Hayward police say he had been shot several times. Tonight ashley placed candles near the last place her friend was seen alive. Ashley, who asked us not to show her face, says her 20yearold friend from oakland was shot and killed here early this morning. Shes known him since middle school. He was really nice. Like he had a big heart, and he was just like goofy and like caring. He just really just wanted to live his life, you know . It was messed up. Reporter ashley says he invited her to go to a party at an airbnb rental in hayward last night but she couldnt go. This home is listed as a rental on airbnbs website. Hayward police say a man was shot several times and killed around 5 30 this morning. Junior tito says the homicide is hitting the tightknit neighborhood hard. Pretty shocked and surprised by it. Its a really quiet neighborhood. Sometimes there was parties on this street, but its all family. Reporter tonight a tow truck arrived to pick up a car with visible damage. Neighbors say several cars appeared to have been hit, but theyre not sure if the damage is connected to the shooting. Ashley says her friend was trying to move on with his life after he recently lost his mom to gun violence. The Coroners Office has not yet released the name of the victim. We did reach out to airbnb but have not received a response, and we also reached out to Hayward Police to get more details about what happened early this morning. But we have also not received a response. However, we did see three Police Patrol cars come by this area in the last five minutes. So theyre definitely patrolling this street. Reporting live in hayward, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. House parties at Vacation Rentals have been under scrutiny since five people were killed at a party in orinda held at an airbnb rental. Five people were arrested in connection to the deadly shootings but so far no criminal charges have been filed. As a result of that shooting, airbnb says its banning all socalled party houses from its website. Developing tonight, the Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office is investigating how a badge and a loaded gun were found in a vacation rental. The items were apparently left behind in a home in south lake tahoe. They were discovered by a family staying in the home on friday night. The Sheriffs Office doesnt think that the badge and the gun were stolen but an internal investigation is now under way. Lets take you outside now. Youre looking at San Francisco and the golden gate bridge. It looks like it has started raining out there. It has started raining at the golden gate bridge, yes. Weve got some more rain in store later this week. Rob . Some of that rain spilling over towards the east bay. Thats the view from our emeryville camera looking south and the view from our storm ranger mobile Doppler Radar showing you areas of green on the map. No orange or red. No downpours or thunderstorms. But enough that its obviously wetting the roadways from San Francisco into the east bay. Scattered showers at times. That will wet the roadways for your morning commute as this cold weather system drops down the coast. Now, rainfall totals dont look all that much, but it will make just enough of a difference in terms of your windshield wipers running at times for the first half of your morning commute. The rain totals between now and tuesday night, not a big deal there. Were not seeing more than a quarter inch of rain anywhere around the bay area. But wednesday and thursday, completely different story. Now were talking about some heavier rain, gusty wind, and the added factor of some very cold air. We could be seeing snow levels by the time we get into thursday morning dipping below 3,000 feet and parts of the bay area seeing more than an inch of rain. Well talk more about this midweek storm system and another one to follow heading into next weekend. Weve got that nfc championship game around here. Well see if that will have an impact on the game time forecast as well. Looking forward to that. Thank you, rob. Remember, rob keeps you updated even when we are not on the air. Just make sure you head on over to his twitter page. Youll be able to get the latest Weather Information on your phone or on your computer. A group of women squatting in an oakland house could be evicted this week. Theyre calling the Property Owners offer of free temporary housing an insult. Wedgewood, which is the company that owns the property, says its disappointed that the mothers are rejecting the offer. It hopes that the women reconsider before eviction. The women have asked supporters to gather at the home early tomorrow morning. In iran, the massive protests continue after the government admitted its responsible for the downing of a passenger jet last week. That jet was hit by a missile shortly after iran struck u. S. Bases in iraq as retaliation for president trumps killing of irans top general. Thousands of people took to the streets today chanting against irans supreme leader, and the powerful revolutionary guard. Riot police were called in to break up those demonstrations, and check this out. Very telling moment here verified by nbc news. Protesters symbolically refused to walk on israeli and american flags, the governments sworn enemies. President trump weighing in, warning not to harm the protesters, saying the usa is watching. Happening tomorrow, secretary of state mike pompeo is set to speak at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Pompeo will likely face questions about the growing iran tensions. Protests are expected. Negotiations over the president s pending Senate Impeachment trial continue. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says senators will pay a price if they block new witnesses from testifying in mr. Trumps impeachment trial. The house expects to send the two articles of impeachment to the senate this week. Senate gop leader Mitch Mcconnell wants no new witnesses. The president tweeted today that pelosi and house intelligence chairman adam schiff should testify in the trial. Boosting safety on b. A. R. T. 12 new officers will start tomorrow as part of b. A. R. T. s strategy to increase Police Presence and reduce crime. The new officers rode the trains with b. A. R. T. s new police chief, ed alvarez, on monday. Alvarez says the officers will be dedicated to walking the trains and the platforms, will work in pairs, mainly on nights and weekends. Alvarez is also looking at having an officer placed in stations where they have a high number of calls for service. Our Investigative Unit has been taking an in depth look at what happens on b. A. R. T. We spent months riding trains, recording what we saw. You can watch the entire series on our website, nbcbayarea. Com derailed. One person is dead after getting hit by a muni train in San Francisco. It happened early this morning. Bay shore boulevard and sunnydale avenue. A muni spokesperson says the train was stopped at the last light on the line when the person tried but failed to open the trains doors. That person then climbed over the safety straps and sat on a connector between two train cars but fell off. Muni says the operator did not know what happened until another operator called to report there was a body on the tracks. A San FranciscoHigh School Robotics team is trying to get back on track after suffering yet another theft. Tonight students are banding together, making the best of a bad situation. Christie smith reports. Reporter theyre hard at work making up for lost equipment and lost time. A Robotics Team at the school of the arts in San Francisco who found their shed with equipment was hit by thieves. We lost heavy machinery mostly. So like saws, drill presses. We lost all of our hand drivers. Reporter and laptops too. They posted video on a gofundme page explaining their 11,000 equipment loss. They say this isnt the first time. Someone broke in last month, and they added locks. They took everything that they could grab, and that was like insane. We were just set back so far. Yesterday it was just a big setback where were right in the middle of this season, so theyre losing time. But theyre figuring it out. Reporter to a fast outpouring of financial support, theyre moving toward replacing their equipment. But theres still a long road ahead. Theres a competition in about eight to nine weeks. Well go there and compete with teams all over the world, and we need to be able to come with a fully built and fully programmed robot. Its for the San Francisco regional frc competition. Actually my first year we won it with two other teams. Reporter for these students, it means a lot. It gives us an opportunity to do something thats stemrelated and something competition like. I love competition. Reporter christie smith, nbc bay area news. Now to continuing coverage of the 49ers road to the super bowl. We now know who the niners will play in the nfc championship game next week at levis stadium. You know him. Hes a local guy. Aaron rodgers and the Green Bay Packers clinching a spot in the conference championship by beating the Seattle Seahawks tonight in green bay. A rematch of a week 12 showdown. The niners had no problem that game. Niners are an early sevenpoint favorite to win next sunday. The nfc championship game, 3 40 in the afternoon, levis stadium. Nbc bay areas Anthony Flores is going to have more on that matchup coming up later in this newscast in sports. Thousands of recent wildfire victims lost everything, but now the federal government is warning that they will be billed part of what pg e owes. Fema says the bankrupt utility giant owes 4 billion and if pg e does not pay back the money, federal officials are prepared to go after the wildfire victims to get it. Pg es current bankruptcy plan includes paying 13. 5 billion to victims of destructive wildfires in 2015, 17, and 18. Still ahead, he was stranded in freezing temperatures with barely any supplies, but tonight here one mans story of survival and his desperate signal that saved his life. You probably dont know his name, but he might very well know yours. Thats a good thing. One man has held a very unique bay area job for more than four decades. Were going to show you how he marked his final day today. And some green returning to our maps courtesy of our storm ranger mobile Doppler Radar, tracking scattered showers for now followed up by some heavier rain and lowering snow levels an absolutely incredible survival story from the alaskan wilderness tonight. A man stranded in the brutal cold is alive tonight thanks in part to a signal that he gave to the searchers. Nbcs sarah harman has that story. Reporter it was a moment tyson steele feared he might not live to see. His s. O. S. In the snow finally spotted by state troopers after a devastating fire left him stranded in a remote part of alaska. I was grateful that all my bullets blew up because that could have been a temptation. Reporter he said he awoke in the middle of the night to find his cabin in flames, his nearest neighbor more than 20 miles away. He grabbed what he could but nearly everything inside was lost, including his beloved dog phil. It was cold. I didnt have any socks in my boots, and i was just wearing pajamas at that point and a tshirt. Reporter for more than 20 days, steele survived alaskas brutal subzero winter weather, building a makeshift shelter and rationing his charred tins of food. Pineapples. Im allergic to pineapples. I ate them anyway because its what i had. Reporter despite his harrowing experience, the utah native plans to return to the last frontier. Two cabins in case one burns down. Reporter tonight an alaskan by choice and a survivor through and through. Sarah harman, nbc news. Disaster specialists from california are headed to puerto rico after yet another major earthquake. It happened yesterday and its considered to be an aftershock to tuesdays 6. 4 quake. Dozens of disaster specialists departed from sacramento earlier today including experts on emergency management, engineering, and crisis counseling. Theres about 2,500 public and private structures that have been impacted and are in need of structural assessment. Numerous bridges have been impacted, roads. Many people are sleeping outside because theres a fear of aftershocks and the structural integrity. Puerto rico has endured more than 1,000 earthquakes in the last two weeks. A heartbreaking situation north of the bay area. An 11yearold placerville boy reported missing has been found dead. Police say roman lopez was last seen saturday morning at his home. The boys death is being investigated as suspicious. Police found lopez after an extensive search of a neighborhood. They would not say how lopez died or where exactly his body was found. More details expected in the coming days. In southern california, were learning about the tragic death of an off duty detective. 41yearold amber leist was hit and killed by a car north of l. A. Today. It happened right after the l. A. County sheriffs detective helped an elderly woman cross the street. The driver stayed at the scene, and the crash is being seen as an accident. Leist leaves behind two sons, one of whom is in the navy. A memorial for a man remembered as a vocal social justice activist in the south bay. People gathered at st. Joseph Catholic Church in Mountain View to hon job lopez. He died january 3rd from complications related to a stroke. He cofounded the Day Worker Center to create a safe space for people to gather and ensure they were not being exploited by employers. Up to his final days, lopez was active at Public Meetings and political events. The Community Remembers him as a great man who fought for every Single Person, who can show compassion. A Rosary Service will be held thursday night at st. Josephs church in Mountain View. The funeral will be at the same Church Friday morning. Lopez was 75. Changing of the gafrds at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, longtime door man tom sweeney has hailed his last cab. Wearing his iconic beef eater uniform, hes retired after 43 years of service. Sergio quintana is live for us at San Franciscos union square with more on sweeney a career. Sergio . Reporter well, you know, he has greeted countless guests to the sir Francis Drake and hes likely taken countless more pictures in that iconic red uniform. Hes still featured in the advertisements for the sir Francis Drake. There he is right there. But today was his last shift. He has officially retired. The man greeting guests in front of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in those signature tower of london uniforms are about as well known as the hotel itself. But tom sweeney is legendary and its not just because of the uniform. I live on the cable car line. So when the cable car would stop, he would come out, shake hands, high five. Even when im coming and i have a lot on my mind, every time i see tom, i have a big smile on my face. Reporter at 3 00, sweeney finished his final shift in that red coat and white collar. Ive been through 46 turnouts. My first one cost 600. And today theyre 3,000 a uniform. Back in 1976 when he took the job, it was supposed to be just a summer gig but since then hes greeted president s, movie stars and a british Prime Minister to the city of San Francisco. Got a call from the white house. Reporter in 1981, he was hailed a hero by then mayor dianne feinstein. He tackled two men who tried to steal a hotel guests luggage and was recognized alongside two 49ers, joe montana and dwight clark. That was probably my biggest day. They just got back from the super bowl, and joe and i were great friends ever since. But all good things must come to an end. Sweeney will now have plenty of time to play grandpa. And tom sweeney wasnt just a great doorman. He was also an excellent set of eyes and ears on the street. I first met him years ago on a breaking news story. I arrived, and he had the play by play of what had just happened. It was very helpful at the moment. Thanks a lot, tom. Reporting live in San Francisco, im sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Great memory, sergio. Very nice. Rob mayeda joining us now. A little bit ago we saw some drops of rain on the lenses. Im trying to see if weve got anything out there. I dont see so much. But its living up to what we call scattered showers meaning San Francisco, emeryville, got the showers. San jose, not all that much. If you like this happy, youre going to be happy all the way through tuesday night because this is the pattern were in for now before some more steady and heavier rain arrives wednesday night and thursday. Theres a few of those rain drops around San Francisco. 51 degrees. Wind out of the west at 9 Miles Per Hour. Actually more rain right now, closer to emeryville. You can see the camera lens there. 53 and winds at 14 Miles Per Hour. In san jose, were seeing increasing clouds. 47 degrees and even san jose will see a chance of these showers passing on by. For tomorrow morning, 30s to mid40s. A chance of a few scattered showers at times, and tomorrow afternoon, same forecast. There you go. Mid to upper 50s. Youre about to see hour by hour. I think theres going to be these showers will be actually increasing around this time tomorrow night. Probably the heaviest rain the next 48 hours comes in tomorrow night. In the meantime, east bay, san leandro, into hayward, peninsula, you can see thats areas of mainly light to briefly moderate showers moving on through. Notice not the whole area in green or no yellow and orange on the radar. That generally will be the trend as we go through the next 48 hours. So as you head towards the morning commute, you may notice a few of those showers for the early part of the day. Midday we might catch a break mixed with sun at times. 11 00 tomorrow night, maybe the heaviest rain of the shortterm forecast comes in just before midnight. For the first half of your Tuesday Morning commute and then tuesday afternoon through we think the better part of wednesday should be dry. So shortterm rain totals not all that much. In fact, the expectations through 11 00 tuesday is that no one sees more than a quarter inch of rain. Just enough to get those windshield wipers going. But more than enough to get the windshield wipers going coming in wednesday night into thursday. You see a pretty good looking storm system there thats going to bring some wind at 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour and rain totals at least a half inch to an inch of rain. The latest model they did bring down the rain totals just a bit. But rain is not the only part of the story. Snow levels, we think as low as 3,000 feet, especially up in the north bay mountains, lake county. Maybe up towards mount st. Helena. Parts of the diablo range south of livermore thursday morning could see some snow. One more storm in that sevenday forecast and not as strong as the thursday storm. But for saturday, plan on seeing some rain. Probably the most of that will be aimed up in the north bay. And the trend right now, still looking good. Another model update has come through and you see how those showers start to shut down as we get into the sunday forecast. The forecast by the way for the nfc championship game is still trending pretty mild. In fact, some places could be close to 60 degrees next weekend. So kind of an interesting mix of weather headed our way this week. Weve got showers and sun at times, next two days. Stormy as part of the forecast comes in wednesday night into thursday with some snow maybe on the higher peaks of the bay area. Then maybe a taste of spring by next sunday just in time for nfc championship football out at levis stadium. Thanks, rob. Coming up, all eyes will be on the royal family tomorrow. The meeting thats catching so much attention. Plus new England Patriots star Julian Edelman on the wrong side of the law. Its a weird story. Were going to tell you what hes accused of doing that go a royal family in crisis. Britains Queen Elizabeth has called a family meeting for tomorrow to discuss the future of prince harry and his wife meghan. The queen arrived at church today surrounded by security. A palace source says that harry will join the queen, prince charles, and Prince William for crisis talks. Its the first meeting of senior royals since harry and meghan announced their plans. Meghan, who is now in canada, is expected to join by phone. Maybe feacetime. Or skype. It was widely reported that Queen Elizabeth was not consulted ahead of the announcement. New England Patriots star and bay area native Julian Edelman facing vandalism charges after jumping on a car. It happened last night in beverly hills. Police say it appears edelman had been drinking. Again, beverly hills. He jumped on the hood of a mercedes. Of course he did. Hes scheduled to appear in court april 13th. All this comes one week after the patriots were eliminated from the playoffs by the tennessee titans. The team has not commented on edelmans arrest. Maybe hes taking that loss hard. The 49ers are looking forward to sunday. They got the Green Bay Packers coming to town. And its a rematch of a game the 49ers dominated in the season. Theyll face the packers in the nfc championship game with Aaron Rodgers saying th so, as you can see, saving can be quite simple. Case in point, if you get xfinity internet and mobile together, big savings on your wireless bill. Write this down, this is important. Amy, this is actually a life saving class. What a nice compliment, thank you save on fast internet and the best Wireless Network together. What can i say, i love what i do. Thats simple, easy, awesome. Get xfinity internet and mobile together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. Youll get unlimited talk and text and no activation or line fees. Switch today. The 49ers will take on Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers next sunday in the nfc championship game at levis stadium. The packers beat the seahawks to earn a trip to santa clara. Third quarter, rodgers hits devante adams, the pride of east palo alto. He races 40 yards for the touchdown, and that would prove to be the winning score. The seahawks would rally. They always do. But the comeback would fall short. The packers beat the hawks 2823, so they are headed to the nfc championship game for the First Time Since 2016. The 49ers will host the packers next sunday. This is a rematch from week 12. The niners absolutely dominated this game. They led 230 at halftime on their way to a 378 victory. The defense gave nightmares to Aaron Rodgers. They sacked him five times, held him to just 104 yards passing, and he knows the challenge his team faces when they take on the niners at levis stadium. Theyre a great football team. They have a great front. Obviously get after the passer and theyll need to rush a lot of guys to do that. One of those games where we know every possession is going to be really important, and its going to be loud. But, you know, this is where it gets really fun. Theres only four teams left, and were one of them, and weve got a legitimate chance. So youre saying theres a chance. The 49ers punched their ticket to the nfc championship game by dominating the vikings yesterday. The 49ers held minnesota to just 21 yards rushing and get this. No rushing first downs. They also had six sacks en route to a 2710 victory. The crowd was electric at levis stadium yesterday. The niners are expecting more of the same when the packers come to town in the biggest game in the history of levis stadium. Were at an opportunity where every Single Person that ever plays this game dreams of being. And weve earned that, but we know were not done. Were going to have a great challenge, but were excited to be at home again and were excited to take it to them. Its going to be a long week waiting for next sunday. The niners and the packers in the nfc championship game. Kickoff at 3 40 p. M. At levis stadium. The niners opening it up as an early sevenpoint favorite. Kickoff set for 3 40 p. M. Good news for the 49ers but maybe a little disappointing for robert sala. He is not getting the Cleveland Browns head coaching job. Reports say the browns are planning to hire vikings offensive coordinator kevin steph an ski. Reports also say the browns didnt make a final decision until after yesterdays game. Were they watching the same day we all saw . For the chief offense, three and out. Blocked and its picked up by the texans to run it in for the touchdown. Wild game in k. C. Between the texans and the chiefs. Houston had a 240 lead, and check out k. C. Wolf, the mascot. Oh, no. Down and out. Then kansas city rallies by scoring a touchdown on seven straight possessions. Thats an nfl record. K. C. Blows out houston 5131. Check out k. C. Wolf. Hes loving life. The chiefs will host tennessee next weekend in the afc championship game. In the nba, the warriors in memphis trying to snap a sevengame skid. Dangelo russell had the hot hand. He had a gamehigh 34 points but the grizzlies would take control of this one, outscoring the warriors 3517 in the third quarter. That is eight straight losses in a row for golden state. Memphis wins it, 122102. Womens college basketball, stanford beat cal 7965. Thats a look at sports. More news a dangerous weekend in many parts of the country. At least 11 people are dead after a rare january tornado, a series of them raced across the south. In louisiana, entire streets were blanketed by debris from homes. An elderly couple was killed by a tornado that tossed their trailer home hundreds of feet. And in the midwest and south, Emergency Rescue crews battled floods. In oregon, king tides swept a man and his children out to sea, killing his 7yearold daughter. A 4yearold boy is still missing. Extreme weather from coast to coast. When daylight came and we looked out there, we looked and we said theres no way this was a small tornado. Then on the east coast, a doif story. At least 14 states hit record high temperatures in january, in the 60s and 70s. Tonight a warning from one parent to others in the middle of a deadly flu season. Amanda phillips is worried her 4yearold daughter jade will never see again because of the flu. Just before christmas, jade contracted the flu. She spent more than two weeks in the icu. Much of that in a coma. Jade suffered swelling on the brain that caused her to lose her vision, and doctors tell amanda theyre not going to know for six months if her daughters vision loss is temporary or permanent. You do whats best for your children. You know your children. You educate yourself and you make the decision for yourself and for your kids. Thats thats all that we can do. Jade got the flu vaccine last march so her parents thought she was covered, she was safe. Doctors say it is critical to get the vaccine in the fall before each season. Amanda hopes her story will be a lesson for all parents. More problems at a controversial santa rosa homeless camp. Overnight a small fire broke out at the sprawling encampment along a trail in west santa rosa. This is the third fire there in two months. No one hurt, but it brings more attention to a growing problem neighbors want dealt with now. At least 220 people are living at this camp. County leaders are working on the emergency measures to address the mounting concerns. Well, he is the first africanamerican to lead vallejos Police Department in its 120year history. This comes at the a pivotal time. Chief Shawnee Williams was sworn in this past november. His leadership comes as the Department Faces a high number of officer involved shootings and allegations of Excessive Force. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd spoke exclusively to the police chief who says its going to take a village to turn the department around. How are you doing . Good. I could identify with the city of vallejo. Reporter identifying with the city is one thing. Fixing a multitude of deeprooted problems is another. This seat doesnt belong to me. It belongs to the people we serve. Reporter chief williams says hes excited about serving them. In november, the 26year veteran of san jose a Police Department was sworn in, making him vallejos first africanamerican chief. He sees it as an honor. It gives me an opportunity to connect with some people that may feel marginalized, or a group i can personally identify. Reporter many people feel Vallejo Police have a big problem with Excessive Force against black and brown people. If you say that theres a problem without having all the information, i think it would be unfair and unjust. Nbc bay areas Investigative Unit conducted a ninemonth investigation of vallejo p. D. We found the department has the highest number of Police Shootings per capita in northern california. One involving a young rapper who fell asleep behind the wheel at a taco bell drivethru with a gun in his lap. Police shot him dozens of times when they thought he was going for his gun. I cant change the past, but we can impact the future. Reporter williams says budget cuts during the past decade have really hurt the department. He only has 122 sworn officers now and says he needs at least 180. But hes optimistic that making some key police changes will help vallejo p. D. Regain the communitys trust. People need to learn how to trust us again, and so thats why im here, to establish that trust. Reporter cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Our Investigative Unit has been looking into the allegations against the vallejo Police Department. You can head over to our website, watch the full reports. Go to nbcbayarea. Com investigations. They were a hot holiday gift, and they were cheaper than ever. But with a bargain comes a price. What your new smart tv knows about you. Well explain next. And were watching showers moving across the bay area. Youll see some of that for your morning commute before heavier rain and lowering snow levels become part of the we tried to get the politicians to deal with the problem. But they wouldnt. So we took it to the voters and forced big tobacco to pay its share of healthcare costs. We fought Oil Companies for new clean air laws and closed a billion dollar Corporate Tax loophole to fund public schools. By going directly to the people we got results. Thats not something you see a lot of from washington these days. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Lets make change happen. Remember walkietalkies. Roger that. Well, theyre about to make a comeback. Microsoft and samsung are bringing back the walkietalkie. At work, samsung has introduced the galaxy x cover pro. Its a smartphone with a push to talk button that starts a chat using a microsoft app. The tech giants are hoping to get the gadget in the hands of workers in hospitals, supermarkets, airplanes. The new phone will be available only to a limited amount of customers next year. Walkietalkies have a certain size, and thats not it. You know the old walkietalkies . You hold them in your hand. They were there. Thats half the, you know, the appeal of the walkietalkie. I thought it was. Millions of smart tvs were sold over the holiday season. But the bargain comes with a price. Nbcs vicky nguyen is taking you where no one really wants to go, deep into your smartphone or smart tv settings. You need to see what your smart tv knows about you and if you dont want it to be quite so smart, there are some things you can do. Reporter theyre a big ticket item for millions of people and nearly every tv sold these days is a smart tv meaning you can stream everything from netflix to youtube, hulu to disney plus. If youre not using a smart tv, you might plug in one of these, an amazon fire stick, roku or Google Chrome cast. But all these devices are grabbing a lot of information about you, what streaming services you use, what shows you watch, when youre watching, and how long, even your voice if you do Something Like this. Play star wars. According to their terms of service, those Smart Devices use that information for a range of reasons, including analytics, mark marketing, and targeted advertising. They can share that data with countless thirdparty firms. They are monitoring what you do. Theyre monitoring what you watch. Consumer reports director of product testing maria raresich says your smart tv is basically a computer. These are collecting data. These are sending data. And that is a lot different than how you think of a tv. Reporter she says many smart tvs use whats called acr or automatic content recognition. That is the technology thats the tvs use to identify what youre watching. Do you think most people are aware that this much information is being collected about them . No, i dont think people are aware of it. I dont think people are aware that they can actually do something about it. Reporter so what can you do . Maria shows me the steps on a samsung, one of the most popular tvs out there. On this tv, we would go down to settings. You would then have to go down to support. Okay. Go over to terms and policy. Okay. We want to go to viewing information services. Then theres this i agree. Okay. Were going to uncheck that. What does that do . So what that will do is have it stop actually monitoring what youre watching. Reporter next look for interestbased Advertisements Service privacy notice. Yeah, its a mouthful. You can also turn off the ability to get targeted ads. So this is not that easy or intuitive for a normal user. Right. Reporter others like roku are not as complicated. From the home screen, we go down to settings. We go over to privacy. You go to advertising. Now in this one, limit ad tracking. So we want to check it. Then smart tv experience, we want to uncheck that. Reporter another popular device, amazon fire tv. Go to settings, preferences, privacy settings and device usage data. We would like to turn that off. Reporter finally, disable collect app and over the air usage and interestbased ads. Some good tips to help you outsmart your smart tv. Vicky nguyen reporting. Its always nice to see her. Nice to see rob mayeda. The timing works out pretty good for the big championship game next weekend. Actually the storms that weve seen the last two weeks havent done much. Were starting to fall a little bit behind in terms of the monthly averages for rainfall, and well get caught up towards the middle part of the week. Outside right now and into the morning, well see scattered showers. Well start the day in the 30s and 40s. Highs tomorrow midtoupper 50s. Midday may see a break in the showers with some sunny skies at times. Partly cloudy skies and then the rain will start to pick up a little bit again tomorrow night into Tuesday Morning. Right now our storm ranger mobile doppler ranger shows you not everybody seeing rain but the scattered showers are continuing to move from the northwest off to the southeast. You see it right there on our satellite radar loop. The system tracking in overland. It will drop showers at times. Youre seeing it right now into maybe parts of your morning commute, especially around the peninsula. Midday, sunny breaks at times. Then towards tomorrow night, probably the most rain we see for the first half of the week. Right there, 11 00 to about 5 00 a. M. Tuesday morning. More scattered showers ongoing. And then by tuesday night into wednesday, we catch a little bit of a break before this storm arrives. This will pack a pretty good punch. The wind will start to pick up. A half inch to an inch of rain. Wednesday night, thursday, thats a legitimate storm by january standards. May see more than an inch of rain for some of the coastal hilltops. But precipitation type, thats the interesting part of this storm. For the sierra were talking snow levels as low as 2,000 feet. Close to the bay area, probably near 2,500 feet in parts of the north bay up towards lake county and areas south of livermore out towards mount hamilton. Very likely seeing some snow for thursday morning. For the sierra, look at those snow levels. Winter storm watch is up from 2,000 feet up toward the summit. So that is going to be a big travel impact on thursday. Now, the last storm we see this week comes in for saturday. Looks like mainly an impact for the north bay. Then those showers by sunday morning start to wind down as we begin to see clearing skies and a bit of a drying trend to wrap up the weekend, which right now if that holds, the forecast looks pretty good for the nfc championship game. Game time is 3 40 out at levis stadium. Daytime temperatures closer to 60. Game time temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. So pretty nice forecast for the second half of next weekend. But before we get there, a couple days of sunny breaks and showers. Then a decent thursday storm. A cold storm at that with those know levels probably slightly lower than 3,000 feet. Little more showers on saturday. Then the warmest day of the week, nfc championship sunday in the bay area. 60 degr some real good news tonight about bouncing back and giving back. A teenager is taking his own experience with bullies and turning it into a surprising yet simple way to give others more confidence, more joy. Nbcs kate snow reports. Reporter at 14 years old, kyler nipper knows what its like to be teased about worn out shoes. My shoes used to get creased a lot, used to break and rip and the kids used to make fun of me. Reporter the bullying got so bad, he was attacked by a classmate leaving him scarred physically and emotionally. But now hes making sure others also living with limited means have new shoes theyre proud of with his nonprofit called kylers kicks. My main goal is to give shoes so it doesnt is happen to other kids. Reporter so far hes handed out more than 30,000 pairs of free shoes donated by retailers. The need is all too real. Our kids go home to basic survival, and that can get really ugly. Reporter for kyler, its become almost a fulltime job with hours every day coordinating donations, all leading up to this. Delivery day at whitney. When i was in middle school, i was getting bullied a lot over my shoes. Reporter for many of these students, theyre more than a pair of shoes. Theyre warmth in the winter or their first gift in a year. That feels awesome. Hoping a theyre very soft and very good. Im really thankful for him giving me shoes. Our students are absolutely amazing, but underserved and often underestimated. Best part of my job is to know that our kids have something that is just for them that no one can take away. Reporter kylers giving a lot despite needing a lot himself. He and his family are currently homeless, living in a shelter. They say they struggled to make ends meet after paying for kylers therapy costs. Making sure that other people are healthy and good, it really helps me out. Reporter for kyler, handing out shoes is his way of dealing with his past. Every day giving back, it feels amazing and really makes an impact on my life as well as others. Reporter but for tens of thousands of kids, hes creating a Brighter Future one step at a time. For them to be able to see that someone like kyler is changing the world, is changing childrens lives, doing something in a positive way is really, really influential for our kids. That the dynamic duo will be back. Tina fey and amy poehler will be hosting next years Golden Globes awards. It will be the fourth time theyve done it. Fey and poehler who used to star together on saturday night live will have a full year to prepare. The announcement comes less than a week after the 2020 Golden Globes were hosted by ricky gervais. Controversial, highly entertaining for many. The exact date for next years hasnt been announced. Its going to be january. Fey and poehler earned rave reviews when they hosted the ceremony from 2013 through 2015. They do a good job too. Right now, though, i want to Say Something is going on here at the station that you need to know about. You probably know. Anoushah rasta is pregnant, nine months so. If you havent noticed. And shes going on maternity leave. This will be her last show for a while. For a while. Were excited. Were nervous. Just so many emotions. And its a . Its a boy, a little boy, and were excited to meet him. And the name . Up in the air . Names up in the air. My husband is a little indecisive. So i said, you know what . You take over the name thing. Fantastic. Yeah. Congratulations. Thank you. Hurry back. Bring the new one. Bring the new one . Cant wait to meet him. Hes going to sit on your lap. I would love that. I would love that. He may terrorize you a little. Like mother, like son. I know, right . Thanks so much for joining us. Have a great night and a great week. This sunday, iran fallout. Stopped him quickly and we stopped him cold. President trump cheers the killing of qassem soleimani, but whats behind the administrations shifting explanations. The threats included attacks on u. S. Embassies, period, full stop. So you were mistaken when you said you didnt know precisely when and you didnt know precisely where . No, completely true. Those are completely consistent thoughts. Now antigovernment protests have erupted across iran over the downing of that ukrainian passenger jet. My guests this morning, president Trumps National security advisor Robert Obrien and republican senator rand l