now at 5:00, options and time are running out for an oakland family desperately fighting to keep their girl on a ventilator. >> a gameday tradition has special meaning for this members of radar nation. a crash involving a fear truck in san francisco. what investigators say happened. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. right now time is of the essence as on oakland family struggles to keep a 13-year-old girl on a ventilator. the hospital says it will row move it when a court order expires in 24 hours. we have new developments in the family's faith to -- fight to keep their daughter own the ventilator. she has been on it more than two

weeks following complications after a transtonsillectomy at oakland hospital. reporter: members of the church of all faiths actually had hoped to have a fundraiser to help pay for jahi mcmath's family to move her out of children's hospital. that fundraiser was cancelled. instead the pastor led those assembled in prayer. one of the organizers for the event. he says the family is working hard to line up a medical fa facility that will accept jahi and keep her on life south but they learned a southern california site they had been hoping on decided against receiving her. >> i was informed via the attorney to not have the fundraiser because we're still trying to solidify a facility

for jahi, and we definitely don't want to raise funds for something that is not iron clad. reporter: the family had launched an online crowd sourcing page to raise money to transfer jahi, and as of today, they reached their goal of thousands. now, today, a spokesperson for children's hospital also released a statement. they say, in part, our physicians have yet to receive a single call or message from the facility under consideration. now, hospital spokesperson is holding a news conference. she did that just a few minutes ago. we'll have details coming up at 6:00. the family had also mentioned they were in communication with a facility in new york. today the organizers of this event say they have not heard anything back from that facility. reporting live in oakland, abc7 news. thank you. raider nation stepped up today to help a young woman who may

never walk again statement bullet struck 19-year-old dominique romero of richard inside her home. the bullet lodged next to her final cord and doctors cannot removed it. raider fans penned encouragement on a giant poster outside the kole see. the family faces major financial hardship and approached raider fan -- appreciate raider fans pitching in to help out. >> thank you to every single person, and dominique would like to say thank you and will when she is able to speak in a new home, a little bit of makeup, but she has a big smile on her face. >> richmond police are offering a $15,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot romero. two people are recovering in the hospital tonight, including a san francisco firefighter, after a crash involving a fire truck and a car. the collision happened this

morning at the intersection of fifth and howard streets. the same site of a more infamous crash in june where the firefighter driving war arrested for dui. cornell bernard is live there tonight. reporter: the intersection has re-opened to traffic. that firefighter is recovering from his injuries, and it's not the first time accidents involving fire trucks have happened here before. >> it was noticeable, large thud, like something had really made solid impact. >> jim heard the collision between a ladder truck responding to call and this mercedes station wagon. greg saw it. >> the siren, and i turn around, and boom. that fast. real quick. crazy. reporter: the impact over the crash spun the car around. a firefighter riding in the front cab of the station 1 ladder truck was injured, and

sent to the hospital. along with a passenger in the mercedes. both injuries not serious. >> had the lights and sirens on. >> police say the car failed to yield to the fire truck, driving north on fifth. >> it appears the mercedes, the civilian vehicle, failed to stop. for the fire truck. >> accidents involving station 1 fire trucks have happened at the same intersection before. the abc7 news eye team showed you this surveillance video. a ladder truck colliding with a motorcyclists, throwing the rider into a hydrant, seriously injuring him. the firefighter driving left the scene and was later arrested on spunks of dui. he has resigned, but the investigation is still ongoing. the same surveillance cameras which captured that crash likely recorded today's collision, too, but this accident appears not the fault of first responders.

the firefighter driving tested negative for drugs and alcohol. the emergency call this ladder truck was responding to was handled by another engine company in san francisco, abc7 news. not far from the scene the chp is investigating a fatal accident involving a pedestrian. happened at 2:30 this morning on interstate 80. the victim was on the freeway. he has not been identified. the driver of the car is cooperating with investigators. officers say alcohol does not appear to be involved. >> san francisco police are searching for the molttive in a shooting death of a man in japantown, 36-year-old david gelford of modesto was standing on the sidewalk across the street from a theater when he was shot. it happened just before 2:00 this morning as a nearby nightclub was letting out. no arrests have been made. >> a water conservation order is a possibility after california experience one of its driest months and years on record.

a mandatory 20% conservation order is already in effect in nothing so many, and sacramento county is asking residents to reduce water use. 2013 is a drought year with less than 11 inches of rain, far less than the yearly average of 52 inches. a key water source, the sierra snow pack, received only 10% of its average snowfall this month. the governor has assembled a task force to monitor the issue. when will we see any rain? let's check in with leigh glaser. >> i have to tell you that coming up we'll look at just our deficit in terms of our rainfall, and the next ten to 12 day outlook says, no moisture expected for the bay area, and then it's -- that is something we do not like to see. we'll cheng that out. plus, take a look at our new year's eve and new year's day forecast. ahead, south dakota bombing at a train -- train accident in

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a suicide bomber killed 16 people at a railway station in southern russia and wounded many more. no one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. it comes several month after a rebel leader called for new attacks against civilian

targets, including the olympics in february in sochi. russian officials are crediting security for preventing more casualties in the train station. official says the beener debt detonated the explosion in front of a metal detector. >> 74 passengers trapped aboard a russian research vessel will have to wait longer for rescue crews. weather hampered the latest rescue attempt today. a chinese icebreaker trying to reach the russian ship yesterday has turned back after the captain decided it couldn't get any closer. russian and australian tourists and researchers are aboard the stuck ship. their spirits are high. >> we're still here. stuck, and any passing ships, pay us a visit. >> brilliant. >> the explorers got stuck near antarctica christmas morning. more than 1.1 million people enrolled in the federal

healthcare program by christmas eve. the obama administration released the number today. the majority of new signups were in the week before a deadline for coverage to start? january. the number does not include enrollment through the 14 states running their own web sites, including california. the obama administration hopes to have seven million enrollees by the end of march. >> could have been a mistake or a publicity stunt. up next, how bruce springsteen fans got to hear his in the album before its release. >> we'll find out how chilly it will be for new year's eve. leigh glaser has the forecast after the break. >> here's david muir what is ahead at 5:30. >> coming up here, just weeks before american athletes head to the winter games, a terror attack in russia. images from the moment of the blast. >> just from time four new year's two separate storms hitting. >> a fireball in the sky over six states.

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fans were able to download each song on high hopes individually on an mp3end. although amazon has removed the option, the album has made its way on to file sharing web sites. spokespersons for amazon and springsteen have not commented. high hopes is expected to be officially released january 14th. >> if santa brought you a new iphone or ipad you can make it greater with our abc news app. you can make the text as big as you want and iphone users can use our generated content feature so you can send it photos and videos. go. >> everybody is gearing up for the next holiday. new year's, let's get to leigh glaser for a look another our weather. >> the dry weather pattern is just going to stay with us right on in through the end of this year, and the beginning of next

year. live doppler 7hd right now showing you just a little bit of high cloudiness here and there. otherwise, it's been a terrific day. no returns at all. in fact, here is a look at a beautiful shot from our sutro tower cam towards the avenues there and are in the golden gate bridge. check out these current readings, downsloping winds, last night we had warnings in effect, and downsloping winds and that got oakland in the low 70s. still holding some heat from the day. 70. san francisco, 63. 60, san jose. beautiful shot from our tam cam, and you can santa rosa, 59. know salt to, 52. concord, 55. livermore, 57, and from the rooftop cam this is what you can expect as we head through this last few days of 2013 and say hello to 2014. clear and chilly overnight,

mostly sunny for your monday, and then this dry, mild weather pattern will hang on, as i just mentioned, into the new year. record highs today, can you believe it? we had some. oakland airport, 72, a record high. oakland museum, downtown oakland, 73. a record high. even s.f.o., 68. mountain view, tiled the record. the existing record for today of 68. so, really above normal temperatures as we have seen the past three to four days. overnight toward tonight, going to cut a little bit of to the wind off so the coolest readings in the north bay, upper 20s, near 30, so don't be surprised by frost. and we'll moderate temperatures a bit as we look towards san francisco and even the peninsula. you can see what we're dealing with. high pressure still keeping command over the bay area and most of the pacific northwest. shooting the jet stream well to the north of us.

unfortunately, the next ten to 12-day outlook -- this is a little hitch in the weather pattern yesterday. that's what led to the offshore winds. but you can see the jet stream starting to pull out. pushing once again back to the north. so we will look for above normal temperatures once again tomorrow, right on into the first part of our holiday on tuesday night and wednesday. and unfortunately, this dry spell is going to stay with us. how dry? take a look at our season to date. you can see the percentage of normal. 24% of normal rainfall for san francisco. 15% for ukiah. 33, san jose, and the dryest year in san francisco you can see we're looking at it right now, little over five and a half inches. if you're heading to tau he for new year's eve, going to be dry there. clouds on new year's eve and new year's day.

here's the highs for monday, 63, san rafael, antioch. 65, oakland. mild day, san jose, tomorrow, a few clouds on tuesday. a dry start to 2014 for the entire bay area. and then would you look at that? 70 degrees for thursday and friday. >> sounds good. thank you, leigh, colin rush is in with sports. >> a good win. after a dominating start, the niners forced to sweat it out. the weather had nothing to do to those who've been waiting for health insurance... welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage, and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com.

on collision course. the cardinals had won seven of eight. playoffs still a possibility. niners, winners of five straight. a division title and first round bye within reach. major implications for is. boldin, destroying his former team. 10-0 niners. next niner drive, signature boldin, turns the corner, great block from patton. 106 yards in the first quarter for boldism next play, vernon davis wide open in the end zone. 13th touchdown reception this season. ties a career high. cardinals flip the switch. carson palmer, to roberts, 17-17. teams exchange late field goals after a 29-yard police, phil dowson, the game winner from

43 yards. san francisco does not win the nfc west. seattle beat st. louis 27-9. they take the division, clinch homefield. carolina gets the two seed. the niners playoff opponent would be settled by green bay and chicago. 28-20 bears. aaron rodgers back after missing seven games with a broken kool bone does this. they'll host the niners next weekend. arizona needed to beat san francisco to get in. saints on to the playoffs. 22-1 the. the niners, signature straight wins to finish the season. raiders, six straight losses. all denver at the coliseum. peyton manning needed 266 yards to set a record, he would get

exactly 66. snap issues, denver recovers, leads to manning's second touchdown pass in the first quarter. 14 or bronco, raiders, 55-yard of offense in the first half. 24-0 game. just before halftime, there's the record. five yards to thomas again. manning, 25-28. 266, four touchdowns. 55 on the season for him. broncos clinch hope field advantage the afc. oakland raiders finish 4-12. for the chargers to get in they needed help and got it. ravens and dolphins losing. the third part of the equation, chargers needed to beat the chiefs. eight seconds left, ryan souccup misses it. then 27-24 chargers. that means pittsburgh is denied a playoff spot. nba, warriors going for a

season-best fifth straight win in cleveland. and bow gut does that and on the next possession, how about a little of this. warriors saying high to jarred jack today. the corner three. 15-point second quarter lead. now the game has gone to overtime, tied at 99-99. at 6:00, reaction from niners and raider locker room. i think we'll know which one was happy and which one was not. >> for days customers at one starbucks paid for the next

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>> on abc7 at 6:00, what a california church replaced in a nativity scene that caused a stir. >> and snap chat's response to reports of a security exploit that could reveal user information. join us for abc7 news at 6:00. >> days after christmas the giving spirit kept on giving at a starbucks in connecticut. on friday, we first told you about the chain of giving with drive-through customers paying for the order of the next person. that act of kindness continued until last night. a total of 1,468 people paid for a stranger's order. i wonder how customer 1,469 is feeling right about now. thank you for joining us. we'll see you at 6:00. world news is next.

welcome to "world news." tonight, just in time for new year's, two storms, one hitting right now. thousands of families who already have been without power for a week now hit with up to a foot of snow. the other giant system barrelling up the east coast. our extreme weather team on it all. the developing story overseas tonight. the terror attack, just before the winter games. the moment a suicide bomber targets a crowded train station. as american athletes plan to prepare to head to russia, new questions now about their safety. an abc news exclusive. the american husband and grandfather held captive, and his plea. >> it seems that i have been totally abandoned. >> tonight here, his family breaking their silence. what they thought the moment they saw that video. the "gma" interview breaking here. and the fireball in the sky, the mystery growing tonight. seen across six states, hundreds calling it in.