Lows and see how the weekend shapes up. Reporter were live in san jose at santas workshop where needy toils will receive toys. But the charity is still close. Well tell you by how much. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. You are looking at live pictures from benicia this morning. There you can see pg e crews trying to restore power to thousands of people in the dark on this cold morning. This all after a pair of outages overnight and into this morning. How people are coping with the cold and an update from Tara Moriarty. Its friday, december 20th. Im claudine wong. Tori campbell has the morning off. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Is it winter yet . Tomorrow morning. 9 11, official time. Pleasant hill, 28. Concord, 29. Hidden brook, vallejo at 32. Redwood shores, 37. Redwood city is 34. Pacifica, 33 degrees. In the mission, 43 degrees. Its officially cold because joslyn when she tweets me from daly city if she tweets me and says its cold, it is cold. We have temperatures in the 30ss, 40s. It will be breezy for some, not too bad for others. 32, concord. 33 walnut creek. The temperature held up fairfield. Antioch livermore because of a breeze. 32 Half Moon Bay. 27 in santa rosa. Its cold for some. Any clouds, yeah, if you are up in Seattle Portland or maybe a few high clouds for us. Its a dry a pattern. Highs highs coming up. Sunny, northerly breeze and that will help a few, santa rosa and napa get in the 60s. Other locations will be in the soft 60s. There are no major problems at the bay bridge this morning. You can see theres a slight delay. But its much lighter than it normally is. Looking at the commute on 880, the traffic good in both directions. Chp has been warning about gusty winds on the bridges so just be careful. If you are driving on 680 san ramon. There was standing water reported. However, its not causing a major traffic issue. Lets go back to the desk. Happening now in solano county, a power outage in benicia and vallejo have left more than 4500 people without power this morning. Ktvus Tara Moriarty is live in benicia where she just got an update from pg e. Tara . Reporter i spoke to the tow truck guy. He says this is one of three generators being delivered to the location. It will give power to the entire neighborhood. In about an hour. Thats good news. The bad news, if you can see right here where they are working on this blown transformer, that will take quite a bit of time to repair. One man told us he was boiling water this morning in order to take a bath. He actually lit a log fire to keep warm. People have been using flashlights and candles throughout the my. Pg e crews obviously gonna be very busy repairing this vault that exploded last night. Were on turner drive near South Hampton road where the underground transformer blew at 7 30 and caused two outages. About 3500 people lost power initially all but 950 customers had power restored by 9 15. But then at 2 45 this morning. 4500 people were again in the dark. We spoke to one man who says his mother is frail and keeping warm in this cold has been tough. Shes extremely thin and gets cold very easily. We she doesnt have electric blankets. We added probably like five layers of blankets on her to keepler warm. Reporter most most outages are around rose and columbus parkway. Crews expect the power to be restored in about an hour. Thats the temporary fix they are working on. Theres also a middle school down the street. Were gonna try to get an update from them. We placed a call in to them to see if theyve been affected. Tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. A huge fight yesterday outside of Oakland High School tleedz to three arrests. Want leads to three arrests. I want to show you cell phone video. It was sent to us from a viewer. Police say two girls started fighting. One of the girls pulled out a stun gun when Police Officers tried to stop the fight. When police tried to detain her, they say she passed the gun to someone else who police say put up a fight when they tried to detain him. The investigation on into the fight. 18 months after opening the doors, an Oakland Charter school hoping to boost the Achievement Level of African American boys will be closing next month. 100 black Men Community school will close january 24th. He was suffering from financial problems. Low enrollment and a high staff turnovers. Members of the Nonprofit Organization created the school in the Thurgood Marshall avenue. One member says the Charter School may possibly reorganize and open again in a few years. A bold move by b. A. R. T. s new board president , moments after joel keller was placed to the post he announced he wants voters to support a ban on strikes. Members of the Service Union employees and the transit un young walked off the job. That caused the entire bart system to shut down. Im very interested in an open process and transparent process. I think its time we move on and try to find a way to prevent these labor stoppages in the future. He called a war on employees and unions. I believe unions are just the beginning. Kellers proposal calls for binding arbitration if the district and unions can no reach a deal. But it will not be state law, only the California Legislature or a statewide referendum could ban transit worker strikes. Another issue weighing on the b. A. R. T. Is the two deaths of the workers from october. B. A. R. T. Is reviewing urgent safety recommendations. The ntsb investigated the case in which the train operated by a manager hit and killed 66 yearold Lawrence Daniels and 58yearold christopher shepherd. Inspectors want a nationwide ban on a policy called simple approve. Thats when they are solely responsible for their safety. The ntsb recommends that workers wear devices that detect or stop oncoming trains. Happening now volunteers at Sacred Heart Community service in san jose, they are getting ready for their toy giveaway. It starts about an hour from now. Ktvus janine de la vega is there to tell us what kind of toy donations are still needed. Janine . Reporter Sacred Heart Community service has converted this room into santas workshop. You know, it may look like a lot of toys but they still need more. Yesterday, they were 7,000 toys short. This morning, they still need 3,000. They have enough for the kids today but not for monday. Later this morning. Parents will have the opportunity to shop for free for their kids. Many of these parents, they just cant afford to buy presents. They are scraping by trying to struggle to make ends meet, paying their rent and utilities. Lets go to some video. This is a group of parents waiting outside right now at sacred heart. They have appointments at 8 00 a. M. They wanted to make sure they have the first pick of toys. When they let the parents in, they do it in groups. One couple we spoke to say they feel grateful that they are able to receive this from the charity. They hope that one day they did help out and give back when things are getter for them benter better for them. He had a job. He was laid off. We have to pay for our bills first. Everything has gone up so high. We told the kids were gonna have a small christmas. But when i heard about sacred heart for again this year, i said it doesnt hurt to try it. Reporter parents will be able to pick out two toys. The give away on monday will happen. One. Areas where the charity is hurting is gifts for teenagers. Theres a lot of toys for some of the younger kids but not for the older children. Sacred heart wants to remind children that they give toys away to kids up to 18 years old. They also need more books because it is a priority for them to promote literacy. They are still taking donations because the giveaway is not just for today. They also have one on monday for all of the families who preregistered. Reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. The teenager accused of setting fire to the clothing of another teenager on an oakland bus is due in court today. 16yearold Richard Thomas is charged with aggravated mayhem in the attack on saw shush fleishman who was asleep on the bus at the time. While prosecutors have charged thomas as an adult, his lawyer will arc the argue the case should be sent to juvenile court. Kwame harris is due in a San Mateo County courtroom today. Last month, harris was convicted of assaulting his former boyfriend outside of a menlo park restaurant in 2012. The arguments stem from the use of soy sauce in their meal. Today, we may find out more about the sentence he will face. Many medical marijuana businesses in san jose may have to learn. The city note 2350eued pot clubs located near homes that have notified pot clubs located near homes have to close. New restrictions approved by city council will take effect next march. A bay area dna Testing Company is being hit with another lawsuit. 23 and me of Mountain View is being sued for misleading claims in the marketing. The suitcase the company marketed the kits without any proof that the tests are accurate. The company is already has already stopped providing medical information related to the genetic tests. An oakland woman is one of the people suing. A new government study shows more fathers are involved in the day to day lives of their kids. Most say they are heavily involved in the lives of their children. 90 of dads eat meals with their families. Two out of tree three day they are helping with homework. Still a heartbreaking story from oakland, pitting the hospital against a family against a girl declare declared brain dead. The fight goes on over jahi mcmath. How her family is hoping to stop the hospital from taking her off life support. Passengers take on a gunman aboard a seattle bus. The dramatic action all caught by a security camera. Traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. We do have some slow spots. It looks like we just lost our camera there. But well tell you the traffic is getting better. Much colder lows this morning. Thats for sure. Will that trend continue . Its clear. [ male announcer ] december is Customer Appreciation month at subway. Were saying thanks with two of your favorite six inch subs. The sixinch cold cut combo, or the sixinch meatball marinara, built fresh from the bread up for just 2 each all december long. Subway. Eat fresh. For just 2 each all december long. Welcome back. 7 15. The big wildfire in big sur that started earlier this week, it should be fully contained sometime tonight. This has this one has burned about a thousand acres and destroyed 14 homes. Evacuation orders are still in effect and hundreds of firefighters are still out there. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Calfire says most of the bay area is under the extreme fire danger status this morning. Strong winds hit the bay area yesterday. It dried out grass and trees. Calfire has extra staffing even though were six weeks past the usual time they start backing off on firefighters. There are some worries still about the wind even those weaker breezes that may topple tree branches and cross power lines and possibly start a fire. Theres incredible footage taken on board a bus in in in seattle. The video shows a man walking over a passenger with a gun and asking for his cell phone. The gunman had taken the cell phones of several other passengers and they joined into the fight and started to beat and kick him. He came up to me and stuck the gun at me and took my phone. He jabbed me harder and says dont make this harder than it has to be. Amazingly no one was hurt in that incident. The 19yearold suspect has pleaded not guilty. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted in robbery and attempted robbery charges. Happening today a report being released analyzing the secret service concludes the agency does not have a widespread misconduct problem. The report is from the Homeland Security departments inspector general. It was ordered after more than a dozen secret Service Agents were implicated in the prostitutions scandal back in april of 2012. The ner general report makes 14 recommendations designed to improve the secret Services Processes for identifying and addressing instances of misconduct. President obama this morning ordered a oneyear review of the militarys handling of Sexual Assault within the ranks. Late last night, the u. S. Senate passed a bill that includes changes on how the military deals with Sexual Assaults. The ledge langsation away the legislation takes away the power of overturning jury convictions among other convictions. President obama and his family are getting ready to head to hawaii this morning on air force one. They would arrive in honolulu after midnight on saturday. The president doesnt have any Public Events scheduled during his time on the islands and is expected to stay where hes spent the holidays since elected president. A new winner has been crowned in season 3 of the x factor. [ cheers ] yep. Alex kinsey and sierra deton made their mentor simon cowell and millions of fans happy. They won a milliondollar recording concrete. Mary jay blige was there, lee michelle and even pit bull took the take to reform and demi lovato is leaving the show. She joined the show two weeks ago for the Second Season and simon cowell he said he knew she wasnt coming back because shes about to go on tour. She will stop in san jose february 11th. I think they are the cutest couple ever. So cute. Okay. Just want to hug them. Okay. [laughter] just want to hug sal because hes giving us great traffic. We have a good looking drive around the bay area. We expected that one day we might start to see people who are off already for the holiday coming up. We want to see the traffic is moving well next week since christmas is wednesday, you probably wont have a lot of traffic during that week either. Bay bridge is expected to be pretty light. Right now, it is lighter than usual into San Francisco. You dont have to worry about driving into the city and having big delays. Also looking at the commute, westbound 580 traffic continues to look good around the bay with no major problems. Lets go to steve. Hold on. Thats candle still park. How about that . You are going, right . Monday night football. Good for you. Its colder this morning. Much colder, its dry here for a while. Those of you a lot of you where is the rain, where is the we dont see anything ive seen projections out to january 5th. Theres no rain. Its a colder morning. It will be sun nip and nice. The days are very short. Starting sunday, they will get a minute longer. Winter starts tomorrow. It will be a cold start tomorrow. Warmer, 9 11. We usher in the winter. Its felt like it for a couple of weeks. Next week looks dry. Quiet pattern. Very cold this morning for many. Some. Observation, pleasanthill, 28. Concord, 29. Woodside, 29. Pacifica 33. The Richmond District in San Francisco, 41. Its clear. Thats for sure. Maybe a few high clouds spilling down over the ridge of high pressure. Two systems one to the north. One to the north. Not here. 27 santa rosa, windchill, 22. Its 35 napa. 32 concord. A little breeze. That holding up some. Half moon bay 36. Seattle, portland portland, dealing with precip. Were not. Tucson, phoenix, flagstaff, precip, were not. 9 up in tahoe. 17 in reno. There were upper 20s there. I know we had upper 20s. If you are traveling, its gonna be a mess from the great lakes all the way down to the plains. There will be tremendous amounts of rain and snow to the north if you get some of this tropical moisture merging with very cold air. This will cause all sorts of issues over the next five days. Just so you know, if you are head. Tomorrow morning, winter begins at 9 11 a. M. We could sure 9 11 a. M. We could sure use some snow. Nothing until next week. Dont drink and drive. And a little girls wish to santa granted by a stranger. How he learned about that wish and why he said it was so important. Fry montpolice have released a video from a violent Home Invasion robbery. It happened wednesday night on armor way. In the video you saw the person running from the home and gets into a getaway car. Police are hoping someone will recognize the car which is described as a silver or Gray Infiniti st 35. Police say four men kicked their way into the home. A woman was able to lock herself in a bedroom. The men stole jewelry and electronics. Solano county investigators say marijuana worth more than 570,000 was found at a home recently robbed. Investigators say 110 pounds of processed marijuana and 107 Marijuana Plants were found inside a home on poplar road just outside of vacaville. Four masked men broke into the home and shot one of the people multiple times and beat two others. The suspects are described as two white men and two African American men. They were seen driving on in a silver toyota. Mark zuckerberg is making a dig donation to the silicon county organization. Hes giving the organization 18 million shares of facebook stock. Thats currently worth a little less than a billion dollars. Its the largest donation ever received by the community foundation. He gave the group 18 million shares last year but it was worth about half as much than it is this year. 7 25. A man in San Francisco made a little girls Christmas Wish come true. Its how they met that made the story so unique. A kindergarten class sent messages to santa. A little girl named joy asked for a mermaid doll. A man saw the message and went on facebook to find her. I had to find this little girl. I dont know where the balloon came from