breaking news tonight in mountain view where a commuter with us belonging to a tech

company struck an killed a motorcyclist. now this crash happened during the evening commute. it is at the intersection of shoreline boulevard and plymouth. >> from what we know the streets are still closed tonight. we are joined live from the scene and loni, tell us what you have learned about the investigation so far? >> yes, you can see yellow tape still blocking this intersection this evening. traffic is still being rerouted around here. this fatal crash happened near the google office buildings. witnesses tell us several people rushed over to help the motorcyclist involved in this but he was unresponsive. >> i don't know if he was alive or really what had happened. i immediately called the 11, told them what i had seen. >> guzman was turning left on plymouth street behind this white bus when she realized a of trach accident just happened. >> people started swarming over

to him to try to assist him, try to move him. when they moved him, it looked as if it was fatal accident. >> mountain view police confirm a mail motorcyclist died in the crash with the white bus at the shoreline and plymouth intersection. traffic investigators closed the streets to traffic as they gathered information. >> when i got out of my car, there was a piece of the motorcycle, make like the fender, it was all over the road. >> the license plate of the bus is registered to a commuter bus company. the bus is unmarked but the crash happened near the google campus. police haven't said if the bus had passengers on board but a google spokeswoman issued a statement saying we are saddened to learn of this tragic incident. our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragedy. mountain view police say they hope to open this intersection by late this evening before tomorrow morning's commute. there's no clue about what direction both vehicles were

going and as for that victim, driving the motorcycle, they have not released his name. live in mountain view, lonni rivera, abc 7 news. >> much appreciated, lonni, thank you. we have more breaking news from the south bay. this time san jose police are investigating a deadly shooting on vanwinkle lane which is just off story road. here is some new video just into the abc 7 newsroom in the last 15 minutes. few details are available but we do know the victim is a man and the shooting happened just before 9:00 p.m. no arrests have been made and police do not have any suspects right now. >> we have learned a memorial service for fallen chp officer will take place this weekend. saturday at 8:30 in the morning at christian life center in stock top. members of the public are invited to attend once officer's camilleri family and fellow felw

officers have been seated. this is a bell toll tribute ceremony for him. camilleri died christmas eve when a driver plowed into his patrol car on interstate 880. his partner survived. he was overcome during today's ceremony, as you can see. the person who hit the suv was drunk and high at same time. he is identified as a 22-year-old hayward man and at last check remains hospitalized. the chp established a fund for people who want to help the officer's family. we have a link on our website, abc7news.com. >> officer camilerri's recognized who as maumarijuana

become legal next week. driving under the influence applies to drugs as well, not just alcohol. nothing changes with the law come january 1. >> just like drunk driving, driving under the influence of any impairing substance is not only dangerous, it is a crime snpz meantime, chp has been gearing up as well. most of its officers have specialized training to determine when a driver is under the influence of drugs, incruding marijuana. >> new tonight, abc 7 news confirmed santa rosa police made an arrest in a violent stabbing. police say this man captured on surveillance video last week is in custody. he stabbed a 61-year-old man in the neck inside a restaurant. happened on december 21st. details of the capture are still not known. he was taken into custody at about 7:00 tonight. the man who was stabbed is in serious condition. >> to con cord where man is under arrest accused of a violent rampage. police say he tried to run over

man, crashed into a store and attempted to choke a k-9 police dog. abc 7 news was at the farm market today where you could clearly see the aftermath there. things strewn about. all of this happened yesterday. con cord police say davy gopy tried to run someone over but missed and instead crashed through the market. he then ran off. that led to a short police chase. con cord police say he got out of the car, yelled at officer to shoot him and then tried to punch the police officer. he was finally taken into custody. >> a bay area world war ii veteran who survived the infamous batan death march died at age 100. >> he was one of the thousands of filipino troops fighting along side the u.s. army against japan. in 1942 they were forced to surrender then march 65 miles to a prison camp mr. brutal conditions. many did not survive. he managed to escape and was

awarded a congressional gold medal just last year. abc 7 news spoke to his daughter due family service this evening. >> after all, 75 ye greatness. my dad's a hero. >> he is survived by his wife, five children and many grandchildren. his daughter said he was a hero. >> if you own a home, your tax benefits may be changed dramatically. if you want it pay property taxes early to take advantage of deductions that could be limited in the new year because of the gop tax bill. >> abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more on the confusion before january 1. >> my phone has been ringing off the hook all day. >> a partner at the accounting firm in san francisco came into work on her day off. many of her clients are confused by the new tax bill which caps deductions for state and local

taxes and property taxes to $10,000. >> i think they are shocked. okay? that this is happening. i think those types of deductions have been taken for granted for many, many years. >> the rush has people lining up at tax offic offic sacramento exambli sacramento scrambling to pay property taxes before they are due january 1st. >> i know we can get it in this year and write it off but i don't know about next year. >> this is all about deductions. >> homeowners can pay the second installment of their property pand still get that deduction. >> that can be paid in december. instead. and then it will fall in the year 2017 and you can deduct it this year. >> but the clock is ticking. alameda tax collector received more than $32 million since christmas. 865 property tax payments

compared to 17. 2 last year. >> did you hit it big tonight? a huge powerball of $340 million was on the line. we will have winning numbers for you. >> if we did lit it big, we couldn't be here. >> a homeless man just wanted something to eat then he ran into an alameda county sheriff's deputy. how this changed his life. >> cash is king. but in the bay area there is a new trend when it comes to paying for real estate. >> i'm meteorologist sandy pa tell. you have to look out for areas of dense fog during the morning commute. find out how we close out 2017 and begin 2018 coming up. first a look at tonight on jimmy kimmel live after abc 7 news at 11:00. >> filling in tonight is tracy ellis ross. >> i'm tracy ellis ross sitting in for jimmy kimmel and here is how that went. if she doesn't consent, the answer is no.

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planned to give him a ticket wound up giving him help instead. >> for years, deputy jacob swalewell had seen a man begging drivers for money and he had finally had enough. >> it was safety issue. more important than the panhandling. >> he stopped to talk. >> got to know him quickly and realized a ticket isn't what he needed. >> he was a truck driver and was disabled. >> when you have a serious back injury, you never really recover from it. >> unable to work he turned to panhandling. >> he does it three times a day. he isn't pan hand ilg for alcohol or drugs. he is panhandling to stay alive. >> he add routine, gathering $5 or $10 then come here to mcdonald's to get something to eat. breakfast lunch and dinner. it had become his entire existence. >> he said, you can't keep doing this. what will it take to get you off

the streets? i said, well state assistance would do it. >> so he today get an id. >> i didn't exist according to the dmv. >> he needed a birth certificate. which came to a >> i get my birther isti certif and it says, i'm gordon. >> then i'm famous. i'm all over. >> then he is offered a job. >> i think we will bring it trainings. >> do what michael says is so simple. >> he treated me like a friend. >> in hayward, jonathan bloom, abc 7 p news. >> the bay area seeing a friend when it comes to home buying and it comes to do with how buyers are paying with crypto currency.

abc 7 news toured a $13 million home near gradelhi square. >> it is something that people have to grasp that younger generations do. they will use the funds they make in crypto currency to purchase properties because that's where they have their wealth. >> despite volatility of big coin and other crypto currency, real estate agencies say it is a trend across the country as well. it is reported dozens of listings accepting virtual currency. >> you're still in the game. no one hit tonight's powerball jackpot. $340 million is on the line. here are the numbers just in case you wanted to check your ticket one more time. 3, 9, 16, 56, 60. powerball number is 3. this means the jackpot will now be at least $384 million for saturday's drawing. wouldn't that be a nice way to

end 2017 and ring in the new year? >> a nice way would be with some rain as well. >> true. >> that's more likely than winning the lottery. >> we are expecting at least the possibility of some rain. next wednesday night going into thursday. a small chance but it's there. right now i want to show you from our south beach camera. when the sun went down at 4:58 tonight, we add a nice burst of color a mix of haze and high clouds creating this view you look at here. and it was stunning tonight and of course like deion and dan mentioned, we definitely need some rain here in the bay area. when you take a look at live doppler 7 you will notice that there isn't any. all we're looking at is some fog that is reducing visibility across parts of the bay area. as matter of fact, it is pretty dense in santa rosa, down to a half mile. fog formed in half moon bay. nine-mile visibility. one of those situations where we

will see a rerun of this morning probably tomorrow morning. fairfield dropped down to 37 degrees. and i do want to show you highlights now. so look out for areas of dense fog again tomorrow morning. hazy sunshine tomorrow afternoon and it is going to be dry for new year's eve. and new year's day. so if you have any outdoor plans, for the upcoming holidays, you don't have to could use rain in the bay area. a live from our east bay hills camera and visibility from this vantage point, looking good. it's not going to look like that everywhere so i want to show you hour by hour forecast. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, watch out for fog. it is going to be heavy around the north bay valleys and also out doorts fairfield and vacaville, rio vista, delta. that's where you deal with heavy fog and there will be patches across parts of the bay shoreline as well. at 8:00 a.m. it is still there with the ability of a little misty at times and you may need

wipers and time for the morning commute. if your commute happens to include tomorrow morning. and also fog will linger in parts and the rest of you looking at sunshine. and you need the jacket or sweater, mid to upper 30s in north bay and midland east bay valleys. fairfield dropping to 33 degrees and along the bay and coast and overnight highs look like this. sunshine for you on the peninsula. 61 in redwood city. palo alto, half moon bay. coast side, 59 in san francisco and in the north bay, you're looking at temperatures from 56 of at bodega bay where the fog is lingering. san francisco area, you see fog lift if there is any but 63 in santa rosa. it will be a while before the fog pulls out of santa rosa. heading into the east bay, sunshine upper 50s to low 60s. about where you should be in oakland. inland area, 62 walnut creek.

63 livermore. it is hazy. if you are heading up to the mountains, it is dry traveling up to tahoe. partly cloudy, saturday, sunday, a cold start you will notice and you ring in the new year as we head into new year's eve. we will be dry. 50s in afternoons. 20s in the mornings. definitely cold up in tahoe. seven-day forecast. morning fog to hazy sun. 50s, 60s, milder weather for friday. we go into the weekend with a little more cloud cover. but still, going to deal with dry patterns through new year's eve. new year's day. switching it up a bit. pattern changes by wednesday night. looks like more clouds. looks like possibility of some light rain beginning to develop wednesday night into thursday. but we have to wait for that. until then, download the accuweather app and you can keep track of temperatures hour by hour and minute by minute. >> thank you. >> just ahead, dynamic duo is back. >> yeah. what cause has warrior stars

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state warrior, steph curry, for my brother's keeper, a mentoring program, that helps young boys and men of color succeed through skills, training and support group. curry filmed a psa with the former president last year for the same program. >> on to sports. anthony floer rez is here. >> yeah. all eyes on the warriors. >> good thing steph is keeping busy. he isn't playing basketball. still healing from that sprained ankle. warriors turn a close game into a blow-out against the

even without steph curry in the lineup, warriors have enough to take out the jazz on their way to a blowout victory. curry getting pregame work in. could be back on friday. but more than likely, until play playoffs saturday, pass it kevin durant, utah takes advantage. derek favors with the rebound and finish. utah led by as many as six but

back come the doves. you can't stop durant when he does that. curry in the stand. yeah, he approves. dubs by one at the break. klay thompson with the trifecta and dubs pull away and klay finishes with 15. this is how you move without the basketball. check out durant. cuts to the basket and finish. 12-point warriors lead and durant hit black jack. that's 21 in case you don't play. durant at the board and up to jordan bell for another showcase slam. curry slam and dubs have 42 in the third for 21-point lead. coasting to 126-101 win. coach kerr at usual taking all the credit. >> was it something said at halftime? >> it may have something i said. the speech was good. i didn't say anything. >> with our cuts and movements, and we see them loosen up on a

defensive end so that's what got us that lead and also we get out and break and pretty unstoppable. >> coming to the bay area with the foster farms bowl in santa clara between arizona and purdue. head coach is one-time 49er quarterback, and he got his guys fired up and ready to play. >> ready to go, play on special teams, and we bring it, hammer down, let's go! >> he fired up and trick play just before the half. dj knox hides behind the line. waits for wild cats to take chase. halftime lead, zona comes back. foster farms bowl record with his fifth touchdown pass of the night. and 35-31. 1:40 to go. elijah to anthony and look at

this catch by anthony. pass interference, no problem. anthony's got it. anthony always delivers. sorry, got excited there because i'm saying anthony. picked off, and purdue goes on to win it, 38 will-35. ending his first season at purdue with the bowl victory. this sport report is brought to you by river rock casino. you really don't hear too many antho anthonys in sports. vow to get excited when you do. >> sure. >> abc 7 news continues on-line, twitter and facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc 7 news app.

necessary that's our report this wednesday for sandy, anthony, i'm dan. we appreciate your time. >> right now, on jimmy kimmel, singer and actress, mary j. blige. >> see you tomorrow night. tv's number one daily viral

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