That will be a big change. This system sweeps in starting friday and late friday into saturday morning for all of us. Clouds roll in a little warmer. Cloudy to the north bay. More sun to the south. Upper east and a few low 60s now. I hope things are okay on the roads, alex. They are. We are looking pet the i good. We are keeping our fingers crossed as we like to do throughout the morning. We hope everybody has a real good ride as we move throughout the next couple of hours. Right now, a perfectly good time to head out the door if you are able to do so. If you are all ready to go. If you are heading into San Francisco, this is what the toll plaza will look like. It is getting more and more crowded. You can see its starting to stack up just a bit in some of those cashpaying lanes. Were going to take you over to highway 24. Walnut creek area. You can see all those taillights right there. Those are folks who are heading west along highway 24 out of the walnut creek area. And it is starting to get just a bit busier here on that particular commute, but no major slowdowns that i am seeing on the maps just yet. Speaking of the maps, well take you here and first show you the situation on the peninsula. This is an accident on a 101 northbound in the redwood city area, but from my understanding, it is on the third street. Excuse me. The third avenue offramp. Its not going to be causing any dallies automobile the freeway. Does not appear to be backing anything up in that area. Certainly good news. Well keep an eye on it. 5 02. Well go back over to pam. Its been a long run, but Interest Rates are going up. The policy that is almost freelending. Reporter doug luzader is live in washington with more of what it means for us. Good morning, doug. It may not mean a whole lot in the shortterm, but in is definitely the start of kind of a trend were going to see. No big shock that a bank did this yesterday. But the Federal Reserve made this decision. Everyone kind of knew this was coming. But the question now is whether the economy is going to be Strong Enough to withstand higher Interest Rates. No more free money. That is what the Federal Reserve has decided, and some banks are wasting in time no time passing along the new costs to consumers today. The fed share says the economy is ready. With the economy performing well and expected to continue to do so, the committee judge did a modest increase in the federal funds rate target is now appropriate. For consumers, the first place youre likely to be hit is on your credit card statement. And there have been some reaction. Some banks have already raised the prime rate which is what influences things like credit cards and home equity lines of credit. Youll probably see a little bit of a rise there in your credit card statement. Otherwise, it will take some time to see how this affects Mortgage Rates and other aspects of the economy. The fed kept Interest Rates low for years to help jumpstart the economy in the recession. The bank is likely to keep doing this. Slowly inching up rates in the month ahead to keep things from overheating. Its a gamble and the economy long accustomed to near zero rates could slow down, and that scenario could make this a major issue in the president ial campaign. Especially for democrats. If the economy does react poorly to this flexion year, i think it is going to be tough whop have been arguing that the economy is on a comeback and have stabilized for sure. It would make it difficult to prove that that was real. The economy slows down as a result of this Interest Rate hike. These fed governors dont think that is going to happen. Meantime, this was driven in part by fear from the fed if they didnt raise Interest Rates to give them a little bit of wiggle room, they wouldnt have an effective tool to take on another recession, should that happen. And it always does at some point. Back to you guys. All right, thank you, doug. Well, investors also expected the move,ment took it as a sign of economic strength and that sparked a rally on wall street and the three major indexes are headed for a higher opening as well today. Time is 5 04. San Francisco Police are investigating a gruesome discovery in a planter box. A human bone was found buried right outside of a home. Ktvu fox 2 brian flores. Youre in our newsroom. What was found and whats going to happen next . It appears at least according to the san Francisco Police that the grim discovery appears to be a human jawbone, and it was found in a planter box as you mentioned. Police say a woman found the bone back on november 23rd buried it in the soil in front of her house near cider. Out of a square neighborhood. Turns out to be human remains, possibly, as you mentioned, a jawbone. Cadaver dogs detected a suspicious scent . Multiple spots, but no other remains were found. We have been looking into the age to determine the age, the sex, and the length of time that this bone was buried underneath the soil. We can also compare that with our missing children. Police say a small area of where those cadaver dogs were alerted has been excavated through the help of investigators. So plenty of unanswered questions. Were going to head out there in a few minutes to hopefully get more answers to what is going on. The Coroners Office are continuing to investigate. Time is 5 06. New developments are investigating the deaths of two small children whose bodies were found in a storage locker in redding. Now, this surveillance footing shows 39yearold Tammy Huntsman and 17yearold gonzalo checking into a motel six. This was on november 27th. Huntsman have been named suspects in the deaths of three yearold delilah terra and her brother, sixyearold shawn. Their bodies were found on friday in the storage unit. Autopsies were performed on the children. It was determined they died outside of shasta county. The children f were not seen in that november Surveillance Video. She looked all normal. She checked in. She had her phone on when she came in. I dont know what she was reading or whatever. And did they say how long they were going to be staying with you guys . Just the one night. Now, in the meantime, social workers visited huntsmans home in salenas four times in the last year because of mild neglect allegations. But they say they didnt find any reasons to remove the children from the home. Huntsman and her boyfriend have been charged with abusing a nineyearold girl. She was found starving and freezing on friday in a locked suv. Now, she is the older sister of those two children who were found dead. Investigators say the three children are believed to be the children of one of huntsmans relatives. An oakland man has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing and injuring another man during a road rage incident. That happened tuesday night on highway 24 near st. Stevens drive. The chp says two drivers stopped along the highway, got out of their cars, and started fighting. They both pulled out knives and slashed each others tires. During the fight, police say 35yearold you Stephen Irving stabbed 31yearold johnson who was later taken to the hospital. We do not know his condition. We know that irving was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The santa county clara county met to discuss a racist text message scandal. The texts reportedly sent included derogatory comments about jewish people and african americans. Sheriff lorie smith who attended last nights meeting says shes apauled by the messages and she has placed several guards on administrative leave. Shes also hired an outside firm to investigate. Sheriff smith says the texts are not reflective of her department as a whole. The people we have identified are fewer than eastbound ten. Time is now 5 09. Last night may have been a start of a new winning streak for the warrior t Clay Thompson was on fire. On fire. A game high 43 points. Steph curry had 25. Green had his fourth triple double of the season. Despite the fact the warriors big winning streak was snapped. Happy to have the back atom. The war i dont yours have won 29 straight regular season home games. They are fun to watch. California is unvailing some new rules for selfdriving cars. In 15 minutes, the reason the state ace new rules are considered a big blow for google. A mistrial declared in maryland in the case of a Baltimore Police officer accused in the death of freddy gray. Up next, the reaction to that decision and what is going to happen next. And good morning to you, sal taking the day off. I have the traffic duties and so far, i have very good news for you. A nicelooking ride all around the bay area. Im going to zoom in on the south bay when we come back and tell you what the ride looks like on 280 in san jose. Grow old with me let us share what we see just you and i grow old with me let us share what we see and oh the best it could be just you and i the gets to work by 8 00. Ids, and always manages to give them a healthy lunch. The newlyweds seeking out wholesome meals and exciting flavors for their new cookware. The guy who finally decided to kick 35 years of bad snacking habits. You inspire us to do everything we do. For goodness sake. In limiting the wiretapping authority. Senator mcconnel was among those who opposed take ago part the nsa program that used to collect phone records of almost every american. Well, a spokesperson for the pentagon says ash carter believes had easy use of a personal email account for workrelated matters, quote, was a mistake. Now, the response from carter followed a report in the New York Times which said carter used personal email to do some of his government business during his first months at the pentagon. That was after Hillary Clinton came under fire for doing the same thing while secretary of state. The New York Times said it obtained 72 workrelated emails that carter sent or received from his personal e mail account under the freedom of information act. Time is now 5 13. Protests in baltimore were mostly peaceful af a mistrial was declared in the case of a Police Officer accused in the death of freddy graham. Now, officer william porter. He was the first of six officers to go on trial in connection with freddy grays death from a spinal injury in a police van. The jury couldnt leech a decision watch three dayings of deliberations leading a deliberations leading a judge to declare a mistrial. I dont buy the nonsense that this is somehow a victory for either side. Its not. Its just a bump on the road to justice. The road to justice has lots of bumps. The prosecutors will decide whether they will retry the case. The trials of the others who are accused of the officers involved have not started just yet. A bay area man has now been charged with assault after an incident onboard a Southwest Airlines flight. Fiftyfouryearold Lawrence Wells is accused of choking and punching a woman who is sitting in front of him on a flight from los angeles to San Francisco. A witness about ten minutes into the flight. The woman reclined her seat and was attacked. The pilot declared an emergency. Wells was removed from the flight. Everyone else was allowed to continue and the flight arrived in San Francisco about a half an hour late. Time is now 5 15. Sal is off today. We have alex savidge. Doing a fine job. Do whatever he wants. Ill take care of the traffic duties. And the good news i have for everybody right now is we have a pretty quiet ride so far. I want to take you out to highway 24 and the Pittsburg Baypoint area. If this is your commute this morning, youre looking good so far. We are seeing quite a few more headlines here heading west on highway 4 over into the walnut creek area. Okay, now, lets take you down to the south bay. That is where i would like to go now. This is interstate 280 in san jose. You do see some flashing lights on the side of the freeway. Nothing of concern that i am showing on my maps this morning. Traffic flowing smoothly there. Ill go over to the map and show you there is one trouble spot here that i am keeping an eye on. This is 101 northbound. We have a crash that the chp is dealing with. Youll keep tabs on it. 5 16. And we do have the cold conditions. Clouds moving in. And the north bay temperatures. Lake county, and other areas from not being as cold. Its still cold enough there. Post. Mostly clear to the south. These cloudings roll in. As they do, well have partly to mostly cloudy skies especially to the north. Temperatures are still cold. Thirtys for some. We had a lot more 30s yesterday. To the north bay, 39 nevada. But windsor. Bodega bay 45. That cloud cover wasnt there. Yesterday, we had 20s and low 30s. Cloud cover will continue to favor to the north. The rain is still pretty far up the north coast. Twentythree. Fortyone. They were down to 30 yesterday. A 12degree jump. Down to Santa Barbara at 369 degrees. Clouds on the move to the north. But to the south mostly sunny. We have to wait for in system to drop towards us. Thes going to take a day to a day and a half. Friday night, and saturday morning. Two system. One late friday and early saturday. The next one will be sunday night and monday. The middle part of the weekend should be okay. And the next system will bring us in on friday. A decent strong as sunday. Clouds roll in a little warmer today. Cloudy north bay. More sun to the south. Could be some light rain well to the north. And upper 50s to near 60. A heat wave. Sixty in up oakland. Its hot. Santa cruz 50. And 6167. And its 37 right now in redwood city. Clouds continue to roll in on friday. And late friday saturday. And rain looks like the next one sunday night and into monday. A little advanced notice if you are traveling. So some good soaking coming. It looks pretty impressive right now. Travel. If you are driving to grandmas house right. And all right, steve. Thank you. And time is now 5 18. This morning the San Francisco giants will introduce johnny cueto. He tweeted this photo yesterday saying its an even year and im ready to roll. Glad to be onboard. And the Team Finalized their deal with the right hander after he passed a required physical. The giant signed johnny cueto away from the Kansas City Royals for a sixyear, 130 million deal. The second big pitching act like acquisition. And they also signed. 5 19. The time the case of a grinch who stole Christmas Gift intended for families in need. Up next, the theft that has a Peninsula Church scrambling through the holidays. Reconstructing sienfeld. Fans of that 90 sit come a chance to experience it up close. Z. Well comb back to mornings on 2. Walnut creek police have arrested two people on suspicion of taling stealing packages from four homes. Someone reported seeing a suspicious car drive away near lakewood circle. Police tracked the car down, arrested. Craig lancaster and recovered the stolen packages. Police say package theft has been on the rise in the city of course this holiday season. Volunteers in Half Moon Bay are scrambling to replace christmas presents for families in need show after a grinchlike theft. Our lady of the Pillar Church has been collecting gifts, but sometime last week, investigators say someone climbed over a fence and made off with bags of wrapped presents from a storage container. The community spent so much time and effort collecting these gifts for needy kids in the community. Were sad they have been stolen. The stolen gifts were valued at about 2000 and included everything from toys and clothing. They were going to be given to kids who were homeless or live in shelters. Organizers say they have faith that the community will rally to replace the stolen gifts. Time is 5 23. A routine inspection at the board of oakland uncovered a snail. It is one of the worlds most damaging species for snail. The second time in two months a giant african snail has been found. And they can damage hundreds of types of plant. Officials say they discovered two live giant african snails along with a pile with dead snail eggs while they were examining a shipment of cargo. Well, comcast has agreed to pay 26 million to settle a lawsuit. Now, the lawsuit accused comcast of unlawfully disposing of hazardous electronic equipment and not shredding sensitive customer information. The lawsuit was filed by the state of california and by alameda county. An investigation found the Cable Company had been sending used remote controls, modems and other electronic gear to land fils instead of disposing them in a proper environmentally sound way. Well, california lawmakers. They have unvailed a draft of rules for selfdriving cars. Under the proposed rules, the cars still have to have a steering wheel, also a licensed driver must be able to take over in case something goes wrong. Google is one of the dozens of companies that are developing technology for selfdriving cars. Google has been working with cars without steering wheels and pedals. They say theyre really disappointed with the dmvs proposed rules. Time is 5 25. Another way for uber riders to hail a ride. A new feature just unvailed on a widely uses used social media app. Plus, it is a night star wars fans have been waiting for. The force awakens. Its it hates theaters tonight. Oh, yeah, well bring you a live report of all the excitement. Thankfully, no excitement on the roadways here in the bay area this morning. All is quiet. We have a nicelooking ride wherefore you are going to be headed. Although its getting a bit more crowded for all these folks heading into the east bay. We will show you the bay bridge toll plaza coming up. After two days and monks of clear skies and cold temperatures, we have a little change today. Clouds are starting to move in. Well talk about that and see if there is any rain in the forecast. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Thursday, december 17th. Im dave c