The lowest number of killings in years. Theres been 16 homicide this year. Thats compared to 47 homicide back in 2009. And that would be your originally declared the second most dangerous city in the country. The raiders are out of the playoffs but their fans launch a Fundraising Campaign today near the coliseum. Theyre trying to help a teenage girl from rich monday who was hit by stray bullets in her living room. A nonprofit called make oakland belter held a tailgating event for 19yearold Dominique Ramiro who is a raiders fan. Police are still searching for the gunman who shot her on december 14. A bullet hit her elbow and ended up lodged in her spinal cord. The injury may leave her paralyzed and her family is grateful for all of the support. I think theyre awesome. All these people behind us, they are signing this beautiful card for her. The nonprofit found out about romeros brother who is a raiders season ticket holder. The Police Department is offering a 15,000 award for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman. Well, after seven Straight Days of spare the air alert, air quality is finally starting to improve a bit. Our cameras picked up the sun set and the meteorology is pretty isnt it . A look now at whats going on. A beautiful sunset we saw this evening. We did see clear skies across the entire region today. Strong offshore winds. And the gusty winds were enough to improve our air quality. And for tomorrow, we are talking about improvement on that front. In fact, as we head through the week, each and every day with those on shore winds, were going to be looking at improving air quality, so much so the fact that by thursday were talking about those levels going back to the good category. The offshore winds were Strong Enough for record highs today. San francisco got up to 68 degrees. 72 degrees at the airport. Smashing that old record there, 63 set back in 1965. We are on tap to see another very warm day for tomorrow. In fact, record setting territory for tomorrow. It doesnt take much for this time of year. Youre talking about records. In fact, were not only talking about one of the driest years on the calendar, but were talking about now one of the warmest holiday seasons for 2013. This will definitely go down in history books, not only for christmas, but also for new years eve. Well talk more about sparing the aur. And if we do have to do that once more. Sounds good. Thanks, anthony. More than a dozen people had to find another place to sleep tonight after a fire burned an abandoned building in east oakland and damaged an Apartment Building nearby. Fire Officials Say the fire started at about 8 00 on 46th avenue. The fire threatened as many as six Housing Units in a nearby building. Fire Officials Say it would have been a whole lot worse. The professional women and men of the oakland fire department, they respond so quick. A twominute Response Time to have a full assignment on scene and mitigating the fire is really good. The cause of the fire is under investigation. And there were no injuries reported. A fire that destroyed a san jose garage this morning may have been caused by a small marijuana growing operation. The fire started around 9 30. Officials say the homeowner had a valid medical marijuana card and was growing five immature plants in the garage. Firefighters were able to contain the flames before they spread to the home or neighboring struck kmurps coming up next at 11 00, controversy is blewing at this years rose parade. We are expect iing to share with someone. A statement for gay rights. Plus, this gold rush town was hidden for years, but not anymore. What it means for californias water con sperns. And sticker shock at the vending machine . The new guidelines that could Cost Companies millions. Two firefighters are recovering tonight after a crash in San Francisco. It happened just before 11 00 this morn and involves a s francisco fire truck and a car. Police blocked the intersection of fifth and howard streets to investigate. The two firefighters were transported to a hospital for treatment and were told they suffered minor to moderate injury. A passenger in that car was also injured. Police say the truck had its lights and sirens on at the time of the crash but was going through a red light when it hit the mer said deetz. Fremont police are looking to stop street racing before that trend grows violent. Officers say in the past two months, group involving ten to 300 cars have been racing in side shows on fremont boulevard. The races are not only illegal, but as you can see, they leave behind litter, marked up roads, and put employees on nearby businesses on edge as well. They say its only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or killed. It will be on the wrong side of the road. The headlights coming towards them. When watching a street race can result in an arrest. This year, snow globe Music Festival will include double the number of buses as last year. It will also have extended hours for those who are waiting for a ride. Authorities believe a 19yearold tried to walk to her hotel to avoid the long lines for the shuttle bus. Her body was found a few days later on the route back to her hotel. Authorities say she died of hypothermia. A pilot and his passenger are recovering tonight after a small plane crashed in Southern California. Officials say the single engine cessna was heading to a small airport when the pilot missed approach. The plane crashed into a used car lot. The rose parade is an annual tradition. One float is gaining a whole lot of attention. A same sex couple plans to change valows inside of a giant wedding cake during pat raid. The plans are creating controversy on line. Danny la claire and his partner, owners of a san to man ka based salon chain have been in committed same sex relationship for years. But decided in 2014, they would formally get marry popped. Because we want to start a family. And we want our child to have two parents. But neither expected their ceremony would become public. He told me and i said youre crazy, lets do it pop they will formally wed as part of the 125th tournament of roses parade on a float with a giant wedding cake, sponsored by the aids health care foundation. We believe that sang fied relationships will really go a long way to help reduce the spread of hiv and other stds. One Facebook Page is demanding a boycott of the parade writing, gay marriage is still illegal in 30 states. Why would the tournament of roses promote something illegal like that . Pot smoking is legal in some states, too. What is next . A float touting the benefits of the smoking of pop . We are just getting married. We are exprezzing our love to each other and hoping to share that with someone. And that wont be the only float attracting attention. A group accusing sea world of animal cruelty is announcing opposition to a sea world float. Sea world said its not worry popped. We actually had floats in the 90s. We had it appear in the rose parade three times. All right. 2013 was the driest year on record for most of california. So dry that old mining towns are starting to emerge from lake waters. The town known as Mormon Island grew out of an em campment of mormon settlers along the American River back in the 1840 ppz at its peak, it had 2,500 residents, four hotels and a school. But by the 1940th, only a few people live there had. And then in the 1950s, it was flooded as part of the folsom dam project. I like to imagine what it was before the water came. And compare it to the hills around and think about what a beautiful valley. Its great. Its kiep of sad they knocked out a lot of these towns but they had to do it. We came out here for a family day. Its pretty cool how a lot of it is still here. The town is considered an historical landmark which means it is illegal to alter it or touch it. Whats going on, anthony . Its going to warm up again . Temperatures arent going to go too high. Were going to stay in the mid 60s where weve been the fast week. But thats recordsetting territory believe it or not. The good news, though, the on shore winds are expected to kick in tomorrow. Thats going to improve our air quality. Every district expected to go back into moderate territory for tomorrow. This is the time of year that we take a look back at the year that was. Lets give you a quick recap of december. The december wrapup, actually just a few days left, our average high was 60 degrees. Average low, 35. And only 0. 13 of an inch of precipitation. Compare this to where we stand for the 30year climatology. We were right near average for our highs. Average lows, a little cool for this time of year, but really, the big story here, december one of the driest months dmiftly something were going to be watching as we head into january. Well be watching that very closely. No fog to report. Just really good visibility. And this is going to be what were looking at as we head through the day tomorrow. Not much change. Youll notice fall color spilling up underneath the High Pressure. Those high thin clouds tomorrow. Event cruelly what well be watching is this area of High Pressure will start to push through the south. That will allow the circulation around the High Pressure to bring in that ocean breeze. That will be with us as we head into new years eve and new years day. Tomorrow will be another bright day. Well see sunny skies in the south bay. 66 in san jose, 66 also in morgan hills. A few big clouds in the peninsula. More cloud cover in San Francisco, temps there in the mid 60s. North bay, east bay and trivalley tomorrow. All expected to be back into the mid to upper 60s. Very similar to where we were this amp. Overa overall, i mentioned the fog is kbpted to return. Youll notice tomorrow, just a few high thin passing clouds through the day. Look at this, tomorrow evening, that fog will really start to set up off the coast. Tuesday morning i do think youre going to be waking up to some fog. 54 degrees if youre headed down to San Francisco to see those fireworks. Thank you. Andrea join us from comcast sportsnet. Whats going on . It was a crazy day for football. Really, really crazy. A wild day in sports. Jim harbaughs boys get it done in the desert. Next up, its the playoffs. Well tell you where and when theyre playing. Plus highlights and reaction from arizona next from the xfiniti sports desk. Ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. Some are giant. Some not so giant. When managing your weight, bigger is always better. Ho ho ho green giant tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ ding ] but finally, it happened. Perfection. At progresso, weve got a passion for quality, because youve got a passion for taste. The 49ers have a date in the postseason. The green bay packer, next sunday at 1 40 in the afternoon at lambeau field. They just escaped the desert with a win. Thats because the 49ers built up a 17point lead to start the game and blow it in the second half. You should four to play, 49ers up seven. Carson palmer with a 34yard touchdown pass to andrei roberts. Ensuing 49ers drive. Colin cab pkaepernick getting te throw. Thats the first down. Phil dawson on to try a 56yard feel goal. Right down the middle. 49ers lead 2017. Ensuing cardinals drive. One minute left. Palmer to Larry Fitzgerald for 23 yards. And hes in 49ers territory. Jay feel lee comes on to try the 43yard field goal. So we are tied again. This time at 20. 18 seconds left. Kaepernick, deep to Quentin Paton for 29 yards. 49ers in field goal range. Two seconds left in this ball game. From 40 yards out to rin win it. 49ers win 2320. Its what we play for every year. To have a chance to get to the playoffs and eventually compete for a championship. We know where were headed. Weve known that for a while now. Our guys have been through tough ball games and, you know, we know it will be more of the same coming. Back to back season. His last presented a case to be back for a third year. Didnt go so well. Broncos at the raiders at the coliseum. Pryor making his first start since week ten. The broncos recover. Broncos with four on the possession. Peyton manning finds Demaryius Thomas for the score. Passes drew brees for the most passing yards in the regular season. 266 passing yards, four tds in the first half. The coach is pretty confident about his return. Im looking for the opportunity to come back. Those are decisions that somebody else is going to make. But yeah, i expect to be back. When this is all said and done. Well discuss in further depth where we go from here. What the direction of the program is. 10. On the breakaway hp 100th career goal. Second period, 20 sharks. Off the rebound, houston scores. Thats his third career goal. The sharks win 31. Snapped up after tengame winning streak. Nine seconds to go in the game. Its all tied up. The floater comes up just short. A cutting green and warriors win 108104. It may be a few days before we hear one way or another on the head coaching situation over in oakland. Back to you. Coming up next, big changes coming to vending machines. Why you might think twice before buying a candy bar. Its a requirement of the new health care law. And its goal is to make you choose healthier snacks. Calorie count information will soon be required on 5 million vending machines nationwide as part of the health care overall. The fda says this change will cost the vending machine nearly 26 million. And many restaurant chains now post calorie information. Although Early Research shows most customers dont pay a whole but because some people will find this useful, theres no down side to using this kind of information. Vend mag sheen companies will have a year to comply and make sure every code comes with a calorie count. The just Supreme Court Justice Sonia soed maii soda will lead the countdown. She became the first hispanic appointed to the countrys highest court. The bronx native will press the button to lower the countdown ball. That is right after mile lee cyrus is scheduled to perform. Shell join about one Million People to usher in 2014. Komisarjevscom coming up, our Investigative Unit posed questions to some of the states most powerful lea r leaders. And what happened last year during the attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. Our Investigative Unit sees some of the memorable moments. Heres chief Investigative Reporter tony kovalesky. During the past year, our Investigative Unit has shared with you more than 150 investigations. Journalism that has changed laws, exposed safety issues and questioned decisions from some of the states most powerful. Now a look back at 2013 through the lens of we investigate. This is a box of pork that was in a shed in concord for five hours before it came here to this restaurant. Do aldon smith get the star treatment . Yes, he certainly did. Did aldon smith receive preferential treatment . He did not receive preferential treatment. Would you like to see it . It speaks for itself. Its selfexplanatory. You have it. So its okay to change sick time to administrative leave. Youre okay with that . Its the same first of all, its the same thing. If everybody in the county did that, our budget would be totally out of control. I said we need to get my animals after that tarmac. Theyre not supposed to be the tarmac. Theyre supposed to be in an air conditioned van. Im so sorry. Please forgive me. Sedonas entire crate was filled with blood, feces, urine. She was in fullon heat stroke. He was punched, he was on top, face down. His ribs get fractured. How is it that he ended new a trauma hospital . Tles ongoing litigation. I heard people say all the time that, you know, you dont ever want to experience that. I apologize to our citizens. I apologize to our politicians. We dont want to ied. H hide. What message did you send coming here to napa instead of speaking to the senate. Youre very antagonistic. Youre reading a script. Im not reading a script. I want to give you an opportunity to respond. But your question is the wrong question. You got a job to do. Its pathetic what youre doing. Shouldnt you answer to law makers when they want to talk to you . I was so close to adam when he got pulled in. I knew i couldnt do anything. If they dispatched a helicopter right now, it would be too late. I came by to i came by to see if you can answer a few questions abyour guide book. Does it worry you not enough pilots have those skills or youre not teaching those skills . Yes, it does worry me. It should worry any responsible pilot that copilots are get into cockpits these days and theyre unprepared. People inside know they can harm people and they do nothing about it. And that is outrageous. Thank you stop and chat with us for a minute. I cant stop, but you can chat with me if i walk. What do you say to those folks who feel their health is at risk. I would say a lot happens and we are always open and i my door is always open. So you will sit down with us at a later date for a proper interview . You bet. And 2014 promises to bring even more in depth investigations. If you have something you would like us to look into. Call our tip line. 888996tips. Or send us an email to the unit at nbc bay area. Com. Im Investigative Reporter tony kova kovaleski. Officials say a suspects deadly crime spree started two days before christmas in atlanta when this man used a semiautomatic handgun to rob a customer at an atm machine. That same day, 300 miles away in mississippi, Officials Say the same gunman robbed another bank. Responding officers were ambushed there and a 3yearold husband and father was killed. Then saturday, more than 1,500 miles away in phoenix, Authorities Say a man who fit the suspects description robbed a third bank, shooting at responding police before he was shot and killed. Similarities concluded the clothing worn by the subject. The object the subject utilized to prop open the door, statements the bank robber uttered during the robberies. Authorities also traced the suspects cell phone to the three locations, though they still have not released his identity. A rush in connecticut as new gun laws go into effect in the new year. The laws been a certain assault beps and high capacity magazines. So were told people who bought them legally are now rushing to register them with the state police. The new laws were put in place in response to the Mass Shootings at sandy hook elementary school. Gun control sup poerters wanted tighter regular laces but opponents say the new laws just go too far. Its ridiculous to me. Going a little too far in gun control. But if its going to try to help somebody else get to the root of the problem, im willing to do it. 10,000 people have registered their guns and ammunition in the last week alone. They expect more long lines through the end of the year. More than a Million People are enrolled in Health Insurance you are under the president s new law. Nearly 1 Million People signed up in the last month alone. While republicans continue to blast the program, democrats say it will only improve at this point. As americans were going to have to ask the question, have we done anything to drive down the cost of health care . The answer is obviously no. Were going up. Are we making it more affordable with government subsidies . Yes. But is it the answer . Theres not a single big law like this that america has tasked probably in our history where they havent had to be changes made to it to tweak it to make it better. The president hoped to have 3 Million People signed up. Enrolling 7 Million People by march 31, which is the deadline to avoid a fine is still the overall goal. A nok times report today reic nighted a longrunning battle between white house and runs over last years attack a. That attack killed four americans including ambassador christopher stevens. Nbcs White House Correspondent reports. Daifrl i dashl daryl iy his version of the events in benghazi. There is a group involved and linked to al qaeda. He long asserted the Administration Lied to what led to the attacks. Four americans were killed including ambassador christopher stooens. We have seen so evidence that the video was widely seen in bengha benghazi, a very isolated area or it was the leading cause. The New York Times David Kirkpatrick who spent months interviewing libyans on the ground tells a different story, writing that an American Made antimuz preliminary tape fuelled the incident. And benghazi was not infiltrated by al qaeda. But nonetheless contained grave local threats to american interests. They were enlisted to protect the same mission. White house says they dont dispute the times report. Since the attack, trepublican s have accused obama of down playing a link to al qaeda for political purposes. What happened in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo. Almost a copycat of the dmon vagss against our facility in cairo, which were prompted by the video. Today, kirkpatrick says his report wasnt bolstering the original assessment. She made some clear misstatements there. This was not a street protest. And it was not a copycat of what happened in dcairo. That was an unarmed street protest. This was a group of unarmed men who i spired by the video deliberately attacked the compound. Foreign policy expert david rose says politics are overshadowing the continued threat. Soo whats so frustrating were missing the real lessons here. There are other types of threats in the middle east that arent members of al qaeda. Coming up at 11 00, its a piece of history lost for 30 years. [ laughter ] he loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me thats right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands [ girl ] make dinner pop so i should probably get the last roll. Yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Make the weekend pop. New pictures of the 1980 mount st. Helens eruption were recently discover ed Catherine Cook has more, including a look at the photographer who snapped the amazing photos. These are the mount st. Helens boxes. At the columbian newspaper this is what decades of history looks like. Newspapers and magazines. Linda is the photo archive. Its like a treasure trove here. It really is. About a month ago, she was searching for a certain m. St. Helens photo when she discovered a prize instead. I said wait, whats that down there . And out there i pulled that canister of film. Are you kidding . Really . And i said thats fantastic. Weve got to get it processed. And i was thinking where does one get film processed though . When the black and whites came back, there was mount st. Helens like youll never see it again. Still whole, but steamy. It was april, 1980. Knowing whats coming when you see those, yes. Incredible. Five weeks later, blackburn returned to mount st. Helens. He died may 18 when the volcano erupted. He felt he was telling story. Blackburn lost her husband that day, but part of him lives on through his work. Anytime any portion of a legacy can come forward, it excites me and it elates me. She says this wasnt her husbands best work by a long shot. I think he would think oh, my god, theyre showing those shots . But it was good enough for the front page of the columbian 33 years later. And there it is. You see the beautiful curvature still there. And then all of the activity going on around it. Shot from the sky, where it erupted from a box. Its magnificent. Its important for us. All right, were going to check in with anthony slaughter. Hes here check on the weather for us again. Is it june or december . The offshore winds help clear out. For tomorrow, were not looking at unhealthy air quality, but it will still be moderately unhealthy. Eventual eventually, though, well find things will really start to improve. Especially wednesday and thursday. Thats when it will actually go sbak into the good category. Weve got to hang on until we get perfect air quality. Were on our way to see things improve. Lets take a look outside now. Clear skies across the board from the coast to our inland valley. 35 in the north bay. In the 40s across the south bay. San francisco right now at 52 degrees. For tomorrow, temperatures a little warm once again. Back into the mid 60s across the board. And thats good enough for record setting territory. So even though its not going to be overly warm, it will be warm enough to give up a few records across the board tomorrow. Heres what were looking at as far as a 24hour forecast goes. By noon, well be back into the 50s. Same sorry, a few more clouds by noon and by the evening hours. Same for fran, clear to start, but mostly cloudy to finish. We are expecting that fog to push all the way to the inland valley for tomorrow evening. There will be widespread fog and cloud cover. This is goek to help us with the air quality weve been experiencing. Thats why were expecting that morning fog for tuesday and wednesday. That will continue as we head through the upcoming week. That again is good news. It will help clear out the area. Youre maybing new years plans, head down to the fireworks show. Temperature is going to be back into the 50s. No big fluctuation there. Winds out of the west at 5 to 15 miles an hour. But overall, the good news again as we head through this upcoming week. No spare the air alert and with that on shore breeze well definitely be looking at fog. That will help clear us out as well. Thant a lot, anthony. And coming up, a tiny dog weighing less than a pound was rescued from the streets of sacramento. What the Animal Shelter there needs so this little dog can be adopted. The spca is busy nursing. Tiny puppy back to health. Theically roy roy was only 13 ounces. Theyre asking the public to just do one thing to help nellie beat the odds. This is nellie, the teacup chihuahua. Shes about to turn 4 months old. Shes quite the social butterfly. Shs full of it. And she takes on my 82pound doeber min and bites his ear and bites his face. Shes really come out of herschel since she was found almost lifeless on a sidewalk in sacramento. She came to us and slefs so small she couldnt walk. She couldnt keep her head up. We couldnt tell if she had some sort of medical condition going on. She now weighs one pound and nine ounces and shes an instagram sensation. But she need to weigh two pounds before shes ready for adoption. Nellie is really special. Because of her size and the journey that shes been on. Nellie has made progress, but last week she had a minor setback. I picked her up and show kind of flopped over. She wasnt responsive. I rushed her back to our clinic to see the vet. And the vet determined that she was having a hypoglycemic episode. Shes so active, she needs to be fed offer. Shes a fussy eater and doesnt always want to eat. But the spca found out what she really loves is real baby food. When you feed kids and you dont want to eat and youve got to get something in her system, thats what were trying to do pop. She likes meat flavored gerber, something the spca says they cant afford to go and buy. We need to be sure we can get them the food they need. They put out the call to the community to donate baby food. The goal is if enough people come forward with donations, nellie will quickly get up to two pounds and she can go home. I think there will be a long line for nellie when she becomes available for adoption. People who want to adopt that little dog, theyre going to have to fill out an application, as well as write a short essay as to why they would be the perfect family for the hi chihuahua. Coming up next, what a camera captured at a Southern California beach. Ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. Some are giant. Some not so giant. When managing your weight, bigger is always better. Ho ho ho green giant tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ ding ] but finally, it happened. Perfection. At progresso, weve got a passion for quality, because youve got a passion for taste. A family was photo bombed by what appears to be the shark. The photographer whose son is closest to the shark said she didnt realize the creature was hiding in the photo until she checked the photo in her car. She told them it was a dolphin so as to not scare them out of the Southern California waters for good. Its pretty eerie. It almost looks photo shopped. Thats something i always think of now. You can do it so easily these days. Thanks for watching nbc bay area news. Have a good night. These faces tell important stories. When i heard that, i said lets get married. Because i wanted to focus on life. Stories of life and loss. And the people and children who make the hurt a little more bearable through the good they do. It eat almost like it neutralizes my pain. Its about the man who spent decades behind bars. I made every bad decision you could make. Only to come out writing a very different sentence than the one a judge gave him. It was an amazing moment for me. And it shows youre never too old to get a badge of