Us with that part of the story. Reporter Debbie Reynolds entertained us in the movies and on stage. Tonight theater lovers here at beach blanket babylon say they will treasure decades of memories Debbie Reynolds, a star on screen and on stage for nearly seven decades dies at 84. Just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away. Video from tmz shows an ambulance leaving reynolds sons home this afternoon. She was there discussing funeral arrangements for her daughter when she had a medical emergency she didnt survive. Fans can pick from more than 20 films in the 50s and 60s to remember the Hollywood Star in her heyday sue r. We watch most Debbie Reynolds movies as a kid. In line for beach blanket babylon in San Francisco, some theater goers have fond memories of meeting her. She was playing at the fifth avenue and she would come in every morning for breakfast. Very proud of Carrie Fisher. She gave me an autograph. She autographed it Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fishers mom. We met debbie and her daughter and robert urich and john ritter when they did a made for tv movie in san juan batista. Reporter fans say the oscar nominated actress seemed genuine. She would talk to the whole crowd and make us laugh. We all loved the whole cast because of her. Reporter from broadway to hollywood and places in between are, reynolds and her talent ar remembered fondly. Reynolds loved to perform and she also appreciated a good performance, a spokesperson here at beach blanket babylon says she saw the show in the 80s. Reporting line of in San Francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. Obviously, reynolds had a skew successful and diverse career. At 19 years of age, she was cast in the musical singing in the rain, alongside gene kelly and dolled oconnor. We saw highlights in jeans report. She earn add oscar nomination for her role in the unsinkable molly brown and had a number one hit song with tammy and the bachelor. The news of her death spread quickly on social media and Albert Brooks with this tweet, debbie ron nelds, a legend and my movie mom. I cant believe this happened one day after carrie. My heart goes out to billi, a reference to her daughter. William shatner posting she was one of the last of hollywood royalty. It breaks my heart sheep is gone. I hoped my grieving was done for 2016. For on the life and career after reynolds, go to nbcbayarea. Com or download our free ap with a slide show of her life. People continue to mourn Debbie Reynolds late daughter Carrie Fisher. Video posted shows fans in Los Angeles Holding lightsabers during a moment of silence paying tribute to her role as Princess Leia in star wars. She died yesterday from complications following a heart attack. She was 60. A similar gathering took place in austin texas tonight. Fans there also dressing in star wars costumes. Only on nbc bay area, he was once called the cracking of oakland and tonight, he is a free man. President obama granted darrell reed along with 110 others clemency in september. Hes been living under what is called home confinement till today. And in his first bay area interview since being in prison for 26 years, he spoke with nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Hi, cheryl. Reporter how you doing . Darrell reeds Early Release comes under president obamas 2014 clemency initiative. Inmates applying for reduced sentence must be nonviolent, reed appliesed and won his battle almost spending 30 years behind bars. I dont care what the district attorneys try to tell to the public. Dont nobody deserve to do 30 and 40 years for selling no drugs. Reporter darrell reed, passionate when he talks about the decades he spent behind bars and thankful president obama set him free early after serving 26 years of a 35year sentence for manufacturing had, possessing and selling crack cocaine. Im going to take the negative, my journey and turn it into a positive. Reporter with his limited freedom so far, he seeps to be doing that. Donating toys to kids in oakland this christmas. 28 years ago, reed was a very different man. At 20, he became one of the most powerful drug dealers in the bay area in the late 80s. Now, he wants to make a difference. The things that i went through that got me where im at now has given me the tools to take my life story and share it with the world. The former Prosecutor Says reeds Early Release was inappropriate saying the president s decision to cut reeds sentence short was like commuting al ca pone pones sentence. Reed says he doesnt care what he thinks. He ignoring the fact that i didnt did 28 years for a drug charge, first time offender. For him the question of whether the chief commander of the United States makes it sound like its personal with him. Reporter he says reeds case was not personal. He hopes he succeeds. Reed is determined to tell his story. He says hes had a number of movie offers. Reporting live in oakland, im cheryl lurd, nbc bay area news. Thanks very much. Emotional outburst in an oakland courtroom today as two men face charges of killing a man inside an east bay target store christmas eve. Witnesses say tyronne griffin asked the suspects jesse and Frankie Archuleta to turn down what he considered inappropriate music when he was shopping with his son. They started arguing. Thats when jesse pulled out a knife and stabbed griffin. Inside court today, an outburst by griffins widow yelling at the suspects outside court, she shared her sadness and shock. My heart is broke. My children are still waiting on daddy to come home. They dont understand hes never coming back. Its a tough pill to swallow. I dont know how to cope with this right now the. Relatives of the suspects say it was selfdefense and they hope Surveillance Video will prove the brothers innocence. New chilling video released in a Domestic Violence case involving former 49er ray mcdonald. Cell phone video shot by his exfiance was presented during the players Domestic Violence case made public today. [ screaming ] stop you can hear an aapparently frightened kendra scott in the video telling me she repeatedly calls can ray she is holding their baby. We never see the mans face but she says its mcdonald charging her as reretreats into a bathroom. Were using her name publicly with her permission. She says she is not hiding anymore. Sadly, i feel like this is the story of many Domestic Violence survivors and that the video shows the ugliness behind what happens. We reached out to Ray Mcdonalds attorney but didnt hear back. New details tonight about the Christmas Day crash that killed two people in san jose. Weve learned the driver who caused the crash, Jessica Zamora was driving despite an outstanding misdemeanor dui warrant. She drove across a media and hit a family in a lexus head on. Today the medical examiner formally identified the 14yearold boy killed as andrew wynn. He was a passenger in the lexus that she hit. Investigators say alcohol was likely a factor in the crash. An east bay woman facing murder charges tonight for allegedly hiring two hit men to kill a business partner. Aiden khatami was shot and killed in july as he sat in his truck at a stoplight. Police arrested a gunman and driver but wondered why they traveled all the way from tennessee to commit the crime. Prosecutors claim they were hired by ta key shea upshaw of san leandro. They partnered in an illegal marijuana business that ended badly. Wesley Brown Berkeley helped plot the murder. Officers found a sophisticated illegal pot growing operation inside her home. A new menorah sent overnight from the east to replace the one stole everyone a San Francisco park. This sixfoot tall brass menorah was stolen over the weekend. While a wellknown menorah maker in massachusetts heard about the crime and wanted to help. He rushed to create a new one. The rabbi of north beach says it was a true holiday blessing. Just because it was stolen, i look at an opportunity to reach a greater audience with the message of spreading light. Police think the thieves wanted the brass from the original menorah. No suspects have been caught. Heavy rains, landslides and frosty weather may be to blame for a new issue on the crumbling cliffs in pacifica. Thanks video was provided to us by a viewer shot by a drone. You can see the staircase along the pacifica cliffs has now collapsed. The city asked a geotechnical consultant to examine the rest of that deteriorating cliff. Nearby, there are plans to demolish the apartment at 310 esplan nad sitting right on the edge. No word on when that demolition will begin. Im meteorologist kari hall. Weve had cold mornings and some nice and warm afternoons. Expect that to continue one more day. Then well be tracking some rain. Right now only 48 degrees. Well look at the complete microclimate forecast and the snow report coming up in a few minutes. A bay area restaurant change abruptly shuts down. Im live in san jose with the employees tonight. Also ahead, trouble in the transition. President elect trumps frustrations boil over on twitter. Forcing president obama to get on the phone. Pluses amazon echo at the center of a Murder Investigation and touching off a debate about privacy. These were young men and women who had their whole futures ahead of them. We are in mourning for these young people. How could Something Like this happen. What did the city know . Whos responsible. This very facility was actually under investigation. How many other buildings in oakland. Why didnt inspectors take action sooner . Did the city of oakland drop the ball on this. We absolutely need the investigation. my hero zero by lemonheads zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. Right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. Chain. Has employees the sudden closure of a popular bay area restaurant chain has employees upset. They say they were notified by text message. Now theyre scrambling to find work. Rick boone is live in san jose on what the workers say theyll do next. Wham an unusual way to receive that message. Reporter tell me about it. Find out you got no job by looking at your phone thinking it was a happy holidays but not so happy for a lot of these employees. Yeah, they are now some of them considering lawsuit, this while others are just wanting their last paycheck and explanation why theyre not on the job tonight. Employees at all 15 bay area pasta pomodora restaurants without a job tonight. We had no idea what to do. We couldnt believe it because we had no idea there was going on. Reporter workers were told of the chains sudden closure without warning the day after christmas via text message with no reason from the owners on the abrupt decision to shut down. Its hard being a College Student if youre not notified youre going to lose your job. There wasnt time for any of us to find another job right away into ive been a patron here since they opened up. Reporter the closure an even bigger shock to longtime customers who saw constant crowds in the restaurant, feeling business was good. How did you hear about this. Actually walked up on it when we wanted to come to dinner and that was the day after christmas. Reporter she says the staff is like family and shes crushed some of them may have a difficult time paying bills to survive. Especially as the first of the month approaches. We talked with everybody and you would meet half the neighborhood here. Reporter we did reach out or tried to reach out to the owners of these restaurants but no answers so far. Some of the employees are expected back at some of these restaurants on friday to pick up their final paycheck. But most checks will be mailed out. Theyve been informed about that via text message, as well. In the meantime, live in san jose, rick boone, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Some scathing words tonight from secretary of state john kerry directly aimed at israels Prime Minister. During kerrys exit speech, a warning to Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu that jewish settlements in the Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem will place the palestinian state and peace in serious jeopardy. In an exclusive interview with nbc news, kerry denied netanyahus charge that the u. S. Orchestrated fridays u. N. Resolution. You did not orchestrate it. No, we recruited nobody as an alternative. Those four countries that ultimately brought it to the floor did so absolutely on their own. Kerry said no president has done more for israels security than barack obama, including a new 38 billion military deal. Tonight, a new twist in the ever evolving relationship between the current president and the next one. President elect donald trump tweeting, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o statements and roadblocks. Thought it was going to be a smooth transition, not. Trump spending three days tweeting about president obama after obama said he would have won if had he run for president again. The change in tone for mr. Trump. For seven weeks since their first personal meeting back in november, trumps praised even defended the obamas. And late tonight he phoned me. We had a very nice conversation. Despite the rocky transition and disagreements with mr. Trump, president obama has said he will escort him to the capitol and attend his inauguration january 20th. Next month at that inauguration, a priest, reverend and rabbi will walk into the ceremony. This is not the start of a joke as washington braces for the celebration on january 20th. The president ial inaugural committee announced a total of six faith leaders will participate in the swearing in of the new president to offer readings and prayers with the goal of honoring the diversity of religion here in the United States. Inauguration day is less than a month away. Roger will be in washington, d. C. To bring us live updates on our social media sites and reports on our newscast on friday january 20th. Ski lifts opening tomorrow at the homewood Mountain Resort in north lake tahoe after one of its buildings burned. This is the scene after the fire broke out about 3 00 a. M. In the south lodge. Nobody hurt. Cause unknown. The big news tonight, the recovery is already under way. Earlier this evening, the ski resort sent out a notice saying the lifts will reopen tomorrow morning at 9 00 with full access skiing. Question is, are they going to have a lot of snow coming down, fresh powder to ski on . The weekend spotty light snow in the next week. Thats when we get a lot of the snow returning to the sierra. Well keep you up to date on that. Its going to be cold, as well. As you head out early tomorrow morning, another onetwo warm up the car and also scrape some frost off the windshield. Heres a live look outside at san jose. All clear skies and we will see the clear skies staying with us into the day tomorrow. Heres a live look outside in oakland looking nice and quiet and San Francisco. Heys valley only 4 degrees. Our temperature continues to drop. Across all our microclimates its 41 now in the trivalley. It continues to fall very quickly and were already in the mid 30s in the north bay. So do expect some freezing temperatures there. And compare that to what we are seeing elsewhere across the country with some teens starting to develop as you head through the rockies and over toward denver and chicago, 34 degrees. Some snow extending down from detroit. And all the way down into louisiana. Of course, the travel forecast very important because a lot of people will be heading out east to watch the ball drop in times square. Now, here were looking at some new york city type weather as we start out at 34 degrees in the morning in livermore. 38 degrees in san jose and oakland will be at 43 degrees. Sunrise at 7 25. And throughout the day looking at highs that will be a little bit warmer than it was today. Reaching 60 degrees in morgan hill, 65 tomorrow in san jose and over toward the east bay into the lower 60s in the peninsula, 64 degrees at san mateo and San Francisco. Up to 58 degrees in the Mission District and ingleside at 5. 65 tomorrow in santa rosa. We have a couple systems well be watching here over the next couple days. This one is bringing some rain into the pacific northwest. Some spotty light showers there. It will it be another one farther to the south that could bringing in snow showers to the sierra. What will happen at squaw valley for the next couple of days, a lot of. Shon low 40s for tomorrow. And then turning cooler on friday with some scattered snow showers on saturday as the high will only be 24 degrees and a lot of those lifts open. Heres where we get the weekends forecast. Only expecting a couple of inches snow. And a bigger storm system moving in next week that could bring up to at least a foot and a half of snow in parts of the sierra. There will be a storm system moving through southern california. Only looking to bring some spotty rain showers here and then some more widespread rain but still not expecting a lot of rain in the forecast. With the potential of up to about a half of an inch of rain between now and next tuesday and then some chilly temperatures ahead. Look at how cold it will be early next week in San Francisco. Highs only reaching 49 degrees. 48 degrees with a chance of rain and for the inland areas, well see those highs reaching the upper 40s to low 50s. Morning temperatures dropping back into the upper 20s. So it looks like 2017 will get off to a very cold start. And more freezing temperatures especially for the valleys. Kari, thanks very much. Still ahead, they were one of the hottest toys this Holiday Season but parents arent too happy with them now. Happening now, remembering Debbie Reynolds. Tributes continue to pour in for the actress who died today at the age of 84. We posted a slide show of her life and career. On our homepage, has 2016 been the worst year ever . Apparently that was a commonly searched phrase on google by californians according to a new survey by u. S. News and world reports. Were back in just a moment. A cool and helpful piece of technology. Or the latest way for big brother to keep an eye a cool and helpful piece of technology or the latest way for big brother to keep an eye on you . A popular gift during the holidays has been the google home and amazon echo. The idea of a Virtual Assistant is nice but theyre also being scrutinized. Police in arkansas are asking amazon for data that may be helpful to a murder case. Your home is urbastion of privacy. That no longer exists anymore. Big brother is listening in all the time. Amazon admits it scores the questions we ask on a server but adds it will not release customer information without a valid and legal binding demand properly served. One of the most popular toys this Holiday Season, some parents are saying is not living up to the hype. Talking about hatchimals supposed to break out of its egg. The parents are complaining their hachimals are not hatching. In some cases, the batteries die before the process is complete. People are upset theyre not getting responses to complaints. The company now says its added more Customer Service representatives to keep up with all the complaints and they posted a new trouble shooting section on the company web page. The warriors are working off a little bit of anger at oracle tonight. Stay with us. Sports is next. Still grumbling after their tough loss to cleveland on Christmas Day. The warriors of still grumbling after their tough loss to cleveland on Christmas Day, the warriors returned home tonight and took out their aggressions on the toronto raptors. Before the game, steph curry making the day for these young fans giving them autographs. The warriors came out on fire and scored 42 points in the first quarter. A beautiful fast break. Golden state led by 25 points after one. But then it got kind of sloppy. Game kind of got close in the third. Curry with a behindtheback pass to thompson. Klay hits a three and the warriors go on to a 121111 win. The raiders are focusing on moving on without their star quarterback matt mcgloin was leaving the team at practice today as they prepare for sundays game in denver. Derek carr broke his leg leaving the raidsers wondering if their dream season was ruined. The team says it can still reach the super bowl. Its exciting. This is a position you want to be in. This is why you spend so much time trying to master your craft and why you put so much time in the weight room and film room for games and moments like this. Hes been around higher for a while. Its not his first rodeo. If anybody can get the job done, he can. Thats positive spirit. If the raid erwin on sunday, theyll win their First Division championship since 2002. A small but hearty crowd at levis stadium tonight for the foster farms bowl. The indiana hoosiers taking on the utah use the. Utahs joe which yams a star of the game. He finished with 222 yards rushing. They hold off the hoosiers, 2624. Stay with us. Well be right back. Its going to be cold in the morning again. Weve been singing the same song. Highs is reaping the upper 50s. At least it will be nice during the afternoon. You see how those temperatures drop off for the start of 2017. Yes, enjoy this while it lasts. Inland areas will see the highs in the mid 60s and only in the upper 40s by next tuesday. And lows in the 20s. Uhhuh. Wow, thanks a lot. Thank you for joining us tonight. Our next newscast 4 30 afternoon. Stay up all night or maybe catch a quick nap. Good night. [ cheers and applause ] steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests jude law. Sterling k. Brown. Musical guest macklemore featuring