and thanks for joining us. i'm kira klapper in for laura garcia-cannon. of course, sam brock is here. we're missing mike inouye and kari hall. no worries. vianey arana is takihere. >> they left me their handy dandy notes. i'm not tracking any major accidents. let's get right to the weather. we're expecting a very plant thursday morning right now, still chilly. as sam said, some areas still seeing the 30s, south bay 38 degrees, peninsula, 37 degrees. out near the tri-valley also seeing nice clear conditions as well. now, san francisco, not as cold. but still chilly. 47 degrees in the east bay seeing the backup near the area. 49 degrees as well. north bay, yikes, dropping down into those 20s. overall, your highs for today will be climbing into those upper 50s and the 60s, the biggest trend going into tonight and into your friday commute as well, also your warmer temperatures. let's get right to that traffic right now. we or not showing any major accidents. thankfully it appears everyone is being safe on the road and taking extra time. let's look at your mass transit times. no delays righ

sam and kira, back over to you. >> sounds like a good plan. >> less romantic and more practical. landon dowdy, thank you very much. >>> happening right now, volunteers are putting the finishing touches on the floats for the tournament of roses parade. hundreds are working near the rose bowl stadium to perfect every last detail on the dozens of floats on display. you can see people painting flowers, sprinkling glitter. bringing characters like dorie and friends to life. the 128th tournament of roses parade will be monday, january 2nd, right here on nbc bay area. we'll have coverage starting at 4:30 a.m. as people are rushing to ring in the new year, we found out the rush of a different kind going on right now. people are making last-minute plans to tie the knot. >> appointments to stand before the zwrus tis of the peace are filling up fast in contra costa county because december 31st is on a saturday. martinez is gearing up for a slew of marriage ceremonies today. >> for these particular high volume days, december 30th, february 14th, we have a process in place that stream lines g

ted, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, sam and kira. debbie reynolds actually has two stars on the hollywood walk of fame. this is one of them. the other is in front of the chinese theater. that marks three spots now where flowers and candles have been laid. the first time, of course, for carrie fisher and now for her mother debbie reynolds. ♪ singing in the rain >> reporter: reynolds danced her way into america's heart in the classic "singing in the rain" with gene kelly. she became successful both as a singer and movie star. like her daughter, reynolds enjoyed fame and celebrity but also the spotlight on her personal trouble, her first husband, eddy fisher, left her for elizabeth taylor. she said all of her husbands, quote, robbed me blind. her effervescent personality endeared her to many, including a technical director who said he'll always remember one moment. >> she brought a lot of joy to me. she sang happy birthday to me at a theater after a show. we gathered in the lobby, and she sang happy birthday to me. i felt so honored. >>

thom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning sam and kira. yes, the pet groomer says it was president their fall. the owners disagree. they say they brought their dog here to showtime pet grooming in san jose and when they got her home she was not in good condition. they say he and his wife don't know exactly how their healthy 2-year-old dog honey was injured causing her death. they took her to get a haircut last week at showtime pet grooming. peter says when he picked her up, she couldn't move her back legs. the next day her body was paralyzed. days later she passed away from what her doctors call a fractured spine. the groomers say surveillance video shows honey was limping when she came in and already was injured. >> i'm absolutely 100% certain that no one on my staff injured honey. i would never have anyone on my staff that would lie to me or injure an animal. >> reporter: as we said, honey died just days later after she came home. a veterinarian told her, as we just reported, she had a broken spine. the owners do want help from the state

good morning. >> sam and kira, good morning to you both. wall street could start on a positive note today. futures are higher and stocks posting small gains yesterday with the nasdaq hitting a new record high, although on very low volume. investors cheering economic data showing consumer confidence rising to a 15-year high this month. donald trump taking credit for that increase in a tweet posted last night. we'll look for a report on pending home sales. the dow rising 11 points to 19,945. the nasdaq up 24 to a,487. december is the season of giving, january ma be the month of returns. ups expects to deliver 1.3 million packages back to retailers on january 5th which is celebrated by the company, but nobody else, as national returns day. about 10% of holiday purchases are returned. apple wants to encourage you to keep your new year's resolutions, rolling out an update to apple watch users and they'll be greeted by the ring in the new year challenge which kicks off on january 2nd, apple is hoping this will be a complete social event with share

good morning to you. >> sam and kira, good morning. futures are higher this morning and stocks posting small gains yesterday with the nasdaq hitting a new record high, although very low volume. investors cheering economic data showing consumer confidence rising to a 15-year high this month. donald trump taking credit for the increase in a tweet posted last night. we get a report today on pending home sales. the dow rising 11 points to 19,945. the nasdaq up 24 to 5,487. a last-minute surge in spending may offset a slow start to the holiday season. sales at brick and mortar stars rose more than 6% after having fallen for most of december. master card says strong demand for furniture, home furnishings and men's apparel push holiday sales up 4%. apple wants to encourage you to keep your new year's resolutions. it's rolling up an update to apple watch users. they'll be greeted by the ring in the new year challenge which kicks off on january 2nd. it it's looking to make this a slr social event. sam and kira, back over to you. >> how many of t

i'm kira klapper in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. it's light and cool. vianey is waiting for the cars to show up. >> i think the cold weather is keeping the cars off the road. not a lot of backup which is great if you have to be out somewhere right now. i'd rather be at home. >> get out the credit card, do some scraping this morning. then get on your way. that's the kind of weather we've been dealing with recently, especially for some of the wind sheltered valleys, seeing freezing temperatures. we're close in the tri-valley. 37 in the peninsula and south bay, east 39 and 3b 1 in the north bay. it will be warming up. yes, we do have freeze warnings in effect for all of those areas shaded in purple. make sure you take care of people, plants and pets. i'll have a look at some warmer air in the forecast coming up as we head over to vianey and see what's happening on the roadways. is it starting 2 build a little bit? >> not by much. i think people are still in vacation mode and still eating breakfast or leftovers, not a lot going on on the roads. no a lot of

edward, good morning. >> good morning, sam and kira. a lot going on right now. e president-elect's transition team opened a war room actually in washington, d.c. it's designed to help his cabinet nominee get core fir! hearing, help with questions and some of the issues talked about in the confirmation hearing. the president-elect may also want to use that war room to help him answer questions about conflicts of interest. >> president-elect donald trump via twitter tackled foreign policy and business conflicts as the country awaiting more cabinet picks. there are critics who believe a conflict of interest is unavoidable. >> they say with the new york attorney general, that they'll be lots of people nipping at his heels in every part of this business empire that he refuses to divest from. >> analysts say mr. trump needs to completely separate himself from his for-profit business before he starts working on world affairs. >> friends don't take friends to the security council. >> reporter: problems with israel may be one of the first world issues to confront. the pre

. >> reporter: sam and kira, exactly, we heard from vladimir putin saying he does reserve the right to retaliate. at this point he's not going to stoop, these are his words, to irresponsible diplomacy. he goes on to say he will not expel the u.s. diplomats. he also will not prevent their families from enjoying holiday spots for the new year's eve celebration. president obama used an executive order to take sweeping action against russia for repeated hacks during the presidential campaign. security experts believe this sends a message. >> it will have ramifications not only for president putin but any other nation that tries in the future to interfere in our election. >> the obama administration expelled 35 russian intelligence operatives, closed russian-owned buildings in maryland and new york and sanctioned russian intelligence agencies as well as businesses that provided support for russian hacking. the move has bipartisan support in congress. >> i think the sanctions need to go beyond, they need to name putin as an individual and his inner circle. nothing happens in russia without h

. >> good morning, sam and kira. you still see a squad car on the scene. they have a suspect in custody. you can see six to seven patrol cars on the scene. according to a sergeant we talked to off camera, they say around 2:30 there was report of a stabbing at home in this area. when they showed up they say the suspect fled the scene and swuz arrested a block from here hiding under a car and police arrested him around 3:10 a.m. that victim was taken to the hospital with non-li non-life-threatening injuries. the sergeant told me he doesn't know if the two of these men were roommates. he mentioned valters should be here shortly but we do know the suspect is in custody and the victim take n to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >>> thank you very much. police going through surveillance video trying to figure out who opened fire outside an east bay ho tell. emeryville police officers say they heard gunshots last night about 11:00 and were told by numerous callers to respond to the hyatt base hotel. they found shell casings and shattered class in t

>> good morning, sam and kira. about 30 calls is what sf fire is telling us they got regarding this gas odor spell. according to pg&e, they're saying there are no natural gas read dngs and classifying this as an unspecified odor. this is specifically in the downtown san francisco area including south of the embarcadero as well as geary and leavenworth. the first call came in from polk street. the good news is, this smell has dispalted. we're told there are crews on the ground with pg&e conducting those readings around the city. if we get new information or new details on, this we'll bring that to you back in the newsroom. live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> pete, thank you very much. some folks in the bay area also feeling this this morning. a swarm of earthquakes near south lake tahoe that could be felt close to the bay area. take a look at this usgs map showing the cluser? the center of your screen, being updated as aftershocks continue to hit. this is what we know, two 5.7 magnitude qua

>> yeah, good morning to you, kira and sam. we had russian officials coming in and out and providing a no comment as a response to those sanctions. as you mentioned just moments ago we heard from the consulate general handing down the heavy sanctions against russia's alleged cyberattack. to have influenced this past presidential elections. the president wants 35 russian diplomats out of the country by the weekend including those in cities in washington, d.c., and right here in san francisco. as we mention at the top of this, this is an impromptu conference and ask him directly about his thoughts on the sanctions. here's what he had to say. >> we can see the lead sanctions complete complete completely unreasonable and very detrimental to the bilateral relations between two neighbors. between the united states of america and the russian federation. >> now, i went on to ask the consulate journal how many people would have to leave the consulate. he mentioned 11 people altogether leaving the consulate as a result of these sanctions

sam brock. >> i'm kira klapper in for laura garcia-cann garcia-cannon. kari hall is doing the weather and traffic. >> returning presents, maybe they just didn't fit. >> i like that interpretation. would you take offense if someone returned your gift? >> of course i would. i put a lot of thought into it. >> maybe you are going to be going shopping today, catching post christmas sales and also returning some of those presents. it is now 32 in the tri-valley, 34 in the peninsula. it is cold so you have to bundle up. it's 29 degrees in the north bay. it will feel much nicer this afternoon. still cooler than where we should be, but warmer than yesterday. a little bit of some improvement there as far as our temperatures and that continues as we go through the week. let's look at what you are going to face as you head out on the roadways. we have green sensors meaning traffic is flowing at the speed limit or maybe even above in some spots, looking good on the roads this morning. a complete look at the forecast including more views of our cameras and bridges. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>