That the two girls were taken to the doctor for a possible smoke inhalation. Why did little berlin wake up early in the first place . She said she wanted to check on her elf on the shelf. Tonight well see what honor the Fire Department is bestowing on her. Were live in san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. In t the man accused of pulling the trigger in the case of a bay area heiress is a free man. He embraced his mother when he walked out of the san mateo jail today. They decided not to try him due to lack of evidence. Last month, the jury found her not guilty but deadlocked on buyyet. A lot of people are commenting. At 6 00, more on their frustrations that no one will be accountable for the murder. A Traffic Alert in marin county. A large tree is block the roadway in mill valley. Thats the tree there. Its a big one. It temporarily blocked both lanes of the highway, but now its just blocking one area. Crews are asking people to avoid the area. Too much traffic, they hope to have it cleared by this evening. And another unpleasant surprise for a homeowner. Workers removing a 40 foot oak tree that came crashing down onto a house. Luckily nobody was hurt but some of the branches did pierce through the roof. Pg e had to come out to restore power. The tree may have been toppled because of all of our recent rain. Yes, it was dry today, but the rain has cleared out, but a new storm is set to arrive right around the corner, which is creating headaches for a lot of people, holiday shoppers, too. Jeff ranieri is here. Lay it on us. Whens the best time to head out . I think we do have good news to point out. The timing on the storm system has been pushed back just a little bit. So the entire weekend will not be wet, so that is some good news. Right now, our mobile doppler radar, we are currently dry. Lets get a wider view, and we are looking at fog developing across the north bay, low clouds down to about San Francisco running our airport tdelays 97 minutes behind at sfo. If youre going to the airport, picking somebody up tonight were also looking at 65minute delays there at newark. But the good news, if youre doing any traveling tomorrow or getting on a plane yourself, we have no major storms to report across the nation from the east coast right back to the west. Lots of sunshine, just a few showers for dallas, seattle and port land. So, if youre right back here in california, you got cold 50s near redding. Down toward l. A. , low 70s. The top things to watch out for is morning fog tomorrow and slick mountain passes. President trumps impeachment is notice record books, but partisan maneuvering makes the next step uncertain. The news making headlines around the world today. The process now supposed to shift to a senate trial in which Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell promised to clear the president. But House Speaker nancy pelosi says shes not even forwarding the articles of impeachment to the senate until shes ensured the trial will be conducted properly. Our founders suspected that we could have a rogue president. I dont think they suspected we could have a rogue president and rogue leader in the senate at the same time. Its a hoax, its a setup. Its a horrible thing they did. The president also predicted wed see some quote, very interesting things in the coming days and weeks. One of the things still up in the air, will there be witnesses in the senate trial . Late this afternoon a meeting between Party Leaders on that issue. Find out how that meeting went, thats coming up in wereabout 2 minutes. One San Francisco woman is going to Great Lengths to get her dog back. This is jackson, this is the one she wants back. His owner believes jackson was stolen. Christie smith joins us from outside the market where the owner is putting up flyers. She really wants to find jackson. Shes determined. Reporter absolutely. You know, the reward money went up. She reached her goal of 7,000. So she was out here updating those flyers. She says her dog jackson was tied up here just briefly for a few minutes. She came out and he was gone. Now shes doing all she can to spread the word and get him back. Emily talayer mow has posted flyers, hoping it will lead to her miniature australian shepherd named jackson. Ive had him since he was a little puppy. Hes over five now. He is my, hes my heartbeat. Reporter this is video she shared of him. She tied his leash outside the grocery store. She came out just a few minutes later and he was gone. When i came out, i knew immediately that he was stolen. There was no question. Reporter she has video of a man walking toward her dog and thinks there is a connection. She was heartbroken but determined. She create the a website with a link to a go fund me page which drew 7,000 for reward money. She even created a tinder account for him so he gets more exposure. She spent 1,250 of her own money to rent a plane with a banner. My thinking there is honestly anything, skys the limit. I will do anything for my dog. So put a banner in the air and maybe people will look at it. It says www. Bring jackson home. Com. There are flyers all over, i mean, its pretty awful. Its a cute dog. So hopefully she gets her dog back. Reporter emily also wants to get the word out about not leaving a dog out even for a few minutes. I certainly have in safe areas where i can see them. And i just dont think its safe to do that anymore unfortunately. Reporter and heres one more look at jackson. Hes pretty small. Hes only 28 pounds, and emily says that plane with the banner will be up tomorrow between 3 00 and 4 30 flying around San Francisco and oakland. Reporting live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Thank you, kristy. In an hour, leaders will consider extending an ordinance. The ordinance has been in place for about a month. This follows the Halloween Party inside a home rented on airbnb. It was deadly. Five people were shot and killed. Voters are getting a cashed fr card from the registrar of voters saying their Political Party has changed. Many think its a mistake, but its not. Were live at the dmv where voters may have accidently had their party changed. Reporter yes, if you received one of these cards from the office of the regge star you may find that you need to reregister your party of choice. After the 2018 statewide rollout of an automatic Voter Registration from the dmv some voters may have had their Voter Registration changed if they skipped the Party Preference question, defaulting them to no Party Preference. Data issues may be to blame. Pushing the registration to vote is really important. If theyre going to do that they need to perfect the system and make sure that everybody gets to choose what category they want. I think once you register, unless you do side to change your, make any changes, you should leave us alone. Reporter the dmv issued a statement saying it is not aware of any large issue with the new motor voter system. And that the dmv is committed to improving its processes and providing Good Customer Service in all its programs. The registrar of voters say its a simple fix. If a voter has received one of the cards, yes, they can fill it out and mail it to us and we will mail them the crossover ballots. Reporter and they can take care of Party Registration when they go to vote. They can show up at our vote centers beginning february 22nd and ask for a crossover ballot. It is really very simple for the voter to get the ballot theyd like. Reporter the office estimates its contacted about 300 voters out of the 300,000 in santa clara. Nbc, live in san jose, sonya shin, nbc bay area news. Thanks. A home for the holidays. Literally. Thats what hundreds of east bay families will get. How its all happening. A california wildlife took center stage on capitol hill in washington, d. C. Today. Ceo of pg e testifying, what he apologized for. And rain approaching by 3 00 p. M. On saturday. Well let you know what that means for the 49ers game at levis stadium and your entire christmas forecast in about eight minutes. Traffic stop gone wrong in oakland today. It happened near buck halter elementary school. Officers tried to stop a car connected to an armed robbery. Instead of pulling over, the driver rammed the officers car. The car caught fire and the man was arrested. Police say four people grabbed power tools from a store and ran out. One of the people caught by a worker there before they all got away. Police started chasing the thieves on 880. They caught up with them and got the power tools and the car. Senators heard testimony on californias Deadly Wildfires and power shutoffs. Pg es ceo was among those who testified. He apologized for the power outages. They also heard from an expert who used a program to track the catastrophic wildfires in australia. I know more from this phone with this technology than the operators know from that utility in australia, and im sitting here in washington, d. C. The Senate Energy committee is examining ways to reduce the impact on wildfires on electrical grids in california and elsewhere. Meanwhile, pg e customers can expect to pay more. Bills are expected to rise during the first few months of 2020, but its only a tiny bit. Customers should expect to pay 10 cents to 30 cents more per month. Its to improve the safety and reliability of its aging systems. Dozens of families on the brink of homelessness have received keys to a brandnew home today. We are joined from fruitvale neighborhood. That is the best gift of all. Reporter jess, welcome. From the outside it looks like any of the other modern, sleek, marketrate apartment buildings popping up in all parts of oakland. But its once you step inside that you realize why there is a wait list of 4,000 people praying for the chance to live here. Just in the nick of time. I thought, where am i going to be living . Reporter days ago she was couch surfing and using her car trunk as a closet. Today shes marveling at all the closet space. Just before christmas, wow, me and my kids have a place to be as a family. Reporter thomas is one of the people moving into Casa Arabella. Everyones rent is adjusted to what they can afford. From her window, thomas can see the b. A. R. T. Tracks. Thats because a 60 Million Development is part of the fruitvale Transit Village and sits on what used to be a b. A. R. T. Parking lot. More than 20 of the apartments will go to homeless veterans. Navy veteran jeff ryan is one of them and says he already feels a sense of community. We all know how we got here. But we also share the appreciation of having such a fabulous place to live. Were headed into the new year. New beginnings. Its awesome. Reporter and construction is not over. The Unity Council which spearheaded the Casa Arabella development is hoping to build another Affordable Housing complex twice the size of Casa Arabella. Theyre hoping to begin construction next spring. Thats the latest here in oakland, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. The rain has subsided. But we had a lot of delays at sfo today. Cloud cover pretty stubborn across the bay area. We did get a few breaks of sunshine but overall, the cloud cover really kind of won out this afternoon. As we bring you into the micro climate forecast i did want to get a look at the travel delays in case youre headed to the airport or picking somebody up tonight. We are running 97 minutes behind in San Francisco due to cloud cover and delays in newark at 65 minutes behind. Lets get you a closer view here of the bay area. You can see the patchy areas of dense fog were dealing with in the north bay, visibility down to one and a quarter mile and some of that low cloud cover right on down towards San Francisco. I think as we move through your friday morning, if youre getting in the car and going on any kind of a trip throughout the state you have to be ready to encounter some patchy areas of dense fog. So just know that now and youll be good to go for tomorrow. You can see were starting off request temperatur with temperatures in the 40s. Peninsula 48. Tri valley at 44. So feeling like december outside. You can wear the layers. Get the sweater off to the slightly heavier jacket, 48 for San Francisco, north bay at 45. This year its been kind of a nice change for us. A lot of times you can go through december hoping and praying and wishing for rainfall, but weve definitely seen our share this month. So it definitely feels like the holidays out here. 65 in san jose, 66 in gilroy. What about contra costa, alameda counties . Low 60s from antioch to walnut creek. San francisco i have you at 58 in the marina. 59 for the ingleside. 61 in santa rosa. 59 in sonoma. No storm systems as we move through tomorrow. And new thinking on our storm for the weekend, the timing has gotten pushed back a little bit. So it does not look wet for all weekend. Saturday looks like the better day for us right now outside. Here you can see, 7 30 in the morning. Storm system lines up out here in the pacific. Dealing with cloud cover on saturday morning. Then the storm starts to drop to the south by 5 00 p. M. On saturday. I think the north bay would have the best bet of getting consistent rainfall. We might still get light showers developing around this time down to about the south bay. But heaviest rain chances would remain off to the north. Well start to see the wet weather begin to move in by sunday morning with moderate, maybe a few heavier pockets. And it looks like those rain chances would continue into sunday evening as well. So heres how it looks for the 49ers game right here on nbc bay area. If you dont have a ticket at levi stadium pull up a seat at the tv, get comfortable. Maybe by the fourth quarter, we could get spotty showers. So, on the extended forecast, i think by sunday as that rain arrives, looking at a quarter to one and a quarter inches. Then for monday, right through christmas, im seeing these on again, off again rainfall chances. No big storm systems receipt now next week, but well continue to monitor that. Inland valley forecast, 50s and 60s for those daytime highs. Not that bad. Just keep the umbrella handy and also that jacket, and you will be good to go. So, if you want to do anything outdoors this weekend, maybe some outdoor shopping. Saturdays the day for that. Then sunday you can kind of do the christmas wrapping, the baking, the precooking, all that fun stuff. Jeff looks like hes got a list. Checkin it twice yes, youre ready. Still to come. Overcrowded colleges . What an east bay city is in the running for a New California campus. Were going to tell you which one. If you see wires down, treat them all as if they are hot and energized. Stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. A dangerous scene in san jose. A driver crashed into a Check Cashing store. The driver took off a short time later the officers found the car at the Check Cashing business. The driver ran off, but a 15yearold passenger was there, taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. Police still searching for that driver. A b. A. R. T. Rider who got out of her wheelchair to try to save a man knifed on a b. A. R. T. Train was honored today. They issued a commendation to 22yearold cecelia humphrey. The man was stabbed when he tried to stop someone from stealing a persons shoes. The Nursing Student applied pressure to his wound until Emergency Responders arrived. God gave me what i needed in the moment, and i just hope that if others find themselves in a situation where they have the capability to help they wouldnt hesitate. The victim ended up dying from his wounds. The suspect has been charged with murder. A new csu campus could be popping up in the bay area. The campuses have become overcrowded. Its considering building a new campus. It would accommodate up to 8,000 additional students, it would be the schools 24th campus. Possible locations could be in concord, stockton, chula vista, palm desert. Time for another census and facebook is getting involved. They will be cracking down on misleading census ads. Crucial that the country gets an accurate census count. Facebook say it is will stop anyone and any ads that show the census as useless or meaningless. It also will not show ads that encourage people not to participate in the census. Lights, camera, action on Treasure Island. Well tell you about a movie studio back open for business. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. You came back well, coming up tonight, at 6 00, a robbery caught on camera. Check it out. A man in this video takes cash from the register at a gas station in contra costa county. Wait until you see what he does next. Well share it with you coming up at our 6 00 newscast. Coming up, nightly news heads to San Francisco to follow around the only airport therapy pig in the country. Special treat she has for holiday travelers. Lester holt joins us next. San franciscos Treasure Island is responsible for a good chunk of movie history, and now the cameras will roll again. Hangar three was used in movies includes rent, the matrix and others. The mayor announced a new lease has been signed and names the building film Treasure Island. There will be the sequel to venom which was set in San Francisco. Weve got to get ourselves onto that lot to see if we can be an extra this is one week till christmas. Yes, and look, we have some rain coming in, but i dont think its anything thats going to ruin christmas for us. Tomorrow morning well start off with that, patchy, dense areas of fog youll need to watch out for. Saturday, most of the day is dry. By the evening hours, showers develop in the north bay, i think well be okay for the 49ers game. Sunday looks to be the wettest this weekend, then on and off rain chances next week. Santa claus, i talked with his team, were good to go next week. Good, thats all that counts. Well be back at 6 00, hope to see you then. Breaking news tonight. The surprise new showdown over president trumps impeachment. Speaker nancy pelosi using her power to potentially delay the president s trial in the senate indefinitely her concern the gop wont allow a fair fight. Republicans accusing democrats of being too afraid and the president under fire for what he said at his rally, suggesting a late democratic congressman is in hell how his widow a congresswoman herself is responding. Also tonight the blast of arctic air bringing the coldest temperatures of the season will it warm up before christmas . Al roker with the holiday forecast who is tracking you . The largest leak of smartphone data ever, revealing every move