Still green for drivers. A 10 minute ride into San Francisco. Back over to you. Well today, house represcribes are expected to pass their plan to overhaul the nations tax code. Then the senate will vote and likely send the bill to the president for his signature. Heres whats included. The Corporate Tax rate will decrease to 21 . The standard deduction will increase to 12,000 for individuals, and 24,000 for couples. But the personal exception is eliminated, which will offset a large chunk of those savings for many people. Homeowners with new mortgages can duct interest on the first 750,000, which is down from the current 1 million. The Child Tax Credit will double to 2,000, and the individual Health Care Mandate is eliminated. Thats projected to increase premiums by 10 and result in 1 million more people without insurance over the next decade. And a new nonpartisan announcement is predicting that the bill will raise taxes for 5 of taxpayers next year. Over half of americans would pay mo
Means for the most part this week, numbers will be above average, we should be in the upper 50s, it looks like a nice fair christmas ahead. Have a good one. Well, we are following developing news this morning, hayward as chp patrol car is a mangled mess after being rear ended on a crash on interstate 880 near highway 92. Jessica flores is live with the latest on the officers involved in this wreck. Jessica. Reporter anne, thats right, we are just off a street. Can you see this on ramp behind me is completely shut down. All southbound lanes 880 shut down as chp investigates factually what happened. Now, if you take a look at the video, what we know is that a chp vehicle was left mangled, completely smashed in the back. You can see another vehicle there. We are told at this point, chp patrol car was parked on the shoulder and that is when a vehicle slammed into the chp vehicle. Now two officers inside that chp vehicle were transported to the hospital with major injuries. We dont know the
Forecast. Good morning and Merry Christmas and prepare to bundle up if you head out early in the morning. Numbers low to mid 40s. But more sunshine in the early going and partly cloudy skies. So around the coast mid 40s same for the bay. Low 40s join land. Here is what is happening. High pressures over the west coast keeping us fairly dry all week this afternoon the numbers manage upper 50s and a few low 60s, clouds increase by this afternoon, exed forecast, numbers regain 60s, for the most part this week numbers will be above average. We should be upper 50s by later in the week mid60s but it looks nice fair christmas ahead. We are following developing news in hayward, two c hp officers are injured after being rear ended in a crash on interstate 880 happening near highway 92. Yes, sir i is a flores is live where the southbound lanes have been completely shut down, jessica. Reporter thats right, anne, we are just off the a street exit. Can you see this on ramp behind me is shut down, th
Westbound 580. Not a bad drive at all. In fact, this seems to be the case for most of our freeways. Very lightly traveled this early morning. If you are working your way westbound 580, out of the altamont pass. No troubles getting over to 680. Speeds down to about 40 miles per hour. But not seeing any accidents or incidents. So taking it a little slow there. Give yourself 22 minutes minutes to make that portion of the drive. And loveridge to 80, that is clear all the way to 680 to eastshore freeway. And if you are hopping on 680, heres a live look through main street. Traffic is pretty light on that southbound side of 680, heading towards 24. Emily. Thanks, giana. Cities across the country and here in the bay, celebrated the new year with a bang. Once the clock struck midnight, fireworks went off and revelers ushered in 2018. This was the scene in San Francisco, chicago and new york. And amid uh precedented security, and near record cold temperatures. About a Million People turned out
Also patchy fog occurring in those lowlying areas. We will stay warmer than average for the next few days. We have a change in the forecast in the form of rain. That is expected to arrive. Well have to wait a couple of days for it. Temperaturewise, in the 40s. San francisco, 50 degrees. San jose, 44 now. Emily, ill send it over to you. Thank you very much, neda. People all over the world ushered in the new year with fireworks. In mexico city, crowds gather at the angel of independence at the party. In the middle, belgium, fireworks lit up the night sky. And you can see in indonesia, hundreds gathered around the fountain. And hundreds of thousands gathered in times square to watch the iconic ball drop. By the time it hit midnight, the temperature had fallen to just a bonechilling 10 degrees in new york city. Security was tight around times square, of course. Extra officers were on hand to make sure everyone had a safe new year. And undercover officers and snipers monitored the hotels, s