well, happy saturday morning to you. let's take a live look outside. this is christmas in the park, just getting under way. dates back to the 1800s. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew in for kira klapper, and vianey arana is here with a look at your microclimate forecast. a wonderful start to the saturday. >> it's dry right now but enjoy it because it is going to get very rainy, very windy out there. we have big changes on the way but if you're just now waking up, it's still very mild. 54 degrees in the south bay peninsula. the tri-valley is also at 52 and

we do have a few clouds here and there. most clear, we're going to have clouds start to roll in. north bay, beautiful skies right now, about 50 degrees. i want to show you exactly what's going to bring all that moisture. as you can see on the doppler radar, you see the white off in the ocean area, that's actually an atmospheric river, subtropical moisture that is going to be bringing a lot of rain also kicking up a lot of winds in the area because we still have a warm air mass so those two are going to conflict and then we can expect to see plenty of rain. the north bay already saw a few traces of some showers in the area, early overnight, and they can expect to see rain first before anybody else as we head into tonight. but i will have a complete breakdown of that timeline. we also are expected a couple of high wind advisories. the high wind advisory is already in the place for the sierra. in the meantime, we're learning more about what happened just moments after a shark attacked a diver near pebble beach. two off duty deputies in the right place at the right time saved that diver's life.

two men were underwater spear fishing yesterday when the attack happened. this chopper footage was taken by the moterey county sheriff's office. one diver bitten on the leg, the other unhurt. the off-duty officers were fishing nearby when they heard of the attack and rushed out to help. >> when i arrived, there were two off-duty deputies here, and they assisted in triaging the patient and getting him in the ambulance. >> now, the diver who was bitten has not been identified. he underwent surgery and is in stable condition. experts say this is peak season for adult white sharks to migrate and be near the shore looking for fish. it's rare, though, for them to attack humans. the driver in a fatal crash that killed a 16-year-old pleasanton girl the night before thanksgiving is facing serious charges this morning. another victim, a young woman, thrown from that suv remains in critical condition at eden medical center.

chp investigators say lauren davis was driving this kia suv when she lost control, rolled it several times. according to court documents, this is the third dui arrest on her record. charges in the first two were reduced to reckless driving. davis was also hurt in the crash and was sent to highland hospital. she was taken into custody once she was released yesterday afternoon. >> transported her to santa rita jail where she was booked for felony dui and second-degree murder. >> 16-year-old violet campbell died in that crash. there's a growing memorial in the area where it happened. a second passenger, alexis garcia in a medically induced coma after suffering massive head injuries. the driver, lauren davis, will be arraigned monday in oakland. a gentle reminder to ensure that you get home safely. the marin county sheriff tweeted

out this photo with a caption, it wasn't a very happy thanksgiving for this driver. decided to drive drunk, got a burnt car and a trip to jail. the chp is in the middle of its maximum enforcement period. that means this weekend, they're out specifically looking for dangerous drivers. i saw two people on my way to work that should not have been on the highway. be safe out there. all right. making a turn to the holiday shopping season now, one of the most anticipated shopping days, black friday, came and went. people waited for hours at the premium outlets in livermore, waiting for stores to open. the longest lines were outside high-end retailers like kate spade and burberry. some shoppers admit it was a built extreme but worth it. >> reporter: why the wait? >> because we're insane. but no, the discounts are really great. >> our "today in the bay" team covers black friday every year, of course, and bob goes to the exact same mall every year and he says in all the years he's been reporting, this year's

black friday is the busiest he's seen. so now, it's small business saturday. many neighborhood business owners say it's more than a marketing campaign. it's part of an effort to keep the doors open. "today in the bay's" jean ellie has more on what's at stake. >> reporter: danny is banking on wrapping lots of presents at cliche noe gifts on small business saturday. >> we wrap, we ship. >> reporter: she also needs shoppers to make her store a regular stop. >> what we're hoping is that our neighbors not only shop, of course, tomorrow, but all year round. >> reporter: on black friday, it's easy to find people loaded with big department store shopping bags in downtown san francisco. but in shopping districts like noe valley, there's lots of available parking and plenty of room on the sidewalk. little foot traffic and the high cost of running a small store paired with the explosion of online shopping doesn't add up for the little guys. >> to realize that there's people in the store, that they

need jobs and they're we're providing those jobs and if you don't come in and shop, we're going to go away. >> gentleman over in oakland has 3d printers and is making jewelry for us. >> local businesses can have stuff that doesn't make it to amazon. >> reporter: shoppers we found on 24th street worry struggling small businesses will disappear. >> i did walk about a mile to come here and had a lovely time visiting small businesses. and i would be very, very disappointed if that didn't continue in san francisco, because -- >> reporter: shopping small can make a big difference. jean ellie, nbc bay area news. >> small business saturday. now that thanksgiving is over, it's full steam ahead on the christmas festivities. an iconic sign of the holidays in the bay area, of course, is the tree lighting at union square. cheers from the crowd as the lights were switched on just before 7:00 last night. this is the 28th year of the macy's annual tree lighting

ceremony. over to san jose, christmas in the park kicked off. that's been a holiday tradition dating back to 1890. christmas in the park lasts through january 7th. well, there's much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up from those big trees to your trees. still to come, what happened a decade ago that's driving up christmas tree prices today. plus, a mysterious will uncovered, fuelling a dispute over a notorious killer charles manson's remains. notorious kil manson's remains. notorious kill manson's remains.

welcome back to on this saturday morning a live look at the golden gate bridge. and everything is clear and wonderful. we've got a great day ahead of us, vianey says some rain coming on sunday. well, every time we report about the deadly attack in egypt, that number of dead goes up. it is now 305. it is the deadliest attack by

militants in modern egyptian history. the victims were in a mosque for friday prayers. the attackers were ruthless in their planning. first a suicide bomber entered and then after the explosion, four militants fired on fleeing worshippers with gunfire and grenades. militants blocking escape routes, shooting victims as they search for safety. here's paris. the eiffel tower dimming its lights at midnight in tribute to the victims of that massacre. now, muslims around the world and right here in the bay area are mourning those killed and wounded in the attack. south bay islamic center, hundreds gather for the annual post-thanksgiving service. the mood certainly somber. messages of gratitude made way for condemnation of violence and a traditionally festive event took on a different focus. >> to kill someone is one thing. to do so on the holiest day of

the week when they are worshipping in a house of worship is really beyond abhorrent. >> in egypt, the president has declared three days of mourning there, vows the nation will not bend to terrorists. a legal dispute could be shaping up over who gets the body of notorious killer charles manson. the cult leader died sunday at the age of 83. the website tmz reports manson's will leaves his personal belongings, image rights, and even his body to a long-time pen pal. the unnamed man says he corresponded with manson since the 1990s and visited him in prison. while the little reportededly disinherits everybody else, a grandson of manson says he wants to claim the body and belongings. the 41-year-old florida man plans to come to california thursday. the website gofundme shut down that money that he could raise money for the trip. much more ahead still on "today in the bay." now that thanksgiving is in the books, let's start think about christmas and the other

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welcome back. it's going to be a wonderful saturday all around the bay area. here's a live look outside from our camera up on san bruno mountain shooting down into the city. welcome back. i'm scott mcgrew in for kira. while most people were spending their money this weekend, amazon's jeff bezos got a whole lot richer. the amazon founder's fortune just reached $100 billion. that's because amazon shares jumped more than 2% in anticipation of black friday. bezos's fortune jumped $2 billion in a matter of days. now he has been the richest person on earth since he passed

bill gates last month for that title. so it's not going to affect jeff bezos much. but your christmas tree may be a little bit more pricey this holiday. there's a tree shortage. fewer trees mean higher prices. "today in the bay's" ross plaiter joins us from oakland to explain where all those trees have gone. >> reporter: the day after turkey day and the time some folks set out to pick the perfect christmas tree. in fact, we found trees flying off the lot, but with one noticeable difference. last year, melissa says she paid about $85 for a seven-foot tree, the stand included. but this year? >> we just saw the same tree, same size tree, and we paid about $150. which is almost double what we normally pay. >> reporter: and cost isn't the only problem. sema says she went to her old standby lot and there wasn't much to choose from. >> even the tree lot has less selection right now than unussu

>> reporter: so what's going on? we put that question to the national christmas tree association. a spokesman told us a lot of the trees being sold on pop-up lots here come from oregon, the largest christmas tree supplier in the country. it takes about ten years on average for a tree to go to maturity and ten years ago on the brink of a recession, oregon farmers planted fewer trees so they now have fewer trees to sell and sellers say add to that a spike in the fuel cost to transport the trees and they have to charge more. >> i think before we were going like $8 to $10 a foot and now we've maybe raised them from $9 to $12 a foot and if they exceed 9 feet, perhaps $15 a foot because it is hard to get those tall trees. >> man, there's never a news story where it's like, hey, prices are really reasonable this year. that never happens. >> you're right. let's check in with vianey. >> have you got your tree yet?

>> i have not. it's on the list. there are wreaths on the garage door and there is a pretty thing on the fireplace. >> so you started already with the decorations, not bad. >> we started. down came the halloween and thanksgiving and up went the christmas. >> there we go. i haven't started yet but i think tomorrow a lot of people are going to probably get a good chance to start decorating if you're going to be inside because of the rain. so, tomorrow might be a good day to do that. maybe tomorrow i'll start decorating. i think i need to go get decorations first. almost 52 degrees right now, tri-valley 52, in san francisco, i just want to show you how gorgeous it looks. look at these clear skies. no clouds in sight. no fog in sight. the north bay sees some clouds moving in but still beautiful but that's all going to change over the next 24 hours. the good side of this is that your temperatures will remain fairly comfortable, much like what we've seen the past two days. before we start seeing a decrease in those temperatures into the early part of the workweek. now, san francisco will climb to a high after about 60 degrees, san jose, 75, oakland will also remain in the 60s at 69 degrees.

and yes, here comes the rain. let's talk about that rain that i've been mentioning. so, if you notice that this doppler radar right here, we see a lot of moisture right here, but this is what we're really focusing on behind it. this atmospheric river is expected to bring a plume of moisture and it's really going to spread across the entire bay area. we've got plenty of subtropical moisture and i've been looking at the models and judging by the models, it's going to bring a good amount of rainfall but it's also going to kick up some wind. so as soon as the subtropical moisture kind of moves in, napa, seeing sprinkle overnight, this isn't our biggest worry. the worry is right behind it and that's expected to make its arrival as early as tonight, hitting the north bay first and then really spreading throughout the entire bay area as early as sunday. let's take a look at that time line. as of rights now, the arrival in the north bay is expected between 11:00 p.m. tonight and midnight and then if you notice, sunday at about 6:00 a.m., we really start seeing some pockets of heavier rain in santa rosa and if we kind of fast forward that timeline by about 10:30, we

see this same band of rain, wherever you see the yellow and the red, that's where we see the stronger gusts as well. moving down all the way through palo alto and then finally making its arrival to the south bay at about 12:30. so as of right now, the north bay rain is expected by late saturday evening and the winds are also expected to kick up. so right now, it looks like we may be going into a microclimate weather alert as early as tonight and also into sunday morning as well. the reason for that, if you look by monday, midnight, we've got an additional band of rain so another system with moderate to heavy downpours that could make for dangerous driving conditions early monday morning. i know a lot of people have been off for thanksgiving so that could make for a very messy commute. for all those folks that are already in lake tahoe or planning to head to lake tahoe today or tomorrow, you may want to watch out because there is a high wind watch that is already in place that started this morning. and the snow levels are also expected to be pretty decent overnight into sunday morning, dropping down by sunday night. and this is the reason why there

is that high wind watch. so this is your hour-by-hour wind gusts, if i fast forward through sunday in the bay area, we're expecting breezy to windy conditions. but take a look at the sierra. we're talking gusts between 30, 40, plus miles per hour, overnight saturday into sunday morning, some spots even see the 50 mark, areas like tahoe city so check those road conditions before you head up there or if you're up there already, you might have to call your boss on monday and let him know you can't come in. now, sunday, monday, we get those showers and if you look ahead towards tuesday and wednesday, you notice that temperature drop from the 70s into the 60s, get that cold front moving in and then we see more seasonal temperatures so a lot of changes on the way, scott. >> boy, there sure are. all right, vianey, thank you. still ahead, "today in the bay," family helping family, how one woman's idea blossomed into thousands of people helping victims of the north bay fires. really?

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to recovery will last years. thanks to a single woman and her innovative idea, many will not have to walk it alone. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has her remarkable story in this morning's "bay area proud." >> reporter: for peyton walton, the best part of being a nurse is helping her patients in ways that go beyond medicine. there was the time she went above and beyond to help an ailing patient find the home for her dog so she could die in peace. and then, well, then there was the time an entire community needed her personal brand of healing. >> okay, these were the originals. >> reporter: let it be known that what one day might very well be a key part of the relief effort in any natural disaster anywhere -- >> and then i set these up more. >> reporter: began as a flood of papers scattered all over peyton walton's living room floor. >> this is how the original 20 matches were done. >> reporter: the reason peyton's

mill valley condo looked like this one month ago is because the homes of so many people she knew looked like this. peyton has been a nurse in santa rosa for 25 years. and when that city started to burn, she went to work. for 40 hours over the next 4 days, peyton cared for patients at the only hospital in santa rosa that remained open. anyone would agree she had done enough to help. anyone except peyton. >> i had a home to come home to. i had a good night's sleep in my bed. and i just kept thinking about my own colleagues, my own nursing friends. they were doing what i was doing and then they went home and slept in a red cross shelter at the fairgrounds and i thought, we have to do something to help them. >> reporter: which is when peyton posted to her neighbors on nextdoor, the neighborhood social network. >> here's my original post. >> reporter: if there was a family out there who wanted to

help, peyton could introduce them to a family that desperately needed some. >> and within five minutes, i started getting responses on nextdoor. within the first hour, i had 50 families who said, absolutely, who can we help, tell us how. >> reporter: peyton started to keep track with those papers, but that soon gave way to a spreadsheet and eventually a website to handle the ever-growing list. at first, she was just wanting to help fellow nurses and doctors, but peyton's family matching has grown well beyond that. >> so, my guesstimate is now i'm up to 5,000 individual volunteers, and we have helped almost 600 individual people who lost their homes at this point. and it's still growing. >> reporter: volunteers like trisha helping families like the brannans. dad cody, a contractor, lost all his tools when their house burned down. >> you want this too? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: so trisha and her

husband are helping cody replace them. >> it means a lot. it's kind of, you know, gives me my work back, gives me pretty much my life. that's how i support my family. so that means a lot. >> reporter: peyton say both sides in this donation say what makes this special is that it's not just about the money or the stuff. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: it's about the people who come attached to it. >> just having that family there tell us that we understand, that could have been us. and we're here for you. i was just floored by how many families said, we have your back. >> reporter: all made possible, of course, by one woman who had everyone's back. in santa rosa, garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> well, there's much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, why the legal team for the former national security adviser has cut ties with the president's lawyers.

plus -- >> it's something that i'll never forget, that i'll never stop thinking about. >> a victim's brother speaks out after we traced a stolen gun to his loved one's murder. we investigate stolen guns across the country. trace them to crimes where they're used in the communities they impact.

welcome to you on this fine saturday morning. this is a very quiet san jose right there on park near the tech museum. a reminder the downtown christmas in the park gets under way, something that's been going on, to my astonishment, since the 1890s, that's amazing. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew in for kira klapper. vianey arana is here as well. i imagine people will be out decorating or more shopping. >> today is small business saturday, as you know, scott, and it's important for you to head to your local coffee shops, local boutique, all that good

stuff so i have prepared a small business saturday temperature trend and you're going to have dry conditions through the early morning and the afternoon and into the evening hours is when we see a change so you have plenty of time to head out to your local stores. we'll start off in the 50s, very mild right now, and then along the coastline, expect temperatures in the upper 60s. now further inland, though, the temperatures will start climbing into those 70s. and then you'll start seeing a little bit of increase in that cloud cover, so all in all, the weather's going to be absolutely beautiful, so head on out to your local businesses and go ahead and support them. i know i plan on heading to a couple of boutiques since i didn't do any shopping on black friday, believe it or not. the doppler radar, i want to give you a look at this. you see all of those clouds, that is an atmospheric river and that is expected to bring a lot of rain and a big change in the weather as we head into tomorrow. i'll break that down in about 15 minutes. well, we are learning more about what happened just moments after a shark attacked a diver near pebble beach. two off-duty officers in the right place at the right time

saved that diver's life. the two men were underwater, spear fishing, yesterday afternoon in still water cove just off pebble beach when that attack happened. this chopper footage is from the monterrey county sheriff's office. one diver, bitten on the leg, the other unhurt. the off-duty deputies were fishing by. they heard the attack or heard about it and rushed out to help. >> when i arrived, there were two off-duty deputies here, and they assisted in triaging the patient and getting him in the ambulance. >> the diver who was bitten was not identified. he underwent surgery, though, and we know he's in stable condition. experts say this is peak season for adult white sharks to migrate to shore looking for fish, but it is very rare for them to attack humans. the driver in the fatal crash that killed a 16-year-old pleasanton girl the night before thanksgiving is facing serious charges this morning. another victim, a young woman, thrown from that suv, remains in critical condition at eden

medical center. chp investigators say lauren david was driving this kia suv. she lost control. it rolled several times. according to court documents, this is the third dui arrest on her record. charges in the first two were reduced to reckless driving. davis was also hurt in the crash and was sent to highland hospital. she was taken into custody once she was released yesterday afternoon. >> transported her to santa rita jail where she was booked for felony dui and second-degree murder. >> 16-year-old violet campbell died in the crash. there's a growing memorial in that area where it happened. the second passenger, alexis garcia, is in a medically induced coma after suffering massive head injuries. the driver, lauren davis, will be arraigned monday in oakland. the legal team for former national security adviser michael flynn has cut ties with

donald trump's lawyers. now, when defense lawyers stop sharing information with each other, that's usually meaning they are no longer on the same side. "the new york times" theorizes flynn lawyers could be negotiating with special prosecutor robert mueller. cooperating with the investigation. a lawyer for president trump says no conclusions should be drawn from this move. flynn's attorney declined to comment. well, another week, another apology from senator al franken who know says he has no intention of stepping down from the senate. as more women claim he grabbed them inappropriately. at campaign events, senator franken released a new statement saying, i'm a warm person, i hug people. i have learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters, i crossed a line for some women and i know that any number is too many. >> i think al franken does need to speak out. i think discussing this all by press release is not sufficient. >> congress comes back to work

next week, members will be dealing not only with allegations against alabama senator candidate roy moore, they're increasingly facing fallout from accusations within their own ranks, including long-time michigan congressman john conyers. turning to the holiday shopping season now, black friday has come and gone. people waited for hours at the premium outlets in livermore, waiting for stores to open. the longest lines were outside high-end retailers like kate spade and burberry. some shoppers admit it was a bit extreme but they say it's worth it. >> reporter: why the wait? >> because we're insane. no, i mean, the discounts are really great. can't beat them. >> our "today in the bay" team covers black friday every year. bob goes to the same mall every year. in the years he's been reporting, he says this year's black friday is the busiest he's ever seen. well, the long holiday shopping weekend continues today with small business saturday. vianey was mentioning this. now, this is a shopping tradition started by american

express back in 2010 to encourage people to shop local, and shopping locally puts money dren directly back into the community and the economy. according to the national retail federation, among those who were considering shopping any time from thanksgiving day to cyber monday, 76% said they would do it with this specific support small business saturday. well, still head, the warriors hit the court without kevin durant or draymond green. we'll show you how the rest of the team did. jim is up next with sports.

i am jim kozimor at the xfinity sports desk and they say that one man's trash is another man's treasure. well, back in june when the chicago bulls used the 38th overall pick in the draft, they took a rookie from oregon. then they sold it to the warriors for $3.5 million. the bulls needed the money, clearly. well, that rookie has turned into jordan bell who has been

exciting fans with his highlight reel dunks and blocks. and as fate would have it, with both kevin durant and draymond green out for the game, bell would make his first nba career start against the very team that drafted him. to the highlights we go. and one jordan bell would factor in. there he is right there. he wasted no time. warriors first possession. steph curry finds bell. easy scoring opportunity. first quarter, this is fun. lobs it up at the cylinder. go get it, young man. bench absolutely loves it. you see the athleticism that warrior fans love and bulls fans wish they had. bulls would close it poorly because second quarter, steph curry would take over. curry scored 26 of his 31 first half points in the quarter. the warriors 74 first half points. tied for the most by any team this season. dubs dominate in a huge win. that will do it for sports. more news after the break. you could save energy by

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good morning. it's 7:40 and we are off to a fairly nice start on this saturday. you can see christmas in the park ready in the south bay. 54 degrees, the peninsula, 52, the tri-valley 52 degrees and as you're waking up in san francisco, beautiful, clear skies at 56 degrees. but we have major changes ahead. so, take my word for it when i say head out now. today is going to be your last chance to get a dry day, at least for the weekend, that is. the reason for that is we have this huge atmospheric river here. it's going to bring a lot of subtropical moisture and that's brought showers in the north bay. napa area, saw a couple of traces overnight but if we zoom in, you can see it's already beginning to make its arrival so it's this moisture right behind that moisture you already see on camera that's expected to bring widespread rain to the entire bay area. but let's talk about that timeline because this is pretty important. to this is a time lapse far right here. if you look at about 6:00 a.m., santa rosa and the napa area can expect to see periods of moderate to heavy rainfall where you see the yellows and the reds, that is where we're

expected to see the heaviest of the wind gusts as well. so please keep that in mind. if we fast forward ahead through 9:30, 10:30, you see this band of rain moving down further, the half moon bay bay ararea also expecting to see moderate to heavy rainfall. toward the south bay, at about 12:00, look at how much rain is expected over morgan hill so the consecrated areas will be areas like the santa cruz mountains. expect those showers to stick around and unfortunately, it looks like they will be sticking around through monday as well because if you look by monday, sunday night into monday morning at midnight, we get another band of showers through santa rosa all the way from the north bay, even down towards the south bay as well so the peninsula is really going to be getting pounded with that rain on monday morning. and that could make for a very messy commute early on. another thing i want to point out is if you're heading up to lake tahoe or if you're already there, we've got a high wind watch that's already in place. the reason for that being is we're expecting wind gusts

between 30, 45, 100-plus miles per hour in some of the higher elevation areas is possible as well. couple inches of snowfall. this could make for a beautiful kind of night in but if you have to get up and out tomorrow, you may want to either leave early or make sure to check the road conditions because they're weweg with a pretty good storm out there. breezy to windy conditions but the biggest concern is going to be for the sierra mountains. 3:30 a.m., 46-mile-per-hour gusts and then as we fast forward through the day, it gets all the way up to 50. these are sustained winds so it's going to be pretty gusty up there. it's going to be pretty bad in terms of the winds and also the rainfall that is then going to kind of make its way through into monday. another thing, too, if you're heading out tomorrow to the niners game, you're going to want to pack your rain gear. from my understanding, most of the stadiums don't allow umbrella bu

umbrellas but don't say you got caught off guard. lot of rain in the forecast. that's exactly when the south bay is expecting to see those showers so expect that band of rain to kick in right around game time. over the next seven days, we see a drop in temperatures. we're going to get a nice drop by about ten degrees in some areas. >> thank you very much. well, still ahead, "today in the bay," a growing danger certainly not going away. our investigation exposing a pipeline of stolen weapons and why such information about them has been hidden from police. murder... and hundreds of other

sh welcome back. we saw with the kate steinle murder and hundreds of other shootings, stolen guns are used in crimes around the country every day. senior investigative reporter steven stock teamed up with our other nbc stations and for the first time, traced thousands of those stolen guns across the united states. >> reporter: we analyzed records covering almost 500,000 stolen and recovered guns coming from across the united states. no one has ever done this kind of tracing of missing pieces on this scale publicly before. because of this effort, we now have a better idea where these guns come from and where they end up. >> it's something that i'll never forget, that i'll never stop thinking about. >> reporter: dylan's brother was murdered in 2012 during a south bay crime spree involving a stolen gun. >> emotionally, you know, for my parents, it was completely devastating. >> reporter: dylan and his

brother, rory, grew up in comp bell. dylan served in the air force in iraq and carried a gun with him constantly. >> i would say that rory's death caught me more off guard than any roadside bomb in iraq ever could. >> reporter: yet he can't understand how guns continue to be left out in the open in the u.s. for thieves to steal. >> it's still pretty sickening that something like that could be occurring and there's almost no talk about it. >> reporter: no talk about a stolen glock model 23 handgun that was taken from riverside county in january 2010 and two years later used in a crime spree that left a san jose police officer wounded and dylan's brother, rory, dead. >> i don't worry that more families like mine will suffer. i know that more families like mine will suffer. >> reporter: to get a sense of just how widespread this problem of stolen guns is, nbc bay area and more than a dozen nbc stations across the country teamed up with a nonprofit journalism organization, the trace, to find out how stolen guns circulate around the u.s. >> i was numb. >> reporter: dylan's family is

just one of 63 different california families we found in our data whose loved ones have been killed since 2010 in crimes involving a stolen gun. >> yeah, i know that other families are going through what i'm going through. >> reporter: we obtained records from more than 1,000 law enforcement agencies in 36 different states plus the district of columbia. nearly 850,000 gun records in all. while the fbi says 2 million guns have been stolen or lost in the last ten years, our data is incomplete because some agencies, including san francisco, oakland, and los angeles's police departments, all refused to share their records with us. even so, this data for the first time publicly shows how often stolen guns travel around the country from region to region and later show up connected to other crimes. >> the word is out. these guys are going after the guns. >> reporter: kevin o'keefe is chief of operational intelligence for the u.s. bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives in washington,

d.c. >> the numbers and trends we're seeing indicate this is not going away. it's noticeable increases in the last several years. >> reporter: the data we compiled shows networks of stolen guns that travel throughout the country, fuelling other crimes. for example, guns stolen during a series of brazen robberies in the carolinas and near the atlanta area were later connected to crimes in syracuse, new york, washington, d.c., nashville, and chicago. >> and we take over the trace from that point. >> reporter: atf is the only federal agency responsible for tracing guns used in crimes. >> these are all boxes that have been received and prepped. >> reporter: they do it all here at the national trace ser in martinsburg, west virginia, where the program manager gave us a rare behind-the-scenes tour. >> there simply is no national ìc% ownership in america so what we're doing is only responding to requests for guns that are recovered in crime to try to identify that first retail purchaser. >> reporter: our data shows thousands of stolen guns travel long distances. for instance, we found guns stolen from tacoma, washington,

ending up connecting to crimes in san jose and san diego. guns stolen from santa clara county and oakland were later connected to crimes in baltimore, maryland. >> these guns move very quickly, so it could be from a matter of days to sometimes 15, 20 years later, these guns are still being recovered in crime. guns are not perishable. they don't wear out and disappear. >> reporter: we found more than 23,000 stolen guns nationally that were later connected to other crimes, including at least 1,500 serious violent crimes, such as murder, rape, robbery, and assault and battery. >> not so much surprise me as it does alarm me. >> i don't want to see firearms stolen from anybody. >> reporter: larry keen is senior vice president for a trade association that supports proposed legislation to increase criminal penalties for people who steal guns. >> we think that sends a strong deterrent message to the criminals that are out there that might be thinking about this. >> reporter: keen says owners

should secure their firearms but he stopped short of saying that they bear some legal responsibility for any crimes later committed with their stolen guns. >> it's important to keep in mind that they're the victim of a crime but we encourage people when their guns are not in use, they should be secured and made inaccessible to unauthorized users. >> reporter: though they would not agree to an on-camera interview, in a statement, the nra said, "a law that requires reportage of stolen or lost guns is nothing but punitive. it does not prevent crimes from being committed and it only serves to further victimize otherwise law-abiding persons after they've been robbed." how do you stop this? >> we ask everybody to partner, to not make it easier for bad guys to get at these guns. >> reporter: dylan says his brother's death is all you need to know about the impact of stolen guns on our communities. >> punishing folks that, you know, lose their weapons. it's as simple as that. you wouldn't leave a child

alone, if something that happened to that child, you're responsible for that child so what is the difference here? >> reporter: federal officials tell me they think our project is an important one because they want the public and law enforcement to know more about the flow of stolen guns across the country. by law, the atf cannot share their data with anyone, even local police departments like san francisco and oakland do not have access to this data except when they request it on an individual case by case basis. you can find more details about this project, including a map and interactive graphics tracing these stolen guns all across the country. just go to our website, nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> and you can see part two of stephen's report tomorrow morning. now, if you have a story for our investigative unit, you can call 888-996-tips or visit the website,

nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, it's the clear th"cl shelters" segment featuring our friends from pets in need. we will introduce you to these little guys coming up.

and welcome back to you. i'll be honest with you, i've been a news anchor for 25 years, and i have literally never done the dog and cat segment. this morning, our "clear the shelters" segment featuring special guests from pets in need, executive director al, marcia are here with molly and jack-jack. can you believe that? i've worked in i don't know how many cities in how many decades and i have never done the dogs and cats thing, which i love -- i have a dog and a cat. a dog and a bunny. and just love them to death. these guys are so cute! >> aren't they adorable. >> amazing. i understand you're doing something special with the giving tuesday. remember you got the small business saturday, black friday, and then giving tuesday. tell me about that. >> giving tuesday is a

national -- nationwide effort, nonprofit organizations receive support from everybody, hopefully, as many people as possible throughout the country to support their missions. at pets in need, our mission is to rescue and save animals and find loving homes for them. >> on giving tuesday, how can i give? how can i help? >> they can go on to our website, petsinneed.org, or, you know, they can -- there are a million organizations that can use people's support after the thanksgiving holiday. we asked people to think about giving back. >> and what will you do with those funds? how are those used? >> our funds are used to support our rescue runs that we do a couple times a week, provide medical care for special needs animals, lot of times we'll get guys that have, you know, little extra medical problems that have to be addressed. >> sure. all right. i know everybody's just wondering about these guys. so, first of all, let's start with the breed and their ages. how old are these? >> they're about eight weeks old. they're a terrier mix. >> okay. >> and this is molly, and jack-jack and they came in with

their two other siblings and their mother. >> oh, they're adorable. >> we rescued all five of them. >> how big will they get? >> i'm going to guess maybe they'll double in size. >> that's not big at all. >> we really never know. >> have you ever had a news anchor just take the dogs? >> not yet. here. >> what sort of homes would be best suited? >> i think they'd go well in any home. >> hi, sweetheart. >> they're super friendly. >> puppies require a lot of attention. >> yes, they do. >> so, you know, keep in mind that these guys have a lot of energy. >> yes. >> so, we want to make sure they, you know, go into homes where they are going to get a lot of tlc. >> right, right. and would be good with children? protect them when they're puppies. >> absolutely. >> molly's not happy with sitting here with me at all. >> molly's very energetic. >> i appreciate you guys being here. of course, pets in need, and you can find out more and give on giving tuesday as well. thanks so much for making us

part of your sunday morning. we will have more local news for you tonight at 6:00 and 11:00. see you then. .

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