no service today or tomorrow for ace rail. if you are working today, that will not be an option. muni offering normal service this morning and a special service. they are complimentary and they will run until 3:00 tomorrow morning. it starts at 8:00 tonight. next traffic >>> thank you, alexis. new year means new laws to follow. >>> millions of people who get their health insurance through the affordab new year's >>> we're not the only ones dealing with windy conditions today. sacramento valley until 6:00 p.m., gusts to 55 miles per hour. heading to the sierra, until 10:00 tomorrow morning, gusts 55 miles per hour. if you go to san diego until 2:00 wednesday morning, gusty conditions. we have rain and snow showers around san diego and the mountains there. low to mid-60s in the valleys. 50 fresno. monterey, sacramento, chico, increasing sunshine. 43 in yosemite. 29, look at this, we don't get above freezing temperatures until wednesday in tahoe. >>> bundle up if you're going to tahoe. mike, thanks. >>> new laws will go into effect tomorrow, january 1st. >> reporter: the new laws wi

right now the transit center sees 92 trains a day but wants cal train, ace train, vta light rail and the bart rail move in. >> this is a transformational project that's going to change how san jose operates and looks. >> i think i just want to know what the future holds for the n in the neighborhood that i live in. >> we're exciteded for developing what basically has been empty lots and derelict buildings. >> it will take almost another year to finalize the plans. >>> this morning people in the mid market area of san francisco are not happy a major internet company has pulled up states and left its employees were feelingg slapped in the face by a homeless woman. a nearby business owner says it's a tough neighborhood. >> we should probably clean up our streets. one of the richest cities in the world and we have people. i have to chase people away from my business all the time for sleeping and peeing outside and doing god knows what. so it's kind of a big deal. >> other people in the area say they are worried now that spotify abandoned the community. >> i would have preferred a company

rails. all trains for b.a.r.t., ace and caltrans reporting no delays. >>> 4:49 right now. new this morning, there's new explanation for the creation of a dead lly firenado. take a look at the size of it. a new study says it was created by a combination of scorching weather, erratic winds and ice-topped clouds. scientists say the firenado was the size of three football fields. the funnel of smoke and flames killed a firefighter. in total the car fire claimed eight lives and burned over 1,000 homes. >>> a follow-up for you. nearly one month after the deadly firestorm, the first paradise residents are only now being allowed to return. authorities yesterday lifted evacuation orders for some people, but pg&e says full power may not be restored before the end of the year for some of those neighborhoods. gas service may take a little longer than that. police are telling residents to be extra careful as they return to their properties. >> i want to remind everyone there are still a lot of hazards up there. we ask you drive at a reduced speed, watch for utility crews, watch for equ

diridon station will be the hub for caltrain, amtrak, ace train, b.a.r.t., high speed rail and vta light rail. eventually planners say there cook as many as 140 -- could be as many as 140,000 people using diridon station daily. if those projections are correct, that would put the diridon train station about on equal footing with sfo in terms of the average number of daily passengers and sfo gets 55 million passengers a year. it has neighborhood groups watching closely to make sure the city and the transit agencies get it right. >> hopefully this will be a single coherent station instead of three or four disparate elements. >> reporter: this man says the station expansion will impact neighborhoods in expected ways like parking and traffic, but there are still a lot of unknowns. >> the alignment whether it comes in through adjacent neighborhoods or whether it comes in overhead hasn't officially been determined and honestly has the more cynical in the area figuring that the decision has already been made. it just hasn't officially been published yet. >> reporter: so there are a lot of unans

ace in perpetuity. up to a maximum height of 13 feet. any decks and associated railings above this first story must be set back at least 5 feet from the shared property line. and we will hear first from the appellant. >> actually been quite a while since we've seen you, mr. williams. >> yes, it has. not long enough, but good evening, president fung, members of the board. steve williams on behalf of the etcheverry family, and they're the owners of 3030 larkin street, and they're the property that own the subject variance. waterfront management, l.l.c., does not have standing to make the application that's in front of the board. a variance is entitlement that belongs to the property. this seems to be a lot of confusion from waterfront and the acting z.a. on this point, and their briefs did not address this at all, other than to say the z.a. has ability, but this isn't their property area. this is brief 20. 11 was the original etcheverry lot, and 10 was the original waterfront lot, and this is the area that they gave up that the etcheverry owners that that owner deeded over