video of a tesla that smashed into a store in danville. it was all the way inside the building. it left the door dangling. it happened about 1:00 at the blackhawk shopping plaza with lots of shoppers in the area. >> i heard a loud bang and screech and the door fall and the pots fall. then i came running over to see if anybody was okay. >> he was okay. no one was inside. the lady said they came pretty close. >> so for it is not clear what caused it to go out of control. this evening the end of a chapter at uber. travis kalanick is resigning from the board next week. he is severing ties with the company he founded a decade ago. he will be immensely rich. he recently sold 90% of the shares and that made him worth 2.5 billion dollars. uber grew but he was ousted in the summer of 2017 after a series of management scandals. employees speaking out about rampant sexual harassment and a sexist corporate culture. he did stay on as a member of the board but is expected to resign next week. new developments of the man accused of fatally stabbing neil wilson on a bart platform. the judge ruled today john lee cowell is mentally competent and will face a murder trial starting january 6. he was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity but at today's hearing the judge said he has refused to meet with two doctors , tasked with evaluating his mental state. instead he accused cowell of exaggerating his symptoms. president trump is spending christmas in palm beach but that did not stop him from hiring off about his looming impeachment trial. the president even said he is ready to handle a possible christmas gift from north korea. >> on video conference call president trump grades of five military units deployed around the row. even taking their questions from abroad. like what he got mrs. trumper christmas. >> i think i will answer that by saying i'm still working on a christmas present. >> he shifted to a more pressing matters of national security. north korea promised a christmas present for president trump. a source that it could involve taking denuclearization off the table and abandoning negotiations with the u.s. >> maybe it's a present where he sends me a beautiful vase. as opposed to a missile test. i may get a vase you don't know. >> possible trouble abroad. >> article 1 is adopted. >> to the black mark on his record after he was impeached by the house. now the white house prep for his pending impeachment trial. >> what we need to do is to listen to the arguments and have written questions and then decide. >> one think the president can hang his hat on, the economy. wrapping up 2019 with job growth and low unemployment. i'm not your romero in washington. >> he talked about speaker nancy pelosi. >> she's doing a tremendous disservice to the country and not doing a good job. some people think that she doesn't know what she is doing. a lot of people think that a lot of people have said that. they have no evidence at all and no crime. >> a live look at capitol hill. lawmakers are at an impasse now on how the senate trial will play out. minority leader chuck schumer pushing for more witnesses and documents while majority leader mcconnell said they can't negotiate. until speaker pelosi delivers both articles of impeachment. we have new video of the two strong earthquakes rocking columbia. 6.0 and 5.8 magnitude quake struck as families were celebrating christmas eve in bogota. you can see the likes of the restaurant swaying back and forth. ornaments on the tree started swinging. there have not been reports of major damage. the forecast might not say rain until later but showers came in early for shoppers in stock and. somebody came to the mall and they started making it rain. it rained money. the crowd was enthusiastically receiving it too. shoppers in young and old rushed to grab it as the bills rained down. >> and that was real cash? >> i know what you know. a tasty holiday tradition in san jose. >> a business that specializes in making tamales. devin fehely joins us live from the tamale factory. >> these tamales are fresh out of the kitchen and still warm and keeping my hands warm and smelled delicious. every ounce of self-control to look but not touch. you know for people who been coming, this is a hot commodity. if you didn't have in order in, some people were turned away. >> steaming hot and fresh out of the kitchen, tamales you can taste. the tamale factory tiny storefront nc state east san jose is been a big point of their holiday tradition. >> they come from different towns, salinas, all over. i've been coming here for many years. all i can say they are good. >> the trick is to preorder people lined up early to buy smaller supply of tamales that quickly sold out. by late afternoon those without orders had left empty-handed. >> i came over here and they sold out and i was so disappointed. this year i got ahead of that and i made an order so here i am. picking up my order. >> back in the kitchen workers kept turning up fresh batches of tamales just to keep up with the waves of customers coming in. including first-timers like ralph. >> i am looking forward to these. >> mouthwatering tamales, and customers in the holidays. the tamale factory's recipe for success. this is a live look inside the tamale factory with customers getting a last-minute tamales. and before the christmas holiday tomorrow. the story will close within the hour at 6:00 and reopen it 9:00 in the morning and then close it 5:00 on christmas day. are you going to take those home? have you tried them? >> you know, i am definitely going to drive these, they are definitely going home with me. obviously i could not eat them and show you a half eaten one on the air. they will go home with me for sure. don't bring them to the newsroom, they will be gone. still ahead, last-minute shoppers scrambling as the clock ticks down. >> where to get last-minute deals. the tech ceo helping out hundreds of students and challenging a tech tighten to pay it forward. companies are just getting it wrong he said. >> these homes mean so much more for one group of people this christmas. if you see wires down, treat them all as if they are hot and energized. stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. let's take a live look at walnut creek. the options are running out if you are a last-minute holiday shopper. we are looking at those trying to be the clock. >> if you are shopping for the last-minute gift, what are you doing? it is christmas eve, too late! apparently you are not alone. sun valley mall in concord is seriously swamped with shoppers. >> why do people wait? >> i think people tend to think they have more time than they do. and obviously the holiday season is just madness. >> sun valley said it has seen more foot traffic than it has in years and many stores still have sales. they are picking out special gifts. >> you are giving socks for christmas. >> mild family love socks. >> you can find almost anything. what about half off your piercing? a special day for daddy. >> a shout out to my daddy. >> you will give extra gifts or less? >> i give less because it's my birthday. >> last-minute shopping? >> when you are a working mom, this is what you have to do. >> then there is this. santa. some folks really, really want that photo with the mall santa. the line wraps around the display. how long have you been in line? >> an hour and a half or a santa photo. how can you say no? >> most stores close at 6 pm but a couple will remain open until midnight. a 911 call about the theft of a pickup tailgate led to a major holiday arrest in placer county when roseville police stopped a man and found the stolen tailgate. they discovered about 100 packages. they had addresses in sacramento in placer county. the two men were taken into custody. this is a new tactic for porch pirates. >> what happens is they show up and they canvassed the neighborhood driving around and appearing like they are delivery drivers. instead of dropping packages, they're going to porches and stealing them. >> police advise using an amazon locker or selected ups or fedex facility as a drop off location. holiday donation to help needy families in oakland. a tech ceo has donated $15,000, enough to cover the lunch that's of hundreds of students. he hopes to and inspire wealthier tech companies to contribute to education and help keep out risk at risk youth in school. it's great how they focus on homelessness but aren't paying attention to the root cause. he has a message for mark zuckerberg. >> i would like to see him to come to oakland and tell the oakland unified school district , you will no longer have to let go of a teacher because of budget cuts. you no longer have to worry about kids education, their lunch, supplies because you know what? for me to contribute enough money to address all those issues, is absolutely nothing. it's a rounding error. >> he runs a company called one planet and he came to the u.s. as a refugee from iran in 1988. survivors of last year's campfire are now moving into new homes in time for christmas. ryan hill shows of the homes are fully furnished that they are on the small side. >> i haven't had my own room since the fire. what is that? >> she moved around a lot since the fire. >> we lost everything. >> they are the first to call the temporary homes home. >> i am thrilled. i don't even have words. >> that was tiring to walk through the doors like you know i just dropped. >> they renovated eight of these fully furnished 1000 square foot homes for fire survivors. they can live here for up to a year and a half while trying to find permanent housing. that will take more time and money. >> it takes time to first get the money and then second to you know get the developer and contractor. >> for now they are home for the holidays with the tree that shines bright. >> this is the first time it felt kind of not so empty. >> i thought this would be the year that we could celebrate. we couldn't afford it i thought. i thought we wouldn't get a tree. i thought we would be in the car. >> brian hill reporting. fort francis celebrated midnight mass at the vatican and delivered a message of hope to the faithful. he said that god loves everyone and we should not wait for neighbors to be good. before we do good for them. thousands of visitors flock to the west bank town of bethlehem to celebrate christmas eve. police gathered for festivities or excuse me people gathered. the christmas tree in major square believe to be marking jesus's birthplace. let's look at san francisco with the third night of hanukkah . that is celebrated in union square. you can see as they light another candle on the 25 foot menorah in the center of the square. is local tradition was started and 1975 by concert promoter bill graham. we will stay here for a minute and see as they light one of the candles. again union square this is been a lifelong tradition. this started and obviously they have concert music as well. this started by a concert promoter. we will move on. we will check in later. with temperatures plunging for christmas, it may seem tempting to use your leftover wrapping paper is canceling that air- quality officials are warning not to do it. burning wrapping paper is actually illegal. it is often made using synthetic inks and plastic film and metallic finishes that release toxic compounds when burned. that doesn't mean you should use would either. the advise people from reef rain using wood serves stoves to keep the air quality in check. since where talk about the atmosphere, let's look at the snowpack and squaw valley. a lot of snow is accumulating. the resorts is saying all of this is making for pretty good conditions for skiers during the christmas season and beyond. a little more snow coming tomorrow. second half of the day. i will start off with that but i think what is far more interesting is the fact that it will snow in the local area. >> a little dusting? >> that's where it will be. it won't be a lot but the last time this happened, we had so many pictures of people getting stuck trying to drive up. this will be enough snow that if you think it sounds like a great idea to get on mount hamilton, that will likely be the situation again, make sure you know how to handle yourself on snow. i mentioned we will see snow in the sierra. that second half the down christmas and that's not much. that's two inches of snow coming to donner pass. caltrans ease that for breakfast. this should not be too much of a headache. there are no winter weather advisories. now the light snow will fall in the second half of the day. it will be great. speaking of watching the snow, the starts at midnight. i highlighted the three high peaks that show up in the bay area. hamilton is the one that juliet mentioned. that's 4200 fixed. and there is mount diablo and there is loma prieta. 3700 feet. watch what happens. not a lot. but the snow from for now morning until about 10 in the morning is accumulating to where maybe mount hamilton gets an inch. at the dusting for loma prieta and maybe a dusting for mount diablo. it comes through the first half of the day tomorrow. it will just look pretty from a distance. let's talk about the real impact. that is the rain. we showed you the band sitting off the coast. that looks like it could bring a few light showers but it won't be much. that will get absorbed by the mountains of the peninsula. that is the more meaningful stuff. if we take that from live doppler put into futurecast, it picks up on it beautifully. and it's really not until we get to 10:00 tonight that the leading edge comes across the bay area. let's watch it. at 10:00, mena clock midnight, the best time. then once we've gotten to 7:00 in the morning, most of this is to the east. this could be a rain event that happens while we are sleeping. then it is still probably still going at 10:00 tomorrow morning. by that point you have to count on showers. by noon it will finish up. it will have left about half an inch of rain for the north bay. let's come to the south bay and check the situation. totals are about as good and maybe a quarter of an inch. it won't be as cold christmas morning. because the storm is bringing in the clouds and that will hold it down. we still go down to 39 but that's the only 30s. this morning we had plenty of 30s. so a little bit warming for the morning lows but not much different for the daytime high. you can get outside in the second half without getting rained on. the next chance of rain shows up on sunday. another way to say it is that it won't rain for three days. it will get cold in the mornings again. and then light showers for sunday. back to you. unfortunately no rain as we head back to union square. the third candle being lit. it is the 45th and will lighting of the menorah at union square. >> it's named in honor of bill graham who got the idea in 1975. among the special guests are bill graham colleagues and musical performance by jerry's kosher deli. and for special guests. i wonder who they are? 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it happened today, we will explain why everybody was so excited to be standing in line. which is all you ever do at the dmv. >> that is a great tease, i have gotten out. thank you for watching at 5. coming up next, they gave a special, the right of the top stories of 2019. we will see you back here in 30 minutes. this is kpix 5 game day holiday special. >> you are looking at the clock tower and all its glory here on christmas eve. the embarcadero ice rink. the game day holiday special. i am told