in watsonville, sharon chin, kpix 5. >>> redesigning google glass. the company has a new vision and they are running with it the a closer look at the new idea next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ever to visit the united st is >>> good morning. 4:54 on this wednesday. it's "hump day." here's what you can expect in and around our bay area today. turning partly cloudy along the seashore into the 50s. some clouds around the peninsula. also 52 degrees in palo alto. good morning, morgan hill in the low 50s east of the bay a slight breeze partly cloudy. 52 degrees in walnut creek. we have a weather pattern here. with the cloud cover in the low 50sas well in petaluma. chance of rain in clearlake and lakeport in the 50s. >>> jumping to the roads all lanes clear after an accident eastbound 80 at university. bart delays though from the east bay to sfo but no delays at the bay bridge. just a couple of cars in the cash lanes. full report coming up. >>> the largest container ship ever to visit the united states is about to dock at the port of oakland. it's called the benjamin

raised tens of thousands of do st >>> they are calling it the christmas miracle from watsonville. community raised money for a woman. >> reporter: with the robotic arm attached to her wheelchair brenda is discovering the freedom of doing things she could never do before. >> it's the first thing i did, um, was get on my computer and then the light switch. >> reporter: the jayco robotter arm a $50,000 christmas gift from her community in watsonville and santa cruz. they raised $44,000 in three months. she added $6,000 of her own savings but just found out this morning an anonymous donor will cover her contribution. >> overwhelming. i always knew there was kind people out there but experiencing it firsthand was amazing. >> reporter: brenda has [ non- english language ] , a disease so rare, her doctors told her she is only one of 70 patients in the world. her muscles and tissues don't grow. and she uses a feeding tube. but the 21-year-old has beat the odds. she was not expected to live past age 2. >> she doesn't know the word "can't." she always knows how to get through things. >> eve

santa cruz and watsonville is getting rain as well. in the sierra it is turning to 80. chains are required right now and the snowfall intensity is starting to pick up not only across 80, but 50 as well. the temperatures are mild in the 50s with all of the cloud cover. we are looking at rain drops from the exploratorium camera. the scatter ited showers tomorrow morning. more rain is coming on sunday and another storm graces us on christmas eve. that timing though has changed a little bit. i will show you that in a moment. 2:00 a.m., east bay, south bay, still have some rain drops tomorrow morning. don't be surprised if you can hear the pitter-patter of rain drops. look for some scattered showers. it should not be problematic. light to moderate rain at 8:00 a.m. then you notice at 10:00 a.m. the last of the showers will be pushing through. by afternoon, 2:00 we are pretty much looking at clearing out. you will get a chance to head out and do some holiday shopping. winter storm warning until 4:00 p.m. 6 to 14 inches of snow is expected with the snow level coming down to 4,

watsonville 35. and pacifica 35. it wasn't just inland that was cold. it was many, many locations. big bertha sent this in. says i'm counting on that el nino now, steve. i heard what you said. i did not take this picture. what we said was, i was on the 9:00 news on the 9, professor of meteorology was in talking about the myths of el nino. it wouldn't be until january or if february, but we concur we think it will happen. the cold air settled in this morning. rainfall nothing yet. maybe last thursday, friday. thursday morning to mendocino county and lake county, until then no rain. we are expecting cold temps. all eyes are to the north, but it won't be for another couple days. until that time, rain holds off. rain returns maybe thursday up towards the north. here comes the front on friday. for us we'll probably have to wait until late friday early into saturday. saturday looks like a rain day at least in the morning. we should get a break on saturday night, sunday night, then monday, tuesday, wednesday, a series of systems coming in. for the next weekend into early next week and may

santa cruz and watsonville is getting rain as well. in the sierra it is turning to 80.s are required right now and the snowfall intensity is starting to pick up not only across 80, but 50 as well. the temperatures are mild in the 50s with all of the cloud cover. we are looking at rain drops from the exploratorium camera. the scatter ited showers tomorrow morning. more rain is coming on sunday and another storm graces us on christmas eve. that timing though has changed a little bit. i will show you that in a moment. 2:00 a.m., east bay, south bay, still have some rain drops tomorrow morning. don't be surprised if you can hear the pitter-patter of rain drops. look for some scattered showers. it should not be problematic. light to moderate rain at 8:00 a.m. then you notice at 10:00 a.m. the last of the showers will be pushing through. by afternoon, 2:00 we are pretty much looking at clearing out. you will get a chance to head out and do some holiday shopping. winter storm warning until 4:00 p.m. 6 to 14 inches of snow is expected with the snow level coming down to 4,000 fe

so, when we started just in our local town, gilroy, and we're expanding to hollister, watsonville, sane, people from greenfield are coming. we have people from merced that come and perform with the group. so, we help in outreaching. and our purpose is to expand the culture, but at the same time respectfully. damian: de eso se trata. all right, well, it's a big christmas concert happening on december 19th at the point church in san jose. you can log onto that website for more information, mariachi alma de mexico and los camperos de nati cano. good luck and thank you for keeping that culture alive. we'll give you a small taste of what you can expect up next on "comunidad del valle." stay with us. in your comunidad on que pasa. [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] damian: and our saludos to those celebrating a special day. felicidades. [music] damian: and here's our address for next week's saludos. you can follow me on twitter. my handle is @newsdamian. also, pick up el observador newspaper, and support your bilingual weeklies all across the bay area. you can also watch

we sat down with steven's great grandson at the company's headquarters in watsonville, california.he tells us why all entrepreneurs must expect the unexpected, challenge assumptions and plan for succession in this learning from the pros. >>> build upon the the past. often in a family business the next generation rests on its laurels and more interested in distribution checks and not investing in the business for the future. when i joined the company in 1979, our plant was worn out, and we couldn't supply the demand we had for our products, we were pulling out of markets and losing shelf distribution. my dad was actually entertaining offers to sell the company when i joined it. and i did not want to be the one who presided over the demise of a family business with the history we have. if we had not reinthe vested we probably would have gone belly up. i was handed a process for making apple juice the old-fashioned way. on a company that is over 100 years old you get used to doing things the same way. we like to say we've been doing it this way since 1868 and you can get stuck in a ru

. >>> watsonville police nabbed a suspected car thief after he answered a call from officers on the victim cell phone. they say the owner left the car running going into the bakery and left their phone inside. they return, the car was gone. the victim called the phone and the suspect, -- answered. police made another call and started a casual conversation in which the suspects build his location. he was still on the phone with police as they approached to arrest him. >>> it was a homecoming that novato company thought would never happen. nancy and steven paynes cat, ginger, wandered off eight years ago. tonight, she is back thanks to a micro chip. a nevada -- navarro shopkeeper took care of her when -- and when she seemed pregnant, he took her to the vet. the vet found a microchip and the cat was returned. >>> the rowing club spreading holiday cheer. they got up early today to take part in the second on your hobo row to benefit kids in the city. they filled up boats with toys and wrote them to beer 39. the guests were dropped off with firefighters. the department will use those permits --

but fog from napa to watsonville to half moon bay. it is mild. 30s and 40s.ll feature more sunshine. a few clouds. temperatures nearly 60. >> metering lights at the bay bridge toll plaza with traffic budged up to the macarthur maze. we have reports from the c.h.p. of an accident at 80 and 580 in the slow lane approaching the bay bridge give yourself extra time. there are further delays. in pittsburg an early accident is cleared. we have a backup westbound highway 4 at bailey and this accident two lanes blocked southbound 280 in los altos hills. >> it is 6:30. the very latest on shooting in san bernardino, hundreds gather to remember the victims. authorities release new details in the investigation. our reporter is in san bernardino with the latest. lauren? >> good morning. we are learning about the victims killed in the mass shooting and more of those two suspects. authorities still do not know the motive but are trying to figure what would drive a young couple with an infant to carry out the attacks. grief on display in the community dealing with the loss of

some other areas as well -- stretching from ultima and pass toward watsonville and the cantor -- santamountains and in scotts valley hwy. 17 and wrapping back over to coriolanus -- some of the rain could be moderate to heavy. north bay -- isolated cells and thunderstorms from bottega bay and a little bit inland. look at the 40s -- a cool pattern down south -- 4647 -- boulder creek 44 -- santa cruz up 49 -- san jose state 49. going along the coast that is what we are dealing with coming out of the northwest -- this cold air has to rotate over. that keeps us in the soup. more rain today -- a break tonight into saturday and then we cloud up again and a cold system -- this looks more dynamic -- sunday into monday -- that could be cold with snow around 2500 feet. >> clouds on saturday and sunday -- the wayne -- the rain returns. >> >>> mostly cloudy may be a few breaks in the sun -- thunderstorms possible today. the breeze will kick in at times -- nothing like yesterday morning. 50s -- below normal. it will stay below normal for a while. the temperature trend is down into monday. a little r

chp arrested jesse of watsonville on theft and forgery charges.m eric martin was trying to register the vehicle at the dmv when officers were kawchltd he showed 7 news the surveillance video. shows him buying the car that turned out to be stolen at his store. classic car cuss thomas thomas. martin says all the paper worked map matched sew didn't suspect anything. >> kickback and it was he knew cars. sounded like it was his car. i guess i just i just don't see -- i don't know. i don't know what i could have done different or if he just that good. and got me. >>reporter: highway patrol said the car was taken during robbery. it has sense been reunited with its rightful ochbilitys be glad to know. >> more to bring you on this tuesday night. stay with me. coming up. man who founded north face in san francisco has died. unexpectedly. the new details and video from chile where it happened. >>> also. fish versus food. california farmer say the state plan to take away even more water from them will kill their crops. >>> sandhya is right back with the full

it ended here at the toys "r" us store off watsonville road. >>your friends car hezbollah holes in it. >>i saw that when i came up. there are for all holes. >>reporter: christina said her bosses boyfriend use ipads in the suv to check the vehicle and of followed it and tell police took over. the suspect ran -- ramped two vehicles and a police car on the way. >>the suspect vehicle proceeded forward eastbound on blossom hill road and stopped here in the parking lot. >>reporter: than the suspect ran into toys "r" us and police followed. >>all of a sudden i looked over and saw a gun was drawn. after that he told us all to go out to the front of the store. >>reporter: frank within the baby i'll shopping for his grandkids. he ended up taking photos of police leaving the suspect out of the store and being treated in a parking lot and wondering what could have been. >>he could have taken us for hostage.>>reporter: during what should be a busy time of the year the toys "r" us store is closed. the drama is over that as christina showed photos of the susp

here's the line from morgan hill back to watsonville and going south -- nevada over to inverness and towards and now san francisco -- look at the temperatures -- it is cool out there -- it will be that kind of pattern is everything comes out of the northwest -- a mix of sumner showers with chilly highs. >> mostly cloudy with off and on rain and chilly and thunderstorms -- breezy at times -- especially if the self come by -- this equals 50s on the temperatures -- >> things are better -- the crashes are cleared on 580 ended up years that how trend without the clearing the drains -- the freeway looks better -- you don't have to worry about using 580 -- be careful driving through -- drive carefully on 580 -- 880 is a decent alternate if you want to avoid 580 altogether -- >> looking at south bay -- for the most part traffic is okay but we got a word of a crash involving several vehicles near the summit of the santa cruz mountains. as steve mentioned there was rain moving through and driving could be a little bit dicey. >> take a look at some live pictures -- this is 80 -- it looks good -

it ended here at the toys "r" us store off watsonville road.car hezbollah holes in it. >>i saw that when i came up. there are for all holes. >>reporter: christina said her bosses boyfriend use ipads in the suv to check the vehicle and of followed it and tell police took over. the suspect ran -- ramped two vehicles and a police car on the way. >>the suspect vehicle proceeded forward eastbound on blossom hill road and stopped here in the parking lot. >>reporter: than the suspect ran into toys "r"

and only leftover throughout watsonville and santa cruz. cool day, but drying conditions.o this little number one impact will be out of here throughout the next couple of hours. then we are look at another system tomorrow. a weak one, but just enough to cause some problems. lingering into monday and then we are looking at just maybe some on and off showers throughout the middle of the week. christmas eve that looks like we could see some more wind and rain and warmer conclusions so maybe higher-elevation month snow. christmas day, one model still keeps it wet. keep the umbrella with you. >> good to see the rain, but be safe out there. >> very slippery, for sure. >> thank you. up next, r2d2 is going presidential. why the drone and its friends visited the white house. who coined the term "side bread?" because there's nothing "side" about this bread. it may look like the moon. but it's the star of the show. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. give it a

. >> california patrol arrested 43-year-old watsonville man for selling a 1964 corvette he is accusedf stealing. the highway patrol was contacted weapon the victim tried to register the stolen car, the suspect impersonated the legal owner of the stolen corvette when the transaction happened. the c.h.p. said the car was taken during a burglary and has been reunited with the right. owner. the victim would but the the car is sadly out $25,000. >> beautiful car. i can understand why someone who want to by it and get a good deal. >> sad they are out the money. >> we are in for fog today and maybe in for a big storm on thursday. >> and another one on sunday. >> the storms are opening the door and we will get a couple good chances of rain. this is fog. the thickest is around napa. that is airport row where 29 and 12 come together. you can see heading up to stanley lane, and in those areas want out this morning for a reduction in visibility. our mention storm is up along the pacific northwest and pounding them with pretty heavy rain and gusty wind. for us, this is how it looks, the flags on t

. >>> people in watsonville and santa cruz raised $10,000 to give a woman a wonderful holiday gift.as a robotic arm now on her wheelchair to give her new found freedom. people contributed $44,000 in three months. she added $6,000 from her own savings and found out yesterday that an anonymous donor will cover her contributions. >> i always knew there were kind people out there but experiencing it firsthand was amazing. >> the 21-year-old woman has a disease that blocks muscle and tissue growth. she started a "go fund me" account and then was interviewed by a local newspaper. she hopes to get a job translating between doctors and spanish-speaking patients. >> it's so wonderful those crowdsourcing fundraising things. that's the type of stuff they are meant for. that's so great. >> very impactful. >>> time for a check of traffic and weather. i know i cranked up the heat this morning driving into work. >> and it was clear on the roads. >> yes, it was. >> it's my gift for you, no delays, look at that. bart on time. in fact, we were dealing with 10-minute delays early on out of the east ba

temperatures from 33 in concord, windchill factor into play in novato, santa rosa, the central coast, watsonvilleonterey all chilly now. it's going to warm up to the low to mid 50s, a little shy of average. we will talk about when we warm up to near average temperatures and the rest of 2015 coming up. >>> now to the extreme weather hitting the southern part of the debates. a christmas tornado touched down in alabama creating new damage and flooding prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. phillip menna has the latest. >> reporter: overnight a christmas day tornado tears through birmingham, alabama. this field of debris and shattered wood all of that remains of these homes. along the two mile stretch of destruction. raging floodwaters forcing others from their homes. the outbreak of severe weather follows three days of havoc across tennessee, alabama and mississippi, which claimed 15 lives and injured dozens more as spring like storms marched through the south. holly springs, mississippi, spending christmas day digging out what signs of the holiday cheer could be salvaged, among the

for more densely was cause of the prisoners to have health problems and psychological stress the watsonville couple is definitely on the nice lest this with the donated their money into 14 different charities people are overwhelmed home by the extraordinary contribution. >>will tran: the generosity not and would share your holidays another big check for two to $5,000 to watch and a fire department for is for tots drive. >>reporter: that cannot always share the wealth there some tough times when they started and stand on to a charitable causes of the three has 50 employees across the state why do they do after presenting the check for toys for tots to walk over to lows of fisher's which help those an easy job to another check for $25,000 to deliver checks the 40 the considered organizations today. >>will tran: she tried to rid the city of discarded cigarette butt see reason may follow her on one of her letter run this. >>reporter: sign of her door is one reason why astrograph should tools she will not hesitate to tell you she is properly known as the but libya are run and has been since octob

the line stretches, the main line, south of watsonville. it's weak end considerably.uld probably do -- rainfall, i could probably do 20 pages of these. these are numbers i had earlier. reports of three-plus in mendocino county. east santa rosa had inch and a half to two. sleepy hollow .76. napa about a half inch. about a third, quarter to a third for other areas. 52 santa rosa. they were 60 about two hours ago. 41 in truckee. the snow line is still high, around 7,500 feet. but that's going to turn. you can see some of the rain turning to snow in the sierra. wait until this arrives. extremely cold air sweeping into northern california, the bay area tonight and tomorrow and into the sierra and that snow level will go down, down, down. wind and rain although tailed off. some breaks, mostly cloudy, turning much colder. we could get pockets of thunderstorms. the wind advisory is over at 10:00 this morning. temperatures now staying in the 50s and tonight it will get cold. i think a pretty good rain moves in late tonight, friday. a break saturday, then a very cold system on