northwest facing beaches are the most dangerous. the beach hazard warning is in effect until 9:00 tonight. it's been extended 12 hours. if you go out to the beach, keep your eyes on your pets and do not turn your back on those waves. we've seen some of them crash up to ten feet so far this morning. and we're going to have pretty big waves as the swells are up to 13 feet. be careful there. let's talk about what live doppler 7 is seeing, the possibility ofsprinkles from the san mateo bridge down to a lighter rain in the santa cruz mountains. we're seeing a turnout in the northwest. that means we're getting further away from the area of low pressure. the likelihood of these showers hanging around is starting to lose its start. maybe another hour or so if we look down here, 280 at 17, a shower over there by live doppler 7, it looks dry as does 87. the breezes, we have them out there this morning. those drops, 43 to 47. notice the sunshine and the

breezes tapering as we hit 42 to 54 at noon. dropping down to 45 to 48, chilly this evening. we're heading back to work, some of us. some of us didn't stop going to work yesterday. >> that's true. it is light up there this morning. you have a solid stream of headlights from the east shore freeway from golden gate fields into berkeley and emeryville. we head on into the bay bridge toll plaza, it is definitely light there. sluggish on the upper deck coming into san francisco for your commute. if you are headed back to work today. good news for east bay travelers f you're co if you're coming up and over the altamont pass, you're not delayed at all. one problem spot with a solo spinout facing the wrong way northbound 17 after the summit. not seeing a lot of slowing yet but that is blocking the slow lane. breaking news in the east bay, the chp confirms that three teens are dead after a christmas night crash in pleasanton. >> this happened just before

10:00 last night on northbound foothill road just north of castle wood drive. abc7 news reporter julian glover has arrived at the scene. julian, what else can you tell us? >> a heartbreaking story here and an awful update to bring you. we know the three people killed in that crash shortly after 10:00 on christmas night were all teens. two of the victims are said to be brothers. we want to give you a look at what's left behind right here. pg&e crews currently on the scene because they are cutting back a lot of trees and working to right a power pole taken out in this crash. at 10:00 p.m. last night, right off of foothill road, just by the castlewood country club. we know that there were five occupants in the vehicle, all of them teens. two of them were ejected from the car and we're hearing remarkably that the two who survived were the two that were thrown from the car.

an awful update to bring you here. three young teens, all under the age of 18, were killed on christmas night. two of them said to be brothers. chp working to confirm whether speed may have been a factor. they say this is just a dark, winded edy country road and thel be investigating as to what caused this crash. some sad news to bring here on the day after christmas. we'll continue to bring you updates as we get them. we're hearing from chp this road here is expected to be closed until 4:00 p.m. as they work to repair all of the damaged power lines behind me. reporting live here in pleasanton this morning. julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. a huge traffic headache for holiday travelers trying to drive over the grapevine to get home. here's a live look at interstate 5 from the caltrans camera. both directions of the grapevine are shut down now due to heavy snow. multiple vehicles are stuck waiting on the freeway. crews were working to assist

those vehicles. the grapevine has been shut down between last night between lake hughes road and grapevine road. there is no estimated time for reopening. the grapevine closure is complicating what is expected to be the worst holiday travel day. aaa predicts people trying to leave los angeles will face delays 1 1/2 times what they normally are. in san francisco, it will be double. aaa says between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. will be the worst time to be on the road. be sure to stay with abc7 news for the latest on the weather and traffic. you can view live doppler 7 any time on our app, it is free to download. a candlelight vigil will be held today for the newman police officer killed in the line of duty one year ago today. corporal singh was killed after making the traffic start of a reported drunk driver. there will be a vigil and walk at 6:00 p.m. and a balloon release. he left behind a wife and young son. the man suspected of killing him

has pled not guilty. a preliminary hearing to determine whether there's enough evidence for a trial has been postponed until march. the newman police k-9 association posted this video on its instagram account. it shows the police department delivering corporal singh's son his own patrol car for christmas. singh told his son he would grow up to be a police officer and he would teach him. it was delivered yesterday morning to get his training started early. a group of mothers occupying a vacant home in oakland will go to court to challenge an eviction order. the group, moms for housing, moved into the home with their children last month to draw attention to the bay area homeless crisis. a judge ordered them to leave but he's giving them a chance to make their case for staying. the real estate firm wedgewood says it wants to sell the home to a first time home buyer. the warning for travelers passing through busy airports. and how to clean up trash and help the environment in the

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city, 42, half moon bay, 48. even else in the mid 40s. we're seeing a lot of mid 40s out there. concord warmer at 49. same thing in san jose and san francisco. yohe 30s tuav he around san rafael, santa rosa and los gatos. more of us will feel those temperatures tomorrow. san mateo bridge looking dry. live doppler 7 did show a sprinkle rolling across there. it will be breezy this morning. dry for mass transit. out on the bay, small craft advisory north of the bay bridge through 9:00 this morning. here's the north bay at 8:00, clouds around. 45 by 8:00 this r50evening. east bay, 40s through 10:00. mid 50s noon through 4:00. about 46 under the stars at 8:00. san francisco, we have cloud cover at 8:00. sunshine at 10:00. mid 50s this and down to 50 attt 8:00. mostly green out there for road sensors which is good this

day after christmas. we don't have a lot of congestion on the roads. north 17 in the streanta cruz mountains, just past the summit, north of there, one lane blocked with a solo spinout and a car facing the wrong direction. we head up to vallejo, a new accident just reported, apparently two cars both overturned, eastbound 80 just before highway 37. heads up there, partially blocking lanes of traffic there. i'm not seeing slowing quite yet. that could change if they don't get those cars righted and out of there quickly. >> the gifts have been opened, now it's time for christmas cleanup. >> four things to keep in mind if you're trying to organize everything.

five american airports may have seen travelers with measles pass through this holiday season, and that includes l.a.x., denver international, and two terminals inside chicago's o'hare airport. health officials say all the people involved tested positive for measles. this has been the worst year for measles in the u.s. in more than two decades. in the east bay, health officials are asking people to be aware of deadly mushrooms cropping up after the recent rains. they're most common in parks at the base of oak trees. the mushrooms can cause liver and kidney damage and even death. petaluma firefighters made a brave rescue. they freed a dog from a burning home and these photos show firefighters giving the dog oxygen with a fido mask, it is specifically made to fit over a dog's mouth. crews responded to the home on grouse lane just after 11:00

yesterday morning. family members discovered the fire when they went to pick up the two dogs inside. one of the dogs was able to get out a back door. the other one had to be rescued from a bedroom. i was getting so sentimental about my own dog. i apreciate that petaluma fire has the equipment to save them. >> it's incredible when you see these firefighters do anything to save a dog or a cat -- >> way to go. thank you for doing that. christmas cleanup can be a little daunting. but there are a few tips to make it easier in san franciso. >> break down your boxes for recycling, if you have extras, set them in a small box next to the bin or tie them up with twine. don't put that wrapping paper in the trash. christmas tree collection starts on january 2nd. i don't want to get rid of my tree. i love it. but it's like okay. now i have to get rid of it.

>> and i just found out you're a bow collector. you're one of those. >> i didn't know that was a type of person. i have my little bows. >> you do the same? >> my wife does. she encourages us. >> reuse it every year. >> i like it. i'm impressed by it. i'm just not that organized. >> i learned this from my mom. >> i don't like when i have to get something out of the garage. >> christmas ribbons. >> dust. >> very hard to get into the garage now. all right. let's talk about what's going on. we'll look at the clock. it's about 6:16. there's a shower on the dumbarton bridge right there. we continue to watch those light radar returns, just lap at our southern neighborhoods as the storm system continues to sink to the south a little breezy transition and dry, we are looking from the east bay hills across the bay bridge there. as you get on the other side, gorgeous shot from the exploratorium showing some

clouds and stars over san francisco. the breezes relax, the clouds go away, it will be a sunny and mild afternoon. it will be clear, calm and much colder tonight. a lot of us in the 30s. our next storm is sunday into monday. let's look at what happens with this storm. all the models try to fade the rain away quickly. by 7:00, 8:00 at the most. by noon, you can see everything is gone. we're dealing with sunshine. i've been watching our rain buckets in the south bay. most are not tipping the last couple of hours. the radar -- future radar rain potential shows not much will fall out of this. maybe 0.01 inches if you're lucky. temperatures, about 55 to 58 degrees. 30s just about everywhere tonight. we have 41 in san francisco, san mateo, santa cruz 40. half moon bay at 42. we have a stretch of dry weather through at least sunday morning. sunday afternoon into monday morning, it's a 1 on the storm impact scale.

we usher in the new year with dry weather and warming temperatures. sue? >> let's head to san rafael for your north bay commute. looking pretty good. those taillights headed southbound on 101 past the north gate mall, civic center into central marin. no fog here. no fog on the golden gate bridge as you make your way through the robin williams tunnel and on to the span. four lanes for your southbound drive and two lanes for the northbound reverse commute. a couple of problem spots, let's go back to the santa cruz mountains, an accident partially blocking the slow lane, north 17 after the summit. it's a solo spinout facing the wrong direction. two overturned cars, chp revising the location of this, eastbound 80 near american canyon. they are blocking lanes of traffic and we have emergency crews and tow trucks on the way. not one but two overturned cars near american canyon. give yourself extra time if

you're headed that direction. >> "good morning america" is headed your way at 7:00. >> rob marciano has a look at what's coming up. good morning, rob. >> good morning, reggie. hello, liz. what did reggie get you for christmas? >> oh. reggie? i don't -- >> same as me? same as me, sounds like it. >> awkward silence. >> wait. wait. wait. >> yeah? >> just to be fair, i was such a santa this year with everybody at work. >> socks. >> i did get liz socks. they're very cute socks. >> i opened them last night. i was excited about them. >> in an ornament. a pixar ornament. >> that's incredible. >> yeah. >> stop it. >> you know, it was one more effort for me to try to make reggie look bad, he stuffed it right back in my face. nice work. secret santa. merry christmas. day after christmas, boxing day. maybe you didn't like the socks, you'll get on the road.

i heard the traffic reports to return them, maybe you're flying to the store to return them, there's a storm coming in. we're talking about that on "gma." wild weather, we have two back-to-back storms hitting the west. they are heading east from arizona to southern california, they're getting hit the worst. i'll track all of that. andkevin spacey another biz sai video arre vide. and an eye-opening report about intermittent fasting. dr. jen ashton is here. she knows i won't be prticipating, though today is my next -- because i ate so much again. i'm waiting until the last minute to button this. forgive my poor dress this morning. >> reggie does the intermittent fasting. >> i do. we all weren't born with the adonis body of rob marsian no

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all right. let's look at what's going on at our beaches. while the sunshine will be dominant later this afternoon, so will sneaker waves and rip currents, west-northwest facing beaches, the most vulnerable. no matter where you are today, do not turn your back on the water. >> thank you. the warriors launched a new poster series featuring dub nation artwork from bay area artists. people interested in designing a poster can apply on the warriors website. the next poster goes on sale january 8th. he said yes. he said yes. former olympic skier lindsey

vonn is celebrating another engagement with her fiance. the 35-year-old shared this photo on instagram with the caption i asked pique to marry me and he said yes. in the post she explained we talk about equality but actions speak louder than words. men should get engagement rings, too, and this is what he deserves. can't wait to marry you, babe. i think this is a trend. i have a friend who a month ago proposed to her fiance. >> like the kind of double proposal. >> yeah. >> we accidentally did that, too. >> so -- >> we kind of forgot we were engaged and then we -- that's weird. but that's -- >> eventually we're like yeah, we're engaged, right? >> yeah. >> just want to make sure. >> very romantic. at 6:30, a major announcement from madonna. and a warning, breaking news in pleasanton. three teens are dead after a

crash christmas night. al julian glover is on the scene gathering any details now. and an arrest in the murder of 49ers quarterback c.j. beathard's

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double murder suspect arrested. the man accused of killing the brother of 49ers quarterback c.j. beathard is in custody. >> you could hear them on the radio saying we got him. >> reporte it was like a bomb went off. >> a lightning strike splits a 100-foot tall redwood tree in half. the unexpected evacuation in the north bay. gift returns 101. everything you need to know if you're taking one of your presents back to the store today.

breaking news at 6:30. a deadly crash in pleasanton. we just learned the victims are all teenagers. julian glover is there with the latest information. >> good morning. it's thursday, december 26th. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's check in with mike nicco. good morning. >> good morning. hi, everybody. here's a look at some sprinkles possible, fabian way down to los altos, 280, 101, could be wet this morning as we continue to watch radar returns dance around the south bay, moving from east to west. they're starting to taper in coverage and also in intensity. you can see here on 87, it may look damp, but it's not a very heavy rain if one at all. for the rest of us, increasing clean air and a few clouds still lingering and breezy conditions as we transition to sunshine and dry conditions. low to mid 50s at noon.

mid 50s at 4:00. mid to upper 40s, it will be a chilly one this evening. dry pattern starts today. i'll tell you how long it lasts coming up. >> we have full freeway closure in the south part of the state on i-5 at the grapevine. you can see the chp holding traffic there at the summit over the grapevine due to snow. several major accidents, if you're expecting someone from l.a. or are planning on traveling there early this morning, right now it is completely shut down. we have a serious accident now. this is two overturned vehicles, eastbound 80 near american canyon. chp says they have all lanes temporarily shut down so they can get those vehicles righted and get the tow trucks in there. sigalert eastbound 80 near american canyon. try to avoid that area if you can. and a fire off the freeway at 280 near saratoga, they may have to get fire crews on scene to control the traffic through that area.

so just a towi saratoga on 280. three people are dead after christmas night crash in pleasanton. this happened just before 10:00 last night on northbound foothill road just north of castle wood drive. julian glover is at the scene. julian? >> good morning. heartbreaking morning here in pleasanton. we're able to confirm that five teens were in a car going down foothill road at 10:00 last night when it crashes into a light pole and a tree. three of the teens in that car were killed. two more in the hospital this morning with what's said to be critical injuries. we want to show you foothill road here. this is a dark, windy, country road here in pleasanton. we expect this road to be blocked off until 4:00 p.m. tonight. pg&e on the scene fixing the power lines down by the crash. the cause is still under

investigation, it's still being looked into. police tell us this is an awful scene to have to respond to knowing three teens were killed last night. >> it's just terrible. it's pretty much your worst nightmare. something you never want to see on the job. >> again, said story here, three teens were killed in this christmas night crash. you can only imagine what their families are going through this morning. if there's any silver lining, we're hearing that the two survivors, again all teens who were ejected from the vehicle, were actually the two that survived the crash. that he are in the hospital this morning fighting for their lives. this community torn apart the day after christmas. reporting live in pleasanton, julian glover, abc7 news. >> tragic, thank you. new developments, the man accused of stabbing the younger brother of 49ers quarterback

c.j. beathard is due in court tomorrow. michael moseley surrendered yesterday. police say he fatally stabbed clayton beathard and another man outside a nashville bar on saturday morning. police tracked him to a vacant home. neighbors couldn't believe what unfolded. >> all of a sudden i heard the noise, come out, come out, we got you surrounded! >> investigators say sunday's incident happened after mosley made an unwanted pass at a female friend of the victims inside the bar. the victims were attacked when they left. in the north bay a man is dead after being hit by a fallen tree in muir woods. officials say the fallen tree hit four other trees causing debris to hit two hikers. a 29-year-old man was killed. the second man suffered minor injuries. the national park service closed a portion of the trail to clean up the debris yesterday.

a mill valley family says they were lucky nobody was hurt when lightning hit a tree and split it in half. lightning hit the 100-foot tall redwood on waterview drive early yesterday morning. pieces of it scattering on the roof of a house, a car and power pole. no one was hurt but a family had to evacuate because first responders were worried the damaged tree could collapse on to their home. >> we heard a big boom. tremendous noise. santa was a little loud, that's okay. everybody is safe. everything can be repaired. >> the family was let back in after a few hours. officials say the tree will be removed. new this morning a report says shoring up san francisco's ocean beach will cost at least $60 million more than previously thought. the $151 million project will begin early 2023 and take about four years to complete.

part of the money will be used to protect a sewage treatment plant from beach erosion. the project will include removal of the great highway between sloan and skyline boulevards. officials call it one of the city's first projects to address the impact of climate change. coming up a great-grandmother is asking for your help after a thief stole her bag of holiday gifts. >> merry christmas from all of us. and a holiday gift that will keep on giving from the warriors to a thrilled group of local children. >> first, let's check your weather and traffic starting off with sue hall. >> good morning. we have light conditions this thursday morning, the day after christmas for you. all the green sensors are looking good. everybody is at the limit. a couple of problem spots with a sigalert issued, eastbound 80, that long stretch of purple. they had to shut down the roadway temporarily. all lanes were blocked. they now have all lanes open except for the left lane.

so that should be diminishing here. right now it's just a bad scene eastbound on 80 towards american canyon. so avoid that area. we had a car fire, tree is on fire northbound 280 near saratoga. they had to get the fire crews on scene there. they had to block a lane of traffic. now we're seeing slow traffic behind that. northbound 280 near saratoga. let's look at your weather with mike coming up. >> thank you very much, sue. we'll start off by looking at some neighborhood temperatures down in the south bay. los altos hill, 42. the rest of us, 46 to 49 degrees. a lot of us in the 40s. milder than tomorrow morning. 35 in sebastopol, 39 in novato, that's more indicative of what all of us will be feeling tomorrow morning. let's look at pacifica. the angry nature of the water out there. it is pounding the pier and the wall. here it comes. yeah. you can see that. that's because we have a

dangerous surf. beach hazard statement through 9:00 this evening. exercising, it will be a choppy morning out on the bay. exercising, it will be chilly. it will be cool this afternoon. temperatures 49 up and through 10:00 on the peninsula. we'll have mid 50s this afternoon down to 47 under stars at 8:00. 49 with increasing sunshine at 10:00. look at that, 57 at 2:00, down to 47 at 8:00. our last stop will be down to the south bay, come full circle, 47 with increasing sunshine at 10:00. mid 50s this afternoon. 45 under stars at 8:00. when we switch gears here, we'll look at more high temperatures where you live and a preview of disney's "spies in gudisguise" theaters right now. >> the ultimate mission -- >> none of our agents can get close. >> means the ultimate disguise.

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turbulent weather down in southern california, even the possibility of waterspouts. windy conditions and rain in the lower elevations. you can see the winter storm up in the higher elevations. look at all of that moisture hanging around from the white that is the snow to the yellows, the greens, the reds. all that heavy weather. some of it trying to get up towards us. it's very limited in its nature. mainly across southern california as we head into the afternoon hours. 31 at tahoe with snow showers. no big dumpings of snow. it will be quiet other than snow showers today and again sunday. >> thanks. we have been telling you about the huge traffic headache for holiday travelers trying to groo drive over the grapevine. check out these pictures over interstate 5 with what drivers are having to deal with. both directions are shut down. multiple vehicles are stuck on the freeway. there is no estimated time for

reopening. a rough post christmas commute for sure. in the south bay, san jose police are investigating a hit and run that left a man dead. it happened just after 2:00 a.m. yesterday on east santa clara street. officers found the victim lying in the street. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. homicide detectives are investigating the motive and circumstances of the death and trying to identify suspects. an 82-year-old great-grandmother is asking for your help after her bag filled with gifts and cash got stolen. she said it happened on an amtrak train going from sacramento to fremont. marsha said she started to look for her bag five minutes before arriving at the station but it was gone from the luggage rack. marsha plays clarinet back home in miami. that was also stolen. >> i don't think it was an accident. i really doubt it because it's big. it wasn't small. you don't take something that big by accident.

>> she said amtrak staff checked other cabins but they could not do much more without delaying the train. that's a shame. to your morning money report. it appears many of you did your holiday shopping online. >> online sales hit a record my. the biggest day for online sales was december 21st, which a lot of people were calling super saturday. consulting and research firm customer growth partners says people spent 34$34.4 billion. that's more than four times the sales from cybermonday. and we're looking live at the new york stock exchange. trading is back open this morning. we're up about 52 points. some malls across the bay area are opening earlier this accommodate the christmas gift returns. today and tomorrow are two of the busiest days for returns for the whole year. if you're looking to wait and make a return, make sure you know the return policy. some stores only give you 15 days. a lot of big box stores will give you 30, and some go up to

90 days. if you don't have a receipt or a gift receipt, you may only get that store credit. yearly job growth in the peninsula region is growing faster than the rest of the bay area. between october 2018 and 2019 employment grew by 3.5% in san francisco and san mateo counties. employment grew 3% in santa clara and san benito counties and 2.2% in alameda counties. unemployment in the san francisco region is also slow at 1.9%. the three lens trend for camera phones is stretching sony thin. the tech giant says they're running chip factories around-the-clock to produce for apple and samsung devices, but the holiday rush is getting too much to keep up with. developers of call of duty modern warfare are offering players the option to drop the

guns and fight with snowballs. players may now join a new mode called snow night to go after their opponents. there's a new holiday themed map called winter docks. it's available for play through new year's eve. the warriors were winners on and off the court on christmas day. the team continued its holiday tradition by hosting a group of children. 30 young people, they received christmas gifts from the warriors and rockets players on the floor of the chase center just before tipoff. they were from the public oakland public education fund and the boys and girls club of san francisco. after their appearance they were ushered into another room to open their gifts. >> amazing. you get to be on the court. i -- i haven't been on the court, only the league court i play in now. >> the kids got to watch the warriors beat the rockets 116-104. that's a christmas gift. >> that's awesome. and beats headphones?

>> not bad. >> i wouldn't mind that. hi, sue. >> good morning. i know, they scored big time. how fun for those kids. going to oakland now. if your travels take you to the oakland airport, so far so good. 8801 moving nicely. those headlights are headed in the southbound direction past the coliseum. all right a serious problem up in vallejo, actually it's american canyon with a sigalert, looks like they cleared out most of the -- they have all lanes blocked, the left lane blocked it looks like it's improved nicely because of the traffic backed into vallejo. so 80 looking good in the eastbound direction after that double overturn accident near american canyon. we'll check back with the chp and more on that in a bit. here is mike. >> looking at some breaks in the cloud cover, also some sprinkles are possible over towards palo alto, middle field road, clark

way, down to mountain view. this is the last push from the storm. you can see a trend of it sinking southward and the showers tapering over the south bay. here's a look from the exploratorium, that's a cool shot with some of those lower clouds going up against the higher clouds in the back, the colors are fantastic. the breezes out there, they'll relax as the sunshine becomes more dom nant inant in our fore. much colder tomorrow morning with frost possible inland. our next storm possible sunday into monday. let's look at how quickly future radar gets rid of the rain. you can see it getting rid of the clouds by noon. over the last three hours, they haven't had anything measurable hit any of our buckets in the south bay. we're not expecting more to do that. at least according to that radar. temperatures today, from about 54 in richmond to fairfield, 58. a look at the freezing cold temperatures up in the north bay valleys.

some around danville, san ramon. everyone else in the 30s. san francisco, half moon bay, santa cruz. our dry period lasts this afternoon, friday, saturday, most of sunday. sunday afternoon into monday, a 1, light on the storm impact scale. tuesday into wednesday, good-bye 2019, hello to a warmer and sunny 2020. we have a great snow pack up in the sierra, let's turn it over to sue and see what's going on. >> a great time to be up in the tahoe area. here is your toyota tahoe report for this thursday. we have new snow and also nice conditions. squaw, alpine, about three hours to get there. no chain requirements at all at this hour on any of the freeways in the sierra. nor northstar looking great, just over three hours. heavenly, about three hours and 20 minutes. sugar bowl, close to the bay area, on your 80 commute. looking good, just under three hours. three years to sierra at tahoe.

kirkwood, three hours and 25 minutes. nice drive for this holiday season up in sierra. that's your toyota tahoe report. adding granny flats on your property should be easier in 2020 thanks to changes in state law. the flats or single unit houses will no longer have to be on properties of a certain size. the distance the cottages must be set back from the street will also be smaller. the california association of realtors says the homes must have adequate water and sewer or septic capacity. teen sleep patterns are causing debates over school start times. >> the national sleep foundation says teens need around 8 to 10 hours of sleep a night but analysis found that 30% of teens are getting that amount on school nights. more than 100 school districts across the nation are considering later start times. >> "gma" asked one mom why she thinks her teens suffer from being tired all the time. >> i think a big part of the problem is the phones, and the

computer usage. >> i feel most awake during the night. >> doctors say social media is a big part of it an increase in homework load. dimming the light and staying away from electronics an hour before bedtime can help. the bay area will mark the beginning of kwanzaa. san francisco will hold its 14th annual celebration at noon at city hall. it starts on the day after christmas and ends new year's day. it aims at raising awareness of african culture and celebrating family and community. 30 million people worldwide take part. parts of the world got a celestial gift on christmas night. an eclipse produced a so-called ring of fire. we couldn't see it in the bay area but this is video from the united arab emirates. the eclipse happens when the moon covers the sun's center. the eclipse took about an hour to unfold. the next time we can see it in

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it is 6:54. here's 7 things to know before you go. such a sad situation, the chp investigating a horrific crash in pleasanton. it killed three teens. it sent two others to the hospital with major injuries. this happened around 10:00 last night on foothill road near castle wood country club. that road will remain closed until 4:00 p.m. as crews repair a damaged power pole. >> couple things weather-wise. we have the beach hazard statement for the rip currents and the sneaker waves until 9:00 this evening and we have a slight chance of a stray shower in the south bay, that's up for another hour or so. increasing sunshine, slightly milder, mid to upper 50s this afternoon. number three, hazardous beach conditions are in effect in the san francisco and monterey bay areas until 9:00 tonight. some of the risks are sneaker waves, large shore breaks and rip currents.

both directions of interstate 5 over the grapevine are shut down because of heavy snow. multiple vehicles are stuck on the freeway now. there's no estimated time for reopening. >> bad for commuters heading home for the holidays or heading down there. number five, here we go with morning traffic problems, a sigalert issued in the american canyon area. looks like the traffic is improving. for a time all lanes were shut down. now just the left lane is blocked. number six, the man accused of stabbing the younger brother of 49ers player c.j. beathard to death will appear in court tomorrow. michael moseley surrendered at a vacant home after officers surrounded it. number seven, madonna taking a break from performing under doctor's orderers. she resealed on instagram she has been in indescribable pain for a while. she's canceling the final leg of her north american tour to rest up for her european tour. >> we issue her the best of luck. >> she's my ride or die.

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as we join you on this day after christmas, we have a powerful storm system that is threatening some of those travel plans. holiday weather wallop. as millions get ready to hit the road and the skies, the new strong storm moving across the country. threats of mud slides, flash flooding and heavy snow causing havoc on the roads. spinouts and christmas crashes. we're tracking the latest for your post-holiday travel plans. president trump's christmas in florida. as lawmakers are locked in a bitter holiday standoff, the president lashing out at house speaker nancy pelosi. >> she hates the republican party. >> and what he says about north korea's threat of a christmas surprise. >> i may get a vase. i may get a nice present from him. >> as u.s. spy planes are spotted over the korean