here's meteorologist mike nicco. >> radar showing how dry and clear it is. breezes are still up there. they will relax throughout the day. mid-30s to upper 40s. a wide range of temperatures at 7:00. 53 to 57 at noon. again, at 4:00 with total sunshine and bone dry air. by 7:00, most of us falling back into the 40s. hi, sue. good morning. it's a light one out there. the north bay, san rafael, taillights headed southbound on 1 101. it's a beautiful morning. if you have to be up at 6:00 a.m., traffic is moving nicely. golden gate, clear. no fog. a little wind advisory for some of the bridges. not the golden gate but particularly the bay bridge and san mateo. four lanes in the southbound drive. looking good from the waldo grade. check ou nmoin tbeut on

the roads.lit. thank you, sue. developing news from central california where the man opportunity continues for the suspect in the killing of a police officer. officials say that suspect is in the country ilheely. will carr has the latest from newman. >> reporter: good morning, alexis and jessica. of authorities have been working around the clock to get this suspect off the streets. they served a search warrant overnight and released new pictures of the suspect. he is still on the run. the chief at the newman police department says he is leaving behind a wife and a 5-month-old son. >> he will never see his son walk. he doesn't get to hold that little boy, hug his wife, say good night anymore because a coward took his life.

>> reporter: officer singh was a native of fiji. he came to the united states to become a police officer. he leaves behind his canine partner, sam, who will officially be retired and join the singh family permanently. the chief says he will not take another loved one from that family. alexis and jessica, back to you. in the east bay, the case a fire broke out in san jose by the you can see shopping carts is and other debris in the fire. we have a call to san jose fire officials. we will bring you more information as soon as we get it. in the east bay, the case against the man accused of murdering an 18-year-old woman the at an oakland bart station is delayed. yesterday a judge ordered psychiatrists to examine john cowell to determine whether he is competent to stand trial. he is accused of attacking nia

wilson and her sister at random with a knife at macarthur bart station in july. his attorney said her client is showing signs of delusion and paranoia. the judge has scheduled the hearing for family. her family still pushing for a death penalty trial. a berkeley man expected to cover while falling 50 feet while rock climbing wednesday night after 5:00 at the joshua tree national park. police say he suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. because of the steep mountainous terrain the sheriffs helicopter was used for the rescue. medics flew him to a trauma center for treatment. the partial government shutdown will likely go into the new year. >> today is the seventh day. negotiations appear to be going nowhere. the president is blaming house speaker nancy pelosi for keeping the government closed despite the fact that the president has

repeatedly said he wants the shutdown to continue until he gets funding for the border wall. >> she's calling the shots. she's calling them because she wants the votes. if they do something, she is not going to get the votes and not going to be speaker of the house. >> pelosi is promising to fund the government but not the wall. when democrats take control of the house next week. lawmakers have been told they will receive a 24-hour notice before having to return for a vote if there is a deal to end the shutdown. some popular bay area tourist sites are feeling the financial fallout of the shutdown. alcatraz has tours canceled. national parks are open with limited visitor services. many parking lots, restrooms and visitor facilities remain closed at several bay area beaches. we have posted a complete list we have posted a complete list on abc7news.com.

it could be years before wildfire victims have a place to stay. and a year of recreational year becoming legal. you are never more than 7 minutes away from a accuweather forecast. storm door is shut. look at that. goose eggs. no chance of rain from the end of this year to the beginning of the new year. so temperatures, that's our big forecast. coming up in the ark weather seven-day forecast. taking a live look this morning with abc 7 news now. we are looking at a very empty bay bridge toll plaza. if you're heading to work this morning, you shouldn't have to deal with any traffic jams. we keep you up to date on weather and traffic

all right. let's talk temperatures. we'll start in san francisco. upper 40s to low 50s. pretty normal there. we've got 42 in palo alto. mid to upper 40s for most of the bay shore, out to the coast. 39, walnut creek. petaluma, 36. exploratorium, exercising out and about, good today. small craft advisory until noon. 39 at 8:00. 47 at 10:00. mid to upper 50s from noon

through 4:00. north bay, back to 45 by 8:00. we book in the east bay valleys with 46 this morning at 8:00. 48 at 8:00 this evening. mid to upper 50s during the afternoon hours with all that sunshine. dry air will warm nicely. sunshine and 47. 57 by noon. back down to 50 by 8:00. all right. pretty quiet weather pattern. how about the commute. very quiet. if your travels take you from concord on 680, looking good there as well. tail lights past north main street. southbound 680, highway 24 and points beyond. eight-minute drive from concord in towards highway 24 interchange. a couple of things with mass transit. a reduced service schedule for your ferry, golden gate ferry. and ace train is running 3 and 5. that's it this morning. 4 and 6 in the afternoon. and ace 3 is running 10 minutes behind again this morning. and if you're thinking about heading up to the mountains for skiing this weekend, roads are

clear. no chains required. it's a good looking drive. thank you, sue. in the north bay, a enough tool to help spot fires. six new cameras have been installed at several locations in marin. this shows the view from east peak of mt. tam. according to our media partner, pg&e and paying for them. they are $5,000 each. they will help evaluate whether to temporarily turn off power lines if extreme fire is forecast. heating up between four super fans. how you can help pick the ultimate fan this morning. a bright blue flashlighting up the new york city sky. was it aliens? we'll explain what was behind the strange site we leave you with abc 7 news now. sfo and weather and traffic

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four college football fans will soon be waking up on a billboard. yeah, you heard thal rigt right.

>> the fans are competing to earn prizes and competing in an abc 7 news poll. go to abc7news.com/vote to v for your favorite fan. jeannette is in the lead. jeannette is in the lead. the winner will get a special prize. are they still sleeping, or did you get them morning coffee, matt? >> reporter: jessica, they vice president woken up yet. i'm surprised because the planes just started buzzing. you will see their passion for their teams. >> i'm supporting the notre dame

fighting irish. >> ruben hunter, boomer sooner. >> nancy, clemson tigers. they were picked by espn from a pool of 700 fans after explaining why they should represent their teams. they are competing in some games for cash and prizes. they are really here for their colleges. they are all playing in the semifinal game for the college football playoffs. after the two fans of the losing teams will have to leave. the other two will stick around for the national championship game january 7th at levi's stadium. vote for your favorite team orphan or both. we have all of that information on our website, abc7news.com. i talked to an espn producer. he expects them to be up at 7:00 to get breakfast and start their day. they had a long day yesterday. i understand why they are sleeping in. back to you in the studio. >> glad they are getting rest,

matt. quite a few people were voting as matt gave his update. the ladies are in the lead. nancy, clemson fan and jeannette from notre dame. the guys not doing so hot. sorry, ruben and elias. >> we have clemson fans watching this morning. throughout the morning, i have seen you can watch the national championship on our sister network espn monday, january 7th. so don't miss it. amount of people love to watch that game as part of their holiday tradition. yeah. mike is our daredevil on the show. every time we have an extreme story you're like i would do that. how about sleeping on a billboard for several nights? are you in? >> absolutely. if my team ever made it. >> i didn't want to bring that

up. we'll go with basketball. >> it might not happen for mike. but he would do it if they ever make it to the playoffs. i like it. okay. all right. good morning, everybody. guess what our next chance of rain is? january 7th. yep. here's a look at what's going on in san jose. 42 at 8:00. 53 at noon. 50 at 7:00. they have a cool morning but a delightful afternoon with a whole lot of sunshine. not too much on the way of breezes this afternoon like we are seeing now on tam. northwest 23 to 42 miles per hour. you can see the planes taking you can see the planes taking off and landing in oakland. they look like flyireflies. cooler lows and patchy valley frost tonight. the storm track spins all of its energy up to the north and

leaving all of its wet weather in the pacific northwest. it gives down towards mexico and drops more moisture. that's the big storm you are seeing in the midwest and the east. for us, total sunshine. bone dry air. 57 to 60 this afternoon. don't will be one of our coldest nights. freezing temperatures at 31. livermore, pretty close, 33. lake port, ukiah, santa rosa, 3 3 degrees. we round out the rest of the 2018 year. temperatures in the mid-50s to near 60. and nothing changes next year either. the first, second and third tuesday, weapons, thursday. expect more of the same. hi, sue >> good morning. you can never see too much of the bay bridge toll plaza. it is very light out there this morning. pretty much tells the whole story about your morning commute. san francisco, 80 corridor, 30 minutes. a slight delay on the upper deck. it gets sluggish towards the

tunnel. otherwise, moving nicely. an ace train delay. ace 3 are on a modified schedule today. 3 and 5 are running only. drive times. 30 minutes between the two sections of the freeway and the bay bridge. smooth sailing from the city to the airport. good morning america is coming up at 7:00 a.m. >> our good friend rob marciano has a look at what's ahead. hi, rob. >> reporter: good morning, alexis and jessica. excuse me. we just got a gift from our friends in canada. some bagels. >> can you share? >> reporter: from montreal. they are very proud of their daughters up there. eddie's future daughter-in-law is from there. >> rob, we are hungry. >> i'm afraid the dry air will

dry them out and they won't be quite the same. but that does remind me i should, after all we have been through this week, ladies, i should send you something as far as a snack or care package goes. good morning. great to be with you. we are tracking the storm that hit you christmas eve and christmas day. it is now finally on the east coast. we are getting hit good with flooding to the south. i'll be tracking it all. another inside slider through tahoe. we will talk about that. also ahead, transformer explosion creating chaos in new york city. bizarre blue lights grounded lights and knocked out power in parts of the area. and the firestorm over instagram. call it insta outrage. a sudden format change for users and viewers around the world. we will chat about that. i didn't notice it quite as much. plus, ryan seacrest, jenny mccarthy live in times square.

why? of course to preview the big new year's rockin' eve show. it will be the biggest yet. of course i'll have a weather update on what we will experience here in new york. you are in a dry pattern. i'll let spencer and the rest of the gang deal with that. i'll take a note here. >> is it getting here before new year's or after? >> oh, no. this is going rail. i'm not paying fedex. >> we will have to think about it then. >> we will send you a tweet. accepted me an e-mail. sounds good. >> buy, rob. the new woman topping the list of most admired women in america. >> and statewide plan to stop drunk driving. we'll ex

you are never more than 7 minutes away from a accuweather forecast. still gusty out there. winds blowing over 40 miles per hour on tam. 33 in san jose. thank you, mike. new at 6:00, habitat for humanity wants to open a factory this spring to help speed the construction of affordable housing in sonoma county.

that's after fires destroyed 5,300 homes last year. the goal is to build parts for 70 prefabricated homes each year. it would also bring jobs to the area. this is the year when cannabis became legal for recreational use in california. it hasn't necessarily made expectations. the state estimated 6,000 shops would be licensed in the first few years. so far it is closer to 600. they are expected to be lower than predicted. dispensary owners say lack oven forcement of illegal operators are to blame. >> a lot of the illegal guys are really busy. sometimes the legal operators don't have enough money to cover the costs. >> you need a ton of capital to weather the storm of regulation

michelle obama tops the list of most admired women in america according to a new poll from gallup. michelle obama's win ends a dynasty for hillary clinton. clinton finished third behind clinton finished third behind obama and >> we hear from a carjacking victim. we leave you with abc 7 news now. we are looking live at the bay bridge. pretty quiet community here.

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an escaped san quentin prison inmate has been on the run for more than a day. authorities believe he carjacked a woman nearby. hear from her in an interview you will see only on 7. homeland security secretary heads to the u.s./mexico border. this follows the death of two migrant children in u.s. custody. find out the new call from one senator. choose your own adventure on netflix. a new feature involving one of

today. >> remember the books, find your own adventure books. >> i loved those. >> did you cheat and go ahead and look for the right ending? >> no. i would try not to. >> oh, it's just me. >> that was just you. >> i would find the best ending and figure out how to get there. >> you would go backwards. >> you wouldn't do that would you, mike? >> reverse engineering. no. i enjoy an adventure no matter where it takes you. >> sometimes they were too short. >> is that it? >> moving on. >> never more than 7 minutes away from a accuweather forecast. still breezy out there. we're below wind advisory criteria. that expired at 4:00. 18, san jose. fairfield, 24. yeah, there's a little bit of a wind chill out there. when i show you the numbers, dress tperare than 38.

temperatures stay the same. 53 to 57. upper 40s at 7:00 under the stars. >> good morning taking a look. richmond san rafael. no delays for the cash paying folks or fast trackers. windy conditions. be extra cautious, especially if you're in an suv or pulling a trailer out there. it can be very dangerous. green is great. it is friday light. slow from albany to the maze right through berkeley. 880, fremont to san jose looking great. the search continues for shalom mendoza, the prisoner who escaped from san quentin wednesday night. >> police believe he walked away from a work detail and is

expected of carjacking a woman at a shopping center one mile away. the woman is sharing her terrifying ordeal. amy hollyfield is live with the only interview you will see only on 7. amy >> reporter: the woman who was carjacked said she is certain incident was the man who escaped from san quentin prison wednesday night. we have surveillance video of that carjacking. it happened in the home depot parking lot. you can see a man walk up to her and he told her he had a gun under his shirt and he was going to kill her. he demanded her keys and that she not call police. she tells us she was scared to death. but she did manage to ask him if she could have one thing out of the car. >> i was scared to death. that was the first time ever in my life. he jumped to the car. i said i want to take my dog now, please. and then he just left. okay.

>> okay. happening now, federal and local happening now, federal and local authorities are searching for -- >> reporter: we do have a picture of him, shalom mendoza. sorry, i heard jessica for a moment. she said this is definitely the man who stole her car. she looked at the picture and she knew right away. police are hoping someone will see him. they want you to be on the lookout for her car they believe he is riding in. it's a silver toyota rav4 with a it's a silver toyota rav4 with a license plate of >> amy, thank you. glad we got the audio fixed.

another manhunt happening right now. federal and local authorities are searching for a suspect who shot and killed an officer in the town of newman in stanislaus. >> authorities are desperately searching for this man. the sheriff's department tweeted new photos of the suspect last night. the sheriff says key findings helped to narrow down who he is. a man who uses multiple aliases. they won't confirm his name. >> we have identified a suspect. we know who our suspect is. we know who is responsible for this senseless act of violence. it's just a matter of time before we find him. corporal singh was shot on christmas morning. the suspect fled the scene. the sheriff has spoken to the singh family and they are working on funeral arrangements with the family. the sheriff's department says there is only one authorized fund set up for the family of corporal singh. it is through the stanislaus sworn deputies association. if you would like to donate we

have a link on our website on abc7news.com. > they have also revealed the suspect is n country illegally. president trump has weighed in posting this on twitter. saying "there is right now a full scale manhunt going on in california for an illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing a police officer during a traffic stop is. time to get tough on border security. build the wall". he followed up with a threat to shut down the border entirely saying, "we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall and also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our country is saddled with. hard to believe there was a congress and president who would homeland security secretary kirjsten nielsen is expected to visit the southern border today. she ordered medical checks for

all migrant chil the border died. most recently 8-year-old felipe gomez alonzo died on christmas eve. we have learned that he tested positive for influenza. those prompted democratic senator dianne feinstein to call for a senate hearing. in a statement she said border patrol facilities are not adequately staffed or equipped to properly care for children. iraqi leaders are demanding u.s. troops leave the country after president trump's surprise visit two days ago. the president greeted the troops at a refueling stop at ramstein air force base in germany. it is part of the coalition against isis. politicians are describing the trip as arrogant and a violation of national sovereignty. they are upset because the president failed to meet with the iraqi prime minister. a story that had a lot of people talking. a bizarre bright blue light was seen in new york city.

this morning, a local power company blamed the light on an electrical arc flash at a power substation in queens. >> the night loads like the day. at night everything is different, you know? >> i saw just yellow sparks in the sky. it looked like blue fire. >> it was insane. it was a real weird color of blue too. i thought, the aliens are here. >> the explosion knocked out power of part of laguardia airport causing disruption for arriving flights yesterday. the power has since been restored. but the blue sky had social media buzzing last night. and a lot of people were, yeah, a little skeptical about the explanation there. they thought we were being invaded. this is a week after we had the weird thing here. >> absolutely. >> yeah. what's going on? >> i think it is a conspiracy. we should look deeper into it. i can't believe we're the most intelligent species out there.

mid to upper 40s. that's what we have along the east bay shore. alameda, 50. same thing in fremont. mid to upper 40s everywhere. lowe's tkps gatos, 41. san mateo bridge, breezy out in the middle span. gusts 21 miles per hour out of the north to northwest. our biggest issue on the roads and the bay. breezy through the morning showers. dress warmer than what the thermometer says. small craft advisory until noon for the areas in yellow. bay bridge east -- or gold especially gate -- bay bridge north. all right. south bay, 40s until 10:00. 40s at 8:00 this evening. mid to upper 50s in the meantime between those two. same thing in peninsula. we book with 48 in the morning. and also in the evening. our last stop, san francisco. we start off 50 at 8:00. warm up to 57 at 2:00 and 4:00.

back down to 51 under the stars at 8:00. is there a reason you have this? are you that worried i'm going to get you sick? >> yeah, definitely. >> sorry. >> i did not put that there, but that's okay. >> nobody is going to be sick out on the roads this morning? >> oh, no, it's a beautiful morning. if you have to be out driving this morning, it is very light out there. it is friday. it's a holiday. we're hopping down to san jose. will headlights in the northbound direction of 101. this is the 880 overcrossing. it gives you an idea of where you are. it looks like the sun is starting to come up. here we go to the bay bridge. just brake lights here at the turn towards the tunnel. otherwise, you're looking great. no delays at the toll plaza whatsoever. metering lights have not been turned on. in fact, for the most part of the week they have been off. this looks great. is central valley, not bad at all. a modified schedule for ace trains. only running 3 and 5 for your

morning commute. 3 is running 10 minutes behind. we'll take back another look in 10 minutes. all right. thank you, sue. this morning san jose's police chief is standing by his officers after they shot and killed a 24-year-old woman after a high-speed chase. they thought the woman was involved in a shooting. it turns out that the officers were chasing the wrong car. she said the suspects were in a white car. officer spotted a white camry and determined the car was stolen, but it was not the car involved in the shooting. but for some reason police say 24-year-old jenny vasquez and her female passenger led police on a high-speed five-mile-chase. the pursuit ended when the car crashed into.n rehowhenc s vehicle, they were individuals that took police on a high-speed pursuit. i stop short of the mistaken identity type of issue. no, they weren't the suspects in the shooting.

buff also had they not been in a stolen vehicle, had they not led police officers on a high-speed pursuit, had they not tried to ram officers's cars, we would not be here today. >> the women's parents are calling for a federal investigation. happening today, bill scott will announce a statewide pilot program to crack down on repeat program to crack down on repeat dui offenders. drivers with more than one dui will have to install an ignition interlock device and keep it for two years. you cannot turn on the engine until you blow through a device to prove you did not have alcohol in your system. prior to they were only used in certain cities. it goes into effect january 1st. it's make it or break it for sears after the company filed for bankruptcy. the deadline coming up today. and let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange. we are in the green slightly 55 points up this morning on the dow. dow. and it has been quite the

here's what's going on in san joaquin from noon to 10:00 a.m., both tonight and tomorrow night. could be the end of the growing season there. 28 to 32 degrees the low temperatures. we have 52 in fresno. mid to upper 50s. a lot of sunshine sacramento, chico, and eureka.

40s and 50s in the high country. a little bit of fog over lake tahoe. mostly cloudy sky. the temperature below freezing. could be black ice this morning. never gets above freezing on monday. notice no snow in the forecast either. >> all right. thank you, mike. the college football super fans in san jose are getting ready for their second day high above the city. >> elias, nancy, jeannette and ruben represent the four teams in the college football playoffs. they are competing to earn prizes. you can vote for your favorite fan by going to abc7news.com/vote. the winner will get a special prize tonight. right now jeannette is in the lead. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is on the ground for us as the fans are just starting to wake up. are they up yet, matt? >> reporter: hi, jessica and alexis. yeah. i've got a competition that maybe they don't know they're a part of. who is going to wake up first? we don't know. they're all in their tents

still. walk down here. we will get a closer look at the espn billboard. as you look up, you can see the sign says who is in? the question i want to know is who is up? as jim harbaugh would say, nobody is up. good news for our fans. this is video from 20 minutes ago. breakfast has arrived for the fans. they will eat when they get up. jeannette, elias, ruben and nancy were picked after explaining why they should represent their teams. they are competing for cash and prizes. all four teams are playing this saturday on espn in the semifinal games for the college football playoffs. the fans of the two losing teams will have to leave the billboard. the remaining two will stick around through the national championship game january 7th at levis stadium. there are a lot of ways to engage with them. vote for your favorite team orphan or both. you can get all of that information on abc7news.com.

all right. now we are right under. i'm going to be a little quiet. we are right under the billboard. this is the pulley where they get their food from. so they will be able to get all their bagels from here. yesterday they went on espn3, the streaming that you can find on our website and they asked fans if someone could bring them chick-fil-a. yesterday some really nice people brought them chick-fil-a. how is that for fans? wouldn't you love to ask for food and then all of a sudden they show up? >> oh, i would love that. chick-fil-a. suspect that awesome. >> i would like a bagel and coffee right now. >> reporter: that sounds good. mike nicco, jump on in. he's a big fan of you, alexis. >> oh, yeah. mike is going to go get us food. >> oh, yeah. mike is our biggest fan. we will roll with that since his mike is turned off. i wonder if they're getting along.

those are close quarters. jeannette is in the lead. >> vote for your favorite fan on abc7news.com/vote is. you can watch the college football playoff national championship on sister is network espn levi's stadium monday, january 7th. now your morning monday report. sears could be down to its final hours. >> the company filed for bankruptcy in october. its chairman has until 1:00 p.m. to make a bid for the chain. it is unclear whether he has lined up enough funding. if there is no bid, the company faces liquidation. they open kmart, which would also go out of business. a live look at the new york stock exchange. trading get or any way. we are up 124 points, quite significantly from the commercial break when we were up only 50 points. so it is going in the right direction for a lot of folks. it has been a rocky week for the stock market. the dow made a big comeback during the last 90 minute of

trading going up 850 points. a lot of people were on edge throughout the day yesterday. still, the dow is on track for its worst quarter since early 2009. new this morning, tesla is naming oracle's larry ellison to its board as part of a settlement with u.s. regulators who are demanding more oversight of ceo elon musk. he was charged with misleading investors back in august after he sent a tweet that said he had secured funding to take tesla private. instagram is seeing a backlash after users had to scroll horizontally instead of scroll horizontally instead of vertically. the company had been thinking about switching up the scrolling style to draw in more people. the response was not positive. users posted about their confusion and reported difficulties using the app. the head of instagram later tweeted they didn't mean to test the new look on so many people. new this morning, viewers of the british show black mirror

get to decide what will happen next. los gatos based netflix released the 9000 minute interactive episode at midnight. he adapts an adventure fantasy novel into a video game. it nightmare. a popular cooking school in the east bay teaches students how to make delicious, healthy meals. they are hungry for a career change but are facing economic barriers. i went to check out kitchen on fire in berkeley. >> they will say, chef, guess what they asked me to do. and i would say, i know that. >> he is known as chef olive. he is a busy chef and business owner. or volunteers as a guest instructor like the bread project. teaching kitchen skills that

will help participants get jobs in the baking and food service idustry. i hope you can join u0 n and online abc7news.com. i'll show you how passion for good food is changing lives as we feature chef olive as this month's abc 7 star. he is quite the character. he is from france. i'm sure you heard his accent. he is so much fun. and his energy is just contagious. >> good job. >> he is very successful on his own. he is also sharing his talents and helping out other people too. >> wonderful. i know you enjoyed doing this story because he had such wide reaching impact. >> i thought you were going to say because they made scones and i got to eat 10 of them. that's a little bonus. yeah, so many folks he is helping. honestly, he's really helping t that's coming up at 4:00 this afternoon. i hope you can check it out. >> can't wait to see it.

>> yeah. >> anybody with an infectious personality is good to be around, even if it has to do with food. even better this time of year. san jose, 87. let's talk about the folks on the billboard. kind of, i don't know, watching them from down below. 42 at 7:00. 53 at noon. 58 at 4:00. 50 at 7:00. lighter breezes this afternoon. here's a look at mt. tam. and you can see gorgeous sunrise about to develop. the breezes ease. chilly tonight. valley frost possible. another week without rain. here's a look at the jet stream. it goes well up to the north. it loses a lot of energy andhe area again the hh pressure and low pressure will increase. 57 to 60 this afternoon.

tonight the coolest temperatures? pretty close to livermore, 33. concord, 35. napa, 34. santa rosa, ukiah, 32 degrees there. san rafael downmateo, san rafael downmateo, low to mid 40s. brake lights along the causeway. flat section halfway through over towards san mateo side of things. 20-minute drive from 880 towards 101. beautiful morning to be driving across the golden gate bridge. we have justifi crystal clear conditions. one problem out there this morning, this is 101. it's near santa clara. northbound 101 near trim ball. a big rig and car got into it.

minor slowing past the scene. sue, thank you. the california highway patrol is saying good-bye to its iconic parole cars. it posted this photo on twitter calling it a dinosaur. they are replacing "the crown" vic or as the post suggests, an extinct species. if you're looking for a new car, kelley blue book is out. toyota snagged the top three places with tacoma and tundra and 4 runner. jeep wranglers and gmc sierra round out the top five. average vehicles are worth 33% of their original price after six months. but these models are worth an average of 50%. next, the 7 things you need to know before you go. taking a live look at abc 7 news now. a lot of folks still off for the holiday break enjoying it while

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the 7 things to know before you go. we are hearing from the woman who says an escaped san quentin inmate carjacked her outside the home depot in san rafael. the woman is okay. the inmate is still on the run this morning. >> number two, the stanislaus sheriff's department tweeted new photos of the man suspected of shooting and killing an officer in the town of newman. the sheriff says the man uses multiple aliases. they won't confirm his name. the shutdown is now in day seven. there are no signs it will end. no votes are scheduled. number four, homeland security secretary kirjsten nielsen is expected to visit the southern border today. she ordered medical checks for all migrant children in u.s. custody under the age of 10 after two guatamalan children died. >> number five, a sun day. mid to upper 50s through noon to

4:00. upper 40s heading out this evening >> it is relatively light. green sensors on the roadway. one spot near santa clara. northbound 101 near trimble. big rig blocking the slow lane >> number seven, a live look where four college super fans are waking up this morning on top of a san jose billboard. and look at that. it looks like someone is up there kind of waking up. they are representing alabama, clemson, notre dame and oklahoma. the four teams playing tomorrow's college football playoffs semifinal games. yeah, are they up? >> the alabama fan is awake. >> on central time. >> i think that's aouben. vote for your favorite fan abc7news.c abc7news.com. >> if you have a team you're going for or if you like one of the super fans, cast your vote.

we'll be back in another 25 minutes with an good morning, america. dangerous winter storm on the move after blanketing the midwest with snow now pounding the east coast with heavy rain. flash flooding, a major concern right now. we're live with conditions on the ground and rob is right here tracking the storm. breaking overnight, the sky over new york city lighting up with a mysterious blue light captured on video by stunned onlookers. then widespread power outages. the blown transformer blacking out runways and causing chaos at laguardia airport, grounding flights during the busy holiday travel weekend. shutdown stalemate. it is day seven. congress out of session again and trump pointing fingers. no end in sight as the new year approaches. urgent manhunt