we'll find out how he did tonight at 6:00. >>> you could follow jonathan bloom on twitter, our debital journalist's handle is at bloom tv. >> this saturday 72,000 people will be cheering on the 49ers. today one very important person was at levi stadium clearing on the team a few days early. >> pretty cool this is the first playoff game here at levi stadium. >> yes. >> it is candlestick -- >> i know. we haven't seen that in a long time. that is why this place is going to be rocking and i'm sure the players are are excitedo this opportunity. but they feel like, you know what, we're not done. we want to win the whole thing. and it is going to start here on saturday. >> he still looks good, doesn't he? you remember back in the '80s and '90s, the 49ers magic is starting to happen again. and you want to go to saturday's playoff game for free. yes, we're giving away two tights, enter the contest at nbcbayarea.com/contest and follow the instructions to submit your entry and find the form on our facebook page. the deadline is midnight tonight. we'll randomly select one winner and give that pers

jonathan bloom is at ces. follow him on twitter his handle is @bloom tv. and this is fun to see gadgets coming out. >> jeff has a lot of gadgets to let us know how things are outside. >> i don't know about the pillow. i'll have to see. i just want to go to sleep. just relax. okay. >>> let's bring in the weather forecast through the them. couple of days. we have some shower chances returning. i don't think it is going to be anything that willin of days. let's take you outside. if you are making dinner or doing something away from the tv but happen to have it turned on, this is one to come back and take a look. that sunset is beautiful right now over san francisco. with the city lights starting to be visible with that orange sunset. now that we have reached winter every night into spring we're getting a little bit extra daylight as the sunset continues to get a couple minutes later every single day. right now in san francisco, 57 degrees. and we're dropping down to chillier 40s at 10:00 p.m. to the east bay, a cold night on tap while we have 56 as well. we'l

i'm jonathan bloom with that story ahead on nbc bay area news at 6:00. a super duper new year with a new super duper deal! now you get bacon, sausage, eggs, hash browns, and all you can eat pancakes for only $7.99. the new super duper slam! happy new year, from denny's. the new super duper slam! when we were looking he wanted someone super quiet. yeah, and he wanted someone to help out with chores. so, we got jean-pierre. but one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with renters insurance. ♪ yeah, geico did make it easy to switch and save. ♪ oh no. there's a wall there now. that's too bad. visit geico.com and see how easy saving on renters insurance can be. >>> nbc bay area responds to a lot of complaints that originate with an unsolicited knock at the front door. >> consumer investigative chris says you have an out if you move quickly. >> reporter: door-to-door sales people are a convincing bunch, don't have to keep whatever it is they convince you to buy. whenever you spend more than $25 on your doorstep, the federal trade commission says you get three days to req

to watch all of jonathan bloom's reports on our home beige nbcbayarea. >> without using your muscles. >> all those lims and scooters and now these big pods on the sidewalk. you need one with an umbrella this morning. >> yes, you do. the rest of the day some sunshine and then you'll need the sunglasses. it has cleared from the north bay but still spotty showers. over to the east bay some of the heavier rain falling to the east of danville and over to the tri-valley. seeing some light rain coming down and then it will clear out. this system is rushing on by and will only bring about a tenth to a quarter inch of rain and another system coming in for the weekend and that's what we'll be watching early saturday morning. you'll be hearing us talk about king tides and really high tides. during the winter we see the sun lined up with the moon and it's closer to the earth. as it pulls the water up, it makes us have high tides and low tides during the afternoon. it happens during the winter, the moon closest to the earth even though we're tilted. if you're planning to go to the sierra, fresh sn

>> it's our annual trip to vegas where most of the tech world is this week including our own jonathan bloom who joins us live. jonathan, what are you looking at? >> well, i'm looking at the final hours of set up here on the show floor at the las vegas convention center and right here where i'm standing this spot will be packed with people tomorrow. 180,000 of them from all over the worhe latest laptops and the latest smartphones and also the homes and cars of the future. today we actually got let in behind the black curtains to see a sneak peek at one of the biggest exhibits and like stepping into a time machine. lg essentially built a house on the show floor with a home theater and a pretty sweet gaming. the lawn mower, the vacuum all won themselves and so did a new appliance that grows your vegetables from little pods. >> within 25 days, you'll have a full harvest. where typically it could take anywhere from four to six conve. >> by the way, there's no price on that yet. and we don't know when or if it will come to market. lastever did see the inside of a retail store, but this year it mi

check out what our digital journalist jonathan bloom discovered. >> reporter: the demo is segway's new chair that feels like it's floating. >> that was in raleigh. it's on two wheels. you control it with a joystick. you can watch all of jonathan bloom's report from ces on our home page nbcbayarea.com. >> it should be the l-pod, the lazy pod. >> that's why i'm ordering it. >>> once again, the oscars won't have a host this year. if you'll recall last year the ceremony went without a host after tweets from kevin hart led him to step down. they are promising an entertaining show with surprises in store. >>> the world reacting to the shocking announcement the duke and duchess of sussex are stepping back as senior members of the royal family. >> they say they just plan on becoming financially independent. reports are that their groundbreaking decision took many by surprise including buckingham palace. some residents say they saw it coming. >> i gave it two and a half years. we're not far off two and a half years. keep their title and just go. exactly what they're doing now. >> the couple pla

. >>> ourÑv jonathan bloom isçóçóxdçó at Ñicef, tzepe in thefo 1ñ follow on twitter forÑi updates >>les to connect. even our producer justin said heçó got inçó on theÑiçóçóÑi day. >> one day for the year. >> it is a highly competitive maybe that ist( not the6zÑiÑiÑi day to do it. >> but if you are familiar withi] ñr justin, he'sÑiÑiñr available. >> and i guess someÑiçó people areÑi taking it toÑi heart. out with the oldñr and in withÑiçó the new. [ laughter ] >>çó all right. so we have some coldÑi temperatures and it is about what we've been having for quite a while here. also dry weather asñr ñxd we get a look ott z at our temperatureçó right now. one degree above freezing inq napa. s coç