The last time we had one in mid december or in december was in 2013. November 28, 2013. A fire weather watch is out because its so dry and we will get a strong north, northeast breezes here. Conditions we have not had any rain. Very little. Weve not had any since december 2. A wind advisory is out as well and that goes until sunday at 10 am. Gusts up to 50 miles per hour. Patchy fog is a floating around for a few. There is a weak system coming in which will spread cloud cover over us but we will not get any rain. 44, santa cruz. 30s for many. These are running a little warmer. There is an easterly breeze out of the oaklandberkeley hills. Its not strong but it will pick up over the weekend. A system is moving in and a lot of this will fall apart. It will clip northeast california and the sierra with a little bit of snow. The main menchies is it will form a low off of Southern California and that will be the source of our wind as the high bills over the north. 60s for the temps. So far so good. Traffic on 580 on the Altamont Pass looks pretty groovy. There is some slowing but its a little better than normal. Normally we have a backup that begins here or even here. This morning its there and its not that long. Sometimes it goes all the way to hear. There is still a backup but its not as deep as you normally see it. Hopefully this is a trend. Its actually doing very well once you get into livermore and Castro Valley. Traffic is moving along relatively well here as well. This is 880 north and southbound, not a bad commute as you drive through. Lets go back to the desk. The city of San Francisco is preparing to say good by this weekend to mayor ed lee. The mayor died of a heart attack early tuesday morning. Christian Christien Kafton is outside city hall were a weekend of special honors is beginning. Reporter the city is just beginning to say their final farewells to the mayor. If you look you can see the informal memorial weve seen watch on the front steps of city hall which includes flowers, photographs and candles left here as people say goodbye to to mayor ed lee. Today the city will begin officially saying goodbye. The mayor will lie in state today at city hall. He will be brought here sometime between 6 45 am and 7 00. The doors to city hall will open at 8 00. Mourners are being asked to gather on the polk street side of city hall to line up for a closed casket viewing. The mayor will lie in state from 8 am until 7 pm. A Memorial Service is also set up for sunday. At this point the family in the city are finalizing details on that. Former mayor willie brown and nancy pelosi are among the city and state readers expected to come here to city hall to pay their respects today or on sunday. We do know the Memorial Service on sunday will begin at 3 00 here at city hall. Remember that the opportunity for people to come by to see the mayor one final time the doors open at 8 00. People will be allowed in to city hall to see the mayor lying in state until 7 pm this evening. We will continue to stay at city hall and bring you the latest developments throughout the day and let you know how you can pay your respects. Thank you for being here and we will check back in with you. The two men charged in last years ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland will stand trial on Involuntary Manslaughter charges. A judge ruled there is enough evidence to bring criminal cases against defendants Derrick Almena and max harris. Almena rented the converted warehouse that caught fire last december. That fire killed 36 people attending a music party in the building. Yesterday was the last day of the preliminary hearing. The victims relatives cried in court when prosecutors read the name of each person killed in the fire. They believed there was sufficient evidence of the guilt and responsibility of these defendants for creating the ghost ship and making it, as the judge stated in his final words, he called it a death trap. This was not a death trap. It was orderly and clean and wholesome and in many respects my client did everything humanly possible within his financial means to make it that way. The defendants will return to court in january but we are told their trial may be at least a year away. A man who was bitten on the arm by ec lying in while swimming in San Francisco bay is recovering. This happened yesterday near aquatic park beyond the cove. Fortunately he was rescued by a sailboat that was nearby returning to sausalito. The people on board call for help. The police put a tourniquet on the arm to stop the bleeding and the injured man stayed conscious and was even called. Had that boat not seen him, this could have been a different story. He was talking the whole time. Everything about him seemed pretty normal. We got the bleeding stopped as best we could and he was more worried about his clothing on the beach than about anything else. That was a good sign. Sea lion attacks are rare but swimmers and beachgoers are advised to stay away from sea lions and seals. They have very sharp teeth and a strong bite. In santa rosa two workers were rushed to the hospital after a building under construction collapsed. One worker had a cut on his face and the other injured his leg. A fire officials said a third worker hurt his back but did not go to the hospital. Workers replacing roof trusses on the building when the exterior walls buckled and the trusses collapsed. The Santa Rosa Building Division and cal osha will conduct an investigation. Three contractors in oakland have been cited and fined almost 150,000 for a construction accident back in may that injured 13 workers. They fell 20 feet onto freshly poured concrete as they worked on an elevated mold. A cal osha investigation conclude the scaffolding system was not designed, installed or inspected properly. Another plea for help this morning from the parents of a 20yearold College Student killed while playing pokimon go. Calvin riley of stockton was shot and killed in august of last year at aquatic park in San Francisco. He was shot in the back as he was looking at his phone. Police released a sketch of a possible suspect but his family pleaded again for witnesses to come forward. They took the most precious person in our lives. He was just an amazing person stolen from us. Calvin riley played baseball at San Joaquin Delta college in stockton. A 110,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. 5 08 am. A state agency will investigate how people in the north bay were notified about the Deadly Wildfires in october. The complaint from Sonoma County supervisors that triggered the investigation. If you are driving to the macarthur maze, it looks good coming around the corner to the bay bridge. Welcome back to mornings on 2. After all the wheeling and dealing, republicans are ready to unveil the details of the tax cut plan today. President trump wants a vote next week so he can sign it into law before christmas. There is a republican senator that threw a wrench into the works. Reporter when it comes to drama it turns out the u. S. Senate can compete with any of trumps reality shows. Republicans are close to pushing the tax cut package across the finish line but yesterday one senator shocked everyone and said he may vote no. At a photo opportunity to highlight his drive to cut regulations and red tape, President Trump was asked about marco rubio, the latest gop senator to tie up the tax reform plan in the senate. I think o come around. Hes a great guy and supportive. I think senator rubio will be there. He had been pushing to make the 2000 tax credit refundable but when all the negotiations were done, republicans settled on a refundable 1100 credit. Right now that is a dealbreaker for the florida senator. Unless they can figure out a way to add to the 1100 figure, i wont support the bill. Reporter reveal complexes muscle because he knows how crucial every senators vote is. Republicans have a 2 vote cushion but two senators missed votes this week due to health reasons. Gop senators noon each had a fair amount of leverage given how tiny the minority is. Given now that it looks like minority will be smaller, starting in january if not sooner, each one is realizing they have more leverage. I will see what i can get out of this. Reporter in a sign of how tight the vote is expected to be. Vice president mike pence is postponing a trip to israel so he can be on hand to cast any tiebreaking vote necessary when the senate is expected to vote next week. The white house plans a Major Campaign next year, trying to influence Public Opinion on ilLegal Immigration reform. This will probably be a big part of President Trumps state of the unit addressed next month. The white house wants to move the nations mostly family based immigration system to a meritbased system. The Trump Administration says the current Legal Immigration system is illconceived, dangerous and damages american workers. California Senate PresidentKevin De Leon is ramping pressure against a fellow democrat. He wants state senator tony mendoza to take a leave of absence until an investigation into alleged Sexual Misconduct comes to an end. Mendoza has not agreed. In the meantime documents obtained by Sacramento Television station kcra show big payouts to state workers who filed claims against lawmakers in the state senate for Sexual Harassment and other wrongdoing. 89,000. We are pushing almost 100,000 here. The claims at up to more than 600,000 over a 10 year span. And the senate payments do not include the 100,000 settlement kathleen it again received from the state assembly following allegations of Sexual Misconduct against her boss, former assemblyman steve fox. Celebrity chef mario vitali has been fired from his daytime talkshow, the chew , because of Sexual Harassment allegations. Several coworkers including a female chef accused him of grabbing and groping them. The talley took a leave of absence after the charges came out and he apologized. Tv Network Broadcasting the chew said it reviewed the allegations and meant those against mario vitali and are committed to a safe working environment. They say his past behavior violates the Company Standards of conduct. More women are accusing Dustin Hoffman of Sexual Misconduct. A playwright told variety magazine that hoffman exposed himself to her in a New York Hotel room back in 1980 when she was only 16 years old. Also an actress that hoffman sexually assaulted her during the production of the movie come a ishtar, in 1987. And a third woman says that same year, hoffman assaulted her in the back of the station wagon. Variety said it received a letter from Dustin Hoffmans lawyer calling the accusations defamatory falsehoods. Several states are threatening to sue the fcc over its decision to end Net Neutrality. Yesterday the fcc voted along party lines to overturn the obama era regulation. That means providers such as verizon and at t will be able to slow down apps or websites run by their rivals. The companies could also block sites or charge certain websites more for faster speeds. Under Net Neutrality, Internet Service providers had to treat all online content equally. Congressional democrats say they plan to introduce a resolution to overturn the decision. State senator scott wiener also plans to introduce a bill that would require Net Neutrality in california. He said states should have the right to protect internet access. He said he will introduce the legislation next month when the state legislature is back in session. Lets get you out the door. Sal is watching our commute. So far we have a nice light commute as you would like to be this early in the morning. Right now Gilmore Gilroy to morgan hill in san jose is doing well. No major problems reported as you drive that stretch. Im looking at the road sensors and even some of the roadwork in the area has not caused major delays. On friday, sometimes we get a lighter commute. There have been no major problems anywhere in the south bay at this hour. The bay bridge is getting more crowded but we do not have anything major reported here. Traffic is going to be okay. I think i spotted a stalled vehicle stay with me. This car, right there, is not moving. So, someone is having a bad morning and that means there could be a little delay. The flashers are on. Hopefully that person will safely wait until caltrans gets there. That is good vision this time of the morning. Nice job. We do have some patchy fog. More so today than what weve seen for a while. Not a lot. Its not widespread. Santa rosa, napa airport are both reporting fog and theres more out to the valley. I would not be surprised if some of that sneaks back in. Pittsburg, bay point in concord. The dew points are up in the mid 30s. Temperatures in the mid 30s. When they get together they form fog this time of year. A fire weather watch has been posted for this weekend. It starts at 10 00 tonight and goes through 10 am on sunday. The last time we had one in december was in 2013. Its rare but it has happened. We also have a wind advisory daily for Higher Elevations. I think it will be blustery for many. The wind advisory starts tonight at 10 00 and goes through 10 am on sunday. If its quiet here there must be rain or snow somewhere else a very active Southern Branch of the jet has been here to the far south. Thats giving rain to southern texas and parts of the gulf coast. There was a decent snowfall the other day but there is no whopper of a system coming down. 20s, 30s, 40s and out in california its dry. 30s, 40s and 50s for some. Temperatures are up a little bit compared to the last couple of mornings. Oakland, 47. Upper 40s in the city. 51 at tiburon. There is a northerly or easterly breeze coming in off the oaklandberkeley hills. This will ramp up over the weekend. 16 in truckee. The possibility of a weak system right there. That will give us cloud cover today. Morning sun and partly cloudy this afternoon. This may give a fast dusting of snow to Northern California and to see her. A low will form to the south and a high to the north. That will be the focus of the wind. The warmest tents the warmest temperatures are closest to the coast. 60s today. I dont think we will see any 70s. Wendy over the weekend. Dry going into early next week. Guess whats back . The mavericks surfing event on the san mateo coast. We will tell you about the changes after last years contest was canceled. Do you want to save some cash this Holiday Shopping season . We will tell you what will be offered free today by several retailers. We need to be ready for my names Scott Strenfel and r im a meteorologist at pg e. We make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. So every single day were monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. During storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. Learn how you can be prepared at pge. Com beprepared. Together, were building a better california. Welcome back. We now know when prince harry and his fiancie will get married. It was Just Announced this morning. That will be saturday, may 19 of next year at windsor castle. Kensington palace announced this. The couple announced their engagement last month. Prince harry is fifth in line to the british throne. Because of a surge in demand, the Enrollment Period for Health Insurance under covered california has been extended. The deadline was supposed to be yesterday but now you have until next friday to sign up for coverage. The state run marketplace says the number of people signing up is ahead of last years pace by 17 . More than 182,000 new customers have found health plans since open enrollment began. Californias uninsured rate has dropped to a historic low of 6. 8 . The state Health Department is warning against the dangers of using cell phones. The state department of Public Health says cell phones can increase exposure to radiation. Some raters say that radiation can cause longterm health problems. Hundreds of scientists signed a petition calling on lawmakers to put tougher restrictions into place. The Health Department suggests to not carry her cell phone in your pocket and keep it away from you while you sleep. Happening today, its the retail industrys last attempt to drive up holiday sales. They are offering Free Shipping. This year is the 10th anniversary of Free Shipping friday. Participating retailers will offer Free Shipping with no minimum order and guarantee delivery by christmas eve. More than 800 retailers will take part this year including most of the big names like amazon, target, macys, best buy and toys r us. American eagle outfitters will stop selling a controversial bracelet online and in its stores. The bracelet comes in a brass color and has a screw cuff. Some people on social media are criticizing this. They say it resembles slave shackles. American eagle outfitters has apologized. The company says they understand the criticism and are now pulling the product. Apple released a new imac pro. The companys most expensive computer to date. Its a desktop computer unveiled in june and hit store shelves yesterday. Apple said the imac pro is the companys fastest and most powerful computer yet. The starting price is just under 5000. Its capable of designing virtualreality content, 3d renderings and you can edit video. Coming up, concerns about coal at the port of oakland now prompting calls for a boycott. A marijuana Delivery Driver in the east bay was robbed at gunpoint. We will tell you what police are saying about a disturbing new crime pattern. If you are driving you can see that traffic is doing pretty well although its getting a little more crowded on highway 4. We may see more patchy fog otherwise its a dry pattern and it will be a windy and dry pattern this weekend. 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. This song will wake you up. Good morning that one had steve bouncing his head this morning. Whats the name of the group . Lynyrd skynyrd. Working for mca. When im tired, i crank up some ac dc occasionally. There is the golden gate bridge. Look at all the traffic. We are ready for friday morning. Welcome back. Its friday, december 15. Im dave clark. Im pam cook. A little sammy hagar will also wake you up. Sometimes you need to crank up the rock. Good morning. He is probably one of the more successful in every way, shape and form. His show is really doing well. And all of his businesses. Hes done great. Not bad for a skinny little guy. We do have some patchy fog. Dew points are up. There is a weak system coming in producing clouds. That is adding some moisture to the mix. The temperature dew point is the same and that gives us dense fog. I think theres some in the valley. There is the system. Is there any rain . No. Maybe a little bit to northeast california comments snow in the sierra. The end result is it will move into Southern California and form a low. That will give us a north, northeast breezes and a fire weather watch is for us for over the weekend. Along with a wind advisory. Mainly above 1000 feet but it will be a blustery saturday. 30s and 40s for the temperatures. We had 20s a couple days ago. Petaluma, 34. Rohnert park, 34. That easterly component will not go away and that will pick up over the weekend. Look for a mix of sun and clouds today. Below will form down here. The high will be up here and the wind machine will crank up. 60s for the temperatures. Above average again. Traffic is a little lighter. If you were on 80 westbound, it looks good from vacaville, fairfield and vallejo continuing out to the vallejo area. No major problems if you are driving on 80. Traffic on highway 37 is doing okay. There have been no major problems. The vallejo ferret will be replaced by a smaller vessel. That also goes for the 7 00 vote. If you take those, it could take longer to get to where today. Check the website for more details. Volume on a friday is a little lighter. This is a look at the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. Traffic is light. I think that same stalled car i pointed out is still here. Im not sure what the problem is. I dont see anyone coming out to help. Someone is just stuck there. It may make it a little slower at the toll plaza. Lets go back to the desk. In a couple of hours, San Franciscos official tribute to the late mayor ed lee will begin. Starting at 8 am , you are invited to pay respects to the mayor inside city hall where his body will be lying in state in the rotunda. Among the dignitaries expected, House Minority leader nancy pelosi who flew back from washington last night after paying tribute to mayor lee in the house of representatives. Many of my colleagues joined me in putting a statement in the congressional record about how proud we are to know him and the joy he was. He always was smiling. A beautiful and loving man. Its heartbreaking. And honor guard made up of members of the San Francisco police and the Sheriffs Department will bring the mayors body inside city hall this morning. Sources are telling us they will be a private service in daly city saturday afternoon. Only family members and Close Friends are invited. The details are still being worked out for sundays public memorial at 3 pm. Here is a list of memorial day events for mayor lee. From 8 00 this morning until 7 pm, mayor lees body will lie in state at the city hall rotunda. Sunday afternoon at 3 00 there will be a celebration of life at city hall. Both events are open to the public and you should expect big crowds. The Berkeley Police review commission has voted to stop berkeleys participation in the controversial urban shield program. The Commission Voted that it will serve a recommendation to the city council to make a decision. Opponents of the annual urban shield program say it leads to a more militarized police force but some members of Law Enforcement say it offers realistic training. The Berkeley City Council has not decided on a date to discuss the recommendation. Police and concord are searching for two gunmen suspected of robbing a medical marijuana Delivery Driver. This happened monday night around 6 45 pm on carlotta drive. Police say that thieves called in a fake marijuana order using a random address and they were waiting for the driver when he showed up. Police say the man stole the marijuana and tried to break into the Delivery Drivers car. A neighbor heard what was going on and called the police. When it comes to these mobile delivery services, they can be targeted in this way if these companies dont take the necessary provisions to safeguard their drivers by having commonsense practices in place. Police said at least seven radical marijuana Delivery Drivers have been robbed and conquered since april and in each case the dispensary did not verify the client ahead of time. In this latest robbery, police say the men were possibly in a silver two door car. If you have any information, call concord police. Inadequate of killing kate steinle will be sentenced in three weeks. Sentencing for josi Ines Garcia Zarate is set for january 5. A jury acquitted him of murder and Involuntary Manslaughter but found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a gun. His attorneys have filed a motion asking a judge to throw out the conviction. They say the judge gave jurors wrong instructions about the charge. A federal Judicial Council will investigate a judge on the San Franciscobased ninth Circuit Court of appeals for alleged inappropriate behavior. We are talking about judge alex kozinski. He is accused of Sexual Misconduct on the job. Six women including former law clerks accuse the judge of engaging in inappropriate comments and behavior. Now the chief judge of the ninth circuit order a formal misconduct investigation. The judge was appointed by president reagan in 1985. Libya announced its coast guard rescued 97 migrants trying to sail to europe. The Group Includes 21 women and 2 children. An International Relief organization is providing blankets and food. This was the second rescue operation off the libyan coast. They rescued 114 people wednesday night. A firefighter has died while battling one of several fires in Southern California. Cal fire says 32yearold cory iverson died while battling the thomas fire in ventura county. He was an engineer with the state fire inching strike team from san diego. He leaves behind a pregnant wife and a twoyearold daughter. What i can say is a heartfelt and deep thank you for the outpouring of support for coreys family and the cal fire family. The cause of his death is still being investigated. This is the second death connected to the thomas fire. Last week a 70yearold woman died in a car crash while evacuating. The state recent wildfires are sparking tougher regulations for utility companies. The California Public utilities Commission Voted to implement new rules designed to prevent wildfires. These regulations call on utilities to increase the space between power lines and tree branches and also requires more inspections of utility poles and power lines. Companies will have to make repairs quicker. Utilities have six months to make these changes in certain highrisk areas. The Governors Office of Emergency Services will conduct a review of the way people in Sonoma County were notified of the deadly fastmoving wildfires in october. The Sonoma County board of supervisors asked for this investigation. Critics question why county emergency officials decided not to use a government alert system designed to send messages through tv, radio and cell phones. The same system used for amber alerts. The fires killed 24 people in Sonoma County and destroyed more than 5000 homes. The Environmental Protection agency will conduct an internal review of its response to hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. The epa office of Inspector General said the review will focus on whether or not the epa was prepared. The goal is to help the agency better plan and respond to future hurricanes. A coalition of young people gathered last night in oakland, protesting a lawsuit that could allow a major shipping terminal for coal back at the port of oakland. The protesters gathered outside the rotunda building which is owned by developer phil tagami. Tagami filed a lawsuit against the city of oak and. He wants to overturn the citys ban on storing and handling coal. Climate advocates are calling for a boycott of tagamis buildings. We want good jobs. We want clean air and he is opposed to both of those and we are asking folks to boycott his buildings until he drops the lawsuit. Oakland city council implemented the ban on transporting or shipping coal last year. Phil tagamis lawsuit is expected to go to trial next month. 5 40 am. The raiders and the 49ers play at home this weekend. We have a preview of how the teams are expected to fair in the matchups. The warriors beat the mavericks11297, last night even though the roster is riddled with injuries. Kevin durant put the team on his shoulders and led them to victories. Kevin had 36 points and 34 minutes. And 11 rebounds. Look what happened in the third quarter. The ball goes out of bounds right here it hits that woman in the face. Kevin and jordan bell go over to see if she is okay. Kevin gives her a kiss on the cheek too. In the meantime the warriors started to pull away late in the game and did they put on a show for the fans. Nowhere to go the go ahead play the goal line [ cheers and applause ] thats how they do it. The warriors extend their winning streak to 8 games. They are off this weekend but play the lakers in los angeles on monday. The San Jose Sharks beat the flames 32 last night on the road. The flames were on the board first but the sharks came back with a firstperiod goal to tie the game. They took the lead in the second period. Calgary kept the game close. The sharks were lifted to a three to type in 2 victory in the third period. They continue their canadian road trip tonight in vancouver. 49ers fans will have the first chance on sunday to see Jimmy Garoppolo in person. He will be playing and leading the team against the tennessee titans. His first game at levis stadium as the starting quarterback. So far he is 20 as the starter. Both games were on the road. Sundays game will be tough. The titans are 85 and contending for a playoff spot. Jimmy garoppolo threw for 334 yards and one touchdown last week against the texans. For the raiders, its a must win sunday night against the cowboys. Losing will and their hopes of winning the division and it hurts their chance of making the playoffs as a wildcard. The road ahead is tough for the raiders. Their final four games of the season, including last weeks loss to the chiefs, the raiders are playing four teams that are battling for the playoffs. Lets check in with sal with a look at traffic. What are you watching . Hold on for a second did you say baby food for me . He is having a snack. I am having cereal. Dont laugh. We are having some food today. Im having a little bit of cereal. If i look at the tracy commute i will see that traffic im getting a little too comfortable in this gig, perhaps traffic will be okay. Still not as bad as it normally is. Its a little lighter but it is slow on the Altamont Pass. Traffic is moving well in livermore and continues out to the Castro Valley area. There have been no major slowdowns elsewhere. Some of the longer commutes are filling in. Right here in front of oracle arena, traffic is moving well with no major issues. At the bay bridge it has also pulled in. This is a 10 minute delay. We hope later in the morning, as the bulk of the traffic gets through, it will start to lighten up early. Thats what we are hoping for on a friday. What kind of cereal . Thats what we want to know. Its bran flakes. [ laughter ]knew i would be so old and happy eating bran flakes ill be eating dinner tonight at 4 30 pm sharp [ laughter ] its very rare to get me to laugh like that but that was good. We do have some fog and high clouds coming in. And little change. The change will be tomorrow and its not rain. Its going to be wind and unfortunately it will be high fire danger. Patchy fog and valley fog. That seems to be showing up more this morning. Santa rosa, napa and out to the valley. There is that weak system. A fire weather watch in mid december. Yes, in middecember. Starts tonight and goes through sunday morning. Humidity is low and theres also a wind advisory. That will also start. The higher gusts will be in Higher Elevations of the north and east bay but i think everyone will have a good breeze. All quiet here. A sudden stream of moisture producing rain down on the gulf coast. Theres not a lot of snow being reported right now. That could change at the next couple of days. Our lows are up. We had a lot of 20s on wednesday. 32, walnut creek. Danville, 32. Pleasanton, 33. 40s for martinez. 50s for el cerrito. There is an easterly breeze coming in off the valley toward san pablo day and the east bay hills. Its variable on the coast. Truckee, 18. 18, south lake tahoe. 30s and 40s around lake tahoe. A quick dusting of snow from the system late tonight into early tomorrow morning and northeast california. The message is below will form in Southern California and south of las vegas and that will be the source of our wind machine. The high will build rapidly behind it to the north. 60s today with higher and mid level clouds coming in. Temperatures are above average. A high fire danger over the weekend along with windy conditions and remaining dry into early next week. We have a great story. A fouryearold boy in kansas city now has a new prosthetic arm. A Charity Group and a 3d printer played key roles in helping the little boy. Hudson was born with a rare condition that left him without a hand and forearm. The prosthetic was decorated in red and yellow come and not to the kansas city chiefs. It was designed by a high school student. I measured hudsons arm and i coded the pieces so they fit him. I also help with assembly. A prosthetic arm can cost as much is 25,000 but thanks to the local childrens charity, variety k. C. , and volunteers at kansas citys studio, hudsons family will not need to spend a dime. Star wars fans waited in line last night to see the new star wars the last jedi. He premiered last night in the bay area and in other cities around the country. In san jose, people were dressed like their favorite star wars characters. Ive loved star wars since i was a little kid and i still do. It taught me everything about life. About how to love and how to fight for what i believe in no matter what some bay area costume shops say business jumped because of the new movie. The manager of natoshas attic in san jose say fans were showing up all day buying costumes for the premier. Thats a great costume. A bay area tradition that is crying out for help this season. Up next, the wellknown nonprofit that is dealing with a critical shortage. Were learning the securities and Exchange Commission in instigation into how tesla handled sales of its total three sedan. The documents were published online. Today show regulators asked for records on reservations for the car. Teslas process for selling the model 3 involved taking 1000 deposit for future delivery. Hundreds of thousands of people paid those deposits. The sec leads tesla may have made false statements of material fact regarding the 35,000 car. The investigation ended with no action. Tesla has no comment. Google is expanding its features for travelers. Google says it will focus on helping people who trouble find the best rates for transportation and for lodging. They will tell you the best time to buy an Airline Ticket or tell you when Hotel Room Rates are higher. Google says the price tracking features will be more accessible to everyone who searches for travel information on the internet. The Salvation Army is facing a christmas crisis. A lack of bell ringers is affecting its red kettle holiday donations. The money is not coming in like in past years. They say that is because they usually have about 30 kettles out on the streets of San Francisco but due to the lack of volunteers and paid bell ringers, they only have an average of 10 kettles out per day. Every kettle that is not out is a loss of 200. We are losing approximately 4000 every day because we do not have enough kettles on the streets. The small donations go a long way with 0. 85 for every dollar donated in the kettles helping families in need. They help with meals for seniors and homeless, afterschool programs and 600s of housing. After a successful live production of grease live, fox, the sunday night, is back with a new take on a holiday classic. They have lined up a star studded cast for sunday nights live production of calm a a christmas story live. Its a threehour musical production based on the 1983 movie and the tony nominated broadway show. It follows a grown up Ralphie Parker looking back on his favorite childhood christmas. The cast and the producers say they are approaching all of this with a mix of excitement and nervousness. Its a very unusual thing to get to do a live, big production like this. Not many people get to do it so i feel very fortunate. The scope of the show is quite massive. I dont know if you saw grease live but that was a huge undertaking. Nothing like that had been done on Live Television before and this is bigger than that. Tune into christmas story live this sunday at 7 pm right here on ktvu fox 2. One of the worlds biggest surf contest could happen in weeks. The window for mavericks is between january 3 and february 28. 24 men and 6 women will compete off the coast of half moon bay. The contest is now run by the World Surfing League the previous management company, titans of mavericks, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. We thought we saw the end of mavericks but now its coming back and with women. Thats great. It should be exciting. You can start paying your respects to the late San Francisco mayor ed lee in two hours. We will tell you what is scheduled to happen this morning and what else will be happening during the weekend. A republican senator may derail an agreement on a major tax overhaul. Why marco rubio is threatening to oppose the bill. Good morning. A special honor today for the late San Francisco mayor ed lee. We will show you what will happen at city hall and when you can pay your respects. This couldve been a different story if the boat had not seen him. A swimmer is lucky after being attacked by a sea lion in San Francisco. How a quick thinking person said that mans life. Mornings on 2 continues. Good morning and thank you for joining us on this friday morning, december 15. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. Lets talk about your weather. Steve paulson knows everything. Its not good for the weekend. High fire danger. The last time was in 2013. December 2013. Four years ago. Its rare. Thats what we are dealing with. First we have patchy fog you may encounter, vainly north and east. A little more of the valley fog is showing up. A weak system will brush us. Theres not much to it, just some cloud cover. It could clip to see garrett with a quick dusting of snow. The end result will be clouds today. By that low forms in Southern California late tonight into tomorrow morning, this the wind will pick up. Thats why we have a fire weather watch through sunday morning and the wind advisory. Gusts up to 50. Breezy and windy for many over the weekend. 30s and 40s on the temperatures. Mid 30s on the peninsula