Again that was due to a stalled vehicle that they are clearing just past treasure island. They should have it off the upper deck within the next couple of minutes but speeds down about 15 Miles Per Hour in some spots. We have a hot spot in the south bay 101 northbound to northbound 680. That connector road is blocked for an accident clearing. It should be wrapped up in a couple of minutes. It is a beautiful morning out there right now. There are some high clouds keeping temperatures mild. In fact, taking a look at our current temperatures right now, in San Francisco, 49 degrees. You have dipped down into the 40s in the last halfhour or so. Concord still in the 30s. 38 degrees. Santa rosa 33. You have lost one degree in the last 15 minutes. But it is still warmer than we have been all week. Today partly cloudy in the morning with patchy fog in areas specifically in the north bay and off of the delta. Then in the afternoon, we are going to have nice beautiful sunshine. It will be warm, warmest day of the week. But we have a spare the air alert in effect right now not just for today but for the remainder of the weekend so no woodburning through sunday. Your high temperatures today getting close to and flirting with 70 but not quite there yet. 67 degrees in livermore. 66 in san jose. Cooler along the coast. 60 in San Francisco as well as in pacifica. Santa rosa 63. Napa 64 degrees. Well, in just three days, california will join eight other states and the dcis dc to make Recreational Marijuana legal. You wont be able to get it and light up at the first of the year. [ laughter ] thats right. Katie nielsen reports. Reporter pot sales will be legal for anyone over the age of 21 starting january 1st. Its up to each individual city to decide whether to allow the dispensaries and how to regulate them. The city of San Francisco is allowing the shops but sales wont start until the 6th almost a week after its legal. The majority of dispensaries allowed to sell to Recreational Users are existing medical marijuana shops that applied for the new state license. In san jose, buddys cannabis was one of the first stores in california to get that license. They will be able to start selling on january 1st. Our store is going to open an hour earlier than usual. We are going to have sales throughout the place and, um, we are expecting, um, mild chaos. Reporter with the new regulations also comes some new rules. To buy Recreational Marijuana, you must be over the age of 21 and have a valid state id. You can only buy one ounce of marijuana at a time or eight grams of concentrate. Now, it will still be illegal to use marijuana in public or while driving or riding in a car. Recently the california Highway Patrol reminded drivers about the dangers of driving impaired with a new slogan, get high, get a dui. Officers say they are going to treat stoned driving the same way as drunk driving. And were going to clear a lot of the mysteries up for you monday on kpix 5s special report called golden state green rush. Well look at what to expect when recreational pot becomes legal on january 1st. Thats monday 6 30 right here on kpix 5. The man accused of plotting a Christmas Day attack at pier 39 in San Francisco will remain in custody. Everitt jamesons father had no comment after his sons detention hearing. The judge ordered jameson to remain in Fresno County jail. According to the fbi, jameson told undercover agent that he chose pier 39 as a target because he had been there before and it was a place where he could do a lot of damage. Jameson allegedly told undercover agents he was prepared to die. At least 12 people are dead among them a 1yearold, four others are in the hospital after a fire broke out inside a bronx, new york city, apartment building. At least a dozen people escaped safely. John schiumo has the latest from the scene which is a block away from the bronx zoo. Reporter the flames are out but at sunup firefighters were still on the scene of a deadly Apartment Fire in the bronx. People trapped. We are getting a baby in there. Also apartment 6, people trapped. Reporter the flames were reported at the fivestory building around 7 p. M. Last night. Based on the loss of life, it quickly became one of the most devastating fires in new york city history. This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century. Reporter fire Officials Say it started on the first floor and quickly spread to all five floors of the nearly 100year old building. Windows on some of the top floors were smashed and blackened. Firefighters responded within three minutes. They immediately extended their ladders to help residents on every floor. Witnesses say, though, even before help arrived, people inside were scrambling to climb down. They started to get everything out. People were on the fire escape already trying to get down on their own. Thats how fast this was. Kids, you know, screaming, help, help, help. Its sad. Its real sad. Reporter complicating the rescue efforts more than 150 firefighters who responded, the weather. The temperature at the time was in the low teens Single Digits with the wind chill. The red cross responded handing out blanket. City buses were brought in to help keep people warm. John schiumo, cbs news, new york. Investigators still trying to determine the cause of the fire and how it spread so quickly in a building mostly made of brick. A deadly fire started at a mumbai rooftop restaurant overnight killing 14 people and leaving over 21 injured. That fire started on the fifth floor of the restaurant and witnesses say it engulfed the structure within about a half hour. Police say most of the victims were women who were attending a party. No word on what caused the fire. We are getting a better picture moments after an amtrak train derailed in washington state. Newly released 911 calls provided a vivid account on what happened in the deadly crash. 911, what is the location of your emergency . Im not sure. We just derailed on the amtrak train going southbound to portland. Okay. You dont know where you are on i5 . Along i5 . Um, i do not. We just left the tacoma station about 10 minutes ago. Three people were killed that day. Dozens of others were hurt in the december 18th crash. Stay with your vehicle. There are people there please help us. And later on it was revealed that the train was going 50 miles an hour over the recommended speed limit right before the train derailed. Those people remarkably calm. This is a live look now in san jose this morning. Police investigating a deadly stabbing there. This is at the intersection of san antonio and sunset. This is on the citys east side and as you can see, this intersection is shut down right now so youre going to want to avoid the area. Police will be out there investigating throughout much of the morning at least again a deadly stabbing on the east side of the city of san jose. More bay area news now. Benicia Police Say Three women shoplifted from a rite aid and employees found them stealing sinus medication an baby formula. They were arrested at a nearby cvs. Also arrested a suspect in a string of fires in contra costa county. Police say 37yearold Jose Luis Gomez set fires at a flower shop and three churches. All those fires were in the a street area earlier this month. Investigators say gomez is a transient and may be responsible for other fires, as well. A tahoe area ski resort agreed to pay a fine for putting asphalt into a creek. The state of californias fining kirkwood about 750,000. Thats after investigators found that up to 1800 cubic yards of asphalt went into a creek, streams and wetlands. Kirkwood had used recycled asphalt grindings to cover parking lots but when its snow removal crews cleared the lots that material went into the waterways. The resort has agreed to the fine without admitting liability. This winter, frigid temperatures are dangerous for people and pets in cold climates, pets can go into shock from hypothermia. Veterinarians recommend limiting walks in the cold weather. Dressing dogs in coats and maybe booties. And if your pet sleeps outside, experts say giving them a shelter with the right material is key. Straw seems to be one of the best insulators. Again you can Research Online to find Different Things but getting them out of the wind providing them an area where they can be protected is the best thing. Luckily this isnt something we really have to worry about around here but even if you dont have a pet, you happen to be traveling to a cold area, the Humane Society recommends taking a quick peek at your car engine before you fire it up to make sure theres no animals warming up inside. Time now 6 10. Marine experts believe that they know how this 40foot whale washed ashore. Plus, new year, new you. Where people can start a clean slate and write the unwanted memories away. And what that new year is going to look like, as far as your weather is concerned, there are changes ahead. Ill tell you what they are coming up. And the metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. We are seeing a backup. Ill tell you why coming up. Thats what marine biologists are trying to figure out after making the discovery. Amy johnson is in long beach with the search for answers. What killed a whale in Long Beach California . Amy johnson is in long beach with the search for answers. Reporter a young dead female whale sits in the port of long beach near pier t. When i heard about it, i thought it was really sad. I know that whales live a long time and they are a beautiful species. To think this is a juvenile female, its just gone, i just was really it was a little heartbreaking. Reporter its still unclear how it died. We dont see any visible wounds. Reporter this whale researcher with the Natural History museum is part of a team trying to figure out what happened. The most likely if it was a vessel strike and the whale was alive at the time, most likely, it got hit by the bow of the ship and pushed in on whats called a bow and the ship might not know aside from a drop in vessel speed that it had a whale on the bow. Reporter she says its really the only way a whale would end up here. We have never had a fin whale in the harbor as far as no. The only ones in the harbor have been dead brought in on ships. Reporter she says the whale was less than a year old and no longer traveling with its mother. If there is a vessel strike, we see it with these young newly weaned whales. Newly on their own. Reporter a necropsy will be performed to find out exactly what happened. Its a tragedy. It really is that was amy johnson reporting. The whale will be taken to a private beach area today for the necropsy. Once thats complete, the whale will be towed to sea. It is the time of year again that floats will wow crowds at mondays rose parade. They are starting to come to life. An army of volunteers is building, painting and decorating these creations that will glide through pasadena. Its difficult work but its worth it, they say. On the day of the parade, im going to be, like, that was my window most of the volunteers come back every year. The rose parade gets under way at 8 a. M. New years day and this year the theme is making a difference. Of all the things could you volunteer to do thats an interesting one to pick. Youre part of something fungi lived in pasadena about a block away from the parade route with the house full of girls so we rented out our driveway for people for parking. Oh [ crosstalk ] 100. People paid it, though, to be close. I thought that was very smart. Real estate, location, location, location the location right now is the bay bridge. Thats where were dealing with delays. We had a stalled vehicle. They cleared it. Delays are looking a little better. They turned the metering lights on as a result to kind of help ease the congestion as they worked their way across the upper deck of low clouds and fog. But now that the stalled vehicle is gone the metering lights are still on but my guess is they will turn them off quickly because traffic is starting to look a lot better than it did just about five minutes ago. We saw about a 17 to 20minute ride as you head from this area all the way into San Francisco. Now we are down to about 12 minutes. So it is improving. Thats good news. Right now the metering lights do remain on but that probably will change within the next couple of minutes. All right. If you plan to take the eastshore freeway this morning, youre in luck. Traffic is moving nicely. Westbound extra volume but were not seeing delays. Stop and go conditions as a result. If you are traveling at least from the carquinez bridge to the maze, give yourself 18 minutes to make the drive time. We did have a bit of a snag on 101. Its clearing, north 101 right at 680. Its out every lanes. Its on the connector to 680. Its cleared. Chp says nothing on scene so traffic should be moving nicely through the south bay and thats reflected on our drive times here. No delays or trouble spots. Real quick we just got word of an accident on 680 near treat. Over to the right shoulder, everything in the green though so traffic still moving despite having activity there on the side. Taking a live look out to san joses skyline now, things are clear although you can see just barely right there behind all those buildings. A little bit of cloud cover. That cloud cover is keeping our temperatures mild. In san jose, right now, just barely dipping into the 30s. 39 degrees in san jose. 33 degrees in santa rosa the coolest were seeing. San francisco 49. Concord 38. Our visibility right now because of that cloud cover in some of the valley fog in the south bay, everything looks pretty good. Theres a little bit of haze coming off of the delta so in concord you have about 5mile visibility there. North bay has things coming in through the petaluma gap three tenths mile visibility in santa rosa. So just be careful there. This High Pressure system right here is whats keeping things nice and dry but this low Pressure Center and that low pressure system those are lining up behind it to make changes in your forecast. So today a mixture of sun and clouds after that fog burns off. Nice and beautiful. Warm seasonal temperatures same thing for the weekend. Although a little cooler. But then theres a chance of rain returning to your forecast. We have a spare the air alert in effect today through the weekend. So no woodburning and its the north bay we are going to see some bad air. Sunrise at 7 24. Sunset 4 59 p. M. Your high temperatures today going to be in the low to mid 60s. Cooler along the water here. 60 degrees in pacifica. Warmer in the south bay 66 in san jose. Your sevenday forecast shows beautiful sunshine today and tomorrow clouds roll in on sunday which is new years eve. Well have partly cloudy for you sunday night but then monday things change. Not just the new year there is rain in the forecast tuesday and wednesday. Now to another new years tradition in new york city that involves throwing out your old baggage and saying goodbye to bad memories. Hundreds came out for whats known as good riddance day in times square yesterday. People dumped bad tax returns, photos of old lovers and anything that just reeks of 2017. They listed things they had to say goodbye to in a giant shredder. The goal is to enter the new year with a clean slate. Buy a Lottery Ticket if you are feeling lucky because the powerball is up to 384 million after no winners this week. A ticket worth 2 million was sold in georgia. The odds of winning the powerball drawing, one in 292. 2 million. The next powerball drawing is tomorrow night. And one of those massive lego creations is getting a lot of hits on youtube. This guy in southern poland is fascinated by cranes so he built his own inside of his apartment. It shuffles around. Im guessing he doesnt have a wife. It even moves furniture. The sharks back from their christmas break hope to make it three wins in a row and bryce love runs wild in the alamobowl. But would it be enough for the cardinal to finish with ten wins on the year . Its all coming up. In midoctober star running back bryce love had a ankle sprain. He played with the injury to become the Heisman Trophy runnerup and was trying to go to an alamobowl win. This could be his final game for stanford if he declares for the nfl draft. 1st quarter love with the handoff and into the end zone. He even runs into the ref and stanford leads 70. 3rd quarter, stanford up by 5. Love again, finds the hole and he is gone love has 11 touchdowns of 50 plus yards which is more than any other team. He also set a stanford single season record with 2,118 rushing yards. But tcu would rally late. Final minutes of the game, stanford down 2. Love out with a hand injury and kj costellos pass is picked off and stanford comes up short 3937 the final. The sharkss first game back since the christmas break takes on the flames at home. Down to the one in the third. Brent burns with the shot but myers deflects it into the goal. His fifth of the year. Ties it up. And then this one is decided in a shootout. The deciding goal lights up the lamp for the sharks Third Straight win. The warriors back in action tonight. They face the Charlotte Hornets tonight without steph curry. But curry is expected to return to the Court Tomorrow against the memphis grizzlies. Andrea nakano for kpix 5 sports. Heres the play of the day from the nba. Detroit at orlando. [ playbyplay ] the magic finding gordon nice team work alleyoop. Orlando beats the pistons 102 89. Time now 6 26. Coming up the bay area city that saw almost 100 car break ins every day during the fall why the police chief says his plan to stop them is working. In three days california will join eight other states and the district of columbia in allowing Recreational Marijuana use. But the San Francisco department of Public Health is issuing new warnings. Well explain coming up. Toyland, toyland little girl and boy land while you dwell within it you are ev