On the embarcadero, barricades are out and ready to be put in place. I like recycling my energy inthat new year. You know, just flipping over a new point. Crazy. Reporter people are ready for 2020. We have new things at every level in the show. Reporter thousands of fireworks are the highlight of a big homeless new years eve party. Theyre packed on barges, ready to wow the crowd at midnight. The colors are really bad and strong. Plus we have animated shows that will have things that spin. Just a beautiful view as you can see. We he everything right and from this level, its incredible. Reporter guests get a front row seat. Every room is booked and dinner seat rgz sold out. A capacity crowd is expected at lamars. Restaurants are planning for a big night. While crowds party the night away, the San FranciscoEmergency Operation center will be activated and focussed on safety. The department of homeland security, fema, the fbi, all here making sure that were well coordinate, keeping an eye on things. And in the event something happens, were all there, we can work together. Reporter Law Enforcement in San Francisco is also hoping visitors work together, and a meeting place, in case they get separated. Now its expected to coming wnel thanks so much. A live look for you outside in san jose. Its clear right now, but what about tomorrow on new years eve . Jeff, no pressure. We got this covered for you. As we head to tomorrow night, temperatures are going to be dropping. So make sure you take your jacket, whether youre in San Francisco to the east bay, south bay. So lets get a closer look for those of you heading to San Francisco. Right now i think it will be partly cloudy. So you should be able to see the fireworks. Well be dropping to 49 degrees. If youre away from the coastline, going to be even colder. Down to 42 degrees at midnight and possibly patchy fog. All in there all i think well see the fireworks to the coastline and valleys. Coming up ill have details on rain to the north. We could get a mre sprinkles back in the forecast. Concerned and scared. Thats how People Living in san ramon are acting tonight in reaction to a rash of burglaries. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney has the story. Reporter in san ramon, very nice homes, vehicles and landscaping and apparently an ideal target for home burglars. These three believed responsible for all six home burglaries. Weir looking for a house right after dark thats not lit. Theyre concluding no one is at home. Reporter saturday night at 8 00 they returned home to find the criminals inside their home. E. I went to look and sure enough, the back door was broken into. We went aught to kul police. They walked out the back door and took off. Reporter entering through the rear door is just one of the similarities. Ran sacked atmosphere. Reporter police havent learned much from looking at this video. Not much in the get away car either. The dark mercedes but no make or model. I thought this was space. Im scared. Mise kids are there and my parents are there. Reporter theyre stunned by the home burglaries. Theyve done Everything Police recneend avoid becoming a vilktm. They leave lights on, have an alarm system and have a large dog a black lab named arrow. Keyshawn wants to set optech version of neighoo the neighbors, text other people. New at 11 00 a san jose home up in flames tonight. Quickthinki quickthinking firefighters. Here are those firefighters after they pulled two cats from the burning home. The house located on live oak way not far from strawberry park. Neighbors say they feel for the home owner who has to start the new year homeless. Hes rushing in and was okay. I did talk to him and offered him our home for a place to sleep. Reporter we have new details about a parking lot shooting on the peninsula. Two suspects are behind bars tonight. It happened around 2 00 p. M. In san mateo. When officers arrived, they found one person whobeen shot in the leg. Police say the two suspects led them on a highspeed chase across the bridge and into fremont where they eventually were caught and arrested. A dog that was shot by a stranger just returned back home to his family tonight. We have video of ram bow as he walk behind his familys home. Hes recovering after a man road up on his bike and shot him for no parent reason and took off. Reporter yes, the dog is now home, safe and sound. And seemed friendly and playful. But its the family, the owners, that are still a i can see the fragment of the bullet inside of him. Reporter rambo is a friendly blue nosed pitbull tearier. He stayed overnight at hospital for a gun shot wound. The owner and police say a man on a bicycle road by the home shortly after 8 30 last night. And for no parent reason shot the dog. I heard aud boom instantly came outside and i heard rambo crying. Reporter the family rushed him to the hospital. For him to get lucky and actually live, its so sad and heartwarming. I was crying for like half an hour, really. Part of your family. Reporter shooter is described as a latino wearing a black hooded jacket and dark pants. He was riding a Dark Mountain bike. Guessing maybe the gunman reacted to a pitbull barking. He saw a pit. It was late at night and i dtk. I bet you someone else would have done that. But the shooter, an innocent dog. Come on, now. Rambo is so kind, so heartwarming. And they have set up a gofundme page for medical expenses. They emphasized anyone riding around armed with a gun is a potential threat to anyone. Robert honda, nbc bay area news. Happening tomorrow an important deadline for victims of recent wildfires. People effected by fires that broke out before january 9th have until tomorrow to file claims against pg e. At stake, 13. 5 billion. A figure negotiated between pg e and victims. Some homeless now, many have moved and are hard to find. There could be as many as 70,000 peop people who have yet to file their paperwork. And again, the deadline to do so is tomorrow. A search at Half Moon Bay has been called off tonight. A lex, suv went over a cliff there this morning. We were over head as crews looked for the car. Searchers did find debris buterant sure if its from this crash or a previous one. No word on whether the search will resume in the morning. Still ahead. It looks more like a landfill than a parking lot. And 14 new gates and a luxury hotel. Major changes found for san jose airport. But hurdles stand in the way. Lets get a wider view and there is rain that north. Ill let you know when a few sprinkles have made its way back in my forecast in about eight minutes. Caltrans workers showed up in force to clean opparking lot for commuters thats been turned into a public dumping ground. First one homeless person put optent and then another and now its out of control. I have a lot of sympathy. Reporter it is the eternal struggle for general manager when he shows up for work at this car dealership. Does he leaned helping hand to the homeless. Every night if i see them, i give them coffee, hot water. Reporter or does he push them and then using the restroom, leaving food, needles, thats loen i said hey, you got to go. Just about big enough for 30 cars. Re people like Antwan Collins have been camping out. Here come the caltrans trucks. The state agency owns and operates the lot. We watched as crews carted off bags of trash. I mean this should have been done a lot sooner. Reporter every morning mueller parks his car here so he can park on his roofing companys truck. Mueller tells me one morning heto fight off man with a bag who tried to break into his car. Cars been broken into, stuff gets stolen, businesses lose money. A small victory for oakland. A judge says he will take time to consider both sides. There for now. The judge could have ordered the mugters to move out immediately. Theyre homeless and argue housing is a human right. I would talk about how violent homelessness is for two small children and i would encourage the court to consider that and make a decision. Reporter Property Owners call the women squatters and demand they leave. The judge says he will mail the ruling b a mugging at an ice cream shop. It happened last week at cream on salvio street on concord. These men in their 20s, snatched the phone and ran. They escaped. Police urge with information about them to come forward. A historic shift in the city that celebrates topnotch cuisine. More than 400 closed in San Francisco during 2019, according to yelp. This is one of the many casualties. After two decades, it closed in april. They say many factors are to blame, like the high kausz of operating in San Francisco, crime rates, dirty streets and wait time for permits. More restaurants are closing than opening. And ive never seen that in my tenure in the restaurant business. There are also new challenges like the ease to order food online as well azts tech compans offering free foods to employees. Growth could harm the environment. We take a look at the plans and concerns. Reporter san joses airport is, like sillicon valley itself, feeling crowded. Plans to expand are being met with praise from passengers. I think it would be great have more facilities like that. Youve got to stay in the airport. Sjc says it has to grow to keep up with demands. These are one of the Fastest Growing airports in north america. Reporter it includes more flights and even a place to stay. Were also looking at what else we can do in terms of parking at the terminal. Reporter but with growth come new concerns ab environment. The air Quality Management district saying the plans will likely p gases in the air from planes and cars. Some of the more affluent cities in the bay area, carbon footprints from air travel is ruf roughly half of the footprints from all the other driving they do. A massive winter storm is hitting millions in the midwest and northeast. Heavy snow and icy roads are creating dangerous conditions for travel rbz. Rain in new york isnt stopping new years eve preparation. The test of the times square ball went off without a hitch. Thats cool looking. Theew yoe bay area weather. Meteorologist jeff ranieri. I dont think its going to stop our fun for our new years eve celebrations. So well get you into that microclimate forecast. Were goin with a wide view across the northwest. We have this area of High Pressure that going to keep the storm track off to the north and through friday. And morning fog at times. Well see some of the patchy morning fogs and down to 39 for the trivalley. 43 for the peninsula, 41 degrees, San Francisco, 44 and the north bay at 40. Then, as we head through the day, beautiful weather. Sunshine returns. A nice finish through the last day of 2019. Ready to get right into 2020. Well get you the forecast in just a bit. 60 in gilroy. 59 in cupertino. Over to contra costra, alameda county, back to antioch, 59 and martinez, 58. Peninsula, 59, and san mateo, headed to the beaches. Definitely stay out of the water. Dangerous rip currents and then right upperthrough San Francisco, headed there early to camp out, get your spot for those fireworks. 56 along the embarcadero. Winds out of the west at 6 miles per hour. Maybe just maybe youre headed to wine country, low 60s for napa and sonoma. Santa rosa looking at 62. Beautiful through the day tomorrow and by new years eve, youll thank me if you find that jacket and coordinate with your outfit, depending on what youre we have clouds moving in. Partly cloudy. I still think well be able to see the apps. Chilly and all areas away from the coastline will be even colder, dune 42 at midnight. Wind is going to feel like the upper 30s. So definitely wear your layers and have a great time. And as we roll into the first couple of days in San Francisco, temperatures in the 50s for wednesday, thursday, and friday. Morning fog, afternoon sunshine. Right now it looks like you could get a few sprinkles by saturday. Dry out sunday and monday. Inland valleys we have 50s for the first couple of days of 2020. Few spotty showers and we dry out sunday and monday. I want you to look at what we could be expecting the next couple of weeks. Temperatures below average. And a good news, fewer snow. 96 of normal. So the for necastt few days. Looks very bright for 2020. Sound pretty optimistic about it so i looked up noodles for longevity. A lot of people eat noodles for good life and the black eyed peas and green apparently is for money. Just adding to your diet for tomorrow night. Okay. I just like casually looked away. Ill try. Coming up the mystery in the sky. Drones flying at night. Where they have been spotted. And we have jimmy. Ryan reynolds and camill confessions and music from Camilla Cabello and the baby. Stay tuned. W, Ride Share Company uber and postmates are taking the state of california to court. Theyre suing over the new labor law set to go into effect wednesday. It will require workers to be reclassified as employees. They claim it is unconstitutional for targeting companies while exempting other professions. Its time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. Can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. The queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only 1299. Plus 0 interest for 24 months on all beds. Ends new years day. Welcome back. There is a growing mystery in the skies of colorado. Drones are flying in patterns, leaving everyone scratching their heads, including faa and police. With as some have wing spans estimated at six feet. The faa says they dont have any concrete information while police a so far the drones do not appear oo be malicious. How about checking out a kitchen appliance that Berkeley Library . The toollending library is expending. Starting in the spring, theyll offer items like these too, bauer borrow for your kitchen. Berkeley will be the First Library in california to lend kitchen appliances. If you plan on partying to cal train and uc transit are all offering free trides insure everyone gets home safely. Vpa will also be free. Spar passengers will have to pay. Those who try evading the fair could face a fine. As 2019 draws to close, were in the heart of College Football bowls season. Only one Bay Area College team made a bowl this season. They played illinois at levis stadium this afternoon. And the bears dismantled the ally nigh. They ran for another, led the bears to a 3520 victory. Cal finishes with an 85 record. They continue to be on cloud nine. 49ers can enjoy the week off before playing their first playoff game january 11th. During the week niners defensive coordinator will be updating his resume. Hes expected to interview with the Cleveland Browns this week for their coaching vacancy. Teams looking forward to new head coach will be interested in him. As of now the browns are the only team that have called the 9ers asking for permission to interview him. And you dont know who theyre playing yet but we know the game will be right here on nbc bay area. Kick off saturday, january 11th. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. 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