good morning, thanks for joining thus morning. happy new year. san francisco police are still investigating the case of a stolen monkey that was returned to the zoo yesterday. here is the picture of banana sam safe in it's keeper's arms. it was taken from the zoo thursday night. zoo officials say someone cut through a gate and climbed on the roof and broke into the squirrel monkey habitat. a man said he found the monkey in stern grove two miles from the zoo. he seems okay but they doubt the story how he was found. >> he looks pretty good. he was thirgs at this and hungry but we did a quick exam on him. >> is it easy to coax a monkey in a backpack? >> i would venture to say it's not. it would be placed in a backpack

forcibly. >> the investigation remains open. so far the man has not tried to claim the $5,000 reward. banana sam won't object display for a while. they want to make sure he is okay. in the bay area at least one driving fatality is being reported this morning in sonoma county. the driver of a pickup truck hit a guardrail on highway 116 in guerneville about 3:00 this morning. his truck tumbled down an embankment. the man died at the scene. fire officials say there was strong odor of alcohol in the truck's cab. >> a suspected drunk driver hit a 15-year-old pedestrian who was in a crosswalk in petaluma. it happened on east washington just after 12:30 this morning. young victim was taken to the hospital with major injuries but is said to be stable. the driver has been identified as 20-year-old wesley pickford of novato.

he admitted to drinking. his blood alcohol was.15%. there are growing knerns oakland after the death. they were killed outside the parents' food truck blocks from where another little boy was khirld killed. >> reporter: he was five years old and was helping his father. witnesses say someone in line outside fired shots into the vehicle helped gabrielle into the chest. the boy's father reacted to the shooting. >> he had blood on the hands. he said i got my kid got shot. he has a gun. >> the gunman is described as a black man in his 20, six foot paurl tall, 150 pounds with a female companion who was wearing a red jacket.

third child to die of gunfire since august. this gang shootout captured on a security camera resulted in the death of 23 month old december 9th. a small crowd gathered at 55th and international leaving toys and teddy bears. his families formed the candles into a cross. >> it hurts because i worked with guy one day only in the restaurant. he is really a good guy. >> reporter: police chief howard jordan he talked with the family was a sad and difficult one? >> i couldn't imagine what they are going through. i have kids myself. you're not supposed to outlive your kids. >> the memorial at catholic church commemorates to those that lost to violence each year. this year, the count is 110.

>> they have issued a $25,000 reward. if you have information log on to abc7news.com for the anonymous tip line. a san jose woman is in custody this morning hours after police thought she was the victim of a physical attack. she is under arrest on suspicious of murder. she is one of two women when police arrived at a home on johnson avenue. both women were wounded. victim died at the scene. they believe they used a machete like weapon and motive is under investigation. >> if you didn't make it to san francisco to ring in the new year, fear not, we have the highlights. thousands of people crowded onto the embarcadero to watch a fireworks spectacular and the weather cooperated. there was no fog to spoil the view. earlier in the evening, john

alston caught up with bay area residents that were saying goodbye to 2011. >> it was a good year for the family of san francisco who was celebrating. >> he is home for the holidays and we wanted family time for this new year's. >> we thought everything was pretty good for us. we want to do something different. >> by 9:30 the embarcadero started filling up with revellers waiting for the fireworks over the bay. police were there in force with a new tool this year. one is set up near. if general, parties can spend the night here. >> if there are no pending criminal charges or no medical issues, they would be allowed and monitored by the department of health workers. once they sober soberer up they are allowed to go home. >> they put finishing touches.

>> it's like a little ducky race out in the water depending on the current tonight, there are devices that pull state out on the water. >> for a lot of couples, ringing the new year started with a quiet dinner. >> hopefully catch some of the fireworks. >> across the country, new york city marked the new year with a new and improved symbol the famous ball had a make over this year. it's decorated with 3,000 crystal triangles. it's been a new york tradition since 1907. >> in san jose, firefighters are cleaning up an after early morning fire that destroyed a victorian style home. the house on 400 block of north fifth street burned for an hour

and a half. luckily the four people who live there were not hurt. no word yet on what caused that fire. fire and police officials in los angeles have just wrapped up a news conference in their effort to find whoever is setting cars on fire in the city. they have not identified any suspects and they are asking for the public's help. at least six more car fires were reported last night. it's the worst wave of arson in the city since the 1992 riots. chaos overnight as firefighters battle more suspected arsons in los angeles, adding to the total of 40 arsons in and around hollywood in just three nights. >> it's while people were sleeping and that is the scary part. >> 13 fires set ablaze in two hours early saturday morning. most of them in north hollywood. luckily no one was injured. investigators calling this work

of a serial arsonist but are not sure how many people may be involved. >> i don't have any suspect detained at this time. >> most of the fires start as car fires but the flames spread to apartments and nearby structures. already hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage. at this large apartment complex a woman seeing crying because she couldn't breathe from all the smoke. this man grabbed his garden hose to help put out a fire that started in the neighbor's house. >> they called the police. >> helicopters search the scene for suspects but no arrests have been made and still no answers to a miss industry that is leaving angelina uneasy this new year's day. starting today, san francisco is the first major city to offer a minimum wage of more than $10 an hour. voter improved increase is

getting mixed reviews from small business owners but workers say it's still not enough. dan ashley reports. >> it's menial jobs in so many ways. you at least feel like, ten dollars a little respect, as well. >> david works at this underneath in san francisco. starting january 1st, he'll earn 10.24 an hour. that is minimum wage in san francisco. >> to pay my bills. also money to spend in the city to help the economy. >> the voter approved wage increase makes san francisco the first major city in the country to pat the ten dollar mark. california's wage hat been $8 an hour and federal minimum is $7.25. >> bay area is one of the highest in the country. people just expect to pay $1200 a month for studio apartment

without even having a bedroom of their own. >> but struggling business owners say it's another burden for them to bear following a city mandated initiative for them to also pay for health benefits for all their workers. >> i had to cut the kitchen. what i pay for a waiter is more than double than manhattan pays, more than double what chicago pays. it's four times what austin pays. those are not big expensive cities but i pay altogether. >> we would be better off with more jobs or fewer jobs that pay more? >> the president of san francisco chamber of commerce says the wage increase could result in layoffs and end up costing consumers. >> let's remember the san francisco businesses to have charge more when we're doling

out for products and services. >> reporter: wean een with an increase a minimum wage employee working full time will still only make about $21,000 a year just below the national poverty level. you are wake go up to some new laws and regulations this morning. up next, we'll highlight the changes that affect your changes behind the wheel including one that is aimed to keep drunk drivers off the road for a very long time. and byob, bring your own bag

nationwide some 40,000 new state laws take effect today. in california, several of them involve driving and parking. starting today, drivers convicted of three or more indictments can have their driver's license suspended for ten years. child safety seat law will require to be used to a child of eight and. >> another new law in san jose, a ban on plastic bags. paper bags with recycled content will be handed out only by restaurants, nonprofits and social organizations.

retailers will sell paper bags to customers for ten cents each. a similar lar takes affect in marin county, as well. >> a north carolina man tried to leave walmart store with a lot of change. he had a one million dollar bill to try pay for kids, he was arrested, there is no such thing as a million dollar bill. largest bill ever made was $100,000. largest still in circulation is the hundred dollar bill. never fall for the million dollar bill trick. >> what a forecast. we have temperatures already in the 40s, 50s, the 30s. 60, we're everywhere. that is all because of our offshore winds blowing in from mount tam. we're talking about perhaps record warmth today. detail on the first week of 2012

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delta 2. >> twin spacecraft bound for the moon will make back-to-back arrivals over the weekend. the probes named grail "a" and "b" will help measure the graft of the moon to determine what is inside the core of the moon. good stuff. i'm so surprised to see how clear it is. >> we also have a spare-the-air day and wind so far is helping us out in terms of mixing. it should die back. what a morning. 40s and 50s all around the bay but some areas saw some frost. that is the north bay. take a look at this beach shot from santa cruz, numbers in the low 50s here. down the road in salinas, an east wind at 17. vul vollmer peak showing clear skies, this is what i mean. take a look at that haze out

there. that is why we have a day and lid on the atmosphere. conditions will be deteriorating today that have problems breathing and that type of thing. from tam you can see the haze as well but a few locations are on the cool side. take a look at the numbers, 60 half moon bay. what we've got breezy winds at the coast and they should die back and see numbers come back. 38, 36 in santa rosa, 39 by the delta, fog there. more fog tomorrow. we've got the offshore flow, it's switching to onshore push. this is a temporary event with much warmer than normal air, perhaps a few records when the north wind brings the numbers up this afternoon. look at visibility in fairfield, mile and quarter. novato, 3 miles. elsewhere, haze in the air for

concord and hayward this morning. in terms of our 24-hour temperature change from this morning to yesterday morning, most areas are warmer. look at napa, east wind, mountain view, a little warmer, hayward in and san jose about the same. we will be looking at warmer afternoon. fog lifts quickly and high pressure put a lid on the atmosphere atmosphere. weak system comes down from the north and provide increasing clouds, cooler temperatures and onshore push and sprinkles for napa and sonoma. that is all we're going to see about it. this has been the deal, warmer days in the afternoon. cooler nights. it's really all taking us to average highs throughout the month, but you know for all locations around the bay, about the second or third driest december on record. for everyone today the hazy conditions. as you take a look at the satellite picture you can see the clouds bump into the ridge

and go to the north. we're seeing a warmer day today. today will be the warmest day of the week. temperatures in southern california, 81. back home in the warm weather it will be ideal. 65 in san jose 64 in cupertino. down in the peninsula we have 60s in half moon bay. headline one at the coast. 64 in menlo park. downtown san francisco, low 60s common all throughout the city. in the north bay, we could see a 70 here. it could be a record day around the bay. 66 in oakland. nonetheless, everyone is warming up. down by the monterey bay, upper 60s out there with poor air quality did he respiratory the upper level winds. then tonight more fog. few clouds tomorrow. that chance will bring a few sprinkles into the north bay. by the end of the week, next system was going to bring us

rain on thursday, just clouds and cooler. here we go again. >> thank you, lisa. the late start for the n.b.a. season is taking its toll on the warriors. they looked pretty flat last night. >> good morning. minus monta ellis they looked like a fish out of the water last night. curry was good. scooped off the glass, are your question with 21. second quarter, game time, dominic mcgwire, all downhill after that. curry misses the 3. ahead to drew halliday and off of wright. and he lays it in. warriors blown out and they fall to 2-2. >> both cal and stanford going for a sweep of the l.a.

mike montgomery's, cal 1-point lead at halftime. alan crab he had 17. first sweep of the so cal school bears are now 12-3. >> to jobs grabbed and early lead. moore, a triple. 9-0 run to start the second half. 36-25. 4-point game but here is the bright side. 17 of the 16 down the stretch. 51-42 stanford, they sweep as well and improve to 12-2. >> stanford beat ucla.

cal starts 0-12. >> and lions roaring in the first half. 37-20, lmu. michael williams driving for two. anthony ireland, three-pointer here, he would end up making the game winning layup. 77-76. >> st. mary's hammered pepperdine and women beat byu in moraga. >> saturday's hunger bowl, starving for much needed offense pretty much all game long. ucla and illinois, jerry rice, he i like this, illinois from the bullpen to it. he likes it. terry hawthorne likes this, stepping in front. read it perfectly. 37 yards, 10-7 ally my.

my than that in the defense. jenkins, 36 yards. illinois lost six straight but they independent on high night 20-14. pac-12, 1-4 in the bowl season. >> we're coming into the game, our defense is pretty good and their defense is pretty good. we tried to keep them off of us but fortunately that is what we did and it worked. >> conference win, thanks to utah in the sun bowl. trailed georgia tech but they never looked up. game goes to overtime after a tech field goal. third and goal from the eighth, john white driving into the end zone. game over. 30-27, utah. >> jordan rodgers, younger brother of aaron. in the liberty bowl, andy took a

21-17 lead and this happens, 90 yards on the kickoff return. they were a winner. >> texas a&m quarterback, 329 yards passing, 26 here to jorp thorpe. first bowl win for the aggies. northwestern's land lars win since 1949 rose bowl. >> while most were partying last night, madison and levi were jumping san diego bay. madison on the bike on the snowmobile and they live to tell about it. good stuff. mike shumann will be in tonight. he'll wrap week 17 of the n.f.l. raiders are hosting san diego with a playoff berth. speaking of the new year, next at 9:30, we'll show you how

the rival of 2012 was celebrated around the world. and the explanation pg&e is giving state regulators for why some gas pipelines

here is how people around the world rang in the new year. in london, 200,000 people watched the fireworks that was set off from the london eye. in rio de janeiro in brazil, people headed to the beach and this gorgeous image, russia kicking off the new year with fireworks in moscow. >> in case you are wondering why the rose parade is on this morning, the full schedule will wait until monday. that is part of the tradition

when new year's day falls on a sunday. this years grand marshal will be j.r. martinez, he won the "dancing with the stars" trophy and sharing his story of an injured veteran. you can watch it right here tomorrow morning. it begins at 8:00. in san francisco, two robbery suspects are behind bars after leading police on a wild chase. it ended yesterday afternoon. one the suspects crashed into a park car. they had chased the suspect at a high speed from the tenderloin onto freeway and bay view and finally they got him. they also sideswiped a car injuring two people. >> pg&e officials said they failed to inspect pipelines in contra costa county because several maps had been misplaced. according to a report.

officials recently admitted to state officials they did not conduct the inspections even though federal law requires those inspections every five years. as a result some pg&e lines in contra costa county went unchecked for 20 years. a new survey uncovered 22 leaks in those abandoned pipes. with just two days to go to the iowa caucuses, republican presidential candidates are jog are for position. an upset win could happen for ron paul or rick santorum is not out of the question. former massachusetts governor mitt romney is pulling ahead helped by a barrage of tv ads targeting his nearest rival former house speaker newt gingrich. romney spent most of the day in new hampshire calling president obama a footnote of history. >> i look forward to doing a few things. if i'm able to get this job and i think i will. >> ron paul took time to

celebrate new year's eve back home in texas. despite negative ads, newt gingrich is hoping to get undecided voters at the last minute. michele bachmann was met by protestors and perry refused to answer questions about his campaign being in disarray. >> a costly stated supreme court decision will affect cities all over california. hundreds of municipalities are losing redevelopment money from sacramento. it will save the state a lot of cash but it could be devastating for local communities. karina rusk has the consequences of the supreme court decision. cities across the state are marking the end of an era that begin in the mid 1940s. in san jose redevelopment money funded everything from the museum to affordable housing. >> thousands of jobs were created. that would not be without the redevelopment. >> in the tough budget times, the state wanted the $1.7

billion funneled for redevelopment agencies. state supreme court made two key rulings that do away with the agencies even if they were willing to pay into a fund to stay alive. >> the court says that the legislature can eliminate redevelopment, that is constitutional. on the other hand they said you can't force a pay to play. >> reporter: the decisions are considered a key victory in the state's effort to balance the budget. it heads into the new year with a $13 billion shortfall. >> this was a critical step to make sure that schools in the state got more than a billion dollars, not only for this year but in is a funding stream that will be going into future years. >> it will help shore up funding for education but with the elimination of 400 redevelopment agencies statewide, many education advocates says it doesn't solve a lot of ongoing problems. >> there is not of good news going into 2012.

it's maintaining a bad situation. it prevented it from getting worse. >> reporter: two days they are not celebrating, some say the elimination of redevelopment agencies will be devastating and all of them said it will change business as usual. >> we have been preparing for it. we need to move forward with economic development, it involves partnerships with the private sector. >> reporter: and redevelopment agencies have been on, state supreme court ruling says they will take their last breath on may 1st. ide's have caused many injuries. they are talking about a new program. >> brain disease is intensely

personal to congressman patrick kennedy. his father was the late senator ted kennedy. he has teamed up with a brain disease with napa valley vicinityersers in. in there son recovered from a mental illness called schizophrenia. >> we need to put brain science on an equal footing with cancer and aids research. >> darren and his wife wanted to learn about their son's disease, so they created the international mental health organization 17 years ago. they started holding fund-raisers at the winery. 2011 event raised more than $3 million for research. they are working on a new initiative called one mind for research organization. it has a ten-year goal. >> we call this race to inner space. >> it's a call for an urgent

national collaboration on brain disease. it was called by his late uncle john f. kennedy to put a man on the moon and bring him home safely within a decade. >> we choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. >> we're saying we need to go to innerer space and understand how the galaxy of neurons work in order to get to the therapies and cures that will lead to curing alzheimer's. >> we are working with harvard and m.i.t. and voices all over the country and we got them to come together and actually write a ten-year plan for neuro science. >> they believe everyone can benefit with thousands of soldiers with brain injuries to the general public. they say it will create a super

highway of information about the brain. >> we want our verts to do better by researching post-traumatic stress so we can better take care of people that took care of us and kept terrorism off the shores for the last ten years. president obama sent a thank you because of the fund-raisers and partnerships have raised a combined total of $135 million for mental health research. you can find a link on our website at abc7news.com. >> taking a look at the weather forecast for the first day of 2012. >> it's too warm for january. you got 50s out there, 60s at our coast. unseasonably warm, spare the air. will there be any rain this week? i'll let you know next. >> and britain's prince philip is making a quick recovery. stay with us.

>> dan: news for the royal family this morning, prince philip joined the family at the traditional service. queen elizabeth's husband was admitted to the hospital before christmas where he had surgery. >> beautiful day to get out and enjoy it. it was beautiful yesterday but things are going to change suddenly throughout the workweek. we're talking warmest weather, beginning of the week and cool down. live look where science bli cool. 27 degrees tahoe airport. truckee is at 23. this is showing more sunshine.

nine hours and 36 minutes of daylight. sunrise a little later. sunset a little later each day by a minute or so. finally roof camera looking at clear skies and all night long, san francisco has had mild temperatures. you could call it balmy downtown. 60 pretty much all night long. gusty winds at our coast. east winds working from warmer air from napa to livermore with mid 40s and 50 there. we do have a fog and foggy spots delta, it is chilly in santa rosa at 36 degrees. later on today, santa rosa will be one of the warmest places, redwood city a little cool at 38. would you expect that in january right? around the bay, visibility is pretty good except for novato and fairfield but we will look for a wind shift tomorrow. today numbers are much warmer as much as 7-89 degrees warmer in the north bay. in the south bay a couple

degrees warmer for the most part. we are looking at breezy weather over the hills. easterly winds have brought the warmer air surface and tule fog. today we're looking at spare the air today and on an onshore push comes our first weak weather system of the week that will provide chance of showers, napa and sonoma county. setup today is for a lid on high pressure to press down on the atmosphere keeping the pollutants at the surface to create hazy conditions and poor air quality. so we will be looking at high pressure to stay with us for the most part for the earn tire week. today is the strongest and winds are bringing the air from the delta. we are looking at once again the jetstream, storm track well to the north. the only changes we're going to see is for a couple weak systems to knock this high down a little

bit, flat have been the ridge and that will allow for onshore push, but not today. numbers today will be in the 80s in southern california. back home is more mid-60s in the south bay. 66 in los gatos. peninsula is 64. upper 60s at our coast. san francisco, low 60s and then in the north bay, numbers could even be even warmer depending on how much wind we see. 66 in santa rosa. today for the raiders, few degrees warmer than it would be in san diego with mid-60s in oakland. 65 for castro valley. livermore coming in the mid-60s and down by the monterey bay, 69 degrees in watsonville. tomorrow we'll be looking at cooler weather for i guess the standards we've been used to, we're still above normal but 50s come back with more clouds by

thursday, friday and saturday. >> spend new year's day on the beach? >> if you think it's tough to get people cooperating with doctors, imagine working with 400 pound gorilla. >> gino the gorilla has a curby life at disney's animal kings come where he spend ace his days eating leaves and fruit with three females but gino has a bad heart. its common problem among gorillas. >> 40% of our gorillas have heart problems. >> they turned to human cardiologist for health which in turn gave him ultrasound tests but that was not easy.

obvious it's stressful for the animal and people. >> to get the best results they need to be wide awake. >> here is the issue, it is tricky to give a checkup you can't march up in a white coat. >> then they had an idea train the gorillas in their own checkup. >> this is how we do it. >> we got a front row seat. they showed us how it's done. >> as he crouches next to the bars, raises his left arm and strikes this odd pose prompted by fruits and pickles and allows them to rub the ultrasound probe right over his chest. a live window into his beating heart making it look so easy but

even though gino is cooperative he is still miss which i have us on. look at him try to grab me. [ laughter ] >> you can see the heart, it's going very fast. >> rough assignment. >> disney is the parent company of "abc 7 news". 7 on your side is next, what do you do if your cancelled airline ticket never shows up. that is what k@k@h@

airlines charge traffic lears premium to get a refundable ticket. so when you buy one you should be able to cancel a flight and get a refund. that was not case for one traveler until michael finney got involved. >> reporter: she shows us a refresh urd memento of her now husband. she was introduced to kent by friends during a business trip to san francisco. it didn't take long for both of them to realize they were meant for each other. >> this sounds promising. >> she returned to india but the two kept in touch by e-mail and online chats and phone

conversations. eventually kent visited her in india. this photo was taken the first time kent met her family. the courtship intensified and she purchased a round trip refundable ticket to visit knent san francisco. >> everything went so well on the visit she cancelled her return flight and received confirmation from the airline she had done so. three years later the couple was married in san mateo county. >> things settled down she inquired about the expected refund. >> they said it's been authenticated but i never heard back anything from anyone. >> she filed several online complaints, but there was no response beyond the automated

airlines. >> months and months, that isn't reasonable but there is no consumer rights' law that says it must be this long. >> reporter: more than a year after her cancelled trip she contacted "7 on your side" and we contacted luthansa. >> there was absolutely no communication from luthansa. >> they blamed the delay on a computer glitch but says it responded to her once it became aware of the situation. refund was half as much as she expected. it seemed she unknowingly she purchased a restricted refundable ticket which entitles her to a partial refund. >> but i got something back. now that 2011 is behind us.

which movie will win the war. don sanchez gives us his picks of the best films of the year.

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clooney tries to reconnect with his daughter. >> the girl with the dragon tattoo. they are exotic. >> i call tinker, tailor, soldier spy, brilliant. cold war espionage. literate adaptation of the book. >> the help is a beautiful film that was no so long ago. >> hugo is enchanting. it looks extraordinary with the best 3-d i've seen. it's all about presenting film. >> woody allen with a look at paris now, hid night in paris is a glorious film. >> my choice for number one is a throwback to the way they made films more than 80 years ago. the artist is a tribute to when they had faces. a black and white silent film,

funny and fascinating and instant classic. >> could my picks be a preview of the award season. i'll be voting for critics choice. you can see those on the vh-1. look for me in picks and maybe a few more. we'll see you on the aisle. >> popcorn looks delicious. >> it looks good. we're talking about another spare-the-air day. that is not good. do we have any rain. the sunniest and warmest day of the week. gus if i winds in the higher elevations, cooler chance of rain, napa, sonoma tomorrow and then clouds and cooler. >> thanks so much for watching. have a happy new year's day. our next newscast starts at 5:00.