Cargo trailer. The suv also hit a fire hydrant flooding the street and now we have learned the 57yearold driver has been arrested for suspected dui. He was injured but is expected to survive. The crash happened in a busy area near the safe Way Shopping Center on mowry avenue. And roadways are not any safer with people like this. New video posted of a one car sideshow in San Francisco. The driver whipping through this intersection. A driveby shooting near a school. Shots were fired just after 3 00 at sunnydale and per that. Police laid evidence markers over spent bullet casings. They say one person was shot and that the victim got to the hospital on their own. Police have several roads closed off in that area but they say the danger is over. They also dont believe anyone from the school is connected. An emergency out on the bay. A man working on a barge near Treasure Island was hurt and had to be rushed to shore. A rescue boat happened to be training nearby and an ambulance was waiting for the worker. It is unclear how he was injured. We are told the man was in critical condition. Striking city workers this oakland marched down broadway this afternoon. They went back to picketing after the latest round of negotiations broke down. The walk out is in its fourth day. Jessica says the city is declaring a former impasse. This afternoon hundreds of Union Workers marched down the street at 14th and broadway. They are preparing to take the strike into a second week. City leaders said they gave their best and final offer yesterday. A 4 raise in the first year a guarantee of at least a 1 raise in the second. The mayor said higher raises could put the city in a hole leading to lay offs. The union says the city is manipulating the budget and that the money is there. The cost of living for the bay area is 3. 8 . When people talk about the 3 that is barely keeping up with the cost of living. We want to resolve this. We want to get our workers back to the work that they are so honored to provide to our public but also do so well with so many dignity and commitment. The city is also offering about half a Million Dollars [ indiscernible ] meanwhile much needed Services Like libraries, street sweeping and head start preschool for some 400 kids will be closed as long as this strike continues. Right now there is no end in sight for the strike. The mayor says the ball is essentially in the unions court. The union will have to they side if they will enter into state mediation with the city. Back to you. In bay area headlines explosions and fire rattle residents of a liver more neighborhood overnight. Firefighters found a home on ryan way engulfed in flames just before 1 00 a. M. Apparently gas stored next to the home had exploded. Incredibly no one was hurt. Richmond high school placed on lockdown for about an hour today. Police responded after a student was spotted with a very realistic looking replica hand give up. Handgun. Now to the Southern California fire storms. Firefighters battling fierce winds expected now into the weekend. The battle for containment on six major wildfires is slow, pain staking and destructive. We are now getting another look at these fires. Daniel is life in ventura monitoring those winds. Danielle. Well firefighters are making some progress. Most of the evacuations have been lifted in Los Angeles County. Here in Ventura County where the largest fire is burning right now, firefighters are keeping their eye on neighborhoods like this. You can tell the fire already ran through this community but the winds are calmer but still unpredictable. A red flag warning has been extended through the weekend. The newest of the California Wildfires is in northern san diego county. In less than 24 hours since the blaze started at least 85 homes and buildings have burned. Fast moving flames have driven the flames a across 5,000 acres. It was horrible. It was an inferno. The largest of the California Wildfires is still here in Ventura County where some 400 structures have been destroyed. Our neighbors burned around us but we are okay. The massive thomas fire has scorched at least 130,000 acres and is threatening thousands of homes. In Los Angeles County crews have gained ground against a fire there. Its nearly half contained buts are wearing thin for residents anxious to see if their homes are still standing. We have tried unsuccessfully to come up here for the last three days and we have been told nothing. There is more uncertainly adead. Forecasters say the strong santa anna gusts are expected to stay through the weekend. And we have more information about reports of a death related to the fire here in Ventura County. Officials confirm a 70yearold driver was killed. Back to you. And danielle with the winds still so consistent what kind of new resources will be making their way into california . Already 13 oh 1300 members of the California National guard are here helping out on the fire line. Also help is coming in from the air force and the marines. They will be helping out with helicopters. Back to you. Thank you. Turns out bart is going green. The board has adopt add policy to make it the First Transit agency in the country powered by 100 renewable energy. Over the next 20 years bart will begin purchasing its power from wind and solar energy procedures. It will eventually mean savings of 175 million a year over current contracts. In palo alto an effort to make a busy road safer for pedestrians and bicyclists may have may be having the opposite affect. Here is a look at all the construction on ross road. The city is adding speed humps, traffic islands and curb extensions to slow speeders. You cant go down street anymore without going side ways and every other direction to keep from running into somebody. The socalled safety improvements are part of an 8. 6 million project. Coming up, women speak up after a report reveals models are being hired as eye candy for holiday parties. And relief for some californians swimming in deep medical debt. The bay area start up that is paying off their bills. [music playing] it feels good to be back. Faces mingling with employees. At t if you work for one of the big tech firms you may see some unfamiliar faces mingling with your fellow employees at this years holiday party. And chances are they are young and attractive. Susan is here with more on these Tech Holiday Party models. Well last night we told you about how women are not only being paid to talk to men at these parties but they are being told to lie to them about who they really are. We wanted to know how women in tech felt about this so today a ceo gave us her take. It is sending the wrong message because if executives are paying for these models to participate and entertain men, its a very subtle form of exploration. She says she was enraged when she heard the news that they were hiring models to attend holiday parties and socialize with male employees. Were you surprised this is still happening in the end of 2017 . I am absolutely shocked and because of all the headlines that you see everyday, not just in the Tech Industry but in the financial industry and the Entertainment Industry you think that people would get a clue she is the ceo and founder of girls in tech. A company that helps tech firmty verse guy their staff and is working to create change in this male dominated industry. She founded the company ten years ago. Ive had to deal with Sexual Harassment and issues in the workplace since the beginning of my career. She has personally attended events with women who are required to wear short shorts and clef ledge at work [ indiscernible ] this year demand has grown and they have ad twist. Modelling agencies tell us women have been instructed to pretend to be friends and work there. She said that shouldnt just insult the women but their male counterparts too. Men in these Tech Companies cant actually interact or be social or socially able to engage with women of the opposite sex over bring women as their date to the party. That is very problematic. We did reach out to google, apple, facebook, lyft and uber for this story. Lyft, uber and facebook all say they do not engage in this behavior. Google and apple did not respond. Well President Trump heads to mississippi this week tend to speak at the opening of a new Civil Rights Museum. Several lawmakers are boycotting. Mississippis republican governor invited President Trump to the opening of the new Civil Rights Museum in jackson but that visit has turned into a dust up with several africanamerican lawmakers. We wish the people the best in the Opening Ceremony but this is not the time for to be a photo op for President Trump who has no civil rights record. He is joining congressman john lewis this byieu in boycotting the event. He opted out of the inauguration of january offended by President Trumps campaign. The white house said in a statement it is unfortunate that the two lawmakers are skipping the event and that the president will honor the sacrifices of civil rights leaders. But trumps comments after a violent altright rally in virginia this summer may have sent a conflicting message. Not all of these people were white supremacists. Lewis and thompson said he has disrespected the efforts of civil rights activists. They encouraged all americans to visit the new museum but only after the president departs. Back to you. More developments in the Sexual Harassment cases going on in capitol hill. A republican congressman now says he will step down immediately. Not at the end of the year. Representative trent franks of arizona had already admitted taking our talking about the issue of sur gassy with two female staffers. Thousand one former staff member tells the ap that he asked her four times to carry his child and offered her 5 million. What does the statement say 0001 say . A previous inquiry in 2015 found he used tax payer money to reach a settlement;. The fbi is offering 20,000 to anyone who can help catch a bank robber. The fbi describes the suspect as a white man about 5 11. They say he typically wears khaki pants and that during each robbery he brandishes a gun before demanding cash. A man accused of stealing the purse of a 92yearold woman has been arrested. She was booked into jail yesterday afternoon. He tried to get away on foot. He was also wanted on three different warrants. Several hundred californians who owe medical debts will be getting a big surprise in the coming weeks. Their debts are being erased thanks in part to a bay area start up. It was john olivers way of calling attention to the massive problem of medical debt. Now an oakland start is up doing it too. The letters are going out now. They recently purchased more than 1 million of outstanding medical debt and is for giving e penny. Every penny. The average is about 4,000. Better is not just doing it to be nice, its also trying to call attention to its own business helping people file out of Network Health insurance claims. Recipients were chosen at random. To pull it off better joint forces with rip medical debt. A charity that bias up medical debt from doctors, hospitals and collection agencies and retires it. They are helping us find the debt and notify everyone their debt has been forgiven. A holiday surprise she hopes cannin spire others to follow their lead. Back to you. Rip medical debts website as a place where people can apply to have their medical debts for given. It also accepts donations from people who want to help forgive others medical debt. Some places that are not used to the snow are dealing with a blast of winter this evening. Alabama isnt really known for its snow, neither is texas or new orleans but those places have all been getting hit hard for the past couple of days. Some locations in the south east havent seen snow since the late 1980s. [music playing] and coming up, its been a dangerous side affect of the wine county clean up. Trucks hauling debris backing up at the landfill. The new changes designed to get them in and out much faster. [music playing] game today. As far as the weather goes. This view from oakland. Looking off toward the San Francisco skyline. Kinda tough to make out. Kind of hazy outside. This view from oakland looking off toward the San Francisco skyline. You can barely see it there. So what is causing all this haze . Is it from Southern California or is this our own doing . The majority of the smoke which is coming from south to north is up at about 10,000 feet. Little bit though making it into the inversion layer. The the High Pressure ridge which is giving us the hazy conditions and giving us the dry weather is not going to move app inch over the next week. 7day forecast we are adding new days at the end of it. The overall theme of dry weather in the heart of our rainy sven will continue. 55 in oakland. 52 in liver more. 62 in San Francisco. Nights have been chilly. That continues. Napa 38. Concord 38. San francisco dropping to 50. Absolutely and completely dry. That also continues. Look to the snow pack numbers. They are not good. The north sierra snow pack is 7 of average. Central sierra 39 . The south sierra 46 . We are running at 41 statewide. Last year at this time we were about 150 . Here is the reason why. The reason why we are dry right now is this strong ridge. Remember High Pressure is sinking air. Any poll pollution is getting stuck at the bottom. As long as the ridge is locked in place the chances of rain are zero. Now lets look and see what is going on through the weekend into next week. Future cast out five days to next wednesday. This High Pressure ridge only moves west about 200 or 300 miles. The block pattern holds firm. The storm track stays well up into British Columbia and alaska. We will stay dry for at least the next 7 to 9 days. Not a drop of rain for the next 7 to 9 days. Mornings will stay chilly. Afternoons will stay mild. If you want the warm stuff, head to the santa clara valley. 65 in both oakland and San Francisco. Fremont 66. Santa rosa 67 degrees tomorrow. Through the weekend into next week upper 60s, low 70s. Not a drop of rain for each of the next seven days all the way through this time next week. Time now for the holiday lights. We are sharing photos of how people are decorating their homes for the holidays. Jennifer says its a Family Tradition to set up lights on their daly city house. Gorgeous. Keep those holiday pictures coming. Share you photos and your videos with us on our facebook page. [music playing] alto. The annual exhibit is now on display at the museum of american heritage. The show runs until check this out. Its the holiday d lego show in palo alto. This is really neat. I wonder how long it takes to put that together i dont know but it is beautiful. It looks like it is a Little Christmas village. The show runs till january 14th. Well the cbs evening news is up next. [music playing] up next the latest on the Southern California wildfires. Homes and horse stables are all burned in san diego. Carter evans is there. Snow is piling up from texas to georgia. It is headed north this weekend. Dont tell them they are not related. [music playing] some girl said we are not twins and we are twins. Friendship in a new way coming up in a few seconds on the cbs evening news. Well ahead at 6 00 new allegations of Sexual Harassment. This time questions about a federal judge w