Francisco, sfo, Oakland Field moffett field, rather, and san jose, all record highs for this day. San francisco actually tied their record high but still records nonetheless. Lets start the forecast animation. Things are going to change. Animation starts at 7 00 this evening. Clouds move in tonight. Clouds will thicken tomorrow. Rain arrives tomorrow afternoon. It will be much cooler tomorrow. It will actually feel like a winter day. The rain will be sliding southward as the day goes on. Meanwhile, in the sierra, Winter Weather advisory in Effect Tomorrow from noon to 8 00 p. M. , we expect three to six inches of snow. Above 6,000 feet, above a foot of snow. Blowing snow is possible and travel delays and chain requirements are likely. So winterlike weather will arrive tomorrow here and in the sierra. I will show you whats to follow in just a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. A large hillside in San Francisco is sliding, forcing park rangers to close a popular trail. This comes of course after several days of heavy rain over the past few weeks. Today, a usgs geologist went out to check on conditions there. Abc 7 News ReporterWayne Freedman joins us live with more on the situation. Wayne . Reporter mud slides are never convenient. The location of this one even less so. San francisco residents finally got a beautiful day, no rain, an opportunity to enjoy it but now the byproduct of that rain. You see that yellow tape down there . And the jogger who happens to be paying no attention to it at all . Right behind that is the mud slide. Its a nice walk with a fine reward. Youve got a really beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Reporter for now, an even better view of californias unstable coastline in action. Thanks to a large slide that materialized yesterday. It remains unstable enough that the National Park service has closed 1500 feet of walkway to Public Access just in time for the holiday weekend. This is a situation that comes up from time to time and we are always going to err on the side of caution to keep visitors safe. Reporter meantime, the slide has become an interesting case study for the United States geological survey. Dr. Jonathan stock looked around today. He notes that this slide is within an older slide, essentially a preexisting condition. Closing it, he says, was justified. Theres a possibility they will see this small land side here migrate into the older bigger one. Reporter it depends on rainfall and future accumulation. In short, not so much the end of the world but at lands end, certainly a crack in it. Overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. You cant blame the rain for this flooding in mill valley. The king tide came in today and covered lowlying areas, especially along highway 1 at the 101 interchange. Drivers had to slosh through several inches of standing water. It didnt get high enough to strand cars but it did rise enough to cover most of this parking lot overlooking the bay. The next king tide wont come along until midjanuary. Police in the east bay still looking for david rowenzels killers and have increased their reward to 25,000. The english teacher was gunned down four weeks ago today while on an afternoon hike in huckleberry botanic regional preserve. Investigators are looking for two men they call persons of interest at this stage but not suspects. The man on the left weighs about 240 pounds. The other man is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s. Somebody knows these people. There are people right this minute out there who know these people. They need it would be great if they could step forward, take our money. Police think robbery may have been the motive. The victims wallet was stolen and his credit cards were used in oakland after he was killed. President obama applauded sonys decision to release the interview on Christmas Day after all. The controversial film was pulled following threats from hackers who broke into sonys computers. Abc 7 News ReporterCaroline Tyler live to tell us who will be showing the movie. Carolyn . Reporter it is small houses that are willing to take a stand like the smith rafael Movie Theater which is still in the process of negotiating to get that film. The new parkway in oakland and the rialto in berkeley do have permission to show the interview this week. You will be able to see the interview after all. The Christmas Day release was pulled from major Movie Theater chains after threats of violence from a group believed associated with north korea. But owners of small independent theaters like mark fishkin started a campaign to encourage Sony Pictures to allow them to screen the film and to not give in to intimidation. If any one of these entities called us and said im sorry, you cant show that film, you know, that would be just anathema to us who work so hard as curators to try to get these issues and these really artistic films to the forefront of audiences. Reporter fishkin, the executive director of the california film institute, says he got calls from people wanting his theater to show the controversial comedy. People we talked to said they would go just to make a statement. I actually walked out of at least one of the movies made with that crowd. But yeah, now probably because of the whole stir i would go see it. Reporter president obama had criticized sony last week for allowing Movie Theaters to pull the plug on the movie. The white house released a Statement Today applauding the companys decision to authorize screenings. Quote, we are a country that believes in free speech and the right of artistic expression. Weeks before the controversy, the interview had a premiere at the castro theater organized by the San Francisco film society. The director says this turn of events is wonderful for the nations independent Movie Theaters. The film like the interview would not normally play independent cinemas but in this case just because of the strange circumstances, all these wonderful small theaters all across america are actually going to have the chance to play this film which will probably be the Box Office Winner of the season. Its kind of a victory for the little guy. Reporter sony says it has never given up on releasing the movie. Carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. As soon as the sony announcement was made there was Quick Reaction from the movies stars. Seth rogan says freedom has prevailed. Sony didnt give up. The interview will be shown at theaters willing to play it. James franco tweeted victory, the president and the people have spoken. Actor rob lowe isnt in the movie but has been vocal about the controversy. He tweeted glad to see james franco and seth rogan happy and plugged in again. Welcome back, guys. We missed you. 49ers linebacker aldon smith says he was not drinking at former teammate Ray Mcdonalds house the day after a woman claims mcdonald may have sexually assaulted her. The Woman Told Police that smith, who is free on three years probation for a dui conviction, was drinking with mcdonald. Smith tells the San Jose Mercury news that he was there at the home but was not drinking, although espn is reporting the niners will be looking into the allegations. Mcdonald has not been charged in the Sexual Assault case and that Investigation Continues into just exactly what happened. Today, federal Health Officials are recommending an end to the nations lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. They suggest replacing it with a new policy barring donations from men who have had sex with another man during the previous year. Thats not reality. Effectively this continues to ban most gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The lifetime ban dates from the early years of the aids crisis but many medical groups, including the american medical association, say the policy is no longer supported by science given advances in hiv testing. Suspected dui drivers collided with contra costa sheriff patrol cars twice this month. One crash happened when deputies were on a traffic stop on the shoulder of highway 4 nearbyron. A driver sideswiped one car and rearended another. The second crash was when a driver ran into the back of a patrol car stopped at a red light. The Highway Patrols drunk driving crackdown runs through the new years holiday. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, caught on video. Why a family ended up chasing down a fed ex truck on a highway. Plus firefighters forced out. The late update from san jose fire about the moldy problem at one of its stations. Later they can put guns on a plane this time. They could have easily put a bomb on one of those planes. New at 4 30, smuggling loaded guns on to a plane. The elaborate scheme several men pulled off to get past security. Taking a live look at your traffic as we approach 4 10 on this tuesday in san jose, youre looking at highway 101 southbound on the right. Thats backed up. That is 880 going over the top. I can go back and kind of laugh about it now just because it was such a crazy experience but in the moment, i was terrified. Vanessa gladdio and her friends scary experience on 80 was caught on camera. The pair was driving in the Sierra Community last saturday when a woman suddenly cut them off. The driver slammed on her brakes, forcing the pair to stop. She then got out of the car and pretended to be an officer trying to arrest the two young women. They didnt believe a word she said and took off again, then called the police. Go to the officer, go to the officer, go to the officer. Okay. Okay. Make sure he helps us, please help us. Once Police Stepped in, they arrested 50yearold deirdre orsoco. The i. D. Badge she flashed was from a Company Providing senior assistance. She had recently gotten out of jail when this all happened. She is suspected in a hit and run in roseville just last week. Bizarre. Hopefully this is not your holiday present. Flying off into the distance, a fed ex driver in colorado last week forgot to close the back of his truck. A family driving behind that van captured this video. At least four packages fell off before the man filming finally got the attention of the driver. That mishap will not cost anybody their holiday gift. No worries. Fed ex says all the packages were accounted for and even delivered on time. Firefighters from san jose station 16 cant return to their station until tests determine if theres a potentially dangerous mold problem. Mitch matlow, captain of the fire department, gave an update this afternoon, saying theres no confirmation of mold inside the station. The captain is not sure if response times in the area will be impacted as long as the station is out of service. Field operations is constantly monitoring response times back into this area and they are using a fluid Deployment Model in an attempt to address those issues and keep the response times as low as possible. Swab and area tests will take place tomorrow morning in the station. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller went inside to take a look at the potential problem. Before walking through the doors leading to the tv room at San Jose Fire Department station 16 on south king road, we were warned it was considered a hot zone because of mold. Inside, more plastic sheeting around the kitchen area, cleaning supplies on the counter and red tape saying do not enter. The mold problem was discovered about nine months ago when a firefighter spokesman believes the recent rain may have caused it to spread into the living spaces. Command staff determined yesterday it might be unhealthy for the 24 firefighters who use station 16 to be inside and closed it down for further inspection. Station 16 is one of our oldest stations, one of our busiest areas. Its the heart of east side san jose. We are cognizant theres a high call volume there. I know our senior staff is diligently coming up with a plan. Reporter the San Jose Fire Department says its having crews patrol station 16s district during peak hours so firefighters can quickly respond to medical and fire emergencies. Nearby fire stations will also help with coverage. One fire captain who did not want to be identified said station 16 will likely be closed for six to eight months for renovations. Our job is dangerous enough. It feels good from my perspective that we made a decision to look out for our crews safety and tried to balance our crews safety and the safety of citizens at the same time. Reporter a Spokesman Says temporary housing could be brought in so firefighters would be able to respond more quickly to emergencies here in this area. Matt keller, abc 7 news. The bay area joined a Global Campaign to remember the 140 children killed in pakistan last week. This group, a group gathered in the courtyard of Mission San Rafael to light candles and pray for the School Children killed during the taliban attack. Heidi kuhn launched the movement. She heads roots of peace, which works to remove land mines from wartorn areas. Its a humble act and we invite people around the world to take the simple act and moment of silence to light a candle in solemn tribute to the children who died due to the disease of terror. Similar candlelight vigils were held in other countries. She wants people to keep the candles lit until the end of the year in honor of the young victims. As we head toward the holidays, spectacular weather today. Not so spectacular coming up tomorrow. Thats right. Spencer christian is here with the days accuweather forecast. Well, it has been spectacular today. It still is. Not going to be dreadful tomorrow, just different from today. Heres a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have sunny skies all across the bay area and as i told you earlier, we have recorded six record high temperatures for this date already around the bay area, so you can see its an unusually mild to warm day. Lets talk about travel delays, though, because today and tomorrow are both high volume Holiday Travel days. As you can see right now, we are looking at almost no delays at any major airports across the 48 contiguous states. Even with showers and Thunder Showers in the southeast. However, in the northeast, we do have delays. Boston, nearly a half hour. Jfk in new york, nearly 40 minutes. Nearly an hour and a half delays at laguardia and newark in the new york city area. In philadelphia, 110 minutes. Thats almost two hours. Looks like this area may also have delays tomorrow as that storminess i showed you in the southeast will be moving up the coast tomorrow. But the rest of the 50 looking pretty good. Heres a great view across the embarcadero on to the bay from the rooftop camera at abc 7. It is currently 65 degrees in San Francisco. 63 across the bay in oakland. Redwood city, 69. 66 apiece in san jose and morgan hill. 59 in half moon bay. Heres another beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Not only does the weather look great, traffic is moving nicely as well. Its 67 degrees in santa rosa at this hour. 63 apiece in napa and novato. Fairfield, 58. 65 in concord. 66 at livermore. A stunningly beautiful view from mount tam looking on to the bay. You see a little San Francisco off to the right there. It will be partly cloudy overnight, cooler tomorrow, much cooler than today with afternoon showers likely. But they will just be brief showers. It will be breezy and cool but dry on Christmas Day. Heres the satellite image showing High Pressure holding on for just a little while longer. Record warmth today but we do have this advancing cold front and the storm system up north that will bring us a quick burst of showers tomorrow so lets start the forecast animation at 5 00 tomorrow morning. Beginning in the morning commute it will be partly to mostly cloudy at that hour. It will not have begun raining yet. Later in the day we will see the clouds increase and by early afternoon or midday, we will see frontal systems swinging down into the northernmost part of the viewing area so the rain arrives first, or the showers up in the north bay. Then by about 2 00 p. M. , we will see showers moving down towards the golden gate into San Francisco, on to some areas of the peninsula and across the bay on the east bay. Then it will swing on through in the Late Afternoon hours and by 4 00 p. M. , whatever rain is falling will be confined mainly to the south bay and santa cruz mountains. Breezy behind the front. Then it swings out of here. So it will be drying out tomorrow night. Rainfall totals by tomorrow evening, 6 00, only. 15 in higher elevations. Overnight, look for some fog and clouds, low temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to around 50. Tomorrows highs right around 60 degrees. Showers likely on the peninsula. Highs in the upper 50s to about 60. Mid 50s on the coast. 58 degrees downtown San Francisco. Only upper 50s in the north bay with showers. East bay highs, upper 50s to around 60. Mid to upper 50s in the inland east bay. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Dry, cool, breezy on thursday,