Learn to live with nature, we have to get an nature eastside and not abuse the resources that we have. Reporter todays drought emergen decoloration, making it easier to transfer water and hiring 15 firefighters to staff fire engines in Northern California now, months ahead of schedule. We had a fire in one of the wettest places in the country, sustained fire over 300 acres the first week of january. That tells us statewide conditions are very dry. And while the dry and warm conditions mean big business for Food Truck Services out of hayward, it also has sebastian worried about the price of produce and the domino effect that could follow. No rain. Our people here in california are not going to be doing well. Well have to get it from other places, im sure. We thought two years ago when the midwest had the drought and corn prices went up, any livestock or dairy product started to restock higher prices. Reporter higher prices will cut into business, a cut he says no one can afford right now. If it gets too bad, well have to do something. As of right now, we hope for the best. Reporter state officials arent worried about pricing jumping to the next market trip. They will have a better idea of the droughts impact on crop prices and jobs in the summertime. They have the most recent notes from 2009 when the drought impact was focused on the central valley. They lost 340 million in farm revenue and season jobs and with the way 2014 is looking, they are bracing for worse numbers this year. Live in San Francisco, stephanie trong, nbc bay area news. New details from state leaders including daryl steinberg, trying to get a water bond measure on the november ballot. The cost more than 11 billion. When asked about it today, Governor Brown wouldnt say if he supported it or not. The bond would increase water storage impacting more than 2 million californiaens that cant drink tap water and restore the delta. You should know a previous water bond in 2009 as stephanie mentioned when we had the drought, that one failed. Ill take you outside, show you live pictures of downtown san jose. Feels and looks like summer. Rob is with us and rob, this is usually when we get multiple storms. This is the big reservoiring fill time of year but with the dry spell thats been underway since december, the giant one you drive past into the central value at 30 of the historical average so with the recordbreaking dry january, 300 hundredths of an inch of rain in San Francisco, notice the next three months, february, march, april this would be the Recovery Time if were going to make up the difference and unfortunately, the very latest climate prediction forecast issued today shows the same time frame, february through april with below average rainfall for San Francisco down towards southern california. Notice the temperatures, too. Any storms that come, could be a fire danger. The longterm outlook the Climate Prediction Center getting worse for the bay area. Back to you. Very good. Thanks. The Conservation Order means shorter showers and limited Outdoor Watering but for local wine makers, this drought could be a game changer. In a bad way. Nbc Jodi Hernandez joins us in livermore this evening with that story and how one municipality is getting customers to cut back, jodi . Reporter this is causing major changes. Normally Mother Nature does the job of keeping the bay areas water during the winter, but without rain many bay area growers are being forced to turn on their Irrigation Systems at a time most of us are scaling back. The extended dust has it bone dry. They still rely on rainwater to keep their roots moist. If we werent able to put some water on right now, the health of the vines would struggle in this coming year. Reporter so wine makers are taking the unusual step of watering their vines, balancing the call for continue sservatio the water we used and paid for, well have lower yields, so fewer grapes on the vines, and so that, of course, is going to cost us money. While wine grapes are in a unique situation, water experts say most plants can do without during the drought. Conditions are dry now, but you sometimes we feel we need something but the plant may be doing okay. With the governors call to conserve 20 , east bay mud says it plans to expand on a program that alerts customers how their water usage stacks up against their neighbors. They say everyone can scale back from fixing leaking toilets to shutting off the faucet while sudding up. If you can take shorter showers, thats immediate. We ask customers to limit showers to no more than five minutes, with the water shortage three to five minutes is ideal. Were back here live where the vines are in need of water, even though they are hardy and tough and normally make it through the winter season without extra irrigation but because farmers and growers are turning on the water, thats coasting them more money and could cost us more money for our wine. Reporting live in livermore, im Jodi Hernandez. Thank you. We want to show you details into the newsroom. A small plane crash, san jose firefighters were called out to the reed hill view airport late this afternoon. A shawl plane ran into another small plane. Three people suffered minor injuries. Its not clear whether any of the planes were damaged or how the accident affected air traffic. The road to the super bowl through seattle this weekend and within the last 15 minutes, 49ers hit the road for sundays game. Their flight taking off from san jose international. They should be arriving in seattle in about two hours or so. Mindy balk is live waiting for the teams arrival but we begin with scott budman and sweeping through Northern California, scott . Reporter good evening, raj. 49ers just took off a little bit ago, lots of football fans making the trek to seattle showing spirit every step of the way. Andrin wise is looking for just the right look because come sunday, hell be in just the right place. Well drive up to seattle, got tickets on the 50yard line and win. Thats the plan, represent. Birthday is tomorrow. Reporter hailey and nick will watch from home, which could get interesting. They are couple, but rep different teams. Its blue friday up in seattle, so im repping my tshirt and out buying this guy a birthday present in this storm. Reporter that birthday present is . A kaepernick jersey. It will be fun. Reporter meanwhile, at the same airport the team flew out of, ty is getting ready for a homecoming. I get to see my mom and dad. A good weekend. Back to the championship, which i havent been to in eight years. Ive been a season ticketholder since i was little. It will be exciting. Reporter they are all on their way and even though it wont be cheap. Can i ask what you paid . Yeah, about a thousand for the tickets, yeah. So its d i made some season ticketholder a profit but if they win, it will be worth it. Reporter they will all be welldressed for the occasion. Niners. Go home. Reporter that story you saw is in campbell, sports fever. They say business has been very strong over the last couple weeks because of the playoff run, and they say they look forward to another two weeks of boosting sales leading up to the super bowl. Reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. A thousand bucks. It is a big game. Dedicated. Thank you, scott. Lets head north to seattle. The Comcast Sports net team is there. Mindy back has been traveling all season and joins us tonight, mindy . Reporter raj, things have not gone well for the 49ers here in the Pacific Northwest as of late. They lost the last two games here in seattle and lost the nfc west title to the seahawks. They know how loud century link field can get. They have to go through all of that to get to the super bowl where the 49ers say they wouldnt want it any other way. I have to tell you i didnt see a lot of finesse teams we played this year and there was a lot of those teams we played. To your point, i do believe players like to play in these kind of games, you know. Big games, a lot on the line, stakes are high, and competition is keen and so as a player, it is better than that. This is what you play for, to try to make it to the super bowl and this is the next step to get there. There might be more people watching, more at steak. Perform bhwell and win the game the seahawks may have winded with the better regular season record but the 49ers have set several postseason record in the three years under jim harbaugh and have plenty of playoff experience and its that experience they make the draw. We just want the game to get here. Thank you, mindy. Jim harbaughs disregard for fashion made a local charity 500 tonight. It started with his wife complaining to a radio show about his insist tans on wearing the khakis with the out of date pleats. Harbaugh has promised to go pleatless sunday. He said hell sport flat front khakis, instead, but the team is going to put this pair of used harbaughs khakis up for sale at the team store for 500 bucks. A spokesperson said the pants were sold and the money will go to charity. Do you bleed red and gold . Join us tomorrow night for a 4ers special. Well break down the matchup and well be joined by nfl insiders tomorrow night at 6 30. I want to see the nfl insiders. I want to see what hes wearing now on the sideline. Now its become interesting. Because were crazy. Another pedestrian accident in San Francisco. Why this one is raising special concern. Also, hes accused of setting more than a dozen fires, now were learning more details about an accused arsonist, including how he led police at the evidence, police. Im monte live, where a six alarm fire burned for hours. Its out but there are concerns about air quality. Ill explain coming up. Police in San Francisco investigating an accident. A lift driver hid an elderly woman in the crosswalk this afternoon in the knob hill neighborhood. It happened about 1 0. According to police, the female driver is cooperating. Paramedics did transport the pedestrian to San Francisco general. In a statement, lift told nbc bay area the driver has been deactivated as it collects more details about the crash. Another major fire on the peninsula. A view from the nbc chopper. Tonight the flames are out but there are plenty of air quality concerns following the sixalarm fire near redwood city. A spare of the air alert goes into effect at midnight tonight. Monte francis joins us and this is the same area that had another hay juror fire a few weeks ago. Raj, thats right. This fire burned for about four hours this morning and there is a smoky haze in the air. The Fire Department is still here on the scene working on hot spots and pg and e is working on power lines. This is the third industrial fire in the area in recent months and thats raising questions and concerns for people who live nearby. The fire started just before 6 00 this morning ripping through a machine shop and spreading to three nearby buildings including an apartment building. 17 were displaced. A firefighter injured one hand in todays fire. Nobody else was hurt. It took more than 100 firefighters four and a half hours to get the flames under control. A huge plume of smoke slowed traffic and made it hard to believe. The office of Emergency Services issued an alert warning people in the immediate area to keep windows closed and avoid going outside. Its just safer to stay indoors, but it has not reached the level of an alert where everyone has been orrered to shelter in place. The shelter in place orders were in place back in november and december when two separate fires broke out at simms metal management, a recycling yard less than three miles from where todays fire took place. Not far from this fire on d douglas avenue. They will be here all night long. They say its too soon to talk about what caused the fire but added fire should be expected in areas like this where there are many industrial businesses all concentrated in a small area. Live in unincorporated county, monte francis. Still a very active scene, thank you, monte. The building had no sprinklers. Many older buildings and warehouse businesses have grandfather clauses that do not require sprinkler systems. This made it extremely tough on firefighters but according to the redwood city fire marshall, its up to Business Owners to fit their older buildings with sprinklers. 45 people have died so far this flu season including two babies, and now they are investigating 50 more deaths in the state. Here in the bay area, the number of flurelated deaths reached 22. Two more women died in Santa Clara County there is still plenty of flu shots available and you should go get one. Especially people at risk who are the elderly, pregnant women and inplants. We continue coverage on our website. Click on the flu outbreak section. Youll find stories we worked on since the first reported flu death and tips on staying healthy. Thats nbcbayarea. Com. San Francisco Mayor ed lee unveiled the plans for the new year and good news for perspective home buyers and people that dont like parking meters on the weekend. The mayor said the city has prospered for awhile and the middle class and poor have struggled to stay within the city limits in terms of living there. Among the Top Priorities are raising the minimum wage, saving city college and passing a 400 Million Dollar bond. One of the immediate priorities is getting rid of sunday parking meters. So with a more sustainable approach to funding our transportation system, we can give the meters and parking control officers and our families a rest on sunday. Mayor unveiled his ambitious plan to build or renovate 30,000 new homes in San Francisco by the year 2020. He plans to convene a meeting of housing experts, developers and Real Estate Agents to figure out the game plan for that goal. Lets turn things over to rob who is watching the micro climates closely. Were seeing some of those towards the coast. We had numbers as warm as the mid 70s today. San francisco you got no rain, no fog out there, and believe it or not, were still at 60 degrees in San Francisco. Earlier today close to 70. 59 in san jose and some records fell again today. I think this was the third day in a row you seen oakland break another record today. 74, gill roy in the 80s here in january. Hard to believe we see these temperatures. Very likely the warmest stretch of the week as we head into the weekend, a little cooling as the offshore winds, which have been bringing warm temperatures to parts of the bay area back off a bit. The problems the winds will be the air quality. Next three days as you heard, well see air quality issues, spare the air day for tomorrow and likely again on sunday into monday and its not until tuesday that breeze will pick up and well see improve the. Our temperatures this weekend going to be surprising. Depending where you are in the bay area, really looking at the santa clara valley, early projection for tomorrow. During the afternoon 70s there for saturday and watch as we jump to sunday. What happens if those temperatures south of san jose by the afternoon, youre seeing numbers in the mid 70s, record smashing weather, which means the place to be this weekend will be out on the coast. The beach is looking great. Thats where youll find the warmest temperatures on the coast saturday into sunday. Will we see any chances of rain . There is one opportunity for that as we approach thursday of next week. Well have a closer look and the full forecast in a couple minutes, back to you. Its part of the National History and runs through the bay area, why next week could signal the end for a tradition that spanned three decades. Plus. One, two, hut, go, go. Thats what its going to be like with colin kaepernick, 49ers coverage continues with a look how loud its going to be and what the niners will face in seattle. A unique perspective from the san jose airport coming up soon. That its given me time toabout reflect on some of lifeseen biggest questions. Like, if you could save hundreds on Car Insurance by making one simple call, why wouldnt you make that call . See, the only thing i can think of is that you cant get any. Bars. Ah, thats better. Its a beautiful view. I wonder if i can see mt. Rushmore from here. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. In fall marks a full recorded year for child applications. According to new data released, the number of freshman applicants is up by six percent. Uc berkeley has 73,000 people vying for under graduate spots and saw a jump in applications from out of state and from other countries. Early they are week the csu system announced a record of applications with more than 280,000 students applying. Well after three decades, the bay areas annual freedom train is in danger of ending the symbolic journey. Each year it honors dr. Martin luther king on the day dedicated to his civil rights work. The ride for the trip is troubling. Of the 1600 tickets available, only 300 have been sold. The poor turnout could mark the end of the event. It would be a really privileges they have. They didnt have back then, and its because of dr. King that they have them. Mondays freedom train departs from san jose at 10 00 a. M. And arrives in San Francisco an hour later. Round trip tickets cost 15 and can be purchased online. Google 2014 freedom train. New at 6 00 from High School Dropout to one of the biggest names in the bay area. Behind the scenes with the District Attorney and his highprofile life and what tu turned his life around. Shocking new admissions from the man accused of setting ten fires in san jose. Ill have that story coming up in a live report. Youre looking at the suspect in more than a dozen fires around san jose. Today, Patrick Brennan faced a judge. Tonight were getting critical new details how the fires were started and an unusual thing that brennan did for police after he was caught. Nbcs bay areas mary fianne ha new details. Reporter this is highly unusual. Not only did Patrick Brennan admit he set the fires but told them how he did it. He would take debris, put it inside a paper bag and used a light tore set it on fire, and on top of that, he took police on a tour to show him exactly how he did it. Today in court Patrick Brennan visibly shook. Hes charged with ten counts of arson and three counts attempted arson. Court documents show he admitted he set several fires in san jose and gave them a tour explaining how he did it. He told officers he put a bag of debris in a paper bag, threw it underneath this warehouse on julian street and set it on fire with a lighter. That fire alone caused 5 Million Dollars damage. The total amount of damage that we estimate so far from these fires that were caused is in excess of 6 million. Six other structures were occupied by people. Reporter he was aware there were people in some of the homes he set on fire. We have charged, at this point, the crimes that we believe we can prove, and we charged that as ten counts of arson and three counts of attempted arson. We havent charged attempted murder at this point. We always review the evidence in the case. Reporter brennan lived in this trailer in this Mobile Home Park a few yards from a church hes accused of setting on fire. Hes already considered a serial arsonist, convicted of setting 16 fires in 1999 and setting debris on fire in the grand canyon in 1995. Because of that extensive record, this is considered a threestrikes case. And based upon the charges and other criminal acts that are alleged in the complaint, hes looking at multiple life terms. A judge ordered brennan can be held without bail. Brennan is also a registered sex offender. He was convicted of Sexual Battery and served time here in Santa Clara County. He will be back in court here in three weeks to answer to the arson charges. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, n brbc bay area man. An oakland teenager charged with killing a toddler pled guilty in court today. Coleman is 18 now but was 16 two years ago when he was charged as an adult. He was charged of opening fire on a group of people filming music video. A boy short of two years old was killed. In April Coleman is expected to be sentenced to life in prison. Two other men are charged with murder in that same shooting, but their cases are pending. Hes a High School Dropout elected to one of the most high profile and powerful positions in the state but the question now, how long will San Franciscos District Attorney stay in San Francisco . Many political insiders say he could be pursuing a Higher Office in the near future. Tonight, the interview with District Attorney george gascon. Reporter he isnt like the others, hes a High School Drop out and the first District Attorney in the country who is a former police chief and of course, that hair that stands up and stands out. My mother for years tried when i was a little kid to control my hair, including vasoline and hair spray and all this stuff. I wont tell you i dont use product because i would be lying but my hair is unruly. Reporter the soon to be 60yearold is what you might call a velvet hammer, polished and educated with a heavy dose of street cred. He onced patrolled the streets during the riots. I worked some of the roughest neighborhoods that you could work west of the mississippi, and i did it with a great deal of pride and commitment. Reporter where he grew up he fled, cuba in 1967. Just mixed feelings speaking for cuban americans, what do you think about your country . Really mixed feelings. I think that, you know, we are by in large we have been successful, if you design success in economic terms as a group of people, but i think there is still a lot of frustration. We carry a lot of baggage from where we left. Was there a moment that changed your life that said hey, i want to get on the good track here . For me with the military, actually, what happened is i was working, and i was having a lot of fun surfing, school, obviously, was getting more and more remote. I was missing more until i dropped out completely. You could still get into the military with a ged. Then it was in the military i got my High School Diploma and went to college. I had my mentors at that point really were superior officers that saw me, probably something i wasnt seeing anymore. Is there a reresentment, hav you felt it at all, that former police chief here and now the da is supposed to be a watchdog but at one point you were the Police Department . I think that was a concern during the election period. I think we are way beyond that. Part of that for people who know me well, know that actually i am probably one of the harshest critics, even when i was inside policing. So we actually saw this as a really good thing. Fair or unfair criticism that your lawyer, yet, your d. A. Here but youve never tried a case. Yeah, and, you know, its a good concern for some, you know, in fact, some of my opponents brought it up during the election period and my response to that, there are lines ran by people never flown a commercial jet, but there is Good Business people. They know how to run large organizations. There is a distinction of being able to do work at the ground level and being able to run a large organization. Would you be happy staying here long term . I would be extremely happy. You know, my wife and i are very committed to the area. We love the city. This is home for us. Who is more highprofile, you or your wife . [speaking foreign language]. I think she is. Shes a lot smarter than i am, too. His wife local spanish tv anchor, now hes about half way through his fouryear term as District Attorney. Well post this segment at nbcbayarea. Com, forward slash the interview. The president protecting your phone calls, the movie to curve surveillance worries and the one step he didnt take. How big is your devotion . Some 49ers fans did to show their love and more than skin deep. And we saw another day of recordbreaking temperature it is around the bay area, and as we jump into the weekend, well see more as highs again run into the low 70s towards the east bay. Well look at the forecast when we come right back. Hi cuts in the south bay as intel will trim more than 5,000 jobs this year. The announcement comes a day after the Company Report add drop in profits for the second straight year. Intel says it will eliminate the positions without lay ofs by cutting jobs through buyouts and early retirement officers. President obama announced today that he ordered changes in the nsas phone monitoring program. The president says the spy agency will stop storing phone records, and a judge will need to approve spieg on suspected terrorist and says there will be no more tapping phones. Critics, though, arent happy saying the president didnt go far enough to end the entire phone spying program all together. And that he did not mention the other ways that the nsa is spying online. First Lady Michelle obama is 50 years old tonight. She is celebrating with a party at the white house described as snacks and sips and dancing and desert. Shes changing her workout routine and reflecting on her relationship with her daughters and her mother. She wants other women to be healthy and focus on preventive medicine. Here is a photo, excited to join barack in the 50 plus club today. Check out my aarp card. Maybe shell make that card a little more popular. Perhaps. Here is rob. Looks nice. 50s trending temperatures, actually San Francisco across the bay there, 60 still right now. 70s in your weekend forecast, well have a look at that when we come back. No way to turn the temperature to 50. They are on their way to seattle to battle the see hawks. We have an army on the ground. Thats right, our team of people are there. Mindy balk and matt are outside century link field. They will tell us coming up from the xfinity sports desk. Just in the next few days the micro forecast will include seattle. [ laughter ] our macro climate. Watching the weather there, too. Ill have the forecast coming up but seattle, the weather across the entire west coast impacted by the same ridge on High Pressure bringing us dry conditions from the bay bridge to San Francisco. Still 60 decrease outside. Weve had offshore winds boosting our temperatures well into the 70s and right now, there is signs those offshor 49 stuff, frank gore and Anquan Boldin being slapped with 7800 fines today. One a headbutt and a face mask in the 49ers win over carolina. Jim harbaughs winning football team, and now a horse named after him. Harbaugh the horse racing into 100,000 california derby. The coach said dont under estimate the name sake. Thats right. He did. Finally, a bit of stanford news. Derrick mason will be the next head football coach at vinlder built. He was hired by jim harbaugh back in 2010 and that will do it from the xfinity sports desk. They tipped off about ten minutes ago. Guys, im ready to kick off and lets see the game, right . We all are. Ready to go. Yes. Thats right, they might do it for good luck. Sandwiches and a tattoo. There you go, thanks, jim. For a full half hour and niners coverage, sports net central at Comcast Sports net bay area. Well be right back. Monte tran sis. Tonight at 11 00 hackers might target your refrigerator. The first of its kind cyber attack, thats tonight at 11 00 after dracula. They look like a si synchronized swimming team. The babies following moms every move, oneweekold. Arbella, her mom is bella. She was born at the six flags discovery kingdom. Shes the first to communicate to her fetus months prior to delivery and using the same whistle while they swim around the tank together. So sweet. Thanks for joining us here at 6 00. Have a great evening. See you here at 11 00. Bye, bye. Leo hug its out with oprah. Sandra shocks the sencensors. Now on extra. What a performance. Like thas like the golden seal right there. Early oscar night. The alist comes out to party and roast each other at the critics choice awards. Lupita beautiful lupita. Why oprah suddenly pulled the plug on her 60th birthday bash, plus Bradley Cooper after the show out to dinner with leos costar margot robbie. Are you dating . Our doubleheader today with george