and that breaking news we are following is out of ventura county in southern california where a grass fire is spreading out of control and closing a major highway along the coast. the fire started shortly after 1:00 this morning in ventura county. it burned over a thousand acres and is quickly spreading. as of right now there is zero containment. >> about 30 homes have been threatened and mandatory evacuations have been issued for people in the area. more than 500 firefighters are working the fire right now and a stretch of highway 101 is closed as crews are working to put the fire out. the red cross and volunteers put up shelters in the area.

as of now firefighters do not know what started the fire. they are expected to have a brief ongoing the fire at 10:00 this morning. and turning our aattention the weather, there is a wind advisory issued for the ventura area. >> yes. let's find out how that plays a role in the fire. >> yes. for us we don't have much in the way of winds up here, which is odd, but we have the offshore flow in place all over the golden state playing into that situation. we have temperatures that -- one of the things is because we have a little breeze, that kept our temperatures supported a little bit overnight. for example, we are looking at lower 30s in the north bay, when in the forecast we are expecting to be in the 20s. it doesn't quite materialize too much because there is a little breeze at work. for us it is a breeze. down south it is a heavy wind to watch out for. 45 for example in downtown san francisco, shielded around the perimeter of the bay as we talked about. the freeze warning noted that

and did not include the east bay shoreline or downtown san francisco. everybody else is involved in this until 9:00 this morning for the freeze warning. by the way they may reinstate this for tonight. oakland, our breakdown, warms up fairly rapidly. short lived, however, as the sun sets early in time of year. it will take us down to 46 at 6:00 p.m. the breakdown by noon, mostly sunny and cool, temperatures in the lower 50s. 46 in inland spots. by 4:00 p.m. we have mild temperatures, for a time being in the lower 50s, then cold again tonight. we will take a look at that. a little chance of rain developing before we put this weekend to bed. back to you. >> thank you. back to news this morning, one person was shot and killed by police in palo alto after charging at officers with a knife. it happened last night just before 9:30. palo alto police responded to reports of someone threatening another person at their home. when the officers arrived

police say the suspect charged at the officers with a knife and was then shot. the person died later at the hospital. no officers were hurt in the shooting. the suspect's identity has not yet been released. a father mourns his 25-year- old son killed in a head-on collision in the early hours of christmas day. it happened along highway 1 of pacifica at 3:00 in the morning. two people died in the fiery collision between a uber car and a second car driving in the wrong direction. we have more from the father in pacifica, an interview you will only see on kron 4. >> reporter: there are still unanswered questions about this crash that happened along highway 1 in pacifica. christmas day for two families will never be the same. >> he loved everybody. >> reporter: before jason gilbride went out with his friend on christmas eve, he stopped to see his parents. he gave his dad a hug and tie dyed shirt, an early christmas present that turned out to be the last gift he ever gave.

>> the tie dye is great, but i thanked him and told him to be safe. and he never came home. >> reporter: jason was in a uber car on highway 1 when his car was hit by a toyota corolla going the wrong way on paloma avenue. in the aftermath of the crash the cars are barely recognizable. the corolla burst into flames and the driver died. jason died, and the driver of the uber will survive. now the coroner's office is investigating whether the driver going the wrong direction was impaired. >> it took him away from us. >> reporter: jason's dad wants to know the answer, especially since his son knew better than to drink and then get behind the wheel. >> he was always wanting to do the right thing. >> reporter: we received a statement from uber calling this a terrible tragedy. they said their thoughts and prayers with the families of those killed and with the injured driver who is still

recovering. reporting in pacifica, kron 4 news. one person is dead following a car crash in brentwood. it happened just before 11:00 yesterday morning on eastbound highway 4 near the lone tree way off ramp. officials say a gray suv overturned and landed on its wheels in the crash. the driver who died has been identified as 37-year-old barrett joseph. the cause of the accident is under investigation. and in other bay area news a man was shot and killed in hayward after a confrontation between bart officers. kron 4 news was on the scene all day yesterday. officials are saying the student suspect was connected to another person. >> reporter: smartphone video shows the tense moments just after a christmas morning shooting involving a bart police officer. >> right here. we told him stay down, stay

down. at the time he was really trying to to get up but we were holding him down. >> reporter: this video was shot while he and his father helped the wounded officer. >> me and my jacket got his gloves and took off his shirt and secured him. >> reporter: the shooting happening after 11:00 outside the hayward bart parking garage on grand street. according to the bart deputy chief, jeffrey jennings, the suspect is identified as 27- year-old charles gedding, acting strange. the two bart police officers approached him. when they did he ran and then police say he turned around, hitting and wounding one of the officers. the other officer fired back, hitting gedding multiple times. witnesses heard at least six gunshots. police found a dead man in the the back offense a u-haul that

gedding was walking away from. police have connected the u- haul with gedding. charles gedding had a semi- automatic handgun on him and was on probation. >> had officers contacted him and i am pleased with how they conducted themselves. >> reporter: kron 4 news. coming up on kron 4 morning news, a bay area tradition, how glide memorial church celebrated christmas. >> and lebron james and the cavs. we will take a look at the christmas day rematch highlights. >> and a simple step you need to know to eat healthier and manage your weight.

for your health, here is a look at medical findings released this week. eight simple steps to eating healthier is to slow down during meals. a study from the british

medical journal says the odds of being over weight were three times greater for people that reported eating quickly until full than people that ate slowly and stopped eating before feeling stuffed. a few ways to pump the brakes on your eating are eat smaller courses, drink water and put your fork down inbetween bites. >> easier said than done! the fda lifted its lifetime ban on accepting blood donations from gay and bisexual men. the ban was implemented by the men in 1983 at the start of the aids crisis. at the time there was not much known about the spread of the disease. now the fda's reversal is being praised, calling it a step in the right direction but it still falls short of a fully acceptable solution because it still stigmatizes gay and bisexual men. how the fremont police department surprised one family

in the south bay. >> and we are taking a live look outside. an early morning view of the bridge looking good. and for the weekend, it is the circus snow in fran. you can enjoy unique characters there at union square, a busy place to be from 4:00 to 8:00 tonight and it is absolutely free.

we are back on kron 4 news weekend. a beautiful view of the bay bridge there. but it is cool. you may need mittens until the sun comes up and starts warming us up. anyway, nice to see you. it is cold but we will make up for it this afternoon. be patient. we are talking temperatures getting into the 50s pretty

much uniform across the area. 33 in santa rosa, one of the cool spots. vallejo is 32. livermore is 31. now the sun is joining us, so forget about it. a freeze warning is technically still place but the national weather service may pull that at any moment. 34 in san francisco. there is scattered frost. the freeze warning with was never in downtown san francisco and the east bay shoreline, even though it is colored in, was focusing on the valley. they may pull this because the sun is now joining us. a lot of places have failed to reach the freezing mark or below. why? a little breeze kept the temperatures supported. now we will see 50s across a good portion of the bay area. but the hills may hold on to some chillier 40s. at 11:00 tonight the 30s will get a bit of progress and more scattered frost like this

morning, as well. it is contingent, of course, on your location. at 6:00 we are buffered by the coast. the bay is a little better supported in terms of the overnight lows. keeping them out of the 30s and mild 40s for the east bay shoreline. into tomorrow, not as warm as today. partially due to the fact of the incoming cloud cover that we have that plays into our forecast on your sunday. maybe some showers before sunset. that is what we have upstream here. it is a quick mover that will be by here by monday morning. it will be gone and we will go into a sunny mode. lower 50s today along the coast. even the bay shoreline 55. palo alto 55, as well and the warm spot is the peninsula we see. no mention of showers until sunday late in the day and night. temperatures hold into the 50s. we don't cool off anymore than we are now. the valleys are in the low 30s by this point and mostly sunny

weather prevails. back to you. christmas is a time for love, song and laughter, a time for family and physical therapy. that was the scene -- fellowship. that was the scene at san francisco's glide memorial church. here is more on their holiday celebration. >> reporter: it is christmas for half a century here, the reverend cecil williams of glide memorial church in san francisco presents the glide memorial ensemble and their sounds of the holiday. >> you will experience one you have to best singing groups in america with me. ♪ [ music playing ] ♪sleep in heavenly peace ♪

♪he rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations rule. the glory of his righteousness. ♪ and wonders of his love. ♪ and wonders of his love. ♪ and wonders, wonders of his love. ♪ wonders of his love. wonders, wonders of his love. ♪

♪[ music playing ]

well, that sure sounds like the holidays, doesn't it? >> and coming up, the oakland raiders and the oakland as, coming up. >> and the first full day of kwanzaa. you can celebrate at is a museum of african history this afternoon. it is free to attend.

welcome back to kron 4 news weekend. we are here with more on the game. >> it led up to the hype. lebron versus stef. i mean, what more with you

imagine? we love the rematch. the warriors win, the first time at oracle arenament it was spectacular! >> they had a celebrate time. the two teams will face off again on january 18th in cleveland. >> a great time. is city of cleveland is looking at five different sites as a new home for the as. one is on the lainy college campus and the other is at the u.s. postal service facility. the owner of the team won't discuss the locations but they are looking at possible bidding locations in its own territory. the attempts to move to san jose were blocked because the san francisco giants have rights to the territory. and continuing to follow our breaking news this morning, a wildfire is spreading in southern california. mandatory evacuations have been issued and major highways are close this had morning. we will tell you if fire crews are any closer to containment

straight ahead. and a live look outside at the golden gate bridge this time around. a picture-perfect shot there. a beautiful start to the day. for the weekend, it is boxing day, a holiday celebration in canada. there is a big dance party in san francisco. you can enjoy a night of dancing to '60s and '70s music at the hemlock tavern until 2:00 a.m. and it is absolutely free. enjoy, e?

and breaking news we are following this morning out of southern california. >> that is where a grass fire is spreading out of control and closed a major highway along the cost. the fire started shortly after 1:00 this morning near solimar beach in ventura county. it already burned over 1,000- acres and is quickly spreading. 30 homes have been evacuated and mandatory evacuations have been issued for people in the area. more than 500 firefighters are working the fire. >> a stretch of highway 101 is

closed as crews are working to put the fire out, likely causing major traffic nightmare for those traveling on the freeway. the american red cross is setting up shelters in the area but firefighters do not know what caused the blaze. and in australia fires there have a caused hundreds of people that leave their homes. at least 116 homes are destroyed. australian officials say no one was injured in the fire. and big news this morning, severe weather hammering the southeast and it just will not let up. here is a look at the widespread flooding and damage it caused throughout several southern states. theme minneapolis are picking up the pieces after 14 tornadoes slammed the state

killing seven people. and in tennessee heavy rain and flooding causing dangerous conditions in chattanooga. the massive flooding in the area is causing river banks to overflow and causing car accidents and river banks to flow over. and reports of more people missing after heavy rains hammer parts of alabama, as well. the governor there has declared a state of emergency because of the widespread flooding. 117 home there is have been overcome by water and threat of wet weather remains with the national weather service saying another system is expected to hit today from the southern plains and middle minneapolis valley into the lower -- mississippi valley into the lower great lakes. and now to the bay area weather. el nino is bringing warmer conditions across the u.s. . >> yes. we have meteorologist dave hart here to explain how the weather will affect all the people, 14 million of them, traveling back home this holiday weekend. >> we are looking the at at

least for us a frosty start. we may repeat this performance again for your sunday. now, a look at those temperatures, there. you will notice with the freeze warning we have in place still, a very few locations are actually below freezing. livermore jumps out at 31. 32 for vallejo. we had a little breeze overnight, enough to support the temperatures a little bit. in fact, they may -- the national weather service may pull the freeze warning, perhaps, but it is in place as a formality at least until 9:00. san francisco downtown was never in that and the east bay shoreline shielded it a little bit, buffered by the bay area, may be out of that, as well. this may be re-issued again for tonight because of the dry air in place. the ventura county's flow pattern is what we have been hearing about and is very dry. san jose, 51 by 2:00 p.m. then quickly drops to the 40s as we head to evening and lose the day time heating. lower 50s for the noon hours.

4:00 p.m. fair and mild for the afternoon, again, until we chill out again as the sun leaves us. now, for tomorrow we will see a little bit of a different story. clouds start to build and maybe a mention of rain before we put the cap on things. >> sounds good. thank you, day. christmas is over but the holiday deals continue. the day after christmas usually means blowout sales and deep discounts. >> i usually wait until now to do my shopping. >> me, too! >> we have more with avery in union square where people are getting ready for one of the biggest shopping days of the season. >> reporter: yes. i am standing in front of macy's here where doors opened at 7:00 in the morning. there was a line of shoppers here already waiting to get inside at that time. take a look at the video of the shoppers. the shopping season before christmas was a bit slow. the final tally isn't in yet but i am told the shopping season was slow before

christmas so retailers are trying to make up with it with blowout sales and deep discounts on merchandise inside the stores. i talked to a couple women waiting outside macy's doors before it opened this morning. take a listen to what they had to say. >> looking for stuff we thought we would get for christmas and didn't get and that is on sale. >> being in san francisco this early in the morning is so fun over christmas. >> and not crowded. >> reporter: are you here for lines for sales? after christmas sale in the using gift card in the. >> sales, gift cards, looking for the super sales, stuff like that. >> reporter: now, i am told here at macy's they are slashes prices up to 75% on some of the merchandise. if you are looking for deals, not a bad place to go. back to knew the studio. >> thank you, avery. we will check back with you a little later.

and in other news fedex workers cost extra hours after customers took to social media to complain about late deliveries. fedex said stores opened on christmas day in a limited capacity, delivering packages that were supposed to arrive before christmas. fedex says the delays were due to heavier than usual last- minute shopping volumes and severe weather and tornadoes broke out in parts of the u.s. that didn't help either. fedex estimated making 317 million deliveries, an increase of 12% compared to last year. on january 1st, minimum wage workers in oakland will be seeing a slight bump in their pay. the minimum wage is $12.25 and will be raised to $12.55 per hour. as a result of the bailout measure, the minimum wage increased from $9 to $12.25 back in may. the measure will affect nearly

48,000 workers in oakland. and in world news 11 of the 29 people trapped in a mine collapse in china were rescued earlier this morning. the mine collapse happened on friday. rescue teams are working against time to save the remaining 18 trapped workers. authorities say that further rescue operations are especially dangerous due to the risk of another collapse. the cause of this collapse is still under investigation. it is a big week for movies. you have five new ones to choose from. the movie details coming to you after the break. >> and a live look outside right now at the san mateyo bridge on this saturday morning. the sunrise is coming up and the weather is quite chilly. we will be right back. >> and for the weekend as the

wetland nature trail walk in san francisco. it is an easy going walk designed for bird watching and socializing at herron's head park from 10:30 to 12:30 this afternoon and it is free. enjoy.

welcome back. well, this week is a big week in movies. concussion is a movie rated pg- 13 starring will smith, exposing the risks of

concussions in football and the changed made as a result. >> and in the movie "point break," it exposes a ring of international thieves "and joy" stars jennifer lawrence, a housewife who starts a business empire despite incredible odds. "joy is rated pg-13. and "the big short" is about a housing bubble collapse, and it is rated r. will ferrell and mark wahlburg face off in "daddy's home." ferrell plays a step dad to his wife's kids when their father comes home and challenges him. "daddy's home" is rated pg-13.

>> that looks like fun! still ahead on kron 4 news, the city of las vegas got an unexpected christmas gift from mother nature, something the city has not seen in nearly ten years. more on that coming up. >> and it is a beautiful day today. for the weekend it is saturday night jazz show? san francisco. relax and enjoy live jazz music at the heritage lounge from 3:30 to 11:00 tonight. it is free to attend.

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we are following breaking news out of southern california. >> yes. this grass fire is out of

control in ventura county. the solimar beach fire has up to 500 firefighters fighting it now and is zero percent contained. people there are being asked to evacuate their homes. >> and we want to turn you are i attention to bay area weather in ventura, as well, because a wind advisory has been issued for that area. >> yes. we have more with the weather today. i realized when i saw the seven- day forecast, dave, a little earlier, that was the last one for 2015. >> that is right. >> we are rounding out the year. >> that is right. we will be improving a into 2016 in terms of our temperatures, fu. you are talking about what is going on in so cal, that offshore wind going on. we have the dry air we get with that and the minor affects here in the bay area of a little breeze. but the affects we are getting

is combating the temperatures falling overnight, which means even though we have the freeze warning in place for most of the bay area, except for downtown san francisco, the temperatures have fallen to below freezing in many areas. santa rosa is 33 right now. novato is 32. livermore is 31. with the sun joins us now we go into warm up mode but that little bit of a breeze makes a difference in the shielded wind areas were temperatures were able to fall. frost is an issue this morning, too. in the futurecast today i know nothing happens. did anything happen all day? no. basically a sunny day. it is on the cool side, but it is the end of december. tomorrow things get interesting. 7:00 a.m. clouds start to build. that may cause perhaps colder temperatures in the north bay because clouds are another thing that combat temperatures falling overnight. then we will have scattered clouds throughout the day. at 4:00 p.m. we have showers along the coast and north bay.

that may be late enough in the day to go into evening mode, but you can get everything done during the day tomorrow. showers are a possibility particularly for the north bay and coast for late in your sunday plans. 9:00 a.m. on monday things improve as the skies open up. temperatures in the east bay shoreline, lower to middle 50s for a high today. 55 in berkley. in the seven-day forecast we warm up a little bit. up to 60 for much of the inland valleys come thursday and ringing in the new year, even as the overnight lows start to improve, up to 34. >> take a look at this rare snow, speaking of weather, in all place, las vegas. mother nature gets into the sin city with its first christmas snow day in seven years. forecasters say the snow started coming down in the city around midnight. snow is so rare in las vegas though it is not uncommon in the nearby mountains. they got some white stuff.

>> yes. the christmas spirit was very much alive yesterday morning in concord. a long holiday tradition in the east bay for over 1,500 families. we were there for what is known as "christmas for everyone." >> reporter: for knows in need, "christmas for everyone" is a one stop location for all the traditions associated with the holiday, including toys for the kids, gifts for a assaults, and of course -- for the adults, and of course, a shot christmas meal. >> our food is amazing. it is real turkey, real ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes and full service. >> we wait on you. you are our guests. >> reporter: among the 260 volunteers here is mayor of clayton, howard geller. >> i've been involved in "christmas for everyone" for probably ten years or so. we start months ago and gather donations of clothing and money

from different sources. this year we brought over four full truckloads of gently used clothes, a truckload of brand new toys and over $5,000 in cash donations. >> reporter: one of those on the receiving end focus charity being offered is edmund of martinez. >> the families come and join together. if they have a situation in life where they can't get too many gifts for their children, it is too hard for them, but here they give them their ultimate dreams and dreams come alive. >> reporter: robert walkers that listen up volunteering -- walker has been volunteering here for the past 19 years. >> it gives joy to me to come and contribute. >> reporter: christmas organizers say this year the charity lost some participation from corporations that helped out in previous year, however perez says judging by the attendance in 2015, it appears those in need have decreased as

well. in concord, kron 4 news. the salvation army prepared 3,800 meals in san francisco for christmas yesterday. the meals were delivered to people who cannot leave their homes. kron 4 news was there on christmas morning and spoke with the salvation army representative cindy foley that says all the help is making a difference. >> this all started three months ago, ordering your food, signing up of volunteers and registering of people that would like to have a meal delivered to them. this he have been cooking and getting ready for a little over two weeks. it takes on weeks and weeks of work and we bring in extra staff to help 500 people that will show up at people's door this is morning with a smile and a meal. >> the volunteers showed up as early as 4:30 in the morning on christmas to help start preparing for the day. this tradition has brought joy children over the past 15 years as tons of toys were corrected at the annual lefty

o'toole's toy drive in san francisco. they had a goal of 15,000 toys in one day. the toys were delivered to children in need in the city's western edition neighborhood. after the break a look at the new shark species. where this one was found, coming up. >> and a live look outside right now in san francisco at the international airport. it is going to be a very busy place this holiday weekend. >> and for the weekend, it is the brave new joke comedy showcase in the mission district. enjoy a diverse range of comedic acts at adobe books from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. this event is also free.

we are back with this bizarre looking video. this is a any gentleman lantern shark discovered by a cal state

graduate. it is the first lantern shark found in the pacific ocean near central america. it is jet black in colored and camouflage in the deep ocean water which explains the ninja part of the name. we found out it also glows in the dark. >> that is one scary looking fish. >> don't you want it as a pet? you think? it would freak everyone out! >> it sure would! we want to tell you about a holiday programming note. you can catch the parade of roses on new year's day. the marching band and rose colored floats, plenty of flowers and the coverage begins new year's day at 10:00 a.m. bright and early and features the saratoga high school marching band and color guard. it will be a lot of fun for those students. again, it is saturday , at 10:00 a.m., on on kron 4 news.

and we will tell you about the day after christmas sales, where to shop and what is next. >> and we will keep our eye on the weather and what to expect in your neighborhood, coming up. >> and we will continue to follow breaking news this morning. a wildfire spreading out of control in southern california. there are mandatory evacuations and a major highway is also close this had morning. we will have an update on this blaze right after the break.

>> reporter: will take the winds finally died down on the afternoon till noon and then with a breeze to the bay area associated with that of than a. a lot of dry air temperatures are falling. we didn't get as cold as in many spots that we were thinking because we have a little bit of a breeze your

temperature. his numbers, as we speak at the top of the hour 31 livermore that the cold spot in the north face. was referring to earlier when speeds the the the. very modest as you can see with enough over night to keep a mature supported the wind had chilled areas and temperatures more in the wake of accumulation of frost. as we speak of the freeze one still in play defense as the temperature is 51 for high noon to. to going onto p.m. that the '40's as we get a sunset till about six and 8:00 this evening a breakdown for you lower 50s and the noon hour and

then and the late afternoon for cockloft before go into the ice box again tonight at. and then we do have a mention of rain with the details coming up will deliver on. >> marty: one person was shot and killed by police and potto. charging at officers with a knife it happened last night before 930 potiphar police saying they responded to reports of someone threatening another person at home. officers arrived fleeces that the suspect charged at them with a knife and shot the person later that the hospital. no other officers her in that. >> reporter: the mourning the death of his 25 year-old son killed in a head-on collision in the early morning hours in this happen along highway 1 and 1/7 cup before 3:00 in the morning. two people died in fiery crash between a car and second car. those driving the wrong

direction and kate spoke with a father and pacific, the a story only see here on kron 4. "the unanswered questions about this crash and his of the cuffs. we do know that christmas day for two families will never be the same. before >> reporter: jason went out with his friends on christmas eve he stopped to see his pants he gave his that a hug and was supposed to be an early christmas present turned out to be the last gift he ever gave. cason was heading higher home on high 11 for the car was hit by corolla going the wrong way. in the aftermath of the crash the cars of early recognizable the croll burst

into flames driver died jason died of the driver of the other car will survive. now the coroner's office is investigating whether the driver is going the wrong direction was impaired. the debt once to know the answer especially since his son knew better to them to drink and get behind a wheel. we did receive a statement their thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and will be investigating the driver who's still healing. >> reporter: person dead by car crash and burn what happened before 11 yesterday morning east on highway 4 below entryway offering. the officials say grassy be turned over and landed on if wilson crashed the driver identified as 37 year-old derek just of accident causes still

under investigation. >> marty: man shot and killed in hayward after a confrontation with police officers at the bart station scott rates as on the scene all day officer officials say at the shooting suspect is connected to another death as well. video >> reporter: shun the tense moments after christmas morning shooting involving a bart police officer. the videos shot while he and his father helped the wounded officer. "take up the jacket is to what happened that got some gloves to deceive the but landed should. we happened just after of the clock outside the hayward bart parking garage and get a grant street according to board

deputy chief jeffrey the suspect who is identified as 27 year-old charles acting strange that. prompted to police officers to approach him and i did he ran them police say he turned around and shot and wounded one of the officers. the other officer fired back witnesses heard at least six gunshots after investigating the scene for hours the deputy chiefs of police found a dead man the back of a u-haul that the suspect walking away from. the affected that with the suspect and charles hess semiautomatic handgun also on probation.. coming up the fate. tradition

from live memorial church celebrate christmas. : state warriors take none the brunt and we have highlights from christmas day showdown these symbols that you can do is keep little ones healthier if you're thinking

some of >> reporter: medical findings released this week symbol stepping healthier the slowdown during nielsen study from a british medical journal of of being overweight times greater for people who reported eating quickly than people who eat slowly and stop eating or feel it the fourth killing stopped a few ways from the bricks eat smaller courses drinkwater put your fork down in between bites. >> reporter: ahead how the

police department surprise when family in the south bay >> marty: look from the bay bridge toll plaza this time round the full starts today and hopefully not and enjoyed today enjoys some particular axe at and characters as well all happening at union square with for a factor until tonight and it's free

as of >> reporter: formality of freeze warning that some place all over the bay area with the exception of downtown san francisco one of today 2:00 p.m. the coverage from good thing if he's involved here in the east bay hills still a football on

the cool side even the afternoon will fall sunshine and tell on unpaid leave go into the evening overnight will have the coverage downed of thirties' route turning for much of the no. 8 in east bay and on the south bay the we go to a warm morning just about everyone is involved east bay shoreline in good portion of a pencil and may actually see more of this freeze a warning being reissued and also some scattered frost for you to tie. afternoon panel to the chair this you more live cloud cover and a chance for char's working late tomorrow night and day wiesel's going on. the smaller the pacific this guy here will be a player for light on a sunday scattered clouds may be in the late afternoon sun sets for the early. the interest they have

some lower committee some the 50 the work that hot wave when sofa will not be really chilly however if you're the son of a few pretty good. . a lot of inland areas in russia of rain back and monday after that we state mostly sunny. >> reporter: cesses the time for love song laughter and family still fellowship >> reporter: each christmas half century the rev. will glide memorial church and stiffened his co presents the sounds of the holidays.

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>> marty: christmas surprise her one-family plea. sophisters building delivering gifts earlier this week and. hanson happen when state in the terrace neighborhood burglar so all presence from under the tree that there for four children and

officers work together to replace the gas indeliberate to a home on christmas eve still had >> marty: to take a look at potential new home for a new stadium. >> reporter: look outside richmond bridge traffic is still slipping up the whole days ahead and fill in for something fun to do this weekend in joyful day of spiritual ceremony and use the conformances celebrate at the museum and that is free to attend.

>> marty: lawyers delivery a christmas gift to the conception and. and they beat the calves once again in the files rematch with the pilots. last year the

ndp could not before time mvp awards enough to start. like to put down the night he finished with 19 here is a nice shot 25 the game than giving the fourth quarter with the slam on harry irving enter the dawn of the sun coming up here than self goes to the lane and output than on the coffin wires when 8983.

of a >> reporter: and with net five different sites for potential new home for the a's according to a city report the other site is at the u.s. postal service. he says the team was continuing to test it look at possible stadium location as own territory attempt to move to san jose the giants have rights to that territory

britain >> marty: news of a slowing california grass fire out-of-control and its the fire

started shortly after 1 this morning as our need for an 1,100 a. and quickly spreading the. cross 30 homes are threatened editorial exhalations have been put in place more than 500 firefighters working right now to put this fire out. >> marty: apply 11 close well as. crews continue if the fire as there across and volunteers with shelters in the area. the firefighters did not know caused the blaze. while >> marty: fire news in southern australia 116 homes destroyed after christmas day wildfire near a stretch of coastline popular with tourists triggered by lightning strike and forced thousands from their homes when signatures in help the situation hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze

at least 116 homes destroyed the officials say no one was injured by the blaze. >> reporter: your weather pattering of and it will just not stop the look at the widespread flooding and damage caused threats of several southern states. ellis' 14 tornado slammed the state killing seven people and in tennessee heavy rain flooding caused dangerous conditions. the massive flooding in the area is causing riverbanks to overflow, accidence in cars stopped on the roads. >> marty: there were reports of another deaf another person missing as well heavy rains hammering toward alabama the state's governor declaring a state of emergency there because of widespread flooding 117 homes overcome by water and what were the remains an area national weather service says more systems are expected to hit from

the southern plains and mississippi valley and to lower great lakes >> marty: the cause of concern flying out of the sfo >> reporter: very the seal over the self that may improve a little bit by sunday as the as were talking about a look at the actual map dollarization the concealer the storm system as this time in the deep south were we get this from the action you just heard about what a contrast that list today 63 the news of north chicago big contrast definitely tell the unseasonably warm weather and crops up considerably from the nation's midwest section that the system makes way causing whether in its wake a correction system will

cause problems even for fliers and going home as lettuce sunday cabbages for some home front close to freezing it looks like and the far east bay no. they've 32 known a lot of serosa at 34 and when the freeze warning in place to amend this morning again the freeze warning is still in place this may be reinstated in for tonight and on tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. however the other feature is scattered cloud cover to look for tonight early tomorrow morning when the thing that can temperatures of all the debris is going on. since in much of widespread cooler temperatures. >> reporter: the of the golden gate behind me you see the temperature is lower 50s by the noon hour. was a sunny cool by

4:00 p.m. with lower 50s as well quickly cooling off with all the dry air we were talking about relatively rapidly the 70 forecast coming up in a bid >> reporter: the hymies' to the video retailers say that the sales for for christmas that were sluggish this year in turn ctenophore that by doing below deals a deep discounts items rationed essence of the stores and told retailers like neiman

gap old navy all slashing prices here at macy's went inside and deals up to 75% off on some clothing other items. >> reporter: did go inside there are not many lines just yet of the shoppers inside a. if your looking for day after christmas feel so bad place to go.

>> marty: the store for reporting research didn't pick up a couple of things? >> reporter: now and have time had come back here and be on tv fedex workers clocked in 4 hours this christmas messieurs to the social media about late deliveries and fedex stores open up christmas day amid capacity of. priory of course the in packages that were supposed to arrive before christmas out in the homes. fedex says that that the delays were due to heavier than planned last minute shipment volumes all told fedex is making 317 million deliveries increase of 12 percent compared to last year starting january 1st minimum-wage workers in oakland will be seeing a slight bump in their pay current

minimum wage is $12.25 will be bumped up to 12¢ and 55 in our part of an annual increase of started after 2014 pessimism wage increase to 1225 tech and may measure affects 40,000 of the workers. >> reporter: of a ton of people trapped in a mine collapse in china were rescued early this morning and then collapsed on friday as residents time to rescue workers of tory save for their rescue operations are very dangerous due to risk another call collapse and the causes still under investigation

>> marty: big week for movies you have five new ones to choose from the of those details coming up after the break

when the >> marty: biggest weeks and movies five new ones coming to theaters near you enter has the latest movies in theaters this week's the additional now showing.

>> reporter: break a retelling of the same head of the same name tell the story of undercover fbi agent who infiltrates feeds point break is rated pg-13. for law and stars in july which tell the story of a suburban housewife starts a business empire despite incredible odds show is rated pg-13. now so funny about the housing bubble collapses in a big short the movie follows for high finance to outsiders who shine a light on the big bang screen still had done news began

the lawsuit vigorously the unexpected christmas gift and the mysterious the nearly 10 years and should he after a break

>> marty: of southern california

breaking news fader grass fire the gun control and close a matter how long close the file. started shortly after 1:00 this morning near silver beach you looking at video from the fire right now over 1,200 a. burned and quickly spreading further. the homes being threatened and a declaration issued this got off a falling out with the county fire department they are saying now 600 firefighters are working this fire. >> marty: fire the affecting major highway i won a one is close as crews worked to put that lays out. and most likely will cause major traffic nightmare for people who travel on the popular free with her across the volunteers in a shelter in the area as of now firefighters do not know what caused the blaze officials expected to meet and discuss the best ways to attack the fire and reporters at him. >> marty: fires of the

california the wind advisory issued for the area >> reporter: will the of the breeze keeps to mitscher's often what was calling for a vote of the numbers right now seen some lower to middle thirties return for the no. as you conceivably to nevada over the bay in richmond 3841 going on for oakland 34 going on for santa rosa and of course there of the for joining us as of. formality with a freeze one in place and scatter frostwork to the wind speeds not too impressed from my understanding but enough to keep him richer supported so widespread as of freezing temperatures work harder to come by this morning. there was a little wrinkle in

all this that flow pattern on shore for the weekend because upstream or looking for a chance of rain to develop strategic has gone forward to that we're clear suppress 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning 4:00 p.m. tomorrow game close to sunset some rain trend to develop the north fence along the coast and radar estimates at the track at atmosphere going into monday morning your turn to work anam the clear back out again and for most of week had the see temperatures gradually increase all the way to the and the year

mid-40s for high temperatures for most of the sulfate. speaking of that during the sunday night there is will not hear the word talking about the middle of a week and showers or shut so some scattered clouds in there instead and then five temperature climbed to about six years so that overnight lows. >> reporter: the first time this happened forecasters say snowing round midnight and then so rare not uncommon in the nearby announced a long-running holiday tradition from the east bay. over 1500 families and has

a clause there was known as christmas for everyone >> reporter: the needs christmas for one as a one-stop location for all the traditions associated with hollis including toys for kids "gather donations and clothes and money from different sources of. this year we brought in for truckloads of generally use clothes and her close of

friendly toys and $5,000 in cash donation. those on the receiving end this christmas as a place of a search team as. "come together a situation in life for the can't give him a gift for their children here and give them an alternate" >> reporter: the other ises with all about this and volunteering here for the past 19 years. >> reporter: addition army prepared 3800 meals and san francisco for christmas this

today those were delivered to people could not leave their homes and where there. "so if you months ago registering people who the hell of a meal to lever to them and actually cooking getting ready for a little over two weeks so it takes weeks a week to work all the help 500 people of the people's doors with a smile. also told us the volunteers showed up as early as 430 morning and christmas this are preparing all those mills. >> marty: guy is the gathering thinking doesn't wasn't just one day for toys delivered to

children in need the city's western district neighborhood firefighters and police officers helping senate was hopeful of those toys. >> reporter: get a new check species and name is very interesting

news >> reporter: ninja lanternfish harkness species discovered in the pacific ocean

by cal state graduate student and professors. it's the first lanthorn shark found the fountain near central america as a jet black in color set helps camouflage the talk that the vendor name bell so close in the dark >> reporter: in union square were the best day to go for christmas. with its >> marty: 15 neighborhood cannot.

britain >> marty: news for continued follow the area of control and selling california. we have updated numbers for you fire burned over 1,200 a. to send firefighters now working on when the fire out. as of right now firefighters making progress has 10 percent contained. >> reporter: chapala when one is closed crews working of the fire out 30 homes threatened in mandatory evacuation plan place for people who were put an area rug. crosses their leaves and a shelter where expecting a

briefing about 10:00 a.m. and face-to-face will be posted our website kron4news-dot-com >> reporter: it had an offshore wind in place not something one here about fires going on also help us drive considerably if having a bit of a breeze temperatures supported overnight freeze warning that covers about the entire bay area with the exception of downtown san francisco and a little bit of the east bay shoreline as a result in the and locations of the reach the freezing mark livermore of 32 now officially that frees warning firing i've some power.

wens not overly impressive with the breeze was enough to get support for the three elements clear skies dry air a little bit snowberries that the offshore and gives us the dry air will watch this nexus to move in sunday night restart oakland lower got to the breakdown we got up to 53 2:00 p.m. maximum forming time and then back down the 40's close to sunset breakdown by noon most unequal and '50s across the board '50s and about 4:00 when we go to rapid cooling on the 70 forecast the timing of the tablatures back to you. >> marty: person was shot and killed by police and call out to charging officers of the knife. happened last night just before 930. the police say that they will provide reports threatening another person at their home when officers arrived police said the suspect charged

an officer with a knife then shot by the officer that person later died in hospital no officers hurt in this instance the suspect's identity not yet released this happen along highway 1 in pacifica 330 in the morning of two people died in the fire collision between a car and second car and was driving in the wrong direction case but the father pacifica an interview you'll see only here on kron 4

>> reporter: turns out to be the last if the sun never gave. "i thought tied guy is great but at home to be safe.. is heading home when his car hit by toyota on the wrong way years to live noma avenue in the aftermath of the crash the cars of early recognizable the curl of person the flames the driver died jason died the driver of the car will survive jasons that once the the answer especially since his on the better than to drink and get behind a wheel received a statement calling the fatigue terrible tragedy the

fuss prayers' of the families of those killed and for the injured driver still recovering a great as to be overturned landed on its wheels the driver who died in 537 year-old joseph that. cause of the accident still under investigation >> marty: they area news for you this morning and shot and killed in hayward after a confrontation with our police officers. scott rates on the scene all day yesterday and officials tell me the shooting suspect is connected to other deaf >> reporter: tense moments after christmas morning shooting involving a park police officer

reseal shot the video he and his father helped the wounded officer shooting happening just after 11:00 outside the hayward bart parking grosz on grand street according to bart deputy chief jeffrey jennings the suspect identified 27 charles was acting strange that prompted to police officers to approach him when they did he ran from police say he turned around and shot hitting wounding one of the officers the other officer fired back mall * and witness said heard at least six gunshots after investigating the scene for hours that the chief

says police found a dead man in the back of a u-haul that getting was walking with from police say they have connected that with getting calls the semiautomatic handgun on him they say and also a provision

newman >> reporter: will fundings release this week

slowdown eating during a meal abstain from british medical journal says being overweight three times greater for people who eat quickly and people who slowly stop eating before feeling stuffed. a few ways slowdown are the small portions drinkwater and put your fork down in between bites. >> reporter: from a police department's press one family in the south bay and a very merry christmas

>> marty: 1 and to this note: the sierra to the last night forecasters predicting standards snow showers over tonight the ethics feet of snow in the past week alone and skiers snow boarders are beyond ready. >> reporter: hookups at the embarcadero and san francisco will breathe up their chilly morning beautiful day david has a look at how cold temperatures will be today. >> reporter: a nice good breeze at work here at the sun hitting

the ground warming up in temperatures moving up we will be dealing with the freeze warning tonight much of the bay area look at bay temperatures right now in the mid '30's in the north as piquancy as we recover from the chilly start 42 for livermore's and peninsulas in the 40's downtown. san francisco be involved in the latest freeze warning either and this kicks in at midnight tonight and will not be till 9 sunday morning downtown san francisco and east bay shoreline probably will not be a cool down we're thinking of the dry atmosphere clear skies not looking for as much in the way of a breeze happening tonight the go fourth class, but as the '50s on the board for a much 50 spells follow that and i'm going to allow the clock tonight the '30's come back in control and trouble throwing country no.

they've been. until late tonight they're receiving depth the of progress this exam and then tomorrow. aspin and his generous this go around and then have today the deal here is a cloud cover moving on and. then the showers for that will probably be late tomorrow evening. . clearing after midmorning under monday and start a warming trend the next seven days gradually

>> marty: much known about the spread of these bullets and across the nation praising the reversal this is the system the right direction but still falls short of fully accessible solution as it continues to stigmatize. >> reporter: some awful the holiday season in the stressful special for travelers. one airport had some friends to help out with that

very"angry of set up the cry as the holidays she finds planning

the third new for friend susie. >> reporter: that's well as about. "dogs can relax and when you play with them but the smart idea. the the >> reporter: of that airport all year long but increase how frequently a dogs are here on holidays. >> marty: happy faces on the heaviest with honors. the disneyland stopped letting people into the park with a different hour just too many people wanting to get in kron 4 too much. disney california venture part it remained open throughout the closure. and last

year's christmas disneyland did the same thing is stopped admitting guests after they reach a maximum capacity. >> marty: still ahead for the first time first was the oakland raiders in. now the a's will take a look at the potential home for a new stadium.

>> marty: years had a good game

yesterday. and the files rematch with highlights the set current taking on the mvp winner and lawyers in the three-pointer. but his only three-pointer of the night the braun did not make easy on the dubs. 25 for the game and dumping the fourth quarter tremont with a slam over current irving. here comes the was not enough staff curry went through and put the on the coffin lid of fans very happy of the game.

52 >> marty: news faceup generate 18.. it tends to move san jose were blocked because the san francisco giants have rights to that territory. >> reporter: will tell you all about the de fer the day after christmas sales. continue >> reporter: in the fall of breaking news here. the wildfire burning out of control in southern california causing mandatory evacuations slowing

down a major highway we have new information right after this.

>> marty: news the seven california. mass >> reporter: of wildfire closing major highway along the coast. as of right now the fire has burned over 1,200 a. and it is only 10 percent contained. over 600 firefighters are working right now to put this fire out. * shortly after 1:00 this morning near boulevard beach in ventura county. >> marty: 1 is closed because of the blaze and likely cause a major traffic nightmare for those traveling on a popular freeway. and fire officials should save you should avoid the area. urging"people to avoid 101 right now. and trying as best as we can to the strategy in place so that we can put the fire out

right away. we are encouraging people in the meantime if you can avoid the freeway for use alternative routes. we do recognize the reason. rick >> reporter: crosses their along with the setup for shelters.. >> marty: stretch of the coastline the fire was triggered by a lightning strike. the high winds and interest felt in the situation hundred of firefighters battling the blaze 116 homes destroyed. officials say no one was injured.

>> reporter: weather across the country hammer in the southeast at look at the widespread caused struck several southern states. and people in mississippi and of pieces killing seven people and then in tennessee having rain massive flooding an area many car accidents. report >> marty: of another debt and another person missing. grain handling parts of alabama as well 117 homes overcome by water and the threat of what weather remains on the rather service and other system that hit the day from the southern plains into the lower great lakes

all the >> reporter: stuff they've heard about contains and deep self today. public polarization and temperatures to 63 for the high expected. and then dropping off the 33 minneapolis. a big contrast going on here also adept for some the tornados were hearing about as well. it will be take note. >> reporter: phosphorous lab

earlier for 40 to no. they 45 san francisco, the issue tonight a freeze warning tell mind sunday morning. that will be technically at midnight tonight and 7 cisco downtown and not included along the east bay shoreline. and then 50 going on most lisa any kind of cool somewhat mild into the afternoon. it will track some precipitation happening for sunday coming up in just a bit. >> marty: stabile over the holidays deals continue means blot sales and very steep discounts. >> reporter: now at a lot more

shoppers out here coming to take advantage of the steep discounts and big deals that are here at union square. though this video lines here at 7:00 before the doors even opened i. told that retailers cutting big deals today and in the coming days because the shopping season over christmas was a bit sluggish and there can offer big deals and said stores today retailer. as like the old navy and banana republic nordstrom neiman markets also up to 50%. when sybase his earlier up the 75% of the merchandise and partook of the women here before the doors opened waiting to get inside.

>> reporter: going said earlier and it was very long lines but more shopping at here this morning might not stay that way for long. x workers clocked extra hours after customers to the social media. fedex expressed doors opened the christmas day and a limited capacity the priority and packages that were supposed to arrive for christmas in getting out the home but the delays were

due to heavier than planned last-minute shipment volumes severe weather tornados from parts the u.s. house of plan a big part in that and fedex had 317 million deliveries increase of 12 percent compared to last year. on january 1st the workers in oakland will be seeing a slight bump in their pay and the minimum wage is 25 up to 1255 hour and part of an annual increase that started after 2014 result of that measure passing minimum wage increase from $9 a layup with 12.5 in may. and this affects 48,000 local workers.

the big week for movies and you have five new ones to choose from those details coming up right after the break while the upside at the golden gate bridge. chile and for the weekend today boxing day big party in san francisco enjoyed the night of dancing

five new >> marty: fears some of these near you enter has the latest movies in this week's now showing. >> reporter: concussion will smith place apologist discovers a pattern of brain damage in football players. the movie

follows the struggle to bring attention to get something done about the problem. concussion is pg-13. plum creek is a retelling of the 1991 hit telling the story of becoming fbi agent point break is pg-13. >> reporter: for lawn starts in july jennifer lawrence. for >> reporter: outsiders who shined the light on a big banks agreed the big short is pg-13. will farrell plays a step that

and tries to get accepted by the kids until the data shows up to challenge him. >> marty: the city of las vegas got an unexpected guest from mother nature city has not seen in nearly 10 years which show it to you coming

>> reporter: of fire burning in ventura county now closed and major highways as of right now the fire has burned over 1,200

a. and is 10 percent contained. to send firefighters working right now put this fire out in the fire started just after 1:00 this morning near the ventura county a stretch of the pacific coast highway 101 is closed because of a fire. will likely cause a major traffic nightmare for anyone trying to travel and firefighters saying crews will likely be working to put this fire out for several days. >> marty: of 30 homes will are

being threatened in mandatory evacuation tissued people who live in the area and across volunteers say that shelters there they will soon know the exact cause of the blaze also being hampered by very strong winds even when the advisory issued for that area. >> reporter: the advisory will be in place delta flight today and that week and a little bit going for so hopefully full shift in winds of help out and then we have the upper '30's at work in the north face a particularly warm from the bay shoreline piquancy plenty of '30's and '40's at same time the dump really quickly the drive home the one intended it and

then beats numbers that are subfreezing the lower the numbers the dry the air the key issue as tomorrow night has to go through a dry atmosphere that might have some of the north bay early on sunday evening than family setting the clock labatt as we get later in life span of which today very uneventful a bit cool i suppose not a whole lot of wins the until 5:00 tonight than going into tonight to morning scattered clouds and then this may cause temperatures to fall too far this develops all will quicker than projected: howard scattered clusters of the day and then for clock their the rain started to develop the next move their was predicted be seen

on radar that if you get that on reader will be going off of a dry atmosphere. light rain shower as a move on through overnight in monday morning of the shares for as long east bay shoreline mid-50s for high temperatures today with just a bit of a breeze to work seven forecast the general trend the climb to '60s next thing to note wednesday a disservice to look at their and then we get put what looks like scudder close right now. >> reporter: 01 this mother nature had lost vegas with snow . forecasters say it started around midnight and very rare not uncommon

christa >> marty: sterilizing concord for over 1500 families there has he was there for the christmas for everyone. those in >> reporter: need christmas for everyone as a one- stop location for all of the traditions associated with the holidays including toys for kids this for the bell a hot christmas meal month the volunteers here at. and then the

start of marquez helping others is what it's all about who's been volunteering here for the past 19 years christmas and organizers say this year the cherry blossom participation from corp. and previous years

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someone threatening another person the home and then when officers arrived the police said the suspect charged them with a knife and shot by officers person later died at the hospital no officers were hurt in that shooting in the suspected that not yet released. >> reporter: did not bring exactly what this year did not worry stores are rolling out to the best deals today some stores offering up to 75% off and it if

you want about any of that old inventory and bring in some new stuff bring a gift cards in the amazon also offering a tektronix the books and flat screen tvs. >> marty: adding programming note of roses parade on new year's day in a first hand on kron 4 >> reporter: thalassa and forecast 2015 we approached in the year temperatures staying in the '50s and of such as of rain on sunday sunny breezy february close of the year chile as well very cold this morning it will contain next few days and resting up for us