>> from our exploritorium camera, you can see the problem is ongoing cold water pattern trapping pollution close to the town unless the only source of heat is wood burning stove you banned from burning wood today. now what else do we face? mike nicco? >> the poor air quality could spread into more neighborhoods from san francisco and oakland to highway 237. everyone else has possible poor air quality with clouds and you can see it on live doppler 7 hd and that is how it will stay. temperatures are going to be well above average today and you can see not much haze in the air and not much in the way of low clouds but the clouds will push up into the 60-degree range everywhere and a few areas may see 70. >> we are starting off with construction as i take you into san francisco. this is where we have a project that is between silver avenue

and vermont street on northbound 101. we will have lanes closed until 5:00 this morning. we are looking at slow-and-go traffic up to the central freeway toward 80. in the southbound direction by hospital curve you do see a slight slow down of traffic but no volume to speak of. outside, it is the san mateo bridge coming away from hayward to foster city which is a short 12 minute commute in the west direction to the peninsula. kristen and eric? >> this morning, there are no reports of damage or injury after a small earthquake in samoa county but the 2.8 earthquake was reported at 9:55. it happened two miles east east/southeast of the geysers. >> investigators are releasing a draft report to the massive 2012 chevron refinery fire in richmond. the board will issue new safety recommendations for chevron

along with changes on regulating refineries in california. the august 6 fire sent black smoke spewing into the air and 15,000 complained of breathing problems and other health issues. the safety board does not have the power to enforce changes but, rather, realize on industry cooperation to improve safety conditions. >> in san francisco, 30 people are looking if a place to stay following a fire at an apartment complex. it happened at 9:30 yesterday morning in the north bench neighborhood. 16 apartment units are uninhabitable. sergio? >> this pile of rubble outside the entrance to the upstairs apartment is debris from the fire. the red cross set up services. i talked to a resident whose called to see what support is available. >> my place is uninhabitable mostly because of water damage and the smoke, the soot. >> he says he can stay with family now but the fire damage

means he has to work out a long-term plan. >> it is about getting housing for the weekend and through the holidays. >> this is a fire that break out at 9:30 in the morning. the fire department contained it to one building but the flames did a lost damage. >> it was in the rear of the building on the top floor with significant damage to at least six units on each floor. >> no cause of the fire has been released. no one was injured. many people made it out of the building as soon as the alarm bell rang. >> armando knocked on his neighbor's door. [ inaudible ] >> crews cleared out the water damage but it is not clear when the stores will re-open at the lick store. power was restored so some returned home but the red cross said they did not have to put anyone in temporary housing but

residents can seek assistance later, if needed. >> sacred heart community service in san jose will give out more than 3,000 food boxes today to south bay families in need. the give away takes place over the next three days with people receiving food boxes waited for hours just to sign up. on friday the nonprofit is holding a toy give away for children but does not have anywhere close to the number of toys it needs and are asking the public to drop off cash or toy donation. >> students at a middle school in san jose will look at a million dollar makeover when they return to class this morning. a tech company decided to give a complete makeover rather than having the company holiday party. 1,500 employees employees and mf community spent friday and saturday on the project including a resurfaced black township to a new baseball field.

the makeever was paid for by the city of san jose and the alum rock school district. >> become before police are warning students and visitors to be extra careful on and near campus. investigators say five students have been robbed losing money, cell phones and laptops. police say common sense is the best defense to avoid becoming a target. >> be aware of surroundings and walk in well lit areas and pay attention to what is going on around you and do not be so engrossed with your cell phone or texting or talking on the phone and watching the internet. >> 38-year-old was robbed at a store off campus. no one was hurt in any of the crimes. many students are taking advantage of escorts and shuttles. >> there will be a meeting on improving roads in california especially in the bay area. the meeting looks at ways to begin a massive overhaul of highways with report by a national transportation research group finds that san jose ranks

third for the poorest roads among the nation's 20 biggest urban areas and what the san francisco and oakland metropolitan area is ranks at the second worse. >> commuters on a.c. transit see major changes with increased operating hours and added new lines and eliminated other lines. the changes affect 50 bus lines from richmond to fremont. and contract talks continue today between a.c. transit and the union represents bus drivers and mechanics. a will cooling off period ordered by governor brown expires this sunday. >> as mike maintenanced another "spare the air" day but stagnant air is only one of our concerns today much the national weather service says beaches from sonoma to monterey could get waves between 6' and 8' high and breaking 17 seconds apart producing sneaker waves and strong tides. the warning is out to be careful if you are headed to the beach.

>> now, mike nicco has the latest. >> it would be nice to that is because a storm is coming and bring rain but that is not the case. check out half moon bay: 18 and 14 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago and everyone is warmer but for santa rosa, you are five degrees cooler. we have four degrees warmer in san carlos and two in hayward and one in san jose and four in livermore. look at the temperatures, hardly any frost this morning. we are in the mid-to-upper 30's and most of our inland valleys are to 43 in novato and upper 30's around fremont and san jose and los gatos and oakland and now we are at 52 in san francisco and 57 in half moon bay. check out our picture from the east bay hills this morning, you can see how calm the air is. it is more the calmness of the air that has to do with the air quality being poor, not the temperature, really, we were cold early and now we are warm and we will have the same poor air quality. nice consecutive record at 13 the so far this winter season.

here is the day planner, the next 12 hours, 30's and 40's, and high clouds and sunshine dominate the forecast with upper 50's to low 60's at noon and you can see temperatures should be in the mid-to-upper 60's through 4:00. this evening, it will be pretty nice. it is monday. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, hope everyone had a great weekend. we had a new accident to report in daly city along highway 280 so we do have one vehicle involved and it is with a center divider. it is not block lanes and we do not have delays in this area but we have c.h.p. that is headed out there. here is the drive time traffic, tracy to dublin 24 minutes and westbound 580 is in the clear along highway 4 from antioch to concord and 101 southbound through marin from san rafael to san francisco that is 17-minute commute. now, the east bay southbound 680 you can see the traffic is empty

with in early birds. just a couple of folks waking their way out of metten -- pleasant hill. >> next, the major plans for a waterfront stadium being pitched to a's fans and the city. >> an american is held captive in iran and the white house may know more about him than has been revealed. >> jackpot dreams: the record tomorrow that the mega million

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plans for a $500 million ballpark in oakland is proposed by a group that has the support of the mayor. the group which includes the head of clorox will ask support of oakland to give it control of the 50-acre site where the

terminal is located. shear a rendering of what a ball park would look like. the idea to entice the ownership of the a's to join the plan or convince major league baseball the area is viable for a new ball park and kill the hopes of moving to san jose. >> the government is speaking out in the case of the alleged spy left out in the cold in iran. this morning, secretary of state john kerry denies the united states abandoned an american hostage who vanished in iran seven years ago. >> this morning, more questions about robert lea but the family now admits that is not true and, in fact, he was working for the c.i.a. senator john mccain is demanding answers. >> what disturbs me is they did

not tell the truth to the congress, the c.i.a. did not tell the truth. ought c.i.a. told congress when he disappeared back in 2007 he was not working for the agency. later, his family said they scoffed he was working for a rogue c.i.a. unit. >> the c.i.a. sent him to do an investigation. >> he is not seen or heard from since this video three years ago. >> 33 years of service to the united states deserves something. >> the iranian government said they are not holding him and has in idea where he is. the state department says they are continuing to work the case and secretary of state john kerry in an interview with abc dismissed any suggestion that the united states is not doing all it can to find him. >> it hasn't been progress in the sense we don't have him back but to suggest that we have abandoned him or anyone has abandoned him is incorrect. >> secretary of state john kerry says the sons working a number of different channels searching

for of proof of life, a sign that he is still alive. >> it is just about 4:44. we will be drowning in a wave of electronic waste in just a few years. the world produces 54 million tons of the waste a year. last year, anyway, which is about the weight of eight bricks for each the earth's 7 billion people. a forecast by the u.n. predicts the waste will grow to 72 million tons by 2017. it consists of used computers and cell phones and tv's and refrigerators. through is good news in the report, recycling of the waste is on the rise. >> a recall to tell you about, tiremaker is recalling tires because of tread loss or rapid air loss. they are used on pickup trucks and vans and small rv's and

energy lite trucks made between january of 2010 and june of 2012. the tires can be replaced at the stores at no charge. they is been no deaths or injuries reported. >> lottery official say the next prize could surpass last year's record of $656 million the jack pot. no one won on friday. on saturday, officials raised the amount to $550 million for tomorrow's drawing. but this accident include weekend ticket sales or the spike expected for tomorrow night so it could be bigger. here's the winning numbers from friday, and the new rules make it harder to win picking from 75 rather than 56. however, the mega ball is now easier to get, just one of 15 numbers rather than the 46. over all the odds are worse if the dreamers. >> the office pool obviously didn't work out.

>> here we are. >> a great weekend, however, although it was cold. >> it was cold in the morning especially in the evening and in between we tried to raise the temperatures. if you were not careful you may have gotten sunburn. that doesn't happen very often in december. here is a look at the visibility at seven in hayward and eight in livermore and nine in conquer, no haze, a little haze, a lot of upper level clouds this morning is keeping our temperatures milder, and here it is from true so tower with the beautiful bay bridge, both of them, both sides of it illuminated and it looks great overnight, today the forecast is partly cloudy and above average high temperatures. the warmest day this week and "spare the air" litly tomorrow and fingers crossed that is the last one because we get a wind shift on wednesday and the breezy weather is here thursday and friday and the temperatures could be ten or 15 degrees cooler. we talked about beach hazard

from the not bay coast to big sur with the swells of sneaker waves and strong rip currents are possible through this afternoon. although it look inviting at the coast, with the warm weather today, it is 64 at half moon bay and still have to be careful if you near the water. we will have mid-to-upper 60's in most neighborhoods and check out san jose at 70, moran hill, santa rosa, 72 degrees. we will get close to a few records and i will check them, see if we threaten any. most are in the 70's today but a five us are in the upper 60's and well let you know. mid-to-upper 30's inland neighborhoods and low-to-mid 40's an the bay shore and palo alto is 48, and 40 is the warm spot in san francisco. we have two areas of high pressure keeping the jet stream away from us and an upper level to the south is bring the high clouds to us and bringing more moisture in the upper atmosphere and why we have the filtered sunshine, the low pressure will

crash the party and bring us the change in the air mass as we head to wednesday so tomorrow about two to four degrees cooler and another two to four degrees on wednesday and thursday and friday, there is an outside chance of showers and i think the showers on thursday will be in the sierra and out over the ocean, it will miss us and be breezy and school with mid-50's on friday and it will feel different than today with low-to-mid 60's close to average through the weekend. have a great day. leyla gulen? >> a big construction project this will begin today and this is long the presidio if you are traveling between highway one and 101, this is where we have tree removal taking place this week. we will see lanes blocked off starting today and that is going to run through the end of the week. it is due in large to the northbound side, enlarging the number of lanes making commuting better but until that, it will slow down the commute. be prepared. do plan ahead. here is the drive time traffic.

highway 4, antioch to hercules is 28 minutes and when you get to i-80 from four to the maze that is 15 minutes and san jose is 87 northbound from 85 to the san jose airport that is eight minutes. now, as we check owe the drive coming beyond the julian street off-ramp to the tank you can see three cars, not too bad. >> hollywood lost two long time stars, actor peter o'toole passed away this weekend following a long illness. >> he had eight nominations for the oscars and he began acting on stage in london in the 1950's and played reading roles for

conclude as to come. >> and the first clip was from "my favorite year." oscar winning actress would czarred in hitchcock movies passed away, john -- joan fontaine died in her sleep here in carmel. she grew up in saratoga and went to los gatos high school and was the sister of actress olivia d. >> the serious impact the length of a mom's maternity leave could have on her mental health. >> flying is stressful enough but there is one type of passengers that travelers say they really hope not

>> rock legend journey and

reality t star are on their honeymoon after a pay for view wedding in san francisco combining the wedding with a rock concert beneath the college of fine arts in a winter wonderland wedding. they spent $243,000 just for city permanents to hold the wedding. some did not like the idea of a park closing just for a private celebration. >> this is california and we walked all the way from fisher man's manner to let our little brother play in the dome but it is closed. >> it could not be more romantic. i hope it works out. everyone deserves to be happy. >> the couple plans to donate proceeds from the event to the philippines for typhoon haiyan. this is his 5th marriage and her 2nd. >>the raiders are giving santa help and the quaterback and

safety and potter and cheerleaders will sign autographs in exchange for toy donations. they had a successful toys for tots drive yesterday. the marines collected toys. last week they kicked off the campaign by signing autographs at the mall, and tonight, the sign runs from can to 8:00 in hair. >> you can win $7,000 this holiday season just for helping abc7 fight hunger. when you click "give where you live," we donate a dollar to the feeding america food banks for you and you will be entered to win $7,000 cash and well announce the winner december 19th. go to our facebook page and help us "give where you live," and spread the word. >> it is warmer this morning than last week but what still common is the "spare the air" day. >> true. "spare the air" at 13th of the season, the ninth consecutive and probably ten tomorrow and then hopefully it will change.

we have a cooling trend coming. but compared to year, we will jump eight degrees in fremont and san jose and six in san francisco, concord and oakland at five and santa rosa is 72 again the we lose only 19 seconds of sunshine. we are at the shortest difficulties of the year with the winter solstice coming this weekend. the temperature are in the mid-60's and upper 60's in monterey and a warm surge of air from the south at 54 in san jose and 80 in palm springs and 82 in los angeles today under clouds. safe travels. >> can't wait get lighter earlier again. >> good morning, everyone. we do not have teach traffic to get you going with an early accident in daly city along 280 at highway one and that is in the clear stages and as we look at the speeds around the bay area traveling along the peninsula if you need to make it into the south bay or away from the south bay to palo alto the

top speed along 101 to 280 is looking good to los altos. if you have a flight to catch at sfo the top speeds have no accidents reports at 280 and it is looking clear with no reports of black ice and it is warm enough. across our bridges, 101 golden gate bridge is eight minutes and across the bay bridge is nine minutes and san mateo bridge is clear at 12 minutes. eric? >> thank you, leyla gulen, at 4:5. ever wondered why the item you looked up on amazon was one price in the morning and a different price in the afternoon. they change the price of the merchandise about 2.5 million times a day. price checking firm says that the constant adjustments keep amazon prices competitive and the sales consistent. comparing that to wal-mart which changes prices 50,000 times a day. >> a study finds new moms who do not take enough time off

after giving birth are at a hire risk of post partum depression. a million moms were followed and chose who returned at six weeks after birth were more likely to feel overwhelmed and sad compared to those two took 12 weeks off. however, researchers say new moms who took six months also experienced anxiousness and other symptoms of post partum depression so too short or too long is not helpful. our medical expert will have more on "good morning america" at 7:00 this morning. >> if your child throw as tantrum that is the most annoying airline passenger. a study fines parents who travel with loud children are considered to be more annoying that those who kick the seat in front of them, or passengers who fully reclimb and travelers who doubt smell good. 49 percent with pay extra to be seated in a designated "quiet zone" free of screaming children. but own an airplane, i don't

know how do you that. >> it is a small enclosed space. >> next, at 5:00, more on breaking news, part of san jose airport is flooded as the spring lowers go out and it is impacting the travelers. >> people living in a north bay city say "enough is enough," they are taking a stand against a growing wave of violence in their city. >> san francisco hotspot where

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