Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News At 900PM On KOFY 20150103 : c

Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News At 900PM On KOFY 20150103

Towns. Do it once again tomorrow morning. Right now take a look. Fairfield at 34 degrees. Oakland right now at chilly 39 degrees. 40 in antioch. 37 santa rose. Downtown San Francisco right now the warmer spot on the map with temperature of 48 degrees. But the temperatures continue to drop the freeze warning goes in effect at midnight tonight for interior sections of the north bay and east bay and also the santa cruz mountains. The temperatures getting rather frosty in the mid 20s to low 30s. Frost advisory in effect around the bay but im tracking warmer weather on the wait a minute detail that with the forecast coming up. Thank you. To break breaking news in kentucky tonight. State police say a 7 tonight. State police say a 7yearold girl has survived a Small Plane Crash that killed 4 people. It happened in a rural part of the state between st. Louis and nashville. Officials say the 7yearold girl walked away from the wreckage to a nearby home. Police say the disoriented girl told rest didnt she had just been in a plane crash. They called 911. Authorities found the aircraft couple hours later and confirmed this the pilot and 3 other passengers were killed. The pilot had reported engine problems just before losing contact with air traffic controllers. The girl was taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Long lines formed at dmv office did as they began accepting applications from illegal im grant. Nearly one and a half Million People are expected to apply for a license over the next three years in california. Abc 7 news chris winn has more on the rush to sign up. For the hundreds of applicant who filled the waiting room off center road there is no line too long to dampen their day. Pch now i can say yes, i have made it. Reporter the scene inside the dmv anything but ordinary. As part of Assembly Bill 60 undocumented im gant can now applies for a california drivers license. Its all part of program aimed at boost part of program aimed at boosting safety on the roads while making immigrants lives a little easier. Guiteirez of san jose spent the afternoon at dmv moving here from south america nearly 16 years ago. Filled most of the time. I dont want to be scared. Pull me over and take my car. Reporter critic believe the program isnt good for california. They say the new law compromise Public Safety and reward those here illegally and reward those here illegally. People that say its a necessity to have a drivers license in california, would i say yes these true if you are an american citizen. But nobody gives you any rights when you come walking across the border think you just belong here. Reporter dmv expects nearly 1. 4 Million People to seek a license under the program in the next three years. Spokesperson p. M. Here says the department is ready. Every applicant will need to meet the same driving requirement. Same listening standard. We know that folks are already driving but we need them to be licensed drivers. Reporter hayward resident jose didnt bring all the next documents but came here to start the process and to be a part of history. Im happy for this opportunity. To get my driver license. Reporter its an opportunity many people have waited years for. But one they never thought they would be able to have. At one point the wait time today went up to nearly 4 hours. In san jose, nearly 4 hours. In san Jose Chris Winn abc 7 news. We now know the identity of the man arrested for setting fire to cars in the south bay. According to media partner San Jose Mercury news the suspect is 37yearold jason troy or land a. Deputy say he set as many as 10 vehicle on fire along the san Jose Campbell border since december 22. Nobody hurt. Hes being held on half Million Dollar bail for the arson. Right now we are following the search for missing man in san leandro. 90yearold rupert fong was last seen this afternoon on orchid drive. Not far from the chalk lieutenant outlet and san leandro hospital. Gone for several days. He disnot have a car. We are told he walks everywhere we are told he walks everywhere. If you have seen this plan please call the police immediately. Get ready for traffic mess. It is as a matter of fact sailing rate now but it will be a different story next weekend when the Golden Gate Bridge shuts down to install the new median barrier. Tiffany wilson has more on the changes you will see when it reopens. First of all northbound traffic can rejoice. Other than lasting 6 inches of width off the lane next to the barrier everything remains the same. Different story for drivers heading south. Starting sond morning january 12th the speed limit along the grade will drop from 55 to 45 miles per hour. I think thats kind of good because at the moment people go 60 over the bridge very easily and nobody bothers them. Reporter but others who live in marin and work in the city worry the slower speed limit will increase their commute. It wont slow me down. Reporter but i dont see the reason that they should do that. I dont think its necessary. New speed limit isnt the only change. As the animation shows south bond approach to the Golden Gate Bridge will switch from a left to right merge to a right to left merge. Nobody we spoke to knew this was coming. Take a little bit of getting used to. To be honest i didnt know about it. Im aware of what it is now. Got the rhythm of it so ill change rhythm again i guess. Her friend was hit head on crossing the bridge. Multiple fracture kid was involved in it. Shes a physician. It changed her life forever. The changes are justified. We have to did the measure that are uncomfortable in some way but in the long run they are helping us l stay healthy and alive. 36 people have did on the span since 1971. 16 of the fatality from head on crash. Bridge district says the new movable concrete barrier will reduce the potential for additional head on collision. In San Francisco, tiffany wilson, 7 news. Driver wont have access to beginning at 12 01 00 a. M. January 10 through 4 a. M. January 12th. Golden gate transit buses will continue to run routes across the bridge. Also walk or bike on the east sidewalk. West sidewalk will be closed and Emergency Vehicle will still be allowed to cross. Find Additional Information about the closure on our web site. 7 news. Com. The decision by Contra Costa County supervisions to give themselves a whopping 33 percent pay raise back firing tonight. They were supposed to start getting the extra money monday. But now its on hold. Vl laura explains why. People are angry. People are mad. I get that. Reporter 2 most after they gave themselves a 33 percent pay increase it looks like Contra Costa County supervisors may vote to rescind it. That is thanks to the effort of opponent most of them county workers who have submitted 39 workers who have submitted 39,000 signatures on petition demanding the board reverse the vote. Asking others within the county to make sacrifices while you yourself are doing quite the opposite and pursuing self enrichment thats a crisis of leadership. Reporter supervisor Karen Mitchell says she will likely vote to resend but maintenance she and her colleagues deserve the increase. When people are constantly telling you that your job is worth nothing and you dont do anything and you dont deserve it and that goes to all of us thats a little hard to take. Reporter in november supervisor voted 41 to ascrews their own annual pay to be commensurate with other bay area counties. With annual salary of 97,000 dollars per year cocoa supervisors rank last. Well below marin, San Francisco, san mateo, alameda and santa clare counties. Adjustment would increase cocoa supervisor salary to 129,000 dollars per year. 32,000 dollars more than a state assembly member. They gave themselves the same wage increase whether 4 or 5 percent over the next 2 to 3 years they could do that 3, 3, 3 4, 4, 4 5 5 5 we wouldnt be standing here. Reporter they could reconsider the pay increase on january 13 if they dont rescind it the issue could good to special election which could cost the county more than 1 Million Dollars. Martinez Laura Anthony abc 7 news. We have a lot more ahead on this friday night. Coming up. New effort to stop the olympic from coming to San Francisco. Why critic say its just not worth it. Popular napa tree vandalize. Iconic natural figure removed. What people are asking the vandal tonight. Put on some extra layers if heading outside. Drew has temperatures where you live 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 local group has just lunched a campaign to stop San Francisco olympic hopes. City is one of 4 americican cities hoping to host the 2024 summer games. More now from lee ann on why they want to stop it. Likely be going to the balance let. Former soup says the newly formed coalition sf no 2014 olympic will ask voters to demand that no public money be spent on the olympics if San Francisco were to host them. This is the letter sent to the u. S. Olympic committee and signed by a few neighborhood groups and organizations opposing San Francisco bid for the 2024 olympics. What we are saying to the olympics is if you want to kilometer to San Francisco we want to make sure that the taxpayers arent left on the hook. Several studies have been done on how the Olympic Games and host city have exceeded the budget. One in particular shows that every game since 1960 the has overrun its initial budget by an average of 179 percent. 4 u. S. City bidding for the 2024 olympics. Boston. Los angeles. Washington, d. C. And San Francisco. On december 16 all the city appeared before the u. S. Olympic committee. I think today it was very clear that the ds o c is looking for a partner that will Work Together with the local with the bid committee to bring the Olympic Games home to the u. S. And we think we would be a great choice. Members leading the bid for San Francisco has said the existence of new venue in the bay area would reduce the price tag for hosting the games. Today that group declined to comment on daily editorial and demands exploratorium supervisor john avila said San Francisco has been down the road before. With the america cup. When it came to america cup we expected there was to be a lot more money raised by the private sector to put on the event and they actual hi didnt raise as much money as they said they were. Reporter San Francisco ended up losing more than 11 Million Dollars. Still even if the u. S. Olympic committee selected San Francisco we would still have to bid against other International Cities who are also competing for the 2024 olympic. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. And the u. S. Olympic committee will decide before the end of this month which city it to host the 2024 summer games. Coast guard has grounded popular like tahoe cruise boat. No sail order imposed on the tahoe queen because of mechanical problems. Coast guard says it is not related to a new years day incident. Just yesterday when the paddle wheeler was stalled by high wind. Iconic tree in napa has been vandalize. This is the napa tree moose. Knot on the tree near the park here looks like a moose head but now someone has cut off that moose haed for some reason. Lillian is on the story. Napa tree mooz has large following in napa even own facebook page. Over the years the growth on the side of eucalyptus tree taken on rainbow color in honest of same sex marriage orange and black during the latest world series run and most often the colors of napa local high school. But now that the moose is gone the people in napa are in mourning. I dont think i have ever seen any other town that has something as unique as moose head on a eucalyptus tree so it is really sad that someone took it. Reporter mooz disappeared new years easement one neighbor said it was around 11 00 p. M. When her husband alertded her to the sound of voices and chain saw. I went to the back door i said okay it does sound like a chain saw but never put it together that the moose was chopped off. Reporter mooz day on dry creek road were already numbered. Its scheduled to be removed in the spring to make way for sidewalk and new housing subdivision but was to live on mounted on the wall for all to enjoy. Councilman mott still has hope that will happen still has hope that will happen. I would like to tell whoever took the moose no question askment bring it down to city hall or to downtown joe and turn it him well make sure that it is handled properly. She always wanted to paint the moose but never get the chance. Came to the tree any way to create her own version. She will miss the original. I hope nobody hang it up on the wall at home an not tell anybody. It should be in a museum. Its iconic. Piece of napa that residents hope will turn up and be part of the community once again. In napa, lil i dont know kim abc 7 news. Dispute over some names of Iconic Yosemite National Park location could lead to new names. Park current concessionaire says it owns the name of location like this hotel and curry village. Wants 51 Million Dollars if another Company Takes over the concession contract. Park service says the name could be changed to protect other bidders from the added cost of buying them. Well if you think its cold in the bay area tonight. Kirk wood resort temperatures right now are in the low 20s. Low 20s. Earlier today there was plenty of sun and snow. Kirk wood september thus video showing all the skiers enjoying great conditions. Kirk wood area gets the most snow in california and it is the only resort in the state that is 100 percent open right now. All runs operating there. Boy low 20s thats chilly. We are cold around here. Colder but yes we tuck about freezing temperatures over tonight tonight. It is kind of tough in the morning when you wake up. Start out in the 20s. Bundle up once again. Warmer air on the way. Going to get better over the next couple days. Live doppler 7hd show you we have clear skies today and through this evening so we have no precipitation to talk about. Heres how it looked this afternoon from east bay hills camera. Bright out there. Total sunshine. Do notice on the horizon that vail of haze overhead. Once again tomorrow we have that. That means air quality will not be the best across the bay area. So once again we have a spare the air in effect for your saturday air in effect for your saturday. Poor air quality forecast specifically in the north basement along the coast and the central bay so once again no wood burning through saturday as well. Forecast feature calling for below freezinging temperatures inland once again also some 80s of fog will be developing overnight and with this fog developing its not going to bring any real moisture over the next 24 hours even the next 7 day dry conditions exist on the accuweather forecast. Frost advicefully effect along with the freeze warning inland spot. Frost advisoryal the bayshore line in the Santa Clara Valley midnight through 9 tomorrow morning. Temperature falling into the low and mid 30s. Out there right now 47 at San Francisco. 39 oakland. 39 concord. 45 in hayward. 41 in san jose. Rate now napa currently sitting at very cool 35 degrees but the heart of this cold is really hitting the midwest and plains right now. Look at temperatures. 21 currently in rapid city. 8 in great falls. 20 naring 0. Minneapolis at 25 degrees and many locates overnight tonight will fall into the single digit and teens so the coldest of the air mass is well off to the east of us. But we look at the pacific satellite and show you High Pressure still the muscle maker of the forecast. That means generally clear skies. And this pattern will persist into next week keeping aup all the storm and precipitation to the north of the region but also cause stagnant air pattern spare the air in effect for saturday once again. Overnight low in the bay area. Fog developing in the north bay and temperatures falling below freezing specifically in Santa Rosa Napa falling to 30. Vallejo to 34 degrees. Dropping to 42 downtown San Francisco 33 in san jose. Oakland falling to 37 degrees overnight tonight. After the chilly start once again we go in the 50s and this is seasonably cool air for this time of the year. Topping out at 54 in San Francisco. Under total sunshine for your saturday. 54 in richmond. 55 in fremont. Gift high in san jose napa getting high 53 degrees. Accuweather 7 day forecast we have spare the air in effect for tomorrow on sunday a bit better of an air mass overhead so clearer skies but few cloud early on in the morning. Then monday tuesday and wednesday this is when we begin the up tick in our temperature guys and some until thursday next week hint mid upper 60s possible. Keep our eye on. That

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