games either sewn up or a somewhat comfortable lead in the fourth quarter where they gave the lead back. and then you have to throw the special teams unit in there. the big plays that they gave up against the la rams in the first game, the multiple mis kicks from moody to finish games. yeah, they had a ton of different issues on the defensive side of the ball. it has been some play calling. the la rams took advantage of the 49ers not using calls in their man coverage and picking guys. and then on offense, they had some issues with the four week blitz earlier in the season where they couldn't pick it up and they couldn't finish games, so it's been everything at every level and every side of the ball. time for our red zone drive of the game. it's brought to you by toyota toyotas red zone drive of the game. beginning of the fourth quarter. niners are trailing 19 to 10 and purdy is going to do some things. first, he's going to find deebo deebo dante maybe not having a great season, but but had a pretty good game today. he looked extremely motivated. and

this is the game that you expected deebo samuel to come out and bounce back with. and then purdy he's going to run it now. maybe i'll pass it. and he finds kittle for a nice play. kittle has been his most reliable pass catcher all year long. he's the only all-pro on this team. and then saubert. not everyone knows who this guy is, but he's in the end zone. that made it 1917. i guess my question, dante, is do you give him credit for not giving up? absosolutely. this is a time in the season and i played in buffalo five years. we never made the playoffs. we didn't expect to win games. so i played in a lot of these games. that didn't really mean much to really the, the, the outside people, but it means a lot for the players because that tape is their resume. and all of those players out there are independent contractors, so they play well. they just didn't make enough plays. they had too many penalties, they gave up too many rushing yards and they didn't finish. you always hear this thing too, that if you don't play 100%, you're more likely to get hurt. absolutely. is that true? absolutely. which is why i played 11 years and had zero

injuries. you may have played a little too hard, dante. we'll take a break when we come back. brock purdy, by all accounts, he will be the future quarterback of this team. we'll talk about this season. was it a disappointing season or were exctationspe

the sports sunday presented by feldman. all right, a downve season, maybe by brock purdy. maybe not. last season was exceptional. maybe, you know, as you documented earlier in the show, all those injuries, would you have called this a down season? he missed one game and he didn't have offensive weapons almost the entire season. i would say that it's been a down season, but he did the best that he could, especially when you don't have your left tackle, your number one pass receiver in downfield threat and brandon aiyuk, they had to do some some

patchwork things to the offensive line for the majority of the season. but brock purdy gets the 49ers the best opportunity to win. there's been points this season where he looked like the mvp versus chicago, and i believe it was a game earlier this season where he came out the gate, let him down to two consecutive scores, and then there's been games like the buffalo bills game and the game last week versus the la rams, where he turned the football over late and they couldn't really get the consistent type of playmaking and consistency that we're accustomed to seeing on this offense. so i would say that brock purdy at times looked like he pressed too much not having his his weapons out there. but for the most part, brock purdy is everything that this football team needs. he just needs players around him healthy and performing up to the level that they're expecting. what jumps out from last year's comparison is the 31 touchdowns versus only 17 this year. last season, he did lead the nfl in yards per catch. he led the nfl in passer

rating and he was in the mvp conversation. he finished in fourth. t that bar was so high.e started so high never losing a regular season game. it was so high that i think no matter what happened this year, it might have come down. and then you add to the fact that mccaffrey was out, trent williams was out, aiyuk was out for the whole season. i mean, it would have been almost impossible to match that success from a year ago. it would have been very difficult. and when you think about the solidarity that they had on the offensive line last year, they really had injuries. they had consistency there. they had christian mccaffrey, who was able to create a lot of explosive plays and make the game easier for the guys around him, because they had to allocate so many guys to the run. and the 49ers offense was different last year. a lot of play action passes, a lot of pop passes. not this year. it was more so drop back pass. teams weren't really respecting the run game, and they were really relying on brock purdy to look guys off and fit the ball into a lot of tight windows. and then when brandon aiyuk goes down and

they can't separate from man coverage, it makes it even more difficult. whihich is w we saw him scramble around and improvise a lot more this year. so yeah, brock purdy took a lot of the onus on his shoulders this year. time for our must-see moment. it's brought to you by zenni. zenni is the official eyewear of the san francisco 49ers. second quarter 49ers are trailing three nothing and purdy is going to find number one, deebo samuel. now, deebo samuel could have caught this and maybe gone down at the 8 or 7 or 5 or 4. no, he's going all the way into the end zone for a touchdown. deebo has been criticized for not having a good season. is that criticism? is that criticism accurate? and today was one of his better games? no. the criticism has definitely been warranted for deebo samuel, a guy who is an all pro player, who is an anomaly in what he does, being able to run the football and create explosives, catch the football underneath and run through tackles like we saw in that example there. he hasn't

really done that for the majority of this season, and he had his opportunities, and he brought a lot of the criticism on himself by speaking out i the media, by lashing out at jake moody. and then last week, you drop a touchdown pass to really keep yourself in the playoff race. so today he came out and he he performed as if his job is on the line, as if he has to prove himself all over again. so this was a good start. i like to see it again versus detroit arizona. and then i want deebo samuel to have a good offseason and the 49ers will bring him back because as you saw today, he still has the capabilities to be a home run hitter. he does. he went out on social media when some of that criticism was coming at him and said, no, they're not giving me the ball enough yet. and he misspoke. they were trying to get him the football, but the players around him and the type of plays they were in, situations they were putting them in, the players weren't executing, so he didn't throw the playerers under the bus. he should have just said nothing and went back to work, came out and had a good game versus the

la rams similar to the way he did today. all right, we will take a break. next up it's the 13 and two detroit lions. they will play on monday night. how is that going to go. the lions are really really good. the whole nation will be watching. dante will give his opinion on that. but first a preview of the news which is up nt. here's gia. hey guys, coming up in just minutes. big surf along the coast and a flood warning. we're tracking the latest storm as we head into the holiday week. also, officials at an east bay scrap metal yard facing crimimil charges after a big fire. we'll show you the video. our investigative unit obtained through public records. why? it could be a key piece of evidence. and a san francisco big wave surfer trying to etch her name in the history books will take you to the so-called super bowl of

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that's 13 and two. lions continue to roll. even using some trickery, they roll the bears 3417 to move to 13 and two. and they visit santa clara next week. that's the old fake. i'm going down, dante, but i'm not really going down. and then i'm going to just throw it and it's a touchdown. so santa knows that this is the nfc playoff picture. the lions. the eagles who lost today to the commanders. the wild card leaders washington washington and the falcons will be next sunday night on sunday night football. and atlanta controls their own destiny. washington will be in with a win in the hunt. tampa and seattle. back to the lions for a moment, dante, you said something interesting when we were talking before. you would not play brock purdy in the next two games? no. what's the point of playing him? that's your franchise quarterback. you know what you have? your offensive line is beat up. you don't have all of your offensive weapons. you can no longer make

it to the playoffs. what's the point of putting him in harm's way? i don't see the reason. and you need to know what you have in these young quarterbacks. you have brandon allen, who started one game earlier this season. you want to see more of him. you would like to see joshua dobbs. i just do not agree with playing brock purdy for the next two games. and i know people say, okay, well, we want to upset detroit and we want to knock them out of the number one playoff position in the nfc. well, there's no guarantee. and you really need brock purdy to be healthy going into next year. brandon allen one touchdown one interception. threw for 199 yards and a 3810 loss to the packers. that was in week 12. you cannot not play hard or you get injured in these games. these games matter for guys and these guys are playing for jobs to stay on the roster in the nfl, even n if there no postseason in their future. absolutely. all of these guys are independent contractors. the eye in the sky doesn't lie. that's your resume. so these guys want to get paid so they have to play well next sunday night. falcons and commanders a

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a stormy holiday week ahead, with record travel expected at airports across the country. how thunderstorms here in the bay

area could impact your travel plans this week. and we're also keeping an eye on the roads. there's a special gift in store for california drivers who are driving to their destinations. also not the christmas gift he asked for. a destructive burglary leaving an east bay market ransacked. we talked to the owner, who says the thousands of dollars in dame cost far more than the items that were stolen. thank you for joining us in this special edition of nbc bay area news. i'm terry mcsweeney, and i'm gia vang. tonight we're tracking your holiday week forecast, and it's going to be a stormy week. from thunderstorms to dangerous conditions at the coast. a lot happening in our forecast as millions are set to travel for the holidays. the rain is already coming down. video from pacifica. within the past hour. it's really coming d down. decet downpour there and we have team coverage tonight. our alyssa goard is along the coast, but first let's check in with rob, mayeda and rob. you're tracking some thunder on the radar. yeah, we've been watching this closely

over the last couple of hours, and now the rain has arrived at christmas in the park. soggy conditions, folks running there for some cover and their umbrellas right now. you can see it on our storm ranger mobile doppler radar. rain into san jose along 680, heading up towards milpitas and the sunol grade over pleasanton and livermore. this area moving through contra costa county was part of a line of thunderstorms which moved across marin county. you see the lightning bolts there. this line of showers now weakening somewhat 30 minutes. we do expect this trend to continue tonight as we lose the intensity of those showers. thunder chances winding down for tonight. but then as we head into monday, you see moree shers at times on into the north bay. but the top concern tomorrow is out on the coast. we have a high surf warning and also a coastal flood warning attached to these wave heights off shore, which will be climbing to 20 to 25ft. we've already seen high surf on the coast, but you can see how this increases during the day on monday. so that is what we're watching as we head into monday

during the day. and then by monday night, an even stronger storm arrives with more wind, more rain and an ongoing chance of thunderstorms. we'll have the hour by hour timeline on that and additional rain chances later this week. and our seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. rob, thanks a lot. and rob was talking about those big waves along the coast. despite warnings to stay away. they're drawing crowds. yeah. and those waves are only expected to get bigger. nbc bay area's alyssa goard reports from pacifica. people have been heading to the coast here in san mateo county to check out the big waves crashing on the shore here, but officials say there's reason to be cautious. there are some life threatening surf conditions here. large waves could sweep in without warning. that's the warning tonight from the national weather service, and it's drawing locals and visitors alike to see the waves for themselves. we just had a sort of notification saying that the waves are really big, so we just rushed out and just drove here right away. the waves look a bit turbulent. also would not

go into the water today, but great to look at, compelling to look at, but important to keep your distance. officials urge the public to stay out of the water and off of jetties and piers. the storms in the forecast could bring flooding to some coastal communities, too. in pacifica, alyssa goard nbc bay area news. alyssa. thank you. a great weather resource for you as a storm rolls in are free. nbc bay area app. just scan that qr code that you see right there on your screen to download. you can access our storm ranger scans and weather alerts, and it works whether you're here or traveling. speaking of traveling, here's a live look at sfo, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. triple a says more than 119 million people will travel 50 miles or more between now and new year's day. oakland international airport was busy today. a lot of people either dropping off, passengers headed out of town or as you can see right here, hugging people who just arrived. about 8 million americans are expected to fly. despite the crowds. several

passengers we talked to in oakland were happy that things have been running pretty smoothly for them. usually around the holidays, because i know how hectic it gets around the holidays and i just don't have the patience to be stuck in long lines and all that stuff. but, you know, i'm fairly surprised that everything went smooth and all that stuff. i mean, i left i left home early to get here because i was thinking traffic is going to be really bad, but this is not bad. i checked my bags, i'm heading to tsa and i'm just going to sit down and wait for my flight. he did the right thing. triple a projects. about 4.5 million people will travel by other modes and that includes busses, trains, even cruise ships. and no matter where you're headed or how you're getting there, travel experts say, pack your patience. nbc bay area's emma goss is at sfo, with details on which days will be busiest to travel and what you need to know before heading out the door at sfo. tonight, we saw domestic travelers breeze through check in and tsa lines ahead of what's expected to be a record setting week for travel. this is a really quiet place. there's not

a lot of people here. we beat the holiday rush sunday at sfo. the holiday travel blitz is just beginning to creep up. it was bumper to bumper traffic for drivers heading to pick up travelers who flew into sfo, but mostly uneventful for those departing. overall, it's been really good. parking has been easy. airlines expect the busiest days are still ahead right after christmas day, just before new year's, and road trips this year may take longer than usual. triple a predicts a record 119 million people will hit the road between this ekend and new year's day, 3 million more than last year. is that going to impact your road trip at all? i don't think so, but we'll see. drivers should expect heavy traffic and slick roads when the post-christmas rain hits the bay area this week. the additional travel that we're we're going to see, and we are currently seeing and adding in storms and things like that, it's going to be very busy for us. the chp will be out in full force beginning tuesday,

christmas eve, with more officers on the roadways through new year's day. the biggest thing is just plan ahead for any travel. expect that it's going to take you longer than you may think. at sfo, emma goss, nbc, bay area news. okay, let's check in on the roads right now. this is a live look from our tapper cameras. okay. wet. so, bay bridge toll plaza right there, san rafael, all the way to palo alto. roads. wet cars still moving, though. triple a estimates about 90% of holiday travelers will be driving to their destinations. and here's a gift for drivers. gas prices expected to stay low. the average price for a gallon of regular in the golden state has continued to drop for a sixth straight week. the statewide average price is 4.32, but that trend may not stick around for long as fuel prices are starting to rise. nationally, the average national price per gallon is 304. $0.02 higher than a week ago. okay, but here's the breakdown in the bay area tonight. san francisco 444 in oakland 432. and you see right there san jose 427. family,

friends and fans continue to mourn the death of a bay area baseball legend. this is a look at the gwing memorial at the oakland coliseum in honor of the great rickey henderson. he died at the age of 65 on friday. henderson is regarded as perhaps the best leadoff hitter in the history of baseball. he holds the record for the most career stolen bases, earning him the nickname the man of steel. henderson grew up in oakland and wore thereen and gold of the a's for 14 seasons in oakland. small business owner is frustrated by a break-in this weekend. he says the damage to the neighborhood grocery store is a bigger loss than anything that was taken. the break-in happened early yesterday, about four in the morning at 4 a.m. foods on macarthur boulevard. you can see thieves ransacked the place. cleanup was underway today. the thieves took cigarettes, a cash register, candy, medicine and some other items. but the owner estimates the damage to the shop itself will run between 30 and $35,000. arson wasn't just the only one.

so they come in. they ramp a car to the roll up doors to the front of the business. they tear up the front. they go inside and they just take things out of there. that's not even worth the damage they already they caused. just to be clear, that was 630 in the morning early yesterday morning. he believes the city is not doing enough to help or reach out to businesses. council member noel gayo says just this weekend he saw the aftermath of businesses also hit by thieves similar way and agrees that more needs to be done. he believes public safety is the top priority. the city needs to be investing in. oakland police is investigating the break-in. well, still ahead on this special edition of nbc bay area news. officials and an east bay scrap metal yard facing criminal charges after a big fire and video obtained by our investigative unit could be a key piece of evidence will show it to you. plus, they call it the super bowl of surfing, and

some local surfers are making big waves. will take you to hawaii for the big competition.

home tonight. investigators are trying to piece together what happened. that shooting happened between 7 and 8 thursday night. no one hurt, but police did find several bullet holes in a home on wilburn avenue near westwood drive. police have not identified any suspects yet. no arrests have been made. a black plume spread across much of the bay area during two days in august of last year, from a fire at a west oakland metal recycling yard. officials with the yard are now facing criminal charges for allegedly mishandling hazardous waste, something the facility says it doesn't store. investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken tells us a firefighter's video we have obtained under the public records act could be a key piece of evidence. the fire

tore through a giant pile of scrap metal at this west oakland metal recycling yard in the summer of 2023, and it wasn't the first. it was the fourth. over the years, at the plant formerly known as schnitzer steel, we always ask, well, how is it a giant pile of metal catches fire? west oakland resident and environmentalist brian beveridge lives near the radius recycling plant. he co-founded the west oakland environmental indicators project to track pollution in the industrial area. it's a $3 billion company. they should actually know what the heck's going on in a pile of scrap metal. prosecutors say that in the days before the fire radius kept taking in wrecked cars that can contain hazardous materials even after its shredder broke down and just stored the cars in a remote, unprotected area where the fire started. and despite being told to preserve burn remains flagged as evidence. managers ordered the material

shredded, according to the grand jury indictment. using the public records act, we obtained what may prove to be a key piece of evidence. it shows an explosion that prosecutors say indicates hazardous materials, possibly magnesium, used in engine blocks, were being kept in a pile designed for harmless scrap metal. we never saw anything explode like that. one firefighter told the grand jury, and kruse testified they saw ten explosions that day, but a radius official testified the blast was due to a reaction of non-hazardous metals being doused with water. nobody seems to have a solution to fires. beveridge, whose group has long been critical of the plant, says if prosecutors are right about hazardous materials being kept in an unprotected area when the shredder broke down, this is a demonstration of their priorities. process profits are

more important than toxic fires. radius attorney issued a statement denying it stores or treats hazardous materials at the yard. we are fully confident that the company's actions will be proven to a prioritized public safety and compliance with the law, while acknowledging shredding remains of the fire. the statement says it was done as a safety precaution and only after authorities had the opportunity to examine and test the material. although the indictments were unsealed in july, company officials have not yet formally entered pleas to the felony and misdemeanor allegations. jaxon van derbeken nbc, bay area news. if you have a story for our investigative unit, cal this number 888996 tips or visit our website nbcbayarea.com. slash investigations. those rumors of people leaving california in an exodus. that's true. at the same time, the population of the

golden state is growing and here's how that can be true. new numbers from the u.s. census bureau show 200,000 residents left california last year, but also population actually grew between july of 23 and july of 2024 by 0.6%, translate to about a quarter of a million people. the bureau says the increase is because of immigration. revised census data for between 2022 and 23 shows the golden state's population also grew that year as well, but only by 0.1%. a sweet new addition on the warriors home turf. check this out a popular dessert shop called the baked bear opened its latest location today in thrive city. the shop offers a variety of handmade cookies, as well as different ice cream styles and flavors. it joins about a dozen other businesses operating outside chase center. now i just want to thank everybody from the chase center, from the warriors team. they've been so supportive. you know, you couldn't ask for a better group

of people to work with. and, you know, we're looking forward to it and hopefully we have a good, long, successful time here at the chase center. terry, i heard you're also looking forward to this. i am very much looking forward to this, i love those thing. it's an ice cream sandwich. that's what the restaurant is known for. and today, the first chocolate chip. chocolate chip. my favorite, of course. and brownies. i mean, there's so much to eat there. okay. the first 50 guests, by the way, today got an ice cream sandwich for free to celebrate opening day. now you tell me. the warriors season of giving campaign continued today. the team hosted a pop-up market to help put food on people's holiday dinner plates. warriors teamed up with several nonprofits to create a pantry outside chase center. people were invited to come on down and stock up free groceries to help them prepare for their holiday meals, and very nicely laid out as well. visitors also had the chance to meet former warrior and nbc sports bay area analyst kelenna azubuike. he helped pack groceries and he handed out some of his famous gourmet cornbread.

because we want to get families fed. food insecurity is a huge issue. it was bad before the pandemic, and the pandemic made it a million times worse. and there are still families that are struggling. and so we just wanted to help in a tangible way. kelenna once a warrior, always a warrior. the warriors kicked off last month. all told, the team's community foundation has donated millions of dollars to dozens of local nonprofits around the bay area. well, the bay called the day today the world's best big wave surfers gathered in hawaii for the so-called super bowl of surfing. you got to take a look at this for just the 11th time in 40 years. looks calm, but check that out. right. the eddie aikau big wave invitational ran at waimea bay. the surf contest, named in honor of eddie aikau, a legendary hawaiian waterman, was the first lifeguard on oahu's north shore. gosh, those waves are incredible, right? if you're a lifeguard, how can you find anybody in all that surf? they have to be experts at doing this

kind of stuff. so it's kind of like mavericks when the waves come in. the contest is then called invite only, and this is only the second time women competed. one of them, san francisco's bianca valenti. and there she is right there dropping in another local surfer, santa cruz nick lam placed fifth. see, when it's nice and calm like that, you say, i can't wait to get in because you know the water is warm, but then you got to surf a five story building. oh my gosh. yes. well, there's that 50ft. well, that's the north shore. it does that this time of year. i've been there in a spectacular. the closest equivalent we have would be pillar point mavericks. and coincidentally, we have big waves heading to our coast as well as we carry on to the forecast. the high surf warning, which is as high as it gets in terms of those high surf warnings, it was an elevated up from a high surf advisory. and on top of that, a coastal flood warning as these wave heights will be climbing right now, 10 to 14ft off shore could be above

20ft tomorrow. so once that energy hits pillar point, that forces the wave energy to kind of rise up out of the water, we could see breakers over 30ft out at mavericks tomorrow. and overall, some larger sets of 20 to 26ft tomorrow. use caution on the coast all the way through midday tuesday. right now, a soggy view. christmas in the park. we just had some rain move through in san jose. still 64 degrees. pretty mild in san jose, 54 in walnut creek, 51 in san rafael. we'll watch for some patchy areas of fog now as some of the rain moves out. and 56 degrees in san francisco. so there's a look at the rain. a little bit here around morgan hill moving off towards the east. and the rain now has already moved to the east of the sunol grade over livermore, heading out to tracy and walnut creek. catching a bit of a break after those line of showers did have some embedded thunderstorms at times. moving from marin county into contra costa county. you see it right there, but weakening now as that batch of showers continues to move inland

and we will see the chances of thunder decreasing overnight. but for areas north of san francisco tomorrow, still the ongoing chance of seeing some showers during the day. but compared to tuesday morning, monday is a much better travel day. if you want to head up to the sierra for sure, we'll have a look at that coming up in just a minute. right now we've got temperatures in the 50s for the morning, areas of fog, a few showers possible, mostly north of san francisco, but another mild day tomorrow. upper 60s might even be close to 70 south of san jose. low to mid 60s around san francisco and oakland. now the second storm coming in is going to pack a bigger punch as you see it race through there. as we get into tuesday morning, here's a look from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. on tuesday. think heavy rain at times. gusty winds, a chance of thunderstorms as we head into the evening. skies start to clear out, but look at the rain tota attached to the tuesday storm. areas in red likely seeing 1 to 2in of rain or more in the hilltops here in sonoma county, and about a half inch as we head into san jose. dry for

monday around the sierra, but look at the snow piling up on tuesday, so tuesday a bit more challenging for sierra travel plans, but once you get there, christmas day is looking dry. but we do have an active pattern. as we go into thursday and friday, we're going to be tracking these ongoing chances of rain attached to an atmospheric river pattern, which could power up some of these big rain totals towards the end of the week. you see those numbers there as we get into friday, saturday and sunday. so timing these things out tomorrow, showers tomorrow, heavier rain for tuesday morning christmas day, wednesday looks to be the driest day of the week. and then watching how that atmospheric river sets up as we head into next weekend. the north coast, sonoma county northward could see a few inches of rain over that three day span of. a closer look at that coming up in our. later on this hour. yeah, that's a lot of rain coming towards us. rob. thanks. okay, let's take a live look at christmas in the park downtown san jose. could someone please squeegee the lens? that's too much nice, though, right? holiday spirit.

did we give our guy the night off? i guess so, anyway. yeah. busy week. coming up. a lot of places, including san francisco. a preview of the big holiday events happening in the coming days. plus, i don't want a lot for christmas. you know this song, one of the most famous christmas songs in pop music. so how much money has mariah carey made from the hit tune? the estite fromma

there. you guys should see terry right now. he loves i do love, i do love the song. almost all of us know it. and every year during the holidays, many of you might ponder the mystery. just how much mey does the queen of christmas make off her hit song? all i want for christmas is you? spotify announced this month mariah carey's anthem became the first holiday song to surpass 2 billion streams. wow. carey's music contracts aren't public,

so experts experts can only guess at how much she's made on the song since its debut in 199494. well, one music industry law firm put a number on it, saying it's likely the song has made $103 million in the last 30 years. what is that every year? what'd you say? about 3 million. 3 million? some 3 million per. it's not bad. that's why she's having such a merry christmas. all right, well, it is the end of the line for the holiday steam trains in the berkeley hills. tilden park offers weekend steam train rides throughout the year, but in december, it kicks things into high gear for winterfest. the trains are decked out in holiday colors, and a few extra exhibits are added to the route. many families make it a yearly holiday tradition. we're celebrating christmas and solstice and a wonderful winter event. are you going to conduct the train today? yes, yes. what does the train conductor say? all aboard! all aboard! that's right. very good, very good. all right. this is the only time, by the way, of the year, the tilden

trains offer night rides. all right. so much going on this week. no matter what holiday you are celebrating in san francisco, glide memorial is hosting its annual christmas meal. it's happening at 11:00 wednesday morning at glide. later that night, go over to union square. the first night of hanukkah lighting ceremony, part of the 49th annual bill graham menorah project gathering and live music starts at 330. the menorah lighting is at five, and on thursday, san francisco city hall. it's going to light up in red, green and black in recognition of the first night of kwanzaa, and with just three days until christmas, there are so many ways to get into the spirit. all across the bay area, up and down, left and right. we have an entire list of events happening in your neighborhoods, from outdoor ice skating to holiday markets. check out the list on our website nbcbayarea.com. ho ho ho! all right. up next, president elect trump takes a victory lap in his first rally since the election. what he said to address concerns

over elon musk's reach of power and explosive claims against the oakland diocese just a year after filing bankruptcy. a multi-million dollar wire transfer has lawyers sounding the alarm. and tonight we investigate.

before filing for bankruptcy last year. victims attorneys are accusing the diocese of transferring more than $100 million to a separate nonprofit. attorneys for abuse survivors say it's a clear example of the diocese trying to hide money from the hundreds of alleged victims now suing the church. investigative reporter candice nguyen has the story. you gave a statement inside. was there anything you'd like to say to victims who couldn't make it today? just over a week ago,

oakland bishop michael barber read an apology to sexual abuse survivors in bankruptcy court. now he is being accused of trying to hide more than $100 million in assets from some of those very same survivors who are suing the diocese in this court filing. victims attorneys say the diocese transferred $106 million from its own bank accounts into a separate nonprofit called the oakland parochial fund. just a month before filing for bankruptcy last year. they say that transfer was never communicated to the court. how can you do that? the judge won't like it. i can't imagine they will. attorney rick simmons isn't part of the bankruptcy case, butut he represents alleged victims suing the church in state court. you cannot hide $106 million from the court. and, you know, put your hands in your pockets and pull them out and say, look, nothing here. i guess everybody

has to go away. the oakland parochial fund is a nonprofit the diocese says helps manage church investments. it's part of a network of nonprofits tied to the diocese. another example is the roman catholic welfa corporation, which oversees dozens of catholic schools. the bishop and his attorneys argue the assets of those affiliates aren't available to pay survivors. victims attorneys strongly disagree. each and every one of those corporations is totally controlled by the bishop. the bishop enterprise is not just one corporation. it's a group of corporations controlled by the bishop. we dug into the oakland parochial fund's records. they show it was created in 2014 and state the nonprofit was formed and shall be operated, supervised or controlled by the roman catholic bishop of oakland. the fund went dormant in 2017, listed as suspended by the california secretary of state office last year. state records show.

oakland diocese chief financial officer revived the oakland parochial fund less than two months before the alleged $106 million transfer. we reached out to the diocese and its attorneys to ask about that transfer. in a statement, they rejected the allegations. they're hiding any assets, they said. the claims are not supported by facts, and they're addressing the concerns in court. last month, the oakland diocese proposed to the court a reorganization plan to come out of bankruptcy. it includes a fund for abuse survivors that the diocese says is worth more than $150 million. it was very contrite outside of a bankruptcy hearing, victim sherry waterworth told us she doesn't trust oakland bishop barber. he's watching out for his finances. victims like her say the diocese can pay far more considering all the cash and property it controls. we need to hold bishop barber accountable. he needs to come to the table and be honest and quit. it's

ridiculous. candace nguyen, nbc bay area. we investigate. candace has been uncovering stories of abuse by catholic priests across the bay area. watch her previous reports on our website nbcbayarea.com. slash investigations. today, president elect trump spoke at his biggest public event since winninghe election. he hinted at a potential meeting soon with russian president vladimir puti, and addressed criticism about elon musk's influence. here's nbc's aaron gilchrist. reporter the golden age of america is upon us. it is tonight. president elect trump in phoenix for his largest public event since winning the white house, taking a victory lap. january 20th will truly be liberation day in america. is that okay? liberation day. in his hour long speech to the conservative turning point usa conference, trump addressed his cabinet picks, tax cuts and ending the war in ukraine. president putin said that he wants to meet with

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francisco you saw the fog there around emeryville. camera looking west. a few scattered showers there. now, the heavier showers have moved east of the altamont pass earlier. you can see this line did have lightning with it as it crossed right over marin county and contra costa county. but for the rest of tonight, those showers will start to decrease in intensity. and during the day tomorrow, more of that should be up towards the north bay. as we move forward into the afternoon. mild start tomorrow. upper 50s. chances of showers ongoing. i think the best chance will be areas north of san francisco. but look at those high temperatures again tomorrow in the upper 60s. monday tuesday, though, will be different. there's a look at the wind and the high rain. rates at times could have some isolated thunderstorms as well through the mid-morning hours. then skies clear as we head into tuesday evening. rain totals with this tuesday storm system will be more impressive, as you can see a lot more red showing up here across the north bay. 1 to 2in of rain. also the east bay hills and likely the santa cruz mountains. seeing the most rain with that now christmas day. catch a break. things do

dry out for a time, but more rain on the way thursday, friday into saturday. a bit of an atmospheric river connection with this. so once you add all of this up as we head into next weekend, especially from friday through sunday, some areas really start to see those rain totals go up. we're talking the north coast, mendocino county, and possibly down into northwestern sonoma county too. so stay tuned to that forecast as we round out the week. this is how the weather often gets this time of year. as you can see the timing though. pretty good for travel tomorrow tuesday. watch out for the stormy conditions wednesday right now looking pretty dry. and then the rain drops continue flying as we move forward into and through this upcoming weekend. now for a check of your bay area sports. let's send it over to anthony. well, thanks a lot, rob. the nfl season is not over. it might feel like it, but it's not over. but the 49ers postseason hopes are. today they were officially eliminated from the playoffs. the niners in miami. you know brock purdy wears number 13 because of legendary dolphins quarterback

dan marino. today he got to meet his childhood idol. second quarter down three. purdy hooks up with deebo samuel and check out deebo fights his way into the end zone. seven three niners. now to the fourth with the niners down two scores. eric saubert hauls in his first touchdown catch of the season. then the niners down five with under two minutes to go. purdy throws the interception. it's his only turnover of the game but it is a costly one. the dolphins put the game on ice. a few plays later with a 50 yard touchdown run, the dolphins win it 29 to 17. the niners didn't help their cause. they were called for 11 penalties in the game. what's going on? when you have those penalties like that yo don't deserve to win. you know the offense. the biggest thing was the lack of concentration. we have a really good team and we have good players and a lot of the core guys from obviously what we've done the last couple of years. and so that's what hurts is you have those kind of guys and

culture here. and you know we just haven't been able to get it done. while we are eliminated. we still have two weeks of football left. and you know i have football in front of me. i'm going to play as hard as i possibly can, and i'm going to try to get the guys around me to do that same thing. next up, the 49ers play their final home game of the season against the detroit lions. yeah, it could get ugly. the games on monday night, december 30th, the lions are trying to lock up home field advantage in the nfc playoffs. but hey, let's end on a positive note boys. i just want to say merry christmas. got some gifts for you guys. it's santa purdy. brock purdy surprises his offensive linemen earlier this week by gifting them new wheels for christmas. the ten linemen got to choose from five trucks or five suvs. the third year quarterback, you know, he makes less than $1 million from the niners. so he must have a great sponsorship deal with toyota. what a cool gift. i think i want to be an offensive lineman now.

wow, that is not bad. and the rumor around here is that gia is going to do the same for us. so we're i mean, it's not christmas. we've got time working on it. powerball's coming up. powerball is coming up one inch 303 million chances. but you know, thinking about that detroit lions game next week for the niners i can't imagine that being ending. well well you know the lions are going to want to stick it to the 49ers because obviously they ended their season last year. but the 49e9ers like u still hear him say there there's a lot to play for. people are playing for contracts. of course every time you step on the field in the nfl you're trying to prove something. nick bosa is hurt. he's still playing, so if he's playing everybody else, there's no reason why you can't give it all. and i know deebo has had a down year and a lot of people e down on deebo. he had a great game today. if i'm making the decision, i'm keeping him because he's a he's a heck of a football player. do you play brock purdy next week? of course. donte whitner says no. what are you resting him for? they're saving him his life. you got to figure out how you're

going to pay him first. all right. well, hey, thanks for joining us. we'll be back again at 11:00. have a gre night.at

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