Rain will be will be over san jose. So even as we go into tonight this rain will still be over the south bay. I will talk more about this and how much more additional rain were expecting coming up in just a few minutes. And, mike, how about those spinouts out there. We have had a number of them around the bay. Thankfully none has resulted in any major injuries or any major closures right now, but there was an issue for highway 17. We will show you scattered crashes and im still tracking an incident here 680 around vargas, an earlier car fire but chp hasnt had any problem with dealing with that so im going to assume it was a minor issue as well. The blue is where there is puddling and ponding, the green is wet roadways. Highway 17 is where we had an overnight crash, it was a single car spin out. We had video that came into the newsroom but im not sure it was able to come into the system. I was not actually on scene but we are looking at the crews that were. When there is bun accident in
Through. And this will not be like when will the worst of the storm get to me . We are going to see the steady rain lasting for several hours, and thats going to cause some problems. And as we go through the i÷n. What we are seeing as we look at the radar now, some pockets of some heavy rain, then lighter, then it gets a little bit those are the waves we will see through this evening. Mostly light rain in San Francisco. You may take a break once this passes by. Also for the east bay getting heavy i heavier and once again, it continues for the next several hours. Even into tonight as we continue on with this steady streamwcrjt rain rolling by. So ill have a look at how much rain we could see and how much weve measured. Thats coming up a little bit later. All right, thank you, kari. And this morning that wet weather causing a number of accidents. 7 . Oi including one in the east bay. Nbc bay areas bob re zel live in fremont. Has the power been restored tof those areas . Reporter well,
Night shopping at a Grocery Store. And went to the hospital where he was declared to have passed away around 1 am. Good morning i am darya folsom. I am james fletcher, thats her big story and as mentioned we have reaction from all quarters of the bay and beyond. Joining us, senator scott weiner, before becoming a senator he served on the board of supervisors and interacted with mayor lee, i would imagine fairly regularly, thank you for joining us this morning. Thank you for having me. What are your thoughts, of mayor ed lee, most people remember him as a being jovial and with a smile, what stands out to you personally and professionally . I am floored that he is gone. I was just with him yesterday, we did a press conference on the new City Recycling program and he was his normal, jovial, joking and friendly self. Completely normal. My heart goes out to his wife anita, his children. I was sworn in as a member of the board of supervisors less than a week before he became mayor, one of th
Speaking at the Board Meeting today. Earlier she held a press briefing. But those at city hall already heard the news. This after breed held meetings with the may ors staff before the conference. The tributes had a common led the, common words to describe what most called a kind, gentle man. I am joined to the kind of leader who is nice. And ed lee was nice. He was a mayor who led with compassion. Who was an incredibly kind person. Mayor lee came from hull bl beginnings. He grew up in public housing. His mother a seamstress. Stood up for immigrants. Her in he forgot who he was or where he came from. Homelessness, jobs, minimum wage, he had Many Political battles in his three decades of public service. Points may have disagreed with him on policy. But every one agrees that our mayor was a good man with a good heart. At the end of ones life you want to hear nothing more than this. People said ed was a good, decent and honorable man. This was a good, decent and honorable guy. The consensu
For many of us. A man known for his activism. Ed lee grew up poor, living in Public Housing in seattle. Perhaps that inspired his later work, not just as a civil rights attorney but a San Francisco director of public works, then city administrator and once he reached the mayor office a tireless advocate for homeless. He was from the dawn of the career, a voice for the overlooked, someone who fought for those in need before himself. His0uoegacy will include thousands of new or rehabilitated homes. A tax cut bringing twitter and tech titans to market. And of course the first elected asianamerican mayor. Despite what we see across the country with discrimination and other things that pop up its possible to have the first asianamerican, First Chinese american mayor in a major city in San Francisco. Reporter there were many words to describe hip, kind, empathetic, bridge building, and the word reluctant, now acting mayor london breed saying ed lee was never searching for the role of mayor b