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today's not a holiday for the highway patrol but tragic loss of one of our own. >> 33-year-old chp officer dies in line of duty after suspected drunk driver slams into his patrol car on east bay freeway. we hate to begin on christmas day with such a tragedy. just before midnight in hayward, not far from interchange with highway 92, all lanes southbound

closed nine hours. live coverage on the story. chris nguyen is in castro valley but start with jonathan bloom at alameda coroner's office with what we know to date. >> reporter: we've learned that officer's body was brought here after he died at scene last night. seen chp officers come and go and crime lab as with the. autopsy likely to be performed tomorrow. and then procession of officers will likely escort the body to funeral home. other officer in the car was injured as was the driver. police say that driver may face felony charges. this is not the way we wanted to celebrate christmas day. >> 33 years old. been with the highway patrol a year and four months before the accident. >> impact so severe it turned

utility vehicle into very small compact. >> reporter: on a maximum enforcement patrol on the 880 looking for drivers under the influence. tragically, that's exactly what they encountered. >> this person, 22-year-old from hayward chose to drive under the influence of alcohol and also drugs. this needs to stop. >> reporter: officers say a red cadillac veered off at high speed and struck them from behind. other officer had seat belt on and that's maybe why he survived. >> will live with seeing his partner die. >> reporter: lived in tracy with a wife and three children he leaves behind. >> lost not only a hero but son, brother, husband and father. >> father who planned to open

presents with kids christmas morning, life ended by driver leaving a party on christmas eve. >> these irresponsible and senseless acts need to stop. >> in oakland, abc7 news. now chp says it's received a lot of inquiries from people wanting to donate to his family. working on setting up a fund through a credit union and expects to have the account up and running tomorrow. we'll let you know. meantime governor brown put out this statement on the officer's death. anne and i deeply saddened to learn of the tragic loss of officer camilleri who died yesterday while working to keep our communities safe. join his family and friends in honoring his sacrifice. partner and suspect were taken to hospital to be treated. chris nguyen continues team coverage from there live.

chris? >> reporter: dan, the suspect remains in serious condition as he undergoes treatment at the hospital. chp hopes this tragedy serves as wake-up call to those traveling for the holidays. as the chp mourns loss of one of its own, officers remain at eden valley medical center keeping a pclose watch on the man they sa caused the devastation. >> on guard, waiting for release. >> reporter: 22-year-old man from hayward driving under influence of drugs and alcohol when crash occurred. >> we have enough evidence and statements made today to allow us to charge this individual when he gets released from the local hospital with some very serious felony charges. >> reporter: chp says last night's fatality just one in a number of deadly collisions on

local roadways. number of fatal car, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian fatal collisions jumped in period between 2010 and 2016. main factors, speeding, unsafe turning and drivin under the influence. last night it's been tough to process partly because out patrolling for maximum enforcement period for the holidays. >> have a big holiday coming up at times having more alcoholic beverages served, new year's. >> reporter: suspect will be booked into jail after treated at hospital. castro valley, abc7 news. now we have been sending out updates throughout the day on this story with the abc7 news mobile app. free to download. enable push alert feature for breaking news notifications.

staying in east bay, alameda county sheriff's deputy shot and wounded domestic violence suspect overnight, off princeton street near hayward. say the deputies went to the house just before 2:00 after woman called saying she had been attacked by husband. they arrived to arrest the man he went after them apparently with a machete. one of the deputies shot and wounded smokt wounded the suspect, expected to survive. >> fires are not allowed today. see the smog. doesn't want go away. today is spare the air day. so is tomorrow. if you plan on sitting around the fireplace with fire tonight, that's illegal. look at weather with drew tuma.

>> yeah. we're in string of spare the air days. another one today and another tomorrow, stagnant air mass overhead. live doppler 7 along with satellite, a veil of cloud cover. live doppler 7 is tracking moisture off the coastline. it will stay off, not anticipating showers next 24 hours although we desperately need it. cloud cover overhead. it's quiet night. out and about, going to hang on cloud cover. quiet and dry. temperatures in 50s will fall into the 40s by 10:00 and midnight. out there it's similar where you live, coast to bay and inland, all sitting at 50s at this hour. overnight, call from accuweather, gradually fall into the 30s in coldest spots north bay and inland.

around the bay waters drop to low 40s next few hours. spare the air day. mixture of sunshine and clouds. 4:00 in the afternoon, chilly, mainly 50s for most spots. seven-day forecast, partly sunny on tuesday, clearing skies on wednesday, thursday and friday mild with above average temperatures and saturday a few clouds with dry end to 2017. monday, start of 2018, also featuring that dry pattern. some of the nba's biggest stars are working this christmas. warriors face the cavs and lebron james raised eyebrows with a tweet, expressed love for job but clearly less than thrilled being on the road today. went to oracle to see if fans and warriors players agree with

the sentiment. >> reporter: if you love the nba doesn't get much sweeter than a ticket to rematch of and sports authority fiecavalie. holiday cheer after confession of holiday blues from cleveland cavalier player lebron james. quote, being away from family for holidays for work is absolute worst. love what i do, wouldn't change for the world but doesn't change how i'm feeling at this moment. #missingthejamesgang. >> i understand that. comes with the territory. pro athletes. they know going in. people want to see the games. >> reporter: working at oracle is opportunity for staff to bring home cash. >> not sympathetic to lebron james but he's also a rich guy. he'll be all right.

i'm sure spends plenty of time in off-season with his family. unlike us. >> understandable, family is important, like to be with family on holidays. hopefully get this game over and get back to cleveland. >> reporter: as difficult as working on christmas can be, privilege reserved for nba's best. >> for me it's not hard to play on the holiday. yeah want to celebrate christmas but it's honor to play nba christmas day, all the best teams usually play. showcase best talent. >> christmas games are awesome at home, tough on the road. but obviously this is the life we live. sometimes at home, sometimes on the road. >> reporter: holiday work on the court will continue january 15th, mlk day, warriors and cavaliers face each other again. oakland, abc7 news. it's a festive holiday for president trump, celebrating in florida at his golf club

mar-a-largo, attending christmas eve mass and sending holiday tweets out. serena marshall with more. >> reporter: president trump and first lady bringing christmas cheer. >> melania and i happy to wish america and entire world merry christmas. >> reporter: morning tidings after christmas eve spent golfing, calls to troops overseas and santa tracker program. attended services in church he and first lady were married. posted this tweet, people are proud to be saying merry christmas again. i am proud to have led the charge against assault on phrase. some believe assault on christmas happened when retail stores swapped out term merry christmas for happy holidays.

upset several news hosts like bill o'reilly. but poll collected found 66% of the democrats prefer happy holidays and 67% of republicans say stores should only say merry christmas. on the campaign trail candidate trump promised to bring back the phrase. politics aside, he's not first president to say merry christmas. his predecessor used the phrase every year. >> merry christmas everyone, merry christmas, merry christmas, merry christmas. >> reporter: past presidents used happy holidays from old english meaning holy days. only federal holiday based on religion. memorial church tapped off sharing with christmas meal.

volunteers dished up ham and turkey with all the trimmings. live as people with need of hot meal came for holiday lunch. served about 5,000 people. breakfast, lunch and bagged meals. church has been helping the community more than 50 years. salvation army hard at work preparing meals for san francisco this christmas morning. about 4,500 meals boxed and hand delivered to residents who couldn't get out for age or illness. at south of market center as more than 400 volunteers picked up meals and worked out delivery routes. visits are only contact some recipients have on the outside world on christmas. that's all for now. i'm dan ashley, raiders game is up next. for drew tuma and all of us,

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