in the news this saturday morning, bay area police say they are stepping up d.u.i. patrols even though arrests and fatalities are down this year. and a rare saturday vote on extending payroll tax cut. while they'll have to debate it all again in a few weeks. >> good morning. a few high clouds, another mild afternoon. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. holiday celebrations kick into high gear but the d.u.i. patrols have already started. bay area law enforcement agencies are out in force as penalties are about to triple for chronic drunk drivers. >> reporter: in marin county

they set up a checkpoint early. drivers are being asked if they had anything to drink. in marin county, it's called avoid the 13, 13 cities that will have expanded patrol, 791 people lost their lives in california in 2010. last year for which numbers are available. >> in san mateo county, assemblyman jerry hill is kicking off avoid the 23. with 300,000 californians having more than three d.u.i.s. >> january 1st, if you are convicted with third or more d.u.i. a judge could take a license away for ten years. >> the prior penalty was two for three years. the sergeant believes this new law could be a lifesaver. >> the safer the streets, the better. to save a life on the street it's worth it. >> this could take 10,000

offenders off the road. >> as they prepared to stake take the streets. there was a talk of d.u.i. accidents. the new law is welcome by natasha, mothers against drunk drivers. she believes anyone that has three or d.u.i.s should face stiffer penalties. >> somebody that hasn't learned their lesson and should be held accountable but we're taking one step at a time. >> this program goes through january 2nd. >> santa rosa man is in critical condition after being hit by an suv after running from police. the man was acting suspiciously last night and when officers tried to question him he took off. police tried on to us a taser on the man but he darted into traffic in santa rosa avenue and he is in critical condition this morning. >> there is a disputed this morning exactly what led to a

fatal shooting by a san jose police officer last night. a man identified as manuel fuentes, was drinking in public. he ran into a home and tossed a gun into another bedroom. another man picked it up and refused orders to drop it. >> he picked up the weapon and the officer gave him command to drop the gun and the suspect pointed it at the officer and the officer shot one round. >> funentes was booked for arrest. this is the eighth officer-involved shooting this year. >> concord police have made ran arrest for the killing of ducks and geese in city parks. a teenager is being held at juvenile hall. they have been looking into the

death of water fowl. they believe he used a small caliber gun. his name is not being released because of his age. >> the u.s. senate has just passed a one trillion year end budget deal earlier this morning. senate voted to voted to extend social security. democrats and republicans could not agree on spending cuts large enough to cover a full year. the house passed the one trillion dollar spending plan. it trims most domestic agencies and awards the pentagon the smallest budget hike in recent memory. >> a big improvement in california's job market. it fell to 11.3% in november. that is the lowest since may of 2009. down from 11.7% since october. the employment development department says they added

another 6800 jobs last month. still two million people remain out of work in the state. a south bay couple is in police custody accused of rent fraud. an unusual story here. timothy august and monica peretta is charged with several counts. they say they swindled landlords out of income. they rented the homes with no intention of paying rent. >> they misrepresented themselves from head to foe. they said they were married, they weren't. that wasn't important but they said many other things, like they had good credit. showed me two falsified credit checks. >> the couple is expected of carrying this fraud out on six occasions that was a windfall of $30,000 in unpaid rent. barry bonds is avoiding

prison time after a federal judge sentenced him for obstruction of justice. he is placed on 30 days house arrest and two years probation. he is also ordered to do 250 hours of community service and pay a $4,000 fine. all of which was suspended while his lawyers appeal his felony conviction. more now in vic lee. >> he living in a wonderful mill at this million dollar mansion in beverly hills. many people would be happy to serve detention there. >> lance williams who wrote a book on the scandal is referring to this mansion, barry bonds' $9 million estate in beverly hills where he may be under house arrest for 30 days. >> how do you feel right now? >> pretty good. >> federal prosecutors believe it's not much of a punishment for the superstar who was also put on probation for two years and ordered to perform 250 hours of community service. but the judge said she was moved

by bonds' charity work, almost all of it out of public eye. >> one says he has been generous to bryan stow. >> he donated and for the kids for college. >> the judge was also influenced by the homeland king's clean record. she believes his behavior was an aberration. bonds' attorneys agree. they are appealing his conviction on obstruction of justice. >> at the moment he is brand add felon, we think unjustly. just as we aggressively put a the case at trial we intend to fight it on appeal and overcome that judgment. >> victor conti got four months prison time after pleading guilty to drug related charges. he believes prosecutors unfairly

singled out bonds. >> barry bonds was the biggest name at all and could bring them bigger news headlines. >> an attorney says appeals process could take a year or more. meantime, federal prosecutors had no comment on today's sentencing. when we come back, retailers going all out today declaring this super saturday. why it has more to do with the calendar than the christmas spirit. plus, the holiday spirit, a secret santa surprise for local families that put their holididd

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retailers are pulling out all the stops to get holiday shoppers to the stores in the last weekend before christmas. usually the saturday before christmas is most heavily discounted days of the year, but many are moving super saturday sales today. macy's and sears among the stores holding sales. >> in store after snow, anonymous good samaritans are paying off the layaway balances of people they never met.

here is a report from a store in hayward where one secret santa made a surprise visit. >> this little guy has no idea that his parents got a huge gift. it again with the call in hayward at a k-mart where they had $700 in clothes on layaway. >> they said it was paid off. i said, what. he said no. >> a secret santa, proof of his good deed. >> first he called and said he was going to come in and pay $10,000 on layaway. we didn't quite believe him at first. he actually came in with $10,000 cash and he paid off everybody's layaway. mainly kids, that is what he wanted. >> he cleared the list. but when he paid off the list so

a small fee had to remain. >> we can't completely ripe it out. we have to leave at one penny. it's one penny. >> so strange it was hard to stay calm. >> i was surprised because right now, we have five kids. right now this was like a blessing. >> a blessing that they shared in. >> i was really excited. >> i was coming tomorrow to pay anyway but this is better. >> she has two daughters and has early wrapping to do. as for the secret santa. >> i would say thank you so much for paying for it. we really appreciate it. >> i didn't think there was people like that. >> san francisco's glide memorial church may have trouble feeding everybody come christmas day because they had to dip in

the christmas food roifs to meet the demand. thousands of homeless and working poor lined up for a free bag of groceries. 6,000 people showed up in hopes of snatching up one of the 5500 bags of food. some were furnished away empty handed. >> you can still contribute to abc7 share your filled food drive. call the number or text the word feed to 800-77 and that will contribute ten dollars to the cause. >> lisa is joining us now. whatever you are doing this holiday weekend, it's going to be dry. >> we do have a variety of conditions right now. we have patchy fog and frost and sunshine outside our studios, coit tower, numbers in the upper 40s but visibility less than quarter of a mile in concord and fairfield and there is frost in the north bay. >> hundreds of people are feared dead in the philippines where a

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looking at the golden gate bridge, richmond district, the presidio, what a day. gorgeous shot of one of the most famous landmarks in all the world, golden gate bridge. a crisis in the philippines this morning, more than 400 people have been killed overnight by raging floodwaters. a tropical storm pounded the southern philippines for rain for 12 hours. it caused rivers to overflow last night and sent walls of water through several cities. at least 436 people are reported dead, many were in their beds as floodwaters hit. hundreds of still missing. you have to say something about the technology and communications that we have in this country, we don't have rains like that, but we do get heads up just about everything coming our way. >> not only the bay area behind precip but much of the nation, unusual weather, mild in the

east. there is really not any snow in the eastern part of the country. hoping for snow and rain here. we have cold conditions. 17 degrees in tahoe valley airport. heavenly, lots of sunshine. numbers in the mid 40s today not northern sierra. back home, we're talking numbers really cold in the north bay, this is mount tam where you are looking at all the hills there with freezing temperatures, santa rosa, but you go over to napa and with an east wind that is draw dra understanding a lot of fog into fairfield and concord. the numbers are up in napa but look at redwood city, 33. mountain view, 33. 39 in san jose. fog for the next couple of hours less than a quarter mile visibility. right here where we've got the tule fog, even novato, mile and

a half visibility. elsewhere more sunshine and a cold start this morning, but overall, we're talking about these east winds that will kind of wreak havoc if you are over in the delta and concord this morning. other areas on the peninsula have bottomed out. cool start with the frost around and some fog. sunny and mild today. a little cooler, north winds will back up. sonoma, napa, parts of marin county will be in the upper 60 today. very seasonal and no rain for the next seven days. here is why. huge ridge of high pressure, you can see all the way up into canada. our low that brought us rain on thursday, quarter of an inch in santa rosa, still lingering in southern california. but that slide to the east and we'll see more quiet weather. here is the setup.

jetstream the river of air that brings our weather systems, it is really going to stay well to the north keeping any wet weather well up into canada. we will see a few weak systems from time to time bring us offshore winds, but cool nights, cold nights and mild afternoons should do it right through next week. 50s and 60s for the hire temperatures. mid-60s in palm springs. upper 50s sacramento. a few more upper 50s, clearlake, 58. 61 in oakland. a little cooler in the north bay from 59 in san rafael to 62 in santa rosa. fremont low 60s as well as san jose and around the peninsula, we're talking 60s in san mateo. down by monterey bay, 64 in watsonville. salinas, 65 degrees. a look ahead, we're talking about dry weather and subtle changes day to day but really the next chance of rain coming

in wednesday. as winter and nine hours of delay light that day. >> and not a drop. >> not a drop. you don't usually hear the word san diego and snow. take a look at san diego county, a cold storm brought snow to of the city. it's as low as 4,000 feet. in san francisco, you could see some snow, mayor ed lee is hosting a snow park. it goes from 10:00 to 6:00, part of the season of giving and food drive. this is going to be an area to do some sledding there. >> in sports, a bay area team played their hearts out for the state football champion ship last night. larry beil has amazing highlights of an incredible game

and which high school came out on top. >> good morning. contrasting styles in the state high school football, bellimarn, santa margarita loves to throw. this was an instant classic. the quarterback got a canon, 31 yards and we're tied at 7. big play, travis, senior quarterback, 6'3", 205 and he is gone and we're tied at 14. the q is ruling out, throwing down the field, 40 yards to connor, what a play. the bells out of san jose tied. it's now 30-21, eagles score a touchdown, huge mistake and picked off by matt anderson who takes it back all the way inside the 5. huge play, eagle west side 15

points and 60 seconds, 36-30. belliman, they led 36-27. but 80 yards in 90 seconds, up and over the top for the game winner stanton accounted for all six touchdown. they catch the title, 42-37. cal basketball team hosted damien willard, grew up in oakland and averages almost 27 points per game. he was playing for hundred friends and family members. will you get nothing and like it. scored 14 points. alan crab, he had 16 and 7 minutes in, hates floater off the window, cal a winner, 77-57.

>> the warriors open the pre-season tonight at home against sacramento and mark jackson said the starting line-up will be the same as last year. ellis and front court of lee and wright and also the same. the captain what was voted on the team, ellis, curry and lee, warriors seem ready for game action. tonight's contest will mark sixth against the kings, two in pre-season and four in regular season. >> you practice understanding the calls, what we're running. it's about time for us to get tested with real competition. it will be very interesting to see how far we've come and watching it in live competition.

>> the game request the kings signifies assistant smart. curry says smart on the opposing sbewlg really kind of odd. >> i'm going to see coach smart. last time i was in a game situation he was on the sidelines. it's going to be weird to see him on the sidelines but get over and say hix to him and thank him for all the time making me a better player. >> good to see the n.b.a. back. have a great weekend everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next at 8:30. dramatic eyewitness testimony in the penn state sex abuse scandal. plus an attorney is not satisfied with pg&e not taking responsibility for the disaster.

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d.u.i. deaths are down but in an interesting twists that is exactly the reason they are stepping up on holiday drunk drivers. authorities are setting up a record number of checkpoints throughout the state.

150 will be secretly set up over the next 17 days. >> this checkpoint is not to make d.u.i. arrests, it's to deter people. we need the media to get the word it. it's about education stopping someone when they had too much to drink from getting behind the wheel. >> 950 people lost their lives in 2009 but d.u.i. related deaths have been on the decline since 2005. they credit the checkpoints with the drop in death rates. >> pg&e says it will pay for damages for the deadly pipeline disaster in san bruno. it's been 15 months since the explosion destroyed dozens of homes. yesterday they would accept financial liability to pay all the claims. some the move some are calling a publicity stunt. >> lawyers for pg&e wouldn't

talk with reporters, but at job site minutes away from where the san bruno pipe blew out, a company spokesman repeated that pg&e is willing to accept financial responsibility for the damage. >> by accepting liability, we're accepting financial responsibility to cover the costs of all those claims of the victims of this tragedy. >> a lawyer representing more than 50 of the victims calls the utility's admission a p.r. stunt. >> what they want to forget about is all the corporate decisions that were made over 54 years. >> the attorney points to the results of a federal investigation that found a dysfunctional culture at pg&e allowing failures to go on for decades. >> should be used hydrostatic tests and each year we know the decision was made you got to keep the executive bonuses going. >> the company should be forced to pay for actual damages, they

should be punished for decades of disregard. >> all i saw was fire all around me. >> ed and his family survived but their home was destroyed and his attorney believes pg&e should pay punitive damages. >> they knew the pipe was there and it was bad. fix the problem. don't keep prolonging something. look what happened. you killed 8 people. you killed a neighborhood. think about it. >> today the a judge called the utility's admission, a major step forward adding it may not be everest but at least k-2. >> the judge and i have a difference of opinion. to me it was not k-2. >> many of the claims are headed for trial. trial date, july 23rd. gay rights advocates can

begin collecting signatures for new initiative to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage. secretary of state signed off on the petition yesterday. los angeles based group has until may to get 800,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot. california voters passed prop 8 with 52% of the vote that bans same-sex marriage t currently under appeal in the 9th circuit court of appeals. >> a federal judge in san francisco is now considering a case involving the federal defense of marriage act known as dolma. according to that act, same sex on couples in seven states are not entitled to a number of federal benefits that other married couples are allowed. obama administration says it will not defend doma but a constitutional group says it will. lyanne melendez reports. >> reporter: she works for the federal government. she was denied health benefits

for her wife. doma prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriages. >> i have to pay through a separate policy i'm lucky i can even afford when all of my colleague that has are legally married put their spouses on them. >> obama administration says doma is unconstitutional. with that said, her attorneys are asking the courts to rule in her favor. >> this case is really about thinking about it differently. >> here is where the house of representatives and advisory groups stepped in. advisory group is comprised of five house members, including john boehner, a minority leader nancy pelosi a democrat. that is advisory group voted 3-2 along party lines to defend doma

in court and ask that her case be dismissed. in court the attorney for the house advisory group said, congress gets to draw the lines of which benefits it wants to give and has done so. >> in the meantime, even though the justice department argued lawsuit is unconstitutional, it must continue enforcing it until a court decides zbliorz miss galinski others like her is going to be denied federal benefits. as long as that happens we need courts to weigh on the constitutionality of that statute. >> the case is likely to end up in the u.s. supreme court. a marijuana disprinciples shut down not before an unusual giveaway, free pot for anyone with a doctor's recommendation. >> there is no way to be surprised by these pictures. if people line up for discounted electronics the day after

thanksgiving what do you think they'll do for free marijuana, even if it's just a gram, about ten dollars worth. >> i had to ride a bus to get here. >> beginning at 10:00 a.m., anyone with a medical marijuana card anybody could claim their free gram. first person in line, she came to say goodbye. >> they have become my family. >> the final day of business for magnolia knew they were going to get attention but not just from people to get free pot. this was the way to get word out that dispensaries are under attack. >> this is definitely an assault. we are actively working on a voter initiative to turn this thing around. >> just so we're clear, magnolia

wellness probably sold a lot more pot than it gave away. the these were the phone orders coming in. going out of business or maybe just taking a break, operators say they are actively exploring ways to reopen somewhere else. tyson meats is recalling ground beef that may be contaminated with e. coli. the meat was sold in california and 15 other states in pre-packaged tubes or chubs. find details on our website. e. coli is the most deadly form of bacteria so far no illness has been reported. two more people have been ordered to stand trial in connection with the child abuse scandal at penn state. testimony of one coach convinced a judge to issue that order. the man for the first time that publicly gave graphic details of what he saw. scott goldberg reports. >> mike mcqueary says he hay not

have used specific words of the act he saw, but he testified he told penn state officials very clearly he saw former coach jerry sandusky molesting a boy in 2002ing after hearing slapping sounds like skin on skin. he said i looked into the mirror i saw him in the shower with a young boy with jerry behind the boy. next day he took the information to then head coach joe paterno saying it was way over the lines. mcqueary described himself as distraught. paterno he said told him he did the right thing. they said they never knew how serious the allegations were. they are charged with covering up what they have been told. mcqueary says he told the same thing he told paterno and shuttle's oversaw the penn state police department, in my mind it

was speaking to a district attorney. jerry sandusky faces 52 counts of child abuse against ten boys. he says he will plead not guilty and has a new lawyer. >> showering like that may sound strange but people that are dependent have to be taught basic skills. >> the judge ruled there is enough evidence to put them on trial. jerry sandusky will head to trial separately in about six months. stanford is announcing it is dropping plans for an engineering campus in new york city. silicon valley 2 would have cost up to $2 billion. university said it could not get guarantees to get the permits for the kind of building it envisioned. engineers says we're not going to build the school because you won't let us do the engineering

there. a lot of sunshine in most areas. in emeryville, nice and sunny, low 40s in oakland but we do have lots of fog in concord, by the delta, patchy fog. trying to say fog. i'll get it together with the forecast coming up next. and just as san francisco approves a plan to host america's cup. environmentalists go to

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if you want to see a true appreciation of snow head to china. two pandas couldn't be happier with the recent heavy snowfall. i believe they are pronounced walau and hosang. they are used to this kind of thing and they really like it and they have plenty of fur to keep them warm. a couple of them did a quick thing on skis. but that is pretty darn good. very cute. >> and what is going on? >> we do have some changes around the bay. it choose with our winds. flight, lots of sunshine in

santa cruz where temperatures later on today once again will be in the 60s from mount tam, notice the winds here. blowing pretty strong out of the east and that is why we have some fog from the central valley that is visiting concord and fairfield this morning bringing the temperatures up in napa and elsewhere. there is frost from the peninsula, redwood city, mountain view and these winds actually not work on our favor to warm us up today. yesterday it was 70 in santa rosa. how about 30 right now. we've got 30 in fairfield with 42 in oakland. here is a look at the visibility in miles. talk about the fog by the delta, also in concord, less than a quarter of mile. even some of that fog has settled into novato. definitely some problems out there. >> livermore valley, five-mile visibility. with the wind, temperatures that have come up into the low 40s in napa. so the east wind will bring in the fog and allow for some of

these valleys to stay a little bit warmer but elsewhere, still feeling the chill out there. some frost but that ends in the next couple of hours as the sun really begins to evaporate the fog and the frost out there. no rain for the next seven days. we're looking dry but the independent of the year, we could get a little bit of rain in here after christmas. still a long ways away. low pressure that brought us quarter of nn an inch in santa rosa, still lingering in southern california. clear conditions, compliments of big ridge that will stay with us. it's not bringing any rain even up to northern california, eureka, washington. with this high pressure center over the bay, nice mild afternoon. yesterday, we have a downsloping winds and brought the warmer weather through the 60s. today, it will be mild. not as warm and cold nights will continue. so across stated we're talking

mainly 50s and 60s. look at the northern sierra, 45 degrees. working hard to make that snow and getting up there, 53 in southern sierra and los angeles coming up to the 60s. back home instead of upper 60s in the north bay valleys we're talking about low 60s in santa rosa. nice mild day on the peninsula, 60 in san mateo. a little cool for vallejo at 59. 57 in richmond today. those low to mid-60s return for the central coast. 64 in watsonville. overnight lows will be chilly, a little fog here and there, but overall seasonal temperatures especially through the weekend early next week, winter begins wednesday night. we're dry through christmas. >> snow in china and snow in san diego and ski resorts are saying please, give us a foot. >> it's early though. >> thanks a lot. controversy on san francisco bay, environmentalists have

filed an appeal to block the plan for the america's cup yacht race the city wants to move forward with sweeping changes to the waterfront. here is jonathan bloom. >> reporter: some consider it one of the most iconic views of san francisco bay, the unobstructed panorama visible from the embarcadero. but preparations for the 2013 america's cup threatens to change the view. >> the original city has contemplated a new marina. >> the new marina slated to go in south of ferry building would have visiting yachts too big to city in other harbors, it would let visiting millionaires block the view from a popular walking trail with their huge boats. >> it calls for the marina to stay here a lot longer of after america's cup. the mayor said this won't work.

>> they called me into his office a little while ago and suggested to me that was really off the table. >> in this press conference, organizers appeared with mayor lee to announce a compromise. america's cup authority will give up its right in the spot embarcadero and build it farther south at pier 54. pier 54 is now an industrial area. it's currently being used to store floats for the chinese new year's parade. >> each of us has to give up something. >> there is no time to waste. boat races start in eight months. waterfront tenants have already been asked to relocate and planners have approved the impact report. >> i know the port is going act very quickly to get this. >> jonathan bloom, "abc 7 news."

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a local salvation army bell ringer, he rang his bill a minute past 9 and broke the world record for bell ringing but that wasn't enough. he is going for an unprecedented 48 hours, which would come in two minutes and 30 seconds from right now at 9:00 this morning. in case you are wondering, his bathroom break comes every four hours. that is all included but that is seasonal bell ringing. >> nice conditions in parts of the bay area but the wind is up, frost and there is fog from

fairfield to concord this morning. later on today, not as warm. 60s in san francisco and 58 in san rafael. upper 50s out to the delta. low to mid-60s along the central coast. we're going to keep the forecast through the weekend foothill into a early next week. winter arrives on wednesday night, still staying dry through christmas eve. >> all right. lisa. thanks for joining us. keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and abc7news.com. have a gre

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