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Temperatures sinking below freezing once again for our inland communities in the north bay. Also waking up with patchy fog this morning, especially thick for our north bay valley floors, into your afternoon, Cool Temperatures under dry conditions, we will be in the 50s and then by tonight the scattered showers move in and will linger into Christmas Day. Details on this coming up in a bit. 7 01. Dublin, pleasanton, livermore areas, one northbound 680 north of 84, also westbound 580 at springtown. This is the problem spot we continue to watch for the last 45 minutes or so. This is a crash involving three vehicles. It is in the clearing stages, according to our crew that just arrived, crews tow trucks have cleared this out of the way. Only minor injuries reported. You can still see some of the emergency vehicles on scene. This is westbound direction of the bay bridge headed into San Francisco just past Treasure Island. This is a view from our san p we will have a check of the south bay commute in other spots but overall the theme this morning, your commute pretty light on this Christmas Eve. 7 02. Go back to the desk. If youre traveling for the holiday today, you have a lot of company. Bay area roads and airports are already busy and they will stay that way through much of the day. Im very happy i dont have to drive or fly anywhere. And Elissa Harrington is live at sfo, spoke with some of the late holiday travelers. How is it looking there . Reporter this is one of the busiest travel days at sfo. Im at the American Airlines checkin counter and look at all of these people getting ready to check in, check their bags. We are seeing a lot of families this morning. I got a chance to speak with families traveling with young kids. Yes, its challenging to keep them entertained for the whole flight but it will be worth it to see family for the holidays. We are pumped up. Its our time off away from school, away from work and just quality time. Even the airplane, we got new toys for the airplane. They are fed, good to go, i guess. The breakdown is mid flight. Mid flight. Reporter you have to keep them busy for the whole flight, right . Yeah. We downloaded all the movies they like. Its always the end. We have a six hour flight so thats going to be reporter do you like flying . They love flying. Reporter that one dad you just heard from, hes from santa clara, traveling with his three kids ages two, five and eight. They got up very early for a flight to new jersey but he says his kids are actually pretty good travelers. Sfo has been very busy all morning. We saw long lines at the tsa checkpoint but the good news is, the line was moving. Checkin counters were crowded. Theres a lot of airport and Airline Staff walking through the crowds directing people where they need to go. I came in two hours before my flight but i saw this line was going to take too long. But here we are, we are moving. Holiday miracle, right . Reporter so far this morning there are 14 delays and four cancellations, six fog grounded flights in chicago. But im told this morning that only impacts one flight here to sfo. We are looking at the crowd at the American Airlines checkin counter. It is definitely growing. A lot of people trying to head out of town in time for christmas. Live at sfo, Elissa Harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Thanks. San jose police are investigating this morning after a crash involving six vehicles. The collision happened last night at cottle road and highway 85. The road was shut down but its open again this morning. One person was seriously hurt and two other people were hospitalized for minor injuries. Police arent releasing any information about the people involved in the crash or what may have caused the collision. Santa rosa Police Departments Violent Crimes team is investigating a fight that ended with one man stabbed. Patrol officers were called to the Santa Rosa Plaza mall before 8 30 last night. A 29yearold man was outside the macys store at the south end of the mall. Officers were told the man had been involved in a fight and someone pulled out a knife. The victim was taken to the hospital and we are told his injuries were not life threatening. Santa rosa police have a vague description of the man suspected in the attack. He ran away before officers arrived. Officers are asking anyone with information to call them. One man killed and four others lost their home after an Apartment Fire in San Franciscos richmond district. The fire started in the four unit building on 16th avenue near cabrillo street yesterday afternoon. Around 3 00 the man heard the smoke alarm going off. He checked his apartment and didnt say anything until smoke came up from the heater vent. He said that made him realize there was probably a fire on fl he raced downstairs and started banging on the door of the man who lived down there. Making a lot of noise, assumed after banging on the door for about a minute that he was definitely not there. He went outside to get the smoke out of his lungs and watched as fire crews managed to control the flames. They had to use a saw to get into the downstairs unit. Thats when they found his neighbor who had apparently been trapped inside his apartment. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators arent identifying the victim but people in the building say he was in his 50s and worked as a software engineer. The cause of the fire under investigation. Happening today, a judge can decide whether a man accused of a deadly stabbing on a b. A. R. T. Platform in oakland is still competent to stand trial. John lee cowell is charged in the murder of mia wilson and the attempted murder of her sister at the macarthur b. A. R. T. Station last summer. The judge says that cowell has been uncooperative, refusing to speak with his attorney or doctors. A judge is expected to make a ruling today as to whether cowell will stand trial, be found incompetent or face another psychiatric exam. The family is increasing the reward and hoping to get new leads. The reward for information on 20yearold jonathan vandobalia has increased to 10,000. He left his home on may 3rd heading to a soccer tournament. His car was found on the san mateo bridge the next day. Investigators cant say if hes the one who drove it there. His family says he was not suicidal. Today some homeless mothers staying in a vacant house in west oakland will hold a Christmas Eve news conference. They will discuss their demands in response to the Real Estate Company that owns the house which has told them to leave. The moms filed a claim of right of possession and a Court Hearing scheduled for next monday. Their Attorney Says the Oakland Community land trust offered to buy the home and rent it to the working moms but a Real Estate Company which bought the property in july is working with a nonprofit to renovate the house. Do you know how many people will be squatting . We have the worst housing crisis in the United States that we have ever seen, worse than during the great depression. The nonprofit says once the renovations are made, it will sell the property to a first time home buyer with the money split between the Real Estate Company and the nonprofit. At least we are not driving through any rain. Allie rasmus, you know that changes everything. Thats true. We have good weather conditions and overall pretty good traffic conditions. There are some problem spots that we continue to follow, one of them which is where we are going to start is on the bay bridge. This is the westbound direction heading into San Francisco. There was an earlier three car crash just past Treasure Island. Its been cleared but you can still see some of the emergency vehicles there that were reportedly some minor injuries involved and traffic is having to skirt around it. So give yourself little extra time to get into the city. Although the toll plaza, you will have no problem there at all. Lets move on. You will see the carquinez bridge to macarthur maze, a great drive on that westbound 80 corridor all morning long despite a couple of crashes that have been cleared up by San Pablo Dam road. Not impacting the traffic here much at all. Highway 24 in lafayette, lighter than we expect to see it on a typical tuesday morning. The Christmas Holiday having an impact on things. A quick check of the south bay shows everything is good, only thing to worry about, northbound 17 south of idyllwild, a vehicle blocking one of the left lanes. Another typical problem spot but not today, all clear on westbound highway 4. 7 09. Heres rosy chu Rosemary Orozco. Off to a dry start this morning. Scattered showers moving into the bay area tonight lasting into the holiday. Look at sfo, no fog here and no delays here reported at sfo for the time being. Temperatures this morning just as cold as yesterday morning, even colder for some, as we take a look around the bay area, one of the warmer spots right along the coastline, Half Moon Bay at 48, downtown San Francisco at 46. Sfo 47. Get to the inner east bay its a cold one, just a few degrees above freezing in livermore at 35. Lakeport at 32. A lot of 30s in the north port. Rohnert park at 34, 34 san anselmo, 28 in pope valley. Dealing with fog this morning. San jose in better shape. The inner east bay in better shape. Im picking up on dark spots but looks like over our hills as we get into the north bay, though, napa, santa rosa and novato, the airports all reporting low visibility. Napa down to a mile. Novato half mile. Quarter mile santa rosa. Your stretch along highway 101 could be a bit dicey, be careful there. Looks like American Canyon, i 80, vallejo to fairfield we may have fog there. Benicia, martinez, perhaps. Cloud cover first into the afternoon and then by tonight the wet weather is expected to arrive. Temperatures for today, under mostly cloudy skies and dry conditions, a cool one, 52 San Francisco, 53 in hayward, 55 in the south bay of san jose. Time line of that system and what you can expect for Christmas Day as well as the weekend coming up in just a little bit. Thank you so much, rosemary. As many people are doing their last minute holiday shopping, police are warning to be on high alert after a violent attack in a parking lot. Coming up, where it happened and what police are doing to make sure everyone stays safe. Also a popular vitamin is being blamed as a primary culprit for a wave of lung illnesses linked to vaping. Its the ikea winter sale. Akatheupto50 off already lowpricessale. Akathelookwecantouchevery thingbeforewebuyitsale. Akathebtwicymi. 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Investigators released a picture of one of the suspects, 44yearold manfred alinescu. Authorities say they swapped fake jewelry for the victims real gold. Governor newsom is extending further support to victims of devastating wildfires. Yesterday he signed an order that extends protections against price gouging to communities ravaged by wildfires dating back to 2017. Then governor jerry brown first signed the order in 2017. Governor newsom is now signing another extension because he says many reBuilding Permits havent been submitted or approved and Law Enforcement is still resolving criminal liability related to price gouging. Dozens of new laws go into effect in california in 2020. Here are a few of the notable new laws. Ride share drivers will be reclassified from independent contractors to employees. They will receive protections such as minimum wage, paid sick days and health insurance. The state minimum wage goes up to 13 an hour for workplaces with at least 26 employees and 12 an hour for places with fewer than 26. Bay area minimum wages are higher than the states. California is capping rent increases at 5 annually plus inflation. Paid leave goes from six to eight weeks for people taking keg of seriously ill relatives or who have had a new child. New evidence that a strong earthquake on an old Southern California fault could cause serious damage here in the bay area. Scientists say the gahr locke fault has been inactive for almost 500 years, they have linked it to two strong quakes in the Mojave Desert last july. Felt as far away as downtown los angeles. Included a 6. 2 magnitude foreshock followed the next day by a 7. 1 earthquake. There have been more than 100,000 aftershocks since. All that attic cyst showed ruptures along a web of two dozen faults inner connected. Some of the faults werent known about until now. It could produce an eight earthquake. Scientists say the new information shows the process of an earthquake rupturing other faults is more common than they previously thought and with that much interconnection, there could be longer and more intense shaking than they thought was previously possible. That means another big earthquake on the gahr locke fault could cause serious damage for us in the bay area. Allie rasmus has a look at the roads on this Christmas Eve. If you are driving from the east bay, maybe heading to sfo or somewhere along the peninsula, keep in mind youre going to have a problem that youre going to have to deal with on the bay bridge. This is in the westbound direction. This is just past Treasure Island. It is in the clearing stages. Three vehicles involved in this but you can still see some of the emergency vehicles there, just minor injuries. I want to point out that 101 San Francisco, you can ignore that. This is the camera we usually point to show 101 before the 80 split but we have swiveled it around so we can show you some of the activity here. A couple of lanes still blocked westbound bay bridge into San Francisco because of this earlier crash. Bay bridge toll plaza light, though. This is kind of a sign of how light the traffic flow is on this Christmas Eve morning. Heres 880 in oakland, north and southbound, things here look good as well. Quick check of the south bay shows no problems here either. 7 17 and lets check in with Rosemary Orozco for a look at our weather. Tonight we are going to need rain boots and santa might need an umbrella and rain gear as well. Hes going to need the rain jacket. We have the showers moving in later this evening and will last into at least the first part of Christmas Day. For folks that are going to be celebrating, we will take a look at that in just a moment. Lets talk about how cold it is out there this morning. Heres a view of sfo, no fog here but you will find it in our north bay valley locations as well as through the delta. 31 degrees right now in santa rosa, 46 in San Francisco. Low 40s in oakland, mid30s livermore and san jose. Low 40s to low 30s to low 50s around the bay area this morning. Our north bay where we have our colder temperatures, even colder than yesterday by a few degrees, warmer over Half Moon Bay. Take a look at the country, has actually faired really well this past weekend for all the travelers and if youre traveling this week, central part of the country dry, the northeast dry. We had some rain falling over areas of the deep south over the weekend but you can see that is now offshore just on the edge of florida there. In the Pacific Northwest we are dry at the moment. We do have some rain coming our way. Its going to wait until the evening hours, though. And then the brunt of the storm, the core is going to move towards Southern California before it crosses over. So we will receive scattered showers pretty much throughout and thats going to be it. Heres a look at our lunch hour where we are picking up on a little bit of moisture. Maybe a little bit of drizzle, maybe a few sprinkles along the coast and over areas of our hills into the afternoon. Theres your evening dry, a dry one. How about late night . Thats when the scattered showers do begin to move in. Heres wednesday morning. For those celebrating Christmas Day, we will wake up with scattered showers and mostly cloudy skies, but again as that system kind of takes a southerly path, we are going to just get that wraparound moisture with on and off scattered showers expected for the first part of your day before we dry out. You will get an opportunity to be outdoors. It wont be raining the entire day. Heres a look at the temperatures expected under cloudy conditions for today. A cool one, 52 for the inner east bay of concord, 52 in downtown San Francisco. Your extended forecast. We get past this bit of wet weather on wednesday and then we are dry through the rest of the week and into the final weekend of 2019, gasia. Thank you. 7 21. Beast mode returns and heading back to the field. Coming up why the Seattle Seahawks are looking to their past for a running back ahead of the weekend game against the 49ers. Also the fate of the Oakland Coliseum is taking one more step toward being deciding in a Historic Deal with the oakland as and Alameda County. After the break we tell you about the next steps. Next steps. Im ladeia, and theres more to me than hiv. Theres my career. My cause. And creating my dream home. Im a work in progress. So much goes into who i am. Hiv medicine is one part of it. Prescription dovato is for adults who are starting hiv1 treatment and who arent resistant to either of the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. Dovato has 2 medicines in 1 pill to help you reach and then stay undetectable. 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We need to be concerned about those individuals that are currently in this city and how it will affect whether they are able to remain in this city. This is an opportunity for us to perhaps, perhaps develop something that may be good for the black communities. They are looking to strike a deal with the city of oakland which owns the other half of the coliseum. The team wants to redevelop the coliseum land and use the new revenue to build a ballpark at the port of oakland. Marshawn lynch resigned with the Seattle Seahawks for the rest of the season, which includes their pivotal game this coming sunday night against the 49ers. Lynch went to cal, five time pro bowler. Lynch is 33 years old and he last played in the league in 2018. His nickname beast mode for his fierce running style. He said hes been considering returning to seattle because of, quote, unfinished business. The San Jose Sharks are running on the cold side this season but the junior Sharks Program for girls is hot. Girls as young as seven playing on teams with 13yearolds. San jose is one of the oldest girls hockey programs in nhl cities. Last year there were only six franchises that had girls programs. This year there are 24. New this morning, britains Prince Philip out of the hospital after four nights under a doctors care. The 98yearold duke of edinborough was being treated for what Buckingham Palace called a preexisting condition. He was seen walking from the hospital to a waiting vehicle. He is said to be in what appears to be good health. He is now with Queen Elizabeth at the royal estate for christmas. Medical experts are blaming an additive for the outbreak of vapingrelated illnesses throughout the country. Doctors tested the lung of 51 patients and found nearly 95 of them had vitamin c acetate. Its an oily form of the vitamin thats used as a thickening agent in products such as skin creams. Researchers theorize when the compound is heated to vaping, the process can disrupt the material on the lining of the lungs and interfere with the lungs ability to expand. 7 26. The question, could President Trump face additional charges of impeachment . Coming up we explain why that is a possibility. Also a thief caught in the act with more than 100 stolen packages. Find out how police managed to track him down. Do you recall, not long ago we would walk on the sidewalk all around the wind blows we would only hold on to let go blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun we needed somebody to lean on all we need is someone to lean on here we are less than 24 hours away from Christmas Morning. The chp wants to make sure everyone is safe on the roads. We are live in the east bay with details on when a maximum enforcement period will start. Plus another door Dash Delivery driver caught on camera stealing packages. The new plan underway to make sure more people dont fall victim to thieves. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning on this Christmas Eve tuesday. I am sara zendehnam. Dave clark has the day off. Good to have you here. Im gasia mikaelian. Also Rosemary Orozco is joining us for whats a quiet forecast for now, but we also have to look ahead. Yes, we have a bit of wet weather coming our way. Not a big storm, scattered showers, we can handle it. But, yes, it will come tonight. Between now and then, we are dry. We are starting out with partly cloudy, mostly clear skies. We do have patchy fog in the north bay valley locations once again and it is another cold one with temperatures falling below freezing for some of our colder spots inland. Getting into the afternoon, mostly cloudy, mainly dry, temperatures in the 50s. Got scattered shower activity arriving tonight. I have details on what you can expect for today, your big holiday and into the weekend coming up in a bit. At 7 30, lets check the highways with allie. We have good news on the bay bridge. Earlier we told you about that crash just past Treasure Island. Its now been cleared and you can see a live picture here. This is coming from our camera thats usually pointed toward 101. We move it around, looking at the westbound lanes of the bay bridge past Treasure Island and now emergency vehicles gone and that crash is now cleared. So shouldnt take you any time at all to get into the city, especially with a bay bridge toll plaza that looks like this. This is even lighter than what you see sometimes on a weekend morning. A lot of people have the holiday, today and tomorrow off. 7 30. Lets go back to the desk. Extra chp officers out on the roads looking for impaired and distracted drivers. Ktvus Leigh Martinez joins us now from the east shore freeway with details of the maximum Enforcement Efforts. Good morning, leigh. Reporter yes, the maximum Enforcement Effort begins at 6 00 tonight and goes through the Christmas Holiday. The agency is stressing the importance of these maximum Enforcement Efforts but its also a plea to drivers to be responsible while out celebrating. According to chps data, at least 16 people were killed and nearly 350 others injured in collisions involving impaired drivers in california throughout the 10 twohour holiday enforcement period last year. Additionally chp is reminding drivers its supposed to rain through christmas, so be extra cautious while behind the wheel. One focus for officers is going to be highway 17, major thoroughfare that connects Santa Clara County to the santa cruz coast. The narrow winding highway is hard to drive on a sunny day, worse in the rain. Now, earlier this month the chps San Jose Office handled 40 accidents on one rainy day alone. Paying attention to speed limit, paying attention to the other vehicles. Obviously its a two lane highway, mountainous road so it winds back and forth. Reporter now, during the last maximum Enforcement Effort after thanksgiving, a mother and son were killed on highway 101 north connector ramp to interstate 280 in san jose by a suspected drunk driver. The chp wants to avoid another such tragedy. Now, more than 1000 drivers throughout california were arrested for impaired driving. This time last year so we are going to have a lot of california Highway Patrol officers, anyone thats available to be out on patrol during this time period. Maximum enforcement starts tonight at 6 00 and goes through the Christmas Holiday. In emeryville, Leigh Martinez. The door dash Food Delivery Company says its looking into another incident where one of its workers is on video stealing packages from porches. The latest incident happened at a condo on lafayette street from santa clara on december 7th. Security video shows a door Dash Delivery person bringing a meal to a tenant. You can see that right here. The courier then walks down the hallway and moves out of camera sight into a doorway where tenants say she grabbed a package and then walked off with it. The package had a calendar, laundry detergent and razor blades. Yeah, i thought that was pretty cheesy. Vocabulary i want to use, i cant. If the California Law and penal code changed and made it a felony to steal packages like mail, then that probably would stop some of the thievery. The Homeowners Association says in a separate incident surveillance cameras recorded a young man hitting the same condo twice last april. The association is considering a lockbox to protect tenants packages. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, door dash says its banned the delivery person who was seen on camera right here stealing items from a berkeley apartment complex. In roseville, two men jailed on suspicion of posing as a delivery person and stealing packages. Police stopped their van. Officers say they found 100 packages inside the vehicle. They were addressed to people in sacramento and placer counties. Roseville police say the suspects went into neighborhoods and took those packages without drawing attention to themselves. If you look at the vehicle they were driving, it almost appears as if they are trying to pose as a delivery company. And the thing that happens is they show up, they can canvas the neighborhood, driving around, appearing like they are delivery drivers but instead of dropping packages, obviously they are going to front porches and stealing packages. The men face charges including grand theft and drug possession. In a separate case authorities in suisun city announced they have arrested a person and confiscated his truck which included packages they also think were stolen. The Trump Administration is supporting the challenged a 25 million to a santa rosa man. Edwin hardiman was diagnosed with cancer after regularly sprayingmon while showing little concern for the publics health. The u. S. Justice Department Lawyers say federal courts are bound by the conclusions of federal regulators. In 1991 the Environmental Protection agency found roundup was basically safe to use. This morning there were cases that house lawmakers could consider adding another impeachment charge to their case against President Trump. House Judiciary Committee lawyers filed Court Documents saying they still want to hear from former White House Council done mcgahn. They say depending on what he says, additional impeachment charges could be filed against the president. Meantime republicans and democrats remain at odds over how to proceed with the trial in the senate over the impeachment articles already passed by the house. Its called speedy and fair trial. That is just what we want. It seems to me a rather absurd position to say after you have impeached the president you wont send the papers over to the senate for the impeachment trial mandated by the constitution. Democrats are pressuring Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to allow witnesses and documents to be introduced in a senate trial. The government of turkey is pledging to continue to seek justice for the killing of Washington Post journalist jamal khashoggi. He was killed in a saudi consulate in istanbul in october of last year. A saudi prosecutor announced that five people have been convicted for the killing and are being sentenced to death. Three others are going to jail. Both turkey and United Nations investigators are calling the trial a sham. They say the masterminds behind the murder were backed by the saudis and are going free. The secretary general continues to stress the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder to ensure full examination of and accountability for Human Rights Violations committed in the case. Khashoggi was a vocal critic of the saudi royal family. President trump is declining to blame the Saudi Crown Prince for the revenge killing. The saudis sent a 15 person hit team to assassinate him, says turkey. To operate detention Centers Across california. The agency secured the contracts for existing facilities near los angeles and san diego. It will also add another 2000 beds to three other facilities. The contracts come days before California Law takes effect that bans new contracts with private prisons. The roads are dry right now. We know that some rain is coming. But right now not too bad, right, allie . Not too bad. An earlier crash on the bay bridge, now being cleared. So we expect the one spot where it was heavy to start lightening up. You can see it from the map. There is still a crash in the clearing stages, actually its been cleared thats westbound 80 at san pablo road. Just south of there, this is the problem we were talking about on the bay bridge. Its been cleared as well. So this backup actually, if you look at the Traffic Cameras, isnt bad at all. But lets move on and show you some of the other bridges. This is the Richmond Bridge toll plaza. Traffic here also very light. Very light at the sunol grade, 680 north and southbound through fremont, no problems here. See a little bit of fog or haze in the area. 280 in san jose, sunny skies down here and traffic is light as well. Sometimes see caltrain going through this picture here but caltrain we should mention is on a normal schedule today. Tomorrow they are going to be on a sunday schedule. Same is the case for b. A. R. T. Tomorrow on Christmas Day, it will be on a sunday schedule and muni as well. So something to keep in mind. All your mass transit options will be altered a bit tomorrow for the Christmas Holiday. 7 38. Lets send it over to Rosemary Orozco. Going to need a thick jacket this morning. Cold one out there. Our inland cities below freezing. 31 degrees reported in santa rosa as well as napa, the inner east bay, mid to upper 30s, 35 in livermore right now, low 40s in concord. Around the bay, a lot of 40s. 42 in oakland, 46 downtown San Francisco. Half moon bay reporting 48. Santa rosa at 41. The winds are generally light. Notice all the 30s. Windsor at 31. Sebastopol 33. 33 American Canyon. 29 degrees in pope valley. We are dealing with fog this morning, not as widespread. San jose in better shape, the east bay has been doing well all morning long. I do see those darker shades of gray. Looks like over our hills, the higher elevations. But in the north bay, napa, santa rosa reporting quarter mile to half mile visibility. Novato even worse than that. So highway 101 could be a bit complicated this morning, be careful through there. Around American Canyon, i80 it looks like it moves from vallejo over towards fairfield, benicia, martinez, all of our small communities may be dealing with fog and patchy dense fog. Heres a look at the system that is going to bring us the cloud cover first and then tonight scattered showers. So for the afternoon, we will go mostly cloudy, mainly dry, cool. Low 50s to mid50s. 52 in San Francisco, 53 hayward as well as fremont. 55 in the south bay of san jose. Tonight the scattered showers move in and will continue into your holiday. Extended forecast coming up. Looks like the grinch didnt steal christmas for hundreds of families in oakland. Coming up, which star spent three hours getting in a costume to give back to his community. Youre never too young to learn key life lessons. Up next, we show you the Program Designed to enrich the lives of middle School Students here in the bay area. Bay area people, racial profiling, negative narratives and the history of African Americans are all on the table for students in an elective class being offered at Dallas Ranch Middle School in antioch. Its a program thats making a big impact on the lives of the students who take it. Ktvus Claudine Wong introduces us to the class known as the Manhood Development program. Reporter in here it is all about defining who you are and who you can be. This eighth grader created the handshake to start the class. We have respect for each other and we can do anything together. Reporter this is the Manhood Development program, an elective at Dallas Ranch Middle School in antioch. Primarily it is African American students because the cultural history of African American history is the focus and the catalyst for it. However, its open to anyone from any ethnicity. Reporter this class is about history and current events. You say wolf. Reporter it is about battling perceptions. People say that African Americans arent like good people, but while we are here we can show we are all good people. They think like because blacks like in African American people did something bad, that all of them are bad. It makes me feel like automaker downgraded or something because of my color. Reporter it is a reality that the principal says educators need to acknowledge. For our students, those are the realities that some of them see and it is a reality for our society as a whole and you do have to know how to respond and how to communicate with people. Reporter jason reeves teaches this class and science. The principal says hes very committed to getting this program off the ground and helping these young men focus on positive narratives. Of africanamerican people. That educate me. That educate me. And motivate me. To be my greatest self. Reporter strength in here is physical. 13, 14, 15. Reporter and mental. The lesson i have learned, that you dont got to be with a bad crowd. You always want to be with a good crowd that gets good grades because they are going to help you get better in life. Reporter the program is modeled after a similar one in oakland and has been here for five years. The first students to go through are now in high school where the program has continued. Teaches you things that you dont really get taught in like a regular english class. My grades have most definitely improved. Actually gave me responsibility to myself and to the group. Reporter parent volunteer velma wilson says she sees the impact the program makes. This Program Actually gives them an opportunity to now take a broken spirit and empower them to know that there is life beyond all your circumstances. Reporter and these young men know its not just about them. I knew i was trying to be like me. Reporter its about setting an example for others, whether you are tying a tie. I never know how to do it and then it looks nice. I like it. They are empowering. Reporter or putting your best foot forward. It would help you throughout life. Reporter its about setting your own narrative and telling your own story. In antioch, Claudine Wong, ktvu fox 2 news. Supporters of the program say funding is always an issue but hoping to get more support from the state to help get this program into more schools. Taking a peek here at todays opening bell. The start of the trading day. We have members of the cast and crew of the nutcracker playing here in the bay area. Number of cities in our hometown and across the country. Stocks gave up gains at the opening bell and was expected to be a quiet and shortened trading session on this Christmas Eve. Wall street is poised for an uninspiring session. Fifth position, arms lifted high. See what stocks are doing. Take a peek and tell you how it is fairing so far. Not a lot of excitement so far. We can see that the dow jones is down very slightly after having just a smallest of all bumps at the beginning. Nurses who work for Santa Clara County could be going on strike soon. The registered Nurses Professional Association represents 3000 nurses at county clinics, jails and three county medical centers. Over the weekend 94 of those who voted authorized their Union Leadership to call a future strike. The nurses want better pay and more flexibility in their schedules. The county ceo says hes optimistic about future negotiations because nurses began casting votes before the county presented its current offer. The union says it will give the county a 10 day notice before nurses go on strike. The board of directors at boeing says it hopes its change in leadership will restore confidence in the company. Boeing fired Dennis Muilenburg yesterday amid ongoing problems with the max jet. The board of directors says it hopes the change will help restore confidence as it works to repair relationships with regulators, customers and travelers. Lawmakers and victims families have been demanding muilenburgs resignation for months now. Some analysts are surprised he wasnt fired sooner. You have a Major Corporation that handled the crisis badly, didnt demonstrate how they were going to move past it and its logical that the board is going to want a clean slate because theres going to be a big mess they are going to have to deal with. Boeings current chairman David Calhoun will take over as president and ceo in january. See what the roads are up to. You have been busy because theres all sorts of traffic youre monitoring. There is some traffic out there. Still people who need to get to work or wherever they need to go, maybe visiting family, also folks heading to the airport this morning. We have seen a list of live shots with the very busy line at sfo. But we are going to start with this pretty sunrise picture here. There is a report, we have been circling around trying to find it with this Traffic Camera but eastbound 80 just west of the 580 macarthur maze connector a report of a minor crash, two cars off on the righthand shoulder. Not creating any backup really to speak of. So this drive has been pretty good all morning, a reflection of how light traffic has been. Overall same story for the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights never needed to be turned on. When these cars passed it looks like theres nobody at the bay bridge toll plaza. A rare sight indeed. Highway 24 through lafayette, traffic has been moving nicely throughout the morning, no problems all the way to the called cut called cut tunnel and beyond. Definitely want to bring that heavy winter jacket heading out today. A frosty start out there, even below freezing for some of our inland cities in the north bay. Temperatures will warm only into the low to mid50s and over the course of today, the changes will come in the way of increased cloud cover. And tonight scattered showers in the forecast. Santa rosa one of those spots that fell below freezing and still at 31 degrees. 46 San Francisco. 42 in oakland. Mid30s livermore and san jose at 41. The winds are generally light. We do have fog out there, although its not as widespread this morning. South bay, inner east bay in good shape. Its the north way along highway 101 from santa rosa to novato where we are cooler. We do have patchy, dense fog reported there as well as napa, around American Canyon you will find some this morning. Outside of that, fairly dry weather across the country. We have just a few scattered showers you can see over areas of arizona, some rain, and then as we head off toward the east it was the deep south that had the rain over the weekend. That has since shifted to the east and just right there on the edge of areas over florida. For us, we are going to be dry for today. By tonight that changes, though. You can see that cloud cover there right off the coastline. The clouds come first so wet weather will come after. Heres a look at what we can expect into the afternoon. Your lunch hour perhaps a few sprinkles along the coastline. Maybe a little bit of drizzle out there but for the most part a dry day. The afternoon and evening drive will be okay. Evening hour with the time stamp reading 10 00, notice that system there offshore bringing scattered showers. This is actually going to move south and as it does, it will continue to bring us the wraparound moisture. Its not going to be widespread rain. It wont be anything that we see over the course of the entire day of christmas, but we will wake up with wet weather tomorrow morning. Theres a look at 8 00 tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy skies. The light rain is falling and then as we get into the afternoon, it doesnt go away completely but you will still have a chance to get out in between just light showers on and off for most of wednesday. As far as rainfall amounts, anywhere from a 10th to an inch to 1 2 a possibility here. The core of the system is expected to move over Southern California. Here is a look at the afternoon highs for today, under mostly cloudy skies. Low 50s around the bay. 53 in oakland, 54 redwood city and 52 in San Francisco. Your extended forecast shows you we will be dry once we get past this system on Christmas Day, all the way into the final days of 2019. Back to you. Thanks, rosemary. The bay area is known for being one of the most diverse areas in the nation and now some businesses are being recognized for preserving a slice of San Francisco history for decades. Coming up in the next hour, we look at some of the minority owned businesses getting honored. But first a mother tries to give her daughter the worst Christmas Gift but it back fires and the little girl loves it. What it was and the toddlers reaction in the next hour. But first, drivers in Central California got Something Better than a ticket when they were pulled over. And one womans reaction was priceless. That story and more after the break. Kerrygold has a taste so rich it can take you to irelands lush, green pastures. Where grassfed cows produce rich, creamy milk for a truly delicious taste. Kerrygold. The taste that takes you there. The doves still own the worst record in the western conference. Steph curry surprised hundreds of oakland families over the weekend at a holiday event by making sure nobody steals christmas this year. They dressed up as the grinch and cindy loohoo. They spent three hours in prosthetics and makeup before finally revealing themselves in the costumes. They handed out food, games, books and more to over 2000 people who attended the event. Its still Christmas Eve here in california but its already Christmas Morning in the far east. A lot of people around the world want to know when santa claus is getting close to them. This is the 64th year norad, the u. S. Canadian air Defense Command is tracking santas global tour. You can also follow him on twitter, facebook, google, onstar and alexa. 15Million People are expected to check in on where santa is this year. Hes already delivered more than a billion gifts so far today. People who live in San Franciscos Western Addition neighborhood are spending christmas with new toys. Yesterday the San Francisco Police Department and the Mayors Office partnered up for a holiday giveaway. They also gave out Christmas Trees to families who might not be able to buy their own. People also had a chance to meet former Golden State Warriors baron davis, matt barnes and steven jackson. Some drivers in the Central Valley are getting a holiday surprise from Madera County sheriffs deputies and some of the reactions are amazing. Im not going to give you a ticket today. Thank you. But we are going to give you 100. He love this. She looks so happy. The deputies are pulling over drivers who have minor offenses like an expired registration or broken tail light. This is the fifth year its held its operation random acts of kindness. Cash for the program is donated by a Farm Management Company Based in Madera County. Notre dame cathedral is canceling Christmas Mass for the first time in 50 years. Crews are still working to restore the building after a massive fire in april that caused the spire and roof to collapse. Worshipers have celebrated mass at the cathedral since 1803. Services were even held during two world wars. The tradition going every year for christmas services, that is a break in tradition. The restoration of the cathedral is scheduled to be completed by 2024, just in time for the paris summer olympics. A south bay teenager has turned his love for legos into a way to help others. 17yearold andrew chang started the lego club at friends of children with special needs. Thats a south Bay Organization that serves both children and adults. For the past two years chang has been showing people how to make candy dispensers out of legos. The High School Junior says he creates the designs and then teaches people with special needs how to make them step by step. It is mind blowing. I didnt expect to find what i found. Chang says the goal is to help provide job training for adults with special needs. Hes currently teaching 13 adults every sunday. Over the past two years hes noticed the clients communication and socialization improve during their time together. One person is killed, four others displaced from their home after fire tears through an apartment building. What we are learning about the deadly incident and the neighbor who says he tried to help. Plus a dispute over a vacant home between a group of homeless mothers and a nonprofit. Details on the new tactic the landlord is using to get the group off the property. You may want to pack your patience. Heading out to travel for the holiday, because you are certainly not alone. We are live at sfo to show you what travelers should expect and how you can try to beat the holiday rush. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Im sara zendehnam. Mike mibach has the day off. Im gasia mikaelian. Good to have you up here and upstairs. The windows along the oakland estuary tell a dry story right now. Yeah, that is going to change getting into tonight. Between now and then, we will be partly cloudy, turning mostly cloudy. It is going to be a cool one out there this morning. We are starting out with patchy fog in our north bay valley locations, even a little bit cooler in some areas falling below freezing for some of the valley spots in the north bay. For your afternoon, we will go cloudy, cool, dry with showers arriving tonight. The showers expected to last into Christmas Day. Better details coming up in just a little bit. Lets check on the highways this morning with allie. Highways are good. Commute everywhere here in the bay area is rounding out to be a pretty nice morning here on this Christmas Eve. Start with the south bay. You can see a little bit of slowing in certain spots but no major issues to tell you about. There is a report of a crash north of there. This is southbound 880 just south of mary in fremont, theres a two vehicle collision but both vehicles are on the righthand shoulder. San mateo bridge traffic is light as well and 280 in san jose in both directions looks good past downtown. Sometimes you see caltrain moving through this picture. It is aye regular weekday schedule today and on that regular schedule on thursday but tomorrow on a sunday schedule. Same story for b. A. R. T. As well. Go back to the desk. Thank you. Today is one of the busiest travel days of the year. 10s of thousands of people across the bay area will be taking to the roads and the skies to visit their loved ones for christmas. Yeah. It was pretty crazy at sfo where ktvus Elissa Harrington has been all morning. How is it looking out there now . Reporter this is the line at the tsa checkpoint inside of terminal 2. Its extremely long. They have somebody out here directing foot traffic to go from one section of the line to the next. That is just how crazy things are out here. Theres a lot of security. We have seen dogs sniffing suitcases, we have seen a lot of different agents out here making sure that everybody is able to get through and still make their flights despite this long line. I did get a chance to speak with several people heading out of town for the holidays. We are so excited. We are going to disney world. Yeah. So and, you know, honestly, i have been like a little bit hesitant to book this trip. But we are going to do it and its going to be an adventure and we have friends there right now and they said it was raining and stormy. We had the ponchos, umbrellas. We are ready to take on disney. It is exciting. Part of the holiday cheer, i guess. I dont know. I dont mind it. I was surprised there were this many people here at 5 00 in the morning. Reporter she wasnt kidding, at 5 00 in the morning there were already very large crowds at sfo. The airport has been extremely busy throughout the morning. The longest lines certainly at the tsa checkpoint where we have seen lots of officers, dogs and security on segways. The lines are moving. So it seems like the airport is ready for these crowds. We have seen lots of employees walking around, directing people where they need to go. Fog did ground flights in chicago but im told that so far that has only impacted one flight that was supposed to head here. Other than the usual airport chaos around the holidays, people i talked to told me they are excited to get out of town. Its been okay. Yeah, everything has been going smoothly. Just tired. My plans are to go home to vancouver and spend time with my family. We usually travel through sfo and its pretty we have never had a problem. So hopefully d we have a 7 50 flight. Reporter a duty manager at sfo told me so far this morning they have had 14 delays and four cancellations. Things could certainly change throughout the rest of the day based on weather and other factors. We will be keeping an eye on it throughout the morning. Live at sfo, Elissa Harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. San jose police are investigating this morning after a crash involving six vehicles. The collision happened last night at cottle road and highway 85. The road was shut down but its open again this morning. One person was seriously hurt and two other people were hospitalized for minor injuries. Police arent releasing any information about the people involved in the crash or what may have caused it. Now to the north bay where Santa Rosa Police say that a Violent Crimes team is investigating a fight that ended with one man stabbed. Patrol officers were called to the Santa Rosa Plaza mall before 8 30 last night. The 29yearold man was outside the macys store at the south end of the mall. Officers were told the man was involved in a fight and that someone pulled out a knife. The victim was taken to the hospital but we are told his injuries are not life threatening. Santa rosa police have only a vague description of the man believed to be the attacker. They say he ran away before officers arrived. Police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. One man was killed and four others lost their home after an Apartment Fire in San Franciscos richmond district. The fire started in a four unit building on 16th avenue near cabrillo street yesterday afternoon. Roger says about 3 00 he heard the smoke alarm going off. He checked his apartment and didnt see anything until smoke came up from the heater vent. He said that made him realize there was probably a fire on the floor below his unit so he raced downstairs and started banging on the door of the man who lived down there. Making a lot of noise. Assumed after banging on the door for about a minute that he was definitely not there. He went outside to get the smoke out of his lungs and watched as fire crews managed to control the flames. They had to use a saw to get into the downstairs unit. Thats when they found his neighbor who had apparently been trapped inside his apartment. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators arent identifying the victim but people in the building say he was in his 50s and worked as a software engineer. Cause of the fire is under investigation. Happening today in oakland, a judge could decide whether a man accused in a deadly stabbing on a b. A. R. T. Platform is still competent to stand trial. Was found competent to stand trial in july but since then the judge says cowell has been uncooperative, refusing to speak with his attorney or doctors. The judge is expected to make a ruling today as to whether cowell will stand trial, be found incompetent or face at psychiatric exam. The family of a young man from oakland who disappeared in may is increasing a reward in hopes of finding what happened to him. The reward for information on 20yearold jonathan has been increased to 10,000. He left his home in oaklands fruitvale district may 3rd heading to a soccer tournament. His car was found on the san mateo bridge the next day. Investigators cant say if he is the one who drove it there. His family says he was not suicidal. Today some homeless mothers who are staying in a vacant house in west oakland will hold a Christmas Eve news conference. They will discuss their demands and response to the Real Estate Company that owns the house which told them to leave. The moms filed a claim of right to possession and a Court Hearing scheduled for next monday. Their Attorney Says the Oakland Community land trust offered to buy the home and rent it to these working moms. But a Real Estate Company which bought the property in july is working with a nonprofit to renovate the house. If you set a precedence of giving one person a home, do you know how many people will be squatting . We have the worst housing crisis that the United States has ever seen, worse than during the great depression. The nonprofit says once the renovations are made it will sell to a first time home buyer with the money split between the Real Estate Company and the nonprofit. We know its busy at sfo for people trying to fly out. Allie rasmus, the roads have been okay. Roads have been pretty good. Im just checking the maps and making sure im not missing anything but overall a pretty easy morning for drivers out there. Take a look at the dublin, pleasanton, livermore valley, the 580 interchange is good. And we never really saw much of a commute on westbound 280 to westbound 580. Heading over to the bay bridge, you can see things are cleared after an earlier crash that happened just past Treasure Island but now all the roadways are back open again. A little bit of slowing as you see on westbound 80 down through berkeley. Show you this part, the other bridges, san mateo and dunbarton bridge look good as well. 8 08. Send it over to Rosemary Orozco. It is a chilly start out there this morning. A little bit of patchy fog, partly cloudy, turning mostly cloudy for the afternoon. Rain for tonight. Take a look at whats going on outside our doors right now. You can see there as we look toward the west we have got a little bit of cloud cover. We are with that possibility of clouds and then rain lasting into Christmas Day. This morning the temperatures are really cold and that perhaps is the headline for you. The inner east bay, 35 degrees in livermore, a lot of 40s around the bay, 39 degrees redwood city so a chilly one to start. The peninsula off, 41 in sunnyvale. North bay, this is where we are seeing temperatures freezing and below freezing. Santa rosa and napa and as i look closer into our communities, we have got a lot of 30s. Sebastopol freezing. Bundle up and be prepared for a little bit of patchy fog. We have visibility issues along the valley floor. Santa rosa to novato, highway 101, over towards napa, an improvement there at the airport but that dark shade of gray telling us that we have got some fog and perhaps patchy, dense fog right along American Canyon, over towards vallejo, maybe into fairfield, i80, maybe along the east bayshore just a little bit as you approach richmond, you may find there, benicia, martinez may be included in this. Fog to start the day in areas of the north bay, parts of the east bay. Not as widespread as yesterday. San jose looking good. Concord, livermore looking good. Heres a view of the cloud cover moving in for the second part of the day, mostly cloudy skies, low to mid50s in the afternoon. Going to be a cool one. 51 in napa, 52 San Francisco, 53 in fremont. The rain starts tonight and will linger into Christmas Day. I have details coming up in just a little bit. Thank you so much, rosemary. As many people are doing their last minute shopping, police are telling us to be on high alert after a violent attack in a parking lot. Coming up, where it happened and what police are doing to make sure everyone is safe. Also the popular vitamin being blamed as a primary culprit for a wave of lung illnesses linked to vaping. Fremont Police Increasing Patrols across the Shopping Centers following a violent attack this past weekend. Two men shoved a woman to the ground outside the walmart, dragged her across the parking before lot before stealing her purse. Fran police are warning people to keep a close eye on their valuables when out in public. Authorities received about 20 reports of someone approaching the victims in the richmond and taraval districts. The suspect starts out with small talk, brushes against the victim and then gets their jewelry. Involves a sleight of hand where the suspect will come up with a friendly encounter, a close encounter. Investigators released a picture of one of the suspects, 44yearold manfred olenscu. The thieves sometimes swap fake jewelry for the victims real golden. Governor gavin newsom is extending further support to victims of devastating wildfires. Yesterday he signed an executive order extends protections against price gouging to communities ravaged by wildfires dating back to 2017. Areas include sonoma, napa and butte county. Jerry brown signed the order in 2017. Governor newsom issued an extension a year later to include the 2018 wildfire and Governor Newsom signing another extension because many Building Permits have not been submitted or approved and Law Enforcement is still revolving criminal liability related to price gouging. Dozens of new laws in california in 2020. Here are a few. Ride share drivers reclassified from independent contractors to employees. They will receive protections like minimum wage, paid sick days and health insurance. The state minimum wage goes up to 13 an hour for workplaces with at least 26 employees and 12 an hour for places with fewer than 26. Bay area minimum wages are higher than the state. California is capping rent increases at 5 annually plus inflation. Paid leave goes from six to eight weeks for people taking care of a seriously ill relative or who have had a new child. This law begins in july. 8 15. Seismologists say they have new evidence that a strong earthquake on an old Southern California fault could cause serious damage in the bay area. The gahr lock fault inactive for almost 500 years. Now linking it to two strong earthquakes in the Mojave Desert last july. The series of earthquakes included a 6. 2 magnitude foreshock followed by an earthquake the next day. All the activity showed ruptures along the web of two dozen faults inner connected. Some of the faults werent even known about before now. 200 miles long. If this whole fault was to go, it could produce a magnitude eight earthquake. Scientists say the new information shows the process of an earthquake rupturing other faults is more common than they previously thought. And with that much interconnection, there could be longer and more intense shaking than they previously thought, which means another big earthquake on the gahr locke fault could cause serious damage in the bay area. I was talking to one of my friends who said that b. A. R. T. Is not crowded at all and it doesnt seem like the roads are crowded either, allie. No. Im sure b. A. R. T. Is not crowded. Tomorrow they are going to be on a sunday schedule because of the Christmas Holiday. Same story for caltrain and muni as well. If youre driving, though, say you were going to sfo from the east bay, this is your drive across the bay bridge and the bay bridge toll plaza looks pretty nice this morning. No major traffic issues to tell you about. Pretty much bay area wide. Heres highway 24 in lafayette, seeing the fog in the valley there. Drive is going to be pretty easy all the way to the caldecott and beyond. Golden gate bridge, one car, okay, maybe a handful of cars heading into San Francisco. We do want to remind people that golden gate ferry is going to have limited service today, also limited service thursday, friday for this holiday week. Tomorrow golden gate ferry closed. But if you are heading out on one of those ferries today it will be chilly but pretty nice. Nice view out there pretty much in all of our Traffic Cameras, right, rosemary . Yes. Partly cloudy, a chilly start to the day. Little bit of patchy fog over our north bay valley locations. For the most part if you are flying out, great. Major airports, as we heard earlier, chicago had some delays early on but now it looks okay. And the weather has cooperated, not only this past weekend but still this morning and through the afternoon only a couple of areas with rain. And we are talking about areas over arizona and then if you take a look far east off the coastline of florida we have got some there. And thats really about it. So thats helping out. We are going to get some rain. It wont come until tonight. We are going to be mainly dry but we will turn mostly cloudy getting to the second part of the afternoon and into the evening hours. Heres a look at 1 00, perhaps a few sprinkles out there. Shouldnt be a big deal and it shouldnt really impact the evening drive. We have mostly cloudy skies, maybe a little bit of drizzle but the system still way back in here. The scattered showers will arrive, the core of this storm expected to actually shift south before it moves over california. So we are likely to get just the wraparound activity going on. Heres tomorrow morning, we are going to have scattered showers in the forecast, cloudy skies, but then by the second part of the afternoon, although the wraparound scattered showers continue to come, notice it doesnt seem like a whole lot because its going to continue to push south and then push east. So that is what is in the forecast. No advisories for the sierra today. That may change tomorrow. But if youre going up today, you are in good shape. As far as rainfall amounts, 10th of an inch to 1 2, we will have to see how that shakes out. Outside our doors this morning, as we are talking about, temperatures are freezing in our north bay valley locations and thats where we are dealing with the patchy, dense fog, visibility in santa rosa down to about quarter mile. And that dark shade of gray tells us we have got it fairly widespread along highway 101 between santa rosa to novato and around American Canyon. Temperatures this morning, 31 in napa, 31 santa rosa, inner east bay also cold. 35 in livermore. A lot of 40s around the bay. Afternoon highs for today under mostly cloudy skies, low to mid 50s. Going to be a cool one. And the extended forecast we will show you that once we get past this wet weather on Christmas Day, we are going to be dry thursday, friday and into your weekend. Back to you. Thanks, rosemary. Heres a reminder to download our new ktvu weather app for your smartphone or tablet. It has an interactive radar, hourly updates and the seven day forecast. And theres an easy feature to upload your weather photos and video. The all new ktvu weather app is free to download from the apple and google play stores. 8 20 now. Beast mode returns and heading back to the field. Coming up, why the Seattle Seahawks are looking to their past for running back Marshawn Lynch ahead of a big weekend game against the niners. Plus why they are recalling 200,000 pounds of hard boiled eggs. 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When the and interfere with the lungs ability to expand. Hallmark foods is expanding a recall to include its hard boiled eggs due to a deadly listeria outbreak. The affected eggs were manufactured at the hallmark foods facility in gainesville, georgia. Sold under several brand names across the country. All mark foods is urging customers to throw the eggs away. At least seven people in five states have fallen ill from listeria. At least one person was died from complications related to the bacteria. The oakland as on their way to owning the Oakland Coliseum complex, a significant step to keeping the Baseball Team in the east bay. The Alameda County board of supervisor unanimously approved selling its half of the coliseum property for 85 million yesterday. The money will go to housing, healthcare and other Core Services for the county. The as have 190 days to review the stadium arena and nearby properties before the deal is finalized. We are investing in oakland. We have been here 52 years, we want to be here 100 more years if not forever. We need to be concerned about those individuals that will currently in this city and how it will affect whether they are able to remain in this city. This is an opportunity for us to perhaps, perhaps develop something that may be good for the black communities. The as are looking to strike a deal with the city of oakland which owns the other half of the coliseum. The team wants to redevelop the coliseum land and use some of the revenues to build a ballpark at the port of oakland. One of the best running backs to come out of the east bay is returning to the nfl. Marshawn lynch resigned with the Seattle Seahawks. Lynch went to cal as a five time pro bowler. Played with the bills, seahawks and raiders. So he never submitted his retirement papers. Lynch last played in the league in 2018. Lynch says that he has been considering returning to seattle because of, quote, unfinished business. Seahawks lost their top three running backs due to injuries. You know the San Jose Sharks are running on the cold side this season. But the junior Sharks Program for girls is heating up. There are 10 teams for girls at the san jose rink where the girls practice and play. San jose has one of the oldest girls hockey programs in nhl cities. Last year there were only six franchises that had girls programs. This year they are at 24. President trump could face additional charges of impeachment. Coming up we explain why that is looking like a possibility. Plus a thief caught in the act with more than 100 stolen packages. Find out how police managed to track him down. Today is a big travel day as we are less than 24 hours away from christmas and the chp wants to make sure everyone is safe on the roads. Details on when the maximum Enforcement Efforts will start. Also another door Dash Delivery driver is caught on camera stealing packages. The new plan being considered to make sure more people dont fall victim to thieves. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Welcome back on this chilly morning. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning. Im sara zendehnam. And Rosemary Orozco is standing by in the weather center. Its looking nice out here just behind us, rosemary. It looks nice, but once you step outside, it may be a different story. We have got partly cloudy skies, a lot of blue sky out there this morning. But temperatures are freezing and below freezing in our north bay. Santa rosa still at 31 degrees. San francisco, 46 for you there. Oakland at 44. We have livermore checking in in the mid30s, been in the mid 30s the entire morning so far. 43 over san jose. In addition to that we are dealing with some patchy fog, not as widespread as yesterday, but in our north bay valleys we have got thick fog and it could be a little bit tough getting through that this morning. Cloudy and cool for your afternoon and scattered showers expected by tonight. Better details on this next system that will bring us the wet weather and we will check in on your fog coming up in just a little bit. It is 8 31. Good morning, allie. Good morning. Traffic overall has been fairly light but we have had some crashes and some issues to deal with this morning. But because of the overall Traffic Volume is light we havent seen major backups because of the crashes. The newest one northbound 880 south of dakota road, two vehicle crash. One car facing the wrong way and partially blocking one of the lanes. Traffic moving smoothly. Barely any brake lights as people head to the peninsula and the Richmond Bridge toll plaza very light this morning. 8 30. Go back to the desk. Extra chp officers republican out on the roads looking for impaired and distracted drivers. Leigh martinez reports on the chps maximum enforcement period. Reporter californias maximum enforcement [ no audio ] reporter goes through the Christmas Holiday. The agency is stressing the importance of these maximum Enforcement Efforts but its also a plea to drivers to be more responsible while out celebrating. Now, according to chps data, at least 16 people were killed and nearly 350 others injured in collisions involving impaired drivers in california throughout the 10 twohour holiday enforcement period this time last year. Additionally chp is reminding drivers that its supposed to rain through christmas, so be extra cautious while behind the wheel. One focus for officers is going to be highway 17, a major thoroughfare that connects Santa Clara County to the santa cruz coast. The narrow winding highway is hard to drive on a sunny day, worse in the rain. Earlier this month, they handled 40 accidents on one rainy day alone. Paying attention to speed limit, paying attention to the other vehicles. Obviously its a two lane highway, mountainous road so it winds back and forth. Reporter during the last maximum Enforcement Effort after thanksgiving, a mother and son were killed on highway 101 north connector ramp to interstate 280 in san jose by a suspected drunk driver. Now, chp wants to avoid another tragedy. More than 1000 drivers were arrested during this period last year. For impaired driving. The chp out in force again starting at 6 00 tonight to the Christmas Holiday. Door dash Food Delivery Company says its looking into another incident in which one of its workers is seen on video stealing packages from porches. The latest incident happened at a condo on lafayette street in santa clara on december 7th. Security video shows a door Dash Delivery person bringing a meal to a tenant. The courier then walks down the hallway and moves out of cameras sight into a doorway where the tenant says she grabbed a package and then walked off with it. It had a calendar, laundry dedetergent and razor blades. That was cheesy. If the California Law of the penal code changed and made it a felony to steal packages like mail, then that probably would stop some of the thievery. Reporter the Homeowners Association says in a separate incident surveillance cameras recorded a young man hitting the same condo twice last april. The association is considering a lockbox to protect tenants packages. In a separate incident, door dash says it band a delivery person who is seen on camera stealing items from a berkeley apartment complex. Now to roseville where two men jailed on suspicion of posing as delivery persons and stealing package. Police stopped their van connected to an auto burglary. Officers said they then found about 100 packages inside the vehicle. They were addressed to people in sacramento and placer counties. Roseville police say the suspect went into neighborhoods and took packages without drawing attention to themselves. If you look at the vehicle they were driving, it almost appears as if they are trying to pose as a delivery company. And the thing that happens is they show up, they can canvas a neighborhood, driving around, appearing like they are delivery drivers but instead of dropping packages, obviously they are going to front porches and they are stealing packages. The men face charges including grand theft and drug possession. In a separate case authorities in suisun city announced they have arrested a person and confiscated his truck and they say stolen packages were inside as well. A san jose family that escaped its burning home last week has had another turn of bad luck. The red cross arranged for daniel muniz and his family to stay at the san Jose Marriott saturday night. When they were inside the hotel, someone broke into their car they stole money, gift cards and clothes donated to them after they lost their home. Two days after a woman woke up, smelled the smoke from the fire and got everyone out of the home safely. Police are asking who knows anyone about the car breakin to contact them. Allie rasmus has been doing great keeping an eye on regular traffic, holiday getaway, all of the above. Thanks. Now traffic is pretty light and so that makes things a little bit more slow here at the traffic center. But we can show you some of the maps and you can see south bay things look good. The only issue you will encounter is southbound 85 at winchester boulevard, theres a couple of cars over on the side of the road, one car, one driver is giving the other a jump so a little bit of holiday good samaritannism there. Southbound 880 at stevenson a minor crash along with northbound 880 just south of dakota but clearing stages quickly. 280 in san jose, traffic is very light here, no problems to tell you about. Caltrain which we sometimes see come through this picture is on a regular weekday schedule today. Tomorrow they will be on a sunday schedule. B. A. R. T. Will also be on a sunday schedule tomorrow along with muni, so something to keep in mind for all the Public Transit riders out there. Carquinez bridge to macarthur maze will take just 17 minutes and once you get to the bay bridge toll plaza its kind of like we see it at 6 00 a. M. On a sunday morning, barely any cars there on the road. 8 36. Send it over to Rosemary Orozco. Thank you, allie. Good morning to you. The headlines this morning probably just how cold it is out there especially for our north bay locations, freezing. And below freezing. Also dealing with patchy, dense fog. As we get into the evening hours, the cloud cover will eventually lead to some rain. But lets talk about whats happening right now. 31 degrees in santa rosa as well as napa. Inner east bay, 35 in livermore. Around the bay, a lot of 40s. 44 in oakland. 43 reported in san jose. Keep going to the north bay because this is where temperatures are definitely coolest. 32 windsor, 35 petaluma, novato. 31 pope valley, 35 in napa so temperatures are beginning to inch up but still freezing and near freezing. Visibility out there is a tough one over novato, santa rosa, that stretch along highway 101 around American Canyon, i80 perhaps, richmond going towards vallejo maybe into fairfield. Although fairfield is reporting good visibility at this point, a little bit of patchy fog out there. Going to remain thick at least for the next hour and then clear out. We will turn partly cloudy to mostly cloudy by tonight. And the scattered showers looking to hold off pretty much the entire day. Shouldnt impact the evening drive. We may have just a few sprinkles. Afternoon highs for today under the cloud cover 52 San Francisco, 53 in santa rosa, 52 in concord. So going to be a cool day. Going to be a dry day. The showers move in tonight and linger into Christmas Day. Details coming in the extended forecast. Back to you. Thanks, rosemary. Looks like the grinch didnt steal christmas for hundreds of families in oakland. Coming up, find out which Golden State Warrior star spent three hours getting into costume to give back to the community. The bay area known for being one of the most diverse areas in the country. Now some businesses are being recognized for preserving a part of San Francisco history. We will show you some of the minority owned businesses getting honored. Getting honored. Do you recall, not long ago we would walk on the sidewalk all around the wind blows we would only hold on to let go blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun we needed somebody to lean on all we need is someone to lean on peek back at the opening bell that started the trading day on wall street. Stocks gave up early gains at the opening bell today. Its expected to be a subdued trading session because its Christmas Eve. Markets are closing early. Wall street poised for an the global economy. We see the dow jones is down by a little bit but still losing 27 points. The s p is also showing just the slightest of all downturns and the nasdaq is barely on the plus side of things. The Trump Administration is supporting the monsanto companys challenge to a 25 million award to a santa rosa man. Edwin hardiman diagnosed with cancer after regularly spraying monsantos weed killer on its crops. In july a jury ruled little concern for the publics health. The u. S. Justice Department Lawyers say federal courts are bound by the conclusions of federal regulators. In 1991 the Environmental Protection agency found roundup was basically safe to use. Nurses who work for Santa Clara County could be going on strike soon. The registered Nurses Professional Association represents 3000 nurses at county clinics, jails andfree county medical centers. Over the weekend 94 of those who voted authorized their Union Leadership to call a future strike. The nurses say they want better pay and more flexibility in their schedule. The county ceo says hes optimistic about future negotiations because nurses began casting their votes before the county presented its current notice. To long time bakeries in San Franciscos japantown recognized for Cultural Impact to the city. The two were added to San Franciscos legacy business registry this year. San franciscos office of Small Business chose these two establishments for their, quote, valuable culture assets to San Francisco. The two shops have combined to be in business for nearly 160 years. Both are now run by grandchildren of the original owners. Respect our parents and our grandparents, the work being put in to kind of continue the legacy of the business. I accomplished something and happy with instrumental in building the business. I love meeting people. These bakeries are just a few doors down from each other, located in the area of sutter and buchanan streets. The city says the shops have contributed to the history and identity of japantown. I bet they have very good treats there. I sure. And it only contributes to the richness, of not just San Francisco, the entire bay area. All three of us grew up in the east bay, watching ktvu and here we are today. Yes. It is awesome. A christmas treat to be working with you guys this morning. Yeah. For drivers you will have a christmas treat in the fact that there is no traffic out there. Im happy to show you this picture of the bay bridge toll plaza. Its nice and empty if that is your drive into sfo or heading into the city. Highway 24 on lafayette in this part of the east bay, things look good here as well and leading to this point, 680 southbound no problems through walnut creek. Heres 880 in oakland, north and southbound looks good headed towards downtown oakland. Macarthur maze also pretty clear and the golden gate nice and easy as usual. It is 8 44. Lets check in with Rosemary Orozco. Thank you very much. It is dry over the bay area, at least for now. Sfo reporting aokay conditions and if we take a quick peek across the country, you can see miami one of the only spots at the moment reporting delays. The weather has cooperated. Through the weekend we had rain over the deep south and the Pacific Northwest. Outside of that, the central part of the state or country as well as the east and northeast fairly dry for the last several days. We are going to be dry for today. Tonight that starts to change. We have cloudy skies by the second part of the afternoon and then as we get into the evening hours, scattered showers will arrive. This system, the core of it is going to move south before it crosses over california. We are likely to get just the wraparound scattered showers. Heres a look at the futurecast. Lunch time, mostly cloudy, a few sprinkles, maybe a little bit of drizzle on the coastline. Evening commute doesnt look too bad. We may have mostly cloudy skies, cool conditions, little breezy but for the most part we are dry. Takes until the evening hours before widespread scattered showers begin to move in. Theres Christmas Morning. Mostly cloudy, soggy start. And then into the afternoon it doesnt go away completely but you can see we do get dry breaks, maybe sunshine before the next round of scattered showers moves through. As far as rainfall amounts, anywhere from a 10th of an inch, maybe quarter, maybe 1 2, really will depend on how close it comes to the coastline before it begins to shift south. Heres a look at the visibility outside right now. In addition to very cold temps, we have got fog out there. The dark shade agray along highway 101 right side stretches or 101, highway 1 and over toward areas of the napa valley, vallejo, fairfield area, American Canyon, you may have some. 31 degrees right now in napa, 31 santa rosa. Definitely some of the colder spots this morning. Upper 30s in castro valley. A lot of 40s around the bay. Chilly start. For some even cooler than yesterday morning. Afternoon highs, low to mid 50s. Mostly cloudy skies, mainly dry conditions. Into the extended forecast, scattered showers arrive tonight, at least for the first part of wednesday, we will call for the scattered showers, be winding down by wednesday night. And then we are dry thursday, friday and into the final weekend of 2019. Back to you. Thank you. Some Young Students in the east bay are getting an education of what they are and who they can be. Coming up on the 9 00 we will take you to antioch and show you how a special class is making an impact on kids and their peers. Dennis muilenburg is stepping down after a rough year for the 737 max jet. Up next why many analysts question why he wasnt fired sooner. This morning there are indications house lawmakers could consider adding another impeachment charge to their case against trump. Judiciary Committee Lawyers filed Court Documents saying they want to hear from don mcgahn. They say depending on what he says, additional impeachment charges could be filed against the president. Meantime republicans and democrats remain at odds over how to proceed in the senate over impeachment articles passed in the house. Its called speedy and fair trial. Thats what we want. Absurd position to say after you impeach the president you wont send the papers over to the senate for the impeachment trial mandated by the constitution. Democrats are pressuring Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to allow witnesses and documents to be introduced in a senate trial. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has signed contracts with private prisons to operate detention Centers Across california. The agency secured the contracts for existing facilities near los angeles and san diego. It will also add another 2000 beds to three other facilities. The contracts come days before a California Law will take effect that bans new contracts with private prisons. The board of directors at boeing says it hopes a change in its leadership will restore confidence in the company. Boeing fired its ceo Dennis Muilenburg yesterday amid ongoing problems with the companys troubled 737 max jets which have been involved in two deadly crashes. The board of directors says it hopes the change will help restore confidence as it works to repair relationships with regulators, customers and travelers. Lawmakers and victims families have been demanding muilenburgs resignation for months now. Some analysts say they are surprised he wasnt fired sooner. You have a Major Corporation that handled the crisis badly, didnt demonstrate how they were going to move past it and its logical that the board is going to want a clean slate because theres going to be a big mess that they are going to have to deal with. Boeings current chairman David Calhoun will take over as president and ceo in january. Help on the way for people who live in a large homeless camp along highway 12 in santa rosa. The Sonoma County board of supervisor approved an 11 million spending plan to people along the joe rodota trail. More than 200 people live there. The plan includes setting up two sanctioned encampments and purchasing homes to house groups of people. It will also offer access to social and medical services. Could begin the healing process from the ground up in their community that they help to create and to know that their voices are heard and respected. We do not want to scream at you to please do something. We want to be a part of that something. The sites for sanctioned encampments havent been picked yet. Some have suggested the Sonoma County fairgrounds, others oppose the idea. 8 52. Waiting until the very last minute, we are live at sfo to bring you a look at the crowds there as people try to reach their destination on this Christmas Eve. But first a mother tries to give her daughter the worst Christmas Gift but it back fires and the little girl loves it. What it was and the toddlers reaction coming up. Coming up. A father in Southern California wanted to see what would happen if he gave his daughter what he thought would be a bad Christmas Gift. His plan back fired and now the reaction is going viral. Mama. You got a banana. Yes. Oh, my gosh. So happy. Apparently 2yearold aria thinks that a banana is the best Christmas Present ever. One person on twitter had this to say. Food is love, food is a gift, but that kids gratitude and excitement is the greatest gift we can ask for. So incredible. And she eats it right then and there. Of course she does. Take a look at these very special Stocking Stuffers. Nurses at a hospital in long beach posed with these early Christmas Gifts. They helped deliver each one placed into a giant stocking. The hospital has been sending families home with their Stocking Stuffer babies between december 12th and 25th every year for more than 50 years. Stephen curry surprised hundreds of oakland families at a holiday event by making sure no one stole their christmas this year. They dressed up as the grinch and cindy lou who. To get into character here, the currys had to spend three hours in the makeup chair and added prosthetics and then finally revealed they were the ones in the costumes. They handed out food, games, books and all to more than 200 people who attended this event. Still Christmas Eve in california but already Christmas Morning in the far east. A lot of people want to know when santa claus is coming to their neighborhood. This is the 64th year that norad, the u. S. Canadian air Defense Command is tracking santas global tour. This day in 2019, you can follow him on twitter, facebook, alexa, google and or star. Some 15 Million People have already done that and they are checking as to where santa is this year. People who live in San Franciscos western edition neighborhood are spending christmas with new toys. Yesterday the San Francisco Police Department and the Mayors Office partnered up for a holiday givea way. They gave out Christmas Trees to family who might not be able to buy their own. People also had a chance to meet former Golden State Warrior stars baron davis, matt barnes and steven jackson. Some drivers in the Central Valley are getting a holiday surprise from Madera County sheriffs deputies and some of the reactions are amazing. Not going to give you a ticket today. Thank you. We are going to give you 100. The deputies are pulling over drivers who have minor offenses like an expired registration or a broken tail light. This is the fifth year the madera Sheriffs Office has held its operation random acts of kindness. South bay teenager turned his love for legos into a way to help others. 17yearold andrew chang started the lego club at friends of children with special needs. Its a south Bay Organization that serves both children and adults. For the past two years chang has been showing people how to make candy dispensers out of legos. The High School Junior says he creates the designs and then teaches people with special needs how to make them step by step. Mind blowing. I didnt expect to find what i found. Chang says the goal here is to help provide job training for adults with special needs. Hes currently teaching 13 adults every sunday. For the past two years he says hes noticed a clients communication and socialization improves during their time together. The teenager who put on a punk rock show at a Southern California dennys is getting some help from bay area legends green bay. The east bay group pitched in 2000 to a fund to help a 17 yearold pay for the damage done in santa ana. The teen rented out a room for the punk rock band waco. During the show fans broke some furniture and some light fixtures. I was surprised there were this many people here at 5 00 in the morning. A race against time and the weather as thousands of people try to catch a flight before christmas. We are live at a packed sfo on this Christmas Eve. Dna testing kits are popular gifts for the holidays but the pentagon has a warning for Service Members and their families. We say wolf. Youre never too young to learn important life lessons. We will show you the Program Designed to enrich the lives of Young Students here in the bay area. Welcome to you. Gorgeous lake tahoe, so many people making that nine hour trip up to the mountains and back to get skiing and snowboarding in. The lucky three of us are here to hold down the fort on this christmas