are. a powerful quake hits northern california, triggering a tsunami warning across the bay area. but not for everyone. the concerns some residents have after emergency sirens did not go off for one coastal community. plus, the face of a suspected killer. new images of the man wanted for murdering a health care ceo. as policeocus on the days before the deadly shooting. and a live look outside. it is fririday and we e tracking your end of the week forecast. and we're also checking in on your morning drive times. this is today in the bay. a good friday morning to you i'm marcus washington. and i'm kira klapper in for laura garcia. a lot to get to in terms of the forecast. so let's get to that with meteorologist kari hall. happy friday kari. happy friday. and we are starting out. all clear. live. look outside in san francisco as we go into the weekend. it's going to be mild and dry. the

weather we've had throughout the week continues for the next few days, but it will be slightly cooler early next week and then we'll be watching for some rain possible into next weekend, so it may be that long before we see rain again, but we're starting out. temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s heading out. and here's a look at our highs. check out your microclimate once again. mostly back in the upper 60s. mike, you're saying you may see some fog in the north bay? yeah, i was asking you about that. is that right? and you said peperhaps. s i took a look at te san rafael camera. we see a little glow over the hill heading south. no problem for the drive. and folks through the north bay are kind of used to this, right? as the typical pattern through the north bay, where we do see the road weather index takes the areas, the dadaa at kerry's got for the weather team. and we're saying that it's possible you'll get some fog through the area again. no problem. and no surprises for that portion of the bay. everywhere south there is that speed and a nice easy drive out of the altamont. we have just a little break tap, a little bit

lighter for friday. back to you. all right mike, thanks. towns in northern california's humboldt county are addressing damage from several earthquakes yesterday, including that 7.0 that hit offshore and triggered that tsunami warning yesterday. now, the massive earthquake was centered off the coast near ferndale just before 11 a.m. several aftershocks also rattled towns. now that aftermath was immediate in red way, water sprayed from the ceiling sprinkler system. there, the lights and sprinklers of shop smart after losing the power, forcing the grocery store to close. i got here at 12 and it was just a mess. the floors were just really, really wet. we had about almost an inch of water in here and also look athis. this is the garberville smoke shop. smokers swept workers, i should say, there swept up those items scattered on the floor and then take a look at this just outside rio del blue slide road cracked

open that lane now is closed with cones. officials there say that there's not a lot of structural damage on buildings or homes, and there were no immediate reports of anyone hurt. w to the peninsula where many people who live in half moon bay are questioning why tsunami sirens never went off along the coast following those powerful earthquakes. cell phones across the bay area blared with that tsunami warning alert, but the sirens never went off, one woman says after she received the alert on her phone, police came around with a bullhorn, telling people to evacuate the san mateo county department of emergency management said it held off on pushing the button that would have triggered sirens along the coast.s every moment evolved, we basically had more information from the national weather service and the national tsunami warning center that basically said that the threat was decreasing significantly over time. i think it would have

been helpful to know that the threat was decreasing, like if it would have been a tsunami watch, that lack of alerts. coastal residents were frustrated with the gridlock traffic as they tried to drive inland to higher grod. county leaders say they have many takeaways from this experience and will be better prepared. moving forward. nbc bay area sent out push alerts just moments after that earthquake hit, and once again, when the tsunami warning was issued. feel free. please download our free nbc bay area news app to get those alerts sent straight to your phone. 504 for you right now and in a few hours, the man accused in the mass murder of his family will be back before a judge in oakland. today, in the bay's bart brendel joins us live right now. bob, do we know what we can expect in court today? it's not clear. good morning to you, marcus and kira. shane parrish, he's already pled not

guilty to the murder of his two young children. his wife, his mother and father in law. and he has waived his right to a speedy trial. this morning's appearance in alameda superior court in oakland is in a pretrial hearing. so again, it's not clear what specific issues might be addressed before the judge back in july, killian, who is 54 years old, allegedly shot and killed his family members at their home on alameda. his children were just one and six years old. this is a photo you might have seen already that we've obtained of killian at work as a boilermaker welder on a job at a refinery in martinez. that photo, taken hours before the murders took place. several of his coworkers at the time say that killian came to work. that morning, then left midday, saying he wasn't feeling well, colleagues said. one colleague said he noted that nothing felt off, but he did note that that was the third time in three months klian had walked off the job. also said killian was in general very sensitive, very sensitive person, that he was

ticked off easily when little things went wrong. he did mention some tension between his father in law and him, and so we knew about that, but that it wasn't anything that would have led to the actions that happened. as far as we knew. that was one of his coworkers who we spoke with months ago during a court hearing, according to a sheriff's records from north carolina. killian was charged with reckless driving and assault with a deadly weapon on a government official back in 2011. if he is convicted in these murders, killian faces more than 100 years in prison. reporting live. bob redell today in the bay. all right, bob, thank you. well, developing now, the nypd has now released new photos of a person of interest in a deadly shooting he's wanted for questioning in connection with the ambush and killing of the ceo of unitedhealthcare. the law enforcement source confirming to nbc news that images were captured at a hostel

on manhattan's upper west side. an eyewitness says that man in the photo shared a room with two others and checked out on wednesday. that's the same day police say the ceo was gunned down as he was walking toward an investor conference. also,o, new video obtained by the new york times. it's showing a person resembling that shooter walking not far from the crime scene ten minutes before the shooting. that person appearing to talk on the phone, knowing that the shooter was on the phone, talking to somebody else, definitely changes the way the investigation goes. possibly someone knew the shooting was about to happen, or he was maybe calling someone for the last time, or it could be part of a larger plot. so shell casings from the shooting are now the key focal point in this investigation. a senior new york city law enforcement official briefed on the investigation telling nbc that the three casings recovered on that scene had three words written on them. they were deny, defend and depose, which is a possible

reference to a 2010 book critical of the insurance industry. at 508, we have continuing coverage of the nima momeni trial. so far, no verdict from the jury in san francisco. day two of deliberations wrapped up yesterday. jurors won't be back today. they'll be back monday. zenni is accused of killing cash app founder bob lee in april of 2023. his defense attorneys argue that he stabbed lee in self-defense when lee was high on drugs and attacked him. prosecutors dispute that claiming lee's dna was not on the knife handle, but momentous was. several pro-palestinian protesters who shut down the golden gate bridge earlier this year. back in court later today. back in april, they stand still. this is while protesting the war in gaza. a total of 26 demonstrators face charges. several of them will appear before a judge for a parent hearing, arraignment, hearing that is, during the hours long standstill. commuters missed work, school flights and

critical surgeries. the demonstrators are being charged with felony conspiracy in connection with the protest. a live look for you right now. dark outside and dublin feels not too bad out there. actually, i didn't have to like race to my car in the freezing cold. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall for a look at what we can expect friday and into the weekend. yes. so i think maybe we're getting a little acclimated to the cold weather because it is the same every single day, and we are down to 43 degrees in walnut creek right now. so a cold start, a clear sky and lots of sunshine today. i do think it's going to be even more sunny than it was yesterday. we have those high clouds moving by, but we're seeing some of the same high temperatures once again in the upper 60s for concord, dublin, also 68 degrees and 68, in napa. novato. santa rosa today 69 and 66 in san francisco, making some outdoor saturday plans. it's on

repeat, but maybe slightly cooler for some inland valleys. mike's been tracking where we can find lower gas prices. yeah, livermore finishes the week same as it started. the best in the bay. 319 is the current price point. we're talking about at marathons. the marathons there. one on south livermore and the other on holmes, both at 319. good price point for alameda county, the best in solano county. we'll head to the club vacaville at sam's club 363 at sam's club on helen power drive and will finish in the south bay with their best in sunnyvale. 369 at national petroleum on old san francisco road. you check your areas, maybe you're heading out of town, check your pathway at gasbuddy.com on the roadways, these paths are moving very smoothly right now. the speed sensors showing up green throughout the bay. as you would expect on a friday, that yellow highlighting indicates where there might be some fog. we'll watch for that to creep around. a little bit of slowing out of the altamont pass. none coming from the top of the screen. that's vasco out of contra costa

county. smooth drive right now across the bay bridge. back to you. i say this with love. that was such a dad joke, mike. going to the club. it's 511 for you. this morning. reversing its policy. coming up here on today in the bay. the reason one of the country's largest health insurers is backpedaling on its plan to limit anesthesia coverage and it's jobs friday. we're expecting some very big numbers. i'll tell you why. numbers coming in 16 minutes and an end of an era for swifties. why you will no longer be able to catch the star live on stage. much more news ahead. you're tching todaywa

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good friday morning. it is 514. we are taking a live look outside in san rafael, where it's all clear and temperatures are cool. we're in the mid 40s right now and may come down a few more degrees before sunrise into the rest of the day. it's going to be nice warming up back into the 60s with a lot of sunshine. the dry weather continues. we'll take a look at what's ahead coming up. we're looking over at fremont right now. the nimitz moves very smoothly right here. headlights south into the south bay. tail lights north, heading up toward union city. no problems on the nimitz, but 600 80th may have a crash. we'll check on what's going on there. coming up. well. good morning. very happy friday to you. wall street took a bit of a break thursday, ending a four day winning streak and a string of new records. san

francisco's wells fargo is denying reports it's moving its headquarters out of san francisco to texas. says it's absolutely not true. anthem blue cross, which is run by elevation, changing its anesthesia policy. you probably saw it on the internet, anthem said. it would stop paying for your anesthesia if surgery goes long. the new policy was to take effect in three states, not here. that announcement came at the worst possible time. anthem blue cross said people misunderstood it so they are not going to enforce that new policy. we get the november jobs report in about 15 minutes. we expect big numbers north of 200,000 jobs added for two reasons. one, the economy is strong. we know that. two, the numbers last month were artificially depressed by two hurricanes, and some really big strikes. so last month we saw sort of garbage numbers. this report we're about to get may be artificially inflated for t exact same reason. a federal

judge in texas has rejected boeing's guilty plea stemming from those crashes of its max 737 airplanes. part of the deal involves the appointment of a government monitor at boeing to oversee its safety policies. the judge is worried that monitor will be appointed through. die. die is diversity, equity and inclusion and has fallen out of favor in some quarters. walmart and lowe's and some other companies have started to drop those programs, the texas judge told boeing that the government needed to renegotiate that deal. president elect trump has appointed silicon valley's david sacks as his ai and crypto czar. sacks, a longtime conservative, was one of the first silicon valley execs to support and raise money for trump. speaking of ai, meta says it needs so much power to run its ai computers. it needs someone to build nuclear power plants near its server farms in meta is not

alone. microsoft and google have warned they need more electricity in the future. how much? openai is looking for a five gigawatt power supply to run one of its artificial intelligence systems. a city like miami uses about five gigawatts of power, so that's a huge amount of electricity. and that's for just one proposed server farm. bloomberg reports openai wants to build more than a half dozen of them. kira. and where would those end up, scott? interesting. we know you'll follow along. thank you so much. we're going to turn now to a holiday tradition that continues tonight. nbc presents the 60th anniversary airing of rudolph the red-nosed reindeer tonight. that special event pushes tonight's holiday episode of happy's place to an unusual time of 9:15 p.m, but the wait will be worth it for the show's fans, who are also fans of reba mcentire's earlier sitcom reba. we've kept him here longer than we intended. we he should probably get back to his life.

our loss. yeah, i probably should, but i won't. one of the costars of that show, steve howey, makes a visit tonight to reba's new show, playing a businessman considering having his company's holiday party at the bar to be a part of that studio audience. the night that steve howey came on was so amazing because the audience lost their mind when they saw steve walk into the room with reba mcentire, and it just felt like we were. it felt like it felt like no time had passed. so who was he on reba? i'll have to google that again. happy's place airs tonight at a special time, 9:15 p.m. and then that's followed by a holiday episode of lopez versus lopez. well, you know, this is trending for you. this morning. i know you may be a little sad, kira, but after two years, nearly 150 shows and record breaking movie, it is finally the end of an era for one pop star. and i love you.

it's ruining my life, i love you, it's ruining my life. okay, not the end of her career, but just the end of this era. taylor swift will play her final show of her record breaking eras tour this weekend in vancouver. though she initially didn't have a stopover in canada. but prime minister justin trudeau actually took to twitter to try to convince the pop star to, hey, add a stop of theirs to her here in canada and to everyone's surprise, you know what she did? she added this stop. she's going to play tonight. and of course, no surprise here. those tickets are sold out. wow. is it just that easy? you just tweet her and say like, come to our country and then come to. nbc bay area for your final, final stop on your. exactly, exactly. and look, if she came here kari the weather would be amazing. so why not? yeah, we might need a cardigan or something, you know, to help us out a little bit. it's not like it's on east coast. chilly. and we're checking out christmas in the park in san jose. one of the

great places to enjoy the lights of the season. as we're getting started this morning, it is cool. we're in the upper 40s and headed for very close to 70 degrees today, so it's going to be very comfortable. we will have some low 70s again in the south county from gilroy to morgan hill. elsewhere we're staying in the 60s again today, with a high expected to go back to 68 degrees for oakland and 67 for antioch. no changes here. from the coast to the inland valleys. we're seeing a lot of 60s on the map, and 64 in the mission district for the north bay, santa rosa today will reach a high of 69 degrees. so let's enjoy once again all of the things going on. so we have the tunnels of joy. the christmas lights in brentwood, the neighbors getting together and just making it beautiful there. we're going to see temperatures in the mid 50s right at sunset and then quickly dropping down into the upper 40s. so make sure you're prepared for that. and then for the north bay we have the merry healdsburg, the tree

lighting celebration going on tonight that starts at 5:00. it will be in the upper 50s a few more clouds there, but we are looking nice and cool for the rest of the evening and it stays dry into the weekend. we see there will be a few storm systems coming very close by, but not seeing any rain chances until the end of next week, and potentially some bigger rain chances ahead as we get closer to christmas. so looking at our 7-day forecast, sunny skies and highs in the 60s, it will be cooler next week with our overnight lows in the mid 30s, and san francisco will see highs in the low 60s. mike, you're starting with a hit and run in fremont. yeah there's a crash here. northbound 680 right around auto mall. parkway. sounds like there are no injuries. and the vehicle that was hit, presumably the one who filed the report is also over on the right shoulder. the one who ran there looking for information. so if anybody you hear about something when you get to work, tell your friends to call chp and give them more information on that. a couple of

other scattered incidents. 880 at quinton 187 in san jose. they're all to the right shoulder. no major issues as we look toward the east bay, there's a little bit of slowing starting right on schedule for 37. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. 522 right now we have much more news ahead on today in the bay. but first, a reminder for you. we are helping make sure that everyone has food on their table this holiday season. our nursing neighbors food drive is underway right now and it really is easy for you to help out. so the next te you go to your local safeway, you can donate $10 at the checkout. that money is going to benefit bay area food bank, serving hundreds of thousands of people. a nursing neighbors food drive is going to run through christmas day. we'll have much morehead for you a

you know, when we think of who's at risk for lung cancer, men who have smoked their entire lives, top of that list. and while that's true, the list doesn't stop there. in fact, more and more women who have never smoked are being diagnosed, but often not early enough. in this morning's bay area. proud. our garvin thomas introduces us to a san francisco doctor who wants to change that. good morning everyone. there's a doctor in san francisco who has made it a mission of hers to increase early detection of lung cancer in women. doctor heba ismail at sutter health's california pacific medical center has made a specialty out of early intervention for lung cancer

cases. the problem is, for many women who have never smoked, their lung cancer is often misdiagnosed until it's too late. so doctor ismail is starting an initiative where when women go in for their regular breast cancer screening, they're asked questions about lung cancer risks and possibly send for more specific testing. doctor ismail thinks if their program shows promise, it could one day be a regular part of a woman's health care screening. you can experience the whole story at nbc bay area.com/bay area proud, as well as hundreds of other stories of people being good to each other in the bay area. yeah, we were just talking. we always think about christopher reeve's wife, dana. yeah. wow. it's incredible. good stories. always from garvin thomas 26 past the hour. right now. up next, top stories. we're following on this friday, including the show will go on the last minute deal that saved the nutcracker. the announcement from the sf ballet ahead of its opening night tonight. i'm kris sanchez in half moon bay, where

there's a wave of relief because there was no tsunami, but now a surge of concerns about why

30. cleanup underway along the northern california coast. following that powerful 7.0 earthquake. this morning concerns after a coastal communities alert system fails to go off. we're live with

reaction from neighbors and only on nbc masked thieves talking to a group of teens in the east bay. the reason the victims are upset with the lack of response from officers. plus question comes if you're disabled and can't walk, can't see, can't hear. how do you get access? one of the bay area's most popular holiday attractions is making some changes this weekend. we'll tell you about the special environment being created so everyone can enjoy some family fun at christmas in the park. this is today in the bay. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm kiera clapper in for laura garcia, and i'm marcus washington. let's get a check of that forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall is tracking that friday forecast. that was always really nice. absolutely. especially when we know we have more sunshine and nice temperatures and it's cool to start. but we've also been monitoring our air quality, which has been improving as

well. taking a look at what to expect today, it will be moderate. it may still look a little hazy out there, but we are going to have mostly clear sky. today we're starting out at 40 in livermore and 47 in san rafael. in san francisco it's 52, and as we take a look at what to expect today, more, well above normal highs in the upper 60s for many of the inland valleys. we'll talk about the weekend ahead coming up in a few minutes. karen marcus. all right. thanks, kari. we're going to stick with the weather and go to half moon bay first. there was relief yesterday when there was actually no tsunami. then a lot of questions about why the sirens didn't sound during the national weather service tsunami warning today in the bay's kris sanchez joining us now from half moon bay. okay. so kris, do we have any answers for that question? you know, that was the question that happened right away as we were covering this story yesterday, marcus and kyra, the answer from the san mateo county sheriff's office and the office of emergency services is that there was no

problem with the sirens. they just weren't triggered. they just weren't sounded when the national weather service did send that tsunami warning shortly after the 7.0 earthquake yesterday at 1045, people got alerts on their phone to evacuate coastal areas like half moon bay, where we are this morning, the county office of emergency services sent their own secondary emergency alert to phones as well, but did not trigger the sirens. then, in some neighborhoods, people say they heard police officers on bullhorns going through the neighborhood yelling at them to evacuate. still, the director of emergency services says that not sounding the sirens was not a mistake. but for some residents, it didn't feel right. there was a second alert later. so i mean, and still no sirens. so we're like, this is saying, right now everybody goes somewhere, but there's no sirens. but there's people, you know, cops running around with bullhorns in neighborhoods as every moment involved. we basically had more

information from the national weather service and the national tsunami warning center that basically said that the threat was decreasing significantly over time. people do want as much notice as possible in this community here because of this. if you've been here, then you know it is a narrow and slow route to get to higher ground or to get out of town. now, tsunami warning expired within about an hour, which doesn't sound like a lot of time, except when you are in an emergency situation like this one. yesterday, as we were talking about evacuation notices, we got some very, very quickly and then some were delayed. we got one evacuation notice right after the evacuation. the warning expired. so definitely a lot of communities are going to be having very similar conversations today in half moon bay. kris sanchez today in the bay. all right, chris, very confusing out there. chris. yeah, thanks for keeping track of that for us. and just so you

know, we are always tracking the shaking. i want you to bookmark this website here. nbc bay area.com/quake tracker. there we are listing all the shaking in the bay area. and you can also find out those resourcrces like what you should pack in that go bag that you should have ready. now we're going to turn now to the man who went on a deadly shooting rampage at a sunnyvale tech company four decades ago is expected to have his death sentence reduced to life in prison today. in 1988, richard farley killed seven former coworkers at esl incorporated shortly after being fired from that company. investigators determined he was stalking a woman there and was furious after she served him with a restraining order. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen has been in the process of reducing the sentences of more than a dozen death row inmates, from death to life, with no chance of parole. well, today, the vigil will be held for two

students that were hurt in a school shooting in butte county. butte county sheriff has identified the victims as five year old elias wolford, as well as six year old roman mendez. the two were kindergartners attending the feather river adventist school. this is where that shooting took place. officials added that the two are fighting for their lives. they have a very long road ahead of them in terms of recovery. it's very likely that they are going to have to have a number of surgeries as going forward. but the fact that they are currently still with us, i think is a miracle and something that we should all be very thankful for. now, the sheriff identified the shooter as 56 year old glenn linton. he is a person investigators say was unhoused and had a lengthy criminal history that includes an arrest in south san francisco last month for being in a stolen u-haul. he was released from jail about two weeks ago. the sheriff says that linton

believed conspiracy theories and wrote he was part of a large international organization carrying out a mission. butte county sheriff's office and fbi are investigating. now to a story you'll see only on nbc bay area. frightening moments for a group of college students who were robbed in a safeway parking lot. it took place in oakland's rockridge neighborhood yesterday afternoon. the students tell nbc bay area that shortly after they got into their car, after studying, several masked people opened the hatchback and stole their backpacks. inside were their wallets, their laptops and notes. they need to study for finals, but the victims say they're more upset about the slow response from police. i have called 911 twice and the non-emergency number twice, and they told me that the cops will call me when they're on their way here. our crew at the scene was in touch with oakland police. the department tells us,

because no one was hurt in that situation. the call wasn't high priority. the girls were told they could stay there to wait for an officer or to file a report online. but after several hours of waiting for police to show up, the girls left san francisco ballet's nutcracker season will kick off as planned. this is despite concerns that opening night would be canceled due to a stall in contract negotiations. the ballet's dancers and stage managers have been negotiating with the company for months and threatened to strike. they've been fighting for better wages, limitations on unpaid student labor and protections on overtime. the sf ballet said that it had come to a tentative agreement with the dancers and stage managers. the ballet company executive director released a statement saying in part, i am delighted to say that we achieved this tentative agreement with mutual respect and dedication to reaching a conscious consensus on dancers and stagehands advancement and institutional sustainability.

end quote. all right, let's look at this live. look outside at christmas in the park in san jose. and of course, the decorations are all lit up for this day. and you know what? this weekend organizers there they are, making sure that everyone can get in for that fun by announcing the parks accessible sunday celebration. it's a day that has been designed specifically for those who need extra assistance or personal space on sunday, visitors will find a sensory santa who understands that some may need a quiet area or don't like to beouched. some exhibits will have fencing removed to help those who are visually impaired experience the displays with their hands while deaf children can visit wishing wells that vibrate with the drop of a coin. this new event, made possible through a generous donation, in part from tj rogers, who is proud of making the event accessible. we've also

got services there so they can counsel, you know, you know this is available that's available so it's a couple of four hours actually on sunday. and it's special access without crowds and without fences for disabled it's a big deal. tj rogers what an angel christmas in the parks accessible sunday. is this sunday, the day after tomorrow from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and for a look at how the weekend forecast is shaping up, let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. hopefully it will be a great weekend to get out there. yeah, that would be great for my daughter. she doesn't like all the loud sounds, so she's always wearing her headphones. all right. so we're starting out with some cool temperatures and it's going to cool down very quickly later this evening. if you're going to downtown ice. and for also tonight we have the warriors game. if you're in san francisco right at tipoff we're going to be in the mid 50s and it's going to be a very chilly evening, but at least staying cool. and there's not much of a

wind if you're heading out late tonight for dinner or going out for enjoying the let's glow sf. well, we have some also cool weather around the city as well as we drop down to the lower 50s later tonight and then tomorrow if you are lucky enough to get these tickets for glow fairy at the oakland zoo, well, we are going to be cloudy and it's going to be nice weather. this will definitely be a good time to go. just bundle up and also bundle up if you're going to the san rafael lighted boat parade. this is saturday at 6:00, starting at 55 degrees and all cloudy as we go into late tomorrow night. it's going to be in the lower 50s and beautiful weather for the 49ers game here at home. thankfully it's not in chicago. we're going to see a lot of sunshine and upper 60s as we kick off the game. and mike, you're expected to see some slowing in san jose right about now. we are seeing some slowing, but it's a little bit worse now because of a crash that happened exactly about the same time. we expect to see that build. the

live camera does show you slowing right back here, where we expect to see some slowing up at oakland road where there's a crash right now, three vehicles involved, no injuries reported, but this is clearly causing a quick slowdown. unexpectedly slow for north 101 north of 280 all the way up to oakland road itself. outside of that south bay slowing everything else looks pretty standard for this friday, which means a lighter traffic flow. there will be more traffic over toward chase center second night in a row against different opponents. tonight, as kari told you, the minnesota timberwolves will be there and so we'll watch for crowds outside of chase center and on the 280 extension. now during the day, 7:30 a.m. they're going to start with traffic control until 3 p.m. on highway 29 between calistoga and saint helena. there's a tree removal, not christmas trees. they're talking about landscaping. and that's good. before any of that rain comes in, it's not on the schedule yet. kerry's talked about that. we're looking over at highway 37, though right now. the typical morning slow down there and a little build at the bay bridge back to you. all right mike, thanks. 542 for you, this morning and five years after a devastating fire, the

bells of notre dame are ready to ring again. coming up here on today in the bay, the celebrations that are set to take place ahead of its opening. and in washington, elon musk is ready to cut the budget and some lawmakers say nothing is off the table. plus, christmas, i wrapped it up and sent it with a note saying i love you. i meant it, you know the song and now, decades after its release, it's being celebrated in a new way. and here's a hint we just ruined it for all of you. there's a new challenge. we'll tell you what it is after this. but before we go to break, we have another edition of our school shout out series. hi, we're from vargas lomita elementary in the beautiful city of oakland. good day. i love that how creative they are. they have a drone. all

right. don't forget you too can have your students class right here on today in the bay. we love seeing those from all across the bay area. all you have to do is shoot a video. doesn't have to have a drone in it, but you do need to shoot a video. send it to us. you can email us right there on your screen at school. sht outou a

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dom cathedral is set to reopen in paris. this is after that devastating fire that ravaged the church back in april of 2019. an opening ceremony expected tomorrow, followed by the first mass on sunday. new financial filings show elon musk spent more than $250 million to help donald trump get elected. okay. scott mcgrew the most money spent by one donor in american history. yeah, and that was just the money spent by political action committees for trump that musk funded. you're not counting the money he contributed to down ballot efforts as well. according to the latest reports from the federal election committee. and that's something we got to remember as we watched the tesla ceo exercise. his power in washington. musk has told lawmakers he will fund primary fights to oust them if they don't go along with what trump and most likely by extension, what he wants to do. musk, joining vivek ramaswamy on the hill yesterday talking about

their new department of government efficiency, or doge. it's not really a government department, at least not yet. musk says doge aims to cut $2 trillion out of the government's budget, but remember, $2 trillion is more than the government's entire discretionary spending. meaning he would have to cut into defense or other social security programs to get to that number. everything is up for consideration. say lawmakers. they listened mainly, but basically they say they're going to tackle. nothing is sacrosanct. nothing. they're going to put everything on the table sacrosanct. musk and others have pointed to inefficiencies and fraud as a way to cut the budget. few americans oppose that. politicians have always promised to cut the budget through pursuing fraud and inefficiency. thomas jefferson was concerned about what he called the multiplication of public office and recommended using a pruning knife, but cutting

inefficiencies won't get you to 2 trillion. as for fraud, fraud is already illegal and already investigated by agencies like the fbi and the irs. two agencies republicans would like to make smaller. here's speaker johnson. we have long lamented the size and scope of the government that it has grown too large. and let me be frank about this. government is too big. it does too many things, and it does almost nothing. well. the house subcommittee, looking into what went wrong in butler, pennsylvania, where donald trump was nearly killed in his speech, wrapped up its investigation and testimony this week with quite the scene. a republican lawmaker from texas accused the interim director of the secret service of showing up at a nine over 11 memorial as a political stunt. director ronald rose said he was there to mourn a secret service agent killed in the attack. i actually responded to ground zero. i was there, going through the ashes of the world trade center. i was there at fresh kills. i'm not asking you that. i'm asking you, congressman,

were you the special agent in charge to show respect for a secret service member that died on nine over 11? you're trying to be. do not invoke nine over 11 for political purposes. oh, i hope not. i'm invoking this war, sir. gentlemen, you are out of line, gentlemen. to ask him a question, please. you are out of order. don't try to bully me. order! and finally, a few minutes ago, president elect trump once again put his support behind fox news anchor pete hegseth for secretary of defense, posting, quote, pete is a winner, and there's nothing that can be done to change that. kira much i want to ask you, scott, but. all right. thanks for now. 49 past the hour. happening today. the future is now for the bay area's newest professional basketball team, the golden state valkyries are a wnba expansion team that begins play in may of 2025 at chase center. tonight, the team holds its expansion draft, selecting from a pool of players left unprotected by the league's 12

other teams. the private event will be held at san francisco's museum of modern art, but it is airing on national tv. that draft gets underway at 330 this afternoon. well, the niners meanwhile, they may be down, but of course they are not out. in fact, a late season run likely would land them in the playoffs. now that means it all starts with sunday's game at vi's against the bears head coach kyle shanahan this week suggesting if the niners do make it to the postseason, the injured christian mccaffrey may be able to return. but first things first and don't forget fans. nbc sports bay area will have the pregame coverage starting at noon. 49ers post game live will also air immediately after the game on nbc sports knibb nbc. bay area sports plus. all right, one of the most beloved christmas songs ever is reaching a big milestone this year. can you guess which song i'm talking about? listen,

last christmas i gave you my heart. but the very next day you gave it away. this year to save me from tears i'll give it to someone special, special. last christmas by wham is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week and the song is hitting a new record. all these decades later by becoming one of the most streamed holiday tracks globally on spotify. that's pretty impressive. move over mariah with an impressive 8 million streams in a single day. one of the members of wham! andrew ridgeley, stopped by the tonight show with jimmy fallon, saying he always knew the hit george michael wrote was special. it was written to be a number one, george, you know, in 1984, we had a fantastic year. wake me up was number one in the uk, in the states,nd careless whisper was number one. and we had, you

know, it was jusa big, big year. and george wanted the cherry on the cake was a christmas song and it had to be a christmas number one, which it eventually was 39 years later. yeah. he never got a chance to see it be number one. no, that's a great shame. yeah he would. george, if you're if you can hear us somehow, you did it, buddy. you crushed it. oh, in honor of that milestone, a new special last christmas 40th anniversary ep will be dropping december 13th. and so. okay, this is the thing i was saying we ruined for all of our viewers because there's a viral trend called whamageddon. okay, it's a game played around the world, apparently that has people hoping they can make it all the way to christmas day without hearing that song ever. at a store, at a walgreens. that's not possible on your television, so you can't make it to december 25th now because we just ruined it. it's just like, i won't hear

white christmas, right? like you're gonna hear them all, you know? and you have no control over it. any story, unless you just stay at home in your room and you don't turn on anything and just keep your ears shut. but who wants to do that? it's such a great song. you don't want to get out and meteorologist kari hall, i won't put you on the spot. i love the song. i won't. it's a good one, i think. i can't tell, i can't read it. it plays in the rotation for you know, wrapping presents. you're one of the 8 million streams, i guess. so. all right, so we are having some beautiful weather for whatever you're planning. in fact, as we take a look all across the west, it is clear the storms are staying offshore. and we are going to see that continue for a while. it's being blocked by high pressure. so that's keeping it away. and we're enjoying sunshine. so take a look at pacifica today. starting out at 8:00 at 51 degrees and only headed for the low 60s for today. and it's going to be partly cloudy. we have upper 60s expected for a lot of the inland

valleys into the north bay. the tri-valley, the east bay down to the south bay. but there will be a few spots back in the low 70s today. we'll see that from los gatos down to gilroy. and then looking at tomorrow, it's a repeat of today, a repeat of what we've seen throughout the week. although a few of our inland temperatures may drop just a bit because of that lingering tule fog that we see in the central valley after getting those heavy rainfalls, at least for the fall, we start to see that fog settling into the central valley. and sometimes that makes it through the gaps in the bay area. so we are going to have those foggy mornings, but a lot of sunshine and mild afternoons enjoying all of the lights and sights and sounds of the season. you may also hear this christmas play later on tonight as you're walking through the tunnels of joy in brentwood. so we're going to be in the mid 50s and then dropping down to the upper 40s and enjoying the merry hildebrandt tree lighting celebration, a lot of tree lighting events going on this weekend. it's going to be chilly

here. temperatures dropping quickly into the low 50s, and more sunshine ahead with noo rain, at least for the next week. so here's your 7-day forecast with highs in the low 60s and a mostly sunny sky in the forecast each day. and mike, we continue with issues for the south bay commute. yeah, we didn't want to see this light show kari but this is north 101 jammed up unusually heavy, especially for a friday. there is that crash. we'rere tracking north 101 at oakland road. there may be a second crash in that same area, so at least the slow lane was blocked. minor injuries reported. that's the less bad news, but the backup really jamming up north 101 for about almost four miles now as you're approaching the two 8680 interchange.o if you can get over to 87 and maybe use capital expressway, we may see more traffic flowing there. that is your alternate. to get onto 101 past that scene, we're looking at the rest of the bay, though the rest of the bay is playing out for a typical friday flow. some minor crashes here and there. nothing major as far as

the impact on your speeds or your drive times. at the bay bridge, we are seeing a little volume increase. there is reports of something going on right at that 888 overcrossing interchange coming out of the maze. we're watching for any additional slowing. we don't really see a problem, but there it is, a disabled vehicle reported and a minor crash around hilltop drive should be off the roadway. but there are distraction. highway 37 shows a little slowing and highway 4 just barely any brake taps into concord. not a big deal. back to you. thanks, mike. well, happening now. any doubts about the a's somehow missing their target date for the new vegas ballpark? pretty much slipping away. that's because the stadium authority leaders yesterday finalizing the preliminary work and a special meeting. they approved all the remaining outstanding issues, including lease and development agreements. they did not announce a groundbreaking date, but that's still on track to happen before june of next year. the a's plan to start playing in vegas in 2028 ski season is in full swing right now. next on

today in the bay, the newest resort to open. and then. ahead at six first responders. thankful this morning. no serious injuries after a series of powerful earthquakes. shakes northern california as people clean up. today, some along the coast are waking

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