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Morning. A fedex truck collided with one car. Investigators say that when they arrived paramedics were trying to revive the occupants of the car. Those efforts were unsuccessful and that person died at the scene. A fedex driver is on scene as well and has been cooperating with the investigation. Officers have closed down all four lanes of southbound 880 so that they can thoroughly investigate the accident and clear the accident to make sure the roadway is safe. They are asking for drivers to be patient. We want to assure the victims families and the public get the most out of this as possible. We are asking everyone to be patient and all commuters please be patient logic we conduct the investigation. Reporter we have received a statement from fedex that reads our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in this tragic accident. We are cooperating with local officials as they investigate. Coming back to our live shot you can see the result of the investigation and those efforts means that traffic is being diverted off at 66. The latest we have heard is that chp is hoping to have the road reopened and they hope to have southbound 880 reopened in 45 minutes. That is looking very optimistic right now. We have crews and you know how difficult it can be to try to write the big rigs. Sometimes they fold or fall open. It was estimated to be hauling 30,000 pounds. You know that can be very difficult to get that operated with no debris on the roadway. 45 minutes might be optimistic. Thank you very much for mentioning it. I will say this again. This is not a good way to get to the airport. If you need to get to the airport i have an alternate route on the map and that would be east on 580. You can take eastbound 582 edwards and edwards turns into a straight shot to the airport. You can also use side roads or international highway and get to the airport that way. I would not recommend using 880. The big rigs can use eastbound 580 for the duration of this event. Northbound traffic will also be slow in the area as people are looking at the crash. Please give yourself extra time. We are looking at san jose with traffic looking okay. At the bay bridge traffic will be okay as well. Lets go to the peninsula. For most of the peninsula we are doing well. We have a problem in Half Moon Bay, just south of the tunnel that they have built in the devils slide area. The tunnel is blocked in both directions for a serious injury crash. If youre at Half Moon Bay and you want to get to pacifica, right now you cant get through. You will have to use highway 92 and we will be following this crash. Lets get back to Steve Paulson with your forecast. For some it is very cold and for others not that bad. It depends on the breeze. If you have the breeze your temperature is holding up but if not you are in the 20s or 30s. Steve paulson tweeted this out. Wind or no wind equals cool or mild versus cold. There is a northwind at 21 Miles Per Hour in kenwood and sonoma and both of the temperatures were 40 degrees. Sonoma state has no wind and 27 degrees. There are huge differences like napa airport 45, santa rosa 32, concord 33 degrees. 45 fairfield with a strong northwind, sfo 49, palo alto 33. There are some 20s not far away. I have seen some 20s across the area like occidental 28, Mendocino County into lake county. Lakeport at 24 degrees and there is enough of a breeze to hold us up. Tomorrow will be colder in American Canyon and vallejo at 45. Concord is minus 13. Hayward 10 so it is cold for many. We had clouds and rain yesterday at this time and there is the northerly breeze at Half Moon Bay and sfo. It is holding them up and no doubt about it to the valley into davis you have 25 up to 30 Miles Per Hour gusts from the north. It is pretty quiet with a northwind making for a quiet day for us. We cant get away from the northeast breeze in Southern California but there is still a red flag warning with no help as far as any precipitation so it is not really helping them. We will be sunny today with quite cool highs only in the 50s. Lets go back to the desk. President trump is celebrating the congressional approval of the republican tax reform bill. His first big legislative victory since taking office. President trump and the republicans call these changes a Christmas Gift for all americans. Democrats say that corporations and the wealthy will benefit the most. They brought lumps of coal to a News Conference and said this is what middleclass americans get from the bill. You get a massive tax cut for the wealthiest people and crumbs for everybody else. We focused on the needs of the american people, not Washington Special interest. President trump has not said when he will sign the overhaul into law. The white house says it is possible he will sign it in florida. Republicans in washington wont have a long time to celebrate tax reform because there is another looming crisis. The Government Shutdown could happen this weekend. A shortterm deal is possible but nothing is certain. Doug luzader reports from washington. Congress governed by crisis on these things and republicans would love to make a deal to go home for christmas but this could go to the brink. It is a lot of fun when you win. No surprise President Trump was in a good mood as Congress Just passed the tax reform so he was celebrating. In the corridor of congress a problem is lurking. We have a plan. We have a plan. We will see the details. We will see how or if Congress Avoids a shutdown which could happen at midnight tomorrow. The easiest solution, a stopgap spending bill providing money to carry the money government over to january 19 but there have been plenty of questions as republicans want more spending for the pentagon. There are bipartisan calls for a disaster aid package for hurricane relief. Childrens Health Insurance funding and a renewal of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. It is highly unlikely there is a Government Shutdown. The treasury secretary seems competent a deal will be made but even though republicans control both houses of congress they may need help to make it happen. That will not be easy. It is their responsibility. They have not show any plan so lets wait until they come to us and tell us what they expect to do. It is hard to overstate the importance of the holiday. Many members of congress simply want to get this done so they can go home. In washington doug luzader, fox news. Happening today, at 5 00 pm a candlelight vigil in San Franciscos chinatown for the late mayor ed lee. It will be on 733 kearny street. Members of the board of supervisors and the acting mayor as well as the Community Tenants association and members of the chineseamerican community will be in attendance. San francisco supervisor jane kim has joined the race to run for mayor, yesterday kim asked for the paperwork. The special election in june will elect the mayor to finish out the term of ed the which will end in january 2020. She wants to continue work on education, child care and Affordable Housing. I have a track record of demonstrating i am willing to take on big ideas and i will win them. I was told i could achieve 30 or 40 affordable and middle Income Housing and developers would never commit to that. We were able to achieve that three times. Six other people have entered the race and candidates will have until january 9 to file paperwork. The Life Expectancy of americans has gone down for the second straight year. Mainly because of the rising death rate from drug overdoses. According to the cdc a baby born in the us in 2016 can expect to live 78. 6 years which is a decrease of one month from 2015 and two months from 2014. Government researchers say that the ongoing Opioid Crisis is to blame along with stalled progress in fighting heart disease. The last time the us had two straight years of decline was 1962 and 1963 because of the flu. A new report on real estate shows prices are going up in the east bay because of the housing shortage. A new report from the Bay East Association says 10 cities had median sales prices of 1 million or more in november. Just five cities had a median sale price under 500,000. Though cities are antioch Richmond San Pablo elsa brontk and pittsford. San francisco is now using boulders to discourage the homeless from camping under overpasses. The department of public works has put boulders in the area known as a hairball at cesar chavez street. Officials say that more boulders will be coming and would be installed over the next month. Homeless advocates are criticizing this comparing the boulders to antihomeless spikes in london. Similar strategies have been criticized in san diego and seattle. A major gang crackdown in sacramento pays off. Coming up, we will tell you how many arrests were made after a massive operation. Also, chaos in melbourne, australia with a car plowing into pedestrians. We will tell you how many were hurt and what the investigators have to say. Good morning, on the east bay commute traffic looks to be okay in some areas but we still have a major problem on one of the busiest freeways in the area. Southbound 880 is closed near the airport and we will tell you how to get around it. The freeze warning has come to an end at 7 00 but we still have very cold temperatures. We will take a look at those and tell you what to expect over the next couple of days. We are following developing news from australia where police in melbourne say that there is no evidence the man who drove his suv into a crowd of people did it as a terrorist attack. They say that he drove into them intentionally however. The driver was known for historical assault matters and he has a history of Mental Health problems. 19 people were injured but they have not released any information on their condition. New information on a deadly bus crash from southern mexico. The driver was going at a high rate of speed before losing control of the bus and when he tried to return to the narrow highway the bus flipped and hit a tree. Eight americans including an 11 yearold boy from virginia were among the 12 people killed. The passengers were traveling from the cruiseship to the nearby mayan ruins. It is 7 15 and today members of the United Nations will be showing how they feel about President Trump recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. The General Assembly will vote on the measure calling for the president to rescind the decision. President trump has threatened to cut off financially to countries that approved the resolution. The president of turkey is criticizing that and says he hopes the United States will be taught a lesson by the vote. He is calling on other countries not to sell democratic struggle and will for petty dollars. The vote is expected to take place after other countries have weighed in. Minnesota senator al franken says he will leave his senate seat january 2 because of Sexual Misconduct allegations. He announced he would be written resigning after several women claimed he in a properly touched or kissed them. The minnesota Lieutenant Governor tina smith will replace al franken january 3. Smith says she will run for the seat in 2018. A lot of people are switching into holiday mode but that is not the case for Sal Castaneda because you have a mess. 880 southbound will be closed at 66. This is the live picture southbound 880 showing the traffic getting off the freeway at 66 and getting back on a short time later but it is backing up traffic northbound on the right. Traffic is slowing even though the lanes are opened because it is quite a sight to see. There trying to write this diesel. They said theyre going to open the freeway at some point this hour but i am thinking that was a little too optimistic. The alternate route would be eastbound 580. Big rigs are allowed to use eastbound 580 for the duration of this event and northbound and southbound traffic are very slow. If youre trying to get to the airport i would use international or use doolittle on alameda. If youre just troubling to the reason use 580. This is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is light. We have a problem in Half Moon Bay south of pacifica in both directions on highway 1 after the tunnel they are blocked with an injury wreck. I do not recommend driving from pacifica to the south. You have to use 280 to get in and out of the area. Lets bring in Steve Paulson with our forecast. It will be a nice forecast when we get going but it is cold if youre traveling. As you know there is not really a lot of travel delay issues just denver or rapid city into omaha but that is not a big system. It is something they can handle. There could be a system moving into the northeast as we move into christmas eve. That is a couple of days away so if youre traveling today you are okay. Temperatures are expected to be quite cold throughout the great lakes on christmas. 30s and 40s with almost 50 degrees. It is all breeze driven. If there is a breeze and your temperature holds up you are good. Walnut creek 28, 31 lafayette and 30 in pleasanton. 35 in pittsburgh with 36 in el cerrito. There are many upper 20s around walnut creek and concord at 13 degrees colder compared to yesterday at this time. Hayward is 10 lower and san jose has dropped by nine. The breeze is the key. Do north at sfo at 18, due North Oakland and Half Moon Bay. By tomorrow the breeze will tell off an temperatures will get colder. In the Oakland Berkeley hills we have upper 30s and lower 40s with the east bay hills like mount diablo. The northwind as 61 Miles Per Hour in the east bay hills right now so it is brisk. Northwind at davis vacaville and fairfield. Contra costa is holding up a lot of those temperatures as everything is coming from the north. Even in Southern California they have the northeasterly breeze and guess what another red flag warning has been posted for Southern California. There is no help for rain. With the northerly wind the water temperatures are coming down. San francisco 53, bodega bay 54 and monterey 55. 27 in ukiah and 27 in truckee with 19 in reno. Lake tahoe 14, Incline Village 13. We have some clouds over the ocean as the colder air over the warmer water otherwise we are looking for clear skies and a nice day. Maybe not bad early in the afternoon but tonight the temperature will drop off and so will the breeze so tomorrow morning will be really cold. We are looking for temperatures to stay cold but it is dry at least through sunday. Taking a look at the real life impact of the republican tax reform plan to try to explain what it means for you and your wallet. Also, apple is responding to reports that it purposely slows down older phones. We will tell you why apple does this to help users. This guy is in a hurry. Uh, i was in a hurry this morning. Barely had time for breakfast. Music sting crave van hey guys. Try my country scrambler plate, with jimmy dean sausage, homestyle potatoes and scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham and cheese. Part of my brunchfast menu. Come try my country scrambler plate. With juicy jimmy dean sausage, crispy homestyle potatoes and fluffy scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham, and cheese. Here you go. Oh, cameras. Hi mom part of the brunchfast menu. Looking at the markets at 7 23, the dow jones making gains, it is up 90 points. Smaller gains but still gains to be had on the s p and nasdaq. Pg e is suspending Dividend Payments because it may be held liable for the deadly north bay fires. The Board Chairman says it is temporary. Authorities are investigating if power lines may have started the wildfires in october. Thousands of homes and other buildings were destroyed in the fire. Pg e has lost 1 3 of its markets value since. Several corporations will receive big tax savings under the new tax code and they have announced what they will do with the windfall. Among them, at t and comcast say that they will give thousand dollar bonuses to hundreds of thousands of workers. Boeing will spend 300 million on job training upgrading facilities and charitable giving. Wells fargo says it will boost minimum wage to 15 per hour and increase charitable contributions. Democratic senator Chuck Schumer says the middle class will get very little out of the tax bill. We know they are popping champagne down pennsylvania avenue. There are only two places where america is popping champagne. The white house and the Corporate Board rooms including trump tower. Otherwise, americans have a lot to regret. Overall the Corporate Tax rate is dropping from 35 to 21 beginning next year. President trump has said corporations will use the tax savings to give raises to middleclass workers. So far except for wells fargo and the minimum wage increase have not seen any announcements of Employee Salary increases. If you are a customer of Western Union time is running out to claim a refund if you are scammed into sending many, earlier this year Western Union agreed to pay 565 million to reimburse people who lost money due to scams. Scammers stole money by claiming to be tax collectors, lottery representatives, Police Officers and even grandchildren in jail. To receive a refund you must file your claim before february 12. Several Major Companies are being sued after reportedly using age limits when looking for possible employees on facebook. The Communications Workers of america filed the age discrimination lawsuit in San Francisco federal court accusing Companies Including t mobile, amazon and Cox Communications of using facebook to post Job Recruitment ads but they set age restrictions on who could see the ads limiting some two people under the age of 38. The lead attorney on the case says companies rely heavily on social media for Job Recruitment so older jobseekers may suffer. Apple is responding to reports that say older iphones slow down overtime. Apple claims it is not because they want you to get a new phone, it is done to protect your phone. Apple recently released a feature that slows down the process or when it is running on an aging battery. This is done to prevent your iphone from malfunctioning and shutting down. 7 26, police in hayward say that they have caught the grinch. Coming up we will show you who they were able to track down. It is a thief stealing holiday packages. We are at San Francisco International Airport where officials believe today will be the busiest day to travel for the season. Coming up we will talk to passengers about the advice that they have a. Good morning, we have a lot of slow traffic in some areas with a couple of major incidents but the other commutes are looking lighter than usual. It is cold for sure but the temperatures will be rebounding a little bit today. Dont look for too much warmth as the sunrise is coming in about one hour. That is when we will say hello to winter. 7 30 welcome back to mornings on 2 it is thursday, december 21. The first day of winter. Im Gasia Mikaelian. Lets get to Steve Paulson right now. It feels like winter already. If youre headed out at the airport saying please dont let my flight be delayed, it wont be. The only issue could be denver or rapid city. Going into the weekend, omaha could be a concern with freezing rain but other than that it is pretty quiet across the country. By the weekend there could be a good system out of the great lakes into the northeast but it is not that bad with 20s and teens. It will be getting very cold on Christmas Day and the day after. One viewer says it is too cold to run right now where is your burgundy . I like it. I blaze my own trail. I dont follow the crowd. You know what, you have always been a man of your own. It is like horse racing i make the favorite i dont bet on the favorite. You know i am teasing. 32 in santa rosa, 30s and 40s for the temperatures. Nobody told me we were wearing burgundy. Menlo park 31, woodside 30 degrees and tomorrow will be much colder. The peninsula is dealing with the north breeze and that is the only thing not dropping these temperatures into the 20s. Certainly woodside will be tomorrow as well as palo alto. In the delta drew brees is kicking in but that is it as it is sunny and nice today but not very warm. The early afternoon is not bad with mid to upper 50s. Sal do we have any good news on 880 . They are making progress. They have the truck they are working on getting the truck righted after this deadly crash from 3 00 in the morning. You are trying to get the tractortrailer right in it is a very complicated situation. Southbound 880 is being taken off the freeway at 66 now theyre getting back on the freeway shortly after. Northbound traffic, even though it is not blocked it will be very slow in the area. I would recommend using the alternate route and here they are. Eastbound 580 now beginning to see that slow traffic on 580 in both directions. I would use 580 as the alternative. Go down edwards all the way to the hill and traffic will be okay. The big rigs can use eastbound 580. Someone tweeted and asked how do the drivers know that . The answer is the Traffic Management center puts those signs up to let people know. The westbound bay bridge is looking slow getting into San Francisco. Highway 1 in pacifica south of montero there is a crash blocking both directions near the tunnel. So to get in and out of Half Moon Bay use highway 92. Lets get back to the desk. A lot of travelers are on the move headed to their holiday destinations. People are driving, taking trains and in the air. Leigh martinez is at sfo where they have been packed for hours. Reporter good morning. We are in terminal to dig. The check in lines are pretty long but better than the last hour. Security lines however have greatly improved. Look how fast people are going through. They have all of these checkpoints opened so people are getting through a lot quicker. Now, aaa says a record 107. 3 Million People will travel by plane traynor vehicle between saturday and new years day throughout america. Sfo predicts it will see 167 passengers today, 167,000 that is. That is because today is supposed to be the busiest day. Sfo created a new express drop off and pickup area in the hourly parking garage to let drivers bypass the terminal roadways. It is free if you leave the garage in under 30 minutes. Inside travelers had to wait in several long lines for check in or security and they have some advice for others to get here early. I would say 1 1 2 hours early. One hour is not the norm anymore. Hopefully we wont get held up anymore. Reporter today is supposed to be the busiest day predicted for sfo, Oakland Airport and san jose are predicting that tomorrow is going to be the busiest day. Looking at this line people are moving pretty fast which is good news. We have numbers from oakland and san jose. San jose says the busiest day will be tomorrow and they are expecting 45,000 passengers and over in oakland they expect a 6 decrease increase in Holiday Travel and they expect tomorrow to be the busiest day. We spoke to someone here at sfo and they said they were surprised as they thought friday would be the busiest like for thanksgiving but they think people got an early start for this christmas season. That is why they predict today is the busiest. Leigh martinez, thank you. The governor washington says amtrak has told him the rail company will pay the cost associated with the trading moment that killed three people in seattle on monday. That will include medical and other expenses of the victims. Amtrak will try to Mature Technology that can automatically slow or stop a speeding train will be in place in washington before december 31 2018. The technology was not yet installed on that stretch of track. Eight alleged east bay gang members were arrested and charged with several violent crimes. Yesterday the News Conference in martinez, the men were accused of burglary, deadly shootings and other crimes in Contra Costa County and one man was arrested in mississippi. He was charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in pittsburgh from march. We believe he had been disrespected and return to do a driveby shooting striking the intended victim and killing an innocent bystander. 11 locations were rated and weapons, marijuana and cash were seized. Eight suspects are now being held at the county jail in martinez. Sacramento police have made 29 arrest during a crackdown on gang violence. They seized a total of 211 guns including assault weapons and machine guns. The sweep was organized by city, county and federal agents after a deadly shooting at a park in South Sacramento from august. Investigators say that there were a series of other shootings by rival gangs leading to the shooting at the park. Even though this gang sweep is over there work is not. It is not something that we start and stop. It is something we continue doing. Whether it is prevention or intervention. They say they are expecting more arrests including homicides as well as auto and Identity Theft cases. Police say what they have learned will give them more insight into how gangs work in the sacramento region. They say this should help in other gang related cases. Police in antioch want help finding a man wanted for a deadly shooting. Take a look at this sketch. The man is white with short hair, in his mid20s or early 30s. He is wanted in connection with a shooting from april. Look at this sketch. If you have any information please call police. A wildfire still burning in Southern California. The thomas fire has now burned more than 272,000 acres in Santa Barbara and Ventura County. More than 1000 homes and other structures have been destroyed. 18,000 are still threatened. The fire started december 4 and is 60 contained. The Marin Humane Society is welcoming dozens of animals waiting for adoptions from the Ventura County fire neighborhoods. 4 to 5 animals were loaded onto a plane yesterday and taking to santa rosa. The Humane Society took in the animals from the ventura shelter to make room for lost and evacuated animals from the devastating thomas fire. The animals will be available for adoption at the Marin Humane Society. Governor jerry brown is asking the Trump Administration to make a disaster declaration for the areas affected by the wildfires. The fires have burned from Santa Barbara to san diego. The governor says it has created such devastation it is beyond the capability of local government to us respond effectively. The president issued a federal disaster declaration after the north bay fires in october. Police in Mountain View want help finding a woman who they think has been stealing packages. These thefts have happened in Mountain View near Moffett Boulevard between highway 101 and middlefield road. Police suspect trish donley of taking packages along the street since the beginning of this month. They report she has been seen driving or sitting in a maroon sedan at the time the packages have disappeared. She had a ponytail but may have shaved her head recently. They also say that she had several tattoos. She could be missing teeth as well. If you have any information please call police. Hayward police used ingenuity to catch a thief stealing packages. Police placed a gps tracker in a package and left it on the front porch of a home that had been targeted. Sure enough, someone stole the package from the porch and took off in a car. These are surveillance photos of that happening. Police were able to easily track the package because of the gps device inside. They found the suspect who parked his car nearby. Inside of the car police found other stone packages including a stuffed bear taken from a home in fremont. It will now be returned in time for christmas. The thief will be spending the holidays in jail. Still ahead, a possible Government Shutdown and it could happen tomorrow. We will bring you the latest from washington coming up at 8 00. The republican tax bill is about to become a law and we will break it down how it could affect you. Good morning, you can see that traffic is going to be busy on these bay area freeways but it is improving as we approach 8 00. As we get closer to 8 00 we will welcome in winter but it sure felt like it for many this morning although it wont be too bad today. We will look at those temperatures coming up. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Now that the new republican tax bill has officially been passed by congress, you probably want to know will your taxes go up or down . Tom vacar put some numbers together into a tax bill calculator and will share the specifics with you. For christmas the president promised a great big beautiful tax cut. Now lets take a look at how it all pencils out. What is big and beautiful depends on your own circumstances says one economist founder of beacon economics. Onnet we could see a modest very modest economic. This is a shortterm bump which could have very serious negative consequences later on. A wolf in sheeps clothing. The top 1 are getting a massive tax cut and they are doing so largely on the basis of getting rid of certain deductions that the next 9 are enjoying like the interest deduction. Of course to get away with this they are lobbying a few hundred dollars at everybody else. According to the Census Bureau the average california Household Income is just about 91,000 149 per year. Lets assume youre married with two children. According to the Washington Post calculator if you dont itemize and take the standard deduction you will get a monthly cut of 215. If you do itemize depending on how much you deduct your monthly tax cut will range from 42 to 74. If you are single making 70,000 per year and dont itemize you will get a tax cut of 149 a month. If you do itemized the tax code would be between two dollars and 33. If you are married with children and make 250,000 and take no deductions you will get a tax cut of at least 500 per month. If you itemize your tax cut it will be from 90 to 362 per month. If you are single and make 30,000 per year with no deductions your monthly tax cut will be 38 but if you deduct your taxes will go up 31 per month. One economist worries that he will increase wealth inequality in california and the nation. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Adding upwards of 1 trillion to the federal deficit could come back to haunt us. These issues make it fiscally irresponsible. Do you want to find out your specific tax fate . Just go to ktvu. Com and click on web links and do the calculations yourself. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Lets get right back to Sal Castaneda. We have had a really busy commute. That is right, since 3 00 this morning we had the overturned truck this is southbound and the last trailer on the set of doubles flipped over now they are moving it away. You can see they are actually moving it right now. They have the trailer on wheels and they are moving it out. This is the first sign they are getting ready to open the freeway which has been closed for almost 5 hours in the southbound direction. Northbound traffic has been slowing past the us seen even though all lanes are open traffic has been exiting at 66 using a side road to return to the freeway which is causing a traffic jam. Traffic is a little bit lighter volume today so when they open that this might start to clear up rather quickly at least maybe im being optimistic but the best way for you to do this is to use 580 eastbound through oakland and westbound as well. It will be a little bit slow but it is worth it or if youre trying to get to the airport use eastbound 580 and then use edward. You can also go through alameda through doolittle and get to the airport that way. Lets talk about westbound bay bridge. Traffic is backed up like a normal commute with 15 to 20 minutes. Highway 1 in pacifica or south of it near the tunnel there is a lane blockage because of an injury crash. Currently you cannot get through so i would use highway 92 to get in or out. You will not be able to get through until they clear the crash. 7 48 lets get to Steve Paulson. It is chilly inland and at the coast dipping into the 30s. We will start to rebound now that we are warming up a little bit. It is really cold look at this, 35 degrees in point arena with the northwest wind at 11 Miles Per Hour. Sacramento 39, truckee 3. Reno at 19 and ukiah at 27 with Santa Barbara 36. Many 20s like sonoma state 28, Sleepy Hollow 28, forced bill and moraga 29 degrees. 33 by concord and buchanan that is cold with 45 at fairfield the napa airport 45, brentwood and livermore with the breeze picking up with the temperature near 50 without the wind but lower 30s with the windchill. 30 in Boulder Creek with 30s around santa cruz. 30 in gilroy, morgan hill 34 even santa clara 33 now campbell at 33 but the breeze is saving a lot of us. Tomorrow morning we wont have the breeze so tomorrow will be colder. The Higher Elevations have the do northwind with upper 30s for many into the Oakland Berkeley hills at 40 with the northwind that is a cold pattern. Gusting up to 23, 26, 24 Miles Per Hour so that is holding up those temperatures. Even into napa county we had a good north breeze. Everything coming down from the north and unfortunately it is north or northeast for the wind even into Southern California and here they go with the red flag warning issued. High fire danger they just cant get out of the pattern. They could use rain but at least it is not that warm. Temperatures are not warming up much. San diego at 48 this morning. We have clear skies with great visibility and temperatures will be warming to the 50s. When you get the northwind it is making for a cool day. I dont think these upper 50s will be staying for long. The day is very short and we are just 30 minutes away from the official start of winter. It will be here before we know it, thank you. A young boy became a firefighter for one day. Coming up at 8 00 we will tell you how north bay firefighters made one dream come true for this threeyearold boy battling a serious illness. Plus, an couple unexpectedly charged hundreds of dollars after they checked out of the hotel. We will tell you why it happened and then what happened to the hotel owners. Well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . Welcome back to mornings on 2. Two controversial confederate statues in memphis, tennessee have been removed. Last night the statues of Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford forrest were taken down. City Council Voted unanimously to remove them as soon as possible. The Jefferson Davis was president of the confederate states, the other a confederate general as an early member of the [null] as well. Last night the mayor said history is being made. Just in time for the start of winter the city of San Francisco is increasing the number of beds at two shelters. The acting mayor says the next door shelter on polk street is adding 50 beds. The Multi Service center on fifth street will make room for 25 more people. The acting mayor is honoring the promise of mayor ed lee to move 1000 people off the streets by the end of winter. The city announced the opening of 70 new Housing Units for Homeless Veterans at the auburn hotel south of market street. An eightyearold girl from hayward started a nonprofit to help the needy. Her name is ashley and she saw People Living on the street and wanted to help but told she was too young to volunteer. So she created small hands with helping hearts. Now she is doing even more. She is tending a garden at the south hayward Parish Food Bank and she has brought in other kids to grow Fresh Produce to distribute to the homeless and low income families. It does not matter your size or your age. You can do anything. A beautiful young lady. Her next project is starting a volunteer club at her elementary school. A hotel in indiana is being sued for adding an extra charge for guests who post negative reviews online. That happen to one guest in nashville, indiana. She was charged 350 for leaving a bad review. That came on top of the 230 she paid for her room. She says the review talked about how dirty the room was and how they had to clean it themselves. The bed and everything looked like it had been used and was dirty. You could tell the people who stayed before us left there items like used shampoo and soap. The tub was filthy. She has filed a complaint with the Indiana Attorney general to get her money back. The attorney general sued the hotel claiming deceptive business practices. I know you want to know about this. Prince harry and Meghan Markle are celebrating their engagement with official portraits. The photos were released earlier this morning from Kensington Palace. Look at this it only gets better. Aside from the official photos these more candid photos were released. We can see the two Holding Hands and laughing. This came on the Kensington Palace twitter page. These come one day after prince harry and Meghan Markle joined other senior members of the royal family for a christmas lunch with queen elizabeth. They will join the royal family on Christmas Day. The two plan to get married at Winsor Castle on may 19. I would love to go to that. Still ahead, a possible Government Shutdown crisis could happen as early as tomorrow. We will bring you the latest from washington. Also developments out of oakland where a terrible crash on 880 has turned deadly. It involved a fedex truck and has led to major backups. I have some news on that. They are just getting ready to open these lanes. You can see that the sweepers are getting ready to do their thing and traffic should be going soon. We will have a live report from the scene and i will give you those backups that are persisting. If you love cooler temperatures we are 30 minutes away from the official start of winter and it sure felt like it this morning. We will take a look at your forecasted temperatures in just a moment. It all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first months payment. We will have the latest on this fatal accident on 880 including the latest estimate on when all lanes will be reopened. This is ktvu mornings on 2. It is 8 00 the Holiday Travel season is underway. 107 Million People are expected to travel nationwide from now through january 1. Today is expected to be the busiest day at sfo with 167,000 passengers going in and out of the airport. Whether it is by plane, car or train, get ready to see a lot of people on the roads and your travel today if youre headed out in the coming days. Good morning and welcome back im Gasia Mikaelian. Good morning, im Cristina Rendon. In a little bit, traffic is going to be the story with this big rig crash impacting 880. Lets get straight to sal. Good morning. Southbound 880 as you drive into the coliseum we had an accident just before 3 00 this morning with a deadly consequences. Lets get to christian captain who is on the scene with the latest. Reporter a lot of developments in the last couple of minutes including the last three or four minutes chp tells me they are about to reopen the road. Down here you can see the big rig has been righted and removed from the road. Investigators are trying to decide what happened. We are learning some new elements including in all three vehicles were taken away. The big rig, the car and a third vehicle. We currently do not have a lot of information on the vehicle or the role it may have played in this accident. Chp says the collision happened around 3 00 this morning. The big rig collided with one car when officers arrived paramedics were trying to revive the occupant of the car but those efforts were unsuccessful. The person died at the scene. A fedex driver stayed on scene and was cooperating. At this point the chp is working to figure out what happened this morning. We are going over all of the evidence while witnessing interviewing witnesses. This is a complex investigation so we dont have a lot of answers at this point. Reporter have been talking about the traffic impact all morning. At this point traffic is being diverted at 66 but as we were just beginning the live report, chp rolled by and said they are about to reopen the road. We are going to move our position so we can get in a position where we are safe and off the roadway. Chp is open to getting more information about the accident. We are hoping to have more details including on how the third vehicle may have been involved. We will have that for you by noon or 9 00. Christian captain, thank you. I want to get to this live video that we have of the camera on 880. Im sorry, this is not the photo. Lets go back to my maps. I will show you the photo in a moment. This is 880 and this is live video as they are about to reopen the freeway. They have police there getting ready to do the stoppage to reopen traffic. They are moments away from opening all of these lanes on 880 s. Which is good news because this is becoming a major bottleneck trying to get to the airport in oakland and getting into san leandro. Northbound traffic is also slowing past the scene because people are looking at what is going on. That will be alleviated when the lanes are reopen. We will let you know by the next time we speak. I have a feeling traffic will be moving any moment. Lets move along to other traffic pictures. We have traffic on highway 880 slow and 580 is the alternate. 580 has big rigs using 580 until they open up 880. The bay bridge will be moderate but things will improve in San Francisco. We are looking better than usual on the ramps. Highway 1 at pacifica we have a closure because of an accident in the tunnel. They will reopen in one hour. Now i can show you this picture from chp San Francisco of the closure. This is highway 1. You cannot get from pacifica to Half Moon Bay on highway one. To get out of Half Moon Bay you have to use 92 or if youre in pacifica you have to use highway 1 and go up to 280. Chp tweeted they should have this opened at 9 00 in the morning. To be safe i would say 9 30. It is 8 05, lets get to Steve Paulson. Well, we are 23 minutes away from the official start of winter but for many it is cold enough to feel like winter. A lot of 20s and 30s. It was cold and frosty in rohnert park at 28. Also at the coast 36 in pacifica with some cold readings. Tomorrow morning will be even colder with 30s and 40s. Enough of a breeze keeping these temperatures up certainly in napa county and in sonoma we had upper 40s. Cold enough with the 20s in some areas like occidental and many in kelsey bill also in lakeport around 24 degrees. It was cold even into Mendocino County and healdsburg. The northwind is continuing to keep these temperatures modified but by tonight that should tell off. It is sunny today but not very warm with 50s for highs. Back to the desk. Australian police say that there is no evidence of a terrorist link to a car ramming people today in melbourne. More than one dozen people have been injured. Katie logan has more from london. A driver rammed into a crowd of pedestrians on a busy commercial street in Melbourne Australia on thursday. Wounding at least 14 people in the attack that was deliberate. It happened on a busy shopping area in the center of the city. Witnesses describe the chaotic scene. Cards were driving through and you know there were a bunch of people. It is just terrible. The driver of the car is now in custody. Officials say that he is 32 years old and an Australian Citizen of afghan dissent. He was taken into custody. He is known to authorities and could be suffering from a mental illness. He has no known connections to terrorism and police say he was acting alone. At this stage we are satisfied that he was driving the car without anyone else present at all. s motive is not clear and the investigation is ramping up. Meanwhile security is increasing throughout the city but Officials Say that there is no ongoing threat and they are urging residents to carry on with their holiday plans. This is horrific and evil but we are not defined by these incidents. I am confident we will go about our business and we will celebrate christmas. This is the second car attacked this year in melbourne and officers are in the process of installing concrete barriers. From london, katie logan, ktvu fox 2 news. President trump is celebrating the congressional approval of the republican tax reform. s first big legislative victory since taking office. President trump and the republicans called the changes a Christmas Gift for all americans but democrats say that it is corporations and the wealthy who benefit the most. They brought lumps of coal to a News Conference and say this is what middleclass americans get. You get a massive tax cut for the wealthiest people with crumbs for everybody else. We focused on the needs of the american people, not Washington Special interests. President trump has not said when he will sign the tax overhaul into law. It is possible he could sign it in florida during his holiday vacation. Republicans wont have long to celebrate tax reform as there is another looming crisis. The Government Shutdown could happen this weekend. A shortterm deal is possible. Doug luzader reporting from washington. Congress tends to govern by crisis on these things. Republicans would love to make a deal and go home for christmas but this could go to the brink. It is always a lot of fun when you win. No surprise President Trump was in a good mood at the white house after Congress Passed tax reform and he had other republican celebrated. In the corridors of congress a problem is lurking. We have a plan, we have a plan. What are the details . We will see. We will see how or if the shutdown is avoided which could happen midnight tomorrow. The easiest solution is a stopgap spending bill providing enough money to carry the government over to january 19. There have been plenty of questions and many republicans want more spending for the pentagon. There are bipartisan calls for a disaster aid package for hurricane relief. As well as childrens Health Insurance funding and a renewal of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. It is highly unlikely there is a Government Shutdown. The treasury secretary seems competent a deal can be made but even though republicans control both houses of congress they may need help from democrats to make it happen which will not be easy. It is their responsibility. They have not shown any plan on how they will get it done. Lets wait until they come to us and tell us how to expect to get it done. It is hard to overstate the importance of the holidays. Many members of congress simply want to get this done so they can go home. In washington doug luzader, fox news. Today there will be a candlelight vigil in San Franciscos chinatown for mayor ed lee. The event will be held at 5 00 tonight located at 733 kearny street. Numbers of the board of supervisors as well as the acting mayor and Community Tenants association and representatives from the chineseamerican community will be in attendance. San francisco supervisor jane came is joining the race to run for mayor. Yesterday she asked for the necessary paperwork from the department of elections. A special election in june will elect the mayor to finish out the term of ed lee which will be ending january 2020. Jane kim wants to continue the work on child care and Affordable Housing. I have a track record of demonstrating i am willing to take on great ideas and winning. I was told i couldnt achieve 30 Affordable Housing and we were able to achieve that twice and three times. So far, six other people have entered the race. Candidates have until january 9 to file paperwork. Are you getting ready to hit the road for christmas . Coming up, the reason why you will be in good company. Plus, have you ever taken a selfie with your coffee . We will show you how one cafi in london is taking it to another level. Less than one minute ago they reopen interstate 880 after it was closed for more than five hours after a deadly collision. We will let you know what the traffic is doing and how long it will take for this to unwind. The governor of washington says amtrak has told him they will pay the cost associated with the Train Derailment that killed three people south of seattle on monday. This will include medical and other expenses of the victims. Amtrak also says it will try to make sure technology that can automatically slow down or stop a speeding train will be in place in washington before december 31 2018. The technology was not yet installed on the track where the crash happened. We have no information on a deadly bus crash in southern new mexico. Investigators say the driver was going at a high rate of speed before he lost control of the bus. When he tried to return to the highway the bus flipped and hit a tree before landing on its side. Eight americans including an 11 yearold from virginia were among the 12 killed. The passengers were traveling from their crew ships to the nearby mayan ruins. Eight gang members in the east bay have been arrested and charged with a number of violent crimes. Yesterday at a News Conference in martinez the men were accused of burglaries deadly shootings, as well as other crimes in Contra Costa County. One man was also arrested in mississippi and charged with murder in the shooting death of a man from pittsburgh in march. He believed he was disrespected so he returned to do a driveby shooting hitting the intended victim. 11 locations were rated searched and authorities found weapons marijuana and cash. We want to get to Sal Castaneda taking a look at the traffic since the big rig crash just cleared. That is right, southbound 880 had been closed for more than five hours from this wreck that happened around 3 00. It was a deadly crash and it took them some time to clear it. Some lanes are closed for debris removal, but they have opened up most of the freeway. In fact i cant quite tell if the right lane is closed but it is definitely better than it was. Especially in the commute direction. You will notice traffic is moving by without stopping. Earlier even though the lanes were opened people were driving by and slowing down to look at the activity on the freeway. I want to mention traffic is very slow as we can look at these maps we will see that traffic is going to be slow almost out of downtown oakland headed to the south. Let me see if i can bring this up, there we go. This is 880 from the roof camera and southbound 880 getting out of Jack London Square does not look too bad as it is improving. 580 is a good alternate. The big rigs can no longer use 580. This is the bay bridge toll plaza that is backed up but you can tell things are lighter than usual. Highway 1 in pacifica is still closed as you get out of pacifica near the tunnel for an injury crash you cannot get through as more people are on 92 out of Half Moon Bay. This is a picture of the crash from chp tweeted out half an hour ago. Lets get to Steve Paulson who is in the weather center. The days can be long. Right now we are 10 minutes away from the official start of winter. It felt like it for many. Not bad travel wise at least not yet. There could be a system coming over the weekend for the great lakes and northeast on Christmas Day. There will be snow around denver and rapid city. The only bugaboo would be omaha. If youre flying into omaha there could be freezing rain but other than that minneapolis has some snow but it is not a lot. 20s and 30s as well as 40s and 50s with upper 70s in miami. One viewer says it is 34 in fort bragg just three blocks from the beach and i would believe it. 30s on the coast and 27 in ukiah. Santa barbara at 38 with san diego 48. With the northwind the water temperatures have dropped. San francisco buoy 53 and bodega bay is 50. We had some upper 30s in oakland this morning. Two locations at 39, now 40 in berkeley and 41 at the western edge of Golden Gate Park with a lot of 48 readings in the city. Santa rosa 32, concord 35, it is the Breeze Holding up the temperatures with 29 in walnut creek. 31 pleasanton, around alamo and lafayette 29 up to 31. The breeze is holding up these temperatures. Tomorrow will be colder by far because we will lose the northerly breeze which is gusting in the valley about 25 Miles Per Hour. Otherwise everything is coming out of the north with these short days the northeast breeze is continuing hence another red flag warning for Southern California. Fire danger is very high and there is no hope for rain. The only saving grace are that the temperatures are not overly warm. They are still looking for temperatures above average. We have a few clouds on the ocean because of the colder air coming over the warmer water but otherwise it is a quiet pattern with nothing for us. We have a dry pattern with clouds over the weekend but otherwise tonight and tomorrow will be extremely cold. It will be even colder than this morning because we are losing the breeze so get ready. Still to come, a young boy turned firefighter for the day in the north bay. We will show how firefighters helped make his threeyearold wish come true. Toyland, toyland little girl and boy land while you dwell within it you are ever happy there daddy, its christmas childhoods joy land never let go of your dreams. The mercedesbenz winter event is back. Lease the glc300 for 449 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Welcome back. 83yearold boy from napa suffering from cancer got the thrill of his life. Rob roth adele explained explains how it started with a surprise visit. You are watching a three yearold boys dream come true. Gunnar is battling leukemia but he was able to forget about that for one day as he became an honorary member of the city of napa fire department. Yes you are going to be on tv. s day started when a fire engine made a surprise stop at his home in napa county where he lives with his parents and sister. To see them smile and laugh and get to be regular kids for a day. In short order gunnar received his own uniform got to run the fire engine and even made it seemed. He tested out a hose and his mom says he has always been fascinated by firefighters. When we had the napa county fires he was very concerned about the fire department. He wanted to know if they were safe and if there were enough of them. Do they know the fire was hot . Just genuine questions. Spoke fortunately gunnar was having a good day physically wednesday since his diagnosis last year gunnar has been receiving chemotherapy regularly. A few days ago he did not want to get off the couch. He did not want to eat. A napa firefighter heard about this and helped organize the day for gunnar and his sister. I enjoyed sitting back and watching him smile. There is not any words to explain how much we appreciate him. The firefighters started a gofundme account to help with  medical costs. The link will be on ktvu. Com. From napa county, rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. Little gunnar is now smiling i love it. A three legged kitten has found a new home for the holidays. A surprise for a second grader in minnesota. The kitchen needed its back leg to be amputated and the rescue group who had been caring for her had to find a child who is going through a similar experience. So the eightyearold and her older sisters met the new family pet yesterday. When she was born one leg was smaller than the other and it was amputated last year. The family says it is a match made in heaven. If you have ever taken a selfie with your coffee one cafi in london is taking things to another level. This is called the selfie cappuccino. It is the first place to offer this special drink. Customers send their head shots in and they are given the choice of a cappuccino or hot chocolate as their canvas. You can see the images are uploaded to the machine and in the picture is scanned and reproduced. The process takes around four minutes and will cost 7. 50. That is interesting. Coming up, a crackdown on package thieves in the east bay. We will show you how they police in the east bay used a decoy to make an arrest. Today will be a busy day at San Francisco International Airport. So what is sfo doing to make things easier . Good morning, things are beginning to clear up quickly as we are getting into the Holiday Light pattern. 880 has recovered rather quickly right near the coliseum. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. 880 southbound at 66 avenue in oakland is now back opened after it was shut down for more than five hours this morning starting at 3 00 in the morning. A fedex big rig collided with a car and the driver of the car was killed. Chp says the fedex driver stayed on scene and is cooperating. Drivers were diverted off of 880 at 66 and back onto the freeway. Welcome back to mornings on 2 im Gasia Mikaelian pics im Cristina Rendon lets get to the weather and traffic. Steve paulson is in the weather center. The official start of winter two minutes ago. Lets welcome it in. It is cold but it will be nice. Look at these water temperatures and that is why the coast is starting to cool down because the water temperatures are dropping. 53 and 54 in San Francisco and bodega bay, but i would not be surprised to get 51 or 52 as there is this northern breeze with 30s 40s and 50s but winter has officially begun and menlo park is 30, tomorrow is the day with the 20s in the peninsula and napa county. There were 30s and upper 20s for some like sfo to the north and oakland as well as Half Moon Bay to the north so they are holding onto the breeze with colder temperatures at the Higher Elevations but it will be clear today but not very warm as the day is so short. We are looking for mid to upper 50s for the highs. This is one of my favorite days. It is the shortest day of the year, but tomorrow we start to add on time so we are marching toward spring. Every day it is getting a little bit longer and we are getting closer to spring. Good morning everyone. I want to update you on interstate 880. There was a crash that took up the lanes and you just heard about it. I will say it again, 880 has reopened with northbound traffic still a little slow near downtown oakland, southbound is recovering quickly because the Traffic Volume is lighter than usual. The good thing is that obviously you will have fewer backups which will be less severe but the bad part about this is that people tend to go faster and sometimes people are drinking in the holidays. Coming up we will have a chp officer talking with us about how they counteract these things that happen over the holiday periods. Lets move along and look at these other commutes. Traffic on 880 as you heard they are still recovering, 580 is no longer opened to the big rig drivers but eastbound 580 is moving slow as people have been avoiding the 880. This will take a little bit of time to unwind. We are also looking at the bay bridge which is much lighter than usual. Here it is just after 8 00 and traffic is completely light on the approach and pretty good elsewhere. Lets go back to the desk. A lot of Holiday Travelers are on the move by planetree nano automobile. Leigh martinez is live at sfo where things could get rough. Reporter i dont know who came up with this playlist but it is all travel themed holiday music. A lot of people trying to get home for the holidays and that is the music they are playing. If you look at this security line, it is a little bit slower than it was the last time we saw you one hour ago. It is not as terrible as the 5 00 our. That was the worst we have seen. The checkin lines are a little bit slow but not as terrible as it was earlier. The lines have definitely improved but 5 00 this morning was certainly the worst. Earlier we saw lines wrapping around the escalators to get through to security. Sfo predicts it will see 167,000 passengers today. To make life easier for traveling, avoid the heavy traffic going to the terminal so sfo has created a new express drop off. What we are doing is making the shortterm garage free for any stays of 30 minutes or less. The idea is if you are dropping someone off or picking someone up, instead of going through the terminal roadways you can go to the shortterm parking garage and pick up and drop off there. Reporter sfo predicts today will be the busiest day but oakland and san jose airports expect friday to be there top travel day. Oakland Officials Say that they have seen a 7 increase in travelers from last year. San jose airport expects 45,000 passengers to fly in and out of the airport today and tomorrow. If you want to use the express drop off, it is across the street in the main parking lot from terminal to dig. Take the skyline back here and then use the escalators. I asked if that is going to be more or less convenient for people checking in bags and according to officials it is a two minute walk across. If you get dropped off at the curb it could slightly be more convenient but it is not a long walk. That is the main thing if you have to check bags that is the longest line. Security is currently looking okay. A lot of people are packing their patients, thank you. There is a lot of company on the road. Today is expected to be extremely busy especially during the evening commute because the roads will be combined with people who need to work and those trying to get to their destinations. Aaa says 90 of people will travel by car which is 97. 4 million americans. People in the bay area are taking notice. Gas stations are full. There is traffic everywhere but it is okay. It is the holidays so it will be worth it. Aaa says gas prices are higher. Lets look at gas prices in the bay area. Drivers are paying 3. 25 in San Francisco for regular. In oakland 3. 12 and san jose a gallon is 3. 08. Coming up at 9 00 we will talk with chp about the holiday maximum enforcement period which starts tomorrow night. We will also discuss what you can do to stay safe on the road. Now to the wildfires burning in Southern California. The windblown thomas fire has burned more than 272,000 acres in Santa Barbara and Ventura County. More than 1000 homes and other structures have been destroyed and another 18,000 are threatened. The fire started december 4 and is 60 contained. The Marin Humane Society is welcoming animals awaiting adoption from Ventura County. The 45 dogs cats, bunnies and guinea pigs were loaded onto a plane and flown to santa rosa. They have agreed to take the animals from ventura to make room for lost and evacuate animals from the thomas fire. These animals will soon be available for adoption. Governor jerry brown is asking the Trump Administration to make a disaster declaration for the areas affected by the Southern California wildfires which have burned from Santa Barbara to san diego. The governor says this has created such devastation it is beyond the capability of state and local government to respond. He says there is a Public Health threat from all of the debris after the fires. A federal disaster declaration was issued after the north bay wildfires in october. Hayward police came up with a plan to catch a porch pirate. They placed a gps package in a package and sure enough someone stole the package from the porch and then took off in a car. These videos show this all happening. Police say they were easily tracking the package and they found the suspect. Inside of his car police found other stolen items including a stuffed bear which was taken from a home in fremont. The bear will be returned for christmas. The thief will be spending the holiday in jail. The clock is ticking to get those last minute Christmas Gifts. Coming up we will show you what is happening inside of amazon as they work to fulfill those last minute orders. We have some recovery going on for the thursday morning commute. Some commutes are getting lighter including this one on interstate 880. We are 10 minutes into winter and it sure felt cold enough this morning to be winter and tomorrow is looking cold as well. We will look at your temperatures coming up next. Well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . 8 41, lets look at the markets starting with the down jones which is up over 100 points gaining. 5 . The s p doing very strong and the nasdaq as well. Have you done your Holiday Shopping . Amazon prime might be able to get your gift delivered in time. We have a live look inside of one San Francisco Amazon Outlet on this annual procrastinator delight day. This is a prime hub inside of San Francisco. This is home to tens of thousands of items which can be delivered in one hour or less. That will be the case until christmas eve. Apple is responding to reports that say older iphones slow down overtime. Apple claims it is not because they want you to buy a new iphone, they say it is done to protect your phone. Apple released a feature that slows down the iphone processor when it is running on an aging battery to prevent your iphone from malfunctioning and shutting down. Now that the tax bill has officially been passed by congress you probably want to know where your taxes go up or down . Tom vacar punched numbers into the tax bill calculator and found out some specifics. For christmas the president promised a beautiful tax cut. Now lets take a look at how it all pencils out. What is big and beautiful strictly depends on your circumstances says one economist the founder of beacon economics. On net the state could see a modest, very modest economic bump. He says it is a shortterm bump which could have very serious negative consequences later on. A sort of wolf in sheeps clothing. The top 1 get a massive cut and they are doing so largely on the basis of getting rid of certain deductions that the next 9 enjoy like the interest deduction. Of course, to get away with this they are lobbying a few hundred dollars at everybody else. According to the Census Bureau the average california Household Income is just about 91,149 per year. Lets assume youre married with two children. According to the Washington Posts latest calculator if you dont itemize and take the standard deduction you will get a monthly tax cut of 215. If you do itemize, depending on how much you deduct your monthly tax cut will range from 42 74. If you are single making 70,000 per year and dont itemize you will get a tax cut of 149 per month. If you do itemize your tax cut will be between two dollars and 33 per month. If you are married with children and make 250,000, take no deductions you will get a tax cut of 500 per month. If you itemize your tax cut it will be from 90 to 362 per month. If you are single and make 30,000 per year with no deductions, your monthly tax cut will be 38, but if you deduct your taxes will go up 32 per month. Economists worry that the cut will greatly increase wealth inequality in california. As well as in the nation where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Worse, adding upwards of one to 2 trillion to the deficit could come back to haunt us. These issues make this one of the most fiscally irresponsible things the government has ever done. Want to find out your tax fate . Just go to our website, ktvu. Com, click on web links and use the calculator. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Minnesota senator al franken will leave his seat on january 2 following Sexual Misconduct allegations. Franken announced two weeks ago he would resign after several women claimed he inappropriately touched or forcibly kissed them. The Lieutenant Governor tina smith will replace the senator january 3. Smith will run for the seat in 2018. We have big problems early on in the commute but thankfully those are pretty much over. As i look at the board, not only has the light traffic helped, but the commute on 880 has completely recovered. Almost as if the crash that was there never existed. Southbound traffic is light from downtown oakland into the coliseum area. That is just because the Traffic Volume is a lot more light. A lot of people were on eastbound 580 but right now the alternate route is no longer a good alternate. It is very slow eastbound on 580. I would take 880 not eastbound 580. Both of the commute will be improving quickly. This is a look at the bay bridge where you can see it is not normal for this time getting into San Francisco should be light. This is a look at highway one near montero where the crash is closed south of pacifica at the tunnel. People are using 92 to get through. Lets bring in Steve Paulson as we are starting the Holiday Light period. Tomorrow will be more dramatic in the morning and really busy trying to get out of town in the afternoon. Well, i would agree with you on that. We do have decent traveling conditions. It is not too bad today across the country, just a little bit around denver back into rapid city in south dakota. Near omaha there is a little bit as well as minneapolis but this is not a big system. There will be a bigger system moving in over the weekend for the great lakes and the northeast. That could be a bigger impact for the next three or four days. Temperatures are not that bad but they will be getting brutally cold in the Northern Plains and the great lakes around christmas and the day after. For us it is dry looking ugly through the rest of december. There is just no hint of any more rain. It is going to be very cold as we are starting tonight and tomorrow. The breeze helped many with this northerly wind from oakland and sfo as well as Half Moon Bay and for sure to the delta which is keeping temperatures up. Napa county had a northerly breeze keeping them in the 40s. Today will be nice and clear in Southern California there is no relief until maybe into january. They could get the northeast wind again and the only thing saving them are the temperatures not staying that warm but there is another red flag warning. Again this time of year how warm can you get . But that is just not a good situation and there is no rain through january 1. Probably not much for us either. Temperatures will be quite cold tonight into tomorrow but during the day it is not bad. 50s for temperatures but they are not lasting long. We will see these dropoffs rapidly tomorrow as it will will be very cold. Santa claus will have no problem visiting us. Wonderful, very cold just get your jackets ready. Still to come, a young girl with a big heart. We will show you how she is helping people in need this holiday season. Audi will cover your first months lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. Even if no one in your home smokes, Secondhand Smoke can be closer than you think. Secondhand smoke from a neighbors apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. Secondhand smoke is toxic. Especially to children. Protect your family. Visit tobaccofreeca. Com. Welcome back. A new report on real estate in the east bay shows prices are going up because of the housing shortage. A new report from the east Bay Association of realtors says that 10 east bay cities had median sale prices of 1 million or more in november. Only five cities had prices under 500,000. Richmond, antioch, san pablo, elsa brontk and pittsburgh. Boulders are being used to discourage Homeless People from camping under overpasses in San Francisco. To put department of public works has put the boulder in place and more are on the way. They may be installed over the next month. One homeless advocate is criticizing the move comparing the boulders to antihomeless spikes being used in london. Similar strategies have been criticized in san diego and seattle. This leads to the question of the day. What do you think about the idea is to use boulders to discourage Homeless People from camping out under overpasses. 22 say that it is a good idea but 25 say it is a bad idea. 53 say that it wont make a difference. Tell us what you think by voting on twitter or at ktvu. Com. You can always comment on facebook as well. Just in time for the start of winter the city of San Francisco is increasing the number of beds at their shelters. The acting mayor says the next door shelter on polk street will add 50 beds, the Multi Service center will make room for 25 more people. The mayor says she is honoring the promise of mayor ed the to move 1000 people off the streets before the end of winter. The auburn hotel will also increase housing for homeless. An eightyearold from hayward starting a nonprofit to help the needy. Actually saw People Living on the streets and wanted to help but she was told she was too young to volunteer. So she founded small hands with helping hearts. Now her desire to do good has extended to tending a garden at the Parish Food Bank where she has enlisted the help of other kids to grow Fresh Produce to distribute to the homeless and low income families in the area. It does not matter your size or your age. You can do anything. Pretty amazing. Ashley is in the third grade at her next project is to start a volunteer club at her elementary school. In march when she turns nine she is asking friends to donate to an Animal Shelter instead of giving her birthday presents. A hotel in indiana is being sued for adding an extra charge for guests who posted negative reviews online. This happen to one guest at the abbey inn in nashville, indiana. She was charged hundred 50 for leaving a bad review on top of the 203 she paid for the room. Katrina arthur says the review talked about how dirty the room was and how she and her husband had to clean the room themselves. She has filed a complaint with the Indiana Attorney general attempting to get her money back. Still to come, a royal photo shoot. The palace has just released engagement pictures for prince harry and Meghan Markle. We will show you the happy couples pictures next. Happening today, members of the un will set to show how they feel about President Trump recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. The General Assembly will vote on a measure asking President Trump to rescind the decision. The turkish president is criticizing trump and he says he hopes the us will be taught a lesson. He is calling on other countries not to sell their democratic struggle and will for petty dollars. The vote will be taking place after other countries have weighed in. James mattis visited the navy base in Guantanamo Bay to offer holiday greetings to the troops. His first trip as defense secretary. The pentagon says he was there to meet with troops not take a tour of the facilities. 41 prisoners remain in detention at Guantanamo Bay. Google is proposing an Office Development in sunnyvale near Moffett Field and it would be named caribbean because of the street address. The plan calls for 1 million square feet of office space. Google says it would be big enough for 4500 workers. The buildings will be five story tall featuring long stretches of sidewalk. The google project could include housing as well. The company says the project wont be ready until 2021 at the earliest. Several Major Companies are being sued after they used age limits when looking for possible employees on facebook. The communication workers of america filed the age discrimination lawsuit yesterday in a federal court accusing Companies Including tmobile, amazon and Cox Communications of using facebook posts for Job Recruitment ads but they set age restrictions on who could see the job listings. This limited sum to people under the age of 38. The lead attorney in the case says companies rely heavily on social media for Job Recruitment and older jobseekers may suffer as a result. The warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies 9784 for their 10th straight win. Klay thompson had 29 points and kevin durant had 22. The warriors played without four of their players who are out with injuries. Players such as Patrick Mccall had extra playing time. This will not be a problem for nick young. He slams it with authority. The defending champs became the fourth team in nba history to rack up a doubledigit winning streak in five consecutive seasons. Their seasonlong homestand continues tomorrow night. Prince harry and Meghan Markle are salivating their engagement with official portraits. Photos were released earlier this morning by Kensington Palace. The palace also released a candid photo of the two Holding Hands and laughing. This comes one day after the couple joined other senior members of the royal family for christmas lunch with queen elizabeth. The two will join the royal family on Christmas Day. Today, we are live with chp as they work to stop the dangerous situations on the road ahead of the holiday weekend. A group of boys in richmond have been given a new look and a little support from the local police. If you are in need of a little inspiration before your holiday celebrations, we are baking up some treats. These treats will add to any menu. On this thursday before christmas i expect union square in San Francisco to be very busy today tomorrow the next day and the next day. A lot of people are shopping but i read something in the New York Times that was an opinion piece. She talked about a friend of hers who went without buying things for one year