we have a crew at the game in seattle, where we caught up with 49er fans in enemy territory. a look at how they're representing the red and gold. also, firefighters aren't used to this in january. the fire danger because of our dry conditions. abc7 news starts right now. it is gametime, as the 49ers look for an nfc championship title on their quest for six. win or lose, san francisco is taking steps to keep everybody safe after the game. the fans are pumped and the city is readive things get out of hand after the game. nick smith is in the thick of

things. reporter: i did see earlier today and they are keeping an eye on things and want everybody to behave. right here all eyes are glued to the screen. fans wearing red and gold pride today. the crowd haved a least a does -- to watch the 49ers and seattle, and i. with their super bowl xlviii berth on the line, some had quirky signs, bruno in the mission district off erred four big screens and two bars. and in this bar, a projection screen and a dj. >> go niners!

>> not all 49ers fans were looking for libation to celebrate. i met these women out of st. andrews episcopal church in san bruno. >> san bruno is full of 49er fans. >> i'm native san franciscan so 49er fan since the kezar days. >> this is a big game. we're invested in the outcome. >> the outcome matters to muni, too. >> we're just trying to make the city as safe as possible when it comes to transit. >> in an effort to protect its street cars from vandals they're taking most of them out of operations, repolice street cars with buses like these that can be redirected at the first sign of trouble. >> a safety precaution to ensure our riders, employees, and the people of san francisco taking muni are as safe as possible. >> after the world series last year a handful of fans smashed a muni bus. along mission street, parking restrictions are in place and

sfpd is deploying additional resources. >> i tell you this crowd here has been fired up since the beginning of the game. all of them say they want to watch the game. [inaudible] [cheering] >> clearly pumped up for the game as well. niner fans gathered in san jose to cheer on their favorite team. there were a couple of seattle fans showing favoritism towards the seahawks but all in good fun, friendly competition. mike shumann is in seattle at the game right now, where he ran into some of the 49ers faithful temp talked to fans of all ages and even responsible a jim harbaugh impersonator getting in on the coach's pants

controversy. started when his wife complained about his pleats, my wife doesn't like my pants but nine dollars later, here i go, baby. i'm bringing them back. >> of course we'll have all the highlights and reports from shu in seattle at 9:00 over an kofy tv 20, and on abc 'news at 11. >> a viewer sent us this photo of two fans outside candlestick. hopefully they will re smiling after today. you can see the excitement in this baby's face. a gold-blooded baby for sure. e-mail your photos and video to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can also tweet them to us or post them to our facebook page. >> now here is the latest on the game. you can see there, we have the 49ers and the seahawks -- anybody have a score for me? it is 10-3.

that would be the 49ers leading right now. of course, we'll have more in sports. a beg thank you to all of the 49er faithful who took part in our battle of bays, a lot of niners fans showed their pride but seattle get mr. fan -- more fan likes on its facebook beige -- page. >> new at 5:00, firefighters deal with an unusual winter brush fire in the east bay. it started in a large pile of brush, and trees around 10:00 this morning in concord. young see how dry the grass there is because of the lack of rain. crews were able to quickly contain the flames and kept the fire to a quarter of an acre. investigation continues into what caused the fire. fire officials continue to make progress in a wildfire near los angeles. the fire is now about 80%

contained with full containment expected wednesday. the fire which burned three square miles and has destroyed five homes. officials warn that the long dry spell means the danger remains. the fire began thursday in the angeles national forest, 25 miles northeast of downtown los angeles, when santa ana winds hit a campfire that investigators said was recklessly set by three men. developing news now out of oakland. police have blocked off an area to investigate a deadly double shooting. officers responded to reports of gunfire around 2:30 this afternoon. they found two people suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside this car. police officers found multiple shell casings around the car. emergency medical responders pronounced both shooting victims deed on scene. the search is on tonight for a gunman after man was shot and killed while driving in vallejo. police say 25-year-old michael williams of vallejo was shot

yesterday afternoon in his car near santa clara and capitol streets, not far from city hall. he drove into a parked car and a street sign. a 24 hour festival to help stop the sale of berkeley's downtown post office ended this morning at 11:00. the berkeley post office defenders organized a full day and night of music, petition-signing, and flier distribution, to stop the postal service from selling the branch. the group organized the demonstration to show resistance to the privatization of the usps, and hope to save the integrity of berkeley's historic district. the city council will consider a proposal to save the post office lighter this month. >> cybersecurity experts think they know who is hip a security breach involving millions of credit cards. plus... we'll take you to a special

celebration honoring martin luther king, jr. how a local community leader is keeping king's vision alive. caught in the act. how a san francisco neighborhood is trying to stop an unusual thief. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. no rain in our accuweather forecast, but a we will see a few changes. talk about that in yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats

that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. [ dad ] jan? ♪ so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way,

while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can a san francisco maintenance on a mission to stop a pant thief who is targeting a neighborhood at night. this is youtube video of the man caught in the act. the plant owner captured the

thief on camera at least twice, wons last month and again a week ago. >> i think he sees plants in the daytime he wants to take, comes back at night with a bag, tarp, digs them up real fast with his hands, throws them the tarp and carries them off and leaves other dirt trail. >> neighbor says the thief is selective, taking only the more expensive plants. one woman lost 20 plants and installed surveillance lighting. the thief broke off the light and continued to stealmer plants. >> new details in the data breach involving target there are reports a teenager was behind it. the "washington post" reports a 17-year-old in russia was the author of the software that accessed retail payment terminals and credit card information of some 40 million target customers. the team -- teen reportedly sold the program to cybercriminals in eastern europe. the software has been downloaded

60 times, meaning it's possible other retailers were also hacked. >> a long-standing martin luther king, jr. holiday tradition in the bay area may be coming to an en. organizerrers of the freedom train ride say as of friday they've sold only hundred tickets. they say unless the train is packed tomorrow there won't be another ride next year. the san jose chapter of the naacp withdrew its support after hearing of donations for police. >> work together to make diversity work. that's the message today from reverend cecil williams in a special celebration honoring the late dr. martin luther king, jr. a day ahead of mlk day. he matched with king 50 years ago. today he used song and poetry in

his church. >> the important thing is that we should be together. we should have the sense of not only being together but making diversity work, and seeing people from different areas, different communities, people throughout the world. >> king's wife, coretta scott king, appointed williams chair of the birthday committee years ago. >> the entrance to the white house may as well have been the red carpet. the big names who came out for the first lady's birthday bash. heading out. we can expect cooler temperatures but what

the president showed off his dance moves during a big bash forfeiter lady michelle obama who just turned 50. beyoncé performed during the party at the white house. john legend, stevie wonder, rachel ray and james taylor were among the guests. the entire white house state floor transformed into a dance floor. guests were encouraged to let their hair down.

>> seeing barack obama dancing. >> here for the first lady's birthday, and the highlight, the president gave a wonderful speech about her and then beyoncé performed. wow. >> guests say the president made a moving and emotional speech about his wife during the event. in case you're wondering, bus it was private, the obamas are footing the bill. >> time to check on the weather and if there's any rain ahead. >> won't see any in next ten days or so but may see a weather pattern change by mid-week. you can see live doppler 7hd showing you the clear sky. check this out. high and mid-level crowds making their way up towards monterey bay. some passing clouds will be with is tonight and tomorrow. temperatures tonight, a little warmer than last night. beautiful shot. a little hazy sky from the

mt. tamalpais camera. 63 in san francisco. 71 right now in oakland. san jose, 61. north bay, we're looking at temperatures starting to cool down with napa, 64. 63, fairfield. livermore, 61. hearst a -- here's a look at the forecast highlights. tomorrow, we'll continue with passing high clouds overnight and for your holiday tomorrow. a little cooler tuesday and wednesday, and then after that, strong offshore winds will return, and that is definitely going to heighten our fire danger across the bay area. lows tonight, 30s, maybe some upper 20s in the north bay. the rest of us with a few clouds moving here and there. will be in the 40s. 11:00 tonight, you'll notice high clouds from monterey bay up towards san francisco, and by tomorrow we'll look for plenty of sunshine to develop by late in the afternoon and

temperature-wise, still going to be a nice day. want to show you the water vapor imagery. it tells the story. here's the strong ridge. this is the try slot here. here's some of the high clouds that will move in. we're going to watch for by thursday or so, this low here is going actually backtrack down toward the sierra, and that will set up the stage for the dry offshore winds by thursday and friday. they could be strong, advisories could be put in place on the higher elevations thursday and friday, so we'll keep you updated. here's a look at the ten-day outlook. moisture-wise, not a lot out there. you'll notice maybe trace amounts along the north coast, that's about it. here's a look at highs for monday. 70, santa rosa. 64, richmond. 68, fremont. 67, antioch, 69, san jose. may see a few high clouds from time to time. so passing clouds on monday and tuesday.

a little cooler wednesday, and then this offshore winds will pick up wednesday, thursday, friday. higher fire danger for the entire bay area. >> shu is with the niners and larry beil has an update. >> you might have to give a forecast in new york in two weeks. niners playing the seahawks nor right to go to the super bowl in the afc, peyton manning punched his tick

>> good afternoon. a half of the super bowl matchup is set, a battle of two future hall of fame quarterbacks, peyton manning and tom brady. the patriots could not stop the most potent offense in the nfl. brady, 2-1 in the playoffs against manning. third quarter, denver up 13-3, manning, second touchdown pass to thomas. 23-denver. brady looking to get points. sacked. turnover on downs. manning, chance to put the game away but his pass goes through the hands of julius thomas. should have been caught for a touchdown. field goal makes it 23-3, patriots fourth and the, connecting with shane vereen in the flat. first down. couple plays later brady's lone touchdown pass, strike, 11 yards, 23-10. field goal made it back to a

16-point denver lead, and it's brady off the scramble. five yards, touchdown, 26-16. needed to go for two and vereen gets stuck. that would do it. brady can only hold his head in his hands and the broncos win 26-16. they're going to the super bowl for the first time since 1999 and the john elway era. manning, 32 completions, tying a conference championship record, 400 yards and two touchdowns. here's peyton. >> it's nice when you put a lot of hard work into something and it pays dividends, represent the afc in the super bowl. >> losing is not easy, but i give them a lot of credit because they played really well and they've got a good football team. so they're going to be tough to beat. >> the 49ers are playing the seahawks in seattle in the nfc championship game. the score there is 10-3, niners. they have just started the third quarter, anthony dixon with the one-yard touchdown run. colin kaepernick has run for

98 yards himself. the most productive part of the niner offense. highlights at 9:00 and 11:00 and mike shumann in seattle, will bring us complete postgame coverage and "vernon's view" and follow mike on twitter. >> fans upset about the game in new york, game temperatures expected to be below freezing, the nfl commissioner rog use goodell will sit outside in the stands. bring your thermals, roc, going to need them. final route of the asbc golf championship in abu dhabi. lefty shooting righty but the bull hits the club twice. a triple bogey. allows the spaniard to take the lead. clinches it.

ranked 103 in the world. shot a 5 under. one shot ahead of mickelson. worth $440,000. and that is a wrap on sports. >> thank you, larry, ahead, probably the most yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol,

and that's heart healthy. [ dad ] jan? ♪

>> coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you how your phone company's

monthly charges rank against competitors and why employees are against the plan for postal service to expand into staples retailers. some school children in san francisco have come up with a pretty adorable way to root on the 49ers. check this out. 49ers! >> pretty good. posted this youtube video on our facebook page. these little ones are part of city scholars, a san francisco community school's afterschool program. and they are pretty excited about the niners' quest for six. >> and that will do it for us here at 5:00. i'm ama daetz. for leigh glaser, larry beil, mike shumann, up with the 49ers, thank you for joining us. see you again at 6:00.

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