It is cold. A lot of people like to golf this time of the year because it is usually warmup but the greens are frozen. Can you not play on them until they thaw. Sounds like a good excuse for shooting in the triple digits. I amful going. You cannot use the wind as an excuse because there is no wind. In the Santa Clara Valley and the bay shoreline to the coast until 9 00 keep everything recollected. We will have temperatures that will be near levels that could cause damage to sensitive plants in the bay shore and Santa Clara Valley and not the coast if San Francisco. The next 12 hours as we look at fairly light winds here in San Francisco, 26 inland to 42 in San Francisco, hazy sunshine spare the air no wood burning, lowtomid 50 and dress for chilly temperatures in the flu 40s. Thanks mike month excuses for getting do work late. It is light. Here is a look at 80 moving to emeryville through berkeley to the macarthur maze with the headlights headed in the westbound direction and it and relatively light this morning. Friday light. And we have a look at walnut creek and that is south 680 the tail lights headed to treat on the approach to the 24 interchange with no lays making your way through the San Ramon Valley. Just some debris in the lanes northbound 101 at the todd offramp, a wooden sawhorse fell off the back of a truck and it is blocking the middle chain and california will do a traffic break to get it out. We will get to the cold snap and talk more about it as mike mentioned we are waking up to the coldest temperatures you can expect the whole winter season. Amy hollyfield is braving the cold. Thank you for showing us what is going on. If you are waking up in the north bay look behind me. Look what you can expect. The temperature gauge will say it all, 36 degrees does not feel like california out here. It is bitter. It is not okay for people to sleep outside in this. Shelters are doing all they can to get the homeless inside. They are making sure they do not turn anyone away skipping the pair work process and saying just get in here even if it is crowded. We have 50 beds and they are bunk bed style and five mats so they would be placed out in the dining area and in the living room area. Those are available for people, like an overflow so if they dont have a bed they can sleep on the mat and we have people sleep on coaches. Do few thing of burning fire, stay home today they have declareed today spare the air day so no burning allowed. If you do and you are caught, you could be fined anywhere from 100 to 500 so an expensive mistake. That is if place for 24 hours so grab the big blanket and throw an extra blanket on the bed or couple the new are outside low on a big thanks for the good advise and the cold spell bringing unusually Cool Temperatures to southern california. The nearly 40 degrees temperatures are not what tourists visiting planned on and it will be highs approaching 70 for the weekend. Los angeles coldest on record is 28 degrees set in 1949. You can keep tabs on the big chill which is free at apple app and google play. Many undocumented immigrants in the bay area are expected to brave the cold to be among the first to sign up for drivers licenses. This is the result of a new law from the new year. Our reporter is at the dmv in san jose. Officials are expecting such a huge rush of politicians they are bringing in extra staffers and feel offices are open tomorrow. You need to make an appointment in advance or today and you can go to one of three process, centers in person. Starting today, undocumented ill grants can apply if a state drivers license and this is something they have not been able to do in 20 years. When the state started requiring roof of legal residence. The program is designed to make the roads safer and easier for immigrants to get coverage. We did a study and we found that unlicensed and revoked drivers were three times as likely to get in a fatal accident as drivers would have a valid drivers license. We are hoping with the new law the roads will become safer. The listens will not be recognized as federal identification the written test will be offered in spanish but the driving part you must prove you can read and understand road signs in english. California now becomes the 10th state to give immigrants the right to acquire a drivers license. Thank you. This morning, president obama is among those mourning the loss of former new york governor mario cuomo, the three term governor was first elected in 1982 but left an impact far beyond his new york which his son now leads. We are joined from new york with a look back at cuomos remarkable political career. Good morning christian and matt. He was 82. Best known for his humble goingings and became a political giant and a powerful public speaker. In a city with streets in the gutter. Devoted Public Servant never afraid to speak his mine. Either we make it all of us together or there is no america worth the give that god has given this messed blessed place. He was a three term governor born in queens 82 years ago. Houred before he died in manhattan his son current new York Governor Andrew Cuomo paid tribute. He could not be here physically today, my father, but my father is in this room. He is in the heart and mind of every person who is here. As a staunch supporter of civil rights protector of the underdog and womens right to choose cuomo resisted the treasure to run for president twice in 1988 and in the 1992. He did this because he believed in new york and he believed in america. He had a great passion and a great love for his culture. The sovereign tailian immigrants he worked in his farmers Grocery Store and went to law school and launched the political career. The last public appearance was in november of 2014 at the victory speech for his sons reelection marking the last time the only fatherson governors in new york history shared a stage. Cuomo died with his family by his side. He is survived by his wife and five children and 14 grandchildren. Coming up at 6 30 the political moment when political observers say rocketed mario cuomo to instant political stardom. Kaiser permanente is spending todown plans for a week long strike with the Union Representing 2,huff member tall Health Workers announced a strike would begin a week from monday this is video of Kaiser Permanente nurses on strike in november and the strike is to call attention to what Officials Say is the failure to provide timely and Adequate Mental Health services to patients. According to the resolution democrat, a spokesman called the strike irresponsible and said the union needs to return to the bargaining table. We need to return back to temperatures 32 degrees because we are seeing the freezing temperatures. Get out scabs and the scarves and mittens. We are getting cold air drainage and palo alto is 30 and redwood city is 31 and freezing cold in foster city at 32. We hit 36 in san mateo and belmont and 36 in san carlos and freezing cold this Mountain View and fremont is 37, and napa is 29 the danville is 27. The coolest spot is in the bay area right now. Today, spare the air day with no burning booed temperatures are mostly in the lowtomid or lowtoupper 50s inland and midtoupper 50s for the rest of us. The conditions will be favorable for a spare the air friday, saturday sunday and monday topping out in the 60. We head back to 88 and the fill Man University area and berkeley at the top of the scene. C. H. P. Is doing a traffic break with a truck that was dumping stuff off the back including a ladder and wooden furniture. A lot of people move this time of the in so that is the reason why so much debris on the roads. We have a clear road here coming into San Francisco and next weekend, the bridge will be shut down for the entire weekend. You will want to use the richmond and san rafael and more debris in santa rosa north 101. Matt and kristen . It is 6 10, the centers for Disease Control says the country in the middle of a flu epidemic and a new update on what to expect as we begin the new year. The recovery of bono and what he revealed he may never be able to do after the bicycling accident. Had couple and the through born son need your help, the reason they are unable to leave new york city. More weather and traffic all morning including cold weather this or. This is from the embarcadero if San Francisco. Stay tuned. Female announcer its time to make room for the new mattress models during sleep trains huge year end Clearance Sale, get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempurpedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. Save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. Plus, free sameday delivery, setup and removal of your old set. Why wait for the new models . Sleep trains year end Clearance Sale is on now . Guaranteed your ticket to a better nights sleep this is los gatos and petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Welcome back at 6 14 on friday january 2. This is downtown San Francisco from the sutro tower camera where it is 42 degrees. Meteorologist mike nicco says that is, in fact the warmest spot in the bay area and i know you are being asked why. It is because of the we waters surrounding the city and the concrete which you fine in a big city like San Francisco keeping the temperatures cold. The centers for Disease Control is expected to release new numbers regarding the flu epidemic, 22 states are reporting high activity but so far california has avoided the significant activity. The centers for Disease Control announced 15 children have dayed since the season began in the fall. We expect the outbreak to spread. I expect we will see high activity in more than 22 states. We have had the holiday vacation and people spread the flu as they travel around. If you experience symptoms, call your doctor rather than going to the hospital. Your doctor will determine if you need to come in or can be treated from home. We know poor lifestyle choices and inherited agains can raise the risk of cancer but scientists at Johns Hopkins found another important factor bad luck. Random gene mutations that were why up contribute to cancer overall. This morning a young couple from the u. K. Are asking for help. They are trapped in new york city after their philipine was born 11 weeks early and they are facing 200,000 medical bill. The couple were on a five day trip to new york when she delivered their son ever listen weeks early weighing only three pounds. The newborn cannot fly home until march and the couple is not sure if insurance will cover their medical bills in the united states. The couple has set up a go fund me page saying they have no money, no clothes no friends or family here in the united states. The Ronald Mcdonald house has stepped in. The future of bonos musicalco career is in doubt. He suffered severe injuries in november when he crashed his bicycle in new york central pork including shoulder plaid plaid and eye congress set and his elbow. Heed add he will have to concentrate hard to be ready for the planned tour later this year. When it first happened people did not thing it was serious and it got worse and worst. Hopefully he will be on his feet and continue on tour. He will will always be able to sing but not playing the guitar . Rehab is hard. You have done it . If shoulder. It is not easy. The older you get the harder it is. What did you know about old matt keller . But the cold, we nothing something about that except those in california where it is still relatively warp. Hard to move around even for the young ones. We go from 42 in San Francisco to 20 in san ramon and danville which is the spread this morning and why you can see right here, live doppler hd showing a lack of winds in most areas and there is no fog or we would have to deal with the black ice. That is a good sign. No matter how cold it is at least we are not hearing reports of that much of the Golden Gate Bridge shows it is fuzzy and mostly no fog here and very light wind for the commute. As we look across the we north bay, the Water District is forecasting to have the worst air quality and we are all under the burning ban of the spare the air alert and this is how it looks in walnut creek traffic is picking up and we will talk to sue to find out if you have issues getting around. Grab the sin glass sunglasses. Hazy sunshine. You not need a heavy coat but a lighter one and freezing cold in the valleys one more night and our lows and our highs will be warmer as we head through the weekend and interest next week but that also sets us up for more spare the air days and the temperatures are coolest inland, fairfield and antioch, 53 to veteran in santa rosa and Half Moon Bay and santa cruz and the warm spot cloverdale at 58. 20 around santa rosa and napa and upper 20s no to low 3 and richmond and san rafael and oakland and san mateo and to Half Moon Bay lowtomid 40s. Three areas of High Pressure dominating our forecast. The jet stream is to the Arctic Circle but dutching the cold air in the great lakes into new england and we get the opposite , we are dry and warmer. The temperatures are baby steps a couple of degrees here and there and we do not get much warming from the sun but by tuesday and wednesday lowtomid 60s and cooler weather arrives with a chance of rain on thursday. Have a great weekend. No chain requirements in the sierra at this hour and a nice drive up to lake tahoe area and from san mateo or from hayward looking for san mateo the right side of the tail lights headed to the highrise and when and it and looking good with no delays at all. And san jose this is 101 and 880 and traffic is flowing nicely with no problems up to the peninsula and some remaining debris and c. H. P. Is trying to get the traffic slow to get the sawhorse ad wooen sawhorse is in the middle of the lane northbound 101 at todd not see ing any slow traffic at this hour because it is so earlily and know metering lights ask traffic is flowing into San Francisco and mass transit on friday lite with bart on time. The golden gate ferry has extended holiday service. No ace trains from the central valley. It is 6 20. The search for a new 49ers head coach continues and Team Officials are set to interview as early as today. Many people think Prince George is adorable and what is making him a style icon. A baby style icon. First we have a look at the Golden Gate Bridge with a beautiful shot this morning and cold temperatures average the bay area and weather and traffic during the commercial right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. 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Mike shanahan the offensive coordinator when they won the super bowl in 1994 will interview for the head coach position this week. He was out of the nfl at four years in washington and when two super bowl in concern verify and his son is office tensive coordinator of the browns and is under consideration. The 49ers meet with broncos offensive coordinator, as well. One of the best players of the nba will not take the court to take on the warriors, lebron james is expected to pice the next two weeks including on friday, again the warriors because of a strained left me and back problem. This is the longest stretch he has missed in his career averaging over 25 point as game. Britains Prince George is taking after his mother and is becoming a fashion icon. You might remember the photos last month, wearing a blue vest from a british designer in the official christmas portrait. Looking too adorable. Parents could not resist and want to copy the prince with the photo prompting a massive purchase on the brand and this is now one of the most popular fashion labels on this side. I cannot say i an surprised. He will be in the news and everyone will see what he is wearing but he will still drool on it and drop his food on it. He doesnt care that it costs hundreds of dollars. We continue with the top stories. High Speed Police Pursuit stretches across the east bay account drivers mistake that finally ended the chase. Mr. President , you ought to know, this nation is more a tale of two cities than a shining city on a hill. More on the life of late former new york governor more i dont cuomo the single moment that rocketed the liberal icon to political stardom. Bundle up. It is cold. It is a spare the air day. We have the details ahead. The forecast s