Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20171220

If you go out early, wet and windy. By the time most of those stores will be opening, all of this will be out of here. We are seeing light showers becoming more scattered and moving south of san jose. As we go toward the 6 00 hour, looking closer, getting a closer look at san jose, still some sprinkles around allen rock. For the most part, it is moving south to the south counties and will be a wet and windy commute. As we go through the rest of the day, all of this clears. Its going to be windy and much colder temperatures. Well talk about how cold it gets as we go to the next few days. Vianey is tracking the crashes on the roads. When it rains, we have a couple issues on the roads. An overall look at the bay area, a couple minor fender benders and the crash on westbound 80 before you get on the bay bridge, there was a fast track lane blocked. It looks like its still blocked, according to chp. The latest report shows it is blocked. The delays past berkeley as well. Head on out if thats your Early Morning commute. Chp had a high wind advisory in place for the dumbarton bridge, san mateo bridge an mateo bridge. Back to you. It is 6 02. Breaking in the south bay, investigators are canvassing a neighborhood. New, within the last ten minutes, we confirmed more of whats happening there. These are live pictures from red berry drive. You can see sheriffs deputies very active on the scene. It is south of the saratogalos gatos road. They said this scene is a result of a robbery investigation. Also, we are just being told there is a search for as many as five suspects in their 20s, four men and one woman. Take a look at the video from a short time ago. We are told the robbery happened after 4 00 this morning. When we checked in with today in the bays anser hassan, he showed several deputies and cruisers in the area where the crime scene tape is still up. The Sheriffs Department is saying this is an ongoing investigation. Anser hassan is gathering more details right now, pressing for the answers whether or not there is a Public Safety issue. A live report on this at 6 32. To washington, d. C. , where senators voeted along party lines to pass a sweeping tax reform bill. A big win for republicans and the president. Edward lawrence is live on capitol hill for what is next for the bill and whether or not its a win for anyone who is not a republican. Reporter yeah, good morning kris and marcus. Yeah. It should have been easier getting it through the house, actually. It went through the house, now republicans have to make a second vote on that bill because it did change a little bit in the senate. They have to have the exact same packages they passed. But, i can tell you, this tax bill already passed the senate. On this vote, the yes are 51, the noes 48. Reporter the tax cut bill is there as the Vice President presided over the vote. The tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Reporter vehicle president , mike pence, there, in case he had to do a tie breaker. No democrats voted for the bill. After slow growth and under performance, america is ready to take off. Reporter democrats say American Families will not win under this tax plan. It is dramatically opposite of what america needs. There is no reason for a single middle class family to pay more while every Single Corporation pays less. When you conduct your business behind closed doors, not only do you end up with legislation that represents the needs of the billionaire class, but you also make a number of mistakes. Reporter in the house, an embarrassment. Members have to revote because of procedural issues parts of the bill did not meet house rules. The revised tax bill expected to be on the president s desk later today. This is a great example of a promise being made and a promise kept. Reporter republicans can turn to the next challenge of avoiding a government shutdown. Now, we know there is no indication at the moment the president is going to sign this bill today or before he leaves, however, he is going to hold an event about three hours from now, maybe three or four hours from now to talk about this bill with republicans. I can tell you, as lawmakers go forward, the federal government will run out of money on friday. Lawmakers are nervous because theres no longterm deal on the table and congress has been focused on the tax bill. Edward lawrence, back to you. Thank you. Coverage continues next on the today show. What you need to know about the trillion dollar tax bill. A fire at a south bay homeless encampment. This is video just in to the news room. The fire extended into the trees. The fire started around 1 00 in the morning near campbell, northbound 17, just south of 280. But we have reports on a similar encampment fire earlier this week. Authorities did not find anyone living there at the encampment. New this morning, authorities are investigating the Police Shooting that sent a man to the hospital. This happened at 8 00 on san clemente drive east of highway 101. Central many redskin authority say officers were called about a missing atrisk man making suicidal threats. Police say he was armed and making gestures toward his waistband. The man did not suffer lifethreatening injuries. Frustrated fliers who were supposed to be in hawaii are headed there. They took off around 4 00 a. M. They had to turn around and land at 5 00 p. M. They had a mandatory rest period of eight hours. Most of the passengers got a taxi or hotel voucher. According to some estimates you need 170,000 of income to afford a home in the bay area. Thats to buy. That is higher than most Household Incomes and why a lot of cities are trying to find ways to create affordable housing. A lottery will be held for first time home buyers in livermore. Thats where you find today in the bays, bob redell explaining how the lottery will work. Good morning, bob. Reporter good morning to you, kris. Each year, the city of livermore holds a lottery to see who gets first crack at the limited supply of affordable housing. The city tells us, this year, 765 people endered their names. Thats the most in a decade. All of them vying for 15 homes that are being sold below market rate. The city of livermore is one of the few cities that have strict requirements for developers to sell a few of their homes at steep discounts like Ponderosa Homes here at the vines behind me. A 34 bedroom house normally priced in the mid7s to high 9s sells in the mid2s to those who qualify. You cant make too much money. You have to meet the low to moderate income limit, 3 down payment plus closing costs, fico score of 660 and be a firsttime home buyer. The city gives preference to veterans, first reponders and teachers. The benefits of having a schoolteacher, one of your schoolteachers being able to live in the area they work in is helpful to the school and your children and the community. Reporter the deadline to enter todays lottery already passed. There will be another drawing this Time Next Year for another 15 homes according to the city. They have contracted hello housing to run the lottery. Thats taking place at the City Council Chambers later this afternoon at 1 00. Live in livermore, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you, bob. Right now, we approach 6 10, we are seeing that rain starting to move out of the trivalley where bob was doing the live shot. We are seeing that rain moving south of san jose. A closer look, the roads are wet and the rain moved on. As you get ready to head out the door, we have gusty winds and showers coming down in morgan hill, san martin and gilroy. Ill be watching this and have a look at the temperature trend. Vianey is tracking the crashes caused by the wet roads. The gusty winds are still out there. Chp issued a high wind advisory for the bay bridge, san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge. We have a couple areas slowing. Things are slowed down in terms of traffic accidents. We had a couple minor accidents. We are seeing a build up in the east bay. A quick check of the drive times, wbestbound 80 from highwy 4, 28 minutes. There is an issue along the toll plaza of westbound 80 before the bridge. The fast track lane is still blocked. Chp is working to clear that out. Expect delays. Ill have another update on accidents coming up in a bit. Back to you. Thank you. Coming up next on today in the bay, the rain hitting area now, bringing snow to the sierra in time for the christmas holiday. Live to the sierra to show you the conditions and how tough it might be to get there. Could the new tax bill make california less affordable . Is that possible . We take a look when today in the bay continues. Good wednesday morning. At 6 14, as you head out the door, the rain is clearing, pushing south of the bay area. As we go through the day, a live look outside in palo alto. Roads are wet. It will be drying out. It is going to be a cool day. Only reaching the mid50s. This is the kind of weather well see over the next few days and very cold morning. Well take a look at the cold temperatures and what else is ahead in five minutes. Seeing the traffic build, especially for the bridges. Westbound 80 for the bay bridge, a 21minute drive time. Westbound 92 toward the san mateo bridge, 17 min uutes. Chp issued a high wind advisory for all three bridges. Just about 6 15. Googles selfdriving car unit is covering bases as they try to get a taxi Service Started up. Waymo is offering coverage to passengers when the Service Goes Live in phoenix. It will be triggered automatically, offering coverage without costing extra. It includes medical expenses in case of an accident or property loss, such as full replacement if your phone gets smashed in a crash. The new tax bill goes back for a vote in the house. Could make living in california less affordable. Scott mcgrew, how is that possible . It depends on your income, kris and marcus and whether you hope to buy a house. We have very high state taxes here. They will be less deductible. Congress capped how much mortgage interest you can deduct to 750,000. We have expensive homes in california. The company says 58 of the homes sold in San Francisco have mortgages above 750,000. In santa clara county, its 55 . If you have a house, you escape the higher tax. If you hope to have a house, you dont. Lots of politicians use california and San Francisco, in particular, as an example of the taxes and mortgages. A lot of us dont feel that rich. Here is texas senator, ted cruz on the floor of the senate. The middle class, their taxes are all going down, working class, their taxes are going down. Every taxpayer, their taxes are going down except rich people in San Francisco, their taxes may go up. The Median Income 78,000, rich according to american standards. On the stock market watch stitchfix. They are debuting on the nasdaq. This is a Bay Area Company that sends subscribers boxes of clothes. They open books to investors as the first time if investors. They did not like what they saw overnight. The stock has fallen. In 13 minutes, we open up to see what they do. Investors opening their box and deciding what they are going to keep and send back. Thank you. Happening right now, snow falling in the area. The camera at king vail this morning. We are live showing the wintry conditions there. Didnt look like there were a lot of folks on the road, yet. Reporter not just yet, kris and marcus. We ran into holiday travelers getting over the pass as we put holiday spirit here as we labeled it. It survived the winter of last year. About 3 4 inch on the ground here. You can see back there, the truck go by, you can hear the chains. Just about enough to bring out chain control. Its somewhere between half and three quarter inch of snow. Well get the cameras around the ski areas. We need more. Well take what we can get at this point. If you are coming into the sierra, chains are out. Its chilly up there this morning. The temperatures melted off. You can count on it being out here. Otherwise, gets you into the holiday spirit with all this snow on the ground. We ran into a couple trying to get to reno this mompbing. They were hoping to get married today. They have to delay the plans. The driver brought the ball without the chain. Wow. Thank you very much. Looking for a white christmas, thats the place to go. I think a lot of people will be heading that way. We are at 34 of normal for the central sierra. Its good to see at least a little bit of snow. That clears out as the day goes along. This rolls quickly to the south. We are seeing the rain clear the bay area. This is a quick moving cold front. Ahead of that, we are seeing the light showers moving through for the most part, bringing a tenth inch of rain. As we get a closer look at san jose, the roads may be wet. A couple sprinkles linger around downtown. The farther south you go, the showers are moving through the south county. Driving up 101, it will improve as far as the rain and visibility. Look how cool it is. Temperatures mid to upper 40s. We are going to have a very chilly day with our high temperatures reaching 56 degrees in east san jose. East bay up to 58 degrees in concord and 53 in san mateo. San francisco, 53 degrees and the north bay, into the mid to upper 50s. Its going to be windy. Those winds rushing in behind that cold front. Hold on to your hat. Its going to be gusty with sustained winds coming in at 1525 miles per hour. There may be higher gusts and tomorrow morning, as the temperatures drop, its going to be breezy. Then we look at the low temperatures in san jose over the next few days. Its going to drop down into the mid30s by thursday night and friday, upper 30s. Gets milder as we get closer to christmas. We may also have freezing temperatures inland. San francisco, first day of winter tomorrow. Its going to be breezy and cool. Another chance of rain on christmas evening and also on tuesday, ill be watching that. In the meantime, getting ready to dry out. Thats good news for the drivers about to hit the road. Christmas is on monday. We are not seeing the holiday traffic, yet. We are seeing a couple issues spark up in the south bay. These popped up there. I want to look into that. I want to update you quickly, along that crash, just before the toll plaza, along the bay bridge. The fast track lane remains blocked. You can see the hazard is on. Theres major slowing back to berkeley. Now, just behind that, there is another crash along westbound 580, just at exit 19b. The shoulder is blocked. You can see the road hazard there. Thats causing delays. Not a good commute if you are heading toward the bay bridge. A live look at 880. We saw a couple on the road. Now, we are seeing those clear up. The bay bridge is very much an issue. Back to you. Thanks. Coming up next on today in the bay, protecting your privacy on facebook. What the social media giant is doing to make sure you are not tagged in inappropriate photos. This isnt inappropriate. Its one of my familys first holiday cards from years ago. Our first human baby and first baby baby thats on my facebook page. Show us your holiday cards. We like it even when they go awry. Facebook is expanding how it uses facial recognition technology. It will now send a notification 5 24. Facebook is expanding how it uses facial recognition technology. It will send notification when someone uploads a photo of you that you are in, even if you are not tagged in the photo. You have the option to add a tag, leave it or report it if its inappropriate. The new tool is designed to empower users helping them control their image online. A Sacramento Man is helping the homeless this holiday season. A petty cab driver and he makes detours to deliver blankets to those in need. Hows it going today . Would you like an extra blanket . Would that help you out . I think about being in my warm bed at home, they would love to be in a warm bed. An extra blanket makes all the difference. You can hear the emotion in his voice. 2,000 people live in the streets in the sacramento area on a given night. He wanted to give back. He already carries blankets for passengers. At the end of the night, he hands them out to people on the street. He is looking into the idea of creating a bike program for the homeless. More to come on today in the bay, including paying more for your commute to work. The step transit leaders will take that could increase tolls on the busiest bridges. Breaking news in the south bay. An upscale neighborhood blocked off in los gatos. The questions we are asking. Live at the bay bridge toll plaza, a little bit of back up. We hear its because folks might be playing hooky from work and hitting the road early to get to grandmas house. Tell us where you are headed this holiday. You are watching today in the bay. We re tracking the rain hitting the bay area this morning. On your left is a live look at right now, at 6 30, we are tracking the rain hitting the bay area this morning. On the left is a live look at the san mateo bridge where a lot of people are going to face split commutes as we have wet roads out there. On the right, you can see the radar tracking the storm. Take a look at this. This is new video into the news room showing that overnight rain in san jose, in case you forgot what it looked like when it rains. Its been a long time. Thank you for joining us this wednesday morning, im kris sanchez in for laura garcia. Im marcus washington. We want to head over to meteorologist, kari hall with a track of the weather. We shouldnt be forgetting about what rain looks like in december, right . No as we look outside now, it has quickly moved through. If you are just getting up and about to head out the door, you dont have to worry about the rain falling on the windshield, but it is going to be wet on the roads. A closer look at the south bay where the rain is moving through. Its moved farther to the south. Its raining in san martin and gilroy. That will be moving out as well. As we get a live look outside in san jose, you can see the soggy conditions you will meet as you head out for work or school. As we go through the day, all of this drying out. Its going to be chilly. More on that and a look ahead to the weekend coming up. Vianey is tracking the slowdowns on the roads. We dealt with a various number of fender benders. No accidents. We hope it stays that way. We want to go to an accident. Chp reporting a traffic collision. It looks like a lane is blocked. If you know about the 17, that gets backed up. We are talking heavy delays and we can expect to keep them. You can see how bad that back up is starting to build in that area. Right now, it looks like its kind of an accident with no injuries, just the issue that the lane is blocked. We are going to keep a close eye on that. Heavy delays at the moment. Seeing delays along eastbound areas. For now, the mass transit is looking good. Say trains up and running for bart. No delays on ace caltrain. There is crime scene tape around a gated home. A major police and sheriff deputy presence is happening in an upscale neighborhood. The details about whats happening are starting to trickle in. Today in the bays anser hassan has been on the scene asking those questions since before 5 00 this morning. We understand the Sheriffs Department told you more about whats happening . Reporter yeah, thats right. Good morning, kris and marcus. They are investigating a home robbery that happened up the street from here. You can see the road is blocked off. There are sheriffs deputies on scene. This is near red berry drive. This is a very upscale residential neighborhood in los gatos, multimillion dollar homes. We watched deputies go doortodoor as part of the investigation. Several deputies patrolling the area. We have confirmed there are five suspects that they are looking for. One woman, four men, all of whom are in their 20s. We spoke to one neighbor who says this is a very quiet neighborhood. He didnt hear anything this morning except he was alerted to it all after he heard police sirens. Here is what he told us a short while ago. Occasionally, theres been some stuff going on here. Just burglaries. Not up this far. Reporter now, we have been told there may be at least one victim, but no other information at this time. It is early in the investigation. We will find out more information and bring it to you. Anser hassan, today in the bay. Thank you very much. Overnight, an investigation into three carjackings and robberies in san jose. Late last night, Police Brought out the entire robbery unit. They did arrest someone. You can see, they are taking that suspect into custody. The crimes happened last week. The officers were serving a search warrant to recover stolen property or weapons used in the crime. They have seen a dramatic rise in carjackings and robberies. We have one person that is under arrest who has a warrant as an escapee. Its unknown if hes involved in the robberies. He will be arrested on the warrant. San jose police say they are still in the early stages of this investigation. Developing this morning, police in the south bay are investigating the shooting that rattled neighbors and sent a man to the hospital. It happened after 7 00 last night on scott street in san jose, not far from the 280 880 interchange. That man was riding a bike when he was struck by gunfire. Neighbors say this is normally a quiet area and they were shocked at this happening this time of year. We were out looking at christmas lights. Its almost christmas, what are you doing out shooting people . The victim is in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. They are not sure if he was targeted or a random act of shooting. Out of washington state, its been nearly 48 hours and investigators are trying to figure out what led to the deadly train derailment. Three people killed, dozens of others injured after the train jumped the tracks on monday. We are in dupont, washington with the investigation. Reporter good morning. Its been almost 48 hours since the derailment happened. You can see crews down there. Right now, they have been checking the Structural Integrity of the bridge. So far, it looks okay. They are hoping to reopen i5 later today after the rush hour commute, possibly. You can see the southbound lanes headed toward portland are still closed. Ntsb is releasing more information. There was somebody else inside the cap with the engineer when this happened. They are looking at the possibility the distraction may have played a role in this case. We are going to have more on that in the today show report. Back to you. Thank you. Berkeley leaders upheld and ordinance to allow police to use pepper spray during protests. They have approved that. Since then concerns have been raised about Health Effects of pepper spray. They took a second look. According to the chronicle, the use of pepper spray for crowd control. A follow up to a story brought yesterday morning here on today in the bay. Walnut creek is in the midst of a parking crunch. City leaders think they have a way to fix the problem. Councilmembers say you should have somebody park your car for you. They approved a Pilot Program they are calling the attendant assistant program. We call it valet service. When the garage fills up, an attendant will direct someone to park behind an existing parked car and hand their keys to the attendance. The attendant will move the car as spaces become available. It will last a year and may spread to other cityowned garages, if it works out. Live at the bay bridge, drivers packing the roadways as they head to work or school or maybe off to their holiday plans. Today, we expect an update on easing congestion on a regular basis. Transportation leaders will discuss what to put rm3 on the ballot. It could be as early as june. The plan would hike the tolls across the bay area bridges. Leaders could decide the amount of the toll increase. The money would fund traffic projects. It is 6 37. We have had a somewhat messy commute due to the rain. A couple fender benders that pop up. I want to get you to a new traffic collision. Chp is reporting slowing and back up from lafayette. Get off before lafayette and hop on after matilda. A crash on westbound 237. Outs causing heavy delays out of the area. Another area seeing delays is the very messy highway 17, northbound 17. They have a lane blocked. You can see, it seems to be getting worse by the minute. We saw yellow earlier, turning orange. Now its red and unfortunately, if you get caught in that, you dont have many options. Another quick check at the bay bridge, we see slowing westbound 580 just before hopping on the toll plaza and before the bay bridge 19b. A live look at the toll plaza. The high wind advisory is still in place. Keep both hands on the wheel and thankfully, it seems like the roads are drying out. How is the weekend looking . On a wednesday before christmas, its going to be jurs a busy weekend. Shopping, trying to finish up and get the house ready for family to come in. Here we go this morning with rain moving in. It is quickly rolling out of here. The skies clearing farther to the north as we check out the weekend forecast. 56 degrees for the coast. 60 degrees inland. Its going to be cool, especially during the next several mornings. The inland valleys, we see the highs in the upper 50s. Morning temperatures dipping into the 30s. If you are planning to go to christmas in the park, it is going to be a busy one. Make sure you are prepared to find a Police Station to park. Its going to be in the mid50s and 50 degrees at 7 00. You can wrap up the weekend taking a stroll at pier 39 in San Francisco. Its going to be mostly sunny during the afternoon and temperatures in the mid50s for the rest of the day. Now, looking at the weekend, Russian River valley, expect a high for saturday and sunday afternoon to reach into the mid50s and very cold mornings. If you are lucky enough to go to the see area, fresh snow on the ground. It clears up in time for the drive on friday. Saturday, seeing the highs around 40 degrees and sunday, 42. Let me know what you are doing this weekend on facebook, meteorologist, kari hall. Check it out. Ill have a look at todays temperature trend in three minutes. Thanks. Coming up next, preparing for gridlock. The reason you might want to hold off on hitting the roadways if you are planning to hit the roads for the holidays. House republicans celebrating a bit too early yesterday, but they will push the tax bill through today. We are following the stocks as we do every morning on today in the bay. The dow is up 31 points. U. S. Futures post strong gains as investors await further tax development. The time is 6 40. You are watching today in the bay. 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. Good wednesday morning. At 6 43, the rain is moving west of the bay area. Here is a live look outside in downtown san jose. Its going to be soggy to start, chilly with high temperatures reaching 54 degrees. We are going to have very cold nights as well. Ill show you those numbers and a look ahead to the Holiday Weekend coming up next. We havent seen much of an improvement when it comes to the drive times. There you go, it changed from 28 to 31 minutes. A slow commute there, westbound 92 to the san mateo bridge, 22 minutes. Ill have an update on that in a bit. 6 44 now. A developing story out of mexico this morning. Investigators are trying to find out how a bus carrying dozens of tourists flipped over carrying at least 12 people. They were headed to see the mayan ruins when the crash happened. 18 other people were injured, including seven americans. Passengers were from two cruise ships. The bus left tire marks and may have swerved before crashing. Sonoma county will soon provide a new resource to get fire storm victims back on their feet. Supervisors, yesterday, approved a new Government Office to help people bounce back from the wildfires. The office will have its own budget and start with a group of seven county staff members. They plan to fund the office for at least the next five years. Maybe you are hitting the road today, but not going to the office. Aaa says drivers will deal with peak holiday congestion today and tomorrow. Holiday travelers mix with regular commuters. Drivers, get this, could see travel times up three times longer than normal here in the bay area, we know that is a long time. Now, record 107 Million People are projected to travel this holiday season. 6 45 right now. President trump and paul ryan thought they had the tax deal done yesterday. They celebrated a little too early. A little too early like the wide receiver dances to the end zone to be taken down on the oneyard line. Take a look. 227203. The report is adopted without objection. It is laid upon the table. Except it wasnt. The house voted for the tax cut tuesday, celebrated to find out there were a number of mistakes to prevent the tax bill from passing the senate. Supporters say its easy fixes, they will take care of it today. Critics say its a sign of what happens when you rush a bill. We will be curious to see if speaker ryan is right about what he is going to say on the today show. The Corporate Tax cuts will cause more hiring. We have seen what economists call full employment in the economy, setting records for profit. Ryan, on the today show, this morning at 7 00. As for how it affects you, we will be talking about that for weeks to come. For now, lets talk about the old tax returns, specifically 19a. Thats the deduction line. If its over 12,000, 24,000 for a married couple, you itemize. If you dont itemize, that could hurt charities. You dont get a Tax Deduction if you are not itemizing. Obviously, donate to a charity because its the right thing to do, not because you get something out of it. Its worth mentioning. The white house will have a press conference to discuss the tax laws, moved to noon our time. If its a true press conference, it will be Donald Trumps second of his presidency. The only other one was in february. We will carry it live on nbc and www. Nbcbayarea. Com as well. If you have questions about the new tax law, we will be happy to help you out. Contact me directly on twitter. Thank you very much, scott. New this morning, and only on today in the bay, this years shortage of Real Christmas trees is not only real, but profitable for a Bay Area Company. We have seen a lot of empty lots around town and talked to thomas harmon, the ceo and founder of balsam hill. They create highend artificial Christmas Trees and cant tell they are fake. He walked us through his warehouse. You can see how bare the store shelves have become. Normally, this time of year, they are stocked with fake trees. He says not this year. This is our maybe seventh or eight year here. I have never seen it like this. He told us 80 of households with Christmas Trees actually have artificial trees. Christmas is days away and the little ones may be wondering if santa is going to be here soon. Norad is here to help. They have had eyes in the sky following every stop on the magical journey. On christmas eve, kids check the progress at noradsanta. Org. They use their satellite system, high powered radar and jet fighters to track santa every year. If you cant wait until christmas eve, you can access the website. You can listen to music, play reindeer games. Drivers can track them in their cars by pressing the on star button. Hurry, hurry, get home. I love that. As you look through the website, your kids are like, i have never heard of that place. Learn world geography. It its cool to watch that. Well be tracking santa, too, and place the link. This morning, we are tracking rain. We are using radar and the satellite to show this quickmoving cold front that is moving through. Before you head outlet the door, wet streets. Most of the rain is moving out of here. It is snowing in the sierra. If you are going that way, we talked about the need for chains and the seven day forecast coming up at the bottom of the screen. As the rain moves out, we will gradually dry out as the day goes along. Looking at the rainfall totals, i want to show you the spots that have up to a half inch of rain. That was cool. Mt. Tam in the north bay, most of the valleys measured a few onehundredths of an niche. A few spots reached a tenth inch like berkeley and livermore. San jose, almost a tenth inch. We were almost there. Its cold now. The temperatures mid to upper 40s. Wear something nice and warm. Now that this system is dipping to the south, we will have gusty winds and the snow will start to wind down for the see area around noon. We are going to have clear skies here as we go through the day. Our high temperatures coming down way from what we have gotten used to. The mid to upper 50s today. Getting dressed, you need a nice, warm coat to cut the wind and a hat to keep the hair in control. Over the next few days, its going to be chilly, especially during the morning hours. We could have some of the coldest morning valley temperatures we have had all season long. Winter officially begins tomorrow. Well see more dry weather. Christmas on monday. Well have another chance of rain that may linger into early tuesday morning. Of course, ill keep you up to date on that. Vianey has been tracking the morning commute and the drive across the bridges. Its been messy, a couple accidents here and there. Overall, a couple minor accidents. I want to get to this one. This is going to be quite a bit of a headache. There is a crash along northbound 17, redwood estates. Blocking the right lane is a crash. Chp issued a weather sigalert. That means there are poor Road Conditions if you are driving through this area. It could play a factor in the crash. There is a crash blocking the right lane that is causing major delays. Chp issued what is known as a weather sigalert. Santa cruz expecting a very heavy delay this morning. I want to bring you toward this area here. We have been monitoring this crash as well. Westbound 237, that lane is blocked. It remains blocked. You definitely want to maybe get off on lafayette and hop on after matilda because there is a lane blocked. A live look in san jose. Stop and go traffic. We are dealing with a minor fender bender around this area. Back to you. Thanks. Coming up, a quick look at the top stories on today in the bay, including the breaking news out of los gatos, a robbery inside a highend neighborhood. Who police are looking for. A Salvation Army in idaho is getting a big approximate causal. Someone dropped a oneounce gold bar in a donation bucket that could be worth 1200. U. P. S. Is teaming up with tesla. They are buying 125 new electric semitractor trailers. We could see them on the road as early as 2019. Back with the news after the break. Before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today in the bay welcome back. Before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today in the bay. We have breaking news that we have been bringing you since 5 30 this morning, looking live at los gatos where sheriffs deputies are investigating an overnight robbery. This is a neighborhood full of multimillion dollar homes off highway 9 at a home near red berry drive. We are on the scene. Authorities are investigating this. They say just after 4 00 a. M. , four men and a woman broke into a home. They are all in their 20s and deputies are trying to find them now. No confirmation on the victims or who was inside the home. Homes in the area are valued up to 7 million. Rain is hitting the bay area. We have a look at the bay bridge there on the left and the right you are looking at the slick conditions on the san mateo bridge. You look live, not live, but look at this video that we got overnight into our news room showing the rain coming down overnight in santa clara. You will understand why the roadways are slick. Well get a final check of the forecast with meteorologist, kari hall in a few minutes. Firefighters are looking into this fire that broke out at a homeless encampment overnight in the south bay. The video just came into the news room this morning. It happened in campbell around 1 00 south of 280. No one was at the homeless encampment at the time firefighters arrived. Police are investigating an officer involved shooting in the north bay. It happened around 8 00 on san clemente drive just east of highway 101. Police say officers were called about a missing atrisk man who appeared to be suicidal. He was armed and gesturing to the waistband. That man was shot, was hospitalized and expected to survive. The officer involved was put on paid administrative leave. A live look in livermore where people will improve their chances of becoming first time home buyers. At 1 00, the city will hold a lottery for a chance to purchase 1 of 15 homes at below market rate. Livermore requires developers in that city to provide a small slice of the housing at steep discounts for those who qualify. A lottery is held each year. This year, 765 people endered for a shot at one of those homes. Frustrated flyers who were supposed to be in hawaii yesterday are finally on their way today. Hawaiian airlines took flight 43 from san jose just before 4 00. They were supposed to leave around 1 00 yesterday afternoon but had to turn back because it had mechanical problems. The crew had a mandatory rest period for eight hours. Most of the passengers got taxi and hotel vouchers, but they are probably not dealing with that. Not at all. This morning, dealing with the rain. Yeah, rain, wind, all of that starting to clear out. We are going to have gusty winds. The rain is out of here as we look at the radar. It is going to stay breezy and very cool as we go into the next few days. You are going to feel a chill to the air during those morning hours. Its going to be close to freezing in the valleys. We have a sigalert you are watching right now . Yeah. Its getting bad out there in the santa cruz mountains. This is a very troubled spot when there are bad Road Conditions or weather conditions. Chp issued a weather sigalert because of the poor Road Conditions and the rain. The slick roads, we see debris fall on the roadways. A lane is blocked. That is going to be rough. That is whats happening today in the bay. Well be back with you at 7 25 with live, local news. Join us for the news at 11 00. It is hump day. Good morning. Breaking overnight. The tax cuts and jobs act is passed. The Senate Approves the republican sweeping tax overhaul, to the dismay of democrats. What a disgrace. Thats what this bill is. But an embarrassing snag forces another house vote today. One member of the staffs screwed up. Its not the end of western civilization. This morning, House Speaker paul ryan joins us live to talk about his partys big moment. 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