Cold air. First we have to deal with increasing clouds on the way. It wont rain until later tonight and into tomorrow. That is the cold air up there. It will sweep through. Were on the southern edge of it. It looks like a decent snow producer for shasta and truckee. Two and a half inches down below 4,000 feet for tahoe. That kicks in the Winter Weather advisory through 8 00 and 1 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Snow level up north could be 2,000 feet or lower. Fairfield is 33. And with the cloud cover coming in, it will be a day of high temps in the 50s to the north. A tenth of an inch would be nice. Thats what the forecast models are giving us overnight for the rain. 60s for some. Mid50s for others. 7 01. Alex has been busy. Anything that you want to get to right away . Yeah. It hasnt stopped unfortunately steve. Okay. Want to let people know about a problem in berkeley. This is off of the freeways here. Still a major thoroughfare in berkeley shut down in both directions. That would be san pablo avenue. Closed just south of ashby avenue this morning. Thats because police there in berkeley are investigating a crash involving a pedestrian. A woman was hit by a car. A woman walking along the street was hit by a car there. So they have both directions of san pablo shut down just south of ashby avenue for this investigation. We will keep an eye on it and let you know when the streets in the area do reopen after that investigation. We will move on here and go south from there. And show you a live look at interstate 880. And traffic is still surprisingly enough moving along quite nicely in both directions past oracle arena this morning. You may see a little slowing heading further north from there into downtown oakland. Nothing too bad for this time of morning. Here is a live look at highway 4. And you can see you have some slow traffic. The slowing starts at bailey road. And it continues up and over the hill as you make your way westbound on highway 4 into concord. 7 02 is the time. Gasia, back over to you. Thank you, alex. A San FranciscoPolice Officer took his own life in the parking lot of an east bay Shopping Mall after being stopped by an officer from another department. San Francisco Police say the officer was the target of an investigation. Allie rasmus is here now. So tell us what we know. Good morning. Reporter well, good morning. According to San Francisco police, this was a nineyear veteran of the sfpd and also the subject of an investigation involving multiple jurisdictions but sfpd would not elaborate what he was being investigated for. He was a resident of richmond. Around 1 30 yesterday afternoon, Richmond Police pulled him over in front of the jc penney in the parking lot. After pulling over the vehicle, the officer heard a gunshot from inside of the car. He quickly retreated back to the police car and waited for help. Once help arrived, they werent able to see the interior of the car. Because the car had window tint all throughout the vehicle. It was difficult to see inside. So they ended up using bean bag ammunition to break the glass. Reporter and at that point, when Richmond Police approached the vehicle, they discovered that the driver, the man inside that sfpd officer, had died from his injuries. Even though Richmond Police never fired their weapons and it is apparent that the Police Officer shot himself, police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding this. They recovered a handgun within the officers car. The Contra Costa County d. A. s office is investigating as well. We are waiting for more information to learn what this sfpd officer, a nineyear veteran of the force, was being investigated for when he took his own life. Back to you guys. Thank you, allie. Federal investigators say excessive speed was one factor in the derailment of the train up in Washington State. At least three died, many more were hurt when the train came off of the tracks in the town of dupont. Many ended up on interstate 5 and others flipped over along the embankment on the freeway. Witnesses quickly jumped out of the cars to help the train passengers. So the trains, a lot of them were tipped over on their side. Some of them the roof had been ripped off or collapsed in. So first two trains that went through, fine. We just walked in. Second train, the wall had collapsed in. We had to actually belly crawl through whatever was there, glass, rebar, whatever was there. Made it through. And it i dont know. It is dark and eerie because there was some deceased people. So i dont know. It was like it sort of felt like war. Wow. There is still confusion over how many people died and how many are hurt. Authorities are still in the early phase of the investigation. It may be months before a final report is issued. In the meantime the nearby city of lakewood tried to stop the train line where the deadly train crash happened. A judge rejected the arguments and the project was allowed to move forward. Today some local Officials Say the idea of a train derailing was never raised. Amtrak operates all over the country, as you know. That includes several routes right here in california. That includes the capital corridor trains that run several days between the Silicon Valley and the sacramento area. A lot of people bimonthly commuter passes. Most of the people that we talked to at the Jack London Square in oakland say they feel safe on amtrak. Ive been riding it for 14 years. Nothing like that has happened. I dont feel anxious about that. You have to think about it. It has to be in the back of your mind all the time when youre traveling anywhere nowadays. The train is safer than driving to work or other means of transportation. Federal investigators looking into a crash last night involving an amtrak train and a semitruck in texas. Union pacific that owns the train tracks says it happened in san marcos. There were 150 passengers on the train going from chicago to san antonio when it hit the truck. A preliminary report from amtrak says no one was hurt. San Marcos Police are investigating. It is possible that the truck became stuck on the train tracks and the driver got out before the collision. It took almost two hours to clear the truck from those tracks. The republican tax overhaul will begin making its way through the house this morning. It is possible the senate could give its final approval early today, perhaps early tomorrow. Doug luzader has more from capitol smile with a few days to spare, it looks like republicans in congress will meet their christmas deadline to deliver tax reform. On the eve of the vote, one of the key architects of the bill was surrounded by cameras. What it means for americans is that april 15th will be this will be the last time that they have to file under this horrible broken tax code. Reporter the process begins in the house where there is some expected Republican Opposition because of the impact on high tax states. Later today it should shift over to the senate where democrats can slow it down but that may be about it. My republican friends are squandering their socalled once in a Generation Opportunity for tax reform on a massive Corporate Bailout paid for by middle class tax increases. When a shame. Reporter senator john mccain will not be here for a vote following brain cancer treatments. That could leave the senate with an odd number, but mike pence will precede over the senate to provide a tie breaking vote if it comes to that. President trump will be poised with his pen to sign it into law in the coming days when he may finally deliver on a legislative achievement. This is certainly a big era to put in their quiver. Half of california voters dont like the tax bill. The poll finds that 51 of california voters oppose the bill. 30 support it. Most people said, quote, only corporations and the super rich will benefit from the changes in the tax system. Our question of the day is how do you think the tax reform bill will affect you . Will you be better off . Worse off . Or are you not sure . Let us know by voting on twitter or ktvu. Com. Also leave comments for us. You can do that on the ktvu facebook page. The time is now 7 09. After a reversal of a 20year ban on pepper spray, uc berkeley may see more changes. The push on pepper spray and the way that police handle violent protests. Do you prefer a window seat over an aisle seat . How to avoid a surprise on your next flight. Slow traffic in many areas around the bay area. One of them would be right here at the bay bridge toll plaza. We will talk about the commute getting into San Francisco and i will tell you about the ride down in san jose as well. The time is 7 12. New this morning, Berkeley Police are at the scene of an accident. The hit and run happened between san pablo and folgers avenue. A woman was hit by a car and taken to the hospital with serious injuries. There is a lot of Police Activity in the area. The intersection remains closed as the Investigation Continues. Tonight the Berkeley City Council will vote on whether to repel a law that allows Police Officers to use pepper spray. The City Council Approved the use of pepper spray by Berkeley Police back in september in response to several violent clashes by extremist groups in the city. But the citys Police ReviewCommission Says it is concerned that the spray could have, quote, severe and longlasting health effects. Both berkeleys mayor and police chief support the use of pepper spray. The white house took down a website that hosts petitions to the federal government so that website can be revised. And they say it will be back up late last month. The we the people website was launched by president obama in 2011. The white house says all of the existing petitions will be restored when the website is back up. The government is supposed to respond to any petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures. So far, the Trump Administration has not responded to any of them. The white house says it will start responding to the petitions once that website is relaunched. Well, President Trump has removed Climate Change from the list of worldwide threats. Russia and china are identified as rivals in constant competition with the u. S. But made no mention of what Scientists Say are the dangers posed by Climate Change. That is a big change from the Obama Administration that called Climate Change an urgent threat to our national security. Happening today, the Alameda City Council will develop a new redevelopment project. The term knowledge site on the north shore of alameda was used to store shipping containers and it overlooks the oakland he estuary. They have parks and retail space planned in the area. Sal is off today. But we have alex savidge watching the toll plaza and everything else. Alex. Good morning to you. The east bay ride has gotten tough all of a sudden here. I want to show you the ride here at the toll plaza, the backup, i should say at the toll plaza. It is significant. Its backed up well through the maze at this point. So at least 20 to 25 minutes trying get through the pay gates. Let me put up the maps. Ill show you the east bay. Just trying to get over to the maze, westbound 80 is backed up solid from about richmond all the way over to the toll plaza itself. Fortunately once you get past the pay gates and on to the span, the bay bridge, the ride across the bay bridge actually looking pretty good getting into San Francisco. Finally we will head south here and show you a live look at the san mateo bridge where there is very slow traffic in the westbound direction just when you get past the toll plaza, its going to be bogged down all the way over to about the highrise. And then it frees up over towards the peninsula. 7 16 is the time. Steve is here. And going to be another cold one. It is indeed. But at least we have rain on the way. Not much. It looks better for snow than rain. Another reinforcement of cold air coming in. With the days short now, it is tough to warm up. Especially with the cloud covers in with the lows. You see the increasing clouds. Nationally not much is going on right now. I mean i know it is 30s and 20s and 40s. Even 50s and 60s to the south. The main message though is a huge drop on these temps. Christmas eve, Christmas Day throughout much of the great lakes. In fact, windchills from 30 to 50 below. Many areas been getting above zero. If you are traveling in that direction, be advised it will be brutally cold. There is rain coming through texas and the deep south. The system that is visiting us, once it moves across the country will be a huge snow producer. San francisco had. 02 on the 2nd. Were close to the average. 73 the record lie in 1999. We could use rain. San francisco is now 46 for the water year. Oakland, 56 . San jose at 39 , with only an inch and a half. The sierra snow water equivalent is not much better. 29 percent. Is there any good news . Yes. We will get a little bit of rain. They will get okay amounts of snow. This is a rather vigorous system. The bulk staying to the north of us. Cold air slides in behind the system. The sierra is looking for two to six inches of snow. Snow level down to 4,000 feet. Up above the passes, 6 to 10. Even snow levels will be to the north. Winter weather advisory starts at 8 00 tonight and goes through 1 00 tomorrow. For the shasta area towards the oregon border there is a winter storm warning. 30s on the temps. Fairfield is 33. 35 in sunnyvale. Livermore at 35. With the increasing clouds coming in from the north, there will be some locations that wont get above 54, 55 today. 38 for napa and american canyon. 16 in truckee. 36 in sacramento and ukiah. One system kicks out and another one is on its way. Thats the one were focusing on for tonight. Increasing clouds throughout the day. Cloudy by this afternoon. Late tonight, early tomorrow, we will get light rain here. Then the cold air comes in wednesday night and thursday. About a tenth of an inch. Forecast models has been consistent on this. We will take whatever we can get rainrise now. After christmas, there are hints of things changing a little bit. And gasia, rain finally. A little bit. Not much. Tomorrow morning, we will have some. And then get ready for cold. Okay. Well set our alarms ten minutes early tonight. Thank you, steve. Is your phone number on the national do not call list . If youre getting more and more spam calls lately, youre not alone. Where you will find the most complaints. Also, could apple be slowing down old iphones when a new phone goes on sale . We will show you what happens when you replace your old phone with a new battery. For mildtomoderate eczema . It can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. The arm of an arm wrestler . The back of a quarterback . The face of a fairy . Prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. It blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. And its steroidfree. Do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. Allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. The most common side effect is application site pain. Ask your doctor about eucrisa. If youre getting ready to take a flight this holiday season, dont assume that youre getting a window with your window seat booking. The airlines are now revealing why that is a case. A recent blog explains specific window seats on certain planes dont have a window because of the air conditioning system. The airline says to avoid seat 9a on its boeing 737 800 planes and seat 39a on the air bus 330 200s. This phenomena has fawned the hashtag where is my window on social media. They should call it something else. They probably will. Alarming findings about why your old iphone may be slowing down. Pam cook is back with the money business. Pam. Good morning again. Who will benefit from the new tax overhaul, wall street likes the plan that could be finalize this had week. It has been quite a rally. One stock to watch when the bell rang this morning, regulators are looking at met life after the Insurance Company admitted to not paying pensions to thousands of retirey s retirees. The dow jones is get being very close to 25,000. Today, a little bit of a downside there. Live look. Do you jones down about 20 points to 24,774. The nasdaq and s p 500 slipping a little bit as well. Analysts believe that the nasdaq could test the 7,000 mark for a little bit. The dow has already done something that it has never done before. The dow jones has lined more than 5,000 points in a calendar year. Analysts say the boost is certainly being powered by wall streets reaction to the republican tax overhaul plan which cuts the top Corporate Tax rate from 35 down to 21 . Well, if you think the number of spam phone calls you have received have increased, you are correct. They have almost doubled across the country. According to the ftc, this year there have been more than 7 million complaints about violations to the u. S. Do not call registry. That is double the number of complaints in 2015. New jersey has the most, followed by delaware and florida. California is 26th on the list with more than 824,000 violation complaints. Well, a new report suggests that apple reduces the speed of old iphones as batteries wear out. A Company Collected information from test runs on thousands of iphones and it determined that replacing the battery in an old phone will not only make the phone last longer on a charge, it may