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in the new year with a big party in san francisco. their countdown underway. >> people here, just the whole excitement. the lights, you know, everything. the food here. i mean, san francisco, you know, can't beat it. >> good evening and happy new year. i'm cristina rendon. we are about one hour away from a fireworks show that will ring in the new year along san francisco's embarcadero. but the celebration is already underway here and elsewhere. the clock just struck midnight in mexico city, mexico. a live look for you here at the large celebration underway there tonight. this party comes with a traditional fireworks show and other revelry. large crowds have been gathering across the globe to ring in the new year light and fireworks shows. a major part of most celebrations. san francisco crowds are about to join them, and we will go live to ktvu joey horta along the embarcadero. now with a countdown that is underway at the bay area's largest new year's eve party. hi, joey. >> hey, cristina. starting to get pretty busy down here as

crowds begin to arrive to get their spot along the embarcadero to see the fireworks. from a good vantage point. there's also a heavy police presence out here as well, to make sure that the crowds don't get out of hand. meanwhile, firefighters are getting ready to hit the water. san francisco firefighters preparing for a busy night, with the department expecting 100,000 revelers to watch the fireworks along the embarcadero, attracting onlookers from near and far. >> the people here, just the whole excitement, the lights, you know, everything. the food here, i mean, san francisco, you know, can't beat it. >> my new year's resolution is to try to retire at fireboat house. >> 35 firefighters are suiting up for any emergencies, including injuries from celebratory gunfire. >> any call that's active right now is going to be in red on this same night last year, fireworks would prove to be deadly on treasure island. unfortunately, it was an 18 year old kid and he had set off a

firework, didn't go off and he went over to check over it, stood over it, and he succumbed to his injuries when it did go off. >> fireboats will be patrolling the water where the professional fireworks display will be set off. california highway patrol is looking for drunk drivers after making nearly 900 arrests statewide during last new year's maximum enforcement. >> we've seen lives ended. we've seen people hurt. we've seen families destroyed. >> officers are warning people to get a sober driver, take advantage of the free muni rides in san francisco for new year's, or book a ride sharing company. >> whatever the cost is for that ride is going to be far less than a dui. >> christopher anderson is going to a disco party in the city and celebrating responsibly. >> we just took the ferry to get here, which is a nice way to come in, and then we're going to take an uber, and then after that, i think we're going to walk. >> the san francisco fire department tells us that they

have extra ambulances on hand tonight ready to go in case anything happens. oakland police tell us that they have a dui checkpoint, one of many cities that are doing that tonight. christina. >> lots of safety precautions out tonight. joey, how long will the muni routes be free tonight? >> well, long enough for folks to get home. muni is saying that they're doing those free routes until 5 a.m. sam trans and caltrain also offering free rides tonight and chp. maximum enforcement continues until midnight tomorrow. christina. >> joey horta, live in the city tonight. joey. enjoy the fireworks. you can ring in the new year with a look at san francisco's fireworks show. from the comfort of your living room tonight, just tap into the fox local app at midnight for a live stream of our celebration. after downloading the free app on your smartphone or smart tv, just select ktvu. rain failed to get in the way of new york city's new year's eve ball drop. but a

wet crowd rang in the new year. in times square, crowds from that party are beginning to thin out this hour. fox's connor hanson explains, it takes a whole lot of law enforcement coordination to keep a crowd this size safe. [music] >> thousands rushed to take their place in new york's iconic times square. hours before new year's eve, celebrations were set to begin. >> everyone said that i shouldn't come, but i don't care. i've never done it, so i really want to. >> first time we woke up at 3 a.m. in the morning to be here at six. >> the more than a century old tradition drawing spectators from around the world. >> best place in the world to be for new year's eve? >> test runs a day early, offering a sneak peek of the impressive 11,000 pound ball covered with more than 26,000 crystal triangles and over 32,000 lights. >> it's magical. it's fantastic. >> still, homeland security says the israel-hamas conflict has

created a heightened threat environment, with large protests and unsophisticated lone wolf attacks of violence. tonight's top concerns ahead of festivities. new york city mayor eric adams worked to assure tourists and locals, saying security measures are in place to keep the city safe, including more than 600 new police recruits out in the streets for their first ever detail. >> those who are coming to celebration follow the rules. you know we're not going to allow anything to disrupt the celebration, so we want you to follow the rules. even if you want to protest and protest within the rules in times square. >> connor hansen, fox news. >> taking a live look at new york city, where it is already 2025. you can see a heavy police presence in that area tonight as the new year's eve crowd thins out. police have ten drone teams patrolling the skies over this area right now. anyone near times square has been screened by counterterrorism officers.

three. two. this is a look at the uk's biggest new year's eve celebration a countdown at big ben and fireworks show along the river thames in rome. [applause] large crowds packed streets around the colosseum to watch a new year's fireworks show at the vatican. pope francis visited a nativity scene in saint peter's square ahead of the holy year of 2025. the holy year is a once every quarter century celebration for catholics. the pope says he's praying it will be a year of peace, justice and fraternity. in tokyo, japan, hundreds of people gathered at the grounds of tokudaiji temple. they took part in the traditional bell ringing ceremony called joya no kane to usher in 2025. new at ten. restaurant owners in palo alto are now on edge after several

were targeted by burglars this week. ktvu tori gaines joins us live tonight after speaking with some managers and owners about this problem. tori. >> yeah. good evening. christina. the food and beverage industry is still very slowly rebounding from the impacts of the pandemic. and small business owners in downtown palo alto tell me that it's a particularly tough time for them to handle the cost of a break-in. that leaves thousands of dollars in damages behind. the holiday season brought burglaries, broken glass and stress for many restaurant owners in downtown palo alto. the police department confirming to ktvu that four downtown businesses have been hit by thefts in the past ten days, and some appear to be connected. video shared by the owners of cooper cafe shows a perpetrator trying to desperately break into a cash register around 1 a.m. on tuesday. the owner telling ktvu that the suspects made off with at least $1,000 in cash as the burglar pockets the cash. they also appear to be looking around the floor for a safe. cooper

cafe's owner says they are grateful they don't keep a safe with cash on hand. >> this is an organized crime wave targeting palo alto restaurants, and the thieves think that restaurants have cash on the premises. they have not kept up with the realities of restaurants where everything is credit cards and qr codes. >> the owners shared photos of the suspect, seen maskless and wearing a hoodie just around the corner. restaurant local two, 71, was hit two days before christmas. management telling ktvu the burglars got to the businesses safe and caused thousands of dollars in property damage in the process. right across the street from cooper restaurant, nola was also hit by burglars the day after christmas. that time, they made off with another safe full of cash. each of these locations less than half a mile away from palo alto police headquarters. >> the police department had actually shown up to the space, but they only, like, flash their lights through the back door. even though the back door was wide open, they didn't actually

enter the space. so i called them back and said, you need to go into the space. there is somebody who burglarized us. so then they said, okay, well, now we have your permission. now we can go. >> cooper cafe's owners tell me they are ready for a change. >> it's really time for palo alto to get organized to combat this type of crime. even after police are dispatched, the thieves still do their dirty work because they know the system. they know how long it's going to take for the police to respond, and they go in and out at leisure. >> now the palo alto police department is holding a meeting with the palo alto chamber of commerce for business owners on monday. now, the owners tell me they are hopeful that that meeting will be fruitful. >> christina tory gains in our newsroom tonight. tori. thank you. new insurance rules take effect tomorrow. coming up, why? some homeowners fear the rules will make matters worse for them. and we'll take you to pasadena, where college football fans and rose parade crowds mean millions for the economy.

[music] >> and we are checking in on the weather. it's a cool night for fireworks. we'll look into that. we'll also look at the rain forecast for friday. some rain back this week, some frost advisories again as well tonight. >> but first, here's a look at how some kids in the north bay got a jump start on ringing in the new year. they celebrated with a balloon drop today at the charles m schulz museum in santa rosa. [music] [applause] to all.

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i know. matter how. loud. [music] >> new. at ten. the celebration of hanukkah brought people out to union square in san francisco tonight. this is the seventh night of the jewish holiday. religious leaders say the ceremony reminds us that everyone has light within them. the bill graham menorah has decorated union square for 49 years now. volunteers say san francisco was the first city to host such a large public menorah lighting outside of israel, thanks to the late rock promoter. people gathered for a celebration of kwanzaa at thrive city outside chase center. this is day six of the holiday celebration of african culture.

the festivities this morning included crafts, live music, and a balloon station for the kiddos, all bringing young people together to express their creativity, which is the theme of the day. >> i want to celebrate not only for myself, but to teach other children of other nationalities about kwanzaa. >> we're just here to enjoy the holidays, enjoy the festivities, and just really be together to bring in the new year. >> the celebration ended with a new york style ball drop at noon to ring in the new year. the nation's attention will turn to pasadena tomorrow morning for the tournament of roses parade. fox's hal eisner reports. parade crowds in rose bowl game fans give the city's economy a very big boost. oh go, ducks! >> for these fans, the is for oregon. but the other oh, the ohio state university. their fans are here too. >> i think the buckeyes are going to win the game, whether they're here for the rose bowl game or the big parade. >> like this woman.

>> i'm just enamored with the rose parade. >> fans are coming into pasadena. >> when the parade started, it started as an economic development tool. >> pasadena mayor victor gordo says the goal of the parade decades ago was to show the nice weather to draw tourists and their wallets. >> you know, pasadena is a small city, but it's a small city that manages to demand a world stage, a world stage with an audience of travelers and their wallets. >> and for this week, they're prepared to spend some big cash, regardless of the team they support. what do you think you'll spend several thousand dollars? >> i think i am going to spend about $5,000 here. >> $5,000? >> oh, definitely thousands, right? think about airfare. you think about hotel, you think about restaurants. here. i can tell you it's great for the economy here in pasadena. >> it's phenomenal. >> jack wong, who owns the hog heaven gastropub, believes the parade and bowl game will again

prove to be a cash cow, bringing in the dough at least double double what we usually do in a week. >> it's just such a strong two days. >> according to the tournament of roses, the economic impact of both the rose parade and the rose bowl has injected as much as $245 million into the greater los angeles area economy. it's going to be crazy. barney's beanery managers lydia angelica and lisa houston, are ready for the buckeye duck and rose parade fans to fill their seats in the restaurant. and what do you think this is going to be like the next couple of days? >> it's going to be great. we've been here for 30 years and we know what to expect and it's always fun. >> so you got your green on. we've got our green on every day. ducks fans brought their green jerseys, green money and high hopes. and ohio state fans say not so quick. >> i like ohio state's chances just because it's tough to beat a good team twice in a row. >> that was fox's hal eisner

reporting. if you want to start your 2025 off with an event that will definitely wake you up. the annual polar plunge is happening tomorrow. it is the 10th one held at ocean beach in san francisco. the world naked bike ride is also happening tomorrow. the plunge, though, starts at 1030 in the morning. bikers will meet at the intersection of taraval and the great highway. this event is free and open to the public, so let's bring in our ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin, who is tracking the weather conditions that people will be facing. hi, bill. yeah. >> hi, christina. yeah, it's definitely going to be a cool one tonight as you're out watching fireworks and the polar plunge types in the morning. it's going to be chilly. a frost advisory in effect for parts of the bay area for the third morning in a row. temperatures during the day tomorrow will make it back into the upper 50s low 60s, but a very kind of cool start to the day. it's a cool out there right now. the weather is pretty nice though for the festivities that are going on, so just be safe as you travel around the bay area highways. there's no fog really, just that frost in the morning. but hopefully you get to bed before morning. temperatures today were

in the 50s, low 60s. like i said, that's where they go again tomorrow. here's the frost advisory. there were freeze warnings last night. those freeze warnings have been dropped. not going to be as cold tonight, but still going to be frosty in those inland bay valleys. next chance of rain. looks like we're setting up for friday. so with that in mind, this system will roll in friday. wet from the morning to the afternoon. snow in the mountains will definitely see winter weather advisories up there. maybe a foot of snow, maybe a quarter inch half inch of rain in san francisco. that is friday. tomorrow is not. so we got a couple of nice days ahead. i'll be back with the full forecast coming up. >> preparations are underway to honor the life of former president jimmy carter. as fox's caroline elliott tells us, it's now confirmed that services will begin tomorrow and will be held in both georgia and washington, d.c, both public and private events to honor former president jimmy carter are scheduled to take place over nine days beginning january 1st. >> i feel like i would feel with a family member passing and for

so many americans saddened by the loss of jimmy carter, they will have multiple opportunities to say good-bye to the 39th president. >> for the first three days, the family will gather in carter's hometown of plains, georgia, where he was born and married his wife of 77 years, rosalynn carter, and returned after his presidency on january 4th. he will be moved to the carter center, the headquarters of the humanitarian organization founded by the former first couple in 1982. following a short ceremony, his body will lie in repose until january 7th. >> i think his career outside of the presidency outweighs the outweighs his time in the white house. >> the late president will be taken back to washington, d.c. for the final time on january 7th. the funeral procession will pause at the navy memorial before heading to the capitol, where there will be a service with members of congress. carter's body will lie in state in the rotunda until a state funeral at washington national cathedral on january 9th. after

his memorial, the late president will be flown back to georgia one final time to be buried in plains, where his life began 100 years ago. >> it was really kind of a good thing for him to live so long in hospice so that he could hear the vote of thanks that he had from so many people before he passed away. >> president carter's final resting place will be near willow tree, on the property right next to his wife, rosalynn, and their home, which is deeded to the national park service, will become a museum. in atlanta, caroline elliott, fox news. >> our coverage of the life and legacy of former president jimmy carter continues online. you can find the latest tributes from across the country any time on our fox local app. the u.s. has hit two groups with sanctions that are linked to disinformation campaigns targeting this year's election. the treasury department claims the groups with ties to russia and iran used ai to create fake videos about u.s. candidates. the goal was to spread misinformation around the

election and stoke political tensions. both countries have rejected accusations that they sought to meddle with the election. ukraine claims it's downed a russian helicopter in crimea. the ukrainian military released the video saying it downed the mi eight helicopter using a missile from its naval drone. it marks the first time an aerial target has been destroyed by an uncrewed vessel in that conflict. another russian helicopter was damaged but managed to reach an airfield. a first for oakland police coming up, the investigation that found an officer violated the department's racial profiling policy and calling for changes to the tax code. what? billionaire elon musk wants to see happen when resident elect

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and scientific imperative. china pushed back almost immediately, saying it has not been holding back information that could have saved lives, and suggested the criticism is politically motivated. >> china has always upheld the spirit of scientific openness and transparency. at the same time, we firmly oppose any form of political manipulation. >> but significant questions remain about exactly how the pandemic started. the chinese government claims it was a natural spillover from animals to humans, possibly from a so-called wet market. but many lawmakers on capitol hill and president elect trump suggested covid 19 was developed in a chinese research lab and leaked out into the city of wuhan. trump has hinted he might withdraw the u.s. from the w.h.o. unless the organization gets tougher on china. >> we are ready to work together. >> trump initiated the process of pulling out of the w.h.o. in 2020, but it was reversed six months later when joe biden took

office. in london, greg palkot ktvu, fox two news. >> coming up, california says insurance companies will now have to provide policies for homeowners in high risk fire areas. but how much will those policies cost you? and still ahead, new year, same goals. while local food bank is asking for help for families in the east bay. 49ers quarterback brock purdy will likely not play in the final game of the season. an update on his elbow injury from last night's game and the oakland police commission sustained its first case of racial profiling.

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knocked out this fire quickly on sunday. the trailer on dumbarton was fully engulfed in flames. no one was hurt. investigators have not said what started the fire. starting tomorrow, insurance companies in california will be required to cover homeowners in areas with high fire danger. state insurance commissioner ricardo lara made that announcement as part of a package of home insurance reforms. as ktvu tom vacar tells us, the big question is whether rates will go up as a result. >> this is what the deputy insurance commissioner told ktvu on december 12th about the new emergency insurance regulations. essentially effective immediately. >> under the reforms, we're putting in place, insurance companies, in order to utilize these risk tools like like modeling, they have to write more policies. that's the change, and we'll enforce that through our rate authority. >> the promise was that the regulations would force insurers

to sell policies equivalent to 85% of their statewide market share, including in wildfire areas. >> we think that long term, this is going to help stabilize rates, because right now people are experiencing balloon premiums and rate spikes, but they're not getting the benefit of increased competition. >> consumer watchdog, the major consumer advocacy group overseeing the department of insurance, counters with this. >> if we look at what happened in other states in north carolina and florida, we're going to see rates go up 40%. >> the group says the regulations are seriously flawed. >> there is no legally binding commitment in this document that they have to cover more people. but we're all going to be paying more. there is nothing in all of these, like, you know, 70 pages of regulations and explanation about the cost impact on consumers added to rates going forward will be the cost of so-called reinsurance policies insurance companies buy to protect themselves for massive losses, like we saw during

california's worst wildfires. >> another danger pagan california home insurance rate increases, in part to the worldwide catastrophe bond market. >> we will be paying for the risks of hurricanes in malaysia. >> independent insurance agent karl sussman, who stands between what policies the insurers will provide him to sell and the customers who must be able to afford them. he says whatever happens will not likely cause massive additional spikes. >> it is going to make it infinitely easier not only to obtain coverage, but to get competitive bids from more than one company. when there are more options, there's more competitiveness in the marketplace and prices will tend to go down. i think we've seen the worst of it as far as the prices go. >> consumer watchdog says it will sue in court either to block implementation of the new rules or set them aside

altogether. tom vacar, ktvu, fox two news. >> california's cannabis enforcement task force has seized nearly $23 million worth of illegal marijuana in oakland. the operation, led by the state department of fish and wildlife, is one of several recent efforts by the task force. it has seized over 21,000 illegal cannabis plants worth about $18 million. the search is also led to the seizure of more than $10,000 in cash, as well as over 3,000 pounds of illegal cannabis flower worth more than $5 million. task force officials say they are dedicated to disrupting illegal cannabis operations, which threatens consumer safety and undermines the legal market. a recent investigation finds an oakland police officer violated the department's policy on racial profiling. that's according to the community police review agency, and it's the first time this agency has ever come to that conclusion. you've likely not heard much about it, but as ktvu james torres reports, one man who triggered this

investigation wants you to know just how much it holds in holding officers accountable. >> february 2023 oakland police officers are proposing to a committee to use military style weapons at sideshows, a problem plaguing city streets for years. one comment raised eyebrows. >> a vast majority of those subjects that are engaging in sideshows are young adults, particularly male adults, and over 60% of folks who are engaged in sideshow activity were, you know, south american latin culture and stuff like that. >> what does 60% have? 60% being latin america has to do with anything. >> some listening are members of the oakland police commission, a group born from a ballot question in 2016. their job is to serve as the check and balance of opd. >> it has seen weapons. they frisked 60% of the of the

participants at sideshows. >> it's why mariano contreras, a 75 year old local activist for minorities, looked to the commission when he heard those comments. >> when someone profiles you and they carry a weapon and they believe that you are armed and you're participating in a sideshow, then that was concerning. i'd like to see some statistics about the 60%. i mean, how do they you know, i'd like to really look through that officer's lens and goggles and see, you know, where is where is where does he determine that? there's 60% of us. >> contreras says he never saw those statistics. in that same meeting, the officer says language barriers make it harder to justify use of force. force that could be necessary if sideshows get out of hand. that, too, is called out by another committee member. >> if it doesn't have the capacity to give instructions in spanish, i don't care whether

it's a dangerous situation or like people are planting dandelions. you have to be able to communicate in the language of the people that you're interacting with. >> two months later, contreras went to the full police commission, asking it to launch an investigation. >> this is racial profiling, folks at its best. >> according to opd policy, racial profiling is defined as using race, ethnicity, or national origin in determining suspicion or probable cause against a person. it's also illegal statewide. this complaint went to the community police review agency. it's the investigating arm of the police commission. mac muir is its executive director. >> this is an agency that's coming with expertise in those areas, ensuring that law enforcement adheres to those standards. and in this day and age, i think that's more important than ever. >> the cra took nearly a year to investigate this case, and many others like it, have never been sustained, meaning there almost

always isn't enough evidence to say an officer violated policy. did you have any confidence that this would go anywhere? >> you know, i believe that i did. >> in february this year, muir announced this investigation was sustained, the first of its kind in oakland history and one of 65 total sustained investigations in the last year. muir recommended a discipline plan to the police chief, which is usually in the form of a training suspension or even termination. all of those details would normally be public, but state law protects that information so long as an appeal is underway. that's likely happening with this case. >> an investigation isn't over until it's truly over and all appeals have been exhausted. >> we asked opd about the investigation, the appeals, and its efforts toward racial profiling. a spokesperson says the department would not talk about personnel matters following an open records request. opd said its internal affairs department was consulted and no disclosable information

could be released. it's why, contreras says the public needs to know more about the police commission and the cra. >> it's also going to send a message to not only those two officers, but all officers across in the city of oakland is that, you know, you have to be careful now, you know, not only by making the statements, but also in believing in changing that culture. >> muir says anyone can file a complaint with the ccra for any interaction with an oakland police officer, and those investigations, on average, are taking about six months to complete. you can file a complaint anonymously. reporting in oakland. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> investigators from the u.s. and representatives from boeing are on scene of a plane crash that killed 179 people in south korea. the boeing 737 800, operated by budget airline jeju air, crashed on sunday. two

flight attendants survived. the plane was seen having engine trouble, and preliminary reports also say the pilots received a warning of a bird strike. the plane was seen on video touching ground without its landing gear deployed. south korea and u.s. authorities have yet to determine a conclusion on what caused the crash. new york city police have identified the woman who died after being set on fire while on a subway train. investigators have identified the woman as 57 year old sabrina khawam. khawam was sleeping on the train on coney island when she was set on fire last week. police say she was last known to be living at a senior apartment complex in new jersey. a neighbor said some of the same name, someone of the same name as the victim, recently showed up at her door asking for her mother. >> she looked clean. she did not look sick or hungry or anything like that. she just stopped by. all in my mind was just family. didn't tell her that that they

were moving. that was that woman. i can't understand how she ended up in the subway in the circumstances she was in. >> sebastian's up at the carlyle. the man accused of setting her on fire has been charged with multiple counts of murder and arson. he is due to return in court next week. a military appeals court has rejected defense secretary lloyd austin effort to throw out a plea deal for the mastermind behind the nine over 11 terror attacks. the deal will allow khalid sheikh mohammed and two other defendants to plead guilty in order to avoid the death penalty. mohammed could enter his guilty plea as soon as next week at guantanamo bay naval base in cuba. the military judge said austin lacked standing to throw out the deals after they were underway. pretrial arguments have focused on how the torture of the three defendants could taint the overall case. coming up at 11, a bay area man's mission to bring attention to the reality some people with disabilities face. see how he's getting help from

the sheriff of san francisco. >> and a big night out there. we've got some cool temperatures to talk about. we've got a frost advisory for tomorrow morning for parts of the bay area, and then rain back in the forecast. i'll have those specifics coming up. >> and a local food bank working to help people needs help too.

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[applause] new year's eve came early for some families on the peninsula. the hiller aviation museum in san carlos held its annual new year's eve party. it included three giant balloon drops, live entertainment and performances about a bounce house for the kids, and a chance to explore the museum's imagination. playground and invention lab.

well, many bay area food banks are hoping to get a head start in the new year. as ktvu jesse gary tells us, one local food bank needs your help to meet its giving goals so that those in need won't face food insecurity. >> there's a scramble of activity inside this concord warehouse new year's eve not for the coming celebration, but for the winding down of a more important clock. >> we're feeling hopeful. we're feeling nervous, but hopeful. >> food bank president and ceo kaitlin sly says this nonprofit serves the needs of tens of thousands of families in contra costa and solano counties. the current holiday challenge of raising enough funds for 3 million meals ends at the stroke of midnight on december 31st, but will pay dividends well into 2025. >> throughout the holiday season, we raise about half of the money that sustains us throughout the whole year. >> an army of volunteers working two hour shifts to sort dry and canned goods and produce that

will make its way to multiple pickup sites in the two counties. charlene clark routinely volunteers 20 hours a month. >> i'm paying it forward. yeah, at some point i may need it. somebody i know may need it. it's something to do that i feel good about doing and i can do. >> hello, this is stacey sutter, self-professed do gooder stacey sutter retired as an emt and now works the phones, calling to thank donors personally. i get the feel goods when i have been here, and i know that i have spent time that will bring value and nutrition to people in my community who i will never even see. >> officials hope the good feelings are contagious, and that others will heed the call to either volunteer or donate so that food continues flowing freely in the new year. >> we need the community to help us meet that challenge. >> as the deadline approaches, officials here say there are

about $500,000 short of their goal, which equates to about a million and a half meals. you can go on their website to either make a donation or sign up for volunteer shifts. in concord, jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news a lot of people piled on debt over the holidays. >> coming up, the first steps financial advisers say you should take to pay it off. and it is clear right now for people out in san francisco waiting for the midnight new year's fireworks show. chief meteorologist bill martin will have the complete holiday forecast when we

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>> i don't know if that was. >> the geologists have terms for those things. >> that's true. that was not the right term. >> those were not the right terms. okay. so let's look at the computer model. this is the long range i'm looking at specifically friday. so we're going to go through the basically the next five days or so. but basically here is tomorrow tonight or pardon me tomorrow right here tomorrow morning. rain to the north. big ridge. see that big ridge. the red up over the top. and then here comes friday right there. and that's friday, late afternoon into the evening hours overnight. and that will heat up in the mountains as well. so friday looks wet. and then after that it looks like that ridge wants to stay semi-permanent. well semi-permanent. but it wants to stay for a while. and so that would indicate that we might be not getting as much rain as we'd like to see, especially in southern california where they are at a deficit. everything south of big sur is essentially at a deficit for rainfall. rain likely on friday. that's the system we're tracking. that system will make its way in here probably starting on friday morning, but it won't really start raining

until the afternoon. and that could change certainly coming into after dinner tonight watching the hills, you can see the fireworks going off. folks are already celebrating, and it's going to be a beautiful night in san francisco and throughout the bay area for celebrations. just be careful, please, and think about, you know, safety first kind of deal. right. and then here's the satellite. sorry. and look at that. that's that's some that's some moisture streaming in. but there's no dynamics associated with it. so we're going to get just these things going to the north of us for at least no dynamics at our latitude. few scattered showers up there where there are slight dynamics, dynamics just being a little bit of lift or turbulence or shear. here is tomorrow morning and then everything just stays north. there's santa rosa, that's tomorrow afternoon. here's thursday morning and then thursday afternoon. and then you'll see friday right here starts to drape in. and that's friday in the afternoon when it starts to move in off shore. and

by friday evening it's showers for most of us. so the forecast highs tomorrow a lot like today. and again just be safe right? get a designated driver and stay out of trouble and get home. get some sleep tonight. all right. i'll see you back here at 11. christina. >> sounds good. bill. thank you. americans are carrying a record amount of credit card debt. according to the federal reserve. interest rates are also near record highs. fox's kennedy hayes has more from experts on why people are falling behind. >> experts say heading into the holiday season, many americans were already drowning in credit card debt. holiday shopping only put more people behind. >> when you combine those high prices with still really high interest rates, and then you add in the holiday season, which is already a time when we're spending a lot anyway. and it's just a perfect storm for a lot of folks to end up struggling. >> more than a third of americans took on debt this holiday season, according to lendingtree most recent report.

analysts say shoppers may have been surprised by higher prices and didn't budget enough. holiday spending is on track to reach a record high this year, according to the national retail federation. last month, credit card debt climbed to a record $1.17 trillion. that's according to the latest new york federal reserve report. experts say outside of saving, there are ways to catch up in the new year. >> 0% balance transfer card. you move that high cost debt over to a card that won't charge interest for up to 21 months. if you don't have great credit or you have a lot of debt, maybe you don't qualify for one of these. a solid backup plan is nonprofit credit counseling. >> you can also call your credit card company and ask for a lower interest rate. experts say your chances of getting your way may be greater than you realize. in denver, kennedy, hayes, ktvu, fox two news. >> coming up next, scary moments for the 49ers what doctors are saying today about quarterback brock purdy's new injury. then on the 11:00 news, a bay area woman opens up about her

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are breathing a sigh of relief today after tests show purdy avoided serious injury in last night's game. he hurt his right elbow in the fourth quarter of last night's 40 to 34 loss to the detroit lions, and it's the same elbow he injured two years ago in the nfc championship game. according to the niners, an mri today showed no structural damage and there are no long term concerns. during a postgame phone interview today, head coach kyle shanahan said purdy will likely sit out this week as the team prepares for its final game of the season. >> brock purdy had a right elbow contusion with nerve inflammation most likely going to miss this week, but no long

term issues. ucla is fine. ucla looks fine, with purdy expected to miss the niners season finale against the arizona cardinals. >> shanahan will decide between joshua dobbs and brandon allen to start in purdy's place. the state minimum wage is going up in the new year. all employers must pay a minimum of $16.50 an hour. fast food workers already have a higher minimum wage of $20 an hour. this year, employees at certain health care facilities will receive a higher minimum wage, ranging from 18 to $23 an hour, depending on the facility. and some california cities and counties have higher minimum wages than the states. california is ending 2024 with a stagnant labor market. as ktvu tom vacar tells us, one sector of the economy made up for sluggish job gains elsewhere. >> california's unemployment rate from a year ago ended up at 5.4% from 5.1%, but that's the

second highest only to nevada, well above the nation's current rate of 4.2%. >> it's not merely higher than it was a year ago, but our job growth has slowed. we gained only 11,000 jobs in the past month without substantial gain in health care jobs. >> vernick says the golden state might have had no gains at all. so to look forward, we must look back. when president obama took office. unemployment was at 7.6% when trump took over. he inherited 4.7% when biden took over. he inherited 6.4%. trump will inherit the current 4.2%. but bernick says the outlook for 2025 nationally and in california depends on three major issues. >> these are the three forces. tariffs, immigration and government spending. i think

that are likely to have the greatest impacts. we just don't know what these impacts are because we don't know the details yet. >> that uncertainty worries many employers, businesses, whole industries and stock markets that depend on imports, exports, migrant labor and government contracts. >> the tariffs, i would say, are how they're structured will be a main impact both on employment and on inflation. >> artificial intelligence, though it affects all of us increasingly, each and every day, is not the solution to unlimited jobs. >> and 2025, i would say. 2026 we're going to continue to see in terms of direct job generators, a very small number, though job openings in california dropped by 100,000 this year. >> there are still 620,000 positions available. that's as much as there were before the pandemic, and that's when times were booming. tom vacar, ktvu,

fox two news. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu. fox two starts now. >> one hour to go before crowds across the bay area ring in the new year. excitement building in san francisco for a big party. hello again and happy new year's eve i'm cristina rendon. first responders are preparing for a busy night tonight as people celebrate the start of 2025. the bay area's biggest party happening along san francisco's embarcadero. a live look for you here, where there is a heavy police presence tonight among the crowds for tonight's fireworks show. ktvu. joey shows us how everyone is counting dow. >> san francisco firefighters preparing for a busy night, with the department expecting 100,000 revelers to watch the fireworks along the embarcadero, attracting onlookers from near and far. >> the people here, just the whole excitement, the lights, you know, everything. the food here, iea