: congratulations, joe. >> thank you. >> and rare technical difficulties there as michele was going to turn to talk to the always entertaining terrell suggs, and the camera cut out and i guarantee you that we will hear from mr. suggs before the next weekend's game in foxborough, and the steeler defeat means that denver awaits the winner of tomorrow's game between cincinnati and indianapolis, and thaey will host them next week. let's bring in tony dungy. how were the ravens able to come into pittsburgh and win tonight? >> well, really, bob, you have to credit john harbaugh. he is able to create that chemistry and that attitude that they can go on the road and win. you mentioned joe flacco seven-time winning on the road, and i thought that the ravens were outstanding in the confidence today. joe flacco played well, but the defense played outstanding keeping the steelers out of the end zone. >> obviously, without le'veon bell, the steelers had almost no running game and held to 68

rushing yards, and beyond that, what went wrong for the home team tonight? >> well, it is the lack of the running game, a ndnd we are used to seeing bell as a factor, and catching the ball out of the backfield, and the other place they missed him was pass protection, bob. ben tate came in and ran the ball early, but it is tough to pick up the protection, and here he has the outside guy on the blitz, and he misses the man. that forces ben to throw it off balance and that interception turned the game around and they missed bell in a number of ways, but you have to credit baltimore for doing a number of things well tonight. >> and we will look to mike florio of "profootball talk" and ask him what he is working on. >> well, the panthers' cam newton got the first playoff win, but maybe he was banged mup the process. his ankle was stepped on by calais campbell, and he said he

was sore, but we will have to keep a look at the injury re reports all week long to see if he is limited or unavailable next week. now, as a result of the playoff loss, larry fitzgerald's fewuture is instantly going to be in question in arizona. the speculation has begun that the team won't be able to keep him around with the $23.6 million salary cap number for 2015. we reported last month that the team fully intends to bring him back, and the following day steve kind said that they have the budget set to carry that high cap number, but he is still going to be traded, and they won't cut him, but he could be traded traded. and six head coach vacancies, an none of them will be filled un until the beginning of the week, and part of the reason is because offensive coordinator todd bowles was not available to

be hired, and he may be gone from arizona sooner than later after today. >> and once again, the final score from heinz field, the viz visiting ravens over the steelers, 30-15. we will be back to wrap it up after this. for the new volkswagen on your list this year just about all you need, is a pen. festive, isn't it? get zero due at signing zero down, zero deposit and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models.

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>> al: well, he is on the road, but he is collegial, and those are ravens' fans there, and it is easy to be collegial, and terrell suggs with the interception, and big night for the defense on the way to foxborough as are we as "football night" starts at 5:30. and the whole thing, brady is finished, and the whole thing, and then baltimore, and they

lose to bengals, and barely get into the playoffs, and here they are. >> cris: the tales of the crypt, and all that. but it is always like that, and it is who is healthy at the right time. and haloti ngata coming back, because when you pair him with suggs on the outside and dumervil on the other, and mcphee, and those guys pushing on the inside, it is very difficult. i guarantee you that tom brady and we have his attention after watching what they did out here rushing ben roethlisberger. >> al: correction, 3:30 is "football night" next week and the game is little past 4:30. and the coaches, and we all know about belichick, and no matter what happens to this guy, somehow someway he figures out a way. and john harbaugh, seven years in the league, that is a good run for the guy. >> cris: and you think about what he has had to do with the

guy, seven dif present starting corn corners, and seven different safeties and having to shuffle the starting line, and taking yanda off of the tackle, and tonight, it did not look uncomfortable for the baltimore ravens. >> al: all right. have a good week, and we will see you next week at 3:30 when we start it off with "football night in america." and we will start it off. until next saturday, i'm al mike lts, and cris collinsworth with michele tafoya, and all of the fine folks here saying good night from pittsburgh.

right now an amazing story of survival. a little girl walks away from a terrible plane crash that killed the rest of her family. we'll show you her journey to safety. another air quality warning for the bay area. fires are banned tonight and tomorrow night. we'll let you know when it will start to warm up and why you might want to step outside for star gazing. >> and across the state licenses now available to undocumented immigrants.

we'll show you what people looking to apply need to look out for. thank you for joining us. we're on at this special time because of the ravens-steelers game which just ended. we do begin with breaking news from long beach to the central valley. people up and down the southern part of california felt the shaking from back to back earthquakes that truck earlier today. the first a magnitude 3.0 happened after 7:00 north of los angeles. about 20 minutes later a 4.2 hit in the same area. people as far south as long beach and as far north as bakersfield reported feeling shaking from the second quake. today huge change from thousands of undocumented immigrants. there were extra long lines across the state today as they began the process of california driver's licenses. thousanded pours in to san jose. marianne you've been there quite a while. you say it was busy earlier. >> extremely busy.

all day up until 5:00 when it closed. more than 900 people came here to apply for their california driver's license. this was the busiest dmv processing center in the bay area. >> the line wrapped around the building at this dmv processing center in san jose today. >> yeah i have a license. >> ramon torres showed us his learners permit he received after passing a 36 question test. >> i'm very happy. >> he'll now have to take the behind the wheel driving test and if he passes he'll receive his license in about six weeks. the licenses are available to undocumented immigrants after governor jerry brown signed legislation last year. applicant versus to provide documents to verify their identities and prove they live in california. this is one of the few processing centers open on saturday with 42 windows and 180 employees this office was designed to handle the large number of new applicants.

more than 900 seen today alone. >> this particular licensed processing center in san jose is unique because it's also accepting walk in appointments. >> other offices stayed open and conquered oakland, redwood city daily city and napa. combined more than 1800 new applicants were processed today in the bay area and many more are expected monday. the dmv estimates during the next three years here in california more than 1.3 million immigrants will apply for a driver's license. reporting live nbc bay area news. >> very busy indeed. thank you so much. renewed warnings tonight as undocumented immigrant across the state do apply for driver's license. authorities say they could be the target of scammers. immigrants should not trust anyone promising to fill out their paperwork or quote streamline the process.

>> you can't do that. that is a scam. you have to apply. you have to come in. and you need to pay the $33 for that driver's license. >> those are questions about the application process. they should contact the dmv or mexican conciliate. it's another night of chilly temperatures around the bay area and another night without the cozy fire. an alert was called for today and air conditions have not gotten any better. let's check in with rob watching that closely. >> the temperatures dropping off quickly again tonight. low 40s already down to 43 degrees and we have high pressure on top of most of the west coast. and for northern california this sets up our winter air nice. with overnight temperatures that high pressure acts like a lid on the bay area. warmer air above, cooler air below and it's like being in a smoke filled room and the ceiling drops down overnight and the smoke pollution builds and

for places around the north bay peninsula and south bay tomorrow and groups sensitive to smoke pollution which is unique to this time of the year. it's those wood burning fireplaces responsible for 40% of the wintertime air pollution. the reason you're being asked to cut back for tonight and all the way through tuesday. it's a pattern responsible for the air quality conditions and dry conditions could see much needed rain way off to the north. we'll look at our one chance of seeing rain showing up the next several days coming up in a few minutes. >> all right thank you, a follow up now to last month's flood damage on the peninsula. people can now apply for low interest disaster loans. some of the worst damage from the big storm was in redwood city. this is where as you can see two mobile home parks were completely flooded forcing residents out. some people had to be evacuated by boat. they can file applications for

disaster loans starting on wednesday. and a pacific coast town now hopes to have a controversial project up and running by the end of this month. the city on the central coast built a plant which turns waste water or saltwater into stuff that's safe to drink. they announced plans to build the plant in may but citing governor brown's drought declaration they pushed it throughout without publish hearings or environmental reviews. it was backed by the declaration but critics say the plants are harmful to the environment. now to a developing story on the airasia plane crash. more victim versus been identified and crews may have located large parts of the jet liner that went down in the java sea one week ago. a mapping ship found four large objects today in about 90 feet of water. the biggest piece is 59 feet long. 18 feet wide. it does appear to be part of the jet's body. the head of indonesia's search and rescue operation said he's

confident it's from the wreckage. the key now is tracking down the black boxes and also recovering more victims. >> it's also important for investigators to understand the condition of each of the victims as they're recovered because that should shed light on how much impact forces was sustained by the aircraft and each of the victims. >> the indonesian government grounded airasia's flights to singapore indefinitely while they determine why the airline filed all the proper paperwork for that route. >> investigators are descending on a remote area in kentucky where a small plane crashed killing everyone on board except for one little girl. the girl pulled herself from the wreckage and made it through the dark woods in a desperate atemptd to find help. here's gabe with more. >> the door knock took larry wilkins by complete surprise. >> i go open the door and this little girl was standing there

with a bloody nose and bloody legs and bloody arms. >> standing before him 7-year-old sailor. >> her voice was quivering. she told me her mom and dad were dead and she was in a plane crash and that the plane was upside down. >> incredibly sailor had survived and walked about three quarters of a mile through cold knock woods before knocking on larry's door. killed in the crash her parents and her 9-year-old sister piper and her 14-year-old cousin sierra wilder. relatives say sailor used the plane's burning wing to light a branch to find her way through the woods and get help from her family. >> a 7-year-old has just come out of the woods alone. >> police rushed in but had trouble finding the aircraft. >> she's upside down in an aircraft that's crash landed. she is in shorts, a t-shirt, she is 7 years old. she has broken bones she pulls herself out of an aircraft. she is in a place she doesn't see any lights. she walks through thorns,

briars, a 12 foot ditch creek bed and continues to walk in that environment with no shoes on until she sees a light at a house. >> on friday the plane had taken off from key west and then stopped to refuel in tallahassee in route to mt. vernon illinois. the small piper pa-34 wut at 1800 feet when it reported engine trouble and lost contact with air traffic controllers before 6:00 p.m. local time. within minutes it crashed. >> it was raining in the area and although the temperatures on the surface were around 50 degrees at cruise altitude for an airplane of this type he would be close to the freezing level and that's where you could pick up icing. sometimes at a very rapid rate. >> in the family's hometown of nashville, illinois utter heart break. marty was a flight instructor. a pilot for 30 years. he had even taught his kids survival skills. >> this is a devastating loss to our community. >> tonight federal investigators are trying to determine exactly

what went wrong and larry wilkins is thankful he answered the door. >> she done good. she's a brave little girl. >> a follow up now to a story that we first told you about on new year's day. we now know that the passenger that died in a dui crash on new year's day was a 20-year-old san jose woman. kayla turner of san jose was the passenger that died in a crash on interstate 580 near high street on january 1st. investigators say the 20-year-old livermore man was driving and lost control of a car and hit a pole. he was under the influence at the time and arrested him at the scene. they're trying to figure out who gave him the alcohol. >> firefighters are warning people to throw out their christmas trees. this is after a family's tree caught fire this morning. everybody was able to get out of the house safely but firefighters say the home on san jose drive was engulfed at the time they arrived on the scene. they're telling people that the

dried out christmas trees are a very dangerous hazard. >> it's a good reminder this time of the year when christmas trees are starting to dry out to get them out of the house quickly. >> no one in that fire was hurt. and a man suspected of starting a string of fires in the south bay is behind bars tonight. the san jose mercury news reporting that jason gilliland was arrested late on tuesday in connection with three car fires that were all set near the san jose campbell border. police say that gilliland may also face charges for five other fires in that exact same area over the period of a week. no one was injured in any of the fires but they certainly caused a lot of damage. police say that the man was arrested back in july of 2012 on suspicion of having materials to start fires. and coming up next we're only three days into the new year but for presidential hopefuls time is running out before the 2016 election. we're going to show you who is gearing up for the fight for the white house and what their odds are. could it be another clinton-bush match up? >> plus hazy skies hamper your

views of tonight's meteor shower. where you can catch the show in the sky coming up.

the trial of the boston marathon bombing suspect will start next week after concerns it could be delayed again. he pleaded not guilty to the april bombings that killed three people and injured hundreds of others. the federal court of appeals denied a request to postpone the trial and move it out of the state of massachusetts in order to find a more impartial jury. more than 1,000 jurors have been called in the case. juror selection is set to begin on monday. it could take up to two weeks. >> hundreds of police officers from across the country attended a wake of a new york city police officer killed in the line of duty. they were gunned down last month while sitting in their patrol

car in brooklyn. the new york city mayor was saluted by officers as he entered the funeral home. of course this is a stark difference to last weekend when hundreds of police officers turned their backs to the mayor while he spoke at one of the funerals. the new york city police commissioner asked officers to show respect and that a hero's funeral is about grieving not grievance. they accused the mayor of contributing to a climate of mistrust toward police. many argue it comes from a history of unfair police tactics. >> now to a follow up regarding the controversial police shooting of a san francisco man last spring. under court order they released the names of the four officers involved. he was shot as many as 14 times back in march by officers responding to reports of an erratic man holding a gun. he didn't have a gun but he did have a taser. police say they thought they were acting in self-dense when he pointed the taser right at

them however his friends and family say that he would not have brandished anything. they say the release of the officers names as a small victory. >> they know the truth of what happened on that hill. alex never pointed any taser at them. confession officers is libber liberation for a great serve. >> releasing the names could put the officers at risk all four have since returned to police duties. >> we're three days into 2015 but just one year away from the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire presidential primary. in national politics that's pretty much a nano second so for the field of potential presidential candidates the 2016 battle for the white house begins now. kristen welker takes a look at the state of the race. >> reporter: former florida governor jeb bush was the proud father friday watching his son

george p. bush get sworn in as texas land commissioner but there's fresh signs bush is considering his own political future and a race for the white house. this week he re-signed from all of his corporate and nonprofit board positions after announcing on facebook last month that he's actively exploring a bid. polls show bush is the front runner in a crowded field with names that include texas senator ted cruz, kentucky senator rand paul and new jersey governor chris christie and marco rubio told npr he's keeping his own options open. >> as far as speculating whether two people from the same state can run it's not unprecedented. >> for the democrats all eyes are on hilary clinton. she had an e-mail entitled announcement which was actually a fund-raiser for her organization. >> she took time off and she did it. now it's january. people are waiting for her to do

something. >> reporter: among those waiting vice president joe biden former virginia senator jim webb and martin omalley and even bernie sanders. clinton and bush have such strong name recognition and fund-raising potential at this point other candidates might be intimidated. on the other hand their connections past and present could become liabilities. >> everyone knows who hilary clinton is. everyone thinks they know who jeb bush is and all of that carries potential baggage. if they have business entanglements and all kinds of things that because they are the front runner make them the biggest target. >> that was nbc's kristen welker reporting. on this first weekend of 2015 much of the country completely gripped by freezing temperatures which caused a lot of problems out there on the roads. take a look at these issues here. two massive pile ups in new hampshire. a dozen people involved in a 25 car pile up there. they were taken to hospitals. in texas and oklahoma black ice left highways littered with wrecked cars and trucks.

get this snow in hawaii. a blizzard warning was in effect in higher elevations of parts of hawaii tonight. it's only the third time that blizzard warnings in honolulu have been issued since 1986. our meteorologist is here with the forecast. if you have friends on the beach are they expecting snow? >> they're just fine. hawaii is an interesting spot where you get a cold upper level low up to 11,000 feet and snow out on the beaches 60s and 70s. around the bay area we had chilly temperatures. overnight numbers in the 20s and 30s. probably not that cold tonight but down to 42 degrees in san jose. around san francisco 47 degrees and hazy skies and around the west bay 42 degrees. we will see some 30s showing up tonight but there's a little more moisture in the air. enough we could get patchy fog. not enough wind to push the smoke pollution out. very likely we'll have another day as we get into monday and

tuesday as the high holds strong. we'll see patchy fog over the next couple of mornings and more hazy afternoon sunshine and this poor air quality pattern is going to linger as long as this ridge of high pressure which is entrenched holds it's position and as we wrap up the weekend rain mainly off to northwestern oregon and western washington and the bay area looking at mostly clear if not hazy sky which is is good news tonight. we have the meteor showers. we had a couple of reports of folks seeing early fire balls showing up in the sky but the best viewing will be close to the handle of the big dipper from midnight to 3:00 a.m. you may see a glimpse of this because right now at least fog is not a problem. in fact the best viewing around the bay area will be just after midnight except in the far north bay and then watch what happens as we head toward tomorrow morning. those are mid and high level clouds so chances are if you get early viewing close to midnight that will be the best viewing. storm track is going to stay off to the north as you wrap up the

weekend. another cool start to your sunday but daytime temperatures will be warming up a few more degrees through the next few days. close to 62 tomorrow. upper 50s to near 60s in san francisco and santa rosa and highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. the high is holding strong except for a slight weakness in it by thursday may allow a little bit of light rain across the bay area from 5:00 p.m. thursday into friday. but look at next weekend the high builds back once again. so the trend as we head into next week will be at least a slight warm up in the temperatures including the north bay. overnight temperatures in the 30s and 40s instead of 20s and 30s. one very slight chance of seeing showers and for the south bay and san francisco same trend here but notice san jose south, tuesday highs in the upper 60s, maybe even close to 70. overnight temperatures coming up too. but toward thursday the system weakening probably not looking

at light rain but north to thursday evening a chance of showers but by next weekend high pressure builds in. a dry looking forecast all the way out to next sunday. >> look at the temperatures compared to the rest of the country. amazing. thank you so much. great details about the meteor showers as astronomers tonight is your night. the first meteor shower of 2015 is starting shortly. there's watch parties in the bay area. stand big to see the best time to see it and watching that closely is christie smith outside the space and science center with more. if you are into this this is a big night. >> yeah, absolutely. you know, i think rob was talking about this the peak viewing time is closer to midnight but we already heard from people through our facebook page and here at the space and science center saying they have seen streaks in the sky, meteors. what they're telling us this year in oakland is more interest and excitement from people wanting to learn about it or come here to view them. earlier tonight the telescopes attracted families just here to

look at the night sky but around midnight the big show that's when the center will have viewing outside. people bring blankets and sit on the hill and astronomers talk and answer questions about what's going on. we're told that streaks can sometimes appear gold or green. it's perhaps a little more well-known because the peak lasts longer but these put on quite a show too but we're told the moon will be bright. >> tonight we have nearly a full moon. so we're not going to be able to see the really faint ones. so at best we'll see the brighter meteors. if you go out and look toward the eastern sky around midnight between midnight and 3:00 in the morning you may see a few meteors streaking by. >> i think they're awesome. it's fun to watch. lie back in a chair. late at night when it's just me and the stars, it's exciting to see when there's a bunch of them. >> now because of the haze at ground level some objects may

appear just a little bit fainter but the space and science center is up here high on the hill so that shouldn't be a problem to those coming to view around midnight. some events produce about 100 meteors per hour. this might be a little less but still very exciting to see. reporting live in oakland christie smith nbc bay area news. >> sounds great. thank you so much. coming up tonight another mountain lion sighting. this one on the peninsula again and also more trouble for bay area based uber. why the company is being sued this time over text messages. >> plus how one south bay piano store hope a marketing plan will strike a chord with silicon valley.

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visit coveredca.com today. another mountain lion sighting to tell you about. this one near redwood city the second in two days. it was seen in the area of west summit drive in the emerald lake hills neighborhood about 7:30

this morning. that's just east of edge wood county park. that's where bobcats coyotes and deer are frequently sighted. it's not clear where the mountain lion went. just a reminder to keep your eye on your pet. >> uber now facing a new lawsuit. this time not over the company's drivers but because of text messaging. a federal lawsuit filed on wednesday claims that the ride sharing company bombarded people with unwanted text messages urging them to sign up as uber drivers. some plaintiffs claim that they received nearly 20 text messages in the past two months. the lawsuit asks for $5 million in damages. a judge will decide if the case will become a class action lawsuit. other companies such as burger king and cvs are facing similar lawsuits for sending out unwanted text messages. >> it's becoming a lost art as the number of piano stores across the u.s. and here in the pay area hit a new low. fewer students are taking up playing piano which is forcing business owners to get pretty

creative. >> >>. step inside the piano gallery and have a listen. you'll hear piano man in the back corner from a man whose life is piano. >> if it has keys on it it's part of my world. >> he taught lessons for decades and now sold pianos for 30 years. if you ask why he'll give you a lesson in business. >> in today's markets you have to adapt which means that you have to run a much leaner and a much meaner machine. >> he once had six stores across the bay area and now has one in san jose and according to the associated press stores are shuttering across the country. kids are turning to other activities or buying electric pianos instead. sales peaked in the early 1900s but plummeted this century. >> a lot has to do with

disposable income product in a tough economy. >> so he changed his tune consolidating and moving across from the very busy valley fair small mall he turned to internet marketing which struck a cord. the bay area's support of the arts has made his story of success a common one. >> it's still the same amount of competition that i had 20 years ago. >> the new sales numbers could be troubling but he says if other stores adapt the industry can survive. nbc bay area news. >> beautiful. and now for a look at what is coming up in sports. we know kate scott has been watching. big football game in pittsburgh. tough night for them. good one for the ravens though. >> it was a good night and we have some 49ers coaching rumbling as well as some hockey action so busy night. plus as you mention wildcard weekend is officially underway

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you just finished watching steelers ravens here on nbc but for those of you that missed it joe flacco got the best of ben roethlisberger to pick up his 7th career road playoff win. earlier in the day the cardinals and panthers squared off in carolina. cam newton in search of his first ever playoff win. the carolina native showed his support for the panthers on instagram. in the second quarter panthers up 3. newton could drop back but get picked off by antonio who would return it deep into panther territory before newton would knock him out. pick it up 1st and goal and for the goal line, fumbles. panthers recover but they review this one. looks like the ball broke the

plane before the fumble. take a peek at this one. okay so the touchdown counts. cardinals up 14-10. third quarter panthers cut the lead to one at this point. when newton would take it easy here. drop this one off to a guy named fozzie whitaker. breaks the tackle and is off to the races. 39 39 yards later they win an ugly one. managed 77 total yards in defeat. that's the lowest in playoff history. >> we wanted to find a way to get into the playoffs and see what else happens after that. there's a lot of guys that you know is thankful for the opportunity and wasn't going to take it for granted today. we started out fast on both side of the ball as well as the special teams but, you know, kind of fizzled out but that fizzle can't happen if we expect

to do great things that we want to do. >> in bay area nfl news mike shanahan confirmed that he did in fact interview with the 49ers on new years day. he lead the broncos to super bowl titles in 1998 and '99 after winning a ring as the 9ers offensive coordinator in 1995. he was fired by washington in 2013. meanwhile he would make a strong candidate to take over for jim harbaugh which might be why they deny the roun their defense. from the gridiron to the hardwood we go. st. mary's today. first half up one and desmond simmons gives them a little breathing room and that is as close as the lions will get. up double digits on carter. jackson for the easy 2. then it was bryce's turn. finishes with a game high 24 points.

now 4-0 in wcc play. the women open pack 12 play today. they took on utah. final seconds of the first half when britney boyd shows everyone why she was first team all conference last year. the shortest on the court right now out jumps everyone in route to her 5th double double of the season. cal would take them down 67-49. the blues without thornton tonight. we have already seen a ton of scoring in this one. less than 10 minutes to go in the first period. oshie. you can see the puck bounce right over his glove. this will make it 1-0 blues he would even things up. the sharks youngster with his second career goal off the rebound and then less than a minute later, a crazy angle, watch this one. how did he do that? his 20th of the season. less than a minute to play in

the period we're tied at 2. now at the end of the 2nd st. louis pulled ahead 4-2. we'll have a full wrap up of sharks blues as well as highlights coming up tonight at 11:00. >> i know our sharks fans will look forward to that. thank you so much. appreciate it. coming up next america lost two pioneering figures this weekend. one a senator. the other a musician. we'll have a look back at their lives and their legacies and an experiment in meditation taking place at san francisco's school. we'll show you the surprising and uplifting results.

former senator edward w. brook died at his home in florida today. elected in 1966 he was the first african american in u.s. history to win a senate seat in the popular election. a republican in a largely democratic state he was one of

massachusetts' most popular political figures during his 12 years in the senate. he learned the label of liberal republican after publicly urging president richard nixon to re-sign. he was 95 years old. the oldest cast member of the grand oleopry died yesterday. he performed regularly at the opry from 1948 to the end of his life. he was best known for his silly folk songs. i've got a hole in my pocket. take an old cold tater and wait and sleeping at the foot of the bed. they don't make them like that anymore. the man that owns property near a popular bay area surfing spot has an agreement to come to the state and face consequences. it's the latest chapter in this book regarding martin's beach. owns land near the beach in 2010. he blocked an access road that

runs through his property that surfers use to get to the water. he's gone back and forth the county about reopening the road and now the state is getting involved. he has until december 31st to come to an agreement. if he doesn't negotiate a way to reopen the road the state can force him to let people travel through the private property down to the beach. >> speaking of favorite recreation spots many people headed up to get a good taste of the snow this weekend. all the ski resorts are open. as we take a look here at i-80 at soda springs earlier this afternoon you can see the roads are looking good. however the chp does recommend bringing them along just in case. our meteorologist is here with the microclimate forecast. if you're a skier or border or sledder it was great to see the snow. >> good news compared to last year. 40 to 50% of average to date. much better than last year at this time. but a lot of the storms that brought all the precipitation in december were fairly warm.

did a big number in terms of our season today. bay area still looking at 140 to 200% of average but once you see the 7-day forecast here on the bottom of the screen and extended forecast for the middle art of the month you may start to see the numbers dropping off a little bit. dry conditions down to 38 degrees in napa. we'll see more airs of frost in the north bay for the morning. but with high pressure on top of us, not a lot of wind and that temperature is warmer air but the cool air trapped below smoke particle pollution. another no burn night for the bay area and very likely we'll see this until about monday or tuesday as we're seeing no major changes here in the surface winds around the bay area. thanks so that ridge across northern california keeping the storm track off to the north which at least temporarily keeping our skies clear. we will see a few high clouds

from time to time and some patches of fog as we head toward the morning. so good news for the meteor shower. if you find the pandel ofhandle of the big dipper toward to the northeast toward midnight you may see it looking good off to the northeast through midnight and watch what happens through the morning then you have mid and high level clouds and during the day clearing into sunday afternoon. storm track way off to the north and it's likely to stay there for awhile. so another cool start but a nice finish to the weekend. a little warmer than the highs for today. close to 60s in san jose. upper 50s to low 60s around san francisco and we'll see temperatures close to 60 in santa rosa. upper 50s to low 60s and then trending warmer as high pressure for the most part holds it's ground except for late thursday. we'll have a system here that weakens as it crosses the coast. we hope it's enough to give us rain and stir up the wind a little bit. that would help us with the air quality and give us a little bit

of rain. after that system though the forecast turns try again. in fact you can see it here as we go through the next five days from monday through friday you can see temperatures climbing a little bit earlier in the week. more clouds in the north bay. best bet for picking up a quarter inch of rain or more. a little bit into fransisco and livermore on thursday. then drop into thursday. most of that shower activity will be off to the north of san francisco which really reverses the weather pattern we had in december with the rainfall totals almost 290% of average now in a dry pattern which unfortunately during this time of the year includes those nights. the long range forecast going through the 15th keeps that high in control which means more air quality problems could persist and below average rain and snow could be the issue. hopefully that's subject to change for the sake of our ski resorts and the rainfall totals around the bay area for the

middle part of the monchtsth. >> remember when we were complaining about the rain? we want it back. we send our kids off to school each day so their minds can be filled with knowledge but in san francisco one school district is encouraging children to clear their minds and is taking it out of the school day. by looking in ward, students are finding outward success. >> at first glance visitation valley school in san francisco looks like an ordinary chaotic middle school. but twice a day something out of the ordinary happens that has changed everything. it is the sound of silence. in the heart of one of the city's poorest and most violent neighborhoods the school was spiraling out of control. >> there would be fights here three to five times a week. the kids see guns on a daily basis. they see all sorts of weapon ri.

they have that baggage with them. >> desperate the district tried a program called quite time. >> ignore the sites outside. >> the idea is teach them meditation and give them two 15 minute periods a day to close their eyes and let go of the stresses in their lives. >> so did you buy into this at the beginning or were you a little like hold it a minute? meditation? >> i thought it was a joke. i thought this is hippy stuff that didn't work in the 70s. how is it going to work now? >> but four years later some startling results made the coach a true believer. a 79% decrease in suspensions. an increase in attendance to 98% and a clear rise in academic performance. more than 1500 students and 170 staffers have now been trained to meditate in four of the district schools. including burton high. once known as fight school. this is burton high today. where meditation has replaced

mayhem. >> there were people who are going to say hold it a second. you're taking a half an hour out of the school day. >> i was in the same boat and i was like there's no way i'm going to steal time from english instruction or math instruction in order to do that. >> instead he agreed to extend the school day and now the results are as dramatic as the middle school. a 75% reduction in suspensions and a move from the bottom of california's academic ladder to the upper middle rungs. school officials say that's because students now feel safe, relaxed and ready to learn. >> it makes you more conscious of your actions. >> before he started meditating he was an angry kid. >> i always wanted to fight everybody for some reason. >> you remember. >> yeah. >> did you see a change in him? >> yeah tremendously compared to 6th grade to now. >> you can't change the violence and the stress that happens outside these walls. >> i cannot but i can help our

students find ways to deal with the violence the trauma and the stress of every day life. >> tools they can use with their eyes closed. cynthia mcfadden nbc news san francisco. >> still ahead tonight it's known as san francisco's version of the titanic. we'll show you the new stories rising from the wreckage of the rio just outside the golden gates.

new images are offering a unique glimpse into a famous bay area ship wreck. the sinking marked the biggest loss in san francisco's nautical history. joe shows us the new pictures and what we're learning from a bay area woman tied to the ship wreck. >> the famous waters of the

golden gate straight. traversed throughout the bay area's long history but these ebbing tieds also hold dark secrets. just outside the gate is the final resting place of several ships including what came to be known as san francisco's titanic. >> i've always had an aversion to the ocean. >> 90-year-old dorothy never knew her grandfather. her grandmother didn't talk about him much. >> i guess having remarried my grandmother didn't want to rock the boat. >> but the details of his life trickled down. >> they were coming back. >> he was aboard the 350 foot steamer when it attempted to enter san francisco on a foggy morning february 22nd 1901. >> he kept the lights going when the ship hit whatever it hit. >> the ship smashed into the rock at what's now the southern anchorage of the golden gate

bridge. >> when i heard the story that my grandfather went to get the log and that's when the ship went down because it went down in minutes. >> 129 people died. >> the captain stayed on and died with the ship and so did my grandmother. i don't feel happy when i see waves rolling in. i can't explain. >> they lived in americay silence until a recent expedition pinpointed the wreckage in 287 feet of water near baker beach. >> it's great they finally found a chip that's very historical and over 113 years since it sank. >> now noah released new 3-d sonar images showing the ship covered in it's mud. >> it's the san francisco titanic. granted there wasn't that many people compared to what happened with the titanic but the tragedy of the amount of people that

died. >> the story of the last moments of thomas brady are also emerging with the water. >> this man was keeping the ship afloat for a lot of immigrants to that time. he was a real hero. >> brady's body was never recovered. to his tail and heroics remain a footnote in the depths of this famous nautical highway. nbc bay area news. >> and coming up next after the break, how to clean up your diet after all of those holiday splurges.

in 2008 more voted for prop 2 than for any other initiative in state history. it was a very simple measure that factory farms give animals more room to move. they were given six years to transition to more humane housing systems and starting january 1st the changes went

into effect. but will they do anything at all to make our food safer? >> it was a watershed moment for california farm animals. proposition 2 passing with a 63% of the vote giving animals room to move. >> prop 2 said that egg laying hens breeding pigs needed enough space to stand up turn and and fully extend their limbs. >> of the three animals the humane society says egg laying chickens will benefit the most. jennifer was a campaign manager for proposition 2. >> from the perspective of the largest animal protection organization in the world there aren't animals that suffer the quantity and quality of duress and deprivation that egg laying hens experience. >> the january 1st deadline is almost here and with it a new question. if hens are still in the cages will prop 2 do anything to make our eggs safer to eat. multiple studies show that

chickens kept an extreme cage confinement are more susceptible to out breaks of salmonella. it's no joke. the cdc reports that in the u.s. salmonella sickens a million people annually and kills 400 americans every year. the cdc cites eggs as the number one cause of food poisoning in our country. >> there isn't a silver bullet. there is no magic answer. there are pluses and minuses on both sides. >> he's one of the largest egg producers in california. he owns over a million egg laying hens which produce about 1 million eggs per day. >> if you're eating an egg in san jose or san francisco or oakland it probably came out of here. >> most of his million plus hens are kept in battery cages which he told me in advance he would not let me see. this is footage of a typical

operation. they live in cages inside sheds that can hold 250,000 birds. >> walk in there and they'll be just as happy. >> yeah they'll be just as happy. >> research tells a different story. johns hopkins study published in the american journal of epidemiology found that eggs from battery caged chickens were twice as likely to sicken consumers with salmonella. the usda sites piles allowed to build up in the shed creating what they call fecal dust. factory farmed eggs were four times more likely to be contaminated with salmonella. he disagreed keeping hands in battery cages makes it less likely. >> they're removed from the fecal matter. that's the biggest thing. so keeping them healthy and providing a safer product is easier to do. >> i want to make sure that nobody goes thirsty. >> they rescue factory hens when

they can't produce any more eggs. >> they're dying because of poor nutrition and poor conditions and all of their energy is going into introducing eggs. they're he anemic and have pair sites and worms. >> ammonia smell feces smell. they're waste high piles of feces. it burns your eyes and lungs and it's doing the same thing to the chickens. >> at arnies construction is underway for a large shed. >> there's one that's going to have about 260000 in it when it's done. >> 260,000 birds. >> yeah. >> how many people to maintain that. >> one quarter of one person per day. everything is automated. >> how do you feel about that? >> i think it's technology being used to the max. >> so the question remains will prop 2 impact salmonella

outbreaks at all? if nothing else a clear reminder the health of the animals we eat so directly linked to that of our own. >> now about 90% of the eggs that we eat in our country still come from factory farmed hens kept in our agecages. wendy's burger king and dennys are a few examples of major chains that have switched to cage-free eggs only. and americans tend to eat more during the holidays. we all know that and of course we splurge when it comes to heavy sugarr and processed foods. it's the new year though many folks are ready to clean up their diet. erica edwards shows us how simple it is to get started. >> so one person is going to put the bananas in. >> this ingredients at the after school snack in north carolina are simple. bananas and milk. homemade banana ice cream is a great illustration of the commitment to clean eating. that is little to no processed

food. >> i felt compelled to just completely overhaul our diet. >> clean eating refers to food in it's most natural state. it's finding ingredient labels that don't read like a science experiment. >> shorter ingredient lists and simpler ones where you understand what you're eating and putting in your stomach. it's that simple. >> refrigerated versions of food tend to be less processed than products on store shelves that may have additional stabilizers and preservatives. think fresh juice and salsa and salad dressing. >> if it's natural typically it has two to three ingredients and that is what i always purchase. >> put some spinach in your lunch. >> when they refined their cooking by getting rid of refined sugar and flour they noticed improvements in their health including their daughter

who struggled with asthma. >> she went an entire year without wheezing after we changed our diet. >> cleaning up the food we eat could be the freshest way to start the new year. erica edwards nbc news. >> good idea there. coming up next a very bittersweet party today. tell you about that.

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still in the water because it could damage the area further. >> the golden gauge bridge is set to close all of next weekend. it's part of a bush to keep drivers safe. >> say good-bye to the little yellow combs on the golden gate bridge that act as the median to provide traffic in each direction they're giving more lanes to the direction where there's more traffic like commute hours. it will require the closure of the bridge for 52 hours starting january 10th and will reopen at 4:00 a.m. on january 12th. the district says the new dividers will make the road safer by reducing the chances of head on collisions. drivers say that makes the closure worth it. >> the fact that it will be safer on the bridge. i'd rather see them close the bridge and do this kind of work than wait for other things to happen. >> here are some alternatives. only golden gate transit buses will be allowed to cross the

bridge that weekend. hours will be expanded and include late night service. if you must drive the bridges are still available. catherine says she may have to change her plan. >> i might just want to visit friends or do something in the city but i guess i'll have to take the ferry. >> always an option there. go to nbc bay area.com for more information about the golden gate bridge closure. we have posted detour options as well as well as the changes that drivers will see once the bridge reopens to traffic. rob is here with the microclimate forecast. >> it could end up being dry next weekend which is a pattern reversal from all the rain in december which is still at this point keeping the bay area almost 200% of average but really didn't get as much snow. we had all the rain here in the

bay area. statewide it's closer to 46% of average. if you compare last january you can see the satellite picture all the brown and not much snow compared to where we are now you can see at least a day or so ago all the snow across northern nevada and the sierra. that's the greenery that's come back. quite a difference from the rain and 50% of average snowpack has made compared to the bone dry conditions we saw last january. but short-term we're going to get clouds but not really add to the rain totals or snow totals. you can see the storm track across to the north. high pressure will take the rain producing clouds to the north and the mid and high level clouds and not a lot of wind. not any cold fronts to scoop the pollution out. we'll likely have these continue through about monday or tuesday just checking the website.

that seems to be the case. mornings in the 30s and 40s but the highs will be climbing as we head toward tuesday. the poor air quality will continue to be an issue for smoke particle solution as we go into the first half of the week. so the meteor shower tonight not too bad. mid and high level clouds mainly offshore but tomorrow morning we'll have overcast skies. maybe a sprinkle or two out there with the mid level clouds coming through. clearing skies partly cloudy storm track way off to the north. you're going to see the temperatures climbing up especially around tuesday. now upper 50s and low 60s but by tuesday upper 60s in a few spots south of downtown san jose. san francisco a cloudy start to the day. santa rosa near 60 degrees. danville 58 and 58 in livermore so this will hold strong until about early thursday morning and we'll see at least a chance of getting a little bit of rain

especially north of san francisco francisco. you can see high pressure winning out the next seven days. things drying out as we head toward next weekend. the outlook shows temperatures climbing up. looks like the warmest day will be around tuesday for those locations in the northbay. thursday evening into maybe early friday a chance of a few showers there and then the skies clear out once again for san jose and san francisco. notice the temperatures there in the south bay for tuesday and wednesday overnight temperatures also coming back up out of those 20s and 30s. 30s and 40s as we start the week and then mostly 40s by midweek. slight chance of seeing the showers come in north of san francisco on thursday and the dry pattern which resumes next weekend may hold up all the way to the 15th of the month. we hope that's not the case but for now dry weather wince out over the next 7 to 10 days. back to you. >> looking nice. thank you so much. it was a frustrating day but did it save his life?

good luck or devine intervention. the man tells us how grateful he is to be alive after a stray bullet flies into his bedroom. >> it's a little like having a crystal ball into your child's future health. why more parents want their newborns to have this process. it could end up saving their lives.

a frez know man started off 2015 with a pretty chilly discovery. he came home to find a bullet on his bed exactly where he would have been sleeping. angela greenwood shows us how a series of frustrating events could have actually ended up saving his life. >> call it devine intervention. >> i feel like god is watching out for me. >> or just plain luck. >> lucky to be alive. >> 24-year-old christian rodriguez is is counting his blessings after a stray bullet shot through his ceiling and landed on his bed on new year's

eve. >> i could have been dead right here and just aiming it right here or here. >> rodriguez wasn't there when the bullet fell but he was supposed to be. he says after ringing in the new year at his girlfriend's house he planned to return home. >> i called every family member i could to get a ride and no one was there because he was celebrating. >> he got a ride but when he got home the door was locked and he didn't have his key so he spent the night at his girlfriend's instead. when he returned home the next day he found the 9 millimeter bullet lying in the same spot where he normally sleeps. he says he fell to his knees and started crying. >> for me to see it up close and personal i could have been dead. i could have been -- you could have reported me dead. >> a scary thought. >> it makes me sad. >> that rodriguez says has given him a new appreciation for life. now that his has been spared. >> i did dodge a bullet and i'm

very grateful. >> well that was angela greenwood reporting. if you could predict and maybe even prevent diseases in your newborn would you want that information? according to a new study the majority of parents say yes. a study found that 83% of parents would like to have their baby's sequence. scientists may be able to better estimate the risk of the baby developing cancer heart disease or other health problems. there's one big road block. that would be the coast. it has come down in price considerably in the past decade but at $10,000 it's still something that most parents cannot afford. >> well to many the new year represents a new slate and new start but one san francisco artist was pretty content with how things ended up where they started. he shows us how he's using old art to bring new things to life. >> it often feels as though we spend much of our lives traveling in circles.

spinning our wheels only to end up back at the point where we started. but for peter hudson that's the goal. >> going in a circle. >> in a treasure island warehouse, hudson puts a new spin on ancient art. >> it's one of the earliest forms of motion picture. what it was was a cylinder and as you spin the wheel you look through the slits and it would animate it. >> the sparks of hudson's work have been burning since childhood. >> always been into animation and illusion and magic. >> the whole box is full of bubble wrap. >> i made the swimmers in 2000 that were going through the ground but a big part of the creative process is figuring out how to do stuff. >> from a very early age i was always given that permission to

be myself. >> if you walk in here without knowing him and you're a volunteer you're just like whoa, dude. that guy had way too much coffee. >> that's right. i paint all my tools purple so i know at a distance if the tool is mine. >> at any distance hudson's art jumps out. his pieces are an elaborate version of the old flip books except his characters are life size. >> it's a blending of film making. it's story telling. >> instead of flipping a page they come to live with spinning motion and strobe lights. >> with the little amount of time that you have you can tell some amazing stories. >> the wheel of skeletons paddle down the river sticks and yarn dangles a yoyo symbolizing the struggle of the american dream. a tree of monkeys swing from branch to branch devouring apples delivered by a serpent. >> it is unbelievable.

it's so fantastic that it was exactly what i saw. >> people just stair and don't understand what it is. >> hudson's pieces appear at the music festivals around the world. >> it's so stressful. sometimes i wish i had a little no it's a bad idea. >> hudson calls his latest piece eternal return. golden figures run and laep. an eternal dive before swinging upward to do it all again. >> that fast nates me. >> unlike his pieces hudson is always moving forward. >> it's fortune and i keep coming back and doing it again. >> because the wheel in his own mind never reaches the end. >> i feel like i am a slave to these visions. >> nbc bay area news. >> an unmistakable laugh. that's for sure.

what's it like to try to run an honest business in crime ridden new york city in 1981? we get a box office preview. >> i run a fair and clean business and i will fight to prove that. >> the moral code may not survive a year. the most brutal year in new york's history. he's an immigrant trying to run a business without getting involved in the crime and corr sumpgs that entails but his wife is not quite scrupulous. children take a place to the unhappiest place in the world in the woman in black 2. this picks up 40 years after the other chapter. this little fixer upper is the kids keep appearing at the hands of an evil spirit. the woman in black 2 angel of death is rated pg-13. >> a russian cold war heats up.

this foreign language film depicts a power struggle when the mayor fights back against a bigger bureaucrat that wants his land and puts the squeeze on the citizen. that's the box office preview. nbc news. >> couple of options there if you're headed to the theater. movie weather or not? >> not too bad for tomorrow. morning temperatures 30s and 40s the upper 60s around the south bay. >> all right. looking beautiful. we'll see you back here at 11:00. thank you for watching nbc bay area news. date line is next.

total shock and disbelief. i mean, this is not happening. am i having a nightmare? >> it was so sudden. >> please, please. my wife is in the bathroom dying. i don't know what's going on. >> that moment is engrained in my memory. time stood still. >> a wife and mom collapsed and gone. >> and i go to run to her and she's cold. >> her death baffled the experts. a heart attack, a seizure, could it have been her new tan? >> it was the first time she got a spray tan and she passed away a few hours later. >> finally investigators had an answer. this mystery, they said, was murder. >> we were in complete shock. >> curious evidence. >> suspicious markings on her neck. >> strange behavior.