Seen it in person. To day my turn. The olympics have ability to produce unbelievable highs and devastating lows. At the very same time. Ski half pipe today it was two northern californians, two close friends, at either end of the spectrum. Lets start with the high. Brita sogourney, bumping her teammate out of the bronze medal spot to. Win her first ever olympic medal. Stoke level now . Stoke level is through the roof. Hahaha. You have worked so hard. And so long. Yeah. Can you believe it actually happened . I cant. It all happened so fast. Today has flown by. Been the acome la been the accumulation of hard work. So happy it paid off. Now to the low. Maddie bowman, cant land the last trick on all three runs. The last one ending in a nasty fall that broke her helmet, had her lying motionless on the snow for a few moments. I spoke with emotional maddie, a few minutes later. Why the tears . I dont know. I dont know. Its just like, all so, this process to make this team and process to get to the olympics is so insane. And it comes done to three runs which is awesome. And you know, its just, its, its tears of relief. Its tears of heartbreak. It, you know tears are excitement for, my friends. I just, yeah, i wouldnt trade it for anything, i guess. Moments after talk with us, it was over to her biggest fan. M maddys mother. The two held an embrace for a long, long time. Brita wasnt the only bronze. The shibutanis terrific free skate in a stacked field. Winning team usas second figure skating bronze here in pyeongchang. For figure skating up next, the event many wait the olympics for. Women single skate. Featuring, karen chen. Raj, jess, soon as the the newscast is over if any viewers have questions about the olympics or what it is look to cover it. On facebook live. End of the newscast on Garvin Thomas nbc bay area. Logging on. Sad to see maddie. So much sacrifice to get there. Thank you, garvin. The updated medal count did you hear about this olympian . From oakland. A hot topic. Elizabeth swaney, representing hungary. Her Performance Today was unique. Did she find a loophole to qualify for these olympics . The story in a bout 20 minutes. The final stretch of the games, we have got you covered, if you are ever away from your tv. Get to our nbc bay area app free. Watch our live stream. Now to microclimate weather alert. Freeze warning in effect for much of the bay area. Live look at dublin. One of the coldest spots on the map right now. Chilly temperatures wrap up a day of strange weather. Video. A mix of rain and snow. And that happened in the city of berkeley. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri and plunging temperatures. What are we talking about . How cold is it going to get . Certainly 20s as we wake up for tomorrow morning. Here is the main reason why. Look at the current temperatures with wind factored in. Now feels like 34 in napa. Also, 34 in walnut creek. Those are also some of the coldest temperatures right now. San jose at 44. San francisco at 46. So with at least 8 hours more of temperatures continuing to drop thats why we have this freeze warning in effect for the northeast, south bay. You have got to dress in layers tomorrow morning. Bring the pets inside. You still have some time right now to cover up sensitive plants. What about the number one coldest spot . Marin, napa, sonoma counties. 2632 degrees starting off tuesday morning. Well be close to record setting territory as well. Santa rosa, coldest. 26. Record at 26. Tracking not only this chill. Several chances of rain, the sevenday forecast. Ill have that in 12 minutes. See you shortly. Chilly. Plants and pets be prepared. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd joins us now in wall nnut creek, cher . Raj, chilly out here tonight. Right now, 39 degrees and falling. Look jeff said if you havent prepared for the cold weather its not too late. This is not cold. This is, this is late summer. Haha. Hes laughing now, but tell that to this viewer in berkeley who is seeing snow. Its snowing. And rain clouds in the sky, producing hail. There is a freeze warning out tonight. My dog is always inside with me but well turn on heat more to night. I have five pots of chive because my daughter likes it on mashed potatoes. Brought them all in. Experts that walnut creek ace hardware says bringing plants in and covering them is the way to go. If you want to keep them alive during this cold snap. Your plants can freeze, if you cover the root cyst temperature with mulch. That will protect the roots. Plants normally come back. Some plants dont come back. They die. In walnut creek, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Cold here. Colder in the sierra. Chains required on highway 50 tonight. At twin bridges. Drivers moving at a slow speed. Be careful. Similar sight, echo summit. Drivers may be frustrated. Businesses like this one just outside of lake tahoe happy with the snowfall. Recent streak of dry weather made it tough winter for snow board rentals and sales. Following breaking news. Hall of fame boss ball player Orlando Cepeda rushed to a hospital. The 80yearold lives in fairfield, a giants legend. Works for the team and was inspiration behind the chacha bowl at att park. Interviewed him couple weeks ago. In great spirits. No word yet on why hospitalized or condition. The baby bull was the 1958 rookie of the year. Giants first season in San Francisco. Close call for San Jose Police officers, some one drove their suv into his patrol car and took all. The officer was looking for a stolen Chevy Silverado when a suv barreled into the police car. Police believe the tahoe may be connected with the stolen chevy the officer was initially looking for. Luckily the officer wasnt hurt. After most Mass Shootings there is a renewed call for gun control. Often it fades away. Will this be different though . Tonight in san ramon this community uniting seeking change in the whack ake of last weeks shooting at the florida high school. A message spreading across the country. May be the students leading the adultsen this p ein this protes. One of many events. Can they prmtompt a change. In san ramon with details. Ian cull. Tonight part vigil part rally. Led by students and concerned high school parents. One of many like it around the country. People who are fed up saying enough. It is time now. Tonight sadness and anger in front of san ramon city hall. Holding vigil for the 17 students killed in florida. People fear there their kids lives. We cannot put our teachers and children through this every single day. One speaker says when she was younger she was on a swim team with within of the victims, nicholas doret. I dont want him or 14yearolds or the teachers that literally sacrifice their lives for students. I dont want them to become a statistic. 50 people here part of a growing movement calling for common sense gun controllautz laws. A liein in front of the white house. Enough its enough. In broward county, florida, teens held a rally said theyre fed up being the mass shooting generation. The people deeply affected by the shooting, people who saw it are the people speaking out. National School Walkout planned for march 14th. The organizers website shows students from Mountain View are signed up. The following week, a march on washington, d. C. To prevent a pain felt across a nation tonight. We have to take action before, any other students lives are taken. Ian cull, nbc bay area news. Just in after trading insults over the past come years, President Trump and former president ial candidate mitt rm knee omney on the same. President trump endorsed romney. With an exclamation mark. Romney tweeted. Thank you, mr. President for the support. I hope over the course of the campaign, i also earn the support and endorsement of the people of utah. We have new video from San Francisco. A cliff rescue at lands end. Take a look at nbc bay area sky ranger overhead. Happened at 5 30 this morning. See the distance between the fire fighter helping the man and the rocks down below. Precarious spot. He secured a harness and helped that man walk up the cliff. And up to safety. Sadly there was also a deadly accident on another local cliff. A man fell to his death at Thornton Beach in daly city. Chp helicopter there. Late this morning. The man was trying to rescue his dog, but then he tumbled and fell, 500 feet on to the beach below. Im tracking the freeze warning for tomorrow morning. Plus, ill tell you about several disturbances in our rain chances over the next seven dates. Thats in a boutbout 8 minutes. A man who made thousands smuggling guns here to the bay area tells our Investigative Unit just how easy it was. Im steven stock, hear his story next. She lost a special ring while flying across the country. But, she go out back. The Great Lengths two airline employees took to put a great big smile on her face. Renewed c despite some of the toughest gun laws in the country, some we mentioned earlier renewed call for gun control. Despite some of the toughest gun laws in the country some bay area communities see shootings almost on a daily basis. For several years now, we have been digging into some of the causes of that gun violence the tonight, senior investigator, steven stock talks to a man who put many of the guns right on to the streets. Steven joins us now. Exactly right, raj, the gun smuggler admits he supplied hundreds of guns over the years. Guns that were illegal here in california. He is now trying to keep on the straight and narrow. And he says california laws cannot be effective as long as other states make it so easy to got a gun. [ sirens blaring ] on the streets of bay area cities according to the people who survived there, guns carry status and power. I would say everyone with stat hausd guus had guns. At 12 years of age he carried that status with guns. Guns heap could get easily despite tough california gun ownership laws. For me a guy who had guns, had status, i was the kid. This man, admits he is responsible for supplying some of those illegal guns to people like emile. Probably get like 800 to 1,000 a gun. Now in federal witness protect, put there after the feds caught up with him. Before he was caught he spent about two years smuggling guns from the midwest to the bay area. I was out in a different state. And i just seen how easy it was for people from that state to just get a gun. Than it was in california. How much would you pay for them in the midwest . 300. 300. You would make as much as 1,000 off 300 gun. Yeah, depending what kind of gun it was. He asked us to call him roger. He fears former clients who bought hundreds of guns from him over the years might now kill him for turning states evidence and talking to us. Started off, drugs first. What kind . Marijuana. Roger soon found an easier more lucrative way to make money. Did you work your way up . No, i just i just took a different road. Why. More money it was kind of easier. More money in guns than drugs . Yeah. Easier . Yeah. What do you mean by that . I guess easier to send them in the mail. Easier to get them. Californias restrictive gun ownership laws compared to other states worked to rogers economic advantage. I guess it is just being from out here in california how hard it is to get a gun. And then going out there and just seeing how easy it was. I was like, man, i might as well get some out here and bring them back. Guns stay in circulation forever. Duke University Professor dr. Phillip cook is one of the countrys foremost gun violence researchers. He tracked guns recovered by police in chicago, and said gun smugglers often benefit from the wide disparity in gun laws between states and communities. We found 60 of, of the guns picked up on the streets of chicago, were first sold out of this state. So there is, there is a lot of trafficking going on. If you have a market area for firearms, people are always going to get the firearms to the market area. Kevin okeefe serves as chief officer of intelligence for the atf in washington. Okeefe says the different state laws that this gun smuggler sir come venlted demonstrate the challenge to addressing gun violence in america. If their market is a large urban area they will get the guns to the area and more restrictive gun laws in the city opposed to states and municipalities. So profit to be made by getting gnz to the market. Where the missing pieces come from. Roger, the gun smuggler saw our first reporting on stolen guns. He then contacted us asked to speak how easy and lucrative the trade of guns is here. In the bay area. How did you get the guns to california. Ship them. Send them. Mail. Through the mail . Yeah, through the mail. Ups. However. Did you have to pack them special or anything, just put them in the mail and ship them . Different little ways. Put them in toolboxes. Safz. Saves. Microwaves. You put it in and shipped it . Yeah. So lucrative. Earned tens of thousands every month. Saw how much was involved. No more marijuana. Strictly guns. Roger served eight months in federal prison got out after agreeing to testify other gun traffickers. As the we showed you last year, stolen guns from both private owners and from gun stores help drive this underground and illegal gun trade. Across america. To clarify, he reached out to you. After he saw reporting on stolen guns. I want to show how easy it is to got a gun in the bay area. We got his case a greed not to say his name. Verified everything he said. Fascinating. If you have ate story for steven or the Investigative Unit, call or visit our website. Nbc bay area. Com, we investigate. Become to our weather. Winter break. Lot of bay area families in lack tahoe. Check out this video. The waves on the north shore. Incline beach yesterday. Wind speeds of 30 to 40 miles per hour. Right there. At lake tahoe. Chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri its here. Lot coming our way. Nothing in terms of a major winter storm. We have the cold air in place. Stef several chances of rainfall next couple dates. My crow climae start off the lo storm ranger. Doppler radar. Rain snow mix in the berkeley hills. We have seen any wet weather moving on out. As the we mention, see in the scrolling 7 day forecast. Bottom of the screen. We have possibilities coming up. Want to take you to the top story. The cold weather for tomorrow morning. We are going to see temperatures in the 20s. One of our chilliest averages. Trivalley. 29. Scraping ice on the windshield. 34 in the peninsula. South bay. Frost possible. 31. Also done to my coldest average in the north bay. At 27. San francisco, find your heavier jacket. 38. The east bay will start off clear and, and 30. It is not often we get this cold, so just common sense stuff here to think about. Make sure you dress in layers for tomorrow morning. It does help to trap some heat next to your body. Also, wearing a hat can keep you warm warmer. Primary when it comes to yourself. Bring the pets inside. Please. Outside cats. Dogs, get them in gi them something to eat. Warm and stay out of the cold. Protect any exposed pipes outside. Near, near, any of your, your sprinkler systems. Also cover up the sensitive plants. Not too late right now. Coldest time will be right there, right around sunrise. At 6 57 in the morning. We start off frigid. See decent warming for tomorrow. Cool day. You will need to at lest keep a light jacket through the afternoon. 56 in san jose. Little wind. 5 to 15 miles an hour under the sunny skies. Not much change in the temperatures over towards the east bay. 54. 52, pleasanton. 53, heyward. Sunshine throughout the peninsula. 54, palo alto. Low 50s throughout San Francisco. And through marin, napa, sonoma counties. 54 in sonoma. On my extended forecast. Chance of showers. By 10 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Newt change. Keep the chances of scattered rain wednesday and thursday. A better chance of rain though as we head throughout sunday night into mondays forecast. As the these disturbances roll in. The next three days, we could see more, low snow down to, 500. Maybe 1,000 feet. So much busier here in the Weather Department than we were with the sunny weather a few weeks ago. We like it. Lets go. We do. Thank you, jeff. Up next, the iphone. Apple bug and warning scenes to watch out for. Bart says it cannot build a station at the Howard Terminal site, where the a s want to happening now on the facebook page. Swing and miss for the as. Bart cannot build a station at Howard Terminal site. Bart says too long to design and build. Were back in a moment. Theyre super. But they can fly. United. Helping superheroes fly. United. My name is jamir dixon and im a locafor pg e. Rk fieldman most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg e. My truck is something new. Its an 811 truck. When you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you dont hit them when youre digging. 811 is a free service. Im passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. Theyre the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then ill drive it every day of the week. Together, were building a better california. San francisco woman is thankful to be reunited with her saying she has faith in humanity and airlines, San Francisco woman is thankful to be reunited with her wedding ring. She says she lost her wedding and Engagement Rings last week while flying some where between new york and jackson hole, wyoming. After she contacted united airlines, a gate agent found the jewelry, gave it to a pilot, that pilot hand delivered tight her in San Francisco. Well another headache for apple as the it deals with a seriously new bug impacts many devices. Apples operating system has a flaw that can auz iphones, ipads, watches and macs to shut down if users get a message containing characters from the alphabet, third most spoken language in india. Apple says a software fix is coming soon. Hop on the bus, samtrans, says ridership dropped 2,000 ride a day during the week. Big factor, cheap gas and Ride Sharing Services like lyft and uber. To encourage people to ride, it spent 50 million on 55 new diesel buses that will hit the road this summer. New buses will have wifi and usb ports. And plans to roll out a mobile app. So riders can look up ticket prices and routes. You want to ride . Yes. Sleep. Take a nap. Back in a moment. We are joined with the unique story out of the olympics tonight. Stay wit