Thats the only trouble spot. The rest of the bay area is fine. So far, so good. Cupertinobased apple has issued an apology to customers for secretly slowing down older versions of its iphone. As kpix 5s maria medina reports, the tech giant is offering a solution but some users are unconvinced. Like the whole phone seems to go slower. Reporter its not difficult to find iphone users with battery problems. I just had 38 battery and it just all of a sudden died on me. Battery goes down much more quickly at this time. Reporter soon the dilemmas may be fixed. Apple issued an apology eight days after it confessed it secretly slowed them down to keep older iphones from shutting down unexpectedly. They explained the reduction in performance was caused by a Software Update a year ago. And the continued chemical aging of the batteries in the older iphone 6 and iphone 6s. So apple is now offering a 50 discount on batteries. It says it will restore iphone 6 or later models to its original performance. This is the most tight closed Lipped Company in the world so for them to say anything at all is a very big deal. Reporter but some arent buying apples explanation and believe the tech company slowed down the iphones to force them to upgrade. Colin jones clients are among several now suing apple. Were looking at this as apples newest creation, an ifraud on the consumer and its something that betrays the trust of people who love their product. Reporter some say apple is taking a step in the right direction to rebuild customer trust. I bought a lot of their products over the years. I dont think they would intentionally, you know, make one of their products fail or be less than what it is. Reporter as a tech expert do you think this apology is enough . Its a pretty good concession when you put together the package, an admission and compensation. Reporter maria medina, kpix 5. Apples ceo tim cook got a pay increase this year thanks to better than expected iphone sales. Cook made 12. 8 million in 2017. That is about 47 higher than his 2016 salary. And that doesnt include millions of dollars in stock options. Cook also gained use of a private jet which he is required to use for all business and personal travel. In a filing with the securities and exchange commission, apple wrote the jet is necessary for security and efficiency. The man accused of planning an Islamic State inspired attack in San Francisco is in jail. Kpix 5s andria borba reports on the reasons he will stay in custody. Reporter inside a federal courthouse in fresno a magistrate decided Everitt Jameson the man charged with planning the attack on pier 39 on christmas will remain behind bars. Among the reasons why, according to the u. S. Attorneys office, even during the fbi raid on the home he shared with his mother, jameson told agents that he would kill as Many Americans as he could in the name of islam. According to the affidavit, jameson planned to target the bustling tourist attraction in an attack that would draw inspiration from both the San Bernardino terror attack and the october attack in new york city. He told an undercover fbi agent to exploit his status as a convert to islam. Make me more useful. I can blend in more shock and awe. Jamesons defense attorney argued he should be released on bond and that his mother offered to supervise because he didnt have a history of violence. The attorney also cited the fact that jameson backed out of the plot after an fbi agent tripped up and accidentally called him from a washington, d. C. Area code. I dont think i can do this after all. I have reconsidered. Outside the courthouse, jamesons father didnt speak to the gathered cameras, except to say that he was disappointed his son didnt get bail. Andria borba, kpix 5. You can expect a big security presence along the embarcadero all weekend with new years eve on sunday night and new york city also taking precautions in the wake of recent terror attacks there. One Million People are going to count down to 2018 in times square. The city has seen three terror attacks since the summer so they are going to put dump trucks with sand parked around the area to prevent rogue drivers. Officers will also patrol hotel lobbies. That is a response to the mass shooting in las vegas in october. Temperatures in new york city could be in the Single Digits this weekend. That prompted a tweet from the president who has often been publicly critical of the Science Behind climate change. Quote, in the east, it could be the coldest new years eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming bundle up but this deep freeze is no joke. At the Mount Washington observatory in new hampshire, check this out boiling water turning into ice crystals thanks to an air temperature of minus 4 degrees. [chuckling] the hashtag, its so cold, was the top trending u. S. Topic on twitter for a period of time today. And it was just about the polar opposite in california. It was almost 80 degrees in parts of los angeles. This was the scene at Redondo Beach. [chuckling] people enjoying the warm winter sun and playing in the waves. Looks nice out there. Thats why we pay thing about bucks to live here. Right . California love. West coast is the best coast. Every time that there is cold weather on the east coast, because of the way that the atmosphere works, around pressure systems, we have nice sunny weather and thats the time that we pay money to call up our friends on east coast, yeah, california is great, everythings good. How is it back there, right . [ laughter ] sunny here. Here your temperatures this morning are pretty mild. Actually, just a few of you guys in the 30s. 41 degrees in san jose. 47 in pacifica. Cool at 35 degrees in san jose. 38 in fairfield. Around the bay, much warmer in fact San Francisco at 50 degrees right now. 35 in santa rosa. The headlines for the day, partly cloudy start with patchy fog and that burns off moving into the afternoon when it will be nice and sunny. It will be warmer. In fact, it will be the warmest day this week. But we do have a spare the air alert today, tomorrow and sunday. So through the weekend, its going to be cooler. You cant burn any fires. So just be aware of that. In fact, looking at our highs for the day, we are getting close to the 70s. So 67 for your highs in livermore. 66 in san jose. Cooler at the coast 60 pacifica pacifica. 63 santa rosa. 62 fairfield. On the roads, we are looking very good. Friday light and it is holiday light. Now, the bulk of the traffic more this afternoon and evening as folks try to take advantage of another threeday weekend. But right now, looking good westbound 580 a pretty easy drive as you work your way coming away from tracy, no delays to the 680 connector. 19 minutes from 205 to 680. First look at the bay bridge this morning, off to a wonderful start, couple of cars making the trek out of oakland and San Francisco. But no trouble spots. Metering lights off all week every morning so hopefully that will be the same today. Elsewhere, as you work your way westbound 80 towards the bay bridge at gilman a few extra cars westbound in the commute direction but moving at nice speeds and you are at the limit on 880, the nimitz freeway, through oakland. Heres a live look, not too far from the coliseum. Northbound 238 to the maze. That will take you 16 minutes southbound if you are heading towards the san mateo bridge, that should not be a problem right now. In fact, no trouble spots to report through hayward and getting on the bridge itself looks good all the way into foster city. Bay area home prices hit another record high according to core logic. The median home price hit 787,000 last month. That is up 13 from just one year ago Santa Clara County saw the biggest jump the median price is now 1. 8 million. A lot of homeowners are rushing to pay their property taxes before the end of the year. Melissa caen explains what benefits you will and wont get from paying early. Reporter i think between christmas and new years is the time to clean your desk and catch up on the items on the bottom of your to do list. Its been much busier than usual here in the treasurers office. Reporter amanda is the Communications Director for the San Francisco treasurer. But its not just San Francisco. We also found a long line at the Santa Clara Countys assessor with people eager to pay as much as they can in property taxes this year. Starting next year, filers can only deduct 10,000 in state and local taxes. Now, one option you may have heard is to prepay 2018 taxes. If you are going to lose some of those state and local tax or property deductions, you may want to prepay them. Reporter but to be clear, in california, youre not allowed to. Larry stone is the Santa Clara County tax assessor. California is different than anywhere else. In some states you can prepay your next years property tax. You cant do that in california. Reporter but its easy to get confused. Part of a persons 2017 property tax bill is due in 2018. But that can be paid now. But thats still 2017 taxes. 2018 taxes cannot be paid now. Amanda says her office and the San Francisco 311 system have been flooded with questions. We are also hearing from other elected officials, people going to their supervisors and to the acting mayor breed and other folks and so were doing our best to try to get the word out. Reporter she says her office cannot give tax advice but people should know paying your 2017 taxes early is not the best solution for everyone. We are unfortunately hearing about people taking out predatory loans and other steps at the end of the year just to make this payment. Really encourage people to talk to a tax professional. Reporter tomorrow is the last business day that assessors offices will be open in 2017. To get credit for paying 2017 taxes, pay online up until 11 59 on december31st. In the mail make sure the check is dated on or before december 31st, 2017. In San Francisco, melissa caen, kpix 5. Time is 4 41. The Investigation Continues this morning into the deadliest fire to hit new york city in a quarter century. Plus, a bay area restaurateur is responding to allegations of Sexual Harassment from more than a dozen employees. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Fire tore through a fivestory Apartment Building in new york city. Last nights fire in the bronx sent other resid 12 people are dead after a fire tore through a fivestory Apartment Building in new york city. Last nights fire in the bronx sent other residents scrambling down fire escapes to safety. Four people are critically injured. Investigators say that the fire began on the ground floor and then spread up. He cause is under investigation. A university of california regent has stepped down amid allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Norman had previously apologized for making sexually suggestive comments to an actress who worked for his radio and Podcast Company and released a recording of those comments. His resignation from the uc board will take effect in february. He has been on the board since 2001. A famous bay area chef is stepping away from his businesses also amid Sexual Misconduct allegations. Charlie hallowell has apologized and acknowledges he acted inappropriately. As kpix 5s Christin Ayers reports, hallowell spoke with his staff about the allegations yesterday. Reporter Charlie Hallowells oakland restaurants are open and packed despite allegations of Sexual Harassment from 17 women. Hallowell met with some of his Staff Members here at penrose and they say he apologized. Hours after 17 women came forward accusing oakland chef Charlie Hallowell of Sexual Harassment, he could be seen addressing his staff inside one of his popular restaurants. When he walked out, hallowell had no comment. We issued a statement to you guys. Reporter and his Business Partner stepped in. Hey, please, come on, come on, man, this is ridiculous. Stop stop reporter hallowell says he is stepping aside from day to day operations. In a statement, i can see very clearly that i have participated in and allowed an uncomfortable workplace for women. For this im deeply ashamed and so very sorry. He is a star chef. He holds dinners every few months, benefiting nonprofits. But in an east bay express article in 2014, he described his restaurant penrose as the place you take the hot girl from new york whose pants you want to get into. Employees told the San Francisco chronicle he frequently had graphic conversations and he suggested one worker sleep with him, touched another inappropriately and whispered a lewd comment in her here and talked repeatedly about having sex with pregnant women. Customers at his restaurant told us they were torn. I dont think that the servers, the hostesses, the other cooks should be punished for the discretion of one person. I do think he should step down. I wouldnt want to come to a restaurant where i know the owner was doing those type of things to women like that. I definitely wouldnt support it. Reporter in oakland, Christin Ayers, kpix 5. Other well known chefs have recently been accused of Sexual Misconduct, as well. Abc fired one person from the chew after four women accused him of touching them inappropriately. He also stepped away from daily operations of his restaurant. And then theres johnny from the Great American baking show. Four women who used to work at his new york restaurant said that he made sexually explicit remarks and lewd gestures. And ken friedman of the tosca cafe in San Francisco is accused by 10 women of Sexual Misconduct including unwanted kissing and groping. Work on the floats for mondays tournament of roses parade in pasadena is just about finished. An army of volunteers has been building, painting and decorating the floats for the new years day tradition. Those who work on these floats say it is tough work but its worth it. On the day of the parade im going to be, like, that was my window. The rose parade gets under way at 8 a. M. New years day. The theme this year is making a difference. We saw those people down in Southern CaliforniaRedondo Beach frolicking at the beach. Im assuming the weather is going to be nice on sunday . It is going to be nice. There were a few clouds but its going to be dry which will be great. It will be a different fireworks situation than it normally is for the 4th of july where you can, like, just barely see some colored fog up there. It will be much more clear. Not totally clear. In fact, right now, its not totally clear, either. It looks nice and clear but those clouds are higher up. But they are keeping our temperatures pretty moderate this morning. In fact, waking up in San Francisco, in the 50s. Only one of us in the 30s. Santa rosa 35. But thats a big difference. About a 5degree difference than what we have seen earlier in the week. 41 degrees in concord, livermore 36. 49 degrees in oakland. Our visibility today better than it has been in the last several days for the most part in the south bay you guys are good to go a little bit of haze in the east bay about 5mile visibility in livermore, three miles in concord. What were seeing the most of visibilitywise in the north bay we have a half mile in santa rosa and about three miles in petaluma all of that fog coming off of the ocean through the petaluma gap up there, in the north bay. This High Pressure system thats sitting over us is keeping everything nice and dry. Its moved in basically right on top of us so its going to be the warmest day of the week. This low Pressure Center though these two of them actually lining up behind the High Pressure system is going to move that through. We have changes ahead in the forecast. Today will be a mixture of sun and clouds after some patchy morning fog and everything burns off. It will be a warmer day. For the Holiday Weekend seasonal, a little cooler over the weekend but then for the start of 2018 we have more clouds even chance of rain returning which we need. It is a spare the air weekend. So especially for those in the north bay with respiratory issues it will be unhealthy air in the north bay. So no woodburning on friday, saturday or sunday for those of how are looking to celebrate the Holiday Weekend that way. You cant. Our temperatures today for the highs being close to the 70s, you can see the yellow down there at the bottom of your screen, starting to creep in. 66 degrees in san jose. 67 degrees in livermore. Cooler closer to the water. 60 degrees in pacifica and san jose. In the north bay 63 degrees in santa rosa and 63 degrees also in concord. Yourself day forecast, sunny weather with a few high clouds today. Very similar story tomorrow although a little bit cooler and then partly cloudy on sunday especially in the evening hours is when that will start to move in but you will still be able to see the fireworks. Monday mostly cloudy, chance of rain tuesday into wednesday. We are accidentfree. Thats good news if you are going out to work early this morning. Mass transit is all on time. Ace this weekend no service on monday january 1st. Holiday sunday schedule also for bart january 1st as well as muni and caltrain. They will have extended service on new years eve for folks using bart so keep that in mind and free service for muni and caltrain on new years eve december 31st. Heading as to sfo, if you have a flight to catch, traffic is freeflowing on 101 with no delays. Nice conditions along the peninsula. 280 checking in with no trouble spots now. Heres a look at 101 in the south bay. So south of there or this is in San Francisco right at 17th street, looks like traffic is okay in this area also. Now well head to the south bay. Lets get an overview of what traffic looks like if you are competing out of san jose this morning. No delays on 280, traffic is light, lightly traveled along 101, guadalupe parkway 85. All checking in problemfree. Clear at the by bridge. Probably wont have metering lights today. That will be what your commute will look like for most of the important at the bay bridge and elsewhere 880 oakland both directions. Northbound 238 to the maze 15 minutes. Thats a look at your morning commute. Back to you guys. Gianna, thank you. Time now 4 51. We are seeing an early start to the flu season in california. And its already hitting hard in some areas. Good morning. Lets take a look at your highs for the day. Close to 70 in the south bay. 67 in los gatos. 67 in morgan hill and campbell. A little cooler closer to the water. 62 degrees in half moon bay. 60 in hayward. In the east bay, your temperatures getting close to 70 also. 67 in livermore and pleasanton. Cooler closer to the water again. 62 in vallejo. As well as in fairfield. Around the bay a little more moderate some 50s here. 59 in alameda. And in sausalito, 59 in stinson and bodega bay 63 degrees in santa rosa. High temperatures in the far north bay 67 in ukiah, 63 in clearlake 63 in rohnert park. And the roads right now very light looking good if you are hitting the roads early this morning. Heres a look at conditions on highway 4. No delays right now if you go to antioch into pittsburg. In fact, if you are connecting over to 680, 680 clear in both directions as well as the eastshore freeway. Surveillance video shows a suspected robber accused of beating a clerk in berkeley. He is seen here entering a chevron gas station on san pablo avenue and hopping over a counter before attacking the worker last week. The Cash Register would not open for him. The clerk ended up with a bloody nose and lip. The suspect remains at large. A group of College Students jumped into action to help a homeless man who fell off a cliff in Santa Clara County. That man was setting up camp near Guadalupe Reservoir yesterday morning when fell 10 feet down the embankment. He broke his leg and was stranded for hours. He turned on his flashlight to get someones attention. A group of friends driving by spotted him. We are driving down hicks road and see a light flashing from over there and so we pulled over and got out out car. We heard a guy moaning in pain. The friends called 911 and emergency crews responded to rescue that man. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. This winter is just a little more than a week old but its already been a rough one when it comes to getting sick. As we report, the flu season is off to an early start. Reporter tis the season for hovel illness. Sneezing, coughing, aching overall yuck. Its the beginning of flu season and its already hitting hard. Wayne reynolds and his wife are visiting their children and grandchildren. They traveled all the way from the east coast for the holidays only to get sick. She put on a mask as soon as she got in the room because everyone was doing the same thing. Reporter at a hospital in sherman oaks patients waited for two hours to see a doctor. The medical director says they have seen a steep increase in patients over the past week from the flu. Up to 30 more patients a day for the past week or two thanks to mostly the flu. Reporter he says the best way to prevent getting sick is to get a flu shot. He says you should also avoid sick people, encourage coworkers to stay home if they are sick, and wash your hands frequently. As for flu symptoms the flu starts out really like a bang almost, fatigue, headache, dry cough, fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, general malaise. Reporter according to county health officials, the dominant flu strain going around is a nasty one, influenza a known to cause severe symptoms and send more people to the hospital. This woman and her husband were at the emergency room at st. Josephs. It was packed with patients being treated for the flu. We had masks on yesterday and i took two extra and put them in the car because we had just flown in from las vegas. And everybody on the plane of course was coughing. Reporter we saw many people wearing masks, sanitizing their hands, doing anything they can to keep from getting sick. In sherman oaks, adriana weingold, kpix 5. In just a few days, it will be legal to buy Recreational Marijuana in the state of california. But finding a shop to buy it might be difficult. Well explain why coming up. Im michelle griego. And im kenny choi. Lets start with a live look outside. The mornin start. Good morning. Im anne makovec. Im kenny choi. Lets start with a live look outside. Be on the right traffic is on 880 looking good. Gianna will have your full traffic report coming up. The bay bridge looking decent this morning on the left. It looks decent. Theres no clo