george. and then the wind picked up and the wind was just like flying embers everywhere. breaking at six, crews continue to battle a fiery inferno burning in malibu. the threat to homes is far from over. we're going to take you to the front lines with an update on the conditions crews are facing as winds pick up. facing school mergers a controversial plan for a vote today in oakland. the impacts it could have on students and families. plus a possible toll increase for drivers crossing the bay area bridges. the crunching they are

crunching those numbers on just how much you'll have to pay. this is today in the bay. good morning to you on this wednesday. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we start out with breaking news that we're following out of southern california. the franklin fire forcing thousands of evacuations in malibu. we've got aerial pictures here. the flames have burned more than 3800 acres so far. and evacuations continue this morning. brittany hope with our sister station in la is near the front lines, with more on that work underway to contain those flames. good morning everyone. we're here on pch between pepperdine and point dume. i can tell you, in our more than 36 hours of reporting on this fire, this is the furthest west that we have seen. flames yesterday. really? that border was at pepperdine university. now it has pushed well west of that. so

this morning the heart of this firefight is these ridges, these hills that you're looking at right now. overnight we've still been dealing with really powerful gusts of wind. but more than 1500 firefighters still working this on the ground in the air. luckily conditions have been favorable enough where fire crews were able to do water drops from helicopters overnight and into this morning, and we have been seeing that. but you can see it seems that the flames are starting to push south, kind of coming up that ridge. the goal is to stop that from happening. talking about all of the crews that we have, if you look down here on pch, we have a massive circle of firefighters who are huddled up all together figuring out their tactical plan this morning. oh, in fact, you know what? we have another helicopter that's arriving just above us right now. i believe that that that this is the same helicopter we've seen doing those water drops on this new western head of the fire. these air drops are so critical when

you have terrain like this. that's so hilly. it's really hard for ground crews to get to because road access is so limited. having resources in the sky from the state, the federal and the local level has proven critical. today. the big priority is protecting homes, of course, and property, but also stopping the spread of these flames as they continue to push west toward point dume. we can tell you since yesterday that eastern flank of the fire has really improved. we weren't able to see any glow just east of us. back to you. all right. let's head over to cinthia pimentel. look, you've been following all of this. wind conditions have certainly been a big play in this fire. yeah, they have. and i think a little bit of good news is that they should turn a little bit more onshore as we go on into tonight. but a critical situation as we started off the month pretty dry, seeing some low humidity levels down there as well. and those gusts that continue. they are in a particularly dangerous situation. so what does that mean? yes, we have the red flag

warning and we are used to hearing that term. but when we have a pds, that is when the national weather service says this is a really strong and critical and very life threatening situation. so we'll continue to watch this as the evening goes on and see how those that wind direction changes and how the f fire crews are doing down there as the day goes on. now, back here for us, we are starting the morning cold, also watching for some frost in the valleys. we have rain on the way, so we'll go from talking about fires to the other end of the extreme, with an atmospheric river on the way. as we in closer towards the weekend. i'll guide you through that. now, mike, you're concerned about the bay bridge traffic. i am, because it's critical to get into the city, obviously, but then this can ripple around multiple parts of the bay slowing. it looks like it might be moving a little bit or getting into the city, but the backup rippled all the way across back along the span and caused a quick backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. that could potentially cause some folks to choose the richmond bridge, where you see a little slowing instead of the bay bridge. and

that would then congest the east shore freeway. right now, we're looking at a pretty predictable build at the bay at the richmond bridge over towards san rafael, again getting westbound across the bay. so we're going to track that and hopefully we'll see some updates. although no problems were reported on the bay bridge, you saw the slowing everywhere south there. pretty nice. but we do have a crash in san jose as you head up towards santa clara. i'll check on that. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. you were just talking about this. the bay bridge toll plaza live look right now. so the bay area toll authority oversight committee expected to vote on making you pay more to get from point a to point b. the group is considering a series of toll hikes across the bay area bridges. if approved, starting in 2026. fastrack. well users there. they're going to pay $8.50 for all bridges, excluding the golden gate. tolls would increase by $0.50 each year for the following four years to $10.50 by the year 2030. drivers without fast track will pay slightly more. today's meeting begins at 935 this morning. also

today, parents and students in oakland will learn about the fate of their schools at the district tries to close a major budget deficit today in the bay's. bob redell joins us live this morning. and bob. oakland unified is about to decide on the merger. i understand of actually several campuses. you are correct. good morning laura. later this afternoon, the oakland unified school board will meet to consider recommendations by staff to merge ten of their schools into five. this is something they will be voting on when the meeting starts at 4:00 this afternoon. as you can see on your screen right there, these ten schools are already located on shared sites. so the proposal calls for them to be merged into one school so that the schools we're talking about that would be merged. international community school merged with think college. now, manzanita community school merged with manzanita seed, acorn, woodward and encompass esperanza and korematsu. discovery academy,

ited for success academy and life academy students would continue their classes as normal on these new combined school campuses, but the district estimates that by merging these schools, they'd be able to cut down on administrative costs by an estimated 2 to $3 million. so the savings would be that, which is a small step towards closing the district's projected budget gap of $95 million next year. last month, there was a big crowd of concerned parents at one school board meeting at the time, one teacher told us these mergers were a bad idea that would take away services from students. oakland unified school board member george lama, who represents district five, where the majority of the proposed school mergers are located, says the area is also home to a large minority population, which some critics say is not coincidental. lama believes school restructuring needs to happen, but says students success must still be a priority. he does not anticipate layoffs, but says administrators could be

reassigned or moved to other locations. if the board approves these mergers, they would take place take effect fall of next year. reporting live. bob redell today in the bay. all right. thank you for the latest there, bob. in the meantime, in san francisco, many parents and students are wondering how the district plans to close a massive budget shortfall there. last night, board members approved a plan to offer supplemental early retirement to older eligible teachers. the board is trying to cut more than $100 million from the budget. teachers eligible eligible for the early retirement plan will have until february to accept it or not. now, if they do, they must retire on or before june 30th of 2025. many critics say letting go of experienced teachers is not the best way to save money. another san francisco business closing its doors because of crime. safeway shutting down its store in the fillmore district a after 40

years. the grocery chain originally planned to close the location on webster street earlier this year, but a spokesperson says it has stayed open to give the community time to adjust. safeway says that all employees will be reassigned to other stores in t area. the new closure date is february 7th. now, in a statement, the company says in part the decision to close the store was made after careful consideration due to ongoing concerns about associate and customer safety, as well as persistent issues with theft. it is 608 on your wednesday morning. taking a live look outside downtown san jose. have you seen the christmas in the park just yet? in person i have not. well, there you go. here's your picture. you better bundle up if you're headed out the door early this morning. the temperatures once again. kind of chilly out there, cynthia. yeah, really cold right here in the south bay. 41 degrees. marcus. i also suggest the christmas in the park drive through i did on monday. it was really nice to see. my dogs were also amazed by it. so take your furry friends

out there to 37 right now in walnut crereek, watching for tht frost advisory until 9 a.m. also some areas of patchy fog and other places waking up into those low to mid 40s. 41 in palo alto, 45 in the city. we should be heading for another dry and bright day, at least through the first half of it. and speaking of haves, let's go up to the northern half where those temperatures upper 50s and 60s, you'll find milder numbers as you come down here into palo alto. 6668, in morgan hill. but watch as those temperatures drop into tomorrow. so the next couple of things that we're getting ready are not only our jackets in the mornings, but also the umbrellas and also watching a chance for some localized flooding with the king tide. so lots to watch as we head towards the weekend. but mike is watching where we can find those cheaper gas prices. yeah, you're talking about maybe some water on the roadway. i'm talking gas in the tanks. we're going to check out contra costa county's best of 349. that's in concord. concord super stop on willow pass road, then to the north bay. it's 359 for that

sections best. the low in marin county is mill valley. if arco on redwood highway. last price here is sunnyvale. they're among the best prices. they have a number of places listed with 369. we call out national petroleum on old san francisco road. you check out your city, what's closest to your destination? gasbuddy.com. get out to the roadways where we have had some continued problems for the bay bridge. we do notice the fog highlighted in the upper right side there. contra costa and san joaquin counties across the bay bridge looks very slow. don't know the cause of this, but it does look like the eastern side of the span heading towa treasure island might be moving a bit better. still jammed up into san francisco and down highway 101. as you approach hospital curve, we look at the bay bridge shot here. we do see the foreground moving much better on the incline through treasure island still bogs down into the city. if you want to compare the bridges here some times, of course, you have to count the alternate drive time as well. but so far the bay bridge of course is dragging. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. it is 611 right now. san

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our wednesday morning. let's go to vallejo. bundle up as you're getting ready for school and work. we're going to keep the 40s around until about 10 a.m, gradually warming and seeing a mix of sun and clouds. highs in the upper 50s there. for the north bay. you will see the rain first, arriving later on tonight and continuing into the overnight hours. i'll track it for you coming up. and we're continuing to track the bay bridge. look how slow it is across the entire span. something continues to cause delays in san francisco. that might cause a shift and more delays to the north. the richmond bridge. we're going to track that and see how the traffic is rippling around the bay. well good morning. very happy wednesday to you. we just got the latest data on inflation showing prices rising year over year by 2.7%. and we expected that. but it's still a disappointment. progress against inflation has hit a wall. the

growth in prices had been as low as 2.1% at one point. could have been worse. wall street seems to be taking it in stride, but this matters because beyond just what you pay every day, it matters that the fed has its last interest rate meeting of the year next week. if it thinks inflation is not under control and it's not suddenly it may keep interest rates where they are. shares in walgreens jumped as the wall street journal reported the drugstore chain may sell itself to a private equity firm. drugstores have been suffering lately. walgreens, rite aid cvs have been closing stores. some stores with very little on the shelves. after billions and billions of dollars. general motors is giving up on cruze. it will fold the self-driving taxi company into its other work on driver assist. its departure leaves. waymo is the only self-driving taxi service in the city. apple just released new software to link siri and chatgpt on iphones 15 and newer. if siri thinks

your question is too complicated, it will, with your permission, ask chatgpt. you don't have to pay anything extra for that. if you have an older iphone, chatgpt has its own app you can ask questions of as well, and it's pretty amazing. the ftc now says it will not allow albertsons and kroger to anti-competitive and would raise grocery prices. one of the last antitrust victories for president biden's ftc chief. president biden spoke about the economy at a think tank on tuesday, reminding the brookings institution and america he's handing over a pretty good economy to his successor. over 16 million new jobs, new jobs, the most in any single presidential tm in american history, the lowest average unemployment rate of any administration in the last 50 years. and indeed, the best growth that american that the western countries have seen is in america. president biden then spoke very forcefully about

america's role in the world. and we'll show that to you when we talk politics coming up in about 30 minutes. sounds good. thanks. well, new at six for you. the world's largest pentecostal church is closing. psychedelic. excuse me. the largest psychedelic church is closing its doors in san francisco. the church, ambrosia, started in oakland in 2023, then expanded to san francisco. the church has received national attention for its use of psychedelic mushrooms. pastor dave hodges now claims that san francisco's planning department has targeted his church with mandates for structural upgrades, forcing him to close. the church of ambrosia in oakland will stay open. hodges will hold a news conference to address the closure at the church on howard street in san francisco at 11:00 this morning. we are r reaching out for the planning department r comment. trending this morning billie eilish waking up in the bay area for night two at the sap center. just check out the lines yesterday. this is for the show in san jose. anyone

heading to tonight's show? you can ride aboard the billie car. i thought mike told us that that's canceled for tonight. it was yesterday for that show. yes. okay, well, caltrain, they ran this car last night from san francisco to san jose, giving away free merch to fans heading down. so just a clarification. not running tonight. yeah. find your own way there. yeah. for those who went through, they had a good time. yeah. no kidding. those are lines. you better start early if you're getting in line. also trending time narrowing down its choices for its 2024 person of the year. you know, they range from political leaders to royalty. vice president kamala harris and president elect donald trump are both on the short list this year. so is ex ceo elon musk. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu rounding out the top five. princess of wales kate middleton. you may remember in july, princess kate turned up at wimbledon this year, was greeted with a standing ovation. it was only her second public appearance since she shared her cancer diagnosis. times pic will

be announced tomorrow morning. must be tough living through something like that and then just being kind of on the world stage and then everything you do, every moment you step outside to wave hi to people. but she's always so gracious looking, right? i guess it kind of comes with that, you know, territory, even though you don't like it to be all the time. you have personal things you're going through, right? okay. continued good health, hopefully for the being kind to each other. okay. our own queen of the weather is here today. yes. no. we need waves. you're the queen. yes. wel you guys are important to me too. so, about this morning. we are bundling up as we step out the door on this wednesday. look with me as we find the coldest temperatures on the map. and of course, they are towards the tri-valley right now. 32 in danville, continuing up into the north bay. so these are spots under that frost advisory until about 9 a.m. you might be needing some extra minutes to get out the door this morning. warming up thehe car. 4 right now in san jose. 45 in san

mateo and 48 in san francisco. we should be heading for a nice day. slightly cooler as we take a look at those numbers up in the north bay. a mix of sun and clouds as that front starts to approach. 59 in napa through san francisco, out towards martinez, those low 60s. and we'll see a bit of a mild day down here for the south bay, continuing with those upper 60s for san jose and morgan hill. notice what i put there. storm number one arriving later on tonight. we're already seeing some activity towards the northern coast. so really for the next couple of hours, my job will be to see how fast that first storm approaches. the models are still keeping it into the overnight hours as we start to buckle down our evening later on tonight. some heavier spots could be waking you up as we go on into the overnight hours, but really, it fizzles out of here for tomorrow morning. some light shower returns and those early model runs right now. so early estimates for this storm will be about a half an inch to an inch further up into the north bay. some heavier returns there, but

where everybody could be in for a boost in those numbers. and a boost in activity is as we go on into this weekend, friday, saturday, saturday night, seeing that atmospheric river sweep on in now, that direction right now still trending towards the north. we're not watching any rivers right now into that flood category, but definitely something to watch. and as that storm moves on through or stalls, that could paint a different picture. as we go through the weekend, you notice those colors of purple light pinks up there, that wintry mix into the sierra. so that's for the weekend. i see some of it starting to clear as we push through sunday, but that storm door is open here in the bay area, so use today to gather everything and prepare yourself for that storm where we see those returns. looking into the weekend, seeing those numbers boosted up to about maybe 1 to 3in up there in the north bay. will watch that rain shadow down here aside from the santa cruz mountains. so overall, the next couple of ds through san francisco and the peninsula, last dry day before we cool down

those numbers and watch those storm chances over the next couple of days, our inland valleys numbers will also take a hit as we go on into tomorrow, and we'll watch the storms, the king tides that we're also talking about throughout the hour, and we'll watch as we go on an inch a little bit closer into that holiday travel. mike, you're still focused on the bay bridge. what's going on? yeah, the opposite of holiday travel. right now. the bay bridge is heavier and slower than you would expect westbound. we had early starts with slowing into san francisco on the decline of the bay bridge, getting toward fremont and continuing past down toward the hospital curve area. we continue with that slower section, but it looks like speeds are starting to improve a little bit, but it's been ebbing and flowing all morning with no real distinction of what's going on there. caltrans and chp have no reports of any problems in the city. what can you to continue to follow that? my concern is there may be more folks heading to the richmond bridge as an alternate. we do see the backup. it looks pretty traditional patterns there. back to you. reporter well, there's much more ahead for you here on today in the bay, including new steps taken to protect the

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i've seen zero evidence at this point. right now, at 630, the health care ceo is denied bail and is now fighting extradition. this morning, his attorney speaking out in his defense after his outburst when arriving to court under investigation. new details about the overnight shooting in contra costa county. plus a cold start to the morning in the bay area and we're preparing for the return of rain. we're tracking when you're going to see a round of wet weather arrive. this is today in the bay. good to know as you attempt to make all those christmas errands. right. hello. all right. good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. let's get a look at that forecast for you. forecaster cinthia pimentel

in this morning for kari. and you've got the job of delivering those cold temperatures to us. cold temperatures and the rain for the second half of the week. so it's going to get pretty busy and wet. we do start this morning watching for the fog and the frost as we take a look at 32 in santa rosa. 35 out towards livermore. so the valleys definitely settling in with some cool air. 39 right now in half moon bay. but after this cold and foggy morning, we'll get into a nice day dry before we things change up as we go on into tonight. that will be storm number one, storm number two into t the weeke. so yeah, we're going to change those plans up a little bit. going inside. that will be the thing to do. also watching for those king tides. so we're getting pretty busy. and it's also been tough for some people getting into san francisco. mike why. well it's not storm related. you have that coming up. but right now going into the city, the span has been slow all morning. it looks like something is causing a slowdown right before hospital curve, just as 101 and westbound 80 come together in the city and

head south through the area, we're looking at continued backup athe bay bridge toll plaza formed very quickly, the entire span slow. bart has no delays reported. that's one option. if you want to avoid the bay bridge. you can also use the richmond bridge to the top of the screen. there, we're seeing about standard build, maybe a problems. meanwhile, the rest of the bay shows a smooth, lighter volume. right now we're looking at north 101 with some slowing through. san jose fog may be causing folks to drive a little slower on highway four and vasco road. you see those times? back to you. thank you. mike. developing now a possible shooting under investigation in concord. now, this happened last night near oak grove road and monument boulevard. this is near that busy area of costco, if you know the area. now, a portion of oak grove road was shut down for the investigation. witnesses at the scene telling our crew there that they heard five gunshots and then saw a bicycle in the middle of the road. we have reached out to police for more details about that. of course we will bring you that information once we get it. well, attorneys for the man suspected in the

killing, the united health care ceo says that he hasn't seen any evidence against his client, while luigi mangione fights to stay out of new york. investigators are really building that case against him. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us with more from mangione's attorney. what does he have to say, kris? well, good morning tyou, laura and marcus. luigi mangione remains in a pennsylvania jail. as you said, he was denied bail, but his attorney said that they will fight that because mangione is not charged with a capital crime in pennsylvania and thus, under state law, should be entitled to bail as a completely out of touch and insult the intelligence of the american people. and his experience. that was mangione as he arrived at the courouse for his hearing, and while he shouted at reporters and struggled with deputies outside, inside the courtroom, he sat mostly quietl. when he began to respond to the court discussion, his lawyer told him to stop in pennsylvania. he faces firearm

and false id charges, and while fighting extradition to new york, where he is already charged with murder, will delay his transfer there. it will not stop it. on the today show this morning, the 26 year old's attorney said he has yet to see any evidence in the record. he is pleading not guilty to those and i've seen zero evidence at this point. now, while mangione's attorney may not have seen the evidence, it appears to be piling up when he was arrested. investigators say mangione had a gun similar to the one used in thompson's murder a fake id, a three page handwritten note. and according to nbc news, nypd investigators are looking into whether this was a symbolic takedown. two senior law enforcement agents also say they are examining the x ray of a spine posted on mangione's social media account to see if it is his, and could point to a motive. investigators are also talking with law enforcement anywhere. mangione spent time including san francisco, though san francisco

police chief bill scott would not specify why to us. mangone was denied bail. his attorney says he plans to file a writ of habeas corpus, which challenges the legality of his detention. he has 14 days to do that. meanwhile, the work to get him extradited to new york continues. laura, interesting one to follow. thank you very much. here's another one we've been following for you. deliberations continuing into day five after no verdict has been reached in the murder trial of nima momeni. yesterday was the jury's longest day of deliberations so far. the defense team is now trying to declare a mistrial. there is no word on when the judge will rule on that motion. he is facing a single count of murder for being accused of stabbing cash app founder bob lee on a san francisco street last year. deliberations start up again at 930 this morning. now, when the jury reaches a decision, we will break into programing to bring you the verdict. we will also send a breaking news alert on

our nbc bay area app, along with complete coverage that you can find at nbcbayarea.com. also today, the oakland unified school district will meet to discuss school mergers. the district announcing that proposal to merge ten schools which currently share campuses. right now, the district is facing a $95 million budget deficit. at the last meeting, many members of the school community said that that move would have a negative impact on students. now, the school board says those mergers will actually help cut costs and create more collaborative teaching environments. if passed the merger. the proposed merger that is would take place next fall. that meeting is scheduled for tonight at four. there's new warnings about growing number of bird flu cases in california. a possible new case linked to a child who drank raw milk in marin county is being investigated. doctor peter chin-hong of ucsf says there's a very low threat to the general population, but the virus is mutating. grocers recently pulled fresno based rau farms

products from shelves following the detection of the virus. the bird flu is also affecting the nation's egg production. experts say you can expect higher egg prices in the new year if the virus is not contained. low lying coastal areas of marin will experience some flooding over the next few days. king tides are returning beginning today and are expected to last for the next week. forecaster cinthia pimentel of course, tracking that timeline for us. so what does this look like? and kind of what's the cause of all of this? so as we get into the winter solstice next week. officially on the 21st, that's when we're closest to the sun. marcus. so all of these interactions, not only with the sun, but also the moon that's going to create that gravitational pull from the earth, the sun and the moon, and also line up as we go on into this weekend with that storm. so not only are we talking about that localized flooding with the king tides, we're also looking at the potential of adding some more nuisance flooding as we go on into the weekend and track those storm chances. now, as you

see here on your screen, there are two rain chances this week. the first one will arrive as we go on later on tonight, sweeping through into the ovevernight hours. but that heavier storm, the one that is really going to be a little bit more widespread for everybody as as we go on late friday on into our saturday plans, we're going to stay alert, of course, not only on the king tide situation, but also on those creeks and those streams. we don't see any chances of getting some over-the-top flooding, but we never know. as the storm comes rolling in. we'll also watch the winds, so that's going to turn gusty. if you have any holiday decorations. today really is the day to prepare for all of these changes ahead, as it will be our last dry and sunny day. we'll talk about the full forecast coming up. but mike, what are you looking at on the roads? where are we going? still following the bay bridge. cynthia, it's not a new story. we don't have any new information, but it is still slow, very slow, all the way across the span from the backup at the toll plaza into san francisco, continuing down to where 101 and westbound 80 merge

south out of san francisco. past hospital curve. everything seems fine. whatever is going on continues to cause that build as the traffic feeds in from the east bay. richmond shows some more slowing and the richmond bridge shows maybe a little heavier volume heading across the span, so expect some a little slower drive getting in towards san rafael from the east bay on that avenue as well. we're looking at the rest of the bay and we'll give you a look ahead, because those king tides are coming in, as laura and cynthia have been telling you. and so we'll have that lower manzanita park and ride closed through the 17th. that typically happens when king tides are there. it's no surprise they don't want to get that car in the water over here. we're watching for the trees. there's road work and tree work going on for highway 92 through the daylight hours should be clr by 3 p.m. back to you. thanks, mike. 639 right now, the countdown to the end of the year just keeps on ticking. and this morning we have new holiday travel predictions. up next. the record number of people expected to hit the roads and the skies in a matter of days. a we'll pull back the curtain on some of the video you see out of washington. what you don't see.

plus. who baby love. my baby love i need you. oh, how i need you a one of a kind holiday special. those music icons set to hit the stage for tonight's motown christmas. it's going to air right here on nbc bay area. keep it right here. we have that. and so much more. you're watching today in the bay. baby love, my

come back. it is 642. president biden is threatening to veto a bipartisan bill to hire more federal judges and scott mcgrew. both democrats and republicans agree the courts backed up. so why veto it? good question. good morning to you. the person nominating many of those judges would end up being donald trump. and that's the white house. objection. the white house says the timing of this bill is suspect. the senate passed this bill to authorize 66 more federal judges unanimously last summer, before anybody knew who the next president would be. that struck them as being fair. but the house republicans sat on the bill until it knew trump had won. president biden spoke at the brookings institution yesterday, listing off his economic accomplishments, including more jobs created than any president in history, plus faster economic growth than any western country post pandemic. biden spoke in a weak in raspy

voice as he once again fights off a cold and then surprised the auto audio operator with a sudden burst of emotion. we're not leading the world. who does? not a joke. i'm not being a wise guy. if we do not lead the world. what nation leads the world? who pulls europe together? who tries to pull the middle east together? holly within the indian ocean. what do we do in africa? we, the united states, lead the world. members of the house january 6th committee are reacting to president elect trump's interview with nbc, where he said lawmakers should be arrested for taking part in what was a perfectly legal proceeding investigating the attack on the capitol. here's reaction from california's pete aguilar. they're incredibly concerning. but i also think within that same interview, he said that he could not tell the american public that their prices were

not going to be impacted by the tariffs. so this is somebody who doesn't, you know, keep his word, which is something that's been a consistent hallmark of his of his service. and i think the american people should be concerned that their prices are going to be raised as a result of donald trump's economic policy. president elect trump says he'll nominate a current ftc commissioner to run the federal trade commission. andrew ferguson expected to go easier on mergers than the current ftc commissioner, who just blocked that albertsons kroger deal. trump also says he'll nominate kimberly guilfoyle to be ambassador to greece. guilfoyle, another fox news personality to be nomined and another person close to the trump family. she was donald trump jr. s girlfriend for some time. she's the ex-wife of california governor gavin newsom and a former san francisco prosecutor. fox news pete hegseth. trump's pick for defense secretary met with texas congressman john cornyn yesterday. hegseth faces

an uphill battle after as he's nominated after allegations of drunkenness and sexual impropriety. now, as you probably guessed, that video you just saw is a photo op. it's not the meeting that's behind closed doors. i've got a little extra time, so i want to pull back the curtain on theseind of videos. the press gets 30s for those videos and questions. forget it. here's that 30s unedited. 30s, guys. 29 2827. i don't think i don't think that senator omari. started a long time ago. yeah, it doesn't come with the vets groups, right? all right, 15 seconds. 809 and then back in 11. yeah. the door's always been open. absolutely. mr. hegseth, do you believe you're on a path to confirmation, sir? thank you. have a good day. thank you. let's go, let's go, let's go. we got the latest data on inflation this morning showing progress

against bringing prices down. really? hit a wall. the cpi shows an increase of 2.7% year over year. we had that down to 2.1 at one point. we'll talk about what that means for interest rates coming up on our streaming 8 a.m. newscast on roku and all the other streaming platforms. marcus. all right. thanks so much, scott. well, now to a live look for you right now at the bay area commute. we're looking at the golden gate bridge and sfo. you know what? soon those roads and airports will be packed with holiday travelers. this is all according to triple a. a record 119 million travelers are expected to hit the road, take trains and fly through the new year. triple a is saying that the increase is because christmas falls on a wednesday. record breaking travel numbers are expected the weekend before and the weekend following the holiday. 107 million americans expected to drive to their holiday destination. more than 7 million people will fly and more than 4 million will take a train, bus or cruise. steph curry and the warriors are headed to the emirates nba cup west

quarterfinals tonight. the team will be up against the houston rockets. tune in to nbc sports bay area for warriors pregame coverage. it starts at 530 tonight. tip off is at 630, and the warriors postgame live will start immediately after the game. so here we go. just 14 days until christmas. but tonight, get ready for a motown christmas right here on nbc bay area. yes. smokey robinson holly bailey will cohost the magical event, and it will have a mix of holiday hits and som timeless classics. we're happy tonight. walking in a winter wonderland. santa claus is coming to town. hall and midnight train to georgia. ain't no mountain high enough. oh, that's going to be an action packed night. so motown legends and some of today's biggest stars will perform exclusive solos, unexpected duets and some exciting group medleys. singers

and stars of the singer and star of little mermaid, holly bailey, says that she just could not pass up the chance to co-host with legd smokey robinson. she will even put her own spin on the song baby love by diana ross and the supremes. both bailey and robinson say that this is a celebration of timeless classics. we are not just going to make black music, we're going to make music for everybody, for music, make music for the world. we're going to make music. we're always going to have some great beats and some great stories, and that's going to be our goal. i think the most special thing about motown, i think, was the fact that the songs they've lived, they live on forever and ever. they are the soundtrack to our lives. i mean, it's just true, real beautiful music. can we just talk about how good smokey robinson looks at 84? right. look at motown christmas airs tonight at 9:00 right here on nbc bay area. you can also watch it tomorrow on peacock. a lot of classics there. that's a

motown christmas. marcus christmas will be right outside his house. and he went outside. you can probably hear him singing along. i imagine you'll hear a lot of cheers with neighbors saying, shut up. yeah, i'm trying to watch a special. that one cat in the neighborhood. exactly. all right. certainly a chilly start to our day once again. and some rain on the way and some rain on the way. now, as far as those cold temperatures, maybe marcus can sing from inside. at least it's better for the vocal cords. thank you. and the neighbors, 30s and 40s right now. 35, santa rosa, 36. over in dublin. low 40s down here in the south bay. so we do have that frost advisory with us up towards the north and the east bay, maybe down here into the foothills of the south bay. you're feeling it too? that's with us until 9 a.m. and as we focus on the south, that's where we'll find our more mild numbers into the mid to upper 60s. now the north bay is going to notice a cool down into those upper 50s and low 60s as we watch for the rain coming in. and it has been a dry december

at least the start of the month. but that will change as we go on into this afternoon. you'll notice more clouds coming in. the breeze picking up right now, the models still putting that rain into the evening hours sweeping on through as we go on overnight could be a little bit heavy at times. we'll continue to watch that and watch how it breaks apart into our thursday. now some models also want to paint a little bit of snow on the top of what will be mount eminem, so we'll watch how the storm pushes on through and the cold air that comes in with it. now. we talked about those windy and gusty at times speeds as we go onnto the evening hours and into our thursday morning. early thursday morning, you'll notice those contours switching up a little bit. so if youave any outdoor decorations really today, as it is, the last dry day for a couple could be the day to prepare your home and yourself as we go on and shoot straight into this atmospheric river into friday and saturday. sierra snow on the way as well. looks to be more of a northern

track once again as we go on into saturday. so that's the higher rain totals coming up, but a more widespread event for us will also watch it down south, and hopefully that brings some relief to the fire crews down there. so watch the 7-day forecast. our inland valleys from the 60s today down into the 50s. so that cold front sweeping through the shower, chances continuing on into the weekend. so the bay area rainy season definitely up picking up as we go on into the middle parts of the month. san francisco and along the peninsula will also notice those gusty changes at times. mike. it's still expected unexpectedly slow across the bay bridge. the span itself does show a slow, steady movement across, but it's made manageable even though it's slow because of the folks at the metering lights and that's backed up. it's really caused more traffic at the berkeley curve. the reason that it's not slowing through berkeley, because there's a crash here at carlson bogging down the upper east shore freeway, and that may affect folks, even if they're trying to use that richmond bridge as an

alternate to the bay bridge. no reason, given that i can see on any reports. it's just very slow until you get to about hospital curve coming south off of westbound 80 in san francisco. south of there, we're looking at the san mateo bridge. you might see more traffic volume there, as folks may have shifted out of oakland, but we don't have a problem for the nimitz. south bay. pretty predictable as it picks up in silicon valley. back to you. thanks so much, mike. 652 right now and happening now, help is on the way for domestic violence survivors in san mateo county. supervisors approved a new pilot program which will give victims with children $1,000 a month in support. it's limited to 20 eligible individuals. there will be no spending restrictions for those recipients. the board says. the group community overcoming relationship abuse will run program through 2026, the center for women's welfare says. in 2024, an adult with an infant in california needs more than $12,000 a month to be considered self-sufficient. the first

payments are expected to start in january, and we're back in minutes with a look at the top stories this morning, including that breaking news a fiery inferno burning in malibu. we have an update on the conditions crews are faced with as those winds pick up there. plus a possible toll increase for drivers crossing bay area bridges. we're going to crunch those numbers for you and let you know just how much more you will likelyave h

657. welcome back. we're moving you forward with a look at the top stories on today in the bay. we begin with that breaking news out of southern california. the franklin fire forcing thousands of evacuations in malibu. now here are live pictures from above that fire this morning. those flames have burned nearly

4000 acres so far, and evacuations are still underway this morning. we do know at least seven structures have burned so far. luigi mangione, the 26 year old accused of killing the unitedhealthcare ceo in new york, remains in a pennsylvania jail. his bail has been denied. mangione's attorney says, because his client faces firearms and false id charges and not capital charges. under pennsylvania law, he is entitled to bail. mangione is expected to plead not guilty to the murder charges he faces in new york. he's fighting extradition and is likely to remain in pennsylvania weeks. deliberations continue into day five after no verdict has been reached in the murder trial of nima momeni. now the defense team is trying to declare a mistrial. there's no word on when a judge will rule on that motion. he is facing a single count of murder. this is for the stabbing death of cash app co-founder bob lee on san

francisco street last year. deliberations start up again this morning at 930. also today, the oakland unified school district will meet to discuss school mergers. the district announced a proposal to merge ten schools which currently share campuses. right now, the district is facing a $95 million budget deficit. the school board says the mergers will help cut costs and create a more collaborative teaching environment. if passed, the proposed merger would take place next fall. let's take a live look over at the bay bridge toll plaza. the bay bridge toll authority oversight committee expected to vote on a series of toll hikes across bay area bridges. now, if approved, starting in 2026, fastrak users will pay $8.50 for all bridges, excluding the golden gate. tolls would increase by $0.50 each year over the following four years to $10.50 by the year 2030. drivers without that fast track will they will pay slightly more. no doubt there's a lot of heaters on in those cars out there on the bridge this morning. yeah, we're going

to have to get those windshield wipers ready over the next couple of days today. our last dry day breaking that about two and a half week dry period here in the bay area as we turn to some overnight rain and a heavier storm into the weekend. and you saw the backup at the toll plaza across the span. and we see a little recovery into san francisco for westbound 80. still don't know the reason why there's all that backup, but it's very slow from the east bay into the city. yikes. all right. well, look, that's what's happening today in the bay. make sure you join us for our streaming newscast at 8 a.m. there's a big announcement. new partnership with nbc good wednesday morning. the man accused of killing a top ceo goes before a judge. >> his surprising courthouse outburst. it's december 11th. this is "today." in court, the suspected killer of unitedhealthcare ceo denied bail and fighting extradition.