police search for this woman, 50-year-old alicia lisha. >> we estimate she had been there three or four months. she died of gunshot wounds. >> there's a detached garage at the house and she's found inside a garbage can inside the garage. >> neighbors say they haven't seen lisa, as they know her, since late summer. >> i've known lisa for the 40 years i've been here. she was always a helpful neighbor. >> reporter: police say they checked credit card records and satisfactories she's told others about moving to arizona. but so far, no sign of her. >> more reaction to the fatal shooting of a police officer. today, the powerful pligs union weighed in on the issues. >> carolyn tyler joins us with this developing news. >> three san francisco police chiefs had asked the san francis cole police commission for tazers. but that hasn't happened. now, the head of the rank and file commission says it's time to stop talking and take some action. >> good afternoon. >> the head of the police officer's association was flanked by several of his members as he pushed again for tazers. >> let's move on this. let's move on it now. let's not just talk about it. let's actually do something about it. >> the urgency follows the officer-involved shooting earlier this month of mario woods. videos qualmtured if killing. police say the 26-year-old had a knife when they repeatedly fired on him. the public out rage has been relentless. >> i think if tazers were available, there could have been a kblaetly different outcome. >> today, the mayor called for a pilot program. >> sean richards is the woods family spokesman and long time community activist. >> if i was chief, i would immediately call for all members of this department to go through crisis intervention training. >> in the wake of the shooting, a police department bulletin has been issued, requiring officers who point their guns but not necessary fire to file a report. the union president says he's concerned that could cause officers to hesitate in situations where they should not. he'd like that policy tweaked. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> the mayor is calling for calm after a hung jury was found in the case of the police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. protesters have been marching through the streets. jurors deliberated for three days in the manslaughter trial. his family is asking for no violence. >> we ask the public to remain calm. we are confident that there will be another trial with another jury. if we are calm, you be calm. >> this is surveillance video that you'll see only on abc 7 news. police hope it will trigger someone's memory and leave them to the thief who made off with cash from a convenience store. >> this man decided hechsz going to hit the cash register. he was in at the same time around 6:40 p.m. on december 7. >> and then he came up to the register and tried to buy something. when she opened the register, he opened the register and grabbed the money. >> it only took seconds to grab as much cash as he could and then jumped out the door. >> i just put my hands up as if i was going to defend myself. when he turned around in the store, he took off. simple as that. >> ironically, the thief was actually polite to john. the man never showed or said he had a weapon. that is just a theft, not a robbery, which could make a big difference in the amount of jail time. but, first, the police would have to catch him. the thief's place is now on television. the hope for john, he doesn strike again. >> he's a harm to himself and other people. somebody could have ahearted attack, you know. anything could happen. >> i talked with police and they say the number of theft reports goes up significantly this time of year, the holiday season. they are investigating this case and same if you have any information, give freemont a call. >> safe way tells us skimming devices were found. but they believe the thieves struck out. >> no kugs mer data was compromised. but, you know, as a matter of course, you probably want to always check your credit card statement and your bank statement for any sort of transaction that you can't identify. >> safe way emphasizes it constantly looks for people trying to steal information from customers. the grocery joint e jiebts also urges you to alert store em ply yees. >> crews are still working to clean up that mess out there. 12 shipping containers fell often of a cargo ship. planes and ships are being used to frak down more of the debris: so far, only 2 of those 12 c containers have been recover ds. >> time to take a live look outside chlts it is clear and cold. >> oh, yes: dpru tuma here now with our first look at the 5:00 ewe weather up date. >> it's a really niegs december day there. that's going to translate into a nice december etching, as well. we're getting the all clear. it's coming up empty handed. weapon do have a beach hazard to talk about until 6:00 tonight. santa rosa, 57, livermore sitting at 52 degrees. another look back home showing you it's a gorgeous evening. now, we're talking about some rain in the picture. we'll go hour-by-hour and show you what you can expect in the full accuweather forecast. >> we have some developing news over castano elementary school where classes have been cancelled for the rest of the week. there's no heat. the supersben dent says the underground gas leak knocked out space heaters. the principal promises that the heat will be working by the time they return to school on january 4th. j students in los angeles are back today. the police chief says uniformed officers were walking the hall ways in classrooms today to's the tran sigs. >> the parents of a sunnyvale boy with autism were back in court today. those nay boors say the boy attacked their children and that they had to turn to the courts because the parents didn't control them. they call those accusations offensive. here's a picture taken outside court this morning. supporters held a really for children with special needs and their families. >> a fire on top of two muni buss prompted san francisco officials to pull hundreds of buss from service. at one poichbt, we had as many as 65 coaches on hold. >> the whole fleet should take two to three months. muni will shuffle buss around to minimize delays. >> cal tranz plans to close 2 westbound to upgrade emergency systems and to conduct maintenance operations. >> still ahead, new rules for self-driving cars. the one thing the dmv wants to make sure happens. >> the brand new terror alert. how this is different and wha it means to the average american. >> the rise in interest rates and how it could impact you. >> 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and factbook. all you have to do is on carne asada or carnitas. not agree but four out of five who got their health insurance through covered california got help paying for it. find out if you could be one of them at coveredca.com enroll by january 31st 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rates. the decision to raise the key rate ended a seven-year period of new, zero rates that began in the 2008 financial crisis. the move shows that there's significant progress that's been made easing the ek no, ma'aming hardship of millions of americans. >> it refleblgcts the confidenc that the economy will continue to strengthen. wall street reacted positively to the news. >> the holiday season just got brighter for five families and a lot more will soon experience the same magic. >> yes, it's all thanks to a give away this morning at bay alarm. >> reporter: you may think the little five-year-old girl is the happiest in this picture, but guess again. mary smith has raised money for toys and bikes for kids at christmas time for the last 28 years. but she usually just watches as the marines haul the toys away to distribute them to families. this year, they brought the families to mary. mary will serve them in exchange for a donation. her boss then matches whatever she has raised. >> this is my biggest year ever. last year, i had 73 bikes. this year, i have 83. >> but mary isn't the only one with a generous heart in this story. jerome jaeger is a foster parent who recently adopted three of his foster kids. all under the age of five. >> we just kind of fell in love with them and made them part of our family. >> today, mary helped jerome give these kids a christmas. mary says she will be back next year. these faces make it all worth it. >> when i was a child, i never had much. i always thought if i ever become in a place where i can give back, i'm going to do it. >> mary raised $10,000, bay alarm matched it. so they saw $20,000 worth of toys. the marines will make sure that all of those other toys make it underneath bay area christmas trees. thousands of people lined up for a food give away today. there was an army of volunteers helping out. more than 500 of them helping to fill and distribute 4,000 food bags. abc 7 news was at fisherman's wharf today. oh, look at them all. they're having a great time in that snoe. here, a thousand pounds of snow was added to the otter habitat today. the otter snow days runs through december 28th. we want to see how you're celebrating the managic of a holiday season. just join our abc 7 news community by joining pictures and social media. you may just use them only air or online at abc 7 news didn't com. >> yeah,we're tracking some rain for friday. unlike the storm we had sunday, it's not going to be as windy. but we're going to get a good, soaking rain. live doppler 7 hd right now, nothing but kwleen air. out there right now, we're sitting seasonably cool. 51 in fairfield and santa rosa right now checking in at 57 degrees. the forecast, it will be cool here the next put hours. partly cloudy skies and then a cold front goes through here on friday brichking everybody rain. the parter north and west you are, the more cloud cover you're going to see. we'll drop to 46 in san francisco. the south bay will see more in the way of clear skies. partly cloudy skies for much of the region. you notice a slight chance tomorrow into the north bay as that warm front moves through. so your day plan on thursday, partly cloudy, early on, mid 30s to 40s. a forecast on the afternoon by he cloek. it's a mixture of sun and clouds in our warming spots. so highs 30, 57 concord, 59 penn and 58 in napa. >> our next storm on friday is a one on our storm impact scale. so future weather will fast forward into friday afternoon until three:00. yes, the evening rush is going to be wet on friday by 8:00 it's moving through the peninsula and san francisco, berkley and then it's going to slide to the south and the east. likely seeing a bit more. the accuweather seven day forecast shows you partly cloudy tomorrow, rain in the afternoon, a brief break saturday afternoon before our next storm moves in sunday and into monday. and this one looks to have a little bit more wind with it. so we're going to kaulg it a two ochb our storm impact scale. so be prepared for a wet friday evening commute to round out the week. >> thank you so much, drew. up next, it's just days unstill the new star wars movie opens nationwide. holdup do you avoid spoilers until you get into this year? we're going to have an auction for you. and -- >> how one man turns his love for star wars action figures into big business, really big business: his unique works of art coming up. aduring sleep train's ur latriple choice sale.ig for a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interest-free financing on a huge selection of tempur-pedic models, or choose to save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. you can even choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular stearns & foster mattresses. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. ♪ sleep train [train horn] ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ . following monday's hollywood premier, some are predicting $3 billion, topping the $2.7 billion record held by avatar. >> star wars does have the potential to surpass avatar. but what that requires is repeat viewing. what we saw with both avatar and titanic, people kept going back to the theater multiple times after they saw it. >> on the other hand, some say if the film doesn't make a billion and a half dollars, it will be considered a flop. star wars is produced by disney, the parent company of abc news. >> we're trying to avoid the spoilers for the new movie. google chrome can help. they've got an update that was just added that includes key phrases sourced from people who saw the premier on monday. >> useful, it is. >> it can be. >> now, for today's gma hot list, the biggest and best moments from good morning america. >> here's your 60 second hot list from gma today. hit it! jeb bush had his toughest attack yet. you could just read it in bush's fact. how could i, a candidate who knows, be huzing to a donts trump. >> how can you come up against a trump who goes hey, i've got 42, you've got three, you're an idiot. how can you tell bait that? >> you can catch the good morning america team weekdays from 7-9:00 a.m. right here on abc 7 following the abc 7 morning news. >> new changes announced today for the nationwide terror system. we'll tell you what's different. plus -- >> you're a tough guy, jeb. >> the mud slinging continues. a blook look at last night's go debate. in news making headlines at 4:30, protests in the streets of baltimore right now over the misstriel in the case of william porter, a police officer accused in the death of freddie gray. gray's family attorney says there will be a mistrial. or a retrial, i should say. police stacked up today after a judge declared a hung jury. but protests have all been peaceful so far. five other officers still face trial. the federal reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. wrorld news sent this tweet about the decision coming up on world news at 4 clb:30. president obama plans to meet on friday with the families of the victims of the mass shooting in san bernardino. investigators say were inspired by isis. the department of homeland security has issued a bulletin to warn americans about individuals motivated by terror groups. abc 7 news reporter in washington with the latest. >> reporter: it happened in chattanooga, tennessee. >> the reality is terrorist-inspire terrorist-inspire ed individual have conducted attacks in the u.s. this year. >> a new type of warning about the potential for those attacks. the new bulletin warns of self radicalized actors who could strike at public e vebts and places with little or no warning. it's a new category added under the current advisory system that will replace the old color coded system back in 2011. johnson said untill now, the current system will only alert americans if there was intelligence picking up the credible and specific threat to the homeland which there have not been for years. >> it's time we change the system. >> while the lower level bulletin has a warning about general trend in terrorism, it comes with specific action to protect the country. >> the public should expect an increased presence of law enforcement across communities in the weeks ahead. more stringent security should also be anticipated at public places and events. >> the new bulletin will be in effect for six months. it also warns about the backlash about threats and violence directed towards them. >> congress is battling over a propos proposed budget that would give tax breaks to business and family while financing government operations through next year. taxpayers would save about $650 billion over the next decade. democratic leaders oppose the tax break saying they'll damage the future. republicans support the tax measure, but are against the 1.1 trillion dollar spending bill, saying it's too costly. >> republican and presidential hopefuls may see a shift in poll debates. >> reporter: nine of the remaining candidates squared off. donald trump has proposed temporarily banning muslims from entering the country. the rooichl ris took a few nasty turns, like this exchange. >> he's a chaos kand cat. and he would be a chaos president. >> he has failed in this campaign. it's been a total disaster. >> i have never supported legalization and i do not intent to support legalization. >> new words waying in on social media. >> this is a tough business. >> oh, i know, you're a tough guy, jeb. >> alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> donald trump will be the only guest on jimmy kimmel live tonight. the show will include a special edition of kimmel's famous mean tweet segments. >> an arrest warnt is out for the teenager who used an affluent. he pleaded guilty and received probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash two years ago. his lawyer used the aerks ffluenza defense saying the 16-year-old was too spoiled to know right from wrong. the state suspended the company pending the investigation. >> dozens of shoppers at two ohio walmart stores received some early christmas gifts, thanks to a secret santa. the man walked into a store in cleveland and paid off close to $107,000 in lay aways. the shochers could mpbt believe they were recipients of such a generous gift. >> i just cried. it's amazing that someone would have this much compassion during the christmas season to help us. >> such a blessing. it's like a real santa. >> the items range from a pair of socks to a 70 inch television and lots and lots of toys. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00, he may not have won the heisman, but still, another wig accomplishment. >> i'm michael finney so i'm still taking your questions on twitter and face gooek. i'll answer your questions here live a little later. >> we had a warm frobt moving through. it's going to bring about some clouds right there and a chabs of some sprinkles tomorrow. i'll explain in the accuweather forecast. >> taking a live look at our san raphel traffic, southbound on your right-hand side moving in both directions. who patiently teaches how ta feast comes to life. the "family" ...who spends their holiday dinner with thankful strangers. the neighbor...who shares the season with another. you inspire us to do everything we do... ...for goodness' sake. the honors keep coming. today, they were both named the all-america first team. for mccaffery, the honor comes only days after he finished as the runner up for the heisman trophy. he's the ninth unanimous all-american in the nfl history. we want to father or mothol you on a story from yesterday. derrick clark stuffed the lockers of his offensive linemen with 55 inch flat screen tvs. today, carr and raiders center talked about the gesture. >> they deserve it, man. they'll don't get any credit for anything. just to let them know someone is thinking about them. >> carr has a lot to appreciate. the raiders have allow ed just 1 sacks all year. >> well, let's check on our weather tonight. pretty cold out there, still. >> drew, he looks pretty calm. he's tougher than some of the rest of us. >> i've got the jack et on, i'm got the glove on, too. it's going to be cold tonight. out there right now, the clear skies are going to give way to a little bit of cloud cover. nonetheless, just to the south, a freeze warning for southern salina valley. overnight lows in the 20s to mid 30s. the clouds kind of act as a blanket this time of year. 41 oakland, 46 san francisco. we'll drop to 39 in san jose and 37 overnight in fairfield. normally, cloud cover in the noert bay as the warm front kind of stalled there. it may be the focus of some sprinkles in the north bay. now, rain chances for san francisco. a little unsettled. friday, a chance at seeing showers really beyond the next seven days. meteorologist coming at 5:00, we'll take a closer look at your friday. rachb chances coming hour by hour in this whole forecast. >> this week's cold temperatures mean big problems for farmers. up next on abc 7 news at 4:00, the lengths they're going to right now to protect their crops. >> 7 on your side, michael finney. to buy or lease a car. what should you do ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ just you and i ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ and oh the best it could be ♪ just you and i ♪ below freezing temperatures are keeping growers on edge. many will be up late to watch over their fruit. our sister station in fresno tells us what these chilly temperatures mean for citrus. >> these washington navals are looking great. >> and, as you can see, looking at the inside of it, it's just, you know, it's just beautiful. >> that's according to bob lakely with the california citrus mutual but freezing temperatures that nights can cause concern for growers. it's just been precautionary: it's good for the trees and good for the fruit. >> good. because short dipped into frigid temperatures helped increase the color of citrus and its taste. >> it's just an lm ideal winter thus far. >> they say they're selling 90 pnt of it. it's up for a normal year. this is the busiest time of the year. it's the peek of harvest season. growers will also be up late watching the evening temperatures. if it gets too cold like it did in 2013, it can cause problems. >> when you have a frozen piece of fruit, you'll start seeing drying, primarily. >> those problems only start happening if we spend four or five hours below 28 degrees or nearly a week of freezing temperatures. >> time now for ask finney. >> if you want less junk mail, then say yes, i want to stop that. you no longer get those preapproved credit card offers. those will dry up completely. it's a good thing if you don't want a credit card. however, if you want a good deal on credit cards, you might want those coming to check out what's available. >> should i lease or buy a car? >> that's a great question. basically, leasing a car gets you a car better than the one you can actually afford. because you pay so much less for the month li leesz. here's the problem with a lease. you'll always be told you're only paying for the part of the car you're using. and that's true. you're only paying for the part of the car those first three years. but you're also paying the financing of the entire car, even the part you're not using. so it's generally better to go buy a car, save up the money, put 20 pnt down and buy the car that you can afford, especially with today's extremely low interest rates. however, if you want a better car or you need a better car because you're an outside salesperson, you might want to lease. one other thing, occasionally, very high end leases wind up being cheaper. >> hue do you cancel magazine subscriptions. the fee is automatically dedukted from a checking acount. >> see, i don't like doing it that way. but what did you sign up for? one year, two year, three year? after that, by california law, they have to tell you, okay, we're reupping you. and all you have to do is say i don't want you to reup me. or you contact them after your initial period and say i no longer want to be subscribing. generally, you'll have to go end of the next year, but they have to stop it. >> eventually. >> all right, thank you so much. >> america's painkiller epidemic is gripping the workplace. >> here's jane king with today's wellness report. >> doctors report that people are coming in with sneezing coughing and rashes. a new study claims as much as 80% of employers face prescription drug abuse by workers. painkillers are a growing epidemic and is gripping the nation. cigarette smoke may cause infertity and early men pause. and choptle has touted its use. now, a string of disease out braiks are forcing the up start to act like the bigd chain. >> they expect to lower the use of locally sourced from the nasdaq, i am jane king, here's to your health. >> japan's supreme court today upheld a 19th century law mandating that married couples use only one surname. they want to make it easier for women to keep their maiden names. the law doesn't specify which spouse should change their surname. in a separate ruling, the court struck down a law requiring divorced women to wait six months before they remarry. >> well, abc 7 news at 4:00 does koblt. continue. up next, turning a love for star wars toys into a forceful look of art. the unique project that's really turning heads. and dan is here with a look that's coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> rez dentss are being told to keep an eye out on their front lawns. it seems thooechls are targeting homes, but they're not going after the typical stuff they steel. we'll have that story. and air lifted back home. new pictures of big horn sheep returning to yosemite. those stories and more when alma and i see you at 5 cloek. but larly has more at 4:00. with just your age, income, zip code,g for health insurance and the number of people in your household. information you probably know off the top of your head. enroll by january 31st to 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grand. >> star wars toys were so important to a generation. that was the world. men between the age of 30 and 55 seemed to have a really fond memory of these things. and i'm no different. >> robert elevates his arts to create tappest ri or stained glass like images. >> depicting about 160 toys, it's about ,00 hours of studio time. >> this time lapse video shows just how much work goes into one of his masterpieces. >> i don't just see nos stal ja. >> the college of the arts in san francisco. he says star warz had a huge impact on art. >> the prestar wars, pop culture art featured a lot of commercialism. >> i think it's difficult to get anybody to stare at a painting for 20 seconds. part of the goal is to make a painting that somebody can stair at for a few minutes. >> you can see some of the work on display at the walnut center. the first reviews are out for star wars, the force awakens. usa today says the old star wars magic is back. the chronical says the force awakens is one of the best fills of 2015. however, the film is burdened by miscalculations. screenings start tomorrow night. thanks for. >> jaime:ing us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with alma and dan. >> these are a big vehicle. there's a lot of things that can go wrong. >> it looks like it did more than once. that run away bus at union square. >> muni buss still vulnerable. >> california's dmv puts the brakes on self-driving cars. >>. >> pligs, a bay area resident makes a disturbing discovery. >> live from the kgo tv broadcast crepter, this is abc 7 news. >> after a tour bus loses control, the other buss are inspected. good etching, thank you for joining us. >> the tour bus company at the center is just now learning the results of the chp invest gaigs into what happened. >> melanie woodrow is in the news room with exclusive details tonight. >> chp inspectors likely delivered the results to city ceo. the report is not public yet. but a source close to the invest gaigs says there are violations with other vehicles. we could know as early as monday whether the violations are serious enough to pull vehicles out of service. >>. >> a source close to the i believe vest gags says the inspected xx found mechanical violations. >> thee are big vehicles. there's a lot of things that can go wrong. >> the officer cannot kments because the resultings are not public yet. >> after the first unsa unsatisfactory rating, the company has 120 days to fix any of the problems that we have noted. examples could include lack of depriver drug screening. >> ole venn shlly crashed into scaffolding. 20 people were injured. the city site never registered the bus, something he was required to do. >> in turn, chp says it never inspected the bus. as fr the other buss,