live where you live. this is abc7 news. >> the crowd is just beginning to build. san francisco's gearing up to host the biggest new year's celebration anywhere in northern california. hello. happening now in san francisco, party preps well underway to bring in 22017. and this is a live look right now at san francisco's embarcadero from the abc7 roof camera. the bay area is in celebration

mode. cornell bernard is live along the embarcadero where large crowds are expected. happy new year, cornell. >> reporter: happy new area to you. crowds definitely converging tonight here on the emdare reto ring in 2017 and check out the amazing fireworks at midnight. bare kaeding going up and all keis the bay area,let of people are ready celebrating the new year. folks were ringing in the any user to say, art museum with this japan bronze bell. it's a japan tradition. >> these things ju gist just way. it's cleaning. >> it's about let can things go

and we have a lot of thinged to let for 2016. >> midnight tame early at the lawrence hall of science in berkeley where kids and parents were showered by a balloon took. >> she has gotten into plans. >> the scares the water wasn't e -- will soon pop. and thousands are shells with welcome the new year. >> we havriceking the weather and we'll be lucky. should be clear. from all over. >> reporter: police out in force along the embarcadero, looking for anything suspicious. you're coming, bundle up. >> it i coal? >> pretty up, we're freezing. >> reporter: this family from brazil. >> new government and brazil and

america as well. let's hope to happen a better place in the world for everyone. >> reporter: a simple wish. >> happy new year! >> reporter: best advise this new year's eve, don't bring your car to the emembarcadero, we have been asked where to park. parking lots have been filling up and. we have seen 30 bucks in some lots and that price is likely to begun after 6:00 p.m. take public transit if you can. we're live. cornell bernard, happy new year to you, caroline. back to you. >> if drinking is part of your celebration, think twice about driving. dui check points are operating across the bay area. law enforcement agencies are encouraging everyone to make a plan in order to get home safely tonight. in addition to bay area cities increasing patrols the chp will

also have maximum enforcement through the weekend. you might be able to get a free ride tonight. the following transit agencies are providing free rides from 8:00 through tomorrow morning. caltrain will add four additional trains leaving san francisco. bart will not be free but will extend service until 3:00 a.m. tomorrow. trains will run every 20 minutes after midnight. uber and lyft will be operating surge prices and one drivers expects prices to triple and aaa is offering it service. a big question is, will they be able to see the fireworks? drew tuma has the answer. right, drew? >> we're going to have great visible later on tonight. live doppler 7, clouds are get ought here this evening and our

skies are clearing. not too bold and a quiet night if the first we can of 2017 does look rather up settled elm the rain chances going up quickly. we'll take a closer look in forecast. >> another place to sell brace, new york's sometimes -- times square. this is a live look. people started recoverying this more morning to watch the sphere drop another midnight. 7,000 police there. security measures include a rein of sanitation trucks filled with sand to prevent anyone from possibly driving a vehicle into the crowd. police are using barers as crowd

control. officials are not aware of any credible security threats. you can celebrate with abc7. -- clark's rockin' eve starts also 6'm. 'll do right back to ryan see haven't through mid- >> an arsonist may be responsible for brush fires in san jose. >> firefighters responded to a pair of suspicious fires in the area overnight. several palm trees along the freeway catching fire. flames spread to a nearby caltran storage container. you can see them on the roof. tvs believe the fires were intentionally set. >> his is has been -- becoming a chronic fire in this same location. we have had over a couple dozen

of these calls over the past few weeks. >> you crews put out our first fire and' then received a call about a fire half mile away. a solemn ceremony to remember murder victims this year. we were in oakland where parishioners at the catholic church organized a gathering to remember victims of homicide in the city. the church displace a white cross for victims. there were 83 crosses this year. today family members, including, and city officials gathered to pray for those who died. the ceremony to rethem before the new year. >> i often see people standing, praying, looking or even people stop in shock. seen that. i live right here. >> the church placed a superb cross to honor the 36 victims of the ghost ship warehouse fire.

we're following breaking news from turkey where 35 people have been killed in a night including doingclub shooting. 40 are injured, video from is e istanbul shows ambulances arriving with victims at local hospital. the nightclub is near the bridge, the governor of is it -- istanbul has call a terror attack. developing news on russia tonight. 11 people who were ex-red from -- expelled from the consulate in san francisco are on the ware walk to russia. four diplomats and their seven family members drove to lax, where they boarded a flight to months scow two hours ago. the 11 were part of 35 expelled

by the obama administration this week. there's newly discovered evidence suggesting russian hackers may have infiltrated america's electrical grid. >> the clock is ticking and russian dip plats on the move. now less than 24 hours before their deadline to get out of the country. but as they pack up, a new threat, code associated with russian hacking, found on a laptop linked to a vermont electrical company. it does raise questions about the security of the u.s. power fried. >> on twister the president-elect wishing a happy new year to all, including my enemies and those who fought me and lost so badly. seemingly not among those enemies, the russian president, on friday, trump praising vladimir putin for defying calls to retaliate. saying, i always knew he was very smart. >> i am frankly very, very scared that our next president hasn't a clue about what russia is actually up to.

>> reporter: on thursday, president obama expelled 35 russian officials and shut down two of the lavish diploma comp pounds, pay back for interfering with the u.s. elects. >> tate have to leave win our and oz not human. >> the rot report the foreign minister threatened to kick out u.s. diplomats and then mutt put announced there would be no retaliation. perhaps playing the long game, and waiting for trump's term to beginning. >> 're putin likely had an expectation that mr. trump may put into play policies that will be beneficial to russian interests. >> at the president-elect as questioned, even doubted russian's hacking but u.s. tell intense says there are no question-russia interfere in the u.s. election. abc news, a. >> produce workers found themselves cull to a major cleanup job. a large box truck filled with

fruits and vegetables lost its

after more than six hours of work recovery crews have finally cleared an accident involving a semi hauling produce north of santa rosa. the truck crashed along calistoga road. the trailer split open, causing the produce to scatter. no one was hurt. some retailers are scrambling to keep fresh local crab in stock because of a crabber's strike. striking west coast crabber,

from there are after a howler dropped its price. yes crab fisherman in half moon bay say they would state stay out of the water. some crab suppliers, say they're out in out of dungeness crab other. fish markets report a very limited supply. ahead a check on that eagle camera the nation's watching. >> happy new year. >> , bringing in the new year with traditional back bang and a wish for happiness. >> i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we'll welcome 2017 under clear skies but rain is

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>> happy new year! >> ringing in the the year with good wishes. fireworks over victoria harbor lasted ten minutes. buildings on hong kong island set off wishing star fireworks for an hour for people to make new you're wishes -- new year wisheses. the represent happiness, halve, fullment and affluence. look at other international new year's eve civil operations. we have a -- celebrations. we have a slide shows on our web site. the eagles that have captured the attention of the nation are new parents today. this morning they welcomed a new year's eve eaglet on live web cam. peep have been monning the eagle

cam since the mother laid two eggs. this afternoon we saw the doting parents feeding the baby bird and fixing up his or her necessary of nest. the other egg has been slowly breaking open. 16 million people watch harriet gill worth to two eaglets back no 2012. you can watch the like feed anytime and we have streaming on the free abc7 news app. >> how the forecast with drew tuma. >> on the new year's eve we're going to squeak out a dry 12 hours, perfect for all the festivities but next week the rain chances come back. this more than we had a couple of isolate showers and they're out of here. that led the way though gorgeous sunset. couldn't ask for a better night on the way. mainly clear skies and won't be too cold. the forecast calls for a cool

and dry new year's eve on tap. the, a arctic blast is on hold. there will a series of storms to keep the air to the north and our temperatures warmer than we forecasted yesterday. right now, a lot 50s on the board. 55 novato. livermore, 48. the call overnight, mainly clear skies. not too chilly. most spots in the low to mid-40s as we welcome 2017. future weathering, the first dar othe year, early on raft sunshine but into the afternoon and the evening the clouds will build up and a week ripple of energy we try to toss us an isolated shower after the sun goes down tomorrow. that's the first chance of wet weather. highs on your sunday, similar to where we are today. mid-to-low 50s. the name of the game, we

sunshine giving way to cloud cover late. the storm impact scale comes back on monday. a lying system. light showers, less than a tenth of an inch of rain but a cool day. when the rain falls temperatures in the 40s and 50s. so monday morning, isolated showers and stays unsettled through monday nos. everybody will see the showers but need he umbrella for ten 015 minutes the, a arctic blast on hold. in san jose we get bumped temperature-wise, mid-week so these storm systems going to help keep the mild air in place, but looking at the accuweather forecast it is rather unsettled. tomorrow isolated shower in the evening, some morning rain possible and clouds. by wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, it's a one each day. not a lot of rain, just here and there through the seven-day

forecast. i think a lot of people might be happy the cold air is staying at bay the next seven days. >> thank you, drew. anthony flores is here now talking sports. watched a little another the alabama game. >> a good one. we were talking college football as well as the nfl. coming up, houston's head coach was mt. mcmcgloin's coach in washington and can washingto

now sports. >> the washington huskies were the big dog of the pack telephone -- the pac-12. huskies would describe first, the floater to pettis. 16 yards for the touchdown. 7-0 washington. uw fans loving it. nick saban, not so much, then bama recall -- recalled el off 16 opinions. the tide rolling 17-7 at recess, four quarter, bama, scarborough, look at bo go. 68 yards. a bama bowl record 180 yards rushing and two scores. chris peter send's great season comes to an appear. bama is on their ware way to their fifth national title game

jurassic. >> formality mcgloin with start. and raider nation might wonder if he can lead oakland to an afc west title. his college coach has no doubt. he was the first quarterback to start as a walk on, head coach at penn state was bill o'bryan, now the houston texans head and says his former quarterback will succeed weeping. >> when we started spring practice is what us to me this is the starting quarterback. i to make in the pros it would hard for any team to cut him him from scranton, pennsylvania. they're born with a chip on their shoulder. he is a good great kid. >> to back the warriors ring in new year on monday, hosting denver. a lot of people would like to

skip to finals rematch with the cavs but head coach steve kerr is talking patience. he remembers how fighting the first nab finals one was and the second year waying anded to get there and the third year was grind. he sees the same thing happening here and wants burglars and fans to enjoy the -- wants fans and player as i like to enjoy the success. >> we have the same feeling with the bulls that third year, ann is waiting to get to playoffs and you have to reman yourself and your team and your fans that it's a special era. enjoy every second. you have to enjoy the process and don't take the winning for granted. >> enjoy the winning because i won't last forever. coming up, we hitted the

hardwood. college basketball highlights on the news at 6:00. >> we'll head back live to times oooh. wowww. there it is. it's the red tag sales event and people are excited to bring in the new year with a new chevrolet. i'm a huge chevy fan. how would you feel about starting 2017 in a new chevy? it sounds wonderful. honestly, i would take any one. oh heck yeah! i want to get one tomorrow. fantastic! turn it on, let's go. during the red tag sales event get two deals in one. find your tag for an average total value over ninety-six hundred dollars on chevy silverado all stars. hurry, the red tag sales event ends january 3rd.

one more live as crowd pack times square in new york city. an estimated two million people will crowd times square to ring in the new year. you, watch it all here on abc7.

rockin' eve starts at 8:00 p.m. that's it for us at tonight, all-time high on this final night of 2016. that ring of steel ringing in the new year with an unprecedented show of force. heavily armed police on the ground and in the sky. our team deep inside new york's security command center as millions gather in times square and around the world to welcome in 2017. did russian hackers target a power company right here at home? tensions rising as expelled russian diplomats race to leave the country, while trump's team asks, does the punishment fit the crime? the manhunt for a cop killer. a young rookie just married. the latest in this year's alarming rise in officers killed in the line of duty. trapped for eight hours sky