Therefore, we have some very cold temperatures. Right now, 29 degrees in livermore. Good morning, santa rosa. To are in the upper 20s. 36 san jose. Later today, partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 50s. Well talk about the new years forecast coming up. Breaking news this morning. A fire destroyed a house in concord and its still not clear if anybody was inside. It was on north 3rd street at 2 30 a. M. Check the flames. Downed electrical wires made it difficult for them to get close to the house. So for the most part those let it burn. Neighbors were evacuated as a precaution because of the live wires on the ground. The home is a total loss and crews are now searching for anybody who may have been inside. A bay area grandmother is in jail this morning accused of killing her grandson. Investigators say 51yearold dawn hughes drowned the child in a bathtub intentionally. Police were called to the home intentionally yesterday. They tried to resuscitate the 4 yearold but couldnt. As officers investigated the situation it became suspicious to them regarding how the boy had drowned in the bathtub as well as statements made by people at the scene. Police say the investigation is ongoing. Two other children in the home were unharmed. San jose police are investigating a stabbing that wounded a man and woman on the citys east side. It happened around 6 p. M. Yesterday at a carls junior restaurant and south white road. Investigators say the two victims were attacked by several men. No descriptions and no word of any arrests. The victims were critically injured. They were rushed to a nearby hospital. A pregnant 900pound seal is back in the wild this morning after a twoday standoff in sonoma county. Rescuers had to rent a flatbed truck to transport that massive animal yesterday. They finally made the rescue along highway 37 near 121. Andria borba reports. Reporter the elephant seal put on a show but its finally back where she belongs, in this case with other expectant mothers. So this is an area thats really protected. Theres a large colony of elephant seals. Theres moms and pups and large males and small animals so its everything she would need in this area to have and raise her pups. Reporter because its pupping season and so as not to disturb the outdoor nursery, it was lights off for the return effort at chimney rock. Staffers from the Marine Mammal center tried to corral the 900 pound mamatobe for hours today with kayaks, but eventually had to tranquilize her to get her back home. After an ultrasound, vets realized why she may have been ended up a peninsula way from where she should have been. She got sidetracked and was looking for a place to have her baby so pulled in further and got mor off track. Reporter she caused a commotion and at one point was trying to get on the highway before taking a nap in the mud just off the road. They are stubborn. They pick a direction and go that way. Reporter its time to chill on the seashore. It was excitement. They are a lazy species. They just want to lay around so she is ready for a long nap. Going to have a good rest. Reporter and waited for her pup to arrive. At chimney rock, andria borba, kpix 5. The fate of Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow will soon be in the hands of a jury. After two months of trial, the defense rested its case yesterday. The judge instructed jurors that they could get the case by monday or tuesday. Prosecutors called more than 40 witnesses over the course of that trial. The 55yearold is accused of racketeering, conspiracy and murder. A confrontation between a man and Palo Alto Police lasted only 19 seconds before officers opened fire. Kpix 5s mark kelly has more on the unusual circumstances that led to the deadly christmas night shooting. It was a very fast event. Reporter lieutenant zack peron says the suspect, 31year old william raff, made a 911 call that someone snow and ice this palo alto treatment home was, quote, really violent. But police say when they showed up, the only violent person was raff. The suspect came out of the shadows so the suspect was not in the house. The suspect was in the front yard or somewhere in that area in the dark. Reporter and Police Say Suspect raff was waiting outside the treatment home to jump police wielding a 9 long metal knife. According to police, dashcam video shows the suspect lunging at officers three times and officers telling the suspect to drop the knife. The suspect charged at them in a full sprint once and that was when he was shot by two officers and one officer deployed his taser. Reporter police are reluctant to confirm reports that the suspects weapon was a butter knife. It is what i would consider to be a dinner knife or a table knife. But the fact of the matter is, is that its a 9 long piece of metal. Reporter the officers one with five years experience, the second a year and a half, are now on paid administrative leave. And palo alto pd wont be releasing the dashcam video, which they say captured the incident in its entirety. They were forced to do what they had to do based on the suspects actions. Reporter the treatment home where this shooting happened is called la salle va group. We are told that the suspect had just moved into the home earlier that week. In palo alto, mark kelly, kpix 5. The Santa Clara CountyDistrict Attorneys Office is investigating the shooting along with Palo Alto Police. Today state water managers will survey the Sierra Snowpack for the first time this winter. The Sierra Snowpack of course is crucial for californias water supply. And there has been decent snowfall there recently. The monthly surveys are conducted at the phillips station off 50 near sierra the tahoe. Water experts estimate the snowpack is about 120 of normal for this time of the year. They are hoping for 150 in april and a chance to ease our drought. Looks like were in a bit of a dry spell though right now, huh . We are. I remember a couple of years ago we had a hefty december as far as rainfall and snowpack concerned and then the storm door closed. We hope that wont happen this time. We have been experiencing a cold front, one right after another moving into the bay area. Again, forecasting el nino to begin in the month of january through march. This is our live weather camera. Good morning, everyone, looking out towards sfo clear skies there. We do have partly cloudy conditions in santa rosa in the upper 20s. Its below freezing in livermore. 33 in concord. But a wind up to 5 Miles Per Hour makes it feel like its 29 degrees. Its 43 in San Francisco with the forecast high today of 52 degrees. Down from the average high of 56 degrees. So we are talking 50s at the coast today. 50s around the peninsula. 52 degrees in morgan hill. You will see the same scenario east of the bay. Then north of the golden gate bridge, we are talking about numbers in the 50s. Full forecast in a matter of minutes. But heres gianna. Thank you. Eastbound 80 right at university we are dealing with an accident now involving up to five vehicles. One vehicle overturned. It is blocking all but one lane as you work your way through there. Again, thats east 80 at university in berkeley. Now, its one thing to keep in mind, it is the noncommute direction as well as light traffic because of the holiday week so we are seeing some delays as you work your way but once you get to past the scene traffic is up to speed. No westbound delays along the eastshore freeway towards the bay bridge. Bay bridge itself clear metering lights are off. Youre looking good as you work your way out of oakland into San Francisco. Southern california got a 4. 4 earthquake yesterday centered near the foothills of San Bernardino 50 miles northeast of los angeles. The initial quake struck just before 6 00 followed by several small aftershocks. In the kitchen, making dinner, getting ready and that was it. And then everything started shaking really, really bad. There are no reports of injuries or damage. Investigators have identified the remains of a man and a woman killed in a fire at an oakland fourplex. They were 37yearold damian king and 35yearold blanca lopez. Both were apparently transients. Investigators are still looking for the cause of mondays fire but it does appear to be accident al. We have new video of a man being attacked on a muni bus. San Francisco Police say the man thought the two suspects were up to no good and you can see in this Surveillance Video, he stands up and a fight breaks out. They even tried to pull him off of the bus. The man fought the two men off but had to go to the hospital with a head injury. If you do commit any type of battery in San Francisco, youre going to be caught on camera. Youre going to be seen. It will be played on video. And the viewers will be able to see who these criminals are that are committing these heinous crimes. Police released this video from november 3. That attack happened around 2 a. M. Near sixth and mission. The suspects still on the loose. A man and woman are suspected of shoplifting a lot of expensive sunglasses in fremont. Heres Surveillance Video from a couple of weeks ago. A store manager says the suspect stayed in the store for about 15 minutes and left, and then 10 pairs of glasses were gone. They were worth 400 each. A manager checked the Surveillance Video. They were being really nice to all the customers, saying hi and everything, acting very nice. You know. And then they just came in, um, looked around while my employees they said they were just they took the glasses and pocketed them. The manager says he heard about a very similar crime recently at a store in san jose. The time is 4 41. There are talks of a new tax to keep the raiders in oakland. Well tell you the mayors proposal. Well be right back. ,,,,,,, formal stadium proposal to e nfl. Will the raiders stay or go . Oakland will miss a deadline to submit a formal stadium proposal to the nfl that could have helped the team stay in town. Why is the mayor so optimistic . Mike sugerman on the talk about new taxes. Reporter oakland mayor libby schaaf admitted they dont have a plan. So she wrote a letter to the nfl explaining why and explaining the plan that they would like to have with the coliseum city thing, as stadium, raiders stadium, hotel, commission, retail. It would be a moneymaker and she doesnt want to spend public money but she would be willing to put a new tax in place. Using tools Like Development values as well as using new revenues or taxes that would be generated but for a new stadium. Reporter what would that tax be . A tax on coliseum city. It would be a tax on the profits made by the as, the raiders. They would make money, they would pay taxes. They would loan the money to the raiders and get paid back through bonds, apparently. And then that wouldnt come out by public funds. Thats the plan and the letter to the nfl. The meeting is in january when owners vote. In oakland, mike sugerman, kpix 5. Another issue that could come up with a proposal the as would have to grow to tear down the coliseum to make way for the football stadium. Some homes in san joses evergreen area were evacuated after a man brought some old blasting caps and black powder to a fire station. It happened yesterday at the station near the villages retirement community. The Fire Department says the man who brought the potentially explosive material thought he was doing the right thing. They were cleaning out an old storage unit found the product and like, it didnt look safe and brought it, i think appropriately, to the fire station. We ask people in the future to not transport that material, to basically call us to the scene that we could evaluate it there. The bomb squad and hazmat teams were there for about an hour before giving the all clear to the fire station and surrounding homes. The federal government is warning hundreds of homes in illinois, missouri could be threatened by a rare winter flood. Some parts of the states are already flooded forcing evacuations and the partial closure of major highways. Experts are monitoring 19 levees on the Rising Mississippi River and its tributaries. The swollen rivers and streams pushed to near record levels. A rare sight in southern california, snow in san diego county. Storms that blew through the county early this wing brought rain, hail and snow to nearby mountains which brought out a lot of people looking for winter fun. An inch of snow, three inches, half foot, it doesnt matter. If its snowing in san diego, its going to be good. According to the National Weather service, the region saw up to three inches of snow. We have seen plenty of rain around here lately but we are talking about earlier drying out a little bit. Now where they have that snowfall in the julian area of the san diego mountains . They have the best apple pie. They have the best that sounds [ overlapping speakers ] good morning. We fired up our dry hidef Doppler Radar trying to find precipitation. What do you say . Absolutely nothing. Towards the Sierra Nevada we have flurries around the south shore. Its an air temperature thats tumbled down to check this out 12 degrees. It is 12 degrees above zero in truckee. Its 3 degrees in mammoth lake. Clear skies at sfo. Bundle up out the door. Upper 20s in santa rosa. Its 29 degrees in livermore. Its cold in san jose. Its now 33 in concord with the wind up to 5 Miles Per Hour. Wind chill this morning makes it feel like it is below freezing there. Bright sunshine today in most locations. However, it will be mostly cloudy north of the golden gate bridge. A few clouds will invade the central bay, as well. This is a very weak disturbance thats falling apart at the seems as it takes a nosedive south. This is our futurecast. Sliding across the golden gate as the day progresses, everybody sees some clouds at one point or another before we clear back out tonight. And temperatures again tumble into the 20s and 30s with that colder air mass still in place. Forecast high today in the high 20s in the high sierra as flurries end. 40s in ukiah. Sunrise 7 24. By the time it set tonight well call it partly cloudy cool day temperatures in the 50s. Extended forecast calls for a string of sunshiny days as we wrap up 2015 and begin 2016. And then rain is certainly likely on tuesday. She is way too busy with this early morning. Its going to be quiet today. The good news is they have cleared lanes in berkeley. We had an accident with an overturn vehicle. All lanes now clear so delays should be thinning out within the next couple of minutes here. The good news is, it is the noncommute direction so thats definitely helping things. Westbound no problems at all as you work your way towards the bay bridge right now. Very light conditions traveling out of oakland past the metering lights into San Francisco and then those metering lights are off right now. Right now we are getting word of some bart delays though. Theres about a 10minute delays for Police Activity originating out of the east bay to sfo and millbrae so plan for that this morning. As, caltrain, muni, everything is right on time. Rest of the roads some roadwork this morning to look out for eastbound 980 connecting to 24 all lanes closed until 5 00. So hopefully should be open in the next 10 minutes. Not a lot of delays this morning. There are light traffic conditions. Heres the san mateo bridge. Drive times only 14 minutes between hayward and foster city. No delays in marin southbound 101. 580 into San Francisco. And a first look at 880 this morning near the coliseum. Northbound looking good as you work your way into oakland. Southbound youre up to speed out of oakland into hayward down into fremont. Heading to the south bay no delays along 880 there. So far no delays out of the altamont pass. Good news all around. A big example of Holiday Giving has just happened in watsonville. Sharon chin shows us that the community raised tens of thousands of dollars to give the woman the best give she could imagine. Reporter with a robotic arm attached to her wheelchair brenda baeza is discovering the fremont of things she could freedom of things she could never do before. First thing i did was turn on my computer and the lights. Reporter the jayco robotic arm a 50,000 Christmas Gift from her community in watsonville and santa cruz. They raised 44,000 in three months. She added 6,000 of her own savings but found out this morning an anonymous donor will cover her contributions. Overwhelming. I always knew there were kind people out there but experiencing it firsthand was amazing. Reporter brenda has high yeah line fibromytosis a disease so rare her doctors said she is only one of 70 patients in the world. Her muscles and tissues dont grow and she uses a feeding tube but the 21yearold has beat the odds. She was not expected to live pass age 2. She doesnt know the word cant. She always knows how to get through things. Even if its something small, i dont want to stay home and not live. Reporter she graduated from high school and has maintained a 3. 5 grade point average at cabrillo college. Brenda started a go fund me account for the robotic arm in the spring. Donations poured in after a summertime newspaper article publicized her need. People who didnt know brenda personally organized fundraisers. Customers at the inn in santa cruz wrote her notes on pink hearts and along with bradys yacht club raised 6,000. To be able to see her in her chair with the arm that shes wanted for so long was incredible. Reporter soon she wants to get a job translating between doctors and spanishspeaking patients so she can extend her arm in thanks to her community. In watsonville, sharon chin, kpix 5. Redesigning google glass. The company has a new vision and they are running with it the a closer look at the new idea next. ,,,,,,,, ever to visit the united st is good morning. 4 54 on this wednesday. Its hump day. Heres what you can expect in and around our bay area today. Turning partly cloudy along the seashore into the 50s. Some clouds around the peninsula. Also 52 degrees in palo alto. Good morning, morgan hill in the low 50s east of the bay a slight breeze partly cloudy. 52 degrees in walnut creek. We have a weather pattern here. With the cloud cover in the low 50sas well in petaluma. Chance of rain in clearlake and lakeport in the 50s. Jumping to the roads all lanes clear after an accident eastbound 80 at university. Bart delays though from the east bay to sfo but no delays at the bay bridge. Just a couple of cars in the cash lanes. Full report coming up. The largest container ship ever to visit the United States is about to dock at the port of oakland. Its called the Benjamin Franklin set to arrive tomorrow after it makes a trip from los angeles. It is 1300 feet long. So to give you some perspective, thats 50 feet longer than the empire state building. It is the tenth largest container ship in the world. The beck minute franklin is run Benjamin Franklin is run by a shipping concern in france. Seaworld is challenging a ruling banning the breeding of cannive killer whales. They say the Coastal Commission overstepped its authority. It gave permission to expand tanks but not breeding. They say they are not part of the Marine Environment so they are outside the commissions jurisdiction. Twitter is climbing down on threats and hate speech. The social networking site says it will ban a user who tweets a threat, uses hateful language or adopts terrorist langer. They have come under increasing pressure from politicians saying militant extremists are using internet to recruit members. Google glass is reinvented but it probably wont be available to ordinary consumers. Cnet reports they filed plans with the fcc for a wearable device that may look like this. Rumor has it the new edition will have a larger prism that wraps around the eye. Unlike the original, it would be geared for certain businesses rather than everyday techies. If you are a mechanic working on a vehicle, for example and need both hands but need to refer to a manual that could be useful so i think that google is going to a more industrial Enterprise Market where, first of all, theres more money to spend and, second of all, there are Practical Applications that go beyond gimmicks. The original version of google glass didnt fare too well. The Company Stopped Selling it last january. 4 57. If you vote in california, heads up. State officials are investigating a potential data leak on millions of voters. What you need to know coming up. Reporter were in fairfield this morning where a grandmother is in custody after the suspicious death of her 4 yearold grandson. ,,,,,,, december 30th. Im betty yu. Taking a live look this morning at the bay bridge, traffic moving relatively smoothly for this time of the day. A lot of people still on vacation this week. Thanks for joining us this morning. It is wednesday, december 30. Im anne makovec. Frank and michelle are off today. Im betty yu. Breaking news. A fire destroyed a house in concord. Firefighters are still trying to figure out if anybody was inside that house. Fire broke out on north 3rd street around 2 30 a. M. Downed electrical wires made it difficult for firefighters to get close to the home so for the most part they had to let that house burn. Neighbors were evacuated as a precaution because of the live wires on the ground. The home is a total loss and again, crews are still searching the property for any victims. A 4yearold boy is dead and his grandmother is behind bars. It all started with a 911 call about a drowning in fairfield and thats where kpix 5 reporter jackie