had light rain down towards watsonville and monterey. partly cloudy, partly sunny. 30s, 40s. 39, half moon bay. 36 at napa. 46 san francisco. it's still cold for some especially if you have clearing taking place. wind advisory starts in the north and east bay hills. the cloud cover will move to the south. it will be for the south bay but then we'll get the next system tonight. all eyes focus on the breeze. highs look to be in the 50s and low 60s. here's sal. >>> traffic is actually doing pretty well if you are driving around the bay area at the toll plaza. there's a little bit of a backup. it's not clear. it's backed up for a five, ten- minute wait. once you get on the bridge, it looks good. we have been looking at san francisco traffic. it's crowded. but not stop and go on northbound and southbound 101 as you approach downtown. we had an earlier crash on 880 northbound near downtown. the crash is clear. it cleared about 10, 15 minutes ago. but traffic is still slow from just north of the coliseum. i would still advise using 580 for the

we had a report getting as close as the watsonville area. like throughout the day today, we are going to see the clouds begin to part. a lot of sunshine by the afternoon and some breezy conditions kicking in especially along the coastline. some cooler temperatures and then some strong gusty winds developing tonight and into tomorrow. so high pressure kind of scooting out of the way. got this low off the coastline that's just beginning to develop. that's going to be moving in. it's going to fall apart as it gets here so we are not expecting any rain but what it will do is kick up the wind and clean out your air. cool around the state, 70 in fresno, hazy with the smoke from the big sur fire. 66 in sacramento, cloudy in lake tahoe. wind advisory tonight at midnight into early tomorrow morning. north-northwest winds around 40 miles per hour gusting to 60 miles per hour over the north and the east bay hills. if that happens, of course that could bring down some power lines. around the bay area for today, we are going to see those temperatures in

also to watsonville. most of that will clear out. this system right there will sweep in tonight and tomorrow and give us a cooler pattern and much cooler tomorrow. turning cooler today. sun to the north and clouds to the south. it will be breezy for some. here is sal. >>> all right, steve, good morning. we are still looking at a commute that is doing well. let's take a look at the toll plaza. we still have traffic that is looking good getting into the city. we also have a look at interstate 880 where traffic on both sides of 880 in front of the oakland coliseum look good. we have stop and go traffic already on 580. and also on 205 as you approach 580. 5:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> we are starting with breaking news from san francisco. the bold theft of an entire automatic teller machine led to a wild police chase. tara moriarty is joining us live. >> reporter: we're around 19th and missouri where police have quarantined off this entire city block. if you see the white van there, that is the vehicle police say has a stolen atm i

most of that heading up to the sierra nevada although we did have a sprinkle in towards watsonville. still, we have some bigger changes ahead as it looks like high pressure finally giving way now and we're going to see some breezy conditions kicking up near the coastline this afternoon. numbers are going to be a little cooler too. and with the winds kicking up, that's going to clear out the air, the sea breeze kicking in. and temperatures going to be dropping off. plan on about 64 degrees in san jose, 64 oakland, 66 livermore. could get very windy in spots tonight. we'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> firefighters battling a wildfire in big sur may get some help from mother nature today. going to get a little light rain down there to help rinse out the atmosphere and quell the fire which has torched more than 760 acres and it's only 20% contained. so far about 22 buildings have burned, 14 of those were homes. among the homes destroyed was that of the big sur fire chief. >> whether it's me or anyone else, it's just devastating. i

. >>> a man and woman from watsonville are in custody accused of stealing christmas gifts from homes in san jose's rose garden area. earlier this month police say they broke into six houses on lauralei avenue on the same night. they got in the homes through windows, garages and unlocked front door. thefts happened at night while the victims were sleeping. >> i'm lucky. i'm sure if i woke up i would have been scared to death the. >> the break-ins prompted people in the neighborhood to invest in home security systems. >>> investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that displaced ten people in san francisco this morning. it began just after midnight at a home on potrero avenue near 23rd street. crews controlled it in less than an hour. nobody was hurt. >>> a union city community really came together to make this christmas day very special for a family that lost everything he when their home was destroyed by fire. kpix 5's brian webb reports the fire department helped. >> reporter: a union city house goes up in flames destroying much of the home and all of the christmas gifts wit

a man was piloting a small plane with his wife and two young sons and they took off from watsonville and the plane plunged interest a medical office building. the ntsb concluded it stalled after he made a turn soon after lift off to avoid a cloud layer. >> police are asking for the help of the public in solving a kidnapping caught on a.c. transit surveillance video. a driver pulled up to a bus stop in milpitas on tuesday at 6:00 and a woman appeared to be trying to board the bus and a man pulled her away to the back of a business and the bus driver called 9-1-1 but queen -- when the police arrived they could not find the two people. >> at least half a dozen declare candidates can start raising and spending money on the campaign to replace outgoing mayor in santa clara county including the county supervisors and the vice mayor and council members, as well. half of san jose's ten city council seats are up for grabs the >> former state senate pro tempore is now a lobbyist in sacramento for alameda. the city council unanimously approved a one year contract for the 69-year-old democrat. t

. >>> a man and woman from watsonville are in custody accused of stealing christmas gifts from homes in san jose's rose garden area. betty yu explains how the burglars broke into the homes. >> i was here asleep in this bed. >> reporter: scott prowse had no idea he was just a few feet away from some christmastime crooks when they ransacked his west san jose home and stole presents from others in the middle of the night last week. >> i was lucky. i'm sure if i had woken up i would have been scared to death. >> reporter: he says they stole a clock, two watches and cufflinks that police later recovered. officers arrested fernando ochoa and candy aguilar the night they broke into about six houses on the 2000 block of lauralee avenue. police say the victims were sound asleep. the thieves came in through the window, the garage or right through an unlocked front door. >> i just make sure i locked my front door. that evening i was taking cold medicine, so i was watching tv, had taken medicine, kind of passed out, woke up, it was time to go to bed. >> reporter: a neighbor saw people in the bac

. >>> checking other bay area headlines, a man and woman from watsonville are now in custody accusedf creeping into people's homes in san jose and stealing christmas gifts. police say on the same night last week, thieves broke into six houses in the rose garden area. they reportedly got in through windows, garages and an unlocked door while residents were asleep. >>> doors and windows are black and debris is on the sidewalk after an early-morning fire in san francisco's potrero hill around midnight near 23rd street. they got it under control in 45 minutes but ten people are now displaced. and they are still investigating the causes. >>> pope francis celebrated his first christmas since becoming head of the catholic church. >> father and son and holy ghost. >> at the vatican today, he told the worshippers he hopes for a better world with peace for the land of jesus christ's birth. he also singed out syria, sudan, nigeria and iraq as places hit by conflict. the pontiff's message is resonating with a much broader audience. >> there's clearly people from all over the world all different

we did have some reports of a couple of light sprinkles in toward the watsonville area but that's about it. otherwise, i think we'll see some passing clouds today. and then we'll notice some changes, a little cooler into the ann becoming mostly sunny and then -- a little cooler into the afternoon becoming mostly sunny. and then wind advisories in the east bay hills gusts upwards of 60 miles per hour. at sfo, we have some partly cloudy skies. the temperatures now out the door, 38 degrees in concord, 38 santa rosa, 48 degrees in san jose. change in the weather now as high pressure moves out of the way. this guy is going to start to drop into the bay area bringing a few more clouds later on tonight and also behind that going to see some gusty winds developing as that low moves on by. temperatures around the state will start to drop off a little bit. 58 degrees after some 70s into monterey bay and also some smoke there. about 70 degrees in fresno. those winds fairly calm this morning but in the evening hours, it's going to start to pick up and then looks like over fight tonight, some of tho

literally the 16-year-old from watsonville started competing about two years ago. now enters two dozen monster truck shows per year >> in a truck with 1600 horse pouer unlike anything else smshgs things i've dreamt about. i'm finally doing it. >> her dad says she's been drawn to cars since she was little and driven when it comes to school, she keeps straight a's good at math and wants to attend m.i.t. >> i like her >> impressive. >> i mean, m.i.t.part, i don't know. but i wish i can crush a car like. that >> looks fun, doesn't it? >> let's check the weather. michael finney says he wishes you were outside so we can experience the elements by watching you. >> freezing out there, right? i have a reason for being in here doing the shows here. clear skies we're expecting another freezing cold night. tomorrow morning, dangerous cold again. clear skies right now and here are the areas with asterisk. 20 degrees tomorrow morning in napa. another record-setting day for san rafael. 31 could do count on chilly weather. if you're traveling prepare for low snow levels thchl area

pebble beach and monterey, and carmel, and pacific grove and it will take a little bit of a turn to watsonvilleway up to this, the smoke. we will talk about the haze and visibility. four miles visibility in novato and everyone else from 5 to 10 miles visibility. from mount tamalpais, a rainbow of colors developing because of the high clouds and above average temperatures but today is the last day. tomorrow the wind shifts and we have cleaner and cooler air and the coolest air is thursday and friday and breezy, too, so it will feel from 10 to 20 degrees cool we than today where we top out at 70 in santa cruz and morgan hill and 64 in san francisco and san rafael and napa and concord and forward, and 67 in oakland and palo alto and 68 in san jose. low clouds tonight, because of the run of the sea breeze and 48 in san francisco, and a lot of low-to-mid 40's around the bay shore and the coast and mid-to-upper 30's inland and here is the cold front up to the north being directed by height pressure but they are getting too far apart and it will divide and conquer and then the cold front will influenc

all year long police reported a growing number of homicides in santa cruz, watsonville and other citiescross the country. local law enforcement leaders have formed a public safety task force to find solutions to this year's increase in crime. >>> there are questions being raised at the state public utilities commission. 375,000 was returned to pg&e. the safety enforcement division had ordered pg&e to pay that money for 41 years of pipeline monitoring violations. but other safety regulators said the fine could jeopardize effort to have pg&e pay $12.3 million linked to the san bruno pipeline different vicks. at issue, whether returning the money and dropping the citation will resolve the situation. >>> tornadoes brought ice, snow and record-setting temperatures to the nation. in oklahoma city, look at what shoppers were watching. sheets of ice falling off a roof. no one was hurt. five people died in kentucky. all because of heavy flooding there. a tornado touched down in arkansas killing at least one woman. all of this weather is affecting holiday travel, stranding travelers in many areas

head south, watsonville and salinas, you could see 70 today. spare the air dodd. warmer tomorrow.wednesday and thursday, only to warm up under breezy winds and dry skies. abc7 news has another great weather resource for you, live doppler 7hd on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions, rain or shine, plus get video forecasts, spare the air alerts, power outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. not what we need. you know. >> but you look at what's going on back east. they are really getting hammered in places like boston. >> yeah. we really would like it to change, but we are stuck with this. >> thank you, lisa. let's go to some consumer news and why you my think -- you might want to rethink a gift card for someone on your christmas list. consumer reports has partnered exclusively with 7 on your side to reveal gift card pit falls. here's michael finney. >> nice gift. >> yeah. >> five years ago i got these, seven years ago. >> this group of consumer reports employees is hardly a scientific sample many but their experience shows why buying gift cards

close to 70 in salinas and watsonville. here's the live doppler hd. up much in the cloud cover but there is some fog out there. also in napa. a nice, long night out there. we are looking at some of the longest night of the season for the week ahead, as we enjoy about 9 hours 33 minutes of day light. we will lose about another minute before we get to the winter solstice, which arrives saturday. the as vo mom cal beginning of winter at about 9:11:00 in the morning. we are looking at abnormally warm temperatures today and tomorrow. you see the flag blog from the roof camera. there's a big ridge of pittsburgh penguins to the east of us, takes command of our weather and brings up the temperatures well above average. tomorrow is the warmest today. today the overnight lows are mildner the city but still chilly at oakland. yesterday you had a record at 31. mid-30s san jose and loss got toes with half moon bay warmer in the upper 30s. we will look for temperatures from the east bay and the north by to be coldest with upper 20s petaluma. 28 in napa with fog. al

. >>> a man and woman from watsonville are in custody accused of stealing christmas gifts from homes in san jose's rose garden area. police say earlier this month the thieves broke into six houses, getting into the houses in windows, garages and through an unlocked front door. the thefts happened at night while the victims were asleep. >> i was lucky. lauraleei slept through it. >> many people then invested in home security systems. >>> the gnomes are hole. they returned to a home in concord. christin ayers reports, they spent the night safely indoors. >> reporter: christmas eve and people are coming from all over to see the concord home that the man known as mr. christmas lights up every year. >> it's beautiful and pretty. i never seen any lights like this in my life. >> reporter: but while all eyes are focused here, the true christmas miracle seems to be happening here at the house across the street with no lights. >> i call it a miracle. >> reporter: the miracle frank is talking about the only decorations on his lawn. a couple of ceramic gnomes that mean the world to him and his w

>> there was a little in watsonville this morning. sun and clouds cooler.windy at times and windy and cooler tomorrow. back into the upper 50s or very, very low 60s. there has been a few little light showers. system to the north that will take care of that later on but then that will pick up the old wind. 33 for napa. 40s for others. there are cold readings. there will more 40s than 30s. cloud cover will keep areas to the south. to the north it will be mostly sunny but that system will play into a much cooler forecast by tonight and then the wind cranks up. tomorrow windy and cooler. today sun to the north. clouds to the south but highs settling into seasonal averages which is 50s and low 60s. here is sal. >>> steve, big rigs are temporarily allowed to use 580 westbound as an alternate to a downtown oakland crash. 880 fifth. the good news no one was seriously hurt. kind of hard to see how that car is just demolished. but the lanes are still blocked and traffic is still going slow on 880. and its backed up all the way down to about fruitvale now. and you can

the watsonville thieves broke into six houses on lauralei avenue on the same night. they got in through windows, garages and through an unlocked front door in one case. thefts happened at night while the victims slept. >> i was lucky. i'm sure if i had woken up i would have been scared to death. >> the break-ins prompted several people in the neighborhood to invest in home security systems. >>> procrastinators scrambled to get last-minute gifts but it won't be enough to salvage this holiday shopping season for some retailers. early numbers show sales fell in stores while soaring on the in evidence. in store sales down 3.7% from a year ago but online up 37%. who were those last-minute shoppers out there on christmas eve? in downtown walnut creek we found mostly men believe it or not but they were out of luck since most stores closed at 6:00 so it was off to plan b. >> money. >> gift cards. >> we're not empty-handed. >> cell phone stores are still open, too. >> that's right. >> husbands don't know we haven't bought them a thing yes. a coupon gif card. >> safeway, quick

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santa cruz, watsonville, monterey, should be beautiful. take the drive along highway 1.t june? no. it would be cold and foggy. san jose. >> right on the cusp of setting a record. 68, the record is 70. east san jose probably. 30s, 40s, 50s to 66 at half moon bay. 66. all right. half moon bay. 15 at tahoe. 18 in reno. 29 ukiah. there's still a few 20s around. we're not done with them yet. we're done as far as looking for any rain tomorrow and probably the rest of the week. higher clouds, highs, today, some in the 70s. some in the 60s. they will continue to be clearer to the east, warm to the west. it's that kind of a pattern where you get the offshore preez which will really help santa cruz, capitola. 66 in san mateo. daly city is probably warmer than san bruno. nice, sunny on tuesday. wednesday into thursday, cooler. and then warmer buyer the weekend -- by warmer by the weekend. >>> it's the latest christmas video. >> there's more to the song than christmas cheer. how it aims to keep you safe. ♪it's no fun to get locked up ♪ [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of