Cooler in oakland and napa, but napa had a huge, dramatic increase yesterday with that wind in place. Temperatures were up by 10, 12 degrees by the day before. Here is a look at the visibility map. Were looking good. If you have an Early Morning start on to the roadways in the north pay, were seeing patchy, dense, and thick fog. Visibility down about half miles, and i stretch of darker gray indicating we would could have patchy dense fog down to about a quartermile sometimes when its patchy in nature, it becomes more dangerous. Here is look at the cloud cover in place. This coming in from the south. Scattered showers reported here this morning. This is moving off to the east. Were not likely to see any of this. Maybe a few sprinkles on the far south edge of our bay area. And thin thats it. Were going to be try for today, but a little bit cooler. Here is your futurecast model into friday afternoon, and notice no rain there. But another chance coming our way as we get into is new years eve, and before. Colder air moving in. Ill have a look at your extended forecast comes up. Here is look at traffic, heading over to San Francisco on the bay bridge, and you have a nice, easy ride right now. No worries whatsoever. East shore freeway, lets take a look at that. And that is a little crowded right now, but come next week at this time, it will be a lot more crowded. Right now, lets move it along at a pretty good pace, as well. Well, we are following breaking news for you. Firefighter at the scene of a house fire. It started about an hour ago. I understand you just spoke with some of the firefighters will. What did they tell you . Reporter well, the battalion chief said an arson investigator just arrived on the scene just off of california avenue and littlefield road. And thats usually standard procedure. At this point, they have no idea what caused the fire, whether it was suspicious, whether it was an accident. But they have knocked it down. You can see there are still . Hot spots, but smoke is rising. So firefighters are still going in and out of there, butth the active firefight is tone. Lets go to video we took earlier. There were initially reports that a man was trapped inside, but when firefighters arrived, they found the house fully engulfed. It looks like an infer tow. Neighbors tell me that he heard a smoke alarm, and thats what alerted him to the fire, and he apparently ran out of the house. We spoke to a neighborhood on camera a short time ago. Here is how he described the scene. Yeah, i was sleeping, and then i heard some explosion, and our sliding door rattled, and first i thought it was fireworks, and then i looked out the window and just saw are flames shooting up. They must have been 20, 30 feet in the air. So all the neighbors actually have been evacuated from their homes. They actually put crime tape up. Were not sure why. They usually dont do that at a fire, but just for safety, they have had the neighbors evacuated out of their homes. It doesnt appear that it spread to any other structures. So the good news is theyre happy that their neighbor, who lived inside that home, is safe. Hes okay. He wasnt injured. He escaped. Still dont know what caused this fire. Were told that its an older gentleman, and he lives there with his brother, but it sounds like he was the solo occupant of the house when this fire broke out. We are going to continue to follows this to find out more information about how it possibly started, if if theres any reason to think it is suspicious. We have no idea right now, but well stay on the skein continue to monitor it. Was the damage pretty severe . Reporter it really hard to tell, because its dark, and the about fattion chief just had a minute, but the battalion chief just had a minute. 6 05. We are rushing this morning he that russian president Vladimir Putin said he will not expel u. S. Diplomats from rush are in retaliation. But president obama is telling 35 Russian Diplomats to leave the country in reaction to thes russian interference in our election process. President obama making chase against russia, and by clear implication be, russian president Vladimir Putin. For starters, 35 russian officials are being expelled from the United States and sent back to russia, and the white house also listed a series of sanctions. Our bottom line is that what russia has been engaged in over the last few months and years is unacceptable, and the president is sending a message today to tell them to cut it out. Reporter the fish and the different of Homeland Security issued a joint analysis of the election season hacking that targeted the Democratic National committee, making it clear that russia was behind it. Russia has denied any involvement, and has promised to respond in kind. A clearly skeptical president elect donald trump announced that he would meet with u. S. Intelligence officials next week to learn more, but his top advisors were talking about suggestions that the white house moves were really about targeting trump. The allegation or the subpoena position that perhaps one reason that these sanctions are taking place is to quote books in president elect trump, forcing he time take a position or otherwise once he takes of face. I hope that this isnt motivated by politics, ive a little bit. The diplomats are being expelled were given 72 hours to leave the country. We have not been told how many people are affected at the consulate in San Francisco, and how many at the embassy in d. C. , just that the total number of diplomats who have to leave is 35. It is 6 07. New years eve revelers are beginning to countdown 2017. Thousands of people line up along the embarcadero in San Francisco tomorrow night to watch the big fireworks show. The pyrotechnics will be loaded on to big parks today with the barges then toyed about a thousand feet out into the bay. Since new years eve falls on a saturday, restaurants and other intern Entertainment Venues are planning big celebrations. At at water a tavern, they have a special tomorrow. Sparkling wine and two oysters, 20. 17. I have several be members that are going to go on the boat and be on the bay, and, of course, well be on the out at fisher mans wharf watching it, too. So we plan on having a good time. Hotels, restaurants, nightclubs offering special packages and deals tomorrow night for many venues locateed along the waterfront, they consider new years eve, their personal super bowl. Well, as we prepare to celebrate new years eve, here is way for you to do it all safely. Bay area Transit Services are offering Free Transportation on new years eve. Those start at 8 00 tomorrow night. If you need ride bars, you still have to play b. A. R. T. , you industrial to play you still have to pay. There are new years eve events all over the bay area. Just go to ktvu. Com and look under web links. The minimum wage in california going up in the new year. The 10 minimum wage going up by 50 cents to 10. 50 an hour. All part of legislation by Governor Brown signed earlier this year fine crease the statewide minimum wage to san hour by the year 2022. However it does not affect guys in cities that already have high her minimum wages like l. A. And San Francisco. Route now the minimum wage San Francisco is 13 an hour. The minimum wage in San Francisco increases to 15 an hour in the year 2018. San franciscos grand groundbreaking parental leave law also takessive on sunday. Constitute supervisors approved that measure back in april. It makes San Francisco the first city in the country to allow new parents to take time off from work without taking a pay cut. Currently California Workers receive up to 55 of their salary for up to six weeks to care for newborns or newly adopted children. Well, Stanford Universitys disciplinary process is coming into question this morning. A female student tell it is the New York Times she was rape bed amember of the football team. The paper did not identify either student. The woman did not want a Police Investigation so went to the schools discipline air board. She said the player was found to have sexually aassaulted her in two of those hearings. Despite the result offers the hearings, the school did not punish the player. San jose is dealing with its highest home rate in more than 15 years. Coming up at 6 30, what police are doing to make sure that trend doesnt continue in the new year. But first. Well, it is everything he wanted for christmas, a suit to look like his favorite meteorologist. But up next, the even bigger surprise that followed to make this threeyearolds dream come true. Outside our doors this morning, its a cold one. We are looking at temperatures below freezing for some of our inland cities, not so bad around the bay. Well check on those conditions with Colder Weather and showery weather in store. Ill have a look at the extended forecast coming up. Hi, im katy. I live in elk grove, do was, and my new years recess california, and my yew years recess solution to be and do really good in school for the next year. Heavy snowfall is buries parts of the northeast. A powerful for easter is pummeling that region. The video youre looking sat from northeast rain. People there being urged to stay off the roads because of that heavy snowfall. Crews are reportedly having a tough time keeping up with the storm. That is the end result. Right . Theres been a number of crashes that have been reported and at least one person has been killed. Unless you have fourwheel drive, i suggest not even getting on the roads. Its that bad. The storm is expected to last through the rest of today. A young boy from alabama aspires to be just like his favorite meteorologist on tv. We look at how his dream came true. Its not a typical gift on a toddlers wish list. Oh, i got the wish reporter put its all threeyearold woods mcfarland wanted for christmas. He couldnt wait to put on his weatherman costume just put it on in me, please reporter with click ner in hand, he gave his forecast click are the in hand, he gave his forecast. He didnt take it off for two days, even falling asleep in it. Since posting his video, its been viewed more than 52,000 times. We just had to meet him. Im so glad youre here today. I wore my jason smith suit just for you today. Reporter shy at first, but not for long. Is this your first time on tv, beside that . Oh, youve got nice shoes, too. Reporter his mom said his obsession with chief meteorologist jason smith started about a month ago. He came in one morning and said he wanted the costume like the man on tv, the black costume with the thing around his nick and the remote control, and i had no idea what he was talking about, and then one morning the news was on, and he said hes on hes on come look and it was jason smith doing the forecast. Reporter hide hing around the corner, jason dressed in the same suit, comes out for the big surprise. Look who is coming over here. Hey how are yall doing . Merry christmas hey, woods man, our ties are almost a complete and total match. Look at this, guys. Red. Reporter red, yeah. Reporter the duo even gave us the forecast. Were guying to head over to the video wall, but im goes to get my clicker, too, because we know how important that is. Reporter you see that right there . Does it look like its going to be windy time . Yeah. Reporter of course pictures were in order, and a bag full of gifts, too. Its a day little woods wont soon forecast. How surprised were you . Reporter mom admit she is was nervous. A little nervous, because we never know what hell say. Hes like a loose cannon. Reporter costume or not. We have our own meteorologist right here. Reporter he makes this weather marchs suit look good. Woods mcfarland, we appreciate you coming by the station. Pretty darned cute, huh . Isnt that like rosemary, 30 years ago, same thing for you . 30 years ago . Oh, you mean me being the little one. Exactly. I wanted to be a School Teacher when i was that young. Now youre just teaching about meteorology. I i try. I do a little. But how cute was that little one. One. Giving you a view here at downtown oakland. We have partly cloudgy skies overhead. If you look at Storm Tracker two to the south, areas of 0 monterey picking up a few scattered showers. This is not really expected to impact us, at least not the rain. We may see a few sprinkles today, and thats it. This is go fog move off to to the east. Worry is seeing the cloud cover. Temperatures will begin cooling as we get is into your afternoon, and its going to set a trend that becomes a little painful. Ill show you that in the extended forecast. Here is look at Southern California. If you are going to Southern California, it is going to start out bit wet for the Holiday Weekend. Looking good for the rose parade. The third system also dropping from the north, and bringing us some air out of canada. Take a look. Here is your futurecast model. It shows you the temperature. Here we are relatively mild today. There is the system right off there of Southern California. Notice it goes off to the east. This is saturday morning. Storm number 2 dropping in. These dont have a lot of moisture. Well, maybe a few sprinkleles to start saturday, and then were done. Youre in good shape for new years eve. Here is sunday, though. See how that blue begins to pull into Northern California . This is storm number 3 bringing the very cold air monday and tuesday, going to be quite, quite chilly around here. Im though i show you those numbers in the extended forecast. Shire look at what you can expect for your friday. 30 degrees outside your door this morning in santa rosa. Around the bay, 43 in haves, and 47 in San Francisco. Its a cool start around the bay, but it is freezing once again for some of our inland cities. Afternoon highs, not quite as warm as yesterday. Were beginning to see the turn around will be to get into the afternoon. 59 in oakland for today, as well as white sox, 60 degrees redwood city. 61 ins san jose. 58 expected for santa rosa. Lets talk about knew new years eve. We could start out with a little shower activity in the morning, and then we dry out, partly cloudy skies in time for the evening hours if you do have dinner plans, under 40s to low 50s in the forecast, and as we get into 11 00 or so, low those the forecast. If youre going to see the fireworks show, its going to be a chilly insight knight, and temperatures will continue to fall if youre going to be out to the overnight hours. Here is look at the extended forecast and detail it is for you on how cold were going to go. Low 50s for the afternoon high on sunday, and then 40s in the forecast for monday and tuesday. Not a lot of rain with these storms. Just going to be really cold. And will be making a lot of snow up in the sierra. Thats right. Is and the overnight lows will be painful, as well. Well, happening today, stanford faces the incoming in tar heels in the sun goal el paso, texas, and star running because mccaffree is skipping the game, because hes focus us on the nfl draft. Stanford still favored by 2. I 5 point against california. 49ers fans should be interested in this game, because the heels quarterback, there is speculation that the 49ers might pick him in the first round in the draft. Certainly need a quarterback. Thats for sure. Coming up, use of Recreational Marijuana now league until california, but the loophole that some lawmakers want to employees close that would affect drivers. And apartment complexes around in the area are getting rid of parking. Next, what they are giving out instead to help residents get around. Well, we are waiting to hear from San Francisco police about the latest homicide in i the city. A man was shot about 5 15 last night on golden gate avenue between hyde and levin worth streets. The man was rushed to the San FranciscoGeneral Hospital where the examiner reports he did later die. Theres no word of on arrest or suspects. This is San Franciscos 58 homicide of the year. Some apartment complex around the country and right here the bay area are getting rid to have their parking structures and are instead offering insentives for people to live car free. One of those places in the park merced apartment complex in San Francisco. They offer arents 8 100 monthly credit to use uber instead. Some say the program has saved he them time and money since its launch back in may. One real estate analyst says over the next 30 years, he thinks parking needs nationwide will be cut in half. Theres a roll opportunity here for Real Estate Developers and operators to get if front of what we view as an inevitable trend that will be the biggest gamechanger for real estate six the arrivalle of the car itself. A representative from the park merced apartment complex says more than 100,000 people have participated in its new insentive Program Since it got underway, which they say is a 95 participation rate. Well, the rap group rundmc has filed 50 million lawsuit against several large retailers including walmart and amazon for trademark inafricanment. They said the companies have been using their name for several years without their permission. Rundmc claims the retailers have raked in more than 100 million in revenue since the group was formed in the 1980s. So far the companies have not commented on the suit. Amazon has reportedly received a patent for a drone warehouse in the sky. Drones would fly inside an Old Fashioned blimp to pick up packages for deliver. They said that it could be stocked with food items and t shirts and be parked