. >>> all right, now we would get a look at weather but brian hackney isn't here yet lyssa. he slept in. i think he pressed news too many time. >> that's going to be the big question this morning as we wonder where brian hackney is. the monday morning commute. the good news bottom line is there are no major accidents out there. granted there's roadwork at the bay bridge. in the westbound direction a couple of lanes are shut down. once you're on the bridge is roadwork is expected the clear up by 5:00 this morning. the 880 area, looking good in terms of traffic. the halts are look -- headlights would be the southbound direction approaching and passing hyde street. the san mateo bridge has been trouble free. no reports of roadwork, gist remember if you plan on driving through the peninsula. from woodside, very thick dense ground fog between wideside and about the san bruno area. just remember that there. the golden gate you can see fog is going to be an issue and a major mudslide shut down at least two lanes of 101 on the marin side of the golden gate bridge. this could cause m

i'm brian hackney, thanks for watching. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> rick: [ breathes deeply ] >> caroline: morning. >> rick: hi. thank you. >> caroline: mm-hmm. well, you were out for the count when i came home after helping pam clean up. >> rick: served up a lot of meals at the mission. it was really inspiring. you have a nice brunch at the spencer house? >> caroline: yeah. yeah. will's getting so big. uncle bill really, really loves being a daddy. it's -- it's cute.

. >> and i'm brian hackney, mr. hackney is studying thed -- mr.g the inside of his eyelids right now. the fact that the storm of the century for this year anyway seems to be coming in this thursday. >> it's going to begin overnight on wednesday night. it will impact both commutes on thursday. and it gathers strength and moment up and i was just saying liz i think i'm actually going to say the city -- stay in the city on wednesday night. i don't want to drive in it. it will be right experience it again on friday morning as well. it's a time to start preparing for that. right now we're looking at a little bit of light presippation moving into the north and portion of our bay area and that's pretty much it today. some light scattered showers there. otherwise mostly cloudy skies and temperature-wise, we're in the 50s out the door and have your complete forecast still straight ahead. >>> right now we have an overturn accident coming into the santa cruz mountains the northbound lanes of highway 17. been out there since just before 4:00 a.m. one lane is

happiness here though, brian hackney is here. >> don't notice hackney. >> good morning everyone.le griego. >> it's early too isn't it? >> it is early. >> hi everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. gang is all here and we have -- gang is all here, we have liza on traffic and we have you doing weather. >> yeah, it must be a holiday week. [ laughter ] we've pulled me out. to tell you that this is going to be a nice day today as we look out to sfo. we've got patchy dense fog out there and that's beginning to be problematic. 56-degrees in san francisco and 47 in santa rosa and maybe a beautiful day around the bay area. even as we have to contend with the high winds and we'll talk -- find and we'll talk about this and with forecast in a few minutes. first here's liza. >>> in issues in marin county this morning in terms of rock slides. all lanes are open just north of the waldo grade and right here 101 looking good across the golden gate. more kcbs traffic guys in just a few minutes. >>> all right liza thank you. well, five people have died in the u.s.

. >> even scrooge gave bob cratchett day off, i'm brian hackney in for frank mallicoat. >> the wind has picked up in the bay area over the past day and that's knocked over trees on roads this one on lucas valley road near skywalker ranch. there is a downed tree and power lines down. that happened at 2 a.m. in daly city crews removed a large tree downed by violent winds on john daly boulevard. traffic is moving slowly there this morning. but it's christmas day at 4:30 so there's no traffic. let's check the weather forecast. >> brian? >> what? >> weather, please. >> oh, it's me today. okay, fine. i can do that, too! we had that briefly little rainstorm moved through the bay area today. let's see if we can see the morning commute, anne. there it is! ladies and gentlemen, the christmas morning commute. there it goes. >> looking good. >> northbound today. the numbers around the bay area it's 40 degrees chilly out there 48 in san francisco. 44 for san jose. 41 in santa rosa. here's what we're expecting today. it will be nice for christmas day. clear and chilly to start out with, a sunny cool

i'm brian hackney. >> i'm juliette goodrich in for ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live where things got out of hand, christian? >> reporter: that's right. right outside the campus intersection of telegraph avenue and bancroft way. right now, as you can see behind me, there is no action right now. there was quite a bit of action maybe just an hour before this time. and over there, you can see the arrests. the alameda county bus they loaded at least several people. we saw them loading in there. we don't exactly have an exact number of arrests that were made, but there were people in the bus and they have cleared out that intersection. earlier today, it was one incident that set off the violence and mayhem. it really only took about ten minutes to start. it happened with the blink of an eye. >> people were throwing crates at it. breaking it. people with mostly covered faces of course. and people started walking up and taking some of the bottles. >> reporter: it didn't start that way, protesters gathered on the edge of the cal campus peacefull

>> i'm brian hackney. frank mallicoat is off today. it's 4:29. >> it's showtime. >> we have some -- we have a lot going on. it was raining in marin. >> and this is the last storm of the workweek and the last storm for the next seven days. it's our hi-def doppler radar. you can see a little bit of return in the form of some light rain showers up the santa cruz mountains. currently we have temperatures in the 50s across the board. going up to a rainy day high today in the 50s even a few low 60s. the full forecast still straight ahead. >>> and checking the roads, we start off with a major traffic trouble spot. chp has issued a traffic alert for southbound 101 at south airport all lanes shut down at this point. they are taking traffic off at grant. it is very slow-and-go as you work your way towards the scene. if you are heading to the airport for an early flight, it will mess up your drive this morning so we'll update you and let you know when lanes re- open. >>> a strange glow in the sky over richmond catches the attention of people in t

hackney is here. >> don't notice hackney. >> good morning everyone. it is tuesday, december 23rd. i'm michelle griego. >> it's early too isn't it? >> it is early. >> hi everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. gang is all here and we have -- gang is all here, we have liza on traffic and we have you doing weather. >> yeah, it must be a holiday week. [ laughter ] we've pulled me out. to tell you that this is going to be a nice day today as we look out to sfo. we've got patchy dense fog out there and that's beginning to be problematic. 56-degrees in san francisco and 47 in santa rosa and maybe a beautiful day around the bay area. even as we have to contend with the high winds and we'll talk -- find and we'll talk about this and with forecast in a few minutes. first here's liza. >>> in issues in marin county this morning in terms of rock slides. all lanes are open just north of the waldo grade and right here 101 looking good across the golden gate. more kcbs traffic guys in just a few minutes. >>> all right liza thank you. well, five people have died in the u.s. after a listeria outbreak includ

e marching >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >> i'm brian hackney.are marching through the streets of los angeles tonight to protest police brutality. it's called the millions march

i'm anne makovec. >> i'm brian hackney.christmas to you and thanks for tuning in. >> people around the world of course are celebrating as we speak. >> here's cbs news' tara mergener with a look at christmas day 2014. [ church bells ] >> reporter: catholics around the world are celebrating the birth of jesus christ today. in bethlehem, thousands attended midnight mass inside the church of the nativity where jesus christ was born. at the vatican, pope francis celebrated with a traditional mass at st. peter's basilica where the crowd spills into the square. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: he said, god's message of peace is stronger than darkness and corruption. that is the message of christmas night. a message even some noncatholics want to hear. >> i think that he has inspired many, many people not only me, i think many, many other peoples, as well. >> reporter: that message spread some 2,000 miles to the ancient catholic community in iraq a short distance from isis front lines where hundreds packed a church to hear a l

. >> i'm brian hackney in for frank mallicoat. >> let's get a look at weather and traffic. >> we could tell it's friday. >> roberta, oh, my gosh, are we ready for the weekend? >> it's been such a tough week just to get through all the rain all the debris on the roadways just to commute into work. and we have more rain just in time for the morning commute. good morning, everyone. it's our hi-def doppler radar. it's kind of misleading because you see some blobs on the tv screen doesn't look very impressive but all my observations are reporting, light rain in the hayward area plus some winds out of the south and southeast at 12 gusts up to about 13, 15 miles per hour. right now we currently have temperatures in the 50s. we are looking out towards sfo where it is mostly cloudy. it's a bit wet. it will be wet throughout the day today from this area of low pressure that's coming to the bay area bring an inch of rain in the wettest locations of the highest elevations of the north bay mountains. temperatures mild in the 50s and in the low 60s. again those winds blowing 10 to 20 during the afte

. >> and i'm brian hackney. frank mallicoat is off this morning, we're going to tell him where i was? >> yes, i want you to say this is brian. >> it is fairly early. 5:00 in the morning and time to get a look at weather and traffic. a little storm on the way, bigger one in a week? >>> powerful and you already hinted with this associated with this too. i am so impressed by the system. i'm personally telling my son and friends start making plans now. be off the roads thursday and friday. if you can tell commute you're going to want to do that. this is the biggest storm since 2008. will be right here under the bay area. right now it's a little storm with some minor showers right there around the windsor area. between cloverdale and also healdsburg. cloud cover out the door and areas of dense fog. numbers wise we've dipped to 53 degrees in concord. later today a southeast breeze at 15 miles per hour. carry an umbrella to be on the safe side. generally mostly cloudy skies and we have to scrub out the areas of dense f

. >> and i'm brian hackney. frank has the day off today. looting vandalism and a long night for berkeley police. protesters took over intersections. closed off an entire freeway and demonstrators are angry. all about recent grand jury decisions not to charge white officers in the deaths of black men. some of the protesters then went on a violent rampage down berkeley's telegraph avenue. kpix 5's ryan takeo is checking out the damage they left behind. good morning ryan. >> reporter: good morning buy quan. we're at the wall reason -- brian. we're at the walgreens on shaddock in berkeley. you can see right here the shattered glass, this window completely taken out as we zoom in right over here, brian, we'll show you a rock that went through another -- just a big plate of glass. now a handful of businesses were damaged on shaddock and on telegraph. we'll show you some video. some protesters also headed towards highway 24 and on the on ramp over there. dozens got on to the freeway. chopper 5 video shows the demonstrators blocking photograph and

i'm brian hackney.stormed the streets of berkeley in response to recent grand jury decisions not to charge white officers in the deaths of black men. many berkeley stores were vandalized during the demonstrations. >>> san leandro police opened fire on a suspected stolen car wound ld one of the suspects. police chased the car into oakland last night and an officer was injured but is expected to be okay. the suspect who was shot is in grave condition. >>> and 49ers' fans, not too happy this morning. the 49ers are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in four years under head coach jim harbaugh. this, after the team lost to the raiders yesterday. >>> big storm coming, details after a break. >>> good morning, it will take you a while to get through the bay bridge toll plaza. some approaches are better than others one of the bad ones east shore freeway you can see there. the drive time at the bottom of the screen. 48 minutes. the carquinez bridge to the made be 580 is backed up now beyond 24.

and our sister station, kb cw, 44 table 12. >>> brian hackney in for paul deanno. it has been raining every night. he has been empty on the rain bucket. we've got a little more rain on the way tonight. marin county picked up the most from the system that moved through, three or four inches of rain in the last few hours, there will be another distinct system in the afternoon, first, let's show you the golden gate bridge, it is slick, but the rain ease up there. further to the north, along highway 37 there is rain coming down near the sonoma county line. it is 53 at san jose, 53 in oakland. doppler shows you the action, down the santa cruz mountains and still, where it has been raining nonstop since 9:00 last night, over much of marin, we'll have showers tonight before we get a break in the wee small hours because of this culprit, which is spreading rain south from the santa cruz numbers. there are two systems, more rain on the way for tuesday, midday. then we get a break on wednesday. and then more -- i'm sorry, we get a break on thursday, and more rain on friday, f

good evening, i'm brian hackney. i'm ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live outside saint mary's college keley.. where tributes >>> stunned and saddened. a school is mourning the loss of an assistant principal. >> students and alumni have been coming here to lay down candles and flowers and shed tears together. now, the principal here is as the school has lost its right hand man. >> reporter: it is supposed to be winter break and campus is supposed to be empty. but current and former high school students found themselves here to pay their respects to assistant principal and teacher. shunn was biking with 50 to 60 other cyclists on highland road, east of san ramone. an accident with the bicycles in front of the line caused many to try to avoid it, he veered and was hit by a truck and died on the scene. >> at first it just takes your breath away. >> reporter: the principal got the call from his wife saturday night telling him what happened. he says that he taut government and asian history for upon 11 years at the school and set t

. >> i'm brian hackney.nk and michelle, the rest of the gang have a well earned day off. >>> in oakland, merry christmas turned to mayhem overnight. protestors trashed that public christmas tree and broke a lot of windows trying to send a message to police. kpix 5's christian hartnett joining us live from the newsroom with more. christian. >> reporter: well, protestors marching against police brutality wanted to keep the pressure on the cops even during christmas. oakland police were there just not a lot of them. there was very little that was peaceful about that protest. some marchers were hostile from the beginning. one protestor lunged for our camera mere moments after the march began. when the group blocked an intersection near city hall, this driver lashed out. >> people come from other areas and cause trouble, that's frustrating. people protest peacefully and others -- he is not with the struggle from this area. >> reporter: within an hour marchers were taking a detour through jack london square using

. >> i'm brian hackney. christian hartnett reports. >> reporter: flames burst out of a second-story window, smoke pouring into the sky as more than 100 firefighters taxle a blaze on mississippi street. neighbors poured out on the sidewalk staring at the home as it about urged. >> the whole house. it had already started to spread. >> reporter: the bigger concern, it would spread to more houses. the crews battling the fire managed to stop the fire from destroying any other home although one did have some damage. the potential christmas day disaster caught the quick attention of neighbors and san francisco's fire chief. >> neighbors helped the nations. it's a cohesive group. it's helpful for us. we got a lot of information. >> reporter: with the fire only 50 feet away the smell of smoke woke her up. >> my neighbor and i ran out and started knocking on the doors to wake people up. >> reporter: one home lost but everyone safe. firefighters able to stop the spread of what could have been a holiday disaster. fire c

i'm brian hackney. the phenomenon is called a tide. for the next two days, we'll experience extrs -- very high high >>> becareful around the coast. >> the phenomenal that is called a king tide terror for the next two days we will experience high tides along with very low, low tides. it this morning, it this was the scene as the bay spilled over into this hotel parking lot. flooding blocked a few roads but weekend bike riders were able to get through it without too much trouble. >> no closed trails but we had to go through parking lots to make it back on the trail. >> king tides will peak tomorrow. they will have posted warnings and warnings about rip currents. it makes the shorelines a place to be. >>> a 76-year-old man was hurt when a tree he was cutting fell on him this afternoon. the tree had toppled down in last week's storm. the homeowner was pinned underneath when the structure collapsed. he is expected to be okay. >>> another car erupts in flames. the fifth vehicle torched in the area in the past week. but, they tell us they are

. >> i'm brian hackney. frank's off today. >>> an orange light in the night sky over richmond causes concern. calls were coming into our newsroom last night with people asking, what is this? kpix 5's anne makovec is live in richmond this morning with some answers. >> reporter: chevron says it is a process called flaring which allows them to safely shut down a unit. now, they won't say why they suddenly had to shut down that unit without warning. but they say there was no danger to the communities. there were some concerns in the community. some neighbors said the huge flames could be seen for miles. chevron says it's not smoke but water vapor that is emitted. a lot of people that live around here are skeptical. >> there should be a warning. it didn't seem like a normal fire. it looked pretty big. >> reporter: the whole scenario brought back memories of of the 2012 explosion at this plant. 15,000 people went to the hospital complaining of breathing problems blamed on emissions from that event but chevron says

. >> i'm brian hackney. just moments ago, president obama wrapped up his end of the year address. when asked about the sony hack, he made a bold statement about the company's decision to cancel the release of the movie "the interview." >> yes, i think they made a mistake. i wished they had spoken to me first. i -- i would have told them, do not get into, um, a pattern in which you're intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks. >> the president went on to say that dictators cannot start imposing censorship here in the u.s. the white house confirmed that north korea was behind the cyber attack on sony. when asked about his policy on cuba, this is what he had to say. >> gives us an opportunity for a different outcome because suddenly cuba is open to the world in ways that it has not been before. >> mr. obama believes opening up relations with cuba can, over time, open the door to greater freedom for the cubans. the president will face a republican-controlled congress for the first time in the new year. republicans have already signaled their intent to take on the president over i

i'm brian hackney. the phenomenon is called a tide. for the next two days, we'll experience extrs -- very high high >>> becareful around the coast. >> the

time now to go outside and more with brian hackney, finally getting a break in the rain. >> you wouldn't think we were saying that with relief, what a difference 10 days can make, the doppler, there's just not much left, a chance of residual shower or two tonight, so we're going to begin by going outside and showing you what it was like at ocean beach, surf was up, big time, king tides were up there by mill valley, perpetually shut down the intersection, not really an intersection, you get off highway 101 to make the left on to the turn to the beach, closed this time of year because the tides come up for astronomical reasons, kind of counterintuitive, the earth is closer to the sun that makes higher high tides. it doesn't necessarily make higher surf, this is all storm driven, 24 feet offshore, so the surf wraz breaking, the terminals were all washing ashore, turtles, 1,200 of them have have been rescued, they don't know why they're coming offshore, they think because of the nushlly cold water off the irn seaboard and they're being flown out to marine rescue centers across the country, i

and i'm brian hackney. >>> church leaders use will pole pit to talk pulpit to speak about the shootings in ferguson and new york city. >> reporter: a ral segoing on at 3rd baptist church and we are awaiting michael brown senior to speak right now. brown senior arrived as the rally started at 4:00. it is like the civil rights gatherings of the '60s with references to martin luther king junior and songs like "we shall not be moved." brown is the featured speaker. they are urging the community to unite, to fight for justice, not just in protests on the street but also in making policy changes. many in the standing-room only crowd of 300 people are wearing black to protest the police killings of african-american michael brown junior and garner. he supports protests supporting his son. >> saying thank you to the people of the bay area and when we looked at the television and the amount of people that turned out in the streets to express their disgust at the grand jury decision. >> >> reporter: the church's pastor invited brown senior to speak. at this point we are waiting for brown senior to

brian hackney will have more on that in a few minutes. >>> in san francisco, it was the trees falling, city and community leaders came together to have a prayer vigil. >> we are gathered here to begin the healings process in our city. >> reporter: dozens were at the memorial cathedral in oakland to find hope. hope from what dr. charlie hanes is rage in the community. >> it hurts them. many of the seeniors says it it reminds them of the days of 1960 that they lived through. they -- seniors say it reminds them of the days of 1960 that they lived through. they thought they would never have to live through a day like this. >> reporter: not indicting officer wilson set off protests last week that turned violent. tonight, city and community leaders called for change. >> there is one thing that is so clear is that we as a nation have much work to do. >> reporter: hiring of more police officers would allow for more community out reach. >> the anger in this nation is for a reason we have much work to do. >> i want to change the community and change pretty much what we go through. >> reporter:

. >> i'm brian hackney in for frank mallicoat. the massive job of cleaning up after another night of looting and vandalism in berkeley. hundreds took to the street and the freeways to voice their anger over the grand jury decision not to charge white officers in the death of black men. things got so out of hand, protesters turned on each other. ryan? >> reporter: that's right. tand happened right here on this radio shack on shattick. and we want to warn you that the video that we are about to show you, you might find it disturbing. going chaotic. he says there was some soci media backlash from some uc berkeley students, who urged friends not to hit the stre for the hundreds of protests who did make it, there was a path of destruction left in their wake. olice made at >> reporter: protests closed a freeway, this time it was highway 24. today, workers spent the morning cleaning up. the damage was focused mostly on banks and big name brands but also damaged the downtown building named for a civil rights pioneer who preached a message

. >> reporter: brian hackney was telling us about these cold searches. brian, they are starting to get here. what is in the forecast. >> you are nicely bundled up, which is good advice for all of us. we'll use you for an example for the next couple days, because cold weather is on the way. it will be above freezing in the major cities. if you get away from the cities, into the protected valleys, it will be below freezing tonight. santa rosa gets down to 34, san rafael 39, and it will be down to 34 at livermore. the other factor that ann mentioned are the strong winds coming in tomorrow. there are gusts up to 60 miles per hour expected in the bay area by midday, 40-mile an hour gusts in the valley, and that is a threat to trees and power lines. we'll tell you what to expect new year's eve when we cover the weather in detail in a few minutes. >>> thank you. well, revelers ringing in the new year in vegas can expect a cold night. they are looking at a snowstorm. a weather system moving across the region has the potential to drop up to three inches on southe

and i'm brian hackney. >>> church leaders use will pole pit to talk pulpit to speak about the shootings in ferguson and new york city. >> reporter: a ral segoing on at 3rd baptist church and we are awaiting michael brown senior to speak right now. brown senior arrived as the rally started at 4:00. it is like the civil rights gatherings of the '60s with references to martin luther king junior and songs like "we shall not be moved." brown is the featured speaker. they are urging th

. >> brian hackney do you know where rudolph is. >> follow his red nose. >> i was thinking maybe geneautry. only california angels when they were the californian gels. >> they did it based on the proceeds. -- >> singing cowboy. >> we have rain coming into the bay area by tomorrow afternoon. again a few scattered showers tonight and boy we got pounded up in south marin with almost 3 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. there will be scattered showers tonight but the general trend for the next 12 hours will be a bit of an easing up in everything. numbers heading out tonight will be in low 50s for the most part. high def doppler shows the system is moving into the mountains where it shows some snow 4500 feet. we've got a few pretty good cells offshore. widely scattered showers tonight. we'll get off -- it won't be the kind of rain we had this morning. numbers are mostly in the mid 50s this hour monday evening. out the door tomorrow morning wants to have an umbrella there could be a rogue shower or two. numbers in the low 50s. a little bit of bite in the air systems coming up out of the s

brian hackney. >> i dragged this literally out of mothballs once a year. i have no doubt that i do.head toward midday today and some dense fog out there, a little bit of drizzle off to a chilly start in concord, oakland 61, 47 san jose. expect some showers to come into the bay area especially in the north bay and spread south over the rest of the day. first, how does the road ahead look? >> it looks mighty fine with no big accidents out there, wide open at the bay bridge toll plaza. just getting reports of a possible problem at the 680/237 interchange in milpitas. i'll have details with traffic in just a minute. >> already trouble on christmas eve. >> it could be santa. we'll have to investigate. >>> people are making their way home for the

. >> and i'm brian hackney. new york city is still in mourning tonight and the police commissioner bill bratton laid a wreath at the site where the officers were killed yesterday. people have been coming by during the day. the gunman announced on social media beforehand he was announcing a retribution attack for the recent unarmed killings of black men. wendy gillette has the response from the mother of one of those men. >> reporter: a flag outside the 84th new york city police precinct is flying at half staff. and it hangs above the front door. the department is mourning two of its own. 40-year-old rafael ramos and 32- year-old wenjian liu ambushed by a gunman identified as 28- year-old ismaaiyl brinsley who then killed himself. he warned online before the shooting he was going to put quote -- wings on pigs. sunday evening, hundreds came together at the intersection of brooklyn where the two officers were killed in their patrol car for a vigil. new york city mayor bill de blasio and police commissioner william

brian hackney is off tonight. at one point, the crowd was estimated in the thousands. as the night wore on, there were a few incidents, but nothing major. christian hartnett shows us how police stayed ahead of the protesters. >> reporter: tonight, it was much calmer than protests of previous weeks. there is no oakland or san francisco chopper overhead. there are no police sirens. you can see some chp officers hanging out just in case something happens. a lot of outside agencies coming in today. and some special tactics have prevented things getting out of hand. as demonstrators marched through oakland yet again, police followed close behind. relatively peaceful protests of thousands of people from earlier today dwindled down to a group of a few hundred as the night wore on. flashing lights filled several downtown streets as the march moved forward. freeways were off limits as police were one step ahead of the protesters. at one point, a group headed to a freeway ramp. before they could get close, police swarmed around to block it off. there with no arrests here, but se

brian hackney is in the weather center. >> even the lingering effects of the storm that just went through still being felt tonight. some very heavy cells moved through mill valley and you can see there's a half cell about to move into the great highway and the sunset district of san francisco and meanwhile moving into parts of san rafael and out san pablo bay is the heavier cell that earlier caused a real downpour in south marin. we'll have real downpours tonight and tomorrow we get hit again. first tonight's low trigger showers. when that low approaches, we get strong showers coming into the bay area. the bottom line is more rain tomorrow especially setting in in the afternoon hours. we'll set out the amounts and timing in all this and another system toward the end of week. we'll tell you all about it in a few minutes from now. >>> andria borba is in san jose tonight where today's bad weather caused some heavy duty damage. se to see where the wrath of mother nu ck nats rain a c >> reporter: the pca crews have been at it out here for 12 hours and about 30 minutes ago they successfully res

brian hackney is off tonight. [ screaming ] >> a sea of demonstrators moved down pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c. thousands of people carried banners and shouted slogans to protest the grand jury decisions not to indict the police officers who killed michael brown and eric garner. protestors also cried out against what they say is rampant racial injustice. thousands also marched and rallied in new york demanding more aggressive federal response to deaths caused by police. family members of people killed by new york city police are going back decades were among those in the huge crowd at washington square. 23 people were arrested for disorderly conduct during protests at the boston common and the massachusetts statehouse. otherwise, this demonstration against police brutality was mostly peaceful. several hundred people were there. there are protests in the bay area, as well. demonstrators today in oakland marched from college avenue down broadway to the alameda county courthouse near lake merritt. today's protest is marred by a dramatic distraction. kpix 5's joe vazquez in oakl

brian hackney is in the weather center tonight. what else can we expect? >> not quite as bad in terms of winds but we had strong winds. san jose, mount hamilton, concord, 43 miles an hour gusts. oakland hills, 62 miles an hour gusts. all because high pressure is coupling with lows that are over the desert southwest and they are close enough to create some really close winds so we will see them continue tonight. it won't be as bad, but winds will be persistent. gusts up to 45 miles an hour for the cities, the coast, and up in the hills. we could have 50 plus miles an hour gusts before sunrise tomorrow. an then after the winds abate tomorrow afternoon, we will be talking about freeze warnings. we will cover that in a few minutes. liz? >> andria borba is in san jose. from the looks of it, crews have their work cut out for them. >> reporter: with trees in san jose dropping faster than nfl head coaches, the award for understatement of the year goes to captain bob leonard of the san jose fire department. >> the city has been very busy with the wind-related probl

. >> i'm brian hackney. frank mallicoat is off today.owtime. >> we have some -- we have a lot going on. it was raining in marin. >> and this is the last storm of the workweek and the last storm for the next seven days. it's our hi-def doppler radar. you can see a little bit of return in the form of some light rain showers up the santa cruz mountains. currently we have temperatures in the 50s across the board. going up to a rainy day high today in the 50s even a few low 60s. the full forecast still straight ahead. >>> and checking the roads, we start off with a major traffic trouble spot. chp has issued a traffic alert for southbound 101 at south airport all lanes shut down at this point. they are taking traffic off at grant. it is very slow-and-go as you work your way towards the scene. if you are heading to the airport for an early flight, it will mess up your drive this morning so we'll update you and let you know when lanes re- open. >>> a strange glow in the sky over richmond catches the attention of people in the bay area. calls wer

. >> i'm brian hackney. thousands of officers from around the country descended on the church in queens to pay their last respects. and wendy gillette has the story about the dignitaries who shared in eulogizing the fallen officer. >> reporter: a heartbreaking exchange outside christ tabernacle church in queens saturday morning. the widow of officer rafael ramos accepted the u.s. flag- draped over his coffin. inside family, fellow officers and politicians including vice president joe biden honored the officer who was assassinated in his police car along with his partner, officer wenjian liu, one week ago. >> when an assassin's bullet targeted two officers, it targeted this city and it touched the soul of the entire nation. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill de blasio got a polite reception in the church. >> new york city has lost a hero. >> reporter: outside hundreds of police officers turned their backs when the mayor spoke siding with union officials who say de blasio fosters an anti- police climate tha

. >> and i'm brian hackney. dennis o'donnell joins us with how the niners had a lead and blew it. >> it is unbelievable. the drama of the season gets better and better or worse and worse. the 49ers are surely out of the playoffs. this marked the second worst blown lead in team history. the last time, 1965. the jim harbaugh era is not ending on a high note. they led san francisco 28-7 at the half. the game went to overtime. the 49ers got the ball firstment he appeared to be on the move. a possible field goal. but quentin patton fumbles the football. one of three turnovers by san francisco. san diego marched right down on the field and set up novak to win it. the chargers and the 49ers, their fourth straight loss. >> i thought it was over. san diego kept fighting. and they go our way. they made plays when they have to make plays. >> not much to say other than keep fighting. get our last regular season win. that will be the goal. but it's a tough one. everybody feels it. >> so jim harbaugh could have just one game

. >> i'm brian hackney. thousands of people are marching through the streets of los angeles tonight to protest police brutality. it's called the millions march and it's one of several demonstrations taking place across the u.s. today. so far the protest has been peaceful. a very different rally was held on the streets of vallejo. our joe vazquez was there as people came out to show their support for police. >> reporter: we want to show the police that we -- > we want to show the police we support them and thank them for keeping us safe. >> reporter: this was unlike the rallies we have seen over the past few months. this one was held to say thank you. >> all lives matter. not just black lives, not just blue lives. not brown not white doesn't matter. they all matter. >> we are dedicating this rally to the memory of the two slain new york city police officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. >> reporter: the killings of the two police officers sparked the rally. folks wanted to let local officers know they have th

good evening, i'm brian hackney. i'm ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live outside saint mary's college keley.. where tributes >>> stunned and saddened. a

brian hackney is off. the protestors are part of the nationwide day of demonstrations known as millions march. chopper 5 is tracking a large crowd in oakland. they are at telegraph and west grand. our joe vazquez has been following them all day and says they have been mostly peaceful and it's things like broken windows that have protestors worried the message is being drowned out. joe? >> reporter: ann, you have about 3,000 people right now on the streets of oakland. the overwhelming majority of whom have a peaceful message they want it to remain peaceful but there are things going on that are distracting and rude. [ screaming ] >> reporter: thousands gather in oakland to show solidarity with marches nationwide. >> the message is, no justice, no peace. the message is, solidarity. the message is, listen. >> reporter: but the protestors are getting distracted by a bizarre sight. a cardboard effigy of a black body hanging on the uc-berkeley campus. there were two other effigies on campus today as well with hi

. >> even scrooge gave bob cratchett day off, i'm brian hackney in for frank mallicoat. >> the wind hasd up in the bay area over the past day and that's knocked over trees on roads this one on lucas valley road near skywalker ranch. there is a downed tree and power lines down. that happened at 2 a.m. in daly city crews removed a large tree downed by violent winds on john daly boulevard. traffic is moving slowly there this morning. but it's christmas day at 4:30 so there's no traffic. let's check the weather forecast. >> brian? >> what? >> weather, please. >> oh, it's me today. okay, fine. i can do that, too! we had that briefly little rainstorm moved through the bay area today. let's see if we can see the morning commute, anne. there it is! ladies and gentlemen, the christmas morning commute. ther

if you think it is cold tonight, brian hackney says just wait. >> it's going to get even colder the next few nights, in fact, the coldest weather since last december due into the bay area the next few nights. overnight lows will be getting down to the 30s in parts of the bay, santa rosa 34 degrees, redwood city 36. daytime hours temperatures not bad, but because of strong winds with gusts up to 60 miles an hour in bay area peaks and 40 miles an hour gusts below means wind chills in the day. highs in the 50s, it will feel like 40 degrees tomorrow. it will be getting cold recall at night and feel colder during the -- colder at night and feel colder during the day. inches on new year's. the last >>> in las vegas tonight they're betting on something rare, snow. the strip could get 3 inches on new year's. last time that happened these cars were the latest thing. that was 40 years ago. >>> 16 cal fire workers are on leave tonight in a scandal over a sex tape that couldn't be found. investigator were looking into a report of a video that supposedly showed firefighters having sex with a prostitu

brian hackney. >> i dragged this literally out of mothballs once a year. i have no doubt that i do. we have a few showers on the way. as we head toward midday today and some dense fog out there, a little bit of drizzle off to a chilly start in concord, oakland 61, 47 san jose. expect some showers to come into the bay area especially in the north bay and spread south over the rest of the day. first, how does the road ahead look? >> it looks mighty fine with no big accidents out there, wide open at the bay bridge toll plaza. just getting reports of a possible problem at the 680/237 interchange in milpitas. i'll have details with traffic in just a minute. >> already trouble on christmas eve. >> it could be santa. we'll have to investigate. >>> people are making their way home for the holidays today on one of the busiest travels da of the year. but don champion reports rough travel weather. >> reporter: across the country travelers are making their way to loves once for christmas. >> roxanne got a head start yesterday one of the estimated 89 million americans taking advantage of lower g

brian hackney is in the weather center.e talking gusts near 50 miles an hour around the bay. >> and higher gusts about 60 in the oakland hills. as we look at what's going to happen between now and midnight you can see that by then, forecast winds are still expected to be around 41 miles an hour in half moon bay, gusts up to 31 in san jose. so strong winds will continue for a while. peak wind gusts so far 43 miles an hour at livermore. napa at the airport had a wind gust of 52. oakland 62. those in the hills above downtown. and at reid-hillview in san jose they had a 40-mile-an-hour gust all being powered by high pressure battling a low that's now moved over the desert southwest so those strong winds will persist out of the north through tonight. we can expect 30 to 45-mile-an- hour wind gusts in the cities and at the coast and the hills, even stronger gusts. we'll have the complete forecast coming up. by the way it will go from windy to cold by tomorrow. that will be our story for new year's eve but in the meantime we have

meteorologist brian hackney on the one-two punch of wind and cold. brian. >> that's right. first we get the wind, then it's really going to be cold tomorrow night in time for new year's eve. that will probably be the coldest night of the week. but first things first, we have powerful wind gusts tonight and real whitecaps out there in the bay. peak wind gusts about 43 miles an hour at livermore, 52 at napa, at the airport. the oakland hills at 62-mile-an- hour gusts. san jose so far 37. i say so far because we're not done yet. this wind field is working its way into the south bay and the cities tonight we could expect gusts up to 45 miles per hour same along the coast, and in the hills we would get 60-plus- mile-an-hour gusts. that's why the wind advisory is posed until midday tomorrow -- posted until midday tomorrow. wind speeds are now about 25 to 35 miles an hour. brighter color, stronger winds. you can see right along the coastline. i just went down to get coffee. it's blowing a hurricane on battery street! it's really blowing in the city. it will continue to be windy to

. >> and i'm brian hackney. frank mallicoat is off this morning, we're going to tell him where i was? >> yes, i want you to say this is brian. >> it is fairly early. 5:00 in the morning and time to get a look at weather and traffic. a little storm on the way, bigger one in a week? >>> powerful and you already hinted with this associated with this too. i am so impressed by the system. i'm personally telling my son and friends start making plans now. be off the roads thursday and friday. if you can tell commute you're going to want to do that. this is the biggest storm since 2008. will be right here under the bay area. right now it's a little storm with some