Circled around point reyes repeatedly. Where they sat on the ground in oakland for more than an hour and refueled finally got the green light to come back to sfo. I cant even add it up. We did four or five tours around the bay waiting to land. Got halfway in and then took off again. I dont think they wanted to irk isle anymore because they didnt have fuel. We sat on the tarmac in oakland and got refueled. How long in oakland. An hour and 20 minutes. Sfo reported about 18 cancellations coup to weather. The Traffic Management system was causing dallas about an hour and 40 minutes. The diversions happen on occasion and peelts do need at least 30 minutes of fuel. So this is what can happen unthe circumstances. Certainly much more longer International Flight than anyone expected. Reporting live at snow Christie Smith nbc bay area news. Now to a deadly accident across the bay in berkeley. Blocks from the cal campus. Behind the wheel, a city worker. The victim, a 70yearold pedestrian hit in a crosswalk, this afternoon at the intersection of fulton street and channing way. There was construction work in the area. The city worker tried to drive around the construction site. In the process, his car hit a 70yearold woman killing her. Because the crash involved a city worker, the chp is investigating. A warning for people using a popular trail in walnut creek. Police say a man tried to sexually assault a woman on the iron horse trail. Happened yesterday. Officers couldnt find the man but he was caught on surveillance camera. Thats him right there. Investigators say he should be considered dangerous and he may potentially be armed. Now to the latest on the developing story in Santa Barbara. Another day of intensive searching but no more victims have been found. The death toll stands at 18. At least six people are still missing at this hour. This nart disaster is impacting 101, the freeway remains closed through at least this weekend. Nbc bay area Anoushah Rasta caught up with firefighters who not only worked the fires but now the mudslides in montecito. Anoushah. Reporter thats right, they say its completely unrecognizable. And believe it or not, the daniel there was worse than this property here. You can see the water line and the mud. It came up halfway in the structure. What the thomas fires didnt burn, a gas line explosion sparked by the roaring mudslides wiped out. Its surreal being back here and seeing the destruction and devastation. Reporter a team of 30 from marin county fire saved this area from the thomas fires weeks ago and now. It looks 100 different. This was immaculate and beautiful. This was a pristine creek through here. Reporter the Bay Area Team drove through the night wednesday to get back here and start working picking up search and rescue efforts in the same area they previously protected from the thomas fires. We use extreme caution Walking Around the properties and making sure its safe before we get in there with the teams. In area right here could be a pool yungt we dont know. He is sounding basically the soil here to make sure there is not a hole. Reporter a different sight for First Responders who walked away from this neighborhood before christmas thinking all would be okay. Our hats go off to the families still missing people. Our hearts go out to them. Reporter as far as we know search and rescue efforts continue and that mandatory Evacuation Order will remain in place for at least two weeks. Reporting live in montecito, Anoushah Rasta, nbc bay area news. Anoushah, thank you. We were mentioning the fires there. Last month the thomas fire was the biggest wildfire in california recorded history. The thomas fire is now officially out. The u. S. Forest service making that announcement earlier today. After a detailed aerial survey. The fire left 440 square mile burn area. It started december 4th in Ventura County destroying hundreds of homes before spreading to santa barb ran ultimately plonts o. Pruch is spending the Holiday Weekend in florida. He left after the First Physical exam as president. The white house doctor says the president is in excellent health. Earlier at the white house the president did not take questions from reporters. Following an event marking the upkwomg mlk holiday. The president is under fire for reportedly using a vulgar term to describe several countries. He was at the time meeting with seven lawmakers discussing the issue of immigration. On twitter, though he insists he used different language. But not everyone is convinced. To no vice, the president started tweeting this morning, denying that he used those words. It is not true. He said these hatefilled things and he said them repeatedly. Now two republican senators in the room at this time say they dont recall the comments but republican senator Lindsey Graham was there too and he immediately condemned the president s words. Thats according to senator durbin who says that is what graham told the president , quote took extraordinary political courage. Now the power of the president ial podium today as President Trump denies using the language to describe haiti, el salvador and other impoverished countries he is finding skeptic in San Francisco. Sam brock takes a look at not just how the words were perceived but the strategy the president wields in countering facts. Reporter a day after the media caught wind of dehumanizing words coming from the oval office, President Trump was back at it on twitter, quote, never said anything derogatory about haitians other than haiti is a obviously a poor and troubled country. Probably should record future meetings. Unfortunately no trust. The fact that he would say we dont want people from quote unquote countries like haiti or african nations coming here but we want people from norway to come here, you know, thats clearly racist. State senator scott wiener also reflexesed his umbrage on twitter but the latest fire storm isnt process about politicians its about people. It hurts me this man talks badly about hispanics we dont come here to take jobs from anyone. He discriminates against us and wants to forget the latinos built built his grand hotels and businesses did we forget how we made his money. I feel like he dont have no feeling in his heart. His heart is black. I dont know the color because the way he treat people and talk to people is like he hate everybody. Reporter outside of this restaurant in the mission, salvadorens talk to us about feelings regarding the tough talk shattered and raw. But the president isnt trying to mend personal feelings. He is trying to refocus the facts and this his primary tool, the twitter time line gives him unprecedented reach. Cal state professor specializes in history and communications he is writing a book on trumps who had media methodology that relies on ultraquick pivot. We focused on the. [ bleep ]. Comment made. Later on that day he tweets with iran and sanctions on iran he flips the switch on that to get us away from the inflammatory comments he made. Twitter is a powerful tool. Amplified the professor says by some peoples unwilling physical to critically challenge the nar fif sam brock be nbc bay area news. Well out of the hospital and straight to jail. The hayward man suspected of killing a chp officer on Christmas Eve has now been booked into the santa rita jail. Mohammed aly is charged with Second Degree murder and dui. He has been hospitalized since the deadly crash there on 880. Investigators say he was going more than 100 miles an hour when he hit a parked patrol car killing officer andrew camilleri. Camilleri is from tracy and left behind a which have and three children. Not guilty that is the plea from a San FranciscoPolice Officer accused of Sexual Assault on an unconscious person. Officer Justin Mccall appeared to face two counts of assault. He was irrelevance arrested monday after the internal investigation that started back in september. Mccall is currently suspended without pay while the case goes through court. Here comes the mail with the unwanted new look. Postal trucks you soo he in oakland have been tagged by vandals. The the majority of Civic Center Post Office truck fleet has been hit. Nbcs Jodi Hernandez is there with some answers this evening. Jodi. Reporter raj, you might say taggers are putting new meaning to the term overnight delivery. The spray paint something believed to be happening in the middle of the night. Not exactly the look that the u. S. Postal service wants to send out and about. Everywhere you look you see the graffiti postal trucks which is not okay. Dozens of mail trucks in downtown oakland are spray painted with messages the Postal Service it wishes it could return to sender. This is large graffiti takes the entire truck. Very promment. Its outrageous i dont think its right. That should not be happening. Reporter for the past two months taggers have been tarring the mail trucks parked outside the Civic Center Post Office in downtown oakland. Its a crime. And its something we dont appreciate. Reporter postal inspector says it started when the post office lost the secured parking lot across the street after the owner decided to build housing. At this point we have to park vehicles out on the street outside the post office. Reporter so far 40 of the 64 trucks stationed at the Downtown Location have been hit. I dont like seeing it. I see it every day when i come to work. Reporter for those delivering the mail the spray painted designs are with them all day not the kind of messages theyre used to delivering to oaklands neighborhoods. Its part of the community. We see that. I dont know that that message needs to go everywhere. Reporter again, more than half of the fleet at the post office has been hit so far. The u. S. Postal inspector says vandalizing a mail truck is a federal crime punishable by up to ten years in prison. Reporting live in oakland, Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you, jodi. So do you know the killer . New information that could lead to a putback in a murder of a beloved San Francisco d. J. And dog owners beware the dangerous decease that could be linked to two popular parks in the east bay. Fog Building Back right now across parts of the bay area. Ill show you where its worse tomorrow morning. And what our weekend is shaping up like. The forecast in six minutes. Asking for your help finding a suspect in the killing of a popular dj. This is hi Police Officer in asking for help in find ago suspect in the killing of a popular djp polts believe this may man may be possible for the death. He is known in the lblt as bubbles. Torres and shot and killed in the tenderloin. He was an outspoken activist and a club personalty. There. At this time its not known how the two men knew each other. A trip to the local dog park may have caused dogs to develop a painful infection. There is serious concern among east bay dog owners. Rhoads plater joins us in fremont with whats being done. A. Reporter two parks not far from each other. Thats why a lot of people here use them both. Theyre both temporarily shut down to be cleaned and sterilized. The decease were talking about is leptospirosis. It can be tough on a dog. As one owner tells us recovery can take months. The owner of this doing is hoping she is in the home stretch after months of iv therapy. The pups owner didnt want to talk on camera but sent this video. He says she is being treated for liptak o expiresis, a bacteriaial. Infection and believes she may have gotten fb infected petition dog bark. Three owners reported the dogs got sick. Its difficult to the validate where the dogs contract it. All we can confirm is that every dog thats been reported to us are frequent users of our dog park here in fremont. As a precaution he says workers briefly shut down the park and did an skpra sterilization using diluted bleach. Its the first time the zest has been associated with the park. And as part of the new policy there will now be tlor ocleanings and sterile i guessization four times a year. I trust they did their homework and none will get sick again. And owners are asked to monitor dogs. Be diligent with vaccinations and if they seeny signs of illness that the dog may have seek veterinary help. Reporter now the union city had a similar problem in september they shut down the park temporarily and cleaned it and reopened in december when he heard about whaefs going op the the two parks are close together. Rose platter nbc bay area news. Obviously don owners are worried. A warning for parents and students in walnut rec creek. Police say suspicious men are approaching school children. A on monday around 4 30 in the afternoon a man approached a group of students near homestead. Two days later whats believed to be a different man approached a student at the 7eleven about a mile away. The boys say the men started talking to him and shoed him a sexually explicit text message on his phone. In this case the boy ran to a business and called police. Investigators say the second man is distinct looking, tall, thin, balanced with a neon green cast on his left arm. The uc Berkeley Students detained by oberles over the holidays. They detained him at the Border Protection checkpoint in san diego. His lawyer says he will miss the first few days of upcoming Spring Semester at cal. Despite help from politicians and student activists his bond hearing is set for january 17th. Classes start the 16th. He is undocumented but was protected unthe d. R. E. A. M. Act rescinded by the Trump Administration last year. There is a carrot dangling for home owners that want to replace wood burning fire places with cleaner options. They are moving a 7 eye o 50 reebt to take the wood wurng fireplace out of commission. A thousand dollars offered for anyone looking to replace the wood burning with gas. Only catch is the home must be in a qualifying area. A green light, a roar and then a light show near Santa Barbara. 3, 2, we have ignition of the main engine. And we have lift off. We have live off indeed. Thats delta 4, thats the rocket. Blasting off just after 2 00 this afternoon from Vandenberg Air force base near Santa Barbara carrying a National Security satellite that will soon be in orbit. The rocket was supposed to launch yesterday but the mechanical problems delayed the launch until today. Okay no go for monday. The maverick surf contest wont happen this monday. The World Surf League says the as well as off half moon arent big enough but tuesday as jeff ranieri said last night could provide the right conditions. Organizers say they will keep an eye on the forecast and will make a decision tomorrow. In will be the first mavericks contest run by the World Surf League. The Company Purchased the rights to the contest after the previous organizers declared bankruptcy. And the first time that women will also be able to compete. This is a big deal. A great mavericks. Jeff called it last night. Jeff said tuesday not monday did you call them. You should be on retainer. I did some surfing back when i was a youngster. In florida. You were hanging ten then. Yes. Wow not only tuesday good waves but maybe next friday as well. Possibly two chances next week. 15 to 20 foot swells. Lets take to you the microclimate forecast on the friday night. Hopefully you got through the week okay back at home. A live look in san jose. Right across downtown. City lights shining bright this evening. We are clear at the lower levels but high cloud cover currently moving in. Right now 56 degrees. And well hold onto clouds continuing throughout the south bay all the way through this evening down to 51 here at 11 00 p. M. Even a colder 49 at 1 00 a. M. The big problem for tomorrow on dsh i want anyone to be where of heading out early is fog. It does look like it Building Back in for parts of the bay area tomorrow. The thick Central Valley toolye fog. You can see the future cost o cast on interstate 5 or 99 that makes road trips difficult. And it could be pushing in here closer towards contra costa and alameda counties. Again, contra costa, alameda counties in the east bay will have the number one threat there of fog. That could reduce visibilities down less than one mile. So please be careful as you head out. Then we get lots of sunshine as you can see building in by 1 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Lets look at the temperatures through the saturday forecast. Its comfortable. 67 in napa. 63 in San Francisco. 64 in san jose. And low 60s throughout the east bay with sunny skies in the afternoon. Extended forecast shows we have cloud cover heading through the afternoon on sunday. A chance of afternoon showers on Martin Luther king day. Thats the new change to the forecast. Also a possibility of rain next tuesday. Thursday. And friday. Well wrap all this up coming up at 6 48 and talk about how much rainfall next week. See you shortly. Up next ready for the showroom where in the bay area can you look at the tesla model 3. The one with the base price of 35,000. Stay with us. 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