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KTVU News At 5pm December 30, 2014

Back to the 49ers who were cleaning out their locker rooms after their coach told them he would not be back. Reporter 24 hours after that the players were clearing out their locks for an off season that began lockers for an off season that began a month earlier. Players were still getting their heads around the developments. Just, you know, feel like i have been here before. I am very familiar with this process and what is going on. It is not new. It is unfortunate. We all have our opinions and what we feel is best. At the end of the day that is the over our heads a players, that is upstairs management. We just got to play football. 49ers ceo and the general manager met with the media. The most obvious question is why wows the most successful coach in team history had to go . We didnt win the super bowl. If we dont win the super bowl we are not executing on our mission. Our mission is simple, win with class. We havent won and i dont think we conducted ourselves with the level of class i expected. We have off the field issues. Now the question is, who will replace jim harbaugh. Defensive coordinator or defensive line coach. The team might want to make a splash with a big name. Either way, we wont know for a while. We are to going to interview, 710 days hopefully and hopefully be in a position to make a decision at that point. Enough going on with the coaching situation. When you say the 49ersare interested in making a big splash, who would they make a big splash with . We heard the names. Pipe dream that people talk about is john gooden. Butthen we heard other people they asked permission to ask for permission to talk at seattle and arizona. They are not confirming that. The 49ers arent going to talk about that either way, in house or out of house. Mike shanahans name comes up from time to time. There are any number of people. It should be a desirable coaching position. The raiders . Again, talking about big names, gooden has always been on their wish list and then a report last night the raiders were going to make a run at jim harbaugh but that is put to rest with it becoming official and a press conference scheduled tomorrow for the university of michigan. Thank you. We heard mixed feeling from 49er fans, some are looking forward to a change, other are sad to see jim harbaugh lead. Got them to the championship game three years in a row and this is one year where he missed, i dont think that was right if them to fire him after one bad season. I dont think he is one of the best coaches in the nfl and there is something there between the ownership and him that didnt go well. They will miss him. And 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is one of those players. This picture on instagram today, writing the coach that drafted me, chose to start me and stood behind me, i will never forget what you have done for me coach, thank you for everything. And now to the cold weather. Right now it is gorgeous but it is only 50 degrees and temperatures are dropping quickly. We have live Team Coverage, ktvus john fowler with how people are preparing but we begin with ktvus meteorologist rosemary orozco. Where are we right you maneuver. We are cool out there again. Temperatures range similar to yesterday. Temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. 50 oakland. 53 redwood city. But as we get into the second half of the evening, a storm dropping from canada is going to be moving into our area. That is going to bring the possibility of very cold weather and wind. So if i remove the clouds you can see not a lot of moisture with the system. Still 100miles to the north of us. Behind it it will bring gusty conditions. The National Weather service has decided to issue a wind advisory. Starts tomorrow morning. It will last all the way into wednesday afternoon. Gusts to 45 Miles Per Hour possible for our lower spots and in the hills we could see the gusts 60. That could lead it toppled trees as well as power outages. The winds will be with us. Temperatures will continue to fall, especially behind the winds. I am going to show you the numbers coming up in a bit. Thank you. Now a john fowler, you are bundled up. Homeowners are preparing their homes. Reporter there is a lot to do because the temperatures are beginning to go down now. The sun goes down, the temperatures go down. A lot of people with plants, particularly the new drought tolerant plants, they need to get ready, the cold weather is coming soon. Reporter mini homeowners many homeowners planted drought tolerant landscaping. I am worried. We put stakes in there to keep the cloth off of the plant and that forms enough for that to take care of it. Reporter he suggest slipping in outdoor christmas lights. That heat will make a huge difference. Reporter for citrus and tropical plants you will need more. Hot house, a heater keeps her plants at 73 degrees with 75 humidity. Too cold for this variety. Reporter avoid droopy and curled up leaves by watering a bit and freeze proof protects down to 23 degrees. When i went out in the morning the leaves were curled. I got a nice plastic. Reporter the last plastic is the best. I will tell you why at 6 00 p. M. And other steps you need to take. Spend your time and money now so you dont have a mess on your hands. Thank you. There is a spare the air alert till midnight tonight, a ban on burning inside or outside unless that is your only source of heat. Particles from wood spoke built up to unhealthy levels. This is the sixth spare the air alert of the season. On www. Ktvu. Com you will find the latest on the conditions. Look for the weather link. New developments in the search for the missing air asia jet. 15 ships and a dozen aircrafts are searching the water. Oil samples from the sea are being tested to see if they are from the aircraft. It went missing saturday night after taking off in indonesia. There were 162 people on board and tonight family members are hoping for any news about what happened. The wait now stretched into a third day for the families of the passengers and crews on board the air asia flight qz8501. It is now expanding on to land areas but Officials Say it is believed the plane is likely at the bottom of the sea. [ indiscernible ] reporter a number of countries are joining the search. China and australia are sending aircraft and indonesia requested help from america. The u. S. Navy has been standing by. The plane was flying from indonesia to singapore when it lost contact with air traffic controllers. One of the pilots asked to change course and fly at a higher attitude because of storms. But it is reported the plane was denied permission due to other planes in the area. The ceo of air asia flight air asia flight air asia air asia says it is too early tospeculate to speculate. [ indiscernible ] reporter as for the families, all they can do now is wait. This has been a terrible year for airlines. In march Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished over the indian ocean during a flight stoobeijing. 239 to beijing. 239 people were on board that flight and that plane has never been found. In july, soldiers in ukraine shot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17, 298 people were on board that plane. The plane was flying from ampster dam to kuala lumpur. Coming up, we will hear from an analyst who explains how stormy conditions could create turbulence severe enough to make a plane crash. The police union criticized the new york mayor for supporting protests in the city. The mayor is now working to rebuild trust. Reporter mayor bill de blasio attempts to diffuse tensions. To serve people in this way it takes determination and commitment. We praise you for making this choice. Reporter mayor bill de blasios address came two days after officers turned their backs on the mayor during the funeral for rafael ramos. He and wenjian liu were killed earlier this month by Ismaaiyl Brinsley who said their deaths were in retaliation for the killings of eric garner and michael brown. It is time for the mayor to start walking back from some of the comments he has made, both his Campaign Platform that seemed to be antipolice, anti law enforcement. The Police Commissioner said the officers shouldnt have brought politics to a funeral. The mayor didnt comment but acknowledged the tensions, saying they can change the city for the better. You will confront mental illness, illegal guns, all of these challenges, you didnt create this problems but you can help the city to overcome them. The officer for wenjian liu is this weekend. A sink hole opens up in a bay area city. Center started to give. What we are learning about the project blamed for causing the street cave in. No choice but to jump from a second story window. Jump. The actions that saved a threeyearold boy from a fire. This Girls Basketball team was banned from playing because of a tshirt. A major change of heart within the past few hours. New at 5 00 p. M. Support for a high school Girls Basketball team in Northern California that was banned from playing in a tournament all because of these tshirts. A lot of people were outraged. They said not letting them play would have been a violation of freedom of speech and it turns out they were able to play after all. Ktvus Cristina Rendon is live to explain what happened. Reporter an attorney tells me hours ago officials decided to avoid a legal battle and allowed players to wear the shirts and that follows a protest this morning on the steps of the high school. Reporter the Mendocino High School basketball teams were warming up wearing tshirts that said i cant breathe. It prompted the high school to uninvite theme the basketball uninvite them to the basketball tournament. The girls team protested this morning on the steps of the high school. They said they were going to throw us out if we wore the shirts. Me and my teammates walked up with our shirts and acted like normal, asked if we could pay, we walked in. The principal initially said the players were uninvited because the shirts could prompt a safety issue they werent equipped to deal with. An Attorney Says just before they were going to final a complaint officials changed their minds. These are kids who we should team them the power of the First Amendment rather than restricting it. Reporter players and spectators will be allowed to wear the tshirts. These teens say they just wanted to raise awareness of police brutality. We made our point. It was just about freedom of speech. We wanted to raise awareness for this cause. I am happy with how it ended. Reporter there was another protest that was scheduled but it has been called off and even though they are allowed to wear the shirts it is unclear if they will be allowed back inside the tournament because another team took their spot. Cristina rendon, thank you. Back now to the bay area weather. You told us about the plants and everything to bundle up. We had cold temperatures for a few days. But we have the wind coming our way and that will make it brutal for some. We have a wind advisory that starts tomorrow morning and it is going to last till wednesday afternoon. Once the wind dies down the coldest temperatures will be settling in for new years eve. Lets take a look at the satellite. This system, back from canada, is just dropping into Northern California. You can see it here we talked about this already. A system that is moisture starved. We are not going to see a lot of rain. We may squeeze out a few traces over night and the sierra is likely to pick up snow but it is a very cold, mostly dry system. That is going to bring us wind and colder temperatures into the day ahead. Lets track this for you. The 5 00 p. M. Hour, you can see over Northern California little shades of blue. Into the over night hours it begins to pass over the bay area. I am picking up on a few drops of moisture. We thought about the possibility of snow showers over the higher elevations. But you can see whatever falls, it is not going to bring a lot. We may see a dusting if we are lucky. The sierra could pick up a few inches but for us, the issue is the wind behind it. Tomorrow morning, it is already moving south. It will move into the desert southwest. Burt for us but for us the winds will pick up. We talked about this, a wind advisory. Look at the winds into the afternoon tomorrow. Talking 2535 Miles Per Hour winds with gusts 45 to perhaps 60 for the higher elevations. Very blustery. These winds are Strong Enough to bring down power lines as well as topple the trees. This will be with us into tuesday, half of wednesday, and then the colder air settles in by new years eve into new years day. A look at the numbers tomorrow morning, not too bad. We still have 30s, 40s. 42 degrees in oakland. 36 santa rosa. 39 san jose. Upper 40s to low 50s. Cooler than today. Not too bad. It will be the wind that gets you. When the wind is that strong and it is this cold, you have to consider the wind chill factor. Into the extended forecast, new years eve the coldest night. Thank you. The donations are pouring in for a family of a window washer who fell 11 stories and survived. He landed on a car, the car was crushed and it saved his life. Even though he suffered serious injuries and cant work as his medical bills mont. The family mount. The family posted on good fund me, the total is now 73,000. His daughter had to quit school it help support the family but now will be able to go back to classes. Up next, new developments in a listeria outbreak linked to prepackaged caramel apples. The new recall issued today. And a shark attack off the california coast, the frightening encounter. Street lights being installed, what makes these lights so different and how they are expected to save money for the city where they are being used. Plus an update on a family and a woman who delivered a baby in a coma. Tonight how mom and baby are doing. These stories and much more coming up new at 6 00 p. M. No, sir great white shark attacks a surf after the california coast. Officials say the shark swam under the victim, bit into his right hip, off the waters in san luis obispo. Surfers understand the risk of encountering a shark when they get into the water. [ indiscernible ] [ laughter ] i love the waves so much, it doesdantter me doesnt deter me. Another company that makes prepackaged caramel apples issued a recall in connection with an outbreak of listeria. California snack foods are now recalling their apples. They received a notice from a packic company saying there Packing Company saying there could be a connection between the listeria and the apples. The outbreak effected 29 people in 10 states, including a woman from santa cruz who died from the bacteria. Healthcare worker who just returned home from sierra leone has been diagnosed with ebola. She being treated at a hospital in scotland. The woman was admitted to the hospital this morning. She flew on a British Airways flight from london but the risk to the public is extremely low to the point of negligeable. The woman was screened for symptoms. The death hole from the fire on board a greek ferry is now up to 10. The ferry was traveling from greece to italy saturday night. 400 were rescued. Authorities say some survivors werent listed on the manifest and that indicates there is a possibility that some people were on board without tickets. New proposal to keep dui offenders from repeating their crime. One of those things we need change and this will start that change. What the proposal would make them do before they hit the road. Jump. Later caught on camera. A threeyearold told to jump out a window and why the man is being called a hero. Another sink hole in San Francisco. The big construction project that mightve undermined the street that might have undermined the street. Get yourself something nice. Love, nana. Something nice. The kfc 5 fill up. The only pot pie made with the worlds best chicken and a cookie, and a drink, all for just five dollars. Isnt that nice. Complete bay area News Coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5 00 p. M. A new push today crack down on repeat drunk drivers. A senator is sponsoring a bill that would require drivers convicted of dui to install devices that are a breathalizer for your car that you have to use before the engine will start. Currently they are not required. Ktvus Melanie Woodrow spoke with two mother whose say this bill is long over due. Reporter the women each lost a child it a drunk driver. The drivers were repeat offenders. Reporter two families whose lives were changed by drunk drivers. Our son matt was 22. We were hit by a drunk driver and he was killed. My daughter was 22 years old when she was killed. Reporter the drunk drivers were repeat offenders. He was on a suspended license and suspended five times prior. I know the man who was sentenced in connection with my daughters death was driving on a suspended license. In california we have been lax. Reporter he wants to change that. He is sponsoring legislation that would require ignition interlock devices. It requires a breath sample before the engine starts. If it detects a blood alcohol above a limit the engine will not start. According to mothers against drunk driving 75 of drunk drivers continue to drive without a license. In august we went on a ride along with police as investigators conducted quine on dui repeat offenders. I should have walked. He says repeat offenders in california are involved in 24 of fatal dui crashes. In california a program is underway installing the devices on convicted dui offenders vehicles. This would expand the program statewide. Something family members of dui crashes soared. I want to prevent this from happening to another family. The number of offenses would dictate how long the device would be in place. Melanie woodrow, ktvu channel 2 news. Heart breaking hearing the mothers talk. Thank you. New details about a police chase that went from San Francisco to san leandro this morning. Officers arrested two men. Police tried to pull over the truck and the driver took off. Officers chased the van south and then across the bridge into a residential neighborhood. The driver then jumped out of the van and took off. When we crossed the bridge, they had their weapons drawn. And that is when we knew something was going on. Authorities found the dr

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