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A strong storm, pushes across the region. We have widespread rain, heavy downpours, isolated thunderstorms and reports of heii, small hill and the north bay. Here is hidef doppler and you can see the lightning strikes right now just off shore along the coast near santa cruz. The lightning strikes and isolated thunderstorms there. Lets give you a closer look at that moderate to heavy rainfall pushing across San Francisco. Rain the Marina District and embark a sara center , that moderate to heavy rainfall pushing right over the bay bridge. Into emeryville and alameda. You can see the rain coming down from venetia, tina, concord, electric, and san ramon. Light rain for the trivalley as well as livermore, union city, fremont and across the peninsula as well. Here is a wider view of those thunderstorms and heavy rain. Here is a live look at the bay bridge. In the mid 40s and as we head through the afternoon mostly cloudy skies tapering to a few showers later today. We will talk about all of this and time it out for you in futurecast coming up. A live look at the bay areas three major airports this morning. There is only a few delays but Christmas Eve mark a busy night of travel peer at sfo there were several delays and cancellations because of the weather. This was the scene inside United Airlines check in area and you can see plenty of people getting ready to make their holiday journeys. One woman telling us she usually flies on Christmas Eve to see family on the east coast. We usually travel like on the day before Christmas Card that is like when the lights are cheapest. Its usually not any different except for like waiting in line for the security, it might be a bit longer sometimes. Aaa says that nearly 7 million americans are expected to fly this Holiday Season. The most since 2003. A look at the road conditions. Late last night on interstate 80 heading towards donner summit, the chp is warning drivers about the roadways. Troopers had to hold traffic near soda springs just before 9 00 last night do to several car spinning out. That area has since been reopened. A tragedy in Monterey County this morning. At mother died trying to save his daughter from being smart out to sea. And happened at carmel river state beach. The 10yearold was playing on some sort of inflatable device yesterday and it started floating further out to the water. Her father went in to get her and they were both struggling in the water when a rescuer got to them. The father died at the hospital. The girl is being treated for possible hypothermia. A sixyearold is in Critical Condition after a Christmas Eve shooting in vallejo. It happened around 6 30 last night near ohio and mariposa streets. The boy was outside with his family near the Solano County courthouse. The victim was already taken to the hospital in a private vehicle by the time police arrived. No word yet on a suspect or motive. If you have any information about this police want to hear from you. Another blow to san jose family who was burned out of their home last week. We met the 11yearold girl who alerted family members when their Christmas Tree caught on fire. I saw black smoke and i immediately started yelling and screaming. The family lost almost everything in the fire. Now comes word that thieves broke into their car at the hotel they were staying at. They made off with the families few remaining possessions. Once again the community is coming to help. San jose sharks start Patrick Marleau and his wife are among those pitching in. We put information on the gofundme page on our website, kpix. Com. The Salvation Army is kicking off Christmas Day with some community service. Today they are delivering this to people who cannot leave their homes in San Francisco. They have volunteers and they are the only contact some people have for the holidays but they will bring plenty of Holiday Cheer as well. Jackie ward is live at the Salvation Army kitchen this morning with their plans for the day. Reporter good morning. Merry christmas to both of you. We are live inside the Salvation Army on harrison in San Francisco where volunteers are already starting to show up. They are getting ready for their Christmas Morning. Jennifer works for the Salvation Army and you been doing this a long time. 4000 meals are being delivered today. That is quite an enormous amount of. It is a lot of food and we are so grateful for the volunteers who get up early on Christmas Morning to help prepare these meals. We package them and as you can see they will be delivered later this morning to 4000 people who may not otherwise get a warm meal today. Or see somebody and give them a christmas greeting. Give him a hug and say hello. For a lot of people the volunteers are the only person they will see today. I think that is kind of a staggering fact. That this could be someones only interaction even on christmas. Yes. Yes. We want to give people a sense that they are not alone and for so many the holidays can be a lonely time. We want people to know there is someone there who cares for them and is there for them and they have some people who will look out for them. How many volunteers does it take to make that many meals . It takes hundreds of volunteers. We actually started yesterday. We had several, about 40 volunteers, at this location packaging we thousand meals and now we have several more here to do the rest. We just really could not do without the volunteers. People are so generous this time of year. Especially, definitely throughout the rest of year, but definitely this time of year people want to get back and we are so grateful that we can provide that opportunity to get back and show people that there are people who care. Thank you so much. Will hang out in this kitchen all morning long. Im sure it will start to smile extra good here in just a few minutes. Live in San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. Happening today, glide is bringing him turkey and all the fixings for christmas celebration. Hundreds of volunteers will serve thousands of low income and homeless today. The foundation has brought a variety of social programs to San Francisco, Tenderloin Community for 50 years. Today the event will be at the church on ellis street. It starts at 7 30 with the main christmas meal starting at 1 00 this afternoon. On the night before christmas shoppers were crowding bay area stores. A lot of places like target and old navy had extended hours. Shoppers definitely took advantage of that. We found people who had carts full of gifts and a lot of excuses. Holiday shopping already set records over the weekend. Soup for saturday sales reached nearly 35 billion. Lastminute is more fun because you find things you normally may not be looking for. The National Retail dacian says 70 of shoppers will be back in storrs the week after christmas. Around the world millions have been gathering to celebrate the arrival of christmas. Summer choosing to ring in the holiday in a traditional oldfashioned way but as Mark Liberman explained some put the local flavor on the day. Reporter from st. Peters basilica in the vatican to bethlehems manger square, christians around the world flock to historic locations for midnight mass. Ushering in christmas. Buckingham palace shared video of Queen Elizabeth preparing christmas pudding with her son, prince charles, and princes Prince William and prince george. Back here stateside, the president and first lady attended a Christmas Eve service in West Palm Beach near his maralago resort. Up north resident in politicians in d. C. Gathered at the National Cathedral and at new yorks st. Patricks cathedral several celebrated outside not realizing to reserve a spot you had to have submitted your name in a lottery back in september. Will get something to eat and try and come back. Reporter elsewhere, local traditions kicked off the holidays. Bonfires in garrido, louisiana, led the way for the cajun father christmas. This year artist created this massive wooden alligator they set ablaze. , sweat, and bonfires started doing unique bonfires the last 10 years. Reporter the handsdown winner for the most out of this world celebration has an unfair advantage. The crew of the International Space station. Happy holidays. Reporter mark levin, cbs news, new york. The iis care package from is included smoked salmon, fruitcake, and hot apple cider. You got to be careful with that hot apple cider appear. Yeah. All over the place. Certainly. Still ahead on kpix 5 this morning, unsharing. Believe it or not the place is full of christmas cheer. We will explain why next. We are starting off the day with widespread rain, heavy downpours and even isolated thunderstorms with small help. Wimpy trash bags . Cmon. Hefty hefty hefty hey ladies. Buy hefty® ultra strong™ at a low price. Dada i wish. Get hefty® ultra strong™ costs less than glad® forceflex where sold head to head. [ drathis holiday. Ahhhhh ahhhhh a distant friend returns. Elliott. You came back and while lots of things have changed. Wooooah woah its called the internet. Some things havent. Get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. Woohoo yeah it helps to have someone in your corner. 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 health 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. 5 13. It might be one of the last places you want to spend the holiday. Or any day, really, but with the real id deadline looming, we found out that many californians made a Christmas Eve trip to the dmv. Reporter 2020 is just around the corner and with it comes the requirement for the october 1 real id. Lines at the dmv are usually several hours long and appointments can take several months to make. So a lot of people are getting around all of that waiting i spending parts of the holiday week here. Im cheering. Maybe if the holiday spirit or scars from dmv experiences pass, but people seemed extremely happy to be at the dmv today. I got in there at 10 minutes to 11, and im out of here at what . 11 15. I cant believe it. It was easy. It took less than an hour. I had an appointment. People are here to get the real california ids. Something the federal government requires them to have in order to board flights in october 2020. The dmv added extended hours statewide this fall to lessen wait times and is part of an effort to encourage people to avoid waiting until the last minute to get the real id. The average wait time is usually three hours or longer. Today most were in and out within an hour. I cannot believe it. I come to deviant the San Francisco and less than 30 minutes. Reporter because the lines are so long here an appointment are difficult to make people have been paying companies to stand in line for them. The new law takes effect in january making that behavior illegal. In daly city, kpix 5. To a team of volunteers in livermore is helping to spread some holiday joy with their annual display. Deacon daves christmas light display has been shining brightly for the past 37 years and it blows the competition out of the water. This year show contains more than 600,000 lights and is considered the largest light display in the bay area. It is so popular there is even a section dubbed the proposal bridge. We have had 72 wedding proposals over the years on that bridge. And we have had one as recently as four nights ago. Which brought the total to 72. It was supposed to have another one but maybe he chickened out. I dont know. Each year the display has a different theme. This year it is poinsettia village. Getting weird vibes. We spotted this late last night. A flock of segway santa has. They were spreading cheer as they rolled down the embarcadero in San Francisco. Love it. You said you been on one of those. What is the top speak . Ive never been on one. On the story. When you are learning if they have a thing called turtle speed. My friends and i, you know, a bunch of middle age women were writing this i would not get off turtle speed. And the guys were like, ladies, thats like children and learning. You have to get up to rabbit speed. When i did that i am right there with you, and. We love seeing the santas and of course late last night we had that rain moves in. Im sure he had his reindeer with his reindeer and we are looking at as we go through the morning we will see the rain showers and rain taper off a little bit. After widespread rain we are looking at now scattered showers in the afternoon. Not too bad for a Christmas Day. Right now, it is kind of the worst of it with the heaviest rain and heavy downpours, even isolated thunderstorms. Lets first talk about that hail video and still photos and in san rafael, the north bay, you are catching some hail out there. We had some lightning strikes and isolated thunderstorms there and with that, small hail and this was treated from san rafael and says the hail came up and earlier this morning were watching isolated thunderstorms pushed through with heavy rain and you can see on hidef doppler the lightning strikes just offshore. So, along the coast there dear santa cruz, so more lightning strikes out there otherwise we will show you the locations getting some moderate to heavy rainfall pushing across San Francisco and across the bay bridge and into the east bay. Emeryville as well as alameda. You can see its pouring right now in walnut creek and down 680 into alamo and some light rain pushing across the tri valley from darlington and now even into san jose as well. Catching that wet weather. You can see on hidef doppler, check out the lightning strikes across the north bay earlier this morning. That is why locations in the north bay had small hail and you probably still have it in your neighborhood this morning. We are looking at lightning strikes just to the south near santa cruz. Here is a look at the bay bridge camera. You saw that moderate rain pushing across the bay bridge and you can see it is still coming down there with that wet live camera. Temperatures running in the mid 40s right now as you start off the day. So a rainy start. Isolated thunderstorms, small heii, heavy downpours this morning turning to mostly cloudy skies and catching some sun breaks with a few scattered showers in the afternoon. Drier air sunny weather tomorrow through saturday. For today low to mid 50s, cool and its all because of this low pressure system that we are getting that active start to our day. Ring in the rain for us. As we go through the morning by 8 am we are starting to see things taper off as we head through the afternoon maybe just a few showers for the afternoon and drier weather ahead starting tomorrow. The daytime highs for today 52 in San Francisco, 53 fremont, san jose 52 in concord and the new years forecast for tuesday night, as we ring in the new year looking at upper 40s if youre heading out to San Francisco. Here is the extended forecast. Drier air, sunny weather thursday, friday, saturday, sour chances on sunday and looking at partly sunny skies and more sun check monday and tuesday. Back to you. A distinctive holiday food tradition in san jose. A business that specializes in making tamales rush to fill lots of orders hours before christmas. A reporter has a story from the tamale factory. Reporter steaming, hot and fresh out of the kitchen tamales you can almost taste through the screen. Their tiny storefront in easton is a has become a big part of many peoples holiday tradition. They come from different areas. Pleasanton, all over. Ive been coming here for many, many years. All i can say is they are good. Reporter the trick is to preorder. People lined up early this morning to buy a smaller supply of tamales that quickly sold out. By Late Afternoon people without preorders left empty handed and disappointed. By mistake this woman was not going to make two years in a row. They sold out and i was disappointed so this year i got ahead of it and made an order so i am here to pick them up. Reporter back in the kitchen workers kept churning out fresh batches of tamales just to keep up with the waves of customers coming to pick up their orders. Including firsttimers like ralph. There are a lot of good tamales in this area. But im looking forward to these. Reporter mouthwatering tamales, happy customers and the holidays and the tamale factorys recipe for success. So if you are hungry just watching that we definitely are, and youre still trying to get some tamales this Christmas Morning you are in luck. The tamale factory in san jose reopens at 9 am and closes at 1 pm. You definitely have time. Who is making the rent to san jose . Is 5 21 and still ahead, a warning to Airline Passengers. Be aware of measles. The cities were travelers may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease. And lets head outside before we go to break. Taking a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not much traffic this morning. Well be right back. Coming up at 7 00 on cbs this morning, San Francisco<\/a>. Rain the Marina District<\/a> and embark a sara center , that moderate to heavy rainfall pushing right over the bay bridge. Into emeryville and alameda. You can see the rain coming down from venetia, tina, concord, electric, and san ramon. Light rain for the trivalley as well as livermore, union city, fremont and across the peninsula as well. Here is a wider view of those thunderstorms and heavy rain. Here is a live look at the bay bridge. In the mid 40s and as we head through the afternoon mostly cloudy skies tapering to a few showers later today. We will talk about all of this and time it out for you in futurecast coming up. A live look at the bay areas three major airports this morning. There is only a few delays but Christmas Eve<\/a> mark a busy night of travel peer at sfo there were several delays and cancellations because of the weather. This was the scene inside United Airlines<\/a> check in area and you can see plenty of people getting ready to make their holiday journeys. One woman telling us she usually flies on Christmas Eve<\/a> to see family on the east coast. We usually travel like on the day before Christmas Card<\/a> that is like when the lights are cheapest. Its usually not any different except for like waiting in line for the security, it might be a bit longer sometimes. Aaa says that nearly 7 million americans are expected to fly this Holiday Season<\/a>. The most since 2003. A look at the road conditions. Late last night on interstate 80 heading towards donner summit, the chp is warning drivers about the roadways. Troopers had to hold traffic near soda springs just before 9 00 last night do to several car spinning out. That area has since been reopened. A tragedy in Monterey County<\/a> this morning. At mother died trying to save his daughter from being smart out to sea. And happened at carmel river state beach. The 10yearold was playing on some sort of inflatable device yesterday and it started floating further out to the water. Her father went in to get her and they were both struggling in the water when a rescuer got to them. The father died at the hospital. The girl is being treated for possible hypothermia. A sixyearold is in Critical Condition<\/a> after a Christmas Eve<\/a> shooting in vallejo. It happened around 6 30 last night near ohio and mariposa streets. The boy was outside with his family near the Solano County<\/a> courthouse. The victim was already taken to the hospital in a private vehicle by the time police arrived. No word yet on a suspect or motive. If you have any information about this police want to hear from you. Another blow to san jose family who was burned out of their home last week. We met the 11yearold girl who alerted family members when their Christmas Tree<\/a> caught on fire. I saw black smoke and i immediately started yelling and screaming. The family lost almost everything in the fire. Now comes word that thieves broke into their car at the hotel they were staying at. They made off with the families few remaining possessions. Once again the community is coming to help. San jose sharks start Patrick Marleau<\/a> and his wife are among those pitching in. We put information on the gofundme page on our website, kpix. Com. The Salvation Army<\/a> is kicking off Christmas Day<\/a> with some community service. Today they are delivering this to people who cannot leave their homes in San Francisco<\/a>. They have volunteers and they are the only contact some people have for the holidays but they will bring plenty of Holiday Cheer<\/a> as well. Jackie ward is live at the Salvation Army<\/a> kitchen this morning with their plans for the day. Reporter good morning. Merry christmas to both of you. We are live inside the Salvation Army<\/a> on harrison in San Francisco<\/a> where volunteers are already starting to show up. They are getting ready for their Christmas Morning<\/a>. Jennifer works for the Salvation Army<\/a> and you been doing this a long time. 4000 meals are being delivered today. That is quite an enormous amount of. It is a lot of food and we are so grateful for the volunteers who get up early on Christmas Morning<\/a> to help prepare these meals. We package them and as you can see they will be delivered later this morning to 4000 people who may not otherwise get a warm meal today. Or see somebody and give them a christmas greeting. Give him a hug and say hello. For a lot of people the volunteers are the only person they will see today. I think that is kind of a staggering fact. That this could be someones only interaction even on christmas. Yes. Yes. We want to give people a sense that they are not alone and for so many the holidays can be a lonely time. We want people to know there is someone there who cares for them and is there for them and they have some people who will look out for them. How many volunteers does it take to make that many meals . It takes hundreds of volunteers. We actually started yesterday. We had several, about 40 volunteers, at this location packaging we thousand meals and now we have several more here to do the rest. We just really could not do without the volunteers. People are so generous this time of year. Especially, definitely throughout the rest of year, but definitely this time of year people want to get back and we are so grateful that we can provide that opportunity to get back and show people that there are people who care. Thank you so much. Will hang out in this kitchen all morning long. Im sure it will start to smile extra good here in just a few minutes. Live in San Francisco<\/a>, jackie ward, kpix 5. Happening today, glide is bringing him turkey and all the fixings for christmas celebration. Hundreds of volunteers will serve thousands of low income and homeless today. The foundation has brought a variety of social programs to San Francisco<\/a>, Tenderloin Community<\/a> for 50 years. Today the event will be at the church on ellis street. It starts at 7 30 with the main christmas meal starting at 1 00 this afternoon. On the night before christmas shoppers were crowding bay area stores. A lot of places like target and old navy had extended hours. Shoppers definitely took advantage of that. We found people who had carts full of gifts and a lot of excuses. Holiday shopping already set records over the weekend. Soup for saturday sales reached nearly 35 billion. Lastminute is more fun because you find things you normally may not be looking for. The National Retail<\/a> dacian says 70 of shoppers will be back in storrs the week after christmas. Around the world millions have been gathering to celebrate the arrival of christmas. Summer choosing to ring in the holiday in a traditional oldfashioned way but as Mark Liberman<\/a> explained some put the local flavor on the day. Reporter from st. Peters basilica in the vatican to bethlehems manger square, christians around the world flock to historic locations for midnight mass. Ushering in christmas. Buckingham palace shared video of Queen Elizabeth<\/a> preparing christmas pudding with her son, prince charles, and princes Prince William<\/a> and prince george. Back here stateside, the president and first lady attended a Christmas Eve<\/a> service in West Palm Beach<\/a> near his maralago resort. Up north resident in politicians in d. C. Gathered at the National Cathedral<\/a> and at new yorks st. Patricks cathedral several celebrated outside not realizing to reserve a spot you had to have submitted your name in a lottery back in september. Will get something to eat and try and come back. Reporter elsewhere, local traditions kicked off the holidays. Bonfires in garrido, louisiana, led the way for the cajun father christmas. This year artist created this massive wooden alligator they set ablaze. , sweat, and bonfires started doing unique bonfires the last 10 years. Reporter the handsdown winner for the most out of this world celebration has an unfair advantage. The crew of the International Space<\/a> station. Happy holidays. Reporter mark levin, cbs news, new york. The iis care package from is included smoked salmon, fruitcake, and hot apple cider. You got to be careful with that hot apple cider appear. Yeah. All over the place. Certainly. Still ahead on kpix 5 this morning, unsharing. Believe it or not the place is full of christmas cheer. We will explain why next. We are starting off the day with widespread rain, heavy downpours and even isolated thunderstorms with small help. Wimpy trash bags . Cmon. Hefty hefty hefty hey ladies. Buy hefty\u00ae ultra strong\u2122 at a low price. Dada i wish. Get hefty\u00ae ultra strong\u2122 costs less than glad\u00ae forceflex where sold head to head. [ drathis holiday. Ahhhhh ahhhhh a distant friend returns. Elliott. You came back and while lots of things have changed. Wooooah woah its called the internet. Some things havent. Get ready for a reunion 3 million light years in the making. Woohoo yeah it helps to have someone in your corner. 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<\/a> could receive additional financial help from the state to help lower the cost of health 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. 5 13. It might be one of the last places you want to spend the holiday. Or any day, really, but with the real id deadline looming, we found out that many californians made a Christmas Eve<\/a> trip to the dmv. Reporter 2020 is just around the corner and with it comes the requirement for the october 1 real id. Lines at the dmv are usually several hours long and appointments can take several months to make. So a lot of people are getting around all of that waiting i spending parts of the holiday week here. Im cheering. Maybe if the holiday spirit or scars from dmv experiences pass, but people seemed extremely happy to be at the dmv today. I got in there at 10 minutes to 11, and im out of here at what . 11 15. I cant believe it. It was easy. It took less than an hour. I had an appointment. People are here to get the real california ids. Something the federal government requires them to have in order to board flights in october 2020. The dmv added extended hours statewide this fall to lessen wait times and is part of an effort to encourage people to avoid waiting until the last minute to get the real id. The average wait time is usually three hours or longer. Today most were in and out within an hour. I cannot believe it. I come to deviant the San Francisco<\/a> and less than 30 minutes. Reporter because the lines are so long here an appointment are difficult to make people have been paying companies to stand in line for them. The new law takes effect in january making that behavior illegal. In daly city, kpix 5. To a team of volunteers in livermore is helping to spread some holiday joy with their annual display. Deacon daves christmas light display has been shining brightly for the past 37 years and it blows the competition out of the water. This year show contains more than 600,000 lights and is considered the largest light display in the bay area. It is so popular there is even a section dubbed the proposal bridge. We have had 72 wedding proposals over the years on that bridge. And we have had one as recently as four nights ago. Which brought the total to 72. It was supposed to have another one but maybe he chickened out. I dont know. Each year the display has a different theme. This year it is poinsettia village. Getting weird vibes. We spotted this late last night. A flock of segway santa has. They were spreading cheer as they rolled down the embarcadero in San Francisco<\/a>. Love it. You said you been on one of those. What is the top speak . Ive never been on one. On the story. When you are learning if they have a thing called turtle speed. My friends and i, you know, a bunch of middle age women were writing this i would not get off turtle speed. And the guys were like, ladies, thats like children and learning. You have to get up to rabbit speed. When i did that i am right there with you, and. We love seeing the santas and of course late last night we had that rain moves in. Im sure he had his reindeer with his reindeer and we are looking at as we go through the morning we will see the rain showers and rain taper off a little bit. After widespread rain we are looking at now scattered showers in the afternoon. Not too bad for a Christmas Day<\/a>. Right now, it is kind of the worst of it with the heaviest rain and heavy downpours, even isolated thunderstorms. Lets first talk about that hail video and still photos and in san rafael, the north bay, you are catching some hail out there. We had some lightning strikes and isolated thunderstorms there and with that, small hail and this was treated from san rafael and says the hail came up and earlier this morning were watching isolated thunderstorms pushed through with heavy rain and you can see on hidef doppler the lightning strikes just offshore. So, along the coast there dear santa cruz, so more lightning strikes out there otherwise we will show you the locations getting some moderate to heavy rainfall pushing across San Francisco<\/a> and across the bay bridge and into the east bay. Emeryville as well as alameda. You can see its pouring right now in walnut creek and down 680 into alamo and some light rain pushing across the tri valley from darlington and now even into san jose as well. Catching that wet weather. You can see on hidef doppler, check out the lightning strikes across the north bay earlier this morning. That is why locations in the north bay had small hail and you probably still have it in your neighborhood this morning. We are looking at lightning strikes just to the south near santa cruz. Here is a look at the bay bridge camera. You saw that moderate rain pushing across the bay bridge and you can see it is still coming down there with that wet live camera. Temperatures running in the mid 40s right now as you start off the day. So a rainy start. Isolated thunderstorms, small heii, heavy downpours this morning turning to mostly cloudy skies and catching some sun breaks with a few scattered showers in the afternoon. Drier air sunny weather tomorrow through saturday. For today low to mid 50s, cool and its all because of this low pressure system that we are getting that active start to our day. Ring in the rain for us. As we go through the morning by 8 am we are starting to see things taper off as we head through the afternoon maybe just a few showers for the afternoon and drier weather ahead starting tomorrow. The daytime highs for today 52 in San Francisco<\/a>, 53 fremont, san jose 52 in concord and the new years forecast for tuesday night, as we ring in the new year looking at upper 40s if youre heading out to San Francisco<\/a>. Here is the extended forecast. Drier air, sunny weather thursday, friday, saturday, sour chances on sunday and looking at partly sunny skies and more sun check monday and tuesday. Back to you. A distinctive holiday food tradition in san jose. A business that specializes in making tamales rush to fill lots of orders hours before christmas. A reporter has a story from the tamale factory. Reporter steaming, hot and fresh out of the kitchen tamales you can almost taste through the screen. Their tiny storefront in easton is a has become a big part of many peoples holiday tradition. They come from different areas. Pleasanton, all over. Ive been coming here for many, many years. All i can say is they are good. Reporter the trick is to preorder. People lined up early this morning to buy a smaller supply of tamales that quickly sold out. By Late Afternoon<\/a> people without preorders left empty handed and disappointed. By mistake this woman was not going to make two years in a row. They sold out and i was disappointed so this year i got ahead of it and made an order so i am here to pick them up. Reporter back in the kitchen workers kept churning out fresh batches of tamales just to keep up with the waves of customers coming to pick up their orders. Including firsttimers like ralph. There are a lot of good tamales in this area. But im looking forward to these. Reporter mouthwatering tamales, happy customers and the holidays and the tamale factorys recipe for success. So if you are hungry just watching that we definitely are, and youre still trying to get some tamales this Christmas Morning<\/a> you are in luck. The tamale factory in san jose reopens at 9 am and closes at 1 pm. You definitely have time. Who is making the rent to san jose . Is 5 21 and still ahead, a warning to Airline Passengers<\/a>. Be aware of measles. The cities were travelers may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease. And lets head outside before we go to break. Taking a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a>. Not much traffic this morning. Well be right back. Coming up at 7 00 on cbs this morning, Queen Elizabeth<\/a> and the royal family celebratin a lots changed since you were here. Its called the internet. Im gonna hit start now, ok . Good wednesday morning to you and Merry Christmas<\/a>. Here is a live look looking at the tower and it is a wet start to the day. Tracking the storm system pushing across the region right now. We will time out what you can expect for the afternoon coming up. This Morning Health<\/a> officials trying to track down Airline Passengers<\/a> who may have been exposed to measles. Travelers at airports are caused austin, texas, chicago and richmond, virginia, were warned the same passenger with measles stopped at all three destinations just a week ago. That person also reportedly visited several other locations around austin between december 14 and the 17th. Including a restaurant, Grocery Store<\/a> and target. A measles case in austin may result in an outbreak of up to 400 cases. That is why we are trying to get on top of this. On december 11 three unvaccinated children with measles visiting from new zealand likely exposed travelers at denver and Los Angeles International<\/a> airport. The cdc is contacting passengers who flew on the same planes. Time now is 5 25. Straight ahead in our next half hour, a heart this Christmas Eve<\/a> crime. Someone walks into a church and walks off with donations meant for those in need. Why the church says it is turning into a huge blessing a lots changed since you were here. Its called the internet. Im gonna hit start now, ok . Itreat them all as if, they are hot and energized. Stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Now at 5 30 lastminute shopping paying off for some california shoppers. This morning why it started raining cash. Unfortunately for the rest of the bay area as we take a live look outside it is just plain raining out there. They will tell us how long the christmas storm will be sticking around. We are looking live at the white house this morning. Resident trump is not there for christmas. We will tell you where he is this morning and also north koreas promise of a christmas gift. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Im anne makovec. And im kenny choi. It is 5 30 right now alaska check of the christmas forecast. A wet start for our christmas and Merry Christmas<\/a> to you. We are looking at the heaviest rain pushing across the region right now and isolated thunderstorms. Lets get right to it this morning on hidef doppler. As you can see zooming right in to San Francisco<\/a> moderate rain pushing right across the Embarcadero Center<\/a> as well as the Marina District<\/a>. Across the bay bridge and into the east bay. Moderate to heavy rain stretching across the area and as you can see from concord, venetia, as well as martinez, walnut creek, down 680 into alamo that moderate to heavy rainfall. A wet start to the day for you in fremont, and looking at a wet start with moderate to heavy rainfall across the south day. San jose as well as campbell, los gatos, cupertino, and all of that activity pushing across the region. As we head through the afternoon we will see that rain, widespread rain turned to a few light scattered showers and mostly cloudy skies and catching some sun breaks and drier and sunny weather and had tomorrow through saturday. We will time out the rest of our Christmas Day<\/a> coming up. We now know the name of the man who was shot to death by a store clerk during an Armed Robbery<\/a> caught on camera. He has been identified as 31 yearold Michael Andrew<\/a> of merced. A second suspect is still on the loose. New this morning a huge forest fire continues in chile cutting Christmas Eve<\/a> celebration short and started in the hills about the result. The popular Tourist Destination<\/a> is about 60 miles from the chilean capital of santiago. Officials say 120 homes have been destroyed and about 90,000 people in areas are also losing power. Water service was also cut off for safety reasons and a state of emergency has been declared. President trump is spending christmas at his resort in florida. He on the first lady attended a Christmas Eve<\/a> Church Service<\/a> in West Palm Beach<\/a>. Then they went to mr. Trumps maralago gulf resort for a celebration. As he arrived he was to Merry Christmas<\/a> to a group of reporters there. The president was also asked about north koreas promise of a christmas gift. Intelligence sources say it could turn out to be a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Maybe its just a nice present. May be where he sends me a beautiful vase. As opposed to a missile test. I may get a nice present. We dont know. Mr. Trump also criticized the House Speaker<\/a> for her handling of the impeachment process. Nancy pelosi has refused to send articles of impeachment to the senate until she is convinced that the senate trial will be fair. To the city of venetia is doing over what they call an Illegal Cannabis<\/a> operation. Police say they discovered a marijuana cultivation business at a property on Bayshore Road<\/a> in september. Police told the owner to shut down the business but they allegedly kept going. They named several defendants including evergreen leaf inc. And 6 2 1 million in penalties. It looks like nurses for a Santa Clara County<\/a> will not be going on strike after all. The union who represents the nurses has reached a tentative deal with the county. The terms have not been disclosed but nurses have been asking for higher wages and better working conditions. To donations are pouring in after a church was robbed of money rates for children in need. This is all caught on surveillance video. Two people in the hoodies and sunglasses walked right up and walked out with a donation box at our lady of bodily bay on saturday. The box had nearly 3000 inside. The money was supposed to buy toys for needy kids. They need god in their life, they clearly like, are wrong in the head. The church set up a gofundme account and has already raised more than 8500. Far more than what was stolen. The smart Salvation Army<\/a> is kicking off Christmas Day<\/a> with some community service. Volunteers want to make sure people in San Francisco<\/a> are not spending the holiday alone. They will bring some warm meals door to door today. Jackie ward is live at the Salvation Army<\/a> kitchen to hear more about the big plans for today. Merry christmas, jackie. Reporter Merry Christmas<\/a> to you. Food and security does not take a holiday so that is part of the reason why a lot of the volunteers are here at the Salvation Army<\/a>. This is a really special day. Because its christmas. These people sacrifice their morning. What does it mean to you . Because its raining outside and cold this morning, we literally have hundreds of volunteers helping us provide 4000 meals to homebound seniors and other folks who will not be able to have or be with family today or enjoy a happy meal. Obviously this time of year you kind of have this abundance of volunteers. There is a feeling and sense of giving back. This is our yearround effort for you though, right . Absolutely. We have programs that reach out to youth and teenagers and homeless people. Certainly the holidays are an emotional time so to realize there are people without this is a time when the Community Steps<\/a> up and is extra for those in need. Reporter a lot of prep goes into this. I dont think i have ever seen that many mashed potatoes. Is a lot of work when youre making 4000 meals. We prepare them in the bucket loads. Volunteers are trained and they were up this morning preparing them. We have drivers ready to go. We will take them to the Distribution Center<\/a> next door and we will get them to the people any. Reporter all of these are saying all of these meals are staying in San Francisco<\/a>. Do you want to say anything to san franciscans who may not realize that . We want to thank everyone for their generosity. The red kettles we have that, the yearend giving and the seasonal giving all makes this possible. The Salvation Army<\/a> is grateful for the opportunity to be the arm that reaches out but its really the volunteers that are the glue that hold it together because it takes an army of volunteers for us to do what we do. Those who are receiving the meals this morning, you know, have to recognize that this is a community effort. We have a lot of people pulling together for them to let them know that people care and people want to reach out and do something to help their neighbors any. Reporter thank you so much. A lot of people have this coming. We will be here all morning long. Their packaging it up and shipping it out. Live in San Francisco<\/a>, jackie ward, kpix 5. That is awesome. It is really early for them to be coming together for this great operation. Thank you for showing us. Last minute shopping paid off for some folks at a mall in stockton. A reporter tells us a man in a grinch sued showed up with bags of cash and made it rain. Reporter mall madness, video shows two men one dressed up as the grinch running around the center court at the webers town mall. That was amazing. We seen some guy with a grinch costume on. Reporter as the family was waiting in line for pictures with santa carlos doesnt know who these men are. But started recording. The crowd goes wild for the cash. Imagine money being thrown around. People are going crazy picking up. Reporter his kids got in on the action. Like it was raining and a lot of people went to it. Reporter word spread quickly about the mystery grinch and his holiday magic. The video went viral. You dont expect that. Reporter who do you think this grinch is and why is he doing this . Maybe to make our christmas more fun. Reporter the man behind the mask is reviewing himself. Its me. I was the guy who did it with a couple of my friends. And we just wanted to bring some cheer. Of his goal was to make everyones christmas a little bit brighter. I hope to inspire others to do the same. Get back. Hundreds of oakland students will return to school debt free. Thanks to a generous gift from a bay area tech ceo. He has donated 13,000 to cover student lunch that. He hopes to inspire wealthier Big Tech Companies<\/a> to also contribute to education and help at risk youths in school. A baltimore teenager what to collect donations for the needy in her community. When she was told they need diapers went to work and did not stop until she collected 200,000 packages to give away. This was a huge surprise. Diapers were the number one thing. It was a really nice gift. One Charity Group<\/a> says one of the families must be choose between diapers and food for the baby. Every single day. During this Holiday Season<\/a> there is no gift like the gift of life you cant crack has a story of two families connected by the same stranger who change their lives forever. Reporter joe doesnt think of herself as a hero but few people have ever done what he did. Recently donating two organs to two strangers in need. Next to becoming a dad, this is the best thing ive ever done. Thats a pretty big favor. It is but its an opportunity that i wish more people had. Reporter joe who lives in maryland wasnt even a registered organ donor when he needed desperately for a kidney and online prayer group. He was so moved he offered one of his to the stranger in new york. Fred who was suffering from Kidney Disease<\/a> and running out of time. Im kind of overwhelmed. Reporter the donation say different flight. He thinks of joe as a brother now. I never thought that this would happen. Could never have dreamt that. Could never have made the story. Reporter but the story does not end there. I told people afterwards if i can do this again i would. Reporter and he did. A year after donating his kidney joke a part of his liver to an infant in ohio who was struggling to survive. Britneys daughter kaitlyn. I thought that it was amazing that a person would do that for somebody they dont even know. Reporter they had the opportunity to thank him in person after the surgery. We got our his family now. Reporter the transfer was done at Cleveland Clinic<\/a> using an minimally invasive technique. The doctor hopes the medical advances encourage more people to consider donating. You can do it at as a safety of a living donor. I think that is very important for people who are thinking about organ donation. Reporter joe is now one of less than 50 people in the u. S. Who have given twice as a living donor. I have connection to people that i would not have any other way. I feel like i am a part of something so good. Reporter giving the grandfather more time to spend with his family and the little girl the chance to grow up. Kenneth craig, cbs news, maryland. That is awesome. This morning more than 100,000 people are in need of a life saving organ transplant. 5 42 writenow. Still ahead on kpix 5, bay area seniors are getting a helping hand this Christmas Morning<\/a>. Coming up how a new program is giving back and how you can get involved. Well, we are starting off the day with that rain. 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It even has the words plastered on the side of the. His grandkids all go to different schools or dont get to school at all and he wanted to be able to make it easier for everyone. The grandfather express a scheduled start rolling after christmas break. A decadesold holiday tradition went out with a bang in christmas on Christmas Eve<\/a>. Oakland Police Officers<\/a> seen loading their cars with presents to hand out in the neighborhoods they patrol. The officers were able to choose which about 70 families will get a special delivery. We see a lot of children and a lot of families who are less fortunate than others so were asking if theyre going to get Christmas Gifts<\/a> and we always want to give back to the community. So they can have a brighter christmas. They also get a chance to have a positive impression on gun kids. All the toys are donated by the officers and the Police Officers<\/a> association. Teens are getting exactly what they want for christmas thanks to people across the bay area. All part of the bs santa to a senior program. Kpix 5 jackie ward shows us what its all about. Reporter this is how everyone should feel on Christmas Morning<\/a>. Childlike with joy and thankful for those who care about them. This is what a striper. They came up to help seniors in need who cant be reached day today. This year Hurricane Katrina<\/a> refugees is a senior who is dealing i was living in the car and on the bus to diane says she left new orleans after Hurricane Katrina<\/a> and eventually ended up here at the Curry Senior Center<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>. If it wasnt for kerry, i would be on the street with a lot of other folks. They have homeless have been on the street for 15 years. Record Victoria Black<\/a> is the director and today she gets to be in out for the morning delivering gifts to seniors like diane truly in the. Most seniors are really isolated. We dont really think about the fact that, you know, they are sort of a forgotten group of our population unfortunately. Reporter that is why trees like this at various locations across the city. They are decorated with ornaments filled that with request from seniors. What is on her list . Baby wipes. Thats what we need. Baby wipes. Toothpaste. Toilet paper. Simple things. At christmas they want to give you a hat and gloves. I have so many hats and gloves. Getting things we take for granted that we dont even realize cost money and are hard to come by. Its just such a joy to see that is what is bringing them happiness in this time. Reporter for a lot of us it so easy to be a part of this program. If you want to help next year heres the thing to keep in mind. Earrings are nice, but the soap to clean my ears means more to me. Reporter in San Francisco<\/a>, jackie ward, kpix 5. In the 15 years since the program has been around they estimate that more than 2 million gifts have been handed out to 750,000 people. The things we take for granted. The invitation from one church this Christmas Morning<\/a> is bring your bible and your dog. Take a look. This boy is attending what a Kansas Church<\/a> is calling pups in the pews service. The First Congregational Church<\/a> is to encourage more people to stop by the service. We have folks who we have never seen before who will show up with their yorkies dressed in christmas letters with ribbons in their hair. As a singing hymn and its just a great sense of joy. The church says pups in the pews happens above Christmas Eve<\/a> and Christmas Day<\/a>. All dogs are welcome. Everyone is welcome. You have a front row seat also. Love his bowtie also. Love it. Lets talk about our weather forecast. I know we had the storms roll in and i dont know if you would call it a big storm. It just dampen the holiday overnight but now things are drying out. So as we go through the rest of today we will see that rain taper off. Just a few showers as we head through our afternoon. So, not too bad here pick the worst of it this morning we have seen. Isolated thunderstorms, we have seen small heii, heavy downpours, but as we go through the day we will see that widespread rain taper off to just a few showers. Maybe some sun breaks since foster curious hidef doppler and you can see we will zoom in for the bay bridge area and you can see the rain pushing over the bay bridge, to San Francisco<\/a> as well as across the east bay. Some light rain over berkeley, oakland, alameda, san leandro, and some moderate to heavy rainfall pushing right across walnut creek, down 680 into san ramon, and check out the south bay. Catching moderate to heavy rainfall. Right over san jose right now as well as sunnyvale, cupertino, los gatos, and saratoga. You are getting the moderate to heavy rainfall and rainfall rates coming down more than half an inch per hour writenow. Here is a live look with our Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> camera and you can see the rain and the what camera out there with the raindrops. Temps running in the mid 40s as we start off the day. Milder conditions especially compared to the last couple days for that. Rainfall amounts, almost an inch of rain. Mill valley picking up 9 10 as well as mount temp. An inch for berkeley quarter of an inch for berkeley, and. 04 four san jose. So far here is a very cool photo. This is the san rafael small hail. You did have some thunderstorms rolled through the north bay and it did drop some small hail in the north bay, this was tweeted out and said its kind of a White Christmas<\/a> with that. It woke him up to isolated thunderstorms. As we go through our day, we will have widespread rain taper off to a light scattered showers and mostly cloudy skies otherwise a few sun breaks as we go through the afternoon. Definitely not a washout. I think the heaviest rain this morning and we will continue to dry out with sunny weather tomorrow through saturday. Daytime high school and below average for christmas. Low to mid 50s this afternoon. Here is the satellite and radar view. There is a low pressure system bringing the rain for us because we go through the day again you can see even by 8 am we will start to taper off and see the rain diminish to a few showers and as we head through the afternoon a few more isolated showers but catching some sun breaks hereunder. Drier weather starting on sunday as highpressure building. Our sunrise is at 7 23 and sunset at 4 56. Daytime highs for today 52 in San Francisco<\/a>, 53 oakland, 53 fremont, 54 for mountain view, mid 50s in san jose and 52 for concord. There is the extended forecast and we are looking at drier weather with a little bit more sunshine thursday, friday, saturday, shower chances back in the forecast throughout the weekend on sunday. It is 8 transtop eight minutes before 6 00. Students choosing to give instead a cat cafe sounded better in my head. Next time ill go to jack, at least then ill get fed. Head to jack in the box and experience the joy of missing out with my 5. 99 white cheddar cheeseburger combo. Only at jack in the box nev wish i was at jack, right their burgers are great. Head to jack in the box and experience the joy of missing out with my 5. 99 white cheddar cheeseburger combo. Only at jack in the box some Elementary School<\/a> students from santa monica are making sure they dont just received gets. There making a point to give. Canyon Elementary School<\/a> raised 2500 meant for the school but the student saw a better way to use the money. They decided to give it to the los angeles fire department. They are the epitome of bravery in my world. And are so brave and amazing. And they had to be recognized for the awesomeness. Their grade. Love that. Could interview. The donation comes less than two months after firefighters dealt with a wildfire near the getty museum in los angeles. The squad says the donation will help them pay for new gear to keep them safe. Thanks to all of these volunteers 4000 but in my mind im still 25. Thats why i take osteo biflex, to keep me moving the way i was made to. It nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. Osteo biflex now in triple strength plus magnesium. Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Taking a live look outside at a rainy Christmas Morning<\/a> in the bay area. Mary is tracking the storm. And will let us know if the wet weather will stick around for the rest of the holiday. Right now millions of people around the world are celebrating the arrival of christmas. Will take a look at some of the festivities ranging from the royals to the rustic to straight up out of this world. Good morning and gary Merry Christmas<\/a>. Thank you for joining us. Im anne makovec. And im kenny choi. Michelle had the holiday off. Mary lee is working hard at the Weather Center<\/a> with the latest on the storm. Thats right. We are here for you and tracking high death doppler. The storm system is pushing across the bay area with lightning strikes and small hail and heavy downpours. Lets get right to it. On hidef doppler and a closer look, you can see right over the bay bridge catching some light rain pushing through. Across San Francisco<\/a>, the Embarcadero Center<\/a> area, as well as across the east bay from alameda. 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