Wars movies. She was also an accomplished author and play wright who spoke to us while on stage autobiography wishful drinking. She talked about how her most famous role follows her everywhere. It is not going to go away. I am had princess leah. Deal with it. Reporter star wars fans we talked with were saddened by the news. Big news. I mean you know, im not a huge massive star wars fan but she is super iconic and thats heavy duty. Didnt know about that. Thats pretty shocking to hear. Just loved her as leah. Reporter at last report fisher was still at Ucla Medical Center in critical condition. Her daughter is by her side tonight. Nbc bay area news. Well, reaction to Carrie Fishers heart attack is spreading quickly to social media. Mark hamill tweeting as if 2016 couldnt get any worse. Sending allf our love to Carrie Fisher and the man who played chewbacca our thoughts and prayers to our favorite princess right now. And you can do that too. Its at nbcbayarea. Com. Our other top story. A crazy day of weather throughout the bay area. Want to show you a time lapse video from San Francisco today. Rain, wind and a little sun in the skies at some point. We have crews across the bay area covering the storm and lots of people heading out for the Holiday Weekend. Whats next . We apologize for that. Werer having some audio problems with jeff. Well come back to jeff in just a moment. But south bays certainly been drenched by the rain most of the day. Damian trujillo is live and it looks pretty big over there, damian. Reporter yeah, you know we just got hit by a storm cloud a short while ago so its not over yet and its now a legitimate creek. Its impacting the water levels and creating delays for those trying to get out of town. A look at the boards told you the story for. Some of the passengers at sjc. Delays up to an hour. But it was weather in l. A. , not here that caused the delays. We leave the house two to three hours early to make sure we cover for any problems. Reporter they had to maneuver around the flood. Pedestrians had to dodge cars at the intersection to avoid walking in the rain water. Because of the Holiday Weekend there is only minimum staffing of maintenance crews in san jose. Though some home owners got a leg up on the storm. He cleaned up the gutters, the down spouts and were ready. Reporter and the dam is active once again. Feeding the Los Gatos Creek down below. The murky look of the water is because of all the run off from the santa cruz mountains. On the lake, it seemed like a good time for the fisherman to try their luck. The weatherer now is i guess you could say over cast. It kind of helps, it kind of doesnt, depending on what youre fishing for. And right now so far no bites. Reporter most everyone agrees this is a welcome site on the valley floor. And i just again checked the web cam. Still no snow. Theyre expecting some later on this weekend. Thats right. Were looking at little bit of rain snow mix and that could continue over the next couple of hours. Youll see the next part of that storm system move off to the south. You can expect heavier rainfall to be continuing there. As we zoom in and get a closer look at the rainfall totals t was impressive from 4 00 to 8 00 this morning. 1. 10 of an inch in renfield. Doppler radar shows just a few spotty showers. Most consistent activity remains across the south bay. Theres some of that rain snow mix near mt. Hamilton. And as we zoom in and get a closer look for the south bay, we could see some of these spotty showers in morgan hill by about 6 51 tonight. In terms of the worse on the weather map, its the sierra. This is where the travel is the most treacherous. A solid coverage of heavy snow. Also for highway 60 and that snow level begins at 3,000 feet. Well have athther update at 6 10. Well, the north bay got hit hard. Jodi. Reporter well, marine county got a soaking today. In fact, it is lightly sprinkling as we speak. Youre looking at highway 101 which is quite slick tonight but the wet weather isnt stopping folks as they gear up for the Holiday Weekend. A soggy day in the north bay has folks in san anselmo on alert. If we could just hold off from flooding,yard be happy. I have sand bags and positive thinking. Reporter people were caught off guard when the creek nearly flooded and it happens in a flash. It rose within an hour. One hour we were thinking everything was okay and the next hour it was at the very top and it was a little bit of a panic. My iphone started buzzing and the cops came you got it go. Were abandoning town. Reporter she put all her clothes up on high bars but fortunately her shots didnt flood. Very close, very scary. We moved everything up three feet off the ground. The rains been coming in spurts. Lastminute shoppers are getting a mixed bag of weather but its not stopping them. Its rain then fun then rain so we kind of play on how much time we spend in the store based on that. Reporter flooding worries are low but intermittent showers are slicking roads. Had im more worried about people that dont know how to drive, other than that im not worried about flooding. Reporter it started lightly sprinkling just a few minutes ago but the worst seems to have passed and folks are looking forward to a much dryer Holiday Weekend. Im jodi hernandez. Thanks. Might be dry this weekend but there was a lot of snow that fell on the sierra. Drivers had to stop and put the chains on. There are several inches of snow on the ground. Great news for skiers already up there for the Holiday Weekend. You can even use our live doppler radar, get detailed forecasts for your community. Roads have been slick all day. A man driving was on its way home from a night shift. Two people were in that house. They were at the back of the house. A woman said she just finished redoing the room thats now destroyed. The ghost ship tragedy is facing a new tragedy. Everyone should be held had accountable. Thats according to the first lawsuit and claims filed in connection with that deadly fire. Nbc bay areas Elyce Kirchner where the parents of one of those killed in the fire spoke out today. Reporter well, the parents off a 20yearold College Student tell us they want justice for their daughter and the 36 others that were killed in that fire. Late this afternoon those parents and another family filed this lawsuit and claims inside the court house in oakland. Nothing will bring their daughter back. Theres not a day that goes by that we dont miss her. Reporter but parents david and kimber lae Say Something has to be done. Their daughter attended to electronic music show with her boyfriend inside the ghost ship warehouse on december 2nd. Her and alex loved each other. Sfwlr reporter the 20yearold San Francisco state student and vega are two of the 36 who were trapped inhadicide the warehouse. Lawyer Mary Alexander is representing the gregorys and the parents of maddic who also died in the fire. They filed the first of civil lawsuits. We filed claims against the city of oakland and the county of alameda. Reporter she also wants to hold the city of oakland and Alameda County for failing to respond to safety complaints and make sure the warehouse was fire safe. And it all could have been prevented. She was a beautiful child, had a great spirit and she just loved life and shes never coming home. Reporter and that lawyer tells us she believes more lawsuits and claims like this will be filed in the future. It is likely, she says each case will be consolidated into one court with one judge. Reporting live in oakland, nbc bay area news. Fighting back against the suspected thief with a gun. A chaotic scene caught on camera at bay area liquor store. And another street in San Francisco shut down due to a sink hole. Were going to tell you the latest on their efforts next. Im meteorologist jeff ranieri. Get ready for some cold. By 1 00 a. M. Inland, 39 degrees. Well have more on the full weekend forecast coming up in less than 10 minutes. In chicago this sunday. Colin kaepernick and company have been flirting with a win in recent weeks. Could this be the game . We continue to get closer and closer to wins. We have to get over that hump now. We have to be able to cut out the turnovers, the penalties, mistakes that there killing us and put points on the board in those situations instead of shooting ourself in the foot. Dramatic Surveillance Video showing a man walking into a store with a gun. And two clerks who were on duty caught in the act. Dramatic Surveillance Video showing a man walking inhad to a store with a gun and two clerks on duty boldly got into the action. Scott budman shows us what happened next. Reporter haywards royal market was hit by a gun toting robber tuesday night. The stores owner who asked to remain anonymous shows us this Surveillance Video and showed us what happened when the robber suddenly entered the store, pulling a gun on prusaud, before prasad and his brother fought the attacker, quickly subduing him. Moneys not reporter by the time authorities got to the store, the gunman was on the ground and needed to be taken out of royal market on the stretcher. They say the robbery left them shaken. Everybody around the neighborhood knows them. Theyll let you get on credit and let you pay. So why would you try to come rob a local Neighborhood Store . Reporter they tell us the employee and the suspect were briefly hospitalized and released. The suspect booked into juvenile hall. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Another twist in the wells fargo scandal. Several prosecutors investigating the bank over its sales practices. Documents just obtained reveal a former employee has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury. We first spoke with her she was fired in 2010. She said her raising red flags about fraudulent accounts. It orders her to provide copies of her complaint. Goodbye, california, hello, arizona. The selfdriving cars arrived in phoenix just days after they were pulled from the streets of San Francisco. They banned the stars because of safety issues. Today arizonas governor touted the states businessfriendly environment. California may not want you. We want you to know arizona does want uber. We are a state that is open for business. We are a state that welcomes business and new people and technology. Now uber has not announced a date of when uber will be tested. Uber previously had six selfdriving cars registered in california. More water already in a soggy day. It happened around 10 00 near evans avenue and rankin street. Firefighters closed evans street but its scheduled to reopen soon. It was built in 1935 and it most likely broke because of old age. And were in a precarious situation because the ground is so saturated, jeff. And the good news is next week the extended forecast does have some dry weather coming your way. Youll be able to rebound after two strong storms in a weeks time. My top weather item, the fact we have rain snow mix across the east bay around 3500 feet. So a beautiful site tomorrow morning. We sld a enough that youll be able to see a little bit as you wake up on saturday. We still have scattered isolated activity here. Spotty hit and miss shower possible into at least 10 00 tonight. If were trying to get out and do lateminute shopping this evening. As we head throughout tomorrows forecast, i think its going to really cooperate with anything you have to do. Its going to get cold as the storm system moves out. 7 00 a. M. , sunny skies. But 76 for the interior valleys. And at 3 00 p. M. , 51 degrees. Certainly a chilly afternoon three top spots the weekend of christmas. Christmas in the park in san jose. Open until about midnight. Tomorrow 49 at 11 00 a. M. Low 50s through 4 00 p. M. Maybe you got all the shopping, the ice rink. In this particular location with the wind 10 to 15 mileperhour, going to feel like the 40s the entire day. Maybe its walnut creek and the shops out there. You got to check it out. 37 at 11 00 a. M. And then temperatures go into the low 50s 3 00 and 4 00 and back down to 48 at 5 00 p. M. On the extended forecast it looks incredible here. For santa to make his way across the bay area, dry weather right through Christmas Day and then well keep it sunny sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday of next week. Heavy snow right now changes over to a few spotty snow showers and then well stay cold and dry through tuesday of next week. So this is i think the christmas weekend forecast weve been wanting for the past seven or eight years. Its finally here. Can you believe it. Its definitely a White Christmas in the sierra. Making the Holiday Weekend even merrier for some. Police. But they jumped right into a Department Parking lot. Happening now. Two burglars in florida hopped the fence but jumped right into the departments parking lot. And the years almost over so were taking a look back at some of the most memorable moments of 2016. Back with more news in a moment. End the rush to get to tahoe was slowed today. As snow covered i80 and highway 50. Janelle 2shot okay. The rush to get to tahoe for the holidays, slow today because there was snow on 80. Our affiliate in sacramento said the trip to the sierras not bringing much christmas cheer for many drivers. Reporter the drive up i a80 is smooth if you take it easy. The shoulder is filled with vehicles strapping on chains just beyond dutch flats. Each driver getting a check before getting the groeen light. Cal transit is working around the clock to make the interstate as safe as possible. Its bad to be in delays and even worse to cause one. Reporter while others take in a fresh winter wonderland. Ive never been to the snow and its actually really cool. Its amazing. Reporter the view is breath taking as long as youre prepared and patient. That was Vicki Gonzales reporting. Still to come a harmless tweet or a threat about nuclear weapons. The fallout continues over Donald Trumps comment. A berkeley man complains about red light runners at ac transit and hes not alone. What the Investigative Unit uncovered that shows the agency has known about these concerns for years. Apparently causing concern world wide. President elect donald um right now at 6 30. 140 characters but one tweet causing concern world wide. President elect donald trump talking about a nuclear face off against russia. Today he also released a week old letter from russian president vladimir putin. It starts out dear mr. Trump please accept my warmest christmas and new year greetings. President putin goes on to say he would like the two countries to cooperate together. Trump said he hopes both sides live up to that. And it seems mr. Trump is playing hardball, specifically when it comes to nuclear weapons. He said quote let it be an arms race. We will out match them at every pace, every pass. This after one day he said the u. S. Must greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until such time as the world comes to its sensess. This after ronald regan called for a reduction and president obama talked about modernizing but not expanding. This is no way to run a country. Every word matters. Strength in the nuclear arsenal, fine. Expand it . Whether donald trump meant it or not, he is changing u. S. Policy. Trumps new press sec are eitary saying his statement is only meant as a warning not to undermine u. S. Sovereignty. The man accused in that berlin Christmas Market killed in a shootout in milan. Theyre conducting a routine identity check. They asked him to empty his backpack. But instead he pulled out a gun, wounding the officer. Italian police have identified him as amir. Hes responsible for the death of 12 people in the Christmas Market attack in berlin. Public buses running red lights. And many drivers are miffed saying that ac transit buss are getting a free pass to break the rules. Here on what the uniten covered about the red light runners. We have obtained the complaint data base. We found hundreds of accusations that bus drivers are running red lights. After making reported reports to the Transit Agency with no resolution he called us. Come on. Lets go. Reporter steven skyler has a simple request. All i want to do is cross the street to take my dog for a walk. Reporter but he cant do that safely in his berkeley neighborhood. He says he sees ac transit bus said clearly speeding. Blocking cross walks and more. They were blatantly blasting right through a red light. Reporter he wants ac transtoot know hes watching for red light runners like bus operator. Dash cams caught her running a red, taking a sharp left turn and tossing passengers on to the floor. Skiler says his life is already at risk. I dont need any help to hasten my death or get injured by a bus from a driver who is being careless about how theyre driving and thats why this is important. Reporter he says this busy int intersection near his home is especially problematic. Our camera found buses blocking traffic and double parking. This bus is still driving through the intersection even while the one for cross traffic is green and this one is entering on a red. Transportation Safety Consultant paul herbert reviewed our video. For 25 years hes provided expert testimony. Theyre going through the intersection clearly on a red light. Reporter they should be slowing down to anticipate the light turning red instead of speeding up to beat it. They should be paying attention to the traffic sign signals. It sets up all kinds of horrible scenarios for accidents to happen. Reporter its unclear if red light running has resulted in a serious accident but it could. We reviewed hundreds of complaints. One person writes i do not feel safe when your bus drivers routinely run red lights and we found complaints in a school zone and with a bus school of children. We found 230 complaints about buses running stop signs and lights. We do not. Reporter general manager Michael Hurst says they investigate each complaint. But he says the number of red light concerns we uncovered is too high. If that number is in fact true and does not dramatically drop, then we are not delivering what the taxpayers are paying for. Reporter he was appointed to leave the agency a little more than a year ago. He hired a director of safety to report concerns directly to him like the problems we found in berkeley. I appreciate that you fwraut to our attention. I would rather we find it on our own but regardless of how we found out, were going to respond to it and make sure its fixed. Reporter the temporary closure created a log jam of people and buses here. Will you reach out to the city of we already have. Reporter the city says signs have been posted to direct more passengers to a bus stop up the street. Skyler says hell continue to report problems to the Transit Agency for his own sake and the safety of his companion. This is all about her. Just taking her for a walk. Reporter general manager Michael Hirsch pledged to meet with skyler to review his safety concerns. Now weve created an interactive map of where people have complained about buses running red lights. Weve plotted the location and the bus route of each and you can check out this map on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. If you have a tip for our Investigative Unit, call or go to the unit nbcbayarea. Com. Claiming hes the devil, a suspected vandal appeared in court today. What the judge. Catholic school was in court today. He told the judge he was satan, a secretbi a gurnville man accused of vandalizing a north bay Catholic School telling the judge hes satan. Students at Cardinal Newman high school returned to campus to see this. Broken windows and smashed computers. They say he broke in and vandalized the school. He told the judge he was working for the illuminati. The judge ordered him a psychiatric evaluation. Faulkner will have that done first. Reporter governor jerry brown is getting the to the holiday spirit and showing mercy for people who have been convicted. He reduced the sentence of a man who was part of a gang shooting where a woman lost an eye almost a year ago. Governor brown traditionally grants leniencies around holidays. For nonviolent offenses. Get ready the Holiday Weekend is here. And cold to start too. So remember to get those jackets out. Im going to give you a look at whats happening across the nation. We have a storm in the midwest heading to the east coast but look at this. Its about the west here for the delays due to weather. 93 minutes behind not only the rainfall but construction on the tarmac. Thats never good news. Well have details on the christmas weekend. Nbc bay area. Faculty. University leaders are eyeing a site near one of the possible new Housing Options for san jose state students, even faculty too. Theyre eyeing a site near one of the most busiest pedestrian walkways. The theater downtown closed its doors. Now hat is where University Leaders are looking as the home of their new housing project. They need approval before making an offer for the space. Early housing proposals suggest the building would be more than 20 stories high and hold more than 500 apartments. Immigration has been a topic of much debate and one bay area destination played a key role in that debate. And one old building is getting a second life to help tell that story. At angel island people say the walls speak. Reporter those surrounded by millions of people, angel island is one of the San Francisco bays most tranquil places. But the peaceful scenery belies its role when the island served as a purgatory for a million immigrants. You get here and the immigration station is your first experience. Reporter older restored barracks tell the stories of immigrants from some 80 countries in japan, china and germany who are detained between 1910 and 1940. Whereas ellis island was mainly built to welcome immigrants into america, it was built as the place to exclude people. Reporter among the hundreds of decaying buildings, its original hospital was nearly a ghost. There was so much water leaking in the back of the building, pretty much like a river running. Reporter but like the dreams of those who ended up on the island, the building is getting a new life. Reporte this is very exciting for us. Reporter the angel island immigration Station Foundation is working with state parks in an effort to restore the hospital as a living museum. This is where they actually did surgery. This is the womens ward and we hope it will look much the same as it did. Reporter the windows boast very unhospital like views. Reporter and sit and reflect. So historically this was the kitchen area of the hospital. Reporter and the less celebrated features. Reporter there were two entrances in the hospital. One for asians and one for nonasians and we restored it. Reporter there are a few modern updates. Reporter its amazing to see the restoration. There were people who died in the hospital. There were people who were born in the hospital. Reporter but the stories will go beyond the sick and infirmed. Its going to give us a chance to explore bigger themes of immigration to the u. S. And ourselves as an immigrant nation and that tension continues to today. Reporter scheduled to open in 2018 and may be the only hospital who will look forward to visiting. Joe rosado jr. Cal train has hit a car and this happened on charleston road in palo alto. One person is dead. A bus bridge is being set up right now in that area between the california avenue train station and the san antonio train station. Emergency crews are on scene but a train has hit a car in palo alto. This is the 11th fatality this year. Were updating the story on our twitter feed. Reporter with all this rain, these are difficult times for people to be on the road. Its dark earlier than it normally is and the roads are slick. I saw three different accidents, traffic was backed up probably an hour longer than it took. Even though the worst of the storm is moving out, as jessica and janelle were just mentioning, please take it slow into tomorrow morning. We could have ice forming if youre leaving early. This was sent to us by kirkwood mountain and kevin cooper today. Snowboard stacked up. And their stoke levl is rising with a ton of snow in the sierra. Again, remember it is trechers traveling there tonight with snow at about 3500 feet both on interstate 80 and highway 50. Its basically solid snow if youre heading up there throughout the night. Saturday morning would be the better time to leave 7 00 to 10 00 a. M. San frisko and the peninsula. Nothing too heavy but just a little bit once again to make it slick through south San Francisco and this is what well continue to see most likely through 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Hit and miss showers. Were done with the heavy widespread rainfall. We clear out as the storm system moves on out but check out how much colder its going to get for us. We mention the possibility of ice. I think in the trivalley that could happen with 33 the low. I do not think roadways will be completely dry by tomorrow. If its anywhere near the freezing mark, back off because black ice, Early Morning youre not going to be able to see it. 32 degrees. San francisco starts at 31 and 39 expected for the east bay. The main reason its going to be this cold is after the storm system moved across this morning its just dragged down a ton of chilly air from the arctic all the way throughout california. So this means tomorrow some spots may not get out of the 40s. Down across the south bay. Gilroy, 49. Thats it for your high. Note this is wind as we go through these microclimates. 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour for most areas thats going to make this temperature feel even chillier when had the wind picks up. And 53 expected in vallejo. 52 in palo alto and 50 expected in daly city. Blustery, low 50s. A wind out of the northwest at 14. Feels like mid40s and into the north bay, 53 expected in mill valley and 51 in nuvotto. We dry out all the way throughout Christmas Day. Great news for santa as thal arer be able to get there with no problem. And then were looking at dry weatherer through fridays forecast. Well see the same scenario here, maybe a spotty shower on christmas night and well continue with sunny weather into next week. Morning lows will likely stay in the 30s through about next wednesdays forecast. I want people to be really careful tomorrow morning. We may have black ice 5 00 to 7 00 a. M. Thanks, jeff. Still to come. Whos better to spread christmas cheer than steph curry . Thats next in sports. Holiday spirit. And a warriors superstar did just that. Janelle 2shot okay. Tiz the season to share the holiday spirit and a warrior superstar did just that. Back with a heart warming story. Tiz the season for Christmas Lights and sleepless nights. At least for these select few. Hes been really excited. Really anxious. He hasnt even been sleeping good. He was so excited that he went to bed for almost two days. Reporter they came from afar by plane and by car to have their one wish come true. A day with the big man topped their list. The one they call mvp. He brought them great joy. The one named stephen curry. Its a very humbling feeling because understand how much theyve been through in their lives and just with their si sickne sicknesses. To watch what we do on the court and give them hope and inspiration. They have one wish and they want to come experience a game day here with myself and my teammates. And the warriors. Its a Pretty Amazing feeling. Reporter he showered them with shoes, shirts, and hats. He signed whatever they wanted, shot a few hoops and introduced them to his not so small friend. Whats up my man . How you doing . Good. Were happy to have you guys here today. We know how much you support the warriors. Were going to do this together. You got to say it loud, loud, loud. Just us on three. One, two, three. There we go. Reporter the smiles they came and grew bigger and bigger until they were 10 feet wide whether theyre energetic by nature, their excitement was impossible to hide. What was steph like . Amazing. The best day in my life. Reporter what was your favorite part about meeting him . Do you love him . I could play with him and shoot some free throws with him. That he was generous and nice. Reporter still there was more. Curry took them to work. Court side seats with the family in tow. They sat in the stands and whooped during the warriors show. Its now back to iowa, new york, michigan, florida, wherever it is they call home. They still may not sleep. Theres too much to tell. But the happiness is not theirs alone. Sfwlrks just imagine all the excitement and happiness going on. As a mom, as a parent its amazing to see your child that happy. Its something im never going to forget. And im just i want to cry. Reporter when when i was able to speak to the kids they say it was something theyd remember the rest of their lives. What do you take away . Dont take anything for granted. You dont know where thats going to reach for. So, continue to do what im doing. And using this platform ive been given and been blessed with to give back in whatever way shape or form. Reporter he doesnt wear red but he is big and jolly. A dribbling man that can shoot, dribble and dish but we can all be like curry, it starts with fulfilling a wish. He is like the best santa helper. Oh, yeah, there you go. Hes such a nice guy. Yeah, he is. All around good guy. Were here. Its the holiday time. Whats the weekend going to look like . Im going to pull through for you guys. Were going to dry out after our storm system. Still breezy. 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. That will make temperatures feel like the 40s. Wear your layers. Maybe a spotty shower by 10 00 p. M. Christmas night. Its mainly near the coastline. I wanted to make sure everybodys aware of that. Tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday we are sunny and drying out for the bay area. A ton of snow happening right now. Dangerous travel right now though. But by tomorrow well get sun in here a few spotty snow showers and epic skiing weather next week. Sunny, clear. Its going to be cold but thats what all the skiers want up there. Its going to be really nice. Youre going to be great. Good job, jeff. Happy holidays, people. I like to know whats happening as soon as it happens. Who won the game, who won on the dancing show. I mean, if i watched that show. Same with my banking. With my bank of america mobile banking app, i can see my accounts all in one place. I can easily manage them and if something doesnt look right, im going to know. Plus, i can set up alerts to help detect unusual activity. So i feel secure. Wait, he won . Thats an average tango. At best. Wait, he won . In aspen. Blake and gwen going country. Kate hudsons reunion with her ex. Breaking christmas couples news now on extra. Extra extra extra from the slopes to the seashore, eva longoria in a bikini. Nicole and keith hitting the beach. How the biggest star couples are spending the Holiday Weekend. Plus, new video kris jenner showing architectural digest her insanely decadent christmas decorations. He came up with this. Sing costars Matthew Mcconaughey and reese