attention of lots of people here today. six feet high in some places. the tide is out right now but in a few hours king tides will be back and where i'm standing will be underwater once again, cutting off access to homes and businesses. >> sometimes it's entertaining. but most of the time it's frustrating. >> heidi says 18 years of living in a houseboat has lost its charge. high king tides make it impossible for her to leave him. >> you live on a house both you expect this lifestyle but after a while it gets frustrating. we have to wade off the dock. >> getting to mill valley was challenging sunday. this exit closed when king tides caused flooding. caltrans crews shut down the shoreline highway after its vanished underwater. a few bikers brave enough to plow through. >> trying to get into mill valley, closed off. >> it is. >> but i think i can go north on

the freeway. so that's going to be my move. >> luckily he made it through. the water flooded the parking lot of the holiday inn express. driving how to wasn't easy. dedicate postal worker just doing this job, getting holiday packages delivered. >> were you sure the truck would get through? >> have to be very careful. we still have to go through. >> welder, andy allen, was cut off from his job site so he put on rubber boots and hauled his welding tank through the water in a wag again. >> i i have to get to work. >> king tides laos several days-cause the gravitational pull of the sun and moon on the earth. frequency of the tides may increase over the next 50 years. this pilot is trying to keep high tide out of his seaplane tour office but water pumps working as fast as they can. in fact they've been on duty for weeks when storms flooded parts of highway 101 in december. sky 7hd was overhead.

>> we got three pumps all over the place. sandbags. sandbags on the airplanes, you name it. >> all this water just a preview. the biggest tides of the season are expected in january. in mill valley, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> let's go to abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma for more on the king tides and live doppler 7hd. >> we're going to see a couple more days of this minor flooding in low-lying areas thanks to the king tide. let's talk about what we have in terms of advisory. a coastal flood advisory in effect and will last a couple days until 3:00 tuesday afternoon. you see areas in green along the coast and around the bay. for localized flooding, meaning that seawater going back on the roadways, swashings, and trails. let's talk about when times of high tide will be over the next 24 hours. around san francisco, first high tide just after midnight, tomorrow morning, and then another one just before 11:00 a.m. on monday. and in the east bay, near oakland, high tide right around

12:19 a.m. tomorrow morning, and a second one occurring at 11:15 a.m. we'll talk much more about the tides and winter officially arrived, and it's going to be a pretty nice change. i'll talk about the details in the accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> in san jose, firefighters rescued a man after a gazebo collapsed under the weight of a fallen tree. it happened on confer court this afternoon. the man was trying to chop up the downed tree. it had fallen during a recent storm. the man injured his hand and suffered cuts and scrapes. he is now recovering at a hospital. >> just minutes ago there was a camelight vigil for two new york city police officers killed in the line of duty. this is new video in front of the new york city police department. also, police say they have a video that show this suspect, 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley telling two men, watch what i'm going to do. moments late he went up to patrol car and shot police

officers wenjiian lieu uand raphael ramose. >> blood on the hands, on the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. >> the reverend al sharpton and the widow of eric garner, the man who died at the hands of a new york city police officer, killed -- condemned the police killing. >> police in florida killed man they believe killed an officer this morning. officer kondek was responding to a call for service. a local newspaper reports officer kondek was the father of five children. he has been an photographer in florida for 17 years, before that he spent five years as a member of the new york city police department. >> police say a 13-year-old boy saved his little sister from a kidnapping. it happened in lancaster near los angeles. the children were playing in the

frontyard saturday when a man came up and grabbed the four-year-old girl. police say when the man started walking away with her, the 13-year-old boy sprang into action. >> the 13-year-old grabbed the arm of our suspect and at that point he dropped the child. definitely quick on his feet. very responsible for his family. and obviously his loved one, his four-year-old sister. at this point we -- he is our hero for today. >> neighbors flagged down a deputy patrolling the area, told him what happened and he found the suspect and arrested him. the suspect is in jail on kidnapping charges tonight. >> members of fremont's afghan and muslim communities are sharing a simple message today. stop the violence. >> we want peace! we want peace! we want peace! >> they're directing the mess toward terror groups like isis which has taken thousands of innocent lives. >> being destroyed in syria, the christians being killed in

syria, muss limps being killed across the globe, it's not under the flag of islam, under the banner of islam. they are a minority acting, trying to represent islam, when they have absolutely nothing to do with the faith. >> fremont is home to one of america's largest afghan communities. a bay area family's holiday display has drawn thousands of visitors in person and received millions of views on youtube. the display is not just a spectacle. it's helping raise money for the poor. we're live as the crowd begins to form. reporter: believe it or not some of these people showed up nearly two ours ago to get a parking spot and a spot in the front row. this display uses more than 100,000 lights what makes it so popular is the lights are time to match "star wars" music. [music]

>> this video posted on youtube has already generated more than three million hits since it was posted five days ago. he was also a music teacher, spent eight months building the display and choreographing the lighted with the music. the layout includes a 19-foot fee an know, 17-foot guitar light beams on the roof. >> i enjoy watching it, too. i spend a lot of time on it. basically what you see is kind of like what is going on in my mind when i hear music and i want to share that with everybody else. >> george says since the video went viral the crowds have grown. he estimates about 3,000 people came out last night. the show runs every night from 6:00 to 10:00 here in newark. spectators are also encouraged to make a donation. there's a jar in the driveway warp, and george hopes to make $10,000 by christmas and the money will go to help the homeless. >> that's awesome. i'm jealous you get to see in it person.

thank you. >> still ahead at 6:00, progress made this weekend at fukushima nuclear power plant. more than three years after an earthquake triggered a meltdown. a look at your mississippi-minute options to shop, just four days before christmas. and, a cloud city on venus? napa hopes. so details of the mission that will put astronauts in the skies above

happening now. lava in hawai'i is creeping up on a shopping center. the flow from the kilauea volcano advanced 160 yards since friday and is picking up speed. experts say it could hit the shopping area in six or seven days. the last bit of nuclear fuel has been removed from one of the damaged reactor buildings in fukushima, japan. on saturday workerrers lift everytime container of fuel from the pool and transferred it to another building where it can be safely housed. this is a big step forward in deactivating the other reactors there are three more buildings. nasa hopes to some day man missions to venus. he space agency is developing a fleet of solar-powered aircraft. the hope is to build a club to

call home and allow scientists to use the ships to explore the planet's outer atmosphere. the surface is far too hot and the inner atmosphere has too much lightning and sulfuric acid rain. scientists hope to learn more about the advanced greenhouse effect which would help us better understand how the earth is changing. the first step is to send a row bat to examine the atmosphere, and then a settlement could be based in the clouds. no timeline for when this happened but nasa believes it would be easier to explore venus than mars. >> up next at 6:00, a look at your christmas forecast. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma is up next. >> tony spore ran know making a strong case to remove interim from his job title.

>> if you're still looking for stocking stuffers or presents for under the tree you have a few days left to make it happen. amazon and wal-mart online have

rush delivery services but they cost more. best byonline offers free delivery for orders of $35 or more, amazon features same-day delivery for some bay area cities. if you're shipping a gift you have through tuesday to use the post office's priority mail express service. tuesday goes for ups and fedex, but again, it will cost you. and you can always hit up the brick mortar stories. many have extend hours honor last-minute shoppers, some are even open 24 hours. >> we'd love to see how your celebrating where you live. share your photos of holiday lights and events with us on twitter. use the hash tag, where you live so we can find your pictures and you can e-mail photos or individual you us at ureport@kgo-tv.com. >> let's check back in with drew tuma for a look at the christmas forecast. >> if you still have shopping to do the next couple of days, the

weather will cooperate. we have a dry and warm pattern. live doppler 7hd we have some drizzle and fog early on this morning. that's out of here and we have dry skies. we'll take you outside on a sunday evening. a really quiet and comfortable night. a live look from the exploratorium camera showing you the financial district and the clouds of earlier are breaking down. the forecast calls for clearing skies tonight. a mild start to the holiday week but we're tracking a little built of isolated drizzle for christmas eve wednesday night. winter has arrived this afternoon at 3:03 on the dot. it marks the shortest day of the earth. nine hours and 33 minutes of daylight. that means the longest night ahead and the lowest point the sunnies the sky. temperaturewise it's comfortable. 60 in san francisco. 23459 half moon bay. 62, concord. 58, fremont. 59, san jose. los gatos, 60. here's the picture we're track

opening satellite and radar. first we did have clouds early on. those are breaking down. notice the forecast does show clouds well to the north and showers around portland and seattle. the moisture will stay to north thanks to the high pressure blocking any rain from moving in, so tomorrow morning, 7:00, there could be some isolated patchy fog areas. otherwise plenty of sunshine on the way for a monday afternoon, and we'll essentially duplicate that forecast into tuesday. by tuesday afternoon, basically not a cloud in the sky. wall-to-wall sunshine and mild temperatures, ten degrees above normal. but we'll move forward into christmas eve. wednesday at 4:00 the afternoon you notice a little bit of rain is starting to show up around santa rosa and ukiah. any rain will be isolated and light on wednesday. the bigger issue, if you are taking to the skies, especially to the east coast, that will be some travel troubles. look at this. rain from wbc, new york, boston, even snow in chicago.

so, there could be hefty travel delays on christmas eve. overnight tonight in the bay area, hides across the board except for the north bay, which will drop into the up per 40s. then tomorrow, after some early morning fog, plenty of sunshine on the way. mild temperatures. san rafael, 67. fairfield, 70. san jose, 67. the seven-day forecast calls for the clouds early on, sunshine tomorrow. mild on tuesday. temperatures into the upper 60s again in our inland spots-even 60s along the coast, and a sprinkle in the north bay. so really no travel issues for us around the bay area. all clears out of here on thursday for christmas. it's cooler. mostly sunny on friday, and then that sunny, dry pattern sticks around for next weekend, saturday and sunday, temperatures the very seasonal. so, no big storms coming our way the next seven days which is

good news for travelers wanting to get to family. >> definitely. thank you. >> this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> we have one mr. colin rush in tonight and gets to be the bearer of good news. >> the raiders are on a roll. can i say that? >> please. >> they're the best team in the nfl -- well, all right. they're getting there. unfortunately for the buffalo bills the raiders want nothing to do with the number one pick in next year's draft. they made that perfectly clear. but 8-6. buffalo clinging to playoff aspirations. first quarter, kyle or the ton ore ton airs it out. later, buffalo driving again. the ageless wonder, charles woodson, fourth interception of the year. then derek carr rolls right, fires back. 17-34, 214 yards two tds. janikowski, 4-5. raiders led 19-10 in the third.

in the fourth, horton down the middle to chandler, 29 yards. the lead is cut to two. then carr leads oakland on a ten-play drive. silver and black hold on late for the 264 win. their third straight win at home and eliminate the bills from playoff contention. >> a totally different team in this stadium. >> i can't say enough good things about this team. really love the guys in that locker room. i think they're fighters and every time somebody counts them out they bounce back. great sign of character, and they got it. >> a change of culture, and we're changing the culture here. even though it's not been how we want it to be, we know if we keep fighting and working, it's going to get there, so finishing out 3 or at home, all those things are so important. >> that was an amazing effort. she just wrote that to me. steelers needed a win over the

chiefs to reach most season. ben roethlisberger to brown, big man got the better of alex smith. brown can dance. pittsburgh, playoff-bound, 20- 126789 tony romo's dream game was andrew luck's night marry, romo would pass troy aikman as the career leader in passing for dallas. the cowboys lock up the nfc east, of thump the colds. >> panthers and browns, johnny manziel left with a hamstring injury too. bad. in comes the guy they never should have replaced. brian hoyer. 13-10 cleveland. cam newton, the guy played two weeks after suffering two back fractures in a car accident. game-winning touchdown pass to jonathan stewart in the fourth. carolina 17-browns 13. saints and falcons. drew brees, 35 career game-winning drives in the fourth quarter, would not get number 36. picked off by mcclain late.

atlanta wins 30-14, new orleans eliminated from playoffs. so, atlanta win, cared win, winner take all scenario next sunday in the georgia dome, winner wins the nfc south with a sub .500 record and will host playoff game. yes, host playoff game. loser, they can party hard on new year's eve because nothing else to do. pate detroits secured themselves a first-round bye but not easy against the jets. tom brady, pass to gronk, the go-ahead score from one yard in the fourth. 17-16, number. rams and giants playing for pride and pride can sometimes make grown men do this. the late hit, hits back with the football, and here we go. men behaving badly. four-on brawl. three players were ejected. beckham junior would rather do his talking with his play. 11th touchdown catch of the year,ly manning threw for 391,

148 to beckham. giants a winner by ten, 37-27. top 25 matchup in berkeley today. the 24th ranked cal women hosting number 10 louisville. the men's squad showing they're support. both basketball teams 11-0 at the pavilion this season. gray mass 17 points, ten boards. sarah hammond, 18 and 9. cardinals pretty good this year, there's mow raya moore, then look at the passing here. four of. the. one dribble. 70-57 louisville after starting 7-0, cal has lost three straight games. this sports reporting broth to you by orchard supply hardware. got feel good for the raiders. 3-12 record. but they're assured themselves they're not going to have the number one pick. somewhere in the four or five range. >> very nice. thank you,

>> join us tonight on kofy tv 20. a look at the new theme part built here in the u.s., all about machine guns. then on abc7 news at 11:00 on channel 7 a northern california man is dead after a gun battle with police turns into a house fire.

well, three big new debuts at the box office this weekend but only one could be on top. the third and final hobbit film, "battle of the five armies" earned $56 million. robin williams 3 final live action film, "night at the museum" was second place," onie" 16 million, and you can see the rest of the list. thank you for watching see you again

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