will start to work in about 90 minutes. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. can i start by saying this story is making me feel very itchy. it should improve later this morning as vector control flies a helicopter over this area. you can see the map a little hard to see this morning. we're talking about the nature preserve area south to the water's edge and south to shoreline park. investigator control wants to kill off the salt marsh mosquitoes hatching early because of our recent rain. these are not the kind of mosquitoes that carries the zika virus so concerning for women and babies but they can carry the west nile virus and bite during the day. you want to avoid the fogging area while helicopters fly elsewhere in the bay area. you can do your part by getting rid of standing water so they have fewer places to breathe and you can fight outside with insect repellent and lemon or youk leucalyptus oil. >>> you might be wondering whether the fog is dangerous to people. they say it is specific for moerks and not dangerous for people and pets. if you want to find

>>> and a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. right to your forecast right now with kari. talk about a pick me up and how about a temperature me up, kari. >> cold this morning but warming up this afternoon. we start out in the 40s as you head out the door and now 50 degrees in san francisco. mostly clear skies in many spots and then highs today up to 64 degrees in the south bay. the north bay 62 degrees and san francisco 58. tri-valley looking at 62 degrees. so, we'll talk about this warm up on the way, especially this weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. but let's see what's happening on the roads as we check in with mike. >> we're looking towards 101 and san jose where the earlier burst let on schedule for a thursday and see this burst kick in, once again, in a hour. as we look at your map, that is the only area with the slowing. there it it is showing up in a different color. and for the last week 87 has had a hefty drive. remember last week san jose state got back in session and that might add to a l

campaign. he said the voters were just sick of him set single digit showings in iowa. sam and laura. >> tightens oplittle bit. still plenty of people left on the republican side of things. so, here's what's next, thank you, kris, in the race for the white house. new hampshire will hold its primary a week from today. and then it's nevada and south carolina's turn later in the month. ahead of super tuesday, which is on march 1st. >>> 6:04. new this morning, a hominid construction in the oakland hills is no more after an overnight fire broke out just before 11:00 last night on hood street near the oakland zoo. by the time crews arrived, the house was engulfed in flames. took them about 80 minutes to get it it under control. no one was inside the home because it was undergoing a remodel. the cause is under investigation. >>> we are right now only five days away from the golden super bowl and football fans and even nonfootball fans are flooding the bay area, hoping to get innen the sein on the celebration. >> stephanie chuang live in super bowl city where it is raining. >> it is raining,

. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. three words that will immediately brighten your day. it is friday. let's get your friday forecast from meteorologist kari hall. >> good morning. we'll have some awesome weather heading into the weekend. that makes it even easier to get out of bed this morning and get the day started. it is cool, though, as you head out. we're in the 40s and low 50s and highs today reaching up to 68 degrees in san francisco and the east bay. we have low 70s where across the bay area with a mix of sun and clouds. we'll check out the weekend forecast and that's coming up in a few minutes and let's get aunidate on what is happening on those roadways with mike. >> just a bit of fog right here. where we would show you the lights heading up the incline but right now the part blanket would the light clouds. we'll look at the map. that was in "star wars 5" way back in the day. over here a backup and the metering lights are on. typical of a friday and a lighter commute all around. in towards san rafael and maybe some patches of fog as kari talked ain the north bay.

right now. >>> good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> clear to start off your monday but ends amazingly. let's keep that streak going. >> we need some rain, too. unfortunately, we're not seeing a lot of that. temperatures are heating up, but enjoy this while we start out with some chilly temperatures this morning. look at these high temperatures this afternoon. 72 deit grgrees in the south ba the peninsula and east bay up to 71 degrees and in san francisco up to 68 degrees. very warm this afternoon and a lot of sunshine. we'll detail that and talk about our next chance of rain coming up but you may be making it through the trivalley a little bit faster. here's details from mike. >> we're looking over here towards the express lane. we have an additional lane and up until a couple seconds ago, that was allowed for everybody. but now you have to pay your toll if you want to use that lane. we'll watch for the morning. look at your map talking about west 580 coming out of the alta altamont and express lane open this morning. you have to p

you, thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. unlike the story about the bay bridge, our forecast has everything to do with football. kari hall joining us right now and she looks forward to the weekend. nice weather on the way. >> yes, looking forward to a warm up, too. our temperatures chilly all week and nice to get the rain, but looks like that rain pretty much has moved out and any chance of it for the next few days. our temperatures are now in the mid-40s in the peninsula. upper 40s in san francisco. we're up to 58 degrees there and in the north bay, 62 and 64 degrees in the south bay. let's check in now with mike to see if there is any slow downs on the roads. >> kari, you might want to slow down highway 13. oakland 880 moves well and so does 580 on our maps. main roadways getting over towards the map. as you look at the map, including highway 13 are moving at the green level. that means close to the limit. but northbound heading up towards highway 24, we do have a crash and there's reports of someone getting out of their vehicle and some d

laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. looks foggy back here, as well. it's not an isolated kind of thing, fog all over the bay area this morning. let's get a check of oyour weather right now with meteorologist kari hall. >> that could cause major issues as people get out there this morning. allow some extra time to get to work or school. we are seeing fog all across the bay area and it's in patches. you may encounter some spots where it's mostly clear as our temperatures now in the lower 50s. highs today will top out in the 70s after the fog clears and it will be a beautiful day and a lot of sunshine but we will have some as we go through the week. i'll detail that coming up, but let's see how it looks at the bay bridge now with mike. >> kari, tougher to see. we can see the toll plaza camera with all the lights backed up and the metering lights on and you can't see much of the structure work around it and that's an issue as far as signage for your drive gotten fog advisories from chp and the san mateo didn't get the fog advisory. we do have a big issue, though. the. one major crash

caught the shooter. >> good morning to you, laura and sam. not saying much about the description. a young man in dark clothing what is remarkable and frightening about this is the location. this happened at this mcdonald's right here across the street from me. parking lot was busy and happens to be across the street from the northern district police station. this happened just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon. a driver and passenger in a white dodge sedan trying to leave the mcdonald's parking lot when the suspect walked up to the right side of that car and looked inside and fired several shots into the passenger. >> if the victim's vehicle wanted to leave, they couldn't. because they couldn't go forward and they couldn't go back. the traffic had backed up so the car was a sitting duck. if someone wanted to take a shot at someone inside the car. >> the victim managed to crawl out of the car, collapsed and was pronounced dead later at the hospital. the driver is not hurt and cooperating with police. the shooter ran through the parking lot, escaped and got into car and drove off. polic

monday morning, thank you very much for joining us, i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. look how foggy it is kari has a look at our forecast. >> gooding, sam and laura. that fog an issue as you head out and after that clears a beautiful day, but we have to deal with this for a few more hours. now, looking at temperatures at 44 degrees in the north bay and very mild. low visibility as you take a look at all those cameras you can see some fog and temperatures today will be reaching into the low to mid-70s with mostly sunny skies. we'll have several chances of rain this week. i'll detail that coming up in a little bit. let's see how it looks in fremont now with mike. >> we're trying to see how it looks in fremont. one indication how it's driving there. a few cars southbound. a lighter flow of traffic and we tilted our camera down towards the edge of the building and you can see right below us. look at your map. doesn't show up as the orange highlighting there because things are okay as far as the road weather index goes. even lower visibility along that peninsula and patches across

for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. it's still early in the week. tuesday. so why not keep it easy and brief. get a check of the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> good morning. another warm one on the way with near record temperatures expected this afternoon. but it is cool as yes step out this morning. grab a light jacket in the north bay. the temperature is now 43 degrees. highs will be reaching 73 in san francisco, 76 in the east bay and peninsula and the trivalley today up to 78 degrees and still very warm in the south bay with a high of 79. we'll talk more about these temperatures and how long it lasts that's coming up in a few minutes. let's get an update as you head into san francisco a look at the morning commute. here's mike. >> hey, kari, stream of headlights, heavier than last week, the cars traveling into san francisco. last week we had a lot of folks taking mass transit but folks are back to their vehicles driving into the bay bridge. that's the curve right there. look at your map and the backup because the bay bridge meterering lights are

percentage points in the polls. laura? >> one to watch, thanks a lot. >>> what is to take away from last night's results coming up in the next ten minutes what the iowa caucuses mean for the candidates now moving forward. >>> back on the local level now. new this morning, a hominid construction in the oakland hills no more after an overnight fire. it broke out just before 11:00 last night on hood street. right near the oakland zoo. by the time crews got there, the house completely engulfed in flames. took them about 80 minutes to get that fire under control. we talked to a neighbor that described the moment he knew the house was on fire. >> i came outside and wasn't nobody around and i went over there and looked at it to investigate to see what was going on ask it was real high and somebody was banging on the window and everything like that. so, i called 911. >> no one was inside the house because the house is under going a remodel. the cause of the fire still under investigation. >>> it is time and this morning investigators will try to begin to figure out what caused a tree to topple o

@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate. =laura/plasma= the nation's first primary of >>> here we go. decision 2016. the nation's first primary of the 2016 campaign season under way this morning in new hampshire. right now, several candidates are hoping for an unexpected win. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in new hampshire with some of the votes in this morning. good morning, traci. >> hey there, good morning. so we have already seen some of the early voting come in from the tiny cities in new hampshire that often vote right after midnight. we've also seen hillary clinton already out there this morning engaging with voters at polling places. she's down but she says she's not out. >> reporter: three small towns voted just after midnight. kasich and sanders won dixville notch, the rest of new hampshire begins what election officials expect to be a record-breaking day. >> out the door. lines out the door. >> reporter: candidates continue their final arguments today. >> it's christmas eve for politicians in new hampshire. and you all get to play santa claus. >> this is now crunch

morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. >> the sun not shining on panthers fans, but shining in general. hitting in the 70s today, kari. >> warm temperatures this afternoon, but a cool start to the day, as usual, around the bay area. 45 degrees in the north bay and 54 degrees in the east bay. look at these highs up to 75 deit grees. we may be setting some new records today. we should be feeling highs in the low 60s, but we're up to 79 degrees in the south bay. in san francisco, 72 and 76 in the tri-valley. we'll talk more about this warmth. i'll let you know how long it lasts and let's see what's happening on the roadways now with mike. >> not record setting, but a very easy drive. golden gate bridge we just saw them realign that center device. look at your map, ready for the morning commute. be ready, folks, for a bigger cumulate. folks are waiting for that super bowl activity to clear. bob redell is out there and still some complications in the city, but freeways are looking really good and just a little slowing out of the altamont.

morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. a very busy week ahead. we're rocking and rolling on a monday morning. let's get a check of your microclimate forecast. >> the wind will start to slow down and chilly out there this morning as you head out bundle up. temperatures are right in the lower 40s. todays highs in the upper 50s all across the bay area with some sunshine, breezy winds and feeling a little bit milder. but into the next few days, we'll have some more rain and temperatures warming up. i'll detail all of that coming up but those winds kind of shaking around those bridges, mike. >> that's right, kari. look at our bay bridge for our emoryville camera. let's get off of this shot where you see the easy drive. a smooth flow of traffic from the city and the wind advisories for these spans, bay bridge, san mateo bridge and even coming across vallejo an easy flow of traffic and tiny bit of slowing. i'll check on san jose where there might be a traffic break going on highway 7. >> mike, thank you. >>> we'll check back with you soon. m

. you made it to friday. good morning, thank you for joining us, i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. a live look from above super bowl city. much more on all things super bowl in one minute. a check of your microclimate forecast with kari. >> good morning, as you head out the door for work and enjoy friday bundle up to start. much warmer temperatures this afternoon. we'll also monitor some dense fog in the north bay as temperatures have dropped down to 36 degrees. it is chilly, but highs today reaching the mid-60s. we'll feel much nicer and that warm up continues this weekend. we'll talk more about that and get a close look at the super bowl forecast. let's check in now with mike to see what's happening as you travel across the east bay. >> kari, had found one flashing light over there and countercommute and cleared without any slowing and any disturbance. this is your berkeley curve heading towards the bay bridge. the metering lights are on and look at how well this maze moves. a lighter volume around the bay. fremont south into the south bay with these headlights. taillight

. >> correct, laura and sam. you can see behind me the richmond police department has lowered their flags at half staff to honor their fellow officer, officer gus vegas who was on the force for 15 years. as we were reporting yesterday was shot and killed yesterday morning inside his home in the glen cove neighborhood of vallejo. police have arrested robert vega who was the boy of vegas' daughter. around 4:30 in the morning officer vegas, who was off duty and at home at the time heard a commotion in his daughter's upstairs bedroom. when he opened the door, the suspect shot him several times, instantly killing officer vegas. officer vegas was unarmed and his service revolver secured in another part of the house. >> how this, from what i understand went down, i just know that he was trying to protect his daughter, but also probably trying to help the person that was going to harm him. >> his wife jumped out of the second floor window to go get help. vallejo police arrested a 30-year-old suspect at his home in fairfield. his 6-year-old son who was with him was not hurt. the suspect robert vega i

joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's check the forecast now with kari. she's tracking that radar. >> we are tracking another round of rain with two systems in two days. this one will be a lot weaker and may only affect parts of the north bay. let's get a look at the radar now as we see some rain moving into eureka and it will be advancing closer to the north bay with some more clouds and some rain by lunchtime. we're starting oout with some cool temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s and more clouds. we will see the clouds throughout the day and a couple of showers possible as we go into this afternoon and evening. we'll take a closer look at the timeline and what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. let's get an update on the road conditions now with mike. >> kari, i've been tracking two things on the report here. first of all, the crash at the dublin interchange west 580 at south 680. that connector has just been cleared. all lanes are open now and we should have some recovery, actually, because a lighter friday eastbound. we'll talk about t

. =laura/2shota i'm laurgarcia ca. boxes boxes ad lib toss to wx >>> good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm gloria. >> we will have slightly cooler in spots and not as much sunshine. it will still be a nice spring-like day across the bay area. temperatures are in the mid-40s in the north bay and 50 degrees in the east bay and peninsula highs reaching 71 degrees in the east bay, 72 in the peninsula and 70 in san francisco. now, my guess, i take a look at that camera, looks like there is a listed bit of business going on. >> taking care of business so there won't be funny business on the bridge. there are the metering lights. just a pause here filling towards the toll plaza. this happened just 90 seconds ago with a backup. and the toll plaza moving very well. it's just the approach to the toll plaza has the backup. the only thing other than that would be the altamonte pass to 580. lymph and the middle of your screen, we look at san mateo bridge, the shot showing no problems but we're picking up some company. >> thank you. 5:31. decision 2016. bernie sande

laura, are guarding and preserving this scene until a medical examiner arrives, presumably after the sun comes up. it appears the remains are down a hill behind those patrol cars, possibly in or near a canal or creek bed. someone made the discovery around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. the sheriff office doesn't know yet who this person was. i'm talking about the remains now. or whether they were an adult or a child or whether they were a man or a woman. they do believe that the discovery is criminal in nature and are treating it as such. now, whenever remains are found in south santa clara county. the question comes up whether or not they might belong to sierra lemar. the 15-year-old girl who disappeared almost four years ago who disappeared on her way to school. law enforcement does not know who these remains belong to. whether it's sierra's or someone else's. one person who helped search for sierra after her disappearance did call us last night to let us know they are closely monitoring developments on the scene here. sierra's older sister, danielle, also told "the murky news" yesterda