. >> reporter: the oakland battalion chief worried that the state's dry spell could mean major wildfires come may. >> and we have a potential for a fire season. >> reporter: he's currently more concerned about the immediate impact of the rains and that is ching new year's eve plans because of the rain. >> rather than tough it out and ski rocks and horrible snow, we decided to get on a plane and fly home and get some surf at ocean beach. >> reporter: and you're looking at a presentout of craig's list ads for luxury vacation rentals in tahoe this weekend. you can see it's filled with price cuts with many would be snow boarders and skiers. live at fort baker, patty lee, ktvu chapel 2 news. >>> up ahead in 10 minutes, ktvu meteorologist will be here at the rain totals and whether it will be a dry new year's eve. >>> and san jose firefighters rescued a 24-year-old man this morning from a chute at a landfill. the man works at the landfill before 8 this morning, he got stuck in the loading part of the shot and the landfill. more than 20 rescuers were called in and to help pull him out. he was t