Some of those laid off twitter employees are fighting back in court. They filed a lawsuit last night in anticipation of these cuts. The suit claims elon musk and twitter violated state and federal laws that require advanced notification of mass layoffs. Nbc bay areas ian cole spoke with bay area attorneys and legal experts, too. Reporter a growing number of former employees are joining a new lawsuit claiming the mass layoff by elon musk and the company is illegal. This morning we spoke with their attorney. We filed this case last night preemptively to make sure that twitter and elon musk follow the law. Musk has a history of violating the law. Reporter shes talking about the warn act. Its a federal law requiring that Large Companies give employees along with local and state officials 60 days notice of a large layoff, which they argue musk didnt do that. She filed a similar lawsuit against tesla earlier this year for the same issue. Were also looking into how twitter made the decision about who was going to be laid off. The lead plaintiff in this case appears to have been laid off in retaliation for having helped his coworkers who were very concerned about these layoffs, and he was helping them make sure they were protected. Reporter so far supervisors say the city hasnt been notified under the warn act. Nbc news has talked with multiple former employees and viewed the layoff email they got. It says their last day working at the company is today, but theyll continue to be paid through early february. But whether or not twitter fully complies with both the federal and California Law remains yet to be seen. Reporter attorneys are urging every employee to seek legal advice before signing anything or waiving their rights. Legal experts say because the company is willing to pay them 60 days the lawsuit may be dismissed. But courts arent really that thrilled by technical violations, and the real spirit of the warn act is to lessen the impact on the employees. Reporter attorneys believe a court could make a preliminary ruling on the issue as soon as next week. Ian cole, nbc bay area news. The court is expected to act quickly in the case but just after hk this afternoon elon musk tweeted and confirmed everyone laid off was offered three months of severance. This may be enough to comply with the warn act. Today for the First Time Since her husband was attacked with a hammer an their home in San FranciscoHouse Speaker nancy pelosi spoke on camera. This comes on the same day as the suspect was back in court. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana has been following this story every step of the way and has the latest now from the city. Reporter a day after her husband paul pelosi returned from the hospital, House Speaker nancy pelosi addressed Campaign Supporters and staff during a morning video call today with just days until the midterms most of the 30minute call was dedicated to rallying support for her Democratic Party members. Ive seen the enthusiasm. Ive seen the determination. Ive seen the courage of our candidates, the dedication of our grass roots. Reporter but she began the call by thanking supporters and staff for the wellwishes for her husband and family. This is the first time shes spoken on camera about last fridays brutal Home Invasion attack that left her husband with major injuries. Tonight paul pelosi continues to recover at hominid a doctors care. Its going to be a long haul but he will be well, and its just so tragic its happened, but nonetheless we have to be optimistic. Hes surrounded by family, so thats a wonderful thing. Reporter while paul pelosi recovers the case against his accused attacker continues. Today his daughter attended an administrative hearing in the case against david depape. During todays brief hearing the judge even acknowledged Christine Pelosis presence saying they worked together years ago at the city attorneys office. Its not clear if judge loreta george will preside over both hearings but if she does both sides may raise an objection of possible conflict of interest. That should happen prior to the hearing itself. Reporter that hearing is set for december 14th. David depape was not in court today. These are sketches from his tuesday first appearance. On december 14th the judge will hold a preliminary hearing in this case and will also listen to arguments from the San FranciscoDistrict Attorneys Office on holding david depape in custody until his full trial. During the preliminary hearing we may also hear some of the firsthand accounts from witnesses about exactly what happened inside the pelosi house during the breakin and attack. At this point we will be determining what witness we need to call, whether we call a victim, whether we call the 911 dispatcher, whether we present certain evidence. Reporter according to superior Court Documents two Police Officers saw david depape hit paul pelosi in the head with a hammer, knocking him out. And according to federal charges depape confessed to the crime and offered details to officers in a recorded interview. We continue our extensive coverage of the story online. If you want to watch the rest of speaker pelosis virtual chat just click on the story. Weve embedded the video there. Thats nbcbayarea. Com. Our big story tonight, San Francisco looking gray and gloomy and some rain along on this weekend. This is going to be a cozy weekend. Letsbri in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Whens it coming in and how much . Tomorrow night well start to see some areas of rain returning. We look at Doppler Radar and satellite combined. No need for the umbrella tonight. We just have the clouds overhead, but make sure to have that jacket. It is chilly right now. Lets zoom out and get the wider view of the satellite radar picture. You can see all this storm activity right here hitting seattle and portland, and that eventually is going to move down here towards the bay area. Tomorrow morning we have cloud cover with us, no umbrella needed. And tomorrow afternoon we get into showers here in the nrgt north bay. But i want to be clear as we move through this weekend it will not be just continuous rainfall. Just on and off rain chances for spotty weekend rain. So i think whatever plans you have youre still going to be able to get those done. Winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. Some sierra snow showers, and then this should pick up sunday night into monday. Now give you an early preview of that sierra snow if youre going up saturday or sunday. Totals look manageable about 2 to 6 inches but were going to add to this and in a big way. The latest on those totals coming up in 15 minutes and exactly where the heaviest rain will be. Still with temperatures dropping and rain coming in a lot of communities in the area are bracing for storm related issues and problems. How pg e is prepping and hoping to avoid any major power outages. Reporter as clouds roll in and rain heads towards the bay area, pg e says its prepping to make sure the lights stay on. We are very aware of this weather event. Were preparing for it logistically. Were making sure that we have the right number of crews in place. Reporter part of those preparations includes technology to help pinpoint where to expect storm outages allowing the utility to prestage crews to respond faster. Still the pg e spokesperson says its hard to tell how many people will be impacted. There is the possibility of outages and in some cases we do experience a phenomenon where one of the first rains of the season you do sometimes see dirt and debris and pollution sort of build up on the lines. So in some cases we will experience more outages than normal. Reporter with some areas expecting more than half an inch of rain starting this weekend the utility says its relying on storm prep and its year round efforts to manage vegetation to help protect power lines and transformers. But even with all the prep some outages are expected, and thats why the utility is asking customers to be prepared not just this weekend but all winter. Be prepared for the possibility of outages and probably the most Important Message is that around downed power lines if you ever see a downed power line just assume its live. Reporter in oakland, nbc bay area news. You know when were not on the air you can get weather alerts sent straight to your phone. You can get up to the minute weather alerts and even customize them for your neighborhood. Okay, the clock is ticking towards election day. Next tuesday is the big day. Heres a behind the scenes look now. Theyre already busy processing ballots. Theyve also showed us their system for verifying voters and making sure their votes have been counted. Remember you have until 8 00 tuesday night to drop off your ballot. If you mail your ballot it has to be postmarked. It can be accepted up to a week after election day as well. We already have a special page on our website dedicated to the midterm elections. It includes information on all the key races. Just go to nbcbayarea. Com decision 2022. Up next rejected by the Supreme Court, the latest blow to president bidens Student Loan Forgiveness Program and what it means for borrowers looking to apply for that debt relief. I feel like if i didnt have this in my life it would be more challenging for me. A safe haven for students in Contra Costa County could be closing. The threats against a local Soccer Program and what it means to keep running. Right now new data out on just how bad this flu season in, the worst in a decade as rsv continues to put a strain on hospitals. Also crime and fear on the ballot. I look at the state of crime in america w vo Climate Change is fueling a wildfire crisis. Destroying our forests. Threatening our communities. Polluting our air. Prop 30 taxes the wealthiest 0. 2 to reduce the tailpipe emissions that drive Climate Change. And prevent wildfires and toxic smoke. So we have clean air to breathe. Some say we shouldnt act. Tell that to our kids. This is about their future. Kevin calfire firefighters, the American Lung association, and the coalition for clean air support prop 30. Yes on 30. Chevron is going to pay up for diesel leak here in the bay area in richmond. It happened back in february of last year. A small hole in the pipeline leaked more than 700 gallons of diesel water mixture into the waters off the richmond long warf. Its not clear exactly how much chevron will pay but they agreed to settle and pay for wildlife and enforcement costs. It must also put in Safety Measures to stop it from happening again including better inspections and a Leak Detection system. A new challenge to president bidens student loan forgiveness plan but the Supreme Court has blocked it. The decision from Justice Amy Coney barrett keeps the fight out of the program. It allows eligible bahoars to cancel up to 20,000 of student debt. In october the justice rejected a similar request. The decision has little Practical Impact because an Appeals Court ruling has already put implementation of this policy on hold, however the white house is still encouraging bah borrowers to apply. At cal prep richmond both players and coaches see it as a way to keep kids off the streets. Reporter for them soccer is more than a game, its deeply ingrained into their culture. My dad played it, my grandpa played it. Its something that originated from me and my heritage and the person i am today. Reporter the two student athletes play for the cal prep soccer team in richmond. The. The small Charter School recently jumped to a Competitive League after dominating a smaller league for years. But the competition is more fierce and the program is falling behind due to a lack of basic resources. Right now the team often relies on students bringing their own soccer balls and sometimes playing without any formal goal posts and nets. Sometimes players dont even bring their balls or forget or even because we have school they dont bring it because its right after school. You cant play a sport without a ball. Reporter its why their head coach is now hoping a plea to the community and a gofundme account will help address that problem. Many of the teams players come from underserved communities, and me believes the game provides them a way to stay off the streets and a pathway to college. And now competing against top schools means more college scouts. They get exposure from college coaches, opportunities to come like scholarships and things libe that. Reporter hes a senior and credits the Soccer Program with the current interest hes receiving from scouts. I feel if i didnt have this in my life it would be more challenging for me especially me as a senior it would be more challenging because i want to have colleges looking at me, scouts looking at me. Reporter the coach says those opportunities for players are fueling him and his push to get the equipment his team needs to compete. I just want to be able to pretty much be at the same level as our competition. Reporter in richmond, pete serratos, nbc bay area news. The holiday spirit is now in the air especially now a Holiday Season favorset are back. Yes, the ice rink is back. It rink is open in public daily through january 16th which happens to be Martin Luther king jr. Day. Has a little coffee bar there where you can get hot chocolate,bri a costume like that if you want to. Everyone is starting to smile now. Thats crazy. Thats some talent. How we doing, jeff . We get some spotty chances this weekend. Im thinking about hot chocolate. Good weather to slide around down there in union square. And our forecast as we move through the next couple of days its changing up for us. As we take you through that microclimate forecast just wanted to update you on the bay area rain season and how things go for us. In october we generally see things kind of tick up here through the bay area. October, though, really brought us little to nothing in the way of rainfall. And november thats when we historically see things jump again and we are right on track with the way things are playing outright now. December, january, february, march, thats when we really pin a lot of our hopes on getting that big rainfall before we get into the typical dry season. So lets move it into that forecast and everything is lining up to get some rain in here through the fiveday forecast. You can see this aggressive storm track hitting the pacific northwest, and eventually thats going to lower down here through the bay area. Well have more on those rain chances in about a minute but i want to make sure youre ready to go through tomorrow morning. Cloud cover may help you sleepin a little bit on your saturday. Why not . Weve all been working hard to get to that saturday and temperatures starting off in the upper 40s and low 50s. 50 and chilliest weather, some sweater weather in the north bay, and 46. Daytime highs for tomorrow stay on the cool side. We have 63 in livermore, 62 santa cruz, 59 in santa rosa and 57 through half moon bay. We get into a spotty chance of rain as we move through saturday, but i dont think its going to ruin your weekend plans saturday and sunday. Its not going to be nonstop rainfall. The first little wave of spotty rain gets here saturday night. Then through the day sunday we get some dry weather. By the evening well see another little push here of some rainfall. Should start to pick up here by monday morning and into tuesday with some widespread coverage. And then we get into a breaking up here as we head through wednesdays forecast. May get a little isolated small hail because the air is so cold as the air moves in. Rainfall totals just trace amounts to maybe 0. 2 on saturday. Add onto that a quarter to a half inch elevations on sunday night. Monday most of us in for a half inch except for the south bay, and by tuesday were looking at about a half to three quarters for a lot of the bay area. Some of the Higher Elevations in that red color right around an inch. Sierra snow 1 to about 4 feet for the highest levels monday, tuesday, and wednesday. Lets show you that sevenday forecast and numbers remain in the 50s. Dry weather in here wednesday, thursday and friday. Those chances really drop off by wednesday. Were only looking at a 50 possibility. Its the best kind of rain. We get a little bit of chances each and every day. The kind of break and avoids a lot of the problem. Up next she is not backing his bid for pennsylvania senator. Why oprah says shes endorsing