Trained to deal with that to keep the channel of communication open. Police were able to use drones to see what the suspect had access to in terms of those Construction Materials and equipment. That was a huge concern throughout the day. They knew that he could be violent because police say he assaulted the victim in that Home Invasion robbery earlier in the day. But police do tell me that the victim is expected to be okay. Back here live. Police tell us the suspect did make a request for some cigarettes and food. They provided those items to the man as part of the negotiation, but just moments ago he surrendered peacefully to police. Were live in fremont tonight. Im chris nguyen, abc 7 newsment back to you. What a bizarre story. Glad its all at an end. Now to storm watch. Sky 7 found some people who enjoyed this weather, have you ever seen other people, though, arent enjoying this weather quite as much. It sucks. Because its still every time its like this, means zero. You cant catch any crab. In pacifica this morning they told us that the strong surf stirs up too much sand. Drew tuma joining us now with a look at the storm. Drew . We got rough surf along the coast line. This is where the rain is falling. Its light in intensity. Some light rain falling from palo alto down through cupertino over into campbell right now. Just a smattering of showers as you go north into cloverdale along 101. The wider picture, what were watching is a cold front thats currently moving through northern california. Light rain here, but we are seeing snow in the sierra with a Winter Weather advisory there. We are watching our visibility begin to decrease, down to 3 miles. Down to 5 miles in santa rosa. This is a level 1 light system with scattered showers tonight. Some of this is going to try to linger into part of our day tomorrow. So ill show you what to expect for the weekend ahead we will find dry times and well have that full forecast in a few minutes. Now a steady snow is falling over the sierra as we speak, and thats making travel to the tahoe area a challenge. Roads are slick and snow covered, and visibility is poor. Just over an hour ago the chp issued chain controls in both directions on i80. Youll find some but not all resorts are completely open. This chart you see here shows the amount of skiable terrain at each. Kirkwood and mt. Rose at 100 , followed by sugar bowl, sierra at tahoe, and borial. A reminder, you work always track the storm and check conditions with live doppler 7. We look at what needs improvement. This week weve been reporting on the city of San Francisco losing business. First, oracle decided not to hold its annual conference in the city because of high costs and dirty streets. That will cost millions. Yesterday we told you businesses at pier 39 are saying the dirty streets are drivin tourists away. Many of you responded to that story by reaching out to us with your opinions. Lea spent the day reading through so many interesting comments. After reading some of those comments from viewers, it seems san franciscans have reached a tipping point. They want results, they told me. Many complained the city continues to increase its budget on services for the homeless, but theyre not seeing things improve as quickly as they would like. Pier 39 is one of the safest places in San Francisco because it has its own security. Its also impeck bly clean. Yesterday the president of sim coe restaurants said they are not getting the number of tourists they used to. In the past two years they had to hire a Marketing Team and a bus service that brings tourists to them. This way, she says, they avoid many of the problems of the city. So you step off the property at pier 39 and youre just faced with all of this. I think the city has to open their eyes and realize that something has to be done. Many of you agreed. A viewer gave us this feedback. San francisco has turned into a giant ghetto and the politicians said we voted for it. Another viewer told us the wine country is seeing the impact of the citys problems. One wrote to us, they, meaning the tourists, are just disgusted by what they see in the city and the cost and will never go back. Napa valley piggy backs on the sf tourism. If people stop coming, it will affect us too. On the streets we heard this. I thought it had gotten better. Other viewers didnt think it was fair for businesses to blame the homeless. Larry nelson also wrote to us, when businesses take the easy route with blame, its cheaper than the quality of some of their products. Blame is a shame. Give the homeless a job. This visitor from sacramento seemed to agree. We need to help our homeless. These are all opposing arguments that will continue as long as homelessness persist. I hear people saying they have a compassion fatigue towards the homeless. Mayor breed says she can fix it and that will work in her xaver obviously the homeless crisis is more than just people who lost their jobs and became homeless for o reason or another. There is really a much darker side to this, and that is of course mental illness, which we see in huge numbers out on the streets. Thats the biggest challenge in terms of how to address that part of this crisis. It is the biggest challenge by far. That drove it home for a lot of people. They saw it. What is the city doing . This past tuesday the board of supervisors voted to provide Mental Health care to those who need it and who are homeless. Theyre going to pour a lot of resources into that, but the second part of this is getting these people to realize that they have mental issues, mental problems, and the city knows it wont be easy. Huge challenge. Leann, thank you so much. Were always interested in your feedback. Go to our website, abc7news. Com, click on any of the reports you see there, and then scroll down to find an easy form where you can send your ideas straight to our inbox. As you saw here tonight in her report, we take a good look at them. You can share them on facebook. We have a group called better bay area. Part of building a better bay area includes Public Transportation and easing the congestion on our roads. In the north bay today they are celebrating the opening of a new s. M. A. R. T. Train station in larkspur. Abc 7 news was there for the ribboncutting ceremony. A station is also opening in downtown novato. It is expected to make life easier for commuters trying to get to San Francisco. Its less than half a mile from the larkspur landing. For those worried about cutting it close when taking the train to catch a ferry, s. M. A. R. T. Says it has planned for people to transfer. But weve made sure in the ferry schedule and the train schedule that youve got 20 minutes to get there on time. Train Service Officially begins tomorrow. There are plans to take s. M. A. R. T. Train service further north with a station in windsor. Many bay area transit agencies are making changes now or in the new year. You can check them out at our website, abc7news. Com. Another aspect of building a better bay area is improving safety. Abc 7 news was in vallejo today where police were cracking down on pedestrians and drivers who arent following the law. Half the deaths on the roads last year involved pedestrians, say police. The fault not only falls on drivers, but pedestrians as well. When we were kids, they said look both ways. Now you have to look both ways a couple times. Drivers need to slow down and get off their phones and all that stuff to be more aware of their surroundings. Police were looking for drivers who didnt yield at a crosswalk or did things like make an illegal turn. Pedestrians could also be cited for j walking or being extracted. Coming up next, youre invited, maybe not. Apples open house invitation to its cupertino neighbors left some feeling snubbed. We will explain who will and who wont get an inside tour of the spaceship. Raiders raiders. Laughing now, but they could be crying on sunday. Its their last home game in oakland ever this weekend. Another farewell in the east another farewell in the east bay to an you know when you go to ross for a few gifts and realize. Oh yeah you shouldve gotten a cart . Thats yes for less. Get gifts for everyone on your list and save 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. Blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun all we need is somebody to lean on swedens greetings. Enjoy your first payment on us when you lease a new volvo. Now through january 2nd. And youre not sure wholl be more excited. You. Oh, yeah. Or them . Ahhhhhh thats yes for less. Be a rock star this season and save big on gifts theyre gonna love. At ross. Yes for less. In the south bay apple is throwing a big party for neighbors of its new spaceship campus in cupertino. The company mailed out the invitations, but not everyone got one. Abc 7 News Reporter chris rays is in cupertino at apple park to tell us about what happened. Chris . Good evening, dion. For those who were invited, this is a very cool thing to do. Thats apple park behind me. It is a fortress, very exclusive, very hard to get into. But the company dubbed this as a neighborhood party. And now residents want to know, apple, am i your neighbor or not . This one is kind of a new one, but i got all the colors, brown, blue, black, all say sunnyvale. These twins have lived in this neighborhood for more than 40 years. Hometown sunnyvale. Thats right. They are blocks away from apple park, the tech giants massive hq in cupertino. When we told them about the open house, they were surprised. Heres the invite. Youre sure you didnt get that . Positive. Just minutes from their home we found a number of people that got the invite right in their mailbox. Its this mystery that kind of landed in the neighborhood. I think its great for the people to get an opportunity to see whats going on. How do you feel that maybe just one or two blocks from where you live theres a whole street getting an invite . I want to know how they decided to invite them and not us. I believe that we are sunnyvale. And thats the mystery. Apple only saying that they invited neighbors and community partners. Like i said, i didnt want to go anyways. I dont even have an apple iphone. Its been a party that was a long time coming. Plans in cupertino were first approved in 2003. Have they been a Good Neighbor . Depends on which side of the street youre asking. Apple is a great company. They got great products, but that building just messed it all up. Im sure you noticed the traffic. The traffic has gotten horrendous. When we were looking at it, oh, my goodness, this is going to be an apocalypse but so far its not been too bad. Its nice theyre doing. Its really what they do at the event and how they enable the feedback they get. Now, its understandable that apple cant invite everybody, but it is worth noting that this is a 175acre property housing about 12,000 employees, so they do have the room. Apple didnt return our calls. In cupertino, chris reyes, abc 7 news. A popular hayward restaurant is closing after 71 years in business. The Hayward Ranch on mission boulevard. It will close cloez for good after a final new years eve farewell. Abc 7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley takes you inside. You cant miss the bullheaded sign of the bhaihay ranch. You step into a time capsule, filled with old cash registers and phone graphs. They had a porterhouse steak that it would drape over the sides of the plate. It was the greatest. Were family. Friends and family come here. You know everybody by name . Yes, yes. You have conversations . Yes, firstname zaza there arent many places like this anymore . Its only here in hayward. Crystal, the owner, is ill, so hes decided not to run the business anymore. And the business and the restaurant and the building is up for sale. So are the contents. People are able to submit inquiries to bid on any item their heart desires. Some of the old treasures here include this old 1930s telephone, but theres so much more. Follow me over here. This is the star of the antique show, a wooden phone booth. It was in operation up until the early 2000s. Theres even a stack of old phone books. We do have somebody that works for antique shop thats coming in and inventorying everything. The drinks are still 5. Breaded israel and liver and onions are still staples on the oldschool menu as the countdown to closure continues. Thats the last night, new years eve. Youre coming, i take it . Likely, yes. Yeah. A lot of memories. In hayward, im Leslie Brinkley, abc 7 news. Happening tonight a meteor shower will be on display. Wow, take a look. This is a live gander at the bay area sky from our exploratorium camera. The clouds lapwill put a da about 50 metiers an hour n hournr r r rock the economy as it orbits the sun. Those met youeors youreors eo theyre not big objects. A typical one is smaller than your finger nail. Its best viewed without a telescope. I you cant find a clear spot, look toward the moon tonight at about 2 00 in the morning. Unfortunately chabot is canceling the viewing party because of tonights rain clouds. Thats fascinating. Who knew . Really. As youre hearing here, the weather may not cooperate. Yeah. Drew tuma is standing by with how much. I dont know. Do we stand a chance. Its tough. A lot of cloud cover out there. Not only that, we have a nearly full moon out there. If we didnt have cloud cover, we would have a pretty blight night sky. Unfortunately we do not have the best conditions to see one of the best meteor showers. Maybe next year. We are tracking just scattered showers, very light in nature. Well zoom into the south bay right now. Sunnyvale, san jose, cupertino, light rain at this hour. The scattered showers will continue on and off overnight tonight. Mainly overcast right now from our exploratorium camera atop pier 15. Its been a gray day. A lot of cloud cover tonight. Not the case on sunday. Going to the raiders game well have really nice weather sunday afternoon at the coliseum. Temperature wise well see those numbers hold in the mid50s but you notice a lot of sunshine and it will be a completely dry day. So enjoy if youre headed to the game on sunday. We do have a high surf adviser. Swells up to 14 feet are possible. We could see dangerous rip currents as well. Beach erosion is possible as well. Breakers could be as high as 22 feet. Its an active ocean current right now. Winter weather advisory in effect until 4 00 a. M. On sunday. 10 to 15 inches of snowfall, up to two feet in our highest peaks. Right now travel is very difficult remains that way overnight. If you can hold off until sunday to go to tahoe, thats your best bet. A lot of moisture in northern california. Snow in the sierra. We are watching a cold front knocking on our door right now. This is going to swing through tomorrow. Itll supply us with a chance of a scattered showers on saturday. Storm impact scale at level 1. Tonight the big concern, not only showers but also dense fog developing, especially right along our immediate coastline, and rainfall less than 0. 25 inches. 11 00 p. M. , grab the umbrella. Light showers dotting the lams. Peeks of sunshine here and there on saturday. Saturday is not a complete washout, but popup showers are likely, especially towards the evening hours. By 9 00 at night we could have a shower. But things really calm down on sunday. Overnight tonight well track that fog out there. Numbers basically in the low 40s to low 50s with scattered showers. Well call it mostly cloudy tomorrow. We will see sunshine here and there, otherwise numbers in the mid50s to lower 60s. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Isolated shower tomorrow. Look at sunday, though. Thats the better of the two days this weekend. Sunrise after morning fog, dry, nice day for outdoor ac cold morning monday. Clouds increase and then we trck another storm coming on friday. All level 1 with light rain. We have good breaks in between. Thank you very much. There are fewer than 20 days believe it or not until the year 2020. That is hard to believe, sarahs last tuition payment, sent off. Feeling good . Oh yeah. Now im ready to focus on my project. This is why we plan. You never cease to amaze me, maya. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Abc 7 news and disney presided helping hand for the Holiday Season. Be abc 7 news was in santa rosa where Wayne Freedman presented a 15,000 check to the Redwood Empire Food Bank in support of feeding americas produce program. Food bank staffers say the donation will help them buy 60,000 in groceries for residents. We have buying power, so we can go out and buy exactly the food we need and distribute it. We get a lot of donated food which we pay to transport and distribute. The Redwood Empire Food Bank serves 82,000 people a year, including 25,000 after the north bay fires. Our parent company, zmeerks has been supporting feeding america since 2012. Happening today, friday the 13th. Are you superstitious, do you know why . According to some, 13 became unlucky in the middle ages when the 13th law was mistakenly left out of a set of babylonian legal codes. Some christians believe friday to be unlucky because it was the day of the week jesus was chrisified. There is a word for the extreme super decision regarding the number 13. Its a do see. I. It is triskaidekaphobia. Apparently one in four americans say they are superstitious. Friday the 13th occurs during any month that begins on a saturday. Have you looked at next years calendar . Have h valentines day is a friday. Sfurj saturday. Halloween is a saturday. Christmas is a friday. Ah, and two years starts with a threeday weekend. All of this because next year is a leap year. You can share this badge that you see here on your screen with your friends. All you have stood look for it on our Facebook Zajac nice to know for planning. Are you superstitious. I dont know. My birthday is on the 13th. Oh, so you shouldnt be but its lucky, i think. I think so too. We have to get through christmas, of course. Its less than two weeks away now. Are you still working on your gift list . Tonight 7 on your sides Michael Finney joins us to show you how to get a good deal. A different kind of deal could be in the future for this woman. She faced a judge for the first time today to answer to charges she tried to kill a basher over what happened during her sons haircut. Mike bloombergs created on tover 400,000 jobs. Ue leader. As president , an opportunity economy that works for us. Tax fairness whe