Recreation center. The circumstances that led up to this incident are still unclear. But as you see, heavy Police Activity. As laura just mentioned a second ago, a perimeter being set up. We want to find out who police might be looking for. We have a reporter heading to the scene to bring us a live report. Thats coming up at 6 30. Breaking news out of the east bay as well we have been bringing you since 4 30. Two people have been transported with minor injuries after this fire broke out at an Apartment Building in oakland. It started in the 3800 block of harrison street. We find pete suratos with updates on the investigation. Pete, youre getting insight as to what might have caused this fire. Good morning. Reporter yeah, good morning to you, sam and laura. This may be related to an electric blanket that caught fire on the first floor. I want to show new threestory apartment complex. Obviously theres fire crews here. Maybe even residents leaving the building. Ill tell you what we know. They are telling us around 4 12 a. M. Is when this fire took place. And also reports of smoke coming from the electric blanket on on the first floor. Two people had minor injuries related to this. It is more than likely smoke inhalation. Half were damaged as a result of this fire. And the process of determining how many people were inside is still under investigation here. Now here is explaining the importance of keeping an eye on space heaters and electric blankets. We do let residents know about electric blankets, especially space heaters close to bedding. Thats the reason we push for everyone to make sure their smoke detectors work. Nine people were in the complex are getting help from red cross. The early reports, at least what they are telling the us right now, this may have been caused by an electric blanket on the first floor. Pete suratos for today in the bay. Thanks for the very latest, pete. Over to vianey who is monitoring the impact of that fire. Are you seeing any fallout there . We havent seen any backup. This is a residential area for the most part. Aside from that area they had blocked off for the, we just may see heavy. Police and fire on scene. For now it looks like no major delays. You may want to the drive around that area and avoid it if possible. Black ice is affecting not one but two areas across the bay area. 580 westbound. We were reporting traffic collisions. It appears there may have been a car that spun on out due to black ice reported along carroll road. Also seeing black ice reported along southbound you and northbound 17 just south of lexington reservoir. And chp now is advising that you avoid that area. They are reporting pretty serious traffic conditions up near that area. You may want to avoid it and dont head up there. Kari, we are tracking a big storm this beingend, so this could be a big concern. As you head, you cant see the ice on the roadway. Make sure you do slow it down and allow extra time. We are dealing with freezing temperatures. San francisco seeing clear skies. We will have more of the freezing temperatures for the inland valleys. Frost elsewhere. And scattered rain begins tonight. One last day to prep for the weekend storm. It will rain all day tomorrow and sunday with the flooding threat heightened as it continues to slow down. Details on all of this coming up in the microclimate forecast. Sam and laura. Thank you very much. With this big weekend storm on the way, People Living in flood zones are preparing. A lot of preparation taking place in san anselmo. As you will recall, it was hit hard by floodwaters back in 2005. Residents and Business Owners do not want to see a repeat of what happened then. Lets see what happens. We have been getting alerts. So thats why we thought we would come out and get sandbags. You warn people the sky is falling. A lot of times it doesnt. But when it does you want to be ready. If you have any questions about resources, that is a very good place to start. Public works departments are getting a lot of work. Today in San Francisco, they are taking a proactive approach to the coming storm. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is ordering the deep cleaning of a lot of the sewer catch basins. You can see crews around the city in highpowered vacuum trucks. We should know sometime this afternoon whether people will have to evacuate yosemite park. In 1996 and 1997, water flooded. I know. I was there. They are expected to announce their plans by 1 00 this afternoon. Our nbc bay area app is a great way to track the incoming storm. Access our Doppler Radar and get a detailed forecast for your own community. 6 06, developing overnight, a deadly start to 2017. The search continues this morning after three people are shot inside ape san jose restaurant. They are searching for the killer. Two of those people died. Today in the bay Sharon Katsuda brings us up to speed on the investigation. As you mentioned, the person responsible still at large. Reporter investigators were on the scene until 3 00 this morning. An employee inside is cleaning up after the shooting. Heres what happened. Police responded at 8 00 last night to shots fired at the taqueria in the 2000 block of story road. A source tells us one of the victims who died was he sitting and eating when he was e shot. Another victim was shot while trying to run away, or was shot and tried to get away afterward. The suspects are still on the loose. When officers arrived, they located three victims. Each suffering at least one gunshot wound. Subsequently thereafter, shortly thereafter, two of the subjects were pronounced deceased at the scene. One victim was transported to a local hospital where he is currently in stable condition. The identities of the victims have not been released. The suspects fled in a vehicle. Police are trying to determine the motive in this shooting. Sharon katsuda, today in the bay. Thank you very much for the very latest. Bay area leaders will take a major step forward in reducing traffic and congestion in the area. Several projects are aimed at improving transit safety. Six pilot programs will be introduced. They each smart technology. A News Conference is set for 9 00 this morning at the u. N. Plaza in San Francisco. Speaking of San Francisco, leaders there are giving the green light to a transportation project on the busy geary street. This is animation video showing what the 300 million project will look like. A similar line is being built on van ness. The metropolitan Transportation Agency is expected to vote on on the plan by this summer. This good friday morning. It is 6 09 as you head out, very cold temperatures the. Even well below freezing in spots. Santa rosa, 27 degrees. Livermore, 34. 30 at morgan hill. As go to the rest of the morning, freeze warnings in effect until 9 00. Take care of people, pets, and plants as well as we see temperatures dipping below 32 degrees. Were tracking the incoming storm moving in for the weekend. The rain starts late tonight and heavier in the weekend. The clouds just pointed right at the bay area. So headed our way. In advance of this storm, the National Weather service issued a wind warning. Winds may gust 50 to 60 miles per hour. Rain totals may reach 6 to 10 inches. A lot of rain. Well talk about the timeline coming. Lets head of to vianey tracking black ice and whats happening on the roads and rails. With a number of warnings and watches, black ice already causing an issue on west bound 580. They spotted three accidents. A spinout causing major backup along that area. But black ice southbound and northbound. 17 south of lexington reservoir. Chp reporting black ice in napa area. If you are going to avoid that area, this isnt going to be a good weekend to drive. We are seeing major backup. A minor traffic collision causing backup on northbound 101 in the san jose area. Drive times for the try valley are starting to get a little bit better. We are looking at 31 minutes. Back to you. Thank you very much, vianey. Up next, amazons alexa getting into the food business. It allows you to order takeout. Several breaking news stories were following this morning, including a possible officerinvolved shooting in San Francisco. The latest jobs numbers for you. Plus, meet the latest billionaire from silicon valley. Good friday morning. It is 6 14. There could be anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of rain is and a lot of snow to go with it during the nighttime hours. Expecting up to 43 inches around south lake tahoe. Well talk about how much rain we could see in the bay area come up in five minutes. Black ice causing an issue on the road. Northbound 17. We are starting to see backup. Ill have a closer look how this is affecting your morning commute in a bit. Breaking news out of San Francisco this morning. An officerinvolved shooting investigation is under way right now at capital on montana he as well. We have a live report coming up. Looking at the live picture. We see flashing Police Lights and the yellow crime tape. We understand there is a that h established in that neighborhood. Lets give you a little more context at capital and lobos. The staging area where our camera is is a couple blocks north of that. Capital and montana. You see Police Officers casing the scene. Or more information on a possible officerinvolved shooting in engel side. Breaking news out of oakland. Apartment fire that started at 4 00 this morning may have been started by a furnace instead of what was first reported as an electric blanket. We have reporters on the scene there. We know a couple of people are being treated. People were escorted out of the building as well. Updates on both these stories coming up. Good news now for folks planning on riding the rail transit train. Free rides through july 4th. Then half price through labor day. Train service between airport and san rafael is set to the begin this spring. Regular fares kick in september 5th. They voted for a quarter cent sales tax in 2008 to pay for the 72mile long train. It was scaled back to santa rosa and san rafael because there werent enough funds. Muni is working on a fix to ongoing problems that predicts rival times for trains. It has been giving inaccurate arrival times. It does sometimes appear the buses are arriving late when they are not arriving late. It could be linked to a recent upgrade. Amazons popular digital assistant alexa can now order takeout. You must be an amazon prime member and alexa can order from places you have ordered before. Delivery is free. At 6 17 this morning, it was a recordbreaking new years day for apples app store. Apple says new years day 2017 was the biggest day ever for app store. Consumers made 240 million worth of purchases in the digital marketplace that day alone. Anyone dough super mario run was the downloaded worldwide christmas and new years day. Gamers happy. I tried it, by the way. On new years . Were you part of that number . I was part of the people trying to figure out why cant you get more control over this. More on that in a second. Did you try it . I did. Went my phone, came off my phone. But im a little old for super mario. Lets talk about the jobs market. We just got the latest jobs number. The economy adding 156,000 jobs in the month of december. Unemployment ticked up to 4. 7 . That brings us 2. 2 million jobs. In the year 2016, Health Care Jobs grew the quickest. The dow got drag down by financial stocks. Down 42. Nasdaq hitting 5487. Shares in facebook hit an alltime high wednesday. 133. 50. Cheryl sandberg is one of the highest paid billionaires. Trump called himself a ratings machine. He attacked toyota for building cars in mexico. They account for a fraction of sales, maybe 2 . Toyota builds millions of americanmade cars in the united states. Erratic behavior, sudden moves one way or the other can be good for investors, particularly when donald trump makes Early Morning tweets about companies. We have talked about this before. This is realtime. Sets off an alarm. So you can make your move. If you can get ahead of tweets, you can make a fortune. You can retire if you have gotten ahead of boeing. Now at least get right on it and be the first sell or buy when he makes the first tweet. Retired or rich dad. All right. Hey, as we get ready for this weekends major storm, a warning about avalanches in the sierra. Two skiers and two german shepherds were rescued near mount rose yesterday afternoon. A man and woman were skiing near the summit when the avalanche was triggered. They were wearing beacons and properly equipment. They luckily did not suffer any major injuries. The avalanche danger remains high in that area. People are warning to be careful as they head out there. As the snow totals continue to pile up and pile up. The next storm system we could be looking at many more feet of snow. Also up to a foot of rain as well in the sierra. A lot of moisture coming in. It has its targets set on the bay area. As we get a live look outside right now at San Francisco. A nice, quiet start to this friday morning. But as you step out, it is very cold. Looking at freezing temperatures for the inland areas. Scattered rain starts to move in tonight with rain all day tomorrow. The flooding threat increasing sunday as the heavy rain moves in. Winds gusting 40 to 50 miles per hour. We are well below freezing in parts of the north bay, fairfield to santa rosa. Patchy fog creating freezing fog and depositing ice on the roadways as you go through the altamonte pass and near the lexington reservoir. Morgan hill, 30 degrees. 33 in san jose. The clouds stretching closer as we go into today. The rain moves in tonight. Pretty good coverage rain. It will rain off and on all day with the heaviest moving in early sunday morning and continuing throughout the day. On monday, we still see scattered showers. The next storm system on tuesday. So we will not cut off this rain just yet. And the rainfall totals look like we could see four inches of rain for the area. And the winds starting to increase as we go into afternoon. Thats when we will see the winds sustained at 40 to 50 miles per hour. Sunday night, all of these areas will be near flood stage. We will be closely watching the russian river, napa, San Franciscoquito creek and gilroy. You are tracking some of the ice on the roadways. Also seeing issues. Roadways seeing black ice. That did cause a spinout. If we zoom out, we are seeing the backup. It seems to only get worse. This is the only way if youre driving into the east bay or San Francisco area. An hour, hour and a half, two hours. They are reporting dangerous driving conditions. Avoid the area if possible. Back to you. Thank you. 6 23. Coming up next, nbc bay area responds. Several cases closed and 10,000 in savings for consumers like you. Im consumer investigator chris qaa muir ra. Nbc bay area responds next. Were told to live large, but with Princess Cruises your most extraordinary moments happen when you feel small. When youre completely outnumbered, overshadowed, and outshined. So what if you dared to explore this great big beautiful pond. What if you dared to feel small. Celebrate our princess anniversary sale with Award Winning itineraries. 7 day fares from 799. Visit your travel agent or princess. Com. Princess cruises. Come back new. In fact, our producers have been so busy they hit another milestone. Sam 2shot consumer investigator chris chmura is here with an update to our moneysaving tote board. Take pkg trt 52 outcue. A great weekend. Laura 2shot coming up next on today in the bay two breaking stories weve been tracking all morning the producers have been so busy they hit another milestone. Is chris joins us with an update. Chris . Our team has saved consumers more than 450,000. Here are a couple cases we solved. A San Francisco doctor talked to us about a loan he had taken out to buy medical equipment. When he reviewed the paperwork he was charged interest and fees not properly disclosed. After we contacted the company, it dropped the and and fees saving the doctor 8500. A San Francisco woman reached out after her former employer didnt pay her for expenses. She said it owed the money to her. We contacted the company, and she received a check for the expenses, 1500. Call us or nbcbayarea. Com responds. Share your story as well as documents and pictures to help us investigate your case. Have a great weekend. Thanks, chris. You too. 6 27. Coming up on today bay. Two breaking stories we have been tracking all morning long. Including frightening moments inside an Apartment Building. New details were getting on what may have may caused the fire. Im Sharon Katsuda. There has been an officerinvolved shooting and someone just escorted into an plans. We live in a pick and choose world. Choose. Choose. Choose. But at bedtime. Why settle for this . Enter sleep number and the lowest prices of the season. Sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store, right now, the best buy rated c2 mattress is only 699. 99 learn more at sleepnumber. Com know better sleep with sleep number. Livermore. Temperatures dipped below freeg in sevel parts the bay area overnight, and a freeze warning is in effect in several areas as well. Cold is what were dealing with today. And then this weekend, were getting ready for a major rain storm. Cover shot laura 4shot good morning and thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia cannon. Sam 4shot and im sam brock tka whether or not at that. 29 degrees. Temperatures dipping below freezing in several areas overnight. A freeze warning in effect for several areas as well. Cold is what were dealing with today. This weekend, getting ready for another major rainstorm. Good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garciacannon. Im sam brock. We are definitely keeping you busy. The cold temperatures the start. The trivalley, 34 degrees. Upper 20s as well. 27 now in the north bay. Chilly 38 in San Francisco. Low to mid 50s. Once again, we are tracking a very heavy rainstorm in the forecast for the weekend. That starts later tonight. Bl