people from dressing up as saint nick in hittin- the bars in san francisco, the tradition started here in the city in the 90's, crowd gathered at union square for the event for the start of the event. but then santa suit bar hoppers spread out across the city. this is what it looked like today on broadway and polk streets. >> despite the wet weather, volunteers in oakland got out and planted trees for community climate action day. the event and celebration took place at liberation park this morning. mayor libby schaff was there saying it was great weather for planting a tree. volunteers dressed in ponchos and rain. boots also cleared brush to help with wildfire resistance. organizers say the mission is to empower californians to take meaningful action to protect their homes and their communities. >> and also, despite the rain today, people came out for the united players gun buyback event in san francisco. the violence prevention and youth development organization collected more than 100 guns over 4 hours. the gun buyback program has been going on since 2014 and has collected more than 2500 firearms. organizers say by collecting thes

san francisco department of public health. it includes a 12 bed inpatient program and a 24 slot intensive behavioral outpatient program. new details about san francisc'' s payroll problem. the teachers unionmployees recently got an email from the district saying they had been overpaid in 2022. some of those people got another email saying, the first female was sent in error -- the first email was sent in error. now there is a audit to find out which people were actually overpaid. the latest problem from the district new payroll system. time of the year. for a lot of people, it is some of the coldest days. reggie: how about a fashionable holiday sweater? kumasi: ok. reggie: i did i do not think this is a sweater. it is just material. it is just a pr stunt. ok. you probably know tipsy they were on shark tank a decade ago. they his for alof the holays.eyecide toake giant sweater to celebrate their anniversary. it weighs more than 400 pounds. now it is good to go to the san diego craft collective. reggie: do you think that counts as a sweater? kumasi: let me stop hating on people. this brought them joy. reggie: it brought them a lot of p.r.. drew: this is the season of pr emails, the buffoone

from dressing up as saint nick in hitting the bars here in san francisco to the tradition started here in the 90's. a crowd gathering. it union square for the start of the event. but then santa suited bar hoppers spread out across the city. this is what it looked like today on broadway and polk streets. quite an event. >> yeah, you could. if you are driving around the city, you could not miss all of this and is out there. we are going continue tracking the wet weather. of course this weekend scan the qr code that you see on your screen. if you want to track the latest information that will take you to our website where you can find the latest forecast and details on current conditions. >> a solemn gathering unfolded in oakley for alexis gave the missing woman found nearly after a nearly yearlong search. thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil last night and the city's civic park. was first reported missing back in january. authorities later determined she was murdered. parts of her remains were found in a remote part of amador county early last month. >> and national news what was supposed to be a milestone day fille

san francisco. the tradition started here in the city in the 90's. a crowd gathered at union square for the start of the event. but then the santa suit bar hoppers spread out across the city. this, of course, is what it looked like today. broadway and polk streets. >> muir woods, national monument will remain closed through sunday due to the stormy weather. the agency tweeting out this photo today of a tree down over a walkway near woods. one of many places and events to shut down today as all that wet weather just raged on the oakland zoo in the glow farhi event as well as the napa christmas parade were also canceled. so just be aware near woods closed to the weekend and given those conditions we've seen out there on the road tonight, chp says. >> stay safe. take your time. getting to your destination and watch for rain pulling in the roads. but recent mention, aspecially when making turns staying in the center lanes on the freeway where the roadway is typically higher can lead to a less of a chance if you're driving in pooled water and kron four's gayle ong. now with more o

san francisco right at 60 degrees. redwood city and san carlos at 62 today, south bay temperatures in the low 60's. same for the east bay with hayward unionri valley as well as oakland. all right. at 60 degrees, a little cooler out towards the delta, antioch, pittsburgh, fairfield, all at 57 for your highs in looking at some spots of fog out that direction. tomorrow, cloudier skies and some evening showers. thursday night leading into friday morning christmas weekend looks good with dry conditions from friday through sunday before even more likely to see showers on into monday and tuesday of next week. great. all right, john, thanks to you are traveling this morning at 8 minute ride into the city. >> meteor lights are still off at this hour. san mateo bridge 80 to 1, 0, one 12 minutes heading across towards the peninsula. britain's ever built bridge tolls to 1, 1, a 7 minute drive and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 20 minutes. >> the oakland in the acc. they are continuing their push for a recount in the oakland mayoral election. >> organization says confused over they're ranked choice. voting left thousands of voters to select

san francisco. the tradition actually started here in the city in the 1990's, a crowd gathered at union square for theense anna suited bar hoppers spread out across the city and this is what the scene looked like today on broadway and polk streets. >> well, one quarter of the academic workers participating in the largest strike in higher education history are set to return to work at the university of california on monday. they've been on the picket lines for a month, but the agreement leaves some 36,000 workers still on strike. graduate students who helped teach classes and assign grades for undergrads will continue their work stoppage, though campuses are still trying to figure out how to assess final grades and modify the end c semesters and quarters. >> new at 10 o'clock, a man who built a that tweets out the real time location of elon musk's private jet says an anonymous twitter employee told him his tweets are being filtered. jack sweeney made the announcement just before 08:30pm, tonight. he says screenshots were shared with him showing that ella or when the vice president of trust and safety a

s we get. sue: northbound 87, we had an earlier alert with an accident. it has been cleared. right near capitol expressway. the recovery has been swift. reggie: macy's workers in san francisco's unionor -- seeking concessions and contract talks. kumasi: bankman-fried is under house arrest at his parents house in palo alto. there are criminal charges against him including fraud, conspiracy, and finance violations. reggie: the crab season can open lyle to deploy half asrs will many traps as usual, to protect migrating whales. kumasi: san francisco fire station 39 has taken the top prize in the christmas light competition. this is video of other stations that entered the contest. the firefighters will get the prize money, and that money will be donated to charities of their choice. congratulations. there was a lot of competition. reggie: they are bringing in toys for kids across the city that need them. sue: can i say that lotion smells really good? it smells like a spot in here. reggie: it looks like you were on an island. sue: am i tan? reggie: for a second, it looked like hawaii. christmas. >>> good morning, america. christmas polar plunge. the treacherous holiday travel right now.

san francisco. this annual tradition started here in the city in the 90's, a crowd gathered at union square for thent and then a senate student bar hoppers spread out across the city. this is the scene from broadway and polk streets. you can see a lot of people in their santa hats there and and they're sent outfit so really fast. fully autonomous self-driving ubers have launched officially in las vegas. the cars do have vehicle operators for the launch to make sure that everything goes smoothly. they will eventually be phased out of those drivers, leaving the cars completely autonomous people do have the option to opt out of this program. if they are not comfortable with the new technology, the tech is made by a company called motional which uber has partnered with motional as a competitor to waymo which you may have seen driving around san francisco. we spoke with automotive reporter michael whalen, who was taking the driverless taxi service before to get his reaction. >> heard then she was like daddy goes to track the car. and based on the reactions that i got while in the vehicle, it seems like