Foothills down to south san jose. Across highway 101 we saw a lot of hail piling upt on the roadwy there. You can see the footprint of where the hail added up on the ground. A large area from south of downtown san jose to East San Jose all the way to the south. Now right now things have started to calm down as north winds have swept out the showers and that weather system that brought all the weird weather scoots down the coast. So the good news for your morning commute is chilly. No hail, no rain, no snow for a change. The work week ahead does have another storm system and finally 70s showing up in the 7day forecast. Look at the timing on that coming up in a few minutes. Many a bay area neighborhood with pea sized pellets. It lasted nearly 20 minutes and included thunder and lightning and was visible from san jose all the way up to oakland. Neighbors couldnt believe their eyes. Its hard to believe when youre looking at them. Hail turned it into a winter wond wond wonderland. His drive
thom jensen is live near donner sunset. the snow and sunset creating a gorgeous backdrop right now. reporter: it s been beautiful up here all day. of course, that fresh blanket of snow you were talking about on donner lake behind knee, they pushed up all the snow in the parking lot and this is good snow for the ski areas, real powdery snow$qãthat s great for opening all the ski lifts here and of course also for the water year ahead. for skiers and snowboarders at sugar bowl ski area now operating seven lifts and 34 trails. man, we got this storm, it s been so good, just that light dry powder that you always hear about and dream about. reporter: even more critical for the is smaller donner ski lodge closed for the past week after rains washed the snow down the mountain. of course this means everything to us. we will be open finally again and be able to have all our employees come back too work and we re really excited about that. reporter: workers without a paycheck
happened. and she said he was thrilled to become a new father. she also says that martinez had recently been devastated by the loss of his brother. reporting live in san jose marianne favro, nbc bay area news. thanks marianne. we re tracking every new turn in this investigation. we re going to be updating all digital platforms, including our nbc bay area app, as well as on facebook and twitter. let s talk about our weather now. the heat the humidity and for a lot of us the sweat. a live look over san jose this afternoon. many parts of the bay area hot and muggy. and it s also dangerous. firefighters racing to protect homes in sunol after a fast-moving fire along 680 today. we have team coverage this afternoon. nbc bay area s michelle roberts is there in sunol. but let s begin with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. uncomfortable sleeping weather, jeff to say the least. definitely felt strange as you opened up the door. you felt that rush of humidity right against your
and a half ago, officers lined up to escort sergeant lunger s body to the coroner s off. stephanie was there to watch the emotional procession go by but we begin with bob redell where the press conference wrapped up just about an hour ago, bob. reporter: within the past 60 minutes, the city of hayward lowered the flags to half-staff just after the news conference where we got more details about what led up to the shooting death. and the police department wanted to let us know they have secured a person of interest in the murder. s. acting police chief calling this a dark and devastating day as he as the rest of the department mourn the lost of their sergeant. he was also a training supervisor, in other words, a highly skilled police officer, but as the acting police chief pointedous a police officer s job is very dangerous. there is nothing rue tease about the routine in his words. the driver was possibly dos doughnuts, according to somebody we spoke with as the sergeant
cards that have been streaming in here all day. the police chief says they have lost a warrior, a leader a friend the day july 22nd became the end of watch for sergeant scott lunger. scott loved this job. he did it eagerly. it is a tragedy that someone has done this. reporter: calling it a dark and devastating day, hayward police are dealing with a loss of one of their finest. they say sergeant scott lunger was shot and killed after he pulled over a pick truck driving erratically through a hayward neighborhood about 3:00 this morning. partner down partner down. police say the officer s partner fired back into the suspect s vehicle. a short time later the bullet-riddled truck was found abandoned in east oakland. based on information from the vehicle we have identified a person of interest. tonight hayward s police chief say they have arrested a suspect, 21-year-old mark anthony estrada, an oakland man they say has ties to a gang. they spent the day searching the su