Officials say the number of people asking for help has been much smaller. Fema says more than 15,000 house holds have registered since october. Now to an incredible tale from the rubbling of those fires. Rubble of those fires. A man is looking to reunite a dozen healthy gold fish with their owner. He found them swimming in an out door tub that was swimming in ash. The bright orange fish were swimming in a bathtub turned out door pond at parker hill road and Parker Hill Court in the Hidden Valley neighborhood. Weve got more information on this as well as Contact Information at ktvu. Com in Southern California, fire crews are continuing to make big progress battling the largest wildfire in california history. The thomas fire is 89 contained and no longer threatens homes. Its burned more than 281,000 acres. Officials say most of the smoke has drifted away from communities and people are being able to return and are slowly getting back to normal coming up, a plan to ease congestion on one of San Franciscos busiest freeways and an eight Hour International flight from lax landed exactly where it started. Well tell you why and about the super model aboard who took to social media to talk about the incident were pushing toward the weekend again, we have some weather to talk about and even rain and snow. See you back here. Two drivers are recovering from minor injuries after a crash sent a suv into a home last night. The acura suv collided with a black honda, the acura then crashed through a brick wall and into a house. Nobody was inside the home at the time. Investigators say do not believe alcohol played a role in the crash officials are considering a plan to ease traffic on one of the most congested roadways reporter this is part of the stretch of road. San francisco is considering making a car pool lane along portions of 280 and 101 and creating paid high occupancy lanes. This would cover from king street to the 101 split and then 101 to the county lane. The authority is looking for 4 million to fund a study of the idea. The project failed to get votes in december but will likely be pitched again since the whole board was not present for that vote. We talked to one driver who said he thinks the idea would be great. I would pay for it, especially working down here. A lot of the construction workers get off and they already commute in and out of the city a couple of hours and sometimes its an hour getting to the freeway. Reporter funding the Feasibility Study is expected to come up early in 2018. Passengers [inaudible] returned to lax because an unauthorized person was on board. Model Chrissy Teigen was on that plane as some passengers were told that someone boarded a flight with a United Airlines ticket and describes the ordeal on her twitter feed. The flight landed at lax around 7 30 last night. That was after eight hours in the air. Teigen tweeted that around 1 45 that morning that the new flight had taken off. Disneyland is having power problems during this peak holiday season. A glitch with a transformer caused all attractions to go down this afternoon. The outage left guests stranded on about a dozen rides. No injuries were reported. The remainder of rides at disneyland and california adventure are all running smoothly. It looks like they have nice weather down there. They do. The happiest place on earth. It kind of is. Do you know who Chrissy Teigen is, is she somebody i should know. Yeah, genre lends wife. John legends wife. Oh, i get it. The thing where you put the ears on yourself, thats instagram . No, thats snapchat. Okay. And theres this thing called a computer. Yeah, the internet, yeah, its not going to last. I hope many folks are still on vacation. The weathers cooperating for sure. The fog this morning did cause flight delays. The delays are still there, its still about an hour and 20 minutes on incoming flights. The National Weather started off okay around christmas in terms of flight delays and then it get the last 36 hours has been sketchy. Look how cold its going to be tomorrow afternoon. Purple, those are 20s thats the high in new york, about 19, 20 degrees for a daytime high. Phoenix at 74, miami at 76. The airports, you see the green planes and the red one, thats sfo still recovering from flight delays due to the valley fog that was in the bay this morning and was thick and nasty. Youre a pilot, kenny, one thing that will slow down an airplane is the fog. Even more sometimes than inclement weather, than just rain or snow. Fog is an issue. So flight delays still continue. Weve got clear skies along the coast. Weve got clear skies over us for the most part. As we go into tomorrow, look for more potential valley fog. Tomorrow looks like it will be warmer than it was today. Were going to see highs in the mid60s but things are changing. We do have rain in the forecast and i have a computer model that will take us out so we can see that. Ill see you back here in a little bit and well do that long range forecast. Thank you. Thousands of people are expected in San Francisco for the new years eve Fireworks Show and other festivities. To help keep you save, city officials have a special text message system for emergencies and traffic problems. You can check out the information that well post on the screen to sign up for emergency alerts. City Officials Say extra police and firefighters will be on duty but this is just another layer of safety. Currently theres no credible threat to San Francisco, however Public Safety is our no. 1 priority. Were working to make sure were in constant communication. City officials are also reminding people to watch for suspicious activity on the holiday. In other words, if you see something, say something. In the wake of several recent terror attacks here in the u. S. , new years eve celebrations across the u. S. Will include heightened security. Brian has the measures taken in new york city. Reporter hundreds of thousands of people will flock here to times square to watch the ball drop. Expect the most security ever for the event after two terror attacks in as many months. The nypd is expected to focus on nearby car and truck rental locations. Truck restrictionings are expected to go into effect earlier than ever before and more parking garages will be closed in a wider area. You feel secure. Theres more security, so i feel safer. Reporter there will also be increased security at Office Towers and hotels, a response to the las vegas shooter who killed 58 shooting through the glass window of his hotel room. Following that shooting on october first, the worst in u. S. History, nevada lawmakers approved more money for security on the vegas strip. There will be 260 National Guard troops on the vegas strip, more than double last year. The Sheriffs Department is also getting more help from the department of homeland security. This year, along with those spotters, they will be accompanying by snipers to ensure safety if a threat is recognized. Reporter outside of new york city, the biggest celebration will be in las vegas where some 330,000 visitors are expected there for americas party. Today the Golden State Warriors unveiled their special chinese heritage uniforms. The uniforms feature the bay bridge and the dragon. The waistband of the shorts feature the chinese [inaudible] and theyll be worn for nine games starting january 25th. Still ahead, hollywood expected to hit a 22 year low in Movie Theater attendance this year. Coming up, well tell you about that trend and the boost thats helping the numbers. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. The food and Drug Administration is under fire for taking too long to recall foods that are unsafe to eat. A report found it can take up to ten months for stores to stop selling food that is making people sick. On average, it took 57 days for recalls to start, and that was after the fda was aware the food was not safe for consumers. The fda says efforts to speed up the process are already set to go into effect next year. Almost 130,000 retail workers lost jobs between november 2016 and november 2017. Experts predict the trend will continue as Online Shopping gets more and more popular. Amazon saw its stock rise this year but bring and Mortar Stores saw more struggles. Meantime, the Hollywood Box Office is receiving a much needed late surge from the newest star wars movie. It still has been a tough year for the movie business with a big decline in attendance. Reporter while the years top movie, beauty and the beast, earned more than half a billion dollars, there was no fairy tale endingat the box office. Revenues are down two and a half percent from last year and attendance expected to slip 4 . The lowest level since 1995. I used to go all the time. I rarely go now. Reporter blame it on bad original movies, lackluster sequals and stiff competition from streaming services. You have more content available on more platforms, so while the Movie Theater experience remains singular and essential, its not the only game in town. Reporter imax ceo says the cinemas showing movies need to step it up too. Premium, premium, premium, thats the tenant, so you have to have the fancy seats, the rocker seats are the seats that imax prefers. When youre in a complex thats old and cruddy and the seats arent so hot, you notice that, especially if youre paying 15 bucks or 17 bucks, whatever it is. Reporter as critics rely more on social media and word of people rely more on social media and word of mouth before heading the the theater, the pressure to impress is greater than ever. When you provide a great experience along with a great movie, more people will want to go there. Reporter one movie people are wanting to see in the theaters, star wars the last jedi. Its set to pass beauty and the beast as the biggest movie of the year. Year. Tesla ceo elon musk is setting a deadline for the companys next product. Musk says they will start working on an electric pickup truck. There still isnt a specific day for the model y which is a compact electric suv to be available but it is scheduled to begin production in 2019. Last year, he did mention the pickup truck as part of his master plan for tesla. A lot of people make new years resolutions and the library of congress has one. Since 2010, its archived every public tweet including all of yours, mines, heathers, bills, the president s, now the library of Congress Says starting new years day, its going to be more selective. It will pick out the most important and interesting tweets. The library will also start deleting some of the less relevant tweets. Still ahead, changing the conversation regarding teens and drugs. Now that the sale of recreation marijuana is set to go into effect. Were out trying to fight the good fight on the front line and this just makes our job a lot harder. Were going to hear from a drug abuse counselor about his concerns ahead of the new law, including recent studies showing the effects marijuana has on teenagers. Some San Francisco residents say they are angry of a delivery man steals their holiday packages. Well show you the revealing Surveillance Video and tell you which Delivery Service is behind the theft. Residents at a San FranciscoApartment Building say using a mobile app Delivery Service may come with a high price. They say a post mates delivery man stole packagesment this is exclusive video. Watch closely. Youll see the delivery man picking up packages and then he shoves them into his bag as he goes floor by floor of a building. He does it all in just four minutes. Tara is live from Police Head Quarters where this case is being investigated. Reporter for just a couple of dollars extra, you could have just about anything delivered to your home these days and thats why apps like this are popular. Residents we spoke to in San Francisco say that convenience is simply not worth it. He may look like your average Package Delivery man but this post mates employee will end up taking more than hes giving. It was shocking. I mean, it was shocking. Just to see that these delivery people are delivering one and picking up five. This Surveillance Video shows the man making a delivery to the seventh floor just before 2 00 p. M. After wards, he steals at least three other packages from other peoples doors. For them to take advantage of this situation, its unfortunate. We expect better from them. We expect better from them and their employers. Reporter most mates is an app Delivery Service mostly for food. We tried to call post mates but there is no number to call. We reached out to the company in person and by email but received no response as of air time. Hundreds of yelp reviews for post mates give the company only one out of five stars. I think theyve had a similar problem in la with their, i think its a known issue with these companies, actually, and i dont think they do any, like, background checks or anything on these people. Now, while the customer reviews of post mates are not favorable, the company was given a Better Business bureau rating of a. Sfpd inspectors are trying to did i remember the charges of determine the charges of the delivery man. In the past few minutes, we did receive a statement from post mates saying it has fired the courier in question and is cooperating with the police and that all employees are subject to background checks for criminal behavior. Thank goodness they had that Surveillance Video otherwise this could have continued. Police in the east bay are asking for help to find a mail thief. So far, investigators have not said how many packages or pieces of mail have been taken but they are asking anyone who can identify the man or the vehicle to call the Pittsburgh Police department tipline. In vacaville, three teenager were arrested, accused of stealing two suvs on Christmas Eve and two limos christmas night. It started Christmas Eve when the police got a call from the lot owner reporting several stolen cars. Police spotted one suv and chased down the driver. He was pulled over and cited and released to his parents. Yesterday, one of the cars stolen on christmas was spotted and there was another chase. When there damage to damage to the suv caused the vehicle to stop, police realized it was the same teen from the last stop. We have news from monterey county. A 3. 4 earthquake took place a short time ago. This was just south of lister. This is along localister. [inaudible] with that size quake, we wouldnt expect to see any serious damage or injuries but we are waiting to get more information. Again, breaking news, a small earthquake south of the hollister area. And this comes after two earthquakes yesterday. A 3. 4 quake and a 3. 9 quake happened yesterday. No injuries or serious damage were reported from either of those. Heres an unusual story. Police have arrested a Southern California couple accused of using a drone to deliver Illegal Drugs to people. The two were charged yesterday after neighbors told police they thought the couple was selling drugs. Riverside police say the drone delivered drugs to customers at a nearby parking lot. The customers would then put payments on the couples lawn. As we have been reporting, the start of the year means the legalization of Recreational Marijuana here in california for people over 21. As alex savidge reports, 24 means a challenge for drug counselors. Talking to teenagers about marijuana is getting a lot more complicated. The message im hering from kids out there is that this is the wild, wild west. Reporter gary is a drug counselor who works with teens, helping young people recover from addiction and trying to convince High Schoolers to stay away from pot. The rise of Recreational Marijuana will certainly bring new challenges. I can safely say i wish it would have gone down differently because you know, were out trying to fight the good fight on the front line and this makes our job harder. Reporter convincing young people about the potential dangers of cannabis may not be as easy when adults in their life are using pot regularly and its legal. He is trying to make sure kids understand this new law doesnt apply to him. Kids arent hearing that its 21, for adult life. For what i do for a living and what ive gone through personally, i wish that i didnt have to work so hard at trying to send good messages. Reporter more than half of marin county teenagers have tried marijuana according to surveys and matt willis, is trying to make sure those numbers dont go up. We want to make sure that our children are not using marijuana more frequently. There could be an implication that because its now legal that its safe for everyone and thats not the case. We know theres real potential harm for young minds. Reporter willis says teens who use marijuana tend to do more poorly in school and are at greater risk for Mental Health disorders. Ahead of prop 64, the california didnt of Public Health department of Public Health created a website called lets talk cannabis, warning young people about the risks. Were trying to change perceptions for everyone. Reporter and hes walking a fine line, acknowledging the benefits of medical marijuana while trying to persuade teenagers to say no. People say are you for it or against it, im both. Im for it for some things and against it for others. I think we need to all agree that its not healthy for yung brains to be exposed to cannabis. In an era of legalized marijuana in california, drug counselors say they need help to reach young people. This is absolutely detrimental to kids. Without it being reenforced by the community, by schools, by parents, you know, its really hard for them to, to sort of take that in. Reporter a cultural shift when it comes to cannabis leading to a different kind of conversation. A study shows the number of pregnant women spoking marijuana continues to grow. Researchers asked women who were eight months pregnant if they used marijuana and tested them for the active ingredient. Women said they used marijuana to help with anxiety and morning sickness. Some studies show marijuana use is linked to low birth weight and Health Problems soon after birth. Cut in front of the line and went up to the cashier, brandished the knife and said give me the money. After the break, what a quick thinking customer did to stop a robber at a wendys. And im looking for rain drops as we go to the long range forecast here and the rest of your holiday week. Holiday week. We are now hearing from a man who was at a westerndys restaurant when a wouldbe robber walked in and demanded money. And thanks to quick actions, the robber left empty handed. Reporter christmas night, wendys was one of few places open. A man was visiting in out of town and didnt want his parentses to fuss fixing a christmas dinner, so they came here. We spoke with daniel on speakerphone. He wants to keep a low profile because hes the man in this video o hitting the wouldbe robber in the head with a chair. I kept an eye on him and noticed he had a knife in his hand. Reporter before using his chair to hit the guy over the head, several thoughts raced through daniels head. My first thought was whats this guy going to do and when i saw the knife, i thought look at all these people in here. I dont want this to turn into somebodys christmas memorial so about that time, i took a couple of steps with that chair and brought it down on his head. Chased him outside with the chair. The guy jumped into a get away car and sped off. He had nothing to show for his stunt, almost nothing. Probably a concussion. If anybody has a friend with a gash on their head, thats probably the culprit. Reporter daniel tells us he has training that came into play here. He was a Security Policeman in the air force. And wendys employees are grateful he chose to eat here christmas night. Thats a traumatic experience and he helped us. I would like to think that anybody would do Something Like that. Daniel was finally able to enjoy christmas dinner with his folks once his hands stopped trembling. It took me about 30 minutes to eat that hamburger. Police arrested a man after he allegedly bit part of another mans ear off during an argument. The argument happened on Christmas Eve just before 6 00 p. M. And Police Arrested the man after learning he bit off part of a family members ear after the two were drinking together and got in a fight about a marijuana project. Bill, we really need to talk about the weather. Yeah, that story is horrible. Reporter there were a bunch of earthquakes and subsequent quakes in the last 48 hours. These are all basically in the same spot. Most likely on the calaveras fault. Theres the 3. 4, or on the tail end of the hayward fault. I think those might be connected at some point. Definitely part of an earthquake swarm, if you will, which is sort of interesting. Those happen, you know, you get one and then you get one and you get one, and it can go on like that for months sometimes. We saw that in Southern California last year when we had numerous earthquakes. Temperatures are running cooler than they were yesterday. We had another nice day today. There is rain way down the road here. A Little Valley fog maybe tomorrow morning. 7 00 a. M. San francisco, some cloud cover, some clearing in the afternoon. 58 degrees and San Francisco, 59, 60 for a high. Most bay area cities tomorrow, low 60s. Long range model, theres thursday afternoon, theres friday afternoon, theres saturday, you see things changing. Here comes sunday, new years eve, heres new years day. Look at this trajectory, this is a warm storm so the models are suggesting a significantly wet period, so that would help, and we are way behind rainfall averages right now, but january and february are extremely productive rain and snowfall months, so it wouldnt be hard to get back what weve lost or what weve gotten behind. Did you have a good christmas . I did, i had a wonderful time, and you. Great. Did you get everything you wanted . Of course. I got a blender. Im very excited to use it. Why is it so great . Its supposed to make them really smooth, like if you go to a jamba juice, its supposed to have them turn out like that as opposed to mine which is like really foamy and not good. Blenders are cool, does it have a lot of buttons . I havent taken it out of the box yet but i will report to you. Very exciting. The weather here should be changing middle of the week, rain, snow, back in business. Right now, its steady through the weekend. Bring it, we need it now i suddenly feel this pressure, ive got to bring bill a smoothie. Snow continues to pile up in erie, pennsylvania and there are even hyperthermia and frostbite warnings. And the frigid temperatures are causing problems from new england to the plains. Reporter even Colder Weather and more snow predicted across sections of the northern u. S. From now into the u. S. It could bring snow totals to 6 feet in some parts of the northeast. All i could do is laugh, you know. Its a little ridiculous, but i keep pecking away at it. Reporter residents of hard hit erie, pennsylvania are now digging out. It was pretty tough at the end of the driveway. I probably spent a good hour just on the end of the driveway getting through it, plus it was higher than the snow blower so take little cuts. Reporter this, after more than5 feet of record snowfall in the last few days and more snow falling. Our crews have been out 24 7. Reporter right now, frigid temperatures and below zero wind chills are prompting hyperthermia and frostbite warnings. Well probably be inside on those days. Reporter wind chill advisories and warnings have been issued in more than a dozen states. In wisconsin, the coast guard has launched ice breaking operations in green bay and a drawbridge there became stuck in the open position wednesday with officials calling the weather a factor. In northwest indiana, a small plane slid off the runway early thursday. The pilot and a passenger suffered minor injuries. Frank joins us with a look at the stories were working on for the news at 5 00. Frank, its not a sitting president but a former president picking up a top distinction. Reporter yeah, for the tenth straight year, former president barack obama is ranked as the most admired person in the country. What makes this year different than years past is who came in second. Also another factor thats deepening the gender pay gap. This study found there is a link between a womans pay check and her weight. Well have details on that as well coming up at 5 00. Okay, see you again at 5 00 airing on ktvu plus. Coming up, its been a year of tension between the United States and north korea with the rogue nation launching more than 20 missile tests this year. Up next, what the president says. As isis continues to lose territory, experts warn that the fight against the group will continue into 2018. Some military officials put the blame on the assad regime in syria where most of the isis strong holds are concentrated. They seem to be moving with impunity through regime held territory showing the regime is either unwilling or unable to defeat them within their borders. Reporter meantime, russia is calling on the United States to pull forces from syria since isis has lost 98 of its territories with half being captured since President Trump took office. North korea has conducted more than 20 missile launches over the past year. The Trump Administration is making it a top priority to monitor the increasing threat. Lucas has the details. There is much more work to do. America and its allies will take all necessary steps to achieve a denuclearization and ensure this regime cannot threaten the world. Reporter a record setting year for north korea with over 20 missile launches in 2017. North korea conducting their First Successful long range launch this summer with their last launch in november. this has north korea continues their pursuit to perfect a missile capable of reaching the continental United States. I think its increasing every day which means that were in a race, really, were in a race to be able to solve this problem. Hes getting closer and closer, and theres not much time left. Reporter on tuesday, the u. S. Announcing more sanctions against north korea. As the u. S. Focuses on putting a stop to the Ballistic Missile program, over labor day weekend, north korea conducted its most powerful test. A blast 167 times greater than the Nuclear Weapon the u. S. Dropped on japan in 1945. We dont talk that much about north koreas other weapons of mass destruction. The north koreas have potentially as much as 5,000 tons of chemical weapons. Reporter President Trump has said he will be ready to respond militarily if necessary to protect the United States while secretary of state Rex Tillerson says he wants north korea to end missile tests before sitting down to negotiate thats going to do it for us, thanks for joining us today. And were always here for you online at ktvu. Com. You can follow us on twitter and facebook. The foster farms bowl game is on after the break. Arizona and purdue going at it. Remember, you can watch the news at 5 00 and 6 00 and 7 00 over on ktvu plus. Dang i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. 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. Im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . How can i share new plans virtually . How can i download an efile . 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