Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc7. A wild round of weather in the bay area led to a close call for a family in the north bay. Good evening, im dan ashley. A bolt of lightning this morning splintered a 100foot tall tree in mill valley at water view drive and lcd court. Some neighbors say it sounded like a bomb going off. Abc7 News ReporterLauren Martinez is here with a story youll see only on 7. Lauren. Dan, the strike split the tree in two and would fall on the home below. They evacuated the family making for a very unusual Christmas Morning. It was like a bomb went off. It was right behind the house. Reporter residents of water view drive in mill valley were woken up just after 4 00 christmas morn when a strong force of lightning split this redwood tree. It exploded into shards where it sent part of the tree on top of our house, on top of our car, on top of the power pole. Reporter the Fire Department evacuated the lobos family for three hours. They live just below. They thought the tree was going to hit the house, so we had to pull all our animals out and leave. Reporter by night fall, crews cut what was left of the tree down into pieces. We met Yohannes Rockland who lives next door. I know the force of the blast knocked pictures off our mantle. Thats just from the force of the lightning and the, you know, lightning bolt. It was really dramatic. Reporter it may have made for a dramatic Christmas Morning, but luckily no one was hurt. You know, santa was a little loud this morning, but thats okay. Everybody was safe and everything could be repaired. So it was a Christmas Mira k. Reporter in mill valley, Lauren Martinez, abc7 news. A recent heavy rains may have caused a tree collapse that killed a man in muir woods. A portion of hillside trail in Muir Woods National monument closed from debris that fell and killed a man. Five trees fell like dominos 4 30 in the afternoon. Another person was hurt. The National Park service is investigating. All right. Well, lets hear more about this mornings thunderstorm and the rain thats ahead from abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma. Drew . Yeah, dan, it was certainly a loud start to our Christmas Morning. This is 4 30 a. M. , earlier this morning on live doppler 7. You can see 13 lightning strikes as the thunderstorm moved through, even dropped some hail on 101 early this morning. Now things have certainly quieted down. We have mainly dry skies. The one exception live doppler 7 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, even on Mount Hamilton has light precip and snow flakes falling. The storm is exiting now. Well go hour by hour with what to expect in the full forecast, dan. Thank you very much, drew. An 82yearold great grandmother is asking for your help after her bag filled with gifts and cash was stolen from the amtrak train she was riding from sacramento to fremont. Abc7 News Reporter unser hassan spoke with the victim skmaz her story, one youll see only on abc7 news. Reporter 82yearold marcia is happy to be spending time with her great grand kids. But this isnt the start to the holidays she was hoping for. Its very frightening. I will tell you, at 82, the first thing you think is youre having alzheimers. Reporter she says her bag filled with gifts and cash was stolen from the luggage rack on her amtrak train to fremont. I dont think it was an accident. I really doubt it because its big. It wasnt small. You dont take something that n big big by accident. Reporter she started looking for her bag 5 minutes after arriving at the station but it was gone. They werent able to do much on the train. She plays clarinet in an orchestra in miami, and that was stolen. We have a book full of piano songs she can play with her clarinet. Its like someone took that from us. You know what i mean . Thats not cool. Reporter but bubby as they call her says shes trying to keep the holiday spirit. Ive had five back surgeries, rods and screws and all that stuff, so im lucky that im okay. Im here. And im safe. And i got to see the children. Reporter and she says thats what the holidays are all about. In fremont, unser hassan, abc7 news. New details tonight on a shooting that left a 6yearold boy critically injured. It happened last night Christmas Eve in vallejo as the child was outside on ohio and mariposa streets. Abc7 News ReporterMelanie Woodrow spoke with neighbors who crawled to their bathroom while bullets pierced their home from the outside. Reporter kendra black and her fiancee glenn simonas say this is the last christmas theyll spend here. Theyre moving after bullets enter their vallejo home from outside Christmas Eve. Everyone was screaming, get down, get down. Reporter one bullet in the direct path of kendras dad got lodged in the wall. It went through and hit him. The second one hit through here, broke through the curtain rod and exited through over there. Reporter did you think you were going to die . I honestly thought so because the bullet flew through our faces about this far in front of me and my brothers face. Reporter later they learned a 6yearold was shot in the torso. When Vallejo Police arrived, the 6yearold victim was already gone taken to a local hospital perhaps by a Family Member in a private vehicle he. Im praying this boy makes it. Reporter so are neighbors. I really feel bad about that because hes 6 years old, you know. 6 years old, he had nothing to do with this thing. Reporter police gathered evidence like bullets through cars and even the bullet that went all the way through the home where black, fiancee and her family were celebrating Christmas Eve. We just feel extremely blessed right now. Reporter a memorable christmas, far from what they had imagined this season. In vallejo, Melanie Woodrow, abc7 news. Four people were shot tonight during a Holiday Party at a home on 34th avenue near foothill boulevard in oakland. Police say three men and a woman were wounded. One seriously. Police are not releasing any further details at this moment. New developments tonight, the man accused in the stabbing death of Clayton Beathard, the younger brother of 49ers quarterback c. J. Beathard has been arrested. Nashville police say 23yearold Michael Mosely surrendered at a vacant home after it was surrounded by police. He fatally stabbed Clayton Beathard and another man outside a nashville bar. A vacant home in oakland where a group of homeless mothers are fighting to stay put, against the Property Owners wishes, the group, moms for housing say they moved in the magnolia street home with their children last month to draw attention to the bay area homeless crisis. Weve been reporting on this extensively. They will be in Alameda CountyCourt Tomorrow to challenge an eviction order they were given. The Real Estate Firm wedge wood owns the property and says it plans to sell the house to a firsttime home buyer. Well, a lot of people head off for christmas and we certainly hope you enjoyed christmas with your family. Our first responders, Health Care Workers and so many others are still clocked in and doing their jobs. Abc7 News ReporterJulian Glover doing his job has the story now from the south bay. Mobile, getting ready to go for my walk here. Reporter a hospital room is the last place anyone wants to be on Christmas Day. But 79yearold charlie toast is making do. Got my exercise in, got my food, got cleaned up, got on television, what more could a guy want . Reporter the former Airline Pilot is used to being away for home, but hes in the hospital for treatment for stage 4 cancer. Instead of being down, charlie is choosing an attitude of gratitude. Thankful for the workers at the hospital to keep him comfortable. They sacrifice a lot working here. Its hard enough day by day, but on holidays, probably especially hard. Here at washington hospital, somebody has to take care of the patients. Im willing to do it. It makes you feel good to help other people. Reporter you dont have to look hard to find other guys working hard. Dispatched to move this car that was wrerked when a drunk driver crashed into it early Christmas Morning. Daisy garcia is thankful someone finally answered her calls. Fortunately theyre working today on a holiday, and thanks to them now we have our problem situated. Reporter its a big sacrifice, everyone else is home with family. Not you. Sacrifice is good. Reporter people all around the bay area are grateful for those sacrifices. In san jose, Julian Glover, abc7 news. Merry christmas. Golden state warriors. Coming up, a holiday gift that keeps giving from the warriors to a thrilled group of local children. And another group of people in the bay area spend a day making christmas dinner for 4,000 people. Why they say all this work was definitely worth it. Also, its called the ring of fire for obvious reasons and star gazers say it is the perfect way to end the holiday. Check out a Christmas Gift tonight from the universe to the world. All of thats ahead for you on this christmas night. But first here a look at whats coming up on Jimmy Kimmel Live after abc7 news at 11 00. Jimmy. Between us, i think this is going to be great. You know new york mobster stories. Are you going to make one about trump . [ laughter ] [ electrical buzzing ] [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh ahhhhh elliott. You came back a lots changed since you were here. Its called the internet. Holiday movies. [ remote bleeps ] im dreaming of a White Christmas family. Home. [ music swells ] woohoo yeah just between us, you know whats better than mopping . Anything at the end of a long day, its the last thing i want to do. Well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. Its an allinone so its ready to go when i am. The cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. And the pad absorbs it deep inside. So, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. Plus, its safe to use on all my floors, even wood. Glad i got that off my chest and the day off my floor. Try wet jet with a moneyback guarantee the warriors are celebrating a much needed win tonight, and the team continued its christmas game tradition by hosting a group of children. Abc7 news anchor eric thomas is at the chase center. Reporter between the starspangled banner and tipoff, a special group of 30 young people received Christmas Gifts from the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets players on the floor of the chase center. It was one of the best days of jordan ledbetters life. Amazing. You get to be on the court. I, i, i havent been on the court. Reporter the kids were from the Oakland Public Education Fund and the boys and girls club of San Francisco. After their court appearance, they were ushered into another room to open gifts. Each child received warriors clothing and a set of beats headphones. Warriors vicepresident Melanie Moore organized the event. Personally, i love bringing young people out to the game. Reporter and to top things off, the kids got to watch the warriors beat the Houston Rockets, and to celebrate their favorite players. I would say probably curry, u but if youre talking about right now, i would say Deangelo Russell. Reporter jordan is also a warriors fan but he patterns his name game after the rocket who gave him a gift. James harden . Of course. Reporter of of course. This is the first time they held the event at the chase center. They say there will be more. At the chase center in San Francisco, eric thomas, abc7 news. Thats a great night there. Well, glide Memorial Church in San Francisco held its annual Christmas Celebration this morning. Breakfast was served followed by a lunch of turkey, ham and all the trimmings. Glide expected about 2800 people to eat with them today. Usually about 300 volunteers to serve these meals to our homeless population. Not just homeless populaton, but for anyone who needs a meal, for, you know, residents in the area. Make ends meet. The church serves 2000 meals every day. Glide says january and february are usually the slowest months for volunteers so they invite anyone to sign up. Well, some people spent Christmas Morning preparing 4,000 meals at the Salvation Army in San Francisco. The meals were then delivered to people who otherwise cant leave their homes and likely dont have visitors. Volunteers say it was worth the Early Morning christmas wake up call. Were very blessed and its great to give back to the community. Examine people need it, you know . It puts a smile on their face. Its wonderful. Isnt that great . The Salvation Army is worried about funding its programs next year. They hope people will keep the nonprofit in mind when considering their endofyear donations. Well, not everyone stays at home to eat a traditional Christmas Day feast. Check out sauls restaurant and delicatessen in berkeley. It was bustling with customers all day. Like many other eateries open across the bay area this holiday. Some do it to avoid cooking and cleaning up. Others have made going out kind of a Holiday Family tradition. And thats what its all about, right . Any holiday, truly its about family and traditions. I was very glood this was hope because theres not a lot of options. The deli was so busy, she and her husband waited an hour to be seated. The couple say they wanted to celebrate hanukkah with some jewish food and their best friends. A nice evening indeed and to earn who worked tonight, we appreciate it. Well, the ring of fire was not visible to north america this christmas, but you are in luck. Heres video of todays annual Solar Eclipse as seen from the united arab emirates. Some great video. It started about 6 30 p. M. Here on the west coast time. The full eclipse when the moon covers the sons center took place about an hour later creating as you can see the socalled ring of fire. The next Solar Eclipse visible to most of north america is june 21st of next year, about six months from now. Great video. All right, on to the Weather Forecast and meteorologist drew tuma is here to look at the weekend coming up. Drew . We were dealing with a lot of cloud cover, dan, because of our storm. That is now moving out. Tomorrow it will be a much brighter day. Live doppler 7 showing you the sweep across the region, still dealing with some showers in the Santa Cruz Mountains and even some mixed precip, some winfrey flakes falling around Mount Hamilton. Woke up to snow on Mount Hamilton todays. As the storm exits, another dusting there as well. Windy out there now, breezy, 22 mile per hour winds in San Francisco, 11 in sonoma, 21 in san mateo. Overnight the winds are going to relax and as they do it will allow temperatures to cool off into the 30s in our coldest spots. Already cold now, 49 in oakland, same in the city, 50 in san jose, 46 in santa rosa and concord currently checking with a temperature of 49 degrees. Heres live doppler 7 along with satellite. You see the storm nicely spinning into Southern California right now. Were just on the northern fringe of this storm, and thats why we have showers in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Those will move out over the next couple of hours. But before it does, it continues to keep us on the rough surf along our coast. A beach hazard statement, rather, still in effect until 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow. The risk of rip currents and sneaker waves, it is running high thanks to our active ocean currents. Lets timeout the rest of the rain. Early tomorrow morning, 2 00 in the morning that rain is diving down to the south. And tomorrow morning well start out with sunshine in the north bay. Little bit of cloud cover in the south bay. We will all see sunshine into the afternoon. Overnight tonight temperatures dropping into the 30s in our coldest spots like the north bay and inland east bay. Some patchy fog very likely as well in the north bay. Elsewhere around the bay Shoreline Holding the low to mid 40s. So the day tomorrow, break it down for you, first thing in the morning youll see a little bit of cloud cover in the south bay, but that cloud cover gets out of here midday. The afternoon a ton of sunshine out there, beautiful day, temperatures in the mid 50s. So highs on your thursday 55 in the city, same in oakland, about 56 in san jose. 57 in santa rosa, 55 in concord. If youre traveling tomorrow, no worries. Going to tahoe or portland where we run into issues is i5 south to l. A. I5 over the grapevine, it is closed because of heavy snow and there is no estimation when that will open. So you will have issues if you try to go to Southern California tomorrow there. 580 looking great here. Traveling in the central valley, green, good to go. Plan the next 7 days for you. Clouds and sun tomorrow. Sunny skies on your friday. Dry on saturday. Start off the weekend, there is a chance sunday at night of a sprinkle, but otherwise as we end 2019 on a dry note, welcome the new year with a mix of sun and clouds, dan. Nice way to end the year. Totally. Merry christmas. You, too. Thank you for watching tonight. Gamers who play call of duty have a much less lethal option to fight their opponents. Ahead whats different with the games holiday only edition. Stay with us. More to come. And tomorrow on good morning america, a gma medical alert on intermittent fasting. 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He led the team with 22 tonight, the dubs trailed by 4 at the break. Third quarter dubs take the lead. Kye bowman, buzzerbeater. Steph staying in the Christmas Spirit loving every bucket. Fourth quarter looked like the rockets would take control. Harden gets the three. He had a foul. He only took one freethrow and he missed that freethrow. The dubs pulled away. Draymond made a couple threes, finished with a season high 20 points. When he hits those, look out, youre in trouble. Warriors passing leads to the corner from Glenn Robinson iii, gr iii, santa approves after a hard nights work. Dubs win 116104. They talked about the National Appeal after the game. Its been a trying season for us. To come out Christmas Day, everybody watching or no one was watching us, thats possible, too. You know, and to aua out and get a win, its a lot of these guys first time playing on christmas. Its a huge stage. Its good. Were not going to play a bigger game than this all year, christmas, national tv, and the rockets. Yeah, this game meant a lot to us. And you could see in the way our players approached it. Lakers and clippers, Anthony Davis misses the halftime buzzerbeater. Falls right into comedian kevin harts lap. Thats what you get for sitting court side, little guy. Hart is 54. Hes 610. A mismatch. Cool hand kawhi leonard, 35 and the comeback. The clips have been lately looking to hang on, three seconds to go. Lakers down three, lebron with a chance, Patrick Beverley blocked it. Replay shows it goes right off lebrons hand. Clippers are going to win this one 111106. The lakers have lost four straight games. This abc7 sports report sponsored by river rock casino. The warriors are officially undefeated on abc7 this season. Hey, thats something. Thats what we can claim at least. I like seeing steph on the side in a jacket. 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