The first major snow of the season is moving in. Rob, whats going on . Seems like we just jumped into december outside. The big story has been the strong gusty winds. Areas you see in red and purple. Gusts near 40 miles an hour. Strongest winds tonight will continue to be across the peninsula. The window of the strongest winds, were in the middle of it right now. The wind speeds start to throttle back. Between now and 3 00 a. M. We still have a wind advisory for the entire area. Far likely tomorrow morning. Snee in the sierra and an increasing chance of showers in the bay area. Look at your halloween forecast coming up in just a few minutes. The wind is causing all kinds of problems. This three fell into a home at about 7 00 tonight. The stree fell on a man inside the home. . Firls have not released his name tonight. Officials are warning people to be extra careful driving in the morning. Theres likely to be degree and downed trees on the road. If you see evidence of any wind and damage, send it our way. In San Francisco, gunshots hang out this afternoon at about 12 30. Police chased the suspect into a residential neighborhood where they shot him. We have more from marina tonight. This is not an area known for this kind of thing. Police are working to figure out what started all this. It was a very violent fight and it caught the attention of everyone along this busy street. We have people who leader the gunshots going off. This witness didnt want to show his face because hes a surt guard, but he saw a violent attack on vus not street early in the day. I saw a guy pistol whipping another person on the ground. His gun was just filing off. The victim jumped at a car and drove off. The attacker ran off and Police Chased him in the middle of a highend residential neighborhood where they say he jumped in a bush to hide. Police ordered the suspect out of the bush on several occasions. Then i heard gunshots. I saw place with their guns out. There was about six shots. I didnt want to be collateral damage. The man tried to run. Then turned and pointed a gun on him. The firearm had to be taken to the suspects hand as they were rendering ate then he was transported to the hospital. The zus suspect is in serious condition. He left with a woman that drove into anotherty. Theyre hoping to learn what started all this. In the meantime, the attorney is also investigating. Were live in the marina. Nbc bay area news. Hundreds of people gathered today to pay their respects for a by that was shot earlier in the week. On tuesday, the deputies shot the teenager seven times. He was carrying a gun meant to look like an ak48 assaualt rif. Tonight, emotions are still running high. Sheriffs take advantage of their job. And he didnt deserve to die. A lot of people are angry about it. Police salo pez did not follow orders to drop tweapon. Phillies say a gunman open fired on a group of people changing a flat tire killing one man and injuring others. Kimberly terry is in the news room with more more op the investigation at night. Investigators tell us they saw a glup of young people helping a drive and seconds later, there was gun fire. I maerd gunshots. Police say four cars were headed to a party just before 11 00 last night when one of the cars had a flat tire. Everyone pulled over to help. Shortly thereafter, shots rang out. Apparently a white suv drove by as far as we can determine at this point. A single shooter each fired. One swins said she tried to help those who were injured. We want to the victim that was unconscious and tried to revive him. Police say a 19yearold man died at the taen. Four others were found injured nearby. Investigators later learns three additional victims went to the shopt on their own. Theyre all expected to survive. Ive been working here for 40 years and i have never experienced a single incident where theres been eight people shot. Police say there was only one gunm mesne and theyre trying t determine the motive. A fire started in the afternoon just after 5 30. The grass fire burned about an acre. Four crews were able to put it out in about two hours. The cause of that fire is still under a investigation. The Sheriffs Office announced today it opened an investigation into the case of a seen or care facilitate tai that may have afan bonned 14 parts over the weekend. The rest of the employees left after the state ordered it to be temporarily shut down. With a man whose parents run the facility say the owner should face charges. They should kb prosecuted, abandoning elderly people. And elderly abuses. Tate stishls say the owner also owned facilities. They were temporarily shut down as well. All three had violations dating back to 2008. How parents are using the anniversary of their childrens death to change laws and protect other families. Plus an 18wheater ends b up hanging over an overpass in southern california. Remarkably, the driver survived. A look back at the life of a musician that inspired generations. Ten years after their 10yearold son and 7yearold daughter died in a horrific hit and run crash, a mother and father from danville took a major step forward today to protect other children they want to make sure what happened to them on october 27, 2003 never happens to anyone else. We hope to see them some day again in heaven. Dozens of people gathered in danville to look back and remember troy and elana, their parents are also looking forward, pushing for changes in the laws. Today, bob and his wife carmen began circulating a petition for a measure they want on next years ballot. Well never get troy and elana back, but we have noel going through school and you have your families. So the Bigger Picture is more about them and protecting them. Noel is their 7yearold daughter born three years after troy anticipate elana were killed while getting slurpees with their mom and friend. The driver who killed them was under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs. Its a very hard day, as you can imagine. Ten years seems to have just run right by. But it is you cant help but remember the event offense that evening. He already got the governor to sign one bill into law this year that provides a database for doctors to see what prescriptions their patients already have. And now the parents are working on a safety act which would require doctors to check that database before prescriptioning certain addictive narcotics. The proposed ballot measure would also lift the 250,000 cap on damages, and the medical malpractice cases involving pain and suffering. ll our family was victims of both of these issues. One, the driver was an abuser of fre skripgs narcotics and had been getting many narcotics prescriptions kind of will willy nilly from doctors. We think tighter control is really necessary. Its going to be a very, very difficult challenge. I guess, very well financed opponents, but ultimately its doing what hes always done. Making sure what happened to him wont happen to others. They have until mid march to collect more than 500,000 signatures to qualify the measure for the november 2014 ballot. The measure would also require all doctors in california to submit to random drug and alcohol testing. Oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened near the coliseum during todays raiders game. Officers were called to 72nd avenue just a block from the b. A. R. T. Station at 3 20 this afternoon. They found a man shot. Crews rushed him to the hospital where he died. Detectives told us they do not believe the shooting was related to the game. San jose city leaders are trying to cut down on Gang Violence in their city. The Gang Prevention Task force is scheduled to host its Second Public meeting. It starts at 6 30. People have an opportunity to share their concerns and provide input on san joses efforts to crack down on Gang Activity. Police say san jose has experienced a 47 drop in Gang Activity over the summer. Thousands of First Responders from around the country and the world gathered in the east bay this weekend, practicing for mass emergencies. Todays training was held at an Elementary School and was the final day of a Training Exercise called urban shield. They ran through more than 50 scenarios. Officials say many of them are based on recent deadly events. The suspects began shooting at the janitors. Tactical teams responded. Woorryes about natural gas pipeline prompted officials to schedule a hearing tomorrow morning. This all comes after san carlos Officials Say they learned about an unsafe pipeline by reading about it in the paper, not hearing about it from pg e. Workers emailed concerns that san carlos could be vulnerable to one similar that rocked san bruno three years ago. San carlo didnt find out about the concern until about a year after the emails were sent. Executives are worried about the solar energys growth that it will lead to a socalled death spiral for their industry. With more solar customers, the cost of maintaining the electricity grid would fall on fewer people, which could raise rates across the board. Those higher rates could then motivate more people to install solar panels. Advanced battery packs would allow customers to store the electricity and leave the grid entirely could soon be cheap enough for home ewe yoous as well. Experts say it would likely be years or decades before solar could have a major impact. Los 5 altos is scheduled to decide whether to bestow a special designation on steve jobs childhood home. They consider whether declaring the ranch style home an historical resource. The house is historically significant according to some because its where jobs and apple kound founder Steve Wozniak built the First Computers way back in 1976. Jobs moved into the house with his Foster Parent in 1968. Meteorologists may have found a new way to predict heat waves up to three weeks before they hit now. Right now, the best they can do is about ten days. Scientist discovered that when high and low pressure systems line up in a specific pattern, a heat wave will usually show up in about 15 to 20 days. These earlier warnings would help cities prepare by arranging cooling centers to open and check up on the elderly as well. Right now, we do not have that problem. Were stuck in a wind tunnel tonight. Our top wind gusts, at least closer to sea level tonight. You can see inland from concord, oakland. The east bay getting hit pretty hard. Notice in the hour by hour wind forecast, all the areas here through about 3 00 in the morning. Still fwlusry at times. Potential for damaging wind gusts will be decreasing today tomorrow. For the bay area, with weve got windy condition relatively drive for the south bay. Later tonight, well see a little more moisture come in. Thats going to give us a slight chance for seeing some showers. Main effect that everyone is noticing right now is gusty winds and snow in the sierra. Snow fall has fallen so far in the sear that. Back to the bay area tomorrow morning, gusty, looks relatively clear in the knot bay. Into the south bay hill tops, we could see some scattered showers tomorrow. Just for monday. 40s and 50s for the morning, still windy out there. The tri valley also clear. Across the water and bay, the white caps across the water. Gusty, blustery day. The first couple of days of the week will be the coolest and windiest. Look out for patchy frost in the north valley. Halloween looks just fine. Temperatures starting to climb on up, approaching next weekend. North day showers saturday and sunday. All right, thanks a lot, rob. And before the weather changed today, it was gorgeous out there. And all the dogs besides my rescue guy were dresed up up for a kos pum contest. The game went right down at the wire. 49ers, just pounding. The jaguars, high lites across the bond next in sports. What a week its been for the 49 the herbs. Soccer, sightseeing, socializing with the london natives. After all that, they took to the field to take care of business asserting their dominance over the undermanned jaguars. Wembley stadium in london, the site of this international competition. Frank gore busted up the middle. 19yard touchdown. Next niner drive. A run for 54 more. The caps play action. Niners score on their first four drives. They win 4210. Jim harbaughs decision to go for it on fourth and one shows the teams offensive mindset. Their aggressiveness led to four straight trips to the red zone and resulted in four straight touchdowns before andy reid ever saw the field. Not letting our coaches believe in them. The 49ers tied a team record of more than 30 points in five straight games. The linebacker provided a list for a defense badly in need of the bye week. I think its a good time for our team, guys on the verge of coming back, guys who are dealing with some injuries for a guy that just, you know, get ready because it doesnt get any easier. Reporter the 49ers could return from the bye with a newlook roster. The team must decide if it will activate mario manningham, eric wright and to do so, they will have to move other players to make room. At wembley stadium, mindy bach, nbc bay area. How about the raiders hosting the steelers. The raiders havent won coming off a bye week since 2002. No one told Terrell Pryor that. He bunts it 93 yards. The longest run for a touchdown in raiders history. The longest run by a quarterback period in nfl history. Raiders win 2118. Gets off to a fast start. You know, with our defense having a couple of three and outs to start the game, i thought the big run for terrell was, you know, a huge play in the game. To be able to start off and get that type of momentum in a game against a defense that you know they havent given up a lot of explosive plays. The sharks take option the final time this season. There it is. Third of the year. Shorthanded goal, makes it 31 skj san jose. 38 saves for the kid and the sharks win again and keep on rolling. Game four of the world series, red sox in st. Louis trying to even up the series. 11 in the sixth. Johnny gomes, yard work. Threerun shot. Bottom nine, the game ends on a kickoff at first base. Second straight game ended in bizarre fashion. The period is tied at 22. One more note, stanford football up to number five in the championship streak standings. I think that covers it. Wefr. Going to take a breath. Then the nba starts soon. Perfect. Come up e next, she has delivered their mail for decades, but now the last few years. A Community Comes together to help a postal worker after her life takes a dramatic turn. Details on the fiery crash and why it forced the evacuation of a neighborhood. [uncle]this is hopscotch,okay . Uncle go one,two,one,two,one two,one. [niece]okay [uncle]okay . [niece]one,two three,four,five,six,seven,eight [uncle laughing] okay,we go the other way,okay . [niece]one,two,three,four,five, six,seven [uncle laughs]theres ten spaces,you want to try again . [uncle]yeah . Take a lack at these pictures out of southern california. Remarkably, the driver managed to escape but is in Critical Condition. This is the aftermath of a tanker truck crash around 8 00 this morning. The truck was carried 8,000 gallons of crude oil. The oil exploded into flames and quickly spilled into the street, causing the evacuation of a neighborhood and shutting down the freeway for hours. You can also see train tracks under the overpass were damaged. But again, the driver survive and is in Critical Condition tonight. The Music Industry is mourning the death of a rock n roll i won. The influential leader of the velv slet today. A comp dilation related to his recent liver transplant. After his vel set underground days. Reremained a vital so lor career. Hes considered a rock rye near. Among reids collaborators, andy war hall. Coming up next, how the Sheriffs Department is handling a high profile investigation involving a 49er star. And theres the sack, aldon smith gets sacked. Hes the all pro linebacker of the San Francisco 49ers. Also don smith is going to the fall of fame if this thing goes on much longer. Did he get frempbtial treatment . Yes. Reporter the questions involve aldon smith. They center oan saturday behind these gates at the sheriffs shooting range on a friday morning inside the Santa Clara County grail. What does that mean . Preferential treatment was given to aldon smith. He asked us to disguise his identity because he fears retaliation. Is this unusual . Its very unusual. Unusual actions came in the hours after also don smith was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. There are deputies that believe you provided him with preferential treatment. The process is the same for anyone who gets booked and arrested. But thats not what the records show. Aldon smith was booked into county jail at 9 40 in the morping. In the field, his pres test was recorded at 1. 51, nearly twice the legal limit. Ren heb, the arrest report showed that he was booked at 9 ho. You told me on voice mail he was released about 11 21. If thats what i toll you and your sources inside the jail that are talking to you provide you information i dont know independently right now. That was weeks ago. Would you like to hear the fies mail . No, i would not. While its dmon practice to spend a minimum of five hours behind bars, on that friday morning, aldon smith was booked at 9 40, released at 11 20. And about an hour later, published reports show the all pro linebacker was back upon the practice field. Did aldon smith get the star treatment on that friday morning . Ee, he did. Would the average person be allowed to leave after just a couple of hours . No. Did aldon smith receive preferential treatment . Aldon smith did not receive preferential treatment. A squeens of events started on june 20 of 2012. A party at aldon smiths 8,000squarefoot home in the East San Jose foothills ended in a shootout. Smith was stabbed and two party guests were shot. Aldon smith is under investigation by your department, right . He is a victim of a crime with our department. The Sheriffs Department began investigating immediately following the shooting and staping at the party. An investigation that spanned 15 months. At a shooting range to raise money for the there haves advisory board. So aldon smith was at your range . Yes. Did he shoot the sheriff departments guns . Probably. Some of the 49ers, including aldon smith were among those inviting to the range to shoot high powered weapons. Did you see aldon smith there . I saw him, yes. Did you interact with him. I may have talked to him. Did he ride in your helicopter that day . Yes. Socializing with the sheriff and members of her department. There are some who say thats a conflict of interest. Why . Because his party, he may have been under investigation by your department. Why do you say he was under investigation. He was a victim of that at his house. A curious response, because just two days after that interview, 15 months after her department started its investigation, the District Attorney filed criminal charge against aldon smith, labelled a defendant, charged with three counts of possessing illegal assault weapons, found by sheriffs smiths investigators in aldon smiths bedroom, while investigating his party. She invites him to the range, allowed him to fly in the he could, is that a problem . It appears to be a problem, yes. A San Francisco judge and former u. S. Attorney for the district of northern california. Ite doesnt look good, it doesnt feel good. A chief Law Enforcement officer should avoid contact like that. Both reviewed the facts surrounding that saturday at the shooting range. Does that raise question ants integrity of the investigation . It presents issues of appearance and could very well lead to the ultimate conclusion that there might be issues afcing the integrity of the investigation. Did the sheriff make a mistake to allow aldon smith to shoot her weapons, fly her helicopter . Based on what we know, it sounds like a mistake. A mistake in judgment or public perception, dia. She probably sthis she made a mistake, too. At a minimum, the attorney general is probably going to look at the situation and will want to make sure the investigation wasnt taint pd. Clearly a question of timing, an issue of granting act says to a star Football Player in the middle of a lyingly publicized criminal investigation. Hes carrying guns and ammuniti ammunition. Do you think theres something wrong with it . I dont. He was up there and wonderful. Answer the question. Why are arent that i coming and questioning me . Again its important to stress it appears sheriff smith did not break the law. Exearth. S call it a mistake in judgment. Aldon smith remains in rehab and is expected to turn himself in on the gun charges later this month. An expedited jail stay and an invitation to shoot department pep weps and fly in the sheriffs helicopter all while under investigation for a felony crime. End us an email at nbc bay area. Com. And still ahead, an update on that windy weather that hit the bay area tonight. Heres a live look at our San Francisco camera shaking in the wind. How long is it going to last . And also, a car crash killed her son and left her in a moe yeah. The Bay Area Community where she delivered mail for 20 years is rallying around her. [ man ] adventure, it means taking chances. It means trying something new. [ woman ] just, that uncertainty of whats to come. [ man ] just kidding. Can you please stop doing that . [ woman ] you walk outside in brooklyn, and its cement and broken glass. And this is just like. The oppose of that. And why can you move the tv out here . The wireless receiver. I got that when i switched to uverse. But why . Because its so much better than cable. Its got more hd channels, more dvr space. Yeah, but i mean, how did you know . I researched. No, ii told you. No. Yeah no. The important part is that youre happy now. And i got you this visor. You made a visor yes that ill never wear. Ohh. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv for just 19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. Owe. When it comes to finances, the post office has seen better days. Theyre raising prices, closing post offices and thinking about stopping saturday delivery. It may seem the like the service you used to have is gone forever. But then you remember how wornt a letter delivered by a friendly case db in tonights bay area proud. The nature of the business, destined for somewhere else. Except that is for this. Stack. They come every day. Its nice to know that people are actually tai paying attention. Usually were in the background. People just say hi. But they notice when were not there. And they all noticed that she wasnt there. She is jocelyns colleague, the whom who has delivered mail to the homes and businesses along route nine for the past 20 years. Just not the past three weeks. Tina was driving her children to school in stran when their minivan was caught from behind by a mercedes. Her son was killed, her daughter injured and kin that has been in Critical Condition ever since. How is she doing . I dont know, it just doesnt look gootd from what i know. Sorry. I wish i had better use. Everyone i talked to on this route shocked is and stunned by what happened. In this age of instant messaging, its easy to think the role of a mail carrier in our lives is smaller than ever. How then to explain the yellow ribbons on every single mailbox . And cards, letters and donations that tom says a left for him every day. With tina, she always has a smile on her face. Perhaps this says more about tina than her profession. Perhaps she would have touched lives doing any other job. Its just that for this one Little Corner of socaledo, theyre having a hard time imagining someone else doing hers. The wet change, getting cold out there, rob. Canadian air conditioning moving into the area. Very gusty winds. San jose, 33 ndur. Some of the strongest wind gusts youve been seeing actually out towards livermore. Two big rigs, one partially tipped on the right hand shoulder. Another one slightly off the rose. Tonight, we should start to see the winds back off a bit. Notice the strong wind gusts at 45 miles an hour begin to subside somewhat by monday morning. Right now, snow. Notice most of the moisture is moving down the sierra. T showers around the bay area. Going to bring snow into the area. Interstate 08 and highway 50, boebl proebl some snow down into the yosemite early into the day tomorrow. We have our best chance for showers across the Santa Cruz Mountains as we go through the day tomorrow. And less so as we get into tuesday. Monday, the best chance for showers will be right here in the Santa Clara Valley around the hill tops, east of san jose, especially around the Santa Cruz Mountains. 50s and 60s tomorrow. Its going to feel colder, trust me, winds out of the northwest around the day. 50s around San Francisco the next few days as we look at a slight chance of showers. Less wind on tuesday. Dry air settles in, frost is possible for wednesday morning in the north bay valleys. But halloween looks just fine. Temperatures climbing thursday into friday. A chance of some north bay showers on saturday. Not as much wind as were seeing now. The time change finally rooifs sunday. We love that. The will the, thanks a lot, rob. Coming up next, halloween just around the corner. Well explang how Haunted Houses are becoming big business. Haunted houses are turn into big business. The growing industry has many people willing to pay plenty of money just to get a scare. This may not sound like a holiday, but these screams cig nalg one holiday thats bigger than ever. Thats the one thing to do on halloween, right, be cared . Ben armstrong runs the Haunted House in orlando. I had to psych myself up for a week. Which welcomes 75,000 frighted guests. Its a date night,ing its a family event. Its something for kids, its something for older people. The production value is something out of hollywood with sophisticated masks and makeup for the 300 actors hired to haunt this home. More than thousands of large scale attracts can be found across the country. Why do people come Haunted Houses . People love the adrenaline run of being scared. An old los angeles threatter is the scene. Were trying to make your feel like youre inside a horror movie and living out that experience in real life. The national rekale fred ration expects thr than 31,000 americans will attend a Haunted House. Some will even spend 75 where you have to sign a waiver and theres a safe word if you want to leave. They do pay. Like christmas, halloween is starting early. A 1 billion industry thats growing at a frightening mace. Yeah, no thank you. I cannot handle that stuff. The world series of cliff diving. Jumps you have to see to believe. Owe. Tloo is a new cliff diving champion tonight. Heres the winning dive. Thats crazy. A russian diver took the pluj plunge. He said he trained for five years. Win that title. Im saying theyre crazy, too. Look at this. How do you get the nerve to jump off that. The north shore up by kings beach. Our sevenday forecast has windy conditions. Sunday, partly cloudy skies. Thanks for watching nbc bay area news. Our next newscast is today at the bay, 4 30 tomorrow morning. Have a great week. See you next weekend. [son] all right,she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right . [son]hi [mom screams] tonight, empty promises of new classroom. Where your tax dollars are really going. All you have to do is look at the ballot measure. Drivers on drus. Why theyre stuff to spot and prosecute. Drug duis can have consequences. We expose dangers in hawaiis waters. Is it considered a crisis situation at this point . I think so. Im