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But six, seven hours from now, it will start to warm up and we have lots of sunshine. It is dry. 60s on the temps. The off shore breeze is not as pronounced as it has been. It is there but not as pronounced. It is called a rex block pattern named after a guy who named it back in 1950. They are tough to break down. Maybe middle of next week. There is the circulation to the low to the south and the High Pressure to the north. Everything goes up and over. We cant get anything in this kind of a pattern. Berkeley lab, showing a east or northeast breeze at 20 to 25. At the surface, it is not that strong. And it is allows 20s and 30s for many. This is one of the coldest mornings we have had yet. Other than that, sunshine and warm temps. Something has to break eventually but it wont be this week. 60s on your highs today. These are all above average for this time of year. 7 01. And sal tells us that things are what. Things are just a little better than normal. Okay. Good. Although we have slow traffic out there, steve. Good morning to you. And good morning to you at home. If youre getting ready to hit the road, it takes about 40 minutes to drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze. You will see slow traffic at the toll plaza as well. But it is moving through at a relatively good clip for this time of the morning. Here is a look at interstate 880 in oakland. 580 is doing well from Castro Valley and into oakland. And 880 southbound is beginning to slow down. Given the problems that weve had on the commute, i thought it would be a little slower. But we are getting just a little bit of a better commute today. South bay commute does have slowing, especially on 101. 280 at 17 and 85 northbound. 7 02. Lets go back to the desk. Our coverage of the sudden unexpected death of mayor ed lee continues. We will share with the front of the San Francisco chronicle. Mayor led city in time of change. The chronicles editor in chief cant remember if they used characters on the cover before but it seemed fitting for the man who broke barriers. Bill clinton posted this tweet. Saddened by the loss of my friend ed lee. I will always be grateful for his leadership and stead fast support. It was a privilege to spend time with him earlier this month on words aids day. He will be missed. Across San Francisco and the bay area, the country really. Yeah. Those who knew San Francisco mayor ed lee are talking about his life and legacy. Many described him as a humble man who loved the city where he lived and worked. He sure did. A note and a bouquet of flowers outside of the Safeway Store where mayor lee collapsed on monday night reads rest in peace mayor ed lee. We were proud to call you our neighbor. Thank you for giving your all to sf. He was a community person. He was always out, trying to help the community, pick up garbage. He was a big, you know, rent advocate. He was a wonderful mayor. One of the better mayors. He was sincere in his work. It is more of i miss him. Ill miss him. Now, one of ed lees others neighbors say mayor lee was concerned about the city and was always upbeat. Bay area mass transit paused to observe a moment of silence yesterday at noon in honor of ed lee. An employee sent us this aerial photo of a bus that stopped for the moment of silence. Bart and bta all observed the moment of silence. London breed is now the acting mayor of San Francisco and also becomes the citys first africanamerican female mayor. She will hold the job until june unless the board of supervisors replaces her with someone else. Breed has been the president of the board of supervisors since 2015. And was widely expected to run for mayor after ed lees term ended. Yesterday, she asked for the support of the city. Our citys values have never been more important. And in the months ahead, lets carry on in mayor lees honor. Now, a special election will be held in june. The winner of that will finish out ed lees term that ends in january 2020. Then there will be a regularly scheduled mayors election in november of 2019. 11 people already filed paperwork for that general election. London breed will be attending her first events today. Christien kafton is at San Francisco city hall now with a preview of the day ahead for london breed. Good morning, christien. Reporter yeah. A preview of the day ahead but really a look back on mayor lee and the legacy that he leaves in San Francisco. If you take a look, you can see the memorial to mayor lee building here on the steps of city hall. Now the city is taking on the projects that were spear headed by the mayor and expecting that the new acting mayor will be taking those projects on. The acting mayor, london breed, will have her first full day with her new responsibilities. Now, we do have a revised and current schedule for the acting mayor. That means that she will be at a function at 1 30. That official function with the police chief to highlight and promote a Gun Buyback Program set for this weekend. The board of supervisors approved one of mayor lees request to fast track construction on shelters for the homeless. The mayor acknowledged the magnitude of the role that she steps into and the shoes she must fill. Mayor lee lived a life of service. The son of working class parents. He developed early on a profound sense of community and a commitment to helping others. Reporter and, again, taking one more look at that memorial. You can see how touched so many people are that they dropped by to leave flowers and candles. Me menmentos and photos of mayor lee. The Mayors Office has already been boxed up and preparing for those items to be moved out. And for the new mayor to move in at some point in time. Back to you. Christien, thank you. We will move to a stunning victory in a deeply conservative state. This morning, democrats are celebrating the election victory of doug jones in the bank of America Senate race. Jones beat roy moore. Doug luzader has more on the race from washington. Reporter the margin was pretty tight. 49. 9 to 48. 4. And it is still possible that we could see a recount. But if this holds, democrats have just narrowed the republican majority in the senate to just one vote. I am truly overwhelmed. I am truly, truly overwhelmed. Reporter Democrat Doug Jones struggled for words after his win last night became clear. Alabama has been at a crossroads. We have been at crossroads in the past. Yes. And unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. [cheering and applause] reporter jones opponent roy moore in a state where republican politics has dominated for years. Moore was not giving in. It is not over. It will take some time. Thank you. Reporter during the campaign, moore was hit with claims of Sexual Misconduct from a number of women dating back to his 30s when some of the accusers were teenagers, charges that he denied. He was hardly the choice of Establishment Republicans but he was eventually backed by the president , who conceded defeat on twitter. Congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. Adding republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends. Republican leaders in Congress Though may be breathing a sigh of relief. Moore could have immediately become the target of an Ethics Committee investigation and would have become a major issue in the mid term elections next year. There were very few in washington short of donald trump himself who wanted roy moore to be in the u. S. Senate. He was never going to be a sure vote on the agenda and making controversial comment thats other republicans were going to be asked about, asked to defender rebuke. Reporter the timing here is important for republican whos are still trying to get the president s tax plan done by the end of the year. These Election Results will not be certified by the state before christmas. In washington, doug luzader, fox news. Now, following the alabama election, our question of the day is this do you think the country has hit a turning point where Sexual Harassment allegations are a mean for action. Yes or no . Let us know by voting on twitter or ktvu. Com or comment on our facebook page. Happening today in the east bay a group of parents, teachers and students will protest 50 million in proposed cuts. This is video of a similar march last week. The School District needs to cut 15 million from its budget after overspending the last few years. Parents, teachers and students say the cuts should be made to the administration, not the schools and classrooms themselves. Recent board meetings have been packed, with people speaking out about the proposed cuts. The board will make a decision at the meeting today. A police chase at more than 100 Miles Per Hour on the peninsula. Coming up at 7 30, how many suspects were arrested in milbrae and who is still on the loose after a carjacking that ended in a crash. Also, new information to bring you on one of the Southern California wildfires. Investigators now know what caused the fire that destroyed several multi Million Dollar homes. And we do have a crash reported on the bay bridge. A couple of trucks in the slow lane westbound near fremont street. I also found Something Else here. It looks like some sort of a stalled vehicle here. So it is not a very good commute as we head into San Francisco. And it is not very warm this morning either. There are plenty of 20sand 30s. We will end up with a lot of sunshine today. We will talk about that and the bird is the word up here in bodega bay. [vo] the season of audi sales event is here. Audi will cover your first months lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is now 7 14. The man accused of setting off a pipe bomb monday morning in the new york subway is expected to be in court today for the first time. The criminal complaint says the suspect carried out the attack, quote, for the islamic state. Federal Officials Say he built that bomb about a week ago and picked a time and place to cause maximum damage and injuries. But it went off prematurely. Three people suffered minor injuries. If convicted, he could get up to life in prison. Were finding out exactly what was said in Text Messages by an fbi official who was removed from special counsel Robert Muellers team because of derogatory comments he made about president interrupt a veteran fbi agent exchanged the Text Messages with an fbi lawyer. In one of the messages back in october of 2016, he refers to then president ial candidate trump as a, quote, idiot. On another on election day he says a victor eye by trump as terrifying. They talked about his suitability to be on a Team Investigating the president ial campaign. He was reassigned within the fbi. The state of california and the Trump Administration faced off yesterday in federal court over Birth Control coverage. A judge in oakland heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by the state to block new rules to allow employers to opt out of Birth Control for women. It says the Trump Administrations rules could lead to unintended pregnancies which would lead to health care and social costs for the state of california. Supporters of the change say they protect religious freedom. The judge did not immediately issue a ruling in this case. It is another spare the air day today. Sal, you would think that some people would be leaving the car at home and taking mass transit instead. I would hope so. Although we have slightly reduced levels of traffic, gasia and dave, this morning. Im beginning to see it. We will start off with the east shore freeway and see the traffic at the macarthur maze will be backed up for about 20 minute delay when you get to the maze. 37 minutes getting there from the carquinez bridge and getting out to the care. You can see the bay bridge is slow. They may be slowing the metering lights down. There is a lane obstruction here westbound bay bridge, just on the San Francisco side. And traffic is going to be slow. Now, on the sky way here. But there was also a reported crash westbound near fremont street before this. So a couple of a combination of these two things may make traffic a little busier on the upper deck of the bay bridge. As you saw, traffic was slowing down at the toll plaza. Slow the metering lights down. Here is a look at interstate 880. Traffic is moving along okay driving past oracle arena. The southbound traffic is backed friendship 238 down to stevenson in fremont. 7 17. Lets bring in steve with todays forecast. Thank you, sal. A cold morning, sal. No doubt about it. There are some very brisk numbers coming in, certainly up to the north in lake county. Chloe loves clouds. Waiting for the sunrise in freezing temps. 19 degrees in kelseyville. That is the coldest that i have seen. There are many 20s though. Windsor is in there now. I know petaluma, there is a 27, 28. Vallejo, 36. That is cold for them. Accident deportation deal in the 20 occidental in the 20s as well. 41 in oakland. That is pretty cold there. Tiburon at 43. Alameda is 43. That is very cold. San franciscos low is 47. 62 47 forecast yand forecast high and low. Right about where you should be. So the pattern is it is called a block. Sometimes you get an omega block. The pattern is shaped like the greek letter omega. Ga. This is a rex block developed by the guy who named it back in 1950. Everything goes up and over. And then there is a surface high either up in oregon, idaho, northeast nevada. The flow around that goes over a low that is cut off from the jetstream. Sitting south of baja and l. A. And phoenix. They dont move. They are tough to break down. There is the high. Circulation around it. Theres the low. And there is your storm track. Until this breaks down and it can be stable for three weeks. Were two weeks into it. Get that easterly breeze. Thats what were dealing with. Still good gusts. Not too bad. 20 to 25 up there. At the surface it is not that strong. A puff of an easterly breeze. 32 in sunnyvale. Fairfield down to 27 degrees. So there are very cold temperatures here. The air mass not only here but even in Southern California is record setting low. It is so dry. Southern california hasnt had any rain. We had some in november. But it has been a long stretch of dry weather. I dont see it changing right now. Everything is just locked in until that breaks down or reloads or what have you. Not looking for much of a change over the next three days or so. The days are so short that it is hard pressed to get warm. Except for breezy conditions on the weekend, there is no change. Thank you, steve. Getting the Holiday Gifts out on time while saving money. When you can get Free Shipping from hundreds of companies with delivery guaranteed before christmas. Google releases the most searched for people and events of 2017. We will tell you what they are. Sfx squeak sfx stair creak sfx clink sfx deep breath sfx grunt sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling sfx slice sfx gasp sfx inhale. Exhale. Sfx lights scraping on roof sfx metallic scrape sfx grunt covered california. Its more than just health care. Its life care. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is now 7 22. What and who did you search for this year on the internet . We have a look at googles list of stop searches. Also what wall street expects for today. Pam cook is back in our studio with todays money business. Yes. Economists predict Interest Rates are headed high, just in time for the new year and in time for the new leader of the federal reserve. Ahead of that important fed meeting today, stocks headed higher on that opening bell. Checking in right now on the latest read. Theres a live look at the dow. Up 81 and a half points. 24586. A third of a percent. The nasdaq and s p 500 up about the same percentagewise this morning. Janet yellen holds her final News Conference today as chair of the federal reserve. She is expected to announce that the fed is raising Interest Rates for the third time this year. Investors will look for clues in her remarks today about what the fed may do in the coming months. The next fed chair, Jerome Powell has supported yellens cautious approach to rate hikes on his five years on the board. Republicans in congress trying to get the tax overhaul passed by christmas. That could create problems for payroll departments. The American Payroll Association is lawmakers will create a tough task for companies if the overhaul passed by the end of the year. Companies will not have enough time to implement the new provisions which would begin in the new year. The republican tax reform plan changes how much tax should be withheld from paychecks as well as changes in income tax brackets. So we will be watching closely for that. Next up in big shopping days is this friday. It is Free Shipping dayment so far more than 800 Online Stores are participating. Along with the Free Shipping, the companies are promising delivery before christmas. The Amazon Company lowering its minimum Free Shipping threshold to 25. That compared to 49 from last year but you need to place the orders before friday. Google has released the list of the most popular searches of 2017. Hurricane irma was the most popular search in the United States and around the world. The storm hit the florida coast in september. The category 4 hurricane was just one of events in the u. S. This year. Former today show host matt lauer finished second on the list of overall searches after being fired by nbc after Sexual Harassment allegations. And Sexual Harassment scandals influenced this week in the top googled people. Matt lauer, Harvey Weinstein and kevin spacey on the top fives there. Meghan markle is second. As for the top googled howto searches, how to make slime finished first followed by how to watch the Solar Eclipse and how to watch the mayweather versus macgregor fight. And of course celebrities, people who passed away this past year are often searched. Tom petty being one of them. Yeah. Thank you, pam. All right, pam. The time is 7 25. This morning, we are still looking back, honoring the memory of mayor ed lee of San Francisco. We will tell you how other bay area mayors remember the late leader of San Francisco. Reporter plus, a highspeed chase early this morning on the peninsula ends with a stolen car crashing into the backyard of a home here in milbrae. We will tell you how the search for the people inside of the car ended this morning. Good morning. You can see traffic is going to be busy on some of these commutes. The bay bridge recovering from a couple of earlier things. Fortunately it is beginning to improve not only the bridge but the toll plaza. Afternoons are warm. It is a layer kind of a pattern that we are in. Unfortunately there is no rain though. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. 7 29. Were starting you with a live look at a memorial that is growing on the steps of San Francisco city hall. So many people leaving flowers and notes of appreciation and pausing to remember mayor ed lee who died yesterday in the very Early Morning hours. City finds itself with a new acting mayor today. London breed, the former head of the board of supervisors has stepped into mayor ed lees place. She has a full plate on this day. Among the issues that she will be addressing today, picking up ed lees unfinished business. She is announcing a Gun Buy Back Program set for this weekend. Many are still mourning the loss of mayor ed lee. It will have to be a back to business wednesday as well. Thank you for joining us for mornings on 2. Good morning. Im gasia mikaelian. And good morning. Im dave clark. Lets go to Steve Paulson for a check of the weather. It is cold out there. Once you get to sunrise, we start to warm up ever so slowly even though the nights are very long now. There is a breeze in the Higher Elevations. It is all about the temps this morning. It is a cold one out there. Pinole is at 39. Brentwood, 34. Concord, 32. 28 in walnut creek. 29 san ramon. Pleasanton, 29. That observation in danville is not reporting. Maybe my good friend bob can let me know what the temperature is. He is also our produce expert. He will be here next thursday. Next thursday we will be talking on the 9 about pomegranites. Okay. Good. My favorite. 30s to 20s. Gilroy is 36. 29 in boulder creek. Santa clara holding on. Even san jose state Meteorology Department is at 29. It is cold out there. The air mass is recordsetting dry. There are some stats coming out of Southern California and even here. The dryest it has ever been on these dates. This is a blocking pattern. The one were in is called a rex block. They dont want to budge. They usually last a couple of weeks. That is what is happening here. The one in Southern California as well. They dont produce rain but they produce stable conditions. Thats what we have. Coming off of the Oakland Berkeley hills, there is a northeasterly breeze. The coast will be the warmest today. 27 in fairfield. How about that. I think cordelia was 28. A lot of 20s showing up. There will be a lot of sunshine. Until the pattern breaks down, there is nothing going on except cold mornings and sunny days. 7 32. Looking sharp this morning, we should add, is mr. Sal castaneda. Thank you, steve. Im looking at the approach to the bay bridge. We will start there. The traffic is going to be okay if you are driving to the toll plaza. But they had to slow the metering lights down at the bay bridge. And i wanted to ask kevin if he could move the camera not this camera. The 555 camera. To show the bridge. Because kevin and i work together. He found a crash for us westbound 80 at 9th street. Near 9th street. I think that has been removed. It did its damage. As you can see here, it is almost at a stand still. This is where it starts to get slow. When you get to the teleplays a the traffic is beginning to shake out as they turn up the metering lights. But on the sky way. And this is the picture that kevin found earlier. There was a crash right here. It is gone. Finally. It has moved to city streets. See, things are good here. Not so good at the toll plaza. And theyre really bad at the macarthur maze. Thats just the way it will be. Hopefully we will get clearing now that the crash is gone. Thank you, kevin, for helping me out. This is a look at 880 northbound as you drive past the coliseum. Traffic is moving along relatively well. San mateo and dumbarton bridges are normal. Normally slow getting out to the peninsula. On the peninsula, we have traffic moving along pretty well, until you reach san mateo. Southbound 280 is slow through daly city and south city and it gets better after the Crystal Springs area heading south. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. We return to the reaction of the death of ed lee. Ed was not a politician. He did not always deliver the best sound byte or carry the room with unspoken charisma. Flash never mattered to him. He was humbled and determined no matter the job that he held. He was fair and collaborative no matter the heat of the moment. That was supervisor london breed, now the acting mayor of San Francisco. She is among the many people praising ed lee. His colleagues choked back tears as they talked about his life and three decades of public service. Standing right here seven years ago swearing him in. I was just in his office. And they boxed everything up. So you know, i mean very emotional for gavin newsome. A memorial for ed lee is growing on the steps of San Francisco city hall. They had Great Respect for ed lee and are remembering him as a supportive colleague. For me personally, a great friend, confidante, a mentor. Someone who was truly a regionalist, who not just in his words but in his deeds just constantly showed that we are all interconnected. Ed had a remarkable compassion for people. And he was while being the leader of a large and complex city, he also had a wonderful gift for demonstrating kindness. Even in the most difficult of times. We will have much more on the passing of mayor ed lee and the legacy that he leaves behind throughout mornings on 2. The time is 7 35. Still ahead, three people in custody now after a highspeed chase ended with a crash into a peninsula country club. Ktvus Christien Kafton is in milbrae. Despite this crash, some people escaped the police. Reporter several people were able to get away this morning. Good morning to you. Authorities spent the morning several hours scouring this milbrae neighborhood, trying to find all of the people inside of this stolen car involved in a chp pursuit this morning. That car wound up crashing through the front gates here at the green Hills Country club. And then the car smashed through the back fence and into a persons backyard here in this neighborhood. The driver and as many as five passengers got out and ran after that crash. Authorities were out this morning going door to door, using k9s. A helicopter was searching from up above. Officers eventually took three people into custody. Everyone else who was inside of the car was able to escape. Now, this chase started at about 2 30 this morning nearby along highway 380 near 101. Thats where the chp spotted this honda sedan that had reportedly been carjacked at gun point. The driver of that car refuse today pull over and led officers on a highspeed chase that reached speeds of more than 100 Miles Per Hour. Everybody that we have in custody seems to be okay. Theres nobody injured at the residence. No one was injured along the way. Overall, pretty successful pursuit for us. Reporter along with the credit. Hp, milbrae police and the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office were called out here and they were involved in this large scale search in the neighborhood, trying to find the people in the stolen car. Authorities have not been able to offer more details on when and where the car was taken, only saying it was carjacked at gun point. Again, though, three people arrested after this pursuit and crash in this milbrae neighborhood. At least three others still on the run this morning. Authorities not able to track them down. And with that being said, the chp is something anyone in this part of milbrae, if they see anything suspicious, to immediately put in a call to 911. Alex, thank you. All right, alex. The time is 7 37. An investigation in san jose continues. A pedestrian was killed by a bta light rail train. It happened near the san jose airport during the evening commute. Witnesses say the victim looked like he was taking a shortcut across those tracks instead of using the crosswalk further down the street. The name of the victim has not been released. The tracks between Santa Theresa and alan rock stations were closed for several hours. This morning, all of the trains are running again. The man convicted of killing sierra lamar has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A judge handed down that sentence for torres yesterday afternoon. The decision matches a recommendation earlier this year. Sierra lamar was the morgan hill teenager who vanished in 2012. While her body was never found, forensic evidence pointed to torres as the killer. The sentencing was an emotional one for the family. You never have closure and the pain never goes away, unfortunately. But, you know, the world is going to be safer. One less cowardly person on the streets makes a difference. We got some justice. But what we really want is sierra. And we will never have that. Hear leer in the day, the judge denied a request from the defense for a new trial. Our time is 7 39. The first city in Sonoma County to allow the retail sale of Recreational Marijuana beginning january 1st. An ordinance was approved to allow the one medical Marijuana Dispensary in the city to sell Recreational Marijuana as well. Prop 64 which voters passed allowed cities to decide if they want to allow the sale of Recreational Marijuana when it becomes legal statewide january 1st. The San Jose City council has given its approval for a village of tiny houses for the homeless. It will have 40 units. The question is where will it be located. The villages must be a quarter mile away from schools and 500 feet away from any homes. The council will consider three possible locations at the meeting next month. City leaders hope to eventually have one tiny home village in each of the citys ten council districts. The cost of living in parts of the south bay have more families struggling to put food on the table. A study by Second Harvest food bank says 27 in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County struggle to buy food every month. It adds 22 of them are families with children. Second harvest says the tech boom and rising rents have left many people struggling as people who work outside of the Tech Industry get left behind. The time now is 7 40. Happening today in San Francisco, glide Memorial Church will hold a holiday tradition. Volunteers will pass out thousands of grocery bags to the needy this morning. The bags are filled with chicken, cranberry sauce, stuffing, gravy, peas and carrots, oranges and mashed potatoes and rice. The giveaway takes place on ellis street in San Francisco and will continue until 11 30 this morning or until all of the bags are passed out. The Election Results are in. Coming up, much more on the democrats first u. S. Senate victory in alabama in a quarter century. Also, local fire crews battling the fires in Southern California. Up next, the very latest from santa clara firefighters out there on the fire lines. Youre looking at the bay bridge. You can see traffic on the span itself is not too bad here on the new span. Over there on the suspension span. We will tell you what the backup is like at the toll plaza. Well, even though the air mass is very dry, we havent had rain for a while, the dew point and the temperature have gotten together out on highway 4 and there is fog. It is dry but thats about all were seeing right now. It will be another sunny day. 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. It was started by an illegal fire at a homeless encampment. The fire is now 90 contained. The other big fires in los angeles and san diego counties are all at more than 95 containment. The rye fire, the one burning near Magic Mountain is 100 contained but firefighters are still there in case of flare ups. The time is 7 45. Facebook now responding to a former executive who says that facebook and other Services Like it are ripping society apart. I would encourage all of you as the future leaders of the world to really internalize how important this is. If you feed the beast, the beast will destroy you. That executive was once facebooks Vice President for user growth between 2007 and 2011. He is the latest former social Media Executive to express concern that too many people turn to social media for their validation and for happiness. He also said that his own children are not allowed on social media at all. Well, facebook released a statement in response saying, and im quoting, we have done a lot of work and research with outside experts and academics to understand the effects of our service on wellbeing and were using it to inform our product development. The time is 7 46. Lets help you get to where you need to go. Busy morning trafficwise. Gasia. Yeah. Do you know the story we just did. Yes. We have a child psychologist that will talk about that today on the 9. Dont think i have my own notes ready here. Thats right. Were having issues when it comes to screen time and Young Children in our household. Very quickly, he says that a lot of the tech titans that run these companies dont allow their own children to use them. Yep. Were going to talk about that in the 9. Lets look at highway 24 westbound as you drive through the lafayette area. It is heavy driving from walnut creek to oakland. Moderately heavy. It will get better as we get closer to 8 00. On 880, traffic is okay. It is taking an hour to drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze. The toll plaza itself is fine. It is because of earlier issues. 880 is beginning to fill in from san leandro to downtown oakland. The other way it slows from highway 92 and all the way into fremont. 7 47. Lets bring in steve. Thank you, sal. Youre welcome, steve. Good morning, everybody. Some very good comments, responses on twitter today. Thanks to all of you. We do have a clear pattern. Eventually it will change. Eventually it will change. Just not this week. It is a cold one out there. You can see a few high clouds. Just a whisper or two of fog around highway 4, which is a rarity in this pattern. The air mass is dry. Some of that sneaks back in from discovery bay. 31 by the concord pavilion. San ramon is 39. Moraga is 38. Brentwood is 34. Pleasanton, 29 degrees. 31 in menlo park. Los altos is also in there. Union city down to 38. Foster city, 37. 50s over by the coast. Moss beach. They still get that easterly breeze. The coast is definitely the warmest place here in this kind of a pattern. Truckee is at 10. Reno at 16. 29 up in redding. Ukiah and sacramento both 30. And even Santa Barbara aat 35 degrees. It is cold. What im trying to explain here, this is the pattern that were in. It is called a blocking pattern. They generally last a couple weeks, 18 to 21 days. We are well into that. It is called a rex block. There is an omega block. This one is not. This is a rex block. The slow cut off from the jetstream. It is very stable. You really need a pattern breakdown. You can see the flow coming around the high, the surface high, and wrapping back into the low down there. The combination of the two continue to give us an easterly breeze or easterly component. Not that strong on the surface. It is in the Higher Elevations, oakland and berkeley hills. An easterly gust for some. So isolated but it does make it over to the coast. Thats why they warm up. 20s for fairfield, 27 degrees. Hayward, sunnyvale and fremont, 33. Theres nothing going on for us. Thats for sure. This pattern does not look like it will change until the middle of next week. There are hints on it. We will see. Until then, it will be cold nights and sunny days. Mostly sunny. A few high clouds and haze in the air. Overall, very stable pattern. Temperatures are running above average. So get used to it. I think it will get breezy into the weekend and hopefully changes next week. All right. Dry december, dave, is not uncommon. It usually is raining or it is not. Followed by a pickup in the rain in january and february. Usually. Not always. Were looking at it. Thank you, steve. Last night the sudden death of San Francisco mayor ed lee was really felt at the annual lighting of the me noria at San Franciscos union square marking the beginning of hanukkah. Mayor lee was usually at the ceremony. Last night the thoughts turned towards the mayor and his family. This is devastating to have our leader die with no warning. Its going to be a real transition in the city. I want to express my condolences to anita lee, our first lady, and to the mayors daughters. Now, the lighting of the giant menorah is a long tradition in San Francisco that started back in 1975. The time is 7 51. Colin kaepernick is being criticized about a visit that he made to a new york prison. The Union Representing jail guards did not like it. Union Officials Say that kaepernicks trip to Rikers Island will encourage inmates to attack guards. The department of corrections says the purpose of kaepernicks visit was to share a message of hope and inspiration. The time is 7 51. An unusual site at the sonoma raceway. Coming up in our 8 00 hour, how fire trucks and the community teamed up for a unique fundraiser for north bay fire victims. Plus, the airline that plans to start offering daily direct flights from san jose to new york city. We will tell you about that next. Barely had time for breakfast. Music sting crave van hey guys. Try my country scrambler plate, with jimmy dean sausage, homestyle potatoes and scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham and cheese. Part of my brunchfast menu. Come try my country scrambler plate. With juicy jimmy dean sausage, crispy homestyle potatoes and fluffy scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham, and cheese. Here you go. Oh, cameras. Hi mom part of the brunchfast menu. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is 54 00. The preliminary hearing for the two defendants in oaklands deadly ghost ship warehouse fire could be wrapping up in the coming days. Yesterday was the third day of testimony in the hearing for Master Tenant Derick Almena and creative director max harris. Each are charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Witnesses testified that the warehouse where 36 people died last december was a death trap. An oakland fire captain testified that he worried about the conditions inside. Indeed it was a death trap that night when the people came to the party, they couldnt get out. There was no alarms. There was no smoke detectors. There were no exit signs. Now, when the preliminary hearing ends, judge Jeffrey Horner will determine if the two men will go on trial. The burden of proof is a lot lower during a preliminary hearing than during a trial when prosecutors have to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt. Health care Company Aetna is joining the fight against the opioid crisis. Starting january 1st, aetna patients will no longer have to make a copayment on narcan. It is a nasal spray that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. While it is available over the counter, narcan is typically prescribed by a doctor to patients who feel they are at high risk for an overdose. The time is 7 56. If you travel, you will have a new way to fly to the east coast. Starting in june, Delta Airlines will have new nonstop flights between san jose airport and new yorks jfk airport. Jetblue also offers daily nonstop flights between san jose and jfk. The pepsi co Company Just Made an order of teslas semi trucks. They reserved 100 of the big rigs. They are rumored to cost 200,000 each. Pepsi joins a dozen company thats already placed orders for the semis, including wal marts. Pepsi says it is part of its plan to reduce emissions by 20 by the time 2030. The Election Results from alabama are in. We will tell you about the democrats first u. S. Senate victory in alabama in a quarter century. Reporter coming up, we will show you the growing memorial to San Francisco mayor ed lee and how the city is trying to pick up the pieces and move on with city business without him. Good morning. You can see traffic is going to be getting a little better in some areas. But a little slow in others. We will tell you more coming up. Theres a teeny bit of fog along highway 4. That is all we can find. Cold temps this morning. Were slowly warming up now. A memorial continues to grow outside of San Francisco city hall. The latest on mayor ed lees sudden passing and what is next as the acting mayor gets to work today. Reporter the Alabama Senate Election Results are in. A big victory for democrats. Im doug luzader in washington. We will have more on what this will mean coming up. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is wednesday, december 13th. Im mike mibach. Im gasia mikaelian. Lets help you get out the door. This is a jacket day, if i ever saw one. We had one of our assignment editors ellen come in at the 6 00 hour all bundled up. Mike. Yes. I agree. Dry too. By noon youre like it is hot. It is dry. There is a little miss our out there. Okay. We take you out to highway 4. I believe nearby point and willow pass, if im not mistaken. Thank you, jeff. This is just down down the road a piece, if you will. It is 30. And the temperature is around 32. I can believe this. This is only amount of fog i could find. When you get that easterly breeze coming in back from, say, discovery bay, then some of that fog can form. It wont last long but it is there. Maybe a sign of things changing over the next couple of days. Steve, it is almost 31 in brentwood. Lets take a look. 30. 9. That is correct. It is almost 31. 34 in this observation. 33. Okay. Thats near the concord pavilion. 28 in walnut creek. Lafayette, 35. And pinole made it down to 38. Now theyre 42. Inspector willie down in morgan hill says second day in a row were at 29. Gilroy is at 28. 20s in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Even santa cruz at 38. Santa clara at 30. It is cold this morning. North, south and off to the east. Except for a few high clouds and patchy fog, it is another sunny, mild, warm day. Temperatures above average. Until this pattern breaks down, were stuck. There are hint thats we will get windy again on the weekend. Until then, the next couple of days, slight off shore breeze. Stronger in the Higher Elevations where it is warm. If youre up a couple thousand feet, youre sitting in the warm inversion. This translates into a lot of 60s. Sal, you saw the fog out there on highway 4. Yeah. It was weird. I was thinking, steve said there was no fog. There wasnt until what, 7 45. Yeah. Thank you for pointing that out. Thats the only fog that we can find. Well, at least im not seeing things. I thought, you know what, i better layoff the coffee. Good morning, everybody. Lets take a look at 80 westbound as you drive from the carquinez bridge to the mac maze. This is one of the busiest day thats we have seen. 62 minutes. And earlier this morning, it was light. But i think what happened was the combination of the bay bridge slowing down just a little bit and all of the slow traffic in berkeley has really made it a lot slower. Whatever we had on the bridge is gone. It takes a while for things to filter through. I still have optimism that once everything gets back on track, we will have a good day getting into San Francisco. Northbound 880 we have slow traffic here. And traffic will be backed up. Now, southbound 880 has been slow as well. Northbound 880 near fifth, right at the embarcadero exit, there has been a slowdown because of a stalled truck. Lets talk about 880 southbound it is slowing down to fremont. 8 03. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. This morning we continue the coverage of the unexpected death of San Francisco mayor ed lee. The headline on of the San Francisco chronicle, mayor led city in time of change. Earlier this morning, former president bill clinton post this had tweet, saddened by the loss of my friend ed lee. Ill always be grateful for his leadership and stead fast support. It was a privilege to spend time with him earlier this month at the aids memorial on world aids day. He will be missed. Across the bay area, people who knew mayor lee have been taking time to remember him, describing him as a humble man who loved the city where he lived and worked. One of lees neighbors flew the American Flag at halfstaff. A note and bouquet of flowers in front of the Safeway Store where he collapsed on monday reads rest in peace mayor ed lee. We are happy to call you our neighbor. He gave your all to sf. He was a community person. You know, he was always out trying to help the community. Picking up garbage. He was a big rent advocate. He was a wonderful mayor. Probably one of the better mayors. He was sincere in his work. It is more of a i miss him. Ill miss him. One of lees other neighbors said that lee was always concerned about the city and always seemed upbeat. The bay area transit had a moment of silence at noon. Muni sent us this photo of a bus that stopped for the moment of silence. London breed, the president of the board of supervisors is now acting mayor of San Francisco. She becomes the citys first africanamerican female mayor. She will hold the job until june, unless the board of supervisors decides to replace her with someone else. Breed has been president of the board of supervisors since 2015. She was expected to run for mayor once mayor lees term ended. Yesterday she asked for the citys support. Our citys values have never been more important. And in the months ahead, lets carry on in mayor lees honor. A special election was to be held in june. The mayor of that will finish out ed lees term which ends in january of 2020. Then there will be a regularly scheduled Mayoral Election in 2019. 11 people have already filed paperwork for the general election. Acting mayor breed will attend her first events today as the acting mayor. Christien kafton reports from city hall on the day ahead. Reporter at a memorial to ed lee still growing here on the steps of city hall, you can see the flowers, candles, photographs that people have left here on the steps of city hall. Now some of the mayors projects will be spearheaded by acting mayor london breed. Acting mayor breeds first full day of her new responsibilities gets underway today. On the schedule is a 1 30 function with the chief of police to promote a Gun Buy Back Program set for this weekend. At the board of supervisors meeting got underway, the supervisors approved one of mayor ed lees final request, to declare a city wide emergency on homelessness and fast track a construction of shelters for the homeless. London breed acknowledged the magnitude of the role she steps into and the shoes she must fill. Mayor lee lived a life of service. He developed early on a profound sense of community and a commitment to helping others. Reporter one more look at that touching memorial here on the front steps of city hall. The officials have said that the Mayors Office is already being packed up. The city mourning the loss of the mayor. At the same time, getting underway with the business of running a city. In San Francisco, Christien Kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. Well, this morning democrats are celebrating the election victory of doug jones in alabamas senate race. It was a big win in a deeply red conservative state. Jones beat roy moore in the most watched and controversial election of the year. Doug luzader has the story from washington. Reporter the margin was pretty tight, 49. 9 to 48. 4. It is still possible that we could see a recount. But if this holds, democrats have just narrowed the republican majority in the senate to just one vote. I am truly overwhelmed. I am truly, truly overwhelmed. Reporter Democrat Doug Jones struggled for words after his win last night became clear. Alabama has been at a crossroads. We have been at crossroads in the past. And unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. Reporter roy moore in a state where gop politics have dominated for decades. Moore as of last night wasnt giving in. Thank you for coming tonight. It is not over. It is going to take some time. Thank you. Reporter during the campaign, moore was hit with claims of Sexual Misconduct from a number of women dating back to his 30s, when some of the accusers were teenagers, charges that he denied. He was hardly the choice of Establishment Republicans but he was eventually backed by the president , who conceded the defeat on tweeter. Congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. Adding. Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends. Republican leaders in Congress Though may be breathing a sigh of relief. They may have lost a Crucial Senate seat but moore could have immediately become the target of an Ethics Committee investigation and he would have been a major issue in the mid term elections next year. There were very few republicans in washington, short of donald trump himself, who actually wanted roy moore to to be in the u. S. Senate. He was never going to be a sure vote for republicans on their agenda. He was going to be making controversial comments that other republicans were going to be asked about, asked to defender rebuke. Reporter now, the timing here is important for republicans who are still trying to get the president s tax plan done by the end of the year. These Election Results will not be certified by the state before christmas. In washington, doug luzader, fox news. And even though President Trump campaigned for roy moore earlier this admonition he congratulated doug jones on the victory. Congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. The write in votes factored in. A win is a win. The republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends. Do you think that the country has hit a turning point . 73 of you say yes. 27 of you say no. Let us know what you think by voting on twitter or ktvu. Com and leave your comments on our ktvu facebook page. A highspeed chase along the peninsula. Coming up at 8 30, how it ended just outside of a country club. We continue to follow the latest developments from Southern California where wildfires are still burning in four counties. What we are learning about the possible cause of at least one of the fires. We have a lot of slow traffic, especially the east bay as we look at interstate 880. It is pretty slow from earlier problems that we had in oakland. Well, the only problems that we have is it is darn cold. There is a teeny bit, a little bit of fog out to highway 4. It looks like it is already burning off. We will talk about the warmer temps today coming up. When you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. Visit kp. Org to learn more. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. Fire crews in Southern California are making more progress in the fires. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed. Were learning what may have sparked the skirball fire near the 405. Reporter crews are still struggling to get their arms around the thomas fire in Southern California. It is one of several blazes that collectively have torched 237,000 acres. A blackened chunk of land larger than new york city. Hundreds of houses gone. Plenty more homes are in harms way. One of the blazes, the skirball fire destroyed or damaged homes near los angeles. The cause a cooking fire at a homeless camp. Investigators found the encampment near a freeway underpass. We do not know the number of people staying in the area. It appears that people were sleeping and cooking in that area. Reporter in the meantime, some people are getting to leave evacuation shelters. The ones still sleeping on cots are trying to stay positive. It has been like camping. It hasnt been bad. Its been fine. Reporter a different kind of atmosphere at the Ventura County fairgrounds, the home of thousands of firefighters for more than a week. It has sleep stations, mobile showers and food services. It helps you recharge, knowing that you have a few things, a hot shower, the ability to get your laundry done, which is nice, especially after a few days of wearing the same socks. Reporter after containing the fire and the recovery period, some firefighters are not expected to return home until january. In new york, rich dennison, fox news. Santa clara firefighters are mock the firefighters fighting the fires. They have been on the fire lines there for a week now. And were among the first crews to respond to calls for assistance from other Fire Departments across the state. A great story here. First responders took over the sonoma raceway last night for a good cause. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Department and local Fire Agencies teamed up to offer rides on the racetrack for an event called laps of appreciation. Here is how it worked. For 25, people got to ride with First Responders for three laps. After the devastating fires back in october, certainly this was a Welcome Change of pace for everyone. The speeds will get up there. The fire truck is a little slower of course. The chp, a little jump on it. We will give them space in between so they have fun. They like speed. Speed. Anything with lights. They love it. The event raised almost 75,000. That money will be used for two local recovery funds for sonoma and Mendocino County fire victims. Tomorrow the second benefit concert for north bay wild victims will be held in San Francisco. And the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be performing. There are still a few tickets available. 100 of the ticket proceeds will be benefited to the Tipping Point emergency relief fund. You will remember the first concert at at t park raised 17 million. The first one definitely a big history. Im sure the encore will be just as great. Yeah. Lets check in with sal and a look at the commute. I have not seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers. You need to see them. I would recommend it. This is a look at the commute now as we switch from music sal likes to traffic that sal doesnt like. It is slow at the bay bridge. It is slower than it might look here at this picture. It is actually moving okay once you get here. At the macarthur maze, there is plenty of slow traffic getting to it. And on 80 as well, getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. I will show you interstate 880 in oakland. It has been improving. A couple of stalled vehicles here. That is why traffic is pretty slow. Traffic will be a little better now that the stalled vehicles have been removed. But it is still having time trying to get out of that slow see, when you have Getting Better. When you have something up the road, it takes a while for the slow traffic to filter out. 580 by the way, i wouldnt call it a good alternate. It is backed up from san leandro out to the lake shore curve. And all of the south bay freeways are now very slow getting into that west valley. 8 18. Lets bring in steve with todays forecast. Saw them in santa cruz, sal. Great place to see them. A long time ago. Long time ago. We have cold conditions out there. But were warming up ever so slowly. Sometimes it only favors areas north. It was all the way to the Santa Cruz Mountains. High clouds and haze in there. Overall a mostly sunny day. Frost on many of the cars and the rooftops here. Ben says frost on the cars in san anselmo. I believe that. And jim is at the san rafael harbor. That is cold if youre on the docks there. 32 novato. San rafael now 38. Starting to warm up here. We had colder temps. Still 20s though. They hold on. Occidental and graton and petaluma. Point reyes down to 37. How about that. Dont see that all the time. That is cold. Richmond was 40. Now 43. Tiburon was 43, now 44. 41 one observation in oakland with another one at 43. Alameda made it to 43. And 47 officially in San Francisco. I saw one observation of 46. Im sure in Golden Gate Park it was colder than that. 62 47 for the city today. Close on that low. Five above on the high. 71 back in 1911. The record high. 35 is the record low. High pressure has decided to settle in. It sends everything northward. You have a low cut off down towards baja. And then High Pressure aloft and into the surface up into oregon and nevada, the flow around that doesnt bring anything in here. You can see that right there. Thats the high. Theres the low. Combination of these two, the flow around the high as well coming back counterclockwise. Easterly component. And occasionally you can get i know the air mass is dry but a little bit of patchy fog is sneaking back in. Towards parts of the delta can sneak in. 30s for many. Still 29 in fairfield. 48 half moon bay. 34 palo alto. 32 in livermore. A cold morning for all here. Otherwise mostly sunny skies and highs again above average. The average is about 57, 59, 60. Were averaging 61 to 68. Warm over by santa cruz and gilroy. They have been near 70 for the last couple of days. I think it is upper 60s today. Breezy for the weekend but still dry for now. Thank you, steve. The man who killed sierra lamar learns how long he is going to prison. How family members are reacting to the judges sentence. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. The time is 8 23. Oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened in the northern part of the city yesterday afternoon. It happened near the Macarthur Bart station. Police say the victim is a man but they are not releasing any other information about him. We do know that he died at the scene. Police are asking for help from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the neighborhood around 2 30 yesterday afternoon. The man who killed sierra lamar has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge handed down the sentence for torres yesterday afternoon. It matches the jury hes recommendation earlier this year. Sierra lamar was the morgan hill teenager who disappeared back in 2012 and while her body has never been found, the jury still found torres guilty of the crime. The sentencing hearing was an emotional one for sierra lamars family. You never have closure and the pain never goes away. But the world will be safer. One less cowardly person on the streets makes a difference. We have got some justice. But what we really want is sierra. Sierra. And we will never have that. Earlier in the day, the judge denied a request from the defense for a new trial. The preliminary hearing for the two defendants in oaklands deadly ghost ship warehouse fire could end in the coming days. Yesterday was the third day of testimony. Each are charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Witnesses testify that the warehouse where 36 people died last year was a, quote, death trap. An oakland fire captain also testified that he worried about the conditions inside. Indeed it was a death trap that night when the people came to the party, they couldnt get out. There was no alarms. There was no smoke detectors. There were no exit signs. When the preliminary hearing ends, judge Jeffrey Horner will determine if the two men will stand trial. The burden of proof is much lower during a preliminary hearing than it is during a National Trial when the prosecutors must prove the case beyond be a reasonable doubt. A man is charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of a toll taker. He was behind a box truck that crashed into a toll booth, killing the toll taker inside. This happened december 2nd. Burke was charged with manslaughter while intoxicated. He is facing six felony drunk driving counts for the six other people injured in the crash. Nearly two months after it started, fire crews were called back to the bear fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains because of a small flareup. Crews were able to quickly contain the fires and no damage to structures. Fire Officials Say these flare ups are common as fires can continue to burn underground. Here we see the bear fire at its height. It started back on october 16th and burned 600 acres. A memorial continues to grow outside of city hall in San Francisco. How the passing of mayor ed lee continues to impact the entire bay area. Reporter and a highspeed pursuit on the peninsula early this morning comes to a crashing end right in someones backyard here just off of a golf course near a country club. We will tell you about the end of this pursuit and the people that were taken into custody. 8 29. Welcome back to mornings on 2 this wednesday, december 13th. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning. Im mike mibach. Lets get you over to Steve Paulson and a check of the weather outside. Another chilly start. Cold for some. Cold for some. Layers. Yes. In the afternoon, it gets actually kind of warm out there. A teeny bit of fog along highway 4. Thats all we found so far. It has dissipate already. Smoke or haze in the air. Frost on the rooftops in pleasanton and currently 34 degrees. That is from jenny. I have to load my computer control room because it didnt load. There it goes. It will get there in a second. It will get there in a second. There it is. Many reports. I actually got a report of 29 out towards pleasanton. 32 right now. 28 in walnut creek now 31. Lots of 30s. Even low and mid40s around the bay today. Quite cold. 31 in menlo park. Los altos, 33. 51, 56 montero and moss beach. The coast will be the warmest areas. 30 up in ukiah. 38 in Santa Barbara. L. A. Is at 61. Just a pattern that shows no signs of breaking down. There will be dents in it for the weekend. A weak system will brush the Sierra Nevada and we will get windy. The next couple of days look quiet. 20s, 30sand 40s. Sfo is 47. Half moon bay, 48. It is a pattern that is locked in. 60s on the high. These are above average. 8 31. Traffic is a teeny bit light. Yeah. Until next week. Yeah. But also it was lighter, steve, until certain things happened. And then all bets are off. For example, we have a new accident blocking two lanes in marin county, southbound 101, heading down to spencer. And that has traffic suddenly which had been good now backing up into mill valley, getting to the golden gate bridge. So all of a sudden if youre heading south to the golden gate, you will be stopping right near that bridge there near the old helicopter pad. It slows all the way down to up to, i should say, spencer, which is really near the top of the waldo grade there. Two lanes are blocked. Here is a look at highway 4. Things are Getting Better here. This commute a little lighter than usual. Just a little. Not a lot. We had a lighter commute going until there was something on the other side. Now there is a backup getting on to the macarthur maze. 880 we had an earlier stalled vehicle. Things are improving but traffic is slow. In downtown oakland, traffic is beginning to look better as traffic is moving a little bit. It is moving but it is still kind of unwinding. 8 32. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Remembering mayor ed lee. New video this morning of a growing memorial on the steps of San Francisco city hall. People have been stopping by to pay respects, leave flowers as well as messages. Mayor lees friends and colleagues also sharing their memories of him. Ed was not a politician. He did not always deliver the best sound byte or carry the room with unspoken charisma. Flash never mattered to him. Disagreements never deterred him. He was humble and determined no matter the job he had held. He was fair and collaborative no matter the heat of the moment. London breed is now the acting mayor of San Francisco. She is among the many praising mayor lee. Colleagues held back tears as they talked about his life and more than three decades of public service. Standing right here seven years ago swearing him in. I was just in his office. And they boxed everything up. You know, it just so, you know, i mean ed lee was first appointed mayor by the board of supervisors to take the place of former mayor gavin newsom after he was elected lieutenant government. Mayor lee was the first Asian American mayor of San Francisco. London breed is the first africanamerican female mayor to hold the office. Reporter sworn in to the board of supervisors, london breed probably never imagined five years later she would fill the top spot as San Franciscos mayor. Our city values have never been more important. And in the months ahead, lets carry on in mayor lees honor. Reporter minutes after mayor ed lees sudden death, breed was tasked with taking over. After all, she has been board president for the last couple years, overseeing a 10 billion budget and 30,000 employees. I now must assume the responsibility. And i ask for your patience and i ask for your support. And i ask for your prayers. Reporter San Francisco is in her blood. She grew up here, went to galileo high and was raised by her grandmother in the projects of the western district. It is part of her passion, rehabbing Public Housing for the homeless. You are seen, you are loved and you are one of us. Reporter breed went to the university of california davis, earning degrees in Political Science and public service. A minor in africanamerican studies and a masters in Public Administration from the university of San Francisco. Her goals, she says, to help people keep the community safe, and protect the environment. Put this in the recycle bin. Reporter pushing for a ban on styrofoam and lead a clean Electrical Energy program to cut co2 and improve the quality of city life. It will also increase capacity in our hotels . Now the board of supervisors will decide if she stays. They can vote to make her interim mayor, nominate someone else. She will hold that position until next june until a special election is held. Mayor breed has all of the responsibilities and duties of acting mayor by virtue of his position as board president. Reporter the last time that this happened was 1978. Has been shot and killed. Reporter Dianne Feinstein became acting mayor of San Francisco after the assassination of george masconi. Breed is the first African American woman to serve as mayor. Dont mess with me. Do you see how big my brother is. Reporter a position that no doubt she will take seriously. Right now 11 people have filed for the Mayoral Election in november 2019. But they will have to file new paperwork if they want to be considered earlier in the special election in june. Brookster rose, ktvu fox 2 news. Now to the peninsula where three people are in custody this morning after a highspeed chase ended with a stolen car crashing into a country club in milbrae. Alex savidge is live in milbrae to show us the damage that has been done and the investigation that continue snooze gasia, good morning. Lots of damage left behind after this Early Morning pursuit. That stolen car went barreling right through the front gates at the green Hills Country club in milbrae. With officers in pursuit, that car end up crashing through the back wall of a home that sits just off of the golf course next to the 7th green. We saw some of the damage to the back wall which has large panes of glass. After the crash, the people inside the car jumped out and ran off. And the chp worked along san mateo sheriffs deputies to search the area with k9s. The home where this wild chase came to an end belongs to larry and his wife. They heard a loud crash coming from their backyard at about 2 30 this morning. Very loud. Very loud. Almost almost like an earthquake. It was yeah. My wife was still up in the living room. I was in bed. And scared us. Yeah. Reporter you can imagine. The chp says there were up to six people in the honda sedan that crashed. Officers took three people into custody after the search. But everyone else inside of the car was able to get away. This all began with a pursuit at about 2 30 in the morning near highway 380 and highway 101. Thats where the chp spotted the honda sedan that had reportedly been carjacked at gun point. The driver refuse today pull over and led the chp on a High Speed Pursuit that reached speeds of 100 Miles Per Hour. It came to a crashing end right through the back wall of a home here next door to this country club in milbrae. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt in the crash. The search early this morning wound up with three people being taken into custody. But the chp believes there may have been three other people inside of the car who were able to escape. Gasia. Thank you, alex. We will move to the east bay where happening today a group of oakland parents, teachers and students will march to the School Board Meeting to protest 9 million in proposed cuts to schools. This is video of a previous gathering and march on the subject of massive budget cuts. The district says it needs to cut that money from its budget after overspending the last few years. Parents teachers and students say the cuts should be made to the administration, not the schools and classrooms. Recent School Board Meetings have been packed, with people speaking out about the cuts. The board will make a final decision on the cuts at the meeting today. Golden gate bridge officials are rolling out plans for the final phase of the retrofit of the iconic bridge. It includes installing more than three dozen custommade shock absorbers and the replacement of steel bracing. The work is expected to take five years at a cost of 660 million. Officials say it is not that the bridge is in danger of falling down but without the retrofit, it could be significantly damaged in a big earthquake and the bridge would not be usable for a very long time. Right now the bridge is in pretty good shape. If a big earthquake rolled around, the bridge would not fall into the water but it could be significantly damaged. As a lifeline structure we have to make sure that the bridge is available to First Responders soon after a major earthquake. Thats what were working towards with the retrofit. The goal is for work to start in 2019 and to be completed in 2024. Google revealing the most popular searches of the year. Up next, how natural disasters and controversy topped the list. It is my honor to introduce your next minute minute senator tim smith. The governor of minnesota appointed Lieutenant Governor tina smith to replace senator al franken until a special election set for november to complete frankens term through 2020. Smith announced this morning that she will run in that special election. Franken resigned under pressure from fellow democrats after being accused of improper behavior by at least eight women. Smith is also a democrat so her appointment does not change the balance of power there in the senate. Businesses are preparing for the last big push for your business for the holiday season. Target trying something new for people not sure what to get people on their list but think that gift cards are too i am personal. It is called gift now. You pay for the gift and it is sent to their email. They can click and change size or color or choose Something Else. Everybody trying to get your business this holiday season. Eyes are on the fed today. Janet yellen holds her final meeting as the head of the federal reserve. She is expected to announce a rate hike. Wall street does not like surprises. Here is a live look at the dow jones, up 136 points. 24641. Up half of a percent now. The nasdaq and the s p 500 up a quarter to a third of a percent. Up next in big shopping days is this friday. It is Free Shipping day. So far more than 800 Online Stores are participating. They include target, jc penney, toys r us and tillys to name a few. They are promising delivery before christmas and Free Shipping and amazon is lowering the Free Shipping threshold to 25 compared to 49 last year but you need to place the orders by friday. Google has released the list of popular searches for 2017. Hurricane irma was the most popular search here in the United States and around the world. That storm hit of course the florida coast in september as a cat 4 hurricane. It was just one of many weather events in the u. S. This year. Former today show host matt lauer finished fourth on the overall list after being fired by nbc over Sexual Harassment allegations but he was number one on the people search. Sexual harassment scandals certainly influencing that list of the top googled people. Matt lauer, Harvey Weinstein, kevin spacey all in the top five. Meghan markle ranked second. She is the actress now engaged to prince harry. As for the top googled how to searches, how to make slime finished first. Untilled by how to make Solar Eclipse glasses and how to watch the Solar Eclipse. And also how to watch the may water and macgregor fight. It was the third sporting event. Number one ahead of the super bowl and the world series, was surprised, wimbledon. Interesting. Top sporting event searched. It is a big one. It is. Tennis more popular maybe around the world as far as other countries versus f. The super bowl one of the biggest event. Maybe not in europe. There you go. Thank you, pam. 8 47. Time to get to where you need to go thanks to sal castaneda. All right. And gasia, mike, southbound 101 marin county, theyre clearing a crash that really now has made it slow. Get this, it is slow from the tiburon exit. Thats right, the tiburon exit on southbound 101 all the way up to the top of the waldo grade because of this crash that is blocking two lanes. If you want to get out of marin, perhaps you want to use the Richmond Bridge over to the east bay. If you want to do that. If youre coming to San Francisco, you have to wait. Take the ferry, or just get into that slow traffic, knowing it will be very slow. Also looking at the east bay. Traffic is beginning to recover on highway 4 westbound as you drive over the hill to concord. It will take a while for all of this to unwind as you drive through. 880 traffic also looking pretty good as you drive past the downtown oakland area. And this is 880 northbound beginning to get a little bit better. I want to mention that the south bay commute is pretty robust on all of the approaches to sunnyvale, cupertino and mountain view. 8 48. Lets bring in steve with todays forecast. Thank you, sal. Mainly it has been a clear and cold morning. A little bit of patchy fog formed about 7 45 around highway 4, around willow pass road, maybe bay point. Peter says it just rolled into concord. It wasnt there 15 minutes ago. It may not be there in 15 minutes either. Not much is there. The pattern is absolutely locked in. It is called a blocking pattern. It deflects everything to the north. It is tough to break down. It wont be this week. We may get wind coming in. There might be a weak system clipping the sierra over the weekend. No rain in sight for us. Still an off shore component. Not as strong as the last couple of days.  20s still showing up. But a couple of 50s. A lot of 30sand some 40s. But it was one of the colder mornings. We are running generally one to five degrees cooler than we were 24 hours ago at this time. Livermore, minus two. Otherwise, High Pressure is here and it is not going anywhere any time soon. Low cutoff down to the south with High Pressure to the north. When this pattern develops, it is good luck to us breaking down the ridge. Eventually it will happen but not right now. 60s on the temps, low to mid. Not as warm as the past couple of days. Still above average temps. Except for some breeze or a wind there, gasia, were pretty quiet. Thank you, steve. Still to come, hundreds gathered to mark the first night of hanukkah. The reason that this years ceremony had even more meaning for the people in San Francisco. Happening today, muslim nations are rejecting President Trumps declaration of jerusalem as the capital of israel. They are meeting in turkey. The Organization Says the u. S. s decision is considered an attack on the rights of palestinians. The palestinian president told the gathering that his people will no longer accept any role of the u. S. In the mideast. Despite the tense political environment dividing the country, there is something uniting people, you holiday season. Connor powell reports from jerusalem. Reporter tuesday marking the first night of hanukkah. What is known as the Worlds Largest menorah is lit in new york city as the faithful gather to light the menorah near the white house in washington d. C. It is a dedication. The word not only captured the spirit of this holiday but also the spirit of this country. Reporter the ceremony featuring performance by the United States air force band. Andthe first night also celebrated in berlin with the lighting of a menorah in front of the iconic gate. In the meantime, the Christmas Season is in full swing for christians around the world. Some flock to the more traditional this time of year. This village boosts some 400 nativity scenes. Some take part in santa runs, or visiting chris cringles arctic home. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Reporter while the holidays tend to bring people together, tensions remain high in the holy land. Prompting clashes between israelis and palestinians. Connor powell, fox news. Last night the sudden death of San Francisco mayor ed lee was felt at the annual lighting of the menorah at San Franciscos union square to mark the beginning of hanukkah. Mayor lee would always attend the ceremony. Thoughts turned towards the mayor and his family. This is devastating to have our leader die were no warning. It will be a real transition in the city. I want to connection press my con dole epss to anita lee, our first lady, and the mayors daughters. The lighting of the giant menorah is a long tradition in San Francisco started in 1975. Still to come, americans paychecks may be in for big changes. What Companies May be caught with little warning as to what withholdings and other things that affect your takehome pay. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. Were now finding out exactly what was said in Text Messages by an fbi who was removed from Robert Muellers team because of derogatory comments he made about President Trump. A veteran fbi agent exchanged the Text Messages with an fbi lawyer. In one of the messages he calls a potential victory by trump terrifying. The Text Messages raised concerns about the suitability to on a Team Investigating the president ial campaign and he was reassigned one the fbi. President trump will push tax reform to get legislation on his desk by christmas. He will make a speech at the white house at noon, thats our time on the west coast. The speech comes as house and Senate Republicans are working to resolve the differences between their two tax bills and produce a final piece of legislation. Polls have shown that the public is not sold on the tax plan, with more people opposing the efforts compared to supporting them. Republicans in congress say they are trying to get this tax overhaul indeed done by christmas. But that could create problems for payroll departments. The American Payroll Association is warning that lawmakers will create a tough task for companies if the overhaul passes before the end of the year. The Association Says companies will not have enough time to begin implementing the new provisions, which would begin next year. The republican tax reform plan changes how much tax should be withheld from paychecks as well as changes in income tax brackets. San Jose City Council has given its approval to create one village of tiny houses for the homeless. They voted 92 to build a village of 40 units. The big question is where it will be. The city requirements says it must be a quarter mile away from schools and 500 feet away from any homes. The council will consider three possible locations at its meeting next month. City leaders hope to eventually have one tiny home village in each of the ten districts. Colin kaepernick being criticized about a visit to a new york city jail. The guards did not like it. They think is will encourage inmates to attack jail guards. The purpose of the visit what to share a message of hope and inspiration. Were cooking up traditional dishes that celebrate the first day of hanukkah. Welcome to the 9. Were going to start you off with a look so many of us see. San francisco construction cranes wherever you go. The city has changed so much. Specifically in the past several years. Certainly were still remembering the legacy of San Francisco mayor ed lee. Yesterday at this time many people were in shock