Morning temperatures. 32 right now in santa rosa. 32 in taylor. Midtoupper those areas like napa, the inner east bay of concord, brentwood, livermore. Around the bay, low 30s for most. Its presently 35 in pet too louima. I remember they sank to about 31 yesterday. You can see the visibility looking good for the rest of us, if youre getting out early on to the roadways. I notice this dark shade of gray right in here, a stretch along highway 101. Individual s investigate could be down a half mile, quarter highly when its that dark. For the afternoon today, again, temperatures cooling off. We are also notice something cloud cover moving in from the south. System not expected to bring us any rain. If we do see a few sprinkles, maybe just the southern edge of the bay area to the Morning Hours, and then that will be it. The biggest challenge will be the cold weather coming our way. Ill have a look at the extended forecast coming up. Okay. Sounds good, rosemary. Sal off is today, so were keeping an eye on the traffic for you this morning. As you can see, everybody is union. Traffic is moving just fine. To the san mateo bridge, you can see both directions also good to go. Were learning that president puten is said he will not expel u. S. Diplomats from russia in a new knew round of u. S. Sanctions against russia. President president obama is telling 35 Russian Diplomats to leave the United States, all due to russias interference in the president ial election. Reporter 35 rush were officials are being expelled from the United States and send back to russia, and the u. S. Also revealed some sanctions targeting russian intelligence agencies. Its outside the norms of diplomatic behavior, and the president is sending a message today to tell them to cut it out. Reporter the fbi and the department of Homeland Security issued a joint amall sis of the election season hacking hat targeted the Democratic National committee, making it clear that russia was behind it. Russia has denied any involvement, and has promised to respond in kind. A clearly skeptical president elect donald trump announced he would meet with u. S. Intelligence officials next week to learn more. But his top advisers were talk about suggestions that the white house moves were really about targeting trump. The allegation or the subpoena position that per happens one reason that these sanctions are taking place is to quote box in president elect trump, forcing to him take a position or otherwise once he takes office. I hope that this isnt motivated by politics even a little bit. And that was doug reporting. Coming up at 5 30, well have a report on the reaction of the Russian Diplomats being told to be leave the consulate in San Francisco. For us here on the west coast, we are just under 43 hours away from the new years, and revelers have plenty of options on how to ring in 2017. This is expected to be a popular spot. Thousands of rebellers expected to pack the water front in San Francisco to ring in 2017. In years past, the area has been packed with revelers, but with terror attacks, San Francisco officials are on high alert. San Francisco Police will be fully staffed on new years eve, including the bomb squad. Reporter taking a look, you know can see how active the embarcadero is already. Police recommending that visiters use Public Transportation to avoid driving while drunk. Remember, muni will be free. Cal train will also be be free, and will have extended service until 2 00 p. M. Bart wont be free, but theyll be running trains until 3rd a. M. I can tell you from personal experience, down here is an experience. Obviously its great, its a lot of fun. Driving down here could be a real pain. Take the advice, use Public Transportation to get out of the area after the new years party is underway. It makes a lot of sense to leave your car at home, and come here and let someone else do the driving for you so you dont take to the roads after having a little bit too much to drink. On to new york now. Times square will be under very tight security as more than a Million People plan to ring in the new year there in new york. Police say there is no specific threat, but after two deadly truck attacks if germany and france, they are not taking any chances. Nypd has he 65 trucks all filled with sand to create a protective barrier around times square. 7,000 uniformed officers, special Counter Terrorism units, bombsniffing dogs will also be on duty. Revelers will have to go through two security checkpoint, and must leave alcohol, back packs, and umbrellas at home. Everybody knows that the eyes of the word are upon times square make years eve night, so there will be no complacency. We are waiting to hear from San Francisco police about the latest are homicide in the city. A man was shot on golden gate avenue in the cities tenderloin district. He was rushed to San FranciscoGeneral Hospital where the examiner reports he later died. No word of any arrest or suspects. This is San Franciscos 58th homicide of the year. And theres still no official word on reports of a foul odor across San Francisco this week, including reports of a rotten egg smell. Utility crews did not find any it was leaks. They are looking into a number of potential causes, includeing two flaring incidents in richmond. We as their employees should be treated a little bit better. I think we should at least have our own designated park space, or at least have security thats roaming around. Workers say theyre also being physically threaten requested by car thieves when they admitted off shift. While amr said it offers insentives for workers to take past transit, those arent options for those who work late or jo overnight shifts. Firefighters say pot that was lift on a stove was the cause of a fire in san leandro. That fire was started yesterday near liberty street. One unit on the first floor was destroyed, and two other units had fire damage. Red cross now helping more than a dozen people, all displaced by that afternoon fire. Well, drivers in california are not going to be able to smoke marin while driving under a mar juana while driving under the influence with a new bill. The law only says its illegal to drive with an open container of mar juana in the area, but they want to make sure the ban also extends to smoking and driving. Terrifying moments for a group of people on board a helicopter that crashed in vaccination county. The rescue san bernard eno county. The rescue at the same times coming up. Coming up. Anyway meyer name ex, im from elk grove, california, and my new yearss resolution is to be good and better at everything i do. Erything i do. A chopper werent down in San Bernardino county yesterday. There were a total of four people on board, and of the injuries, one was flown to a trauma center, the later was taken we ambulance to the hospital. It is unclear what caused that helicopter to go down, and officials from the faa arrived shortly after the crash. They wanted to get a head start, as this storm is expected to hit Southern California today. Mt. Baldy is one of the highest peaks in the region. Rundmc has filed a lawsuit against walmart, amazon, for trademark infringements. They said the stores have been selling troublings and using their name for several years without their permission. Rundmc claims that retail verse raked in more than 100 million in revenues. So far those company have not commented thought new lawsuit. Amazon has is received a patent for a drone warehouse in the sky. It would be like an Old Fashioned blimp, and could be station aid above things like sporting events and fly done items to people below without them ever having to leave their tailgating party. That just is crazy stuff. Yeah, there are so many questions we were just talking about. But, you know, patent issue, right . And so its what if the drone doesnt quite make it down. What fit drops it goods on the people down below. And why Sports Events . I dont know. And are you going to see a drone overhead wait bluray player, kind of cruising. Im fine with them just delivers our stuff the way theyre doing it now. All of the food theyre pushing at you out of the Concession Stands isnt enough, we need something to to be dropped out of the sky. If you look south of monterey, you can see a little bit of green. This is expected to moon east. We arent expected to see any shower activity unless youre on the southern edge of the bay area, maybe santa rosa, areas into monterey, and that should be just about it. Here is a better look at the storage bringing scattered showers to Southern California, and we are looking at it again, moving to the east as we get into yourtry. So fry will be a partly cloudy schooler day. We have two more systems coming in. The next will be dropping from the north, and eventually, our temperatures are going to get very, very cold. It looks like sunday, monday, into tuesday, temperatures continuing to fall off. Chance of showers on saturday. I think its going to be saturday morning. You dont have anything to worry about when it comes to wet weather if youre going to be out and about for your new years eve into the evening hours. Bring a jacket, though, its Company Going to cool. But by monday, low snow leverages. The futurecast model does a good job showing you how the temperatures are goring to change. Here is the system off the Southern California coast line. This will move northeast. Estimates relatively mild for this time of year. As wet get into early saturday morning, that next system is now dropping into california, and the temperatures begin to change. Were now brian. So temperatures are cooling off. Sunday night into monday, did you see that cold cold air coming in . All the way from areas near the arctic, we are looking at temperatures beginning to really fall off sunday. This is the third system with cold, cold weather in the forecast for monday and tuesday. So we begin the cool be trend today, but we havent seen nothing yet. Its going to get really chilly by monday and tuesday. Temperatures this morning, talk about chilly, 31 in santa rosa. We have 37 in lifers, and 37 in walnut creek pain round the bay, 58 in San Francisco. Partly cloudy skies. Temperatures in the upper 50s. A few low 60s out there today, just not as warm as yesterday. 59 if in oakland, 57 in San Francisco, and if our youre going out for new years eve, you wont need the umpire, but will need the jacket umbrella, but will he need the jacket. Down into the low 40s when the clock strikes midnight. We could have a little dusting of snow around here . We could, if the moisture comes into play at the same time. These systems not bringing a lot of moisture. Theyre just so very cold. So that will probably be the headline, just how chilly it is, but into the 40s for afternoon highs is what were look at by tuesday and wednesday. Just the forecast makes me cold. Thanks, rosemary. All right. Weve been telling you about problems involving a self driving car. We have a few knew example where the new rapidly improving Technology Actually works. Tom has hat story. Reporter from a forward mounted camera in a tesla, this now viral video shows the teslas automatic breaking system seeing a situation developing into a collision. The tesla stopped well short as drivers of other cars to the right passed by before they could stop. And there are now . Media reports some german officials believe that a similar system required in newer european strucks probably reduced the number of People Killed if the Berle Christmas attack, because the truck stopped just after 200 feet. San franciscos personal injury attorney said juries mays for it. Sometimes they reject a we argue that if the technology is available, then that technology ought to be inthe grated into the vehicle to make it safe. Reporter a tow mattic breaking is already installed in some modeling but as many as 10 auto makers. Harry six says cash makers sometimes its usually negligencable per item. Reporter in the past, juries have assessed huge damage awards against the carmakers for not having readily available safety device on board. Sometimes standards follow that jury verdict that the jury says, look, the technology was there. You should have incorporated that into your vehicle to make it safe. Reporter big verdicts hurt the auto makers bottom line, as well as the vehicles reputation and future sales. That will often force automakers to install the devices well before federal standards are actually man dated. Well, its the final weekend before the rose parade monday more than, and when we return, the floats highlights this colorfulle and fest bive tradition in the gold med heal olympians who are the parades grand be martials. If youre going to oracle arena tonight to see mary son barnes and andrew bogut along with the mavericks, bring some canned goods. Tonight the warriors are hoisting a pregame best food driver drive. There will be donation bins outside. And anticipation is building for mondays rose parade in pass is a dein a. This is the 128th year of the event. It will have 40 fleets featuring Companies Like netflix, and ragu pasta sauce. Each float is decorated with thousands of flowers, seeds, and beans. Designers, crafters, and volunteers have one last weekend to finish up their rolling artwork. When youre part of something thats bigger than you, you just know that to the world can be a better place. You really can. The parade goes down a five and a half mile route. The music group Santa Clara Van guard is among the bay area entries performing at the event. Well have a live report previewing the parade on our show at the 9. Were learning more information on our report involving high level offers lead in east bay neighborhood. And homicides in san jose spiked this year pup steps police are looking to make sure that does not continue in 2017. Another freezing start for some of our inland communities. What you can expect for today and the unsettled weather in the forecast for your Holiday Weekend coming up. We are just getting word about a fire in pal allow alto. The flames burning at this hour. Well have the latest information coming up in just a few minutes. Welcome back. It is friday, the final friday of 2016. Pam and dave withing the morning awful. But rosemary is in our Weather Center keeping an eye on our changing temperatures, be it and looks like 2017 is coming in in a chilly way. Yes. Its going to be quite cold and thats an understatement. Coming up, ill show you what to expect for today, because the minor cooldown begins today, and then it really gets cold as we head into the final day of the new year, and into the start of our i should say the final dayday of 2016 and the start of the new year. Concord, 38 for you, around the bay, 43 in oakland, 47 in San Francisco. I saw low 30s, even upper 20s when we started the week. But now that temperatures have actually come up some, were going to see a turn around, and we have a cooldown coming our way for the weekend. Visibility also an issue over portions of the north bay. Had some early on right around pet too louima petaluma. At the airport, visibility down to a quartermile. So well be watching the patchy fog over the north bay through the Morning Hours till about sunrise. Well continue to see that. Also the cloud cover in place. This is actually cloud comp fromming from the south. Southern california see something light rain. Its going to push all the way into central california, but looks like its going to miss us. Afternoon highs, 56 in passivefy do, upper 50s expected in hayward. 61 in liver more, 58 in santa rosa. Enjoy these numbers. Eventually, our afternoon high will be in the 40s. Ill have look at those numbers coming up. More on this in just a bit. Thank you, rosemary. Sal is enjoying the holiday, so here is a look at traffic right now. Your east shore freeway beginning to get a little busy out there despite the holiday. A few scars out on the road, but traffic seems to be moving along pretty well. Right now they are coming in scot free. How about for our marin commuters . That skies and easy as well this friday morning. Breaking news. Crews on the scene of a house fire in palo alto. What can you tell us . Reporter well, we are here on lewis road. This is just off of california and middlefield. This is a two alarm fire. When we got here, we did see flames, although police have just furnished us back, and right now all we could see is a plume of smoke that is rising in the air. But it looks like they have it knocked down. Lets go to some video taken earlier. This fire just started a half hour ago at 5 00 a. M. , and initially, there were reports that somebody might have been trapped inside, but we just smoke with fire officials, and they tell us that everybody is out of the house. Its all clear, they are safe. Neighbors tell us that two older gentlemen live there, and their brothers. We have not seen them, but the good news is that they are safe. Were not sure how bad the damage is of the house, but we do have one of the neighbors who live behind the house that caught on fire, and it was pretty scary. What happened . You were sleeping . Yeah, i was sleeping, and then i heard some explosions, and our sliding door rattled, and first i thought it was fireworks, and then the looked out the window, and i just saw flames shooting up. It must have been 20, 30 feet in the air. And then i jumped out, looked outside, and i saw patricks house on fire. My wife woke up, was scream, and we called 911, but they had already received several calls. And we were very worried about patrick and his brother, but it was great to hear they had gotten out. Reporter you