marianne favro continuing the team coverage live in san jose at a warming center there. a lot of folks might need these. >> absolutely. there is such a need for this and this is a fairly new program. this warming center opened at 9:00 tonight. and more than a dozen people are expected to come here and spend the night to get relief from the cold. with temperatures expected to plummet into the low 30s and possibly even the 20s overnight, san jose opened four warming centers tonight including this one. >> we provide mats, coffee, drinks, anything to get them warm and even bus tokens as well. >> launched as a pilot program last year, san jose opens the centers on cold nights like tonight when there's a freeze warning. >> so far it has been successful. >> reporter: anyone can come here, no questions asked. there is security and will open until 8:00 tomorrow among. the other shelters are at tully community library, and for families, the washington united youth center. and with the cold snap expected to linger, they will remain open tomorrow night as well. offering relief from

reporting live in oakland, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you. one of the things we learned late this afternoon, many of the people who died didn't have a chance. they were trapped upstairs while the bottom floor was burning. we're also learning about their lives. these were artists, musicians and students with unique souls. nbc bay area's garvin thomas joins us with a closer look. >> raj, all these victims are forever tragically linked by the way they died. but once you get to know them, even a little bit, you see they're all linked, as well, by how they lived. to a person, there was beauty and art in their lives. like johnnie igaz. his life revolved around music, producing it, buying and selling it, and the night of the fire, he was deejay, providing the music all had come to hear. nicole siegrist, originally from lincoln, nebraska, was also a musician. outgoing and often outrageous, she was half of the pop duo, introflirt. griffin madden, a berkeley grad, spent years ushering at cal performances, getting to know and appreciating all forms of e

. >>> marianne favro has a developing story. marianne, more erosion along the coast that led to a serious warning? >> it certainly did, terry. neighbors tell me that this sign you see right here went up yesterday closing beach access because of erosion and a sinkhole. that erosion has certainly made a path too dangerous. heavy rains and landslides have hit the coast hard recently and neighbors say it's something that they've grown accustomed to here at pacifica. >> it's a constant battle. if you look at the sidewalk, it's very narrow. it's just a shadow of how it was years ago. >> reporter: this new sinkhole may have created by some of the biggest waves of the year called king tide. they are expected to hit their peak on tuesday and wednesday. in march, an apparent here was demolished after several winter storms pummeled parts of the cliff and a state of emergency was declared. but remember, as rob mentioned, we have another storm coming in. so no word on when this beach access will be reopened, if at all, this year. reporting li

marianne favro joins us at a local coffee shop where one of these victims used to work. marianne? >> reporter: raj, we learned tonight that one of the victims was 32-year-old donna kellogg. she worked here at high wire coffee rosters in berkeley and she was also pursuing her dream of becoming a chef. inside high wire coffee roasters you'll find a small sign written in chalk telling customers they are hoping to find employee donna kellogg. tonight they learned she was killed in the so-called ghost ship warehouse fire in between shifts, the 32-year-old was going to culinary school. her friend describes her as a free willing, free spirited candid person. brandon chase whiten hower also died in the fire. the electronic music artist was the vocalest for the band sybiotics fungi and an oakland based electronic band ghost of lightning and often went by the stage name travis blitzen and 22-year-old cash of the bay area dream pop brand them or us, too. 24-year-old nick gomez hall, an administrative assistant at counter point press, hall called himself a decomposer of music. 35-year-old uc

reporting live in morgan hill, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marianne. >>> you can track the storm as it rolls across the bay area on our website. just put in your zip code and it will bring up the radar picture in your neighborhood. that's at nbcbayarea.com. >>> there are new developments surrounding the fire in oakland. the warehouse was never inspected. this is something that our investigative unit uncovered last week. today it was confirmed by oakland's fire chief. nbc bay area's elyce kirchner joins us from 31st avenue with more. elyce. >> reporter: well, raj, tonight the oakland fire chief is acknowledging that the building here simply fell through the cracks. the now burned out building was never inspected. meanwhile, we have learned that the atf is still trying to determine the exact cause of this deadly blaze. you can also see a growing memorial here remembering the 36 people who died in the fire. there was no hiding it. >> just common sense when you have people coming and going that much. >> reporter: mike ricky says for years, everyone in the fruitvale ne

marianne favro with us. they were here for friday night fun to listen to music and never made it home. it is difficult to see the picture and hear the stories of their lives. as that is happening so many people in oak lland are mournin what happened at this warehouse fire. there is the investigation and clean up here. literally piece by piece they are going through debre looking for clues of why this happened but more importantly looking for bodies that might be in the warehouse. let's bring ielyce kirchner. >> first responders tried to remove the wreckage meticulously. all day long we have seen people coming here, bringing flowers, lighting candles to remember those who lost their lives. slowly sifting through the rubble with a grim task. >> at 33 deceased now. i anticipate that will go up. >> reporter: criminal investigators are now involved and everyone is trying to determine how a converted warehouse turned in to a death trap. >> the district attorney has activated the criminal investigation. >> reporter

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> and tonight, investigators say that the fire in oakland began on the first floor trapping people on the second floor. what we've seen here in the last hour that could help determine the cause of the blaze. >>> and now, remembering benjamin who died in the warehouse fire. he was a talented jazz musician who played with bands all around the bay area. we have new answers from federal investigators, about the deadliest u-s fire in 13 years. >>> well, we have some new answers from federal investigators about the deadliest u.s. fire in 13 years. the final death toll in oakland, 36. >> perhaps the most chilling detail that we learned today, many of the victims had no chance. they said they were trapped upstairs while that fire raged on the ground floor. elyce is joining us there. they are clearing up rumors about the source of the fire? >> reporter: that's right. they are focusing on the first floor saying that's where the blaze began. as you just mentioned, it quickly spread upstairs, trapping all of those victims on the second floor. and now atf agen

in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> new details tonight in a hit and run investigation on the peninsula. police say the man hit in a crosswalk has died. it happened last night on el camino real. the man was in the crosswalk when a car described by witnesses as an suv rav4 slammed into him. the man died today in the hospital. his identity is not being released. the driver has not been caught. >>> a controversial story took another dramatic turn today. san francisco public defender unveiled this new body cam video of an arrest that many people say went too far. this involves b.a.r.t. police. let's show you more. on the left is the cell phone video showing b.a.r.t. police officers detaining michael smith at the embacadero station in san francisco in july. on the right, is the newly released video from one of the b.a.r.t. officers' body cameras. officers say they responded forcefully because they were told he had a gun. critics have called this excessive force. public defenders also revealed that michael smith's girlfriend had told officers she was pregnant when she was tak

marianne favro is at the target on whipple road with new developments. >> reporter: police arrested two men in connection with the killing. they were arrested just a couple of blocks from here. but officers still don't have a motive yet. it was business as usual today at this target store off whipple road in hayward, but what happened here christmas eve is far from usual. around 8:00, in a store packed with holiday shoppers, a 36-year-old man was stabbed to death. >> scary. you know? when you can't even go out and shop, you know, i don't know. it is kind of sad. >> reporter: police won't say where in the store the attacked happen, but employees say it happened in the back of the store near the toy department and forced target to close several hours early. witnesses reported seeing the victim involved in a fight with two men just before he was stabbed. officers arrested two men in their 20s here on industrial parkway southwest the same night. some shoppers who frequent this target say they're shocked that someone was murdered here in what is supposed to be the season of caring and giving

in hayward, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> we reached out to target. they had this response to the attack. "at target the safety and security of our guests and team members is a top priority. as soon as we were made aware of the incident, we immediately contacted local law enforcement and closed the store." >>> it's now up to the d.a. to decide, a task force has now turned over evidence in a sweeping case involving students at five south bay high schools and hundreds of nude photos. mountain view police say they and other agencies have been investigating the allegations for several months now. they say students were allegedly sharing sexually explicit photos of other students via an online drop box account. an anonymous tip led investigators to the case. police have since put a freeze on that drop box account. now the district attorney has to decide whether to file charges which could include child porn charges. >>> history has been made at pearl harbor once again. today marked the first official visit to the site by a japanese leader. prime minister s

in morgan hill, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, we are tracking the next round of storms that's looming over the bay area. >>> the millennium tower is not the only thing sinking in san francisco. we investigate why streets and sidewalks are buckling and cracking. >>> we continue to follow breaking news this morning. the vta and santa clara county sheriff's deputies are looking for this man. authorities say that he threatened to suicide bomb the transit system. so they are stopping all trains and all buses right now, searching for him at this hour. >> it's a critical search for him right now. if you see him, call 911. in the meantime, if you have friends or family who depend on vta, what does it mean for them, mike? >> we thought maybe the buses would be able to handle the rail system, but both systems are affected. any of the transportation provided by the valley transit authority is currently stopped from what we understand until they can have the searches done. i was texting back and forth on twitter with a few folks. they were all worried about

speaking of the south bay, there's where nbc bay area's marianne favro joins us live. the freeze warning doesn't appear to be slowing down shoppers around willow glen this evening, marianne. >> reporter: rob, you certainly have all the science behind it, but i can total you i feel it in my bones. it's not stopping the holiday shoppers tonight. 'tis the season to be bundled. even those with fur and four legs. as rob mentioned, in san jose there is a freeze warning, but hold shoppers told us while it's surprising, they're adapting. >> i guess i'm just weather confused. i've been switching from shorts and jeans to jackets. she's always freezing. >> reporter: some commented that the cold weather made this feel more like it's the christmas season. others told us the cold snap wouldn't stop them from shopping, because this is the last full weekend before christmas. for those late night shoppers heading back to their cars tonight, you may even see some frost on your windows. and judging by all the people we've seen walking by, hot cocoa sales will be through the roof tonight.

marianne favro with a look at how neighbors are fighting back. marianne. >> reporter: well, this is one way neighbors are fighting back. they're putting up signs like this one letting other neighborers know about the rash of break ins. neighbors have reported nine burglaries in just 10 days. jan and mike elder haven't been hit yet but they checked their next door community message board every day to track new burglaries. >> there are quite a few houses being broken into in our neighborhood. probably around 9:00 as we speak. >> reporter: they hope their dog will be a deterrent and plan to beef up security with surveillance cameras. >> one that turns on as people walk in to the house. >> reporter: the suspects getting in through windows and garage doors. the thieves stole mostly electron electronics, computer and jewelry and there's been an increase in package thefts here too and police are patrolling. >> you just got to watch out for each other. >> reporter: the thieves may not have hit every home but many neighbors admit they did rob them of their

reporting live in hayward, marianne favro. >> thank you. >>> an anonymous bomb threat sent people rushes out of three places in moscow today and may be linked to a suspicious package in the bay area. they were called out on report oofz suspicious package. they ultimately sent a robot to investigate and figured out it was an empty propain tank. how the the question is whether it was left by accident or to make someone nervous. >> seems pretty odd because i think anybody in this neighborhood that a propain barbecue would take the tank and get it refilled and particularly in front of the russian consulate. >> no one was hurt but the investigation closed green street for more than an hour. >>> confusion at sfo after passengers were told to evacuate and then told it was all a false alarm. a fire alarm went off in terminal 2. they were told they needed to get out. it was packed as everyone headed for the exits but minutes after it started halted the evacuation and no flights were delayed or canceled. >>> a public menorah stolen on the first night of hanukkah. tonight the organization that owns

raj/2shot nbc bay areas marianne favro shows us why new quake safety concerns at anderson one of santa clara's largest resz wars will not be filled to the plump. >> not only is the calavaras fire here, now there is rainfall around this dam. >> when tests show anderson dam in morgan hill may not hold up during a major quake, they reduced the amount it holds to 66% capacity. a dam repair was set to begin in 2016, but a new problem, trace faults. >> the faults could cause ruptures that could allow water to seep through the dam after an earthquake. >> delaying the start of the project two years. debby small. it will help this delay, won't end up with the tragedy. >> and with the modified project not starting until 2020, some are concerned precious rain water will be wasted because the reservoir will not be operating at its full potential. in. >>> from bill gates to kanye. several stars stopping by to see donald trump. >>> a homeless woman gives birth in golden gate park. child protective services is now taking the child, says the mother, i'll have the story in a live report. breaking news

i'm marianne favro. live report on how those retirees are impacted. >>> another spare the air alert for tomorrow. worst air quality in the north bay. i'll have details from the timing, the intensity, and how much sierra snow in eight minutes. with more than 200-thousand dollars in jewelry. >>> a thief managed to walk away with more than $200,000 in jewelry. it happened at the sears department store at the sun valley mall in concord. tonight we're learning really fascinating details about how he did it, without anyone discovering him. elise kirschner joins us from the mall. this is really a crazy story. >> reporter: absolutely. we learned that that suspect waited until the sears here behind me was closed and then he went in the store and hid for more than five hours. hiding so well, police also never found him, allowing him to walk out unnoticed with more than $200,000 worth of jewelry. >> with his face visible. he looks like a holiday shopper. just moments before he was caught on camera doing something c

marianne favro. >> thank you. >>> we're going to turn to our microclimate forecast. hope you enjoyed today because it may be the only dry day this week. our stormrangerer is out and ready for the week ahead of us. and look at it on mt. st. bruno. >> reporter: you're going to be able to see on the radar scan, we're not seeing anything in terms of major rainfall. we've mainly had high clouds increase throughout the afternoon. we had had been tracking a few spotty showers. in terms of the heaviest rainfall, i want to take you that next because it will be possibly one to three inches of rainfall by sunday's forecast. the heaviest rainfall lining up in the north bay and eventually to the south bay. some of my top concerns as the storm systemal arrives with the heavier rain on thursday would be king tide, maybe coastal flooding and erosion. rising river levels. maybe isolated street flooding and strong wind gusts again on thursday and maybe even power line issues. we'll run you through the entire storm timeline at 6:19. >>> before the rain arrives, crews are rushing to rep

nbc bay area marianne favro is live along the coast where a popular path to the beach is shut down.eighbors say they are witnessing this erosion. >> they are. they have been for the past few years, peggy. neighbors tell me this sign went up yesterday, closing beach access because of erosion and a sinkhole. this is all happening on the same street where earlier this year apartments had to be demolished because of the cliff side dangers. >> no trips to the beach, erosion and a sinkhole in pacific a ka d pacifica did this path in. likely caused by the king tides. gary says he has watched heavy rain and menacing rains erode this cliff side for years. >> it's a constant battle. if you look at the sidewalk over there it's narrow. just a shadow of how it was, you know, years ago. >> reporter: not only has mother nature forced this closure but changed the look of the entire block. in march, apartments a few yards away were demolished after several winter storms pummelled the coastline and a state of emergency was declared. gary tiggs said the crumbling coastline has prompted him to think of

i was talking to marianne favro earlier today. people get upset with us for doing that. but only when they agree to share details about their loved ones can we paint a full picture of what that life was and who that person was and not just a list of names. >> of course. in many cases the families want to honor the lives and inspirations that the students and teachers and all the other occupations were. >> it's good to know who they were. >>> the tragedy in oakland is being recognized across the country. >> it's nice to see her cities stepping in. this is downtown dallas. a building lit up with the word "oakland." the omni hotel which often recognizes holidays or tragedies through the light display. >>> fire coverage will continue on our website. there is a slide show of photos taken inside the warehouse before it went up in flames. you'll also find photos of the victims who have been identified so far. all of that is on nbcbayarea.com. >>> to other news across the bay area. an attempted burglary led to gunfire at a vallejo home. the home invasion happened yesterday after