At least 25 deaths are blamed for this weekends massive blizzards. Highway crews are busy plowing, trying to get ready for whats sure to be a rocky monday commute. Thousands of flights were canceled. Nbcs Jennifer Johnson has the very latest. Reporter the sounds of recovery as the digout from the monster blizzard begins. Blue skies and quiet winds a Welcome Change from the whiteout that paralyzed millions. Its not that heavy wet stuff so its not that bad cleechbing up. It will be days before life gets back to normal. Tractortrailer trucks and hundreds of cars need to be removed from highways from pennsylvania to kentucky. Theres still a great deal of work to be done. To conduct Damage Assessment and recover from a weather event of this severity. Reporter new yorks airports are open, but the two Washington Area airports remain closed. Rail service along the east coast is limited. Governors are still urging people to stay off the roads. The travel ban has been lifted. That does not mean people should go out and take a ride and see the sights. In virginia a buried fire hydrant hampered efforts to save this house. Heavy snows is collapsing roofs, this church in pennsylvania and the Washington Redskins training facility. A friendly snowball fight in washingtons dupont circle, flooding around the capital. A paralyzed east coast is finally moving again. Hundreds of schools have canceled classes for monday. Congress canceled voeks scheduled for tuesday and wednesday postponing any action until february 1st. Jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. Our coverage of the great east coast blizzard continues. Airports starting the reopen when flights from the bay area to the east coast will likely return to normal. The high surf in the bay area starting to calm. The rain is moving out for a few days. Take a look at the swells in pacifica from this morning. A little bigger than normal. Another high secuurf warning is the way. Lets check with rob mayeda. January is the wet ef month of the year for the bay area. Expect to get from three to six inches of rain in the north bay. So far with just over a little more than a week to go, weve eclipsed those totals. Look at santa rosa. Almost four inches in the average which aligns close to what we had in the el nino year. Rainfall totals six to ten inches. Obviously not adding anything right now. Tiburon seeing clear skies. One more chance of seeing a little light rain to start the week. You can see the system here from the north, dropping down overnight, we may get a few sprinkles overnight as we head toward tomorrow morning. Thats one thing well see along with patchy fog setting up. The suffer has calmed down right now. Ocean beach wave heights only eight to ten feet. We could see these going back up to 20foot waves as we go through workweek. Well show you the timing on the next big surf event in a few minutes. You can keep track of the weather on your smart phone. Vicky nguyen shows us how to get conditions on your phone at any time. Its easy by going inside the nbc bay area app on your smart phone. Text the ray dan on the weather payable. There you can zero in on your own neighborhood to see if its raining. That gives you just what you need to know right when you need to know it. Im vicky nguyen. Thats how to stain formed with the nbc bay area app. New video of the eroding cliff in pacifica. Many of those homes still in the danger zone. The damage started in mid december. We talked to many people who say theyre being forced out of their homes with little to no warning with no place to go. On friday the city manager declared a state of emergency, thats the first step in getting help to rebuild. Tomorrow the city council will give a full Damage Assessment. A missing persons case turns into a murder investigation. Tonight a los altos man is in jail accused of the crime. Police arrested steve hlebo. They say hes connected to the disappearance of kyle myrick. Officers who came to the his shop to the a welfare shock discovered what appeared to be a crime scene. Investigators arent releasing specific details of the crime but says the suspects pickup truck may have been involved somehow. An empty home in vallejo burned to the ground. The fire happened at a home on palu street. When firefighters got to the scene they were greeted with heavy smoke and tense flames. It took several hours to put the fire out no. One was hurt, no one was living in the house at the time. The owner was in the middle of renovating the place before the next tenants moved in. This suv knocked out power to a swath of martinez. The driver plowed into a utility pole off rye way 4. A portion of arnold drive had to be closed while they restored power to the area. A big shakeup may be coming to twitter this week. Reports are that several executives are leaving the company, including the media head, engineering leader. Right now stock is trading at 17 a share compared to last years 40. Coming up, donald trump is no stranger to controversy n. A statement he made in church today, hes really raising eyebrows. More on what he said. Pay per view licensing and why a Small Business owner calls the enforcement legalized extortion. Right now were catching a little break from the rain, but theres a chance we could see a few showers early into tomorrow mornings commute, plus surprisingly warm temperatures on the way in your sevenday forecast. Well show you when they arrive coming up. The Iowa Caucuses are just over a week away and the candidates are working to grow and solidify their support. Now were hearing. The Iowa Caucuses are just over a week away, and the candidates are working to grow and solidify their support. Now were hearing a Third Party Candidate could enter the fray. President ial candidate donald trump is in the hot seat again. Nbcs dan sheneman has the latest. Reporter donald trump started his day at church as he tries to build support among evangelicals, a crucial voting bloc. What does your presbyterian faith mean to you . A lot. Reporter trump attended the presbyterian service one day after he made a surprising claim about his popularity. I could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters. Reporter ted cruz made light of the remark. I can say i have no intention of shooting anybody. Reporter the political race has been good for saturday nightlife. We turn on the news every morning and are shocked to shes fun. Reporter meanwhile the democrats are looking at the possibility that billionaire and former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg could enter the race. Experts believe that would only be if trump, cruz or Bernie Sanders were the nominees. Clinton said she would relieve him of that. Dan sheneman, nbc news. An unfair fight coming up. Extorting, legally extorting Small Business because for lack of a better word, theyre scared. Bar owners say theyve been shaken down for thousands of dollars in a money making scheme involving pay per view boxing. Lightweight versus heavyweight. Thats how some are describing a fight against a local company in the boxing business. They say theyre being punished not in the ring, but in court. The Investigative Units liz wagner explains. Reporter you can order pay per view fights on your tv at home, but Business Owners have to buy special commercial rights to show the boxing matches in restaurants and bars. Owners of a small local tavern reached out to the Investigative Unit after becoming the targets of what they call a money making scheme. Anchored in the sleepy city of cotati, youll find the 8 ball tavern, a little neighborhood bar with a lot of history. This is an original picture of the bar. It was established in 1937. Owners rick and john thefr saw much trouble until last year when they received this, a lawsuit claim thag showed a pay per view boxing match in their bar they didnt have the right to broadcast. The fight before the much anticipated pacquiao versus bradley bout in 2013. Did you show the fight that night . Absolutely not. Just no. Reporter a sucker punch in a fight they didnt pick. Their opponent, j and j Sports Productions in campbell. The company buys the rights to broadcast from event promoters and resells the rights to bars and restaurants. Its unlawful for businesses to show the fight without paying the fee, generally a few thousand dollars. I laughed. I figured it was another scam. Reporter laughter turned to panic when they realized the lawsuit was real. J and j sued the 8 ball for 170,000. We are a Small Business in Sonoma County trying to make a living. Reporter when they obtained the video evidence, this is what they saw, cell phone footage inside their bar, a promo for a warriors game, but no fight. As investigator, to submit that kind of evidence is weak and its a lie. Reporter it was submitted to thomas riley. He dispatches to bars to nba people targeted. They weighed their options, fight in court or settle. Both were costly. Help us understand whats going on here. Big picture . Extortion, legalized extortion, picking Small Businesses and extorting money out of them because they dont have the means to fight. Reporter the nbc bay area Investigative Unit reviewed Court Records and found the company filed more than 5,000 lawsuits since 2010. According to an attorney who represents defendants, many businesses are minority owns and many cant afford lawyers. I felt violated that somebody would want to take Something Like that, with People Like Us who dont have a lot of money. Reporter j and j sued ma that sanchez for 112,000. She admits she showed the fight. She paid to view it but said she didnt know about a commercial license fee. There are people just using Small Businesses to make money on themselves, and its predator. Sanchez negotiated a 5,000 settlement. Now shes renovating for a new tenant. After four deck kaetds, she decided to should down the family restaurant. I think its a big problem because its forcing Small Businesses to close. Elliot stone represents defendants sued by j and j. He says the punishment doesnt fit the crime. Somebody who for one reason or another didnt send in a 250 license fee is now being shaken down for 150,000. Thats just not right. Reporter its unclear how much money j and j and its attorney make, but stone suss spkts theyre profiting more in court than from collecting fees. I think its a Business Model based on suing people. If you think i make a lot of money off the piracy deal, thats laughable, because its really a joke. Reporter j and j president says he can lose up to 1 million on a cable fight due to piracy. Why not give the Business Owner the opportunity to pay the commercial license fees after the fact instead of suing them . Thats kind of really a difficult question. Its because after the fact do you really think that would be, oh, good, ill pay that . Youre suing these Small Businesses for a lot more money than the cost of the commercial license. Because its a federal offense. Reporter ghilardi says he doesnt buy the ignorance defense. As for evidence submitted by private investigators, he says thats up to his attorneys. Is this an attempt to get brar owners to pay up even if they didnt do anything wrong . No, no. Dont even bring up any of that stuff. Can you understand why some people believe this system is unfair . Could be. Can you see that, can you understand their point of view . The court system is the one who has to change. Reporter thats exactly what the owners of the 8 ball are fighting for now. They say until the law is changed, its a battle of lightweight versus heavyweight. Thats true. Theyre not fair. Reporter the suit was dismissed, but the case was reopened at j and js request saying the 8 ball refused to meet the terms of the settlement. Were talking to the federal government about it. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for another round in this fight. For the Investigative Unit, im liz wagner. If you have a tip for our Investigative Unit, give us a call at 888996tips or send us an email to theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Meteorologist rob mayeda joining us now. Workweek has interesting changes ahead. A little more sunshine, temperatures mid to upper 50s. Clearing skies around san jose. Gorgeous view from tiburon. Clear skies looking towards the golden gate bridge. Mid level clouds around the marin headlines, 55 degrees in San Francisco and the radar for now is dry and the one exception to the dry rule for the first half of the week is this one last system here coming down the coast. Offer to the east, thats patchy dense fog setting up in the central valley. Drifting westward as we go through the week. A chance of a few sprinkles early. Kind of like were seeing outside, clearing skies and temperatures set to climb steadily as we go through the week. Tomorrow were looking at low 60s around the south bay. Upper 50s to near 60 in San Francisco. A bit more cloud cover in the north bay, upper 50s there. Around the try val lirks upper 50s and low 60s. You can see a preview of the sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen. Surf heights have come down a lot. 15 feet yesterday. Today were seeing five to ten feet. Watch whats happening in the pacific. Deep area of low pressure. Standard sea level pressure is about 1,013. Anything lower than 1,000 is a strong low once you get to 952 millibars. All the wind energy will eventually begin to reach our coast, the long period swell. That will get us not those kind of seas but 15 to 20foot breakers likely setting up on tuesday. High pressure will take all the rain and send it off to the north. Well see that pattern hold up tuesday into wednesday. Look where our temperatures are headed for the south bay. Its going to feel like spring. Warmest days of the week should be wednesday into thursday. The second half of the week, totally different story. High pressure begins to break down. That will open the door to the jet stream. Two storms coming in. Friday and another one for next sunday looks fairly strong. Nice break for the middle part of the week. Second half of the week different story. Saturday into sunday, youll want to unpack those umbrellas. Wind and rain making a return appearance as you wrap up the final week in january. Two to three more inches of rain. Speaking of weather, tracking el nino by using selfies and drones. Coming up, how they factor into a plan scientists are using to keep tabs on the damage being done to the california coastline. Plus another push to keep the raiders in oakland. The new video supporters are hoping will do the trick. Oning to track el ninos affect the california coast. Take vo the Nature Conservancy is asking regular citizens to capture pictures of the flooding andoa drones and selfies are being used to capture pictures of flooding of coastal erosion and post them on their website. Theres a free app for drone owners so they can shoot video of the coast and upload it. Scientists hope the crowd source photos will show changing landscape. Diehard oakland raider fans right now are finishing up what they hope will be a very important video. Theyre shooting it at a sports bar at jack london square. With the nfl playoffs under way the organizer figured it would be the best way to get as many fans together as possible. It will be used to show how much raider fans want the team to play in oakland, this is to apply pressure on the city and team to please come to an agreement on the new stadium. The stadium is on the site where theres a secure Environmental Impact report by the state of california. That whole area is viable. That whole area would be the perfect spot because its one of the easiest, accessible stadiums in the nfl. The raiders are reported to be ready to meet tomorrow with those in charge of the coliseum. This would be to extend the raiders lease maybe for just one more year. From there its anyones guess where the team could end up. Up next, the juggling act before the super bowl. Local businesses trying to figure out all the logistics as hundreds of thousands are expected. Suspects on the run calling 911 for help. Im Marianne Favro live in san jose where police are investigating a homicide. The problem is they have not been able to find the victims body. Ill have that story coming up in a live report. A missing person leads to a murder arrest. The clues thatpo. Right now at 5 00, a missing person leads to a murder arrest. The clues that pointed police to foul play, plus whats now being done to try and find that victim. Tonight a los altos man is in jail accused of the crime. Police arrested steve hlebo and say hes connected to the disappearance of kyle myrick. Marianne favro has more on this unusual case. Reporter police say the victim worked here at this motorcycle shop on Camden Avenue in san jose. When he was reported missing on friday, police went inside this burned out building next door and found out what they say was consistent with a crime scene. They later termed it was a homicide. This is a man that they believe is the killer. Police arrested 39yearold steve hlebo at his home in los altos saturday morning. Hes accused of killing 28yearold kyle myrick. This is a photo of him posted on various sites across the internet by his friends. Some of myricks friends say they both worked together and left at lunch together. Friends are now asking for people looking for myrick to meet at lexington reservoir to help search. We spoke with friends of the family and they tell us several dozen people are at lexington reservoir at this hour trying to search for him. San jose police have recovered hlebos white gmc sierra pickup truck which may have been involved in the homicide. They need the
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