Are expected to stick around through the majority of the day. We are expecting to climb into those lower 60s today. It will be a very cool, almost chilly start to your sunday. The north bay also seeing some rain. Theres a live look right now, and these are going to be periods of on and off showers. Yesterday we had widespread showers. Today it will still be a little breezy but not as windy as yesterday. Overall we have a chance of some thunderstorms into the evening hours with a possibility of some hail in the north bay, but for now overall its just looking like that storm system is going to clear out for portions of the day, so right now its a little cloudy in some parts. But at about 9 00 or 10 00, another band of storms comes in, and that could bring some more rain also here in downtown san jose. So were going to keep an eye on that for sure. We certainly need the rain. Its a nice change of are pace. I agree. I personally like putting on a jacket during this time of year. Yeah. Youre going to need one if youre heading out today. Vianey, thanks. The storm hitting the bay area also dumping heavy amounts of snow in the sierra. Lets give you a live look at the conditions right now on interstate 80 near castle peak. A winder weather advisory is in effect for its entire area. This is what it looked like last night. Snowplows were working through the evening to keep those roads as clear as possible. Traffic though still very slow going on the major highways. About a foot of new snow fell she had. Great news for ski resorts. Several, including Boreal Mountain resort in soda springs, are now open for the season. Now, some storm cleanup was much needed in the north bay. This is video from marin county where downed tree branches were cut away from power lines. Many tree limbs broke off in the rainstorm and some small trees fell across roadways. A High Surf Advisory is in effect until 3 00 p. M. Today for the coastline. The swells could reach between 13 and 15 feet. Stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage of the weekend rain. Download our free nbc bay area app. You can get a personalized forecast and youll be looking at the same radar our meteorologists use. An overnight crash takes the life of a woman in Half Moon Bay. San mateo county sheriffs rushed to the scene of a car that went off the road and hit a tree on cabrio highway. Rescue crews tried to pull the driver from that car but they were unable to save her. Sheriffs say no other cars were involved in that crash. The woman was the only person in her car. No word if weather was a factor in the crash. An investigation is now under way. President elect donald trump is transitioning to power, and as he builds his administration, strong reaction is coming in here in the bay area. The San Francisco naacps Freedom Fund Gala honored those who have made contributions to the community. We spoke with the head of the local chapter. She says trumps pick of alabama senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general is an affront to the civil rights movement. Critics say sessions has a history of making racist remarks and calling the naacp unamerican. I think his appointments are reflecting what he promised, and i think its going to mean some very bad times for People Like Us in the civil rights and justice movement. Yesterday trump met with more than half a dozen people. Among them rival mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor. Romney has been mentioned as a possible pick for secretary of state. Today mr. Trump is expected to meet with new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former new york mayor rudy giuliani. Also meeting with mr. Trump this weekend, sacramentos first Lady Michelle ree along with her husband mayor kevin johnson. Shes said to be on the short list as secretary of education. They discussed a variety of topics including the possibility of merit pay for teachers who go above and beyond in their classrooms. Meanwhile, protests against donald trump continue around the country. In the bay area a few hundred people marched in the financial district. At one point they spread out a parachute and sat around it blocking traffic. It may for a very rough go for commuters but police say the protest did remain peaceful. New details now on a deadly plane crash near Half Moon Bay. We have learned the woman who was killed is from sacramento. Melissa mcgee died friday after the cessna 175 plane that she was in crashed into a home. The pilot was mcgees husband. He was injured. A friend of the family told the Sacramento Bee the couple decided to fly to Half Moon Bay to enjoy the weather. The cause of that crash is still being investigated. Now, a series of thefts at a Berkeley Apple store has Police Stepping up patrols. The store is part of the shopping area on 4th street. It has been robbed three times in recent weeks. The thieves come in wearing hoodies while the store is open. They grab as much as they can, and they run. We are working with apple as well as the Business District on 4th street to see what we can do to stem that type of crime. Its kind of shocking because its like this is a nice area. I come here all the time. I have never heard anything like that, and like ive never been frightened to shop down here so its kind of disturbing. Because of the Holidays Police are increasing patrols at shopping areas on college, stat tuck and university. Shoppers in the south bay are already facing some serious gridlock at a popular mall. Some customers at west field valley fair complained it took them three hours just to get out of the parking garage. Here is today in the bays marianne favro. Reporter when glen woodson came to westfield valley fair mall, this is what he found. Gridlock in the newly redesigned parking structure and this was his view for the next hour and a half until he parked. And the traffic now backs up so far that it now backs up into the parking garages themselves, and at that point people cant move around, and it has caused total gridlock. Reporter but for most people the real frustrations came when they tried to leave the mall and found themselves stuck in traffic in the parking garage. Some emailed us and said they waited for more than three hours to get out. Glen says he met one family who finally gave up. And they got stuck in traffic for 2 1 2 hours. They finally abandoned their car and went to uber and took uber home and theyre going to pick up their car tomorrow. Reporter we talked to employees who said mall management instructed them to park on the upper levels of the parking structure, which some shoppers speculate may have added to the gridlock. Now, some, including glen, are reconsidering returning to the mall this Holiday Season. And after todays disaster, i dont think i want to waste my time that i have with my family sitting in a parking garage. Reporter marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, a troubling incident involving the family of a slain Northern California soldier. Why his family says they were booed as they walked off a flight. And call it a facebook fake news crackdown. The changes the social media site is now making after critics claimed bogus stories may have affected the election. And call it a facebook fake your name now is 7 10. Lets take you outside live. Another look at san jose right now. Still very gray skies out there. Were going to have pretty much a wet weekend and a lot more rain ahead. Vianey will be back with us with a closer look at your microclimate forecast in just a bit. The father of a california soldier recently killed in afghanistan is speaking out this morning after his family was booed on a flight. The stockton family was traveling to receive john perrys remains on monday when a delay made the familys connecting flight very tight, the fly crew asked everyone to stay seated so that, quote, a special military family could get off the plane first. Several people in first class apparently decided to boo. Perrys father said he feels hurt and disrespected by what happened. Perry died earlier this month in an ied blast inside bagrams airfield. Ai crackdown is coming on fake news on facebook. Mark zuckerberg announcing a fix. Today in the bays rick boone explains how facebook is about to change. Reporter in wake of the election, facebooks big nefake because problem has drawn national attention. Headlines like this, pope francis endorses trump, causing serious concern. We have a fundamental choice in how we choose to address this inequality. Reporter Ceo Mark Zuckerberg installing blockers to slow the surge of false stories. New tools to detect and classify this material creating warning labels on any questionable story being posted and reorganizing its advertising policies attached to fake news. Typically they would run on the web and then there with be links to them on facebook and twitter. Reporter a host of writers like paul hoarder is the mastermind. Admitted to the Washington Post that he created all these fake stories for money because he sold advertising around them. Reporter and experts say even though its info is false, writers still arent breaking the law. Rick boone, nbc bay area news. Coming up, how you can help feed the less fortunate this Holiday Season. Plus an update on the cleanup of that massive sea of foam at the airport. Live pictures showing some showers over San Francisco. Right now a nice, cool, chilly start. 57 degrees. Find out if this rain will be sticking around for the upcoming workweek in just a bit. [burke] hot dog. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum all right. Your time now 7 14. Another beautiful shot out there at san jose from communications hill. Make sure you bring a rain jacket and an umbrella out with you today. The showers will be falling pretty much all over the bay area. Well, it was a crazy sight. This giant foam blob took over part of the san jose airport and it took social media by storm as video of this foam blob quickly went viral. This weekend the cleanup continued. This is what the mess looked like yesterday, not nearly as bad but theres still residue in the streets and in the trees. This spill happened after a Fire Suppression system malfunctioned inside an airplane hangar and sent fire retardant everywhere. Look at this photo. A mercedes parked in the foams path now covered in a sticky white mess. Getting into the holiday spirit one bag at a time. Nbc bay area is teaming up with safeways across the bay area for our annual food drive. It is a Community Wide effort to help feed those who would otherwise go without. Today in the bays Laura Malpert explains how easy it is for you to help. Reporter shoppers at bay area safeways likely saw this, Community Volunteers and familiar nbc bay area faces greeting customers. How are you this morning . Reaching out. In hopes others will reach out to help the hungry. We love getting out there in the community. Reporter for wanda stiles with the kiwanis club, the need hits home. I know what its like to be there so i want to give back. I want to make it so its not so hard on other people and their families to get food. Reporter thats why shes dedicated to feed the need, a oneday food drive hosted by nbc bay area and safeway benefiting seven local foot bank approximates. This is one of our biggest weekends of the year. All the support were getting today and throughout the Holiday Season will come back to our food bank and food banks across the bay area to serve families in need during the holidays and throughout the year. Reporter giving back is easy. Remove a flyer from the tear pads found in the stores display area. Give it to the clerk at the register, and for 10 you can buy a bag filled with food. Every year the need we see gets higher and higher, and these items help provide food to those families to make their holidays a little bit brighter. Everyone can make a difference. Help feed the need. Reporter shoppers like neil canon and his family are happy to make a difference. I think its really important to do something for the people, right . Its the time of the year when the less fortunate ones, you know, we need to help them out. So just want to do something nice. And that was Laura Malpert reporting. At last count the tally was nearly 19,000 bags of food donated so far. For more information on the feed the need food drive go to nbcbayarea. Com and look for the link on the home page. Lets bring back vianey now. She has a check of the weekend forecast and it looks like we will see pretty much gray skies and showers for the rest of the day. It will stay prot everycast. Yesterday we saw the rain but that dont stob anybody from coming out in the slar location. I want to thank everybody who came out to the safeway and joined us in helping feed the need, especially around this Holiday Season. Those Early Morning slouclouds look alogical overcast, theyre not going anywhere. 56 degrees right now on the peninsula. Out near San Francisco still seeing those light showers and that drizzle. Also out near the north bay and this is really just going to stick around for the majority of the day. We have a line of showers sitting offshore. Overall your 24hour rain totals, well, they were pretty good in the north bay, anywhere between 2 to 3 inches. Out here in oakland, 38. And in san jose, well, not even a tenth of an inch. But have no fear, it looks like we have a pretty active weather pattern coming up in this workweek which will give us another chance for some rainfall. If youre wondering about thanksgiving. I have that in a bit. Were going to remain in the 60s today. San francisco, 63. Out near san jose, 65. And out near napa, 62 degrees. So its going to be a nice little fall transition. Now, we are going to have moments of break in terms of the showers, but by about 9 30, 10 30 a. M. , we are seeing another line of storms thats going to push on through the bay area, and thats going to bring a better chance for some more rain down to palo alto and san jose by about 2 30. So if youre going to be out on the roads around that time, please make sure to be extra careful. By around 6 30 our time line is showing a break in that rain with more of those storms pushing more along the northern part, but into the overnight hours looking ahead into mondays forecast we do have a few more stragglers that could bring the possibility of some Early Morning rain. We are expecting some patchy foog in tfog in the Early Morning areas. Along the coastline we are tracking the possibility of a few thundershowers that could bring the possibility of some hail, which means we are under a High Surf Advisory until 3 00 p. M. Were seeing some pretty call waves out there, 16 feet right now, and it is expected to remain in effect until 3 00 p. M. This afternoon. If you had plans to head out to the beach, you might want to hold off. Its a little chilly. Speaking of chilly, we have a Winter Weather advisory and im sure all the resorts are enjoying all the snow that fell overnight. We are going to remain in effect in terms of the Winter Weather advisory until about 4 00 p. M. Today. Anywhere between 6 to 12 inches above 6,000 feet and 1 to 2 feet above 7,500 feet. So definitely a good snowfall in terms of the amounts. Now, your microclimate forecast for today, overall south bay, even out to the east bay and along the peninsula and San Francisco, the temperatures arent going to vary by much. Well keep the 60s in the forecast through the upcoming workweek ahead as well. The north bay, 63 degrees. If you are expecting estimated rain totals, theyre not going to be very significant today, but if you are heading to the game, the niners game, please bring your rain gear. I dont know if they allow umbrellas. I dont think so. Most stadiums dont. Just make sure to pack that extra rain coat. In the garage maybe pull it out. I hope you dont put it away. Look at the sevenday forecast. Monday, a. M. Fog. Early morning showers. By tuesday and wednesday its rain chances stick around and thanksgiving day, unfortunately, it looks like a storm system could bring the possibility of some evening rain, but the good news is everybody is typically indoors enjoying some good food, so were not going to worry too much about the outdoors. Ill send these back to you. Thank you. Today in the bay is back in just a moment. And coming up theres a certain point where you realize that if you want to be happy, you have to start making other people happy and, you know, thats the point. Giving back by racing to the finish line. A food drive competition on wheels is part of our bay area proud series. Stay with us. Traditions that have been around time now 7 24. The Holiday Season is full of traditions that have been around for years, but two bay area passions, cycling and helping others, are combining to form a new tradition. Today in the bays garvin toms has this mornings bay area proud. Erin dorsey is pretty straightforward as to why she loves cycling. You get on a bike and you feel good, she says. Now getting on a bike to make others feel good, well, thats a bay area proud. Do not trample the children. Theyre too cute. Reporter you are watching the start of something new literally. The start. One, two, three, go reporter now to explain just where these people are off to, lets first meet the person who brought them together and ask why. Really i think theres a certain point where you realize if you want to be happy you have to start making other people happy and, you know, thats the point. Im going to save the manifest because they have the name on it and were also going to use thoses a ralph ticket