49ers now one win away from the super bowl. why it will be tough for bay area fans to go to this weekend's game in seattle. >> and it's hard to believe but we're talking about fire danger, 20-30 degree warm-up. your full forecast lots to go over. >> for the third commute day in a row we have a big problem for northbound 101 through san jose. an injury crash involving four vehicles. our camera is on. we'll give you the latest. >> a live look to san jose. a warming trend. christina has been talking about it. real nice temperatures, fire dangers, it's monday, january 13, and this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney.

we begin with breaking news. a two-alarm house fire has been put out, broke out less than a half hour ago on the 17,000 block of krothers road. peggy bunker on the way to the scene. she will give us a live report once she gets there. this morning's fire comes as the hunt is on in the south bay for a serial arsonist, he struck at least five times over the weekend. police released a sketch of this person of interest. around 6 feet to 6'2", weighing between 160-180. he has large frame glasses. he caused 13 suspicious fires near the downtown san jose area in less than a week. all have been set between 2:00 and 6:00 in the morning. people in the area handing out flyers now, and even organized a neighborhood watch to keep their homes safe. >> autopsies will be performed on a palo alto couple found dead in their burned out home.

investigators say they tried to figure out what happened. they think the fire started in the kitchen and say it was difficult to fight because the home was filled with boxes, newspapers and clutter. their identities have not been released. >> a former santa clara elementary school principal accused of selling drugs is going to be back in court. eric lewis pleaded not guilty including five felonies, in court for preliminary hearing. the former principal of montague ely was arrested in 2012 after police received a tip he was selling methamphetamine in san jose and san francisco. if found guilty the 32-year-old could spend up to eight years in prison. >> now on to the 49ers' quest for six nfl titles. >> this time we hope to win. yesterday the niners down early to the panthers before dominating the game. kaepernick finding vernon davis.

they said he wasn't in, they reviewed it and he was in. gave nem a three-point lead. second half now kaepernick scoring. niners win, 23-10. san francisco face the seahawks in the nfc championship game. a tough time getting tickets. >> bob is live at team headquarters and bob, the seahawks are making sure they have as much home field advantage as possible. >> reporter: they are. good morning to you. when the nfc championship game tickets go on sale at 10:00 this morning the seattle seahawks will be blocking people from california from purchasing. if you were to go online and try to purchase directly from the team you'll be denied once you enter your billing. only allowing washington state, oregon, montana, idaho, alaska, hawaii and parts ever canada to make purchases. the seahawks stadium is considered one of the noisiest.

the team apparently wants as much of that cheering to be for seattle, not san francisco. which is why they are trying to limit the number of 49ers fans by making it hard to buy tickets. >> i think it's wrong. why should we have to pay more just because we're going to seattle. >> that's the question. who wants to ride up 14 hours on the bus and get there and not have tickets. how do we get tickets. >> reporter: you have to buy them from secondary websites. the cheapest are going for around $460. this is not unheard of. denver is doing the same thing to patriots fans blocking fans from buying to the afc championship game. jim harbaugh you saw there signing autographs on his return home had no comment on this ticket issue. maybe he will when he has the conference at noon in santa clara. bob redell, "today in the bay."

>> thanks a lot, bob. >> the seahawks very dominant team at home. the team has only lost one game at century link field in the fwooft seasons. historically the home team wins about 57% of the time in the nfl. seattle has won nearly 69% since moving to century link back in 2002. the second best home record in that span. the top team t green bay packers, the 49ers beat in the first round of the playoffs. >> this sunday will feature two of the best defenses in nfl. here's how they stack up. seahawks allowed the fewest points in large per game. the 49ers in the top five in all three of those categories. the 49ers defense that was really the game changer in carolina. >> comcast sports ned insider tells us what he think gave the momentum swing. nbc bay area will have live coverage and full highlights

after it's over. go to our website and search 49ers. >> now we're headed to seattle for this weekend. usually rains there a lot. let's check the forecast. >> yeah. you know, unusual if it wasn't going to rain. what i can tell you this system coming in not very potent so if it does rain only for a little bit and we've got amaze knowledge out there as well. i'm more concerned about fans. we have to do what we can at least wishing them positive thoughts. 54 in san francisco, home of the 49ers. 37 degrees in santa cruz to kick off the day. here's where we're headed. temperatures unseasonably mild. we hit the 60s this time of year. 68 in the south bay. a good looking week if you want to hit the beach. we have big waves. watch for sneaker waves. this is from santa cruz.

beautiful conditions out there. temperatures look at this on wednesday, 80 -- i know. 80 degrees. look at that. 76 on thursday, warm for this time of year. we're tracking the potential for showers in your seven-day forecast. i'll get to that in a minute. mike has a traffic alert. >> the great weather is the reason folks want to live and work here but a lot of folks, now a crash, fire truck, ambulance, chp, chp, facing the opposite direction on the southbound side of 101 right south of the alum rock mckee. you see two vehicles there. you look at the map, these two lanes are jmed up, approaching alum rock. now stretching back from actually road, you saw chp there. so far we have a smooth flow.

we're watching as north 280 and 87 pick up more until like thursday and friday when we had other incidents in the area. another tough commute for that stretch. i heard from some saying not again. yes, unfortunately but there is your warning. look toward the roadways, a live look. we'll end with this bay bridge toll plaza. the commute's on for the east bay. >> 6:08. still ahead on "today in the bay," continuing coverage of the 49ers quest for six titles. why this tv catch changed the moment momentum. >> 49ers not the only ones making on the sports front. the team now going for the gold at the olympics in sochi. >> a new challenge for the hefd the fed. newer jobs added than expected.

welcome back. a live look at clear sky over emeryville. once that sun starts to make an appearance it rises at 7:25, you'll notice clear skies from coast all the way through your inland cities and i'm telling you right now, temperatures are going to hit records today. even warmer tomorrow. your full forecast shows you when rain comes back in the picture in moments. >> another tough san jose commute. the good news chp made progress on this pushing the vehicles from the freeway in toward the center. but you see two ambulances. fire crews and officers walking around with evidence and debris in the roadway. two lanes blocked use caution. we'll show you the extent of this as it builds. >> here is a look at today's top

stories. police are looking for this man they think he may have set more than a dozen fires in the downtown san jose area in less than a week. all of the fires have been set between 2:00 and 6:00 a.m. officials are offering a $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. >> former basketball player dennis rodman apologized again for implying in an interview that missionary ken bae did something to deserve being held captive. rodman plans to return to north korea next month. >> 49ers a step closer to the sixth super bowl title following yesterday's win against the panthers. the 9ers back in town getting ready for sunday's showdown with seattle. >> interesting story. a discussion about cancer has exploded into a full flight on line. >> columnist taking issue with a blogger. >> i suspect nobody set out to

hurt anyone. but feelings have been hurt. time columnist bill keller wrote over the weekend about breast cancer called heroic measures and featured a prominent blogger named lisa adams. adams has stage 4 breast cancer, she's made her fight for her health very public on a blog and twitter account. the take away some got from "the new york times" column is that lisa should stop fighting, that there is some kind of point it no longer makes sense and you should have acceptance instead. it has as you might imagine caused strong reaction online. one mother wrote, disgusted that the new york times would run a heartless piece like this. another said deeply condescending. adams herself tweets simply thank you for your support. >> wall street trying to figure out what went wrong with friday's jobs report. where the labor department said america created less than half the jobs that economists had expected in the month of

december. this is a challenge for the brand new head of the fed janet yellen who along with her committee members had been advocating slowing fed stimulus because things had gotten so much better except maybe they vchblt overnight a japanese company announced it bought bean company the maker of jim bean, makers mark, a $13 billion deal. you knew it was expensive. if you want to buy all of it costs 13 big, big, b's. >> thank you, scott. >> 15-year-old from the bay area ledded to sochi part of the olympic figure skating team. polina edmunds found out she and two other figure skaters were named to the team. she is the first female figure skater from the bay area competing in the olympics since -- >> kristi yamaguchi.

>> i think that i'm really happy that i did it and it's an olympic year and i'm excited to see what happens from here on out. >> we are excited for you. polina's dad is thrilled. he says the sophomore will have a lot to juggle in the coming weeks. >> i don't think it's all sunk in as much. but you know, we're very proud of her and she will probably miss about three weeks of school and you know, they are serious about school there so we have to stay on top of that while she's going to the olympics as well. >> i look forward to her essay what i did last winter. middy high also home to two other medalists. kerri walsh and brandi chastain. >> the bay area produces a lot of olympians. >> we do. >> very nice. hope the ice doesn't melt if you are out. do they have downtown ice in san

jose open? i think so. >> i'm not sure. vile to check on that during the break. you can check it out. 45 degrees in san jose. she was on. 45 in livermore, 37 in concord. 54 degrees in san francisco. you got to love that information at your finger tips. right there at the bottom of the screen throughout all of my reports. let's get to it. high pressure is in control, the dominant feature. you're going to notice all of that wind up and around the ridge of high pressure moving from land to sea negating the marine influence. as a result these are your temperatures now. and this is where we're headed. even with only about nine hours of daylight, 47 degrees in san jose, up to 68 later on today. livermore is 69 degrees later on today, we'll be at 70 degrees in napa, and it is going to feel like spring even early summer. look at these. south bay is going to be the warmest section, 70 degrees in morgan hill. peninsula pretty good, mid-60s,

out in san francisco, juts just about as warm. a clear coastline. our air quality is likely to suffer throughout the week. that's the forecast, this is your official forecast for the bay area, air quality management district. tuesday i don't believe we'll be sparing the air tomorrow. it's possible. i think we'll get by with another day. but likely doing so on wednesday into thursday as the dry stagnant air mass sets up. we're tracking showers in the seven-day forecast. i'll get to that in a minute first, let's say good morning to see what mike is working on. that traffic alert. >> look at these flashing lights. north 101 approaching the alum rock mckee off ramp. two ambulances, one about to lead. i saw them load somebody. a fire crew block as lane. on the southbound side we have a chp vehicle so look at the slowing, we'll show you on the map. north 101 is backed up.

we'll see tully road to the alum rock and mckee off ramp. jammed up from the approach and all the way to the scene. the south bound side though we had a vehicle there is not causing a distraction. we expect more folks to take 280. the the commute building for that portion of the bay. and we do see more slowing around curtner as well, and capital two ways to get over or 87 instead of 101. we expect a slower drive into downtown. third commute day 18 row. now monday slowing here. there is the tri-valley. no big surprises and the bay bridge toll plaza will end with this backup. metering lights are on. back to you. >> mike, thanks very much. >> shotgun. kaepernick is going to throw it deep. anquan boldin. >> 49ers moving on to the nfc title game thanks to a lot of people including anquan boldin making that catch there.

that 45-yarder led to a kaepernick touchdown run and stamped the team's ticket to seattle. all part of the quest for six. for the 49ers. it wasn't just the offense that stepped up. >> mindy and matt tell us about about the moment that changed yesterday's game. >> coming into the divisional playoff game it was really heralded as a two best defenses in the league. at least two of the top defenses. when you look at the 49ers defense they really wanted to prove they were every bit as good as the panthers. it started in the first drive for the panthers in the third quarter. how did you see that set up the rest of the game? >> the 49ers were a step slow as we talked about on offense and defense it looks like. when the 49ers offense scored at the end of the first half, then the defense really picked it up. they forced a three and out at the very beginning of the second half which led to a 49ers touchdown and a 10-point lead. then what happened was that the panthers put together 13 play,

controlling the clock, they really were in position to make a ball game out of it. get back, cut it inside a touchdown. but then the 49ers defense stepped up with two huge plays. a sack and all of a sudden the panthers' back was broken. 13-play drive and all they had out of it was a punt. i think that was the key sequence t 49ers defense stepped up big time in the third quarter. >> on that long drive the punt came with two reserves in. i thought the 49ers rotated effectively. >> they did. we've seen this. the 49ers have good depth. look at what they have done with carlos rogers, a starter, who played every snap at cornerback. tramaine brock and carl brown are the starters now. at cornerback.

a fresh rotation of defensive linemen a. good effort. after spending so much energy to beat the green bay packers last week the 49ers stepped up. this was a total victory. >> have to man up one more time before they get rest before they head to new york if they make it to the super bowl. we'll have more on the win here against the panthers from charlotte, north carolina. >> he's terry, i'm laura. 6:21. the moves being made in sacramento to prevent public transportation employees in the bay area from striking.

a very good monday morning to you. taking a live look outside. san francisco this morning. clear skies. it's hard to believe we're going to see really warm temperatures this week. christina is talking about 70s, 80s. we'll check in with her. crazy, right. head to the beach in january. 6:24. >> the california senate begins debate on a new bill barring employees of state public transit system from going on strike. the legislation was propose bid bob huff following the strikes by b.a.r.t. workers. he says if we make californians rely on public transportation we have an obligation to make sure it keeps running. an employee who broke the no strike law would be docked in pay for every day the law is

broken. if you park at certain b.a.r.t. stations you have to bring more change. starting today fees at many stations increase by 50 cents, the increases affect fremont, pittsburg bay point, daly city. b.a.r.t. officials evaluate parking lots every six months and can increase or decrease the fee depending on how many are parking there. >> still ahead we're following breaking news. an early morning house fire breaks out in san jose. we talked to investigators to see if they think it's the work of a serial arsonist. >> more on the 49ers win.

breaking news a fire breaks out at a house in san jose this

morning. we're live at the scene with the very latest. >> the 49ers are headed to the nfc championship game. it's the opponent making noise with a ground shaking play. >> rising temperatures in the bay area, the bell's about to go off on wall street. we'll look at the opening numbers as things are well under way at the nasdaq this morning. royal bank shares of pennsylvania incorporated getting all lined up and ready, gives awe peek behind the scenes how it's put together. it's monday, january 13th, this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. breaking news this morning. a two-alarm house fire has been put out. it broke out less than a half hour ago in san jose. 17,000 block ever krothers road.

peggy bunker is there. this comes as a community is on edge about a serial arsonnist. is this tied to the other? >> reporter: we're waiting to hear if there will be news this morning. there have been fires and fires every day so taking no chances we came up here, in the east foothills off of krothers road near alum rock road. we came to a two-alarm house fire. this neighborhood is different from all of the different neighborhoods and the different blocks where the previous fires have been set. we got up here we talked to rob brown. he said this is not connected in any way to the other fire. but this is what he had to say. they had relief to have a break this morning from a series of fires set. and they credit the neighbors to that. you might remember all of the fires that have been set since last week we've been covering one after the next especially on friday morning a woman's porch was set on fire a couple blocks

away another fire torched the side of a home near 101. sunday morning, yesterday, the fires started up about 2:00 in the morning and there after about three fires ignited. one of those set next door to a home that was targeted on friday. then a few hours later at st. john baptist church a second fire was set. the first last wednesday. and across the street another fire a third one across from st. john's so that area on edge as it was appearing to be targeted. according to captain brown, neighbors near downtown san jose they have come together, he is crediting that for perhaps the lull in fire this is morning. take a listen to what one neighbor had to say. >> turn the porch lights on, it does make a difference. make sure that things are visible so that this guy can't hide out and set multiple fires in a short time period. >> reporter: also helping out according to captain brown t

sketch that was released by police. this is a sketch of the suspect. we have a description that we want to share with you. police say that he is between 25 and 40, also about 6 to 6 foot 2. 160 to 180. white or hispanic male. and interestingly wears large glasses. that is a description police are releasing to the public. according to the fire department it's the vigilance of the neighbors looking out especially with the sketch, with that description that's got to be helpful as they continue to look for this person. i just talked to the captain a couple minutes ago. he is exhausted. this is going on for days. these fires one after the next, all of the neighbors concerned. so we'll continue to watch for enthusiasm morning but again this two alarm house fire possibly started by somebody maybe smoking on the deck in the back of the house, it was put out by the owners, no injuries to report. staying vigilant.

back to you. >> thanks so much. it is 6:31. we're finding out more about the massive data breach at target. now there are reports that other retailers were also hacked. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with what we've just learned about some of the others. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. target where between 40 and 110 million people were affected, today we heard for the first time from ceo of target. says they are going to get to the bottom of this and he is defending the fact that the store took four days to let customers know. he said they had to get a handle on it. get rid of the virus and figure out what all of their hundreds of scores were going to be telling people to do as a result of this breach. now you mentioned others that may have been involved. not necessarily linked but we know that neiman-marcus reports a breach around the same time.

reuters says they have a source telling them three other u.s. retailers saw breaches as well, credit card numbers or other personal fgs taken. it's just not clear who those are. the names haven't been revealed. and if they were linked. as many as five retailers that were attacked by hackers. >> wow. check those statements. thanks so much. >> one step closer to the elusive sixth super bowl. the 49ers are back in the bay area waiting to get back to work. >> there is head coach jim harbaugh thanking the fans that welcomed the team home late last night. they all turned out screaming and yelling. 49ers beat the panthers, setting up sunday's showdown with rival

the seattle seahawks. >> in that game colin kaepernick touchdown run gave them a lead over carolina but it was his moves after that turned some heads. he imitated panthers superman celebration after the td run before kaepernicking as he does. he said that's not the first nor it will be the last time somebody does that. >> running back frank gore had a massive game. he did move up the record books. a nice run there. 84 yards put him ahead of steve young. gore has 632 all-time playoff yards, now behind roger craig who has 817. >> jim harbaugh was coaching with a heavy heart. his grandfather joe passed away yesterday morning in ohio at the age of 98. harbaugh says he hopes his

grandfather was proud to be the only one to have two grandsons coach each other in the super bowl. now as far seattle, the seahawks earned the earth shaking win against the new orleans saints on saturday. >> seismologists say fans shook the ground under seattle's field in a fan generated earthquake. scientists believe the quake was health when marshawn lynch scored a touchdown in the first pass. they will know in a few days if it was greater than his touchdown run three years ago. they have names for these. >> we'd love for you to share your favorite fan moments of your -- if you are a 49ers fan. we have on our website, isn't that adorable. i know. love when the kids get involved. add yours using the #nbc bay area on twitter or instagram. we'll share them on our website. love to see the fan

participation. >> fun to look at. let's check in with christina. we have a spectacular and bizarre week. >> it's going to be unseasonably warm. good morning to you. great weather for the return of our 49ers. 54 in san francisco now, 36 in the north bay, and 53 degrees in the east bay. i want to show you san francisco, mostly clear, no fog, no low clouds. and really a nice clear start here. the coast is clear as well as your inland valleys. it's going to be warm. get to your microclimate forecast. we'll be in the 70s in morgan hill, along the peninsula and san francisco, temperatures are going to be a tough cooler than what we are expecting. upper 60s. about three degrees of operation between san francisco and san jose. up in the north bay, 69 for sausalito, same for the east bay and the tri-valley.

couple isolated 70s out there. into this afternoon. i want to talk about your beach weather. beautiful out there and half moon bay, 65 degrees, 67 at 3 p.m. we have the big gaefs. keep that in mind. want wade to tell you about this warm-up. we still have rain in the forecast. that's coming up next. let's check your drive. here is mike. >> we have the flashing lights 101. we take this to full screen no lanes are blocked. look at the map and we see the backup from the capital expressway up to the squeen all lanes clear now. there is slowing and 87 taking more traffic but we should see recovery as that commute is building. a look at the bay bridge. more than we've seen for the last month. people have that coming back to work. back to you. >> thanks so much.

6:37. still ahead a safe landing but at the wrong airport. pilots touch down on a runway seven miles from their destination. how they are making it up to their passengers.

a foster farms plant in livingston is closed again one day after calling employees back to work. the usda shut the processing

plant down on wednesday because of a cook roast infestation. the suspension was lifted two days later and work resumed this weekend after foster farms cleaned and treated the plant. now the company says it is voluntarily suspending operations for several days so it can properly implement new safety measures. >> 6:41. a southwest airlines jet that landed at the wrong airport is expected to get back on track as early as this morning. flight 3014 from chicago midway was supposed to land at branson airport in missouri but instead landed at a tiny airport about seven miles away. no one was hurt. no word on why the plane landed at the wrong airport. passengers reportedly received a $200 voucher for their trouble. they had to bus them to the right airport. >> the bus trip was free. >> yeah. >> the time 6:41. more than a dozen fires in the past week. the man investigators believe is behind these arsons. >> the niners now one win away

from the super bowl. our insider tells us why it's going to be extremely tough to make it there. plus, why it will be tough for any 49er fan to get a ticket.

>> we begin with breaking news. crews have put out a two-alarm house fire in east san jose. it broke out less than a half hour ago on with 17,000 block of krothers road. peggy bunker is there. this comes as the community is on edge about a serial arsonist. >> reporter: we're in the east foothills. you can see fire trucks up there investigating the scene. a two-alarm house fire.

the first thought is this connected to the other fires? 11 confirmed arson fires, two still under investigation. we talked with captain rob brown who let us know this was not connected to the others. you're looking at video of those, these started last week. up to 11 now of arson fires that sort of hop scotched this area near downtown san jose near 101. it's been tough for the community, for the neighbors who are wondering every night when they go to bed is my house next? take a look what the neighbors are saying now about the situation. >> this individual is putting a lot of people in danger, causing a lot of property damage, a lot of money, resources going to this. so we want to get him into custody as soon as possible. >> reporter: that's the case. they want to get whoever is responsible for these fires into custody. we have a picture, this is what the police have released. the description, white or hispanic male, between 25 and

40, they say he also wears glasses, something to look out for as they continue their search. this fire as you can see the lights as they continue to investigate they think this was unrelated. it might have been somebody on the back deck. the homeowners helped to put out the fire themselves. but they are still looking at that though captain brown told me they are relieved to have a break from all of the fires days and days on end of fires so. we'll continue to keep you posted on that. in san jose, peggy bunker, "today in the bay." back to you. >> thank you so much peggy. turning to weather, a live look. look at the sun rise. isn't that gorgeous. what a beautiful way to start out our work week. and warm temperatures expected. let's check in with christina. >> good morning to you. temperatures right now not that bad. it's cold enough for a jacket. thanks for waking up with us on a monday morning. back to work in san jose at 45

degrees. 45 in livermore. concord at 37. good looking day shaping up. cold until about 11:00 a.m. temperatures climb out of the 50s and 30s where we are right now. into the upper 60s. we've got a really warm day shaping up. i want to make sure you're aware. your seven-day forecast tells that at the bottom of the screen. it's going to be warm and dry most of the week. that does not mean that we're ruling out the chance for showers. i'm going to get to that in a minute. for "today in the bay" area upper 60s, low 70s. no real separation. that's because of offshore flow. what that means that warm-up is really going to kick in for us. by tomorrow you'll likely notice hazy sky, temps climb 10 to 15 degrees above average. wednesday and thursday likely getting into a spare the air pattern so keep that in mind. it's okay to burn today if you wanted to have a nice fire this morning. not probably the case as we head to wednesday and on thursday. here's where we're headed. i'm using santa cruz because this is the extreme. the city that we expect to hit

about 80 degrees on wednesday. 76 degrees by thursday. temperatures cooling off a touch as we head through friday and saturday. then look at what happens, that storm track finally comes back to the south. you can see all week long. it's going to be well out of the area. then by about noon on saturday starting to see it return this week, a 10% shot for rain. that increases as the storm track stays north into next week. that's the good news. a little bit of something for everybody in this week's forecast. let's check your drive and good morning to mike inouye. >> any sleep in the forecast? keep working on it. looking here. north 101, slow but look, there is the recovery. the earlier crash 101 has cleared and there is one chp vehicle. no flashing lights. snow capital in toward about tully road. all lanes clear, that shift in place for much of the morning commute.

87 going to be a tough drive like it was thursday and friday. a typical drive for west 580. south 680, your build going on there. heading here to the same flow of traffic to castro valley, the earlier crash moved to the shoulder. now a smoother drive for 238. the volume builds toward the san mateo bridge. the san mateo bridge look at that volume of traffic. no delays 101 on the peninsula side. east bay side volume building fwhout no. it's the bay bridge toll mass where the immediatering lights or turned on. >> 6:49. pretty good news when it comes to the 49ers as well. the quest for six titles a win from reaching the second straight super bowl. >> the niners down early to the carolina panthers before dominating in the second half. near the end of the first half it started. kaepernick finding davis for the

one-yard touchdown giving the team a three-point lead. originally he was out of bounds, they checked, he was in. kaepernick scores from four yards out and the niners win it, 23-10. >> glad they checked it. >> they were pointing to it. who did that. san francisco moves on to face the seahawks but the 49er faithful have a tough time getting tickets. >> bob redell is live at team headquarters and bob, the seahawks making sure they have as much home field advantage as possible. >> reporter: they are. good morning to you, laura and terry. making it difficult for 49er fans to buy tickets. you have to go to secondary websites like stub hub if aunt ticket for the championship game in seattle. the cheapest seats run around $460. that's because the seattle seahawks, the team itself, is blocking the sale of tickets to anyone from california in attempt to minimize the number of 49er fans in the stadium

which is considered to be one of the noisiest in the nfl. this may deter some but not all fans. >> we have somebody in seattle that's buying our tickets tomorrow morning and seattle fans, just to let you know we are coming and we'll find a ticket. >> reporter: tomorrow morning being today. if you go on line and try to purchase directly, the tickets go on sale 10:00 this morning, you will be denied once you enter your billing zip code. only allowing washington state, oregon, montana, idaho, alaska, hawaii and parts of canada. jim harbaugh had no comment on this when he returned home to the area last night. but he might later today during a news conference scheduled for noon here at the training facility in santa clara. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 49ers quite the rivalry.

>> how the teams stack up here is mindy and ray. >> the 49ers win is not only tough one physically but a lot of talking going on. we saw chipiness and big penalties early and if we're going to be honest some pretty ridiculous and stupid plays that cost the panthers early. can the 49ers expect that atmosphere in seattle for this championship? >> they will get more talking than carolina did, but they won't get idiotic penalties. seattle leads the league in penalties but they don't in the stupid ones like that. they are a more disciplined team than carolina was yesterday. in all honesty that's one of the reasons they are so tough to beat. >> they know that's part of their game. >> yeah, but seattle knows the 49ers just as well. the 49ers don't shy away from talking either.

colin kaepernick will talk. plenty capable. so really there is no advantage or disadvantage here. they are not going to get under each other's skin because there is too much at stake. carolina, the one thing you could say that maybe betrayed their inexperience, they put themselves 18 corner and had the 49ers been able to convert the first drive for a touchdown they would have been back on their heels. seattle's not going to make that mistake, one they know they can handle the 49ers. so they are not going to make the same stupid mistakes. thet get amped. >> 49ers not able to handle seattle for the past two seasons. what is san francisco going to have to do? >> grind out a long early drive, because the one thing that crowd feeds on more than anything is a wick three an out or quick

score. you saw it saturday. the crowd was there early. the seahawks gratified them early. 49ers have to be able to grind out drives, like they did here in carolina yesterday. because that's the best way to get people to stop yelling and start sitting down. >> we'll be in seattle to bring you more of the coverage of the 49ers head to their third straight nfc championship. >> you heard it. start sitting down. >> sit down and shut up. >> i was trying to be nice. sunday's match-up two of the best defenses in the nfl. here is how they stack up. stalks allow the fewest number of points and creating the most turnovers. 49ers in the top five in all three of those categories. just saying. >> century link field has been a house of horrors. 49ers committed seven turnovers

and outscored 71-16 in the past few trips to seattle. including the loss in week two of the season in september. the niners do have the recent bragging rights after beating seattle 19-17 but that was last month. >> the fans are a big reason why the seahawks are so dominant at home. the team has lost one game at century link feld in two seasons. histo seattle has won nearly 69% of the time since moving to century link field in 2002. good for the second best record. the top t green bay packers, who the 49ers beat in the first round of the playoffs. >> rivalry goes way back even to when the coaches joined their teams. jim harbaugh and pete carroll were at odds in the pac-10.

in this game harbaugh's team ran up score on carroll's squad. it was a route. when the two met at midfield carroll barked out, what's your deal? >> we had it in stereo from laura. what is your deal? >> not just opponent's head coach. harbaugh used to coach all pro defensive back richard sherman at stanford. he started out as a wide receiver before being moved to defense. sherman doesn't have a relationship with harbaugh any more. >> coach will give his weekly news conference. we'll stream it live for you. go to nbcbayarea.com. >> so much to follow. if you are going to serve all american which is key at your next football party it may not be all american. >> scott, turning japanese? >> right. even canadian club a sign of the

world market. jim beam company makes jim beam but also maker's mark. 3 could probably use a drink on wall street. nearly no winning days so far this year. jobs report was disappointing so wall street hoping corporate will get something go -- and the secret is south google working on a system where you'll be able to google the cheapest air fair. what's the cheapest fare between here and boston and you get answer through cougle without going through -- hip monk, without the c, until google takes over. >> i did not know. >> now you do. let's check out the forecast, i

think you might like it. >> if you like warmer temperatures. >> yeah, we got a good looking week. thanks for waking up with us. of course as you get ready to head out the door, something you can take off later. into the 60s. we're going to end up close to 70. the exception will be the immediate coast line which will be clear but still mid-60s, unusually warm by about 5 to 10 degrees the warm-up continues. if you missed your forecast, don't worry i'm going to have it for you every 15 minutes. hey, mike, how we doing? >> the volume of traffic starting to slow down good volume in the north bay. it's proproblem as far as incidents throughout san rafael. getting off of that bay bridge we have one, maybe two crashes. heading south down to the 280 split.

the rest of the peninsula moving smoothly as san jose continues to recover. back to you. >> mike, thanks very much. 6:59. time to check the top stories. police are looking for this man they think he may have set more than a dozen fires in downtown san jose area in less than a week. all set between 2:00 and 6:00 in the morning. officials offering a $10,000 reward for arrest and conviction of the person responsible. >> a former school principal eric lewis will be back in koufr court. if found guilty he faces eight years in jail. >> a 15-year-old from san jose is heading to sochi as part of the figure stating team. polina edmunds won the silver over the weekend and found out she and two other skaters were named to the team. >> good tluk her. representing well. that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live local update. >> join me for nbc bay area news

at 11:00. have a great monday. good morning. breaking news. a southwest airlines plane with more than 125 people onboard lands at the wrong airport. the runway half the size of where it was supposed to touch down. >> we hit the runway really hard and really fast. then all of a sudden you just smelled rubber, really strong. >> how did it happen again? standing by their man, some big names in the republican party come to the defense of new jersey's governor chris christie as the first subpoenas over bridgegate are expected to be issued today.