>> good morning, everyone. i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, december 18th. let's start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey carolyn, good morning to you. the cold air is firmlien trench. ed across the bay area and we are colder than yesterday morning. look at live doppler 7. it's clear. current temperatures, plenty of them in the 20s. 28 novato, santa rosa, livermore. san francisco and oakland a little warmer at this hour. it's freezing in morgan hill and danville with 31 in concord. so the freeze warning until 8:00 this morning for the interior valleys of the north bay, east bay and south bay. and the frost advisory right here from san francisco where it is just slightly warmer to the

bay shore. so throughout the early morning hours in oakland it will take some time to warm up. you see the temperatures there and a live look outside from sfo where the it is certainly cold. there won't be delays due to weather, but we will look for the temperatures to still stay in the 40s by noontime. we will talk about when we break this cold snap and a look into the holiday weekend coming up >> thank you, lisa. in sonoma county, both lanes of the road at fox hunt lane remain closed this morning. they have been shut down since about 10:30 last night. this after an acy road in northeast santa rosa may have caused a pickup truck to crash, knocking down a power pole and wires. pg&e is working to fix that pole. five customers are affected by the outage. they should have their power back on in the next half-hour. the county trucks that spread sand on the road about 1:00 this morning. no injuries have been reported. the chp estimate the lanes will

be closed to traffic until noon. as lisa said, some of us are waking up to freezing temperatures in parts of the bay area. some local residents made the best of the frigid temperatures last night, while others barely escaped the danger which winter-type weather can bring. alyssa harrington has the details. >> reporter: it was a frozen themed birthday party for alexia. fitting for temperatures in the 30s, which could dip to 29 degrees overnight. >> she's ten years old and it's freezing out here! >> these people embraced the chilly weather at the ice rink, listening to holiday music. >> it is cold! >> this one-year-old and her family just moved to the bay area from los angeles. >> we have about four layers on and we went and got our winter hats.

>> this tree toppled on a home. it knocked out power and put a hole through the living room. >> we heard a huge cracking noise. sounded like an earthquake. >> janet was inside with her daughter when the tree fell. they are okay but it crushed their car and badly damaged their home. the tree sits along the creek, which is not her property. she wants the city or the county the to take responsibility. >> they are very old, they are diseased. there's termites in them. you can hear them sway when it's windy. we've been worried about them falling on our house for a long time. >> people in the neighborhood have called the city to complain about the trees long before this happened. she's grateful they are all safe but she's worried it's only a matter of time until another one falls. alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> in southern california today an arborist will check out a

tree that fell on to a wedding party, and killing a woman. they were paying picture when the tree came crashing down. it happened in a park in whittier which is east of l.a. a four-year-old girl is in critical condition with head injuries. the others have scrapes and bruises. witnesses heard a loud crack and then were shocked by what they saw. >> i could not even know where it was, and i looked. and then i see people walking and running and i see people screaming. i get out of the car and i go running, and i went to see and it was a lady with this little baby. >> experts say the tree may have been weakened by the drought, and the recent heavy rains caused it to fall. abc7 news has confirmed thursday's rain has caused a sewage overflow in oakland. abc7 news was at jack london square where signs are up

warning people to stay away from the bay. east bay mud is wait on tests that should come back later this week to make sure the water is safe. and east bay mud spokesperson said every time it rains, aging sewer pipes that are cracked, rain gets in. they are under a fed aral order to be replaced. a family is displaced after fire swept through their home early yesterday morning. investigators say it started in the garage. quickly reached the attic. and spanning across the duty-story house on bay park circle. a mother, a father, their two adult children woke up to smoke and escaped along with the dog. the daughter drove to the nearest entire station to get help. >> it was pretty chaotic trying to get a handle on it. the down-sloped houses are particularly dangerous to firefighters, but the destruction, yeah, it was

massive, especially on the back side. >> the family has been trying to salvage what they can from the home. they are staying with friends and family over the holidays. investigators say the fire was an accident. they have not yet identified the cause. daly city police are investigating that city's first murder of the year. it involved a case of domestic violence. investigators believe 23-year-old ariana hatami was killed by her boyfriend, fredrik tran, who is in jail this morning. sources tell abc7 news that the two have had a history of domestic violence, even before things went so tragically long yesterday morning. >> reporter: friends industry ariana hatami as a kind, sweet and lovely young lady, and they worried about her boyfriend, be fredrik tran, who goes by

freddie. they said he had slapped her before and then called police for a case of domestic violence. >> they believe it could be blunt force injuries to her upper body. >> police found her badly hurtin' side the apartment she shared with tran. medics rushed her to the hospital, where she died. tran was arrested on the spot. >> that is sad. yeah, i can't believe a guy would throw his life away like that. >> ariana hatami moved into the neighborhood two years ago when she start aid tending san francisco state. she also worked several part-time jobs. those who lived nearby can't believe what's happened. >> it's shocks because nothing like this happened. >> you don't know what goes on behind closed doors. you don't. that's someone's daughter, that's someone's son. friends. both were workers. >> tran was booked into the county jail and is being held without bail. abc7 news. a collision between a

vehicle and a pedestrian happened yesterday. it was canyon and blue heart drive in san ramon. about 7:45 last night. one man was airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. a skateboard can be seen at the scene. so far investigators are not confirming if it's related to the accident. the driver did stay and cooperate with police. blitz are looking for a gunman who fired multiple shots on city streets last night. at least one car was hit but so far there are no reports of any injuries. it happened on curtis street and bancroft way, shell casings could be seen on the ground, as well as broken glass. police believe the car windows were shattered by the bull with let's. there was at least one other shooting last night at university avenue and bore street. happening today, an oakland church is putting on a four-hour news it cal event to honor

people who have died this year, including the victims of the ghost ship fire. some of the survivors of that warehouse fire two weeks ago will perform at chapel of the chimes. they plan to play music for their lost friends and band mates. parking is limited so people are encouraged to take public transportation or carpool. the free musical gathering begins at is 1:00 -- at 11:00 this morning. the ghost ship fire prompted a giveaway to members of the community. abc7 was in oakland yesterday as a group of local artists handed out 100 fire extinguishers and 100 smoke detectors. they made sure everyone knew how to use them. the artists want others to stay safe in their warehouse spaces. >> we really need to get through now is we are working as a group where we can get great things done rather than individual art spaces or artists or maker spaces hiding and trying to do their work on their own with

their own limited resources >> the mayor's office partnered with local fire protection company bay city to provide the equipment. the ghost ship building equipment in the building but there were no sprinklers or detechtors. last night a film was expected to bring 200 people to midsummer studios. the 3,000 square foot warehouse has hosted concerts and other events motorly without obtaining permits. as you know the oakland fire a that claimed 36 lives happened at an unpermitted music show. now many events without approval have been shut down. it's definitely cold outside. >> oh, burrr, yeah. 20s, 30s. it's frosty out there with

28 degrees novato, 29 napa, 32 danville, 33 in san jose. and the list goes on. although san francisco sitting comfortably at 41 degrees. so we will look at again your chilly afternoon highs and see if they want get any rain to come back before the end of the year. that's coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, settling chinatown icon rose he's estate. when her body will be finally cremated months after her death. and taking on china. the president-elect blasts the asian country on

>> the two surviving sisters of the rose pack have finally

settled their dispute and her estate three months after rose pac's death. the agreement allows for her remains ton cremated within a week. the sisters have been arguing over who should be the administrator of pac's estate, worth about $650,000. she died at her home in chinatown back in september. pac's body has been stored at green street mortuary since her funeral. donald trump is taking on the chinese over twitter while president obama is finding him on the defense. abc news reporter mary bruce has the latest from washington. >> come on. >> defend obama defending his response to russia's hacking. >> everybody had the information. it was out there and we handled it the way we should have. >> the president all but pointing the finger the russian president vladimir putin, saying he told putin to knock it off at this summit back to september.

>> talked to him directly and told him there will be serious consequences. >> obama said that warning stopped future hacking. russia tried to sway the election in trump's favorite. now they all agree, putin was personally involved. much of the proof is forensic. discovered inside of the computer at the democratic national committee. >> they get in by what is called a spearfish attack. >> the russians first planted a beacon to send material back to moscow, and it had a tell tale russian signature. it was written in moscow's time zone and seemed to have gaps on what were russian holidays. it was remitted to it addresses overseas. >> it's similar to other attacks. >> trump continues to deny the u.s. intelligence like in this fox interview last month. >> they have no idea if it was russia, china, or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in

a bed someplace. >> trump spend saturday morning on twitting taking aim at twitter after that which seized an unmanned drone in the philippines. trump called it an unprecedented act. trump calls it an unprecedented act. abc news, washington. the dnc chair will discuss the issue today. you want watch the full interview on "this week" with george stephanopoulos on 8:00 this morning here at abc7. if you or someone you know still needs to sign up for healthcare for next year, you will be happy to hear the state has extended the deadline to sign up for covered california. yesterday was the original deadline, but because of the last-minute rush to get coverage, insurance officials have decided to move the deadline to tomorrow. more than 67,000 people have signed up for coverage in just

the past five days. in san francisco there was some healing holiday cheer. abc7 news was at st. francis memorial hospital for a burn survivor's party. all the children got presents from santa and mrs. claus, who arrived in a fire truck. the fire department has partnered with the hospital to reunite survivors with their caregivers. >> there's always posttraumatic stress. and the anxiety that comes with it. and actually being together with people who have had similar experience is very therapeutic and it's also therapeutic for my staff to see them heel ♪ jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way ♪ >> live music, casts and food were part of the festivities. in placer county a deputy

had to step in to stop a crime involving a couple of coyotes. sheriff's department posted this video showing the coyotes chasing a limping bear across highway. the bear ran off safely and another deputy went to find the bear to make sure it is okay. it's a winter wonderland in the high sierra. look at all this snow in yosemite national park. the national park service posted this picture of the med the area recorded 32icches of snow with the last storm. >> good morning. it's colder this morning and temperatures will drop further. sun doesn't come up until after 7 and numbers will probably drop right until then. live doppler right now. it's a clear morning. good visibility as we look

outside. with the clear sky, the light winds, optional radiational cooling, it's warmer in san francisco. the only place that's sooler. san jose 33, gilroy at 28. half moon bay at 37 degrees. and from sutro tower right now look at all the 20s. 28 santa rosa, livermore. and 29 in napa. concord at 31. so at 5:00 we can expect temperatures probably to come down another 2 degrees or so. any records perhaps around novato, san rafael. we have to get down well into the low 30s and mid-30s for oakland and gilroy to break any records but it's certainly cold out there. record or no record, 4 degrees colder in hayward, 10 degrees colder in napa and 6 degrees colder than it was in this hour yesterday. we will be looking for the coldest morning are the season with us right now and freeze

warnings and frost advisories taking us through 8:00 this morning. looks like we will be dry for the first day of hanukkah, the 24th and christmas day. beyond that, though, the last week of the year looks like we could see some more rain. as we check out the numbers the next couple he have hours, taking it until 8:00 in the morning, and we are still in the 30s. pretty cool out there. as we go through the 9:00, 10:00 hour just in the 40s. by noontime we see temperatures, most temperatures still in the mid-to upper 40s. so starting out colder, the temperatures lagging behind a bit, and with he will be slightly cooler in some spots today across the state. freezing in the sierra nevada. looking at just some low 50s in monterey. 64 in los angeles. that looks like the balmy spot in san diego, as well. just to give you an idea, the arctic cold front that blasted through the midwest yesterday, continues to press eastward. so it's going to be tough traveling here along the eastern seaboard.

and temperatures are going to plummet after today along the east coast. in oakland, temperatures dropping a bit before sunrise. 39. then notice the 40s as we get through the 11:00 hour. high today similar to yesterday in the low 40s. how about the lows? santa rosa below freezing, and by monday night into tuesday, just a little bit warmer. so highs around the bay fairly often form. around 50 at the coast. san francisco near 50. a lot like yesterday. accuweather seven-day forecast, another frigid morning this morning and frosty spots again tomorrow. looking at the milder air arriving tuesday. the first day of winter on wednesday. still have a slight chance of shower on thursday. mainly well north. and looking dry for friday into hanukkah and christmas eve. the last forecast model trended dry for the last week of the year. and now it looks like we will see more rain. >> that's good. >> yeah. >> but i wish it weren't so cold. >> i know. >> thanks, lisa.

just ahead, seasons greetings from six babies. the story behind this special holiday

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the best candidates. >> this means we have, you know, a hit. >> finally they identified two chemicals that helped speed up heart region rags, creating 8 times as many heart muscle cells in just a fraction of of the time. >> we didn't the think we would be this as far as or ahead this quickly in trying to get this into people burks it's moving fast. >> he precautions more work is needed and human trials are still probably several years away. but for millions of heart attack patients, the promise of surviving a heart attack in the future could be in a pill. dan ashley, abc7 news >> now if successful, the heart attack treatment could involve taking a drug, transplanting healthy cells into the heart or a combination of both. there were a lot of kids out enjoying the holidays in the east bay as toys for tots handed out gifts. abc7 news was in berkeley, as police and firefighters teamed up with marines to give back.

each child was allowed to select two gifts. one came along with his great grandmother to check out all the toys. >> we just moved here from michigan not too long ago. when i heard about toys for tots here, i just quickly jumped on board. >> there were more than 3,000 gifts for the kids to choose from. a small city in oklahoma is getting worldwide attention because of six new babies, all born this year to firefighters at one fire station. the durant fire department put out christmas cards showing all the new bundles of joy. the new dads say they hope the cards show everyone what's at the core of their department, their families. still to come here on abc7 mornings, an arctic blast is hitting much. country right now. when you see what it's like in some states, you are might not think it's so cold here after

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>> welcome back, everyone. we are starting this half-hour with a look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey, carolyn. watching the freezing

temperatures drop even a, further hour by hour. as we get started this morning the freeze warnings still in effect and the frost advisory for the next two and a half hours. it is 28 degrees in livermore. 28 in santa rosa, novato. this is where we have freeze warnings and napa at 29. morgan hill 32 degrees, as well as fremont. now that is cold right by the bay there. 33 san mateo, san francisco and oakland. feel pretty balmy at 41 degrees. so a freeze warning continues for inland valleys. and we will see temperatures likely drop another couple of degrees. our frost advisory until 8:00 and we are certainly near freezing in some of those locations. but your forecast throughout the rest of the day calls for the cool weather to stick around. so 20s to 40s this morning. the sun is up at 7:20. highs once again low to mid-50s. we get some cloud cover in here, get a wind shift, and that

should allow for slightly modifying overnight lows. we will detail it for you coming up. >> thank you, lisa. yes, it's cold here, but winter weather back east is making for miserable conditions this weekend. slick roads across and major accidents, and killing at least 11 people. this is just the first blast of a nasty storm system. abc news reporter ariel has the story. >> millions of americans are in the frigid grip of a cold weather system sprawling from the midwest to the northeast. >> i'm prepared, i have all my gear on, a couple layers on. but snow, ice, freezing rain turned highways deadly. in baltimore a gas tanker truck overturned, and plunged off i-95 and burse. cell phone video capturing the moment it went sliding across the slick pavement, tipping over and exploding. it looked like an auto graveyard with 70 cars across the scene.

and in virginia 30 vehicles were caught in a chain reaction crash. at man's body was found near the scene of the crash, believed to be a victim. and i-40 as covered in snow and ice. about 40 vehicles involved in this crash. salt trucks did their best to keep the ace at bay but even roads that look safe can be treacherous, black ice making for some scary spinouts. many events were cancelled. but the bitter weather can't kill the holiday spirit. >> it's pretty cool that there's snow before christmas. >> temperatures are plummeting across the central u.s. as a blast of arctic air moves in. windchills expected to reach 30, even 40 degrees below zero in some places. ariel, abc news, new york. >> and venezuela, chaos and protests prompted the president

to postpone the elimination of some of that country's currency. yesterday there were fires, yelling, pushing and shoving from passionate demonstrators who are against the plan to take away the country's largest paper bill. the 100 note went out of circulation friday before new bills were available at banks and atms. 40% of vends waillans do not have bank accounts so they found themselves unable to pay for food, gas or christmas gifts. the president decided the bank note would temporarily be restored january 2nd. similar protests are going in in india where there's a plan to remove some of their currency from circulation by the end of this month. the surgeon who created the life saving heimlich maneuver died. dr. henry heimlich died yesterday at a hospital the in cincinnati. he was 96 years old. his son said heimlich suffered a

heart attack earlier in the week. heimlich was director of surgery at a jewish hospital in cincinnati back in 1974 when he devised the treatment for choking victims that made his name a household word. more than 2,000 people gathered yesterday at an ohio state university auditorium. they celebrated the life of john glenn. a former astronaut, fighter pilot and senator died last week at the age of 95 with. >> first-year doctors could soon be working 28 hours straight. a private group that oversees figures training has proposed those longer shifts. right now first-year residents are restricted to 16-hour

shifts. that restriction put in place five years ago because evidence showed exhausted doctors were putting patients and themselves in danger. one trial shows interns who worked more than 24 hours straight made 36% more serious medical errors. some surgeons say current limits than force residents to leave at critical times during a surgery, which they say is even more dangerous to patients. tesla wants to make sure some electric car drivers don't hog the network of charging stations. the palo alto company said anyone who leaves their car sitting at a super charger station after it's fully charged will have to pay 40 cents per minute to leave it parked there. a recharge is free to tesla owners. tesla's app will tell you when your car is about to be charged. elan musk said the so-called idle fee will be charged only if

all chargers at the station are full it can be hard to tell when elan musk is joking, especially when his wild ideas have helped transform the auto industry and space travel. while stuck in traffic in l.a. yesterday he made comments about tunneling through the earth. people aren't sure if he's serious or not. musk tweeted traffic is driving me nuts. i'm going to build a tunnel-boring machine and start digging. it will be called the boring company. it's what we do. i'm actually going to do this. he mentioned digging tunnels before. he said you could have layers of tunnels under cities to alleviate congestion. if you check his twitter profile, he now has tunnels, yes, tunnel the, listed in his description. in theory tunnels could reduce traffic and greenhouse emotion missions and could be good practice for burrowing on mars.

still ahead, a star wars fan turned movie director is living the dream. we hear from the creative forces behind the new film "rogue one." here's a live look from our abc7 roof cam. it's chilly out there. down right cold. 20s, 30s, freeze warnings in ate if he can in some areas. lisa along shortly with the full accuweather forecast.

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warriors forward draymond green leads the team in dishes but today he will be hand being out shoes at a private party in oakland. he will not dress up as santa as he did last year when he met with an 8-year-old shooting survivor. this is affiliated with the boys and girls club of oakland and some schools. there will be a dj, barbers, hair dressers, lots of food for the young people. i love my warriors! >> really? i wasn't sure about that. good morning, everybody. more temperatures are hovering at or below freezing than not. as we look outside right now from emeryville, here's one of the milder locations. 41 in oakland. ed san jose. that's the good news. livermore freezing. danville close to it and san jose and we will continue the list. talk about the holiday weekend coming up. >> thank you, lisa. and speaking of the warriors,

they dominated the blazers at a blowout win at orial.

>> oakland battles the chargers

in san diego today. kickoff at 1:25 this afternoon. the warriors are off until tuesday when they play the jazz at oracle arena. last night the dubs blew out the trail blazers for the second time this season. here's shu. he's got the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. well, the warriors and trail blazers tipped off last night at oracle with two of the best guards in the nba. steph curry and lillard facing off. one man doesn't make a team and the dubs showed us that. here are dogs performing tricks. something for everybody. ian clarke loves playing the blazers. had a previous high against them earlier this year and a new career high last night. 9 of 11 shooting. kevin durant, one-handed jam. dubs shot 58% in the first half and led by 25. no let down in the second half. damian lillard.

up to draymond, and splash. 30-point dubs lead. then steph, the deep catch and shoot, the three. finishes with 19. durant had a game high 34 points in 31 minutes. 11 of 13 shooting. klay had 16 points. and here the alley oop. dubs win by 45. largest win of the season and all-time against portland, improving to 24-4. >> just now being home for a few days and having yesterday off i think the guys looked like they had that spring in their step again. it's good to see. >> when you have one game, you want to try to keep building and build from that game and hopefully as a group we do the same thing. it was a really solid game all the way around. >> playing with these guys gives you so much confidence in yourself, especially when you get on the floor with them and they encourage them to be who you are. it's fun. >> cal hosting cal-poly.

looking for the 27th straight win at home. the first quarter, completes the a lee other. here he picks it you have and lays it in. ten-point bears lead. goes baseline. finishes with the reverse. he had a career high 25. cal on the half with a 23-1 run. he throws it down. cal wins their 27th straight at home. a school record. 81-55, that final. santa clara hosted by washington state. jared has 25 points helped give the broncos an 11-point second half lead but they went ice-cold. hawkinson, bucket and the foul. team high 21. the drive, lays it in. cougars take the lead. part of the 14-0 run. here two points in the final six minutes. can't get the shot off. no foul called. santa clara false to 5-7. 69-68, that final.

ncaa finals, volleyball, texas and cardinals. match point. katheryn plumber, one of her 16 kills in stanford. they win their fourth national title in four sets. today niners and falcons, raiders and chargers. those highlights tonight at 5:00. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> good sunday morning. waking up to even colder temperatures, and as live doppler sweeps live from mount st. helena, don't have cloud cover. and some light winds. but it's frostier and frigid out there this morning with san francisco in the mid-40s. it's 41 oakland. but, bikes that's not the trend. temperatures have dropped steadily from mountain view to san jose.

mid-30s to low 30s. 28 in gilroy, 39 in half moon bay. and from our sutro tower camera visibility is great but look at all the 20s. from the north bay to the east bay. 28 in santa rosa. livermore, novato, 29 napa. it's 36 out by the delta. and concord is at 31. no wind out there except there's a bit of a wind up in santa rosa. that brings the windchill to about 26. >> we could get down to the air temperature of 26 degrees by 7:00. by 8:00 things should turn around. that's when the freeze warning expires as well as the frost advisory for san francisco, the peninsula, the bay shore. look how much colder it is this morning. you thought it was colder yesterday but it's even six to nine degrees colder in palo alto, san jose, novato. look at napa. so the widespread 20s and 30s this morning. so hopefully you brought the furry friends inside and protected the plants because the coldest weather is still yet to come. i had to do some serious scraping this morning off of my

windshield before i took off. it took some time to really thaw out. so the coldest morning. the season is right now with freeze warnings and frost advisories for the next few hours. not sure if we are going to have that tonight because we will get a bit of a wind shift. wind coming straight out of the north. it should be more westerly in the days ahead. we will add cloud cover to it but we will stay dry through hanukkah and christmas. looks good to get out and get things done. oakland for today looking at temperature, they are right around 40 right any. it's going to stay that way. we won't bump up until about 9:00 and then by 1:00 there you go, 50 degrees. 52 should be the high. let's look at san francisco. for the week ahead. average highs 57. 53 today. but you will bump up right on through the middle of the week and then you will cover around the mid-50s as we go through the holiday weekend. lots of numbers to pass on. overnight lows near freezing,

another frosty one, but temperatures modifying and finally as we look at santa rosa you will be below freezing again. another night tonight. highs once again very uniform from the upper 40s to the low 50s. the accuweather seven-day forecast temperatures coming up maybe a couple degrees tomorrow. it's really not until tuesday and the first day of winter wednesday when we will see temperatures and feel like they are back to normal. maybe a passing shower in the northern mountains on thursday. if you are headed to the sierra nevada, no travel delays through the holiday weekend and that's a good thing because the week after that, last week of the year, looks like we could see some more rain and snow. >> and winter officially starts this week, right? >> it's been feeling like it, right? >> yes. >> thank you, lisa. the "star wars" universe has expanded with the release of "rogue one: a star wars story," a star wars story. jonathan bloom sat down with the director and the cast to talk

about the making of the "star wars" magic. >> the world is come back. >> not just a world but a galaxy far, far away. >> i showed up shooting and hundreds of stormtroopers onset. a childhood fantasy. >> he grew up a star wars fan. but the biggest fan onset was almost certainly the director, gary edwards. >> as a kid i thought the world was full of stormtroopers and x wings before i realized it was full of cars and guys in suits. "star wars" has one guy in suits. >> it's hard to bait. >> brought back childhood nightmares. >> he comes back to me and talks to me at night. it's quite the scary. >> "rogue one: a star wars story" is the first story that's not part of the main saga. alongside the seven episodes that came before it, you might say this is the rogue one. >> it's the story what happens between episodes 3 and 4 and the characters are new.

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. >> a deep freeze in the bay area. many people are finding trost frost on their wind shields. >> good morning, everyone. i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, december 18th. let's start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> i was one of those scraping this morning. good morning, everyone. it's a balmy 46 in san francisco at the airport. that's the good news. but live doppler 7hd picking up on the lack of cloud cover, the radiational cooling. we are almost 20 degrees cooler. santa rosa, novato, napa, where numbers are in the upper 20s. its below freezing in concord, 33 mountain view, san jose, san mateo and los gatos 34. 27 in livermore. we are warmer in oakland. san francisco is not bad.