Jose. Look at the highs today. We are back in the upper 60s. Gorgeous weather, but we desperately need rain at this point. Ill let you know if theres any in the forecast coming up. Lets head over to vianey arana. Anything happening on the roads yet . Not yet. It may be cold outside, but the roads are on the clear side. The Speed Sensors, everything is green. We arent seeing major slowing. We are seeing the slowing along eastbound 580, but nothing major on that end. A quick check of the bridge drive times. No major or minor accidents to report. Eight minutes on westbound 880 toward the bay bridge. Westbound 92 toward the san mateo bridge, 13 minutes. Another update in a pitch hopefully its as good as clear roads. Back to you. Live to the nations capitol where for the first time in 25 years, alabama voters send a democratic senator to represent their state. It was a stunning victory for doug jones. Moore did not concede the race. He will wait until all the votes are counted. All news pro
From the 39. 6 to 37 . Now, one of the biggest questions, especially for californians, is the fate of the state and local Tax Deductions. Those allowed you to deduct what you pay in state and local taxes from your federal tax bill. Save ace lot of people money, but both bills eliminate those deductions but allow property Tax Deductions of up to 10,000 a year. Right now we dont know how that all was ironed out. California republicans largely backed the bill in the house but they came under pressure during the conference negotiations to push for an expansion of the state and local deduction in order to avoid tax increases. And the announcement on tax reform came just hours after Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer called the republicans to hit pause on their tax bill until newly elected Democrat Doug Jones takes his seat. Nbc news projects jones won the special election in alabama. He holds about a 1. 5 lead or 20,000 votes over republican roy moore. Moore has refused to conc
He strikes the clerk from behind knocking him out. People recognize him as a drifter who have in and out of trouble. Often he says he seems like hes on drugs or battling a mental illness. He yells and starts running opinion hes really weird. Reporter criminal behavior as well. A felon vandalism conviction just three weeks ago. Last week battery and inflicting corporal injury and a court order to stay away from the victim. Two counts of possession of controlled substance in 2015 and arrest on charges of obstruction justice and resisting arrest in 2008. Police responded to numerous calls where no arrests were made. This is somebody our officers have had quite a bit of contact with. Reporter why does he continue to get out of jail with little or no prison time. His crimes arent risen to the level of those requiring times behind bars. Its handicapped law enforcement. Police say a lot of people who are repeat offenders. Hes been tested for Mental Illnesses numerous times, evaluated in court
California which is why we want to make sure that as you wake up this morning youre aware. This map right here indicates the highlighted areas that are under a higher risk for fire danger, especially for elevations above 1,000 feet. Were dealing with possibly gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour, although i was looking at the models and it looks like were trending more towards the 40 Miles Per Hour gusts. Were already seeing those gusts in mount diablo, typically a windy spot, but when youre dealing with humidity below 10 , 20 even, it could cause a flag for concerning which is why that will remain in effect through sunday morning. I will break down that wind pattern, a timeline of those winds, when were expecting to be the gustiest coming up in just a bit. I know the air quality remains fairly unhealthy for the north bay and the coast. This wind will help clear up some of that air quality. Were actually slightly warmer and above seasonable from what weve been seeing. Were waking up to 40s th
Jose at 50. When you go to Mountain View its about 46 degrees. So its a wide array. This is all ahead of the that cold front thats going to sweep in within the next couple hours and you will notice it because its going to be a big wind event. Those winds will start picking up into the afternoon and we will top out only in the 50s. Just to give you a preview of the wind when im talking about gusty i mean the hilltops, the mountain areas. We will be seeing gusts between 20, 30, some spots even 40 Miles Per Hour and this is all day today. We are expecting breezy to windy conditions to pick up as early as the next hour, and by 9 00 you will notice its still breezy, livermore 24 mile an hour winds, morgan hill 23. This system is so cold we are tracking snow and snow flurries possibly as low as the santa cruz area, highway 17. I will break all that down for you coming up in the next 15 minutes. What a difference a couple weeks makes. A couple weeks ago we were at santa cruz enjoying the beac