>> now as for wet weather is here for the holidays. we are tracking showers moving right on through the bay area. one of the busiest travel days of the year. we're taking a look at the post christmas day west. good afternoon, everybody. thank you so much for joining us on kron. 4 news at 4. i'm vicki liviakis wind and rain in our immediate forecast. >> taking a live look right now from our mount tam cam at a lot of what the i don't know. meteorologist call heavy precip kyla. what are looking at? well, when you get a of a like that, right after you start see up a little bit quicker. now we take a live look from the east bay. you can see it's just mostly gray skies that are out there.

>> but we're starting to see the light showershcome down in the north bay working their way towards the peninsula and then ultimately towards all of us across the bay area as we get into the evening. but here we are. so this is our next system that's moving in. it is set to bring some rain, some widespread rain certainly right now it's light. you can see the colors there like green. you don't see the oranges or any of the yellow. so very light across the peninsula now heading into the east bay and eventually will make its way down to the south bay to this is kind of tracking in northwest to southeast. all right. so the roads are a little slick out there. no doubt about it. wind is going to start picking up right now. you do see the flag not moving too much, though. it's not too bad over but that will be part of this to temperature wise. we've been a little warm today, actually, if you take a look at san jose at 64 degrees right now, lots of 50's out there, too. but we've been in the warm sector of this system. and in fact, our temperatures have been quite a bit warmer than they were this time yesterday and some spots you can see, you know, we're up like 8 degrees in hayward, 9 in san jose. so that's been part of this system. but now as this passes

us by things will start to change. so here we go taking you hour by hour. this is tonight. notice we do have some of those heavier pockets. it will start to show up. in the late night hours we wake up tomorrow morning and then we start to see this dissipate. having said that, we do stay very unsettled throughout the day tomorrow and a few more light showers possible as we get into the evening totals, we're talking about an inch of rain up in the north bay about 3 quarters in san francisco between about a half an inch and 3 quarters elsewhere. i do have better for a better forecast ahead. i'm happy to say, but i'll have more details on that when it come back. and the high surf advisory, some danger out at the coast. >> back to you. i thank you, kyla. stay with kron. 4 on air and online as you track your holiday forecast, you can find current conditions and weather headlines on our website. kron 4 dot com. a aaa says today marks another busy day at the nation's airports. we're getting a live look right now at san francisco international at last check, flightaware reporting about 250 delays and more than 10 cancellations at

sfo. also tracking flights in the east and the south bay's of flightaware reporting 45 delays for cancellations at oakland international and more than 50 delays and 2 cancellations at san jose international clippers. michael thomas was at oakland international airport this morning speaking with some travelers about the rush. >> it's the day after christmas in were just a few days away from new year's eve. you can imagine these airports are going to be packed. take a look. this is oakland airport. if you're heading out today or within the next few days, you can expect a lot of people to be waiting ahead of you and behind you. triple a says 119 million people are said to be traveling this holiday season, which is up 3 million from last year. and so is the number of people flying coming in at 7.9 million. but guess what else is up prices by about 4% with the average domestic ticket costing about $830. however, oakland airport is still expecting half a million people to pass through. some of those travelers. the san leandro high school girls basketball

team. take a listen to what they had to say this morning. >> you know what you got, how many of you guys are heading out what's number one travel to from goal down the line? >> i actually go well. they didn't have much advice for travelers. others did. here's some tips. jane i. going to be all going to be bring cash you're alive. when should have extra time. because missing a place of words. >> overall, officials say arrive early. have your ids and boarding passes out. check your flight times before hand and remember no liquids over 3 ounces. and of course, pack your patients. that's the very latest here in oakland. i'm michael thomas. send it back to you live in san francisco. all right, michael, today marks the start of kwanzaa, a week-long holiday celebrating african american heritage. >> kwanzaa is not a religious based holiday. it facilitates unity and it's based on

african harvest festival. traditions from different parts of africa. it was first celebrated in 1966. the holiday is observed until january. 1st when it ends with a big potluck style dinner on the final night, roughly 2 and a half percent of americans observe one time the white house is sharing a christmas tour giving the public a closer glimpse of the people's house. kelli meyer shows us. >> you feel like you're in there right now. so people are really getting a sense of what it's like to be inside the people's house. they really do. and we we really wanted to invite visitors into the white house, not just in the but throughout history featuring all the different rooms that you can go in on public tours and some of those that you would never have an opportunity. and so at these tablets in front of you can actually click activate historic scenes. >> and learned that in 1912, is the first time that christmas decorations were featured in the blue going show some decorations throughout time. another one

here that you wouldn't see on a public tours. the map. this room is very historic parlor on the ground floor rooms in the white house actually gets its name for more war. 2 in this space was transformed to were essentially for president roosevelt. >> we invite you place, a for a life. >> so now we're here inside the oval office and i've been in the oval office a few times and this certainly feels like it. >> we can even imagine this experience without welcoming people into the center of power. we have the resolute desk in guests are welcome to take their picture behind here. really, if you what it's like to be president. okay. let's say comes with all the glory and none of the responsibility. >> because there's sisters seem to choose. this one is they willing is we just find

that stuff such a, you everybody's interested, what the president does, how they come up with their decision. they rely on to make december here. we welcome visitors to actually take a and attend a state dinner, which is one of the treasured visitations in washington, in those conversations, they get to learn a little bit more about the history of state dinners, personally importance of pharmacy entertainment uk is eaten actually join absolutely. no, it's not real. >> alright, now that christmas is over bay area residents are probably wondering what to do with their trees. francisco is making it pretty easy from january. 2nd through the 17th recology is going to be coming around and picking up their trees. they'll be recycling and composting them. >> so make sure you put those trees out by tucker next to your garbage so we could pick him out. he's a free program during that time frame. ends on january. 17th. so please ensure that you put your christmas trees out, his

support to keep our streets clean and free of debris. and we appreciate his service is healthy. let's give these trees. >> last year, san francisco recycled 274 times of christmas trees. that's the weight of 500 grand pianos. tonight marks the second night of hanukkah, a 22 foot menorah was lit at san francisco's union square last night and it will be lit every night for 8 days conference. lindsey ford shows us how the san francisco jewish community celebrating. >> a celebration. indeed. people were dancing and singing traditional jewish songs. and the people that i spoke to at the celebration tell me that hanukkah is the festival of lights >> a holiday for me. it's about freedom being grateful. union square was packed with people celebrating hanukkah dancing in catching up with friends and family and the first night lighting the menorah. rabbi yosef linger,

lit the torch and walked through the crowd of people so they may touch people in the crowd said touching the torch means you will be blessed for us to lose. so remarkable. >> under the circumstances that's going around the world to see so many people here tonight. the jewish holiday is also known as the festival of lights, a celebration of light overcoming darkness, the holiday of unity. we all come together add more light by letting them and all round one. and we do this for 8 days. every day we add another candle because represents every day that we need to add growth into our sounds. this is actually what this college, only battle to be friedman and louisa brown. it says family time extra special during this time this holiday represents where we break and able to publicly openly display religion freely, in the time king it we weren't able to do

i everybody everybody to have a lot in their hearts in their homes, in the celebration, of course, came with traditional jewish dishes. my favorite course, he's put a into force. lock my all-time favorite is sweet potato lock eyes, which potato packet. fried friedman says her family also makes traditional jewish jelly field doughnuts, which is her daughter's favorite. and we also make fried doughnuts, all different flavors, custer jelly car. now. >> atlas active in show. >> the final an 8th day of the lighting ceremony will be on new year's day starting at 05:00pm in san francisco. lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> coming up, the holiday season certainly rolling along along with rare event for some southern california residents. plus.

>> he's the one announced the house make sure that everybody said by doing that pass. >> holiday heart break for east bay family. a loved one giving his life to save his family on christmas. plus. >> what can and should be done to address california's homeowners insurance crisis will now one nonpartisan state agency has released recommendations to state leaders, including to the insurance commissioner about what to do capitol correspondent eytan wallace. i'll tell you about some of those recommendations and i'll let you know how the insurance commissioner is responding.

>> he's the one that was taken to the house to make sure that everybody saw the by doing that last slide. >> holiday horror for an east bay and died well, getting his family safely out of their burning home. kron four's lezla gooden spoke with this man's loved ones. they told her that he had just bought a wedding ring. >> is that what the state is giving it to as a person you could ever be? loved his family, his friends. everybody's he died trying to get them out there a room. >> a family is mourning this christmas after their son each or fiance and friend died in a fire inside of this house was the morning around 06:15am. wrote a just he's super funny, beautiful kind of so you could ever meet. >> his name is steven weatherford. he was 37 years old, according to his family, they tell us christmas morning he saw the house on fire and

got his family out soon to open fire department arrived here to boulevard. everybody. >> and just how? army we're talking 6 years not just christmas. >> it's awesome. >> ofd says they found steven unconscious while they were continuing to search the house, they believe he likely became disoriented by the smoke died around 06:30am. his family says he was planning to propose to his girlfriend. this new year's and the rain is still somewhere in the house. >> i found out he was sort owes. it's a very thought the rain. in it was chance to but this in the house, going find these healthy and safe.

>> fire is still under investigation, but it's believed to be accidental in nature, according to a lefty understand. >> he's one that was yelling out the family, the pats. he's the one that was taken to the house to make sure that everybody said and by doing that >> was a good in kron. 4 news, such terrible loss, but a hero. francisco firefighters releasing some tips and some tricks. so you can stay safe from fire danger this holiday season. first off, they say the always test your smoke alarms. if you have a real christmas tree, be sure to water it on a regular basis and keep it at least 3 feet away from the fireplace. >> nation is to make sure to water your tree daily. but we do say about this time of year, even going into the new year, they're starting to dry up big been out for quite a while. and we check with your local garbage company to see if they have a recycling program. sometimes the boy

scouts of america offer recycling services as well. so you have to check with your garbage company to remove it out of your home. >> and another tip is to make sure that you blow out all your candles before you leave the room or heading to bed. fallen candle can easily cause trees are paper to catch fire. >> a warning to beachgoers large waves are back. taking a live look now at pacifica beach, the a bay area currently under a high surf advisory. >> kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan here to weigh in on. >> we're going to do this again. got a northwest swell that's been coming in. and that does bring unfortunately incredibly dangerous surf withk it. and as we kind of take a look here, you can see where that pocket of yellow is right to the north of us. and that's where wave heights are over 20 feet right now. we're not quite that high. if we zoom in. >> and we look off of the coast of point raise, we're sitting at about 14 feet, but i've watched these increase a little bit today and this advisory is not just for today

goes through the entire weekend until we get into our sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock. so that means that this will likely be increasing all along the way through this weekend. so we could see waves 20 to 30 feet again, right? we could see very big risk of sneaker waves that could come in. so very important that you never turn your back on the ocean. i would avoid the coast if you can for the next couple of days when the dangers there. but certainly if you have to be out there, be very careful. make sure anyone visiting knows about this, too. the other big story, of course, we've got some rain coming our way now. i know you it isn't quite here yet. so we're gonna see the showers overnight tonight into tomorrow. tomorrow will be a little drizzly. we'll stay unsettled. we get a little bit more as we head towards the weekend. looks like overnight saturday into sunday. but take your eye down here to monday. and it is a very different pattern that starts to show up. so just to show you how much rain we're looking out for wind, it's all said and done. you know, we're talking about between an inch and a half and 2 inches of rain in parts of our north day and

then less than that. but still significant about one and a quarter in san francisco. and you can see, you know, about an inch down in san jose. this as we get through the next 4 days. but the good news is, as i show you, this image show you really quickly, we do have the success of systems. but once we get through the weekend, here comes monday. and now this rain starts going to the north of us, right? we get a little high pressure in there to protect us. so vicki, i never wants to put the umbrellas doubt. it was nice. yesterday premediated sunshine. yeah. really did. but we are going to have a nice run next week. it looks like we start the new year. very, very nice. so i kind of like, but what it looks like once we got today, that's a great way to start it sunshine. thanks a lot. >> as engineers in santa cruz worked to assess the structural integrity of the wharf. there. >> officials are urging tourists and beachgoers to avoid the area. that's because all that debris continues to wash ashore after part of the work was wiped out. dangerous swells slammed into the structure monday causing 3 city workers to fall into the water to have more rescued by lifeguards. the other safely

to land. big waves drawing crowds and surfers across southern california. the coast there. it's a rare event for san diego residents to witness such high surf conditions. dan plante reports. >> as the holiday season rolls and so are the biggest waves of the year. and adrenaline rush reserved only for the elite of the surfing world, but enjoyed by all. while these waves break in here, right inside the cold like that, it's been probably 15 years or so. sometimes they break further out. he's breaking right hearings almost inside the cold. >> very rare, very rare and that it happened. you got to get out. take advantage the san diego coast line has always been a mecca for surfers, but usually not big wave surfers that's reserved for places like northern california or hawaii. however, on a day like today, the san diego coast line is firing on all cylinders. and yeah, better be ready think about the big waves in those crazy

surfers near. would never do like that would not when we are driving. the waves were so big guys like they're going to engulf everybody. he's standing out and looking at but they haven't yet. good christmas miracle. is yeah. but for every person who who's in oz of the power of mother nature. >> there are also those who dive right in on afraid. and in this case. >> kind of unimpressed. so what do you think been doing out playing in the surf surf just a few >> just all a good way. isn't it a little frightening out there? i socialize. so this is like small, small tickets for me. >> it may be small to him, but big enough to do some additional damage to the ob pier. according to the lifeguards, it happened again. another big wave knocked off another support near the end of the pier. it doesn't really matter since it closed

forever. but another reminder of the absolute power of the mighty pacific ocean. this is just awesome. this is why wake up in the morning. we don't get this kind of weather here is and very often we get and you got to get out. take advantage of a look at these people. there's hundreds thousands of people here just enjoying the service is just beautiful. is awesome. >> all right. still ahead on for putting pen to paper, we're taking a look at some of the dozens of bills. president biden has signed into law. plus, monitor your mental health this holiday season. we're getting some useful tips from the mental health expert from the mental health expert about dealing this time year.

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for your help this holiday season, even though the holidays can be filled with joy person, they can also. >> trigger feelings of loneliness or depression and isolation. today. kron 4 talk to a mental health expert. he says it's not just stress but also the weather. they can have an effect as is definitely a triggered stress is a trigger for pretty much every mental health disorder and for a lot of physical illnesses as well. >> but also the weather changes the cold, the glue minutes. i remember for me when i moved to seattle, i didn't drink coffee before that. even though i'm from jamaica, where the best coffees from. but on stat rain and grain us just how do you feel? he had me feeling sleepy. and so the stress is definitely there. you know, the pressures, the financial concerns out of that, the cold, gloomy weather. so we're not going outside and getting as much sun as we normally would. and also for some people reduced physical activity. if you're like me, you're most people are less physically active in the winner because, you know, going outside is putting on

the coat boots and a scarf and all of that. but because of the reduced pace collective, it is stress some social isolation as well because again, we're not interacting with people as we normally would, because we're not going outside as much so social isolation can also be a risk. doctor ruth white there says you can also see a change in appetite says that when people feel depressed. >> sometimes they'll eat more or they'll eat less. but she wants you to know that you're not alone. >> millions of people experience experience that so you're not alone. and if you experience the symptoms for more than 2 weeks, it's important to seek help because dot its the two-week mark in which we start to think that this might be a clinical condition. so how can you take care of yourself? want to stay connected again? just spend time with loved ones. even virtually. all right. so do it by text facetime. whatsapp video get sunlight. this is so so important because a lot of

the depression in the winner is leading to that lack of sunlight. >> now, doctor says that ok to say no to social outings that she says finding the balance is the key to not feeling isolated. >> still ahead, slow and steady to your destination. winter storm bringing some fierce winds up to tahoe. plus, president elect trump making it a priority to cut government spending. we're going to take a look at some plans on the table and whether cuts to social security are coming. and why retailers across the country are making it more expensive to get packages to yonow

at 4.30, as california grapples with the homeowners insurance crisis. the non-partisan state agency is releasing what it describes as urgent policy recommendations to help resolve the crisis. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace gives us a look at those recommendations and shares how insurance commissioner ricardo, lara is responding. >> the homeowners insurance market in california is in deep, deep trouble. federal nava not mincing words about california's homeowners insurance crisis. nava is the chair of the state, nonpartisan little hoover commission and oversight agency in charge of providing policy recommendations to the legislature. the governor and most recently, california insurance commissioner ricardo, the last year and a half 7 of the 12 major home insurance companies in california, including allstate, state farm and farmers insurance. >> have either limited their business within the state or in some cases stop selling new

policies altogether for homeowners living in some of california's most fire prone areas. that resulted in some californians struggling to find any insurance coverage and all a key requirement to carry a mortgage from home. for their part. insurance companies have said they have no other choice but to pause or stop selling policies out of concerns. they could face huge losses. should a major disaster like a wildfire destroyed homes and at-risk communities. but now the little hoover commission has released these policy recommendations, commissioners believe can help the state address the crisis we're trying to do with these recommendations say to the governor. >> the legislature into the insurance commissioner, here are some practical steps that you can take now. to provide some relief to homeowners and moving forward to provide for a more stable insurance market for all californians among the commission's recommendations, one that would require insurance companies to incorporate a homeowner's fire mitigation efforts, one underwriting and setting rates. if you spend the money

to make it on fire safe. >> and you do it based on the certain rules that have been accepted by the state of california and the insurance industry. >> to help reduce your another recommendation would allow insurance companies to incorporate the cost of reinsurance when setting rates. >> in a nutshell, reinsurance is often described as insurance for your insurance company. it's the process where your insurer can transfer at least part of risk to another company to help offset any potential losses. and then there's the recommendation to allow insurance companies to consider what's known as catastrophe. modeling with public oversight, which in a nutshell will allow them to factor in climate change and environmental risks. when setting prices. >> the ultimate goal is to get the insurance carriers can come in and compete, where they believe that there is enough certainty in california's market that they are willing to come back in and make investments and provide policies to people who are going to get the scripts during an interview with us over the summer insurance commissioner. lot of spoke to us about his insurance reform

plan. the department of insurance recently responded to the little hoover commission with this letter indicating lot as plan includes several of their recommendations. once we have these reforms in place. >> more companies are going come back into the market and one-party state. >> and the timing is still up in the air, but a lot of hopes his reforms take effect sometime early next year reporting at the state tom wallace kron 4 news. >> over the holiday week, president biden signed 50 bills into law, one backed by activists. paris protects teenagers living in residential treatment facilities. another sets anti-hazing standards on college campuses. another prevents members of congress from collecting pensions if convicted of crimes related to public corruption. biden also signing a bill making the bald eagle, the national bird of the u.s. federal government never designated an official bird until now. >> i'm slow. go on. i-80

taking live look right now at traffic on donner summit in soda springs. a chp says. >> you know, always remember to drive slowly in order to arrive to your destination safely, especially if you're driving on icy roads. yesterday, families and friends were jumping into the holiday spirit. in tahoe. many spent their christmas day, the snow and on the slopes. we spoke with families who say enjoying the snow is the perfect winter tradition. >> i started when i was 4 years old. i've never had a season pass, but i do but like twice a year once once an chris's and went one for every like around march was skiing in general. see as they get older and more advanced seeing will probably go to different homes. but this the starting point. >> while the resort wasn't at full capacity yesterday, officials anticipate that it will be busy in the coming days. looking a lot like winter wipeout in parts of tahoe. this a live look right now from palisades kron four's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a

look. >> a winter storm conditions. how about that? you know, talking a lot of folks want to get up there and enjoy the holidays. but we've had these storms kind of rolling in with just a brief break in between each one, making it hard to get up there. >> and again, that snow coming down lake level. you can see it out there right now. the snow is falling outside and they are chaining up on 80 50. if you're headed up there, be prepared for that. you're likely going to see some delays headed the high country as all that snow once again coming down. and it's gonna be picking up as we head throughout the night tonight. so we're going to be affected by these storms. i thing right through sunday, maybe even a monday morning before things begin to slow down heavy snow expected overnight tonight and into early tomorrow morning. some gusty winds to go along with that. in fact, some of the gusts over the crest, maybe over 100 miles an hour. so you get a high-profile vehicle. you have a truck of any kind. got to be careful. head over the mountain tops are going to see things really blown around up there. that snow level at about 6,000 feet expecting upwards of about 20 inches of snow up there. that's a lot of snow. expect

those delays if you're heading that direction as they will continue with more storms on and off as we head through the next few days. looking up there right now, you can see some of that snow falling in around lake tahoe. just you make your way over the summit. you start to see all the white there as we get toward lake and plenty of snow up there right now and more on the way as we head throughout the night tonight, it's going to be picking up as we head through the night as well. 33 degrees almost freezing and south lake tahoe. 39 and try 35 at home right now. 34 at incline village the big picture still looking impressive. some storms continue to roll on shore. this one just getting going it is going to ramp up overnight tonight and it's tomorrow morning. so we're going to see some heavy amounts of rain. winter weather advisory remains in effect for the sierra nevada until noon on friday. then there may be a brief break, but then things to see some more storm clouds roll in. i think not a bad day, at least for the first part on saturday, a much stronger storm headed on the way saturday night and into sunday. all right, lawrence,

in the north bay, an investigation is underway after a body was discovered at a campground in bodega bay. >> the sonoma county sheriff says tuesday morning the u.s. coast guard call them about a possible dead body. skeletal remains had washed up as good. a good dunes, campground. not clear where they came from, how long they were there. the identity of the body has not revealed. santa's a police arresting a man they say was operating a residential brothel. 44 year olds in was taken into custody last week after a months long investigation. police say the brothel was located on south 24th street near east santa clara street in the benita park neighborhood of san jose officers found 2 women inside the residence and recovered about $10,000 in cash. police say was arrested and booked into the santa clara county main jail for pimping and pandering. in the east gamestop in san leandro is boarded up after thieves rammed a car into it. police

say the break-in happened tuesday morning at the shop in the fashion fair shopping center. police arrested one of the alleged thieves while others got away, police discovered the same group had burglarized leo's family restaurant on floor esta boulevard. your washington avenue, some of the items stolen were recovered by police. police across the country are warning people of a scam growing in popularity. it's called brushing. now. this happens when unexpected packages arrive with a qr code. some packages even suggest how you can find out who the package is from. but the qr code, it's actually a plan to get your personal information like your bank account details. credit card numbers and log-in credentials. >> so we just tell people to, you know, if you don't want throw it away. but the biggest thing to remember is don't get really curious about safe. there's a qr code. don't scan you don't know where it's going. >> if you do receive a suspicious package, the better

business bureau recommends alerting the shopping site or the company that's known where the item was purchased. for your money. if you're a date. the internet online shopping your wallet could be hurting your around because of porch. pirates. yet 10's of thousands of retailers across the country. they're adding an extra charge to your order as package protection also called shipping insurance. and that helps of reimburse customers for lost or stolen packages, including those taken by porch thieves. certain retailers are moving to make the charges mandatory move, seeing pushback from some customers who claim it's a hidden fee. in national news that president-elect donald trump tapped billionaire elon musk and business pandemic ramaswamy to cut government spending that once takes office in january. our washington correspondent in a simon explains their plans and whether cuts to social security on the table.

>> billionaire elon musk was one of the most prominent voices who helped tank a spending plan in congress last week leading democrats to joke about his influence had said. don't do it. you on musk who apparently has become the 4th branch of government. speaker johnson should maybe just hand elon musk the gavel buscan businessmen vivek ramaswamy will lead the doge commission aimed at cutting federal spending. one president elect trump takes office. republican lawmakers have tried to make cuts for years. think this is once-in-a-generation opportunity. we intend to be successful. texas congressman pete sessions and senator john cornyn are part of the doge caucus in congress. musk and ramaswamy met with lawmakers early december. they say their goal is getting the national debt under control. we intend to be successful. it's a tough task. the national debt is over 36 trillion dollars and congress controls less than a 3rd of federal spending in 2023. the congressional budget

office says the u.s. rate of 1.7 trillion dollar deficit. the government spent 6 trillion dollars but brought in 4.4 trillion. 3.8 trillion is mandatory spending. it can't change things like social security, medicare and medicaid. democrats have accused republicans of trying to cut those programs. neither political party can unilaterally change medicare or social security. so i think for practical purposes, those are off the table. >> but republicans say they can find other programs to cut in washington. i'm today some lot. still ahead on kron for news at 4, what learning about who may be behind the christmas day tragedy. >> when a passenger plane went down in kazakhstan, dozens down in kazakhstan, dozens dead.

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>> beautiful because you know what it's a beautiful day. >> more than 4 decades, christmas in the park in downtown san jose has brought festive cheer to the south bay, despite some worries over finances, big crowds showed up to the dazzling display christmas day on for stephanie rothman shows us. >> decked in thousands of colorful lights. it's christmas time at cesar chavez plaza. we didn't expect to be open. we've got everything is going to be dead today. but they were dead wrong. whether you visit the enchanted far as taking the creative holiday displays. >> we've marked the first night of new call. >> there's something for everyone. it's fine because there's like. songs trees. and

i really like christmas spirit. despite some sponsors pulling out the free event continued its tradition of bringing the holiday spirit of visitors in san jose with more than 50% of the $100,000 needed already donated by the community. we really hope that with the donations not only to that 100,000 level of gets us to an even break even for the year. >> but going forward to next year, the donations from the community from the corporations will help us have a tree decorating contest. they'll help us put. >> stones in the park that you can dance on and they light up. >> and even more to look forward to next year. the event will run through new year's day at 10:00pm. but for now, it's all about soaking in the joy on display like santa case. the christmas trees, believe it or not, can make a healthy snack for goats. >> some farms will take your pine christmas tree and then feed it to their goats. the trees actually are a source of

vitamins. vitamin a and c which helps good health. health for the goats. trees sprayed with fire retardants. on the other hand, they are not accepted because, of course, chemicals are bad for in new york city, the world's largest menorah has been lit hanukkah, which is the festival of lights, marked with the lighting of a 30 foot menorah. the massive symbol is just one of more than 15,000 public menorahs all across the world. >> back here at home. let's take a look at our live camera in walnut creek facing mount diablo with those wispy clouds at the peak there, korn chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here to talk about weather conditions. yeah, pretty dry day on christmas day, but now the rain is coming back. we see light showers for the most part so far, but they're going to be ramping up overnight tonight and same with the winds, too. and we've had these large storms sitting out over the pacific in those winds over open waters. >> we'll call the fetch well. they produce some large waves and you could see some of

those waves in the background is the half moon bay, some large waves crashing along the coastline. i'm going to be some huge swells out there as we head through the night tonight, probably over the next few days. got to be careful out at the coast. temperatures. it is cool in half moon bay. 55 degrees and a 55 in santa rosa. 57 right now in concord. 59. and so mostly cloudy skies and live more still. 64 degrees. pretty pleasant, mild in san jose. 60 in oakland and 58 degrees in san francisco. all right. speaking waves, here we go. here's our latest models picking up on some of the swells off the coastline. you start to see some of the areas shaded in yellow. there some larger waves that are now moving in along the coastline. those waves there, those are some big ones to 27 the coastline near across the city eureka to 25 feet the bay area, not as big just yet, but we can have a chance. some of the building as we head throughout the weekend. so there could be some 20 foot plus waves moving along the coastline. and you got to watch out for that specially out toward the water's edge. right now. we've got a storm system just beginning to make its way in to see that rain and showers begin moving out there right now. but well,

long train of moisture you can see well out in the pacific. you start to get subtropical tap little atmospheric river event trying to develop out there as well. and so we've got a whole other area of low pressure just developing out there. much larger storm going to be moving in, especially we head in toward lot a part of the weekend. so, yeah, we've got some plans. we're in for a wet period. i think next week we start out the new year. that's about probably a lot of sunshine and dry conditions. but yeah, the waves watch out. you got to be careful out there along the coastline. we've had some unfortunate incident. some people losing their lives being dragged away by some of the ways you want to be one of those folks. so be careful out there along the coastline. stay away from the media. water's edge. some very large swells expected over the next couple days. all right. also going to see a lot of wind overnight tonight. it's gonna start to ramp up as that front moves a little closer. yeah. maybe some 30, maybe some 40 mile an hour gusts along the coastline as we head toward the middle of the night and then by tomorrow morning, they'll begin to back off just a little bit by tomorrow afternoon. things begin to settle down somewhat. that's some good news with this storm system. yes, going to wrap things up as we head through the night tonight, more snow up in the sierra nevada. more

rain in the bay area tomorrow. not going to be a washout, but we'll see a few scattered showers specially in the morning. that will dry things out as we get to the weekend, few scattered showers possibly on saturday and then overall, i think not bad. but then on sunday there comes that next storm system slammed the bay area. that will probably be the last in a series of storms, at least for the for the year. and then we'll get into the new year and we'll have a whole different set of storms to worry about that right now. looks like as we start off the new year, i think it should be mostly sunny and dry. it will give us a chance is soak up what we you know sunshine because think little sunshine. they for you. appreciate it appreciate the lozenges. yeah. okay. >> u.s. officials say that russia could be behind a passenger plane crash in kazakhstan. dozens dead on christmas. washington correspondent maddie beer-temple has details. plus reaction from dc. >> u.s. officials say it looks like the plane was hit by russian air defense system. but investigators haven't been able to confirm what happened yet.

>> rescuers arrived at the crash site of a passenger plane kazakhstan wednesday and azerbaijani airliner headed to russia. went off course crashed killing dozens of the 67 people onboard mission looks you. >> russian president vladimir putin expressed condolences for the victims azerbaijan says it's launched a criminal investigation to figure out what happened. u.s. officials say there's early signs are russian anti-aircraft system may have struck the plane. this comes amid speculation russia was fending off ukrainian drone attacks in the area of the plane was trying to land ukraine launch drones after russia attacked ukraine's energy grid on christmas, leaving half a million people without heat. president joe biden says russia's holiday attack was, quote, outrageous and vowed to keep sending weapons to help ukraine adding quote, the united states will continue to work tirelessly to strengthen ukraine's position and its defense against russian forces. president-elect donald trump's pick for special envoy

to ukraine and russia also criticized russia's attack, retired lieutenant general keith kellogg posted on x, launching large-scale missile and drone attacks on the day of lords. birth is wrong. >> russia says any guesses about the cause of the crash would be wrong until officials from azerbaijan and kazakhstan finish

>> kron 4 is the place to be this new year's eve countdown to 2025 and every time zone with musical acts from foreigner, the jacksons and the bay area zone. sheila e e and when it hits midnight here in the bay area. join us for the big fireworks show live

from san francisco. our coast to coast countdown starts at 09:00pm. and then party with justine and grant for kron four's new year's live at 11, 30. new program in kentucky aims to use christmas trees to help take care of the fish. there. sidney davis explains. >> how presents are unwrapped and the kentucky department of fish and wildlife has an idea for those preparing to toss out their live christmas tree i'd like to see. >> 500 trees donated here at great, not artificial trees for your decorations will be accepted at the crimes avenue transfer station for the first time in 7 years through january 15, we're going to put them into like the low to mid lumber county. >> we take them all together. get into the lake. we take 8 inch cinder blocks to act as an anchor to sink the trees. leaders say the evergreens are perfect for fish to feed reproduce in living large mouth. bass crappie and bluegill. the new habitats will replace those that are disappearing due to erosion and natural. okay. we do not use these fish habitat as a means of necessarily increasing the population. it

takes a lot of habitat to do that. and in time we hope that will occur. still phillips as areas with evergreen donations have shown 500% more fish than areas without the tree. drop-offs on the catch. fish off the sites and they flock to almost like the fish. sometimes gps coordinates or share the fishing lovers on their website. owensboro city residents can also wait until january second for curbside to pick up. >> well, quite a show. recalling a beyonce ball after queen bee stole the show during the baltimore houston christmas game. beyonce entered on a horse. she performed with the marching band singer shaboozey post malone and beyonce's daughter blue ivy. all making cameos the 13 minute half time spectacle was part of netflix's debut into nfl broadcasting after the show, beyonce tease the date. january 14th 2025. not clear

what will be released, but many are speculating a new album. netflix as beyonce's performance will become a standalone special before the end of the week. in the bay area. we have monster waves, of course, know affectionately as mavericks in hawaii. they have big waves known as the eddie on the north shore of oahu. this next video is from maui where the giant waves are known as jaws. check it out. this is ty simpson, connie, 8. there it is. this week he got some epic rides, but he also walked away with what some are calling the normally is wipe outs of the year. the surfer took to social media took to social media describing the encounter as one of the heaviest wipeout he's ever experienced. he added, quote, i still can't believe i was able to get a wave paddling. the surfer says he was lucky to walk away from the wipeout, ok, adding, quote, i'm somehow still walking but going feel it tomorrow. back here in the

bay sea lions. they are making a comeback. hundreds of fur seal pups sina taking over shoreline about 30 miles from san francisco. biologists say this could be a sign of return for the endangered species. social media users are having a lot of fun with the phenomenon calling it seal pup daycare and nature's mush. and remember, you can stream kron 4 news on your tv for free with a new kron on app. it is available for download on apple tv. roku, fire tv and samsung tv. you can also stream kron. 4 news on the go with the kron. 4 mobile app or watch us online at kron 4 dot com for news at 5. >> it's coming up next.

>> now at 5, more rain and dangerous surf impacting some holiday plans for going hear from travelers hoping to escape the wet conditions. and thanks so much for joining us on kron. 4 news at 5. i'm vicki liviakis. drivers and air travelers are dashing off for what's expected to be a record-setting holiday travel season. this is the bay area braces for more rain. here's a live look outside right now with foggy conditions. as you see there on the golden gate to richmond and