the good news is they tell us they have no credible threats on san francisco for new year's eve but, of course, they are going to be out watching and ready for anything. plive in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. on to developing news now. police investigating a deadly shooting in san jose. a man was shot and killed on van winkle lane off story road. new details -- rather, few details about what led up to the shooting. we know it happened just before 9:00 p.m. no arrests have been made. police have no suspects in it is exactly 4:30. a quick update on weather and traffic. let's start with lisa. >> we do have fog in santa rosa and the fog footprint is in the central valley. as we look closer throughout the morning hours this could expand to the south and east, so we're going to call for patchy fog along the coast and then full sunshine. even warmer than yesterday.

upper 50s by noontime. low 60s 4:00. mostly sunny skies. sue, anything going on? we do have road closures due to road work. let's take a quick check at the bay bridge toll plaza. just a couple cars stacked up paying cash on the right and left cash lanes. otherwise we're looking good as we get started on this thursday morning. holiday light we'll call it with freeway closure due to road work on highway 13 between highway 24 and broadway terrace. right now just a little bit of slow traffic as you merge off highway 24. otherwise it's getting through nicely. we'll check back on your mass transit options and drive times in just a couple. from our live desk this morning a security scare at phoenix sky harbor around 1:00 in the morning. police investigated something in terminal three as a precaution. now we don't know what that something is. all we know is the terminal and a nearby road were shut down for

some time. police have resolved the situation. operations are now returning to normal. delta, frontier, hawaiian and jetblue fly out of that terminal. there was only one delay, but officials are still warning travelers to check their status. we hope to get more on that story throughout the day. it's 4:32. mountain view police are investigating a deadly crash involving a motorcyclist. the crash happened just after 6:00 at the intersection of north shoreline boulevard and plymouth street near the google campus. several people rushed to help the motorcyclist but he was unresponsive. police have not yet identified him. a google spokeswoman issued a statement saying we're saddened to learn about the incident. our thoughts are with those affected by the tragedy. new details about the deadly crash on interstate 880. the county coroner's bureau identified the victim as 24-year-old chavez junior of

oakland. he died after his car collided with a fedex truck last thursday. the truck driver was uninjured and cooperated with authorities. chp tells us the case remains under investigation. homeowners across the country are scrambling to prepay property taxes for next year hoping to save thousands of dollars before the new tax line signed by president trump takes effect. >> this morning the irs has released new guidance. abc news reporter kendis gibson explains. >> reporter: the new tax law taking effect january 1st brings with it new rules affecting millions of americans. >> i'm very upset. i'm upset how it will affect the value of our homes. >> reporter: taxpayers are rushing to pay certain taxes early in order to take advantage of deductions that will soon disappear. the new law limits deductions for state and local income taxes and property taxes capping them at a combined $10,000. accountants say some taxpayers could prepay next year's property tax to get a larger

deduction this year, but the irs has a message for those who rush in to pay before the new rules take effect. not so fast. in a post on its website the irs said paying the taxes ahead of time could work but only under limited circumstances. to qualify for the extra deduction this year property taxes not only need to be paid in 2017 but must be assessed in 2017 which means anyone paying taxes on estimated assessments will probably be out of luck. >> i would today and yesterday we had over 1,000 folks. >> reporter: some states are encouraging residents to try and skirt the new cap on deductions. new york's governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order paving the way for residents to prepay their property taxes. but prepaying could be a risky strategy for some. many homeowners pay their taxes into an escrow account and could face an audit if they prepay because the tax payments they report to the irs will differ from those reported by their

banks. kendis gibson, abc news, new york. new developments in the alabama special senate election. republican roy moore is trying to stop officials from certifying democrat doug jones as the winner. moore filed a lawsuit claiming there may have been voter fraud and there should be a new election. jones defeated moore by about 20,000 votes earlier this month. in a statement moore also said that he passed a polygraph test aout his alleged sexual misconduct. he said the results show he did not know the accusers or have any sexual contact with them. the fbi says its investigations into sexual assaults on flights have gone up 66% in the last three years. the bureau said it opened 63 investigations this year compared to just 38 in 2014. this comes after a cnn report that claims several passengers complained of misconduct and flight crew did little or nothing to help. cnn reports flight attendants may not know how to respond when

confronting the behavior. hi there, everyone. thursday morning, live doppler 7, notice the cloud cover over the north bay and, yeah, almost a repeat performance. we're seeing the fog still in petaluma and with some high clouds we're looking at some of the clouds not pushing to the south. and that would be a good thing that everyone wouldn't be encompassed again. for now we'll keep it in the north bay and look for limited fog in san francisco. be careful if you are working today. it'll be cool heading out there but light winds on the bay. and later on this afternoon even milder than yesterday, 42 now. spending time in the south bay. look at the sunshine and numbers will climb. we're looking at low 50s by 10:00. mid-60s by later on in the afternoon. so low 60s in the north bay. 59, oakland, san francisco. overnight tonight we'll see 30s and 40s. a look at the extended outlook

in the next few minutes. sue? we're going to the east shore freeway. this stream of headlights through berkeley and on into the mcarthur maze. everybody is moving at the limit here. it's light for 4:37 on this thursday morning. this whole week has been light. a lot of folks have it off. take a look at our traffic maps. green is great, and if you're considering heading out this morning with mass transit, b.a.r.t. would be a great way. so far everybody is getting off on schedule. the larkspur ferry reduced service. you can check my twitter feed for the schedule. ace train number one leaving on time out of stockton. it's time to start recycling your christmas trees. officials in san francisco will work to show how they chop them up and repurpose the trees. residents can put the trees on the curb in the first two weeks of january. if your tree is taller than 6 feet you'll have to cut it in in

half. new year, new laws. what you need to know before 2018 begins including one law that involves taking care of your family. an inmate on the run in georgia. this morning details on his elaborate escape. we are heading to break. you can keep tabs of live weather and traffic. a live look from our camera tower. you can see the

good morning to you. high pressure is building in. look at the it temperatures there. near 80 degrees. 60 in sacramento. boy, is it cold in the sierra nevada. low 20s this morning. upper 50s. plenty of sunshine. mid-50s throughout the weekend. partly cloudy skies. we'll talk more in detail about our forecast coming up. natasha? this morning the national weather service is warning that wind chills on the east coast and midwest could make temperatures feel below zero. international falls, minnesota, dropped to 37 degrees below zero yesterday morning. erie, pennsylvania, residents dig out from the more than five feet of snow that's fallen since christmas eve. >> it's freezing. i feel icicles are hitting my face. >> we're drowning in snow.

>> driving certainly treacherous as you might imagine. icy roads responsible for more than 40 accidents. the coast guard was hard at work breaking ice in green bay. an inmate is on the run right now after authorities in georgia say he made an elaborate escape. he was scheduled to head to prison today on obstruction and theft charges. officials say carroll used part of a table to break through a brick wall and squeezed through an opening. he then climbed through a small hole in a fence to escape. police say the inmate then stole a county pickup truck that had gps. they have tracked the truck to south carolina where carroll is from. but as of right now he is yet to be found. >> people caring for sick relatives can take more time off from work.

a new law expands the family leave bill. employees and small businesses will get up to 12 weeks of leave to care for a newborn or adopted child. the amount of money received will expand. up to 70% of your salary depending on income. >> so it's no cost to the employer. it is actually paid for by the workers. it is a win-win. it allows people to stay home, take care of their family needs and not worry as much about paying the bills or their financial commitments. >> krit ex-say the law will only make it harder for small businesses to stay open. also starting on monday a new law will waive tuition for first-time community college students. more than 2 million students could benefit from the new law. this morning the power is back on at disneyland, a problem with a transformer caused an outage leaving some visitors stranded on rides. one family says they were on it's a small world when suddenly

everything just went out and the ride stopped. then they sat in the dark for about half an hour before being escorted off. disney is the parent company of abc 7. new details about a homeless man from hayward who has new hope after his story went viral on facebook. we actually first told you about the story yesterday on abc 7 mornings. >> a deputy who planned to give him a ticket wound up giving him help instead. jonathan bloom spoke with the deputy and the man about what happened. >> reporter: for years deputy jacob swalwell had seen a man begging for money and he'd finally had enough. >> it was a safety issue and that was more of the concern than the panhandling. >> reporter: he planned to write him a ticket but stopped to talk. >> i got to know him quickly and realized a citation is not what this man needs. >> reporter: he was a truck driver until a bad accident left him disabled. >> when you have a serious broken back injury, you never

recover from it. >> reporter: unable to work he turned to panhandling. >> he does it three times a day. he's not panhandling for alcohol or drugs. he's panhandling to stay alive. >> reporter: michael formed a routine gathering $5 or $10 and coming here for a bite to eat. it had become his entire existence. >> and he said, you can't go on doing this. what's it going to take to get you off the street? well, a government check would do it. >> reporter: he needed a state issued i.d. he was offered a ride to the dmv. >> i don't exist anymore according to the dmv. >> reporter: he needed proof of residency and a birth certificate. >> i get my birth certificate and it says my name is gordon michael myers. >> reporter: the two were all over facebook. >> hey, you're famous. he whips out his phone and there i am. >> reporter: michael is a step closer to getting social

security and even has some job offers. >> it's taught me to get to know people better. >> reporter: a lesson that could become department policy. >> i think we'll bring it to our trainings and say if you have the ability to do something like this, let's do it. >> reporter: do what michael says is so simple. >> he treated me like a friend. >> that becoming policy is compelling and could do a whole lot of good. >> he certainly has changed that man's life. we're going to check in with lisa right now and check our forecast. hi, lisa. you know we've been stuck in this pattern all month long. it looks like next week we'll get the pattern changed. fog in santa rosa. fog in santa rosa. it may slide further south. be prepared for a little bit of fog.

areas of fog mainly north. hazy sunshine and into new year's day. as we look at your hour-by-hour forecast, notice the clouds running parallel to the coast. today and into tomorrow is nothing but sunshine. so our dry pattern continues and as a result that puts us at 24 dry days in december. if we look at the map while the green indicates the rain, barely anything there. as we look at the highs today, can't help but think what a nice day it's going to be. 61 in sunnyvale. peninsula numbers, low 60s from palo alto. 62 in mountain view with 59 downtown. in the north bay, 63 santa rosa. you head inland, more low 60s from concord to livermore. >> we'll see if there's anything

happening on the roadway. >> happy thursday morning. little friday as we like to call it. green is great. we have some road work out there. a look at highway 13 both directions between 24 and directions between 24 and broadway terrace. 880 near the coliseum. near university this is north 101 on the peninsula. we have an accident here partially blocking the lane. >> powerball fever heating up again. no one won the jackpot in the drawing. so how much money is on the line? and you do have a chance to win this year. >> plus, players who guessed the winning numbers in a south carolina lottery may not be getting paid after all. the details of the mix-up.

first this morning's "tech bytes." in today's "tech bytes" a new device that can charge your cell phone from a distance. >> the fcc approved it, it can charge across the room. it claims to be the only wireless charger that does not have to touch the device it's powering up. >> instagram has rolled out a new feature. >> the app will suggest posts based on those liked by people you follow and they will not appear on your regular feed. >> they'll be directed to a spot labelled recommended for you. and check out this guy's face or lack of it. >> that's a developer in japan offering a preview of an app that camouflages a user's face. it makes your face invisible. no word on when the app will be released or what you'll actually use it for. >> what's the point of it? >> what up?

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good morning to you. patchy fog in the north bay. pretty dry. upper 50s and low 60s for the warmest day looking to be on friday and then we will increase the clouds saturday. notice the next three days absent of any precip. so temperatures again today anywhere from five to seven degrees above average with some of the morning fog. natasha, jessica? growing bigger.ll jackpot keeps- no one guessed all of those

numbers last night. no one did. $340 million was on the line. here are the numbers. the powerball number is 3. the jackpot will now be at least $384 million for saturday's drawing. and that would be a great way to end 2017. >> can you imagine, what would you think if this happened to you? in south carolina a computer glitch allowed more people to win the $500 prize than allowed. it was a programming error that caused the issue. so people showed up and didn't get their money. lottery officials are reviewing the problem and will decide what to do about the money will pay it out or tell them

sorry. >> they should pay it out, i think. >> i'm with you. so upset. especially on christmas. not okay, lisa. this is not the season for that. usually keeps us warmer but we are chilly with the fog with santa rosa to petaluma. so far san francisco and the south bay including the east bay doing fine. temperatures are on the cool side. a beautiful day, some sightseeing here in the city. we remain dry the next >> we have a couple glitches on the roadway. to 880 by the coliseum. might have to do a traffic break to get that out of lanes.

temporarily they'll close lanes, get the stuff out of the roadway and continue on. heads-up there. we'll be back with more. happening today if you need an excuse to eat all the holiday chocolate candy, look no more. there's national chocolate candy day. a couple news bits for you to get you in the spirit, it's made from the cacao plant and was used as a befrmg originally. cad berry was introduced in 1875. a long time ago. and hershey's created a ration chocolate bar for soldiers in world war ii. americans eat about 12 pounds a year. >> i thought it would be more based on my diet. >> i think you and i are pushing up the average just based on the

two of us. we are live at the scene of a deadly crash. wildfire victims relying on donation centers to get through the holiday season. now one center has been forced to close. >> the findings about climate change and its effect on roads in the bay area. when conditions change where you live -- >> we're expecting heavy rain in the bay area tomorrow. >> this will be a strong, slow moving soaker. >> abc 7 alerts you first. >> when you need to know what's headed your way. >> right to our storm. it's a level three. >> live doppler 7 is wherever you are. >> live doppler 7 along with satellite. this is our storm system right here. >> stay ahead of the storm

coming up on 5:00 a.m., thanks for being with up with us. i'm natasha zouves. >> i'm jessica castro in for reggie. we're playing musical chairs. good morning, everyone. the fog is not that much of a factor. this is the way it started yesterday in the north bay. a little patchy fog in francoeur. quarter mile visibility petaluma and santa rosa. as we go through the next several hours 9:30 is all over marin county, by 11:30 lots of sunshine and look at the temperatures. we're typically cool 30s and 40s and near 60 noontime. even warmer today. low 60s for most.

sue? >> let's check around. we have a couple issues out there. back to the bay bridge toll plaza. we are experiencing holiday traffic patterns. that's good news if you do have to work. roadways are pretty clear. even our commuters out of tracy are looking pretty good. a problem with debris near the coliseum. southbound 880. chp will have to do a traffic break. it's apparently a blownout tire. and now traffic near university, right lane blocked. a traffic break there to get things cleared out of lanes and that should be resolved soon. >> sue, thank you. >> this morning an investigation continues into a deadly crash involving a tech company commuter bus in mountain view. >> it happened in play mouth near the google offices. matt keller is live for us in mountain view. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and jessica. this is a very busy roa