a lot of people are gathering in san francisco and that's where people line the embarcadero and other parts of the city to get a glimpse of the fireworks to light up the sky. right now let's get back to new york time square where the ball is getting ready to drop. it is a six ton ball. it's going to be lowered ever so slowly with those beautiful waterford crystals. it will be shining brightly. i've never been there for that 1 million people in time square. been to time square but not 1 million people there. it must be something crazy. >> absolute. you have to use the bathroom before you go because there's millions of people but we have the countdown starting we are at nine, eight, seven, -- let's listen in. >> happy new year. 2024 is here in new york

anyway. people are getting along rather nicely as they always do this time every year. the gorgeous crystal dropping down and this year folks, it will be moving back up as well. they will keep this whole thing going for a while as the chimes of auld lang syne. if you know that song -- they know that one. they were ready for and they knew they would be performing in times where. >> they'll look fantastic and here we are in the new year. we will get back to some more shots around the world in a bit. the first let's talk about what's happening here in the bay area. tonight's big new year's firework show. >> it promises to be a spectacular midnight display. tom jensen is live in the city. you are near the large area and the ferry building. still all systems go with the rain pushing through? >> it looks like it is. good evening to both of you.

we just had a slight bit of rain earlier. really just a missed and the skies have cleared. the organizers here expect it to be very clear and no problems at all. all of the people here as excitement starts to build. we have food vendors and some of the novelty vendors out here for new year's eve. and the crowds are starting to pick up. they're hoping for another night of clear skies like we had this past fourth of july. it was raining last new year's eve and sometimes the fog and the rain and the low cloud cover can block the view of largest rockets that explode higher in the sky. 1000 feet for those longest shooting 10 inch shells. and a warning. police are deterring drivers off of treasure island. no parking anymore on treasure island in your bra way not

block. know where to park so they are deterring folks off of there who try to get onto the island. folks are not going to find a lot of parking down here around the embarcadero. the police have blocked off a lot of the street crossings and there's a lot of places where people could pull in and park before but now are blocked off with the bicycle lanes now. they are also 10 people to try to find other locations. it will be a clear night so they're not expecting any issues. so any high point within the city would be a good viewing point or even in the east bay where you can see across the bay. it should be a spectacular show . now less than three hours away. the anticipation is growing and the crowds are growing and we expect the crowds to get even larger over the next couple of hours. that's pretty cool. but what will the weather be like for those watching the fireworks. will you need an umbrella.

what's it looking like out there? >> right now san francisco is starting to see clear skies. we had a few sprinkles moving by but here's the good news. no fog. you can see it. look from the east bay back across the bay bridge now we did have a few showers and x- ray rain around the tri-valley and still a bit of that moving north of walnut creek. you see it there with a view sprinkles near the san rafael bridge. but the more substantial showers was about two hours ago. there's a look at the sprinkles tom was talking about. that's looking to the north now. and from here a few chances of showers going toward napa county but by midnight we should see partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the low 50s around san francisco. so quite a change from the same time last year when we were deal dealing with lighting conditions around the bay area. not so much for this new year's day. tomorrow will be a dry day and then the rain makes a come back tuesday into wednesday. and for a big change it will be the temperatures with cold air

dropping in means lowering snow levels heading toward the sierra. look at the first arms of the new year coming up and that seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you for that. get access to the weather in your neighborhood by downloading the nbc bay area news news at. a great resource as well as for breaking news alerts. >>@minute revelers in san francisco will look to the sky with a spectacular display we've been talking about. as a fireworks ring in the new year. nbc bay area news had a chance to speak to the shows producers and how it comes together. >> spectacular as always. we do our best to amaze. pat is the show producer. describing the san francisco firework show that will ring in 2024. >> we have some effects out here tonight that will go away from the deck of the barge clear to well over 1000 feet. we've got a lot of motion in this show. some very energetic effects off

the deck of the barge. it's a show that is a lively paste. a lot of music that people will really like. >> 18 has been working to prepare for the show at an undisclosed location. >> we have 18 people out here for two days and will be off the pier tonight. >> we asked about the planning that goes into it. >> about 90 days is a lead time now. this is a show we do on a yearly basis for the city of san francisco. we are thinking about it all the time. as we receive new products we think that would be great in san francisco to display. >> what about the conditions for people to see the show? >> i think it's about perfect it >> near the ferry building is about the spot. >> they are high enough and they will interfere with the highest 10 inch display shells. so we are very fortunate. it was very rainy last year on new year's eve and we are feeling great that we are in a

single layer and we have a broken clouds. >> and when the sky lit up the new year's is here and all the hope it brings. >> that's the real gift. is hearing the owes and awes. a lot of other new year's news. some transit agencies offering free service tonight. caltrain are free from and copy him until the end of special late-night service. and southbound trays after the show. muni rides are also free. there's extra buses and this is to prevent drinking and driving on this night of celebration. >> the local police department continues to search for whoever killed a police officer in the city mourns his death.

his outreach to city residents and the elderly asian population. he was in plainclothes at an unmarked car when he was shot early friday morning. he was a funding to burglary at a cannabis dispenser. he was 36 years old. we will continue follow the story bring updates on the air and online as they develop. a, scene overnight. please say a sideshow near summersville on highway four in antioch led to a police chase. also tried to pull over a driver because of excessive speed. the chase ended in a crashed into pittsburgh bart station. and then the suspect car plowed into a concrete support and was hb officers were helping the victims they say others sideshow cars should appeared sideshow because in the era responded to this area as well and verbally yelling at our officers and unknown objects thrown at the officers on scene. and became more hostile at that point so additional units arrived to assist.

there are five victims in the car that crashed but they were all taken to the hospital but no officers were hurt. also in antioch overnight a fiery car crash. it happened on highway 4. people police are not releasing details but two cars were involved in both cars engulfed in flames after the collision. the high will shut down and we reach out for more information. >> the blazes out cleanup underway at a beauty salon in san jose. a two alarm fire broke out at the bank of beauty around 630 a.m.. the businesses in a commercial building just off almaden expressway. the fire was under control and under two hours. no one was hurt in the cause of the fire is still under investigation. okay destructive scene in san jose with a driver crashing into a crowded denny's restaurant during the busy breakfast out but this was the scene at denny's restaurant on saratoga avenue just after 9:00 a.m. this morning. that's new strawberry park and

highway 280. please say that car plowed up the ramp and smashed through the entrance of that restaurant. please say luckily no one was in the waiting area but the toy machine and you box were destroyed. no one was hurt. >> we were very scared and panicking. couldn't even open the door because people get shaken up. but everybody left. some people are just cleaning up. >> the restaurant is closed for repairs tonight. please have not revealed the identity of the driver or what caused the crash. >> for parents with young children you got to get creative and how you celebrate new year's eve. one option in san jose was heading down to the children's discovery museum for the noon years eve. they held down at 11 a.m., noon and at three p.m. with a ball drop and confetti. party hat making and the usual exhibits. also an opportunity to learn

how people celebrate in different time zones. >> we have so many families and people that are from places all of the world so we like to recognize what's happening around the world and what people might be doing in different places around the world. and so we have signs up that say what's happening in south africa. what's happening in egypt. >> if you need another reason that today was so special the museum put its annual new year's eve celebration on pause during the pandemic this is the first year it has hosted the event since 2020. >> the 135th annual rose parade is tomorrow and it's all hands on deck to get those massive floods ready for the big day. an estimated 800,000 people expected in pasadena to see floral floats, horses and marching bands filled the streets. the cruise put finishing touches on more than 30 floats today many of them decorated with thousands of flowers. tomorrow it will take that five

mile journey down colorado boulevard. the theme of this year's parade is celebrating a world of music. the universal language. audra mcdonald is grand marshal. millions of people tune in to watch the rose parade every year on new year's day. maybe you do. but what they don't always get to see is the weeks and months of preparation. dana williams was in pasadena for the praise 100 35th year and she is a firsthand look at how the floats come to life thanks to the volunteers who make it happen. >> every inch of every float is covered with natural materials on the more than 130,000 roses in individual files just like this one. >> the files have convenient pics on the end so i can stick them in. >> catherine has been working on floats since she was 14 years old. >> i love this process. >> she says it's not the floats themselves that are her

favorite part. >> people come from all around the world to see the floats and see the parade. it brings so many people together which i really love. >> she's one of hundreds of volunteers who put in countless hours of work to trim, glue and help place every little paddle. >> we layer them one of the other so they look like feathers so they have a ruffle but are kind of flat. >> is what represents the san diego zoo left the lights. all the animals from the polar bear to the orangutan are actually from san diego. >> conservation always begins with people. this is a wonderful collaboration with the rose parade to get our message of conservation to that global audience. >> minute these thoughts have been here in pasadena since mid december. >> after all the hard work is done in the sleepless nights. when we see get all raised up and hits colorado boulevard, it's like a baby is being born or graduating from college. it's very emotional. >> scotched is the way is the mastermind on the floors on san diego zoo float. he's been doing this for 13 years. >> is like a holy grail. we work our whole lives with

the hope to get here and for me to be here to do this is a dream come true. >> it's when the floats are finally started up and moved outside and in front of the public for the very first time. >> what you think the butterflies made out of? >> that it all comes together. >> when you are up close it all looks like work. so it looks like a whole you have to put a flower in or surface you have to cover with a pencil. and then when you step back and you look at the whole experience it's moving and incredible. >> even after the floats make it onto the street volunteers of put on finishing touches almost until the start of the parade. beautiful stuff. still a head still ahead we will show you how people are eager to welcome the new year

in. celebrations that will last over the next three hours. took a controversial new gun law is hours away from taking effect and the fight over it that will only intensify. >> new year's eve dodging a few hour

in downtown san jose the countdown to the new year started hours early at 4:00 p.m.. wife 4:00 p.m. because that is when it was midnight in ireland. more than mother people raised a glass at the irish pub to embrace the new year. many told us the exit prefer celebrating in the afternoon. >> i think it's great because i'm old now and i can't say up until midnight so i think 4:00 p.m.

sounds great. >> i'm the iris and i know how to celebrate at 4:00 p.m.. >> and 5:00 and 6:00. live bands and they will have champagne toast and live djs into a past midnight. in san pedro square there gearing up for live circus acts if you're into that. >> that's a lot of stuff going on. >> is by and first lady are bringing in the new year in st. croix. they took a moment to address the nation on new year's eve while speak with ryan seacrest. he touted the accomplishes of his demonstration and was a public a healthy, happy and safe new year. >> one highlight stands out for me is my dad's have an expression. he'd say got joe your job is a lot more than a paycheck. it's by dignity and respect. so many people in the center of the country with their factory shipped over seas and they're losing hope and faith so we brought a lot of jobs back to the united states. the bar in a position to be able to make a living now. and they created a lot of jobs

with over 14 million. i guess i just feel good that the american people got up. they've been through a rough time. >> dr. jill biden also encourage people to be kind to one another. took one of the california law starting tomorrow bans people from carrying guns in most public voices. the band prohibits people from carrying concealed firearms in 26 public places including parks, playgrounds, banks and zoos. this is regardless of whether the person has a concealed weapon permit. the law takes effect new year's day tomorrow even as a challenge plays out in court. a u.s. district judge issued a ruling to block the law arguing it violates the second amendment but yesterday a federal appeals court put a hold on that ruling. the terms on both sides are set to file arguments in january and february. we are less than three hours from the huge midnight fireworks display in san

francisco. and rob you have given people and early music present. >> were talking about the difference a year makes. last year it was flooding and rough weather. but we can still see san francisco and that's a good sign. right now with partly cloudy skies a few parts of the bay area seeing a few scattered showers. some downpours in the tri- valley early this evening. san jose at 54 degrees now. we have colder temperatures on the web. the numbers we sing outside right now could be where high temperatures are later on this week. walnut creek with the wet camera lens. 53 we showers to the north wet roads around dublin and pleasanton. back over to san francisco a gorgeous view looking west at 54 currently. here's what the showers are now near north toward solano county and into napa county. there's the less of it and the partly cloudy skies around midnight. watch out for some areas of fog heading into the first date of

the 2024. areas of fog with 40s for more places to start. more sunshine unlike the overcast skies today. it could get close to 60 tomorrow in san jose. upper 50s from san francisco to oakland. tomorrow is a mild day temperature wise. a dry day and then everything starts to change. tuesday into wednesday will have a powerful looking storm system that will drop in bringing in rain like last friday. tuesday afternoon the rain starting off in the north day. the peak of the rain on top of the tuesday evening commute. maybe isolated thunderstorms in play by wednesday morning. a chance of thunderstorms still ongoing into wednesday morning. impacting the wednesday morning commute before showers should

start to shut down heading towards when that. rain expectations with the midweek storm with a lot of red on the map. again this is like what we had last friday and saturday. a good chance that most of the bay area could be close to an inch of rain and made up to 1-2 inches of rain in the north and east by mountains and hills. here's the good news. not only are we finally getting the rain but colder air associated with that midweek storm and especially as we head toward next weekend it could finally bring some significant snow to the seer. bay area rain averages are about 80 percent of average. but the snowpack is still 28%. here's the good news as we head towards midweek although we will see winter storm warnings returning for travel plans. by midweek may be a foot of snow coming down and something we haven't seen for much of december is the potential of significant sierra snow. one way we will know the snow levels are dropping is high temperatures dropping through the week as we see rain returning tuesday into wednesday and the second potentially colder and windier storm as we head toward next

week. dropping daytime highs to the low to mid 50s. they area temperatures finally looking more like january temperatures in the seven-day forecast. making a difference in the sierra snowpack which will have it snow survey coming up this week and that will be good knees news. coming up, what will space expiration look like in 2024? omissions and discoveries that could be on th could be on th e

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as we close at 2023 there is a lot of buzz about what's going to happen in space in 2024 including the first humans in a fly over the moon since the days of apollo. we cover aviation with tom castillo and a lot of this is centered around elon musk. >> you must own spacex and they provide the only way american

astronauts and right now get to space on an american rocket. and america's future hopes and dreams for space depend on spacex. that rocket roar and cheering coming from south texas in november was for a much improved second test of elon musk's starship after the first starship exploded shortly after left out. nasa and america struck their dreams to that's basic rocket. the next flight will be early next year. then late in the year nasa's artemis astronauts will loop around the moon. in 2022 and artemis test flight orbited the moon with no crew. that's the spaceship that would take the artemis to crew around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

one quarter of 1 million miles to get there and this ship is nothing like apollo that carried neil armstrong. it's much more advanced and much more unmade. already there training at nasa's johnson space center. mission commander reed wiseman. pilot victor glover. christina cook and canadian fighter pilot jeremy hansen. >> i'm most looking forward to paving the way for the future back to the moon onto mars. the fact that we get to contribute to that, is absolutely the honor of my life. >> we are proud to be part of the artemis generation. we are going back to the moon. >> later this decade nasa hopes artemis and elon musk starship will rendezvous in lunar orbit then land on the moon's south pole and begin building a lunar base. china wants to lend its own astronauts there by 2030. also in 2024 boeing is hoping to finally launch its star liner spaceship with astronauts

to the space station. many years delayed and well behind arch rival spacex. and billionaire entrepreneur jerrod isaac men will command polaris don, another private mission with three others in a spacex rocket set to reach the highest birth ever flowing. i caught up with him training in colorado. why do we need to go to space? >> there are questions that we have been asking ourselves since the dawn of civilization. that we don't know the answers to. the universe is so big. >> that polaris don mission will feature the first ever space walk involving a private astronaut. and they will continue raising money for saint jude children's hospital. their first mission back in 2021 raised a quarter of $1 billion for saint jude. up next before we officially move forward into the new year, we would take

some time looking back on the eventful 2023 from powerful storms to high profile court cases and a farewell to an icon. we will rememb all when er

took thanks for joining us on the special edition of nbc bay area news. we are moving you forward into 2024 and this is that time of year when we look at two new laws for our bay area communities and upcoming presidential election and the embeddable revenues that will shape the new year. and we can't predict what that will be but we can remind you, what that meant in 2023. here is chris sanchez with a look at some of the stories that shape last year. >> the cleanup still underway in several bay area cities. we can storm damaged homes and flooded roads and close down many businesses. >> 2023 roared and driven by an

atmospheric river powering strong winds and record rainfall toppling trees and knocking out power and triggering mudslides. president biden surveyed flood damage in downtown capitola and the peer that was nearly wiped out. promising expedited federal resources. and while the atmospheric river was a virtual firehose it was a close of a different kind that started a conversation about dignity and the on house. a san francisco art gallery owner was caught in a 14 second video spring a woman on the sidewalk demanding she moved. the debate continues about how to balance the needs of the house and unhoused residents. >> were told four people were shot and killed here with two at one location and two at another. >> a week later another volvo committee was brutalized by an armed gunmen who told in a jailed house in he shot and killed seven coworkers because he felt bullied in the farmworker housing where they lived in squalor.

his trial is pending. in late january at the oakland police chief was placed on leave by the mayor and ultimately fired creating a vacancy at the top of the opd which remains open to this day. in february san francisco was rocked by a deadly explosion in the outer sunset at a home where police say the residents rand a hash oil laboratory. the man who awaits trial is charged with the death of his own wife. >> you don't see this everyday. it is dumping down. this is not tahoe. this is the santa cruz summit. >> by late winter and early spring weather dominated the headlines once again from a blanket of rare low-level snow that had people out making snowmen and snowballs to the flooding of the farm community in monterey county forcing hundreds of people from their homes. and the bomb cycle that took up power to hundreds of thousands of pg&e customers in the south and east bay and on the pencil. some people remained without

power for weeks. and hl fell over silicon valley when federal regulators shut down silken valley bank and what was the second largest bank failure in u.s. history. a lot of us got a lesson on diversifying our investments and looking for the fdic guarantee. in light march bay area radio listeners mourn the death of dj jv of wild 94.9. he was known for his making so many people left but had been open about his own mental health struggles. april began with the stabbing death of cash at founder bob lee and is accused killer currently awaiting trial. in may disgraced fairness founder elizabeth holmes reported to a texas prison camp to begin her 11 year sentence for defrauding investors that blood testing technology that never worked. summer kicked off with the bay area's first national women's soccer league team bay fc.

the four u.s. olympic gold medalist founder say bay fc will be ready for play in the 2024 season which begins in march. ceo elon musk wasting no time in rebranding twitter. in july twitter became asked which elon musk essay represents the evolution of the social media platform into and everything at but since then musk has been accused of allowing hate speech going unchecked on the platform where a growing list of big companies stopped advertising. and before taylor swift was named time magazine's person of the year she was named honorary mayor of santa clara where she rocked levi stadium for two nights in a row drawing fans who couldn't get tickets to the sold-out show to the parking lot to trade friendship bracelets and photos. one month later the beehive swarmed levi stadium as beyonci brought her renaissance to

town. >> senator dianne feinstein died. and the bay area said goodbye to another iconic woman. senator dianne feinstein who served as the san francisco supervisor and may your before becoming the longest-serving woman in the u.s. senate. known for her work on gun safety exposing cia torture, calvin water rights in her blazing trails for other women. in october hamas launched a surprise attack on israel and israel defense forces responded with a siege on gaza. and bay area people raise their voices and some to call for support for israel and and end to anti-semitism and others to call for humanitarian aid for palestinians and a permanent cease-fire to and civilian deaths. by november pro-palestinian protesters were organized enough to shut down the bay bridge four hours as san francisco hosted a pack the largest gathering of world leaders in nearly 80 years at a private meeting and president

biden and chinese president xi. the same day the man was convicted of attacking nancy pelosi's home husband. on october 16 mlb owners voted unanimously to allow the oakland a's to move to las vegas. and while they look to build a stadium the san francisco giants and the san jose sharks are looking to build better teams and mr. irrelevant, brock purdy, continues to give the bay area something to cheer for as the last round draft pick keeps the 49ers in the playoff push. as 2024 begins you can count on the nbc bay area team of journalist to continue moving you forward through the hard times, the good times and the growth times. chris sanchez, today in the bay. dave chapelle making headlines again with his latest

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the u.s. military says its forces opened fire on who the rebels in the red sea today. central command said the rebels attacked a cargo ship and the second attack on the ship this weekend. the crew of the uss destroyer shut down two missiles and today for small boats attacked the ship. rebels fired on navy helicopters that came to help and the crews return fire sinking two of the boats, and those on board. this is the 23rd with the attack on international shipping since november 19 for the first time u.s. forces have killed those fighters. drug no video offering a grim reminder that the war between russia and ukraine show no signs of letting up. just released video captures the moment missiles hit a small border city in russia 25 miles from ukraine. russia is blaming ukraine for

the strike is among the most deadly attacks carried out on russian soil since the war began. russian officials say more than one dozen people were killed and more than 100 wounded. it comes days after ukraine was hit by one the biggest missile attacks by russia since the start of the war. drug north korea's leader said the new year will bring more production of nuclear materials and more spy satellites. kim jong un is calling for quote overwhelming war readiness to cope with us-led confrontational moves as he calls it. he says north korea will launch three spine satellites this coming year and arming itself with new attack drones. he also says he's working to modernize his nuclear arsenal and his comments were in a meeting to set state goals for the coming year. >> on today's meet the press john federman opened up about his struggles with depression. is one of three key guests invited to talk about the mental health crisis in america. federman said things were bad leading up to his election last year and after the election things quickly grew worse. he sought treatment after thoughts of harming himself.

>> i thought at that time if i can be of most service or helpful to people like i have to be fully honest about it. that's what i decided to do. and it would be my goal is to if somebody could hear this kind of a message and this conversation we are having might make a different choice. >> federman added he's doing much better since his discharge from a treatment center in march and truly living his best life. he's urging anyone to get help because treatment works. the governors of utah colorado were also interviewed about their role of social media and how it's playing a role in mental health crisis right now. tech stops wrapped up a good year after a slump in 2022. the nasdaq climbed 43% in 2023. one of its best performances in 20 years. similar to the rallies in 2009 and 2003. the nasdaq was coming off a

brutal year for investors. this use bounce back was huge gains from meta-. >> controversy with the new netflix special feel many mocks the transgender committee. it's called the dreamer and focus on his early years in entertainment and how he manifested his success. 12 minutes, the first 12 minutes of the set he revisits a favorite topic. the transgender community. many people describing his comments as offensive. dave chapelle has been under fire since his 2021 the special which led netflix employees to walk out and protest in solidarity with the lgbtq+ committee. drug we are two hours and 17 minutes away from the big spectacular fireworks show in san francisco. here's the man of the hour. >> right now it's a good sign. you can see san francisco looking across the bay from emeryville. partly client's case. a few areas still dealing with

showers. moving up out of east bay hills and

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throughout 2023 gavin thomas brought a story after story that inspired us amid a smile and at times tara. tonight he joined just once more with the story of one woman who refuses to let life get her down. >> the subject of her story which we for shared with you in march is sharon alexander. she has been through plenty of ups and downs in her life and enough to lead many of us feeling sorry for ourselves. but not sharon. it's no surprise that she has taken the latest downturn in life in uplifting style. you can never truly understand another person's life they say until you've walked a mile in their shoes. lately sharon alexander has

been taking that one step further. although for sharon it feels more like two steps back. >> i will let this take away my smile. i won't let this take me to where i'm going to feel sorry for myself and give up. >> it was four years ago sharon said she was driving in west oakland which he passed a homeless get. something she had done many times before but this time she didn't keep driving. >> i thought to myself, i wonder if they are hungry. so went to the kentucky fried chicken bought 100 pieces take and got some plates and went back and it was a hit. everybody came to the car and said thank you, thanyou, thank you. >> every sunday evening since sharon and her volunteers have been coming ck to those living on the street. arthur jean safe place named after sharon's mom is what they call that program. it's people in a position to give to those less fortunate doing just that. but here is the thing.

sharon is no longer more fortunate than those without a place to live. >> the front seat. that's mine. it goes all the way back. >> because she no longer has a place to live. this past fall sharon's longtime partner ron passed away. if you months later she was forced to leave their home of 12 years. her car and friends catches his work sharon and her 18-year-old grandson have been spending their nights for the past two months. but every sunday evening you still find sharon on martin luther king jr. way doing what she has always done. providing a homemade meal. although now courtesy of a woman without a home. >> i don't look at it as being a poor me pity party. i don't look at it like that.

i feel like i found my purpose in life and i don't want to give that up. >> sharon relies on donation for supplies in a friends kitchen to prepare the food. she knows no one would blame her if she took time off from giving back to get back on her feet. but doing so sharon says would leave her truly less fortunate. >> i can't explain it. so beautiful. when i go out there it's like i take everything i'm going through and i push it to the side. i'm in a whole another world. because giving got you know, where you can do when you can even if it's just one moment in time is a beautiful feeling. >> another great one from garvin thomas. >> rob, everyone's wondering when the clock strikes tonight, can we see the fireworks in san francisco. >> the odds are looking good. not too much log and the showers we saw earlier in the >> continue to move north towards napa and solano county. we will see a break in the weather for the first day of 2020 for tomorrow. in the storm door will swing

back open on tuesday and wednesday. wind and rain making a comeback in the middle of the week. likely thunderstorms. here's what's different this week. in the second seven day forecast colder temperature which means lowering snow levels. if you go to the sierra latest with it right now san francisco looking good. here's a look at the showers going northward. steady rain throughout the evening around the tri-valley and the east bay hills. you see that moving up towards vallejo and napa county. that's the trend we will see as we passed minute with partly cloudy skies. then the patchy fog set up heading toward tomorrow morning. we start off with mostly 40s in the bay area. areas of fog and overcast skies but we should get more sunshine tomorrow as in the 60s and sunshine around san jose heading toward morgan hill. upper 50s from san francisco to oakland. then things change up as we get into tuesday and wednesday. here's some good news. look at the rainfall recovery we have seen. the averages now 70-90% of

where we should be. but this era missed out for the most part good statewide snowpack at 20%. gains coming toward the serous this week with the colder systems. the first one up his tuesday through wednesday. you can see the central portion of the state and the prime impact of the first storm probably late afternoon on tuesday right on top of the tuesday evening commute. maybe embedded thunderous charms and low tracks on wednesday. another round of downpours and potential thunderstorms for the start of wednesday. rain totals of the midweek storm. this red shows a potential of many spots around the bay area closing in on an inch plus of rainfall from midday tuesday to midday wednesday. the follow-up will be a colder storm tracking inland and hopefully not too far inland otherwise it will lose moisture. right now it has cold air support to bring lowering snow levels as in 4000-5000 feet in

the sierra. we haven't been able to show you this in the future cast when it comes to snow expectations. the sierra snowpack is 28 percent of average and that should help but as we move forward into the first weekend of january. the seven day forecast will be dry for the new year. with fog to contend with for some mornings in the wind and raining coming back tuesday into wednesday and then the highs where we ought to be this time of year should be in the mid-50s and usually one of the coldest times of the year's but we've been in the 60s for so long. we will cool down in the snow returns to the sierra and more rain heading into next week. anthony floors joining us now and how about the 49ers. >> sunny skies for the 49ers today because they looked back on track for the 49ers locked up the number one seed in the nfc playoffs. and the milestone brock purdy leading

welcome back. the christmas night nightmare behind her with the four names written in the new year with the 12th one of the season and things to the arizona cardinals upset over the eagles the number one seed in the nfc, the niners in the nation's capital to take on washington. of three having zero in the first order. brock purdy to samuel who cruises into the end zone. niners up 10-0 put the commanders rally. they tied the score. the niners lead 13-10 at recess. in the third quarter with the cmc on the sideline, dealing with a calf string, elijah mitchell scored his first touchdown of the season. the niners in command. brock purdy sets the franchise record for passing yards in a single season. highlighted by this 17 yard touchdown pass to brandon and what a play.

that's not a system quarterback. nice job brock purdy. the 49ers beat the commanders 27-10. they improved to 12-4 and season. the road to the super bowl in the nfc goes through santa clara. >> a lot of good quarterbacks in this organization and being told that he broke the record for all-time yards in a year and that's a big accomplishment by him and everyone else in there. it's cool to do that today and to lock up the one seed. >> is an honor to be able to break a record like that. to me being the human side of it is like, cool. i was just a kid dreaming of playing in the nfl and to be able to do something like that is cool. i got to say it's a testament to the team. everything so good for me to come in and they allowed me to have success so is a testament to everyone around me. and i'm very thankful. >> purdy and the four names close out the regular season. next is a sunday at home

against the rounds against the rams. the raiders hopes of making it to the postseason have come to an end. they needed to take on the goats. the pride of east palo alto gets a touch him but that's as close as las vegas would get. the cold beat the raiders 23 having 20 and the raiders are officially eliminated from the playoffs. >> the guys are disappointed. do you want to win every game and a great opportunity and at the very end. moving forward we get paid to play 17 games. the season isn't over until it's over. we get to the playoffs but we got another game to play and we are ready to do it. >> college hoops. a day on the farm. stanford freshman carla came off the bench to hit six of the teams school record 16 three- pointers. he scored a game-high 28 points per the cardinal upset upset number four arizona 100-and to produce their eighth win over a ranked opponent since 2020.

that second period goal tied the sharks with the avalanche but color and hit sam's up with a pair of goals in the third including an empty narrator. the avalanche beat the sharks three having one in san jose falls 3-16-1 this season on the road. that's a look at sports. back to you. >> a wonderful sports cast. thank you. a couple hours left in 2023. and we will be here for part of that time. >> we have more news coming up at 11 p.m. and will take you out lava to san francisco where people continue to gather for the fireworks spectacular. we will also bring you the fireworks show leiva starting at midnight. you can catch it all with every pop and every sparkle here on nbc bay area news at 11:00 p.m. >> looks like clear skies not like last year. i can't even remember if we saw

the fireworks last year. >> will have th

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