Reporter this is a very sad Christmas Morning for at least several families here in the bay area. We are in front of what has been the scene for hours here on 880 south near southland mall. That is the chp car that was hit from behind. There is debris everywhere on the freeway, on this offramp, across all lanes. Now, i want to just show you right across from this offramp here, thats the other car that was involved, this red car where you see the front left side smashed in, ending up across the freeway. The chp is being very tight lipped about this accident. They confirmed at least two chp officers were seriously injured as well as the driver of that red car. The accident happened around 11 45 p. M. , Christmas Eve, again, near 880 south near winton by the mall. Investigators arent giving specifics about the injuries or confirming if anyone has passed. I want to mention, however, right before our report we saw a coroners van transporting someone on 880 north passing the scene. It was fo
And rain are possible next weekend grant tele vo the weather has been all over the place. Weve seen cold temperatures, windy conditions at times, and even hail in parts of the area today. Kron 4s j. R. Stone continues our Team Coverage tonight, he found some Weather Damage in vallejo. J. R. Damage in vallejo. J. R. First off how does it feel out there this evening . j. R. steve you can j. R. steve you can see on my thermometer it is 44 degreespretty chilly out heregood news is that there is no wind. Look what the wind did last night when we had those cold temperatures. It blew these massive tree branches onto the ground. I tried moving this branch and these things are heavy. I talked with folks in this area who are all talking about one thingthe cold. Very cold lately real cold. Its been lotty coldyeah and when it gets cold what do you do . I put my jacket on. Yes its coldbut you have shorts onwell i just vicki ots the city of San Francisco the city of vicki ots news. vicki ots the cit
Air Quality Management district is playing grinch, extending a spare the air alert through tomorrow. And not everyone is very happy about it. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has the not so jolly story. Its important for everyones health that we give the gift of clean air this season. Reporter its a very smoggy holiday across the bay area. Air quality Officials Say dont even think of using your fireplace Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Spare the air alerts have been called. We have no wind. We have no rain. And unfortunately, its just capping all of our bad air quality and keeping it right here in the bay area. Everyone wants clean air, but breaking tradition without a fire on christmas is a tough sell. Its christmas. We have a bunch of clean air regulations. We could let that slide of all things. Reporter air quality officials get a lot of complaints. Here are just a few they have received on their website. You people make me sick. Its christmas. People light fires. And there is th
Jesus at one point which is usually done by an aide. He preached a message of love and forgiveness, calling on people to love their brothers and sisters. Catherine and in bethlehem. Crowds from around the world gathered for Christmas Eve celebrations. Making a pilgrimage to the biblical birthplace of jesus. Catherine tourists visited local restaurants and souvenir shops. And admired a large, illuminated christmas tree. Thght mass in bethlehem. Catherine new tonight at 8 here in the bay area. We are hours away from christmas. But there are still lots of people doing lastminute shopping. Kron 4s alecia reid asked some of them why they waited so long. Catherine she joins us live in emeryville. Alecia . Reporter some of the people we spoke to actually had good excuses for getting their last minute shopping done. A few of them have been workng up until this point, so their schedule didnt allow for it. Reporter others came into town to visit family, so shopping here was easier for them. It w
male announcer live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. Top stories were working on this sunday, december 23rd. A wet Holiday Weekend around the bay area. Well tell you if your christmas weather will be nasty or nice. Return to index of stories. And it will most likely be a White Christmas in the sierra as the lake tahoe area gets dumped with several feet of snow this Holiday Weekend. Were here in the Weather Center keeping an eye on the rain. You mentioned not just a strong storm today janu christmas. We are expecting showers or christmas. However, you can see on the radar is pretty nasty, and completely let up. In a few areas of breaks of dry conditions petaluma mainly showers and in by the green. Moderate indicated by the yellow. Even with the bay bridge, burlingame and the same in the senate to go toward a mixture of light flashed moderate in some of the above the green is indicating light showers pretty heavy and this area, richmond, berkeley, oakland, alameda,