36 people are confirmed dead and investigators do not expect to find more victims. 35 people have been identified. All of the victims died of smoke inhalation according to the coroner. As of right now, news crews have gone through about 85 of the building. We continue with team coverage. Sharon katsuda is reporting on the victims. Among them, musicians, teachers and students. We begin with pete suratos with the latest on the investigation and what crews are doing at the warehouse right now. Pete. Reporter good morning to you guys. We are expecting another operational red day. They determine it will take place sometime this afternoon. I imagine around 2 00 p. M. Were getting new information as far as what may have been the cause of death for at least half of the victims. On the latest, there were 36 victims located inside of the warehouse during the deadly fire. Thats the same number that we had yesterday. 85 of the structure has been searched by crews. A combination of crews with oakland fire, Alameda CountySheriffs Office and public works have been a part of the crews. For the remaining 15 of the structure that still needs to be searched, officials do not believe there are any more victims in this location. However, once again today were seeing a structural issue in this area. We dont know if there will be a work stoppage as we saw yesterday. There is no indication right now if there will be a work stoppage due to the structural issue. I spoke briefly this morning with the Sheriffs Office, and she said autopsies have been done on at least half of the victims so far. And of that group, all died as a result of smoke inhalation. A cause of death thats to be expected due to the magnitude of this fire. Virtually all the fires that we have, the cause of death is smoke inhalation, because the smoke gets you before any kind of flame gets you. So thats thats generally the problem. Reporter atf is still on the ground alongside fire and the Sheriffs Office to conduct an investigation, but it is too early to tell, guys, exactly what the cause of the fire is. There is a planned power outage still taking place. They had to bring a large crane into the area. They were worried it may affect the power lines so there is still a power outage. Well get more details when the News Conference takes place. We are being told by oakland pd it could be around 2 00 p. M. Live in oakland. Pete suratos, nbc bay area news. Thank you for the update, pete. In the meantime, more names are being added to the terrible tragedy. Moments ago we reported that 35 of the 36 victims have been identified. Authorities have only released the names of about half of the victims. Sharon katsuda is joining us live in the east bay with a closer look at their lives and, sharon, the photos and stories illuminating the young victims continue to come in. Reporter sam, friends and family are dealing with the worst possible news this morning with the confirmation of those victims names. We do have a new photo of one of the victims. Among those who died, 20yearold mikala gregory from south San Francisco. Jennifer kinoa, 31. And 35yearold alex kasan. He recently moved from jersey city. Here is a photo of benjamin reynolds. He was 32 years old and lived in oakland. Another victim has been identified as 33yearold anne bolka from oakland. Her father posted on instagram she was recently transitioning to becoming a beautiful, happy woman. The Alameda CountySheriffs Department release five other victims names. They are both from oakland. 33yearold Chelsea Dolan from San Francisco and feral pines from berkeley. And 21yearold Jennifer Morris also lost their lives in the fire. Back here live, there is still a lot more work to be done. At one point the authorities telling us that one of the victims still identified as john doe. Live in hayward, im sharon c katsuda, nbc bay area news. The founder of the Art Collective is defending the spirit of his community. In an exclusive interview on nbcs today show derek ion almena expressed sorrow but grew combative when asked about whether he should be helped accountable. I would rather get on the floor and be trampled by the parents. I would rather let them tear my flesh than answer these ridiculous questions. I am so sork. I am incredibly sorry. What do you want me to say . Im not going to answer these questions. Thats how he responded when asked about whether he is responsible for the 36 souls lost in the deadly oakland fire on friday night. Almena rented the warehouse three years ago, dreaming of a place, he says, where artists could thrive and people could be themselves. I leave my body down there every night. We put our children to bed this every night. We created music. We created art. We opened our homes. In an exclusive interview with nbc bay area last night. He says it was no secret that it was in fact home. He says the city and the police knew that he, his wife, their three children and about 20 other people were living illegally in the warehouse, not zoned as residential space, collecting about 5,000 a month in rent. This is not profit. This is a loss. This is a mass grave. I am only here to say one thing, that i am incredibly sorry, and that everything i did was to take this a stronger, more beautiful community. And to bring people together. People didnt walk through those doors because it was a horrible place. But some former tenants and visitors have decried the conditions saying it was a catastrophe in the making, a labyrinth of furniture and structures. One stairway blocked and the other made of wooden pallets. I didnt do anything in my life ever that would lead me up to this moment. I am an honorable man. I am a proud man. No. Im not going to answer these questions on this level. I would rather get on the floor and be trampled by the parents. You can watch the full today show interview on nbcbayarea. Com and our other interview last night with derick and his wife also online. Authorities have had trouble identifying some of the victims who were men and were transitioning or who had become women. On our home page, the article whats in a name . We explore the sensitive subject and how officials are dealing with it and how we are trying to be sensitive too. Nbc bay area spoke with a Transgender Community leader who shares how important it is for members of their community to be identified by their chosen names in death, even if the name is different from their legal one. In the face of all of this pain, a touching act of togetherness last night. Victims joined i should say loved ones joined complete strangers there in oakland for a vigil at lake merritt. About 500 people attended including the parents of 35yearold travis hough. He went to the ghost ship friday night to support one of the musical performers. Troubled kids, trying to help them through whatever crises they had. Everybody at the school knew him as mr. Travis. They all loved him. The emotions were flowing last night at the vigil. Some of that was expressed in the form of anger. We are told that gatherers actually booed mayor libby schaaf when she addressed the crowd. Members of the bay areas Transgender Community held a vigil in the Castro District last night in los angeles. At least three of the people who died in the ghost ship fire were transgender. One pastor said the victims may have struggled to feel safe and that they belonged. She says, in death the corner are respecting who they were, identifying them by their chosen names and their preferred gender. Our fire coverage continues on our went. Thats where you can find a slide show of photos taken inside the ghost ship before it went up in flames. Youll also find photos of the victims who have been identified so far and memories from their loved ones. Thats all at nbcbayarea. Com. At least the sun was out and shining today. Cant promise that it brought a lot of warmth. The sun is out. A check of your microclimate forecast. After a dry stretch, rain is heading back to the bay area. So prepare for wet roads and possible flooding. A live look at the Golden Gate Bridge right now. It looks a lot warmer than it is, kari. Its still chilly out there. Breezy. Still chilly, sam and kris. As we get another view of San Francisco. A few high clouds dotting the sky. Overall, a beautiful day. Yes, we have one more dry day before the showers return to the bay area. Right now its 54 degrees. Heading up to 56 degrees today. And a breezy wind. So it probably feels a lot cooler than it is actually. And 57 degrees will be the high in oakland. 55 in san jose. And morgan hill. So with the Cool Temperatures, it really gets cold tonight. Were talking about the potential of some patchy frost and freezing temperatures in a few spots like livermore and morgan hill as well as most of the north bay. In napa we could dip down to 32 degrees. This is ahead of the next storm system that will be moving in, tapping into some deep moisture. I will detail that and how much rain we could see coming up in the next microclimate forecast. Kari, thank you very much. Happening today, after the recent escape of two inmates from the Santa Clara County main jail, county officials are now reassessing their surveillance system. We were the first to bring you live breaking coverage of the escape on thanksgiving day. Right now the Santa Clara County board of supervisors is debating the addition of 224 additional surveillance cameras. A month ahead of the escape one of the supervisors proposed adding new cameras to the jail for the safety of those housed and who worked there. The officials did not recommend the cameras since theyll be remodelling the jail in the next few years. Looking forward to anything next year . Surprising comments from joe biden that already has people looking ahead to the next president ial election. A tweet by donald trump sends boeing shares into a tailspin. Well look at the effect coming up in business and tech. Plus, inspectors overwhelmed. The reason that building inspectors say they cant keep up with all the complaints. We learned at a News Conference this morning in the 6 00 hour that investigators right now have resumed moving forward with that Recovery Process at the warehouse that burned in oakland. What we learned this morning was that at about 2 00 a. M. They began after this were serious concerns about the structural stability of the building. They were able to get back inside. They do not at this point expect to find any more dead victims, but again, this is a completely fluid situation. About 85 of the building has actually been searched. To confirm for you one more time, there have been 36 confirmed victims of the fire. Thats the same figure as we cited yesterday. 35 of them have been positively identified. Federal agents and those who lived in the warehouse revealed to us that there are only two Access Points to this huge warehouse. A main door and a makeshift emergency exit along one side. We made an animation of the building. You can see the two exits and also two sets of stairs. The fire started on the first floor, investigators say, but most of the victims were on the second floor, upstairs, where theyd gathered to hear music and to have a party. Witnesses say one of the staircases was created with wooden pallets. This is a photo taken by someone who had just been inside the warehouse. He described the stairs as hard to navigate and dangerous. While People Living in the warehouse say that there were rules because of fire concerns, inspectors say the rules are just not enough for some spaces. John mannen is a retired San Francisco fire captain and says fire inspectors can get overwhelmed in a city like oakland which is rife with unofficial Living Spaces and entertainment venues. You get a building that stays vacant long enough, catches the eye of a lot of people looking for a place to crash. And a lot of promoters of a lot of music events, they see the warehouses and actually track down the owners and pose the question, gee, do you want to rent your warehouse for a night. Well, the couple who ran the property say that they are being unfairly blamed for what happened. The stock markets had a streak to protect as scott mcgrew mentioned. Two Straight Days of records. Could they make it a third . The dow jones is up 20 points in early trading at 19,238. So far the answer to that question is yes. Its been more than five years since a jury in san jose awarded apple nearly a billion dollars in damages in the fight against samsung. I remember. Samsung was accused of copying features offend in the iphone. Samsung said the fine was just too high. Yeah. That number has moved lower as the years pass. But it moved a whole lot lower this morning as the Supreme Court ruled in favor of samsung. 80 vote. The judges largely reversed the decisions made by a san jose jury in federal court. This decision today will kick the case to appellate court. Theyll decide how much samsung should pay. The issues are very complex, but the bottom line for you here is the Supreme Court said samsung doesnt have to pay all of the money it made off of a phone if the thing the company copied was only a small part of that overall phone. The New York Times says congress is starting to push back against Donald Trumps plan to add a 35 tariff to products made in china, things like iphones. Under mr. Trumps plan the cheapest iphone 7 would go from 649 to 876. Iphones are mixed up in the taiwan controversy as well. The Electronic Components are made in taiwan, shipped to Mainland China and put together and shipped out to us. There is worry in the Business Community about mr. Trumps radical change in policy towards taiwan. Watch shares of boeing. The latest tweet from donald trump takes the American Company to task. Trump says boeing is building a brandnew 747 air force one for future president s but costs are out of control. More than 4 billion. Cancel order. That simple tweet pulled boeing shares lower, their overall value fell by a billion and because boeing is measured on the dow it pulled the dow lower as well. Its not entirely clear where mr. Trump is getting the 4 billion figure from. The air force has set aside 1. 5 billion for two new identical airlines to serve as air force one. He is still using his trump plane, right . Not until he is the president. Vice President Joe Biden is stirring up speculations with comments he made to reporters. Biden returned to the senate yesterday to preside over voting on a medical Research Bill named in part for his son beau biden. But it was his comments after that that really have people abuzz. Biden told reporters he was going to run for president in 2020. When pressed about the plans, he said he isnt committing to anything either way since, quote, fate has a strange way of intervening. Were talking about president elect trump. His thank you tour continuing in North Carolina tonight where we expect the official announcement of what we kind of already knew, his nominee for secretary of defense. He said publicly that Maddog Mattis is his unofficial choice for defense secretary. Tonight well have the official announcement. His official name is james mattis. The latest appointment to the Trump Administration is dr. Ben carson as h. U. D. Secretary. A few weeks ago carson said that he, quote, didnt have the experience to lead a federal department. We had decisions today that will be made public in the days ahead. As for other candidates that might round out a Trump Administration, sources tell nbc news that West Virginia democrat joe mansion is being considered for Energy Secretary and Michelle Roberts is back on top in the search for secretary of state. In the midst of president elect Donald Trumps administration lawmakers are trying to protect immigrants in california. Others are trying to protect immigrants information in state databases. California has more than 10 million residents who were foreignborn. This is kind of a quiet period right now of nice, dry weather. Then all of a sudden like that, kari, within a day or so it will change. Well start to see the clouds rolling in tomorrow. Enjoy today with all of the sunshine, as we start out with some Cool Temperatures. Its starting to feel a little bit better, but well still be cooler than average. Here is a live look outside over san jose with all of the sun coming down. And its 53 degrees. Only heading up to 55 degrees today. So a long day a long fleece needed with cooler temperatures today. It will be cool with the storm system arriving tomorrow with some rain. This weekend we will have a break on saturday, and then more rain will be moving in on sunday, so it looks like we could be heading into at least several days of wet weather. Here is a live look outside from tiburon. We still have a few spots in the 40s, but most of us are in the 50s. Heading up to 56 degrees today in the peninsula with some breezy winds, also 56 in San Francisco and 54 in the east bay. Here is a look at the storm system. It is a fairly large one. The center of the low pressure still well to the north. And its pulling in some moisture from hawaii. That will be moving in. And several days of some rain off and on with a couple of storm systems in the forecast. As we go hour by hour, we start to see the clouds moving in later on today. Here is 5 00. But it stays dry. We dont start to see the green here on the map until about 2 00 tomorrow afternoon. It starts out in the north bay with some light rain, and then, as the rain becomes more widespread, well have some pockets of some heavy rain in there. Here is a look at thursday morning. Once again, some scattered showers. At times some heavy rain along with some gusty winds. Then it starts to move farther to the south by late thursday evening. And still some scattered showers in the forecast for friday. So, looking at this computer model, it shows the potential, at least an inch of rain. But its been going back and forth. Here is a live look at lake tahoe. Beautiful view, 34 degrees. A look at how much snow they could see over the next several days between now and friday. There could be a foot or maybe even a foot and a half of snow. Thats something well keep an eye on. But here, looking at cool and also some wet weather starting out late tomorrow night. The same for the inland areas with highs staying in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Tonight, the coldest night in the forecast. Ill talk more about that coming up. For now, back to you, sam and kris. Skiers and snow boarders pretty excited im sure. Coming up next, a commuters nightmare. A south bay highway is soon to be closed to traffic for a couple of days. Time to find another route around highway 87. Happening now, we are learning more about the people who lost their lives in the warehouse fire in oakland. On our website you can learn about their lives and the people that they touched. Its nbcbayarea. Com. Plus, south bay leaders are standing up for undocumented immigrants. Robert handa is tweeting about the county supervisors trying to create a program to get legal help for victims of deportation. We have more on our twitter page. Back in a metropolitan. Moment. Enough pressure in here for ya . Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. Im gonna take mucinex sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i have gold status . Do i still get the miles . Mucinex sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Also try fastmax multisymptom for a powerful rush of cold symptom relief. Lets end this. 11 26 now. This just in. A live look at the warehouse from our chopper live, where you can see the Disaster Relief continues there. Though the search for survivors seems to be winding down as the fire investigators say that they believe that they have found everyone who died in that fire. Right now Alameda County is helping to activate fund relief for the victims and their families. Approximately 9600 employees and people in the community voluntarily donate funds to benefit victims of this particular tragic fire. County employees may also have the option to donate up to five days of their accrued vacation time, compensatory time and or holiday time instead of taking it. Another bold heist at an apple store. This time the suspects didnt get away. As we reported earlier in the week, kris, police say the folks allegedly used an suv to ram into the downtown Palo Alto Apple store. The vehicle is now evidence. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo is at the store with more. Reporter these posts are here to prevent cars from slamming into the front of the apple store here. Seems like the suspects went around them and crashed into this wall. Several suspects are now still at large. Three plain clothed security guards watched the entrance of the apple store on university avenue. This is a picture a witness tweeted out early sunday morning showing a small suv police say was used in the heist, not just as a getaway vehicle but as a way to break in. The force of the collision puni punched a hole big enough to crawl through. Reporter police say the suv was a rental and it sits at Police Headquarters where investigators are processing it for evidence. Officers arrested two juveniles and two adults. 19yearold Shaquin Ferguson and erica white. Some people were able to crawl through the hole, go into the apple store and help themselves to all the electronics that were there. Wondering why the road was closed. I thought they were filming something at the apple store. Reporter police did find some of the stolen electronics. There seems to be a series of thefts from apple stores from around the bay. This is Surveillance Video from San Francisco last month as thieves rob an apple store. There was a similar burglary at the burlingame store. This time of year theyre not necessarily that uncommon, unfortunately. Reporter police havent tied the palo alto suspects and any of the other robberies. A number of us who live in the south bay were abuzz about this. This time morning, some earlymorning drivers cob affected in san jose by the closure of highway 87. Several lanes of southbound 87 will shut down for a few hours early tomorrow and thursday. They will be shut down from midnight to 4 00 in the morning so that caltrans can update signs. This is part of the retro reflective sign installation project thats been going on since the middle of last month. It pays to be connected because mike inouye checked in with us. There will be one lane that will be intermittently open. You can sneak by if thats part of your Early Morning commute. Continuing our coverage of the oakland ghost ship fire, kris, and the potential criminal charges against the man who leased the building. Why he refused to answer questions about the liability and the loss of life. Continuing coverage now of our breaking news in oakland. Live chopper overhead of the socalled ghost ship warehouse there where crews are still searching the rubble though they believe they will not find any more victims. They are working slowly and meticulously and leaving no debris unturned. The tragedy is weighing very hard on the victims families. Search workers and in fact the whole community. Earlier this morning we brought you live coverage as officials held their latest News Conference. A couple Key Developments that we learned there. Lets go to nbc bay areas pete suratos live in oakland. Pete, one of them was that they began the Recovery Efforts at 2 00 this morning. Where do things stand now . Reporter good morning, sam and kris. The crews are getting back to work. I want to show you guys behind me. You see the fire crews. Theyre in the crane that led to a planned power outage yesterday. Theyre taking out a chunk of that roof as they continue the investigation. Lets get to the big headlines so far that we got from the News Conference at 6 00 this morning. Were expecting another one later this afternoon. We know 36 victims have been located so far in the warehouse according to the Alameda CountySheriffs Office. The same number from yesterday. We do know that 85 of the structure has been searched by officials on the ground. For the remaining 15 officials do not believe there will be any more victims in this location. Autopsies have been done on half of the group and all died as a result of smoke inhalation. You can see the fire crews are hard at work. Were going to get the update again sometime this afternoon. Also want to point out that atf is on the ground alongside fire and Sheriffs Office to conduct their investigations as well. Its way too early to tell exactly what may have caused the fire in the first place. But the update conference, the Operational Update is set for sometime this afternoon, more than likely around 2 00 p. M. Live in oakland. Pete suratos, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much, pete. Well update that via our social media platforms. Earlier this morning we talked with the man who operated the oakland warehouse that went up in flames on friday. He spoke on the today show as it was airing live on the east coast. Derick ion almena holds the lease to the converted warehouse and he says about 20 people lived inside the building. Take a listen to the interview. At times he was defiant while asked if the warehouse was up to code or not. He insisted, though, about talking about the victims instead. I am an honorable man. I am a proud man. No. Im not going to answer these questions on this level. I would rather get on the floor and be trampled by the parents. Id rather let them tear my flesh than answer these ridiculous questions. I am so sorry. I am incredibly sorry. What do you want me to say . Im not going to answer these questions. Im just going to say that i am sorry. If you have to hold my soul accountable, if you have to hold my soul accountable for believing in something and luring in other artists and other Beautiful People that also believed with me. And for three years we built something every day, and we improved everything. Now, the questions that he took issue to were regarding whether or not he made a profit off of those potentially unsafe and deadly conditions and whether or not he bears any responsibility for the lives lost. You can watch the full today show interview on nbcbayarea. Com. And our other interview, which we did just last night, also an exclusive with Derick Almena and also his wife. Thats also online. Sam. Kris, right now were learning more about the victims killed in the fire. Ten more people have been identified in the last day or so. Among them 20yearold mikala gregory from south San Francisco. She was a student at sf state. Only 20 years old. 35yearold alex kasan from oakland who had just moved from new york. He was a producer there. Jennifer tinoa, she was only 31 years old. Another one of the victims is 33yearold em polka. She was recently transitioning to becoming a beautiful, happy woman. The Sheriffs Department released the names of six other victims. Micah deignmayer, ed munnemund and feral pines. Those are only half of the names of the confirmed identified victims. This will be a difficult 24 hours moving forward. We often ask victims families if they want to share details. Many people get upset. I was talking to Marianne Favro earlier today. People get upset with us for doing that. But only when they agree to share details about their loved ones can we paint a full picture of what that life was and who that person was and not just a list of names. Of course. In many cases the families want to honor the lives and inspirations that the students and teachers and all the other occupations were. Its good to know who they were. The tragedy in oakland is being recognized across the country. Its nice to see her cities stepping in. This is downtown dallas. A building lit up with the word oakland. The omni hotel which often recognizes holidays or tragedies through the light display. Fire coverage will continue on our website. There is a slide show of photos taken inside the warehouse before it went up in flames. Youll also find photos of the victims who have been identified so far. All of that is on nbcbayarea. Com. To other news across the bay area. An attempted burglary led to gunfire at a vallejo home. The Home Invasion happened yesterday afternoon on rainard lane near ascott parkway. Police say they got a call from a man who heard someone kick in his front door. The man grabbed a gun, shot the intruder and then climbed out a secondstory window to safety. Police say the intruder was taken to the hospital, where he died from that gunshot wound. He has not been identified. An East Palo Alto man is behind bars, charged in the death of a toddler. He lived with his girlfriend in this apartment on okeefe street. Police were called to the house a week ago because a 2yearold girl was reportedly having trouble breathing. The child then died at the hospital. After a lengthy investigation, police determined that foul play was a factor and they arrested the mothers livein boyfriend. We are following a developing story right now. Local and National Officials are on high alert today after an alarming call from overseas alerted them of a threat against a los angeles commuter train station. Jonathan gonzalez from our sister station in los angeles shows us what happened next. L. A. County sheriffs deputies are securing this location right now. The red line station here at universal city. You can see behind us that they are heavily armed right now. There are barriers that theyve put up. They are also checking bags. Senior Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news that the threat came from a man using a pay phone in an overseas western country, however, they wouldnt specify what country it was. They do believe that the threat level is low. The anonymous tip came in monday. Again, it was specific to this red line station. A busy metro station here in the city of los angeles. The threat was specific to today. Meanwhile, the m. T. A. Is stepping up security across its entire system, more than a Million People use it every day. Thats why authorities are urging riders not to be afraid but to be on alert forinati any suspicious. I am not super comfortable but i have to get to work. It could be real or a hoax, we must remain calm and vigilant. Reporter the investigation is still going on to determine how real the threat may be. Thousands of people use this red line location every day. The mayor, in a show of confidence, will ride along with them. Reporting at universal city, jonathan gonzalez, nbc news. How much sleep did you get last night . Do you plan on spending much time behind the wheel today . There is a concerning connection here. New research from aaa suggested that, if you missed just an hour of sleep from your regular schedule, your concentration and reaction time can suffer, sometimes with fatal consequences. Look at these teens as they drift off. Some of them catch themselves moments before impact of the test. Others dont. But its not just teenaged drivers. Aaa warns us that too many people are not getting enough zs of all ages. Even seven hours is not enough, but the survey says only a third of us dont get that. Only four to five hours of sleep a night is the same as driving legally drunk. If you sleep less than four hours in a 24hour period youre as impaired as you would be with twice the legal limit of alcohol. Pretty shocking. Even one hour less than your normal rest aaa finds can raise the risk of a crash. So sleep so important, even though we dont get enough of it. We try. Coming up. How you can safely donate money if you want to benefit the families of the fire victims in oakland. It looks nice and sunny outside, but this is what it feels like. We only have 40s and 50s. Get used to it. It doesnt go anywhere. Ill talk about that and some rain in the microclimate forecast coming up. With so Many Organizations coming together to help the victims of the oakland warehouse fire, how do you ensure that your donation is not squandered. We asked chris chmura to find out where the money is going and how we can give with confidence. Its very numbing. Almost as soon as the flames flashed on tv screens, requests for donations began online. So far, the largest recipient is a San Francisco based nonprofit called Gray Area Foundation for the arts. 6,000 people have given more than 300,000 that the foundation is vowing it will devote to fire victims. Its really numbing but also really humbling to see the community that exists around this tragedy. The Gray Area Foundation is not managing the sudden flood of donations itself. Its bringing in the red cross to make sure that every penny thats contributed goes to someone who actually deserves the money. Everyone can trust that we are going to do this properly. Its a coordinated effort. Yet, individuals can ask for donations too. Fraud and the gods of charity is a centurys old problem. Reporter hold fund raisers accountable. Ask questions. If you dont get answers, hold off. Ideally. Give to people you know. Most of the time theyre for individuals in your community. Reporter a heartbroken community that wants to give. Chris chmura, nbc bay area news. You just checked and its up to 417,000. But dont forget. If you work for the county of alameda, they did activate the Disaster Relief fund, so you can give right from your paycheck through the county itself. Everyone seems to be pitching in. The oakland as have their own page as well. Everyone stepping up here, kari hall. That is great. Beautiful day to commemorate that. Absolutely. We have Cool Temperatures and sunshine. You definitely need a jacket. Thats the kind of weather that sticks around with us. Well throw some rain in the mix. Here is a live look outside at sunol. Its nice to see a little bit of green mixed in on the hill tops. A lot more green i expect as we get rain across the bay area for the next several days. 51 in napa. 54 in oakland, palo alto and San Francisco. Its 53 in san jose. Still in the upper 40s in livermore. Thats where we had some dense fog setting up for a little while during the morning commute. It has since all cleared out. Its cooler. The high will be up to 55 degrees. 56 degrees in San Francisco. And the north bay also 56 degrees. So we are starting to see a little bit of some moisture. Very light rain moving into far northwestern california. This is ahead of the next storm system that will be moving in. The center of low pressure coming down from the gulf of alaska. And also a lot of the rain streaming in, well to the west of hawaii. So once that starts to move in, we will have a lot more clouds, some Cool Temperatures, and then that rain. As of right now, and for the rest of today, not seeing any rain. So enjoy it. Then we trend into the wet period for the rest of the week. By tomorrow mostly cloudy skies, rain moving in during the evening. And it starts out light but then gets heavier throughout the day on thursday, especially during the morning with some gusty winds. Well have at times some breaks in the rain, but it still looks pretty soggy from thursday into friday as well. And between now and monday we have the potential of getting at least an inch of rain. Computer models still going back and forth. At times it shows we could have 2 inches. Sometimes 3 inches. Thats something well be watching. Well get more agreement in the mod lgs models in the next few days. Sunday there will be another storm system arriving late. That leads us into a wet start for next week. There will be several storm systems rolling on by that show in our computer models that we could have some wet weather next week as well. A live look at north star. Some of the skiers enjoying powder already on the ground. There could be more powder coming down over the next couple of days. Between now and saturday the possibility of about at least a foot of snow, as you go through the some of the Higher Elevations and some of the ski resorts. Temperaturewise, staying in the 50s. Once again, we better get used to that because there is no warmup in the sevenday forecast. Sam and kris. The new normal. Thank you very much, kari. Appreciate that. Coming up, easier than ordering on amazon. Its a new store that lets you pay without even going up to a cash register. Over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something thats been out of reach for far too long Health Insurance. How . They enrolled through covered california. Its the Health Insurance marketplace where youll find a range of plans from leading Health Insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. And, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. To have Health Insurance starting january 1st, you need to enroll by december 15th. Visit covereca. Com today. If you are one of those people who hates standing in line at the grocery store, youre in luck. Online retailer amazon Just Announced its latest big idea, a new way to shop for groceries in person. It is called amazon go. It may make standing in line for milk or butter a thing of the past. Nbcs channel jones has more. Reporter what would shopping look like if you could walk into a store, pick up a few items and just go. No lines, no checkouts, no registers. Amazon unveiled their just walk out concept on monday. This is artificial intielligenc at its very best. Amazon is taking the best of every technology right now and stitching it together. Reporter youll need a smartphone and a free app. As you shop, the amazon go Technology Detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelf and keeps track of them in a virtual cart. When youre done shopping, you just leave the store. Shortly after amazon will charge your account and send you a receipt. Its amazons attempt to enter the brick and mortar arena, aiming to take a bite out of the estimated 674 million market for groceries. The new way of shopping sparked instant reaction online. Some poking fun at the idea. Took a soda from the gas station. Cashier said, sir, you have to pay for that. I said, its okay. 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