meals are going to go to people experiencing homelessness. today we'll show you some of the preparation being done this morning. >> mining drivers is wet and rainy season. to slow down. make sure you leave a good safety cushion between you and traffic ahead of you, and it's a rainy holiday weekend. >> crews are working to keep roads safe as chp, as you heard, urging people to slow down out there and someone is waking up $1 billion richer. this morning, a lucky lotto player struck gold

overnight after matching all the numbers in the mega millions jackpot. and we'll tell you where the winning ticket was sold. and here's a hint it was in northern california, coming up from ktvu, fox two news. >> this is mornings on two. >> happy holiday weekend everyone. good to have you here on mornings on two i'm frank mallicoat. on what kind of surprised me. a wet start to your saturday. let's get you out of the gate and talk to rosemary. i wasn't expecting all that rain this morning. >> yes, the scattered showers joining us once again, frank. it's a soggy one out there. good morning everyone. here's a look over lake tahoe where the snow levels have been higher in the last 24 to 36 hours. and if you look at the foreground, you don't see any snow. you have to look back towards the higher elevation of those mountains there. so additional wet weather coming to lake tahoe as well. snow a bigger scene coming tomorrow. but this is what we're out. this is what's out there right now. a lot of drizzle

falling below the radar beam here at home. i'll have a better look at what we can expect for today, including an update on the advisory for our coastline, as well as the next bigger storm coming in on sunday in the extended forecast coming up. >> thank you. rosemary, christmas has come and gone, but bay area nonprofits are still working hard to feed families in need during the holiday season one east bay organization is hosting its most important event of the year today. ktvu is amanda quintana joins us live. she's in emeryville to tell us all about it. good morning. >> good morning. well, today is the annual holiday dinner distribution. this is for the emeryville citizens assistance program. so it's a big day for this organization. so we're going to have volunteers here putting together all the meals. and to tell you more about it, i'm joined by natalia. thank you for being here. good morning. good morning. >> how are you? >> good. so tell me a little bit about what goes into this. what's going to be happening

this morning. >> so we're really excited. we're going to have this place will be teeming with with oh my god i just had how many. we'll have probably about 50 people at a time. volunteers. that was the name that i got the word. it's early. i got you okay? yes. i've been here very. i've been here early and been up early. been here last night. so what's exciting about today is we're going to be going out into into the encampments, and we will be feeding encampments in located in emeryville, berkeley and oakland. >> why is it important to go directly to those people? >> well, you know, they don't always have a way to travel to us. and although we are open six days a week, this is ecap. these people really are kind of confined to their areas where they live throughout the bay area. >> and this is not just food because, you know, we're in here and there's a lot of supplies here. we've seen bags of shoes,

clothes, jeans. you spoke about what else are you doing today. >> so the, the main focus is to feed. so we will have prepared for 2500 folks a hot meal, which would be ham, turkey, rice, macaroni and cheese, also desserts and drinks. they'll each get two drinks. nice. >> amazing. well, thank you for letting us come and see this whole process. it's great to see people doing such good work. >> thank you. we appreciate you coming out. thank you so much. >> thank you, thank you. okay. we'll be here throughout the morning kind of showing you the whole process and all of the volunteers doing this. but for now, frank, i will send it back to you at the desk live in emeryville. amanda quintana, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, amanda, thank you for that. caltrans is preparing for the possibility of more rain this weekend. and that could be trouble for an already saturated north bay. ktvu is joey horta reports out of sonoma county, where flooding closed multiple

roads on friday. >> caltrans is preparing for more rain to soak the north bay after up to three inches fell over parts of sonoma county friday, according to the national weather service. steady runoff forcing several road closures west of 101 we had constant for days, and so that's just slowly accumulating. california highway patrol stopping multiple drivers from ignoring road closures due to flooding and schellville shutting down highways 12 and 121 in both directions. caltrans is on standby for more rain over already saturated soil. >> we get a lot of runoff, and so a creek like sonoma creek, which is a pretty mild creek except for in the winter. can turn into a torrent and jump its banks and close the road. >> while more rain would be

beneficial, it's keeping maintenance crews on their toes, using plow trucks to push water out of the way, while chp reminds drivers to take it easy. >> reminding drivers this wet, rainy season to slow down, make sure you leave a good safety cushion between you and traffic ahead of you. drive safely. >> tree trimmers are getting ready to cut up what mother nature knocks down. >> all fingers crossed the weather man is wrong. but we're ready to go. >> tree masters founder tad jacobs explains. trees that struggled through the recent drought have a weaker core and gain canopy and weight in the last couple of wet years, making them vulnerable. >> we're real concerned over this weekend with the amount of rain that we got coming in and some potential wind that we could really have a lot of trees toppling over. >> as a reminder of how dangerous excessive rainfall can be. late november, flooding in guerneville turned deadly along the russian river. if you see flood water in a roadway, you can't tell how deep it is. so turn around, don't drown, and you can call 511 for road

conditions before you hit the road in schellville. joey jorda, ktvu, fox two news. >> two popular beaches in santa cruz are scheduled to reopen this morning for the first time since a portion of the city's wharf collapsed into the pacific on monday. 150 foot section of the wharf broke apart, crumbled on monday, sending tons of debris into the ocean and onto the santa cruz shoreline. city leaders say it's too early to tell when the damaged wharf will reopen, after it was hit by some of the area's biggest waves in some 30 years. >> that, combined with the end of the wharf being under construction and really damaged and weakened from previous years storms, that was really the vulnerable point. so what we've seen is the remainder of the wharf, we generally feel very confident that it's strong and stable. >> however, city leaders do stress the wharf will remain shut down until inspectors are absolutely certain that it is safe for the public. meantime, we are now hearing from the two

lifeguards who immediately jumped into action to rescue the people who actually fell off the wharf into the water. lieutenant sam hoffman and isaiah mullen are lifeguards with the santa cruz fire department. they were actually patrolling the waters near the wharf when they heard an ominous creaking sound. >> it was pretty surreal. it was like this island floating just off the end. i looked out myself and lieutenant hoffman could see the wharf collapsing into the ocean. >> we started to head that way. i got my fins on just in case there was somebody in the water. >> well, fortunately, everyone made it to shore safely. more high surf is expected today and throughout the weekend along the northern california coastline. and with that in mind, it's 708. let's say good morning once again to rosemary and get that& forecast. i guess today is the hors d'oeuvre. tomorrow is the main course, right? yes. >> we're going to be just a little soggy this morning, frank. and then i think for most

of the day, kind of like yesterday in and out of clouds, a few sprinkles up possibility, but it shouldn't be a big deal. and here's a beautiful view as we look into the clouds and see the sun already begin to pop up. sun will rise right around 724 this morning, and it is expected to be again. partly sunny, mostly cloudy for most of the day. i'll check in on the high surf advisory that continues until early tomorrow morning. winds. or i should say the swells and wave heights are expected to break right about 20ft into the afternoon. those large breaking waves a little bit better on sunday. and again, the advisory expected to expire at 4 a.m. scattered showers across the bay area at this time, although can't really see it on the radar. more of a drizzle falling below the radar beam. and as we look over towards the lake tahoe area, upper 30s low 40s to start the morning here and it is all about the rain. we're not seeing much snow there today. futurecast here on this as i roll you into

your afternoon and stopping it for you at 10:00. not a lot of blues or greens or anything else to see. so we will call for partly clear skies, as well as just a little bit of drizzle out there today. meanwhile, our temperatures this morning a little bit cooler in most areas, down by four in novato as well as sfo as we are starting in the 50s. 51 in livermore. 54 san francisco. 57 in novato. i'll have a look at the afternoon highs for today. the system expected to bring us more wet weather for tomorrow and what we can expect in the extended forecast, including including new year's eve and new year's day coming up. >> all right. we'll see you in a bit. rosemary. thanks. well, someone in california is having quite the holiday week, i guess after winning the mega millions jackpot. lottery officials say a ticket worth $1.2 billion with a b was sold at a gas station in northern california, ending a three month drought without a grand prize winner. winning numbers were three, seven, 37, 49, 55 and the mega number six, and it was bought in the town of

cottonwood near redding here in northern california. the lucky winner matched all six numbers to find the one in over 302 million odds of winning the big prize. happy holidays indeed. coming up, a suspect fleeing in a stolen van led police on a short pursuit before bailing out on foot. how? antioch pd made sure the escape ended quickly, and a bay area family is reeling after their older loved ones are cheated out of over a half $1 million. how? they say an elaborate texting scheme is to blame. more on that when we ome

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program, is delivering over 2000 hot meals to homeless encampments throughout emeryville, oakland and berkeley. the food pantry has served the east bay for over 40 years, providing daily food distribution to more than 10,000 families every month. and oakland a's president dave kaval is resigning. the athletics announced that this morning. yesterday, actually, the kaval is resigning to, quote, pursue new business opportunities in california. he's been president of the a's since 2016, and has been a key part of the push to build a new ballpark for the team. and now the subsequent move to vegas. kaval's last day as president will be next tuesday, december the 31st, governor gavin newsom, announced an oakland press conference that the california highway patrol will continue to surge operations in oakland for another month. the goal is to continue helping to address vehicle and retail thefts as well as violent crime. newsom also strongly advocated for loosening up on police pursuit

policies. this is the second time the governor has called for changes to that policy. an antioch police are posting video of a pursuit of a suspect in a stolen van here. officers spotted the suspect in a white van near the intersection of east 18th street and carvalho road. officers says the driver refused to pull over, hit the gas leading to that short pursuit. it ended when the suspect, as you see, jumped out of the van and tried to escape on foot. officers then ran after that suspect quickly took him into custody. suspect now facing charges of evading arrest and possession of a stolen vehicle. well, prosecutors in san francisco say a suspected shoplifter is the first in the city to face harsher penalties under the state's new tough on crime ballot measure. jason jason barber is accused of stealing more than $460 worth of merchandise from the walgreens store in noe valley on christmas eve. those items include a cold medication and ice cream.

prosecutors say the 29 year old suspect will now be charged under prop 36, which california voters approved last month. that new law increases penalties for repeat shoplifters, as well as other crimes. a family in santa rosa is reeling this morning after relatives lost more than half $1 million to an elaborate fraud scheme. ktvu is tory gaines spoke with the family and has more about the tragic scam. >> it's a story that sounds straight out of a movie. an 84 year old woman received a text message claiming her apple devices had been compromised. several exchanges and several weeks later, she had handed over $600,000 to complete strangers. >> there's a very special place in #### for people like this. there really are. i mean, these are these are really smart. bad, bad people. i hope that they get caught. >> robert cranston's mother and father live in an independent living community for seniors in

santa rosa. in may, a strange text came to his mother's phone. after a few exchanges, an official claiming to be with the department of the treasury told cranston's mother that she and her husband were connected to a crime. they also said if she didn't follow their instructions or if she told anyone what was happening, she and her husband could be arrested. >> they had built a because of this orchestrated process. they go through the combination of fear and then and trust that they established with her. also, they had her, you know, lock, stock and barrel with the help of the scammers. >> cranston's mother purchased several gold bars worth around $80,000 each at a local shop. rare coins. she then handed them off to a courier. she was told her money was being held for her own protection. >> every one of these companies have, you know, there's fraud alerts and things that if it looks like a fraud, it smells like fraud. it probably is fraud. but yet they don't stop it. >> cranston's mother finally came clean with her son once her accounts were nearly empty. all in all, the family lost over

$600,000 and their financial future. cranston wonders if there was a way for him to have stopped this, although we may never see that money. >> it's highly unlikely we'll ever see any of that money back. the thought was, what can we do to kind of prevent somebody else from being sucked into this? >> the national elder fraud hotline says it's good practice to avoid sharing any personal information with a person who calls you unexpectedly. for now, cranston says he will be playing a bigger role in managing his parents finances in the future, and he encourages others with elderly family to do the same. >> just letting my mother know that she's safe and she's loved and that, you know, there's no reason for her to ever have anything that she can't approach, you know, her family on. >> in santa rosa tory gaines, ktvu, fox two news severe storms across the country could trigger delays for travelers all across the nation. >> here in the bay area, our three major airports saw hundreds of delays and cancellations yesterday. at last check today, flightaware reports

59 delays at sfo. as you can see it this morning, three cancellations there. thus far. over at the oakland international there are 11 delays. and in san jose, 17 delays. no cancellations so far at either of those airports. nationwide, there are nearly 2800 delays and about 160 cancellations. so certainly call ahead before heading to the airport. anyone planning to spend the new year's holiday on a sierra slope could see an enormous amount of snow, but road conditions getting there and back could be a little dicey the next couple of days. we've got a live look. we're going to take you on highway 80 near soda springs. caltrans officials say they expect to post chain requirements at various times on interstate 80 and highway 50. i just checked, and right now the roads are clear, as you can see. probably a little icy though, so it's a good reminder, as mentioned, to check conditions before you head to the mountains. and by the way, i just looked. truckee is at 38 and so is south lake tahoe. so it's not snowing up there, but

probably raining i guess. right rosemary? >> yes, it's raining frank and turning over to snow. tomorrow there is going to be an advisory for travel if you are going tomorrow. i'll have details on that here in just a moment. good morning all of you. giving you a beautiful view here of the sunrise amongst amongst all the cloud cover that continues to bring us the drizzle this morning. storm tracker two most of the moisture remaining to the north of us. washington, oregon, even northern california. and you can see on the radar there, we've got rain moving over areas of the sierra at this time. a little bit of a ridge here, helping to bump that storm track to the north just enough. we are on the southern edge this morning. we're waking up with a little bit of soggy weather, but for the afternoon, calling for partly sunny conditions, mainly dry conditions may be a lot like what we experienced yesterday. here's a look at lake tahoe where again, just very high elevation snow. you have to get up above seven 8000ft or so

before it does make that transition. the winter weather advisory is for tomorrow. snow expected to return to the lower levels. you can see that shade of purple there below blue canyon over towards the pollock pines. so right around four 5000ft we may see the snow level, but this is going to go from 5 a.m. tomorrow until 8 p.m. tomorrow. that's when the snow is expected to impact travel for the west slope and the lake tahoe area. when it comes to the timing on this, here's a look at today. mostly cloudy, mainly dry. tomorrow morning we wake up with rain already moving through lake county as well as sonoma county by about 7 a.m. assuming this remains on track, doesn't speed up or slow down a fairly quick moving storm through the morning hours the early afternoon. by 1:00 it's already on its way east, and we are drying out for the rest of the day. so right now, looks like sunday afternoon will be a dry one. when it comes

to rainfall amounts anywhere from quarter inch to an inch. a possibility with that system and a half a foot to a foot expected for the high sierra. come sunday, we get past sunday and we are dry heading into the end of december and start of january outside our doors at this hour, in addition to the soggy weather, it's a little breezy out there, especially in our hills. mount saint helena reporting 25mph. temperatures are mild, a low to mid to upper 50s and for the afternoon, widespread 60s. again a near repeat of what we had yesterday. here's a look at your extended forecast. as we do begin to dry out, we are going to turn chilly during the overnight hours. once again. afternoon highs not too bad. dry conditions monday, tuesday and wednesday, which as we know, new year's eve and new year's day. frank. >> thank you. rosemary. a major rift among trump supporters over foreign workers in the u.s. tech industry. we're going to break down the debate between immigration and hardliners and tech giants like elon .

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is asking the u.s. supreme court to delay the scheduled ban on tiktok. trump says that delay will give him some time to work out a plan to have the popular social media platform. the supreme court is currently scheduled to take up tiktok's legal challenge to the potential ban in just a couple of weeks. that's ahead of the chinese company's january 19th deadline to divest, or have its app banned here in the u.s, that deadline is just one day before trump is sworn into office for his second term. and two canadian cabinet members wrapped a meeting at mar a lago last night without assurances that president elect trump will back away from his threatened tariffs with canada. many economic experts agree with political leaders in ottawa that these tariffs would crush the canadian economy. >> it would be a recession for

the canadian economy, no question. they rely heavily on the united states for roughly 80% of their exports. those tariffs would really hurt the sales into the u.s. and so they're going to try to avoid that. >> trump says he will impose 25% tariffs on canadian goods if canada does not stem what the president elect calls a flow of drugs and illegal immigration here into the united states. the world's richest man is defending the tech industry's reliance on foreign born engineers, as the incoming trump administration plans to crack down on immigration. elon musk contends there is an urgent need for the skilled worker immigration program that has long been a lifeblood for the silicon valley. but many trump supporters say the h-1b program is taking jobs away from american citizens. some political experts say this could lead to a direct rift between the president elect and mr. musk, who spent millions of dollars on trump's reelection

campaign. coming up, rescue teams swung into action at devil's slide on highway one after a hiker got into some trouble there. coming up, the dramatic rescue that ended without a cratch. [music]

christmas is over, but the holiday food distribution

continues. we'll show you how thousands of hot meals are going to make it to homeless encampments today. >> all right, amanda, see you in a bit. plus, governor newsom voicing support for relaxing oakland's police chase rules. why? he says there's an opportunity to loosen the rules without a major elevation of risk coming up from ktvu, fox two news, this is mornings on two. oh, look at that. happy weekend. one and all. another holiday weekend as we start working our way towards the new year. and sunrise is gorgeous here in the bay area. got some cloud cover and some wet roads out there as well. a little bit of dew and the drizzles and i guess a little more rain coming our way tomorrow. welcome back to ktvu mornings on two. i'm frank mallicoat. let's check in with rosemary and get the weather word on what is a soggy little start to saturday. >> you're right. good morning frank. happy final saturday of 2020 for folks. yes, we've got a mostly cloudy but beautiful

start to the day with the sun now up and shining sunrise just a few minutes ago. and as we move forward, we will be in and out of the cloudy skies and the sunshine this morning. storm tracker two having a hard time picking up on all that drizzle that's falling over the bay area, most of it below the beam. a soggy start to the day here and in the sierra as well. but notice it's green. not seeing any white. a lot of rain with no advisories today for travel. there is one for tomorrow. here's a look at the afternoon highs expected for today. widespread 60s once again under mostly cloudy skies. i'll have a better look at the current conditions and talk more about that system coming our way tomorrow, and what we can expect in the extended forecast coming up. >> all right. we'll see you in a bit. rosemary. thank you. [music] christmas has come and gone, but bay area nonprofits still working hard to feed families in need. over the holiday season one east bay organization hosting its most important event of the year this morning. and ktvu is amanda quintana is there

in emeryville to tell us all about it. good morning. >> good morning. so today is the annual holiday food distribution that happens. so we are watching kind of the process for how this is all organized. so right now we're at the emeryville center for community life. this is where volunteers are going to be getting ready. they've been preparing thousands of hot meals. they'll then be distributed at homeless encampments later this morning. so this group has helped the underserved in the east bay for more than 40 years. the program calls itself the only food pantry in the bay area open for direct food distribution six days a week, and this group serves more than 10,000 families a month. so today they'll be giving out 2500 hot meals, going to directly to encampments that they've scouted here in the bay area. and it's not just food. there's clothes, jeans, shoes that have been collected. i saw that there are some toys that

were just brought in as well. these have been collected over the last few months. they're washed, they're organized. so this is a whole a whole distribution process. it takes so much to put something like this together. so they're going to have between 100 and 150 volunteers throughout the day today coming in here helping warm up the food, get it all served on a hot plate so that when they're brought to the encampments, the people there don't have to, you know, go, go cook it or anything. they just have it right there and they're able to eat a warm, hot meal for the holidays. so we'll continue to show you this whole process throughout the morning. live in emeryville. amanda quintana ktvu, fox two news. >> thank you amanda. call for a big changes in the city of oakland when it comes to police pursuits. the governor is calling out the oakland police commission for not taking urgency. ktvu james torres explains the governor wants the rules against chasing a fleeing criminal to change. >> governor gavin newsom and

california highway patrol leaders say their efforts in oakland continue to show results. a holiday blitz from san diego to the bay area led to 117 arrests and $38,000 in stolen merchandise recovered in just the last few weeks. chp says the 480 flock cameras in oakland are a game changer. >> this has allowed us to successfully go after criminals for attempted murder on our freeways. vehicles that pursue from us hit and run stolen vehicles and other felonies. >> both chp and newsom say oakland police need to be able to do the same thing. according to opd's pursuit policy, an officer can only chase a suspect if they have probable cause that a criminal is suspected of a violent crime. newsom wants to loosen those rules. >> you could be drunk. you can run a red light, you can come close to sideswiping a school

bus during the morning hours, right in front of a police officer. and the pursuit policy in oakland says, we can't we cannot pursue that suspect. >> he wrote a letter to all oakland leaders earlier this year. the police commission took up the idea in september, but rejected making any changes to policy. they said chases can lead to dangerous situations, like a case in 2022, where a police chase ended with a suspect crashing their car into a man getting food at a taco truck, killing him. the governor acknowledged the dangers, but said the police commission needs to make a change to instill what he calls common sense. >> sense of urgency. now i'm working here on a holiday weekend to be they can call a special session. >> city council member kevin jenkins says the city administrator is working on a new policy. it's in the works with the police chief. they'll bring it up to the commission, and if it's rejected within 120

days, the council can take it up. >> overwhelmingly, there is support for changing this policy in an urgent manner. >> reporting in oakland i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news and the commission chair said ktvu a statement saying, quote, we have seen the significant and positive impacts that have resulted in oakland's police department's coordination with chp and understand that there is still significant work to be done in regards to opd's pursuit policy and practices. >> happening today, the san francisco police department will have extra officers looking for drivers who are impaired by alcohol or drugs. dui saturation patrol starts at 7 p.m. that will run through the early morning. it's part of the national highway safety regulators. drive sober or get pulled over winter campaign. research shows that crashes involving impaired drivers can be reduced by up to 20%, with well-publicized dui checkpoints

and proactive patrols. a 19 year old man is being accused of making unregistered guns and using social media to sell them. san jose police say lucien cabrera was arrested last week after investigators discovered the account back in october. cabrera would send videos of himself discharging the firearms in public places in east palo alto and san jose to solicit potential buyers. he also allegedly attempted to sell high capacity magazines and other illegal weapons in a number of different states. time now is 737. san jose firefighters are investigating a fire that displaced ten adults and four children. that apartment complex fire happened on gemelli way near capitol square mall yesterday morning. fire department released photos showing close up views of all the damage. two apartment units were engulfed in flames when crews first arrived on the scene. firefighters put the fire out in about an hour, but all

eight units in one building are no longer suitable to live in. >> we went knocking on on the neighbors doors to get them all out, and then it expanded. my friend was on the phone with 911, trying to let them know. >> it's difficult anytime when someone loses their property in their homes with a fire. we're always reminded that thankfully everybody got out alive and that's what's important. but definitely for our firefighters when they are working through buildings and pushing over christmas trees to fight fire and in search of victims. >> everyone inside escaped. nobody was injured. the red cross now providing assistance to those that were displaced from that fire. a chp helicopter rescued a hiker from a cliff on the peninsula. this all happened yesterday afternoon at devil's slide, highway one, south of tom lantos tunnel in san mateo county. pretty dramatic. a social media video posted clips and pictures from the cal fire showing that hiker being airlifted from the edge of the cliff. a into the helicopter.

several other local agencies were involved in the rescue, and fortunately here nobody was injured. all right. live. look outside. let's take you to highway 880 in oakland, where you can see some wet roads out there and a little bit of mist as folks go by the coliseum. that's kind of our soup du jour today, so to speak. let's check in with rosemary now and get your full forecast on a wet start to the holiday weekend. >> good morning frank. happy saturday everybody. i think yesterday and today are going to be very similar. started out yesterday with the soggy conditions. and then we had some dry weather come through. and we had a nice afternoon and evening. here's a look at the bay from the east bay shore, where it's tough to see anything out there at this time. in addition to the wet weather, we can have some fog to deal with this morning. the visibility is not too patchy and dense out there, but if you are getting onto the highways, be prepared. as you know, in addition to the

possibility of standing water along our roadways and our freeways, high surf advisory will expire tomorrow morning at 4 a.m. a look at the breakdown for today as well as tomorrow. you can see improving conditions on sunday. large breaking waves to about 20ft. still expected for today. the wet weather pretty much to the north of us areas over northern california, oregon, washington, the sierra getting some rain, not snow today and there is no advisory for travel. coming back closer to home though, you can see it tough to see what is going on out there. it's falling below the radar beam. it's light, but it's there into the sierra. the rain continuing at this time with temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s over the greater lake tahoe area for us into the afternoon. there's no more rain coming our way, and we do begin to see a few breaks in the clouds. so again, it looks like today is going to be very similar to yesterday. could pick up a few one hundredths of an inch to a quarter of an inch or so over areas of the north bay.

by tonight. bigger storm comes in tomorrow, followed by dry weather in time for the big holiday. i'll have a look at what we can expect coming up in just a bit, frank. >> all right. thank you. rosemary. after missing for nine days, a four year old german shepherd returned home by ringing the doorbell at 2:00 in the morning. i kid you not. how the community helped bring that dog back home. and an east bay restaurant is celebrating a remarkable milestone. how the owners of the sunshine cafe accomplished an american dream and won over the hearts of his neighbors in the process. we'll take you

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suspected shoplifter out of san francisco is the first to face harsher penalties under california's new tough on crime measure. that would be 29 year old jason barber. he's accused of stealing $460 worth of items, including cold medicine and ice cream, from a walgreens and noe valley on christmas eve. barber will be charged under prop 36. this marks the first use of the new law since voters approved it last month. two popular beaches in santa cruz reopening this morning for the first time after a portion of the city's wharf collapsed earlier this week. 150 foot section crumbled on monday, sending tons of debris into the ocean and onto the santa cruz shoreline. city leaders say it's still unclear when the damaged wharf will reopen after being hit by some of the area's biggest waves in over 30 years. and after three months, there's finally a winner in the mega millions, drawing a winning ticket worth 1.22 billion bucks sold last night. growing up in northern california, according

to the state lottery website, the ticket was sold at a sunshine, food and gas station in cottonwood, california, which is a small town near redding off highway five with a population of about 6200. you can buy the town now. well, next month a neighborhood cafe in pleasant hill will mark 45 years in business. it's a favorite among locals, who say the small spot has quite a history. and as ktvu cristina rendon found out, the owner has a special place in his customers hearts. >> reporter. nestled off oak park boulevard in pleasant hill, i get a california benedict every sunday. sunshine cafe is filled with familiar faces and the aroma of an american diner. >> i eat breakfast here every morning. >> compared to other places, the food just comes out just right. >> we come because the food is delicious. >> it's been serving up only breakfast and lunch for decades.

>> all of us are locals. and this is cheers for pleasant hill. it's our version, and everybody that's in here has probably come over a 25 to 30 year period of time. >> we come in and sit down. we don't even have to order. they just know what we want. he'll just say regular. >> so what is the regular? >> eggs over. quick. crispy bacon, crispy hash browns and english muffins. >> denise and john anderson have their own personalized coffee mugs. in fact, all the regulars do, and they're kept on the cafe's shelves. staff know exactly which mugs to grab, depending on who walks in, like the mayor. >> so they got me a little little mirror matte one. so when i come in and it's a nice, it's a good little extra touch that i love this mug. >> it's been through everything with me. and then my wife ten years ago when i first brought her here, i had her a mug. >> but perhaps the main reason people keep coming back is the man who cooks all the classic dishes for them. >> it's phenomenal to watch

jesus in action. >> owner jesus diaz know how to make it just right. how do you do that? >> i guess from my experience from being here 27 years, jesus came to the u.s. from michoacan, mexico, as a teenager at age 23. >> he became a cook here thanks to his dad, who was a longtime dishwasher and busboy. soon it was a family affair. >> that's how my brother got the job here, and that's how i got the job here. and then that's how my sister got the job here. this and right here. >> the restaurant was previously called ann's sunshine cafe, run by a woman named ann schofield. and she was looking for someone to eventually take over when she retired. >> she told me once the first day i started working here, she told me that she was going to give it to me. >> ann was here every single day at that, at that grill, and her sister was running up and down taking orders. i watched jesus grow up doing this work. i

watched his daddy in the back washing dishes, and i watched his sister manage everybody. >> ann watched it too. she saw jesus put in the work behind that bar every day, cooking for her customers. the families grew close over the years, and when jesus became a naturalized u.s. citizen in 2002 and made sure to celebrate. >> she threw me a party here, which that was a surprise because i had no idea after working here, like at the end of my shift at 3:00, then all the people start coming here and yeah, it feels great. >> in 2014, ann followed through on her promise. jesus became the owner of sunshine cafe, and during the pandemic, he opened a mexican restaurant next door, sol y luna. as well as building this outdoor patio for even more customers to come in. it's our go to place now. >> they have takeout right next door, mexican food, and sometimes we cater stuff for special occasions. >> ann passed away in august of 2023. jesus will always remember

she helped him accomplish the american dream. >> i'm very thankful for her, you know, for giving me this opportunity and giving me this opportunity to continue what she started back in 1980. and i like the support of all the community here. yeah, and i'm very thankful for all. pleasant hill and the surrounding areas. yeah, that they've been here with me for a long, long time. i'm so proud of them. >> and the customers say he is the reason they coming back. >> i've never seen anybody work as hard as that young man. and for him to take over was a blessing, because there's very few places you go that you walk in and somebody says your name and says, hello. >> you know, we check in on each other's families. so it's become like a family to me here, to the years of success. >> boiled down to sunshine cafe's simple recipe. >> you're always greeted kindly, you're treated nicely, and the service is prompt. you don't have to wait a long time. >> good food, good service and good people. >> i'm 91 now and i've been coming here for, i don't know how many thousand years. >> in pleasant hill, cristina

rendon, ktvu, fox two news. >> i will have to check that out. it sounds great. okay, it is now 749. a pedestrian hit and killed by a car along the upper great highway in san francisco. this happened about 545 yesterday morning. officers say the woman sustained life threatening injuries from the collision. she was taken to the hospital, where she later died. the driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with investigators. officials say this is the 24th traffic related pedestrian death of the year in the city, the most since 2014. a missing dog found her way back home the day before christmas. after disappearing for more than a week. four year old german shepherd got loose last weekend. family says the florida community stepped in to help search for her. neighbors went through hours of doorbell cam video to look for any clues as to where that dog may have gone. so in the middle of the night,

on christmas eve morning, the dog alerts announced she had returned by ringing the doorbell to her home. >> it was about 2:30 a.m. and she came pawing at the door, ringing the doorbell, which was christmas eve. and then that morning i woke up to. she had made it on everybody's camera. she's like, i think this is her. i think this is her. i was like, excited, but trying not to wake up the kids. but the kids wok anyways. from the excitement. >> yeah. what are the chances? the family noticed that the experience helped their dog find her voice. they say she's part husky, but she's never had the husky howl until now. well, more strong waves are expected along the northern california coast today and into the weekend. this is a live look into pacifica, the pier on the right. you can see those flags are flapping in the wind. pretty, pretty well, as that wind is coming off the pacific into the town of pacifica and some strong waves

as well. the national weather service has issued a high surf advisory along the coastline, and that will last until 4:00 sunday morning. large breaking waves could reach up to 20 to 30ft high off the coast before they come cascading into the shoreline, so be careful if you venture out to the coastline here in northern california. 751 let's say good morning to rosemary on a wet little saturday and what looks like our final weekend of the 2024 is going to be wet, right? >> yes, that high surf advisory, a result of the parade of storms that keep coming our way, building those swells. here's a look over the east bay shore, where it is soggy and foggy and we can't see. i believe we are looking west towards the golden gate bridge. storm tracker two here. this ridge right over the bay area, helping to deflect most of the storm. the brunt of it. to the north you can see over areas of the pacific northwest, northern california. sierra. getting some rain this morning. for us it's just a

little bit of drizzle and the futurecast model will show you not much more coming our way. we will be in and out of cloud cover today, but mainly dry once again, similar to what we had yesterday. a few one hundredths of an inch, a possibility, maybe a little bit more in the north bay for today. but by the end of tomorrow, when the bigger storm comes in a quarter inch to an inch, a possibility for us here at home and 6 to 12in for the high sierra. and there is an advisory for travel with that. the futurecast model will show you the timing on this again for today. we're looking pretty good tomorrow morning. it's moving in quickly. lake county as well as sonoma county if you have morning plans, if you have to be on the highways, this is what to plan for by 8:00. it's moving into the central bay by 9:00, into the south bay 10:00. and then it's moving out. a quick moving system by lunchtime. 1:00 we're drying out. and here's a look at 4:00 in the afternoon, where we'll even have some sunshine in the afternoon before

sunset. meanwhile, the sierra going to take a little bit longer. so the winter weather advisory for the sierra begins at 5 a.m. and goes until 8 p.m. do expect the hazardous conditions along the west slope and into the lake tahoe area. meanwhile, outside our doors at this hour, a relatively mild start once again with temperatures in the 50s for the afternoon, low to mid to upper 60s, and your extended forecast getting past the weekend and the wet weather. and we are drying out in time for the 49ers game afternoon game at levi's stadium on monday, new year's eve, new year's day, sunny skies, dry conditions but our overnight lows are going to be on the chilly side, especially if you will be out celebrating on new year's eve. back to you, frank. >> thank you. rosemary, an executive with the a's leaving oakland no longer with the team. >> why the organization? their president says he is stepping domore o

your loss for the world of sports broadcasting, legendary sportscaster greg gumbel has died. gumbel has called nfl games and hosted march madness at cbs for decades. he was march madness for many. back in march, though, gumbel missed his first ncaa basketball tournament since 1997. his family released a statement saying gumbel died from cancer this week. they say he leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication. greg gumbel dead at the age of 78 on a basketball. the warriors were out of the gate. you may recall a 12 and three, but since then have lost 12 of their last 15 games. and that includes golden state's 102 92 loss to the la clippers in inglewood last night. steph curry draymond green sat out the entire game, all due to injury, and jonathan kuminga stepped up in a big way. he had a career high 34 points in that dubs loss. coach steve kerr says the

entire warriors team never gave up, especially late in that game. >> i was inspired watching that group. that was fantastic. you know, down 2021, whatever it was, they kept kept fighting and, you know, loved the defensive energy. >> cherry picked the warriors here back home to host the phoenix suns to chase center tonight. tip off set for 530. oakland a's president dave kaval is stepping down. the athletics announced that kaval is resigning to, quote, pursue new business opportunities here in california. he has been president of the a's since 2016, and has been a key part of the push to build a new ballpark for the team and the subsequent move down to las vegas. kaval's last day as president will be on new year's eve on tuesday. today is the third day of kwanzaa, a week long celebration of african american culture and community.

each day will focus on principles. today's is ujima. the principle of collective work and responsibility. kwanzaa celebrations are taking place here in the bay area. san francisco public library will hold their 19th annual kwanzaa celebration at 1 p.m, then at six tonight, the vallejo naval and historic museum will hold the 24th annual community celebration. happening today, people will gather at union square to celebrate the fourth night of hanukkah. happy hanukkah. >> everybody. hey. >> cery incdes the lighting of the giant menorah and chanting of blessings. this is the 49th year of the billy graham menorah has decorated union square. volunteers say san francisco was the first city to host such a large public menorah lighting outside of israel, and coming up, people here in

emeryville are making sure that people in homeless encampments also get a fresh holiday meal. >> we'll show you how mining drivers is wet and rainy season to slow down. >> make sure you leave a good safety cushion between you and traffic ahead of you. >> well, if you peered out the window, you know it's a rainy holiday weekend. crews are working to keep roads safe as chp, urging everyone to slow it down. someone is waking up a billion bucks richer today. a lucky lotto player struck gold overnight after matching all the megamillions numbers. tell you where that ticket was sold. and here's a hint. it's right here in northern california from ktvu. [music] >> fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> and good morning, bay area. a soggy final final weekend of 2024. the roads are wet and mother nature is turning on the waterworks. as we say goodbye to 2024. not full rain today, but get ready for some of that tomorrow. good to have you with

us here on a saturday. welcome back to ktvu morning on two. i'm frank mallicoat. let's get you out of the out of the house here and say good morning to rosemary on what is a pretty wet start. >> yes, it is soggy out there, frank. good morning to you. this picture we have of the east bay shore, not only soggy, foggy. and as you get out, you may notice it's a mild one. we do have mild conditions. a little bit of a breeze. a little bit of drizzle and fog to start the day. the high surf advisory continuing for one more day. slowly improving today. better improvement for tomorrow. it expires at 4 a.m. on sunday. large breaking waves could reach to about 20ft for today. not only dangerous in the water as we know along our beaches as well. if you are going to be out towards the coastline, most of the rain is to the north of us. we're seeing a bit of drizzle out there this morning. hard to pick it up even because most of it below the radar beam. we've got rain in the sierra. it will turn over to snow starting

tomorrow with another winter travel advisory. i'll have a better look at what we can expect here at home, as well as for the sierra for the weekend and of course, the big holiday coming up. >> all right, we'll see you in a bit. rosemary. thank you. christmas has come and gone, but bay area nonprofit still working hard to feed families in need over the holiday season one east bay organization hosting its most important event of the year today and ktvu is amanda quintana live in emeryville. to tell us all about it. how many hot meals over 2000, right? >> yeah, 2500 hot meals are going to be going out today, which it takes a village to put this whole thing on. so it's a whole setup here. volunteers are starting to really arrive and get things put together here for the annual holiday dinner distribution. this is for the emeryville citizens assistance program. so they are in preparation mode right now. you know, this has been months long preparation, but today is the day they're going to get thousands of hot meals that will

then be distributed at homeless encampments later this morning. so this group has helped underserved in the bay area for more than 40 years. they serve more than 10,000 families a month. and today they'll be giving out 2500 hot meals going directly to the homeless encampments that they've been scouting out here in the east bay. >> they love to see us coming every year. for those who have been encampments for quite some time, they know about us. so they know. and they're anticipating, actually, as we scouted where the various encampments are because they're moving and moving about now, they are anticipating us. we let them know we're going to be coming out on the 28th. and they're very, very excited to hear that. and actually to see us coming. >> and this is not just food. there's clothes, jeans, shoes that have been collected for the last few months, all washed and

organized, ready to go out today. so this morning they're going to essentially have an assembly line here. they have people preparing the food right now. they're going to have them all serving that on to plates, getting it loaded into caravans. that will then go out to these encampments with the food, with the clothes, with some toys as well. so it is just it's a huge operation here. but it's really amazing to see how this all goes together. i will send it back to you for now. live in emeryville. amanda quintana ktvu, fox two news. alrighty. >> thank you amanda. caltrans is preparing for the possibility of more rain over the weekend, and that could be trouble for the already saturated north bay ktvu joey horta reports out of sonoma county, where flooding closed multiple roads on friday. >> caltrans is preparing for more rain to soak the north bay after up to three inches fell over parts of sonoma county friday, according to the national weather service. steady

runoff forcing several road closures west of one one. >> what we had constantly for days. and so that's just slowly accumulating. >> california highway patrol stopping multiple drivers from ignoring road closures due to flooding in schellville. shutting down highways 12 and 121 in both directions. caltrans is on standby for more rain over already saturated soil. >> we get a lot of runoff, and so a creek like sonoma creek, which is a pretty mild creek except for in the winter, can turn into a torrent and jump its banks and close the road. >> while more rain would be beneficial, it's keeping maintenance crews on their toes, using plow trucks to push water out of the way. while chp reminds drivers to take it easy. >> reminding drivers this wet, rainy season to slow down, make sure you leave a good safety

cushion between you and traffic ahead of you. drive safely. >> tree trimmers are getting ready to cut up what mother nature knocks down. >> all fingers crossed the weatherman is wrong. but we're ready to go. >> tree masters founder tad jacobs explains. trees that struggled through the recent drought have a weaker core and gain canopy and weight in the last couple of wet years, making them vulnerable. >> we're real concerned over this weekend with the amount of rain that we got coming in and some potential wind that we could really have a lot of trees toppling over. >> as a reminder of how dangerous excessive rainfall can be. late november, flooding in guerneville turned deadly along the russian river. if you see flood water in a roadway, you can't tell how deep it is. so turn around, don't drown, and you can call 511 for road conditions before you hit the road. in schellville joey jorda ktvu, fox two news. >> time now is 806. two popular beaches in santa cruz are scheduled to reopen this morning for the first time since a portion of the city's wharf

collapsed earlier this week. a 150 foot section right at the end of the wharf broke apart, crumbled on monday, sending tons of debris into the ocean and onto the santa cruz shoreline. city leaders say it is way too early to tell when the damaged wharf will reopen to the public, after it was hit by some of the area's biggest waves in over 30 years. >> that, combined with the end of the wharf being under construction and really damaged and weakened from previous years storms, that was really the vulnerable point. so what we've seen is the remainder of the wharf, we generally feel very confident that it's strong and stable. >> however, city leaders stress the wharf will remain closed until inspectors are absolutely certain it's safe. meantime, we are now hearing from the two lifeguards who immediately jumped into action to rescue some of the people who fell into the water. lieutenant sam hoffman and isaiah mullen are lifeguards with the santa cruz fire department. they just happened to be patrolling the waters near the wharf when they

heard an ominous creaking sound. >> it was pretty surreal. it was like this island floating just off the end. i looked out myself and lieutenant hoffman could see the wharf collapsing into the ocean. >> we started to head that way. i got my fins on just in case there was somebody in the water. >> well, everyone made it to shore safely. more high surf, expected today and throughout the weekend. all along our northern california coastline. all right, with that in mind. 808 your time, let's say good morning to rosemary on a on a wet weekend or final weekend before we say happy new year. >> yes, we do have one more storm to get through today. going to be mainly dry once we get past kind of the soggy start out there this morning. and then tomorrow another system will bring us widespread rain for the first part of the day. once we get past that, we are in the

clear at least dry. here's a view over the east bay where, yeah, it's kind of a soggy, soupy, foggy one, and temperatures are running just a little bit cooler this morning. palo alto and san carlos, you are both down by four. still in the 50s, still very mild, relatively speaking. right. 55 degrees in san francisco, 56 in walnut creek. good morning, san jose. you're at 57. winds generally light around the bay area. a little bit of a breeze in napa. novato 5 to 10mph. and in our hills, breezier. mount saint helena, they're reporting 25. getting into the afternoon, a mix of mostly cloudy, sunny skies. but again, we do expect mainly dry weather. in fact, can't even see it on the radar this morning, most of it below the beam and the futurecast model. really not picking up on much of it either. a few bits of blue out there and we're already into tonight. a few one hundredths of an inch for some, maybe quarter inch for areas, and more favored as the storm is

farther to the north. talking about the north bay afternoon highs for today in the 60s 61 in san francisco, low 60s in concord, 67 in san jose. tomorrow that system arrives early, then pulls out and we're dry in time for the holiday. i'll have a look at what you can expect in the extended forecast. frank. >> okay, rosemary. thank you. someone right here in california having quite the holiday week after winning the mega millions jackpot yesterday. lottery officials say ticket worth 1.2 billion bucks sold at a gas station in northern california, ending a three month drought without a grand prize winner. winning numbers you may have a few. three. seven. 37. 49, 55. and the mega number was six. and it was bought in a town right outside of redding. in cottonwood, the lucky winner matched all six numbers to find the one in over 302 million chances of winning the big prize. a billion plus bucks. wow. coming up, a suspect

fleeing in a stolen van led police on a short pursuit before bailing out on foot. how? antioch pd made sure that escape ended quickly in a bay area family reeling after their older loved ones are cheated out of over a half $1 million. how? they say an elaborate texting scheme is to blame. that story and more when we come back.

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every month. oakland a's president dave kaval the athletics announced that kaval is resigning to, quote, pursue new business opportunities in california. he's been the president of the a's since 2016, and has been a key and vital part of the push to build a new ballpark in oakland. and now the big move to las vegas. >> excuse me. >> gavin's last day as president. will be next tuesday, december the 31st. all right. governor gavin newsom announced an oakland press conference that the california highway patrol will continue surge operations in oakland for another month. the goal is to continue helping to address vehicle and retail thefts as well as violent crime. newsom also strongly advocated for loosening up on police pursuit policy. this is the second time the governor has called for changes to that policy, and antioch police are

posting video of a pursuit of a suspect in a stolen van. officers spotted the suspect in a white van near the intersection of 18th and cavallaro. the officer says the driver refused to pull over, hit the gas, leading to a short pursuit ended when he jumped out of the van there and tried to escape on foot. the officer then ran after the suspect took him into custody. the suspect, now facing charges of evading arrest and possession of a stolen vehicle. and prosecutors in san francisco say a suspected shoplifter is the first in the city to face harsher penalties under the state's new tough on crime ballot measure. jason barber is accused of stealing more than $460 worth of merchandise from a walgreens store in the noe valley on christmas eve. the items included cold medicines and ice cream. prosecutors say the 29 year old suspect will be charged under prop 36, which california voters approved last month. that new law increases penalties for

repeat shoplifters, as well as other crimes. and a family in santa rosa is reeling after relatives lost more than a million, half $1 million to an elaborate fraud scheme. ktvu is tory gains, spoke with the family and has more details about the tragic scam. >> it's a story that sounds straight out of a movie. an 84 year old woman received a text message claiming her apple devices had been compromised. several exchanges and several weeks later she had handed over $600,000 to complete strangers. >> there's a very special place in #### for people like this. there really are. i mean, these are these are really smart. bad, bad people. i hope that they get caught. >> robert cranston's mother and father live in an independent living community for seniors in santa rosa. in may, a strange text came to his mother's phone. after a few exchanges, an official claiming to be with the department of the treasury told cranston's mother that she and

her husband were connected to a crime. they also said if she didn't follow their instructions or if she told anyone what was happening, she and her husband could be arrested. >> they had built a because of this orchestrated process. they go through the combination of fear and then and trust that they established with her. also, they had her, you know, lock, stock and barrel with the help of the scammers. >> cranston's mother purchased several gold bars worth around $80,000 each at a local shop. rare coins. she then handed them off to a courier. she was told her money was being held for her own protection. >> every one of these companies have, you know, there's fraud alerts and things that if it looks like a fraud, it smells like fraud. it probably is fraud. but yet they don't stop it. >> cranston's mother finally came clean with her son once her accounts were nearly empty. all in all, the family lost over $600,000 and their financial future. cranston wonders if there was a way for him to have stopped this. >> although we may never see that money. it's highly unlikely

we'll ever see any of that money back. the thought was, what can we do to kind of prevent somebody else from being sucked into this? >> the national elder fraud hotline says it's good practice to avoid sharing any personal information with a person who calls you unexpectedly. for now, cranston says he will be playing a bigger role in managing his parents finances in the future, and he encourages others with elderly family to do the same. >> just letting my mother know that she's safe and she's loved and that, you know, there's no reason for her to ever have anything that she can't approach, you know, her family on. >> in santa rosa tory gaines, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, anyone planning to spend the new year's holiday on a sierra slope could see enormous amounts of snow. but road conditions getting there might be a little bit on the dicey side. a live look this is highway 80 right outside soda springs, up there in the left side of your corner there. anyway, caltrans officials say they do expect to post chain requirements at various times on

80 and highway 50. right now it's clear, but probably wet and a little bit icy, so it's a good reminder. check conditions before you head up to the mountains. by the way, truckee. it's 38 degrees south, lake tahoe 38 degrees and likely raining up there. rosemary. so no snow for all the skiers and snowboarders. >> not today is very slushy over lake tahoe. frank. good morning. happy saturday. giving you a view here over the city. you can see from this bird's eye view. in addition to soggy weather, we are joined by fog this morning and storm tracker two giving you a picture of what's going on from up above. most of the storm and all that moisture hanging on over the pacific northwest and northern california. you can see the rain there over the sierra. for us, we have just a little bit of drizzle. we've got this little bit of ridge here that is helping us out today. tomorrow it does break down and another storm coming our way looks like for the first half of sunday. so for the rest of today, calling for just a few 107 inch likely

to be mainly dry for the second part of your saturday, here's a look at the end of sunday. anywhere from a quarter inch to an inch of rainfall over the bay area, and 6 to 12in of snow, a possibility for the sierra. and the timing on this again looks to come in early tomorrow morning. here's a look at 7 a.m. lake county, the north bay already seeing it, and it's coming down pretty good. by 8:00 9:00 it's in the central bay. it's down along the peninsula into the santa cruz mountains. and then ten, 11:00 into the south bay. but behind it, we're already drying out by lunchtime. and here's a look at 4:00 in the afternoon. mostly sunny, dry conditions for us for the sierra is going to take a little bit longer with the winter weather advisory for travel along the west slope and the greater lake tahoe area starting at 5 a.m. and going until 8 p.m. if you're thinking about heading up tomorrow, it could be a complicated and hazardous. meanwhile, getting out today calling for that possibility of

wet weather at least through the morning hours. and then as we get into the afternoon, mostly cloudy skies, mainly dry. it's a mild one out there. this morning. temperatures in the 50s expected to go into the low 60s for the second part of the day. if you're looking for a dog to walk, junebug is available at the san francisco spca. look at that face. adorable, a female terrier. afternoon highs. 61 in san francisco today. low 60s in concord. your extended forecast here. a little soggy today. a wet one to start tomorrow. and then we are drying out sunday night into monday. levi's stadium in the afternoon for the 40 niners. game going to be okay. our overnight lows will turn chilly once again with that dry air in place, but we are dry for not only new year's eve, but new year's day. frank. >> all right, that sounds good. thank you. rosemary. and a reminder, you can track the weather anytime on our fox local app with a live radar and up to minute forecast, the fox local app is free to download on your phone or your smart tv. wherever you get your apps. coming up, a

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24. on to politics. president elect trump asking the u.s. supreme court to delay the scheduled ban on tiktok. trump says that delay will give him more time to work out a plan to save the popular social media platform here in the u.s. the supreme court is currently scheduled to take up tiktok's legal challenge to the potential

bans in just two weeks. that's ahead of the chinese company's january 19th deadline to divest, or have its app banned altogether. in the u.s, that deadline is just one day before trump is sworn into office for his second term. and two canadian cabinet members wrapped a meeting at mar a lago last night without assurances that president elect trump will back away from his threatened tariffs. many economic experts agree with political leaders in ottawa that these tariffs would crush the canadian economy. >> it would be a recession for the canadian economy, no question. they rely heavily on the united states for roughly 80% of their exports. those tariffs would really hurt the sales into the u.s. and so they're going to try to avoid that. >> trump says he will impose 25% tariffs on canadian goods if canada does not stem what the president elect calls a flow of drugs and illegal immigration into our country. well, the

world's richest man defending the tech industry's reliance on foreign born engineers as the incoming trump administration prepares to crack down on immigration. elon musk contends there is an urgent need for the skilled worker immigration program that has long been a lifeblood for the silicon valley. but many trump supporters say the h-1b program is taking jobs away from american citizens. some political experts say this could lead to a direct rift between the president elect and mr. musk, who spent millions of dollars on trump's reelection campaign. well, rescue teams swinging into action at devil's slide on highway one after a hiker got into some trouble on a cliff. coming up, the dramatic rescue that ended without a scratch and more than a dozen people forced out of their home after a fast moving fire. one fire victi

past, but the good work by food pantries continues right here in the bay area. 2500 plus hot meals delivered. today we're going to take you there. and governor newsom voicing support for relaxing oakland's police chase rules. why? he says there's an opportunity to loosen the rules without a major elevation of risk. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> good morning, bay area. we got a little blue sky out there.

a lot of clouds as well. and some rain and mist to greet us on this final weekend of 2024. welcome back to ktvu mornings on two. i'm frank mallicoat. let's talk weather and say good morning to rosemary. what will be kind of a wet goodbye to 2024, i guess. >> but in the final moments when it matters, frank, we're going to be dry new year's eve. yes. good. good morning to you. happy saturday everyone. here's a view over lake tahoe where it's a cloudy one, a little bit of rain falling over the sierra this morning. in fact, if you take a look at the foreground, not a lot of snow there on those trees right around the lake. you have to get up to the higher elevation. that's a telling tale as yes, snow levels are very high this morning and rain is over lake tahoe a bit here at the high surf advisory that continues for today, we've got anywhere from large breaking waves to 20ft into your

saturday. a little bit better on sunday. the advisory expires sunday at 4 a.m. a look here at storm tracker two before i let you go where you can see not a lot going on, but it is a drizzly one out there and a lot of that falling below the radar beam. a better look at what we can expect for today, the bigger storm tomorrow, and the dry forecast for the big holiday in the extended forecast. frank. >> all right. thank you rosemary. we'll see you in a bit. [music] christmas has come and gone, but bay area nonprofits still working hard to feed families in need over the holiday season. one east bay organization is hosting its most important event of the year today. ktvu is amanda quintana was in emeryville earlier this morning where volunteers were getting ready to get it all working. >> today is the annual holiday dinner distribution and volunteers are here. they are getting prepared and ready to give out thousands of meals to homeless encampments. now that meal is going to include turkey, mac and cheese, vegetables, even a dessert that will then go to

homeless encampments later this morning. this group has helped the underserved in the east bay for more than 40 years. the name of this group is emeryville citizens assistance program. they serve more than 10,000 families a month. today, they'll be giving out 2500 hot meals, going directly to those encampments that they've been scouting out here in the east bay. and organizers say it takes a village to pull this all off. >> they love to see us coming every year. for those who have been in encampments for quite some time, they know about us. so they know and they're anticipating, actually, as we scouted where the various encampments are, because they're moving and moving about now, they are anticipating us. we let them know we're going to be coming out on the 28th. and they're very, very excited to hear that and actually to see us coming. >> and it's not just food. there's clothes, jeans, shoes that have been collected for the last few months, washed and

organized. so this morning they will have an assembly line of volunteers working to both prepare the food, heat it all up, make sure it's served onto plates, get it loaded into those caravans that will go out to these encampments. so it's really a great organization putting this on and a lot of hard work going into making sure that people are fed for the holidays in emeryville. amanda quintana, ktvu, fox two news. >> 832 your time. a call for some big changes in oakland when it comes to police pursuits. the governor calling out the oakland police commission for not taking urgency with the matter. as ktvu james torres explains. governor wants the rules against chasing a fleeing criminal to change. >> governor gavin newsom and california highway patrol leaders say their efforts in oakland continue to show results. a holiday blitz from san diego to the bay area led to 117 arrests and $38,000 in

stolen merchandise recovered in just the last few weeks. chp says the 480 flock cameras in oakland are a game changer. >> this has allowed us to successfully go after criminals for attempted murder on our freeways. vehicles that pursue from us hit and run stolen vehicles and other felonies. >> both chp and newsom say oakland police need to be able to do the same thing. according to opd's pursuit policy, an officer can only chase a suspect if they have probable cause that a criminal is suspected of a violent crime. newsom wants to loosen those rules. >> you could be drunk. you can run a red light. you can come close to sideswiping a school bus during the morning hours, right in front of a police officer. and the pursuit policy in oakland says, we can't we cannot pursue that suspect.

>> he wrote a letter to all oakland leaders earlier this year. the police commission took up the idea in september, but rejected making any changes to policy. they said chases can lead to dangerous situations, like a case in 2022, where a police chase ended with a suspect crashing their car into a man getting food at a taco truck, killing him. the governor acknowledged the dangers, but said the police commission needs to make a change to instill what he calls common sense sense of urgency. >> now i'm working here on a holiday weekend to be they can call a special session, city council member kevin jenkins says the city administrator is working on a new policy. >> it's in the works with the police chief. they'll bring it up to the commission, and if it's rejected within 120 days, the council can take it up. >> overwhelmingly, there is support for changing this policy in an urgent manner. >> reporting in oakland i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two

news. >> the commission chair said ktvu a statement saying, quote, we have seen the significant and positive impacts that have resulted in oakland's police department's coordination with chp and understand that there is still significant work to be done in regards to opd's pursuit policy and its practices. happening today, san francisco police department will have extra officers looking for drivers who are impaired with alcohol or drugs. the dui saturation patrol starts at 7 p.m. tonight and will run through early morning. this is all part of the national highway safety regulators. drive sober or get pulled over winter campaign. research shows that crashes involving impaired drivers can be reduced at up to 20%, with well-publicized dui checkpoints and proactive patrols. a 19 year old man is being accused of making unregistered guns and using social media to sell those guns. san jose police say lucien cabrera, here, was arrested last

week after investigators discovered the account in october. cabrera would send videos of himself discharging the firearms in public in places like east palo alto and san jose to solicit potential buyers. he also allegedly attempted to sell high capacity magazines and other illegal weapons in several other states. san jose firefighters are investigating a fire that displaced ten adults and four children. that apartment complex fire happened on gemelli way near capitol square mall yesterday morning. fire department released photos showing close up views of all the damage. two apartment units engulfed in flames when crews arrived on the scene. firefighters put the fire out in about an hour, but all eight units and one building are no longer suitable to live in. >> we went knocking on on the neighbors doors to get them all out, and then it expanded. my friend was on the phone with 911

trying to let them know. >> it's difficult anytime when someone loses their property in their homes with a fire. we're always reminded that thankfully, everybody got out alive and that's what's important. but definitely for our firefighters when they are working through buildings and pushing over christmas trees to fight fire and in search of victims. >> everyone inside escaped. no one was injured. the red cross is now providing assistance to those who were displaced in those apartments. chp helicopter rescued a hiker from a cliff on the peninsula. this happened yesterday afternoon. devil's slide, highway one, south of the tunnel in san mateo county. social media video clip and pictures from the cal fire shows the hiker being airlifted from the edge of the cliff up into that helicopter, with the pacific behind him. several other local agencies were involved in the rescue. fortunately, nobody was injured there. all right, let's take you outside. talk a little weather. we're going to get a bird's eye view of the oakland estuary. usually you can see san

francisco in the horizon there, but not today. i've got some mist and a little bit of dreary fog out there on what is kind of a wet little saturday. as we say goodbye to 2024, let's check in with rosemary and get your forecast. and i know they do fireworks on new year's eve. is it going to be clear we're going to be good for new year's eve, frank? >> yes. we should have a dry weather inbe chilly, but it will be dry. here's a live look over san jose. a lot of overcast sky here and likely to have partly sunny conditions for the afternoon today. once we get past the morning hours, drier weather expected for your bay area saturday here on storm tracker two. a little tough to even pick up where that drizzle is falling again below the radar beam this morning. so a soggy one, but no rain and no heavy rain out there. we do have some good to moderate rain falling over the sierra, though. you'll notice there's not a lot of snow over the sierra. no travel advisories for today. there will

be one for tomorrow. there is a lake wind advisory out there for today. storm tracker two backing it up for you. we've got some rain to the north of us and over the pacific northwest. as we get into the afternoon. today just peeks of sunshine mixed in with the possibility of a few sprinkles, a little drizzle, and that's it. a few 107 inch to about a quarter inch will come along with today. the bigger system coming in tomorrow could bring another half inch to inch for some of our wetter spots. and i'll detail that coming up here momentarily. let's take a look at the temperatures outside. it's a little bit cooler out there, but we are still mild a lot of 50s. 56 in san francisco, 56 in walnut creek. and for the afternoon today, low 60s across the region, 61 in the city of san francisco. i'll have a better look at that storm expected for tomorrow and what we can expect for new year's eve, as well as new year's day coming up. >> okay. thank you. rosemary, after missing for nine days, a four year old german shepherd

returns home by ringing the doorbell at 2:00 in the morning, christmas eve, at his house. how the community helped bring that dog back

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approved it last month. two popular beaches in santa cruz reopening this morning for the first time after a portion of the city's wharf collapsed into the water. 150 foot section crumbled on monday, sending tons of debris into the ocean and onto the santa cruz shoreline. city leaders say it was still unclear when the damaged wharf will reopen to the public, after being hit by some of the area's biggest waves in over three decades. and after three months, there's finally a winner in the mega millions, drawing a winning ticket worth 1.22 billion bucks sold for last night's drawing here in northern california. according to the state lottery website, the ticket was sold at sunshine food and gas station in beautiful cottonwood, california. it's a small town near redding with a population of about 6200, including one very wealthy person. well, this is quite a story. a missing dog found her own way home the day before christmas. after

disappearing for more than a week. the four year old german shepherd mix got loose last weekend. the family says the florida community stepped in to search for her. neighbors went through hours of ring doorbell camera video to look for any clues as to where this dog may have gone. and in the middle of the night, on christmas eve morning, the dog alerts announced. she returned by ringing her own doorbell. >> it was about 2:30 a.m. and she came pawing at the door, ringing the doorbell, which was christmas eve. and then that morning i woke up to. she had made it on everybody's camera. she's like, i think this is her. i think this is her. i was like, excited, but trying not to wake up the kids. but the kids woke up anyways from the excitement, i guess. >> so the family noticed that the experience helped their dog find her voice too. they say she's part husky, but she's never had that husky howl until now. and a pretty smart dog took a one week road trip and decided

to come back home. it is 845. let's say good morning to rosemary once again. get our forecast on what is a bit of a soupy saturday. >> yes, but look at that view, frank. we see blue sky amongst the gray clouds and the overcast. a little bit of drizzle still remaining at this time. a view here of storm tracker two. high pressure and a bit of a ridge off our coastline, helping to deflect the storm just a little bit. we're on the southern edge. most of it, you can see, is over the pacific northwest as well as northern california. so for us today, going to pick up just a few one hundredths of an inch, mainly dry weather for most. tomorrow a different story. here's a look at tomorrow night. next system already pulling through, bringing a quarter inch to an inch of rainfall for us and new snow for the sierra. no travel advisory for the sierra today. that changes tomorrow. here's a timeline of what we can expect moving into sunday morning. it arrives early on for

lake county, the north bay, by seven 8:00 into the central bay, down along the peninsula into the santa cruz mountains, and by nine 10:00 into the south bay, also coming down over the sierra at that point. but by noontime, 1:00, it's already moving out. and here's a look at 3:00 in the afternoon. we are dry with even some sunshine out there. the winter weather advisory for the sierra, the west slope, as well as lake tahoe area begins at 5 a.m. does not end until 8 p.m. going to be tough tomorrow. that commute along 8050 and all of the highways there surrounding lake tahoe. so plan for that avoided, of course, if you can. meanwhile, for us here at home at this hour, overcast sky, a little drizzly and 56 degrees right now in san francisco. low 60s for your afternoon today, today, yesterday very similar. getting into the extended forecast. the final storm of 2024 coming in on sunday, leaving us dry for monday and time for the niners game monday

afternoon. and in time for new year's eve, as well as new year's day. frank. >> thank you. rosemary. an executive with the a's leaving oakland. he's no longer with the team as of this week. why? the organization's president is stepping aside. more on that. we'll talk a little. arriors as we , en

us for the world of sports broadcasting. legendary sportscaster greg gumbel has died. gumbel has called nfl games for years, hosted march madness at cbs. for decades, he was truly march madness for many. back in march, gumbel missed his first ncaa basketball tournament since 1997. his family released a statement saying gumbel died from cancer. they say he leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication. greg gumbel was 78 years old. well, the warriors were out of the gate, remember, at 12 and three looking great, but since then have lost 12 of their last 15 games. and that includes golden state's 102 92 loss to the la clippers in inglewood last night. both steph curry and draymond green sat out the entire game due to injuries, and jonathan kuminga stepped up to score a career high 34 points in that warrior loss. despite the loss, though, steve kerr

says the entire warrior team never gave up, especially late in the game. they were down 21 and made it close. oakland a's president dave kaval is resigning. the athletics announced that kaval is resigning to, quote, pursue new business opportunities in california. he has been president of the a's since 2016, and has been a vital part of the push to build a new ballpark in oakland and the subsequent move to las vegas. kaval's last day as president will be next tuesday. on new year's eve, a's released a statement. it reads we are grateful for dave's contributions and leadership over the past eight years. he guided our organization through a period of significant transition, and we sincerely thank him for his unwavering commitment to the team. we're going to take a short break. check our f ast

before. we're going to say hello to rosemary one more time to tell us when the sun is going to come out completely. >> seeing a little bit of sun out there right now, frank. and i think for most of the day we will be in and out of sun, not going to have a complete sunshine, at least not for your bay area saturday. and this picture here over the oakland estuary, you got jacqueline and square on the right, alameda on the left. you can see we've got some fog out there as well. again, the high surf advisory will continue for another day. doesn't expire until 4 a.m.

tomorrow. a little bit of improvement expected for today, but still, some of those large breaking waves could reach to about 20ft or so. storm tracker two not a lot going on here on the radar, but we do have drizzle falling below the radar beam this morning. you're going to find it out there. and some rain in the sierra will turn over to snow tomorrow, bringing a winter travel advisory that lasts pretty much the entire day. if you're heading up, be prepared for that for us, i'm going to roll you all the way to the end of the weekend. anywhere from a quarter inch to an inch of rainfall expected with tomorrow's storm. today, not such a big deal, but tomorrow it is going to be wet as we start the morning there, you can see it over the north bay, and then as we roll through the morning hours, it marches right across the bay, leaving us dry in time for the afternoon. and once we are dry, we're dry for the rest of the year, temperature wise in the 50s this morning, low 60s for the afternoon and your extended forecast here, we will continue with the dry weather again, not only for the rest of

the year there, frank, but as we head into new years, looking at new years and looking at new year's day, that looks pretty good. yeah, for all those fireworks and a clear sky. yes. but, you know, it comes with clear and dry. cold, cold, cold. be prepared for the chilly mornings. >> yeah. we haven't had a lot of clear nights on new year's eve for a while, so that's good news. yeah. okay. well thank you, rosemary. [music] happening today, a nonprofit group that has helped the underserved in the east bay for the past 40 years, is holding its biggest event of the holiday season. today is the annual holiday dinner distribution for the emeryville citizens assistance program. volunteers will be preparing thousands of hot meals that will then be distributed at homeless encampments across the east bay. a little later this morning. >> they love to see us coming every year. for those who have been encampments for quite some time, they know about us. so they know and they're anticipating actually, as we scouted where the various

encampments are, because they're moving and moving about now, they are anticipating us. we let them know we're going to be coming out on the 28th. and they're very, very excited to hear that. and actually to see us coming. >> and by the way, it's not just food. there are clothes, jeans, shoes that have been collected for the last few months, washed and organized and ready to be distributed. nice. >> yeah, i would agree. look at that. >> that's our show, folks. we're going to take a break on this saturday. we're going to make way for a special program called transition of powers, hosted by our james torres. it's a great program and we hope you stay tuned for that. we're back tomorrow morning bright and early at 7:00. go out and enjoy what's left of 2024. but maybe bring an umbrella. >> good idea. frank. >> okay, i was lis ning. take

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