Blowing sideways, even in San Francisco right now, that cell moving right over the sf area. A lot of this rain continues to trail down to the Santa Cruz Mountains, east bay, and trivalley. The thing about this system, its been with us for a few days and now the core, the very center of it, is sitting right here off the San Francisco bay and is expected to move through today. The other thing, we have more showers and thunderstorms trailing along the core right ahead of it, so this main push is going to come through over the next couple of hours and then after that we will finally start to see our conditions start to improve. Until then, you can see the radar lit up through 3 00, 4 00, the heavy line of storms pushing towards sacramento by then and here in the bay area, well start to dry out. There will be patchy showers along the Santa Cruz Mountains and some of the easternfacing slopes, even across the north bay. I think over the next couple of hours the heavy batch of rain will be our final brunt of showery activity for today and then well hope to see some sunshine over the next couple of days. Well be tracking this line of showers during this newscast. In the meantime, back to you guys. Thank you, anthony. From the flooded streets and the sinkhole to fallen trees, the south bay not immune to weatherrelated issues either. Bob redell in saratoga. Big tree blocking the street. Good morning, bob. Reporter good morning to you, scott and kris. This neighborhood here, showing you how powerful this rainstorm has been in parts of the bay area. Youre looking at pine tree that came down around 8 00 this morning by the wind gusts. You can see the wind gusts pushing up again. Then around 8 15, a second pine came down, leaving that third pine that youre looking at right there by its lonesome, but it will soon be joining its cousins in the woodchiper, safety reasons. Whats fortunate about all these trees coming down during this storm over the past 48 hours, theres been no reports of injuries, which is especially last night. A large oak came down last night around 6 00, a neighbor remarked to me she couldnt believe nobody was crushed, considering that this was last night during the evening commute, a lot of cars on the road, it gets backed up. That oak also missed any structures. The only thing it took down were phonelines. Heres an example of someone who made it home safe, but without her car. A woman returning from a trip to Southern California was just a few miles from home in san jose when a little bit earlier this morning she ran her car into three to four feet of water underneath the Railway Crossing by the s. A. P. Center. Her son tells me she watched someone in front of her drive safely through, but when she tried, she was overcome, her car was overcome by a rush of water. She waded to safety and is doing fine. It took the city a few hours to unclog the drains that caused the puddle, then they had to get the pumps running. You might recall that happened about a year ago, same location during our last major rainstorm when a couple of cars got stuck. Back out here live, corner of pontiac in saratoga hills, where workers are ill tell you, taking down two pines so far and will be taking down the third. You can see why, its windy, they want it to come down in a nice fashion. Reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. All right, bob. Stay away from the wood chipper. Yes. There were also flooded streets in San Francisco. A few cars got stuck trying to get through in the mission district. Crews eventually came out with rakes to clear the debris and flood waters then subsided. Then take a look at this scene this morning from 18th and castro, gushing water overflowing on to the sidewalks. Water up to the tire line as cars drove through the intersection. Not just flooded roadways, other problems, as well. Mike, we are talking potholes and traffic jams. Yeah, i dont know if you call this a pothole or a kettle. It was bigger than a pot, the bay bridge. Over on the San Francisco side, still a double decker situation. Look at that big hole. Its bigger than the tires going over it or through it and that was the situation, caltrans had to do some repairs. Thats part of the issue with sustained storm like this, the second day in, actually the third day in some parts, cant get the crews out to do the repairs they need and things get worse. Theres the big pothole. Traffic is slowing across the bay bridge. Well give you a live look out here, this is another problem, flooding up in mill valley. Showed the video this morning from our chopper, highway 1 near 101 had the closure and here southbound 101 through san rafael, still jammed. Very slow because of the activity farther south, mill valley area, one lane closed, offramp is closed and surface streets are covered with water. Lets look at the maps. We have a slow drive from highway 37 all the way past the bridge and towards the closure at highway 1, then things clear up at golden gate bridge, slow towards the bay bridge, as well. Slower drivers because of conditions, but thats made for a later commute in many spots. Green shows the road weather conditions, slick conditions in most parts of the bay, 880 slow through fremont, late compression for that commute. San jose, live look out there, show you soupy in this area. Youll have to deal with lower visibility and slippery conditions. Back to you. Good advice. Thank you, mike. Storm also triggering problems at local airports. Sfo, 110 flights cancelled and thats still going up this morning. Several other flights delayed. Fjc and oakland, only minor delays. Lets go back to the sinkhole video. It opened up the street in San Francisco. Here it is. Its on lake street i think we have it for you. Its pretty cool. The one mike showed us, about this big. The one stephanies about to show us, way bigger. She is live this morning with pg e crews are trying to fix the problem. Hi there, steph. Reporter yeah, hey, good morning, kris and scott. You know, they do believe, the city officials do believe, that it was the large amount of rain water that overwhelmed the sewage line here at 6th and lake and thats what caused the pipe to burst and then you have this, a woman apparently around 8 00 this morning actually drove here, drove here to through the intersection, her car punctured the street, giving way to the sinkhole you see. Its pretty immense now. They do believe this section where you see closer to the curb is threatening the foundation of the building on the corner here, so the big concern is they may have to evacuate the people who live there. The sinkhole did cause the pavement to sever a sixinch water main, so if you want to look at the video now, the worry was the gas line in the video you can see some of the yellow pipe that is under the debris and hole, pg e crews worked fast to jackhammer through four spots. They are still working to do that now. You can hear it in the background, to squeeze off the line, cinch it to stop the flow. Water continued to gush out of the broken main, loosening up more dirt. The bigger concern, traffic, and the nearby residential building and those who live there. Nothing holding that up, however, since they turned off the water, were hoping it slows down the erosion process. If we have to evacuate that building, we would have to find a place for all the displaced residents. Repeated work on it. You can see all the patching thats there. Clearly, its been giving way periodically, and to my right about 100 yards, right on sixth avenue, it has repeatedly gone down. Reporter back here live, you can see, pg e crews working to get to the pg e gas line to purposefully cinch it. The sewage line, though, is the real problem here. It can be anywhere from eight to 17 feet deep, more likely around eight feet deep here. That has to be fixed first, then they can determine how to fix the water main and then, of course, youve got the pg e line last. Right now also their focus is on making sure the sewage doesnt get mixed in with water, so they are trying to figure how to close it off to make sure that doesnt mix. No one wants that. They are hoping this will take the rest of the day, maybe into the evening, maybe by tomorrow morning, but they are hoping to get this done within a fairly short amount of time. A lot going on here in San Francisco this morning. Live reporting in San Francisco, stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. All right, thank you, steph. Noisy group of reporters. Sure is. Lots of work out there. To the north, major flooding in mill valley. This is incredible. Look at this video our helicopter got a few hours ago. Near mt. Tam high school. The Police Department is asking people just stay home, unless you really have to do something. This guy, yeah, he is standup paddleboarding. He is not in the ocean, he is literally paddleboarding, essentially, on the sidewalk. I suppose i dont know. Any time we are not on the air, visit our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Thats where you can track the rain right to your doorstep. I know i was watching that radar last night to see what i was coming into this morning. Click on the weather tab at the top of the page, you can do the same. New details now about a shooting in San Francisco. A suspect in an attempted robbery caused trouble in the knob hill neighborhood this morning, and as reported, an offduty officer just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Reporter good morning. San Francisco Police detectives remained on scene for a few hours this morning while they were investigating the incident. They were dealing with a total of three scenes. First, a man headed to work down pine street was assaulted by a suspect who stole his wallet and cell phone after beating him pretty badly. Then the suspect went into another cafe, attempted to rob the place, and threw hot coffee on a customers face. Thats when one of the employees chased him out of the business. According to police, the suspect fled down the street, broke into an apartment, and tried to rob the resident, but it turned out that the victim then was an offduty officer, who tried to get him to stop, but instead the man allegedly assaulted him. The officer gets bit, its a really vigorous fight. Theres quite a bit of blood inside the area. The suspect goes for the officers holstered weapon and now its a life and death struggle over the weapon, and the weapon discharges one time. Kind of a recurring thing, you know, happened quite often in the neighborhood. You know, its unfortunate. Reporter the suspect was taken to the hospital, where he is in critical, but stable condition. Police say they were surprised to know while all of this was happening, no one called police, but the victims and witnesses told me assaults and robberies happen all too often and they feel nothing is ever done. This time it was an offduty officer who took down the suspect and residents from this area hope that that will bring down the crime in this area. In San Francisco, nbc bay area news. Still to come, 100 brains, brains, stolen from a university lab. The reason behind their disappearance. Plus, do you spend too much time on your smartphone . What researchers say its doing to your senses. Welcome back to you. The markets fairly quiet this morning. We get the big jobs number on friday. We got a peek today at the adp number, thats kind of a preview. Wasnt as good as we might expect, but friday well find out the real Labor Department number. A proposal this morning in congress would severely restrict the number of Russian Rocket motors americans can purchase. Many american rockets use russian motors, specifically the ones used by boeing and lockheed martin. The new defense bill would make the purchase of Russian Rocket motors illegal if lifting defense satellites into orbit. Elon musk warned about this problem when he testified before Congress Early this year. He said depending on the russians was a mistake and he said that before the russian invasion of crimea. Incredibly self serving argument for musk, he doesnt use russian technology, his competitors do. America would be doing this to itself, this is congresss proposed ban, not the russians. Lets talk about the irish this morning. The Company Strike just got new funding. When you do the math, it gives the company an evaluation of 3. 5 billion. Not bad for a couple of kids. Patrick is 26, his brother john is in charge, hes 24. Thats what they are. What they arent, kris, is american citizens. They are here on a temporary visa. I think we should probably keep them around. Adding to the immigration debate, right . It will soon be against the law to ride your bikes on sidewalks in downtown san jose. Last night city leaders approved the ban after there were dozens of reported incidents with pedestrians. Cyclists will now have to walk their bikes or ride in the street. The new law does not apply to Police Officers or kids under the age of 12. The ban will likely go into effect next month. Could making one lane of El Camino Real off limits to cars improve the traffic flow . That is the topic of a pair of meetings today. The plan is to designate one lane of the street for buses only. People in favor say that the goal should be to convince more people to take the bus instead of driving themselves, but some local leaders worry it will make congestion worse. The first meeting is already over, but you have not missed the second. That one is tonight at 5 30 in the Santa Clara City Council chambers. If your child has had an xray, it may not have been necessary. Researchers at the mayo clinic looked at more than 700 pediatric chest xrays over a sixyear period and found 12 were positive for a virus or trauma. There are many symptoms for which chest xrays provide no benefit and, in fact, expose children to unnecessary radiation, which could lead to cancer. Meanwhile, new Research Shows traumatic brain injuries could impair the brains ability to clear waste. Scientists found that head trauma can dislodge proteins that slowly build up and reach toxic levels. Also researchers say almost 8 of americans suffer from moderate to severe depression, but only about onethird of them seek treatment. Researchers found women, people between 50 and 59 years of age, and folks living below the Poverty Level are most likely to have depression. Heres a bizarre story out of texas this morning. University of texas at austin is missing 100 brains. Thats about half the universitys collection of brains preserved in jars of formaldehyde. One of the missing brains is believed to be that of clock tower sniper charles wynton. The jars of brain were transported nearly 30 years ago, but psychology professors say students have been stealing the brains for years, likely for halloween pranks. The Alameda CountySheriffs Department will show off two drones this afternoon. The sheriff tells the chronicle the drones will be used for hostage or bomb squad scenarios. Critics do have privacy concerns. You may recall last year people were upset because the department applied for federal money but the money was denied and the department used its own funds. If they fly the drones without approval, they are breaking the law. Yeah. Spending too much time on your smartphone may dull the senses. What . That is the conclusion of researchers at kent state university. Perhaps most alarming statistically speaking, they found that 1 of 4 students spend ten hours a day on their cell phones. Ten hours. They found that using your smartphone that heavily for things like social media and games can make you more uptight and stressed out. It may also make you more prone to boredom. The results mirror studies done in the 1970s and 1980s, but that time they did the studies on folks who watched tv. Very few smartphone use in the 70s, yes. Well, the red banner means we have a weather alert. Lets check in with anthony this morning. He has radar and a total, i see. I was just doing the math, in the ten hours of iphone, only 24 hours in a day, you sleep eight of the hours, work the other eight, only eight hours left. Thats a lot of math. Sleep depravation. All right, lets talk about the rain. If you are sharp, you got that. You will notice the rain amounts, really impressive across the bay area. Look at this, up in San Francisco over an inch and a half since midnight and a lot of the bay area still seeing very heavy rain, even in san jose right now, where we have close to an inch since midnight. Were going to continue to tally this up through the day. Strongest winds today, look at this, wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. Even saratoga earlier, about an hour ago, 48 mile per hour gusts. In San Francisco and san jose, 30 to 35 miles an hour and that is a gust. That is Strong Enough to take down trees and topple power lines, as youve seen all morning long. But the strongest of the winds are here right now. Why . Well, the core, the center of the storm, is making its way right in the coastline right in the San Francisco bay. So this is going to be our last main band of rain thats going to move through that you can see stretching in from the east bay. San francisco, youre starting to dry out for the time being, but zooming in you can see hercules, martinez, some of the heavier pockets of rain. Even berkley and oakland seeing that happen, as well. Wouldnt be surprised to see flight delays out of oakland over the next hour or so. The good news, we are seeing some of this lighter to moderate rainfall, not as heavy as it was earlier in the south bay and also the trivalley, but it is going to continue to come down over the next couple of hours. Temperatures today, cool without a doubt, but the flag blowing in fremont as the cars pick up some of the water on the road. Still very windy out there. Lets put your future cast into motion. About 1 00, the core, its going to be right over the San Francisco bay. What youre going to have is the outflow ahead of it, strong thunderstorms moving through sacramento, tracy, and the band into the south b