everyone's asking what's now after the messy divorce between the niners and jim harbaugh. >> from nbc way area, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning, it is 4:30.

i'm vicky nguyen. >> and i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia-cannon is off today. good morning, christina. >> it is chilly this morning. pull out your heavy winter coats as temperatures are going to continue to drop throughout the next hours. we are at freezing in some bay area cities already, expected to hit the 20s. you may encounter a little bit of patchy frost. we're going to see a lot of sunshine this week before that storm track returns. first, let's say good morning and welcome back mike inouye. >> good morning. welcome back to you. right now a look at the east shore freeway. we had a eveneder bender reported. we'll show you the map coming

down the freeway.fender bender . we'll show you the map coming down the freeway. with the temperatures, the moisture in the air likely going to affect your roadway and not your drive. a crash in fremont. i just got word of a crash at west 580. reports are a crash just happened at west 580 approaching dublin. i'll show you what's going on coming up, guys. back to you. >> we are following breaking news out of southeast asia this morning where a jetliner is still missing. it is believed airasia flight 8501 crashed into the sea.

162 people were on board that flight from indonesia to singapore when it disappeared right off the radar. shortly before losing contact, the pilot did ask to change the route because of stormy weather. the families are gathered at the singapore airport hoping for good news. >> we'll stay strong and do whatever we can. >> the aerial search has been suspended because of nightfall. 12 ships are working to find the jetliner. there are 5,000, 6,000 indonesians living in the bay area right now. many are familiar with airasia. it is often the on way to taffel from one island to another.

many of the passengers on flight 8501 were likely going there to usher in 2015. >> just a spirit where people are going for holiday and mostly the passengers of the airplane, they were planning to have holiday breaks and spend new year's eve in singapore, but it ended up like this. >> this is the third separate incident surrounding malaysian based airline. the consulate tells us airasia does have a good safety record. >> crews are waiting for daylight to remove a truck from a north bay beach. the driver of the truck couldn't make it across the road and went

off the road and over the cliff. they believe the driver is dead. >> "the san francisco 49ers and jim harbaugh have mutually agreed to part ways. the 49ers organization has begun its search for its next head coach. harbaugh thanked the team and the 49ers faithful following the game. >> i appreciate the fans, the people of the bay area, the 49er faithful, all the good times together, the relationship that we've had. it's been really good, fantastic. players, coaches, staff, friends for life.

>> the players treated harbaugh to an icy gatorade bath after beating the cardinals in yesterday's finale. a lot has been speculated with 49ers ceo jeff york. before the game, app awkward handshake and hug before the game. >> during his four years with the team, harbaugh took the 49ers to the nfc championship threes trips, earning a trip to the super bowl in 2012. many fans we spoke to said they're disappointed he's leaving. >> it's a horrible decision. it's the first year we haven't made the playoffs. >> this is the first year he

didn't take us to the playoffs, that's pretty good. >> tight end bruce miller caught a three-yard touchdown pass to give the nines are the lead in the third quarter. and the niners held off the arizona cardinals 20-17. they finished the season 8-8. >> we do have more coverage online looking back at jim harbaugh's time with the team. it is our top story. >> the search is on for a gunman in los angeles who opened fire on a police car. police say two officers were driving in a south l.a. naked last night when their squad car was fired on by two people. the officers fired back but both suspects took off. one suspect was captured and is now in custody this morning. the other suspect still on the run. the rifle used in the shooting has also been found. none of the officers were hurt.

police have not released any kind of motive. >> the outrage continues over recent police relations with their communities. many officers blame de blasio for politics they feel further the divide between police and community. the white house and federal regulators believe more is needed to bridge the gap. >> scientists will take tissue samples from the coyote's brain. the coyote bit a boy and then

went down the street and tried to bite a man. >> let's turn our attention to the cold weather outside. >> good morning, vicky, good morning, chris, everybody at home, i hope you had a fantastic holiday with your family. now we have to get back to the real world and a lot of kids are headed back to school this morning. if you have your pets outdoors this morning, make sure you keep an eye on that. you don't want to leave them out there with temperatures this frigid. 34 degrees with two hours to go before we hit our lows. 44 in redwood city, in the south bay we're at 38 degrees and dropping in morgan hill. up might encounter a little patchy frost out there. i want to draw your attention

because this is one of the warmer days we'll get this week. temperatures on wrapping up into the upper 40s to low 50s tomorrow. we've got a dry cold front that's going to come through and we're talking about bitter cold tonight. otherwise it's going to stay mostly dry before that storm track returns. looks like we'll get hit with another series of storms. let's welcome in mike and check your back to work monday drive. >> welcome to folks at the dublin interchange. just a couple of minutes ago i did see flashing lights, a couple crews heading west across thisarea. reports on our map is the crash is on 580 foothills, past the dub ent change. chp reports all lanes are blocked by this crash. one lane was blocked for a period of time but that may have

cleared. it may be fox moving on to 68 and not 58. the earlier crash has moved to the shoulder. but a look at our san raphael camera shows you a little glow. it's not there anymore. it was there at the temperature of your screen. christina was talking about the possibility of snow as well. >> the ordeal is over for just some of the passengers rescued from a greek ferry that caught fire at sea. for others still stranded on board, the rescue of thes continue. >> and a surfer's dangerous brush with a great white shark.

a cargo ship carrying about 50 passengers rescued from a burning ferry arrived on shore this morning. rescuers rescued 329 people off the boat and carried them to safety. there are still around 150

people stranded onboard. the ship has floated in rough seas between greece and italy making further rescue efforts difficult. they hope to have everybody off the ship by nightfall. >> a surfer says a great white shark bit him on his hit. he used the core on his surf board to make a tourniquet for his leg. we're told he should be okay. it happened near san luis obisbo. the beach is not closed. it happened about ten miles from where a young woman was killed by a shark in 2003. >> authorities are searching for

a missing sallinas teen-agers. she was last seen wearing a pink tank top and pink sweat pants. she might be in gilroy or san jose. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> police around the bay area are already looking for drivers letting their holiday celebration get the worst of them. in san mateo police set up a detail and within within the first 15 minutes many of them were pulled over. today state senator is announcing a little that allows if their care is tremendous.

>> and in those 24 states that are using the interlock decisions, they're showing a 30% to 40% reduction in death by drunk drivers. >> some impressive early returns for a movie that at one point was not supposed to be released. sony says "the interview" has earned $18 million. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what? >> the comedy rnd $300 million in 30 theaters. north korea's cyber attack on sony and threats of violence against theaters throw p showing the film has caused many theaters to back out of showing

that movie. >> for news before the bell we turn to landon doughty live from cnbc headquarters. good morning. >> chris, good morning to you. the dow closing a the a record high on saturday. it now posted two straight weeks gains. its best seven-day performance since 2008. look a report this week on home prices, consumer confidence and pending home sales. the dow ending up friday. play station network is back online kiz ards square apparently contains 13,000 user names and credit cards.

yahoo! is targeting wearable and other mobile devices as. next sector of growth. yahoo! also isn't ruling out creating its on wearable device. chris and vicky, back to you. >> we'll be watching for that. thank you very much, landon. >> let bring in christina loren for a look at the semi-back to work forecast, right? some of us are still lucky enough to be still on vacation. >> sort of a skeleton halfway crew. a lot of kid actually are headed back to school today and over the week that we had off, we hit our coldest temperatures of the season so far. we found out we had the wettest december of all time in san ho

this week high pressure takes control and will keep our temperatures rather mild. temperatures will be cool enough for a coat all day long. we'll see a lot of sunshine. as we progress throughout the afternoon, that wind is going to pick up. we have a weak cold front coming through that's going to kek up the wind and really give us a cold blast of air. that brings us from the upper 50s today to the low 50s tomorrow in san jose. as we head to yesterday, we'll on hit 52 as your high in san jose and 54 in san francisco. meanwhile, we'll start to see the temperatures moderate as we head back into the weekend. you can see what's happening, all this moisture wrapping around that big ridge of high pressure. as we head into monday of next week, ridge breaks down, high pressure retreats to the east and we see the storms coming up. police, i've done my homework for you. i know what new year's eve looks

like around the bay area. this is such great news that the rain chances don't end there. >> it's super important for someone who is planning to wear network. the symbolic event in times square that's getting more and more popular. >> in sweat pants. u see the slowdown at the top of your screen? there is that crash. i'll give you the latest information from chp coming up. playing hoops, sam is number one.

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good morning to you. just a few minutes before 5:00. and whether you're up early because you're hitting the road or because you're going to work, you'll have good travel conditions, although it will be chilly if you're headed out. >> silicon valley consecutive and students alike dined at this chinese restaurant for the last time last night. the restaurant's owner says he plans to tear down the building and build a hotel in its place. but she says a new reinvented

restaurant will return. >> let it go, that's what people did for the big apple's good riddance day. the plan was to rid and shred anything bad from 2014. many people put their problems to paper and then shredded them. they call it an opportunity to purge the negative, what a good tradition, and make room for the good things in the coming year. >> people in pasadena are getting ready for one of the most popular new year's tradition in the world. the theme for this year's pasadena parade, inspiring stories and louis zamboni will be honored posthumously this year. the parade will feature 40

floats, 18 high stepping teams and 13 marching bands. >> it is 4:5 right now. let's get a look at your traffic with mike inouye. hopefully it doesn't look like a parade out there. >> it's like a parade waiting line. we'll talk you through it, it was a little deceptive. this is 580 westbound. making its way around past 680. this is the dublin grade moving uphill. it's a grade. we're looking at traffic blocking at least one lane. it does look like there might be two of your right lanes blocked. there's a big rig and a passenger vehicle involved in the crash. we have heard of no major injuries but we'll keep tracking that. i've seen at least three lanes getting back. look how it plays out for your map. it slow on the approach and

jamming up until you pass foot hill road. the rest of the bay moves smoothly. that fremont crash cleared. 101 at poplar crash cleared. 101 coming up from the area, and we'll end with one shot of the bay bridge toll plaza. >> ahead at 5:00, we're following breaking news out of san francisco. what police are saying about a violent home invasion there. >> and the niners and jim harbaugh turn the page. a live report on the team's plan for a new head coach.

we're live with the latest next. plus the search continues for the air asia flight that disappeared off the radar over the weekend. >> and i'm meteorologist christina loren. cool and breezy for today as we head throughout your tuesday and wednesday, it is going to get cold. we'll see a nice end to the week. temperatures starting to moderate before that storm window opens up. >> a relatively calm commute except for the dublin interchange. >> and let's give you a wide look outside at the beautiful bay bridge there today. it is monday, december 29th and you are watching "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >>