Victim. And back out here live we just saw a woman drop off a bu quouq of flowers for that young man who lost his life yesterday. Were still waiting on Oakland Police to release the name of the victim. Opd, oakland officers are going to bring up a message about Public Safety later this month at a meeting. We also sent out a breaking news alert when we learned of todays arrests. You can get updates like this on your phone. Sign up for them through the free nbc bay area app. A woman in a wheelchair struck and the driver takes off. Happened monday morning. Police say the person in these photos was driving a white pickup when he hit an 85yearold man. The driver got out of the pickup briefly and then drove away. Police found the truck abandoned. The driver wro the victim has been treated at the hospital and released. A suit filed against the diocese alleges a jesuit brother sexually assaulted a student. Brother William Farrington allegedly assaulted a man when he was 13. The victim is able to pursue legal action because, decades later, because of a new law. Reporter a san jose man claimed in the 0 60s, brother William Farrington sexually assaulted him. The alleged victim is pursuing bellerman, more than 50 years later. The lawa matter what age you are today, you can come forward as a jane doe and a john doe, bring a civil action, expose the offender. Expose the institution that concealed it, hold them accountable. Reporter the new law also allows victims to File Lawsuits anonymously. And if its proven an organization tried to cover up suspected abuse, the victim is entitled to triple the damages. Joelle fought for the law to be on the books. The school knew i was being abused at the time of the abuse but chose to cover it up as opposed to protecting me. Reporter this is not the first accusation against brother farrington. He was removed from ministry in 2002 after being accused by at least six people. He is now 78 and living here. We went to the center but were unable to reach him. We reached out to the diocese of san jose but received no response. The jesuit West Province issued this statement, saying on december 7, 2018, jesuits west released those with credible accusations. We did so because we hope this be a act of accountability will help victims in the healing process. While conditions are still too dangerous for crews to search for a car that flew off a cliff in half moon bay, we showed you dash cam video of the moment a green lexus drove off the cliff. It happened at great whale cove. High surf has been too difficult to continue looking. Investigators found debris from a wreck, but its unknown if its connected to this crash. Speaking of those dangerous conditions all along the coast. Youre looking at video of high surf at ocean beach in San Francisco. Now a word, theres been a high surf warn being out all week from point reyes to big sur. And then its all about the snow. The state is getting ready for the first snow survey tomorrow. Jeff ranieri joins us with a look at totals for the rain and the snow. Were doing pretty fogood he as we start off 2020. We have had storms kicking up waves, i think we have one more day of high surf at the coast. Otherwise the clouds today, no rainfall with that. So, as we get a look at how were doing so far for the rainfall season, it really could have been a lot worse. We picked up most of our rain in december, and so while were running a deficit of a third of an inch to three and a quarter inches behind, can you see it in that column, we have plenty of time to make up for that. Most importantly, the snowpack, which provides the state a third of its water is doing excellent, at releast based on current monitors. We are at 94 of normal. That is important. Because that is keeping us out of a drought. Only 3. 5 of Northern California remains abnormally dry. Good news on this front as we start out 2020. In a few minutes well have details on the forecast. Starting today, the state minimum wage is now 12 an hour. But many cities are setting their own minimum wage of 15 or slightly higher, including san mateo. Highest is in Mountain View and sunnyvale at 16. 05 an hour. New year, new charge. The cup of coffee could cost people in berkley a little more. As of today you will be charged for using reusable cups. Son sonya shin is live with a look at the first day of the new fee. Reporter yes, the new fee has largely been welcomed here in berkley, however, some are concerned that the new fee could hurt small businesses. The goal is simple with the new fee in berkley, incentivize people to use fewer disposable cups. Sophie hahn says an estimated 40 million disposable cups are thrown away in berkley each year. You can imagine if we were to cut that in half, it would be a Huge Positive impact. Reporter they encourage people to use compostable cups and charge users a 25 cent fee for a disposable cup. I think its a wonderful idea. Why do we immediate to maneed t cups that will be thrown away after one use . Reporter some are concerned it will hurt small businesses. Small businesses have to take the brunt of it. Reporter the author says thats due to a misunderstanding about how the fee works. The fee is not a tax where money goes back to the stichlt tcity. The restaurants and cafes get to keep the money. A service that offers reusable aluminum cups says this new fee is a win for environment, customers and businesses. I think berkley is really leading the way for the nation, honestly. Reporter this cafe was part of a Pilot Program that began charging the fee a few months ago, like other businesses like this peets had yet to start the fee. An unusual traffic stop leaves one officer hospitalized. It started when a car was pulled over for a fault ey license pla. He smelled something odd that he thought was drugs in the car and felt sick. The hazmat team was called in. The officer said it looked like heroin or meth. He is expected to be okay. Police took the driver into custody. A somber anniversary of an east bay shooting that made international headlines. 11 years ago today a b. A. R. T. Police officer shot and killed oscar grant at the fruitvale b. A. R. T. Station. Today a rally was held to celebrate grants life. Oscar grants father was at todays event, less than two months after being released from prison. It. I was. I did 34 years. I just came home, i only been home a month and a half. A mural of grant was unveiled at the Fruitvale Station last june and a nearby street has been named oscar grant way. Violent clashes at the embassy in iraq are over. The two days of violent protests have left damage to the sprawling embassy. Iraqi and u. S. Troops are presenting the 100acre site. They called for the angry mob to end their sitin. But there is lingering anger. Today irans Supreme Leader condemned the u. S. Recent airstrikes in iraq that led to the storming of the embassy and called the airstrikes a crime. Still to come. A camera found inside a starbucks bathroom in the south bay, why police say it wasnt too hard to figure out who did it. Plus, t this decade, well introduce you to christopher and his proud parents. Clouds rolling in on this first day of 2020. Ill show you whats completely different about the forecast for tomorrow, and well explain our next rain chance in about six minutes. Hidden cameras found in a starbucks bathroom in the south bay. This man, shawn evans, was arrest th arrested. He hid two small cameras, both cameras pointed directly in front of the toilet. They found evans parked in the front of the store. After a search of his car, police found several Electronics Devices linking him to the cameras in the bathroom and meth inside his car. It has been a violent start to 2020, where there were at least three shootings across the bay area. The first happened around 9 30 at night at the corner of franklin and bay street in San Francisco. It happened during a new years eve celebration near the center for the arts. One of the men in the hospital is shot. A shooting in the north bay happened at 5 00 in a parking lot next to Mckinley Elementary School in petaluma. Right now theres no motive, but the shooter has been arrested. And then an accidental shooting in the south bay. Police say a man accidently shot himself. He is expected to be okay. Lets take you out live in San Francisco. A live view of the golden gate bridge. Always a trdraw for tourists. But today it was crowded with angels. They make regular holiday visits to the golden gate with the goal of lifting spirits wfor anyone who may need a kind word. Ive been depressed in my hive, t life, too. And i can imagine if somebody comes out here and is thinking or considering about ending their life in a public place, theres a real opportunity to allow them to feel more connected so that maybe that doesnt happen. Not all volunteers walked on two legs. Certified therapy dogs also made the trip. The first bridge watch was organized in 2011. And as a reminder, if you or someone you know is struggling, there is help 24 7. 18002738255. You can also chat with a counselor online at suicide p prevention lifeline. Org. A new n tax in cities will watching carefully this one. A head tax was passed with google on its mind. The tax charges large employers like google, based on the number of employees who work there. The 6 million it will bring in can Fund Transportation and housing projects. Opponents worry it could chase away business. Well, the smoke and fireworks hadnt even cleared when the bay area welcomed the first baby of the decade. This is christopher. He arrived a few minutes after midnight in san leandro. Cutie that he is. We are join the from Kaiser Permanente where the family is celebrating their newhapby to report that both mom and baby are doing just fine. This is the third child for these parents. So they will start off the new decade with their hands full. Christopher santiago tercero took his first breath at 12 05 00 a. M. , earning himself the bragging rights of the first baby born in the bay area in 2020 and this decade. His parents were so focussed on his delivery, they forgot what day it was. We forgot about the new year until one of the nurses assisting said happy new year. And minutes later, the baby was here. Reporter the Castro Valley couple has two other daughters, ages two and four. Dad says adding the boy to the mix brings the family full circle. It completes the trio. Tercero man delivered naturally. Its hard, but i stayed focussed. Reporter sadly, terceros father passed away just last week due to health problems, but she says hes with her in spirit. Its crazy in life. People die and people that a new life. Reporter for now they plan on heading home tomorrow. Trying to figure out thousho handle everything with three, three kids. Reporter good luck. There were a few other babies born within the first hour in the bay area of 2020, including a baby born in santa rosa at 12 10 00 a. M. Reporting live from san leandro, laura samble. We wish the tercero family all the best. Especially mom, 8. 5pound baby i couldnt listen to anything else after that. She gets the year off. She does. Congratulations. As we head through the next couple days, we have nice changes, a little rainfall, but i dont think its anything thats going to ruin the next few days. Our le dry here, but your eyes were probably looking off toward the sky as we had cloud cover moving on in. In San Francisco you have 56 degrees, as we head through tonight, we keep the clouds and temperatures will be in the 50s. The big change from today and compared to what were going to undergo tomorrow will be well lose the cloud cover and get a nice rebound with sunshine. Youve been wanting more blue sky to many could on back, tomorrow looks good for that. After we get over the chance of morning fog. Heres deal. High pressure is pushing in, keachi keeping the storm track. And a little fog and then afternoon sunshine. Morning forecast will be cool as we have been used to. Got you at 40 in the tri valley, right here for the east bay, San Francisco and the north bay, also tracking low to mid40s. Coming up tonight at 11 00, and weve got quite a ways away, were going to take a closer look at the fog. If we see visibilities drop were definitely going to be all over that for you. You want to join us for that later newscast, especially if you have anything to do tomorrow morning. As we move through the day tomorrow, temperatures will be bumping up a couple degrees. Looking good in cupertino at 61. Temperatures to the east bay, 65 in concord, 60 vallejo. Back to livermore, 63. Going to the beaches, watch out for dangerous waves. The best advice could be to stay out of the water. San francisco, winds not that gusty, out of the northwest today. And you get your sunshine for the afternoon. 59 in the mission. And for the north bay, 65 in santa rosa, 63 sonoma and 62 in mill valley. Next change moving in will be the sprinkles or saturday. Trace amounts, more sunshine will return on sunday. Back half of the weekend looks good if you want to recover, get some good old vitamin d. Looks impressive at 6 00 a. M. , but this is just showers but it breaks off. Not a big storm system, just enough to get the ground wet. There you go. Next couple days, comfortable temperatures, 50s to 60s. I had enough blackeyed peas for all of us here. So we all get good luck for the entire year. I appreciate that. Glad youre sharing your good luck with us. A spoonful for each of us. I think my wife is making some tonight. And i did one for the viewers at home, too. Isnt he sweet . Coming up, why a popular tahoe ski resort is face ago lawsuit over a parking lot. Trump obamacare is a complete and total disaster. Let obamacare implode. Nurse these wild attacks on healthcare hurt the patients i care for. Ive been a nurse in new york for thirty years. I know the difference leadership can make because i saw what Mike Bloomberg did as mayor. Vo mayor bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 , covering 700,000 more new yorkers, Life Expectancy increased. He helped expand Health Coverage to 200,000 more kids and upgraded pediatric care infant mortality rates dropped to record lows. And as mayor, Mike Bloomberg always championed Reproductive Health for women. So when you hear Mike Bloomberg on health care. Mrb this is america. We can certainly afford to maksu that everybody that needs to see a doctor can see a doctor, everybody that needs medicines to stay healthy can get those medicines. As president. Mrb im mike bl two season pass holders are suing a tahoe ski resort over parking fees. They announced they would start charging fees at a parking lot that used to be free. That didnt sit well with two men who had already bought their seats and passes. One man is an attorney and says the rules can change in advance but not retroactively, especially when there are no pa. A tribute to californias fire victims won theic in pasadena. With the animated phoenix leading way. Showing california can rise above the ashes and renew the environment. The title of the float was rise up. This was the 131st year for the famed parade. There were stunning floral creations and marching bands and a flyover by a b2 stealth bomber. Woo in the water, with no wet suit. Its just two miles for the swimmers making their way to fishermans wharf. Among the first to arrive back, a woman swimming for two. Shes just a few weeks away, believe it or not, from having a baby. Im 35 weeks pregnant. Its probably my last alcatraz with a baby. They trained for months and timed it with the incoming tide. The first person did it in just under a half hour. I have a feeling labor is not going to be that hard for her, even if its an 8. 5pound baby. A seabird caught on camera using a stick as a tool. Believe it or not, its the first piece of evidence we have of that happening. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. You came back tonight at 6 00, making changes to market street. San franciscos plan to aller one one of the citys streets of the check it out. For the first time, experts have spotted seabirds using tools. See . He picked up that little stick. Two puffins were observed scratching themselves with the sticks. Big news, scientists didnt think birds had the brainpower to use tools, but they do. They were merely building a nest. Not a bird brain at all. Oh. Got to get that in. Looking at a nice couple days coming up, right . Shower chance on saturday, otherwise all good. Thanks for joining us. Nightly news is next. Well see you at 6 00. Breaking news tonight, the tense showdown at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad American Forces firing tear gas into the crowd on the second day of violence. Proiranian protesters settin fires trying to scale the walls. Hundreds more u. S. Troops deploying to the region President Trump threatening iran, the ayatollah taunting him back saying you cant do anything President Trump reportedly scaling back his promise crackdown on vaping. Which products will be out lawed under the new ban and why critics say it does go far enough. The woman grabbing pope francis pulling him toward her the pope swatting her hand away. Tonihi