we'll see a mix of se 30s and 40s across the bay area. that will get us down to 40 here in the south bay, up to the north bay. we'll be right there at 37, san francisco 44. and as we move through tomorrow afternoon, lots of 60s here across the bay area. so i think overall here across the bay area, it's going to be a nice afternoon on your tuesday forecast. it will leave us with 63 in san jose right here across the east bay. we're coming in with 64 in walnut creek, 62 in fremont out to daly city, 60 down to palo alto, 63, san francisco, 59 in the marina and 60 in the ingleside. up here to the north bay, 64 in santa rosa. rainfall chances still no good news on this front. january can be one of our most active months, but this area of high pressure. this is the main reason we'll stay rain free from any big storms. as everything goes way up towards alaska and canada, it looks to be situated here through the next ten days, so we may not get into larger rain chances until early february. right thehere in th 7-day forecast. we'll keep it dry this

nbc bay area's ian cull spoke with lawmakers. bay area lawmakers who were they were there four years ago. they were there today. what did they say was the feeling? well, it was certainly mixed on capitol hill. senator alex padilla told our crew in d.c, it's important that we don't forget about what happened four years ago and that we learn from the insurrection. he says in this election, even though the outcome wasn't what he or other democrats wanted, it's important to do what's right. while certifying the presidential election used to be an uneventful day. now, in the wake of that insurrection, it comes with massive increase in security around the capitol and its purpose, some lawmakers say, will forever feel different. today we restore that respect for our constitution, our respect for election results, our respect for democracy. so, ian, he wasn't the only bay area lawmaker who has firsthand experience with what happened today, as well as what happened on january 6th, four years ago. what are some of the others saying? yeah,

another case of the bird flu in the bay area. should you be concerned? what we've just learned about this latest case and what doctors are saying tonight. plus, officially sworn in and making history. what happened in the south bay tonight? that's never happened before. plus, plan on a windy start to the weekend, especially around the north and east bay hills. the latest on when the peak wind gusts arrive and a very dry looking sentenced as a convicted felon. a new york judge sentenced the president elect to an unconditional discharge in his hush money case. that means mr. trump's 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair with adult film star stormy daniels will stand, but he will not face any fines or any jail time. it comes after months of delays, legal wrangling and a final hour failed appeal to the supreme court. mr. trump says he plans to appeal this ruling. meantime, his inauguration just ten days away. san francisco has reported its first presumptive human case of bird flu. public health leaders say a child experienc

terry is retiring and tonight is his last day with us here at nbc bay area. 44 years in television. i know you've been all over the place. arizona, new york, nevada, come back here 12 years here at nbc bay areaea. and yeah, a mainstay for the weekend shows too. so you will be missed. but here's something that we want the viewers to see as well.l. the nw at six starts right now. thank you for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney and i'm terry mcsweeney, one of the busiest border crossings in the world. shut down for hours. i'm terry mcsweeney. a historic first day of school just hours away now. and i'm terry mcsweeney. we're on right now because of nascar. well, you know, something special is going on when you see this kind of plane sitting on the tarmac out here at sfo, it means in this case, the first lady is in town. a spokeswoman for the property management company says she's grateful no one was injured. some good news for the faa. its new proposal is already getting support from a key group. good evening. i'm terry mcsweeney, and i'm diane dwyer. hi, terry. di

we're going to get you covered here in the bay area. also southern california. but the thing that is setting all this off is this area of high pressure and low pressure. it's fighting for the same spa out here. and the thing that it's doing is creating that wind. and eventually we'll get some equilibrium here. but the result in the meantime is those gusty winds. when you get high and low pressure so close together, wind speeds across the bay area thankfully are lower elevations, very calm, just 5 to 10mph. we're still seeing some gusts and some of the north bay, east bay, and south bay mountains in that red to magenta color 40 to about 50. so i still think over the next several hours into this evening, we get gusts up to about 45. primarily in the mountains are sustained wind right around 10 to 20. and that top risk in the mountains 500ft and above. but again, our wind, any kind of wind moves out of here tomorrow down in southern california. again, that ferocis wind continues. wind warnings in place until 6 p.m. tomorrow, with again, those 100 mile per hour gusts

terry mcsweeney, nbc, bay area news. in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, nbc, bay area news.rry mcsweeney, nbc, bay area news. live in a freezing minneapolis. terry mcsweeney nbc. i remember that we had to end with that final shot, terry, but we of course, those were all of your former co-anchors that you've shared many, many, many memories with us about. but the floor is yours. i completely lucked out on the co-anchoring thing going back to 12 years ago when i first got here, one after the other after the other. credit the station with picking picking people who are not only talented, but they're personable. you get along with them, you love them. it's just fantastic to work with them. i also got to thank the station for hiring mr. rob mayeda. i call you the personal professor, personable professor, because you're i mean, if you if more science teachers were like rob mayeda, more people would be taking science because it would be so enjoyable. you do it with such joy and such knowledge, of course, and you do it with such. we are with our parish church. yeah, yeah, we do it w

. >> plus, bay area fire crews from the north bay are among those helping out in the fire zones and for them, the battle to beat the flames is personal. >> this is something where you can share laughter and share being at the edge of your seat. >> we preview her conduct, full of surprises and laughter, it's the weekend, so let's get started. >> hello, thank you so much for joining us this morning, i'm gianna franco and we continue our focus on the wildfires burning out of control in los angeles, and heartbreak continues to grow for so many people, at least 10 people have died and medical examiners say that number will rise, entire communities are just in ruins. >> we know you are waking up, and you are feeling it, we are approaching this story from a community perspective all throughout this hour, many people have connections. the firefight is far from over, as we see the flames behind us on this map, and the need to help one another is not over either. over 4000 people are under evacuation warnings this morning, the santa ana wind continues to shift and blow, there might be a window of

cal fire does say it's making sure it can be fully responsible and respond to any bay area emergencies as it continues to help crews down. south bay air continues to help our neighbors in the south, and the first day of a donation drive at manny's in san francisco's mission district. the boxes are filled to the brim or even overflowing. then, on the other side of the bay in pleasanton, hundreds of thousands of meals will be headed to families in need. here's nbc bay area's gia vang. the images are stunning, and the stories of loss heartbreaking. all moving people here in the bay area. here we go into action. have a close childhood friend who doesn't know what's happened to his house. the winfield wildfires have destroyed entire communities, reducing more than 12,000 structures into ashes. pampers. that's just one of the reasons christina cain is here at manny's in the city's mission district. she brought bag after bag full of necessities and some items for the children impacted. oh, here we go. the eight ball. oh, nice. some joy. some joy. yes it is. certain things are going to look up

you can see rain still passing through the bay area. riday we had wet weather bringing some danger to the north bay today. video into the newsroom shows the aftermath. two trees fell onto homes crushing a car in sonoma county. this happened at a house near guerneville. homeowner says the tree damaged two bedrooms. luckily, no one was hurt. the trees also damaged a nearby power pole. although no outages are being reported on pg&e website at this point. meteorologist jeff ranieri joins us. jeff, are we done with this? is there more on the way? this thing is out of here. so we are looking good here tonight. if you're doing any traveling out here across the bay area, as you'll see on this loop. there we go. right there, the storm system. and now that's pushing well off to the south and also to the east of us. so as we take you in out here across the bay area, no consistent rainfall, a little bit of moisture that could cause some drizzle later on tonight with some fog. winds generally also calming down. just a wind out of the west here at 17

so a bay area nonprofit has made it their mission to help. to social worker drawing on her own struggles to provide life saving support. >> reporter: for justine rawlings coming back to this low income housing complex brings a wave of emotions. >> it definitely brings back memories, you know. both of my children were raised here. >> reporter: she says without the support, services, and community help received here, she's not sure where she would be. the complex is run by hope solutions in contra costa. the organization's goal is to provide housing first to help those living in poverty work their way out. rawlings is a success story for the program. >> i know that i would not be here today if it weren't for like all the support and that's why i get so emotional. >> reporter: she lived here while earning her master's degree at uc berkeley in social welfare. now as a social worker, she sees firsthand how the housing crisis is part of the root cause of a systemic system of poverty. >> we're seeing families who work who, you know, can't afford the

alyssa goard, nbc, bay area news. an east bay community is coming together to help one of their neighbors, whose cousin lost her southern california home. megan stern put out the word to friends in the danville area after her cousin, aaron dahl, lost everything in the palisades fire. the response was overwhelming, and she partnered with a friend who has experience helping fire victims to make sure the donations. all of these right here get to those who need them. today, a team of volunteers sorted the items, locked them up and loaded them up on a truck that's aded down to southern california tomorrow. we lost our whole community and we didn't know what to do. so when my family reached out and said that they wanted to help, of course, you know, you say yes. what you don't expect is for their community to then rally behind and then their community's community to rally behind. and it's just shows how good people are. i mean, people are so good. it just feels like this wonderful love of people who are always willing to com

and the bay area sent a lot of crews. in fact, there is one from crockett. 're working in the altadena area on the eaton fire. and this is these are some pictures of their engine that they sent. plus for firefighters with that engine to help contain fires there. bryn county has also sent a bunch of responders. they deployed some search and rescue team workers over the weekend and here they are gathering. this is a team that's working on the eaton fire and they add grim task of searching for survivors and looking through the rubble and seeing if there are any hazards there. there. a team of 30 that they just sent other fire departments that have sent their crews, including from alameda county, san mateo county, as we showed in napa county and the san francisco fire department, too. >> ok, well, yesterday we told you how the san francisco spca was waiving adoption fees to help make space for pets coming from those down caught in the wild. fires are trying to free up the kennel space for those. the agency is my taking their pets and then the fire victim. animals

here's what's happening in the bay area. minor coastal flooding is possible through noon today and that flooding is due to high tides, which will be about 8.35. for this morning basically and we areas maybe around the coastline of the bay shoreline, possibly some low lying roads, you know, parks parking lots, places like that. so that's a minor concern. also wind advisory that's in effect through tomorrow morning for gusty winds. 20 to 30 up to 50 in some of the hills. in fact, when this first went into effect, that advisory, we had 54 mile an hour winds at 10 minutes later around healdsburg offshore flow continues throughout the weekend with periods of strong wind. get clear, dry weather and some very cool mornings. so here's the area of the flood advisory. you see right ringing the entire san francisco in san pablo bays heading up into sonoma county. parts of napa county and even marin county high wind advisory. you bet that's in effect for parts of the north bay, the east bay hills, santa clara hills, and also right throug

highs tomorrow, generally between 60 and about 62 degrees in most bay area locations, but we do have astal flood advisory in effect for the bay shoreline and the san pablo bay shoreline. that's from 6 a.m. to noon tomorrow during high tide, right around 925. high tide at the golden gate, up to about 6.8ft. there'll be minor flooding, possibly on roads and parks and lots in low lying areas. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. as you can see, it's going to be a sunny and dry string of days the next seven days. high temperatures right around 60 to 62 degrees, although turning a little bit cooler next saturday by a few degrees. but lovely weather. so get out and enjoy and don't catch a cold as i did several days ago. >> the good news is you're n the tail end of it. you just sound much worse than you feel. >> yeah, and i don't like the sound of my voice. and you probably don't either. >> consider it raspy. yeah. that's. yeah. okay. >> spencer. thanks. well, still ahead tonight on abc seven news at 11, a highly decorated olympian finds himself with just minutes to decide what to grab

alyssa goard, nbc, bay area news. oakland police are trying to figure out if a string of overnight burglaries are connected. video right there showing a car slamming the security gate at a smoke shop on san pablo avenue before at least six people run into that business. no one hurt. that was just one of three burglaries that happened overnight. the first happened at the extra mile gas station, 17th and castro streets, the second at the safeway at the ridge shopping center. the final that the smoke shop in all three cases. the three. the thieves broke down the door before taking off the cash register and other items. police are asking anyone with information to please give them a call. well, tesla fire in contra costa county being investigated as an arson. it happened just before three this afternoon in a parking lot on arnold drive in martinez. you see that video right there? investigators have not said how it started, but video shows flames and smoke coming out of those car windows. firefighters responded and were ev

the bay area toll authority says the money goes into maintaining all bay area bridges except for the golden gate. officials say the tolls also paying for operations and even to support and expand public transit. however, senator dave cortese says he wants to know what happens to the money once the agency sees a surplus. >> i think part of the issue what you do, the maintenance and there's a surplus of preschool money which are typically is or understanding. then what? where does that money go? and how's it? the port it utilize stores. it, you know, maybe there should be a philosophy that if there's a surplus if you do the game, that's that you do it. a total reduction. >> cortez, he is calling on other senators to order an audit of tolls collected in response to the bay area. toll authority says it is committed to full transparency and looks forward to working with legislators on any study that is requested. >> let's get a check of the guys. yeah, little change in the weather around the bay area today and may have noticed couple clouds begin to creep in late in the a ternoon. the ons

people in the bay area are stepping up to help in any way they can think of. with the images coming out of l.a. it didn't take long to realize this was going to be a major disaster and help was going to be desperately needed. westgate church in san jose began an emergency donation drive thursday and by friday they collected enough to fill a semi truck donated by a local trucking firm to be delivered to a nonprofit relief hub called the dream center. >> everybody came together, community, faith communities, engaged citizens, trucking folks. everybody came together and it's just beautiful when people are willing to be compassionate and empathetic. >> reporter: the same thing was happening in oakland where joodooboo, a korean tofu restaurant, became a collection point for more essentials. that shipment went out sunday thanks to a caravan of volunteers. >> we all have friends and family in affected areas. we all know what it kind of is to be in an area that's heavily affected by wildfires. >> reporter: people are putting whatever talents they have to work to help

those crossing the bay area. 7 state-owned bridges are now paying $8. but that's just the beginning. another $0.50 increases on tap each of the next 5 years, meaning by january, first of 2030, drivers will be paying $10.50 to cross. i think that our the bridge toll is already really expensive. my things ending that's crazier it's not going to want to driving in law. >> well, drivers are almost universally opposed to continued hikes. if you are very clear as to where the toll money goes, don't know what it goes for directly them sue mean goes back to you may be infrastructure, hopefully for the roads. you know where the money i don't i have no idea. i would guess it goes to maintain the bridge area. state senator dave cortese says specifics to answer that question have been hard to come by. just been difficult to get to the bottom of. >> we're old buckets of money. are that this to goes 2, you know, when that was where does it go up? the the bay area toll authority says tolls go towards maintenance, repair and operations. plus, some toll money is spent t

bay area firefighters helping out down south bracing dangerously high winds returning to southern california as the death toll climbs. >>> we have friends and family in affected areas. >> anything you can do to make like you can feel involved somehow , with the misery. >> reporter: our community helping to heal the hurting in los angeles. how bay area helpers work to build bridges of kindness for those impacted by the l.a. wildfires. >>> the bay area native is a tough market with low inventory. there are fewer properties and a lot of multiple interested buyers. >> reporter: will the los angeles fires impact our bay area really start market . john has tips on if you're planning on purchasing a home this year. >>> welcome everybody. we start with this. bay area firefighters shoulder to shoulder with crews from all over the united states and were talking about canada, mexico and other states like nevada and utah. southern california firefighters are with all of them in the interagency response battling the flames. this week the winds threaten our progress. >> forecasters predict strong santa an

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. rying to help pet owners affected by the socal fires. the shelter is waiving adoption fees for dogs to try and clear space for animals from the los angeles area. they plan to head south on monday to pick up animals clearing space for la shelters to then take in animals. a fire victims and people they cann ao support by donating online or dropping off clean towels, sheets and unopened pet food. of course, we will continue to follow the fires in la throughout this newscast when we're not on the air. our website is a great resource. our team is posting updates around the clock. just go to nbcbayarea.com. we're back in 60s just ahead. a big change is coming to the north bay after a new casino project clears a major hurdle. why? the plan is controversial enough that even the governor spoke out against it. plus, the pain in la is being felt here in the bay area. how local businesses are rallying to help and how you can too. and at this hour, still seeing wind gusts over 40mph around the alta

so be careful parking anywhere around some of those locations around the bay area. with your car or you could see some inundation there inside the bay. meantime, though, we are also tracking some winds. the winds are going to get within again. some offshore winds going to be kicking up specially over the mountain tops above 1000 feet or so. some stronger gust of 40, maybe 50 miles per hour possible. not as windy down below but will be breezy at times around the entire bay area for tomorrow and probably start to back off as we head in towards sunday. again, high pressure sitting on the pacific ridge kind of flooding out. we've got this low pressure center that's kind of rolling over the top of it as it begins to drop to the south. all of a sudden, we're going to watch those offshore winds kicking up again. unfortunately, southern california going to see another wind event. they're not a strong as it's been, but they'll get breezy again for us. we're going to watch those winds kind of kicking up as we head through the night tonight and tomorrow afternoon, those winds g

as nbc bay area's jodi hernandez reports, the closure of two bay area fire stations this week is only adding to their fears. it was a wasteland, one of the most beautiful, expensive areas in oakland was a wasteland. jacqueline brown remembers all too well the devastation the oakland hills fire caused in 1991. not only was her family home, an entire neighborhood leveled. her next door neighbors were killed in the blaze, she says the fires in southern california are bringing back all the bad memories. it's not something you can describe. it's something you have to feel and it never goes away. you can put it in a safe place, but it's always tucked away. i feel vulnerable, i'm scared. my family is in this community and we know what can happen in a fire situation. long time oakland resident larry hill says the southern california fires have triggered a lot of fear. the city shuttered two fire stations on monday in an effort to balance the budget, and he says he doesn't feel safe. it can happen here. it can happen tonight. it could happen today. so that has to be dealt with right now. and t

local race is working to help move the bay area forward. levi's granfondo, which is a one day road race in sonoma county, is expanding its prize and a continued commitment to at risk youth. this year, it's partnering with sonoma county winery skipstone and bringing back a race called the growler. the 139 mile course is considered the most challenging road race in north america, and the top ten riders in the men's and women's divisions will split a prize purse of $156,000. levi's granfondo also raises money for nonprofits that serves at risk youth. we did speak to olympic medalist levi leipheimer, who is a co-founder of this race. we have routes for all ages and abilities, and funds from our event go to our partner charity, king ridge foundation, which support at risk youth, which is my way of paying it forward. anyone can sign up for this race, which allows amateurs to ride alongside the pros. it happens on april 19th. okay, here it is. top trending story as voted by you on my instagram survey, this wheel of fortune contestant just solved t

another case of the bird flu in the bay area. should you be concerned? what we've just learned about this latest case and what doctors are saying tonight. plus, officially sworn in and making history. what happened in the south bay tonight? that's never happened before. plus, plan on a windy start to the weekend, especially around the north and east bay hills. the latest on when the peak wind gusts arrive and a very dry looking sentenced as a convicted felon. a new york judge sentenced the president elect to an unconditional discharge in his hush money case. that means mr. trump's 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair with adult film star stormy daniels will stand, but he will not face any fines or any jail time. it comes after months of delays, legal wrangling and a final hour failed appeal to the supreme court. mr. trump says he plans to appeal this ruling. meantime, his inauguration just ten days away. san francisco has reported its first presumptive human case of bird flu. public health leaders say a child experienc

you can see it's bay area wide pretty much except to the ocean facing in bay facing area. so. >> that means that some of those wind sheltered valleys could get down to about 34 great degrees today. now, that will not be everywhere, but it was a little chilly overnight last night. and tonight. these are the numbers i'm looking out for. so if you are in a spot like santa rosa looking at about 36, 37 degrees looking for those upper 40's, low 40's, upper 30's basically across the bay tonight. so that is going to the case, not just tonight, by the way, but as we go through the whole week runs these cool temperatures in the overnight hours, high pressure in control. and fortunately, the position here is called a rex block still producing offshore wind as that high pressure sits on top of that low pressure. eventually it starts to move away. and when that happens, we'll finally see a pattern change here. but right now, as you can see over the next 7 days, staying dry, staying sunny, getting a little cooler as we head towards the weekend. but other than that, a pretty steady forec

those numbers will dip down to the 40s for most of the bay area by early tomorrow, but a couple spotsy right around 50 degrees. that wind stirring around the atmosphere keeping even the valley locations in the north bay from dropping down to the upper 30s. this is an unusually warm start for january and we'll see unusually warm temperatures in the afternoon as well, everyone in the 60s. most of us are between 64 and 67 degrees. the cool spot is 63 degrees in livermore, the warm location 68 degrees in san jose. so only a 5-degree spread across the entire region tomorrow afternoon and not a lot of variation to our high temperatures the rest of the workweek. let's check out the seven-day forecast which does keep us above normal. the coolest days in sight a week from today still topping out in the low 60s, about 5 degrees above what's typical for this time of year no, rain in sight and not much cloud cover, just a little passing cloud cover overhead friday and back to lots of sunshine as we head into the second weekend in january. >>> time now for a check of what's ahead at 6:00, we switc

nbc bay area news. we investigate, and our investigative unit has uncovered stories of abuse by catholic priests across the bay area, including revelations about priests in the oakland diocese. you can see their previous reports on our website. just head to nbcbayarea.com slash investigations. well, new charges tonight for a notorious bay area kidnaping. matthew mueller was convicted in the 2015 so-called gone girl kidnaping in vallejo. you remember that police initially accused the victim of making it up until mueller was finally arrested. he's currentlyerving 40 years. last month, he was charged with two other home invasions in the south bay. that happened before that gone girl case, but that were very similar to it. now he's been linked to yet another kidnaping in the east bay. they say mueller held three people at a home in san ramon in 2015, demanding one of them withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from their bank. police say after he got the money, he let them go. investigators say mueller confe

ian cull nbc bay area news. a live look tonight at the bay bridge.looks the same as it did yesterday, but now it costs more to cross. the bridge is one of seven state owned bridges where bay area bridges, where you'll have to shell out a dollar more to cross. so tolls for regular cars, that's now $8. the increase was part of a measure approved by voters, and that will include support for transit and highway improvements. the toll change does not include the golden gate bridge. bart and muni fares are also going up by about $0.25, depending on your route. so how do riders feel about it? i think that i don't like it when fares increase, but it seems like it's kind of a necessity in these days with inflation. bart says the increase is meant to help keep pace with inflation, and also support operations to move toward restoring financial stability. muni says its changes were tied to public feedback received earlier this year during the budget process. okay. bay area high school marching band had the honor of playing in this morning's rose parade in pasade

still ahead at noon and streaming on cbs news bay area how bay area fire departments are learning from the devastation in southern california to check on their own preparedness. let's give you a live look outside before we head to the break. the transamerica building standing nice and tall. on this monday, gold bond believes touch says everything. it says... i see you. i feel you. and...i know you. gold bond. get in touch with irresistibly touchable skin. gold bond. well, the fires in los angeles have bay area fire departments taking a closer look at their own preparation. berkeley fire officials tell our amanda hari. we have already faced some massive destructive wildfires like the 1991 oakland hills firestorm. now it's time to get ready for the next one. >>>>as multiple fires continue to burn in the los angeles area, local fire municipalities are trying to learn from the tragedy. and if we didn't do that, i think it would be criminal. like we have to learn. we're always learning. berkeley fire chief david sprague penned a letter to the community in the berkeley scanner to recognize w

but even in the san francisco bay area, we could see some moderate rain at times. few pockets of rain. now, this is a warm storm. temperatures right now in the 50's. some areas still in the 40's. 49 in santa rosa. the temperature change compared to yesterday. pretty significant. so you can see how much warmer. plus 9 degrees in napa. 9 degrees warmer than yesterday at this hour. 7 degrees warmer livermore than this hour at then yesterday at this hour and half moon bay plus 7 degrees. so it's warm little bit. gusty winds, especially this afternoon. those winds kick up. i could just find the biggest gusts in nevado at 20 mile per hour gusts mid-afternoon 15 mile per hour gusts for concord, 18 for a nap and 16 in livermore. so you can pick your spot but the winds die down and become quite not really a big factor. what is a big factor is what's happening at the pacific coast. it's a high surf advisory that is in effect for tonight into sunday. this is for dangerous, potentially life-threatening waves. these waves are huge. they're 18 to 25 mile. excuse me 18 to 25 feet

in the bay area.you are not up at that hour on a sunday, just set the dvr and we will see you whenever you're ready for us. kira willey, thanks so much. and as we always say, we hope you're awake to catch willey at 6:00 tomorrow morning and then just stick right here for your local news with us on today in the bay at seven. and as willie mentioned, we have a quick look at those top stories, including new developments in the l.a. county wildfires. the palisades fire has grown overnight. thousands more homes are evacuated from the coast all the way east to the 405 freeway. and just beyond that freeway is westwood and the campus of ucla, which is now under an evacuation warning. firefighters maxed out after a round the clock firefighting this morning. the death toll does still stand at 11. more than 12,000 structures, many of them homes, have been burned. this is a live look from our sky ranger in los angeles. we just received an update that the palisades fire has burned more than 22,660 acres. that is a

nbc bay area's christie smith has a look at how the bay area is jumping into action.we are decided to make a coconut layer cake that has on the top. i love la on it. we are inspired by the randy newman song. jillian lundgren, the owner of black jet baking company in san francisco, has found a sweet way to try to help l.a. wildfire victims, sharing pictures of what the cakes will look like. you order it online, all of our orders are online, and we're going to try to, you know, make as many as we can and run it through the end of the month. proceeds will be donated to restaurants care, which is organizing relief for industry workers impacted by the fire. they've created this fund that will go directly to restaurant workers, food and beverage workers to aid in food. you know, just help people to get back on their feet and down the street. today at shop summer, people came today to help in another way, filling up the store with donations. my brother lives down south in pasadena. he hasn't been evacuated, but i do know a lot of families who have been displaced. and i'm fro

the bay area is extremely cool, a little bit breezy.t sparkling clarity is due to the winds we're seeing. rosemary oroczo is tracking a change not just in our weather, but also for the folks down south. >> you're right, garcia, we have another offshore wind already settling in over the state of california. going to stay with us for the next couple of days. beautiful view there over san francisco. a look at storm tracker two. we have a system that is dropping in and will turn into a cut off flow over the next 12 to 24 hours, then park itself off of a baja california and that pattern with high pressure to the north and that low to the south is creating the offshore wind event for not only us, but southern california. here's a look at tuesday, 5:00 in the afternoon. and you see the clockwise motion here over areas of. looks like right off the northern california coastline. but to our south of us the opposite direction indicating that low is parked right in there. it eventually will fill in, but it's going to take a couple of days, and the

for most of the bay area. really, we will be out of the woods in terms of any wind threats and once we get past tomorrow morning. still breezy day, but not as gusty as the winds and what we would have today. plenty of rain over the past six or seven weeks because we won't see any over the next couple of weeks likely. the next seven days, the rain chances will be at zero across the bay area. it's likely that those rain chances will be near zero for the next two weeks, taking us through the weekend. i'll show you the two-week outlook coming up. right now, the cameras are jiggering around a little bit. temperatures mostly in the low to mid-60s. and it is dipping down to the upper 50s at concord. that's unusually warm for this time of the year with an adoptable dog for tomorrow. once the wind advisory expires tomorrow morning if you have room in your home to give them a forever family. they will still have some substantial numbers below normal. 5 to 7 degrees above average. the mostly in the low to mid-70s with th

nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab is live for us in san francisco. and ginger, no doubt some of us here in the bay area know earthquakes well. that 3.7 and that 3.0 may not seem like a big deal. but we also know that you never know what's on the other side of any of these smaller quakes. that's right marcus. and that is what an expert that we spoke with this morning said, you never know if something is a foreshock to something larger or down the road. nonetheless, it's also not uncommon for there to be a series of smaller earthquakes. now, this morning was a bit of a jolt, if you will, for many in san francisco. for those at least w felt it. usgs recording a 3.7 magnitude quake just past seven this morning. it hit off the coast a few miles near the san francisco zoo on the san andreas fault. now we know that fault to be more active, so smaller quakes throughout the day are not uncommon. as i just mentioned, we also checked out the zoo today where there were no reported damages or injururies o the actual zoo or the animals. so when you have one isolat

and a man convicted of a notorious bay area kidnaping is now being tied to a similar crime in a different county. the update from investigators we're now expecting. today. this is today in the bay. and we are on a tuesday morning. good morning to you all. i'm marcus washington 2025. here we are. all right i'm laura garcia. we're going to check that morning commute with mike because a lot of folks head back to work this week. all right. and what about those conditions outside kari? it's very windy in some spots, and we are starting out with some slightly warmer temperatures. here's a live look outside in walnut creek. in fact, yesterday this was a much different picture where we had low visibility in the fog. but now that the wind has picked up, it's mixing out a lot of the fog and also keeping our temperatures up. we're in the low 50s right now in danville. it is 58 in san francisco and 59 in santa rosa. as we take a look at what to expect today in livermore, lots of sunshine and temperatures going from upper 40s to low 60s. today we are going to be a little bit warmer than it was yesterd

most bay area trash collectors will take it away for you. residents in san jose, oakland and san francisco should place discarded christmas trees next to their trash and recycling bins on regularly scheduled pickup days. tread remove all decorations and the stand completely clean. trees can be com posted. the trees that are flocked will be picked up but not compost. it trying leave the tree easily visible spot. if you have a large tree over 6 foot tall, it's cut it in half before leaving it along the curb. and san francisco are college. you will have separate crews out picking up christmas trees from january. 2nd through the 17th recalled. you says that during the first weeks of january, they will collect more than 300 tons of christmas trees. they want to compost as many of those as possible. just tremendous amount of material. >> we want to keep them all out of the landfill. trees come from the earth and we need to turned into compost so we can. >> get him back to the depending on where you live. tree recycling and pickup options could var

you can download our nbc bay area app. just scan the qr code right there on your screen to get started. the app provides many things, including access to our storm ranger radar. well, over the past several months, san francisco has been cracking down on open air drug markets that have taken root on several street corners in the city's south of market and tenderloin neighborhoods. and there's been some progress. but the supervisor who represents soma is fed up wiwith what's happenig on one particular street. nbc bay area's sergio quintana has more on the bold plan. he wants the city to take a look at to address the problems on sixth street in the south of market district. on any given day, you can see some of san francisco's issues with drug use, drug dealing and mental health all out in the open. this is in supervisor matt dorsey's district. he's pressing city departments to take swift action here, just on the sixth street corridor. if we were to effect 100 arrests per night with an eye toward making those life saving, med

gia vang nbc, bay area news.nd you can stick with us for complete coverage of the mayoral inauguration tomorrow. we've got live team coverage all day. that includes airing the city hall inauguration ceremony live. you can watch it right here on nbc bay area or on any of our at 1130 in the morning. we'res back in 60s ahead. new charges for the man already in prison for raping and kidnaping a bay area woman. the new details we're learning about matthew mueller, who became the focus of a netflix series. and a rash of break ins over the holidays in palo alto. but are they connected? what the suspects were after? that's next. and i'm continuing to track the wind from the bay area down to to a bay area kidnaping and rape case that sparked international headlines and inspired a popular netflix series. matthew mueller, the man convicted for that crime in vallejo, is now being tied to more home invasions. the new details were revealed today by authorities in monterey county. matthew mueller was convicted of raping and kid

it's a song bird reunion seeing his bay area colleagues battling the worst set of fires. state has seen. >> in a couple of years and then this is what we call over. zoom or test shows us the staging area for cal fire trailers for interviews, press conferences and meetings. very much like a miniature city port is job is going to grocery stores or wherever people congregatetand give them vital information to keep themselves safe. >> and about the next face, now that the fires are just starting to get under control was a fire runs through. it's important for us to be able to give the right information for the people when they start to repopulate. so everything gets done right in orderly fashion. and that next phase includes coming home for thousands, knowing many of those won't have a home to return to it all. >> it's like the national guard and dozens of fire departments all helping the cause. the damage here will be felt for generations. the unknowns are up. >> pretty scary. crews are having a cautious mindset, though, knowing increasingly intense weather events are becomin

and welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. we are also tracking other stories this tuesday, including a notorious bay area kidnaper facing new charges. matthew mueller was convicted of kidnaping denise huskins in vallejo, a case investigators originally said she made up. well, the new evidence linking mueller to a case in san ramon. also a change in leadership. antioch city leaders announced new acting a new acting police chief. what we know about the new head cop. as the department looks to move on from its racist text messaging scandal. and new video showing a train engineer. check this out. pushing aside tents from a homeless encampment in the bay area. our ian cull is looking into the problem and the safety concerns. but let's begin with the breaking news in los angeles. fears of those dangerous santa ana winds. well, they're coming true. 30,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes after this wind whipped fire ignited this morning. this is in the coastal community of pacific palisades, west of downtown la. it's a

well, this morning, a notorious bay area kidnaper facing new accusations in another kidnaping. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us from our newsroom with more on these mounting charges. what a case, kris. you might remember it. a lot of people do. certainly, matthew mueller is already behind bars serving 40 years. and yet today, investigators in seaside and monterey county will detail how their investigation led to an alleged crime in san ramon. you might remember mueller from the 2015 kidnaping of denise huskins in vallejo, mullin, entered her boyfriend's home. zip tied them both, then kidnaped huskins for a $1,700 ransom when she escaped two days later and was found in huntington beach down in southern california. vallejo police accused the couple of making the whole thing up. huskins later sued vallejo police for defamation. so now mueller's mullin is connected to another kidnaping for ransom in san ramon. about a month after the huskins case in 2015. in all, mullin is now linked to five cases from a home invasion in mountain view in 2019. in october of that year, anothe

how the bay area won big on tv and the big screen next. you're watching today in the bay. day morning. it is 614. we are taking a live look outside in dublin. it is all clear here, but very chilly. temperatures now dropping down to 38 degrees. bundle up. it's going to be a cool morning with a lot of clouds and eventually some peeks of sunshine with a little bit of a cool down today. we'll talk about what's ahead for the rest of the week, coming up in a few minutes. well, the volume of traffic is ramping up compared to the last couple of weeks. here's the richmond bridge heading over towards san rafael. back up. you also see the glow for these lights. the fog has crept around this morning. we see it in richmond. we'll check the bay bridge. we'll check the golden gate bridge. there's some more patches that we find. good morning. wall street is set to open higher as investors gear up for a lot of economic data. and another shortened trading week. the markets will be closed on thursday. that's for the national day of mourning for former president jimmy carter. and stocks are c

we'll level off in the 40s pretty much across the entire bay area. temperatures tomorrow, a very well stirred air mass, not a lot of variation in temperatures, 67 the warm spot in san jose, 62, one of the cool spots in pacifica, also bodega bay 62, all these numbers running 5 to 8 degrees above average for mid-january. temperatures do change a little bit in the seven-day forecast. there is a gradual return to near normal, but it basically takes the entire seven-day forecast to get back to near average temperatures a week from today. a little more cloud cover a week from today, but otherwise lots of sunshine. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up, a bay area food bank answer be the call for help, the shipment now >>> amid the destruction of these l.a. wildfires, donations are pouring in from those looking to help the community. so this is one of the pop-up donation sites at the rose bowl stadium in pasadena where people have brought in clothes, food, water and other essentials for those impacted by the fires. neighbors say they're giving whatever they can t

nbc bay area's kris sanchez is live for us from the newsroom with the latest there. chris. od morning to you, marcus and laura. so the santa ana winds are still howling, especially in the area of the palisades fire. but firefighting planes and choppers are able to go back up. and i want to show you what a difference that makes in the firefight. this is the sunset fire that started just before 6:00 last night. swiftly, their firefighters were able to stop the fire's progress toward homes and contain the perimeter, limiting spot fires set by those spreading embers. this fire was rapidly and aggressively attacked by using coordinated air and ground fire suppression efforts. residents heeded our timely evacuation orders, so that's what happens when everything goes well. and that's the hope for that kind of break in the palisades fire, which is now at more than 17,000 acres, the la fire chief says structures destroyed or damaged are now in the hundreds of thousands, multiple thousands. despite extreme fire behavior and forecasted wind gusts of more than 60mph, the aircraft are go

for the latest updates, go to nbcbayarea.com or download our free nbc bay area app. r on air coverage continues in just a few minutes, and we're going to move on to some other news. right now, it's inauguration day by the bay. today, danielle louis formally sworn in as san francisco's 46th mayor, i, daniel lowry, do solemnly swear. the former nonprofit founder and political newcomer was inaugurated outside city hall before a large crowd. every seat was taken and hundreds more had to stand through the ceremony, including former mayor willie brown. among the speakers today. warriors head coach steve kerr, former california surgeon general doctor nadine burke harris, and mayor lowry's wife becca proud. mayor lowry told the crowd some difficult decisions to be made, with the city facing a massive budget deficit, but he believes he's got the people and the vision to bring real change for city residents. and the celebration of san francisco's new mayor isn't over yet. this evening, chinatown is the place to be as laurie attends a community banquet and headlines a special ni

eventually, we're going to get that storm track to lower down here across the bay area, but not for tomorrow. we're still kind of caught in between this pattern here with this area of high pressure that brought us dry weather. the past couple of days is moving off towards the four corners, and then our next system is developing in the pacific. so no rainfall just yet. i really see that kind of picking up here for us once we head into friday's forecast, and i'll get you all the timing and the totals here in just a bit. but let's take it through tomorrow morning and we're going to see another round here. some patchy fog. could get some sun breaks mixing in, but all in all i'd be ready for the chance of maybe some visibilities to be a half mile or less. so take it easy tomorrow morning, plan a little extra time if you got to head back to work, and then we'll see those clouds linger with us. so certainly an overcast day here for a lot of the bay area morning temperatures. i don't see any way we get back down to the freezing mark. it's just not going to be able to happen here. we'll get to 51 her

he's now being tied to another kidnaping in the bay area. and the police chief of seaside is being credited with helping to crack that case. matthew muller was convicted in the 2015 so-called gone girl kidnaping in vallejo. the details at that time were so astonishing that police initially accused the victim, denise huskins, of making the entire story up with her boyfriend. muller was ultimately linked to the crimes and arrested. he's currently serving 40 years. now, last month, he was charged with two other home invasions in the south bay. that happened before the gone girl case that were very similar. and now he's been linked to yet another kidnaping in the east bay. authorities say muller held three people at a home in san ramon i in april of 2015, demanding one of them withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from their bank. police say after he got that money, he let them go. investigators claim muller confessed to those new crimes last year during letters he exchanged with seaside's police chief. okay, let's go over it again. here are the

those visitors came from all over the bay area and beyond. and we do not have the final numbers yet, but firefighters did expect as many as 100,000 revelers to watch last night's fireworks show in the city, and there were a lot of police and firefighters there as well, to make sure the crowds stay safe. people we talked to say they were happy to brave the cold weather to celebrate 2025. >> we just took the ferry to get here, which is a nice way to come in, and then we're going to take an uber, and then after that i think we're going to walk. >> the people here, just the whole excitement, the lights, you know, everything. the food here. i mean, san francisco, you know, can't beat it. >> my new year's resolution is to try to retire. >> crowds stayed out late into the night, especially since muni was free and bart ran in the city until 2 a.m. >> our time now. 937. it wasn't just the legal fireworks shows lighting up the bay area skies. as always, there were a lot of illegal fireworks as well. you're looking at time lapse video of oakland last ni