Emergency Operations Center will be activated as well as the Sobering Center on mission street. We dont want people drinking and driving so use our Public Transportation system. Reporter alex is visiting interest riverside where he says his citys festival of lights celebration took extra safety precautions this year, as well. This year, for the First Time Ever they had snipers all over downtown. Scary that we have to be at that point but if it works and it helps people feel safe, then its worth it. Reporter police will be out in full force on sunday evening. No discretionary time off is being granted for officers. And a note about fireworks. They are illegal in San Francisco. So if you would like to see them, dont try it yourself. Head down to the embarcadero. Its a free show. Leave it to the professionals. In San Francisco, Tara Moriarty, ktvu fox 2 news. I think the weather is going to cooperate. How many people are going to show up for this . Reporter they didnt go over the numbers today and also as far as staffing numbers for Police Officers, they never quite reveal how many people will be out but they said they will be heavily deployed so expect a lot of people in blue come sunday night. Also, just want to mention, take mass transit. Its going to be starting up at 8 00 at night. Caltrain, bart, muni, all free running throughout the evening so a great way to head home after you are finished partying. Thank you. Authorities say a month long investigation uncovered a drug ring sneaking methamphetaminelaced mail into a San Mateo County womans jail. Ktvus ann rubin is live outside the Correctional Center with how the drug was smuggled in. Reporter investigators say the lessors and envelopes had been dipped in lick get letters and envelopes had been dipped in liquid methamphetamine and sent to the facility. There are 6 people in custody and they are searching for four more all part of a massive conspiracy to sneak drugs into the maple street Correctional Center in redwood city. One of our sheriffs correctional officers, while distributing the mail, noticed that a piece of mail appeared to be tampered with. Reporter as it turns out, the envelope and its contents had been dipped in liquified methamphetamine. Once its liquified, essentially any paper source can absorb it. Reporter a month long investigation later turned up more meth mail. Authorities now believe suspects on the outside were sending the druglaced paper to female inmates for sale on the inside. People apparently chewed the paper to ingest the drugs. Once the drugs came into the jail, then the people who had them were also distributing, further distributing it to others. Reporter search warrants in burlingame, daly city and San Francisco turned up 10 ounces of methamphetamine and thousands in drug proceeds. They also resulted in the arrest of 54yearold richard wood. It was going on for some time. We dont know exactly how long before. But certainly, the investigation revealed that there were several such mailings that went to the jail. Reporter as for the five inmates who have been re arrested in connection with the crime, they could get years tacked on to their sentences. Some people think they are going to get away with it in the jail. But the fact of the matter is, there are more eyes and ears on people who are in custody than one would imagine. So its really a foolish undertaking. Reporter again, four suspects in the case are still at large. The others are set for a preliminary hearing on january 8th. Alyana . All right, ann rubin live for us in san mateo. Anne, thank you so much. The president has been out of the public eye over the holiday. But today he was back with a round of tweets out of florida from daca to the russian investigation, to the post office he hit a lot of topics today on social media. Ktvus Lauren Blanchard joins us live now in washington with more on the president s big day on twitter. Reporter its the first time we have seen the president since christmas and today he welcomed members of the coast guard to his golf course in florida. [ applause ] reporter while the president had little to say at the tee, he had plenty to say this morning on twitter including addressing whats next for daca. The president saying he wont deal with the democrats on immigration without getting a border wall and an end to chain migration. Democrats chose not to make daca a Sticking Point when the government was facing a shutdown earlier this month. But they have vowed to reach an agreement ahead of next months funding deadline. Analysts say most americans are hoping for a compromise. Most americans agree, we need Border Security we also need, um, most americans agree that we need a compassionate approach to people who came here through no fault of their own, not of their own will. Reporter today the president also took a swipe at the u. S. Post office at the height of the busiest season. He said the post office is getting dumber and poorer compared to Online Retail giants like amazon. Earlier this week, in an impromptu interview with the new york times, the president said he believes special Counsel Robert Mueller will be fair in the russia investigation. After publicly attacking the fbi and the justice department. He also laid blame on china for playing both sides in the growing tensions between the u. S. And north korea. And the president is expected to remain in florida through the new year, returning when the senate comes back to session. Frank . All right, Lauren Blanchard live for us in washington. Thank you. The cannabis countdown to legalization is under way as the state prepares to allow Recreational Use on monday. Dispensaries are already seeing a rush of medical customers before new restrictions go into effect. Cristina rendon reports. Reporter not only do new regulations go into effect but legalization on monday january 1st means there will be a lot more people so customers are trying to beat the crowds today. Reporter the line at harborside in oakland is usually not out the door in the afternoon but california is just days away from legalizing cannabis. Thats why abby shier a vendor for lola lola based in San Francisco is here. We sell prerolls to the dispensaries so i was making sure they are all stocked up for adult use on monday. Reporter and she is among the thousands of medical patients buying weed before the state imposes new taxes. The last few days have been a little bit crazy as you can see. A lot of our patients are coming in to stack up before the taxes go up in the new year. Reporter director of operations says because of legalization, customers can expect a 10 to 30 increase on the Product Price depending on the product. And right now, medical patients are buying up edibles. The brownie is one of the local favorite superstars. Reporter before dosage requirements go into effect that limit edibles to 10 milligrams of thc with no more than 100 milligrams allowed in a single package. Its intended to prevent a negative experience if a child or pet accidentally ingests the product. Theres good reasons for these regulations. And the regulators have carved out a program for those who need more. Reporter harborside is readying for the rush by adding more registers and staff monday and for some, it means actually looking forward to the start of the week. I am ready for monday. Yeah. I think its going to be exciting. Its going to be crazy. Its a complete change for the industry right now. Reporter an employee says they have served over 1,000 customers today at harborside in oakland. They expect bigger crowds on january 1st. Harborside will open at 6 a. M. Monday and they are giving away gifts and prizes to the first 100 people in line. Well have a crew there when that dispensary opens. I know some people are probably wondering why go and buy your medical card days before . Why expended money . In but its probably going to be a benefit to them. They will probably save money on taxes . Thats right. Both medical customers and Recreational Users are going to pay that increase in taxes until you have a county medical i. D. Card. If you have that, they can take the sales tax off of the purchase price. All right. Probably worth it in the end for those medical cardholders. Thank you, cristina rendon. The city of San Francisco is set to launch a new social Media Public Awareness Campaign about the risks of marijuana. It will highlight the health risks for young people, smoking the drug. The campaign will also stress the fact that the drug is still illegal for those under the age of 21. Marijuana use in San Francisco is currently lower than the National Average with a 2015 National Study showing that 71 of City High School students have never used marijuana compared to 59 nationwide. And we have a california cannabis section on our website, ktvu. Com, with everything you need to know about the new law. Author sue grafton has died at the age of 77. The family, friends say she died last night in santa barbara. Her daughter says she had been battling cancer. The writer was known for her best selling series of alphabetically entitled mystery novels. The kentucky native was a screenwriter before releasing her first novel a is for alibi. In 1982, she released y is for yesterday earlier this year. A deadly fire at a new york Apartment Building apparently sparked by a toddler. Coming up, how the fire started and the one move by a resident that made the fire spread faster. Plus im henry lee on a ride along with the Highway Patrol. The story coming up. As this wicked Winter Weather tightens its grip on our country, whats getting stolen coming up next. And we have some rain to talk about next week. Rain is coming our way. Its the deadliest fire in new york city in 30 years a fire in an Apartment Building in the bronx. 12 people were killed including four children in yesterdays Apartment Building fire. Today we learned it was all started by a very young child. We have new information from new york on the victims. This loss is unprecedented. Reporter a community in mourning after a fire kills 12 people in this bronx Apartment Building, started by a child who was playing with a stove. It started from a young boy 3. 5 years old playing the burners on the stove. Reporter the boys mother heard him scream, saw the flames and ran outside with him and his sister. The front door was left open causing the fire to quickly spread. Fire travels up. The stairway acted like a chimney. It took the fire so quickly upstairs that people had little time to react. They couldnt get back down the stairs. They couldnt escape. It was just two people, my sister and the baby eight months old. The smoke, i guess, overcame her. Everything happened so quick. Reporter other residents were forced out to the fire escape waiting for help. You were on the fire escape for halfhour . Yeah, im tough. Why . Because [ indiscernible ] they put the ladder, they have to take the kids one after the other. Literally screaming and we knew it was trouble because people were screaming, fire, help, fire, help reporter even after escaping, survivors faced the bitter cold. Many had no coats. One man ran out in his longjohns with no socks or shoes. It is the time of year where people celebrate and certainly here we have people who have lost their lives, lost their homes, lost everything. Reporter in new york, rich denison, fox news. Extreme cold hitting areas across the country is causing some problems. Its frigid out there. Chicago officials warning people to stay inside off the roads after two people have died from hypothermia. And in new york, the freezing temperatures have caused a part of lake erie to freeze and ice on trees and benches. In ohio six cars have been stolen after owners have left them unattended trying to warm them up. Record low temperatures will be possible through new years day. It remains a serious potentially lifethreatening event. Avoid going out until the weather warms up. Locally snowpack levels in the sierra are actually lower than last years. Survey results show that the snowpack in the South Lake Tahoe basin are 30 normal for this time of year. The sierra might be getting some snow because we are getting rain. The disparity between winter there and here, its a whole different deal. Brutal on the east coast. Thats why our homes are so expensive. I think so, too, obviously. I played 18 holes of golf today. Guys are hiking and mountain biking. You have options. Yeah. We have a lot of options. Its just an observation. 11 degrees below zero in fargo and 10 degrees in boston. Hard to get stuff done. Fargo is minus 26 on the wind chill. Minus 25 in bismarck. 15 degrees in washington, dc. Thats the wind chill, not the actual temperature. But boy, ill tell you, you know, its tough to get stuff done. Youre not hitting golf balls or playing basketball outside. Weather system coming our way, we are setting up for rain. Probably on wednesday, which will be great, and beyond that. So its not a one and done. Theres more stuff coming our way. You see hints of it up here, right . Thats the real deal up in portland. The jet stream is represented by this area here. We consolidated cloud cover. Well see the southerly part of the jet break off pushing moisture in our direction which means a chance for showers. Well get to that but first to tomorrow, which is saturday. Current temperatures, in the 50s. Beautiful shot outside. Frank, have you seen this befor . Its got color to. The sun is setting. You can see the bridge is lit. This is the Salesforce Tower that grabs the setting sun. Looks like the french flag. Im sure they thought that through. Its beautiful. If you watch it long enough, the light moves up or down on the tower. The High Pressure is with us all week but will eventually go away as we get into tuesday, wednesday with a slight chance on tuesday of showers. And a better chance certainly on wednesday and thursday. So hopefully that will happen. The thing to note with this system, it is a lower latitude system. So its going to be warmer. So that typically can mean significant rainfall accumulations, warmer air, more moisture being held in the air mass. So well watch this. Its not this weekend. The weekend is going to be great. Just like today with a few clouds, maybe a few more clouds, but then when we get to the middle of next week, get ready, get the umbrellas out and get ready for slow commutes. Thank you. They say money changes people. Two best friends, their coworkers were supposed to share a lottery win until one of them took off with the ticket. Decided to take it and run. Money changes people. Now we see. The big lottery letdown. Coming up next. That story and more. Stay with us. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. All right. Get ready tonight. A double dose of bigtime jackpot today and tomorrow. The Mega Millions and the powerball jackpots are worth a combined 690 million. The powerball is 384 million after no Winning Tickets this week. The next drawing is saturday night. And tonights Mega Millions drawing is worth 306 million. Odds of winning the jackpot are about one in 303. Now a cautionary tale about friends, lottery tickets and big wins. Two waitresses at an arkansas restaurant split their tips every day but sharing a 300,000 lotto win has torn them apart. Foxs jesse turnier shows us the pair hit it big on a scratchoff and one cashed the jackpot all by herself. They are both good. Reporter Leslie Underwood rarely sits down but she got a break the friday before christmas to open a gift from her boss. He always gets em. And he always wins. Reporter lucky lives up to his name. He bought a roll of scratchoffs from a liquor store for his waitresses. He told us, whatever we won would be split between us for christmas bonuses. Reporter she scratched off the pile with a coworker. Mandy scratched off a 10 fortune ticket and won the prize. She and leslie would each get 150,000. We was both reading the back of it trying to find the little youre pranked but it was real. Reporter the trick was still to come. We talked about how life changing it would be and what we were going to do with this money. She even talk about giving back, it was such a blessing. Reporter they were going to claim the money together in the new year. She decided to take it and run. Reporter leslie saw this picture wednesday, mandy smiling with a check while she a little emotional. Reporter they have been best friends for nearly a decade. Put in a good word for her, stuck my neck out for her, let her stay with me so she didnt have to drive back and forth. Reporter leslie hasnt heard from mandy. She never came into work for her shift this week. Is she sick or something . Its a long story. Reporter Haley Johnson typically works a different shift with another waitress. That duo didnt win as big. We got about 10 on all the tickets. Reporter haley says she first felt a pang of jealousy but now she just wants mandy to live up to the deal. The bestburger in town, the best place to works the home of the 300,000 winner. Leslie muscle over a warning mulls over the situation with the boss. You wont be friends with her after this, he said. Money changes people. Now we see. Leslie hopes her luck will turn around but she wont be taking any more chances with the lott