Im Frank Mallicoat. Gasia and dave are enjoying the holiday. So is steve. Rosemary has weather duty which we have had the last few days. Yes. A few changes this morning. One of them has to do with fog along the valley floor in some areas and along the coastline. Good visibility at sfo. Not reporting any delays for arriving and departing flights. San francisco right now 48 degrees. Then you get into the valley, 32, santa rosa. Freezing start to your day with a little fog reported near the airport this morning. 36 in oakland. 36 in livermore. San jose checking in at 42. Temperatures are down for most by a degree or two. Visibility looking good for most. Then as we get into the north bay, were seeing it develop and it clears up and redevelops. Santa rosa right now down about a quarter mile. You can see the dark shade of gray stretching over to the west there. Highway 101, visibility down to three or four miles. You may come across the patchy dense fog. It is more dangerous because it is clear and then a wall of fog, with little warning. Santa rosa, again, off to a very cold start. Through the 10 00, 11 00, still a chill in the air but feeling better. By lunchtime, low 50s there. We top out at 59, 60 degrees or so in the 3 00, 4 00 hour, before we cool off at 5 00. I will have a look at the temperatures for the entire region. Today is another spare the air day. More on that coming up in a bit. Thank you, rosemary. Chp officers from all over the bay area are coming to the bay area to show their support after a deadly crash on Christmas Eve involving one of their own. An alleged drunk driver crashed into the back of his patrol car. Candice nguyen is in hayward with details on what led up to the crash. Candice. Reporter yeah. We are learning more details about the funeral for the late officer. The chief is here with officers all over the bay area and stayed to help in this all hands on deck situation. The chp says that the officer chose to work on Christmas Eve when his patrol car was hit from behind by an alleged drunk driver. They will start organizing funeral plans. Since it was christmas yesterday, they could not. The arrangements will begin today. Around 11 45 chris has ma eve, he and another officer were pulled over conducting a routine holiday patrol when a 22yearold man crashed into their car allegedly. The suspect is accused of being high and drunk at the time. The impact was so long that it struck the side of the chp officer into a compact car. The officer leaves behind a wife and three children. Children were expecting their father to come home and help open Christmas Presents. Instead he chose to work today. Reporter the chp says that the officers names will join the other officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Candice, thank you for that update. It is 7 04 now. Starting new years day, bars, restaurants and companies that produce alcohol can now help people who have had too much to drink get home. They can offer vouchers for free. Current law does not allow any business with an alcohol license to offer customers anything except what is considered of inconsequential value. A San Rafael Group says it will promote and encourage heavy drinking and says the law does not forbid the vouchers to be used somewhere else to drink more. Deputies shot a man suspected of Domestic Violence. It happened shortly before 2 00 monday morning at a home on princeton street in hayward. Someone called to report a Domestic Violence incident. At the scene, a woman was found who said she had been assaulted by her husband. When deputies found the man on the rear patio of a home, he took a machete from his waistband and tried to attack them. Went deputy shot the suspect who was taken no the hospital and expected was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. Crews responded to reports of a fire at a onestory apartment on russell avenue near highway 101. It happened around 6 15. They were able to get the fire out quickly. But it did cause about 25,000 in damage. The woman who lived in the apartment wasnt home at the time but arrived just as those fire crews were finishing up. They say the fire started in her bathroom. No injuries though were reported. An Investigation Continues this morning into a Christmas Day house fire in San Francisco. It was first reported shortly before 1 00 a. M. On monday. On prospect avenue, in the burrell heights neighborhood. Four people were displaced. Firefighters were at the scene within minutes and managed to get everyone out of the burning home safely. But the fire caused major damage, including to the neighboring homes on either side of the house. Red cross now helping some of those people out. Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of that fire. Well, former California Attorney general bill lockyer used to enforce laws against drugs. Now he will be distributing cannabis. He cofounded a Company Called c4distro. He says the new business will help pay for his childrens College Tuition and provide some feedback that should help the new state cannabis regulations work. Republicans still feeling mighty good about tax reform. But when Congress Returns to washington next week, they have a few more legislative hurdles to get over. As Griff Jenkins reports, they will have to tackle the potential Government Shutdown. Reporter President Trump wants to tackle infrastructure but has to avoid a Government Shutdown first. The current funding measure gives congress until january 19th to reach an agreement or face the prospect of a partial Government Shutdown. The current law was passed just hours before they skipped town for the december recess. It is the third time since the new fiscal year began sense they resorted to a shortterm fix. You dont get long to enjoy something when you get an accomplishment like this. We have to shift our focus to the other challenges in front of us. Reporter Congress Also needs to keep the pentagon going and decide what to do about immigrants who came to the country as children. Democrats are trying to come up with a permanent solution for dreamers about we need to deal with them in a construct i have, bipartisan way. If we dont, dont look for us for help. Reporter congress is also expected to revisit an 81 billion Disaster Relief package that includes money for hurricane and wildfire recoveryand was passed by the house thursday but stalled in the senate. Democrats are hoping the full agenda will help them constrict concessions from republicans, especially after the alabama election gives them one more seat in the upper chamber. In washington, Griff Jenkins, fox news. Happening today, it is the start of kwanzaa. It is a weeklong holiday created back in 1966 by Long Beach StateAfrican Studies professor. The term means first fruits of the harvest and it is based on ancient customs. There are themes such as unity, purpose and faith. People who celebrate light red, green and black candles to represent their seven principles. Theres the presentation at new today at San Francisco city hall rotunda today. It is 10 minutes after 7 00. A bay area athlete is behind the top sports story of the year. Coming up, we of course have the warriors. They are always exciting. But another story caught the attention of the nation with the help of the president. I think i know what it is. Do you know someone who spends ail little too much time playing video games . I bet you do. Coming up, judge the world why the World Health Organization is stepping in to address a growing problem. Another chilly start to the day. For some, a little bit of fog as well. We will check in the Current Conditions, look at the highs and take you all the way into your holiday weekend. Coming up. Welcome back. The United States is cutting its annual donation to the United Nations by some 285 million after the u. N. Condemned the Trump Administrations decision to move the American Embassy to israel in israel, rather. David lee miller has more. Reporter the United Nations has agreed to a budget cut back following negotiations with the u. S. President trump has repeatedly said the World Organization is mismanaged. While the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing the results in line with this investment. Reporter u. S. U. N. Am bar doctor Nikki Haley Says the budget will be reduced by 285 million, about 5 . No specifics on how the money in the new budget would be saved. But a statement from the u. S. U. N. Mission says in addition to the significant cost savings, we support key u. S. Priorities throughout the world and instill more discipline and accountability throughout the u. N. System. The u. S. Is by far the largest contributor to the u. N. Budget, paying 22 , 610 million this year. Thats more than double the next largest contributor, japan, followed by china, germany and france. 31 of the poorest Member States pay 1 100 of a percent, about 28,000. The budget cutting announcement follows a vote in the up General Assembly rejecting President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. Ambassador haley underscored the lopsided contributions following the vote against the u. S. When we make generous contributions to the u. N. We also have a legitimate expectation that our good will is recognized and respected. When a nation is singled out for attack in this organization, that nation is disrespected. Whats more, that nation is asked to pay for the privilege of being disrespected. The latest United Nations budgetary ducks follows another u. N. Budget cut that was urged by the u. S. The u. N. Peace keeping mission which has separate funding slashed its 8 billion budget by 600 million. Washington still picks up the largest portion of the Peace Keeping tab of 2 billion a year. Well, the Menlo Park Police department has named one of the commanders interpolice chief. Interim police chief. Robert johnson has accepted a position as the chief of the palo alto Police Department. That will kick off on january 5th. Bertini started with the pacific Police Department and was promote today captain in 2008. Menlo park Officials Say it may take four to six months to finally hire the permanent chief. The Associated Press has named nfl protests the top sports story of 2017. Colin kaepernick initiated the demonstration last year. It was originally meant to call attention to racial inequality and police brutality. The conversation then reached a new level following comments from President Trump in september. The president s remarks then sparked a massive show of defiance that weekend, prompting more than 200 players to take a knee during the national anthem. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell called the comments divisive and they showed an unfortunate lack of respect. It certainly has been a very big topic of conversation. It has trickled down to the pee wees and the high schoolers. Yes. And other sports as well. Baseball. Yeah. The oakland as catcher sat down as well. Lets kick it over it to rosemary. We have a little weather to talk about. If you have loved the past week, youre going to love today. Its not too bad, i guess. Is it changing . Were hoping to change it some time soon. Were hoping by the first week of january we will see a turn around and the wet weather will return. Not happening today. Giving you a live look over San Francisco. It is a good looking start to the day. A cold one out there. Temperatures ranging from the low 30s to low 40s. Lets talk about the nation quickly before we come back home and take a look at ours. We have rain over houston, texas and stretching towards louisiana. Quiet out there for the time being but very cold. Sub freezing temperatures over the northeast and the great lakes. We are seeing flight delays in areas over new jersey and philadelphia. If you know someone flying in or out of those areas, be prepared for those delays. Sfo reporting a fairly good flight arrival time, with zero delays. And departing flights are looking just as good. California is watching a weak trough bring in the cloud cover in central and Southern California there. For us, it has brought up the moisture a little bit. Clouds back to the coast in some areas. A little bit of fog over the north bay this morning, where we are looking at the valley floor, seeing visibility down to about a quarter mile at times from santa rosa and farther north. Then earlier this morning, some right around petaluma and novato. Be prepared getting out this morning. You may find patchy dense fog in and around the north bay. Our temperatures starting out in the north bay, 32 degrees for santa rosa. Oakland slipping to 36 this morning. And San Francisco, 47 outside your door. So another chilly start along the peninsula. A few more numbers there. 39 san mateo. 37 in woodside. Afternoon highs for today not changing a whole lot. We may be a tad cooler for today. Upper 50s for San Francisco and oakland. Low 60s for antioch. Into the south bay, low 60s expected here as well. 62 in san jose. 63 for morgan hill. Your extended forecast, more, more, more of the same. Air quality for today, moderate to slightly unhealthy. It is a spare the air day. Unless youre exempt, avoid burning food in the fireplace. Or you will be fine. Yeah. It is hard to do during the holidays too. I definitely enjoy a fire but you have to go with the yeah. The safe one or the candles or something. I have never tried the candles but i love the idea. I do that. I have seen it. It is beautiful. They have some made for fireplaces. They do. I put a bunch of candles this front. I wanted that ambiance. Were all going to pams house tonight. Come over. Coming up at 7 19, are new security measures at airports violating laws. Why there are concerns about facial recognitions accuracy. Plus, the reason that a woman lost her first class seat. Who took her seat and why she is unhappy about how the airline handled the situation. Welcome back to mornings on 2. People near pleasanton were woke up to actually pleasant hill. Pleasant hill. Im sorry. People in pleasant hill. A little shaky after Christmas Day. Indeed. 2. 8 magnitude earthquake hit just before noon. The u. S. Geological survey said. No reports of any damage or injuries. But a few people felt a little shaking. They did. The republican tax overhaul could cut Affordable Housing funding in california by 20 . While the plan preserved some key programs in the state, the new tax rules could still reduce federal funding for subsidized housing that could lead to a loss of some 500 million a year in projects, plus up to 50,000 affordable homes. Nonprofit California Housing Partnership says its because of the domino effect caused by the lowering of Corporate Tax rate from 35 percent down to 21 . Tributes are coming in for an actress that played one of the van trapp daughters in the classic film the sound of music. [music] i fly so long farewell i know all the words to those songs. Heather menzies urich, she played louisa van trapp. She died on Christmas Eve at the age of 68. She is the widow of robert urich. She was diagnosed with brain cancer. Among those playing tribute was the littlest van trapp gretle. A recent Georgetown UniversityStudy Concludes that a dhs Pilot Program improperly gathers data on americans. It requires passengers traveling on foreign flights to undergo facial scans to ensure they havent overstayed their visas. It also raises questions about the accuracy of the scans saying the technology has a high error rate and is subject to bias. Officials say the program is necessary though and fulfills a congressional requirement to prevent foreign visitors from overstaying their visas in the us. United is issuing an apology and a travel vouch tore a passenger who says her first class seat was taken away and given to someone else. The passenger says when she boarded the flight last week, she was direct today a seat in the economy plus section. She says at that Texas Congress woman jacksonlee was given her seat in first class. United says that it shows that simon had canceled her reservation after a weather delay and gave the upgraded seat to the Congress Woman who never asked for the special treatment. Simon denies she canceled her ticket. The airline has given her a 500 travel voucher. The who, the World Health Organization, is adding gaming disorder to a beta draft of the International Classification of diseases according to the who. Playing video games for a 12 hour streak could be a Mental Health problem. Ait become it becomes more than an hobby when you cant control how long you play. The game often takes over their lives and gets in the way of everyday activities. The 11th edition of the International Classification of diseases will be released next year. Well, no steph curry. No problem. No problem. Coming up at 7 30, highlights from the warriors close game with the cleveland cavaliers. Plus, what Draymond Green said after the game. Reporter the holidays are over. Let the shopping begin. We will tell you where to find the best postholiday bargains. Outside our doors this morning, a beautiful start to the day but a cold start to the day. We will check in on the Current Conditions and show you what to expect for your afternoon coming up. My wish was a clubhouse, but we call it the wish house. People visit National Parks from all over the world. Food tastes better when you dont have to cook it. He was just supposed to be my dog. I dont know why. vo were proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars in just ten years. Get 0 financing for 63 months on select models. Plus well donate 250 to charity. Good morning. Im pam cook, in for gasia today. Yeah. And im Frank Mallicoat in for dave today. And then we have rosemary in for steve. What is going on today. We call it the holiday shuffle. This is a shoutout to the bosses who gave us days off during the holidays. This is really nice. It is nice to mix it up. It is. It is fun to work with folks that you dont see often. It is nice to see you. Likewise. Absolutely good day to get outdoors and enjoy the partly cloudy sky, cool weather, dry weather. This morning, it is a cold start and it is another spare the air day. We have to mention that as well. Lets get into the temperatures this morning where it is freezing literally in santa rosa. 32 for you there. 47 in the city of San Francisco. Oakland reporting 36. Livermore, 36. San jose, 42. The 36 is the Oakland Airport. Not that cold. But close to it in the city of oakland. Giving you a look at the forecast for santa rosa. We will be in the 30s through the 9 00 hour. Then we get into the 40s by 10 00, 11 00. That is still a chilly one. By lunchtime, low 50s. Into the afternoon, 2 00, 3 00, 4 00, the warmest hours of the day. 61 the afternoon high for today in napa. Low 60s from the east bay shore inland there. Into the south bay, 63 san jose. In the city of San Francisco, 358. Air quality for today, moderate to slightly unhealthy for portions of the north bay and the south bay. Not just above the 100 index that indicates if you have respiratory issues or asthma, something to be aware of there. Unless youre exempt, not okay to burn wood in the fireplace. Something to be aware of there. Getting into the extended forecast, not seeing much if any rain at least through the weekend. We will detail that for you in a bit. Thank you, rosemary. Two women suspected of a brutal attack in berkeley are scheduled to be in court this morning. The two are accused of assaulting another woman last monday night and then leaving her in the middle of a busy street where she was then hit by an car and fled the scene. The victim was later linked to the suspects. They will face attempted murder charges later today. The Highway Patrol is mourning the loss of one of their own after a crash on the nimitz freeway on late Christmas Eve. He and his partner were watching for impaired drivers when a red car slammed into their patrol car. The impact was so severe that it called a Utility Vehicle into a compact size vehicle. It gives you the idea of the speeds involved. Both officers and the driver of that red car were taken to the hospital. Officer camilleri died. He is survived by his wife, 12 yearold daughter and two sons, age 6 and 2. The other officer was treated for injuries and released. Investigators say the other driver was reportedly driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. He is seriously injured and will be booked on several felonies once his Condition Improves enough to transfer him out of the hospital and into jail. Two people are recovering after a singlecar crash on Christmas Day in san jose. It happened about 1 30 yesterday afternoon. Northbound interstate 280 near 10th street. The crash left the drivers minivan, as you see it, on its rooftop. Tied up traffic for a good half hour. Occupants inside not seriously injured. A little shaken up. No other cars were involved. Chp officers on the scene say at this hour they dont know how it happened. With just a few days left in the year 2018, it will begin with familiar conflicts around the world and Lucas Tomlinson reports from the pentagon. Reporter the u. N. Security council vote today crank up sanctions on the rogue comanything further regime communist regime. We define the sanctions regulation by the United States and followers as an act of war, violating peace and stability. Reporter just one in a host of challenges facing the u. S. Military around the world as the Trump Administration approves the shipment of anti tank missiles in the ukraine. I support the the administrations decision to provide these types of defensive weapons for the ukrainians. It is a clear message to russia that we will not allow them to continue to compromise the sovereignty of ukraine. Reporter in yemen, the u. S. Militaries conducted more u. S. Strikes in 2017 compared to the last four years combined. Recent u. S. Intelligence estimates indicate the terror group was doubled in yemen over the past year. The situation taking on more urgency at the state department as the civil war rages on. It is in the United States interest to see the conflict in yemen brought to a close. Alqaeda benefits, dash benefits, iran benefits. Not good for the United States. Reporter the former senior director at the u. S. Security Council Warns a faux taking control. People think of alqaeda as being on the afghanistan pakistan border. But i would think of the center of gravity for alqaeda really having shifted to syria at this time. This comes as china conducted tests with the carrier this year. It will overtake the United States by 2030 according to experts. I think china poses the greatest threat to our nation by 2025. That was Lucas Tomlinson report. The head of the u. S. Command has long complained about the shortage of attack submarines necessary to gain intelligence on china and north korea. If congress does not pass a budget next month, expect the shortages to increase. Someone claims responsibility for delivering a suspicious package addressed to Steve Mnuchin in Southern California. It was a gift wrapped box containing horse manure. It was found by mnuchins neighborhood in the belair neighborhood. It was marked from the american people. The secret service says they take any perceived threat seriously. A clinical psychologist working for the l. A. County claimed responsibility for the package. She explained that he was talking with a friend that had a few drinks and decided to pull the prank to protest the new tax reform bill. Well, this may have been the best Holiday Shopping season in seven years. Retail analysts say starting november 1st, sales for everything except for cars and trucks are up 4. 9 . That is good news for retailers that have struggled through years of people shopping online, bankruptcies and many stores closing. The analysts say the report indicates there is greater confidence in the economy and unemployment numbers are down. Theyre also expecting strong afterchristmas sales which we have been talking about those afterchristmas sales. Yeah. With that in mind, people looking for sales. A lot of folks saying i dont want this. The mad dash to the stores is starting. Yes. And ktvus christien kafton, we forced him out into the shopping again. Youre outside of macys. How does it look . Crowded. Reporter im on the shopping beat just for you, pam. Im shopping for you, for the station. Hey, you were asking about the doors earlier. Doors are open. You can see customers started to flood in. Lets roll video so you can see what it looked like when the doors opened half an hour ago. There was a small crowd, about a dozen or so shoppers waiting for macys to open. About 9 of all preholiday sales are returned or exchanged. Thats a chance to get customers back in the stores. A lot of deep discounted will be offered to get rid of old stock. Shoppers this morning say they are definitely looking for a bargain. I hit every floor. I shop on every floor. I look first and then i go back and pull. And you are looking for a deal or just anything. Im looking for a deal. I dont spend that retail price. No. No. No. Huhuh. I want a deal. Im going to get a deal. Reporter and retailers also banking on consumers spending more after the holidays, bringing those returns in or those gift cards in and then overspending. Lets say you have a gift card for 100 or so, theyre thinking that consumers will come in and spend 110, 115, maybe even 200. Walmart and target offering deep discounts. If you cant make it out to a brick and mortar store and you cant deal with another day of shopping, look for the deals online. Amazon offering deep discounts, especially on electronics. You heard i just said a moment ago that some folks when they come in for the returns, they spend more than they originally intended. Coming up in an hour, a guy says he came to return shoes for his wife because he said he knows what would happen if she wound up in macys. Thats right. Thats what retailers count on. Reporter that is exactly right. It is so easy. Youre already in here and see something that catches your eye. The prices are a little lower. You have 100 that you can spend. Maybe 110 doesnt seem like that much. Just 10 out of your pocket. That is something that retailers counting on. And you end up dropping 300. Especially if youre going to target. Reporter it sounds like youre talking from personal experience. That is my problem. Reporter retail therapy. Thank you, christien. Were going to talk hoops now. The warriors had a big game yesterday and held on to win an intense game against lebron james and the cavs on Christmas Day. Bad decision by bell that time helping kevin love. Thats not his responsibility. Yeah. The rookie is pretty good. So are the warriors. Emotions high for what felt like an nba final caliber game. Kevin durant, he had 25 points and five blocked shots. Battling him and comes up with another play. Blocked by green. Fun to watch. The game tight down to the wire. Cavs down three. 23 seconds left on the clock. Lebron drives to the bucket. Sends the ball out of bounds. Probably fouled him too but it wasnt called. Referee, review the play. Upon further review, the call was overturned. They got the ball and sealed the game for the warriors. They win 9992. Draymond green had his first triple double of the year. Here is what he said after the game. I try to do what i do. Im not trying to take over the score but i try to control the pace of the game. My teammates were great. Kevin was great. Jordan bell made some huge plays. We were able to pull the game out. Everyone was great. Cavs will meet again and the warriors january 15th. This time in cleveland. Meantime the warriors are hosting the utah jazz tomorrow night. Well, firefighters continue to battle the thomas fire in Southern California. Oh, boy. Coming up in our 8 00 hour, we will tell you how the crews were able to take a brief moment to celebrate christmas despite being hundreds of miles away from home. And christmas is over, but what do you do with that tree in your home . This should be a good idea. What are some of your options to get rid of the tree when we come back. Stay with us. We have the year in health. Reporter the Opioid Epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in american history. The leading cause of deaths for americans under the age of 50. Killing roughly 64,000 people last year. President donald trump declared the nations Opioid Crisis a Public Health emergency. The declaration will help fight abuse of prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. It may be possible to de detective autism in babies before their first birthdays. Using brain scans and an algorithm, researchers at the university of North Carolina predicted whether high risk infants would develop autism as toddlers. Researchers say the formula was about 85 accurate. Typically the earliest Autism Diagnosis is maybe between the ages of 2 and 3. Researchers at Temple University created a possible cure for hiv. They used gene editing to cut out and insert specific portions of dna to remove hiv dna from mice. It eliminated the virus and prevented further infection. This is the first time that scientists have ever achieved complete elimination in animal models. For the first time ever, doctors diagnosed a living person with cte. An autopsy confirmed an nfl veteran had cte just as a brain scan four years before his death had indicated. The scan showed the existence of a preteen which builds off of damaged brain cells and is present in cte. Cases of sexually transmitted disease are at an alltime high. The cdc announced the annual report from 2016 and found 1. 6 million cases of chlamydia, 470,000 cases of gonorrhoea and 28,000 cases of syphilis. Singer selena gomez revealed she underwent a kidney transplant due to her lupus diagnose. Her friend gave her a kidney. She said there are not words that can describe how to thank my friend. She gave me the ultimate and sacrificed by giving her kidney to me. Lupus attacks its own tissues and organs like your kidneys. Babies born after a successful uterine transplant in texas. A first for the u. S. The mother was born without a uterus. After one was implanted from a living donor, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy at Baylor University medical center. As part of a clinical trial, the team had performed a total of eight uterine transplants so far. Rosemary and i are shaking our heads. Can you believe what they have done in that last story. Incredible. That is amazing. We will segue to weather. I dont think there are the perfect words for that but how are we doing. Get right into the weather part of it. Looking at partly cloudy skies. Weaponing dry and cool in the afternoon. Only subtle changes expected through the next few days. Perhaps the entire week. Giving you a view there of the east bay where we do have a beautiful golden hue there to start the day. You may notice a little bit of haze within there as well. It is another spare the air day. Were also watching a little bit of fog over portions of the bay area this morning. It has to do with the system here, the trough and that little disturbance moving through bringing clouds to central and Southern California. Maybe a little bit of green on the radar. For us, it has been an increase in our moisture. We have a little more cloud cover over portions of the coast. In the north bay valley locations because of it, were actually seeing a little bit of fog. Visibility down to a quarter mile at times over and along highway 101 down along the floor there of the north bay valley locations. Something to be aware of for the folks involve traveling in the area. Temperatures freezing in santa rosa. 35 in napa. 41 in novato. To the inner east bay, 34 in walnut creek and livermore. The Oakland Airport reporting 36. Along the peninsula, 44 in redwood city. San francisco checking in at 47 right now. Looking at the east bay. We have widespread 30s from danville over to lafayette. The other direction, 38 degrees right now in antioch. Definitely a chill in the air. For many, cooler than yesterday. Afternoon highs for today will be a tad cooler as well. Upper 50s to low 60s around the region. 57 along the coast in pacifica. 61 for napa. South bay locations, low 60s. San jose, 62 for you. 64 in santa cruz. Im like a broken record with the numbers. 30s and 40s to start the day around the bay and along the coast. Into the afternoon, 60s. Low 60s. Today and tomorrow. Low 60s thursday and friday. Low 60s saturday and sunday. Dry, dry, dry. But the longterm models are now starting to flip in different directions. We may actually see a little bit of rain going into the new year. That would be great news. We need it. Yes, we do. Hard to believe that january is around the corner. Thank you, rosemary. Hurricanes of course wrecking havoc across the south and puerto rico this year. And devastating wildfires raged across california. Coming up we will take a look back at some of the record breaking weather things that happened in our past year. Thats coming up. Also coming up, turn your phone into a Home Security system. How Edward Snowden is trying to help people spy on those who are trying to spy on you. More on that story coming up. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Taking a look at the snow that is causing problems at some of the east coast airports. This is including bostons logan airport. It is open this morning. Thats after one runway was closed for more than four hours last night. A Jetblue Airways flight arriving from georgia slid off of the runway. No one was hurt. Passengers were put on buses driven to the terminal. Even though some people thought having a White Christmas was great, casey segal reports that it is causing problems on the roads across the country as well. Reporter lots of americans got to enjoy a White Christmas. It is gorgeous. The best Christmas Present we could ask for. Reporter a strong winter storm out of the rockies brought feet of snow to the midwest. The northeast got its share as well. Some areas receiving three to five inches of snow per hour. There is always a catch. Hazardous driving conditions. Motorists across the country were advised to stay off the roads monday and for good reason. Crews responded to countless accidents, crashes, spinouts and pileups. Massachusetts state police lowered the speed limit to 40 Miles Per Hour from boston to the new york border. Many drivers were purposely going even slower. The windows get icy. And the windshield wipers are not effective with the ice. Reporter near zero visibility was the biggest problem in places like erie, pennsylvania. It only took a light coating of snow to make the roads slippery in seattle. It was enough to make driving a slippery nightmare. Im stuck in the middle. I cant go anywhere. Reporter people out walking had to contend with frigid temperatures. In iowa, negative 3 degrees. It is cold. Cold is cold. And youve got to adjust. Reporter all of that snow on the roads combined with freezing temperatures made driving at night even more treacherous. In new york, casey segal, fox news. Well, apples latest i phone may not be living up to its expectations when it comes to sales. Analysts are predicting lower demand for the iphone x thanks to the high price point and what some people are calling confusing features. People are opting for less expensive models like the iphone 8 and iphone 8 plus. Apple was counting the x to boost shipments but that is not stopping the company from nearing a value of one trillion dollar. Edward snowden has a new app that can repurpose your Android Phone into a security phone. It acts as a personal Security System that allows people to monitor their devices when they are away from them. The app uses an old phones camera and microphone among other tools to detect movement or tampering with the device itself. It is a joint project between snowden and the freedom of the press foundation. Well, some people in the bay area, you can start disposing of your Christmas Tree today. For example, in union city, recycling will pick up trees at no extra charge today through the end of january. If youre in San Francisco, you can recycle the tree starting next tuesday. Drop them off on your regular trash collection day. Recology will pick them up and turn them into wood chips. You need to remove the tinsil and the stands. Dont forget the stands. Our cat used to eat the tinsil. It only comes out one way. I dont recommend it. We move along. Tmi. How firefighters in Southern California, well, they got a bit of a break to enjoy the christmas holiday, despite being away from their families. And a memorial continues to grow for the chp officer killed in the line of duty on christmas. How he is being remembered by colleagues. And what were learning about the family that he leaves behind. Outside our doors this morning, partly cloudy skies. Chilly temperatures. We will check in on the Current Conditions and show you what to expect for the afternoon coming up. This guy is in a hurry. Uh, i was in a hurry this morning. 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. The chp office halfstaff this morning to remember an officer killed in the line of duty on Christmas Eve. How else they plan to remember him coming up. Winter weather could get in the way for travelers trying to rush from their destinations. We will look at the impact in the bay area. Mornings on 2 continues. This is ktvu mornings on 2. And good morning, everyone. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Im Frank Mallicoat. Mike mibach is enjoying the day off. Yes, he is. Im pam cook in for gasia today. Familiar faces but breaking it up at different times. Enjoying the holidays. Steve is off too. Rosemary is here. What happens when i fill in on a different shift. People say, i have never seen you on tv before and all of a sudden i see you on tv. Everybody has your schedule. I have seen you on tv before. I may have seen you as well. We have good weather coming our way. It will remain dry for the final days of december which means it will go down as one of the dryest months on record. Giving you a view of San Francisco where we have mostly clear sky from this vantage point. Partly cloudy along the coastline. The fog has to do with a system that is actually moving south of us. Not really bringing any rain to california. It has brought more moisture into the air. And, again, because of it, cloud cover reported over portions of the coast. And will go into north bay. Visibility has been an issue for some this morning. Santa rosa reporting visibility of a quarter mile. It stretches over towards the west. Earlier this morning, had some develop near novato and petaluma. It looks good out there. Visibility within three or four miles. We will continue to track that over the next couple of hours. Temperatures this morning off to a very cold start once again. 32 in santa rosa. Mid30s in nap a34 in livermore. And 35 walnut creek. You definitely will need the winter coat getting out early. 47 in the city of San Francisco. Mountain view checking in at 43. Temperatures coming down slightly this afternoon. Upper 50s in San Francisco. Low 60s for the east bay shore. 63 in san jose. For the inner east bay, 61 expected for livermore. In the days ahead, not a lot of change going on. We are looking for when rain may come back to the bay area. More on that and we will check on the air quality today. Today is another spare the air day. We will look at your neighborhood and see how you will fare for the afternoon. Back to you. Thanks, rosemary. Chp is planning memorial for an officer who was killed in the line of duty on Christmas Eve. Candice nguyen is live at the chp office this morning. You are learning more about what happened. Reporter thats right. An officer from the office in hayward came out to raise the flag in front of the office to halfstaff behind me. This as officers are coming by to help. The plan for the public memorial and daytoday duties. One captain hopes to have details where and when the public can show support by the end of the week. Officer camilleri and another officer was pulled over on the side of south 880 in hayward when an alleged drunk driver, high as well according to investigators, crashed into the back of their car. That driver was 22 years old and was leaving a party. The crash killed camilleri, injured velasquez and left the suspect in serious condition. We have reports that there was an officer hit southbound 880. Officer down. Officer down. Officer down. Can i get units to southbound 880. It was so severe that it turned a Utility Vehicle into a small compact vehicle. It gives you an idea of the speeds that were involved. Reporter officer camilleri leaves behind a wife and three children. The second officer, officer velasquez has been released from the hospital is is expected to be okay. Candice nguyen, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you, candice. Starting new years day, bars, restaurants and companies that produce alcohol can help people who have had too much to drink to get home without getting behind the wheel of a car. A new state law allows them to offer drinkers vouchers for free or discounted rides through cab or ridesharing companies. The current law does not allow any business with an alcohol business to offer customers anything except what is considered, quote, of inconsequential value. The alcohol industry support this had law. A San Rafael Group says it promotes and encourages heavy drinking. It claims that the law does not forbid the vouchers to be used to go somewhere else to drink more. Chp investigating a deadly overnight accident that happened near berkeley around 1 40 a. M. The driver called police to report the crash. No other details have been released but the driver is cooperating. Deputies shot a man suspected of Domestic Violence. This happened shortly before 2 00 monday morning at a home on princeton street in hayward. Someone called to report a Domestic Violence incident at the time. Well, at the scene, chp found a woman who said she was assaulted by her husband. When the deputy found the man on a rear patio of the home, he took a machete from his waistband and tried to attack them. One deputy fired at the suspect, hitting him. Deputies arrested the suspect. He was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive. His name though was not released. The wildfire burns in ventura and Santa Barbara counties is now 86 contained. It has become the largest in state history. It has burned more than 281,000 quakers, destroyed 1,063 structures, mostly homes. Officials are hoping to have it contained completely by january 7th. We have the story of Christmas Kindness for firefighters battling the fire throughout the holiday. [music] had a very shiny nose reporter off of the fire line and into the holiday spirit. For many of these firefighters, it is their first christmas away from loved ones. It is hard to be away from your family. No doubt about it. Reporter oregon, utah, arizona and arkansas. Many of them are far from home. And they have all got someone missing them. All my family and my girlfriend. My oneyear anniversary was on tuesday. Which i was able to miss out on that. But it was very important to me to be here and she understood that. So im just very fortunate. Ive got my family and my fiance who lives with me. Theyre missing me a lot. Ive got my cat. [laughter] my dad. He is down in arizona. My mom is in massachusetts. My wife is back home by herself. She is wanting me to be home. I know that for a fact. Reporter christmas night, theyre all with their Fire Fighting family, enjoying a christmas dinner and a few hours off the line. It is busy. Were pulling hose, doing last minute rehab work. Were just out there cleaning up line, cleaning up hose, rehabbing lines, getting dirty. You know, trying to make things happen. Reporter thank you notes remind the brave men and women why they do the job. An opportunity to maybe give another family the holiday gift of a house to come home to. We know there are people who are here that have suffered more than us, just being away from our homes. Reporter theyre here to finish the job. Merry christmas to everybody. And happy to be here. And, yeah, theyve been away for quite some time. You know, it is still burning. I know. Gosh. Worse than what we had up here. All right. We move along here at 8 08. Gift exchanging is over but the malls are expected to be packed this morning. Coming up in the 8 30 hour, how stores are preparing for more big sales and a number of returned items. With tax reform in the rear view mirror, a Government Shutdown needs to be avoided. I will have that story coming up. Outside our doors for your afternoon, cool and dry. We are looking at a partly cloudy start to the day and chilly conditions. It is a spare the air day. We will check in on the air quality and look at the extended forecast coming up. Prices of the season on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. And snoring . Does your bed do that . Its the lowest prices of the season on the queen c4 mattress with adjustable comfort on both sides. Now only 1199, save 400. Plus, 24 month financing available. Ends monday. Visit sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is 8 12 right now. A lot of people heading back from the holidays. We just check. Bay area airports are starting to report a few problems, just so you know. Here is a live view of our camera there at sfo. One flight from San Francisco to houston has already been canceled this morning. Several other flights are delayed. Kind of worried about this with the weather back east. It is nasty back there. Two flights arriving in san jose are delayed. One oakland departure is running late. So, again, as frank was talking about, intense weather back east. You might want to check ahead with your air carrier before you head to the airport, especially if youre picking someone up. Bad weather causing the delays. Take a look at bostons logan airport. All of the runways are open again this morning. Thats after a Jetblue Airways flight arriving from savannah, georgia slid off of a runway last night. No one was hurt. Passengers were put on buss and taken over to the terminal. The runway was shut down for more than four hours while the plane was removed. That could have a ripple effect. Dreams of a White Christmas came true in many parts of the country but that is causing problem snooze lots of americans got to enjoy a White Christmas. It is the best christmas we could ask for. Reporter a strong storm out of the rockies brought many feet of snow to the northwest. Some parts receiving three to five inches of snow per hour. Although it fell less rapidly in most areas. With any snowfall, there is always a catch. Hazardous driving conditions. Motorists across the country were advised to stay off the roads monday and for good reason. Crews responded to countless accidents, crashes, spinouts and pileups. Massachusetts state police lowered the speed limit to 40 Miles Per Hour from boston to the new york border. Many drivers were purposely going even slower. The windows get icy. And the windshield wipers dont arent very effective with the ice. Reporter near zero visibility was the biggest problem in places like erie, pennsylvania. It only took a light coating of snow to make the roads slippery in the seattle area. It was enough to make driving a nightmare. Im stuck in the middle. I cant go anywhere. Reporter people out walking had to contend with fridged temperatures. In iowa monday, negative 3 degrees. It is cold. Cold is cold. And youve got to adjust. Reporter all of that snow on the roads combined with freezing temperatures made driving at night even more treacherous. In new york, casey steagal, fox news. Republicans still feeling mighty good about tax reform. When Congress Returns next we go, they will have to have a few legislative hurdles to jump over. The first issue they will probably have to address is the impending Government Shutdown. Reporter with tax reform in the rear view mirror, lawmakers have no choice but to address a growing list of pressing issues as President Trump says he wants to tackle infrastructure but has to avoid a Government Shutdown first. The current funding measure gives congress until january 19th to reach an agreement or face the prospect of a partial Government Shutdown. The latest plug was passed just hours before lawmakers skipped town for the december recess. It is the third time since the new fiscal year began that congress has resorted to a shortterm solution. Republicans acknowledge the possibility of the wind being taken out of their tax reform sails. You dont get long to enjoy something when you get an accomplishment like this. We have to shift our focus to the other challenges in front of us. Reporter Congress Also needs to keep the pentagon going and decide what to do about illegal immigrant thats came to the u. S. As children. Democrats have pledged cooperation and working out a permanent solution for dreamers. We need to deal with them in a constructive bipartisan way. If we dont, dont look to us for help. Reporter congress is also expected to revisit an 81 billion Disaster Relief package. It includes money for hurricane and wildfire recovery and was passed by the house thursday but stalled in the senate. Democrats are hoping that the full agenda will help them constrict concessions from republicans, after the alabama election gives them one more seat in the upper chamber. In washington, Griff Jenkins, fox news. Weatherwise, if you like what youve had, youre going to love what youre getting. Yep. Youre serving up leftovers, arent you . Yes indeed. A near repeat. Only subtle changes this morning from yesterday. It is a little cooler out there. And we have a little bit of fog in some areas. Thats about it. Giving you a view here across the bay as we look towards the west in San Francisco. A little bit of fog and low cloud cover near the coastline this morning. And we have a little bit of moisture that has been added to our bay area weather. More on that in just a moment. Lets take a look at the nation. As frank and pam were talking about, a few delays popping up over the bay area, as well as into houston. Houston is getting rain as it stretches over to louisiana. Delays reported there. Miami also reporting delays at this point. A good idea, again, to check in on the flights before you head out. Meanwhile, we still have dry weather. You see this disturbance crossing over central and Southern California bringing a lot of cloud cover there. Just enough to make the fog develop over areas of the north bay. In the north bay valley locations, weve been watching fog along the valley floor in and around santa rosa. Be careful if youre getting out early. You may experience some of that. Also seeing a little bit of cloud cover and fog right along the coastline. Besides that, temperatures remain status quo. As we get into the afternoon, upper 50s, low 60s around the bay area. And it is another spare the air day, with air quality moderate to slightly unhealthy. During the winter months that means unless you are exempt, not a good idea to burn wood in the fireplace. In fact, it is illegal. Looking at the temperatures this morning. Freezing start in santa rosa. Easy to see why many people would want to light up the fireplace 40 in oakland. 46 at sfo. 47 in downtown San Francisco. Here is a look at the 24hour temperature change. It is a cooler start more most. Afternoon highs today, upper 50s to low 60s. North bay, east bay, along the peninsula. San francisco going to 58. San jose going to 62. If youre going to tahoe, it will be dry and cold, with temperatures in the overnight hours in the 20s. So they do continue to make snow there. Although, no fresh snow falling from the sky. There is the extended forecast into the weekend. 30s to 40s for the overnight lows. Thank you, rosemary. Sure. 8 19 is the time. Hurricanes wrecked havoc across the south and puerto rico. Devastating wildfires raged across california. We have a look back at the recordbreaking year. This as flooding in san jose forced 14,000 residents to evacuate. March was a snowy one in the northeast. A late season blizzard dumping three feet of snow in some areas. March saw destructive tornadoes in parts of the u. S. One outbreak killed two people as twisters hit missouri and illinois. Straight line winds following the system affecting new york and michigan. Damage from that wind event costing 2. 1 billion. In april, more tornadoes, this time in the nations capital. Several of the citys famous blossoming cherry trees uprooted. The month of may delivering hail to denver, damaging property in what is now the most expensive hail storm in colorado history. 2. 2billion in damages. May also seeing historic flooding in parts of missouri and illinois. 20 people were killed. In june, 12 States Affected by severe hail and wind damage from wyoming to new york. Minnesota was especially hard hit with damage to buildings and cars. And this summer, an active atlantic hurricane season. 17 storms, including six major hurricanes. Among the biggest, Hurricane Harvey in late august, inundating texas and louisiana with water. Killing more than 90 people and costing nearly 200 billion in damage. Just days later, in early september, Hurricane Irma roared ashore. A catastrophic storm responsible for more than 130 deaths. It didnt stop there. September went on to be the most active month on record for atlantic hurricanes. Towards the end of the month, another deadly storm, Hurricane Maria devastating puerto rico. Destroying homes and knocking out power across the entire island. The fall was the warmest ever in parts of new england, florida, california and the southwest. This september through november marking the warmest period on record in more than a dozen cities, including caribou, maine, miami, florida, and san jose, california. By october, Deadly Wildfires were making headlines in northern california, killing more than 40 people. The blaze consuming more than 325 square miles and destroying at least 5700 homes and businesses. Another series of devastating wildfires breaking out in the Los Angeles Area in mid december. Fueled by dry, gusty, santa ana winds. As for the winter ahead, government scientists predicting many Miles Per Hours could get a balmy winter with low temperatures expected across the south and northeast. A chance of chillier than normal weather to wyoming and north dakota. High snow totals also predicted across the Northern Plains from the rockies to the great lakes. In new york, im janet dean. Here in San Francisco, there will be a prep rally that head of the foster farms bowl in San Francisco. It includes cheerleaders and bands from the Arizona Wildcats and the purdue boil makers. It begins at 11 00 this morning at the embarcadero plaza. And the press conference with head coaches of each team follows at the hyatt regency. Purdue is coached by the way if you didnt know former 49ers quarterback jeff brohm. But they are a threepoint underdog to arizona. You can watch the game right here. Our coverage begins at 5 00 tomorrow night, with kickoff at 5 30. If you want news, we have that as well. The news will be over on ktvu plus. Thats tomorrow. Im looking forward to the big parades. All right. Pam is jumping in. 39 beautiful floats will slowly make their way through pasadena next monday for the rose parade. Parade requirements say everything visibility on the floats has to be natural. That includes, flowers, seeds, leaves, fruits, vegetables and seaweed are all used. They are all allowed by hand. Some petals put on just before the parade begins. The theme for this years rose parade is making a difference. And if you get the chance, go down and see it in person. Have you . It is nothing you think it looks great on tv. It is beautiful in person. Unbelievable in person. You can also cruise in to where they put the floats together after the parade. You can get up close and see them. It is worth the trip. Try it once. And the time they put in to creating these things. It is incredible. Two miles, and theyre done. It is like unwrapping christmas gifts. A lot of volunteer hours there. 8 28 is the time right now. The warriors beat lebron james and the cavaliers again. The Big Christmas victory in front of a National Television awed en. And the key play at the end of the game. Reporter the holidays are over. Maybe it is time to get shopping. We will tell you why coming up. Whoa the mercedesbenz winter event is back and you wont want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho lease the cla250 for 329 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Welcome back. Happy day after the big holiday. Good to have you here on mornings on 2. Frank mallicoat here in for mike mibach. Im pam cook here for gasia. It is nice that people can get time off. Were here to cover the bases for them. We have nice weather coming our way. If you enjoyed yesterday and the day before and the day before that, we have another one coming our way. Cool conditions expected for the afternoon. Partly cloudy sky. It is spare the air day. That is a beautiful shot of mostly blue sky. Woke up with a little bit of fog and moisture in place for the north bay valley locations. A little bit of cloud cover across the coast. Outside of that, many of us cooler. Thats about it. Sfo giving you a nice view there. Although of sfo is reporting a few delays at this point. If you know somebody flying out or into sfo this morning, be aware of that. Santa rosa has been holding on to 32 for sometime. Slipped to 31 a little earlier. 40 in oakland. Livermore just above freezing at this time. And san jose, youre at 44. Visibility has been an issue over portions of the north bay and our north bay valley locations where we have quarter mile visibility in santa rosa. Farther north, it is a little more widespread. It moves over west towards the coastline there. And this shot now out of our area. But i can see just south there, we may have a little bit of patchy dense fog in and around san rafael, petaluma, novato. For the morning hours, you could see that, run into it if youre on the roadways. Afternoon highs, upper 50s to low 60s. 58 in San Francisco. 60 in oakland. 61 in livermore. We will check in on the air quality for your neighborhood today and take a look at the extended forecast coming up. Thank you, rosemary. The california Highway Patrol mourning the loss of one of its officers after a deadly crash on the nimitz freeway late on Christmas Eve. 33yearold officer camilleri and his partner why watching for impaired drivers when a red car slammed right into their patrol car. The impact was so severe that it turned a Utility Vehicle into a small cam pact vehicle. It kind of gives you an idea of the speeds involved. Both officers and the driver of the other vehicle were taken to the hospital. Officer camilleri died there a short time later. He is survived by his wife, 12 yearold daughter, and two sons, ages 6 and 2. The other officer was treated for injuries and released. The driver of the red car was reportedly driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. He is seriously injured and will be booked on several felonies once his Condition Improves enough to transfer him out of the hospital and into jail. An and i are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic loss of officer camilleri. We join his family, friends, and the entire california Highway Patrol in mourning his death and honoring his sacrifice. Lets get to traffic now and what should be a pretty light week. Yeah. And a pretty good tuesday so far. Sal is off of course. That is highway 24 in the lafayette area. And right now, thats usually caked with cars. Thats when i come in. It takes forever. Right now, it is looking good. Heading to the tunnel. Look at that. Heading to the bay bridge into the city. At 8 34. I dont know that i have seen that since probably last year at this time. Or sunday morning maybe. Maybe a sunday morning as well. So if you do have to get up and head into work, head into the city for some reason, you are youre in luck. Not a lot of traffic. Over to the san mateo bridge, a little more crowded over there on that bridge. But not bad at all this morning. Again, could be pretty light this week because a lot of people take the whole week off. All right. Muni offering free rides in San Francisco on new years eve and new years day to discourage drinking and driving. Meanwhile bart will run Additional Trains until 3 00 in the morning january 1st. Trains to and from the east bay will have some limited stops. So take note. This may have been the best Holiday Shopping season in seven years. Retail analysts say starting november the 1st, sales for everything except cars and trucks up almost 5 . That is good news for retailers that have really struggled through years of people shopping online, bankruptcies and a number of stores have closed. The analysts say the reports indicate there is greater confidence in the economy and of course unemployment numbers have been way down. Theyre also expecting strong after christmas sales as well. The holidays are over. Now it is time for the post holiday tradition, returning everything and exchanging those gifts. Christien kafton reporting from macys in San Francisco where the doors are open and the shoppers are once again hitting the stores. Reporter the doors here at macys on union square are now open. Today expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The doors opened around 7 00 a. M. This morning. By then a small crowd of shoppers had already waited out in front for the doors to open. National Retail Federation estimates about 9 of all preholiday sales are returned or exchanged. That is another chance for retailers to get shoppers back into the stores. They are trying to get rid of old stock. Retailers are banking on consumers spending more when they have gift cards or returns. We spoke with one man who was in and out within less than five minutes for a return and told us thats why he was here, not his wife, to avoid overspending on a return. No. No. No. Not for me. Thats why i did it before my wife woke up. Yeah. Got in and got out. Because you knew. I know. I know my wife. And i know what she is capable of in a store like this. Reporter experts say if you want to avoid the crowds, Early Morning and late evenings are the best time to avoid the crowds for exchanges and returns. Walmart and target offering deep discounts starting this morning. If you cannot deal with having all of those people around you, you want to be by yourself or just dont want to deal with the crowds, you can go to online giant amazon. They will also be offering pretty big discounts, especially on electronics. In San Francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. You will have company out there. Star wars is top at the box office again. The last jedi took in 100 million during the long holiday weekend. It puts the total earnings to near 400 million in north america in just 11 days. This weekend it was challenged by three newcomers. Now, jumanji, welcome to the jungle debuted in the second spot. Sold 52 million in the remake. Two news musicals. Pitch perfect 3 and the great jest show man opened in third and fourth. And ferdinad held on for fifth place. Im finally going to see star wars today. Im due to see it too. You might call it an intense game between the warriors and cavs on Christmas Day. Bad decision by bell that time. That is not his responsibility. Alleyoop to bell. Emotions high for what really felt like an nba finals caliber game on a holiday. It was great to watch. Klay thompson gave us a couple dozen points. Kevin durant had 25 points and five blocks. Inside and blocked by green. These guys are good. The game was tight down to the wire. The cavs down with 26 seconds to go. Lebron goes in and drives to the bucket. But durant managed to block the shot and sends it out of bounds. Duran said do you durant said do you want to review that . After the review, they got the ball back. The warriors win 9992. Draymond green, first triple double of the season. He was big. Here is what he had to say after the game. I just try to do what i do. Obviously im not the guy that is going to take over with scoring. I try to control the pace of the game. My teammates were great. Klay was great, bell made huge plays. We were able to pull the game out. If you loved it yesterday, you are going to love it again. They play in cleveland this time around on january 15th. Hopefully he will be playing. The warriors host the utah jazz. They are doing this all with steph. Yeah. He is resting. That is good. Plenty on the bench. Yeah. 8 40 is the time right now. The man who used to go after drug dealers in the state is getting into the Legal Marijuana business. What the former attorney general lockyer is doing. What united is apologizing for after always by one of its passengers. Our quiet dry pattern will continue for the final days of december. We will take a look at what to expect for today and the holiday weekend, coming up. Welcome back to mornings on 2. 8 43 is the time. Less than a week away from the sale of legal Recreational Marijuana here in california. Not everyone in the golden state is ready. Reporter it will certainly be a merry 2018 for Recreational Marijuana companies in california. But the regulations are still a bit hazy for an industry expected to bring in billions. Can you walk into a los angeles pot store on january 1st and start the new year on a high . It is absolutely not going to take place. Reporter thats because the state of california did not finalize its regulations for the recreational industry until mid november. That left cities scrambling to figure out how and when to issue licenses. So businesses will still have to come to the department, get temporary approval to to do legal adult sales before that takes place. Reporter in los angeles and San Francisco, Companies Wont be able to start selling Recreational Marijuana in 2018 for a week or longer after the calendar turns. We would have preferred to have it by january 1st. But i think january 5th or 6th is still on target. It was a complex set of regulations that they only had a couple of months to work on. And it just takes time. They got it right. Reporter then theres the Law Enforcement side. Dui we expect to go up. Minors minor usage we expect to go up. Reporter plus since marijuana can stay in the body weeks or longer, officers to figure out if they are impaired. Impaired is impaired. They can see that based on their training and experience. Reporter five states, colorado, washington, nevada, alaska and oregon currently allow recreational pot sales. The golden state will be the biggest by far and has not shied away from bucking the Trump Administration on other big National Issues like immigration. It is the beginning of the end of the war on marijuana. Which means it is the beginning of the end of the war on drugs. Reporter attorney general Jeff Sessions has called the drug dubious which has led to criticism from pro pot groups. In los angeles, bill carr, fox news. Former California Attorney general used to enforce laws against selling and possessing marijuana. Now he will be distributing the drug. He cofounded a Company Named c4distro that will distribute concentrates and edibles in los angeles. He says it will provide feedback that should help the state cannabis regulations work. American airlines issuing an apology and travel voucher to a passenger who says her first class seat was taken away and given to someone else. Simon says when she boarded the flight last week she was directed to a seat in the economy plus section. A Congress Woman had been given her seat in first class. Records show that simon canceled her reservation after weather delays and gave the upgraded seat to the Congress Woman who did not ask for sperm accommodations. Simon denies the allegations and was given a 500 travel voucher. 8 46 is the time right now. Travel is starting to be delayed at the airports. A lot of it is probably because of the weather back east. Yes. They are looking at cold weather there. Here at home, were on the cool side but not that bad. Sfo now reporting arriving flights delayed because of areas in houston. Getting rain this morning. And miami also reporting delays. Giving you a view into the state of california where we remain dry. We do have a weak disturbance moving through. You can see all of the clouds over Southern California. Continue to push out of the way. It brought a little bit of moisture to the bay area. As a result, part le cloudy skies up along the coastline this morning. A little bit of fog in the north bay. There is a view of Storm Tracker 2. We wont see any rain out of this. There is i look at the cloud cover that will remain near the coastline today. Fog over portions of the north bay and valley locations. That will continue to burn away over the next hour or so and we will be partly cloudy over the north bay for today as well. Air quality is moderate to slightly unhealthy. During the winter months, you are asked to avoid burning wood in the fireplace. Unless youre exempt. Unless it is your primary source of heat. Here is a look at the temperatures. 39 in nap a a very cold start. We are beginning to see a little bit of a turnaround. Fairfield below freezing this morning. Livermore at 33. The low 40s from hayward to areas of oakland. San francisco checking in at 47. After highs today, upper 50s to low 60s. North bay and east bay. Heading towards the west, 58 San Francisco. For the south bay locations today, 62 in san jose. 63 for morgan hill. Of. Going to tahoe . Going to remain dry as well. Temperatures in the low to mid 50s for the afternoon under mostly cloud see skies. Look at the overnight lows. 20s in the forecast. They continue to make snow there for our skiers. Here is a look at the extended forecast. Most of the same wednesday, thursday and friday. Only slightly warmer into the afternoon before we take a slight downward turn into the weekend. Gosh. With dry weather. Okay. You know, some of the models are now indicating we may see rain the first week of january. Fingers crossed. We definitely will cross our fingers for that. Thank you, rosemary. The spirit of giving continues across the bay area. How people from oakland to San Francisco are using acts of kindness to spread a message of hope. Heres your receipt. Have a nice day thank you. Start the car start the car start the car start the car the ikea winter sale. Wooooooo get up to 50 off select items. Now through january 10th. Ikea. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Back now. Following a developing story. This is out of san jose. A live look into that city. Firefighters battling a two alarm fire at a commercial structure on alma court. You see the big plume of smoke. Not a lot of wind. That is going straight up the pipe. We will continue to follow the latest on this fire and bring you more details. Right now, a two alarm fire in the city of san jose. All right. Every family has its own holiday traditions, right. For many people in the bay area, that includes taking time to help others on Christmas Day. Ktvus rob malcolm reports across oakland and San Francisco, many people were busy performing acts of kindness as a way to spread a message of hope. Reporter this Christmas Day, Bay Area Charities were serving up laughter. Weve been at this for a while. We have been providing services in the neighborhood for a good long time. [music] reporter theyre not just famous for their Christmas Music ministry. Every day they serve three meals a day, relying on 70 volunteers to get the job done. On christmas, with plenty of mouths to feed, the Community Stepped up leaving the senior director overwhelmed by the response. People have been dropping off turkeys and hams for months. Its kind of crazy. People just walk in and drop off a turkey at the front desk and walk away. Reporter down the street, more meals and muse he can for the 68th year. [music] our people oftentimes feel like theyre the you know, theyre the shepherds. Theyre the ones that have been pushed to the side and no one thinks about. It is nice to conclude the day here where people are feeling pat of it. Reporter the day made extra special as members of the Purdue Football Team in town lent a hand. It is great to serve the people. We can always give back, no matter where we are in the country. Reporter michael caroway received a transplant in 2008. It is personal to me because it is my community. The city of oakland is where i was born and raised. Not a lot of people back then when i first started feeding were doing feeds. I wanted to do something different. Reporter they also handed out toys, toiletries, socks and believe gloves. How are you doing here. Reporter kitchens were busy at chicken and waffles where 30 volunteers fed the homeless. This is our tenth annual. Just to give back to the community. Ive been blessed and fortunate. I want to pass it on to other people. Merry christmas. Reporter east and west oakland and even in San Francisco, it wasnt hard to find people in the christmas spirit, finding themselves on this very special day giving back, sharing a message of hope, and telling families and communities in need, merry christmas. In San Francisco, rob malcolm, ktvu fox 2 news. Happening today, it is the start of kwanzaa. Weeklong celebration that started in 1966 by a Long Beach StateAfrican Studies professor. The term means first fruits of the harvest based on ancient customs from africa. It emphasize a theme for each of the de convenient seven days. Still to come, a special treat for grandparents across the bay area. We will tell you where you can take your grandchildren for free this week. Tributes are coming in for an actress that played one of the van trapp daughters in the classic the sound of music. [music] i fly so long farewell that was actress Heather Menzies urich. She played louisa van trap. She died on Christmas Eve at the age of 68. She was the wife of robert urich. She was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. The littlest van trapp daughter says she is filled with infinity sadness with the loss of a precious friend. Officials in santa rosa say an Apartment Fire was caused by discarded smoking materials. Cruises responded to reports of a fire around 6 15. They were able to quickly put out the fire that caused 25,000 in damage the woman who lives in the apartment was not home but arrived just as the fire was put out. An Investigation Continues into a Christmas Day house fire in San Francisco. It was first reported shortly before 1 00 a. M. On monday on prospect avenue. Four people were displaced. Alarm fire caused major damage, including to the neighboring homes on both sides of the house. Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire. Associated press names nfl protest the top sports story of 2017. Former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick negotiated the protest last year but reached new levels this year. It was originally meant to call attention to racial inequality and police brew with tallet. It reached a new level following comments by the president. It sparked a massive show of defiance, prompting 200 players to take a knee during the anthem. Roger goodell called the comments divisive and showed a lack of respect. Beginning today, it is grandparents day at fairyland. Grandparents can get in for free when accompanied by a grandparent. It is open from 10 00 to 4 00 this afternoon. Winter weather could get in the way of travelers trying to return from their christmas destination. A look across the country and the impact right here in the bay area. Plus, the shopping, gift giving, and exchanging is over. But the malls are expected to be packed again this morning. How stores are preparing for more big sales and a number of returned items. [music] all right. Welcome to the 9. Youre taking a live look at the Christmas Tree in union square. A lot of people bustling about down below. It is time to return everything that you bought and got. Right. N