live. look outside. a wet camera lens over san francisco and the transamerica pyramid on the final sunday of the year. the fourth day of hanukkah, as well as the fourth day of kwanzaa. we

want to thank you so much for starting it with us. i'm kira klapper cinthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast. it was already really windy out there this morning. oh yeah, that front is pushing on through. so we're ending our final weekend with a storm. good morning kira. good morning everyone. right now we are seeing the heaviest through parts of the north bay san rafael, up to santa rosa, and even stretching out east into parts of solano county. the peninsula and parts of the east bay. also getting some downpours. but it is still dry out towards parts of brentwood and tracy. and it just started raining down here in the south bay, but much lighter returns. now i do see some pockets of heavy rain pushing on through through about ten 11:00 into the east bay and the rest of the south bay, while the north bay gets a little bit of a a break.o it's not going to be raining all day. it's just a morning storm that we have to focus on. we'll talk about all the advisories that are in place and what is left behind. the storm, some much colder air. so i'll walk you through that coming up in a few minutes. and remember, when

we're not on the air, we'veade it easy for you to track the rain with me in your neighborhood. just download our free nbc bay area app. all you have to do is scan that qr code right there on your screen. you can sign up to receive weather alerts sent straight to your phone. kira. all right. cynthia, thanks. police in the east bay are looking for a suspect that evaded them. after a several hours standoff. this is the antioch police department. excellent. residents. with your hands up. there, you see flash bangs. this standoff all started around 630 last night on shannondale drive and knoll parkway in antioch. it's right next to knoll park. police had issued a lockdown in the area, telling people to stay inside, close and lock all windows and doors. shell casings were found in the driveway and around the scene. police tell us they used drones and as you saw there, flash bangs to try to get that person out. the standoff lasted

for seven hours until 130 this morning, but police never found the person. we will continue to follow this story as more information becomes available. we are also following that developing news out of south korea, where the death toll has grown overnight after a plane crashed and burst into flames yesterday afternoon, according to south korea's fire agency. the death toll now stands at 179. there are only two survivors. it happened around 9 a.a.m. local time. a jeju air flight from thailand was landing at the muan international airport in south korea. for some reason, the plane veered off the runway and hit a fence before catching fire. korean officials have been sending updates on the rescue efforts again. somehow, miraculously, two people were rescued alive from that fiery wreckage. the crash is one of the deadliest air disasters in history, south korea's emergency

office says the plane's landing gear appears to have malfunctioned. officials are saying it could take between six months and three years to complete the full investigation. back here, locally frightening moments in west oakland after a high speed crash involving several bart police officers. four people were sent to the hospital. it happened just outside the west oakland bart station are today in the bay's emma goss spoke to witnesses and has new surveillance video of the crash. we want to warn you. some people might find it hard to watch. it happened in the blink of an eye. surveillance video from a gas station at the corner of seventh and mandela in west oakland shows the frightening moment of impact. just before three saturday afternoon, two speeding bart police patrol vehicles with sirens blaring somehow collided, then appeared to barrel into a white medical supply van, stopped at the intersection, the two out, they collided and both of them had their lights on, but

they came at intersections too fast. the destruction left behind catastrophic. even with the added protection of bumper guards, both police vehicles were mangled and destroyed, ending up on the sidewalk of a bus stop. glass and debris scattered across the intersection. she coming down from that way, he coming from that way. they didn't even press brake. they didn'n't even slow down. they didn't even do none of that. they just kept going straight. there were no skid marks left behind, suggesting that both police vehicles crashed at fullpeed. they're not supposed to come that fast because they could have killed anybody over there. the oakland fire department says three officers in the driver of the van were injured and taken to the hospital. their conditions are unknown. oakland police is investigating what led up to the crash. nbc bay area reached out to american west, the owner of the medical supply van, as well as bart, for comment, but has not heard back. emma goss for today in the bay. and there's a new warning this morning for

people looking to help businesses after that santa cruz wharf collapse. in a facebook post, the city of santa cruz says people are soliciting donations by pretending that they represent closed businesses on the wharf. the city is reminding anyone who wants to donate to head to its official social media pages and websites. 17 different businesses are currently closed, while the city works to repair the end of the wharf. in the meantime, santa cruz is working with business owners to get them some financial help, likely in the form of rent relief. now to police in a wealthy peninsula enclave searching for thieves who used a high tech tool to disable the home's security system. it happened in hillsborough in san mateo county. a pet sitter reported hearing noises coming from a bedroom in the home when they went to check. they say they saw two people s shut the door on them. they left to call 911. officers with the san mateo and

burlingame police departments responded quickly, using drones to monitor both inside and outside the home, but they never found the thieves. instead, officers found jewelry left behind and a signal jammer used for disrupting wireless communications. this morning, the family of the late oakland a's star rickey henderson wants to clear rumors about a funeral service today to remember the man of steel. henderson's daughter released a statement stating there is no service planned for today at oakland's paramount theater. the hall of fame baseball player died on december 20th at just 65 years old. he would have turned 66 on christmas day. henderson grew up in oakland, played for the a's for 14 out of his 25 major league seasons. henderson holds multiple major league baseball records for steals, for runs scored, unintentional walks, and lead off home runs. the

statement from his daughter, alexis henderson, reads in part, quote, erroneous information has caused unnecessary confusion and distraction during an already difficult time of grief and mourning. we understand that some individuals have traveled great distances in support, believing the false report, and we deeply regret any distress that this situation has caused. taking a big turn now a live look at sfo. wet pavement there, but planes still moving. it has been a record week for holiday travel across the country, and amid the chaos, passengers acting out now. shocking new video of a woman who opened a plane's emergency exit door and walked out onto the wing. nbc's dana griffin reports. newly released video from seattle-tacoma international shows a passenger anxious to get off the plane sunday, opening the emergency exit door. you see her take a seat on the wing and wave for help. sea-tac officials say she was taken to a hospital

for evaluation. alaska airlines saying in a statement we are working with our crew and airport officials to gather more details about what may have transpired. john cox is an nbc news aviation analyst. what circumstances would have warranted her opening that where a passenger should ever open a door is once the crew initiates an evacuation. this comes the same week and at the same airport, when a stowaway was caught after sneaking past an unmanned tsa id check and got onto a delta flight without a boarding pass. it's scary, especially this time of year. reporter in a statement, delta says there are no matters more important than safety and security. new barriers have since been installed at sea-tac. this is the second u.s. stowaway incident in the past two months. boarding pass is a completely different name. this woman managed to allegedly sneak onto a flight at jfk and made it nearly all the way to paris before being discovered. they directed us to keep everyone on the airplane. svetlana dahle has

since been flown back to the u.s. and arraigned on federal stowaway charges. we have one of the most complex aviation systems in the world. they're certainly going to be an investigation to see where those weaknesses are. that was dana griffin reporting for us. now to growing concern about the bird flu after samples taken from an elderly patient with the virus suggests it is mutating. medical experts across the nation, here in the bay area as well, are paying close attention to that human case of bird flu. it's all the way in louisiana. but federal health officials announced genetic tests from the patient, found that mutations in the virus that were not found in the animals. the changes indicate the h5n1 might infect humans more easily. if it comes to that, experts say the u.s. is well prepared to fight bird flu. there are 400,000 vaccines in the federal vaccine stockpile that could be used for, you know, if there is, if there

starts to be evidence of transmission, would probably give it to dairy workers and their contacts and people who work with poultry and their contacts. there have been more than 60 reported human cases of bird flu in the u.s, 38 have been in california. all but one were infected by dairy cows or poultry, not other people. ten past the hour on your sunday morning. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, a bay area woman graduates from stanford at 105 years old. why? she had to wait more than eight decades to get her diploma in this morning's bay area. proud. but first, let's check in with kristen welker, who has a preview of this week's meet the press coming up this sunday on meet the press. meet the moment conversations with people who are having an impact in washington and beyond. olympic swimmer michael phelps opens up about his struggles with anxiety and depression. civil rights icon ruby bridges reflects on how she made history and game

changers. sports icons sue bird and megan rapinoe on how women's sports are breaking new records. journalist dan slepian and jj velazquez share the 20 year journey that changed both of their lives, and keeping the faith. nbc's savannah guthrie shares her journey to get closer to god. it's all ahead on a

to get the college degree they've worked so hard for. none, though, have waited as long as this stanford grad. we're about to introduce you to today in the bay. garvin thomas has her incredible story. this past june, stanford university held its commencement exercises. the ceremony for undergraduates ran about a half hour behind schedule. welcome, everyone. so those getting their graduate degrees had to wait a bit to

receive their diplomas. oh, really? which did not bother virginia hyslop in the least. what's a few more minutes to wait for something she earned back in 1940? yes, 84 years ago, the now 105 year old virginia was working on her master's degree in education at stanford. virginia was almost done when, as she puts it, life intervened. it was the e eve of world war t, and virginia's husband, george, was a newly appointed second lieutenant in the u.s. army. his unit was called up, and virginia soon found herself 1500 miles away from stanford in fort sill, oklahoma. which is not exactly my idea of a place to take a honeymoon, but i didn't have much choice in the matter. there were soon two children to raise, and virginia never got back to that advanced degree in education, which, it should be

noted, never hindered virginia from a lifetime of work in education. no. had absolutely no effect. virginia spent decades on boards and committees at every level of schooling, from kindergarten to college, in her new hometown of yakima, washington. gave it a great deal of thought and tried to improve the education where i lived. that's not going to stay on. what virginia didn't give a lot of thought to, though i've had that trouble before, was that degree. but recently, her son in law contacted stanford and learned something amazing. you see, at the time virginia left stanford in 1940, she had all the credit she needed to graduate, just hadn't completed a master's thesis. well, since then, that thesis requirement has been dropped, meaning virginia legitimately has all the credit she needs and has earned that degree. and so, at the graduate school of education commencement, alongside 160 members of the class of 2024,

there was a single member of the class of 1940. and as virginia got up on stage, the crowd got up on their feet. virginia views it all as recognition, not just of what she did 80 plus years ago, but of all the work in education she has done since. my goodness, i've waited a long time. shanna zenni. it's a lesson the rest of today's graduates would do well to take away. a diploma is nice, sure, but not necessarily needed to go out and me the world a better place. and i do think i made a difference in our community at stanford university. garvin thomas nbc, bay area news. wow. virginia, we salute you. congratulations. 17 past the hour. right now, today is the fourth day of kwanzaa. the fourth principle is ujama, which

means cooperative economics. it's a day to celebrate the power of shared work and prosperity within communities. yesterday, dozens of people gathered in san francisco to celebrate the third day of kwanzaa. the san francisco public library and the nonprofit group village project put on their 19th annual kwanzaa event. the festivities are going on for one week through january 1st. organizers performed a traditional kwanzaa ritual at the library, included lighting the third candle of the kinara and pouring juice to honor ancestors. afterward, there was a congolese dance performance and feast. while the new year is just, what, two, three days away? and that means the return of the iconic rose parade. thousands of volunteers are hard at work at the rosemont pavilion in pasadena, decorating dozens of different floats with painted figures and adorning them with hand-picked flowers. they're preparing them to be judged

based on presentation, entertainment and design. this year, the floats are centered around the theme called best day ever. it's meant to celebrate positivity and joy and encourage participants to share their happy memories. i love the experience like it's so fun and i love doing it with my friends. like i brought my friend for her first time. this is a goal to be doing this. you know, i've been talking about it for 20 years, so here i am. i'm working on the floats this year. you can watch the rose parade right here on nbc bay area or stream it on peacock. it all starts new year's day. that's wednesday at 8 a.m. a live look for you now at the san francisco skyline. a dreary, cloudy, drizzly morning. like many other places, the city is getting ready to ring in the new year and the annual new year's eve fireworks display is set. it will happen on tuesday night, just south of the ferry building near pier 14, where

mission street intersects at the embarcadero. several streets will be closed to traffic along the embarcadero. those attending the show are urged to use public transportation. and speaking of, muni is offering free rides on new year's eve into new year's day, adding extra services as well. rides will be free from 8 p.m. tuesday through 5 a.m. wednesday. the transit agency is also running extra subway service and extra busses overnight. and if you're planning tget to the city to watch the fireworks through the peninsula from the south bay, caltrans new fully electric fleet will offer additional southbound trains following the show. the late trains will leave san francisco at 1 a.m, 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m, making stops all the way to san jose. the trains will be free starting tuesday night at 8 p.m. and in the south bay. the valley transit authority authority also is offering free bus and light rail service from 8:00 tuesday night

through 5 a.m. wednesday morning. several lines will extend their service that includes the rapid 500 bus route, as well as the blue, green and orange light rail lines. as for bart, full fare pricing will be in effect, but the agency will run trains a little later on new year's eve. the last eastbound train running through downtown san francisco will be around 1:30 a.m. wednesday morning. new years morning. the last southbound train headed toward milillbrae will leave san francisco just after 2 a.m. all right, so time now to check in with cinthia pimentel for a look at our microclimate forecast. the final days of the year as people look ahead to new year's eve, and in our typical bay aa fashion, we're ending it with some stormy weather. right now, a lot of that has been pummeling the north bay. right there we see through marin, napa and sonoma counties, even out towards solano county, vallejo, up 80 through parts of fairfield. and that's why we have the north bay under this flood watch. they

have been the center of the storms that we've seen over the last month or so. this is with us until about noon. those excessive rainfall rates and the already saturated soil could be some possible downed trees later, maybe even some minor landslides. so we'll continue to watch that. no major alerts on our rivers up there, but i'll keep an eye on that as the morning goes on. now, speaking of the morning, the front has pushed on through through parts of the east bay hercules, lafayette, down into san ramon and out towards antioch, the peninsula also getting soaked from parts of daly city down into san mateo. and those lighter rain rates right now through parts of palo alto, down into san jose. but it will get here, giving the north bay a break at around maybe nine 10:00, while the rest of us see that heavy rain and the front pushing through. so just be careful with that. and you could hear it just coming down on your rooftops as we go on into the mid morning hours. but then after that we go into some clear mode activation as we go on and enjoy our final sunday afternoon

here. now, as far as rainfall rates go, we'll keep an eye on the north bay, maybe another half an inch for parts of mill valley. notice that the santa cruz mountains also going to get soaked today. but then as we travel east and south, we'll we'll be lucky if we squeeze out about a quarter of an inch, depending on where those stormy clouds decide to stall. along with this, we also have that gusty wind with us until this afternoon. notice just about everybody in the bay area is under this wind advisory, where those gusts could be up to 50 miles an hour. so again, with the trees, with the power and the driving conditions. and speaking of driving conditions, i do not recommend going to the sierra today. we do have the winter weather advisory until eight tonight. those gusty ridge tops, maybe 100 mile an hour plus i see better driving conditions. i promise for monday and tuesday. so aside from the rainy end to our weekend here, we will be drying out. but notice that we will bring down those temperatures into the 30s. so cold air mass behind the

storm today. please bundle up. please take care of the pets, bring them inside and also just be careful with the frost that might develop on the roads as you get the last workweek started. all right, cynthia, thanks so much. 23 past the hour. much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, the warriors trying to close out the year on a high note. steph curry the highlight of the game. but another dub came through with a career high night in

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♪ home sweet home ♪ there's no place like the road home. receive a $5,500 bonus on a new 2024 audi q5 plug-in hybrid during the season of audi sales event. for a w after dropping 12 of their last 15 games. and look who's in the house. 49ers all-pro linebacker fred warner checking out the warriors and the suns at chase center just before the half. the chef gets cooking. curry goes behind the back and throws it up to beat the buzzer. even steph was impressed that i do that. yeah you did. he had 22. kevin durant

helped the dubs win two titles in this game. he led the suns to a double digit lead in the second half. the warriors battled back in the fourth. check out jonathan kuminga he on the move rocks the rim. he came off the bench to tie his career high with 34 points. then with under 90s to go dennis schroder cans the triple for the lead. the warriors made their free throws down the stretch. they snapped their three game skid by beating the suns 109 to 105. yeah we've lost a lot of these. and to come through you know big shot from dennis. big free throws from jc and a defensive stop like that's you know that's what it takes. we need to regain our confidence for sure. so i think this will help at the shark tank the second of a six game home stand for san jose. down a goal in the second to calgary. macklin celebrini with the one timer. it's his 12th of the season, tying the game at one one, but the flames would answer a few minutes later with

a power play goal of their own. calgary adds an empty netter in the third. the flames burned the sharks for their seventh loss in a row. 3 to 1 is the final in the nfl wild finish between the cardinals and the rams. arizona, down four and driving for the winning score on first and goal near the five. but kyler murray's pass bounces off the helmet of his tight end and is picked off by former 49ers kohler witherspoon. the ball hits the ground, but he maintains possession, so the interception stands. the rams hold on to win it 13 to 9. the rams host seattle next weekend, but could win the nfc west over the seahawks based on strength of schedule from sunday's games and monday's game involving the 49ers and the lions. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores for today in the bay anthony thanks. 28 past the hour. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up a collection of piers dot the beaches up and down our

california coast. why? they now face growing threats from more

morning. it is sunday, december 29th. as we take a live look outside the sun rising over san jose. it is cloudy and light rain starting to fall in the south bay on this fourth day of hanukkah, as well as the fourth day of kwanzaa. thank you so much for starting yr sunday morning with us the last one of 2024. i'm kira klapper cinthia pimentel has a quick look at that microclimate forecast and windy on top of it all. yeah. microclimate, indeed. look right behind me as we look over san rafael. all of that rain could look at some issues with ponding on the roadways right there, as the north bay is under that flood watch until about noon. we see that front pushing on through right now through parts of solano county, cocoa county, the peninsula. and it's still very light right now through san

jose, but more will be coming. we take a look at this live shot over walnut creek. gusty winds. to expect this though to be a morning event as we go on into the afternoon. i do see better clearing a chance to see those sunny skies and get those errands done. before we go into next week. we look towards new year's eve. those nights are going to be really cold. we'll talk about the frost advisory in place in about ten minutes here. back to you. all right, cynthia, thanks. we want to take you to this live look from a camera on i-80 near soda springs. wet roads out there, but the snow is plowed. there are chain controls in effect for trucks right now on i-80. that could change to all cars as snow begins to fall. once again, no chain controls on highway 50, with a lot of people probably headed to tahoe to ring in the new year. remember to check the conditions before you leave. maybe just bring those chains just in case. when we are not on the air, we've made it really easy for you to track the rain in your neighborhood or the

snow as you're on the go. just download our nbc bay area app. it's free. you can scan that qr code on your screen, and you can sign up to receive weather alerts sent straight to your phone, so you don't have to go looking for them. we continue to follow that developing story out of south korea, where the death toll has grown after that plane crashed and burst into flames, according to south korea's fire agency. the death toll now stands at 179. just two survivors out of the 181 people on board. it happened yesterday around 9 a.m. south korean time. a jeju air flight from thailand was landing at the muan international airport in south korea, when for some reason, the plane veered off the runway and hit a fence, exploding into flames. korean officials have been sending updates on rescue efforts. again, two people miraculously rescued alive. the crash is one of the deadliest air disasters in history, south korea's emergency office says

the plane's landing gear appears to have malfunctioned. officials are saying it could take between six months and three years to complete a full investigation. back here locally. a high speed crash involving several bart police officers sent four people to the hospital. it happened yesterday afternoon, just outside of the west oakland bart station, and we have new surveillance video of that crash that we want to warn you. some people might might find difficult to watch. the surveillance video you see there from that gas station at the corner of seventh and mandela in west oakland, showed the moment of impact. it happened just before three yesterday afternoon when two speeding bart police patrol vehicles with their sirens blaring, somehow collided barreling into that bus stop and a white medical supply van that had been stopped at the intersection. the destruction left behind was extreme both police cars mangled and destroyed, one ending up on the

sidewalk of the bus stop. glass and debris scattered across the intersection. the oakland fire department tells us. three officers, as well as the driver of that white van, were injured, all taken to the hospital. their conditions are unknown. this morning, one witness we spoke with says they think both police cars crashed at full speed. she coming down from that way. he coming from that way? they didn't even press brake. they didn't even slow down. they didn't even do none of that. they just kept going straight from that fast because they could have killed anybody over there. oakland police are investigating what led to that crash. nbc bay area has reached out to american west. the owner of that white medical supply van, as well as bart for comment. we have not yet heard back. santa cruz is reopening two of its beaches following monday's collapse of the wharf, when a 150 foot section of the end of the wharf collapsed into the ocean due to large waves.

city beaches were closed so that crews could clear out debris and make sure conditions were safe once again. officials announced yesterday they made progress with the cleanup and have opened both main and kohler beaches. if you happen to be looking to help businesses after that santa cruz wharf collapse, the city is now issuing a warning about where you donate. in a facebook post, the city says people are soliciting donations by lying that they represent closed businesses on the wharf. the city is reminding anyone who wants to donate to head to santa cruz's official social media pages and websisite. meanwhile,7 different businesses are currently closed while the city works to repair the wharf. in the meantime, santa cruz says it is working with the business owners to get some financial help, likely in the form of rent relief. the santa cruz wharf is one of many iconic piers across california now being threaned by our climate and crisis.

across our state, piers have been battered by brutal storms all year long. at least 18 have been closed or damaged so severely by the dangerously powerful surf. nbc's miguel perez reports from san diego. a san diego lifeguard maneuvered high rough waves off the ocean beach pier sunday morning following an emergency call. winter storms and high surf shut down this pier more than a year ago. it is one of california's 18 public piers damaged, destroyed or that remained closed in 2024. we are sticking something out into the largest ocean of the world, expecting it to stand up against huge waves. patrick abbott is a geologist and expert on the erosion of california's cst caused by increasing atmospheric rivers, storms, earthquakes and flooding. ocean bch is especially sensitive to climate

changes. just look at the christmas tree at the end of newport avenue, barely hanging on as the ocean comes up farther. that means more seawater saturation into the soil, which means this tree is going to be ever pulling up ever saltier water into its system. you're fighting a, shall we say, greater amounts of energy in the ocean means have to build stronger, better piers to stand up to them. and even those will only last for a relatively short time. like the christmas tree. the pier is an ocean beach icon. it has been here just over 58 years. that's a long time to be battered and beaten. but there is hope. as the city of san diego continues the process to reimagine the pier built back stronger and with more community purpose. there is $8.4 million in state funding designated for the project, and the city will pursue other state and federal grants. but construction might not begin for another four years. meanwhile, this perfect

playground remains precariously positioned with the threat it might not survive a threat. also facing piers from los angeles up to santa cruz. i think it's an important piece of california culture that we're losing if we don't rebuild it. drew kiley and his girlfriend brought his mother to the beach for one last look before she returns home to utah. i think it's a cultural touchstone for people here. it's awesome. you have people who would come here to fish and get food for their family. it's awesome for the tourists, especially if you're not a surfer or a swimmer. you're stuck on the shore. but with the pier, you can walk all the way out and you can see it up close and feel more of its energy. nature's energy that could prove too much for its own good. miguel perez, nbc seven. across california, come wednesday morning, changes are coming to state laws as they do every

year. and we're giving you this live look over san jose this morning where on january 1st, the minimum wage will go up $0.40 an hour from $17.55 an hour to $17.95 an hour, almost $18 an hour. once a leader in increasing wages, san jose is now lagging behind six other cities in santa clara county. meanwhile, san jose continues to be one of the most expensive places to live in all of the united states. here's how san jose's minimum wage measures up. the county's highest minimum wage is in mountain view, which is up to $19.20 in january. sunnyvale, 19 an hour. the state's minimum wage is going up to $16.50 an hour in 2025 at 40 past your hour. still to come on today in the bay. elon musk says he bought x to protect free speech. now he's being accused of censoring users. what he's

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42 past the hour and we are watching the storms starting to push its activity a little bit east into napa and solano counties. there is some rain left in southern marin, but we notice that the skies are in those clearing stages. as we go on. we notice some heavy rain right now in cocoa county, antioch, brentwood, parts of 680, also 880. in parts of san leandro, south city, down into palo alto and even out towards half moon bay. getting that rain in the front, pushing through with the gusty winds down into the south bay, we are noticing just a few sprinkles that are starting to pop up, but it will start to come down heavy at times as we go on into the mid morning hours, giving the north bay that break that they need. but we'll watch those storms that could be heavy at times, especially through the santa

cruz mountains, parts of the altamont pass, and down into parts of the south county. but notice that as we go on into luncime, i see better clearing for us to get outdoors, and we will still have to watch for the ponding issues. don't drive over any flooded roadways, but do get a chance to enjoy the sunshine and the sunset. the final sunday of the year. now those gusty winds like i mentioned are with us for the next couple of hours. that wind advisory until 3:00 this afternoon, 2030 an hour gusts locally up into the mountains, maybe 50 miles an hour. so just be careful. might be a good time to clean up all of those decorations, what's left of them as we go on into the afternoon. but notice, as i fast forward this time stamp into tomorrow night, we look at the wind direction. no rain, but it will be bringing in a colder air mass and we will go into this frost advisory for the north bay valleys and parts of the south bay foothills. we could be looking at those low to mid 30s, and i do see it continuing even some colder

numbers as we go on into tuesday and wednesday, new year's day. but as far as new year's day, new year's travel, we look at better clearing for people heading up and down the state, maybe east towards tahoe las vegas. that looks clear to go also for tuesday, but we could be looking at maybe squeezing out some rain as we go on into the second half of the week. we'll see how far south that storm track decides to move. so overall, after a stormy morning morning for today, we will get into some clearing for monday night football there, but the morning will start off cold. also continuing for tuesday. please bundle up if you are holding any new year's eve events. going to some, it would be very good for you to bring a jacket. if your friend doesn't want one, bring one for them because they will need it. as we look at those lows down into the 30s and 40s in san francisco, of course we'll be watching the fog, see how it affects the fireworks as the days go on. always. every year. all right, cynthia, thanks so much. 45 past the hour. we have much more ahead on today in the bay.

coming up, nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston is here to look ahead to the governor's race in 2026. the possible candidates who may run and the hot

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quote, just a reminder that the algorithm is trying to maximize unregretted user seconds, if far more credible. verified subscriber accounts, not bots. mute, mute or block your account compared to those who like your posts, your reach will decline significantly. three full days stand between us and 2025. but if you blink, you might notice that the 2026 california governor's race is upon us. we might even be seeing some official announcements for candidacy as soon as next month. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston is here. good morning larry. great to see you. i knew we were talking about this, but still, i am shocked to even be discussing 2026. some people say, or some observers might believe that california's gubernatorial results might have implications for the country. but before we geto that, what is at stake for california?

never a dull moment, right? when it comes to elections, you think you're done, but you're not done. you know, there's so many issues to talk about when it comes to this state. the fifth largest economy in the whole world, if you just separate it. but but let's just pick on three at least to get us going here. the first one that always comes to mind is the budget. it's $290 billion budget this year. the deficit right now is forecasted to be about 2 billion. but the problem is 70% of the state's budget comes from income taxes, personal income taxes. so if jobs go away, boom, the deficit grows. so it's always so touchy. t beyond that, we want to talk about two other ones. a housing is a problem in this state, 3.5 million short. and it ranks 49th in terms of housing availability. governor newsom said he would wipe that out, and unfortunately, not much of a change happened. and then the other thing we want to talk about, of course, is homelessness. homelessness is so critical in the state. kira 34% of the nation's homelessness is in california. we're only 12% of

the population. so it's a problem that hits this state more than many others aost any other. so this is another thing that any governor candidate is going to have to work on. we have 34% of the nation's homelessness. wow. that's a staggering. so let's talk about candidates. who are we looking at i assume? well, we know newsom is out. newsome is out. term limits. term limits. so who's who's in the running? okay, so rumors we start with an obvious. and that's the attorney general, rob bonta. why do i say the obvious? because attorney generals in the state quite often are the ones who wind up being governor more so than others, by the way. so this is this is pretty interesting. we want to look at katie porter. she leads the progressive wing of the california democratic party, lost to adam schiff for the u.s. senate nomination. she is still very much a force eleni kounalakis the governor, the lieutenant governor. excuse me, deep pockets. she practically self-funded her own campaign. she is lieutenant governor. that gives her a little bit of

cachet, so to speak. she's already announced that she's going to run. and then, of course, the big wild card when it comes to democrats at least, would be kamala harris. what does she do? she's really at a at a pivotal point in her political career. does she go ahead and run for the governorship? if she does, it pretty much rules her out for running for the presidency. if she doesn't, that means she may be a candidate for president. so. so we're really going to be watching her. she could clear the deck if she chooses to run. and so those are democrats. what about republicans? who are their potential candidates right now? republicans, of course, haven't had much of a foothold in this state, although the republican vote for trump went out from 29% to 38% in 2024. so they're they're flickering, so to speak. brian dahle, who is the former state senate minority leader, ran against newsom for governor in 2022. at that point, he won 34%. he is a possible candidate. chad bianco, a name we don't know here in northern california, but a very popular

riverside county sheriff who has criticized newsom for not being tough enough on crime. and remeer, proposition 36 was that big tough on crime issue. so he's got a little bit of wind to his back there. a big wild card here. a big wild card is another name we don't know much about here but is in southern california. and that's rick caruso who's rick caruso. well, he was a republican turned independent turned democrat who spent $100 million of his money just recently to lose to l.a. mayor karen bass. he's a moderate who could go back to republican roots or run as a democrat or who knows? but the bottom line is we have a lot of candidates for what many people say is the most important gubernatorial election in the country. why? because we're so big here. and yes, are we a leader in the nation? are we weird? those are the kinds of questions people ask. but you got to always watch in this state's governor's race, because that person could very well be on the short list for nominees for president. as a born and raised californian, i take offense to that weird

commentary, but i am wearing like, lemurs on my dress or something. so. okay, larry, as always, great to see you. see you next year. you got it. 53 past the hour. up next, a quick look at our top stories, including developing overseas more than 100 dea after a fiery plane crash. we he the latestav

in south korea, where the death toll now stands at 179, only two people survived. it happened when a jeju air flight from thailand was landing at t muan international airport. south korea's emergency office says the plane's landing gear appears to have malfunctioned. the plane crashed into a wall and burst into flames. for some reason, it veered off the runway and hit that fence before catching fire. korean officials have been sending updates on rescue efforts. again, two people did survive. we do not know their current conditions. south korea's emergency office says that it could take between six months and three years to investigate the crash. and before we go back here in the bay area, cinthia pimentel has one last look at our forecast. it's already like windy, drizzly. some flood watches. yeah, we have that morning storm pushing on through. i do see it better by lunch. colder and dry next week. all right, cynthia,

thanks so much. well, it will be the half of the first week of the new year. tonight, football night in america, right here on nbc bay area. the falcons at the commanders on sunday night football. we will be back with a special edition newscast right after that. and then our team is back at 11 p.m. until then, you can always stay up to date on nbcbayarea.com or download our app and get all the important info sent straight to you. we hope you have a great final sunday of the year. be safe.

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