Also one in malibu. And the weather made coming home for thanksgiving a major headache for thousands. We do have Team Coverage tonight of this wet weekend. Rob mayeda is in the Weather Center with all of the numbers. Marianne favro is in san jose covering the travel troubles. First, we join Christie Smith live in San Francisco where she has been tracking all of the damage from the storm. Christie . Reporter good evening to you peggy. The rain has finally stopped coming down here in San Francisco after a very wet night. Weve seen quite a bit out here. I think you mentioned some of it. Weve seen mud in the road. Weve seen accidents, trees down. And this rain isnt done yet. As rain fell on and off this evening, trouble spots popped up in places like marin before the waldo tunnel, where mud and rocks blocked the slow lane on southbound 101. Flares were set out before the cleanup. And in San Francisco and the presidio a big tree blew down and then it took down the wires and knocked out the
Here is nbc bay areas garvin thomas. Thank you so much for joining us. These next 30 minutes are dedicated to all of you who have said at one time or another theres not enough good news on tv. Thats what bay area proud is all about, people at their most generous, inspirational, and successful. And you can add unique to that list for our first story tonight. Thats because no one has ever heard of anything similar happening before. Its a story about the gift of life, Organ Donation, and how two families gathered last month to celebrate that gift just like they have for a decade, but with one big twist this time. Lets take a look and see what they look like. Reporter every year for the past ten years dirks a couple more minutes. Reporter Gary Mckinnon and his wife janice have opened up their petaluma home and barn for an ever growing Holiday Gathering and tree lighting. And on that side are soda and water. Reporter that first year, about 15 people came. Then there were 40. Then there were
Straight night in the row. The protests over the decision in missouri not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson. Bob redell has been in oakland since early morning. City officials getting good at cleaning up. This is hardly the first time oaklands seen vandalism. Reporter unfortunately, you are correct. Good morning to you, scott. I have to tell you, the people who own and run these businesses in oakland are getting fed up. The man who manages this store was too frustrated to talk with us, clearly annoyed at the broken windows and the splattered paint that the protesters put out last night. Down the street at import motors, the man who runs that place received the worst kind of phone call from his son last night. Hey, dad, turn on the tv, they are ransacking your business. It hurts the heart, yeah, i mean, the guys here who work on these cars, they live and breathe these vehicles and when you see something get treated that way, it gets to you. Reporter marc anthony is trying to unders
Tonight. Thats because no one has ever heard of anything similar happening before. Its a story about the gift of life Organ Donation and how two families gathered last month to celebrate that gift just like they have for a decade but with one big twist this time. Lets take a look and see what they look like. Reporter every year for the past ten years Gary Mckinnon and his wife janice have opened up their home and barn for an evergrowing Holiday Gathering and tree lighting. That first year, about 15 people game came. Then there were 40. Tonight there was near 200. Reporter no matter how big this party gets some guests are always going to be more special than others. Bill and his wife tish and the rest of their clan. Thats because this whole celebration began a decade ago as a way for the mckinnons to thank them, or at least try to. Those words dont apply and theres not a word that does apply. Even to this day, they dont know what they have done for us. Reporter in 2004 their son caleb d