this is our third visit to san jose's branham high school for the winter wishes rally. it is a guaranteed feel-good experience. this year did not disappoint. >> and now -- >> reporter: it is that time of year when snow falls in much of the country and tears fall at san jose's branham high school. it is their seventh annual winter wishes rally. the culmination of a tradition in which every student makes a wish for themselves or someone else and the student leadership class works for months to grant the biggest ones in front of the school. as students get help with their studies -- >> i just want to tell dad i love you so much. >> reporter: -- or receive help for a sick parent there is hardly a dry eye on campus. skylar henry isn't just watching this time. >> i would like to invite skylar on stage. >> reporter: he has something to share. when he arrived three years ago at branham he was a different person. he was, in fact, a girl. at least on the outside. >> i mean, i always kind of felt like i was meant to be a boy. >> reporter: skylar, however, kept it to himself for ye

. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," we go back to branham high school for another year of winter wishes. it's a story that will make you bay area proud. >>> welcome back, it's almost 7:23. we want to tell you something that's becoming a bit of a holiday tradition, at least with our "bay area proud" series. this is our third visit to the high school's winter wishes sol brace. we have this story in this morning's "bay area proud." >> it's become a bit of a holiday tradition. this is our third visit to san jose's branhuman hiss for the winter wishes rally. it's a guaranteed feel-good experience. this year did not disappoint. >> reporter: it's that time of year when snow falls in much of the country and tears fall. it is their seventh annual wind wishes rally, the culmination of a tradition in which every student at the school makes a wish, and the student leadership class works for months to grant the biggest ones in front of the entire school. as students get help with their studies. i just want to tell dad i love you so much -- >> >> reporter: or receive support for a sick parent.

it was first reported shortly before 11:00 this morning on clear park circle near branham lane. firefighters say no one was home at the time of the fire. no reports of injuries. >>> fire crews managed to keep the fast-moving flames from spreading to neighboring homes. >>> an autonomous security robot deployed by the san francisco spca has had its patrol area kept back until the agency gets permission to use it on public sidewalks. tom vacar reports on the issue and the technology that's becoming more common. >>> reporter: the san francisco spca comprises a city block in a mostly industrial area but has some crime especially auto break- ins. so the spca put an autonomous security robot on its campus as well as surrounding sidewalks and lo and behold, since canine has been on the job, campus burglaries, auto break-ins and vandalism, says the spca, have been greatly reduced. the 5-foot-tall 300-pound robot called k-9 uses cameras, laser 3-d mapping, gps, microphones and license plate recognition software. a fairly large homeless campsite has also disappeared but at one time someone

the victim was stabbed to death on branham lane. back in october. police said rodriguez and devon were responsible. devon was arrested at the mexican border weeks after the crime. >>> police say three suspects held a five-year-old boy and his family at gunpoint after invading their home in daylight. the suspects were arrested late last month. all of them are from hayward. investigators say the intruders broke into a home on central avenue on november 4 and took cash and other valuables. no one was hurt. police say the suspects could be connected to similar crimes in other bay area cities. another trio of suspects have been arrested for the same crime in millbrae. a woman called 911 on wednesday afternoon as the suspects kicked in her side door. she hid as the suspects went through her stuff. deputies met these men in the driveway. they arrested two suspects after a foot chase. gabriel got away after using his car to ram past two cruisers. no deputies were hurt. they found and arrested him yesterday. during his arrest they were covered weapon and evi

rodriguez was allegedly involved with the murder of lucas gutierrez who was found stabbed on branhamane. (vicki) the sonoma county sheriff's office has named the remaining two unidentified people killed in the north bay firestorm.. they are 56- year-old karen sue aycock... and 47-year-old tamara latrice thomas. both were found in the coffey park area of santa rosa. d-n-a analaysis was used to identify their remains. 24 people died in sonoma county during the firestorm. a total of 44 people were killed in all of the northern california wildfires. (grant) some people are wondering how the smoke will affect the 20-17 wine that comes from the county. (vicki) and shows vistors just how strong the sonoma community is."as people start to release their 2017 it will be a topic to talk about how do these wines taste and is there any incline of smoke taint and i think people are going to be pleasantly wines are clean and it's actually turn out to be a great vintage" most of the sonoma wineries were untouched by the flames and their grapes were picked before the fires. when asked what people can

when you got jenkins down inside and you got branham down inside that's a pretty good indicator the blitzssell wilson blocks it all up, he read the blitz and he's trying to get doug baldwin in the slot on mccleod. that's the matchup he wanted and he gets it. a smart audible. he gets baldwin opened. the protection is there. and you get a perfect throw and it takes baldwin out at the 1 yard line. the seahawks went ton to score. when you get the blitz you get a lot of space. that's a lot of area for rodney to cover. he can't get over there. you'll look at this angle look at the space over there and russell wilson delivers the football. he had outstanding protection on the play. >> even when the eagles weren't blitzing wilson still figured them out. >> he played the smart game. i got to give this positive play to the seattle seahawks coaching staff. they've got the eagles with this one. here once again, empty back field, russell wilson all alone. look at this. one, two, three, four, five potential receivers quickly out at that eagles secondary. but they run a slant and go. uh-oh. that's kendr