People die along here. And this is just the most recent. This is a tragedy. Tom coleman didnt see the accident, but he said foothill is a dark, windy road and notorious for racing. Tried to create an awareness with other People Living here about the dangers of speeding. Last year its been especially bad. I dont know. Im not sure. Just maybe this road got rediscovered as a place to drag race, but its not its not a good situation. Steve says he was watching as fire crews arrived on scene and heard as they pronounced three of the victims dead. I think about what christmas will be for them all these years in the future. Completely changed. Now we are waiting for more details from chp as to what may have caused this accident. We do know that two of the victims who survived were ejected from the car. They were taken to the hospital with major injuries. No update on their condition. Reporting live, anser hassan, abc7 news. Thank you. In the north bay, visitors returned to muir woods today after a man was killed on one of the National Parks famed redwoods fell on top of him during a hike on christmas day. Witnesses say there was no warning at all when the tree suddenly fell alongside the hillside trail. The impact pinned Subhradeep Duthu of minnesota. A woman survived after being hit by falling debris. Today tourists still visited despite yesterdays tragedy. This is the thing. Nature, you just dont know whats going to happen. I feel very sad for the persons family and, you know, nobody deserves to be crushed by a tree. But, you know you have to know what youre dealing with. The National Park service considers duthus death to be an isolated incident. Officials are keeping part of the trail closed until the fallen tree is removed. San jose police are now calling a fatal hitandrun early yesterday morning a homicide. At around 2 15 a. M. , Police Responded to the 1200 block of E Santa Clara street. They found a body lying in the middle of the street on east santa clara and a load gun not far away. Police later found out there was an argument between two men that night and one man shot the other. That shooter tried to run away, but police say this woman, Sabrina Gutierrez ran over him and killed him. She is a relative of the man who was shot. Police arrested her and booked her into Santa Clara County jail on murder charges. Oakland police say the rescue of a 14yearold girl has led to prison time for a Human Trafficking suspect. 37yearold Joshua Johnson pleaded guilty to charges of pandering a minor under 16 and was sentenced to eight years in prison. The Oakland Police department tweeted this picture of abc7 news anchor eric thomas covering the story today. Heres more on what eric found out about the operation that put johnson behind bars. And during the operation were able to rescue a 14yearold girl. Oakland Police Lieutenant james beer discussing the outcome of an undercover operation along the Notorious International boulevard, known for prostitution and for underaged children being forced into sex work. Further investigation led strorgs this man, 37yearold Joshua Johnson. He was charged for rape, child molestation, pimping and pandering and prostitution. Police say he lured her in with promises of care and kept her from leaving with threats of violence. Its nationwide, but we do experience quite a bit of it here in oakland and in San Francisco. Too much for people who live along international boulevard. I guess things will be better after having more patrols. The fbi says the bay area, plusnd sz counties form the third busiest Human Trafficking corridor in the nation. In our position on the west coast makes an attractive destination to bring in exploited children from overseas. Police are seeing so much of it that it takes a toll. After experiencing a number of these investigations, it is actually traumatic experience for the officers as well as obviously the victims. The suspect, Joshua Johnson, plead no contest this month to pandering of a child under the age of 16. The other charges were dropped. He has been sentenced to eight years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender. In walnut creek, eric thomas, abc7 news. All right. If you use vca, youre in for changes. After seeing declining ridership over the past four years, Public Transportation in the south bay is getting a redo. Its partly because more people are using uber and lyft these days. Abc7 news is working to build a better bay area, and that includes mass transit. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen looks at what vta is doing to make its system more rider friendly. This weekend, the vta will usher in a new era of bus and light rail service. And with its biggest changes in more than a decade, riders are expect greater frequency on 20 of the agencys most popular bus routes as well as the debut of a new light rail line. To get ready for it, dozens of vta employees are spending today and tomorrow swapping out the old bus signs for new ones at nearly 3300 stops across Santa Clara County. Vta officials spoke to abc7 news from inside the command center in san jose where theyre keeping track of field crews and their progress. Weve been working on this since 2016. We were getting ready for the new bart service to come into milpitas in the North San Jose area, and we knew that that was a great opportunity to really look at the service and see where we might make our biggest gains in ridership. Ridership has been on the decline in recent years. Despite that, sjsu urban planning expert kelly snyder says there is still demand for high quality and reliable service. If you have to take two or three different kinds of buses and trains, thats where you start to lose the really big percentages of riders. You want to be where people are starting their journey and get them to where theyre ending it. The new service plan incorporates Community Feedback that was gathered over the past year and a half. But some routes are being eliminated, such as the one used by monica malin who travels from ca Cambrian Park to the university. Im hoping we can bring the routes back and do oer things. As part of the switch, the vta is offering free rides to the public for four days starting saturday. In san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. A ride on one of San Franciscos iconic cable cars is about to get more expensive in the new year. Starting january 1, prices to ride on any of the lines will go up from 7 to 8. There is a Silver Lining next week. You can catch a ride for free at any time on new years eve. The organizers of burning man are suing the federal government, hoping to recover millions of dollars. Blackrock city llc claims the bureau of Land Management has overcharged burning man for fees associated withholding the festival on federal land in the nevada desert. That group has filed appeals for four years, challenging what it calls excessive and unjust costs charged by the government. The federal government has not commented on burning mans lawsuit. Coming up, you search for a parking spot only to find that the meter is broken. Yeah, it happens more often than you might think. In our effort to build a better bay area, well look at the challenges posed by jammed, stuck and broken meters. Also, powerful waves slam the san mateo coast. The warning that is in place right now. And im meteorologist drew tuma. We are in store for a cold night on the way before we track our next storm. Well have when it comes earn hto. Co thats why theres covered california. Were the only place where you can get financial help to pay for your health insurance. New this year, almost a Million People could receive additional financial help from the state to help lower the cost of th insurance. More for those already getting it, and new help for many who havent gotten help before. So check to see how much you could save. It only takes 5 minutes. The last day to enroll is january 31st. So get covered today. It may be the holiday season, but there is no joy when of find a broken parking metere them in San Francisco are constantly jammed or broken. Abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area and parking is a big issue for a lot of us. Its also an issue for the city, which cant collect revenue because the broken meters. Abc7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez has more on this issue. Like this meter you see the coins stuck in there. Oh, the coins . And just like that, this meter technician clears the coins that have been jammed. It appears to be a common problem in San Francisco. Here we are on grant avenue in north beach. I take out my wallet to get some quarters and quickly discover that nearly every other meter on the street was jammed. There is another one. In some cases the meter is jammed on purpose and the coins are later fished out. We do everything we can to put the quarters in or youll put the money in and its not registering. The San FranciscoMunicipal Transportation Agency says there are other options. Here is what they told us last june. You should be prepared with a plan b, which should be a parking card, a credit card. Lets say its possible i dont have a credit card. Plan b is to then buy a parking card. But where do i get one . Sfmta told me there is an app to locate a store near you. It says the closest one is s s grocery, 1461 grant avenue. That way. But by walking a block, i risk getting a ticket. And when i get there, theyve run out of the 20 cards, leaving me with one option, paying for a 50 card. In 2012, sfmta reported more than 47 million from annual meter fees. But because of the holidays, no one at sfmta was available to tell us how much revenue if any the city now fails to collect because of these broken meters Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. So the San FranciscoMunicipal Transportation Agency asks if you park at a broken meter, parking is limited to the posted time limit, or four hours, whichever is shorter. But you should check the meter. If it can accept any physical form of payment, coins, a debit card, it is not considered broken. If you see a bag, you should remove the bag and check the meter. Oakland court has postponed a decision on whether a group of mothers occupying a home. Moms for housing moved into the magnolia street home last month to draw attention to the homeless crisis. A judge has ordered them to leave, but he is giving them a chance to make their case for staying. This morning the groups supporters spoke out. Real estate firm wedgewood says it wants to sell the house to a firsttime home buyer. The case has been continued until december 30th. This is a chance for us to really, like, put our bodies on the line, putting our bodies in between the sheriffs and the mom. Thats a beautiful thing. Even taking an arrest, going to jail. I would do the right thing with the property. What are you going to do, flip it and make more money off of it . And there are people in the street, mothers with children in the street . All right. Dangerous waves are hitting the bay area. Take a look at what it looked like at pacifica pier this mo g . Inrn include sneaker waves, large shore breaks and rip currents. She came to experience the wild water. Beach hazard warning is in place until 9 00 tonight. And the wind was howling last night. It calmed down today, nice day. How long will this last . Meteorologist drew tuma has that answer for us. Drew . What a gorgeous day today. A lot of sunshine, really fresh air out there, and well keep the stretch going for the next couple of days. But rain does return to the forecast over the weekend. Well show you when in one second. Live doppler 7 tonight. It is tracking a rainfree night on the way. So enjoy the break from the umbrella and the rain gear. Tonight we will show you where emeryville camera. A live look right now showing the beautiful lights of the bay bridge. San francisco skyline, we have great visibility right now. And a clear sky will lead to a cold night on the way. The accuwerhe dropping into the 30s. In a lot of cities. A sunny stretch to saturday. The next storm does arrive sunday night. But much in the Daylight Hours on sunday are dry. And that next storm not a lot of rain, but we will need the umbrella sunday night. Numbers 40s and 50s the name of the game. 53 in the city. Its 46 in santa rosa. 51 in san jose. 53 in brentwood and gilroy. Much cooler than that coming in with a temperature of 45 degrees. Here is live doppler 7. The story we are tracking out there. We had some Early Morning cloud cover, giving way to sunnier skies. And we had a really nice day across northern california. Southern california still dealing with some issues. You can see the area of low pressure spinning off the coastline. Still i5 over the grapevine, it is closed. We have snow working through parts of Southern California. A lot of rain. But good news, this is going move out over night and that will bring tranquil weather. The next couple of hours, still have an active ocean current. You see wave heights from 11 to 14 feet high. The waves will begin to subside overnight as well. Speaking of tonight, clear out. A good recipe for radiational cooling out there. Dropping well into the 30s. And well also watch for some areas of patchy dense fog in our north bay valleys. Well break down the day tomorrow on the 12hour day planner. Really a nicelooking day. Well start out with the cold temperatures in the 30s. Plenty of sunshine. So by 4 00, were bouncing back boo the mid and uerpp enjoy a quiet finish. 56 the high in the city tomorrow. Same in oakland. 57 in san jose. 59 in santa rosa, napa. 56 in concord and antioch up to 56 degrees. The bigger picture, High Pressure in control pushing the storm out of Southern California. If you have to travel tomorrow across california, youre going to be good to go. A lot of sunshine. No wet weather to speak of. But things will begin to change first on saturday. Well start out with sunshine. Well increase the cloud cover in northern california. We will remain dry. But this cold front move in here sunday night and bring us our next chance of rain. So here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. The next seven day, mostly sunny tomorrow. That dry stretch continues into saturday. Sunday during the day, were dry. That rain returns to the picture sunday night, lingers into part of monday morning. Gets out of the day on monday. And that means the last di of 219 is dry to welcome the fireworks and a happy new year wednesday with a tranquil pattern continuing, guys. Nice. Thank you. Still to come, the new star wars movie makes a sizable splash at the box office. And well run down the stories that got the most clicks this year on abc7news. Com. Here is one of them. Whatoes ds onlp he fo it looks like emily cooking dinner for ten. The beat goes on it looks like jonathan on a date with his wife. Ladiladidi entresto is a Heart Failure medicine that helps your heart, so you can keep on doing what you love. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Heart failure can change the structure of your heart, so it may not work as well. Entresto helps improve your hearts ability to pump blood to the body. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. The beat goes on ask your doctor about entresto for Heart Failure. Ask your doctor about entresto for Heart Failure yeah entrust your heart to entresto. The beat goes on it may come as a surprise. But medicare doesnt pay for everything. So help bridge the gap with a medigap insurance plan, like an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Medigap plans help pay some of what medicare doesnt, reducing your outofpocket costs. There are also zero networks and zero referrals needed. Call or click now to connect with unitedhealthcare insurance company. Find out about the range of aarp Medicare Supplement plans and rates available. The only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. And heres something exciting that comes with being an insured member of an aarp Medicare Supplement plan. At your best by unitedhealthcare. An offering of Wellness Resources and more. To help you live better. So connect with unitedhealthcare today. About aarp Medicare Supplement plans. In business news, christmas was very good for amazon. Amazon stock jumped more than 4 after it announced the Holiday Shopping season broke all records. The company also claimed that more people signed up to try amazon prime than ever before. U. S. Airlines are set to post their tenth Consecutive Year of profits. Thats the longest stretch in at least four decades, according to data from the trade Group Airlines for america. Star wars the rise of skywalker 32 million the second single day gross on that holi