>> announcer: now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. >> christmas day tragedy. we're learning new details about the three teenagers who were killed in a crash in american ton, and we're hearing from the first people to arrive at the scene. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. >> two other teenagers are in critical condition this afternoon. the crash happened after 10:00 p.m. on foothill road north of castlewood drive. some neighbors wonder if speed was a factor here. >> reporter: good evening. you can see behind me crews are still out here trying to repair this power poll that was hit in yesterday's crash. i did confirm the name of two of the victims. they are twin months, mark anthony and michelangelo urista. they both went to dublin high school. >> it was wrapped around the

tree. i've never seen anything like that. >> reporter: sharon and her husband were the first to see the crash which happened on the street behind their house. they immediately called 911. >> i could make out that the car was pinned against the tree, roof first. it was on its side, bent as a c-shape around the tree with the underside of the car being what you could see. and it doesn't look good. >> they were opening christmas present when is they heard the crash. >> it's a loud impact. it shook the house. it was loud. >> reporter: the crash happened on foothill road in pleasanton. all five people were teenagers, two of the victims killed were brothers. >> we had 8 or 9 people die here. this is the most recent. it's a tragedy. >> reporter: tom coleman didn't see the accident but says foothill is a dark windy road

and notorious for racing. >> it's particularly bad. last year it's been especially bad. i don't know, i'm not sure. just maybe this road got rediscovered as a place to drag race. but it's not a good situation. >> reporter: now back out here live, crews were hoping to be done by 4:00 p.m. they need a little more time. we are waiting for details about what caused the accident. we do know that two of the survivors were ejected from the vehicle. they remain hospitalized with major injuries. >> thank you. we have new details about the four people shot at a holiday party in oakland christmas day. the shooting happened on 34th avenue near foothill boulevard. all four were taken to hospitals and police say they are all now in stable condition.

>> a winter storm has shutdown freeways in southern california. look at this. this is video from ka hone pass in san bernardino county. the freeway was shut down early this morning because conditions were so bad. at least 120 cars got stuck in snow and ice on i 5 in los angeles county last night. i 5 through grapevine is closed. a driver was found dead inside a big rig on the freeway. that's according to the chp. a cause of death is not determined. a lot of people are flying or driving to their destinations. nearly 3 million passengers are expected to fly. wait times at chicago's o'hare airport are predicted to be twice as long as normal. triple a estimates nearly 106 million americans will hit the road for their holiday destination, almost 4% more than last year. it will be a record setting holiday travel season with more than 115 million americans on

the move. triple a says that's the most in nearly 20 years. let's get a check of bay area traffic right now. on the left you can see interstate 80 from the emeryville camera. in the middle is the bay bridge. and on the right is 280 through san jose. >> now from the camera on mount tam. drew tuma is here with the forecast. it's a gorgeous day out there. the storm has moved, sunshine has returned, and the sun will stick around for a couple of days. we are dry. the rain has moved out. a mix of rain and snow in the higher elevations of socal just getting slammed by this system. winter storm warning over the grapevine, i 5, until 6:00 p.m. still seeing accumulating snow there. back here at home, live look at sut sutro tower. nice looking day after the storm

cleansed the air. anything from.1 to .6 of an inch of rain. all about the temperatures now under clear skies. we're going to quickly cool off into the 40s by 8:00 and the coldest spots will drop into the 30s by midnight. it is a cool start to the day tomorrow. nice finish. we'll have the forecast in a few minutes. dangerous waves are hitting the bay area. this is how it looked at pacifica pier this morning. that did not deter sight seers who came to experience the wild water. a beach hazard warning is in place until 9:00 tonight. zblts in the north bay a popular tourist attraction turned deadly. one of the famed redwoods fell on a man killing him. abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the story. >> on christmas eve around 4:30 in the afternoon while the park

was open to visitors, a group of people were hiking on a trail in muir woods. without warning a tree fell on hillside trail where the three were walking. a man was pinned down by the free and killed. a woman was hurt and take ton the hospital and a third man escaped uninjured. the marin county responders found the man unconscious and lifeless on the ground beneath a redwood tree. he lived in minnesota. in a statement, the golden gate national recreation area said the hillside trail and part of the main trail remain closed until the trunk and branches are removed by the park tree crew after the holiday weekend. the tree fell of natural, unknown causes, following a persistent series of winter storms over the last week and a half prior to this incident. >> it's a freak accident, so you never know when things like that are going to happen. it's just kind of one of those things you've got to take life as it comes. >> we met brian and taylor who despite the deadly incident were

hoping to visit muir woods today. >> i'm sure they do a lot of preservation and clean up on the trail, but to have a tree naturally fall from age and being weathered over the years is wrong place at the wrong time. >> this year's incident was isolated event. aging trees are common in the bay area. i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. an oakland court has postponed a decision on whether a group of mothers occupying a vacant home can challenge an eviction order. the group moms for housing moved into the home with their children last month to draw attention to the crisis. a judge has ordered them to leave but he's giving them a chance to make their case for staying. a group of supporters spoke out this morning. >> this is a chance for us to put our bodies on the line, putting our bodies in between the sheriffs and the mom. that's a beautiful thing. even taking an arrest, even going to jail.

>> wedgewood wants to sell the home a first time home buyer. the case has been continued until december 30th. oakland police say it's an epidemic, the sexual exploitation of young people. >> up next, investigators detail a recent arrest and talk about why human trafficking is prevalent in the bay area. more criticism of nancy pelosi by president trump. mark deson yea with his reaction. taking a live look at our traffic through walnut creek. this is 680 moving in broegoth directions. stay with us. back after this.

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in the east bay a 37-year-old man has pleaded guilty to human trafficking case out of oakland. the victim was a 14-year-old girl. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas reports it's one victory in a never-ending war against the sexual exploitation of young people. >> unfortunately it is an epidemic. >> reporter: lieutenant james beer heads the special victim's detail. they found the victim back in march during an undercover sting along the international boulevard. further investigation led to a suspect named joshua johnson. >> he was charged for rape, child molestation, pandering, human trafficking. >> reporter: folks who live along international boulevard say they see prostitutes of all ages working day and night. >> i guess they should have more patrols. >> reporter: the fbi says if you include monitoring in the bay area, it's the third busiest

trafficking corridor. the position on the west coast makes it an ideal hub to bring in children from overseas. it wears on police psychologically. >> after experiencing a number of these investigations, it's a traumatic experience for the officers as well as obviously the victims. >> reporter: police say in this case they found text messages implicating johnson in human trafficking. he pled no contest, was sentenced to 8 years in prison, and will have to register as a sex offender. in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. a candlelight vigil will be held tonight for the niemann police officer killed in the line of duty one year ago today while making a traffic stop of a reported drunk driver. the town of niemann will hold a vigil and walk tonight and there will also be a balloon release tonight. he left behind a wife and young

son. mendoza has pleaded not guilty. a preliminary hearing to determine whether there's enough evidence for a trial has been postponed and will happen in march. yesterday the niemann police k 9 association delivered his son's own patrol car for christmas. the organization posted a video on facebook. an anonymous resident even changed the stickers to model after his dad. it was all very touching. according to the facebook post, he is going to grow up to be a police officer. the car will be get his training started very early. isn't that so tweet? >> that is wonderful. >> yeah, that is. four bay area end froms are showing us that anyone can be a hero. >> it's true. abc 7 justin dorsey followed them as they brought joy to dozens of children. >> it's a fann tasic moment when you see their eyes brightening up. just to see them is just

amazing. it's just an amazing feeling. >> when you walk into a room and you see a patient's face light up, it is just something that makes your heart bigger. >> dade watkins may seem like a normal guy but he has a secret. let me get my best announcer voice here. by day, he's a mild mannered cashier but at christmas time he and his friends are super heros to the children of the bay area. >> you feel like you're on an island sometimes. and just to have people who understand and want to come visit your kid especially in this situation they're in is pretty special. >> i'm still having people come in is pretty cool. gets my mind hopeful. >> we live in a dark world, and when you see a child smile, when you hand them a teddy bear, a light shines right and that light shines in the entire room and school we're in. to see that is incredible.

>> i'm dave watkins, and i'm batman. 2016 i was involved in a car accident, and they found cancer within me, stage 3 aggressive cancer. had no symptoms of it. when i came out of it in all of that, after four weeks of recooperating, we were doing these bears at work. the bears were to go to either the customer or left around. i would say we can't have these bears left around. what should we do with them? someone said why not take them to the hospital. i said if we're going to go to a hospital, we're going to go in style. ♪ we started off with santa clara kaiser permanente with 43 teddy bears and began going to other places as well. i had a lady help out. she took over about 50 or so.

then we started to go to sacred heart, toyo elementary, and various other places as well. we started off at 43, then a little around 200. then last year alone was 600. add that up with the 400 or so that we've done this year, you're looking at well over 1,000. >> how you doing, buddy? >> wow. >> we want to do this because we want to help them, and we get to. we're able to bring them joy by giving them bears, a little bit of christmas to them, our mission is accomplished. >> merry christmas. >> it's a big deal to have somebody come in and say hi and to cheer you up. but when you're a kid and your super hero comes in, i think it's even a little more special. >> one of the first people we met, this one girl smiled and the mother said to us, look, my daughter's smiling. she hasn't smiled in weeks. and that to us meant everything. my daughter once said to me,

with love, daddy, anyone can be a super hero. even my friends can be a super hero to a child. super heroes can be more than what you see in comic books and movies and tv shows. all it takes is love and a teddy bear does that. it helps out in some way or form. >> great looking stuff going on. you can check out more great stories at localish.com and facebook and instagram. >> we got a nice little break from the rain, a little sunshine post-christmas. >> there's not like the day after a storm. >> i know, right? >> it's so nice. the sunshine was out today. we've got a good stretch coming our way. the next storm is not until a couple days away. live doppler 7 showing you any rain we did have yesterday is out of here. we'll take you to the beach. why not on the day after christmas. live look at the santa cruz camera.

you've got folks enjoying the sites along the water. we have a beach hazard tonight. we'll show you that in one second. what we're tracking, under clear skies it's a cold night on the way. most cities will drop well into the 30s. over the next 12 hours. but tomorrow and into saturday it's real nice, sunny stretch. dry weather continues and our next storm which ranks a one on the storm impact scale will not arrive here until the nighttime hours on sunday. so, much of the weekend will be dry. it's a really nice final weekend to 2019. believe it or not we're almost in the new year. it's a comfortable evening, 56 in the city, 61 in navarro, 55 in san jose, 57 in oakland and concord one of the mild spots coming in at 60 degrees. here's live doppler 7 along with satellite. you can see our storm which affected us yesterday is down well to our south. it actually spawned confirmed tornado in ventura county

earlier this morning. we see i 5 is closed over the grapevine because of snow. that is exiting southern california over the next six hours. beach hazard status is still in effect, risk of rip currents and sneaker waves. 10 to 15 feet high. they will subside over the next 24 hours as the weather becomes calmer. overnight tonight, calm winds. that's a recipe for a cold night. many spots dropping into the 30s and we'll find patchy fog first thing in the morn. be aware of that before the sun gets up on a friday morning. 12-hour day planner looking nice for you. that cold morning to start out with. bundle up. first thing we're starting with the 30s. sun efficient at warming us up. by the afternoon mainly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. 56 in the city in oakland tomorrow, 57 in san jose, 59 in

santa rosa after the cold start, 56 in concord, 55 the high in livermore. high pressure is in control tomorrow. brings us sunshine in the afternoon. you can see the storm affecting southern california right now well off to the east. if you have to travel tomorrow across california at all, no weather worries. we'll see a lot of sunshine and dry conditions. what we're tracking on saturday, we'll start with sunshine, bring in cloud cover in the afternoon and that is our next front. this cold front will move through the bay area late sunday night. the accuweather seven day forecast, mostly sunny tomorrow evening into saturday. there's the chance sunday and it's at night. much of sunday is fine. rainy start to monday but really gets out of here quickly monday and that sets the stage for 2020. >> it was a shorter holiday shopping window, as you know, but records were still broken. >> we always like a challenge, dan. >> yes. >>

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on the internet. sales hit high according to spending polls. online spending from november 1st to december 24th was just shy of 19% more than last year. clothing, accessories, electronics were the most-bought items during the ecommerce boom. and nearly a quarter -- a quarter -- of all shopping during the holiday took place on just one day, cyber monday. and along with that record-breaking holiday shopping season, ups is expecting a record number of returns. the company expects to process 1.9 million return packages on january 2nd. that's up 26% from the year before, nearly 26%. the returns would mark the 7th in a row record as shoppers shift from shopping in store to online. starbucks is giving customers another reason to celebrate the end of the decade from now until december 31st, select locations will host pop up parties and

give away free tall espresso drinks for customers between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. the deal includes seasonal drinks like peppermint mocha and the carmela today. locations of the parties change daily. you can check the locations online at abc7news.com. tonight at 6:00 we're going to have advice for when you're returning items, what you can expect and not expect. >> good info. thanks michael. >> new concerns about impeachment by a key republican senator. >> more on the bitter fight in washington as mark desewn yea joins us in studio.

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>> announcer: now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. >> as the bitter partisan fight over the impeachment of president trump continues, a republican senator is expressing new concerns. senator lisa murkowski of alaska says she was disturbed to hear senate majority leader mitch mcconnell say he was in total coordination with the white house. murkowski is the first republican in the senate to publicly criticize mcconnell. >> when i heard that, i was

disturbed. to me it means we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. >> meantime, president trump is still in holiday in florida. he blasted house speaker nancy pelosi slamming her district of san francisco and criticizing her for threatening to delay his senate trial by withholding articles of impeachment from the senate. pelosi explained in a letter to her colleagues, quote, it now remains for the senate to present the rules under which we will proceed. of course our senators and representatives are back in their home districts over the holidays and joining me is east bay congressman mark desaulnier. we just mentioned president trump's criticism of speaker employ si today. thanks for coming on. >> my pleasure. >> it reads nancy pelosi's district in california has rapidly become one of the worst anywhere in the united states when it comes to the homeless and crime.

it has gotten so bad so fast she has lost total control and along with her equally incompetent governor, gavin newsom, it is a very s very sad sight. okay. is this a distraction from what's going on? he often criticizing california when he's pinned in. what do you make of that? >> he's unhinged in my view. he attacks anyone who looks like they'll disagree with him. >> unheinged or strategic. >> there's a certain amount of predictability. he does this frequently. his relationship with the truth and accuracy is not a close one. >> okay. you were mentioning it's rather nice to be here. obviously you're back home seeing family and friends, but just to get a break of the intensity of washington, it must be exciting on one hand and exhausting on the other. >> it's mostly exhausting, dan. i have a reverence for the congress. i have a reverence for democracy.

and to watch up close how dysfunctional it is right now and having once been a republican when i first got elected to office 30 years ago, i'll be one of the last liberal republicans, it's sad to watch and develop relationships with colleagues i disagree with and have respect for. it's been difficult to watch their actions the last month or so. >> do you blame both side oris just the republicans? >> both sides but it's not equal. there's not a symmetry to that. i left the republican party because it was becoming less and less inclusive. we used to have people like earl warren and nelson rockefeller, wanted the government to work well and wanted business to work well for everybody. they've gotten rid of that model. >> different party. >> it's very different party. and we've gone through this in our history in our country,counn it leads for a lot of dysfunction. >> let's talk about the next step in the process. it goes to the senate of course. but this issue has been so divisive, has the process

permanently damage any real hope of bipartisanship of congress in the near future? >> i don't think so. >> really? >> we still get things done. i've had over 30 legislative bills and amendments and a lot of those happen with the republicans in charge. so, below level a lot of us function well and get things done. on the big things where there's a lot of pressure, that's where it breaks apart. >> but what you're saying is congress still is working. it's just on the surface we don't necessarily see that. >> if we get rid of the money on the independent expenditures, it would function very well. but those things put a lot of pressure on members to adhere to the ideology. >> i know try to be impartial on this if you can. what do you make of nancy pelosi withholding delivering the articles of impeachment to the senate waiting for the rules from mitch mcconnell and what type of impeachment trial will be held? is that a legitimate thing to do

or more politics? >> i think it's both. from a strategic standpoint it's brilliant. i wouldn't play poker with nancy pelosi in this kind of -- and mitch mcconnell has a reputation as well for being strategic. but i think the speaker is being very strategic. and it's good for the country if they have an open trial. so, it would be good for the president if he was innocent to have an open trial. >> and he said he wants an open trial until this moment. >> that's not his actions. he says he wants to be open but then he fights on every subpoena or request for information. >> you said this is brilliant by the speaker. explain why. >> i think we've done what we ethically are responsible for in spite of what republicans are saying we had open hearings and depositions. he could have brought witnesses there. he could have allowed witnesses to come. we would have allowed that in the indictment process. he's allowed to do that in the senate trial and now he's saying he won't.

so, everything we've asked to has had to go to the courts. >> what was that process like being in the impeachment hearings in the house. it was obviously american history, the third president ever to have this process waged against him. what was it like to participate in that? as a congressman but as an american. >> on the rules committee which i'm a member when he the articles come in front of us, i started by saying it's a sad day. none of us wanted to be there but the president put us in that position. i don't think we could have done anything else. he broke a federal law in my view and he clearly is abusing his power. you can't -- you've got to do what the founders want us to do is to hold people accountable. >> now hold people accountable but no one believes that a senate trial will end up with the president being removed from office so, what's the point? >> because this is the remedy the founders gave us. my question of my colleagues is my own belief system is he likes to break rules and he's going to break more. he made this phone call the day

after the mueller report came out and he thought he was clear. so, he's going to do it again. what do you do when he does something more outrageous? >> so, there's no choice but to take action? >> i think so and i hope we get more support. thanks. my pleasure. always nice to see you. >> interesting discussion. let's get over to drew tuma. he is tracking the weatherer and the sunshine we have today. >> beautiful sunshine will lead to a clear night, plenty of stars on the way. does get chilly, upper 20s to upper 30s in most of our communities the next 12 hours. it's a cold start to the day, but nice finish. temperatures rebounding into mid and upper 50s. if you have to travel tomorrow across the state, much better regulator across the entire part of northern and southern california. you can see sunshine no matter where you go. no inclimate weather. accuweather 7 day forecast for the next 7 days, mostly sunny

tomorrow. cold start to saturday. then we'll return the chance of rain sunday night into monday morning. otherwise looking great on new year's eve, guys. >> drew, thanks so much. the 49ers, they sure are a hot ticket this season.

number one, guys, universe gifted parts of the world a spectacular sight for christmas, the last solar eclipse of the decade. this video of the event when the moon passes between the earth and the sun. you can see from bahrain. it started around 6:30 p.m. on the west coast yesterday. this shows the full eclipse. isn't that beautiful? an hour later creating what is called the ring of fire. the next solar eclipse will be visible to most of north america takes place on june 21st. >> i know you're the scientist on all of this, but i'm a geek for everything astronomy and space. >> i always think back and we didn't faux had what was going on, people thought the world was over. >> freaking out. >> i always think about that. it's so cool. >> now we get it on video and put it online. >> boom. >> you may have heard of intermittent fasting. a review suggests it may help you live longer. there are different ways to do

it. a popular one is eating within a 6-8 hour window and fasting the rest of the day. researchers say this way of eating can reduce blood od od pressure, aid in weight lost. alternating between fasting and eating can improve cellular help and prevent heart disease and cancer. i tried this. remember i tried this last year. i would quit eating at 8:00 at night and not again until noon the next day. >> it's hard on our schedule because we're not even home until midnight. >> it's true. but, you know, we're also asleep for a lot of it. from midnight until 10:00 in the morning. it's not a lot of fun, but i did lose some weight and i woke up with a lot of energy. of course i didn't sustain that. >> they have now found that health is not dependent on actual losing weight. activity can make you healthy in

itself. >> you mean exercise? >> yes. >> i'm always hungry right after work. that's my downfall. always. >> i am too. i am too. so, it's hard to resist. >> it'll be interesting what the long term studies show on that. >> that's a good point. we've all seen the videos, delivery drivers not taking the best care of your packages. this driver in troy, michigan tops them all. surveillance video catches him placing a package in front of the back tire then repeatedly driving over it. this after knocking on the door with no answer. the video shows the truck driver coming back around, driving over the package again. it was an amazon delivery, most likely a third party driver since the truck didn't have markings. amazon did replace the item. it was a garage door opener. they did not comment on the driver. >> they didn't comment on that driver? >> he's mad. >> obviously he has some kind of

emotional problem. >> once is like oops, but to repeatedly. >> what did that homeowner do? >> the fact nobody was home, i'll show you. a life long 49ers fan from antioch got a big surprise from christmas. >> you're a season ticket holder, daddy. >> what? what? >> you're a season ticket hold tore the 9ers, baby! >> yeah, baby. his wife posted this video on facebook. she and the two daughters saved up which includes tickets to the playoffs this season. >> wow! >> that's sweet. >> i love his reaction. he was in disbelief. >> started crying. and those tickets are not cheap. they had to save a lot of money to make that happen. >> yeah. >> you can imagine how much it means. now you really hope they win. >> definitely.

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if you've driven near oracle park, you've likely seen these tents, the cirque du soleil show. >> we're joined by some of the performers including laura ann chong. >> we're like nobody fall, everybody's doing great. how long have you guys been here? >> we've been here since the beginning of november and we'll be here until january 12th is the final show. >> you've done a lot of shows. >> it's been really amazing. the audiences have been really enthusiastic and san francisco is such a fun city to be in. >> there's always a cirque du soleil show coming through. tell us about the background and what inspired the show. >> it is based off shakespeare's "the tempest" and the main theme is about female empowerment. cirque du soleil wanted it to be slightly different in that we have a majority female cast and we're the only show to have an

all-female band as well including the music director. so, it's pretty special to show case the female in all types of abilities. and yeah. >> we're going to see some of that live in studio now, right? >> we are. >> talk to us about your coworker -- i don't know what the term is? >> my cast mate. >> there you go. >> setna is here. she's going to demonstrate a little bit of her warm ups and some of what goes into her act. >> is she going to teach us how? do we get to do it? we tried it during the commercial break not successfully. it was pretty sad. let's see. fantastic. >> oh my gosh.

i can't even imagine the strength required for this. >> it's incredible. >> wow. >> and graceful. >> so graceful. and scary now. >> yes. >> gosh. it's beautiful too, isn't it? >> it is. i feel like the degree of difficulty, dan, i want to give it a 10. can i give it more than a 10? >> yes, we're judging over here. i just can't even imagine the strength to do it. the balance is one thing, but just the strength. are these some of the routines we would see in the show?

>> yes. >> wow. >> this isn't like we were talking before we came out. you guys have multiple shows. can you talk about that? >> yes, we have 8 to 10 shows a week. >> geez. >> and over san francisco we're here for almost 2 1/2 months, so it's quite a few shows in one city. >> how do you deal with injuries? >> we have two therapist who is travel with us, so we get to -- if you are feeling a little bit of wear and tear, you can go to them and they help you out. we also hire a local masseuse and pilates instructor. >> that happens. >> there are injuries every now and then. as you said, we're professionals so you know how to work through it. it's a case by case thing. >> let's give her a hand. >> >> that was fantastic.

>> have either of you done any of the other cirque du soleil performances? >> come on back over. >> we may take a shot of you doing one more thing before you end the segment. you've done other shows? >> i have not. this is my onen and only show and i've been on it seven years. i was a gymnast ever since i was two years old. so, growing up i was just kind of assumed i was going to try to go to the olympics. so, i was an alternate in 2004. and then got a scholarship to a school in the states. so, i'm from vancouver, canada. >> okay. >> which i went to oregon state university and competed for that team. and got a scholarship there. so, that was really exciting. and then after that, i was kind of like i'm not quite done flipping around. >> you obviously age out of this profession at some point. >> eventually but i think a lot of people would be surprised on how many artists are older than they think they are.

>> really? >> yes. >> you guys must work out. every time i go -- i love cirque du soleil shows. as you know. i've seen so many of them. and every time i'm amazed at the artistry, also the athleticism. and i think every time i watch these i think i should do more sit ups. >> or stretching at least. >> it's impressive. >> thank you. >> it really is. >> we do have a conditioning coach who is also one of our artists so they host trainings every once a week or twice a week. but then also individually. everyone's pretty reliable on themselves and keep each other accountable for what you need to do. we know what our bodies can take. and sometimes if you're doing more shows, then you reduce your training a little bit so you can maintain yourself through that week. >> thank you for coming on. >> no problem. >> should we take one more show? >> i saw drew over there too. >> i was like he's going to do it. >> i'm really excited for this.

>> so what you're going to do is put one hand on each. keep your arms straight. >> okay. >> and you're going to try and lift both our legs up. >> yeah. there you go. not bad, drew. >> i always wanted to do that. that was so cool. that's not easy. >> thank you ladies for coming in. >> our hr if you see wires down, treat them all as if they are hot and energized. stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe.

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you know millions of letters are written to santa. >> yes. and every year hundreds of them arrive to one particular new york city apartment. >> no one knows exactly why. >> it really started when we moved into the apartment. the gentleman who had lived here before us told us oh, yeah, don't worry about it. but you're going to get these letters to santa. dear santa, i don't want anything for christmas, but i'm asking for my brother. started in october. and it was the one or two. and i didn't think anything of it in october. but then when it was getting closer to thanksgiving and the mailman would come with stacks of letters to be -- with a side eye just like trying to shove it in the mailbox. we felt like we had to do something about it. last year we ate at a soup kitchen, is to can you send at least a turkey. there wasn't a single moment where i knew i had to activate.

it was the collective of reading all of these letters over and over again. >> we threw a 1960s holiday party. it was a fantastic party. but organically people had started to see the letters stacked up in the corner of our apartment. they were like i'll just take one. >> it was remarkable when we first saw one because even on the front you could see dear santa. so, it just had this magic to it. we had no idea how they got there. >> that area back in the 1800s, it was sort of sections off, the area between 23rd, 8th and 9th into a place called chelsea square. that was owned by clement clark moore who famously who twas the night before christmas and all through the house. people thought he was santa and delivered letters to his estate. do you know those letters still come to that apartment. >> i think it's sweet.

i think it's weird we don't know where they came from or where they get this address. >> there's so many. >> when we got the first letter it was exciting. like oh my gosh, this is real. these kids think that our address is the north pole. and it's sweet to think we can have a little part in helping a kid get all of their santa wishes. >> we felt the need to act. we got a bunch of our friends and family in our community to get together and created a non-profit called miracle on 22nd street. >> and every year we connect families in need to elves. >> it's extremely simple, jump on to miracle on 22nd street.com and you can sign up to become an elf. and you could look around to see which letter strikes your heart and adopt that family. >> we have a lot of different streams coming in for the letters now. it used to be just the brown stone in chelsea but then we

have a big facebook group where they can sign up on our site. so, they submit letters, upload them. so, we are fulfilling letters throughout the united states. >> when you are forced upon something like this, something so big that here's 400 letters to santa, i think it really tests you. that's one of the things that happen to me. i felt this overwhelming sense of have to get this done. have to get all these filled what's come out of that is i know we didn't get all of them filled that first year, but now every year we do fulfill every letter. and so it's nice. last year we had over 500 letters that were fulfilled. so, 500 families got the things they needed and got an amazing holiday which is -- that's pretty amazing. >> gosh, that's so sweet. >> it really is. and you can check out more great stories like that at

localish.com, facebook and instagram. >> great stuff. check that out. thank you for joining us

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