coverage. starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> trees toppled, power lines down. train service stopped and dangerous driving on bridges. those are just some of the problems caused by high winds blowing across the bay area right now. good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian, julie haener has the night off. >> and i'm frank somerville. those winds have been howling all over today. we have team coverage on all the damage the winds are causing beginning with rosemary. >> those winds, those damaging winds are going to persist through the evening and even into tomorrow morning. let's get back to the readings, we'll take a lack at the latest information available. oakland reporting winds to 29 miles per hour, gusting to 43. concord reporting a gust to 25. napa 35, santa rosa looking at 25-mile per hour gusts. if we shift into areas like sfo, the wind gusts sustained at 40 and gusting to 48. mountain view reporting a 36- mile per hour gust. san jose 32. you can see how wide spread it

is from half-moon bay. 33 miles per hour. the wind advisory will continue through tonight and into tomorrow morning, which means tomorrow morning is going to be cold and it is going to be very blustery. as frank mentioned, gusts to 60 miles per hour reported today and that's expected to continue into the evening hours. if you are thinking about heading to the sierra, a high wind warning here with gusts to 65 miles per hour and 80-mile per hour gusts expected along the ridge tops. very hazardous weather expected along the west slope until noontime. when i come back, i'll track the time line between now and the advisory when it expires. we have another advisory to talk about for your holiday. more on that coming up. all right, we'll see you then. thank you, rose marry. now to john fowler who is in the east bay hills where the winds have been strong throughout the day, john. >> well, they really have, frank. they haven't eased off at all and the temperature is still really cold. but, because despite the fact that we've had some winter

rains, these trees battling these winds are a drought stressed. >> gusty winds collapsed this big uric uric tree. fortunately, no one seriously hurt. high winds whipped branches into power lines across the bay area. this incident in samona county, arking power lines caused widespread power outages. we saw pg&e crews positioning in advance of the wind storm to places they had predicted would be trouble. >> our computer modeling and our in house meteorology department, that allows us to identify in advance what areas are most likely to be hardest hit. >> many trees fell at higher elevations where winds were strongest. some even at sea level, like this one near the oakland airport couldn't withstand the winds. no one was hurt here either. it wasn't all bad news.

tourists flocked to the headlands and took in for ever views. but just try walking or even standing in these gusts. >> it was really tough. i feel like we are waiting for a tornado to come. >> well, videographer and i could barely stand up. now, pg&e is saying that continuing wind storm will cause more power outages most likely throughout the higher elevations and the north and east bay. so keep a flashlight handy through tonight. frank. >> john fouler, john, thank you. >> it's really throughout northern california, the powerful wind gusts are proving to be very dangerous. two people were killed when winds knocked down trees. the victims were in paradise, about 15 miles east of chicco. 79-year-old woman died after a tree fell under her car. about 3 miles away, a large tree came down on to a home. officials said it killed a 20- year-old man who had been sleeping inside. >> the strong winds made it

tough getting around the bay area. fallen trees blocked streets and bart tracks. ktvu's ali rasmus is live at the bay bridge toll plaza where cars are being blown all over the road. ali. >> we were on the bay bridge earlier this afternoon, definitely some white knuckle driving as you were coming over to oakland. with every gust of wind, you could feel it push against the side of our live track. now we are at the toll plaza, you can see and feel the wind is still howling here. it's not having an impact on traffic here at the toll plaza. cars moving through just fine. on the other side of the toll plaza, we do see cars and a lot of brake lights. drivers take it slow as they get on to the eastern span of the bridge because the wind is coming across pretty strongly. in fact, looking over at the flag post, you can see the wind whipping back and forth. we have other traffic problems to tell you about. northbound 238, before 880,

that is shut down in both directions. southbound 880 connector route to southbound 238. also shut down because of a downed tree in that area. there is no estimated time to reopen that. so, if you're headed in that direction, try to find some other way to get around. it's going to be closed for awhile. in vallejo, this is the scene about an hour ago when firefighters had to take a chain saw to break apart part of a tree that had come down on the roadway there. the two right lanes at the eastbound 80 near tennessee street in vallejo remain closed. they don't know when those will open either. now, bart commuters have had a frustrating day, too, because of this windy weather with trees and debris shutting down tracks between daly city and 24th street in san francisco. also, some problems with wind blown debris on the tracks. between concord and the pleasant hill stations. bart had to set up a bus bridge to transport passengers back and forth and bart service stopped between hayward and

south hayward on the fremont, richmond, and daily city directions because of wind blown debris on the tracks there. so, this is the scene on another rail line. this is in jack london square early this afternoon. union pacific and amtrak trains were stalled for over an hour because of a mess of power lines near the track. again, that all happened because of the wind and we talked to one woman who saw it happen. >> i was standing in my loft and i heard rattling. so i looked out of the window and i felt a tree moving and it started to fall. it snapped the power line and there was a spark and then bam, straight down and i could hear the asphalt peeling up. >> and as if all of that weren't enough, ferry passengers, some of them were out of luck. ferry service was canceled this afternoon because of the high winds and made it too dangerous for those boats to come across.

so, they had to transport people back and forth using buses as well. so didn't matter if you were taking bart on the road, in a ferry, on the rail lines, this high winds were definitely having an impact on people trying to get around the bay area. frank, back to you. >> i don't think i would want to be on a ferry right now. ali rasmus. >> you don't want to be outside. >> yeah, it's blowing like crazy out there. >> teeth are chattering. >> he told you, man. >> all right, thank you. ali rasmus there at bay bridge toll plaza. windy bay bridge toll plaza and rose marry, keep getting ali and rosemary mixed up. more on the high winds nay are hitting all over the bay area right now. >> from the bay area to ann arbor, michigan. jim harbaugh got a very warm welcome in his new hometown today. >> . >> michigan football history. >> cheering on their new football coach. some students even wore dockers and headsets to show their

excitement for their new leader. harbaugh was all smiles during the game, joking around, thanking students for their support. something we weren't used to seeing during his time with the 49ers. joe fonzi joins us live with more on the wolverine welcome. >> i wouldn't say we saw a different side of jim harbaugh. we saw one of the many faces of jim harbaugh. i was at harbaugh's press conference at stanford and my immediate reaction was, that guy will be able to recruit and he'll turn a 1 and 11 program around. he did just that and he has a similar mission now at michigan. >> it's been ten years since michigan's last big ten championship and rose bowl appearance. the crowd in ann arbor today was adoring, but full of expectation. >> how comfortable or uncomfortable you are with this perception that you're the savior of michigan football. >> i'm not comfortable with that at all. as i said -- >> this will be the third an

arbor chapter before his college playing days, his father was an assistant coach. harbaugh's feelings for michigan appear to be genuine and from the heart. >> something you believe in in your core. you know, to everything you know and like you know your name, i know michigan football. and believe in michigan football. and that will not be a hard job. >> harbaugh has a great appreciation for history. and knows that even though beck beckler hasn't coached since 2009 and died in 2006, he cast as huge shadow over the program. >> my first team meeting, i was ten minutes late to the first team meeting, the coach told me i would never play a single down at the university of

michigan. my entire career. >> we all know that he did. jim harbaugh's day as a conquering hero wasn't limited to a news conference. coming up, we'll show you more of that reception that he received today at a michigan basketball game. but, all smiles for jim harbaugh right now. >> and you don't show up late to a meeting with beau. >> no, and i imagine you don't show up late to a meeting with jim harbaugh. >> you can see the entire harbaugh press conference by going to our website, ktvu.com. we posted the story and video right there on our home page. a video surfaced showing an offduty police officer in a physical confrontation with two women after they allegedly hit his car and took off. police say the incident happened on september 9. they say the officer was offduty at the time when the women hit his personal car with their car and then took off in an apparent hit-and-run. >> officer realizing that the vehicle was trying to get away decided to go ahead and follow

that vehicle. >> the video shows what happened after the officer caught up with him. he identifies himself as an offduty san jose police officer, but the women fight with him and eventually get away. investigators identify the driver as 32-year-old, gonzalez, and her sister as 21- year-old, charity gonzalez. police say there are warrants out for both of those women. the officer hasn't been named and a police spokesperson says it doesn't appear that he violated any department guidelines. >> the holidays are coming to a close and so is a new feature near san francisco's union square. winter walk is a temporary holiday park near the square where the streets closed off. new at 6:00, ktvu's noelle walker live near union square. many people want that temporary park to become permanent. >> reporter: gasia, they will roll up the green carpet at that park after the new year, but there's been plenty of feedback from people who would like to see cars off of that

part of stockton permanently. as 2014 turns to a new year -- >> this is they this is toter tot over here. >> i'm loving it,. >> tamirez is visiting from brazil, where it's 100 degrees. she found her son's spot in the middle of stockton street, where cars and construction used to be. >> wow. i don't believe it. >> unbelievable. because this is amazing. it's amazing. >> good idea. >> there's been a lot of feedback that we heard from people that are a part of winter walk that want this to stick around. >> winter walk is two blocks of greenway where people can walk and sit and sun. >> welcome. >> have a cup of coffee. >> how about for you ladies?

>> and relax. >> have a couple of walks where people can sit on the grass and relax and enjoy, you know, a cup of coffee or food. it's a beautiful thing. >> we talked about that as we walked up here. and said this would be a great idea, just remove the cars, walk up here, and enjoy this part of it. >> well, maybe joy for people. i hope so. >> but in a busy city -- >> it's crazy. >> some drivers aren't thrilled about the idea of making the detours, the traffic, and all those brake lights permanent. >> it's unexpected. that's all i can say. i wouldn't know. i wouldn't go this way. >> if this was something that was permanent, it will look a lot like it does right now. muni is rerouteing around the area. >> the pace in the city is fast. >> oh, please, keep the grass here. >> it's nice to have a place

to slow down. and watch the world go by. >> so the central subway construction project resumes on january 5 in this area. it's still too early to tell whether or not the park could be made permanent. live in san francisco, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >> still ahead, new technology that allows police cars to record nearly everything. >> it's a dash cam on steroids. the new technology one local law enforcement investigate investing to protect you and their officers. >> plus, how being sober during celebrations this new year's eve will be rewarded if you're a designated driver. the first of its kind high-tech solution to help reduce drunk driving. >> furious winds, the weather story for tonight. freezing conditions expected for your new year's eve. i'll detail the pattern between now and new year's day coming up.

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police are taking dash cams to a whole new level. five cameras recording everything. ktvu's paul chambers shows us the new department tells us the new technology will help protect the officers and the public. >> this is the view most people are used to. a forward facing camera catching the action, but now palo alto police department has taken this view to a whole new level. >> each car is outfitted with five separate cameras and that offers about 270 degrees of coverage around the patrol car. each of the departments 26 vehicles are now equipped with high definition cameras. one in the front, a camera on both sides of the car. one in the rear, and one camera in the back recording every move of a person in custody. officers say the added cameras give them an opportunity to better protect themselves as well as the public. >> just stopped because you rolled through the stop sign. >> the officer is able to view

all of the cameras, and tracks where the officer is located, how fast they are going and when they pull someone over. >> so you can't turn the police car on and have this system be off. and when you are doing any sort of enforcement activity and lights come on, system comes on automatically. >> all the video is stored on a secured server for one year. the camera is constantly roaming. that way if an officer needs a video clip, they can go back and get it. >> any time the vehicle's forward red lights come on, it activates a recording. any time the back door is opened when you put a prisoner in, it starts recording. >> the officer turns on his lights and the microphone starts recording audio. although the officer could stop the recording, the video is buffering and if the officer decided to shut down the system all together, that is also noted and it's against department policy. >> our goal is to record what our personnel are doing when

they are out on the street. protect themselves against complaints and make sure they are doing police work the way that they should be. >> the department is now looking at getting body cameras that will work with the current system on the car. that will be another perspective of the officer's view. in palo alto, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a new mobile app is promising to treat designated drivers like vip's. the chp and the state office of traffic safety launched the app. here's what it does. it shows designated neighbors nearby bars and restaurants that are offering discounted or free nonalcoholic drinks. people who do decide to drink can also order a ride from various ride sharing services through the same app. a lot of people planning on heading out for new year's eve. let's go to rosemary orosco. thousands of people want to go. what's it going to be like? >> it's going to be cold. be prepared for chapped lips. we have very chilly, chilly temperatures coming our way.

let's start with the wind. because boy, that sure is what is the story at this moment. take a look at that camera shaking violently toward the bay bridge. we can see, i bet it is not an easy drive across the bay bridge. nor the richmond san rafael, nor the san mateo for this evening. checking in on your current wind gusts, santa rosa reporting 25. oakland reporting 43. sfo has been stuck with a gust at 48 miles per hour for some time now. hayward reporting 33 and san jose reporting 32. as we get into the evening hours, i'm going to show you that these winds are not expected to let up. we got into the 9:00 and 10:00 hour and settling in at 11:00 and the winds are still blowing. we have seen toppled trees and we could see more as we go into the evening hours. as we get into tomorrow morning, it is a blustery start to the day. temperatures will be in the low 30s to low 40s. if you have the wind for your morning drive or as you get out the door, expect those

temperatures to feel cooler than what they read. as we get into the afternoon, the winds do begin to let up a little bit. still breezy, 18 miles per hour in oakland. so, still breezy, but not as bad as we are seeing right now. 25 in napa. that's when the wind advisory will expire. as we get into the evening hours a freeze watch, because behind the wind. that cold air is going to settle in. it's for our bay area hills as well as our valleys. some of our colder spots could get into the mid and upper 20s. new year's eve into new year's day. so be prepared for that. temperatures right now in the low 40s to low 50s. but i bet it feels colder with the wind. tomorrow morning, again, low 30s to low 40s, but be prepared for it to feel colder than that. temperatures will be back into the mid and upper 50s. not a lot of change going on temperature wise. once we lose the wind, we're going to be colder for some. you may rather have the cold than the wind, because boy, it's blustery out there. as we get into your bay area weekend, temperatures climb a

bit. >> and by climb, you mean just a few degrees. >> yeah. >> thanks, rosemary. >> still to come, more on jim harbaugh going to the university of michigan. >> also, another huge honor for giants pitcher, madison bumgarner.

jim harbaugh was successful in san francisco and with the 49ers. you got to bet he will be successful at michigan. >> i don't see any reason why things would be any different. jim harbaugh's life came full circle today. he made his third stop at the university of michigan. this time as the head football coach. the wolverines have a basketball team, but there's no question, football at michigan is king. here's the reception harbaugh received in today's game against illinois. if there was any bitterness about the way harbaugh's tenure ended, it was washed away today. >> thank you very much. you know how to make a guy feel at home and my family and i appreciate it very much and i love you, too. thank you very much. >> earlier in the day, harbaugh was introduced at a news conference to talk about his new job. harbaugh is being asked to turn around a program that was 5-7 and hasn't been to the rose

bowl since 2006. he appreciates the tradition and can reach back to direct experience with legendary coach from the days when his dad was an assistant there. >> it was a time where we were sitting in the coach's office, i was sitting in his chair. i had my feet up on his desk and he walked in and said how are you doing, jim. i said i'm doing great. >> i said i'm sitting in your chair, coach. i couldn't think of anything better to say, but yeah, there's been times in my life where i thought about it, dreamed about it, and now it's time to live it. >> and one bit of baseball to throw into the jim harbaugh show. giants pitcher, madison bumgarner was named the associated press male athlete of the year. in case you have forgotten, the world series is the best in the history of baseball. a .25 earned run average. bumgarner beat out clayton kershaw for the award.

kershaw has the mvp, but bumgarner has three world series rings. >> i love that. i'm sitting in your chair, coach. >> you never do that. >> thank you, joe. so, the team with -- sorry, best record in basketball, you're going to talk about that at 10:00. back to the weather, we are continuing to track the wind for you howling all around the bay area. tonight, we'll tell you about problem spots, power outages. we'll tell you about it tonight at 10:00. >> good night, everyone.

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