morning commute. you see it playing out right now. a break in the action over san jose. we are seeing the rain around marin county up through the north bay. you can see moderate rain at times right now. we will see rain at times through the morning commute turning heavier as we head into the evening. highs today staying mild. upper 60s, meantime on the central coast, flash flood watch as heavier rains arrive as we head into the afternoon and our own evening commute. >> we'll watch for the changes again. damp roadways impacted as robbed talked about already seeing some overnight activity. that's where you'll see green highlighting on my maps, contrasting with rob's green that shows rain overhead. over here we had police activity which just cleared. it was affecting the hilltop drive on-ramp to eastbound 80. it sounds like there was a pedestrian-involved crash earlier this morning. i'll let you know if anything other than that affects your drive. no delays for the b.a.r.t. system. with rain coming in, we'll also watch for delays on the ferry system. we'll update the situation in richmond. like rob mentioned, it's already raining in some parts of the bay area. we are covering the latest storm from all different angles this morning. >> across the bay area. we begin with "today in the bay's" bob redell out on the roads right now. i understand 101 northbound, bob? >> reporter: northbound 101 in san jose heading up the peninsula. good morning, laura and sam. if there was a way for you to get on the roads right now, now would be the time. as you can see, it is very dry out there. we do have water on our windshield. that's from earlier overnight, the roads are dry, we're not anticipating the rain according to our weather radar and what our meteorologist rob mayeda has been saying until later in the commute. this green blob is the future forecast according to the weather channel showing the rain coming into the north bay and into the peninsula. something to keep in mind as you're ready to head out on the roads. we did see light rain, my photographer, henry and i, if we came from the homes in the east bay. once we got in the south bay, you can smell it in the air. as you are getting ready for work this morning, remember, if you're going to be hitting the roads within the next hour, it is going to be wet out here. if you recall that storm from a couple weeks ago, i saw on the roads, a lot of people solo spinning out, not remembering how to drive in this wet weather. you want to keep your distance between you and the driver in front of you. we'll have reports within the next half hour, 60 minutes and so on. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> being in the car with bop, thanks so much. as a new storm moves in, there are concerns about erosion and flooding. this is video from the loma fire. santa clara valley water district says they will have sandbags available for anyone who might need them. several other counties are also offering free sandbags. we'll continue to track the rain all morning, all day, both on air and online. stay connected with our free nbc bay area app. you can also follow the interactive radar and set weather alerts for your neighborhood. as mike just mentioned a second ago, new this morning, police activity in richmond. authorities there are investigating the discovery of a body not far from hilltop mall in richmond. right now the chp is only saying a little after midnight a pedestrian was found dead near the hilltop drive on-ramp to eastbound i-80. no word on how they think the body ended up there, what kind of crime, if any, was committed and whose body that is. we're reaching out to richmond police to try to get new information for you. higher percentages of blacks and latinos are criminally charged in santa clara county than any other racial group. that's the conclusion of a new study by the santa clara county district attorney's office which finds latinos represent nearly half or 45% of all criminal defendants in the koun. 10% of those charged are african-americans. 24% of defendants are white. as for asians, that figure is 9%. the d.a.'s office plans to conduct further studies on the reasons for the disparity. still not fixed. computer problems continue to persist at dmv branches across the state. hundreds were turned away at the legislator branch yesterday. a computer system failure is the root of the problem. it started on monday. needless to say, people are frustrated. >> super frustrating. you know how dmv is, not a pleasant experience anyone. >> like the military, hurry up and wait. more than 100 low cakes across the state including 6 in the bay area. the last sparks before winter. fire pits at san francisco beach are about to be removed. firefighters today will light the fire pitsality 10:30 this morning to light the last of the season. they'll be there teaching preschoolers about fire season. the no-burn system begins next tuesday. they won't be allowed again until next february. game on as the chicago cubs manage to split the first two games of the world series. >> first king james and his cavalier court ascended last night's game. chicago's kyle schwarber had other ideas. the guy missed the entire season with a torn knee. he went 2 for 4 with two runs batted in. the cubs win 5-1. schwarber was a last-minute addition to the roster after he tore up his knee at the beginning of the season. game three tomorrow night at wrigley field. coming up, we're tracking the latest storl to hit the bay area. rob in for kari. >> we're seeing rain across san francisco, across the north bay. pockets of rain from the coast with heavier rain to follow as you approach the evening commute. how much rain you can expect coming up. you've got to get those wipers ready to go this morning. you see a little sheen on the roadway, damp across the san mateo bridge. not a lot of wind, but we're tracking the changes rob has. it will affect your drive. got a tip for the bay area's biggest investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips, or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate. because she doesn't know that it kills 40,000 californians... every year. because she doesn't understand what cancer is. because she can't spell emphysema. because she is a butterfly, who fights fires. because she is my daughter, and the surgeon general says that raising tobacco taxes... is a proven way to make sure she never smokes. that's why i'm voting yes on 56. a mystery at the beach. this morning marine biologists will try to find out why a blue whale died and washed ashore. it was found near thornton beach and daly city yesterday. it was a rare discovery to see it there because the species is endangered. the last blue whale discovered in the bay area washed ashore in 2010. happening later today, a south bay father accused in the deadly beating of his own baby returns to court for the first time in almost two months. san jose police in august arrested matthew zabala. he's facing murder charges in the death of his 6-week-old daughter. doctors say she suffered a fractured skull and multiple broken bones. that's not all for zabala who faces separate charges tied to suspected domestic violence. two san francisco city workers are being called heroes this morning for stepping in to stop a bloody knife attack on market street. footage shot after tuesday's stabbing show police officers holding down the suspect identified as a 37-year-old transient. police say the suspect asked a 49-year-old man to borrow his pocket knife and attacked the knife owner form no reason. two mta workers saw the incident unfold and they got out of their truck and tackled the attacker. >> saw a gentleman lying on the street who was fairly injured. it almost looked like six or seven emts around him with a giant crowd had gathers. the mta cited the workers for their bravery. the victim is expected to fully recover from his injuries. >> mta as first responders there. up next, standard operating procedure. you check your windshield wipers, tire pressure. what about other ways forgetting around in the city in the bay. a wet weather system designed specifically for our be loved cable cars. my mom marnie and then she died life. of lung cancer. so i have a personal interest in helping prevent smoking. i'm tom steyer, the co-chair of the yes on 56 campaign. every year, nearly 17,000 california kids start smoking. a third of them will die from their addiction. tobacco taxes reduce youth smoking. please. vote yes on prop 56. if we can save even a few lives, it's worth it. however -- millionsave aeshot== we are just 12 days until election day, and as we see, both presidential candidates trying to get those votes. it turns out millions of people have already cast their ballots. an nbc target smart analysis shows more than 10 million americans have voted. >> with more democrats in the polls in eight battleground states and more republicans in three. meantime florida is tied. the latest national poll from suf pucks university shows trump trailing by nine points in the sunshine state. >> they have lines showing me voters polls to the booths that are four blocks long in booths, and there are an awful lot of red hats and buttons and trump shirts. >> we cannot stop for a minute. no complacency here. donald trump says he can still win, and he's right. >> in the meantime, trump is taking heat for diverting his campaign to open a new hotel in washington. clinton claims he built it with undocumented workers. >> you've got the presidential election. congressional elections, state elections, ballot measures. a lot of information to try to keep track of. if you're looking for a deeper dive, check out our voter's edge guy, go to nbcbayarea.com and put in your zip coated to learn more about the issues and candidates specific to your area. we've been telling you all morning lon, it's already raining in many parts of the bay area. a new wet weather solution for cable cars in san francisco. a special type of crushed glass is being used in combination with a rubber-like adhesive to help keep the cable car operators from slipping when they turn those cars around at the end of the line. in the past they used things like duct tape. but now there's a much better solution. really? >> duct tape? >> they tried it, too. >> if you haven't tried duct tape, hey, did you try duct tape. >> not going the gorilla glue route yet. >> it's something you don't think about. this morning it will impact the morning commute at times. we've been seeing the showers leaving the south bay. the north bay seeing moderate rain at times moving from south to the northeast. you'll see the radar filling in offshore. that's the next batch that will come in between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 this morning that will make the rain a little more widespread. totals between now and 6:00, nothing too heavy. the areas in blue picking up the heavier rain. generally less than a quarter inch of rain at least during the day. the main focus of the system coming in after this evening into tomorrow morning. we'll see highs in the mid to upper 60s bay area wide, mostly cloudy skies. notice the uptick in the rain intensity. overnight pockets of heavier rain. that's tomorrow morning's commute where you can see thunderstorms and outright downpours for friday morning, transitioning into a drier forecast as we get into friday evening. the main event coming up as we head into this evening, into tomorrow morning. we'll be looking at a rainy start to friday. next round comes in on sunday. another system due in on tuesday. notice the temperatures here staying in the 60s which means high snow levels initially, and trending cooler as we head toward the beginning of next week. the storm timeline, we've got the system through friday. saturday should be a bit of a break. another storm system comes in on sunday. halloween, ghostly cloudy skies. let's give you an hour-by-hour forecast for halloween. the morning is mostly or ghostly cloudy. as we head towards the evening, 7:30, rain try to show up in the north bay. trick-or-treat time early, that's the treat. the trick comes up between 10:00 and midnight as the rain makes a comeback monday night into tuesday. as we head to the sierra, snow levels dropping close to 6,000 feet as it moves through the weekend. here is the silver or frozen lining to the forecast as we go through the three storms. look at that snow adding up in the sierra as we head into halloween night into tuesday of next week. we'll watch for the changes and keep that in mind when you're choosing what you're going to wear or your kids will wear on halloween night. over here toward the rest of the bay in the green highlighting, we've already had still wet roadways on 580 -- disabled vehicle on 580 into livermore. not a major issue. this is of much more concern, southbound 880 approaching whipple road. we have a crash blocking three left lanes. a traffic break coming into the area over the next few minutes. we will track that and get your word on any injuries and when chp hopes to have those reopening. they just arrived on scene. over here getting toward the bay bridge. still at 13 minutes from highway 4 out of the maze, no major issues as far as that flow of traffic. the south bay we have damper roadways but bigger changes to come. 4:49 right now. twitter did as expected and announced today it is cutting staff, and it is a significant contradiction with as much as 9% of the company being laid off. scott mcgrew will take a closer look coming up at 5:15. other business news now and on the heels of announcing its fourth quarter earnings, we're expecting a major announcement from cupertino's apple today. >> for more on that and the rest of the news before the bell, let's check in with courtney reagan live at cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning. wall street could be in line for another mixed session today. futures are indicating we could open flat to possibly slighter lower this morning when the opening bell sounds. investors will be focused on earnings reports today. boeing did help to push the dow higher yesterday while apple weighed on the tech sector. today we're looking for data on unemployment and housing. but it is also the heaviest day of earnings season. that means we'll hear from the likes of ford, ups, twitter, google and amazon after the bell today. the dow rising 30 points to 18,199. the nasdaq falling 33 to 5,250. samsung is vowing to recover quickly from the disastrous recall of the galaxy note 7 phone which can overheat and catch fire. the company reporting quarterly earnings for the mobile division plunged 96%. sale of notebooks and tablets  account for most of their profit. apple's wireless headphones were supposed to be available this month. the company says it needs more time to make sure the product is ready for customers. they were praised but are technically complex with sectors that can detect when you put them in your ears. i'm sure apple wants to make sure they are absolutely perfect before they go out to consumers. back to you. >> don't want any bad feedback there. thanks so much. 4:51 right now. coming up, how ancient chinese poetry changed angel island. the discovery that is protecting part of the bay. do you have a consumer question? "nbc bay area responds." tomorrow you can ask your own question in person. our consumer team, chris chmura and arlene fernandez with telemundo 48 will be at the san jose downtown farmers market. you can ask questions in english and spanish between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. the u.s. coast guard and chinese maritime service join forces in the search for a missing chinese sailor. the 50-year-old person who departed san francisco last week in attempt to set a non-stop solo transpacific sailing record. his boat was found but no one was on board. we're staying on top of the big story, our first in the series of storms that will hit the bay area -- technically the second one this week. be sure to download our nbc bay area app on your mobile phone to get push alerts on major road closures if those happen. we're back in two minutes. fishing nets --- desned tocatchg a lot more than that o tcalifornie fishing nets designed to catch sword fish are reeling in a lot more than that, endangered animals like whales and sea turtles have been caught and killed inside the negligent. fishermen call the nets a necessary tool. tonight at 11:00 p.m., investigator reporter beg gad shaban shows us the real impact. he's obtained 25 years of government records to find out how often sea life are being killed. >> these are invisible curtains of death placed into the ocean. everything that swims into it becomes its victims. >> the unit nations have taken steps to ban or restrict the use of these nets. why is california allowing it? and what is at stake for the fishing industry off our coast. we'll investigate all of that tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, call 1-888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to t theunit@nbcbayarea.com. angel island is getting the funding it needs to stay exactly as it is. san francisco assembly members made a big announcement about the state's funding they have now secured for the island. decades ago angel island was headed for demolition until chinese poetry was found on the walls. this is back in the '70s. now the historical significance of the island is going to be preserved in a brand new exhibit. that exhibit is going to open on november 5th. music is a huge part of the bay area. this weekend we're going behind the scenes with legendary local musicians. among them todd shaw, aka too short. he started music with a friend selling music to drug dealers. >> he said let's sell it. and we went to go sell it. let's go where people have money. where is that? dudes right down there at the park selling drugs. they got money no doubt. so we went up to them and we let them hear. we only had one tape. >> his success even surprised his first big record label, not just too short. we'll hear personal stories from huey lewis, carlos santana and r&b singer kilani. part of "bay area revelations." it airs this sunday after sunday night football. >> quite a musical history in the bay area. right now our radar is a vision of green. >> that's right. we're tracking all that rain. really rob is doing the bulk of it for us. right now most of the green is in the north bay. notice offshore more rain set to line up that will have an impact on your morning commute. the timeline when we think the heaviest rain will arrive coming up. along with the weather goes the traffic, a little sheen on the roadway. that's the bay bridge toll plaza. i'm tracking a crash in hayward coming up. we are taking a very close look at that doppler radar this morning, seeing a whole line of showers coming through the bay area, but light so far, rob. >> the rain intensity has been light to moderate. we've seen bands move through, a few after midnight. a break around the south bay. offshore you can see the radar starting to fill in once again with more showers coming our way. right now it's the north bay seeing the first line clear through from santa rosa to napa. the new band of showers will be part of your morning commute. highs today in the mid to upper 60s, also focusing z toward your evening commute, daytime totals mainly less than .25 inch of rain. lighter rain for the first half of the day. as we approach the numbers from 5:00 to 7:00, that's when the focus of the storm will begin to approach the coast. i think it's the evening commute that will see more issues with the rain. >> folks should leave early and get only the roadways and allow more time this evening. we have to allow a little more time through hayward. we have this cash. you'll notice the green highlighting changes o

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