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But that backup stretches beyond mission boulevard at this point. So give yourself extra time in that stretch. Eastshore freeway about 20 minutes for drivers making their way from 4 to the maze. And once you get over to the bay bridge toll plaza, its another 20, 21 minutes heading into San Francisco. So you will be in good company over there. 880 through oakland, look out, caltrans has been doing some overnight roadwork and it looks like they should be clearing that up but its 32 minutes just to go from broadway down to 66th at the coliseum. Give yourself some extra time. Its possible to get away from the city lights. Look up and you will see the stars and the crescent moon. It means a dark morning for us. Heres a live look at san jose. Very Clear Conditions there. A little different up in the north bay where there is patchy fog and frost occurring right now. Clear skies for most of the bay area dry air is here yet again and its going to stick around for the next few days. We are under another spare the air alert for today and we have a chance of rain but its going to take a while to get there. Ill show you the sevenday forecast, and ill explain about the shift in the weather pattern. For now, taking a look at the bay bridge, gorgeous view, temperatures in the 30s and 40s right now. 49 in San Francisco. Santa rosa dropped to 30 degrees below freezing. In just a few hours, the fcc is expected to roll back rules on Net Neutrality at a meeting in washington. As kpix 5s jackie ward explains, the rules keen Internet Service providers from prioritizing one web company over another. Reporter the days of equal websites may be numbered if the fcc does what its expected to do and votes on getting rid of Net Neutrality. Its the set of rules that was established under the Obama Administration that prevents so called speed traps on the internet. For months, protests have popped up against the rollback across the bay area and dozens of Internet Companies asked the fcc to keep the rules in place but the fcc chairman ajit pai told cbs news in the spring the internet thrived before the Obama Administration rules and these rules stifle investment. Because those regulations are so prescriptive, Many Companies big and small have told us that they are holding back on investments in their internet networks. Internet Service Providers say there are no plans to block or restrict content on the internet. But critics are wary. 18 attorneys general have called on the fcc to postpone the vote. Jackie ward, kpix 5. Democrat doug jones says he won alabamas senate race. Republicans and democrats alike agree he is the winner as is President Trump. His opponent, though, republican roy moore, is still not backing down from his claim that the result is far from final. The battle rages on. Reporter roy moore, the republican candidate for alabamas hotly contested senate seat, is refusing to concede defeat. Last night he posted this video message. This race, we have not received the final count to include military and provisional ballots. This has been a very close race and we are waiting certification by the secretary of state. Reporter nearly everyone else agrees Democrat Doug Jones won. Unofficial returns show him up 20,000 votes or 1. 5 . 3 times the margin needed to avoid an automatic recount. When the president of the united states, who endorsed roy moore, calls me to congratulate me, i think he feels like its pretty cleancut. Do the right thing, roy. Its time that we heal. Reporter yesterday, President Trump not only acknowledged the loss but also moores polarizing effect on the gop. Wish we would have gotten the state. A lot of republicans feel very differently. They are very happy the way it turned out but i would have as a leader of the party, i would have liked to have had the seat. Reporter after moore was accused by several women of Sexual Misconduct, many republicans publicly withdrew their support. Some were relieved to see him lose. I hope it sends a message that, um, you know, we can do better. Republicans can do better. Reporter if the current tally is certified, jones would be on track to be sworn in at some point in january. Even if an automatic vote recount is not triggered, moore can still ask for one. In that case, his campaign would have to cover the costs. Democratic nature is senator Bob Hertzberg of los angeles is facing new allegations this morning. Several female colleagues, um, claim that he inappropriately hugged them. They say that it made them feel uncomfortable. A spokesman for the state senator says he hugs people as a means of connection. The allegations come as the California Legislature struggles with repeated claims of Sexual Misconduct that already promised two Assembly Democrats to resign. In just a few hours, two men charged in connection with oaklands deadly ghost ship warehouse fire will be back in court. Tenants Derick Almena and max harris face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count each for each person killed in the fire. The judge is deciding if there is enough evidence for a trial. A Fire Department official testified that investigators never determined the cause of the fire. However, she thinks it was caused by some type of an electrical problem. Right now, Hayward Police are searching for two people wanted in connection to a homicide. The Department Just released this sketch of a man and a woman. The deadly shooting happened in front of the Islander Motel last week. A 47yearold man died it the scene. If you recognize either of these suspects, call police. Now to the wine country wildfires. Hundreds of Sonoma County victims who lost their homes in the october fire say they are underinsured. Many will now likely have to pay tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket as they process their claims. In Sonoma County policies holders have filed 5,000 Residential Property claims resulting in almost 7 billion in damages according to the state insurance department. There were nearly 5,000 homes destroyed. Today state regulators will consider tougher safety rules for power lines. This comes in the wake of octobers wine country wildfires and the wildfires currently burning in Southern California. Kpix 5s anne makovec has more. She is live in San Francisco outside the California Public Utilities Commission. Anne. Reporter these kind of rules carry a lot more weight right now. A lot of gravity since the purpose here is to try to prevent the next devastating wildfire. The proposed rules being considered today by state regulators, tree branches would have to be kept farther away from power lines and newly installed lines would have to be spaced farther apart. Priority would be given to power line repairs needed in high risk fire zones before making repairs in areas less at risk. And those repairs would have to be finished within 6 months in extreme fire zones. State regulators first began considering these rules after a series of devastating wildfires down in Southern California. In 2007, ten years ago, they were tied to power lines arcing and falling. Similar to whats been reported in the wine country wildfires here in october. No official cause of those fires has yet been determined. Now, earlier this month, cpuc regulators made a new rule based on Power Companies basically telling the Power Company down in san diego that it cannot charge its customers for those wildfires for the damage caused to the power lines because the utility was found at fault. So that also sets another precedent for pg e. Live in San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Right now, part of snake road in oakland is closed. Thats due to damage caused by a fire that burned down two homes monday. The fire also damaged an additional six homes nearby. It started at a house under construction, when dry winds and hillsides spread flames quickly. Its not known when the road will reopen. Problems from the oroville dam crisis last winter resulted in 1. 2 billion in claims. And according to a new report in the sacramento bee, the state of california has not paid any of it. The claims include shops and restaurants that lost business and farms that were flooded. Most claims argue the state is responsible because it ignored warning signs about the condition of the dams spillway. The crisis was caused by a large fracture in the dams main Flood Control spillway during heavy rain in february. Major budget cuts coming to oakland schools. Ill have the details coming up. [ music ] plus, increasing fares. Next, how much more you can soon expect to pay to ride vta buses. And right now, we are tracking speeds in the yellow for drivers heading out of antioch along highway 4 in that westbound direction but in the eastbound, opposite commute direction, we are tracking a crash blocking lanes. Well have the details and the backup coming up. Another cool start to the day but afternoon temperatures will be warming up nicely. And winds are calm for now. Ill let you know when they are about to pick up. Millions of dollars in budget cuts. For the latest, lets go live to flores. The Oakland Unified School district has begin the goahead for millions of dollars in budget cuts. For the latest, lets go to kpix 5s Jessica Flores who is live in oakland. Jessica. Reporter hey, kenny. Im in front of the District Offices here and this is where a lot of outrage is going to be aimed at officials here today. Parents, teachers, school principals, students, upset over 9 million in budget cuts. The vote came down after a really long meeting last night that stretched late into the night around 10 30 p. M. When that vote came down. A room was packed with those people protesting these cuts. They chanted boos to the midyear cuts and after about 5 hours the school board voted 6 1 could cut 9 million. 5million cut from the central office. 4million cut from school sites. This comes after years of overspending and lax budget oversight. The superintendent says they need the cuts to keep the directly afloat financially but the union says these cuts are excessive. They do have to cut know toward make the 1. 2 reserve. Thats a legal requirement. And they probably have to add more for special ed. Funds and transportation because we know those go overbudget. Thats what were talking about 5 or 6 million is all, not nine. Reporter according to the proposal, 32 District Office jobs will be cut but the cuts are not going to affect counselors, nurses or custodians. Teachers say they are already suffering with old books and inadequate supplies. And this budget cut means that those the money that will go to supplies and books will be cut further. Live in oakland, Jessica Flores, kpix 5. Belvedere will allow Recreational Marijuana deliveries starting next month. But the ordinance just passed by the city council will prohibit other cannabis Business Activities and outdoor home cultivation. Indoor cultivation of up to 6 plants will be allowed. This new year, all santa clara vta riders can expect to see some changes starting on january 1st. The vta will be implementing new fares and expanded hours of services. According to the vta, their new fare policy will change adult fare from 2 to 2. 25 per ride. Youth fares will drop 75 . Day passes will go up from 6 to 7 and monthly passes will be 80, an increase of 10. Train service will increase from 30 minutes to every 15 minutes during the week. 6 am 15 right6 15 right now. Do we have a humidifier here . No. My sinuses are acting up. We have good news mass transit on time. No delays. So speaking of the vta and bart looking exceptional this morning. 59 trains in service. Westbound 4 excuse me, slowdowns westbound 4 and then a new accident eastbound direction. And thats right at bailey road. Its blocking a lane, no backups. Southbound 680 on the right side of your screen there, this is right near north main streets heading into walnut creek, 7 minutes from willow pass to 24. Avoid 880, though. Caltrans will be out there until 7 a. M. Now with some roadwork so 580 may be the way you want to go. Lets check in with neda on the forecast. Heres a view from our mount vaca camera as we wait for sunrise. Its very dark. Its been dark because of a crescent moon. Also very cool. But these temperatures are about 5 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. Its chilly in the 30s but yesterday we were in the 20s in petaluma and guerneville. So visibility clear for most of the bay area. Half after visibility down to five. Petaluma down to five. Fog and frost in the valleys in the north bay. Also in the north bay air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups another spare the air alert in effect for today. This will be 7 in a row. Hazy conditions expected along the coast, as well. San francisco temperatures now 48. Santa rosa 30. 30s and 40s in the area. Its going to be nice out later on this afternoon just before that sun goes down, our afternoon highs are looking like this. Mid to upper 60s, even 70s for morgan hill. San jose 68. East bay temperatures in the 60s. So about 10 degrees above average. San francisco 64 today. Napa and sonoma, temperatures around 67. Friday into saturday, windy. We are talking gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour for some of the Higher Elevations. Looking way ahead into next week theres a chance of rain in our forecast. Well have to wait about 7 days. Apple announces a 390 Million Investment in [ indiscernible ] the Sunnyvale Company makes lasers used in facial recognition. Apple uses it with the iphone x. Its the latest investment from apples Manufacturing Fund to create more jobs in the u. S. Twitter is launching a new feature that will allow people more easily post tweet storms. The company confirmed last month it was testing the feature which its now calling threads. Theres now a new plus button in the composer screen where you can type your series of tweets. Just in time for last minute christmas shoppers, amazon is launching free same day shipping. The service is for its prime members and lasts until christmas eve. For nonprime customers, same day delivery is about 9 plus 99 cents per item. Your order has to be above 35 to qualify. Finally a trade for one of the local baseball teams at the winter meetings. As or giants, you ask . And pointed words from steve kerr following the election for the senate in alabama. Coming up. Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars to those in need. Little girl and boy land while you dwell within it you are ever happy there daddy, its christmas childhoods joy land never let go of your dreams. The mercedesbenz winter event is back. Lease the glc300 for 449 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. All quiet on the western front for the giants at baseballs winter meetings. Not so for the as who reportedly acquired outfielder steven piscati in a trade with the cardinals. He went to Amador Valley high school in pleasanton and later stanford. He hit 22 home runs in 2016 but slowed that pace last season. The real winner in this, his mother, who was diagnosed with als recently. Now she get to watch her son play baseball in the bay area. Classy move indeed by the as. Got to think steve kerr chose cnn on tuesday night. The warriors head coach had plenty to say about the Senate Election in alabama after doug jones defeated embattled candidate roy moore. Kerr tweeted a reference to the Big College Football teams in alabama. Im a big sec football fan. I dont care democrat, republican, independent. If we put a known pedophile in the senate, what would that have said about it. It clarify, roy moore is accused of Sexual Misconduct. Chris paul and the rockets looking for the 11th straight win and in the 1st quarter, against the hornets, paul on a race against the clock to end. The gets the three at the buzzer part of a 250 run for the rockets. They win 10896. The rockets actually have the better record than the warriors in the western conference. They are redhot. Im dennis odonnell. See you tonight. Heres the play of the day from college basketball. Kennesaw state at texas tech. [ playbyplay ] just got it inside. The raiders with the finish. Texas tech going on to beat the owls as we take a look one more time. 6 25. This morning, san franciscans are still mourning the loss of mayor ed lee. The Services Planned this week to remember the iconic leader. And were on fire watch as flames tear through Southern California. The battle under way to put out the fires and how long it could take. Reporter and preventing the next deadly wildfire. That is the goal of some rules being discussed today by state regulators. Well tell you about it next. Hi, im joan lunden. Diabetes is affecting more and more of us every day, family members, friends, maybe even you. More than 30 million americans are living with diabetes and about one in four of them, dont even know it yet. In fact, many of us dont even fully understand what diabetes is or, how to know if were at risk. So to help us, i am joined by dr. Ann albright, director of the cdcs division of diabetes translation. Hi ann. [ann] hi joan. Whats the basic definition of diabetes . Well there are two major forms of diabetes. Type1 is a disease in which the body no longer is able to make enough insulin. And those who have type1 diabetes, must take insulin to survive. In type2 diabetes, its a disease in which the insulin is not acting properly. People are not sensitive enough to their insulin and so they may be on insulin, they may also be treated with pills, and they may certainly, and must, eat healthy and be active. Its a key component of treating type2 diabetes. How do you know if you even have it . If you are urinating a lot, if you are losing a rapid amount of weight, if you are getting some infections that dont heal. The issue is, not everybody experiences those symptoms, and those who do, may not necessarily think its something that they have to get checked out, or that they certainly think are related to diabetes. And what are the risk factors . That is something you really should be paying attention to for type2 diabetes. The risk factors are if youre over the age of 45, if you are not as physically active, youre not getting enough physical activity. If youre overweight or obese, and if youre a member of a highrisk ethnic group, african american, hispanic latino, american indian, Asian Pacific islander, if youre a woman that had gestational diabetes, or a baby weighing more than nine pounds. All of those things are risk factors. Thank you so much. [ann] thanks joan. And for more information, you can log on to cdc. Gov diabetestv. Well see you next time. Im joan lunden. [announcer] sponsored by nacdd with support from the centers from Disease Control and prevention. Visit cdc. Gov diabetestv modern music companies. [ chanting ] youre taking away our education by taking away money. Shouting at the school board peteing as budget cuts are fought. The final decision and the impact on oakland students. Plus this. Repealing Net Neutrality could result in slower speeds, censorship and speed priorities. Republicans are confident they can pass a plan to reform the tax system. What the president is saying about it this morning. But first, state regulators could be getting tougher on Power Companies. Good morning, it is thursday, december 14th. Im company. Im michelle griego. Today they are expected to consider new safety rules that are being proposed in the wake of this years many wildfires. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live at the California Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco with more. Anne. Reporter these rules have been in the pipe for several years now but obviously taking on new gravity in the wake of all of the wildfires we have seen. The purpose is try to prevent the next devastating wildfire and, of course, the first thing we think of when we think of that the wine country wildfires here in october. So no official cause of those fires has yet been determined. There were reports of power lines arcing and falling as the fires were breaking out in very windy conditions. Under these newly proposed rules, state regulators are considering today tree branches would have to be kept farther away from power lines and newly installed lines would have been to be farther apart. Priorities given to power line repairs needed in high risk fire zones before low risk zones. And those repairs would have to be done within 6 months in extreme fire zones. State regulators first began thinking about the rules after a series of devastating wildfires down in San Francisco 10 years ago in 2007. They were tied to arcing and falling power lines. This month the same state commission the California Public Utilities Commission ruled that a san diego Power Company cannot charge its customers for costs related to that 2007 wildfire which could eventually set a precedent for pg e. Live in San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Turning now to the fires currently raging across Southern California, a half dozen fires are burning between Santa Barbara and san diego counties. Half of them near the coast. Fire crews are gaining ground on the thomas fire which is the fifth largest wildfire in california history. Its burning northwest of los angeles and is currently 30 contained. So far its contained at 30 . Since the fire started last week, the700 homes were burned. Hundreds have evacuated. Time now 6 32. Lets take a live look outside. Some of the traffic in oakland in the east bay on 880 right now looks like things are moving along. A nice gorgeous shot of the bay bridge courtesy of our camera atop Transamerica Pyramid looking awesome. Its one of the benefits to being up early. You get to see that free sunrise beautiful view. Lets talk about the chilly start to your thursday. Were almost there to the weekend. There is a little haze out there also some lowlying fog in some of the valley areas across the north bay, but mostly clear skies. Another dry day out there and another spare the air day alert thats 7 in a row. Chance of rain but well have to wait 7 days for it. Our temperatures in the 30s and 40s, so not in the 20s which is what we saw at this time yesterday. So at least its a little warmer but still chilly out there. Ill talk about your afternoon highs which are expected to be nice coming up. Driving into work it was chilly. Right now we are tracking a new crash and this is in the south bay along southbound 101. Right on that connector ramp to southbound 880, its not creating backup. Its in the northbound direction. For folks making their way from hellyer to san antonio. Over 23 minutes from hayward to foster city at the bay bridge and slowdowns for drivers through oakland. This is all due to caltrans. Some overnight roadwork is still going on. They have had to extend their time to about 7 a. M. This morning. So right now, its just under a 40minute ride from broadway down to 66. San francisco has made plans to honor mayor ed lee who died suddenly this week. Mayor lees body will lie in repose in San Francisco city hall from 8 a. M. To 7 p. M. Tomorrow for the viewing and sunday 3 p. M. A celebration of life at the same location. London breed is settling into her new role as acting mayor of San Francisco. Breed made her First Official appearance in the role yesterday to promote a Gun Buy Back Program planned for this weekend. I have been on the bond, i have worked in the community, you know, a lot of this stuff is Second Nature to me. She declined whether she will run for mayor in an election. The illegal immigrant is due in court today. A sentencing date will be set for the defendant, Jose Ines Garcia zarate. Two weeks ago, a jury discarded the prosecutions case that he meant to kill steinle in 2015 on pier 14 in San Francisco. The 45yearold illegal mexican immigrant was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. This morning, senator Dianne Feinstein is asking the acting director of i. C. E. To look into a county jail in richmond. The sfgate reports that several federal detainees at the west Contra Costa County jail have complained that they dont have proper access to bathrooms. She wrote to the acting director of i. C. E. Saying, conditions are so deplorable that detainees are requesting deportation over fighting to stay in the united states. I. C. E. Officials did not respond to the request for comment. The state of california will email some recreational pot licenses to businesses before the new year. Prop 64 which legalized the sale of marijuana for Recreational Use required the state to give licenses by the january 1st but because the date is a state holiday, the bureau originally planned to begin sending them out on january 2nd. That has changed. President trump is inching closer to securing a major legislative victory on tax reform. House and Senate Republicans reached an agreement in principle on a final tax package which they aim to vote on by next week. The newest bill slashes the Corporate Tax rate to 21 from 35 . It lowers the top individual tax rate to 37 which is about 2 down. It allows deductions also for state and local income or property taxes up to 10,000. And mortgage interest deductions on loans up to 750,000. The plan also repeals the obama penalties for those who dont buy Health Insurance. It may result in some americans without coverage. Now were just days away. I hope dish hope, you know, i hope, from keeping that promise. And the president says he wants congress to send him that new bill before christmas. Surfing the web might not be as smooth in the near future. As kpix 5s jackie ward reports, the fcc is set to vote on Net Neutrality today. Jackie. Reporter if this passes, which is very likely, some websites might have limited access while others may be slow. Net neutrality rules were set up in 2015 and ensured that Internet Service providers treat all websites the same with equal access and speed. That meant things Like Companies like comcast and verizon would not be allowed to slow down netflix or charge spotify more in order to stream faster than pandora. The fcc says eliminating Net Neutrality would boost the economy and stop the internet from being micromanage by the federal government. It would give internet providers too much power over content, according to crit yikes if some of these companies are paying a premium to get faster services, some of those costs might get passed down to you so you might pay more for Video Services. Companies all own significant businesses that offer Video Services to you. So the fear here is that these Companies Might prioritize their own Video Services over rivals. Reporter Washington State is taking matters into their own hands by becoming the first state to protect Net Neutrality. Governor jay inslee is calling this issue as critical as freedom of speech while this is expected to pass along party lines, members from both parties have called for a delay of the vote so the repeal can be investigated. In Santa Clarita county a group of local politicians will be in Santa Clara County a group of local politicians will be responding to this at 10 a. M. At the san jose government center. Jackie ward, kpix 5. Happening right now in st. Louis county, we have some breaking news, two Police Officers have been shot. The shooting happened around 7 30 local time. Officials say the shots hit the bulletproof vests. The officers are okay. What led up to the shooting unknown at this time. But there is a man barricaded inside a home at the scene. Today marks five years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 20 students and 6 adults dead. On december 14th, 2012, adam lanza walked into the school in newtown, connecticut, and shot. He killed his mother, a school employee, then killed himself. The Newtown Community plans to create a permanent memorial to remember those killed that day. Vigils are being held across the country to honor lives lost to gun violence. 6yearold daniel was one of the children who died in the shooting. His father recently went to a vigil held in connecticut. I miss him every day and will for the rest of my life. Congress hasnt passed major Gun Legislation since the shooting at sandy hook. There have been 210 state laws enacted to strengthen gun control since then. A conduct state lawmaker is dead of suicide days after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 17yearold in 2013. The body of don johnson a republican state representative was found on a road with a gunshot wound to the head. His body was discovered after they were made aware of a concerning facebook statement and then tracked his phone to the location. The 57yearold had been denied any wrongdoing. Another highprofile actress is accusing hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Misconduct. In an op. Ed. Published in the New York Times tuesday, sal ma hayek claims weinstein made unwanted sexual advances toward her while she was filming the 2002 movie. She says he threatened to kill her in an attack of fury and hated hearing the word no. Weinstein is denying the claim. Time now 6 41. Impacted by the drought, how the Sierra Nevada mountains are changing because of the water situation in the state. The bay area city that gave google the green light to build a new Development Project there. And the market just opened up about 10 minutes ago. Lets check the big board. A look at whats coming up later on cbs this morning. Sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Norah odonnell joins us now from new york. Good morning. Time for a look at whats coming up later on cbs this morning. Norah odonnell joins us from new york. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Ahead, we have the details of the tax reform plan thats been agreed upon by republicans in the house and the senate. Plus, prominent men from producer to restaurateurs sit down with us to talk about the metoo movement. What they think needs to be done to end harassment. Its a good conversation. A Consumer Watchdog Group says your digital assistant could be spying on you. The growing concerns that devices like google home and amazon echo could be recording what you say even when youre not addressing the machine. All that plus the eyeopener, your world in 90 seconds. Well see you at 7 00. We unplug alexa at home for a long time. Do you. Yes. We unplug her. Thats a good idea. Okay. You never know. All right, norah. Thanks so much. See you at 7 00. Big brother is watching. Major budget cuts are in the near future in the Oakland Unified School district. Jessica flores is live in oakland where Board Members approved the cuts last night. Jessica. Reporter we are in front of District Offices and a lot of outrage will be directed at district officials today. That vote came down from the school board late last night. After a fivehour latenight meeting. The vote came about 10 30. [ chanting ] parents and teachers booed. After hours, the school board voted 61 to cut 9 million from the budget. 5million is going to be cut from the central office. 4million is going to be cut from school sites. It comes after years of overspending and critics say lax budget oversight. The superintendent says the cuts are needed to keep the district afloat. But the Teachers Union calls the cuts excessive and teachers say they are already suffering with old books and inadequate supplies. And the proposal will slash even more money for supplies and new books. Now, district Officials Say they are not going to fill any more vacant positions at this time. Reporting live in oakland, im Jessica Flores, kpix 5. Part of the city of Mountain View has gotten the thumbs up to become googletown. The Mountain View City Council Approved a huge redevelopment right off highway 101 around the site of googles headquarters. The plan calls for nearly 10,000 new homes and apartments and more than 3 million square feet of office space. Developers want to create a dense citylike atmosphere with pedestrianfriendly parks, shops and restaurants. It would be available to everyone, not just google employees. More public hearings on the plan are expected before developers could come up with a timeline for the various projects. Muni testing is under way at the new salesforce transit center. They are testing coaches at the new hub on mission and first streets. The new transbay terminal will collect a number of bay area and state Transportation Systems eventually that will include muni, ac transit, samtrans, greyhound and the states future highspeed rail. Whats going on on the roads . A good day to get mass transit i guess every day is a good day for that. Yes, definitely. Right now and especially because mass transit is running with no delays. We are tracking speeds in the yellow and red right now if you are heading through oakland. Take a look at the backup. This is along southbound 880 just between 23rd and 29th. Caltrans has been out there since overnight. They had a couple of lanes closed. They were supposed to have all that wrapped up before 6 00. And then they have had to push it to 7 00 and that backup stretches beyond 980 so as soon as you head off to the bay bridge and getting on the connector ramp, you will start tapping the brakes. Its going to take a little over 40 minutes to go from broadway down towards the coliseum there. So do give yourself some extra time. If you want to use 580, thats moving at the limit. 880 south of 238, traffic is in the red but its moving this morning. So were not seeing the biggest crowds as typical. Over at the san mateo bridge, we went to the red from hayward to foster city. No accidents. 30minute ride. Nasa Research Suggests the Sierra Nevada mountains get a little higher during years of drought. Researchers use gps satellite data. They measured a rise in the height of the sierra by about 1 inch from 2011 to 2015 during the drought. The ground actually sank by about a half inch when more wet weather returns. The earth floated up a little higher as it became lighter because it has less water in it over the sierras and then it became heavier again and sunk back down a bit. The Research Suggests that solid earth is capable of storing more water than previously believed. Thats interesting. I want to talk about how dry it is out there. Because yes, we are waiting patiently for some rain, some maybe not so patient because it feels extremely dry. A glimpse of what the whole state and basically the great basin is seeing. Well have rain in about a week. Heres a view from the mount vaca camera. Clear skies and dry air in the forecast again. Spare the air alert in effect also yet again. No use of fireplaces because theres a lot of particulate matter expected across the north bay and coast so that chance of rain is going to arrive next week. Here we are dealing with Cool Conditions across much of the north bay but in the 30s. Below freezing in rohnert park and santa rosa now dealing with visibility down to 1. 7 miles because of the cooler air patch and fog. We are not seeing much wind at the moment. Overnight some areas with strong wind gusts. Some of the Higher Elevations around the hills would see winds pick up but now you can see nice calm conditions out there. Intense winds friday night into saturday. Were expected to get this northnortheast wind to come through. Thats another dry offshore wind that will pick up friday to saturday which also increases the fire danger. And its because of this trough dipping down from the pacific northwest. So the fire weather concerns including gusts up to 55 Miles Per Hour for the Higher Elevations north and east bay hills included. Santa cruz mountains also, sustained winds about 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour and humidity levels less than 30 . We can still have low humidity levels but they will get even lower. Our high temperatures today look like this afternoon sunshine because of the High Pressure ridge. Look what its doing. This Atmospheric River where all the moisture is closer to the equator is actually getting sent to alaska bringing them all kinds of moisture and rain from the tropics so we are not seeing any of that. Theres a chance this weekend we could see those storms drop down near the californiaoregon border but thats also again why were going to see an increase in winds. Our chance of rain wont be arriving until next week on wednesday. Thats a look at your forecast. The first band together bay area concert raised millions for the victims of the wine country wildfires so organizers are doing it again tonight. [ music ] tonight. The Red Hot Chili Peppers will headline tonights band together 2 concert. It starts at 7 30 at the bill graham civic center. 100 of ticket sales will support north bay communities foundations. New rules governing power lines in areas of california prone to wildfires. Coming up, how its all an effort to prevent the next deadly wildfire. Plus, a latenight manhunt in the south bay comes to an end. The arrest police made next. Its state regulators are considering new rules to prevent more Deadly Wildfires in california. Among those rules, tree branches would have to be kept farther from power lines and newly installed lines would have to be spaced farther apart. Priority would be given to power line repairs needed in high risk fire zones and would have to be finished within six months. State regulators first began considering these rules after a series of devastating fires in Southern California ten years ago in 2007. They were tied to power lines arcing and falling similar to whats been reported in the wine country wildfires here in october, although no official cause of those fires is yet determined. Todays meeting is at 9 30 a. M. In San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Its 6 57. Time for your final 5. Right now, a half dozen fires are burning between Santa Barbara and san diego counties. Fire crews are gaining ground on the thomas fire, which has become the fifth largest wildfire in california history. Its burning northwest of los angeles and is currently 30 contained. San jose police say that one man is in custody after an hourslong standoff that shut down parts of a fairground area neighborhood. The suspected burglar was holed up until early this morning. Embattled Republican Senate candidate roy moore has yet to concede defeat to Democrat Doug Jones. Late last night, moore released a video message calling for all outstanding ballots to be counted. President trump is inching closer to securing a major legislative victory on tax reform. House and Senate Republicans reached an agreement in principle on a final tax package which they will vote on next week. The Oakland Unified School district will make 9 million in midyear budget cuts. There were protests against the cuts by teachers, students and parents. Expect delays heading into oakland. This is a live look at 880 near the coliseum and traffic on the right side of your screen heading northbound 25 minutes. We are getting reports of a new accident thats further ahead near embarcadero. We are tracking a new crash involving an overturned big rig blocking the highway 116 off ramp from northbound 101 up in petaluma. Your ride through novato continues to be slow in the southbound direction. This is right near ignacio boulevard. And over at the Richmond San Rafael bridge and bay bridge toll plaza, jampacked. Well, its looking like clear skies across the south bay. Heres a live look at san jose right now. But i also want to take you to mount vaca where we are waiting for sunrise. We are seeing that nice glow ahead of the sunrise but also, a bit of haze down there in those lowlying valleys. Clear from the mountains to the beaches. It looks clear out there for now at ocean beach but again we are under another spare the air alert so expect hazy conditions throughout the day. A chilly start to the day especially up in the north bay near freezing there. Not quite in the 20s so thats good. Our afternoon highs will feel really nice. We are going to be about 10 degrees above average in the mid to upper 60s. Thank you for watching kpix 5 news this morning. Your next local update is 7 26. Cbs this morning is next. Have a great day, everyone. [ music ] good morning to our viewers in the west. It is thursday, december 14th, 2017. Welcome to cbs this morning. Republican house and Senate Negotiators say they have a deal on the biggest house overhaul in three decades. Will the plan to fill the president s promise of a giant tax cut for christmas . Former apprentice star am arose sa is escorted out of the white house. Her desperate effort to stay on the job. Salma hayek writes a moving oped. 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