Minutes. More concern about the spread of measles. Specifically in the south bay. Three known locations are in the spotlight. This includes costco and well known restaurant. Santa clara Health Department is confirming a person with measles not only spent time at two stores in gill roy but also dave and busters restaurant at the great mall in milpitas. We have more on this new warning. Reporter at the entrance to dave and busters restaurant in milpitas tonight, you will be greeted with an advisory from the santa clara public county Health Department. Warning customers they may have been exposed to measles on january 19th between 6 00 and 10 00 at night. Im very concerned. My kids and i are there all the time. I know a lot of times the arcade area doesnt get cleaned very often. The Health Department says the day before the same person shopped at this costco store in gill roy and also visited this walmart across the street between the hours of 4 00 and 6 00. The Health Department tells us the person is one of two confirmed patient with measles in the county. Neither case is believed to be linked to the recent outbreak at disney land. And doctors say the latest patient, apparently had received, a measles vaccine. This is the rare instance in which someone is vaccinated and develops measles in spite of that. She says someone with measles can be contagious up to four days before they ever start show to signature symptoms after fever, cough and rash. Measles is one of the most highly infectious of infectious diseases. Another reason why alerts like this are going up, so those that dont have immunity will contact their doctor immediately if they develop symptoms. The Health Department says so far there are no new cases of measles stemming from the possible exposure at three locations in the south bay. In milpits, mary ann favro, nbc bay area news. As of today, there are 73 confirmed cases in california. Including more than a dozen including vaccinated patients. 50 of the cases are linked directly to the disney land outbreak. There are nine confirmed cases here in the bay area. Three of those nine people are linked to the disney land outbreak. A teenager has been arrested after leading police on a car clas through san bruno. Police say they attempted to stop the driver this morning after the person ran through several stop signs. The driver then took off and after a chase ended up crashing into a gas meter and sparking a fire at a pizza place on el camino real. The driver was arrested at the scene. There were no reports of injuries but the restaurant may end up being a total loss. This is something we rarely see. A bay area wildfire in january. It happened this is the scene in pacifica. An overnight wildfire forcing the evacuation of more than 80 homes. Strange because this is right along our coast and perhaps our drought making things even worse. Nbc bay areas Mark Matthews is in pacifica near the flash point. What do we know at this point . Investigators are still looking for the cause of this mornings early fire. We do know that homeowners along this canyon rim need do more to protect themselves. This is what the neighborhood woke up to this morning, flames pushed by 10 to 15 mileanhour wind coming dangerously close to houses that sit atop the canyon. It is really scary. Heart beating. Flames 30 feet from the house and stuff. Larry passmore showed pictures of his place at the height of the fire. Grateful for a Quick Response from the fire crews. Shz they basically protected the house. Thank you. Thank you to the firemen. They did a great job today. Reporter passmore is the owner of a fire extinguisher business. He has fire resistant vegetation around his house. Most of the places have pine trees, eucalyptus and brush within ten feet. It is by the coast. We figure the weather is nice. It is cool. Misty. Not like an area where it is really hot. Reporter as longtime residents explain, pacifica is not the kind of place where most folks worry about wild land fires. And the state required 30foot barrier has not been enforced. Well this isnt considered high hazard fire area. So we dont have a program where we are going out and doing that. Reporter times and the weather are changing. This mornings tweet from redwood city fire sums it up 6 alarm grace fire in january, californias new reality. We have heard from some residents that they are not allowed to clear this area because the land belongs to the Golden Gate National recreation area. Others say youre not allowed to clear the land in front of your homes because of erosion concerns. Coming up tonight at 6 00, we will tell you what the law says and what you can plant around your thousandhouse to keep it safer. Nbc bay area news. Thank you, mark. See you at 6 00. Rob, a bad month for concerns for the draught and we have a few days left. Amazing with last january and this one. Last year we set an all time record for the driest january. The numbers you see to the right so far, told this so new record for dry weather. Weve gone throughout the month without a tenth inch of rain. You can see 33 and counting. It goes back to december when we had the last significant rain towards the third week of december. The 24th. Last measurable rain. Can you see that there. So all four to five weeks of dry weather. Plus the combination of the dry conditions offshore winds there near pacifica this morning where the air literally warms up and drys out. This is a bit like an atmospheric hair dryer. Off and on for the last five weeks. We have rain in the forecast. There is a slight chance of that. You might notice clouds outside right now. A lot of rain if Southern California but there system is weakening as it approaches bait area. It will be enough to offset the record dry january we have so far . A closer look at this and other changes ahead this your microcast forecast. Thank you, rob. We are hoping for rain. People are hunkering down for what is expected to be one of the worst blizzards in recent history. Blizzard conditions are going on on the east coast. Thousands of flights have been cancelled. Including here in the bay area. Michelle roberts is live at sfo where passengers are trying to figure out when they can finally take poch michelle . Report talked to reporter report talked to one man who said it will be two days before he can get home. Thousands of travellers are inconvenienced. Boston, new york even chicago, all cancelled today. Desperate travellers making frantic calls to customer service. All asking for another flight. They wanted know leave at 5 30. Get into chicago at 1 is 1 00. Wake up in the morning and take the first flight to dayton. Reporter Carl Williams is facing a long travel day. But is grateful to be rebooked. Nationwide more than 2600 domestic flights have been cancelled today. But even more expected tomorrow. Im lucky. Reporter mildrid says she saw some of the first flakes fall in new york this morning. Describing jfk airport as crazy busy. Mandatory travel bans set by state leaders along the east coast. One daughter in new york and one daughter in San Francisco. Am i going to be stuck in the middle. Reporter her flight was delayed twice and everyone on board had to wait for crews to deice the plane. There might be turbulence. Or might have to turn back. But we got out. Its okay. Reporter for many the storm means a travel headache for people trying to get home to family. We have to plan our trip again. Reporter report so far today, 51 flights have been cancelled at sfo with more expected tonight and tomorrow. If you are traveling the next couple of days check before you come to the airport. Michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. Sfo is the hardest hit but Oakland International is also affected. A live picture of the airport where two flights have been cancelled there. One arrival, one departure. Two flights cancelled at san jose airport today. Another live look. We wanted to show you times square but the snow is getting worse on the east coast and coverage of the east coast blizzard at 5 30. President obama is in india at this hour. But the wlous white house is investigating a security scare. A drone crashed on the wlous white house grounds. It happened around 3 00 this morning. The drones operaty is a government employee. He said he was playing around and lost control of the device. The secret service is calling it an accident but admits it raises questions about security in is white house. The president and first lady are overseas but their daughters and grandmother were inside at the time. The drone is too small to carry much weight but larger ones can. Just last week you might recall a drone packed with drugs crashed in tijuana. A pilot with problems right over the Pacific Ocean. We are learning more tonight about there crash landing off the coast of maui. Live in tracy where that plane took off, ill have the latest on the plane, the pilot and what happened. Live in san jose good news for the bart to the south bay extension. But it is going to require a lot of patience. Thats coming up next. A live look at the skies above the south bay. Get ready to look up tonight if you want to see something stunning. A mountain sized astroid hurdling past earth. Will the weather cooperate . Then at 6 00 clear from a traffic jam. But police worry about what else it can do. Technology is surrounding us. Concerns about a popular traffic app and how it puts officers in a vulnerable position. Thats new at 6 00. Well we know this bart is coming to the south bay. But construction delays are part of the process. Be warned of notable road cloesh purps today a major artery is closed so crews can finish a major part of the project. That intersection sierra road and lundy after flew. Damian tra heeo is there. Damian, there is day one of a long process. Report reporter even for us. The intersection behind me is now off limits but even we add hard time maneuvering through the detour here in the north end of san jose. The pile driving and earth shaking will last at least another nine months near the soon to be bart station. In the meantime drivers will have to weave through residential streets to get through the construction. I have to go around. Report reporter report confusing . Yeah. Reporter portions are marked but the signage isnt always clear or abundant. It is a little confusing. But i kind of know my way around. Reporter even pedestrians are confused. How to go to take the bus. Reporter you dont know how to take the bus now . Yes. Reporter they are asking drivers for patience as the agency completes phase 1 of the bart to san jose project. It is a complicated intersection. Thats why we need to close it for nine months get in there and finish it. As the longawaited rail makes its way to san jose. The good news bart to san jose project is ahead of schedule. Now slated to open by fall of 2017. Were live along lundy avenue damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. Four decades after the gypsy hill murders, a suspect stood before a judge. He was linked by d fl a testing. He was extradited from a prison in oregon to face the murders of two women in 1976. Both girls were stabbed to death. He is also suspected of killing throw other young women the same year. But officials have not been able to find enough dna evidence to link those cases. Now video of an incredible crash landing. Pilot flying from treacy to hawaii had to ditch his plane when it ran out of fuel. It happened 250 miles off the coast of maui. Kimberly terry is live to tell us about the pilot, video and the problem that led to the video. Kimberly, that guy is lucky to be alive. Reporter very lucky to be alive, but alive and well. He took off from this airport in tracy yesterday morning after the plane was retro fitted with a fuel tank that is supposed to be able to support a long flight. In route to hawaii, though something clearly went wrong. The u. S. Coast guard captured this video of an sr 22 plummeting to the Pacific Ocean sunday afternoon. The pilot was able to get out safely after deploying the planes emergency parachute. A passing cruise ship plucked him from the waters. Parachute deployment went off as it was designed and saved someone from injury and difficult situation in the ocean. Reporter reporter according to the flight academy, which owns the plane, says there was a problem with the fuel system. The pilot says there was enough fuel on board, it just wasnt get together engine. The pilot identified as lou morton pulled the chute and headed for the water. When we have spoken to the pilot, he is well and safe we can have more comments about what actually happened on this flight. Reporter the plane was equipped with a tank an auxiliary fuel tank for longer flights. We put in extra longrange tanks that is a gravity system without pumps or restrictions. It is bulletproof if used properly. Reporter the companys owner said it was tested before the pilot was allowed to take off sunday. Morton is said to be an experienced pilot and has flown to hawaii in the same kind of plane. More on the parachute system that the pilots say have saved the lives of dozens of pilots include be morton. Live in tracy, Kimberly Tere nbc. Thank you. A Mountain Side asteroid zooms by earth tonight. Itll be about 700,000 miles from earth, can which is close in space terms. Nasa says it pose knows danger to our planet. People in the u. S. Will have some of the best seatsbrightness which is just after 6 00 p. M. Tonight. You should be able to see it with binoculars or a telescope. At 6 of 00 tonight we will be doing the news. We have clouds filling in. Here is the issue, best time is at 6 00 tonight and overnight. Jupiter will be the bright light in the sky to the east if you dont have clouds. Astroid tracking just north of that. Here is the weather problem for you from Mount Hamilton through out the day. Clouds increasing out of the south, mostly cloudy skies right now and view in san jose is an good one looking off to the east. 62 degrees and mostly cloudy skies right now. Showing you the view in San Francisco. You see overcast skies at 58 degrees and one more stop to the east bay. Different location same sky right now. Have you the clouds coming again from the south moving north. 60 degrees and clouds are going to spoil the viewing of this astroid moving through at least maybe they can bring us rain. But you can see here, showers offshore. Most of the moisture is staying off to the south and east. But as the system is north tonight, there is a brief chance we will see at least a few showers early tomorrow morning. So hour by hour taking you to tomorrows commute, you see near morgan hill and san jose a brief chance of rain at times. We notice how the moisture moves off east and skies turning cloudy approaching 66 00 tomorrow evening. So the one chance of rain we are looking at for this week coming in late tonight early tomorrow morning, and enough maybe to get. 05 inch of rain. Maybe not quite offsetting a record dry january. After this system there are unfortunately no others behind it. You will notice in the sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen approaching 70. As we head towards next weekend. For tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies to start. Could have a brief shower around the south bay. Could be a pleasant change from january so far. Highs are close to 60 degrees as we show you in the north bay. Low 60s around isnt a rose why. Towards mill valley. Highs in low 60s in the pattern as we move forward and fortunately turns dryer again. High Pressure Holding its ground. Notice the muchneeded rain staying off the north. It takes us by the way, all the way through super bowl sunday. As the high builds in, friday into saturday, temperatures climbing on up. We are tracking this one chance of showers coming in tonight. You will see that with a relatively mild temperatures, low 6 0s. As the high builds right side of the screen in san jose 70 and 75 near San Francisco. As we transition from january to the first day of february super bowl sunday no rain in the forecast. 60s and low 70s. And still no significant rain. This goes all the way back to december 18th. We will finish the month of january without showers, without chicago rain fall in almost five to six weeks. Back to you. Hopefully we can catch up in february. We hope so. The 49ers may have found a new home but the candle sticks paytron saint may not have a home. A plan to crack down on the ecigarettes. Snuffed out. Ecigarettes are getting the same rules as cigarettes. Vaping as it is known. Mark leno introduced it in sacramento today. Saying the Electronic Cigarettes are a trendy disguise for addiction. Some have nicotine. Some groups including the American Cancer Society and American Lung association support this bill. A park is shut down for the next 30 days. City leaders say boyd park has become associated with littering, and paraphernalia. Thats why they are shutting it down. It is right next to marin academy. Lawmakers are working on ways to discourage the activity. The statue of st. Francis cant go into any storage closet. It is 24 feet high and weighs several tons. Football and baseball fans celebrated or mourned inity shadow. The Art Commission might find it in a home in a new Development Going in nearby or move it to San Francisco city park. Which could cost it a significant amount of money. A homecoming for a stanford grad who is rarely home. He covers the world for nbc. Foreign correspondent for nightly news, richard engel, will deliver stanfords commencement address this june. He has covered major events as the war in afghanistan, and is the only american tv journalist to remain in baghdad for the entire iraq war. Engel says he hopes his journey can inspire students to go out and take chances. Who will take home the trophy this sunday . Super bowl prediction, thats next. Tonight at 6 00 we are talking about taxes and cutting taxes. How a plan to lower state taxes would work. The super bowl is less than a week away but in the Virtual World we know who won the game. The patriots in a lastminute win. The madden nfl super bowl 15 predicts a win by the patriots over the seahawks. A final drive ends with a score of 2824. Madden super bowl predictions have a accurate record predicting eight of the last winners. The fun begins at 10 00 a. M. With super sized pregame show. And then kick off is at 3 30. Do we have the prediction on the inflation of the football . Or deflation. I think itll be closely watched. I think it will be perfectly flated. Take us outside. What about the stars rob . It would be great if we could see them. A little bit of rain coming in may spoil the view of the astroid off to the east tonight. Slight clanshance of showers. Highs tomorrow in the low 60s. Thanks for joining us here at 5 00. Brian williams is next with storm coverage in new york city. Good night, folks. On our broadcast tonight, breaking news as this potentially history making blizzard unleashes its fury. States of emergency include some major population centers. Tonight, the order to shut down new york city as boston and parts of new england brace for up to three feet of snow as an entire region awaits near total paralysis. Flight risk. A drone has crash landed on the white house lawn in the middle of the night as the secret service scrambles to conduct its own investigation. Just think of the security questions this raises. And petty theft. Controversy erupts over one of the biggest hit songs in years. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams