From the 39. 6 to 37 . Now, one of the biggest questions, especially for californians, is the fate of the state and local Tax Deductions. Those allowed you to deduct what you pay in state and local taxes from your federal tax bill. Save ace lot of people money, but both bills eliminate those deductions but allow property Tax Deductions of up to 10,000 a year. Right now we dont know how that all was ironed out. California republicans largely backed the bill in the house but they came under pressure during the conference negotiations to push for an expansion of the state and local deduction in order to avoid tax increases. And the announcement on tax reform came just hours after Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer called the republicans to hit pause on their tax bill until newly elected Democrat Doug Jones takes his seat. Nbc news projects jones won the special election in alabama. He holds about a 1. 5 lead or 20,000 votes over republican roy moore. Moore has refused to concede that race. Nbcs reporter is live in montgomery, alabama, with whats next. Chris . Reporter yeah, marcus and laura, you know, roy moore refuses to concede. As he continues to fight on at least one prominent member of his own party is telling him to move on. It was a stunning victory that shook the political world with repercussions from alabama to washington, d. C. I am truly, truly overwhelmed. Reporter Democrat Doug Jones, the projected winner of a senate seat in the reddest of red states. The first democrat to be elected to the senate from alabama in 25 years. Weve still got to go by the rules. Reporter but jones opponent, republican roy moore, says he wont concede the race and hes hope for a recount. Realize when the vote is this close that its not over. Reporter but it looks like other republicans are ready to move on. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee dweeted about moore, its best to exit with class. Tina johnson, who accused moore of groping her in a meeting in 1991 says for her it was personal. Im just thrilled that, you know, that speaking out did make a difference. And that we wont be silenced anymore. Reporter President Trump and his former Campaign Manager steve bannon endorsed moore. On his radio show today, bannon tipped his cap to the democrats. Youre going to have to outwork people. If you get outworked, youre going to lose. Reporter now his old boss donald trump is tasksed with passing his agenda with just a onevote majority in the senate. So now its a waiting game. When will we hear from roy moore . Will he decide to try to pay for a recount if he doesnt trigger the automatic state recount . The state of alabama will certify the Election Results within the next two to three weeks, meaning that Democrat Doug Jones will likely be sworn into the senate in early january. Live in montgomery, alabama. Im chris pallone. Laura, marcus, lets go back to you. Thank you, chris. A push from lawmakers to fire robert mueller. There are only two people in washington who can fire special counsel mueller, the president and the number two man at the Justice Department, thats rod rosenstein. Rosenstein was in front of a Congressional Committee this morning. Scott mcgrew joins us with that. Good morning. Several people on that committee, marcus, want mueller to rosenstein is the Justice Department official who appointed the special counsel after attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself. Today before the house judiciary committee, facing questions about democrats from the russia investigation and from republicans, questioning whether the investigation was biased against President Trump. Rosenstein defended mueller. I believe that based upon his reputation, his service, his patriotism and his experience with the department and with the fbi, i believe he was an ideal choice for this task. He would go on to the defend the fbi as well. The president says the fbi is in tatters and some republican senators have been very critical of fbi agents. Rosenstein testified the fbi agents he has worked with are some of the finest people he knows. Yesterday, President Trump tweeted a message about senator Kirsten Gillibrand of new york, saying she came to my office begging for Campaign Contributions and would do anything for them. Implying, perhaps, she was offering sexual favors. That implication enraged the Editorial Board at usa today, which has published a scathing editorial. Usa today says this, a president who would all but call senator Kirsten Gillibrand a then theres a word we cant say on television, is not fit to clean the toilets in the barack obama president ial library or shine the shoes of george w. Bush. This is not some crazy letter writer in the oped pages, this is the Editorial Board of usa today and they didnt redact that word. The Editorial Board goes on to say, the nation does not expect nor seek perfect president s and some have certainly been deeply flawed, but a president who shows such disresuspect for the truth, for ethics, for the basic duties of the job and for decency towards others fails at the very essence of what has always made america great. Marcus . Thanks, scott. Tough words from usa today. The city of San Francisco continues to mourn the loss of the leader mayor ed lee. Now while they do so, officials return to work this morning with heavy hearts. Nbc bay areas pete suratos joins us live from San Franciscos city hall where the memorial continues to grow, and, pete, i know you spoke with members of the board of supervisors not too long ago. Reporter yeah, good morning to you, marcus. I had a chance to speak to a supervisor as he was heading in this morning. Of course like many of his colleagues, theyre still stunned, theyre shocked, theyre saddened by the unexpected death of mayor ed lee at the age of 65. You see folks walking up right now. Were going show you guys this memorial outside here where you have flowers set up and notes saying how much they miss the mayor who has passed. But we did speak with supervisor mark ferrell as he was walking in and he told us they expect another emotional day. One of the toughest days hes ever had to go through, but he wants to reassure residents that the city and their officials have everything under control. Look, yesterday was one of the most surreal days ive ever had in my life, and i think for all of us inside of city hall, you know, the important thing to make sure that San Francisco residents know we have a succession in place. The city is functioning, fully functioning and will continue to do so. You know, the politics will follow, but right now i think it continues to be mourning the loss of our friend, the leader of our city, our mayor. Reporter now the next steps include fellow board member london breed who will now serve as the acting mayor as well as the president of the board of supervisors. The board does have the option of selecting an interim mayor. Regardless there is going to be a special election in june of 2018 with the mayor finishing out mayor lees term until january of 2019. Lets take you back out here live. You see this memorial. If youre coming by San Francisco city hall, this is what youre going to see, a number of flowers being placed for mayor ed lee. I did get a chance to talk to the supervisor to see if there are any plans for a public memorial at this point. He says there are no details, but when it does he expects it to be heavily publicized because he expects a massive turnout. Pete suratos, nbc bay area news. Thank you so much, pete. Police on the peninsula are still looking for a few more suspects after a police chase ended in a crash. We brought you this breaking News Coverage on today in the bay. The chp says it started as a pursuit on highway 101. The car was linked to a carjacking. It crashed into a gate at green Hills Country club. Some of the passengers inside took off into the Country Club Grounds but officers were able to arrest two men and a woman. A description of the outstand suspect has not been released. New at 11 00, Livermore Police just released these photos of alleged burglars. Say these men were caught on video breaking into stores and businesses if you recognize any of them, look at them right there, youre asked to call police. Chilly start to our wednesday morning, but things are getting a little better out there now that the sun is out. We want to take a live look for you downtown San Francisco there at the transamerica building. A little hazy outside. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the dry and cool conditions. As we take another live look outside over San Francisco, its going to be a dare where at times we do have a sun filtered by the sunshine because of the smoke thats been drifting into the bay area. Also, all of the pollution that we have here locally being pushed down by High Pressure. And its most unhealthy in the north bay. So its a spare the air alert day. That continues until tomorrow. You are advised to catch Public Transportation if you can or car pool to try to help reduce some of the carbon emissions. Its going to be moderate as far as the air quality in the east bay peninsula and the south bay, and our temperatures still on the cool side. In the mid50s for much of the bay area, but a big improvement over those very cold temperatures we had earlier this morning. Heres where were headed into the mid to upper 60s today, this is well above normal for this time of year. Uh up to 68 degrees in san jose. 65 in San Francisco. And in napa today, also expect a high of 65 degrees. It does stay dry over the next few days, but there are some slight rain chances farther down the line. Well talk about that and how much rain were lacking coming up a little bit later. Okay. Sounds good. New video to share with you this morning. Gave away thousands of groceries to help those in need. The annual event in front of a wellknown church right there providing individuals and families with everything they would need to prepare for home cooked meals this season. We spoke with the president of glide to talk about the importance of this annual event. Today were going to serve over 4,000 people and families. We give away over 4,000 bags. Some of them here in the tenderloin and some at some satellite locations, but the reality is that every day our lines are getting longer. This is always a great event for so many people. As far as what theyre actually getting in each of those bags, they have an option of getting a bag full of tradition alawites such as free range chicken, cranberry sauce or opt out and get another oms there. Well, coming up this morning, wildfires still burning across california. A look at the progress firefighters are making. A turmoil in the classroom. Teachers across the bay area protesting for better pay. The cuts that could affect your local school. Sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Have just boosted key interest thats opening bell on wall street as dow trends 120 points higher after feds raise their breaking news to tell you about, the feds have just boosted key Interest Rates for the third time this year. It will range from 1. 25 to 1. 5 . And new at 11 00, you can find it hard, you know, a lot of people find it really hard to shop for others this holiday season. Well, target has a new way to help you purchase gifts without all of that guessing. The new feature this season at target is called gift now. Lets shoppers browse target. Com, pick out an item to be emailed to that person. Now you have that option to send an egift instantly or actually choose the date you would like that egift delivered to the recipients inbox such as christmas day. The person receiving the gift can choose to accept the gift and you choose for them by providing the shipping address or they can actually change it for Something Else theyd like instead. Today, Fremont Unified School district teachers are expected to protest Todays School board meeting. It comes after stalled contract talks over salaries. The district is planning to give the teachers a onetime stipend instead ofs. Teachers say that is not enough. Also happening today, oakland teachers and parents are expected to march to the Unified School District meeting. Theyre opposing budget cuts to the schools. Last week, the meeting ended with no decision. District leaders are now expected to vote today and many teachers and parents are urging the board to make cuts at the district level rather than the classrooms. The district is accused of overspending on consultants during the last three years upped the former director of the superintendant andrew wilson. We can find out today if Derick Almena and max harris will go to jail today in connection with the ghost ship fire. After that, the judge will decide if there is enough evidence for a trial. Almena and harris are facing Involuntary Manslaughter charges. More than a year ago youll recall 36 people were killed when a fire broke out during a dance party at the warehouse. Now to the Oakland Hills fire we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. We still dont know what caused that dpier that started monday night. This was at a home under construction. In total, two homes were destroyed and eight others were damaged. It was a Quick Response from the firefighters that kept those flames from spreading out of control. Thousands remain evacuated as firefighters try to make headway on that massive thomas fire. Cal fire is putting containment at 25 . The number of structures destroyed or damaged as surged past 1,000. Most of the evacuation orders have been lifted for ventura county. The fire started nine days ago and has since burned 236,000 acres. Heres a story that will make you smile this morning. Actually getting our first look at two orphan Mountain Lion cubs now at the ownland zoo. The cubs about 4 months old were found in Orange County two weeks apart. Scientists will test their dna to find out if theyre related. And anyway may be, an adult female Mountain Lion was found dead from an apparent car accident. Both cubs are reportedly doing well, the zoo says the Mountain Lions are the most at risk in the nation. And thats why theyll become part of next years 56acre california trail expansion that is happening at the oakland zoo. In the future, maybe well get to see them in person. Maybe not up close and personal. From a distance. They have the fur so it keeps them a little warmer in conditions like today. Yeah, it was so cold this morning. We had some spots in the bay area and the north bay dropping down to 28 degrees. As we take a live look outside in dublin, still its pretty smokey and hazy at this point. At times, you cant even see the hills very well. As we get a look at our highs, much better than this morning. Up to 65 degrees in downtown san jose. Cupertino, 67 degrees and also 67 in danville. Antioch, 64 degrees. And san mateos heading up to 63. And on the embarcadero, 62 degrees there and 63 in mill valley. Sevenday forecast now up at the bottom of the screen showing more days as we see some very chilly mornings but we will have some warm afternoons. If you are planning to go out to christmas in the park, it is going to be so comfortable, at least for the middle of the day. As soon as the sun sets, temperatures drop like a rock. Its going to be in the mid50s at 7 00 and it continues to go down from there. We know its been really dry but lets talk about how much rain were lacking here. So far santa rosa has measured over 6 inches of rain for the water year, but thats not quite near normal. We are only about 73 of normal for the water year. San francisco only getting half of the normal amount of rain. Were doing the worst in san jose. Weve only measured about 1 1 2 inches since october first and we are lacking almost 2 inches of rain so we are at about 45 of normal and our percentages continue to drop off because of a very stagnant weather pattern. By next week, it looks like well start to see some changes here. High pressure moves out towards the east. We can see by the swirl of the clouds here that there will be an area of low pressure moving in. That will bring more clouds, cooler temperatures and onshore flow and slight rain chances. Each now as we look farther out it, looks like those rain chances are drying up. At least we will see a bit of a change in our pattern here and that will allow for some rain to possibly move in. We stay in the 60s over the next few days in San Francisco for the highs, upper 60s inland. Just get ready for very cold mornings, very low humidity and mostly sunny skies, even as we go into tuesday of next week. Once again, our slight rain chances in the forecast until next thursday. So well continue to monitor that. As we go into the next couple of days. Well talk about some more things going on around the bay area as you enjoy the holidays and all of the events going on. Well talk about the lighting of the memorial for the second day. Thats coming up tonight in union square and ill have the forecast coming up a little bit later. Thats right, the menorah. Hanukkah now. Coming up, there is a mad rush to get all those gifts delivered before christmas. The problems shipping companies are dealing with now. But first, happening now, omarosa is leaving the trump strange. Omarosa men gault newman is a former contestant on President Trumps reality show the apprentice, she is also one of the president s most prominent africanamerican supporters. Her resignation is eperspective january 20th. Senatorelect doug jones continues to celebrate his victory in alabama. The newly elected democrat will address the media in about an hour. Were back in two minutes with more news. My name is Valerie Decker and im a troubleman for pg e. I am a First Responder to emergencies 24 hours a day, everyday of the year. My children and my family are on my mind when im working all the time. My neighbors are here, my friends and family live here, so its important for me to respond as quickly as possible and get the power back on. Its an amazing feeling turning those lights back on. Be informed about outages in your area. Sign up for outage alerts at pge. Com outagealerts. Together, were building a better california. Weve got some breaking news were following in oakland this morning. These are live pictures from nbc bay area skyranger where we see a police department, it looks like theyre suiting up right now to go into at 12th and oak. As the camera zooms out there, it is at the alameda courthouse. We dont know if its something inside the building itself or perhaps outside. Were looking there as theyre zooming into a spot there. Were trying to get more information as to what this suspicious package, where it actually may be near that courthouse this morning and what is going on. Of course well keep you posted as soon as we get more information, but just wanted to bling you these live pictures this morning from the scene. Right now, families are hoping to avoid a christmas shipping catastrophe with so many online orders this year, the nations shippers are under the microscope to deliver. Nbcs tom costello is trying to track it all. Reporter with threequarters of a billion packages in these brown trucks before christmas, will they make it to your home for the holidays . Its important that they get there on time. Reporter with hanukkah already here, many gifts order on cyber monday arent yet. Some angry customers on twitter showing their u. P. S. Packages boomeranging back to the same distribution center, not yet delivered. Why the delay . The shipping giant concedes the cyber week surge exceeded its operating plans. Now expecting 40 million more packages than last december. U. P. S. Insists we have returned to our original peak operating plan and normal delivery time. And to meet demand, u. P. S. Is staffing up. Adding 95,000 seasonal workers. Meanwhile, fedex says its wellpositioned to meet anticipated record demand. That means 325,000 packages an hour along the 42 miles of conveyer belts at its hub in memphis, where a plane full of packages touches down every 90 seconds. While the union for the pilots who deliver for dhl and amazons prime air say theyre stretched incredibly thin and delays are possible. The Company Atlas air says its added ten more planes in the last year and we are fully staffed to meet our customers expectations. Its very important that stuff gets to where i want it to go on time because im pay for a service and id like it to get there on time. Reporter but anticipating potential delays, some retailers are hoping customers simply skip shipping altogether. Many retailers are starting to introduce the idea you can shop online and pick up in store right up until the evening on christmas eve. That was tom costello reporting there. Now, the Postal Service says if you want that package to arrive by christmas via ground service, you need to have it in the mail by tomorrow. And, again, consider having the retailer ship that package to a store near you for pickup so you can avoid any of those shipping risks. That means you better go buy it today. Coming up, more fires are popping up now in the south bay. Investigaterings are looking for a suspected arsonist. The clues theyre using. And still ahead, leaning, sinking and now a fire hazard. 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Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Yeah, we are monitoring breaking news out of oakland this morning. A suspicious package has been found at 12th and oak. This is close to the Alameda County courthouse and weve been watching these live pictures from nbc bay area skyranger overhead. And that is a police crew there actually suiting up. It looks like theyre going to try to approach this item, what looked like some sort of rolling bag, like a suitcase found near a stairwell. Were going to keep monitoring what is going on there this morning. Just wanted to keep you aware if you are in fact in that area. 12th and oak street in oakland. A search underway for a suspected arsonist. Fire crews battle another freeway fire in the south bay. This happened near the 280101 interchange. This is the latest in a series of fires set since saturday. Nbc bay areas anser hassan is in where reporter another set of fires along another stretch of freeway in the south bay. This time near the intersection of 280 and 101. It appeared some trash and some shopping carts had been set on fire. Reporter no one was hurt, no homes destroyed, but fire investigators say they have evidence to suggest these spot fires are the work of an arsonist. We can say definitively at this time is that this one appears to have been intentionally set. The possibility that it may lead to additional fires over the weekend. Reporter this weekend, 12 fires were set on saturday. There were reports of another six fires on sunday. Then came monday morning with two more fires, it brings the total to over 20. They dont have a suspect, but they say theyre getting close. There are people who have been able to provide some information about a potential or possible suspects or people who may know some information about who is starting the fires. So these are all things that are part of the active investigation. Now, one person was detained on monday, but he was released because there wasnt enough evidence. Investigators tell nbc bay area that they have no other leads. They are asking anyone who might have driven by the fires to call chp or the San Jose Police department and Fire Department if you have any information. We could find out today if Derick Almena and max harris will go to trial in connection with the deadly warehouse fire. After that, the judge will decide if there is enough evidence for trial. Almena and harris are facing Involuntary Manslaughter charges. More than a year ago, 36 people were killed when a fire broke out during a dance party in the warehouse. Authorities in the south bay are investigating a deadly accident near San Jose International airport involving a vta light rail train. The vta says that the train was heading from santa teresa to allen rock when it struck and killed a man near rosemary and north 1st street. This happened a little before 6 00 last night. No one aboard that train was injured. If. Not the ultimate closure that a family would like. Torrez was formally sentenced yesterday to life in perez without the possibility of parole. In may, Garcia Torrez was convicted of killing lamar in 2012. After the sentencing sierras father had a strong message for his daughters murderer. The only thing we can hope for is that prison will be hell for him and that what he has done will eat away at his brain like a cancer while he rots in prison. Sierras mother also spoke and addressed the fact her daughters body has never been found. Heres what shes asking Garcia Torrez. Im asking him to come forward where sierra is to give us the real closure that we deserve as a family. Sierras parents add they can take some solace knowing Garcia Torrez cannot kill again. Another hollywood bigwig is facing Sexual Misconduct allegations. Los Angeles Police investigating oscar winning director roman pulaski. Hes accused of molesting a 10yearold girl in 19735. Although the allegations are so cold criminal charges cant be brought, detectives say they might be able to use evidence they collected to prosecute other cases. The latest allegations were reported to police in october. That victim claims she was molested during a photo shoot after polanski had her pose naked. Just released death certificate for Charles Manson is shedding some new light on his cause of death and failing health. Manson died of cardiac arrest accompanied by respiratory failure triggered by colon cancer. The certificate notes that the cancer had spread to other areas of his body. Manson died november 19th at a bakersfield hospital in the central valley. The 83yearold had been serving a life sentence for orb straighting the 1969 killings of pregnant actress sharon tate and eight other people. The man accused of trying to attack new york city commuters makes his First Court Appearance food. Akayed ullah faces federal terrorism charges. Police say he strapped a pipe bomb to his body hoping to detonate it in the transit package. It failed and he was injured. Three other people have minor injuries. Trouble at the highpriced Millennium Tower in San Francisco. Is the sinking tower triggering a fire hazard . Translator the fire marshal is now getting involved. Investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken, who broke this story about the sinking tower last year, exposes the newest problem. This building is not as safe as we all were being led to believe. Reporter thats Millennium Tower condo owener Paula Pretlow talking about what shes just learned about the sinking and tilting tower. Pretlow spent a year fighting to get this full version of a report on mysterious odors in her unit. It was done by consultants hired by the Homeowners Association. The odors, it turns out, are a symptom of the apparent failure of the towers metal and glass facade also known as a curtain wall because it acts alike a curtain at the edge of the structure. The consultants found pretlows curtain wall pams are separating from the buildings structural frame, creating gaps that will allow odors or even smoke and flames to travel between floors. The consultants cited the buildings tilt as the likely cause and concluded this condition may be more widespread than these two test areas and may be present in the entire stack. We recommend further investigation of this issue. They also issued this ominous warning. These openings represent a breach in the fire and smoke safety barrier, which is a life and safety hazard to the occupants. Reporter pretlow only saw those conclusions recently because they had been blacked out of the original report she was given last december. Pretlow took her concerns to the Fire Department, which told us it is investigating. Weve also learned that just last week, crews removed facade panels as part of a homeowners investigation. The Homeowners Association declined to comment on our story, citing mediation talks with the Millennium Towers developer. Its a huge problem. Reporter larry karp, a geotechnical expert, says the buildings uneven settlement could easily strain the glass and the curtain walls at the base of the tower. It depends on how theyre attached, when theyre coming apart. The fact its coming apart is inevitable. Its just a matter of time. Its going to get worse. Reporter millennium officials also refused to comment for this story, last month they filed suit against the texasbased curtain Consultant Firm over the whole issue. San francisco supervisor aaron peskin believes the City Department of building inspection should be pushing to verify the reports findings. Not only do all of the condo owners have the right to have that information, but the city should have that information so that we can impose the kind of fixes that have to be imposed. Reporter as if the tilting, sinking and stinking were not enough, pretlow says her windows are now leaking. She says she just wants someone to take all the problems seriously. This is a serious issue. And i think the city and all parties involved need to recognize it and something needs to be done. Reporter the citys fire marshal is scheduled to inspect pretlows unit next week. Jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. If you have a story for our investigative unit, give us a call, 1888996tips or visit our website nbcbayarea. Com we investigate. This motion passes unanimously. And there you have it, the City Council Last Night voted to approve a new master plan for North Bay Shore. The plan calls for a massive redevelopment, including a campus of offices and up to 10,000 new homes. Google is headquartered in North Bay Shore and the company has been a big supporter of the plan. Leaders across Silicon Valley say it will improve the bay areas housing crunch. Tonights vote shows that even our small to midsize cities know that they have a responsibility and a role in helping our region address our collective housing crisis. Now, a lot still has to be done before any ground is broken. Developers will now work with google and the city to come up with a master plan, which will likely involve more public hearings. A followup now, San Jose City council has voted to move forward with its tiny homes project. The project will provide the homeless with a safe place to live. More details on the plan expected next month. Coming up, a cool and dry weekend ahead. As you get out there today, it is looking beautiful. Starting to warm up a bit. Live look outside in fremont. The temperature trend for the rest of the day. How about some mid60s . Well have that for a cup of hours before it cools off again. Well talk about whats ahead for the rest of the week and the weekend coming up next. He hired the company and pays hundreds of dollars to get files off of a hard drive that crashed but he doesnt believe he got what he paid for. Im consumer Investigative Reporter chris chmura. A lesson for everyone when nbc bay area responds next. We continue to follow breaking news out of the east bay this morning. Nbc bay areas skyranger live in oakland. At the Alameda County courthouse, i should say this morning, this is at 12th and oak street where weve seen a lot of Police Activity there. They pulled up that wagon type. They had a Police Officer dressed in some sort of protective gear and it looked like hes actually approached the package of what looked like a small rolling type suitcase by a stairwell. Well continue to monitor this for you and bring you more Information Online on nbcbayarea. Com. And breaking news out of San Francisco. We have just learned that mayor lees body will lie in repose in city hall rotunda. This is on friday. And a Public Memorial Service is being planned for sunday. Meanwhile, details for a funeral are still being worked out with the family. Mayor lee died yesterday at the age of 65. Nbc bay area responds to a walnut creek man whose hard drive crashed. And he called our Consumer Team after a bad experience with a Data Recovery company. Consumer Investigative Reporter chris chmura explains what went wrong. What happened to david platte could happen to any of us, his hard drive went ka poot without any warning so he paid a Data Recovery expert 383 to resurrect those files from the broken hard derive. The company he hired quickly said it restored davids data. Just a lot of stuff was there and some of it readable, some of it not, but not of the precious files that i really wanted. David felt he didnt get what he paid for so he challenged the company and its no data, no charge guarantee, but his refund was denied. Tonight at 6 00, why the company said no to him and us. Also, what we learned by calling lots of other Data Recovery companies all over the country. What were learning about hard drives and emergency recoveries might just change your computing habits. Maybe even save you some money. If you have a consumer complaint, please call us, the number is 1888996tips or visit nbcbayarea. Com responds. Ill see you again tonight. All right. Thanks, chris. Hanukkah celebrations continue. Tonight another candle will be let on the menorah as the jewish festival of lights continues. Youre looking right now at the menorah lighting from last night in union square in San Francisco. Very nice tradition there. Karis got a look at our forecast. In in the morning you bundle up but you shed the layers as the day progresses. Its crazy to think how wide of a range our temperatures have been recently. In healedsburg, sharon wrote to me and told me it was 28 degrees there. Its been so cold. And then looking at ocean beach, my husband sent me a text message as he rode by, he said those waves are huge. Right now its 5 degrees. Looking for mount hamilton, we can see the layer of the smoke, and this is exactly what weve been talking about. We say its a spare the air alert day, and that means you should limit your pollution if you can by catching Public Transportation. All of its just being trapped and pushed down by High Pressure. And you can see that layer thats being created creating the smoke in the valleys. Right now our temperatures are in the mid50s. At least for san jose in palo alto, its still in the upper 40s in santa rosa. So a slow recovery from those temperatures this morning. Look at the south bay with our high temperatures today in east san jose, expect a high of 67 degrees. Milpitas, 64. Also be at 64 in walnut creek. Oakland, 62 and 62 in daly city. In San Francisco, 60 in in the marina district. Looking at a high of 64 degrees in napa. Its crazy to talk about beach days, but weve had some really nice ones. Very comfortable at half moon bay. It will be into the mid to upper 60s this afternoon, but onces winds begin to pick up, at about 3 00, temperatures will drop off really fast. And also the menorah lighting tonight in union square and its going to be at 55 degrees in San Francisco. All clear skies throughout the night. Very nice night for that. As we look at the next several days, still High Pressure keeping our rain chances away. And then as we go through wednesday of next week, computer models going back and forth on whether or not well actually get some rain out of this, but it looks like we could at least have a slight chance. This one showing a wave of some rain moving in by wednesday to thursday as well as friday. Some really good news here. Hopefully well get some snow in the sierra right before christmas. We are going to continue on with temperatures in the low 60s. In San Francisco for our highs. Morning temperatures in the upper 40s. Weve had some really cold starts. For the inland areas, 40 degrees, but we still will have some freezing temperatures in some of the valleys and the winds will be picking up this weekend. Slightly cooler temperatures in a few spots, but its still going to be very warm for this time of year, considering we should be in the upper 50s and were talking about upper 60s here for an extended period of time. It continues through at least tuesday of next week. And, of course, ill continue to monitor next weeks rain chances and you want to make sure you keep checking in with me every day for the updates on that, laura and marcus. We sure will. Thanks so much, kari. Coming up, firefighters have to break down a door to save a home from flames in southern california. Their note to homeowners that is now going viral. Attention on social media. It involves a simple m now to a story getting a lot of attention on social media. It involves a simple message written hastily on a note pad thursday night. The author of the note is a firefighter with the san diego Fire Department who has been fighting on the front lines of that lilac fire. Megan from our sister station in san diego has the story. Reporter we were thinking it was on fire, there is a hole to the outside. I dont think they would have done this. This is what lindsey and michael came home to friday afternoon. The ceiling above their bedroom collapsed. Leaving huge chunks of drywall on their furniture and floor. Go pack up. Here i go. Reporter the two of them were at work when the lilac fire broke out, and for almost two days they didnt know if their home had survived. As we approached the front door, we saw this little piece of paper what looked like a boot mark. We noticed something quite unique. The palm trees were all on fire and they were spitting embers and palms were burning all over everywhere. Reporter those embers had imbedded themselves inside the attic of their home. The fire captain kicked in their front door and sent firefighters in to knock it down. The mess we left from our boot prints to where the hes line was dragged through. Reporter hours later, ernie valdes did a final walkthrough to verify the fire was out. Really quickly i felt i still had my note pad, my pen and do ied to leave them a quick note. We started to go through the house a little bit and found that note. Oh, actually, i kept it. I keep it in my wallet now. So the note from the firefighters saying, sorry about the door and the ceiling. Had to get in there to save the home. So san diego fire, good luck. Reporter touched by the simple gesture, lindsey posted the note on social media, looking to thank the firefighter who wrote it. Theyre saving our home but then theyre also, like, you know leaving a little note. It was special. I didnt write the note for specific recognition. I didnt at all. I didnt expect this at all. I wrote it because i wanted someone to understand why we caused the damage we did, even though their home was still standing. Very nice gesture, though. The damage to the home estimated at 65,000 and not all of it will be covered by insurance. Theyre planning on reaching out to the strike team that saved their home and of course thank them with a note of their own. And with the gift that just keeps on giving, socalled railway angels paid off ten different orders for customers in san jose. Its always such a cool thing. It happened again this year at toys r us. Struggling to buy gifts for 20 kids in foster care. He said since he was adopted as a child, he was hoping to pay it forward. Last night, someone paid off the 320 bill he had on lay away. There are people in the world who ask for nothing in return who just want to help people make a difference in their lives. And after tonight, this has restored my faith in people. The store says three people paid off about 2,000 worth of items over the past week. All of them are wishing to remain anonymous. Well, its a great gesture. Really nice. Yeah, it is. Well be right back. We continue to follow breaking news on this midday newscast for you this morning, with live pictures of nbc bay area skyranger over the scene of oak and 12th street in oakland. Where it looks like the bomb squad is still on patrol there. They have someone suited up to go check out a suspicious package. It looked like some sort of rolling suitcase that was near a stairwell at the Alameda County courthouse. Well continue to monitor and bring you updates via social media and on nbcbayarea. Com. Of course that breaking news we want to tell you about out of zpran. We have just learned that the body of mayor ed lee will lie in repose in the city hall rotunda on friday. And a Public Memorial Service is being planned for sunday. Meanwhile, the details of a funeral have not been worked out with the family. Of course we will keep you updated on this on nbcbayarea. Com. All right. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. Well all be back here tomorrow morning starting at 4 30. Our next newscast tonight is starting at 5 00. All right. Well see you then. And, of course, have a great day. Its wednesday. Enjoy. Sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. 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