driving down mission street that would be normally very busy in the afternoon. two people got off the bus as it stopped, and that car hit two of them, those two people. a san francisco man and a woman. and that man was seriously injured. witnesses say it was a very scary scene and the victim who was hit, the man who was hit getting off that bus looked seriously injured. >> you know when like that and the blood is coming over here. and one of the ladies, she was holding like the head and he was looking unconscious. >> police say the 49-year-old man who was hit first is from san francisco. he is in life-threatening condition. he is in surgery at san francisco general hospital. they say the 34-year-old man who was hit when he walked off the bus also has life-threatening injuries and is in surgery at san francisco general hospital. the third person is a woman. we're told she stayed and told police what she saw, what happened and left. she did not need medical care. now police say that driver of the prius returned back to the scene about five minutes later. police are still interviewing him, giving him sobriety tests. investigators say it does look like he is under the influence of either alcohol or drugs or both. that is currently still under investigation. they're also going to be piecing together what happened here. so this investigation is expected to take several hours. mission street will be shut down for several more hours, but a driver suspected of being under the influence hit three people here in the mission this afternoon. two of them we're told are in life-threatening conditions. reporting live in san francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> jean, thank you. we will stay with the story through the night. also tonight, a high-speed chase turned deadly in vallejo. vallejo police officers were pursuing a driver on 780 when that person drove off the road into a ravine. you can see that car right there. it's a 2006 honda accord. this crash is near glen cove road right off 780. the car is registered to a woman, but the driver who died was a man. not clear yet how he died. pay for broken windows that is the d.a.'s plan to help victims of car break-ins in san francisco. it is a nice gesture, but does it fix the primary issue? nbc bay area's christie smith joins us live. we're talking about thousands of cars. >> that's right. and right now they're just talking about san francisco residents, people who have had their cars broken into. still, that could be thousands of people. you know, you drive around the city, and you see signs like this reminding people not to leave valuables in their car. the folks we spoke with say they try not to, but the break-ins keep happening, and it adds up. >> it is very frustrating. >> reporter: svetlana is at her wit's end. between she and her husband, their cars have been broken into three times in san francisco. most recently in their diamond heights neighborhood. >> we paid out of pocket three times, and we have receipts for this and we have police reports. >> reporter: she wants more enforcement to stem the tied of break-ins, and wouldn't mind being paid back. >> we know that san francisco is a serious auto burglary problem. >> reporter: district attorney chesa boudin wants more than $1.5 million in his request to the mayor's office for an auto burglary assistance fund. >> we're asking the city to pay for fixing broken car windows. our office will have victim advocates that help victims process claims. >> reporter: he explained the plan at a hearing. former state senator and retired judge quinton kopp spoke up with questions. >> the first question is why should a prosecutor take the responsibility of reimbursing people? >> reporter: boudin says he wants to help victims. he says about 8900 city residents had their windows broken recently. the plan doesn't include visitors' cars. >> we're going to start with a pilot project that puts san francisco residents first and build it out from there. >> reporter: break-ins have declined, but are still high. police suggested foot patrols, and people are reminded to park smart. >> maybe it will just stop what is going on, because it's crazy. every day, every day something happen. >> reporter: back here live you. drive around the city and you do see glass near curbs. now the mayor has asked city departments to decrease their budgets. so it will be interesting to see how this goes. if approved, they could roll this out some time early summer. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, christie. now our investigative unit installed four hidden cameras inside a car to expose a rising surge of car break-ins across san francisco. if you want to check it out and watch it, head to nbcbayarea.com, search car break-ins there you can see our story. another case of the coronavirus confirmed here in california. san diego health officials just now announcing they have a second case in down south. here in the bay area, a sigh of relief for those quarantined at the travis air force base in fairfield. five people who showed symptoms of the virus all tested negative. this all comes as a respected chinese doctor says the outbreak could be over by april. a long waited reunion tonight for a palo alto family. a mother and daughter spent almost two months in a coronavirus quarantine. first in china and then in southern california. nbc bay area's robert handa joins us from sunnyvale where the family just reunited. robert? >> reporter: yes, we're here at a school in sunnyvale where that mother and daughter finally got a chance to see children they haven't seen in six weeks. we got a chance to talk to them about the whole ordeal as they look back and look ahead. the family reunion today was pure joy and makes up for weeks of stark images and fear. these are the images ester tebeka and her 15-year-old daughter captured as their visit to relatives in wuhan, china turned into a nightmare. >> that was big, because i think that was the first time in chinese history the entire city was locked down. and this is a big city we're talking about. there was fear, like what are we going to do, how long are we going to be here. >> reporter: it was six weeks of being quarantined in china, and then a military base in southern california before being medically cleared to rejoin their family. >> i'm back, it's okay. i'm back. i'm not sick. that's the important thing. >> after i learned that they were going to be fine, i was much happier and i felt as if an entire brick wall had been lifted off of my shoulders. >> reporter: the returning mom and daughter said they felt a rush of emotions and some new perspectives. >> it's just overwhelming relief, overwhelming happiness, and a very newfound appreciation of your family and what it means to be family. >> we live the history. thing is part of history, it will be. we live the history and witnessed it. and we are the one who was in it. in that sense, i'm actually grateful. >> reporter: ester says she knows much of the public is still concerned about coronavirus spreading, so she limited her contact here to just the children and will self-quarantine for the rest of the week. but this time the whole family will be together. live in sunnyvale, robert handa, nbc bay area news. well, it is a possible way to get around the bay area, but millions of people are ditching bart. in the last four years, bart has lost nearly ten million evening and weekend passengers. the president of bart says on weekends, bart feels deserted. rider survey cites cleanliness and an increasing number of homeless as reasons for them not taking the trains. we have been taking an in-depth look at bart. you can watch the entire series on our website, the interesting, the bizarre and the scary at nbcbayarea.com/derailed. our continuing series, making it in the bay. we are taking an in-depth look at our housing crisis. tonight eviction notices and the persons serving some of these notices is homeless. here is nbc bay area's lili tan reporting in oakland. >> it is rough times. but it is what you make of it. >> reporter: eviction business the evicted. it's not a process kim hansen and john ever thought they would be a part of. >> i hate doing it, but we need money, you know. >> reporter: a few times a week since september, they say they've hopped on public transportation and delivered eviction notices to people in san francisco, oakland, and san jose. earning about 150 to $200 a week. they found the job on craigslist. >> fortune and fame, it does help with everyday needs. >> reporter: kim says she lost her lake county home and job in the valley fire in 2015, then moved into this 50-year-old trailer with john. >> trying to get somewhere, you know. like you're not going to get somewhere unless you start somewhere. >> losing your home is tantamount to becoming very close to death. >> reporter: carolyn gold with the eviction defense collaborative says there are about 3,000 evictions filed in san francisco every year. >> we are in a housing crisis. >> reporter: and it's not unusual for people just trying to survive to do odd jobs. >> and that's why they're taking these contract jobs and, you know, living sort of on the edge. >> reporter: john, who has been evicted, says he doesn't see the irony. >> nothing special. >> reporter: it's just income. >> i'm more civilized, my girlfriend, myself, my kids. >> reporter: lili tan, nbc bay area news. well, traffic is also a by-product of our housing crisis. that includes the nimitz freeway. traffic has gone up nearly 75% in the past decade alone right there on 880 between fremont and san jose. mike inouye from our morning news broke down the traffic details including how the new express lanes could help ease congestion. you can watch his report right now on our website, nbcbayarea.com/makingitinthebay. taking matters into their own hands in. their own license plate read they're already caught up with some violators. the net widens in the corruption probe surrounding san francisco's former public works director. we investigate the reason why pg&e and other nonprofits were just hit with subpoenas. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. big changes under way right now. we have fog building at the coastline at a cooler 55 in san francisco. i'll show you where the fog is for tomorrow, and something you can't get on your phones. what the lack of rain is doing to our rain season. i'll have that in about eight minutes. fighting climate change isn't just about polar bears. we're fighting for our lives, we're fighting for clean air and clean water. that's why i wrote the law to send billions from polluters to communities suffering the most. and only one candidate for president was with us back then, tom steyer. and he's still fighting for us, pledging to make clean air and clean water a right for everyone, regardless of your zip code. that's the truth. that's tom steyer. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. how you watch it does too. tv just keeps getting better. this is xfinity x1. featuring the emmy award-winning voice remote. streaming services without changing passwords and input. live sports - with real-time stats and scores. access to the most 4k content. and your movies and shows to go. the best tv experience is the best tv value. xfinity x1. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. tonight a notable development in the public bribery investigation in san francisco. the city attorney sent out subpoenas to eight companies and nonprofits. former public works director mohammed nuru is facing corruption charges that revolve around an attempted bribe and then allegedly lying to the fbi. now the city attorney would not answer questions about those subpoenas today, but issued a statement saying he believes the scheme involves funneling donations through nonprofits to fund city programs and events, including lavish holiday parties for the public works department. >> if they were soliciting donations from individuals who had pending contracts, or kicking back money, i think this is exactly what the city attorney is working to uncover. that would be corruption. >> the corporations that received city subpoenas today are pg&e, recology, and three construction companies. our investigative unit dug through the tax filings for those three nonprofits whitt the subpoenas. our search turned up financial links between the charities dating back to at least 2015. tax filings show the san francisco clean city coalition donated more than $100,000 to the san francisco parks alliance in 2015, and another $20,000 to the lefty o'doul's foundation for kids. nearly all of that charity's revenue for the year. we're not sure why the clean city coalition would donate money to a charity that gives baseball equipment to underprivileged kids. those three nonprofits did not return our calls. let's bring in our investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken who has been on the four front of the story. jackson, what is he trying to unravel here? >> it likes like we know at least one case in which three of these entities provided up to $30,000 for a single holiday party put on by the department of public works. so it looks like they cast a wide net here, looking at people that they -- agencies that they suspect have been involved in this enterprise, providing these parties through an intermediary. >> this corporate corruption case is only a few weeks old now. one contract implicated in the corruption has already been canceled. what can you tell us than? >> that's right. it's a firm tied to nick bovis, the restauranteur who is at the heart of this scandal who supposedly arranged a $5,000 bribe for an airport commissioner. that didn't work. but now the city hadn't paid anything out on that contract, but nonetheless has terminated it. >> nick bovis of lefty o'doul's a well-known restaurant in the city. jaxon van derbeken, thanks for your time. taking matters into their own hands, a neighborhood is turning to technology to stop criminals. they put up their own license plate reader. but not everyone is on board. a closer look at how this works. >> reporter: well, a group of neighbors here in los gatos got together and paid $2,000 to put up an automated license plate reader on their street. they say it's given them peace of mind. this sign warns visitors they'll be under surveillance 24/7 once they enter this los gatos neighborhood near kennedy road. that's because 11 neighbors paid to put up this license plate reading camera. this is the photo it took today of our livan driving up the street. >> someone came on to our street and got into unlocked cars and stole things from the cars. so the next morning we got on and were able to pinpoint the time and the car that came through. >> reporter: she says the camera also caught this image of an suv driving away with a bike just reported stolen. >> the police just -- they're spread so thin, and they just couldn't be everywhere at once. >> reporter: derrick langley, ceo of flock safety says last week flock cameras helped police arrest a homicide suspect in south fulton, georgia. >> our system runs inside of all the patrol vehicles when we work with a city. so as soon as that car was detected on a flock camera, all of the nearby officers were notified. >> reporter: but the electronic frontier foundation has concerns saying automated license plate readers are a cysophisticated surveillance technology and i don't think your average group has the training to ensure the technology is not abused. langley says flock takes steps to protect privacy. >> we only store this data for 30 days. >> reporter: and only residents who have paid for the system have access to it. >> we just wanted that extra, extra added layer of protection. >> reporter: los gatos police department has a special program where residents can actually register their license plate readers or any surveillance cameras, and police say that program has helped them with their investigations. reporting live in los gatos, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you. it is helpful. so many of us have these security cameras, and local police departments want to tap into them. >> exactly. our cameras have been busy catching that sunshine. >> beautiful. >> it really has. something a little bit different starting to filter in across the bay area right now that we've also been able to capture, and that is the fog. let's bring you into that microclimate forecast. right now on this wednesday, closer to that weekend. and look at these big changes. after record-setting 70s and 80s the past two days, we are now dropping 5 to 13 degrees cooler across the bay area as we're seeing some cooling fog in the coastline, helping the westerly wind to bring some of that cooler breeze back throughout the bay area. now the fog is not very thick, but you can see on our live sky camera network a little bit of fog up there against the immediate coastline, and much cooler. 55 in san francisco. with the clouds increasing tonight down to 50 here at 11:00 p.m. let's get you closer fix on that fog for tomorrow morning. i think the best chance of that would be right near san francisco, down through the coastline. notice in gilroy, we could have some low clouds to start at 7:00 a.m., and some of that patchy fog and low clouds from marine, napa. by the afternoon, sunshine inland, and fog stays right at our beaches. so with this pattern in place, no more 70s or 80s. back down to 66 in san jose. 64 in martinez. also got you at 64 in santa rosa. while this weather has been beautiful, it has had a major impact on our rainfall season. this is one of our busiest times of the month, or should be for rainfall. and right now for the season, we're running anywhere from 5 to 7 1/2 inches behind. coming up in 25 minutes, you got to stick around for this. it is a look at the long-range outlook, and i'll show you what we're expecting as we head into march. again, we'll detail that for you, and what i'm seeing for march in about 25 minutes. >> we'll see you shortly, jeff. thank you. i'm scott budman. up next, we'll compare the home you can get here in the bay area for a million dollars with what you can get in other popular cities. stay tuned. obama: he's been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: leadership in action. mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. obama: at a time when washington is divided in old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. okay. all this week we've been comparing what you'll get here in the bay area compared to other cities for the same money. why do we do this? >> to torture ourselves. >> it is torture. tonight a million bucks. >> oh, boy. scott budman shows the sobering comparison. i'm almost afraid to watch. >> what do we got? >> i think that's the third time. >> i believe i did say. >> no doubt. yes. this is a big number, raj and jessica. we have hit the milestone. a million dollar home. but again, that means a whole lot in most parts of the country, it's become a little less than the average home price here in the bay area. in san jose the average is 1.2 million. and that's where we start. for a million dollars, you get three bedrooms and three bathrooms here on shelby creek court. it's a good schools in the area, about 1600 square feet of space. this sold a few months ago for exactly a million. two-car garage, homeowners association fees $400 a month. for comparison, we're going show you what you get in other cities that are popular with bay area residents. we're going t