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In the 20s. Even across parts of the peninsula, looks like well see a few 20s. Atherton stanford even woodside. Even in the south bay, a few areas below freezing. Even down here morgan hill and gilroy in the 20s. So its cold this morning, obviously without a doubt, another chilly start. Later on this afternoon under full sunshine. Well see temperatures similar to what we saw yesterday. Back into the mid to upper 50s. We do have a chance of rain in the forecast this upcoming week. Were excited about that. Even more sierra snow. The skiers loving that. Well show you that forecast in my next report, vicky. Sneak preview, a lot of rain . A lot of snow . It could be another foot of snow. Even here at home we could be talking another inch of rain. Looking forward to the forecast. Thank you. We begin with a developing story. The intense search continues for a man accused of stabbing and killing his girlfriend. Police say they found the woman at a home in san mateo yesterday afternoon. They believe this man, anthony, committed the crime and then fled the scene. Emergency crews were unable to save the woman. The search for her killer shut down a nearby urgent care facility and delayed b. A. R. T. Trains. The crime has neighbors worried. After seeing what happened to that lady and then the guy, he doesnt have no common sense. He doesnt have no heart. He doesnt have no mercy. Police say they have been to that same home multiple times for Domestic Violence calls. Police warn that anthony is armed and dangerous. If you any information on his location, call police. Well continue to follow this developing story and bring you more tonight on nbc bay area news. Also get the latest online or with our app. If you have been outside, you know how cold its been these past few days but the frigid air didnt stop hundreds of people from heading out for fun and games. Many bundled up and braved chilly temperatures as low as 40 degrees last night. Some chose to dine outside huddled next to a fire pit. Many also went to christmas in the park in downtown san jose. And different strategies to stay warm. Pretty much i just doubled up on all my sweaters. Sometimes i wear double socks. My feet are probably the coldest thing right now on my body. Its freezing. Unfortunately the cold snap also caused struggles for some drivers. A truck flipped over on a bridge north of highway 92 because of icy conditions. Another car couldnt stop and slammed into that truck. Three people were hurt. Crews worked day and night to get water back on at dozens of homes in the east bay after a pipe broke on lafayette on friday night. That sent thousands of gallons of water gushing down a hill into yards and garages. East bay mud says the 16inch pipe that ruptured was installed nearly 70 years ago. Freezing temperatures over the recent series of minor earthquakes in the san ramon area may be to blame. Milpitas police are looking for the driver who slammed into a fire hydrant, sending a geyser of water 550 feet into the area last night. Police say they found alcohol containers near the abandoned car. One lane was closed but no roads were shut down. Crews worked quickly to turn off that hydrant. Another roadblock for crews trying to make one of the bay areas largest reservoirs earthquake safe. According to the mercury news crews have found new trace faults near the Anderson Reservoir dam. Now crews are going to have to do more studies to make sure the design to retrofit the dam against earthquakes is sufficient. The 193 million project is already behind schedule. Officials say construction wont begin until 2018 with the project being completed in 2021. A motive remains unclear this morning after a gunman opened fire on a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs. But investigators tell npbc news that 57yearold Robert Lewis Dear made comments about, quote, no more baby parts. He was taken into custody after a fivehour standoff with police. Investigators say during questioning, he went on rants against abortion and referenced president obama. Dear fired an Assault Rifle during his shooting spree at the planned parenthood clinic on friday. He killed three people and wounded nine more. Among the victims was officer Garrett Swasey a sixyear veteran of the force. He was also a former competitive ice dancer who trained at one point with u. S. Olympian nancy kerrigan. He was my one of my best friends. When i was a kid, you know. And even though your paths go different ways you still hear news like this and you just transform right back into that time. The two other People Killed in the shooting have not been identified. The u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch is calling the shooting a, quote, crime against women receiving Health Care Services at planned parenthood. A north bay household terrorized by an armed intruder. A man woke up in mill valley yesterday morning to find a masked man pointing a gun at him and demanding money. The thief took the cash and left. No one was hurt. But the man and woman who lived there are very shaken. This took place at the end of a dead end street halfway up a mountain on shady lane near west blythedale. One neighbor we spoke with said she is on edge. And its a frightening feeling to feel that your neighborhood isnt what you thought it was. Police say the man was wearing khakis a black sweatshirt and a sweeki mask. If you have any information, call the Mill Valley Police department. Now to an nbc bay area followup. That truck stolen from San Franciscos turkey trot organizers earlier in week has been found. But its not all good news. The truck was found in oakland, but the 20,000 worth of supplies inside are gone. All of the tshirts tables banners and food and drink meant for the racers. There are no suspects. While the truck was stolen wednesday, the turkey trot still went on as planned on thursday. Now, we want to give you a live look at oracle arena. It was electric inside last night. The warriors improved to 180 building on their League Record winning streak to start a season. The dubs easily handled the kings. Golden state won by 19 points and it was never even close. Fans are wondering how long this streak will last. We will have more in the highlights and youll hear from the team in about 35 minutes. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up a shocking discovery in Southern California where two sisters found a newborn baby left for dead. And a suspected burglar makes an unusual attempt to break into a california home. What the homeowner did unknowingly that led to the burglars death. Oakland adlib your time now is 7 09. Take a live look outside at our Sky Camera Network pointing towards oakland. Absolutely beautiful. A little pink in the sky as the sun comes up. And its cold. If youve stepped outside at all, you know its cold. And anthony says its the coldest morning weve experienced this holiday weekend. Will those temperatures last . Hell be along in a moment to tell you. Well a newborn girl buried alive. That was the alarming discovery for two sisters in Southern California. They were out for a walk yesterday afternoon in compton when they heard a babys cry. They found the infant buried in a hole under cement blocks. L. A. County sheriffs special victims detectives came to the rescue after they received the 911 call. They say the one or twodayold baby would not have survived if she spent the night under that pile of rubble. Any time you have a helpless newborn child who cant help themselves, it is frustrating. I cant judge the person that did this but something something happened and, you know this is the wrong thing to do. Im happy that they found the baby. God bless the baby and the people that found it. County leaders say there is never a reason to abandon a baby under the safe surrender law, parents have 72 hours to surrender their newborns at a hospital or fire station no questions asked. A burglary suspect dies after getting caught in a tight spot. Police say he was stuck in a chimney. It happened in the small city of huron in fresno county. Police say the man must have climbed into the chimney friday night. The homeowner was away and came home yesterday morning. He knew something was wrong when he lit a fire. He tried to light his fire in the fireplace and heard somebody calling out for help in the chimney. The homeowner put out the fire and called police. They say the burglar was dead when firefighters broke into the chimney. Officials at the Marine Mammal center in sausalito say a stranded dolphin calf has been euthanized. It was found friday morning in the waters of the elk horn preserve in monterey county. Rescuers were able to capture the calf and bring it to the Marine Mammal center in sausalito. Veterinarians there say the dolphins condition was deteriorating and there was no luck in fandinding the calfs mother. After careful consideration, vets say the Young Dolphin couldnt survive on its own in the wild and the most humane option was to euthanize it. Still ahead on today in the bay, big success for Small Businesses. We will tell you what is helping mom and pop shops thrive during this Holiday Season. Anthony. You know this morning were waking up to another cold start across the bay area. Clear skies and sunshine for your sunday. Well talk about when well see the next chance of rain across the bay area and more sierra snow this upcoming week when we come right back. Why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Your time is 7 14. Lets give you another live look out at san jose from our live camera. Operating the camera out there for us this morning. This very cold and chilly morning, but it looks nice and clear. A little bit of rain maybe on the way, im hearing from mr. Slaughter. So hell be back in a moment to tell you where and when. Well big businesses racked up huge sales on black friday. Yesterday the focus was on Small Businesses like these ones were about to show you in downtown palo alto. Hundreds of people headed to places like these to show their support for Small Business saturday. Thats when people go out of their way to buy for mom and pop stores. We joined the day today and we came to shop locally because we like our stores. We like our streets. And its a feel of the community. And support our local stores. Some shoppers are aware that they may pay higher prices than at Big Chain Stores but they say Small Businesses offer more unique gift choices. And Small Business saturday had a big impact all over the country. Even the president got in on the action. Nbcs rehema ellis has more. Reporter while the bigbox stores offer big discounts on black friday hi reporter most stores like olives grace gift shops thrive on Community Appeal socalled Small Business saturday. You want some ideas . Reporter it began nationwide six years ago to help mom and pop shops in fierce competition for holiday shoppers. Thats the grass roots of many erk that i love to support. Reporter the president was also offering his support, shopping with his daughters at a local d. C. Bookstore. Small businesses are also turning to the internet to bring customers to their stores. Shoppers have already spent a record amount online so far this holiday. 4 billion since thanksgiving day. Up 15 over last year. At just kidding around toy store in montclair, new jersey manager Chelsea Smith reaches out to customers through social media. And are you doing more activity online than youve ever done before . Are you engaging in social media, facebook, instagram . Yes, absolutely. Its totally necessary. Thank you. Merry christmas. Reporter down the street at jerrys antiques, this day makes all the difference for his bottom line. It absolutely does. Our sales increase 50 to 70 just in one day. Which is Small Business banner. Reporter Small Business saturday has a big impact on the economy. Sponsors say last year on this day alone, consumers spent 14. 3 billion, up 2 from the year before. They actually have the ultimate in data because they know their consumers and their shoppers one at a time. Reporter local businesses banking on customer loyalty. For me its about whats different. Its a conversation piece. Reporter that happens from one generation to the next. Its a bunny. You like the bunny . Reporter rehema ellis, nbc news new jersey. We can keep the shopping going. I know a lot of people are probably going to be heading out today. Tell us, anthony, what is the weather going to be like . Bundle up. Woke up really cold this morning. A few of us are just a couple of degrees away from the teens. Yeah, the Holiday Season is well under way. And it sure does feel like that. Youll notice, well novato just jumped up a couple degrees. They were at 21 just about two minutes ago. Now that our temperatures are starting to update now that the suns coming up well see temperatures go up a little more. 23 right now in petaluma. 24 santa rosa. 28 now in napa. 27 over in napa. It seems as though my clicker does not want to work right now. You know what, vicky . Im going to toss it back to you and ill see you in a little bit with a little more weather. Okay. In just a second. Well get those computers working, anthony. Theyre frozen. They are frozen in honor of these cold temperatures. Well back to him in just a minute. Today in the bay is back right after this break. And coming up fewer choices when looking for a Christmas Tree this year. And the drought is to blame. Just how much pain its causing farmers this year. Plus we are showing you some alternatives if you cant find that perfect tree. Stay with us. All right. 7 20 here on this sunday. Weve got in traction now. I want to show you the forecast. We start off in the north bay. 23 in petaluma. Novato at 27. Even napa. Towards the east bay, this is what i wanted to show you. Were talking widespread 20s from concord, walnut creek all the way through 680, dublin, even livermore, 27 degrees. The frosty spots across the peninsula, foster city at 31. Redwood city at 30. Even atherton 29. And parts of the south bay are looking at freezing temperatures from santa teresa over towards saratoga cupertino at 31. Gilroy and morgan hill 28 degrees. Its cold everywhere not only here across the bay area but really across the western half of the country. You head over towards chicago, 30 degrees. Even boston 37. And that strong cold front that moved through the country is Still Producing rain and some snow across parts of missouri kansas, even down towards texas. He dont have any major airport delays as you look at the maps and youll notice lots of green. Airport icons. Thats air travel is moving nicely along this sunday morning. Now, as we take you through the day, notice our temperatures climb back into the upper 50s for the north bay. San francisco, mid50s. Lets take you through that microclimate forecast. You can see what im talking about. 55 here in san jose for today. 56 in saratoga. Palo alto at 54. San francisco, youll see a few more clouds later this afternoon and evening. Same deal for the north bay. 57 for santa rosa. 55 for hayward and 55 for pleasanton. As i put the futurecast in motion, the thing youll note is were talking about more cloud cover for your monday. In fact some of us tomorrow morning will see a few showers. Heres our weak storm system thats going to move through. Youll notice 7 30 tomorrow morning, a few showers across parts of the north bay. By 11 30, a lot of that Activity Still stays north of the golden gate bridge. Well still see a few showers across parts of San Francisco through the day tomorrow. Light showers. Not expecting anything heavy. As we head through the afternoon hours, the peninsula, well see a few showers. And then after that we start to dry out. The storm system that moves through tomorrow not going to produce widespread rain. However, as we head towards wednesday and thursday another storm system a stronger one, thats actually going to move to our north and then eventually sag south through the day on thursday. So by thursday morning well wake up to a few showers. And those showers are actually expected to continue through the day on thursday. This is how much rain were expecting. About a quarter nch at the valley floor. Maybe a half inch across parts of the north bay. Overall more cloud cover expected for your monday and then temperatures start to warm up tuesday and wednesday. Close to 70 degrees in san jose by wednesday. Same deal for the east bay valleys and then that rain arrives thursday. Now, at the coastline, youll see a few showers for tomorrow and then the heavier rain for thursday. Overall vicky today is a dry day. It is cold. Make sure you bundle up. Back over to you. Will do. Thank you. The weekend after thanksgiving usually kicks off the annual rush for that perfect Christmas Tree. But this year shoppers have fewer options on the lot. Today in the bays joe risotto jr. Shows us why. Its a monterey cypress. Reporter the hill pzs are covered in trees. Douglas fir. Reporter theres the kind you can admire. Imagine the old tannenbaum tradition. Reporter and in some places the kind you take home. We give you a saw, find the perfect tree and cut it down. Reporter for 46 years, jim beck has run the patch and Christmas Tree farm. Trees that we grow here are almost exclusively indigenous to this area. Reporter the farm has all the makings of holiday tradition from the trees to the cider to the trimmings. So we make wreaths here. Living in the city with fire plugs and asphalt everywhere wasnt very comfortable for me. Reporter but like any california farmer becks crop has been hit hard by the drought. His needles should be 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches long. Theyre barely 3 4 inches long. Reporter while his variety of trees are well adapted to little rain some are struggling. See how its sunburned here . Some of the needles just gave up. It just succumbed to the drought. Couldnt draw enough moisture through the roots to keep the foliage alive. Reporter consider it takes a 6foot tree about seven years to mature. Fits only growing at half the rate, its going to take a lot longer, obviously. So theres a serious Financial Impact from the drought. Reporter even attempts to plant new trees came up dry this year. I think 99 of everything we planted last year died because we just cant get water to it. Its painful to see these trees suffering, obviously. Reporter trees that dont pass becks inspection that one will get cut out for sure. Reporter wont end up in anyones living room. If it has any signs of sunburn or its drought stressed at all, well put signs on it that say just that and its not for sale. Reporter tree seller thomas harmon. Whats christmas without a Christmas Tree . Reporter isnt that stressed out without the lack of rain. You can order the trees online. We deliver them or you can take one of these trees home. Reporter because the sun never shines on his farm. The reason that our tree lot here in burlingame is inside is because these are artificial trees. This is our frosted frasier fir. Reporter his balsam hill Company Creates realisticlooking Christmas Trees sold all across the country. Get the tree that looks real doesnt shed doesnt today to be watered. Reporter while harmons trees may lack the smell of genuine nature they come with other useful features. I like when youre watching a christmas movie, put on just the multilights. Reporter it turns out the drought is turning more consumers to the artificial forest. 31 surveyed in october are planning to change their Christmas Tree habit this year because of the drought. Its called theodora cedar. Reporter beck says hell have plenty of trees ready. Though there is one tradition hed like to see end. Were all anxious and hoping that we get lots more rain this year. Reporter joe risotto jr. , nbc bay area news. Its always the debate every year. Fake or real . And now they have those live Christmas Trees which some people really like. Up next on today in the bay are people right now potentially at risk . Im not im not going to say they are at risk and im not going to say that they are. An oil leak may have contaminated Water Supplies in one part of Alameda County. We investigate why local officials still dont know whether Hazardous Waste may have seeped into the Drinking Water in one community. Stay with us. Take a live look outside. San jose adlib good sunday morning to you across the bay area. Your time now is 7 29. And we want to give you a live look outside right now at san jose. Absolutely gorgeous. Really working the camera and angles from Communications Hill there. Thanks so much for waking up with us this sunday. Im vicky nguyen alongside anthony slaughter standing by with a look at that microclimate forecast. And it looks like those microclimates are pretty cold across the bay area. Kind of like my weather computer this morning. Just frozen. Stopped on one shot. Glitches. What can you say. We are waking up to temperatures freezing in some spots. Fran San Francisco the only place not waking up with freezing temperatures. That marine influence. North bay, averaging in the mid20s. The east bay the peninsula and the south bay looking at temperatures in the 30s. Now, later on this afternoon well see full sunshine once again. 59 degrees for the north bay. 59 for San Francisco. And mid50s for the east bay through the south bay. We have a chance for rain as soon as tomorrow at the coastline and another chance midweek. Well show you those temperatures and a warmup. Looking forward to it. Thank you. Now to a developing story. The intense search continues for a man accused of killing his girlfriend. Police say they found the woman suffering from stab wounds at a home in san mateo around yesterday at noon. They believe that this man, anthony corincik committed the crime and then fleed. Emergency crews were unable to save the woman. The search for her killer delayed b. A. R. T. Trains. The crime has neighbors worried. After seeing what happened to that lady and then the guy, he doesnt have no common sense. He doesnt have no heart. He doesnt have no mercy. Police say they have been to that same address multiple times for Domestic Violence calls. We want to warn you, police are saying that the killer is armed and dangerous. If you have any information on his location call police. We will continue to follow this developing story and bring you more tonight on nbc bay area news. You can also get the latest online or with our nbc bay area app. A tragic loss for an east bay family after their home went up in flames. Danville firefighters were called to the 5600 block of johnston road just after 12 30 yesterday afternoon. The fire grew quickly. Flames shot through the roof of the 3,000 square foot home. Firefighters say the remote area made their work tougher because they had to truck in water. Most of the fire engines hold 600 gallons of water. The actual water tenders that you saw that just left hold up to 3,000 gallons. So theyre dumping going to the next closest hydrant, refilling, coming back and dumping their tanks once again. Two people were inside but they got out safely. Investigators are looking into the cause of that fire. Could Drinking Water be contaminated in the trivalley . That is the question officials still cant seem to answer after a hazardous chemical leak was discovered in livermore. Investigative reporter begat sha shaban broke the story and now a question whether a Health Emergency should be declared for parts of the area. Reporter the oil field is run by enb Natural Resources which has facility as cross the state. But this leak happened in Alameda County where they produce about 32 barrels of oil per day. Crews are still working to clean up the mess and county officials still cant answer basic questions about the impact of the leak and whether those living near the site could be in danger. Reporter livermore in Alameda County is home to more than 86,000 people. 45 wineries. And just off the main road past this grove of olive trees is the countys only active oil field. Thats where county inspectors took these photos of what they described as an oil leak. Testing showed dangerous chemicals seeped out of an oil tank and into nearby soil. We obtained inspection reports that say the leak included Hazardous Waste. And this report says the crude oil may have contaminated an underground aquifer used for Drinking Water. Are people right now potentially at risk . Not im not going to say they are at risk and im not going to say that they are. I wouldnt say they are at risk or not. We dont know that yet. Reporter susan hugo heads the Hazardous Materials television in Alameda Countys department of environmental health. Shes a chemist by trade and says the extent of the damage and the dangers still arent known. As early as last week, crews continued working to remove the contaminated soil which might make you believe the leak was discovered fairly recently. But records we obtained show county inspectors knew about the leak back in april. Thats seven months ago. And questions over possible water contamination still havent been answered. You dont know. I think i believe that immediate risk has been taken care of by removing the contaminated soil. But impact the groundwater, we dont know. Reporter why couldnt it have been discovered earlier . It was not reported. The leak was not reported to us. Reporter hugos team of inspectors only check above ground oil tanks once every three years. And so it wasnt until they got complaints from a neighboring business that they learned the oil had leaked into the soil. According to documents filed by emb, the oil Company Started testing soil samples from the leak at the end of march. But other documents we obtained show that emb fal resources reported that the release was discovered in april. County inspectors visited the site in may and issued their report in june which listed over a dozen violations at the oil field including failing to properly dispose of Hazardous Waste. And failing to immediately notify state and local agencies about the release of hazardous material. We know that it contained really dangerous quantities of lead and chromium and it also contained ethyl benzene. Reporter she says emb was legally obligated to report the league as soon as it was discovered. Instead the company tried cleaning up the mess on its own. County records show enb dug as deep as 12 feet and still found traces of the chemical. Lakewood says enb should have known better especially since the company has had oil spills in the past. What sort of record does enb have when it comes to spills . Across california, theyve had more than a dozen spills in the past five years that theyve reported to state agencies. Reporter records show 13 spills took place at enb oil fields in four different california counties since 2010. We discovered statewide 18 spills at oil fields have been reported just over the past three months. Two of those at e b facilities. Remember e b only notified the state about the leak in livermore after county inspectors cited the company for not reporting it. They then took another seven weeks to report the leak to the state. Thats nearly four months after they say they discovered the leak. What does that tell you . You know i wont i mean, i cant comment on that. Reporter after hugos team found the violations other county workers stepped in to oversee the cleanup. The head of that division told us the contaminated soil needs to be cleaned up first so it doesnt get pushed into the water supply when crews dig deep enough to test the water. Officials acknowledge the slow pace but blame a regulatory process that they say doesnt work fast enough even when water displays may have been contaminated. Companies can still get away with having very lax operations. Reporter rebeen ka is with Alameda County against fracking. If the county had not become involved, then who knows what might have happened . Reporter the county is requiring e b to on do an assessment of all the wells within 2,000 feet of the leak to find out how many people could potentially be impacted. The States Department of Water Resources told us there are about 400 wells in the area but couldnt tell us how many people rely on that water. Most, if not all, are private wells. So the water is never treated for possible contaminants before its used for drinking and farming. If it gets down to the groundwater, as intensively as that is used out here by residents, thats a big concern. Reporter last month the county finally approved a plan that would require the oil company to pay for groundwater testing. Those results arent due to the county until december 21st. Which means eight months will have passed. Before some in livermore find out if toxic chemicals may have oozed into their water supply. We requested an interview with top executives at e b Natural Resources, but they declined. In a statement the company said the leak may have happened years ago before e b ever opened the oil field. The statement goes on to say in late march 2015 when e b Natural Resources removed an unused storage tank we discovered oilstained soil underneath the unused tank. E b has never used the tank. Any leak occurred prior to e bs acquisition of the facility in 2006. The Company Takes full responsibility for cleaning up the affected soil in a voluntary remediation agreement with the county. Now, as a result e b is now paying to assess the damage and to clean it up. Back to you. Begad, thank you. Call us or send us an email to the unit at nbcbayarea. Com. President obama will be meeting with nearly 150 World Leaders in france today for the International Climate change summit. Security will be tight especially in the wake of the devastatinge inginge inging paris terror attacks. Thousands of extra Police Officers have been deployed. Several controversial green activists are already under house arrest. World leaders are aiming to reach a deal on limiting Greenhouse Gas emissions and cushing global warming. Ahead of the summit from high heels to boots, an Environmental Group lined the streets of paris with thousands of pairs of shoes this morning. The shoes represent the people banned from protesting tomorrow during the u. N. Climate talks. The activists are calling for leaders to make strict commitments to show to slow rather climate change. Still ahead on today in the bay, stanford and notre dame create an instant classic. Also, more reasons to celebrate the warriors season, still perfect, and another warrior player enters the record books. Your sports highlights are next. Why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Oracle arena adlib lets give you a live look outside right now at oracle arena. Absolutely electrifying last night as the warriors took it to the Sacramento Kings and kept their record straight perfect, 18 and counting. The warriors victory train just keeps on rolling. Golden state taking on their Northern California rivals the Sacramento Kings, at oracle arena. The game itself like many others, was never in doubt. But there was some warriors history made during the lopsided affair. Draymond green set up his teammates all night. Here he is setting up brandon rush. Green finished with his second consecutive tripledouble. The last warriors players to do that was wilt chamberlain. Not many Power Forwards in the nba do that type of stuff. So hes playing at an allstar level right now. And its impressive that he like a lot of our guys has gotten better in this offseason. To the farm now. A thriller between the sixth ranked notre dame fighting irish and the ninth ranked cardinal. 35 seconds to play in the game. Stanford up six. Deshaun kaiser with the goahead score and stanford down by one. The cardinal had one last surge. Kevin hogan finds kevin for a 26yard gain and it all came down to a 45yard field goal attempt. Its good. The crowd storms the field. Stanford walks away with a huge win. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up california lawmakers have long had a reputation as pace setters when it comes to National Policies. But is that now changing . Our political analyst, larry ger sten joins us live in studio next. Cyber sales are storming in with ultra hdtv deals. Ultra hd huh . Ill look good enough to eat. [ gasps ] oh no. Samsung ultra hdtv on sale at target. Com that sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Its always worth remembering. That icing the Cinnamon Rolls is a privilege not a right. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. It was once said that california politics set the tone for the nation. The Antiwar Movement in the it was once said that california politics set the tone for the thags. The Antiwar Movement the antitax movement in the 70s and the antiimmigration movement in the 80s cemented california as the leader for National Policies on the same issues. But what about now . Nbc bay area political analyst larry gerstin is here to separate fact from fiction. Is california on the same page with the rest of the nation today or not . You know there seems to be a parting of the ways if you will. Simply in party identification. Figures nationally and statewide. Nationally the country is much more equally divided than in blue california. Take a look at recent data sear, and here, and you can see only nine points separate the parties nationally. But in california you can see why, then, democrats tend to do so much better in the state. They really have a nice cushion. So do California Democrats here in our state carry more sway than they do nationally and are they still trendsetters for the rest of their party . Well theyre not so much trendsetters right now as much as theyre maybe outliers that kind of thing. Nationally look both Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders, theyve called for increases in the minimum wage. In California Democrats here in the state legislature this year refrained from increasing the states minimum wage. Heres another example. Nationally both clinton and sanders have proposed plans to raise taxes on oil. Here in california the overwhelmingly Democratic Legislature has refused to do so even though this state is the only major oilproducing state that doesnt tax oil. Pretty big differences. Yeah huge. What about the republicans . Does that same schism exist for the gop, or are the two organizations more similarly aligned . Fair question. California republicans and their National Counterparts certainly theyre in lockstep when it comes to taxes. They dont want taxes. They dont like taxes. But on some key issues yeah there are some pronounced differences. Consider Something Like climate change. California republican governor arnold schwarzenegger, he was the one who secured passage of ab32, that law that tightened emissions requirements. But most National Republicans have opposed such a move. And on gay rights well recently the California State Republican Party changed its bylaws to accommodate gay republican organizations. But National Republican leaders, on the other hand, well theyve called for a constitutional amendment to prohibit samesex marriage. So once again, yeah we see some pretty good differences. They really couldnt be further apart. Why do you think theres this gulf nationally . This is where it gets interesting for me. What the hecks going on here . A couple of factors come to mind. First, you know california is much different than the nation. If you look at racial and ethnic minorities, here they comprise more than half of the state. Compared with 30 nationally. Guess what . That leads to a different mix, different values, different policies. And second the political screens these days theyre not as pervasive in california as they are nationwide. Thats something new for california. But nowadays liberals and conservatives, theyve moved closer to the center. Perhaps, even perhaps because jerry brown, governor brown, has chosen a more centrist path or maybe because they realize thats the only way legislators can make major policy. So there you have it. Its a far cry from the gridlock we see in washington. But heres the takeaway. Regardless these days california nation theyre marching in different directions. What that means for 2016 that remains to be seen. It will be interesting and well have you here for that analysis. Larry, thank you very much. Stay with us. Still to come on today in the bay, a happy ending for a pig found sleeping on the side of a highway. How social media may have played a role in her family reunion. And were waking up to sunshine, but it is cold. Temperatures in the 20s, even in 30s. Were back to detail the forecast, and the chance of rain this coming week. Well see you in a bit. Welcome back here on this sunday. 7 53, the time right now. Want to start you off with this shot from the north bay. You can see on the map weve got 20s widespread. This is our coldest location across the bay area. Petaluma at 25. Even santa rosa this morning, 24 degrees. Even across the trivalley, were dealing with some 20s. 26 in danville. 26 in walnut creek. And over in the peninsula, weve had some 20s the past few mornings in woodside still at 28. However, not so bad over near hillsborough. 35. Not freezing at least. San mateo, 36. Even san jose at 33 degrees. Santa teresa 32. San martin at 28. The storm system that moved through this week, here in the bay area on wednesday, it has moved all the way across the country. You can see still has yet to move through atlanta. Theyre at 70 but washington d. C. Looking at a mix of rain and snow as that system slices through the western half of the country as well. Airport delays not so bad. Looking at 30minute delays across parts of dallas. If youre traveling elsewhere or got family or friends coming in maybe youve got your own roommate coming back in town it does look like we are going to be looking at conditions improving through the day. Now, here at home its going to warm up but it is still very cold. Temperatures right now in the 20s and 30s. 24 degrees right now in the north bay. Averaging 40 in San Francisco. So thats the one spot thats not dealing with freezing temperatures. Vk of course, you get that marine influence. This afternoon, back close to 60. Mid50s across our inland valleys. You can see its not going to be a warm day by any means. 59 in San Francisco. 59 in san mateo as well. 56 in saratoga. 55 here in san jose. North bay, again, no big surprise here. Close to 60 in napa. Oakland, youll be near 60 as well. Trivalley staying cool. 50s from pleasanton and livermore. To put the futurecast in motion the thing youll notice here is were talking about more cloud cover for the day tomorrow. Now, our inland valleys wont see any rain tomorrow. However, its going to be mostly cloudy. The places that will see rain San Francisco tomorrow around 8 00. Youll see a few showers in the morning. And over towards the north bay. Thats where the rain will stay through the day at least the first half of the day. By the afternoon hours, we may see a rogue cell move over to the east shore. Maybe down towards the peninsula. But i do think most of us through most of the day will stay dry. We may get one little brief sprinkle, but i dont think its going to be much rainfall at all. The thing that we are watching though as we head towards the latter part of this upcoming week, wednesday and thursday, a stronger storm system thats going to move north. Thursday morning well see some showers. Widespread rain and even some sierra snow come thursday. This is how much rain were talking. Not a whole lot at least for monday. As we mentioned, maybe a few spripg sprinkles. Thursday, maybe a half an inch and maybe a quarter inch across parts of our inland valleys. Youll notice here on the temperature trend, things really do start to warm up as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. Were talking temperatures in our inland valleys back into the mid60s. Here comes that big storm system i was telling you about. A chance of rain moves in for thursday. And we could be dealing with decent rainfall amounts. Maybe even a foot of snow across parts of the sierra. Were going to keep on adding to that tally. Thats where our snow pack comes from. Thats where we really theyd it. Were headed in the right direction. Yeah, the skiers and snow borders getting all that extra snow. The resorts are all open. Especially the fact they didnt get any the year before or the year before. Absolutely. Great. Thats good. Looking forward to those changes. The mystery has been solved. The chp found the owner of a big pig found sleeping on 9 shoulder of the highway. They wrangled the big near merced. It was just sleeping in the sun. On friday the chp posted this picture on facebook after taking the pig to Sonoma County animal services. It appears the pigs owner saw it. His name is geno. Turns out the pigs name is june. Heres the exchange from the comments section of the facebook post. The owner says hey, thats my pig. Thanks so much for maybing us a part of your morning. No 5 00 or 6 00 newscast tonight. Instead, sunday night football night in america. Of course, well be back on at 11 00 tonight. Until then stay up to date on nbcbayarea. Com and we hope you have a great morning. See you. Opportunity has no slow season. No offdays, or downtime. Opportunity is everything you make of it. This winter, take advantage of our seasons best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. 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