People in on halloween. Theres a lot of different personalities around here. Everybody all collects here. So i believe it still just brings everyone back, no matter if theres like a stree party or not. Its always going to stay fun. Now, i asked him what their theme was. They said it was an updated escape from alcatraz look. Now, when it comes to getting around, b. A. R. T. Will be running extra trains and theyll run longer but Still Service just until midnight. People also encouraged to consider muni, ride shares, cabs, that sort of thing. Open containers, drinking out in the streets. That is not allowed. One costume thats very popular this year is el nino. Been looking around for that, havent seen it yet. Have seen a few that we cant quite put on tv. Reporting live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. All right, christie, thanks very much. New at 6 00, San Francisco probation officers will be out in force this halloween night for operation lights out. Officers will conduct compliance checks on registered sex offenders who have committed crimes against children. Offenders have been notified this check is coming and police say offenders are told to stay inside on halloween night with their lights off and to not answer the door for trick or treaters. Dont be a clown this halloween. Thats the message from Santa Cruz Police to people planning to spend the night in bars downtown. Now, the city is tripling its fines for people caught littering, spraying graffiti, Drinking Alcohol in public or even parking illegally. Last Halloween Police took in about 400 calls, issued 36 triple fines, ended up arresting 32 people. They launched a Media Campaign to cut those numbers this year. The costumes, the party atmosphere, they can all be pretty intoxicating. Just make sure that you arent. Because if youre drunk or causing trouble in downtown santa cruz this halloween, the costume you start out in may not be the costume you end up in. More than 100 officers are on patrol in downtown santa cruz tonight. Last year 15,000 people were in that area to celebrate. Should be a nice night for trick or treating. Mother nature has a few tricks up her sleeve and theyre coming this way and it wont be long until they get here. Lets check in with meteorologist anthony slaughter. I didnt start the day in my costume like this. This is not the costume i ended up with. All right. Got to do the weather. Cant do that in my scary panda outfit. Still looking at clear skies across the bay area. If youve got your little ones heading out this evening we still have some activity you can find at nbc bay area. Com. If youre trying to find some lastminute ideas. Overall no problems in the weather department. But tomorrow we do have a big storm system set to impact the bay area. Its going to bring rain, wind, and its even going to bring some sierra snow. Were talking upwards of a foot in some of the higher elevations. Right now things are dry. We are calm before the storm. But as we move through the overnight hours clouds will start to increase tomorrow afternoon. Well start to see our first showers across parts of the north bay and the immediate coastline. Its not until about 2 00 or 3 00, thats when well see it, and then it moves through the south bay by 9 00, 10 00 in the evening. The other thing were talking about is some snow and wind. Well talk more about that coming up in my next report. Back over to you. Thanks a lot. A search is under way in concord tonight after a deadly shooting p happened about 11 00 last night at an apartment complex on Frisbee Court near monument boulevard. Police say there were two victims. One man pronounced dead in the parking lot. Another man to the hospital expected to survive. Its not clear what led up to the shooting. Investigators have yet to release information about a suspect. A developing story out of egypt tonight where a russian jet has crashed, killing all 224 people on board. Investigators are now trying to figure out how it happened. Both black boxes have been recovered. Nbcs ron mott has more on what we now know about the chilling final moments in the cockpit. Reporter russian air carrier metrojet crashed this morning about 25 minutes after departure from sharm elsheikh, egypt. The wreckage located in the north Sinai Peninsula of that country. Officials say there were no survivors. All 224 people on board died. All but three of them russian citizens. The others ukrainian. The plane was an airbus a321 that was 18 years old and was bringing russian vacationers back home on a charter flight to st. Petersburg when it disappeared from radar. Russian and egyptian authorities will conduct a joint investigation. According to flight radar 24, the plane was descending at a rate of 6,000 feet a minute when its radar signal was lost and had slowed dramatically from 400plus knots down to just 62 knots in the final moments before radar contact was severed. Now, the Associated Press quote an egyptian aviation official that the pilot made a distress call reporting a technical problem of some kind and announced his intentions to land at the nearest airport. There were some initial hopes of survivors, and as a result nearly 50 ambulances were sent to the crash scene, but in the end none of them was needed for that purpose. Translator my child called me. He was on holiday with his family. My son, his wife and daughter. Their daughter is 10 months old. My granddaughter. Reporter as friends and family of passengers gathered throughout the day at the airport in st. Petersburg, russian president Vladimir Putin called for a national day of mourning on sunday. Thats the very latest. Ron mott, nbc news, london. If you want to buy a gun, you wont be able to do it in San Francisco much longer. The citys last gun store going out of business this weekend. The owner of high bridge arms has said he is uncomfortable complying with new mandates from the city. The city now requires gun stores to record purchases and give Police Weekly updates on customers and sales. Reaction to the Stores Closing is mix. I dont understand the gun laws at all. So i think this is a fantastic step for the city. This is a family store. This is just sad to see this happen. This is part of in my opinion San Francisco history. Olympic shooter bob chow opened high bridge arms back in 1952. An American Hero getting top honors. Spencer stone, the u. S. Airman who helped stop a french terror attack, has been promoted in the air force. Stone was promoted from Airman First Class to Staff Sergeant during a ceremony yesterday. Air force Officials Say the 23yearold earned that distinction for his leadership and courage during the attack back in august. Stone and two friends subdued a gunman who opened fire on a parisbound train. Stone was stabbed with a box cutter several times. The sacramento native received a heros welcome when he came back. They lost everything this summer in the valley fire, but now kids still trying to recover from that wildfire are getting a Little Something special, thanks to san mateo firefighters. Station 21 hosted a bike build this afternoon. They spent the day collecting and assembling dozens of bikes. On wednesday firefighters will deliver them to valley fire victims right here in middle town. All these kids lost everything they had. I remember when i got my first bike and how special that was. Thats kind of a driving force. Just going to be a special moment. Nearly 2,000 structures were destroyed in the valley fire. It burned in lake napa and solano counties. And more than half of those structures were homes. Water worries. A program that was supposed to help south bay water customers has now hit a roadblock. Theres a zombie invasion in the south bay. Well, sort of. Im Michelle Roberts live at Great American. Were giving you a behindthescenes look at where all the zombies are made. Its prime time for trick or treating. In the south bay, many parentay they plano take so extra safety precautions tonight. And the Haunted House at great amer ma take some extra safety precautions tonight and for people looking for a scare the Haunted House in santa clara might be a good option. Thats where we find nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts live backstage where goblins are coming to life. Kind of scary stuff. Reporter im looking over both shoulders before i do this live shot. Youve got to look out for all these people. Its amazing. They walk in. Normal employees you would never know. And then they turn into zombies in just moments. Ive been talking to Heather Oconnell whos the makeup extraordinaire behind many of these looks tonight. And ive got to say this is one of the creepest ones ive seen, heather. What are you doing . Im making her one of our victims of our maze. Reporter a lot of people when theyre going to be screaming and scared tonight theyre not going to see the artistic work behind what youre doing. Whats the challenge in making this look authentic . So we actually give them a back story. So for her she got slashed open. And when you give that back story then the guests might not know the story but they actually feel the story when they go after them. Reporter im convinced already. And jim, ill have you just walk around and show some of the creepy people who are in the works right now. But if youre not looking for something quite so scary, the little kids had a great day here at Great America with a bubble foam pit, a snoopy show, pumpkin decorated, haunted mazes of course. And i have spoken to many parents today who said halloween can be a dangerous night, theyre just going to watch their kids extra closely and take some extra precautions in the day of fun. Make sure you have glow sticks. When we get the candy we look for holes, make sure its all safe to eat. I let the kids have fun. If theres no lights you dont go to the door. Im with my children very careful. I let them go around trick or treating but we dont let them eat the candy. Because people do kind of strange things on halloween and its really not very safe sometimes. Reporter and if you are looking for something safe tonight, menlo park is having a trick or treat with cops at the bell Haven Service center in mountain view. Cops will be passing out candy while on patrol tonight in santa cruz. Theres a halloween on the wharf. A lot of different things. But if you are interested in being scared certainly this will be the place to do it here at Great America. 500 zombies and monsters and everybody will be out here tonight. And they say you should probably be 13 years old if youre going to be out here because man, im telling you, some of these are really creepy. Reporting live in santa clara Michelle Roberts, nbc bay area news. Back to you. Thanks very much, michelle. Run for your life. Lets check in with anthony slaughter right now p he has got a trick and a treat. This is wild weather coming this way and i dont mean down the road. In fact tomorrow things are going to shift. Were talking about a drastic shift in the weather. Youll notice if you take a look at the satellite imagery spinning this is our next storm system thats going to move into the bay area tomorrow bringing rain, gusty winds and even some sierra snow before its all said and done. Right now hard to believe the storm systems moving this way. Clear skies from the north bay down into the south bay. Temperatures very comfortable. Just a few clouds overhead. Tomorrow the rain just move into the north bay first, into San Francisco next and eventually for the east bay, peninsula and the south bay but most of the day for the south bay and trivalley will be dry until about sunset. And tomorrow the sun goes down earlier. This time tomorrow we will be looking at dark conditions because our new sunset tomorrow 5 12, daylight savings time comes to an end. Before you go to bed tonight just remember to set those clocks back one hour. Most of them already do it, though. Were in the 21st century. Microclimate forecast for sunday does keep lots of clouds in place. 74 for san jose. Pacifica at 65. Ocean beach youll be at 66 degrees and lots of drizzle for San Francisco. Even into the afternoon, thats when the showers will start to pick up. The north bay youll start to see the rain first. And then its going to move to the east bay and eventually the trivalley but youll notice the trivalley will stay dry through the day tomorrow, temperatures still nice and warm 77 for livermore, cool in heyward, 70. More clouds. The farther north you go thats where youre seeing the better chance of rain. Lets time this thing out for you. Youll notice the main brunt of the rain will still be across parts of eureka toward reading, even medford, oregon. This is all overnight. It will be a dry night tonight. Its not until the afternoon hours when you start to see those showers move into the north bay. And then for San Francisco and eventually tomorrow night the south bay and the trivalley will see some of this rain as well. Its going to come through very quick but its also going to have quite a bit of energy with it. Not to give some thunderstorms as it moves through the day on monday and then we start to dry out as we move toward monday afternoon. Look at these amounts. Were talking about the potential of quarter of an inch of rain on the valley floor. Even at the coastline we could see up to a tenth of an inch. I do think the north bay will probably get more than a tenth of an inch. I mean, if youve lived here long enough. Thats just kind of common sense. Sierra were talking about upwards of a foot of snow. This is expected to start tomorrow evening through monday evening. Thats when we have winter storm watches already posted. So if youre doing any traveling that way, chains are required. Nice to say that finally. As we move toward the wind, thats going to be the next thing youll notice as this thing pushes out of the region monday. Winds really start to pick up. And thats going to really cool us off. Were talking about the 60s coming back for daytime highs. No more 70s and 80s like we saw today. Look at this, terry, were talking about a big shift in weather. Showers move through tomorrow. Thunderstorms for monday. And then its going to feel like fall. Over to you. All right. Anthony thanks very much. I see the mid 40s for lows. Kind of cool. A little chilly. Yes. Well, we have liftoff. Coming up next, a successful launch after a oneday delay. What the holdup was all about and the mission this rocket is now on. [female announcer] during mattress price wars at sleep train, save up to 400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Get interestfree financing until 2018 on tempurpedic. Plus, helpful advice from the sleep experts. Dont miss mattress price wars at sleep train. Tonight. Firefighters are battling a new brush fire. Youre looking at live pictures breaking news out of riverside tonight. Down in Southern California firefighters are battling a new brushfire. With november coming tomorrow theyve got a brushfire down there. You can see the live pictures of the flames coming from our nbc chopper. About 2 30 this afternoon along the santa ana riverbed. The fire is fairly small, 25 acres, but it did cancel some weddings that were happening in a nearby park. The reason they were canceled is the park had to be evacuated. No reports on any injuries down there. Well, speaking of dry, running dry. The Santa Clara ValleyWater District says it has spent almost all the money allocated for its rebate program. Thats the one that pays Property Owners to convert their lawns into droughtfriendly landscapes. This as Officials Say the 23 million is just about gone. Officials say existing applications will be processed in the order in which they were received. Looking for additional funding for this fiscal year. This fiscal year, you know its july to july, more funding is expected to be available this coming july. But looking for something to bridge the gap between right now and july of next year. Well, new at 6 00, after a oneday delay the atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral this morning. Two, one. We have 180 ignition and we have liftoff. Tonight the rocket is in orbit around earth. The atlas 5 was originally set to launch on thursday. That was scrubbed when crews found a leaking valve that needed fixing. The rocket is carrying gps satellite that are going to be used by the u. S. Air force. Comcast sportsnets Henry Wofford joining us now. Yes, there he is. Henry, how are you doing . What are you going to be for halloween later on . Ive already got my mask on. Cant you tell . Henry wofford . Exactly. Thats not scary. Yeah, my face is normally scary. I apologize. You usually see me without makeup on. That would be one hell of a costume for you, terry. Weve got a lot going on. Warriors looking to stay unbeaten as they take on the pelicans for the second time this season. Well have an update for you. Plus, one of the 49ers key offseason signings has already been shown the door. And this move might surprise a lot of 49er fans. You dont want to miss this. Well be right back after the break. Welcome back to nbc bay area. When australian rugby star jerryd haynes signed with the 49ers in march he was expected to make a huge impact but now the man known as australias michael jordan, hes without a job. Just seven games into his nfl career. The 49ers waived jerryd hayn today. The former running back was released to promote running back Kendall Gaskins from the practice squad to the 53man active roster. Gaskins is expected to be active for sundays game against the rams. Heres matt mayocko with more details. Reporter thats a move that was precipitated because of carlos hydes injury. He will not be able to play sundays game against the rams. The 49ers wanted somebody at the running back experience with more experience than jarryd hayn who just a year earlier decided to retire from rugby league in australia to pursue an nfl career. The 49ers feel more comfortable with gaskins because of his knowledge of the sport of football and his ability to pick up blitzes. As far as hayn, perhae perhaps career with the 49ers is not over. If he clears waivers the 49ers plan to resign him to the practice squad. Thank you, matt. Over to some hoops, warriors finishing a back to back in new orleans. First quarter, steph curry, this guy can do a little bit of everything. The ball knocked away. Picks it up and let it fly, curry thats why he was the mvp last year. Thats from 31 feet out. Second quarter, cal product Ryan Anderson misses the dunk. Warriors going the other way. Andre iguodala finds Leandro Barbosa for three. All these dubs are exciting. Theyre up 10591 early in the fourth quarter. Lets get to the ice. Matinee hockey, sharks and stars in dallas, facing their former teammate antti niemi, late second. San jose down 32. Sharks on the power play. Joel ward knocks in the rebound. Were tied at 3. How about this . Third period dallas with the puck now. Vernon fiddler. And this shot is on goal. Anton roussel tips it in. Stars go on to win 53 is your final. All right. Pac12 football. Cal hosting the usc trojans. Third quarters where well pick it up. Bears trailing by ten. Gerald goff picked off by jackson. Hell take it to the house. 46yard return. Touchdown usc. Fourth quarter cal at first and goal. Jared goff. Thats the goff we know. Nineyard touchdown pass to steven anderson. Bears need a stop and a td for the win. Three minutes on the clock. Third and one. Cal nearly gets the pass. But trey madden runs around the pack for a first down. Cal unable to get the ball back. Losing to the trojans for the 12th straight time. 2721 is your final score. Breeders cup championship, which you saw right here on nbc bay area. American pharoah. This horse is unbelievable. Hes your triple crown winner, right . And now hes your Breeders Cup Classic winner. And he did it with ease. Pulling away. Thats what you call a super horse. The 3yearold will retire. Hes got Better Things to do. He will become a stud, and youll see a lot of his colts and fillies on the track making a lot of noise. Once again weve got plenty coming up including the final for that warriors game tonight at 11 00. You know, terry, last week was your birthday. I had nothing but positive things to say about you, buddy. I want to say happy birthday. And once again, as i mentioned last week, you dont look a day over 40, man. I dont know how you do it. Youre awesome. I appreciate it. But i was watching last week, henry. You were . Yes. Oh, sorry about that. I guess im busted lying, then, right . Hey, have a good time trick or treating. I will. All right. Well be right back. Help is on the way to victims of the 7. 5 earthquake that struck pakistan on monday. The Hidaya Foundation set up two shipping containers in santa clara. They hope to fill them with clothes, shoes, bedding and other muchneeded supplies for those earthquake victims. Organizers say not only will the donated items help but the containers are an important part of the countrys Recovery Plan as well. What they do over there, they use the containers as classrooms over there to help the kids. Fantastic stuff. Donations are being accepted tomorrow from noon until 4 00. Website address is on the screen right there. Containers take a couple months to arrive in pakistan, but im telling you, everything they put in it and everything that is around that stuff being put to use by the people who are jay jam back there. Yeah. Good news. All right, anthony, thanks very much. Thanks for choosing nbc bay area news. Hope to see you back here tonight at 11 00. Peggy bunker is out trick or treating. Maybe well see what she got. Good night. Sam brock youre watching an nbc bay area news special, reality check. Tonight, the great San Francisco housing debate, a growing city struggling with rising rents. Anna lanuza my sons should be able to live here. They were born here, San Francisco. Its not fair. Sam a housing bond propped up by mayor ed lee aims at making a dent in San Franciscos need. We find out if the balloted measure delivers on its promise by breaking down the numbers and cost to your pocketbook. And money and marijuana. Lauren vazquez the taxes that it has decided to impose on marijuana is bringing in more money than it is bringing in from alcohol, and thats just a game changer. Sam the headlines say tax revenue from colorados recreational pot is a cash cow. Why recordbreaking numbers could be inflated with smoke and mirrors. And finally. Kath tsakalakis we have to get guns out of american schools. Sam some call it an american epidemic. Gun violence on School Grounds another week, another incident. But are the oftenused statistics about Americas School shootings reliable . We look at the numbers and get to the truth in tonights reality check. And good evening, and thank you for joining us