walnut creek camera as the east bay gets ready for another freeze. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma is here to tell us how gold it's going to get. >> as the sun has set, the numbers are dropping as we speak. currently 46 in oakland right now. san jose, a cool temperature of 47 degrees. currently 43 in napa and a chilly 41 in livermore. tonight, temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s, the freeze warning in effect begins at midnight, including all locations except the coast and san francisco, where we could see the freeze damage to sensitive plants, tomorrow we are tracking a little bit of rain, minimal storm, one on the storm impact scale but will bring wet weather. we'll go hour-by-hour on future weather coming up. >> thank you. as drew mentioned, that chill will be felt just about everywhere in the bay area.

we have team coverage live in walnut creek with how people are staying warm. >> reporter: temperatures are dropping but it's not stopping people front getting outside and enjoying the holiday weather and this weekend. look behind me. the walnut creek ice skating rink. folks have been packing the place all day long and automatic day long it has been cold in the east bay. here's video taken from earlier today. black ice covered part of the road and patches of ice in the exist off highway 24, and in lafayette, homes hat white rooftops. in well nut creek a water main burst downtown on bonanza street. the cold temperature may be to blame nor pipe break. crews worked until also while ago repairing the pipe and the street. the recommendation is to wrap your pipes when it gets this

cold, and wrap yourselves up as well. >> i'm freezing. it's very cold out here. but we're having a good time with the kids playing. >> why not just stay inside? >> just want to celebrate winter right now. >> reporter: a lot of families were out enjoying the fresh cold air, but it will get down into the 30s tonight. back here live now. there will be a freeze warning in effect from midnight until 9:00 a.m. live in walnut creek, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> i like how the lady said, celebrate area in the central valley, the fresno area is getting ready for a hard freeze. temperatures could drop into the 20s in. citrus growers are trying to protect their crops, using water and wind machines to bring up the temperatures and reduce the dam to the fruit. the freeze watch is happening late in the season.

that's good. so more of the crop has been harvested. the sugar content of the fruit is also higher, which helps better protect it from the cold. developing news out of ventura county where a 45-mile-per-hour santa ana winds whipping up a wildfire burning since last night north of ventura. a 15-mile stretch of highway 101 re-opened this afternoon. i was closed almost immediately after a duned pour line sparked the fire. nearly 60 homes in the solimar beach community are under mandatory evacuation. >> a very dynamic fire. fire is going to resist our control because we're at the end of the drought, not out of the woods yet. >> more than 600 firefighters and four aircraft are battling the wildfire. now just 10% contained. happening now. east and south of sacramento, mean club after two tornadoes

touched down on christmas eve. one hit in modesto, the other in el dorado hills. that's the twister here. reporter francis wong shows despite damage, business owners are picking up the pieces and trying to get back to normal. >> didn't care enough to do anything yesterday because it was christmas. >> reporter: for a guy whose business got hit bay tornado on his day off -- >> this morning i was there at the crack of dawn. >> reporter: you can see he is just as jolly as saint nick. >> it's all over the place. >> reporter: literally. the roof, front porch, railings, blown every by the christmas eve tornado. still he is choosing to see the silver lining of this funnel cloud. >> it was a dry day yesterday, so most of the stuff dried up. the carpets and things are still wet. >> reporter: you can see the extent of the damage behind the building. the front porch here flew over the rooftop.

and part of it is stuck in the tree. and also took out this electrical panel so now the business will have to run on a generator for the next few days. >> i've got that all working. i'm about 85% right now. we're able to do predominantly every car that comes in. >> that includes brad's car, whose registration expires in a few days. >> this is very convenient right now. >> i was running out of time. report report he's not the only one rushing to get things done before the new year. >> every month, at the end of the month, registrations are due so didn't want to be out of business. my landlord asked me to shut down, but i think it's inconvenient for all the people that were going to come here. >> reporter: may not be ideal. >> i chose to do it this way. >> reporter: but gets the job done. >> everybody is working and keeps my customers happy, and so far so good. >> reporter: francis wang for abc7 news. >> new details on a police shooting that killed a man in

palo alto. it happened last night at a home for people with drug and mental health issues on fourth avenue in palo alto. today police tape marks the spot where it happened. we're near the scene. police have just released some new information about what led up to that shooting. >> reporter: police say that the person who was shot is the one who called 9-1-1 in the first place. they suspect he was waiting for officers to arrive armed with a knife. this residential health facility looks like any other house on this palo alto street. it takes in men and women with mental health issues for treatment programs. christmas night, palo alto police were called here for a disturbance. they shot and killed the suspect, who they say charged at officers with a knife. >> we heard gunshots, and we immediately just turned off all the lights and went to the back of the house because we were scared. >> reporter: police sale the person shot was the one who

called 9-1-1. he allegedly called in a false emergency to summon officers there. neighbors describe the center run by a group as transitional housing. >> most of the people who are paroled there are very respectful and they're very good neighbors. rot rot a resident two did not want to be on camera told me the person who was shot was a patient and that the man had been living there for only a few days. she described him as being off. she says other residents saw him armed with a butter knife. a neighbor heard staff members trying to calm the man down, then gunfire. she comforted one of the workers sitting out front. >> he appeared to be very distressed and he just kept going on, they didn't need to shoot him. >> the suspect died after being taken to the hospital. the district attorney's office is investigating. in palo alto, abc7 news. >> a driver blamed trouble with his steering wheel for an dent that damaged two homes in

milpitas. the man's car first pushed a parked suv into a garage door along badgerwood lane. he then tried to back up and lost control again. his car then hit a home, rupturing a water pipe. no one was hurt. police say the driver is cooperating with their investigation. student activist spoke and the university of california has listened. still ahead on abc7 news at 6:00, how the influence a $30 million sale and a controversial private business. also ahead, in you for ambien. how stanford researchers say it can help people recover from strokes.

student activists plan to renew the push for the university of california system to dump stock in fossil fuels after the sold off $30 million of investments in companies that operate private prisons and the administrators met with students earlier this

month, and this move did not require the approval of uc regents. uc owns $100 billion in stocks. you might take the popular sleeping pill ambien to get a good night's rest. now stanford researchers it might also promote healing for stroke patients. the team discovered ambien helped mice regain their prestroke sensory acute and motor skills and stress that independent research needs to be done. 800,000 americans suffer strokes every year. the stanford study appears online? journal "brain." >> a food network star wants to close down a chain. '. >> coming up in sports a controversial ending to one of today's bowl game and another big honor for the warriors' steph

you are invited to ring in 2016 with abc7.

rick arkansas' new years rockin' eve with ryan seacrest begins thursday at 8:00 p.m. with a break for abc7 news at 11:00, and then the countdown to 2016 continues at 11:30 with more new years rockin' eve. celebrity chef guy fear -- fieri wants to leave a restaurant chane hi founded. he signaled his intent to dissolve the chain in a petition to the state. it's because of a legal dispute between the food network star and his long can time business partner. gruber is suing fieri to stop the dissolution of the restaurant. he wants to buy fieri's shares and keep it open. johnny garlic has several locations. frigid temperatures are happening these days.

let's get a real check of the accuweather forecast. here's meteorologist drew tuma. >> once again like last night, temperatures going to drop into the upper 20s and lower 30s. so a freeze warning will go into effect at midnight. live doppler 7hd. part of the reason why re wi'll get so cold, we have clear skies so nothing to trap the heat near the surface. a live look outside, beautiful shot. the visibility is really good. you can see as far as our camera can see, and a nice night on the way in terms of looking at it. outside, though, frigid overnight. we'll track the chance of showers tomorrow for the second half of your day. after that chance it's a dry pattern for the rest of the seven-day forecast. going outside, jackets needed with the clear skies. already dropping into the mid-30s by 9:00. by 11:00 you could see some spots near freezing and below freezing after midnight. so, right now a cool 40 in fairfield. 47 in san jose.

48, san francisco. 44 in santa rosa. overnight tonight, that freezes warning goes into effect at midnight tonight. we're below freezing overnight in concord, livermore, fairfield, napa, up 20s. 30 in santa rosa, 39, half moon bay, san jose, 3. after the chill moves out, by sunday afternoon, we'll track the chance of a light shower. it's a minimal one on our storm impact scale. expecting less than a quarter inch of total rain and minimal sierra show. sunday morning, a mixture of clouds and sunshine out there. we'll track he chance of a shower popping up sunday afternoon. that chance will continue into the evening hours. this sunday at 10:00 with the hit or miss showers and then out by monday morning, and monday afternoon on the way to dry and bright skies. so, future tracker rainfall amounts show you it's really a minimal system. has a lack of moisture with it. less than a quarter inch of rain, and most spots on the map will ended up less than a tenth

of an inch of moisture by monday morning. in terms of snow, not a block butter storm in the sierra. one, two, three inches of snow by monday morning, will add to the winter atmosphere they have. back here at home in the bay area, afternoon, increasing clouds, chance of scattered showers, most spots low 50s. 54, san jose 53, oakland. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast, tracking the chance of a shower after a cold morning tomorrow. monday's afternoon sunshine, and then a pat at the changes for the drier. tuesday, wednesday, sunshine. by new year's eve, a dry pattern. we're mild on 2016, first day on friday, next weekend, starting off win sunshine and 60s popping up, especially inland. >> but tonight, cover the plants and bring in the animals -- >> specially the animals. they hate the cold as much as we do. >> thank you, drew.

so, take that, mark jackson, another honor for steph curry. >> he upsetted your favorite player. steph curry. >> he offended the team. >> steph, what more can you say. he's great for the game. and as great a player he is, an even better person. after leaving the warriors to their first nba title, and being the league's most valuable player, he was named the "associated press" "associated press" soap athlete of the year help is the fourth nba player to win the award in his history joining michael jordan, and beat our american pharoah and golfer jordan spieth. this season curry has gotten even better, increasing his scoring average to more than 30-points a game and getting golden state off to a 28-1 start the best in nba history. >> be able to celebrate the end of 2015, which was a great year for me and my team, and the organization.

so, more encouragement to keep doing what i'm doing, and definitely recognize all that hand this year. >> more beside knaus for the garner, alex boone will miss the final two games of the season with a knee injury him had been named an alter -- alternate for the pro bowl. take his place is jarryd hayne. he was earlier signed to team's practice squad. tomorrow the 49ers are at detroit. the college football bowl season rolled on with southern miss and washington in the heart of dallas bowl. second quarter, huskies receiver takes the ball on a reverse and weaves 29 yards for a touchdown. washington only led by four at intermission but would dominate the second half. gaston breaks loose for an 86-yard score. he rushed for 181 yards and scored four times as the huskies win 44-31. they finish the year 7-6.

at the sun bowl in el paso it was snowing. this man didn't seem to mind. washington state taking on miami. cougars quarterback finds marks for six. 17-7 wazzu at the half. with the snow coming down the canes rally. the lead cut to six in the fourth. but this pass is going to be picked off. washington state goes on to win 20, 14, torch mike leach gets the win and hopefully not pneumonia. >> at the pinstripe bowl, duke and and at yankees stadium. this game went to overtime. the hoosiers griffin oklahomas needs to kick a field goal to send the game into second ot. appears to be good the officials say no and it's not reviewable so duke wins. 44-41. it's their first bowl victory in 54 years.

after 29 years of virginia tech, frank beamer trying to go out with a win against tulsa in the independence goal. ed the golden hurricanes strike first. they combinedded for more than 700 university offense the fir half. the hokies answered with the quick screen. takes it 75 yards down the sideline for a. under beamer, virginia tech became known for great special teams. when the punt return, breaks loose for the score. midway in the fourth the hokies lead tulsa 55-45. at the st. petersburg bowl of florida, connecticut vs. marshall. the thundering herd quarterback who grew up in the area, connects for this score. marshall wins 16. fingers 10-3. you can watch college football semifinals on espn thursday at 1:00, oklahoma and clemson and then at 5:00, michigan state

plays alabama in the cotton bowl classic, leading up to the national championship game, january 11th on espn. this sports report has been brought to you by bank of the west. >> lots of bowl games. thank you, rick. a special arrival this morning in los angeles. it's headed to the bay area. next at 6:00, the major landmark some

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zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. breaking news in san francisco. this is a live look from the abc7 news room camera of a double-decker tour bus crash on the the embark -- embarcadero. there are six injuries reported so far. re have the latest at 9:00 on kofy tv at 11:00 right here on channel 77 the largest container ship to visit north america will be in oakland by new year's. this is new video of the frances benjamin franklin. the ship will travel between china, south korea, and california. that is going to do it for us. that is it for the abc7 news

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