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Need it for most of the day. Visibility has improved over the north bay but this time in the morning it will fluctuate. Not to long ago i saw over one mile in the napa airport and down through areas near novato and American Canyon where we have this dark Gray Crossing into highway 101 and you could have some in san rafael with this darker shade indicating dense fog with visibility down to 1 4 mile. That could be dangerous. Afternoon highs for today in the 60s in pacifica, 64 San Francisco with 60s for the inner east bay and 60s for the south bay. We have a cool down as we get into your weekend with a chance for sprinkles. I will look at your extended forecast coming up. Lets get to the highways with sal. We are looking at a bunch of stuff. I wouldnt call the commute light, i would call it moderate. We will go to the photo of one of our units driving on 680 southbound. This is one of our crews approaching the sonoma grade. Traffic is moderate with a lot of people. On the left we have the carpool lane but for the most part the traffic will be okay. This is a map of where this is. You can see the traffic is moving along relatively well write about here is where the crew is headed south. Lets look at highway 24 westbound. It is busy and 680 is recovering. We had a couple crashes, one of them near north maine main street but that one is gone now. 28 minutes is not a bad time for 7 00 in the morning. The 28 minute drive the average speed is 48 miles per hour. We have about a 10 or 15 minute delay. We are following breaking news out of washington. President trumps former security adviser Michael Flynn is expected to plead guilty this morning to making false statements to the fbi about conversations he had with Russian Ambassadors. In 30 minutes Michael Flynn will be in court for a plea hearing. Robert mueller has charged flynn with willfully and knowingly making false statements to the fbi. A Statement Released this morning indicates flynn has reached a plea deal and is cooperating with investigators looking at possible collusion between the russian government and members of the trump president ial campaign. We will continue to watch this and we will bring you the developments. Reaction after a San Francisco jury found Jose Ines Garcia zarate not guilty. This was for the shooting death of kate steinle. The jury reached their conclusion yesterday afternoon. Steinle was shot and killed in San Francisco in 2015. Garcia zarate was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. It is likely he will be granted time served and could be released early. This jury verdict should be respected. They heard the evidence, they deliberated as a group, they heard read back testimony and looked at the physical evidence and then they rendered a verdict to the best of their ability. The verdict today is not what we were hoping for but it is unequivocal that both sides gave it their all. The defense argued the killing was an accident and the bullet ricocheted off of the concrete pier before hitting steinle. His next court date will be december 14. That is when the sentencing will likely be set. In the steinle family response to the verdict kates father told the San Francisco chronicle we are shocked, saddened and shocked. There is no other way to say it. Justice was rendered but not served. The Deputy Director of ice is responding. He has said it is unconscionable that politicians across the country continue to endanger the lives of americans with sanctuary policies while ignoring the harm inflicted on their constituents. Following the conclusion of this case ice will work to take custody of Jose Ines Garcia zarate and remove him from the country. We are live at a memorial that was set up overnight where kate steinle was shot and killed. The verdict has been criticized from coast to coast including President Trump. Christien kafton is at pier 14 with more on the public backlash over the verdict. Reporter the verdict is drawing an emotional response. Behind me you can see the memorial we were talking about with flowers and a photo of kate steinle. Now there is word that the legal battles over the fate of Garcia Zarate might not be over. The Justice Department may look to prosecute Garcia Zarate. A spokesperson suggested a possible charge could be felony reentry or possibly a charge pertaining to a violation of supervised release. The president has been commenting on the verdict for hours. Jeff sessions has blasted the sanctuary city policy and has said the decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of kate steinle. The president has also weighed in via twitter this morning about the verdict. He has said the jury was not told the killer was a seventime felon. The Chuck Schumer nancy pelosi democrats will pay a big price in the 2018 and 2020 elections. The president is also renewing his call for a border wall between the us and mexico. Democratic east bay congressman also had to say i am greatly in respect of the jury system but i could not disagree more with the verdict. I pray for her family. The issue is trending on social media. It was the top trending topic on twitter. The hashtag boycottsanfrancisco was the number one topic trending on twitter. The department of justice, while it looks over the charges it is calling on cities to reconsider their sanctuary city policy. This is resonating from the bay area all the way to the halls of washington dc. Back to you. Christian crafton, thank you. The question of the day is are you surprised by the verdict . Let us know what you think by voting on twitter and leave your comments on facebook. Two more Senate Republicans announced they are supporting the republican tax reform plan. The montana senator and wisconsin senator ron johnson have said they support it. This comes after the senate did not have enough votes to pass the bill last night. Doug luzader has more from washington. The National Christmas tree is now late. A symbol of the season but a reminder just outside the president s window time is running out. On the usually sedate senate floor some real moments of drama as democrats tried to block republican efforts. You know what happened. They went down the hall, although my republican friends walked into the office with their wall street lobbyists. That is where they wrote the bill. The real problem is winning over republicans, the party crossed a major herder hurdle when john mccain came on board but their holdouts. Fiscal hawks who think this will add to the national debt. They are trying to force tax increases in later years if the promised Economic Growth from lower taxes does not pan out but that did not fit senate rules so now there is talk about raising taxes down the road. The amount of money that would be part of the trigger is now automatically added. Are you happy with everything . I am happy with that. The senators are negotiating provisions to add a deduction for local property taxes. The Current Senate bill eliminates the federal deduction for state and local taxes which is very popular in california and new york. The newest train was taken out of Service Every passenger fingernail was caught in the door. This happened yesterday. The womans thumbnail got stuck in a door as it was closing but it is not clear if the problem was caused by mechanical error. The paper says there was a problem with the pressure of the door that was corrected during testing before the train went into service. Tomorrow marks exactly one year since the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland where 36 people died. It was the deadliest building fire in the country since 100 people were killed in the rhode island nightclub fire in 20 2003. Investigators have not pinpointed the exact cause of the fire but two tenants have been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. We will air a special report from our Investigative Team examining the aftermath of that fateful night and see how families are remembering their loved ones. The specialist tomorrow night at 6 30 on ktvu plus. Get ready to explore a part of the bay area that used to be off limits. Miles of hiking trails are now available for all of us. Are you staring at your cell phone right now . We will tell you about a study linking smart phone addiction and changes to your brain. Okay, southbound 101 at the Golden Gate Bridge looking good as you move toward the toll plaza. Another traffic update is coming straight ahead. Official sunrise was five minutes ago. Temperatures this morning are just as cold as yesterday. We will show you what to expect coming up. Happening today, part of the honda creak open space preserve will be opening to the public in san mateo. Six miles of trail will be opened from skyline boulevard to the honda. People will be able to access the trail using the gate near ranch road. Efforts to remove a huge amount of debris are underway in the north bay. Crews are clearing the areas where 5000 homes were destroyed in the north bay wildfires. In coffey park in santa rosa crews with heavy equipment are working seven days a week to take out debris from warehouse is used to be. There is a backup at the county landfill where trucks are having to wait to drop off their loads. By all accounts the cleanup is going well. Not only just the removal of the debris off the private property but off the streets and out of storm drains. The cleanup in coffey park is expected to take until january. It could take an extra month for the Fountain Grove area and then it will be time to rebuild. A new study shows what smart phones are doing to our brains. Researchers from south korea used brain imaging to study the minds of 19 teenage boys with smart phone addiction. They found a connection with cell phone dependency and a lack of neurochemicals affecting the ability to focus. A heavy reliance on your smart phone damages your ability to be attentive and leads to anxiety, depression, impulsiveness. I spoke with a researcher on this topic and she said no such research has come out yet but i would not be surprised. Here is one study that proves it is true. Sal, i think we are okay. You might be. Call my wife. Go ahead. Okay. Good morning everybody. If you are on highway 24 things have evened out. We had an earlier accident on 680. Traffic is now free and getting better. On fridays things recover more quickly because of the volume being lighter. We have interstate 80 and it is 31 minutes. That is pretty good to drive from carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. Another 15 minutes on the bridge to the span. This is a look at interstate 880 with northbound traffic moving along pretty well into downtown oakland. 880 southbound is slow after 92 and it is staying slow into fremont. We had our crew on 680 and they have not found any slow traffic on 680 into the south bay. At some point you will hit slow traffic on 280. Looking good up to the west valley or highway 17. It is 7 17 lets bring in rosemary. We have a fabulous day with the dry weather in the forecast. Just a slight chance of rain coming our way. Here is a view of the sunrise at 7 00. Mostly sunny skies for today although it is a very chilly start. Some of us are a little cooler than yesterday. Lets look at the numbers on the back end. Lets talk about these changes. Here we are nice and quiet this morning. As we get into saturday, we have cloud coverage and then a chance for sprinkles. When i say that i mean we have a slim chance. There is a system bringing rain and snow to washington, oregon and Northern California but by the time it reaches us there is nothing left. Here is the futurecast model into the evening we are partly cloudy cool and dry. We have the Tree Lighting ceremony going on and by tomorrow morning clouds will be covering the bay area. There is rain to the north so even though temperatures are cooling slightly we wont have much sunshine for saturday. When we get to the afternoon things work into california and by the time it reaches us it will fizzle out. We dont get any blue or green. With that said we could have a few scattered showers. If you have outdoor plans tomorrow night just be aware late in the afternoon we could have something. Maybe keep your umbrella handy. We have this year with rain and snow saturday into sunday. There is no visor he for highway 50 but if youre traveling it is always a good idea to check the forecast before leaving. We would like to see some rain in the bay area. So far since october 1 we have seen 96 of average in santa rosa, 76 in San Francisco and into san jose only 62 of average. Unfortunately the extended forecast does not have much rain. Right now we have a very chilly start for santa rosa at 34 degrees. The north bay valley dealing with fog so just a heads up. 42 in oakland, 49 San Francisco. Afternoon highs today are like yesterday, 64 San Francisco and 66 for san jose. Here is a look at the extended forecast where there is a slight chance saturday night into sunday with rebounding temperatures monday and tuesday. The california governors race is shaping up to be competitive. Later this morning, the latest poll numbers. Communities in the bay area make manhattan look reasonably priced, coming up the most expensive zip codes in the country. 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Pam cook is back in the studio with that and what is taking stocks down. The latest reports show manufacturing is down but Construction Spending is up. Mixed reviews on wall street. Some local companies are in the news as well. When the opening bell went off this morning tesla dropped two dollars per share after j. P. Morgan advised investors to short tesla calling for a 40 drop in the next year due to increased competition. We will keep watching tesla and checking on the latest numbers now. Dow jones is climbing at 24,274. The s p 500 is up a little bit, the nasdaq is slipping a bit. General motors plans to have self driving electric cars on the road by 2019. The cars will be used as part of a nude Ridesharing Service by gm. San francisco will be one of the big cities where the cars are rolled out. The cars are being tested in several cities. The Google Assistant can now help you find Home Services like people who can make repairs. All you have to say is tell google on your phone find me an electrician or any other service. The assistant will search and ask some followup questions to find out what kind of repairs you need. The assistant will recommend local businesses that have been prescreened and are in good standing. What is in a zip code . Some local numbers beat 90210. Forbes released its list of americas most expensive zip code and because of the Tech Industry and the scarcity of homes in the bay area we have four of the top five and six of the top 11. The most expensive is atherton, 94027, the median price is 9. 7 million. The other expensive zip codes are in los altos hills, palo alto, ross and hillsboro. That is why when people say 1 million, that is not much in the bay area. Very interesting. President trumps former National Security advisor is expected to enter a plea in a metal matter of minutes. Mcgough, the latest on Michael Flynn and his hearing. The magic of caltrans holiday train is coming back to San Francisco. Coming up, we have a preview of the train and who is going to help this year. Good morning. Traffic will be a little busy in some areas, although we are getting the light of day on some commutes like this one on highway 24. The sun is shining, but dont be fooled it is very cold this morning. We will check in on your Current Conditions and show you what to expect for your friday afternoon. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. It is 7 29 on december 1 im trying 25. Good morning, im dave clark. Lets check your weather on this friday. We are looking at pretty good weather. Just as cool this morning and just as mild. Only minor changes for this friday. Into the weekend things get more interesting although the chance for rain is scaledback. This is the view at this gorgeous start. The Golden Gate Bridge shining bright. Back to the 30s for inland communities with 40s around the bay and we are dry. We have a little bit of fog over portions of the north bay. Along highway 101 there is some thick fog with santa rosa through petaluma and san rafael it is patchy. It can almost be more dangerous when it is patchy because you have good and then bad visibility. So please be careful because you may have patchy fog. We are watching the system dropping by tomorrow but we do not expect it to bring a lot of rain. Lets focus here and now, 43 in oakland, 49 San Francisco and it is chilly in santa rosa at 34. The inner east bay at 38 in livermore. Afternoon highs for today are a lot like yesterday perhaps a tad cooler. 64 in San Francisco and oakland. Mid 60s in antioch with more changes coming in the extended forecast. Lets get to the highways with sal. Good morning. We are looking at the commute in san jose that looks okay in downtown but further near the Silicon Valley actually, the west valley we can see this slow traffic at 280 on san jose. This is 280 approaching Stevens Creek. You can see that traffic will be slow just approaching the 17 interchange and it will stay this way going into the west valley. As you can see through here so lets give yourself extra time getting up there. 101 and 85 are little bit slow. We also have slow traffic on southbound 101 headed down to the 92 interchange. There has been slowing on the dunbarton and san mateo bridge. This is a live look at 80 westbound, this is to marin county. Southbound 101 is slow as you get to the Golden Gate Bridge traffic looks good. Driving to the bay bridge toll plaza it is backed up for 15 to 20 minutes. Lets get back to the desk. In washington dc Michael Flynn the former National Security advisor is expected to plead guilty to making false statements to the fbi about conversations he had with the Russian Ambassador. Flynn arrived minutes ago at the District Court house in washington dc. Robert mueller has charged flynn with knowingly making false statements to the fbi. A Statement Released by mueller indicates flynn has reached a plea deal and is cooperating with investigators looking into possible collusion between the russian government and members of the trump campaign. We will stay on this story and bring you updates throughout the morning. The New York Times is reporting President Trump directly pressured several us senators to stop an ongoing russia investigation. This comes as the white house faces questions about the fate of Rex Tillerson. Jackie ibanez has more. There are new questions if President Trump inappropriately pressured Republican Leaders in the senate to end the ongoing russia probe. This comes as New York Times reports the president pressured the Senate Intelligence committee chairman. To bring the investigation into russian activities during the election to a conclusion. The report cites half a dozen lawmakers and aides and claims the president complained that Mitch Mcconnell was not doing enough to bring the probe to an end. The report also claims President Trump told roy blunt to wrap up the investigation as the two were on air force one together. Questions are also swirling about Rex Tillersons future. He remains committed to doing this job. This is a job that he enjoys. The president was here today with the secretary of state. They engaged in a visit and are working together. The White House Press secretary is not denying reports that mr. Trump is considering replacing tillerson with mike pompeo. When the president loses conference competence they will not stay. The chief of staff says the rumors are not true. That was jackie ibanez. This morning, tillerson responded to reports that the white house is considering replacing him by saying it is laughable. Former president bill clinton in San Francisco today, he is the featured speaker at the National Aids memorial. The honor recognizes the achievements of those instrumental in the fight against the aids epidemic. The ceremony today begins at 11 30. The memorial quilt will be on display in San Jose City hall. The quilt honors 96,000 people who have died from the disease. It has 49,000 panels and will be on display today. There will be a flag raising ceremony at noon at city hall as well as a candlelight vigil tonight at 8 00. A statewide poll suggests the governors race is tightening up. In the pole Lieutenant Governor gavin newsom leads with 23 . Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa is close behind at 18 . State treasurer john chiang and superintendent Delaine Eastin are in the single digits. Republican candidates are trailing far behind the democrats. They could miss out on the runoff because of our primary systems. Some universities are considering revoking Honorary Degrees awarded two prominent men accused of Sexual Misconduct. North carolina state and montclair state are reviewing Honorary Degrees given to charlie rose, the newsmaker fired by cbs news. Buffalo already revoked an Honorary Degree from Harvey Weinstein. Some schools say that they dont revoke honors including juilliard which gave kevin spacey a doctorate. Google is accused in a new report of creating a hostile Work Environment for women due to Sexual Harassment and relationships between managers and employees. A tech website interviewed 30 current and former employees and many said workplace relationships between executives and younger employees created uncomfortable situations. Google has a policy that says top executives are required to report romantic relationships with subordinates to human resources. Oftentimes that policy is ignored. This weekend a special train will be headed down the tracks. The holiday train is a 15 year tradition. It is covered with 70,000 lights and travels between San Francisco and santa clara. Here is a preview. Now in its 15th year it will make a special trip down the peninsula. Nine different stops and each stop will have toy barrels for you to drop off a new toy for child with the salvation army. A child that may not get a toy otherwise. Joining us is santa claus. Tell me what is it like when you see the children . It is wonderful. This is a grand tradition. There are kids from all over who come out and have a wonderful time. It is fun for the whole family and everyone should get out and check it out. Can i sing with you . Can i take pictures with you . Absolutely. We will have the reindeer and a bunch of elves. If you want a piece of santa the holiday train is the place to be. Reporter we have 70,000 lights on this train. The holiday train arrived saturday at 4 00. The train will stop for 20 minutes at the nine stations. If you have a chance to bring out a toy for a child, they will have bins at the nine stations. This benefits the children of the salvation army. If you need the full schedule it will be at the holiday train website. From San Francisco, leigh martinez, ktvu fox 2 news. We are continuing coverage of the kate stanley case. Coming up at 8 00, what the Justice Department might do now that Jose Ines Garcia zarate was acquitted in the killing. The countdown is on. A number of Tree Lighting ceremonies will happen this week and. We will show you how some cities are celebrating christmas even without a tree. Good morning. We have some slowing out to there but things are getting good. Highway 24 is one example of traffic that is clearing up. I am tracking a minor cooldown for the bay area weekend with a slight possibility of sprinkles. I will detail all of this coming up. Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars to those in need. Is 7 40. It is the first day of december and this weekend will be packed with Holiday Cheer. Claudia wong shows us some of the best Christmas Trees in the area and where some cities have developed their own traditions. Lets face it. This is the best time of year to watch the lights come on. 10,000 people watched the tree light up in San Francisco union square. It makes you feel like a kid. It is great. Lets be honest. The sight of the big tree gets us in the spirit. We had to get a peek at the Christmas Tree that rolled into oakland jack London Square. The 55 foot tree was breathtaking even before it got its lights. The same can be said about the rockefeller tree in new york city. The most famous tree in the country. 75 feet tall and has more than 50,000 lights. tis the season from capitol hill to the nation airports. There was a lot of Holiday Cheer at the texas motor speedway. It does not always have to be a real tree. In austin electricians created their own version. In los angeles crowds celebrated a 20 foot leg lamp in honor of a christmas story. The tampa lowry zoo is celebrating with christmas in the wild with more than 2. 5 million lights on display at the lincoln park zoo. How about all of those amazing homeowners who are not afraid of a not so small electric bill. This home in arizona has 100,000 lights and a lot of trees. This man in long beach does not count his lights but he knows one of his trees has 5000. Across the country visitors dont just get a treat on the outside, go inside this house and the magic keeps going. That is good stuff. Tonight at the fun continues at jack London Square. I cant wait. I will meet you there around 5 00 when the party starts. There will be holiday Tree Lightings and performances including the tap dancing Christmas Trees. Get your pictures taken with santa claus and you can donate to the Alameda County food bank. It is all free of course. I hope you come down and say hello. If you cant make it, dont worry we will bring you coverage on ktvu. Is going to be very fun. Lets get you to where you need to go. Sal is right here. Okay, northbound 280 in san jose downtown is looking good. There have been no major issues but a little bit further up the road we found slow traffic driving into cupertino. By the time you get through this area just passed 280 things clear up. The traffic is slow for that stretch between Stevens Creek and then it will be good after that. If you are driving on the peninsula at 101 through san mateo it is slow and it is also slow in palo alto. San mateo bridge traffic is not bad. Traffic is moving along pretty well and 880 northbound has not filled in at all. By the time you get to the bay bridge toll plaza it is about 10 to 15 minutes for the delay before making it to the span. Lets get over to rosemary. I have another song. You are still the one by shania twain. Yes, that is one. That is a good one. For you i would just play something even outside of traffic jams because you are rosemary. [ music ] sal castaneda, the charmer. Lets look outside at this beautiful view. San francisco mostly clear skies with some patchy fog over the north bay. Just be careful because there may be fog. Earlier this morning the ground was shaking over near san leandro. This was reported one hour ago. If you felt it it was weak but it is worth mentioning. It looks like the west side of 580 across from the oakland zoo around 98th avenue a magnitude 2. 6. There were no reports of damage so that is good. If you felt a little tremor you are not imagining it. Here is a look at the system bringing changes into the week and weekend. Partly cloudy today may be a little cooler than yesterday but for the most part we are fairly similar with the weather pattern for friday afternoon and into the evening we are dry for those festivities. As we get into saturday we have notable changes as we wake up with cloudy skies and into the afternoon and evening the rain line to the north begins to move into california. By the time it reaches us it breaks apart and we dont have a lot. We could squeeze out a few sprinkles saturday into sunday but dont cancel your plans. If you are going to the sierra you could see a little bit of rain and snow saturday night. Today we have a cold start at south tahoe. Starting at 45 degrees this morning with 50 for the high. This weekend we are breezy ahead of the storm with afternoon highs at 49 on saturday and sunday 37 for the high. We are freezing overnight but again the chance for snow will be in the sierra into saturday and sunday. Currently outside we are cold. 34 in santa rosa, 35 napa, upper 30s at the inner east bay and lower 40s in oakland and upper 40s in the San Francisco. San jose 45. Low to mid to upper 60s for highs today. For the extended forecast, in addition to the cloud coverage temperatures are cooling a few degrees. Into monday we will rebound to the 60s and a little unsettling we dont have any real rain. We have a dry one between now and then. A scholar skip scandal, the data revealed because of a data glitch at Stanford University that has School Officials admitting who the money really goes to. The giants might be about to pull off a gigantic trade. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. [ music ] 1980 was the year. I know, im bouncing my head. Another one bites the dust. This was requested by linda roberts. Thank you. The theme is one. We have a couple more slots. Request a song by hitting us up on twitter, facebook or instagram. Use the hashtag ktvu. That is a classic. Beachgoers are being warned to stay alert along the coast because of high surf high tide and rip current. The High Surf Advisory in effect until tomorrow. It could be scary because of an alaskan storm so swells could be dangerous. Surfers you are being told to be careful because of dangerous rip currents. They talk about the sneaker waves. Those are real things. The wave comes in and the next thing you know they are flipped off of their feet. It is hard for me to not get in but it is not clean out there. The coast guard is telling voters to check the weather reports and make sure your boat can handle the conditions. Facebook is expanding to fremont. Facebook is Leasing Office buildings in a neighborhood in san fremont. As of a couple of months ago facebook employed more than 23,000 people around the world. The Postal Service Inspection Service reports a rise in thefts from Postal Service trucks in san jose. The latest was last week. Someone broke into the back of a us postal delivery truck on julian street in the middle of the day. The exact amount of mail that was stolen is being investigated but the Inspection Service sent out 150 letters to people downtown whose mail may have been affected. They are being warned to check for financial fraud. We are asking people, if you are expecting something or if you see strange activity contact us. There have been 15 breakins to postal trucks in san jose this year. That compares to five last year. Piedmont police of that new surveillance will help them find three men who conducted a violent Home Invasion robbery. The video shows the men outside of a home on oakland avenue october 10. You can see them here. The men saw the surveillance camera and then cut the power off from an unlocked electrical box. The men ransacked the home assaulted two people and escaped with money jewelry and other valuables. I think the calculated effort leads us to believe maybe they were looking for some specific target home. This could have fit that criteria. The two assaulted suffered minor injuries. If you recognize these men, or have any information please call piedmont police. Former quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been selected to receive the Sports Illustrated mohammed ali legacy award. The award goes to an athlete who uses sports as a platform to change the world. They have said kaepernick was chosen for his efforts to draw attention to Police Brutality and social injustice by kneeling during the National Anthem. In a twitter post Sports Illustrated set it is a rare person who gives up what he loves in exchange for what he believes. Kaepernick will accept the honor during an awards ceremony on tuesday. A San Francisco giant deal trying to sign Giancarlo Stanton from the marlins. Members of the Giants Front Office were in los angeles yesterday meeting with representatives. That does not mean a trade is close. It could simply be a matter of the giants finding out if stanton is willing to accept being traded. The mvp may not like the 98 game loss record from last season and their lack of outfielders. The country reacts to a not guilty verdict indicates timely murder trial. Coming up, from her parents to the president to a trending twitter topic, why many have said justice was not served. There are new developments into an investigation into Michael Flynn. We will tell you what his guilty plea in the russian collusion case means. Things are getting a little better out of there as we work into the commute. 280 is improving as you drive into cupertino. It is a cold start with mild temperatures for the afternoon. We have a cooling trend coming in time for the bay area weekend. Details and what to expect are coming up. We will tell you how the bay area and the country is reacting to the verdict indicates timely murder case. The big tax cut showdown. Im doug luzader in washington as the senate gets ready to pass a big bill. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Good morning welcome back to mornings on 2 im mike mibach. Im gasia mikaelian. The first day of december is bringing chilly temperatures. Unfortunately, not a drop of rain. We will have a slight chance tomorrow but we need a real storm. It wont be happening this weekend which is convenient for folks who need to be out and about. Lets look at what is going on with the fog. We had a little developed in the north bay and a little bit of patchy dense fog. Currently both santa rosa and napa airports report good visibility but you can see the darker gray on highway 101 as you get closer to 37. That is indicating some patchy fog. Just a heads up to be prepared, you could have good visibility but it could leave in an instant. Meanwhile temperatures are just as cold as yesterday just a bit above freezing in santa rosa where we are 35. Mid 40s over oakland with upper 40s in San Francisco and san jose 45. The inner east bay shows 30s with 38 in alamo and danville through san ramon. 40 degrees for antioch and 41 in lafayette. Into the afternoon temperatures are mild like yesterday. Here is a look at santa rosa as we get there 10 00 finally into the 50s and for your lunch hour near 60 and then lower 60s for the second half of the day. Afternoon highs in antioch in the mid 60s and in the south bay 66 with 64 in San Francisco. Temperatures pullback into the weekend with a possibility of a few sprinkles. I will detail all of this coming up in a bit. Currently traffic is moving along okay if youre driving on the east shore freeway, you have 27 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze which is pretty good. You can tell traffic is looking good around the corner. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you will be waiting 10 to 15 minutes. 880 is slowing down which is good because it has not been slowed until now. Southbound is slow on 880 from union city to fremont and the south bay commute has patches of slow traffic here and there. Lets get back to the desk. The Justice Department is considering bringing federal charges against Jose Ines Garcia zarate after he was found not guilty for the shooting death of kate steinle. The department is looking into new charges that could include felony reentry after deportation or a violation of supervised release. Steinle was shot and killed on pier 14 in 2015. He was acquitted of murder but Garcia Zarate was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm which could carry three years in prison. It is likely he will be granted time served. This verdict should be respected. The jury heard the evidence. They deliberated as a group. They heard read back testimony and looked at the physical evidence and they rendered their verdict. The verdict was not one that we were hoping for but it is unequivocal that both sides gave it their all. The defense argues the killing was an accident and the bullet ricocheted on the concrete pier before hitting steinle. The next court date is set for december 14. The steinle family response, kates father told the chronicle we are shocked, saddened and shocked. There is no other way to coin it. Justice was rendered but not served. The Deputy Director of ice is responding. He has said it is unconscionable that politicians across the country continue to endanger the lives of americans with sanctuary policies while ignoring the harm inflicted. Following this conclusion ice will work to take custody of Garcia Zarate. The verdict has been criticized from coast to coast including a series of tweets from President Trump. Christien kafton is live from pier 14. There is quite a public backlash. Reporter absolutely. First of all, here is a memorial that has popped up overnight. You can see the memorial here with flowers with the american flags and candles. Mourners are still showing up laying down flowers and paying respects. It is all about kate. Reporter people are still grappling with the verdict and we are learning the legal battles might not yet be over. This morning the Justice Department confirmed they may look to prosecute Garcia Zarate. A spokesperson suggests possible charges could include felony reentry or a charge pertaining to violation of supervised release. Jeff sessions blasted the sanctuary city policy and said the decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of kate steinle. Meanwhile the president weighing in tweeting about the verdict this morning. He has said that Kate Steinle Killer came back and back over the obama border. This information was not used in court. s exoneration is a travesty of justice. Democratic east bay congressman weighing in on twitter by saying i greatly respect the jury system but i could not disagree more. I pray for kates family. The issue is training on social media. It was one of the top trending hashtags this morning. It was the number one trending topic. The hashtag is boycottsanfrancisco. The doj is still looking at charges meanwhile Jeff Sessions is calling on those cities with sanctuary policies to reconsider their policies in light of the verdict. This issue is drawing political and personal response from many people. Christian captain, thank you. The question of the day is, are you surprised about the verdict . 69 say yes and 31 say no. Let us know what you think by voting on twitter. You can comment on facebook. Michael flynn the former National Security advisor has just pleaded guilty to making false statements to the fbi about conversations he had with the Russian Ambassador. Flynn arrived 30 minutes ago at the us District Court house in dc. Robert mueller charged flynn with willfully and knowingly make false statements to the fbi. Michael flynn admitted to lying about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador to the United States during the transition period before President Trumps inauguration. Flynn agreed to a plea deal with mueller. We will follow these developments. The New York Times reports President Trump pressured several us senators to end the investigation into russias interference in the 2016 election. Over the summer the president told senator richard were her he hopes the investigation would be wrapped up quickly. There are continued reports that President Trump is planning to replace Rex Tillerson and put mike pompeo in his place. When the president loses confidence they will no longer serve in that same capacity. Chief of staff kelly said these rumors are not true. This morning, Rex Tillerson responded to reports that the white house is considering replacing him telling reporters it is laughable. Meanwhile Senate Republicans believe they have enough votes to pass their tax reform bill. The senate could come to a vote this morning. The National Christmas tree is now lit up. A symbol of the season and a reminder outside the president s window that time is running out for tax reform. On the usually sedate senate floor there were moments of drama as democrats try to block the efforts. They all went down the hall to the majority leaders office. They walked into the office with their wall street lobbyists and their Tobacco Company lobbyists. That is where they wrote the bill. The real problem is winning over republicans. The party crossed a major hurdle when john mccain came on board but there are holdouts. Fiscal hawks who think the cuts will add to the debt. They want a trigger mechanism to force tax increases if the promised Economic Growth from lower taxes does not pan out. That did not fit with senate rules so now they are talking of raising taxes down the road. The amount of money that would be part of the trigger is automatically added. I am happy with this so far. In terms of getting this done by the end of year deadline, it is theoretically possible but a lot has to happen and the senate must get the bill passed as early as today. In washington, doug luzader ktvu fox 2 news. Former president bill clinton is in the bay area today. In minutes we will tell you why he is visiting and attributes that will be taking place today. A mishap with a miniature train. We will tell you why the train has been taken out of service. Things are getting better. On the carquinez bridge, this looks much better than a half hour ago. We have a minor cold unexpected as we get into the weekend. I will tell you what to expect for the afternoon today and we are keeping track of the possibility of scattered showers. The u. S. Senate will look into Sexual Misconduct allegations against al franken. The Senate Ethics committee announced it is opening a preliminary inquiry after five women have accused him of groping. In the latest complaint and army veteran claims he groped her during a uso Christmas Tour 14 years ago in the middle east. The senator has apologized and has said he will cooperate. A los angeles tree artist took a visible swipe at al franken, yesterday morning without permission the artist altered a billboard promoting the Upcoming Service of the greatest showman. The change makes it look like al franken is going to grope a female acrobat. The artist supports President Trump and has Show Displays mocking hillary clinton. Russell simmons is taking a hiatus following a second woman accusing him of sexual assault. The woman is the daughter of a filmed famed film director. She says that simmons forced her to have sex with him in 1991. Simmons has said while her memory of the evening is different than mine it is clear that her feelings of fear and intimidation are real. Last month another woman accused the executive of sexually assaulting her in 1991. She says there was a filmmaker there at the time. Some universities are considering revoking Honorary Degrees from men accused of sexual assault. The degrees given to charlie rose from cbs are going to be revoked. The university of buffalo revoked an Honorary Degree from Harvey Weinstein and some schools say that they do not revoke honors including juilliard which gave kevin spacey an honorary doctorate. The newest uni train was taken out of service after a passenger fingernail got caught in the door. This happened yesterday when a womans thumbnail got stuck in the door. It is not clear if the problem was caused by a mechanical error. The paper says there was a problem with the pressure of the door that was corrected during testing before the train went into service november 17. Lets check in with sal castaneda. Things are looking pretty good. Things are improving which is nice. Sometimes friday is better and today is better on highway 4. You know that this is looking pretty good for this time of the morning and as we get closer to 9 00 we have a lighter commute on 24 westbound improving through lafayette. Also at the bridge things are looking good into San Francisco. If youre driving to the toll plaza you will have to wait 10 to 15 minutes. If you have the luxury to wait around it could be to your benefit. 880 northbound is showing slow traffic driving past oracle arena. Southbound 880 is slowing just after tennessee road headed down to stephenson in fremont. Lets bring in rosemary orozco. Temperatures are not improving yet. We are right above freezing over santa rosa and it is a chilly start for the inner east bay. San francisco is slipping to 49, Oakland Holding at 45 with livermore at 40 and san jose 46. We are within the westerly flow and you can see we have partly cloudy to mostly clear skies today with a system dropping from the north bringing cloud coverage for saturday and maybe a few sprinkles. This is the futurecast model. Into the afternoon and evening we remain with clear skies from the coast around the bay inland. If you have plans for this evening it will be partly cloudy to mostly clear and cool. As we get into the overnight and tomorrow morning we start with cloud coverage over the bay area. Tomorrow is mostly cloudy and cooler but by the end of the afternoon the system brings rain to Northern California with snow to the sierra. For us, we could get a few scattered showers. You can see we are mostly gray but not a lot going on with the rainfall. However, we do have a chance, a slight chance. If you are out and about you might want the umbrella but dont cancel any plans. Looking at the snow report in the sierra we are breezy saturday with a chance for snow saturday night into sunday. 20 inches at the base at mount rose. We would like to see another juicy storm coming through, but not happening this weekend. Afternoon highs, San Francisco 64 and south bay of san jose at 66. The extended forecast is showing temperatures will be rolling back a little bit and we are cooler for the weekend. Possible sprinkles saturday into sunday and then we clear out and warm up monday into tuesday. Beachgoers are being warned to stay alert because of high surf, high tides and rip currents. This is mostly along the coast. Storms are causing waves so surfers are told to be careful. They talk about the sneaker waves and that is a real thing. The wave comes in looking nice and easy and the next thing you know they are swept off their feet. If the surf is good, it is hard to not get in but it is not clean so it is not worth the risk. The coast guard is saying to check the weather reports and make sure your boat can handle the conditions. Gm makes a move on the right share market. We will tell you about the technology being used. Part of the peninsula is opening up today for trail hikers and horseback riders. [ music ] the theme is one. This song is one way or another. There you go. This was requested by valerie harris. Thank you for playing along. Request a song today. The theme is one in the title. Today the country is celebrating rosa parks. The iconic figure in the civil rights movement. Today celebrated december 1, the day she was arrested for not giving up her bus seat in 1955. The incident launched the montgomery bus boycott, a major event in the civil rights movement. After her arrest parks went on to become an icon. She was the recipient of the president ial medal of freedom. Rosa parks died in 2005. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving lgbt rights, religion and a cake involving an incident between a get couple in colorado and a baker. Jack phillips cited religious faith in refusing to make a cake for the couple. Phillips has been accused of violating the antidiscrimination law. Phillips claims he should not have to create something that contradicts his religious views. Advocates fear that ruling in phillips favor with open the door to further discrimination. Stanford says it will fix a computer glitch that allowed the public to view confidential information on students. A student accessed the records in february and found the Business School gave deep discounts to preferred applicants while claiming scholarships were only given to students in financial need. The student who obtained the information accused the school of offering scholarships to women, International Students and those with finance backgrounds. Schools are resuming at San Francisco State University after a power outage at 1 00 yesterday afternoon which was caused by an equipment failure. Officials canceled class and other activities. The Science Building had to be evacuated over concerns of fumes. Power was restored at 4 30 in the afternoon. Part of the la honda preserve is now open to the public in san mateo. Six miles of trail will be opened to hikers from skyline boulevard to la honda. People can access the trail using a gait near sears ranch road. A new study shows what smart phones are doing to your brain. Researchers from south korea used brain imaging to study the minds of 19 teenage boys diagnosed with smart phone addictions. They found a connection between cell phone dependency and a lack of neurochemicals affecting the ability to focus. Heavy reliance on your smart phone damages your ability to be attentive and increases levels of anxiety and depression. A ruling in Southern California could affect the bay area. We will tell you what was decided against companies being held responsible for fires. Bill clinton is the featured speaker for worlds aids day at golden gate park. Outside of the doors, we  have chilly weather. We will check on your Current Conditions and look at your afternoon highs coming up. When you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. Visit kp. Org to learn more. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning, im mike mibach. December is here and it is beautiful outside. Yes it is, it is dry and we are looking for some rain. We are looking at fairly nice weather into the weekend. On the visibility we were tracking patchy fog over the north bay. It was fluctuating between santa rosa and napa. As we zoom in closer it has since cleared. As quickly as it develops it gets out of the way. This is along highway 101 around American Canyon picking up on lighter gray so we did have some patchy dense fog not long ago. There could be some still at this hour on the highways. We are tracking this system dropping in time for the weekend cooling us down bringing in the chance for showers. Friday will be dry and here we are into the weekend. As we move it to saturday the notable changes come. Today is similar to yesterday with temperatures cool followed by mild afternoon highs. Saturday we wake up with cloud coverage. Saturday night we could pick up on a few sprinkles but not much. Tahoe will be getting some snow saturday night into sunday and then it is out and by sunday we are drying out. We would like more rain but the weekend is dry. When i come back i will look at your temperatures today. Lets get a check on traffic with sal. Good morning. Traffic is moving along relatively well in many areas. Looking at 101 and san rafael it is a nice commute from novato into san rafael and down into southern marin county. The bay bridge westbound is backed up to the maze although the metering lights are on and theyre moving slowly. This is a look at the actual bridge. I dont see anything but we are still looking. This is 880 northbound and you can see traffic is heavy. Headed south traffic has improved after hayward but there is slowing into fremont and the south bay is improving. Lets get back to the desk. We are following developments from washington dc where within the last 30 minutes, Michael Flynn the former security advisor pleaded guilty to making false statements to the fbi about conversations he had with the Russian Ambassador. He entered the guilty plea in dc. Robert mueller charged flynn with willfully and knowingly making false statements to the fbi. The judge this morning says flynn is now cooperating with the government in the investigation. The judge says the government will decide how effectively flynn is cooperating as part of his plea deal. Flynn did not speak in court except to say he would plead guilty. We will follow these developments and bring you the updates as they come in. The World Health Organization says more than 30 Million People around the world are living with aids and only half of them are receiving treatment. Former president bill clinton is in San Francisco helping bring awareness to worlds aids day. Leigh martinez is joining us live with more. Reporter the National Aids memorial was created 25 years ago by Three Friends who lost friends in the aids epidemic. If you look here this is the friendship circle. This includes names of people who have died of aids. People who were instrumental in getting treatment and in getting education out about the aids epidemic. As you mentioned, we will have former president bill clinton as the featured speaker in the world aids day. Joining us now is the Board Chairman mike shriver. Tell us a little about the importance of having bill clinton here. Think about where we were 25 years ago. It was the eve of mr. Clinton being the president. It was when we had a president who is willing to say the word and he spoke about the importance of the needs of people with aids at the democratic convention. We knew we would have someone who would move the issues around funding and did his best to advance the federal agenda. So now 25 years later the man that signed the bill into law to make this National Memorial is coming to the growth to deliver the keynote address. This man is the one that created the government response who saved my life. He gave funding for my hiv medication and care and created a system of Prevention Research that has saved millions of lives. It has been 25 years. So have you noticed positive changes in 25 years . What changes have you noticed . It is a mixed bag. In San Francisco we are the model city in the good parts of the epidemic. We have brought it down to two 200 new infections per year. We have the best care and research with the best scientists in the city. That is why the memorial is here because of our response. On the flipside we have a lot of work to do around women and people of color particularly transgender individuals. There are communities that have not yet been equitable or have not been advocated for enough. The biggest challenge now is where we have the disparity, to rectify that. That is one of the challenges that will be helped out with president clinton here. What do we intend to do to carry the legacy forward. It is a free event but it is ticketed. Yes, it will be huge. We always have the free event but this year we had to get tickets because of security and secret service and the challenges. We expect over 750 people and we have standing room only but we will be Live Streaming the event. So people can go to our Facebook Page and watch a live stream. After 5 00 people can come pay respects in this sacred special place. Please come down, but i would suggest if you cant get here to go to the Facebook Page. I guarantee president bill clinton will be speaking. Thank you so much. Real quickly i want to swing around and show you where the tent is at where the president will be speaking. If you do not have tickets you cannot get in. If you dont have tickets you can watch this live and the president will be speaking at 12 15. After 1 00 they will open up the grove. So anybody who wants to come out you can do so after 1 00. A gang member has been sentenced for his role in the killing of a Novato High School student. The 21yearold Eric Escalante torres was sentenced to five years in prison. He was accused of disposing the clothing that the killers were wearing during the attack on Edwin Ramirez guerrera. He was loyd into an ambush. He is the third person to plead guilty in the case. Piedmont police hope that new Surveillance Video will help them find three men accused in a violent Home Invasion robbery. The video shows armed men outside of a home on oakland avenue on october 10. Police say that they saw the surveillance camera and then cut the power off from an unlocked electrical box. The men ransacked the home, assaulted two people and escape with money, jewelry and other valuables. I think the calculated effort leads us to believe they were looking for a specific target home. The two people assaulted suffered minor injuries. If you recognize these men, or if you have information please call piedmont police. A ruling on fires in san diego could impact the bay area as officials work to determine who is responsible for the california wildfires. The Public Utility Commission found San Diego Gas and electric shareholders will have to pay 379 million in cost stemming from modifiers in 2007. Three fires destroyed 1300 homes. Cal fire concluded the fires were caused by electrical lines. Making the most out of wearable technology. How one study could save your life if you where and apple watch. The Worlds Largest battery was just activated. We will tell you where tesla is using this battery to power 30,000 homes. There are those of us who like to venture to the unexplored. Those of us who go out there with a sense of wonder. Bridging worlds,finding delights in our differences. If youre one of us, and you want to explore more of this great planet, were ready to take you there. Widen your world. Turkish airlines [ music ] the music business can be tough but this song will put you at ease. Bob marley, one love. Thank you for playing along. This is our last request. One love by bob marley requested by larry from twitter. We do this on friday. Thank you for playing along. Use our hashtag, ktvu on social media. Apple is working with stanford on new technology to help with your health. Two other companies have been singled out as the stocks to watch. Lets bring in pam cook. A lot of local companies are in the news. J. P. Morgan picked netflix and facebook as the Top Performing stocks for next year because they are attracting new customers. They also picked tesla as a stock to drop because of increased competition and disappointing production numbers. Checking in on the opening bell, College Football has invaded wall street. The opening bell rung by members of the atlanta sports council. They are highlighting College Football and the National Championship in atlanta. The playoffs january 18. We have stanford and usc playing tonight. Currently the numbers are down after some big games. The dow crossing 24,000 yesterday. It is dropping but at a. 76 drop. The s p 500 and nasdaq have slipped a little bit. This has to do with the uncertainty in washington dc. Apple is teaming up with stanford to use the apple watch to watch your health. They launched the study up to collect data about user hearts. The app will detect irregular heartbeats using a sensor and then will send a notification. The collaboration may lead to other health apps. General motors plans to have self driving electric cars on the road by 2019. The cards will be used as a new Ridesharing Service by gm. San francisco will be one of the big cities where the cars are being rolled out. The cars are being tested in several cities. Tesla says the Worlds Largest lithiumion battery has been turned on in australia. The 100 megawatt battery was built by tesla. Elon musk says it has the capacity to power 30,000 homes for one hour during a blackout. He recently made a promise to solve the Energy Crisis in australia. The battery was manufactured and installed in record time. Pretty exciting news, good and bad for tesla. A lot of people are waiting for that model three. So many things with one particular vehicle. They are waiting for that cheaper car. Lets help you get out the door. It is finally friday and there are no rain troubles. It has been a good commute. 27 minute drive time from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. This number 27 is the morning stop number typically. When this number is low that is the meter of the commute. If it is high that lets you know. It is a barometer for traffic. This is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is backed up for 10 to 15 minutes. Things are looking okay on 880 as they are slowing down passing oracle arena. Southbound 880 has been moderately heavy on south into fremont and in the south bay traffic is improving. It is 8 45 lets bring in rosemary. We have changes coming as we have a bit of rain we could see. We will see cooler temperatures and today we are sliding a little bit. Moore on saturday with mostly cloudy skies and saturday to sunday we have an opportunity for scattered showers but again we are not holding our breath. On this futurecast we are picking up at saturday morning. Partly cloudy and cool today with no problems and into the evening we are nice. We have wet weather in the forecast in Northern California over oregon and washington but as we get into saturday there is a lot of cloud coverage with a few sprinkles. This is 7 00 and we are picking up on a little bit of blue. So it is not a big event but if you have afternoon and evening plans you could feel a little bit of wet weather and that is it. Here we are sunday it is gone. It will also be over the sierra saturday night into sunday. We dont have any advisories but it will be breezy and you could experience a little bit of snow as we get into saturday night and sunday. We would like to see rainfall, this is what we have seen since october 1. Santa rosa 96 of average, San Francisco 76 , oakland at 88 and into san jose we are 62 of average. Unfortunately in the extended forecast things are dry. This morning we have dry conditions with 35 at santa rosa, 45 in oakland and 46 in san jose. Afternoon highs are in the 60s at the coast, low to mid 60s at the bay with 60s inland. For the extended forecast we are cooling a little bit on saturday and sunday. Mostly sunny skies monday into tuesday with temperatures returning to the 60s. There you have it. No rain but for the weekend you can get outdoors and celebrate. Stanford may have Home Field Advantage tonight in the pac 12 championship against usc but in las vegas they are the underdog. Scott reese talked to stanford as people prepared for the showdown. It seems like a long time ago, stanford lost two of its first three games including one to usc. It was a got shot. The cardinal persevered winning eight out of the next nine including victories over two top 10 teams in the last three weeks. It is a special group. We have a bunch of fighters. Look at price love. Every day we have choices to make. Do you fight or quit . Do you point fingers . Do you go back to work or wallow . One guy who doesnt know the meaning is the sophomore quarterback Jake Costello who has injected life into this offense. He is a gunslinger. He can see things that others cant. Definitely he is the most competent guy. I dont like the term necessarily but at the end of the day i want to make the appropriate decision. I do want to make sure i am doing the right things. The pac 12 champion will advance to one of the six bowl games but it wont be the rose bowl because this year that is one of the National Semi final playoff games. It will be stanford or usc in the fiesta bowl to be played december 30. From Stanford Scott reese, ktvu fox 2 news. Colin kaepernick has been selected to receive the Sports Illustrated mohammed ali legacy award. The award goes to athletes who use sports as a platform. Kaepernick was chosen for his efforts to draw attention to Police Brutality and social injustice by kneeling during the National Anthem last season. And a twitter post Sports Illustrated said it is a rare person who gives up what he loves in exchange for what he believes. Kaepernick will accept the honor on tuesday. Traditions at this time of year, we will show you a sneak peek at the cal train Holiday Express and we will tell you how you can take part. Tomorrow marks one year since the ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland. 36 people died in the fire. The deadliest building fire in the country since 100 people were killed in the rhode island nightclub fire. Investigators have never pinpointed the exact cause, but two tenants have been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. We will air a special report from our Investigative Team on the ghost ship fire. They will examine the aftermath and show us how families are honoring their loved ones. The special runs tomorrow night starting at 6 30. Reaction to the news that jim neighbors has died. He was best known for his role as gomer pyle. Neighbors joined the ivory Andy Griffith show in the 1960s. A character so popular he got his own spinoff. He was also an accomplished singer. His health had been deteriorating over the past year and he died peacefully at his home in hawaii. Facebook is expanding to fremont. Facebook is leasing two Office Buildings in the arden would neighborhood. About 950 employees will work at the fremont location. As of a couple of months ago facebook employed 23,000 people around the world. Especial cal train is headed down the tracks. The holiday train has been a tradition for 15 years. It makes stops between San Francisco and santa clara. It is covered in 70,000 holiday lights. There is also a toy drive at each stop. It is a wonderful event. Not to mention we are bringing in toys. It is going to help out a lot of kids. We have posted a link to the schedule on ktvu. Com. Click on web links to find it. Tonight oakland is lighting its 55 foot tall Christmas Tree in jack London Square. I hope you come out and join us. The party starts at 5 00 and goes into the evening. We will bring it to you live here on ktvu fox 2 news. If you go there you can check out the popup shops and meet santa. The dancing Christmas Trees are always a highlight. You can also get back to your own community. Jack London Square will be holding donation drives. The first starstudded benefit concert raised 17 million for victims of the north bay fire. In a moment we will tell you who is headlining a second benefit concert. The massive effort to remove debris is underway in the north bay as crews clearly areas where 5000 homes were destroyed. In santa rosas coffey park crews with heavy equipment are working seven days a week to remove the debris. At times there is a backup at the county landfill where trucks have to wait hours to drop off their load. By all accounts the cleanup is going well. Not only just the removal of the debris off the private property but off the streets and out of the storm drain systems. The cleanup in coffey park will take until midjanuary. It could take another month or two for the Fountain Grove area. It will then be time to start rebuilding. Thousands of people who lost their homes in Sonoma County will get a break on their property taxes. The Sonoma County assessor announced he will allow owners whose homes were damaged or destroyed to transfer their current property tax to their new replacement property even if it is worth more. This is allowed under californias proposition 13. The 1978 ballot measure that will base tax rates on when people bought their homes. Firefighters in marin county will be delivering more bicycles to people in the north bay who lost their homes in those wildfires. In an online post the firefighters have set they will be in san jose picking up new bikes donated by san josebased turning wheels for kids. The firefighters delivered 900 bikes to children and adults in santa rosa. They are also still accepting bike donations. They can be dropped off at marin county and southern marin Fire District stations. In one hour, tickets are officially going on sale to the public for another benefit concert for north bay wildfire victims. This is video of the first concert on november 9 that raised 17 million for fire relief. It featured metallica, the Dave Matthews band and part two is scheduled for december 14. It will take place at the bill graham civic center. The redhot chilli peppers are scheduled to headline. 100 of ticket sales will be donated to the Tipping Point emergency relief fund. They go on sale at 10 00 this morning. They will cost 99. President trumps former National Security advisor Michael Flynn enters a guilty plea. What this could mean for the russian investigation. The controversial case with the controversial ruling. We will take a deeper look into the not guilty verdict in the kate steinle murder case. We are talking about Crisis Management and if it is possible to make a comeback after a Sexual Harassment scandal. A clear cool morning to start december and it is under these sunny skies a memorial is growing for kate steinle on pier 14 in San Francisco. This is where she was shot and killed. The location drawn many people who are mourning her death and questioning the not guilty