this is abc7 mornings. >> it is 6:00 a.m. on december 21. >> i am jessica castro here for natasha zouves with traffic reporter alexis smith and meteorologist mike nicco. >> good morning. i can see you more clearly this morning. >> and i am not cold. live doppler hd is show nothing frozen falling from the sky. just a few clouds. as you look from the east bay hills camera, our 12-hour day planner shows increase sunshine. 39 to 48. frost free start to the first day of winter. it came in at 2:4 this morning. 56 to 58 through 4:00, and at 7:00, 45 to 51. by friday, a lot of rain on way. alexis? >> a significant trouble spot this morning. it is a hazard, i think a disabled vehicle because they

calling for a tow truck, southbound 101 beyond san antonio road, the last center is blocked. we are, look at six mile backup so trying to get more information on this and i would stick to surface streets adding 20 or 25 minutes to the commute. another update in less than ten. >> happening today, what could be a big step in the fight between uber and the state over the self-driving cars. >> uber is it willing a direct order to stop test the self-driving cars here in san francisco. a reporter joins us from uber headquarters. >> this battle is brewing. uber is try to move failure. it deals with permit issues. uber has been testing self driving cars without permits from the dmv which threatened legal action? they did not stop testing the vehicles. uber argues they do not need a

permit because the high-tech cars are monitored by human drivers. a bicycle safety group questions the car's safety. >> we conveyed some safety concerns to engineering and policy staff at uber, including the dangerous right hook style turns through the bicycle lanes that they making, and these towns are band under law because they unsafe. >> this video shows an uber self piloted vehicle running a red light in san francisco last week, uber said it was human error and the driver was attended. a big showdown between uber tones and attorneys from the state with uber driving to move forward with the self-driving program. >> new this morning in the south bay the driver behind the wheel of the burning car managed to walk away with no serious injure. the bmw was on the side after a bad crash and witnesses say the

drive was getting off interstate 280 and he skid, hit the overpass, and the bmw burst into flames. a friend pulled out the driver before the car started burning. >> developing news on the peninsula police are sending for a red s.u.v. that hit a man leaving him critically injured while walking in the crosswalk in millbrae before 9:00. the driver hit him and took off. investigators think it is a red s.u.v. possibly a toyota. we sat down with san francisco's new chief of police shortly after he was formally introduced. bill scott was a deputy chief in los angeles for two years. he spent 27 years in law enforcement. he was open and candid when he sat down with our reporter vic lee. the discussion included controversial showers he will face including use of tasers, which they do use currently at

the lapd. >> do you support tasers? >> i do, i have seen the good in having the ability of a less lethal opening which is good. >> scott said he supports reindustrying police from shooting at moving vehicles. and that is a reform which the police union opposes. scott said that policy was in place at lapd and he will be sworn in next month. >> small portion of that interview was from yesterday and you can watch the entire conversation on our website at abc7news.com. we are lend new information on the deadly berlin truck crash. authorities are now looking for a man from tunisia. officials found documents related to the 24-year-old asylum inside the truck and this is according to a german, a 23-year-old from pakistan was 23-year-old from pakistan was released because of

evidence. cnn is reporting one of the injured people died overnight bring the new death toll to 13. some of the same legislationers who passed north carolina's controversial bathroom bill are returning to the capitol today to consider repealing it. the incoming democratic governor said he struck a deal to get rid of the law which limits regulations for the lgbt community and requires transgender people to use restrooms concerning to the says on their birth several. several cities have banned step employee travel to north carolina because of law. >> santa cruz county sheriff isen welcoming young people of a dangerous psychedelic drug after seeing a disturbing trend, five incidents in a in involving young people and lsd, and most involved violence, including the case of a 15-year-old who stabbed two family members before he was shot and killed. the latest incident happened on monday, after a reaction from

takng lsd. investigators say his brother retrained him until the deputies arrived. in an unusual move the sheriff sent a letter to the superintendent of the santa cruz office of education asking for help. >> as far as trying to figure out how to combat a problem like this, and that is our approach to try and get as much ace wear if as question to hopefully prevent any issues going forward. >> the sheriff is looking into testing lsd to determine if there is a dangerous batch in@e

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>> i have good news and bad news. significant backup. southbound 101 between petaluma and novato. a solid line of red beyond san antonio road. a vehicle had a tire that fell off and stuck in the lastst lane. it was looked to the tow truck and they just cleared it. we have a long delay. southbound 101 into novato from santa rosa is over an hour. it is a 20-minute delay. >> now, meteorologist mike nicco has the first official day of winter. >> 2:44 winter began our lounge of the night of the year is tonight. sfo is clear but on friday, what a nightmare it is going to be getting in and out of sfo. poor air quality in the north bay but all of us under "spare the air" day and clearing

tomorrow. in the south bay, 39 in santa clara and alum rock and everyone else in the 40s and 41 in san jose. brentwood and calistoga, novato at 37. 48 in san francisco. 58 to 61 today. 55 to 61 tomorrow. 51 to 54 and rain reports ahead. a health alert for pains with a new recommendation for kid chose suffer a concussion. ♪ let it snow >> she's got the moves and she back, the bear

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capping you. >> busted. >> my gosh. this we go. stop it, scott. "spare the air", our third of the season, third consecutive no wood burning and mild highs, and moderate rain and windy. never been busted on tv like that before. a dry cold front move through and a few showers in the sierra bringing increasing sunshine and we will jump into the storm-impact scale because we have a storm and it is friday and a lot of us will try to travel that day, light-to-moderate rain and windy conditions and thunder. from midnight to 7:00 a.m. a north bay event but yellees and orange -- yellows and oranges, and at 9:00 a.m. in the heart of bay. and by 11:00, it hangs around through 3:00 in the south bay

and it tapers by action. it will become snow showers at 4,000 feet. saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon, dry. show us the moves. >> no, no, no, no, no, never on camera. that is a rule. we have delays from the earlier problem in the north by. southbound 101 beyond san antonio a vehicle had a wheel fall off. not a great start to the day for them but the tow truck cleared it. up to 47 miles per hour. still crawling through petaluma at four miles per hour. it is starting to clear. that is the good news. new problem in the tri- valley southbound 680 we have a vehicle that lost control and it is now blocking the right lane so backup building through pleasanton and emeryville is okay with the bay bridge

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issued an official response so it nothing it. >> unruly airline passengers take height. ♪ wherever you go ♪ whatever you do richard will be waiting to take you down, on a flight from vietnam to seoul and he said another male passenger started attacking the all female crew and he jumped in to help out. he is holding a rope used to detain the passenger. his wife and former reported the whole thing and he said this was insane. >> just chaos. the guy was out of control. he was attacking the passengers. a couple of passengers. he was whacked out. >> the grammy winner sound off on the korean airline and said the crew was not trained to deal with the incident and the airline should be sanctioned. the airline responded saying the

crew acted according to protest cull. >> a man involved in a heist at a wine country restaurant has pleaded guilty $500,000 worth of wine was stolen from the french laundry in 2014 and the bottles were taken from the restaurant on christmas day when it was closed for renovation. prosecutors say he acknowledged conspiring to steal the pricey wine boughters and now is scheduled to be sentenced in march. >> now time to ask michael finney. a question on bying a car and michael finney has the answer. >> i am not market for a new car. should i get a hybrid or electric? >> that is a great question. it depends on how you drive or how you want to drive. if you like going on road trips, there may not be enough charging stations to make an electric vehicle viable. however, if you stay in town an

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good morning, bay area. >> it is 6:30 on wednesday, december 21. the first day of winter. i am regular. >> i am jessica castro. with meteorologist mike nicco and alexis smith and natasha zouves is out we have a lot to get to. we will start with you, mike.

mike: it is cold. not so cold as it has been. the first day of winter, at 2:44 is when it started. temperatures are five to 13 degrees warmer because of high clouds. the drive cold front will bring us increasing sunshine. seasonal temperatures this afternoon. 43 to 48 through 7:00. 57 to 58 at noon through hurricane, and 48 to 53 is mild at 7:00, and more on "spare the air" and friday's rain. alexis? >> we are okay. we have a couple hot spots, and looking at the bay bridge toll plaza we have had metering lights on since after 5:30 and a disabled vehicle on the san francisco side of the bridge beyond treasure island and it cleared and it is unwinding quickly and down to 59 we, southbound 101 san francisco to

novato. all the search continue for a third shooting suspect with two others in custody this is a video of a suspect being arrested, and you can see it he had to be restrained after kicking out a window in a squad car. this started before midnight when an officer heard a gunshot and saw two men changing gunfire they were arrested and that is when a third took off into the dealership. a employer and son are recovering after a freak accident in the south bay. >> our reporter is in san jose along 680. >> good morning, this is unusual and it happened on this stretch of 680 before 101, a mother helping her son ended up crashing her car into his car, and check out this video, you can see her car is on its side and his car is crunched from behind. a pickup with a tire bent. how did it happen?

the c.h.p. said the 17-year-old was having car trouble and pulled over next to the center divider, on southbound 680, before 101 and he called his mother, she said she was on the way, and as mom arrived at scene she was very muched in a cash with a pickup truck and her car rolled, crashing into her son's car. >> no one was seriously hurt. the mother and son complain of pain and it does not seem to be too major. the driver of the pickup truck was walking around the scene and he is fine. probably be sore tomorrow but he will be okay. >> something that may have kept the son from having more serious injuries after the car broke down the mother said to put on the hazards and the seatbelt and the c.h.p. said the mother gave her son great advice. >> a strangest story i have heard. i am glad they all right. >> the search is on for the driver would hit a three-year-old boy in san jose and then drove off. this happened last night in vancouver court.

authorities say the boy wandered into the street while walking a dog with his grandfather and a small silver car, possibly a honda, hit the boy, and the boy lost consciousness and rushed to santa clara valley medical center and we are waiting to hear about the condition. >> san francisco police are still looking into a collision between a muni light rail train and a car that happened before 8:00 last night at third and mix bay boulevard in the motion bay district. the southbound "2" -- >> a well liked pawnshop owner and his dog were killed we yesterday at 3:00. officers found two men shot after reports of a robbery in progress. the store owner die asked an employee was slot and taken to the hospital with serious injuries. witnesses saw two men running from the pawnshop. one of those men was armed.

>> it has been a shock. i am stunned. >> i hate to see this happen. i don't think he deserved this. >> why would someone want to do something like this to good people that provide as service to the community? not everyone take as chance to do this. >> friends say the owner leaves behind a wife and children. >> we have a good idea of how the new police chief in san francisco will lead. we were the original cry to talk to him after being inintroduced by mayor. bill cost is leave his job as deputy chief of the lapd after 27 years with the department. he said he read all 273 reforms recommended bit justice department and said they reasonable. and he will do his best to get them done. to do so he will have to pursuade a police force that has seen only three outsiders as chiefs recently, all three with challenges getting support of

rank and file. >> everyone starts with relationship. i made an appointment each day to talk to two or three people even for 10 minutes, allowing you to cigarette to -- get to kw people. >> that is only a further of the interview with the rest of conversation including what he said about tasers at the department. san francisco took 15 months to name the new chief. >> five other police departments are still looking for someone to leads them. oakland has not had a permanent chief since a sudden resignation over sexual misconduct scandal. in september a berkeley police chief resigned after serving seven years n hard the police chief retired after being on leave since august over a confidential issue. >> also, last week, we learned

appeal's chief is going to retire at the end of year after serving for 35 years and said "it's time." >> end of the year marks the under for the bart police chief planning to do a national search for their new chief. >> holiday shoppers on edge after hearing of a brazen hold up at a popular mall in the east bay. we saw heavy police presence at stop ridge shopping center last night after the incident and it is all because a woman was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight stealing the victim's bags, purse, phone, and wallet. shoppers are taking extra precaution. >> i few i was coming here but my husband came with me just in case. >> the holidays and i now she will be carrying bags and the rest of the year i would nature be conditioned. >> the robs made it to the freeway and got away. there are few leads for investigators.

>> muni riders did you notice something was off on monday? there was, someone was off: 74 drivers. according foe the "san francisco examiner" unprecedented number of workers called in sick on monday and there are not enough backup drivers some buses never hit the we pavement. the agency hopes to fill in the ranks next year as 70 new drivers graduate from the training program. >> today, san francisco debuting the first ever protected intersection. the mayor will be at 9th and decision to asunday the protect complete. a protected intersection uses simple concepts extending the condition crete islands at each corner to slow downturning speeds. and they increase the separation between the bicycle and drive lanes right there. division and 9th is among the most dangerous enters is for crashes. >> there is fall intermediate in san francisco from oakland's deadly ghost ship fire and today organizers plan to deliver a

petition to city hall demanding a moratorium on unsolicited fire inspections, with organizers claiming that san francisco is conducting a witch hunt targeting spaces used by artists in the wake of the fire that killed 36 people in oakland. it goes on to say inspectors are demanding costly upgrades which in turn are leading tovictions in the city's artistic community. the petition will be delivered to the department of building inspections at 9:00 a.m. >> story that will be good husband for hundreds police officering in palo alto only mobile home park. santa clara county housing authority unanimously voted to make an offer to buy buena vista mobile home park according to our news group to keep the owners, family, from shutting it down and displacing nearly 400 mostly low-income latino residents. they have been uncertain about

their housing situation since the family filed an election to close the site. a shakeup at the to which of an east bay school district, the superintendent of pleasanton unified is on leave only six months after being you are fewed. he came on board in july and now is on leave pending an investigation into a "personnel matter." the district alerted student families but is not provide additional details. the deputy superintendent is taking over during the investigation. >> planning to hit the beach on the first day of winter, there could be dangerous breaking wave where a beach hazard statement in affect until 6:00 p.m. with the biggest waves at half moon bay up to 20 foot, so use caution. elsewhere, expect swells 9 to 11'. >> dangerous rip currents, and 60 degree temperatures with sunshine at the coast.

san rafael looking south on 101 in the north bay could have the poorest air quality, today the third consecutive spare spire day and i am not expecting one tomorrow. 40 in menlo park and woodside and redwood city is 43 and foster city is 42, san mateo is 44 and daly city and pacifica at 46 degrees, and everyone el and around 50, san bruno at 55. palo alto and san jose and concord at 41, and fairfield 37, and 39 in san ramon and napa and santa rosa. today, you are good to go travel on the roads with no black ice and calm on the bay. 60s today and tomorrow and only mid-50s on friday with the heavy rain coming in. i will show you when, next. >> our traffic map shows a couple of areas recovering, southbound 101 in the north bay we have quite a bit of red because of a vehicle that lost its wheel this morning. it had to wait in the tow truck. that was beyond antonio road and it is gone.

as we check our speeds it and heavy at seven miles per hour as you get through the heart of petaluma up to 35 miles per hour and closer to where the stuation was. it and slowly starting to thinout and better in the tri- valley, southbound 680 before sunol boulevard a two-car crash is cleared for 15 minutes and you crimestoppers from south of the 580 merge and look okay in the south bay, quiet this morning, and this is 280 at 17, inbound side has filled in and we are lighter than average. you are good to go. it doesn't look like uber is putting the brakes on their self driving cars with the high stakes meeting tackling this issue. >> at&t just roll out a new smartphone app after the break, and how it hopes to protect you against the most annoying calls. >> a look outside this morning, it is going to be warmer as mike has been saying, not that you

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>> video from colombia show as cargo plane before it crashed skimming the fence surrounding the airfield. the plane crashed shortly after the video was taken killing five crew members and sending a flight technician to the hospital. it crashed immediately after

taking off for clock why's capital city of bogota. the cause is "under investigation." >> the number of victims is expected to climb following a massive chain reaction of exploding fireworks in mexico. 29 people have already died. >> bright flashes lit up the sky dug the explosion yesterday, just outside mexico coe city and 72 people are hurt, including 13 children would were sent to texas for treatment. it is the third explosion at the market since 2005 and last month the state said and this is controversial it was the "safest fireworks market in latin america." the cause of the explosion is now "under investigation." a vote are approved measure to speed up the execution process in california is being challenged that wants do resume executions by expanding the pool

of death penalty lawyers and setting strict timelines for inmates to appear sentences. opponents say the reform measure would disrupt the courts, cost more money, and limit proper appeals. supporters of prop 66 are calling the lawsuit a "frivolous stalling tactic." there has not been an execution in california in a decade. >> happening today, san francisco public defender will release previously unseen police body camera footage in the arrest of a man at the embarcadero bart station last july. this is cell phone video shot by witnesses and last week, a jury acquitted the 22 year old michael smith of four counts of battery on on police officer. the jury could not research a verdict on three other counts of battery and resisting arrest. smith could face a second trial. the bart police say suspicion was uncooperative andinglily

resisted. >> should uber tab the breaks as it ribs to use self driving technology? uber is meeting with the state, today, to take bout their future. we want to go to our reporter at uber headquarters in san francisco. >> good morning. the ride sharing company is trying to move forward with their self-driving program but state officials say, not so fast. the issue is over permits. the cars are called self drive but uber said they are different because a person is behind the wheel, technology allows the car to drive itself, and that is exactly the argument that uber plans to make. last week, state officials already threatened legal action after uber started testing the vehicles without a permit. during the tests last week, one of the cars ran a red light. uber said it was human error, and the driver was success ended and. a big day for uber as the company tries to move forward

with their self driving program. if you have had to pay a high overdraft fee you are not alone and it turns out small banks are gist as guilty of the big fees. a nonprofit trust publish add new report say was of all sighs are making billions by charging excessive fees. the secret shoppers were sent to 45 small banks and on average it was $32 for overdraft fee, compared to $35 for big banks. so the same. all small bank let customers rub up fees of $90 a day. the way to get away from the fees is not a lost choice other than not going over on the checking account and declining transactions to him the fees. >> tart is helping you avoid the annoy robocalls and twitter struggles to increase revenue and takes another hit. jane king has that story and

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average 20,000, just 30 points aaway a. the financials, the banks, are dragging us lower today. back to you. >> thank you. fingers crossed on the at&t app. >> it will make a big difference. >> making a difference today are warmer temperatures. >> we are warmer at 5 to 15 degrees warmer as we have a dry cold front public the high clouds and will pump the showers into the south. can you see the broken clouds on the the camera, do not burn wood it is "spare the air". cleaner air tomorrow, wet and windy tomorrow and on monday. tomorrow the storm is moderate, and up to 1" of rain, with breezy conditions and a chance of thunder in the afternoon and evening. in the morning, it is moderate by 7:00 a.m. with the light rain moving into the heart of the bay and the moderate in the north

bay but when we get to 10:30 it moves into the heart of the bay, and by 1:00 or 2:00 it moves into our inland east bay neighbors and the south bay. by pack, the heaviest and steady rain is over and scattered showers behind it with brief impulses of moderate rain and snow down to 4,000'. we will get .5" in the south bay to 1.25" in the north bay and at 4:00 a.m., 36 hours of 1-to-2 foot of snow and nearly whiteout conditions in the sierra. here is my seven-day forecast, saturday afternoon, sunday during day, dry sunday into monday as the next storm, a light one. >> alexis? >> a nice commute right now, but not so nice at the bay bridge toll plaza but that is rare. we have had the metering lights on since 5:30 before elsewhere it is lighter than average.

the golden gate bridge has light valleys southbound, and from lombard to van ness we are down to two lanes. later in the morning that will cause congestion and confusion. the construction continues. tracy to dublin is 50 minutes, and antioch to concord is 122. and san rafael to san francisco, in the jell-o at 18 minutes. -- in the gel let at 18 minutes. >> san francisco is boasting of having the tallest residential building on the west coast with a lightning entire, 70 stories owe 800' tall, and it will offer commercial office space afternoon and luxury condos, with the anchor 260' into bed rome unlike the millennial tower

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2:44 this morning, our third consecutive "spare the air" with a wood burning ban until midnight with better air on the way tomorrow. two, traffic is light this morning, and i have four incidents on the board but nothing serious. really, it should be a smooth commute. shear is the san mateo bridge stop-and-go traffic on the westbound side. >> three, a employer and -- mother and southern recovering after a freak accident in san jose. the c.h.p. said a 17-year-old had car trouble, called his mother for help and she arrived on scene and she crashed plowing into her son's car. >> four, santa cruz county sheriff is warning young people about lsd, with five bad incidentals in a month. the sheriff sent a letter to the superintendent of the office of education asking for help. >> five, berlin authorities confirmed they are looking for an asylum seeker in connection

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