kpix 5's jackie ward is live at the scene with the very latest. jackie. >> reporter: kenny, i'm at ingles and gilman in the bayview neighborhood and i want to show you what's happening right now. you can see one man is being taken into custody. when we got to the scene, three suspects were in custody. police have yet to confirm that. i have talked to a few people who live in the neighborhood. this may have started out as a robbery with multiple suspects. somehow, the police caught up to these suspects and they fled. police fired at least one of the suspects. again, police have not confirmed any of these details. the sfpd mobile emergency operations center is here and it's still very active as this just happened a little bit ago. we are waiting to hear details from sfpd avoid fitzgerald between jennings and griffith because of this police activity activity. we'll bring you details as soon as possible. back to you in the studio. >>> we have a better view actually from chopper 5. this police car was involved. the passenger window is shot out. he eye w

and we do have a reporter out there, jackie ward on the scene, and she will have a live report coming up shortly. but in the meantime if you are typically a driver that takes 880 in the morning, southbound direction all lanes shut down at 66. you will need to use an alternate. chpall traffic getting off at 66. big rigs can use 580. here's a live look at the crash. you can see a lot of activity. traffic on the left corner of your screen you can see starting to be diverted off at 66. so a big backup. avoid 880 if you can. northbound we aren't seeing delays. traffic is moving along right at the limit. another accident shut down 3 of 4 lanes on northbound 101 at palo alto. they are clearing it but we are still seeing a backup to san antonio. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> some commuters in the east bay are experiencing a big traffic headache right now after a deadly crash on southbound interstate 880 in oakland involving a fedex truck. jackie ward reports from north of the coliseum exit. >> reporter: the driver of the truck may still be in there. let me take you right to

jackie ward is live at san francisco's pier 14 this morning with much more. ng here and clearly across the country as this has continued to keep a conversation going about immigration, about sanctuary cities, but here it's a very somber tone as kate steinle is being remembered. memorial has been set up to pay tribute to her life here. the only charge her killer was found guilty of was for being a felon in possession of a firearm. jose ines garcia zarate was found not guilty of murder and not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. president trump said: >> reporter: last night the president wrote: >> reporter: keep in mind,the president is wrongly accusing garcia zarate of violence. before shooting steinle he only faced drug charges. after the verdict was announced, public defender matt gonzalez took a shot at president trump who had used steinle's death to argue in favor of tightening immigration policy. >> they may themselves soon avail themselves of the presumption of innocence and beyond a reasonable doubt standard. and so i would ask them to reflect on that be

kpix 5's jackie ward is live at city hall this morning where the mayor's body will be arriving in a few hours. jackie. >>> reporter: kenny, it's been a sad week here at city hall and really all across san francisco. today, mayor lee's colleagues and constituents get to say their good-byes to him. all week long people have been leaving candles, flowers and cards in his memory on the steps of city hall. ed lee was san francisco's 43rd mayor and the first asian- american mayor this city and county ever had. he was 65. in a little more than an hour, mayor lee's body is leaving the mortuary in daly city and is expected to arrive at city hall at 7 a.m. an honor guard made up of san francisco police and the sheriff's department will take his casket up the polk street steps and into city hall where he will lie in repose in the city hall rotunda with a public viewing from8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and a celebration of life tomorrow at 3 p.m. at city hall. mayor lee is survived by his wife and two daughters. this is a closed casket event and there won't be any parking allowed on polk street. instead, the f

kpix 5's jackie ward is joining us live with more on the long- awaited signature of approval expected later today. jackie. >> reporter: anne, you certainly know this. it has taken so long for the city and county of san francisco to et to this point where we are today. we are expecting mayor ed lee to sign those new regulations into law. it's a grind. there are a lot of back and forth such as how close dispensaries can be to daycares and schools. maliyahthey are asking for patience despite being behind schedule. >> not only is the entire city watching up but the entire country watching what's going on here in san francisco. >> reporter: the board passed new regulations in a 10-1 vote last tuesday. recreational marijuana becomes legal on january 1st thanks to voters approving prop64 in 2016. san francisco authorized a little more than 40 medical marijuana dispensaries that can sell recreational marijuana starting next year with a state permit. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> so statewide it's going to be legal on january 1st. but when are these new rules for san francisco goin

kpix 5's jackie ward reports from the newsroom with how local demonstrators want lawmakers to do it. >>> reporter: it's a possible sliver of hope for "dreamers." here's the back story. after weeks of fighting the democrats to get a tax plan passed, president trump is now trying to get their support in order to prevent a government shutdown. that is mainly because a lot of the republicans have made it clear they do not want to vote for a new spending bill tomorrow. some democrats see this as an opportunity to protect "dreamers" by adding those protections to the spending bill in exchange for their votes. republican senator lindsey graham has said in the past that the trump administration's move to get read of daca will be, quote, a defining moment. >> i think most americans want to give these "dream act" people a more certain life so let's do it in december. let's do it for the good of the country. >> reporter: on the other side of the aisle, we have house minority leader nancy pelosi who is calling daca, quote, the currency of the realm and her constituents will be holding a rally ou

jackie ward from san francisco, i got tunes -- you got tunes cranking. >> oh, yes, we are rocking out here to some 70s smooth grooves. of course we are back here at glide where they get ready to serve the christmas feast to thousands. let's take a walk around. you are looking at piles of hundreds of pounds of ham that were just unloaded by volunteers a few minutes ago. so this is the major part of the meal along with turkey of course. you have volunteers helping them to breakfast. so that we come around here, this is the salad station. this is where all of the volunteers will cut up the veggies, they'll chop up the tomatoes, slice the carrots, let me get out of the way to show you. on the other side this is where they carve all of the meat. i'm telling you, this is one smooth operation. the planning for this starts back in june and so today is like their super bowl but it's a fun day because of all the hard preparation work is in the past. and today they can -- yeah, there is a lot to do but it's fun. this is the christmas spirit. and we'll be talking to a bunch of volunteers later th

kpix 5's jackie ward joins us live with more on the long- awaited signature of approval expected later today. jackie. >> reporter: kenny, this is the action that marijuana retailers and growers have been waiting for a long time for because we expect mayor lee to sign the new regulations into place today. i say finally because it has taken months to get to this point. with hours of public comment and at times heated discourse during meetings with the board of supervisors, because of the intense disagreements between some supervisors, san francisco will not have these rules in place on january 1st the day recreational becomes legal across california. the chamber of commerce says it's ready though for this new business venture and all its possibilities. >> it is going to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars for sure for the local economy. >> reporter: if mayor lee does sign these new regulations today, they will take effect 30 days from now so we are looking at friday, january 5th. california voters approved prop 64 back in 2016 to make recreational marijuana use legal. jackie ward, k

surfing the world wide web might not be as smooth in the future as jackie ward reports. deral communications commission is set to vote on net neutrality today. jackie. >> reporter: if this passes, which is very likely, some websites would have limited access while others may be extremely slow. net neutrality rules were set up in 2015 and insured that internet service providers treat all websites the same with equal access and speed. that means companies like comcast and verizon would not be allowed to slow down netflix or charge spotify more in order to stream faster than pandora but that may all change. the fcc says eliminating net neutrality would boost the economy and stop the internet from being so-called micromanaged by the federal government. critics say repealing those rules would give internet providers too much power over content. >> it's possible they will behave well and we won't have big problems. it's more likely that they will start setting up tiers, start to charge us in strange ways and they may sort to block content they don't like either because it compe

in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> newly released text messages are raising questions about the political bias of two key fbi employees who worked on the mueller russia probe and last year's hillary clinton email investigation. for more than a year leading up to the election, fbi agents disparaged our president and bernie sanders. he called bernie sanders. >> they were extremely careless. >> reporter: and changed comey comey's description from grossly negligent to the softer extremely careless. later he workedhe was dismissed. >> is donald trump a messiah? no. >> reporter: many of the messages tracked the campaign and when scott bayo spoke at the gop convention, he wrote charles in charge? that's the best they can do? it's pathetic! strzok responded. >> finally, will donald trump admit and condemn that the russians are doing this? >> reporter: and after the last clinton-trump debate, quote, oh, hot damn, hrc is throwing down saying trump is in bed with russia! paige rote that. the texts were sent to lawmakers last night. today deputy attorney general rod rosenstein will testify

in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> it is 6:56. time for your "final 5".resident trump could have a new tax bill on his desk to sign by later today. overnight, the senate passed a bill along party lines 51-48. the house will vote on the measure again today. it had passed a version of the bill yesterday but once it got to the senate, three changes had to be made to provisions that violate senate rules. >>> federal investigators are learning more about the amtrak train crash in washington state that killed three and left dozens injured. they say that the train was traveling 80 miles an hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone and that it appears that the emergency brake engaged automatically. >>> the thomas fire burning in ventura and santa barbara counties is now the second largest wildfire in state history. currently it's 55% contained. the fire is still threatening18,000 structures. >>> pg&e is close to restoring temporary overhead power lines to coffey park in santa rosa following the deadly wine country wildfires. the west side of coffey park now has power. and

let's go to jackie ward live at san francisco city hall.t is sure to be an emotional day. >> reporter: that's for sure. the fire department is raising the giant american flag in honor of mayor lee and his service to the city and county of san francisco. he will lie in state here as the city gives the people the chance to say good-bye. all week people have been leaving mementos on the steps of city hall. he was the 43rd mayor and the first asian-american mayor in the city. he was 65 when he died on tuesday. his body is leaving dugan's mortuary in daly city shortly and will arrive at city hall at 7 a.m. an honor guard made up of san francisco police and the sheriff's department will then take his casket up the polk street steps and into city hall where he will lie in state in the rotunda. today, there will be a public viewing from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and then on sunday, there will be a celebration of life at 3 p.m. also here at city hall. mayor lee is survived by his wife and two daughters. this will be a closed casket event. but people are enco

in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> so we know that facebook and other companies like google and twitter testified before congress last month regarding the impact that social networks may have had on last year's presidential election. how is facebook trying to regulate now? >> reporter: mark zuckerberg is hiring 10,000 people for security teams to prevent abuse on his platform which would cut into the company's earnings and in that statement i read earlier it also said that facebook is working with outside agencies to find out the effect on users. >>> 5:15. let's check the roads. >> grab that extra cup of coffee if you are heading into livermore. check this backup in tracy westbound205 approaching 580 and it's a slow ride all the way into livermore. we were getting some reports of some looks like wood debris scattered in the lanes along westbound 580 near grant line so that's not helping the situation. we're also tracking an accident involving a car that went off the road and stuck in the tree. this is along tesla road as you approach crossroad and we are starting to see a backup

as kpix 5's jackie ward reports, the fcc is set to vote on net neutrality today. which is very likely, some websites might have limited access while others may be slow. net neutrality rules were set up in 2015 and ensured that internet service providers treat all websites the same with equal access and speed. that meant things like companies like comcast and verizon would not be allowed to slow down netflix or charge spotify more in order to stream faster than pandora. the fcc says eliminating net neutrality would boost the economy and stop the internet from being micro-manage by the federal government. it would give internet providers too much power over content, according to crit yikes if some of these companies are paying a premium to get faster services, some of those costs might get passed down to you so you might pay more for video services. companies all own significant businesses that offer video services to you. so the fear here is that these companies might prioritize their own video services over rivals. >> reporter: washington state is taking matters i

kpix 5's jackie ward joins us at the site of the 2015 shooting with more. jackie. >>> reporter: kenny, this is where kate steinle was killed just a little more than two years ago. and now as you can see behind me, a memorial has been set up in her honor with a lot of candles and flowers and american flags. the verdict came in yesterday and it's shocking. it was unexpected after a four- week trial and six days of deliberations. the jury found jose ines garcia zarate not guilty of murder, not guilty of involuntary manslaughter but guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. as an illegal immigrant from mexico, homeless, his status was and is part of a national discussion regarding immigration and sanctuary city status. public defender matt gonzalez argued that the gun garcia zarate was holding went off accidentally before a bullet ricocheted off the concrete pier striking steinle in the back. this is a huge win for the public defender's office. >> this case was a terrible tragedy. our greatest fear is that mr. garcia zarate would not be able to get a f

in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> time now 6:42. up for debate, why the california cable car line may soon see its hours slashed. >> plus, the changes that could soon be made to the home that was famously featured in the original full house series. >> and the market just opened up about 10 minutes ago. not much change for the dow up about 4 points right now. coming up, we'll get an update from kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. sfx: squeak sfx: stair creak sfx: clink sfx: deep breath sfx: grunt sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling sfx: slice sfx: gasp sfx: inhale. exhale. sfx: lights scraping on roof sfx: metallic scrape sfx: grunt covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care. york. good morning. >>> time for a look at what's coming up later on "cbs this morning." gayle king joins us live from new york. good morning, gayle. >> reporter: good morning, ahead jeff glor leads our wildfire coverage from southern california. he will talk to a california fire chief about the unprecedented threat

jackie ward shows us the detectors had just been installe. >> reporter: carbon monoxide detectors were installed in this homeless than two months ago but it wasn't enough to save a man's life. after 4 a.m. a carbon monoxide detector sounded off alerting the people who live here at 301 moultrie that they there were unsafe levels of carbon monoxide in their home. >> we looked at the back and saw that the instructions are to call 911 so we did. >> reporter: theresa lives in the second floor apartment and has for nine years as well as the couple below her. >> we're sitting around taking care of each other praying for those two. nicest people. did their little errands, cared for each other. >> reporter: when the fire department arrived on scenes and forced inside the lower unit, they found a woman unconscious by the door. first responders and responders did cpr on the husband before pronouncing him dead. the woman is in the hospital at st. francis memorial. neighbors in the tight-knit community are now making sure their co and smoke detectors are working properly something that should be te

from san francisco city hall, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> this just in from washington. florida republican senator marco rubio now says that he will support president trump's tax reform bill. the bill is supposed to go up for a vote next week. reporter weijia jang is live for us on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: that's right, senator rubio threw a last- minute curve ball but after some last-minute wheeling and dealing and revising, members of the house senate conference committee signed a final version of the bill sending it to both chambers for a final vote next week. republicans are expected to unveil the language of a tax reform bill that house and senate negotiators painstakingly combed through. >> this is a big bill with a lot of moving parts and so it requires a lot of attention to detail. >> reporter: but there are several requests to revise the bill after senators rubio and lee issued an ultimatum. they are demanding that the refundable child tax credit be increased by more than $100. an earlier bill would have doubled it. >> i'm reasonable about it.

kpix 5's jackie ward is live in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: it was reportedly going to be a narrow race and it was. what may have turned the race was the strong support for jones among blacks, women and young voters. alabama elected the state's first democratic senator in 25 years. >> i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: doug jones squeaked to victory by about 1.5%. republican roy moore blamed his defeat on allegations of sexual misconduct with teenaged girls. >> part of the problem with this campaign is we been painted in an unfavorable and unfaithful light. >> reporter: moore has so far refused to concede on the hopes of a recount. president trump won alabama by nearly 30 points but his endorsement failed to give moore the boost he needed and even the state's other republican senator withheld his support. >> i'll tell you, i didn't vote for him. >> reporter: tennessee republican bob corker said he is proud of alabama's voters. >> i know that i'm supposed to only cheer for people on

let's get to jackie ward with more on the vote and the new legal battle that could now take shape. jackie. >> reporter: after a five- minute recess due to an order from security, the members of the federal communications commission killed net neutrality in a 3-2 vote, the restoring internet freedom order gets rid of the rules established by the obama administration in 2015. it prevented speed traps on the internet and made providers like comcast and verizon treat all websites and content equally. dozens of internet companies asked them to keep the renumbers place but the in end, the fcc commissioners voted along party lines and overturned net neutrality. >> i'm not going to give up. and neither should you. if the arc of history is long, we are going to bend this toward a more just outcome in the courts in congress, wherever we need to go to ensure that net neutrality stays the law of the land. >> investment in high speed networks has declined by billions of dollars! notably, this is the first time that such investment has declined outside of a recession in the internet era. when the

kpix 5's jackie ward is in the newsroom with what you need to know to sign up for "covered california." >> reporter: you only have until midnight tonight if you want coverage starting the 1st of the year. this is an extended deadline because of a strong surge of demand. more than 220,000 new enrollees selected a plan through december 15th and that's ahead of last year's pace by 10%. still, there's a lot of uncertainty surrounding healthcare as the new year approaches, as part of the tax bill congress just passed senate majority leader mitch mcconnell told susan collins she would get a vote on two obamacare bills by the end of the year. that's not happening. >> but no one believed that those two bills would make up for the destruction that is caused by removing the mandate. and they're going to pay a price for that big time. they talk about, you know, again the increase in premiums for so many americans will far outweigh any tax decrease they get. >> the obamacare individual mandate that's still in place forces americans to have health insurance or be fined. that will be removed but st

in oakland, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> it's slow going for drivers on highway 1 trying to pass through the devil's slide tunnel in san mateo county. chp posted this photo after a wreck this morning that caused a car to overturn. at one point, traffic was shut down in both directions. this afternoon, all lanes on highway 1 are open. >>> let's take a live look at sfo. airport workers are gearing up for a busy weekend for holiday travel. clear conditions at the airport right now. sfo expects to see about 167,000 passengers today alone. but officials at the oakland and san jose airport say that tomorrow will be their busiest day. and if you are traveling by air this weekend, something to keep in mind before you pack. a growing number of airlines is banning pricy smart bags with nonremovable batteries. that includes luggage with built-in phone chargers or tracking devices. they could catch fire if the batteries malfunction. new tests revealing the potential for a fire is so intense, the plane's extinguishers wouldn't be able to put it out. this year, the faa urged regulators to ban large el

jackie ward, kpix 5 news. >>> the time is 4:40.a power outage at the nation's busiest airport is having a ripple effect all across the country at the peak of holiday travel season. >>> and the opening of the new star wars movie was an overwhelming success. we will break down the numbers. yes, but we've got plus-one insurance. what's your dream? at ikea, we help you live it. make the dream yours. (cheering) photo time! let's show them how deep my new ikea sofa goes! whoa, whoa! i told you to put plastic slip covers! it's fine! i will just slip it off and throw it into the wash. what's your dream? at ikea, we help you live it. is everyone looking? make the dream yours. no one's looking! it happened at third and king streets yesterday afternoon. there are no reports of injuries. the power is back on, at one of the world's busiest airports. yesterday's outage in atlanta sengers in the >>> the power is back on at one of the world's busiest airports. yesterday's power outage in atlanta left the airport in the dark and it could now have r

reporter jackie ward spoke with some of his neighbors today and she continues the coverage from the mortuary in daly city where the mayors body rests. >> the flag is being flown here at half staff out of respect for merely. he was in the glen park neighborhood for a really long time and the people in that area say he was truly connected to the community. in a city that is home to hundreds of thousands of people, glen park is a tightknit neighborhood that ed lee called home for decades. some of the local vendors here said it wasn't unusual to see merely bopping around the area, running errands like everyone else. this man saw him just a couple of weeks ago.>> i was stunned that suddenly he is gone. i was really kind of thinking about what a great job i thought he was doing. in a difficult turbulent time. >> leo parkey said he's been delivering packages to him for 30 years. he will never forget when the mayor personally went down to the ups facility after the shooting there a few months ago. he specifically checked on leo.>> he has always been a great guy. always kind and thoughtful. when he c

kpix 5 jackie ward has exclusive details on the suspect. >> hearing gunshots on the 17th floor of the few seasons of the structure. >> reporter: multiple sources tell kpix 5 off-duty richmond police officer phillip sanchez is the person who fired multiple rounds inside the four seasons hotel early sunday morning. richmond police would not comment or confirm that. san francisco police aren't releasing many details about what happened either, but they did tell us at 6:30 a.m. the gunman surrendered peacefully. >> we recovered a firearm from the incident. there was a shelter in place during the incident. >> reporter: sanchez has been on the richmond force for eight years and was once described by the richmond confidential as a cool-headed cop. despite a shelter in place order, the guests i talked to were never told about anything that happened. >> we didn't hear anything. it was like nobody came in and they didn't say anything. >> i'm a very loyal four seasons guest. i'm surprised nobody notified the guests of the hotel there was a situation like that. >> reporter: guests told us police

kpix5's jackie ward is in oakland. it seems some people thrive on this whole last minute thing. i think we do in this news business. >> reporter: they absolutely do, but all is calm and bright in the rockridge neighborhood of oakland. i think a lot of people got their last minute shopping done yesterday, but still you can always rely on some christmas eve shoppers to keep a lookout for that one last special gift. with christmas day on monday this year shoppers had one extra weekend day to squeeze in last minute errands and gift buying. >> i was getting a little out there because i'm real specific. >> reporter: for sicily mcmahon she had one special person to buy one last gift for. >> so it's like okay, last straw, i'm coming over here and so got what i wanted. >> reporter: which was a scooby-doo ornament for her grandson and a darth vader gift card holder. the owner of the hallmark shop in downtown pleasant hill said it's been a very busy holiday season and today seems to be the calm after the storm. >> really tired, but it was really good and customers were great. they're alway

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jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> it is a rough christmas morning for some people in san francisco after a fire overnight. firefighters say four people were displaced when flames erupted in a single-family home, it happened in the 200 block of prospect avenue around 1:00. the houses on other side of that home were damaged. >>> this four-year-old with cerebral taking on new challenges with a little help from a friend, more on these special bond be between a bay area boy and his dog. >>> >>> plus, the weather seasonal today, this christmas morning, you can see skies are clear, taking a live look right now at the beautiful bay bridge, more weather on your forecast coming up. california is officially the largest fire on record in the state. >>> the thomas fire burning in southern california is officially the largest fire on record in the state over the past three weeks, consuming 280,000 acres in santa barbara. and then ventura counties. low winds are expected to help firefighters make progress. containment right now 86%. the fire is expected to be fully contained by january 7th. >>> people who los

in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix5. >>> coming up a deadly distraction, the new details emerging today after a train derails south of seattle. >> plus it's towered over san jose's downtown for decades now, what's next for this iconic bank building? >> and netflix tips the scales in the battle with cable over subscribers. [drumming] one time, in new orleans, well, before it was even founded, a french teenager, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. and great stories kept coming. [trumpet playing] some make you move to jazz, funk and bounce. some of our stories aren't quite as straightforward. blocked by the saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] a bus carrying several american . >> closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. >>> a developing story out of mexico tonight, a bus carrying several american tourists crashed this afternoon. mexican officials say at least 12 peop

kpix5's jackie ward introduces us to a couple who have been helping out for decades. they start dark and early, at qu , and >> it's really slippery. >> reporter: bo links and wife patty burnett have spent about 20 christmas mornings here. ns quick." (:12) ã this, they say, is wha ll about. they start dark and early at quarter of 5 in the morning and get right to work cutting up hundreds of pounds of christmas ham. >> after a while you learn a few tricks and there are people here who teach them to you. there's a method to it. if you watch carefully, you bone it, section it and start carving the little pieces. it happens quick. >> reporter: this they say is what the holiday is all about. >> because when you're fortunate in your life, giving back is a greatening and it's very rewarding. >> -- great thing and it's very rewarding. >> every solution isn't at the ballot box. it's connecting with other people, doing things on your own, no cost, no tax. it's fun and help and linking with other people to do something good for somebody else. >> reporter: for the people who are h

in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> what happens if people miss tonight's deadline? when will they get coverage? >> february 1st. >>> the long burning thomas fire in santa barbara and ventura counties is on track to become the largest in california. more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed so far. some state officials say that more funds are needed to deal with the aftermath of the wildfires. john lawrence reports. >>> reporter: it seems like it's the beginning of the end of the thomas fire in california. >> continuing to decrease the staffing on the fire but maintaining the appropriate presence. >> reporter: officials say the blaze is roughly 65% contain. the fire burned about 273,000 acres in the ventura county area, it's expected to be fully contained on january 7th. >> we are working with the northeast winds that we have right now. it's red flag conditions for the area. but it's actually favorable conditions for the firing that's going on up there. >> reporter: it's the final wildfire still burning in california and all of the significant evacuation orders

jaclyn dunn is tracking the backup but first, jackie ward is live on the scene with more on the investigation now under way. jackie. >> reporter: kenny, hours after that crash happened and all lanes of 880 southbound are still blocked. you can see behind me that the wreckage is still there. they haven't cleared it yet. and this will stay this way until 7 at the earliest. this crash happened about 3 a.m. and involves a fedex semi truck with two trailers and the sedan from chopper 5. the big rig with the trailers one of the trailers is tipped over. it's a mess here. a hispanic man was killed. the truck driver is on scene cooperating with authorities. we are waiting for a tow. this is a large scene that investigators are going over right now. >> when it comes to the load of big rigs that will affect the time of the closure. we already have units en route to pretty much bring the big rig back right side up and so we can expedited the opening. >> debris where so there's a lot to clean up. chp is directing traffic off the freeway so they can clear this scene as soon as possible. but again, they say

kpix 5's jackie ward has a look at the crews heading to southern california from the bay area. first, reporter kenneth craig is live in ventura county with a look at the devastation being left behind. kenneth. >>> reporter: this is just one of the more than 400 structures that have been brought to the ground here in ventura county. this was a single-family home. this morning it's nothing more than rubble. >>> reporter: hundreds of thoroughbred horses ran for their lives as the southern california wildfire spread even further south. this new blaze dubbed the lilac fire is in northern san diego county. volunteers trying to help save them say several of the horses were killed, several others badly injured. >> i have caught a couple that were up on the hill up there that have been burned. >> reporter: the lilac fire, about 45 miles north of san diego, grew to 6 square miles in just a few hours. further north, the biggest of the blazes around ventura has grown to nearly 200 square miles. that fire has accounted for the bulk of the at least 500 buildings destroyed so far. officials s

jackie ward reports. >> reporter: so we are just hours away from that deadline.ed coverage starting january 1st, you have until midnight tonight to enroll. this is an extended deadline because of a recent increase in demand. more than 220,000 new enrollees selected a plan through december 15 and that is ahead of last year's pace by 10%. "covered california" says based on the first month's enrollment most of the consumers will be paying less for coverage in 2018 than they were this past year! on wednesday, when president trump spoke about the passing of the bill, he briefly mentioned obamacare. >> i hate to say this, but we essentially repealed obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate which was terrible. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: the obamacare mandate that requires people to have health insurance or pay a fine is in effect next year and is gone in 2019. there are many elements of obamacare like individual insurance markets that are in place unless congress gets rid of it. >>> most evacuations have been lifted around the thomas fire in sant

jackie ward explains. >> reporter: this morning, u.s. district judge will consider five lawsuits about daca. groups including seiu local 521 joined santa clara county in the lawsuit. the union represents 10,000 workers in the county many who are daca recipients or have members of their families who are. the union says there may be 23,000 daca-eligible people living in santa clara county. back in september, it seems like progress was being made toward a daca solution. >> we're looking at allowing people to stay here. >> reporter: as far as any potential progress in washington regarding daca, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said it won't come up this week. he believes congress has plenty of time to talk about starting next year. republican arizona senator jeff flake is tweeting out his prediction saying a bill will be on the senate floor in january. democratic california senator kamala harris tweets: hem back to countries they don't know. today's hearing is happening in just a few hours at 8 a-m at the federal courthouse in san fran

and kpix 5's jackie ward joining us now with a look at the text alert that went out to millions of people. >>> reporter: as the wildfires get worse, lawmakers are proposing new mandatory wireless alerts. this comes just weeks after the deadly wine country wildfires and would mandate wireless alerts in all 58 counties. ventura and los angeles counties just used the amber alert-style cell phone messages this week. 12million people in 7 counties got a text alert about the conditions. it's the widest alert ever issued by the state office of emergency services. >> if we learned anything from what we saw in santa rosa, that is when the overnight hours come, you have high winds, and there's a fire that starts, those fires can move within hours. >> reporter: critics say sonoma county emergency officials should have sent out mass alerts on cell phones as the october firestorm erupted. instead, they warned people through land line programs. the wine country infernos in sonoma county burned 137 square miles, destroyed more than 5,000 homes, and killed 24 people. the cal oes director says resources h

jackie ward is there with what they plan to do about it. jackie. >> reporter: the neighbors are acting as if they are a group of detectives. they are cross-referencing, they have surveillance video and are keeping their eyes out for the suspected package the that is targeting sunnyside. >> it's upsetting the neighborhood. it's putting a damper on the holiday season. mac calling mcconnell has lived in the sunnyside neighborhood since 2004. she says that two of her packages have been missing in the last month. at first she thought they were lost in the mail but that her neighbor got video of the person she believes still three of her packages.>> they saw a white jeep come by. they took their plates off. then they walked up to various houses as if they are food delivery with large bags. >> reporter: this stretch of homes were not the only ones hit. in this area neighbors saw the same person in the same white jeep on their surveillance cameras. the entire stretch is teaming up to keep an eye out for them. >> we have a neighborhood that all in al

jackie ward is in brooklyn where they are dealing with downed trees. jackie? >> that is for sure. we started here worked our way down to antioch and then traveled west. where this tree fell on a car, crash through a window and really the whole east bay was windswept today. >> here we are just over a week until christmas day and we are still in fire season. cal fire chief says that the season is unprecedented. >> all of our fire stations are open and staffed. something you never see in the beer -- bay area. i've never seen a december like this before. >> the normally staff 15 trucks during its peak season. and only for during winter. but now they are back up to 15 units. at one .11 of them were in southern california battling the thomas fire there. >> our forces are getting tired. with that is our job. it started for us in march, and nine months later we are still going strong. >> the wind was so powerful here brought down this giant cedar. he was watching football, when he saw the tree move. it was enough to shift and lift the cement around the base of it. but they do not hear or

jackie ward was therefore the emotional surprise. >> reporter: nine months ago, roberto toppled gerard was deployed, for his 8-year-old and 4-year-old, that meant nine months without their dad. >> it was difficult because this year, the hardest part was my dad passed away. he wasn't there for me to be there beside me to support me. >> reporter: but then, all they wanted for christmas walked right through the restaurant where they were eating lunch and delivered their meal. off -- the officer landed at the airport hours before this moment. coordinated the surprise when he found out on wednesday that he could come home for christmas. i coacntted usdiodn't know they could do it for us. >> i wasn't happy i was ecstatic. i was telling my chief even if he could put me on the flight on saturday. >> reporter: being home for christmas was not something he was sure was possible. he was hoping to be home next year. >> not being here for christmas would be a sad day for us. it would be like skipping or missing my boys birthday, it's bad enough but missing christmas is a down moment for us.>> repor

jackie ward is at the toll plaza with the latest on the situation. >> reporter: traffic is still a mess primarily because six tolls are still closed at this hour. you can see that caltrans workers are still here trying to clean everything up. the damage was caused by a single truck and it is the reason one woman is dead tonight.>> the amount of damage involved spread across several lanes and how badly damaged the other vehicles and the truck are , the word is shocking. >> reporter: just after 5 am a truck heading westbound on i 80 swerved across multiple lanes hitting five cars as it approached the toll plaza. the truck slammed into tollbooth number 14 horsing his trailer to split in half -- forcing is trailer to split in half and sending it several feet. the toll collector was 46-year- old stacy. she leaves behind her husband and a 10-year-old daughter. stacy had been with caltrans since march 2007. daniel burke was the truck driver. he was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and manslaughter. he remains in the hospital

jackie ward is in the east bay for us tonight. >> reporter: continued dry and windy conditions mean alonged fire season and cal fire firefighters are grinding through the fatigue. it's just over a week until christmas day, and we're still in fire season. cal fire chief says this season is unprecedented. >> all of our fire stations are open and staffed right now. something you never see in the middle of december in the bay area. this is my 20th fire season, and i can't remember a december like this. >> reporter: cal fire normally staffs 15 trucks during the peak season and only 4 in the winter, but they've ramped back up to 15 units. at one point 11 of them were in southern california battling the thomas fire. >> our forces are getting tired, but that's our job. fire season started in march, 9 months later still going strong. >>> now to southern california. check out the wind fueling the thomas fire tonight. it's now 40 percent contained, but at 267,000 acres it's now the third largest wildfire in california history. more than a thousand structures have been destroyed, and tonight thou

.>>> jackie ward in berkeley where tree came down on someone's car.>> reporter: we started in claytonoch and ended up here where the tree was uprooted and crashed. no matter where you went in the east bay, it was wind swept. here we are a week until christmas day. we are still in fire season. cal fire battalion chief says the season is unprecedented. >> all fire stations are open and staffed. something you would never see in the bay area in the middle of december. this is my 28th season.>> reporter: cal fire normally staffs 15 trucks and for through the winter. now, they are back up to 15 units. at one point, 11 are in southern california battling the thomas fire. >> our forces are tired. this is what we sign up for. fire season started in march. we are still going strong.>> reporter: we went to antioch and the wind was so powerful, it brought down this giant cedar. james was watching football when he saw the tree move. it was enough to shift and left the cement around the base. james did not hear or feel a thing.>> no noise and no movement. i just saw the tree move. a came up off the

. >> kpix 5's jackie ward is live at saint dominic's catholic church where political leaders join thetoday was a large part of remembering sandy hook victims who died in the shooting nearly 5 years ago, but gun violence prevention advocates took this as an opportunity to remember the people they have lost and made a plea to the community to take action. after the names of the 26 victims of the sandy hook shooting were read, the people inside saint dominic's catholic church said the names of the loved ones they lost from gun violence, too. >> 5 years ago, the shooting rocked our nation. >> reporter: it's because of those victims that the group moms demand action for guns and in america was founded, the day after the sandy hook shooting, nearly 5 years ago. >> congress is expecting students and teachers to stand up to the gunmen because they are too afraid to stand up to the gun lobby. we know stronger laws to stop things like mass shootings and school shootings and domestic violence and yet they've done nothing. >> reporter:

jackie ward spent the day asking shoppers why they waited to the last minute. >> reporter: all is calm and all is right in the rockridge neighborhood. a lot of last- minute christmas shoppers got everything done yesterday but you can always rely on some christmas eve shoppers to be on the lookout for the last, perfect gift. with christmas day on a monday, shoppers had one extra weekend day to squeeze in last minute errands and gift buying. >> i am just getting a little out there because i am specific. >> reporter: she had one special person to buy one last gift for. >> the last straw, i am coming over here. i got what i wanted, a scooby doo ornament and a darth vader gift card holder. >> reporter: monique, a manager of hallmark says it has been a busy holiday season and today seems to be the calm after the storm. >> we are really tired but it was really good. customers were great, they are always happy when they come in here. >> i always end up on christmas eve in the store. i walk out of here and i am done to go home and wrapping presents. >> reporter: some people were still trying to

. >> and jackie ward was there for the shocking surprise and the heartwarming reunion. >> nine monthsgo third class petty officer was deployed. for 8-year-old john and 4-year-old jonah that months without their dad. >> it was kind of difficult. this year the hardest part was my dad passed away and he wasn't there for me to be there beside me to support me. >> but then all they wanted for christmas walked right through the restaurant where they were eating lunch and delivered their meal. he landed at the airport just hours before this moment and coordinated the surprise with her when he found out on wednesday that he could come home for christmas. >> i planned everything. i contacted the uso. i didn't know uso could do it us. >> i was happy. i was ecstatic. >> being home for christmas is something he wasn't sure was hope -- possible. he was hoping to be home early next year. >> me bussing their -- missing their birthdays is bad enough but missing christmas would have been a down moment for us. >> and what he wished for everyday. >> i was so emotional. my heart is so touched. it is like

jackie ward continues our coverage with the mark he made from the asian american community to his ownackyard. >> reporter: long before he was san francisco's first asian american mayor but sporting his trademark mustache mayor ed lee was an activist attorney here at the asian law caucus he started in 1976 as a law clerk and worked up to managing attorney by the time he left in 1989. the executive director of the alc says even back then he was fighting for better housing options in san francisco. >> he led the first strike in china town for low income tenants against the san francisco housing authority and filed a case on behalf of female asian firefighters who wanted to become firefighters but were dealing with discrimination. >> reporter: for decades lee called glen park his home. some of the local vendors here said it was not unusual to see him going around the area running errands like everybody else and that gained their respect. >> the town that mayor ed lee sat was across the board, just a really good and healthy one. i really appreciated his representation of all the different

in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough in the crippling citywide strike in oakland. both sides say they would be willing to enter mediation if necessary. strikes now in its fifth day after the union rejected the city's final contract offer. the city is offering up to 6% in wage increases over the next 2 years, but the unions want more. organizers say they are prepared to continue the walkout by 3000 workers indefinitely. last night, a leading negotiator said his team reached out to the city with the goal of agreeing to a mediator early next week. >> a lot of the services we provide are basic essential services. and, we want to sit down with oakland to discuss what we have not yet agreed to come and get back to work, to provide those services to the city. >> reporter: the mayor declared an impasse in the talks. that will bring in a state mediator. reunions also have the option to request fact-finding, where an impartial third party listens to both sides and recommend a solution. but that process can take months. >>> dozens recovering after their coa