Where you are seeing some heavy showers in san diego and imperial counties and then the snow just piling up on those mountain passes down south temperatures in the 40s and 50s for the bay right now livermore for spot back into the 50s while still a few spots in the 30s in the north bay like santa and sell most santa rosa and say whoa lena. Now that youre not too bad, but definitely chilly enough at 42 degrees keep the jackets ready to go into the afternoon sunshine is going to help but feel a lot better this afternoon though so keep a jacket or sweater on him and youll be fine a really nice thursday ahead, at least for us here locally robin. All right. Thank you john checking in on traffic we still have a trouble spot in the east bay that started late last night theres a closure in place here on foot hill road between for now and council would crews are still on scene investigating a fatal accident a triple fatality that happened shortly before 10 oclock last night to look for those of you who live or work in the area or if youre traveling on 6. 80 from dublin, al torts and all if you hop off the freeway and burn out or the civil x and you will run into this closure approaching foot hill they hope to have a clear by 4 oclock this afternoon. But they also have some repair work to do because a power pole was damaged in that fatal accident once again foot hell shut down from burnout to council with thats something to should avoid this morning, the bay bridge traffic very light and very quiet. No problems into San Francisco and easy 8 minutes here off to fremont street will check more bridges coming up well. Robin we continue to follow breaking news this morning as the Investigation Continues as to why a car carrying 5 teenagers. Why they all of a sudden lost control of the car on christmas night and slammed into a power pole kron 4 Sarah Stinson is at the scene and has the latest. This is the worst possible situation for families on christmas to find out that their children died in this crash. We know at least 3 teenagers died in the crash 2 are in the hospital right now fighting for their lives. Its a boy and girl all under the age of 18 right now even Medical Center waiting for an update on their condition. 2 of the 3 teens who died were brothers so no several families are mourning the loss of these teenagers right now this is terrible. This is. What was your worst nightmare, something you never want to see there were the 2 brothers in the car and i believe there may have been another a relation possibly cousin in the vehicle. I take a look at this map so you can see where were standing in pleasanton at the intersection of foothill road and castle would drive this is where the road is closed as crews work to repair a power pole that was hit during the crash says all right near the castle would country club. Chp says the teens were driving southbound on foot hill road last night just before 10 when for whatever reason they crossed over the northbound lanes hit a power pole and wrapped around a tree, the 3 teens who died were all trapped in the car the 2 teams that survived were ejected from the car. Its unclear if everyone is wearing a seat belt investigators are trying to figure out why this happened but they do believe alcohol is not involved at this time. Theyre going want to avoid foot hill road because theyre still here pg e crews are working to replace a power pole and i was shocked to hear from chp that they think this will stay closed until for this afternoons hearing one avoid this area, were still waiting for an update on those 2 teenagers were fighting for their lives. In pleasanton Sarah Stinson kron 4 news. In the north bay a 6 yearold boy remains in Critical Condition following a shooting on Christmas Eve in vallejo kron fours gayle ong has the latest details on the victim and the shooting. A young child was shot in the torso Vallejo Police say the child was with family celebrating the holidays when gunfire erupted 15 to 20 gunshots reported the bullets with through this home on ohio street in philly home Police Closed off the area of ohio in mariposa streets as they search for clues on Christmas EvePolice Responded to the neighborhood around 06 30pm and later learned the 6 yearold child was hit the child was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition, not of aside and we just so like a lot of fun is outside jena montel blow woke up to a Police Officer ringing her doorbell she says theres been shootings around here before some things are thinking like were morning some learned this is so scary this to you know the bullets hit cars on the block of several shell casings littered the on a night where people are supposed to be celebrating the holidays are really. You know sorry about of on the go. Its its hard you know and 6 yearolds he had nothing to do with this crime, you know. Residents say police went around the neighborhood asking for Surveillance Video but at this point there is no description of the suspects reporting in Vallejo Gayle ong kron 4 news. In San Jose Police are still looking for the driver involved in a deadly crash that killed one man this happened on early christmas morning. Along east santa clara street and thats basically in the downtown area. Officers when they arrived they found the man and clearly he was hit by a car, but the car was not fair. The man was rushed to the hospital but he later died. We spoke to a man who is often around the area he shot for 2 reasons one that it continues to happen and to the timing of it all. Surprised disappointed because i want to enjoy today, but seeing cop cars around and trouble i said to why these of christmas thats not good. The driver involved in deadly crash did not stay at the scene took also theyre still looking throughout that area looking for some some valence footage to pass along descriptions of the to the public. This was the 33th fatal pedestrian accident in san jose in 2019. In the east bay 4 people shot at a Holiday Party in oakland this happened last night along 34th avenue 3 men and one woman were shot they were taken to the hospital with conditions ranging from stable to serious, but all alive when they were rushed to the hospital in the north bay, a man is dead after a tree fell on him at near woods 3 visitors were walking on the hillside trail on tuesday afternoon when all of a sudden a tree cracked in came tumbling down, falling on top of them and another man he was able to escape and then there was a woman nearby she was hurt by falling debris. But rain county fire Officials Say any time you walk through the woods even though it looks peaceful looks great. You are possibly in harms way. Pretty random all the major you know all fell in the water up and be somebody that you can which is theyre in a portion of that. You know thousands of people visit not on that day. You know will not all of this nature, im very often if you know the hillside trail and part of the main trail that part of those parts will stay closed until the trees remove no word on when exactly that will happen. And of course they will look at the tree to see if our rotting if it was soaked with water. Those possible causes might have caused the tree to come tumbling down. Theres more opposition to a new state law thats expected to make a major impact on our states workforce, some lawmakers are trying to get it repealed a week before it goes into effect on january 1st Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explain to the law. 2 a assemblywoman Melissa Melendez says she and fellow republican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley are set to file a bill this year that would void the new law commonly called ab 5 this new law will redefine workers that would classically be considered independent contractors has now employees across several industries what were doing introduced constitutional amendment that we can clearly define california constitution, what independent contractor is. Anyone might want to make sure another country to show that much about weight we dont have this constant tinkering melendez is proposal comes as the state faces multiple lawsuits for enacting ab 5 from groups, including freelancers and truckers several claim their business or job was lost or is in jeopardy because of the leaders of rideshare apps like uber and lyft are putting up millions for a 2020 Ballot Initiative to let Voters Decide if ab 5 should apply to their workers supporters of the law say employers misclassifying workers as independent contractors to bypass wage and benefit protections, the bills author Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez tweeted tuesday in part. Worker misclassification hurts everyone we will continue to clarify this law but rest assured it want to be replaced. He people to be treated fairly early protection under the law to went too far in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Right at this very minute expect traveling to be a horrible as many people are now waking up saying goodbye to family and friends think getting into their cars and hitting the roadways kron fours Christina Tetreault is live in walnut creek. The show us the conditions this morning, christina. Well let me tell you there are going to be quite a few people on the roads today, especially around those airports a aaa actually predicts that this is going to be the busiest busiest Holiday Season weve seen in quite a long time and today is going to be the busiest day of the year. Well let me go ahead and tell you about how many people across the us are traveling a 105 million traveling this holiday week and 90 of those in cars. They say also the travel company says traffic delays just today on thursday could nearly double your drive time and thats even factoring in the normal congested traffic delays and get this aaa also says that this is a record breaking travel season from december 21th of january first a 115 million americans will travel by car plane train bus or even cruise ship thats the most weve seen in the past 20 years, the local residents driving to and from work are feeling the heat of so many extra people on the roads. Im prepared. Its fine i know i have to be somewhere 5 all the work a little earlier and instead of sitting there being super frustrating on the road running late hate you recommend the kinds people in still. The and angry because were all in it together and it is not easy for any of us all of us want to be home the road. So just be nice. I love exactly what she said just be nice majority of the people ive spoken with here at the pump today right off the freeway exit and entrance have all said very similar things that the traffic is inevitable, they dont love it. They say not many people too. If you want to make sure everyone is just kind of nice on the road they see its going make this more tolerable for everyone. Also some recommendations if you are traveling to and from the airport today keep in mind you need to get your flight of course 2 hours early but that doesnt mean leave your house 2 hours early needs get to the airport 2 hours early of course were looking at some delays when youre going into you know the terminals with security. So when it comes to getting to the airport really where that lot of congestion can be to make sure to leave your home maybe an hour or 2 hours early depending on where you live for any of the major airports here that you are going to and of course when you are leaving, aaa recommends always make sure that you have the casting full and we always want to remind everyone to pack their patience on the road. Reporting live here in walnut creek ca teatro kron 4 news okay. Thank you very much to see and also make sure th and well welcome back to the kron 00 04am morning news a tale of 2 cities great here john and i know you keeping a close eye on the grapevine not so great not so great on the grapevine definitely Southern California a rough go this morning while here in the bay area, perfect you would think the opposite because Southern California as always the cea least on record warmer. Yeah, right on trend usually Southern California is a little dry a little warmer not today. But the storm system that pushed through worked its way right through the south. So thats why theyre looking at the weather and why were nice and calm that we do have delays at sfo but theyre not because of our own weather are weather related delays are 0 sfo is not behind no fog. No rain thats a good thing about it but if you are headed down or airports such as la acts may be down to san diego do expect some delays down there even other parts of the country that do have some inclement weather. Its all their problem, but it is affecting us if you are flying that direction now as far as San Francisco goes look at this were starting to get rid of the cloud cover just a few clouds hanging out of her san jose areas further east in the bay, the need to see those showers in the Central Valley that stretch from los all the way through bakersfield eventually down to great find. And then rain and snow across Southern California. Some of the heaviest of rainfall having worked its way through san diego earlier today now further to the east and for the grapevine still closed snow actively falling as you work your way up the pass on up into those higher elevations, a writer all along the great find itself now if youre thinking about taking to hatch a peep it is also very snowy and recommend against it. One o ones going to take a while todays you might just want to save the travel until tomorrow because even though the bay is looking good today. La and the rest of Southern California going to join us on that note tomorrow so friday and saturday, some of your best travel days ahead of us across not just the bay, but the rest of the state. As for tahoe go ahead go up there today, its going to be beautiful to do it and its going to stay that way tomorrow and saturday see a lot of freedom with when you choose to drive up to its very cooperative weather wise in the days to come. Todays daytime highs will be in the 50s Golden Gate Park at 54 mission 56 on terra 55 today right along the coastline and thats no difference that our inland areas will be so a great day at the coast and a great day for inland spots all of its going to be sunny. A nice one to take in those deals at the mall after the that you may have done that past couple of days maybe take some stuff back to dublin 55 for your highs today while berkeley at 55 as well, oakland and richmond guilty today of 56 north bay pretty much the same as the rest of the bay youve got a lot of sunshine and some comfortably Cool Temperatures just have your sweater and handed youll be good friday and saturday staying that way before sunday our next and only chance of rain in the forecast. Rain arrives sunday nights clearing out pretty early though by monday were dry again and by tuesday and wednesday new years eve and new years day looking at a great forecast. Robin. All right. Thank you lets check in on the morning commute not much of a commute but some folks are heading back to work we have some people out there on the roads, heres a look at the richmond sandra fell bridge which is delay free thats what we like to see right if you do have some driving to do so working to do. Its only 7 minutes from the tolls off to highway one oh one and to the north bay from the east bay to San Francisco. Little busy at the bay bridge toll plaza but not bad at all we havent had any major issues this morning coming in its only 8 minutes after fremont street checking in on one oh one an unusual slowdown, maybe folks are heading shopping may be returning some president s, i dont know. We dont have any construction or crashes or stalls reported but within the last 30 minutes. It just got really busy on northbound one oh one in San Francisco from 2. 80 up to the 80 split after that after the split continuing on the skyway looks good continuing to the lower deck is looking good to one oh one north already crowded take to 80 instead keep in mind closure remains in place in foothill road between for now and council would shut down until 4 oclock this afternoon. This is to investigate a triple fatality that happened overnight for those of you dropping off 6. 80 just remember you need to stay away from foot hill will be blocked off until 4 oclock well check more slow downs coming up a little bit later well. Robin in National NewsSenate Leaders they have yet to reach an agreement on the rules of the impeachment some gop members remain uncertain how that job they will vote on the issue if and when they get it because right now Speaker Nancy Pelosi, she has not turned over the articles to the senate reid binion reports. Its been one week since the house voted to impeach President Trump on obstruction of congress and abuse of power and with the Senate Impeachment trial looming its still up in the air when that will actually happen. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has yet to send the impeachment articles to the senate in order to begin the proceedings meanwhile, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he would be in to