Collision. Chp thought it was a possible fatality. Firefighters heard the victim in the red car scream out. I can tell you what a fire captain said. They got here and heard the lady in the red car screaming, they took it as a good sign. She is still alive. Seeing the injuries on the car, you dont expect that. Thats a good thing. Reporter yeah, that woman still had serious injuries and taken to the hospital. She collided head on with the gray vehicle. Another vehicle involved. The driver of that car is okay and was checked out and left the scene. The driver of the gray vehicle taken with a serious ankle injury. Broken anxiousing l. Two southbound lanes are open. Chp said they expect to be out here for about another hour. It is really cold out here. As all the firefighters were working to get the scene clear and now up to the tow Truck Drivers to get this engine and red vehicle off the freeway so they can open up all of the lanes. Back to you in the studio. Matt, thank you. Certainly affecting the commute right now. Lets get to alexis with more on this. Traffic maps this morning, not seeing a huge backup and lighter than usual volumes because of the holiday and to southbound 280 around highway 87 at bird avenue is three left lanes blocked. The far right lane and exit avenue to bird avenue are open at this point. So definitely an area to avoid if you can. You can take northbound 880 to southbound 87 or 101 if you want to totally get around that and theres matts camera look at the scene. See that red vehicle heavily damaged trying to load it up on to the tow truck. Now a look at the forecast. Hey, lisa. Good morning to you. Certainly chilly again with patchy frost. Look at the numbers. East bay, 32 degrees. 29 in danville. San ramon, 29. The Weather Service has not issued a freeze warning but they could have because we have numbers below freezing navajo, plenty of sunshine and high clouds. Notice that 62 degrees. San jose at 5 degrees bf average. Jessica . Thank you. A gunman is still on the loose this morning after killing a former marine monday night in oakland. It happened right around brook dale and 35th avenues. Police say 23 Kristopher Killian was visiting friends and killed. Neighbors say the area is usually safe and quiet. One resident we spoke with who doesnt want his face shown describes what he heard. Four shots. Evenly spaced. Pause. About four more shots evenly spaced, pause. About eight shots evenly spaced. Keep my eyes open a little bit more in and out of the house but no. Pits those things happen. Killians sister set up a go fund me page to help with funeral services. We have a link on our website if you would like to help. 5 03 now. The Family Living here cannot wait for 2016 to end. This is the second time this year a truck has smashed into their garage and yesterdays truck was carrying supplies to fix the damage caused by the first truck. Abc 7 News ReporterLonnie Rivera has the details. Reporter the picture of this is enough to make a homeowner cringe. Somebody says you have a giant concrete truck in the hole that was your garage you know something serious happening. Reporter thats what don learned from the tenant driving home and when he and his wife arrived to the sausalito home unimaginable. You have to be kid l me. Reporter hard to believe. Well, because, just in april a 50000 pound as fault truck smashed into the garage. This is an ongoing situation since the original disaster when a giant asphalt truck slid down the hill into the garage. Reporter work was an attempt to fix the damage. As the truck driver unloaded materials from the heavy truck, the ground gave way and the truck flipped. Police blocked the street from traffic. The 70,000pound truck spilled fluid and oil on the steep hill. They got the truck back up on its eels. The driver of the truck was not injured. As for the beers im going to be glad when 2016 is over because it hasnt been a very good year. Reporter theyre looking forward to moves past this in the new year. Sausalito, abc 7 news. As donald trump plans his transition to the white house, he had a slight problem at his new york home. Look at that video. People running out of there. Trump tower in manhattan evacuated yesterday because of a suspicious package. A bomb squad checked out a bag left unatepided. Turns out it was full of toys. The president elect was at the florida estate during incident and where the president elect sent this tweet. Slamming president obama. He said, quote, president obama campaigned hard and personally in the very important swing states and lost. The voters wanted to make America Great again. This tweet is in response to a recent interrue of mr. Obama saying that he would have won a third term if he had ran again. Meanwhile, president obama and japans Prime Minister wrapping up a historic visit to pearl harbor. The nations leaders laid wreaths and scattered petals. This is the first joint visit for both nations. President obama said it demonstrates the power of reconciliation and even enmips can be allies when war comes to an end. Last week, a personal piece of American History that turned up in the baggage claim at the Sonoma County airport. A purple heart. That heart is claimed. For more than a week, the staff at Sonoma County airport trying to find the owner after it was on a baggage carousel. A campaign on facebook helped find the woman reunited with her fathers medal. Never met him . No, never, never. Only in picture that my mother showed me. She was a little stressed out. I knew that i have the confidence in the airport people to find it that we were going to get it back. And they did. It belonged to her father that fought in korea. He died in action, the same day she was born and he said it was like losing her father all over again. A new effort is under way to see if restoring the west peak is feasible. The ma rin ij reports in 18month study for project managers to look at potential costs of alternatives for the Old Air Force station, the west peak of mt. Tam was a lookout to search for soviet war planes and housed shortrange nuclear missiles. The study received 450,000 in funding from ma rin municipal Water District and Golden Gate National parks conserve sy. The mountain erupted twice yesterday. A column of ash around 8,000 feet high released and could fall up to 30 miles away. Also known as the mountain of fire as one of the most active volcanos in north america and erupted over the christmas weekend raising fears of a major eruption to be near. All right. Taking a look at the traffic maps. We have that major problem in south bay and not too terrible of a backup at the moment. That sig alert on southbound 280 just before bird avenue. A violent collision cause bd awrong way driver. Two transported with serious injuries. We have the three left lanes blocked. Not a terrible delay but a close eye on that. Westbound 580 before north flynn road, a fully engulfed car fire. Clearly we have got some onlooker delay and a bart delay, as well, for Fruitvale Station riders. Due an equipment problem on a train. Lets check in with lisa now. Good morning. Good morning. We are freezing once again in inland east bay, south bay and numbered dropped in the 37 san jose. 32 concord, livermore. We are getting used to this, huh . Well, if youre sick and tired of the cold, santa rosa, one of the chilliest locations in the bay area, youre going to be cold again and then come up a little bit thursday, friday morning and overall the clear nights with relatively little cloud cover will keep us cold and the afternoons today upper 50s to low 60s. The warmest day tomorrow around the peninsula, the south bay, the north bay and low to mid60s and then friday cooling off a leading system with chillier air. Looks like theyre going away. In fact, only on sunday we have a slight chance and low snow levels and probability of maybe flakes around the highest elevations. Natasha, jessica . Thank you. Coming up, Police Issued a warrant for an amazon echo. More on the case that could be a first of its kind. Also new years definitely a time for fun. Also, a time to be safe. Public transit in the bay area helps you get around on saturday night. Several lanes remain blocked in san jose. In san jose. Southbound 280 at this morning, we are hearing from the family of actress Carrie Fisher known for playing princess lei in star wars. She went into cardiac arrest last friday while aboard a flight. Her younger brother todd spoke publicly of her sudden death. We have just seen her pull out so many times and survive so many things that there was no way to talk. I hope people dont think our silence is more than just praying for the best. We have really been close our whole lives and its a very strange place to be looking at the World Without her. Carrie fisher was 60 years old. 5 13 now. Police in arkansas obtained a search warrant for an amazon echo hoping that it might reveal evidence in a murder investigation. Police searched the device and asking amazon to hand over voice recordings. The echo itself doesnt store user questions but amazons server certainly do. Police think that the suspect activated it and recording may solve the crime. Amazon declined to comment on the specific case but released a statement saying the company will not release customer information without a valid and Binding Legal demand. Todays first look, a tragic end for actress and instructor who went missing on the way to christmas dinner. Police say they found the 46yearolds body in the stolen car and they have a suspect in custody. Abc has the details in the gma first look. Reporter in the first look, the search for answers after a yoga teacher is found dead. 46yearold trisha mccawleys body early tuesday in d. C. She was a beloved instructor. She was just a very inspiring person. Reporter and a longtime actor. Appearing in the 2006 film step up. She was last seen sunday afternoon. Police immediately issued an alert for the person believed to be driving the car. 29yearold adrian Dwayne Johnson apprehended nearby. The body found in her car. Now, johnson charged with theft, simple assault and her murder. As the community mourns. And coming up at 7 00 a. M. , more on the investigation. With your gma first look, abc news, new york. And this morning, police in gilroy want help tracking down a burglar who stole presents of a familys christmas tree. Video shows the man in the home on Spencer Court in gilroy on december 15th. After rummaging around, he took off with two presents and the burglar disconnected the Security Camera but it had already been downloaded to the familys server. Call police if you know anything. 5 16. Happening today, staff will demonstrate how trees are recycled. Officials remind residents to put them out on trash day. You need to remove the stand and the decorations before putting it out. Curbside pickup begins january 2nd and continue through the 14th. To ring in the new year, cal train with Additional Trains and free rides on new years eve. Starting 8 00 p. M. , they stop charging fares for passengers. And the agency also adding four additional southbound trains that will operate after midnight. The trains will leave the station in San Francisco starting at 12 45 a. M. New years day after the fireworks show. Open alcohol contains are banned after 9 00 p. M. Muni offers free rides from 8 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. On new years day. All service free. Both buses and cable cars. Extra buses are also scheduled. We are still monitoring the big story this morning a. Nasty crash on the south bay. Lanes are closed southbound 280 in san jose. Back out live here to the scene. Southbound 280 just before bird avenue in san jose. Making quite a bit of progress. You soo owe that red vehicle loading up on to the flat bed tow truck and flipped over. A really violent collision. Headon crash caused bay wrong way driver and not sure if the vehicle was the red car or another gray vehicle that was involved in this collision but two transported with serious injuries. Takng up three lanes and debris and vehicles moving by so we have the far right lane and exit lane open at the moment. Not a terrible backup. You can stick to 880 northbound and then head south on 87 or 101. I want to take you to the central valley. Westbound 580 before north flynn road. A fully engulfed vehicle fire. Im not sure if this is onlooker delay or a lane blocked. Down to 6 Miles Per Hour past the interchange so definitely expect some stop and go traffic heading through the area. And bart, we have a developing problem here, as well. Fruitvale station, a disabled train. Were up to a 20minute delay now. Bart says theyre single tracking around the disabled train and it is empty. An update on all the stuff in a few. Right now the forecast with lisa. Good morning. Good morning. It is nice ian quiet. Clear sky. We widen the view. A big ridge over much of california so i mean, slightly warmer weather for the short term and chilly nights not going anywhere. 37 in san jose. 31 cupertino. 33 saratoga. The rest of the area, low 30s. Inland east bay. Freezing temperatures once again. Except if youre by the water. Highs today, sunny skies, high clouds. Warmer. 62. Five degrees above average san jose. 61 in santa rosa. 30degree swing from the morning low. The sevenday forecast, light snow perhaps in the highest elevations. Models still in disagreement and only chance of that would be into monday new years day and remember the local peaks around here range from 2,600 to 4,300 of mt. Hamilton and the moisture limited and know it cools off by the weekend but nice mild days for the short term. Natasha . Thank you so much. Despite the high cost of housing, theres a survey finding San Francisco is the best in the country for college students. The American Institute for Economic Research used nine criteria in the survey including youth unemployment, diversity, rental costs and presence of arts and entertainment. San francisco study states offers a favorable economic climate and strong opportunities for work after graduation. This is the call that put warriors fans in a bad mood on christmas. We are hearing from kevin durant after the nba reviewed the final play of the game against the cavs. So many people have talked about. The league says durant was fouled, should have been awarded two freethrows and that could have given the warriors the win and durant lashed out at if league not the refs when asked about it last night. The refs didnt lose us the game. We could have been better. I think its [ bleep ]. The nba, the nba throw the refs under the bus like that. Trying the hardest and say its wrong i i think its [ bleep ] they do that. They can take out the frustration tonight at home playing the toronto raptors. 11yearold boy with a Christmas Gift that will last a lifetime. What you are about to see is landon rice unwrapping a last gift under the tree. It is a framed certificate of adoption. Yes. Congratulations, last one. What is that . Picture frame. Can you read it . Yeah. Yeah. Out loud . Ah. Wow. His mom posted the video on the facebook page. Its been viewed more than 34 million times. She said that her husband took him in as if he was his own and never treated him differently from day one and just so touching. Beautiful story. Next, the seven things to know as you start your day. Also, breaking news this morning in san jose. Well bring you an update on the well bring you an update on the crash thats blocking lan youfarewell, cookie betdough ice cream. E whats that youre drinking . Its trop50. Its fine. It tastes delicious and has 50 fewer calories with this taste . No way. Give me fifty squats. But. It cant taste this good. Read the label. And have 50 fewer calories . Exactly, now you drop. And give me the 50. Trop50. Tastes so good you wont believe it has 50 fewer calories. Whether youre just joining us, or heading out the door, number one, breaking news in the southbound. Chp investigating a headon collision on interstate 280 in san jose. Three cars were involved in the crash near the bird avenue exit. Two people taken to the hospital with injuries. One of the cars driving the wrong way. Number two, where that is on the traffic maps. Again, southbound 280 at the bird avenue exit before highway 87. Not a terrible backup right now but we have got the three left lanes blocked. Two far right lanes are open. Looking like a lot of progress and hopefully get it fully cleared by 6 00 a. M. Number three, oakland and Hayward Police looking for the suspects that crashed a truck into a police cruiser. The truck is stopped at 12th and willow streets in oakland while officers investigate the scene. Number four, some people through the state woke up early to three earthquakes. A pair of 5. 7 quakes hit just after midnight near hawthorne. A third at magnitude 5. 6 just after 1 00. Number five, star wars fans mourning the death of Carrie Fisher. She passed away yesterday afternoon after cardiac arrest last friday on a flight to los angeles. She was 60 years old. Number six, freezing temperatures once again in the bay area. Below freezing, north and east bay valleys. Bundle up or wait a while. Temperatures today will be about 5 degrees above average with 60s into the north bay and south bay and a few high clouds. Thank you. Number seven, a new me nora going to california. An east coast man is shipping this 7foot, 50pound wooden menorah from massachusetts. Well, hundreds of thousands of people will flock to new york citys times square to ring in the new year. New York City Police officers made themselves highly visible around the socalled cross roads of the world. Law enforcement says there are no Credible Threats against the massive celebration. In light of what we have experienced in this country and the attacks that we have witnessed overseas, Law Enforcement has to take every situation seriously. This years edition of new years ball