We look farther off to the north, there will be another one moving in. So this may slow down your travel plans. Ill talk about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike is checking in on the activity at the bay bridge. We dont have a lot of activity elsewhere around the bay. Very easy drive. A little slowing for 101 throughout san jose. Much lighter than typical. The bay bridge toll plaza, we have metering lights on. Well end with the live look because the lanes are all filled in. It took about ten minutes for the lanes to fill in after the metering lights were turned on. I see flashing lights, but its an oversized load. The flashing lights to let folks know be careful around the truck. It should make its way through the toll plaza. Ill be watching the truck. Hopefully it does or it could clog things up. 6 01. New this morning, there was, until recently, a jaguar plowed into the side of that car. The driver smashed through the front of a thrift store in the east bay. This is a live look at the damage left behind this morning. It happened a little after 1 00 in the morning at a store on east 14th street in san leandro. Thats not far from the bayfair mall. Investigators san jose whoever was inside of that car took off before officers could arrive. Witnesses report seeing a group of young people running from the scene. Today in the bays bob redell will join us with a live report in 30 minutes to explain what investigators are looking into now as they try to figure out what happened. 6 02 right now. The search is on for a hitandrun driver involved in a deadly accident in the peninsula on tuesday night, the crosswalk of El Camino Real and ludman lane. Thats where we find today in the bays pete suratos. Have people voiced concerns about this intersection before . Reporter actually i spoke to a woman at this nearby intersection, she said people fly up and down this intersection. The crosswalk is where the man was hit last night. Here are the details from the San Mateo CountySheriffs Office. They say a 30yearold man was hit and there was an soouf that hit him. When authorities showed up, they say he was lying in the roadway. They took him to the hospital. Cars are flying up and down this road all the time. As theyre saddened by the news. Theyre saying that the lack of lighting in the area, that theyre not shocked by it. This is one of the worst intersections around. Im not sure if its the lighting or what it is. But nobody sees you. This is actually a very dangerous intersection. They need to do something about this. It happened more than once. Now, authorities are still looking for the driver in this hitandrun accident. Theyre saying that driver was driving a small silver or lightcolored soouf similar to a toyota rav4. There is visible damage following this accident. Of course, this is still an ongoing investigation. If you have any information to help track down the driver, contact the Sheriffs Office. Live in millbrae, pete suratos for today in the bay. A south bay man accused of assaulting his neighbor with a baseball bat has turned himself in. Morgan Hill Police Say mark weber beat his neighbor with a bat earlier this month. The victims family says weber had a problem with their dog barking and thats what started it. The victim was treated for possible lifethreatening injuries. Weber meantime could face many charges including attempted murder. Investigators in Sonoma County say they found no credibility to a threat made by a student that they should shoot and kill people at his forestville high school. The student is still in trouble and is in juvenile hall. Authorities say it started with a note written by the boy left in the offices of the high school on tuesday. Hes faced with charges of making threats. The Christmas Market in berlin is back 0e7 after mondays deadly truck attack. The barricades are now removed and the gates are back open. People were seen wandering between empty stands where a dozen people died and dozens of others were hurt. They left candles. A manhunt is under way for this man, anis amri who Police Suspect was behind the wheel. Police say the tunisian man is believed to be armed and dangerous and has ties to islamic extremists. He was facing deportation prior to the attack. Police are looking at some of the refugee areas that he passed through. A 100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his whereabouts. A patient thief in the east bay managed to walk away with more than 200,000 of jewelry. Concord police say that man waited inside the sears in the sunny val mall until it closed and then made his move. The man in this Surveillance Video is holding a bag filled with 127 stolen rings. Police say the thief may have been waiting in a storage locker or storage room in the back of the store. We talked about this earlier this week, a measure to repeal North Carolinas socalled bathroom bill, has failed. That bim requires the law requires transgender people to use bathroom corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. The issue gained a lot of attention in the bay area. Today in the bays Edward Lawrence joins us live in washington to explain why the repeal effort actually failed. Good morning, edward. Good morning, sam and laura. There was a deal in place that just fell apart, and the vote wasnt even close. The North Carolina senate voted 1632 to not repeal that bathroom law, to turn down the bill that would repeal the socalled bathroom law. The house in North Carolina didnt even take up the bill, and the special session adjourned. There was a lot of protest associated with it. The Sticking Point was a provision that was in the bill that would ban other cities in the state of North Carolina from passing their own version of the bathroom bill. Now North Carolina lost millions of dollars related to this problem. North carolina has seen the ncaa pull out of seven championships that they were going to hold in the state, canceled concerts. Also the nba decided not to hold an allstar game that was going to be held in charlotte. Now, the center for American Progress estimates North Carolina lost about 88 million because of the bans and boy cots. Reporting live in washington, Edward Lawrence, back to you. Thank you very much, edward. It is 6 07 right now. The new year will mean steeper fines for commuters caught illegally parking their cars in b. A. R. T. Parking lots. Right now its a 35 fine for anyone parking in a daily spot without paying. January 2nd it goes up to 55. If you get caught parking in a space that requires a permit, 75 will be your fee up from the current 40. For repeat offenders, five or more citations in the same year will cost an additional 100. The new fines were approved in february. Good thursday morning. It is 6 08. As you head out, it is chilly. We are only at 34 degrees now in fairfield, 31 in napa. Some spots below freezing. Were dealing with some fog also in parts of the north bay. So freezing temperatures and fog. That may create some icy spots on the roadways. Elsewhere its well above freezing, oakland 47 degrees. 43 in palo alto and san jose. 42 degrees now. Its nice, cool and quiet now. Were tracking a couple of storm systems across the region. One as you head down to l. A. And over toward vegas. There is some rain. And we will have another weather system moving in as we go into tomorrow. So plan accordingly with extra time to get to where youre going. Well talk more about that coming up in about ten minutes. Mike is tracking those flashing lights on the bay bridge. Kari, we saw an oversized truck going through the area. It made it through the toll plaza. Ive been tracking it as best i can. I havent seen any problems or heard of issues across the bay bridge. As we look at your map, its actually not bad getting through that backup, whether youre an oversized truck or standard sized car. Just a backup off the maze. No delay except for the toll plaza itself. This is a light holiday week commute. We continue to see no delays, except slowing north 101 at 680. As we look at your south bay drive times, 101 and 85 where they split in san jose to where they meet in Mountain View, just 20 minutes. These are the speeds we typically see at 4 30 when we start our show. Back to you. Up next, new developments in the recent shooting outside a very popular bay area bowling alley. A newly released sketch of the man police are looking for. Getting ready for rain in the bay area and a lot of snow in the see heir rah. The steps to take if youre heading into the mountains over the Holiday Weekend. If youre driving in the city, youll see none of the uber selfdriving cars. Ill tell you about it in business and tech when today in the bay continues. Good morning. It is 6 13. Here is a look at the tahoe report for squaw valley and alpine meadows. Snowing tomorrow, heavy snow along with whiteout conditions. Well see the snow coming down for most of the day on friday and early on saturday. Chilly temperatures, too. Here is a look at what one computer model is showing as far as how much snow you can see across the sierra. Possibly two feet of snow. Well detail that and what the bay area can expect in about five minutes. A lot more going on on your maps than mine, mild slowing through the trivalley, light volume of traffic around the bay. The eastshore freeway, just 18 minutes from highway 4 to the bay bridge. Thats a great drive. Mike, thank you very much. To your point, generally speaking, a very light flow of traffic as we look at the Golden Gate Bridge live. Now, just past the toll plaza the bridge gets so busy during the day with sightseers coming around, parking over the next few days is going to be tighter. Starting tomorrow and going through january 2nd, the lots on either side of the bridge will be restricted to parking between 11 00 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. We should say they will have restricted parking, that is to reduce backups that spill out into regular traffic. Almost 6 15 right now. Police released a sketch of the man who opened fire in the parking lot of a popular bay ar area bowling alley. Hes described at 56, average built hispanic man. The shooting happened friday night at bell mateo bowl in san mateo. The shooter firing several times into a crowded parking lot and hitting a man. That man actually recovered. Pretty frightening moments captured on a Central California bus. Take a look. The man on the right. An Electronic Cigarette exploded in his pocket. All caught on camera. The man only suffered minor injuries, burns to his hands and his thigh. One thing you will not see out on the road this morning. Selfdriving ubers. The company pulled the cars off the streets of San Francisco after meeting with the dmv. Scott mcgrew has been following this since the start. The dmv pulled the registration permits for the cars. That was enough to convince them not to put them on the streets. Thats not the first time. Department says uber lacks the proper permits. Uber argued it didnt neat those permits. It does make one wonder why uber didnt get the permits in the first place. We do know once you have a selfdriving permits, you have to report. Uber started itself driving test in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, using fords. That test is still under way. Why pittsburgh . Probably because thats where you find carnegiemellon university. Uber snatched professors and researchers to work at uber. Peter teal wheel continues to e his power with the trump administration. New reports say guiding the nasa policy to include rocket launches. Thiels latest company is involved in border secure. The Electronic Privacy Information Center says the Palo Alto Company supplies computer power. Someone has to run the computers and keep track of illegal immigrants. There are two concerns this morning. One is thiel has not separated his business from his position in the trump administration. To be fair, neither has trump. If you were to build a muslim database, this would be the sort of technology that you would use. So were going to continue to watch the involvement with the administration. Because the conversation will certainly continue. Thank you very much scott. We go now to Southern California where were getting ready for another round of rain in the bay area. An evening storm already brought very heavy rains to parts of so cal. The wet weather caused flooding in some parts last night. Certainly slowed down the already grinding even commute. The rain also hit lastminute christmas shoppers. The parking lot of a Shopping Center in el cajon was, as you see, flooded. Didnt stop the shoppers from going out there. Got to head to the slopes . The rain heading to the bay area expected to bring a lot of snow to the sierra just in time for the christmas holiday. If youre planning to head to the snow, the chp and caltrans has tips to stay safe. First, get the chains, try to practice installing them. Make sure youre dressed appropriately, bring blankets, pack extra food, clothing, in case you get stuck in traffic. Finally keep that gas tank full because of it. You dont get great mileage when its that cold outside. You want to make sure youre covered if there are accidents or traffic backups. You could be sit and idling. Laura, you and i know this. Bring cash with you. If you have problems with the chains you can also use a little cash. There are chain installers waiting patiently. Theyre there. And boy, is it helpful. I have a friend here who is from florida and she wants to go to heavenly. Shes like, what are tire chains . Oh, my goodness girl, we have to ta talk. Not a florida thing, thats for sure. Youve always got to be ready. We know its going to take a lot of time to get there. If you are traveling locally or farther across the region, we are going to talk about that. Ill give you a heads up of what to expect. Here is a live look across the north bay across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, looking good early this morning. The earlier you can travel, the better. Its 43 degrees right now in San Francisco. Heading up to 59 degrees today. Its 34 in fairfield. We do have freezing temperatures with spots in the north bay, and its very cold as you head out. So layer up. It will be up to 61 degrees today in san jose and morgan hill. Oakland and San Francisco, 59 degrees. A nice and mild afternoon. We showed you the storm system affecting Southern California. Its also moving into vegas as well as new mexico and arizona. Thats moving off to the east and will not affect the bay area, but some pretty soggy conditions if youre traveling farther to the south. If youre going to the north, rain starting to move into the sattal and portland. You see the rain moving from north to south. We start to see the clouds increasing later today. By 6 00 in the morning, pretty good coverage. There may be pockets of heavy rain at times. Still waves coming in and out of the bay area all through out the day. It look pretty wet. We wont see the rain ending until Early Saturday Morning on Christmas Eve. Rainfall totals anywhere from a quarter inch to. 75 inch, maybe over an inch in spots like ukiah and heavy snow for the sierra. The possibility of at least a foot of snow, maybe even 1. 5 feet, up to 2 feet in some of the Higher Elevations. Well talk mosh about that coming up. Lets start with a little south bay slowing with mike. Very little. You mentioned the chains. Kari mentioned the chains from the sierra and her friend from florida not knowing about that. We have chains here because we dont have snow tires. The chain helps for that short period when we have to get to the summit. A little slowing for the south bay. I was watching slowing. I watched it long enough that i stared it down. It cleared. It did clear over the last couple minutes. Thats how light the volume of traffic is here. Well show you the rest of the bay. Were getting toward the bay bridge. The only thing on the map that we worry about is fog in the north bay. Nothing of note from chp. The bay bridge metering lights are on. The san mateo bridge, we end with a nice easy drive to the peninsula. Coming up next, something a lot of parents worry about when your child gets sick, should you use antibiotics. Well break down a new study that could help decide how to treat children. Millions of americans getting ready to travel before the Holiday Weekend. Well take you to one of the busiest airports to show what to expect before you take off. Once i heard i was going to be a park ranger, i got really excited. Gabes obviously really sick. And theres a lot that he isnt able to do, and makeawish stepped in. We had to climb up the mountain to get the injured hiker. He fell from, like, a rock. Hes been the one that has been rescued so many times. He said to me, today, i got to be the hero. avo the subaru share the love event has helped grant the wishes of over twelve hundred kids so far. Get a new subaru, and well donate two hundred and fifty dollars more to help those in need. Put a little love in your heart. I get closer to christmas. Laura 2shot its expected to be a record year for the number of americ. The Holiday Travel rush is under way as we get closer to christmas. It is expected to be a record year for the number of americans heading out of town. Today in the bays Chris Pallone from atlanta, the largest airport in the country, to show us what travellers can expect heading into the Holiday Weekend. Chris . Reporter hi, sam and laura. Were expecting that theres going to be 103 million americans according to aaa heading out on a trip of more than 50 miles aw