Health officials said the risk of exposure to measles remains low in the Bay Area. The safest way to fight it is to take a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination shot if you’re under 3 years old and to get two of them if you’re older than 3.

The health departments from all Bay Area counties urged people to get vaccinated against measles because of rising cases across the country.

Measles cases rise in the US; Bay Area officials urge vaccination, highlighting the importance of the MMR vaccine in light of recent deaths and Texas outbreak.

The second round of rain this week arrived in the Bay Area on Friday, with gusty winds and additional chances of thunderstorms in the region.

Rain pelted the Bay Area again Friday morning as the most intense part of the second wave in a storm pattern whipped its way onto shore accompanied by cold, gusty winds similar to those that blew during the first round.

Heavy rain is expected to make its way back to the Bay Area on Friday after a storm system raged across the region on Wednesday.

The second wave of the storm brought with it more heavy winds. Gusts as high as 45 mph blew in areas of Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, and a wind advisory

Some of the highest peaks of the Bay Area are getting snow Friday morning and Lake County up north could receive up to five inches!

The Bay Area's windy, rainy conditions mixed with frigid air in a few high-elevation areas to produce a noticeable, if thin, blanket of snow over the past couple of days.