A sad story and you can see the road remains closed. What we do know is pg e plans to have this road closed until about 4 pm to make repairs. Investigators still dont know what caused this crash but even they say responding to the scene, especially on christmas, was extremely difficult. Its terrible. This is pretty much your worst nightmare, something you never want to see on the job. Reporter restless night and just before 10 pm the chp was called to a deadly crash near pleasanton. The victims all teenagers around the age of 16. Five teenagers were traveling in a sedan heading south on fifth foothill road when for unknown reasons the driver lost control. There was a vehicle, a hyundai sedan, the vehicle crossed over from the southbound lane across the northbound lane and struck a ve occupants in ollided with a the vehicle all teenagers and unfortunately three of the occupants were trapped in the vehicle. Reporter three males trapped inside were killed, a male and female ejected from the car were hospitalized with serious injuries, broken glass and parts of the car was scattered on the adjacent golf course. This particular roadway is a two lane country roadway is divided by double yellow lane striping, this particular potion of road there is a slight curve prior to the collision scene, whether or not that played a part in the collision is still under investigation at this time. Reporter the chp says two of the victims who died were brothers, another passenger was a cousin and the others friends. The names of those victims have not been released, some people on social media saying they were High Schoolers in the area and in fact we just saw two people walk down the road with flowers to leave at the site so certainly going to impact this community. A devastating story, thank you alyssa. A sixyearold boy spent christmas in the hospital after he was hit by a stray bullet. The gun fire started about 6 30 tuesday night. Neighbors say they heard more than a dozen gunshots, some of the bullets hit home. The boy was with his family when a bullet hits his offer upper body. He was driven to a hospital and is said to be in critical condition. He was supposed to be waking up on Christmas Morning to open presents and eat food and being around people who love him but hes in the hospital. I really pray and hope his family can recover from this because this is unacceptable. Vallejo police say have not said if there was one or multiple shooters. The mayor says he talked to the police chief about the shooting and they are working on a Violence Reduction program for the neighborhood. New information on a shooting that injured four people at a Holiday Party in oakland. Police were called to 34th avenue near foothill boulevard just after 6 oclock last night. Police got there and found the shooting victims, three young men ages 15 to 28 and a 29year old woman. All four victims were hospitalized but police say they are all in stable condition. Investigators are not commenting on a motive and have not said if they have a description of any of the suspects. San jose police are looking into an unconscious man found on Christmas Day. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police were checking whether he was hit by a car but investigators have rolled out a Traffic Accident as the cause of death. This was san joses 33rd homicide of 2019. There were 27 last year and 34 the year before. Won the four mothers who took over a vacant house in oakland appeared in court this morning for an eviction hearing. A spokesperson for the company that owns the property says the womens attorney asked the judge for more time to prepare for their case. The judge rescheduled the hearing for monday morning. The moms and their kids moved into the house last month. They say it was vacant for years and they needed a safe place to stay, but wedgwood, the Real Estate Investment company that bought the house in july evicted the families earlier this month. We spoke to the women this morning after the court hearing. We will be back on monday still fighting, we are not going anywhere. A spokesperson with wedgwood says this is a case of illegal injury and illegal occupation. He says the mothers will lose the case because they cant, quote, steal someones property and expect to keep it. The women and Company Representatives are expected to be back in court monday morning. We now know the identity of a man killed by falling debris this week. 28yearold was killed on the hillside trail around 4 30 tuesday afternoon. A tree fell and hit other trees causing large debris to land on the man who was from minnesota. Another person was taken to Marin General Hospital with non lifethreatening injuries. The trail has been closed to the public since the incident but the park remains open. The death is being called a an isolated event that may have occurred due to wet ground along the roots of the trees. We are learning more about the deadly crash that tied up traffic in berkeley wednesday morning. The chp says a woman was killed in a four car crash on west on interstate 80. A honda civic first spun out and stalled near the gilman street exit. Three other cars came and ended ups hitting the civic. The woman was driving one of these cars. One of the vehicles in the crash burst into flames for happening today, the community of newman is remembering an officer who was shot and killed one year ago today after he pulled over a report a drunk driver. There will be a Memorial Ceremony for him in the newman downtown plaza starting at 6 pm tonight and then there will be a candlelight walk in his memory. He is survived by his wife and son who was just five months old when his father died. For christmas, the Newman PoliceOfficers Association gave his now 17monthold son a very thoughtful gift. The boy now has his very own patrol car, complete with siren. A person who lives in newman and wants to stay anonymous personalize the toddlers car by changing the stickers to make it look like the car that his dad drove. Today President Trump continues to rail against democrats over the impeachment process, but at least one republican senator is expressing concern over the handling of the upcoming impeachment trial in the republicancontrolled senate. Reporter one day after christmas, President Trump is blasting congressional democrats. The president tweeting, democrats said they wanted to rush everything through to the senate because President Trump is a threat to national security. Now he says, they dont want to go fast anymore, they want to go very slowly. Liars. The president s remarks, as has become nancy pelosi has yet to send articles of impeachment to the senate, as Party Leaders negotiate the terms of a trial. This could backfire. Reporter the president says the Republican Party is totally unified but one gop senator does not want to be in lockstep with the administration. This is something Mitch Mcconnell will have to listen to. She could bring other moderate senators on board with her. Reporter however she also criticized democrats for not going to the courts to compel testimony from Top White House officials including acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. He was present for a lot if not all of these conversations. He still has one foot in the door, he has a lot of visibility into this issue so he is a very important witness here. Reporter republicans control the majority in the senate but john roberts will preside over the senate trial and he will need to sign off on any subpoenas. The organizers of the burning man festival are suing the federal government. Flat rock city is the Nonprofit Group that organizes the annual counterculture. Festival for the group is suing to recover millions of dollars they say the bureau of Land Management overcharged for permits. Organizers say they have been paying nearly 3 million a year for the past seven years. They say they have asked the bureau to justify the cost for years with no response. They say they filed a lawsuit to get that information. Oakland raiders running back josh jacobs status is unknown for sunday after he underwent surgery this week. He revealed he had surgery over the christmas break. The surgery appears unrelated to the shoulder injury that made him miss two of the last three games. The raiders face the broncos for their final game of the season and at 7say they still have a slim chance to make the playoffs. A winter storm has shut down a part of interstate 5 in Southern California. Heavy snow and rain from this morning forced chp to close down the grapevine. Caltrans tweeted that crews are plowing snow on interstate 15. Transportation officials are urging drivers to avoid traveling during the storm and say that driver should have a full tank of gas in case they become stranded. Coming up, a lot of new laws going on the books in 2020, we will give you a rundown on a few of them including where in the bay area minimum wage will jump up in january, and a new law could change the way americans repay their student loans. Why Financial Experts say the proposal could come with long term costs. The storm clouds moving out of town, lots of sunshine this afternoon, coming up will let you know how long this dry weather pattern remains in the forecast. 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. Taking money out of your retirement account to pay down college debt. That is an idea one republican senator says could help millions of americans struggling with student loans. This is a big burden. Reporter rand paul says too Many Americans are struggling to pay down college debt, which is why he has introduced the helper act. A bill to let people withdraw up to 5250 annually from their retirement accounts, tax and penalty fee free to reduce college loans. We think it would dramatically transform the way colleges paid for in our country. Reporter with more cant committees matching 401 k contributions, may even americans on smaller incomes or saving money. He says letting people reduce debt now creates opportunities to save more in the future. The still encourages savings. Reporter critics say the idea only helps a certain class. It would be a victory for a lot of people who have extra money but those of the people who dont actually struggle with student debt. Reporter Financial Experts warn retirement account withdrawals do come with long term cost. We send the message that its best you can leave the money untapped and invest it and let it hopefully benefit from growth. Reporter the senator is also proposing to let parents withdraw retirement money tax free meaning a student with two parents of support could pay off a lot of student debt a year. There is a big audience for this. Reporter he hopes more students will speak up to pressure lawmakers to create more ways to reduce the burden of college debt. Reporter senator paul says hes considering expanding his proposal to offer tax benefits to grandparents of borrowers as well. New york city is considering appealing a decision with a dramatic affect on rideshare is nationwide. A manhattan judge ruled new city regulations cracking down on right shares are illegal. He called them arbitrary and without sound basis in reason. The rule would limit the amount of time oubre and lyft cars could operate in manhattan without a passenger to 36 percent. The percentage would then fall to 31 percent next august. Do you think all of these car services, do you think they create congestion . Absolutely. I use oubre and left all the time, i am happy with it. Reporter new york city estimates there are 85,000 rideshare cars. City leaders say these cars that dont have any passengers are using up gas and creating significant environmental problems. Lyft called the proposal bad Public Policy and oubre says it remains committed to fighting for driver flexibility. More than 20 new state laws go into effect on the first day of the new year. One is the give worker law that reclassify some independent contractors including rideshare drivers as employees. The law was approved to make sure those workers earned minimum wage and gave them paid sick days and Health Insurance but not all contractors like the law including many freelance musicians and journalist. Recently independent truckers and freelance journalists filed separate lawsuits to help the law overturned. Under the new law will bump the minimum wage up to 13 an hour for companies that have at least 26 employees and workers in Smaller Companies will have their minimum wage increase to 12 an hour. By 2023, all california workplaces regardless of the number of employees will have to pay at least 15 an hour. Several bay area cities will start this new year with a minimum wage of 15 an hour. Petaluma and South San Francisco will bump up hay to 15 per large employers and 14 an hour for smaller ones. Cemetery was current minimum wage is 15 an hour, going up . 38 on january 1. Two lawmakers say they will push for several new bills to push for noise near the airport. People who live near the airport have complained for years about the noise. Nonstop noise from flights is seriously affecting residents sleep, mental health, and overall quality of life. Airport officials are not commenting directly on the bills that could change how it operates but they have said the airport generates more than three quarters of 1 billion a year in revenue and the impact of that money is felt across the entire bay area. Lets take a live look at sfo right now. No major delays to speak of but a beautiful day, blue skies, much different than what we saw with this same shot yesterday and joining us in the studio is our meteorologist. It is a very nice day, much different than what weve seen for the last couple of days. We traded the weather pattern with Southern California because storm clouds have been moving directly over los angeles and san diego, leaving us with this. Lots of clear skies a San Francisco bay, a beautiful thursday afternoon and with the clear skies for today, temperatures will drop off rapidly as we head into tonight so get ready for a chilly friday morning but today we are looking nice. Cloud cover this morning into the afternoon hours we are expecting mostly sunny skies, most areas back into the 50s this afternoon around 55 to 60 degrees. A beach hazard statement for today until 9 oclock has been expended extended, this is not a High Surf Advisory but the waves are up there around 10 to 15 feet, sneaker waves and rip current so keep that in mind. Heres a satellite showing you the cloud cover drifting out of the bay area, not only the cloud cover but look at all this activity toward Southern California. The snowfall is causing travel issues over the grapevine for interstate 5. Clearing skies across the entire bay area, we had a little bit of activity on the radar this morning but those cells have dissipated. Right now we have mostly clear skies and temperatures recovering nicely. San francisco at 55, conquered in the upper 50s, santa rosa after a cool start this morning right around freezing, wind speeds, there is a bit of a breeze, winds right now around 7 to 13 to 14 Miles Per Hour, more reports for you at about five Miles Per Hour and Half Moon Bay a little stronger at 12 miles an hour. Once again looking out toward sfo, no major storms to impact travel for today so we are looking pretty good, not much in the way of dense fog or strong winds and mostly sunny skies for this afternoon. Lake tahoe has lingering cloud cover, the forecast high will be in the lower 30s later on today and for friday, lots of sunshine bringing in a few clouds by saturday and theres a chance of a few showers by sunday and we basically have a forecast that mimics that in the bay area. Heres the area of low pressure which produced the thunderstorms yesterday on christmas, that is impacting Southern California but this area of High Pressure is building and so with that, mostly sunny skies for today and friday. Saturday will bring in a few clouds and on sunday here is our next system increasing clouds bringing in the ce of showers, especially later the day on sunday, late sunday afternoon into sunday evening, in the meantime we are going to clear things out nicely, we are still expecting maybe patchy morning fog but then lots of sunshine into your friday afternoon. Forecast ties this afternoon in the 50s to right around 60 degrees and then a look ahead, a cold start tomorrow morning, the weekend starts off dry and we track shower chances especially sunday afternoon into sunday night. According to a new study, more and more people all driving while under the influence of marijuana. The sobering statistic as the drug becomes more widely available nationwide. 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They say theres no program to help doctors realize when patients need to stop taking some of those drugs are now they are working on a way to help patients and doctors identify that timeline and then come up with a plan to de prescribed some of those medications. U. S. Shoppers spent more money online this Holiday Season. According to rider reuters, online sales hit a record high. A Senior Executive with mastercard says more people chose to do their shopping online than in person and overall spending both instore and online was up 3. 4 percent. Analysts a wage increases and a strong labor market is allowing for consumers to spend more. Lets take a live look at the stocks right now, Holiday Cheer on wall street today despite low trading volumes, the dow up slightly as you can see as investors are encouraged by the progress in the u. S. China trade deal. The nasdaq and s p 500 both hit record highs today. 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We learn about the suspect now in custody accused of double murder. Reporter this is the man Police Accuse of stably stabbing two people and injuring a third outside a tennessee bar. Michael mosley was taken into custody wednesday following a massive manhunt. The attack happened saturday in nashville, it started as an argument over someone, supposedly mosley making unwanted advances towards a woman. Things escalated and the argument continued outside the bar were two of her friends were killed. I would like to give my condolences to the family, i cannot imagine what they are experiencing. Reporter mostly fled setting off a four day search. He was labeled a danger to middle tennessee and was added to the states most wanted list. The hunt eventually led authorities to an abandoned house west of nashville. Mosley eventually surrendered. His criminal history includes robberies, and drug convictions. He was free on bond after violently beating a woman inside a walmart last year. The deceased victims are 22 yearold clayton battered and 21yearold paul trippi knee. The third is the younger brother of San Francisco 49ers quarterback c. J. Beathard. Mosley has been denied bond for two counts of criminal homicide. We have an update on the San Jose Church robbery we told you about yesterday morning. People have really stepped up to help our lady of guadalupe a church after donation money was stolen last weekend. A gofundme page has raised more than 13,000 at last check. Surveillance footage shows two people going into the church, distracting a cleaning lady and walking off with a collection box. The box was filled with money from selling holiday candles. The money was going to be used to buy toys for kids in the congregation at the celebration in january. A family in San Francisco was celebrating the return of their dog. Surveillance video shows a woman grabbing the French Bulldog named lola on christmas afternoon in the Bernal Heights neighborhood. 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He was a successful danish author, he came forward in 2017 accusing spacey of groping him at a concert 10ar earlier. He was married norways Princess Martha louise. Spacey has been accused by more than a dozen men of sexual misconduct. The former house of cards actor continues to deny the allegations. Prosecutors dropped a criminal case against kevin spacey in july after one of his accusers refused to testify in the case. The death toll continues to rise from a typhoon that pounded the philippines on Christmas Day. At least 20 people are dead and more than 25,000 are stranded in seaports across the region. Survivors whose homes were destroyed will have to spend the next few days and relief shelters. The typhoon is also flooding lowlying villages. The death toll is expected to go up and there are a lot of people listed as missing including a father and his three children who may have been swept out to sea. The shopping protests are continuing in hong kong today, hundreds of protesters marched through shopping malls in hong kong for a third day. The shopping protests have targeted malls across hong kong since christmas eve, turning violent at times with Police Firing tear gas to Disperse Protesters in areas filled with shoppers and visitors. The Notre Dame Cathedral in paris has a 50 percent chance of being saved according to a church official. A massive fire ravaged the Iconic Church back in april and for the first time in 200 years, Christmas Services were canceled. The landmark has been a fixture in paris for 855 years. The New York Post reports removing support scaffolding will be the ultimate test to see if it can be salvaged. The restoration is set to begin in 2021. Thousands of people filled downtown san jose last night for the annual christmas in the park celebration. The plaza was filled with more than 40 musical and animated exhibits and the 60 foot christmas tree. Dozens of trees decorated by san jose schoolkids, Community Groups and businesses lit up the plaza for the holiday festival. For many, christmas and the park is something they cannot miss over the holidays. I am just enjoying myself at the family. I wanted to come earlier but i guess today was the best day to come. Christmas in the park runs through january 5 rain or shine. Hundreds of volunteers spent Christmas Morning preparing and delivering meals to people in San Francisco who cannot leave their homes. The Salvation Army has been delivering these holiday dinners for more than 50 years. Reporter a santa was wrapping up his overnight deliveries, volunteers for the Salvation Army woke up early to begin there is. More than 500 volunteers showed up on Christmas Morning to prepare meals and handdeliver them to thousands of San Francisco residents who cannot leave their homes either because of illness or age. Some volunteers are veterans, others new to the Meal Delivery event including two tourists from germany. We thought it would be a good idea to give back to the community. Reporter a new set of volunteers then collected their delivery routes. I like running doortodoor and giving food to people. Usually we go to chinatown. Reporter these kids have been volunteering for the Salvation Army for 40 years. My soninlaw, my daughter inlaw, my daughter, my son, my husband and myself. Reporter while the Salvation Army relies on an army of volunteers to make this event happen, it also desperately needs donations. We have had a shorter Holiday Season because thanksgiving was later this year which really affected us so we had 6 less days of giving at the kettles. Reporter in total, more than 4000 meals were hand delivered to people throughout San Francisco giving an extra personal touch to christmas. Today marks the start of kwanzaa, the weeklong holiday honoring african heritage. 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For me he is the little boy that i didnt know we needed. Reporter after two decades of marriage and three kids, landon was a surprise. When they told the kids, the reaction had this video going viral. The pregnancy went well and they settled into life as a family of 6. It wasnt until he was six months old where i was concerned, because it looked like the bump on his four head was growing and his head circumference was jumping, so i think he was 25th percentile in his head circumference and that two months it was 40th and at his six month it was 80th percentile. Reporter doctor said not to worry, but she persisted, and landon was diagnosed with cranials and associates, a condition that causes the bones in the babys goal to join together to early. According to the cdc, one in every 2500 babies are born with it every year. Left untreated, the mayo clinic says children can suffer from problems that range from deformity, developmental delays, cognitive impairment, seizures, and eye disorders. He was crying all the time, he was losing weight, he was getting further behind in his milestones, he was at almost 9 months he was no longer rolling and they were threatening a feeding tube if i could somehow get calories in him. Reporter for most, the treatment is surgery. To see your son go into a room you cannot be an and go through that surgery not knowing the outcome is very challenging. I did not recognize him. His eyelids were all bruised, they were swollen shut for two days. Reporter after surgery, the difference was remarkable. It was like night and day with regard to his interaction, his eating, his interaction with people, it wasnt a blank stare anymore, he really came to life. It was amazing. Reporter the months passed and although the shape of his hetting better, his doctors were not worried. He had what we referred to as like a ski jump where the top of his skull would ramp up and then down and he would say those kind of things would modify and correct themselves over time. Reporter they got a Second Opinion from a surgeon who focuses only on cranial sinus doses and his diagnosis was different. It was concerned that now he had another suture that was back here that had closed. Reporter so now landon faces another surgery and this time they say insurance will not cover the outofnetwork surgeon they want. There 15 page appeal was denied. I was heartbroken. I was really devastated. Reporter landons parents are determined to do the stairway, raising money for the surgery throw gofundme. The response was very humbling to see family and friends be able to donate money like they were was just overwhelming. It was really a blessing. Reporter they are sharing their stories. They say hearing from other families gave them strength in their journey. You have to fight for your kids. Reporter as they face this uncertain future, they say one thing gets them through. Whereas before he wasnt interactive and not laughing at all, now he laughs all the time. Hes always laughing. Reporter for whatever it takes, they will do what it takes to keep the sweet boy laughing. Really hoping that family gets the help they need. Im looking outside behind me and the weather is stunning. The storm cleans out the sky, the storm from yesterday, we have excellent visibility. It just seems like everything is brighter today, lots of sunshine, just keep in mind we have the beach hazard statement for today, sizable waves around 10 to 15 feet so keep that in mind if you are heading to the beaches later on today. The main focus has been in central and Southern California. Take a look at these rain tallies so far for glenn dale, overtwo inches, long beach over two inches, los angeles 1. 75 and Santa Barbara an inch and a half of rain. The main reason on the satellite, look at all this action heading to the south down toward Central California and Southern California. Look at this active radar from earlier today, not only the rainfall but also the snow in the mountains of central and Southern California. As we come back to the bay area, we have clearing skies are clear to partly cloudy skies, the rain that has moved out of town and temperatures after coldstart this morning recovering nicely. Santa rosa 56, oakland 55 and livermore checking in at 56 degrees. Not too much has changed in terms of temperatures over the next few hours. For lake tahoe today, mostly cloudy skies with temperatures approaching the lower 30s. Tomorrow, lots of sunshine in the sierra, partly sunny into saturday and we do bring a chance of a shower as we head toward sunday, not only for the sierra but here in the bay area as well. Heres the area of low pressure and the rain produced for us yesterday, Christmas Morning, for today and tomorrow, lots of sunshine, i will start especially tomorrow morning but the storm track is being pushed up to the north for right now. Saturday will bring in a few clouds and on sunday we will definitely thicken up the cloud cover and those clouds can produce a shower by sunday afternoon into sunday night, especially by sunday night as this front marches closer to the bay area coastline. Theres a chance for right now, best chance would be sunday evening, sunday night and into early monday morning. Heres the forecast model today, showers to our south so we are drying out and clearing things out, with the clear skies tonight, a coldstart tomorrow morning for your friday, probably colder than this morning but still lots of sunshine in the forecast, lots of sunshine in the forecast for today with highs morning back up into the mid to upper 50s. The warm spots right around 60 degrees and heres a look ahead to your five day, coldstart tomorrow morning, weekend starting off dry, more clouds by sunday and the chance of a few showers especially by sunday evening and that may be the last rain chance of 2019. Coming up, some christmas magic for the warriors, how they gifted their fans both on and off the court. Does scrubbing grease feel like a workout . Scrub less with dawn ultra. Its superior greasecleaning formula gets to work faster. Making easy work of tough messes. Dawn takes care of tough grease, wherever it shows up. Scrub less, save more. With dawn. Welcome back, the warriors look to continue their winning streak tomorrow night against the phoenix suns. They are playing their best basketball of the season winning their Third Straight game by beating the Houston Rockets in the Christmas Day game. It was a team effort. Their head coach says the team was up for the nationally televised game. Before the warriors tipped off, they took time to give back. Why this was a christmas some bay area kids will never forget. Reporter for 30 kids and their families at the chase center, a Christmas Day to remember, the warriors teaming up with nba cares to host young people from the Oakland Public Education Fund and the boys and girls club of San Francisco, treating them to a meal, time with the dance team, and photos with the larry obrien trophy. It is cool. Ive never done it before. Its really special. Im really excited and thankful to oakland for letting us have this opportunity. Reporter the special invite , part of the nba season of giving. Im looking forward to seeing steph curry even though hes injured and im looking forward to seeing james harden. I see the look in his eyes when they get to meet a player, it can be really transformational, they will remember this for a long time. Reporter before tipoff, the kids took the court and players from both teams surprise them with gifts, inside those boxes, beats headphones and of course the more your swag. This is really cool. Reporter while the gifts are cool, these families say nothing can compare to the joy of spending the day together and with their favorite team. Its always good to count your blessings and be thankful for what we have its not always about the gifts, its about family and hanging out. As part of the Community Relations team, its really the main purpose of our role is to make sure we are giving back, that we are listening to our community and understanding how we can give back in the ways that will be most impactful. 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