at the door. the north bay right now. so more rain on the way got a bigger storm coming saturday night into sunday. but you got to get away forecast for you if headed out to sfo right now. >> of course, there's been a lot of delays and some of those connecting flights across the country. sfo right now, though, looking pretty good. no delays being reported sfo, mostly cloudy skies. just a light wind out of the west northwest at 6 miles an hour. >> spots around the country yet to get a connecting flight to chicago o'hare. you may see some delays there as well. and you see some cold temperatures settling in some 30's around parts of the country as well as some cold weather and some storms likely to cause more delays there as well too. in the more of a let's get you get away forecast for you if you're headed that direction about 59 degrees. moderate 59 in common. a lot of clouds tomorrow and again, watch out for some big-time surf along the coastline. those large swells also affecting that area further south southern california, going to see some windy conditions over some of the mountain tops. the temperatures, though, not bad at all. 64 in san diego about 65 degrees in pasadena. and of

course, they've had a ton of snow in the high country and be nice to get out there and enjoy. do expect some storm clouds roll back in specially late on saturday night into sunday. so if you're headed up there for the weekend, be prepared. that coming back. things may get a little bundle up there as we're going to see the storm clouds roll in right now. expecting highs tomorrow there in the 40's should be a mostly dry day there tomorrow. but again on sunday here comes that mix of rain and snow in some gusty winds to go along with it. the good news is we head toward the end of the year, the beginning, the new year got some sunshine coming in. looks like plenty that fresh powder to ski on the roadway should be open and speaking of snow palisades, hey, they had a foot of snow in the last 24 hours and they've had 69 inches on the depths on the ground. 55 inches right now. boreal they've got 34 trails open 7 lifts as well. look good with plenty of power as you make your way to sugar bowl. 75 inches on the ground. some great news there. and 76 trails are currently open traveling around the state. yeah. maybe a little rough as you move up in far northern california to see some rain.

really the northern half of the state southern california looks pretty good. lots of sunshine coming their way. but bigger storms coming our direction on sunday. we'll show you more on that coming up. and a few minutes. thanks, lawrence. a suspected dui driver was pulled over after the chp caught him going the wrong way on 5.80, happen christmas eve. >> the driver they say was just hours away from his 21st birthday. the chp is now trying to remind people too, always celebrate responsibly and plan for a sober driver. the results are in from the chp is holiday maximum enforcement period from christmas eve christmas day officers arrested more than 300 drivers for dui. that is. fewer than what you had over 900 people arrested last year. chp officers also issued more than 3800 citations, including speeding tickets and seat belt violations. president elect trump has promised mass deportations for anybody in

the u.s. illegally. tonight we are hearing from the person who will be >> responsible with carrying that out. washington correspondent simlot 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. >> to document 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 vincent lot. >> a new report says the u.s. saw an 18% rise in homelessness this year. the department of housing and urban development says nearly 800,000 more people were counted during the annual homeless count. then last year, hud says part of the blame is soaring. rent prices and the end of pandemic assistance to us. residents.

the department says one of the most concerning trends was a nearly 40% rise in family. homelessness. >> 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 has more on the push to resume in person working the challenges that could come 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. >> thanks, maddie. a recent study about climate change claims people around the world experience about 40 more days

of dangerous heat this year compared to last climate. central researchers say 2024 is likely going to be the hottest year on record. according to the analysis, the nina weather pattern which naturally warms the pacific may have caused temperatures to spike earlier in the year. the warm ocean waters also fueled other destructive storms. they say as well as heavy downpours. >> climate change then play role and often a major role in most of the events studied making he tropical cyclones and heavy more likely and more intense across the world. this nice and that because of millions coat, it numbers of people because i am most often the poorest in every society. >> meantime, it has been 20 years since one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. the indian ocean tsunami, a massive 9.2 earthquake unleashed a

towering waves killing an estimated 230,000 people. the day after christmas. the victims of the disaster are being honored and survivors are sharing their memories. reporter 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 league immense 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. >> with 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, they will all be this woman from the pun, a province in thailand is also a survivor and she lost her son that middle not. i still feel the same i can't forget it. when i think about it, i can see everythhng like how the waves came, how we were hit with i see it and i'm still scared >> take a look the u.s. coast guard pulled off an impressive christmas day rescue. they got this guy out of trouble. he and his dog were stranded on the sailboat there. this is off the coast of washington state. big waves. you can see rescuers pulled the dog from the boat. then they got the guy. if you are say this man called for help after he was struggling too, keep the

sailboat under control and the strong winds, both the man and the dog made it to shore on heart. still ahead on the news at 6, the big mega. >> billions you could call drawing is tonight. how much the jackpot is up to. >> plus, the new year means new laws going into effect. taking a look at how they might impact you. >> and the niners host detroit monday night. it levi's looking to take down the playoff bound alliance. well, what a different matchup this was last year in the playoffs. coming up in sports, ben ross will tell us out iraq and the guys are hoping to play spoiler against the nfc number spoiler against the nfc number one. team. [♪♪]

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>> well, despite being eliminated from the playoff chase, the forty-niners still have 2 games left that they do have to play, including hosting the detroit lions on monday night. now the good news for the niners is it looks like their defense is mostly going to be healthy for the primetime matchup. that means jared goff and that high powered lions offense will be facing. nick bosa hufanga the winters jordan elliott and company all full goes today at practice. this is about as healthy as that. and it has been since the beginning of the season on the other side of the ball. brock purdy going to be playing with the purpose pretty is always himself. he's got some high expectations and the way this season has unfolded with all the injuries, all the losses pretty has taken the blame for it. some of it may be warranted, but definitely not all pretty. he's looking

forward to playing in primetime excited that he and his teammates have a chance to play spoiler against the lions who are looking to lock down the top seed in the nfc. >> in our season, been tough and just the way how it's gone. man, we've got 2 games left a monday night game in front of everybody to go out and live a childhood dream. and we're all in our 20's and 30's man playing football lifer job. so let's go out there, man. you know, got such a great opportunity in front of us to to go and enjoy game and compete and what we do for a job. let's enjoy together. and so for me, the little kid in me, he's always for these kind of games and stuff. so i never take it for granted morning. and that's when levis get rolling and rocking. and i want to do my part helping it get to that point. and and so that's how i'm looking at this game. and i know my teammates are too. so we're excited for. >> meanwhile, jared goff has been around the block a few times with the forty-niners and knows that even though

there 69, there's still a dangerous and talented team that could very easily disrupt the lions march to that top seed, the marin native and former cal bear grew up watching the niners dominate the nfl. he's had a firsthand view of it from his days with the rams and now with the lions cough understands also that a team with nothing to lose can often be the most dangerous. >> at this point, the gonna play census going after that with the minnesota and after playoffs start so those 2 teams right there, there's no there's no brakes. you know, those that we got. we got a lot tough teams of so that incident great like it's it's now him. playoffs can start. certain there. good team. i don't care. they're eliminated. their got a lot of great players on team that played big games and are going to want to beat us. so we got to come out, ready to go. it'll be the road. a good atmosphere. i get a lot family there to be nice. but it'll be gone. >> well, some big nba news today. the sacramento kings

have fired head coach mike brown in the midst of a 13 in 18 start to the season. that news first reported by espn. kings have lost 5 straight games most recently blowing a 19 point the pistons last night at home. now, brown, as you remember, was the warriors associate head coach from 2016 to 22 before he took over in sacramento. he won the nba's coach of the year award unanimously just 2 years ago after he led the kings to their first playoff bid since 2006, sacramento signed brown to a three-year extension in june. so they're still on the hook for a lot of guaranteed money. brown and warriors head coach steve kerr are still tight. and kerr spoke about that news tonight. >> but it just seems. so shocking when a guy is unanimous coach of the year. year and half ago. and when you think about where that franchise was i got there. where they've been the last couple years, the job that he and his staff have done it

just. really shocking. and i know. they've been in a tough spell, but this is the nba. we all go through tough spell. >> warriors a little bit of a tough spell themselves are playing the clippers tonight without steph curry and without draymond green's. so we'll see if they can get it let highlights later tonight that christmas game was unbelievable. it was a great game was a heartbreaker, but it was a great game in terms of just the nba trying to tell the nfl to like back off of christmas day. right? this. yeah. our day. yeah. when lebron was like i love the nfl but this is still christmas is still our day. yeah. yeah. it's that proved that that that thanks sir. >> let's get you a check of the forecast. want to take a live look outside at sfo today. one of the busiest travel days of the every day is lawrence karnow day. that's it. we're write end of the year. the new year, guys, we're getting ready for more rain. here we go. some fog forming around the bay area. now leftover moisture from the rain that came through last

night and early this morning looking from the east bay hills, some of that patchy fog beginning to form. not going to be long, though, are going to be talking about some raindrops drop into the bay area so far. that is just to the north. but it's about the clip. parts of the north bay and that will be moving in as we head through the evening hours and driving for the south throughout the night. so, yeah, we're going to see that begin to drop in. nothing really heavy from this one is going to be light storm for much of the bay or if you see some showers at all, that rain line will shift to the north and then all of a sudden come drop right back in late saturday night into early sunday morning. not gonna come through with some gusty winds. some heavier amounts of rainfall and a kind of scoots out of town. so by the afternoon on sunday are drying out. so overall, the pattern looks like is going to begin to dry out as we get in towards sunday afternoon. that trend take us in toward the end of the year and the beginning of the new and highs tomorrow. going to be the 50's and the 60's watch out for a few scattered showers return to some sunshine and some chilly temperatures, least by day and by night. but some dry weather returning as we look toward next week.

>> thank you, lawrence. well, you could soon get a ticket if you park to close to a crosswalk. it's all thanks to new parking restrictions which are just one of several new laws taking effect in 2025. another one protects actors by preventing studios from using ai to create their name or likeness without their permission. that seems like a good one. >> you'll also be able to cancel your streaming subscriptions more easily. also a good one like that to chip yost has more. >> secretary, please call the roll. >> one of the new laws passed this year aims to address the challenge of prosecuting people for breaking into cars primarily the bill closes the locked door. new poll. >> which is a nonsensical barrier holding all part burglaries accountable no longer. the bill's author says will prosecutors have to prove a car's doors were locked to prosecute someone for auto burglary. another law that

goes into full effect january 1st after being passed in 2023. >> could make parking in your neighborhood a little more challenging by limiting how close you can park to a crosswalk. >> before 13 would make intersections safer by widening sight lines, giving drivers better vision. one looking out for pedestrians. >> the new law prohibits people from parking within 20 feet of either side of any marked or unmarked crosswalk or within 15 feet. if a curb extension is present. legislators also attempted to make cannabis shops more marketable by allowing them to prepare and serve none. cannabis food and beverages on site. here's what the bill's author said about the idea in an interview last we know from places like amsterdam. >> but there's a huge demand for this. and california can become a destination for cannabis just like we are for winds bringing hundreds of

thousands of people to our state. >> all right. chip yost reporting there. the new laws start in january. and speaking of the new year, we hope you join kron 4 again this year place to be the countdown to 2025. in every time zone. our coast to coast countdown starts 9 o'clock. we'll be in vegas to see all the musical acts there on the left and then at 11 30, we'll bring it home to the bay. my lovely bride and i will be your host, as always as we count down to midnight and they want live fireworks over ferry building by the bay bridge. it's always picture get nice time. we'd love for you to join us this year and we'll see new year's will be right back. 5 people

are talking the new year may be new. the new lifestyle. >> there was no megamillions christmas miracle this year. that would have been cool. nobody won that thing on new year's eve. so the jackpot grows and tonight it's well over a billion dollars. a lot of change on the line here. tonight's mega millions drawing is worth an estimated 1.1, 5 billion dollar billion dollars. >> it's the 5th largest jackpot in mega millions history. the 9th largest lottery jackpot ever in the united states. people in southern california. they are planned this one. they're lining up outside a hawthorne liquor store which does have a reputation as a bit of a lucky story. see that, kyra, been

the ticket full, not bluebird. this place has previously sold multiple winning powerball. >> and mega millions tickets. so as you saw, there are some customers. >> do what they gotta do. they rub the small bird statue at the cashier for a little bit of luck as they make their purchase. >> that weather's 4 of us. and we've got $160. >> to dish and by going here and there. when is it kind of little more money at it? so hopefully with >> i'm surprised they're not like out, though. you know, mean, like if you're going to buy that many, i would like go to different for you just look at from also. so doesn't want to. he does want to get the germs. i think you're right. he's take it. but maybe that actually, know, the ticket prevents the look from actually maybe i don't know. i think i think it actually might make the ticket lucky.

well, i don't know what i do. i would i would spread the love from by multiple tech. it got to the drawing is set for 8 o'clock tonight. the lump sum payout after taxes would be just over a half billion dollars. so, you know, if you haven't gone outside to to get a ticket, it's not raining outside so that it could actually quickly go out. not a lot of without a hoopla drama about. yeah. we got all the words. we have. the best we do. appreciate you being with tonight for kron. 4 news. >> at 6 kron on is always an option. as is kron 4. >> dot com, ik you play, i hope you win. yeah, good luck to you. if you play or don't play either way, come back here at 10:00pm. i'll be here for your late night.

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