Down a man. That man rammed his car into dozens of other cars including police cars. Our nbc chopper was overhead. This started in oakland and ended next door in berkeley. Nbc bay area Jodi Hernandez is live in berkeley. What exactly happened here . A lot going on. Reporter raj, police are trying to figure out what prompted the berkeley man to go on a wild and dangerous drive this morning. They say the amount of damage that he caused before they caught him was monumental. This is a mass scene that stretches from east oakland all the way in to the city of berkeley. So thats a lot of roadway. Reporter police say an armed and reckless driver began ramming into cars at about 8 30 this morning leading police on a chase through the streets of oakland where investigators say he hit police cars and even a car driven by a pregnant woman. He would look at the driver and intentionally drive his vehicle into that persons car. Additionally, he would point a firearm at them. Reporter a chp tracked the mans route as he drove into berkeley where he hit more cars. He was coming down this street pretty hard. Reporter this uber driver had just picked up a client when the suspect slammed into his brandnew chevy. Crazy. I could have been getting out of the car when he hit me. Reporter the suspect ended up ditching his car and taking off on foot, but police managed to arrest him after firing a foam bullet at the man. We all got to Work Together to try to figure out exactly why he was doing this and what reasons, what led up to this. Reporter investigators have been canvassing the area looking for the suspects gun but so far no luck. Now, police have not released the identity of the suspect but we have tracked down some interesting information on the registered owner of the car involved. Well have that for you tonight at 6 00. Reporting from berkeley, Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. The president ial race just got a lot more interesting. Late today some major movement, Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie are out. Peggy bunker is with us. A lack of votes and a lack of money. What was their biggest problem and why now . Reporter New Hampshire is a key primary for president ial candidates. When both republicans fiorina and christie failed to break out of the crowded pack of gop hopefuls, they knew it was time to call it quits. Fiorina, the only woman in the republican race, she garnered just 4 of the vote in New Hampshire, giving her a seventh place finish. The former ceo of hewlettpackard announced her decision to drop out on facebook. Her statement said in part, while i suspend my candidacy today, i will continue to travel this country and fight for those americans who refuse to settle for the way things are are and a status quo that no longer works for them. New jersey governor Chris Christie officially departed the race as well today. He placed sixth in New Hampshire. Hed been polling low enough to be left off the stage at the debates coming up in South Carolina. Today christie said, i leave the race without an ounce of regret. Im so proud of the campaign that we ran, the people that ran it with me and all of those who gave us their support and confidence along the way. Now, christie gave New Hampshire everything he had. In fact, he hosted 180 public events. His ads aired there nearly 2,000 times. There are now six candidates vying for the nomination with donald trump leading in the polls. The South Carolina primary is ten days away. So whats the game plan . Lester holt tells us about the new opportunities in the south to win over the voters. Nightly news begins at 5 30. Coming up five minutes from now, were live at moffat field. President obama about to land in Mountain View. Well show you whats on his agenda and who hell be visiting. Take a look at this. A bargain price for gas in the bay area. Nbc bay area Terry Mcsweeney captured this today as drivers lined up. A gallon of unleaded 1. 91. Thats below the statewide average of 2. 50. San jose and oakland averaging around 2. 38, San Francisco 2. 55. The National Average 1. 71. Analysts say Falling Crude oil prices are to thank for this downward trend at t the pump. Lets go from gas to waves. Lets take you outside to hawaii. Where are the waves . Thats the question. Our camera live at waimea bay home of the surf contest known as the eddie, it had the green light for the first time in sikts years, but the waves that arrived didnt meet the strict minimum of at least 40 feet. No lack of waves here. The world famous mavericks surf competition is on. A green light for friday. Half moon bay is still expecting a direct hit of supersized swells, two dozen daredevil surfers will be in the water. The monster waves also attracting big business. Shops and restaurants in the area are already preparing for the big rush. Were looking at a lot more people and it really comes at a good time because weve been a little slow with the crab situation. So were really happy to have this winter time pop. Last year the waves werent big enough, if you recall. There was no competition. But this week surfs up. Some disturbing accusations of abuse behind prison bars. This time it involves women. The Santa Clara County jail system is at the center of yet another controversial investigation. In a story youll see only on nbc bay area, were at mill pits a where this latest case of abuse allegedly happened. Reporter the Sheriffs Office is not denying the allegations of abuse at the womens Detention Center in milpitas, but this incident happened months ago and the investigation is still ongoing. This is where most women are housed in Santa Clara County. The backside of the elmwood jail. Sources tell me this is also where two female correctional deputies allegedly beat up a female inmate last summer. My sources say when another correctional deputy approached the scene, two guards told her to go away. Today the Sheriffs Office released a statement saying, quote, the Sheriffs Office is aware of the allegations and were conducting an investigation. The allegations come as the jail system tries to recover from other abuse allegations against inmates including the death of Michael Tyree in august. Three jail guards face homicide charges in that case. Today judge cornell who chairs a panel looking into the practices and procedures inside the jail system said, it is my belief that we have important recommendations to give the county and the sheriff about how to improve the jail system. I was in court this afternoon with the inmate in question. The judge ordered her released into a recovery home. Were live in milpitas, im damian trujillo. Stunning, San Francisco in the backdrop. How long will this last . Well have mild temperatures into the weekend. But the real big danger comes with our building surf. Well tell you how high they go for the maverick surf competition and what makes this water so dangerous for the average swimmer. And the deconstruction of super bowl city is still causing traffic headaches. Well tell you when the roads will reopen. Thats the word from super bowl city which is coming down quickly. It now looks like road closus ahead of schedule. Thats the word from super bowl city, which is coming down quickly. Now looks like road closures will end tomorrow. Numbers for the event are starting to come in. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith is live where the police chief is talking about the citys super bowl event. Reporter i just heard from the police chief. He said hes going to give some brief remarks about the events surrounding super bowl city to the Police Commission tonight. He says overall it went very well. We have new information that there were less than 30 arrests the whole nine days, and now some relief coming for drivers. Super bowl city is coming down quickly along the embarcadero. Commuters stuck trying to get around road blocks may see relief a day sooner than expected. Were anticipating that the road closures will be opened thursday night and then muni reroutes will go to the normal schedule. Reporter muni ridership jumped 40 over the nineday period. They had officers at 32 intersections. The cost projection about 2. 5 million, but final numbers arent in yet. Meantime, the police chief is expected to give a summary of super bowl activities tonight. We had about 12 arrests in either venue, so 12 for each. And most of those were for persons that were publicly intoxicat intoxicated, unable to care for themselves. Reporter what many are wondering, real numbers on police costs. Those are expected in two weeks. Super bowl 50 realized record breaking numbers across the board. Reporter the committee has announced some final numbers. Attendance higher than expected. Were the most participatory with over 1. 1 Million People flowing through super bowl city and nfl experience during the week. Reporter those streets should be reopened by tomorrow night at 8 00. Reporting live in San Francisco, Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. The super bowl did bring a lot of people to the bay area. The Super Bowl Host Committee said 1. 1 Million People visited super bowl city and the nfl experience in San Francisco. City Officials Say it could be months before they know the full Economic Impact of the nfls big game. Here he comes. President obama on his way to the bay area as we speak. Air force one expected to touch down at moffat field in mountainview at about 7 00 this evening. President obama in town for his usual fundraising visits. Nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts has more. Reporter president obama will be in the south bay for less than 24 hours. In october crowds lined the streets in San Francisco to see his convoy drive by. And 1300 people at the Warfield Theater cheered as the president shared the stage with the golden state warriors. Tomorrows democratic fundraiser in atherton is expected to be much less eventful. Were a small town, but candidates do stop by here quite a bit. Reporter atherton vice mayor said in 2014 the city passed an ordinance that requires homeowners to schedule large events like a president ial visit to cover the added expense. Were honored to have the president here, but it does make it challenging for a small town. Reporter the last time the president visited atherton it came with a 10,000 price tag. The type of staffing required for a potus visit takes a lot of our staff and we have to bring in people on overtime. Reporter venture capitalist steve westly will host tomorrows brunch. More than 300 people are expected inside his atherton home. It will cost each guest 250 to get in, but 10,000 to get a picture with the president. That was Michelle Roberts reporting. Rb prb expe president obama expected to arrive in Mountain View this evening. Googles Driverless Cars just got a major go ahead today. The ntsb said the software inside the cars could potentially act as a licensed driver. This would especially benefit the blind and disabled who wouldnt have to rely on a driver to get them around. I could simply walk out, get in the car when it was convenient for me, have it take me to the store, wait for me as long as i needed to have it white while i did the shopping, and then be able to get in the car and go back home and do that totally independently. Reporter theres still the question of who would be held liable if a driverless car gets into an accident or gets a ticket. Coming up at 6 00, well talk to a Police Captain about that very issue. Caltrans could be going electric. The money to help make that happen is included in the president s 4 trillion Budget Proposal to congress. The president is asking that 125 million of it go to switching caltrain from a diesel system to an electric one. It would mean new trains, new cars, and new railways. The project would allow caltrain to run more cars each day because the switch means less pollution going into the air. However, the project is far from paid for. Caltrain will still need to come up with 230 million for its share of the cost. Get on your swimming trunks. New at 5 00, it is now open for swimming. The danger signs have been removed in free mont. They went up last year at quarry lakes Recreation Area after a toxic algae bloom contaminated the water. The water was considered dangerous for people and for pets. You can thank el nino for clearing up the lakes. All that rain and Colder Weather purged the algae which flourished in the combination of hot weather and the drought. No rain in sight right now. Maybe in the future. We dont know when. But lets get specifics from jeff ranieri. It will be here in the next seven days. Shower chances coming our way right now. We have high clouds increasing after some beautiful blue sky earlier today. Currently across the south bay, 66 degrees. A little bit cooler today than it has been most recently. East bay at 64, San Francisco 67, then up into the north bay, a great view of the high cloud cover thats increasing from our weather yound ground camera here in tiburon. Beautiful shot. Temps in the upper 60s. Tomorrow mornings forecast, well keep a little bit of this high cloud cover with us. The only problem for the morning commute is a chance for spotty drizzle in the north bay with 46. Otherwise San Francisco starts with 53, peninsula at 50 and for the south bay cooler with 48 degrees. We do want to start off as we dive deeper into the forecast with a word of warning and thats at the immediate coastline. A High Surf Advisory in effect friday and also saturday. They could go as high as 14 feet friday and saturday. Now thats going to be great for the maverick surf competition, but for the average swimmer extremely dangerous. The best advice would be to stay out of the water, and if youre headed to the surf competition, there will be great viewing locations right near pillar point. What we can expect over the next couple of days. We do have another storm system off shore, but its so frustrating because any storms that get close to us, theyre just getting sheared apart by this area of high pressure. Areas to the north are getting the rainfall and were left with the clouds moving overhead. As we continue throughout this week, what youll find here for tomorrow, those high clouds continuing to stream across. And theres our rain well off to the north. Washington, also oregon getting the best chance. For us, we may get spotty drizzle out of this, but thats just about it at this point. Lets go ahead and take you to the micro climate forecast. A Beautiful Day in san jose. 75 degrees. Cupertino just as nice and 73. Across peninsula, 65 in pacifica. Over towards san mateo, 68. San francisco across the marina, 64 degrees. And just a degree warmer in the financial district at 65. For the north bay, east bay and also for the trivalley, beautiful weather rebounding here across wine country. Napa at 74 degrees. For the east bay, oakland coming in at 69 and at the trivalley, mild weather again for tomorrow and low 70s. So the next 15 days and our rain prospects look like this. The chance for that spotty drizzle friday and saturday, namely the best bet would be into the north bay. Then after that, late february into march, our chances of rainfall are definitely conti e continuing to increase. Heres how we see it today for any possible rainfall. By next week the 18th and the 19th a chance of showers, but a better chance of rainfall february 23rd and then 25th. And it still looks like march holds the best chance of some above average rainfall coming our way. This february rainfall still not shaping up the way, but we still have rainfall over the next 15 days. A different look for twitter. Its going to impact what tweets you see. Plus hes called the hefty heister. Now hes in jail. How they finally tracked down a man accused of robbing several bay area banks. Platforms. Reveal a former 49 likley regtti happening right now, a former 49er likely regretting this decision. How he accidentally shot himself and got arrested. His injuries fortunately only minor. And on our twitter page trouble for a major luxury vehicle. Find out which highend car manufacturer is having to recall 900,000 vehicles. Runs 03 raj vo a lake county arrest of a a caht the runs 03 raj vo a lake county dashboard camer caught t suspect in the hefty heister bank robberies. Get on the ground. A lake county dashboard camera caught the arrest of a suspect in the hefty heister bank robbery. Thats the fbis nickname for the man accused of robbing eight california banks. This dash cam video caught the chase that led up to the capture. Wesley krohn was arrested and police say he swore hed die in a shootout rather than being taken captive. Its regarded as one of the best universities in the country, cal is running at a deficit of 150 million. The university announcing a top to bottom review of expenses acknowledging this deficit is not short term but rather the new normal. The announcement also singled out cals Athletic Program and the need to erase the red ink created by team expenses. The twitter verse not flying high tonight. Twitter shares falling 3 in afterhours trading after the San Francisco Company Released its Fourth Quarter Earnings Report this afternoon. The report shows the number of users is down. Twitter stock is having a hard time already hitting a new low this week. The company is trying to revive itself. Today it announced timeline changes. More popular tweets will appear at the top of the timeline with the most recent ones first. Not all are happy about this. Some say they want to see all their tweets in chronological order. Users can manually turn off this new feature in coming weeks. Cruise ship passengers are glad to be back on land after a rough time on the high seas. Royal caribbeans anthem of the seas returned back to port in new jersey this afternoon, after sailing into wild weather on sunday, monster waves and high winds caused some minor damage to ship and had passengers hanging on for dear life. Cr the cruise was supposed to sail to the bahamas but had to turn around. Royal caribbean says the storm was stronger than originally forecasted and the ship was never in any danger. Scary to see those pictures. Up next, new development regarding harry potter. A south bay mayor standing up for some unhappy tennants. The mayor con tonight at 6 00, the south bay mayor standing up for some unhappy tenants. The mayor is now confronting their landlord. Only on nbc the reason hes taking such drastic action. Thats ahead. Turns out one digit can make all the difference in the world. Especially when your phone number is one digit off from a burrito giveaway. Thats what happened with a washington, d. C. Chipotle offering free burritos. Huh to text the words raincheck to a sixdigit number. It turned out to be way too close to a washington, d. C. , attorney. The attorney has received about 400 missent texts. Hes trying hard to reply to all the texts. Telling them theyre not going to get their free burrito. Sorry no tacos here. Hes at his wits end. Chipotle is trying to make up for this by giving him some free coupons. For sure. Harry potter fans, guess what . Youll soon be able to add another book to your collection. Harry potter and the cursed child will be published on july 31st. The story set 19 years after the original book and was adapted for the stage. The play premieres july 30th and the book will be a script of that play. Jeff ranieri back with us. Can we go jeff ranieri twitter for a free burrito . I would say no. Ill give you some rain maybe next week. Ill take that. Might as well enjoy eating that up. More on the forecast. A drizzle possible in the north bay, 45 in the south bay at 48. Tomorrow we do have sunshine returning, mild temperatures, south bay at 74, trivalley 73, San Francisco 66, peninsula, dont want to forget you at 68. What about the mavericks . Its going to happen on friday. There will be viewing of that at pillar point. It will be cloudy there friday but most importantly the wave will be up. And that isolated location where they do the mavericks, waves will likely top 20 feet. This should be pretty killer viewing there. Pretty epic. Makes for a good show. Tonight, shock waves after trump and sanders score landslide victories in New Hampshire. What lies ahead in South Carolina. Clinton and cruz plotting comebacks. Plus, two big names bow out of the race. Flight risk. The batteries in just about every gaming device the danger to planes is growing. Now theyre willing to take drastic action. Experts say were headed for something just about no one thought would ever happen again. Well tell you where. Fighting dementia. A surprising drop in one of the most common forms. Doctors say the reason has to do as much to do with the heart as it does the brain. Nightly news begins right now
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