mainly heavy mist as reported to us by cheryl hurd. as you head over to oakland, you can see moderate rain there. around the east bay hills, you have been seeing light rain. as you drop back to the valley, not much happening. but we're seeing the rain shadow. then that air dries as it drops back down to the valley. we'll see rain picking up after midnight around the bay area. you can see the snow in the sierra. acting like a fire hose for now. that jet is going to lift to the north and that is going to be turning drier. note the time. 1:00 in the morning around the peninsula, that's when you'll hear the rain outside. with the wind, they might be flying at the windows. you can see the expected rainfall totals. oakland and san francisco going over an inch of rain. san jose looking at a half inch of rain. in the sierra, we're looking at least at two feet of snow above 6,000 feet. temperatures pretty mild. 40s and 50s outside. tomorrow's highs we're talking mid-50s. we'll have the rain for the first half of the day. then clearing for the a

cheryl hurd looks at why it is such an emotional case. >> reporter: oakland plils are hoping hasanni campbell is alive, but now the cable network which is targeting the african-american community hoping a spotlight on campbell will help solve this mystery. what's happened to 5-year-old hasanni campbell? oakland is the backdrop for a real-life mystery that will play out on bay area tv sets. >> i did cover it from the very beginning. i was sitting in the newsroom the night it came across the scanner. >> reporter: kristen binder is a veteran "oakland tribune" reporter. she's featured in this clip we obtained from tv-one's website promoting "finding our missing" a special on hasanni campbell. >> while we hear of hundreds if not thousands of missing children in oakland, they are very rarely 5-year-old. >> reporter: the foster father, lewis ross, reported him missing in 2009. he claimed he vanished from his back seat while parked in a rock ridge neighborhood. the docudrama talks about his arrest and the fact that the almeda district attorney never charged him because of the lack of evidenc

nbc bay area cheryl hurd was at a vigil tonight. and what a horrendous way for that family to start the year. >> that's right, jessica. there's a team of homicide detectives here at the oakland police department, working long hours on this case. and there's a community out there sick and tired of mourning the death of young children. ♪ we're gonna need a free ♪ >> they say it takes a village to save a child. come on, now. it takes a community to save a city. that's what i say. >> reporter: and members of this east oakland community, it will take a small miracle to save parts of the city from gun violence. violence that took the life of 5-year-old gabriel martinez junior. >> i'm sad. i'm disappointed. these are our streets. >> reporter: taking them back from bloodshed in the streets. on monday, candles were lit for martinez, who was shot and killed friday night. he was with his parents who owned this taco truck. his father, choking back emotion, explains what happened. he said, a man he had never seen before, said something to hi

let's bring in nbc bay area's cheryl hurd who joins us from san francisco. and cheryl, this hasn't happened in nine years. lots of people really excited about in playoff excitement. >> reporter: you know, jessica, it feels really good in the city tonight. the weather is fantastic. and everyone seems to be in a great mood. now, even though that game will be played at candlestick park, the party right now is in the city. >> reporter: a taste of new orleans french quarter rolling into san francisco. ♪ when the saints go marching in ♪ >> last monday night lsu didn't do too good. so we've got to take this out on the 49ers, okay? >> whoa! >> who dat? >> go niners! >> go niners? >> reporter: for 49er fans hanging out at pete's tavern, saturday's game is no laughinger. >> we about to win. i do not care about who dat? who dat don't mean nothing to me. >> reporter: george melendez, and ray and mary gonzalez -- >> niners, niners all the way. >> reporter: -- are all lifelong 49er fans. >> how long have you been a fan? >> since 1946. >> reporter: that's the very begi

live, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. we do appreciate the buchanan family taking time for us. we have a big change in the bay area. you could probably feel it. a freeze warning in effect right now. these are some live pictures, downtown san jose. see the hp pavilion there. already in the 30s. so much of the bay area in the 30s. people are bundling up in freemont for the cold snap. meteorologist, jeff ranieri here with a look at how low the temperature will be. overnight and in the morning, jeff. >> yes. people bundling up for tomorrow morning. no doubt, need heavy jackets. a lot of layers. the freeze warning in i fekt ef. the east bay. south bay. right along the peninsula into san francisco for ow.eftomorrow. wispread 20s and 30s. also, plenty of areas of frost. also, areas of ic possibly on our bridges and ovpasses. now the coldest right now, petaluma, 28. napa, 28. and 31. light wind. few spots dropping into the teens. for tomorrow morning. look at this. 7:00 a.m. low 30s in the east. south bay. by 10:00 a.m. not much

reporting live in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. the wrecking ball smashed into a piece of bay area history in san bruno today. the demolition some say is long overdue. construction crews began tearing down san francisco county jail number three. 78 years after it opened its doors. it is the last act in san francisco sheriff michael hennesy. closed the facility when he first campaigned 32 years ago. the building was deteriorating and often overcrowded. for 550 inmates it held up to 750. it actually took a federal court ruling in 1997 to finally force the closure. >> this opened in 1934. the same year that alcatraz opened in 1934. alcatraz was closed down in 1963. >> cracked a bottle of cider on the wrecking ball before it swung into action. the entire demolition should last about five to six months. >> better late than never, right. >> we have a big, big hire today. after months of speculation one of the most notable companies in the silicone valley has a new boss. >> the boss doesn't have to relocate very far. let's bring in busine

cheryl hurd joins us from to tell us how you may be able to save this little boy's life. >> which character are you? obi wan ca nobody by? >> luking. >> 4-year-old kyle crawford may look healthy but he suffers from a blood disorder called aplastic anemia. >> we knew something wasn't right for the last couple months. so his skin color changed. he became pale. he was bruising a lot. >> he was diagnosed in early december. it took a week for doctors to figure out what was wrong. >> his bone marrow has degraded. you and i have, if you look at our bone marrows, we're 90% stem cells which produce your blood cells. and 10% fatty guess in your bone marrow. he's the opposite. >> now he is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. if his condition goes untreated, his parents say he may not be alive in six months. >> he's our son, and you know, your whole world and your hopes and your dreams all of a sudden are shattered. >> i do have my moments usually at midnight when i'm by myself in my bed so i can allow myself to feel what i feel. >> reporter: the odds of finding a donor match are extreme ext

cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. a hero in the true sense of the word springing into action with no thought of his own well being. he ran toward a fire in order to rescue a complete stranger. flames were ripping through early this morning, but the story didn't end when the flames went out. marianne favro joins us with more on the receiveless rescue. marianne? >> well, an elderly woman found herself trapped in her burning apartment, this one right here. the bottom unit. that's when the maintenance man became a hero. >> maintenance supervisor bill lopez woke early to see flames engulfing several apartment units. >> there were flames everywhere fallg from the ceiling, from the overhang, kind of, and the windows were exploding out. >> that's when he herd an elderly tenant screaming from her burning bedroom. >> just heard her screaming. everybody was standing back was the fire was hot. made a beeline to the window, tore out the screen and got her. >> she was shaken, but not hurt. then bill sprang into action evacuating th

reporting live in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thanks so much. >>> in other news tonight, a nurse accused of hacking her own mother-in-law to death with a machete appeared in a san jose courtroom tonight. she did not speak during the arraignment, but her attorney says she's going to plead not guilty. damion trujillo is live with more on today's developments. damian? >> reporter: the family has hired two highpowered attorneys to defend her. lee and michael. they both tell me they don't know the exact details of that gruesome murder. he was in court for only a few moments today, she was wearing a cast on her left arm. she told them an intruder attacked her and the mother of her domestic partner last week. they arrested her the next day and charged her with kill iin i yvonne kirk. her highpowered attorney says he's ready to defend the murder suspect. >> we're going to plead not guilty. you don't get to put words in my mouth about anything. we will enter the not guilty plea as the law allows us to do. then we will defend this case very vig rougsly and strongly. >> the family

live in oakland, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. we have amateur video showing a fire ripping through an apartment in concord. take a look. >> there might be someone in the building. >> neighbors could only stand by and watch as flame spread through the unit. the unidentified victim is listed in critical condition. the assembling on clayton road and al berda way across the street from a lucky super market. the cause is under investigation. >> enough is enough. jean quan said they may request stay away orders from protesters and possibly all of downtown oakland. >> this comes as workers spend a second day cleaning up after saturday's protest in which they broke into city hall and destroyed furniture and toppling a replica of the building. the demonstrations they said are becoming too violent. >> i don't think it would have happened if police didn't intervene. >> what i feel worried about is we are not able to provide the level of service to the citizens of oakland while we are dealing with occupy movements. >> stay away orders will n

live in newark, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc by area news. >>> the strike for an east san jose cost ball league. the opponents are copper thieves. thieves stole equipment and copper wire to the middle school two weeks ago. that left the east value softball league with noplace to practice or play. the girl's evening practices start in two weeks and there was a rush to raise thousands to replace the lights. so far they have no idea who will be so cruel. >>> it's a small case of foot and mouth. joe biden in the bay area makes a gaffe about the 49ers. >> the captain of the cruise ship is under more fire. his odd story of how and why he may have abandoned ship. >> apple's announcement that can be a game changer in the classroom. >> they are popping up all over. the bins for book donations. you never expect them to be sold for profit and turns out it's perfectly legal. nbc bay area goes in depth. >> i'm jeff ranieri in the weather center. the cloud cover increases and temperatures near average with plenty of low to mid 50s and while tomorrow morning the cloud cover increases with 30s in the south bay

. >> we begin with cheryl hurd. stage one may be winding down. but is everyone ready for stage two? >> reporter: i don't know if everyone's ready for stage two. i am ready right now. the rain did come down pretty hard today. but it is, as you said, winding down, at least here in oakland. we did check in here at the oakland international airport, where rain and snow was on everyone's mind. the flights were canceled or delayed at oakland international. the latest winter storm made traveling challenging. >> our plane was delayed coming from spokane. so, stuck in all the snow. but we made it. >> the plane came in late from boise to denver to san diego. and we're a couple hours late here. >> reporter: and on the ground, in the bay area, there was rain. >> we need the rain. >> yes, i'm ready for it. as you can tell. yeah. >> reporter: it just started raining. >> it's nice. it's refreshing. >> reporter: rain is a welcome sight after 32-straight days of california sunshine. >> i'm from seattle. i don't carry umbrellas very often. i didn't even own an umbrella until i left seattle. this ain

nbc's cheryl hurd reports. >> i had it under a bump of pillows over here and tid kind of so you could see pretty much my whole room. >> reporter: 12-year-old halley pritchard tells us she positioned her laptop camera perfectly to catch a thief. >> i was trying to catch my sister 'cause they usually take things out of my room. >> reporter: only, the thief she caught on camera was not her sibling. the computer-savvy 12-year-old forgot her parents scheduled a last-minute open house with a realtor. what ended up happening next caught everyone by surprise. >> i ask you a my chair move, i was like, what was that? i fast forwarded back and i saw him come through our hallway anticipated came into my room, looking through my drawers. >> she comes running down the stairs, screaming, oh, my god, somebody ripped me off? really, we looked at the video, it was really shocking. >> reporter: shocking to see a man police identified as douglas john calendrella, a former real estate agent, previously convicted in of stealing from open house and selling the goods on ebay. he sold more than 50 stolen item