Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20171210

Look at the north bay, 29 degrees. Oh, my gosh. This week, we have a chance of waking up to frosty windshields all week long into the incoming workweek. San francisco, 47 degrees. We can expect to keep these chillier temps for a couple hours. The microclimate highs, we have the spare the air alert for unhealthy air quality. We have moderate air quality for the south bay and east bay. Look at the temperatures. San francisco, a high of 55. The south bay, warming to the 70s. We have the ridge of High Pressure, another reason we are still under the spare the air alert. We have a couple changes in the upcoming workweek. For now, we may be in for a nice pattern of comfortable weather and possibly dry conditions for an extended period of time. Ill break it down for you. Yeah. Good and bad. We never want to be under a spare the air alert, especially three days in a row. If we enjoy 60s and 70s in december, well take it. Thanks. Developing news in the south bay. Police are looking for a man who set multiple fires. They responded to eight fires within the span of 45 minutes. Most were on the shoulder of the freeway. Other small fires were at homeless encampments. The fires were brought under control within an hour. Chp had to shut down southbound 680 for clean up. They questioned two men, but they were released at the scene. Stay uptodate on the search for the suspect on our website and social media platforms. Investigators are trying to find out more about a google employees final moments. The coroner identified the 23yearold as chuchu. She was discovered friday. The Sunnyvale Department of safety are not ruling out homicide, but still await autopsy results. She graduateed from the university of texas and worked as a Software Engineering intern at yahoo . A google spokesperson issued this statement saying she was an Excellent Software engineer. We are devastated to learn of her passing and our deepest condolences are with her family and friend. She loved cats, video games and music. We are learning more about the driver of the charter bus that crashed on 101 friday night in San Francisco. Today in the bay spoke with the company that operates the bus and brings this report. Reporter in cell phone video shared with us by a viewer, you can see one passenger climbs out of a bus dressed up for a holiday party, headed to the Crown Plaza Hotel in palo alto. The bus careened out of control on to the side. I talked with joseph, a manager at charter pros, the company that operates the bus. He says it driver was not speeding. We have gps on our vehicle. What we can tell, the bus was going at legal speed. He did not want to speak on camera because the california Highway Patrol is still investigating the incident. Their driver tried the best to help after the crash. Our bus driver tried to make sure everyone was safe after the crash and waited until everyone is out. He is one of our more experienced drivers. He passed a field sobriety test and hasnt been tried for the rollover. The bus was towed to this lot to see if mechanicals contributed to the crash. It happened on hospital curve on u. S. 101. Its next to Zuckerberg San Francisco hospital. It was a spectacle for neighbors. I saw the side of the bus. It was like, we get to see all that. The cops and blocking traffic. That was crazy. Reporter nbc bay area news. Now, to the devastating wildfires burning in Southern California. The latest fire burning in monrovia, 25 miles northeast of los angeles. It ignited around 8 00, forcing hundreds of evacuations. It burned five acres before firefighters started to get the upper hand. This is video from last night. This morning, we are told it is contained. Some evacuations have been lifted. Six fires continue to burn this morning and the thousands of firefighters on the job are facing tough conditions. A red flag warning is in effect until late today. Fierce santa ana winds are making it nearly impossible to contain it t. Largest fire, the thomas fire is still burning in ventura county. Thousands of people forced to flee their homes were allowed back to see what was left. For some, overwhelming relief, others, utter devastation. I feel guilty because my house is here and my neighbors are not. When we drug down the state, the last time we said, we have each other. Bay area firefighters released this video on social media showing the intensity of the thomas fire. Look at that. This was taken by an Alameda County firefighter. In all, 800 structures have been destroyed in the Southern California fires. There has been one death in relation to the fires. State leaders say the fire fight in Southern California is far from over. Governor jerry brown says things will only get worse due to climate change. We are ready to have Fire Fighting at christmas. This is very odd and unusual, but it is the way the world is with the kind of Carbon Pollution that we are not only living with, but we are generating, still. Its still increasing. We have to make that turn. Its going to take heroic efforts. Governor brown toured the damage in Southern California. Hes working on strategies to work to adjust to nature in the future to better control wildfires. Back here in the bay area, the oakland city worker strike will continue into tomorrow even though they have agreed to sit down with a mediator. The city announcing itd will attend a labor contract mediation. The unions will wait to see how the talks are going before sending their thousand workers back to work. Oakland has been without many essential services for five days now. The unions are holding out for a 4 raise in the new contract. The mayor says the city cannot spend money it doesnt have, especially with pension costs skyrocketing. It is just about 7 08 on your sunday morning. We have more ahead on today in the bay. President trump taking support for a Controversial Senate candidate to a new level. What the president did this weekend as the election comes down to the wire. The u. S. Surgeon general giving his first sisdown interview and what he says about the nations Opioid Epidemic and how it strikes close to home for him. Downtown sj from Communications Hill welcome back at 7 10 on your sunday morning. Here is a live look outside at downtown san jose from Communications Hill. Its not as sunny as we are used to seeing at this time of the morning. Vianey arana says most of us will enjoy 60s, some of us 70 degree temperatures today. Shell be along in a bit with your microclimate forecast. The countrys leading figure on public help gave his first tv interview. Dr. Jerome adams is the u. S. Attorney general. He never dreamed of becoming americas doctor. He is outspoken about the nations Opioid Epidemic. Addiction touched his own family. His younger brother is one of 23 million americans struggle with addiction. I realize he was suffering through his addiction. It wasnt my brother. His brain was hijacked by drugs. He wanlts america to understand addiction is a brain disease. After one of the Controversial Health issue, adams is silent, avoiding the word gun. His predecessor was fired for what was viewed as a disagreement with President Trump on gun issues. A white house official confirmed to nbc news that President Trump recorded a last minute robo call in support of alabamas republican candidate roy moore. The call was recorded yesterday afternoon. The president held a rally in pensacola, florida, 25 miles from the alabama border where he campaigned for moore, who faces multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. The white house official says President Trumps robo call will be distributed to alabama voters tomorrow. The states special Senate Election is the day after that, on tuesday. The president has some surprising snack and tv habits, according to a lengthy new profile. After interviewing 60 advisers, associates, friends and members of congress, they published a feature on President Trump. Apparently, he drinked 12 cans of diet coke a day, watches between 48 hours of tv every day and often tweets from bed before getting up in the morning. The article describes how the president feels there is an effort to undermine his election. Mr. Trump is nearing the end of his first year in office. President s, they are just like us. There is much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, Holiday Cheer for the kids. The special escort they received to the north pole this weekend. It hasnt warmed up in the morning and dont expect it to. Right now, 36 degrees. 30s across the area. 40s along the coast. We can expect to see hazy skies yet again. We are dealing with the last day of the spare the air alert. However, the High Pressure will continue to dominate. I will break down all the details coming up after the break. Stay with us. Take a live look outside Transamerica Pyramid San Francisco welcome back at 7 15 on your sunday morning. Clouds and haze there, but it looks beautiful as we look at the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. It will be a hazy day. Vianey arana will be along in a bit with the microclimate forecast. She says 60s and 70s for the bay area today. Nature and nurture at stanfords new Lucille Packard hospital building. The new Main Building grounds opened yesterday. More than 100 young patients moved into their brandnew rooms. Everything was designed with nature themes in mind as well as the latest advances in medicine and family comfort. First of all, we think nature has a profound healing power. We treat some of the most complex, ill children in the world and they can often be with uls for months. We need a family centered approach to care. The rooms from double beds for parents, television, kitchens, lounges, space to treat the whole family. Hospital leaders add families had a lot of input when it came to designing the rooms, down to where power outlets were placed. The new Main Building as acute patient care units, pediatric and cardiovascular units. Its more than double the size of the original campus. No child should have to worry about cancer for the holidays. Officers wanted to make sure each child had a reason to smile. Yesterday, they got a Police Escort to the north pole, known as San Jose National airport. Organizers say the carnival style celebration is meant to help the whole family. Obviously, when a child gets stricken with cancer, it affects the whole family. We want to include the siblings, moms, dads, grandmas and grandpas. A day where they can have fun and not have the worries they have the rest of the time. This is the 14th year of the cost care Cancer Foundation and the 14th year they have hosted the annual event. Be sure to save the milk and cookies for christmas eve. Santa claus was in San Francisco searching for a different refreshment. There were thousands of santas for the pub crawl yesterday afternoon. Known as santa con, the drinks will cost you, but the event was free to join. Organizers were gladly accepting donations for toys for tots. Looks like a Beautiful Day yesterday and we will continue to see much of the same. Vianey arana is here with a look at the microclimate forecast. Santa con is over, but if i remember correctly, theres a skivvy run in castro. A little cold for that. Hope nobody gets sick. We are in the 30s. San francisco, though, is in the 40s. They are the warmest place. Which is odd for San Francisco to be warm. Exactly. You know, it is going to be a good day. We have this calm weather pattern dominating in the forecast for the past several days. Folks have been enjoying it. The down fall is we are under the spare the air alert. However, i did want to get you started with this beautiful shot of Kirkwood Lake tahoe. 14 degrees. Look how stunning this shot is. We have snow in the mountains and the road travel shouldnt be too bad. If you have plans to travel there this weekend, its going to be great. Tweet me photos if you are heading up there. Lets talk about the current temperatures. The south bay, 37 degrees. The peninsula 30s. Check out the trivalley at 33. Now, the north bay, 28 degrees right now. So, frosty windshields definitely this morning. Very, very cold. Beautiful sunrise in San Francisco. 47 degrees in the east bay and 42 degrees. I want to give you a shot of the Doppler Radar quick because we have the High Pressure thats dominating in cities right over the bay area. Really all of california and, unfortunately, that has been keeping us dry, which is great for us. For all of those wildfires burning in Southern California, it is going to put them in a tough spot, which is why there is a red flag warning in Southern California. For us, here in the north bay and the south bay, along the coast, we are not really expecting major changes. However, today is the last day of that spare the air alert. The High Pressure is still sitting over the bay area as a bubble, still tracking all the pollutants lower to the ground, which is why the north bay, the bay and the coast remain unhealthy in terms of air quality. Inland, east bay, south bay and santa clara valley, moderate. You can limit outdoor activity. Folks like to head outside when dealing with these comfortable conditions. San francisco, a high of 55. Oakland, 55. Napa, 55 degrees. In san jose, the south bay and inland spots in the 70s. The hourbyhour outlook, we dont have too many changes ahead. In fact, we are not expecting fog. We are expecting clear skies. The hazy skies are expected to continue with chilly nights and mild afternoon. As of now, the long range models, systems off the pacific. Nothing that is going to head in our direction. We may start a drying pattern over the next 710 days of no rain in the forecast, which is actually going to make for a below average month of december, making it the driest december, yet. Monday and tuesday, look at the temperatures. We kind of climb into the 60s for monday and tuesday. We remain nice and clear for the next several days. Inland spots as well as we head into mondays forecast. We will jump into the 70s. We are five, seven, to ten degrees warmer in spots as we head into monday. Above seasonable temperatures because of that High Pressure. That is expected to keep us nice and dry over several days. Looks good, thanks. It is 7 21. Still ahead, learning from her successes and failures. The local olympian trying to make a comeback after a gruesome injury. My name is Cynthia Haynes and i am a senior Public Safety specialist for pg e. My job is to help educate our First Responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. Everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. I live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. Once i moved here i didnt want to live anywhere else. I love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other peoples lives. Together, were building a better california. With the Winter Olympics in south korea, just a couple months away, there has been a major setback for a team usa top prospect. Skier, Lindsay Vaughn was injured in switzerland yesterday. Vaughn fell to the ground, grimacing in pain. She spent under an hour in the medical treatment tent. No word on how serious the injury is. Vaughn wasnt able to compete in 2014 due to a right knee injury. Its nittygritty time, the competition time to make the u. S. Squad is heating up. The difference between success and failure is razor thin. Garvin thomas shows us, shes experienced both sides of the equation. He family moved to lake tahoe from hawaii when she was just 6, so snow was new to her. Acrobatics, however, werent. She was jumping off anything she could find by the age of 2. After a setback in snowboarding career, she is hoping to jump back into the game. My mom says i was a bit of a piece of work. I was kind of a daredevil from day one. See what she has. Reporter daredevil or olympian . Sometimes its hard to tell one from the other. Starting her rotation combos. Reporter or, perhaps, like elena, it takes one to be the other. For me, going into the olympics reporter in fact, the 28yearold says high flying acrobatics led her to two games. In 2006, at just 16 years old, she was the youngest member of the u. S. Team. There she is coming into the game with experience. Reporter in 2010, she was back and looked like her future in the sport was set for years to come. Then, well, then, 2014 rolled around. I didnt make the team in 2014. It was a really tough year for me and, yeah, i dont know. Sometimes things dont work out the way you expect them to. Reporter after so much success in the sport, elena was forsz forced to face up to failure. It knocked her down, she admits, but not out. Even though i had this huge failure that really was hard on me and kind of belt like it was the end all be all at the time, when i got over it, i realize zeded i still loved snowboarding for the reasons in the beginning. Im so passionate about it, i didnt want to give it up just because i failed once. Reporter so, elena is back, gunning for 2018. Looking back on both the ups and downs in her career and figuring out how to use both to make herbert. If you pay attention, you learn from both. Not only is the competition stiff to make the team, it goes right down to the wire. Elena says they wont know who will make the u. S. Team until a little more than a week before the winter games begin. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. Wow. Garvin will head to the Winter Olympics, reporting from south korea on all the excitement and the local athletes. It is 7 27. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, President Trump attending the opening of a museum that highlights the history of the Civil Rights Movement. Well tell you about a key figure who refused to go. More of a promising google employee at the center of a homicide investigation. Cisco skyline good sunday morning. It is almost 7 30. Here is a live look outside at the San Francisco skyline. The sun is shining as we welcome you to a very chilly morning. We are near freezing in parts of the bay area now. Good morning. Thanks for joining us, im kir kir. Vianey arana has a look at the microclimate forecast. Theres hope it will be a Beautiful Day like yesterday. We will eventually warm up a bit. We are above temperatures when it comes to the actual. Right. Right. Chilly mornings like december, but daytime temperatures are like june. Exactly. Its a day where you start off with a full coat and shed the layers for the afternoon. Its one of those. Look at the shot overlooking mt. Hamilton. Yes, it is haze on the mountainside there and we are, of course, on the spare the air alert. I want to show the range in temperatures when it comes to the microclimate morning lows. Look at santa rosa. 28 degrees right now. It is so cold there. Napa at 44. Then, when you look through the peninsula, we are in the 30s for palo alto at 33 degrees. Mountain view, 33. Along the coast, more in the San Francisco area in the 40s. We have a range from 28 degrees up to 45 degrees throughout the bay area. When you look at the daytime highs, similar pattern as well. The temperature trend in San Francisco does eventually show a climb into the 60s. We jump out of the 40s, stay mild into the afternoon. Really, we are not expecting a lot of cloud cover through today. We havent seen fog. We have the High Pressure keeping us nice and dry. But, we have a couple changes on the way that may be positive for those who dont like the rain. Ill have the details in 15 minutes. Good tease there. Well stay tuned for that. Thanks. We begin this half hour with developing news out of the south bay. A man set multiple fires along san jose. San jose fire says it responded to eight fires within the span of 45 minutes. Most were on the shoulder of the freeway. Other small fires were at homeless encampments. The fires were brought under control within an hour. Chp had to shut down part of southbound 680 for clean up. Police questioned two men near one of the fires. They were released at the scene. Stay uptodate for the search on the suspect on our website and social media. A grim discovery. The body of a young Google Software engineer found in the south bay canal. We brought the story thursday as Sunnyvale Police spent hours searching for clues. We have new details about the victims life and her promising future. Today in the bays, Marianne Favro has the latest. Reporter she loved cats, video games and music. They cant believe the 23yearold is gone. She graduated from the university of texas in austin and worked as a Software Engineering intern at yahoo before landing a job at google last year. A google spokesperson said chuchu was an Excellent Software engineer in our developer product team. We are devastated to learn of her passing. Our deepest condolences are with her family and friends. Another coworker said she glowed with cheer and always made others smile. On thursday, her body was discovered in the water off the bay trail in sunnyvale. The Sunnyvale Department of safety says investigators are awaiting autopsy results, but are not ruling out homicide. Friends say they cant believe anyone would want to harm the High School Valedictorian who went out of her way to make others smile. Marianne favro, nbc bay area news. The search continues for a suspect in a Sexual Assault investigation at an east bay college. The attack happened friday morning at the Mills College campus in oakland. Police have identified a suspect in the case, but that person is not in custody. There is a 5,000 reward for information leading to that persons arrest. Now, back to the devastating wildfires burning in Southern California. The latest fire burning overnight in monrovia, about 20 miles northeast of los angeles. It forced hundreds of evacuations last night and started burning around 8 00 and burned five acres before firefighters started getting the upper hand. This morning, they say it is contained and some evacuations have been lifted. It certainly led to tense moments in that community. Six fires continue to burn this morning and thousands of firefighters on the job are facing tough conditions because a red flag warning is in effect until later today. Fierce santa ana winds are making it nearly impossible to fight. The largest is in ventura county. Thousands forced to flee their homes were allowed back yesterday to see what was left. For some, overwhelming relief, for others, devastate. I feel guilty because my house is here and my neighbors are not. When we drove down, the last time we said, we have each other. Bay area firefighters released this video on social media showing the intensity of the thomas fire. Take a look, if you can. It was taken by an Alameda County firefighter. In all, nearly 800 structures have been destroyed in the Southern California fires. One death is being blamed on the fire as well. State leaders say the fire fight is far from over. Governor jerry brown says things will only get worse because of climate change. We are about ready to have Fire Fighting at christmas. This is very odd and unusual but it is the way the world is with the kind of Carbon Pollution that we are not only living with, but we are generating still. Its still increasing. We have to make that turn. Its going to take heroic efforts. Governor jerry brown toured the damage in Southern California. Hes working on strategies to, quote, adjust to nature in the future to better control wildfires. Now, to taking advantage of fire victims. Six landlords in Sonoma County are accused of price gouging. The District Attorney says the landlords raised rent more than 10 after the devastating north bay wildfires destroyed thousands of homes. That is illegal. You cant substantially raise the price after a declaration of emergency in california. Two of the cases are due to be heard in court on tuesday. The third is set for next month. Another 40 price gouging cases are under investigation. A small plane crashed into a Southern California neighborhood yesterday killing two people. The faa says the bonanza went down in the backyard of this san diego home around 4 30 and burst into flames. As you can see there, the flames quickly spread to the house. There were four people on the plane, two were pronounced dead at the scene. The two survivors were rushed to the hospital. Its not clear their conditions this morning. No one was in the home at the time of the crash and no one on the ground was hurt. President trump took part in the opening of a new Civil Rights Museum in mississippi where some of this countrys biggest civil rights battles were fought. The president s visit brought protest and one specific boycott. Nbcs Peter Alexander has the latest. Reporter just hours after firing up his base at a rally in the Florida Panhandle we are not going to let people come into our country who are going to destroy our country. Reporter President Trump sub died toward the Civil Rights Museum in jackson, mississippi. The fight to end slavery, to break down jim crow, to end segregation. Reporter the president named the right to vote in the birthright of equality. Thats big stuff. It was a very big phrase. Big words. Reporter he reflected Martin Luther king jr. And evers. Mr. Evers was assassinated by a member of the kkk. Not mentioning congressman john lewis, the icon who boycotted the event criticizing it as an insult to those xhem rated. A crowd of protesters and leaders speaking out. We dont need you to tell us in mississippi what a Civil Rights Movement is about. Reporter President Trump struggled to win over africanamerican support. Before becoming a candidate, championing birther against president obama. Once in office, reigniting division after charlottesville. I think theres blame on both sides. Reporter the president calling on all americans to build freedom, justice and peace. That was Peter Alexander reporting. Another round of violent clashes in israel over trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital. Riot police on horseback and soldiers confronted palestinians who are furious over that move. Palestinian president abass canceled an upcoming meeting with Vice President , mike pence. Funerals were also held for two hamas militants killed by israeli war claims that hit factories. The air strikes came hours after rockets were fired into israel. Back here to the u. S. , some rare weather in the south from texas to alabama. 73 Million People are expected to be impacted through this weekend. Take a look at all that snow in georgia. Parts of the state seeing record snowfall. Thousands of people were in the dark this morning as the storm knocked out power. Transformers were blown and trees toppling over. Last night, i was hearing transformers buzzing and popping. Trees, throughout the night, this morning, hearing branches break and trees falling down. The storm moves to the northeast today. Still ahead on today in the bay, for the fifth time, a stanford player comes up short in the heisman race. Where he ends up, mindi bach is up next with sports. Ah hi, everyone, im mindi bach at the xfinity sports desk. It happened twice. The uber talented running back came in second in voting for the hiz man trophy. An amazing night for love. Oklahoma quarterback, mayfield, ran away with the most prestigious award. 432 first place votes. Lamar jackson finished third in the voting with 47 first place votes. The six stanford runners up, thats the most of any university all time. How about the sharks at the s. A. P. Center. The sharks leading by two. Thornton behind the net. Hes going to find a nice touch pass and the dining goal by carlson. The sharks up 3nil. Third period. Deflects the shot. That assist counts as his 400th career point. They tag on one more to win, 50. The back up picked up a 25 safe shutout, the second of the year. Jim jimmy has it. Well see you then. Thanks. We have more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, understanding the tax cut plan. Larry joins us live to zero in on key points and how it may affect you and your familys lives. Thats next. The final outcome of the republican tax cut plan, but g welcome back. Most americans are waiting for the final outcome of the republican tax cut plan. Gop leaders are already working on part two of their government restructure effort. Reduced spending for Social Security and medicare. Nbc bay area political analyst larry is here to focus on it. The programs affect millions of americans, a lot of our parents. Why turn to them now . Okay. Lets begin, first, with the tax cuts. Okay. Because the tax cuts are going to be related to the republican proposals to make cuts in Social Security and medicare. Thats the connection. 70 of those cuts go to corporations and businesses. 30 individual. Mostly, at least. Not all. On the personal income side, the Nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimated the top 1 of taxpayers will receive half the savings. They can argue about whether the tax cuts will be distributed equally or not at all. The simple fact is the tax cuts add 1. 5 trilli 1. 5 trillion to trillion National Debt by 2027. By the way, this year is responsible for 600 billion to the National Debt. The new tax cuts add to this amount. Wow. Big dollars. I would love to get into the National Debt discussion, but for now i will restrain myself and ask you, this might be a dumb question, but what do the tax cuts have to do with medicare and Social Security . How does that reduce spending . How does the tax cut affect the reduced spending . There is a potential connection we need to understand. Given the cost of the tax cuts to the treasury, republicans are looking for major targets to reduce the annual budget deficit and National Debt. What would they be . Social security and medicare are known as entitlement programs for their historic importance for broad swaths of the american society. The average Social Security check is 1400 a month. Here is the most important part. For every dollar someone pays into Social Security, he or she will receive an average of 2. 40 in Social Security medicare benefits. That difference between contributions and distributions amounts to 2. 8 trillion annually, which is why Congressional Republicans see the social welfare areas as rich targets. That would almost double that portion of the National Debt we were just looking at. So, what might those Social Security and medicare cuts look like, if it goes through . Here is where we look into the crystal ball. No doubt, heavy debate and heavier lobbying. Here are possibilities, reducing or eliminating medicare for wealthy taxpayers, inclusing the individual medicare contributions from 1. 49 to a higher percentage. Perhaps privatizing Social Security making people to invest Social Security funds. Lets remember, one important fact, Social Security and medicare are known as the third rail of american politics. Like the middle rail of a bart train track, its hot. In this case, extremely controversial, particularly when someone wants to tinker with either area. Oh, yes. How likely is it that this will change . The tax cuts, a recent poll shows 26 of americans favor the tax cuts because of the double cut with corporations and wealthy taxpayers. 2018 is an election year. Congressional republicans need to be careful about their policy decisions in terms of the millions of people receiving Social Security and medicare. Nonetheless, President Trump and republicans in congress ran in 2016 on tax reform. Its better described as tax cuts as part of the platform. Whether its sturdy enough to get reaction at the polls from Senior Citizens and allies remains to be seen. The bottom line, the tax cuts are part one. Now we have to find more money that we have just taken away. Maybe we ought to look at Social Security. Maybe we ought to look at medicare. These are things that affect us all. Wish we had more time. Larry, as always, thank you. Well be right back. Stay with us. Good morning. It is 7 53 on this sunday. We are off to another cold start. Temperatures in the 30s right now. The south bay at 37 degrees. The peninsula, 37 degrees and trivalley at a chilly 33. Its the north bay that is waking up to a nice, cold bite at 28 degrees. San francisco, right now, 47 degrees. In the east bay, 42 degrees. Now, we can expect to keep these clear skies in the forecast. The reason for that being hourbyhour outlook, we can see that High Pressure sitting over the bay area. Thats been keeping us nice and dry. Its also been bringing us mild afternoons. We can expect to keep hazy skies. They will continue. We have that third day of the spare the air alert that remains in effect tonight. The High Pressure keeps it chilly night and the mild afternoons. The rain off to the pacific is not anything that is going to affect us. In fact, the outlook shows dry conditions, maybe through the rest of december month. This is definitely been a very dry december, one of the driest yet. Air quality remains unhealthy for the north bay and the coast. Inland, east bay and south bay we are dealing with moderate conditions right now. If you cant avoid being outside, be careful. It will be tough considering the nice temperatures. In terms of the High Pressure rk, its good for keeping us dry. This is the wind map in Southern California. Its a difficult situation because of the wildfires. The wind gusts, it looks like they are expecting gusty conditions into tonight as they head into tuesday and wednesday. Thats when we might catch a slight break. Thursday, it picks up again, which is why there is a red flag warning in place for Southern California because of those conditions out there. If you have family and friends out there, reach out to them. They are dealing with a tough week ahead. As far as the next seven days, we have the High Pressure over the area for quite a while. Thats going to keep the skies clear into monday, tuesday and wednesday. You notice the temperatures are going to be slightly warmer. Above seasonable in some spots by 57 degrees into the inland areas. Tomorrow, we are talking 70s for the forecast. Tuesday and wednesday, upper 60s. Then we keep the dry conditions through the weekend. We are not tracking or monitoring any rain ahead, which will be great. We might pick up in terms of the breezy conditions in the bay area into the middle of the workweek. However, as the High Pressure sits over the area, it may or may not keep the air quality on the down spiral. We are going to keep a close eye on that with all the wildfires burning in Southern California. Its something we have to keep a close eye on. For now, it is going to keep the weather pattern very calm for the next several days. Possibly through christmas day. We are not talking rain although Southern California needs the rain. Thanks. Before we go, we want to tell you that ugly christmas sweaters are a common sight this time of year. Did you know it can benefit your travel . Alaska airlines will allow passengers to board early this coming friday, the 15th, if they are wearing an ugly sweater. Virgin america and others will honor the promotion. Random, but then that one person will be like, this isnt my ugly christmas sweater, this is my favorite sweater. Interesting they are doing that this coming friday. I dont have an ugly christmas sweater. This is the year to do it. Theres an incentive there. Thank you for making us part of your morning. No 5 00 or 6 00 news tonight. 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