You. Out in the field tonight covering the dangers posed by the conditions. Lets start with the meteorologist. The wind speeds are impressive earlier today. Above 60 Miles Per Hour. To the north of the pass. You can see 53 Miles Per Hour wind gusts. Oakland hills 47. And halfmoon bay 41 Miles Per Hour. Now the wind speeds are coming down the the areas of orange picking up wind gusts of 30 Miles Per Hour. In addition to that, look how dry things are outside. Here at 11 00 still 21 humidity. Napa. 20 hayward. 28 in san jose. The dry winds and low humidity keeping the red flag warning. The possibility of gusts above 45 Miles Per Hour. Now eventually during the day tomorrow less wind but this has been an amazing dry start to december. Almost the driest on record. Finally theres a chance well see rain as we head into next week. The time line on that storm is coming up. All right. Thank you. New video tonight. The high winds left two boaters stranded. This was near the old berkeley peer. The wind shoved the boat against the pilings. This is coast guard video of the rescue. After spotting the two men stuck on the ruins. The boaters were lifted to safety by helicopter and not hurt. Team coverage continues. Not just high fire danger but power outages. Live with an update. Right now more than 4,000 people are without power. Throughout the bay area. All because of high winds. The area that is hardest hit right now is here in. Off hutchen son road. Hundreds without power. And they have had no electricity since 9 30 this morning. The high winds are causing more than just power outages. Reporter the deadly fire in santa row sa in october are a somber reminder of how fast and far high winds can push flames and embers. Tonight similar wind conditions have fire crews on high alert. Especially since the National Weather service issued a red flag warning for much of the bay area. A wake up call for homeowners. Atten instant everything you have can be jeopardized and threatened. And making sure that you are doing your job as a citizen. Reporter winds up to 40 Miles Per Hour sent tree branchs toppling on power lines. Snapped off a power lines and cable lines blocking the street right now. We have coming out to remove. Reporter crew faced hazards today. Strong gusts sent this tree crashing into a home. Which caused power oultages. 200 people had no electricity. Crews are still trying to restore power to people who lost electricity this morning. After an outage caused by winds. The National Weather service has issued a wind advisory. That will be in effect until tomorrow morning at 10 00 a. M. In this area. And you can expect gusts tonight from 35 to 50 Miles Per Hour. So youre used to the urge to be extremely cautious driving over highway 17. Especially if you have a high profile vehicle. Good as vice. And we have this. Take a look at video from fremont. Mission boulevard. Video by alex and we have a photograph taken near the train station. A tree fell across the tracks. Service was interrupted for a short time. If you have a photograph or video of the weather send it to us. At ic at nbc bay area. Com. A great way to stay on top of the conditions. Down load or app. You can monitor the changes in your neighborhood and it is free. Now to the developing news out of ventura county. The thomas fire continues to rage. 12 days. After it started. Fire leaders say its the Third Largest in california history. 6,000 acres away from being the largest. Conditions are taking a turn for the worst. Strong winds are whipping the flames. Low humidity as well. Today more evacuations near the coastal town. Some ignored the orders to protect their homes. When this house was very first built, the fire came. We leave to save our lives. We are going to try to do as much as we can to save our property. Some 8,000 firefighters some of them from the bay area battling the flames from the ground and air. So far one firefighter has died battling the flames. 800 homes have been destroyed. It was the last test of the semester for a berkeley student. Instead of getting to class ffrt final. He was held up at gunpoint on campus. Live tonight just steps from where the robbery happened last night. I was able to talk with the few students on campus tonight. They were shocked at last nights stick up with a handgun. Then they went onto tell me they have been hearing about a few different recent incidents involving students who are targeted on and around campus. Reporter just minutes before the 7 00 chimes sounded is when police say the student was robbed. In his friend headed into wheeler hall when man pulled a gun and demanded the student drop his laptop. Students got the update on their phone this afternoon. It sucks. Getting attacked. And it sucks. Well probably think about this tonight going back. Reporter hes read about several brazen robberies lately. Over the last several weeks students have been targeted at dorm rooms and nearby businesses for their laptops and valuables. Even former students say they have been become hyper aware of the surroundings lately. For some people its too says easy to catch a student after guard. They assume campus is a safe place. Reporter tonight we saw Campus Police driving around in front of wholer hall and patrol much of campus. Community Service Officers were on foot patrol and available to escort students around campus. This happens everywhere. Like new york city. L. A. Probably too. The semester is over. For the next few weeks there will be a lot less students on campus. By the way that student who was held up at gun poipt he was not injured. The police were able to arrive quickly. They were not able to catch the robber. Thank you. Estimated 25,000 in fire damage. Firefighters responded to a Campus Parking lot about 11 00 this morning. Two cars on fire. As well as a nearby cafeteria. The no one was hurt. The outside of the building was damaged. How it started is under investigation. After a public tribute to San Francisco mayor. Today a family memorial small and private. Thousands paid respects yesterday. Streaming through city hall to view the close td casket. Public figures and every day citizens paid respects to the citys First Chinese american mayor. He died after suffering a heart attack. He was 65 years old. You can stay with us. Well air the Memorial Service tomorrow afternoon right here on nba bay area. And cozy tv. Live streaming and tweeting updates from our twitter account. Day of strong gusty wind and dry conditions leading to a unusual fire danger. When the wind speeds will be coming down and when the next chance of rain. Havoc in the harbor. Todays strong wind taking boat owners by complete vise. How it played out. Also neurovirus fears. Gripping the nation once again. How many hundreds of people got sick this week. 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Companies are coming in to pouring into the country. They started. And this will be great for the jobs. Reporter jobs is white house code for helping middle class families. Even with unemployment at a 14 year low. The wages are stagnant. Under the gop tax cut plan, a family of four with an income of 73,000 could save roughly 2,000. The standard deduction most tax filers claim would double. The Child Tax Credit also goes up. For parents those 529 College Plans would expand to include tuition saving for k through 12th grade. Answering critics today the president played santa. This will be one of the great gifts to the middle income people of the country. They have ever gotten for kri mas. Wealthy families kp corporations could see the biggest gain. Corporate tax rate drops to 21 . The estate Tax Exemption allows couples to pass on twice as much. 22 million with no inheritance tax. Would kick in at a higher level. 1 million for couples. The amt ends for businesses. Political analysts says public reaction has been wary. The American People have sized this up to realize that theyre not going to be the direct beneficiary of any tax reform. Rather very large special corporate interest are. Dozens of people marched in San Francisco today. Against undocumented immigration. And against the city status as a sanctuary city. Group walked from union scare to pier 14. A bullet from a stolen gun struck her. The undocumented immigrant was found not guilty earlier this month. They say shooting or not shooting, sampnctuary cities should not exist. We welcome anybody. If you cause crime we dont feel you should be here or be taken care of by the government. At times the group was heckled. The march remained peaceful and there were no arrests. Getting back to really the big story of the day. Chaos in the harbor. Take a look. Wind pushed this boat into a section of a pier. Gashing a hole in it and knocking in the door. The boat took on water. Didnt sink but the damage is extensive. The coast guard was out in force to help anyone in disstress. Rob here now. Have we had enough of the wind . Will it stop . We passed the midway point. We have winds especially in the hills through midto late morning tomorrow. Coming up the wind speeds still could get high enough to cause power issues. Or some down tree limbs and things like that. At least early sunday morning. The other side of the story are wind speeds are keeping temperatures up right now. Like San Francisco 57 degrees. Which isnt too far from the average High Temperature for the year. 55 dublin right now. Fremont the flag blowing around. 54. San jose currently christmas in the park. Breezy at times. 54 degrees. Where the winds are backing off notice in the mid40s. Wind speeds still strongest in the hill top elevation. Thats where the wind advisory and red flag warnings are in pras for elevations above 1,000 feet. Light to calm conditions for the morning. Theres a chance given how dry the air is outside in the clear sky. We could see 30s. Some of the wind sheltered areas for the morning. If the breezes are ongoing chances are youll start in the day in the 40s and 50s. The areas in orange and red here lining up the santa cruz mountains. East bay and north bay hills. Le time starp. 8 30 to 10 00 still gus tis. A transition takes place. After lunchtime tomorrow. 5 00. The wind speeds drop off through the afternoon. Durlg the day 49ers game looks like low 60s. Breezy at times. And for sunday night football here on nbc. Raiders hosting the cowboys at 5 30. Jacket weather. Numbers in the mid50s. Towards sunday evening. Daytime temperatures low 60s towards san jose. Low 60s for the peninsula. And San Francisco. Highs in the low 60s. Breezy to start. Less so into the evening. North bay highs in the mid60s. Heres the one chance for rain between now and christmas. Its right there on wednesday. Actually the rain totals have come up a bit. It shows how desperate we are. Maybe a tenth of an inch of rain. Thats the most we might see between now kp christmas. As the over all weather pattern isnt changing most. To allow the cold system to drop in. Thats good news. After that the high realigns to the northwest. Weaker systems may come in around Christmas Day and the day after. Right now rainfall chances dont look that good beyond the one chance on wednesday. Short term that will lead to some light rain chances. Snow in the mountains and dry 7day forecast. Continues to play out with cold mornings with patchy frost possible and daytime highs in the 60s. Very dry looking forecast. Hope any things change up a bit. Perhaps after christmas. Talking about the niners and raiders in the bay area playing here tomorrow day and night. In the sports mood. Lets check in. The nfl released the fan vote for the probowl. And the raiders king is going to have to come up with a few new moves as well as one 49er will be happy about it. Who tops the positions when we come back. The sports desk. Its a sk. It was amazing. So in the 24 hours before the highly anticipated went on sale. 30 autographed pair of the shoes would be dropped by drone. To secret location ts throughout the bay area. Early this morning drones flew from boats to the drop zone. And the fans discovered the low case of the shoes through a special map. This that is cool. Curry took to the court today for a light work out. Putting up a few shots after practice ended. He is rehabbing from a left ankle injury on december 5. Green missed practice. Hes also missed three of the last four games with a shoulder issue. Head coach said quote its concerning he hasnt made bigger stride. Theres not major reason for concern. Right now. And the raiders punter is going to have to come up with a few new moves. He leads all punters in fan voting for the probowl. Hes best known for post punt celebrations. He also ranks in the top ten in punt average, net punt average and punt down in the 20. Hes never made the probowl in his six year career. And the 49ers also leads the fan vote for full backs and raiders will host the cowboys tomorrow. 49ers welcome in the titans. Both games kick off at 1 25. Garoppolo makes his first start at levi stadium. Well get you set for the game. Well see you then. Winning documentary series bay area revelations chronicles the evolution and history of the bay area s marijuanin the evolution and history of the bay areas marijuana industry. California was the first state it legalize medical marijuana in 1996. Bay area advocates like jeff jones argue that pot was medicine. More than two decades later. Adult use will be legal. Come the new year. I was trying to drive the issue to make them accept we werent going away. There was going to be a dispensary open every day until they came to stop it. And criminally charged me, i felt i could win in court. Watch bay area revelations the cannabis rush. Tomorrow night at 10. After sunday night football. Of course will feature the raiders and dallas cowboys. Rob here with one last look at the big story of the night. The dry conditions. Red flag warnings through tomorrow morning. Highs in the low 60s. We look forward to the one chance over the next seven days we could see showers wednesday. Cold system thats a the good news. Final le snow midweek. Thanks for watching. Saturday night live is next. Kevin heart is joined by the foo fighters. Have a great night. 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. Open enrollment ends january 31st, so dont miss out. Because you never know when life. 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