On by a gray voex baggen. They believe the gray car was driving the wrong way. The driver of the gray volkswagen had a broken ankle. The driver of the chevy aveo taken to the hospital with serious injuries and another car involved, rear ended the gray volkswagen and that person was able to go away from the scene, picked up by their boyfriend and taken away from the scene. They were not injured at all. Southbound 280 is back open. Thats a good news for commuters this morning as people have been waiting for about 50 minutes when this whole freeway was blocked off for an hour from 3 30 to 4 30 this morning. Back to you in the studio. Thank you. We were watching this at 4 30. Alexis, it looked so bad and cleared it up rather quickly. Sure did. Right around 3 30 this morning and then matt able to get to the scene for us and give us a lot more information so just thankfully everyone is going to survive that. We have sere yious injuries andr your compute looking much better. Heres where it was. Southbound 280 at bird avenue before 87. We are totally back in the green so as matt mentioned that did fully clear out. Im not seeing any residual delays and light system wide with the holiday week here. Look at the forecast now with meteorologist lisa. Hey there. Good morning to you. Freezing and sub freezing temperatures in the inland east bay and the north bay. Check out that 29 degrees there in danville. Lafayette 32. Concord, the rest of the bay area, north bay, freezing. Sunny, high clouds, warmer. It is a beautiful day. And we will look for changes in your extended outlook. Holiday weekend. Ill have them for you coming up. Jessica . Thank you. This morning, we are hearing from the family of actress Carrie Fisher who will be forever known for playing Princess Leia in star wars. Fisher passed away yesterday morning after cardiac arrest last friday aboard a flight from london to los angeles. Her younger brother todd spoke publicly of her sudden death and her struggles with addiction and mental illness. 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 was anything 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. Abc 7 news was there as movie fans just hearing about the loss of Carrie Fisher. Some to see the latest star wars future rogue one. One of the main ingredients, elements of star wars think of Princess Leia and Carrie Fisher. She is an icon. Absolutely. This man says he met fisher at a convention and remembers that she was happy to meet with the fans and treated all of them with grace. We first told you about the passing with a push alert on the phone. You can get news updates as they happen with the app and enable push alerts. A gunman is still on the loose this morning after killing a former marine monday night in oakland. Happened right around brookdale and 35th avers. Police say the 23yearold Kristopher Killian was visiting friends when he was killed. Neighbors say its usually safe and quiet a. Resident 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. Its those things happen. Killians sister set up a go fund me page to help with funeral services. If you would like to help, we have a link on our website abc 7 news. Com. Gosh, this homeowner been through the wringer in sausalito. Waiting for more repairs to the garage this morning. It was hit for a second time in eight months by a truck. Sky 7 overhead of the home yesterday. This is a cement truck on its side in a hole where the garage used to be. Somebody says you have a giant concrete truck in the hole that used to be your garage you know something serious happened. Im glad when 2016 is over because its not been a very good year. Not the only one that feels that way. In april, a 50,000pound asphalt truck smashed into the garage and yesterdays work was an attempt to fix the damage by first building a retaining wall as a cement truck driver unloaded ferrells, the ground gave way and the truck flipped over. Just bad luck. As donald trump plans the transition to the white house, he had a slight problem at his new york home. You see people running out there because trump tower in manhattan had to be evacuated yesterday because of a suspicious package. A bomb squad checked out a bag left unattended. Turns out it was full of toys. The president elect was at the florida estate during the 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 interview from president 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. At the memorial site. It is 75 years since the japanese attack and this is the first joint visit for both nations. President obama said it demonstrates the power of reconciliation, that enemies can be allies when war comes to an end. A new effort to see if restoring the mt. Tams west peak is feasible. Theres a study to look at the potential costs of design alternatives for the Old Air Force station there. The west peak was used as a lookout until 1980 to search for soviet war planes and house shortrange nuclear missiles. The study received 450,000 in funding from the Water District and we do apologize for this incorrect video. Also, the Golden Gate National park conservancy. New years is a time to have fun but you do need to be safe. Fun but you do need to be safe. Next well tell you good wednesday morning to you. We are very cold once again. Freezing and sub freezing temperatures from the north bay. 30 santa rosa. Upper 30s in Mountain View. 35 in san jose. So once again, with the cool start, well have a Sunny Afternoon with high clouds and coming up today, upper 50s to low 60s and warmest day tomorrow cooling back for the weekend and the rain looks like we are taking it out of the forecast just a very slim chance on new years day. Alexis, good new this is morning . Good news is sig alert cleared in san jose. I have a new problem and this is westbound 80 just passed the bay bridge metering lights. Just pass the metering lights, where the lanes merge together down to five lanes, seeing the flashing lights. Reportedly in the two middle lanes, lanes four and five. A couple of vehicles involved. Still working on more details there and working behind that at the bay bridge toll plaza camera, not slowing you down at the outer sides while it continues. Probably a good idea and we dont have the metering lights on this morning. I know i promised drive times. That will be next. Thank you. Cal train will offer free rides on new years eve. Starting 8 00 p. M. Saturday, theyll stop charging fares for passengers and the agency also adding four southbound trains to operate after midnight. The trains will leave the station in San Francisco starting at 12 45 a. M. New years day. Thats after the Fireworks Show along the and muni offering free rides from 8 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. On new years day. All service will be free both buses and cable cars, extra buses are scheduled. 6 12 now. 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In your heart. avo the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety Million Dollars to help real people like these. Police want help tracking down this burglar who stole presents from a familys christmas tree. Take a look at video. Shows a man going into the home on Spencer Court in gilroy december 15th. Rummages around for a bit before stealing two presents. The burglar disconnected the Security Camera but it was downloaded the server. The last time a new jersey great grandmother and grandchild were seen, the 71yearold and her 5yearold granddaughter missing since christmas eve. They left saturday morning to see family in north carolina. Last time they were heard from or seen was at a gas station in virginia. Their families say it is great grandmother makes the drive at least once a year and knows the way around. 6 16 now. Police in arkansas obtained a search warrant for an amazon echo. And theyre hoping the home digital assistance might have digital evidence of a murder investigation. Police seized the device and then asked amazon for voice recordings. Echo itself does not store questions but the servers do. Police think the suspect may have activated the device inard vert ently. Amazon released this statement saying the company will not release customer information without a valid and Binding Legal demand. Smokers are being pushed further away from Sports Events. Those found to be smoking within 250 feet of youth Sports Events on public property could be fined 250. The previous law prohibited the use of Tobacco Products in 25 feet of a playground or sand box. Under a similar law, pro Baseball Players cannot chew tobacco on a baseball field. Lisa joins us now. Still starting in the 30s in some places. Right . Getting low. The reward is afternoon where we have milder temperatures. Good. Yeah. If you spend any time outside today, you certainly will notice the change. Probably did yesterday. Heres live doppler 7 and clear and thats why we are so, so cold out there. Temperatures ranging from mid30s in san jose. Good morning, Mountain View. 39. 44 in oakland. Gilroy, 54. Check out our north and east bay valleys where, yeah, it is certainly cold with 29 in fairfield. 32 novato. Freezing concord and livermore. The difference between yesterday morning and this morning, nothing. Once again very chilly. Maybe fog earlier in santa rosa. That cleared. Milder today, tomorrow cooler pattern for friday into the holiday weekend. And a tiny bit of moisture for a system coming in on new years day. Upper 50s in the city. Look at that 60. 62 san jose. 61 in santa rosa. A significant climb from the morning lows and new years eve, cloud it up, cool it off. Highs struggling to the low 50s and then midnight, chilly in the upper 30s. The sevenday forecast, dry, sunny, milder through tomorrow. And then well look at cooler conditions, still dry, though. Partly cloudy. A chilly start to the new year and maybe showers into monday. Good morning, alexis. Good morning. I have some good news. Just about ten minutes ago, that crash that was westbound 80 to the west of the metering lights. We have flashing lights in the two middle lanes there. If you look closely, see a vehicle with the hazards on the left shoulder. The cars involved cleared off to the parking lots there. All lanes are back open. And i was worried when we had that crash in such a tough spot and flip the metering lights on and we have avoided so far today and no. Wide open and they never did turn those on. Enjoy the lighter than average commute today. We are a little heavy out of the central valley. 40 minutes. We were up over an hour earlier due to a vehicle fire. Westbound, 15 minutes and southbound 101 also in the green. Only going to take you 17 minutes. Thank you. Good morning america at 7 00 right here on abc 7. Paula farris is live with a look at whens ahead. Good morning, paula. Good morning. Hi, San Francisco. It is great to be with you this morning an coming up on gma this wednesday, continuing our coverage on the life of the incomparable Carrie Fisher. The world remembers the star wars icon and influential advocate of mental health. A guest joins us and watch some of the unforgettable final interview with our very own amy robach. Donald trump ramping up the twitter attack against president obama blasting him for suggesting he could have won the election against trump. Were live from the white house with the latest on these growing tensions. Plus, the d. C. Christmas murder mystery. A yoga teacher and actress found dead in the car. The suspects in custody. But authorities are still searching for a motive and trying to piece together a time line. Ladies, this is a big mystery trying to get to the bottom of it. We have all the stories and more coming up on gma this wednesday and we hope you can join us and have a great show out there. We appreciate your energy and enthusiasm. It is still dark and early out here. See you soon. Thank you. Saving for college is important. Next, how early you should start putting money away. Plus, one of the seasons hottest gifts, certainly. Now some people reporting a big problem with their hatch a moles. Well explain. And as you get your day into gear, keep on top of the weather and traffic throughout the break with abc 7 news now. Welcome back. The government looking into possible issues with some ford fusion and Mercury Milan cars. The National Transportation safety args said the brake pedal may lose pressure and difficult to stop. The problem is in the model year 2007 to 2009 cars. There have been three crashes blamed on the problem so far. As well as 141 other complaints. All right. Hatchamole, a sought after toy this Holiday Season. Some kids frustrated on christmas morning, though. Parents who got their hands on the sold out toy say it doesnt hatch. When kids knock, tap or rub the shell, the toy supposed to hatch after 30 minutes. Unhappy customers are complaining on twitter. Its not clear exactly how widespread the problem is. So far, theres no comment from the maker spin master. But as i mentioned earlier, it is like a real egg. Some dont hatch. Time to ask finney this morning. Theres a question about paying for education. 7 on your sides Michael Finney has his answer. I just received a lump sum payment from Social Security for my benefits for disability. And i want to know what forms i need to fill out for my taxes so i can break it down per year. Hi, lisa. Great talking to you in the ask finney event in walnut creek. This is really complicated. Start with the irs publication 915. It lays out process there. Now, its pretty complicated. You might not go it alone. Think about the united way bay area. It has a Great Service that will help you fill out the right forms. Now, ill post the links on the website go. To abc 7 news. Com. Its going to take a while and wont be easy. Thank you for your question and happy new year. Looks like the wrong question was loaded in there. A cute bird in the sweater. If you have a question for Michael Finney, record it. Share it on social with ask finney or abc news 7. Com ask finney. Despite the citys high cost of housing, a new survey finds that San Francisco is the best metropolitan city 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 the presence of arts and entertainment. San francisco, the study states, offers a favorable economic climate and strong opportunities for work after graduation. Series of earth quakes hit overnight. A bay area viewer said they felt it. More coming up next. East bay prisoner is a free man today thanks to president obamas record setting commute but not everyone is happy about it. 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