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After the festivities and some just dont want the party to stop. Today in the bay Stephanie Chuang the block party at 6 00 in the morning in San Francisco. Thats right. Some of us tried to sleep so we could get up for work early. We bring in the new year differently. People are huddled up here and the doors are supposed to start opening morning. And you see people are try keep warm with nar jackets over their head trying to be creative there. It is in the 40s. That means it goes until 6 00 tonight here at the midway on marin street in the bay view. This is a brandnew venue. Much bigger because breakfast of champions has grown so much now. More than 5,000 people expected to show up throughout the day. In the club, still pretty empty and that will change pretty soon. A new feature a cafe that shows a roasted pig and roasted pork waffles and vegy frittata. The 16th year of the event and organizers say this truck represents what San Francisco is all about. Drawing people even from out of town. Something that definitely captures the San Francisco spirit of artists and, you know, love and good times and music. Everybody is coming here to see their favorite deejay. Now, its not just about the party here. Theres a food drive for the San Francisco and marin food banks and people are asked to bring that. 16 years ago, thats the event created and they will match any cash donations that people give. Last year that was 10,000. So, in all, this event had 20,000 that was sent to the food bank. So, a lot of good will here. Not just a party. Well be here throughout the rest of the morning. Well go inside and see how people dance and try to learn a thing or two and bring you an update the next half hour. Live here in San Francisco, Stephanie Chuang, today in the bay. Shell break it down at 6 30. Happening today ringing in the new year with new laws. More than 800, actually, will go in effect in the state in 2016. Kris sanchez joins us with some of the more noticeable laws. Well, Governor Brown signed more than 800 new laws into effect. One of them allowing you to have some beer tastings at your local farmers markets and also allows you to let your lawn go brown, even if your Homeowners Association frowns upon it. Three New California laws also center on guns. First, concealed guns are not allowed on any School Campus from Elementary Schools to university campuses. This applies to people who are allowed to carry concealed weapons, as well. Also, toy guns have to look more like toys and less like the real thing. The push comes as the results of thet shooing death of andy of santa rosa. The boy who was shot by a sheriff deputy. The air soft rifle that boy was carrying was, in fact, a real gun. The triggers have to be brightly colored in addition to the tips being brightly colored, as well. After a shooting rampage in family members have more power to keep guns out of the hands of relatives that they believe can lash out violently. In the mass shooting the gunmans Mother Told Police that he had made violent threats but police couldnt really do a lot with that information. Now, with the judges order, they could seize a persons weapons for 21 days, even without that persons prior knowledge of that restraining order. Also new laws related to your paycheck, essentially. Ill show you what it means for minimum wage workers and women in the workplace coming up in the next half hour. Sam and laura . Good news. Most are getting a raise. 6 04. New year also means changes on the local level. In oakland that minimum wage 30 cents higher at 12. 55 an hour. As of today you have to be 21 to purchase Tobacco Products. B. A. R. T. Fares went up more than 3 starting today. The increase amounting to 15 cents for every 5 fare. San Francisco Police officers right now investigating a new years eve shooting that occurred outside of a police station. Police say someone shot a man in the back outside of the mcdonalds across the street from sfpd station on fillmore. Emergency crews rushed him to a hospital. Investigators are interviewing witnesses and checking Surveillance Video to see if they can find out more information. Pg ande crews hope to have a gas leak restored some time this morning. A natural gas leak from an underground pipe was discovered about 5 00 last night on tamarac drive. The leak cut off service to 70 homes. Crews stopped that leak about 9 30 last night and repairs are under way. Again, they hope to have gas back on in the neighborhood later this morning. The sinkhole opened up yesterday morning in San Franciscos valley will continue to create headaches this morning and into the weekend. It was temporarily patched, but it turns out the job is far from done. That sinkhole opened up at the intersection of 24th and church right on the muni line. Crews cant fix it right now because they dont have the proper Safety Equipment to do that. Final repairs on the sinkhole will be postponed until tomorrow. Theyre still trying to figure out a cause of the sewer failure. 6 06 right now. Residents in one north bay neighborhood being warned about a potential danger in the water drawn from private wells. The press democrat reports water from two wells in the canon manor neighborhood tested positive this week for e. Coli. Those levels are said to be extremely high. The Property Owners have been ordered not to use the wells. The Sonoma County Health Department says no one has been sickened from drinking that contaminated water. A key ruling next week could have a ruling on the super bowl. Trying to stop the city of santa clara from turning their field next to levi stadium into an nfl media center next months super bowl. Asked a judge to sign off on a temporary restraining order that would force the nfl to stay away from those fields. The leak says otherwise the kids will be displaced. We learned that a lot of heavy equipment would go on the fields. That the fields would basically be ruined. The city says it made a commitment to the nfl and found alternate soccer fields for the club to use. But the soccer players say those alternatives arent good enough. A judge is expected to issue a ruling on wednesday. It is 6 07. If you plan on having a Tailgate Party at levi stadium ahead of super bowl l, youre going to have to get creative. The nfl is prohibiting grills of any kind, setting up tents or eating or drinking outside of your vehicle. The league cites fans safety as the reason for the decision. League Officials Say you can still get to the game early and hang out in the parking lot, but you have to do it all inside your car. If im not mistaken and i dont think im mistaken, is that Damian Trujillo tailgating. He should stay in his car next time if hes going to the super bowl. Stephanie chuang is tailgating this morning or cooking this morning we saw the pig that breakfast of champion. A lot of people will want some source of heat because its freezing or near freezing in parts of the bay area. I cant believe the super bowl is just next month. That is crazy. Yeah, this really has crept up on us. This year is already under way. Its 27 degrees now in the north bay. Youre rubbing the hands together and trying to keep them warm. 38 des in the east bay and San Francisco also dropping into the 30s. We have freeze warnings in effect for those low lying areas and look at the temperatures now. Were in the mid20s in parts of the north bay. Petaluma 26 degrees and san rafael now is 27 degrees. Going hour by hour, it will slowly warm up as we go through the day. But at least we do keep this sunshine. All of this sunshine goes by the wayside as we head towards the end of the weekend were getting ready for some rain. Ill detail that and exactly when it comes in and how much we could see. Thats coming up in the microclimate forecast. Sam and laura. Very much, kari. Coming up, the new year brings the bay area the newest millionaire. The south bay store that sold a winning lottery ticket. A look back at 2015 in the news that affects your money, coming up in business tech. Happening right now the finishing touches are being put on the 2016 rose parade floats this morning. Families camped out overnight to get theirtime sidewalk spots. We heard from a man earlier this morning who was the designated camper for his family. This year they expect more than 700 people to line colorado boulevard to watch the parade. Pasadena police say that extra officers, surveillance cameras and other security measures all going to be in place. But they say your best resources are the parade goers themselves. Dont rationalize it. If its concerning your initial observation, you believe it is concerning enough, give us a call. Documentary filmmaker ken burns is going to be the parades grand marshal. Representing the bay area at the rose parade the Saratoga High School band. Were just going to keep rocking right on here. Theyre going to be performing a song born here in the bay area. You Better Believe it. Reporter behind that red banner is where youll find the band these days practicing and practicing and practicing. How has practicing for the rose bowl been especially during finals . They put in long hours preparing for the couple minutes theyll be on the live broadcast. Some of them have been on the tv screen before. Were seniors. So our freshman year we went to the parade. For us and like the entire graduating class, it is really full circle. Reporter theyll be the only High School Band from the bay area. In a nod to their home town, theyll be playing journeys dont stop believing. What a great bay area band and i think Everybody Loves steve perry and that music and we want, we wanted something that was really going to identify the bay area and hopefully get the crowd excited and hopefully get our Television Audience excited. The band was selected after a twoyear application process. Each High School Student raised 1,200 and travelled to the rose bowl. I think we couldnt be prouder of what our students are doing. Reporter in saratoga, nbc bay area news. Good for them. You can watch the parade right here on nbc bay area and begins with preparade coverage at 8 00 and then you can watch the nhl winter classic at 10 00. No nbc bay area news at 11 00, but we will have a recap of all the days news at 5 00 p. M. Lets change topics here, the stock market finished out the year at a loss. Which was strange because we were so worried about a bubble. Scott mcgrew, even apple ended the year lower. Remember, 2015, as well, brought half as many tech ipos as the year previous, but, we still worried about that bubble. We watched median house prices in 2015 top 1. 25 million. We said goodbye to some and hello to others. Goodbye to, among others, dave goldburg. One of the nicest people in Silicon Valley. Dying unexpectedly while on vacation with his family in mexico. Hello to a new zuckerberg. The kid who brought us facebook with a child of his own. Ellen lost her sex discrimination in the spring and resigned by july. Its a system error. Fix it. Reporter the jobs movie everyone eagerly anticipates was a bit of a dud. So, too, was the amwatch. More talk before it was unveiled than after. There was a new phone. But there always is. You want us to walk with you . Mom and dad with us in public, no thank you. Reporter pixar had a hit with inside out but the good dinosaur lost in the buzz of disney other movie star wars. Those ipos. 23 of them including box and square. Square ceo jack dorsy came back to twitter, that was a surprise for some. Also a surprise the man who at one time tried to outlaw kids from buying shoot them up video games in california was himself accused of gun running. Real gun. Leland yee would plead guilty to racketeering. Microsoft got its mojo back with its first laptop. We began to doubt the future of a formerly hot Blood Testing Company and there was this guy. Enough said. Google became alphabet. The companys stock hit an alltime high and then got pulled over for driving too slow. Two, one, zero. Rich people launched rockets in 2015. And the rest of us figured out how to drone. And, of course, we will be the underappreciated tech story of 2015. Back in february, president obama gathered tech leaders together at stanford to talk about how Silicon Valley and washington could work more closely together on cybersecurity and ken cook while being very generous and acknowledging there were places we could Work Together pushed back against the president , hard. This was a gutsy speech. Telling the president no at his own meeting. I think will go down, in my book, as the underappreciated gutsy move of 2015. Well, he asked his opinion and hely gave it. Yes, he did. Absolutely. Kind of like in Silicon Valley, do you understand how encryption works. It will be a new story for many years to come. Thanks, scott. This new years celebration will be more memorable for one lucky south bay powerballplayer. He or she is 1. 9 million richer. What a great way to ring in the new year. The mystery winner bought a Powerball Ticket from this san jose store. He or she matched five or six of the numbers in wednesday nights game. The winner has 180 days to that prize. The good news for the rest of us since no one had all of the matching numbers, it will roll to tomorrow nights drawing, bringing that jackpot to, could you live off that . 344 million. It would be a new years eve holiday every day if you had that kind of cash. 6 18 right now and what we have, we are also rich right now inold weather and love. By the way. There is a lot of love up here. You need to cuddle to stay warm this morning and bundle up as you head out or maybe youre coming in. You just want to get under those blankets and just take a nice, long rest. As we look at out there this morning at the bay bridge. A few cars this morning heading to work this morning and as you battle the chill, this is what you need if you have to go out today. Gloves, hat and a scarf. Dress in layers. And warm up the car. Weve had some icy conditions creating some frost on the windshields. Take care of people, pets, plants and pipes in this cold weather that seems to just want to hang around the bay area for a little bit longer than wed like. Its 30 degrees now in the east bay and the peninsula 38 degrees and 39 in San Francisco. A closer look at the south bay, freezing, especially as you head down towards just south of morgan hill. Martin is 31. 31 in Santa Theresa and downtown were now at 30 degrees. So, a warm up in the forecast today. But it will be pretty much like the weather weve had all week in the low to mid50s and in San Francisco up to 51 degrees and napa 54 and oakland 5 degrees. Mostly sunny skies, so once you get under the sunshine, it does feel a little bit better. But were getting ready for some wet weather. It will move in as we into sunday and to start out the new week. Several rounds of rain will move in. So, it looks to get very busy as we go into next week with round after round of rain as a few storm systems move into the bay area bringing in some beneficial rain. Also some sierra. The rainfall estimates at this point look to be about 1. 5 to 2. 5 inches and then heading to the north bay, there will be higher amounts of rain. This weekend, at least for the start of it it, for today, its all dry, mostly sunny. It will be a slight chance of rain late tomorrow night and then sunday is when we will start to see the scattered showers moving in and putting an end to this dry and cool weather weve had for the past several days. Sam and laura. Thanks a lot, kari. Coming up next, a new years message from outer space. A new years resolution that many people have every year to stop smoking. But sometimes a little harder than it sounds. Well introduce you to a success story, next. Pope francis ended the year the pope celebrated new years mass this morning at the vatican and welcoming the new year he called for an end to what hes the arrogance of the powerful and the persecution creating new refugees around the world. The Catholic Church commonly dedicates new years day to the theme of global peace. A live look at times square in new york city this morning where a lot of people dedicated last night to a lot of partying. The aftermath is the biggest new years eve celebration in the united states. More than 1 million peep helped ring in the new year there. Cleanup process got under way just after midnight. Crews started to pick up all that confetti that filled the streets and that was really packed wall to wall with revellers. I think they were reading all the messages in the confetti that people put in. Happy new years from outer space. Britains astronaut onboard the International Space station sends his regards. A fun new years eve and a happy, healthy 2016. Happy new year. Quite the encore. He did a little space flip for good measure. Major tim peek is a 43yearold former Army Helicopter pilot. Here he is, again. Britains first publicly funded astronaut and the first britain to viz that space station. Looks like a happy guy. Today is a traditional day for new years resolution. Three quarters of people who smoke would actually like to quit. One longtime smoker who shows us this can be done. Reporter this guy looks tough and sounds tough thats nothing compared to the first week after giving up cigarettes. Oh, talk about tough. Reporter did it, though, quit smoking a year ago after picking up his first cigarette when he was just 14. Should have done this years ago, but the timing wasnt right. Reporter the right time, the time that worked was when bob realized he wasnt in control of the cigarettes, they controlled him. I looked at those cigarettes and said, you [ bleep ], you owe me. That was really the turning point for me to say, all right. Somehow, were going to war. Reporter when bob went to war im calling to check in on you. Reporter this woman provided the artillery. Kelly roberts runs the program and shes a Firm Believer in nicotine replacement therapies like the patch and gum. She also shows people how to shake up their routine. Disassociating cigarettes with everyday life. If you came down every morning and had a cup of coffee and had your first cigarette, we would encourage people to possibly come down and have a mountain dew that morning. Something different. Reporter bob took the idea and hit the gas. I would drive down different roads. Ive lived here 27 years and i would drive down different roads. Reporter the plan is working. A year later he remains smoke free. Erica edwards, nbc news. Coming up, well take you on a tour of some of the best new years celebrations around the world. With the new year comes new laws. Kris sanchez will help guide us through some of the more important changes this year. Joining us. Im sam brock laura 2shot and im laura garcia cannon. Probably a late night for you. Rise and shine on this friday morning. Lets get to that microforecast and you feel that chill in the air in the first day of our new year. Live look from the south bay, clear skies out there in san jose. Lets check in with meteorologist kari hall. If you stayed up late last night to ring in the new year and youre up early this morning, all you have to do is step outside to wake up. It is very cold all across the bay area. We do have a freeze warning in effect for all of those areas shaded in blue. Thats where temperatures will dip down into the mid20s and lower 30s. Freezing conditions all across the north bay now. Its 27 degrees and 39 in San Francisco and highs today will reach 51 degrees in the north bay and San Francisco. The east bay, 54 degrees and 53 in the trivalley and south bay and the peninsula 52. Well look ahead to the week as we welcome in 2016 with some more rain. Thats coming up in a few minutes. But lets get some more news from sam and laura. That was the scene at the stroke of midnight in San Francisco. Thousands gathering at the embarcadero for a firework display to ring in the new year. Some people went home after the festivities and some, you know how it is, they just dont want that party to end. Last night they gathered and this morning theyre getting down. Today in the bay Stephanie Chuang live at the breakfast of champions block party. Well, it is hard to hear you guys because im inside midway now where photo booth ready for people who want to capture the moment. Walk inside to show you why it is so hard for me to hear. If you could handle 12 straight hours of dancing, this is for you. This is a new location in the breakfast of champions because it has grown so much now at 5,000 people. Music, art, food, all local event organizers say this is quintessential california and drawn people from out of town n including one woman who flew in from denver just to come to this party. I flew in to oakland at 2 00 p. M. And have been going ever since. See how long i can go before i fall asleep. What is the secret to staying up this long . Pure enthusiasm. Being a. Pure enthusiasm. Basically, if youre sleeping right now, youre off to a bad start. Okay. You heard it straight from kevin. Youre doing it wrong, basically. Theres food served all day. A pig is roasting outside the cafe and food trucks and there is a food drive for the San Francisco and donate cans or you can donate cash and whatever you donate will be matched. The collective that started eight years ago. Last year, by the way, people gave 10,000. So, in all, thats 20,000 of charity to the local food banks. Thats great news here. This party, again, goes until 00 tonight. Well be back in about 25 minutes. Well go in and check out how theyre getting down right now. I would think some people couldnt handle that thumping music this early in the morning. They were up all night. Ringing in the new year and also doing that with some new laws. More than 800 go into effect in the state in 2016. Kris sanchez is here with some of the more notable laws. Not exactly a party, kris, but good to know. If youre sleeping right now, youre not starting off well. Were starting off well. That is a good thing, right . Three new things you have to be aware of that are related to guns. 800 in all. Ban conceal weapons on campuses and require toy guns to look less real and allow police to seize a persons weapons if they made violent threats. New laws that could affect your pay check. The minnm wage is 10 an hour, a dollar more than it was just yesterday. Governor brown said this is an attempt to help working families close that gap between the rich and the poor. And if an employer does not pay his or her workers minimum wage or otherwise, the state labor commissioner can now put a lien on that employers property until that employer pays up. It will be easier for women to find out whether theyre getting the same pay for the same work that their male counterparts do. It was already the law of the land that women have to make the same in california, but this new law makes it easier for women to find out what that equal pay actually is. No longer can women or men be punished for asking around, talking to their colleagues about what they make. And all students must be fully vaccinated before entering Public Schools. No exemption for personal or religious beliefs. There is a small exemption for medical reasons. Now, this is change that comes after that measles outbreak. That started with an unvaccinated child visit to disneyland. It is a law that could affect bout 80,000 children who currently have belief exemptions. Now, again, only a medical exemption would be allowed if they were going to Public School or private school and home schooled, that is their business. The next time you go to your local farmers market, you could do a little beer tasting. That is now allowed. If you have been wanting to let lawn go brown or install artificial turf but afraid to draw the the Homeowner Association, Governor Brown says, go for it. Sam and laura. In some cases the lawn just turns brown. Thanks kris. The new year means a lot of changes on the local level. In oakland minimum wage now 30 cents higher at 12. 55 an hour of as of today, you have to be 21 to purchase Tobacco Products in unincorporated santa clara county. There is b. A. R. T. Fares went up more than 3 . Increasing to 15 cents for every 5. 6 36 right now. A first glimpse at the efforts by Police Last Night to keep streets while people were ringing in the new year. These are preliminary numbers and only from the Oakland Police department covering the first hour after midnight. Officers in oakland made eight arrests for all kind of crimes. They cited three people for infractions or misdemeanors and police cited 39 people for traffic offense. 6 36. Imagine being hours old and already making headlines. That is the case this morning for a baby boy born apparently right at the stroke of midnight overnight. Its the banner baby. Thats making him the bay area first baby of 2016. A caveat here. We dont have a photo. But heres what we got for you. Young edward. He was born in Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley weighing in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces. His mother, michelle, and father, mes pierce, are Bogue Hayward residents. Congratulations to them. No doubt he is adorable. Congratulations. Across europe security was extra tight due to terrorist threats but the 2016 celebrations were a success. Big ben tolling at midnight to ring the new year in london. The festivities include an impressive firework show over the river and the london eye pretty spectacular. That city ush in 2016 with a pyrotechnics show at the citys harbor. Taiwan set off its fireworks from taipei skyscraper. Three major celebrations across the city along with 15 minutes of fireworks. Lastly, paris canceled its usual new years firework display but the turned up for festivities ahid heightened security. Just hours before one of the largest firework shows a fire ravaged a high rise in dubai. More than a dozen people were injured as they rushed to escape the flames. Witnesses say the entire of the building, you dont see it here, just the fireworks. But youve surely seen that video caught fire in a matter of minutes. Fiery debris could be seen falling from the luxury building throughout the night. People were stuck 48 floors up in the air. Just below, thousands of people gathered on the streets. Watch the fireworks and continue to ring in the new year. For more new years celebrations from both here and around the globe, just go to nbc bayarea. Com or download our free app. If you plan on having a Tailgate Party youre going to have to get pretty creative. According to mercury news preventing grills of any kind and setting up tents or eating or drinking outside of your vehicle no matter how good the ribs look. The league cites the fans safety as the reason for their big decision there. The league Officials Say you can still get to the game early and hang out in the parking lot. But you have to do it all inside your car. Okay. Just know the rules of the lot and want to hang out with Damian Trujillo, he might be out there, too. If youre out there, youre out there dwegeared up. Lets check in with meteorologist kari hall and see how long these cold temperatures stick around. Were under a freezeern wag and you can see why by looking at these numbers. 30 degrees the temperature in the east bay and 27 degrees in the north bay. As we get a closer look, 27 degrees in pleasanton. Yeah, its very cold there. But then lets head over to alamo, its 39 degrees. So, there are some spots that are a little bit warmer and also at 39 degrees in San Francisco and today highs will be in the mid50s. The same weather weve seen all week long, but we arent get ready for some changes and it comes in the form rain. Ill tell you when to expect coming up in the next microclimate forecast. Well look forward to it. Thanks a lot. Coming up next, just a couple hours away from one of the oldest new years day traditions. Well take you to so cal which is so cold this morning and check in on the rose parade. Well check back in 2015 in your money in business and tech. 6 43. Happening now. One of the oldest new years traditions. The 127th now annual rose parade. People already lining up on the parade route in pasadena and thats where rick is right now. Rick, some people even camped out overnight. You sent us some video of some of the cars starting. Some of the parade festivities. Yeah, good morning. Happy new years to you guys. You know, theres these tow trucks that were moving through and im told this happens all the time every year at 5 00. The tow trucks come through blaering their horns and that is waking everybody up and its really packed out here on colorado boulevard. Lets show you. Hind me. This is the line for coffee. Thats what we have to get in the morning to warm ourselves up. A lot of people started lineup and the coffee shop opened up at 6 00. So, everyone, of course, very excited. Happy new year to all you guys. Happy new year everyone is excited for the parade to begin very soon. 8 00. Of course, people started camping yesterday and at noon was when they could start showing up here and putting their stuff out. You can see them here with chairs and blankets and everything. People sleeping on the sidewalk, on the floor. Some people even bringing their bags so they could sleep overnight and then they got to move up to what is called the blue honor line in the road. Thats where theyre actually sitting in the street to watch the rose parade this morning. The floats will start moving through at 8 00. I have not actually been here in person for a parade. I grew up here in Southern California but ill tell you that everyone says the people who have been out here says you can smell all the flowers from the floats moving through. A lot of excitement ahead and a lot to look forward to as the parade gears up to get going here for 2016. Well go back to you guys in the bay area. That will be a great treat for you, as well. You know. Yes. Something to look forward to. All right. Good for you. Happy year to you. Start the new year with a truck there and ricks festiv y festivities. You can watch the parade right here on nbc bay area. Begins with preparade coverage at 8 00 and then watch the nhl winter classic at 10 00 and no news at 11 00. But a recap of all the days events at 5 00. 6 45 right now. The stock markets also closed today but looking back shares of will close at the end of the year than the start. Very unusual for the company. Scott mcgrew joining us. A mixed year for Silicon Valley in general. A weird stumble for apal and then 2015 brought about half as many tech ipos as the year previous. So, it was kind of a mixed year. Yet, we will still worried about a bubble. We watched median house prices top 1. 25 million. We said goodbye to some in Silicon Valley and hello to others. Goodbye to, amongers, dave goldburg. One of the nicest people Silicon Valley. Dying unexpectedly while on vacation with his family in mexico. We said hello to a new zucker. The kid who brought us facebook with a child of his own. 2015 was difficult for ellen poa, she lost her sex discrimination case in the spring, caused a uproar as ceo of readit in the summer and resigned by july. More talk before than after it was unveiled. Do you want us to walk with you . Mom and dad with us in public . No thank you. Pixar had a hit with inside out but the good dinosaur was lost with star wars. Square ceo jack dorsy came back to twitter. That was a surprise for some. Also a surprise, the man who at one time tried to outlaw kids from buying shoot them up video games in california was himself accused of gun running, real gun. Leland yee would plead guilty to racketeering. Microsoft got its mojo back in 2015 with its very first laptop. We began to doubt the future of a formerly hot Blood Testing Company. And there was this guy, enough said. Google became alphabet. Thes stock hit an alltime high and then got pulled over for driving too slow. Two, one, zero. Rich people launched rockets in 2015. And the rest of us figured out how to drone. Thats 2015. As far as predictions for 2016 i have been doing this long enough to know, sam and laura. Im not going to make any. The things that astonish us, we could have never have seen and thats the beauty of living in Silicon Valley. You will be talking about drones. I feel pretty comfortable saying that. When you see him walking the dog, its hard not to. Thanks. Police in san leandro have ha their hands on a serial robber. Take a look at this, a surveillance picture showing the armed robber at a valero gas station. Police believe he is also responsible for holding up four other 7elevens and another gas station in the san leandro and walnut creek area. Anyone with information about the serial robber is asked to please call san leandro police. Ready for a new years resolution. Any way better to swim from alcatraz. The water is a balmy 52 degrees. This morning the south end roened club will hold its annual new years day swim. Part polar bear, part ironman. The fastest swimmers will finish in 30 minutes. More than 100 hardy souls are about to take part. Did i hear you correctly, only a mile and a quarter swim. Only. Thats just a regular lap for laura in the morning. No wet suits. Theyre in regular bathing suits. Im like, wow. That really takes guts. Cold to watch. It is cold. And im justing lots of layers as soon as i step outside. Im just so soft. As we take a live look outside from san bruno mountain, clear skies and even the camera shaking this morning. It is so cold. And as you head out, we will slowly warm up. But this is where were starting. Were at 30 degrees in the east bay. North bay 27 degrees and 37 degrees in the peninsula and lets get a look at some of those cold eest temperatures around the bay area. And we will, once again, see those temperatures rising after such a chilly start and freeze warnings until 8 00 in parts of the bay area. At 9 00, were at 40 degrees and by 1 00, finally, up to 50 degrees. But were still cooler than average and well start to see some more clouds moving in tonight. Giving you a hint that things are about to change. We will have more clouds as we go into tomorrow. Out ahead of these storm systems that are now moving across the pacific and this will come in several waves. The first one bring some clouds on saturday and rain as we go into sunday and we will start out the week with some wet weather and then the next one comes right behind that on tuesday with some heavier rain and snow in the sierra. On wednesday, still some scattered showers. Thursday, the next one moves in. Yeah, youre seeing a pattern here. Its about to get really wet in the bay area. Some of the initial runs of the computer models show that we could have the possibility of an inch and a half to two and a half inches for most us as you head farther to the south. Lighter amounts of rain and the north bay where the drought has been the worst well be getting heavier amounts of rain. The concern of flooding as we go into next week. At least we will have a dry start to 2016. That is the day we will have low 50s and highs in the mid50s and then as we approach near 60 degrees that is when the showers start to roll in and we will have more of the weather heading into next week with off and on rain from monday through friday. Sam and laura . Good to know. Thanks a lot, kari. 2016 may be a brighter year for the bay area shipping industry. The largest container ship ever to dock in the u. S. Arrived yesterday. The Benjamin Franklin barely squeezed under the Golden Gate Bridge with just a few feet to spare. The mega ship is longer than the Empire State Building and wider than a football field. It can carry up to 18,000 shipping containers. Yesterdays load was filled with toys, shoes, clothes and electronics, mostly from china. Wow. I mean, its incredible. As it approached, i was like, its getting even bigger. The ship could be a game changer for the west coast. Until yesterday, mega ships only stopped in asia and europe. Port officials want to see two to three mega ships come in each week in the future. A day after the warriors lost big in dallas with steph curry watching in street clothes they bounce back in a big way. The rest were on a mission to prove they could still win a game despite not having the league mvp. The warriors were in houston and rematch of the western conference finals. Steph out with that injured leg. Green and thompson led the way as golden state avenge their second loss of the season. The warriors are now 302 on the season. Up next, right now the party has not stopped for many of you just coming home. Well, we have more activity physical youre ready to keep revving up. Why hundreds are just starting to begin celebrating the new year. I dont know if you heard, but its a new year right now. 2016. There are hundreds of new laws to follow. Today in the bay kris sanchez to go over the important ones we should all know going into 2016. Part of your years resolution should be not to break any of the laws the governor just signed into effect. More than 800 bills are now law starting today. That means you can now sample beer at your local farmers market. You can let your lawn go brown even if your Homeowner Association frowns on it. Parents must vaccinate their children unless there is a medical reason. To the workplace where getting equal pay may be a bit easier for because now we can ask what our colleagues at work make without getting in trouble. And the new minimum wage is 10. A buck more than it was yesterday. There are also new three gun laws in effect banning concealed weapons on campuses from elementary to college requiring toy guns to look less real and allowing peolice to seize a persons weapon if they made violent threats. We have new laws posted on our website if you want to check it out. Make sure this year you abide by the law. Im looking at you, sam. Im a lawabiding citizen. The new year means some changes on the local level, as well. In oakland minimum wage 30 cents higher at 12. 55 an hour. As of today you have to be 21 to purchase Tobacco Products. You saw b. A. R. T. There and those fares went up 3 and increased amounts to 15 cents for every 5 fare. Happening now, revellers ringing in the new year with an Early Morning party. If youre not there according to someone we talked out to, youre not starting your year out the right way. Stephanie chuang in San Francisco. Youre saying this is more than just a party. This is. And were all doing it right, apparently. It is more than a party, although that is all i could hear right now. It is really noisy which is why there are fewer people than usual. Are 100 people here right now and they are expecting here breakfast of champions and you see a lot of people are up and about. This is the party going on now. This is the 15th year of breakfast of champions and theyve a cafe out there and some refreshments and lunch and not just a dance party, but theyve got art, theyve got local vendors here and this is all about San Francisco and also this is the fifth year of a food drive happened. Its donating cans of food to San Francisco and marin food banks and asking for cash donations if you come here. Anything that you give for the event creators will match. Last year that total came out to 20,000. This event goes until 6 00 tonight. Sam and laura, if you want to come, youll have time. Happy new year. Happy new year to you. Were waiting for her to bust out a move or something. You cant see what is going on at the end, but i will tell you right some people that were dancing and very, yeah, i was dancing. I looked like an old school party. Maybe, you know, looking ato 2016, well throw it back. There you go. Looking ahead to today. You better bundle it up. Yes, look at how cold it is in the north bay. 26 degrees. At least it will warm up this afternoon. Low to mid50s today. Mostly sunny skies and we will welcome the rain when it returns by the end of the weekend. That is great news as we welcome in a brandnew year. Goodbye 2015. I know, hard to believe. Were going to be shaking a groove thing into the start of 2016. Along with Stephanie Chuang, that will do it for us. A live local update and the rose parade is on later this morning, too. Good morning. Happy new year. Music and fireworks lighting up the night surround bid family and friends, the word greets a new year today, friday, january 1st, 2016. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today, a brandnew year on this friday morning. Happy new year, guys. Happy new year. Here we go again. We just kind of finished, look back at all the Great Stories we covered in 2015, now we gear up