Being intelligence operatives. What russia has been engaged in is unacceptable. It is outside the norms of diplomatic behavior. Reporter russias foreign minister fired back threatening to kick out american diplomats. But putin decided to take a wait and see approach saying though we have the right to reallstaruate, we will not report to kitchen diplomacy, but will work on restoring the relations. Trump is in a tight spot. He has expressed no appetite for these sorts of things in recent weeks and it is not just obama. Members of his own party will put a lot of pressure on him. Reporter meanwhile, president elect donald trump who questioned russias hacking says he will discuss the issue with intelligence officials. And just a short time ago, we heard from the rush consult general in San Francisco. Sergei petrov says several Russian Diplomats will be packing up and moving out this holiday weekend. Altogether, 11 people including three kids an they have to pack and leave within hours. They were not given enough time to pack all of their things and prepare to finish their financial matters here in the United States. And to leave in an ordered way. General petrov says he believes the u. S. Sanctions are totally unjustified. Now to the south bay where so far this year, there have been 47 homicides in san jose. The highest number we have seen in 25 years, janine de la vega says they are working to turn that homicide rate around. Reporter there has been a rise in Violent Crime in the city of san jose just this morning. There was a shooting on the citys east side. Police say a latino man was found shot in the neck siting in his car at 1 30 this morning. It happened near valley christian high school. The shooter fled the scene. The victim was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive. Police are looking into whether it was gang related. So far this year, theres been 47 homicide ins the city which is the highest it has been in 25 years. Gang violence, domestic violence, and Homeless People attacking other Homeless People increased this year. City leaders say their focus in the new year will be on Police Staffing and Gang Violence prevention. We think this is an anomaly and we hope next year, we wont go down this path and we hope these programs will kick in and get kids interested in more than gangs. Reporter the city has already added more than a Million Dollars to a dedicated gang task force. City leaders say compared to other big cities, san jose with a population of one million is considered safe. Reporting from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu fox 2 news news. They are investigating the 58th homicide of the year. A man was shot in tenderloin district. He was rushed to San FranciscoGeneral Hospital where he later died. There is no word on any arrest or any suspects. Police in San Francisco are looking for four men who stole 400,000 worth of jewelry from a jewelry dealer. This happened right outside a Jewelry Store on utah street 8 00 last night. We have video of the victim getting treated by paramedics. They punched the victim, stole a briefcase of jewelry and took off. There is no description of the suspect. Investigators in palo alto are searching for the cause of an Early Morning firement it was first reported around 5 00 at a home on lewis road not far from the 101. It caused intense moments before the fire crews arrived on scene. Yeah, sleeping and then i heard some explosions an then the sliding door rattled. First i thought it was fireworks then i saw flames shooting up. 20 to 30 feet in the air. Firefighters managed tofutti out the fire. One man who lives in the home was able to escape. There were no reports of any injuries. A california couple is in big trouble. And get your jackets, your hats, and scarfs ready. It is about to get a lot colder. Meteorologist Rosemary Orozco will be here in a few minute to tell us how cold it is going to be. Preparations underway for new years eve. We will tell you what is being done to keep everybody safe then they head out to celebrate. U. S. Coast guard crews in ohio are searching for a small plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff from cleveland. We have video of the search here near lake erie. Investigators say there were three adults and three children on board it when it vanished from the radar screen last night. The coast guard says they just left a Cleveland Cavaliers game. A couple is facing charges after Delta Airlines says the two were being disruptive and not obeying commands of the flight crew. Police had to remove the couple from the airplane. Reporter it is not the way to become famous but in less than 24 hours this video has been seen around the world. These are the pair police say are the focus of it all. 35yearold blake adam of Los Angeles Ann and anna marie coosman. She was trying to use the bathroom five minutes after takeoff. The crew told her she had to wait. The pilot gave them repeated warnings. He came back on and said you guys need to sit up to and listen to the flight attendance or we are going to turn this plane around. About two minutes later, the plane just started turning around. I looked at the guy next to me and i said we are going back. Reporter after landing, the video shows officers trying to escort them off the plane. At first, passengers cheered and shouted. But, he says, if you look close at the video, you can see he is trying to take a swipe at a passenger. Hey reporter both were booked into the Hennepin County jail on a charge of disorderly conduct. He was released, she bailed out early this morning. Passengers were irritated, missing connection and dinner dates. But he also said the pilot made the right decision. I think the captain made the right decision to get them off the plane. As painful as it was. And all the flight attendants did a great job. Youre famous. Why . For what . So far, the cease fire agreement between syrias government and the rebel group seem to be holding. It was brokered by russia and turkey calling for the Syria Government forces and the coalition of rebel fighters to lay down their weapons. This is a potential breakthrough in the six year civil war that left hundreds of thousands of people dead and triggered a refugee crisis across europe. If it holds it will be followed by peace talks. The trial of a South CarolinaPolice Officer accused of killing an africanamerican man is now set for march 1. This month, a mistrial was declared for North CharlestonPolice OfficerMichael Slager after jurors could not agree on a verdict. He is charged in state court with the murder of walter scott. Now, cell phone recording shows him being shot running away on foot from a traffic stop. Slager is also charged in federal court for violating scotts civil rights. A gilroy man was charged with murder after he beat his mom to death with a baseball bat. His mother, 70yearold claudia selusi was an active mill of the gilroy community. Matthew slasuski is due back in Court January 19. It will be a fridge start to new year. The northeast is expected to get a lot colder. Reporter a powerful winter storm could deliver up to two feet of heavy wet snow to new england and new york state. Several winter storm warnings posted for much of maine, new hampshire, and vermont through midday friday. Accumulations of up to a foot or more are expected inland. But a changeover to rain could reduce snowfall totals near the coast. In pennsylvania, many digging out. As snow fell heavy thursday morning into the afternoon. Business owners making sure their walkways were clear with drivers taking it slow. Like, slippery. It is bad. Bad conditions. Roads are real sloppy right now. Real sloppy. The side roads are bad. The main highways will be fine. Reporter in new hampshire, Utility Companies have crews on standby in preparation for power outages. And if you are headed to the store in north dakota, good luck finding ice melt. Lowes and other Big Box Stores say they are fresh out and dont know when the next shipment is coming. Home depot limiting customer to five bags but the skiers were out in the pocono mountains. When it is over, they could have four inches of new snow on the ground. Jane metzler, fox news. Nothing like that for us, but Rosemary Orozco, all of us here in california reserve the right to complain about this cold weather anyway. Yes, we have a winter blast coming our way guys. It will a few days out, but we do begin the cooling trend today. Already, watching, storm number one move into portions of the bay area. Giving you a live look over oakland. Here is a look at the system over Southern California and the clouds pushing as far north as, well, south bay, seeing some right overhead here in oakland as well. Very thin in some areas. Thicker the further south you go. As expected that rain is sticking to the south. We are not looking at that rain actually pushing into the bay area today. It is going to move east. We will be left with dry conditions. Partly cloudy for today. But temperatures again beginning to cool off with the first system. The second and the third aren dog out of the north bringing us an arctic blast that is really going to drive our temperatures down. As we get into sunday, monday, tuesday, it will become really cold around here. Here is is a look at the futurecast models. Friday afternoon, no rain expected. Partly cloudy skies. Settling into the evening hours it will be a cool one. The first system dropping from the north. Here it is by 6 00ings we could have a few scattered showers to start the new years eve. As we get into the afternoon, notice it pulls out. Not a lot of rain expected in the system. But, the cold air is going to be moving in. Here is 5 00 if you have dinner plans, you are in good shape. As we roll into new years eve festivities, we have dry cool weather in store. The Fireworks Show should be quite nice in San Francisco. But it will be cool. 54 degrees now in San Francisco. We have 53 in walnut creek. 54 santa rosa. To the south bay, 54 san jose. So, temperatures already beginning to trail off some. Upper 50s to low 60s in the forecast for the second part of your afternoon. We will go 57 for san rafael. 59 oakland. 60 redwood city. 61 san jose. We talked about the dry weather. Lets talk about the numbers for your new years eve evening as we slide into 7 00 or so. Low 50s expected and close tore midnight, temperatures continue to cool off back into the low 40s. If you will be out and about in the overnight hours, expect those temperatures to roll back into the 30s. The extended forecast here, notice the afternoon highs begin to drop off. A little cooler today. Cooler on saturday. Even cooler than that on sunday. But when storm number three rolls in, it brings us a chance of scattered showers and really cold weather. Mid to upper 40s perhaps in the forecast for your afternoons. With overnight lows sinking back into the 20s for our inland city. So, gear up. We have some really cold weather coming our way. Im ready for it. Thank you Rosemary Orozco. Coming up next. It is pretty much overwhelming. It is just. I cant believe it is happening actually. A lesson in perseverance from a bay area man who spent nearly half of his life out there on the streets. After spending 20 years on the streets, a bay area man is getting a fresh start. Amber lee reports on how he was able to turn his life around with the hydrogen help of a nonprofit group. I was hoping i would get it. Reporter it is christopher millers first home in two decades. A studio. It is overwhelming. I just cant believe it is happening actually. Here is the kitchen. Reporter miller showed me his new apartment. The fridge and the stove. What did you cook here already . A big steak. Reporter miller is 49 years old. He says he became homeless in his 20s. He graduated from James Logan High School in union city in 1986. He trained and worked as an apprentice. But an addiction caused a downward spiral into homelessness. I slept under overpasses. Reporter he became a fixture here along the median here in union city. Panhandling. Holing a cardboard sign asking for donations to survive. But, a year and a month ago, he says he reached a turning point. I didnt want to die out there. I saw a couple of my friends literally die in front of me. Reporter miller asked a friend for help, that led to drug rehab and a stay at a homeless shelter. Then, he got a job. Samaritan house, a nonprofit which Offering Services to the homeless, helped miller with temporary and then permanent housing. Finding him this studio apartment. His case manager julia parmer posted this video of him signing the lease just days before christmas on social media. It was just a very human moment. A very extraordinary thing to witness. I was very moved by it. Reporter she describes his change as remarkable. That it is difficult to find permanent housing for the chronically homeless. You have to want to change. And you did. Yes. It takes hard work. And it does take patience. Reporter miller tells me he has a long term plan. He hopes to use his own experience to help others with drug and alcohol addiction by becoming a counselor. In san mateo, amber lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Lets take a peek at stocks now, trading just ahead of the three day weekend, Tech Companies lower on the final day of trading for 2016. The dow is down about 65 points. Nasdaq is down almost a full . Does not look like mike will be hitting the dow 20,000 at least in 2016. Dmc filed a lawsuit against a number of major retailers including walmart, amazon, and jet tom for trademark infringement. They have been selling products using their name for several years but without their permission. Run dmc claims the retailers bought in more than 100 million in revenue since the group was formed in the 80s. So far, the companies have not commented on the suit. Some apartment complexes are getting rid of their parking structures an in turn, are offering incentives for people to live car free. They offer residents a monthly credit to use uber. Some say the program has saved them time and money since it launched back in may. One real estate analyst says over the next 30 years, he thinks parking needs nationwide will be cut in half. There is a real opportunity here for Real Estate Developers and operators to get in front after what we view as an inevitable trend that will be the biggest change in real estate since the car. More than 1,000 people have participated in the Incentive Program which is a 95 participation rate. As we get ready to close out 2016. Theres a long list of events around the bay area this weekend to celebrate the new year, Rosemary Orozco has your weekend watch. Into the final weekend of the year. Here are a few events happening around the bay area. Ring in the new year on San Franciscos new years eve Fireworks Show. It will kick off at the stroke of midnight. They will launch from barges inside the bay. So the best viewing spots will be south of the Ferry Building along the embarcadero. You can find a list of new years eve events on ktvu. Com. On web links at the top of the page. If you are interested in celebrations for the whole family. Check with your local museum. At the Childrens Discovery Museum of san jose, a party will be held saturday from 10 00 to 4 00. In the east bay, the space and Science Museum in oakland will have three new years eve countdowns around the world. In berkeley, the Lawrence Hall of science will have afternoon celebrations including a huge balloon drop. Happy new year Charlie Brown will be held at the charles m. Schultz museum. In union square, the final candle will be lit for the last night of hanukkah. The grand finale of the lighting of the menorah will be held at 7 00 p. M. On saturday. In sports, warriors and niners play at home. Sharks play at home on friday. Raiders are away. Im Rosemary Orozco, and that is your weekend watch. You can enter for a chance to win four tickets to annie the musical playing friday, january 6 through sunday january 8 of 2017. Of course, to enter, we hope you go to our Facebook Page and click on the contest link and fill out the entry form. They are accepted until 11 59 tonight. You have to be at least 18 years old to enter. Each prize has a retail value of 400. Tickets are on sale by the way now at broadwaysanjose. Com. You can see the official rules on ktvu. Com. Under contest. Here we go. The countdown is onto 2017. There will be a big celebration this year in San Francisco. Still ahead, the preparations underway for the big crowds. Also, somber news as we follow the heartbreaking story of a dui crash that killed a 14 yearold boy. New information from people who knew the young victim. Back to the countdown to 2017. Holidays like new years eve bring big safety concerns for new york city. Police are stepping up security for this weekend. They are not alone. With recrept attacks on the minds of law enforceable officials around the world. Bryan yennis has more. Reporter