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the bay area and los angeles, wait times still hovered around 20 minutes and at times 58 in the l.a. area. >>> sierra getting a lot of snow. both on i-80 and highway 50. we've seen near white-out conditions around lake tahoe. caltrans said anyone driving farther than auburn needs to have tire chains. over the last seven days some areas have seen seven feet of snow. >> kirkwood was the higher elevation getting that. >> and it is just so beautiful. i wanted to start out with that and dip into a couple of our cameras in the sierra and show you what it looks like as the skies clear. that is a look at squaw valley. it is so gorgeous. let's go toward heavenly where you see people out there already skiing and enjoying the fresh powder on the ground. now as we bring it back home here is a live look outside from our oakland camera and we're seeing all clear skies here but we know that we just had some showers pass through the south bay. so looking back at how much rain we are now and where we currently stand, santa rosa benefits from the storm system and now at 95% of average for the water year me

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l.a. to bay area project seems to be on life support.ate sin city to socal line is moving straight ahead. the company working on it got a bond request, construction could start as soon as next year. >> a quick look at the forecast, kari. >>> we are going to see scattered showers moving through today and temperatures inland reaching the low 60s. still some rain into tomorrow as well as saturday. drying out on sunday. >>> a live look at the commute. >> the crash cleared in mountain view. we still have traffic. >>> good morning. capitol hill clash. all eyes on washington after a long night ofcapitol hill clash. all eyes on washington after a long night of contentious debate. the first vote on the articles of impeachment against president trump just hours away. democrats say now is the time to act. >> we do not respond to president trump's abuses of power, the abuses will continue. >> republicans saying the president's critics have been out for him since day one. >> didn't like the president, his supporters. >> we're live with the very lates

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l.a. and new york area causing trouble today. >>> lighting up the menorah in union square, check it out, beautiful out there. ceremony got under way a few minutes ago, one of several lightings happening around the bay area this week. third night of the jewish holiday that commemorates mack abees victory. and oil that miraculously burned for eight days. >>> rushing to grab late christmas gifts, some people have way of doing things, last minute works well for them. time lapse for our cameras showing the busy spots. crossroads shopping center in walnut creek and emeryville as well. >> gives me anxiety to be honest. >> it does. >>> christmas eve, clock is ticking down for people buying last-minute gifts, getting their meals. >> lauren martinez is live. what is it like out there? >> reporter: it is a hot spot, a little cold but beautiful. christmas tree is glistening, and as dion mentioned, there's a second candle lighting of the menorah under way right now. also a lot of shoppers. been a mad dash across the bay area to get last-minute aernds done before the stores close tomorrow. christmas shopping co

l.a. basin until 10:00 this morning. live doppler 7 shows it much drier in this area. temperatures, 64 in l.a. 57 in monterey with sunshine. if you're heading up to tahoe, plenty of wonderful snow up there. a chance of snow showers sunday into monday. >>> we have breaking news in oakland. this is a live picture from west street between 40th and macarthur boulevard. this is a warehouse fire. the oakland fire department is on scene now. you can see a couple of their ladder trucks there. we're not sure what is inside the warehouse, if anything. firefighters, as you can see, are putting water on this. we do know flames were visible from nearby highway 24. >>> more than a year has passed since the deadly camp fire in butte county. this morning it appears that fire has led to a large exodus in northern california. in the last year, more than 10,000 people moved out of butte county. it appears a lot of those people stayed nearby. four counties in the area have some of the highest population growth rates in the state. the camp fire destroyed more than 14,000 homes. >>> rvs have sparked battles in bay

the one trouble area is down near l.a. where even that area's seeing some improvement.heavier snow through the northern plains and upper midwest as we go to the weekend. also, some heavier rain for the eastern half of the country buchlt buchltbut in the meantime, near record highs in the ohio river valley bit foggy to start off the day in the upper midwest and down through parts of texas also, looking at exceptionally >>> good morning, i'm kari hall, nice to get some sunshine on wednesday ppz tracking the rain just to the south of the bay area and if you're traveling heads up at i-5. closed because of know and a lot of heavy rain across parts of central and southern california. we're going to see that storm system moving away and a chance to dry out over the next few days. a slight chance of rain in fact forecast on sunday and more drive weather and mild temperatures into the start of the new year. if you are heading and if you are heading out, don't forget to check us out on our sirius xm channel 108. >> ten months pregnant six inch heels and you're pulling double duty

l.a. to san diego. let's show you the roads around the bay area. take a live look outside. we're getting a chance to dry out here and we will, for the most part, see a good start to the morning commute. i'll be watching to see if there are any issues. drive safely. there's more cars on the road this morning. i'll have a look at that coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, kari. >>> we have breaking news right now from the tri-valley and it is something we really wish we didn't have to bring you. three teenagers are dead, killed in a christmas night crash. >> bob redell live for us. investigators saying what led up to the crash? >> reporter: that part chp hasn't been abling to figure out. they do not believe alcohol was involved. this happened last niu before 10:00. this was christmas night. five teenaged kids, all from the tri-valley, were in a sedan heading southbound here on foothill road not far from the castle wood country club when their car crossed the center line, went to a power pole and wrapped around a tree. again, there were five teenaged kids in the car, three of

the san francisco based company is test going out in the bay area and in l.a. you can rent the car through your lyft app. you get $20 in ride credit to get to and from the car rental lot. so far there are two pickup locations in san francisco and oakland. >>> something really big is come to swrat golden dwaet park 150th anniversary. it's 150 feet tall. >> what is it? >> we'll tell you, when we come back. here, it all starts with a simple... hello! hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there? uhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. the ones that make a truebeen difference in people's lives. and mike's won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat america's biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down

the grand plan is to connect the bay area to l.a. may be on life support. construction continues in the central valley. at 6:00 this morning, we'll show you the big milestone they just reached. >>> a major problem cleared before the morning community. crew versus just reopened northbound so 1 connector to northbound 880. it was cleared at a big rig jackknifed. this is video just after the crash. no injuries have been reported. >>> a new details in the catholic church sex abuse scandal. half of california's diocese may be subpoenaed six dioceses are already providing documents to inveat millions to victims. >>> now to decision 2020 and the presidential race. today democratic candidate and san francisco billionaire tom steyer plans to visit the bay area. he has two town halls scheduled. one takes place in walnut creek. another is tomorrow . >>> jerry brown plans to make an appearance in san francisco today alongside bloomberg. they plan to participate in a conversation on climate change in a private event at the moscone center. >>> the president responded to

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l.a. rams. out and replaced... on his dime!?!?!? i )m consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds... next. >>> right now, at 4:30, we are counting down to kickoff, the 49ers and the l.a. rams, here on nbc bay area. this is a live look at levi stadium. you can see number ten, a familiar face to all of us, jimmy garoppolo, warming up as he gets ready to kick off. i'm raj mathai along with janelle wang. 70,000 fans making their way inside the stadium right about now. >> a very exciting night, for the rams, and the 49ers, and the rams quarterback is back home. the local hometown boy. went to novato. and a lot of his fans here as well. >> we have a lot of fun coming your way. we will check in with some food. and join celebrity chef michael meda, but before we get to that, we talked about jimmy garoppolo, we saw him there, and one of the 49ers quarterbacks will not be here, sad news, cj beathard will not be here at tonight's game tonight, because his younger brother clayton was stabbed to death overnight. 22-year-old clayton beathard, also a quarterback, he played at long island university. here

that of course makes new york the biggest urban area in this country, places like l.a. and houston and chicago, those are also massive urban areas in the united states, but new york is bigger than all of them. new york is the eighth largest urban mega city on the planet earth. it's just huge. that said, though, for as big as new york is and for as big as it feels particularly this time of year, when it feels like everyone on earth is here to see the tree and all the rest of it, it's actually a bit humbling to realize even though new york is the biggest city in this country, new york is only the eighth largest mega city on earth. there are like at least 6 or 7 urban areas on earth that are even bigger than new york. and interestingly none of them are in this hemisphere. they're all in the east. those are all urban metropolises, all international mega cities that are even bigger than ginormous new york city. take seoul and south korea. seoul and south korea considerably larger. just massive. peter burgen is a veteran national security reporter at cnn. i know cnn is our com

area. according to the "l.a. times" u.s. guard records show eight diving boats in the state were given exemptions from the 1996 safety standards rule which means they didn't need to add bigger escape hatches and advance fire prevention systems. no word from the coast guard as to why. federal investigators are still looking into the dive boat fire. >>> new video shows a troubling sight this holiday season. this is a delivery truck full of packages on fire, just days before christmas at the beginning of hanukkah. this happened over the weekend in fullerton, south of los angeles. the fedex driver picked up his shipment and was headed to san diego when he noticed the truck on fire. several of the packages and gifts inside were destroyed. the driver wasn't hurt. no word on what sparked that fire. >> 6:48 right now. >>> trending this morning, have you ever wondered how much it would cost to light up your house like clark griswold? look at his eyes. you may recall that iconic scene in "national lampoon's christmas vacation" when gr

one-third of bay area residents surveyed in a new poll out by ucbeuc berkeley and the "l.a.they were affected by the firesolo or being forced to evacuate. maybe that's why people think when and where blackouts should occur should be a joint decision between utility companies and state regulators, not a unilateral decision by the utility company. 90% of residents are also in favor of doing away with pg&e. the only problem is the majority of people say they don't know what the path forward should look like, what the solution should be. next year a judge will rule on the outcome and decide between two competing reorganization plans, one submitted by shareholders, one submitted by bondholders. we do want to point out the california public utilities commission has the final say on the matter which is why state and local leaders like san jose mayor sam liccardo, they're pushing an alternative proposal to make pg&e into a customer-owned cooperative, we should point out that a co-op the size of the service area of pg&e, some 5.4 million residents, it's never been created before. we'

l.a. the senate has been suffice flooding in the area but this much bigger system on the pacific coast long as your screen will tend to wind up and then run in land so it's stove course in the mountains but it's right rather down for san francisco probably reached down to l.a. on sunday the rest cold but quads the showers a didar 3 degrees in new york after oversea cold night. there's been a rejuvenation in the rain actually on full cost feed for example honduras or nicaragua down through costa rica and panama and this is persistence the next 2 days to show us the north probably. and in fact the good parts of northern colombia is also has a pretty wet weather than it should be this time of the year. the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run kept us in these cages you can not have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and she states tied to the bed 5 years off to fast highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring sham

l.a. we're at the base of the dwr grapevine with more. >> stranded at a rest area, jordan and her dad have been waiting for an escort out. >> there's seven cars. another car down there that drove into a ditch. >> icy conditions and snow forced to shut down a major california artery. there was hope they could reopen today. as the sunlight dims once again the cold is coming back. it appears unlikely. >> everyone is running low on gas. >> he wants to wait it out to get home just in case. his car is first to make the turn on the freeway onramp. >> i was right behind the cop that turned us all around last night. that's how close i was. >> good news from the family. the snowplows finally made it to them. and got back on the road. >> we want to get out and get home. >> this is supposed to be the season of giving for some it's the season of taking. check out this surveillance video. two women in black and another women in yellow picking out jeans. and ta lehey leaf without payin. they stole 38 pairs. anyone who recognizes them give them a call. >> by standers sai saved a man who ended up in the cr

l.a.. five people were killed. the private plane went down in a wooded area near a walmart in the city of lafayette, l.a..'s about two hours west of new orleans. here are some of the first pictures from the scene. witnesses tell one tv station the plane was trying to land when it hit power lines and burst into flames. you can see the flames in the distance there. local reports say there were six people on board the aircraft, and at least one person on the ground was hurt. an ambulance company responded to the crash of a small civilian airplane. it transported patients to a local hospital. nearby buildings have been evacuated, including that walmart. power is also out in that area. >>> new this morning, a truck killed at least 78 people in the somali capital omega dish issue. . somali police say the attack targeted a center during rush hour as people want to work. ed isly, many of the victims were students that were returning home. no extremist group has claimed responsibility yet, but experts suspect a group is likely link to al-qaeda. the group is connected with a taxation system analysts describe as ext

keep in mind we got a saturday game here on nbc bay area with the 49ers, hosting the l.a. rams.eep a close side on the forecast. the storm speeds up and could have an impact on the game. the midweek storm does not look like all that much but as we progress through next weekend, notice at the top of the screen, we could see another inch or two of rain. that's going to get our attention once we get rid of the chilly temperatures over the next couple of mornings. san francisco, you don't have to worry about patchy frost. it is going to be cool. chances of midweek showers, valleys and seeing a couple of mornings and 30s and some midweek showers and followed up by rain staying away from the football rain. right now the timing looks late saturday into sunday. stay tuned, could see another inch or two of rain which means more snow heading towards the sierra. >> thank you, rob. >>> throughout the newscast it has been an emotional day for bay area sports fans. niners losing the final play and raiders losing the final home game. mad bum saying good. dave feldman has it all. >> hi everybod

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but you can see the rainfall is pretty limited right along the coastal areas there just to the north and northwest of downtown l.a. for today's forecast, travel delays in the northeast. 64 in l.a. we will see some rain moving into the pacific northwest actually, going to get pretty stormy with rainfall totals especially alt higher elevations getting maybe 1 or 2 inches. that will be the next stortunat of the heavier precipitation is off the coast. there's our cloudy conditions and our wet weather moving in later today in the northwest new year's eve forecast and new year's day forecast coming up. even the mid night forecast too. that's the important one, right? >> thank you, bill still ahead avoiding hindsight in 2020. how to make sure to keep your new year's resolution. n>>fl playoffs are officially set. we'll let you know who made the cut next ng zone. ng zone. oh, i... i didn't know. you didn't see the sign? that... that wasn't there when i was here earlier. (whimper) really? you know, in italy, they let you park anywhere. have a good day, sir. with geico, the savings keep on going. just like this sequel. 15 m

l.a. region, but right here in the bay area and we need to be very clear on our value proposition and our funding and finance plan needs to be credible to garner that support. i wanted to underscore that this is -- these recommendations are really around just this two-year period. i think one of the activities in the two-work plan is to dive into a look, deeper look at the overall governance long-term and project delivery. we did not embark on doing that and it was more of a focus on how to harness the agencies in the region, focused on project delivery phase and clearly there will be more discussions about that but i wanted to make that point. the recommendations, which a lot of what we heard today focusing on phase one and close-out of those activities, a lot of understanding of the operations and maintenance of the facility is clearly a core focus and that was recognised by the panel. i think the -- mr. zeranoga's report about an mou in progress, that was the panel's understanding, is there's a lot of details to work out through that process, but the overarching recommendation was to l