Been part of international parades and the inaugural parade for president clinton. The program has been able to survive massive budget cuts by funding most of it through weekly bingo games. That directly affects our bottom line of what we can give these kids. Reporter police say there was an armed robbery. Around 9 30, a person came in wearing a ski mask, tall. He went straight to the person handling the money. And it happened really fast. We heard gun and we looked and the guy took off. He pushed in the door and slammed it against the wall. Reporter police Wont Disclose the amount of cash that was taken, but it is estimated to be thousands of dollars, which would have gone to the kids. The Bingo Program keeps the cost way down to kids. Reporter police say theyre looking for a suspect and encouraging the high school to reassess their security. Anytime youre going to have large amounts of money throughout the evening, we recommend taking the money and putting in a secure location. Dont leave it all in one area. Have an extra set of eyes around looking for suspicious activity and suspicious people. Reporter the band director and the booster club are all meeting tonight to discuss security. They already have one hired Security Guard at the bingo games, but are possibly discussing hiring a second Security Guard. If youd like more information on how to donate to the music students, you can go to our website nbcbayarea. Com. Police are reopened Civic Center Drive after a pedestrian was killed there today. The elderly victim was crossing the intersection at civic center when he was hit by a plumbers van. The driver of the van is cooperating. The employer says the driver is devastated by what happened. A weekly Farmers Market was nearby where the crash happened. Federal agents say this man set off bombs in emeryville and in pleasanton back in 2003. They issued an arrest warrant back then, but announced today they are still actively looking for him. They issued these pictures showing different looks. They say the suspect has ties in europe and in south america. The fbi is offering up to a quarter Million Dollars for his arrest and conviction. Back at the bargaining table again. Bart management and Union Leaders are trying to reach an agreement over a family leave cause that bart says was left inadd v ved ver tantly in the contract. Commuters are hoping an agreement is reached to avoid a possible third bart strike this year. Reporter thats right. The talks are still happening. No cameras allowed on the second floor where the discussions are happening. The Union Leader Says no comment right now, but she is optimistic. Its very painful. Reporter she thought the threat of a bart strike was over. Management and unions still havent done with contract talks. It leaves her fuming. Bargaining began mid may. On june 5th, the unions withdrew 4. 8. Twice the district formally rejected the division. How did the contract end up including the six weeks of paid leave . A temporary worker tasked with drafting the temporary agreement misunderstood the markings. The yellow mark was supposed to refer to the district language, which did not have the six weeks of paid leave. Both parties reached a tentative agreement october t21st. They decided to adopt a resolution giving the bart general manager authorization to implement the contract minus the family leave act provision. Reporter she says theyre misleading the public about what happened. That was not a mistake. They presented it to us. Reporter they who ride bart says, if there is a third strike were not going to do bart anymore. Well boycott them for a month. Reporter that provision, the six weeks of paid family medical leave, could cost 44 million for the duration of the fouryear contract. If there is no break tonight, talks are set to resume here tomorrow morning. Nbc bay area news. We are learning more tonight about the investigation into that airplane crash at sfo. Federal officials are examining everything that was presented in yesterdays hearing in washington, d. C. To determine the cause of the crash. A final report is expected this summer. For more on the hearings, go to our website nbcbayarea. Com. Valley county authorities are doing another Aerial Search today, but have seen no sign of the four family members. The plane disappeared back on december 1st. Smith reported engine trouble over central idaho and has not been heard from since. The debate over allowing Airline Passengers to talk on their cell phones is growing today. The department of transportation says it will take up the issue as well. The california senator Diane Feinstein does not support it. Next at 5 00, a social media giant is taking on texting. The new mobile app that wants to transform the way we share messages. Also it was an amazing experience. How many people can say they are part of something that helped a million kids . The south bay woman that cre dreamed it up. We are tracking some rainfall up to the north. Plus record setting heat and when that is expected to arrive in about ten minutes. No holiday glow in the closing bell on wall street today. The dow has dropped. The market closed down 104 points today. The nasdaq also dropped down five points. John boehner lets out a shot against the extreme right wing party. The budget deal passed just about two hours ago. Tea party groups oppose the deal. I think theyre pushing our members in places where they dont want to be. Frankly, i think theyve lost all credibility. Despite ongoing opposition from Prominent Tea Party groups, the budget deal is expected topt topto pass the senate and be signed into law. We sent our business and tech reporter to look at why so many people like the idea of these disappearing messages. Hello, scott. Reporter good evening. Whether youre at a mall or a school or coffee shop, its all about mobile communication. These days that means being able to send a photo or text message in and out without having to worry about it later. Instagram just became the latest content sharing service to let you send private photos and messages directly to your friends. It is part of facebook. Now more than a billion people can communicate with their mobile devices privately. You probably already know about snap chat. Ways to reach out for a limited time. Think that different allue of what was happening with social media and the way younger people were using social media, broadcasting everything. Thats not such a good idea. These are those types of ideas that are being born from them. Reporter a 20person start up that lets you send Text Messages and photos that will selfdestruct in ten seconds. They know most messages are fine, but theres always that one mistake. I think what people are realizing is theyve been living in an environment with facebook and twitter where you broadcast out and everything is out there for everybody all the time and he everybody is critical in the world. Reporter however you do it, there are new ways to communicate one temporary message at a time. The true test of these services as we go forward will likely be security. Theyre all easy to use, but can we trust that the messages and photos we send now will not come back and haunt us later . Nbc bay area news. Some vacant lots in san bruno will become new again. Since then, the city leaders have worked with pgne to restore the neighborhood. A developer will build homes on ten vacant lots all at once. Its a great idea. Great idea for the community, the whole neighborhood. If negotiations with the developers go smoothly, construction will begin in six months. One south bay woman has taken a simple idea and made it huge. Its one of the largest Childrens Charities in the state. Reporter jennifer told her when she was young she said to him, she wanted to grow up, wear a suit, and be in charge of a business like ibm. She does wear a suit of sorts. She is in charge of a business, but its not ibm. One decorated with not just lights and ornaments, but with wishes. Needy childrens wishes for christmas gifts. There are, in fact, more than 1,000 trees just like it all over the bay area, holding the wishes of some 67,000 children. And if youre wondering just who could make all those wishes come true this is a beautiful pile of gifts behind me. Reporter just look at the woman with the queen elf dress and hat and shoes. The family giving tree she runs these days didnt get this big overnight, but rather over 24 years. It all started when jennifer was a graduate business student at san jose state. A professor gave her team a project. Do something that helps others. She thought of giving tree. Ive seen them in malls. I thought lets put them in front of people who have jobs. That just made sense to me. Reporter it didnt make sense to the rest of her team and they chose a different project. So jennifer and another classmate struck out on their own. The first year they wrangled gifts for 300 children. Last year they celebrated their 1 millionth. How many people can say they were part of something that helped 1 million kids . It was wonderful. Reporter when it comes to charity, jennifer knows what shes doing. It took her a while to figure out why. She had been running family giving trees for eight years before a single question at a speaking engagement brought up long repressed memories . One person went, do you remember being helped as a child . I said yes. They said do you remember what that was like . I started crying. Reporter as a little girl, her family once had a rely on charity for their christmas gifts. Its something that goes a long way to explain why shes so driven to do what she does now and apparently forever. Thats quite an organization. The warehouse is just massive. It looked like the north pole yesterday and it felt like the north pole. It is going to warm up a bit though. Yes. Some recordsetting heat in that forecast. A live look at the radar. Were tracking some rainfall off to the north. Well see continued dry conditions here for the north bay all the way down to the south bay, but the one thing we are noitsiticing is the cloud c increasing over the entire bay area. Temperatures averaging warmer in the north bay. It is 46. Not too bad. Lets take you to san francisco. Calm winds right now and look at the colors in the sky. A lot of these colors are getting set off by the pollution as it bounces off the dirt particles. Its creating this myriad of colors for tonight. Instead of 30s at 7 00 a. M. , were expecting low 40s. Sunny skies by 1 00 p. M. With temperatures in the mid 50s. Lets go ahead and get a look at the microclimate forecast. Itll feel like the mid 60s. Palo alto at 60. Downtown, well see a little bit of cloud cover hang on, but fullon sunshine by the afternoon. Warmest weather will likely be in santa rosa. Lets get to the issue at hand. The past couple of days and over the next 24 hours, thats the air quality. I dont think its going to get better. Through the weekend, we have the spare the air in effect. Its in the north bay, east bay, and the worst air quality in the south bay. Our storm system leaves us as we head throughout tomorrows forecast. Then were going to see High Pressure build in. Temperatures could be five to ten degrees above average. That haze is going to stay in the forecast with that poor air quality all the way until about monday of next week. Lets get a look at some of this december sizzle. As we head throughout saturday, low 60s. By sunday and monday, temperatures in the upper 60s to about 70 degrees. Thats also going to mean the potential here of some recordsetting heat in places like livermore. The old record 72 degrees set back in 1958. Were forecasting 70. Were going to get very close to that. Temperatures will not have been this warm this time of year for over 30 years in this part of the bay area. Sunny skies. Temperatures in the low 60s. If youre looking for something to do with the kids, theres holiday snow fest could be the spot to go. Its only for the little ones. You can bring your canned donations out there, but it should be a lot of fun. Temperatures in the upper 50s to the low 60s. If you bring a ku snow and warm weather, thats nice. Ill take it too. Next, an apology from the sign Language Interpreter at the Nelson Mandela memorial. His explanation for his behavior coming up. New details on that deadly crash and fire. The crash happened after the driver of a hummer rear ended a Jeep Cherokee just after 10 00 this morning. They slammed into two more vehicles and sparked a fire. A 53yearold man was booked into jail on charges of driving under the influence and manslaughter. This four bedroom property is on the market for 400,000. The listing agent says the deadline for offers is tonight at 6 00. You have 30 minutes left. The home with likely have to be completely rebuilt, but after demolition the home would cost less than buying a movein ready home in the same area. The sign Language Interpreter at the Nelson Mandela memorial is explaining his behavior today. He said while he was signing, he was hallucinating and heard voices. Hes been treated for Mental Health in the past. While i was interpreting, i saw angels coming into the stadium. Th at that moment, i tried to control myself. The owners of the company that provided the sign Language Interpreter have vanished. Well be right back. California is apparently not as well loved by the people who live here as it used to be. The poll found 43 describe california as one of the best places to live. 29 say it is about average. Compare that to the late 1960s when 70 of californians thought this was one of the best places to live. One thing everybody agreed about is it is expensive. We do have clear skies outside right now. Look at this beautiful shot. Some of the poor air quality creating a beautiful sunset tonight. Another spare the air day in effect tomorrow. Sixth day in a row. Thanks for joining us. See you back at here at 6 00. Ide open in public as the most powerful republican in washington says hes had enough. Coming out swinging against members of his own party. Execution. Big news out of north korea tonight where the young leader has taken out a family member. Too close for comfort. The case of the interpreter at the mandela meal has gone from embarrassing to questions about security and a big risk. Preventing breast cancer. A new option that cuts the risk in half for some women with far fewer side effects to deal with. And making a difference for u. S. Sailors far from home. Nightly news begins now