>> reporter: having audio problem there is. >> san francisco's new sheriff says she not stepping down as he faces domestic violence charges. how mayor lee is responding. >> a home game for the 49ers after saturday's big win t 9ers take on the giants at the stick next weekend. how the competition's feeling about the match-up. >> a live look outside this morning. golden gate bridge. it's a holiday for many on this martin luther king jr. day on monday, january 16, this is "today in the bay."

>> good morning everyone. the time now is 4:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to. let's check that forecast and say good monday morning to christina loren. >> good monday morning to you guys. we've got a chilly start out there, frost advisory has been issued for the entire bay area. make sure you bring in the sensitive plants and those pets this morning. as we head throughout the day your temperatures are going to climb into the 40s, by noon we'll round out the day with plenty of low 50s on the temperature map. so, make sure you grab your jacket, something you can take off later on. i'll get the forecast coming up. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. >> oakland police on a manhunt this morning trying to find the suspect accused of sexually assaulting a long list of women. >> what makes this case unusual is the suspect is a 14-year-old boy. we're going to have more in a

live report from oakland coming up with how the investigation is going this morning. >> we'll check back in with bob. a tragic weekend in fresno where four people died in apparent murder/suicide. police found a mother, two children and a man shot to death in an apartment early yesterday. the woman's husband was also there, he had been stabbed multiple times. police believe the woman attacked her husband, then shot her children and another man before turning the gun on herself. the husband remains hospitalized in critical condition. >> a routine traffic stop turns deadly in santa clara. police stopped a man saturday night on karen drive. the officer says the driver was uncooperative and reached for a gun, causing the officer to shoot and kill him. an investigation is under way. the officer is on paid administrative leave. >> what would make a bar full of 49er fans cheer for the new york

giants? how about home field advantage. next weekend the 49ers take on the giants at candlestick park. new york beat the packers leaving san francisco fans very happy. >> the giants travel all the way across the country to come and play at candlestick park, it's going to be a big beat down going on next week this time. >> we don't even have to discuss it. the niners win, game over, we're going to the super bowl. >> that's what i'm talking about. season ticket holders have their tickets to sunday's game and they can buy extras starting wednesday. a couple hours before they are available to the general public. >> a lot of people so excited. we caught up with mayor ed lee this weekend and much like everyone else, the mayor was riding high after the 49ers' victory. >> go niners. greatest game i've seen in you know, part of my life except for montana. exciting for the city. we're all very excited. we're watching the game very well. >> everybody excited about the

game. one of the greatest. what do the giants think about the trip out west? we're hoping to hear from some of the players there but the championships are this sunday, 3:30 at candle stick. >> time to go back out to bob redell. we were telling you oakland police on a manhunt trying to find the suspect of -- accused of sexually assaulting a list of women. >> what makes this unusual the suspect is a 14-year-old boy. bob joins us live with an upday. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. police don't normally name juvenile suspects but they believe his ris took society outweighs his privacy and they believe that they have a better chance of catching him if they identify him. his name is brian glassber, a 14-year-old boy accused of sexually assaulting two women twice his age. the most recent attack took

place this past thursday, this is on 11th street between 980 and mlk in oakland. the other attack on market street. in both incidents police say glassber approached the 28-year-old women on the street, one who had been walking, the other on her bike, officers say he pretended to have a gun, took their wallet or purse, then forced them into an isolated area where he allegedly sexually assaulted them. police are not releasing his photo but have put out a description of the 14-year-old suspect. he is african-american, 5'5", 110 pounds, black hair, brown eyes, they consider him to be armed and dangerous. reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> bob, thank you. the trial of an accused serial killer sparked an investigation into whether or not he is connected to another unsolved murder. the santa rosa press democrat reports police are investigating joseph naso's possible connection to a cold case from

the 1980s. investigators found a note mentioning the town while searching naso's home. police have not released further details in the cold case but say they are comparing dna evidence from the killing with that of naso. >> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi insisting he has no plans to step down in the wake of domestic violence charges against him. he was charged friday with three misdemeanors connected to an alleged domestic violence incident on new year's eve. he says he will fight the charges but calls are growing louder for him to step aside. anti-domestic violence advocates demanding he resign. mayor ed lee says she reviewing the facts of the case to determine whether he will remove mirkarimi from office. >> warning for craigslist users after a string of armed robberies. police are reminding buyers and sellers to use caution when they use craigslist. the robbers post bogus ads to

lure victims. they respond to sellers, but the victims arrive to complete the sale, they are robbed. users should use caution when selling items to strangers or visiting unfamiliar places. >> another blow for parents in california struggling to find work. the governor says you have two years to get a job before you lose half your welfare check. the welfare cuts could save the state and help bridge the budget gap. the governor says california's being penalized by the feds for having too many parents who work fewer than 30 hours a week. critics say even well qualified workers cannot find jobs in this economy. the governor admits it's not nice but he says it is necessary to try to balance the budget. >> 4:37 now. another chilly start to our day. let's check back in with christina loren. >> good morning to you. it's a holiday so many people don't actually have to go to work. throw on an extra blanket, it's cold. thanks for waking up with us. 31 in napa, at 33 in concord.

these temperatures are not too far out of what we've had last week except for fairfield. look at this, you're at 22 degrees. so, yeah, 32 as you know is freezing, 22 degrees, it's cold out there. make sure you bring in your sensitive pets and plants. your pets probably won't want to be out for longer than 10 to 15 minutes. that is quite a bit longer than i would leave my pets outside. 44 in san mateo, 48 in sunnyvale and 47 degrees in santa cruz at noon. so temperatures are going to climb all that much between now and 12:00 p.m. look what happens as we head through 3:00. temperatures in the upper 50s in many cities across the bay. the good news we haven't had rain, we've got a lot of rain on the way. in fact, a wet pattern setting up toward wednesday, thursday, friday. even saturday for the big game at candlestick park. so it all works out like this. this is what we expect. a big system of low pressure

finally moving toward the bay area. as that gets closer to us we'll continue to update you on what that means when it comes to precipitation. back to you guys. >> thank you. today we honor ter legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. millions of americans will take part in a day of service. president obama and his family will be among those volunteering. there are plenty of local opportunities to help. in oakland volunteers hold a variety of service activities including building school gardens, painting murals and cleaning streets. it starts at 8:30. >> in east oakland, residents will clean up 20 city blocks along international boulevard. that starts at 8:30 at the allen temple parking lot on 85th and a street. in san jose, doctors and nurses will trade their scrubs for paint supplies as they help fix up local middle school. volunteers will paint the wall of the school inside and out and

restore the school's educational garden. a great day. 4:39. rescue crews calling off a search for survivors as the cap sized cruise ship begins to sink. why crews say they can't go inside anymore. >> the gop presidential field gets smaller today. why jon huntsman says he is pulling out of the race. >> a star-studded night in hollywood. who won big at the golden globes. >> for all of your news, weather, traffic, check us out on facebook. >> a live look outside at san jose. a peaceful monday morning. ri st weather.

>> welcome back everyone on a holiday monday, mlk day, that's the golden gate bridge, a live look at the traffic. very smooth and easy. it is 4:43. >> another republican candidate has dropped out of the race for president. nbc has confirmed that jon huntsman will quit the race this morning but he plans to throw support behind another candidate. here is tracie potts. >> i think it's a big deal you get the largest paper in the state to come out and endorse you. >> jon huntsman will drop out this morning and endorse mitt romney, a spokesperson says he doesn't want to stand in the way of the candidate best prepared to beat barack obama. >> in south carolina romney took $12 million and laid off

hundreds. >> romney has a 7-point lead t primary sunday and he's pummeled with negative ads. his name comes up in nearly every campaign event. >> i'm doing as well if not better than mitt romney against barack obama. >> i'm the one person who has a chance of defeating him. >> you don't have to let the popular media tell you who's best prepared to beat barack obama. >> in fact, ron paul's the only candidate focusing solely on his own success. >> did well in iowa, did well in new hampshire. we're going to do well next saturday. right. >> candidates admit if romney wins conservative south carolina, it will be hard to stop him from winning the nomination. as of today, romney gets one more vote from huntsman. huntsman is supposed to talk with romney.

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> rescue crews called off the search for missing passengers on board the cap sized cruise ship off the coast of italy. the ship right now is starting to sink. 16 people still unaccounted for this morning, six confirmed dead. crews suspended search efforts after the ship started slipping off the rocks it's resting on. the italian owner says this weekend the captain made a, quote, unauthorized, unapproved deviation from course. the ship's skapt now in police custody and could face manslaughter charges for this crash. >> the pacific northwest got its first taste of winter weather this weekend. snow falling along the oregon coastline and right into southwest washington state. sticking to the roads and well, making for a slick drive. the snow covering the coast range and the cascades. another system worked its way through overnight, of course bringing in more snow as you can see right there.

>> boy, we could use that. the system's going to come our way this week, right? >> oh, yeah. we're going to get everything we've been wishing for all this week. we've got this wet pattern that's not just going to last for a couple days. it's not like we're going to get a storm and things clear out. we have a very wet pattern that's going to last wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, then finally sunday we might get a break but already temperatures are tumbling. we're at 22 degrees in fairfield, 29 in livermore, 34 in santa rosa. expecting to continuously drop off. san jose, it's clear out there. clear skies making way to a cold morning. and we have a cold air mass that moved in over the weekend. so, that cold air mass is going to keep things very chilly at least until about noon. grab your heavy coat. 42 degrees in san francisco now. you're at 38 in san jose. by noon today, holding on to the 40s, just about everywhere. fairfield up to about 50 degrees at noon. then we round out the day in the upper 50s, some cities only

making it into the mid-50s at the coast. 55 in san francisco, 53 later in santa rosa and 54 in los gatos so we need the rain. we've been talking about how badly we need it. the deficit this month and last month. look at the dip in the jet stream. finally we've been talking how the jet stream is taking the storm track into alaska. things are changing. you can see they are getting activity in the northern most portion of the state that's going to continue to ramp up as we head throughout the midsection of the week. the rain arrives for us wednesday into thursday. on and off showers thursday, friday, the bulk of the moisture comes through, then saturday and sunday we keep that rain in the mix. so, looks like that big game on saturday candle stick park, yeah, we're going to see a little rain. we'll talk about that coming up and what this means for the sierra nevada. that's all on the way. 4:47. back to you guys. >> looking forward to it. the stars were out in hollywood last night as the award season kicked off for golden globes. >> it's a big party and there were a lot of winners.

a broad range of them. mark barger brings us the highlights. >> "the artist." >> silence was golden at the globes, "the artist" scored three wins including best musical or kmeldy and best actor for jean dujardin. >> thank you. >> also scoring big the "descendants" t the family story set in hawaii took best drama and best actor honors for george clooney. meryl streep won more globes than any one and the iron lady brought her number eight. best actress for playing margaret thatcher. >> i want to thank my agent kevin, and god, harvey weinstein. >> marilyn monroe brought michelle williams her first globe, best actress for "my week with marilyn." another first time globe winner was octavia spencer, best

supporting actress for "the help." christopher plumber took best supporting actor honors. the adventures took steven spielberg's animated feature and martin scorcese for hugo. >> thank you so much. >> on the tv side the thriller "homeland" won best drama and claire danes best actress. kelsey grammer for his role as a chicago mayor in "boss." family for comedy and laura dern for best actress and matt le blanc best actor playing a variation of himself in "episode." now that the globes are in the books it continues for the movie industry. the oscar nominations are coming up next tuesday. in beverly hill, mark barger, nbc news. >> i love award season. >> that's a great night. it's a party, they drink, they

have dinner and all. tv and movies. looks great. you saw one of the big winners. >> i saw "the artist" this weekend which is rare for us. >> even for a silent movie. pulled you in. >> i had to tell brent at the last second to get him there. >> i can't wait to see that. >> while most of hollywood's biggest stars were on the red carpet one spent the night as a prom king. >> jack black, this guy is so cool. went to a prom for teens and young adult who is have survived kidney disease and jack always doing it his way. some have kidney transplants and some have been diagnosed. this is the 13th annual prom sponsored by the renal support network. of course, my man jack black, there he is, in all of his glory. voted prom king. >> a good sport too. 4:50. up next, bay area tribute to dr.

martin luther king, jr. how you can participate in the freedom train and march.

when someone gives blood and a life is saved, that moment when heartbreak turns to hope, you're there through the american red cross. every day, the red cross responds to nearly 200 neighborhood emergencies. and your support makes it possible. use this moment to join us today. visit redcross.org. >> welcome back everyone. live look outside, the golden gate bridge this morning. many of you waking up to an extended weekend, enjoy.

4:53 right now. >> this morning the bay area honoring the life of dr. martin luther king, jr. with its annual freedom train ride. the train departs from san jose's station this morning starting at 9:30, it will make stops in sunnyvale, palo alto before arriving in san francisco. they have a limited number of tickets to ride the train but they are still available. they are sold by south bay mlk association group when the train arrives many will take part in a march through the streets of the city. that means street closures. 9:30 this morning, the march route starting at fourth and king streets will be closed to traffic. the route includes third street howard street, and ends at yerba buena gardens. >> people gathered to honor dr. martin luther king, jr. >> be full of love, the kind of love that says you are somebody and i am somebody. let us bring those somebodies

together and embrace each other and make sure that those who don't want to be with us will have to wait until they can get ready to be with us. because we are ready to go. >> i love to hear from the reverend cecil williams, he spoke about the importance of bringing the community together. >> let's check in for a forecast right here. i think we're going to weather. christina loren, tell us about what's happening. >> good morning. it's cold out there. we're not strangers to the cold. we haven't been this winter so far. all last week about every morning we had the upper 20s. now this morning we have low 20s in some cities. a freeze warning has been issued for the north bay, east bay, south bay. you might be scraping frost off the windshield and warm up your vehicle if you have to go to work. a lot of people don't have to worry about that so that's the good news.

look that the storm, dip in the jet stream, the rain that we're telling you about on the way. you can see spotty clouds moving in. that's an indication of a very, very cold air mass that's going to settle in, before the rain arrives. that's good news for the sierra nevada. your snow levels are going to fall to possibly 4500 feet, so your temperature this is morning are running cold, 29 in livermore, at 36 in hayward and 37 in san mateo. by noon, only ending up in the 40s. we're going to round out the day with plenty of 50s. we'll tell you how much rain we expect, which cities will get the most and we're also tracking that sierra snow. that's coming up all morning long. back to you guys. >> still ahead on "today in the bay," making neighborhoods safer. what volunteers are doing in one of the roughest neighborhoods to bring the community together. >> virginia is not the only place for lovers. the survey ranks san francisco as one of the top places to find

a date. >> check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area news. >> speaking of san francisco, a lot of love happening out there i'm sure. a lot of lights twinkling in the moonlight.

>> reporter: i'm bob redell live in the east bay. police need your help in finding a 14-year-old boy accused of sexually assaulting two women on the streets of oakland. that story coming up. >> plus, the new warning for not just sellers on craigslist but also buyers. >> reporter: a new event celebrating the life of dr. martin luther king, jr., we're live in berkeley with all of the details coming up. >> also a live look outside golden gate bridge this morning. holiday for many, monday, january 16, this is "today in the bay."