live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news, it is 5:00 a., we are up so you might as well be up. >> we are glad you are with us. >> i woke up dry sky, dry ground, and, mike, you lied to me. and it started raining. i should have trusted you. >> it is all abut the timing. here is a look at live doppler hd, you can see 37, 101 and head ing for riff -- richmond-san rafael bridges and the custody difficult rain with more upstream and this is how it looks in san rafael, the rain is south on 101 and this is the

backdrop for the day planner, 36 to 50, and breezy with showers and temperatures are falling in the upper 40s by 4:00, and thunderstorm is possible this evening. francis? yes, when i see green i look for accidents in the area, but, right new, no major problems reported in the north bay and when you check out this live shot of the toll plaza you can see the traffic is live and a lot of forces have the day 506 so take it easy. a lost green. this is a high wind advisory for the bay bridge and the benicia bridge so be extra careful. both hands on the wheel with the senseers moving well above the speed limit. guys? >> thank you. happening now it is crunch time for last minute christmas shoppers. a look from the toys 'r us in fremont. the store has been open...around the clock time running out fast and retailers andshippers are in the frantic final push. >> our reporter is there with a live coming up in half an hour including what kind of deals you can expect to find if you are are early to the stores.

>> this is the last chance to take part in st. anthony's annual christmas -- side drive with the corn huskers hear to play and will help serve 3,000 meals to families livering in poverty. agoers are trying to collect 100 more hams to reach their goal of 500. the curb side drive starts at 9:00 this morning and ends at 1:00 p.m. and st. anthony's is located on golden gate avenue. >> the last minute christmas gift, rite, gift card service they can be risky. scammers be using hand held devices to copy the number off the back of the crowd and steal the value hear. always look to see if the package be has been tampered with and register as soon as possible and avoid buying them from the big display stands that you see at the grocery store. all the safest way is online or from a locked drawer in the store.

shoppers are expected to spend $26 billion on gift cars. >> police say they are looking for a couple of people who are intent on ruining christmas for folks as they steal the packages from the homes. this latest happened yesterday with police releasing this surveillance video showing a man holding a package and inside the box, there is a holiday gift for a kid. police are looking for this man, he stole two packages from a home on hamilton avenue last week before taking off in a dark-colored four-door sedan, a real clear picture there. >> happening today protesters demanding justice for more i don't wood -- for mario woods planning another discrimination. he was shot to delegate by five officers this month and was captured on cell phone video and outraged those who say it is clear that woods was not a threat. woods standed someone and threated officers with a knife. the demonstrators want the mayor lee to fire the police chief suhr and charge all officers with murder. the protests start at look a.m.

>> san francisco police are looking for the driver in a fail hit-and-run accident searching for the car right there, a black four door honda or me son that hit a hisd and -- hit a pedestrian and took afternoon. the front under or windshield were damaged in the crash. >> we will check with the christmas day forecast. mike? checking out doplar to see how fast the official behind of wet weather is moving from fairfield to vallejo and american canyon to san rafael and encroaching upon sausalito and tiburon and more wet weather behind it. so, everyone is going to be touched by wet weather. here is our camera you and can see the embarcadero is wet but it is not raining the temperatures are in the upper

40s and low 50s and showers and breezy and snow down to around 3,000' inland this afternoon and rain to showers around the bay at 51 to 54 and dry friday and saturday and during the day on saturday. >> watch out for slippery conditions where the rain is move through the north bay. as you check out interstate 80, through emeryville, an easy ride, and highway 4 to the maze is only 1 minutes and no delays on any of the bridges, with both hands on the wheel. it is windy across the bay bridge and the benicia bridge if you are headed up to lake tahoe chains required on 80 and 50 and 7878 with another live shot to show you how good it is looking across the san mateo bridge. >> as mike mentioned we are on storm watch with rain in the bay area and snow in the sierra, our reporter is in petaluma with the

wet pavement behind you. amy? >> yes, that is what i was going to show you, we are getting a break now but you can see, from the payment lit up nicely in petaluma, i can show you it is wet. the rain has hit here you can tell. we have video of rain we experienced in novato, this was as we were driving northbound on highway 101 and it was coming down pretty hard at 4:4 this morning, we had a camera on our hood. it captured the images and it is christmas eve so not many cars were out this morning and it is not windy right now, and we are just expensing showers, and in the east bay you getting wet, too, we drove through a heavy rain downfall on highway 24 and that at 3:30 this morning, so that was through the orinda and lafayette core store with more showers expected today and it is just going to be a rainy day. it is chilly, too, and i will check to see if i have a scarf

on my bag to slow on for the rest the morning. >> sounds like a if plan. mark levine wants to stop online sports betting sites in california saying the companies taking advantage of people wore likely to lose their money. he is asking the attorney general to shut them down until the state can bring proper oversight and consumer protection. there is a court fight in new york go on right now to ban the sites and the attorney general of illinois is declaring the daily fantasy february sites as illegal gambling under state law. tonight could be the final raiders game in oakland. the silver and black host the san diego chargers with the fight of both teams in limbo. they could both be in los angeles next season. yesterday, oakland mayor schaaf said she theys the fans should keep the faith the raiders are not leaving. she said raiders ower mark davis wants to stay in oakland. the city plans to present updated proposal to the nfl next

week and the kickoff is at 5:25. >> this is a possible let against westerners and the reason several embassies are raising security alert and a fiji vacation goes horribly wrong. whoa. whoa. unbelievable

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> in china people are asked to use caution because of a throat against westerners on other around christmas. united states british and french embassies have all received information that westerners could be a target. the i can see the tanks and soldiers gaying and shopping area that was mentioned in the warnings. >> check out this video, a terrifying vacation for the tourists, wow, you can see this moved forward, the chopper try to land. it crashed into a tremendous. this looks bad, right, but somehow all 60 -- six people escaped. officials are trying to figure what caused the crash. >> the permanent memorial in 9-1-1 is complete at mission boulevard yesterday, as crews put in six new benches. the memorial is dedicated to the victim of the terrorist attack and three particular hard police

officers and a firefighter who died in the line of duty including sergeant scott lunger who died during a traffic shop in the summer. >> rachael ray is getting her christmas on without her husband, steph curry, and as her own cooking channel and runs her own blog the today shell share festivity craft tips that anyone can pull off for the holidays. catch her in action open rachel at 1:00 p.m. right here on abc7. >> that is an interesting screen grandfather -- graph. >> we will hear from her. >> and holiday traditions coming up? >> lay on the couch and watching 24 hours straight of the christmas story. >> like that tie. >> got the ho ho ho going. >> and the rain and the snow, snow, snow. >> very nice. yes, the snow, snow, snow is

possible the right there you can see it is possible in san jose on mount hamilton and the elevations above at 4,000' and wet are not seeing anything own diabolo because it is not rolling cross it and it is going to see snow on it. the cartinez bridge is wet and rip research bridge is wet and as we widen out we can see the golden gate bridge is about to get wet and the bay bridge will be wet in half an hour and around eureka you can see crescent city, thunderstorms are coming in this afternoon and from sutro tower you can see it is breezy and it will be worse as the rain towns into showers with hail and snow and light rain on sunday night into monday and dry and cool and the storm impact scale at 2 and the won'ts are faster with rainfall amount is quarter to half an inch and it could come down in burst to

afternoon causing podding on the roads. can you see the steady push right into the heart of the bay at 6:00 into the south bay between 7:00 and five o'clock and by 9:00 it is gone. look behind it a lot of green with intermittent yellows and pink and white meaning snow. as we head to midnight we will be able to watch the full moon between the burst of rain which is less numerous dug the overnight. for friday night and saturday night, that means saturday morning and sunday morning, north bay valley, east bay valley, santa clara valley, it will be freezing cold. >> well, do not forget to turn your hold lights on this afternoon weapon the rain comes in because when you have the wipers on the headlights need to be own, it is so quiet, southbound 680, no delays toward highway 24, and through san ramon and the grade and live shot of 101 at 880, just seeing the wed roads so take it easy. and, mass transit, bart and

caltrain on a weekday schedule for today where no delays reported and tomorrow they will be on a modified schedule, also, modified schedule for muni today and tomorrow. guys? >> thank you, francis, a possible security breach at a popular resort change. >> topping mechanic's money, hyatt hotel hit by hackers videoing malware found on computers used to process customer payments. review your credit card payments. >> this affected hotels managed by hyatt and not the franchise locations. >> time is running out to finish shopping but, still, there are deals out there, experts say here is what to buy right now, electronic discounts and winter collects and prepare for next year, christmas decorations are going on sale. >> i like that. stock up now. >> columbia house has relaunch, the "wall street journal" reports the new owner wants to revive the mail order we company

with vine knell records with 12l.p. for a penny is not coming back but columbia house possibly coming back. get those turn tables ready. >> that is america's money. if you are a fan of the beatle wills, christmas came a day early with the entire catalog available for streaming on spotify and google play and apple and amazon prime. they have been a digital hold out to hold by tapes and cd records. >> amazon has a new business model that do have them cashing in for years to come. >> father's ultimatum to a teen, how he upped it on the routine how he upped it on the routine test to make sure his child can

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>> coming up at christmas eve seven things you need to know, it is looking like christmas with all of the rain we are seeing on live doppler hd. we have high elevation snow. thunder and hail is possible during the evening hours. also, an hour-by-hour look at that and some more rain as we head to the back what of the weekend. >> number two, we are seeing light traffic with a live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza and it shows no delays, and roads are slick and we have not had too many accidents but be careful a wind advisory and carry your chains to lake tahoe. >> another protest in san francisco today to demand justice after the killing of marioed withs. police shot and killed him early this month after they say woods stabbed someone and throated the officers with a knife. that protest scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at city hall. >> tornado watch still if affect in alabama and georgia. that is after a deadly and dangerous storm sparked almost 30 reported tornadoes in 24

hours killing seven people in several states. foils are still searching for missing people. >> five, there have been another arrest overnight in connection with the deadly terror attack in paris, the belgium police arrested a nine the suspect accused of participating in terrorist activities. >> amazon is taking steps to make sure packages make it to the destination on time. the company is buying thousands of semis, for the purpose of eliminating u.p.s. or fedex. >> seven, it is crunch time for last-minute christmas shoppers and i a not talking about the 7-eleven but stores open around the clock as we near the frantic final hours. janet o is at one of them with a report in a few minutes. >> imagine make a car up to 20 percent more fuel over efficient without changing a thing. >> it sounds good, the tech companies have a solution that could do just that. and as jonathan bloom tells us

it has gathered interest from automakers. >> driving this gmc truck is like making omelet. >> when you run all 8-cylinders you crack open all eight eggs and only using a little bit out of each egg to make the three egg omelet that means throwing away good eggs if a truck, waiting perfectly good fuel. but then an idea from a bay area software engineer. >> the original inventor was not near the auto industry. >> the con superintendent is simple, town east sill hers you don't need. >> you only on the three eggs, you only use three cylinders so you do not throw anything away. thank you true was build into a prototype and is camed dynamic skip fire. do you not see any difference or notice a different from driver's seat. >> when you drive the vehicle you have no idea you are actually deactivating sill hers.

>> this display is the only indication that you are saving between 10-20 percent of normal gas consumption as the oft wear switches the individual cylinder on-and-off. >> gray dot means that cylinder is not operating. we are go downhill at a slow speed. >> the magic is in the software and there are tweaks to the evening enbut they can be done which is critical to race the new standards for fuel economy. designing a hybrid can take years this is ready now. large vehicles are and for a long tie, another decade. >> they are testing this on smaller cars and say a four cylinder prototype is just an the condition. >> how about that? technology that is old and made new. >> we are are on a driving theme. law is a 16-year-old girl from wisconsin would has her driver's license but she got it the hard way. >> the horrifying way. she took her driving exam in the

family 31' r.v. and her father challenged her to drive the r.v. so she could have a lifetime story. look at you, you pass on the first try! >> a i had the mindset of, it is one time and then i will make the memory and if i fail i will come back and try again. >> i was happy she took the opportunity to take on the challenge. >> i challenge him to shoot video horizontally. both of her paren are proud and she said it was possible a one time deal and hopes she can get a car, now, christmas present. >> merry christmas. >> now a danger we for drivers headed to the sierra for the holiday, a warp out that you need to know to land ahead.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, hop you are doing well. >> i am reggie aqui. >> i am natasha zouves. >> meteorologist mike nicco is wearing a festive tie. >> good morning, thank you for noticing. yes, santa does not have to worry about this because he is not coming around yet. we have a ways to go. check out rain from richmond and am bone and berkeley and emeryville across the bay bridge to san francisco and up the golden gate bridge into mill valley and over the next three hours, more waves of light-to-moderate rain are rolling law and the golden gate bridge is wet right now. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s and the low 50s by

noon and breezy to afternoon. francis? >> we will start off with bart delays, ten minutes right new and reported out of oakland running on a week day schedule and modified tomorrow. no delays on muni or caltrain ask roads have been height for traffic but, just a little wet as we hook at the 101 and 80 shot in san jose, all green out there, but, just keep in mind today 880 near the coliseum is a raiders game at 5:25 so extra traffic in the area. 580 could an alternate. keep that if mind if you are headed to the airport. >> with the rain is another issues kin tides and you can see the impact yesterday at ocean beach in san francisco. the water is expected to be worse today if low lie areas in marin and san francisco and paing lot at sfo could feel it.

the king tide is expected between 9:00 and 10:00 and up 7'. >> we thing of the flooding that happens in mill valley. a building supply many is known to be flooded with up to 1" water and customers are buying emergency equipment in preparation for the storm. employees were placing filled sandbags to protect the store. we will put this up before we leave and hope for the best in the morning. all you can do. it is severe because of a full noon happening tomorrow on christmas. >> not done with christmas shopping? have no fear, 24 hour shopping is yours. that is try, can you go out the door as we speak and get everything from "star wars" toys to dad stuff. in fremont shoppers truer i to beat the last minute rush the

janet? >> yes, reggie and you guys. shoppers are out here early this morning believe it or not. we do hear that the christmas items are already marked half off but barbie dream house has been selling fast and toys 'r us has been open for 24 hours and will be open until 9:00 tonight. retailers are hoping the continued hours will draw people in along with their advertised sales and cue opinions. as usual, they specific the day before christmas to bring in a steady stream of last minute shoppers for some, like scott, he is out here early this morning to buy gifts for the kids and he came right after his graveyard shift. >> a little "star wars" stuff for the kids and frozen stuff, including sofia, and there is no line this early that is the best deal. there is if line and that is the advice if you have any last

minute shopping to do, the earlier the better's the parking lots are jam packed and before you see the long lines inside the stores. kohl's was open for 24 hours and will be closed at 6:00 p.m. and macy and nordstrom are open until 6:00 p.m. as well and target will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. so you can get your last minute shopping done. after today you can be sure to see the clouds again for the day after christmas sales. in doubt drones are the hottest christmas gifts this year and here is the proof. more than 35,000 have been registered with the f.a.a. since monday, when the government went live with the mandatory on-line registration. drones weighing up to 5 pounds must now be registered before they can legally fly. drones bought after december 21 must register immediately and

those would owned drones before that date have until february 19. >> new signs posted on the golden gate bridge warn visitors not to fly the drones, they are a security risk and could cause a crash. authorities warn if your drone is flying around the bridge it will be transgendered and confiscated and you could be prosecuted. >> police are trying to find a plan who stole three cars including a police cruisers. officers in milpitas found the man inside a parked stolen van on south main street yesterday. as they walked up to the van he somehow snuck out and stole the running police car. he drove to old oakland road in san jose and police say he abandoned the squat car and forced the woman out of her s.u.v. and stole it the shear a picture of the s.u.v. they are try to find a 1997 toyota ra with a gray rear bumper. >> southwest airline passenger

are hoping the is the time is the cam as they try to get home for the holidays today, you remember the tense emergency landing yesterday in oakland, sky 7 was over the airport as flights 25, 47, had a perfect landing after a problem with the landing gear which was scary nor the passengers. after taking off an alarm sounded and the pilot discovered the mechanical issue but the plan had to burn off fuel because i was headed to chicago. they had to circle the central valley for four nerve wracking hours. >> i thought i was going to indictment people were scareed. they worked to get the pat jersey back open plane yesterday but some decided to wait until today. >> avalanche of toys is expected to listen today at san francisco lefty o'doul's during the 15th annual last minute 20 hour toy drive. look at video from last year,

volunteers will accept curb side donation from drivers in front of the famous union street location starting at 5 o'clock a.m., and the toys are taken to places an city to ensure that every kyle has a present. after christmas were time to get ready for new year's eve, you are inviting to get ready for dick clark's new year rockin' new year's and at 11:00 a look at how we celebrate in the bay area and the countdown to 2016 continues at 11:30 with more new years rockin' eve. right new, though, a forecast from rockin' mike. >> we are rockin' the urge umbrella. a limit bit of height showers rolling through the neighbors and you can see on live doppler hd. the rain is at 80 coming from vallejo right down through richmond and cross 24 you will be wet. coming out of the tunnel, across the bay bridge and san francisco

all the way down to daly city and pacifica and colma. you can see on the camera the rain is falling on the embarcadero. we will have more showers and breezy conditions this afternoon, with low-to-mid 50s and june to 52 degrees, with a light rain move through san jose earlier and 280 and 17 is wet and dry air runs tomorrow and it will be freeze good morning cold friday night and art morning and saturday into sunday morning and rebound with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. francis? i was hoping they would call you magic mike and we would see moon. >> that is a different show! >> different show. a new year's show! >> it is really light. take it easy, highway 4 to the maze and the drive time has not changed only 14 minutes up to lake tahoe, of course, you need the chains. have them handy through the weekend. another easy ride across the san mateo bridge, you cannot fiend delays on drive times.

it is great across the richmond-san rafael and green across the san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge. >> did you get a text from santa >> he does text me. >> so far he has delivered 780 million presents an the world. >> impressive. >> we will check out where santa is on for road tracker he is delivering to good boys and girls in australia. >> good day. in california, state veterinarian cleared the reindeer to enter california for christmas, which is the requirement each year, the p allows nine reindeer including rudolph entry into the state between tomorrow evening -- tonight and christmas morning. >> what happens after that? are they kicked out? >> they are asked to move on. if you want to track santa we have a link on abc7news.com and it is very gentle. chipolte is making big changes following the e. coli rout break and what it is doing to keep you

safe all the force of mother nature in mississippi that nature in mississippi that knocked over a

santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. check out the forceful winds with the semi coming straight toward us knocked completely over on the highway in

mississippi. right now the search is on for missing people. a tornado watch is in affect in alabama and georgia. there were 29 reported tornadoes in just 24 hours. it killed seven people in several states. our reporter is tracking the hardest hit areas on christmas eve. >> i think that is a tornado braking up. >> a strong line of powerful storms churned up tornadoes from the midwest to the south. >> indiana, iowa, mississippi and tennessee survived nearly two dozen come firmed twister that last eight people dead and 40 injured. >> i can't stick around here. i will go find color. >> in northern mississippi, holly spring, a seven-year-old was among the dead under the biggest threat at four million people taking cover. drivers were caught on the roads trying to figure out how to escape. >> there is a tornado in front

of us. >> settle down. >> if tennessee, the work to clear the final roads began after the strong winds threw vehicles around, ripped down power lines and destroyed homes the tornado damage here but in the west more severe weather with the roads snowy mess in utah impacting the traffic. 80-miles-per-hour gusts in california tore the roof off of this building and toppled tractor-trailers on the major freeway. >> scary. i don't like this truck rocking. >> big-rigs were banned from the california highway until the winds died down. the midwest and south there are states of emergency as residents pick up the pieces on this christmas eve. >> we are tracking travel delays and cancellation, with already seeing 450 delay around the country, and 80 cancellations right now and on the ipad check out the misery map the

proportion of wet often east coast and as i pull up atlanta you can see the most delayed airport right now followed by john f. kennedy and if we move over here to sfo or our airports, it is pretty good. if you are wondering, the business of the travel days are sunday december 27 and sunday january 3rd. >> if you are driving instead and heading to lake tahoe, an avalanche advisory is issued for the sierra with the natural avalanche is unlikely but could be triggered by humans because of the fresh snow and in it the after launch was caught on camera east of pro vo and the avalanche center reported it slid 5,000' but no one was hurt. >> we are going to see a lot of more snow over the next couple of days and to lower elevations around here. >> 1' or two in the sierra and down to 2,500' and we could have a dusty of a couple of is and more likely south of monterey

you get the most in the mountains. tomorrow morning some of us will have snow the now, the king tide, 9:56 the second of two of highest we will have this season, and friday we will start to taper and on saturday, it will be the last day of king tides. adding live minutes to that you have what time it will peak in mill valley with flooding an hour to two hours on either side of that up this. we have a few showers around hayward and redwood city heading to stanford and the best radar runs are around bay point down highway 4 to more ten necessary and concord and pleasanton hill, and to walnut creek and lafayette and pulling away from orinda and around san leandro to oakland across the bay bridge and to san francisco and you can see there is more coming in the north and look at the thunder and lightning that we are seeing with those and that will happen this afternoon. here is my seven-day forecast: temperatures in the low-to-mid 50s, freezing cold tomorrow night and saturday night.

>> we will check out delays reporting continue meant delays from oakland on bart with a weeks ago weekday but tomorrow is modified for christmas and muni is on a modified schedule with no delays on caltrain but a holiday schedule for tomorrow and no major accidents reported so far in the north bay and even the rain that is moving through you can see still a little bit wet but, not crowded at all. guys? >> ally possibility announcing changes in cooking methods this or, another attempt to reassure the public that the food safe to eat after 9. cold outbreak. the fast food chain is dipping onions if boiling water before they are sliced, raw chicken is not marinated in bowls but they use resealable plastic bags. cilantro is added to the hot rice so the heat kills the germs

>> slow drove police say a shooting that hurt four people outside a nightclub may have been a hate claim after two were arrested over attempted murder. the shooting happened in the pack lot of club calient. words were changed and the fight spilled outside and there is evidence of a hate crime. >> statements frommens te us that comments were made to the victims allegedly they were homosexual and it will be handed over to the district attorney. >> two san francisco firefighters are recovering after being shot by a rooftop solar -- shocked by a rooftop solar panel with flames in the fireplace spread from the chimney to the roof and the at tick. crews determined what happened and a firefighter was hospitalsized. >> a richmond man is accused of

making death threats against members of a mosque and has pleaded not guilty to felony of criminal threats with a hate crime enhancement. sunday, the police found a homemade pipe bomb inside the home after someone called 9-1-1 say he could have planned to harl the muslims of the community. he could face seven years in prison if convicted. >> two employees of the archdiocese of san francisco have filed a class action lawsuit and these are big accusations, failing to make required health care contributions under san francisco city law and misrepresenting benefits, and forcing workers to sign a legal waiver. the director of communication released a statement to abc7 saying that "we have become aware of the legal action filed against us but have had no time to study it or respond." >> christmas is a time for homecoming and the one here was a little bit different than most >> and wayne freedman reports it was not a person would came home

but a controversial and beloved...duck. >> a duck goes quack. >> remember the duck? she was rescued from the street as a duckling by the citizens and they came to love her especially the cook would became her caretaker. >> she was a little baby. >> in the summer, the duck flew away leading to an extended stay at wild care rescue in san rafael. the nonprofit could not send her home because wild birds are not allowed to become pets. >> we ended up in a position where it looks like we were trying to hold on to the duck and that was never the case. >> it wasn't pretty when seniors mounded a public relations campaign to save the duck. >> i don't know why we can't

have her back. >> today, it did, after months of paperwork and unspecified dollars, the duck returns accompanied by a mad presentation press papparazzi dash, and she is meeting all requirements including a rule of no petting, which could be a test. >> she wants love. >> if a duck want as lap? >> she can have a lap. >> nice to see you. hi. >> there it is, a happy ending and an entirely positive spin on the concept of "having a duck for christmas." for abc7 news. >> slow is re-adjusting and needs her space. >> you can look at the duck. you can hitful at the duck the don't town the dark. >> she will be a lap duck soon. >> steph curry is using the star power for an permit cause and

tackle gun violence and is especially concerned. >> steph curry is not stopping this and he made wishes to come raw for young warriors fans and michael finney isancing burning questions from you. if you have a question record it using the smart phone tore using the smart phone tore tablet and share it

>> the warehouse got practice against the cavs cruising beyond the utah jazz no problem. klay thompson led with 20 points last might and steph curry added 16, and they are undefeated with the victory. new, the warriors have won 31 in

a reat oracle arena. they head into tomorrow's match with a 27-1 record the best start in n.b.a. history for 28 games. i have a feeling they will adding to the list of wins. >> steph curry is jumping into a new arena. >> i have a voice to share and stop again violence. ought ad will air during the nba games starting christmas day, financed by "every town for gun safety." it was started by a former new york mayor bloomberg with commons by victims of gone violence. steph curry said that he is especially concerned as a father of two little girls. if you would like to watch the commercial we have a link on our website. >> ten fans from across the country have life threatening medical conditions and requested to meek steph curry through make a wish foundation and spent the morning with deck stick and

watched the regame work out at oracle arena. [ inaudible ] >> a year of chemo and half aee of radiation. it was hard. i looked up to him. he went through obstacles and i can go through mine. >> they got do watch last night's win over the jazz and they were super excited. tomorrow, the warriors take on the cavaliers for the first time since the n.b.a. finals and you can watch the game right here on abc7 with coverage at 2:00 p.m. we would love it if you send the we would love it if you send the fan photos #dubson7and >> was that a rain dance? or christmas news dance? dubs nation dance?

>> (d) all of the above. yes. now, 25 to 50 .25" to .5" of rain and it lookings like we will have gusts at 45 miles per hour and snow level down to around 2,500 feet during the evening when you are at the game with chargeers and raiders, 50 at 5:25 and kickoff to 44 and you could get west with the breezes making it feel cooler than that, and this is for friday might and saturday night so saturday morning and sunday morning is when we will have the freeze temperatures and friday night and saturday night is when you need to republic for them in the north bay valley and east bay valley and the santa clear valley and around the state it is wet in the lower elevation and snow and right now the grapevine will stay snow free and in lake tahoe we have a winter storm warning for the western slope until 10:00 a.m. for lake tahoe and look how much snow you will get, yes, 1-2'

more fresh powder. my seven-day forecast shows the snow falling from the camera there, and way will notice is the heaviest of the snow is today, ask snow showers tomorrow and easier travel on saturday, and more snow showers on monday, and blinding sunshine on tuesday and wednesday. >> how is the commute? >> looking great. i still did not see mike's dance moves. we have green traffic but ill be slow -- but it will be slow oakland before 5:00 because of the raiders game and gates open at 1:30 so remember that at oakland airport it could impact you. 580 is the alternate, with the area of green showing you where the wet rain or the roads could be affecting drives advisory and the toll plaza and there were no incidents showing

up on by c.h.p. screen and 87 in san jose all great. unfortunately a mountain lion had to be put down. it happened last night on highway 17 south of los gatos and it is a beautiful animal you can see it huddled near the center divider. the c.h.p. officer stayed with the mountain lion until fish and wildlife arrived and they determined it was necessary to put the cat down. >> better news for a crow run over accident by by a police officer on a bicycle is nursed back to health and is flying. the officer in november break the yes' wing and put it in a box and took it to wild care and it worked. the vets treated the injury and deemed the crow ready to fly. watch it...watch it, hope i restored to all and no sign of wing damage. >> and now new joy at the

oakland zoo. the baboon is clinging to her mother born last month and mom is protective to keep her from being harmed by the overly playful siblings. the little ones want to carry the baby and the only when allowed to touch the baby or do anything is the mother of baby. >> she is now the only new baboon, two new males are getting acquainted after being acquired from a new york zoo and now there are 14 baboons in all at the zoo. our a store owner in florida is getting attention for a unique christmas holiday promotion. >> by jewelry and get a free shotgun. the jewelry store in florida, can you buy jewelry worth more than $450 and orgeat free 12-gauge shotgun and running the promotion for three years and the owner said the fire and ice promotion is so popular they have run out of shotguns and had

to put in more orders. >> [ inaudible ] >> the remainly he said the customs have to have a federal back grand check before they can leave with the gun. >> elf on parole and a new recruit is helping a young police station spread the holiday cheer. >> mike has to what expect for >> mike has to what expect for the rest of the

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news coming up on 6:00 at christmas eve and we are track ing a cold storm making its way into the bay area with live doppler hd showing green so you could wake up to rain right now. >> good morning, thanks for joining us. i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. merry christmas eve. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the rain.

>> san leandro is the best radar with the full on picture there as it moves down san leandro street, 185 and 580, and 880 all looking wet right new. you can see what is going to happen the next six hours, waves of light to mods rat shows and some of them could contain thunder and lightning and small hail headed to the afternoon and evening. the 12-hour day planner shows temperatures in the 30s and 40s and we are in the upper 40s to mid-50s in the afternoon. >> yes, a new crash on the peninsula and this is in san mateo southbound we we possibly an overturned car crash c.h.p. got the message and they are on route. right now bar is running continue pents late from oakland because of an early equipment problem and they are on a week day schedule and tomorrow it is modified and we are on a miffed schedule as well for muni.