Before we get to karis forecast, i believe we have some really crazy video to start our Christmas Morning with. Hail in San Francisco, is that right . And lightning. Yes, just north of San Francisco. Oh my goodness. Marin county. So thats caused a lot of problems. It was just this cell that moved through marin county, it dumped a lot of heavy rain and even brought some flashes of lightning this morning, and so that also caused some problems on the roads, so as we take a look out here right now, i wanted to show you what it looks like on storm ranger, our mobile Doppler Radar. That moved through at about 2 00 to 2 30 this morning and has since cleared out but theres still some lingering rain in that area. As we take a closer look, we are seeing still some heavy rain pouring just south of that area in marin county, just south of san rafael, that move through, and then also in San Francisco right now we are seeing some heavy rain, moving toward the east bay also picking up on some rain that will be moving through in waves. Lets get you out on the roads this morning, a live look in san rafael, highway 101 looking good. We have a problem in the north bay where that hail and that heavy rain fell earlier this morning. There is a collision that was just south of the Robin Williams tunnel and so it was most likely someone sliding off the road because of the hail. It still remains on the road. Ill have more on this and the Weather Forecast coming up in a few minutes. All right, well check back with you. Breaking news overnight a 6yearold boy is shot while celebrating Christmas Eve in rah vallejo. Today in the bays roz plater is live at the scene with more on his condition. Hi, roz. Reporter yes, this morning we are here at the intersection of ohio and maripos streets, its an area of homes off solano avenue and i80, this is where police say it happened. Lets tell you what we know so far. Were told by police the young boy and his family, this is the area they were out celebrating on Christmas Eve. About 6 30 or so last night is when the shots rang out and the bullets began flying. That 6yearold was struck in the torso, we are told, then when officers arrived, they discovered the child had already been taken to the hospital. He had been rushed there in a car. What we dont know is how this happened, why it happened, or who the suspected shooter is. That is all part of what police are investigating at this morning. What we do know is officers towed away a motorbike were told is part of that investigation. Now, this has got to be a very tough morning for his family to be dealing with this on Christmas Morning. The latest update we have from police is the child is in critical condition. Obviously if you have any information about what happened, Vallejo Police want to speak with you. For now were live in va halo, im roz plater for today in the bay. We hope they find out, roz, thanks so much. Breaking news in San Francisco, Police Looking for a person who shot two people overnight in the tenderloin. It happened last night about 11 30. Police say one person died at the scene while another was rushed to the hospital. Now to a followup in the south bay, the community is coming together to help a San Jose Church after a man and woman stole thousands of dollars in donations for toys. Two unnamed donors are chipping in 1,000 apiece for the lady of Guadalupe Church and another person is donating 4,000 to the churchs go fund me page. All of the money is set to help out the church and give those items to children in need. This comes after more than 3,000 was stolen from this donation box staaturday night. Father robert bricado said he is thankful for the support. Oh my gosh, 4,000 . Reporter so 5,000 already. Thats incredible. Thats just amazing. Wow. See, thats just thats christmas. Just gives you chills. Church members still hope the thieves give that stolen money back. Continuing coverage now, pg es bankruptcy, googles wall street pg e bond holders trying to take over the utility is telling Governor Newsom it can meet his demands. The chronicle is reporting the group says it will consult with newsom on creating a new board of directors and give the state the power to buy pg e if its responsible for another wildfire. Theres no response from the governor on that offer. Just last week a judge approved pg es 13 billion settlement with fire victims as part of its bankruptcy exit plan. Governor newsom supports the settlement but continues to demand a better restructuring plan. Payday will be a little brighter for some bay area workers because of a new minimum wage set at 15 an hour. Local cities that get a pay boost include belmont, menlo park and south San Francisco. The number of cities with at least a 15 minimum wage is expected to double in 2020. From grocery bag giveaways so shopping sprees for kids, a San Jose Church is ending its season of generosity and spirit with glide foundation is serving free Christmas Meals today. Breakfast begins at 7 30 a. M. Followed by a Christmas Celebration at 10 00 and a lunch at 11 00. If youre headed to tahoe for the holiday, be prepared. A live look right now, you can see pretty quiet out there but this is 80 at dutch flat, roads are icy out there, its cold. A lot of snow on the sides. Good news for anyone looking to hit the slopes but definitely adds some time if you want to make it up to tahoe. Take the chains in case the snow starts coming down as well. Thats anticipated, right, kari . Yes, we are still seeing snow across some parts of the sierra. We look at storm ranger some of the snow as you go up in elevation as you head just to the east of sacramento, so well be watching out for that. Here we are seeing some lightning coming on shore near Santa Cruz Mountains and then for us, we will have that chance of some thunder and lightning today as the storm system continues to move in. So as we go into the morning, most of this rain that comes through will bring in some isolated heavy downpours, even hail possible, and some more lightning going into the afternoon. So well be watching out for that, mostly throughout the morning. Lets head over to look at how the roads are moving this morning, as we get a look at our overall traffic map. Weve had quite a few issues with rain and the hail that hit marin county earlier this morning, and just south of the Robin Williams tunnel highway 101 a car slid you have at road and looks like things are recovering nicely there. Also heading down 101 and just south of San Francisco, the sfo onramp there was a hitandrun collision and so you may have issues getting to sfo, and so well be watching that. As we head over toward the east bay, some heavy rain showing up on our road weather index and thats mostly for coco county headed toward 680, so the roads may be wet in some of those areas. Ill have a look at weather and traffic coming up in a few minutes. Sounds good, thank you. Paying it forward. Still ahead on today in the bay, one bay area family is working to give back to other families, after being given hope 17 years ago, when their babies were born prematurely. Plus a Northern California dog is getting a new leash on life, just in time for the holidays. Well tell you about the local family that came to hiss rescu. Youre watching today in the bay. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. You came back good morning. Right now at 5 11 we take a look at storm ranger on mobile Doppler Radar also picking up son lightning off the coast near santa cruz, that could be moving into the south bay. We also have heavy rain from San Francisco extending over toward concord. Well be tracking that with an hourbyhour outlook. As we head out on the roads this morning new issues popping up on highway 101 south of the poplar avenue onramp. We have another crash there so a big backup on highway 101. Ill have more on that in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. Sounds good. Well check back with you, kari. Its 5 12. Chances are you heard of paying it forward, doing a good deed. In the case of our next story it was 17 years down the road. Today in the bays Garvin Thomas shares the story about giving hope when its needed the most in this mornings bay area proud. Reporter in the katyar household in saratoga they have a special day they celebrate january 9th, not the birthday of twins erica and erith but the day they came home from the hospital. The family looks at pictures and tells stories, one story in particular that has clearly left an impression. In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Lucille PackardChildrens Hospital stanford, there are likely thousands of medicines they can give these smallest of patients. For the babies parents though, there is only one that gets them through the day. Hope. Just having hope is just a beautiful thing. Reporter 17 years ago barka katyar needed all the hope she could get. Her twin children, erica and erith had come into the world at a perilously young age. They were 27 weeks, 1 pound 12 ounces and 1 pound 14 ounces. Reporter there were many times barka wondered if her children would survive and if so, what kind of life they would lead. She desperately needed hope. So the card says from one preemie to another. Reporter it arrived one day in the shape of a blanket. And a 3x5 card. From a girl who explains that today shes 15 years of age and she was born with, you know, all the issues that she had, and from the card, she was on the honor roll, she plays sports, she just sounds like a happy girl. It meant everything. It was hope. There was hope that you know, the kids could have a regular existence. Reporter it was a story erica, now a high school junior, heard many, many times growing up. So many, in fact, that when she turned 15, erica knew just what to do. When i turned 15, i was like oh my gosh, i mean, im the same age as this girl, i could do the same thing. It gave my mom a lot of hope and i kind of wanted to do the same thing for premature babies in the hospital today. Dedicated to my twin brother eric who has been with me every step of the way. Reporter instead of a card though because being rarely is so rare, i had a few problems here and there. Reporter erica wrote a book one shes been allowed to give to nicu families at Lucille Packard, just like that card years ago. I went through ups and downs but that didnt make me different from other babies. Reporter delivering doses of the medicine that is hope, just when it is needed the most. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. As a mother of three preemies, thats a beautiful story. Its 5 15 right now. New this morning, theres a fresno dog getting a new leash on life in time for the holidays. Simas cared for at fresno bully rescue for five years was adopted over the weekend according to the organizations facebook. Simas had specific needs, including a forever home without kids and no other dogs. A local couple took him home and by the looks of these photos they shared, hes loving his new home, even spending time under the christmas tree. And trending this morning, what a royal christmas, duchess kate and Prince William are ringing in the holiday sharing this sweet, new picture of their family. Take a look, it features Prince William kissing prince louie on the cheek, while Princess Charlotte and Prince George pose in the background. Prince george looks like hes 6 years old. I cant believe how time is flying. Where is cate . I wonder if she took it. She is a photographer in her spare time apparently. 5 16 right now. Would it be Christmas Day if we didnt play mariah carey. Youre making me say it. Take a look at how a group the new york travelers honored her iconic christmas song. All i want for christmas is you oh, i love subway singing. Mariah carey just finished performing at Madison Square garden and looks like her fans didnt want the show so stop so they started their own impromptu concert in the subway station. Top of the set list none other than all i want for christmas is you. The video was posted on twitter and has millions of views. Mariah carey reposted the tweet. Thats got to be cool for her to see. You know . Yes. She showed up. That would have been incredible. An extra added treat. Its Christmas Morning, santa was busy last night. Had to go through some rain and hail in the bay area. Here is a look at storm ranger that has since moved on and we are still tracking some heavy rain as we get a closer look at some of the downpours that have been moving through San Francisco, extending toward oakland. We are still going to track the potential of some street flooding from oakland over toward concord, and then as well toward brentwood. Were getting a closer look at some of the rain thats been moving through orinda toward walnut creek, 680 may have some standing water there, and then the rain has been lighter for parts of the east bay, but you head down to fremont, and right there on 680, some heavy rain pouring right now that may cause some problems, and then some rain moving through santa clara, where we see the bright reds indicates the hecheiest rain moving in to san jose. The wider view shows if youll be traveling across the state, for the most part the grapevine is looking good but there will be rain headed on there later on this morning. As we start out we are seeing times of rain, cold temperatures but there will be some clearing, as we head through the rest of the day. So as we take it hour by hour, most of the rain well see will be during this morning. By 9 00, were starting to see that rain clearing out, still some lingering showers possible throughout the day, but once again, most of the rain falling for the first part of the day, and then clearing out this afternoon. So if the kids want to head out and test out their new toys, its looking better this afternoon, most of our rainfall totals will be about a quarter to half inch. Going into the weekend, another chance of rain coming in, and early next week, it looks like a lot of the rain holds off, and well have a chance to dry out, and of course thats right in time for the new year. Well be watching out for a chance of showers right there on sunday, as the 49ers take on Seattle Seahawks on nbc bay area. Youll be able to watch it before your watch party. Well see the potential of some rain. Lets head out there on the roads with a look at how its moving at the golden gate bridge, a live view, you can see the water thats Still Standing right there and the drivers having to slow down to deal with that. We also have the heavy rain and the hail that slowed down the commute and parts of marin county headed into the Robin Williams tunnel. Weve seen some minor issues but it looks like there is recovery on highway 101 southbound, still looks like there is some yellow sensors there indicating a slowdown. We also had a hitandrun, highway 101 southbound at the sfo onramp and weve seen some heavy rain moving through contra costa county, road weather index showing some standing water may be possible heading on i80. So ill be having more updates on that as well as the forecast coming up throughout the show. Kari hall double duty this morning. Kari, thanks. 5 20 right now. Dealing with some holiday stress . Coming up next on today in the bay, what you can do to stay joyful this christmas. Plus nbc bay area responds. You have the physical gift card but scammers stole the money stored on it. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds, next. And trending this morning, a brand new world tour when pop star Justin Bieber is set to take the stage here in the bay area. A lot of cases where gift cards lose their value. I didnt know they could do that. Consumer investigator chris chmura is here with some advice and how you can keep every penny. Chances are high you got a gift card. Before the holidays, 59 of shoppers told the National Retail federation they were buying a gift card to give to someone like you. Our gift card mantra is use it or lose it and we mean it. In the background, scammers are constantly hacking in to store systems trying billions of number combinations trying to steal the cash off of your card. The longer you wait to redeem it, the longer scammers have to hack it. Other thieves grab the numbers from the cards on the rack in the store but leave the cards there just waiting for you to add money onto it that they can then steal. If you find a card that someones tampered with, tell the store manager immediately. If you wind one a gift card that has no value but should, contact the store asap. Sometimes their Loss Prevention staff can unravel the con and restore the value to you. You can send us your gift card complaints, tap the menu on nbcbayarea. Com and then head to our responds page or you can call us, 888996tips. Thank you, chris. From figuring out the perfect gift to trying to beat holiday traffic, the Holiday Season can cause a lot of stress. Experts say it all starts in the brain, when people get stressed about all their holiday tasks, their neurons start to fire around quickly. So the advice from doctors is to slow down and do less so you can enjoy more. Trending this morning, Justin Biebe