Check it out, green is good. Take a look at one issue on this spare the air day. B. A. R. T. Is recovering from a b. A. R. T. Is recovering from a medical emergency. Well check back in a couple of minutes. Look at this new video from overnight. A fire broke out near a homeless camp at king road. Firefighters had to douse the flames. No injuries reported there and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. The latest fire comes after a serial arson suspect was taken into custody. The man you saw on your screen, 26yearold Jeffrey Navarro reyes is accused of setting at least three fires, including one that destroyed a building in october. Investigators say they have now linked reyes to 12 fires in the san jose area this month. Three counts of arson. Hundreds of people gathered in San Franciscos chinatown for a vigil to honor the late mayor ed lee. You can see the candles lighting the darkness. It warmed the chilly night in portsmouth square. As you can see a big crowd showed up. Not only did he care about what happened in chinatown, he cared about what happened to all people. Moving on now, we have new details about a suspected robber shot to death by a Security Guard at a san jose walgreens. The suspect is identified as 38yearold Maurice Charles around 8 30 monday night at 1st and santa clara streets. Police tell the mercury news charles tried to take the guards gun and thats when he was shot. No word if the Security Guard will face any charges. A teacher in concord is on administrative leave and is in jail accused of having sex with a developmentally disabled adult student. This is the suspect daniel gonzalez. He worked at the adult center. The victim was enrolled in the Bridge Program thats offered through the mt. Diablo unified School DistrictsAdult Education program. The student is an adult but has the intellectual development of a young teenager. It is illegal to have sex with a person incapable to sex due to a disability. An activist from daly city is back in jail. An Alameda County judge nearly tripled chapmans bail after finding out he violated the conditions of his bail not to possess any weapons. Chapman, who calls himself stickman, was arrested at a rally in berkeley in march. Hes accused of hitting protesters with a stick and his bail was set at 135,000. The judge increased it to 400,000 after chapman posted a video on facebook with a pointy pensized weapon that attaches to a key chain. Chapman is scheduled to return to court next month. If you ride b. A. R. T. Youve likely seen the skins. Signs. These are the warnings posted now. Passengers should be prepared to either show a magnetic strip ticket or clipper card with valid fare a. Onemonth grace period when violators will be warned instead of cited. A 75 fine for adults and 55 for minors. Community Service Options will be available. Today is the last day to donate and organizers say they are about 1,500 toys shy of their goal. Families will begin their christmas shopping. More information on how to help. A mountain of paperwork, the state is trying to make it easier. Plus, oprahs warning for you that holiday season. The scam targeting her social media followers trying to get your money. And im meteorologist drew tuma. It is a cold start out there. We have prfreeze warnings, fros advisories. Temperatures in the 20s and 30s. Temperatures in the 20s and 30s. Well take a my wish was a clubhouse, but we call it the wish house. People visit National Parks from all over the world. Food tastes better when you dont have to cook it. He was just supposed to be my dog. I dont know why. vo were proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars in just ten years. Get 0 financing for 63 months on select models. Plus well donate 250 to charity. It is 6 08. The state is pressing insurers to cut fire victims more slack. In october insurers agreed to provide 25 of their personal property coverage without making them fill out a detailed inventory. Now the state wants to bump that up to 100 . This is according to the press democrat. The move comes after increasing complaints from victims who say the process is too time consuming. Policyholders have filed property claims totaling 7 billion. The christmas lastminute rush is on. Today expected to be one of the busiest days for air travel ahead of a long holiday weekend. Lets see how it looks. Reporter matt keller is at sfo. Good morning, matt. Reporter gorge, reggie and jessica. I checked the big board in here at terminal three at sfo and it showed few delays. Thats the good news. Things are picking up. Traffic stacking up as people are being dropped off at the terminal here, terminal three at sfo. Now just be prepared, though, when you get in the stores youll be facing some long lines. According to Research Done by hopper, 3. 1 million passengers will travel from the u. S. Today, a record high. Some numbers to consider, its the seventh Busiest Airport in the nation at christmastime. Close to 1. 4 million during the holiday season. The busiest time of day here at sfo, 7 50 in the morning based on the volume of scheduled departures. Im glad i booked tickets ahead of time, and im glad to be here just finding my way around the airport. Reporter Security Experts say flyers can expect longer lines because of stricter checks for electronics. Electronics bigger than your cell phone may have to come out of your bag. Matt keller, abc 7 news. And if you are traveling on this friday a look at the weather from coast to coast. Some snow and rain showers from portland to seattle. Salt lake, denver, youre good to go. Some issues in the Tennessee River valley, heavy showers there and snow forecasted for new england and boston a chilly 34 degrees. Equally as cold here at home. Freeze warnings, in the 20s and 30s right now so you needed the extra blankets and the winter coat. Hour by hour we go, future weather will be a blend of sunshine and cloud cover later on this afternoon, the gradual warming trend by 1 00, temperatures barely in the 50s. So bundle up on the first full day of winter. Thats weather. A check of traffic with sue. Sfo has 30minute free parking. All the way up to the top, you can just exit right on out. That was san rafael. We look towards the of traffic. A pickup truck westbound 4 near port chicago is partially blocking the left lanes there and traffic backing up into bay point. Thank you, sue. A warning for warriors fans. The fraud alert for anyone trying to buy tickets. Millions of us try to track santa with the help of norad. It is 6 11. We leave with you abc 7 news when you have a cold, stuff happens. { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. 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San Francisco Police officers will honor one of their own who died in the line of duty 11 years ago. An officer was killed in the sunset district by an escapee from a state correctional work camp. Another officer opened fire and killed the gunman. Officer tuvera was only 28 years old. Today the department will honor and pay tribute at the Taraval Police station. The founder and ceo of papa johns pizza is stepping down. No immediate reason was given for departure. He will remain as chairman of the board. This comes two months after he criticized the nfl leadership over National Anthem protests by football players. In fact, he blames slow sales on the outcry surrounding nfl players kneeling during the National Anthem. Fraud alert. The team is encouraging fans to Purchase Online or by calling the box office. Since Opening Night the warriors have seen more than 300 fans denied access because of counterfeit tickets. The queen of media. Its a fraud, its a fraud, its a fraud dont believe it. Dont give up your Bank Accounts or informa anybody posing as me or anyone else. Oprahs unique way warning her followers. She says someone is trying to scam her followers by pretending to be her. Oprah says dont do it. It is all a scam. Oprah singing anything like that is iconic. And hopefully people Pay Attention and remember it. How can you forget that . I wont be able to. First a lyft award and now it is making headlines for a personal thank you from first Lady Michelle obama. They have a branch on valencia in the mission on valencia. A look at the letter mrs. Obama sent for the food they sent on their flight from San Francisco to d. C. Earlier this month. Pretty great, right . Drew and reggie would know. They went to dinner without me. You should go some time. Well give you directions. Delicious food. Shes mad at us. Christmas gift. How perfect. Right . Our freeze warning has been extended by two hours. These temperatures are so cold right now. 28 in petaluma. 30 that temperature in american canyon. Its widespread cold. 26 right now in fair field. 33 in newark. Later on today a blend of sun and clouds, a gradual warming process for the first full day of winter. 56 in San Francisco. 59 the high in san jose. Tonight not as chilly as you are now. More in the way of cloud cover acts like a blanket. 30s and 40s will be your temperatures overnight into saturday. Nationwide no issues along the west coast. Here you go. Here is your problem spot. From boston to d. C. Rain and snow showers. Its quiet through Christmas Eve and christmas day. The roads with sue. Its real quiet out there which is nice. We do have an denied westbound 4. It is now stacking up in towards bay point so give yourself extra time. First reports of an accident. First reports of an accident. A vehicle sideways. We will check back on that. Earlier b. A. R. T. Problems. They are recovering. A tenminute delay. A warning about the Holiday Gifts that could be under your tree. Authorities are warning that any toy that can connect to the internet could invite hackers into your home. They say the only way to prevent the hack is to get rid of the toy. Turn the toy off when you are not using it. Speaking of toys, easier for your kids to track santa this Christmas Eve. For the first time norad is partnering with amazons alexa and onstar and General Motors vehicles to give instant updates. Now you can also just ask alexa is santa getting here yet . Thats fun to do. I like that. Our friends have some ideas for fun things to do. And shutdown averted. A vote to keep the government running for a few more weeks. We are live with the big issues that they have left hanging. But first, heres tom llamas with a look at whats ahead on Good Morning America at 7 00 a. M. Reporter nearly 100 million americans heading home for the holidays, hitting the roads and skies on one of the busiest skies on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Good morning. 6 24. Freeze warnings in effect until 9 00 this morning. A good reason why starting out in the 20s and 30s. Your 12hour planner. Were in the upper 50s to 60. Enjoy. Drew, how does this sound. The creator of family guy singing. What . For our friends this is a holiday entertainment weekend and here is a look at what you can do. Well, this is the first one on the planet. Giving the answer, what are jews supposed to do on christmas . Do i have to be jewish . No, no, no. We check you at the door. You just have to have a sense of humor. Three comics from years passed. Years past. Shows saturday through monday and this is selling out. Its probably the only Christmas Show with that. Expect drag, burlesque, and magic. If you dont have plans for new years eve yet, how about this. That face that face Seth Mcfarland is a singer, big symphony singer. All right, so here is Something Interesting that christmas at the Chinese Restaurant put into the Fortune Cookie yiddish phrases so they have you all covered. We have links to all these events on our website. Just search using the word hood line. North bay wildfire recovery. Youve probably seen the photos of actor rob lowe. Good morning. Its friday, december 22nd. Sue was asking us favorite christmas movie, christmas vacation. Christmas story. Home alone. Tweet us this morning. This is a cold one. Put the blanket back on. Watch christmas movies. Watch us and then a christmas movie. Freeze warnings were supposed to expire in a half hour. Its such a cold start. Numbers widespread in the 20s and 30s. It is a frigid morning here on our friday. Well call it a blend of sun and clouds, real gradual warming. Temperatures struggling. Thats weather. A check on the roads with sue. Its pretty light out there. We were talking fake snow. In home alone they used potato flakes. True story. No metering lights, still its very light. 6 30 in the morning if your travels take you hercules via 80 looking at less than 30 minutes. Green all over. We do have an accident the second lane from the west. Eastbound on the east shore. It is noticeably cooler when you go out. Amy hollyfield is live where a number of people were looking to get out of the weather. Hi, amy. Reporter hi, jessica. It is very cold. Here in Castro Valley a chilly 37 degrees. You would not want to sleep outside. They opened up the gymnasium here at the First Presbyterian church of hayward in Castro Valley. They said we have got to help get people in from the cold and word spread quickly most of the 25 beds were taken and they said they were just so happy to open their doors. A lot of the waiting lists were full. We thought what can we do to help people this year . Reporter Alameda County will pay for them 50 nights this year. First nights already in the books. Theyre going to open it up. Some of the people were grateful to have a place to get warm and theyre happy to get their dogs inside. One thing they do need, though, more donations warm. If you can do anything First Presbyterian would appreciate it. Reporting live in Castro Valley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thank you. We are tracking multiple fires. Investigators think someone intentionally set at least six structures on fire. They broke out at two separate locations in antioch last night. Three abandoned homes and two out buildings caught fire. I want to show you a picture of the fire. Those huge flames shooting out of the building. Its the acacia cremation and burial society. The fires broke out within ten minutes of each other. We do believe all the fires are like ly set fires so were investigating them as arson. Firefighters putting out hot spots. The good news is investigators say no one was hurt in any of those fires. Police are looking for the person who stabbed another in a restaurant. Attacked a 61yearold man last night. This happened just before 6 30. Police say he got up to where the victim was sitting, stabbed him and ran off. The victims injuries are said to be life threatening. Happening today pg e will finish temporary power lines in the coffey park neighborhood. Crews have installed 226 poles and 155 transformers since the october tubbs fire. The temporary lines will be replaced with an underground system. L. E. D. Lights have been installed on most power poles so streets have light. In southern califonia most evacuation orders have been canceled as winds ease up. About 18,000 homes and other buildings in ventura are still buildings in ventura are still listed as threatened. The blaze has killed two people. Its destroyed 750 homes since its destroyed 750 homes since it began december 4th. Ties have been severed with conductor charles dutoit. He was scheduled to lead the symphony in january and april. Accusations come from three singers and one musician. The San Francisco symphony says the move was made due to a zero tolerance policy. Legendary sports announcer dick enberg as died. He could do it all as a broadcaster. Larry beil called him, quote, classy, elegant and humble. He did wimbledon for 28 years. It could take up to a year for a damaged street to reopen. The fire at a construction site destroyed four homes and damaged the retaining wall near armor drive. As you can see here from sky 7, a detailed assessment of the work expected by the city at the end of january. Now that the senate has approved a shortterm spending measure. Abc News ReporterArlette Saenz explains what this means for the political battles brewing for next year. Reporter lawmakers avoided a government shutdown. The house and then the senate. The motion to concur is agreed to. Reporter pass add bill to keep the government running through 2019. There is no lapse in funding for critical services. Reporter the measure e funding for Flood Insurance and a controversial program. Congress punts until the new year on thorny political issues like spending caps, protections for the socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers, and stabilizing Health Insurance markets. Nearly 9 Million People signed up for obamacare. Legislative and Political Goals are better served by bipartisanship and compromise. Reporter another issue waiting until 2018 aid for victims of the hurricanes and wildfires. The senate will take it up next year. President trump suggested democrats were eager for a shutdown. He tweeted democrats want to shut down for the holidays to detract from the just passed tax cuts. Theres no democrat i know that wants the government to shut down, and the president needs to put his twitter account under his pillow. And sleep on it. President trump will fund that measure today. An official says theres a chance he will sign the tax bill as well. Arlette saenz, abc news, washington. In accuweather a frigid start to our friday. Freeze warnings have extended. Areas shaded in purple have some of the coldest temperatures we have seen in quite some time. Good morning san jose. Santa clara, even morgan hill cooler than that at 30 degrees. 29 in novato. Half moon bay chilly at 36 degrees. A mix of sun and clouds out there and the warming process will be slow. By 1 00 temperatures are just barely getting into the 50s. Your threeday forecast into the 50s in most spots. On saturday a similar sky. Temperatures touching 60. On Christmas Eve we are dry. Temperatures holding in the 50s. A check of the roads with sue. Good morning. Good morning, drew. A sneak peek at the bridge. No metering lights at all this morning and span looked good. Along the causeway, traffic is flowing nicely here for about a 20minute drive. An earlier accident cleared out of lanes. Your reverse commute, no slowing here. That has also been pushed off to the shoulder so no problems there. A medical emergency has been taken care of. Thank you, sue. San jose firefighters saved actor rob lowes home from the thomas fire. That san jose crew was part of a strike Team Fighting the flames. You can see just how close the flames got to his home. Lowe was so thankful. They ate burgers. I joked because he told me how many twitter followers he had. And i told him he needed to work on getting more followers like the kardashians. He said thanks. He was appreciative of the work. He didnt know how we did it. Firefighters said lowes hospitality meant a lot to the strike team and judging by the smiles on their faces they looked like they had a great time. Pretty cool. A miss america controversy. What was said about the pageant winners. And the travel frenzy is under way. What you can expect if youre heading out. The airport getting busy. A look at 9 00 on live. Hello there. Coming up our Big Christmas party. Santa will be here. Good morning. 6 44 a. M. Its a chilly start in the 20s and 30s. Well rebound into the 50s later on today under a mix of sun and on today under a mix of sun and clouds. Youre just fine, youre dry. Its cold in minneapolis at 22. A high of 34 in boston. Get ready for long lines. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller is live at sfo. The lastminute travelers. Theyre ahead of the game. Its going to be a busy day here, jessica. I have some good news. One flight is delayed and another flight thats delayed about a half hour. We do have some long lines here. This is about an hour away from the busiest time of the day. 7 50 a. M. , based on the volume of scheduled departures. Almost 3. 1 million passengers will travel from the u. S. Today. Sfo is the seventh busiest at christmasti christmastime. It was just the cheapest ticket. Since its only an hour lets just do it. Well get there faster than driving. Flyers can expect longer lines because of stricter checks. There are some flight delays out of san jose and oakland. Check with your airline. Matt keller, abc 7 news. Dick clark productions is cutting ties after pageant leadership reportedly made derogatory comments about some past winners. The Huffington Post published emails from the miss america organizations with disparaging comments made by ceo sam haskell including remarks on the appearance, sex lives, and intelligence of some past winners. Dick clark rproductions called the comments appalling. Haskell has apologized to the board. The accusations are brutal. Police are searching for a man who hid inside a goodwill and robbed employees at gunpoint after the store closed. The robbery was report ed they gave the thief cash. An inmate is back under arrest and Stockton Police posted this on facebook. He had a skull tattoo. They found him and arrested him. He was serving time on a weapons charge. A man is under arrest in connection with homemade bombs. It was a story first broke yesterday. S. W. A. T. Teams converged on a home in oakland wednesday night. Investigators linked evidence left behind. One of the devices was sent to one of the devices was sent to an east palo aalto home. When he did so, he held it at a distance. A federal criminal complaint charges laverty with, quote, mailing an explosive device the intent to injure or kill. The intent to injure or kill. Your Morning Money report. The report ranks car brands based on a survey of car owne hyundais was third. Acura owners are the least satisfied. Its crunch time for millions of holiday shoppers. We are in the expedited shipping time frame so spending those time frame so spending those gifts will be expensive. The important dates for shoppers. Today is the last day. It is noon eastern today. Were talking macys target, nordstrom nordstrom. Today is the last day for twoday shipping. A free prime trial and then just remember to cancel or else youll be smacked with the 99 annual fee. Thats a good tip. Youll never be able to unsign up for that. From personal experience. The cincinnati zoo release this had video of fionas first christmas. Oh, my gosh, what . They added the song i want a hippopotamus for christmas. She was excited to open it. There she goes. She gnawed on it for a while, which is how i open my gifts, too, reggie. It was not a toy. She turns 1 next month. They can paint a fake fireplace but can we make it look less bleak . She is a superstar. Thats what you took from the video . We have freeze warnings in effect for good measure. Temperatures right now in the 20s and 30s. 37 that starting temperature right now in san jose. 33 in observing. 20s and 30s right now. A blend of sunshine and cloud cover throughout the day. We have dry skies. If youre not traveling today but perhaps tomorrow the nationwide picture. The issues will probably lie in the issues will probably lie in the midatlantic and northeast. Not all that bad if youre heading to tahoe this week. Mostly cloudy skies. Monday dry for christmas day. Temperature of 45 degrees. Back here at home your planner showing you were dry. A mostly cloudy day on monday. Temperatures above average for this time of year in the upper 50s to mid60s. Sevenday forecast, its a cold start today. Milder tomorrow afternoon. Christmas eve is dry. So is christmas day. The dry pattern holds through the sevenday forecast. A check of the roads with sue. Traffic remains light. The berkeley curve. Boom, no problems here. In towards San Francisco, less than 30 minutes to get all the way in to the city. Green is great. Take a look at that all the way around. We do have some drive times for you. Tracy to dublin. Hardly any delay there. That is the reason for delays cleared out of lanes. Smooth sailing. Sue, thank you. The davis street Family Resource center needs your help. Looking for some lastminute donations for hundreds of families. The word went out that they need more toys. The big giveaway is this morning and volunteers need to fill about 700 bags with toys and books. We are looking for secret santas. It takes a village. There are nearly 3,000 kids on the list. And they are especially short of donations for teenaged boys. They like sports equipment, et cetera. The address is on your screen 3081 teagarden street in san leandro. You can also donate online so they can purchase more toys. Up next, the seven things you need to know before we go. If you havent yet follow us on abc 7 news bay area and see a lot more wonderful pictures like this one. You could save energy by weaving your own shoes. Out of flax. Or simply adjust your thermostat. Do your thing, with Energy Upgrade california. For mildtomoderate eczema . It can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. The face of a fisherman . The hand of a ranch hand . The knee of a needle pointer . Prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. It blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. And its steroidfree. Do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. Allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. The most common side effect is application site pain. Ask your doctor about eucrisa. 6 58. Whether youre just joining us or heading out the door seven th you need to know. Number one, freeze warnings in effect for a majority of the region. Look at the purple shadings on your screen. 20s and 30s right now. Later on this afternoon its a blend of sun and clouds reaching into the mid and upper 50s. Bundle up. Number two, some Warming Centers are open because of the cold weather. The First Presbyterian church is offering its gym this winter. Anytime the temperature drops below 40 degrees. Number three, multiple fires in antioch last night believed to be arson. Three abandoned homes and two out buildings and a business caught fire. No one was hurt. Number four, President Trump is already bracing for what could be tough midterm elections in 2018. Abc news reports the president met with top aides in the oval office to discuss the election where democrats hope to recapture the house and senate. Number five, a busy day at sfo as the holiday rush continues. The seventh Busiest Airport this year and the busiest time of day today will happen in about 50 minutes. 7 50 a. M. And number six, were following your quiet traffic this morning. Golden gate bridge parking will be closed through new years day. Restricted on both christmas and new years day and reduced service for the rest of the week. Muni and extended b. A. R. T. Service. Today will be a busy day for amazon prime now, allowing customers to place lastminute orders, really last minute. Delivery can be made in as little as an hour. In fact, one of our colleagues has placed an order this morning. Getting it later today. Thanks for watching this morning. Hope you have a Great Holiday weekend. G good morning, america. Holiday travel frenzy. Tens of millions of americans racing home for christmas. Lines already growing at airports across the country. Chaos in dallas when a terminal is forced to evacuate and traffic backing up as that major storm moves in with snow and rain. 22 states now facing alerts from oregon to maine. President trump heading to maralago for the holidays as Congress Celebrates avoiding a shutdown overnight. But still questions this morning, will President Trump deliver on his Big Christmas promise and sign that tax bill before the holiday . Have a Holly Jolly Christmas and Holly Jolly Christmas. Lastminute holiday deals you can score right w