. cheryl hurd joins us from the bridge this evening with last-minute updates. cheryl? >> reporter: raj, the golden gate bridge scheduled to close at 12:01 tomorrow night. construction crews will start the closure process at 9:30. how do plan to get around with bridge closure this weekend. one man is hoping you will take the water instead. lewis is getting ready for the weekend. founder of the first on demand water taxi. >> we operate on a 24-hour schedule. give us a call. tell us where-up are going. where you want to be picked up. >> you can do that through a mobile app on your phone. >> track our bets now on our mobile site. on an app. go to it on your phone. click live map. see where our vessel is. we are slowly getting there. >> getting there in time for the golden gate bridge closure. >> a lot of ridership has been local, marin, we haven't overextended ourselves. >> this weekend will be different. lewis is hoping for a bombing business. he has the osprey capable of hauling 40 passengers and a small bet we hitched a ride on tonight. it hold six passengers. those who depend on t

was illegal. the duck dell democracyicacy is back. cheryl hurd joins us in san francisco where restaurants are celebrating tonight. cheryl? >> reporter: that's right. raj, this new restaurant was celebrating tonight. it served up a couple foie gras specials. you may be surprised to find out how food can create so much emotion. chris golden just stumbled into his favorite san francisco neighborhood restaurant. and only to find out that one of his favorite foods is back on the menu. >> we have the foie gras fries, and sausage. >> should be able to -- eat what we want to eat. here in -- the united states. here in san francisco. here in california. great to have that option. have that choice again. >> that choice was taken away when a bill outlawing the sale force fed poultry was passed by the state legislature in 2004. the bhanan didn't go into effect until 2012. many restaurants that serve foie gras were met with protests. today a federal judge said the california ban is unconstitutional and interfered with an existing federal law. >> my feeling. get the legislatures to modify th

shgs, and we will have an update on the story today. i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. >>> we have seen it before, but this is a gold heist, and crash and grab. in san francisco, three masked bandits used this suv to go into the wells fargo bank. and they held a security guard at gunpoint and stole pour to ten ounces of gold nugget, and the haul is estimated $10,000. they then sped off. this is the second smash and grab. a month ago, they went into this patagonia store. in november there was a smash and grab at the jewelry store in the mall. >>> and now, there was a store front that was a furniture store, but behind that showroom in gilroy, there was with an estimated $2 million of marijuana. tips from the public led to the arrest of nguyen. there was a illegal power system that stole about 08,000 of electricity from pg&e. >>> and former concord elementary schoolteacher found guilty of molesting his students. today, the jury convicted him of 19 counts of molestation. this is nine months after a jury came in deadlocked. he was a teacher in woodside elementar

year looking to keep everyone safe on the highways this new year's eve. tall order. cheryl hurd took a ride with the chp for a behind the scenes look at how officers deal with pressures of keeping the roads safe. cheryl? >> reporter: terry, i heard some people referred to as tonight as amateur night. because some people decide to get behind the wheel and hit the road. after having too much off to drink. but with all of the pressures that police officers are facing these days they say that your safety is their top priority especially on the night like tonight. see what is out there. chp officer amanda meier is ringing in the new year with a 12-hour shift. >> tonight, working, 101 from 92 woodside road. >> reporter: a beat she is familiar with and tonight may be busier than most. >> i think everyone knows that we usually go outen full force. >> reporter: every officer out there is looking for distracted drivers and those that got behind the wheel after one too many drinks. while she is looking out for safety of drivers, she is also focussed on the safety of fellow officers. >> i mean i

plastic surgeon's office near you. >> cheryl hurd is in san francisco with this very unusual story. >> so we do have surveillance footage of him, you know entering the office as well as him leaving the office. >> reporter: and that's the only thing they have, because this man left without paying his $6,000 bill for three treatments. >> botox, which treats wrinkles fillers, which also treats aging, and then a laser treatment. >> reporter: he followed his personal protocol. he'd met with the patient here in this office. they talked about procedures but looking back dr. fan says he got a hunch the client was not forthcoming. >> a little bit secretive and a little bit private sort of coming into the office. >> reporter: he was given a name, paul halford an and age, 43. he gave the address, 1140 folsom and turns out to be an office building. fan usually asked for a credit card but the client showed his assistant a wallet full of cash. >> also seemed to know quite a bit about what he wanted done and so looking back there were some red flags. >> reporter: another red flag this e-mail from a loca

she had not received the proposal, and so she had no comment. cheryl hurd from bay news. >>> and even after her death, a bay area woman is helping to push forward a proposed bill about the right to die. >> stand up to make your voice heard. even if it shakes like mine. >> the tearful mother of brittany maynard asked californians to support the right to die, and make your own choice when it comes the dyinging. her own daughter, britney mainnard made national headlines when they moved from maine to oregon to use that state's right to die law, and after a few failed attempts california lawmakers are trying to pass the aid in dying law which is a bill to affect jennifer glass of san mateo. the 51-year-old is battling lung cancer, but she would like options when the time comes when the pain is too great. >> lung cancer is an ugly way to die. i would find great comfort in knowing that i had another option option. >> disability rights groups oppose the group saying that the profit-driven insurance group could drive people to death instead of expensive care. and back to the bishlgs it say has

. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live in san jose with the worry that we won't be really ready to handle this epidemic. >> reporter: well, jessica, there are constant reminders that the flu season is here. take a look at this sign. doctors tell me tonight if you haven't gotten your flu shot you should. but there are also other concerns you talked about. that is the drug that helps fight the flu is hard to find. that drug is called tamiflu. >> but here in san jose we don't have very much tamiflu. >> reporter: that's the diagnosis from carton ehrman, a doctor specializing in infant to adolescent medicine in san jose. he says he personally called some 20 pharmacies in the south bay looking for the drug and found out tamiflu is hard to find. >> one pharmacy has two boxes. the other two pharmacies have just one box. none of the 15 or 20 pharmacies that we contacted have the suspension, which is for kids that can't swallow pills. >> reporter: dr. armann says in about a month and a half he's already seen a dozen cases of influenza a, the most common form of the flu that is attacking peop

that we need to talk about this. >> reporter: in berkeley cheryl hurd bay area news. >>> two devastating fires in san francisco have more than 60 people sleeping in a shelter tonight. the red cross and the salvation army opened thup shelter on valencia street to help with that displacement of fires to help people and this woman who lost everything. >> my daughter was go ging to high school, and she wanted some things for christmas and i tried to get it for her, and now she lost everything. >> there is a gofund account set poup up for the victims. >>> and today, four new confirmed cases of measles. one in marin cases, and one in is al -- salano county and that is going to bring the confirmed cases of measles to 42 and with 14 in bay area. >>> and now, people not vaccinated against the disease or exposed are asked to stay away from the game and the festivities. arizona is monitoring more than 1,000 people being monitored by travel or expose sure to the outbreak that began in disneyland. >>> there is no credible threat against the the world's wiggest sport ing sporting event, bu

tracy airport, i'm cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. that's amazing. >>> it's a popular app that helps you avoid traffic jams but is it also a danger to police officers? the waze app has caught on. it used social networking and gps to help you steer clear of traffic. but some in law enforcement say it's potentially dangerous. it's users can tell you if there are police officers in a particular area. police officers say like most things, criminals have used the technology for bad while others will use it for good. waze was purchased by google for $966 million. >>> you're not alone when you drive. someone might be watching you. a new report claims the government is making a national database through a license plate reading program. the "wall street journal" says the program is run by the dea to collect information on drug trafficking. the program is now expanded to track down people who are suspected of other times of crime. >>> it may sound like an odd experiment, but scientists can now unboil an egg. as bizarre as it sounds, the discovery may lead to inexpensive