i wish, claudine. i wish i could. this looks like this is it as far as rain and snow. it looks like you're about done up there. still a winter weather advisory until 1:00 today. i think the wind will kick up and the temps will take a tumble tonight. isolated showers skirt along the mendocino coast along fort bragg. most of it is offshore. same can be said in the san mateo and santa cruz coast. i have seen this pattern many, many times. they go down around monterey. if you're down in that direction, don't be surprised

ktvu's claudine wong has been introducing us to some of the people helped by the fund. she tells us about a single mother of two who was about to lose her home. ♪ new lights, new hope -- >> cynthia watson loves to sing. >> i went to san francisco state university in the music department and music is a part of my life. >> reporter: it's how she always stays positive. but last may life got scary. her landlord told her she had 90 days to move. >> i had been living in my home for 13 years and i was recovering from a total hip replacement. and so i just had to dig down deep and get the job done. >> reporter: she was optimistic they could get the job done. she learned that from her family. the youngest of 12 and a single mother of two, she'd faced challenges before. >> a child with spina bifida -- i focused the majority of my attention on helping her to be the best she could be. >> when she faced the prospect of finding a new home. she went full steam ahead. >> i was going on faith. i didn't know where i was going to move. but i began to seek. >> reporter: it took about a mon

i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm claudine wong.ck of how chilly it is and when it's going to warm up. it always does. >>> temperatures are already rebounding. still very cold out there. slowly thawing out for valley locations where we were at freezing once again. here is a view of the east bay and mount diablo. a mix of sun and clouds, a little bit of haze and some smoke coming our way from southern california. let's talk about the good stuff. mild weather into the afternoon with dry and sunny conditions expected. temperatures this morning in the low 30s to the low 50s. half moon bay reporting 53. in the north bay, 33. fairfield, 33. a litter early that is an improvement. they were at 29 early this morning. upper 30s in concord . a chilly start for some of us. a lot of 40s around the bay. 46 at sfo. here is a view of what you can expect for the east bay short today. and hayward it will remain in the 40s through 9:00. that it becomes more comfortable around 10:00 in the 50s. low 60s at lunch and low to mid 60s expected the rest of t

claudine wong has been introducing us to some of the people held by the fund. and a single mother of two was about to lose her home. ♪ new light, new hope, to all he brings. ♪ >> cynthia wantson loves to sing. >> i'm retired. i went to san francisco state university in the music department and music is a part of my life. >> reporter: it's part of how she stays positive. last may, her landlord told her she had to move and she had 90 days to do it. >> i had been in my home for 13 years and i had hip surgery and i was recovering from a total hip replacement. and so i had to dig down deep and get the job done. >> reporter: she was optimistic that she could get the job done. she learned that from her family. the youngest of 12 and a single mother of two, watson had faced challenging before. >> i gave birth to a child with spina bifida. that was a twist in my life where i focused the majority of my attention on helping her to be the best she could be. >> when she faced the prospect of finding a new home, she went full steam ahead. >> i was going on faith. i didn't kn

frank and claudine?ow, as we are talking about how this happened, with the driver crossing several lanes, hitting vehicles, and maybe being out of control by the time he actually hit the tollbooth, does it look like he hit it from the side? it is kind of hard from our perspective to see where he might have entered, because it initially, it was trying to figure out if he hit it head- on. >> reporter: yes, it is looking as if he impacted at somewhat of an angle. i couldn't give you how many degrees off he may have been, the driver may have been, but it does appear that that impact happened at somewhat of an angle. again, the tollbooth was thrown down the road. so we're not clear on exactly how all of this happened. also not clear on whether any of this was captured on camera. as you might well guess, that would be something that chp would be looking at as well. but tollbooths, the toll plaza, is certainly one of the areas that they monitor traffic coming and going, so they may be reviewing video of this ac

claudine wong has been introducing us to some of the people helped by the fund. and she tells us about a wonderful lady, a single mother of two about to lose her home. ♪ new light, new hope, to all he brings. ♪ >> cynthia watson loves to sing. >> i'm retired, you know. i went to san francisco state university in the music department and music is a part of my life. >> reporter: it's part of how she stays positive. but last may life got scary when her landlord told her she had to move and she had 90 days to do it. >> and i had been living in my home for 13 years and i recently had hip surgery and i was recovering from a total hip replacement. and so i just had to dig down deep and get the job done. >> reporter: she was optimistic that she could get the job done. she learned that from her family. the youngest of 12 and a single mother of two, she had faced challenges before. >> i gave birth to a child that had spina bifida. that was another road, like a twist in my life, where i focused the majority of my attention on helping her to be the best that she could be. >>

claudine wong has been introducing us to some of the people helped by that fund. us about a single mother of two who was about to lose her home. >> i'm tired, you know. i went to san francisco state university in the music department. music is part of my life. >> reporter: it's part of how she always stays positive. last may things got scary. her landlord told her she had 90 days to move. >> i had been living in my home for 13 years and i recently had hip surgery and i was recovering from a total hip replacement. and so i just had to dig down deep and get the job done. >> reporter: she was optimistic that she could get the job done. she learned that from her family. the youngest of 12 and a single mother of two, watson had faced challenges before. >> i gave birth to a child who had spina bifida. i focused the majority of my attention on helping her to be the best that she could be. >> and so when she faced the prospect of finding a new home. she just went full steam ahead. >> i was going on faith. i didn't know where i was going to move. but i began to seek. >> re

claudine wong has the story. >> we met joshua perez at his home in pittsburgh. he is in the process of unpacking and getting settled. >> i have five children ages 20, 18, 15, 12 and 8. i was a teenage father. all of my kids, i am thankful they are healthy and they are really active in the community. >> he said he feels lucky these days, grateful for his new job. >> work is going well. i started working with a framing company. >> he is happy this house is such a good fit for him and his kids. he only has to look at the scar that runs down his leg to be reminded about how quickly things can change. >> the bone was shattered down here that is why there are so many screws. i fell off the ladder and i have bone spurs in my ankle so it was not that far of a fall but far enough for the bone spurs to shatter my tibia. so i needed a plate and 20 something screws. >> the injury alone was serious and when you consider his line of work you know how devastating this kind of fall can be. >> i am a union carpenter. i have been in the union for about 15 years. i have been doing

i'm claudine wong. >> happy weekend.morning, there will be a private funeral service for san francisco mayor ed lee. >> as you can see there, the people stood in line for more than an hour yesterday. they were paying their respects at city hall. there is a private funeral today. a public memorial tomorrow. we will have details on all of that coming up. >>> we are also talking about aquatic park in san francisco. because if you head there this morning, you will see these signs of saying it is closed. that is because of a sea lion attack. actually several. >> you might want to dip your toe but not dive in. we have details on the attacks and more how long the restrictions will be in place and hear from one of the victims hospitalized this week, after getting bitten. >>> the dump the trump administration is preventing officials from using a list of seven words or phrases at the top health agencies. >> we will have more on the forbidden words and how it is raising concerns about censoring certain issues. >> some of the words

.>> good morning to you, i am claudine wong. here are some of the stories we are following this morning. we are going to have the latest on a police officer shooting overnight.>> we will tell you about the injuries and the search for suspects. >>> a memorial is ready to begin. this officer was killed on christmas eve. we will let you know where the service is. stay with us this morning and we will let you know where his family and friends will pay tribute. >>> we have disappointing snowpack levels in the sierras. >> what the slopes are doing to keep open for skiers and snowboarders. let's go to rosemary.>>> it is the top -- in the top five for the driest december's on record. between now and then we will be dry. we will be dry for new year's day. here is a look into the day. we have some fog this morning. you can see san francisco and the bay bridge. the fog is widespread. it does not look like it will impact your drive unless you are in the north they. to half to three -- two miles visibility in the bay area. petaluma along hig

claudine wong has been introducing us to some of the people who are helped by the fund. this morning, she tells us about a single mother of two who was about to lose her home. >> newhope to all it brings. >> reporter: she loves to sing. >> i'm retired. i went to san francisco state university in the music department. music is a part of my life. >> reporter: it is just part of how she always stays positive. she admits last month things got scary. her landlord told her she had to move and she had 90 days to do it. >> i had been living in my home for 13 years. i recently had hip surgery. i was recovering from a total hip replacement. so i just had to dig down deep and get the job done. >> reporter: she was optimistic that she could get the job done. she learned that from her family. the youngest of 12 and a single mother of two, watson has faced challenges before. >> i gave birth to a child that had spina bifida. that was another road, like a twist in my life where i focused the majority of my attention on helping her to be the best that she could be. >> reporter: and so wh

claudine wong takes a look at how criminals think and what we can do to stay safe. >> reporter: yes,t making that list and checking it twice. and on black friday, our crews saw lots of people making good progress on those lists. i looked at this woman and thought it's going to be a great christmas but? see something a little bit different. >> it's a good example right there. somebody driving up there and you know it wouldn't take anything to pop out and grab one of those it looks like a purse or a bag and they would be in that car in less than 15 seconds. >> reporter: every holiday, we are told to stay on alert. make sure we don't become victims of theft or robbery. sometimes, that is e-vine -- easier said than done. >> it's holiday season. everybody is in holiday or shopping mode and they are not in theft protection mode. >> reporter: we asked j.d. nelson of the alameda county sheriff's department to give us insight into what criminals are thinking. i can tell you personally hindsight is 2020. looking back at this surveillance picture of my wide- open purse at the top of my shopping

claudine wong has his story. >> reporter: we met joshua perez at his home in pittsburg.e's still in the process of unpacking and getting settled. >> i have five children, ages 20, 18, 15, 12 and 8. i was a teen father, you know, all my kids are -- you know, i'm thankful that they are healthy, you know, they are really active, you know, in the community. >> reporter: he says he feels pretty lucky these days, grateful that he's working a new job. >> work is going well. i started working with a framing company in san francisco. >> reporter: and happy that this house seems to be such a good fit for him and his kids. but he only has to look at the scar that runs down his leg to be reminded about how quickly things can change. >> yeah, this bone was shattered into like a bunch of pieces down here. that's why there are so many screws in there. i was on the ladder and fell off and i just so happened to have bone spurs in my ankle, so it wasn't that like far of a fall, but it was just far enough to like the bone spurs caused my tibia to shatter so i needed a plate and 20 somethin

one morning in august two thousand and nine jack discovered the lifeless body of his wife claudine who had hung herself in the laundry room of their house with a letter in the pocket of her shorts. of true situation like injuries in these. abusing the industry folk. negras the mother of four children and it was she who managed the family accounts as her husband worked abroad two hundred days a year she would fortunes signature and never spoke to him about the infernal spiral she was being sucked into a vicious circle of new loans taken out to pay off the old ones twenty seven in all in the space of three years for a total amount of over two hundred thousand euros in two thousand and ten the french minister for the economy christine legarde passed a consumer credit reform through parliament post tighter controls on revolving credit reports or the op was dongle is on. a pretty henceforth for all purchases exceeding one thousand euros sales people who offer revolving credit solutions must also offer an alternative a conventional loan. that if it is at the new made me that it has for forty

claudine explains why it helps to think like if the mac>> reporter: does not think like a thief. >> reportering a list and checking it twice. our cruises are lots of people making good progress on those lists. i looked at this woman and thought it is going to be a great christmas. crooks see something different.>> somebody is driving up there. it wouldn't take anything to pop out and grab one of those purses or bags. and they would be in the car in less than 15 seconds.>> reporter: we are told to stay on alert every holiday. make sure we don't become victims. sometimes that is easier said than done. split>>>> everybody is in holiday mode. in shopping mode. they are not in theft protection mode.>> reporter: some insight into what criminals are thinking. i can tell you personally hindsight is 20/20. looking back at this picture of my wide open purse at the top of my shopping cart last month. it is embarrassing. especially since i know now only moments later someone in this car reached out a window and grabbed it.>> it was seconds. but mac sharing that story led to advice.>> reporter: a lot of

. >> for more on his impact we are joined by claudine wong. >> reporter: it is interesting, they talked about the mayor off- camera, you forget about these moments that you do not see. i talked to a reverend this morning and we talked about him and what they remember about him and over and over again they talked about his humility, his sincerity, and the reverend talked about how he was at the hospital this morning and how he held his last prayer with them and his family. i can tell you that i know what that momus can -- moment could be like. that same reverend held a prayer for my uncle when he was in those final moments. and we talked about how mayor lee came to the hospital for my family. and when the reverend told him about my final goodbye he came and paid with the family. i will never -- prayed with the family. i will never forget the passion he had. i know how much it meant to my family. it was a moment he had a very busy day. it was very touching. >> he was a hero for asian americans in the city but also outside the city. i have been hearing, in fremont, asian americans look tow

. >>> welcome back to bay area people i'm claudine wong. we have partnered with the chronicle season of sharing fund. it is a network of 150 community service agencies that help families in need of short- term critical assistance. fund started back in 1986 and over the last 31 years has raised $120 million. helping thousands of bay area families. the money goes to help with short-term critical assistance grants which means applicants can get help paying rent or security deposits it can get people out of a homeless shelter or get a much needed wheelchair. the fund has given $20 million to food pink banks and since all administer costs are paid for 100% of the money raised goes to help families aunt ms. >> there is nothing like meeting the people to receive that assistance, to hear their stories and to understand what help during a rough time can mean. we begin with a story up of the hick man family they lost their home and everything inside in the north bay fires. they didn't have renter insurance, and didn't know where they were going to li

i wish, claudine. i wish i could. this looks like this is it as far as rain and snow.'re about done up there. still a winter weather advisory until 1:00 today. i think the wind will kick up and the temps will take a tumble tonight. isolated showers skirt along the mendocino coast along fort bragg. most of it is offshore. same can be said in the san mateo and santa cruz coast. i have seen this pattern many, many times. they go down around monterey. if you're down in that direction, don't be surprised if you have sun and then a quick burst of rain. 30s and 40s. the day is very short, as you know. that means that we will be hard press today warm up much. certainly with a northwest wind or a northerly breeze. it will feel winter like. by tonight, the temps will drop off the table. 36 currently in ukiah. some don't get out of the 40s. too much cold air diving in. the angle of the sun is low. that breeze is going to be felt far and wide here over the next couple of days, i do believe. 50s and one 60 in santa cruz. it won't last long though. we're dry but it will also be cold

claudine wong has his story. >> reporter: we met joshua perez at his home in pittsburgh.is still in the process of unpacking and getting settled. >> i have five children ages 20, 18, 15, 12, and 8. i was a teen father, you know. all my kids are -- i'm thankful that they're healthy and really active, you know, in the community. >> reporter: he says he feels pretty lucky these days. grateful that he is working a new job. >> work is going well. i started working with a framing company in san francisco. >> reporter: and happy that this house seems to be such a good fit for him and his kids. but he only has to look at the scar that runs down his leg to be reminded about how quickly things can change. >> yeah. this bone was shattered into a bunch of pieces down here much that's why there are so many screws in there. >> i fell off a ladder. i happened to have bone spurs in my ankle. it wasn't that farve a fall but far enough to like -- the bone spurs caused my tibia to shatter. so i needed a plate and 20- something screws. >> reporter: the injury alone was pretty serious. when y

claudine wong is introducing you to people helped by the fund including a young working single mother from the east bay. >> reporter: as melody nichols and her sister decorates, they know there is a lot to be thankful for. it's been a rough road. >> i would have to say that this was a huge, humbling process for me. >> reporter: she is a single mother, a registered dental assistant and is active in her church. back in june, things were looking good. she was planning to move and had taken on a temporary position but she started to have pain in her lower right side. doctors could not figure out what was causing it. >> he kept running tests and telling me everything was normal. during that time it was very painful for me. >> reporter: she leaned on her friends from church and her family but the pain got worse. >> reporter: i went to the emergency room and they did a ct scan and ran more tests. they told me that everything was fine. maybe i had an ulcer. ever going to refer me to a specialist. my test results came back normal. the ct came back fine. it was frustrating. i knew something was

. >> thank you, claudine. >>> cal fire says the wildfire burning in ventura and santa barbara countiesnow 86% contained. the thomas fire has become the largest now in state history. it has burned more than 281,000 acres and destroyed 1063 structures, mostly homes. officials are still hoping to have it contained by january 7th. here is the story of christmas kindness for firefighters who have been on the fire throughout the holidays. ♪ rudolph the red nosed reindeer ♪ ♪ >> reporter: off of the fire line and into the holiday spirit. for many of these firefighters, it is their first christmas away from loved ones. >> it is hard to be away from your family much there's no duty about it. >> reporter: oregon, utah, arizona, and arkansas. many of them are far from home. and they have all got someone missing them. >> all of my family and my girlfriend. my one-year anniversary was on tuesday. i was able to miss out on that. it was important for me to be here. she understood that. i'm just very fortunate. >> i've got my family and my fiance who live in phoenix. they're missing me a lot. >> i've

. >> claudine wong will introduce you to be will help by the fund including an young working single mother from the east bay. >> reporter: as melody nichols and her sister decorate for christmas, they know there is a lot to be thankful for. it's been a rough road. >> i would have to say this was a huge, humbling process for me. >> reporter: nichols is a single mom and is active in her church. in june, things were looking good. she was planning to move and had taken on a temporary position but then she started having pain in her lower right side. doctors cannot figure out what was causing it. >> they kept running tests and telling me everything was normal. during that time it was really painful for me. >> reporter: she leaned on her friends from church and her family but the pain got worse. >> i went to the emergency room and they did a ct scan and ran more tests. they told me that everything was fine. maybe i had an ulcer. they were going to refer me to a specialist and refer me to a doctor. my test results came back normal. the ct scan came back fine. it was frustrating. i knew something

you can read the stories in the chronicle and claudine had that one there. it just makes such a difference. >> it's great to see so many people being helped by this great fund and seeing those stories actually and hearing about them is just wonderful. >> well, it was -- >>> well, it was mild around the bay area. other parts of the country not so much. they got pounded by a winterblast over the holiday. >> the regions that received record snowfall over christmas. >>> and in weather, almost feel guilty with our weather pattern here today. it was lots of sunshine, mild temperatures, few high clouds moving in for tonight and we could be talking about rain chances. we'll talk more about those chances coming up. >>> it's only officially been winter a few days, but already it's causing problems in other parts of the country. >> in erie, pennsylvania, more than 56 inches of snow has fallen since christmas eve at a rate of three inches an hour. reporter david lee miller has our report. >> bitter cold and dangerous winter weather conditionseffecting large portions of

. >> reporter: at emryville trader vick's, after 57 years asthma tray de, claudine is hanging up herardenia and will head into retirement. >> very bittersweet departure here. my heart will always be here. with every single person that comes in. >> reporter: she truly loves the customers and they certainly seem to love her back. >> her incredible sense of style and grace. and she was always so welcoming with the biggest smile on her face every time. >> reporter: she began her career in 1960 in san francisco and stayed on when the restaurant moved to the east bay. she is a people person. >> no. i've never been shy. >> reporter: she has seated her share of celebrities, none bigger than queen elizabeth who came in with then first lady nancy reagan. >> they said i have to courtesy. i had never done that before in the life. so i started to practice. i think i did a good job. >> reporter: she wouldn't seat pete rose until he put on a tie. that was policy back then. >> i said, excuse me, sir, but i have a tie for to you borrow. >> reporter: her coworkers say it won't be as much fun without c

as claudine mentioned, this time of year, always have the chains and be prepared if you are headed up there. the snow is falling. we have dried out. we had a little bit of rain over the area overnight. again, we wake up with partly cloudy skies. we have a light breeze. we will have the winds pick up a little bit later today. as we get into the evening hours, for the hills we have a wind advisory. that starts at 10 pm. here now, we have a north of flo in place. we will go to the sierras and take a look at these scattered showers over i- 80 and highway 50. early this morning we fell down to 4000 feet. this is going to wind down in the second part of the morning. right now it is still falling. you will need chains. >> at home we remain partly cloudy, dry and cool. temperatures will be into the 60s. right now it is 38 degrees. 40s and 50s around the bay. 50 degrees in oakland. in the southbound, -- south bay, 49. berkeley will be in the low 60s. san francisco, upper 50s for an afternoon high. 63 will be high for santa cruz. high tides will play a role. king tides last until tuesday. today

i'm in for claudine wong. which willy start to the work, and i have on high regard, it's going to warm up. the holiday forecast, we've got santa rolling in to town monday. >> bundle up in the meantime. we'd love to see some rain, at least not for the next few days, giving you a live look at a pretty start to the day. we have a lot of clouds in place. look at all of that and a golden how for you, as well -- golden hue for you, as well. with all of those clouds in place helping to keep the temperatures up, even though we are near freezing, not quite as cold as we were yesterday when the bay area saw 20s in the valley locations. areas like livermore and the airport reported 25 degrees yesterday morning at some point. also temperatures again a little warmer. 36 in livermore, 37 in napa, and 35 degrees in santa rosa. guess around the bay, 44 in oakland, 44 in redwood city. we're going to remain partly cloudy for the entire day. 35 in wood side, 39 in morning, san mateo, and to the east bay, where pittsburgh is 42,