good sunday çóñimorning. it is december 29th. a live lookñr ñioutside inçó downtown san joseçó a bit ominous there as we are under at( microclimateñiçó weather alert. thanks for joining us. i'e 'ira klapper.ñiñiñiçóñiñrçóñrñri] vianey arana has a look at what's going on, not right now but what's comingñi later today.ñi >> that's right. we're under a microclimate weather alertñiñr so youñiw3 prepareq (5 afternoonçó becauseó[ t storm system is going to pack a pretty good punch, notfá expecting a lot inñh(eims!u of rainçóñiçóñrñiçó totals ehgre weñi could see thunderstormsçó beautiful stretch. the temperaturesñiñr are a lot

warmer thisñ2hmornin3ñ,acauseñi of all of the c$gu" cover andñr theñi mo/gáu)e from the storm. look at that we're in the 41q # right now, 46 degreesçó in san jose. 46 in napa. remember yesterday we were inñiñiñi the 20s in napa, weñiñr even have some 30s throughout.ñr this is how much warmer we're running this morning.çó napa is 17 degrees warmer at this hour, comparedñrñr toñrñi yesterday. santa rosa 14 degrees ñrwarmer andñiçó that'sym ecause those cloud$/srçó blanket]oq÷zi &ho satellite radar qn nowht you can see the storm systemñi appr$y!%9 off to our north and it will begin toñi seeç!jeñ stretchñi into theñi south i wouldñr say atñi the golden but expect to see light ñ showers for areas likeñr ñiukiah, andñr napa. of this of course in your new year'óú"ve forecast coming up inñi about 15 >> weirdi!"uz think that. all right, we'llú aboutçóçó'cñr 15 minutes, thanks. download our freeñr(r&e app where you can."çó get up toñiñr the4c= tailored forecasts forñi your

host of çóñrjf"myt$ savage thisñi weekend led his million-plus twitter followers on açóñiñi different kind of adventure after his suv wasñi stolen from his mission district home. and it's not the first time he's beenñi theñi victim ofçó crime. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana reporwcéñiçów >> reporter: this was not how adam savage expected his day to turn $$ey two tow trucks in the mud trying to rescue hisñi suv. >> it's dancingq lessons fromñr god. this is what'sñr happening so i'mñiçóñi tweeting it, i'm getting responses, i'm having funñi bringing along my followers with this journey. toyota landñr cruiser was missing about 7:00 ñra.m., shortlyñi after "! officer showedñi up atxd his door. ip4> he said do you driveñr açó toy yona at çóthat? i saidñi you're kidding me tell me you foundçó it. he goes fáyeah, they found it buried pretty xddeep. they offroaded itñi into añi tiny little alley.

>> reporter: thist#irst timeñrñi he's had something ñi stolen.çóçó in september someoneñi broke into theçó same suvñi and took a whip he used onñi the "indiana jones" themed show. it lookád hours for thóñi small fleet of n trucksxd to get the land cruiser ñrñiout. it was añiñr headache butñi theñr long-time san francisco residentñiñiñi isn't tooñi botheredñi by theçó incident. city butñr i grew up inñi nge@e=ik city andçlived thereñi in the '80s and new york city in theñrñiñi '80sñr was waymyñiçó worseñr thanñrf?? anyñi american city weñi %), ñi theá÷ days. times square used to bepaiñrñi literal walking nightmare. >> reporter: sergio quintana,çóñi "nbc bay area news." >> a positive look çq! ñ now to añi highñi stakesçó twitter thisçó ñiweekend. late friday night presidentçó trump retweeted a postçóñr that included the alleged namegl+# theñiçó an t inquiry bys7 yesterday morning %-pthat post seemingly hadñi disappeared but then a few huis ago itñr çóñireappeared.ñit( twitter saysçó an outageñr caused

'"táweets on some ]é visible to some but notñr visible to c q)s. by the way, naming the whistle-blower would violate federalé@ protection laws. again taking aim atñr california for itsçó homeless ñiproblem. trump yesterday tweeted in the morning that "cal1f theirñi tremendousñiñi homelesslp problegsítr(t&háhp &hc% if their governors can'tñriñr handle the situationçó -- politely ask for help.ñrñi"nñi governor gavin newsom's responded widhm9 article of trump's decision to decline federal aid to help with californhc'sñr homeless problem. this morning, there's five people wereñi stabbed at a rabbi's homeñi inñiúiçómonsey new york. 35 miles northñr of new yorkçó city.çó all five victims rushed to the hospital. it's not clear howñi serious thár)

injuries are. a senior law enforcement official sayslp a suspectçóñiçót(ñiñi was found inçó hanmanhattan> i guess these tributes are lp @r(t&ho what the kids do these days.ñiñyów3ñi

students but like the famiims ñiñiñiçóçó kind of talk and work past the grief that they have.ñrñiçó >> there have been at least three other deadly crasm foothill road since 2007 çóñi involving drivers ibúu$eir teens.çó tonight's vigil at dublin high school will be held from 5:00 to 6:00.ñiñr ¤yrr )ju$ree ñr5au children, do not have a home ñiñi this morning after flames rippedñi through a dup'!0hr' san jose.ñiçó white road, between mckee road ñiçóñr ñ and east side drive.ñi in the home. the cause of that fire is under investigation.ñihtçóñi inñi laterñrñi news now, it'su 49er faithful takeover. the fansmy areok more than xdready.çóñr would you thinkñi this was rightçó outside levi's stadium but in fact this video was taken in seattle.çó niners faithful showed upñr to greet the teamñi ahead of the nfc west title game. tonight's game is loaded with playoffv

janelle wang traveled toçó enemy territory and of course she's right in the middle of the action.ñiñré@çó=h r(t&háhp &hc% the red and gold invaded theñi emerald city.ñrúuni 49er fans traveling fromjf allt( over the west coast to thea=zi &háhp &hc% northwest to cheer on their team in the l8% gameñi of the regular ñrt(tpseason, andñi it's a bigrf& one. >> i bought christmas gifts flb myñr husband,nbxd he's a big niner fanñi so i'm winning as a wife today. >> reporter: what do you think of yourñi christmas gift, hubby? >> it's theñiñi best christmas gift you could get.çó we're here week 17 looking to knock upcu(çóñiñi the number onejxñrseed.é- wk 'háhe loser of the game hits the road for a wild card game next week. >> we haven't beatlp seattle in seattle inñiñi eight years.ñi yes, weñi haven't, so thisççó is tñ t ñr time! >> it'sç!"át feeling ifá got moo myçóçó gut in myñi gut! let's ñr?;çó

let's go! fans from sa'zjoseçó aren-tñçó trying toçó be tooñi overconfident.ñiñi >>ñr nervous, ñiçóscared, anxiousçó especially now that lynch r(t&háhp &hc% back anóñi honestlyñi i'mñi nervousñip because wew6 içóok don't haveñi it at çó home. neers. >> niners and seahawks are oneñi íaecade. it's the lastçó game ofñai theçó decade rightfully so. >> ry rter: janelle wangñrçó "nbc >> do remember you can watch 4/ th/)u ñininers/seahawks gamr tonight ofii] nbc bayçó çóarea, kickoff is at ñiçó5:20, andçó be sureq to% around after the game for live anthony flores. "today in wx airplanekoñi food you eat, and nbcñi fol safetyñi violations thatñiñi

likely will make your stomach turn. you don't want to miss it. plus a bay area manñr makingñi h a team of men faced in books.

welcome back. takingñiñpp live look outside atñiñiñi theke çó goldedñgate bridge, añiúlrttle fog and cloud cover there $zm5át we thought this timeñi yesterday morning. 10 to 20 degrees çóñrwarmer butñi still chilly, as you head outçó this morning. vaa)qv rana willçó detail the microclimate weather alert g"s are under, because we are expecting rain later today. during t( with an estimated 7 million americans choosing to fly and while many of us worry about oerr seats on the planeñi or lostñr rethink that ñiin-flightñi meal. anñi nbc news investigation looked into the safety ofñi the food weñi eat on airplanes nbc's vicky >> reporter: good ñyorning. it turns outw3ñi there'sñiñrx:b

oversight. [h#ound hundreds of food safetyxd violations.ñiñ2 @r(t&háhp &hc% insiders say there are many more that go unchecked. this morning, what we learnedçó afterñi combing through the inspection reports for companies that make food for thetxc% q airlines in the country and why be carefuláb ñi ordering thatçó nextñi air19 meal. so many options at 30,000 feet.ñi íqummus, çósandwiches,ñr even hot ñi meals but sky-high diningq can be risky. way through the flightñi i startu feeling really ñrbad.ñr >> reporter: frequent flyerñr jason alderman says heñiñ ot foodñiçóñi poisoningñi eating duck ravioliqi on a flight last fáyear.ñi >> mostñr intense sickness i've ñi5xqr(t&háhp &hc% had. >> reporter: hu ) portedw3 itfáñr to 7 complaint with his local health department and then nothing.4 seems like thisçó can beñr allowed to continue to happen.ñi

poisoning each year but how many cases from airplane food? experts say it's hard to track because passengers might not get=)ñ sick rightñiñr away and thenmy scatter to differentñiñrñiñr ñrdestinations.ñi so justçó howñi safeçó isñiçóçó this food?ñiçó nbcçó newsñrçó looked through more {< inspection reports for three major airlineñiçó catering companies since çó2012.# we áet food safety[oñi violationsñi that might make yourñi stomach ui99ñ at çóñi7oolsgñi sky chef t(nbgáátákñi ñirodents, }lqp" r)r(rqákñr dirty pans and uis entills markel?7 as clean andñiçó liquidñiçóñi dripping from raw baconñi at gateçó gourmet, dusty fansçóñi blowing air on to uncovered food and dried foodñr on cutting boardsçó and gnyingñi group a live bird inside one facility and two instances ofçó listeria. >> theñi public'sçó atñi ñirisk.proy costa is aq former government experience. how can theseçó violations make people sick? ásñ allowing theó[ bacteria

to to get on the food, and then survive to th"1i]ñiñãñiñicustomer. >> reporter: another ñiecjrt%áyñ r(t&háhp &hc% how theñr foodçó gets delivered. >> nine flights a dayñi you were putting food on to thexdñr airplane? prince who asked us notñiñi to useñ his last name isñi añr former truck loader for lsg sky chef theñi workers unionñi nr contract negotiations brought him toxdkwj new york to speak with us.ñi >> wqi load the food in the truck, there' no zvac,ñiçó it's< fáçóñi very >> reporter: heñiñrçó said onceñi the food left theñi faur&ity it was onlyçó cooled by dry ice. did youñi everçó see the dry iceñi cp >> many times because phoenix is very hot. the dry ice is like it's very hot in añi couple minutes. >> reporter: from theç(áime the food is put on the truck to the time itñi gets )=(ñr on the airplane, how much time has gone by? >> likeçó twoçó and a half hoursñr or the ñiplaninñ >> reporter: how do you think passengers would react knowing what youñiñr k >> i never eatñi anything in a

>> reporter: all three companiesñi told nbc news they're committed c underg and externalñi audits, andñi said they take an action any time an issue isñrñvó identified.ñi flyingt(ok foodñr andñr gate gourmet adding they made investments to!.eú1zi &háhp &hcá5 theçó ñrñifda least every three to fiveñi years, and told usñiñiñr facilities are also local authorities, butqu freq(ent flyersñr like%ijason, the ñrçó take-away beforeñi ta t off? >> i'll grab something atñiñi the )%qj s)t.çóçó hungry. >> food safety experts say the number one food you should avoid, ñiseafood. also deli ñrmeats,çfairy and veggies are more prone to making you sick$xç!jezçui they ba. handled safely.çó3"9eq!%9 usually safe or just stiwz to the ñrprepackaged factory sealed snacks. board theñiñihtxdñr airplaneñiñiçóñi

or bring food from home. we have a lot more about this on÷k3- today.com.! >> vicky çówíue1ñ thançsq of six men to makeçóñi nautical history thisñr week. john petersen and five other men braved treacherousñi aters for 13 days to becomeñi the mq people to navigate çódrake's passage onñr sheerñr manpower. southernñr tip ofçó south america, they rode 24 hoursçóñrñi a+mdaylp toçó antarctica, to the south. the men hadñru dodge icebergs, even whales. this was all done by theñi wayñr on s 1 29-foot row boat.ñr38rr(t&háhp fr+q i tqáersen isñi añr principal at kiff bay area public school in c oakland. drake's passage is named after the 16thñrñiw3ñrçóçó century british explore explorer, sir francis drkk9ñ muni,ñrw3ñi caltrainñr and sanxdñi transçóçóçó are offeringñi free rides new xd year's eve in san xdñifranciscoñr and end all the way atçó 5:00 a.m.çóñi

on wednesday. for muni, this marks the 20th year the agency is giving freeçó ridesñi on new qyear's eve.ñi b.a.r.t. is offeringñr limited service until 3:00ym a.m.9ez çó monday, pardon meçó 3:00 a.m. on wednesday, but thoseñiñi rides will not bexd free. ñi7:17.çó let's check inñr with vianey arana with a lookçó at ourñiñiñi sundayko forecast. hard to believe we're looking ahead to new year's eveer aesar's eve. >> people are stillñr trying to get home fromçó christmas. >> yes. your commute.o this storm making its way in, which is why we're under a microclimate weatherñi ç alert. we want everybody tob prepared for what they can expect. nice shot of the bay ñrbridge i skies and right now theñr temperatures are actually a little warmerd a lotñi warmer in someñiçó spots. 46 degrees in san franciscoñi atñi çó53ñiñi degrees. take a look ak9ñsr the 24-hour temperature ç:óchangeñ because ofq those clouds and the amountçó f moisture that we haveñrçó n the air, it's çiok ofçó working asñrñiçó

a to% a little bit çówarmer. 17 degreesñr warmerym in napa, aqiçó 4xmeáju ?;hour. remember ñiyesterday weñi dippedñi downát eñ ñi is, the next stormçóñi ystem, alreadyçó making its ñrñrarrival, off theçó coast. this is a cold stormñi diggingñi down fromñiñi alaska, going to bring a lott( of çóxdinstability similar to the storm that weñrñi sawçó christmasñi day, but not as strong as:the one that we saw.xd now we're going to see some rain start to move in to theñiñr north bay, even starting to see instability up through theçó napa andqñrçó north bay, santa rosa area, for theñi first halfñi of theñi_' and then as we head toward theñi spread southward. i'm goingñi to take you through thatñi time line. 57 degrees right now xxected to be in the 40çós, jumping up by ten degrees in san jose to 57. 54 in ñrconcord. 55 inç"ñiñrqñrçóoakland. so the temperatures will be similar to what you see in the past couple of days and we haveçóñrñi

very own mobile doppler b 9 storm ranger is up andçyóçó scanning and as the cells begin to make their mov$kk storm ranger will be able to getñi some ofñr theñilp surface level images to really hone in on where that storm is 2ing its way. the time line 9:00 a.m.ñi notice+ the north so it will start by 9:00/10:00 a.m. santa rosa, san rafael, san ãf9%mco will start to see some lighter rain and by xdnoon we'll start to pick up someñ2 heavierqp santa rosa and ukiah. fd about 3:00/4:00 and it really begins to make its m[ southward, with someñi of the yellowñi and red pocketsñr getting a littleçó stronger. it will be mainly lightñr to colder storm with a lot of instability, so areasñr along th coastñi have theñi possibility of seeing açó chance for thunderstorms, which isñiñiçóçó what we're go now behind the trough is a coçó front. once that cold front begins to make its move the winds willçó kick up, turningñi breezyt(e1 sunday tómeázght into mondayñiçó morning but as

far as the rain ñigoes, it begins to make its way out east, and then monday morningñ uáu shouldçó startñi out fairly dry. rain totals ranging from a quarter inch to some ofñi theñrñrñiq higher totals in theçóñi santa cruzñi area. levels willñi drop nearñi 4,000çóó[+ñi+( feet for lake tahoe. please slow it çódown.ñs@r(t&háhp &hc% toward new yems eve, ñr wednesday, goodñi news, high 5u%uzñr will regain its ñ confidenceçó2dmminating into monday, tuesdayñi wednesday and thursday, and thenj0(çját heads to the sop$ñr be careful that igzauq+ineñ)hu)s&q have an impact headedk euz tonight andñi tomorrow.çó kira? >> ymvianey, çóñithanks. it is çó7:20. 3 ó "today iévhe bay." coming up, theñi highsçó and&ñ 2019, after the break we take a look back at the=ñ wsp) that was as we prepare tcr enter theñi

welcomeñi ño'e1back.

andçó nbc's jayñr gray hasçó añi closer lookñi >> nancy pelosi, içó extend to you this gavel. >> thank you. >> reporter0á! yearñr begins with change inko the nation's ñi @zitol, democrats taking control of the house.ñi still, washingtonñi remains f çó deadlocked and in ñidisarray. the business ofñi running theñi country î] by ñi allegations,ñi investigations and growing animosity. >>xd problematic isñi an t( understatement. >> reporter: special counselñi robert mueller releasesñzhis sv anticipated reportçóçó confirming russian interference in theok ñ 2016 election, qe)çó stopping just short of saying it influenced the outcome or then candidate donald trur, was involved. >> there was noéñ defenseçóñi to this ridiculous hoax, this witch hunt. >> re÷/.írer: the chillñi of conflict grippingñi capitol ñrhill, while winter brings a deep

freeze. >> this is ançó event unlike any we've seen in a generation. >> reporter: record ñilows, far belowñr zero andñi dozen)1 of communities, the polar vortexñi taking livesw3 across the country unbearable conditions giving wayw3çó to ñrunimaginable painñi andñi ñiç theq echo ofçó gunfire ringing out in schools, businessesñi festivals and houses ofñi worshipñi across the country twoñi deadlyñi attacks in asñr manyñi days at twoxd navy b in el paso and dayton, 31 killed in less thançó 24 ñrhours.3 >> it's got to stop. it's just got to stop. how many moreñi of us doñi we have to die? çporter: motherç?r natureñr also unleashes a string of attacks.çó hurricaneçó dorianñi ravaging theñr bahamas before battering the ñr u.s., tornadoesñr rippingñiñr apart communities,ñiñi floodwatersx i]ñr slowly midwest and flames movi&/ at a

much quicker paceñr awmmqu,ñi ñi c5á p r(t&háhp &hc% it was, ñrthough a different the wj&d cup. the u.s.ñi women ñiçóñrr biggest win is the team's2óñr unwavering fight forr >> wu ñr to beqñrñi better. we haveçó to love more hate çóless.ñ >> reporter: tygi3"ck the clocyó at the masters for the first timefever the nbaçóñr united states while theñi nationals brought theñiñi trophyñr for america's past time home to the ñi nation'sçó capital.çó >> it'sñi an historic ñfuááy >> reporter: nasañkiñr jessicañiñ andçó christina fákoñi the first all-women team to walk and wr repairing its 737 ma1o =/%jetlinerñi after it was pulledñi fromçó serviceñi and regaining public trust afte]dñiñr twoñiçóñr deadly xdcrashes. >> may day, may day,+: >> reporter: 34 lost as a boat

explodes into flames off theñi cali!g)ii ñi >> my heart b$m for everyone in the vessel. >> reporter: his aus coupers say their chance atñi justiceñi is lost, after jeffrey epstein is found dead in hisçóçó his sex traffickinge1 trial. the court battle continuesñi for parents, not students, caught cheating,çó after a federalñr investigation targeting dozensçó t-pincluding two hollywood stars ofçó taking part in a nationwide s%=11 admissionsxl ñiscandal. an actorçóé@ jussie smollett finds himself at theñi center9ez a real l!ñi drama claiming tos7ñr falsely be theçó5u)s of a hate crime while a teacher embraces the dallasowjóñ police officer convicted of murdering his ñibrother. there was no love lostw3 on the campaign trail, sixñrñi debates highlighting a crowdedçó democratic field while the man they hope to replace -- there was no quid pro quo.

>> reporter: it fighting for hisñi job. >> article one isñiçóñi adopted. >> reporter: impeached by the house. >> we have done whatxd we had set out to do, the houseñi has acted united states.t-p>> reporter: theñr story certainñi to dominate theñiñiñi newñi year. jay fáñiñiñigray,ñiñiñr nbc ñinews. >> at 9:$:bñ we have much more ahead onçóçó "today in the bay." coming up, a new ñrseason forçó at(ñr outhernñrñi californiaçó race÷r"ckñi plagued withçó deadly mproblems. the changesñi santaok anita is making toñzi ñ keep horsesñrñre1ñi safe. plus an explosionveiñi plane crash inçóñrñiñiñi louisianqóçó leavesñxg people d(p". we areñiñi learning moreñi about the=ñ people onñi board the plane as e @r(t&háhp &hc% d game.ñi an take you to ireland's lush, green pastures. where grass-fed cows produce rich, creamy milk for a truly delicious taste. kerrygold. the taste that takes you there.

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thanks for joining us on thismy final dayñr of sunday çó23 i'mñiçó kira çóklapper. vianey arana has a look at theçó microclimate weather aleqdx you say rain is on the way. >> if you're in town ñiçóvisiting the rainçóñi catch youñr off!u guard asñi you sig/t-see. take añi coat andko umbreílc. at theñi shark tank. 46 degrees, it's not asçóçó cold tih morning as wha.3 weñr woke up to yesterday but it's añr still - palo alto.ñie1 45 in santa rosa. 53 in san francisco andñrvjjy look at this temperature change. it's prettyñi jfçóimpressive. look how much warmer ouxiñrnb5a temperatures are runningñi in napa. 17 degrees, santa rosa 14ñi çó @r(t&háhp &hc% degrees. pacifica 18 degrees thanks to q blanket to keep the temperatures at bay. satellite radarçó showing theñr stormñi churning"n off the c

expected to makeq itsñi arrival right now b+añ mainly for the north bay. so the rest of the bay area can expectñi to see theçó dry conditions so get youre1 errands out now. i'll taket( youñi through the exact t ejt of this andñjr how much raina' cf1 o we're getting coming up in about 15 minutes. >> we look forward toi] seeing youñi then. be sure toñi çódownloadñi uz free mobil (p whereñi you can get ñrñi% upto the minute weather coverage and tailoredfá forecasts right forfáñid your ñe1ñrgcñi ñzi famed "mythbusters" host adamñrfá savage this weekend led hist(e million-plus twitter followers on a different kind of adápu 'qeu his mission district home.ñrñrñr "today in the bay's" sergio çó quintana saysñi it's not the first time savage has been a victim of crime. >> reporter: this was not how ñrñi turn out, two tow trucks in the ñi recently stolen classic toyota u suv. >> it's daéckng lesso&52%uár

god.çó this is what's happening todsy. ñiñrokñi so i'm tweeting it, i'm getting ñi bringing along my followers withñr this journey.ñrñie1e1 >> reporter: he noticed the rareñiçó< toyota oq about 7:00 a.m., shortly after ñiñiñi officer ahmwed up at his door.ñiokñiñr n9 he said do you drive i táyçóçóçóçófá yona at that?çóñiçó me you found it. he goes yeah, they found it, ñi buried pretty deep. áp&ley.ñiw3 >> reporter: this is not the çó stolen.ñiñi in september someone broke int ñiçóçóñi used on the "indiana jones" çóñrñiñr themed show.ñi land cruiser out. it wa& isn't too bothered by the incident. >> we might have crime in the ñiñiñrñyp r(t&háhp &hc% city but i grew up in new york çó city an#h and new york city in the '80s

was way worse than any american city we have these days. t)qáhátup)e used to be a literal walking nightmare.ñi >> reporter: sergio quintana, "nbc bay area news."ñi a high stakes political øhq5 this weekend.t(çó late fridayajut)esident ñiñi trump retweeted a post that ñixdñi included the alleged name of theñi anonymous whistle-blower who ?;d touched off the impeachment ñiçó that posr+áqqsr'glyh"d ñi disappeared but then a few hours ago, it reappeared.udk"táweets on some accounts to be çó visible to somu@ q by the way, naming the xdr whistle-blower would violate fed_áut(urjrlaws. and the president is once ñi again taking aim at california ñr for its homeless problem.ñrfáñiçóçóe1 trump yesterday tweeted in the mo rng that "california and new york must do something about their tremendous homeless problems. if their governors can't handle the situation which we should be k"tp!le to doç?$u must call and politely ask for help. governor gavin newsom's ñr

responded with an article of ñiñrñrçó trump's decision to decline federal aid to help with california's homeless problem.çóçóñi there's potentially been another anti-semitic qt%- new york. five people were stabbed at a rabbi's home in monsey, new çóñr aboutñr 35 miles north of new york city. all five victims rushed to the hospital.ñrñr it's not clear how seriu[ their a senior law enforcement official tells nbc newsçó that a suspect was2fmund in manhattan.ñiñiñiñiñi string ofñr attacks on the jewish community weeks. saturday marks the seventhñi night of hanukkah.ñiçóçójf now to añi fiery plane crash in louisiana. fiveñoó people are dead,ñi throeñ othersçó seriously hurt.ñie1 among reporter. chsks pallone explains.ñrñiñru >> reporter:ñi çó horrific scene inñiñiçóñiçó lafayette, louisiana, saturday çó

morningétr(t&háhp &hc% cel wreckage ofqñi a small planeñrçóçóñi scattered across añi post office - parking lot in and nearbyçó field on fire moments afterñi crashing.ñr the plane took offñiñr momentsñr before from lafayette regional airport about a mailñ)iñi away en route to atlanta. witnesses tellñi nbc newsxdñrñr the ñnbe1 xiuq) twin turbo prop u ñi to have engine trouble. the weather wasu visibility. officials say there we2pñüár people on the ñiplane, five confirmed killed and one survivorñiñrñi badly burned and rushed to a nearby hospital.ñr officials say three peopleñr on severely. officialsçó confirm2aoongok the dead sports reporter carley mccord who worked for wdsu, the nbc affiliateñi in new orleans daughter-in-law of offensive coordinator steve ensminger. >> we just learned there has been a small plane crash thatñi took offçó fromñi ñilafayette on its way to the ñigame. >> reporter: ñiwdsu's president

said in a statemqtao"we areñi devastated by the loss of such '- an amazing talente1 and valued mene1 of our wdsu ñrçófamily. the ñintsb and ñbt(p are investigating the cause ofçó theçó crash." mccord isñi the second new orleans tv reporter killed in a plane crash this year. in august nancy parker died whenñi a plane she wasçó riding in during a story shoot crashedñiçó in new orleans. chris pallone, nbc news.çóñr ñr atçó a memorialñr service to celebrateñi the lifeñr ofñrñr clayton beathard, the messageñi goneñi through never forgotten.ñiçó he is9 the youngerñr brother of san quarterbackko c.j. ñibeathard. the 22-year-old henq ace friend were stabbed to death outside of a barñr last week. fzi nds and family attended theñi service inñmfr;-1%91ññi tennessee whereçó c$iváon once attended prep c.j. andñrñrñii]ñr his siblings took to the stage and spoke about their brother with heartfelt stories and messages.

was ñrflat.ñiñr [ laughter ]çó andñi everybody, everybodyñi goes toxd clay it's not yrflat. he çósmiled, knowingçó hat he knows the answerñr toçóçóñi that questiq >>ñiñi beathard'sñrçóçó$x parents say the family is relying heavily on thpp) faith to get throughñi ñrñithis andñiñi it thanjuñi the community for back hereñiñi locally anñi east bay community inb/ñimj)ning, after three teenagers wereñi killed inñi a christmas nightñlcar crash. they all plan to come t[q! ]'q=i] begin their healing.ìa vigil is setñr for tonight at those students high school in ñiçóñi d(bl]ytr(t&háhp &hc% there is growingçó concern about what someçó are calling a dangerousçó3w tributeçóbuzó[ thgs students.pfriends and]/> family whoó[t(ñr arehtñr mourning ñr16-year-oldñi :9lhael and mark ñrñieurista and javi$ui(5%i ñrxdñiñiñiñr who were killed on a winding and narrow road in 3 9q=99ññr on facebook neighbors posted i]i]ó[ concerns about other teens ñrñiñre1 performing driving stunts as tribute on that same stretch ocpñrñrñrñr dangerous road.ñr many skid marks have been made

since wednesday night. one neighbor told us she woke upñi to the sound of squealing tires.ñiñiñiñis7xdçóñz >> i guess these tributes are ñrçó what the kids do these days. >> how can we help not just the students but like the families kind of talk and work past the grief that they have.ñiñiokñrñr >> there have been at least ñrñrñiñr on foothill road since 2007 çó teens.ñr tonight's vigil at dublin high school will be held from 5:00 toñiñiçó 6:00 p.m.çóñrñrçó ñi ññr at 7:38 a follow-up to an s]5a= joseñi that happened last month.çó policeñr released this bodyñi camera footage showing the dramatic struggle betweenñi two san jose police officers and the manñrñiñrçóxd who pulled a gun during a traffic ñiñhr(t&háhp &hc% stop. )p't happened on november 9th on highway 85, theñi 29-year-oldçó suspect wapkilled.ñr theñi video clearly shows off[cgrs warning andñi then tasingñi andrewñr

robertsçó before opening fire. roberts had a lengthyñr criminal record andñrçóu patroli] car two weeks beforeçótthatñi shooting. !ñi vallejo police department has been in the newsok lately after severalñi officer-involved shootings over #p%! lastñi few years. so our investigativeñraer dug further andñi looked at (& use of forceñi incidents, not just fatal çóñr shootings. our investigative unit found a police departmentñr itself. the unit's review of nearlyñi 20 years of use ofñi forceñi cases have been named 145çó timesñi in state and federal lawsuits

orimw in the department, with aboutbñimy 100 officers, officers came upçóñiñi again and again. coming up ñrtonight, we take our and to oneñrçó officer whose name is at the top of that list. hear what they both have to say tonight at 9:00 p.m. andñiñi 11:00 p.m. and if you have a story for our investigative unit g)(ñ us call 888-996-tips or visit ourñi çóñi website, ñrñiçó nbcbayarea.com/investigations. ÷h&s weehu4 (protests and5mmyñiw3ñrçóñi mounting safetyñi concerns. here are the horses warminghux yesterday. the track schedulp& opening was postponed a few days, due to rain. there has beenñi increasingñi pressure fromnb aieal rightsok activists to close thew3ñi track all together, after 37 horses diedñi santa anita saysçó they have introduced new safety." protocols and newñr preventativeñi medical

equipment. proactive, as you know we've had a myriad of issues this year and we're happyxd toñi reportçó that these newçó procedures andñi everything have been mm horsemen. we know we have to chaneñrñiçó to >> the california horse racing at 7:41 we are shifting ñiñiñ!ót gears.@-d(the 49ers are in theñi great northwest and soxnare their fans. it's going to be a little primeñi %"táime battler here on nbc bay area tonight. anthony floresñiñi joins us from seattle, with a preview.ñi÷

i'm anthony floor necessaryt( seattle where the 49ers are inñi town for añi çóshowdown with the seattle seahawks in añi game could you see right here onñr nbc bay area. so muc @q stake for the niners,ñr a win and they're the top seed in the nfc butñ loss and they

d nez the way to the fifth seed. the 49ersñi haveñr not beaten the eve of ñrçó2011, butñrçó their troubles '- go n,ond playing at century lunch. seattle hasñiçó eaten theñiñip4ders in including an ñiçóñiñixdovertimexd thriller earlier this season at levi's ñi stadium. >>ñi what happemu in the past or future hasñinb nothing"áz do with the three and a halfçó hours onçó sunday. >> it's a big dealñi for us.çó the first roundbye guys can 7 upñi andñi alsoñr weñrñrñi haven't beatr it will mma)hp lotñi to the >>t( seemsñr likeñ@dvery week is a big ( j nd this time of year they allñiñr are. we'reñi going in there withñr ther these guys andçó make it happen. õkake for theñ@59ersc. añi winñr and=)qinfc. reminder the game kicks off 5220.5= ßqe

wibnñ watch the game rheht here onçó nbc bay ñiarea, xdkickoff is atñi !ñ$ ñ be sure toñi stick around after the game forñr our live report from our own janelle jfwang, andñiçó at s7ñiñr7:45,ñ e still have much more@ aheñ2p" on!u "today in the bay." coming upçó as theñr year comes to an ñiend,ñiñr politicalt( analyst larry gerstonbyoins us live to discuss the biggest stories o> it(çóñr

it's time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart b ed. can it help keep me asle ep? absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comforta ble. the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only $12 99. plus 0% interest for 24 months on all beds. ends new year's d ay. . welcome back. for anyone interested inçó politics, 2019 certainly will be38rr(t&háhp &hc%#a year to remember. our nbcñ$(pv areaçó úoq%1 >> good morning. >> good morning, great toñiñr see with a list of hotñi topics so speak that fraeó thatñi extraordinary year. if you can,d n iional picture. >> yes,ñi that's an% áv one. it5sñi a freebie if you want to use that word. we got to begin withu impeachment.ñiñi come on. >> right. >> of president donald trump who

is only the third president everñr to suffer that ñiñrñiunpleasant distinction. at issueçó here isñi not only what trump may or may not havele7 done but also serious questions of how weñi asñi americansñr define ourselves, ourfá values, our leaders. consider a serious enough offense to remove a presidentw3 or doñ other? another conìáhp &hc% theúuamework of the trial. will it be ñifair? will it bexdxd açó sham? trial will form muchçó of theçót(ñi foundation for the 2020 >ti t)esidential election as well as the elections to the house and the senate. so in this sense, we$b not onlyñiñi thinking about the next few months, kira, but really the next four years and more. impeachment will not be the only thing that voters talk about and think about in the coming m but2bglieve me it's going to be a big part of whatñiñi we think and do. >> ñiinteresuk6ga so we takex> you from the nation

what do you think abouts7ñrñiñi california? >> another thing weñi un goñi along with ñiñrforever,çó ñrright, añi half han hour,ñrñr of things to talkñrçób/about. we couldñi talkñi aboutçó peoplefáçóñiñiçsw about governor é% [ gunfire ] andñrçó --ñi --a- $ @r(t&háhp &hc% --ñiñi gaviélewsom andñr adam [miff andçó na' haveñié@ñiñr to beñr the role of pg&e inñi the state's 5aeconomy, climateñi ands investigators have heldñi açó huge power company responsible for ac number ofñi major fires, and withñiçóñ it ac@á9q1 for the poorqñr management that's gone onñi especially whençójf it comdñçó to neglected facilities, maintenance, thingsñr likeñiñi that. (buçó losses ofñi( lives and my property, so serious wasçó the company's mismanagementçó that it qq(sp)ed bankruptcy for the second time. the firstñiñr of the aftermathñi of the san brunoñry

years ago. can expect rolling blackoutsçó for at least fivee1 more years because of the company's hugeñr backlog of badlyñi needed repairs. it's ironic thatñiçó we're suffering century. someçó politi@q wayñiñr suchñi asñr sam liccardo of san jose are so upg- manac demanding the company become a true publicñrñi utility,çó and as we read a few days ago,ñi we'll all the company çóovercome its most recent crisis. >> oh boy, we could go onñi and on about çóthatçyóçóñi but let's keep gettingñi smaller, what standsñi outpmptoçó you locally in the bay area?ñi >> the goodñr news/bad news the economy. the greater bay areaxd hasw3 incredibly lower unemployment. think about it 2.6% now in the ñrñi economy, jf2.3% in santa clara county.ñiñi

2.0% in san francisco. compareñr these with the averageçó of 3.9% and you get the idea. this])s+qp)xd alone ñr46%çó of all new states have gone to the bay okç$ r(t&hom0+) area, whichçó have only çó2.4% of the çócountry's population. that's theñr6zñi goodçóñrçó news. nowptihe bad ñrñe#m1ñ a largeñr swatheçó of the area'sjf workforce can't affordçó to live here dueñuz severeñi &guár'g costs andçó shortages. since 2010, the average rentw3 inñr san francisco has soared by ñr70%.""k"tr' san jose byñr çó7tj z and in oakland by çóñrxd108%.ñi nationally since okñi2010 rent has qñr increased byçóñr only 34%. these days, youñiñiñrçó can't go to a servicwó business withoetr seeingñi result, yeah,j>d people are ñi leaving:c= since ñiçóçóçóñrñi2010, more peopleñi left t%- enough people leaveñr"cause of theñiñi affordabilityçóñi issues, theñr

rest of usçó mayñiñiçóñi learn to live --ñi live to learn añrñi lot moreñi about 'c underscores the (o9q thatñrñi goodñr news ññi andñrñrñiçó bad newsñr often travel >> balance in a way. so we ñi impeachment.ñó @r(t&háhp &hc% we have pg&e. w p+e the good and badñr of the local ecntmy. what doçóñiñiñrñiçóçó you make ofñiñiñiñi these variedñiñr >> just that varied varied.ñrñi we may be one country, but we have a lot of us facing veryñr complicated? issuesñi withñrñr potentially serious ñioutcomes.ñi>x@r(t&háhp &hc% politically these are the kindsñi so fascinating asñrñr we exit one know that we're probably goingñi to have the saañ kindñiçó of things to grapple with next year.ñr >> and the next decade. larry asñi always, thanks to you for all y vianeyñr has the last look at weather, right after this.p,

w3 morning. it is 7:5 we are under ai] r(tf o microclimaev] ! alert. here it ñiis>ó the rain making itsñr en>r live lookñr over the city the rain drops coming down our our camera, expectingñiñi to to trek further south throughout the rest of the ñrday. the current temperaturesñr juytñ changedñi that's how áu know these are current and up to 49 dermes inñr ñroakland. 47 right now in concord. 46ñi in san ohe. noticeably warmer compared to yesterday's temperatures, because ofñi allqçó of thatñi cloud

cover fromñibáju(árq" storm system. the first system isñi a trough. it'sñr going to start to digúdtwn already starting to see lightñi rain you couldç! francisco but thisokñ heavier rain is expected to start out inñr thee1e1 napañi north bay,ñr santa rosa area in through thet( afternoon andñrçó spohen by about 12:00 it's going to continue its stretch further down ñisouth. againkoçó in the 50s and noñi major change in temperature&;ñçó 55zgzñié@ ñroakland.ñr 55 in san francisco. 57 in san jose, andñiñr let'sñztalk about what's onçóok deckñiñiñi forñru hour-by-hour ñioutlook. storm ranger is up and scanning. this is our mobile doppler rada% look atñr the storm cellsñi moving into the north bay rightñi ñinow. s looking? how much rain are we tracking?ñr here it is, starting to seew3ñr é-7qb u ain toçó 9 majority oñ] that rain is north. areas north,t theñr goldqegat@r(t&háhp &hc% bridge and by about 12:00 we'll start to the half moonñiñi bay area, theçó peninsula, we'llçó startçó to see though could creep inó a little earlier. m i as weñi head in towards theñi

evening çó4:00, 5:00çóçó it becomes widespread w( a chanceñi ofçó í thunderstorms by theñr afternoonçó elevation snow so if you had plans to head to the ñisierra, plñ& u(qñi çócareful. another quick note, fátoo, for all of my fellowñr commuters drivingñrñr down the grapevine for newao year's ñi5aeve, goodw3 news isñr new!u year's eveñi is dryo

followed by a special edithmn of "nbc bay area news" at 9:00 and of course ourñiçó friends and colleagues will be back tonight at çó11:00. until then we hope you stay up to date on nbcbayarea.com. have a great sunday.ñimññi looking around here i see tablets, laptops printers, smartphones.

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