we're starting to see things calm down in morgan hill and gilroy. but coming up in about 15 minutes, we will talk about another storm that will bring some strong rain back to the bay area. i'll have details on this in about 15 minutes. >> we'll see you then. >>> lots of headaches for people trying to fly in and out of san francisco. nearly 90 flights were canceled today. another 40 flights delayed. one woman waited an extra four hours to board and was now in danger of missing her connecting flight to visit her grandchildren. >> it's been bumped up 20 minutes. so you just have to have a acceptance of humor. right? i mean this is life. >> she's taking it well. yesterday nearly 500 flights were delayed out of sfo. another 160 plus canceled because of the weather. >>> the wind and the rain postponed a popular holiday tradition in the east bay, but about an hour from now the lights will go on. let's show you a live look in livermore. this is the home of deacon dave, famous for its one-of-a-kind christmas light display. that looks beautiful. the opening c

let's start in the south bay with mass shootings in gilroy. people coming out today to turn in guns and help the healing process. we go to gilroy for that story. >> reporter: indeed. police raised $50,000 for this gun buy back. in the first hour half of that money was handed out. those mass shootings kept this issue on the community's radar. the first gun buy back in south santa clara county in 25 years and law enforcement agencies weren't sure what kind of response they would get. >> we had over 70 cars waiting by the time we opened at 9:00 a.m. within the first hour we had already given out $20,000. >> reporter: diana said she was inspired by the recent shootings in morgan hill and the gilroy garlic festival. >> since we've had so much gun violence in this world i just wanted to get rid of them. my husband passed away and i had a gun in the house and i felt i didn't need that gun and i didn't want someone to break in and use that gun. >> reporter: the gun buy back was nimit >> get guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have guns, chil

gilroy police say it was a big success. they collected almost 500 guns, more than 200 handguns, 26 assault weapons. a lot of people say after the shooting in gilroy, it inspired them to get rid of guns before the weapons fell into the wrong hands. >> been in the garage for over 30 years. just sitting there. and we think about it once or twice a year and don't do anything about it. >> we don't know anything about guns. >> this gave us an opportunity to do something about it. >> it feels really good. >> yeah, it was a big success from the start. overall the police gave out more than $50,000, nearly half was handed out in the first hour of that buy-back. >>> the san jose barracuda hockey team showing their support for the victims of gilroy's garlic festival shooting. all month long the ahl team is wearing gilroystrong jerseys before home games. this is video est team in practice jersey ahead of today's game. the jerseys are being auctioned off to raise money for those affected by the shooting. >>> new details about a deadly cr

gilroy and sam martin will go over that. moderate to heavy to the south in the morning and then slowly decrease as we head towards the late afternoon and evening hours. but the low temperature funneling right up towards santa cruz, watsonville, gilroy, morgan hill, then around mount hamilton as well. you can see to the west, allied or their. alot lighter there. this is east and south more so than anywhere else, the system continues to move in, highs in the 50s. low to mid 60s. a little breeze, and it's all mostly north or northeast off the higher elevations. not too bad but a little breezy. some snow at lake level, alpine and trekkie are in the upper 20s. the bigger system will be on friday and saturday. that will prompt the winter storm warning. today, there will be c still be another hour. speaking of the south, san joaquin valley to southern california, the low will keep cloudy skies and rain off and on today. the system coming in friday, saturday and most of sunday morning is going to produce some pretty good totals for

the buyback is this saturday in gilroy at 613 old gilroy street and it goes from 9:00 in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon. there is a limit of five guns per person and they'll only be buying the guns until that $50,000 is extended. live in gilroy, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> also happening today, a new gun storage law is expected to win final approval from santa clara county supervisors. that requires gun owners to store firearms in a locked container or with a trigger lock. so the goal is to bring down the number of accidents, suicides and thefts connected to firearms. if approved it would go into effect 90 days later for all unincorporated areas. >>> search for a 38 people on board. it was transferring personnel to a floating fuel supply pipeline and lost radio contact early yesterday evening. officials later said it crashed. here is nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: disaster in the skies off chile after 38 people disis a peered overnight. the aircraft presumed to have crashed. the c-130 hercules was flying to a base in antarctica, transferring personnel

>> the gilroy commute. steve and i always snicker to ourselves that we are doing a commute so far away but it is not so far these commutes people drive from san juan batista to their job in san francisco. don't laugh it is done and if you're watching in this area thank you for watching gilroy and highway 101 looking good driving up into the valley past, mark or morgan hill and into san jose said things have changed. wonderful communities and i'm not saying i would not do that. this is a look at the westbound bay bridge which is backed up a little, no problems getting into san francisco. and speaking of steve here is the man himself. spent you know this is probably 10 years ago and i was at henry's highlife around san jose and i said where you're from and the guys at hollister and i said hollister are you guys nuts? and he is like what? and hollister are you nuts? now i shout out. not as foggy, cloudy skies and light rain. mostly cloudy and light rain most of the week. san jose may not get much but santa ros

this is from gilroy to san jose. peeps in san juan batista looks pretty good. not a bad commute into san martin and into morgan hill. no problems in san jose. the whole commute looks pretty good. you see i'm searching for some red but all green. green is good in the traffic world. when steve is using his weather maps rain means rain. >> that is correct. >> for us in the traffic world it means an easy commute. let's bring steve in. >> green is good for you. >> for you it means precipitation. >> san juan batista, i didn't know you have peeps down there. >> i have peeps everywhere. >> we have a stronger system on the way for tomorrow although some of the cloud cover will and heading towards tonight. there's a lot of cloud cover to the southwest which will be coming in. the fog is the big story. livermore has a quarter mile visibility. not sure what it says zero. napa airport says 8. fairfield under two. concorde at a mile and a half. fog will be a problem. watch out. it doesn't matter if it's north or south. humidity levels are high. there's not much of a breeze.

for the gilroy garlic shooting. this is video of the team in those practice jerseys ahead of today's game against the bakersfield condors. the jerseys are being auctioned off to help raise money for those affected by the shooting. >>> in san francisco police also held a gun buyback event. sf pd says more than 300 guns were turned in, mostly rifles, including 17 assault rifles. >>> a welcome break from the wet weather appears to be behind us. wait a minute, we have a wet lens here. showers moving into the bay area. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. >>> purely unofficial weather reporting, for sure, yeah. that's a clear sign you got rain. golden gate bridge, right now a chilly 53 degrees. storm ranger confirms rain. daly city, pretty good sell moving to the south and east. rain around the golden gate bridge now, approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. a band of showers pushing from san rafael into richmond and vallejo. the entire screen isn't green or orange or red of we're seeing bands passing through, but

then gilroy and watsonville with pretty heavy rain. morgan hill as well. after that, far less amounts. mount hamilton shy so far a half inch of rain. brentwood in there as well, san francisco .20. if you do not sears list it's probably because you had less than that. the rain continues today, most of this is for the morning, it will be more so to the south than the west. a stronger system, the heavier time that time will be the goldengate or north of mount tam as we head towards friday and saturday, maybe early sunday. morning rain wednesday, decreasing in the afternoon, the heaviest by far south then you see a decrease later this afternoon and later tonight, the low finally decided to make a move and we need something to kick along. along it to push it but not before bands of moderate to heavy rain moving through santa cruz, watsonville over to gilroy, morgan hill and just near san jose. san jose in the evergreen area, mount hamilton these heaviest amounts, look to the west and north, you are getting more cloud cover,, 1/100", five 100s to a tense, probab

let's go take a look at some of the faraway commutes like the gilroy, gilroy to san jose, not too bad of a drive but again, you are going to see some fog some of these areas, tends to move around, it just is not stay around, we will let you know. as you drive into gilroy looks very good, driving into that part of the valley, the bay bridges foggy and well, you know, it is not as foggy in some areas, for example, i looking at the golden gate bridge, there is no fog in marin, we talked to steve and talk about where the fog is. steve? but that is exactly how it is. some areas are, all of a sudden you hit a wall of fog. >> it will ing around, trust me. probably worse before it gets better, a little bit of a break even though there will be a lot of cloud cover coming up, weak system to the left of your screen will give us very light rain late tuesday night into wednesday which washes itself out, until then, a lot of low clouds in place, fog as you might imagine, rain and the nights are long, days are very short and the sun is very low. 30s, 40s, 50s on the temperatures, humidity as you mig

. >>> now at 5:00, hundreds turn out for a gun buyback event in gilroy following the tragic mass shooting at the garlic festival. >> a brazen smash and grab in santa cruz. how thieves took more than $100,000 of jewelry in just seconds. >> we are, this is the first day, and we've made a special trip out of this just from santa rosa. >> reporter: not one but two steps for the smart train system. we took a ride, and sure enough there were a lot of full seats. >>> we begin with a community fighting back to get guns off the street. thanks for joining us, i'm juliette goodrich. >> and i'm brian hackney. the city of gilroy hosted a gun buyback program just months after the deadly festival shooting. >> and as kpix 5's devin fehely reports, it's the county's first in more than two decades. >> reporter: it's impossible to ignore the backdrop against which this gun buyback happens in south santa clara county. this is a community that's been touched by tragedy, that's been scarred by recent incidents of gun violence, so the goal of getting guns off the street has extra significance and resonance. the

. >>> 7:06 police in gilroy still investigating the source of violent threats at gilroy high school. the threats were not credible according to police, but extra police patrolled that campus yesterday. the focus on a message posted online tuesday on snapchat. referring to after school wednesday for the timing of an attack. the gilroy school superintendent says she was notified by police tuesday night after several students saw the online post and reported it. >> we did have police officers here all day, shooting was right over there, people are in a different place now because we've had a shooting right here in our town. >> i was a little scared because of what happened after the garlic festival. >> that threat comes just 6 months after the deadly mass shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. the school district says parents kept their kids home from school yesterday even though the threat was deemed not credible. the police are interviewing students as the investigation continues. >>> the house judiciary committee in washington is expected to vote today on two articles of impeachment

is pushing north toward gilroy. highway one, if that's your commute there is an easterly breeze as the low comes back in and the rotation is counterclockwise so we get the direction the wind. a doubt these winds will change at all. that will be your morning and probably most of your afternoon. everything has turned to rain so it's almost a statewide event here. it's going to be some pretty good rain here. we will get a break tomorrow partly cloudy and right back into the rain. having packages stolen during the holiday season is a quality- of-life issue. >> we have the latest on the investigation and what this packages have in common. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right no

found out that gilroy's buyback collected almost 500 weapons today, including 26 assault weapons. those turning in guns today in san francisco got $100 for handguns, $200 for assault weapons. we're live in san francisco tonight, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> all right, thank you very much. >>> to the weather now and a live look outside. we enjoyed a dry day. you see the clouds there, though. but the rain is returning. let's find out from abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma. >> you can see the clouds rolling back in after a pretty bright start to the weekend and now we're tracking isolated showers out there. we give you the sweep and you notice much of the activity is close to the coast and in the north bay. what we're watching, the wider view along with satellite, there's an area of low pressure that will slide into northern california tonight, supply us with that shower chance here and also some snow in the sierra. winds ahead of the system a little breezy out there. we're seeing winds about 10 to 20 miles per hour and it remains breezy tonight. on the storm impact scale this is a le

that's what gilroy police wanted to do this weekend in the wake of the shooting at the gilroy garlic if he feels and the morgan hill dealership shooting, police held a gun buyback event. it's actually the first buyback in south santa clara county in 25 years. gilroy police say they collected nearly 500 guns, more than 200 were handguns. 26 of them were assault weapons. many people say that after the shooting in gilroy, it inspired them to get rid of their guns before the weapons fell into the wrong hands. >> this has been in the garage for over 30 years, just sitting there. and we think about it once or twice a year and don't do anything about it. >> we don't know anything about guns. >> this gave us an opportunity to do something about it. >> it feels really good. >> overall, the police gave out nearly $50,000, no questions asked about the guns turned in. nearly half of that money was handed out in skbrjust the firs hour. >>> at 7:39, still ahead on "today in the bay," how important is gender in politics. political analyst larry gursten rejoins us live to take a look inside the numb

in gilroy, devin fehely, kpix5. >> the bye back netted nearly 500 firearms in all. including 26 assault weapons. 205 handguns. 159 rifles and 103 shotguns. organizers shelled out more than $47,000 for them. >>> there is no word if the gilroy shooting had anything to do with the sudden departure of the garlic festival executive director. brian bow announced yesterday he is stepping down after 14 years with the event. he said in a statement, i'm immensely proud of what it has done to support the local community. i truly believe the vest fall will benefit from a fresh perspective. the 42 annual gilroy festival will be held in july at christmas hill park. >>> today marks seven years since one of the worst mass shootings in the nation's history. on this date in to 2012, a gunman opened fire in sandy hook elementary school killing 20 children and six adults. the victims' families have filed a wrongful death suit against remington. the supreme court allowed the lawsuit to go forward and a trial is now set for september of 2021. >>> well, for only the third time in u.s. his

as we look at, look at the gilroy commute. we'll see a lot of slow traffic at the gilroy commute. these long commutes are doing mostly well except for what i just showed you at the ultimate pass. i do want to show you it is only taking 17 minutes to drive from the quirkiness bridge to the macarthur maze, there is a small delay the bay bridge toll plaza. if you are driving on interstate 880, it does look like a nice drive from san leandro to oakland. at 5:18 am, let's bring stephen with today's weather. >>> 17 minutes from quirkiness bridge. >> that is about as good as it gets. >>> we have cloudy skies. rain is on the way but you are okay for the morning. you don't have to worry about fog. there is a decent breeze at the airport. 25 mile-per-hour gus. same can be said over san pablo bay and over and the hills. cloudy skies late tonight into wednesday morning. rain in the mostly cloudy. it looks like a lot of cloud cover with rain favoring areas to the north. it could be rush river north. we will see where everything sets up. that could be thursday or friday. there could be a little

just five months after the gilroy garlic festival shooting, there was a threat against gilroy high school. it was posted online on wednesday. the school sent out an alert saying extra officers would be on campus even though police did not consider it to be a credible threat. hundreds of families decided to keep their children home. they later found out the absence would be considered unexcused. leading to saturday school. parents felt they were being punished for trying to protect their children. the district told us that school has decided to convert the absences to excused. >>> a man is in jail after police say he tried to assault the mayor of martinez. mayor rob schroeder says the man approached him outside of his office on main street and grabbed him. he says the man claimed he was making a citizen's arrest. a good samaritan saw what was happening and pulled the mayor to safety. >> thankful, i am, for him, for his actions. i mean i probably wouldn't be standing here right now, you know, uninjured, if it wasn't for him. >> the good samaritan says he was bit in the arm and the ear, and

let's go to the gilroy commute. i want to show you there is definitely no snow in gilroy.'s rain and snow in slow traffic already northbound 101 getting out of gilroy of to morgan hill and on highway 25 heading to 101 and we are busy and driving through sam martin getting into morgan hill and it will be slow. if you're driving into san jose it looks pretty decent but it is been raining and i will show you some of the pictures. eastbound 580 at 513 there clearing an accident so there have been some early-morning crashes out here on 80 westbound. there was a crash, i watch them clear that out. it looks like the windshield wipers on at the bay bridge toll plaza and there is already a backup. westbound coming up toward the pay gates. it is 5:18 am. is it going to rain all morning? >> do we get a new windshield wiper? >> san jose, in the rain shadow barely gets anything were as and that santa cruz mountain, four or five or 67 inches of rain. kentfield over four inches. and if you take this and say i've had more or less. i get it. believe me. areas not that far apart there can be

a woman who lost her grandson in the mass shooting at the gilroy garlic festival got a gift today from the community. >> a car. marianne favro with the story behind that gift. what an emotional moment for that grandmother. >> oh, she was speechless, jessica. technicians here at caliber collision worked give a caro a grandmother struggling to move on after tragedy. barbara aguirre was overcome with emotion today when she was handed keys to a newly refurbished car. barbara still walks with a crutch, a cruel reminder of the gunman that shot her grandson and shot her in the leg. >> gilroy is in a bad place, and the stuff that happened was tragic. but the people in the community shows something different. >> reporter: geico donated the damaged car and a team of technicians spent 135 hours of their own time repairing the hyundai. >> a lot of the donated time was after hours from their normal eight hourhi as well as saturday and sunday. >> reporter: the gilroy foundation selected barbara to receive the vehicle. >> the grandmother who received this vehicle was shot herself. her daughter was sh

they cite land-use issues and security costs following the shooting in gilroy. they are hopeful the festival will return for labor day, 2021. >>> a nightclub in downtown oakland that has long been a staple for the lgbtq community will be closing next month. a spokesperson for the bar says the building has been sold and the new owner plans to convert it into shared tech offices. the club says they're just the latest victim of gentrification. january 12th will be the club's last day. >>> complaints about a piece of equipment that could cause fires. >> it was pretty much go in one year, out the other. >> 2 investigates talked to a former pg&e lineman who brought his concerns to the utility and claims he was fired. >> mike bloomberg was in san francisco today sharing the stage with former governor, jerry brown. >> video of a mad dash from an east bay mall. the search for the people who made off with honest of dollars worth of clothes. ernest hemingway wrote the old man and the sea at 52 satchel paige was still dominating batters at 59. celia cruz was still winning g

everybody has been strongly influenced by what happened at the gilroy festival. >> reporter: gilroy's buyback police say all of the guns turned in will be destroyed. >> cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> the tv series about the deadly 2016 ghost ship warehouse fire is on hold for now. anger over the project caused the husband and wife creators of the potential series to put the tv drama on pause. authors michael chabon and ayelet waldman signed a deal for several tv projects but they say they hadn't sold the ghost ship project. even just speculation about the project led many friends and family members of the victims to urge them to reconsider, saying it was too soon for them to relive the tragedy. the berkeley based couple said their pleas did lead to a change of heart and they've agreed to stop the project. >>> san francisco police and volunteers will gather today to look for a stolen dog named jackson. here is a photo of this 5-year-old mini australian shepherd tweeted by san francisco police. officers say someone stole jackson yesterday morning from outside the good life grocery sto

some steadier rain falling in the gilroy area. it's winding down. what's left of the storm tonight ranks 1 on the storm impact scale, of light intensity. scattered or isolated showers and light wind. on to the forecast animation going into the evening hours notice patches of green moving across the screen indicating widely scattered showers that will be more widely scattered tonight and by early tomorrow morning as the morning commute gets under way. there may be damp spots left on the roadways. we're not likely to see much in the way of precipitation. a chance of isolated showers and high temperatures right around 60 degrees. the weather takes my breath away. the accuweather forecast. a bigger storm coming in on friday, rainy, gusty wind and that storm is going to weaken and leave us with periods of rain and showers. we do start with sunny skies. which will also take my breath away. >>> up next, he's a writer and speaker with a large social media following. >> yung pueblo joins us in studio to talk about his book and his adv o♪ ozempic®! ♪ oh!

just learned gilroy's buyback collected almost 500 guns today. live in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> cornell, before you get away, what's going to happen to those guns? >> reporter: yeah, eric, police say all the guns will be destroyed and in some cases, some of the gun metal donated to public art projects promoting anti-violence and peace. >> all right, cornell barnard reporting for us live in san francisco. >>> in the meantime, in salano county, vallejo held their third annual gun buy back at the solano fairgrounds. assault weapons turned in, nearly a third more than last year. partnered with police on the event. the non-profit was started by a mother who lost her son to gun violence in vallejo in 2014. >>> shifting now to the weather as the rain just keeps hanging around, here's some clear visual proof in the latest drought map. everything shaded in white is doing better than last year, or the year before, rather. the only places in the far northern part of the state by the oregon border. most in a drought except for parts of t

in the south bay, gilroy hosted a buyback. this was a first since southern santa clara started this. police collected 500 guns there. the shooting at the gilroy garlic festival prompted one family to turn in 15 guns. all of the weapons will be destroyed. >>> commercial crab season is under way in the bay area. it was started uas supposed to h ago but got delayed. lauren martinez has that. >> reporter: crab season in san francisco has officially started. >> we're hoping that we have a really good season. we're sad that we're a little delayed in starting, but it is what it is. >> reporter: opening day for commercial dungeness crab season was delayed a month. max works for albers seafood. he said the delay hurts everyone. >> it's a big deal for boat owners, for their livelihood, the processors, it's for everyone. >> reporter: time is money for these fishermen that started their day on the water at 2:00 a.m. >> we're lucky to get two to three hours of sleep a day during the opener. >> and we'll be back out here in a couple more ho

. >>> and today in gilroy the police held a no questioned asked gun buy-back. this comes after the garlic festival shooting that left 4 people dead. this was the first in south santa clara county in decades. the district attorney's office offered $100 for every hand gun and rifle and $200 for assault weapons. we spoke to somebody who turned in his son-in-law's guns. >> the money meant nothing compared to the impact it could have if something happened. he really felt strongly about the fact that he would not want any of his weapons to end up in the hands of someone that might harm someone else. especially the kids in the neighborhood. >> overall organizers paid more than $47,000 to collect close to 500 firearms. another gun buy-back was held in san francisco. they collected more than 300 firearms and distributed hundreds of gun locks. >>> there is no word tonight if the gilroy shooting had anything to do with the sudden departure of the festival's executive director. he announced yesterday he's stepping down after 14 years with the event. he said in a statement,

gilroy in there as well. rain returns today mainly for the morning, decreasing throughout the day into the evening and we will get a break thursday then rain and wind arrives friday, looks like afternoon and evening will be the heaviest, 10th of an inch to an inch, that's the south today. the stronger system 3/4 to maybe three or four on the north friday night into saturday, maybe even sunday, early sunday. today, lighter amounts, the wattage amount would be santa clara vall santa cruz mountains, iceland amntand again, this is a morning event decreasing throughout the afternoon into the evening. it will be pushing east as the low finally starts to push inland, it is not there yet. the moisture rotates around, the heaviest amounts by fire, hollister, watsonville, gilroy, morgan hill, into the santa cruz mountains. even san jose that over towards the east along the altamont pass towards tracy, stockton throughout the island, also brentwood, antioch, more so in some areas along the coast, just a little bit out o

. >>> extra police at gilroy high school. the threatening message that rattled some students there who still have the garlic festival shooting on their minds. >> also dangerous and powerful waves. the warning for those who plan to head to the beach. >> and we saw some sprinkles out there. surf along the coast. and mild. cool temperatures. a little bit of frost. so, as you can see, saving can be quite simple. case in point, if you get xfinity internet and mobile together, big savings on your wireless bill. write this down, this is important. amy, this is actually a life saving class. what a nice compliment, thank you! save on fast internet and the best wireless network together. what can i say, i love what i do. that's simple, easy, awesome. get xfinity internet and mobile together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. you'll get unlimited talk and text and no activation or line fees. switch today. >>> a man is under arrest on suspicion of stabbing a coworker today at rubric, a cloud data management company in palo alto. au

but this is no ordinary unveiling at gilroy. lroy. >> reporter: aguiry had her life turned upside down after an accused gunman killed three people at the garlic festival, including her six-year-old grandson. >> reporter: to help tackle the difficult transition and better aid the spirited grandmother of eight who had an unreliable car, the gilroy foundation chose her to be the second recipient in the program. >> when i walked in and saw them today, you just got a little caught up in that emotion. they lost a child. >> reporter: decker insurance donated this elant ra. repair crews volunteered three weekends and evenings to take the car apart and revamp it. >> the time we gave up, we get better in gratitude and thanks. and thanks. >> reporter: it's the second time since the summer tragedy that an affected family has been helped in this way. >>> the number of background checks on those who buy a gun in the united states is climbing toward a record high this year. the gun industry says people are rushing to buy weapons in reaction to

the buyback event is on saturday at the gilroy corporation yard. police want to get more guns off the streets after the double murder at the ford dealership this june and the garlic festival shooting. people will get $100 for a handgun or rifle and $200 for an assault rifle. >>> it could be a major overhaul for high school students applying for college. they might drop the s.a.t. and a.c.t. they are being sued to take those tests out of the admission process. they say using the tests discriminates against students on the basis of race and wealth, because some students can only afford to pay for a tutor or test prep. >> there's a lot of people who don't have the money or resources to be able to afford that help. and i feel really lucky and fortunate. >> uc berkley created a task force to investigate how s.a.t. and a.c.t. scores are used in the admissions process. the task force will announce the recommendation early next year. >>> tax the rich to help those in need, that is the idea behind a new plan to help the homeless in san jose. nbc bay area's

everybody's been strongly influenced by what happened at the gilroy garlic festival. >> reporter: gilroy's event collected almost 500 guns. police say all the guns turned in will be destroyed. >>> the ghost ship tv series about the 2016 deadly warehouse fire is on hold for now. anger over the project caused the husband and wife creators of the potential series to put the tv drama on pause. authors michael chabon and ayelette walden had contracts in place bud hat not sold the project, however, speculation led many friends and family members of the victims to urge them to reconsider, saying it was too soon for them to relive the tragedy. the berkeley-based couple said their pleas led to a change of heart and they stopped the project. >>> police have put out a public call to help find jackson. here is a photo of the 5-year-old mini australian shepherd tweeted by san francisco police. officers say someone stole jackson this morning from outside the good life grocery store on courtland avenue in the ingleside district in san francisco. they're asking for anyone with information to call sfpd. >>

. >>> coming up a bay area collision repair company helping more victims of the gilroy garlic festival shooting. the special donation for victim who lost her grandsonat deadly rampage. >>> dramatic video of a burglary at a jewelry store. this isn't the first time they have been hit. the story coming up next. the head coach of san jose's oak grove high school wrestling team is under arrest on suspicion of inappropriate acts with a child. he worked for the school district for 37 years before he retired in 2017. he was arrested yesterday by san jose police. the school district saying shelton went through the normal background checks and coaching certification before his employment began decades ago. >>> we have some dramatic new video of a jewelry store burglary. police are looking for the thieves. the burglary took less than 60 seconds. >> in the surveillance video you see a truck back up into the front of this jewelry store triggering the alarm. then crashes through another time and finally a third time launching the truck farther in. >> there is one of them breaking the glass. here com

that's what gilroy police are going this weekend in the wake of the shooting at the gilroy garlic festival and the morgan hill dealership shooting, the police held a gun buyback yesterday. it's the first buyback in south santa clara county in 25 years. gilroy police say they collected nearly 500 guns, more than 200 were handguns, 26 assault weapons. many people say after the shooting in gilroy, it prompted them to get rid of their guns before the weapons fell into the wrong hands. overall, police gave out almost $50,000. nearly half were handed out in the first hour. >>> coming up this morning on "today in the bay," vandals steal some joy from a holiday celebration. we'll show you the damage to a popular ice rink and how the community is trying to help. that and weather coming up at 7:00. we hope to see you then. >>> merry christmas to all. donald trump, step to me and i will come to you like a plastic straw comes at a turtle. i can't believe i am saying this to a 70 years old man but grow up. >> that's kate mckinnon playing greta thunberg on last night's episode of "saturday night live."

we have 60 redwood city. 58 in gilroy. look at those clouds. that's a pretty picture. temperature reading in the upper 50s. 60 fair field. and livermore 54. here's the view from mount tam. clouds are just thickening all over the area now. for tonight we can expect light rain and showers during the over night. and that system will be moving from south. developing right now. we have a wet and windy storm arriving friday. rain will continue into the weekend. the approaching system the developing system for over night ranks one in the storm impact scale. light intensity. light rainfall. mainly in the south bay. going into late night hours the rain begins to muf from the south. in the wee hours of the morning. there could be wet weather for many early morning commuters. light rain and showers for the most part and generally the focus is in the south bay. some showers could move to other parts before tapeering off midday tomorrow. over night conditions low temperatures in the upper 40s. low 50s. highs tomorrow cloudy skies with showers. upper 50s to 60. 7-day forecast. we ha

we're live in gilroy. >> good information. thank you, damian. >>> add san francisco to the list of bay area cities hosting a gun buy back. the city will hold one saturday morning between 8:00 a.m. and noon. it'll be held at united which is the youth organization on howard street. >>> up next at 6:00, this could be a game changer if a lot of people. b.a.r.t. and sfo teaming up for a special offer that could mean getting through security much faster. >> okay. where are the dogs? the search is on for several pooches stolen from a van in the east bay. the lead police have that could help bring those dogs home. so that early retirement we planned. it's going ok? great. now i'm spending more time with the kids. i'm introducing them to crab. crab!? they love it. so, you mentioned that that money we set aside. yeah. the kids and i want to build our own crab shack. ♪ ♪ ahhh, you're finally building that outdoor kitchen. yup - with room for the whole gang. ♪ ♪ see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your

three to 4 inches in gilroy. mobile doppler radar, we are currently under that break so it's going to give you tame to reboot before we get the next chance of rain coming in. by wednesday or thursday, this does begin to develop right out here in the pacific. we'll have details on the timeline of this, how much we'll get out of the storm system and how much of the weekend it's going to impact in about 45 minutes. >> that's a lot coming our way. we have a few days to dry out here which is especially helpful in the parts of sonoma county burned by the recent kincade fire. rock and mud slide warnings are raising a lot of concerns. that terrain is steep and there's very little grass on the scorched hills to hold the mud in place. mark matthews spent the day in hilsburg and windsor. what are you seeing? >> reporter: right along highway 128 and we have lit up the other side of the road where you can see. this is going to be the area of concern for rock and mud slides. anywhere where the road has been cut through these h

cities of gilroy and the sanna monica attorney's office. more of their share major shooting incidences including the gilroy garlic festival that included wounded three and 17 others and is shooting the previous month at the ford stored auto dealership in morgan hill. the government killed two coworkers and himself. morgan hill mayor rich constantine reads a statement that says in the last six months we've experienced extreme tragedy and our communities are recovering. the south county buyback is set to begin at 9:00 a.m. on old gilroy street. >>> new high-tech equipment might be a lifesaver for race horses at santa anita. owners have invested in this especially designed half a million dollar patent scanner. after the horse is slightly sedated they look for hidden injuries. >> in addition to having increased resolution we can look in any direction of space at any level. >> these changes come in the wake of 37 horse deaths at santa anita in the past year. the latest happening early last month. >>> only days after americans were urged to dig t

more attacks on the freeway south of gilroy over the weekend six more cars were hit by projectiles. that's atotal of 62 attacks since february. now a new strategy for the chp. >> everybody okay. >> reporter: a family trip turned into a nightmare when somebody hit their van shattering the window. it's a scene that's now happened more than 60 times over the past several months. the chp says it appears the attacks are getting boeldser and more frequently. >> on saturday we had six incidents spanning a six-minute period from 5:26 to 5:32. >> reporter: the chp says finding the suspect or suspects is a top priority. >> we've also established a full-time task force the beginning of november. we have investigators working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. the sheriff's office has offered us a full-time investigatoinves >> reporter: the projectiles are f not bullets or pellets but won't say they they are. a target, a school bus carrying a football team. five people including a child have been injured by shattered glass. >> it scares me. >> reporter: he's not taking any chances. he is completely

police in gilroy investigating violent threats at gilroy high school. extra police patrol the campus yesterday. the focus was on the message posted online during a snapchat referring to after school wednesday for the timing of an attack. the gilroy superintendent said he was notified by police tuesday night after several students saw the online post and reported its. >> we did have police officers here all day. people are in a different place now because we had a shooting right here in our town. >> i think they were a little scared after what happened at the garlic festival. >> the threat came to 6 months after the shooting at the garlic festival. some parents give their kid's home from school even though the threat was not credible. police are questioning students as the investigation continues. >>> muni trains will be running with one car today instead of two. according to the chronicle, the agency just learned about a problem with the pens that keep the new cars connect did. the pens used in the new muni trains only lasted three months before becomin

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g g gilroy down to 41 and one of the cooler spots at 46 degrees. as we look outside you'll see lots of low clouds and some fog around the bay right now. looking towards from san francisco to emeriville so we can't see across the bay to san francisco. we're at the end of this system and we ranked it a 1 out of 5. it's a light storm, so it's going to continue through tonight. it's turned into some scattered showers, isolated showers. at the end of it we think anywhere will be about 0.10 to half an inch of rain. and also we could get a little bit more in the coastal mountains. here's how it plays out. you'll notice the system slides south and takes the rain with it. light showers by midnight drying out in the north bay and a few clouds in the morning, and lunchtime, sunny, dry and clear. so tomorrow morning overnight lows will be in the 40s, even some 30s with some fog as well. oakland 44, san jose 43 and the cooler spots will be of course in the north bay valleys and upper 30s there. santa rosa, 37. tomorrow put the umbrellas away, you'll actually ne

>>really sweet little girl, a 4th grader from gilroy capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the story. >>miss getting in early feel for the stage ahead of thursday night's event you say to me the governor. yeah, the 10 year old from gilroy was tap with the tree lighting tab asked to help represent the hundreds of thousands of californians who have intellectual and developmental disabilities lot of emotion nervous, but very very very excited with hundreds of people aly's mom and dad say she won't be shy for thursday night's crowd. she loves the camera. she loves the microphones, she loves to be on stage. maybe she's going to really enjoy a nayeli will help light the tree which took weeks to put together it has more than 10,000 ultra low wattage lights and 800 ornaments many of which were handcrafted by californians like nayeli her parents say they're so proud they very very honored. make exciting for her. >>these tears are excitement that i never thought something whenever possible. we happened to her. >>that was the ashley zavala reporting a nice to see the parents so happy to a male

looks like we have some more showers developing here around morgan hill and gilroy. for tonight, rain showers and possibly some thunderstorms as the next part of the storm some an annual ho >> reporter: still just a very gentle rain falling in santa clara. the commune got together tonight for their annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony. something they have done for 108 years. this year they did have to make a change due to the weather. people gathered at santa clara's central park to soak in the holiday spirit. organizers have been watching the skies to make sure mother nature would cooperate. on monday when it appeared the forecast juan they hoped for, they made some changes. >> once we heard there was gonna be some high winds and rain starting tailored back the event balt. >> reporter: rather than setting up a big event that can be smaller ones. no real rain to speak of. attendees were hoping it stayed that way. >> it's gonna stay dry and cheerful. and we're gonna have a christmas tree-lighting without any raindrops. >> reporter: to ensure the kids stayed warm, man

you can see here so that more moderate rainfall has moved south of san jose just east of gilroy as well but we are still pick up some showers in parts of the north bay. san francisco and i can tell you what you can expect today. so you have the rain that's going to taper off this evening and tomorrow morning is going to start off cloudy, mostly dry and then we're going to be getting sunshine in the afternoon. and if you have new year's eve plans out, it's going to be dry as well. you won't need an umbrella and temperatures right now mainly in the low 50s, oakland 53 and cool spots in parts of the north bay and 49 degrees. as we look outside we'll still see some light rainout there as we look from emery vil out towards the bay bridge and san francisco lots of low clouds. we're at the tail end of the system. the storm ranks a 1 out of 5, so this is light system. we're just going to get some scattered ice lalted showers through the rest of the evening and all in all the totals will be anywhere from more in the coastal ranges, maybe a little over an inch. for the next few hours you see the

everybody has been strongly influenced by what happened at the gilroy festival. >> reporter: gilroy's buyback collected almost 500 guns. police say all of the guns turned in will be destroyed. >> cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> the tv series about the deadly 2016 ghost ship warehouse fire is on hold for now. anger over the project caused the husband and wife creators of the potential series to put the tv drama on pause. authors michael shaybun and ilet waldman signed a deal for several tv projects but they say they hadn't sold the ghost ship project. even speculation about the project led many friends and foolly members of the 36 victims urged them to reconsider, saying it was too soon to relive the tragedy. the couple said their pleas led to a change of heart and agreed to stop the project. >>> san francisco police and volunteers will gather today to look for a stolen dog named jackson. here is a photo of this 5-year-old mini australian shepherd tweeted by san francisco police. officers say someone stole jackson yesterday morning from outside the good life grocery store on courtland

eastern gilroy. still seeing a few the system moves through quickly. lingering showers in watson, gilroy, morgan hill. presently will be dry from the sky. puyou could see the scattered showers. it would be low grade. but it could possibly drizzle or do something like that. ice skating going on there. temperatures in san francisco in the low 50s. overnight lows tonight in san francisco are gonna get into the versus -- well, in places like mill valley, 49, 50 degrees. overnight lows on the cool side. fog and low clouds again tomorrow morning. this whole week is gob characterized pie a lot of cloud cover, a lot of westerly flow. and a slight chance for a few sprinkles. in the morning and even in the afternoon but it's low-grade stuff. that's your day tomorrow, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. and valley fog and a little bit of fog along the coast too. there's your valleying fog tomorrow morning, 8:00 am. and you can see a chance of a few sprinkles. the afternoon on wednesday, more clouds. main system to the north. thursday morning, what do we do wit

and as a more coverage for the santa cruz amounts, from san jose to morgan hill to gilroy, now, the wind speeds are a big component with this system. the winds have been ramping up, 35 miles per hour at the oakland airport , half moon bay observation gusting at 38 and sfo got to 31. so i wind warning for coastal areas, gusts can be approaching 60 miles an hour in place until 3:00 monday morning. a wind advisory for the rest of the bay area, winds could be tapping 40 miles per hour. we will talk about the timing of the heaviest downpours in your neighborhood, coming up. a >>> as we just mentioned, the stormy weather is far from over but that didn't stop shoppers from braving the rain. greg ligands joins us live from walnut creek on more of today's wet holiday shopping. >> reporter: if this storm was a boxing match, then brown went kicked off this afternoon delivering what i would characterize as maybe a slight jab out here in walnut creek. but even with the wet and chilly weather we found a lot of people willing to venture out, and shop outdoors. that whooshing sound could be heard across

and we are seeing the usual delays for those super commuters coming out of gilroy. you will see brake lights as you work your way northbound 101. send martin into morgan hill. that slow spot. look at our drive times. overall, you're still moving okay. north 101 out of the south they get just an eight minute ride. the delays are just north of where this dry time is. 85, 280, 87, all checking in with no delays. metering lights are on at the bay bridge. you got an early backup because of a stall on the upper deck. that is long gone. but you are slow coming out of the maze. we're seeing our approaches. west point 580 on the eastshore freeway. >>> thank you. cars are now banned from a busy stretch of a street on san francisco's hayes valley. it is part of the open street project. it aims to improve street safety and provide more space for pedestrians and bicyclists. the new open street space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday. >>> straight ahead at, this morning, taking a live look at capitol hill where house democrats are taking a critical step into ♪ (vo) i kno

>>it was the gilroy foundation who recommended to gary for the refurbished car. rule vehicles falling apart, they knew the aftermath of the shootings have put a major strain on the kerry family. >>they've lost a child and there there isn't any money in the world that it can replace that what we try and do with the car with a little bit of money is to show with the community has banded together to give them. >>the car was donated by geico insurance. and caliber collision in morgan hill put in 130 hours to rebuild it for the family today was an opportunity for us to give back and i think it was important that we did it in the best way possible. so was extremely. gratitude it was lot of credit to their family misses 6 year-old stephen ream merrill every day the holidays will be especially emotional. his mother says her religious beliefs have helped her through this tragedy, god. i have no idea i would be without him because that's where i turn first so he gives me the strength and i can protect it to them. and that was phil gomez reporting for us tonight. >>for your

few spotty showers now in gilroy. again the heaviest is now moving on. as we push into tomorrow morning's commute, we'll keep spotty chances of rain. don't expect a lot of sun. no sunglasses needed but umbrella and jacket as you push through tomorrow morning. totals not that heavy. round out morning commute. trace amounts to maybe close to quarter inch for parts of the north bay. just hit and miss for east bay, peninsula and south bay. just be ready for slick spots on the roadways. want you to get where you're going safely. starting off in 50s, similar forecast for north bay. 53 degrees. san francisco at 55 and east bay, 54. move through the day tomorrow, not going to see many changes as you head throughout the microclimate. through the south bay we'll have you in low 60s again. 63 in morgan hill, 61 cupertino. east bay is similar. 62 in fremont and 60 in concord. peninsula, light winds out of the south, 63 in palo alto. daly city, 59. 60 in outer sunset. going to marin, napa or sonoma counties, cloud cover and chance of spotty shower through the afterno