Medicare and other popular programs. There are some things that people in the bay area can do to save some money but these will be bandaids. One, pay your property tax before the end of the year. That is because a new law will limit the annual deduction on property taxes at state and local taxes. Paying property taxes, in full by the end of the year will mean a bigger deduction in 2017, when there is no limit. And, homeowners who plan to itemize in 2017 might also consider making an extra mortgage payment before the end of the year. According to bank rate, doing so would allow homeowners to deduct an extra month of mortgage interest on 2017 taxes. For the same reason, give more to charity. Tax expert say the people who do not plan to itemize should consider increasing charitable contributions and 2017. So you can that as well. It will also have big implications for couples who get divorced. We have the new rules for those paying and getting alimony. Reporter almost nothing is more complicated than the tax policy than divorce. Creating an environment for those who receive alimony. When he walked on the aisle and say i do, the idea of getting divorced may seem unlikely. But if you end up heading to a family court judge, when you get your divorce finalized, it could have a big impact under the new tax plan. It is very complicated. Reporter this professor teaches finance and tax policy, she says if you are the higher earning spouse in a divorce, you should try to get it finalized before the end of 2018. If the amount of alimony and the spouse paying it gets it deducted and the spouse who receives it picks it up as income. Reporter since the lower earning spouse is in a lower tax bracket, the arrangement usually means more money stays with the divorcing couple and does not go to uncle sam. Starting in 2019, the alimony deduction will go away. The higher earning spouse will pay all of the tax and the recipient will get the money taxfree. If you receive alimony payments as part of a divorce, it may pay to delay finalizing your divorce for at least one year. It as usual, it is complicated. Most likely in the context of working out the arrangement, property settlement, child support, the tax consideration will be factor in under the new law. It is probably a grim statistic, 56 percent of couples end up in divorce. How many people are we talking about . Reporter surprisingly, the number is smaller than you would expect considering 800,000 couples each year in the u. S. Get divorced. The irs says in 2015, 600,000 tax returns showed this particular deduction. The alimony deduction and one of the reasons is its not part of the settlement, if the two people make the same, its not part of the deal. And that is why it might be lower. The promise of tax reform was one of the reasons the stock market has gone wild in 2017. On the day the bill passes, investors shrugged off the news. The market closed down slightly today. The Trump Administration is facing another legal challenge on its decision to end daca. That is the policy on deferred action for childhood arrivals. Children brought into the country illegally by their parents. I handful of a handful of lawsuits heard today, the beneficiaries and a group of young immigrants are urging congress to attach what is being called the clean dream act to the house spending bill. This is about our lives, you are playing with our lives. This is something that will separate families and affect us for our life. The judge did not rule on the challenges to the policy, the president has Given Congress until march to come up with a legislative fix for dhaka. Daca. Authority say they have arrested eight men for a series of Violent Crimes throughout the bay area. The suspects are members of the brought day gang, based in antioch and pittsburgh. During the investigation, they recovered several firearms and ammunition and 11 pounds of marijuana. All eight men are facing several charges including conspiracy to commit murder. These arrest market successful and significant disruption of a violent neighborhood gang whose associates have allegedly committed serious criminal acts including burglary, shootings in a public area, crossing the state of california and murder that includes the shooting death of an innocent bystander. Court records show they have been linked to five homicides across the county. In the south bay, a Home Invasion near los gatos, five suspects suspect s is priced surprise the man at his home. A number of those suspects were arrested in modesto. They were driving the stolen car, the crime rattled the neighborhood. This is the first time i ever heard of Something Like this. I did not know until they came out and talk to the people here and the police but police have not been inside the house. Someone else can do that job. The homeowner is being treated for minor injuries, the five suspects were in their late teens and early 20s. A wild and to a crime spree, a group of men wanted for Liquor Store Robberies were arrested. Deputies believe the men were connected to the smash and grab glories and santa clara, san jose, sunnyvale and campbell. It ended when they crashed into the air force base. But they did not give up, they abandoned the vehicle and tried to run off to a nearby field. Take a look, they released these photos of the suspects capture. They used thermal imaging to locate the men, their they are. They were hiding in that the rush. In San Francisco, the city has a plan to clear a popular camping spot for the homeless. Bay have placed huge boulders under the onetoone interchange. We will show you how the plan is working. Reporter whether they are working or not depends on who you ask. Here are the boulders, the city will tell you they are working. There are no tents here and there is nothing blocking the public right away. But any homeless advocate will say this is not how we should combat homelessness in San Francisco. They are calling this shortsighted. The boulders was an idea that we thought we would try. Reporter larry stringer is hoping these rocks will make this a hard place for the homeless to set up camp. This is an experiment, we are trying Something Different and we are trying to see what happens. Reporter bonita 101 is an area known as the hairball, it is such a confusing exit for drivers. It has also been a popular place for the homeless to set up camp or decades. That is until the city cleared the encampment last month. These boulders are the deterrent public works that they hope will keep people away. It cost 10,000 to put them here. We probably spend that in a day, definitely within a week because of the time we were spending cleaning up the encampment. Is just another lets do nothing response to homelessness. Reporter jennifer says the city is missing the point. I would say it is not a good use of city resources. Reporter many of the homeless displaced are still camping here but public works argues that something had to be done in the short term. We understand it is not their fault, it is not by choice but there is a balance for the public as a whole with safety, healthwise, what is good for the safety and the public. Reporter out here, this is another reason why advocates say these boulders are not making a difference because the people who are camping across the street have moved on the street. The city does plan to put boulders in place around this area and they are hoping that will send a stronger message. Can we expect to see these boulders used to deter elsewhere . Reporter i asked public works that, he says they think this is a very specific solution to a very specific area. Just in this area for right now. A swimmer recalls the terrifying moments when he was attacked by a sea lion. Let it snow, at least a little bit. A welcome sight overnight after a short dry spell. Pets are heading to Northern California after being rescued from the devastating fires in southern california. You might be able to give them a new home. Hey look, its those guys. [music] jess are you good to drive . Shawn im fine. Jess how many did you have . Shawn i should be fine. Jess you should be . Officer go on and step out of the vehicle for me. Bud see ya, buddy. Good luck so, it turns out buzzed driving and drunk driving, theyre the same thing and it costs around 10,000. So not worth it. Second swimmer was attacked by a sea lion. Semper just goes San Franciscos aquatic park was closed after a second swimmer was attacked by a sea lion. Only on five, we spoke with the man who explained how he narrowly escaped death. Last thursday, warnings were posted at the aquatic park after a swimmer was bitten by a sea lion outside the cold. Reporter the next day, rick decided to be safe and restrict his swim to inside the brick wall. I was swimming along, whatever it was, everyone is thinking it is a sea lion. I never saw him, he came up from underneath me and hit me. Reporter the animal clamped his teeth down onto his groin area and when it let go, he had to hold pressure on the wound as he back stroked with one arm the thousand yards back to his swim club. His friend and fellow swimmer helped him onto the beach. There was no blood whatsoever but i could see there were deep wounds. Reporter he was rushed to the hospital and given treatment to prevent rabies. He is shaken, knowing if the bite had his femoral artery it couldve killed him. And while sea lions are occasionally seen in these parts, swimmers are alarmed by this aggressive behavior of the animals that live nearby. We have never seen them consistently, swimming around. That is a new thing, that is an issue and i think sea lions at pier 39 is a problem. Reporter today, a sea lion was seen hanging out near this boat and Club Swimmers are grouping up into pods for protection. Rick says he will return to the cold but the next time i will go in with a pod that surrounds and i will swim in the middle. [ laughter ] check out this video of the hit and run crash, you see a white car come onto the screen and slam into the car that was parked next to the curb. Surveillance video was recorded thursday night at a home on palm avenue. Police are still looking for the driver. The Property Group that owns Jackson Square has bought another oakland landmark. The group is acquiring the old sears building. The los angeles developer plans to complete a wideranging renovation of the property which is now known as uptown station. Huber had big plans huber had big plans to expand at one time but they hope to have 3000 workers. Instead, they sold the building for 180 million. A traffic alert, bigtime backup on interstate 680 before the turnoff to highway 101. There is a Police Action going on there on the ramp, they are working with a disturbed individual at this point. That is all we know but southbound 680 is backed up. Speaking of traffic, travel experts say it could be one of the busiest days of the Holiday Travel season partly because christmas is on a monday. Aaa estimates 107 Million People across the country will be going out of town for christmas. 97 million of those folks will go by car, 6 1 2 alien are flying in 4 million will take a train or bus. On thursday it will be pretty busy, people trying to get on the road early. Fighting the crowd. No matter what way you take, everyone else is trying the same thing. Experts say a Strong Economy is part of the reason for the increased number of people. After a pretty long dry spell, a blast of wintry weather hitting the sierra. Chain controls were in effect, not a lot of snow on the ground but what did come down is good news for the resorts. People wondering if they would see a White Christmas this year. So many folks were asking, will there be a White Christmas at six or 7000 feet, that will likely stick. Some fresh snow and powder on the ground. For us, the precipitation is done for now but prepare for the cold. It will get very cold at night, 20s inland for the next three nights. Take a look outside, this is the final sunset of autumn, 2017. Tomorrow morning, we say hello to winter. It is chilly outside, livermore 50, santa rosa 50, concord 53. 29, concorde, 28 livermore, 26 fairfield, below freezing in redwood city and close to the freezing mark in fremont and mountain view, overnight. Radar is clear, interstate is clear until christmas and tell we have enough rainfall, 1300s of an inch in San Francisco to take us out of the number 3 spot for the driest december ever. We are sitting at number 4 and we may stay there because there is not much rain in the forecast. Here is the wide review, the storm is still snowing in nevada and idaho, the one that got us overnight. This ridge will nudge in and get close enough, not in as close as it was before. The next opportunity for rainfall is a 5050 chance of late rainfall, this is Chris Christmas night. Notice precipitation to the west and this may work its way in to the north bay monday or tuesday. Not a widespread chance but that is the next and only chance in the forecast. The coldest night of the season is not tonight, it is tomorrow night when the wind relaxes. Afternoons will be mild and sunny, we will be cloudy next week including Christmas Day with showers possible in the north bay. Tomorrows high, right around 60 degrees for failed failed, napa and santa rosa. Fairfield, napa and santa rosa. Friday, sunny and chilly, saturday and sunny sunday partly cloudy. Christmas day a tiny chance of a shower with highs remaining around 60 degrees. The pattern change we need or want is not there yet but we have january, february and march. No need to panic, just yet. Keep a positive attitude. Why not . The giants pick up a slugger but is this guy too old . We will find out from dennis, what they had to give up to bring him here. A crush of cardboard piling up in homes and apartments. Recyclers cannot keep up with the packaging and the crackdown on sloppy recycling habits. This little home of mine, im gonna let it shine. Its Energy Saving time, im gonna reduce mine. Californians all align to let our great state shine. Let it shine, the powers ours to let it shine unplug chargers go, devices go offline. Turn thermostats down low, leds shine mighty fine. Small actions quickly grow, to let our great state shine. Energy upgrade california, will let us shine. Dennis is here to tell us it still hurts when you look at the numbers, the giants lost 98 games last season and promised changes in october. Dennis is here to tell us about a slugger that will put change everything. He is 32 years old, how old are you . I dont play baseball. After failed attempts ford giancarlo stanton, the giants pulled the trigger for a home run henner. They got hit her, they got one goria. A threetime allstar with five years and 81 million left on his contract. He is i270 lifetime hitter with 56 home runs, and the last two years. He is 32 years old, but the giants took this as there is plenty left in the tank. And he knows the giants history. It is and even your coming up and i know the giants win in even years. That i am looking forward to. It is an even year. They said their second best project, and a pair of minor league pictures. They are setting their sights on an outfielder that has mutual interest between j groups and San Francisco. Stay tuned, he is only 30 years old. There was also interest in stanton, i want to see quality. You got an allstar 3rd baseman. Marty want . What more do you want. Pets that are waiting for new homes are in the north bay waiting to be adopted, they had to be moved up from nevada. You can see the Humane Society is picking up some of the pets at the airport today and in all they will taken 45 animals. Big donation. Time for our food for bay area families, check presentation. I am emily turner and i am here at whole foods and join with john. They have a longstanding history, how far does that go back . 29 years and its a combination of the employees volunteering as well as monetary contributions. Reporter why is this what you decided why this venue to use when you get back . We believe in doing the right thing in eradicating hunger in the community is important, the work of the food bank as critical to bring food and reporter that is amazing, you are with the food bank, having a partner that goes back so many years, how important is that . It is wonderful, we are so fortunate that they volunteer, contribute money and professional intellect, we are so blessed. You can count on them, right . And speaking of money we have a check presentation for 87,000 to the food bank from clorox. Congratulations, if you want to get involved, you can. Go to our website. The bay area gets ready for legal marijuana. The security challenge of handling and all cash crop, alan is back in 30 minutes with that story and a whole lot more. Captioning sponsored by cbs the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Glor the tax overhaul passes. Republicans celebrate. Its been an amazing experience. There are only two places where americas popping champagne, the white house and the corporate boardrooms. Glor also tonight, eight americans are among the dead in that tourist bus crash in mexico. An olympic athlete accuses u. S. A. Gymnastics of covering up sexual abuse by team doctor. Oh, my gosh, like such a miracle. Glor the remarkable story of a child born nearly a quarter century after she was conceived. Package poachers get a holiday surprise