North to the Pacific Northwest so if you go to seattle or portland they get any of rain, lot of 30s. And livermore is at 35 in concord is 39, 31 kelsey ville. So a lot of 30s and we will get colder than that, today looks good with lots of sunshine and then tomorrow we clouded up in late tuesday night into wednesday, more that later, 50s and low 60s on the attempts. 4 01 am, speaking of beaking back i said hello. Welcome back mr. Steve paulson, now lets take a look at the commute. We expect mostly everyone to be back figuratively and you can see traffic is moving along okay traffic is in the east bay and off to a good start, and just a few minutes will take a look at southbay commutes and at four 1 am lets go back to the desk. Today the man suspected of the severe beating one year ago of an 89yearold woman in San Francisco is scheduled to appear in court. Keonte gathron faces more than 20 charges in the victim died from her injuries last friday and Keonte Gathron is being held in jail without bail. The family of yik oi huang had planned an event or when year since the attack at the park near her home and now that planned event will become a memorial honoring her life. We talked to family members and Azenith Smith has more. Reporter we sensed that she would transition very soon and so it was timely. This is one of the last photos huang taken outside of the hospital in San Francisco last sunday. They were there to celebrate her life and to say goodbye. We were not ready and it is hard to let go of course. Now she is in a better place. She died friday nearly one year after being brutally beaten at visitation valley playground around her home on january 8 of last year, she was at the park doing her routine exercises, Police ArrestedKeonte Gathron, police say he tried to break into her home and the two did not know each other. The victims daughter spoke chinese and through a translator told us about her injuries. When she was brutally attacked her eyes were blinded and her ribs broken and her arms were shattered. She is trying to live courageously and it took her when year. The family share videos of her back april able to eat and to stand, however she spent most of the are bedridden, and out of hospitals and rehab centers, loved ones called the immigrant from china a fighter. She is survived for almost one year. This is america. Some are afraid to use the park, no longer a place of refuge but i fear and they want more security cameras and Police Patrols and resources for limited English Speakers and a memorial of his will be at the park where Community Members will do exercises as she did and it is a way to reclaim their space. My mom is a great mom because she has set an example not only for seniors but younger people to never give up easily in life. Today the trial scheduled to begin for the man accused of fatally stabbing an 18yearold woman and seriously injuring her sister at an oakland bart station, john cowell is charged with a july 2018 murder of mia wilson and the attempted murder of her sister Latifah Wilson and he is aided entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and the judge found he was competent to stand trial after three psychological examinations. Tensions escalate between the us and iran, today the Global Benchmark for on oil tipped up at just over 70 per barrel which is the highest priced and more than six months in oil prices dropped 3 of right after us airstrike killed a top Iranian Military commander and in around tens of thousands of people are turning out for the funeral procession of you, huge crowds filled the streets and to run. You can see some of the crowds and activities and many in the crowd expressing anger over the killing chanting death to america and iranian government officials about harsh revenge for the attack that killed him several others in iraq last week. Earlier today the Supreme Leader was among the mourners praying over the casket and members of the Iraqi Parliament approved a resolution calling for the removal of all us troops from iraq in response to the us drone strike and iraqi officials of called the attack a violation of the countrys sovereignty. The president will impose sanctions on iraq if it goes through with excelling us troops and secretary of state mike pompeo said the us is prepared any retaliation from iran. Should the ayatollah make the mistake of coming after american interests american decision will be swift and decisive and costly. Is the tense situation is mounted iran announced it would no longer abide by the limits set by the 2015 nuclear deal including the clause that prohibits the country having the materials required to build an atomic weapon. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week litary actions b President Trump concerning iran and in a letter to the house pelosi said the airstrike endangered us service members, diplomats and others by risking a serious escalations of tensions with iran and the resolution calls for military hostilities with a run to seize within 30 days without further congressional authorization like a declaration of war. Meantime Many Democrats are questioning the actions of the president and his timing, when Senate Democrats pointed out similarities between escalation and the runup to the iraq war sang any further action will need congressional approval. I think we have learned the hard way, chris in the iraq war that administrations manipulate and cherry picked intelligence to further their Political Goals and that is what got us into the iraq war there was no wmd. I understand that happened in the past and are you saying that happened now . They have the obligation to present evidence, look Everybody Knows that you stole was a bad and despicable guy, no debate, but the claim of an imminent threat they have not supported. Democratic president ial candidate Elizabeth Warren has joined other democrats accusing of distracting from the impeachment hearings expected to resume this month in washington. A new poll shows Bernie Sanders leaving the president ial primary field in New Hampshire and part of a threeway tie in iowa, sanders, joe biden and Pete Buttigieg are at 23 in iowa and Elizabeth Warren is a fourth. The candidates happen to be the only candidates who qualify for the next debate and all have met the donor threshold achieved, and have at least 5 support in the national polls, the next debate is one week from tomorrow in des moines iowa just ahead of the iowa caucus on february 3. It is early monday morning and Sal Castaneda is here and it is windy on the bay bridge. It is in there is a wind advisory on the bay bridge. If youre driving to it be aware of that especially if you have a small car or one that may be blown over into the next lane. The traffic is light and not much of a delay, traffic also looks good in the south bay is a promise to look at that, a nice drive in san jose and driving into the west valley. Golden gate bridge is clear, not sure if it is windy there as i see the flag moving the and traffic okay and now steve with todays weather. Mainly clear skies and a few high clouds, a quiet monday overall but tomorrow i start of an increase in clouds overall staying to the north, i system tomorrow will bring very light rain late tuesday and early wednesday, 20s through 40s, a lot of 20 showing up here this time of year. We have clayton at 37, mid30s for others, dublin at 35, 24 up around truckee and reno in the system will stay north today and come southward tomorrow where that will give us a very little bit of rain. A very weak system is brushing us, baby 1 10 of an inch by wednesday morning but most will stay to the north, a cold morning and then mostly sunny, 50s to near 60 as far as temperatures. We get late rain early wednesday and then another system drives across thursday, friday looks alright and saturday a mix of sun and clouds, windy and cool and taking it into sunday where it is quiet with a little bit of rain. Unprecedented steps being taken to get devastating wildfires under control in australia. The latest updates from the front lines of the firefighting efforts and the Global Response to that disaster. Will tell you what one major California City is doing now to encourage homeless to start staying in shelters. My body is truly powerful. I have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. Because i can still make my own insulin. Amy body to release it like its supposed to. Trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. Its not insulin. I take it once a week. It starts acting in my body from the first dose. Trulicity isnt for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Dont take trulicity if youre allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. Stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in your neck, or severe stomach pain. Serious side effects may include pancreatitis. Taking trulicity with a sulfonylurea or insulin increases low blood sugar risk. Side effects include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, belly pain, and decreased appetite, which lead to dehydration and may worsen kidney problems. I have it within me to lower my a1c. Ask your doctor about trulicity. Welcome back, spoke from the wildfires in australia making its way to new zealand, the city of auckland is under a hazy shade of orange even though it is 1200 miles away from the fires which is roughly the distance from seattle to san diego. The wildfires continue to ravage southeastern australia and now being blamed for 24 deaths and the can destruction of to thousand homes. Firefighters received a little help from the weather over the weekend but Officials Say it could be months before the flames are out and Christina Coleman has the latest on the firefighting effort. Reporter historic bushfires running aust states that started the area twice the size of maryland and it is far from over. There is a long way to go and sadly there will still be more cost that will be incurred as a result of the devastating impact. The recovery need will be great. Thousands have been forced to evacuate, close to 2000 homes gutted by flames and exhausted firefighters pulled and pushed to the limits. They are very tired, were running between many jobs. The australian Prime Minister taking unprecedented steps over the weekend deploying 3000 military reservists to battle the fires in committee millions to leasing firefighting aircraft from overseas, however many citizens have criticized what they call a delayed response to the deadly virus his focus was getting the fires under control and the recovery. They have had any of criticism but they need all of us, all of us focusing on the needs to the communities and getting support where it needs to go. Meanwhile experts estimate half 1 billion animals have been killed including one third of the regions koala population and some celebrities are pitching in to get money for the relief efforts including keith urban and nicole kidman, they have donated 500,000 and singer pink has contributed the same amount. Happening today a top federal official expected to tell us new information about wildfire Recovery Efforts in sonoma and butte countys assistant commerce secretary and local members of congress to make a major announcement after on houston arose in paradise are recovering and that is set for 9 am this morning at santa rosa junior college. In the case pitting ill Sonoma County residents against pg e will begin in the San Francisco women even though the tubbs fire was caused by a private electrical system the 18 plaintiffs are claiming pg e were liable, most of the cases against pg e have been put on hold because they filed for bankruptcy protection. However the judge hearing the case is letting it move forward under a state law that gives people who are elderly or seriously ill priority and having their cases resolved. 4 17 am. Back to work monday and Sal Castaneda a lot artificially back after the holidays. And i was looking at my board and their stuff to talk about it right now we have wind on the bridges. It is not windy so much on the golden gate but it will be windy on other bridges. So far so good on the gilroy commute and getting to the bay bridge on that span you might get a little bit windy or at least chp think so. But we have our own meteorologists on staff and we have steve paulson. I do not see much wind, possibly isolated but not that strong. Perhaps on the bay bridge but other than that not much so thank you sir. We do have clear skies and temps in the 30s and 40s, a lot of upper 50s which will stay there most of the week. Just a few weeks systems brushing us but most of the energy is up in seattle and portland. A system does arrive tomorrow late tuesday, early wednesday and it will move across giving us a couple one hundredths. 30s and and on the peninsa up including woodside at 35. Palo alto a lot of upper 30s, montero is 42 in fremont at 38, 16 at truckee so there are cooler readings for sure and they will get colder than that under clear skies but right now everything is up and over the ridge of high pressure. Very common to get midwinter dry spells. This is the system late tuesday into wednesday unless you are by ukiah. So lots of sunshine today and upper 50s for most. Sunshine in the morning with increasing clouds late tuesday and wednesday, light rain and clearing out and then thursday another light rain day morning and early afternoon, breezy friday, saturday drive for now it partly cloudy cool and breezy weekend. Right now thousands of bay area h there empty. Next how many empty homes are there and which cities are the investigation involving a deadly accident between a tour bus and a big rig, what First Responders think led up to the crash. Trump obamacare is a complete and total disaster. Let obamacare implode. Nurse these wild attacks on healthcare hurt the patients i care for. Ive been a nurse in new york for thirty years. I know the difference leadership can make because i saw what Mike Bloomberg did as mayor. Vo mayor bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 , covering 700,000 more new yorkers, Life Expectancy increased. He helped expand Health Coverage to 200,000 more kids and upgraded pediatric care infant mortality rates dropped to record lows. And as mayor, Mike Bloomberg always championed Reproductive Health for women. So when you hear mike bloombe we can certainly afford to make sure that everybody that needs to see a doctor can see a doctor, everybody that needs medicines, welcome back, a Mexican Restaurant in danville is closing after almost 10 years in business, the owner of the prickly pear cantina posted the announcement on facebook blaming a harsh Business Climate in california making it challenging to run a Small Business and owner rodney wirth and several other restaurants in the danville area that remain open oakland may soon see black and blue mopeds driving around town, the new yorkbased company ravel has applied for a permit to operate oakland in the mopeds can be rented through a smartphone app, they can carry two passengers and go up to 30 mph, no date on when the service will be available. A group of homeless mothers in west oakland who are now occupying a vacant home told us a judge hasnt ruled on whether they have to leave that house. Last week at a hearing in Alameda County judge said he needed more time to decide whether to evict a group called moms for housing from house near 30th and magnolia and supporters say that mothers should be allowed to stay there because housing is a human right and the Property Owner says those women are illegally squatting and wants them evicted. Recent census information show 46,000 bay area homes are sitting empty five area counties in the mercury news reports that information includes some newly built homes that still have not been rented or sold. San francisco has the most vacant homes followed by oakland, san jose, brooklyn or berkeley and richmond and sees my vacation homes are included in the total number of empty houses. Almost people of san diego who have been arrested can clear the record by staying in a shelter 30 days and this program is intended to connect people with services allow officers to help and a Summer Police offered shelter beds instead of tickets for people may think minor infractions and if someone leaves before the 30 day stay is that they will receive the original citation. A special girl received a very special surprise over the weekend, she is too sick to go to the mountains to see snow, so some Police Officers who are friends of her family brought the snow to her. Adam walker is a firefighter in arizona and he has a to a daughter named quinn and she was born with half a heart. She has already had two surgeries and could not make a trip to the mountains and so these Police Officers worked out a way to to bring 5 tons of snow to the gilberts home in arizona. She sque