. >>> we have dramatic video today from vacaville. it's raising a lot of questions. this video may be hard to watch. someone started what we later found out was a vacaville k-9 officer pinning down and punching his four-legged partner. the man who shot the video claims this wasn't even the worst of it. thom jensen is in vacaville with a response from the police department, which says the video does not tell the whole story. >> reporter: roberto was just rolling up to a work warehouse next to a fire station when he heard a dog yelping loudly. >> the dog was crying. the dog was crying like somebody was running him over. >> reporter: he couldn't believe what he saw, a man later identified as a vacaville police officer repeatedly punching a dog. in the video the officer has the dog pinned and appears to strike the animal in the head. vacaville police captain tells nbc bay area the incident is being investigated but says the video may not tell the whole story and believes it's too soon to call this animal abuse. >> there is times during k-9 training, as i understand, that

. >>> a viral video out of vacaville shows a canine handler punching his partner. we'll sman wh we'll explain what happened next. >>> first a statue honoring breonna taylor was damaged. now it's gone. >>> clear skies, cold temperatures tonight but tomorrow we're tracking rain returning. we'll have the timing in the accuweather forecast ahead. >>> first a look at what's coming up on "jimmy kimmel live." >> thanks, dan and ama. it's time for us to cuddle. is christmas in full swing by you? >> christmas is in full swing. we have a beautiful tree. the only thing we don't have right now is the liquor. ♪ ♪ digital transformation has failed to take off. because it hasn't removed the endless mundane work we all hate. ♪ ♪ automation can solve that by taking on repetitive tasks for us. unleash your potential. uipath. reboot work. >>> a viral video from vacaville that we're going to share with you here is putting a police canine handler on the hot seat. it shows an officer punching his own k-9 officer. >> we spoke with the man who caught the man on camera. >> the dog

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. >>> a viral video out of vacaville is putting a police k-9 handler in the hot seat. the police officer is shown punch his own k-9 partner. stephanie sierra spoke with the man who caught it all on camera. a warning though the footage you're about to see may be disturbing to some viewers. >> the dog was crying. the dog was crying like somebody was running him over or something like that. >> reporter: robert palomino was on his way to work when he heard sounds of a talk yell ping. a warning. this may be disturbing to some of you. the vacaville police officer seen in the clip is signature on top of his k-9 partner punching him. according to police the officer was doing routine training in the back parking lot of vacaville fire station 73. >> before the video i saw him give at least ten punches to the dog, at least. >> reporter: how many minutes was that dog screaming? >> you would say like at least five minutes. >> reporter: vacaville police captain matt lydon says the handler was conducting a search for narcotic. the dog performed well so his handler rewarded the dog wi

i put you over and over a dog or palomino says he witnessed a vacaville police officer in his words, beating a police dog during training on monday by roberto's workplace along daca valley parkway starving. he says he saw the officer punched the dog several times that report to walk punch. but at the recent my 20 because of the. was taken from the from my phone i saw officer sometime around 10 times and that's why make back of a police captain matt leyden says it's important to give context to the video he says the dog was doing an exercise to fight narcotics and was rewarded with a toy but when his handler took the toy away from that angered the dog. >>and the dog that in turn lunged at the officer and attempt to buy the officer. >>the officer was not bit. but captain leyden said the mere attempt to buy had to be addressed by the officer by establishing his dominance and why it's important is that can't handle there has to have complete control over that canine to ensure public safety. blair diamond a primal need solutions in lake shasta has trained police handlers and their canines

we took the video to the vacaville police department. why they say there's more to this tstory. >>> tracking rain tomorrow and what it looks like over the next ten days. i'll have details in about 8 minutes. >>> just into our newsroom another step in the global fight against this pandemic. the u.k. has just approved the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. this comes after that vaccine has completed its clinical trial. they're hoping to begin administering the vaccine within weeks. >>> we also have new details tonight in the death of breonna taylor. two officers involved in the raid of taylor's home are getting fired. today detectives joshua james and miles cosgrove were informed that the louisville police department intends to fire them. in march detectives raided taylor's apartment to obtain evidence in a drug investigation of her boyfriend. taylor was fatally shot during the raid in which police found no drugs or money. james was the officer who obtained the no knock warrant. cosgrove participated in the raid and fired the shot that killed tay

. >> a police k-9 officer in vacaville was caught on video hitting his police dog. the department said the officer was correcting the animal, put the man take fact video said the officer weren't too far. henry lee has the details. >> reporter: this is video showing a vacaville police k-9 officer in training straddling his dog on the ground is punching it. >> i was wondering what could the cog have done to deserve that kind of punishment? >> reporter: roberto palamino was at his warehouse when he heard a dog in distress on monday afternoon. >> i heard a dog crying, kind of like in pain. >> reporter: he looked outside and saw the officer with his dog in a park lot near a vacaville fire station. >> i saw the officer constantly beating the dog over and over. i at least saw 10 punches to the dog. >> reporter: he said that's when he took out his phone. >> the only think i could do was pull out my phone and record what i was watching. >> reporter: he said the officer seemed to be looking for any who may have been watching him. >> i thought he saw me, that's when he stopped

ends monday. >>> a disturbing video out of vacaville showing a vacaville police officer punching it's a k-9 partner. stephanie sierra spoke with the man who caught this all on come ra a camera and the police department. this video is disturbing. . the dog was crying. the dog was crying like somebody was running him over. >> reporter: robert was on his way to work monday morning when he heard signs of a dog yelping. warning, this footage may be disturbing to some of you. the vacaville police officer seen in this clip is sitting on top of his k-9 partner punching him. according to police the officer was doing routine training in the back parking lot of vacaville fire station 73. >> at least ten punches. >> for how many minutes? >> i would say i noticed for at least five minutes. >> captain matt liden said the k-9 handle every was doing a search for narcotics, he did well so the handler rewarded him with a toy. >> at the conclusion of that, the dog wasn't willing to give up the toy. and in the handler trying to obtain the toy, the dog became angry with the handler and lunged in attempt t

. >>> a police k-9 officer in vacaville was caught on video hitting his dog. the department said the officer was correcting the dog, putt a man taking the video said the officer went too far. henry? >> the man who posted this video on facebook said he feels sorry for this police dog, but the different said it all has to be taken into context. >> reporter: this is video showing a vacaville police officer in training straddling his dog on the ground and punching it. >> i was wondering myself, what would the dog have done to deserve that type of punishment. >> reporter: a man it was at his warehouse when he heard a dog in disstress on monday afternoon. >> i started hearing a dog crying, kind of like in pain. >> reporter: he looked outside and saw the officer with his dog in park lot near a vacaville fire station. >> i saw the officer constantly beating this dog over and over. i saw at least 10 punches to the dog. >> reporter: he said that's when he took out his phone. >> them to thing that i could do at note was pulling out my phone is recording what i was watchi

>>update to tell you about regarding the canine is seen being punched by vacaville and after the break, although new york city's iconic ball drop celebration is going to look different police are in full force ready protect the >>the famous ball drop to ring in the new year will look different this year due to the pandemic but while there will be less of a crowd, new york city police are on high alert following the christmas day explosion in nashville. tom to go van reports. >>they're setting up for a magical night in new york city that will only see on tv. >>my message to those ringing in the new year. stay at home without the crowds, the nypd will have a much smaller times square presence this year, but heavy weapons teams will still be very visible. >>the counterterrorism bureau says there have been no credible threats against the celebration. but we are very aware of recent events particularly. >>the vehicle explosion in downtown nashville on christmas day nashville. a powerful reminder that major events are always potential targets. as covid-19 has cities across the u.s. finding s

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he dreamed of becoming a major league pitcher when he worked his way up from little league, vacaville high school, his father is an open firefighter, he and the rest of the family were in the ballpark at arlington during the title winning game, says it wasn't so awful to be a dodgers fan, even for one night. >> him being on the roster, contributing to the world series, is amazing to watch. i texted him, congratulations, he did an instagram picture of him holding a trophy, i got his usual one-word answers, thank you. thanks. that was enough, scott says he hopes tony gets another shot at playing in the world series. >> flow cooper, you are going to love it. after 80 years she has decided to stop driving for good. she tagged along for one of flow's final rides. >> the words, 98-year-old driver, might give you pause, and flow cooper gets that. >> my hearing is disappearing, i mean my eyes, excuse me. my hearing is, everything is disappearing. it is why she knows it is time to hang up those keys but she'll also tell you she is doing it with what she is pretty sure is a perfect driving reco

. >>> new information about a vacaville police officer who was caught on video hitting his k-9 partner during a training exercise. the police said the dog has been removed from the handler. the dog was examined by a vet. the incident unfolded on monday. the witness saw the officer hitting the dog. police say they plan to investigate. >>> there won't be fresh crab for new year's. the season has been put off again. there's a news reason for the delay. >> ringing in the new year with crab is a bay area tradition, crab is in high demand. >> we sold out christmas over. it's a limited supply but we have them. >> he's had to source crap from out of state. >> we're selling $26 a pound, these from washington. local would be 10 to $12 a pound. >> it's more than double. >> the issue is a dispute between crabbers and whole sellers who buy the crab. for now they are sitting on the shore. >> we need a certain price to meet experiences. maybe the markets don't feel it's worth that we have to get a certain amount to pay our crew. all the employees we hire. >> negotiations are ongoing. even if they str

. >>> a k-9 officer vacaville was caught hitting his police dog. the department said the officer was correcting the animal. the man who took the video says the officer went too far. our crime reporter, henry lee has the video that some viewers may find troubling. >> reporter: this shows a vacaville k-9 officer in training, straddling his dog on the ground and punching it. >>> i wondered, what could the dog have done to deserve that kind of punishment? >> reporter: [ indiscernible ] was at his warehouse when he heard a dog in distress on monday afternoon. >> i heard the dog crying in pain. >> reporter: he looked outside and saw the officer with his dog in a parking lot near a fire station.>> reporter: i saw the officer constantly beating the dog over and over. i saw at least 10 punches. >> reporter: that's when he took out his phone. you make the only thing i could do was pull out my phone and recorded what i was watching. >>> is at the officer looked for anyone who may have been watching him. >> as soon as he's tommy, that's when he stopped. >> rep

it does bleed a bit into the vacaville and antioch. if you had fog this morning, you will likely see it again tomorrow morning. we have the pattern shipped coming. we have system one and system two. we did have a weak system sliding to the north. now we have this one. this is an aggressive system, bringing a good shot at rain. this is significant rain over a few days. so be over the course of seven or eight days. we have weather system after weather system marching in here. this is not like the pineapple express, but more like a couple of days where we have light showers and a break. the pattern of the jet stream has dropped down. it is near our latitude. on thursday, the system will push north. we have a chance for sprinkle on thursday. it is mainly south. there is a much for us. this system gets set up and ready to go on thursday night into friday morning. we do have a wet weather pattern. not for tomorrow. temperatures tonight will be where they were last night. this is where they will stay. it is cooler tonight compared to last nig

. >>> still to come, new video showing a vacaville police officer repeatedly striking his k-9 partner. the captain excellence what happened during a training exercise. >>> and when santa cruz is expected to get shots of the coronavirus vaccines. >>> you have the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on 2. >>> you also the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. >>> a native american man said he was tased by a national park service ranger in new mexico from trying to social distance. you can see him screaming. his sister took the video there in albuquerque. he says he went off trail, which is abandon some areas of the park, because he saw a group approaching. the national park service says it is investigating the incident and cannot speculate on what led up to what was captured here on the video. back here in the bay area, police are investigating an incident caught on video that shows one of the officers hitting his k-9 partner during a training exercise. the man said he started filming when he heard the dog in distress. looked o

well pittsburgh in antioch as well as vacaville out towards point raise all at 55 for your highs today, let's get a look ahead at your next 7 days daytime highs, they don't change too terribly much we hang out in the 50's pretty much all the way through the end of the year and into the start of next year on friday, best chances of rainfall being wednesday night we drive back out on thursday for new year's eve. friday we start 2021 dry before evening showers friday night into saturday morning. robin all right, thank you john and thankfully we're not seeing the normal volume of traffic. >>around the bay area this morning a lot of folks are off still taking that little holiday christmas vacation time and it is a great trip into san francisco. looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza with no problems across the upper deck is just going to be smooth. right on through downtown san francisco. but you should be driving at a reduced speed because the roads are slick and soggy. we've had number spinouts this morning just nothing major or awful or major hot spots all right we're off to 92 checki

will mostly be mid 60's today, oakland and berkeley nice 64 for you guys today as for the north bay, vacaville and fairfield as well as santa rosa, some of our warmer spots each at 68 for today's daytime highs and a look ahead at your next 7 days shows that next week is likely starting even warmer monday and tuesday low 70's returning sunshine for those days for sure we will see an increase in offshore winds on sunday and monday now this is important because this will actually up fire danger we've been so dry now for so long you want to keep an eye on those days likely to see some advisories in effect early next week as those winds pick rebecca. >>all right john thank heading outside right now we're checking out a hot spot that i've been following over the last couple of hours, it's an overturned big rig on northbound 2 80 run at magdalene avenue. the 2 right lanes are still blocked as crews are trying to get off of the roadway for you. but it is backing up into cupertino so definitely avoid to 8 if you can instead take el camino real or you can always take a one oh one. both in the northbound

concord walnut creek danville and san ramon all at 66 well benicia at 67 vacaville and fairfield as well as santa rosa or 3 warmest spots each up to 68 close to 70. we're likely not to hit that mark until monday or tuesday, though these are going to be a warmer days of your forecast with low 70's expected for a lot of the bay to start next week that's well above average for this time of year. inland lows will remain chilly in the 30's. well the site in coastal lows will continue to fall into the 40's. rebecca all right john thank you checking some of the bridges around the bay area starting off if you're going to be heading into san francisco. >>this is what you're going to see at the bay bridge toll plaza approach is going to be really nice lightly traveled here. coming out of the macarthur maze i'm not tracking any delays and then once you get on to the span itself. it's going to be a smoother ride out to the fremont street exit into downtown just about a 10 minute trip for you coming out of the east bay heading over the richmond sandra fell bridge now west bound 5.80 just a couple of

concord sonoma pittsburgh antioch in vacaville as well as santa rosa for that matter all at 66 degrees for today's daytime highs, here's a look ahead at the next 7 days. no shortage of change finally a bit of an unsettled pattern brings us that return of showers saturday and sunday looking likely could see another round of moisture into the middle of next week too daytime highs will be noticeably cooler falling from the 60's today only the 50's by friday and saturday. >>rob all right, thank you for the update john now let's update that morning drive around the bay area and check out our bridges shall we are off to the bay bridge toll plaza 80 wesson to san francisco picking up we have more folks rolling through the toll plaza, so yeah, a little busier now compared to 3 4 o'clock it's looking good though no problems no hot spots we're at 8 minutes off to the fremont street exit now we do have some prodding on 92 vow to a pack up are allowed head over to the peninsula. there's your crowd right there the traffic leaving hayward on the flat section of the san mateo bridge so it's getting b

well vacaville at 65 nap and fairfield each at 66 temperatures at the coast only in the mid to upper 50's let's get that look ahead not changing just yet this dry forecast continues 60's remain each year next 7 days well into the middle of next week 30's for your inland lows, well 40's for your bayside in coastal lows, sunshine and dry skies not going anywhere. robin. >>all right, thank you john we're checking back in on the traffic which continues to improve around the bay area here the bay bridge toll plaza we're no longer seeing the heavy traffic which spilled all the way back to the bottom of the maze now it's just a minor way to down to a very quick 12 minutes to make it into san francisco at the richmond sandra fell bridge. yes, it's still busy. we had a stall earlier it's gone moving well across the span but a minor wait at the pay gates, so this is fine at 14 minutes and one new problem, san jose north 87 at 2.80 the right lane blocked by a crash you can see it's stocking up there just a couple of miles leading up to the scene but the rest of the looks fantastic one oh one 17

>>over a vacaville. >>hollywood the barber is getting his last client in a sad situation right now this will be the 3rd time he will have to close on the last night of staying open he had 5 customers on a normal night before the pandemic he had 12 that's a big difference. he says he will follow the order in close but he and others in the barber industry or for d and he doesn't believe closing down barbershop to slow the spread of the virus will work lot of people that will go. >>to garages and though begin her cup, you know for somebody in the garage and they're not going to safe. you know the least here you know you could be safe here. >>as soon as deli and watts says they need help from leaders to survive they were they going to be homeless. >>we need to very serious action. >>again that was gopal showing how reporting the stay at home order for the bay area region will last until january 7th at the least. >>how about the other vaccine. the fda is expected authorize use of moderna's vaccine today. we'v

vacaville pittsburgh, antioch sonoma and santa rosa among our warmest spots in the north bay still in the mid 60's at 66 degrees each tomorrow and saturday will be some of our coolest of the forecast as that cooler air slides in and behind it some rainfall potential into saturday and sunday monday and tuesday we drive back out but stay cool before another round of rain looks possible into wednesday. >>robin all right, thank you john we have another round of slow traffic on the richmond sandra fell bridge, thanks to an earlier stall so it was right here westbound 5.80 after mitt span a little bit closer to the west in it's out of the way, but it really stacked up traffic all the way across the span through the toll plaza just added to what was already there. it bumped to 23 minutes for west 5.80 from right around castro between castro in the tolls all the way over to one o one so this is all a residual delay, but at least that cars out of the way doesn't look like that of the bay bridge toll plaza come on and it is wide open at the pay gates delay free. we have some heavy traffic earli

over the golden gate right now enough one oh one through marine into sonoma counties and then around vacaville up to fairfield also looking at some active rain falling. 40's and 50's is where we're at with temperatures. we've also got a pretty steady breeze out there that's making for temperatures feeling a bit more cool with that brisk wind so bundle up this morning get that rain jacket on in the north bay and prepare for what will be a nice sunny afternoon here in just a few hours robin looking forward to seeing a little bit of sunshine. but we appreciate the rain. thank you john off to the bay bridge toll plaza. >>traffic is moving well into san francisco this morning, no delays at all it's been nice and steady throughout the morning drive. so let's keep it that way a lot of folks are still off from that nice little vacation that they had or over the christmas holiday. they are not at the toll plaza so it's looking good come on in we're under 10 minutes off to fremont street. all right let's get over to 92 where traffic is a little busy but not bad at all it's been our busiest bridge. so fa

because it is dark outside, we want to brighten things up today's bay area bright spot comes to us from vacaville. to bombard sent us these pictures of her light display. we are guessing that she is a disney fan because you can see outlined in red there on the lawn, we have a mickey mouse profile. thank you for sharing those pictures with us and keeping those photos and videos coming. we love to see them and share them with everybody else. you can send your submissions to bay area bright spots at kpix.com or tag kpix5 on your social media posts. >>> new at six, keeping an eye on the uk covid strain, the bay area team a scientist monitoring the invitation. plus. >>> at the time, it was devastation, for many, many people. >>> closures today after three decades in the murder case of michaela, the original detective speaks out about the years spent trying to find her. >>> rent may be going down in san francisco but suburban life in the bay area just got more expensive. >>> still ahead here at five, for.com go outside, tonight to the largest planet in our solar align in a way th >>> he also talked to

this is from vacaville. brianna sent these pictures of her light display. and we're getting that she is a disney fan. if you look at the right side of the screen, got a mickey mouse profile outlined in the red lights on the lawn. thank you for sharing your photos with us. if you want to share your photos or videos with us, we will share them with our audience. you can send them to bayareabrightspots@kpix.com. or tag us #kpixbrightspots. >>> san jose state's football coach makes it clear he doesn't want to talk about other jobs right now. if there's anything that this year has taught us, it's the things that matter: family. health. that's it. we found help at covered california. now we have a plan we can afford. enroll now at coveredca.com health insurance... is understanding health insurance in another language. pero ahora es mucho más fácil. covered california offers free, expert assistance in multiple languages and financial help for people who need it. enroll now at coveredca.com >>> draymond green will miss the warriors' season opener tomorrow night i

this is from vacaville. brianna sent these pictures of her light display. and we're getting that she is a disney fan. if you look at the right side of the screen, got a mickey mouse profile outlined in the red lights on the lawn. thank you for sharing your photos with us. if you want to share your photos or videos with us, we will share them with our audience. you can send them to bayareabrightspots@kpix.com. or tag us #kpixbrightspots. >>> san jose state's football coach makes it clear he doesn't want to talk about other jobs right now. >>> draymond green will miss the warriors' season opener tomorrow night in brooklyn with a foot injury. he could return later in the road trip. james wiseman will make his highly anticipated debut tomorrow. steve kerr wouldn't tip his hand if the rookie will start at center. it will be his first game in over 400 days. >>> there's no game this year due to covid. warner will be joined by fullback and williams selected for the eighth time in his career. >>> monday night i football in cincinnati. this fan got his wish tonight.

will see an increase in our cloud cover tomorrow sun all we're looking 58 degrees 59 in walnut creek vacaville daytime highs, 57 degrees and out in the north bay temperatures pretty normal for this time of the year so in a bit we'll tell you more about that rain we can expect to see wednesday night. it's nice to see rain again here in the bay area we need it all right. thank you erica. >>still ahead on an almost a century old restaurant in san francisco permanently closing its doors. we'll take a look at just how hard the pandemic is hitting restaurants here in the bay area. >>the san francisco landmark restaurant, the cliff house announced that they're going to permanently shutter the 157 year-old establishment on december 31st kron four's maureen kelly reports on the latest loss to the city's dining scene. >>the current proprietors close the cliff house temporarily back in july but now they're shuttering for good at the end of the month. they say the pandemic is only partially to blame. but news of this venerable local institution folding is casting a chill on the city's dining scene gates h

downpours and you see in and around napa they were looking at heavy rainfall moving there and toward vacaville right now so seeing some spotty showers out there tonight they will continue not only that but we've got some big waves moving along the coastline high surf advisory goes into effect tonight we've seen a series of storms out the pacific now they're generating some big time waves maybe building to as high as about 20 feet in the coming days, so i'll watch out there on the water's edge. i wanted to give you a look at the long range forecast the front coming through now just a week system another week storm comes through late on friday night into early on saturday morning after that things begin to shift gears really start to open up a look at that that could be a major storm moving our way as we head in towards sunday night early on monday morning, a bigger storm following sue right behind that that may be the largest of the series that may move through. tuesday night into early on wednesday morning bring some heavy rainfall and you notice the tail of that green all the way down in the

in clouds as well later in the evening 59 in dublin out in walnut creek, we're looking at upper 50's vacaville, 57 and in the north bay high temperatures tomorrow, upper 50's and 61 in sandra fell so i'll tell you the rain that we're going to expect to see a middle of this week coming up in just a bit. all right. thank you erica. >>coming up tonight at 6.45 minority business owners across the country doing what they can to survive the economic crisis during the pandemic in here from small business owners on the page it's causing the business is straight ahead. the state take legal action against amazon now the company is accused of not cooperating with california the covid-19 workplace safety investigation. >>california attorney general javier becerra has announced new legal action to protect amazon employees from workplace exposure to covid-19. >>we filed a petition in sacramento superior court requesting that the court order amazon to comply with outstanding investigative subpoenas which we issued as part of an ongoing open investigation into amazon's covid-19 worker health and safety practi

at 61 oakland you'll be at 62 with concord in walnut creek 66 for your highs today, same temperature vacaville and sonoma each also at 66 for your highs while petaluma nevado in sandra fell each at 64, let's get a look ahead at your next 7 days. so we are going to be seeing today and tomorrow as you're drier but cooler ones, friday and saturday, especially being cool days with highs only in the 50's now we do see showers arriving late friday night for the northern part of the bay area most of us start to tap into that rainfall come saturday morning and see another chance of rainfall come sunday. it does look like the showers will be panning out staying on the lighter to moderate side of things a very welcome change of pace after so much dry weather these past few weeks. robin all right, thank you john we're checking in on the traffic taking a little peek at 80. >>into san francisco, here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza shopping continues to move well this morning, no complaints, no problems no issues so. >>come on and get out there early if you can we're still under 10 minutes from

the morning continue until 10:00am expecting some deaths fog into fairfield possibly real vista dixon vacaville watch out very thick visibilities down to less than a quarter of a mile in spots over although we've high pressure building in for the weekend that ridge really kind of setting itself up nice got a couple storms out here will generate some swells from time to time but mostly energy. it's going to end up in the pacific northwest we stay dry for now high pressure going bring temperatures unusually mild around the bay area moving back in the 60's but not so in the long looks a little more progressive in the long range or we could get back to some rain this be a nice sight to see the first storm system moves up 7 northwest bring them some heavy rain we stay dry to get clipped again by another week system early in the week and then as we get into christmas day everything changes there you go by christmas night maybe a storm coming in behind that showers then yet another storm possibly moving in so it looks a lot more impressive in the latter part of this month in the beginning of expected

inmates and employees at the women's prison in chowchilla and another medical facility in vacaville are set to get the vaccine next. >>> millions of struggling americans will spend christmas not knowing when or how much financial help they're going to get. those $600 checks that were supposed to go out before the new year are now in limbo. this afternoon congress officially sent the package to the president, who is at mar-a-lago for the holiday. the president has not yet said if he will sign it. but earlier in the week he asked lawmakers to up the direct payment from $600 to $2,000. democrats sided with the president, but today house republicans blocked the effort to increase the amount. democrats are calling on the president to sign the bill as is for now. >> no partisan politics. put the people first. this bill is for the people, for the country. sign this bill, mr. president. >> speaker nancy pelosi says democrats will vote monday on a stand-alone bill to give americans those $2,000 checks. the covid relief package also includes funding to keep the government running past this coming

while that creek danville in san ramon, each at 60 sonoma youngsville napa the lay help pittsburgh in vacaville at 57. santa rosa at 56. here's a look ahead at the next 7 days tomorrow, we will be seeing drying conditions pretty early after these overnight showers friday saturday and sunday will be nice and dry and then and unsettled week looking likely next week. now that's your week of christmas right there. so keep you updated on if any each rain chances for the holiday week ahead. well, so because you said there are no rain chances right now that means the roadways are dry and they are free and clear as far as bumper to bumper traffic. >>there's the bay bridge toll plaza yes traffic has picked up at this time you don't see the cars that typically back up right as we get close to the 5 o'clock hour. so you're good to go from the east bay into san francisco from their this go to the richmond sandra fell bridge that looks like the cars are getting away from it as far as that the richmond direction you can see headlights coming to the toll plaza 10 minutes if you need to go from richmond into m

to mid 60's for you san leandro and oakland at 62 each well berkeley in are in that 6 to one sonoma vacaville pittsburgh antioch at 66 same number in santa rosa right at 66 today, let's get you a look ahead at the next 7 days so tomorrow and saturday, even cooler than today is about to be highs fall into the upper 50's on average tomorrow will be a dry one for the bay ahead of rainfall looking likely saturday and sunday and then we dry back out into monday and tuesday of next week. we will be looking at some cooler temperatures into next week too so the 70's that we saw at the start of the week that is said and done now robin all right, thank you for the update john appreciate it, let's check in on traffic. >>because we have to update your morning drive. i know it's tough to roll out of bed and get out there and make that commute to work, but at least you can do without any hot spots are major concerns are looking good here on a t into san francisco traffic moves well through the tolls across the upper deck, the skyway and on through san francisco so come on and we're checking out the golden

look for to near 70 degree highs in fairfield and vacaville each at 68 for your highs today at the coast a few 50's and we will be looking at 60's continuing in santa rosa down through mill valley, your lookahead shows a few 70's back on the map come monday and tuesday a little bit warmer even to start next week. we're definitely holding on to the sunshine all the way through the weekend and into next week too. evening lows will remain in the 30's, inland and 40's by the bay and the coast. rebecca all right john thanks so much taking a peek outside right now conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza approach it is light for you. >>so not a lot of folks in your way westbound 8 is going to be problem free all the way into san francisco getting to the fremont street exit switching over now to a west bend, 92, the san mateo bridge wide open for you as you make your way over to the peninsula looks like it should be under 15 minutes to get you on the westbound side. well a wind-driven brush fire scorching silverado canyon and orange county the bonfire started about wednesday night as a house fir

through castro valley at 60 degrees while a mix of upper 50's to low 60's across the north bay with vacaville at 60 59 napa and also at 59. santa rosa petaluma center fell in mill valley. each right at 60 degrees. forecast looks really dry leading all the way up into christmas which is now in sight christmas eve on thursday of next week, daytime highs will be in the 50's and 60's all the way through best chances of rainfall starting to look more and more likely after christmas itself. robin. >>all right, thank you john we are checking in on your friday morning commute which is normally you know pretty light and quiet around the bay area on friday. so hopefully that's the case this morning. i'm just double checking for hotspots a major problems out there and it's looking good. so far i don't see any major issues so your trip into san francisco will be fine right now it's delay free on 80 and easy trip across the upper decks moves right on through downtown for those of you continuing over to the skyway the central 2.80 all is well so far in san francisco. all right we're off to the golden gate

everyone in the north bay, real estate company impact properties is holding a drive-thru food drive in vacaville, so it's collecting canned goods and nonperishable items the need this year of course the company's owner says that they are committed to being a good resource. >>we are an essential worker and we want to be able to give back to the people that are not the essential workers that are out and stuff so i'm asking everybody that's a real estate agent that actually that are still working come over and help support the food drive. >>i get out their support organizers hope to continue the food drive until the pandemic lightens up. force teaming up with the super bowl of caring to raise 1 million meals for families in need. so if you'd like to donate donate. you can use your phone scanned qr code right there on your screen or text the word n y e donate to the number 2, 6, 9, 8, 9, that's all you have to do or you can visit tackle hunger dot org and pick a local charity and help out. >>all right coming up next on the kron 00:00am morning news, california hospitals are desperately seeking nurse

tonight, it will be cold tonight, valley fog in the big valley, dense fog advisory will deep into the vacaville fairfield area, we could see patchy fog in many other locations, if you had it last night would probably see it again today. light wind, and clear skies have gone up this way. so here's the jetstream pattern, you can see going up over the top. rain up in the pacific northwest, that looks like a really stable pattern, and it will be, for tomorrow, and then a bit into tuesday but then the slow out here breaks it down pretty quick and we get into come you know, the tail end of this week, we get back into advantageous position to get some rain. and it should start on thursday, we might see a few sprinkles on tuesday, you will see that coming up in the model. this is the forecast overnight lows, pretty chilly, pretty chilly for sure. there is the system, rain likely early thursday morning, there is a chance in a north wednesday, there's a chance the northbay on wednesday or a light sprinkle, and on thursday, i think we will see a little bit of rain and friday looks like kind of the main ev

and you'll find it like vacaville and fairfield. a few clouds out there but not too bad. there's the current satellite imagery and you can see that system pushing through. i'm have more details when i see you in a few minutes. >>> on the peninsula a neighborhood holiday display is causing concern. cand s charles is here to explain. to the holiday up traction while beautiful maybe dangerous. somenerics are calling a super spreader event. >> reporter: every year hundreds of people walk down this two block stretchint sant car los to view the decorations in neighborhood. some people are calling it a super spreader event. >> there's lot of people on the blocks. so it's kind of like they were being safe but they're pushing the boundary of that safety, so it's alarming. >> reporter: and while some just want to enjoy the holiday display. >> it's wonderful and people are happy and spreading clear. >> we prefer just to walk away because it's a lot of people and most of people wear masks but the things, distance, it cannot be. it's lot of people. >> reporter: and this mother of two

pushing over vacaville in fairfield. and off towards the south, we're seeing some of the showers developing other places as well. and the timeline moves in and out quickly. by 11:30 p.m. tonight, we're holding on to the chance of spotty showers throughout the peninsula and east bay. as we roll through tomorrow morning, it's hanging out with showers through san jose and gilroy. then clearing out by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. daytime highs, we'll start off with 39 in the south bay, 36 in the tri-valley. a cold start under mostly clear skies. looking for that chill over the east by at 38, north bay at 37. cold to begin, then through the day, we'll get up to 59 in morgan hills. 61 in martinez. mostly sunny skies. and new year's eve will be a lot different for us this year. but i did think, you may be doing a small celebration at home with the folks in your household. you want to go outside and make noise to ring in 2021. we'll have 40s and pretty good weather. looks to be dry. so that is, well, good. it will be a great way to start

a dense fog advisory is in effect including vallejo, vacaville. visibility likely at times will drop below a quarter of a mile. that's thick fog. you're driving first thing tomorrow morphing, use the low beams and leave more space between your car and the car from front of you. temperatures are dropping quickly tomorrow. look at the numbers at nevada. 36. 37 in napa. 37 in san ramon. 41 in san mateo. 49 right now in the city. it will be a pretty chilly night with mainly clear skies overhead. the bigger picture and the story we're tracking, much of california is very quiet and will remain quiet over the next 24 hours. high pressure situated off the coast is just going to sit there for the next 24 hours. bring us those tranquil conditions tonight and sunshine on the way for tomorrow. also move that storm track well to the north of us for the time being. overnight tonight is all about that patchy fog that's already developed through the delta. temperatures dropping well into the 30s right now. sanity rosa down to 34. the same far nasa. 38 in redwood

inmates and employees at the women's prison in charchilla and another medical facility in vacaville are also set to get the vaccine. >>> millions of struggling americans will spend christmas not knowing when and if they'll get financial help. the checks that were supposed to go out at the beginning of the year are now in limbo. the president is in mar-a-lago for the holiday and has not yet said if he's going to sign the relief bill passed by congress. he asked lawmakers to up the payment from 600 to $2,000. democrats sided with president trump today. house republicans have blocked the effort to increase the amount. still, democrats are calling on the president to sign the bill as is, right now. >> no partisan politics. this bill is for the people. for the country. put the people first. sign this bill, mr. president. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says democrats will vote monday on a standalone bill to give americans those $2,000 checks. the covid-19 relief package includes funding to keep the government running past monday. >>> 2020 certainly changed our holiday travel plans and our cele

., lasting until noon tomorrow, where areas from vallejo, fairfield, vacaville all the way back to davis could have visibility drop to less than a quarter of a mile. so just be aware of that if you are traveling early tomorrow morning through this area. you will encounter some areas of dense fog. overnight tonight it's chilly for a lot of us. pretty similar chill compared to last night. you see a lot of cities dropping well into the 30s. 34 for santa rosa. we'll fall to freezing in fairfield with that fog moving in. 37 in fremont. down to 36 in redwood city. 37 in san jose. low 40s for oakland. 44 that overnight low for san francisco. now, just a few hours from now, winter will officially arrive. tomorrow is the winter solstice on monday, december 21st. winter will officially arrive here at 2:02 in the morning, and that is when the sun's rays are directly over the tropic of capricorn, signaling the change of season tomorrow. we're also going to get some changes in our sunset times. i know a lot of people love this time of year because now we start getting more and more daylight hours eac

a vacaville police officer is under investigation this morning after video surfaces showing him punching his four legged partner. some of this video you may find disturbing. a man says he heard a dog crying in pain so he started shooting this cell phone video while it shows the dog being punched just once. the man says he thought he heard ten punches before he started recording. the captain says what's on camera may not be abuse. the dog tried to bite the officer and he had to act quickly. >> this is commonly referred to as a position of dominance, and the dog is rolled on its back to create that position of dominance. >> the poor dog. i hope for the dog to have a better place. >> a k-9 training expert will examine to help determine if the officer's actions were appropria appropriate. >>> ramping up covid safety measures though schools won't be doing in-person learning anytime soon. the district secured funding for district employees. last month school leaders decided to hold off on bringing students back into the classroom because of the increase of cases in the city. the superintendent

are also expected to felt underway at the women's facility, and at the california medical facility in vacaville. the prison medical facilities have received 18,600 doses of the moderna vaccine, and more than 3200 doses of the pfizer vaccine so far. >>> after the break, a glimmer of hope for nearly 150 people who work for the golden gate bridge district. how their jobs might be saved. >>> plus self-driving delivery vehicle on bay area streets. we'll tell you about the silicon valley start-up that is now the first in the state to receive a permit. >>> new year's has received the first ever permit has received a permit that will allow nuro's autonomous vehicles to operate in two local counties. nuro said it will start by using it fleet of self-driving prius cars, follow led by its fleet of r2 electric delivery vehicles. >>> more than 150 workers at the golden gate bridge district could keep their jobs if president trump signs the most recent stimulus bill passed by congress. the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors voted today to reverse planned layoffs. the la

upper 50's we will see an increase in clouds tomorrow compared to today, 59 in walnut creek out in vacaville looking at 57 degrees and up in the north bay daytime highs in the upper 50's and lower 60's. so like i mentioned we're going to see some rain later this week i'll tell you all about it coming up in just a bit thanks erica. >>north a woman is just crushed her dog was killed by a hit and run driver this horrifying moment was actually captured on video here. last month. you'll see it happen but at more than 2 weeks later, the person responsible still has not come forward kron four's dan thorn is hearing from that woman tonight. he joins us live in napa with the latest and. >>randall this woman tells us this dog was her world, he was her best friend and she's obviously really saddened by what has happened in just does not understand why this driver didn't stop. >>it was a moment that shook nelly burke to her core her beloved dog cosmo killed by a hit and run driver the traumatizing act caught on camera i was very very upset for a very long time his stock i cherish very very much we're ve

conditions for the vast majority of the bay area only a couple of pockets of moderate right up around the in vacaville aside from that though we are looking at solid air quality so not noticing haze in the distance it's going to be one of those blue sky days where you can actually look out at the hills of the east bay and all across the bay and just kind of savor that nice view futurecast shows those clear skies all the way into the afternoon now as we work our way into tomorrow you will notice some cloud cover pushing in we're not going to be quite as vividly blue tomorrow as we will be today with mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies through your wednesday. wednesday night after you've gone to bed few showers begin to push in this is around 07:30pm right here for the north bay, so some of you may be out in especially northern sonoma county showers pushing a little bit later for the rest of the bay said hanging out the early morning hours of thursday morning. after that though for the last day of 2020 thursday, we drive back out during daytime hours stay dry on new year's eve. and look at a dry new yea

off, there was a dense fog advisory this morning in the central valley that included fairfield and vacaville. a repeat of the fog in the morning hours but it was warmer today in those inland spots because the fog kind of chewed up and burnt off and the sun came in. is a long-range model, i've been showing it to you at the top of each broadcast. just to show you what is happening. there is tomorrow. we get into wednesday morning, see clouds come in, about the evening hour they come in from the south, that is our next system. it is a weak one, comes up from the south and kicks a few showers, just a few showers kind of along the coast and then thursday ends up in the afternoon being mostly to partly cloudy. thursday is kind of nonevent but it is a precursor to this guy which is friday. friday morning, and then you get a little break for saturday and then here comes sunday. break day on monday and then offshore on tuesday. oops, that didn't go right. there it is. this next was system shows up. the progressive pattern is exactly what you want to see. storm after storm with a couple days in betwee

let's spread more of the bay area bright spots around and this one we want to thank bria anna in vacaville for decorating her house and taking the time to share with us. we are doing a solano county bright spot. we want to see yours. we want to see from all over the bay area as they have been coming in from the bay area. this has been going fantastic. e-mail it to us. bay area bright spots at kpix.com. back to you. >>> love it there. nine minutes now before six. >> coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. the holidays supposed to be relaxing. why can they be so stressful? how to cope straight ahead. here is a live look out side of the richmond, san rafael bridge. slight traffic picking up there. >> and remember we want to bring you the good news happening in the bay area. go to the website. kpix.com/together to find stories of how we are better together. >>> and later today on the drew barrymore show, harry winkler sharing his new book. that is all today at two. ♪ no, no no. let's show 'em how it's done, becky g. ♪ it's the brand new chicken dance song uh ♪ ♪ get down hea