Victims that were left on scene for the investigation. Now turned over to the coreener. We have a total of three tragedies. The two victims that are surviving are two adult females. They are both still living right now. They are both in Critical Condition at the hospital. One is at river Side Community hospital, one is at arrow head regional in San Bernardino county. This is what your return on investment is. We put Fire Fighters inside of a building. We pulled them out. And we have saveable a lives that are living today. Thats what you get from a Fire Department that is locked and loaded and ready to go. We have property that was at risk. We had lives at risk. We saved numerous houses. We have a total of only four of them damaged from an airplane coming down in a small residential neighborhood. So, we have a total of five victims on the plane, three tragedies, two patients that are living, four houses that are damaged, and only two of those houses are red tagged. Two of those four houses are only smoke damage and minor damage to the exterior. So, with that, i want to thank the community. If you look at the live videos yesterday, the community of river side, they didnt get in the Fire Fighters way. They actually helped assist pull one of the live victims from across the street, getting that victim to a safe location. They let the Fire Fighters do their job. We have three alarms coming in. We had approximately 60 Fire Fighters on scene. I want to thank the community this neighborhood for allowing the Fire Fighters to get in, perform these rescues, protect life and protect property. Unfortunately, again, it was a tragic incident. Here is the info about the patients. A total of five of them. There was one male, adult victim, there was three adult females, and one teenage female. The only ones that are surviving right now are two of the adult females. Everybody else tragically succumbed to their injuries on scene. They have been turned over to the coroner. There is no personal information thats been released. Most of the family members are in san jose of what we have been informed. Were waiting for those families to get the information from the coroner before any personal information is released. With that, unless you have any questions, im going to turn it over to the rest of our Department Members and Councilmember Mike subaru. Are all the family members related to each other . We have been given information possibly the teenage female had a family members on board. It is unconfirmed if all of them were a complete family on board. Out of the five members, we are not sure how many of them were family members. Captain, how did the two survivors manage to survive such a plunge and a fire and the impact . Where did you find them . Were they somehow in some safe place or when we arrived on scene initial reports as you saw the news yesterday, we did a rapid search of the residents that were impacted by the plane that came down. We came on scene, assessed, found there was a chance for saveable victims in the house. Our Fire Fighters did a rapid search and found one of the victims alive inside one of the bedrooms. They went in with thermal imaging cameras. We had the house surrounded. We had Fire Fighters at the windows waiting to retrieve any survivable bodies. We had Fire Fighters inside, immediate danger to life, environment, zero visibility. They found one of the victim in the room. They assisted that female adult patient out of the window, Fire Fighters were waiting and pulled them out. The second victim was found in the vicinity of the crash. Again, i would like to thank the citizens of river side of staying out of the way and assisting when needed and pulling that victim across the street to safety. Thats the second victim that is alive today. Can you give us an update on their condition at the hospital . We do not know who the pilot was. The bodies that were removed on scene is one male, adult patient, one female adult patient, and one teenage adult patient. We do not know who the pilot was. The bodies were left in place for a short period of time and released over to the coroner. We cannot confirm who the pilot was at this time. [ inaudible ] . The conditions of the survivors, one of them is at the burn center at arrow head regional. They are both listed in Critical Condition. Unfortunately the victim that was found in the bedroom has a large amount of body surface area burns, been reported approximately third degree of 90 of her body. When they pulled her out, she was transported immediately. We had numerous amount of resources on scene including paramedic resources. She was immediately transported off scene. Same with the second adult female patient. Shes been listed in Critical Condition due to the possible airway burns, and theyre both still alive today at the hospital. Do you know who the owner of the plane is at all . Any information at the aircraft, im going to go ahead and refer that to the National Transportation safety board. Any questions that have to do with the aircraft or the details on that, theyll be talking here shortly. Are you going to hold a briefing this afternoon . This morning they seemed to think there was. There will be approximately a 3 00 giving more information opt aircraft. If theres any more questions operationally, i would be glad to answer those. Otherwise im going to pass it on to our council man mike subaru to talk about the Emergency Preparedness and the effects of the city and this neighborhood. [ inaudible ] . It has been confirmed that the five total were aboard the aircraft. We had to do a rapid search. We had to make sure that all the neighboring houses, including the house that was impacted, that were both involved in the fire, we had to do a primary and a secondary search which took place rapidly. Thats where we found one of the live victims. It has been confirmed none of the houses were occupied or any type of injuries sustained to any citizens in the house. There was one victim that immediately left his house. You saw him on the news yesterday. No injuries. Privatery search and secondary search found no victims with the exception of the five on the aircraft. [ inaudible ] the second house . [ inaudible ], did it make a direct impact to the one house over there . The plane hit the right side corner of the house and victims were ejected from the aircraft. Thats the victims that we initially thought were rescued as residents of the house during the rapid search. It turned out later those victims were ejected from the aircraft and landed inside the house. [ inaudible ] . Our Fire Fighters, we train every day. Heres our priorities. Life is our priority. We stabilize the incident. And we protect property. We have to put our Fire Fighters at risk when there is saveable lives. Thats what we did yesterday. There was a huge amount of risk. You had an aircraft, you had the fuel of the aircraft, and you had structures well involved. Our incident command system, we assessed the risk. We knew that there was possible saveable lives in there. Our Fire Fighters did what they had to do and we had two rescues because of that. [ inaudible ] . Okay. You have been listening to fire chief Tyler Reynolds there with the city of riverside. And just a horrible, horrible tragedy that happened just before 5 00 yesterday. You are looking at video of the aftermath right now. Heres what we know and what we dont know this morning following this news conference. We do know now the victims. One male adult said captain reynolds, one female a adult, and one teenage female. Those are the three people that died in that horrible plane crash. They were not idd by name. We dont know their age. We know those are the three people that died. Again, a male adult, female adult, and teenage girl. We know two others were ejected when they hit the front righthand corner of the house. Those are the two that were able to survive. We do not know what caused the plane crash. Sounds like one of those victims was pulled from the home. You may have heard the fire captain say 90 of that womans body is covered by third degree burns. It is going to be a very long road to recovery there. The plane crash is weighing heavily here in the south bay because thats where those folks were from. Today a School District is bracing for the worst. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live at Union Middle School in san jose. What are the folks saying out there, bob . Reporter good morning to you, kris. The people on that airplane had traveled south to Southern California to watch students from union school compete in a cheer competition that took place this weekend. One of their relatives, possibly their daughter, is on the squad. The School District confirms to us this morning that neither she nor any of her classmates were on board that airplane when it crashed. That all the students participating in the cheer competition made it back safely by bus. It was just the family members of one of the students who chose to fly back to san jose by private plane. Still, the district is providing grief counselors today for students and staff at Union Middle School. The community is so tight knit, its possible that people here might have been close to those family members who are were on board that doomed flight. Its an Amazing Community and there is just such an outpouring of love. The principal was on the phone with Staff Members through the wee hours of the evening. 1 00 a. M. , just assuring people were there, what can we do, how can we support you. And we dont know for sure. And not knowing is frightening. Reporter Union Middle School should be celebrating today. The cheer squad incidentally took first place in the division. Instead this community is grieving and trying to understand how this tragedy happened. Reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. Thank you, bob. We will stay on top of this developing story. You can follow us on facebook and twitter for the latest updates. But you can also download our nbc bay area app and well send alerts right to your smartphone. Developing news right now out of alabama, where were getting reports of serious injuries after a driver hit marching band members at the start of a mardi gras parade. Gulf shores, alabama, a popular Tourist Destination a along the gulf coast. At least 11 band members are injured. Four of them were told are critically injured. Its not clear yet what led up to that incident. And it comes only days after a truck driver hit and injured almost 30 people at a celebration in new orleans on saturday. Police say the driver of that truck was highly intoxicated. Up next japan strikes near the plant, the video of the shaking just into our newsroom. Plus a shooting near a South Bay School. Well have a live report from the scene and the streets that are still closed. Plus a flight so short you have to ask, why fly . Take a look coming up in business and tech. And were looking at some dry weather now, but some changes ahead for the weekend. Details coming up in the microclimate forecast. This afternoon. Video shows shaa heres what it looked like a 5. 7 magnitude earthquake hit japan this afternoon. The stricken nuclear plant, the operator tokyo electric reports no problems there. Officials say it was an after shock from the massive quake that hit the area six years ago. Local city worker says there was about five seconds of vertical shaking, and they knot thought s signaling a big one. Official say the quake center was close enough to shore to also generate tremors over wide areas. Well, a crime scene just blocks away from the South Bay School shut down streets right during drop off time this morning. It was breaking news during today in the bay. Nbc bay areas pete suratos joins us from san jose. Pete, whats the investigation turned up . Reporter good morning to you, kris. Were on delia street just off mckey road that took place in a shooting around 2 30 a. M. Just behind me you can see the Santa Clara CountyPolice Department still on the scene. I just talked to a deputy on the ground who tell me they have only been able to investigate the outside of the home where the shooting took place. Still waiting on the search was warrant to go inside. Earlier this morning you can see a deputy placing a car seat in back of the patrol car for a child to sit in. I did speak by phone to a Santa Clara CountySheriffs Department spokesperson who told me it was an isolated shooting during a gathering or what looked to be a party here at 2 30 a. M. They got a call from a neighbor who heard gun fire in the area where deputies responded. They could not locate a victim inside of this house. Around the same time they got a call from a local hospital that someone was brought there with a gunshot wound. There is a good chance they could be related but thats all under investigation. Now, while investigators were investigating this scene behind me here on delia street, i want to show you some other video. You have the Sheriffs Department processing another scene just a few minutes out at kirk and gordon avenues in san jose. And over there, they were investigating a gray suv parked in the middle of the road there that may be connected to the shooting. The shooting was not too far from linda vista elementary school. That school was not impacted by the shooting. At this time Sheriffs Department says there is no active search for a suspect. No word as far as when investigators will wrap up here, but a deputy tells me it could be several hours. Of course, if you have any information to help out with this case, contact the Sheriffs Department. Were live in san jose, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. Okay, pete, thank you very much. New this midday, another story we first brought you as breaking news this morning, an overnight stabbing in Mountain View that closed down part of phyllis avenue. We now know a palo alto man is under arrest in connection with that attack. We have learned that 55yearold paul goldman was arrested as he was trying to leave the area of the stabbing which again happened on phyllis only a few blocks away from El Camino Real 10 00 last night. Police say gold plan and the victim knew each other and the victim has been taken to the hospital and will survive. Not a lot of trading this morning as investors are awaiting President Trumps address to a joint session of congress. But stocks generally down, the dow jones has dipped about 37 points in early trading at 20,799. Accusations of Sexual Harassment continue to shake uber. Scott mcgrew, one of the companys top engineers just left under a cloud. Yeah, one of its top engineers frankly one of the top engineers in the world. He was senior vicepresident at uber. He used to be at google where he led search. Googles most important business. He left google rather suddenly last year, ended up at uber. Our sister reports he left google after he was accused of improper behavior towards a female employee. Googles investigation ended when he left. But he says he did not tell uber about those allegations. Uber, of course, is under its own internal investigation into its own culture, with its own allegations of Sexual Harassment there. So, reid code reports when uber found out about the allegations against its new vicepresident , he was dismissed. Boston dynamics has released a new video of a robot. They call it hand. It has two wheels, it can carry very heavy load. Look at this, it can jump over things kind of like a skateboard. I think this is the first video weve seen out of boston dynamics of their robot where they havent tried to knock it down with a bat. Maybe theyve learned. And new this morning, United Airlines is offering a flight from sfo to santa rosa. Yeah, santa rosa. 66 miles away. About a 20minute flight. It will become uniteds shortest flight in its whole system. People are probably not going to fly from santa rosa to sfo and back. It will be part of a connection. If you live in sonoma county, you fly to santa rosa to sfo and on to new york city. Back to you. Maybe so. Have you seen the traffic on 101 in petaluma . Thank you very much, scott. In san diego we were watching this live this morning as well. A flood rescue caught on camera. Police say a man had been fishing when the San Diego River swept him into its waters. Someone called police when they saw him hanging onto a fence on a flooded road there. You see rescue workers at the bottom of your screen moving to quickly raft out to get him and bring him to safety. A powerful win at the storm on monday drenched the county in record breaking rainfall. The National Weather service says the area of san diego saw 9 inches of rain and that breaks a two decade old record. We can certainly sympathize with all a of that that theyre living in right now. But we have beautiful temperatures for the daytime hours, although cool in the morning. Yeah, cool in the morning but a lot of sunshine and thats the key here. Our chance to dry out before some more active weather moves in for early next week. As we get a live look at all of our microclimates right now, its 52 degrees, starting to warm up in the peninsula and the south bay as well as San Francisco. And its 55 degrees in the north bay. Our highs will be reaching into the low 60s. Now, this is still a little bit below our normal high for the end of february, but its making some progress in the right direction. Its going to be 58 degrees in San Francisco, and the north bay at 62 degrees. Looking live right now at san jose, and then as we go through the day going to see those temperatures hitting 60 degrees and then starting to fall back down during that evening commute into the lower 50s after sunset, and our normal high, 64 degrees. And there is a lot of events going on today, including mardi gras in San Francisco. Quite a few events there with temperatures reaching into the mid 50s at 5 00. A breezy and cool day. And the 7day forecast is at the bottom of the screen if you want to check that out. Maybe you want to check me out. Ill be at Silicon Valley reads today at the ellington library. Whether inside or taking that book outside, we continue to see the weather systems across the region especially for the Pacific Northwest being steered around by High Pressure thats keeping the bay area dry. So, no more weather moving our way at least for now until that High Pressure slides off to the east. And then well start to see some rain and even some gusty winds rolling our way for the end of the weekend. It looks like even on saturday there might be some rain in the north bay, but much of the bay area sees that rain holding off until sunday. And the models are still going back and forth with how much rain well see, but it does look like well start to see some more rain rolling in as we head into next week. So, well be a very wet start to next week. And looking terrain fall potential for us, it looks like most of us will see up to half an inch. There may be some spots in the north bay getting half an inch to an inch and a quarter, and well see this going back and forth so something will be fine tuning as we go through the week. And looking live right now olympic valley, beautiful there with blue skies and a lot of snow on the ground. It looks like for the next couple of days it does stay fairly dry there, but the sierra snow pack is doing so well, we double the amount we normally get by this time for the southern sierra. And the northern sierra looking at 161 of average. Compare that to 85 last year. If youre heading in that direction for lake tahoe, it will be in the upper 30s for tomorrow and then up to 48 degrees on thursday. So, some of that snow may be melting. And if youre following me on facebook and twitter, let me know what your weekend plans are. I hope you make plans with that forecast which for now looks nice and calm, but there will be some changes on the way for sunday. Ill have more updates on that coming up a little bit later. Thank you, kari. All right. Coming up next, President Trump now less than 7 hours away from his first congressional address. The issues and the topics that will likely define his intensely anticipated speech. But first happening now on nbc bay area, more controversy surrounding education secretary betsy devos. She is calling historically black colleges leaders in school choice. The uproar is over the fact that those schools were founded during the era of separate but equal. Plus former president george w. Bush says he didnt intend to criticize President Trump during a today show interview yesterday. Bush said a free press is essential to democracy while trump is calling the press the enemy of the people. Bush is tell the Associated Press he was merely answering the question he was asked by matt lour. Were back in a few minutes. Every day in northern california, people are inventing, innovating, and discovering the next thing that could change the world, which means if youre born here, you really can grow up to be anything. Sutter health. Proudly caring for northern california, birthplace of pioneers. Proudly caring for northern california, will make his r after 40 days in office, President Donald Trump will make his first speech to a joint session of congress tonight. And top of the agenda strengthening borders and the military and a plan that is yet to emerge so far to repeal obamacare. Nbcs Blaine Alexander has more from washington. This is an amazing opportunity. Reporter tonight House Speaker paul ryan playing host to the president during President Trumps historic first address to a joint session of congress. A onetime critic, today speaker ryan is praising the president s approach. That is exactly the kind of commander in chief i think we need. Reporter in an interview on the eve of his big speech, President Trump selting the tone. All i can do is speak from the heart. Reporter a speech expected to tick down a list of Campaign Promises kept. And were going to get jobs back in our country. You see what ive done. Ford has announced, general motors. Reporter and still in the works. Were coming out with a Health Care Plan that i think will be terrific. Reporter in his budget, the president calls for major spending increases to strengthen military and intelligence. But cutting funds to the state department and Environmental Protection agency. In a letter to the white house, more than 120 retired generals and admirals call cuts to diplomacy a bad idea. Today democrats are calling for substance. And im asking the president to unite us so that we can go forward and be a leader, not a tweeter. Reporter this as the president prepares to layout a road map going forward. Also today, the president is expected to sign an executive order that would make the nations historically black colleges and universities a priority for the white house. Its an action he promised to take before the end of black History Month today. Blaine alexander, nbc news, washington. We will carry President Trumps congressional address tonight live right here on nbc bay area. It starts 6 00 this evening and be sure to join us for a special edition of nbc bay area news immediately following the democratic response. Coming up, some east bay students returning to class having seen more of an administrative than they should have. How the school handled a nude photo that put several students in hot water. Plus, threats made at Jewish Centers across the country, including ones here that forced evacuations. The push to prevent any violence from happening. Across the country there were nearly two dozen threats to jewish organizations yesterday alone, several here in the bay area. Evacuations in San Francisco and palo alto ensued and at one point parts of the Market Street in the city were shut down during the evening rush hour. Nbc bay areas jean elle filed this report from San Francisco. They said that they had a bomb, that they had planted a bomb and they planned to kill us. Reporter a man called the bomb threat into the Antidefamation League in San Francisco. Police evacuated hundreds of people in several buildings and shut down the 700 block of Market Street. While bomb sniffing dogs searched for explosives. To have them have to be evacuated because of a threat that they may be blown up is terrorizing and fear inducing. So, its a very serious matter. Reporter a serious matter that is sending a wave of fear through the jewish community. Tonight bomb threats were also called into the family jcc in palo alto and the marin jcc. The Antidefamation League says 90 bomb threats have been called into jewish organizations nationwide since the beginning of the year. 20 of them happened today. Police did not find explosives. In San Francisco, police are paying closer attention to jewish organizations. When we started getting calls speaking with different organizations and going that route. Reporter the Antidefamation League says it would like to see an antihate plan of action come from the federal government. Hate is something that is learned and if it can be learned, it can be unlearned and we want to see america be a place of no hate. A place where everyone is welcome. No place for hate there. Jean elle reporting. That threat came in San Francisco on the same day that the Antidefamation League issued a security warning to jewish organizations across the country. Staying right now in San Francisco, police are asking for help in catching suspects behind a possible hate crime. Police say that a 49yearold man was attacked by two men Early Saturday Morning in the Crocker Amazon neighborhood of the city near lowell and hanover streets. Police say evidently the suspects shouted something derogatory to the victim but they would not elaborate on exactly what was said. The suspects then struck the man in the head with an object. They left him with head trauma. Were told that man is in stable condition right now and no description of the suspects was provided. This morning a gunman took aim at a car on i580 in pleasanton firing several rounds into the car, but miraculously missing the man inside. That man then told the chp that he thought it was an episode of road rage. This all happened on westbound 580 between hacienda drive and hop yard road. You can see the distance there on the map. The driver told Police Rather the chp that the gunman was a passenger in a silver toyota corolla. That shooter has not been found. But it is the latest shooting on 580 in recent weeks. Police found a man dead in his car at the hillcrest avenue off ramp in antioch on saturday. And nearly two weeks ago someone fired at police during a dui stop at the 98th avenue off ramp in oakland. Santa clara police are preparing a sketch of a man who they say sexually assaulted a Santa Clara University student while she was on a walk off campus early sunday morning. It happened about 8 00 sunday morning at lafayette and poplar street. According to mercury news detectives interviewed one potential witness and are hopeful that someone else saw something and can help with that case. It was 8 00 in the morning, after all. When santa clara p. D. Releases that sketch, well make sure you see t. Kris, Menlo Park Police want to hire more armed police officers. City leaders are expected to discuss that very issue today. The mercury news reporting the department wants to add 17 officers to the bay front area. Of course, that is where facebooks headquarters is, and its also an area that is growing with businesses and homes. Facebook is actually considering funding a new policing unit of five officers in the area for the first five years of that. Police in he will sa rit owe are showing these images of two beebe guns that got one man in serious legal trouble. Officers yesterday arrested a man yesterday morning after they say he flashed both of those guns near a post office. Police responded to 911 calls about 11 00 on monday morning on san pablo avenue to say the man was also carrying drug paraphernalia. In san jose more witness testimony today in the Angelina Garcia torres trial. He is accused of killing sierra lamar. The focus continues to be on the evident in the case. Yesterday the defense continued to poke hole in the prosecutions dna evidence, specifically the strain of hair found on a rope in the trunk of garcia torress car. The prosecution says that hair contained lamars dna. A Santa Clara CountyCrime Lab Analyst defended how that evidence was collected. The defense is trying to prove that the evidence may have been contaminated. Well, not a photo for the year book id say. The nude photo of a School Administrator which was taken by a student at an offcampus gym then circulated among students at Clayton Charter High School in the east bay. We are told that that violation of the administrators privacy got the student expelled and got several other students suspended. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney went to the school in concord and he has more on why some students there are set with the way the school is handling the investigation. Reporter the photo shows Clayton Charter High School executive director David Lyndsay at an offcampus gym. The picture made the rounds at Clayton Charter high. Everyone understands what happened was not okay. And we dont condone that at all. Reporter a senior who never received or distributed the photo says she knows of seven Clayton High School students who have been suspended. The student who took the picture has been expelled. But she says School Administrators went too far in the search. They take people out of class and threaten them with suspension if they dont relinquish their phones for complete searches which is against the law. Reporter the search violated the students privacy and some did nothing more than receive a text. We sent the picture, didnt forward it to anyone. A lot of their private photos were looked through. Reporter the School District says Clayton ValleyCharter High School takes disciplinary issues seriously and we never comment publicly regarding a specific matter of our students. One parent is upset the picture was circulated in the first place. Its just not right. Its not right. So, i guess the punishment is fair. That was Terry Mcsweeney reporting there. Suspended students, theyre concerned how this is going to look on their records. Some seniors wondering if the colleges they applied to and are waiting to hear from are going to find out about this. Ing of travel now, President Trumps immigration policies are fueling a surge in passport applications here in northern california. Passport offices throughout the region are inundated with applicants. Omar, were not reveal his last name, came here illegally from honduras along with his oldest daughter and his wife. His three younger children were born here in the u. S. Now hes trying to protect their lives here with the proper documentation. Omar spoke with us through a translator. Translator i have a lot of fear because weve lived here for 14 years. Im really worried of a separation of self, my wife, my children. Last year more than 18 million passports were issued here in the u. S. , which is a record. In 2015 there were about 3 million fewer passports issued. There are new details merging this morning about the u. S. Military mission in yemen that left the navy seal and father of three dead. Nbcs exclusive investigation says a new and much different account of the mission is emerging and it challenges the trump administrations claim that it was a success in gathering intel. Multiple officials tell nbc news that that raid yielded no intelligence of value, at least not yet. Now, the father of the fallen seal who was in that secret raid last month says he has some questions for the president , including why the administration decided to move forward with the mission so early in President Trumps presidency. Plans for the raid started during the obama administration, but the Trump White House decided to launch just five days in. A new administration, i think naturally is going to be Spring Loaded to the move out and demonstrate something. Weve seen that in the political realm. Its not surprising that we saw it in the military realm. In that raid, at least 25 civilians were killed and that includes nine children. The pentagon already has at least three investigations into the raid underway. Well, coming up, the big easy is the Party Capital of the world. Today mardi gras Getting Started then well be wrapping up. A look at the celebration next. And as we look ahead to the weekend, more rain moving in, but dry out there right now as we get a live look at emeryville. The full microclimate forecast is coming up in six minutes. N comingo a cle tonightn new well, today is not just any tuesday. Its fat tuesday in the big easy, the mardi gras season coming to a close tonight in new orleans. But not before hundreds of thousands of people flood the streets to celebrate one last day of parades and parties. Nbcs jay gray is in the French Quarter with a closer look. Reporter hey there from bourbon street. The crowds are already back out, the parades underway, and the party is on here, the final day of the mardi gras season. Parades and parties in a place that marches to its own beat. Were so unique here. Were like no other in the world. The best place in the world in our opinion. Reporter an shared by hundreds of thousands in new orleans from mardi gras right now. Some for the first time. Fantastic. Having a great time. Cant believe it. Reporter and at least one who traveled all the way from france for this festival. Really crazy, i love it. Its really fun. I never seen Something Like this. Reporter there isnt really much like all of this. And to make sure it stays safe, an army of police are keeping a close watch over it all. We want people to know your limits, be aware of your surroundings. By all means, do not drink and drive. Reporter over the weekend a drunk driver plowed into a parade crowd, 28 people were injured, but all are expected to make a full recovery. Roads around the French Quarter are locked down now, closed to vehicle traffic as the crowds take over on a quest beads, bobbles and all the other things that come with mardi gras. Today through this evening, it will be the busiest 24 hours of the mardi gras season. Jay gray, nbc news, new orleans. And fat tuesday mardi gras celebrations happening in San Francisco, too. Several clubs will kickoff celebrations at 6 00 tonight, including, am i saying that right . And Latin American Club in the mission. That happens too late past my bedtime. Sounds right to me. Right now movie lovers, kris, this is not past your bedtime or getting ready to grab popcorn. They are going to roll out the red carpet tonight for the start of one of the bay areas most popular film festivals. It kicks off tonight at the california theater on first street. Tonights Opening Night ask a special skreeng of a new i featuring Shirley Mclane and amanda called the last word. It is going to show 129 films from 50 Different Countries over the next two weeks and our very own strvianey arana is going to there at nbc news 5 00 tonight. She got a reprieve from the Early Morning newscast so she can go cover cool movies. I think shes going to do a great job. Might be a nice time to spend indoors after 6 00, kari. Yeah, it will be definitely cooling off fairly quickly as we go through the evening. But the middle of the day will be amazing and well continue on with our dry weather. This is what it looks like right now outside in fremont. You can tell there by the flag it is fairly breezy, but not as windy as it was yesterday. And a live look outside in San Francisco. Well, that flag is kind of just relaxing there, but you can see that it is a Beautiful Day. All of that sunshine, temperatures slow starting to warm up. Were now in the mid 50s in santa rosa now, and 52 degrees in san jose. And the 7day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen shows a few more days of this dry weather as we start out in the peninsula. As we bring it back up, we are seeing in san jose 61 degrees. That will be the high today. Milpitas up to 58 degrees. And 57 in hayward. Also looking at some upper 50ss for the peninsula and belmont 58 degrees. In San Francisco, 54 in the Marina District by 58 did he dpreez in the mission district, mill valley up to 56 degrees. Once again all of that sunshine over san jose and los gatos, well continue to see those temperatures making it into the upper 50s. Our normal high is 64 degrees, so, going well below that for today. But then continuing to warm up as we go through the of the week. Nothing going on here, but if youre traveling to the north, a lot of snow happening. And that will stay to the north of us as High Pressure steers any rain or snow away from the state as we will start to see that breaking down and then some rain moving in by saturday. I think the north bay may see some spotty showers on saturday. The rest of us seeing it holding off on sunday. And then it looks like for now still the models going back and forth on how much well get, or even exactly where it will be. But it does look like well start to see some moretive weather going into the start of next week as well. Here is a look at how much rain we could see. This is just kind of an idea of how much we could see bay area. The green kind of correlates to half an inch of rain and then the blue for parts of the north bay showing half an inch to an inch and a quarter. So, it will be wet as we go into sunday and early next week. But there may be a few changes down the line. And if youre following me on facebook ander ill keep you up to date on any changes headed our way. If youre trying to make plans for the weekend for the bay and inland areas, it does still look dry for the most part on saturday. But some cloudy skies, you wont see much sun there, 62 degrees will be the high at about 3 00. And then on sunday, a little bit cooler. And it will be milder during the mornings, cloudy skies and scattered showers. If youre planning a little bit of a get away to Russian River valley, it will be in the mid to upper 50s, and definitely raining on sunday as you most likely are driving back home. Redwood National Forest will be cool, highs only reaching 50 degrees on sunday, and shastatrinity National Forest, it will be into the lower 40s and morning temperatures in the 20s looking at some snow in those areas. As we go through our forecast here, going to see the temperatures warming up as we go towards the end of the week this weekend, once again, starts to become a little bit more unsettled and we could see that pattern continuing into next week. More updates coming up, kris and sam. Thanks, kari. All right. Coming up next, kris, this is the story about helping others. Yes, specifically syrian refugees, the way sharing a meal is helping to connect people. Food, and how its helpintho how about a story about the International Language of food and how it is helping those who left everything behind for new lives, new homes, and new friends in the u. S. . It really is something you can connect over. Nbcs katie beck has our inspiring america report. Reporter sharing a meal is a universal exchange. A speechless conversation. The easiest way to connect with people is through food. Reporter this is a supper club of strangers, 40 people with a common cause to help someone in need. A refugee named nashua six months ago fled the syrian city escaping war torn streets, finding refuge in this los angeles suburb, now safe and free. Refugee families come with almost nothing. We didnt have a crib. Reporter she answered a call to help and when she saw the Family Living without basic essentials, she posted a list on facebook, marys list. Bedding, clothes, toys, crossed off. The size of the response was really, really amazing and overwhelming. Translator when mary helped us, she became a sister to me, she says. Then more family, more lists. 60 families helped so far. Reporter youre a stay at home mom and now youre what . I am a volunteer gone wild. Reporter local Restaurant Owner katie wanted to help the family take the next step. She read about refugee supper clubs helping new arrivals earn money. Everybody loves the food . Reporter a syrian meal prepared and served by refugees. The event sold out in just two hours. This is a neighbor movement. Its a movement of friends to believe in families and they believe in embracing and welcoming people. Reporter and for this meal, the most shared experience was the taste of kindness. Katie beck, nbc news, los angeles. And they get to help earn it right . People dont often want a handout. They want a hand up. Exactly. The charity of the heart there going in both directions. Really nice story. Well be right back. Spoth living the high life there, kris. Check this out. A globe trotting dining event sits guest in a unique spot high in the open air. Holy moly. 22 dineers can dangle 160 feet from the ground on a platform hanging from a crane. From there they get to eat with dubais sky line in the background. The manager says turnout has been very strong since the event arrived in december. Dinner in the sky originally started in belgium ten years ago. Since then they have visited 40 cities around the globe. I think they probably serve very light meals to not disrupt, you know. Exactly. Easy does it. If you have to take drama mean to get up there that might be a problem. I dont think i can do that, no. I couldnt. Clear skies right now here in the San Francisco bay area. 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