The people in the bay area are saying yes, if it means less grid lock. A live look from the bay bridge toll plaza. Not busy right now. If only it looked as smooth as this. Right . Well the question is, will toll hikes help in that regard . Abc 7 News Reporter is live tonight with the story. Lillian . Reporter dan and kristin the bay bridge is one of the bridges where the toll could go up by as much as 3. It will likely be fazed in, but a big jump nonetheless. The elected leaders were encouraged to learn that a toll hike plan designed to ease congestion has a good shot at winning at the ballot box. A poll said that 54 of likely voters would support the rate hike. Bay area residents are sick of being stuck in traffic. Reporter the results were presented to the commission and now the question is how to craft the toll hike pro posal, a fazed in approach was the most popular. A dollar in 2019 and another one in 2023 and the last in 2027. If you had 3 out of the gate, you would not be able to spend all of on it at once anyway. Just because of the number of projects, and the size of the project projects. Reporter the projects number in the dozens that affects everything from b. A. R. T. To ferries, but at least one member of the public is not impressed. All of them are going to take a long time. And their using the existing technologies. This is supposed to be the home of innovations, you would not know it from the list. Reporter despite the feedback, it seems the projects will stand and so will the push to put the 3 toll hike proposal in front of voters in june. They will meet again to take a formal vote. Abc 7 news. Lets turn your attention to capitol hill and tax reform. Presidnt trump touting the victory. But the democratic allegation is furious about the bills passage. We have the story. Reporter just in time for christmas as promised. Its a lot of fun when you win. Reporter President Trump and the republicans staging a celebration at the white house after their 1. 5 trillion tax reform bill passed. Something this pro found could not have been done without president ial leadership. Reporter who wins and loses . The bill giving the biggest tax cut for corporations from 35 to 21 . And individuals tax cuts expire in eight years and those making less than 75,000 will likely see taxes go up by 2027. Democrats oppose the bill, especially the tax cuts. The gop tax scam is about bleeding the middle class dry to pad the pockets of Corporate America and the wealthiest 1 . Reporter they are repealing the affordable mandate that requires that you buy Health Insurance or pay a fine. That means that 13 million americans may not be insured and that means premiums could skyrocket. Recent polls should its unpopular with the majority of americans. This bill is off on the wrong foot for public perceptions. Its being sold by an unpopular president with difficult circumstances ahead for the bill. Reporter abc 7 news washington. No democrats voted for the measure, a dozen of the House Republicans voted for the tax overhaul and two voted against it. A day before his vote, rorhbacher said he was going to vote no, due to pressure by those like me, the bill was improved, but not enough for a number of my constituents. We have a indepth look at what the plan means for you, including tax brackets and new rules on deductions and you will find it on our home page. A live look now out over San Francisco wrrks it is another chilly night and temperatures could get even cooler by the end of the week. Abc 7 news meteorologist sandy is here with a look at the big chill. It is going to be a cold one tomorrow morning, just in time for winter starting tomorrow. Live doppler 7 showing clear skies that is part of the reason that temperatures are falling. We have a cold air mass behind the same system that brought us the rain. Look at the numbers. Upper 30s for the coldest valley and you know it will get colder. Compared to 24 hours ago. We are down 18 degrees and 16 in half moon bay. Winds are gusty at the higher elevations, 19 miles an hour. And atlas peak, that factors in to the forecast. If you think tomorrow morning will be cold, wait until the following morning. A look at the temperatures are coming up. Dan. Sandy, thank you a lot. Pg e are stopping issuing dividends because the company could be held liable for the north bay fires. The California Department of forestry and Fire Protection has not determined a cause for the fires that broke out in october and numerous homeowners have sued pg e, accusing the company of improper maintenance of the lines and equipment. After the Dividend Announcement the stock dropped ninety in after hours trading. This is not what you want to hear the week before christmas. Packages and letters stolen out of the mail truck. Its not the first time it has happened in san who. We have the story. Reporter this wil low glenn mail is checking his mail to see if he received one of these. An alert of a recent case of mail theft. She was one of a hundred customers that got the message. Its sad, people work hard for their money good to have it stolen like that, its unfortunate. Postal inspectors said a locked mail truck was broken in to last wednesday. Thieves stole four plastic tubs of packages and another truck was hit on november 30th. Its the holiday season, we have more parcels in the many is, but we want people to be vigilant, because the mail thieves work year round. He said that at least 16 mail trucks have been robbed since april. Some downtown and some in residential neighborhoods. We are looking at security upgrades and assessing security. Rep can help by calling Law Enforcement if they see someone not in uniform hovering here a mail truck. She will be watching in her neighborhood. I have had to report strange people walking up and down the street and i have reported them. Reporter its a federal offense. The Postal Service offers a standing reward in the case of mail theft. Abc 7 news. A high speed chase that started in the south bay and ended in front of Travis Air Force base occurred today. The chase ended at the main gate early this morning. Bay Security Forces turned the men over to police. Detectives from santa clara had been watching them and had a felony warrant out for them. Police arrested five men all together. Well, does it seem that your old i phone is getting slower by the day . Today, apple is admitting that they cause the problem. Why the company said its necessary. There are some new adoptable pets in town. How marin humane is making room for fire displaced animals in southern california. And a look at snow coming down earlier tonight in to see down earlier tonight in to see air a, could a white hello, im vincent, this is livingston, ive got a huge house and no friends. Join me every saturday for creature features where we show spooky movies, have interesting guests and livingston cooks up something delicious. Dont you . I try, sir. Popcorn. I like popcorn. Have you noticed your old eye pho iphone gets slower when a new phone is on the market. Apple confirmed that older phones are slowing down. But its not a conspiracy to get a customer to buy a new phone. You hear people say that a lot. They say the battery weakens over time and that means weaker processing power, which leads older model phones to suddenly shut off. Appearly he will implemented a feature starting with the iphone six to prevent a phone from shutting off. But that sacrifices speed. The Marin Humane Society is helping animals from the thomas fires. We have more on the 45 pets flown in today. Reporter these lucky dogs enjoyed a first class flight from southern california. They welcomed them from the ventura animal shelter. They are stressed, but they do well with, its not a long flight. Reporter these were animals that were already waiting adoption. Freeing up the space helps to make room for the animals displaced by the thomas fire. Its important to keep a lost animal in the county in which they were lost so they are more likely to be reunited with their families. Reporter a pilot with wings of rescue flew a load of dogs had this morning. Cats, rabbits and guinea pigs came in on a second flight. 45 animals in all. These kittens are perfect. They are going to be microchiped and available for adoption in a week. That is if this one doesnt go home with me. They are happy to help the so cal counterparts considering they were in the same situation during the north bay fires. We were housing about 350 pets, of fire evacuees. Reporter if you want to adopt, go to abc 7 news. Com for more information. A tiny christmas wish, we mean tiny, was granted for a family that lost their home in the north bay wildfires. It appreciated. Abc 7 news was in sabastopol, when this family was selected winnerers of freeforms 25 days of christmas tine house give away. Annie entered the house without telling the family. So it was a bigsurprise to find out that the submission was selected. They lost their home on october 9th when the fire went through santa rosa. Annie said that the tiny house brings them hope. It will be secure and safe and comfortablend it will help us to feel more like a family working together again. Well the tiny house will be delivered next month, a Real Christmas wish come true. Well, here is good news if you are playing. No one matched all the power ball numbers tonight. These winning numbers were drawn, 1, 20, 61, 64, 69, the power ball was 20. And the next drawing is saturday with an estimated 300 million jackpot and speaking of big jackpots, fridays Mega Millions are up to 247 million. That is Mega Millions indeed. Yeah, i wanted to wait until the jackpot got bigger. But yeah, dont waste your time. Snow came down in the sierra tonight. This is a look from the caltrans camera in echo seummit, you can see this gopro camera from earlier today, slowly but surely the sky season is rounding in to shape. They had a inch of snow overnight. Much needed. So what is going to happen around here and up in the sierra in the next few days. Its awfully cold. They could make more snow. They are making more snow. We will show it to you in a moment. But right now, we want to talk about what is coming our way here in the bay area. Winter starts tomorrow morning at 8 28. It going to be very cold the next few mornings with patchy frost and we are looking at the possibility of a shower on christmas. So, we do have a few dry days and we head toward christmas night and on tuesday, we may actually see snow in the mountains. A lye look right now from the east bay hill hads camera. You see how shakety camera is, the wind is keeping the temperatures up. And fairfield camera went up. An amazing time lapse from the emery ville camera. This is one of the best ive seen . 2017, you can see the cescent moon setting over San Francisco in the background. A stunning view and it was so clear that we were able to get that image and that time lapse, we want to thank rick for pulling it off. Temperatures are in the upper 33 30s to 40s. If you look at the highlights. We will have the winter chill. Freezing cold in the morning and colder friday morning and you will want to protect plants, pets and pipes. Because the outlies areas are going to see patchy frost by morning. Live doppler seven. Clear skies in the bay area. We may be seeing rain on christmas and right now, i want to show you the rain that fell overnight and in to this morning. A few hundred hadths of an inch a few inches of snow fell in the mountains. Its 17 degrees in tahoe and the snow making smmachines are workg and getting ready for the holiday visitors coming up. Tomorrow morning, bundle up, you will need the scarves and gloves and heavy winter coats. Temperatures will drop down to the upper 20s. And down to freezing or below. 30 degrees in livermore. It will be chilly. 40s around the bay and in half moon bay, down to 35. If you think its cold, colder in areas friday morning. Its going to be freezing, and then on saturday, we are going to have the winter chill around in the morning. One more time. By sunday, those temperatures will begin to moderate. So, we will see the morning lows coming up a bit, afternoon highs, mid 50s to 60s, where you should be for the first full day of winter. The sun will be shining and it will be cool, level one. Light system, right now, computer models in complete disagreement, one model is saying a chance of showers less than a quarter of an inch, breezy at times and the other is dry. Heres the model we are going with for now. Scattered showers are possible on Christmas Morning it will not be enough to impact your traveling or santa. Download the app and keep track of temperatures and of course, live doppler seven. Winter starts at 8 28, and it will feel like it. Freezing morning colds will follow. Friday and saturday morning and the temperatures in the afternoon will remain on the cool side, at least about where you should be for this time of year. It will feel like winter, increasing clouds and increasing temperatures sunday as we head in to monday. A chance of a few showers on christmas and milder weather on. A local football star made a big and exciting announcement tonight. The university of fn tn. Of tennessee. Abc 7 news was in fairfield when jordan allen took the next step in his College Football career. Allen said that his success is dedicated to his mother, neys b after giving birth to him, and she had a transplant. He said that her grit and perseverance allowed him to believe to get to the next level. I heard had my whole life, you are not that good, you are not going to make it. You are stupid. But i believed in myself. We of course are wishing jordan all the best. Exciting. A defensive end now being recruited to play, but he started as a receiver. He was a wide receiver. I talked to him on the phone, and did you know he was going to Pick Tennessee . I had intuition. I was trying to get him to go to colorado. He will love the s. E. C. , and go get alabama. Okay . The warriors they had five guys out tonight and a ninegame winning streak to protect. Have no fear klay is good evening, the shorthanded warriors put the ninegame win streak on the line against memphis. No steph, andre, liveri i liv and zaza. Klay thompson came out on fire. He was feeling it. A deep three, you are going to shoot it from there . Steph range. Splash. Hit the first nine shots and grizzlies were up one. All eyes on klay. And he finds casspi down low. 12. 4 points for him. Moments later, klay launches again. 27 in the first half and two in the second half. Cooled off. Kevin durant has been carrying the offense with steph out, and kd, a mere mortal 23. Jordan bell, mcgee, 7 feet tall, cant teach that. Dubs up six in the fares quarter. Swaggy p misses and patrick mccaw, swish. Who do like like for your money . I say ckd. I how about the rockets going for 15 in a roempt you kno fo a row. He had 51, 51 fourth quarter, rockets are down seven. Chris paul, the real story on the play, he limps off with a leg injury. Cp3 gone. Lakers, kyle kuzma, he had 38, 122116, lakers snap the rockets streak. The giant knows they cannot go 6498, so they are going to take a risk in acquiring eva longoria. And he is part of the foundation in tampa. 32 now coming off of a subpar year, he hit. 261 with 20 homers and a gold glove. He has five years and 80 million left on his deal. And the rays will pick up 15 million on that. And they acquire the Center Fielder and arroyo injured much of last year. Ideally you keep arroyo, you have to give up something to get something. Arro arroyo, knows something about the giants. Theres veteran leaders in the clubhouse. Its an even year coming up and i know the giants win in even years. You know, that i am looking forward to. And the giants hope he is really, r
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