Start spreading the news, 2016. Well at least in new york it is. Some of these people began streaming into the area hours ago. The temperature is in the low 40s. Which coincidentally about the same here at the stroke of midnight. There is heavy security there tonight, though. Police took extraordinary measures to ensure event that has defined new york experience for many people. There are 6000 uniform and undercover officers t. 500 more than last year but it appears as you see here everyone is enjoy the experience as we turn the passenger to 2016. 82 hello there. Happy almost new year for us here in the bay year. Here in San Francisco people are beginning to gather along the embark dear 0for the midnight fireworks display. This is a live picture from our roof cam looking down to the ferry building. Lets check in withdrew and what people think about heading outside tonight. Pretty similar conditions like you experienced there in new york moments ago. Bundle up. Clear skies rather cool temperatures. Live doppler 7hd is quiet at this who are. Well have clear sky overnight tonight. Look at the numbers. Then okay at night already in the mid 30s at 34 degrees and same in san ramone. 47 in San Francisco and 44 in oakland. San jose checking in with a temperature of 44 degrees. If you are headed into San Francisco tonight the next couple of hours, heres the hour by hour forecast. Slowly drop through the 40s. Overnight right around 40 degrees. We ring in the new year at midnight. 43 will feel more like the mid 30s. Thanks to wind out of the north creating wind chill that chilly so overnight tonight we have a freeze warning that will quo into effect away from the immediate bayshore line thats the east bay, north bay, valley Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley from 10 00 oclock tonight until tomorrow morning at 8 00 oclock. Look at this. Overnight low drop in the mid 20s. And lower 30s. Welcome the new year on a frosty note and new year also brings several chances for wet weather. We have the teaming and accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Thank you drew. As we mention people are already gathering along the embarcadero for tonights new year count down. Heres katie with more. Whole lot of loving there. A lot of secret i cant tell you about. Reporter southern tradition to eat pea and green on new years day. They will good through about 50 pounds of peas here. We make sure that we have plenty of black eye pea. Dont want to turn any one good luck away for the new year. Ethe morning of new years eve is no party at San Francisco balloon manual he can. Its all work. My heart is beating really fast. Very busy today. Managing all the people. All the locations. Reporter in two day about 20 workers will have turned out some 25,000 balloons for clubs, restaurants and parties. They average about 300 an hour. When it comes to fireworks this barge provides plenty of bang for your buck. Few tons of explosives well create a 15 minute display over the bay. I always like tone kurnl people to come on out. Its San Francisco. Big city. Time to celebrate and rocky in the 2016 with a bang ekeep everyone safe the coast guard will not allow any water craft within win,000 feet of the barge during the show. We want everyone to have fun but the safety zone we sure the public stays out of a zone for accident. Reporter back on land San Francisco police say they will have extra officers out on patrol and they are asking everyone to be aware of their surroundings if you see something, say something. In San Francisco, katie, abc 7 news. Heads up on transit changes for tonight. Bart extend service until 3 00 a. M. With trains running every 20 minutes after midnight on new years day bart operates on sunday schedule. Cal train free after 8 00 p. M. 4 trains have been added leaving San Francisco every half hour starting at 1 12 45 am. Cal train run on a sunday schedule tomorrow. We celebrate the if you year the chp is warning people not to get behind the wheel if they drink alcohol. We check and see how they are driving this prior to stopping them and see if those maybe one or 2 drink even though they might be under the. 08 if its affecting the driving they will be arrested for drunk driving. Reporter triple a launch the Tipsy Tow Program providing free ride home to call to any one who called. Call this number on the1npy screen. Truk will peck you up and tow your vehicle home. Massive highriseen fern 0in dubai he runed hours before a World Famous Fireworks display to ring in the new yea year. Happened at 63 story Highrise Hotel near the world tallest building. Alex has more. Reporter towering inferno. Tonight one of dubai most famous Luxury Hotels consumed by flames. Yes i can see a lot of debris coming down from the building and its getting bigger and bigger. Reporter fire started on the 20th floor of the 63 story hotel. Visible from all around. The roar of the fire heard in video shot by eyewitnesses. It was just under three hours before dubai was to hold the famous new years Fireworks Show starting nearby at the world tallest building. Some people ransom screaming not knowing what was going on. Reporter hnss of people evacuated from the hotel and remarkably fewer than 20 injured according to officials. Undeter they announced the new year celebration would go ahea ahead. Shortly after the clock struck midnight, fireworks burst in the air. Hotel still burning in the background. There has been no mention of terror, arson or any other official cause. As investigators now dig in to what ignited the massive blaze. This is abc news london. In germany Authorities Say 5 to 7 isis Suicide Attackers were suspect of planning a Suicide Attack in munich. Police warned sentences of imminent terror ataking and shut down 2 railway stations. Also advised people to avoid large crowds. There have been no arrest. Celebrations across the country went on without incident. Up to 1 million revellers were expected at the gate here. The welcome the new year with a colorful fireworks display above the chem license and red square. There was a message from president putin congratulating them on hard but fruitful year. Paris new years eve. Security control and identity checkup graded. And the usually fireworks display replaced with a 5 minute video performance the just before midnight. About 60,000 police and troops including 11,000 in paris were deployed across the country tonight. And as big ben struck midnight spectacular fireworks display lit up the banks of thames p in london where a huge crowd was gathered. That is a sight. Much more head for you here on this new years eve. I dont like it. I dont i dont like it. I dont like it. Tonight like it what he doesnt like is turf war between a Youth Soccer League and the nfl. Hear whether a judge decided today. Also. Bit of a break for dungeness crab lovers left without their favorite shell fish this season. And drew will have the forecast for the first day of 2016. And fireworks exploded over bangkok temple of dawn in a brilliant display and announcer its time to make room for the new mattress models during sleep trains huge year end Clearance Sale. Get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempurpedic mattress sets at low clearance prices save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory plus, sameday delivery, setup and removal of your old set. Why wait for the new models . Sleep trains year end Clearance Sale is on now superior service, best selection, lowest price guaranteed your ticket to a better nights sleep. Turf war continues tonight in david versus goliath struggle between the nfl and santa clara youth songer leagu league. Judge today decided not to grant restraining order that would have prevented the nfl from using a soccer field for superbowl 50. Heres david. Reporter the deal was sealed in march of 2013. The city of santa clara turns over this youth soccer field next monday for superbowl 50 to be used for security media and production. We have a contract with the nfl. If we dont deliver that field its our belief well be in breach. Reporter on monday you deliver the key to the field. Thats our plan at this point. Reporter however the Youth Soccer League went to court to get temporary restraining order. The motion was turned down. Instead there will be a hearing next wednesday for a preliminary injunction. The judge says he hopes the nfl wont do anything to the field until he rules. 8yearold who plays on the field isnt happy. I dont like it. I dont like it. Dont like it. Reporter will you be upset with the june whoo or who will you be upset with. 49ers. Reporter niners promised to join nfl in restoring the grass field but the deal is between the city and the nfl. Nfl says it will protect the park. The fields will be covered by plastic fabric to avoid any direct load on the surface. There is no digging or paving open the playing field. League Attorney Says the delay isnt a bad thing. One thing the judge want is some time to think about a cas case. Especially when very big consequences to it. Reporter may also give the 2 sides more time to bolster their arguments. The community has really like been brought together by the whole situation so i think we are actually getting stron stronger as the issue goes on. Reporter in Santa Clara David louie abc 7 news. San Francisco Police are looking for a group of thieves who brazenly broke in a Dealer Service center and drove off th several expensive audi. This is video just released by police of that heist. You cap see 4 people looking through the cars at the audi Service Center on howard street. They broke a lock on a gate then drilled into a lock box to grab the keys. Drove off with 7 vehicles. Feel very violated and you feel very helpless at the same time. But they obviously knew what they were doing. Reporter police are investigating if the thieves had help from some one at the dealership. Vehicle are worth between 40 and 60,000 dollars each. The Health Advisory for dngness and rock crab will be lifted tomorrow for parts of california. This map shows the areas in the clear along the coast of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county. Advisory in effect for other parts of the state because of elevated levels of acid. State Health Officials say you should not eat dungeness or rock crab from those areas including here in the bay year. Crew are going to wait until saturday to fix a sink hole in San Francisco valley because they need to bring in special safety equipment. Sewer line failure caused the cave in. This is at Church Street near jersey street. Crew put a plate over the hole. Muni riders will use a shuttle around the problem until the hole is fixed. Chp says ice on the road this morning is partly t blame for van going into the bay. Video show significant ice on highway 1 south in west marin. The Oyster Company van driver took the curve a little too quickly and slid right into the bay. The van rolled over once then landed on its wheels in about four feet of water. The driver did make it out okay. Picked up bypassing car and driven to the hospital. Santa rosa chp tweeted this photo of ice conditions near novato captured by james mille miller. When you get interes interesting weather where you live, take a photo or video and share it with us using the hashtag abc 7 now. That helps you find your content and use it on the air or abc 7 news. Co news. Com. Time to check on our weather and lots of people are outside new jersey bundling up. Chilly out there some spots below freezing and temperatures drop further there freeze warning goes into effect in less than an hour. Chilly night around. Do radar showing you clear skies up above. We are rain free and in store for cold night. Live look from the emeryville camera showing a gorgeous view across the bay and under a couple going to have some fireworks lighting up the sky. We welcome 2016 to the forecast and chilly temperature on this new years eve to celebrate sunny school for the first day of 2016 and we are dry through saturday or next chance of rain really pops up on the 7 day forecast sunday night. Current temperatures out there fairfield already at 32 degree degrees. Its chilly concord 37. 34 san ramone. 37 in livermore. In the mid 30s in the north bay. Santa rosa, napa novato 46 currently in San Francisco. 44 san jose and oakland sitting at 43 degrees. We have a bit of a wednesday out of the north so there is a wind chill factor. Future tracker wind chill does show you by midnight tonight we say hello to 2016 but rather chilly. Feels like 33 in San Francisco. 35 in oak land. Feels like 37 if san jose. Feels like 36 in petaluma and as you are out and about perhaps early in the morning on friday by 3 00 oclock in the morning you do notice some spots like fairfield antioch and vallejo but mid upper 20s feels like 33 still in San Francisco. So overnight tonight we have the freeze warning goes into effect in a little under an hour at 10 00 oclock. Just away from the immediate bayshore line where temperatures relevant drop in the mid 20s and lower 30s like 25 in nap a28 overnight in fairfield. Same in concord. Drop to 36 in oak land. 32 san jose. 40 in San Francisco. And chilly 33 in san mateo. So the new years day forecast really nice. We have that very cool start tomorrow morning but really tons of sunshine out there. Bright and brisk by midday and 4 00 oclock pretty much a carbon copy of today. Plenty of sunshine and temperatures topping out in the mid low 50s. Then on sunday we track our first stem moving n. Its a one on the storm impact scale. Very light storm moving through. Less than half inch of rain and very light wind. Future wind pick it up from there sunday evening early monday morning you notice future weather picking up on light showers moving through and this system doesnt have a lot of moisture and quick moving so by midday monday its moving out of here. Total rainfall spot will likely end up with quarter inch of rape if we do see a downpour slow moving maybe closer to half inch but stronger storm does move in on tuesday. Especially in the morning. That is a two on the storm impact scale. Moderate storm. Not only rainy its also going to be windy out there. The front moves throug through. So future weather into Tuesday Morning likely well see wind gust between 20 and 40 americans along with soaking showers and then another wave of rain moves in on wednesday and that one likely lasting through much of the evening on wednesday as well. Accuweather 7 day forecast bright and brisk tomorrow. Clouds arrive on saturday sunday chance of rain late in the day into early monday thats one on the storm impact scale. Stronger storm on tuesday which is two on the scale with the wind and showers likely both wednesday and thursday. So we welcome 2016 very quiet but quickly we turn wet. Look forward to the rain thank you drew. Still to come at 9 00. We have the story of smurf the 8 week old kitten. Why hes blue week old kitten. Why hes blue and why massive solar eruption is about to hit earth on this new years eve. Could cause a power flux asian radio blackout and even effect gps reception. Small chance it could make the Northern Lights visible in the bay area. Noaa says the show will definitely dip down to at least oregon. Hundreds of new law take Effect Tomorrow in california. Among the most controversial is the one requiring students entering the Public School system to get the full vaccine schedule. No personal belief exemptions. Also state colleges and k 12 schools are now gun free zone even to concealed carolyn holders. Also new law regulating medical marijuana and helping terminally ill patients hasten their death. Warning now video we are about to show you can be a little hard to look at but the kitten that appears to have been used as dog chew toy is making a solid recovery. People at the then lives foundation in redwood city calling the kitten smurf. Hes blue because somebody colored the gray with fabric dye. We were at the 9 lives foundation where smurf is recovering from 20 deep puncture wounds. The 8 week old was dropped off in a box at san jose shelter before being turned over to 9 lives. He will have surgery next week. He has a very good prognosis to be a normal cat. Hes very sweet. Very gentle. And loves attention. And hes relatively strong considering what he has been through which we dont really know what hes been through. The 9 lives foundation posted the video of smurf playing with 2 new friend and doing better. The 2 kitten placed in foster care together next week. Another half hour of 7 ins at 9 00 is next. Coming up. Thousands of people from around world are camped out in pasadena tonight. How the city is dealing with rose parade security. Also. You turn. Family was in tears and plane about to take off when the pilot did something unheard of. And taking stock. How the market ended 2015. Another market ended 2015. Another half hour of we are now just over 2 and a half hours from 2016. You are looking at live picture of the embark dare in San Francisco. You can see all the folks gathering out there. As many as 2000 people expected to watch the big Fireworks Show at midnight. Crews will setoff about 5000 devices. This year spectators can expect more variety and new color combinations. Security in the area will be noticeable. You can watch the Fireworks Show with the 7 news app or on line at our web site. Exc