Users to hold on to the older models. Its hard to say if it will repair Consumer Confidence in the product. Hmmm, okay. You know, i unfortunately had to be one of the people that paid more. Reporter suzanne spent 79 dollars on a new battery for her iphone six. The s the Text Messages wo take a long time to show up. She is thankful for the apology and the offer to sell the new batteries for 29. Im glad they came out and admitted it. I think its shady that they did not tell the public what they were doing but im glad they are remedying it. Reporter app he will said that they would not intentionally shorten the life of any apple product. The executive director of cnet news said that apple has to rebuild consumer trust. They are a consumer company. What they have to contend with is they have broken trust, and they have to repair it somehow. Reporter he said that dropping the price of battery replacements is a good step. Lowering the cost of the replacement and doing the right thing as much as they can by the customers, i think theres people that would like it to be free. Reporter its not clear what will be of the law suits filed against the company. Apples latest move, will it make a difference . Hard to say. They say it ultimately will be up to the millions customers who use iphones. In san francisco. Developing news out of new york city where a bronx Apartment Building fire has killed 12 people, including a 1yearold child, four others were hurt, nearly 170 firefighters responded to the fire that broke out before 7 00 p. M. In the five Story Building a block from the bronx zoo. This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century. One 59yearold tenant who lives on the ground floor said he ran out in his bathrobe and sandells after someone was banging on his door and woke him up, he then heard screaming. Developing in Southern California tonight a brush fire broke out in a neighborhood a few hours ago and threatening structures there. Firefighters are attacking the fire from the sky, and the ground trying get a quick handle on the flames. And the good news, winds are light right now. Tomorrow, is the last day to pay your property tax before the new republican tax plan launches january 1st. Abc 7 news was in martinez at the Contra Costa County office. Where the lines are ten times longer than usual. The taxpayers are doing what they can do now to limit the dedpud deductions the new bill will limit the Tax Deductions for state and local taxes. For marijuana dispensaries, shops are planning big parties celebrating cannabis becoming legal on january 1st. We visited a few of them in the east bay. Its countdown to legalization for these groups. On january 1st, the state of california begins commercial adult sales of recreational mari its going to be a very historic day. So i think everyone is more so, kind of waiting to see what it will look like on monday. But we are all excited. Assistant manager, glenn scott said that he never thought the day would come. The celebration begins at 6 00 a. M. Berkleys mayor will take part in a Ribbon Cutting ceremony. It will be festive, we will have vendors here all day. We will have music. So, definitely like, it will be a party. Staff at harbor side in oakland are making last minute renovations. This will have a consumption area and pick up counters and a display area. They like to think of themselves as pioneers in the industry. First offering the medical marijuana 11 years ago. Ive been fighting and advocating for it. Theres going to be prizes and food and signed tshirts. Lines were long thursday night, and they said that many patients are stocking up before the new taxes take affect. They are not insignificant. So the price of can businekanca go up 30 or 40 on certain products. That will be a shock to folks. Customers must be 21 and have a valid i. D. , only shops with local and state licenses can sell recreational cannabis. Abc 7 news. New at 11 00 tonight, we are learning about a scheme to smuggle drugs in to a jail if in san matteo county. These suspects on your screen, five inmates and the man accused of helping them were responsible for mailing letters laced with me methamphetamine to the facility. Deputies arrested richard wood, seizing meth and cash. Tonight, a popular east bay chef has stepped away from daytoday operations after dozens of claims of Sexual Harassment. Charlie hollowell is facing charges of Sexual Harassment from employees. In an open letter to his coworkers he apologized and said in part, im genuinely committed to shifting the ethos of the entire business to a safer and more hospitalable environment, for everyone, but especially women. A man accused of plotting the terror attack will stay in jail. He said that he should be released under heavy supervisor, arguing he back tracked on the attack, when speaking to an fbi agent. But the judge decided this afternoon to keep him in custody, saying he is a danger to society. His next court date is january 5th. A man is accused of shooting and killing his own dog while out walking. It happened near oneal avenue. The san matteo Sheriffs Office said that the 76yearold man shot and killed the mastiff when it attacked him during the walk. He has an injured leg and cooperating with investigators the dog had a history of biting. The officials are asking for help with a chronic gas syphoning problem. The county released the images today. That is, you see there, showing the man on christmas morning, syphoning gas from a county vehicle at the child and Family Services building. Officials say its the tenth time it happened this year and they are running out of solutions. Well, tonight a local Police Department is out in front training the officers in a way that you would not necessarily expect. Can we try this . Yeah. How is that . The department tonight believing this training makes for better happier officers. And you might be happy to hear, that the accu Weather Forecast for the Holiday Weekend and beyond, will look different than the last several weeks. I will let you know why coming up. And just be happy you were not here tonight. We are going to take you to just about the coldest place i the actress best known for her role as the wise cracking Sally Rodgers on the Dick Van Dyke show has died. She was a child star in the 1920s and 30s and later endeared herself on the classic 60s sitcom, the Dick Van Dyke show. Marie was nominated for three emmys and received a star on the hollywood walk of fame. Yoga is popular in the bay area and now Police Officers are among those trying the ancient practice. We see how mindfulness may make a big difference when officers are on duty. Inhale, shoulders come forward and up. Bring in the hands up and forward. This is a unique yoga class. Its being taught in an east bay Police Department. Can we try this under the forehead, how is that . Cops in childs pose. We have a lot of closet yoga people that wont admit it. Take a deep breath . Fed up with cases of Excessive Force across the country. The residents reached out to her local police chief. I was calling to find out what the had heck was going on. I was calling as a concerned citizen and now she teaches officers mindfulness. This officer took the class and hit the gym. Do you buy in to the idea of mindfulness . Absolutely. I have experienced several times that i can feel my body, feel under stress the adrenalin pumping, and your fine motor skills go out of the window at that point and what brings you back is being able to control your breathing. Anecdotally the affects are positive. A dean of Public Policy at uc berkley launched a study about mindfulness and policing. So, it appears to have a lot of different kinds of of benefits that could be relevant to policing, both in terms of the performance of their job and the emotional welfare that they experience. His study will look at mindfulness as a deterrent to racial profiling. He said Excessive Force is another area of benefit. All of the things that lead u to the split second decision are wear the opportunities lie for avoiding that happening at all. And mind vlne and finmindful has the opportunity for that sort of thing. He is building a Wellness Program at the department. With the help had beco wite help becomes a more patient officer and that is whatthe citizens deserve. With the benefit of flex time, officers can work out mid shift. And its kbof ekbof its imp fitness greatly. They have yoga, sleep courses and more for all department employees. If i can impact them by providing them tools or knowledge that can better their lives, you know, thats the ultimate goal. They have a higher divorce rate, they have a higher suicide rate than the general population and its a tough job. The theories are simple. Healthier people make better officers and more mindful officers make better decisions. In the east bay, abc 7 news. 43 of the country saw temperatures below 32 degrees. Perhaps nowhere was colder than here. Yeah, this is mt. Washington observatory in New Hampshire. This worker is turning boiling water in to snow. Can you believe it . It was minus 31 degrees with a wind chill of negative 84 and 101 mile an hour winds. Oh, my goodness. This is in New Hampshire on planet earth. Not a distant planet. I was thinking how cold his face must be. Not that cold around here, but we are hoping for rain. Definitely, at least in the new year. We are getting rain in 2018 as of right now, i do want to show you the wind chill factors. Take a look at fargo, minus 24. Minus 13 in minute appearl lly in minneapolis. The arctic blast is continuing. Great falls 16 below. Now, they are under a trough, we are under a ridge. Which is why we have been dealing with the dry weather. Take a look at the temperatures compared to other parts of the country. Hey, its considered balmy, 53 in san francisco. This is the news you have been waiting for. How about the storm impact scale and a level one system next tuesday through thursday possibly even longer, yes, our rain chances are coming way up, and exactly what we have been needing. Most of december has been dry, but that is going to turn around in january. Take a live look right now from our emery ville camera, and its a beautiful view looking at the bay bridge. Blinking lights. Visibility from that viewpoint degree pretty good. But not so much in other areas. Theres fog around santa rosa, right now, its thick. Half mile visibility. So, tomorrow morning for the community do be careful. From the east bay hills camera, we are looking across the bay here and its a great looking view. Patchy dense morning fog. Hazy sunshine in the afternoon. Its going to be a dry end to the year and a start to 2018. A wet pattern though is setting up next tuesday through thursday. Heres a look at your new years eve forecast. Noon time, its going to be mostly cloudy. If you are making plans at 4 00 p. M. , peeks of sun. Cool and cloudy at 8 00 p. M. , and as you are ringing in the new year, it will be try, cloudy and mostly chilly in some of the inland valleys. Upper 30s and 40s, its good to bundle up. 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, watch out for the fog in the north bay valleys around the delta. 8 00 a. M. , it will be dense fog and in the afternoon, do expect sunshine. Morning when you get going, bundle up, low 30s to the mid 30s for the coldest inland spots and look out for fog. Afternoon highs under hazy skies will be in the low to mid 60s and here is a look at the air quality forecast, its a spare the air alert for friday, saturday and sunday as air quality will suffer all three days. Then the storm impact scale comes in, rainy pattern develops, most areas between a third to an inch, breezy at times and look at the hour by hour forecast. Tuesday, at 3 00 p. M. , its pretty wet across the bay area, as you return to work. Wednesday morning looking at a rainypattern and a few showers thursday, possibly the wet pattern will continue in to the following friday. Sevenday forecast, mild and hazy tomorrow, low to mid 60s and temperatures will be in a similar range for the up coming Holiday Weekend. Filtered sunshine, and hazy skies. A little more cloud cover, sunday for new yearses eve, going in to monday, new years day and then, level one system tuesday through thursday, you can download the accu weather app and keep track of the weather any time you want. Okay, thank you. Well, coming up next, saying goodbye to the bad, the hundreds of people giving themselves a gift of a guilty free 2018. And Ryan Seacrest will. It was out with the old, quite literally, today in new york city. Happy good riddence day, as hundreds of thousands get ready to welcome the new year in times square, people today were trying to throw away all of 2017 problems. They dropped bags of memories in to a bin that went in a giant shredder, new year, clean slate. Thats a nice way to start 2018. Fresh. Very satisfying. Perhaps the same could be said for sports teams. Exactingly no big plays for stanford cardinal, there were plenty of those tonight. It was not enough. How achblt bc 7 sports. Stanford will remember the alamo bowl for the fifth time in school history. The cardinal played a game in doors. And blew an 18 point lead. The cardinal had a lead in the first half. Now, we move to the third quarter. Bryce love, takes the rock. And rolls. 69 yards. Its his 13th, one of 50 plus yard this is season. Second touchdown of the game, 145 total yards. It was 2816. Now, to the fourth, kenny hill, to a wide open receiver. He goes 93 yards for the touch. 3129. And Desmond White has to back up no problem, gets to the outside lane, turns on the jets. See you later. 3631 tcu, and stanford trying to rally, kj costello throws it up. How does he catch this . Get off me its 3736. Tcu went up two with a field goal. Stanford trying to respond, and costello is picked off and tcu rallies to beat stanford 3937. To the holiday bowl, wazoo taking on 16, Michigan State. Lewerke, drops back, finds a wide open felton davis, thats a touchdown. It was 213 in halftime and Michigan State wins it 4217. To the ice, the sharks hosting the flames. Following a fiveday break. First period, sharks down one. But answer on a power play for the ninth straight game. Tictactoe, its joe pavelski, the captain scores his eighth. 11. Third period, teemu meier redirects the shot from the point, makes it 22. We head to shootout. And look at donskoi, oh, my god, that looks too easy. The backhand and forehand, he wins it and the sharks come out on top by the final of 32. To basketball. Steph curry is working his way back after spraining his ankle. He has missed the last ten games but coach kerr is close to pencilling him back in to the lineup. Assuming that was curry scrimmaging behind the tarp. I doubt he will play tomorrow with the backtoback. It does not make much sense. If all goes well, i expect him to play saturday. But, even if it goes well, i would not expect him to play tomorrow. This abc 7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. The warriors will take on the hornets tomorrow. And memphis on saturday. It will be great to get him back, but they played well without him. Rest him up. Abc 7 news continues online, and all of your mobile