launched sky high at the start of 2017. there will be two barges that will be placed at a safe distance in the bay waters about an hour before the show. the coast guard, police department marine unit will be out on the water, making sure folks stay a safe distance away. now, meanwhile, san francisco police and fire are keeping a close eye on the crowds. over the past few days, the city has been busy prepping for tonight. as we mentioned they ve been putting up barricades,es a fences along the embarcadaro. we re told the fireworks show will actually be synced to some music. you ll also have to do it, braving the cold weather. kate kogiran, kpix 5. first, here s the scene at times square, new york city about an hour ago. two million people are expected to tornado watch the annual ball drop there. and security expected to be tighter than usual because of recent terror attacks overseas. wendy gillete takes us to the center of is celebration. reporter: hundreds of thousand
overnight lows tonight, not bad tonight. it s going to get worse as we head into monday, tuesday, wednesday; but overnight tonight, santa rosa down to 33. and santa fe, 41 degrees. specifically at 81, we ll have a few clouds around. 49 on the embarcadaro. at midnight, it will be 45 degrees. look at that low on top of san francisco and the low behind it. promises unsettled weather in the first week of 2017. we ll have all the details when we cover the forecast in just a few minutes. the cold weather has bay area homeless shelters packed. this one in santa clara county expected completely next week. county officials are adding a hundred more beds to the center, increasing its total capacity to 350. homeless experts tell us more beds means less space. we re crowded. we re stretched. when you add the hundred people on top of that, it s very difficult. we need additional donations as far as to take care of food, for instance. the shelter could use a little help keeping u
official website, organizers say the rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized and threatened many of us. this march is the first step toward unifying the community. grounded in new relationships to create change from the grass roots level up. i feel like as a woman and as a majority for many many years, i m with joe biden on this one. you should be mad and i am mad. i m standing behind that statement. i can t depend on other people to stand up for me. and for other women. reporter: hennagrin s son and husband will be attending other protest marchs throughout the bay area. my mom raised me to embrace diversity and inclusion and now i m getting to put that into practice. reporter: i spoke to another woman in the bay area who is going to washington, d.c. she says let s make it clear i m not going to protest the inauguration or race results, i m going to bring attention to women. the sister marchs will start in san francisco city hall at 3:00 p.m. r
camala harris says she welcomed the decision to omit iraq but the president still has an obligation to the provide evidence of a national security threat posed by immigrants and refugees from the remaining six countries. bay area muslim and interfaith group says that this threatens the u.s. from terrorism. still national security theater. reporter: what happens now? coming up at 6:00 we have a first look at what could be the basis of the aclus lawsuit against the president s revised ban. berkeley s mayor standing by his police officers after this weekend s brawl. started when supporters of president trump gathered for a rally and then clashed with counter protesters. but police standing near by did nothing do much to stop the violence. kpix5 s phil matier found out the laid back support is fall out from a past protest. that s part of it. usually we re in berkeley talking about police and demonstrations the question is whether they overreacted, this time it s wheth
a factor. they need to slowdown. this roadway is straight, but it s dark out here. it s only two lanes. one in either direction. they just need to slow down. the parents of three children are the ones who died. the other adult in that car survived, but we don t know his relation to the kids. all four of them are being treated at tracy hospital for minor injuries. the driver of the other vehicle survived and was the only person in his car. he s in the hospital right now, but the kids are ages 10, 9, and 2. chp trying to figure out the cause of this crash. in discovery bay, jaime warren. the weekend strong storms are giving one bay area river the kick start it needed. here s a look at it in currentville. today, it s expected to [indiscernible]. [chain saw] heavy rain keeps part of the highway were closed as crews used chain saws to clean up the mess. heavy rains brought a bay area college town a sinkhole that won t quick. kpix kiet do is live with the repair work.