About an hour ago and about an hour before that, berlin and paris welcoming in the new year. Lets take you live look to time square, the Biggest Party in the united states. Four hours away from the ball dropping in new york city. That is where Chris Pollone is joining us. Reporter you are starting to feel some energy from the crowd. Those poor people, i mean they chose to do this, but many of them had been out there since 9 00, 10 00 out there this morning. Stand anything a metal pen. If they left they wouldnt be allowed to come back. The giant crystal ball has gone to the top of the pole ready to make the trip down at midnight. This place is loaded with security. The mayor of new york says this will be the safest place to celebrate the new year in the united states. Thousands of Police Officers covering this event alone. There are uniformed Police Officers but also under cover tactical teams. Snipers on businesses around here. And there are detectives now in all of the hotels surrounding time square watching people come in and out. All the parking garages, 125 of them have been cleared of all cars and trucks to avoid the possibility of a car or truck bomb. When people come in here, the million or so people who line line 42 42 42nd street. There are helicopters in the sky and this place is totally locked down. If anyone wants to come in, they have to go through heavy security. The mayor claims this is the safest place as we ring in the new year. Thank you. Lets take you now to San Francisco embarcadero. Tens of thousands of people are expected to come and ring in the new year in San Francisco. The weather is on track to give people a great view of the annual fireworks display. Launched from a boat in the bay which gives everyone along the waterfront a vfantastic view. Those with breathing and smoke sensitivity should watch from a distance. We will be broadcasting it following our midnight news cast. A live look at San Francisco right now and meteorologist rob mayeda is joining us now. As we approach midnight, looks like we are going to see more clouds form up around the bay. We could see some patchy dense fogs. So stay tuned here. Here is a look at the timeline as we head towards midnight. You dont want to see this, this is hazy skies and visibility starting to drop down. Remains to be seen if the fog is going to set up at bay level. Especially between midnight and 7 00 a. M. Even in san jose visibility could be less than a mile at times. So fireworks time around San Francisco close to 50 degrees. As we move forward, big changes ahead. Spare the air day tomorrow. Now it looks like we could see three storms starting wednesday through next weekend. The time line and how much rain and snow we are expecting coming up. If you still are not committed to your new years plans head to our website nbcbayarea. Com for things to do in the bay area. A plane crashed in costa rica killing 12 people. Ten of the victims are americans. A family of five from new york is among the dead. The plane crashed in a wooded area in a popular area for tourist. We are following developing news in suburban denver. The year has come to a violent and tragic end. Authorities were called to an apartment complex where they were met with gunfire. One deputy killed. The man was known to police but dont know why the violence erupted. Ambush type of an attack on our officers. He knew we were coming and we obviously let him know we were there to investigate the disturbance. Neighbors say it is normally a quiet and safe place to live. The deputy killed has been identified as 29yearold zackari parrish. Husband and father of two. Was it a potentially deadly incident avoided. The 49yearold was extremely dunk and depressed when he was arrested overnight at the Hyatt Regency in houston. Claiming he recently had domestic issues at home and had to be at a hotel. Saying he only brought his guns there for storage. Didnt want to harm anyone and didnt want to leave guns in his pickup truck. Who tipped off the fbi about possible russian meddling . An australian diplomat. George pop. When australia which is one of americas top intelligence partners calls the fbi, you know they will take it seriously. You will find the president was nowhere near the russians as related to the campaign, the election or anything there of. The washington is continuing to cooperate with the special counsel. Return to breaking news. The raiders are looking for a new coach. Coach jack del rio says he will no longer be with the team. The raiders were considered a super bowl favorite at the beginning of the season. The silver and black are making a push to bring jon gruden back. Breaking his sigh length, irans president makes his first speech. There is one warning a bay there is one warning a bay area pet there is one warning a bay area pet an aggressive stance over antigovernment protests that the government of iran is taking an aggressive stance over Anti Government protest that have continued for several days. Irans president today said people have the right to protest but not to jeopardize public safety. Matt bradley reports from london. Reporter just as they entered their fourth day and just after President Trump has sent out as many tweets. President Hassan Rouhani has just broken his silence assuring activist they have the right to protest. He took a veiled swipe at President Trump. President rouhani and his more saltory comments came that he would quote pay the price for their violence. This reaction comes after unrest spiked over the weekend. Morphed into demonstrations against irans leadership and even its clerical ruling regime. Become the largest protest since the socalled Green Movement in 2009. That was brutally suppressed and worries this one will as well. Back to you. All right. The potential dangers of legalized pots. One womans urgent message to pet owners. And watching those clouds closely right now. 57 degrees in San Francisco which is mild compared to the rest of the way the rest of the country is. A mountain biker who scratched on a remote trail in an East Bay Park had to be air lifted for help. The mountain biker suffered a head injury and several broken bones. First responders lifted the victim about a half a mile away. Crashing into the power lines in the north bai. The driver sheared a pole causing multiple lines to come down. Chp officers had to wait to pg e could deenergize the lines before rescuing the driver. Finally freed after six hours. Hours from now more than 70 shops will be licensed to start selling a marijuana in california. The States Bureau of cannabis control says the agency has been working through the weekend to process as many licenses as possible. Officials plan on issuing more licenses tomorrow. An important warning from veterinarians. Make sure your dogs dont manage to find your pot stash. It could be extremely dangerous. Clear signs a dog is suffering from pot intoxication. One local woman who dealt with that scarey situation. Reporter tess is feeling better today. Her 2yearold job was showing signs that something was wrong and it was scarey. A pool of urine on the floor which is atypical for her. The doctor came out and said we induced the vomiting and the room leaked of pot. Reporter they arent entirely sure where tess picked it up. Maybe on a walk or perhaps it was tossed in the yard. But she thinks it was likely edible meant for people. We are anticipating that we are going to be seeing marijuana toxicity. Reporter lynn morris says they are having discussions on new marijuana rules and pets. Marijuana is toxic to dogs. Most of the time it is not a fatal toxicity. Reporter not uncommon to treating symptoms. It is based on the active ingredient which is going to be the thc which will affect the animal. Reporter a difference many point out to cbd. It is not really legal for us to prescribe or recommend at this time. Reporter child proof doesnt mean dog proof so keep products safely stored. As for tess, she was treated and back to her old self. In walnut creek. Christy smith bay area news. You are looking at live pictures from the Magnolia Wellness center in oakland. Staff on hand to educate people about the new laws and tax rules that take effect tomorrow. Many have been waiting decades for this day and they felt they needed a party to celebrate this historic milestone. Great weather for that party. Years past in San Francisco you would hope to see the fireworks through the fog. I think we will be getting haze moving in closer to midnight. Temperatures outside pleasant, 50s outside. Look what is happening back east. You will notice the temperature is 12 degrees in new york. Five in chicago and zero in kansas city and 56 in san jose. The return of the king tides, localized flooding. Advisory is up for this. We will have one monday coming up just after 9 00 in the morning. Tuesday, 10 00 in the morning. Areas that usually see issues with high tide flooding could see that in the next couple of days. Light rain showers passing through us. You see the clouds around the bay area. That is what we are watching closely as we head into tonight. San francisco partly cloudy skies at 57 degrees. 56 current and into san jose you saw 56 degrees. Mild for now. We have another spare the air day tomorrow. Once the wind picks up, and rain, good news for the quality. Patchy fog, the story of the morning, 30s and 40s. As we get the day started. And for the afternoon trending mild. And up towards the trivalley. Peninsula temperatures upper 60s. And low 60s for the north bai. Three chances of rain. First one comes in wednesday. Friday system potentially could have heavier rain there. And now the third system coming up for sunday right there. So the sevenday forecast now starting to get covered by more rain drops. See that starting up by late wednesday. Friday, and again on sunday. Overall, i know it has been a while, but that is what the sevenday forecast should look like for this time of year. So the timing works out pretty good. How are we ending 2017 from a rain standpoint. Missed more than 6. 5 inches of rain in the north bay. It took off in 2018, but will land in 2017. Details on the unique experience for some bay area travelers. Beautiful australia ushered in the new year with its annual fire work show over harbor bridge. Ever wish you could travel back in time . Passengers on, at least, one flight travelled back from 2018 to 2017 today. Took off from taiwan bound for San Francisco. 2018 when the passengers boarded and when they land it will be 2018 for a little bit. A reason to celebrate new years eve twice. The u. S. Figure skating championships are underway in the south bay. Skaters are competing at sharks ice. Olympic hopefuls take to the ice. This event is exciting for us. It starts with the juvenile and culminates on the naming of our 2018 team. And everyones dreams coming true at the national championships. You can watch the finals, saturday, sunday and friday. We will show you how they are getting ready for the rose parade, next. A laser and light show to ring in the new year. This is how dubai celebrated at the burj khalifa tower. Glowed with animated light and lasers. The show set a Guinness World record. The floats are on the move. Final preparations are being taken care of before tomorrows rose parade. Parade floats being moved into the position. Officials say it costs between 250,500,000 to make one float. More than 200 members of the Homestead School marching band will be among those performing. No stranger to the national stage. The group has previously performed at the macys thanksgiving parade. You can watch the 129 annual tournament of roses right here on nbc bay area. Tonight hazy skies. Sounds good. Nightly news is next and see you back here at 6 00. Tonight, a gunman opens fire in a suburb of denver, firing more than 100 rounds. We have one deputy down inside the apartment. All of us have been hit at least once. A young sheriffs deputy killed, others wounded. On this last night of the year, unprecedented security and bonechilling weather for the most famous new years celebration in the world. Protests in iran turn deadly, amid signs the regime may be losing patience. Going to school four days a week. It saves money for struggling districts, but are kids making the grade . And the stories that have the biggest