but that has also taken a horrific toll on the housing stock here in northern california. in six counties, everywhere from mendocino over to yolo, up to butte, sonoma, napa, six counties have lost all kinds of things. and that report will be coming up just very soon. >> all right, we'll check in with you later, tom vacar, thank you. >>> san jose police say a two year multistate investigation has uncovered a drug trafficking ring that was being run out of a home in an upscale neighborhood. ktvu's southbay reporter jesse gary has a look at the alleged crimes and some of the evidence we are seeing, including a rocket launcher. >> reporter: neighbors say the 2300 block of damascus court is home to tech workers, retirees and regular workers. but, san jose police allege a drug ring was being run out of a new house on the block. >> that is crazy. nothing i expected. >> reporter: this group's primary focus was trafficking narcotics for monetary gain. >> reporter: a lieutenant with the special investigations unit says four people were arrested and charged. alleged ringleader 42-yea

the mendocino complex fire erupted in northern california. just over459-thousand acres were scorched and more than 300homes were destroyed. officials say it's the largest wildfire in state history.and it wasn't fully contained until september. also in september... hurricane florence took aim on the southeast as a category 4 storm. more than a million people across north and south carolina were told to leave -- or prepare for the worst. rep. tom rice/(r) south carolina: "if you st, and you get stuck in this, you're on your own."the slow- moving storm weakened to a category one before making landfall near wrightsville beach, north carolina.but its effects were devastating. high winds toppled trees... transformers exploded -- leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. and the storm's relentless rain -- and high storm surge -- triggered destructive flooding. more than a dozen rivers in north and south carolina overflowed their banks -- inundating homes and prompting hundreds of water res

and so strong for northern california, but also strong for any retiree living outside of northern california. and you can see a chart here of how provider access works. similar to some of the things that i explained earlier. by its nature, kpsa guides member care through really what i called patient centered home care through the kpsa provide channel. and then, the mappo is relying on these innovative touch points given the nature of how the p.p.o. is setup. >> the next several pages are comparisons between how the two plans work, is that correct? >> exactly. so there's simply just some education on the kpsa model. really quickly, emphasis on telehealth within the kpsa model, for instance, that you'll see on slide 22. a lot of emphasis on helping members what to expect if they're already enrolled in the kpsa on slide 23. slide 24 from a uhc-mappo perspective, again because there's not the requirement to have a family care physician, you don't have patients that are a medical care home. you do have these various touch points in the u.h.c. approach. and then, what i was to specifically focus o

(ken) a northern california student has been killed in the netherlands.omicide investigation that's shocked her home town. (pam) a community in northern california is mourning the death of a young woman. sarah papen-heim was found stabbed to death in her apartment in the netherlands on wednesday... her mother says, she was killed by her roommate. a teacher at her high school in shasta county ... fondly remembers the 21-year-old woman. courtney kreider reports. courtney kreider/reporting "sarah spent most her years as a high schooler in the back of the foothill music room, here in front of these drums. i spoke to her music teacher, he said he'll always remember her as a light here on the foothill campus."mitch bahr/former teacher"sarah was in a classroom just like this as a freshman. music put her back on focus and gave her a real clear direction in her life."sarah graduated from foothill high school in 20-15. she first walked into this classroom as a freshman..but her former teacher, mitch bahr, says her advancements in music went far beyond the chart not

you can see that cold front just beginning to move onshore in northern california. of rain expected overnight. it will impact some for the morning commute. all day today, we have been dealing with fog and haze in our atmosphere. it has reduced visibility. it continues to do so. visibility down to three miles in livermore. once this cold front moves through tomorrow morning, it's going to help to clear out our skies of the fog, this smog. clearer skies will prevail tomorrow afternoon. temperaturewi temperaturewise, it was cool today. 40s and 50s for afternoon highs. that's where we sit right now. 52 in san francisco. 53 in san jose. santa rosa coming in at about 48 degrees. overnight tonight, we will see showers arriving after midnight, starting in the north bay. cloud cover overhead. overnight tonight, temperatures holding in the mid 40s over the next 12 hours. the bigger picture, you can see the cold front defined moving into northern california right now. it's a real thin ribbon of moisture. it won't be a lot of rain moving our way. on the storm impact scale for m

we are seeing a few showers on doppler radar in far northern california.on the satellite you can see another storm headed our way. it is very weak and will only bring a slight chance of showers overnight. there will also be patchy dense fog inland. highs tomorrow will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be dry on thursday but more rain is possible late in the day on friday with showers lingering into saturday. another storm will bring rain to the bay area late on sunday. (ken) today in sacramento the u.s. department of justice trained more than a hundred faith leaders on what to do if a gunman enters their houses of worship. (pam) kron 4's capitol bureau reporter ashley za-val-a explains the decision ... that will be left up to faith leaders. "we are very hopeful that the folks who are in attendance today never have to put to use the things that we are to use the things never have to put news.kron four philippe djegal, francisco, in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. now to our four zone forecast.live look outside at s-f- kron-4's chief meteor

doppler is still seeing some rain in far northern california. on the satellite you can see the weak high pressure keeping the storms mainly to the north. dense fog will fill the bay and the valleys tonight and tomorrow morning before giving way to partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tomorrow. highs will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be nice on thursday too before another chance of showers on friday and this weekend. weekend. (vicki) (vicki) the white house suggested today that president trump is trying to avoid the partial government shutdown later this week. the biggest issue lawmakers are not agreeing on is funding to build a border wall.... one of trump's campaign promises. press secretary sarah sanders didn't commit to any specific plan to get that funding... but she said agency leaders are being consulted. "the president has asked every one of his cabinet secretaries to look for funding that can be used to protect our borders and give the president the ability to fulfill his constitutional obligation to protect the american pe

the main storm track has been up to our north, but yesterday moisture seeping into northern california. produced clouds and scattered showers, even some rainfall focused north of the golden gate bridge. right now we have scattered, low clouds trying to regroup that will impact visibility. these numbers have been changing around quite a bit. they go from a quarter of a mile last hour all the way to four miles in livermore, fairfield three quarters amount -- 3/4 of a mile.

. >>> emotional plea from a northern california father whose trying to get his wife back into the u.s. despite the trump administration travel ban. their son, 2-year-old abdullah, has a degenerative brain disease. he's on life support at ucsf benioff children's hospital in oakland. the american citizen -- but his wife is a yemeni national who was blocked from the u.s. under the president's travel ban. ali says all they want is for his wife to be able to hold their son one last time. >> time is running out, please help us get my family together again. >> i implore the united states government to act with swift compassion to reunite abdullah and shaima swileh. >> they are asking members to get a waiver issued for the mother. the council on american islamic relations says it's ready to fly her from cairo to sfo at a moment's notice. >>> a live look tonight at the u.s. capitol where a budget standoff could lead to a partial government shutdown. by the end of the week. at the center of this big debate, a $5 billion border wall. cbs reporter nikole killion is on capitol hill tonight with mo

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doppler is still seeing some rain in far northern california. on the satellite you can see the weak high pressure keeping the storms mainly to the north. dense fog will fill the bay and the valleys tonight and tomorrow morning before giving way to partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tomorrow. highs will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be nice on thursday too before another chance of showers on friday and this weekend. weekend. (pam)(pam) from thanksgiving to new year's day, the u.s. postal service will handle 900- million packages ... that is 50- million more.. than last year. (ken) and this happens to be the busiest week of the year for workers as christmas is just around the corner.... kron 4's alecia reid joins us live from san francisco tonight... to show us how they manage all that mail? (alecia) crews are working around the clock to make sure people get their mail and packages before christmas.but, time is running out.pkgduring christmas time ...demand gets higher ...with each passing year. sot - this is crunch timewhat used to

(justine) a northern california family will be calling southern california home for awhile...thanks to generosity of complete strangers. daniel and autumn salazar -- along with their two children -- lived in paradise. until the town was destroyed in the camp fire. the salazars only had time to grab a few belongings and evacuate. they lost almost everything ... including daniel's grandparents. that's where mike and ruth zangara come in. they have a home in the jurupa valley, but spend most of their time in a small apartment in downtown los angeles. the zangaras posted an offer on facebook to lend their home to a family in need -- more than one thousand families applied. autumn salazar/camp fire victim: "it's gotten better. it's still a lot of change but this home's beautiful and our kids love it here."(justine) now that the salazars have moved in, they will be able to stay in the property rent-free for one year -- they only have to pay for utilities. (jr) imagine being a kid and having a chance to design your favorite super star's shoes. that is exactly what one group of students in oak

the mendocino complex fire erupted in northern california.er459-thousand acres were scorched and more than 300homes were destroyed. officials say it's the largest wildfire in state history.and it wasn't fully contained until september. also in september... hurricane florence took aim on the southeast as a category 4 storm. more than a million people across north and south carolina were told to leave -- or prepare for the worst. rep. tom rice/(r) south carolina: "if you stay, and you get stuck in this, you're on your own."the slow- moving storm weakened to a category one before making landfall near wrightsville beach, north carolina.but its effects were devastating. high winds toppled trees... transformers exploded -- leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. and the storm's relentless rain -- and high storm surge -- triggered destructive flooding. more than a dozen rivers in north and south carolina overflowed their banks -- inundating homes and prompting hundreds of water rescues.

a few high clouds moving into northern california. we could have partly cloudy skies towards mendocino of course,. this is out towards santa rosa and napa. san jose in the upper 30s, so for this morning, partly to mostly sunny. a nice recovery, upper 50s for the wednesday afternoon forecast. we could be tracking winds for tomorrow and we'll have more in the forecast coming up to the fire received and holiday gift in the form of a

meanwhile, out west dangerous winds and waves have led to a high surf warning in northern california. >> we are asking the public to avoid the area altogether. >> reporter: even professional surfers staying out for now as organizers of the mavericks surf contest put safety over swells. >> i think they were more worried about the wind and the height. even the most experienced guys will tell you that's something they don't even want to do. >> reporter: this weekend just the preview as mother nature gets ready for a full show with five back-to-back storms this week headed for the west coast. kathy park, nbc news, los angeles. >>> in japan sunday evening more than 40 people were injured by an explosion at a busy restaurant, shaking an entire neighborhood. nbc's ali arouzi has details. >> reporter: a frightening explosion during the dinner-time rush. the incident at a restaurant in northern japan sent flames and black smoke swirling into the night sky as firefighters frantically searched for the injured. initial reports suggest the cause was a gas explosion. the blast ripped through a two-

the mendocino complex fire erupted in northern california. than 300homes were destroyed. officials say it's the largest wildfire in state history.and it wasn't fully contained until september. also in september... hurricane florence took aim on the southeast as a category 4 storm. more than a million people across north and south carolina were told to leave -- or prepare for the worst. rep. tom rice/(r) south carolina: "if you stay, and you get stuck in this, you're on your own."the slow- moving storm weakened to a category one before making landfall near wrightsville beach, north carolina.but its effects were devastating. high winds toppled trees... transformers exploded -- leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. and the storm's relentless rain -- and high storm surge -- triggered destructive flooding. more than a dozen rivers in north and south carolina overflowed their banks -- inundating homes and prompting hundreds of water rescues. more than 50people were killed in the storm

we are seeing a few showers on doppler radar in far northern california. on the satellite you can see another storm headed our way. it is very weak and will only bring a slight chance of showers overnight. there will also be patchy dense fog inland. highs tomorrow will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be dry on thursday but more rain is possible late in the day on friday with showers lingering into saturday. another storm will bring rain to the bay area late on sunday. (vicki) (vicki) sunday.late on sunday. (vicki) a warning about something on your car that you might not think needs upkeeping. headlights. triple-a says older headlights pose a major safety concern for drivers. (grant) the report says headlights that start to get foggy-- or start to yellow-- only produce about 22-percent of the light they did when they were new. joining us now live on skype is mike blasky with triple-a. triple-a. (grant) coming up... a play known to spark controversy goes on as planned at an arizona high school. we'll explain why some parents are so upset. (grant) happeni

i'm out in front of the kaiser permanente hospital in south san francisco....one of 21 northern californiaal centers that will be affected in this weeklong labor action ....on the picket line....psychologists, therapists, social workers and psychiatric nurses. this video is from a strike in 2012 over a similar issue....underst affingthe union says they are striking because they say the hmo has failed in it's promise to boost staffing...and that's affecting patient care.at the moment we are seeingthe state fined the hmo $4 million dollars back in 2013 and last year worked out a deal to correct issues involving oversight of and access to it's behavioral health services.the northern california chief nurse executive says they've made signifigant strides in the last five years. increasing staffing by 30% amoung other improvement. 08:30 our challenge with the strike the actual issues that and you hw is bringing to the table is not about improving access or care. the primary issue that they're bringing ford has to do with increasing salaries and wages. and the fact is our mental health workers ar

a few high clouds moving into northern california. we could have partly cloudy skies towards mendocino of course,. this is out towards santa rosa and napa. san jose in the upper 30s, so for this morning, partly to mostly sunny. a nice recovery, upper 50s for the wednesday afternoon forecast. we could be tracking winds for tomorrow and we'll have more in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> some survivors to the camp fire received and holiday gift in the form of a pardon. we're joined live from the newsroom, we have details on some of the people considered. >> the governor issued more than 100 on christmas eve as one of the last acts as the governor of california. >>> and one was a couple who lost their home from the camp fire. heather had a decades old drug crime. she was sentenced in 1999, she was convicted of having drugs with intent to president trump and her husband was a manufacturer. they both got a pardon. and 5 refugees from cambodia and an immigrant from honduras. he denied san francisco mayor london breed's brother f

we are seeing a few showers on doppler radar in far northern california.n the satellite you can see another storm headed our way. it is very weak and will only bring a slight chance of showers overnight. there will also be patchy dense fog inland. highs tomorrow will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be dry on thursday but more rain is possible late in the day on friday with showers lingering into saturday. another storm will bring rain to the bay area late on sunday. lots to talk about in the sports world tonight...(ken) mark carpenter joins us in the studio. the eventful season of 2018 continues for the silver and black. yesterday, the team fires reggie mckenzie as general manager. today's top headline-- the franchise...gets hit with a lawsuit from the city of oakland. the city has filed a federal lawsuit against the raiders...and the rest of the nfl as a whole. the 353-page suit is highly detailed... calling the team's upcoming move to las vegas illegal and the city is seeking to recover millions of dollars in damages that comes with the franchise lea

the contamination has been traced back to six counties in central and northern california. but investigators are still working to identify the exact source of the outbreak. e-coli has affected consumers in 15-states coast-to-coast. ( darya ) for your money this morning... southwest is close to flying to hawaii. and united airlines gets bad news about on-time arrivals. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. ( jane )good morningunited airlines wound up on the wrong end of the official results in the november on-time arrivals derby. according to the numbers just released by airline data behemoth oag, united finished in fourth and last place among the four largest domestic carriers with 76 point 7 percent of flights arriving on time last month.it also didn't help in november that a nasty blizzard hit chicago's o'hare airport, united's largest hub.southwest airlines is "close" to getting the special certification necessary to start flights to hawaii.flight global reports southwest will eventually fly from four california cities, oakland, san diego, san jose

people across northern california were looking up last night as a strange light streaked through the sky. (robin) welco back. checking in on your morning forecast. temperatures just a bit cooler today ranging from the mid 50's to a few spots hanging onto the low 60's. skies will be partly cloudy through the day before some showers moving in early tomorrow morning. heavier rainfall can be expected to start next week on christmas eve. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the no major hot no major hot temperatures just a bit cooler today ranging from the mid 50's to a few spots hanging onto the low 60's. skies will be partly cloudy through the day before some showers moving in early tomorrow morning. heavier rainfall can be expected to start next week on christmas eve. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) ( robin ) the demolition of the

we are seeing a few showers on doppler radar in far northern california.on the satellite you can see anotr storm headed our way. it is very weak and will only bring a slight chance of showers overnight. there will also be patchy dense fog inland. highs tomorrow will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be dry on thursday but more rain is possible late in the day on friday with showers lingering into saturday. another storm will bring rain to the bay area late on sunday. (pam) the city of oakland has filed a lawsuit against the raiders ... at the heart of the matter - the teams' decision to move to las vegas. the suit seeks to recover damages ... including lost money which oakland taxpayers have invested in the n-f-l team.(ken) many fans are in support of the lawsuit - - and are, of course, very upset about the move. kron4's michelle kingston spoke to some fans today and has their reaction. (mk)chris dobbins, save oakland sports"i'm an oakland guy. i love the raiders but i love oakland more so i'm siding with the city."ray bobbitt, raiders fan"the raiders be

. >>> a high surf warning still posted for the northern california coast. we've been watching huge swells hit bay area beaches. chopper 5 overhead at mavericks where a few dozen surfers tested their skills on 40 to 50- foot waves. the mavericks challenge was scheduled for today. it was canceled. organizers say the waves would be too big and unpredictable. in pacifica the waves were big enough to blow out the ocean facing windows at moonraker's restaurant for the second time in two years. the owner arrived this morning to shattered glass and a soaked dining room. this is what it looked like from the air, chopper 5 over the pacifica pier which was closed. it's 40 feet above the water line most of the time, one of those waves nailing our own kiet do onshore. because he got too close. kiet do and his camera got sprayed while he worked on a story about the waves. several others were caught by the sudden surgeries. -- surges. one woman was brave enough to sit just feet from the edge. >> i was out here yesterday hoping to catch it in the downpour and it wasn't as

you can see live doppler 7 most of this headed to northern california but we go in closer you can notice a few showers in the north bay but most of the activity well to the north and several hours away. visibility about 2 to 3 miles from fairfield to concord and this is a 2 on our storm impact scale. there's anywhere from a half inch to an inch of rain for most areas, 30 to 40-mile-an-hour winds with rough and dangerous surf. mid-50s for most of you except 44 for livermore. look at the winds, up to 36 miles per hour upper elevations. mt. diablo, a gust to 37 miles per hour. wave heights 8 to 12 feet close to the coast but look out to sea, 20 to 35 feet right now. it's this storm that is sending the large swell our way. so high surf warning in effect today through tomorrow. we're looking at anywhere from 20 to 40-foot waves with isolated 50-foot waves. very dangerous surf out there and the possibility of rip currents, so stay off the beaches. we're looking at the rain helded our way. we'll time it out for you in a few minutes. kate. >>> officials are trying to get the word out about the b

the mendocino complex fire erupted in northern california.corched and more than 300homes were destroyed. officials say it's the largest wildfire in state history.and it wasn't fully contained until september. also in september... hurricane florence took aim on the southeast as a category 4 storm. more than a million people across north and south carolina were told to leave -- or prepare for the worst. rep. tom rice/(r) south carolina: "if you stay, and you get stuck in this, you're on your own."the slow- moving storm weakened to a category one before making landfall near wrightsville beach, north carolina.but its effects were devastating. high winds toppled trees... transformers exploded -- leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. and the storm's relentless rain -- and high storm surge -- triggered destructive flooding. more than a dozen rivers in north and south carolina overflowed their banks -- inundating homes and prompting hundreds of water rescues. more than 50people were kil

across northern california, the fires in october of 2017 fueled by high winds and drought would killed homes and other buildings.as the burning ended, the burning question began.how did this happen?james engel:"we had a number of fires that were the result of some some type of ignition from powerlines."cal fire investigators concluded that 17 of the 18 fires in october of 2017 were caused by equipment from pacific gas and electric, the multi-billion dollar power company.in 11 of those fires, investigators found evidence p-g-and-e violated state law.james engel oversees fire investigations for cal fire.drew griffin:"is pg&e doing enough in your mind?"james engel:"well that's not my call to make. to win ... in the case of those particular fires, they were referred to the district attorney. if there is violation of the law.it's actually been going on now for years.19-94, 99, 2004.the whiskey fire in 2008.the deadly butte fire in 2015.fire after fire that investigators found were caused by a power company failing to follow state regulations to trim trees or maintain equipment. john fiske

a few high clouds have moved into northern california, those clouds are rain free, it looks like a dry weather pattern for today and into the weekend. we have clear to partly cloudy skies and there's patchy fog in the napa area. earlier this morning, they're reporting mostly clear skies, 37 degrees, san francisco 49 and mountain vie in the upper 40s, as far as the wind speeds at the surface, it's not bad at the panels at 37 to 12 miles per hour as we show you importance here for mountain view and hayward and calm wind this morning. it's mostly sunny and breezy throughout the afternoon hours. temperatures are the upper 50s to 60s degrees. it looks like and sunny, breezy thursday, we have a few changes setting up for friday and the weekend, we'll have more on that coming up. >>> and we have more on a escaped inmate from san quentin prison. he may be responsible for a carjacking nearby. the prisoner is san quentin inmate. he's shalom mendoza. he was reported missing last night when he couldn't be found with the count of inmates. the intense search continues and we'll bring you more detail

and into the weekend you can see and little system that dives into northern california. there's a slight chance of happen sprinkle and light shower, especially in the north bay on sunday. it looks like the main significant impact is up to the north of the region, this is wednesday, 4:00 this week, we're looking long-range. for today, temperatures leisure in the pupper 50s to lower 60s and here's a look ahead, your five-day will be tracking the winds for thursday, we could have a frost advisory friday morning and this saturday morning, a chilly air mass setting up, it looks like the weekend, into saturday, it will be dry and possibly a few extra clouds. >> thank you, mark. >>> two new york giant fans are suing after their right to free speech is violated last year. santa clara police provided security and they used excessive force againstment two brothers, patrick and kyle anyone say the incident said they started yelling expletives at the giants who were losing the game to the 9ers. the men were called to leave and they say a taser was used on him and the other pushed ov

vothis facility is just one of 21 facilities in northern california where protesters will be striking, with a total of nearly 4,000 across the state.mental health is and continues to become a bigger problem in this according to the center for disease control since 1999 the national suicide rate has gone up by 33 percent, and although california's suicide rates are relatively lower, another study shows that nearly 1 out 6 adults in the state has a mental health need with 1 out of 20 suffering from a serious mental illness, and that number simply increases among children.and despite these numbers, there are multiple reportthat say there's a widespread shortage of mental health professionals to treat people who are suffering.sot our challenge with the strike the actual issues that and you hw is bringing to the table is not about improving access or care. the primary issue that they're bringing ford has to do with increasing salaries and wages. and the fact is our mental health workers are already among the highest paid in their profession. according to the union here, there's 1 clinician

we have weak storms are that arriving over northern california. but for us, the strongest one looks to be right about sunday or so. we'll in and out of the clouds and cold morning followed by mild afternoon. this is a look at futurecast. we'll remain with partly cloudy and mostly clear skies. we get into tomorrow afternoon, more of the same. increase in cloud cover coming by sunday. the rain will hold off for the most part. this is sunday afternoon by 4:00. so we'll call for dry conditions for saturday, most likely on sunday as well. sunday will be a partly to mostly cloudy day later in the afternoon. and it could be a little cooler. as we get into the evening hours, it begins to move through portions of the north bay. and it will slide through in the overnight hours. by monday morning, we could wake up with the system behind us. so we'll continue to track that for you. it looks fairly week. a quarter inch of rain in some areas. 57 degrees in san francisco, 56 in napa. the temperatures a within a few degrees from yesterday. 62 in oakland. 59 in sa

i'm out in front of the kaiser permanente hospital in south san francisco....one of 21 northern california medical centers that will be affected in this weeklong labor action ....on the picket line....psychologists, therapists, social workers and psychiatric nurses. this video is from a strike in 2012 over a similar issue....underst affingthe union says they are to boost staffing...and that's effecting patient care.you can have an impact in terms of how soon how soon they can have an initial face-to-face appointment. it can also have an impact how quickly they can see their therapists a second or third time. like many other forms of medicine psychotherapy, or a person has to attend within a certain frequency otherwise their sessions lose their effectiveness and that is a big cost of the card situation, patients may be waiting six or eight weeks to have a return appointment beckett undermine their progress with therapythe state fined the hmo $4 million dollars back in 2013 and last year worked out a deal to correct issues involving oversight of and access to it's behavioral health services.

seth doane, cbs news, naples, italy. >>> coming up, a look at the northern california after thousandomes in the campfire. >>> plus gift cards are becoming more popular but they say they're a scammers favorite new way to scam money. one victim shares her story. >>> and we talk about basketball hall of fame coach jim calhoun about why he's coming out of retirement six years later. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday, thanks for watching. i'm hena doba, have a great day. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5ews. >> hello area a ing. taking a a this hour. it is wednesday december 26th. thanks for joining us i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm anne makovec. that was really pleasant. hopefully you got everything you wanted for christmas. it does look like plenty of sunshine once again for today. tower cam looking east. mainly sunny skies out there. livermore 38. 51 for downtown san francisco there and santa rosa at 38. so your weather headlines and what you can expect. chilly. mostly clear with the afternoon sunny. cool temperatures seasonal for this time of year. we're

emergency officials warn of huge waves crashing along northern california beaches.he national weather service has issued a high surf warning along the coast from sonoma county through monterey county beginning at 9 sunday morning. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meterologist mabrisa rodriguez. lawrence rodriguez. mabrisa meterologist mabrisa rodriguez. lawrence karnow: there were plenty of clouds today and a few showers. on the satellite you can see a much bigger storm off the coast. it will bring heavy rain and gusty winds on sunday afternoon. high surf will pund the coast with waves as high as 50 feet. winter storm warnings are up in the sierra with heavy snow expected sunday into monday. there's also the chance of thunderstorms. highs will be in the 50s and 60s tomorrow and cooler on sunday. the weather pattern looks partly cloudy but mostly dry next week. (justine) a 13-year-old in northern california brought pot brownies to her middle school and passed them out to students. the reason parents feel the school did not do enough. mom: "hiigh scho

. >> reporter: yeah, dan, alma, i think i may have been the only person in northern california who did not see this thing. but i did connect with people who are convinced that what they saw in the night sky was definitely out of this world. >>> at a time when the bay area is blanketed in christmas lights, it was wednesday night's sky that stole the show. >> it was brighter than a normal cloud, especially this time of the night. >> reporter: after 5:30, when most are making their way home from work, the evening spectacle caught the attention ever people across the bay area and beyond. >> it looked kind of like a key almost. >> i don't know, i just thought it was kind of a weird formation. >> i thought somebody was trying to spell something out in the sky, but i couldn't read what it was, so i just moved on with the rest of my night. >> reporter: but others couldn't. sky 7 was flying over san francisco at about 5:36 when it captured this bright light. >> i saw like a moving cloud at first and then it kind of formed into a question mark. so, i don't know, maybe it's a sign. sanu but a sig

i'm out in front of the kaiser permanente hospital in south san francisco....one of 21 northern california medical centers that will be affected in this weeklong labor action ....on the picket line....psychologists, therapists, social workers and psychiatric nurses. this video is from a strike in 2012 over a similar issue....underst affingthe union says they are striking because they say the hmo has failed in it's promise to boost staffing...and that's affecting patient care.ntwe are fined the hmo $4 million dollars back in 2013 and last year worked out a deal to correct issues involving oversight of and access to it's behavioral health services.the northern california chief nurse executive says they've made signifigant strides in the last five years. increasing staffing by 30% amoung other improvement. 08:30 our challenge with the strike the actual issues that and you hw is bringing to the table is not about improving access or care. the primary issue that they're bringing ford has to do with increasing salaries and wages. and the fact is our mental health workers are already among the hi

a stronger cold front will pass through northern california monday afternoon into monday night with lighto moderate rain. expect possible travel impacts, especially in the sierra nevada, where snow will fall. rain amounts will be fairly light, with 0.5 to 1 inch in the north bay mountains, 0.25 to 0.5 in the north bay valleys and coastal mountains, and 0.1 to 0.33 ches in other valleys and urban areas. drying but cool and blustery conditions expected christmas day. next week will be dry with cool overnight lows and highs near normal. (justine) and super saturday shopping is still going on. the rush to get those presents , purchased, wrapped and unr the tree. a live report on the ♪ there's no place like home for the holidays ♪ ♪ 'cause no matter how far away you roam ♪ ♪ if you want to be happy in a million ways ♪ ♪ for the holidays you can't beat home sweet home ♪ (ustine)christmas is just days away and now shoppers are hitting the stores for those last minute gifts.(2 shot bam today is 'super saturday' and it is projected to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year,even beating ou

in san jose, len ramirez, kpix5. >>> northern california community and religious groups are coming together in support of a father trying to get his wife back in the united states to be by the side of their dying son. 2-year-old abdullah hassan is on life support at ucsf benioff children's hospital in oakland. he has a degenerative brain disease and doctors say it's getting worse. his father is an american citizen. his mom is a yemeni national who is blocked access into the u.s. under president trump's travel ban. >> my wife's calling me every day wanting to kiss and hold her son. for the one last time. >> the fact that they will not allow this mom to come and hold the hand of her dying child is criminal within itself. >> the council on american islamic relations says it is ready to fly the mother from cairo to sfo immediately once a waiver is issued. >>> president trump says that he will shut down the government if he does not get funding for that border wall, but democrats say it's not going to happen. that means money for many government services could run out on friday night. kpix5 poli

we'll get a chance of seeing light showers far off to northern california. the next chance of rain will roll in tomorrow night. as far as the king tides, this is a new coastal flood advisory. this kicks in 9:00 a.m. tomorrow until 1 p.m. again, the high tides will vary by location. all the highlighted areas will be affected. i will be tweeting this out. we want to share it and make sure everybody is safe. low lying areas, coast and bay will have a chance of likely experiencing minor flooding. the high tides linger into sunday afternoon. as far as your temperatures go, once again conditions will be similar. a very cool sunday. upper 50s for son francisco. if you're driving out christmas eve, especially heading up to sierra, good rain. another system that's an upper level trough. it's kind of a heavier system in terms of rainfall. north bay, the rain first early on. then it spreads scattered showers on and off monday with a good chance of seeing some minor downpours. look at the sierra. this is the dangerous road conditions. that's why we're expecting the wint

doppler is still seeing some rain in far northern california.on the satellite you can see the weak high pressure keeping the storms mainly to the north. dense fog will fill the bay and the valleys tonight and tomorrow morning before giving way to partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tomorrow. highs will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be nice on thursday too before another chance of showers on friday and this weekend.weekend. friday and this showers on chance of another before thursday too be nice on 60s. it should the 50s to mid highs will be in tomorrow. temperatures and warmer temperatures tomorrow. highs will be in the 50s to mid 60s. it should be nice on thursday too before another chance of showers on friday and this weekend. the holiday season is in full swing ... and there are only 6- days left to get all your christmas gifts.(ken) but beware --- thieves will also be out looking to take advantage of unsuspecting shoppers. kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in san bruno with some holiday shopping safety tips. chri

this is in extreme northern california. nipping coming our way. a late system, it won't do much unless it's north of the golden gate, a lot of cloud cover spilling through friday, salt into sunday. then we start to cloud things up and on monday morning into monday afternoon, it looks like and cold system dropping in, it will take us into late monday evening, into tuesday morning, that's the way it looks right now, 50s, 60s on the temperatures, a little warmer because of more sun. 66 in santa cruz, otherwise fog will be with us, today and tomorrow, and thursday we'll cloud it up. it's north, and light rain, and into friday morning, a lot of cloud cover, die on saturday, increasing clouds sunday, it looks like monday, pam will be a rain day. >> christmas eve. >>> 5:20 is the time right now. two police officers are investigating a shooting, they were hit and killed by a train, coming up next, we take you to the chicago neighborhood where it all unfolded overnight. >>> plus the heartbreaking story of a mother from yemen who is trying to get to her dyi

meanwhile out west, dangerous winds and waves have led to a high surf warning in northern california. >> we are asking the public to avoid the area all together. >> reporter: even professional surfers staying out for now as organizers of the maverick surf contest puts safety over swells. >> i think they were more worried about the wind and the height. even the most experienced guys will tell you. that's something they don't want to do. >> reporter: as mother nature gets ready for a full show with five back-to-back storms this week headed for the west coast. kathy park, nbc news, los angeles. >>> in japan tonight, more than 40 people were injured by an explosion at a busy restaurant shake an entire neighborhood. details. >> reporter: a frightening explosion duringti rush, the incident at a restaurant in northern japan sent flames and black smoke swirling into the night sky as firefighters frantically searched for the injured. initial reports suggest the cause was a gas explosion. the blast ripped through a two-story building in the city of sapporo at 8:30 local time. so powerful it sho

officials say the contamination has been traced back to six counties in central and northern california. but investigators are still working to identify the exact source of the outbreak. e-coli affected consumers in 15-states coast-to-coast - but there are no reports of any deaths. 27-additional cases are under investigation in canada. (catherine) california regulators say marijuana deliveries can be made anywhere in the state....even in areas that ban cannabis. three state agencies released proposed regulations today. they'll become permanent next month after state lawyers finish reviewing them. law enforcement groups and cities with bans fought against it. the delivery problem could end up in court...once the state sets permanent rules for how pot is grown, tested, packaged, and delivered. (ken) 77-years ago today the u.s. military suffered a devastating attack by the japanese at pearl harbor... now a special pearl harbor photo exhibit is on display in the bay area... kron4's haaziq madyun tells us where you can see it.. it is the 77th anniversary of pearl harbor day here at the uss h

the mendocino complex fire erupted in northern california. over459-thousand acres were scorched and more than 300homes were destroyed. officials say it's the largest wildfire in state history.and it wasn't fully contained until september. also in september... hurricane florence took aim on the southeast as a category 4 storm. more than a million people across north and south carolina were told to leave -- or prepare for the worst. rep. tom rice/(r) south carolina: "if you stay, and you get stuck in this, you're on your own."the slow- moving storm weakened to a category one before making landfall near wrightsville beach, north carolina.but its effects were devastating. high winds toppled trees... transformers exploded -- leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. and the storm's relentless rain -- and high storm surge -- triggered destructive flooding. more than a dozen rivers in north and south carolina overflowed their banks -- inundating homes and prompting hundreds of water rescues.

. >> we are talking about the high surf warning and advisory along the northern california coast that remains in effect until 9:00 tonight. all the talk of big waves as a lot of people heading to the beach to take a look. there are warning signs, they have been put up along many bay area beaches after the national weather service called for surfs as high as 50 feet, waves that big can come up much further on to the rocks. you could be pulled out into the water, you're being warned, stay away and be careful. the pier closed earlier than sdeded last night after big waves started pounding the pier and they were concerned about that. >> so you sent lee martinez down by the teach to talk about that. steve is here now, we don't have to worry about an umbrella this morning. >> for a few you do. the waves are increasing. bodega bay up to 19 feet. so they are increasing the last couple of hours. yes, there are a few showers popping up. a lot of areas mainly north of the golden gate. we'll take a look at that coming up. if you're heading up to the mountains, brian hickey, chains are required ov

a little bit over northern california for sunday morning.on highs for today, upper 50s in pacifica, san francisco and 60 degrees in oakland. for the south bay, 58 degrees. temperatures wopt be changing a whole lot for the remainder of 2018. ooul have a look at your extended forecast, coming up. >>> police believe the escaped inmate is the man that car jacked that woman based on description of him and the fact that home depot is in such close proximity to san quentin. police were calld to the home depot at 9:17 p.m. wednesday. the victim was approached by a hispanic man wearing a white t- shirt and khaki pants. it's difficult to see in the surveillance video but police believe it's the possible man who escaped from san quentin that same night. >> there's a type of weapon or gun through his t-shirt demanded the keys from her, threatened to kill her and told her not to call the police or that he would shoot her. once she handed over the quays he fled the scene in her vehicle. >> 21-year old mendoza walk add way from a work crew at the prison. h

at 30 salmeterol speak up at a $1.4 billion public works projects on hold in northern california. environmental groups are asking a federal judge to force the fish and wildlife service to determine if chester salamanders should be considered endangered species. they argue a federal government plan to raise the shasta dam by two stories could threaten the salamander species with extinction. senate democrats pushing a judicial nominee over his membership in a catholic service organization they call extreme. what is the knights of columbus all about and why are senators trashing it? reverend gerald mary live after the break. >> all of this is basically intended to just bring that little piece of comfort to the families from around the region. >> shannon: that is a bit of what the knights of columbus says it is all about, but the social and charitable organization that was founded shannon: that is a bit of what the knights of columbus as it is all about but the catholic social organization founded in 1882 is under fire for two democratic senators. her own oh of hawaii and kamala harri

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