good saturday morning to you, here is a live look outside at the bay bridge. oh, beautiful, and you can see the twinge ling lights of the city just beyond as we look from emeryville on saturday morning, the eve to christmas eve. vianey has a look at our forecast. >> and we almost saw some below freezing temperatures in some

spots. so here it's cold. >> the good news is we're knott as freezing today. >> yeah, we're not. it's not as bad. even though the north bay, napa area still at about 36, but hayward, san jose in the 40s. san francisco has been one of the warmest spots all week long, but even yesterday san francisco was in the lower 40s at one point. palo alto at 38. i do want to remind folks we are under a spare the air alert today. tomorrow no wood burning, even though it's cold, i know it will be tough, if you have a fireplace, you may be tempted, but no wood burning is allowed. that air quality remains unhealthy for the north bay. but look at 11:00 they'll eventually climb into the 50s. we'll cece some of those high clouds into the afternoon. i'll bring you an update on the chance of rain for possibly

christmas day. we've have to stay tuned. vianey, thank you. one person was shot during a concert at a bay area bowling alley. it happened at x bar inside homestead bar in cupertino. a group of rappers were performing in the packed bar. witnesses say a group of people entered and began throwing chairs and shooting. one witness and his girlfriend ran to hide in the bathroom as shots ricocheted. >> when the gunshots slowed do you want, me and my girl came out of the bathroom. we were running to the back door, and we saw with a guy with white shoes all bloody and stuff. >> police say somehow only one person was shot and taken to the hospital. as of this morning police have nod reported any arrests. now to a former marine in federal custody accused of

planning a terror plot at one of the most popular crowded spots in the bay air. everitt jameson stands accused of planning an attack at pier 39. he liked some isis posts on facebook, a move that put federal authorities on alert. undercover fbi agents then communicated with jameson for months. according to court documents, he told agents he started pier 39 because he knew it was a crowded place where he could kill people. he worked for a tow agent and said he could use his tow trust or his sharpshooter training to commit violence. he told the agent he would use explosives to funnel people into one location, where he could then shoot and inflict more injuries. jameson told the agent christmas would be the perfect day to attack and he himself was

prepared to die. federal agents served a search warrant at hi modesto home endand arrested him yesterday. people were shocked to learn of the news. >> very shocking, very scary. >> you know, the las vegas incident and many other incidents, i'm glad they're vigilant. >> during the search of jameson's home, agents found a last will and testament written in november, three firearms, 13 rounds of ammunition. he's set for a detention hearing in federal court next week. after speaking with some of the people close to im, "today in the bay's" tom jensen went to the modesto home where jameson lived with his meter, the same home that federal agents raided on wednesday.

>> he loved kids, he loved people. i don't see what hams. >> reporter: his father doesn't believe the claims. a terrorist? it just doesn't add up. >> i don't believe it's true, you know what i mean? not with him. he was the kind of son that, you know tell me, hey, pull over, dad and he would give his hamburger to a homeless person. >> reporter: the 26-year-old lived with his mom and another man in this home surrounded by a white picket fence. >> we don't really know each other, just friendly. >> reporter: a friendly, unassuming family, and as far as she could tell, he was just like his mom. >> i thought he worked every day, just a normal kid working. >> viera was home working wentsds when federal agent raided the home. >> there were too many people to tell. they were telling me i couldn't come out, stay inside. as soon as he told me to stay

inside, i ran and hid. >> reporter: despite the weapons and admission letter, jameson's dad stands behind him. he's a devout muslim after converting at this center, he says, but not a terrorist. >> he says, no, dad, we're the nice ones, you know what i mean? we're not like that. i just pray. >> reporter: tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> we posted the entire complaint and charging documents a our website nbcbayarea.com. you'll find them in the as to irright there on our home page. she made a name for herself by smashing toilets, then smashing glad ceilings foration-american women. california's first female secretary of state died yesterday, phone eu was raced in the black of a chinese lawn roe matt in san francisco. she served as secretary of state for 18 years.

phone eu's sergeant issue was a statewide ban on pay toilets the she smashed one of them on the steps of the state capitol back in 1969 making national headlines. phone eu was 95 years old. a string of fires two separate blazes, in total, there have been six suspicious fires in the past few months. one of thursday's night fire spread to a home with a family inside. investigators boulevard there's nothing accidental. >> big fire. i was very lucky. my house saved. god saved me. >> wow, among the buildings that have burned recently, a crematorium, a florist and a church. it is just shy of 7:08. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, what witnesses are

saying about a shooting at a san francisco jewelry store. plus just two more days to shop before christmas. one type of business is asking that you consider shopping there this weekend.

some cloud cover there this morning. it is chilly outside, but no freezing temperatures, as we have seen the last few morn. vianey arana is along in a bit with slightly warmer temperatures. the owner of a san francisco pawnshop is in the hospital this morning after being shot in an armed robbery. we have this report. >> reporter: the armed robbery happened just before 5:30,

according to police four men walked into the mission jewelry & loan pawnshop. one witness said she could here the gun shots at her taco shop across the street. she said she started to hearing some noise, heard the gunshots and she got real nervous. a neighborhood resident ran into the clothing store and told him about what happened. >> he said there was a gunshot next door, call the police. i came out and i see two guys running toward 19th street. >> reporter: police have not said if the robbers made off with any cash or merchandise. anand says three shots were fired and the shop owner's son was roughed up. he's known the family for years. >> this goes ridiculous. it's not right. he's a hell of a nice guy. >> reporter: he said he was able to talk with his friend as he was loaded into the ambulance.

he hopes he's going to be okay. it's almost 7:12. we have more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- it wasn't santa, but did you see it? lighting up the skies and social media. we'll tell you what this was, next. we have this beautiful scene over walnut crete, but we're dealing with a spare the air alert. we'll talk about your highs today, and what you can expect for christmas eve. i'm tracking the chance of rain. all the details just after the break. stay with us.

welcome back, it is 7:14. it looks like the clouds and fog are coming into the bay as we look at the transamerica pyramid, and just beyond a chilly start to our saturday before christmas across the bay area. vianey arana will be along in about two minute with his your forecast. spectacular video of the

latest spacex launch, take a look how the falcon-ix rocked lip up the sky. this is the 18th launch of the year for spacex and new record for the private company. it's the fifth time a spacex booster has been launched. it has four more launches planned for next year, all in the first half of 2018. i saw that all over social media last night. if you're a last-minute -- instead of shopping online, with only two days left, some local retail shops are hoping you'll consider shopping at their stores this weekend. our business and tech reporter scott budman has this report. >> reporter: in this days and awhen it's hard to keep up with online giants, there's still a chance to find what you need at

your local toy store. it will wrap your gifts on site, as they try to keep up with online shopping. >> you have the dry months where it's low on profits and what not. >> the national retail federation reported a 7% drop in department stores, with many repail giants closing their doors for sure. you know why. >> i'm pretty much trusting amazon to deliver aft thence again. >> >> but a local store still has the chance, especially during the last-minute crush. >> do you still have any shopping to do? >> yeah, a lot. >> online i do the gap shopping, the major retailers, but the toy shopping i do here in the store. >> we love the kids, the families, they're alls loyal. i feel like if we give that customer service all the time,

people will sump in. in the spirit of the future, auto-build, you can come into the store or use your phone. >> let's check in with vianey. >> good weather, though we're still dealing with the poor air quality, but overall it will be a good day to head out to the stores. >> no rain today. >> yes, exactly. you're okay in terms of the rain, and i still have to do a couple of last-minner rand. look at healdsburg, though. i'm a late one on that. >> we were talking about the special gift you were going to buy we'll see if i do okay. >> i won't give it away. >> kira, i'm going to hold you to it. it's still cold in some spots,

but not as cold as what we've been waking to automatic week long. 35 degrees, napa 36, oakland 44, hayward 44, san jose 41. we are slightly warmer, in fact initially warmer in some spots. so about an hour ago we were close to 11 degrees, and napa at about 4 degrees, if you notice we've got some hazy skies, some lingers clouds in the air quality forecast, wee still keep that spare the air alert in place. we've got that system of high pressure that travels all the pollutants down to the ground. no wood burning, in fact it's illegal, so i know it will be tempts today, especially tomorrow, but we are expecting

the alert to stay in place tomorrow too. on the cooler side, france 55, oakland 57, more than likely we'll top out at about 58, 59 degrees. let's talk about that chance of rain that i had teased a second ago for christmas day. here it is. that's snow in the sierra, that's a kind of weaker cold front that we've been monitors, but it's very week. this frontal system if i speed this up ahead, on sunday december 24th, it does inch closer to the bay area, but only for the far north bay, so it's not going to be widespread, not going to be a soggy christmas, but the north bay may wake up -- the sierra snow is looking pretty good. if you're going to lake a tahoe today or tomorrow, it's going to

be your best bet, because come tomorrow we'll be dealing with some slick roads. if i fast forward this through monday, it just completely moves out, clears out completely on actual christmas day. we're talking about the rain chances late christmas each into really early christmas morning. and a high pressure system bringing that dryness back. upper 50s, we've got the chance of showers far off to the north and christmas eve into early christmas morning, we're going to keep that into place. tomorrow 57 degrees, it might be more cloudy tomorrow, but we are expecting to be dry for the majority of the day then we should be okay. >> it looks good, vianey. still ahead on "today in the bay," we go back to branham high school for another year of winter wishes. it's a story that will make you bay area proud.

welcome back, it's almost 7:23. we want to tell you something that's becoming a bit of a holiday tradition, at least with our "bay area proud" series. this is our third visit to the high school's winter wishes sol brace. we have this story in this morning's "bay area proud." >> it's become a bit of a holiday tradition. this is our third visit to san jose's branhuman hiss for the winter wishes rally. it's a guaranteed feel-good experience. this year did not disappoint. >> reporter: it's that time of year when snow falls in much of the country and tears fall. it is their seventh annual wind

wishes rally, the culmination of a tradition in which every student at the school makes a wish, and the student leadership class works for months to grant the biggest ones in front of the entire school. as students get help with their studies. i just want to tell dad i love you so much -- >> >> reporter: or receive support for a sick parent. this is hardly a dry eye on the campus, including skyler henry, though he is not just watching this time. >> i'd like to ask skyler henry to come up to the stage. skyler has something to share. when skyler arrived at the high school three years ago he was a much different person. he was in fact a girl, at least on the outside. >> i mean i always felt like i meant to be a boy. >> he kept that to himself for

years and the secrets took its toll. he was depressed, hi grades suffered, he began cutting himself. >> that's when i knew i had to do something, had to change something, or i'm going to be stuck like this or something bad is going to happen to me. >> when is a study group going to happen? >> reporter: what skyler chose to do was confide in rasual burnside. >> yeah, she was the first i told. >> rasual teaches him as par pardon of avid, a college readiness programs. >> what is going on with you? i'm concerned, you're not coming. >> reporter: rasual soon was doing everything in her power to help him through his transition into boyhood. >> sproo is! >> reporter: even throwing a surprise party when it was official, complete with it's a boy decorations. >> seeing that is like the greatest feeling. it was like, wow, people actually care. i'm not by myself. >> ms. burnside i think went

above and beyond. >> reporter: it was that part and everything that skyler wanted to thank rasual for, so this year, that was his wish. 4. >> my job is to help kids be who they are, and to support them in fulfilling their dreams. >> reporter: or, in other words, by caring about skyler as a person, she helped him become the person he had always wanted to be. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a new year and a new fee. the reason you'll have to fork over a little more at the dmv next year. plus -- >> functionally dead. >> a deadly situation with a miraculous turn of events. the amazing set of circumstances aligned so this surfer could

walk again.

good saturday morning. here's a live look outside towards downtown san jose, kind of an eerie look out there, hazy and orange-y, bronze skies. it is cold out there, though, so hopefully you're inside enjoying the view, warm. >> i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at our forecast. >> we had a couple high clouds in there. that helped us warm up by as much as ten degrees in some areas. >> oh, oy. >> they have some 20s out there yet morning. it's still chilly in the north bay, i think they're used to it, because we welcomed the first day of winter on thursday. down near the south bay, 41 degrees and san francisco 45.

i know you saw that shot. i do want to remind folks, we are still under a spare the air alert due to the poor air quality to the north, and the peninsula. it's illegal, actually to burn wood, so if you have a fireplace you may have to hold out until after christmas. the alert is in through christmas eve, and they may extend that depending on the surge of high pressure that continues to trap the pollutants down toward the ground. i'll have another update in about 15 minutes. >> it's sad to see that about the air quality, but we'll stay tuned for your forecast in just a bit. vianey, thanks. one person was shot during a concert at a bay area bowling alley it happened last night at x bard, which is inside homestead bowling in cupertino.

a group of rappers were performing when a group entered the packed bard, throwing chairs and should thing. >> when the gunshots slowed do you want, me and my girlfriend came out of the bathroom. we were running to the back door and we saw a guy with white shoes, all bloody and stuff. >> reporter: they say one person was shot and taken to the hospital. as of this morning police have not reported any arrested or a motive for the shooting. everitt jameson stance accused of planning an attack on pier 39. he liked some isis points on

facebook, which alerted the federal agents. he told them he started pier 39, because she knew it was a crowded place, he said he could use any tow truck or sharpshooter trapg to carry out the plan. he met with a agency. he said he would use explosives to funnel family into one location, where he could shoot them and inflict more injury. he told the agent that christmas would be the per days to attack and he was prepared to die. a search warrant was issued to his home on wednesday, but they didn't arrest him until yesterday. >> very unexpected, very shocking, like very scary. >> you know, the las vegas

incident and many only incidents, i'm glad they're vigila vigilant. agents for you three firearms, and 13 rounds of ammunition as well as a last will and testament jameson wrote back in november. he's set for a detention hearing next week. we have posted the entire charging documents on our website nbcbayarea.com. you'll find the story right on our home page. a story of hope. a bay area surfer is taking his first steps again after suffering a traumatic spinal cord injury. he has this to thank, he became the first person to benefit from the newly created guideline. "today in the bay's" laura alpert has more on his road to recovery. >> reporter: step by step, matt is relearning how to walk.

before they you would likely find him body surfing at ocean beach. >> i went for a wave and in the meantime came boo. >> he suffered a traumatic spinal course injury. a surfer found him floating facedown. >> he told me my body was completely gray, i wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse. >> reporter: a doctor and trained nurse happened to be nearby. they literally brought him back to life. >> so functionally dead. >> reporter: he was taken to the hospital where he became the first person in the u.s. to undergo new guidelines for treating traumatic spinal cord injuries. including aggress surgery that took place within 12 hours of

the injury. it also focused on the am of blood flow. >> when matt came into the hospital he had the most severe injury imaginable. matt is yet another example of somebody who shouldn't have covered, but did. he. >> he opens to end up -- the one thing keeping me going is the thought of going back into the ocean. wow. well, to national news. president signed a huge 1.5 trillion tax overhaul. he called it the most important bill of his pregnancy, and predicts it will sell itself. not only does it lower the corporate tax rate to it 1%, it opens the arctic national wildlife refuge for oil and gas drilling. it eliminates the obama care requirement that americans must

buy health insurance. >> i think obama care is over, because we'll come up with something that's going to be good, and a study fits that the people who signed up are states who voted for president trump. well, this holiday season also means it's time for more taxes, fees and sticker shocks, among the new fees, your car registration will go up january 1st. it's part of the largely unpopular gas tax law that was passed this year. how much you pay does depending on the car. your registration could increase between $25 and $175, but how much you pay could also go down year by year. >> with you thing the public needs to understand, if you guy a car for $25,000 it depreciates

every year. >> since last month drivers have had to pay an extra 12 cents per gallon. there are two groups gathering to try to repeal that gas stacks. still ahead on "today in the bay," draymond green still back on the court. could he keep the win streak alive against the lakers? stay tuned. you could save energy by weaving your own shoes...

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winning 113-106, that's 11 straight wins on the year. that was a roller coaster of a game, though. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, rescued from the side of a cliff. what we know about the man who has emergency responders to thank this morning in san francisco. and this is definitely a beautiful sight to wake up to on this saturday morning. overlooking walnut creek, the sun is coming up. yes, we are talking about poor air quality. also, we have a change in our temperatures. i'll talk about that, plus a look ahead at your christmas each and christmas day, after the break. stay with us.

good morning, it's 7:42. if you're snuggled at at home, there's a good reason why. it's pretty cold outside, but not as cold as we've seen. a bit colder out there. in the south bay right now, chilly at 41 degrees for san francisco, 44, and look at the north bay, nice skies overhead. 35 degrees, east bay 44 degrees,

and yes we are slightly warmer, but still expected to top out at the 50s. we have cloud cover ahead, which warmed up us nicely. some areas about ten degrees warmer than the 20s and 30s, so that freeze warn we had yesterday is off to a much better start. let's talk about the air quality. we're still seeing the religion of high pressure, the pollutants right near the ground level, so still dealing with the unhealthy air quality. it's actually illegal to do wood burning. i know if you have a fireplace, i know it's tempting, but may light some nice candles in place of it. 5 degrees, santa rosa at 58 degrees, oakland 57, san jose 59, so no plaj difference, but look at kirkwood. it does look like a postcard up

there. if you have plans to head to lake tahoe, today is probably going to be your best travel day. we are following the storm system we've been talking about, kind of the past couple days, another weak storm system, so it's kind of sitting off the pacific right now. if i fast-forward, sunday december 24th, it does starred to move it, but estates very off to the north. the north bay has a chance of seeing some showers early on, same for the sierra mountains. christmas eve late into early christmas morning. if you notice, december 25th, that system steers off stott east and the majority of the bay area will not see rain on christmas day. that's going to leave behind a ridge of high pressure. that's what this is. that's going to keep us dry yet again probably through the end of the year into the start of the new year. if you're heading out of town,

your travel forecast, santa barbara, 65 degrees, great travel conditions for today if you're driving -- 68 degrees for l.a., san diego 68, palm springs a very warm 73 degrees. if you're heading to yosemite park, today will be your best bed in terms of travel conditions. if you're heading out tomorrow late night, you may run into a couple issues -- as we move into a later portion of the we're, look at that. for christmas day, and then tuesday and wednesday that high pressure dominates yet again, keeping us nice and dry, as we head in towards the last week of december in 2017. that is just so crazy. it flew on by. so i'd have another look -- actually, no, this is is. let me know what you're doing for christmas eve. kira, i'll send it back to you.

>> i was so immersed, i didn't even start my new year's resolutions from last january. vianey, thanks. still ahead on "today in the bay," a warning for anyone thinking of giving one specific time of gift card. hackers can get into them and spend all your money. how to keep your gift safe, next.

welcome back, a man is safe this morning after falling down

40 feet. it happened before 5:00 last even. the fire department shared this photo as crews set up ropes to re could you the man. he was taken to a trauma center and is expected to be okay. firefighters did not say what caused his fall. a warning for gift cards. a cybersecurity expert has found a serious security flaw with nordstrom gift carts. he and potentially others could gain access to gift cards drank them down to zero before you can even use them. nbc's jeff rossen shows you how to protect your money. >> reporter: gift cards are big business right now, according to the national retail federation, americans are expected to spend nearly $28 billion on gift cards this year alone. >> but what if your card was compromised? and the money on it completely wiped before you ever went shopping?

cybersecurity expert jim stickily has come to us with an urgent alert, telling us he's cracked the code with nordstrom gift carts. he can hack in and drain all the money. >> i have ten here, you're saying you can hack these. >> not only can i hack those, but also the cards for sale right now, i can hack thought when they become activated, drain the funds as well. >> how? >> can have software to po you will card pins one at a time. >> he says he's discovered a few problems with nordstrom gift cards, including shorter pin number that most retailers, with no protection from bots. we're not showing you how he does it, but within minutes, the money on that card could be gone. >> you're obviously one of the get guys, but if you were a criminal what could you do with this information? >> obviously now that i have the card number and pin, i can make

purchases, or there are sites that will buy them from you. >> did you try this on other retailers? >> i have looked at other retailers. nordstrom had a flaw in their designs that allowed this to work where others generally don't. >> he said thieves can -- snapping photos on gift cards and once activated drank those cards, too. this is my card here, we put $50 and this is the packages. we haven't touched the packaging. just like this you can hack it? >> absolutely. the last 16 digits, there's the card number. all you have to do is crack the three-digit pin. >> and how it's sold. >> plain of day. >> he gets to work on my card. >> that's easy. there it is. >> telling us he's drained the funds. but did it really work? i take the gift card to nordstrom, checking to see if he's actually drained it. >> i want to see on it.

>> zero. >> zero? >> nothing, nada. >> thank you very much. happy holidays. thank you. i call nordstrom to tell them what we've found. this is jeff rossen calling from nbc news. a security expert came to us and says he found a flaw, where he's able to hack into the system and literally drain all the gift cards down. he wants to show you how he did this so you guys can fix the problem. nordstrom declined to meet us with in person, so we connected them by phone. he walked, nordstrom telling nbc news, our customers are always our top priority. if we learn they were negatively impacted by an sure with our gift card systems, we would work quickly to take care of this, adding -- we have a number of gift card security controls in place and a team of experts that regular lay test, review and enhance those controls. securing gift cards to protect

your money this holiday season. >> that was jeff rossen reporting, sips jeff and his team connected nordstrom with the expert, they have fixed the problems. still experts say you couldn't buy gift cards from the public racks, they say only buy gird cart at stores where they keep them behind the counter and are secure, our buy them online. if you have a card that's been drained of all the money, experts say experts should call the number rather than searching online, because they warn that scammers can create very realistic-looking customer service pijs that could fool custom customers. a north bay family down on their luck gets help from napa police just in time from christmas. the family's pickup truck was stolen. inside the truck, all their christmas presents. also the dad's only way to get to work.

fortunately police tracked down the truck, but the presents were all missing. napa officers and target replaced everything -- bikes, sports equipment and all other gifts. wonderful. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up, it's our clear the shelter segment featuring our friends in need. woo they're here with mindy and mitzi. stay tuned. the season of audi s event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event.

this morning -- some special guests from pets in need. welcome back. it's our clear the shelter segment, special gists from pets in need. martha hollander, and the exec difficult director are here with mitzi and mindy they both have their beautiful christmas ribbons on. they would be a great gift. they're both chihuahua/terrier mixes, about three months old. pretty calm. sometimes pets get nervous with the cameras and lights.

>> for publicies they're very calm. >> there's accidents, training that needs to be done, but they're just so adorable. i say that every weekend with these babies, i want to take them home with me, but these are some beauties, maybe they can make someone's christmas morning extra special. speaking of christmas, this is a time of year when people like to be generous and donate but out of kinds in of their hard. you run like 95% off donations. >> or oyization runs basically completely from donations we receive. we receive no government fundic.

we receive money from adoption fees, but we try to keep them low lows. >> and you always have specials and -- >> and the adoption fees don't cover the amount of money we expend for the animals. so we rely on donations we receive from people, especially this time of year to help us provide the services we provide. >> we hope if anyone is out there watching, and needs somewhere to put money at the end of the year, you'll consider pets in need. and check out petsinneed.org. thank you so much. and thank to you for making us a part of your morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 news tonight. instead it's a special addition of "football night in america" and xfinity airs at 8:30, followed by a special edition of "neighbor bay area news at 9:00

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