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And i wasninr relievednrni beca hx asni we said o out here. Workvni to get this heavyj r equipment off the scene, and then theypgn willni to makeni repairs toni the road remove o lot ofconi material th ws putnrni dow spilled di dieselni fuelco and hydraulic fluids. A5us best toni trurnr to find alternate route until further notice. ni were live . ;ni inco sannr jose nb okay, xdtj thank niyou. While this is no ordinary friday nievening, this commute 9tiholidays. nico today one of de ni busiest dai tzeco christmasni seasonnrninr. Eye on theco skiesco forni us. And we do have some fantastic news to reportnr right now. Even thoughnr we have some low and patchy areas of fog, we are not seeing any airport delays due to weather or also down in los angeles. co again arexd not finding any isss only running 30ni minutes behin herenini in new york cityninr ar through cotomorrow. Nv major stormnvmemqmco grippi the east coast back to the west. Leans possibly over to the panhandle of floridani if you a traveling that way anini alsoa seattle andp hc portland. nr otherwise,ni inr think niqwere fairly uomd here tomorrow. Colder 50fas inni northern cae9 9hr t hahp ho ektr mcz its notco going tonr be wetco a storm north by co9 30 on saturday. nr trackni windnrco that bay areaxd coming upnico in 15 i minutes. Make sure tonr followco jeff twitt ybn hes a greatnini resource. co littleu easier tonight. Eenagers in connection with several ni burglaries. People tried to break into a zmuzile the homeowner was insi taking a nishower. When the womanni screamed, they teenagers wereni breakingni into anothesoni home. ninini investigators say evidence links thosec aeamsco toni[wnini thene o bery. Gasnico tris. ni u toconr purchase this all electricco fiu a conico32co ni the truck would have cost moren i aupdard fire truck. Turningnrco now to ourco t in the bay area coseries. The bayco area housingnr market getting nrc m9y a new report by realitynr hop markets in theco country, looke at how longni houses have beenn the market, howaobelownr listi price they soldxd for. San franthjco and oaklandninrw3d in theco bottom caen. Francisco got nearly 6 before it sold. Just like cvhis, asni you all n, the bay area is one of the most expensive areas in thenr countr. While allnr thisconrni means iti great time toco sell a house, i does mean it could be a good hahp hc how isnr this for ani bargai . A millionni dollar home being sd for about coco 2750. But there is a catch. Scott joins9 us with the amazii deal. Are weni eligible . Whats happening here. O this could be the bargain of thenr decade. An nini11009 squareni foot , bedrooms, two and a halfg bathrooms and the price, co 274,000. co 300,000 for anr house. Yes. Part of a programnr started in 1979 aimed directly at lowni an middleincome people. So teachers,ninr firefighter whoever it might be that we want tonr help in our commun]1nlpni au dont bel uwe somethe this could be around here. You have to[nni have ani ce house. Help its localconr workers. Help itshink they couldnr lower prices so that thesdpeoplennt p] bvoi in thatnr u ho. Than nr 105,000 a year. They will be takingnr applicatis untilnico9 december 2vnith. Thatao comingni up. Yes. A l then they will liwu 11e pick to seeu house. ;pazni theyrenini buying as yearnrni progresses randomnr n 117nrni rentalni they have2hcdxd this since the late 70s. They dontxd come onco the mark very often. 9nr but when they do,co there is strictnrw3n guidelines as to hh the price can be. co thats a good nridea. Thanks,co scott. Ani Christmas Present making it much harder for thieves to break ars at malls. Thousands of2waj in im tom steyer and i approve this message. Climate is the number 1 priority. I would declare a state of emergency on day 1. Congress has never passed an important climate bill, ever. This is a problem that continues to get worse. Ive spent a decade fighting and beating oil companies. Stopping pipelines. Stopping fossil fuel plants, ensuring clean energy across the country. How are we going to pull this country together . We take on the biggest challenge in history, we save the world and do it together. Sarahs last tuition payment, sent off. Feeling good . Oh yeah. Now im ready to focus on my project. This is why we plan. You never cease to amaze me, maya. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Theconi holidayu m 9co is from the nistghn1nniniconi protectin live inni sannico jose with thei hi, nirobert. Jose police got a s7 750,000co it to increase blicni awarenes and grab crimes d to also create a fulltime Police Presence againstnini thieves. Devoted to this slot. Well as startingc ut v holidaqsj cops will be acolp xo fulltime presence. Onenr of the goals omt only to edupae people and prevent apprehend andnrnico arrest thes people responsibleco forninioknh of carnr u uar r t reporter sanfa joseconixdnr preventionni specialistsco talk tonrnr shoppersni inside while officers often anni foot look f innininin h p sco outside. Uk targets. Reporter shoppers weconi ta theirni guard up too. One woman who had her pursen snatched said theco crime t]oi o seconds. I said, no, conino, no, myo d reporter co they took your purse . Yes. I never got it back. Reporter it will augmentnrn their own holidaynr nisecurity. Wenrninr patrol the lot [nn. And then we have ani e amuiy119 vi thisc . rcreased virtuallyni permanent Police Presence willw9 have stirtq tonight, andco it holidays. Thanks, nrrobert. A san fra kra z woman is you may see this message. nr jacksonhome. Com. nini thats the website she set up to thats the website she set up to find herni < nimini shepherl. Zi saturday. nrnr they havee also put up] nrnif gofundmenini account all to fin jackson. Ni imni runniu4 as fast asxd in allnr directions,ni andco it1 me. Ofco suppo be. Everyone willmfnileave. Volunteers are gathering tomorrow to look fornini jackso. Axdni popularxdnr ballpark i vandalized. Someone drovenr on to the field and toreco it up bynldoing doughnuts. You can see the damage there. Xd in fact, the parkconi district it could costcoco thousands of dollars toninr pix aaq eh fix a. Jody is in Pleasant Hill for us. And will thoseqni fieldsco be rc for the upcoming w3season . This isco supposed to be ani pl forok home runs and nrstrikeout not spinouts. But aok joyriderixs quite the making itnvq dangaaauti for a 11 ballpark is like hernd home. For years. And ininininb really loveni it mess after someone took a joyride on theconr playing fiel the curb and madeco their way wh some kind ofii]np ehicle andco dgtvhnuts outco on our e cofie nr the head of the park distrt says her staffcoco discovered t pthe fi ruts. Cheap. u damage if we just hqva to go i and add somejf seed. nico the Park District has placed boulders at the fielde1 entranc to keepxd cars out. She says4ey haveco nopco order bigger ones. to come out andnico destroy it and of damage and a lot ofcoq money nininimia saysco seeing then such bad shape isini hard to stomach,ninini especiallynini s start ofnini softballnr seasonii a few weeks niaway. Other park goers saynini theo otherpset. Goers saynini theo otherpset. Goers saynini it of qninininbni rightnini t tracks left nibehind. ni field hasbyeen too wet for them to fullyco assess the damage, b they have a lot of workni tr d because baseball practice is set to startni out here innrconi midjanuary. Reporting live inconi pleasant , nrthanks, jody. ni thatsw3 notnrco cool. Itsxd reallyco foggyjf wherecif to expect. Over the next 18 hours, we have condensed, isolated patchy fog. We have the possibility of rain this weekend. But i think it will hold off that chance of rain. So cloudy on saturday and then rain really returning here once we hit sundays forecast. And thats likely when we would see the most delays as we head to this weekend. Temperatures very similar to what we have had lately. A mix of 50s to 60s. 62 in san jose. 66 in san francisco. Lets get you a better look at that storm am. By 11 00 p. M. Tonight, there it is. The storm is holding just off to the north. For the 49ers game which is right here on nbc bay area, we should have cloudy skies at the stadium. Once we move into sundays forecast, there is your rain chance and eventually this does start to break up by sunday afternoon. Okay. Grab some eggnog, hang tight. Coming up in about 25 minutes, ill have a look at that sevenday forecast and well look at the sierra snow forecast. Eggnog . Thanks, jeff. Up next, a new photo of steph curry gets leaked. But is it really him . New details on that picture going viral. Well, it is broi inblowing twitter. They were posted last night. However, the original post appears to been removed. His agent says the pictures are a hoax. The warriors do not plan to comment publically on the matter. Tomorrow night you need to be on the couch or at levis stadium. It is the last home game of the regular season for the 49ers. They host the rams. When the 49ers are hot like they are this season, the bandwagon is filling up. This is the team store today. Jimmy garoppolo is amazing. The whole team. Im a 49er faithful all the way. So shes not a bandwagon fan. Shes legit. Faithful. You can watch the game right here on nbc bay area. We will be on the field with a special one hour pregame newscast at 4 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Kickoff is at 5 15. Back to the future, all electric cars to the next level. Marty is a driverless delorian. They have trained the cars to drift. They named it marty after the character in back to the future. The goal is to study how cars perform in stressful situations. President trump lashes back. The evangelical magazine saying he should be removed from office. You cant see it, but its there. We investigate poor air quality in classrooms. We still control our own destiny. Cant sharp on that too long. Go out there and play good football on saturday. That whole d line as a group is very talented and they make it difficult on you. So just got to play on time, get the ball out on time and things like that. To start the season, you got two games left, you win them. You never want to see them in the playoffs. Sponsored by xfinity. Get live stats and scores right on your tv with xfinity x1. Right now, President Trump on air force one flying to his home in florida for two weeks. He is expected to spend some of that time preparing for his Senate Impeachment trial. Now, while the president goes to fl, he leaves washington in a cloud of uncertainty. He leaves behind a standoff in congress. Here is scott mcfarland. Reporter the tray is up, and congress has departed, but there will be no holiday breaks in the battle over impeachment. The president tweeted, this is an assault an america and the republican party. Its strange, the House Speaker hasnt sent over the articles of impeachment. They say theyre preparing for while. As the president has made it very clear, he wants the opportunity to make this fair in the senate. Democrats want current and former white house officials to call witnesses. We want it to be fair. So if new witnesses make it more fair, including the president , then he should welcome in. Joining the debate, evangelical magazine. The editor of christianity today wrote the president should be removed from office. Its like were blinking or winking or looking the other way when our president is doing things that are not not really unconstitutional but blatantly immoral. Reporter the president responded writing, it is a far less magazine or very progressive which has been doing poorly and hasnt been involved with the billy graham family for heres. The editor responded, it is not a liberal publications. We know the president s next state of the Union Address is february 4th, potentially in the middle of a Senate Impeachment trial. That trial will have to wait for a new year. The debate rages on for the holidays. Scott mcfarland. The deadlock over brexit is broken tonight. Lawmakers gave preliminary approval to Boris Johnson divorce bill from the european union. Todays vote breaks three years of a political stalemate and clears the way for them to leave the eu by next month. It must be approved by the upper chamber, the house of lords. The democrats are changing things up. Qualifying for the next president ial debate got more difficult. To qualify, candidates must get 5 in four National Polls or statewide polls. They must have 7 in two state polls. There will also be donation and fundraising minimums. That debate will be next month. The College Building in hayward is coming down. The city Council Voted earlier this month to demolish the old city hall. It is right behind the plaza center. The building is 11 stories hall. The demolition will take about nine months and will start next month. No word on what will be built on this site. Well, is your which i woulds classroom a Health Hazard . Thats a question researchers at cal wanted to know. They took a look at ventilation rates and air quality. The findings could have serious implications for students around the state. Jessica . Reporter its the invisible indoor air pollutant that no one is talking about. Our Investigative Unit has been looking into air quality and ventilation in classrooms. What we found may surprise you. Whether you are at home or work, the sound of it turning on can be sweet relief. In the summer it keeps you cool. In the winter it keeps you warm. A heating, ventilation and airconditioning unit known as hvac. Its something many of us cant do without. But in some schools around the state, hvacs could be putting Childrens Health at risk by trapping co2 in classrooms. Its been an issue for more than a decade. Studies going as far back as 2004 show how poor ventilation impacts students health. But this new study didnt look at old hvac systems. It only looked at new ones. And it turns out many of them are not operating how they should, saying some may be installed or programmed improperly. We were not expecting it. Reporter one of the lead researchers for the study looked at co2 levels in 140 classrooms across california. She says 85 had rates well above the 1000 parts per million by californias Building Code and 3 of the 11 schools where they installed co2 monitors were here in the bay area. There is a strong association. Reporter many of the schools they studied were shocked by the findings and think the score of the issue is a lack of awareness. But students and staff in one South Bay School district have taken notice. I notice that the teacher closes the door, it gets stuffy in the room. It gets hot and stuffy and students tend to want to sleep more. They put their heads down or close their eyes and theyre in general not as attentive in that classroom. Reporter a senior says they are working with stanfords virtual Design Construction program to research and understand the impact of co2 on students across the bay area. When the doors open i feel people are more active. They talk more, participate more. Theyre just more awake in general. Reporter thankfully for emily and her class rights, the director of maintenance for the School District has been working to address the issue. Besides updating current controls that are outdated, we want to provide a healthier environment for heating to help improve their achievement and provide a healthier environment for them to thrive in. Reporter roger oversees facilities for the largest high School District in northern california. For the last year he and his staff have been installing programmable Service Desks that allow them to remotely model and adjust ventilation levels if they get too high. Were allowed 90 days. Reporter so the initial monitoring showed many classrooms around the 12 or 1300 range for co2. In rare cases levels maxed out at 2000. But the technology has allowed them to address each classroom on a casebycase basis as they install the thermostat. It is like in a way if you get enough co2 in the room you are intoxicated in a way. You cant think as clearly or logically. You cant control your temper and your frustrations as much as you normally would be able to. Reporter ryan has been teaching in the district for the last eight years. I dont care how great the teacher is or how excited the student is, if that facility and that air quality is not where it should be, the learning is not going to happen. Reporter there are no state or federal laws regulating co2 levels in classrooms. But california has standards that require installation of new hvac systems be tested by certified technicians. Jessica, thank you. Up next here at 6 00, a cruise ship runs into another cruise ship in a port in mexico. We have the video and the fallout. Stay with us. Are they connected . Thats what police are trying to figure out about two shooting two miles apart from each other. 2 30 morning in san jose. A person was shot and now in the hospital with life threatening injuries. Two hours later, someone shot another person in the leg during a fight. That involved at least six people. That was near white road. Investigators say no arrests have been made in either of these cases. The search is on tonight for this man accused of stealing from teachers in the north bay. It happened earlier this month at Canyon Oaks Elementary School in american canyon. He walked into several classrooms and stole cash and credit cards. Then went on a shopping spree. He was driving a silver or a white nissan. Anyone with information is asked to call police. A dramatic sight. A cruise Ship Collision in mexico. It happened at a port on the island of koz mel. A Carnival Cruise ship crashed into another Carnival Cruise ship. One ship was trying to dock when it hit the stern of the other. You can see it right there. One person was hurt, but theyre going to be okay. Three, two, one. And liftoff. Okay, there it goes. You are watching the atlas 5 rocket blast off in Cape Canaveral in florida. The rocket carried star liner, a capsule that will soon hold astronauts. Nasa says the capsule entered the wrong orbit and now it is unclear at this point when it will get to the space station. A couple of hiccups there, but theyre on the case. Hopefully it is carrying twinkies because they dont expire. Jeff is with us, so we got holiday shopping. We got niners, santa visits and a lot of people traveling. I think we will have a happy medium here. We will still have some rain, but its not wet all weekend. Look at the snow for the last seven days. Well have the forecast coming up. Im consumer investigator chris. Nbc bay area responds next. If your holiday wish list includes resolving a consumer problem, we have some elves to help you out. It looked like chris kamara. Ill stick with the teleprompter. What have you guys been working on as this year comes to an end, chris . We are constantly working. Yeah. You can see our uniform back there. Just a few days left in 2019. Were counting up all the numbers. We are responding to 3,000 consumer complaints this year. Lets talk about a couple recent good tidings we can share, taking action for folks. All right. He was sweating out a broken ac for weeks thanks to a Home Warranty delay. We helped cool things off finally and got him a 357 refund. Over in napa, don was hung up with a problem involving his phone and internet bill. We reunited don with 3,095 of his money. And jerry in nevada was having trouble with a shipping dispute. Our team delivered and got jerry 50 back. Perhaps we can help you, too. You can call us any time. Or you can go to our website right there on your smartphone. Just tap on the button and you will get right to our form. You can send us photos and videos and documents, all that stuff you love to make the case for you to get your money back. Easy. Very easy. Very handy. And no issues with santa over the holidays. Hes all good . Package delivery . Yes. Happy holidays. Likewise. See you guys. A super bowl underway right now. The madden nfl 20 Club Championship kicked off a few minutes ago. Every nfl team fielded its own pro gamer to compete for 100,000 cash prize. This is serious. Yes. Reps for the raiders and 49ers did well early on but theyre out by the semifinals. Fighting hunger in the bay area. An exciting update. Thanks to the generosity of our viewers, we provided more than 380,000 bags of food to needy families. The food bank in counties all across the bay area are seeing an increase. We want to thank you for donating to our food drive. You can participate. It runs through christmas day. It only costs 10 at your local Safeway Store and that will help feed a family. They are still open. Go there. 10. Give it to the Cash Register and you are good. Thats a lot of bags, right . Yes. When i was in alamo a few weeks ago, people were not only doing one but three or four at a time. Here is 50. Here is five bags. Jeff, take it away. Weekend forecast i think is improving. As we have seen our time line continue to shift. It is moving in a better direction if you have plans this weekend. But i do really want you to be on alert for areas of patchy fog. A lot of us have moved through some of this along the peninsula the past couple of days. If you have been at home doing some cooking to get ready for the holidays, maybe some wrapping and you have been hunkered down and you are deciding to head out tonight, be alert for that. This is our camera looking back towards concord. You can see how this fog is developing right now. It is also cold and kind of damp outside. Right now 49 degrees. 40s as you continue to move through tonight. Its really not that bad on this. But its these patchy dense area popping up on the north and east bay that you have to watch out for. As we push into saturday morns forecast, jacket weather with us. Maybe if you want to pull out the scar v. We will not be below the freezing mark. 47 in the tri valley. Peninsula at 48. Right over here to the north bay 46. San francisco upper 40s and the east bay at 45. Cloud cover stays with us through the day tomorrow, but i do not think you will need the umbrella because, again, that storm tag line is changing. Over here we will push up to 62 degrees. We keep the overcast. Pleasant 51. Peninsula at 60. San matteo 58. Union square, maybe some shopping, coffee, some eggnog, whatever you got going on down here, 58 in mission, 55 in the marina. 57 in santa rosa. Chillier right up towards clear lake at 54 degrees and sonoma at 58. We talked about how tomorrow will be dry through the day. And the whole time that we are going through tomorrow we will be closely watching that storm system, which will be right here off to the north. So this is good news for levis stadium. The 49ers kickoff at 5 15. It will live right here on nbc bay area. Right now all were calling for is cloud cover. So if you are going to the game, bring your jacket. Right now it does not look like you need the umbrella. Lets head back to the future cast. Well get you into this rain and as it moves in. Sunday morning wet, wont last that long. We should see that storm break up by saturday afternoon. The extended forecast looks good. We have some showers tuesday night, some rain on christmas day. About a quarter of an inch. Everything is all good. I got a call in to the crew. No problems as we head to christmas. Sunshine by next friday. Temperatures here for the inland valleys, colder sunday and monday morning. Real fast, couple seconds on the clock. Were going to get some more snow as we head to the next seven days. On again, off again. Looks like a White Christmas up there on wednesday. Were going to have these intermittent snow showers coming in in the next several days. Thanks, jeff sdplrchlgts y. You know who can mess things up for the 49ers . The rams. Niners and rams here on nbc. We will hear from Richard Sherman next. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. You came back that will makeout washington insiders very uncomfortable term limits. You and i both know we need term limits, that congress shouldnt be a lifetime appointment. But members of congress, and the corporations whove bought our democracy hate term limits. Too bad. Im tom steyer and i approve this message because the only way we get universal healthcare, address Climate Change and make our economy more fair is to change business as usual in washington. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Well, the 49ers are hoping st road to the super bowl goes through santa clara. They have to beat the rams tomorrow night and then the seahawks the following wow, you are really pounding on the table. Some good news for the 49ers. Richard sherman is healthy enough and expected to return to the lineup tomorrow night. Heres anthony flores. Richard sher map is now part of the 49er family. I enjoy being a 49er. I enjoy the team. I enjoy their organization. His leadership skills have been unbelievable. Him being a teammate has been unbelievable. Hes the emotional leader of a 49ers defense that ranked second in the nfl. But hes doing more than just talking. His play on the field has earned sherman his fifth pro bowl honor. Not bad for a 41yearold corner back that ruptured his achilles during the 2017 season. The hard work and perseverance, everything came to fruition and i accomplished what i set out to accomplish. Obviously we have bigger goals at hand, but it is something to check off the list. Thank you so much. Paying off lunch debts at this middle school to helping send a Pop Warner Football Team from his hometown to play in the National Championship in florida, sherman is making a big impact off the field. His foundation has helped more than 70,000 kids from low income families. He is just named the 49ers Walton Payton nfl man of the year nominee for demonstrating Outstanding Community service. It was great to get the award. It is great to be recognized. But its always great to help people. Whether you get recognized or not. My wife makes everything happen. Shes the engine that makes it all go. He credits his wife ashley with the idea of a Million Dollar bonus for making the pro bowl during contract negotiations with the niners. She also suggested that a pro bowl nod for sherman would guarantee his final year with the red and gold. Im grateful i do get to be here for at least one more year. And that part is guaranteed. So that will be cool. You know, make another one with these guys. A run he and his 49er family will continue to be gold for seasons to come. Anthony flores, nbc bay area news. Okay. You can watch Richard Sherman and the game right here on nbc bay area tomorrow night. We will be on the field anchoring a special pregame newscast 4 00. The kickoff is at 5 00 p. M. Yes. And then right after the game, eddy murphy saturday night live, first time in decades. Just get a good spot on the couch tomorrow night. Thanks for joining us here. Have a great friday night. Bye, folks. On the economy, a unique leader. Mike bloombergs created over 400,000 jobs. As president , an opportunity economy that works for us. Tax fairness where the wealthy pay their fair share. Education. Affordable college and high skill Vocational Training so people can succeed in the new economy. Economic security. Lower Cost Health Care and affordable middleclass housing. Proven leadership on jobs. To build an economy where people dont just get by, they get ahead. 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