It will feel colder than the low to mid50s because it will be breezy this afternoon. Here is sue with a look at our morning commute. Back to the bay bridge toll plaza. Reports of an accident. First they said fast track lanes and now lane number four. Apparently they have found the accident, a couple cars are stuck together, not moving. It is out of our picture shot but it is near the metering lights so you can tell they are on but it is just crawling to get through the toll plaza. The booth number 14 is out of commission as of a couple weeks now due to an earlier accident. Westbound 580 near airway cleared off to the righthand shoulder. A couple problems near lone tree way. An overturned partially blocking the left lane and near mcewen also blocking the left lane. Well look at some of your drive times. Hi, everyone. Right now we are tracking breaking news out of the south bay. A Large Police Presence in a los gatos neighborhood. Brandnew information within the last ten minutes or so and matt keller is joining us from the scene. Reporter good morning, jessica. I talked with the spokesperson from the Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office and he said this was a Home Invasion in los gatos. Theres a big scene behind me, sheriffs deputies have blocked off this road. We talk with one neighbor about what deputies told him. Just said there was a Home Invasion and asked if they caught the guy. They said no. I said i needed to get through to go to the safeway and they said just wave at the officers when you go by. Reporter more new information, the Sheriffs Office says there are five suspects, four men and a woman believed to be in their 20s. One victim is being treated for injuries. We saw an ambulance leave the scene. The Sheriffs Office is not releasing details on the extent of the persons injuries. Theyre not going into any details about what was taken. Now this is a very nice neighborhood here in los gatos. Homes valued at 3 million to 7 million. The Sheriffs Department expects to be out here for quite a while longer. Reporting live, matt keller, abc 7 news. This keeps happening and needs to stop. Police investigating a string of incidents of people pointing lasers at planes. Two at Oakland International airport last night. Amy . Reporter hi, reggie. Officials say theyve seen this before but the number of incidents seems to be going up. Theyve targeted flights out of the southfield, the south side of the oakland airport. Not the commercial flights that leave out of the other side of the airport. A chp helicopter did a sweep last night looking for those who are doing this. They have good gps information showing them where the lasers are coming from, so they feel confident they will find who is doing this and when they do they will be severely punished saying this is a serious you can cause blindness, loss of nice vision, permanent damage to the eyes of the pilot and cause them to lose control of the aircraft. Reporter this latest wave of laser attacks started early sunday morning as a chp crew flew over an east oakland a laser was pointed at the crew. No arrests have been made. The person or people doing this could face up to 11,000 fine for each strike. Reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Senate republicans have passed the gops tax bill. It moves them one step closer to achieving their first legislative victory under President Trump. Polls show the bill is unpopular with americans. This morning on gma House Speaker paul ryan says americans will eventually come around. When they see the withholding tables change and more money in their paychecks, the growth at that will result from historic tax reform, minds will change and people will change their view on this. Theyve been hit with so many confusing, different messages, theres no wonder theres confusion. Democrats disagree. Senator harris says the republican tax bill that passed the senate is a travesty. It gives even more tax breaks to the top 1 and permanently cuts Corporate Tax rates at the expense of middleclass families. This isnt what americans wanted, and its up to us to fight back at the ballot box in 2018. I also want to show you a tweet from senator dianne feinstein. She said Senate Republicans just gave corporations and the richest americans an early Christmas Present at the expense of middleclass families. Today the house will have to vote again. Theyre going to be voting on a revised version of the bill and President Trump does plan to hole a News Conference at the white house after the house passes the bill. Back to you. Berkeley Police Officers will be allowed to keep their pepper spray. That is the ruling from last nights city council meeting. The move rejects from a civilian Commission Board. There were concerns that wind in volatile crowds could prevent officers from pepper spraying one specific person and instead spray an unintended target. The city overturned a 20yearold ban in september in response to a series of political protests that turned violent. The thomas fire burning in Southern California is the second largest in our states history. Progress has been positive. Nearly 272,000 acres burned in the thomas fire that is 424 square miles or nine times the size of San Francisco. Its expected to be fully controlled by the end of the first week of january. The latest star wars movie is playing now. Firefighters may the force be with you. Progress in the north bay after octobers devastating wildfires. When power will be restored to one of the hardest hit areas. A new rule for flying that could impact your suitcase. All right. A look at whats going on as far as our radar. The steadiest of the rain moving out of the south bay and some scattered showers possible for the rest of the morning commute. Well talk about a c for mildtomoderate eczema . It can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. The arm of an arm wrestler . The back of a quarterback . The face of a fairy . Prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. It blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. And its steroidfree. Do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. Allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. The most common side effect is application site pain. Ask your doctor about eucrisa. It is 6 10. One santa rosa neighborhood will have electricity soon for the First Time Since being ravaged by the for the bay wildfires. Ash and debris covered coffey park after the tubbs fire swept through. Flames destroyed about 1,000 homes. Pg e worked to restore power yesterday. They will energize the east side on friday. Crews installed temporary poles and transformers. Well start with live doppler 7 as we come up on 6 11. Some pockets of rain and even a little wintry mix around mt. Hamilton. As far as our temperatures down at the surface mid to upper 40s throughout San Francisco. The cool spot at 43. Financial ocean beach, crissy field, bayview at about 49. The castro at 47. 49 right now in richmond. 46 at santa clara. 47 right now in pleasant hill. A look at san rafael is looking drier. Breezy on the bay today. Dress warmer. If youre out and about wet during the morning but dry during the afternoon hours. More on our chances of showers and the next storm that could come in as soon as christmas. A check with sue. Is it still as busy as earlier . Its quieted a little bit. Were checking out Richmond San Rafael bridge. The lefthand lanes are the cash paying folks slightly delayed. A look at wind advisories. Wet and windy the san mateo and bay bridge reporting a wind advisory. Headsup there. The bay bridge toll plaza has been pushed out of lanes and a quick just press clean and roomba from irobot gets to work using two multisurface brushes and powerlifting suction to grab and remove everything from fine dust to large debris. Daily dirt doesnttand a chance. You and roomba from irobot. Better together. This i can do, easily. I try hard to get a great shape. Benea clear, tastefree, is 100 natural daily fiber. Thats clinically pren to help me feel fuller longer. Benefiber® healthy shape. This i can do that moment when who youre going with is more important than where youre going. Wherever life takes us, we go together. Interwoven. Exclusively at kay, jared and zales. The former boston archbishop who became the symbol of the sex abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church has died. The vatican confirmed this morning Cardinal Bernard law has died. Vatican Officials Say law died in rome. Hes infamously known in the United States after the boston globe revealed in 2002 that law and other bishops had covered for pedophile priests. Law was then forced to resign as archbishop there. The vatican says he died after battling a long illness. He was 86 years old. This morning authorities are confirming five americans among those killed in a bus crash in mexico. The bus flipped while carrying Cruise Ship Passengers who were coming from south florida on that ship. At least 12 people were killed. At least 18 were hurt. Officials say it isnt clear why the driver lost control. The road was dry. The sky was clear and no other vehicles were nearby. There were swerve marks all over the road. This next story may affect many of us. Starting january 15th, all Major Airlines expect passengers to remove lithium ion batteries from their bags. If theyre not removable the bag will not be allowed anywhere near the plane. This is according to consumeraffairs. Com. The faa says they present an unacceptable risk. Blue smart, the company that claims to be the worlds first smart connected carryon, claims it is in talks with the government to get this decision reversed. Two of the newest residents of the oakland zoo. Crown lemurs. The gray one is a girl. Girl. Most cant swim but he can. In fact, thats one of the reasons the pair ended up at the oakland zoo. Its more secure there and he cant escape by swimming away like he did at his previous zoo. Its so funny. Shes chill and playing and hes looking around trying to figure out, is there an air duck, some way to get out of here . Darwinism. He learned to swim. How about that. We dont need to swim but do have a few puddles left over from the showers. You can see already the transition to those blustery conditions is taking place. Partly cloudy. Winds pick up. Most of us the chance to use the umbrella already over. Hold on to the hats. Coldest the next three nights. Freezing cold in our valleys if not tonight for sure tomorrow night. So friday morning will be one of our coldest weve had all season. And then the extended, that chance of rain. So we have the rain exiting the south bay. The steady rain and showers trying to move into the north bay and that will be the case as we head through the rest of the morning commute. As far as temperatures today, the thermometer will say about 56 to 59. Your body will say it feels cooler than that, and thats because of the cutting winds that well have outside. Now it will remain breezy in the hills. We could drop into the 20s and 30s. Most of us in the 40s. Here we are from 7 00 to 9 00. You can see the scattered showers hugging the north bay coast. From 9 00 to noon they fall apart and then the breezes kick in, the dry air, and that leaves us with the mostly sunny afternoon. My accuweather sevenday forecast. Though well be freezing cold friday morning well rebound to near 60. In the 30s and 40s the rest of the mornings with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. And ill show you the chance of rain in about 20 minutes for christmas. Heres sue. Were going to the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights have been on about an hour or so ago. Traffic is now stacked up into the mcarthur maze. If your travels take from you hercules through the corridor westbound 80, the east shore freeway into San Francisco a 45minute drive time. Elsewhere lets head towards the south bay. We have an accident blocking the left lane, the second lane from the left. Westbound 237 near matilda. Traffic is stacking back to the east side of 237. So headsup there. Not a good alternate. A look at your drive times southbound 680 from highway 4 into walnut creek. A mere seven minutes. Walnut creek to highway 4. There is where we bog down tracy to dublin about an hour drive. Thank you, sue. An injury did not sideline holiday tradition started by observing raiders tackle donald penn. His teammate Marshall Newhouse took 25 kids to penns annual shop with a jock. He couldnt go because he had a serious foot injury during sundays game. Each child received a gift card for walmart. And raiders Wide Receivers and raiderettes gave more than 80 bikes with helmets and locks. Its become an annual tradition for observings wideouts. Very nice. That was a cool reveal how they did that, too. Good morning america is coming up at 7 00. Paula ferris with a look at whats ahead. Good morning, paula. Tgiw, great to be with you on this wednesday. Coming up on gma were talking taxes. The tax bill passed overnight. A second house vote remaining before President Trump can sign this into law. House Speaker Paul Ryan will speak with george about what this could mean for american families. Also ahead a consumer alert. Scammers taking advantage of all the lastminute shopping. Well tell you about the package emails you need to look out for so you dont become a victim. Plus an amazing medical milestone. A young woman whos 26 years old giving birth to a healthy baby that was frozen as an embryo for 24 years. Our dr. Jennifer ashton joins us live with how this happened, what it means for the future. It is a mindblowing story. The mom is 26. The baby was frozen so theyre technically 1 1 2 years apart, technically. I dont know about medically. But its really a fantastic story. Im happy for them because theyve been trying for so long to finally have a family. Paula, thank you. They adopted this embryo. Theres hundreds of thousands of them up for adoption. Thats awesome. Thank you so much, paula. Thanks, guys. One less thing to worry about when trying to find parking. Soon youll stop getting a ticket for leaving your car at a broken meter. A special delivery from the u. S. Air force. As you get your day into gear keep on top of weather and traffic by looking on your screen. Welcome back. Were on storm watch. The good news if youre heading out its getting drier by the moment. The southern parts of Santa Clara Valley getting rain around gilroy. 30 today. Our next chance will be christmas day. An even better chance the day after. Stick around, more on that in your accuweather 12hour day planner coming up. Natasha . New at 6 00, the dramatic rescue after a dog fell into a frozen pond. A Police Officer tied a rope around his waist and crawled to the edge of the ice as the dog was struggling to get out. This happened last week. The video was just released now. Luckily the officer was able to grab the dog by her collar and both were pulled to safety. A new poll shows most voters want the city to repair its roads and beef up Public Transportation including b. A. R. T. And muni. Wait until you hear how they want it paid for. Voters feel Companies Like uber and lyft should be footing the bill for all of this. A survey shows 70 of voters support imposing a new ride hailing and ride delivery services. Thats the way they want it to work. Santa drops in, well, sort of. Operation christmas drop. This is great. Part after humanitarian aid mission to remote islands. Each bundle includes food, water, toys, and books for kids. The Royal Australian air force, the United States and Japan Selfdefense force all took part in the special mission. A robber hit banks and is still on the loose. The unique facial features officials hope will lead to his arrest. The breaking news concerning a robbery that took place just a few hours ago. We have a couple of problems, a lot of slow traffic here. If you take a look elsewhere as we look at our traffic maps we have a problem at matilda. As you start your day keep tabs by looking as you start your day keep my wish was a clubhouse, but we call it the wish house. People visit National Parks from all over the world. Food tastes better when you dont have to cook it. He was just supposed to be my dog. I dont know why. vo were proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars in just ten years. Get 0 financing for 63 months on select models. Plus well donate 250 to charity. Now its 6 30. Rain finally returns to the bay. This is what it looked like in santa clara overnight near scott bouleva boulevard. Its mostly done for now. You may just see wet roadways. This is a look at the bridge. Welcome to wednesday, december 20th. It was nice to see at least a little bit of rain come our way. Didnt mind driving in the rain because its been about 15 days since weve had some. Were transitioning to showers from the steady rain. Well still keep a 1 on the storm impact scale. Less than a tenth of an inch. The breezy, gusty, and cooler conditions are the big change this afternoon. You can see the steadier rain south of morgan hill heading through the monterey bay right now. There you see the showers, more pockets of green to our north. And thats whats going to hang around for the next three hours or so. My 12hour accuweather planner shows sunshine at noon. Low to mid50s a