firefighters reveal what is rare about this wildfire. >> developing in san francisco. a home collapses in the twin peaks main. neighbors tell us what was happening right before the fall. >> thanks for joining us at 6:00 on tuesday. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> flames burning at sims metal recycling plant in redwood city. matt, what is happening right now? >> i spoke with the redwood city fire marshal and he said the fire is now contained. any working on control. check out this huge plume smoke coming off the sims metal management plant off of seaport boulevard. this is no shelter in place for the area but they are advising people to stay inside and close whens and doors if you smell smoke. the first 9-1-1 calls were reports after big explosion. firefighters found a huge pile

of appliance on pile at 75 feet by 100' and 25' highs. hundreds work near this area at the end of seaport boulevard. >> they told us there was a fire down there and there are toxic fumes and the cops wearing masks so i would rather be out here where i have a chance rather than being stuck in my building with a higher concentration. >> last fire happened last month which was a pile cars and big we than this. firefighters are fighting this fire the same using heavy equipment to separate debris to try to get the fire out. back out here this is no word on how long the police will keep seaport boulevard blocked but a lot people are leaving the parking lot cross the street and are headed home. they beginning to wait. they have been here for two hours waiting to see if they can get to work and now they bet we off at home at this hour and

they may head back here tomorrow to try to get in to work. hopefully the fire will be out by then. >> last month a scrap metal fire at the same location forced san mateo and santa clara counties to issue a health advisory. it took 19 hours to put owe the fire in the pile of crushed cars. sims metal management had a similar fire back in 2020. nownow we will check with mike nicco. >> great question, we will look at the country conditions at a site next to the fire at 46 degrees and humidity is high which is good for firefighters and the winds are blowing from the southwest to the northeast so it is going to cross the bay and head over to fremont, newark, union city and those areas, possibly up to hayward over the next couple of hours.

thankfully it is a light wind. now, temperatures today are a lot like yesterday, at 44 headed outside and we will be in the upper 50 to low 60's and mid-50 by 7:00. next 12 hours inland, it is foggy in the not by and around concord, and hardly any frost and upper to low 60's in the afternoon and 50 this evening and the coast will be cooler with freezes blowing on shore. you will continue out in the mid-60's but fall into the low 60 and low 50's by 7:00. we have plenty of stop-and-go traffic westbound i-80 because of a hit-and-run accident that is blocking the number three lane and the backups continue to grow as you can see, with the yellow that extended out of this area, where the slow starts. it is painful to make it around the curve from san pablo to east richmond so be prepared if that. as i take you over the altamont

pass road at grant line road we have a multi-vehicle accident with folk out of their cars exchanging information and that could also cause a bit of a delay because it is so narrow of a road. it is bumper to bumper. >> crews have blocked off seen of a house collapse in the twin peaks neighborhood on crown terrace that collapsed at 10:30 last night. the how was in the process of being remodels. no one was inside the house when it collapsed. there everyone no injuries. nod would on the cause of the house coming down. we will look at the damage in a report from the scene. >> firefighters in the central coast are continuing to battle flames near big sur and crews admit december wildfire is a

rare appearance. katie marzullo is monitor this from the newsroom. >> the sheriff says big sur is usually the wet of the areas but this is one of the driest years if history so in that respect the fire is not a surprise although it is winter. the fight for fire break out late sunday near highway one and last night, with more than 600 firefighters on the job they have zero percent containment. fires burned 500 acres and destroyed 15 hopes including this one, the home of big sur's fire chief. she took that picture. 100 have had to evacuated and evacuations are in effect. >> i was up there touring the homes that have burned to the ground. therement spots everywhere. it is treacherous terrain. things are flaming up. the wind has been fairly low, knock on wood. >> firefighters looking to day

break. roads closed in the area. highway one though, is open. at this point the cause of the fire is under investigation. in the newsroom for abc7 news. >> the family of an 8th grade girl is relying on a final test to keep her alive after routine surgery went horribly wrong. jahi mcmath was to have her tonsils remove asked now is on life support. she was pleading profusely a systemry at children's hospital in oakland. she then went into cardiac arrest and declared brain dead by thursday. the game's family says the hospital agreed to give jahi mcmath a last eeg test. >> if this eeg test shows any britain activity, they cannot take her off of life support. >> i am begging god, please, let my daughter have some brain activity. >> the family says the hospital

cannot give them a reason why this happened. >> san jose has a crime rate above the state average. while the average u.s. police department solved half of major cases, san jose's clear an rate on major crimes has dropped below 30 percent. response time for some emergency calls have doubled in eight years. san jose's mayor says the city needs more police officers. despite the growing crime problem the rate is still lower-that of san francisco or oakland. >> speaking of oakland, police this say 147 guns are off the streets including assault weapons. people turned in the firearms this past saturday during a gun buyback event including 68 rifles and four assault weapons and by backs were held in san jose and san francisco as part of a state help wide of the to prevent gun violence. >> the f.b.i. hopes you can capture a bad guy with a bad

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with alum rock at 48 a warm spot and los gatos in the hills 63 degrees. 29 in sunnyvale and camp -- cupertino. los altos hills, 47 degrees. redwood city is 46. same in alameda. and 38 in lafayette and danville and not much in the way of frost this morning. six degrees warmer in santa rosa and half moon bay is getting a breeze developing but not for the rest of us, today, and, in fact, today is another day of poor air quality, our 10 the consecutive day and our 14th so no bumping booed through midnight. >> we have a rot of a possible car fire at 280 southbound which is not impacting traffic but we have folks in the car and at

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covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> 6:14 as we look from our camera in san francisco and the chilly air mass is gone and we have seasonal temperatures with a look at the forecast coming up. >> new this morning from north korea, the country is making the 2nd anniversary of the death of kim jong-il and his son, kim jong-un, preside over a ceremony with military and party officials a week after he had his uncle executed following accusations corruption and an attempt to overthrow his government. >> in south korea, getters from the north gathered in seoul to condemn their former country. they tore up a picture of kim jong-un and said his death is

something to celebrate calling for an end to the dictator regime. >> new video show as delta airlines plane in wisconsin moments after it slid off an airport runway yesterday in madison, wisconsin. the runway was covered in snow and the flight from minneapolis st. paul landed and all 60 on board were safe and had to be bused to the airport terminal. >> now new video showing baggage thieves caught on camera by police. we all need to watch out for this an the holidays. this video obligated by abc shows a worker in a new york area airport going through a wallet packs in a suitcase. keep your valuables with you. america me will have were more on the story at 7:00. >> not everyone is in the holiday spirit which is not a crime in itself but trying to

destroy the spirit for others can be. case in point: surveillance video captured self teens vandalizing lawn deck -- lawn decorations. another grinch pulled christmas lights out of place but residents will not let the christmas vandalism dampen their spirit. >> one of the largest drug companies now says they will no longer pay doctors to promote their products. "new york times" reports that glaxo smith kline will stop the practice. they have paid doctors for decades to promote prescription drugs but the c.e.o. tells the "new york times" they trying to stay in step. in china the company is accused bribing doctors to boost sales.

>> expect video ads on facebook this week. the "wall street journal" reports they will make the official announcement today and debut on thursday on the web and facebook's mobile app. users cannot get around them. the ads play automatically. facebook has been playing video ads but delayed the launch out of fears of alienating users . >> maybe they just have to bam that with the need for profit. it is a tough balancing act, right? >> that is why the c.e.o.'s make a lot money. >> we have a look at the weather. >> maybe they did research and found out the tradeoff is worth it. >> we will see. >> interesting. use "spare the air" day. >> it is getting old. 10th consecutive. we have not exceeded the limits

in all but two of the 14 days so far. we are watching fog at 2.5 mys in concord and three in novato. all reporting stakes are above freezing this morning so the threat of black ice is not affected. market street and to the bay bridge and to oakland it looks night with high clouds today and above average temperatures. a lot like yesterday. but it starts to containing tomorrow and the winds come off the southeast and that is cleaner air and cool air from canada open thursday and friday it will be a breeze and brisk on thursday afternoon but not so comfortable as temperatures today. mid-to-upper 60's in most neighbors and san francisco is 64 and 67 in oakland and palo alto and 68 in san jose and concord is 64 and same in napa, and 71 in cloverdale, and low clouds coming in and the main layer is coming in with the wind off the coast and we will have

mid-to-upper 30's inland and low-to-mid 40's for other neighborhoods even 48 in san francisco. it will be milder tomorrow morning. high pressure is getting too far apart so that is developing a weakness right across california and hold on for another mild day and the cold front will blow through and this is the timeframe. the tomorrow morning low clouds are hanging out transitioning to mid-to-upper level clouds as we head to the afternoon and evening hours. sprinkles are possible in the evening and by 7:00 in the morning, the system to the south and it feels much cooler for thursday. we will look at the seven-day forecast, tomorrow, we will be six to eight degrees cooler than today and thursday we drop a couple more degrees and winds are calm enough in the shelter valley frost possible on friday, and winter solstice is saturday morning and temperatures are above average and low-to-mid sect for saturday, sunday, and monday. have a great day. leyla gulen?

>> we have 52 bart trains running on time but we still have this commute that is slowing you down. we have this hit-and-run accident westbound 80 at san pablo avenue and you can see all that crazy traffic, with the car on the shoulder and the debris is still in the lanes causing 15 miles per hour speak. moving into san pablo. it is packing on four extra minutes to the commute when you are in it, and it seems an it continuity. away from highway 4 to the hoffman split takes you 18 to 20 minutes. here is thing for in the north bay, 67 miles per hour is the top speed approaching santa rosa and highway grateful, but -- and highway 12, there is low visibility so be careful heading out on the roads. >> happening today, bay area tech titans are on the way to

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good morning, at 6:23. this is the eastern span of the bay bridge with traffic looking fine. we will check with leyla gulen in a moment and see where the problems are. mike nicco has yet another "spare the air" alert. that is coming up. >> now a check with george stephanopolis with a look at "good morning america" at 7:00. >> coming up on "good morning america" new this morning a georgia student suspended from school for hugging his teacher the they say he violated the school's sexual harassment poll. we will get into that debate next on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> beyonce's new album is out only for four days but is the best selling album this year. apple announced the album is only behind justin timberlake for top selling record, with 800,000 sold if they days despite absolutely no advance warning or promotion it would be

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"creepy." >> our morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. >> including breaking news to the newsroom about six soldiers killed this afghanistan, nato service member. we working on the details for you on that story the. >> we have developing news in san francisco: a home under construction collapsed on its foundation. >> in redwood city, another fire burning at the sims metal management plant on seaport boulevard. i will have the latest on the air quality issues facing people living in the area. >> from mount tamalpais this morning i am anticipating a colorful sunrise in the forecast, with another "spare the air" day and the winds of change are cool, colleague, breezy in the forecast.

>> i am leyla gulen and the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. i have some trouble in the east bay and that is coming

abc7 news begins with breaking news. the breaking news comes from afghanistan. >> we hear from nato that six united states soldiers were killed in afghanistan in what appears to be a helicopter crash. a defense official says there was no enemy or insurgent activity in the region. they believe that the helicopter the soldiers were in suffered an engine problem and that is when it want down. it happened on tuesday. we are gathering more information and will bring it to you. >> we will check on the weather forecast before you head out the door. mike, what is going on? >> we have high clouds again and that has kept us above freezing and mid-40's in most of the bay areas. and low 60's throughout the afternoon, and quiet 54 degrees, comfortable for the evening, but you will need a coat. limited frost.

and next 12 hours high clouds and 58 at noon and 61 and poor air quality and spay spare and a milder 50. and, now, the coast we have localized sea breeze and cooler today, in the low-to-mid i 60's rather than 70's you had yesterday and you will be down to 52 by 7:00. all of us have high clouds and sunshine today. leyla gulen? >> we have more chase on the closure because of the industrial fire in redwood city. southbound along 101 the exit to wood side seaport is going to be closed off to seaport and you can milk a left on woodside but not a right on seaport. if you are headed in the northbound direction the exit for woodside and seaport is completely closed and we will have caltran coming and put down flares to block traffic off. what you can do is get off at marsh but there is no traffic being allowed into that area

until that fire is put out. >> thank you. that is a problem because that is an industrial area with offices and people should be headed there at 6:32. we will follow the breaking news on the pens lax. >> the fire is burning in redwood city. if you have heard this before, yes, that is because the fire buns there five weeks ago. our news reporter is at the sims recycling plant with an update. >> it feels like deja vu. a little more than a month ago a fire started here at the sims metal president plant and now we have another one going, a particular plume of smoke coming from the plant. the fire is different though, a haunt pile of allow ans is burning. last month it was a pile cars. it started with a huge explosion, a pile of appliances is 75' by 100' and 25' high. the redwood city fire department is advising people in the area to stay inside and shut their

doors anden withs if they smell smoke. >> with any fire, you going to have products of combustion that have chemicals that unfortunately, are harmful whether it is a fire in the fireplace, "spare the air" day, smoke is dangerous. we know that. firefighters using heavy equipment to separate the debris to get the fire out and they expect to be on the scene for several hours. seaport boulevard is still blocked off at bloomquist and east bay shore and thousands of people work at the end of the boulevard near the plant. many decided to go after waiting a few hours to get in. you can see the traffic headache right here. avoid the area if it is possible. you will not be able to get through on seaport boulevard. >> developing news, plenty of questions remain after a

frightening home collapse in san francisco's twin peaks unable. our reporter is there live and tells us police just got there? >> yes, police just arrived and they say they are here because they want to keep people away from the area. they still consider it unstage and risky. the house slipped last week. it was scary. the home was unconstruction and it was on a steep hill in the twin peaks neighborhood. those who heard it say it sounded like a loud crash. >> we responded here because someone called and third a loud crash and felt like an earthquake. obviously, we responded and we secured the area and made sure that the citizens would be in danger and no one was in this project. thank god. >> police evacuated a home as a precaution. they say it was very lucky that

no one was home when the house fell. it was under construction and lucky it didn't happen with workers on site. they watching it to make sure no one sells in ham's way and it doesn't fall anymore and figure out what is next for the project . >> happening today, president obama will host executives from top bay area tech companies to talk about protecting the web from intruders and spies. par advertise plans include google chairman and facebook c.e.o., and apple c.e.o., tim cook. it is called a meeting on cyber security and the rollout problems with the obamacare website but officials say they will also talk about national security. the technical industry has critical of some of the most high profile national security agency snooping programs. >> n.s.a. leaker, edward snowden, could be eyeing south

america as a home. a newspaper in brazil says edward snowden sent a letter asking for political asylum in brazil in exchange, the former n.s.a. contractor says he would help brazil investigate united states spying on its soil. for the past several months he has revealed widespread spying bit n.s.a. and currently is living in temporary asylum in russia. >> in rip monday a community rally planned tonight to support a resolution pushing forward a closure prevention program, using imminent domain to seize mortgages of homes upwater and offer the mortgages back to home owners at lower rates. more than half of the homeowners have mortgages hire than the valve the home. a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by three banks challenging rich machine's plan. >> firefighters battling a rare december wildfire near one of the state's most popular catch

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mother nature is feeling blue, a beautiful picture of the high clouds from camera. big story today: six to ten degrees warmer-than-average until about 4:53, one of the shortest days of the year and one of the warmest. 68 in san francisco, and below average, 55, by thursday. above average by tenuities throughout the weekend. we will have mid-to-upper 60's through the central valley and monterey and 70 in fresno and 81 in los angeles. a lot high clouds mying with our sunshine across the state. safely travels. mother nature is feeling blue. traffic is seeing red. especially if you are headed into richmond but i will take you where we have a report of an accident at the scales and it is an eastbound direction. watch out if that because the

scar is sideways blocking a lane and that can cause a problem if if you are commuting. from hercules and highway 4, 30 miles per hour is the top speed and closer to this accident, the from highway 24 to the hoffman split. >> dreams of striking it reach is expected to reach a fever pitch tonight when the mega millions drawing takes place for jack president now worth at least $586 million. it is one of biggest jackpots. of. it will mean $316 million pay intermediate to a single winner take the lump sum payment before taxes. you will be going for it along with will months of others but the odds of winning are one in 259 million. there have been 21 drewings

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covering san it rose, berkeley and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back. happening now, firefighters near big sur are preparing to battle an out of the control wildfire that chases dozens out of their homes and claimed numerous building. casey katie is in the newsroom with the latest. >> i can tell you firefighters are looking forward to day light so he can get back up in the air. the aerial say -- assault has been the best results. last night, there remain more than 600 firefighters on the job and still zero percent containment burning 500 acres and destroyed at least 15 homes. 100 people have had to evacuate the areas and that remains in effect. >> you already have some

suitcases packed. you have to just wait for them to tell us to evacuate. >> the sheriff says that big sur is usually the wettest areas but this is one of driest areas in history so the wildfire is not a surprise although it is december. officials do not necessity how this started. highway one is open and cruise working to ensure the fire does not jump the highway. the oakland 18-year-old who suffered second- and third-degree burns after being set on fire on board an a.c. transit bus is overred today by the high school boston team wearing blue shirts with sasha fleischman's name on the back of the jersey. sasha fleischman was wearing a skirt at time of the attack and doesn't identify as male or

female. the suspect, 16-year-old richard thomas, faces felony assault charges with a hate crime enhancement. >> a federal judge is clearing the way for the city of san francisco to resume an investigation into the maker of the caffeine monster drinks tossing out a lawsuit filed by monster that sought to block the investigation. the city attorney accused monster of misbranding the drinks and marketing them to children. he has filed his own suit in state court to make the company cut back on the caffeine and stop advertising to minors. the california based monster has not yet commented on the developments. >> trading is underway on wall street and we will look at the big board. >> the dow jones industrial average is up one point so it is flat. still, at 15,886. >> procter and gamble is having a change of heart over hair care and decided to air the ad in the

united states and world after launching only in the philippines which went viral online and got much praise from female executives such as facebook c.e.o. last week for take ago won mark stereotypes. >> beatle fans got an early christmas present, 59 rare previously unreleased songs went on sale in sex -- several countries over might but not in the united states and now pulled from the site. the moves with an attempt to stop their copyrights from expiring and prevent other companies from profiting off of them is when they put it up for a little bit you can citizen the pedestrians of the copyright again so it was a sneaky quick move. >> now at look at the forecast. >> wasn't that video at scan tell stick? one of their last ones as we thing about that when we said if

by to the stick on monday. last home game. it is now tuesday and i want to talk about the fire that flared between monday and tuesday check out the monterey city lights. this is a buff picture from the national weather service in the bay area showing how much it flared. it is put out as much light as the monterey city lights, or it was earlier. we will talk about the current conditions, it is 61 degrees, and low at 24 percent and winds are from the south at three miles per hour pushing that to pebble beach and monterey, and carmel, and pacific grove and it will take a little bit of a turn to watsonville and it will not make its way up to this, the smoke. we will talk about the haze and visibility. four miles visibility in novato and everyone else from 5 to 10

miles visibility. from mount tamalpais, a rainbow of colors developing because of the high clouds and above average temperatures but today is the last day. tomorrow the wind shifts and we have cleaner and cooler air and the coolest air is thursday and friday and breezy, too, so it will feel from 10 to 20 degrees cool we than today where we top out at 70 in santa cruz and morgan hill and 64 in san francisco and san rafael and napa and concord and forward, and 67 in oakland and palo alto and 68 in san jose. low clouds tonight, because of the run of the sea breeze and 48 in san francisco, and a lot of low-to-mid 40's around the bay shore and the coast and mid-to-upper 30's inland and here is the cold front up to the north being directed by height pressure but they are getting too far apart and it will divide and conquer and then the cold front will influence the sea breeze and bring cooler weather tomorrow and the transition to the canadian air happens on wednesday with a few sprinkles

through 6:00 on thursday morning, and then the rush of cold air comes in on thursday. temperatures are at least ten kegs cooler by then on the continue day forecast, and it will feels again, 10 to 20 degrees cooler and after a propertiy start possible on friday morning, the temperatures are well bow average low the winter starts this weekend. have a good one. >> muni riders are and experiencing longer than norm am wait times with a rot of a car fire at 8th street near full some, so anyone who needs to make it over to the bay bridge could be affected by this and that could cause serious slowing throughout the city streets. if you do need to make it to the bridge you may want to use an alternate. in the east bay the drive into richmond westbound 80 is still stop and go traffic at san pablo with tow trucks on the seen to pick up four vehicles involved in the crash at 19 miles per hour for the top speed and 30 miles per hour headed beyond but

the other hotspots include tracy to dublin at 46 minutes westbound 580, westbound from antioch to concord is 23 minutes and still clear through marin through san francisco. >> the count down is on and you still have a chance to win $7,000, cash, for helping. abc7 fight hunger in the you "give where you live," we will announce the winner on thursday night at 11:00. >> ahead, seven things to know before you go.

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gorgeous before the sun comes up with snow and you can probably tell the progresses are exposed and they do not have enough so the runs could be covered with snow making but if you are going up for the holiday you will find it is still rather bear. >> as we hand things off to "good morning america" here are seven things to know. one, breaking news in redwood city where a pile of appliances has been burning for several hours after a met am recycling plant spewing spoke in the air with no shelter in place order but the officials are advising residents would smell smoke to stay indoors and keep the window shut. >> developing news in san francisco's twin peaks, police are making sure anyone goes near a home that collapsed on crown terrace last night. the neighbor say it was in the process of being remodels and was empty. >> three, new numbers in the big sur fire burning near highway one. it is now up to 550 acres and is

5 percent contained. firefighters are looking to day break to get back up in the air. the fire has destroyed 15 homes and forced 100 people to evacuate. >> the family of a 13-year-old girl who is brain dead after routine surgery is hoping a final test will be enough to keep her on life support. jahi mcmath went into cardiac arrest after having her tonsils removed at children's hospital in oakland. doctors will test to see if they has brain activity. >> facebook will announce this video ads appearing on people's pages by thursday according to the "wall street journal" and users can not get anthem and will play automatically regardless if users click on them. >> record 10th consecutive "spare the air" day with fire billowing smoke and it is 45 degrees and winds from the southwest to the northeast at two to five miles per hour putting places like newark and

hayward and fremont in the line. today we have high clouds and sunshine in the 60's. >> looks to be light drive away from the maze but where it is busy is in san jose. we will take it to the maps, northbound 101 at 35 miles per hour aetch fromming 280 and 680 split we have this accident that is still if place and this is in richmond, westbound, along 80 up to san pablo avenue doing damage to that commute and across the bay to san francisco a car fire could affect you getting on to the bay bridge. >> before we go, we are continuing to follow breaking news from afghanistan with six united states soldiers have been killed there following a helicopter crash. the word came down half an hour ago. >> we will have updates on twitter. we will see you in 25 minutes.

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