which is high potassium levels in your blood. ask your doctor before taking products containing potassium. kerendia can also cause low blood pressure and low sodium levels. so now that you know your abcs, don't wait. kidney damage from ckd in t2d is not reversible. so ask your doctor about slowing your kidney damage with kerendia. good morning. it is saturday, january 6th. the first weekend of 2024. a live look outside from our emeryville camera towards san francisco. really dark and cold out there. nice to see those twinkling lights, though.

thank you so much for starting your first weekend with us. i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast. clear, cold, but you say rain is on the way? >> yeah. just areas of patchy fog used to in the north bay, but if you think it's cold today it's going to get colder tomorrow. under a frost advisory for parts of the north bay and east bay hills and down through the south bay until tomorrow around 10:00 a.m. once we start to clear things out. waking up to just above freezing in scotts valley. 34. 37 in livermore and 30s continue. 36 in napa this morning. already picking up on cloud cover moving in from the north. right now on satellite and radar, those showers and the snow already around the california/oregon border moving into the bay area today. this weekend not a complete washout. we are only looking at rain today. talk about what's going on in the sierra with that winter storm warning and just have more rounds of rain coming. that's coming up in about ten minutes. kira? >> cinthia, thanks so much.

as you just mentioned, that storm will be bringing some much-needed snow in the sierra. the year's first sierra snow pack report tuesday was less than stellar. but as the snow is welcome it will create dangerous driving, windy, whiteout conditions. so the chp says don't drive there but if you must be prepared achanes. kevin cooper shares video over the past couple days. he highlights the vast difference in this year's first snow pack versus last january's. >> snow pack last year talking 24 feet of snow up at the upper crest depending where were you in and around the basin. this year, we've seen inches. just about 24 inches of snow. season-to-date. >> the winter weather advisory for the sierra continues into tomorrow morning.

whether it's snow, rain or chilly temperatures, or all of the above, stay on top of it all with our nbc bay area app. it will let you track how cold in your neighborhood this weekend. new this morning -- alaska airlines is grounding all of its 737s after a terrifying midair emergency last night. take a look at that. a piece of the airplane detacheds, leaving a gaping hole in the cabin. it happened during a flight to southern california from oregon. passengers say they heard some sort of very loud noise about 20 minutes in to the flight, and fortunately the pilot made a safe emergency landing. this morning the alaska airlines ceo says that all 65 of its 737 aircraft will undergo full maintenance and safety inspections. that's expected to take a few days and will impact alaska's flight schedule. the ceo stresses that safety is alaska's main focus and the

airline is cooperating with the ntsb investigation. "today in the bay's" jocelyn moan shares what a passenger saw. >> reporter: a hole in an alaska airlines plane. passengers flying from portland, oregon to ontario, california, when about 20 minutes in they hear a loud noise. >> it goes, boom! i look up and the air masks are, like, out, popped down, and i look to my left, and there's just a huge, like, gaping hole on the left side, where the window is. >> reporter: elizabeth took this video during the flight. sitting about two aisles back to the right. she says she couldn't tell what part of the plane flew off, adding there were passengers on the aisle where that hole appears to be. >> when i looked up, shirt off, flew off, and skin very red. >> reporter: alaska airlines says the aircraft landed safely back at portland international

airport with 171 passengers and 6 crew members. mike mccarran is an aviation consultant telling us in this situation you want to keep people calm, which the crew seemed to do. there are big questions with this. >> really, big questions about the integrity of the door, the maintenance. assembly. i'm not sure where to begin, but definitely sometime some kind of mechanical failure. ntsb will go through all the maintenance and manufacturing records with boeing and this thing's going to become piece by piece put the puzzle back together. >> jocelyn moran reporting for us. locally back here arrested in the shooting death of a police officer now accused of trying to escape the state. mark sanders was arrested thursday. prosecutors say he fired the shot that killed officer le. and now police sources tell nbc news bay area they believe

sanders' mother tried to help him book a flight to leave california. yesterday, one day after sanders' arrest community members gathered together to remember the officer. the chinatown chamber of commerce held the memorial right there in the heart of chinatown and say that's right where officer le spent many hours both on and off duty. the late officer was remembered by friends and colleagues as a husband and son who loved oakland. >> officer le exemplified what it looks like to serve the community and despite, showing up for community and businesses, making sure that our community truly felt heard. >> we're going to miss him. we're going to think of him, but his legacy walks on with you and with us that are here. >> the official memorial service for officer le will be wednesday

at the church in castro valley. moving forward, happening today, oakland mayor sheng thao is facing a recall effort one week following the shooting death of officer le. yesterday a group of ohlund residents planned to gather signatures submitting a notice of retention to begin the recall effort against the mayor but tell nbc bay area they needed more time to review the paperwork. they now tell us they will mail the paperwork and notify mayor thao today. the effort needs 10% of signatures from oakland's registered voters to move forward. the mayor's office tells nbc bay area it has no comment on the recall effort. also, in oakland a group of demonstrators gathered yesterday at city hall calling on city leaders to take action to curb crime. they also expressed frustration the city has been without a police chief nearly one year. a council member agrees that fast-tracking hiring a new police chief would prioritize oakland's safety.

>> if any city in any state in any country, public safety is the number one priority. and in any city, the most, most important position is not the mayor. it's the police chief. he directses officers on street. >> also supporting district attorney pamela price. one typically quiet east bay neighborhood a car crashed right into this pleasant hills home causing a gas leak. it happened around 6:30 in the area of susan lane and doris drive right behind grocery outlet on contra costa boulevard. the people ins house were safely evac waited. no one hurt. pg&e crews worked overnight to cap that leak. also in the east bay, firefighters are looking into what caused a house fire in alameda county. this happened around 5:30 last night at a home in castro valley.

video shows dozens of firefighters cleaning up the home on garrison avenue. it's unclear whether anyone was inside the home when the fire broke out. we have reached out to the alameda county fire department and are waiting to hear back. former president donald trump in iowa. nine days before the iowa republican caucus. the gop front-runner held a rally at the university urging followers not to get complacent. the latest polling shows trump with a commanding lead over the republican field in the hawkeye state. meanwhile, the u.s. supreme court will soon decide if colorado can legally ban former president trump from appearing on their state election ballot. the supreme court announced it will hear an appeal by the former president on february 8th. trump is challenging a ruling that disqualified him from appearing on the republican primary ballot in colorado. that decision came from the colorado supreme court last month when justices ruled he

incited the january 6th riot, barring him from holding federal office. and speaking of the january 6th riot, today marks three years since the attack on the capitol in washington, d.c. coming up in about 30 minutes from now we'll look back at the incident and how it is shaping the nation today. at 7:09, much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the 12 days of christmas are over. today is three kings day. also known as the feast of epiphany for christians across the globe. take you to a bay area bakery preparing for the growing number of customers expected today.

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welcome back. gorgeous look at the glowing sunrise over the south bay. 101 in san jose. clear out there, which means no cloud cover to blanket us. it is very cold out there. cinthia pimentel is forecasting showers later this afternoon. so maybe want to get out this morning and get your errands done. but not until we're off the air at 8:00! the pier in pacifica closed the next three years, it's unsafer because of damage from high tides and large waves this past week. city leaders re-evaluaing damage to see if it can reopen by january 5th.

happening today a community cleanup in san francisco. people invited to clean up the tenderloin. pictures from a previous cleanup event hosted by the civic joy fund. also the tenderloin business coalition and others. expecting more than 300 volunteers. all welcome. this starts at 10:00 a.m. at al fred e. bonico park. do not feed the bears in tahoe. mysterious flyers found posted along the highway urging people to allow bears to eat out of their trash cans to help them survive. wildlife officials posted on social media bears can indeed survive on their own and feeding bears changes their natural behaior and increases a risk of run-ins with humans. more evidence showing that covid is surging again across the bay area, and experts are finding the evidence in our

wastewater. especially in the south bay. holiday gatherings are partially to blame. santa clara county public health leaders are concerned either people aren't taking resurgence of covid seriously or just have covid fatigue. we found people saying it's not top of mind. >> medicine now for covid i think and also vaccines. as long as we are keeping up to our vaccinations, and we know that the hospitals are not getting overloaded. i think it's fine. personal preference. >> over 90% of the population received at least one dose of the covid vaccine. however, only 20% of our population has received this most recent vaccine. >> even though the federal government is not paying as much for vaccines, most bay area counties are offering ways to get one for free. you can find those resources on our website.

nbcbayarea.com. as well as on our free nbc bay area app. well, today millions of christians will gather to celebrate three kings day. feast of the epiphany. the birth of jesus celebrated christmas day, of course, but the three kings, or three wise men, did not reach bethlehem until 12 days later. thus, the 12 days of christmas. traditions include gift-giving, large feasts and all-important roefk kawkaw rosco de reyes. "today in the bay's" photojournalist brings us sights and sounds as the bakery gets ready for the big day. >> every year on january 6th we celebrate epiphany, which is the three wise men. we celebrate this with family and friends and we always make

this rosco de reyes. baking 4,000. we have three locations, and every single bakery we have two open baking nonstop for the next three days. >> it's becoming more popular. people from all over the bay area come here looking for rosca de reyes. it's a huge seller for us. mixed with bread, we use orange and we use dried fruit on top of it to represent the use of the -- defines the baby jesus it is pledged in return it will provide gifts to the people at the event or the celebration.

january 6th, this is, allows people planning to be here on saturday, big lines of people looking for rosco de reyes. and sunday morning we have to work as well. >> that was daniel this morning and also there at the bakery. hopefully can bring something back. happening today, kids in oakland are getting a surprise to start the new year off right. unity oakland partnered with 18 businesses to gather toys for its 15th annual three wisemen toy give away. this is video from last year. it's happening at the village in oakland starts at 1:00 p.m. kids and families need to arrive by 12:00 to register for the giveaway. there are thousands of toys for the kids. one organizer says it's all in good spirit in the community and makes are the start of the year a little better. >> we've encountered a lot of

challenges in the past year, especially in the transit village and so we really wanted to be intentional about the way that we start the new year. >> everyone is welcome. every child can get a toy. they'll be serving hot chocolate and some other snacks as well. so how will the forecast be for that toy giveaway and other things you're planning to do? cinthia pimentel is here with our microclimate forecast. >> i would bring the umbrella, just to be safe. we're looking at showers moving through and it is a very cold morning. so bundle up as you're making your way for the first weekend. 30s and 40s on the map now. under that frost advisory. today and tomorrow. it's going to get even colder. look at our temperatures as our daytime highs only carrying us into those mid to upper 50s. by tomorrow, once this cold front that we're tracking pushes on through, we're down into the low 50s. dublin, 53. 55 in san francisco for our sunday plans and also low 50s for the south bay. already tracking the cold front moving in, pushing clouds for us

and showers and snow showers up to the north. timeline for first weekend of the year plans. 9:00, 10:00, starts to show up in the north bay. sweeping on through parts of san francisco, peninsula, east bay by 1:00 and 2:00 this afternoon. south bay lingering until 3:00 to the 5:00 hour. sunset and later for our saturday-night plans things clear out of here and also clearing for our sunday plans. however, there is also aside from cool temperatures and rain, high surf advisory until 7:00 tonight. already seeing wave heights 13 to 17 feet out there right now. just avoiding coastline. bundling up at home is not a bad way to spend our saturday, too. speaking of saturday plans. looking up towards the sierra. a winter storm warning. if you haven't left yet do not go at all. conditions near whiteout. i want you to be safe. if you dare to go, pack the tools and all of the snacks and things you need in case of emergency and closed roadways.

i was saying, tomorrow and into early next week, those temperatures only going to get colder. clearing out showers, settling with cold air temperatures. dipping down to 29 degrees, could be, going into sunday plans. monday, still seeing temperatures possibly freezing in our inland valleys over towards fairfield, livermore and down into san jose. watch those chilly temperatures. by tuesday, not quite as cold as we get a little more moisture in the atmosphere. because more rain is on the way, that active pattern continues. a chance of lie showers tuesday. watch wednesday dropping in from the north, a system colder rain colder potential for snow showers in the sierra. as i take this way out ahead into possibly next weekend, look at how that funnels right into the bay area. thak could be our first atmospheric river of the year. overall, chilly, rain in the forecast, wind also in there, too. could be a day to just stay inside. >> i like that! cinthia, thanks. 7:21. much more ahead on "today in the

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welcome back. this morning in our bay area proud series we introduce you to a north bay couple on a mission to help others. but the unexpected way they saved someone from a drug overdose that made their effort well worth it. we have the story. >> i saw someone just right over

here on this corner. >> reporter: first thing we need to tell you about what michelle sawyer did one week before christmas, believe it or not, what she was wearing. michelle had just visited the elementary school where her son-in-law teaches dressed as a snowman and driving home still in costume when she witnessed a man collapsing on the sidewalk. >> ran out of my car, right about here. >> reporter: michelle knew just what to do. >> ripped open my narcan. >> reporter: right there corner of 7th and wilson michelle and another good samaritan add ministered dose after dose of narcan. the drug that can reverse an opioid overdose. all the while -- michelle still in her costume. >> after eight doses the gentleman finally woke up. looked right at me and started smiling. that's when somebody walked by and said, he must think he's seen an angel because i was all dressed in white. >> reporter: at this point you're probably wondering why michelle was traveling with a

case of narcan in her car. well, that's the second thing we need to tell you about her. >> in 2019 i lost my stepson to a fentanyl overdose. >> reporter: dieing of a fentanyl overdose age 22 in 2019. his father and michelle channeled their immense grief into meaningful action starting micah's hub, a nonprofit distributing and training people in the proper usa of narcan. >> our biggest thing is harm reduction. harm reduction in people that need help and are struggling. >> reporter: the pair handed out thousands of doses and trained hundreds of people always hoping at least one life would be saved. never guessing it would be one of them doing the saving. >> soon as the paramedics came and i was relieved having to help, to be honest. i went and sat in my car and cry the. >> reporter: ultimate

validation. ultimate tribute to late son and stepson. through his death, someone else now lives. >> proud. very proud. this is a very -- very meaningful and very appropriate. >> that was garvin thomas reporting. surely micah is proud. >> 7:26. much more ahead on "today in the bay." moving forward, speaking with a bay-area doctor about new research regarding the go-to drug used to treat covid. plus, marking three years since the attack on the capitol. bay area lawmakers reacting as former president trump deals with the legal fallout amid his with the legal fallout amid his run for a second term.

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good morning. it is saturday, january 6th. time 7:30. a live look outside. pink skies over dublin on a very chilly morning out there. dry now. let see what this first weekend of the new year has in store for us. thank you so much for starting it with us. i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel has a peek at our microclimate forecast and you were saying hopefully santa brought umbrellas and raincoats? >> new cozy socks, blankets and everything. chilly temperatures around the bay area. we are under a frost advisory for the north bay. east bay hills and down through the south bay as well. 349 south san jose.

microclimate up the peninsula. 46 in san mateo. colder into the north bay. waking up to 37 in novato. there is rain in the forecast. not a complete washout of the weekend, but it will come sweeping down through the bay area as we go on into the afternoon. pretty much it. sunday looks clear, but also very cold. we have a couple of things to watch out for. rain, wind. time to take down those decorations, getting gusty. as well as out of the coastline, high surf advisory. continuing to settle into cold air tomorrow and monday. more rain and snow in the way as we go into an active pattern next week, kira. >> cinthia, see you again soon. thanks. one of the men arrested in the shooting death of oakland police officer now accused of trying to escape the state. mark sanders was arrested on thursday and prosecutors say he is the one who fired the shot that killed the officer. now police sources tell nbc bay

area they believe sanders' mother tried to help him book a flight to leave california. yesterday, one day after sanders' arrest, commune members gathered together to remember the officer. the chinatown chamber of commerce held the memorial right there in the heart of chinatown where they say the officer spent many hours. both on and off duty. they remember him as someone who was dedicated to the community. remembered by friends and colleagues as a husband and son who loved oakland. >> officer le showed up for our communities and businesses making sure that our community truly felt heard. >> we're going to miss him. we're going to think of him. but his legacy walks on with you and with us that are here.

>> the official memorial service for the officer will be wednesday at three crosses church in castro valley. and moving you forward, happening today oakland mayor sheng thao is facing removing one week after the officer was on duty. a group of residents plan to gather signatures submitting a notice of intention to begin the recall effort against the mayor and tell nbc bay area they needed more time to review their paperwork. they plan to mail the paperwork and notify the mayor today. the effort needs signatures from at least 10% of oakland the registered voters in order to move forward. the mayor's office tells nbc bay area it has no comment on the recall effort. and in berkeley, protests continued for another day at people's park. last night more than 100 demonstrators showed up in

solidarity to show dissatisfaction with how the city treated people in the park. this happened at the corner of dwight and telegraph in berkeley. you see on one side full of demonstrators. the other side, police in tactical gear. this stems from thursday morning when the university sent dozens of officers into the space to clear it out, and then quickly began arrestingarresting -- ere wall of shipping containers. even though there are still legal issues, the state supreme court needs to weigh in on this. the university says all shipping containers in place and expects the roads around the park to reopen today or tomorrow. the u.s. supreme court will soon decide if colorado can legally ban former president trump from appearing on the state election ballot. the supreme court announced it will hear an appeal by trump on

february 8th. the former president is challenging a ruling that disqualified him from appearing on the republican primary ballot in colorado. that decision came from the colorado supreme court last month when justices ruled that the president incited the january 6th riot and that would bar him from holding further federal office. well, the country does mark a somber anniversary today speaking of the three years since a mob overran the u.s. capitol, vandalizing the building, and sending lawmakers into hiding. president biden marked the anniversary in a speech yesterday in pennsylvania. >> this is not rhetorical, academic or hypothetical, but democracy is still america's sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time. >> trump and maga supportering embrace physical violence, they

laugh about it. >> the insurrection backs his claim the 2020 election was rigged, says former president trump. even know there is no evidence of that. we have a look at the incident and the continuing fallout. >> reporter: the department of justice has charged more than 1,000 of those attackers. many are already in prison as we speak. former president donald trump has been accused of insurrection by the state of maine. found culpable of insurrection in a colorado courtroom, and charged with conspiracy by the state of georgia and the u.s. department of justice. just hours after the crowd attacked the u.s. capitol top leaders in trump's own party accused him of causing that attack. >> the mob was fed lies, they were provoked by the president and other powerful people. >> reporter: mcconnell from the senate joined by fellow

republican kevin mccarthy in the house in condemning trump. >> the president bears responsibility from wednesday's attack on congress by mob riot ers. >> he should have immediately denounced the mob. >> reporter: and seemingly banished by his own party, to mar-a-lago. mccarthy lasted justies, one of the first to visit trump and praise him. >> reporter: meantime, relentless finding each and every attacker poring over videos to dent tie suspects. the late effort accused chris kennelly of massachusetts in court this week. three years after the attack. with hundreds of arrests to go. in fact, this fellow, who did something that the confederate army never managed to do, carry the confederate battle flag into the u.s. capitol was sentenced

early last year to three years in prison. charged with, among other things, threatening a police officer. we spoke with silicon valley congresswoman zoe lofgren who said on the committee investigating january 6th and warned when donald trump talks about revenge, she says he's being serious. >> i learned in our investigation is to take seriously what trump says, because he means to do what he says. and he is currently saying that he will rescind part of the constitution. those words. his words on truth social, that he intends to be a dictator just for a day, what does that mean? that he intends to punish using the tools of the government, people who are, he considers to be his enemies. really, a complete upending of the constitutional order.

i take that seriously, because i've learned that he doesn't say what he doesn't mean. he intends to do that. >> reporter: lofgren says lawmakers experiencing in the attack knew their lives were in danger regardless of party. former army ranger congressman jason crow sharpening pencils for members of congress to use at wapons to defend themselves. >> scott mcgrew, thanks. already starting the new year with sniffals or a cough you are not alone. new numbers showing covid and rsv are on the rise. here's "today in the bay's" kris sanchez. >> reporter: kira, you or someone you may may ring in the new year with a gift you never wanted as respiratory viruses making the rounds landing some in the hospital. covid hospitalizations up 12% according to the latest data. flu hospitalizations were up

20%. rsv or respiratory virus starting to stabilize across the country. that only matters if you don't have it. right? the covid surge happening as we're learning more about the effectiveness of the main covid treatment paxlovid. a new study shows the anti-viral pill does not reduce the risk of long covid. researchers found just as many people who took paxlovid suffered from lingering symptoms as those who did not take the anti-viral. however, the infectious disease specialist says that the drug is effective preventing severe disease in vulnerable people. >> so in those senses, you know, i wish it did show more of a benefit for chronic symptoms, but for those who are older and immune compromised, specifically those who are not vaccinated, paxlovid to really mean the difference between life and death. >> reporter: the doctor also says if you have symptoms mask

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44 past the hour. hope you're bundling up maybe kwaumping from a nice, warm fireplace or heater. it is cold out there. going to get colder tomorrow. so we are under this frost advisory for the north bay. east bay hills and down through the south bay until tomorrow morning. patchy frost is possible. even as we go on into monday. it's also going to bring in gusty winds as we prepare for our first rain event here of the first weekend of the new year. as we take it on into 1:00 this afternoon notice 33 mile-an-hour winds in santa rosa.

coastline breezy. even down through the south bay. going to continue coming out of the northwest into the this afternoon as we get ready for this cold front. time this next rainmaker for you hour-by-hour. 9:00, 10:00, pops up in the north bay. parts of the delta there, too. then becomes more widespread going into lunchtime. carrying us through this afternoon as well. that will be pretty much it. sunset tonight nice to get out there. even sunday plans. gorgeous sunshine in the skies, but it will be cold. how much rain are we going to squeeze out of this system? anywhere from about a tenth inch to less than half an inch in spots. ukiah the wettest spot there at 0.4 of an inch. cool temperatures today and tomorrow as we settle in with cold air only reaching up into the mid-50s in some spots. by tomorrow, cool down into the low 50s. look at martinez. 53 degrees as well as over in fremont and down into scotts valley. be prepared for that even though it will be sunny at the 49ers game tomorrow. we are only going to reach the

low 50s and see those breezy winds continue as we take it on through the afternoon. kickoff at 1:25 at levi stadium. continue an active pattern going through the second week of the year here. tuesday we see a chance of seeing light rain. wednesday, this storm is what we'll watch out for, because it's dropping in from the gulf of alaska. going to bring cooler showers and even sierra snow. even though it is very active, a pattern this area, be careful. whiteout conditions could be possible this weekend under that winter storm warning. behind me, look at that. all of that moisture funneling into the bay area. you know what that means. could be our potential, first atmospheric river of the year. and extending this outlook for snow. could see more than two feet of fresh powder going into mlk weekend. preparing for a couple things. rain and wind today. chilly temperatures throughout the next couple mornings and more rain on the way going into

the middle part of next week. >> all right. cinthia, thanks.

welcome back. if you're in san francisco this weekend might need noise-canceling headphones. getting loud. monster jam is back in the stit. taking over oracle park where we find "today in the bay's" reporter. bob? >> reporter: been about a decade

since this much dirt inside oracle park. talking about 15 -- 15 million pounds? over 300 truck loads of dirt here. normally they play baseball. of course, very extremely large vehicles driven by the likes of colt stevens, last year's reigning champ for freestyle. before we talk about the competition i want to pent out two points. what do thez represent? >> that's brake it and repeat. what we do here at monster jam. we get crazy. crazy, backwards sometimes come up short. what happened here. came up short. bent the front end a little but we have the best technicians. ready to go first show of the year. super excited for this year. world finals champion. >> reporter: what does it feel like when you crunch this? >> crazy. we got the best in the industry. >> reporter: this is where you sit in here. quite a tight fit, but let you crawl in there. >> absolutely. >> reporter: all right.

saying obviously we know you're reigning champion. this is a real competition, by wait. you see how tight a fit it is and a seat actually formed for yourself. talk about the pressure for you tomorrow starting the season, trying to keep your title? >> no doubt about it. i have got a target on my back right now. 2023 reigning world finals champion. everybody's gunning for me. know what? coming out, on a vengeance. excited. where it all begins right hire at oracle park. going down. i cannot wait. truck's dialed in. saying earlier, this truck is built specifically for me. the seat is made for me. everything in here is perfectly designed for me to fit perfectly in here and be safe at all times. >> reporter: how much air will you get? >> getting crazy. known for absolutely huge air. talking 30, 40, 50 feet in the air. >> reporter: wow! >> across the park might try to fly out of the stadium. how about that? >> reporter: what does it feel like getting that much air? >> crazy. 12,000 pounds coming down.

sure is awesome. like falling from heaven on to a pillow. >> reporter: i want to hear this thing start up and get out of here before you do it. monster jam, this saturday. and sunday. go ahead. go ahead, colt. maybe i think he knows how loud it's gogsz to be and waiting for me to finish. saturday at 5:00 and then sunday at 2:00. starts like a charm! there you go. colt stevens, out here in thunder roar tomorrow. you ready? one more time! all right! [ engine revving up ] >> reporter: whew! awesome. thanks, colt. >> thank you, colt, and bob! what a way to start the weekend. and in sports, the warriors needed to bounce back after thursdayal heartbreaking loss to the denver nuggets last night

welcoming the detroit pistons. pistons perhaps worst in the nba won 3 of 34 games but were hot. former warriors first-round pick james wiseman throwing down that dunk. pistons giving their all, but fortunately in the end warriors came out on top winning 113-109. steph curry again leading the team until scoring with 26 points. whew! 7:56. up next, top stories we're following including look at this. an alaska airlines plane, part of it detaching midflight. we are tracking the latest. right after this.

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welcome back. a quick look at the stories we're following this saturday morning including an alaska airlines grounding all's -- 737s. the ceo says all 737s will undergo safety inspections and will impact the flight schedule

but safety is the main focus and the airline is cooperating with the ntsb investigation. back here locally, a man arrested in killing of oakland police officer le accused of trying to leave the state with help of his mother. mark sanders is under arrest. prosecutors say he fired the shot that killed the officer. sources tell us his mother is now under arrest as well. police sources confirmed to nbc bay area she tried to help him book an airline ticket to leave california. meanwhile, yesterday the community gathered to remember the fallen officer. the chinatown chamber of commerce held the memorial in the heart of chinatown where they say the officer spent many hours on and off duty. while the family was not present, he was remembered by friends and colleagues as a husband and son who loved oakland. his official memorial service held wednesday morning at the

three crosses church in castro valley. today the country marks three years since the insurrection at the u.s. capitol and now the u.s. supreme court will decide whether colorado can legally ban former president donald trump from the appearing on the state election ballot, because of his part in the insurrection. the supreme court announced it will hear an appeal by former president trump on february 8t. he is challenging the ruling preventing him from appearing on the ballot in colorado. that decision came from the colorado supreme court last month. justices ruled he incited the january 6th riot barring him from holder further federal office. all right. before we go, cinthia has one last check of the forecast. >> rain and wind today. we have that winter storm warning in the sierra. also we have very chilly mornings ahead as we go even into the early parts of next week. better for tomorrow, but more rain chances and in that extended forecast there, take it

on into wednesday possibly tracking our first major storm come next saturday. atmospheric river. >> haven't heard that atmospheric river term in so long, but it's back. all right. cinthia, thanks. thanks to all of you for making us a part of your saturday morning. more local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and always onality nbcbayarea.com. have a great saturday. stay dry and warm. >> bundle up. >> and one last

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