games with paralympian skier johnny weir, two stars in their own right here. we hope to see you then. goodnight for now. right now at 11:00, we're tracking the return of rain. meteorologist ron mayeda will show us how it is supposed to last. and skating disappointment in sochi for the u.s., the change that the u.s. team tried that didn't help. plus, the chinese new year's eve trade, problems with muni made it tougher for some people to get there. >> nbc bay area news starts now. good evening, i'm diana dwyer. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. we're on later than usual because of the olympics coverage, the rain did not arrive in time to spoil the fun at the chinese new year's eve parade. but it is here now. on the left you get a view of downtown san francisco and the trans-america building, you should be able to see it on your right. and meteorologist rob mayeda joins us with more. >> as you can see, san jose is finally getting into the action, the last band focused in on the central bay, in san francisco, misty skies around the chinese new year parade. and significant showers right now near san jose and milipitas, and once it gets up near the sierra, take a look, 80 up there by the summit and highway 50 the snow continues to fly. coming up, we'll let you know how long all of this will stay in the holiday weekend forecast. coming up in just moments. back to you. all right, thank you, rob. day ten of competition wrapped up at the winter games in sochi, today, team usa missed opportunities for medals on the slopes and on the ice. >> yeah, they switched suit, but for the american team, the results were unfortunately the same. no skaters on the podium. ryan hansen placed seventh, there were high hopes for shani davis who won silver in the last two olympics. he finished 11th. >> it is not like i'm a young pup anymore, i'm 31. but where there is a will there is a way. i feel there is a lot more i can do better than i did. it is just unfortunate that there is a possibility i might have to wait four years to do so. >> well, some today were calling it a disaster for the team. that is because the u.s. has won more in olympic speed skating than in any other sport. >> and russia won silver and gold, j.r. celski wiped out and crashed on the final. and austria took gold and bronze and germany won silver in the super g race. julia mancuso who lives and trains in tahoe placed eighth today. according to mancuso, the weather did not help. >> the snow was just melting and it is really soft. so if you missed a line it is really tough to get the really long skis to turn back around and get you back on line. >> to give her a little credit, though, mancuso already won bronze in the super combined. overall, 18 athletes failed to complete today's super g race including one american, that is out of a field of 39 skiers. and today, team usa took on russia in a game that came to a heart-pounding finish with a shootout. we caught up with some of the hockey fans, kimberly. >> reporter: fans do admit that russia's strong team had had a slight advantage going into today's game, but they say that is what made that win that much more sweet. hockey fans say the game will not soon be forgotten, it was long, hard fought, fast and intense. >> the goal was incredible. going to the shootout, i was at the edge of my seat the entire team. >> reporter: team usa won the eight-round shootout with russia this morning. >> it definitely was a great game, incredible. >> reporter: and fans at stanley's sports bar in san jose relived the dramatic victory in prime time highlights. >> we had never beat them outside of here in the states. >> reporter: a power play goal by san jose shark zone joe pavelski gave team usa the lead half way through the third period before russia tied the game. >> i think he is definitely one of the top players. >> pavelski has been unreal, unreal, even with the sharks, he has been scoring goals, unreal, completely on fire. >> reporter: they had high hopes today, and the position today p puts them in a shot for a medal round and quarterfinals. >> anything less than gold will be really disappointing. >> we're not doing so hot in the rest of the olympics right now, but in hockey, yeah, at least we're silver. >> team usa wins! >> reporter: team usa will face slovenia on the ice, and that is scheduled for 4:30 a.m. pacific time. live, san jose, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. and they swept the slopestyle ski championships, and now three are on the cover, they tweeted today about themselves, nick goepper and gus kenwor kenworthy, looking good with those medals. and paulina edmonds says she is ready to compete, training in austin. paulina set up this tweet and says she is ready to make her olympic debut. >> now i'm here and ready to go, and i'm just super happy to be a participant in the games. and i can't wait to show everyone in the crowd and the judges what i can do. >> we can't wait either. the first event event, the short program is wednesday with the free skates or long program on thursday. and you can stay up to date on what is happening in sochi 24 hours a day. just sign up for our olympic news alert and you get updates to our e-mail. go to nbcbayarea.com and you can sign up for developing news. and we have a situation where police are on scene in oakland hills where they found a burn victim. the park police found the victim on skyline boulevard, that is the entrance to the park. the area is in the hills above mount clair. the paramedics are not sure if the burn victim is dead or alive. park police are working with the oakland police on the investigation. and an estimated one million people gathered in san francisco tonight for the annual chinese new year parade. and if you wanted to see it getting there was more unusual that is because muni shut down as people were making their way into the city. monte francis has more. >> reporter: well, good evening, terry, any time you have this many people in the city for this type of event, it is a challenge to get around, especially tonight. as always, san francisco's chinese new year parade started with a bang. and as always the streets were packed with hundreds of thousands of people. >> this is our first year. >> reporter: what do you think? >> this is awesome. it was worth it. it was worth the trip down here. >> reporter: but those who tried to get to the parade route on muni had to exit the subway after a man was struck and killed on the tracks at powell station late this afternoon. police say the investigation determined the man fell onto the tracks. the subway between embarcadero was shut down until about 6:30. by that time the parade was under way. it is considered the larges celebration est celebration of the chinese new year outside of china. and that is the year of the horse, the san francisco mayor ed lee explained it. >> during those times the horse was the only thing that delivered people and goods. so it has to be very dependable. so i think this year it is a call upon all of us to be more dependable to each other. >> reporter: a and while the year of the horse, the dragon appeared to be the biggest crowd pleasers. >> i like all the dragons. because they kept coming to me. i think they liked me. >> reporter: and although we're in a drought, even the mayor was glad it did not rain at least for a few hours. >> i'm kind of partial to rain these days, i want rain, but maybe we'll have it right after the parade ends. >> reporter: and there has been a slight drizzle here for the past hour but nothing very significant. now the lunar celebration continues tomorrow with the street fair in san francisco. live in san francisco, monte francis, nbc bay area news. all right, thank you, monte. coming up next, the investigators discover a ton of sharp fins. it is the largest bust since the ban on the illegal food took effect here, we'll show you how they tracked it down. plus's fighting for higher wages. hundreds took to the streets to seek a higher wage, how much they're looking for. and the strong storm in the east, thousands of flights were cancelled. but we'll show you this one. wildlife officers in san francisco seized thousands of pounds of what is believed to be sharp fins, headed to bay area restaurants. take a look at the bust last month, the officials with the department of fish and game say they followed the truck from emeryville, and followed it back, they say it is owned by michael quan, who is part of the group suing to block the ban, the ban was passed in 2011 because of the inhumane way fins are harvested. >> they hardly keep them out of the water for any significant time, cut the fins off and put the carcass back in the ocean, it will die a very painful death, for what? two small fins that they can make fish out of? >> well, there is a second group suing to keep the shark fins on the menu, that case is pending in court. and calling for an increase in the city's minimum wage, the group organized the event. they want to see the minimum wage increased to 12.25 in oakland, it is currently eight dollars an hour, they also want employers to require sick days for all workers. members are trying to get enough signatures to put the issue on the ballots in november. they say it will help them to get more independence. >> we don't want this raise so we don't have to depend so much on state, federal government and city assistance. >> basically, i don't want a handout. i don't want to depend on the government. i just want to be a providing parent. >> the group needs 35,000 signatures to get on the fall ballot. opponents say higher wages will mean fewer jobs and higher prices. >> with barely a 24-hour breather from the last storm parts of the east and new england are getting hit with another major storm. some areas are expected to get at least two feet of snow. dangerously high winds are in the mix, as well. the governor of massachusetts asked residents to stay off the roads. >> under these conditions it really is not possible for us to keep the roads clear and safe given the rate of snowfall. >> hospitals on and near cape cod are on standby for a possible spike in emergencies. the snow is not just causing accidents on the roads but roofs are collapsing throughout the region. we have one to show you here at a sport complex in new jersey. also roughly 8,000 flights were grounded nationwide today. >> and here in the bay area, flights were cancelled at fso, but oakland and san francisco were not affected. and meteorologist rob mayeda has more on the forecast. and also watching the east coast right now, starting to see a classic nor'easter moving away from the coast by tomorrow morning so we should see improving conditions for flights in the northeast. along with very chilly temperatures as the cold air drops in the northeast. we're in the upper 50s with light rainfall falling at times. heavy drizzle in san francisco, passing showers close to san jose. most of the action is from the central bay down into the south bay. the band of very disorganized showers off to the east, you can see some east of san jose, pretty good shower there, south of alan rock, we're seeing a few more of those showers coming across santa cruz mountains. once it gets above the sierra, it falls in the form of snow. so snow showers tonight and tomorrow morning, so plan on winter-like driving at least on into sunday morning. the system is moving through very quickly, not sticking around at all for this holiday weekend. you will see hour by hour we'll lose the rain drops, and by tomorrow morning, just lingering showers around mount hamilton. high temperatures tomorrow in the upper 50s, low 60s, this is it in terms of the weather system in terms of the rain. you would like to see more this time of year for sure. that is all the system will give us. maybe wednesday for the north bay, you will see it there in the seven-day forecast. that will be the next chance of rain. i don't think we'll see much south of san francisco as the action for the mid-week stays off to the north. so rain totals, less than a tenth of an inch. all the action coming in now and coming to an end in the sierra by around noon tomorrow. so a fast-moving system, but bringing beneficial snow up to the high country, especially along interstate 80. low 60s, clear skies, maybe patchy fog, wind-protected valley. san francisco, upper 50s to near 60s, around the north bay tomorrow breezy at times. northwest winds, ten to 20 miles an hour. show see highs in the 60s, notice the seven-day forecast by next weekend, high pressure building in. we could see upper 60s in the forecast by this time next weekend. back to you. >> oh, thank you, very much. and if you have been following our janelle wang on facebook and twitter, you may have seen some of her pictures from the olympics. >> they asked how janelle was able to photo bomb herself, well, tonight she reveals how easy it is to take the pictures. >> reporter: no special effects, no photoshop needed. a panoramic view, first, you put it in the pano on the iphone. all you have to do is have the photographer frame on you, then you pan to the right. as soon as you're out of frame, you run to the right, and pressto, you have photo bombed yourself. if it is busy, the people behind you may look all jumbled up. i decided to go for the five. it took a lot of running around, okay, that didn't work, but after a few tries and people laughing at you and looking at you like you're crazy, bingo, success. >> and they looked at her like she was crazy because -- >> she kind of looked like she was, she was acting that way. she is not, though. >> she is fabulous. >> you can see more on her blog, and click on the link to her blog in the upper left side of the screen to see just how crazy she has been acting. >> haven't you wanted four photos of yourself in that picture. you are that kind of guy. >> i never saw anything quite like it. it was cracking me up. i had a good time watching it for sure, that was pretty funny. busy night tonight. we have evidence of pablo sandov sandoval's weight loss, plus a couple of warriors trying to win the three-point and dunk contest tonight. find out if steph curry handled it okay. let's train like it's race day. what's up ted? i think i forgot to pay a bill. yep, paid that one. what about your mortgage? yep, paid that too. alright we're good then. man i feel like i'm forgetting something. eh, it's probably nothing. you worry too much ted. alright, hammer down! bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. citi, with you every step of the way. . welcome back to nbc bay area, pablo sandoval's weight is already a hot topic with spring training under way. but this time, it is actually good news. we have the scoop on the panda's pounds, from scottsdale. >> reporter: it was the first must-have video of spring, pablo sandoval and his new playing weight. he won't say how much he has lost, but it is significant. >> i put it in my mind, i needed to take my job seriously. that is what i do. i don't care what the people say, i don't care what people think so i just want to get in shape to help my team. >> reporter: some helpful coaxing from the biggest names of the team that pablo said he was blessed to receive. >> i had motivation, it is not a bad thing and i'm glad that they did it. >> so i just tried to encourage him, tell him how good he is and be there for him. he put in the work. >> when he is in good shape, you see what kind of damage he can do. and really that is as far as you need to look. >> i care about my team and the championship. people can say whatever they want. >> reporter: now, pablo did tell us he is open to a contract extension during the season but he said quote, if it happens, it happens. bruce bochy is very proud how pablo came in, in shape and said the real test is if he can keep the weight off during the season. and steph curry on point to win the three-point contest. needed 20 points to advance to the second round, finished with 16 points, come on, steph! mom says are you kidding me? marco bellinelli went on to win the contest, and how about the double pump, two-handed slam. i'll show you something that is not average, john wall, over the mascot's head and then a backward's dunk. john wall is your individual winner. and the east takes the team title. golden gateville, 33rd running of the el camino derby, they were off and running hard. however, it was tight down the stretch. >> and wins the el camino real derby. >> tamarando wins the 33rd derby, jockey or his jockey was russell bays who is only 55 years old. russell bays is a hall of famer and continues to do well at golden gate field. terry, diane, when you're 55 years old i want to see you ride a horse at derby field. >> right after you do the dunk thing. >> never going to happen, never going to happen. >> we're safe. >> you got it. . you know, kermit has been around for 500 years. >> give or take. >> but a lot of people don't know much about the olympic sport, the san francisco bay curling club always used the opportunity to try to change that. dozens came out for a lesson and discovered that while sliding a heavy stone across the ice may look silly, it is a lot harder than it looks. and the sport has picked up a lot of support, including that man, vernon davis. >> when i was in vancouver, that is who i was hanging with. the opportunities i've had because of curling. not very many people have had those. >> that was long-time curler jerome larsen. he is in sochi, playing the same role that he