>> by this time next month, san francisco will have new mayor marking the end of london breed's historic tenure. >> bree became the first black woman mayor in the city's history. i sat down with her to talk about her legacy. >> i'm london brain. i am president of the san francisco of supervisors and soon to be mayor of the city and county u.s.. >> in london breed says it's been an honor to serve as mayor of her hometown. >> but it's been crisis after crisis after crisis. it is with profound sadness that i confirm. >> mayor edwin m lee passed away early this morning thrust into the spotlight following the sudden death of mayor ed lee. >> breed was tested early and often as mayor, most notably having to lead the city through a pandemic. please. >> for all of us. >> make smart decisions when it mattered when we needed to save lives. i really feel proud that i was able to step

up and and helped lead the city's. you feel like you're turning over the city too? >> the mayor elect in a better state than where you found it? i think overdose deaths are declining. we're getting people off the street. crime is lower than it's been in over a decade breeds statistics paint a picture of positive change during her tenure. >> but she admits numbers don't tell the whole story. people think that. numbers are one thing. and if you don't feel safe or something happens to you, they don't matter in major cities, things are going to happen. but here's the difference. we now have a different kind of response. we now when those crimes are committed, people getting arrested. they are getting prosecuted. you know, they're getting provided with second chances if they're struggling with addiction. but there's accountability. and i think that has been the game changer for us and why we're seeing such a difference. i never thought. >> the opportunity to be mayor

of the city and county of san francisco was possible. >> agreed is the 45th mayor of san francisco and the first black woman elected to that office. but perhaps more informing her legacy. she became the city's first mayor in 5 decades who attended public school in san francisco. i think it was not just about being black, but someone who grew up in poverty in this city. >> and had, you know, the kinds of experiences i had. i mean, i grew up in the midst of the crack epidemic. it was gun violence. there was last. there was hopelessness. there was poverty. i mean, it just every decision that i made had everything to do with understanding when people have i've lived like in fear that, you know, the city and government can be transformative in helping to change, you know, and save lives. we have one of our lowest numbers of encampments that we had even since before

the pandemic. people wanted to see things right away. and i understand and respect that because i felt the same way. but i'm so glad that people are starting to see the difference. while the most recent federal count shows fewer people are sleeping outside. that same count shows an increase in the number of homeless people without permanent housing. >> while the city continues to fall well, short of state mandated housing goals breed says recent changes will help her accomplish her goal of creating more places to live in san francisco. the stuff we've done here on the local level >> will have impacts after leave office for housing production in san francisco. and there's nothing that could be done to stop these units from being built within the past. the obstruction was always at the local level. obviously there's a new mayor. there are several new members of the board of supervisors as well that are going to be coming. and what is your advice for those and coming there's a lot of lot of new

people that are very, you know, >> and i think what's more important is i think it's probably don't act like, you know, everything, mayors and supervisors, they come and go. but whenever you're in a leadership position and you're fortunate enough to be able to serve in this capacity. >> make it about the city and not necessarily about yourself. >> the mayor says she's not exactly sure what she'll do after leaving office, but she is looking forward to remaining part of the city, which is, of course, her hometown. >> a 19 year-old is behind bars in san jose cues. dove making ghost guns and then selling them on social media. police say lucy and cabrera posted these pictures and videos of himself shooting the illegal guns in open fields in east palo alto and san jose as a way to solicit potential buyers. officers say one video shows him shooting a gun on a school campus. post videos like this cabrera is suspected

of importing the weapons from out of state. will keep you posted there. >> 4 teenage girls between 15 and 13 years old are accused of stealing more than $7,000 worth of merchandise from the town shopping center in corte madera, an employee telling police the group ransacked perfume and makeup shelves then got away in an uber officers eventually pulled over the driver on highway 101, and was able to arrest those girls. >> millions of americans are headed back home and into a post christmas travel frenzy. we're taking a live look at sfo. storms across the country have been threatening trips on what the tsa expected to be today. one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season. so serenity now, if you're braving the airport's, aaa is predicting a total of about 8 million people will be flying just today. that is

despite ticket prices being up 4% this year compared to last, the average cost for a domestic flight. is $830. wow. that really high. but some say it's worth it to be able to see loved ones and they have this advice for people heading out. >> leave leave early. all right. have a safe trip. keep your holiday cheer in. check. >> light up your sweaters by next wednesday, as predicts more than 6 million travelers will pass through the airport since thanksgiving, which they say is about a 15% increase from last year. overall, they say if you are traveling, have your ids and boarding passes. ready, check your flight times before you leave and remember, no liquids over 3 ounces when you're going through screenings. >> good reminders for all. let's take a live look >> of course, we've had some

unsettled weather over the last week for people flying in and out that unsettled weather, lawrence, it's sticking around. yea in the weekend, too. larger storm expected over the weekend. know where it's been. really nice. it catching a break. now. >> up and like tall boy, all the ski resorts put me on blast today. tell me how much snow they've had. they've had plenty across many of those or some places over a foot of snow and expecting more as we head throughout the weekend. see, really got a time your way. if you're headed up there, temperatures running a 30's and 40's in the high country, but lots of snow up there now sf. oh, yeah, there's been some issues there. of course you get the storms rolling through we could see more right now. no reported delays at sfo, mostly cloudy skies traveling across the yeah, that's a different story. get backed up. you see some of these hubs could have some chicago o'hare see some delays there right now. but other parts of the that stormy weather rolling on through and could cause more problems

going forecast in the monterey bay tomorrow. just cloudy skies. temperatures gonna be a little bit cool. 50 some low 60's southern california headed that direction. little windy over the grapevine. otherwise numbers running up in the 60's. almost 70 degrees in pomona. and if you do plan to head to the high country, watch out for some patchy valley fog and then you get up the high country some snow showers, real possibility, especially a lot of part of the weekend. storm clouds once again gather so that's what we can expect to see clouds rolling in for tomorrow. stormy weather as we head in towards sunday and then return to some dry weather as we get toward monday. in fact, new year's if you're headed up there for new year's day, what a great time. you're skiing on fresh powder and some beautiful weather there, guys. >> all right. thank you, lawrence. president-elect donald trump has promised mass deportations for anyone here in the united states illegally. tonight we're hearing from the person who will be charged with carrying those orders out washington correspondent some lot reports. >> it's a campaign promise. president elect trump says

he'll fulfill. we will begin the largest deportation operation in american history. president elect trump tapped tom homan to lead the operation. he spoke with news nation's ali personal start day one home and says the operation will include reinstituting the remain in mexico policy. it forces people applying for asylum to wait in mexico before it's approved. >> he says the administration will bring back work site raids and detain and deport parents, even if their children are u.s. citizens. he says that may separate families having u.s. citizen job does not make you mean for our laws to carry out their immigration plans. the trump team will need congress's support. reactions are mixed. we need our immigrant community after the election. new york democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez offered one alternative. our solution instead of turning the military on our own people. >> tordocument them. to document the undocumented and

texas senator john cornyn says he wants to control illegal immigration but says the trump administration should prioritize. we need to focus on the criminals. the people who were affiliated with terrorist organizations to me that's or should be our priority. homan says his plans for mass deportation would cost 86 billion dollars. that's about 10 times the yearly budget for the agency charged with carrying it out. >> in washington, i'm lot. >> a judge has rejected a request by lawyers for rap mogul jay z to identify the woman accusing him of assault. the woman identified in court papers only as jane doe claims jay z and sean diddy combs sexually assaulted her when she was a young teenager. the judge says the accuser can remain anonymous. for now, citing the serious allegations, the woman's mental health struggles and the risk of being threatened by copes the woman claims she was drugged and raped when she

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>> when republicans take control of washington in january, they say it's back to the office for federal workers. kron four's washington correspondent maddie beer-temple now has more on the push to resume in-person work and the challenges that could face in court. >> currently about half of the country's more than 2 million federal workers work from home in some capacity. the incoming administration's goal to get them back in the office could face legal challenges. >> empty office buildings in the nation's capital. some lawmakers say should be a thing of the past. the federal government. >> thanks for too much square footage for office space, kentucky republican congressman james comer says a lack of in-person work hearst government services for. if

you're a senior with trouble with social security, it's almost impossible to get someone on the phone. the social security administration recently signed a contract to extend remote work protections until 2029. >> comer and president-elect donald trump say that needs to end a lot of federal workers to get back to the office in person or be terminated from his job immediately. >> but the federal workers union has promised to push back. >> the american federation of government employees said in a statement, quote, collective bargaining agreements entered into by the federal government are binding and enforceable under the law. the union says 54% of federal workers are required to work in person every day. and for those who don't, they say, quote, telework and remote work, our tools that have helped the federal government increased productivity and efficiency. this is something that >> probably going to head to court. the federal workers union says it will be ready to enforce its contracts if the incoming trump administration doesn't honor them. >> in washington, i'm maddie beer-temple.

>> all right. maddie back here in the bay taking a live look at coit tower on a friday night. >> it is friday, lawrence. and the weekend ahead has some more rain for for showers to go. we've got a bright future ahead as we head in toward the new year, the sunshine is going to come back and we're going to see a lot of sun as we head in toward that first week in january. but right now we've got a couple storms to deal with out there tonight, looking out toward the golden gate bridge is looking southbound out there right now. don't get all we see this view. but out there right now, the traffic kind of coming and going out there. little fog trying to form lot of moisture on the ground from the previous storm. in fact, some places have a whole lot of rain. almost 5 inches of rain mount tam in the last 24 hours, saint rose almost an inch of rain over an inch in sonoma, san francisco over a half an inch of rain over half an inch of rain also into oakland. and just about a 3rd in the san jose. so pretty impressive around parts of bay area center. many of the creeks and streams rising again and worse. currently seeing some flooding in parts of the north bay. temperatures in the 50's and the 60's around the bay area. now lot of moisture in our skies

overnight tonight, but we're going to see more. we've got some rain not too far away. you see them far northern california. that's going to be starting to sag to the south, not as impressive as the previous some light showers of that system as it moves further away. nothing here yet. but as we head through the night tonight, that will be picking up. so if you're headed out a plan to go to a party or something you may want to bring that umbrella, is that rain likely to kick off in the north? they by about 8 o'clock tonight. so going to see that shower activity on the way as we head throughout the night tonight into early tomorrow morning and then kind of scattered throughout the day tomorrow. and you'll see it right here as we head through the night. some of those pop-up showers dropping in the bay area continuing right through the midnight hour with a main focus north of the golden gate bridge was wandering showers even further south by tomorrow morning. not a real rain out for tomorrow, but some scattered showers, a possibility that will dry things out a little bit and get ready for more impressive storm system. that one headed our way as we look in towards sunday. so the track of the storms, here's your long-range forecasting the end of the year in the beginning of the new one here is that weak system sliding by for tomorrow, mostly focused far.

northern california. this was going to be bigger storm system rolling in dough late saturday night early on sunday morning. lot more snow in the sierra nevada to that once can spy. and i think that's it. i think we're done with the rain for the year. we're going to head the new year. looks like it'll be dry, although we are going worry about some patchy, dense fog. i think as we head in toward a new year's eve, don't want to watch out for that. otherwise other than a weak system coming by the following friday. i think we stay mostly dry for the first week in the new year. that's what it's going to hold. yeah, let's see how things work out for tomorrow. yeah. temperatures going to be not bad 50's and 60's. the next few days. we round out your year. we're going to see more rain on the way saturday and especially on sunday morning drying things up by monday. here comes that new year, sunny and bright around the bay area. not bad like that. yeah. so no rain next week. >> yeah, there may be fog for yes, some fog for new year's. i think that'll be the big concern. people leaving last night, right? yeah, is midnight. i mean, they have to watch out for that. that will be the most dangerous cold, there will definitely be a by but you people feel too much

at night. i think they'll be liquid blanket a paste links it us. >> it has been 20 years since one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. the indian ocean tsunami, which killed nearly a quarter of a million people. massive 9.2 earthquake unleashed towering waves which killed an estimated 230,000 in indonesia, sri lanka, india, thailand, and other countries. the day after christmas, the victims of that disaster are being honored and the survivors are sharing their memories. rachel menitoff spoke with one of them. >> somber memorials commemorating 20 years since the deadliest disaster in modern history in 2004, the day after christmas tsunami struck coastal communities around the indian ocean. it was triggered by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake on the seafloor of indonesia. the sheer force of what became known as the boxing day quakes

10 to 100 foot wall of water into local fishing communities and through popular tourist attractions, indonesia, sri lanka, india and thailand were among the hardest hit in all 220,000 people were killed and millions more displaced was the slowest longest. >> fastest period of time in my life. and just remember every nanosecond of being under water in that time. chris xavier remembers the day vividly. she was visiting paquette, thailand after the first wave hit as a journalist by trade. she naturally went to the shore to see what was happening and was enveloped in a second one. this is chris in the hospital next to her husband at the time. she suffered a head injury and tour all major ligaments in her left leg i walked away with my life. i walked away. i came home back to the u.s. and i headed job. i had, you know, my house, everything i just felt so lucky. even know i had

physical things. they were minor in comparison in the years following the international community raised 13 billion dollars in donations marking the largest humanitarian response of any natural disaster. millions of dollars have gone toward upgrading warning systems that weren't widely available like sirens to alert people of imminent danger and special buoys which detects sea level changes. but researchers say the disastrous effects are apparent decades later, 9 make-ahead they may die that even now let's put it this way. if there's an announcement from the government on tv or whatever, that there's an earthquake full, they will all be yeah. >> this woman from the palm not province in thailand is also a survivor and she lost her son that day middle. i still feel the same i can't forget it. when i think about it, i can see everything like how the waves came, how we were hit with i see it and i'm still scared

>> rachel menitoff reporting there. well, now to 2 big bears, most beloved residents. look at those regal. know this is from a short time ago because can't roll the dice with the life. the live cameras. sometimes they fly the coop a famous bald eagle pair. you see him here captured earlier today doing nesting. hoping to welcome some eggs soon. their return comes as the bald eagles, a bald eagles officially been recognized, says that the united states national bird, although it has graced the great seal since 17. 82, the status was only formalized christmas foot. yeah. i know what apparently president biden signed legislation correcting the long. overlooked. that is so weird. we all knew it. we thought we did. yeah. strange. well

school, i guess. yeah. >> can't wait to see lay those >> still ahead, the 2025 rose parade is taking shape. we look at some of this year's of floral masterpieces. we come back

>> volunteers are gearing up for pasadena's rose parade. the first day of decorating finished yesterday for artistic entertainment services company has 16 floats in the parade this year. there's a lot of work. volunteers cut, prepare, sort and glued the dried flowers, not seeds, legumes and shells

to their floats. you can, of course, catch the rose parade right here on kron 4 new year's day and all starts at 08:00am. >> all right. no megamillions christmas miracle this year. nobody one on christmas eve. so tonight's jackpot has swelled to well over a billion dollars. tonight's drawing is worth an estimated 1.5 bill. it's the 5th largest jackpot in mega millions history and the 9th largest lottery jackpot ever in the u.s.. and people in southern california been lining up outside hawthorne liquor store that has a reputation as a lucky place. bluebird has previously sold multiple winning powerball and mega millions tickets. so people go there. and so customers even rub that small bird. to statute. >> and at the cashier there when they make their purchases, europe, the bird. and that is said to be good luck. >> dollars that weather's 4 of

us. and we've got $160. >> not to mention by going here and there. when is it right kind of little more money at it? so hopefully with >> man, imagine if you win the drawing is set for 8 o'clock tonight. the lump sum payout after taxes would be just over half a billion dollars. >> it's a lot of cash. i am not playing. i should be playing. got to play to win, but i don't have the bird. well, you need that? yeah. about lucky bird. i don't know. all right. you we're going to keep working then. we're not going out. that the news at 6 is next. you there. >> coming up, officials are revealing the reasons why the santa cruz wharf collapsed. that's back.