Hamilton and all the northbound lanes are closed and if you, on the closure will take off the freeway northbound on 17 because of a deadly headon collision from a wrong way driver on the freeway. At this time of the morning there are plenty of ways to get around it, 85 and 280 come to mind. Now lets look at other commutes, off to a decent start on interstate 880 and the bay bridge toll plaza is light and now back to the desk. The nfc championship game as you know is this sunday and businesses in the south bay want to cash in. Ann rubin joins us and shows us what is going on just ahead of the 49ers second playoff game at levi stadium. Format for the blue chips sports lounge in san jose the nfc championship game is already a big win. And one day they will bring in three weeks worth of revenue. It pays our monthly bills. They have been repairing all week, decorating and arranging parties and tripling their typical beer and food order and the expected capacity crowd of 49ers faith. It is awesome and you get about 200 people are more cheering for the niners and have a dj playing and you feel everybodys love for the team and is one of the best environments you could be in. The packers fans are hyped up as well taking in the atmosphere around levi stadium. He came from florida to watch his beloved team but he said his game is during the family apart. My brother and my dad are 49ers fans and i am a packers fan. We will see after they game who will be happy. Of course levi stadium is preparing as well and have a special menu for the game which includes beer cheese bratwurst nachos that are a nod to green bay. Obviously i want our fans to take a bite out of the Green Bay Packers as a suit styled towards a little bit of wisconsin themed food but also for green bay fans to enjoy while they are here. At the bluechip they have a fan of it going on sunday including a meet and greet with former 49er jeff garcia and then the game sunday, the owner advises getting here early that there will be closing the doors once they hit capacity. Do not forget the only place to watch the nfc title game is right here with us on ktvu fox 2 and when the game is over we will have our postgame coverage followed by the premier of 911 lone star and ktvu news. Democratic president ial candidate Michael Bloomberg is making Campaign Stops in oakland today and he will be with the oakland mayor at 9 30 am this morning outside of beauties bagel shop on franklin street and he will then attend an event at 10 30 am at everett and jones barbecue in the Jack London Square area and later today bloomberg was in another Campaign Event in monterey. Make sure you join us sunday morning for California Political show our issue is and our guests this week include Michael Bloomberg and republican congressman kevin mccarthy, 6 30 am followed by mornings on 2 at seven and sports weekend at 9 30 am. Hundreds of people in San Francisco turned out for a Campaign Appearance by democratic president ial candidate andrew yang. Now his supporters call themselves the gang gang. And although andrew yangs poll numbers are still the Single Digits they have been rising giving him a chance to qualify for the there were seventh debate in new hampshire. This race is very much up in the air and everyone has looked at it knows that no one has decided who they will support down the stretch and we have been growing faster than any other campaign so we are excited about the next few weeks. Southbay evan minogue was named the four andrew yang. Bernie sanders has 20 support and now 19 support for joe biden and Elizabeth Warren came in 12 , Michael Bloomberg at 9 and 6 for Pete Buttigieg and 20 said they are still not decided. The impeachment trial against President Trump is now underway in the u. S. Senate , as doug luzader reports from washington dc lawyers for both sides have a busy weekend ahead. Reporter a number of deadlines around here as lawyers from both sides have to submit legal briefs before the trial fully begins to say. You will be doing and personal justice according to the constitutional laws so help you got. The images of already been extraordinary, chief Justice John Roberts sworn in for the impeachment trial with this full Senate Following suit and demagogue impeachment managers making their case. President trump warrants impeachment and trial , removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. Be on those articles of impeachment already delivered to the senate the democrats will press for more include revelations from a former associate of the president s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who said the president was fully looped in on an effort to pressure ukraine to investigate former vp biden and the president was asked about him. I do not even know who this man is other than i guess he attended bond raters theres. The attorneys shot but with the sedition the president and him together and there is the Government Accountability office which yesterday announced the white house had broken the law and holding up aid to the ukraine, an allegation in the administration vehemently denies. While all this become part of the senate trial . So much remains to be decided. We had no idea what the process is and will see it start to stay in earnest but as they have swung themselves in today they have no idea where this is going and how long it will take. Chief among the unresolved issues, will there be witnesses during the senate trial . In washington doug luzader. Authorities say there was no major damage at least so far after yesterdays big rainstorm, the biggest storm so far in this new year but there were many bad crashes, in oakland a car flipped over on interstate 980 near 12th and one person was taken to the hospital. A lot of hydroplaning, and there was Poor Visibility which made it tough for drivers and it kept First Responders really busy. Now while all of that rain inconvenienced a lot, local water districts were happy about it. Weve not had a lot of rain in the last few weeks and weve had some of the prior month. And we are reliant upon rainfall to fill our reservoirs. Water district managers state is a very important time for the bay area because we normally get the most rain each year during january and february. A winter storm dusted the peaks of mount diablo with some snow and a lot going up to the mountain to take in the postcard views and build a snowman but park rangers closed the road at 3000 feet because the Higher Elevations were covered in snow and ice, not everyone is prepared but some enjoyed a snowball fight. I just thought on snapchat. You could see the snow up in the mountains from the city. The storm did lead to flooding which led to road closures in power was knocked out to around two 2000 homes and businesses. There were some scary points. 17 had problems. And there was a scary stuff this morning. Yes there was a crash on highway 17 and theyre still cleaning up northbound 17 right before 280 campbellton. This commute will be slow if youre driving through 17 and campbell. I want to mention a violent incident on 17 where one person died in the crash. The easy alternate is to use 85 of to 280 or get off the freeway and you side roads until you get past 280. The rest of the very traffic looks good, nice and quiet, this is a look at interstate the rest of the very traffic looks good, nice and quiet, this is a look at interstate 880 and a quiet bay bridge. Hopefully a quiet morning. If it is any more active than yesterday you and i are in for another long morning but it looks quiet. We have fog forming any will see snow in the hills once we get there. Still some showers on the san mateo and santa cruz coast, not much left but there could be a couple of little ones. Snow still going in the seer in the winter storm warning doesnt 6 am. After everything is said and done it is setting the stage for what looks to be a fabulous snow we can after yesterday in the fog will be an issue Going Forward order mile visibility around santa rosa and the napa airport is deceiving, there is fog around if you use 37 or 116 watch out for that and also around alejo and out towards cordelia fog has been reported, 30s and 40s on the temps, 30s and 40s on the peninsula and mid30s to upper 30s. Fremont around 38 and san carlos and san mateo and belmont have something in common both at 49. The system fell apart in Southern California but did not do that here as it maintained its course and gave us pretty impressive rain and hail and wind and you name it. Today patchy fog and partly sunny must the cloud with 50s on the temps and saturday cloudy to mostly cloudy with light rain, sunday looks dry and then an increase of clouds. Truck weather conditions at any time with our weather app and you will find life radar and temperatures in a forecast for your neighbor to download our weather app. I will do that. You know it is not even baseball season but the giants are making big headlines. We tell you about the new addition to the Coaching Staff that is making Major League Baseball history. State support is finally here. The promises that the governor is making to help solve the states homeless crisis. On ktvu fox 2 the power of two is here for you. The power of two is always with you. Tom steyer no child should have to worry about finding good food in school. So, when my wife kat and i learned California PublicSchool Children couldnt get Fresh Produce in the cafeteria, we took action. We partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a nonprofit. That program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson washington dc could use, right now. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Welcome back, today the city of san jose is opening its first Tiny Home Community for Homeless People and the site is built on land off highway 101 and will serve as interim and transitional housing for those currently living on the streets. The homes only have a bed and a desk with our Community Showers and bathrooms. This is one of two tiny home bridge communities in the works in san jose and the city hopes to house 80 Homeless People across the two sites. Storm Oakland City Council president Rebecca Kaplan wants the city to buy foreclosed homes help the homeless and those in need. She said the crisis of homelessness calls for an all hands on deck approach. That statement included a letter from the county Tax CollectorListing Properties that are up for auction but her proposal comes after the eviction of homeless mothers in oakland this week who illegally took over a house and west oakland which had been vacant two years governor gavin newsom is promising Financial Support and unprecedented resources for cities dealing with the homeless crisis rob roth talked to the governor as he wrapped up a statewide homeless tour with a stop in oakland. Reporter here in the shadow of the oakland coliseum, governor gavin newsom along with oakland mayor schaff address the homeless crisis and they had emergency tents, fema trailers and medical services. They are getting 15 trailers that can house 50 to 70 people. State support is finally here and were not walking away. That is not all that oakland is receiving. Some 19. 7 million is available today immediately for the city of oakland to address rapid rehousing and recuperative care and to address first and last months rent and to start the process of converting motels and hotels into permanent supportive housing. Homelessness has risen almost 15 in two years where more than 4000 people are living on the street in vehicles or shelters and among the homeless are two mothers who have illegally occupied a house in west oakland until they were evicted under court order on tuesday on on wednesday they had this to say to the governor. Tell him to come down here as this is a crisis. This is a crisis right here. Newsom called them courageous. Will have members of my staff meeting with them shortly and i can assure you without breaking any confidence that they will be a lot of wonderful things that are going to be said and done. Newsom signed an executive order last week requiring state agencies to identify empty lots were homelessness can be addressed and on these bitter cold days Homeless People wanted gov. Newsom to know their desperation. My situation is so hard the best thing for me to do is ask for help. Newsom is pushing for state constitutional amendment legally requiring cities to find solutions to homelessness. In the newsroom rob roth. The San Francisco giants made history by hiring the first fulltime female coach Major League Baseball. 1020 70 Service Assistant coach for the team, she is a former Sacramento State softball player and will travel with the team, be in uniform and will be involved in pregame warmups. The San Jose Sharks will have the night off after losing a tough game last night against the colorado avalanche, the sharks fell behind early and never came back. They allowed two goals in the first, two in the second and goalie mark jones was taken out, the sharks lost 40 and they were shut out for the second time this season but tomorrow night the sharks will finish a threegame road trip against vancouver. And while the sharks were in denver plane avalanche the warriors were at home hosting the denver nuggets, the warriors at one point had a 19 point lead but it was wiped out in the fourth quarter. The nuggets scored 40 points tying the game with just seconds left on the clock, alec brooks led the team with 25 points but could not hit a game winning. Come on. No. The game went into overtime were offense of rebounds gave the nuggets the edge and the warriors losing streak is now 10 games they lost 134131. Up next the warriors have a home Game Tomorrow Night against the orlando magic. Fans flying into whats the 49ers face the Green Bay Packers in this weekends championship game get a surprise getting at ff oh or sfo, they are hosting a pep rally in terminal three, sourdough sams, goldrush cheerleaders and 49ers faithfuls will be taking part in the event to get arriving fans and other travelers excited for sundays game. Lets get you to where you need to go, it is busy on the roads and Sal Castaneda has the info. That is right, slow traffic this morning on northbound 17 because of a deadly crash which happened around 3 am this morning, a couple of hours now with northbound 17 they are still hearing the rack and if youre driving up to hamilton give yourself time to get around the detour. The other freeways in the south they are pretty good alternates. You can use 85 up to 280 but avoid 17 through campbell. Also look at the rest of the bay area commute her off to a pretty decent start, interstate 880 looks pretty good, it might be a lighter than usual day. Lets bring steve back. We are not steve young being on pti and he was on there yesterday and he was really good, thank you sir, we have a few showers holding on and not too much left out of this system and the end result is you will be able to see all of the snow and the hills once we get to sunrise but fog is forming, this year is still dealing with little bit of snow in the winter storm warning doesnt 6 am so another couple of hours, it could still be a little dicey getting up 50, there is fog around santa rosa and vallejo and napa, and also stockton and tracy now at a order mile visibility. There are areas of fog. 30s and 40s on the temps. 39 around santa cruz and 37 and saratoga and cupertino, campbell 39, 29 at reno and their nine around fresno and there goes our system and it is gone but it did make an impact. All sorts of hail and snow and heavy rain in the next system will not be here until tuesday three little bit of rain on saturday but will not amount to anything originally forecast models had it coming in from the west and south west analogous for the northwest bit this means they dont know what is going on past four or five days. They are little confused right now 50s on the temps, these are all below average, cloudy domestic latte saturday, sunday dry with increasing clouds monday and rain tuesday. Heavy snow in the sierra causing spin outs and you do need chains. All new information on the conditions still causing a rough ride on interstate 880. In the 49ers and packers players are not the only ones getting in on sundays action, the police as well but will tell you about a friendly bet between the San Francisco police chief and the chief in green bay. The first rift between the Alameda County sheriffs office, google and San Franciscos Lgbtq Community that may lead to some being banned from this summers pride parade. America isnt just sick of donald trump, americas getting sicker. There are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. And hes repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. Mike bloomberg will make