clear. >> to keep the drivers moving every available officer will be asked to hit the roads to patrol and keep drivers safe. >> they will come out to keep traffic moving and keep speeds down and try to clear crashes. >> caltran has been clearing the drains to keep the areas clear that are prone to flooding. >> at jack london square you could see signs warning you to say out of the estuary with sewage may be leaking into the water. there is no evidence it spilled but the crews are still investigating. heavy rain like last weekend can overwelm the wastewater system. >> a couple of weeks before crews finish preparing the huge cliff side sinkhole after a trail collapsed into the ocean on saturday. it took out access to the beach.

now they are saying it is a pipe problem below the trail that started this. it is the same area where several apartment buildings have been red tagged or town down because of the unstable cliff. >> the next 24 hours you can traffic the storms with our news app and we have live doppler hd on the app and enable push alert s to get winter weather advisories on the phone or tablet. now, the raiders update the nfl owners on the plan for a new stadium today. officials in oakland are moving plans for a stadium at home. >> the oakland city council approved a plan to negotiate with an investment group led by ronnie lott to keep the team in oakland. it was passed earlier in the day under $1.3 billion stadium plan, oakland and alameda county supply the land. oakland and the nfl with contract $200 million each. the raiders add $300 million. lott's group would add $600 million in private money.

nfl owners are expected to vote on the raiders' vacation plan next week. >> starting today you can order an uber that drives itself. the san francisco pissed company is putting the self driving cars on the road. our reporter is with us at 4th and harrison. armiy? >> the cars are held in the non-descript looking warehouse with no sign. we have witnesses who have seen the cars copping in and out of the warehouse. the self driving volvos and sedans and a security guard approached us when we pulled up of the launching today in san francisco. they are already on the roads in pittsburgh launching there in september. in san francisco they will deploy a handful of volvos with sensors that can steer, accelerate, and brake and change lanes. they will have a person in the

driver's seat ready to take over. maybe that will help ease your concerns so feel more comfortable. uber said they do not plan to replace drivers any time soon and a driver said he isn't too worried about his job and uber told the drivers they would only be launching 100 of these on the san francisco streets. >> i knew it would be soon but not so soon. very interested to see what happened today. >> would you take one? >> i don't know...maybe for a very short ride. >> she would. >> she needs to get somewhere she would. >> in san francisco, there is police activity at 19th and noriega. what is going on? >> one person has been arrested for kidnapping. look at the video we got in from the scene. you can see money pouring out of a car. they pulled over right in front of a chase bank.

people were there and authorities spent a long time investigating. this gray bmw was pulled over and people were interviewed. this person is being arrested. we will get more information on who was kidnap. the intersection is become open with a call to the police. when we get new information i will pass it along. >> developing news in castro valley a deadly house fire turned out to be the murder of a 59-year-old widow. katie marzullo spoke with the neighbors who have no idea why. >> i cannot even...i'm in shock. >> murder and arson in castro valley. the victim was a 59-year-old woman who had been living alone since her husband died in april. my heart goes out to the family. i cannot understand what would cause someone to do something like that. >> the alameda county sheriff

said an autopsy revealed the victim did not die in the early morning fire but she suffered wounds consistent with murder. >> these are brutal injuries. >> the fire was reported at 2:45 a.m. and the woman was fund dead in her garage. >> they set her body and the garage and house on fire. that is usually done to conceal evidence, destroy evidence such as d.n.a. and fingerprints. >> investigators have in suspects and no motive. the victim lived here for important that 30 years and has two adult daughters and loved by neighbors. >> she was one of the sweetest people you want to meet. just a genuine wonderful lady. >> investigators are asking anyone who has surveillance video in the area between 10:00 people and 2:00 a.m. to come forward. >> federal investigators have not found a cause of the ghost ship fire that killed 36 people,

they continue to look at the buildings' electrical system. the oakland fire department said they never want inside the building because it wasn't permitted for anything that would require an inspection. >> federal judge put a class action late against san francisco-based wells fargo on hold. the judge is weighing the request to have the 80 plaintiffs resolve their claims separately in closed or arbitration rather than open court. wells fargo customer agreement has a mandatory arm station clause. experts say the tactic is used to stop this type of class-action lawsuit. wells fargo is being sued for create up to 2 million fake accounts without customer consent. >> the san francisco board of supervisors has approved $9 million in funding to turn the dream of tuition-free city college into a reality. last month, 62% of voters approved the proposition, a tax on luxury properties, and $13 million was to go to a tuition free city college but it was not officially earmarked and now the mayor wants to use part of it

for other uses including homeless services. the mayor said he will budget 500,000 of the $9 million approved for this fiscal year. >> sauce sleet about to get several license plates surveillance cameras to fight crime next year. the marin i.j. said they would return the plates through the databases before and after crimes to track the suspects and instantly notify police in a wanted car is caught on camera. sausalito police chief said the cameras capture rear plates only and not people. >> the accweather forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. >> it is moist this morning and it is mild with temperatures up to eight degrees warmer than yesterday. where does that put us inland? upper 40s to nearly 50 degrees, from 48 to 51. it is a very anywhere omar gin. around the bay shore the purpose 50s with san jose at veteran. san francisco is 53. we have napa at 52 and santa

rosa at 51 and pacifica at 55. rosa at 51 and pacifica at 55. we have bear sure -- bay we have another thursday and a last one on friday and then they are over for now. now, the temperatures, with the cloud cover and the humidity mainly 59 to 64 degrees. 58 to 62 tomorrow and the cold breezes on back side, low-to-mid 50s and dry air by friday. today our term storm is "1" light with sprinkles and "2" is drizzle this morning, and showers across the north bay and santa cruz mount towns and -- mountains and a "3" tomorrow. >> guess whose parking lot is in the area of flooding? meship that was a fun surprise getting to the car. >> we have an issue on the roads

that has been improving, westbound 80 before san pablo dam road we had a three car crash. all lanes were stopped. now they are down to the two laned. clearly we have a mile backup. if you are traveling westbound 80 it is 14 miles per hour average approach. the weather is probably the cause, it is a heavy mist or drizzle although it is not hard but it is enough to slicken the roads. we will look at the drive times next. >> san francisco's muni still is telling with the impact of the hacking attack, with the new details. merging on what happened over thanksgiving weekend. >> trump meets with technical executive and what both sides executive and what both sides have own their agenda

>> now breaking news from the live desk. >> welcome back. we have breaking news we are tracking right new in santa rosa. firefighters are battling a major fire in the west end area. it is burning near 8th and wilson. it has again to three alarms. the fire department said so far no injuries have been reported. we will track the story. i willry you any new information that comes to the live desk. >> happening this morning prayer

services are planned to mark the 4th anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting and asking employees to hold off doing work between 9:30 and 9:45. a 20-year-old gunman killed his mother and six educators and 20 children in 2012. >> we said it would happen and this morning it is official: president-elect donald trump release add statement announcing he has picked former texas governor rick perry to head the energy department and now turning hissancy to silicon valley with leaders from facebook, amazon, tesla with problems facing strong opposition from the leaders and bet say the meeting will focus on growing jobs and how the industry can help the government become more efficient. >> santa clara has passed a resolution oh popes the stance on many issues including

statements that are offensive to women, immigrants, religious and racial and minorities veterans, disabled and the lgbt community and the general public. our media partners say that critics called the resolution a display of ignorance calling it blind politics. >> we have new details in the muni attack. the ransomware attack took place the day after thanksgiving day after an employee mistakenly downloaded malware and it was held for $73,000 ransom. the chief technology officer was interviewed and she said the reason the age did not pay is because the hacker only had a minimal amount of data. in the end. muni lost $50,000 forgiving away free raids because of air tack. >> san francisco will install a memorial where nieto was shot by police two areas ago after a resolution was approved to face

a memorial in bernal heights. they thought he was aiming a gun but it was a jury. the officers were exonerated. all the san francisco board of supervisors is asking the next police chief to live and work in the city urging the commission and the mayor to require san francisco residency. interim chief chaplin does not live in the city. he is not dismission the idea of moving if it means he gets the job. his predecessor lived in san francisco during his tenure as police chief. >> postal service truck cashes fire and all the mail carrier wants to do is save the packages. this is caught on camera. >> he is a delivery hero. the truck is on fire in the north carolina neighborhood. he and another man started pulling all the boxes out. the fire chief said, they saved christmas. many of the packages were from, guess where, amazon. they thanked everyone for the

effort. amazon is making a donation to the local fire department as they should. that was a smart p.r. move. >> now over to meteorologist mike nicco where we have the wet roads but nothing compared to what is coming. >> in flooding. no preponderancing. but look at all the moisture from the droppers to our mades today and the trigger mechanism is going to squeeze the air and bring us the heavy rain coming in tomorrow. right new, there you go, golden gate bridge showing the dampness, drizzle to scattered showers and warmer-than-average without the sun. gusty wind tomorrow, sunny and dry and cool this weekend. the storm-impact scale a "3" because of the moderate-to-heavy rain and gusts up to 45 miles per hour and the blooding and power outans that are possible. at 4:00 foam morning you can see moderate to half rain in the north bay and that is where it stays for the commute. that does not mean we are dry

elsewhere with scattered showers and drizzle but from 9:00 to anyone look what rolls in, moderate to half rain across most of the bay but for the south bay and the afternoon you get it and all of us are getting waves through action, until 10:00 and then it starts to taper. we are look at 1 to 2" of rain from the south bay to the north bay. in the santa cruz mountains from 10:00 p.m. thursday to 5:00 friday morning, flooding, and increasing sunshine and dry weather this weekend. alexis? >> good morning. a bart update the last few minutes, track maintenance this morning which is done. we have a 20-minute delay at daly city in the pittsburg and bay point and pleasanton directions. it will not be a a lingering problem. tracy to dublin is 34 minutes. slight delays from the central

valley. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard is 15. northbound 85 between 101 and cupertino in the green at 16. we have a crash on westbound 80 in richmond and we will take you back there in less than ten minutes. >> there is a shortage that could have your holiday pie tasting dry this season. >> what the know federal government wants your next car to be able to do but first techbytes. >> apple's airpods are on sale, unveiled in september and after months of delays the wireless ear buds are available online at apple stores and other retail locations next week. price tag? $159. google has launched a self driving car >> this is the 7th year of the program and the name change signal as zaire to make money off the research. >> taylor swift is emtoo up with at&t to lunch an on demand video experience available on

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news app. >> breaking news from the live desk. >> the breaking news happening in tennessee. a semi-truck involved in a truck is leaking chemicals and making the air toxic located between memphis and nashville. there is a a large neighborhood in the area and farmland. the chlorine truck was carrying swimming pool supplies when it crashed with another semi. haz-mat is working to clean it up. folks could be stuck custody their hems for hours. we watching it with our affiliate. >> the entertainment industry mourning the death of tv icon aen -- alan thicke.

known for his role in the father on "growing pains," from 1985 to 1992. tmz reports he suffered a heart attack playing hockey with his 19-year-old son yesterday. he hosted game shows, composd tv themes including the one for "growing pains." he was on a series "fuller house," and four hours before his death he tweeted this "season two fuller house looking good, i like the witnesses -- ones i'm not in." he was 69. >> chipolte is working to recover from the food safety crisis but if you have been there and they do not have the item you want you are not alone. consumers report complains of the restaurants not having enough food has become an increasingly frequent problem. they say it is the number two complaint behind long ordering leans. the chief marketing officer said they will improve training to address the recent short averages. >> there could be a holiday

dinner emergency, asked whipped cream in short supply? i did not believe this is something we could run out of. an explosion at a florida laboratory is to blame specifically affecting ready whip, and a experience said that the stores are stocked for now but there is a backup shortage so the company suggests getting your canned whipped chrome earlier. >> i'm ashamed to meet i stand before the refrigerator and eat it by itself. >> dive into it. >> i go for it. >> white knuckle navigation like you have never seen: check how close this yacht came to crashing, not one, not two, but three bets yesterday in the harbor in sydney. the bought barely squeezes between two government patrol boats. the yachts were on the water for a holiday display.

merry christmas. the crash who is ruined the chances of entering the race later in the month. whose fault is it here? >> goodness gracious. i am just glad they are okay. >> now the rain totals by the evening hours up to 2" -- no, rather, .2" and the rest of us less than .05" by friday 1 for 2" and where you see the originals and reds, 4 to". traveling today north on 101 you will be wet all day, and up to lake tahoe it will be windy but 6:00 tomorrow morning through noon on friday, don't even try it. 1 to 2' of snow, white-out conditions, by friday afternoon saturday and sunday you can see the sun but it will be chilly. >> we are not seeing a ton of rain we are seeing slick conditions and plenty of mist

and drizzle to slicken up the roads with a serious crash when 80 before you bet to san pablo dam road up to two miles backup and the two last lanes are blocked down to nine miles per hour approaching the collision. in total, three vehicles involved in that. there are soupy conditions at the golden gate bridge. we have flooding because of the king tide. more on that at 5 o'clock. >> an effort is underway to permanently ban new offshore drill off the california coast before president-elect donald trump take office. governor brown is asking president obama to use his authority to permanently prohibit new oil and gas leasing off the california coast. in president obama agrees it would set up a she down with the incoming trump administration. brown does future necessity in the president-elect with is the authority to overturn a prohibition imposed by president obama. >> this is a drone video showing

a giant of the sea devouring another predator in monterey bay. an orca cap they then for hunting large sea creatures. all right, orca, the circle of life. >> the federal government wants all new cars to have technology that would reduce crashes, vehicle to vehicle communication warning of oncoming accidents and the department of transportation said it would limit severity of 80% of non-impaired crashes. >> rain is back in the bay area. we are getting a taste of what is to come. next at 5 o'clock a.m. we are tracking the strongest storm in months on the way. >> big win in the battle to keep the raiders in oakland. there could be an even bigger victory.

>> a major fire in santa rosa in the west end area. the west end area. >> a new development in murder case.

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