The standard iphone weather as well. Now at 6 00, the rain coming and not a minute too soon bauts are because water agencies are keeping an eye on the next three months to see if they need to take drastic measures after the driest december yet. Damian damian is on scene at the dam and the waters level are down. The our lights rrnt powerful to show you the levels because the levels are too low. Especially compared to this time last year it has many people hoping the new year will be a wet one. This time last year this family enjoy ago day at the lake would have found themselves several feet under water. In fact, the valley Water District had to open up the spillway at anderson dam early last january because of all the rain. Today anderson is at 26 of capacity. Im surprised at how low the water levels are. But i guess its not surprising since we havent had any rain. Reporter still the Water District says its not ready to hit the panic button. Not really to be honest we get most rainfall during the months of january through march. Its early to call it a dry winter. Were off to a slow start. Thats for sure. Water reserves are still healthy in the south bay despite the picture from anderson. But the water will watch the next three months close. There is also a concern that if the next three months too much rain. A recent engineering study founded throe spillways had major issues, guadalupe, anderson and here. The reason theyre hazardous is because of the dense population downstream even though they need work theyre not immediate concerning. They are currently in the design stage. For now families are enjoying the calm lake waters hoping the approaching rain is a good sign of things to come. Reporter and i have here the latest print out from the valley Water District, that shows most every reservoir in Santa Clara County is between 20 and 30 capacity, guadalupe is at 12 . Live in morgan hill, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. With the renewed draut worries we want to find out if people are conserving. Our investigate Investigative Unit looked at daft and found theyre not. We looked to water usage from june to august 2017 compared to the the same months in 2016. Data shows people in santa clara Water District used 2 billion gallons more. Thats a spike of 9 . Enough to fill 7838 football field with water. The Water Districts both saw water increase 8 over the past summer. Overall we are using less water than we did before the drought. In the newsroom do you recognize this man. He is accused of sexually assaulting a and robbing a Woman Working at Harker Middle School in san jose. Happened early this morning around 6 30 a. M. Police say this man assaulted the woman inside of a classroom at harker before running away. He was captured. You can see him here on this surveillance camera. Well at this hour there are delays the san jose international. Earlier today the primary terminal b was evacuated and thousands of passengers in limb o. On the left side of the screen what it looks like hundreds of people stood outside on the during the bomb scare. On the right side what it looked like after the all clear was dpifren. Marianne joins us from sjc with the latest information. Marianne. Reporter raj, terminal b was rocked down two hours today. That didnt just compact impact passengers here it was across the state. These were more than a thousand forced to wait outside while terminal b was put on lockdown. Dawn and her kids were trying to get back to ventura. We couldnt approach the terminal. We are waiting. Terminal b was evacuated after someone discovered a suspicious backback in the secure area near the boarding gate. A bomb squad police and firefighters rushed to the terminals. For two hours an estimated 2,000 passengers were rest waiting outside and inside on arriving flights that were parked on the tar mack. It was left to pilots to try and explain the delay to those passengers. Showing up with xray equipment and checking out the package. The delay stretched well beyond sjc. Frank and joan brock are concerned about granddaughters arriving two hours late from burr tang. It was waiting in the line of planes to take off and everything stopped because of the situation here. Reporter authorities ultimately determined the suspicious backpack wasnt a threat. Everyone back to work. And passengers were once again allowed to head for the gate but facing one to twohour delays. Terminal b serves Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines passengers. I i just went inside and checked a few minutes ago. And there are still delays ranging from 1 to two hours. Not quite back to normal tonight. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Another headache at a local airport. This time all about a rat. Yes, a rat caused this flight to be delayed at the oakland airport. Passengers poured this flight this morning, to fly to portland or so they thought. When someone spotted the rat in the cockpit and everyone had to get off the plane. The airline rebooked the passengers. The plane is out of service until its certified rodentfree by a professional exterminator. Mounen view police are searching for thieves who pulled off a braisen burglary this morning using a truck to crash threw thea. Front of a popular restaurant at the shore line golf course where they hauled away an atm. Robert hand aire joins us liver to tell us how the thieves pulled off a really crazy crime there. Reporter well, thats right. When you look at the front of michaels shoreline restaurant and you see the pictures it might seem this was a rash reckless criminal but it was actually very meticulous. A steady stream of customers were stunned to see the restaurant boarded up and shut down for the day and shocked to hear thieves used a vehicle to smash threw to steal an atm machine. Wow . Thats not good. Reporter Police Say Officers got a call around 8 30 this morning reporting this atp was found torched and abandoned at a parking lot on charleston road. Shortly afterwards a michaels worker reported the theft of the atm. Police later found the vehicle involved, a flat we had truck stolen from cupertino. The truck was only found a quarter mile away. And obviously the atm machine was found on charleston a bit further were trying to figure out how it got from the point a to b. Michaels was hectic. Its unfortunate what happened here for sure our partners. But yeah pretty bizarre. Kind of an insane crime in general. Its not what you normally here. Reporter police examined the atm and said the cash was gone. They worked a bit on it because its torched, you know its ripped apart. So they got in there unfortunately. Reporter some customers were upset and didnt give the thieves any credit. I mean they think its a good move. I dont injury its kind of dumb. It draws too much attention. Reporter well, police say they certainly hope it attracted attention and asking anyone who might have seen something to contact investigators. One positive note, michaels plans to [nreopen tomorrow. View, r hand an nbc bay area news. Thank you, robert. Flames from a fire a a santa clara paper yard filled the skies this morning. Investigators now trying to figure out what caused that blaze. This isnt far from san joses airport. Fire was burning in a yard next to mill on matthews. Firefighters say they had many worries battling the blaze because the place was so packed with paper. They stack them four high and four feet tall each. Equals amounts to up to over 15 feet. As they burn and fall down its dense material. Its hard for us to penetrate all the way into the seed of the fire. Worker he is from the mill were on the site when it started but they were able to get out safe. Are you ready for the drama . The road to the olympics goes right through san jose beginning this week. This is a live look at the shark tank where the u. S. Figure it skating championships will be held. This is time laps video of the ice inside being prepared. The best skaters in america are all in town hoping to make the team. The olympics again begin mechanics month in south korea. Polina edmunds and karen chen will be among those hoping to make it. Later on in this newscasts well be hearing bay area gold medallist brian boitaneau about his hits the week. The robbery of a Delivery Driver that sent shoppers out of this store. Also driving 120 miles an hour. The new details about the man accused of hitting and killing a chp officer and Christmas Eve. Clouds right now in san jose. And 58 degrees. But we have rain tomorrow. The brandnew time line coming up in about eight minutes. At one of the most popular shopping spots in the north bay the upscale village mall in corte madera. An attack in broad daylight at one of the most popular shopping spots in the north by. The upscale village mall in nordstroms. Confronting a ups driver and pistol whipping another man. Nbc bay area sam brock spent the day digging up information. And sam, this is not what you expect to happen at this mall. And they havent caught anyone yet right. Reporter no, absolutely, jessica. Its not what you expect. So many people telling us that. But also disconcerting that the people who did this still at large. The investigators in in case saying they believe there are at least two people involved. But our sources say it was four. The frenzy that followed shut down the mall more than an hour. On the curb some 30 or 40 nordstrom kbes huddling across the store waiting to get back inside. An Armed Robbery around 10 00 send the village mall into a state of lockdown. I pulled up and the police ran over and said what are you doing . They didnt stop me from driving in. I guess it was right after it happened. Police officers swarmed from marine county sheriffed department and the local police devilling into basic details like who did it. Were trying to determine the total amount of team. The upsht driver and one other person was assaulted or excuse me confronted by the armed subject. Ups employees answered questions for investigators. But it appears a mall employee may have borne the gravest sequence gloo who was pistol whipped. I dont know at this time. Someone was. Somebody was. Throe officials initially believed a nordstrom worker was the target, a friend of the victim corrected the official account explaining that a 72yearold man named victor who takes out card board are for mall businesses happened to be standing in the wrng place in the at the wrng time hesoi says suffer gashes above both eyes and deserves better. Mall visitors were stunned its nerveracking. Im here obviously with my mom and baby. And we just heard about it when we were in tloepology. And some of the small employees seemed headachen up. As for victor necessary stable condition. Sam brock, nbc bay area news. Lets get to the east bay now. Speed drugs and alcohol. Its a deadly mix on 880 in hayward. Investigators say the suspect was driving 120 miles an hour when he hit the chp cruiser on Christmas Eve. That crash killed an officer and injured another. Tonight, we know that drivers name and the charges he now faces. Nbc bay area Jodi Hernandez joins us at the chp office in hayward with the follow up on this tragic story, jodi. Raj, investigators say that driver admitted to being under the influence of both alcohol and marijuana when he hit and killed officer camilleri. Tonight as the Community Mourns the loss of the officer, the father of three, the suspect faces felony murder charges. Youre looking at the man investigators say is responsible for the Christmas Eve collision that left chp officer Andrew Camilleri dead. Investigators say 2yearold mohamed ali of hayward was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he hit the chp patrol car at 120 miles an hour. He was celebrating Christmas Eve. Like many of us do. Unfortunately for him he chose to drink and drive and smoke and drive. Alameda County District attorney nancy omaly says her office filed Second Degree murder charges against ali. He also faces dui and speeding charges. According to Court Documents ali admitted to driving impaired to hayward after threatening his wife. He told investigators he knew he should have pulled over at least three times but made the decision to keep driving. When do we say enough is enough . And finally reach a point where every single driver on the road realizes that he or she cannot and must not drink, smoke, take drugs and get behind the wheeln of a car. Drinking and driving is socially unacceptable. Smoking marijuana and driving is as unacceptable. Reporter now ali remains hospitalized tonight where he is being treated for his own injuries that he suffered during that accident. I had a chance to talk to one of his neighbors today who says that she and the family are shocked and devastated. She says that he is a good kid. Now ali is expected to be released from the hospital and booked into santa rita jail sometime within the next couple of days. Reporting live in hayward, Jodi Hernandez, thbz bay area news. Thank you. So sad for everyone involved. Well the drunk driving crackdown in alameda this year was dedicated to that officer. Officer camilleri. Each Holiday Season a personally trained team of departments blanket the county hunting for impaired drivers. Deputies maid 174 dui arrests, 46 other arrest. Also recovered three guns. Well in a few weeks youll be able to apply for the New California state id or the real id in october the california drivers license will no longer cut it to get on an airplane. Because of 2005 act of congress that requires all 50 states to enhance drivers licenses with increased security steps. In california, though, its not ready yet. Until sacramento makes the required changes, the federal government is requiring the use of real ids to barred plats. But if you have a passport you can use that. If you have a passport, a military id some other type of federally approved document can you check with the tsa website you dont need a real id drivers license to get on the plane. A lot of us have a passport but dont want to bring it for a domestic flight. Applications for the real ids will be accepted beginning january 22nd. Jeff is with us with the storm coming in appear happy new year. Good to be back together again. It is. After our vacation. New year, rain finally coming bab. Much welcomed here as we are seeing the roadways getting wet in wednesdays forecast. Well look at the microclimate forecast. And towards the trivalley a lot of traffic. But seems to be moving along. 56 degrees right now. And drop to 40s once we hit 11 00 p. M. But notice no rainfall this evening. Its just the cloud cover. Well continue to contend with that. And in terms of tomorrows forecast, the rainfall will return. Temperatures cool off a few degrees. Well have 60 for a high in santa rosa. 62 in concorda. 65 in san jose and 61 in San Francisco. No matter where you are the bay area through tomorrow youll have the same temperature here throughout the bay. Now, in terms of the rainfall, you can see tomorrow morning at 10 00 a. M. Some spotty showers near the coastline. I think the better bet to pick up rainfall would be 4 00 for the north by. Also near San Francisco. But for most of the bay area we sigh things increase at 7 30 tomorrow night. You can see the yellow and orange embedded in the rainfall. Thats isolated thunderstorms possible. Could even bring us a few dangerous lightning strikes. Well be monitoring that. Well keep the chance of rain from 7 30 tomorrow night right into about 8 00 there on thursday morning. Now, in terms of the totals we are having more details coming up at 6 48. I wanted to give you the expansive look at the sevenday. Not only the chance of rain wednesday night but a second storm arriving thursday evening. Will bring the possibility of more rain that would linger into friday. En, longer looks at this in and a detailed look at the exact rainfall totals at 6 48 tonight. See you then. Up next here at 6 00 taking over for matt lauer what hoda kotb has to say about landing the dream job. The festival kicks kicks off on april 13th and wraps up on happening now on twitter, the 20182018 line up. S were wrapping up. M and m and beyonce who backed out last year. Also on twitter it is a tastiest big mac. Mcdonalds launching the dollar men u. The change expecting to give mcdonalds a boost. Back in a moment with more. Some Television History. The today show named a new co anchor who s a familar face to the nbc family. Enchts did you watch Television History in the today show a named a new coanchor who is a familiar face to the nbc family. Its 2018en and we are conclude off the year right because hoda is officially the coanchor of tood. This has been the most popular decision nbc news ever made. Im so thrilled. Im pinching myself. A lot of people are excited she has such a infectious nile as well High Pressure a permanent cohost along with savannah guthrie. Replacing matt lauer fired in november for sexual misconduct. Its the first time two women have hosted the today show. What do you think when young kids are thinking when they look up and two women watching. Wow, its normal. Kotb says there is no way she is giving up the old job. Continuing to cohost the 10 00 a. M. Hour with kathy lee gifford. She is excited. She also recent adopted a baby girl. She joined the today show family in 2008. Kari underwood is opening up a ball fall she had. Underwood originally tweeted to the 8 million follower that she suffered abrasions. Yesterday though she sent a letter to the Fan Club Members reechlg the injuries were more serious. She has received 40 to 50 stitches on her face. She told her fans she is healing but for them not to be surprised she doesnt quite look the same. Up next here at 6 00 back to work face ago government shut down. The surprise announcement lawmakers were greeted to today plus. It seems that everyone thinks he is some kind of a villain. Trying to paint the suspect as a v