christmas day is going to be a one one here in the bay area. if you have to be out and about today, watch out for slick roads. thank you for starting your day with us here on this wet christmas morning. i know mike, you are tracking all that rain out there. >> merry christmas to you, it was anything but a silent night for a lot of us as early thunderstorms continue right now. locally heavy downpours, breezy conditions and small hail and

rough surf. you can see the heaviest is starting to move towards the east. if you go back in time, you can see all the lightning bolts peppering the monterey bay. i even saw a bolt of lightning coming into work. it was like, whoa, exciting. i wouldn't be surprised if you found small hail and snow mixed together. my forecast for the rest of the day, heaviest this morning through 7:00, a little lull around noon and then a refiring of scattered showers this afternoon but most will be over by 7:00. >> police are seinvestigating a deadly shooting. a 29-year-old man was shot and killed. a 23-year-old woman who was also shot was taken to the hospital. she is expected to be okay.

another man suffered some kind of head injury. he was treated at the scene. police are still trying to figure out what led up to the shooting. >> a 6-year-old was shot during a family holida gathering. it happened around 6:30 last night where police responded but did not initially find a vi detectives are still looking for information. so far police have not announced any arrests. a reminder to be careful on the road this christmas day. a speed driver died after hitting in tree in east anti-okay. the driver was going 80 miles an hour in a 45 mile-an-hour zone. a witness said she saw him trying to weave in and out of traffic when he started to fishtail. police say the driver crashed into a tree.

he was the only driver in a vehicle. >> it is christmas and today people will start delivering meals to thousans who cannot leave their home. at the salvation army kitchen, work is well under way this morning. good morning, amy. merry christmas to you. > hi, good morning. merry christmas to you, too! look behind me. i've got santa's elves here. these are santa's volunteers. they're preparing fresh meals. they got here at 5:00 this morning and they're going to deliver these meals. it is very early but the salvation army says this makes a huge difference to people on christmas day. >> hundreds of people will be delivering 4,000 meals for basically people who condition get out today. for most of those people, a salvation army person is the

only person they're going to see today that is going to bring them a warm meal. >> in meal is healthy and hearty and packed with love. this is for people who can't get out. i asked the volunteers why they're here. it is early. they say it's a little hard to get out of bed but they tell me they're blessed and so they want to share. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 abc 7 >> in the south bay donations are pouring into church after thieves stole thousands of the needy.

>> i never thought that someone would just come in and pretend to be part of the assembly and leave. >> the church surpassed an initial donation goal in just three hours. police are still looking for those thieves. >> only on 7, san francisco police are trying to track down thieves were expensive tastes. the crooks hit up at least two high-end stores in the pacific heights neighborhood. police are sharing video with police and melanie woodrow. >> reporter: thousands worth of clothing and handbags stolen. >> i've had shoplifters before but not as good as this time. >> shoplifters said they are visiting from paris. they're stuffing jackets worth thousands under their outerwear. >> the pros are so good. they can do it in front of you and you'd never know you were being picked. >> the crooks according to

employees were quite engaging. employees couldn't tell anything was missing until they were gone. >> it does make me ill. >> the next day two of the three hit up sweden spark, which sells vintage jewelry, scarfing from estate sales. >> we've never had an issue in the past. >> as this woman looked at scarves, she held up a bunch of them in front of my co-worker's face. >> the rare snatched a rare $6,800 purse and stuffed it up his jacket. this is a picture of the handbachan handbag. >> he actually shook my co-worker's hand when he left. >> reporter: police are vebting whether the people in both videos are the same. san francisco police say that since the end of november, there's actually been a slight

decrease in thefts and robberies citywide. in san francisco, abc news. >> pope francis celebrates traditional midnight mass. his message of love to the world. and mike, wet start to this christmas day. >> yeah, light up like a christmas tree as you like to say. in all seriousness, this is some heavy rain coming down, the

let's go southbound, avenue, probably standing water right now because nobody is out there. 680 to 880, all the way down to san jose downtown, we have heavier rain falling there. and also alamo, danville, diablo, walnut creek up towards concord and clayton. a heavy shower there. these could be producing ponding on the roadways and small hail.

temperatures are in the 40s right now. we're not going to warm much, only basically up into the low 50s. so you can see the heaviest of the rain is moving through the east bay and the south bay. about an hour from now, that will be over and we'll transition to scattered showers. >> that thunder was something this morning driving in for sure. >> as tempting it may be, they are asking homeowners to avoid burning wood over the holiday to prevent unhealthy air. wood smoke contains fine ine in articl part calls. and burning wrapping paper is illegal. >> tons people gathered to watch the pope give his christmas day

blessing. he offered open against darkness saying that the light of christ is greater. >> earlier the hope celebrated christmas eve mass in a packed st. basilica. he said, quote, god does not love you because you think and act the right way. he loves you plain and simple. his love is unconditional. >> troops are taking time to celebrate christmas as well. in syria a military ca carols to service members. troops dropped off stockings stuffed with gifts at five bases in the eastern part of the country. >> all right. a cat gets stuck up a tree in the east bay.

the rookie firefighter who put his rescue skills to the test. while many of us are sell willing into the holiday, some are looking at the road.

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we have some breaking news we want to tell but now. one person is dead after a crash in berkeley. you can see here highway 80 westbound lanes of gillman are blocked. this is from our emeryville camera. witnesses say the crash involves at least two cars. one of them caught fire. again, it is raining, the roads are slippery. please take it slow on the ro s roads. this sad to report one person has died this christmas morning. we'll bring you more news as it comes in. >> a lot of people in the bay area may be dreaming of a white

kre christmas and packing of the car and heading to ski areas. they will are in for a welcome surprise when they get there. >> can you feel the end just a little bit? can you wiggle your toes at all? >> that's perfect. >> there's lots of boots fittings going on at sports basement in walnut creek. >> we're taking the girls skiing at squaw. >> brandon is taking his three daughters. they've got a lot of energy and loved our camera. >> the two older ones went last year and this year we're taking everybody out. >> the lu family is gearing up for tahoe 2. >> we'll try to make this a family tradition. >> the ski rent al office has been slapped this weekend. >> everybody is so excited for

the season. powder is up there. >> here's the payoff, a winter wonderland. this is northstar resort where it's been snowing most of the week, near perfect conditions for skiing, boarding and even tubing. >> everyone's really excited about the fresh 13 inches that we've gotten from the storm on sunday night. so it leads our snow totals up to 11 1/2 feet up for the season. we're really excited. >> give yourself plenty of time to get where you're going. if you're going to the mountains, carry chains. just because your cars are all-wheel drive doesn't mean that always wheels stop. take it slow. >> and people see that traffic and go, nope, not going up there. not doing it. >> that is me. ran into a little bit of that just trying to get into the east bay yesterday afternoon. a lot of people trying to leave

then. let's look at live doppler 7. you can see the western slope there and also into tahoe, it is snowing right now. these why we have to be you see where the red is heading. you can see the spray coming up from the cars there. we've got some early thunderstorms today and scattered showers for the remainder of this christmas day. freezing in our north bay valleys tonight, patchy fog out there as the clouds start to clear out and a slight chance of rain sunday. here's a look at our high temperatures today, in the 40s in lakeport and san jose about 55 degrees. tonight the freezing temperatures in the north bay valley, fog forms, we could have the same situation we had yesterday with freezing fog. clouds keep the rest of us to the upper 30s to mid 40s. it will not be raining tonight.

the pink means a wintry mix is falling right now at 3,849 feet. and hamilton, we go to pink to purple to white. that is all snow, possibly a couple of inches on hamilton. here's that second storm we talked about yesterday. you can see plenty of thunder and lightning on this one and that will make things miserable for them later today and tomorrow. back at home can you see the heaviest of the rain on future radar. that little bit of a break they talked about at noon, peeks of sunshine and then you can see by 3:00 into about 8:00 a slight chance of scattered showers and that's it. check out my accwaccw forecast. a few cloud saturday, tuesday dry also. liz? >> east bay firefighters are congratulating a rookie firefighter on his first cat

resc rescue. they received a call about a cat stuck in the tree. the firefighter climbed up the ladder and safely brought the cat back to its owners. that is a tall ladder there. the firefighters ended up treating them to a tour of the fire engine. good work, mike. oh, that's some good news. >> next, the unusual christmas day offer to you from the owners of an east bay laundromat. and customers of a hair salon get an unwanted holiday surprise. and a lot of kids probably waking up now telling parents to get up, get up! let's open the presents. you can see the rain drops on our camera there, beautiful shot of the city. stick with us we'll be right back.

let's take a look at live doppler 7. street level where we've got foothill road, 680. snow gray about to have some standing water. almeida getting a soaking right now just to the north of harbor

bay parkway. that's going to head over to mcarthur boulevard and through o oakland and san leandro. the heaviest stuff is in the either bay and south bay and moving away from us in the next hour, hour and a half. >> that's good news. workers got a christmas rush that let's say they were not expecting. a tesla crashed into this salon in danville yesterday. a witness heard a loud screech and saw the tesla crashed through the glass doors. chp is looking into what caused it. >> an east bay laundroundroundum offering free drying today. they posted this ad letting customers know they can dry their clothes for free they'll offer the same deal on

new year's day. >> and san francisco offers free parking on christmas day. it's one of the free holidays during the year that meters are not enforced. the others are new year's day and thanksgiving. next at 6:30, we are live with a massive effort to feed hundreds of people in need. also, raising the stakes in a fight over a vacant home in oakland occupied by a homeless moms. >> and we catch up with a santa who decided

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live doppler 7 shows us the rain hitting us right now. mike says that is going to change, though, in the next few hours. merry christmas to all of you. thanks for daying yo with us. mike, merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> take a look. this was my dash cam video driving into the city, right before the golden gate bridge on highway 101if you're thinking what i'm thinking, i was like white christmas? it looks like snow. it's sort of snow. >> it's sort of snow. it's hail with snow clinging on to it. it's called grappo, it's like hail. thunderstorms are moving from the east bay into the south bay where we're could see the same situations but in the mountains it's all going to be snow. you did get a white christmas. i did that for you.

>> thank you. i appreciate that. i would tell anyone driving on this, it was a little slippery so white christmas, yay. you're lying why aren't you as excited as i was? i am, whoo! i saw lightning. i'm excited.ci early thunderstorms, then showers scattered today, locally heavy and brey today gra grapo, and you can see near antioch and out towards discovery bay. from union city heading towards pleasanton snow. you can see fremont boulevard there back towards santa clara, that's where we're seeing

heavier showers right now. look up stream, out over the ocean, it's pretty quiet. we'll is a period of we et weath -- quiet weather today. showers will be over by 7:00. >> we continue to follow breaking news in the east bay this morning where we learned one person is dead after a crash in berkeley. some of the weekend lanes of 80 at gillman are blocked. you can see the backup that this is causing. now we are told from witnesses that the crash involves at least two cars. one caught fire. again, we will stay on top of this breaking news, this crash in the east bay in berkeley. we'll give you more information as we get it and as it comes in this morning. >> some drivers on 80 may be heading to the sierra. caltran says if you're planning to go up to lake tahoe or the mountains, being prepared. right now interstate 50 and 80

are open and you do not need to use chains but you may have to use chains later this week. >> and flyers taking last-minute flights this christmas, my family, some of them flying in today. there are no delays at sfo now. let's check in at the salvation army central kitchen where volunteers are packing thousands of meals to deliver to people who cannot leave their homes today. good morning, amy. >> hi. these volunteers got here at 5:00 this morning to start preparing these meals. 4,000 meals, they will be delivered to people in san francisco who can't get out and also need a visitor. we've been talking to the volunteers about being here. there is a family here, including relatives visiting from boston. they decided not to exchange gifts this year and instead to come here and give their time. >> just, you know, it's a huge

family reunion so we decided to just do eating. we take turns treating each other so that's our gift. it frees up so much time and if there's no gift, no gift opening and we can come. >> i asked another volunteer why she is doing this. she said because we are blessed and want to share. >> the salvation army said this is also about connecting. the kvolunteer who delivers the food may be the only person the recipient sees this christmas day. volunteers say it warms their hearts, too, that they also get a lot out of this. reporting live in san francisco where the christmas spirit is alive and well. amy hollyfield. liz, back to you. >> that really warms my heart to see that. thank you so much, amy. the contra costa

office -- the clerk got up and shot andrew killing him. a second robber got away. >> a man accused of stabbing a passenger on the platform last year. he was charged with murder in the stabbing death of 18-year-ld wilson and was charged with attempted murder for trying to stab his sister. >> new developments in the story of an oakland mother's fight over a vacant home. the group moms for housing is challenging an eviction order. our media partner reports oakland may consider seizing the property if the owners do not work out a deal with the women.

the real estate investment company calls the threat a reckless disregard of lawsuit. >> ride share passengers in the south bay are coming across a familiar base. santa is getting behind the wheel in san jose to spread holiday cheer. we went along for a ride. >> reporter: move over rudolph. santa is choosing ride share. he's making seven trips, checking his sights. >> you're on my nice list! didn't think you were getting ubered by santa, did you? >> he had the goal of bringing holiday cheer. in the driver's seat, flores delivered. ♪ jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way ♪ >> flores posted to a facebook

community group and said it costed him nothing to create lasting memories for people who spotted him behind the wheel. >> everybody was santa, santa, santa. everyone had that memory as a child because you were good. >> he wanted to keep the imagine being alive. >> i don't know how long it will be so magical for him. >> for flores, the five-minute trip. the memories made -- >> priceless. >> flores says he'll be logging off uber and leaving christmas day to kris kringle. >> that's fun. from a day tat the beach, to solemn religious services, how

people are celebrating christmas around the world. let's get another check of i don't are way. hey, mike. there i have another thunderstorm down in the monterey bay. it was a little closer to places like santa cruz earlier. you see it's going to be at seaside at 6:52. it will be in gonzalez around 7:30. the oranges and reds are starting to taper rapidly. if you are heading out, temperatures are in the low to upper 40s. let take a look around. here's the peninsula. we have rain at 7:00. you can see a break at least on the hours. our best chance will be 5 to 7:00 for scattered rain. for the east bay, mainly cloudy with mid 50s for the rest of the afternoon hours. south bay, our best chance of rain at 7:00.

and there may be another chance at:00 this evening. and that's just what they'll be, random. we'll have our best chance in the north bay through 9:00. temperatures in the low 50s today. east bay will be in the mid 50s with our best chance rain at 7:00 this morning and our final stop will be san francisco. we've got a chance around 9:00 and again around 3:00 and 5:00. so that's a look at what's going to happen with our 12-hour planners. now here's a look at some more high temperatures where you live and, as a bonus, a disn disney's "spies and disguise." >> science rocks. >> now -- >> being a pigeon could make you an even better spy. >> will smith. >> time to fly. >> tom holland. >> i do not need your help.

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don't turn your back on the ocean if you're going to our beaches today. rib currents, sneaker waves especially the west and northwest facing beaches. let's go do you to socal.

winter storm warning through friday. you can see rain and snow and stronger storms with lightning bolts. that's wednesday, thursday and friday. the grapevine could be impacted greatly by snow. can you see the storm getting sou north to us and then sliding south. there is a little bit of snow fall ing. it will be freezing cold tomorrow. milder by saturday before more snow showers sunday and monday. >> from the holy land to the beaches of australia, millions are gathering for celebrations. >> reporter: this morning joy around the world as millions celebrate christmas, thousands of this many descending on the west bank town of bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of jesus. >> it means celebrating those

who still have desire to love mankind and put themselves on line for it. >> reporter: a similar message coming from pope francis, leading a christmas eve mass that was massive at st. peter's basilica. this year's fire at notre dame t castle preventing a mass th th h and we wanted to wear a santa hat on the beach. >> the president and first lady opting for a southern baptist service in florida. and an estimated 2 billion people are celebrating christmas today.

trevor alt, >> a family got an unexpected surprise today on bart. bart police officers first met cynthia and her two grand kids during a proof of payment inspection at the station. over time officers and the family got to know each other. cynthia's daughter surd a stroke about a year ago. since then her grandkids are been staying with her. she's been going from san francisco to richmond every day so they could continue to go to their school. i love this, the police officer association surprised the family with gift cards, toys and bart swag. it's such a sign of community in the bay area. >> now to a home in concord getting quite a bit of attention. from the front it looks like a home with regular holiday decorations. if you look closer, you'll find a little movie magic mixed right

in. >> everyone has lights, everyone has tinsel but putting something different into this kind of gives it that feel of, wow, what is this? they see the mignon, then they take the turn and see the castle. oh, the castle! and they think it's over. right when they start to make the loop, they see the "star wars." oh, my gosh, what is that! ♪ >> you know, we kind of did our research to make sure it kind of had the hoth plus. disney plus, we watched a few times on the tv to make sure we were close to what was going on. wanted to make it as realistic but still have a little bit of

christmas feel. >> it's incredible. the lights are in the storm troopers. it's like they're walking into "star wars." it like "empire strikes back" all over again. >> this is the showstopper. it's probably my greatest feat in three years to make it. it's 16 1/2 feet tall. it's sem engted icemented in. >> it was a lot of work, just ten days in total. just those ten days really put me in shape. >> welcome to our star wars themed light display. three years ago we didn't have a single light out. my daughter came home from looking at other people's lights and said, daddy, can you please put some lights up? i don't normally do things at small rates so i went from zero to a thousand. watching the great light fight show has been helpful. you get a lot of tips of finding

things online and my daughter and girl friend have great craft skills that helped me through this. a lot of people think they're just going to drive by and then they pull over and they got to park and then they walk it and run back and then they walk it again. we see multiple people come back multiple times and say i didn't see that one over there. we sit inside. i have remotes to the bubble machine and i can hear 5-year-olds to 7-year-olds jumping up and saying "bubbles"! it's really rewarding. i joke around and say this is my last year but my neighbors might take my home away if i don't put it up. it's always good to give back because you always get something in return. >> oh, i hope there's no neighborhood grinches that take his house away. that is too cool.

look how much the kids love it. abc 7 news photographer paid a visit to san jose's christmas in the park. also a very festive event and talked to children about their holiday wishes. they were predictably sweet and brutally honest. >> i hope my family will have a very nice christmas. >> one of my christmas wishes is that we -- it's more peaceful here. >> i want new ugg boots. >> and some things for my new puppy. >> my christmas wish is for me to get all the video games in the world sorry i can play overnight and never have to watch dumb news. >> oh, okay. i never have to what? do anything else ever again, just play forever? >> did he say watch the news? >> no. oh, he doesn't have to watch dumb news. oh, thank you.

okay. >> i'm like, what? >> play all the video games in the world so never has to watch us. i'm sorry, child. >> this puts food on the table in our household. even if he doesn't get everything he wants, i hope he's still happy. you can't have all the video games. i have to give some to my kids. >> for someone who loves weather, there's a lot of exciting weather this weekend. >> yes. thunderstorms rolling through and snow if you're heading up to the sierra. it looks wet right now. early storms today, then scattered showers, freezing valleys in the north bay tonight with patchy fog possible. keep an eye on the black ice tomorrow morning when we go back to our 4:30 start time, technically 4:27. here's a look at your temperatures.

most of us and 50 to 55 degrees from napa down to san joselo. you can see places like petaluma, windsor, clouds hang on in the east bay. mid to upper 30s for you. and south bay low to mid 40s with the clouds hanging around. piedmont, oakland, almeida, heading to skyline boulevard, discovery bay, byron, and sunshine in the afternoon. liz? >> thanks, mike.

we've come to expect a blockbuster matchup. the team is going through an obvious rouch patch with injuries to start like steph curie and klay thompson. the doves will go up against james hard ien here on abc 7. up next, the seven things you need to know before you go. and we'll give you a live look outside. this is the toll plaza on the bay bridge. slippery roads. you can see the rain drops t

it is 6:55 on this christmas morning. whether you're just joining us or opening christmas presents, things you need to know. a man is dead and two are hurt after a shooting in san francisco. this happened in the tender loin late last night. and one person is dead after this crash in berkeley. this is a live look from our

emeryville tower cam. some of the weekend lanes are blocked. if you are heading out tofor a drive this morning. mike tells us this is a mixture of hail and snow. >> the heaviest, intention storms that produce that grapple, the mixture of hail and snow, they're pretty much over, moving down into the east bay valley and into monterey. after about 9:00, we got a break with random showers this afternoon and by the evening, even that's over. >> number five, many families are packing up and heading to tahoe. the sierra is a winter wonderland right now. it's been snowing most of the week making near perfect conditions for skiing, boarding and inare tuner tubing. >> and volunteers are getting ready to feed thousands in need. >> and this is santa heading

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