hope that the taxi drivers will allow their companies to compete. We know theyre changing their motto. We hope it changes so that everyone can innovate together. The fingerprinting requirement went into effect in september. Because of the strict rules, uber refused to apply for reports. This time, backup quarterback. Not many people supporting mr. Gabber. Yesterday, his first start since 2013. Well stick with the 49ers for now. First touchdown for now. 30yard run in the 2nd. 9ers were up by 4 later in the 4th when they decided to kick the field goal. The 49ers would hold on for the 1716 win. They have a break this week. Did you come up with that on your own . I consider myself a smart guy. All right. 49ers again, take on the 22nd. The raiders did tie the game with just over a minute left. Fourth touchdown of the day. The late rally was not enough. Antonio browns 57yard play. They kicked an 18yarder with two seconds to go. They host the Minnesota Vikings on sunday. A man doing everything he can for the hughes tan texans to notice him, including begging. A few hash tags including, whatever it takes, and i believe. He stands outside the facility. Fans are asking them to go ahead and give him a chance. Reggie bush slipped on the concrete out of bounds. He will likely sue on the grounds of gross negligence. I didnt think the 49ers would do so well. Lets talk about the food, man. All right. Erica wealth is redefining food. Thank you so much for having me. Where did this idea of wanting to take over the fast Food Industry come from . I wanted to have clean, convenient food. Theres times youre out on the town, but you dont want added hormones or genetically modified organisms. All of our food is usda organic. You can trust everything that youre eating and drinking. Are the prices comparable to what you would pay at a fast food place. Yes. Our side chicken sandwich is 8 8. 75. Its not where everything is cookie cutter. The breasts can range in size, but it is a good chicken sandwich. Are you looking for the person who usually doesnt do fast food, but because im in a pinch, let me at least do this or the person who eats off the dollar fast food menu . Both. Still, people are looking for something cleaner and healthier. When you have a van full of kids, its hard to find something we think its the best Fried Chicken sandwich out there. Maybe five years is too long, but maybe a year or so, where do you want to be at . We want to have five locations in the bay area. Thats a lot. Thats aggressive. Its all pretty much based around Fried Chicken sandwich, a wrap. Are you really trying to narrow your offerings and keep costs down as well . We are also changing the wages for the restaurant industry. We are starting our employees at 14 an hour. Theres going to be a big push for employees because of the five locations in the area. The Fried Chicken is kind of the show piece. You can get it in a multigrain wrap or a bun. After transitioning out of could say coe in january, whether its popcorn or chicken or produce, people want clean. People dont want msg in their foods. They dont want pesticides. Tastes good. Yeah. I would buy this. All of our chicken is supplied by marys chicken. All of our businesses and suppliers are here in california. Im very proud of that too. 10 00 in the morning located on hop yard road. Congratulations, and good luck. Yeah. Good luck to you. Coming up on mornings on 2, the kind gesture from Police Officers. How a boy is saying thank you to his heroes. Lets get off camera so we can eat. Erica, thank you. With a 100 electric nissan what will you do . How far will you go . How much will you see . Electrify the world. Now with a classleading 107 miles on a charge, the nissan leaf is the best selling electric car in america. The drains are going to be overwhelmed this morning. Cal trans will have its hands full the next few days trying to clean these drains out. Clearly whoever took that video was driving through standing water, but dont do that. The south bay full of scientists and their discoveries. The third annual break through prize awards ceremonies. Scientists, mathematicians, and life scientists. Part of what we want to do is celebrate these people and make people understand there is a meaningful time in your life. Its a privilege to be here and talk to you all and encourage young people. It was sponsored by mark zuckerberg. As the daughter of a physicist, i fully agree. Googles life science is teaming up with the American Heart Association to find new ways to fight american heart. Google Life Sciences has other projects in the work as well including contact lenses that monitor blood sugar. Video showing officers tazing a student in mobile, alabama. That being said, heres what happened. Police say it all started with a noise complaint. Videos were posted online. They asked whether anyone was being arrested. Two men and a woman were taken into custody. They said they have been made aware. A full investigation of the circumstances circumstances is being investigated. Take a look at your screen if youre not already. Well tell you what was caught on video. The runner fell during a race. A photo of a Police Officer and the runner finishing the race together has made the internet. Jacob says he wants to be a Police Officer. With the help of his parents, he bought several mcdonalds gift cards and handed them out with thank you notes. An officer says he was touched by the kind gesture. A new study about champagne says it may be good for your health. A new study says drinking champagne every week may help delay dementia and alzheimers. The compounds found in grapes used to make it may have a compound. Dont grab a whole bottle. Only one to three glasses a week. You can fit in one to three glasses a week. Can you have them all in one serving . Thats what i want to know. These are important questions. Coming up, there are rumors of a new app. Rumbler, and how it could get fisty. A dog stops right here in the bay area. The gets to work by 8 00. Ids, and always manages to give them a healthy lunch. The newlyweds seeking out wholesome meals and exciting flavors for their new cookware. The guy who finally decided to kick 35 years of bad snacking habits. You inspire us to do everything we do. For goodness sake. Welcome back to mornings on 2 at 9 00. An alligator came strolling in at a shopping center. This happened at sugar land, texas. It was blind in one eye and probably ended up in the parking lot after getting lost on the way to the creek. Once a trapper realized how big the gator was, he had to call for backup. Its usually guys out there, and theyre like, they sent out a girl, and im like, yes. A forklift had to be used to get the gator onto the back of a truck. It was spend the rest of its life in a sanctuary farm. A Tampa Florida home got a surprise after an alligator was knocking on the door. It was trapped and taken away. Owners found out that a dog has health problems. Hes dying, but theyre just taking him on a crosscountry road trip to let him live out his life. We wanted him to go into the ocean to get a proper dip. Theres poh at the bridge. Looks like my pup, so dont want to talk about it when that comes down the line. 007 is number 1 at the box office. Look around you, james. Daniel craig starring as james bond, 73 million. The second scoring of all time. The Peanuts Movie was a hit for families. That bright light in the sky has been solved. It was an unarmed missile fired into the air. A lot of people were talking about it. The navy says that such launches actually happen pretty frequently. Gpss could be pretty handy for you. Heres how it works, when you search the name of the business on google apps, they could show the holiday hours. Theres an app that can show you someone to actually fight. Its called rumblr. Its for people looking to watch a fight. The beta app launches today at 2 00 p. M. Local time. More than 78,000 people signed up for access to this app. The app will be available in the apple store. In the hour youve been with us here on the 9, its been dark and gray. Lets go to steve paul son for one more check in the bay area. The rain is picking up towards the north. It doesnt look that threatening, but thats a very cold, steady rain. Numerous thunderstorms. Theyve been popping up like crazy, and then all the way down towards santa cruz proper. The reports of thunder and lightning just off the charts here. Now moving into the san jose foothills. Theres been some really intense activity there. San jose and out to the east bay as well. Still more to come with low snow levels. Evening commute, what does it look like . Not that bad. All right. You heard it first. Its still cold and wet out there. Cuddle up on the couch if you can. Love seeing a little bit of sun there. Thank you for joining us this morning. Wendy yeah you know what