>> it's scary for a kid my age, you know. you never heard a gunshot before. >> the park police officer shot by a suspect. plus -- thousands of gallons of water gushed down a san francisco street. i'm spencer christian as the sunsets on a chilly christmas day. prepare for a widespread freezing tonight. i'll have the accuweather forecast. >> and dub nation from around the world at oracle tonight. see the nba finals rematch between the warriors and cavaliers. hundreds volunteer their holiday giving to those in need. we're going to take you to an event all around the bay today. >> live from the kgo evening

broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> you just stop right now. >> cell phone video shows a b.a.r.t. police officer takes a man into custody. police say that man shot and injured another b.a.r.t. officer in heyward. good evening and merry christmas. abc 7 news reporter is live at the heyward b.a.r.t. station with the story tonight. >> well, dan, you can machblg these witnesses were really shaken up. they hear these gunshots on the holiday. just less than an hour ago, we heard from b.a.r.t. police including the suspect in all of this had used a stolen gun to shoot the police officer. also, that he was in a u-haul with plates that had been swapped. and, finally, we learned that the suspect has a prior record including burglary and drug charges. >> it's excitement. but too much excitement when you have gunshots in the neighborhood. >> the 15-year-old was enjoying

christmas when they say they heard gun shots. >> if gary were a kid my age. >> outside, they discovered a b.a.r.t. police officer shot. palmer took this video. >> you just be quiet. you just stop right now. >> he's just trying to get up. >> according to b.a.r.t. police, officers saw a suspicious person in a u-haul with a broken window. he told police his name was charles getting, a man police say is on searchable probation. >> when the officer asked him to put his arms on his head, he reached to his waistband and pulled a weapon. >> reporter: he and his dad focused on the officer shot. witnesses estimate they heard as many as six gunshots. it is unclear how many bullets hit the officer or the suspected. >> what appeared to be the

suspect's shoes, clothing and backpack remained on the scene after the shooting. >> i was just in shock just to see it. >> alex mart nez was driving past b.a.r.t. at the time. >> i was, like, 25 feet away. definitely, they're aiming towards the b.a.r.t. garage. >> helping an officer was instink which you. >> it's something you have to do, you know. >> according to officials, that b.a.r.t. officer has been treated at the hospital and released. as for the suspect, officials say that he was in surgery and he's now in stable condition. the officer thachs shot, according to officials, has just under five years experience and the other b.a.r.t. police officer that shot the suspect has about ten years experience. we've learned that both officers were wearing body cameras. >> all right, melanie, thanks very much. in pacifica, this is all that's left of two cars.

two people sadly died in this accident when the driver going the wrong way on highway one plowed head on into an uber car. investigators say the wrong-way driver and the uber passenger, a man in his mid 20s were killed. miraculously, the uber drooicher suffered only minor injuries. the passenger in the ubber car was not wearing a seat belt. >> i couldn't imagine myself or other family members. but, yes, we had a very tragic incident this morning. >> very, very sad, obviously, on christmas. drugs and alcohol have not been ruled out. the victim's identity have not been released. a motorcycle rider who left sheriff's deputies on a peninsula was arrested after crashing his bike. there you see it. it happened this afternoon in redwood city. deputies say the rider was wanted for a felony warntd. the rider led officers on a

high-speed chase through several residential neighborhoods. the rider was not hurt. >> power crews had a very busy day today. cleaning up a mess left behind by powerful winds yesterday. >> locals suspect it was a tornado across the neighborhood. the national wealther service says they are still investigating. >> we haven't been able to see any visual confirmation of the tornado. there's a couple people in the apartment complex. the winds were real strong, but they didn't see any evidence. >> another tornado came down yesterday near fulsome lake. it traveled across about 8 miles in eldorado and amador counties. >> a good time for skiers and snow borders to be sure. this is video from our heavenly camera. the ski resort reports 24 inches of new snow in just the past 24 hours. back here in the bay area,

temperatures as low as the 20s. let's go to abc 7 news weather anchor. >> this morning's lows dropped to, check them out, 28, 27 at napa, 31 at livermore. many other locations within the freezing mark. we are in the grips of a three-day cold snap. overnight will be very cold, as well. in effect, midnight tonight. 9:00 tomorrow morning for virtually all of the bay area. lows in the mid 20s to low 30s. with conditions on this, damage to plants is a possibility as well as the risk of hypothermia. i'll shoi shw you how low the l will go. >> some families in san carlos certainly did not envision

spending their christmas morning without power and cleaning up damage after a big tree came crashing down on their homes yesterday. the tree came down on winding way near windsor drive late last night. it crushed two cars into the house, power lines were brought down as well, knocking out electricity. the family lives nearby and they are just refusing to let the downed trees spoil their christmas. >> why not, man, it's christmas? just because there's no power and it's not warm. we had a fireplace, you know, and we have a gas stove so we could have breakfast and a little hot chocolate. >> pg&e restored power this afternoon, but recent weather may be to blame for that tree coming down. as you well know, basketball is a christmas tra kigs. the warriors are now 28-1 after winning the nba finals rematch against lebron james and the cavaliers.

some of dub nation supporters came from far away to catch the nba chant. jonathan bloom is there live. >> fans came to see an awesome game and that's what they god. it's a good thing they got their money's worth because they came from all over the globe for the nba finals rematch. on the court, it was 32 lucky kids who got christmas presents from the team. but for thousands of fans, the best of all. >> this is your christmas celebration. >> you brought me tickets to the game? >> they drove all night from sabsan diego to get here.

they even came from the north pole. i'm here to see steph curry and lebron james. >> this is going to be one of the greatest rematches, bar none. why would we miss this? >> the trash talking started early. >> always lebron, you know? >> what about her? >> oh, every day she's always talking about steph curry, clay thompson. >> what do you think of lebron? >> i hate lebron. >> lebron has some haters in this crowd. >> oh, yeah. where ever he goes, he's going to have haters. >> the cavs fans were walking on enemy ground. and even though he's wearing red, father christmas knows who

he's rooting for. >> reporter: santa claus delivered for those warrior fans. at oracle arena, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> iesha curry shared this photo saying merry christmas from our family to yours, isn't that nice. she says taking a family picture is a holiday tradition. and merry christmas from the curries. everyone is wearing the same pajamas. steph posted this last night on his instagram page. we'll have post-game reaction coming up in just a few minutes in our sports segment. let's turn now to football. abc 7 was there as nebraska football players helped hand out

3,000 meals to those in need. the team has been practicing, but nebraska's coach says they've been really blasting them. >> this might be the most special thing they do outside of the box, where they get a chance to help somebody else. that's always the most rewarding things that anybody can do. >> ucla players were helping out. the team helped prepare food trays. the kickoff between nebraska and ucla is tomorrow. and some very special helpers worked this christmas day to make sure people got their holiday mail delivered. the u.s. post office works hard every season making sure that all of those christmas cards and presents are delivered on time. today was no exception, at least for priority express mail. abc 7 news was at the willow

glen post office as dozens of weather carriers volunteered to sort the mail. >> i did. >> the post office tells us they plan to deliver every piece of express priority mail in san jose today. >> we got a break from this christmas rain today, but you couldn't tell from this. also, toy shopping on christmas day, the special give away to help hundreds of unfortunate children. plus, dialing the wrong number can be awkward. but how about if it came from space? and, later -- >> in the life of mary and

joseph. >> the south bay church where you can see this

this flooding is not from recent rain. it's a water main break that sent thousands of gallons of water gushing down towards steiner and union street. one took advantage of the rushing waterer to clean the street. the area is just washing some of the dirt away. >> it took a water company more than an hour to shut off the water. that's because they had to turn off several valves. the stores may be closed

today, but some san francisco kids still did some school shopping. abc 7 news and the western edition as hundreds of kids got to pick out the toys. they left the o'doules holiday drive. the restaurant dropped off 4,000 items for today's give away. >> and i got something for like signs. >> each collide was able to pick out three toys. isn't that nice. they were dribted to several bay area organizations. a south bay ministry brought the christmas spirit to the san jose homeless today. as it served up hot meals under the highway 87 underpass, the group has been working with the

homeless for 25 years now. they also distributed sleeping bags, blankets and clothes. well, moving on, anyone can dial a wrong number, right? but it's not often done from space. british astronaut tweeted out an apology today. i'd like to apologize to the lady i just called by mistake by saying hello, is this planet earth. not a prank call, just a wrong number. he arrived at the international space station on december 15th. he's spending six months there conducting science experiments. >> we want to thank our abc 7 now community for sharing our holiday pictures. adrian shared this picture on instagram snuggling by the fire. and a real event today, merry christmas, full moon this morning. it's the first full moon on christmas since 1977.

the next one will be in 2034. share your pictures and videos on associate media using the hash tag abc 7 now. we may use them on the air or on line. by then, maybe i'll get my christmas shopping done on time. >> spencer christian is here. >> oh, just a super day. sunny skies. a little chilly outside. >> we still have clear skies, mainly around the bay area. it's going to be really cold tonight. here's the view from the camera looking north from the few clouds we mentioned earlier. it's going to be 50 degrees here in san francisco. 47 at oakland, 49 at mountainview. morgan hill at halve moon bay. check out this view of a colorful post sun set sky from our east bay hills camera. it's 40 degrees right now, napa

46, 49 at livermoral who stands at 46. and here's the view from our rooftop camera here at abc 7. a chance of some showers late sunday night. let's talk about this freeze warning we have tonight. for all of the bay area, except san francisco and the coastline. temperatures down to 26. 3 is in concord. coldest night would be tomorrow night. except, again, san francisco. on we go to sunday morning. 10:00 we start our forecast animation there. clouds will be dropping down to the bay area sunday morning. there's that little chance of

rain mainly in the north bay sunday evening. it looks like it's going to swing on through. here's a look at our rainfall chances here in san francisco. for the next seven days, about a 60% chance. 10% chance on monday and near zero for the remainder of the week. it's goirng to be a dry pattern next week. highs tomorrow on the seasonably cool side. up to 54 at oakland, 54 at napa and santa rosa. there's that free still again. early tomorrow morning and cold sunday morning. temperatures will moderate the next few morning. there's a sliegt chance of rain sunday night into early monday morning. sunny and dry next week. milder toward the end of the week just in time for new year's day.

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with kerry not a lun dread percent, greene came up up big on both oends of the court. the cavs would not go quietly. ties it at 33.

missed most of last year's full-times last year with a knee injury. tried to pull away in the third. clay thompson was there to clean up. now, the cleveland turnover. dremon with 2 points and 15 brords. lebron with a jumper, that cuts the warrior's lead to five. he came off the bench to score a season-high 16. golden state threatening to break it open. he had back-to-back dumps. the lead was down to three, but it's kerry with the answer. the warriors had their lowest scoring game of the season, but hold off the kavs, they're now 28-1. it's their 32nd straight win at home. >> with this type of build-up to it and everything, it can be sloppy. early on. because of everyone being so excited. but i thought our guys handled it well. >> also today, kevin duran plays

host to the fire. russel westbrook, it's like he fwot a fruitcake for christmas. chicago owned the third quarter. the steal and dunk. jimmy butler with a team-high 23 points. >> just seconds left for tie. anthony davis with a chance to rent it. his shot is off the mark. he finished with 30 points and ten rebounds. the heat now have won seven straight on christmas day. charles woodson beat san diego in orr time.

this was the final game for the silver and black. tried to make it a story, but finished with a chance to win the contest and got the ball on the double reverse. he was stoched for a three-yard loss. >> that would have been an amazing way to end it. i said man, just throw it up, i've got your back. but i think he did the right thing. >> i wanted to, but they played it as well as you would played it. and what would i have looked like if i had thrown an interception. >> that's right. when it doubt, don't throe it. only 5-7. meanwhile, the bruins have a chance to finish the year 9-4. >> it would give us a chance to win 38 games in four years. but more than anything, it's just an opportunity to play the game toegt as a team and test

ourselves against one of the great teams in college football. >> don't forget, you can watch the semifinals on espn, new year's eve. the orange bowl followed by michigan state and the alabama in the cotton bowl. it all leads up to the national kmampon ship game january 11th on espn. abc 7 sports report had been brought to you by bank of the west. coming up next, the elaborate nativity scene.

here's the line-up tonight on abc 7. it is the cma kouchb tri christmas followed by 20/20 at 10:00 and then join me for abc 7

news at 11:00. a nativity scene is drawing interest for a nativity detail. it's 15 scenes including life on the nile all the way until jesus was 12 years old. some 230 figures were reported from spain but the scenery was all hand-made by church goers. >> you see them by a group of volunteers, who started back in july. a basic styrofoam, masking tape and wire. >> more than 5,000 people have visited this nativity scene. you can check it out until january 3rd at our lady of peace church which is in santa clara. that is our report. we appreciate your time here on this christmas night. hope you have a wonderful day with the family. happy holidays. we'll be back at 11:00.