Continues to have an impact on traffic in and out of the city right now. Monte francis with the details. Monte . Reporter terry, good evening. The event wrapped up about two hours ago, and traffic along the embarcadero has really improved in the last 15 minutes or so. In the last hour, marchers were making their way back to their buses. Just beyond at t park. Earlier today a massive crowd gathered at Civic Center Plaza for an antiabortion rally. Before marching down Market Street to the plaza. Many protesters were bused in from other parts of the state. We saw many churches from the Central Valley that were represented here, from places such as turlock, fresno, even some from southern california. We understand a much Smaller Group of about 100 prochoice demonstrators were at market. This is the tenth year for the walk for life west coast. Many marchers say San Francisco is the best place for the rally known for its liberal politics. Its a tradition. I cant stop. Weve got to save babies. How many years have you come . This is my ninth year. I didnt come the first year. We are here to teach our kids that life is important. And that abortion is should not be done. Reporter were told the traffic continues to be a bit slow near union square. Also on Market Street. Be aware of that if you plan on driving in the city. Last year, organizers estimated there were 50,000 people who attended this march. There is no official count for this year, but they expect this years crowd to be at least that large. Live in San Francisco, monte francis, nbc bay area news. Police officers shot and killed a dog today while checking a vacant building. Officers say they were doing a check on the building in the projects on the 1000 block of connecticut street 10 30 this morning. They opened the door, f least one squatter inside, and a dog, a pit bull that came running at them. One officer said he felt threatened, fired at the dog. Neighbors say the dog whose name was psycho was wellknown in the area. I feel like he really did need to get shot, though. Because he was a dangerous dog in the neighborhood. Police say no one but the dog was injured. The owner is under arrest for trespassin he could face charges if they find he unleashed the dogs to attack the officers. New details on the b. A. R. T. Officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Were now learning that another officer may have mistaken him to be an armed suspect. Thats according to the San Francisco chronicle. Sergeant tom smith died tuesday from a single bullet wound to the chest. It was fired by a fellow officer during a probation search in dublin. Sources close to the investigation told the chronicle the shooting may be the result of a splitsecond misjudgment by another detective. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office is investigating the shooting death. There are new reports theyre painting an inaccurate picture of what happened and more information is needed before making any conclusions. Developing story, a shooting at a crowded Shopping Mall in maryland. Some shoppers ran for their lives and others sought shelter inside stores. Three people are dead. The mall is located in columbia, about 25 miles outside the nations capital. Nbcs brian moore has the story. Reporter in a matter of moments, a quiet saturday inside a packed maryland Shopping Mall turned into a terrifying lifeordeath drama. I heard a bang and i said, man, that sounds like a gunshot. Sounded like a transformer blowing kind of. And one right behind it. And then realized it was something was wrong. And started to see people run by my store. Reporter the shots rang out at 11 15 a. M. Inside the mall in columbia. Police were on the scene within two minutes. We have reports of at least three down at this point all on the upper level. Reporter police found three people fatally shot in a skate shop overlooking the food court. One was a gunman, a shotgun and cache of ammunition found with his body. The victims the two deceased, there was an adult male, an adult female in their 20s. Theyre both employees of the store. Reporter five people were injured. One shot in the foot. While many fled the mall, others sheltered in place. It took more than an hour and a half until police could give the allclear. But they say it will be some time before they know what happened inside the mall, and why. Brian moore, nbc news. Authorities are looking for a menlo park child molester. They say he missed a Court Appearance yesterday. He was found guilty in november of three felony counts for molesting a 10yearold boy. A bench warrant has been issued for the 50yearold. The San Mateo County District Attorney said hes missing under suspicious circumstances. His attorney in court yesterday represented to the judge that he is a missing person, and his wife had reported him as a missing person. And thats why he was not in court. And that his family is concerned for his wellbeing. Im, of course, somewhat skeptical of that. I find that more than a coincidence. Tehran and his wife live next door to the victim who was a friend of tehrans 6yearold son. Happening now, firefighters on alert across the bay area because of this unusually warm and extremely dry weather. This weather thats prompted an unusual request from cal fire. Especially for this time of year. Nbc bay area Kimberly Tere joins us live from san jose this evening. Kimberly, what is cal fire asking people to do . Reporter they are asking homeowners to create whats called a Defensible Space around their home. This is a warning we usually dont see until the spring. But there has been no rain. So let me show you, you can see the vegetation is very dry out here. And thats what theyre afraid of. In fact, in just the last three weeks, cal fire says it responded to about 300 calls, 300 wildfires. That have charred over 700 acres total. That compares with about 50 fires that burn about 100 acres total in a normal year. Cal fire says the fire season which typically ends in november, never ended. In Northern California, stations are already in the process of hiring additional seasonal firefighters to help. This is unprecedented in the history of the memories of the people who work around here. Us staffing our some of our fire stations this time of year in the wintertime. So we ask citizens to take the time to look around, see what they can do to make their homes more safe and have the 100 feet of Defensible Space. Reporter lawn mowers and weed trimmers, according to firefighters theyre asking that you keep from using these items during the heat of the day when its dry and windy. Usually theyre only issued in the summer, but cal fire said its critical, homeowners especially in rural areas be prepared now. And asking that all Flammable Materials be moved away from the home. They say theyre doing everything they can to protect land and property. But need the help of homeowners. Live in san jose, Kimberly Tere, nbc, bay area news. Obviously we desperately need rain. Sunny skies across the bay area again today. Lets bring in anthony slaughter. Any chance well get something other than warm and sunny days . There is a chance coming up in the next sevenday forecast. A chance of rain as we enter the final week of january. You can see clouds building offshore right now. Thats the sign of a cooler sunday on the way with that onshore breeze. Temperatures not going to be as warm tomorrow. But youll notice as we look at the week ahead, monday, tuesday, wednesday, were back into the 70s. Heres the thing, by thursday, i do think well be looking at a chance for showers in that forecast. There you go. 66 as temperatures fall as well. Well talk more about the shower chance through the upcoming week in just a little bit. Still ahead, a car slams into a house in the middle of the night. How it happened. And how the woman inside slept through the entire thing. Plus, stopping thieves from stealing cars. The Crime Fighting tools the leaders gave residents today. One of these bikes could be yours. Look familiar . How police in one city say they busted a serial bike thief just this morning. New details on the hunt for the 14yearold boy accused of killing his own sister. 10,000 his arrest. This is a facebook photo of the suspect, mario tolliver. Hes been on the run since he shot his 17yearold sister justice on thursday. Police have not revealed a motive for that homicide. They say tolliver is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information and his whereabouts is urged to contact the Oakland Police department. A woman is fighting for her life after police say a drunk driver hit her as she stood at a bus stop in San Francisco. The crash happened just after 8 00 last night near 30th and mission street. Paramedics rushed the woman to the hospital. She suffered lifethreatening injuries. As for the driver of the car, 45yearold james bell, hes been arrested for drunk driving and hitandrun. Still to come at 5 00, shoppers beware. The latest retailer to launch a probe into a Data Security breach. Plus, growing security, the lengths russian authorities are going to to keep people safe at the olympics. Most people would notice if a car crashed into their home. But an antioch woman slept right through it. A driver lost control of the car overnight, and went through two homes before landing upside down in a front yard on buchanan road near highway 4. She was on sleeping pills at the time of the crash and didnt hear a sound. I walked in there and checked to see if she was okay. I asked her if she was okay. She said yeah, and went right back to sleep. He says she was not hurt at all. The crash also took out the pg e curbside power box and knocked out power for six blocks. The city of oakland is taking steps to stop auto thefts. Mayor jean kwan gave away 200 car locks to the neighborhood of oakland. They say thats where auto thefts are among the citys highest and they want that to change. The lower income neighborhood, it has a lot of the older cars that dont have the electronic ignitions. These people cant afford to have their cars stolen. While auto thefts are still up, nearly every category of crime dropped in oakland in 2013. That includes declines in shootings, homicides and residential burglaries. Take a look at this. You recognize any of these . Police in mountainview are working to track down the owners of several stolen bikes. The bikes were recovered this morning after police say they arrested a man seen stealing a bike. With the help of a witness and the officers quick response, he was taken into custody. If you think one of these bicycles is yours, call the police department. But youll be asked to prove its yours. If you shop at michaels, check your credit and debit card statements. They Just Announced today it, too, may have suffered a Data Security attack. Michaels said it launched the probe after a fraudulent activity on payment cards used at its stores. Investigators have yet to determine if its systems were compromised. Neiman marcus and target announced breaches affecting tens of millions of customers. As the Opening Ceremony for the winter games in sochi gets closer, sports are moving further and further from the limelight. The issue on most peoples mind is security. Many are worried an attack in sochi is inevitable. Russian authorities are going to Great Lengths to prevent any such incident from happening. Richard engel has more from sochi. Reporter the sochi games are rapidly becoming the security games. With the number of threats steadily increasing, at least three now issued on the internet, and five suspected suicide bombers still missing. Sochi, a former soviet retreat by the black sea, has become a guarded fortress. But the threat doesnt come from here. It comes from less than 1,000 miles away from dagestan, a muslim republic with an old independent streak. And a growing problem of islamic extremism. Russian special forces conduct counterterrorism raids here, and maybe more. In the runup to the olympics, young muslim men in dagestan have been disappearing. According to human rights groups, subjected to horrific abuse. Its not about individual cases of torture, essentially torture is is the urgency in russia. Reporter these womens sons are all missing. They accuse president putin of sending them to the gulag. They beat my son brutological a, she said, and threw him in the trunk of a car like he was a ram. Russia has been fighting in the caucuses for centuries. Now the olympics have been pulled into the middle of it. Russian counterterrorism organizations in dagestan and other north caucasus create more. Richard engel, nbc news, sochi. Tomorrow night, join janelle wang for an inside look at the games with our road to sochi special. Well profile the Northern California athletes heading to russia. The half hour special begins at 9 30. All right. Anthony slaughter here again to talk about the forecast. Any chance of some rain coming in . And making things a little bit better for all of us . Yes, we do have a chance of rain in the forecast. Always scrolling at the bottom of your screen, you notice by thursday and friday, thats when that chance of rain will start to approach. Lets talk about the warmest temperatures for today. We saw temperatures in the upper 70s, low 70s in some places. Warmest mill valley at 79. Gilroy at 76. Mountainview 75 degrees. South san jose 73, along with oakland. Across the bay area, our trees are in bloom. Believe it or not. This picture i snapped on my lunch break in san jose. You can see the dogwoods already starting to bloom. A sure sign we may already starting to enter into some of our early spring months. Of course, its just about a month away here in california, when we actually start to see the blooms. Coming in about a month early. For tomorrow, no change. Moderately high levels for alder, ash and also for juniper. Its all because of the warm temperatures weve been seeing. We havent had any rain. We havent had any real Cool Temperatures to allow for those trees to go dormant. Even right now as we look outside from the sky cam, were still in the 60s. We do have a high, thin, cloud deck sitting overhead. Thats because we have the area of High Pressure pumping in a lot of warm air from the south. And this thing is starting to break down. Its also starting to bring in a few high thin clouds. You can see it from the satellite perspective. Cloud cover sitting off the coast of california. That is expected to actually move through as we head through the day tomorrow. So again, just a few high thin clouds. We start off with morning fog, even in san jose. 68 degrees by the afternoon. Not as warm. 70 for morgan hill. The peninsula, San Francisco, thats where youll see temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for the most part. North bay, east bay and tri valley, all expecting 60s for tomorrow. Unlike what we had for today, when places like oakland got to 73. Well be back to 67 for tomorrow. Even livermore got up to 73. Back to 69 for your daytime high tomorrow. Lets talk about the rain chance that i was telling you about. By thursday, you can see the cold front lines up across the coast. And thursday night, i would say after midnight, showers are expected to move across the bay area. Look what happens as we head through the day on friday. Really no breaks in this rain. So this could be some really good news if this computer model actually does hold up. It looks like friday could be a complete washout. And boy, do we need that. So we will continue to track that as the week progresses. Terry, back to you. Anthony, thanks very much. Coming up next, we have the sports afr the break. Welcome back to nbc bay area. With the warriors losing to the twolves yesterday, the sharks have a chance to get revenge for the bay area. On the Minnesota Wild tonight. Season high with six consecutive victories. Were getting a lot of production from one guy. You know, the other side of it, i like to get production from other lines as well. But i think its a team effort, you know. Guys that generally arent scoring are doing other things. Defensively i think were doing pretty well. Third round of the Farmers Insurance open. Not a great day for tiger woods. Starts his day on the back nine. Chip shot falls short. He was double bogeying that hole. Woods, putt for par. Lifts out. No luck for tiger today. Lets go to the eighth hole, trying to stay away from shooting 80. Sinks the par. Lets go to the fourth shot on the par 5 9. He would have to make this to save par. He was able to do it. However, he would finish 7 over par 79. Missing the secondary cut for the first time in his career. Senior bowl, san jose facing the south. Making something happen. 24yard touchdown pass to kevin norwood. 104 yards. That touchdown. He also threw an interception. The south gets the victory 2010 is your final. Boise state, ryan watkins with the tough jumper. Later in the half, boise up 13. Watkins would not back down. Nails the floater. Time winding down in the first half. Who else, watkins to the rescue. However, it would not be enough. Boise state rolls 7655 is your final. That will do it for now. Terry will be back in one hour with much more whats going on in bay area sports, including an update on the San Jose Sharks once again. Thanks, henry. And a little bit more sports here. San Francisco May not be the chosen city after all. An update on the next americas cup when we come back. Sail away. The next americas cup could take place off a hawaiian beach, on the san diego bay, instead of returning to San Francisco bay. Oracle team usa told the Associated Press that sailing officials are talking with other venues about hosting the next one. The 35th americas cup will be held august 2017. San francisco officials have not offered the same terms as they did for last summers regatta. That being said, cutts said hes not prepared to rule out San Francisco. Interesting stuff. Big money on the line there. Yeah. Nbc nightly news coming up next. And then bay area news again here at 6 00. Home to see you then. On this saturday night, deadly mall shooting. A gunman opens fire in a big and busy mall in suburban maryland, sending terrified shoppers scrambling for their lives. To the streets, deadly clashes mark the third anniversary of the uprising that toppled a regime. Now, troubling questions about egypts future. Deep freeze, a new wave of arctic air descends deep into the u. S. The big changes planned for nutrition labels that could help us make better choices about the foods we eat. And floridas dog rescue angel. And the Great Lengths she is going to save animals in need
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