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10. Look for a mostly cloudy day with on and off rain. This pattern plays into our weather tonight, tomorrow and sunday. 7 01. Sal, i loved hearing inxs. Now back to business. I want to mention that we want to let you know that staying away from 29th and moraga, these are not live pictures. These were pictures taken a little while ago. A barricaded suspect in a house. These are not live pictures because we dont want to give away anything going on. It is a good area to stay away from. It is near sunset playground. Plenty of Police Activity. We should have more information on this coming in. Lets go to a live picture of 280 not 280, but the runways in san jose. You see levis stadium in the background. They had an engine problem on a plane. Some say there were flames seen. That is unconfirmed however. The plane did not take off. Everyone is safe. It could have caused delays. Again, this is not going on any further at the airport. I see flashing lights out there. I believe that is routine. Lets take a look nearby northbound 280 at the 880 interchange. Traffic is moderately heavy. Today the Traffic Volume has been a little better than usual. Just a little bit of slow traffic here and there. Not a lot in the Silicon Valley to speak of. San mateo bridge looks good heading out to the highrise. Certainly people are out there but not in the same volume as they would be. For example, at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is moving along very well. It is unusual. 7 02. Back to the desk. A huge winter storm is blasting the u. S. Butting snow and wind and coastal flooding. More than 18 inches of snow have fallen in some areas. Look at the pictures. Parts of the northeast will have temperatures in the Single Digits today. Thousands of flights have been canceled, stranding a lot of travelers. It is affecting flights at San Francisco international airport. Christien kafton is there at sfo. You have been out there for hours. Tell us more about the cancellations and delays. Reporter yeah. Good morning, dave. It is 7 00 here on the west coast, 10 00 on the east coast. Were starting to see the cancellations stack up. That alaska flight in from new york jfk canceled this morning. We are expecting to see more cancellations, more delays as the weather progresses on the east coast. And of course the weather here with our rain and overcast skies, we could see delays here as well. Even the youngest travelers know that the weather could severely impact their travel plans. There is a lot of snow and a lot of storms. And some of them are canceling the flights because theres a lot of snow. Reporter we just checked in with sfo here and so far they have confirmed 21 canceled flights both outbound and inbound. Flights specifically from boston, jfk and newark all impacted here. Half dozen or so outbound flights to jfk and newark also canceled. We are hearing about 23 weather related delays. And passengers are keeping a close eye on the weather as they go to the airport. Im going to new york. So far i hear the flight is still on. There is a huge blizzard there but apparently it is over. I had a colleague that went on the red eye last night and he made it fine. Reporter she is hopeful she will make it fine as well. Were expecting the cancellations and delays to pile up. Yesterday sfo saw close to 100 canceled flights. Compounding all of this, sfo under a Traffic Management program because of the low clouds. Were seeing the snow and the bomb cyclone on the east coast. Here at sfo, we have the low clouds which could impact arrivals and departures here. The best advice for anyone traveling or picking anyone up from the airport, call ahead first to make sure that the person is actually there on time or that your flight will actually be departing. With the weather that were seeing on the east coast and the weather here on the west coast, it could be a long, slow day of travel. Yeah. Christien kafton at sfo. Thank you. One man is in jail accused of breaking into a home yesterday. 21yearold Nolan Holland took the garage door opener from inside of the unlocked car and used it to open the garage. He then took off his clothes and climbed on top of the little girl, causing her to scream. Sheriffs deputies say holland ran away but left clothing and identification behind. Deputied tracks him to a home in santa rosa where he was arrested and booked on Sexual Assault and burglary charges. San jose police will hold a News Conference later today about the arrest last night of a man accused of sexually assaulting a middle School Teacher in a classroom earlier this week. That arrest came after authorities released this Surveillance Video of a man Walking Around Hacker Middle School early tuesday morning. The teacher was there early, 6 30 in the morning, preparing for class. San joses police chief again will hold a News Conference at noon with more information on the arrest. The man acquitted of murder charges in the murder of kate steinle is expected back in court this morning. He will be sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Garcia czar czar is still facing federal charges. San francisco is expected to allow dispensaries in the city to start selling Recreational Marijuana. San francisco was still working to bring dispensaries in compliance with state and local laws. Marijuana clubs in the city have to have approval from San Francisco office of cannabis, along with californias cannabis bureau. San francisco will go ahead with the sale of Recreational Marijuana despite attorney general Jeff Sessions announcing yesterday that the white house was rescinding an obamaera policy discouraging the sale of marijuana. A fire was put out at a scrap metal complex. The one alarm fire started about an hour ago at a facility that is on davis street in san leandro near the 880 freeway. Firefighters put it out. Theyre right now cleaning things up. We still dont know the cause of the fire. And there have been no reports of any injuries. Flu season is more severe this year than in those past and it is hitting the bay area hard as well. The precautions being taken in the south bay to keep it from spreading. The controversial new book about President Trump is out today. Up next, the author of fire and fury is speaking out this morning. How he is defending the contents of his book. Good morning. You can see that traffic for the most part has been nice today. The volume is not that bad. However, right now on westbound 24, traffic is being held. I believe there is something in the lanes here. We will let you know what is going on coming up. Not widespread rain but some areas will get a persistent rain. Others will get a quick downpour. 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He was taken into custody for a visa violation and being held at a private prison. Mora came to the u. S. As a child and overstayed his visa. There is backlash in california to President Trumps newly announced plan to expand offshore drilling in the u. S. It would open up to new leases to Oil Companies next year, including off the coast of california. There have not been a new drilling lease off of the coast of california since 1984. Now 7 new leases are being proposed off of the coast of california, oregon and washington. Two would be right here in northern california. The plan brought a swift reaction from governor jerry brown, along with the governors of oregon and washington who issued a joint statement saying, for more than 30 years, our shared coastline has been protected from further federal drilling and we will do whatever it takes to stop this reckless short sided action. Also Lieutenant Governor new newsom had this tweet. Donald trump, i have a message for you. Not going to happen. Sal castaneda is watching the traffic. One of our cameras is looking at it right now. The crash is blocking the left lane on westbound 24 with the emergency vehicles. I also want to mention that this happened when a car spun out and hit other vehicles according to chp. That is what is happening here. If you are driving in the area, you will see slow traffic. Fortunately the volume is lighter and it is not causing a huge backup on 24 and 680 but we will keep an eye on it for you. Bay bridge is clearly lighter getting into San Francisco. No major issues. 880 traffic continues to look good as you drive past the coliseum. No major issues northbound 880 near a street. We had a crash. As we pull back on the east bay commute, you can see not a lot going on. That includes the south bay drive. A little bit of traffic on northbound 280. 7 14. Lets bring in steve with todays weather. Thank you, sal. Were getting rain bands moving through. Other areas are saying what rain. Others are saying it has been steady. We will take you to san rafael yacht harbor. This is jim, well his tweet. So far a quarter of an inch. Is he lying . No, he is not. There it is. Just went by. Mill valley, mount tam, tiburon and richmond and el sobrante. Dave said we got rain in novato. Yes. We will take a look at that. It goes from novato up to bodega bay and the Russian River, guerneville and napa county and even rain up into late county. You can see from clearlake, Hidden Valley lake, cloverdale looks to be the cutoff. Not much to the north. Although there was good rain up in the Mendocino County in the last 24 hours. South San Francisco and the san mateo coast, here is where youre is there anything going on there . Actually there is. There is rain. It is not necessarily heavy but it is steady in the san cruise mountains. It will pick up later. Why . Because our system right there. Oh. Ill get there. Right there. That is latching on to that moisture. That will funnel it in here tonight. This is an event where it is light for some, bursts of moderate and pick up later tonight and tomorrow. Yes, it is very warm out there. Upper 50 toss low 60s. Berkeley, 60. Close for sunnyvale and san jose at 59 degrees. Upper 40s for dublin. Look at el sobrante, 60. Also el cerrito at 57. East southeast breeze for everybody. That along with the latitude systems is why it is warm and not cold at all. We will get off and on rain tonight and early saturday. Then it will kick out of here. We get a break the rest of saturday and sunday. This looks to be the best season system of the season so far. 60s on the temps. Mild to warm to the south. San jose if you missed it yesterday did hit 70 for a record high. Rain off and on today under cloudy and mostly cloudy sky. Then the rain returns monday and tuesday. It looks like a good one. Thank you, steve. A woman sexually assaulted while sleeping on a plane. What police are saying about the investigation. Also california drivers licenses could have a new look. Up next the new features that could help at Airport Security check points. The controversial tellall book about President Trump goes on sale today. The author of the book fire and fury, Michael Wolff was interviewed this morning on the today show. Do you have recordings of some of these interviews and conversations . I work like every journalist works. So i have recordings. I have notes. I am certainly and absolutely in every way comfortable with everything that i have reported in this book. Would you release any of those recordings since your credibility is being questioned . My credibility is being questioned by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has ever walked on earth at this point. Joining us live is doug luzader from washington, d. C. Doug, tell us how this is playing out at the white house. Reporter well, interesting interview with the author here Michael Wolff there on the today show. One interesting aspect of this has been the number of people that have come forward to say that their quotes in here were not accurate. Steve bannon, the president s former chief strategist, is not among them. No one has questioned the accuracy of those quotes. They are significant. At one point bannon accuses donald trump jr. Of treason in his meeting with a russian lawyer in trump tower during the campaign. And this may kind of perk the ears of folks who are investigating possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Among them would be bob mueller, who is the special counsel heading that investigation. We will see if this has any implications for that. Beyond that, from a gossip standpoint, this has washington talking like no other book we have seen in a while. It went on sale at midnight last night. And there were early this morning. It was supposed to be released next week. The president has been fighting this. At one point his lawyers sent a letter to the publishers of the book asking them not to publish it. In fact it went on sale early this morning. And sales, dave and gasia, have been brisk. I bet they are. We have seen talk about two things. Steve bannon seems to be backtracking somewhat. Not changing his words but now he is being more praise worthy of the president. Im always with the president. Also some major donors are backing away from steve bannon. Talk about that. The mercer family, big backers of steve bannon, they have backed away from him. A lot of folks are walking backward out of the room right now with steve bannon. You know, he kind of positioned himself as a king maker with the president , someone who led the campaign in its final stages as the president defeated Hillary Clinton. But also since he left the white house, he has kind of chosen a path where he is backing insurgent candidates, antiestablishment candidates. A lot of the folks now are concerned about all of this. And more and more of them want less and less to do with steve bannon. So it is not clear where he goes from here. But he has stirred up a hornets nest. Certainly the president has been tweeting about the book, his displeasure about it. Do you expect other members of the trump family, specifically ivanka trump, to reply what is in the pages . Reporter maybe so. Steve bannon was not flattering in his portrayal of ivanka trump or his description of her. He had things to say about donald trump jr. There has also been a letter sent from trumps lawyers to bannon, reminding him that he signed a confidentiality agreement apparently which included no disparagement of trump family members. We may see legal battles out of this but the genie is out of the bottle on this. Now that the president is slamming steve bannon, a lot of people are looking at what does that say about the president. This is the person who was by his side and helping to strategize with him. Reporter yeah. Thats right. Were seeing the president kind of diminish the role of steve bannon as someone who was just kind of a staffer, someone he didnt meet with one on one all that much. Steve bannon was a power player in the white house. No question. There were a number of in kind of the chaotic beginning of the administration, there were a number of Power Centers at the white house. Steve bannon was one of them. And ultimately he was shown the door. And it looks like the rift between bannon and the president is significant right now. Yeah. All right. Doug luzader from washington. Thank you. Here in our state, california drivers licenses will soon have a new look, one that will allow you to get through Airport Security when new regulations begin two years from now. They will be available started january 22nd. Right now a valid drivers license or id card can be used. In 2020, you will need that real id to board a commercial flight. The real id license or id card can be used to get through Airport Security. Features include embolden bear with a white star. You see that in the upper right corner and the image of a 49 miner. Also under ultraviolet light, there will be images of the Golden Gate Bridge and coyt tower. There is still time to become a multi millionaire. The jackpots amount to nearly 1 billion when you put them together. The Powerball Jackpot is over 500 million. Mega millions drawing is tonight and powerball is tomorrow. The time is 7 25. A popular dating website predicts this sunday, also known as dating sunday, will be the busiest Online Dating day of the year. Match. Com expects to see a 42 spike in new singles joining the platform. 2. 75million messages were sent on dating sunday alone last year. Several dating sites report a boost in membership at this time. The new users usually find a match faster than those who sign up later in the year. Were going to be talking with a bay area life coach. Oh, really. About how to put yourself out there online. And the dos and donts of dating online. Coming up, a security alert on all iphones, ipads, Mac Computers and notebooks. A flaw found on computer chips including all apple products. What you need to do to protect your devices from hackers. And youve been feeling sick lately . Well, you are certainly not alone. The flu has hit a lot of people hard across the bay area. Coming up, we will tell you about the surge in flu cases being seen across california. And we do have some slow traffic on some of these commutes, especially on highway 24 approaching the lafayette bart station. There is a crash here and traffic is slowing down from walnut creek. Well, i have a date with rain and mother nature. Sun is coming through right now. More on the way later on. We will talk about that and what looks to be a good system next monday, tuesday. Woman so, greg, its a lot to take in. Woman 2 and i know thats hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. Hi, blake my dad has cancer. Woman and i know how hard that is to hear. But youre in the right place. Man and dr. Pascal and her team, they know what to do. They know what to do. The doctors know what to do. So heres the plan. First off, were going to give you all. voice fading away 7 29. It is friday morning, january 5th. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning. Im dave clark. Were following a developing story in San Francisco. It is happening on 29th and moraga. It in the outer sunset neighborhood close to the recreation center, the Tennis Courts there. An officer at the Police Station calls this a, quote, Critical Incident but would not elaborate as to what exactly is going on. Now, we do know that roads around the area of 29th street and moraga 29th avenue and moraga street are blocked off right now. Also nearby muni lines are being affected. That could impact some commuters right now. Ktvus Christien Kafton is at the scene. We will bring him in for a live report coming up at 8 00. Just remember, moraga street and 29th avenue in the sunset, outer sunset, avoid that area if you can. Right. The time is now 7 30. It is bitterly cold on the east coast after the monster winter storm. Not just in the east coast too. Most of the country is dealing with frigid air. Caroline shively has been dealing with the weather for hours and has the latest. Good morning, caroline. Reporter good morning. Things are waking up here. Check it out. The roads are getting pretty full. The people out on the roads are facing obstacles however. We saw a tow truck that was being towed itself. This road is cleared but we are seeing patches of icy gross pieces. Thats why Officials Say stay home if you can. The other big reason they dont want people out is the subzero windchill factor. Temperatures are forecasted to drop quickly, posing a threat for flash freezes. Reporter a brutal deep freeze now setting in across much of the u. S. Coming in the wake of a powerful winter storm. A bomb cyclone system that blasted the east coast with heavy snow, hurricaneforce winds and coastal flooding. It is not that bad. But the temperature is too low. Reporter recordbreaking cold air and bitter winds are now predicted through sunday, including down south. It is one of the coldest in several years. Reporter with windchill, it could feel like minus 15 degrees throughout much of the northeast this weekend and as low as 40 below in some places. Many people are growing concerned about their animals and having to take special pre cautions to keep them safe. The National Weather Service Warns that Midatlantic States could see temperatures in the teens. Terrible. Im out here freezing, okay. Reporter plow teams are clearing roads and power crews restoring electricity after the blizzard dumped as much as 18 inches of snow from the carolinas to maine on thursday. It is cold outside and everybody wants their lights back on. Reporter and when youre covering a hurricane, guys, you kind of lean into the wind and you can almost sit down into it like an easy chair because the wind is so heavy it can keep you standing upright. At times this morning, we have been feeling that. The gusts are so strong. The difference is in a hurricane, it is probably 90 degrees. Here it is 11 or 12 degrees with the windchills. Without the gusts it is negative five or six. When the gusts come along, it is a whole different story. You cant stay upright. Caroline shively in delaware. Thank you for taking us right there. Thank you, caroline. 7 33. Yeah. Lets talk about our own weather. I feel guilty because it is pretty warm out there. We should be getting rain in the next couple of days. Everything is turning. Theyre going to get warm the next ten days or so. Really. So when all of that melts. It will believe me, it is going to change big time. Not yet. Not yet. But when you get a system that deep, usually it means there will be a pattern change. Thats what were seeing. All of the extended outlooks, 10, 15 days out show much warmer weather in the east and rain returning to california in the west. Yeah. These are your windchills. Minneapolis, minus 24. Chicago, minus 16. New york is minus 10. 11 in atlanta. 3 in omaha. So it is pretty darn cold. But it looks like after today or tomorrow, then things will start to moderate a little bit. It might take a while. Stephanie is up in redwood estates. It rained all night and lost power. It is still raining now. This is a tough one to see because of the setup. The setup continues to funnel in from the west southwest. It doesnt really show up. But it is a steady drizzle or light rain and then boom half an inch of rain has fallen. That is the setup for the Russian River and San Mateo Mountains today. There has been good rain moving through. Marin county and one taking aim right there. Get ready. It is coming towards Stinson Beach and san rafael in the next half hour. Novato had rain. Now moving over to vallejo and towards san pablo bay, points east. And also up into lake county and north of santa rosa now. Here we go. This will be the focus of the heaviest rain mainly north of the golden gate. It doesnt mean that other locations wont get in on it later. 50s and 60s on most of the temps. There are 40s. You get that south southeast breeze along with the mid latitude systems. They are holding a lot of moisture and they are not that cold. Highway 24. Do you want to start there or what . Actually were going to start with 280. 280 is vying for attention, steve. We will get to highway 24, trust me. This is a look at 280. We had an accident at baskin avenue. Weve had light traffic the last two days. Thats gone because the accident was in several lanes. They moved it, which is good. Hopefully since traffic has been so light, it will start clearing up quickly. After all, you have a lot of alternate routes. You can take 101 or 85. Today is not a normal day. As we look at the east bay commute, traffic on the san mateo bridge is okay. No problems driving on 880 north and southbound driving through the commute. It continues to look good on interstate eightinga as you drive through. Lets go i think to highway 24. It is much better than it was. Only the Center Divide really is blocked. People are kind of slowing at the scene here on highway 24. You can see that there is still one vehicle left. However, traffic is getting better. Traffic volume is better. Not quite as bad as it normally would be. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. If you dont have the flu now, you probably know someone who does. This year, flu season came early in california and it is serious. Ktvus alex savidge, youre in san jose right now. Tell us more about this spike in flu cases. Reporter well, dave, i can tell you that the flu season this year is off to a brutal start. That is due in large part to a severe strain of the virus going around. Health officials start today see a spike in flu cases starting back in mid december or so and things have not let up since then. It has been a tough Holiday Season for many struggling with the flu. Hospitals across the bay area, they have seen a surge in patients coming in with flu like symptoms. The coughing, the fever, the headache, the sore throat. And some hospitals have even gone as far as taking steps to try to slow the spread of the flu, banning younger visitors, even quarantining some patients as well. Everyone is being urged to get the flu vaccine this year. It is especially important for those who are vulnerable. Young children and older adults. Although Health Officials acknowledge this years vaccine appears to be less effective. It is always possible that that if the vaccine is not as effective, you will see more flu. As i said, we dont know at this point if thats the case. We still recommend getting the flu vaccine. It is the best way to protect yourself. Reporter across california, seven people already have died this year from flurelated illnesses. Four of those deaths were here in santa clara county. Now, here are steps that you can take to help slow the spread of the flu. Avoid close contact with other people, especially people who might be sick. Stay at home yourself if you are feeling sick. Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough. Wash your hands as often as possible. And avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. And dave, the flu season just getting underway here. We have a long way to go. A lot of people have already been sick. And the flu season could extend to midmarch. Amazing. Alex savidge, thank you. Our question of the day is, have you gotten your flu shot . Yes or no. Let us know by voting on twitter and ktvu. Com. Also leave comments for us please on the ktvu facebook page. The time is 7 38. The Alameda County Sheriffs Department denying allegations that Corrections Officers coerced pregnant inmates into having abortions. It is one in a series of allegations against former and current inmates. They Aunited States nod they are filing a lawsuit against the Sheriffs Office over the treatment of female inmates at santa rita jail. One woman was forced to give birth in her cell alone. Another pregnant inmate says she suffered a miscarriage. Being in the holding tank with 12 like 8 to 12 other women, sleeping on the floor. It is just like a little cell that is not even you cant even sit about four people in. The person that did give birth in our in our jail in a cell initially actually went out to the hospital, was misdiagnosed as having Braxton Hicks. Then came back into the jail while they were transitioning back into the jail went into labor and gave birth. We provided immediate medical assistance. The child was born and the child was born healthy. You heard the sergeant refer to Braxton Hicks contractions. Those are false contractions. Officials say there are 207 female inmates in Alameda County. Five are pregnant and receiving prenatal care. A man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman from a flight from las vegas to detroit. 34yearold assaulted the woman while she was asleep. She was sitting between her and his wife. The woman says she woke up to find her pants and shirt unbuttoned and the mans hand was in her pants. She ran to the back of the plane, told the flight attendants. The man was arrested when the plane landed. He is being held without bail. The time is now 7 40. The winter storm on the east coast causing big problems at airports around the country. Coming up at 8 00, what happened when the worlds biggest plane had to make a detour . And yesterdays magnitude 4. 4 quake may have some people rethinking insurance policies. Up next, what you need to know to protect your home and your belongings. Ngings. We do have some rain moving through. It could make it a little tougher for you to drive on the Richmond Bridge and in this area in richmond and in marin county. Well, after a bone dry december, were getting some much needed january rain. [music] im praying for rain in california so the grapes can grow and they can make more wine yesterday mornings earthquake in berkeley has many, many people questioning technology that is supposed to warn people about an earthquake. The 4. 4 earthquake hit at 2 39 a. M. The earthquake didnt do any real damage but many people were frazzled as a result. At the uc berkeley Seismology Department the alert was sounded moments before the ground starting shaking. Because the epicenter was there in berkeley, the warning sign was limited. This earthquake has many reconsidering the measures they have taken or not taken to protect their homes. Joining us to answer common questions is lee harris from San Francisco. Did you take any calls yesterday or hear any concerns as a result of the Early Morning quake. Not as a result of the quake. About the fires and so forth, yes but not the quake. The north bay fires youre referring to. Yes. A lot of people dont have earthquake insurance. Thats true. 90 dont. What does the standard homeowners policy cover in terms of an earthquake. Nothing really unless it burns down as a result of a subsequent fire. If you are in a house that is damaged or destroyed by an earthquake, youre pretty much out of luck. Why do you think so many people dont have earthquake insurance . It is expensive. But youre really gambling. If you have lived in your house in california for a couple years, you have a lot of equity. And all of that equity is will be unprotected. I did the math for myself. Rough numbers it will work out to 3,000 a year. We chose to retrofit our home, thinking at least were sort of getting something for that money. Do a lot of people do that balance . Well, i think a lot of people do the balance. But retrofitting and the modern construction techniques will probably help save lives and prevent injuries. It wont necessarily prevent your structure from being seriously damaged. You have to think twice about whether or not you want to gamble with not having coverage. A lot of people most recently from the north bay fires found they were drastically under insured. It has been a problem. Home prices have been sky rocketing in the last 10 to 15 years. Underinsurance has been a problem in california. Probably 40 of the people in california are underinsured. It is important to look at your policy and make sure that the reconstruction costs of the policy matches what the reconstruction cost for your house is. You will probably find out it doesnt. How much per square foot are you insured for . If it is less than 400 a square foot, you might want to think about that. It is not realistic to rebuild. Not from what we have seen. From homeowners to renters, more and more people moving to california. More and more difficult to buy a home. We have many renters in our state. Renters insurance typically covers the things inside. Isnt it up to the landlord to cover the building itself. If youre renting a home or an apartment, the landlord is responsible for the structure. But where are you going to live if something happens . Insurance for renters can also cover additional Living Expenses if you have to relocate or if you have some of those kinds of expenses. If im living in an apartment building, should i ask my landlord if she or he has earthquake insurance . You can ask for it. If the building is damaged or destroyed, it will probably mean you will have to move out and there will be a long period of time and youre probably going to have to look for someplace else. Do you find that people cut corners when they take the step to buy insurance, underestimate how much it will cost to replace what i own and how much it will cost to live somewhere temporarily. I think people rely on what theyre told by their Insurance Agents. And the concern that we have is that a lot of times Insurance Agents arent on top of it enough to get the amount of insurance that you need. I did go on the california earthquake authoritys website. I know that they told us earlier last year that they brought their prices and premiums down. For so long earthquake insurance was completely out of question for so many. Right. It has come down a little bit. Do you think it needs to be mandated . Do you think there needs to be some sort of state subsidy . What will help to get more people insured. I think people have to look at it. And if you have a house in california, you may have hundreds of thousands of dollars in equity or more even. And do you really want to risk that loss for 3,000 . What if people think, the federal government is going to come and help me out. They may. But what they will help you out is so much less than what youre going to lose. It really wont be much help at all. The maximum help is 30,000. Yes. That is barely a car for many. In the bay area, it is sad to say but a Million Dollar house is not that expensive of a house anymore. And 30,000 wont do it. Thank you for joining us lee harris. Thank you. Dave, im sure it was a discussion at your house as well. Yes. Thank you both. The time is 7 49. Sal has come back watching our commute. Youve been busy this morning. I have been busy. Now things on highway 24 are improving, dave. As you drive toward the tunnel, we had an accident in the left lane westbound right near the lafayette bart station. In fact were going to go there. Im out of order. Lets start with san jose. Thats what i wanted to start with. Im going to go in the order that i planned. We have an accident at baskin avenue that. Is clear. But it gave us one of the first real backups of 2018 in the Silicon Valley getting up to highway 17. It is taking a little while to clear up. Happily you have a lot of alternates here. You can use 101, 85. On most days that is not an option. It just happens that downtown san jose is crowded. Along the peninsula, not a lot of slow traffic. We have slow traffic coming from union city to hayward. Watch for that. This is 880 farther up. It looks okay. At the bay bridge toll plaza, it is still light. We talked about highway 24. We had an earlier accident. It looks like chp is temporarily holding up traffic here. You can see it right here. And it looks like they might be letting traffic through right now. So this looks like probably by the next time that i talk to you, things will be better. 7 50. Lets bring in steve with the forecast. Thank you, sal. Rain is going through and pretty good cells now. There is a good cell that went through north of santa rose a it went through the Russian River. Raymond says over the last 24 hours has had an inch and a half of rain. This is one of the setups where the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Russian River can get good rain. Moving up to napa county and parts of solano county. You can see that over san pablo bay. There have been good brief downpours up to lake county, Hidden Valley lake and cloverdale. That looks to be the focus of it right now. There are cells now approaching near Stinson Beach. You can see right there. There will be some that are continuing to move across here in the morning and they will pick up much doesnt mean there is any to the south. Just not as intense. Down towards Half Moon Bay and into the Santa Cruz Mountains. This is deceiving. It is a steady drizzle or light rain. That can add up to half an inch as well. It will keep going tonight and early saturday. 50s and 60s. I mean, it is very mild. We have an east southeast breeze. Very little cold air. They are mainly mid latitude systems. That moisture stream will continue to move in. Some areas may not get much rain at all. Others will get over an inch of rain. The key is the system coming in monday or tuesday. Two to three is possible between monday night and early wednesday morning. Maybe even down to the Santa Cruz Mountains. That is monday, tuesday. Today under mostly cloudy skies. That areas will get rain. 60s and low to upper. San jose hit 70 yesterday. Sunday is a break. And rain and wind move in monday and tuesday, dave. Yeah. Thank you, steve. Youre welcome. The time is 7 52. 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Thankfully Steve Paulson is here to detail the weather. Monday and tuesday looks solid. Our best of the season. Good morning, mike. Good morning, steve. Thanks. We do have i think pretty good rain here. Santa cruz mountains and northward. Marty says spectacular tgif. Thank you, marty. Woke up in larksberg to the sound of rain and a balmy 58. It is a balmy morning. Marin county, a good downpour. San rafael earlier. Another one moving in right now western marin. You can see heading over to forest knolls. There are pockets where it is heavy at times and sonoma and lake county. Some locations will not get much. You can see a pretty good cell went through windsor. Now it is head today Hidden Valley and lake county. Not as much towards Mendocino County. They had more in the last 24 hours. There is more moving on shore in the peninsula. Around highway 1. Also for Half Moon Bay. You can see maybe up to pacifica and daly city. Not as ominous looking in the Santa Cruz Mountains but there are some locations that could get half an inch to an inch in this kind of system. Because it is moving from the west southwest we have a lot of 50s and 60s. There is the south or southeasterly breeze. That keeps us very mild to warm. Look for a mostly cloudy day. Some will get a steady rain. That will add up. It will be mild for most. 60s on the temps. 24 is open. Did i hear that correctly . It is open. Things are improving because the commute, steve, is lighter than usual. Once things clear, the traffic gets better. Remember we had the big backup on 280. Now they opened the lanes. Look, it has disappeared. That doesnt happen on a normal basis. Usually things linger, even when the accidents are cleared. This morning, traffic is light. Were back to pretty good traffic. A little bit of slowing 280 at 101. Thats about all. The peninsula traffic looks good. This is 280 in oakland. Looks good getting to downtown. The bay bridge toll plaza traffic is light. 8 02. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Just a couple hours ago, a mechanical issue forced a flight from san jose to dallas return back to the gate. In the video you can see fire trucks with their lights flashing surrounding the plane. That plane was scheduled to depart just after 6 00 this morning. There was a problem with the engine. The aircraft never got airborne. The flight is scheduled to resume later this morning. There is a huge winter storm slamming the east coast, not bringing only snow but coastal flooding as well. 18 inches have fallen in some areas. Temperatures today in the Single Digits. With the windchill, it could feel like minus 15 in some parts through the weekend. The storm forced an air bus 838 which is the largest passenger plane to divert to one of new yorks smallest airports. The plane was supposed to land at jfk but was instead force today land 08 miles to the north at stewart international. Heavy winds and whiteous conditions closed the runways at jfk yesterday. Passengers reportedly had to get off the plane using the outdoor stairs because the small gates cans not reach the massive plane. There are delays and cancellations at sfo this morning because of the storm back east. Flights into and out of boston, new york and new jersey have all been affected. Sfo says it expects to see even more canceled flights as the day goes along. Yesterday there were close to 100 cancellations at San Francisco international. New this morning, a scrap metal facility in the east bay caught fire. The Alameda County Fire Department released these images of the fire that broke out near 880. There were no injuries and investigators are now looking for the cause of the fire. To the south bay now where last night San Jose Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a middle school teachner a classroom earlier this week. It came after they released this Surveillance Video showing him Walking Around the middle school early tuesday morning. Investigators say the teacher was there early at 6 30 in the morning to prepare for class. The police chief will hold a News Conference at noon today in which he will discuss the details of the arrest. To the north bay where one man is in jail accused of breaking into a home yesterday morning and sexually assaulting a 8yearold girl while she was asleep. The 21yearold took the garage door opener from inside of the unlocked car and used it to open the garage. He then took off his clothes and climbed on top of the little girl, causing her to scream. Sheriffs deputies say holland ran away but left clothing and identification behind. Deputies tracked him to a home in santa rosa where he was arrested. He has been booked on Sexual Assault and burglary charges. The man acquitted of murder charges in the death of kate steinle is due in court this morning. The judge will sentence zarate for the only charge he was convicted of, being a felon in possession of a firearm. Regardless of what the judge decides today, he will still face federal charges. Tomorrow San Francisco is expected to start allowing dispensaries within the city to sell Recreational Marijuana. While the state allowed sales on monday, San Francisco was still working to bring dispenseys in compliance with state and local laws. Marijuana businesses in the city must have approval from both San Franciscos office of cannabis, along with californias cannabis bureau. San francisco will go ahead with the sale of Recreational Marijuana despite attorney general Jeff Sessions announcing that the white house was rescinding a policy discouraging the federal government from interfering with state thats have legalized marijuana. Sessions says he believes marijuana is a gateway drug that leads to more crime and violence. Berkeleys mayor says he is disappointed by the decision but will uphold the voter approved Recreational Marijuana law. We dont know what the full impact of this announcement is. But berkeley will stand firm so defend our right and the right of the people of california to decriminalize cannabis. Dispensaries in berkeley and oakland say they expected the Trump Administration to take action but they dont expect it to affect their sales. , we will be talking about this on the 9 with a professor of law. Coming up, startling statistics show a bad flu season. The impact on bay area Emergency Rooms and what you can do to prevent yourself from getting sick. Reporter after touching off a legal battle, this book, fire and fury has now been released. Im doug luzader in washington. We will have more on what the white house has to say about it coming up. Rain and happiness is what im reading this morning. Not for everybody but for many. Were getting a good rain there. We will talk about what is in store for the rest of the weekend and early next week looking solid for our best front of the season. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you the time is 8 10. Joe biden says President Trumps recent tweets about north korea are danger us and could lead to nuclear war. He was asked about the tweets saying he had a Bigger Nuclear button on his desk than north koreas leader. He says, quote, he is worried President Trump will make fundamental miscalculations that could put the u. S. And the entire world in danger. Today china announced it is tightening limits to oil supplies to north korea and stepping up other trade restrictions under new sanctions. China says it will limit exports of crude oil to north korea and ban sales of steel, industrial machinery and vehicles. China accounts for nearly all of north koreas Energy Supplies and trade. The Security Council increased sanctions on north korea following its latest Ballistic Missile test on november 29th. A controversial tellall book about President Trump goes on sale today. The author of fire and fury Michael Wolff was interviewed today on the today show. Do you have recordings of some of these interviews and some of these conversations . Well, i work like every journalist works. So i have recordings, i have notes. I am certainly and absolutely in every way comfortable with everything that i have reported in this book. Would you release any of the recordings since your credibility is being questioning. My credibility is being questioned by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has ever walked on earth at this point. Doug luzader now with the story about how this book is playing out at the white house. Reporter nothing enrap tours washington more than a provocative book. This has been the subject of an early legal battle. Now the actual book itself has been released. Sales of fire and fury were brisk. Folks here in washington braced the frigid temperatures to line up at midnight to pluck down about 30 bucks for a copy of the book that has raised the ire of the white house. Im not going to waste my time going page by page talking about a book that is complete fantasy and just full of tabloid gossip. It is sad and pathetic. Reporter statements from the former strategist steve bannon who said among other things that a meeting that donald trump jr. Had with a russian lawyer during the campaign was treasonous. Did steve bannon betray you, mr. President. Reporter he was asked about bannon at the white house. He called me a great man last night. I dont talk to him. Thats just a misnomer. Reporter some things in the book seem untrue. Like a claim that trump didnt know who former speaker of the house john boehner was. There is also a narrative in the pages that mentally trump just isnt all there. After all of the allegations in the book, donald trump needs to give a real interview or hold a Real Press Conference or do something to demonstrate to voters that the allegations in this book that he is dotty or senile or incompetent are untrue or it will stick. Reporter the president has taken to twitter, lashing out against the books author as well as steve bannon, coming up with a new nickname, sloppy steve. In washington, doug luzader, fox news. A new investigation has been launch offed into the clinton foundation. According to fox news, the Justice Department is looking into whether the foundation violated tax laws. Accusers have claimed the foundation promised favors in exchange for donations while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. A clinton Spokesman Says it is an attempt by the Trump Administration to distract the public. 8 14. Weve had problems pop up in the morning commute. Sal castaneda is monitoring that and more. One of the problems that popped up, gasia and mike, they were cleared away and the traffic recovered completely. Im not expecting this to happen next week. We will probably not get full volume until the end of the month when the colleges get back in from winter break. Obviously this is not a typical commute. If youre driving into San Francisco, you should have little delay on the bridge. For that matter on any of the bridges this morning. As we look at 880 this is one of the slow commutes normally. It is a little bunched up near hyde street but it wont slow you down too much on the way to downtown oakland. Northbound 880 they are clearing an accident here. I pulled back on the commute. We have had a couple of things, eastbound 580 there was a crash and you can see traffic if youre leaving san leandro and happen to be going this way, give yourself extra time. Again, were not showing a lot of major obstructions. 8 15. Lets bring in steve with todays forecast. Thank you, sal. Mostly cloudy for some and good rain for others. It is not widespread. Next monday and tuesday looks lining rain for like rain for everybody. Today it is a little more selective. 58 warm degrees and raining currently. Thank you, william. There has been some moderate rain in parts of marin county, sonoma and mendocino and lake county as well. We will head north and show you that in a second there. Is a good cell going through forest knowles and novato. Shoutout to the Novato Police department by the way for sending out good tweets. Whoever is doing the tweets, they are very clever. San rafael had a good downpour. It is coming down in buckets in lake county, around cobb and clearlake, Hidden Valley lake. There has been some Higher Elevation sites that have had over an inch of rain in the last 24 hours. Not as much towards lake port and upper lake but still plenty there. Still coming in on most. This is a situation where the north will probably get more than the south, which was the complete opposite last time. Some rain on San Francisco and south of San Francisco and on the peninsula. Mainly on the san mateo coast and Half Moon Bay, now moving over to san mateo, milbrae. And the Santa Cruz Mountains, this is one of the ones where it doesnt look like much but before you know it, there could be half an inch to an inch of rain. So this is a really good setup at times. Not necessarily looks like it but the Russian River and the Santa Cruz Mountains will get the bulk out of this. There is a stronger system on the way for monday and tuesday. 50s and 60s on the temps. Berkeley, upper 50s, and 60s. Sunnyvale at 60 degrees. Here is why. The systems dont have any cold air and a good south breeze ahead of it or a southeast breeze. It will continue to be one of those ones where you get rain. Hit and miss today. A lot of moisture will stream in. That plays into the Santa Cruz Mountains south. It is the system on monday and tuesday. Look at some of the projections. Two to almost three for some. Certainly to the north and even to the south. Two to almost three. That will be the monday and tuesday time frame. That system looks really good. Our best of the season. They are in sync. Clouds, rain today. That will take us into early saturday. Then a break sunday. Next system comes in on monday. It may start earlier than sooner. Get ready on monday and tuesday. Getting ready. Thank you, steve. Yep. Were learning new information about the closure of more sears stores. We will tell you what stores are impacted right here in the bay area. Woman so, greg, its a lot to take in. Woman 2 and i know thats hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. Hi, blake my dad has cancer. Woman and i know how hard that is to hear. But youre in the right place. Man and dr. Pascal and her team, they know what to do. They know what to do. The doctors know what to do. So heres the plan. First off, were going to give you all. voice fading away [music] marin countys very own huey lewis. Our theme is new for 2018. Thank you for requesting that, john. And you can always hit us up for a song you that want to hear. Ill play your requests on fridays, considering if it is appropriate or not. We try to keep it light. Use ktvu on twitter, facebook or instagram. All right. This morning, the u. S. Labor Department Released the latest job reports. Enough to suggest that the economy is entering the new year with solid momentum. 148,000 jobs were added. That is below what some economists had forecasted. The Unemployment Rate remained 4. 3 for a third month, the lowest level since 2000. The dow jones is up 90 points. It is unclear how many jobs will be lost with the closing of sears stores. They are closing 103 stores and two in the bay area. The sears store at westfield oak ridge mall in san jose will shut down by mid march. The chain closed more than 350 locations last year. The closures come amid dwindling sales and increasing competition from online retailers. A new plan unveiled in the south bay will provide housing for up to 1,000 people and ease traffic. Jessie gary has more on the proposed Southwest Plaza in san jose. Reporter artist Kurt Anderson says a years worth of brainstorming went into the renderings of the Southwest Plaza. The 4. 2 Acre Development would have 710 units of housing stretching ten stories into the sky. The ground floor would provide 12,500 square feet of retail space. Were excited that the city has given us positive encouragement to proceed with the project. Were excited about moving forward. Reporter the plaza would replace existing Shelter Creek apartment complex and provide easy access to the station directly across the street. The line links winchester station to the south with downtown san jose to the north. All of the other places near the other stations have those massive apartments already. So i was wondering when Something Like this would happen. It is kind of inevitable is what i think. Reporter city leaders such as davis have given the project a green light, eventually turning the southwest expressway area into an urban village. Im excited to add more housing says davis to fox 2. It is especially needed for seniors, many of whom live on fixed incomes. The question of what comes next is forefront on the current residents and families. In a way it is low key better. For the current residents, it is a little concerning because this is their home. Reporter anderson promises those who live at Shelter Creek wont be left out in the cold in the name of progress. We have to assist these people in relocating to comparable housing. That would be part of this. Reporter jessie gary, fox 2 news. 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Up next we will take you live to the east coast to look at the conditions this morning and show you how travelers here in the bay area are being impacted. Reporter plus, you probably noticed a lot of people getting sick lately. The flu season has come on early and taken a serious toll already. We will talk about the spike in flu cases around the bay area and california. For the most part, we do have traffic that is doing well around the bay area. As we are looking at it from the traffic center, we dont see a lot of huge slowdowns heading into the east bay. Well, hit and miss forecast. But if you get that hit on the rain, it can come down heavy here. We are look at the area thats are getting some. Not everyone getting rain but promising signs for earlier next week that everyone will. So you spent all your money on holiday gifts. Bitcoins are about to go bust. Which means like most people this time of year, youre broke. Introducing value jacks way. 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They made contact with the man they believed was responsible for that incident. That man went into this home here on 29th avenue. This, again, happened around 11 00 last night. That man then barricaded inside of the home overnight. It took a very long time for officers to get him out. They opted to not try to go in and get him. They simply surrounded the house and waited. It is part of their tactic to try to deescalate situations. Then finally around 7 30 this morning, they say that they managed to get the man out of the home. Investigators say that once he came oust the home, he did assault an officer, allegedly assaulted an officer. One of the negotiators on scene. They then took that man into custody. We did see an ambulance leave with that gentleman. We have seen the streets reopened in the area of 29th avenue and moraga. That area had been closed off for several hours while investigators tried to maintain the scene, prevent stray vehicles from coming in and out and causing more of a distracts or possibly getting into harms way. But the situation now appears to be over. The home has now been released. All of the officers who were here on scene have now left. Or almost all of the officers. I believe there might be a couple more officers on scene. It started with an alleged assault that started at 11 00 last night. The subject then located in this home. Officers, again, opted to simply surround the home and stay onsite for hours and wait him out, so to speak. They managed to get him out around 7 30 this morning. There was some kind of a relatively minor incident. As we said, that subject, again, appears to have assaulted an officer and was taken into custody. We are waiting for more information from San Francisco police about who the man might have been. He was known to investigators. Were waiting to find out more about him as the morning progresses. Back to you. Christien kafton live in the outer sunset with that update. Thank you. It is absolutely freezing on the east coast this morning. As residents continue to deal with that monster winter storm. Not just in the east. It is being felt in much of the country. Caroline shively has the latest. Good morning again. Reporter good morning to you, mike and gasia. This was made by a big plow put on the front of a dually. You can see how tall it is. The plow came through, made this big mountain. Got to this point and then nailed that median there but he simply couldnt see it. Really messed his car up and had to get it towed away the last hour. Thats why theyre saying to stay off the road. No one is listening. The cars are moving good through the main thoroughfare here. The side streets are an absolute mess though. Theyre saying stay home. One, because of the snow all piled up like that. Number two, the main reason today is the windchill. Negative 5 and 6 windchill factor. Im told later this afternoon it will get up to 0 windchill. We havent seen that yet. Caroline, you know, there certainly is a dire weather situation happening. But i cant help but notice on social media, some people are, you know, making light of the situation, even having fun with it. Are you sensing or seeing any of that where you are . Reporter yeah. Actually two blocks down that way is a bar and restaurant that we hung out last night. People are stir crazy and said they need today get out of their houses, have a beer, laugh at the situation here. Were seeing happiness on social media. Some snow angels. Theyre taking this in stride. In delaware, this is a big deal. You dont have these big piles of snow usually. Has power been an issue in regard to Residential Homes and businesses if indeed people are trying to open up the businesses again today . Reporter power hasnt been the issue for the businesses. Its been the government telling people to stay off of the roads. It is only supposed to be essential personnel going up and down the streets. The power is a big worry. Suffolk officials will be monitoring that throughout the weekend. We will see the brutally cold temperatures and the wind through saturday morning. Some spotty outages but none of the big spots where there is a massive area without power. Ed that where we could see the danger zone. No power, minus 5 windchill, it is hard to survive that. Caroline shively out for us for hours this morning in delaware. Thank you. There are cancellations and delays in flights at sfo because of the storms back east. 21 shoo far this morning 21 cancellations this morning. Sfo expects to see even more canceled flights as the day goes along. Yesterday there were close to 100 cancellations there at sfo. Even people not going from or to the winter zone, steve, are seeing cancellations. Because if your plane is not there, your plane is not there even if youre going to los angeles. Or it couldnt get to sfo a friend of mine works in new york city and he says it was brutal. It is very cold. Back here, we have good news. Were getting rain. Raymond says almost an inch and a half in the Russian River. You get the idea here. Russian river and Santa Cruz Mountains will take the bulk of this system. Fort bragg had three quarters of an inch. Up in lake county, st. Helena,. 43. Santa rosa,. 26. Those are 24hour totals. And cottages at point reyes and inverness, a balmy 59. Yes, it is warm. 42 so far for the total. Novato is getting good rain. Going through, theyre on the back edge of that. That is heading off to areas to the east and into napa county and up around cobb and clearlake. That cell has pushed through. It is hit and miss for parts of sonoma county, st. Helena. And even over to sonoma where it is coming down pretty good. It doesnt mean theyre the only ones getting it. South San Francisco is picking up a little bit in intensity. And towards the seat cruise mountain Santa Cruz Mountains. They do get the rain and i think they will get good totals as well. 50s and 60s. These are systems coming in from the west. Ahead of that, you get a south wind which means it is very mild to warm. Mostly cloudy skies. Not everyone gets in on the rain but this moisture will move in tonight to keep the beat going and stops early saturday. 60s, low to mid and upper. 8 35. What do you have for us, sal. I like what i see when it comes to the general meter of the commute. You can see that the westbound bay bridge traffic is very light. This is unusually light for this time of the morning. You dont see a lot of slow traffic on the bridge approach and the bridge itself getting on to the span which is what we like to see. Also looking at a commute that has been light on most freeways. However northbound 880, this is the first day in the last few that we have start today see some slow traffic. Now, it could be because of earlier issues here on 880 northbound. But just more and more people showing up. I think next week, we really will notice that people are back from their break. This is a look at 880 heading south through hayward and fremont. It doesnt look too bad here. No major problems driving through. In the south, the Silicon Valley commute is light. 8 36. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. This years flu season is off to a fast start in the bay area. There is a serious strain of the virus going off. Alex savidge has more on a spike in the flu cases that has Health Officials concerned, alex. Reporter mike and gasia, if you havent gotten sick yourself, count yourself lucky. You probably know someone who has come down with the flu already. The flu season has started early this year and a lot of people have been hit hard by that especially severe strain of the virus that has been going on. Since middecember hospitals across the bay area have seen a surge in patients coming in with flulike symptoms, cough, fever, headache, a sore throat. A lot of hospitals have even taken steps to try to slow the spread of the virus by banning younger visitors. Now, everyone is being urged to get the flu vaccine this year. It is especially important for Young Children and older adults according to Health Officials. Although talking to people in downtown san jose, this morning we found quite a few folks that are skipping the flu shot. I honestly dont believe in the flu shot. I havent done the flu shot in years. Your natural immunities is what is supposed to protect you. If we keep putting synthetic in, how is the body going to adapt to the strain. Dont touch your nose and shake everybodys hands and cover your mouth when you sneeze and things like that. You should be okay. Watch your hands before you eat. Things like that. Simple etiquette. Reporter and here are steps you can take to avoid the spread of the flu. Avoid close contact with other people, especially those who may be sick. Stay at home if you are sick. Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough. Wash your hands. And avoid touching your eyes, noes and mouth. Already across california, seven people have died from flu related illnesses. Four of the deaths were here in santa clara county. Health officials at this point believe the flu season has already hit its peak. We have a long way to go. The virus expected to stick around until march or so. Thank you, alex. Our question of the day is, have you gotten your flu shot . 40 say yes. But 60 of you say no. Let us know by voting on twitter and ktvu. Com. Also leave your comments for us on the ktvu facebook page. All right. The golden state california could soon look a whole lot different. Coming up next, more on the plan to tap our shores for oil. [music] i have a new attitude for the year 2018. Do you marry that mike. I hear you, sal. Im coming for you, buddy. Just kidding. This is a song requested many, many times. It is a new theme for a new year. Patricia, thank you for requesting this sopping. Thank you for playing along. On fridays we take your requests. We use the ktvu on facebook, twitter or instagram to look for songs. I hope you have a great friday. Mike. Thank you, sal. There is backlash to President Trumps plan to expand offshore drilling in the United States. The controversial plan would open up new leases to Oil Companies next year, including off of the coast of california. There has not been a new oil drilling lease off of the Pacific Coast since 1984. Now the administration is proposing 7 new leases off of the coast of california, oregon and washington. Two of them would be here in northern california. The plan brought swift reaction from governor brown, along with the governors of oregon and washington that issued a joint statement saying for more than 30 years our shared coastline has been protected from further federal drilling and we will do whatever it takes to stop this reckless short sided action. Lieutenant Governor Newsom said hey donald trump i have a message for you from california, aint going to happen. In the wake of the wildfires, the california insurance commissioner is looking to get new laws passed to protect homeowners. The commissioner jones wants to change the current laws to prevent homeowners from losing their insurance because of wildfire risks. Many are at high or very high risk of fire. In counties designated with the highest fire risk, his office saw a 15 increase in nonrenewals by insurers last year while others saw their premiums sky rocket. The earthquake in berkeley has many people questioning technology that is supposed to warn us about an earthquake. It struck near 2 40 in the morning. It caused no damage but it frazzled nerves. At the uc berkeley Seismology Department, an alert went off moments before the ground started shaking. The farthest seismic waves have to travel, the longer the warning time. People in berkeley would not have received a warning because the earthquake was right beneath berkeley. Oakland would have received a second or two three warnings. In san fraction i a second of warning. If even gets a warning, everybody gets under a sturdy table, we can cut half of the amount of injuries in an earthquake. Millions of people felt that earthquake. In the last hour on mornings on 2 San Francisco insurance attorney lee harris talked about earthquake insurance and said most californians are underinsured. The problem of underinsurance has been a serious problem in california. Probably 40 of the people in california are underinsured. It is very important for people to take a look at their policy and make sure that the reconstruction cost in the policy actually matches what the reconstruction cost for your house is. And you will probably find out that it doesnt. He says that homeowners should check to see how much per square foot are they actually insured for. If it is less than 400 a square foot, you might want to increase your policy. 8 45. Lets help get you out the door. Sal castaneda. This is the last day of winter vacation for so many. Thats right. On monday a lot of people return to school. That means a lot of parents are taking them to school. That means we will be looking at a commute that is not bad that day. Look at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see for yourself, this is not typical. This looks like a sunday morning commute. I really do not think that we will have this next week. We might have slightly lighter condition next week because colleges dont get back until later. But i dont think it will be this light. I dont. Northbound 880 is showing signs of slowing past oracle. Southbound traffic is good. The only thing that i will say is when there are crashes sometimes when it is light like this, they tend to be more serious. Right now were doing pretty well. What about this weekends weather . Lets bring in steve to talk about that. That is a very good question, sal. Thank you, sir. For those that work outside and a couple say i love december. I know we need december but i got a lot done. I understand. Heads up, monday and tuesday, nobody is working outside. Jake mckenzie, it is raining and pouring. Guess i better turn off the sprinkle system. It is raining, it is pouring, the old man is snoring. What do you mean by the old man . Lawrence laughs in my year. Thank you. All right. Some rainfall updated as well. Im sure, raymond, youre in cazadero. I know you have more than that. That is an hour long. I know you have more than that. Will its,. 68. Mount diablo, half an inch. St. Helena, question mark. Should not be a question mark. That is exactly what they have had. 47. 46 in kentfield. Ross and kentfield in this kind of a pattern, they can get good rain. Marin county, Russian River and the Santa Cruz Mountains will take the bulk of this. Santa rosa had a third of an inch. Going through clearlake, i know middle town had good rain. Cobb had good rain. Looks like youre almost done with that. Moderate rain still moving through not only there but novato had good rain over to sonoma and highway 12. 121 as well. Petaluma. And marin county has had hiss and miss going through. There is the band in that vader owe. Back over to parts of vallejo. Most into napa heading in towards st. Helena and calistoga. Some on the peninsula now. Also in the city. Heading across over to oakland. And making a move finally on more of the santa cruz coast. You can see some of that beginning to light up. Ben loma had an inch of rain. It is a light steady precip and it keeps going and going. Thats the pattern that were in for that. 50s and 60s. Mild warm. You take that southeast breeze and you lift it and condense it. Thats why Russian River and marin county can get good rain out of this kind of a pattern. The spin in the atmosphere will drop. Some of this moisture. This is the system here. Everything is showing. That tapping into more moisture. This is for monday and tuesday. There will be two to three inch amounts to the north. Everybody will get in on that. Today it will be more hit and miss. For monday and tuesday, plan accordingly. It looks solid. 60s on the temps to upper 60s. Very mild. No cold air with this. Not much help with the sierra but we are finally getting rain. Thank you, steve. How many times do you think you will check your smart phone today . More on smart phone addiction and how people are trying to cut back. Like i tell jack jr. , its all about big values, jr. Prices. Thats value jacks way. Like jacks oneofakind breakfast pockets for 2 each. Three of jacks famous tacos and a small drink for 3 or a classic bonus jack combo for 5 its like i tell jack jr. , its all about big values, jr. Prices. The time is 8 51ment the man accused of plotting a Christmas Day terror attack at pier 39 is back in court today after being indicted on federal charges. Jamison is aoutside cooed of attempting to give Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization and distributing information related to destructive devices. Court documents say that jamison told an undercover agent who he believed was a member of isis that he knew how to make people bombs and planned to set them out at pier 39 to get people to run to an area where he could shoot him. Every charge faces a 20 year prison sentence. We know the name of a man killed by a bart police officer. He asitia lien kendall of oakland. The officer heard shots across the street from the west oakland bart station. The officer ran across the street and saw two men in a struggle, one with a gun. The bart officer warned the man several times and shot the man who had the gun. That man later identified as tindle. The other man was treated at a hospital and released. Tindles relatives took to social media mourning his death. May field said my heart is aching right now. My little brother was just murdered by bart police in west oakland yesterday. Immigration advocates are demanding the release of a uc Berkeley Student being held by border patrol. He was visiting his girlfriend in san diego turn and they went to a party and made a wrong turn and ended up at an immigration check point. He was taken into custody for a visa violation and being held in prison. He came to the United States as a child from columbia and overstayed his visa. The list of potential candidates for mayor who want to complete ed lees term is growing. The deadline to file is tuesday. The list of potential candidates has grown to 20 names. It includes mark leno, jane kim and angela alioto. Those considering a potential run include london breed, Dennis Herrera and carmen chu. We havent seen an open race for mayor since 2003. The voters deserve to have an open election where the voters get to determine who gets to sit in the highest office in our city. The acting mayor london breed, if she enters the race, the board of supervisors could replace her with an interim mayor until the end of june. Many people are addicted to smart phones. According to a survey, u. S. Smart phone owners check their devices 47 times a day. 85 say they use their phones while also talking to friends and family. Nearly half have tried to limit their phone use in the past. The survey also revealed some of the most common steps to limit usage including 38 that keep them in their pocket and bags when they meet up with people. 32 have turned off audio notifications. 26 delete apps from their phones. A potential warning about romaine lettuce. What may be to blame for dozens of people getting sick. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you but what i see here never ceases to amaze me change. I see it in their eyes. It happens when people connect with nature, with culture, with each other. Day after day im the first to see change. To see people go out, and come back new. Princess cruises. Come back new. Sail with the 1 cruise line in alaska. 7day cruises from 599. Visit princess. Com jeopardy host alex trebek is recovering after having blood clots from his brain. Prognosis is good and he hopes to be back in the studio soon. The clots were caused by a bad fall two months ago after he had the surgery last month. Since jeopardy is taped so far in advanced, new episodes will continue to run while he recovers. An e. Coli outbreak could be linked to romaine lettuce. The cdc is investigating the outbreak that started back in december. Say similar outbreak in canada was traced to romaine lettuce. Officials are working to see if the two are related. Three people in california became sick and there were 17 cases across the United States, including one death. Since the cdc has not identified lettuce as the actual source of the outbreak here in the u. S. , it is not saying that you should avoid it at this time. Well, you can add apple devices to the list affected by the major security flaw with intel processors we have been telling you about. Apple says all of the mac and ios systems have the flaw. The Company Plans to release a Software Update to patch it in the next few days. Virtually all pcs and tablets and phones could be affected. Update your devices as fixes are released. There is no proof that hackers have exploited the flaw. Mark ducker berg wants to fix issues with facebook. Zuckerberg has declared a personal challenge for each year, with goals including learning mandarin and visiting all states. Now he wants to improve the facebook experience in a world that feels anxious and divided. He will work to protect the Facebook Community from abuse and hate as well as foreign interference. A recordbreaking donation from warriors star kevin durant whose alma mater is the university of texas. He is giving 3 million to the schools athletic program. Two and a half Million Dollars to the Basketball Program and the rest going to the universitys center for sports leadership and innovation. The University Says it is the largest gift ever by a former longhorn basketball player. Durant played one season there at texas before going to the nba. He says he will always be a life long texas longhorn. The bay area has a dog to root for in the puppy bowl. He is a pit bull chihuahua mix and will be playing for team fluff in the big game on february 4th. He joins the starting lineup of puppy bowl that airs on the animal planet. Are you looking for love in the new year . More on why this will be the busiest weekend for Online Dating and also tips to boost your status. 40 of americans are involved in Online Dating. This sunday will be busy, busy, busy. Taking a live look outside on this friday morning. Lots of clouds. Not that much rain. But many, many fish in the sea. Mike and sal. I like it, gasia. I just came up