>> the gateway weather looks like this. >> tomorrow should be way to winter but it will not happen. temperatures are up to continue degrees cooler than yesterday. we have clear skies and 40 around the bay. the next 12 hours we will hang out in the mid-to-upper 50's in the afternoon spiking in the low 60's if highs and calm in the evening. dress for upper 40's to low 50's. inland we have freezing temperatures. we will be in the mid-50 to near 60 for the afternoon. calmer than yesterday. cooler inland in the evening. mid-to-upper 40's. the coast is cooler with a last 30's. not so hazy. a lot of sunshine. mid-to-upper 50's. beautiful at sunset through 7:00 with temperatures in the upper 40's. leyla gulen? >> we have a little deficit orange on the map. traveling and highway one through bodega bay you could find fog.

well find out more from mike but this is shaded in orange and it could possibly affect your commute. as we look further to the south back into san ramon southbound 680, c.h.p. has been asigned to the accident involving a system vehicle to the shoulder not causing any traffic impact and into san jose southbound we at tully road we have debris in the lanes northbound traffic is clear. we will look outside can this is a picture of your drive through san rafael traveling through into san francisco, there are no slow downs. >> the home stretch the holiday shopping season begins with retailers opening their doors and keeping them open separate through christmas eve. amy hollyfield is at the pleasant hill kohl's store. >> they are unlocking the doors right now and 6:00 a.m. they are not doing to lock that door again until christmas eve. they are not the only ones doing

this, macy's is also opening for 107 hours, straight, as this woman says this is what consumers want. especially since we had six viewer shopping days because thanksgiving was so late. >> i am not as done as i usually am with it being closer together, christmas is suddenly here and it made me more organized we and made me nervous >> hungry shoppers mean restaurant could benefit from this so they hope this will trickle down to them. here is a list of the stores who are about to extend their hours: kohl's and toys 'r us and k-mart opening at 6:00 and macy's opening at 7:00, and target and nordstrom at 8:00 a.m., many staying only until christmas eve, more than 100 hours straight. what will be interesting if the shoppers come at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow, will there shoppers in the stores?

we will find out. >> it is about 6:03. a san jose charity distributes books and toys to children but it is still short of the goal on donations. 6,000 children are signed up to receive three toys and a book at sacred heart with the first kids arriving in two hours. organizers say they are 3,000 toys short staffed right now to accept donations if you can help. the charity is located on south first street. our reporter will have an update in 30 minutes. >> a lawyer for the family of a girl declared brain dead following toss -- tonsil surgery will go to court. the family of jahi mcmath met with children's hospital administration to ask for jahi mcmath's medical record. she has been on life support since last week. the family wants did know why she went into cardiac arrest after routine tonsil surgery.

the family is guarding the game's best side around the clock because the hospital is pressuring them to remove jahi mcmath from life support. >> a bay area search is under way for a group of robbers who invaded a home in fremont. the woman would lives there sure the suspects kick in the door and hid in the closet. they found her and held her and ripped a necklace from her neck and demanded cash. police releases the photos and say the five men got away in a silver or gray infinity s.u.v. or similar vehicle on wednesday. the victim was not seriously hurt. >> three students are this trouble with the law after a fight involving a weapon in front oakland high school. our media partner reports that the fight broke out yesterday afternoon when an officer tried to break up the fight, a female

student use add stun gun and handed it off to another student. a 17-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy and 18-year-old man were arrested for starting the fight. a hearing today for the 16-year-old charged with setting another teen on fire on a.c. transit bus with the attorney asking a judge to send the case to juvenile court. right now thomas is charged as an adult in the november attack on 18-year-old sasha fleischman who doesn't identify as male or female. sasha fleischman says the attacker should be tried as an juve my. a victory for trans scene december students in sack machine to after school district officials approved a set of guidelines granting them new rights and protections. officials passed a policy to allow transgender restrooms after the governor signed a bill in august solidifying the rights of tran gender students which is said to take effect on john 1.

>> the district attorney of san francisco is adopting a policy smartphones to have kill switches which makes them inoperable if last or stolen. this is the first of its kind in in the nation. one in three robberies in the country involve a phone. facebook will join the s&p 500 because they have a market value over $4 belt. they are meant to provide a snapshot of the economy. facebook is offering $70 million class a stock some from the founder's own stash which will net him $1 billion. he will also buy class b shares can carry more voting weight. >> bart trains will run until 3:00 in the morning new year's to acco revelers.

some lines will skip either the embarcadero oh montgomery after 8:00 but going home get back on the train at the station where you got off. >> today, palo alto-based tesla is adding a super charger station in the bay area in vacaville at the premium outlets, the c.e.o. musk announced the carmaker was expanding network of solar-powered charging stations to allow owners of the model s cars to drive across the country from los angeles to new york. >> if you are wondering the station will have eight charges stall. mike? >> we have dry weather and a lot of sunshine for those with solar panels but the sun is at the lowest angle at 23.5 degrees. it is also one of our shortest days today.

look at the winds which are calm to six miles per hour but they are variable, too, a sign that high pressure is over us that will dominate the weather for a long time. gusting around 65 to 35 and altamont pass is perpendicular and only 16 miles per hour compared to the 30 we had yesterday. around mount tamalpais we gusting to 17 miles per hour so it is quieter from the east bay hills to san francisco you can see the bay almost looks like glass. big story today, temperatures are warmer-than-average to most neighbors with san jose at 59 and oakland is 60 and livermore is four degrees warmer-than-average, and napa is 63, and redwood city at 59 and san francisco is 58 and moving through the next three days, low-to-mid 60's, tons of sunshine but they are the shortest days of the year. >> because of the fire in san francisco we have muni 24 is going to be re-routed and impacted by the fire. we do have plenty of traffic over the altamont pass and i

will tell you how long that takes you out of tracy to dublin but we have report of an overturned vehicle in forest ville at river road and we have parties possibly trapped so we will have emergency crews coming out shortly. westbound 580 although we are looking at more traffic on the road, we are at 29 minutes and we gaped a minute from tracy to dublin so that is good news with a quick drive in the westbound direction highway 4 is clear and 101 through marin and san rafael to san francisco is 17 minute drive and outside this is san jose beyond the julian street off-ramp on 87 we have traffic out there but everyone is running smoothly by the tank and an early start on the shopping you will be at the onessed open, open, open, open. do you remember that commercial? you will be there on time. and the first in line. >> next, a bay area girl gets

her wish and become as super hero for a day. the message north korea used to threaten south korea following protests. >> a rough winter storm in time for christmas. what it means for travelers and package

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covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> right now, more than 4,500 solano county homes and businesses have no power after an underground transformer failed causing a blackout in beamish and vallejo. the power should be back on by 9:00 this morning. >> nasty weather moving across the country headed into christmas. what does it mean for travelers and shoppers and packages? we are joined with a look at the forecast. >> mother nature is not playing nice. 19 states have weather

advisories. this is 94.5 million of us hitting the road an all-time record high. >> deadly start to the holiday travel welcome. two tour buses loaded with passengers overturned on the same rain slick california highway. >> passengers had to break out of the emergency exits on the roof. >> this crash left 30 people injured and the same time 50 miles arm another bus skidded and rolled. >> our guys got here and found one fatality, six immediate or serious and 13 delayed or minor injuries. >> both accidents are under investigation but authorities say wet winter weather was likely a factor. new storm fronts are sweeping the country in time for christmas bringing know and ice to the pacific northwest and push east making a cold messy weekend in the middle of the country. >> i have been waiting for a

long time. i am happy. >> it is snowing. it is beautiful. >> good news for snow lovers but bad news for travelers and the last minute deliveries. the storm socked in the salt lake city airport. in wyoming blizzards on the road. u.p.s. and fedex have been preparing for the storm since last week re-routing thousands of packages and adding de-icing equipment for planes. >> all team members, 330,000, are delivering packages. >> they are making sure millions gifts arrive on time. >> if you are traveling for the holiday and hoping for a white christmas best bet is in the midwest in st. louis and chicago and detroit. in the northeast warm temperatures will melt the snow. >> thank you. tensions are high after north korea sends the south a threatening message, officials say north korea faxed south

korea yesterday threatening to strike without notice after watching antinorth korea protests in seoul early this week. that is when protesters rallied burning effigies of the north korean leaders and the flag. former basketball star denny rodman arrived in north korea to meter we kim jong-un and put the plans on plans no exhibition basketball game january. >> batkid saves san francisco officer evil and now wonder girl wants to rid vallejo of crime. ten-year-old monika romo is in remission from leukemia. a group organized a cease of adventures for wonder girl yesterday. monika romo wants to be a teacher but first make cite that is blighting vallejo disappear. schoolmates heard her read an essay how a super hero could save vallejo. >> love and hate and anger and

injustice are over the town. evil is attacking my body. i used to have a smile on my face. >> that smile is infect tears, everyone does. >> she is winning both those fights. >> now the weather forecast. >> always worry about our youth. and sometimes we don't immediate to. >> that is as bright as the forecast: a lot of sunshine. it will be gorgeous welcome. if you want snow you have to head to other parts of country. not even in tahoe the 6" to 8" will wait for you if you head that way. live doppler 7 hd show how dry the air is, no clouds, nothing going on, and up north the next

system is headed to the southeast but it will head to the east and miss us the we could get blow off but i do you the precipitation crosses our border with oregon. big story this morning up to 16 degrees cooler at half moon bay and novato and santa rosa and 11 in concord and seven in san jose and nine in san carlos and oakland and san bruno is eight degrees cooler. as far as temperatures in the east bay valley frost could be forms around danville and lafayette at 33 and 34 in walnut creek and 35 in pleasant hill and headed out to dublin, 37, livermore and pittsburg, all 40 to 48 degrees. upper in oakland and hayward and 36 in san jose and los gatos at 37. 34 in novato and 43 in san francisco. we will have a ton sunshine today and temperatures rebounding normal is not just

above normal it will be calmer today. if your finance is -- fence is going down it will not fall today. i have to get on that. dry and warm the next seven days. upper 50's to low 60's. tonight the temperatures are frosty middle 30's to low 50's and low 50's around the bay shore. the low from yesterday pulling away from us. high pressure is sliding in its wake and the low brings treacherous weather in arizona. look at this, low-to-mid 60's tomorrow! all the way through thursday next week! the seven-day forecast does not look like winter whatever although it starts tomorrow. >> i have to say it is friday lite, we have had a couple of

problems but all in all congestion is not too bad. we have a 30-minute or 29-minute window to head from tracy to dublin. usually that takes in excess of 40 to 45 minutes so we are to go shape. we have a problem in forestville eastbound blocked because of an overturned vehicle. river road is where we have this problem and c.h.p. finally is on the scene and southbound 680 at crow canyon road on the shoulder, there, involving one vehicle and 60 miles per hour if that southbound direction so it don't look like it is impacting traffic but maybe just a little deficit congestion and northbound we have flooding on the on-ramp to northbound 680 a couple of inches of water and maybe a broken pipe so c.h.p. is headed out there right new. >> next the big winners from "give where you live" drive. meet the deserving family that won just time for christmas.

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>> i have been out of a job for a month. it is hard. >> it was an opportunity to set a good example. whatever you do it comes back. >> he has $7,000 coming his way money he had planned for. >> it pays the rent and the bills i have and gifts if my kids. i have not been working and i can catch up. >> tyler told me what he thought should do with the money the. >> help charity and help people that need stuff. >> then i asked if he was hoping for anything? >> get a new bed. get a new desk. get a new couch. get clothes. and food. >> he only wants what his family needs. >> you can still give to "give

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good friday morning at 6:29. we will look at eastern span of the bay bridge, the traffic is

moving pretty well for this hour. we hope holiday lite is starting. thanks for joining us. >> we know weather is cooler if you are shopping. >> it is cooler this morning. good morning, everyone. the air is show dry you can barely see my breath or yours. there is freezing temperatures and frost inland. here is the day planner next 12 hours. the clear outside and 40 degrees, upper 30's in the east bay shoreline and less breezy at noon than yesterday and temperatures are close to average in the mid-to-upper 50's throughout the afternoon hours falling become to 51 by 7:00, so not too cold if you have last minute shopping. we are in the mid-30's inland to low 30's and it is hard for the profit to form. near 60 at 4:00 and falling back and cooler at 7:00, and 47 and

the coast is clear and cooler today with temperatures running in the mid-to-upper 30's right now and not is hazy or as breezy as yesterday money -- and lovely sunset by 7:00 falling back in the mid-to-upper 40's. leyla gulen? >> mike, i talked to mike and there is a game changer. i reportd there is flooding on the on-ramp to northbound 680 and because of the flooding and the cool temperatures, that could possibly turn into black ice. be very careful if you are making it on to the freeway. southbound traffic starting to see slowing at 40 miles per hour and volume as you build toward san ramon that is are we have an accident where c.h.p. is on the scene and southbound 680, as

well. >> in san francisco, fire investigators are looking at the cause of a fire that damaged a three story building and crews put out flames racing up the back of the building. boxes and debris with no injuries reports but it caused smoke damage inside a vintage clothing store. >> family of an oakland girl who is brain dead after routine surgery will take an important legal step to try to keep her on life support. this is after they had emotional meeting with hospital officials. katie marzullo is in the newsroom. >> this morning, the family attorney says he will be this court filing an injunction to prevent the hospital from taking jahi mcmath off of life support. the family members were visibly shaken after a meeting with the administration. the family is now standing guard at her bedside and jahi mcmath 's mother us this picture her holding the hand. the hospital is eager to take

the girl off of life support after unknown complications with her tonsil surgery she has been on a ventilator. the chief of pediatrics toll her this last night. >> he looked us and said what don't you understandst she is dead, dead, dead, dead, dead a that is the only words he used "dead." >> the hospital cannot defend itself officials are not allowed to speak on the case because the family has not given permission. the hospital is imploring the family to let it talk saying there were misperceptions. the family is fighting to get jahi mcmath reports and let an independent doctor examine her. >> developing news, police in santa clara are looking for suspects and talking to neighbors about a home invasion robbery. police went door-to-door to see if anyone heard anything last night. police are saying little about

what happened but a burglary or robbery took place at a home. >> uc berkeley police are investigating a fire that engulfed bushes near the famous landmark, the clock tower. the student newspaper obtained this photo taken by cal student possibly caused by people doing fire tricks. >> san jose charity will give away thousands of toys to needy children for christmas but so many more kids' wish go unfulfilled unless the public helps out. matt keller is at sacred heart community service. matt? >> toy land is about to open at sacred heart community service and you can see the toys set up for the kids this morning with many volunteers already hire setting up for the big give away. the toys are separated by category: more toys are still needed. some are line up for the toy

distribution. charity workers say they have a record number of kids participating this year. employment has improved but housing coughs costs costs have. >> getting gifts if my kids and my grandchild. this year i i am not working until february so i am, lie, really tight on funds. >> the charity has 15,000 toys and books but still needs 3,000 more. sacred heart is asking the public for financial donations to buy specifically what they need or if you would like to give gifts they need teenager specific gifts. you can drop them off here in san jose. back out here bicycles are the most popular gift but they only have on so a raffle is held to see which families get them. distribution for the toys starts this morning at 8:00 and they have another for the other half

of the group on monday. >> target customers upset over how the company is handling a massive credit card preach are sounding off on facebook. customers complain they cannot get through the website or call centers. hackers told data from up to 40 million cards from the day before thanksgiving day until last sunday. target has declined to say whether their systems are encrypted. target is trying to determine how hackers breached the network. security experts say it was a large scale attack on what should have been the most secure servers. they say hacker could have used malware to exploit back doors or loop hopes in the network. >> a march in santa rosa today over the shooting death of 13-year-old andy lopez. protesters will hold a march

this afternoon at 4:00 outside city hall. last week there were several arrested including a man who attacked police at a protest. andy lopez supporters are upset the deputy, erick gelhaus, who fired the shot, is back on the job after the shooting. >> san francisco man is in custody accused of pretending to be a high school student to pick up middle schoolgirls. the sheriff deputies arrested the 28-year-old in millbrae on wednesday during an undercover operation. deputies texted him re-- pretending to be 13 years old. he is being held on $200,000 bail. >> caught in the act, a surveillance video capturing three person checking out a backyard in loss altos hills on wednesday. they looked into the home before breaking in by smashing in a sliding glass door and ransacked

the master bedroom and stole a jewelry box. the sheriffs want to hear from you if you recognize any of the men. >> straight ahead, loosening the terms the administration is providing new options to maintain coverage under affordable care act. >> look to the bay. it is a beautiful morning. crisp. clear. cold.

>> good morning from the roof. check out the beautiful colors developing behind me as we anticipate another gorgeous sunrise. we will look around to see if you are traveling, the entire state will be free of precipitation and we are forecasting temperatures to hang out in the mid-60's and 58 in san francisco. in lake tahoe the snow fell yesterday with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 40's and to the south to los angeles, pretty nice weather here with sunshine and temperatures in the mid-60's to 73 degrees by sunday. if you are traveling around the country, phoenix will be tough.

also, new mexico, with rain stretching from dallas to boston above average temperatures in those areas. the area with snow is denver, kansas city and salt lake. >> we have a stalled vehicle loan the peninsula as you head to san francisco along 280 northbound. you can see slowing there with one lane blocked. we will check out the golden gate bridge, nine minutes away from sausalito to san francisco building right now with a picture if a second but ten minutes gets you there and on the san mateo bridge, 16 minutes to get across the water. outside, the metering lights have been turned on and look at this, they should turn them off it is not too busy. from emeryville camera you can see the traffic winding around toward treasure island and now it is looking busier. >> 6:42. this morning the obama administration is providing frustrated consumers new options

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>> covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> 6:46. you may remember a video made by bay area doctor battling breast cancer and held a dance party in the operating room before her double mastectomy last month. she got the staff at san francisco mount zion hospital to dance to a beyonce tune which has seven million hits. on "good morning america" she discussions the inspiration if the dancing and gets quite a surprise from a big name celebrity. you can catch "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. right after abc7 morning news. >> best dancer in the medical school class.

>> this morning, the suspension of "duck dynasty" patriarch phil robertson is drawing a bigger backlash from supporters and the fell says they may not return to the show next season if robertson is not there and they are threatening to take the show to another network and underfire for make antibay comments in an improve with "gq magazine" with the biggest sponsor standing behind robertson and there are other sponsors who have pledged their support despite the decision to pull robertson from the show. conservative politicians are lining up behind the reality t star. >> good news for last minute christmas shoppers, a retailer is already open this morning. can you believe that? they will stay open until christmas eve. owe reporter joins us in kohl's store. >> shoppers are grabbing items on the way to work which is open

now for 130 hours. straight. they are not the only show doing marathon shopping, macy's will be open for 107 hours. they say this is what consumers want because there are six fewer shopping days because thanksgiving was late. busy moms like to shop when it is quiet. we fund a mom here and she says she zone aproven of them being open oned that understand but this she can get behind. >> online shopping, you have to do what you have to do to compete. i approve. people want toship when there are no crowds, that is good. i am here. that is my last trip. i will not be here after today. >> if you still have shopping to do, here are the stores that will have extended hours this weekend: kohl's, k-mart, target, nordstrom at 8:00 a.m.,

man staying open all at the way through to christmas eve. shoppers we have met say they like it. they say bring it on. we retailers say they have to do it because holiday shopping makes up 40 percent of their sales each year. they have to do with necessity have before do what they have to do to get the money flowing to here. >> trading is underway on wall street and we will look at the big board with the dow still in record territory up 67 points to 16,246. target is facing the first lawsuit no the security breach. the massive credit card breach shows how behind the united states is for protecting your data. many other nations have done away with magnetic strips that make the cards vulnerable to hackers replace them with chips. they are not expected hit the

united states until 2020! >> chipolte hopes to do for pizza what they have done for burritos, serve them up, made to open and fast opening a pizza joint in denver where you stand if line and have a custom pizza made before your eyes. the restaurant uses special gas-fired ovens to bake the pizza in a fraction of the usual time and runs less than $7. >> good thing we have an office potluck going this morning. >> interesting. i hope it works. i like pizza. >> warm, too, and the ovens get up nice and toasty the good morning, everyone, live doppler 7 hd shows it is quiet. it is dry. there are no clouds. no fog. visibility is unlimited. we are anywhere from one degree cooler to 16 degrees cooler

across our neighborhoods. mountain view is six, and seven degrees cooler in san jose and the temperatures now is 36 degrees. we have 34 around saratoga and cupertino and 36 in sunnyvale and 32 in santa theresa with possible frost. 31 in danville and 33 in lafayette, alameda, 34, 35 in novato. from sutro tower, it is a gorgeous picture and sunshine today, calmer conditions. mild temperatures. clear tonight and not is coiled this morning and dry and warm all seven days of the forecast. this is as cool as it gets, upper to low 60's and the warm spot is 63 in napa and cool spot is half moon bay. a lost mid-30's inland to low 40's and half moon bay and san francisco and richmond in the mid-40's, high pressure is moving in behind the low that

brought us the gusts yesterday and this will bring us the offshore wind that will keep us warm with this high over the ocean will keep the storm track away from us. starting tomorrow all the way through next thursday low-to-mid 60's. have a good one. mass transit is running on time with 58 trains on bart are rolling and we have ferries and the roads look to be traveling fine. northbound 242 we had a report of a stalled vehicle with might of the slowing in the southbound direction out concord to pleasant hill. back to forestville north of santa rosa on surface streets, river road, still one way traffic control because of an overturned vehicle. if you want to stay home for the extra cup of coffee it will not be a bad idea. 680, away from pleasant hill, conquered and toward walnut

creek, it looks to be bunching up were moving over to the junction but we have at least nine minute commute which normally is 14 minutes. >> there you go. 6:53. ahead, seven things to know before you go. the morning news returns in 60 seconds so stay wit prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out.

>> 6:54, headed up to tahoe for skiing, we will look at our camera shots provided by lake tahoe looking at heavenly resort where they do not have too much natural snow but snow making has been in full swing, so, there you have it, the slopes are covered this white. as as we hand things off to america member, here are seven things to know before you go, senate majority leader harry reid is in the hospital this morning. he went to the hospital early after not feeling well. doctors are running tests but they say he is alert and feeling better already. doctors are keeping him for

observation. >> target is facing the first lawsuit for the security breach that may have left millions of customers exposed. the case was filed in van yesterday hours after a hack attack was revealed. many customers are complaining this morning about not being able to reach the call centers or customer service. >> today the lawyer for the family of an 8th grader declared brain dead the file for an injunction to keep the girl on life support. jahi mcmath's family wants do know why she is in cardiac arrest after a routine tonsillectomy. >> needy families are lining up for the sacred heart community services toy give away, the san jose charity will happen out toys and books to needy families in one hour, but this year's need exceeds the donations. you can drop off cash or a new unwrapped toy and they will appreciate it. >> five book will issue 70 million new scares stock when

they join the s&p 500 index. half comes from founder zuckerberg who will make $1 billion in the sale. >> good morning, everyone, six, check out the clear air this morning with the calm conditions. it is cool, dress presently. check out temperatures, here if not above average, mid-to-upper 50's at the coast, and upper 50's to low 60's an the bay and mid-60's inland. >> seven, as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are on but no one is home and it is only 15 minutes from the maze to san francisco. a look at the east bay commute, just a word to the wise, possible black ice because of flooding on the on ramp to northbound 680. >> thank you for joining us. see you in 25 minutes.

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good morning, america. we're tracking severe weather right now on the busiest day of the christmas season so far for travelers. heavy snow across the midwest. flood watches. even possible tornadoes across the south. ginger zee, tracking it all. and breaking news for our viewers out west, a verdict just handed down in the nigella lawson case. the entire trial overshadowed by nigella admitting she used cocaine. what the ruling means to her. caught on tape -- drama on a school bus, as two hero teachers jump up to take the wheel after the driver falls out of his seat. the children screaming on the packed bus as it careens out of control. and the joyous dance party that's been seen by millions. that doctor, getting down to beyonce, moments before her own operation.