Is live with more on this new crimefighting dynamo. Reporter her name is monica romo and she got the super hero treatment this morning. Thats her in the white knit hat up there. She told me shes heard all about bat kid San Francisco adventures but never thought shed get a day of her own. Shes trying to save the city of vallejo through her own story of fighting leukemia. Monica was a little shy when she first arrived at penny Cook Elementary School where shes a fifth grader, but friends and teachers dressed up as super heroes, cheering her on as she arrived this morning. It was a secret to her until today that the Community Group in supporting the cancer kids planned a day just for her. She actually read from an essay that she wrote about battling leukemia and helping out her city. The secret was it was actually a contest and she was the only one to enter it. She didnt know that at the time and thats how she won this day with Vallejo Police and fire, city leaders, and shes sharing her story of hope. I think its really nice that people would do Something Like this. Im happy. Im grateful. You know, we have had so much support since day one from everybody. The school, you know, has been like part of our family also, so its been awesome. Now, her classmates at her Elementary School this morning did a flash mob for her. Monica a little shy to join in, but she told us wonder woman was her favorite super hero so they made her wonder girl for the day. She wants to be a Kindergarten Teacher so certainly sharing her story is a good start. Monicas mom tells us she is in remission but continues her chemotherapy. She also stopped at vallejo high school, read her essay there. She has a couple more stops to make, at the California Maritime Academy and then back to her own school for lunch. Reporting live in vallejo, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Great to hear shes in remission. Thanks. The ntsb issued two urgent safety recommendations as a result of the deadly b. Archla. Crash. It requires them to have redundant protections for railway right of way workers. They should also review track worker rules and procedures. Back in october two track workers were hit and killed by a b. A. R. T. Train near walnut creek. They hope these recommendations will produce a positive safety culture. Target is confirming a massive Security Breach, involving the data theft of 40 million debit and credit cards at target stores nationwide. If you shopped between black friday and december 15th, your banking information could be at risk. Target is telling its customers thieves have told names, expiration dates and cvv codes. A credit card attack of this size is almost unprecedented and now the secret service is investigating. The thieves have been able to steal the information at the point of sale, where you swipe your card right there at checkout. My mom always told me to do credit when i use my credit card. She tells me dont do debit because that can happen. And i dont listen to her and i guess i should listen to her now or use cash. Thats right. Always a good idea to listen to mom. According to investigators, people who did use their debit cards at target could be more vulnerable because thieves now have access to their pin codes and could use those at atms. If youre a target online shopper, this does not affect you. Its instore customers only. If you have concerns, you can call 8668528680. Many people are rushing to the website to check their red card balance. When you log in you simply get an error code saying web page not available. For information about the target Security Breach and new details about how to protect your credit and debit cards, head over to nbcbayarea. Com and search target. New at 11 00, no students were hurt nnin this threecar wreck involving a school bus. It happened about 8 00 this morning near east stanley and marietta boulevards in livermore. Two cars and a school bus carrying eight children involved in the crash. You see the cleanup going on there. One person was injured, minor injuries were told, but again, no students were hurt. A man is under arrest this morning accused of leading deputies on a chase before crashing into a gas station in oakland and doing it while drunk. It happened early this morning at the 76 station at the corner of 98th and eeds. Investigators say sheriffs deputies tried to stop a vehicle but the driver took off, crashed into two gas pumps. It sparked a fire and that prompted officials to evacuate a nearby apartment complex. When they found it had crashed into the gas station here at 98th and eeds which started a s, fire and resulted the driver being trapped in that car. The irony of the situation is the deputy who initially has to do the stop as part of the avoid campaign now has to save this driver from his burning vehicle. And again, one of the things the driver has been arrested for has been driving under the influence of alcohol. Only on nbc bay area, the wife of missing san jose executive dale smith is opening up for the First Time Since her family disappeared 18 days ago. For me theres always a chance. Until they find the plane, theres always a chance. She said shes not giving up hope. Her husband, two children and significant others will be found alive. The small plane vanished nearly three weeks ago after running into engine trouble over central idaho. The search was called off last week but they continue the search for any sign of the family or the plane. Janice says that faith is keeping her strong. Thats because overall i have always had this feeling that my family is okay. And whether they come walking out of those woods and theyre okay or they have already passed on, i feel like theyre okay. Janice says her husband is her hero. Continuing coverage now of the wildfire burning in big sur. Fire crews hope to have the flames under control by tomorrow night. The fire started monday near highway 1. Its already burned more than 900 acres and destroyed 22 buildin buildings, including more than a dozen homes, one of which belonged to the big sur volunteer fire chief. Latest word is its about 80 contained at this point. No word on how it started. Redwood city officials are talking about Sims Metal Management after the second fire in two months at the plant. They want to come up with an immediate actionable item the plant can take to prevent future fires that impact air quality. Tuesdays fire sent smoke as far as south san jose. A november fire triggered a Health Advisory in three counties. The air Quality Management district find sims for that fire. It is expected to fine the company for this most recent one as well. New this morning, oakland is being ordered to set aside 2. 3 million to pay for three years of parking ticket refunds. The money was paid by citizens and businesses between 2008 and 2010. The refunds were ordered after a parking ticket management audit reported the city was holding on to the money without telling people they had overpaid. Government code requires public agencies hold unclaimed funds for three years and notify citizens of overpayment before that agency can spend the money. Notices begin going out next month. Just into our newsroom this morning, sunnyvale native brian boy taun owe has announced hes gay. In a Statement Released in the past hour he said, quote, being gay is just one part of who i am. He joins Billie Jean King and Caitlin Cahow in the delegation at sochi. The bay areas newest multimillionaire remains a mystery this morning. So far no one has come forward to claim his or her half of the 648 million Mega Millions jackpot. The winner bought that ticket on jennys gift shop in san jose and no doubt its proving to be a big boon for business. The shops owner says hes extremely happy for the extra business and also the million bucks that he gets for selling the winning ticket. Today very good day. Im so excited. I win a Million Dollars too. I wanted to come and get some of that good luck to rub off on me. Obviously heres the newest millionaire. The owner is pretty lucky himself. He bought that store just four months ago. Well, the two winners will each take home 324. If they choose the cash option, they will each receive 173 million before taxes. Well, no one has come forward in the bay area. We know whose life is changed forever down in georgia. There she is. 56yearold ira curry of Stone Mountain coming forward to claim her half of that big prize. She said she hand picked the winning numbers with a mix of family birthdays, and of course the lucky number 7. She chose the cash option and will be taking home about 120 million after taxes. It will take a couple of weeks to get the check. Boy. Its in the mail, though. Yeah, its in the mail. Hang in there. Still to come, everyone, as the year wraps up were finding out which cars are the safest for you and your family. Well tell you which automaker tops the list. Plus the company jumping in to help a south Bay High School after volunteers were rauobbed gunpoint during a bingo fundraiser. Plus prices continue to fall as we get closer and closer to christmas. Well take a look in business news. Speaking of which, were looking towards a california christmas this year but still concentrating on the wind across the bay area. It has purified our air quality but brought about a new problem for travelers. Were going to talk about that coming up when nbc bay area news at 11 00 comes right back. B. A. R. T. And its two largest unions are back at the bargaining this hour. At issue a medical leave policy that helped end the most recent b. A. R. T. Strike. Both signed the tentative leave but they say the policy was actually omitted and they want id included. B. A. R. T. Revealed a niche in another contract with one of its smaller unions regarding the start date of a retire remedical benefits program. A 60day cooling off period expires on sunday night, meaning that drivers could strike as early as monday morning. Ac transits president is hopeful, saying theyre pretty close to abi รท tentative deal. The union will not comment. Tonight the nbc bay area Investigative Unit is raising questions about delays, excuses and government waste. Nearly four years ago, the faa accused the city of san jose of violating the law and illegally diverting funds from the airport. After a series of delays, the two sides have still not row solved the conflict involving millions of dollars in airport revenue. This is an audit that started almost four years ago. As we sit here today is still not finished. Theres a lot of complicated issues. Its not acceptable to not finalize an audit after three years. Tonight chief Investigative ReporterTony Kovaleski is following your money and raising questions about the faa and a federal audit that has been stalled nearly four years. What are you paying for and what happened to create this latest delay . We investigate tonight at 11 on nbc bay area news. Happening today, nurses who work for Kaiser Permanente are protesting the closing of a pediatric unit. This morning members of the California Nurses Association will march to kaisers headquarters in oakland to protest the decision. The higherups say at kaiser there are not that many children hospitalized in hayward and theyll get better care in oakland. Palo alto officials will consider allowing tesla motors to add a pair of sign to its showroom today. The signs would exceed requirements that restricts the size of wall signs. Adding the new signs would also go over the number of signs companies are allowed to put on each wall. Tesla says the signs will make their property look more beautiful and that the current signs can be missed by people driving by even walking by. Pe Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg is selling millions of shares in his company. Scott mcgrew, thats pushed Facebook Stock much lower. Its simply supply and command. Theres more supply this morning. Mark zuckerberg said he will sell more than 41 million shares worth more than 2 billion. Zuckerberg is moving money around. In a statement the company says he plans to buy a different class of shares right back. To some degree hes also paying back taxes. Facebook itself also offering more stock this morning, which is peculiar. Its the first time the company has gone back to the well since its ipo. We didnt frankly think it needed the cash. As we find down towards christmas, shopper track, which measures the numbers for retailers, says there are more people at the mall this season and they appear to be buying more as well, but look for this, theyre spending less money because prices are down as much as 13 from last year as Companies Put things on sale. Stuff continues to get cheaper generally speaking. Its one more reason that black friday may be the least logical time to go christmas shopping. Back to you. Some automakers are getting an early Christmas Present today and by extension so are millions of drivers. Results released this morning show 39 new cars did well in a crash test. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has chosen each to be a top safety pick for 2014 and 22 of the 39 get the even higher ranking of top safety pick plus for installing front crash prevention systems. They can detect when youre getting too close, when a collision is imminent. They will try to alert you with a warning. If you dont act, they will slam on the brakes. Both the Warning System and automatic braking are intended to help drivers avoid rear ending a stopped or slower vehicle in front of them. Honda had eight vehicles making the list. Today a Popular Online bingo site will present a check for 5,000 to a San Jose High School band to replace money stolen last week. The Marketing Vice president said they feel really fortunate to help out oak grove high school. Last wednesday someone wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun robbed the bands weekly bingo fundraiser. Last night an Armed Security guard was on duty for the first bingo game since the robbery. A San Francisco nudity activist plans to tie the knot today on the steps of city hall in the buff. 44yearold gypsy taub has taken San Franciscos ban on public nudity to federal court. Now shes taking it to the next level with a naked wedding. Scheduled in about 45 minutes from right now, she said she expects to be arrested for violating the ban, along with her nude husbandtobe. The question is whether shell be able to get her vows off before being arrested. We will have to see. We may not bring it all to you live. Thats right. Well be careful with that one as we check in here with the weather. Its so good to hear the weather air quality has changed up. It has. Its a good thing its not too cold out there right now. Temperatures are mostly in the 50s. 52 in san jose, 54 in livermore. As we head throughout this afternoon, were going to see a nice comfortable finish. It does feel a little bit colder than the true temperature out there as we still have some pretty strong sustained wind speeds. Fiercest wind is up in the north bay where were getting the double digits but were starting to calm down and falling into the single digit range. If youre planning on traveling across the state of california, especially through the Higher Elevations or to Southern California between now and 5 00 p. M. If you plan on leaving, just do count on encountering a little bit of that gusty wind on your travels. Overall the system is heading out of the state and should be completely out of here by 10 00 p. M. Tonight. 60 degrees the forecasted high in San Francisco. What a difference a day makes. Peggy is right on. Look at how beautiful our skies look compared to yesterday and the previous days. We spared the air for 11 consecutive days. This is our first day since the eighth of this month we have not had a spare the air. You can see our camera bouncing around a little bit. For tomorrow breezy start, gradual warming continuing into the weekend. Winds die down, a nice comfortable weekend headed our way. Lets talk about what were expecting. Places like san jose will be in the low 60s on saturday. Then on sunday, a little bit of a change headed our way. Temperatures will climb nicely. Look at this, guys, a california christmas. We wanted to go ahead and show you the sky outside the window here. This is san jose, where we are going to enjoy 65 degrees this year. Eat your hearts out, east coast. Back to you, terry and peggy. No kidding. I like the way she put that altogether. I know, it looks beautiful. Kind of a nice little holiday seen there. Im going to ask her to add a fireplace. Well, the 49er fans going into Enemy Territory to show their red and gold pride. What they plan to do in seattle coming up next. To those whove waited. Worried. Poked and prodded. Taken risks. And lived in a state of what if . Welcome to a new state. Of health. Welcome to covered california. The place to find quality, affordable coverage. Financial help for those in need. And nobody can be denied because of a preexisting condition. Enroll now at coveredca. Com or call 18007526631. 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Like the department on facebook or follow it on twitter. Then post or tweet your favorite memory of the stick by 7 00 tonight. You can use photos of videos if you have them. The winner will be announced tomorrow. The citys rec and Park Department manages Candlestick Park. 49ers fans are firing back in their feud with Seattle Seahawks fans. Its starting to get ugly. You remember a few weeks ago when the two teams met at candlestick, some seahawks did this during the game. Well, in response, 49er fans created this page on go fund me. They plan to buy a billboard in seattle that says how many do you have . Taunting them. We show off the five lombardi championship trophies from the super bowls the niners have won. They wanted to raise 7,000 but they have surpassed the goal with well over 10,000. The plan is to donate the extra money to charity. Oh, thats good. Good news there. Well, coming up, charity is certainly something many people are thinking about during the Holiday Season as our Christmas Lights too. Well show you a Southern California tradition thats more than 100 years old. [ female announcer ] heres to a whole world of happier holidays. Time to enchant, delight and amaze. Safeway will help you gather everyone round. A smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. Starbucks is just 6. 99, thats a cup of good cheer. Get sweet clementines for 4. 99, enough for everyone here. Turns out this season less is really so much more. So make your holiday merrier than ever before. Safeway. Ingredients for life. The boat parade started its annual run last night. Every type of boat from super yachts to kayaks dress up and parade the ports of newport harbor. This is beautiful pictures. The homes surrounding this also get into the action, they get very decked out. Whoa look at that, isnt that amazing . And a merrygoround on top. Or santa. Well, this is a parade that has gone on for more than 100 years and makes them one of the oldest holiday traditions in the nation. Its eligible also for the awards. You can get the most humorous award or best scene. Theres a best music category. I suggest we do that in this area. That would be nice. How about that . Did you get chips for the party . Nope. [ ding ] cheese plate . Cheese plate. No, i made something better. You used the oven . Boom. [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. Make the holidays pop. Make t holidays pop. Hey, thats the last crescent oh, did you want it . Yeah. Well split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. Thats half. Thats not half guys, i have more. Thanks, mom. [ female announcer ] do you have enough pillsbury crescents . All right we have a lot to get through today, you guys. Anybody have anything on page one . I think we need to change this donald trump joke. Because donald trump was eaten by a lion this morning on the International Space station. Anyone listening . Yeah, okay cerie, um, how about instead of doing the scripts, uh, why dont you just organize those videotapes . Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay actually, uh, could you go downstairs and get me a chai tea . Okay um, where are my shoes . Nono, just go just go barefoot just leave your shoes. Okay