live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. the rain is coming down. this shot from oakland this

morning is certainly something we want to see more of. brace yourself for a slippery commute. >> thank you for waking up with us. i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. >> meteorologist mike nicco is looking at the windy conditions. >> we have both this morning. that will make travel difficult. i posted the latest power outage on twitter if you want to look at them. >> the best radar runs around the south bay shows rain as far north as san francisco and concord but not so much in the north bay. 280 is wet. we are upper 50s to low 60s but cool and dry as the afternoon unfolds. >> it is a you it commute. a lost accidents and flooding and downed trees. the bay bridge toll plaza shows the cars drive through the ponding. that causes dangerous driving conditions. be extra careful on the bay area bridges. 680 walnut creek looking good

the early sig-alert in dublin, 680 to 580 is clears and i have an update on another sig-alert in marin county coming up. >> breaking overnight in san jose, police investigate a fail accident involving four different looks and seven vehicles. the driver of a black ford went on a rampage crashing interest cars around the city. he is accused of running a red light at center road and singleton and hitting a yellow bw beetle and the driver died. the suspect is under arrest. matt keller is talking to investigators about what led up to the crash. >> we hear from a lost commuting over the bridges and the freeways, it is not the rain but the wind that is making for white knuckle driving. amy hollyfield is in richmond. >> it is blowing.

we are getting gusts and then just a it is a two hands on the wheel crossing the bridges. this is not the only fatter to much out for. check this out, standing water is also an issue. we went through it and we had a camera on the hood to capture it, it was dark and raining and we did not see it coming and boom, we hit a huge puddle of water and it took our breath away. is the connection ramp in dublin from 580 to 680. the rain has been steady and strong. at times, all night. flooding is an issue all over the bay area. the c.h.p. tells me if you hit some water don't panic. but my heart skipped a couple of bets. don't break suddenly. i wasn't driving. let off the gas. try to steer your way out of it. it has been busy. the c.h.p. is working 30 calls

right new and said that is triple the load they normally handle at this time. >> thank you. we are seeing scenes like that through the bay area. traffic what at a standstill on most on-ramps with steady down pairs making for a soggy commute and if you take bart, wet rails caused the short delays for riders there. >> check out the rain in guerneville, it was so hard and so fast that there was nowhere to go. hidden valley lane flooded and a homeowner cleared away the brush trying to keep the stream of water from coming into its home. >> in martinez, this is the downtown of sandbags line up this morning to help keep their shops dry. it often overflows during the storms. and the county has three sandbags visible at several locations and with list open where to get them on abc7news.com.

>> we do need a lot more of the rain with regulators easing restrictions on water use. we leadership why that doesn't mean we can stop conserving. >> i am old fashioned, i like a lawn. >> the lawn was on life support before the rain came down. >> to the brown-tan stage. >> now? >> it is get green. all the water service district said that the consistent rain is perfect for recharging the aquifer. aminimum run off so we do not use the resource, and maximum soak into our ground. >> others are relieved they do not have to pay more to refill the swimming pools but the water district is cautioning residents not to celebrate yet. >> last december it was nice like this, rainy and wet and john was the dryest on record.

>> the utility direct said that nearly 14" of precipitation has fallen on the sierra reservoir since october. but it is still in need of 40-50 inches to end the water shortage . >> a man who peace say broke into a couple's rohnert park home on sunday turned himself in last night. police say this guy told him he was drink asking was trying to find his girlfriend's apartment but surveillance video shows him coverly hands with his sleeve to avoid leaving fingerprints. officers arrested him and he faces burglary charges. >> we know the name of a man who fell to his death from a house from what was a significant height during a holiday party open saturday night. it happened at the fraternity courthouse on channing way and alcohol was a factor in the death. they have not released more

details. engler attended cal and was a men of the fraternity but did not live at the house. >> the lead of donald trump over ted cruz has shrunk to four percentage points and a new poll from connecticut he has 28 percent and ted cruz is at 24 percent. donald trump appeared on "good morning america" and is taking jabs at hillary clinton saying hillary clinton is "terrible," and demanding apology about isis using videos of him as a recruiting tool. >> she said donald trump is on a video and they are distributing this, et cetera, et cetera. there really is no argument beyond the video. they are using a lost things i imagine to recruit but they did not use me on a video and i am not sure they use me at. >> you can catch the full interview on mcamerica at 7:00 a.m. right here on abc7. >> tears in the sierra, rejoice, rejoice, after the monday storm

brought heavy storms with families enjoying the fresh powder in lake tahoe. >> we came to lake tahoe last year and we did not see any snow. i told my son i would bring him when the snow is here. perfect day. >> look at that little kid. >> a snowball right at him. >> the storm brought the best powder they have seen in memory making for a from snowman. >> building a snowman. meteorologist mike nicco was talking about a white christmas in some areas. >> possible here on the higher elevations and i show you that in the next weather soakment. >> the winds are at 44 at oakland, and out of the west, if you drive to the west you will be butting heads with the entire commute and you will notice

this, and the higher the profile vehicle the more you will be pushed around. our rainfall today we have light rain, and scattered showers and notice they are going to remain light and taper by lunch hour and drizzle to light rain falling in san rafael height now and -- right new can temperatures are at 61, but in the north bay, develop, and that is how it will be, cooler in the afternoon as it unfolds with drizzle in walnut creek and the temperature also is 61. tomorrow, we will have sunshine and dry out at mid-to-upper 50s and stormy on thursday and friday is not too bad. the commute? i bet it is looking bad. >> it sure is. in fact, just got a new report of a crash where big-rig could be on top of another big-rig north of antioch so, again, i will capital you posted. who are getting first reports. this is what you have to look forward to, a tough wet road with a shot across the san mateo

bridge so be careful, it is windy and here is an update on the sig-alert in the north bay, highway one closed in both directions for a few hours because of a downed tree so you are dealing with flooding and downed trees and the highway is an at near here at this point. drive time is looking good, and remark is light, just a tough drive, and westbound 580 is slow, from tracy to dublin. i will have an update on the accident. reggie? >> the tough play won the hearts of oakland raider plans and surprising news from charles woodson that is breaking hearts this morning. >> a look outside right now, it is wet. slick roads. golden gate bridge is still quiet this morning. but it is the winds that are causing the white knuckle driving. we have live doppler hd on upper right of the screen through the break and you can see what is break and you can see what is going on with the rain

the abc news app on go on your schedule. news that lives where you live. >> santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. happening today, bow bergdahl is arraigned in a military court in fort bragg in incoming in charged with desert held as a prisoner in afghanistan by the taliban for five years. prosecutors say he deliberately left the post and cooperated with the enemy.

>> and mentally, he is done, the future half of fame safety is announcing a retirement, and raiders say goodbye in the final home game of the season on thursday again the chargeers, woodson has played 18 seasons, two with silver and black and was seven years in green bay where he when a super bowl and has been playing with the pain of a disloathed shoulder. >> i talked to reggie and mark today...it is hard to get it out. to get if front of your teammates and letting them know, so many of the teammates, you know, throughout the year have talked to me about next year and coming back next year i know you are coming back. honestly, physically i could do it my body has responded...but mentally, it will not happen. >> 39 years old, woodson will miss the game but it is just

time to leave. >> sow hate the bay area traffic, you will buy a plug in plug-in hybrid and get a sticker to drive solo, but you are out of luck. the state is no evening lower issuing the stickers because it has researched the 85,000 limit. the dmv will take politicians for a weight list if the formals decide to resolution them. >> two city dog parks in concord are closed for two months for machine. we caught up with those faces at the dog park during a recent adoption event in january 4, the park will be off limits to all dogs and another is set to close in february 29, with both parks getting new turf and other much needed upgrade. >> this is not is cue, a rain sea snake washed ashore in orange county, a dead yellow bellied name during a childrenup on friday at the state beach and experts say this is the only the

5th sighting of the name if california but the second this year. experts suspect both were in the region us with of warming waters brought we storm storm and meteorologist mike nicco if i saw that in the water... >> it would be disarming. >> sharks, not so much. >> yellow bellied snake... >> but with el nino we have seen strange animal activity? >> and the algae that cut the holiday crabs. >> very sad. it is part of problem with the imbalance with climate change the extreme imbalance. >> we have an imbalance in the winds. the north bay hour tables in the east bay hills, wind advisory until 4:00 this afternoon and winds are sustained at 20-30 and could gust up to 50 with potential for downed trees and power lines be we have that, also, and you which check twit

we for the latest on the power outages. >> the radar is milpitas is 237 and south, we have the best radar returns. i will put it over the last hour you can see there is not much southern movement in the path of the wet weather although the showers are moving south. when we are not seeing from radar runs we still have light rain right here in san francisco and it is under the radar. do not be surprised if you run and light rain this morning. becoming showers as we head to 10:00 and the brings are with us all day, ask a fast storm will pound us on thursday and a dry slot will move in on friday and there will be warming, not a lot, just a little bit. can you see through the 9:00 hour, a lost green on the map and by noon it becomes more showery in nature and same at 5:00, and overnight we get a break and there could be a few showers in the north bay tomorrow afternoon and as we head to thursday morning, you

can see the showers developing, the heaviest will come through in the morning with scattered showers in the afternoon. our storm impact is going to be a "2" for christmas eve. >> now bart is reporting delays at 10 minutes and ferries has no delays. westbound traffic at emeryville to the bay bridge, not a wait. but, a lot of bonding on the roads and that could be for dangerous drive conditions. i head up the two possibly on top of each other and a big-rig possible lodged into the bridge. we will keep you updated. the bridge could be closed. bart is still reporting continue pents in delay time. >> federal authorities need your help identifying this give, suspected of planting a skimming

device at a safetyway storm in walnut creek. surveillance video calm him remove the device from the jack coat and installing it at the check out in september. an identical device was found at the safeway in dublin. both were discovered before personal information was stolen. >> another e. coli outbreak is linked to chipolte. >> here is america's money report. >> topping america's money, more illness linked to chipolte restaurants in kansas and oklahoma, now in all 500 people have been sickened after eatingatically post. >> sales have fallen and the stock lost another 3 percent yesterday. >> we are sending out half as many cards in 2002 down to $1.4 billion. the way it works only four cards a person. and, another new menu item at mcdonald's, mac and cheese tested this cleveland area. you can get it a as a happy meal

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bay bridge toll plaza and the richmond-san rafael bridge. be extra careful this morning. do not be a spinout. >> a string of destruction in san jose. this is break overnight. a man was arrested after hitting several cars leaving one person dead. our reporter, matt keller is on the story and police are trying to determine if the man was drunk. >> berkeley police have identified a 22-year-old cal student as the hand who fell to his death at a frat house over the weekend, jeffrey engler died at the frat house and alcohol was likely a factor. >> the city of san jose weighing whether to challenge a whopping jury verdict for a south bay man shot by police last year. the jury awarded $11 million in a shooting that left a man paralyzed. >> a next texas

face charges, in the death of san bra planned. the jury will decide if the arresting officer will face charges. >> st. anthony's leads near help with the donation continuing this morning at 9:00. st. anthony's is locked near the golden gate and organizers really needhams, canned goods and socks and hygiene products. >> apple's live photo feature is available open facebook. they slowly rolling out the features to a few users available on the new iphone 6 and it will record a second and a half of video before and after you snap the picture, really cool. facebook said everyone should he the live photos by the new area. >> president obama will be the first guest on jerry seinfeld when it opens december 30.

>> it is really a cool thing, the show, exactly what it sounds like, seinfeld pulling up to the white house and in the show, usually it is a comic that seinfeld is talking for in a classic car as they get coffee but this time it is president obama and they took towns circumstance colding the south lawn in a 1963 corvette stingray with a split window coupe and they get coffee not at a diner or coffee shop but inside the white house and they spoke about what makes the white house life remarkable and routine. >> driving in circles for security reasons. >> very cool. >> which will blow your mind. >> a "star wars" fan made this skirt in honor of the movie and as she spins it challenges characters not clear exactly who this woman is but her video has been share by fans worldwide.

>> that is witchcraft and sorcery and i am here for it. >> a new spin on the holiday season in the bay area and you have to see this. >> we see santa in a sleigh but we are seeing him under water with scuba gear at the academy of sciences in san francisco golden gate park and santa if dived into the tank. but it does a public on his hair and beard and he tooks questions while he was swimming. he is having trouble getting out. >> try get out in a way down wet suit. >> santa is slim and trim he has dropped weight. >> he has. >> he must be on the atkins diet. >> it starts at 11:30 through thursday. >> how does he take questions underwater? magic and sorcery. >> spinning around. >> a physical 90 minutes of news including new details on a

safety of double decker buses here in san francisco. >> also, travel troubles this holiday week, what is causing delays at local airplanes. >> a look on our roof at abc7 we are getting a beautiful reflections but that means it is rainy and windy so check out traffic and weather we have live doppler hd in the top right-hand doppler hd in the top right-hand corn

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. three days not christmas and you wake up to another rainy commute. good morning, i am reggie aqui. >> i am natasha zouves. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking weather. it is shaping up to be rainy and windy. >> tougher to get around than yesterday because of the add winds and ponding.

our best radar returns are from san francisco, deck, concord, south, but the next three hours you can see we will have rain everywhere, but it will be intense down across the south bay. winds are gusting at 30 to 40 miles per hour cross the golden gate bridge with gusts through 4:00. temperatures are near the 60-degree mark right new and by the afternoon it is dry and only mid-50s. ran isis? all the wet weather is causing difficulty for drivers. a shot from emeryville, the drive time is only 20 minutes to the bay bridge from highway 4. the delays you do not need to worry but the bonding, bart reporting 10 minute system-wide delays and ace train is looking good with an update open sig-alert in marin county in seven minutes. >> san jose police are investigating we deadly crashes that happened after a suspected drunk driver went on a spree. a man is dead and half a dozen

cars are damageed. matt keller is on center road. what are you seeing? >> in the past half hour the police department opened up center road at singleton and it is in front of andrew hill high school in east san jose. this is where police say a drunk driving rampage came to an end last night. the first accident took place at continue -- denny's and driver took off and hit parked cars and no one was injured and then hit two more vehicles no one was injured. then he hit a volkswagen with a green signal that was turning left and struck by the suspect's vehicle would ran the red lie. that caused the investigation wagon to be pushed forward and the suspect vehicle impacted directly with the driver side

door of the volkswagen and we believe that killed the driver of the volkswagen. >> the black ford expedition hit another car before coming to a stop. police arrested the 19-year-old driver and took him to jail more physical any d.u.i. with more chaz including manslaughter and multiple hit and runs could be add and he had a $20,000 warrant for his arrest. the driver of the yellow vw killed is described as a man about 30 years old and the 56th fatal traffic victim in san jose this year. >> thanks, matt slick roads in san jose may have led to this crash, look at this car that months to a private security company and ended inin a ditch near highway 87 and highway we. the driver made it out. >> marin county, crews work through the night to clear away the tree that fell on to a electrical lines and this knock out power to two dozen pg&e customers and pg&e expects to see more of this as the ground

is saturate asked trees are uprooted and a tough day for travelers yesterday and we checked so far and so good and right now, year, 80 flights were canceled because of the weather and most of them were regional west coast flights, and we caught up a woman who kept her spirits up despite spending all day at the-term -- the my flight at reno was canceled and now i am flying out at 11:25 and getting hope at 12:29. >> check with the airline if you headed to the airport, check for delays. >> we watching traffic concerns and certain spots throughout the bay area like this church in daly city, are vulnerable because of the rain we are getting. erosion is eating away at the paing lot at the korean central presbyterian church of the look how close the cars are to the cliff. a neighbor has been watching the storms chip away at the hillside. you need the rain.

the rain is good getting a lot of rain at once will cause problems for area nasa have not had rain in five years. >> the church now is marking off areas that could be affected by more erosion. >> track whether where you live by downloading for free at abc7news.com/app. >> we are tracking developing news from the east bay and police are investigating a double homicide in west oakland and the shooting happened before 9:00 last night on 32nd and west street officers responded to a report of shops fired and down two victims who died. we know a victim is in his 20s and pest have not released information on the other person. >> the fremont man accused attempting to join a terrorist group is expected to be in court for a bail hearing. the 22-year-old tried to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization. federal agents arrested hip as he planned to board a plane at sfo going to turkey.

he may have been trying to get to syria. he is scheduledded to be in court at 1:30 this afternoon. if convicted he could face up to 20 years in prison. >> the neighbor would bought the assault rifle used in the san bernardino attack is staying behind bars. the judge said enrique marquez is too dangerous to be released on bail. the 24-year-old smiled a few times during the hearing yesterday. investigator say enrique marquez plotted with san bernardino shooter syed farook to conduct two terror attacks in 2011 or 2012. >> wear learning more ofwoman accused of ramming her cam into dozens of people in las vegas and could be charged with murder today. ham hall is on suicide want. she has not explain idea she plowed into people. she killed one and injured 36 others and here three-year-old daughter was in the back seat. she was stressed out because she was trying to sleep if her car and was forced to move it several times.

>> our san francisco double deck ers had a inspection after the last month's crash in young square and the bus driver said the brakes failed but police are investigating the crash the we are hearing from a bicyclist hurt in the crash. the 26-year-old was visiting from brazil and spoke exclusively to abc7. >> i saw the blue skies. blue skies and i thought, wow, life is amazing. [ inaudible ] i woke up in the hospital. [ inaudible ] >> he got several stitches on the top of his head and still loves san francisco, he said, and hopes to visit us again >> the city of san jose is weighing whether to challenge a jury verdict for a south bay man shot by police. a jury award the the man more

than $11 million in a shoot that last him pair -- paralyzed year. official say he was holding a myself and threatening to harm himself when a officer shot him. the city calls it a "significant judgment," in terms of the size and ramifications so we will need to review the jury decision and evaluate the legal options and determine our next step. >> this morning, police are on the look out for two men who mugged a san francisco supervise or. a woman snatched the smartphone of scott weiner in the mission district on friday. he talked the woman and acomelies to giving back the phone in change for $200 and they walked to wells fargo to get cash. a bank camera got photos of the suspects. >> she threatened to mace if i tried to full funny business. >> police were able to arrest

the woman later that day. her two accomplices have not been found. he got his phone back but not his $200. >> the crowd goes wild as california based spacex lands a rocket safely for first time. the falcon 9 carried 11 satellites into orbit and headed back to earth. the tough part was right there, touching down to land and it does it perfectly. they tried to do it two other times. it did not work. scientists explain how difficult it was to figure out. >> like watching a pencil over the empire state building, being reversed and come back down and land on a shoebox in a windstorm. >> amazon founder bezos tweeted "congratulations, william to the -- welcome to the club."

his 16 landed a rizable rocket last month so a little bit of bragging. space has a contract with nasa to ship supplies to the space station and it will carry astronauts in 2017. it is moving quickly. >> attitude. a little bit of "shade." >> and mike has somewhere not shady. >> windy and rainy. >> competition is good. wind advisory until 4:00 with diabolo up to 50 miles per hour winds with try down and power outages. here is the current sustained win, from 21 in livermore to oakland at 28 and only nine in san jose and 33 at sfo and napa is 25 so it could be worse. the san mateo bridge shows the rain falling on the eastern side of the bridge. that is what who are looking at. temperatures fall into the mid-to-upper 50s inland with a

chance showers will taper headed to the afternoon hours. small craft advisory along the coast law tomorrow and dry but breezy around the bay. the rain is fall on 280 and 17 in san jose, mid-to-upper 50s tomorrow. more sunshine, rain, wind, even snow down to 3,000 feet for thursday and friday, it looks like low-to-mid 50s with more sunshine. francis? >> since my last report, we have had several accidents and quite a few of them are skip intermediates and not causing big delays, but avoid become one of those, the bay bridge toll plaza meter lits have been unked it on. and ten to 15 minute wait for 880 overcrossing. the again again shows it is looking good elsewhere, and highway 101 headed into san francisco and, also, a hot of brain is out in, but, on highway one, between mill valley and mure beep it is

is caseyed because of a downed tree and alternate is westbound 580 with typical delays from tracy to dublin. >> thank you. steph curry is a hero to warriors fans but, now, he is becoming a special inspiration to a group of kids. >> usually they are calm and cool and collected. a little girl momented the hearts after group of bay area hearts after group of bay area firefighters with

walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. today in san francisco firefighters will demonstrate how dangerous a christmas tree can be if you do not main attend it. trees become a fire hazard when they are dried out. the department claims that it responds to 250 christmas tree-related fires each year. families should have an emergency preparedness plan. >> remember those less fop, christmas for everyone is based in concord and serves meals and gives gifts to those in need and seniors. the organizers need the donation this year especially toys for kids. you can help by logging on to abc7news.com. >> st. anthonys makes it easy to

donate with a curb side donation that continues this morning at 9:00 and goes all the way through christmas eve. >> st. anthony's is located near golden gate and conference avenue and organizers looking for hams, canned goods, socks and hygiene products. >> chipolte is putting new food safety measures if place after another e. coli outbreak. five people became sick after eatingatically post restaurants in kansas and oakland athletics. investigator -- and oakland. investigators trying to figure out what has happened after becoming sickatically post. because of how chipolte does record keeping they cannot figure out what food is con across all of restaurants. >> a young girl is inspiring firefighters with her strength and spark. the six-year-old findlay was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer. yesterday was the last session of chemotherapy and rode in the

fire truck as she was escorted to the hospital with a welcome party. >> she showed off the scars and told us what she was going through but that was the least of the concern. she had a big concern. >> i have my courage. your courage? >> i think. >> firefighters stayed with her during the entire treatment and drove her home after the last session. >> she is smog. >> bright light. bright light. >> steph curry will language out with a dozen kids before the game against they part of the season of giving theme, with ten people from make a wish are coming from around the country and will shoot at arena, and share dinner with stick deck in the warriors lounge. >> i cannot get over that ought best video of we can find of steph curry of all the video with. meteorologist mike nicco will tell us how he is drilling of -- dreaming of a wet christmas.

>> wet is good. white is better but you would have to be in the mountains for that, possibly in the higher elevations. >> passing by the storm the next 24 hours and hook at tomorrow you can see moving through, oranges and moderate storm from 7:00 tomorrow morning until 1:00 o'clock. backtracking to what what happening now the storm is winding down precipitation-wise and the rainfall is lighter this morning but, still, plenty of ponding and especially down in the south bay where we continue together see the best radar run but we are showing rain everywhere south of san francisco. all the way i-80 up toenailed and you can see if san rafael this is drizzle looking south on 101 so the rain will taper and the breeze remains, and king tide, flooding today through saturday in mill valley and today it is at the height at 8:36. fast storm. moderate showers tomorrow. here is what will happen from

5:00, until 9:00, you can see tapering and coverage in intensity and same at noon, just scattered showers. becoming more isolated by 5:00. during the overfit hours we could have a silent night and easy sleeping without all of the noise from the rain and the wind. tomorrow you can so a few scattered showers cross the north bay. look what comes in, did you see the blip? during the morning hours? that was the quick push of heavy rain so more pond on the roads tomorrow. i will give 9 storm on thursday a "2" because of the wind and heavy rain in the small timeframe it is falling. francis? >> we will talk about mass transit because there are delays on bart right now at ten minutes system-wide and that is because of weather on bart and on muni electrical problems so there are delays and because bridges if place at castro with wet weather making it tough to get to and from or through that area on and

off you the find typical delays. i helped for lighter traffic westbound 80 from highway 4 to the maze is 21 minutes and cross the bay bridge it is 16 minutes and right now 101 is looking good from san francisco toward sfo. here is a shot in san jose south bay has been fine all morning, and northbound headlights on highway 87 and extra careful across the bridges with the high win advisories in place >> muni has new plans to make the commute easier on one of san francisco's business of the lines >> let this be a lesson, look at this man about to just plunge off of this escalator to give the police a slip >> a san francisco police recruit goes holiday shopping and gives a baby in trouble the ultimate gift. >> take us with you with breaking news in real time updates on the smart phone or tablet and enable push alerts. it is free. it is free. in the

>> people an the world are hope they are are one of the lucky wins to win part of a $2 billion prize, the annual christmas lottery known as "the fat one," operated from spain anyone can buy a ticket on-line. this is the richest lottery. >> this is not the ride any of us want to go on. a big scare for people on this ride at seaworld in florida called the sky tower. the ride breakdown and it left people in that sky 100' in the air, 50 people, two two finally they get to the ground

and got free stuff. >> look at this a suspected thief is cornered. you never know what he will do. watch him plunge off of this escalator, the surveillance video shows the man running away from the police in a macy's in ohio, head first on to the ground. his sister is a cashier and rang up clothes at lower prices and there was nowhere to run so he jumped. he is lucky to be alive after the fall. they can face felony charges. >> police are trying to find a man would problem add bank inside a super market. this is where it happened, yesterday morning. the surveillance video of the suspect we want you to see, he handed the teller a net demanding cash. he claims to have a gun. witnesses say though never saw a gun displayed. he did take off with the cash. >> love this story, a police recruit is called a hero for

help save a baby's life as he did holiday shipping. all the officer was shopping in san leandro last week. san francisco police department recruit ricky williams saw a summer crying hysterically in the mall parking lot and he said, a can i do to help and she said her baby had stopped breathing. >> limp no sign of life. blue around the lips. i did a few rounds of cpr and three came to, starting to cry, struggling to breeze and then a full outcry which was great. they all told us in high stress situation you will look right to your training. i did what i sign town do to help people out. >> helpfully he get to meet up again with mom and baby she was rushed to the hospital. the police chief suhr said it is proof that the department made a really good hire in this guy and most of us would agree with that. >> good apple. >> favorite story of the day. >> a british man in together crow is doing this.

running around for hours at a time dressed up like a christmas tree. he specifically visited neighborhoods that are not lit up so he can bring joy and life to areas of downtown tokyo. it takes 99 batteries and 100' of wire to make it work. you wonder why he would do this? the answer is because he needs to break down social barriers in japan and he is known to do this during a marathons. not as a tree but dresses up line ache wind mill. this man has time open his hands and loves it. >> mike? good morning, guys. now, this morning, whether you hiking in the mud or trying to garden and saturated soil it is a foggy start for dog walking and 70 in palm springs is dry. mid-60s around sacramento and up to lake tahoe we will talk

about what will happen until 10:00 this morning at 2-4" possible and we will have 2-5' waves because it is so freezey across lake tahoe. you can see right now the snow has tapered on ever heavenly and we will have a chance of heavy snow on thursday and evening travel for the weekend. hour is our ralph? >> a few spinouts. you can see the shot of san mateo bridge and it will be difficult. here is westbound traffic beyond the toll plaza and head toward foster city to semi yes and there are in big delays but the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on and backed to the foot of the maze a 20-minute wait with drive times on westbound 80 highway four to the maze is 21 machines across the bay bridge at 20 minutes, as well >> if you are headed out for holiday travel make sure the opinion driving in front of you is not just get off from work. a study from harvard finds

overnight workers get behind the wheel are six times more likely to crash. people would drive after a long night of work had a high are rate of swerving out of lanes and slow eye movements. >> new moms, another reason to cuddle director baby. a study fines cuddling you it borns leads to healthy infans in a technique called kangaroo mother care associated with 36 percent decrease in infant death involving lower rates of low body temperature, and cang a -- kangaroo care including skin to skin care and breast feeding. >> a chase caught on camera. >> and a land to add bigger buses to one of the

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tracking live doppler hd you can see the green. it is the rain that is moving out of the bay area. brace yourself for a messy commute. good morning, i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. it is windy and rainy. meteorologist mike nicco has what to expect with the weather. say the best radar is in the south bay but it is raining everywhere. the radar is shooting over it at times and can you see the better radar return around danville and san ramon and, there you go, earned south bay. i will put this in motion and you can see moving from northwest to southeast it is very moist and fast moving flow so it is windy this morning with plenty of pounding on the roads and we deal with the wet weather through at least 9:00 and it will become scattered by noon and the clouds will open up this afternoon and temperatures will drop in the 60s to the mid-to-upper 50s. it is wet and we will find out about the commute. >> we have had typical delays developing on