alameda county. >> the cal and usc matchup gets under way. a massive outbreak among covid forced the game to be postponed. dozens of players were forced to miss games. at the time, the coach said the team followed covid protocols but maybe 100% of the players vaccinated may have let to a false sense of security. they get under way at 78:00 p.m. we are following breaking news tonight. cnn has announced it has fired long time anchor chris cuomo. he was suspended from the network after details emerged how he helped his brother, former governor andrew cuomo, amid acquisitions. he was trying to find out how many women were accusing him of sexual harassment. in a statement on cnn, the network says, in the process of the review, additional information came to light. cuomo is speaking out on twitter tonight, saying, this is not how i want my time at cnn to end but i have already told you why and helped my brother. this evening, the parents of the teenager accused of killing four team in a high school shooting are in custody following a massive man hunt. they remain in jail after please say they were hiding in a commercial building. their son in the same jail. nbc's shaquille brewster has more. >> reporter: we saw them appear in court for the first time. the judge gave them a $500,000 bond, and we heard them enter plea pleas of not guilty for the manslaughter that i was announced yesterday. they were found in detroit michigan overtight night, hiding in a commercial building. the judge, explaining the bond, mentioned they had to be apprehended after turning themselves in after the charges were announced. they explained because of a unique perspective. they said they were the only one, who said she had depictions of fantasies of killing other people, and he had access to a gun that was purchased last friday in his presence. we expect to see them appear in court again on december 14 lt. shaquille brewster, nbc news. a look around the bay area, and we are tracking a potential for dance fog this week, but that is not all. >> yeah, we want to brings in rob mayeda. >> we did have fok that break up earlier today. you see here on the time lapse, but still dealing with air qualmty issues for places like santa clara valley. mod rare air quality expected tomorrow. but early until the morning, the east bay valleys may be unhopy for groups. and coastal flood advisory, and a chance for monday showers and better chances for rain and snow as we head to next weekend. i want to talk about the chilly changes. look what is happening. this is continue known tall polar air drops down the coast, and the temperatures will be dropping as well. and this is one part of the snare area, we need moisture and snow, and it looks like the two will be coming together as we head to next week. we will look at the changes coming up. >> rob, thank you. they are filling up buss with toys in san jose, and it's all for a good call. vta brought back stuff the bus toy drive this year. organizers say the goal is to have two or three buses overflowing with toys by the end of the day to get it to children. >> the buss are more than 40 feet long, and we often stuff them to the brim, and more than one. sometimes two or three. so it's been very successful. people are incredibly generous in the silicon valley and this time of year. >> the toy drive featured a few guests, the mayor, the goalkeeper, and sharks mascot sharkey. >> speaking of the spirit, in the east bay, they are welcoming and giving. >> they are helping afghan refugees recover after the withdraw from afghanistan. they oesed an open house this afternoon. the goal was to showcase what they have been building. to encourage bow nations on everything from welcome plan kets. >> cook ware, clothing. many of the refugees had one pair of clothes on their back. under garments and one of the big ticket aitems is mattresses. we have been giving mattresses to people who have been sharing hotel rooms. >> it's volunteer led with the support from hayward and two nonprofits in the community center. let's get back to the omicron air yent variant as holiday traditions return to the bay area. >> nbc bay area's christy smith shows the drive throughs and the precautions taken. >> reporter: people drove through and found it transformed to london. >> i love, peep us happy as we waited. >> a big change from years past but a welcome return. >> i think we wanted to support the venue and all the performers. >> this is a wonderful pivot, as we like to say, from the indoor event, the great dickens christmas. >> so many of the familiar sights and sounds still available but from your car. >> the one we know and love so well is the christmas carol. the tableaus are set up after they place their order. >> there was food to order and pickup as well and venders too. the crew is back after last year's virtual event. organizers say they worried about a potential new variant this holiday season, and they ended up being right. >> we figured by the time we made the decision in june and july f that we were thoughtful about it, there was a likelihood there was a variant that could have people concerned. we are glad we're here, outdoors and safe. >> a touch of the holidays with a twist. ment christy smith, nbc bay area news. if you are searching for a vaccine or booster i'm. chris chmura put together a how-two video. you can watch it on nbcbayarea.com or and the app. the forefront in the battle against climate change, and electric cars and the clean energy can come with an environmental cost. we will talk about nickel mining and the connection to california. first there are 74 car break-ins a day. 74 a day. we ride with officers to find out what it takes to put an end in the city. head to nbcbayarea.com and click on investigations. wab. election trick vehicles are at the forefront in the battle against climate change. it will decrease our carbon emissions. yet, the cars need resources to power the batteries. the resource, nickel, and a lot of it. nbc tracks nickel 345i7bed from the rain forest to here in tesla, california. but it's reducing the rain forests, and clean energy can come with an environmental coast. >> a lot of us are under the impression to going electric is actually good for the environment. but is that the case? >> well, this is the thing that a nearly year-long investigation with the pulitzer center revealed. we look at what makes electric vehicles to go. it's better than the gas cars. but the mines is terribly destructive. we looked at some of the most beautiful places in the world, and specifically found places in which mines are endangering the environment, expanding at a breakneck piece place, and we're expecting to go from 4% of the electric vehicles to 30% of the electric vehicles by 2025, and all parts of the planet. >> this is shocking information for a lot of people who are driving electric cars, thinking they are helping the environment. what does it mean for the future of the car industry? is there a solution to it? >> well, one of the things that the mining companies say is that they are getting better and better at doing a more ecological job of mines it. you know, we talked to the executives in a mine in the philippines and they say they are doing a better and better job. that said, the getting of nickel out of the ground requires very shallow, very, very broad mings. unless we can recycle the batteries or develop a new way to build them other than taking them out of the ground, it turns out anything that humans do winds up having an ecological cost and we need put it into the consideration of the electric vehicle market. >> you talked about nickel mining in the philippines. what is the connection to nickel mines and california? >> well, we traced the supply change from this particular philippine mine all walt through a processing facility and to tesla here in the united states. as you know, so many of the cars here in the bay area are teslas. they are the dominant maker of evs right now. our phones, our laptops, all those things have required nickel batteries, it turns out evs are the main draw now. that is why we look at them closely. >> the full story on nbc nightly news tomorrow and in a serious called rescuing the rain forest. it's an in-depth global investigation into the destruction of the world's rain forests and how everyday goods are affecting that. we are look at the kings tides and how they are filling to the brim and then some. you can see the marina. how quickly the water is rising, rises, rising. the national weather service issued a warning saying it could cause minor flooding in the bay area. i saw in sausalito, the bike path was covered up and the people were going to the shoulder to go to the next exit so they could continue on where it wasn't under water. >> it looks like they have to deal with that physical tomorrow? >> we talked about the kings tide right around the 11:00 hour in the morning, we will see the numbers not quite as high, but well alove average. and san francisco, 11:16 in the morning, to richmond, 11:38 in the morning, the tide over 7 feet. the coastal flood advisory will expire at 3:00 in the afternoon. right now, san francisco, you are 54 degrees and a wind at 14 miles per hour, and san jose, you see a haze around the santa clara valley. part of the air quality issues, and tomorrow, dublin in the trivalley. 54 degrees. and con card and walnut creek, a little haze there, and air quality issues, not as bad as we had a couple days ago. but still in the moderate rangers, and the worst of the air quality, high pressure in place where you may briefly see a spence tif air quality in the santa clara valley. the fog, not bad around the bay area, and the fog did break up around the inner portions of the bay area, and starting to fill back in, and we are expecting another bround of patchy, dense fog heading up. temperatures in the 40s, mid 40s for the trivalley, and lower 40ed, and chilly temperatures to start, and highs in the low to mid 60s. hard not be distracted by the seven-day forecast. you have rain drops and temperatures dropping in the low 50s later next week. that is not going to be fog. that will be air conditioning comings our way. the chance of showers, monday, tuesday, and sky turning window. that is not the best rain chance for the week. it should be thursday, and what it is is a canadian cold front here that is dropping down the coast that will will bring cooler air and set the stage for know totals. the rain projections between now and sunday, it doesn't look that impressive. but once you get from december 12th to 14th, now we're talking and the driving factor here is the cold air support that should really drop the snow levels. we had a good start to the rain season, and the lightning behind. hopefully all systems go, we can really get the snow pack going. could see three or more feet of snow. we are starting to see changes, and finish the weekend on a dry note. and best chance for rain during the week will be thursday. look how the temperatures drop down. we had 70s and highs the last couple days. now, that looks more like december. every two to three days, storms coming in and we're going see chilly teps as we go to next weekend. finally, it's starting to come out. >> it's a wonderful distractions. >> coming up a hidden danger, every year, more than 2,000 young children swallow a button battery. how one mother is turning his pain into purpose. right now, congress is looking into safety standards for button cremes and batteries. >> the buttons have killed children, and this week, a bipartisan bill was introduced after a texas 18-month-old was killed spr swallowing a battery from the tv remote. >> i'm asking for your support to mandate guidelines to make all consumer products safer. the batteries are the fastest growing segment in the market. >> reese's loss will direct safety standards for button or cell batteries to be secured and require warning labels. the police department steamed up at city college. >> it's all to collect pois for kids, officers and santa. they got together at the home of the northern california championship game between the rams and bulldogs. folks were encouraged to donate money or new, unwrapped gifts, and a toy garl had a donation in every wall greens in the city of france. it's a possum sports pirate. >> the worst kind. the worst kind. >> a woman has her julie taken by a very determined marsupial. now, they are trying to seek out the beast. 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