chair cruz: thank you. our next witness is commissioner daniel lafave of the federal maritime commission. he was also in panama with chairman sola. >> thank you so much chairman cruz and ranking member cantwell. in addition to chairman sola and myself of commissioners here from the federal maritime commission which underscores the importance of the issue to us. where than 110 years after its opening the panama canal remains vital to maintaining resilient supply chains for american importers and exporters. because the canal is essential a waterway bridge over mountainous terrain it does require supplies of freshwater. panama has among the world's largest annual rainfall, nonetheless insufficient freshwater levels have occurred before in the canals history such as in the 1930's when dams built to address water shortages. in the last couple of years a trend of worsening droughts in the region has forced limits to the operations of the canal. starting in june 2023 the panama canal authority reduce the number of

ted cruz, the great ted cruz, the conservative ted cruz, the brilliant ted cruz, argued with me to wantsbills, can't get it done in one bill and it's not important and we'll get to the taxes when we can get to them and i don't agree with all respect for ted cruz, a genuine conservative. i don't understand it, steve moore. >> well i want to tell your viewers a quick story about what happened in 2017. you hint at this on this earlier in the show, but do you remember december 2022, 2017, larry when you and i got an emergency call from mitch mcconnell saying we don't have enough votes for our tax bill and we had to go pounding on the doors of five or six republican senators trying to get and persuade them this was an important thing to do and so my point is, we came within an eye lash of not getting that historic tax bill done. i don't want to live through that again. i want to get this done. i think did jason say he thought we could do it by memorial day? i'll take it. memorial day, we're going to have this tax bill signed because one other quick thing. larry: the whole thing. the big bill.

in a moment we hear from senator ted cruz. then house ways and means chair jason smith but first one big beautiful bill, the subject of the riff. a big moment today, perhap two. first certainly, congress certified president-elect trump's eel open victory,ta. mr. trump create could a working class coalition, hispanic-americans could black americans, asian-americans, muslim mu-americans, young people, union members women. that could well change face of american politics for at least a generation, mr. trump turned the g.o.p. into the party of working folks, he will promote america first policies be they lower taxes, reciprocal fair trade tariffs, border closing, unleashing energy, minimizing red tape business regulations and he brought in the doge brothers, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. who will weaken the over extended power of the unelected federal bureaucracy. as well as chopping down the tom tomorrow -- federal budget, and america first overseas to restore american authority, respect with peace through strength, and a clear

in santa cruz. jocelyn moran, nbc, bay area news. the embattled sheriff of san mateo county is striking back at the county that's trying to oust her. sheriff cristina corpus has filed a $10 million claim against san mateo county back in november. you may recall the county released an independent report that accused sheriff corpus of workplace misconduct. it suggested corpus fostered a culture of fear and retaliation, and that the sheriff may have had a romantic relationship with her chief of staff. sheriff corpus has denied all accusations against her. her attorney says the report was biased and part of a, quote, evil scheme to force her out of office. corpus, his legal team, also alleges she's been targeted because she is the county's first latina sheriff. in march, san mateo county voters will decide in a special election whether to grant authority to the board of supervisors to remove an elected sheriff and across the bay to the embattled antioch police department. the feds are now stepping in to

nearly two weeks after part of the santa cruz wharf collapsed. the rest of the wharf is reopening today. why? city officials say they felt like the clock is ticking and the events we can expect this morning, and six days of ceremonies honoring former president jimmy carter begin this morning. more on the motorcade that is set to head to plains, georgia, in just a few minutes from now. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> and good morning to you. welcome to mornings on two. i'm claudine wong. yeah. >> happy weekend one and all. i'm frank mallicoat. you tired of the rain? already in the new year. >> i like breaks. i like breaks. i can get them. >> yes, i'm over it. i'm over it. i think we've got actually a dry week ahead. let's check in with rosemary and say thank you. >> good morning to both of you. yes. first weekend 2025. going to be a dry one. it's a chilly one out there this morning. colder than yesterday with the drier air in place. and we do have a little bit of patchy fog as well. how about a view there over the golden ga

thank you, senator cruz. not that you need to hear it from me, but a terrific response with, sort of your trademark sarcasm and so thank thank you for not disappointing that score as well. so victoria, where do we need to be on january 20th? where do we need to be a year from that in particular where i'm going is not just a from you regarding the blueprint you outline in the book for people who haven't yet had a chance to take a look. but if you don't mind, something that is is very strong in the book and that is the courage and the moral clarity required by the united states, which, of course, over the last few years in, the outgoing presidential administration have been really lacking well, that they have. and, you know, one of the reasons i wanted to write the book, of course, to document senator cruz's many achievements in the senate on israel policy. that was my first motivation. but the other thing wanted to do was explain, you know, precisely what he's talking about and why this relationship matters wh

and i do think san jose, santa cruz mountains, santa cruz, santa clara valley.in with snow up in the mountains and the european forecast model says not only this weekend, but. maybe end of the month. trying to bring in some a little bit of a pattern change. but again, at least the tahoe area is going to get some snow. maybe not this much, but there will be some up there. it just depends on which forecast model you believe. changes in the air sunny today but cooler. the wind picks up tonight. highs today. more 50s and 60s instead of those 70s pamela. >> okay thank you steve. >> well, after the wildfire devastation of the eaton and palisades fires, homeowners are bracing for a new challenge. we're going to take you live to malibu, ktvu. roberta gonzalez is there. she'll tell us the latest on the new risk, as rain is expected this ek dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. f

chair cruz: thank you. senator she -- sheehy. sen. sheehy: how long would it take china to block the usage. i know you are not military experts but you have been on the canal. if they wanted to deny our usage of it, how long would it take for them to do it? chair sola: senator, i can say that prior to the year 2000 the canal had a creek rate -- quick reaction force that took all possibilities into consideration, either a ship being stalled or to be able to move one out. i do not know what those capabilities are or what the planning for that would be. sen. sheehy: so effectively, we do not have ready response. i do not like the mindset that has pervaded that there is this far-off hypothesis. prof. kontorovich: you are not talk -- comm. maffei: you are talking military experts. sen. sheehy: if he has driven the canal and i think the ever given jackknifed in the suez canal. that is a ship that turned sideways so if china chose to, how fast could they closed the canal to our usage? chair sola: they would do a s

the city of santa cruz says yes. less than two weeks after these incredible scenes were part of the wharf collapsed into the ocean. it is set to reopen tomorrow. businesses are excited, but the feeling isn't mutual for some residents and visitors. nbc bay area's jocelyn moran is in santa cruz. the city says it's safe for people to get back on the wharf. in fact, business owners today have been getting ready to reopen, but residents and visitors say they don't feel comfortable quite yet. it's been almost two weeks since disaster struck, sending a part of the santa cruz wharf into the ocean for business owners on the wharf. it's been a long two weeks of missed revenue, and for employees, it's meant no work. a lot of them have kids, rent and all that, and that has to be paid. so i know they're really happy to be going back to work. lance haggard has felt the impact. he manages fire fish and grill, woody's cafe and gilbert's gift shop. yesterday was just about going and throwing away everything in the restaurant, and tod

and he said he was. >> the cruz family is heartbroken. >> why would he shoot himself? it doesn't make any sense that he would do this. i thought maybe an intruder had come in and shot him. and then brenda found him that way and thought he'd done it. >> but according to the police report, there was no intruder. just brenda and jonathan were present in the room. >> even that night after we got back from his apartment and all that, i thought, you know, even no matter how mad she is at him, she always talks about how much she loves me. so, you know, she wouldn't do that to me. >> surely jonathan's family is distraught. they say the 27 year old wasn't suicidal. >> he was just too happy to looking forward to the future. too good of a place in his life, too rational. >> but a police report reveals jonathan did have a history of depression and was supposed to be on antidepressants but wasn't taking them. as investigators begin to process the crime scene, they bag jonathan's hands to preserve evidence. the police affidavit reveals. officers on the scene found a semi-automatic p

i'm catherine heenan. >> the santa cruz wharf is back open to the public. this is after that collapse, partial collapse last month. the closure affected several businesses which had to temporarily shut down. kron four's. lindsey ford talked to some of the owners. she has an update. >> it's been nearly 2 weeks since the partial collapse of the santa cruz wharf and with its debut reopening saturday, business owners are looking towards a brighter and more lucrative new year. >> we know we're open now and we're happy. we're we're still to be here. >> since we opened, we've had a ton of regulars coming in. and it's just it's really warmed our >> this managers and owners nestled on the wharf are now playing catch up on bills because of missing out on the holiday rush when the work was closed, not only did we lose out on business and there's a lot of food waste associated with that. i mean, clothes for 10 days. alicia dogs, manager of gilda's homestyle comfort, food restaurant. >> says what hurts the most is employees taking a plunge in their paychecks, which some

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less than 2 weeks since big waves damaged the santa cruz wharf. the popular tourist spot is preparing to reopen kron 4 charles clifford is live for us now in santa cruz with details on the plans. thanks for being here. >> well, good afternoon. i'm in santa cruz and across the street there. that's the wharf. you might be able to see their security that got the entrance blocked off. the public is not being allowed to go out on the wharf until tomorrow when they plan on reopening. city of santa cruz says that following an engineering assessment and sonar examination of the under structure of the war, they believe that it is safe to reopen. obviously the far end of the war that broke free during those big waves on december 23rd that sections going remain closed off, but they say the rest of the work is safe. they also say the coast guard has completed a sonar examination of the area. they've located some heavy equipment, including a crane that fell into the water back on december 23rd. they say they believe that stuff is just sitting underneath the wa

the city of santa cruz says yes. less than two weeks after these incredible scenes were part of the wharf collapsed into the ocean. it is set to reop tomorrow. businesses are excited, but the feeling isn't mutual for some residents and visitors. nbc bay area's jocelyn moran is in santa cruz. the city says it's safe for people to get back on the wharf. in fact, business owners today have been getting ready to reopen, but residents and visitors say they don't feel comfortable quite yet. it's been almost two weeks since disaster struck, sending a part of the santa cruz wharf into the ocean for business owners on the wharf. it's been a long two weeks of missed revenue, and for employees, it's meant no work. a lot of them have kids, rent and all that, and that has to be paid. so i know they're really happy to be going back to work. lance haggard has felt the impact. he manages fire fish and grill, woody's cafe and gilbert's gift shop. yesterday was just about going and throwing away everything in the restaurant, and today

we've had rain all the way down santa cruz mountains, santa cruz itself.ut heaviest rain has been marin county north. the distinctive back edge to this. but then the cooler air will come in. so i mean, this might be the last rain, if you will, for a while here. forecast models are trending pretty dry here for the first couple of weeks of january. after today, and it amounts to a quarter of an inch to it looks like a little bit. maybe half three quarters should do it. some cool air though is on the way for later today, tonight into tomorrow. but it's laughter in the rain if you're out this morning. cloudy. heaviest rain to the north, but everyone's in on some rain today. and temperatures near average to even slightly below. always above, never below average. here he is, mr. sal castaneda. feet on the desk or something going on? >> well, there are a couple of things going on, steve. it's pretty light in some spots, but there's a new crash southbound 101 at airport boulevard on the way to san bruno. they're out of the city, so give yourself extra time. also,

jesús orozco a partir de hoy, jugador de la máquina celeste de cruz azul.ad de cruz azul, creo que no lo dudé. el proyecto deportivo que hay me llamó mucho la atención y es eso. creo que aquí es una gran institución, es un equipo muy grande y vengo comprometido a dar mi máximo. pero 1 no pierde el tiempo y ya tiene preparado otro refuerzo para el clausura 2025 y al parecer es solo cuestión de horas para que la máquina anuncie al técnico argeino lucas romero como nuevo refuerzo del equipo romero, cuya carta pertenecía al milan, estaba a préstamo con el alavés de españa. sin embargo, la poca cantidad de minutos para el jugador de 20 años propició su salida. según informes, cruz azul pagó una cláusula de 3.5 millones de euros, adelantándose así a las chivas que también buscaban al mediocampista. pasamos con la selección mexicana, que en esta tarde llegó a brasil para enfrentar el primero de sus 2 partidos contra clubes sudamericanos. méxico llegó a ser campeón a buenos aires, pero esta tarde hizo el traslado a brasil y mañana va a estar entrenando en las insta

. >>> and the santa cruz wharf reopened today after part of it fell into the ocean, but it's future is still on troubled waters. i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> for the second year in a row, oakland's menorah has been vandalized. >> it wasn't a great paint job. here they painted again, and this was after it was repainted. >> reporter: the rabbi of the center for jewish life of oakland is showing us these antisemitic messages covering the menorah, steps away from the display put up here for the last 19 years during hanukkah. >> it's been going on since october 7thall over oakland. wherever you go, you see this. they're hurtful. >> reporter: the rabbi says community members reported the first antisemitic message, and then more. but on the last day of hanukkah, the antisemitic messages reappeared. >> last year the menorah was broken into pieces and thrown into the lake. we were able to find local volunteers to put it together piece by piece and displayed it outside the center. >> reporter: the volunteers are with the oakland jewish alliance where they work to remove antis

when for business, santa cruz celebrates the reopening of its wharf less than two weeks after a storm sank part of it into the ocean. we're hearing from happy visitors and shop owners and the final goodbyes to president jimmy carter have begun the emotional service today in his home state, with americans traveling from all over the country to pay their respects. the first a driver gets away after a deadly hit and run in san francisco. tonight, the search is on for that driver. the deadly crash happened just a few hours ago in san francisco's portland neighborhood. police haven't released any details about the victim or what kind of car was involved, but they are asking for the public's help to track down the driver. nbc bay area's alyssa goard reports from san francisco. tonight after a hit and run crash in san francisco, police are combing through evidence trying to piece together how a pedestrian was killed here between silver and colby avenues. san francisco police are retracing the steps of a pedestrian who was hit and killed by a car just before 530 on saturday. we spoke with one

kron 4 charles clifford is live for us in santa cruz. with more now on the new opening date. >> well, good afternoon. yeah, i'm standing at the end of these santa cruz wharf. you see it right behind me. there. and if you look over here, you can see they've still got to close down their security here, keeping the public out. there are construction vehicles, debris removal and some business owners. i presume going in and out getting ready because they plan to reopen this tomorrow. but let's going take a look at some video here. the city of santa cruz says that following sonar assessment or sonar examination and engineering assessment of the war, the under structure, they believe that it is safe to reopen. they say it's a strong as it's ever been. obviously the far end section that broke away that's going to remain closed. but the majority of the work they plan on reopening that. the city also says the coast guard has completed a sonar examination of the area around the world from. they've located some heavy equipment, including a crane tha

mónica dice que esta cruz fue una de las pocas cosas que no se quemaron.speranza de que vamos a salir adelante. yomara lópez telemundo. bueno, este viernes el gobierno del presidente biden anunció la extensión del tps para salvadoreños y venezolanos. pilar niño nos trae reacciones y más detalles sobre este anuncio. yo estaba trabajando y me di cuenta. vi la noticia, me quedé oh my god! hasta con lágrimas dice gloria que recibió esta mañana la noticia de que seguirá protegida por el tps. que mi corazón me palpitaba a mil por hora. y es que para ella, quien es salvadoreña, dicha protección se vencía el próximo mes de marzo. te desvela? no puedes dormir pensando que si lo vas a tener o no lo vas a tener. según el anuncio del gobierno, el tps de los salvadoreños se extenderá del próximo 10 de marzo al 9 de septiembre del 2026, beneficiando a 232.000 personas como gloria. también lo extienden para 600.000 venezolanos hasta el dos de octubre del 2026. porque nos otorga una protección adicional de 18 meses para cada país. es decir, que podríamos vivir con tranqui

the open brightening their day in santa cruz. lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> one person had to be rescued at ocean beach today would still not clear exactly what happened. but we know the person had to be pulled from the surf line and was being treated for non life-threatening injuries. all right. time for a look at the forecast as we look live at the golden gate bridge. a pretty shot and gale is back. she's been talking about drier weather in part, changes. >> started off with rain yesterday. the first rain of the year and now we have a drying trend in store for the foreseeable future. we do have a high surf advisory into the overnight hours. so this. >> expires 03:00am tomorrow. so even when it does expire, we still see some choppy waters wave heights right now we are at 8 feet high as we speak in this 11:00pm hour. but we saw, you know, like we're expecting 18 to 20 feet breakers overnight. so, you know, the waves are magnificent. but if you want to go to the beach tomorrow in the morning, just be mindful. still going to be a b

cruz roja o llamando al número que aparece en pantalla. hace unos días atrás, hay muchas personas porque este tipo de situaciones, lamentablemente también se presta para que malhechores puedan hacer de las suyas y aprovecharse de gente que quiera donar. así que esa es una buena manera. puede ir a nuestra página. ahí va a estar toda la información. definitivamente. de acuerdo compañeros, porque ya entidades como la cruz roja pues tienen una logística establecida y ya saben entonces cuáles son esas áreas que quizás puedan hacer una mejor distribución de esos recursos. pero vamos a echarle un vistazo a las condiciones del tiempo, porque lamentablemente todavía vamos a continuar con esas condiciones secas. ese sistema de alta presión continúa bastante fuerte y lo que hace es que evita que se acerquen las lluvias, las mantiene alejadas y aquí hacia el sur tenemos una baja presión, pero lo que hace es que bordea esa alta presión al norte y aleja esos sistemas de lluvia fuera de nuestra zona. y por eso es que continuamos viendo, o mejor dicho, no

la ciudad dice que es seguro que la gente camine en el muelle de santa cruz.le han hecho largas debido a la pérdida en ganancia para los empleados. ha significado no tener trabajo. kids rant lands haggard maneja varios negocios ubicados en el muelle de santa cruz y dice que los empleados se sienten felices de poder regresar al trabajo debido a que muchos de ellos tienen hijos y tienen que pagar la renta. a pesar de lo que pasó, lentz dice sentirse seguro de regresar al muelle porque dice que la ciudad hizo lo que tenía que hacer para asegurarse que el muelle estuviera seguro. sin embargo, visitantes piensan que es muy temprano para reabrirlo. little jason, quien está visitando santa cruz desde el valle central, dice que está un poco ansioso de que abran el muelle de nuevo y espera que la ciudad haya tomado las medidas de seguridad necesarias para asegurar que estuviera seguro para todos. la ciudad dice que la decisión de reabrir el muelle fue basada en una evaluación completada por moffitt y necol en un comunicado de prensa. el director de parques y recreación

but santa cruz, santa cruz mountains, san jose, santa clara valley, maybe east bay as well.t some rain even into solano county and maybe another system 30th 31st. kind of hinting at that teasing. so hopefully it changes on the way. and you can see it right here. watch the low develop right there. see it spinning. spinning. then it's on to southern california. now watch to the west right there. there you go. that would be on the 30th. so we'll see if that's right. change is on the way. fair but cooler wind picks up tonight. highs 5060. but get ready for a significant change on the weekend. colder, windy. and i think we do get some rain you guys. >> all right. looking forward to that. i'm sure some people are for sure. steve. thank you. a renewed push to become its own country when he joins us on the nine. the secession movement that wan to make al dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit

well, blustery there in santa cruz to start the day. and this is the way we end the day golden gate bridge ship about to pass underneath. but in between at least in some parts of the bay, you had a good amount of sunshine. yeah, look at it. it's pretty foggy out there. you think those fog horns are going to be blasting, lawrence? yeah, they might get those things going by some accident over around parts of the bay area. tonight. cold front swinging through bringing some rain today and we've got more storms spinning out the middle of the civic. so >> likely going to see some more large waves moving in as early as tonight. you're looking toward half moon bay right now. couple of folks walking out along the coastline. those waves, not that largest yet, but that will soon change. we could see maybe some 18, maybe even some. 25 footers along the coastline specially on west and northwest facing beaches. so you got to be extra throughout the weekend. strong rip tides, of course, to go along with that. so service got to be careful as well as ar

and we're live at the santa cruz wharf as it welcomes visitors back. just a week after part of it crashed into the ocean during a storm, plus, an early morning foot chase leads. an officer involved leads to an officer-involved shooting and standoff in oakland. what we're learning about the arrest and what triggered the entire thing. and he doesn't officially take office until wednesday, but he's already getting down to business. we catch up with incoming san francisco mayor daniel lurie ahead of his inauguration. the news at six starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm tim gia vang. there is relief in santa cruz as the city celebrates the partial reopening of the wharf, less than two weeks after some of it collapsed into the ocean. city officials say the wharf is safe for visitors, even with sections that are still damaged. nbc bay area's marianne favro live in santa cruz, where business owners are welcoming back customers. marianne. they are welcoming back with open arms and even though the wharf just reopened a few hours ago tonight, we have seen

en los incendios aquí en los Ángeles y por eso nosotros queremos aprovechar para recordarle que la cruzstá trabajando para proporcionar refugio seguro. también alimentos, apoyo emocional y servicios de salud a todos los afectados por estos siniestros para apoyar a redcross disaster relief con una donación. ahí le estamos mostrando en pantalla. tómenle una fotografía. esta es la forma que usted puede ayudar. puede llamar al número que ve en pantalla o también ir a esa página web y se registran en los Ángeles, california. desde aquí les tengo los detalles. y es que, contra todo pronóstico, los bomberos luchan contra las llamas de los incendios al sur del estado. incertidumbre, angustia y muchas dudas entre la comunidad hispana ante los reportes de agentes de la patrulla fronteriza en diversos puntos del área de la bahía, incluyendo el valle central. con esto y más. así comenzamos. al mediodía. este es tu noticiero telemundo california al mediodía, el área de los Ángeles entra al cuarto día de incendios. hay muertos, heridos, miles de casas destruidas. pero también hay solidaridad, unión c

cruz: --chair grassley: senator cruz. sen. cruz: mr. cox you worked with attorney general bondi for over 35 years. mr. cox: yes, sir. sen. cruz: can you speak to her leadership style and how she managed the attorney general's office? mr. cox: fair. of course, very kind, but firm. she was very decisive. in her decision, ms. bondi always listened. there were several times we would disagree and she would hear me out. sometimes, i would change her mind, believe it or not. it was not often, but it happened. sometimes, she would listen to me and go the way she felt. that was her job. she was the attorney general. she is very firm and decisive. i will tell you, the number of times we walked -- i walked with her, the number of times i would walk away from her and she would not agree with my decision on a particular case. it is the pam bondi i worked with. that is why i am confident that she can fill this role. sen. cruz: i think the single most important responsibility general bondy will have at the department of justice is restoring integrity

>> now at 6, the santa cruz wharf set to reopen this weekend after part of family to the ocean due to those intense but first is 72 counties, embattled sheriff continues to face calls to step down. >> she's now filing a complaint against the county claiming discrimination. >> is at 6. >> thanks so much for joining us at 6. i'm vicki liviakis a report against san mateo county sheriff. >> christina corpus was released last year followed by calls for her to resign. appreciate you being with us. i'm grant lotus. the sheriff is now countering with a complaint against the county claiming discrimination kron four's rob nesbitt reports. >> this 5 page claim filed against the county of san mateo by sheriff christina corpus is lawyer was filed on december 3rd. and if there's a claim that there are some in the county who still believe that law enforcement is a, quote, white man's world. the claim filed against san mateo county says this is a case of discrimination and harassment against sheriff christina corpus. her attorney brad gage says county leaders do not want either a woman or latinx pers

it's for the north bay mountains, the east bay hills and the santa cruz mountains. floor will see winds about 15 to 25mph. our highest peaks could see winds 30 to 50mph. so the winds peak here between 1 and 4 p.m. saturday afternoon. and then they weaken first thing sunday morning. here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you sunny and dry today. gusty winds are back here tomorrow. less wind on sunday and then the next seven days. it is dry. it is sunday. sunny for much of next week guys. >> all right drew thank you. we are expecting an update on the sentencing of president elect donald trump and his hush money case involving adult film actress stormy daniels. trump's legal team has launched several efforts to block the sentencing from moving forward, arguing it would damage the institution of the presidency. those efforts were unsuccessful. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has been insisting the sentencing proceed. >> we believe that the sanctity of the jury verdict must be given primacy. the jury's voice must not be rubbed out. >> trump originally

. >> as santa cruz officials work to secure the wharf's future. >> the remainder of the wharf is strong, is sound. >>> plus more high surf across the coast as the rain moves out. paul heggen looks at the extended dry spell in the forecast. >>> san mateo county's embattled sheriff on the offensive, how she's setting the stage for a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the county. >>> plus, the long road to recovery for a sick and malnourished baby monkey that was seized during a traffic stop. >>> later, the streets are his canvas and his brush is a pair of running shoes. >> there's always a wonder of oh, can i pull this off? >> we'll meet an artist who is creating a unique sort of gallery through san francisco. >>> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >> thanks for joining us this evening. i'm anne makovec in for juliette. >>> it's been more than a week and a half since the end of the santa cruz wharf collapsed into the oceans. we're talking a huge amount of debris, construction equipment, and even an entire restroom building floating away. now in about 13 hours it's going to

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current conditions are sunny in santa cruz. it's 44, in redwood city. a look outside here from our pier 39 camera. low 50s from santa rosa to petaluma and all that wind allowing for a warmer start out there. our coastal flood advisory taking us through the next few hours here and then looking at high temperatures today above average, low to mid 60s. today, the warmest day out of the next seven will cool it off a little tomorrow, and the winds will subside throughout the afternoon. the accuweather seven day forecast featuring the closer to average temperatures as we get break their two game skid against the minnesota wild. san jose takes on minnesota tonight at home inside sap center. face off is at 7:00. here's abc seven sports reporter sarah hodges. morning sports fans. >> the warriors came into indiana a bit banged up. both steph curry and draymond green were out of the lineup. but that's not it. no andrew wiggin, jonathan kuminga, brandon podemski or gary payton the second there steph and company on the bench. first quarter dubs down four. pat spence

she she hadn't mentioned that it's headed towards santa cruz. all right. let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow now who's tracking the wind conditions. >> down there in monterey county, lawrence. yet guys know that plays very well and they are seeing that smoke kind of swirl around right now. more of a southerly direction being kicked in by the wind. so that is carrying that smoke away from cassville right now, the south that's very populated area. of course, you've got the l course lou. >> a lot of a teeming with life there. you've got a tremendous amounts of life along the coastline there. of course. >> you've got people living up further toward elkhorn, also into the last low, most watsonville. that's a major hub where a lot of people are watching too and living in those areas also nap toss and also into santa cruz. smoke coming up in that direction right now. and so that would be the main concern there for tonight. so, yeah, boy fires. they have been an issue so far. southern california looking at more of those conditions to. but t

. >> the santa cruz wharf is ready to reopen. business owners are hoping to bounce back from the collapse. >>> plus, it has been two decades in the making, but a ban on agricultural burning just took effect in the central valley, why farmers say it will cause their operating costs to skyrocket. >>> and putting a new spin on the term street art, our itay hod tags along with a san francisco man creating his own gallery with nothing but his running shoes and a gps tracking app. >>> the news at 6:00 is coming up in about ten minutes, but first let's head over to matt for a look at sports. >> kpix sports is powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> the 49ers have one more game to go before they enter their longest offseason in four years. deebo samuel has been ruled out against the cardinals, george kittle questionable and while sunday's game might not mean anything for the record books, several players still have a lot to play for, including wide receiver jauan jennings chasing his first 1,000-yard season

and santa cruz businesses say they hope people looking to welcome in 2025 also bring with them a much needed economic boost. >> and in weather, here's our live camera looking out toward san francisco and the bay bridge. no fog, no rain to track for tonight, at least here in the bay area, but some scattered high clouds and some cold temperatur . we'll have your fore st for new ea released his long awaited emergency regulations, and the hope was that it would help address the state's home insurance crisis and bring home insurers back into the state for people who are living in fire prone areas. but as ktvu tom vacar tells us, the solution isn't that simple. >> 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

and in the santa cruz mountains. so that's a big concern because the winds can get very, very gusty. could down trees. tree limbs could put up power and also tough to drive u.s. high profile vehicles. air quality. ours is great. we have a northeasterly wind is pushing up smoke from the la fires away from us. so it's good air quality everywhere you look for us, which is great news. but look at southern california. my goodness, gracious. there's a bull's eye of terrible particulates matter right there, of course, in los angeles. and that smoke is heading out to sea and the smoke is heading right down the baja peninsula. so that's where the bad air quality is. you can see as i step aside areas where of the way the poor and moderate and dc air quality are in southern california depends on the winds of topography. and as those winds shift and change, it makes a big difference in terms of firefighting, not only the smoke but the fire fighting as the winds. we'll actually get fires to respond and moved differently. futureca

cruz: how is it different? ms.ndi: you are working for the government, you were working for the office of white house counsel. you are not representing him in his personal capacity. ms. bondi: you have not represented him in his business affairs or the criminal trials he has faced. ms. bondi: no, senator. sen. cruz: when it comes to weaponization, it is worth noting that in more than two centuries of our nation's history, no president had previously been indicted, no president had previously been prosecuted. until the biden-harris white house came along and the last four years we have seen donald trump indicted and prosecuted not once, not twice, not three times, but four separate times. ms. bondi: and two assassination attempts, senator. sen. cruz: i have to say javer from les mis would be chagrined at the efforts of democrats to do anything possible to take them down. i believe the real target was not president trump, but the american people, that these prosecutions were brought because partisan prosecutors were

reporting in santa cruz. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, you see the rainy weather there at the santa cruz wharf this morning. it's been rainy across much of the bay area this morning. this is video shot earlier at san francisco's mission bay neighborhood. it's been gloomy and wet for most of the morning, but there is some change on the way. ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo is here with where things stand right now. rosemary. >> yes, andre, take a look at this view here. you can even see a little bit of sun there poking through all the cloud cover. and down below the pavement there looks like it's drying out. we do expect the storm to be moving out. and by later this afternoon into the evening, we're going to call for just a slight chance of scattered showers. here's a look at storm tracker two. this is a three hour time lapse. you can see all the wet weather that andrea just mentioned a moment ago. came during the morning hours transitioning over to snow right about 6000ft and will continue

an app toss also in the santa cruz as well. so we're going to be watching that throughout the night tonight and early tomorrow morning. electrical fires with batters traditionally very hard to put out. right now. we are seeing changes in our weather pattern here locally. that fog is finally back. that's a sign of that onshore wind is so that offshore breeze clouds rolling in across the bay area right now. temperatures today. yeah, a lot of 50's and 60's. but tomorrow should be much cooler. we're going to see that nice ocean, their role in taxes to be cold in spots overnight. tonight we've got frost advisory showing up in many of the valleys or your local weather coming up a few minutes. thank you, lawrence. a big story we're following tonight. the san francisco chronicle reporting. >> federal grand jury has indicted former oakland mayor sheng thao. the report, though, does not go into details about why you may remember her home in the holmes. a waste company executives were raided last june kron four's dan kerman has more. >> i

and we'll take you to the santa cruz beach boardwalk right now. you see, that's lit up shortly before sunrise this morning, which is about z's bakery is looking to add a pizza oven, arissa's hair salon wants to expand their space, and steve's t-shirt shop wants to bring on more help. with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee, they can think more about possibilities for their business and not the cost of their internet. it's five years of gig-speeds and advanced security. all from the company with 99.9% network reliability. get the 5-year price lock guarantee, now back for a limited time. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities™. comcast business. welcome back to this stunning view from our mount tam camera. you see the orange glow from the sunrise this morning. it is 640 this morning. oakland police responded to a break-in at a smoke shop on san pablo avenue. this is surveillance video just in, showing that car ramming into the front of the business. you see here, people walking around the car. police responded to the sc

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and the santa cruz wharf is reopening for business. but 2 weeks after a powerful waves caused a partial collapse. and this morning, it's the fog that has become quite the issue. here is not such a look at sfo, which you can't see much of this morning. check your flight delays out that direction. >> temperatures ranging anywhere from the 30's to 40's right now, more of your forecast ahead. and if you are traveling, john just mentioned that fog. you have to look out for that news as low if possible. we're tracking >> it's 6.12, and here are 4 things to know today. the chp has arrested oakland man. he is suspected of killing his wife in 2023. his name is nathan mccowan. and after 2 years of investigating the alameda county da has filed charges against him on january second, he was arrested and booked into the santa rita jail. cupertino. police have arrested 2 people for stealing about $1200 worth of ribeye and prime rib beef cuts. they tracked down the thieves. thanks to an employee who saw the license plate on the getaway car and then th