off. "no parking" signs are hung. at the water waterfront the fences are up stretching to the bay bridge. this is trying to keep tens of thousands of people safe as they watch the half hour fireworks show along the waterfront. there are a lot of ways to celebrate. kiss your date, pop champagne, release confetti, dance the fight away, all great options. setting off illegal fireworks is a way to begin 2016 behind bars. san francisco officials want to you know no fireworks, not even sparklers, are allowed in the city. oakland police say extra officers are own patrol and anyone firing a weapon or setting off fire works will be arrested. both cities will have extra

patrols. here in san francisco, every available officer is on the street and some in plain clothes and others monitoring the roads to prevent drunk driving. remember, have a great time. enjoy. celebrate with friends and family. be safe. leave the fireworks to the professionals. the boast views of san francisco's fair works show is from the water and the bay is expected to be packed with boats. the coast guard will enforce a safety zone an the ferry plaza. that will go from 11:59 until 12:30 only morning. it will extend a a thousand feet off the lazy and the pier so avoid that area. if you head out take mass transit. bart is extending service until 3:00 a.m. trains will run every 20 minutes after mid-flight. tomorrow it will run on sunday schedule. as for caltrain, a.c. transit and muni all offering free

rides. those start at 8:00 p.m. expect surge surprising in effect for uber and lyft. >> check this out: other parts of the world already ripping in 2016. this is the celebration in new zealand before 3:00 a.m. gorgeous. they brought in the new year with five minute display with thousands of with low celebrating celebrating small lasers. a pilots dream. new zealand is the first country in the world to bring in 2016. next up is trail why. that is coming up at the top of the area. you can see a new taylor swift video and at the dick clark rockin' eve with ryan seacrest at 8:00 p.m. we then have hemp -- have abc7 news at 11 and then back at

11:30 the performantses. >> a serial robber is targeting gas stations cross the bay area. this is a surveillance video from walnut creek with a masked man police are trying to find believed to have hit up gas stations across the bay area including several in san leandro . alan wang tells us request police are worried. >> he was wearing the same black out 50 when he struck the gas station on walnut creek on wednesday morning. this is the first time he ventured outside the slow -- san leandro area. >> she desperate. >> the man remembered four 7-eleven stores in four days. last monday, he it this one on 136th avenue and east 14th street. the following end, he robbed this one. an employee pressed a panic button and police arrived minutes after the robber left. 20 minutes later he was pointing

a semi-automatic handgun at another clerk at this store. >> in cases like this they become increasingly dangerous as the frequency increases. >> on christmas eve he struck again at this 7-eleven store and the stork clerk said he cleaned out the register the way he has in every other robbery. >> it it is crazy. >> the suspect is about 5' 9 quip. the remain employees say he seems familiar with each store and he always strikes in the early morning hours between 3:30 and 5:30 a.m. >> if lake county authorities have a suspect after a fatal shooting near middleton, the man is identified as martinez and walked into the chair lake police department and turned himself in last night, wanted in

the shooting death of a man near middletown and 8:30 last night. a woman who was with the victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. investigators do not no a motive. >> the grandmother who confessed to the unimaginable christmas of intentionally drowning her four-year-old grandson is expected to be arraigned. dawn diana raines-hewes is spending the night or the new year at the jail on charge of suspicion of murder. the boy is believed to be the son of he daughter and drowned in a bathtub. dawn diana raines-hewes said she did it deliberately. a relative finds it hard to believe. >> never done anything like this. we love her. we do not see her doing anything like this whatever. >> this party is stunning in january, dawn diana raines-hewes posted this on facebook, and had to quiet a grandson with a "create style kick," and there is no indication if the boy is

richard. express been unable to locate his mother or father. >> there is a hearing on a restraining order to 120 a soccer field from being used for super bowl 50. the city order allows the field which is next to levi stadium to be used for a huge super bowl media village which could damage it. the 49ers and the n committed to replacing the field at the nfl cost, the soccer league leaders worry it will not happen in time to host home playoff games. a spokesperson said they welcomed to secure alternatives during the super bowl. >> mother of the affluenza teen is back in the united states this morning and we have new video of tonya couch flown to l.a.x. in handcuffs escorted by two united states marshals. the next step is up clear but her son, ethan couch, is fighting extradition and it could take months. they were arrested in puerto vallarta after using a cell phone to order pizza. authorities say right new they

are concentrating on tonya. >> we have filed charges for assisting which and felony punishable by 2-10 years. >> ethan couch is in mexico with his hair dyed black, and was given 10 years probation after killing four people and injuring nine more. the team say he was stripped of the ability to tell right from wrong because of his upbringing. >> now the weather, a lot of people are going to wonder how thick a coat they need with fireworks. >> with clear skies we could have a freeze wanting. the national weather service puts that out in the middle of the afternoon and that could be likely with a cold night tonight. now, this morning, we have fog with confirm visibility and santa rosa and napa at five mills in concord. temperatures are below freezing in napa and freezing in novato and, also, above in san ramon. slightly swarming with the fog

slowing you down this morning and be careful. we will see plenty of sunshine and highs in the low-to-mid 50s. all the south bay is lit. we have highway 101 at the 880 overcrossing, and if you are traveling northbound from the "good morning washington express" to this point, it is looking about eight minutes, is very nice continues and why see any headlights. here comes a car open highway 8 87. beyond the s.a.p. center and shark tank. a heads up, the fog is out there. there is road work in the lanes to look at alamo northbound and southbound 680 for a few more minutes. >> a shot out to the person who is going to work today because we are here, too, and we understand. >> now the warriors could be without steph curry again tonight when they play the rockets in houston. did you see what happened last night? the dubs were blown out by the mavericks, dallas led by up to 30 points and that is the

warriors largest deficit of the season. it went a good night. the mavericks cruise to a 114-91 victory dropping the warriors to 29-2. of course, 29-2 is a great record and the best ever start for 31 games in n.b.a. history. steph curry had mri revealing bruise on his lower left leg and is considered "day-to-day," tip-off at 4:00 people. >> a cal quarterback will enter the draft and for go the senior season and discuss the future plans at 10:00 a.m. news conference at cal. on tuesday, he got through six touchdowns against air force and the average forts bowl and some suggest he will be the first or perhaps second quarterback selected in the draft in april and could be a top five in the first round. >> powerball fever is intensifying in the new year after no one mapped all six numbers last night in the $300 million draw. this morning, though, there could be a new millionaire in

the south by after a ticket mapped five numbers: 12, 36, 38, 54, 61, and powerball of 22. lucky ticket was purchased at the wine rack on santa teresa and worth more than $1.9 million. saturday night's jackpot skyrockets to $334 million. >> you can calm down because it is all mine. >> i will share a few, don't worry. san bruno community left in the dark by the city and how people living there are taking matters into their own hands to have some light in their neighborhood. >> two dozen passengers sickened on a flight over alaska, after on a flight over alaska, after the break, what caused the

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santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> neighborhood are taking charge to get streetlights that have been broken for two months back on. >> an unusual solution involving a power out let and a heavy duty extension cord. our reporter cornell barnard has the story from san bernardino. >> if you are out for an evening walk in san bernardino, have a flashlight. if you are not from the neighborhood you could be freaked out. it is dark. 50 streetlights have been off since mid-october. when they blew a fuse. repairs have been tough because underground wiring is so old.

>> i leave at 5:00 a.m. and you see nothing. >> the streetlight in front of this woman's house is on and she is splay the power from her own house. the city supplied the extension cord and $50 a month to pay for electricity. >> i thought it was a great idea. it is not hurting anyone so we did it. and now there is light for everyone in the neighbor at least open our block. >> other homeowners volunteer to plug in but there is a contract, if something goes on it is not the fault of the city. all the city cannot open itself to possibly a tripping hazard. >> some neighbors say they are already dough their part by laboring porch lights on all night. the temporary lights, powered by generators are set up near the enters is but jack said they are too loud. >> we are overwhelmed with lit here. >> holiday lits have helped brighten the mit but soon they will be gone. the city said the permanent fix for the street lights could take

several months. or up to a year. if san bruno i am cornell barnard. >> we had to show this to you, something you may not expect, they are make snow at lake tahoe, at heavenly this morning. courtesy from lake tahoe tv to the delay of skiers and snow boarding, it is a gorgeous shot with the ice hanging off the buildings and there is plenty of snow on the ground, don't worry about that but they wanted to, you know, but the cherry on top of the sundae running full tilt. >> they are getting good snow, right? >> they are. we have a break. it will be a very active 2016 so there is an indication of that if the next moment with sunshine on way today and this morning, though, it is about the fog with democrats from 4-14 degree milder from san jose to mountain view to livermore and fog in the north by, slow you down, so be

came. we are talking upper 30s in livermore. that is feeling different as well as that 44 in san jose. even on the coast it is 46 at half moon bay. with a little bit of cloud cover, the moisture on the ground, we have fog, warmer numbers, and be careful out there, we could see freezing fog and it will be dry tonight for new year's eve and rain arrives late on sunday and on sunday at 10:00 we dry and the rain moves in and not only is this the send half the weekend, but what a busy day with folk coming back from the holiday vacation, and it is going to be a mess not only with rain on sunday but a bigger and stronger storm system comes our way on tuesday and wednesday. if you are making plans for the new year it looks pretty wet for the next week. as for today, we are dry. this is an indication of how the first storm. will give us .5" of rain. sunny skies and low-to-mid 50s. sue? >> we do not have a lot go on. we are light this new year's

each day. this afternoon if you are getting away or getting to your location for new year's eve it could be different. right new this is 680 southbound direction from highway 4 to the 24 junction at only eight minutes and a few cars, if your travels take you from hayward across highway 92, westbound, to san mateo bridge, a nice dry at 14 minutes from side to side with road work, the 680 corridor, northbound and southbound, teen crow canyon and the 580 junction and we are back in the next report with a hook at your new year's day mass transit schedule. >> 21 people including three children are recovering this morning after getting tossed around in the jet that flew through heavy turbulence. this happened on an air canada flight going from shanghai to toronto yesterday. the plane forced to pick an message landing in calgary and you can see the injured were off loading and the passengers say it was scary. >> everything was fly around who did not put on a seatbelt was

flying. >> like a roller coaster, many was vertical and downs down, and a last screaming. >> cannot imagine. >> everyone hurt in the ordeal is in stable condition and non-life threatening injuries to becomes and necks. >> uber has now surpassed a billion trips, with historic ride was on christmas eve in london, to celebrate, uber gave the rider a career's worth of free trips and a vacation to any city in the world where unbetter operates. uber was founded in san francisco back in 2009 and began service in 2011. ought latest on bill cosby with strong words from the attorneys. >> and marco rubio on the hotseat for helping a relative who is an ex-con. >> first, the the tech bytes.

>> our pans atia view have the tech honors, smart phone of the year goes to the iphone 6 the smart watch is sam samsung. >> the consumer electronics show in las vegas is just around the corner. >> it is a big deal, the event started on wednesday and high ten cars, drones and home technology are expected to be the big talkers. wearables, as well. >> meet your future competition. right now the world's most human-like robot is working as a reacceptist in singapore, smiles, meets the visitors and make conversations. >> it took a matter time before the sole robots move on to other the sole robots move on to other jobs.

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>> bill cosby is freed on $1 million after being arraigned in pennsylvania on assault. the charges follow years of allegations by dozen of women some from here in the bay area. and our reporter has more, now, from his attorney. >> this case involved a woman and a man who had a consensual adult relationship overfinal. >> bill cosby was escorted into court with the familiar sweater and familiar accusation. >> he urge her to take pills. he provided them.

>> alleged victim andrea constand spoke out more than a decade ago. but at the time, pennsylvania prosecutors did not bring forward a criminal case. >> then, in a related civil case, cosby admitted to giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with. new, a recently elected distribute tone re-opened the 8:00 case file three felony charges including aggravated indecent assault. >> do i believe he is guilty? >> yes, i do. >> and a radio announcer knows cosby and a you have, a former abc7 employee. >> i was sexual assault by him in may of 1928 say he raped her during a night out in 1971. the system mother worked at a waitress in sausalito, and cosby was there for a come difficult show. upon hearing the news, he told reporter that this is a good day for all the women.

>> when you mention bill cosby they will not think of how necessity breakdown racial barriers but, just, rapist. >> you he denies allegations and he is out of custody posting $1 million bail. >> cosby is scheduled to be back in court in january. look at in screen, the front page of the new york daily news, offering a telling take on the latest charge. it says "he says follows by she said, 55 times." that is an indication of the 55 women who have accused cosby of sexual assault. >> the republican presidential candidate marco rubio is refusing to answer questionses this morning about a letter he wrote to help a relative convicted of cocaine trafficking. the "washington post" is reporting that in 2002 letter it helped marco rubio's brother-in-law get a real estate license. he was in the florida house of representatives at the time.

the letter does not pension marco rubio's relationship with orlando's agent, but provides insight in how he intervening with the personal and political life. >> tomorrow is the end of copyrights for two historic books, one is the ann. frank diary who hid from the nazis published 70s years ago with no copyright anyone can publish. there are plans to put the entire diary on the internet. the same day that another famous the same day that another famous book about >> another cold start? >> not so cold, from 4-so degrees colder. fog is creating issues in the north bay and in concord and

five miles visibility soen came. it is freezing in concord, and 33 in san ramon and 42 in san jose and 43 in san francisco. anywhere from 6-7 degrees warmer inland and across state, upper 20s and cloudy in the sierra sierra nevada and highs in the low-to-mid 50s and plan on a dry start to the new year. >> good morning, sue. we wanted to show you the fog, the thick fog, san rafael, you can see the tail lights head direction and i talked to lisa about this and i know that it is low to the ground and it is visibility that is not good beyond the civic center and the drive from highway 37 on novato to the golden gate bridge is 21 minutes and the lane clays will change in the new year and we will not have the multiple lane changes during the better part of the week but right new you have four southbound coming out of marin county and two in the

northbound direction. become with a look at mass transit for new yes' day in a few minutes. all the largest cargo ship ever to visit the united states will arrive in oakland call the benjamin franklin at 1,300' long, the largest kinner heard ship in the world. oakland is one of a happenful that can accommodate the mega ships. ships. >> i have an ipad the black dots that is where it is, you can see to the left it left los angeles and it is scheduled to arrive in oakland at had:30 this afternoon and it is, really, off the coast of is, really, off the coast of pescadero so you can track it. them track down a serial robber. aought latest on what is really

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> my gosh, look who made it in the two of us and you and we are happy you are here. i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. >> the last day of the year. can you believe it? and now, weather with lisa argen. do we have clear skies for fireworks? >> yes but it will be frigid and colder temperatures tomorrow. in morning is the fog at quarter-mile from santa rosa to petaluma and concord is fakey. and napa, as well. temperatures are cold in