Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition 20151231 : v

Start to your morning drive. Heres a live look at the bay bridge. So far traffic is clear out of oakland into San Francisco. There are some options though for new years eve celebrations when it comes to transportation. More on that coming up. Some bay area kids are taking it on the nfl and it could force the league to change its plans for super bowl 50. Today a judge will hear arguments about the use of a popular soccer field right next to levis stadium. Kpix 5s andria borba explains why the kids are so upset. Reporter in 11 pages of lawsuit the latest legal kick over the tug of war between the super bowl and soccer has been delivered. The Santa Clara Youth Soccer League is suing the city about handing their fields over to the nfl for free and the conditions that they will be returned in. League president says the city made the decision behind closed doors. Had we had a public hearing where we could have, you know, had a number of our board of director members or, you know, players or parents or whatever to let the council know what our concerns were, we probably wouldnt be here. Reporter he and others say the original plan for their fields wasnt a media center for 6,000 visiting press but a staging area for the halftime show. We thought it was going to be a light use but now its going to be used for a far greater, um, situation. Reporter parents and players are concerned that the plywood and stakes for a media center will hatch the pitch, potentially destroying the high quality gas and irrigation. When the soccer park is returned its not going to be returned in march. Its probably going to be, you know, returned sometime in april or may after everything is repaired and after the grass takes root and everything. Reporter and leave 200 youth soccer games without a home venue or any venue in sillicon valley big enough to handle the events. We dont have anywhere to play. Reporter the Soccer League has an alternate proposal, move the media center to the 49ers practice facility and leave their field as staging for the halftime show. Were confident that the nfl will work to get it back to us. The question is, when is it going to be playable . Because to return Something Back doesnt mean its playable. That was andria borba reporting. Santa clara youth soccer says what they would like to see happen is for the 49ers to be the Good Neighbors and voluntarily offer up their practice field for that media center. Stay tuned there. Some new video of a restaurant robbery in San Francisco. It shows the suspect smashing his way into the mcdonalds at mission and gutenberg november 8 in the middle of the night. Some of the employees still inside at the time. The suspect forced them all the way into the back of the restaurant and then made them empty the safe and the registers. Got away with about 1200 bucks. The employees were not hurt. People throughout the bay area are gearing up for tonights new years celebration. Barriers are going up along the embarcadero site of the regions largest public new years event. Police officers will be on patrol to deal with any rowdy revelers and traffic gridlock. Theres also extra security after the recent terror attacks in france and san bernardino. There are no specific local threats but police as usual are urging everybody to be on alert. We do want the message to be that if someone sees something, Say Something. Dont assume someone else will Say Something or take care of it because often times we dont know it unless its brought to our attention. If you go to a big celebration tonight, san jose, San Francisco, oakland, anywhere, consider using public transit. The roads could be a mess. Many local transit agencies are offering free rides starting at 8 00 tonight including caltrain which will run until 2 15 tomorrow morning. Free rides continue until 5 a. M. On vta, samtrans, ac transit and muni. Check those agencies for details and routes and schedules. Bart is extending service until 3 00 tomorrow morning but is not offering free rides. The biggest new years party in north america is of course in new york city. Cbs news don champion looks at what is being done to make celebrations safe at times square and other new years hot spots around the world. Reporter in new yorks iconic times square, the nypd says 6,000 Police Officers will ensure its the safest place to ring in the new year. A highly trained and newly formed counterterrorism unit will also be on patrol. Leave the worrying to the nypd. People should feel safe this new years eve because were there. Reporter more than a Million People will attend the countrys biggest celebration, not far away inside a new Operations Center in Downtown Manhattan officers monitoring thousands of camera feeds. On the ground, radiation detectors will be deployed along with bombsniffing dogs, Police Helicopter and snipers will also keep watch from above. In las vegas where hundreds of thousands will party, preparations included stocking ambulances, along the famous strip 1,000 uniformed officers will be on patrol. Overseas, authorities in belgium are also on alert. In the capital city of brussels, the annual fireworks display is canceled after the arrest of two men this week for plotting an attack. Tourists vow not let it dampen their night. The thing is you cant let people like that dictate, you know, your lifestyle and your choices. So is it athreat . A threat anywhere, but its not going to change my plans. Reporter here in the states Officials Say there are no credible or specific threats against celebrations. Don champion, cbs news, new york. In france, where Islamic State terrorists killed 130 people last month, about 60,000 Police Officers and military personnel are being deployed across the country today. Some celebrations in paris have been scaled down as a result. If you are in sydney, australia right know youre a little less than 20 minutes away from the new year. We have a ways to go. Would you like to go to the new Year Celebrations . I think you were at one once before. We were talking about new york during that piece. Its crazy there. Dont go. People line up a day before. The restaurants jack up their prices. Its cold. No bathrooms. Where do you go to the bat room . I wouldnt like to go because i dont like crowds like that. We are so used to emceeing events on a stage. But to be down the only thing i like to be down in is a mosh pit in an ac dc concert. That was done two months ago [ laughter ] out the door, boy, that was a great concert, we have clear skies later on tonight and around midnight what you need to know is you need to bundle up. Temperatures will be in the 30s in our inland areas, high 30s, low 40s around the bay and right around mid40s at the coast. Right now clear skies temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Its now 44 in san jose. Later today our temperatures will be pretty close to average if not just slightly below. Well talk more about this last day of 2015 forecast but right now, sending it over to gianna. Thanks, roberta. Were going to check mass transit this morning. Bart is on time. Transportation might be busy and difficult in the city if you are planning to come to San Francisco for the fireworks. Just a heads up use mass transit. Bart will be running extra trains until 3 a. M. They are running a skip stop service at some of the popular stations like embarcadero and west oakland so keep that in mind to ease congestion on the platform. Muni will be having free rides from atm until 5 a. M. The freeways itself no troubles. 4 38. Right now the entire bay area neighborhood is wondering when are the lights coming back on . Dozens of streetlights in the san bruno kessmoor neighborhood are in the dark. Mark kelly reports. Its too dark. Reporter 57 city streetlights out. Joy murphys resorted to leaving her yard lamp on all night to deter criminals. My sons truck was just broken into. Reporter to give some light, the city put up temporary generator powered lights. But the city admits, they are expensive. And neighbors havent been happy with the smell or the noise. I think that as a solution is ridiculous. Reporter the citys new idea for the next 4 months until the permanent fix is complete, power the streetlights with electricity from peoples homes and pay homeowners for the right to use it. What were asking for people to cooperate with us to help us with this lighting situation and were offering them 50 a month as a courtesy payment which is a lot more than what they would normally pay. Reporter the city would run a cable from the home to the streetlight. If it works for them and it works for us, that would be okay. Reporter you would consider that . We would. Reporter the city taking volunteers now willing to share their electricity. But thomas lewis likely wont be one of them. You can see the stars occasionally now and the constellations and going to be mighty unpopular to say this but i dont want the streetlights back. Reporter what caused these lights to go out . The city of san bruno says kind of like an old strand of christmas lights. One light breaks and all the others go out in the strand, too. Mark kelly, kpix 5. Some newly released video shows a dangerous encounter for a Northern California police officer. A driver nearly ran her over on saturday. This is in marysville. Oh yeah, thats in yuba county. The officer was checking in on the driver oh, at the gas station there when she tried to get him out of the truck. He threw it in reverse as you can see there. Investigators say then shifted into drive and that is when the officer was right there thrown to the ground. She was not seriously hurt the suspect still at large this morning. And heres another close call. This one in napa. Police posted this video of a van running a red light, nearly hitting a motorcycle and then two other cars. This is where highway 12 meets highway 121. It is not clear when exactly that incident took place. Wow. Veteran Entertainer Bill Cosby free on a Million Dollars bail today after his arrest in pennsylvania. He appeared in the elkins park courtroom yesterday for an alleged Sexual Assault against a Temple University employee back in 2004. If convicted he could face up to 10 years in prison. He turned over his passport to the court and did not enter a plea. This case involves a woman and a man who had a consensual adult relationship over time. Dozens of women have recently said cosby took advantage of them sexually but in most cases the statute of limitations to file charges expired. So this is the first time cosby has been charged with a crime. Now, one of the alleged victims from san anselmo says cosby assaulted her in 1973 at a tennis tournament in pebble beach. The statute of limitations in california is 10 years so the deadline to file charges is long past. He came up behind me and rubbed his body up against the back of me and then reached his right hand over my right shoulder and grabbed my right breast. State senator connie leyva plans to introduce a bill that would eliminate statute of limitations for rape. But such laws do not work retroactively so it would not affect cosby or any other past cases. It is 4 42 on this new years eve. The hunt continues this morning for a suspected serial thief. He has apparently been at it for years. Whats being done to happen nab this guy. ,,,,,,, passengers were injured aft their air canada flight experienced extreme turbule this is the aftermath of wh a midair emergency. 21 passengers injured after their air canada flight experienced extreme turbulence. Heres the aftermath of the flight from hell. Debris all over the aisles. It happened when the flight from shanghai to toronto hit dangerous turbulence over alaska. We thought we were dying like you see in the movie where you go up to the ceiling, everything went to the zeal that wasnt anchored. The pilot made an Emergency Landing in calgary. Injured passengers were rushed out on stretchers. Witnesses say most of the passengers hurt were not wearing their seatbelts. Police are looking for thieves who pulled off a high end heist at an east bay optometry shop and one of them may have strung before. Christin ayers reports. Reporter in this Surveillance Video from december 18, the two look like any other shoppers casually trying on eyeglasses in the lobby of fremont optometric group but look closely. These two are shoplifters with a sneaky m. O. He tries on a pair, hands it to her, she slipped it in her purse. He is bold. I mean, he he he sly guy. Reporter the couple seems to know exactly what theyre looking for, pocketing highend gucci and prada eyeglasses, even as employees stand just feet away. It took the thieves just a few minutes to steal 8 pairs of eyeglasses worth about 3,000. The doctor who owns the business says it wasnt until he watched the video himself that he realized there was something strangely familiar about the man in the video. When my Office Manage her sent me the photo of this guy stealing our stuff, that had triggered a memory of a photo i had seen two years ago back. Reporter a video in fact of a 2013 theft. A man walks into crest optometry in san jose this time with a different woman. They walk out with a purse full of glasses. We compared the two videos side by side and the resemblance is remarkable. Thats the guy. Thats our guy. Reporter the doctor has even heard of a third report back in 2013 of an attempted theft at a Mountain View optometrist possibly by the same man. Today Fremont Police could not confirm whether they have a serial thief on their hands but told us they are reviewing the videos and if caught the thieves could be look at grand theft charges. I just want this to not happen again to other people from this same guy. Christin ayers, kpix 5. The doctor says he is increasing security at his practice until the thieves are caught. That includes putting more employees on the floor to spot shoplifters. The last time california was supposed to have a snow survey it was canceled because of no snow. But take a look at this. Eight months later, white as far as the eye can see and for the first snow survey of the season in el dorado county, very good news. Water Officials Say the snowpack is 136 of normal. Very encouraging. But look at this 100 of our state is still in some form of drought. Most of california still dealing with exceptional drought conditions. Humans are not the only ones struggling with californias drought. Researchers say theres a Staggering Number of dying trees. Scientists say they estimate some 888 Million Trees here in californias forests have suffered from measurable water loss since the drought began. Theres a lot of red on this screen, which is a sign that we are over an area thats in trouble. U. S. Forest service says more than 29 Million Trees have already died. 58million more are endangered. 12 minutes now before 5 00. With those trees its not like you can get them back. You cant restore them back to their original beginnings. Lets hope we have a lot of new baby trees growing because we have had a lot of rainfall. Bring it on. We have two more storms heading this way. They wont impact your new years eve or new years day. Good morning, out the door, clear skies here and out towards the bay bridge where currently its another cold start to your day. Its freezing in santa rosa. Its 33 in concord. You know what, gianna will be along to tell you more about the possibility of black ice because, boy, that was a problem yesterday when we had lots of cold air shooting into the bay area on top of a lot of wet pavement from the weekend system. Heres what you need to know. First off areas of fog and frost this morning. Then sunshine and dry conditions to end and wrap up our 2015. It will be clear, it will be chilly tonight. In fact, if you are away from the bay of water for your new years eve at midnight, 30s and 40s. Cold front that moves through to our area yesterday is out of here after dumping a tenth inch of rain in some locations. Heres your futurecast. Clear skies at lunch hour all the way into the evening. When you have those clear skies and colder air mass in place, its going to be a chilly evening for celebrations. Now, meanwhile, as we walk you through friday again dry conditions for the first day of 2016. We do not begin to cloud up until late day saturday. 50s in throughout the Central Valley today. 34 degrees many people heading to the high sierra for their new years eve plans. You have a sunup at 7 25. Sundown at 5 01. In between today numbers similar to what we have been experiencing in fact for the next 10 days, i dont see any 60s. We are talking about 50s with a gentle breeze. I got to explain this for you now because well see some increasing clouds on saturday. We have been talking about a chance of rain on sunday. Now it looks like that will happen by sunday night. A lingering shower possible on monday but then a bigger storm with heavier rain and wind arriving right here to the bay area on tuesday. So you can plan ahead. Heres gianna. Well keep a close eye on the roads because of potential for black ice. We dealt with that yesterday in orinda. Right now towards the dublin interchange, with a live look at conditions for westbound 580 as you head towards 680 this morning, we have light conditions not a lot of folks on the road this morning. So things are moving pretty nicely all the way out of the Altamont Pass as you work your way toward 680. 14 minutes right now and checking our drive times, not bad. In fact, clocking in nice speeds, as well. No delays in tracy where things are clear westbound 580 all the way towards 680. 580 westbound near 980 construction. Its between 980 and the maze. Should be wrapped up by 5 00. On the bay bridge traffic is light. 18 minutes for your approach off the eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze. No delays on the upper deck of the bay bridge clear all the way into San Francisco<\/a>. There are some options though for new years eve celebrations when it comes to transportation. More on that coming up. Some bay area kids are taking it on the nfl and it could force the league to change its plans for super bowl 50. Today a judge will hear arguments about the use of a popular soccer field right next to levis stadium. Kpix 5s andria borba explains why the kids are so upset. Reporter in 11 pages of lawsuit the latest legal kick over the tug of war between the super bowl and soccer has been delivered. The Santa Clara Youth Soccer League<\/a> is suing the city about handing their fields over to the nfl for free and the conditions that they will be returned in. League president says the city made the decision behind closed doors. Had we had a public hearing where we could have, you know, had a number of our board of director members or, you know, players or parents or whatever to let the council know what our concerns were, we probably wouldnt be here. Reporter he and others say the original plan for their fields wasnt a media center for 6,000 visiting press but a staging area for the halftime show. We thought it was going to be a light use but now its going to be used for a far greater, um, situation. Reporter parents and players are concerned that the plywood and stakes for a media center will hatch the pitch, potentially destroying the high quality gas and irrigation. When the soccer park is returned its not going to be returned in march. Its probably going to be, you know, returned sometime in april or may after everything is repaired and after the grass takes root and everything. Reporter and leave 200 youth soccer games without a home venue or any venue in sillicon valley big enough to handle the events. We dont have anywhere to play. Reporter the Soccer League<\/a> has an alternate proposal, move the media center to the 49ers practice facility and leave their field as staging for the halftime show. Were confident that the nfl will work to get it back to us. The question is, when is it going to be playable . Because to return Something Back<\/a> doesnt mean its playable. That was andria borba reporting. Santa clara youth soccer says what they would like to see happen is for the 49ers to be the Good Neighbors<\/a> and voluntarily offer up their practice field for that media center. Stay tuned there. Some new video of a restaurant robbery in San Francisco<\/a>. It shows the suspect smashing his way into the mcdonalds at mission and gutenberg november 8 in the middle of the night. Some of the employees still inside at the time. The suspect forced them all the way into the back of the restaurant and then made them empty the safe and the registers. Got away with about 1200 bucks. The employees were not hurt. People throughout the bay area are gearing up for tonights new years celebration. Barriers are going up along the embarcadero site of the regions largest public new years event. Police officers will be on patrol to deal with any rowdy revelers and traffic gridlock. Theres also extra security after the recent terror attacks in france and san bernardino. There are no specific local threats but police as usual are urging everybody to be on alert. We do want the message to be that if someone sees something, Say Something<\/a>. Dont assume someone else will Say Something<\/a> or take care of it because often times we dont know it unless its brought to our attention. If you go to a big celebration tonight, san jose, San Francisco<\/a>, oakland, anywhere, consider using public transit. The roads could be a mess. Many local transit agencies are offering free rides starting at 8 00 tonight including caltrain which will run until 2 15 tomorrow morning. Free rides continue until 5 a. M. On vta, samtrans, ac transit and muni. Check those agencies for details and routes and schedules. Bart is extending service until 3 00 tomorrow morning but is not offering free rides. The biggest new years party in north america is of course in new york city. Cbs news don champion looks at what is being done to make celebrations safe at times square and other new years hot spots around the world. Reporter in new yorks iconic times square, the nypd says 6,000 Police Officers<\/a> will ensure its the safest place to ring in the new year. A highly trained and newly formed counterterrorism unit will also be on patrol. Leave the worrying to the nypd. People should feel safe this new years eve because were there. Reporter more than a Million People<\/a> will attend the countrys biggest celebration, not far away inside a new Operations Center<\/a> in Downtown Manhattan<\/a> officers monitoring thousands of camera feeds. On the ground, radiation detectors will be deployed along with bombsniffing dogs, Police Helicopter<\/a> and snipers will also keep watch from above. In las vegas where hundreds of thousands will party, preparations included stocking ambulances, along the famous strip 1,000 uniformed officers will be on patrol. Overseas, authorities in belgium are also on alert. In the capital city of brussels, the annual fireworks display is canceled after the arrest of two men this week for plotting an attack. Tourists vow not let it dampen their night. The thing is you cant let people like that dictate, you know, your lifestyle and your choices. So is it athreat . A threat anywhere, but its not going to change my plans. Reporter here in the states Officials Say<\/a> there are no credible or specific threats against celebrations. Don champion, cbs news, new york. In france, where Islamic State<\/a> terrorists killed 130 people last month, about 60,000 Police Officers<\/a> and military personnel are being deployed across the country today. Some celebrations in paris have been scaled down as a result. If you are in sydney, australia right know youre a little less than 20 minutes away from the new year. We have a ways to go. Would you like to go to the new Year Celebrations<\/a> . I think you were at one once before. We were talking about new york during that piece. Its crazy there. Dont go. People line up a day before. The restaurants jack up their prices. Its cold. No bathrooms. Where do you go to the bat room . I wouldnt like to go because i dont like crowds like that. We are so used to emceeing events on a stage. But to be down the only thing i like to be down in is a mosh pit in an ac dc concert. That was done two months ago [ laughter ] out the door, boy, that was a great concert, we have clear skies later on tonight and around midnight what you need to know is you need to bundle up. Temperatures will be in the 30s in our inland areas, high 30s, low 40s around the bay and right around mid40s at the coast. Right now clear skies temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Its now 44 in san jose. Later today our temperatures will be pretty close to average if not just slightly below. Well talk more about this last day of 2015 forecast but right now, sending it over to gianna. Thanks, roberta. Were going to check mass transit this morning. Bart is on time. Transportation might be busy and difficult in the city if you are planning to come to San Francisco<\/a> for the fireworks. Just a heads up use mass transit. Bart will be running extra trains until 3 a. M. They are running a skip stop service at some of the popular stations like embarcadero and west oakland so keep that in mind to ease congestion on the platform. Muni will be having free rides from atm until 5 a. M. The freeways itself no troubles. 4 38. Right now the entire bay area neighborhood is wondering when are the lights coming back on . Dozens of streetlights in the san bruno kessmoor neighborhood are in the dark. Mark kelly reports. Its too dark. Reporter 57 city streetlights out. Joy murphys resorted to leaving her yard lamp on all night to deter criminals. My sons truck was just broken into. Reporter to give some light, the city put up temporary generator powered lights. But the city admits, they are expensive. And neighbors havent been happy with the smell or the noise. I think that as a solution is ridiculous. Reporter the citys new idea for the next 4 months until the permanent fix is complete, power the streetlights with electricity from peoples homes and pay homeowners for the right to use it. What were asking for people to cooperate with us to help us with this lighting situation and were offering them 50 a month as a courtesy payment which is a lot more than what they would normally pay. Reporter the city would run a cable from the home to the streetlight. If it works for them and it works for us, that would be okay. Reporter you would consider that . We would. Reporter the city taking volunteers now willing to share their electricity. But thomas lewis likely wont be one of them. You can see the stars occasionally now and the constellations and going to be mighty unpopular to say this but i dont want the streetlights back. Reporter what caused these lights to go out . The city of san bruno says kind of like an old strand of christmas lights. One light breaks and all the others go out in the strand, too. Mark kelly, kpix 5. Some newly released video shows a dangerous encounter for a Northern California<\/a> police officer. A driver nearly ran her over on saturday. This is in marysville. Oh yeah, thats in yuba county. The officer was checking in on the driver oh, at the gas station there when she tried to get him out of the truck. He threw it in reverse as you can see there. Investigators say then shifted into drive and that is when the officer was right there thrown to the ground. She was not seriously hurt the suspect still at large this morning. And heres another close call. This one in napa. Police posted this video of a van running a red light, nearly hitting a motorcycle and then two other cars. This is where highway 12 meets highway 121. It is not clear when exactly that incident took place. Wow. Veteran Entertainer Bill Cosby<\/a> free on a Million Dollars<\/a> bail today after his arrest in pennsylvania. He appeared in the elkins park courtroom yesterday for an alleged Sexual Assault<\/a> against a Temple University<\/a> employee back in 2004. If convicted he could face up to 10 years in prison. He turned over his passport to the court and did not enter a plea. This case involves a woman and a man who had a consensual adult relationship over time. Dozens of women have recently said cosby took advantage of them sexually but in most cases the statute of limitations to file charges expired. So this is the first time cosby has been charged with a crime. Now, one of the alleged victims from san anselmo says cosby assaulted her in 1973 at a tennis tournament in pebble beach. The statute of limitations in california is 10 years so the deadline to file charges is long past. He came up behind me and rubbed his body up against the back of me and then reached his right hand over my right shoulder and grabbed my right breast. State senator connie leyva plans to introduce a bill that would eliminate statute of limitations for rape. But such laws do not work retroactively so it would not affect cosby or any other past cases. It is 4 42 on this new years eve. The hunt continues this morning for a suspected serial thief. He has apparently been at it for years. Whats being done to happen nab this guy. ,,,,,,, passengers were injured aft their air canada flight experienced extreme turbule this is the aftermath of wh a midair emergency. 21 passengers injured after their air canada flight experienced extreme turbulence. Heres the aftermath of the flight from hell. Debris all over the aisles. It happened when the flight from shanghai to toronto hit dangerous turbulence over alaska. We thought we were dying like you see in the movie where you go up to the ceiling, everything went to the zeal that wasnt anchored. The pilot made an Emergency Landing<\/a> in calgary. Injured passengers were rushed out on stretchers. Witnesses say most of the passengers hurt were not wearing their seatbelts. Police are looking for thieves who pulled off a high end heist at an east bay optometry shop and one of them may have strung before. Christin ayers reports. Reporter in this Surveillance Video<\/a> from december 18, the two look like any other shoppers casually trying on eyeglasses in the lobby of fremont optometric group but look closely. These two are shoplifters with a sneaky m. O. He tries on a pair, hands it to her, she slipped it in her purse. He is bold. I mean, he he he sly guy. Reporter the couple seems to know exactly what theyre looking for, pocketing highend gucci and prada eyeglasses, even as employees stand just feet away. It took the thieves just a few minutes to steal 8 pairs of eyeglasses worth about 3,000. The doctor who owns the business says it wasnt until he watched the video himself that he realized there was something strangely familiar about the man in the video. When my Office Manage<\/a> her sent me the photo of this guy stealing our stuff, that had triggered a memory of a photo i had seen two years ago back. Reporter a video in fact of a 2013 theft. A man walks into crest optometry in san jose this time with a different woman. They walk out with a purse full of glasses. We compared the two videos side by side and the resemblance is remarkable. Thats the guy. Thats our guy. Reporter the doctor has even heard of a third report back in 2013 of an attempted theft at a Mountain View<\/a> optometrist possibly by the same man. Today Fremont Police<\/a> could not confirm whether they have a serial thief on their hands but told us they are reviewing the videos and if caught the thieves could be look at grand theft charges. I just want this to not happen again to other people from this same guy. Christin ayers, kpix 5. The doctor says he is increasing security at his practice until the thieves are caught. That includes putting more employees on the floor to spot shoplifters. The last time california was supposed to have a snow survey it was canceled because of no snow. But take a look at this. Eight months later, white as far as the eye can see and for the first snow survey of the season in el dorado county, very good news. Water Officials Say<\/a> the snowpack is 136 of normal. Very encouraging. But look at this 100 of our state is still in some form of drought. Most of california still dealing with exceptional drought conditions. Humans are not the only ones struggling with californias drought. Researchers say theres a Staggering Number<\/a> of dying trees. Scientists say they estimate some 888 Million Trees<\/a> here in californias forests have suffered from measurable water loss since the drought began. Theres a lot of red on this screen, which is a sign that we are over an area thats in trouble. U. S. Forest service says more than 29 Million Trees<\/a> have already died. 58million more are endangered. 12 minutes now before 5 00. With those trees its not like you can get them back. You cant restore them back to their original beginnings. Lets hope we have a lot of new baby trees growing because we have had a lot of rainfall. Bring it on. We have two more storms heading this way. They wont impact your new years eve or new years day. Good morning, out the door, clear skies here and out towards the bay bridge where currently its another cold start to your day. Its freezing in santa rosa. Its 33 in concord. You know what, gianna will be along to tell you more about the possibility of black ice because, boy, that was a problem yesterday when we had lots of cold air shooting into the bay area on top of a lot of wet pavement from the weekend system. Heres what you need to know. First off areas of fog and frost this morning. Then sunshine and dry conditions to end and wrap up our 2015. It will be clear, it will be chilly tonight. In fact, if you are away from the bay of water for your new years eve at midnight, 30s and 40s. Cold front that moves through to our area yesterday is out of here after dumping a tenth inch of rain in some locations. Heres your futurecast. Clear skies at lunch hour all the way into the evening. When you have those clear skies and colder air mass in place, its going to be a chilly evening for celebrations. Now, meanwhile, as we walk you through friday again dry conditions for the first day of 2016. We do not begin to cloud up until late day saturday. 50s in throughout the Central Valley<\/a> today. 34 degrees many people heading to the high sierra for their new years eve plans. You have a sunup at 7 25. Sundown at 5 01. In between today numbers similar to what we have been experiencing in fact for the next 10 days, i dont see any 60s. We are talking about 50s with a gentle breeze. I got to explain this for you now because well see some increasing clouds on saturday. We have been talking about a chance of rain on sunday. Now it looks like that will happen by sunday night. A lingering shower possible on monday but then a bigger storm with heavier rain and wind arriving right here to the bay area on tuesday. So you can plan ahead. Heres gianna. Well keep a close eye on the roads because of potential for black ice. We dealt with that yesterday in orinda. Right now towards the dublin interchange, with a live look at conditions for westbound 580 as you head towards 680 this morning, we have light conditions not a lot of folks on the road this morning. So things are moving pretty nicely all the way out of the Altamont Pass<\/a> as you work your way toward 680. 14 minutes right now and checking our drive times, not bad. In fact, clocking in nice speeds, as well. No delays in tracy where things are clear westbound 580 all the way towards 680. 580 westbound near 980 construction. Its between 980 and the maze. Should be wrapped up by 5 00. On the bay bridge traffic is light. 18 minutes for your approach off the eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze. No delays on the upper deck of the bay bridge clear all the way into San Francisco<\/a>. San mateo bridge also looks great this morning 13 minutes 880 to 101 westbound 92. And the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> a nice ride so far out of marin no delays across the span into San Francisco<\/a> on the southbound side of 101 and your drive time for the peninsula looks good, as well. Back to you guys. One of the worlds biggest cargo ships headed to the port of oakland this morning. Named benjamin franklin. Longer than the pier 14, its tall, 20 stories high sitting on the water. Big. Megaship can carry 18,000 containers. Its hard to get a grasp of it even just looking at the video. But the number of containers that it can carry more than 4,000 more than than the largest ship in the country can carry. Port leaders say ships like this are great for business. Every eight containers translates into about one job. So these megaships represent thousands of jobs. The port has planned for these next generation megaships for years. Its one of the very few ports in the u. S. Deep enough to handle them. The port should be seeing more of these megaships come and going in late 2016. Ben would be very proud of. Time now 4 52. We have seen a lot of them lately, hoverboard fires but none like this one. First smoke, then flames. And then it explodes. The warning going out this morning to everyone with a hoverboard. ,,,,,,,, good morning. Your time check now 4 55. Happy new years eve. This is what you can anticipate today. Bright sunshine and high temperatures in the 50s at the beaches. 50 degrees in los altos today. 53 degrees in milpitas. In the eastern portion portion yeah, were talking about upper 50s to low 50s very common there with a slight breeze. 51 stinson beach. 53 santa rosa. Everybody is 40s and 50s. The forecast is coming up. The Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> they are doing lane changes this morning. Right now no troubles for your commute out of marin into San Francisco<\/a>. We checked up on that pregnant elephant seal that was able to elude the chp for days here. She is lounging in her new home near drakes beach. There is a large elephant seal colony nearby. Veterinarians checked her out. She is okay and should give birth any day now. Rescuers tranquilized her on tuesday, hoisted her on a big truck and relocated her to point reyes. The wayward seal spent two days trying to cross highway 37 in sonoma county. Another hoverboard burst into flames this time caught on camera. An l. A. Man was headed to the post Office Yesterday<\/a> when the board suddenly stopped. He took a tumble. We have seen that before. But not sparks and smoke. You see here then the guy says there was an explosion. The Fire Department<\/a> had to come out and put it out. The owner has this advice for other hoverboard owners. People, if you get one of these in your house, i suggest get it out. For me, i was just glad it didnt happen in my home. So forget the board. Im glad it didnt burn my house down. The 600 hoverboard now a melted mess. The honers suspect the lithium battery malfunction the owners suspect the lithium battery malfunctioned. 4 57. A slew of new laws ringing in 2016 including a fast wear to tell real firearms from fakes. The new gun laws that go into effect. Reporter San Francisco<\/a> is getting ready to host one heck of a new years eve party. Crews are already out here this morning. Well detail safety precautions they are taking. ,,,,,,, december 31ist im anne ma good morning, lets take a live look at the bay bridge this morning. All right. People are working today. They are either working or they are going to celebrations soon. They are partying very early this morning. [ laughter ] its the last day of the year december 31. Im anne makovec in for michelle griego. Happy new year, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. It is 5 00. Now what that means . We are going to go you know what that means . We are going to sydney, australia where its just rung in the new year. The great harbor bridge there the opera hour, all the fireworks and you have got a front row seat. How beautiful is that. 2016 is upon them officially. They are 19 hours in front of us. So they have already enjoined new years eve and ringing in 2016. You can hear the champagne popping. He would got a ways to go yet. Here in the u. S. Security is very tight. Jackie ward reports. Rt","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia801207.us.archive.org\/24\/items\/KPIX_20151231_123000_KPIX_5_News__Early_Edition\/KPIX_20151231_123000_KPIX_5_News__Early_Edition.thumbs\/KPIX_20151231_123000_KPIX_5_News__Early_Edition_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240623T12:35:10+00:00"}