Good evening, im allen martin. Ca de la cruz. Now at 11 00, the rush to buy marijuana before it becomes legal. With more regulations comes the higher price on recreational pot. Mary gold brought a book and a chair and lined up with hundreds of people. I came to be part of the last minute shopping. Its like going to time square on new years eve. Reporter a count down to new years day when state law changes and Recreational Marijuana becomes legal in california. No cannabis card required. But there is a downside. I made my purchase ahead of time. Since i know that next week itll be more expensive. Reporter legalization will mean new taxes, higher prices for pot and strict limits on how much you can buy per day. Generally were letting people know they can get 10 to 20 higher prices with the taxes. Reporter that is what is driving this weeks mad dash for marijuana. There are long lines here today. You can see just how quickly people have been buying. These shelves were full earlier today. Theyve been cleaned out by people eager to get a good deal before they run out. Reporter the price is only supposed to increase by next year. States Like Washington and colorado saw their customer bases double and triple after legalization. Marijuana advocates say theyre gaining something too. People are elated that theyll have freedom from prohibition. That theyll have freedom from Law Enforcement and that they will be able to loudly and proudly come out of the cannabis closet. Reporter in oakland, kristin ahers. With legalization looming, a north bay medical marijuana distributor is complaining about a recent bust. Last week the chp pulled over a truck in ukiah care carrying 1 ton of marijuana. Opening your doors on january 1st is great but you wouldnt have any product. Theres so many different steps in order for whatever cannabis to be on the shelf. Reporter the ceo says the employees had all the right paper work but officers arrested them and issued citations for possession and unlawful transportation of cannabis. The Highway Patrol is defending what happened. It says transporting cannabis is not legal until january 1st. Tune in monday for a kpix special report. The golden state green rush will take a look at what to expect when recreational pot becomes legal. That is monday at 6 30 on kpix5. Officials in San Francisco are raying to make sure security measures are in place for new years eve presentations. The city will activate its Emergency Operation center on sunday. Theyll also have more First Responders on duty. The extra measures come after the fbi stopped a Christmas Day terror plot for december 31st. Theres going to be officers out there you will not see because well have plain clothed officers out there. Theyll be cracking down on illegal fireworks. Officials are asking people to sign up for emergency text alerts. You can sign up by texting. Chp will also be out in full force this weekend looking for anyone driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The maximum enforcement period begins 6 00 this evening. Its going to run through monday of course. During the same period last year, officers made more than 750 arrests. Chp says anyone whos not feeling sober should of course call a taxi. A Ride Sharing Service or friend for a safe ride home. But heres another option to get home safely on new years eve. Starting at 8 00 p. M. Sunday night, munni, ac transit are ar is offering ride. It will have extended service until 3 00 a. M. Police will be tripling fines for anyone breaking certain laws on new years eve. You may remember the city did the same thing during new years eve. Theyre hoping the expensive fines will keep trouble at bay this sunday. Medina is in downtown santa cruz where thousands are expected to gather to ring in the new year. Just like every year for the past decade. The crepe place in socal avenue is prepping to celebrate the new year. And part of the night for davis pierce is to keep a watch l eye on his patrons. You know were very careful and were really strict about making sure the i. D. S are all checked. And then not overserving people. Dave isnt the only one who is working. Everybody is working to ensure that they have anyone with an open alcohol container or anyone caught Drinking Alcohol in public will pay 480. Anyone firing off a gun will cost you 1,440. The list goes on. Its going to cost people a lot of money to make those silly mistakes. Dave says he plans to ring in2018 who come to the crepe place for a fun and safe celebration. Its been in place since 1973, family owned. Maria medina. The roll out of the new railcars has been delayed again. Officials say they have improved the hardware and software of the new cars. We want to make sure that everything is safe and reliable before we begin to put passengers on them. There have been other transit agencies that have put new railcars into service then theyve had to pull them back. Because they werent quite ready for prime time. No word yet on when the final state inspection will take place. Bart plans to replace all of its 669 railcars with new ones at a total cost of 2. 6 billion. You can expect to pay more to ride b. A. R. T. And other public transit. A typical 3. 85 fair is going to cost you an extra 10cents. Paper b. A. R. T. Tickets is going to cost you a bit more. In July Caltrain fairs go up 4 . Other changes in 2018, a new law that could ease the sometimes difficult search for a parking spot. Beginning january 1st, if a parking meter is jammed you dont have to pay. Even if the credit card part of the meter is working. If the coin part is jammed you can park without getting a ticket. Currently if you do that youre going to get a 63 ticket. A group called the California PublicParking Association opposing the law though. Says that new rule could lead to vandalism of the meter. To think that someone is going out of their way instead of paying 2 i think is ridiculous. Be sure to follow the posted time limits those will still be enforced. The minimum wage increase is going to increase statewide. Even more in some parts of the bay area. The minimum wage will be 11 at larger businesses and then 10. 50 at smaller firms. The same wage will jump from the current 13 to 15. And by the way, emeryville has the highest minimum wage in the entire country at 15. 20. Some breaking news out of los angeles. Youre taking a live look at what is a crime scene. A female Police Officer was shot earlier this evening. This is the west lake area of downtown l. A. One suspect is in custody. Police have recovered a weapon apparently. A couple of streets are shut down while police are still looking for evidence. Were told the officer was shot in the leg. Shes expected to be okay. New information tonight on the deadly shooting in long beach. Happened at a law office this afternoon. By the time officers got there, two men including the gunmen were dead. Police say a third man drove himself to the hospital with gunshots. Its believed the gunman may have recently been fired and shot a partner at the firm along with another attorney before turning the gun on himself. The deadly fire in new york city was started by a 3year old who was playing with the stove. Then the mother made a fatal mistake. She left the door open as they ran out of the apartment last night. Crews say the open door caused flames to flood the hallways. The entire five Story Building was engulfed within minutes. 12 people were killed including five children. Four people are still in the hospital tonight fighting for their lives. Tonight weve learned that nearly half of puerto rico will ring in the new year without electricity. 55 of the people have power tonight. According to the army corp. Of engineers power might not be fully restored until may of next year. We are just three days away now from 2018 and nasa is saying bring it on. In just six months, nasa is planning a launch to the red planet. Finally well find out which teams will be completing their mission to the moon. The first team to reach the moon and complete all the requirements will win the grand prize of 20 million. We dug a little deeper to find what is still affordable for the middle class. Tonights the line men sit down to make new goals for 2018. Theres a pattern change with rainfall returning to the area. Will that happen over the Holiday Weekend . The answer in your forecast coming up. Its so cold on the other side of the country, people are trying to freeze all sorts of things to prove a point. Including this bubble. Reeze ri look at this soap bubble instantly turning solid. But wait suds much of the country in a deep freeze right now. Take a look at this soap bubble instantly turning solid. But wait theres more. The suds within the bubble make a pretty cool pattern almost like leaves growing from within. Then theres this, Niagara Falls much of the ground and trees next to it covered in thick ice. Its been so cold in the eastern parts of the u. S. That even marine life is having trouble, sharks have been freezing to death and then washing up along the shore. Typically we only see one or two flu deaths in california this time of year. But take a look at the numbers, this time around 10 people under the age of 65 have been killed by the flu statewide. Kpix5s Katie Nielson on what it means for the rest of the flu season. Cold and flu season started earlier this normal this year. Last year was the worse year we had in terms of number of confirmed cases in 10 years. And were heading toward those same numbers this year. Dr. Burgan runs the Flu Vaccination Program for the kaiser medical centers. He says more people are getting sick this year partly due to the fact that this years flu vaccine isnt working as well as it has in the past. Were worried that its a combination of the vaccine not being perfect. And the virus strains being more severe this year. Dr. Burgon says in a typical year the flu season peaks in january or february and usually only lasts four weeks. But he say this is year could be longer and more severe for some people. The very young, the very old tend to be impacted the most. But this is a virus that is an equal opportunity virus for all of us. Reporter despite the concerns about the flu shot, doctors say its still the best defense over getting sick. Katie nielson. The search is on for a coyote killer in the peninsula. An officer came across a dead coyote. The caucus had been partially skinned. The ceo of red fin a Real Estate Company predict that is many Tech Companies are going to be leaving the area. On cnbc, real estate chief says that rent prices are too high. Even for google employees. Now he predicting Tech Companies will instead head to cheaper cities such as dallas, denver, san antonio, and houston. All right so this sounds like a fantasy. A home in the bay area for under 500,000. Seems especially out of reach when the median home price hit 787,000 last month. Kpix5s da lin says there are still price s if you know where to look. Reporter the average house sells for 872,000 in alameda county. So to find one under half a million, tough but not impossible. Youre looking at limited cities and in many cases fixer uppers. In san leandro and hayward. Less than 10 homes under that price. I found a few ready for move in like this one in san leandro. Lets take a short drive north. There are more options in oakland and not just which gets a bad wrap. I found this house for half a Million Dollars in the fruitvale district. Here are some pictures of inside. Its in a good working class neighborhood. Before i drive to the next place, i want to pick up realtor tim andrews. How do you increase your chance of the seller accepting the officer. One of the things i encourage my buyers to do is to submit a love letter. I encourage them to send a photo of themselves. Its basically telling the seller how much youve noticed pride of ownership, what theyve done with the home and how you can see yourself growing older and making that your home. Because now the seller can get a true idea of whos buying their home. Reporter the last area where you can find houses under half a million and still close to San Francisco is a west contra costa county. The bay east reports the highest price is 875,000. San pablo and richmond, this house was listed for 884,000. A three bedroom home in a very nice neighborhood. Its now pending and now too far away, here in san pablo this house is listed for half a Million Dollars. Four bedrooms and ready for move in. Even in this can crazy expensive market there are still places where homeownership isnt just a pie in the sky. Im da lin, kpix5. Realtors say often the listed price is not the final price. Depending on the interest the property can go for much much more. Its a tradition dating back to 1987 inside the house of prime rib. The San Francisco 49ers offensive line comes for dinner. Theyre getting along and are enthusiastic. This is the best losing season ive ever seen. Reporter with one game left in the regular season and a new year dawning, just after that, we wanted to know, what are the 49ers resolutions . Win. Win always win. Build on the fact that were functioning efficiently. Were becoming someone of a force to be reconned with. I think we will continue to get better as a team and ride the momentum weve had. Reporter we also wanted to know about the teams order. How do they take their prime rib. Red gold baby. How much prime rib can a line men take down. I would say 30. Coach benson is realistic. A lot of pounds. I dont know if its like five each. Im guessing. Its owner who has the real skinny of the appetites of the guys in black and gold. I would say 30, 30 to 60. Maybe a couple of hundred pounds. Andrea borba, kpixfive. Taking a live look over downtown San Francisco. Look at that. Its been mostly clear and beautiful around the bay today. Paul joining us with the radar. Tonight under mostly clear skies. I will be chilly under freezing. Right around 40 degrees for you in san jose. 36 in livermore. 36 in concord and 30 in redwood city. Radar has been clear with only two days of rain. It will go down officially with the third driest december in history. There are some indications that yes it will be at least the first week of january. Because the storm track that was way up in alaska and british columbia, theyre getting ice and freezing rain and hail and some strong winds. Were not going to tap into the wintery stuff but the wet stuff will return to california next week. Our ridge of High Pressure which has been blocking the storms, and sending them to the north, that is going to leave and head over toward new mexico and west texas. Well have clear skies tomorrow morning. Watch the clouds begin to increase tomorrow evening and then overnight into sunday morning new years eve morning. It will be mostly cloudy thats why it wont be as chilly. Midnight sunday night when the fireworks go off we welcome in 2018. Its wednesday of next week. Thats going to be a great day because likely when the rain returns notice some of the darker colors in far northern california. Two to 4inches of rain likely there. Perhaps high elevation snowfall. Well get high elevation snow here but more snow to the east and north. The wet pattern takes shape next week. Freemont, saturday, 52. Napa 52. An increase in clouds throughout the day. Cloudy through tuesday. But rain free. Rain returns wednesday and another chance of rain next friday. That is your kpix5 forecast. Thank you paul. The best figure skaters in the country gather in san jose. Two local skaters tell us what it takes to make it on to the olympic team. Tonights guest on colbert billy bush. Powered by toyota. 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 get zero percent financing for 63 months on select models, plus well donate two hundred and fifty dollars to charity. The 2018 us figure skating championship starts next week in san jose. But today the athletes from across the area are about to hit the ice. We got to see a pair of bay area skaters hit the ice. Cam and ethan hit the level in the intermediate paris competition. Just being on the ice it just makes me energetic. And its a passion for him and for our family. And to see him turning from a child that was on the ice to being here today gives me chills. That was ethans mom there. You can watch the skaters championships at the ap center. We have warriors. In sports, for the first time in 16 years the stanford women trying to work their way back into the top 25. And on the eve of steph currys come back. The warriors they fall flat at oracle tonight against the hornets. Well be right back. The memphis grizzlies. A lot of excitement surrounding curry t first. The well thats currys sprained ankle seems to be hilled. Seems to be healed. The warriors probably wish though curry could come back one day earlier. Thompson was hot from the start. He knocks down the three to give golden state an early 104 lead. Clay scored 16 in the first quarter. Third quarter now Dwight Howard scores down low and draws a foul. Howard led all scores with 29. The warriors turn it over 17 times. That does not help in the fourth. Jeremy lin gets the score and one. Ucla Fourth Quarter with the shot clock winding down. Britney mcphee throws it up and bankings it in. Mcphee with a game high 23 as stanford wins. And usc meeting big 10 champ ohio state in the cotton bowl. 100 buckeyes, intercepts sam darnold and returns it. 247 win to finish 122 on the season. With a win on sunday in l. A. The 49ers would end the year on a five game win streak which would be the teams longest in four years. Ricky linebacker ruben foster says the feeling in the locker room has done a complete 180 starting the season 09. Its contagious. Everybody wants it. Everybody loves the feeling of winning. Coming on a victory monday not having to think hey we lost. And not wondering what play you blew up on. Just come in and worry about and enjoy the victory and having fun. T is next. Enjoy your weekend. Make it a