live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning to you on this thursday, december 18. 5:00 a.m. i am with sue and leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco checking out a calmer morning. >> calmer. >> and i will show you what is

going on with not many of us traveling through wet weather, some sprinkles out there and heavier drizzle and once in a while drops are falling and the bestiary car return is pretty much over in the diabolo range from mount hamilton headed to gilroy and one trying to push through the is fell grade. we have a few drops on the golden gate bridge and you can see some of the water kicking up there by the cars so, yes, it may not be rainy where you are but it is still wet. temperatures in your day planner are 48 to 52 but the next 12 hours we will go up to the upper 50's by noon and nearly 60 by 4:00, and the commute home is in the my 50's and dry. what going on, sue? as you probably know, the golden gate bridge is wet much the bay bridge has an accident if lane 5. the tail lights approaching treasure island, the lane number 5 is the right lane so if you are trying to get that out of there they have requested two

tow trucks and you could find sluggish traffic and we will watch that are for you. >> we have rain and backup but no metering lights. >> more news for the bay bridge commuters concerned about safety with the cracked rods and bolts on the new eastern span suggests they do not need to be replaced. amy hollyfield is on treasure island with the latest. it sounds like machine and inspections could be all we need to make sure the bridge is safe. curing to a sorry in the "chronicle," a competent has decided the bolts on the bridge this have been in question should stay in place. there are more than 2,000 of them and last year, 32 of then cracked raising questions about the safety of this new $6.4 billion bridge. the committee says extra steps do need to be taken to secure the bolts but they don't think

they need to be replaced. instead, the recommendation is to add protective measures and keep inspecting them saying that would be more cost effective and safer for the workers than replacing them. it is just a draft report to be considered by the full panel tomorrow. compared to last woke's big storm our rain this week may not seem that impressive but people who receive too much rain too quickly are dealing with flooding and they are understandably worried about every drop. a beauty salon in san mateo is surrounded by sandbags that only helped so much tuesday. the watered thatted the outside and some got inside the salon. >> the rain is replenishing the reservoirs but more water is needed. here is a look at the part reservoir, the main water supply for east bay mud is at 88

percent capacity. they rely on reservoir at only 3 30 percent capacity. you can track this information on apple app and google play. a billionaire real estate investor is try to throw out an order that allows the public access through his property to the beach and half moon bay and two weeks ago a judge ordered khosla to on the game but he has refused to do so. he cofounded sun microsystems. >> environmental and relippous leaders call on san jose's ebay to demand the company

leave an association they say is known for denying climate change. the exchange council is an organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives. ebay is a might be of this council which supports deregulating the electric industry. leaders will present the company with a petition to leave the organization. >> air quality planners want refineries to reduce help mission by 20 percent. rues will be considered next year and there will be closer monitoring of refinery help missions with the five bay area refineries of chevron, shell, philip 66, and valero. >> the united states is on the first day of normal relations with cuba since 1961. however, president obama emphasis foreign policy shakeup is frowned on by some.

we go for idead with negotiation that story. -- to washington, dc with that story. >> shockwaves after a deal reached in secret changes the course of history. president obama restoring full diplomatic relations with cuba for the first time since the height of the cold war. >> we want to see great freedom and greater opportunity for ordinary people in cuba. >> the united states will open an embassy and it could revitalize the flow of money and people between the two nations. the status as a state sponsor of terrorism will be reviewed and inside the island nation, the united states intends to increase advocacy for democratic reform and human rights. >> it is g it is about time. >> getting back a last our cuban heritage and going to see our family is easier. >> an obstacle has been the

5-year imprisonment of allen gross a u.s. government contractor seen here if video provided to abc news by a senator on board. >> with the new breakthrough, gross and an unnamed american spy were freed. >> i am incredibly blessed finally to have the freedom to resume a positive and constructive life. >> in exchange, the united states releases three resumeed cuban spies. some descendents of cue bans disapprove the. >> this leads to great went and influence for this oppressive regime oh especially the military. >> the first things to happen will be easing of travel bans for education and government business. now, fedex says some

christmas stockings could be empty this year because of labor strikes at container ports like san francisco. according to bloomberg, fedex founder says the company cannot get all of the pack ans to retailers and customers on time. 20,000 west coast dock workers have slowed the pace of unloading and loading ships. 29 ports are affected. fedex will deliver 290 million packages during the we height of the holiday season. the delivery men and women have been doing their thing in the rain but maybe they will have a chance to dry out. >> this morning they will be happier getting around. we are seeing the drying trend as you come out of the sunol grade 680 and descend into the bay, castro lane or if you are doing the same thing to paradise drive you will notice there is moisture but it will be short lived and you can see the scattered light showers on 92 between half moon bay and san mateo and all the way up toward

the bay bridge and a light shower headed to sonoma in the next ten minutes you could need the umbrella. temperatures in the upper 40's to low 50's through the north bay and 53 in napa and we have temperatures mainly in the low-to-mid 50's elsewhere, and lafayette and san ramon at 50 and san jose at 51 and alameda at 52. this is how it looks downtown the embarcadero is wet but it is not raining. we will have temperatures in the my 50's and nearly 60 listen the coast and upper 50's to low 60's with clouds this afternoon. a little bit of a shower and maybe fog forming right now in san rafael on 101. we will have rain tomorrow turning to showers and it will be over by the evening, a slight chance of rain across the for the bay saturday night to sunday and otherwise it is dry. the bay bridge with the c.h.p. taking the accident off the log and it was west of treasure island, and the red tail lights, the break lates are on and it should be cleared from

the lanes. unfortunately the residual damage is done. it is moving nicely and behind the toll plaza there is a minor backup in the left-paying cash lane where no metering lights and sprinkles are on the camera so the roads are slick. give yourself extra time. a big president hold off the altamont pass and lane two, 100 car on the side of the road with the flat tire and slow traffic from wreck 580 at north flynn. it is now 5:10. a huge mixup leaves thousands of layaway customers without holiday gifts in america's money. the move that brings a park designed to honor a bay area teen shot to death by a sheriff againty a step closer to reality. >> 49ers head coach jim harbaugh ready to move on with an offer that makes him the highest paid college coach in the country. a shot from our

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remark is light and the deck is wet from the early showers and drizzle. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and sue coming up. >> sonoma county will pay for land proposed as a park to honor andy lopez, shot and killed by a sheriff deputy who thought the teen was pointing a rifle at him but it was a bb gun. the county will pay the back taxes on two parcels of land. the owner of the land totaling over four acres miss add tuesday deadline. he died on a sidewalk add joining a parcel. the county will take over the property in the next few weeks. >> few and when 49ers head coach leaves the team the university of michigan is ready with cash in hand and the wolf republicans have reportedly offered harbaugh a six-year $48 million contract that makes him highest paid college coach in the country. harbaugh is expected to seek

good morning nfl job but espn says he is at least considering the michigan offer. >> a big rally on wall street after an announcement from the fed. good morning, topping america's money, stocks roaring back to life. and the rally said the fed would be patient about raising interest rates sending the markets up sharply to the best day in more than a year with asian markets the same. >> k-mart parent company apologizing for a mixup when shoppers got notice saying their item placed on layaway were canceled. >> the notices were sent if error and many got the notice and the merchandise. tourism industry is eyeing cuba, the largest island in the caribbean. >> cruise lines are looking for porting possibilities with in word on when that could happen. royal caribbean ships are

already planned trips through 2016. >> and what about the cuban cigars? >> storm chasers have a new tool to look at dangerous weather systems including tornadoes. drones are being sent interest storms and researchers wanted to, expand the project to measure temperatures, moisture and win. drones can do that more keeply and with less physical risk than and with less physical risk than sending a pie i am sure you are funding the meteorologist mike nicco drove. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. with a load of money. >> going along at five miles per hour but it is good and they do not have to get in front of the

tornado they can fly at close as possible's the winds. it is a safety precaution and a better way of doing it. now, at home, everyone, 5:17, i am not sure you get the rush you get before of trying to get away from the tornado but it is safer. the showers are starting to develop from police bain and south san francisco down to this area here sliding to the east of the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge and the sunol grid about to get wet. the bay bridge has a few drops and the radar is showing on western respond, and the richmond-san rafael bridge had a shower roll through and it is wet as we open up the weather window. light rain today and sunny spots this afternoon, do you know where your sunglasses are? another storm tonight and a slight chance of the rain across the north bay saturday night through sunday morning otherwise the rest of us are dry. a look at temperatures today, upper 50's to low 60's, close to

where we should be and a few mid-50's around bodega bay and point reyes the cool spot. >> tonight we will be mild again, low-to-mid 50's and the temperatures are running a good 15 or 15 degrees warmer-than-average and future radar returns are more numerous. going back 24 hours, the rain is rolling through with minute mall damage and that system moving on and we are between systems and it will be dry this afternoon. the storm will come in and we have a lot wind, not a lot of moisture but most of that goes up to our north and so is the wind from the oregon border north. moderate risk for us for urban gliding and mud and rock slides and slight risk of downed tree the same as last night. we hope we have as little amount of damage as we did. through noon we have scattered light rains in the afternoon and evening, and it will be dry. midnight, rain moving in, steady rain through the commute changing to showers by noon and by action, it is gone, rainfall

amounts .1" for half an inch in the lower will vases and 1" in the mountains. we should be dry this week and warmer at 60's dominating with the rain out of the forecast monday, tuesday, and christmas east next week. good morning, everyone, if the commute takes you from pleasant hill to walnut creek to the 24 interchange the tail lights rounding the corner toward 24 you are at the limit to the caldecott tunnel tunnel on 24. we had an early accident weekend of treasure island lane five. it has been cleared. it is improving. the brake lits diminish as you make the turn to the tunnel. that is good news. behind the toll plaza it is light. no delays. drive time from the central valley not bad. we 32 minutes into dublin and antioch to concord and 21 minutes gumming up and from san

rafael to san francisco under 15 minutes. we have a pothole coming off the a west 580 at north flynn lane two causing two cars to have a flat tire and you can see the slow traffic over the altamont pass. it is now 5:20. 78 ahead, seven things to know as you start director day. >> the long trip a pickup truck traded in texas and now the former own certificate paying for its. >> and a lesson from santa deep underwater. >> you can keep up with weather and traffic through the commercial break with abc7 news now and the bay bridge toll plaza is becoming up. plaza is becoming up. stay

whether you are just joining us or headed out the door here seven things to know today.

>> we will look at live doppler hd and over last half hour to an hour you can see scattered light showers developing for the morning commute. tomorrow's storm may not be the final storm in the rain train with an updated forecast coming up. the road are wet due to the overnight rains that mike has been talking about and this is the upper deck of the bay bridge with lane five gone and so is the little bit of a backup water is still being pumped out of a mobile home park in belmont flooded by recent storms with some families still at a red cross shelter in san mateo and a campaign has been started to help the families buy food, clothes and christmas gifts. nick will have a report in a few minutes. a new report says 2,200 rods and bolts on the new span of the bay bridge are hut in danger of

failing. 32 cracked last year. the steel passengers are safe according to a council and do not need to be replaced. >> pope is praising diplomacy and peacemaking between the united states and cuba playing a crucial role in bringing the sides together write letter to president obama and castro inviting them to find humanitarian solutions to problems. >> six, san francisco public offenders are taking part in a handsup don't shoot demonstration at noon today. this is video of a recent protest over decisions not to indict white police officers in the death of two unarmed blackmen one in new york and one in missouri. >> sony down playing the chance the interview will be seen in theaters on demand or anywhere else canceling the release of a comedy based on the fictional

behavior of kim jong-un from north korea. >> the supreme court is dealing with gay marriage if a louisiana case. they have added the louisiana same-sex marriage ban to closed door acitizen da next month which does not mean they will hear the case but if they do a decision comes next june and they could consider at the same time bans in kentucky, minute, ohio and tennessee for time the issue was before them since october when they declined to rule one way or the other. >> he has never been to syria but his truck has and now he is getting threats. this is his old truck. he is a plumber living in texas and that is his company and number on the side. he traded in the truck in a car dealership near houston two years ago and somehow it ended up in syria where a group strapped an antiaircraft gun to the become of it and now he is

getting threatening phone calls and he assumed the dealership would remove the decals. what does santa do before christmas? in san francisco he teaches kids about science. >> thank you is santa diving into the giant tank at the california academy of sciences which is popular with kids who injury seeing santa swimming with the fish. he is happening out gifts of new jersey on the importance of preserving coral reefs. and after there are pictures of santa dripping wet. >> and what oakland police have to say about plain clothes officers who pulled a gun on protesters last week to protect his partner. >> from our camera, down at the embarcadero in san francisco, roads are wet from early showers. we will keep you updated with

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on thursday one week until christmas at december 18. i am eric thomas, with sue who is here for leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> we have rain. it is light. it is light. but it is there. across the san mateo bridge headed back to that honda and the dumbarton on the eastern side so watch out for that and, also, moving through the sunol grade and you can see how wet it is on the tarmac at sfo as the shower rolled across and i will let you know if there are delays

in 20 minutes when they let me know. the next 12 hours we have rain, low-to-mid 50's and mild and rain will end by noon and upper 50's and look if sunshine this afternoon and nearly 60 and the commute home will be dry. we and uneventful weather-wise so strike three and you are out but not here it was only two. slick roads are the issue and speeds are a factor. roads are wet here and we had an early accident which is cleared no metering lights and a minor backup at the toll plaza and elsewhere, wet roads at richmond-san rafael bridge and light traffic conditions to marin and a big pothole out of the central valley. you might be able to put the umbrella asid for a few showers

this afternoon giving time to clean up and prepare for the next one and nick is in belmont. nick? yes, the people in this area are feeling the problem because the water is still being pumped. 12 victims have returned home to assess the damage and for many of them, help is on the way, and the flood water took a bit anything on everyone especially families with children. cleanup efforts have been extensive. because of the kindness of community and a local elementary school principal in particular, things are about to get much better. they walk arm knowing their school loves them. >> it is wonderful. because we will have something when we get hole.

>> what started on monday as cash donations is now a fund me page buying book cards and help 11 families with children in the school district. so far, more than been raised and they hope to raise more because the holidays are creeping up and they want the kids to experience the joy of christmas and they want things become to normal for the families. when they wake up i plan to try to speak with a couple of families just to see how it is going. >> rain problems in san francisco where the soil is saturated. to tree fell yesterday blocking stairs in the park and a chose call forrings but no one was hurt. you can track the rain with the weather app free on the apple

app store with more information at abc7news.com/app. >> more than 2,000 rods and bolts on the new bay bridge may not have to be released after all. safety concerns were raised after 32 cracked rods were founds and they are trying to founds and they are trying to replace the remaining $2 if extra steps were taken to protect the gal vannized fasteners and ape ape will have a full report in our next half hour. >> the mix of an improving economy and plummeting gas prices are creating an unfurther side effect, more cars on the freeways. a new report from the state department of transportation

shows california residents drove five billion miles more this year than last the largest jump in 11 years. traffic congestion goes hand in hand with a strong economy and researchers found three-quarters of workers commute alone and the average person in california drives 28 minutes to work each morning 10 percent higher than the national average. >> three people have died after a woman drove into a crowd of concertgoers in california outside of a church last night as a christmas concert was let out. ten others were severely injured. investigators say the driver was a red light, hit the crowd and hit another car head on. the woman is facing physical any d.u.i. and manslaughter charges. >> officials are say they did not know plainclothes officers were dressed as protesters during a demonstration according to the "san francisco

chronicle". the c.h.p. said the officer pulled a game on protesters in order to protect the partner who has been attacked. a freelance photographer snapped this photo with the officer blending into the crowd until someone determine they were officers and plainclothes officers were place with the approval of the respective city police department but oakland says they were not informed. elected officials are trying to improve the sense relationship between the community and law enforcement. after weeks of protests in oakland against alleged police brutality nationwide, a townhall meeting was held in oakland last night. officials say the goal was to gather information and create solutions to improve police tactics and many people including the mother of oscar grant, the man killed by a bart police officer want officers to get more training in the social aspect of policing. the police coming out to get to know the people in the

community. >> this is personal history and part of community. >> i have heard you loud and clear. everyone has. we have to organize. this is about organizing. >> everyone was encouraged to lobby their local elected officials to pressure the government and to make changes to policing tactics. >> this morning san jose police continue to investigate a rape investigation involving former 49ers star ray mcdonald. the 49ers released the defensive lineman yesterday from the team an hour after learning of the investigation. police served a search warrant at his him on tuesday but he has not been arrested. a local hospital called police to report a woman may have been sexually assaulted after say she was at his house on monday. officials talked to being donald about his behavior and put him on notice. the g.m. says it is not a matter of guilt or innocence. >> ray has demonstrated poor

decision making pat everyones that led to multiple distractions for the argument and the football team that can in longer be tolerated. >> i am not angry. i understand the situation. i understand why the team did what they did. outside of that, it is not my business. two weeks ago, the owner dressed the players about their behavior off the field and last month, a domestic violence investigation involving his pregnant fiance >> a clarity will hand out food for the holidays with volunteers at sacred heart community service in san jose have 3,200 food boxes ready to go and each is filled with dry pasta, fresh produce, and canned food and everyone getting a food box today already signed up. some slept in the cold and waited if line if hours to reserve a box for christmas and distribution begins at 9:00 this morning and families in need will receive toys for the little will receive toys for the little ones next week.

>> this is not a staple of ours, either, and little valley road off 84 as you head to livermore is wet and indian creek and calaveras headed into the diabolo range and 680 where they come together is just now drying and this is another light shower around the alameda county fairgrounds, so much with out and coming off the san mateo bridge it is wet so is san carlos and industrial road back to edge s wood road and jefferson avenue in redwood city, so at look at what is going on temperature-wise on the peninsula, 49 in wood city and everyone else around 50 to 52 degrees so very mild start. same thing on the opposite side, east side of the we bay worry around 52 in oakland and fremont and 51 in san jose and the cool spots is los gatos at 49 and san ramon is 47 and 49 in antioch

and santa rosa. the golden gate bridge is not raping but it did a few minutes ago so water is being kicked up by the tires. mid-50's to 60 at the coast and upper 50's to 60's for the rest of us and 680 is dry this morning with know rain falling there, right now. we will have rain tomorrow, a slight chance of rain saturday night and sunday in the north bay and otherwise it is warmer and dryer. >> good morning, everyone, if the commute takes you outside, from san jose toward cupertino, a nice look at 280 in the northbound direction to cupertino, light conditions, for problems on the road, the san mateo bridge is 15 minute drive from hayward to foster city and the tail lights headed to the high-rise and they have high wind on the san mateo bridge early this morning and they are diminishing with no delays over to fosterty city. big president hole, this is worker 580,lane from near north

flynn one or two cars with flat tires to the side of the road and slowing as you leave the central valley, all the way toward the livermore area. we ready an accident on the peninsula southbound 280 at sand hill road near the wood side area and that is now clearing off to the shoulder. and why not everyone is supporting the sony decision to pull "the interview." >> we have not seen him in a year and a half and what is in store at the man accused of the boston marathon bombing returns to court. the tarmac is wet and meteorologist mike nicco is tracking weather with delays tracking weather with delays this morning and it is possible

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sony is coming under fire for canceling the release of "the interview," based on a fake plot to assassinate kim jong-un leader of north the hackers exposed embarrassing e-mails from sony executivives and details on top hollywood stars. major changes have canceled

showings of the start of the movie on christmas day. local theaters say it set as dangerous precedent. to see this legal of self censorship take place is not if, a chilling affect on future production. >> sony said they will never release the movie in theaters, on-line or dvd but many doubt it can be kept under wraps forever. >> the boston marathon bombing suspect will be in federal court for the first time in a year and a half for a final pre-trial conference. the 21-year-old has not appeared in public since he was arraigned in july of last year charged with the bombings that killed three and wounded 260 in april of 2013. the prosecution says he and his brother build two pressure cooker bombs and placed them near the finish line and died following a shoot intermediate with police. he faces the possible of

death penalty. a roast is planned in san francisco against the p.u.c. decision allowing pg&e to charge fees in opt out p him nature the need for meter readers. can you opt out but it will cost you to opt out. the commission allows pg&e to charge customers $75 to opt out and an additional $10 a month to go back to meter reading. the program will discussed today at the meeting. >> the meeting custody one that many people have been waiting for. it marks the final meeting presided over by the president who in october announced he would leave the post after e-mails showed he had what many called a "cozy," relationship with pg&e the utility he is charged with regulating. the e-mail indicates he would trade favorable commission rulings for donations to a

favorite political cause. and now the latest on the rain and where the next set is. >> open the window and look out you can see at 5:46, the richmond-san rafael bridge is wet as we watch the drops accumulate on the camera. be careful. you will see ponding on the roads. our best radar returns are still moving along the peninsula and trying to cross the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridge and heading over to the east bay shoreline from hayward to fremont and possible milpitas but it looks hike belmont and possible palo alto and redwood city and los altos and the hills are going to be the ones that will be wet. it is light. just a fraction at .01". we have fog in the north bay and san rafael has the fog developing now as we look southbound to the golden gate bridge which is wet from an early shower. we have light rain which is

light and by the afternoon hours, we. have breaks in the cloud cover so you can grab the sunglasses from time to time and enjoy the energy tonight. rain is possible sunday morning and saturday night but it could just sideswipe the north bay. we will be around 58 to 61 so very narrow pend during the afternoon hours and tonight we are going to be milder-than-average with low-to-mid 50's and you can see the heavier showers moving in with rain and then the heavy showers with the next system. the last 12 hours, we are seeing a dry trend as the pain focal mechanism for the moisture is moving off to the east and here is our next storm and the parent slow in the gulf of alaska headed to the north.

last night, the same, with minimal wind damage. not much damage last might and not much out of the next storm. few light showers through noon and a few breaks in the afternoon. the evening commute will be dry. at midnight the steady and light-to-moderate rain through the morning, and showers through noon but by 5:00 and into the evening festivities on friday you can see the clearing. it will be cooler. temperatures will drop into the 40's. be prepared to be dressed for that. it is cooler than most >> the seven-day forecast shows we watching the north bay saturday night into sunday the daytime is going to be mostly cloudy with low-to-mid 60's and next weekend we have morning nog and mid-60. the fog is rolling in with the haze and the bay bridge and i wanted to show you the brake lights as you make the turn to treasure island we had early

accident recovering nicely. and behind the toll plaza it look like they have just turn on the metering lights and traffic is backing to the maze and we have an accident reported a solo spinout from 580 to eastbound 80 at the maze so a heads up for that much of elsewhere, on the peninsula, we had a solo spinout at sand hill road and the dumbarton toll plaza we have reports of an accident there possibly blocking one of the possibly blocking one of the toll plaza budgets. will never for get and he did not know how child it would be physical he got home and realized he wasn't alone. >> michael was wandering the ice blue remains of a play sure in a national forest and he snapped a few selfies with the dogs and the dog took off running out of the cave and michael had no idea

why until he get home and started looking at photos. here is why:ly were in the shadows and a bear. in the cave. he said he would never have gone to the cave if he had known it was occupied but it was a great honor to be that close. >> if he awakened it would not be a great honor but a great something else. >> a great land speed record. a heart tugging letter to santa, what a 12-year-old wants more than anything for her family. >> violent turbulence caught on camera new video of terrifying midair moments, a new feature midair moments, a new feature for you this morning.

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>> a trip to the jersey shore ended in loss memories for a family who last their camera at a candy shop. >> lost but found, 16 years later they learned the camera was found. these are the home votes discovered in a bag last on the beach at the boardwalk. it was put in lost and found which was relocated over the years as the boardwalk expanded. a few months ago an employee found the camera and he watched the tapes and her the girls'

name and the dad said the last name and a reporter was there when dad called to claim the tapes. ait was unbelievable discovery. completely surprised. >> how old are the girls now? >> they are beautiful. >> 23 and 21. >> we imagine part of the holiday will be a loving family laughing together at memories that were lost 16 years ago but new have found their way become. now a check on the forecast. >> get to love backwards come pat -- come >> we have 24-hour period with breaks across the north bay shore reaching 20'. now, right now, we are at our second place wetness in san jose, we need 9.26" to high the

record, and the next drenching is tie and possibly new year's new year's eve and new year's eve. san francisco is in 11th play. one day without snow and we drop down to 47 percent. no snow today with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 40's and low-to-mid 60's to the south with a few showers around santa barbara and los angeles. and the macarthur maze has reports of an accident eastbound 80 will coming off of 580 toward the eastbound 80 does not look to be throwing traffic by an accident in the h.o.v. lane and this is san rafael with the [ lights at top of the hill where show traffic making your way to central san rafael and we had an early accident on the peninsula that new is cleared south 280, problem toll lane six at the dumbarton with a rear ender

fender bender they are waiting for c.h.p. to arrive. maybe some slowing making the way to the peninsula. a newly released video gives a look of annan counter with severe turbulence on an american airlines flight that landed five people in the >> anyone not buckled in was airborne from from south korea to dallas, next. the crew made an unscheduled landing in together yes and most of the passengers arrived safely in dallas yesterday. >> touching story of all the letters to santa. rather than asking for clothes or a new bicycle a young girl in tennessee asked for something much more special. >> dear santa my christmas wish has changed. >> that 12-year-old's family

personned down in october so she asked santa for wood, wiring, heres and a new refrigerator, the stuff her dad, who is a contractor, will need to rebuild their home. people have offered on sorry media, free supplies and all the manpower the family needs to help build them a new house near nashville. >> the spirit of drill. >> new at 6:00, more flu fears after big outbreak in the heartland, a major rash of new cases could be headed for the west coast. >> are you looking if a new car? you don't have to break the bank, we partner with "consumer reports" to find out what cars give you the most bang for your buck. >> the toll plaza is wet with a last traffic. you can keep tabs on weather and traffic through the entire traffic through the entire commercial break

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. a much needed break not rain later today could give resident as chance to loop -- clean up. big news for commuters worried about the safety of a new bay bridge the result of a new safety report. >> the united states enters the first days of regular relations with cuba in half a century. not everyone is happy. what critics have to say next. good morning at 6:00 on december 18. thursday. thanks for joining us. this is just a week until christmas and we will see what kind of friends we will get from sue and mike. what do you have? >> we have been good. >> good morning, everyone, we are looking at light showers right now and you can see they are moving to the east with some