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good evening we begin with breaking news out of the east bay. police are searching for man and woman accused of kidnapping an amazon driver. police say a car crashed into an amazon truck in the delivery driver got outside and woman got outside of the suspect car and into the truck, forcing the driver to go to nearby bank of america. a second suspect, a man followed in the dark-colored suv and investigators say they forced the driver to withdraw money from their account. then, the suspects drove the amazon driver to bank of america in dublin where he tried to withdraw money but there was a problem with the transaction for that is when the suspects took off. the amazon driver was not hurt. no arrest has been made and we
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have reached out to amazon have not heard back. our other story, we had a soggy tart of the weekend and here is a look at the view from oakland earlier today. probably causing some problems there. meteorologist rob mediator. >> the big winner on the map is marion county of two words can feel, but ross valley watershed 2 to 3 inches of rain came down the last you hours the last 24 hours i should say. more than an inch of rain and even downtown san jose, close to 13 inch of rain, much of what we see this weather pattern following the last 24 hours, right now store major there top the mountains scanning a few scattered showers moving up to the south and east where we are seeing a lot less now compared to what we saw earlier this morning.
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the storm is on the way out, we are not expecting a whole lot more in terms of accumulation are generally less than a 10th of an inch of rain between now and midnight. you can see, skies cleared behind us rain which is setting up the next part of the weather picture for the weekend. if you are in the north you know those winds have been picking up. nursing wind gust 20-30 outside right now. by this time tomorrow night we will see wind gust from the hills above 45 miles an hour. so the rain is moving out, but gusty winds moving it for your sunday forecast. we will take a closer look at that and when the rain chances return for the holiday forecast coming up in the 70 outlook,,, in a few minutes. keep tabs on our wet weather even when we are not on the air. download our free app, he confided typing in your zip code and see when the rain will fall in your area. the weather in san francisco, and aipac is over. the city starting to return to normal.
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shortly after the event, barricades were still around the fairmont center in my stony center and this is video from last night. >> reporter: you roads remained close around my stony center while crews are moving out equipment. un-housed people who stay nearby say now that the summit is over it is easier for them to find a place to sleep. visiting people visiting the city sent the city seemed overall cleaner. >> i hope that can maintain this very do we need more leaders like chinese president xi jinping to come and visit this place? >> sidewalks parking garages and muni service should be back to normal by monday. but you can expect sidewalk impacts and crews are working on the weekend. conflict in gaza continues to be a flashpoint in american conflict. protesters are disrupting a key
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democratic event in sacramento. they are demanding a cease- fire, this is having with the california democratic party's endorsing the convention. protesters interrupted several times, running to replace the late dianne feinstein. an hour ago protesters showed up for nearby march, convictions was cut short as the center went on lockdown. no word yet on any arrests. a summer day of remembrance in east bay, people gathering at an open cemetery to commemorate 45 years ago as a jonestown massacre. live four people who died in the murder-suicide are buried in evergreen cemetery, nbc christie smith was there and spoke with people impacted the tragic events. >> i am actually a survivor of jonestown and a former member of the people's temple. yulanda williams came to oakland today were even smart 45 years since the massacre
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jonestown. >> i left approximately a year and a half before the incident happened in jonestown. however, remained remember under the order of jim jones, who had threatened my life if i would leave along with the members of my families lives. and so, we stayed, in people's temple until the first part of 1978. >> reporter: in 1965, jim jones moved his people's temple church from indianapolis to san francisco and started jonestown in guyana in the jungles of south america. on november 18, 1978, jones let a mess murder-suicide, which claims more than 400 lies including children. jonestown memorial is at evergreen since cemetery in east oakland. >> we cannot stand by idly when we know something is wrong. you have to be careful of these leaders who engage in religion,
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and they try and come into your churches and really, nothing is going to be given to you freely . there is always a cost. >> reporter: the first remembrance was planned before noon. >> it's a memorial commemoration , remembrance of who they were, and what they could have become. i could have been doctors agreement of the 45th anniversary gathering was held this afternoon. among those in attendance, john cobb, whose family members died at jonestown. >> they were great people, beautiful people, and it is sad and terrible, the tragedy that happened to them. but we try to come here not so much to mourn, because morning for 45 years, if you mourn so long you become comfortable and let them be forgotten. >> reporter: in oakland, christie smith. taylor swift has canceled tonight show in brazil because
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of extreme heat. this came after an of and died after last night's performance. she posted on instagram saying she was shattered. the fan became sick and paramedics took her to the hospital where she died. it's not clear if her death was tightly. you can see video outside of the stadium yesterday showing vans under umbrellas the news on social media taken during last nights concerts that people need water. fans complained they couldn't bring water into the stadium for swift is also scheduled play in real tomorrow, tonight shows been rescheduled for monday. the drama san francisco- based tech company open a.i. continues. tonight, we have learned investors are pushing to bring back ousted ceo sam altman, who was fired today after speaking at aipac. he has been the face of the a.i. boom since chatgpt loss last year just a few hours ago, nbc learned that microsoft and capital are among several open
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a.i.'s top factors that are requesting altman's reinstatement. cnbc obtained a memo sent by open a.i. c2 employees, he wrote that everyone was taken by so verizon he has had many conversations with the board to try and understand that decision. he added there was no wrongdoing, but breakdown communication between altman and the board. space x has made headway in his mission help nasa return to the moon. successfully lost his make a rocket starship in his face. that was the test flight that took off from texas this morning. starship lifted up and about 10 minutes later space x lost contact with the automated system on for the rocket probably triggered it to self- destruct. no one was on board, spacek said it achieved important milestones with these test flights. now store much closer to home and telemundo 40 kickoff
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her nursing neighbors drive this morning. >> reporter: you made seen similar crews today we are at 13 bay area safeway stores for the start of the campaign for for many struggling to make ends meet the holidays can be stressful, that's why we partnered with safeway to help raise funds for food banks who rely on these donations. >> no one should have to go hungry especially during the holidays and we are thankful for this partnership with safeway and nbc telemundo. so if you donate to second harvest, and safeway when you're shopping, $10 provides enough food for 20 meals and is days right here. you're helping neighbors right here. >> reporter: marcus washington and she looks familiar. gl looking good. >> were june sweeney valley today?
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>> reporter: we really raised more than$136,000 since this morning. since this morning, it's amazing. money that was serving food nk serving 11 bay area counties. if you would like to help us nourish us, you can visit your local safeway and donate at the register and runs now through christmas day. coming up, thanksgiving is a few days away and record numbers of people will be traveling. what you need to know before you hit the road. plus some bay area ping-pong continues. team usa in paris. still fighting scattered showers around the bay area, soon the showers will move out and gusty wind moved in for your sund
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we are following developing news out of the middle east is single, so reportedly close to deal to freeze the fighting according to debbie as secretary for the white house. washington post reported the u.s. is broken -- has brokered an agreement that was is been the fighting for five days and allow more humanitarian aid in the gaza. under current turns the initial israeli hostages would be released. concern about the hostages, have put mounting pressure on israel to wage this war with hamas differently for more than 100 countries have called for an immediate cease-fire. the united states is not among those countries.
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attendance more than doubled for this year's bazaar. proceeds will go to the emergency aid for gaza. is a live look at sfo which is racing for russia polity travelers. listen to this. airlines expect most air travelers ever this holiday season. cheaper airfare and fewer concerns later okay the question is whether or not airports can handle the spike. faa says a shortage of air traffic controllers after series of close calls, 77% of atc facilities remain
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understaffed. that is why the faa is moving to train traffic controllers on the job, increase classroom sizes and hire more military controllers. bay area native and three timetable tennis champion lily zhang is in paris. she helped represent her team the bay area blasters u.s. major table tennis competition this is the league's inaugural season last night's victory qualify the team for the upcoming olympics in paris but that does not mean trend -- zhang the shoe in. those three players will be determined by lipid trial coming up in march. zhang vividly remembers the opening ceremony of our first olympics when she was just 16. >> celine serena williams to my right and colby williams to my left. i think that moment just cemented the belief i have in
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my ability and the capability keep going and get better results. i am hoping to one day be able to metal for team usa. >> lilia was born in redwood city she went to cal and considers the bay area her own. she is only competed three times since the six-time u.s. channel. half moon bay a flurry of activity to give back to farmworkers i have thanksgiving day. today was the fourth annual thanksgiving game giveaway. dozens of volunteers pitched in to pack up bags with a big spread of food, tortillas, eggs, milk, and over 350 farmworker families were served in the special event. we told you few minutes ago nbc bay area telemundo 48 drive is underway. they were buzzing on redwood
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highway, talking with customers and back one woman said i was kind of hoping marcus washington would be here. >> reporter: he was out, but not at that one. >> i was the consolation prize. you guys had fun, was ringing the bell they gave us bells this year. people were a little confused but i told them, no, i told them who we were as you can see here, we gave out flyers. we were the safeway in alameda. we partnered with safeway to raise money for local food banks. with your help we have already raised $36,000. incredible. you might recognize this guy there he is, meteorologist rob mayeda at the safeway in danville , and rob how's it looking there? >> reporter: we got there every year, this is the danville safeway and dan and lisa and they are out there rain or
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shine. but folks were coming in and we had a great time there. tomorrow, sunshine and still clear through the holiday season. rob, you're saying the rain is moving out, but gusty winds? >> we are seeing that up around mill valley and the wind speed is starting to increase. clearing skies but not quite done with the rain yet. we will so you where in a moment . right now, 63, in san jose, there are a few raindrops on the camera lens in walnut creek. nosed is the when west, southwest at 16 and similar conditions and deliver more, west at 17. let's show you the rain total around the bay area. they have come up, this looks more like november if i lippert santa rosa over two inches of rain. let's rewind some of these averages. going back just five days ago, you see those rain deficits? now you see really for the last 24 hours or so, the rain we've
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made some improvements around san francisco, which did get an inch of rain in the last 24 hours and starting make up some of that area and the try area. even scene of the golden gate bridge near san francisco approaching livermore and pleasanton down to sonoma, downtown san jose there's a pretty good shower just north of downtown. but the coverage in terms of what we are seeing on the radar continues to be on the decline for it most of the moisture of the storm is headed off to the east. that trend will continue in what's left of the showers, shut down overnight, look at that mostly sunny skies tomorrow. and we will see breezy conditions and sunshine to wrap up the weekend, kind of a chilly start tomorrow. as we passed noon and head into the afternoon, highs tomorrow, low 60s but really the wind is the story, 62, san francisco in a san jose and 60 south of downtown san jose. but look at the at these wind speeds. there is a purple showing up from about late afternoon into sunday night you see it there, north a hills, diablo range,
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gust close to this time tomorrow night we will also see that around the santa cruz mountains from 7:00 tomorrow evening to about 11:00 sunday night. those going to monday and speeds do start to come down. next chance of showers coming up possibly wednesday night into the very early part of our getting. but not like what we just went through. in fact, most of the showers should move out by the time we wake up on thursday morning. next weekend looks mostly sunny and dry. this might be the last of the significant rain for while, as we track gusty and blustery conditions tomorrow around the bay area. temperatures are staying in the 60s and we had to work monday and tuesday though showers you see on thursday, breathe, probably out of here by 7:00 a.m. but cold enough for snow and possible winter weather advisory for this year on thanksgiving day. so, plan and you may have some winter driving conditions if you're heading east of the bay area on thanksgiving day. >> dry and pleasant in the 60s in the afternoon?
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fantastic, rob, thank you. still to come, ski season is here. we are going to take you to the popular sierra resort prepared to open this week. and nbc bay area area and telemundo 48 are making sure that everyone has a meal on the table this holiday. as you well know, that jeff ranieri and telemundo 48 encouraging people to donate.
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welcome back, i'm anthony flores, they are celebrating in berkeley . cal is taking home the ax for the third year in a row after the golden bears beat stanford on the bar. the 126 division of the game one of the oldest rivalries in college football. second quarter, cal flying the friendly skies, fernando mendoza
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hook that would try brazil, ,50 for their second touchdown of the game. bears up double digits at happier third quarter, the cardinal cutting into the lead daniels hits tiger for the touchdown. it was a 6-point game, mendoza thomas third touchdown pass of the game, jeremiah hunter fights his way in, cal beat stanford 21-15 for the golden bears, and their fans stormed the field, when next week over ucl a and the golden bears are bowl eligible. >> i'm just proud of the team that continues to fight and a bunch of different guys stepped up making plays and helpless when the game. as you mentioned, people have been coming to the skin for 30- 70 years and it means a lot and just an honor to be part of it. and again, like i said this is an incredible moment to sit here and watch the people enjoy it. >> in the nfl the 49ers host
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tampa bay tomorrow afternoon, it is the second year in the row these two teams meet at levi stadium. last season, brock. had a coming-out party out against the boxford it was the rookie quarterback making his first nfl start after replacing the jamika ruffalo in the previous game. he tossed two touchdown passes and ran for another score against the bucks. he showed the 49ers in that game that he has what it takes to be qb number one. i asked him earlier this week to reflect on the special moment in his career. >> looking back it's always sort of fun to see where i was, i was trying to make my nfl and started making a name for myself. so it's a good move memory for sure. >> look at that, what a sight for sore eyes. stefan curry back in the lineup tonight, could not come at a better time. the warriors tried to snap their five-game losing streak the taking on the thunder. curry missed the last two games
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with a right knee sprain. he had 25 in the game, second order on this reason in the fourth, andrew wiggins, coming up with a big three-pointer to get the warriors of three-point lead. but watch what happens. under two seconds ago, and ted whole-grain berries the three, they go into overtime and the thunder pull away, they go on to beat the warriors with a final score of 130-123. the warriors have now lost six in a row. that is look at sports, the news will continue, right after this. wow, that was a very short break. >> you are saying on thursday were so upset because they lost that game, too. >> anyway, tonight was heartbreaking. tell me something that's not heartbreaking, rob. >> easy out there tomorrow, temperatures in the low 60s at levi stadium, more of that and
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