that sig alert cleared out in palo alto so all is clear in palo alto, but right now you're getting ave look using our sky ranger, we have eyes on that southbound 880 crash at 66th avenue in oakland. it remains

one in oakland-- the other in palo alto.. commute on both sides of the bay, one in oakland, the other in palo alto. we have team coverage to get you up to speed this morning. good morning and thank you for joining us, i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. it is very busy morning out there. we want to get right to our breaking news coverage that we have. "today in the bay's" vianey is kicking us off, the impact both of these wrecks are having on traffic right now. >> they are starting to have an impact. here is an overall look at the bay area. for the most part we're doing fairly good until we zoom into the sig alerts. there are two in place, the first is a crash along northbound 101 at embarcadero, they only have one lane opened, you can see how heavy that delay already is. the good news chp is reporting they do expect to open several lanes at least by 5:00 a.m. so we should be seeing that open in quite a short amount of time. we also have this deadly crash and chp reported this crash just before 2:00 a.m. and that

another cold start. >> another cold start as we look at palo alto.ing. time to get up and moving. 44 degrees at 8:00. again, we are back into the low 60s for later today. we'll take a look at the rest of the dry forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> as kari said, there are a few cars out there. we have pretty good speeds. fremont, a clear view here looks at the north bay. you are watching "today in the bay." good morning and thank y >>> good morning. it is 5:00. a live look outside for you in san francisco. twinkling lights, a beautiful shot. thanks for joining us. i'm kira klapper in for laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we were talking earlier, a cold start to the day. >> it was so nice yesterday. it warms up and cools down so fast. you have to be prepared for it all. it will be a cold start this morning. as we go through the day, here is a look at the high temperatures reaching the low 60s inland. we will have very dry conditions we'll talk about how dry it's been coming up in a few minutes. mike is tracking a crash in the north b

[sot super:reggie page/east palo alto]"i was here in 1992, the murder capital. and now we ha upon u east palo alto mayor larry moody is proud of the new job training center perfectionly positioned on the same block as amazon which just moved into this building on donahoe street. >> not only do we create opportunities for our local residents to be potentially be hired by amazon right upstairs, but also throughout the entire bay area region. >> reporter: he says it's investment like that both in people and in a hot real estate market that have helped turn east palo alto around and mayor moody should know. he was here in 1992 when his city was known as the murder capital of the usa. >> it was a tough time. i mean we were a small community, a little under probably about 28,000 people, but we had 43 homicides all within that one year. >> reporter: and now? >> and now we have zero. >> reporter: moody credits the police department's increase in sworn officers to 48, modernization and technology for the drop in violent crime, plus there are now more jobs than ever in ea

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trying to pick up paperwork at the palo alto police station. then at the hookah lounge where he appears on security cam footage around 1:37 p.m. from there, says the defense attorney, he headed to his anger management class about 18 miles away. on the way, he stopped at restaurant depot around 3:30. so there simply wasn't time in between, said geragos, for paul to go to the cottage, strangle his girlfriend andouse her body with gasoline. a solid alibi, said geragos. his client simply couldn't have killed jennifer and he couldn't have started the fire. how could he have been in two places at once? as for rosie, the yellow lab who alerted to a gasoline smell on zumot's clothes, geragos pointed out those very clothes were submitted to a test by the atf, and they showed no evidence of gasoline at all. >> the atf chemist has a protocol. specifically one thing the prosecution also didn't tell the jury, which we brought out, was that the atf also put out a protocol that said you never take a dog alert, a single dog alert and draw a conclusion. in fact

losing battle as we start out this morning with some very cold temperatures, live look outside in palo alto and let's see how we warm up today. not bad, 67 degrees by 2:00. we will talk about some warmer temperatures ahead for the afternoon hours. that's coming up next. >>> coming toward us these head lights are westbound 580 through dublin, a smooth drive toward the dublin interchange. we will talk about what else is going on in the tri-valley. we do have one new incident. >>> it's routine for many people when we get into a vehicle, but now california law is enforcing that buckle up law on a bus. the penalties if you don't click it. b >>> welcome to thursday morning. taking a live look outside. the s curve in the north bay in san rafael this morning, another cool start, but what i'm hearing from kari hall is that it's going to be a nice finish to our day, we will look forward to her forecast and the day coming up. quarter to 5:00 right now. >>> why don't you take a look at this, this is a mama mountain lion and her eight-year-old cub -- or eight month old cub. you can't see the cub ju

palo alto reaching the mid-60s. we look ahead to the weekend as you make those plans. >>> look at all that traffic. definitely starting to see a heavy build up along 880 in oakland. no reports of accidents. may be the typical wednesday morning build up at this 5:15 hour. i am tracking a crash in san jose. updates on that in a bit. >> sounds good. we look forwards to that. a historic chapter in mountainview after a late night vote. >> this motion passes unanimously. [ applause ] >> there you have it. the city council, last night, voted to approve a new master plan for north bay shore. the plan calls for a massive redevelopment including the campus, offices and 10,000 new homes. google is based there. the company has been a supporter of the plan. they say it will improve the bay area's housing crunch. >> tonight's vote shows even the small to mid-size cities know they have a responsibility and a role in helping our region address our collective housing crisis. >> a lot has to be done before any ground is broken. devel

details about an escape from an inmate at the palo alto courthouse. it covers it extensively for you. it sparked a three-week manhunt. they have published new information about the escape plan. court documents show they orchestrated the plan using a jailhouse phone. one used another inmate's phone code, discussing the positioning of two get away vehicles. the inmates are due in court in january to enter they pleas. the accomplices have been arrested. >>> looking live at the bay bridge. traffic is bumper-to-bumper as you can see there. wow. in june, voters will likely weigh in on a ballot measure aimed at raising money to ease c congestion. it would hike the tolls across the bay area bridges, including the dumbarton bridge and the san mateo-hayward bridge. they say it would raise $5 billion. >> the projects are sending caltrain to downtown san francisco. drastically increasing ferry service throughout the bay area. >> critics say it penalizes people that cross the bridge to go to work. the average commuter spends 29 hours each year stuck in slow-moving

. >>> palo alto lawmaker is scolding stanford saying the school is not doing nearly enough to provide housing for its employees. we are live with the bay area's latest battle with the lack of affordable housing.>> reporter: allen, you rarely hear a politician in palo alto speaking out so specifically against every university. she says the housing crisis that you can see here with these row of campuses is so great now that something needs to be done. a long row of campers used by homeless people is a stark reminder of the housing crisis in this otherwise wealthy community. one palo alto councilmember to stanford -- says stanford is making the crisis worse. >> councilmember lydia cal is speaking out against stanford after looking at their application for a general limited use permit which would add another 2000 more feet. it includes 3100 more housing units or bed but only 550 of those are allotted for staff and faculty . >> where this lower income students, where do their employees, the staff that support most the stanford, where are they going to be. >> reporter: stanford had no one a

that sig alert cleared out in palo alto so all is clear in palo alto, but right now you're getting a live look using our sky ranger, we have eyes on that southbound 880 crash at 66th avenue in oakland. it remains a hard closure at this hour which means all lanes are completely blocked off. look at that backup right now. we are seeing backup all the way past high street, even to fruitvale avenue. now you can see they are diverting the majority of that traffic off on 66, but this is a surface street right before that so you need to just avoid southbound 880 entirely. if your commute is from the east bay don't even bother jumping on, try to take surface if you can all the way to your morning commute. start calling your boss because they had estimated this to reopen at around 7:00 a.m. according to chp but judging by these delays even if they do reopen some of those lanes you can still expect to see some of that backup and traffic delay. i also want to show you right now fairly quickly using our traffic maps because our traffic maps are picking up a lot of that slowing in the east pay ri

a party bus on its way to palo alto. it flipped right there at hospital curve near cesar chavez street. >>> now to san ta clara. tonight he is speaking to believe kpix 5. we are live at the sheriff's office. >> yeah. he said he held a get together with guys he used to work with. retirees who still help out the department. he said it is wrong they lost their jobs. he was once a santa clara county sheriff's lieutenant who ran for sheriff. but then found himself on the other side of the law nearly 20 years ago. convicted of child molestation and later embezzlement but he serve his time. he recently held a holiday party where guests included several deputies. >> i can't comment on any personnel matters. >> tonight a sfoeks person would only confirm the department's on and off duties conduct policy. >> you are not allowed to frequent certain areas. >> at the moment the only thing we know is they were released and no cause was given. >> the vice president of the union which represents the ten sis -- deputies said so far -- >>

the cold spot. 39 degrees in palo alto and san jose. look at the highs today. we are back in the upper 60s. gorgeous weather, but we desperately need rain at this point. i'll let you know if there's any in the forecast coming up. let's head over to vianey arana. anything happening on the roads yet? >> not yet. it may be cold outside, but the roads are on the clear side. the speed sensors, everything is green. we aren't seeing major slowing. we are seeing the slowing along eastbound 580, but nothing major on that end. a quick check of the bridge drive times. no major or minor accidents to report. eight minutes on westbound 880 toward the bay bridge. westbound 92 toward the san mateo bridge, 13 minutes. another update in a pitch hopefully it's as good as clear roads. back to you. >>> live to the nation's capitol where for the first time in 25 years, alabama voters send a democratic senator to represent their state. it was a stunning victory for doug jones. moore did not concede the race. he will wait until all the votes are counted. all news project he won by mor

palo alto, 38. san jose, 53 degrees.expect to keep these milder conditions into the afternoon. eventually, as the winds begin to die down, more breezy conditions, that's when we are going to see the red flag warning to expire. the winds will decrease. low humidity for the higher elevation areas. as we head into the afternoon hours, that's when we are expecting to see one of the bigger changes in the forecast. that's going to come in the form of a chance of rain as we head in toward christmas. now, it's a quick look at the microclimate highs. temperatures are going to remain fairly mild. we will stick to the upper 50s and 60s in those areas expecting a high of 64 degrees. san jose, 63. san francisco, 63. as those breezy conditions begin to die down, one thing we are going to focus on is a very dry december. so, our rain versus our average is definitely on the low side. when you look at santa rosa and san francisco, we are at 1% of the average missing over two inches, over two and a half inches of rain in santa rosa to whe

nbc bay area's marianne favro continuing in palo alto with more on the wind damage. marianne? >> terry, right now more than 6,000 people are without power throughout the bay area, most of those are in the south bay, and here in palo alto, 260 people were without power because of downed power lines. dozens of people in vallejo also experienced a power outage after winds caused a tree branch to take down power lines. >> snapped off a power line and couple cable and phone lines, blocking the street right now, and we currently have pg&e and tree trimmers coming out to remove the hazards. >> and in antioch, high winds sent a tree crashing into a home, which caused arcing power lines and a power outage in that area. now, back here in the peninsula, there are 620 people without power at this hour, and the winds are gusting at about 25 miles an hour, so those outages could grow even worse. reporting live in palo alto, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you very much. and you mentioned some of the power outages. let's break it down for you right now, pg&e releasing t

investigators connected the east palo alto package to palo alto by lofrt by a fingerprint on the bomb. he is now in jail facing federal charges. >>> are you ready the travel push is on. lots of people headed out for the holidays. you're looking at sfo from nbc bay area sky raerj this afternoon. chief moils has the travel forecast and it's crowded but also dry? >> for most of california we are looking at dry weather coming our way. i want to start with the look nationally. we are looking at snow showers in northern texas. some rain in arkansas. also tennessee. and in terms of delays across the u.s. we're not seeing any due to weather. but you will want to watch out tomorrow morning nashville, philadelphia d.c., philadelphia within boston could have tlas. if you're leaving on a road trip from the bay area throughout california or seattle we pointed some of the trouble spots. interstate 5 or 99 to los angeles, dry travel, but certainly cold for the central valley in the mornings temperatures in the 30s. interstate 5 to seattle, chance of rain on sunday. and if you're going towards lake t

playground, an incubatorfor start—ups in palo alto com plete incubatorfor start—ups in palo alto completehe—art 3d printers. they are fighting the battle of the boardroom on different fronts. roman and italia have decided to work together. we will be narrowing it down into something we can accomplish in a few days. we are not going to break the glass ceiling inafew not going to break the glass ceiling in a few days. you are going to have to pace yourself. yes, it's really easy to get carried away and say i'm going to do one more thing, then the next thing you know it's four o'clock in the morning. and royal will lead a separate work stream and has already been influenced by experiences of nervousness in meetings. it really stuck with me when she was talking about how she would get biological symptoms in a meeting and she feels she has to say something but then she doesn't say it. the heartbeat and sweating and the breeding. so it was really interesting for me to hear that. meanwhile laurie will be ensuring that two sub team solutions are grounded in solid research. in her office at stanfo

kron 4's will tran is live in palo alto...rturned.( darya ) lydia pantazes is live an oakland... where a deadly crash on 880 has stopped traffic. but we start with robin winston in the traffic center. robin. ( darya ) now we want to continue our team coverage.( james )coverage.team continue our want to now we ( darya ) robin. center. robin. ( darya ) now we want to continue our team coverage.( james ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live at the scene on south bound 880 in oakland. lydia. ( lydia ) one person has died after the accident involving a fed ex truck. ( darya ) and now we want to go to will tran who is live on north bound 101 in palo alto where a crews are cleaning up a big rig crash and oil spill.( james ) will ( will ) the accident happened around 1:45 this morning. right now 3 lanes are closed. street sweepers have been called to the scene/ thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james )( darya ) right now.. we want to just a check of the forecast. rebecca: dry weather can be expected today

beautiful day, but as yyou head out the door for palo alto only in the lower 40s.le those kids up. at recess they will probably want to take off the heavier coat, maybe a light jacket still needed. we have had dry weather here and there's going to be a change as we go into next week with some rain moving in, some sierra snow, well good news just in time for christmas. we may have some snow in the sierra and some rain in the bay area. and your weekend forecast is coming up at 6:38. follow me @kari hall on twitter and let me know what you're doing this weekend. it will be windy especially for inland areas and also in the hills. i will talk more about that but as we head over to vianey tracking a few slow spots on the road. >>> slow spots and we're starting to see a couple more headaches out there. the south bay right now looking a lot better than it was earlier. now, although we are seeing a better combination in the south bay we are still tracking slowing along southbound 680 at scott creek road. there was originally a lane blocked, chp did confirm that that has bee

. >>> two women have been found dead in east palo alto of a possible murder-suicide. officers were called to a home near clark avenue around 9:30 this morning. they found two women ages 50 and 57 with gunshot wounds. they were pronounced dead at the scene. an investigator said there are no outstanding suspects. the women's names are being withheld until next of kin are notified. this is the first murder in east palo alto this year. >>> the two men charged with manslaughter in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland will soon learn if their case is going to trial. we get new developments from crime reporter henry lee live in the newsroom with today's testimony. >> reporter: the last witness is the city's fire marshal. he was on the stand this afternoon and will testify tomorrow. after which the judge will decide whether the two defendants will stand trial. those defendants master tenant derick almena and max harris are each charged with involuntary manslaughter in the oakland fire which killed 36 people during a music event. now at a preliminary hearing today,

palo alto, a high of 57 degrees and 55 in the mission district. around the bay area, there's not a huge difference in temperatures. generally, mid to upper 50s. if you are hitting the road, clear across the state, the light snow showers we had yesterday have since cleared the sierra and we are going to have all dry conditions driving down the central valley and into a few other states across the region. for tomorrow, the temperatures much warmer for southern california in the upper 60s. we'll have upper 50s around here and a few more clouds moving in, in advance of this storm system that will bring in light snow showers in time for christmas eve and early christmas morning. it will be a nice treat if you can make it there. here, only a slight chance of rain. i was so disappointed when i saw the computer model. it shows a little bit of rain coming through and got to the north bay and fizzled out. that's about what we can expect. i'm holding out hope that we will get rain in here, keeping that in the forecast on christmas day. be mindful, the chance

palo alto, 101, let's take a look at that. a couple more cars out there. as we get closer to that 5:30 hour, we typically see the traffic pick up. you may want to head out now. back to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, a ride sharing horror story. a teenager says her uber driver assaulted her while on the road. the reaction from the company. police in georgia have charged an uber driver - with sexual assaulting a 16- year-old girl. we >>> at 5:25, new this morning. police charged an uber driver with sexual aassaulting a 16-year-olds girl. the alleged assault happened as he drove the victim home. in a statement, uber called it horrifying, beyond words. the ride sharing company says the driver had been permanently removed from the app. >>> four senior managers are out at the u.s. interior department. they were guilty of inappropriate behavior, including sexual harassment against employees. they released the result of a workplace survey. 35% of employees were harassed last year with 8% saying they were sexually harassed. >>> coming up, good news for fans. the

and on october 19th an explosive package arrived at a home in east palo alto. in both cases people were injured. >> we're not making any types of connections. all three are ongoing investigations. >> reporter: neighbors were rattled. >> this is the world we live in now. people are doing suspicious things. >> reporter: authorities say if you find a suspicious package, call 911. in observing, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> home of the san jose earthquakes may get a new name. as part of the bankruptcy case a federal judge has been asked to reduce the terms of its naming rights deal. avaya agreed to a deal for $20 million. the company filed for bankruptcy to reconstruct. "the mercury news" reports they expect to have a new stadium partner by the 2019 season. >>> a san francisco based entrepreneur on shark tank. we sat down with the inventor. >> the device allows users to play their records on the go and project the sounds through the speaker or connect it via blue tooth and headphones. he designed it all by himself. >> i learned everything i needed to learn o

you could see dron transporting blood through the skies of palo alto.he goal is to fly the unmanne >>> we could soon see drones transporting blood through the skies of palo alto. that goal is to fly unmanned aircraft between stanford blood center and stanford hospital when blood is needed quickly. the university and the city have asked for permission from the faa and the program could launch sometime in 2018. palo alto still has to do its own environmental reviews. >> reporter: some investigate every investors have bought part of uber. hena doba has that and more business news in our final "cbsmoneywatch" report for 2017. >> reporter: do you believe that? good morning. the dow opened the final day of trading 2017 at a record high! the dow gained 63 points. it's the 71st time the dow closed at a record high. the nasdaq was up 10. >>> beginning today the trump administration canceled proposed rules governing oil and gas drilling on government land mainly in the west. the proposed rules developed under the obama administration would have mandated that comp

palo alto at 55 degrees and oakland now at 59. we are mostly seeing some mid to upper 50s now but a few 60s already on the map. we are going to head up to 66 degrees in morgan hill and cupertino, expect a high of 65 degrees. 62 in oakland. 65 in fremont and 62 today in daly city. redwood city will be at 67 degrees. light winds coming in from the northeast. a high of 63 degrees today. santa rosa, expect a high of 68. then as we go into tomorrow morning, in some spots we are going to be a degree or two above freezing like napa, santa rosa will be very close to freezing as well, but there still may be some patchy frost and it's not yet time to uncover those plants if you were trying to take care of them no for the overnight hours, you still have to keep them covered. the bigger picture showing the satellite imagery to see if there is any change in this pattern. the answer is notary public we are going to have a big area of high pressure that is going to keep it really dry which is unusual for this time of year. normally we start to g

--los pasajeros se dirigian a una fiesta en palo alto cuando el chofer perdi el control y choc contrabarda divisoria antes de volcarse en medio de la via. --tragedia en la sierra en ''lake tahoe''.. --un hombre que se deslizaba cuesta abajo a alta velocidad con una tabla de nieve, perdi el control en un sendero y se estrell contra una valla... --esto ocurri la semana pasada pero las autoridades acaban de dar a conocer los detalles del accidente que le cost la vida al joven de 23 aÑos ''david karlin''..un estudiante de la universidad de sacramento.. la polica de san francisco est en estos momentos realizando una discusin en su sede en bayview para discutir la muerte de un hombre afroamericano a manos de sus uniformados vamos en vivo con andres brender... andres qu se espera de esta sesin? uno de los objetivos ser bajar la tensin entre autoridades y la comunidad recordemos que la semana pasada la polica mostr el vdeo en que muestra cuando uno de sus oficiales dispar de manera letal contra un afroamericano que habra robado una van perteneciente a la lotera de california--- y huy de las a

its the holiday d lego show in palo alto.lly neat. >> i wonder how long it takes to put that together >> i don't know but it is beautiful. it looks like it is a little christmas village. the show runs till january 14th. >>> well the cbs evening news is up next. >> [music playing] up next the latest on the southern california wildfires. homes and horse stables are all burned in san diego. carter evans is there. >>> snow is piling up from texas to georgia. it is headed north this weekend. don't tell them they are not related. [music playing] >> some girl said we are not twins and we are twins. >> friendship in a new way coming up in a few seconds on the cbs evening news. >>> well ahead at 6:00 new allegations of sexual harassment. >> this time questions about a federal judge w

help may be coming for taxi drivers in palo alto. the palo alto online may loosen rules allowing them to charge less when demand is low. uber and lyft drivers already do that. the rule will let taxis post fares publicly, online or an app. >>> it's 6:13. business and tech news, youtube trying to get into the music subscription market. >> for more on that, let's check in with landon dowdy at cnbc. good to see you, landon. >> hi there scott and laura. good friday morning. wall street ending on a high note. europe is in the green after the uk struck a deal to create a smoother path for britain to exit the european union. we got the jobs report out the past hour with the u.s. adding 228,000 jobs last month. that's far above the expectations of 195,000. the unemployment rate holding steady. taking a look at the market reaction, futures are up sharply. the dow is up 120 points. youtube plans to launch a subscription music service in march. warner music signed on and they are in talks with sony and other independent labels. it is called remi

cold temperatures this morning once again in napa, it's 58 degrees, also 58 degrees in san jose and palo alto with our high temperatures this afternoon into the mid to upper 60s. we're still well above normal and as kris mentioned, not a rain cloud in sight, but we may start to see some changes further down the line. i'll talk more about that ahead in this microclimate forecast coming up a little bit later. >> thank you very much, kari. >>> a wanted felon is behind bars again after a 15-hour standoff, it is san jose neighborhood. this was the scene as officers took that man into custody just before 4:00 this morning, that vehicle you see moving is the merge unit as they back their swat bear cat into the home and then use tear gas. officers also fired non lethal shots. and then you saw the dog going in, the canine officer brought him to the ground. before all of that, officers had to rescue a man inside that home who could not get out on his own. the suspect managed to get him off for 15 hours, jumping fences trying to get away, but he was eventually cornered. >> did eventually try to com

a live look in the palo alto area, a couple cars out there. never thought i would say this, but i'm getting good news in terms of traffic this morning. that's rare. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we've gone all morning without metering lights. >> a lot of people already traveled. a lot of kids out of school. >> or this may be the last day, so it's going to be a cold start this morning. tomorrow morning, still cool, but not cold. we warm up to the mid-50s for the coast. upper 50s for the bay, inland. up to 60 degrees. a mix of sun and clouds throughout the weekend whether you will be shopping, running around, getting the house ready. it is going to be a busy one. hopefully you can take time-out and enjoy. maybe you will ice skate while shopping around union square. mid-50s throughout the day tomorrow and clouds starting to roll in. that helps it cool off a bit more slowly. it will be a mild night. if you are going down to l.a. to see family, it is up to 64 degrees today. upper 60s for christmas eve. then, for monterey, highs in the upper 50

we're getting new information from palo alto fire.to this one right here along with four firefighters already on their way down south to ventura county to aid with the fire fighting effort down there, helping to battle the thomas fire. in just the last hour we got new video of the crews on their way down south. fire crews here left just before 7:00 this morning, hours after getting the call for assistance. >> when there is an incident in a certain area, we still have to respond to emergency that's are not related to the wildland fires. it is important that there are resources allocated to the wildfire. >> firefighters say they are more than happy to lend a hand where they can when needed. we have video out of alameda county when they left this morning. crews departed before 5:30 this morning. it included fremont firefighters. firefighters from hayward and oakland as well. we learned that san mateo county has sent four engines all sending crews and equipment as well. fire agencies up and down the state all part of a california wide mut

palo alto looks great. we will talk about highway 101 farther north. >>> plus, you surely have heard thunder during a rainstorm, but have you heard it during a snowstorm? you will next. you are watching "today in the bay." really? really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. live pictures of the trans- america building in san francisco. >>> welcome back. you are watching "today in the bay." 4:46 right now as we take live pictures. you can see the transamerica building there in san francisco. happening today in the city, at city hall, kwanzaa celebration begins today. the focus of the celebration is unit. >>> we have been telling you about the snowfalling in seattle and back east. did you know snowstorms can produce thunder? this is video from somerville, massachusetts. spooky. that is called thunder snow. apparently, it is rare, but it does

it's 41 in san jose and palo alto. 37 in morgan hill. through the day, it warms up. we are in the upper 60s to low 70s for the bay area. mike is tracking details on the bay bridge. >> something. we know it's a big rig. look at the speed sensors, they are moving around the bay. we expect friday to start lighter. we look at eastbound 80. the lower deck moves smoothly until the treasure island off ramp. reports of a big rig blocking that off ramp. it's been there since 2:30. then another report came up. checking with chp to sort out what the status is. the exit may be an issue getting out from san francisco. i'm going to track that. the light volume is no problem. back to you. >>> thank you, mike. we are keeping our eye on southern california with developing news. strong winds cause concern. those wildfires continue to grow. they are live pictures from the thomas fire in ventura county. you can see it glowing as we look at the fire fighting efforts. footage showing the dangers they are facing. again, the thomas fire on the ground. the flames shooting out of the house th

palo alto is attempting to be the first in the united states to do that. stanford is partnering with a blood company to make it happen. but it all depends on the faa. >> reporter: drones like there are already being used in switzerland to deliver blood. and the company behind it, its video shows how blood can be put in a box and with the push of a button flown by drone. stanford blood center wants to do the same. >> we could use to deliver blood about 3, 3 1/2 miles to stanford hospital. >> reporter: doctors say it can take 30 minutes to one hour to transport blood from the blood center to here. using a drone to deliver would take ten minutes. the delivery would be dropped at a receiving station that looks like this, it would be located in the hospital parking lot or area convenient for medical star to access. >> we can save tremendous amount of time and generally reduce waste throughout the hospital system. >> reporter: the faa recently announced that it would select a small number of projects. the city manager is excited the pilot program could potential

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palo alt ee owe 67 -- alto -- palo alto 67. daily city 65 degrees. napa 66 degrees. clover dale, sunshine tomorrow and we say stay in this pattern. look at this pattern across the board. this is not what's typical a few weeks before christmas. but that's where we are. sunshine all through next week. it is our time now for food for bay areas drive. we love big checks. big checks sometimes mean the numbers. but big checks today means the physical size of the check. this is michael ray from bloom farms. let's talk to you first. this is a big check when it comes to tt afood it's going to provide. tell us about your company, bloom farms's commitment to the food bank both in money but also helping out. >> it is an amazing organization. and we're committed to social good being a huge part of our mission at bloom farms. that's really what we are he a up to. >> reporter: your employees volunteer and put boots on the ground for the food drive as well, correct. >> absolutely. all of our employees are given up to four hours per month to volunteer. >> reporter: thank you for doin

then we head down palo alto, 41 degrees. morgan hill at 36. a cold start for us this morning as you get ready. look at this afternoon's temperatures. we are going to be pushing record highs today again, reaching up to 72 degrees in east san jose and for downtown san jose, 71 degrees. the east bay, 65 in oakland. also 65 in concord. 66 degrees in san mateo. san francisco, also up to 66 degrees in the mission district and north bay, 67 degrees in santa rosa. that is actually today's record high temperature. we'll see if we match that. as we take a live look outside in san jose, did you get a chance to check out christmas in the park? it's 9:00 today. as you get ready, you need a scarf and coat. we are talking layers. later on today, because it warms up into the 70s, something light. light long sleeves and pants to be comfortable today and the next several days, we are not going to see many changes as you check out the seven day forecast. here is the reason why. we have this large area of high pressure that is making the air thick. it makes the m

we start out with clear skies, a live look outside in palo alto. all smooth sailing.oing to have a chilly morning. you will have to turn on the heater again. our temperatures at 50 degrees odo cf1 o as we go through the day it's going to be so comfortable with all of that sunshine. we will have more sunglasses weather, too, for new year's eve. we will talk about that coming >>> and this view of palo alto itself shows a smooth flow of traffic along the bay shore freeway. i am watching farther north along the peninsula, a new crash may be an issue getting in towards san francisco. >>> thanks so much. it's 6:43 right now. new this morning a tesla crashing in the santa cruz mountains overnight, plunging ten feet off the ground. it happened on southbound old santa cruz highway south of the cal fire station over briggs creek. when emergency crews found that car it was still in gear. firefighters had to cut the door off just to shut off the car. investigators say the driver was not hurt, but arrested on suspicion of dui. >>> new details this morning on the mud slide cleanup

a quick look in palo alto where we're seeing an overall smooth commute.ou can definitely see a lot of cars are ready to hit the road. >>> coming up it's back to the bay area for one baseball star. the family reason he wanted to return to his east bay hometown. a road in the oakland hills is shut down - indefinitely. >>> happening now, a road used by many in the oakland hills is shut down indefinitely. officials say a section of snake road is closed because of this week's fires. we have highlighted the spot on your screen and you see this there. monday's blaze damaged the roadway, the closure doesn't block access to any homes but may require route changes. experts are evaluating that area before deciding what they can do next. >>> this weekend on our emmy award documentary series focuses on marijuana. we tell the stories of local pioneers that pave the way for legalization of pot in california. th this woman fought for three decades for the right to transport medical marijuana, she never gave up and a state law is now named after her. >> somebody had to ge

the low 70s today in the south bay, upper 60s for the east bay and the peninsula up to 68 degrees in palo alto, san francisco also fairly warm up to 65 in the outer sunset and 70 today in napa. so more on this and also an update on the wind forecast for southern california coming up. mike has an update on the crash in the tri-valley. >> that's right. we had some slowing as a result of something there, we were talking about how it was counter to what the report of the crash was. we will take you with mostly green sensors over to where we find a little bit of a change. no problem for castro valley coming off of 680, either, it is west to 84, we talked about the slowing over towards isabelle. the crash that was in the opposite direction has not showed any slowing. this looks like this is simply because of that volume of traffic coming off of 580. 84 starts to see the early slowing. no problems out of the altamonte. no problems coming down the east shore freeway or out of the maze. a smooth approach to the backup that we do see at the bay bridge toll plaza. our live camera shows us the lanes

beautiful live look from downtown palo alto. look at the lights blis thing there. chilly morning, but the good news not a lot of cars on the road, that one truck right now pulling out. let's check in with mike, he has been keeping his eye on the freeways nearby as well. >>> so here is the freeway near university and there aren't many more cars than we saw parked on the shoulder there. a light flow of traffic here. we will show you around the bay as you've been talking about and we've been talking about for the last couple days, the maps around the bay show speed sensors at the limit, green all over the place. light holiday traffic continues usually between christmas and new year's. top of your screen still only 14 minutes to the bay bridge toll plaza where there is no backup now for those lanes approaching the cash takers. we are looking over toward dublin, westbound 580 shows an easy drive as well. cars close to the limit or actually at the limit -- well, close because they might be a little above the limit. >> it's almost here, the weekend. it's another holiday o

we are close in san jose, 35 degrees in oakland and palo alto. what to expect for the day, dress in layers as you head out and cover those sensitive plants if you haven't already. the coldest time is sunrise. a look ahead into the rest of the weekend coming up. as we head to vianey, any issues on the road? >> not yet. we may get a build up for the evening. people head out for christmas day and christmas eve. a live look at the bay area. nothing to report at this hour. good drive times. westbound 80 toward bay bridge, looking at seven minutes. westbound 84 toward dumbarton bridge, 11 minutes. a live look at the bay bridge camera. maybe not. okay. your bridge drive times looking fairly good. yes, we may see a bit of traffic build up because of the people heading out for the holidays. for now, back to you. >> officially tis the season. thank you very much. >>> breaking news in the east bay, flames erupt inside a home in hayward, sending two people to the hospital. >> anser hassan is live at the scene with what we know so far. good morning. >> report

fremont, palo alto.elsewhere. 7:00 tomorrow evening rain in mendocino and lake counties. it's moderate. see the yellow. the yellow goes away, unfortunately. by midnight the rain moves in. it moves through the bay. from 4:00 to 7:00 it moves out of the south bay. very breezy at 10:00 tomorrow evening. and during the overnight we could get gusts up to 30 miles an hour. those will taper down to 20 during the day thursday. you could wake up if there's any debris left in our trees on the ground or some trash cans blown over. the storm is one on my storm impact scale which is light. temperatures back to average about mid to upper 50s. and then the same thing for thursday and friday. w'll get about a tenth of an inch of rain. sue, it's coming in during the morning commute. >> we'll get you through it. a couple problem spots we'll update you on. no word of injuries involved. but apparently up to four vehicles there. one lane, lane three and westbound 80, the motorcycle accident still blocking the left lane and t

antioch, mid-30s. 39 in palo alto. 36 is the overnight low in san francisco. let's plan your tuesday. early on in the morning, 7:00, the wind is still with us. chilly in spots, especially starting out in the 30s. we have sunny skies and the winds will start to back off early in the afternoon, by 4:00. we have lighter winds and temperatures mainly in the 60s. tomorrow afternoon, more of a comfortable atmosphere than we had earlier today. the winds are calm later on tomorrow afternoon. 67 in vallejo. 63 with bright skies and 65 in oakland and 63 is the high in livermore. once we get rid of the winds, cold air is going to settle in tomorrow night. especially in our north bay valley. it's for that fact a freeze watch will go into effect for novato, american canyon, napa and some areas could see temperatures drop in the 20s. and that means vegetation could be an issue and cou get destroyed and also take your pets inside. did not like this type of cold. accuweather seven-day forecast, the winds cam down tomorrow afternoon and then chilly night overnight into wednesd

palo alto and santa clara and also walnut creek at 35. tracy, you're at 38. pretty clear looking air right now but it is going to be hazy this afternoon. as far as your commute goes, the winds will be calmer. there's no small craft advisory on the water today. mass transit chilly to mild and the roads lighter breezes and dry once again. east bay valleys, your 12-hour planner. 41 at 6:00. low 60s in the afternoon hours. about 55 at 6:00. we'll go up to the north bay. we're starting off at 35. still in the 40s at 10:00. look at that, 50s at noon and mid-60s during the afternoon hours. i hope you enjoy the sunshine. sue has a new accident. here are the details. >>> coming off the upper deck of the bay bridge, a live shot coming into san francisco. this is a two-car accident at the 5th street off ramp which is just out of our view here. i'm not seeing any backup on the span. it is blocking the left turn lane at 5th street coming westbound on 80. so we'll be following that for you. so far so good. our maps look great. check it out. hardly any red which is good new

that is how police in east palo alto are describing it. (steve) grant lodes has been closely tracking the investigation and is here with an update. (grant) police got a call this morning just before 9:30. when police got to the home on tuscany court...off runnymede street...in ácentral east palo alto...they found the two women dead inside the home. a neighbor had called 9-1-1 reporting what sounded like several gunshots. it's not clear what relationship, if any, the women had with one another. the police investigation is now focused on establishing a possible motive. commander jeff motive.possible establishing a possible motive. commander jeff liu/east palo alto police"...in this situation we want to talk with their family members, we want to talk with their friends, out what was going on in their lives. we will look in their phones and in their computers and try to find out what made this happen...."out what made and try to find out what made this happen...." a neighbor tells kron four news the two women were not well. she says they kept

san jose tomorrow, 60 degrees for a high and 74 morgan hill, palo alto, union city and fremont sunshineid-60s and haze in the air. pittsburgh 63, mill valley sunshine 62, the worst our quality tomorrow because of the ridge is santa rosa pointing north to windsor but everyone is mild in the mid 60s. not hot but mild, above- average. look at this, nothing but sunshine all the way through next thursday, the latest long- range computer models do paint a somewhat weather picture a little before christmas but that would be most of december completely dry. >> very rare, strange. >> it is strange. >> snowing in houston? >>> something else strange, a fireball flashes across the sky.>>> here are to make guests on the late show with stephen colbert. disney.. and star wars. we'd like to see your holiday light displays. share your photos and videos with us, on our kpix facebook page. (((break))) (((break))) (((break))) this bright light shot through the sky in new jersey. how's it going down there? that's good. lica misses you. i'm over it though. (laughter) that's fine. i miss her more than you any

and another sig alert in the -- on the peninsula in palo alto in a couple of minutes. mike? >>> sue, thank you very much. hi, everybody. open the weather window on mt. tamalpais, and you can see it's not bouncing as much as yesterday. calmer conditions are going to be waiting for you today am sunglasses needed. total sunshine, lighter breezes and clean air. ought to have a nice deep, blue sky compared to earlier this month with all those spare the air alerts. freezing lows not only tonight but also tomorrow night. friday morning, saturday morning, make sure you have everything protected and that christmas storm we talked how fickle it will be. will it rain or won't it rain? right now -- i'll take a look at that in about five minutes. you can see it's breezy in a few areas. oakland 10, sfo 13. as you see the winds on live doppler 7. temperatures today about 55 to 59 degrees. santa cruz, antioch, and napa could reach 60. lows tonight, look at this, freezing cold in palo alto at 32. 43 in san francisco and that's the warm spot. my accuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures in