our website nbcbayarea.com/investigation. right now at 6:00, breaking news to tell you about, a deadly crash in the tri-valley. several teenagers including two brothers dead in a christmas night crash. president trump attacking governor gavin newsom over the homeless crisis. the tweet he's been posting. and -- >> visitors now questioning the safety of a popular bay area tourist spot after a hike turns deadly. what muir woods officials are saying this morning. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kira klapper in for laura garcia. meteorologist kari hall is also in for mike inouye with the traffic. luckily traffic isn't too bad but the weather is windy out

there. >> still windy and chilly temperatures with waves of rain that lingers, unsettled weather the past couple of days. we still have some rain over the santa cruz mountains making it into the south bay and the south county watching out for spotty light showers. we have bigger problems for parts of southern california as still a lot of rain, storms and snow rolled on through today in the bay area. we'll get some sunshine and highs reaching the mid-50s. getting out on the roads we haven't had any major issues. a lot of green sensors on the traffic map. a full traffic and weather report in a few minutes. it is 6:01 and breaking news from the tri-valley, something we wish we didn't have to tell but. three teenagers have been killed in a christmas night car crash.

>> "today in the bay's" bob redell live in pleasanton. investigators are talking about what led us to the crash, do they know yet? >> reporter: another update from a chp sergeant. there's no evidence alcohol was involved but they're investigating what caused the crash. we're right by the entrance with country club, a two-lane country road. a slight curve before the crash scene. it's possible they were trying to negotiate the curve. the car with five teenagers crossed over the double line in the center of the road, went to a power pole and wrapped around a tree. three of the boys -- everyone in the car, four boys and a girl, all are under the age of 18, all from the dublin area. three of the boys were killed including two brothers. another boy and girl were ejected and they've been taken

to the hospital with major injuries. one of the people in the car, one of the other boys, might have been a cousin. here is a sergeant we spoke to maybe an hour and a half ago. >> a tragic incident. my heart goes out to the families. most everyone here can say that. hold your family close. our hearts go out to the parents of these kids. >> reporter: this accident happened around 10:00 last night. no indication where they were going to or coming from. this section is shut down. the accident itself has been removed. pg&e is out there having to repair the power pole that was down. reporting live, bob redell,

"today in the bay." >> bob is with those families. 6:03. the last hour president trump taking 20 to twitter again attacking for what he says it one of the worst areas in the nation for crime and homelessness. he goes on again targeting governor gavin newsom on the issue and for the second time since christmas afternoon is doing this. "today in the bay's" thom jensen for us now live in san francisco with more on what the president is talking about on twitter. thom? >> reporter: the second time he zeros in on the bay area and speaker of the house nancy pelosi. just as we were doing our sound check before the 5:00 show the first tweet came out and half an hour later a second tweet where he referred to the speak er as crazy nancy, she represents the

bay area. just before 5:00 he said nancy pelosi's district has rapidly become one of the worst anywhere in the u.s. when it comes to homeless and crime. it has gotten so bad so fast she has lost total control and with her equally incompetent governor gavin newsom it is a very sad sight. on christmas day he threatened if newsom can't, quote, fix the problem, the federal government will get involved. the president threatened intervention if the cities don't do a better job of cleaning up human waste. the president and mayor defended their positions. >> they're going to ruin those cities and we're going to get involved soon on a federal basis

if they don't clean up their act. >> we have real challenges to address. instead of being critical he should be trying to help us. >> reporter: mayor breed opened up the waste water treatment act and took nbc bay area through showing how all of the storm drainage from that human waste is treated at a waste water treatment plant. unlike the president saying it does not flow right into the ocean. we have not seen a response from any camps this morning but they may not either one of them be out of the blue. the governor has been quite critical on a number of different issues. the speaker holding back the impeachment from the senate until she's happy the way the impeachment process is going to move forward with the senate trial.

happening today two east bay moms will be in court fighting their eviction notice. >> last month mothers moved into an empty house without permission. the property owner says those families are trespassing and need to leave. it wasn't made a home until we move in. >> we don't know the identity of the man killed by a tree that happened just before closing on christmas eve. one man did escape without injury. a woman, however, was injured by

falling debris. a 29-year-old was killed, pinned by the trunk of the tree. >> about a million people come to muir woods each year. what happened is rare pointing out that the trees fell after a persistent series of winter storms over the last week and a half. beware if you're heading down to socal or have families heading there. i-5 near l.a. is closed and it's because of what you see here. take a look now. that snow is a live picture. >> all that snow is causing crashes as well. it may take quite some time. no word on when i-5 will reopen. there is also snow in higher

elevations in san diego county. the people we spoke with aren't complaining too much. >> we're spoiled anyway. >> california is always in a drought. we can always use more water. >> no camera. it is expected to last through tonight. >> it's so interesting, kari. i have family from memphis and they say i came from california. the temperatures are colder here than in memphis. weird. >> spots like chicago were 60 degrees. it's been very weird. we're tracking our usual rain that we're seeing across the bay area.

the mid-30s elsewhere. you're about to head out in antioch. it's going to be in the low 40s starting out the day there. here is a look at our overall traffic maps as we get a look at our roads this morning and i wanted to show you a close-up of what's happening here. we're seeing a possible incident on i-80 west of 37. they were saying a vehicle on its roof and teetering on the guardrails. so that's something i'll be watching as we go throughout the morning. bay bridge toll plaza flowing well. we haven't seen a backup yet this morning. i'll keep an eye on the rest of the bay area and weather coming up in a few minutes. it's book making changes. what the company will no longer use for your phone number. that's a good story coming up. ready, set, return. if you have a christmas or

hanukkah gift you didn't like you're not alone. there is a record number of exchanges expected today. and at 6:25, caught on camera, look at it right here, an officer acts fast. the rescue of the choking toddler.

good thursday morning if you're heading back to work. a live look outside in palo alto. temperatures are chilly to start. 40s as you head out the door and not much of a warm-up as we only reach the mid-50s for this afternoon. getting a look at our morning commute as you head out on the roads. we are seeing overall across the bay area a smooth flow of traffic, no major issues. we are tracking what's going on near vallejo with a possible vehicle on its roof.

details on that coming up. good morning. investors return from the holiday, mixed session from christmas eve. breaking a three-day winning streak. the nasdaq, though, ekes out its tenth straight gain. the longest since 2017. a report on jobless claims or filings for unemployment benefits. amazon says customers shopped at record levels with billions of items ordered worldwide. amazon is not giving specifics but says a number of items delivered with prime free one-day and same day delivery nearly quadrupled. the most popular included toys and games, fashion and home and beauty. now it's time for the second holiday shopping season when everyone returns their unwanted gifts.

20% plan to return more than half their gifts. returns are expected to peak on january 2nd, a 26% increase from last year. i'll send it back to you. >> thanks so much. it is 6:16. we have some good news from facebook. facebook says it will no longer use phone numbers gathered if two factor authentication to steer friend suggestions. users who have it receive a code on their phone before they can access their facebook page on a new phone or computer or some type of device. facebook has been using the phone numbers to drive their suggested friends feature. did you know that? according to reuters officials say the changes come as the company is working to overhaul their privacy policies. new for you this morning this will be the hottest toy of 2020. take a look.

you're looking there at the doll that will be available in march. many star wars fans would have loved to have found this under their tree christmas day, but disney didn't make any to prevent spoilers for the new star wars show on disney plus. and since we're talking about baby yoda and the toy it will be out on may 4th which is star wars day. >> may the force be with you. 6:17. caught on camera right here a sneaky u.p.s. delivery driver. >> it's a really good thing he was this sneaky. take a look at this ring surveillance video posted on facebook shows him dropping off a big toy. the driver felt the package was most likely a christmas gift. he decided to hide the package behind the two big garbage cans so it wouldn't be stolen by porch pirates. the driver's intuition was

correct. it was a christmas gift for their 4-year-old son. it sounds like he got it. >> he probably has kids himself. >> exactly. >> where is my delivery? i can't find it. oh, there it is. >> good to see he's mindful of all we're having to deal with now. so today is the day people will be taking stuff back to the stores, and we're going to have a few lingering showers for the south bay but clearing out the rest of the day. picking up on some rain over the santa cruz mountains with spotty sprinkles from palo alto extending to the dumbarton bridge as well. a lot of the rain is to our self. if you're heading to southern california, if you have people coming back from either san diego, l.a. or anywhere along the central coast, we're still dealing with some rain and snow.

we've talked about people heading back to the mall. maybe to the mall in milpitas expect temperatures this morning right at 49 degrees and then as we go into the day mid-50s, sunshine. you may still have to wear the jacket but you don't have to lug around the umbrella. going out for christmas in the park tonight still going to see temperatures in the mid-50s for the middle of the day. then dropping back to the 40s later on tonight. high temperature of about 55 degrees in san jose. napa reaching 53 degrees. and that's a live look at squaw valley this morning. 25 degrees f. you're going there over the next few days expect upper 20s today. cold morning temperatures, 1 is 1 degrees. at least the road conditions are good and we have all the lifts and runs open. looking at another 5 to 7 inches of snow from now until about early next week, we're heading into the rest of 2019 with

mostly some dry weather. we'll be watching out a chance of spotty showers and our seven day forecast shows upper 50s in the forecast going into the end of the year. a look at how the commute is slowing and we haven't had any huge problems this morning. it looks pretty good and i hope it stays that way. we've had a lot of green sensors here still watching what's happening up around vallejo. a closer look at getting away from the bay bridge this morning. a slowdown there. not sure why near emeryville. i think once you get past that it's looking pretty good and here is where we had that vehicle that turned over -- teetering on the guardrail and on its roof. that's something we'll be watching in the area and as we head to the south bay a smooth morning commute as people head back to work this morning. we'll get another look at weather and traffic coming up in a few minutes. >> kari, thanks so much.

this morning many are remembering the life and legacy of a young espn reporter. still ahead, the new concerns raised after his death. officers helped deliver a special christmas gift. the quick thinking moves they made to deliver a baby on the side of an interstate. plus, nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: a store refuses to accept a return. can they do that? i'm chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. and our team all in on social media. look here, look here, mommy power here. kira, moms putting in the work. that's why we love you all so much. love moms. be sure to follow kari on facebook, twitter and instagram for more of the beautiful photos. you all look great, by the way. >> kari hall somehow photo shopped that photo.

it looks much more appealing than it was. we were just in the newsroom. >> more ahead on "today in the bay."

nbc bay area responds to viewers who have trouble returning merchandise.

>> we asked chris chmura for a quick refresher. >> reporter: we will return billions upon billions of dollars worth of merchandise because it doesn't work, doesn't fit or doesn't do it for us. $41 billion this holiday season most stores have a return policy but they are not required by california law. don't assume a store will allow you to return an item if you changed your mind. can they charge a restocking fee? yes. can they only allow you store credit? yes. can they deny you a refund if you don't have the original receipt? >> yes. do you see a trend here?

some stores loosen their policy and, again, they don't have to. if you have trouble, please let us know. call us 888-996-tips. 6:26 for you right now. a christmas miracle down under, rain finally hitting australia providing much-needed relief to the wildfires. firefighters in australia. crews continue to battle more than 60,000 acre fire in southern australia. a choking toddler on christmas eve, aur they ran up and asked for help.

then a sergeant took the child and helped get the object out of the kid's mouth. >> officers in new hampshire helped deliver a baby. >> little baby came into the world just after midnight. officers helped deliver dominick. he is with his parents in the hospital now. >> so much good news. more news for you ahead coming up. back to our breaking news in the tri-valley where three teens have been killed in a christmas night crash. a live report coming up. we have the all new numbers showing the shocking number of california homeowners being denied policies. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:30 taking a live look outside at downtown san jose. back to shopping, back to work or heading home, looks beautiful out there although it is chilly. good morning. thanks for joining us on this day after christmas. i'm kira klapper in fo ga head over to kari hall. it's cold starting out and we've seen light sprinkles for the south bay. i'll be watching that with storm ranger. this larger storm system still

lingers. around i-5 around the grapevine. expect mid-40s around sun rise and going into the rest of the day. as you head out from the south bay a fire off the on ramp going northbound. people are distracted by the fire. a smooth flow across the south bay and elsewhere. >> thank you, kari. breaking news a horrible story to report this morning. three teens are dead after a christmas night crash.

>> bob redell is at the scene there. we've learned information throughout the morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: chp is trying to figure out what caused the accident. five teenagers under the age of 18 were in a sedan on foothill road. they hit a curb and crossed the center line. went into a power pole. another boy and girl were ejected, both taken to the hospital with major injuries. one of the boys might have been a cousin. not clear what that relationship is.

chp does not believe alcohol was involved. it is a country road, two lane road. it is still shut down and when the power pole came down trying to repair the damage. 4:00 at the earliest. one thing we do know they believe all five are from and were from the dublin area. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. 6:33 right now. this morning a suspect is behind bars in connection to a stabbing death of a 49ers player brother.

c.j. beathard's brother clayton was stabbed to death. police outside of nashville hunted down and arrested the suspect. the pictures from police show michael mosley moments after his capture. police tracked him down. this man saw it all unfold. >> i just happened to be out here. took him away real quick. >> police say on saturday mosley made unwanted advances of a female friend of beathard. it escalated. two were stabbed and killed. >> at 6:34 a live look where democrats might be one step closer to getting their impeachment met. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is in total coordination with the white

house over the upcoming impeachment trial. now fellow members of congress are voicing their concerns about that. republican senator lisa murkowski said those comments disturbed her. >> it means that we have to take that step back. >> speaker nancy pelosi will not send the articles of impeachment to the senate until she is confident members will hold a fair trial. witness testimony so that is what senate minority leader chuck schumer is pushing for. >> say to president trump release the emails, let your aides testify. >> if all democrats vote on party lines they would only need four republicans to vote against party lines in order to get those witnesses.

wildfires are causing turmoil. thousands have lost policies in the last few years and data shows state farm and all state declined to renew roughly 350,000 in areas of high risk since 2015. that's according to the state department of insurance. in the past two years wildfires cost more than $25 million in damages. there could be a granny unit boom come the new year. dwelling units or adus go into effect january 1st. no longer a minimum lot size requirement. san jose, oakland and rules to allow more granny units and they've seen a big spike. >> christmas might be over but travel headaches continue.

experts from airlines for america tell us they expect 104 million travelers will begin traveling to and from their holiday destinations throughout the next week and traveling by air won't be any easier. 3 million travelers to fly throughout the country. here is a live look, keeping an eye on how they are faring for our flyers. >> if you're heading to the beach this morning a warning about dangerous conditions. here is a live look outside in pacifica. the beach hazard alert is in effect. large waves and rip currents as you see the high waves there. avoid turning your back to the ocean. you probably shouldn't even head

out. >> i know when we have breakers, people want to go there and watch. they want to see and they have family in town. it's just not safe. can't even turn your back to the water. as you head out somewhere safer, check out the kwanzaa celebration today and city hall where we'll see that's kicking off today at noon. temperatures in the mid-50s in san francisco and then as we go into the evening getting ready for the menorah lighting as we continue our hanukkah celebration in the low 50s for this evening. high temperatures that will reach into the upper 50s and along the coast, 55 degrees. by sunday scattered showers moving through.

it cools down just a few more degrees. if you plan on heading to the lantern festival at the alameda county fair grounds it will be cool on saturday evening. it starts at 5:00. upper 40s and continuing to cool off as the night goes along. check out the ice skating in san francisco. saturday starts at 10:00 a.m. we'll see more sunshine on saturday with highs up to about 55. if you're going to be here in the bay area a slight chance of rain. traveling with the 49ers, more rain possible and only high temperatures reaching into the mid-40s. as we look at our forecast here at home along the coastline. the risk of high waves but rain continues in the forecast on

sunday. if you're planning to go to the sierra this weekend, heavenly starts out with cool air. upper 30s tomorrow. we come into sunday and check out the roads, we have quite a bit going on. off the ramp as we look at the saratoga exit going northbound. and then also we've seen an accident heading out of the bay area. they are near vallejo and that's going eastbound on i-80. another look coming up again in three minutes. >> all new this morning president trump attacking governor gavin newsom over the homeless crisis across

california. the tweet he just posted. plus, coffee lovers beware. the cafe set to bandies posable cups starting in the new year. and taking a look at the big board, the dow is up 49 points. a year end rally continues. more ahead right here on "today in the bay."

6:44. the sun trying to come through those breaks in the clouds over the south bay as we approach sun rise this morning. still going to be mostly cloudy and temperatures in the mid-40s. another cool start that leads into a mostly sunny day. as you head out on the roads, we've seen a smooth commute for the bay area. we've had one issue getting out of the bay.

i-80 shut down as they try to upright this vehicle overturned this morning and the san mateo bridge flowing nicely. another look at this and the forecast coming up in about five minutes. in the last hour president trump took to twitter again attacking house speaker nancy pelosi for what he says is one of the worst areas for crime and homelessness. >> he targeted governor gavin newsom on the issue for the second time since christmas. live in san francisco with more on the president's new twitter tirade. >> reporter: in the latest tweet he called the speaker crazy nancy and told her to clean up her district and help the homeless. he also tweeted nancy pelosi's district in california has

rapidly become one of the worst anywhere in the u.s. when it comes to homeless and crime. it's gotten so bad so fast she has lost total control and along with her equally incompetent gavin newsom. on christmas day he threatened if newsom can't, quote, fix the problem, the federal government will get involved. you remember the president also threatened federal intervention if the cities don't do a better job of cleaning up human waste. following a social media exchange the president and mayor defended their positions in front of news cameras. >> san francisco is a total disaster. we're going to get involved if they don't clean up their act. >> i can't pretend to act as if

i know what's going on in the president's head. we have real challenges to address. instead of being critical he should be trying to help us. >> reporter: how all of the storm drainage and everything else whether it be from human waste or needles, et cetera, goes to waste water treatment plant here in san francisco and is cleaned up. as far as the latest twitter tirade against the speaker of the house and the governor may not be out of the blue. the speaker of the house holding back impeachment until a process that's fair. governor newsom has been highly critical of the president on a number of issues as well. thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> thanks for that report.

in the east bay fewer people are recovering this morning all victims of a shooting that happened at a holiday party christmas night on 34th. it's not clear whether anyone would take anyone into custody. charging 25 cents for disposable cups. starting in january, san francisco also is considering a similar proposal. efforts to reduce our waste. starbucks is testing in four other cities. now customers will have to bring their own mug or pay a deposit. back to our enemy territory in

seattle. >> the seahawks signed the 33-year-old after chris carson suffered a season ending hip injury on sunday. beast mode is practicing with the team, signed a contract for the remainder of the season week 17 and the playoffs. jimmy g. is really excited about this game. >> what brought you back? >> i'm ready to be back. >> i was kind of surprised by it. >> we'll see what he's got. >> you can see the niners and seahawks sunday here on nbc bay area. our own janelle wang and anthony flores are heading up to cover

the game. the loser had to hit the road for a wild card game. in trending kevin hart may be in some pain today. anthony davis falls on to the crowd after a shot right on to kevin heart. the 6'10" power forward landed right on the 5'4" actor. surprised at first, hart started to laugh as davis continues to get cozy on his lap. then the moment gets better when 6'9" lebron james joins in on the fun. >> kevin hart had surgery. >> he is recovering from that and then you have two nba players on his lap. >> huge players. >> we're excited about the forecast, it looks pretty good

for the bay area. >> i know this is a big day for shopping and returns. the mall opens and as we go through the day temperatures will be in the mid-50s this afternoon. all will see high temperatures for a high today. we are still seeing issues the storm system we had yesterday and still bringing some rain to the santa cruz mountains and areas just to our south is still bringing rain and snow to mt. hamilton. heading down to l.a. where it's snowing and had to shut it down at the grapevine. big storms across l.a. and san diego that's also causing some travel delays. t sjc and have

to fly southwest there's a long line. for l.a. a 30-minute delay. another weakening storm moves in on sunday. it doesn't look like a big deal. something we'll be watching by the end of the weekend as we wrap up 2019. we continue on with dry weather and near normal temperatures. as we look at how our roads are looking overall no major issues, a lot of green sensors here, people heading back to work. one issue with the fire near the off ramp at saratoga going northbound. and then recovery going eastbound as they tried to upright a vehicle that had a crash. now recovery there looking at dublin, 580.

still looking pretty good. i'll have another look at weather and traffic coming up again in another few minutes. 6:53. happening now crowds gathering across asia. it's a rare astronomical phenomenon called the ring of fire eclipse. it's when the partially covered sun transforms into a ring of light. singapore and sri lanka got the best view of the eclipse. three teens killed, two others seriously hurt. coming up a final live report from the scene on what we're finding out about the relationship between those killed. and the drive back home for those in southern california or if you're visiting there will be a tough one. up next when socal winter storm will let up. it is 6:53.

welcome back. before you head out the door the top stories on "today in the bay." breaking news a christmas tragedy in the tri-valley. three teenagers killed in a crash. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell has been on the scene in pleasanton all morning and, bob, two of these teenswe

brothers. >> reporter: correct, sadly. five teens under the age of 18 from the dublin area were in a sedan. this is last night around 10:00. a reminder this was christmas night and they were coming down foothill road behind me for whatever reason and then wrapped around a tree. we know two of the boys were mentioned. they were both ejected, taken to the hospital according to chp. one of the other people in the car. right now they do not believe alcohol was involved. if you are not familiar with this section by the entrance to the castle wood country club it is a country road, two-lane road. this happened by the bend. still trying to repair the power

pole. they do not expect it to be reopened until at least 4:00 this afternoon. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for those updates all morning. happening today two east bay moms will be in court fighting an eviction notice. >> last month the mothers moved into that empty house without permission to protest homelessness in the bay. the property owner says if they're trespassing and needs to leave. >> it wasn't made a home until we moved in. >> the mothers say it's one of the only ways of keeping their kids safe from the streets. if you have family heading that way i-5 at the grapevine near l.a. is closed and it's because of what you see here. >> all that snow is causing lots of car crashes as well.

it might take a while. no word on when the freeway will reopen. snow in the higher elevations. people we spoke with aren't complaining too much. >> southern california's winter storm, weird to see so wet down there and pretty dry up here today. >> all of that wind today there may be sneaker waves and rip currents. we'll dry out over the next few days and will be watching out for more rain on sunday. kari, thanks. that's what's happening "today in the bay." we are back at 7:25 with a live

local news update. >> a last look at sjc. heading home it's the day after christmas and tens of millions are hitting the roads, rails, and airports this morning, the delays and congestion you'll face on the single busiest travel day of the year as a powerful storm gets set to swoop across the country, as well we'll have the latest forecast as you plan your travel. breaking overnight, rushed to safety israel prime minister netanyahu pulled off stage and taken to a bomb shelter after gaza fires a rocket into southern israel. the very latest in a live report breaking ranks >> wi distbed. >> the first republican senator voicing concern about the gop's plan to coordinate with the