From ktvu. Reporter weve seen some of the waves breaking over the pier, even over the barriers they have been so high. And thats happened even at low tide. Authorities want to warn people that this High Surf Advisory could be continuing through tomorrow morning and bring dangerous conditions. Reporter the first day of 2020 brought people to the edge of the Pacific Ocean to relax and reflect. But high surf brought powerful waves barrelling toward the shore, packing a punch at pacifica pier. We just happened to be coming through town and saw the waves and thought wed come out here and get a little closer look. Is this the first time ive ever seen them this high. We were hoping for a nice walk on the pier. Reporter a High Surf Advisory for new years day warned wavewatchers down the coast to half moon bay. Conditions like, this it can pull you out, theres rip currents. Its best to stay away, even if youre standing next to the water. Youve been hearing about all these sneaker waves. Those can come up and grab you. Reporter the big waves for surfers out in the water. We thought it was a great way to start the new years off. Getting the boys out here. It was pretty powerful today though. Reporter patrick wall has been surfing two decades but got a scare when he was caught by a big wave. This is not a day where you want to go out there by yourself. My leash broke. Once you lose your board, thats when things get dicey. The wave took his board and yanked it off the leash. I was luckily on the inside and able to catch it. I was out there, and there were some pretty good waves. I was scared. A little scary. Really big. And very cold. Reporter water rescue teams were on alert with the harbor master. Even if you are paying attention, you dont realize that the water can come up to a spot you thought you were safe. Reporter back here live at pacifica, you can see the waves right now and feel the wind blowing. Authorities do want to remind people that this advisory is in effect until 9 00 am tomorrow. Never turn your back on the ocean. Janna katziama in pacifica tonight, thank you. Tats a look at this, a take a look at this, a huge sneaker wave caught a man by surprise in santa cruz county. Amazingly, cal fire and state park rangers were able to get to him in time and pull him to safety. Highway 12 in unincorporated santa rosa is reopened tonight after a crash involving two sheriffs vehicles closed the road in both directions. The Sheriffs Office says the two deputies were responding to the same Domestic Violence call when their suvs collided. Police in vallejo are looking for a man who hit a man in a wheelchair and didnt stop to help. The 85yearold victim was hit when when he was crossing the street. Oakland police have arrested two people in connection with the death of a man who was killed chasing down a laptop ries of crimes to hit the typically quiet montclair neighborhood. Reporter a memorial outside starbucks in oaklands montclair, honoring a man who died while trying to chase down laptop thieve thieves. Its good that they were call bud its not enough. This is a condition that is going to continue. Reporter the victim was working on a laptop on Tuesday Morning inside the starbucks. Someone walked in, stole his computer, and ran to a waiting bmw. The victim grabbed onto the door of an suv. But the driver took off, which knocked the victim into a parked car. I saw him, he cannot move at all. Nothing. Is just completely numb. Reporter the mans death is the last straw for many in montclair which has been hit with a rash of purse snatchings, Bank Robberies and thefts. Reporter last week, this man stole ski jackets worth 5,000 from montclair sports after casing the store for months. The owner says hes fed up with the crime spree. My concern is is it gonna happen again. And as a business owner, as a taxpaying citizen, as a local resident of oakland for 65 years, i have rights as well. Reporter private security guards patrol the village and there are security cameras throughout the district. Until the word gets out that we are serious about Public Security and safety, people will try thing. S. But ther gonna get caught. Reporter in 2017, musician David Deporis died after being dragged by laptop thieves. Police are still looking for this man in the case. Im told montclairs security cameras and officers who were here played a key role in these arrests. One of the most influential figures in basketball history. The league announced today former nba commissioner, david stern, has passed away. More on his legacy and reaction to his death. Many people are calling it a sad day for basketball. David stern suffered a brain hemorrhage in new york on december 12th. He was in serious condition and was unable to recover. Many current and former players are reacting to his death. The warriors calling him a sports icon. The nba community is mourning the loss of staved dern who passed away today. Reporter prior to wednesdays Washington Wizards game, the team had a moment of silence and paid tribute to the former commissioner. He died from a brain hemorrhage he suffered three weeks ago. He was 77 years old. His wife and family were at his bedside. For me, its really hard to imagine a World Without david stearn. I dont think theres any doubt that he is the single most important individual in the history of the nba. Warriors president and chief executive officer worked under stern for 17 years. His inspiration, creative genius, innovation, ingenuity, are the things that really created the nba that we know today. Reporter stern spent more than three decades overseeing the league, taking over in 1984 when the nba was at a crossroads. Finals games on tape delay. Salary caps. Like 4 million total. And to think where it is now, david stearn really led the expansion of the league. Reporter he transformed the league into a 5 billion enterprise. Michael jordan entered the league during his tenure. Stern helped form the u. S. Olympic dream team in 1992. Magic johnson, a key member of that team, praised stern on twitter. When i announced in 1991 i had hiv, people thought they could get the virus from shake my hand. When david allowed me to play in the 1992 allstar game in orlando and play for the olympic dream team, we were able to change the world. Stefan curry posted this picture on twitter and wrote will never forget the words he spoke this day. With the seventh pick, changed my life forever. Stern went into the hall of fame in 2014 and he is created for creating the wnba in 1997. Nba commissioner adam silver said in a statement stern was not only one of the host influential Business Leaders of his generation. Stern leaves behind a wife and two sons. There was a call for love and union n. I. T. Oakland this afternoon in memory of oscar grant. It was 11 years today ago that the 22yearold was shot and killed at the Fruitvale Bart station by a bart officer. His mother told the crowd that her sons legacy is of community and bringing an end to violence. We can change the status of what the world thinks about oakland, california. We could change the statistics that we have been plagued with in our community. Along with that mural there, a street adjacent to the station had also been named oscar grant ray in memory of him. Two days of violence targeting the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. The situation tonight and whats being done to secure the facility and American Workers inside. Some warm temperatures today. A few clouds tonight. Well talk about what the future holds coming up. And two small cameras found inside a starbucks bathroom. How they were discovered. [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh ahhhh elliott. You came back a chp officer was taken to the hospital this morning after being exposed to the drug fentanyl during a traffic stop. Chp says the stop of this white lexus on highway 17 near hamilton avenue in campbell resulted in a search of that vehicle. One officer was sickened by apparent narcotics in the center console. And that set off a hazmat response by san jose firefighters. We did bring the vehicle with the substance to our office as a precaution. Make sure theres no Hazardous Materials in there. It may be a drug. The officer was treated at Oconnor Hospital and released this ranch. The driver is under arrest and faces charges related to possession. A disturbing story. 37yearold man faces charges for placing two small cameras inside the bathroom of a starbucks in san jose. Police found the suspect sitting in a car outside of the coffee shop. Thats disgusting. Ting. Reporter frequent customers are still shocked over the sunday arrest of a fellow patron at this starbucks in the cambria section of the city. San jose police say 37yearold sean evans hid two small surveillance cameras inside the bathroom of the store in the 1 ,800 block of hillsdale avenue and recorded people using the facility. I know ive seen his face. Hes so familiar. Kind of troubling . Its very troubling. What a creep. Reporter a call about the suspicious devices brought officers who investigated and found evans sitting in a car outside the coffee shop. Police found multiple Electronic Devices linking him to the crime, along with drug paraphernalia. Starbucks Officials Say customer safety is paramount. Our partners check not only the bathrooms but of place or is not contributing to a welcoming environment. Reporter evans has been booked into the Santa Clara County jail, and faces multiple charges, including invasion of privacy. Those who frequent this starbucks say theyre glad an arrest is made. Makes you think twice about everywhere youre going and whats safe in our public coffee shops and things like that. Reporter Police Believe his crimes are limited to the starbucks. But they want anyone with information about similar crimes to contact them. San Francisco Police are searching for a suspect in a new years eve shooting that left two men hurt. Video posted to the citizen app shows the scene. Police were called to the area of franklin and bay streets in the citys Marina District just after 9 30 last night. Two men had been shot. One with lifethreatening injuries. Anyone with any information about this case is asked to contact police. San francisco closed out 2019 with the low evaluate number of homicides in, lowest number of homicides in 56 years. There were 41 killings in the city last year, down 11 from 2018 when there were 46. San francisco, however, still has the highest property crime rate in the country. Mostly driven by the high numbers of auto burglaries. Inmates who sue the city of San Francisco over unsanitary conditions the deal. Faulty plumbing caused toilets to back up into the cells from january of 2017 to september of 2018. There was a similar situation at the District Attorneys Office which also experienced sewage leaks. The board of supervisorsville to approve the agreement. Mountain views controversial head tax took effect today. It means the city will be able to charge businesses based on the number of employees they have on staff. The new tax is expected to generate almost 6 million a year with more than half of that coming from google. The money will go toward mass transit projects and building new housing. Businesses have been critical of the tax saying it will drive jobs away. We have a timelapse of the sunset tonight. Just enough clouds out there to get some our photographer clayton shot this for me. And you can see it was kinda pretty out there. The clouds rolled in. Then we got some breaks, just enough to see the colors in the sunset before the sun went to bed tonight. Still some clouds out there. We have had some warm temperatures today. Some of the highs behind me, 66 in concord today. 11 degrees above average. 64 in santa rosa. Thats eight degrees above average for them. Even at the coast where they dont heat up quite as much as inland, at sfo got up today to 59. And the average is 56. It was warm out there. We are still at temperatures that would kind of be normal for highs for the day this time of year. Santa rosa today, 54. 54 in San Francisco. Oakland 53. 47 in livermore. San jose 55 degrees right now. We have some wind at the coast. And you certainly see it here at sfo. 23 miles per hour. Everything there is relatively calm. That will start to ramp down at the northwest flow as we get into friday. Tonight temperatures pretty mild out there. Dry, a few clouds, things will clear out for tomorrow. Its gonna be another Beautiful Day with above average temperatures. You can see were looking up to about 58 and 64. A shot at a shower. Ill talk about that when i come back. Dozens of people gathered at a San Francisco church tonight to mark the final night of kwanzaa. The ceremony included lots of music, food, singing and dancing. It also featured the lighting of the last of seven candles. Each one of the candles have significance in terms of their color. Because the black represents the people, d the green represe prosperity and hope. Kwanzaa is celebrated from december 26th through january 1st. It started in 1966. And its celebrated by more than 30 Million People around the globe. Rules for california gig workers except truckers. The siege on a u. S. Embassy overseas. How marines secured the facility after two days of attacks. A my years day rally in hong kong ended with hundreds arrested. Further violence between police and demonstrators. Police say they arrested 400 people. Protestors smashed crossing lights, barricaded roads, and set fires to banks and businesses. Officers used pepper spray and teargas to drive off demonstrations. Nearly 6,500 people have been arrested in protest against the government since last june. Hundreds of militia members have withdrawn from the military embassy in baghdad. The attacks by fighters the u. S. Says is backed by iran is resulting in more u. S. Troops in the region. Reporter Iraqi Militia men and protestors throw rocks toward the u. S. Embassy. On the rooftop, american troops stand guard. The embassy suspended operations wednesday until further notice. For the second day, iraqis backed by iran attacked the compound, lighting fires. Mike pompeo canceled a multicountry visit to europe to monitor rising tensions with iran. Irans Supreme Leader accused the u. S. Today of committing crimes by striking hezbollah targets on sunday, killing 25 of the iranianbacked fighters. They are using Something Else as an excuse. They are attacking iraqi soil, killing a number of people. The iranian government, nation, and i strongly condemn the uss malicious attacks. Reporter today night nearly a hundred u. S. Marines arrived to reenforce the embassy. Through midnight, demonstrators set new fires and threw molotov cocktails toward the parking area of the embassy compound. Dozens of militia men left in bag dags green zone before clashes erupted again in the morning. By late afternoon, many of the militia members had begun to withdraw. Demonstrators carried flags and chanted claiming victory. We pulled out from this place triumphantly and soaked americas nose in terror. Reporter u. S. Officials do have thousands of troops on standby. Last year there were multiple attacks by iran on western linked infrastructure. Any single event could act as a spark to reignite the region. Pope francis apologized today for slapping a womans hand as she was making her way through a new years eve crowd in st. Peters square. Cameras captured the moment when a woman no, sirfully grabbed the popes hand, pulling him toward her. The startled pope slapped the womans hand before pulling his hand free. He addressed the incident today saying, quote, so many times we lose our patience. Me too. And i apologize for yesterdays bad example. They call themselves bridge watch angels. How a group of people patrolled the Golden Gate Bridge today offering a comforting voice. The slate of new years games did not disappoint. Which candidates had a blockbuster quarter. Looking to get your business off to a fast start in the new year . Its go time switch to comcast business and get fast internet on the nations largest gigspeed network. 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