Slick streets and problems on the road this christmas the latest winter storm to soak the bay area moves through tonight. And good evening im jana katsuyama. And im ken wayne. Frank and gasia are off tonight. Were on storm watch as another storm moves through the area. Bill martin is tracking the rain and where its falling right now but we begin with cara liu where some drivers are coping with wet and slick roadways out there. Reporter the water has begun to dry since the rain did stop. But still heavy traffic especially considering its 10 00 tonight. A lot of folks returning to dinner after a rainy day today. Rainwater covered multiple lanes. The rain fell steady most of the afternoon and evening weather and speed are being blamed for a single car crash. Neither the driver or his family were injured when the suv rolled on to it side it was one of a number of crashes that officers responded to during the storm. With anything involved with these collisions where theres water on the roadway its going to be speed. People need to slow down, check their tire pressure and the threads on their tires and allow themselves more space as theyre traveling behind vehicles. Reporter through the san rafael bridge, to the golden gate driving conditions were downright miserable for most everyone on the road. That did not stop these folks from enjoying the rain and the bay areas most iconic rainfall. This is our first time watching the bridge. And we came to visit. Easy to vacation time, everybody is having a good time. Were just getting out of the house and having a drive and driving around. Reporter and windy conditions on a number of bridges tonight. A high wind advisory went into effect around 6 00 and is still in effect right now. Reporting live, cara liu. Highway 1 south of big sur is closed tonight due to a rock slide. Caltrans says its working to open at least one lane later this week but it has no estimate on what day that might be. Were going to turn now to ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin whos been monitoring all of these storms and which places are getting reallily soaked. It came down for some time. It was steady and sometime in the afternoon it really started to hammer. Take a look at the last few hours and you can see that over the last few hours those oranges and reads down in the Santa Clara Valley thats when it was really coming down. You can see by the oakland area, by skyline boulevard you have some light showers there. Some showers down around san leandro we head out toward beach front boulevard near belmont. You see showers there. How about roson avenue getting heavy activity. At least toward campbell. But as we worked our way toward evergreen and san felipe road you see significant rainfall on these bands. You touch on here an we show you rainfall bands at. 2 an hour. Thats significant rain and you head down toward the corridor and gilroy. They were getting hammered for a time today this evening and now theyre getting a little bit of a break. But the rain came down hot and heavy there. The Santa Cruz Mountains theyre getting a lot of rain and its coming down fast. As it stands right now, the showers are starting to die down, the worse is over. It was a fast moving system and were fortunate it is coming down fast. It could have caused bigger problems but it migrated through rapidly. Im going to be talking about showers still lingering, were going to see you back here in a few minutes. The rain now is actually helping to create a good supply of water for the summer. The Santa Clara ValleyWater District says the intense but separatic storms have filled the south bay reservoirs to 102 of normal. Last year we were in a deficit situation and we really needed to make up some ground. Luckily we have a lot of ground water storage capacity. This series of storms have helped with the reservoir capacity. A member of the Alpine Meadow ski patrol has died after being buried in an avalanche. Bill foster died overnight at a reno hospital. Yet the ski patrol used explosives to trigger the avalanche in a private area of the resort near lake tahoe. Resort Officials Say the avalanche broke much higher and wider on the slope than expected burying foster in the snow. Well go to the sierra for updates on conditions there tonight as this latest storm bringing everyone more snow to the high country. You can get the latest weather conditions any time online or on your mobile device at ktvu. Com. Look for the link to Storm Tracker 2 near the top of the page. You can also follow us on twitter. We postupdates on the ktvu channel 2 facebook page. Police found dozens of shell casings on the ground where a man was shot and killed. Neighbors told our photographer that they heard multiple gunshots. Police say they found a man on the street and he died on the way to the hospital. The Coroners Office has not yet released the victims name. A woman is recovering tonight after being hit when stray bullets pierced the wall of her church in oakland. It happened as some 100 worshipers attended Evening Service on mcarthur. Eric rasmussen spoke to the pastor who was in the line of fire. Reporter and that pastor visited the woman whos here in serious condition. This woman was hit as she was trying to protect the children around her. Friends say teresa cordovo was trying to shield her children from gunfire. Shes trying to protect the child, jumping, thats why the bullets caught her. Reporter today pastor sagero says he was in the middle of sermon when the gunfire opened. I told the people, go to the ground. Reporter get down . Get down, yeah. Reporter he says he counted seven to eight shots through the wall including a bullet that ended up in this stroller. Reporter the pastors daughter says a baby was in that stroller just minutes before the fire started. Reporter a couple of minutes before. A couple of minutes before she had taken the baby out. Reporter that baby could have been sitting there. Yeah. Reporter the church was not the target. Despite a packed house for Christmas Eve no one else inside the church was hit. Saguero says his next service on thursday will go on. Are you scared to go back. A little bit. But i am serving kpwoad god in the house of god i have to go back. In the north bay a portion of roadway is closed tonight after a water main break in fairfax. It happened near midway lane late this afternoon. Crews have since shut off the water but have since shut down because of flood concerns. Hundreds of people made sure people had a warm meal. Some of the most notable volunteers included Football Players who have a connection to those they served. Reporter this bus was full of navy Football Players, their destination st. Anthonys. The team and coaches will help serve 4,000 meals today they are in San Francisco to play in the craft fight hunger bowl. Were excited to come here, play in the bowl game. But i think scenes like these will last much more longer than the football game. Reporter the generosity at st. Anthonys is echoed at glide memorial church. Here the navys opponent the team from Arizona State university did their part. Its awesome to be able to come and help people out here. Reporter glide too served thousands of people on this Christmas Day as it does every day of the year but the money donated for the holidays and their volunteers are not seen often. Were going to put a dent on this lack of money and participation of people wanting to do whats right and whats righteous and loving and generous and kind. Reporter guide says it had plenty of volunteers to prepare and serve food but what it says it needs is for volunteers tomorrow, next week, next month and next year once the Christmas Spirit has faded. U. S. Troops shared a christmas meal thousands of miles from their family. While many troops said they would like to be home they say the bonds they have made with other troops both american and afghan are truly remarkable. Christmas in afghanistan is amazing. The countries have come together and we have joined to celebrate this Christmas Day and this season as you can see all the people here in afghanistan are enjoying the meal at a family. Reporter the u. S. Has 66,000 troops in afghanistan out of an International Force totalling 102,000. In his christmas address, Pope Benedict xvi called for peace in the middle east. I appeal for an end to the bloodshed. Easier access for the relief of refugees and the displaced and dialogue in the pursuit of a political solution to the conflict. The pope delivered his speech to tens of thousands of people from the central balcony of st. Peters basilica. He spoke about the violence in syria. He also urged the new leadership in china to give people there more religious freedom. Families in the south bay enjoying a Winter Wonderland tonight in north america. The entertainment included live shows and games. Wonderland will stay at north america through january 4. Children four years and under get in for free. A lot of fresh new snow in the sierra tonight and an incredible example of human nature. A chain installers mission to return a lost wedding ring. Chilling new details in the case of a fire. At first, firefighters report of an an explosion in downtown San Francisco. What they found on the scene. A manhole cover exploded in downtown San Francisco this evening. Pg e says it was caused by an underground vault fire. The blast happened around 5 00 this evening near the corner of third and mission street. The intersection was closed to traffic for a while as crews put out the fire. No one was injured and there was no power outages. Investigators have found a note and human remains at the home of a man whos accused of deliberately setting a fire and then shooting and killing two firefighters that arrived at the scene. David lee miller has the new details emerging on the man at the center of this attack. Reporter when firefighters arrived at the home of Adam Spangler they did not know they would be ambushed. Spangler left a note, detectives will not release the entire content. I have to make sure i burn as many homes i can. Reporter he had with him three guns including a semi automatic rifle. The same weapon used in the newtown connecticut massacre. He also had plenty of ammunition. When i was being told by investigators there were a lot of ammunition around. He was ready to go to war. Reporter Authorities Say they believe they found his sisters remains in the house the two shared and that spangler set ablaze. We did locate apparent human remains in the ruins. The assumption is that its the shooters sister. Reporter why spangler the set off the attack nobody knows. When spangl ers mother recently died she asked for doe neighs to the fire department. We may never know what was going through his mind. It was a somber christmas in newtown connecticut as the sidewalk memorial for the 26 victims killed at an Elementary School almost two weeks ago continues to grow. Today volunteers kept watch over a candlelight vigil to make sure they remained burning all day. Police officers from near by towns filled in for Newtown Police to make sure they had christmas off. Here at home crews in Santa Clara County spent the day looking for the cause of a three alarm fire that destroyed a campbell business. Ktvu is live. Firefighters tell us they were forced to take a defensive stance as flames shot 50 feet into the air. It took crews about an hour to put out the fire. Today Severe Weather is swept through the Southern States from texas to florida with several tornado sightings. This video is from mobile alabama where an apparent funnel cloud touched down this evening it took down tree limbs and power lines and caused damage to homes, a high school and a church. At least 20,000 customers are without power. An in louisiana a brave boater captured this waterspout on camera just north of new orleans. The spout formed over lake pontchartrain. New orleans and the surrounding areas remains on alert for tor tornadoes through the night. The same storm system bringing a lot of snow to the sierra. A winter storm warning causing problems. Reporter these brake lights greeted drivers to the sierra. Merry christmas. Reporter at times many went no faster than 10milesan hour. And had delays of two hours. At first i was a little frustrated but then i thought, to make me safer i dont mind going slow. Its my first time in the snow. Im a excited and scared i might slip and hit something. Reporter crews at times put a stop on traffic. I dont mind the snow, weve been on the road since 6 00 this morning and its supposed to only take us 10 hours to get to reno. Reporter weve been stuck for an hour 11 2 or so. Kind of sucks but oh well, i have to get home and work tomorrow. Its kind of scary but yet you know its different, its a White Christmas for us. Something different for us. Reporter ktvu channel 2 news. A wedding ring lost in the sierra snow has been found. But now the question is how to find the owner. A snow chain installer working on interstate 80 found the ring in the snow. Douglas benedeti says he saw a man looking for the ring off the shoulder of the roadway. The man told benedeti had lost his ring and decided to look for it. He looked for it with his led light. I scooped it up and looked at it. Once i saw lisas name i knew i had the right ring. Its been a rainy day over all. The heavy stuff later on in the afternoon in the early evening hour. Moving off in the east now but heavy rainfall accumulations in these areas. Palo alto youre getting moderate to heavy rain right now but you see behind it, the rain is relatively light and thats moving off as well. Out by dublin and foothill road. You have scattered showers. Driving out there its not so great. So the way this goes is were going to have a winter storm warning. Ken mentioned it, its in effect through tomorrow night. Snow levels to deal with this, snow levels are down to 3,200 feet. Thats enough to cause problems as you saw in the last story because theyre chaining up much lower than normal. Theyre going chaining up to 3,000 feet through the morning. When i come back the latest computer model and well get you through tomorrow which has more showers in it and then a chance for more showers as we head down the road toward the weekend. See you here. Tonight marks the 20th year of the kung chow kosher comedy. The show the is the brain child of lisa godorden who found herself telling jewish jokes at a chinese restaurant. Pat wynne says she has missed only one year. Its Christmas Day and im not christian. So you have to find a thing to do in the bronx. Here we are. The Organizer Says the audience was originally 100 jewish but its changed into those just looking something to do. How people in the job today are keeping their spirits up. New numbers on spending this holiday season. How they compare to last year and what may be the force behind the numbers. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. I wish i had uverse when i was your age. In my day, we didnt have these fancy wireless receivers. Blah blah blah. If i had a sleepover, i couldnt just move the tv into the playroom. No. We had to watch movies in the den because thats where the tv outlet was. And if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. Is she for real . Your generation has it made. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver only from at t uverse. Get uverse tv for 29 a month for six months. Rethink possible. A retail data service says holiday sales grew at the weakest pace since 2008 when the nation was in the grips of a deep recession. Sales in the two months before christmas increased by an anemic. 7 of a percent compared to last year. Many analysts had expected sales to grow from three to 4 . Some analysts say Severe Weather and consumers rising uncertainty about the economy may have hurt sales. Netflix service is out and running after an outage that lasted several hours. The Los Gatos Company said service was fully restored this morning. Customers had not been able to view content since yesterday afternoon. From cable car drivers to investigators, people were making the best working on Christmas Day. Reporter but just as families share quality christmas time, many work. To keep the streets tidy to showing tourists the prettest pretty prettiest part of the city. I would rather be home, but thats okay. Its part of the job. Reporter and at starbucks its a reinvolving door. The baristas are busy. Somebody has to do it i again. Ive worked on christmas and sometimes you get time and a half. Reporter if you own a business no holiday pay. But for max patel its not so bad. Its not so bad. Well close early and well be home for dinner. Reporter we met blue at the powell street turn around who works for his christmas dinner. The fmta says theyre pretty slow throughout their system today except for their cable cars theyre actually more popular on holidays so some of those operators are working until midnight tonight. Lorraine blanco. Charles during has died. He won a tony award, and earned two Oscar Nominations as well as an actors achievement award. He is wanted for questioning in belice where john mcafee is spending christmas and looking to stay more permanently. The temporary fix to protect a levee that failed over the weekend. [ boy 1 ] hey thats the last crescent. Oh, did you want it . Yea well split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. Thats half thats not half guys, i have more thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. Let the making begin heres a better idea. Pillsbury grands flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. Pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. As the rain continues tonight, East Palo Alto residents are seeing a newly renovated levee reporter despite the rain, san fransiscito rushed today. Hopefully itll be bring a will the of freshness to the valley. Take out the dirty and bring the new for the new year. Reporter marin county gets 3 4 of its Drinking Water from rainfall so for many this is worth the bother. Its wonderful to have the rain for the plants for everything. Reporter we found people doing truly last minute shoppers, dodging the showers. I dont like the rain, i dont think so but maybe other people like it, yes. I have a restaurant close to the napa river so were always on a flood watch up there. Reporter this Christmas Day brought crowds to the golden gate bridge. You can come to San Francisco, you expect good weather and you came to the golden gate, thats it. Reporter we saw this open topsighted seeing bus. Health and science editor john fowler ktvu news. Rescue crews spent the evening rescuing a horse. Cracky the horse climbed up to the loft looking for more hay. He was stuck up there for three days. The horse is in good shape. Officials at u. S. Airways are looking into what caused one of it aircrafts to catch fire. It happened during maintenance check. The fire started in a small motor under the planes trail. No one was aboard at the time. The plane was scheduled to fly to vancouver. Passengers were put on another airplane craft two hours later. Theres word that mcafee is spending christmas in england. The pioneer wrote that hes safe in the country where he grew up. Mcafee was born in england. The sun reports mcafee is hoping for a fresh start. Mcafee has been in hiding from authorities in belize where he had been living. He is wanted for questioning in the death for the suspicious death of a neighbor. Ktvus robert handa followed the mail carriers on their rout today. Reporter its not exactly santas sleigh but some san jose postal carriers including nancy ray hit the road Christmas Day to deliver last minute gifts. Merry christmas. Hello. The Postal Service delivers on Christmas Day. This is awesome. I cant believe youre here. Thank you so much. This is what makes it worthwhile. When people are home and theyre surprised and theyre happy i like the surprise of it the most. The delivery day started early at this postal facility where nancy ray and seven other carriers worked out routes. Why volunteer to play santa of course. They call the kids, the wives, the girlfriends look honey what you got. And they rip it open, big old smile on their face. Reporter Officials Say the hectic christmas delivery day here in san jose and the bay area caps off a very busy holiday season. The big rush is pretty much over but for those individuals that still want to get something out for the new year day, i would say december 28 is a good time to make sure you get your packages and letters into the mail. Reporter that should work if nancy ray gets the packages. Today i had 26 but that opportunity mean thats all ill have. Once i finished ill go back into the office and see if i have more to go. Reporter with that kind of dedication, maybe driving a sleigh would be appropriate. Robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. There was plenty of joy in berkeley outside of a delicatessen. Souls restaurants annual Christmas Event included music. Its been a tradition for jews and gentile alike who come for good company, good friends and look at that good food. One little girls christmas surprise did not come wrapped in a package this year. Tracy lot was sitting on santas knee in alabama talking about just how much she missed her father. Hes been stationed overseas for the last three years. Is he the most special person in the world . If you believe we might see him. You do believe. She does believe. How are you doing baby . An emotional reunion there. Sergeant jonathan lot says that he plans to spend the holiday with his family and just hopes he will be relocated state side in the coming months. On this Christmas Day, Stocking Stuffers took on a special meeting at one midwest hospital. All the newborns at the Maternity Ward at st. Lukes were gently placed into holiday stockings. Volunteers made the stockings for the holidays and the hospital says it creates a warm welcoming environment for families in their birth suites. Five years ago tonight a tiger attack stunned people around the world. We return to the scene of the attack and look at the changes the zoo has made. The rain is tapering off for now but theres some more rain in the forecast. Theres going to be a cold. Some fog as well. All in just over 12 minutes. We check the return policies of major storms. Coming up next, what you need to know before you return an unwanted gift. Well, well, well. Growing up, we didnt have uverse. We couldnt record four shows at the same time. In my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. And if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, thats all we watched. And we liked it todays kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. Only 29 a month for six months. Rethink possible. In news of the world tonight at least six people are dead and thousands homeless after fire struck two slums in manila. At least one of the fires may be the work of an arsonist. Five of the dead were trapped inside their apartment when a fire broke out. Riots broke out after the fire as residents fought with the firefighters saying their response was slow. A new constitution passed with 64 of the vote. Less than 1 3 of egypts 52 million eligible voters cast ballots. Opposition voters say the vote was opponents argue it ushers in islamic rule and restricts freedom. The afghanistan, Officials Say the woman who killed an american advisor was islamic. It does not appear the woman has linked to militant groups. Five years ago today a shocking attack at the San Francisco zoo made national headlines. A tiger escaped from its enclosure and killed a teenager. Eric Rasmussen Reports on how the victims family is coping. Reporter at the San Francisco zoo, holiday lights wrap a statute of tatiana. The Siberian Tiger attacked three young men killing one of them. I remember definitely being a shocking incident. We had been at the zoo that day. Its a tradition for us to come to the zoo on Christmas Day. Suza died of his injuries. Responding Police Officers shot and killed tatiana. The families eventually received settlements to avoid court. People felt strongly that tatiana was wrongly killed. Reporter the tigers grotto walls were 4 feet lower than federal standards. Today theres an electrified fence, and a new thigher martha roaming the compound. The zoo has signs like these. We spoke to carlos suzas father just after he visited his sons resting place. The zoo is safer, people can go there knowing that their children can be safe. Reporter david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. Rocket scientists at the Space X Company have released pictures of what could become a new spacecraft. The grasshopper rocket is unusual because it can hover allowing it to land vertically. Space x has a contract to resupply the International Space station and recently signed an agreement to develop rockets for the u. S. Space programs. Not every gift hits the mark. What you need to know before you try to return something. Up first, thousands of toys for children who need them. The firefighters on a mission to find every needy child. And chief meteorologist bill martin is updating the forecast for the rest of the holiday week. Hes back with another look at that as we look at the wet weather that may be coming our way. Download the ktvu app and watch all of our newscasts live on our mobile device. San francisco firefighters spent part of their day spreading Holiday Cheer to children across the city. Merry christmas. Every year the firefighters go out into the neighborhood in search of young people whos families might not be able to get them presents this Christmas Day. One engine went to the tenderloin neighborhood. We find people that just really need the toy the most. That really dont know what christmas is about or theyve forgotten the Christmas Day and they just get a gift from a firefighters and it changes the day. Suddenly they have a bike or a doll. Almost as soon as the presents are unwrapped come the concern, can i return the ones i dont want. Consumer reporter tom vacar checked the policies of major stores. Reporter itll take another three to four weeks before the season is fully tallied experts expect itll cost consumers 586 billion even after returns and exchanges that takes a lot of retailers time and money. Theyre harder to deal with without a receipt for sure. They want to give you a credit because if you get Something Else of a lower price. They would only give us store credit, they would never give us cash or anything. So we would just go there and buy what we needed. Take it in, tell them we dont want it and theyll exchange it or they will usually give you a store credit they will not give you your money back. Reporter walmart accepts most things back within 90 days. Electronics within 15 days. Cosco usually does not have a time limit, except for electronics which should be returned within 90 days. At sears k mart sears has 30, 60 and 90 day return period depending on the item and k mart gives just 28 days. Many choose the alternative of regifting. Dont take it back. Just give it to someone who might want it. We try to give as much as we can to the Salvation Army or goodwill. Reporter tom vacar. More details now on the return policies at a few other stores at best buy most items must be returned by january 21st with a receipt and photo i. D. Toys r us has a 90 day return policy but you must have the receipt and packages. At toys r us you will get a refund. And Severe Weather sweeping through the skies made for Severe Weather. Three tornadoes were reported in texas today with one building damaged. Blizzard warnings were in effect. And blizzard warnings are posted for parts of indiana, kentucky and missouri. In hawaii officials are trying to figure out whether a boat discovered off the coast of oahu is debris from last years tsunami. The state department of land and says the boat carried green mussels to be from japan. Officials say on thursday, they plan to go back to the area where the boat was found to see if any of the mussels were dislodged from the boat. In the Santa Clara Valley getting hit again with more heavy rain. You will see another line of showers working their way into the san jose proper area so they were dying down there. Theres san jose and this stuff is pretty significant. Its coming down hard. Its a small band but its powerful band. Coming real close here. Theres san jose, north first street its raining real hard. Willow glen is going to be raining really hard within the next couple of minutes in your place. Campbell youre getting heavy rain. Milpitas, you come north and you will see showers up around scott creek road and fremont thats moving off to the east so youre going to start to dry out for a little bit. You move up toward liver mother and sonol and showers are moving in a northeasterly direction. So the showers working their way out. Santa cruz up in the hills here youre getting some moderate rain. Just one of those nights a lot going on. The showers are going to die down and when they do its going to get cold. It got warm when the clouds came in and the clouds this morning and they never allowed the temperatures to warm up. Some of the temperatures were in the 40s. 46 in napa. 48 in concord. Overnight lows are going to be down into the maybe upper 30s and lots of low 40s. Theres going to be lots of valley fog in the morning. There might even be a few sprinkles. Therell be a a lot of clouds. Therell be some breaks, some sun, you will need an umbrella then you dont. But today it was like you needed an umbrella all day. Clearing in the afternoon. Widely scattered showers. The extended forecast calls for a drying out. Theres a change of something coming. But it doesnt look like its too much. Tonight 10 00, there we are tomorrow morning 4 00 a. M. Scattered showers. Here we are at 9 00 p. M. Not too severe. And here we are at 5 00 p. M. So not so bad. Then we move through the day on thursday. Theres thursday morning, theres thursday afternoon. Well be talking valley fog on thursday. And then as we get into friday, friday morning and then friday afternoon. This kind of weak thing wants to rumble in. So it doesnt take much but itll be enough to drop a few sprinkles. Theres the story, five day forecast coming up. Were looking at temperatures that will be in the 50s. Its winter, boy you can tell its wait you can tell its winter. Right now were 160 of average. In the mountains its snowing. Thats staying for a couple of days. Theyre getting a lot of snow. Its dicey getting up there. A Los Angeles County homeless man who had been living on an island in the Los Angeles River had to be rescued this week when water levels in the river rose. A team of firefighters from several departments came to the mans rescue yesterday afternoon. They tossed ropes so he could tie himself to a tree and then they used a rescue boat to bring him to safety. He was treated for hypothermia and is expected to make a full recovery. A family that creates a forest of Christmas Trees at their home. Well tell you how many they put up this year. [ woman ] ring. Ring. Progresso. I just served my motherinlaw your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much. I told her it was homemade. Everyone tells a little white lie now and then. But now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] shes right behind me isnt she . [ male announcer ] progresso. You gotta taste this soup. Of green giant vegetables its easy to eat like a giant. And feel like a green giant. Ho ho ho green giant im going to dream about that steak. Im going to dream about that tiramisu. What a night, huh . But, um, can the test drive be over now . Head back to the dealership . [ male announcer ] its practically yours. But we still need your signature. Volkswagen sign then drive is back. And its never been easier to get a passat. Thats the power of german engineering. Get 0 down, 0 due at signing, 0 deposit, and 0 first months payment on any new volkswagen. Visit vwdealer. Com today. A Southern California family really likes Christmas Trees this season they managed to put 103 of them inside their house. Mom and chief decorator allyson seaward says her love came from the enjoinment of pine forests. Allysons calls the january ritual of taking all of these sad but cleansing. I wonder where they store all of those in the offseason. Big day for basketball and basketball fans. Should nba players be at home with the family or making some money . Well the npa scheduled five big time match ups for christmas. Warriors were not part of todays line up. They should be just about getting to their hotel in utah right now to play the jazz tomorrow night. In fact, golden seat hasnt played since saturday when they lost in overtime to the lakers at home. Warriors are 71 following the loss. This time off during the holidays means more rest and so much more. This is just a game, you want to cherish those moments. Its a long season, its a very demanding one and its great when we can take a deep breath. Relax and enjoy the things that are really important in life. Well kobe bryant doesnt seem to mind playing on Christmas Day, he scored 33 points. The new yorks Carmelo Anthony scored 17 of his 34 in the third quarter. I just hope knicks can return those ugly christmas uniforms tomorrow. Steve gnash to gasol down the chimney he goes. Lakers win one 194. And i hope the crews got extra pay to change the floor. They worked hard. Griffin scores 13 they win their franchise record 14th straight game. Soup stars kevin durant and lebron james met for the nba finals. Not a lot of christmas cheer in in game. James going down there and duran led everyone with 32 points. Drew the thunder within one point. James scores 29. Eight rebounds and heres one of his nine assists. Its chris bosh. He beat Oklahoma City 10397. Houston rolls in chicago. Boston beats brooklyn. The usf dawns and plays tennessee in hawaii today. And they snap their five game losing streak 6749 is your final and thats sports. All right, very merry Christmas Day. Thank you, fred. And thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. Well see you the next time news breaks. Ktvu morning news will start at 4 30 a. M. Theyll have all the overnight news developments and were always here for you on ktvu. Com and mobile ktvu. Good night