Jobina . Thank you, lisa. Good morning, everyone. So we have a sig alert right now in observing. A live look from a caltrans camera 880 before fruitvale. What i understand is there are two cars involved here and that one of them was carrying a large amount of oxygen tanks that have sprawled across the roads there. I do see some movement so it looks like they are trying to get people through. I just want to take you so you can see further up if you look right where my hand is that is where the backup begins so just be prepared if you are taking 880 this morning. Ill take you to the maps and where it is extending. Injuries have been reported so emergency crews are there on the scene treating those people. I will send it back. Thanks, jobina. I80 in vallejo is back open after Police Activity cause add big mess for drivers. Sky 7 was over the scene during last nights commute. The freeway was shut down in both directions. You can see at the magazine street overpass traffic in the eastbound lanes stretched across the carquinez bridge. We did see police talking to a man standing on the overpass. Santa rosa firefighters say this propane tank caused an explosion and a fire at a homeless encampment. It happened on the trail. Crews were able to contain the fire to one encampment. In the south bay two cats safe this morning after firefighters rescued them from a house fire in san jose. The. The fire started around 9 00. You can see the smoke coming from the home. Firefighters got the flas under control in about 30 minutes. Medics helped one person who suffered smoke inhalation. Theres the little kitty. No word on how much damage the fire caused. And new details about a san jose family victimized twice this month. This morning they are getting the boost they desperately need. An anonymous couple is giving the gomez family 20,000. They have been searching for a place to live ever since a fire destroyed their home. And then soon after that someone stole what was left of their belongings. The family says they are really overwhelmed by the generous donation. New this morning the family whose famous decked out home in novato won the Great American christmas light fight is saying they were hit by a holiday thief. The family says since they appeared on the show, the house has gotten even more popular for visitors. Last week they noticed two iphones were missing from the kitchen where the dad takes pictures as santa claus with gifts. The family says they will install security cameras and the house is open every night through monday. 5 00 p. M. Is the deadline for those impacted by wildfires to file a claim against pg e. The deadline is for wildfire victims impacted by fires that occurred before january 29th. That includes the fire in butte county and the firestorm. People can submit a claim in person at select pg e Service Centers or online. Victims risk getting no compensation from the utility company. The deadline was established as part of the bankruptcy process. We have a ways to go until midnight. Several companies have rang in 2020. Here are the fireworks from auckland, new zealand, where the clock struck midnight at 3 00 a. M. Our time. Sydney, australia, rang in the new year with this iconic fireworks display over sydney harbor bridge. Looks like a big party there but there was a big controversy over this display. There were calls for the fireworks to be canceled because of the wildfires burning in much of the state where sydney is located. More than 900 homes were stroyed. The mayor of sydney said canceling the celebration would have little benefit for affected communities and is encouraging people to donate to the red cross. Now here is Something Else at home. Keep it here on abc 7 as we count down to the new year. Dick clarks new years rocking eve with Ryan Seacrest with performances by paula abdul, sheryl crow and usher to name a few. Its so fun to watch. I prefer watching from home, the ball drop, not necessarily being in times square. Times square is definitely a no. But i love all the performances for sure. Totally. Who can forget mariah a couple years ago. We love you still. Thanks, jobina. Coming up, a travel deal alert, the airline that is giving away 50,000 free tickets. You want to hear that and raiders fans say goodbye as the players clean out their lockers and get ready for the move to vegas. The one thing the team still has planned here at home. And we have a High Surf Advisory going into effect this afternoon through tomorrow. The risk of rip currents, sneaker waves and breakers it helps to have someone in your corner. Thats why theres covered california. Were the only place where you can get financial help to pay for your health insurance. New this year, almost a Million People could receive additional financial help from the state to help lower the cost of health insurance. More for those already getting it, and new help for many who havent gotten help before. So check to see how much you could save. It only takes 5 minutes. The last day to enroll is january 31st. So get covered today. Good morning to you, happy new year and starting out with clear sky. Live doppler 7. A few high clouds will visit us today. Temperatures are dropping in our inland valleys, into the mid30s for dublin, pleasanton and walnut creek at 38. Closer to the bay, 41 in oakland with 40s over in San Francisco. Look outside. It looks good in San Francisco. Occasional high clouds through the day today. Dry start with increasing clouds to 2020 and a slight chance of showers over the weekend. Planning the day today weve got partly cloudy skies in the mid50s by 4 00. Numbers near 60 but we will have more clouds. Its going to insulate us tonight. Not so cold, upper 40s to near 50. And looking at 2020 mostly cloudy skies. A mix of clouds and sun for thursday. The accuweather forecast seven day forecast shows maybe a chance of showers north on saturday. Jobina . Good morning, everyone. This is oakland, 880 before fruitvale. Two cars were involved in the crash here. Two lanes are blocked right now. You can see that backup just as the camera zoomed out there. Injuries have been reported. When the two cars crashed, one was carrying a large amount of oxygen tanks that spewed across the highway there. Two lanes are still blocked right now. Just pulling up the map so you can see the backup that has extended past our view of the map. Also capital corridor, service stopped north of richmond now because of an incident with a trespasser. Amtrak is offering if youre looking to book a quick getaway. A passenger has an asthma attack sitting next to a support dog. Now the airline is taking a [ dramatic music ]ing ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. You came back starting today you can expect extra officers on the roads. The chps maximum enforcement begins at 6 00 tonight and ends at midnight january 1st looking out for people driving drunk or high. Last week during the christmas enforcement, ten people were killed and 271 people were arrested on suspicion of dui. Mothers against drunk driving is also getting the word out throwing their support behind an antidui technology. A current state bill would expand the use of devices known as ignition interlocks. It requires a driver to blow into an onboard breathalyzer in order to start the car. One madd member spoke about losing her son to a drunk o cf1o drivers decision and believes they are the most direct way to attack the problem. It protects all californians regardless of race, religion or gender. Ignition interlock devices work. When installed they work 100 of the time. They are a game changer in the fight to stop the revolving door of repeat dui offenders. The bill would require even firsttime dui offenders to install the device if theyd like to drive again. Different policies regarding passengers traveling with pets. After an experience at Oakland International airport one man thinks airlines should notify passengers ahead of time if an animal will be onboard. Last week a person was on a flight from oakland to seattle. While the plane was still at the gate another passenger had an asthma attack as she sat next to someone with a dog. As i was boarding i noticed a woman was breathing uneasily. I was concerned for this woman. The flight was delayed while the woman was evaluated by medics. She did return to the plane. Alaska sent us a statement saying, quote, if a passenger is allergic to pets, our policy is to move the pet and its owner to the back of the aircraft which is what happened in this case. Amtrak is offering half off its capital corridor train from now through march 15th. The corridor runs 168 miles between san jose and past sacramento. The track is roughly parallel to interstate 80 and 880. Its relaxing, ecofriendly, a good way to get around. The riders should use a code and book through the website capitalcorrid capitalcorridor. Org. The raiders cleaned out their lockers at the teams headquarters in alameda. Fans showed up to say goodbye. I wanted to say my last goodbye. Bittersweet but ill still be a fan. And the question is why. It was just a vibe. The raiders lost to the Denver Broncos in the final game. Its not clear how much long earp the headquarters will stay in alameda since the team is moving to vegas. The team does still intend to hold their Training Camp in napa. Some fans will always be fans. Lisa, another check of the weather. Good morning, everyone. Starting out with Clear Conditions and some gusty upper elevation winds. A ridge of High Pressure keeping us dry and mostly sunny. A few high clouds from time to time. A live look outside and you can see the camera shaking. Wait until you see the win gusts. 38 in redwood city. 36 in gilroy. Half moon bay at 45. And a view of the city, you can tell theres no fog. 39, santa rosa. Thanks to the gusty upper level winds keeping the atmosphere wel mixed. At the surface the winds are calm. It is 40 in concord and heres a current check of that 52mileanhour wind gust mt. Diablo. Well keep the winds light and as we go through the rest of the day a look at the easterly wind this morning. San francisco 5 to 10. This is 1 00 in the afternoon. Its an upper elevation phenomenon and well see if you are bike riding or hiking, it will be breezy up there. New years eve into new years day. Some clouds is all we can manage, keeping with the partly cloudy trend and then into saturday, thats our best chance of showers in the north bay and then were into the rest of the weekend. And it still looks quiet. Enjoy the upper 50s to low 60s and well see mostly sunny conditions going through the evening, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with plenty of 40s out there. Happy new year, jobina. Thank you, lisa. Good morning. We have a sig alert in oakland right now. I want to point out this truck that you see there on 880 is stuck in park and theyre not able to move it. It was involved in the crash with two cars here. Injuries reported. And look at this backup. We started with a quiet morning here for new years eve and it really just turned into a mess for people commuting on northbound 880 this is just before fruitvale. It keeps going and going and going. Please avoid this area if you can. Look at that, sky 7 takes us all the way back. We can see how awful this has gotten in the past few minutes. It was moving all morning long. Please, please, please, avoid this if you can. We will face serious delays. One of the vehicles was carrying oxygen tanks and they spewed across the roadway. Initially all lanes were blocked. Now just two lanes are blocked. You can see the impact it is having on people this morning. I will take you now from sky 7 to a caltrans camera. People move past the scene there. Watching that ambulance thats been sitting there for quite some time. Were not sure when theyre going to get things moving. Chp has not given us a time frame. You can see the area impacted. Another issue with capital corridor. Train 520 is completely stopped north of richmond. They have not elaborated too much more on that. There may be some injuries involved here so you can expect delays. Train 521 out of martinez is delayed because of this. Thanks, jobina. Good morning america is coming up. T. J. Holmes is live with a look at whats ahead. Good morning and happy new years eve, t. J. Happy new year. I know youre used to ginger zee but she is out hanging out with the crystal ball so youre stuck with me. Sorry. But good morning to you both. We have to start today. We have some breaking news on gma. Hundreds of protesters starmg the embassy in iraq. Dozens have broken into the compound lighting fires. Theyre protesting the recent u. S. Air strikes. We have the latest. Thats a developing story well be getting into. Also this morning were still talking about a nasty winter storm making its way across the country the past couple of days but its going to be closing out 2019 for us. We have snow, ice, flooding and now we actually have another storm thats moving in. Well have the forecast for you. Also, we are in front of one of the biggest celebrations in the world in times square. That crystal ball is in place high above new yorks times square where were expecting a million plus folks to gather for new years eve. And we have the new years rocking eve host lucy hale joining us live this morning all coming up on gma. Happy new year. Hope you have good party plans and are not going to be the folks, i just want to be on the couch and watch it from home. Thats her, t. J. Oh, goodness, thanks, t. J. You know were on the morning shift, its rough out there. Theres one night to go all out its tonight. Thanks, t. J. So were going to tell you why there will be a lot of hugging going on near the Golden Gate Bridge tonight. Also, netflix says goodbye to one of its most popular shows. The uh, fifteen minutes could save you 15 ain . Or more on car insurance. I think were gonna swap over to over seventyfive years of savings and service. What, were just gonna swap over . Yep. Pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. Pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over . Thats right. Instead of all this that ive already . Yeah. What are we gonna do with these . Keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. Good morning, everyone. A lot of folks off. A nice day. Maybe youll head to the coast. If you do, well have a beach hazard statement this afternoon through wednesday. What that means, high surf, dangerous waves. Right now 10 to 13 feet off the coast and breakers up to 25 feet possible so more sun today and then tomorrow the clouds will be increasing for your new years eve evening. Well have the forecast coming up. Thanks, lisa. Happening today a group is offering hugs to start the new year off right. The 11th and enthusiastically hug train stops by the Golden Gate Bridge at 11 30 tonight, hug masters, what they are call, will meet anyone to offer a hug during the holiday season. They raise money by donations to travel to those in need of kindness. More than 1,400 of the 2,000 requested has been raised on go fund me. The mission is to help people feel less lonely or isolated. Thats beautiful. What is a sad day for the fans of the show friends netflix will stop streaming the series today. All 236 episodes from the shows tenyear run have been on netflix now for some time. After today youll have to wait until may if you want to watch them. Thats when the sitcom is expected to roll out Warner Brothers new service hbo max. My mom just started watching friends. Ill start watching this and now shes so into it so shes been bingeing. Hurry up before it leaves. I dont blame her. Japan airlines is giving away 50,000 free plane tickets to International Tourists this summer. So cool. Of course there are a few catches, though. You must be registered with the Airlines FrequentFlier Program and youll have to visit destinations they deem, quote, off the beaten path. So not major major or aosaka. You wont know where youre going until a few days after you apply. Tokyo hosted the city this summer. Applications open in late february. Any part of japan is beautiful. I would say do it. Thats cool. We have much more coming up at 6 30 including this. Reporter its about that time to say goodbye to 2019 and hello to 2020. A lot of people expected to pack the embarcadero to celebrate the new years eve celebrations. 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The same set of clues they left behind each time and what to look out for this morning. Were like family, friends and family that come here. An east bay restaurant getting ready to serve its final meal after more than seven decades. Its a match. How Greta Thunberg is now helping a lot of people find love online. This is our greta pose right here. The pose down. Greta is such a force. Everything here. A lot going on. Happy new years eve, everyone. Were excited and we hope you are, too, about 2020 and this forecast. The forecast is quiet. Some sun on the way, milder temperatures. You can see a few clouds well up to the north. Sonoma county will get a few high clouds. High pressure protecting us from that wet weather maker to the north and allowing for dry conditions. 38 in campbell. Chilly for you there. Good morning, san carlos. 38 in novato. 47 downtown. Low to mid40s out there. Throughout the afternoon we have sun, mid50s as we get into about 10 00, 11 00. 3 00, low 60s arrive in concord and livermore. Its a mild night tonight as you head out at 7 00. What to expect next year. Good morning, everyone. A sig alert right now in oakland, a live look from a caltrans camera at high street. Two cars were involved in the crash, injuries have been reported. One of the cars was carrying oxygen tanks and they spewed across the roadway. Two lanes are now blocked. Traffic is backed all the way to hagenberger. Expect delays or avoid it if you can. A better look if 880 is a part of your morning commute. The exact location of the scene here does look like things are beginning to move faster at the scene so hopefully that traffic will pick up and well see those delays die down a bit. A Service Alert for capital corridor, train 520 stopped north of richmond. A trespasser incident. Expect delays there. Train 521 is now delayed because of the problems. The countdown is on and thousands will be ringing it in tonight in San Francisco. Final preparations for the fireworks show. Julian glover is love with everything we need to know about the festivities. Hey, julian. Ladies. Weve seen a lot of people out here doing their morning run here getting ready to get lastminute exercise in before they Party One Last Time here in 2019. A lot of people expected to come down for the big celebration this evening. The barricades arrived earlier this morning. We saw the porta potties getting here, too, so the finishes touches are being put in place. The fireworks display, if youre wondering when will it be shot off, at the stroke of midnight is when you need to be in place if you plan on seeing the fireworks tonight will feature a variety of displays from the big bangs that light up the sky to others who feel they are right in front of your face. Whether you are celebrating at one of the hundreds of parties across the bay, security will be top of mind for you and also first responders. Sfpd, we spoke to them this morning, they tell us it is all hands on deck for officers. Theres an alert system in place just in case theres an emergency. Here is how you can sign up. So one of the things were doing is we want to make sure people are aware if theres an emergency or some type of major disruption taking place. And so all people have to do is text the phrase nycsf to 888777. Thats nyesf to 888777. Reporter Something Else to keep in mind a lot of people, some large crowds. If you are coming down to the embarcadero or anywhere else with a lot of people expected to be there, set up a Meeting Point if youre coming down with someone elderly or the kids. If you get separated theres a Central Point to go to so you can make sure everyone is safe and happy for this new years eve. Reporting live in downtown San Francisco this morning right outside of the ferry building, im julian glover, abc 7 news. Times square will be the safest place according to counterterrorism experts. A live look at times square right now about a Million People will be packed in there later today. Thousands of Police Officers will monitor the crowd and for the first time drones will be watching from bomb. That was supposed to happen last year but rain ended up grounding them. Abc 7 is the place to be. A starstudded lineup includes sierra, post malone, bts and billy porter. The fun begins here at 8 00 p. M. Police are on the lookout for burglars. Two neighborhoods in san ramon were targeted and that includes homes along centennial way and asterbell drive. Video shows three burglars inside one home. Police say the crooks hit six houses in one night. They say this crew is experienced, likely looking for homes that were dark. Once they got inside they looked for jewelry and cash. In all the cases they either smashed the rear slider or the window connected to a door. Its scary because i always thought that around this area was always very safe. I had no idea that its happening here now. Police say alarm systems, surveillance cameras, even a big dog are deterrents for thieves. Leaving your lights on when youre not home is also a good idea. A dog shot in the yard of his owners menlo park house is home and on the mend. Damian young showed this video of rambo after he returned home last night. Young says a man on his bicycle shot him in the neck when he was barking at their fence and then the man rode off. Young feared the worst. Just, i dont know, going back inside to calm 911. I was crying the whole time. Did you think your dog might not make it . That was going through my mind the entire time. The suspect is still on the loose. Fortunately sweet rambo is expected to survive. That poor dog. Happening tonight this is the final performance, two performances, for San Franciscos popular musical beach blanket babylon. The show comes to a close after a 45year run. Abc 7 news talked with the stage manager who says he didnt know hed be working there for so long. I thought i have six weeks until i find a real job, and it turned into 40 years just like that. Wow. More than 17,000 shows entertaining more than 6. 5 Million People. Producers say it takes a lot of work to put on the show. Its time has come to an end. There are two shows this evening, both are sold out. A popular restaurant in the east bay will serve its last meals today after 71 years in business. Haywood ranch opened in 1948. The owner is ill and decided not to run the restaurant anymore. The building is also up for sale. The historic spot is filled with things like old cash registers and photographs. It closes at 10 00 tonight. Coming up, breaking news out of iraq. Dozens of protesters storm into the u. S. Embassy. Jobina is at the live desk. Also, a disaster date. This tweet now making the rounds on social media after a man left a woman halfway through the San Jose Sharks game. Why a professional matchmaker isnt surprised by his actions. All right, those stories are ahead. First, a check of your weather and traffic. Here is lisa argen. Good morning to you. Happy new year. Looking at a clear shot of mt. Tam, isnt it beautiful . 7 24, the sun rise. Upper elevation winds have been quite gusty. 40 in san jose. 47 in San Francisco. Our roof camera clear. Santa rosa windchill of 35. Enough of a wind it is feeling colder. It is this morning. 40 in concord. Heading out we want to you exercise caution at the beach. The waves will be shoppy and the surf dangerous but the sun out there heading into the 50s. Some clouds moving in. Upper 50s, partly cloudy throughout the day. Keeping it mild as we go into early wednesday morning. Temperature still in the 40s here. Itll be cold but not as cold as it could be. Well increase the clouds making it milder as we head into 2020. Its been a little nasty out there. Lots of problems this morning because of a sig alert in oakland right now showing you a live look northbound 880. What youre seeing here is hopefully the lanes opening soon. There was a crash. Some carrying oxygen tanks and they spewed across and blocked all the lanes. Two lanes have opens since then. The traffic is backed up to hagenberger. Im going to move over now so you can see train 520 with capital corridor. A trespasser incident. That train was stopped north of richmond this has also impacted other train delays. This is train 520. Lots of people rely on this to get to work in the morning this is quite a problem for our commuters this morning. Am hearing train 520 should be back on the move. A 30minute delay for people trying to get in to work this morning. You can see if you didnt catch me earlier train 520, 521 and 531 for capital corridor. Good morning to you. New years eve is upon us starting out clear. A little chilly out there but throughout the day were going to have plenty of sunshine. By noontime a few clouds will move in. Partly cloudy. Temperatures still climbing through the mid and upper 50s. Mild with a few clouds around through 4 00. Some low 60s in our inland valleys. Heading out at 8 00, 40s to near the lower 50s at the coast. So itll be cooler but certainly mild for new years eve. By midnight a lot of 40s and increasing clouds. Fireworks might be impacted. President trump is blaming iran for a breach of the u. S. Embassy compound in baghdad. Hes calling on iraq to protect the embassy. Dozens of people broke in this morning. The iraqi Shiite Militia supporters smashed the main door and set a reception area on fire leading to tear gas and sounds of gunfire. This comes after deadly air strikes that killed 25 fighters and injured 50 more. According to the Associated Press a man told the mob not to enter saying, quote, the message was delivered. At least three people appeared to have difficulty breathing because of the tear gas. Well bring you the very latest as it comes in. This morning our ongoing commitment is taking to us a cleanup effort in concord. Abc 7 was out as caltrans crews cleaned up at market. Neighbors have been complaining for a while saying theres a homeless encampment, garbage and illegal dumping. The manager of a car dealership said something needs to be done. Theres bottles, blankets, food. I do care but statement i have a job to do. Theres no place we can go to. If there was, wed be there. Not all of us choose to be homeless. Commuters expressed fear to use the park and ride now. Another crucial piece is lending a hand. Were hearing of a local Library Lending out kitchen appliances. It is expanding its Tool Lending Library program so can you check out wleblenders, instant pots a much more. The library decided to add it after thousands of berkeley residents submit add survey saying they were interested in food items. Join our building a better Bay Area Group on facebook. To the south bay for our potentially favorite story of the day. I think it might be. A woman recently took to twitter to describe a first date gone terribly wrong. Days before christmas the woman tweeted she went to a sharks game and her date went to the bathroom and then got this text. It was a really sweet text that said i left. The day he said thank you to introducing me to sharks hockey, i decided to head home and enjoy the rest of the game. Cold. Hes out. The mans actions are not surprising. April davis says dating trends have taken a turn with advancements in technology. You can order anything off amazon so you should be able to find out who is right for you right away when you meet someone. Thats not how every relationship begins. Her advice. Stop ghosting people. Stop ditching people that you date. Tell them i dont see this how do you say it . Youre a great person i just dont think how do you say it . I dont see us moving forward in a romantic way. Perfect. Kumasi, you found your second calling. Thats how you do it. Matchmaker coaching. Climate activist Greta Thunberg isnt just convincing people to go green. The dating app okcupid said an 800 increase in her name on profiles across the world this year. A lot of users indicated supporting her is important when it comes to finding a match. Go greta. Im glad shes bringing people together. I was trying to make a ghosting comment. I dont know if gretas she wouldnt do that. She would never. All right, lisa, nice, clear night tonight it seems. Its not going to be bad. Its a clear start out there. We have a few high clouds, very gusty winds in the upper elevations. Partly cloudy today. At times mostly cloudy but upper 30s right now for a chilly start in the north bay. San ramon is cold. 50 in valley hole. Occasional high clouds throughout new years eve. Its a dry start to 2020. North of the golden gate on saturday, 60 in san jose today. Redwood city a popular number from palo alto to mt. View. In the north bay were looking at 60 in san rafael. 62 santa rosa. 58. We get through the evening hours. Still in the 40s. The coast is mildest. The bay and upper 40s through midnight and into 2 00 a. M. Chilliest in our inland valleys but overall we have a pretty quiet pattern. Our next chance saturday. A north bay event and then with the lingering clouds into the new year were milder throughout the afternoon. Jobina, what happened . Lisa, really not a good situation this morning for people on capital corridor. We have confirmed this was a deadly incident involving a trespasser, train 520 that you are looking at now that was carrying some commuters this morning is stopped right now. I was watching sky 7 and we saw some Police Officers with their lights on. Theyre working to get people off this train, 520, on to train 522, another one. I will pull up the graphic because there are several trains impacted. Train 521 is now on a 30minute delay because of this. Train 531 has been canceled. Train 522, as i mentioned, is taking passengers from the train you saw from sky 7, train 520. That, unfortunately, did hit someone there. There was a trespasser there. So a live look at 880 at the coliseum. You can see that backup there. We did have a sig alert because of a twocar crash on northbound 880 at high street. This backup now extends more than three miles back to hagenberger. The sig alert has been canceled. You see there are residual delays. Avoid the area if you can or expect to be waiting for a little bit this morning. Kumasi and liz . Thanks, jobina. Next, the 7 things you need to know before you go. As we head to break, we want to take you outside for a live look this morning. Welcome back. Time now is 6 54. We are all getting ready to ring in the new year tonight. We are so excited youre joining us. Seven things you need to know before you go. Number one, a big problem in oakland. The sig alert has cleared. 880 northbound at high street. S. A backup more than three miles so expect delays in this area. Number two, sky 7 is live over richmond where there are major delays for capital corridor trains. We have confirmed one person has died on the train tracks. At least three have been delayed because of this investigation. President trump is blaming iran for an attack on the u. S. Embassy compound in baghdad. He is calling on iraq to protect the embassy. Dozens of people broke in after air strikes by the u. S. As week killed 25 people. Number four, thousands of people will ring in the new year tonight right here in San Francisco. Final preparations are under way for the fireworks. Police say officers will be deployed along the embarcadero and the mission. Number five, its officilly 2020 in sydney, australia. The fireworks went off despite calls for the celebration to be canceled because of the wildfires burning in the country. Number six, your weather is trending quiet. Its starting out clear. Later on today a few high clouds but milder. Upper 50s to low 60s this afternoon. Dry but increasing clouds late tonight. Number seven, beach blanket babylon will hold its final performances after a 45year run in San Francisco. Its the longest running musical review with more than 17,000 shows. And were four seconds away from new years eve in tokyo. The new years eve tracker girl. I love it. I enjoy watching all the different cities around the world ring in the new year and see all the different fireworks displays. It brings us all together. It does. Sydneys was awesome. I know that will be great, too, and ours. It will be a little quiet. Maybe thats why we like to watch the others. We hope you have a great new years eve, a great 2020. Good morning america is coming up next. Looking to get your business off to a fast start in the new year . Its go time switch to comcast business and get fast internet on the nations largest gigspeed network. Plus, complete reliability with 4g lte backup. And, cloudbased security to help protect the devices on your network. Greenlight your business in 2020 with fast internet and voice for 64. 90 per month. Switch now and get a 100 prepaid card when you add comcast business securityedge. Call today. Comcast business. Beyond fast. Good morning, america. As we join you this new years eve, we have breaking news. Hundreds of protesters storming the u. S. Embassy in iraq. Breaking overseas. U. S. Embassy on edge. Protesters breaking into the american compound in baghdad smashing the gate, teargas fired. Flames erupting as demonstrators protest those recent u. S. Air strikes. Were live with the very latest. Back here at home, a massive winter storm on the move closing out 2019 with snow, ice and flooding, and now the new storm moving in. Ginger is tracking it all. Wildfire emergency. As new years celebrations get under way in australia, raging flames are scorching homes. Now thousands trapped fleeing to