Wanted to see. Its a terrible feeling. Everything behind our house burned but we are a sitting pretty, it looks like. Late last night, the thomas fire hopped the highway 101 in Ventura County near solimar beach and the fire made it all the way to the shoreline. Smoke from the three fires affecting air quality throughout the area. On your left, the satellite image taken from space shows how bad conditions are right now. A smoke advisory and bad air quality warning is issued for the west and east san fernando valleys and beach areas of the counties. Its hazy all across Southern California. Its something of course we saw with the wine country wildfires wine. The smoke lasted for days. You have to feel for them. The problems in Southern California with those windy conditions, they cant get the choppers up because its dangerous when you have those high winds. So whats the situation there now . Unfortunately, the winds are not going to be calming down for a while until about friday. Its because this High Pressure over the great basin is really leading to more of those santa anas. Theres a slight break but not enough to get rid of this red flag warning. They will have that until 8 p. M. On friday and here are the details of it. Damaging winds expected, again, gusts 50 to 80 Miles Per Hour. The worst of it will be thursday into friday. Thats when that High Pressure builds even more. And look at those humidity levels. During the day, dropping down to 4 to 15 . Humidity overnight conditions continue to stay dry, as well. And look at this. This High Pressure is whats bringing us a lot of sunshine also cold air. But also for them, dry air continues. And those santa ana winds. The thomas fire moves over 101 to the coast. The wind stream on this map, these are the current directions. You can get a sense for how windy it is. Some areas are dealing with freezing conditions like we are. So our conditions now very cool. Our temperatures are in the 30s for concord. Just dropped down to 39 degrees for you there. Freezing conditions there going on now. Ill send it to you. Those fires in Southern California certainly a reminder sobering one of the wine country wildfires that swept through in october. And people affected by those fires have until monday to register with fema for Disaster Assistance and to apply for low interest disaster loans with the Small Business administration. In Sonoma County alone, more than 4500 right of entry applications have been processed for debris removal. There are also 528 private Program Applications and more than 400 have been approved to start work. Time now 6 03. A few accidents out there. Lets check in with jaclyn who is tracking our morning commute. Good morning. Things are definitely getting slow out there. If you are getting ready to hit the road, 101 in the south bay, this is northbound direction, an earlier accident near san martin, that had traffic backed up, they are clearing the crash off the freeway. But you can expect a slow ride into morgan hill. Your ride continues to be a bit sluggish on 101 between 680 and 880. Thats typical for this time of morning. And we are tracking an accident in hayward 880 at tennyson with an offramp blocked. The oakland strike is moving into day 2 this morning. Thousands of city workers walked off the job yesterday. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live outside city hall with more. Reporter 3,000 workers on strike today for the second day in a row shutting down city service and facilities in oakland. We expect a group to be here on picket lines. They were here yesterday at city hall and we expect more to protest the fact that they have not reached an agreement with the city. Unions representing workers and Nonemergency Services including public works and Parking Enforcement say the strike comes as months of negotiations broke down. Now, the main Sticking Point wages. The union wants a guarantees 8 raise over a twoyear period. The city is offering 6 over two years but there is a catch. The second year is tied to revenue growth. People deserve to have their potholes filled, trashed collected. There are families served by libraries, Senior Centers and rec centers. We cannot make financials decision today that we cannot afford either today but particularly in the long term. We havent had a contract in so long, so we just want our cost of living so we can be able to stay in oakland. Reporter mayor libby schaaf says the strike is unlawful because there isnt an official impasse. The city could get a court order to end the strike. Residents here in oakland again will go without head start programs, libraries, Senior Centers, rec centers and street sweeping among other services. Now, the union says this strike will continue until the two sides can agree to go back to the bargaining table. Meanwhile, firefighters, police officers, they are still on the job. And schools are still open here in oakland. Jessica flores, kpix 5. The state trial is over but now the man who killed kate steinle is federally charged with felon in possession of a firearm and alien in possession of a firearm. Although the jury last week acquitted Jose Ines Garcia zarate on murder and manslaughter charges it convicted him of the charge of felon in possession of a firearm. District attorney George Gascon said his prosecutors did the best they could. If there was any failure in the preparation and presentation in this case, the responsibility is mine and mine alone. Zarate is still in county jail. Its unclear how or when he will be released into federal custody. Palestinian protestors gathered in bethlehem last night voicing their anger at president trumps moved to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Several set fire to posters of the president. He is expected to make that announcement from the white house today. Its something he promised on the campaign trail. Critics say that the move will derail peace talks. Changing the status of jerusalem from the u. S. Would be renegging on a promise and stab in the back of the peace process. The american consulate has already issued warnings to u. S. Personnel and american tourists from going to the old city or the west bank while the state department is urging embassies around the world to tighten their security. In a show of force, the u. S. Just flew a supersonic bomber over south korea part of an aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes. Officials say it is a clear warning after north koreas last week tested its biggest most powerful missile yet. Leaders claim it can reach any target in the continental united states. The San FranciscoPolice Department is working to improve how officers deal with people suffering from Mental Health issues. The chronicle reports that the department gets 3,000 calls a month regarding someone in an altered mental state. Since 2010, over half of people shot to death by officers had histories of Mental Illness or were acting erratically. This afternoon, the Police Commission will get an update on progress thats already been made to deal with this issue. A 21yearold man arrested last week on suspicion of firing a shotgun at Booksin Elementary School surveillance cameras. A spokesman from the San Jose Unified School district says it is now seeking a restraining order against nicholas oconnor. He is accused of shooting three security cameras at booksin over the past month. This morning, San Francisco is one step closer to allowing recreational weed sales in january. The next move goes to the mayor. Jackie ward joins us live with more on the longawaited signature of approval expected later today. Reporter kenny, it has taken so long for the city and county of San Francisco to get to this point. But today we do expect mayor ed lee to sign the new rules into law today. Getting here has been a grind for the board of supervisors. Thats because there was a lot of back and forth regarding amendments on items like how close dispensaries should be to schools and daycares. Three weeks ago supervisor meleia cohen urged her colleagues to stay focused and tune out the socalled noise. At that point she believed there was still a lot that had to be discussed. It doesnt even disrupt our timeline. We still will be on target to be in place to be issuing permits and lets not forget that the department of Public Health has the ability to also implement permits [ screaming ] we havent talked about that because we havent talked about it reporter the board approved the regulations last tuesday. The Recreational Marijuana becomes legal on january 1st thanks to voters approving prop 64 in 2016. However. Mayor lee, yes, were expecting him to sign these regulations into place today. But they wont take effect until january 5th. Thats four entire days after Recreational Marijuana becomes legal across the state of california from San Francisco city hall, jackie ward, kpix 5. Happening today, sausalito ferry commuters need another way to and from the city. Golden gate ferry operations are shutting down again today. Crews are inspecting the ferry landing. So your other options are golden gate transit buses, the golden gate larkspur and tiburon ferries or the blue and gold fleet to and from tiburon. Time now 6 11. Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick received a high honor. The surprise guest who presented it to him. Plus, the feud between google and amazon is heating up. Why google is pulling youtube from amazons fire tv. And your wednesday morning commute definitely getting slow out there in the north bay. We are tracking a new accident along 101 right near north petaluma boulevard as a lane is blocked. Well have the details and travel times coming up. Its a cold start to the day for the bay area. I have freeze warning to let you know about. Also our near record tide conditions. Get ready for a roller coaster. You could save energy by weaving your own shoes. Out of flax. Or simply adjust your thermostat. Do your thing, with Energy Upgrade california. The fire tv and echo show. In a statement google said amid a growing feud between google and amazon, the youtube app is being pulled off the fire tv and echo show. In a statement, google said, quote, we have been trying to reach an agreement with amazon to give consumers access to each others products and services. But amazon doesnt carry google products like chromecast and google home. It doesnt make prime video available for google cast users and last month stopped selling some of [ indiscernible ] latest products. The company added its working to resolve the issue. Theres a new way for you to send cash to family and friends. Its called apple pay cash and its up and running. The new feature lets you transfer cash into another users apple pay wallet. They are rolling out the peer to peer system letting iphone owners in the u. S. To Exchange Money i message or siri to pay someone. Instagram stories no longer have to disappear after 24 hours. The app added two new features which lets users save stories forever. One puts the story right on your profile. And the other lets you save it privately. All right. Lets get a check with our traffic because jaclyn is track a new accident this morning. A new crash in the north bay is along southbound 101 at north petaluma boulevard. It has one lane blocked and traffic backing up towards penngrove at this point. Travel times 15 minutes from petaluma boulevard north to kastania. So give yourself some extra time. Headlights southbound, traffic slow in both directions so even if youre heading northbound, you may be tapping on the brakes. Take a look at the maze. It is stacked up. We are in the yellow just under a 25minute commute for drivers making their way into San Francisco this morning. Its been a busy day heading into the city. Give yourself some extra time. A new crash isnt slowing anyone down at 280 101 interchange in San Francisco. Over to you. Good morning. Heres a live look at san jose. As we waited for that sun to rise, but also as we deal with verycle conditions. Bundle up before you step outside because 32 degrees for santa rosa, san jose 40 degrees. 39 degrees a few moments ago. San francisco warming up at 51. Livermore in the 30s. And oakland 45. Concord 39. Those temperatures just dropped so we are talking about near freezing conditions for some of the north bay. 32 degrees right now in santa rosa. Thats the freezing mark. Napa 33. Look where the dew points are. Low 30s. Low dew point numbers. Santa rosa inching closer. Its bumped up a little bit. Itit depends on the north bay. This freeze warning is in effect until 9 a. M. For the north bay and Salinas Valleys. Temperatures down to 22 degrees. Patchy freezing fog expected when those numbers do get below that dew point. Heading further east in sacramento near freezing this morning and a lot of the vegetation out there could be in danger. Those crops of course and our temperatures are their coolest before sunrise. Temperatures will drop in the next hour. Heres calm conditions for san jose. Wind is pushing cold air out but thats not what were seeing. San rafael southeast winds there at 8. South wind in novato at 9. Near freezing this morning. Sunny and 60s in the afternoons. Heres the highs for today. 67 mountain view. East bay temperatures in the low to mid60s. And your sevenday forecast is going to show very consistent weather patterns. Sunshine and 60s through next week. Even beyond that we are expecting dry conditions and warm conditions. Former 49ers Colin Kaepernick has no nfl job but he is getting awards. Katie nielsen joins us from the newsroom. Reporter he is sports person of the year. Singer beyonce presented the former quarterback with the 2017 muhammed ali award. Beyonce was a surprise guest and, in fact, she was proud and humbled to present kaepernick with the award. Kaepernick was the first nfl player to kneel during the National Anthem to protest what he claims is social injustice. Also made a lot of change and been some controversy but also started a lot of conversations that wouldnt have been started off the field. Reporter he tweeted this statement e. Kaepernick also recieved a courageous activism award from the aclu of Southern California last weekend. In the newsroom. Katie nielsen, kpix five. Coming up. Reporter kaepernick also received a courageous activism award from the aclu of Southern California last weekend. Katie nielsen, kpix 5. Two famous bay area quarterbacks were honored last night. They dont exactly see eye to eye. And warrior nation, you can breathe a sigh of relief. It could have been worse. The condition of curry coming up. The warriors have won two nba championships because of great talent and because of staying healthy not so much for the next couple of weeks. Steph curry last night wearing a walking boot and using a crutch. Steph will be out at least two weeks with a sprained ankle from mondays game at new orleans. The first game he will miss is his homecoming today in charlotte. Good news for warriors fans. An mri found no structural damage on that ankle. Last night Colin Kaepernick presented with Sports Illustrateds muhammed ali legacy award for its continued work to fight racial inequality and in the united states. Meanwhile last night in sacramento former raider quarterback jim plunkett was inducted into the California Hall of fame but when it comes to the National Anthem protest, in the envelope, they dont see eye to eye. Hopefully, that will get out of it and they will stick to you play the sport they get paid to do. Sometimes politics i think gets in the way. Do what youre paid to do. Your either for it or against it. Jim plunkett in sacramento last night. Im dennis odonnell. See you tonight. Play of the day from college basketball, ball state at notre dame cardinals with possession in the final seconds of regulation with the score tied at 77. What a shot by Taylor Parsons a win for David Lettermans alma mater. Ball state, defeating the fighting irish 80 77. This morning our fire watch coverage continues as fast moving flames tears through Southern California. We have a live report from the front lines and the growing evacuations under way. Plus facing a judge whats expected as two suspects are arrested in connection with the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire returns to court. And the tough questions donald trump, jr. Is preparing to answer on capitol hill regarding the russia meddling investigation. Well be right back. Thank god for the firefighters, thank you thank you, thank you emotions running high as firefighters work to save communities in Southern California. A live report from the fire zone on the battle under way right now against three fast moving wildfires. And this just coming weeks after the deadly wine country wildfires. Not sure if theres a fire or not. Hear the emergency calls made when the fires were first reported. Plus, as the russian meddling investigation heats up, donald trump, jr. Facing tough new questions on capitol hill. First, the