The city has your back. There are no known Credible Threats to the city, but any time there is large events with a large amount of people, we always have to provide Additional Police support. Reporter every available officer will be on duty, some patrolling around pier 39, the target of a Christmas Day isis plot by a 26yearold former marine of modesto. The chief admits he had little knowledge until jamisons arrest. We didnt have a whole lot of details until almost the media had it. Reporter they will be working with the fbi on new years eve, sharing resources to ensure the last night of 2017 is fun, safe, and festive. We used to live in new york and would go down to times square, so were used to the Police Presence there. I dont know if the extra Police Presence is necessary. Reporter a tradition many say they would never miss. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. Bay area transit agencies will run extra trains until 3 00 in the morning. And some are offering free rides new years eve, starting at 8 00 p. M. Until the early hours of the morning. San jose city officials will be cracking down on the use of illegal fireworks. Banners are up throughout the holidays warning people of a 500 fine if caught using illegal fireworks. The city has set up a website to report incidents. Officials in san jose and throughout the bay area are worried the dry winter and use of fireworks could cause spot fires. Obviously this is an unusual fire season. While our drought situation is better than a year ago, sad to say it is gradually deteriorating. Look at these two maps behind me, preparing december to september three months ago. The areas in yellow and beige indicate where it is normally dry or in a drought. Weve had just four days of rain this month. Meteorologist sandhya patel is in for spencer tonight. Youre predicting rain . Yes, it looks like 2018 will feature some rainfall the first few days. Let me show you what the new years eve forecast will feature. No raindrops, mostly cloudy at 8 00 p. M. Cool to chilly at 10 00 p. M. If youre ringing in the new year, dont worry, the clouds will not interfere. Temperatures fall by 2 00 a. M. Some fog forming by the inland valleys. So good idea to grab a coat or a jacket before you head out. Live doppler 7 hd showing you some clouds around right now. The rain and snow is in the pacific northwest. This will all be changing as some systems develop and work their way towards the bay area. So in terms of our rain chances, look at this on our storm impact scale. Level one systems between next wednesday and friday, coming back into play. That means you will be needing your rain gear. Hour by hour look coming up. All right, sandhya. A great time to remind everybody to keep track of the ever changing weather conditions with our abc7 news app. The flu season is in full force here in the bay area, with hospitals running out of beds. Thats according to one doctor who says he believes the up tick in flu related missions is related to false information put out about the effectiveness of this years flu vaccine. Melanie woodrow explains. Reporter heres flu season is in full swing and hospitals are having a hard time keeping enough beds. 75 of the patients that have been to the hospital never received a flu vaccine. Theyre three times to be more likely to be hospitalized if theyre not vaccinated. Normally, they only vaccinate 1 out of 10 kids and one out of three pregnant women. So when they have this big outbreak reporter he says it takes two weeks for the vaccine to take effect and he warns when sick with the flu, your judgment may be off. Two of the patients he seen werent hospitalized, but rather cue to Car Accidents that resulted from their judgment being off while they were sick with the flew. He may not agree that this years vaccine is only 10 effective. But he does admit its not perfect. Still, he says the worst cases are in those who do not get vaccinated. Melanie woodrow, abc7 news. New at 6 00, fire at an elementary school. This is in modesto at brett hart elementary. Modesto reports that three classrooms and a computer lab burned down. School is not in session right now. An investigation into a shooting at a law office in long beach. Two people are dead, including the suspect. It happened at a building that houses several different law firms. The investigation is just getting going. In san jose, two homicides in two days. So har nofar no arrests. Both happened within 27 hours in the same East San Jose neighborhood. Wednesday night, a man was shot, and late thursday night, a boy was stabbed about a mile away. When officering arrived, a group ran off leaving the teenager lying on the ground plebleeding. He later died at the hospital. This teens death marks san joses 34th homicide of the year. Last year, san jose recorded 47 homicides total. San francisco has seen more homicides this year. 56 total at the end of november. Compared to 49 at the same time last year. That is a 14 increase. The number of stolen vehicles, that dropped 10 . However, the biggest crime to increase wkreecrease was theft vehicles, up 26 . More than 28,000 incidents were reported to police. Across the bay, oakland recorded 71 homicides, an 8 decline from a year ago. Motor theft is down 14 , but burglary from cars is up 33 , with 10,000 incidents reported this year. As people rush to pay their property taxes by the end of this year, alarm bells tonight. Here in the bay area about the potentially damaging effects of the new federal tax law on the housing market. Laura anthony has the story now from the east bay. Those factors are going to hit heavily. Reporter mark ross says new federal limits on mortgage limit deductions could deal a big blow to the bay area housing market. This is going to make people think twice about selling. That might have an overreaching effect on the supply and the prices continue to go up. Reporter the new law allows interest to be deducted on new mortgages up to 750,000, down from 1 million. And federal deductions from state and local tax also be limited to 10,000. Were all very badly damaged by this new tax law. Reporter chuck lamb says there may be some relief for seniors in the new year in the form of a possible ballot measure. To let people who are seniors or handicapped keep their tax base and move up or down as many times as they find prudent in their lives. Were not quite sure what the effects will be yet. Reporter some say the strength of the bay area market will offset any negative impacts from the new tax law. Well wait and see what the effect of the market will be, but i think 2018 is going to be a strong year for the Real Estate Market in the bay area. Reporter laura anthony, abc7 news. Keep in mind, tax reform affects a lot, from where you live to what you can deduct, and where you might think twice about donating to charity. You can find out more on these explanations on our website, abc7news. Com. How about this, deliveries by way of drones. Up next, you know amazon wants to do it, but so do other companies. A bay Area Organization wants to put them to use for a life saying purpose. Also three generations have stood in line for haircuts from one man who is finally retiring. Im Jonathan Bloom with the story of a legendary barber ahea [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Drones delivering blood . The city of palo alto is attempting to be the first in the United States to do this. Stanford blood center is partnering with a Drone Company to try to make that happen. But the practice needs approval from the federal government first. Our reporter has the s reporter zrodrones like thi are already being used in switzerland to deliver blood from one facility to another. The companys video shows how it can be put into a box and flown autonomously by drone. Stanford blood center wants to do the same. Well use a drone to deliver blood products about 3 1 2 miles to stanford hospital down the road. Reporter doctors say it can take 30 minutes to one hour to transport blood to hear at stanford hospital. Using a drone to deliver would take ten minutes. It would be used in emergencies where time is critical and they dont have enough staff. Right now, stanford uses a courier service. My fear is that one of these days, it may fall short. So thats why i think having this Delivery System could very well cut that time dramatically. Reporter the faa announced it would select a small number of pilot projects that would help the integration of drones. And they are excited the program would happen in what is considered the birthplace of silicone valley. We saw it as a really opportune moment for us to be in potentially on the front end of developing policies that could affect cities in the future. We believe that we can start demonstrating how this can be used and hopefully it will go nationwide. Reporter the faa is expected to make a decision within the next 90 days. Happening today, the start of a u. S. Figure skating championships. Its the final step in choosing who represents team usa as the olympics. Today, the competitors were a few years away from being able to qualify. Chris nguyen shows us. Reporter on their biggest stage yet, these athletes soak up their moment in the spotlight. We practice really hard for this day, especially since its in the bay. Reporter here in san jose, peninsula pairs team alice and ethan are making their debut at the national level. Were also pretty nervous, too. So its a combination of nervous and excitement. Reporter this weekend, its the lower level competitors hitting the ice at one of the largest ice rink facilities in the country. Senior level skaters will compete next week to determine the olympic team. There are nearly 400 athletes competing at these championships. The culmination of hours of hard work and perse veernverance. And san jose previously hosted nationals in 2012. Tourism Officials Say it generated more than 23 million in Economic Impact that year. And they expect the numbers to be even higher this time around. This is typically a slow time for san jose hotels. To have a big event this time of the year, it helps out the local economy and brings more people into the area. Reporter bay area coach and former junior World Champion derek delmore says its great to have it so close to home. Its nice to see its not just for the sharks, but theres huge support for the past and future champions. Reporter a chance to impress among some of the very best, even if these two dont always get along. Do you guys like each other . No, not really. Reporter but thats okay. The audience thought they were great. [ applause ] in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. Super cute. They were great. Today is the first of three spare the air days in a row. To reduce air pollution, wood burning is banned. It will last through the end of the year on sunday. Strange winter were having. But getting rain, that will push everything out of the atmosphere. And sandhya patel is here with the new years forecast. And the forecast will include cleaner air and rain chances. Heres a look at live doppler 7 hd. Right now, just some clouds plasiplas i passing through the area. That will always be changing. Hazy and mild for the holiday weekend. Dry conditions for new years celebrations. And a rainy pattern begins the middle of next week. So 2018 will begin dry but it wont last. Looking at the Ferry Building and downtown san francisco. Just a beautiful view. Heres a look at sutro tower. San jose, youre at 48 degrees. Take a look at this picture, yes, snow on the ground but its not fresh powder. Looks like theres a chance of a mix of rain and snow the middle to latter part of next week. 51 in santa rosa. 47 in fairfield. Air quality will be poor. The next two days, spare the air alerts have been issued. The worst of the air quality, inland east bay. So wood burning is banned. Its not going to be terribly cold tonight. There will be some fog around, so you will need to look around for that. Tomorrow afternoon, high clouds and sunshine. San jose, mild day around santa cruz, 65 on the peninsula. Along the coast, low 60s. Downtown san francisco, raisy skies and 59 in the north bay. Temperatures range from the 50s to 60s around santa rosa. In the east bay, 60 in oakland. 63 in antioch. 63 concord. Exclusive abc7 news storm impact scale coming to play. Next wednesday through friday, a level one light system will bring us a wet pattern. So rainfall estimates from a third to an inch of rain during that time period. It will be breezy at times. As you look at the hour by hour forecast, its the start of a big change in our pattern. So wednesday looks wet next thursday. Then another system on friday. Sevenday forecast, morning fog giving way to hazy skies. Dry on new years eve, but the cloud cover increasing. As you ring in the ynew year, a chance of a few drops tuesday night along the coast. But we wait for the storm impact scale wednesday through friday, level one systems. Two of them, not one, but two, coming through, giving us periods of rain and cooler weather. And cleaner air. You can download the accuweather app and track live doppler 7 any time you want. Sandhya, thank you. This has been a good year for the stock market. Just how good . Well show you. That sound marks the end of trading for all of 2017. While it wasnt a great day for stocks, the year as a whole was. Today, the dow lost 118 points ending at 24,719. The s p down 13 points, finishing the year at 2673. But lets put todays losses in perspective here, because the stock market has posted its biggest annual gain in four years. The dow alone is up nearly 5,000 points. On the first trading day of the year, it closed at 19,881. Since then, its increased in value by 24 . Barack obama posted a series of tweets today, summing up the year and looking ahead. This was the first as we count down to the new year. We get to reflect and prepare for what is ahead. For all the bad news that seemed to dominate our collective consciousness, there are countless stories from this year that remind us whats best about america. The former president then posted three tweets highlighting good deeds. A wedding planner in houston who organized volunteers in the wake of hurricane harvey. An nfl player who donated his entire seasons salary to charity. And a 10yearold boy helping the homeless in chicago. Ending with this tweet, all across america, people chose to get involved, get engaged and stand up. Each of us can make a difference and all of us ought to try. So keep changing the world in 2018. Inspiring. A local Police Department is out in front training officers in a way you wouldnt necessarily expect. Can i try this on your forehead. How is that . The department believes this training makes for better officers in more ways than one. Also ahead 2017 was a wild ride for consumer affairs. Driverless cars, drones, health care, and taxes. Im michael finney. Ahead on 7 on your side, the top consumer stories of the year. And we want to remind you, get the latest news updates any time with the upgraded abc7 news app. It has live video features, more customization and personalized push alerts to get more of the news you want delivered in your live where you live, this is abc7 news. Jesus, oh, jesus. Four from one family. Come on now. You can get the latest news any time. New york city is dealing with its deadliest fire in more than 25 years. The flames killed, as you may have heard, 12 people, including four small children. It all started last night after a 3yearold boy was playing with a stove. Linda lopez is in the bronx now. Reporter firefighters have finished searching the building and say all residents are accounted for. After what new yorks fire commissioner called the deadliest fire in 25 years. Other than 9 11. This fire started in the kitchen on the first floor. It started from a young boy, 3 1 2 years old, playing with the burners. Reporter the commissioner saying that the mother of the 3yearold playing with the stove was in another room, and was alerted by the child screaming. The fire took hold in the kitchen, so the mother tried to get them all out. She exited her apartment with her 2 and 3yearold, and left the door open. So this fire quickly thread up the stairs. Reporter the commissioner saying the open stairways acted as chimneys and the fire quickly spread. This man tried to escape out the front door, but after seeing the thick black smoke, had to go back inside. And then we went back to the fire escape, and then i had to take my children one after the other to the firemen. Reporter and 4 of the 12 who died were all members of the same family. Jesus, lord jesus. Four from one family. Come on now. Reporter the fire commissioner giving a reminder about unattended chirp aldren a fires and the safety lesson of closing a door on a burning room. You must close the door when you exit. The results when you dont are what happened last night. Reporter linda lopez, abc news, new york. The final farewell to a fallen championship officer will take place tomorrow. He and his parter had pulled to the side of the road near highway 92, when their suv was hit from behind by a car. Investigators say the suspect was under the influence of drugs and alcohol and will face several felony charges. The Memorial Service for the officer will take place tomorrow at 8 30 in the morning at the Christian Life center in stockton. We will stream the event live. The alphabet now ends at y. She was surrounded by family in santa barbara. She wrote a book for every letter of the alphabet up to y. And i always say, these books are not about mascara and panty hose. Its about kicking serious behind, you know. I like her attitude. Sue grafton was here at the abc7 news studio in 2011 for an interview on her latest book v is for vengeance. A facebook by her daughter reads that she was adamant her books would never be turned into movies or tv shows and shuld never allow a ghost write tore write in her name. As far as we are concerned, the alphabet now ends at y. She was 77 years old. Only a few days of 2017 remain, but events oh of this year will have lasting impacts on all of our lives. Michael finney is here with a look at some of the top consumer stories. It was a rock and rolling year. We saw the maker of a possibly deadly takata airbags go bankrupt. Uber lost its controversial ceo. The nations top consumer watch dog quit. And something that did happen made news. Obamacare was not killed by congress. But now