Wouldnt that transfer stopped, youre courteney cox. Replacement, gabe kapler. Total monica. Saying they werent given enough time to make sure safeguards are tomorrow the giants play the dodgers in the first game of the in place to keep the virus from i can see it. Thats going to be fun. Spreading. A judge did grant a restraining exhibition season. Visitor at as camp as well. Order and a newstor a how about a saturday forecast, saturday morning, ross. Jim harbaugh. Can tell from the pants. Oh, man. Dangerous reminder of how dry those dockers. Youre the scientist. Hanging out with his buddy bob im not even going to try to its been. Do the all right. A rare february brush fire melvin. The aslaght in mesa, arizona. Early tomorrow morning a slight forcing these firefighters into chance of a spotty shower. Action. This is happening in eastern thats weather permitting for 1 00 a. M. To 6 00 a. M. Contra costa county. All games tomorrow because primarily dry here through the nbc bay areas cheryl hurd is day on saturday. In clayton with the details of theyre expecting a lot of rain in the phoenix area. Also into sunday. Whats happening tonight. Up to warm 70s tuesday and it is official. Cheryl. Reporter well, the gauge wednesday. Too bad its not on nbc. Right here in front of cal fire americas favorite friends are i know. May say that fire danger is low, getting back together. Were back in a moment. Well still watch. Its on netflix . But with all the green grass out tv just keeps getting better. Hbo, you said . There, there is dry grass monica, thanks for letting us underneath, ready to burn. How you watch it does too. Know. Youre welcome, ross. Yeah, so theres a squirrel this is xfinity x1. Have a great weekend. Hole up here. Reporter rich henderson was featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. [ cheers and applause doing some brentwood property. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart when i lit the match, part of of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Tonight, join jimmy and his the match broke off and jumped about two feet, hit the grass, guests and it just went up so fast. Access to the most 4k content. I couldnt stop it. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Reporter the fire quickly turned into a sevenacre grass xfinity x1. Fire, an unusual run for a fire simple. Easy. Awesome. In february when the ground is xfinity. The future of awesome. Supposed to be saturated. Its unusual, but its not unusual because of the amount of rain that we havent gotten. Reporter according to a weekly report issued by the u. S. Drought monitor, close to 60 of the state of california is abnormally dry, and that includes all nine bay area counties. So in places that have suffered significant wildfires like napa, sonoma, and lake counties, the lack of rain means a great possibility of an early fire season. We have a lot of fuel reduction crews out right now. Theyre doing a big project on this is a stodream. The american it starts here, in a middle highway 17 that im sure is class neighborhood with a middle affecting a lot of people. Class kid named mike. Reporter rich henderson is mindful that his home is when his father died, his mother surrounded by a lot of wt he c went to work and became the breadwinner. She instilled in mike a belief in hard work and a home safe, even during the drive to build a better life. So he started a company from winter months. Scratch with an idea and endless hours today, that makes him the right now its too early for cal fire to start adding staff, but only democrat in the race if the dry weather continues, whos created 20,000 jobs. All that could change. Hes the only democrat whos run reporting live in clayton, im cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. The largest and most diverse city in america, cheryl, thank you. Rebuilding after 911, creating without rain we will likely see over 450,000 jobs and expanding more brush fires. Lets bring in our chief Health Care Coverage to 700,000 meteorologist, jeff ranieri. People. Weeks without rain. The only democrat whos built a at what point do we start Grassroots Movement to combat talking about a drought here . We can Start Talking about it gun violence and hes a leader combatting climate right now. The latest Drought Monitor as of change. The only democrat whos never today right now has 9. 54 of taken a penny from special interests. California in a moderate now mike is running to deliver drought. That is this lighter brown color on the American Dream here from fresno down through for everyone with common sense visalia. Solutions and the ability to get you can see most of california, it done. Because Mike Bloomberg is the 59. 98 to be exact, in the only democrat who can take on yellow color is considered to be trump. And trump knows it. Abnormally dry. Im Mike Bloomberg of course thats from the lack and i approve this message. Of rainfall, five to nine inches below. And the Sierra Snowpack only 52 can it help keep me asleep . Sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. Of normal. Absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically rainfall chances at this very adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Second not that great. Looks impressive but the storms its the final days to save 50 on the sleep number 360 limited Edition Smart bed. To the south so only a spotty plus 0 interest for 24 months. Ends sunday. Chance of a shower into the morning hours. What i wanted to do right now is get you that in here. You can see no la nina. No el nino. Were considered to be neutral. Next eight days, stronger storms will stay to the north. March 5th through the 10th theres a 60 rain chance although it might not tap into major moisture. Well talk more about that forecast in 15 minutes. Jeff is keeping a close eye ontlongrange forecast. Hes always tweeting updates. Hes a good follow on twitter jeff ranieri. We are hours away from the nevada caucus. Democrats candidates working late to secure those votes, Holding Town Halls and rallies. Tonight there were new allegations that russians may be trying to impact the election by helping Bernie Sanders. Nbc bay areas i joins us witest, the russia iss issue. Reporter the vermont senator has a doubledigit lead right now in recent nevada polls. Other candidates are trying to swing the momentum in their favor with super tuesday a week and a half away. Tonight the lastminute push for voters in the silver state. To dream big, fight hard, and win. Thank you, nevada. Reporter candidates putting it all on themselves. I think were going to have a lot to celebrate tomorrow. Reporter while sharpening their attacks on frontrunner Bernie Sanders. What happens if he is the nominee of this party . I think its going to make it harder, but thats for the voters to decide. Reporter sanders piling on over preliminary hearings wibl debate performance. Tonight theres focus again on russian interference, this time on both sides of the 2020 campaign. Him the russians are trying to covertly boost his candidacy. Mr. Putin is a thug. He is an autocrat. He may be a friend of donald trumps. Hes not a friend of mine. Reporter this as President Trump ousted his spy chief over a briefing to congress about how the russians were trying to help his reelection according to several sources. Tonight speaking to his supporters. They said today that putin wants to be sure that trump gets elected. Here we go again. And a new nbc news wall street journal poll shows sanders gaining ground with africanamerican voters just as the primaries turn into states with more racial diversity. Raj and jessica. In the wake of the debacle at the iowa caucus, nevada caucus organizers are making changes to the way they count the votes. Originally they planned on using an app similar to the one used in iowa. Now theyre going to use a brandnew google forms app that theyre calling the caucus calculator. Theyre also managing expectations here saying they now, our turn is coming. That california primary less than two weeks ay get up to speed at nbcbayarea. Com. You can simply click on the link there on the upper righthand corner. Bay bay area election guide. New details about a deadly stabbing at a san jose airbnb rental. Court documents released today allege that riochi. Fuesia killed his girlfriend at the rental home in the east foothills. He appeared before a judge today and officially was charged with murder. Investigators say after the stabbing, he packed up and drove his girlfriends car to his mothers home. Deputies found the womans body tuesday in the rental home on Mountain View avenue. The clock is ticking. Theres a midnight deadline on the uc santa cruz campus. Grad students who help teach undergrad students are demanding higher pay. The uc president isnt budging. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana s santa cruz. Sergio, somethings got to give here in the next 50 minutes. Reporter and there are a whole lot of people who are on standby. You can see a whole lot o out h in front of the uc santa cruz sign. The deadline was issued, as you mentioned, by uc president Janet Napolita napolitano. If this strike does not end by midnight, instructors will lose their jobs. Graduate students are moving ahead with their strike. I think the threat of mass firing was a monstrous move. I think were not surprised that it comes from Janet Napolitano. Reporter theyre demanding a 1,400 increase to their teaching wages. They say the cost of living is unbearably high and graduate student instructors get paid less than other campuses. In a statement this evening, uc president Janet Napolitanos office were in part, i have invited leaders of the uc graduate and professional council to join me for a meeting to discussand impact to graduat including cost of living, housing and other issues. Organizers tonight told us they got no such invite and sitting down for a meeting would only be a start. They can meet with us while were on strike. Of course they can. They can decide to meet with us while were on strike. Reporter this afternoon they were joined by droves of undergrads in solidarity as they marched on campus. Some told us theyre not worried about their grades. I have another quarter, so at this moment its not really affecting me. Im sure for the students that are immediately attending grad school or applying to grad schools, they will be affected. Reporter strike organizers say special arrangements can be made to release some students grades if necessary. This protest is already getting the attention of at least one other uc campus. In berkeley, students took over a dining hall friday night. They say theyre inspired by their santa cruz counterparts. Im told this group whos out here tonight is a up of graduate students and undergraduate students who are out here in solidarity. The organizers of the strike tell me they are pushing for three main points. Higher wages, no hike in tuition, and no repercussions for going on strike. Reporting live on the campus of uc santa cruz, Sergio Quintana, nbc bay area news. Thank you, sergio. Happening tomorrow, air testing will begin at mcclimb monds high in oakland. The issue is whether vapor from a chemical solvent found underneath the campus has seeped into the buildings. The high school shut down yesterday after testing showed tce was in the groundwater. Its unclear where it came from but there a handful of contaminated sites near mcclymonds. A lot of reaction and tension tonight after the sudden ri police chief anne kirkpatrick. Former l. A. Police chief and new York City Police commissioner bill bratton stood up for kirkpatrick. He tweeted, oaklands crime problem is not its chiefs. Emeryvilles top cop retweeted bratton, saying, its troubling that she was fired for doing her job and doing it well. Last night as we first reported be, the Oakland PoliceCommission Voted unanimously to fire kirkpatrick without cause. Mayor libby schaaf approved it. One councilmember said hes getting a lot of pushback from the community. One constituent said weve gone from being a city hall to being a silly hall. Reporter oakland is now looking for its sixth new police chief in the past 15 years. It is happening, and it is dangerous. Up next, we investigate deepfakes, that new wave of digitally altered media. How they threaten your privacy and our elections. And famous for that cheap hot dog and pizza for a buck fifty. But now costco is making a change to its food courts. 42 m away from san jose. Well show you what this means for your weekend forecast in about seven minutes. Now, we know the trump strategy try to win by attacking, distorting, dividing. Newspapers report bloomberg is the democrat trump fears most. As president , universa their coverage if they like it. A record on job creation. A doable plan to combat climate change. I led a complex, diverse city through 911 and i have common sense plans to move america away from chaos to progress im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. What you see online is not always what you get, and thats the concern. You might have heard of deepfakes. Thats the latest video trend threatening more than just your privacy. Our new Investigative ReporterCandice Nguyen explains what it is and the major risk its creating. Raj and jess deepfakes leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence to make fake videos appear very real. The technology is only a few years old but it has experts and lawmakers scrambling to catch up in whats being called a digital arms race. We want to give this president the opportunity to do something historic. Reporter in may, speaker of the house nancy pelosi delivered this speech to the center for american progress. Shortly after, President Donald Trump retweeted an altered video of that same speech. We want to give this president the opportunity reporter the audio is slowed down to make pelosi appear viewed more than 2. 5 million times. Deepfakes on theer hand nearly impossible to spot. In which our enemies can make it look like anyone is saying anything at any point in time. Reporter a certain comedian and movie director showed everyone how easily he could appear to be president obama. You see, i wld never say these things, at least not in a public address. But someone else would. Someone like jordan peele. Reporter while these videos may seem funny my friends, i wish to rise above this divide and endorse my oppone opponent. Reporter this uc berkeley professor says the threats they pose have serious implications. We have more and more examples of manipulated media being used disrupt democracy, sow civil unrest, revenge porn. Fareed has studied digital authentication for several years. He says deep fakes usually come in three forms. The lip sync where just the mouth is replaced in the original video to match new audio tracks, changing what that person actually says. Imagine this for a second. One man with total control of billions of peoples stolen data reporter then theres the face swap where one persons face is mapped over another, changing who was actually there. Yeah, i was just really surprised. Reporter and the puppet master, where the creator has the people in the video mimic his movements, changing what was actually done. The audio track is an impersonator. Reporter fareed says any one of those can be used to interfere with an election. There is going to be a video or an audio released 24, 48 hours before an election, and its going to be very damaging, and its going to push a large number of undecided voters from one side to the other, and thats going to be the ball game. Reporter election interference is one of the reasons Assembly Member mark berman introduced a bill last year making it illegal to distribute altered media of a candidate within 60 days of an election without a disclosure. There are a lot of folks out there that are going to be interested in trying to trick voters. Reporter but what about 61 days before . Well, thats legal. Berman admits thats a problem but he says its a compromise he had to make with free speech organizations like the aclu. Often times i have to make concessions to legislation, so thats definitely a weakness in the bill. Reporter experts like fareed believe that while a commendable effort, the new law wont be effective. The bill doesnt really deal with the broader misinformation. It sort of deals with this very targeted thing, which while it is a threat, its a relatively small sliver of the overall threat that were dealing with. Reporter whether in our elections or our everyday lives, addressing deepfakes cant all be done through technology, fareed says. He thinks social mes should also take more responsibility for the content they host. The rest, though, is on us, he says, to become better, smarter digital citizens. Social Media Companies say theyre restricting deepfakes either by banning them or adding warnings when they see fit. Our Investigation Continues online right now where you can find out how deepfakes all started with the exploitation of women. Thats on our website, nbcbayarea. Com, slash weinvestigate. Its great that were talking about. But how common is it that the average person who is seeing something on facebook or another social media site can even recognize a deepfake . It is really hard to detect. Some videos you can detect. Others you cant. Experts say the ones that you can see with your eye, check for the mouth, check for lighting if something doesnt seem right. But theres a lot of video where youll need some program to check if Artificial Intelligence was used in the creation of it. Its only going to get more advanced to with that a. I. Ave a story tip, give us a call, our website, nbcbayarea. Com investigations. The real weekend it is here. It is. We have finally almost made it to that weekend. Were going to get you all ready to go. That system we have been telling you about for days now is now just south of the bay area as we get a look at our satellite radar picture right now. You can identify the center of circulation of this storm system by that counterclockwise spin. You can see it right there. This is a little bit unusual because this storm system developed in the pacific, went parallel to the coastline and now its starting to move into southern california. Its basically like a car on a trip without any kind of roadmap. Its just kind of meandering and wandering out here. Thats why our chances of rainfall havent been that great. But we have been telling there was a possibility of some showers. We are develop over interstate 5 near patterson, merced, also mendota. Not a lot of rainfall but some trace amounts to about 0. 01 of an inch. Its because of this line right here we could actually get some spotty showers in san jose, maybe morgan hill and gilroy as we head through the next two to five hours. Not a big chance but it looks like this definitely could hold up. Of course you can go toor yoursf moves off toward the south drops overnight. By tomorrow morning that system bringing the best chances over central, southern california. A little bit of snow for the sierra. A dusting. Just be ready for some winter conditions. Then as we move through tomorrow morning, we get some sunshine back. There it is at 9 00 in the morning. That sunshine stays right as we head through the afternoon. Temperatures, we can deal with this. Theyll be nice and cool to start. Got you at 44 in the trivalley. Peninsula 49. South bay at 47. Also 46 in the east bay. North bay. Co, 48 and down to as that system to the south continues to pull away tomorrow, temperatures will drop a couple degrees. Were mild, though, here. 67 in san jose. 69 in morgan hill. For the east bay, a couple of 70s. Right here in pittsburg, also antioch. Then closer to the bay, a little cooler here. 63 in oakland. Back to redwood city, 64. Notice in San Francisco winds pick up tomorrow out of the west at 15. Stronger ocean breeze will have us down to 58 in the marina. Right here for the north bay, 71 in clear lake and 70 in napa. Going up to tahoe, spotty chance of thatarly shower tomorrow morning. Sunday and monday we are dry. Still lots of skiing you can do up there at squaw valley and alpine meadows. On my extended forecast, we have great weather on sunday in San Francisco. Dry over the next seven days. 60s for highs. Inland valley forecast, more warm, upper 70s next week. Take a look at that note on the righthand side of your screen. We are still looking at about a 60 chance here of some rain returning march 5th through the 10th. Ou uto date every single day on that. Thank you. Happy friday, jeff. Up next, its happening in neighborhoods all across the bay area. Millennials buying up homes. But how . What they need to make it happen. Huge tax breaks for the rich, while the middleclass continues to struggle. Thats what happens when billionaires are able to control the political system. Our campaign is funded by the working people of this country, and those are the people that i will represent. No more tax breaks for billionaires. We are going to guarantee health care to all people and create up to 20 million good paying jobs to save this planet. Im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message because we need an economy that works for all of us, not just wealthy campaign contributors. We ll take you to staples centr where fans saying their final goodbyes to kobe bryant and his daughter. Plus a new bike boulevard causing problems for a peninsula city. A possible solution to the traffic mess. Join us monday, from 4 30 to 7. Now to making it in the bay. The big question many are asking, what does it take for millennials to buy a home . A new report out by lending tree says san jose has one of the highest rates of millennial home buyers in the nation. Those 20 to 30yearolds put down an average of nearly 150,000 here. The average credit score, 720. And the average amount requested for a loan, just more than surprisingly, as you may know, work mostly for tech companies. No card, no food court. Wl members only policy to get that cheap pizza and hot dogs. We love those hot dogs. The jumbo dog and a drink, a buck fifty. Its cheap. Costco says its been lax when enforcing it. A couple weeks from now, youll need that membership card. Im sure part of it comes from the membership fee. For some people if they dont have big families, they dont need costco membership. If theyre just coming here for food, they should get it without membership. Im with her. I like that pizza too. If youre not a member, youll still be able to go inside and buy alcohol and pharmaceuticals from the store. Up next, steph curry and his kids making a inhe bay area tonight. Well show you where and who they came to see. Happening now, the search is on for a hitandrun driver who killed a Good Samaritan early this morning. It happened before 2 00 in the morning. A driver crashed into a wall on the side of 101 in san mateo. A Good Samaritan pulled up and got out of his car to help but the chp says thats when a person driving a blue or possibly green suv hit and killed that Good Samaritan and then left. Were back with more news in a moment