To upper 40s with sprinkles, north at 4 00, rain along the north bay coast at 7 00. Heres sue with traffic. A little busy, east shore freeway past Golden Gate Fields and gilman and university towards the macarthur maze. Still at the limit more crowded, no minor delays bay bridge toll, for cash paying folks metering lights should be on shortly now things are good on upper deck towards the tunnel and San Francisco. Bart delay fremont line both directions from south hayward due to earlier debrishnn on tracks they are recovering from that no other mass transit problems. Accident median isabel westbound 580 livermore slowing traffic towards the dublin pleasanton area still about 25 minute drive from the Altamont Pass to 680 580 black ice skyline boulevard be careful if you are there highway 84, 35. Ac3v we have breaking news in San Francisco, crews were on the scene of a fire burning in ocean view district in one unit of three story Apartment Building on broad near plymouth several crews on the scene one person may have been treated for smoke inhalation, not confirmed. We are following the story and will bring you more information as soon as we get. In the south bay now needy families waiting in the cold to get help for the holidays. Amy hollyfield joins us live from san jose with the toy giveaway getting underway later this morning. Reporter look at the line of people already here. These are people hoping to get some of the 17,000 toys that will be handed out today. They dont have to stand in line to get the toys, but they are here any way, in the cold. Heres a look from the past what this day looks like. Parents can pick out toys and books for their kids. Officials here say they need 300 to 400 toys especially for teenagers. These people have appointments. They dont have to wait this line. But, some tell us it can get a little pushy and confusing and they just like to stakeout their spot. Empty seats and when people come and try to fill those seats, people that have been here all night, they feel like they deserve to be in front of them. People argue, im just trying to beat that. Reporter he and his wife got here 2 00 this morning, their appointment isnt until 10. There are 15 to 20 people scheduled, per appointment they will be open today until 7 00 then 8 to 5 tomorrow they think they have enough gifts to give to 5,690 children. All of their slots are booked. If you do come down and dont have an appointment you will be turned away. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Vice President Biden will get to work today on new Gun Policy Task for the president asked him to chair in response to the School Tragedy in connecticut. The Vice President is expected to meet with Law Enforcement leaders from across the country. President obama announced new Gun Policy Task force yesterday. Stay with abc7 news coming up, we go live to connecticut for more on the Vice President s meetings today. Plus, how the Sandy Hook Community is continuing to grieve. New in concord, Police Investigating robbery at popular mall it happened in the parking lot of the sun valley mall near the macys store 7 30 last night. A came came at her from behind pressed what she thinks was a gun against the back of her head and demanded money. In the south bay, authorities are trying to find the gunman who opened fire on uniformed marine driving down a freeway. Someone shot at the moving car on highway 85 in cupertino around 1 yesterday afternoon chp and Sheriffs Office trying to determine if the bullets were fired by someone on 85 or from the side of the freeway. U. S. Marine recruiter was driving the car with government license plates he was not injured. Hewlettpackard facing new suit from a shareholder accusing the company of making false claims over acquisition of the British Software giant autonomy last month American Panel wrote down. 8. 8 Million Dollars citing accounting mistakes the suit says hp represented the original value, hp is reviewing the claim. Their lowest level of the year, better news analysts say they will continue to drop. National tafrpblg below the 3. 27 a gallon mark drivers were paying january 1st of this year. Prices dropped for the past 27 days, Energy Experts predict prices could fall further, prices with will arent 20 cents a gallon less than in will run 20 cents a gallon less [ inaudible ] deadly attack that left four americans dead, including a bay area native. Events happening now on capitol hill as the investigation into. Live doppler seeing clouds north bay some radar returns blue variety not making it to the ground because the air is too dry between Cloverdale Napa 30, colder concord 29, 26 fairfield, frost redwood city and 32. Increasing clouds temperatures mid to upper 50s tonight wont be as coal tomorrow morning. But well have rain this well have rain this time tomorrow. Incline section upper deck reports of hitandrun accident near s of curve, traffic flowing nicely. Couple issues bart still experiencing 10 to 15 minute delay fremont line both directs from south hayward due tomorrower debris cleared. San francisco, muni, m line blocked due to fire at broad and plymouth, rerouted via k and t lines, shuttle busing in place to west portal. Right now on capitol hill in washington, d. C. , a Senate Foreign relationsvvm Committee Hearing on the except 11th, attack in qsnm on september 1h attack in benghazijoaae getting underway now. Testifying today are deputies to secretary of state hillary clinton, clinton herself is not testifying at todays hearing because she is recovering from a concussion. New this morning, we are just learning clinton is rescheduled to testify about the attacks next month. The date has not been specified. 6 11. Ups gets ready to make history today. Painful routine that has become too familiar in connecticut. Goodbyes continuing today. Fi winds this morning with cloud cover helping keep temperatures up a little trying to talk too fast, sorry. A little wind ch alsohere v Half Moon Bay bay winds about seven. 7 00 the rest of us 30s and 40s 50s through 4 00, increasi mu clouds and light rain north bay by 7 00 all of us have rain tomorrow, saturday and sunday mid to upper 50s. 6 15. Vice President Biden is getting to work on the Gun Task Force president obama appointed him to chair hes meeting with Law Enforcement leaders from across the country in response to the School Tragedy in connecticut. Mark greenblatt joins us live from connecticut. Reporter we expect in sandy hook we are expecting more funeral processions to run through town later today as president obama is calling for meaningful action soon on gun reform. Amazing grace reporter tears flowed freely neighboring communities came together for a tribute to newtown. Benjamin, one of the greatest in heaven. Reporter funeral processions seeped to spread across connecticut, children and adults. More than 100 firefighters honored young daniel who wanted to grow up to be one of them. Very upsetting that these young kids had their lives taken so early. Reporter mourners paid respect to sandy hook principal and teacher soto. I think any teacher what do what she did and not blink and just do whatever had to be done to protect those children. Reporter rebirth of sorts o for sandy hook students some got first look at new classrooms on loanha from a neighboring town the principal taking the helm here will come out of retirement as a former sandy hook principal. In washington president obama issued resounding call to action. The president this is not some washington commission. Reporter the president announced powerful team of cabinet members now have the new task of creating immediate reforms to prevent more shootings. Vice President Biden is wasting no time in getting right to work hes convining today, a meeting of Top Administration officials with top Law Enforcement officials from around the country to talk about how they can immediately begin implementing some of those reforms. Mark greenblatt, abc7 news. Stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the School Shooting tragedy. You can sign up for breaking news alerts at abc7news. Com. 6 17. Other top story of the morning the temperatures another cold morning. Especially east bay valleys, least affected by the winds and cloud cover where we are seeing thick frost this morning feel free to tweet us pictures or send pictures on facebook, facebook. Com mike nicco abc 7. People have been tweeting me, send a picture. Clear skies from sutro tower across San Francisco towards the east bay. Over the last three hours clouds increasing across the bay weve reached our lowest point of temperatures all temperatures stabilizing as we speak. Northwest corner Sonoma County that is radar shooting into the clouds not making it to the ground. Air too dry now for anything to make it to the ground. 30 napa and livermore, 29 concord, 26 fairfield, 32 frost redwood city. Warmer San Jose Mountain view 39 same oakland 40. San francisco 40 four. 44. 29 gilroy inland cool spot around monterey bay mid 30s. More clouds, faster breezes today dry during the Daylight Hours rain for all of us tonight milder tomorrow and wet and windy friday through sunday. High Pressure Holding this storm up to the north as it does, gathering moisture and also a lot of cloud cover at noon sprinkles north bay by 5 00 steadier rain towards santa rosa, could be moderate, midnight steadier rain along i80 from sacramento to San Francisco, overnight hours better chance of steadier0b0m2 n tomorrow morning a lot of green, definitely light rain everywhere for the commute scattered showers wednesday and keep the wet weather gear handy for friday night, heavier rain across the bay area during the Early Morning hours saturday from 3 to 7, by 8 00, steadier rain becoming showers at daygo s afternoon, saturday evening a lull, showers scattered and lighter for saturday evening. Up to five inches of rain north bay mountains, four inches north bay, inch or two around most of the bay area. Going to come down in a] qn sl[ enough pace i dont think well get much flooding wet through monday morning, monday afternoon and tuesday dry. Wet weather again wednesday. Bay bridge, metering lights on, traffic backing up past the overcrossing towards 880 overcrossing, still looks like carpool lanes best way if possible. Upper deck getting sluggish earlier accident at scurve out of lanes delays into San Francisco. San rafael southbound past freitas parkway and or up towards North San Pedro past civic Center Business southbound no problems and moving at the limit, couple issues delay fremont bart line due to earlier debris on tracks out of south hayward that affects both directions. Muni San Francisco mline blocked w[ k both directions at broad and plymouth rerouting k and t lines and subtle busings to west portal. And [ inaudible ] the reason getting balloons for your next party could be a problem. Putting potatoes in the air [ inaudible ] high temperatures today on the rise mid to upper 50s thanks to breezes out of the south this afternoon less sunshine as we head through the afternoon. Rain and snow well north Crescent City and that area going to stay well north during the Daylight Hours down to the south sunshine and low to mid 60s, palm springs, san diego and los angeles, tahoe you have to leave today i insist upon it, take tomorrow off, it is on me. [ laughing ] we have a winter storm warning it is going to be dangerous starting 6 00 tomorrow, snow level 4,000 feet, gusty winds and whiteout conditions friday through possibly monday morning. New morning, frantic day for ups the company says it will be the busiest day in its history, the company known for the color brown is expected to deliver 28 million packages today in the u. S. When you break it down that averages to 300 parcels a second. Reminder, tomorrow is the deadline to ship gifts if you want to make sure they arrive by christmas eve. If you noticed fewer balloons at birthday parties you are not alone New York Times reports there is a worldwide helium shortage, the reason a drop in Natural Gas Prices making helium less profitable. New plants under construction in wyoming and overseas are facing delays and maintenance trouble. Some Party Supply Stores are turning away customers wanting balloons. Others are rationing new video provided from airplane manufacturer boeing shows 20,000 potatoes filling seats on a test aircraft, boeing says too ly simulate how humans respond to electronic signals from wifi to sport phones. Engineers say it avoids filling plane with hundreds of people for long periods of time after the test, boeing donated the potatoes to a food bank. Sounds like a half baked idea to me. Norad saying goodbye to google and hello to microsoft, the Santa Tracker team will use Microsofts BingMapping Service to help track santas journey around the world for the past five years norad had been using google earth. The partnership broke up when google launched its own competing santa tracking service. The tracking starts in four days or three days kids tried to get on yesterday. I can wait to see the changes with bing. Who should pay forever pg es pipeline improvement . The decision expected today, more than two years after the deadly san bruno pipeline disaster. Hazmat scare on peninsula, forcing cruise to he neighborhood. Reporter live in santa rosa, temperatures near freezing rain on the way. Hear from a man who says dont worry about the chill, chill out yourself, coming up in a live report. Sue hall in the traffic center. Live shot of the bay bridge, metering lights on. Sluggish upper deck due to earlier accident cleared out of lanes. Black ice reported in the Santa Cruz Mountains andnwdu petaluma road causing problems there. Bart delay and muni problems this morning, when with we come back, after the break a good morning on this thursday 6 30 thanks for joining us. Live look on the bay bridge, botholov sides of the bay, you n see a little wind out there which is probably good keeping things a little warmer than they otherwise would have been. Otherwise, it is still pretty chilly out there. Thanks for joining us im kristen sze. Im eric thomas. For our friends in the east bay and those valleys, you may have the worst of it this morning when it comes to the cold, right mike . Upper 20s to low 30s. Live doppler and satellite you can see high clouds over taking north bay and starting to spill into the east bay has kept temperatures up [ inaudible ] light blue, not reaching the ground radar shooting into the clouds, seeing rain just too dry underneath that will be the theme today thats why we are going to be dry again. More clouds and low to mid 50s by 4 00. Inland with frosty over east bay valleys, sprinkles north by 4 00, rain in the north bay by 7 00, along the coast rain up north by 7 00, n upper 40s. Good morning. Problems macarthur maze looks like one possibly two accidents maybe overturn involved well check on that this is a live look at 80 westbound approaching the maze i think these accidents are on the 580 approach, checking back in a couple of minutes on that. Approaching the toll metering lights on traffic back to the 880 overcrossing. Update on bart situation, no further delay out of fremont line because of earlier debris picked up. Muni problem on m line both directions broad at plymouth due to fire k and t lines west portal in place. Update on breaking news, crews contained two alarm blaze one burning in an Apartment Building in San Francisco on broad near plymouth the fire started in one apartment in the back of the building went to two alarms, crews have knocked it down. Muni bus being brought77dg io transport 25 people evacuated, it shutdown muni service in that area, muni is trying to reroute now. Crews are going floor to floor to make sure the fire is out and everybody is out of the building. Latest on the muni option with sue in a bit. Cold temperatures gripping the entire day area especially some places in the valley as a new storm moves closer to the bay area. Outside. Reporter mid 30s here in santa rosa as i stand in front of the jelly doughnut, a 24 hour doughnut shop. Look at a picture that says what this morning is about for a lot of people they come in every morning for a cup of coffee maybe more appreciative on a morning when it is closer to freezing. Some getting wound up about this cold weather, a man said when it comes to chill, chillout. If it is cold, i dress warm. Reporter kind of logical. Yeah. Reporter are you ready for the rain this evening . We have it all the time. If you live in this area, you have to get prepared or else you will be washed away. Reporter talk about taking it all in stride. On the other side of the coin someone i met out here this morning travis williams, a homeless man traveling with his friend nadine, the