With that, the entire bay area under that spare the air alert for sides. I think sunday will be a different story. Right now we are tracking a few high clouds approaching northern california. More high clouds expected in your saturday forecast. We also have a freeze warning in place for parts of the bay area up in the mother bay this. Begins 11 00 tonight until 8 00 a. M. Saturday morning. You can see the bigger perspective on the satellite, higher clouds moving in. First thing tomorrow morning, 20s and 30s. Multiple storms paying us a visit. El nino could finally have a big factor in the overall weather pattern. More on that in a little bit. People are already breaking out their down jackets and searching for ice scrapers. Outside san joses downtown ice rink where people are braving the elements in the name of fun. Reporter you will see plenty of people bundled up out here enjoying the cold and ice. But for others, the dropping temperatures just mean hardship. What is fun at rink can be dangerous on the streets. And this week, ice and frost have been making things slick overnight. The falling temperatures taking their toll on those who sleep here. Barry has been homeless in san jose for three years. Right now he has blankets. Some nights he doesnt. The best thing that happen thursday week was a gift from a stranger. Some guy gave me a starbucks card. Reporter the mayor recognizes the urgent need to help. Were looking at converting motels, seeing how we can get microhousing out there in sites the city owns. In the meantime, were looking for ways to partner with churches and nonprofits to get people in from the cold. Reporter an annual bike ride up mount hamilton. This is full of clothes for the trip down. This is my wifes jacket and i have long pants. Reporter theyre not the only ones bundling up. At the dog park, sonnia knows the cold is no laughing matter. She takes her pets sweaters seriously. If im cold, theyre cold too. You think theyre animals, but the little ones get affected. Reporter of course, for those looking for a little extra chill, downtown ice is open until after the super bowl this year, until february 7th. Ross, julie. And it looks like theres a good amount of people out there having fun. Temperatures are in the Single Digits in most of the sierra nevada, so has that helped or hurt the ski season . Coming up in a few minutes, were going to get the answer live from tahoe. And you can stay up to date on the weather forecast. Just download the ktvu weather app. A spectacular fire works display was staged by the ferry building. Look at that. It went on for a good 15 minutes and could be seen far and wide. It was quite the display with the bay bridge and Embarcadero Center all lit up. Police reported no major problems. As soon as the fire works were over and the party moved o the real work got started. Crews cleaned up the embarcadero in San Francisco pretty quickly. In a matter of hours, all the trash and mess left behind were gone. In case you missed the big ball drop in times square last night, here you go. And after the ball dropped, the traditional new years kisses. An estimated 100 million americans and 1 billion people worldwide watched new york ring in the new year on tv. After the kisses came the clean up there as well. This is a time lapse showing the square after the crowd left. And as an army of sanitation crews moved in. You can see the crowd dwindling until its empty and the trash apparently was the only problem. Police dramatically stepped up security at this years event with more than 6,000 officers on hand last night. The fbi says it has stopped an excon from carrying out a terror plot. Reporter the fbi says this is the face of a wannabe jihady. E e manual he was planning to attack people in a bar in rochester, new york. We all must acknowledge that in todays day and age, that any place in the world can be a target. So were asking our residents to be safe and vigilant, not just tonight, but every day and night. According to new york governor, luchman converted to islam while he was behind bars on a robbery charge. He novembers touch with an isis member overseas. The isis member told him he would have to prove his loyalty by praying regularly and plan an operation on new years eve. You see anything funny, dont be afraid to call because it could be an american born, it could be blond hair, blue eyes, you dont know. Luchman also reportedly has a history of mental illness. Hes just an ignorant person. Or somebody thats going through some stuff. The city of rochester canceled their new years eve fire works display as a result of the plot. If convicted, he could spend 20 years in prison and a 250 million fine. A man opened fire outside of this bar. The video is actually from the bar. Before he took off running. Three other people were hurt. Residents of a village in northern israel told authorities they did recognize the shooter and they have identified him. A number of highprofile crime stories made headlines around the bay area. We take a look back at some of last years biggest cases. 2015, another year of crime headlines that shocked the bay area. Dismemberment, killings we began the year with body parts later determined to be that of omar shawan. A potential suspect, mark andrews, was briefly arrested but died of medical issues just days later in. February, 84 year old olga daneli was shot to death during a robbery. Two suspects were arrested and a third was shot dead by a sheriffs deputy after a 100 mile chase that ended in arizona. In march, camille pierce the first of two Bay Area Police officers was killed in the line of duty. Michael johnson was shot by a man with a rifle. His killer was shot dead by police. The case of the vallejo kidnapping that Police Called a hoax was all too real. Denise said she was blindfolded and kidnapped before being released hundreds of miles away. It wasnt until several months later that the fbi said that harvard law grad [ indiscernible ] targeted the couple. In april, [ indiscernible ] was stabbed to death in his home by his Brothers Best friend who had been staying with the family. In july, scott lunger was shot dead at a traffic stop. Kate spinally was walk withing her dead and according to police, a man in the country illegal picked up a gun and fired a shot that killed her. Her death touched off a debate over immigration. Antonio ramows was shot to death in oakland. That same month, a teenager no lan buchanan allegedly killed his father, step brother and fathers fiance before setting the cabin on fire. Two women were arrested for killing a massage therapist on a hiking trail and a canadian tourist. Some of these cases are still going through the Court Process and ill be monitoring them for you in the new year. Back to you. Coming up, his death sparked both violent riots and peaceful protests. 7 years later, family and friends of oscar grant head back to the bart station where it all began. A legendary voice silenced. A look back at the successes and struggles of natalie cole. And you could call it bikinis and board shorts on ice. But these people actually dropped their jackets and blankets to ice skate for a very good reason. Even tempurpedic mattress sets getat low clearance prices c, save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory the year end Clearance Sale is on now at sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep natalie cole has died at the age of 65. She was the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole but had her own success with a number of hits. Her best known song came from a Ground Breaking recording of unforgettable with her fathers tracks. A look back at Natalie Coles remarkable career. Reporter natalie cole spent a lifetime in the publics eye. At the age of 6, he started recording music with her father. But on new years eve she passed away, dying from heart failure. Unforgettable in every way reporter it was the defining song for both natalie cole and her father. And now unforgettable is how shell be remembered after her death thursday night. It happened at cedars sir nigh hospital here in los angeles. Cole grew up in los angeles and often sang with her father just for fun. She became serious about singing and recorded her first album in 1975. And with it, drug and alcohol abuse ensued. There are some things i wish i could have done differently. There are many of my own contemporaries who, you know, bottomed out and never came back. So i have to say and feel that im very blessed, im very fortunate and that i am up there for some kind of an example and it just maybe wasnt my time to fall. Reporter far from it, in fact. Her greatest success came after time in rehab. She added 6 emmies to her already impressive hardware. In 2008, she announced she had hepatitis c. That same year, she criticized grammy winner Amy Winehouse who had problems of her own. I dont think bad behavior should be rewarded. Reporter the jazz singers health began to decline because the hepatitis c treatment was so taxing on her kidneys, she required a transplant. She leaves behind a son and two sisters. In los angeles, fox news. It appears the bay areas first baby of the new year is a boy born in the east bay. He was delivered at the stroke of midnight at edon Medical Center in castro valley. Edward weighed in at 7 bounds, 12 ounces and is 20 inches long. Doctors say everyone is doing well. So cute. Well, adorable. Its only january 1st. But its already been a great ski season. Kevin cooper is live from heavenly with the conditions. Are we going to get the happy dance . Reporter yeah cold temperatures right now. Sun just started to go down here at the heavenly village. Its about negative 2. The skiing is fantastic. In the village right now, people getting ready for the holidays. Heavenly just hit 100 . The entire mountain is open and the highroller park will do its soft opening tomorrow and major opening on the 9th. Kirk wood skiing as well. Winter conditions, chalky snow. It is alsoom skiing right now. Lets talk about what a big difference from last year. Describe what its like being up there now compared to last year at this time. Last year at this time, there was very little snow. We actually had 75 inches in the month of december in total. At kirkwood, 198 inches. Down here at heavenly, 173 inches so far season to date. I think the statistic is were up 135 . It is skiing great and were looking at it and more Dynamic Systems shift toward the el nino pattern into next week, so looking really good for the new year up here. I know not everyone had new years off. Many people will be heading up later tonight. What are the Road Conditions like getting up there right now . Reporter open and clear for the roads. But definitely slick spots. I like to say slow your roll on the way up here. Take your time. Youre going to get here. You have your hotel room. Were going to be open first thing tomorrow morning. Youre going to have a good time. What about the lift lines, coop . How are they . Reporter at kirkwood id say here at heavenly, a little bit more [ indiscernible ] but theres so much acreage open, you can find nooks and crannies. Looking good out there kevin cooper. Coop, live from heavenly. Well talk to you soon. Hes a character. Hes really excited. Nows the time to be excited. All the snow up there is good for the snow pack. Were going to go back to mark in the weather center. More storms coming up. The big question for coop is he actually answered it yesterday. How high is his stoke level. Off the charts, i think. Hes been happy with a good start to the season. We have an active weather pattern developing into next week. Tonight, deal withing very cold numbers. Take a look at the lows from this morning across parts of the bay area. Down into the 20s and 30s. Napa 26. Pet humanna started the day off at 25 degrees. Right now, we have high clouds on the increase approaching the bay area. With that, were not going to have completely clear skies. Partly to mostly cloudy skies returning to the bay area forecast in the short term. Livermore 42 degrees. San jose 48 and santa rosa in the mid40s. The bay area chill continues. Saturday we have a freeze warning. This confines to the north bay. But i think were going to have temperatures below freezing. There is a chance this could be modified tonight by the National Weather service. Get ready for a very cold start to tomorrow morning. Speakings of lows for saturday, look at the subfreezing temperatures. Napa 26. And fairfield 26. The mid to upper 20s. Around the rim of the bay, mid to upper 30s. Tomorrows temperatures might be held up a little bit. San jose forecast low of 32 degrees. Sunnyvale34. Heres the overall weather pattern changing. We have a series of storms in the pacific. Were starting to see an el nino jet stream develop. This could transport some of these storms closer to california, the bay area into next week. First system is set for sunday. Tomorrow, we have increasing clouds after the cold start and then into saturday, were going to bring in the chance of a few showers primarily by the evening hours. And then sunday, rain returns. Heres our forecast model showing you this. The clouds, saturday morning 8 00. 6 00, we do have to bring in a chance of scattered showers. A wave of rain sunday morning. Possibly a break the early portion of the afternoon. A stronger system, that could be in the forecast for tuesday of next week. Afternoon highs tomorrow mainly in the low to mid50s. Youve been hearing about el nino. Increasing clouds saturday. Rain likely sunday. Chance of showers monday. Stronger storm tuesday into wednesday. Possibly the next few weeks off and on rain. So its really lining up, like one right after the other. Thats how its shifting in the pacific. Get ready. A rough start to the new year for a couple of bay area families as fire ripped through their homes in vallejo. How firefighters from three different cities joined together to help the families and their Young Children. Im 68 and never seen anything like this. Its the midwest. As devastating flood waters start to recede revealing the destruction and death in their path. And after being arrested and arraigned on Assault Charges earlier this week, bill cosby sends a message to his family and friends. An infant and two other people escaped a fire sweeping through their vallejo building. Take a look. It happened just before dawn near indiana street. Firefighters had it surrounded from both a street andaly way to get a handle on this. It may have started from the garage of this building. Red cross is on scene assisting the families. This is a twoalarm fire. We received coverage from crocket and benicia. Fortunately in all of this, no one was injured. 2016 brings a long list of new laws to california. Heres a look at a few of them. One requires all toy guns to be painted in bright colors. Another state law says all Public School children must be vaccinated but there are exceptions for children with Serious Health problems. You cannot have head phones inserted in both ears if youre driving or riding a bike and a new law requires Law Enforcement agencies to get a search warrant before reading text messages. Getting even brighter. Tom helps put where weve been and where were going into perspective. Reporter as california welcomes the new year, michael, labor lawyer and former director of the edd says californias labor market did very well last year. We created more than 400,000 jobs. Reporter 2015s 400,000 new jobs makes the total since 2,102. 1 million new jobs. Our latest Unemployment Rate is 5. 7 . It wasnt too long ago it was over 12. 5 . Reporter and get this. Were now one of the lowest Unemployment Rates in the past 4 years. Reporter but since the recession ended the work place has changed from what we knew. The break down of full time work to part time work, contingent work, independent contracting. Reporter more and more of us will be on our own. That is the decline of full time work with benefits, the rise of contingent independent contracting, parttime work. Reporter but thats the way it was before world war ii. When intense competition for arm and factory workers drove employers to offer full time jobs with benefits. New businesses will add hundreds of thousands of jobs every year. In recent years, thats amounted to more than half million jobs every year. 7 years ago today, a bart Police Officer shot and killed officer grant and as we know it was all caught on video. Because of that video recording, the world saw what happened to oscar and began to pay more attention. Grants friends and families and supporters gathered on this anniversary. They say its more important now to not forget what happened on that new years day. Sand bags piled up trying to protect a small town in the midwest. And the grand daddy of them all. Since 1902, its the rose bowl. And this year, the cardinals try to take down the cardinals of iowa. Was it a rosy day for the cardinals . Announcer for the new mattress models during sleep trains huge year end Clearance Sale. For a limited time, save hundreds on tempurpedic mattresses. Get the most highly recommended bed in america at closeout prices. Plus, get interestfree financing and sameday delivery. Why wait for the new models . Sleep trains year end Clearance Sale is on now superior service, best selection, lowest price guaranteed sleep train [train horn] your ticket to a better nights sleep january 1st, 2009, 7 years ago today, oscar grant was shot and killed at the bart station by bart Police OfficerJohannes Mehserle. He was released from jail in 2011. The shooting death of oscar grant sparked peaceful rallies and violent riots in downtown oakland. A vigil was held today to honor and remember grants life. Try to make this society live out into the principles that it was founded on. Reporter outside the bart station where oscar grant was killed by a Police Officer 7 years ago today, hundreds of people gathered demanding for an end to what they call an epidemic of deaths at the hands of police. We can all talk to one another. Reporter grants mother says officers need to work with the people they are sworn to protect. Unless we really get in and do something about it and talk about it and discuss wha