month. doctors said there were complications and declared her brain dead. her family believes jahi is still alive and will get a second opinion next week. cornell bernard is live in oakland where the family has join a community prayer. reporter: the family of jahi mcmath heads back to court tomorrow as their fight to keep her on life support continues. local faith leaders are sending formal letters to the d.a. and the hospital demanding action. >> we're saying that when you are wrong, you're wrong. >> that message is being sent by local faith leaders to children's hospital. the group of pastors is standing behind the family of jahi mcmath who is still on life support. the group is demanding the alameda county d.a. investigate the case. they also want hospital officials to treat the family with more respect. >> it is important that this hospital understand how insensitive they have been

toward this family, a family who is struggling with a potential devastating situation, and is getting what really amounts to very little sympathy. >> you don'ted in a judge to tell you, you're wrong you need to do the right thing, and give this family an opportunity to explore every possibility of remedy. >> on friday, jahi's family was granted a temporary restaining order to keep her on life support until an independent neurologist can examine her to determine if her brain is showing signs of activity. the hospital declared her brain dead after complications arose following a routine tons -- tonsillectomy two weeks ago. >> i pray to god every day and tell him, have your way with my daughter, please. i think he is using her for something, and she going to wake up and shake up a whole lot of people around here that didn't believe. >> in a written response the hospital's chief of pediatrics

said as medical professionals it's our responsibility to ensure we don't create hope where there is none. when one's brain ceases to function its never restarts. the family has asked the hospital not to comment about jahi's case. supporters of the 13-year-old plan a march around the hospital monday morning about the same time her family will be back in court. in oakland, abc7 news. >> workers at a trash processing facility discovered a puppy alive and wrapped inside a plastic bag. san francisco animal control officers have nicknamed the poodle gem. gem had a variety of cuts and other injuries before being found on friday. investigators think someone put gem out with their garbage and recycling. >> it was picked up by a recology employee, and more trash collected inside the back of a truck, transferred to the transfer site. dumped down a chute and on the conveyor belt where the sorting

took place, and on the sorting table comes this little precious gem. >> doctors expect gem to make a full recovery. many people have called about adopting gem, but the puppy still needs to heal and then undergo a variety of tests were haven'ting to a new home. oakland police are searching for a gunman who fired at a car on 580 this morning, injuring two people. police say at 2:45 this morning a car drove up alongside an suv and opened fire. several bullets struck the victim's car two men withhospitallized. >> a petaluma man is in critical can after a possible fractured skull when a man hit him with a pipe. the incident happened last night when the victim was crossing the street. the vehicle nearly hit him. words were exchanged. the driver got out of the car and hit the victim with a pipe or similar object. police are looking for the driver and his car. the weather is being blamed for nine deaths across the u.s. this weekend. in kentucky, flood waters swept

over busy roads. three people were killed when their suv was pulled into a river. in mississippi, tornadoes ripped apart homes and knocked over trees and power lines. at least three people tied in the northeast and midwest, snow and ice have blanketed the region. 440,000 people are without power in freezing temperatures. some areas of the atlantic coast saw 70 degrees yesterday. leigh glaser says this is what the weather looks like right now. >> because they're ahead of this cold. by this time tomorrow they'll be in the 40s. live doppler 7hd showing you just that string of moisture. we call this training. just like box cars as that modify moisture feeds north, and that's where the mild temperatures are behind it. colder air mass moving south, so where the rain is, especially in

upper state new york, and over towards quebec, that's where it will mix with some snow and also some freezing rain. monday morning, we'll take you into it. you'll notice the rain continues to push off the coast there, and by 1:00, 2:00, much of the moisture pushed out and then start to see a little light snow develop in new york city, but looks like most of the country this holiday week is looking pretty good. >> thank you so much. as far as our local airports are concerned, we are good. no delays are being reported here at san jose or at oakland or san francisco international airports. this is the second busiest travel day of the season. if you're meeting an incoming flight, check with the care you're for an eta. miserable weather in the midwest and north is making a mess of travel plans. >> a campaigned kicked off in san francisco to save a cultural icon, supporters of market books

wants to raise money to purchase the building which house the neighborhood institution. the san francisco community land trust has already raised two-thirds of the money needed. the head of the group explains why markets books is so important. >> it's the oldest african-american-owned black book store in the country, and it's also not just a retail book store. it's actually a cultural facility here in the fill more. it's been in this location since 1981, but it's been around since 1960. >> backers of markets books have until the end of february to raise $1 million to finish the purchase. >> tomorrow is the last day to sign up for a plan under the new healthcare law if you want health insurance coverage by january 1st. cover california, the state's health insurance exchange, is holding extended hours today to help people enroll. call center is open until 8:00 tonight. here's the number, 1-800-300- 1506.

they've been receiving a high number of calls edtoday so you may have to keep trying, and you can apply online. anyone who does not enroll by march 31st will face a penalty. >> still ahead, what nasa engineers are concern about with the mars rover curiosity. what a new deal with a huge mobile carrier in china means for apple. why a man who recently lost his mother felt compelled to buy presents for a classroom of kids

>> apple has given itself an early christmas present, announcing a deal with china mobile to offer the iphone to the company's customer. china mobile this world's largest carrier by subscribers. the deal with give the company access to the 163 million users, more than twice the population of the united states. apple sold 23 million phones in china this year and analysts believe they'll sell another 15 to 30 million next year. with this work on the bay bridge over, massive crane barge left the bay area today, headed

for new york. what is officially known as the left coast lifter was taken under the bay bridge. the lift helped build the suspension span on the eastern span. tug boats will drag the barge down the pacific coast, through the panama canal and on to new york, where it will be put to use building a new bridge. >> the wheels on nasa's curiosity rover are showing wear and tear after a year on mars. dents have nearly poked through the wheels' high-grade aluminum. curiosities has traveled three miles but mars' terrain is rough. mission managers may have to reroute the rover to decrease wheel damage. >> how to he brains of these bay area kids hoped them score new bikes in a christmas giveaway. >> what to expect this christmas week. meteorologist leigh glaser is up next with your forecast. >> coming up in sports, the

seahawks show they are not invincible at home after all, and when you have little room like the raiders you can't mak

200 youngsters have new wheels thanks to san francisco firefighters. these young ladies rode off on new bikes in a special party. more than a thousand kids wrote letters in a contest to win bikes. the firefighters' toy program provides gifts for thousands children this year and you can help santa and firefighters help kids by bringing new toys to any fire station in san francisco. many folks gave back today, dropping off food and other items during the st. anthony foundation's curbside drive. volunteers loaded packages from donors cars. some delivered hams. they hope to receive 500 hams in time for christmas, and also need people to donate socks. the goal, 2500 pairs. a note from a little girl mobilized one of santa's helpers to brighten the holidays for an entire kindergarten class near san diego. terry harden found a red balloon attached to a letter addressed to santa. a five-year-old girl named joy wrote the note as part of a

class project. joy happens to spell her name the same way, joye, as hard ''s mother did. he felt compelled to do something. >> it was from a lady five years old named joye. i had to find this little girl. i don't know where is in bloop came from. i had to find out. >> harden decided to honor his mom by buying a gift for each child in little joye's class. great to hear. let's get a check on our weather with leigh glaser, quite sunny again today. >> very sunny and even had some tied high records today. 67 in san jose, temperatures well above where we should be. live doppler 7hd not picking up any moisture, not picking up any cloud cover right now. although we did have reports of pockets of dense fog in some protected valley spots earlier this morning and may see that again overnight.

check out these highs, cloverdale, 74 today. 62, napa. these numbers all over the place. san francisco, 64. there is that tie number in san jose. 67. livermore, 66. nice shot out there. everyone out milling about, doing that last holiday shopping in san francisco. the embarcadero there. san francisco, 58. 58 in san jose, half moon bay, already in the 40s. 48 degrees. all eyes on the bay bridge from the exploratorium cam. 47 in napa. novato, 48. concord slipped to 52 degrees. sutro tower cam looking down on the avenues and down on market street, that is in san francisco. get ready for another clear night with fog in spots. another mild day tomorrow. with the way, tomorrow is a "spare the air" day. so, no burning unless its your only source of heat and this mild pattern is going to hold

with us on in through christmas eve and christmas day. it will be chilly, the cold in the north and east bay locations. 30s there. 40s elsewhere, and the water vapor tells the story. all the storm systems being pushed up to the north, thanks to higher pressure that is positioned itself right over california, and young see the jet stream way up there. so the storm track is fading north and this will bring us dry and mild holiday week with up seasonably warm temperatures, heading up to tahoe, going to be unseasonably warm there as well. not any moisture right now to forecast. christmas eve, it will be cold. 21. this is south lake tahoe. and then get ready for lots of sunshine on christmas day. 47 degrees there. of course, cold enough to make the snow, but we are just not going to see any of the natural snow the next four to five days. sunday, tonight, we start off with clear sky, maybe a little bit of patchy fog. early tomorrow morning in the

valley areas, otherwise get ready for sunny and mild conditions, and if you're headed to the stick tomorrow night, go niners -- going to be terrific game, and temperature-wise, very mild. clear sky. 58 kick off, 5:40, and then bring it down into the mid-to-low 50s by the end of the game. 60s tomorrow. san jose, 66. san francisco, 63. 69 tomorrow expected in cloverdale. the accuweather seven-day forecast, christmas eve, christmas day, above normal temperatures, dry weather pattern, mild, and we may see some subtle changes next weekend, might be able to city a little light rain on sunday. we need the rain. but it is nice to have this spread of mild temperatures. >> thank you, leigh. >> sure. >> rick is in for mike shumann tonight with a look at how the raiders did.

>> head coach dennis allen has been on the hot seat and just got a little hotter. the raiders has a hand to knock off the chargers but 12 penalties two turnovers and several dropped passes were too much to overcome. there is a d in san diego. the raiders didn't score here in the second quarter. darren mcfadden gets into the end zone. 7-3 oakland. the raiders had the momentum but changes quickly as matt mcgloin is picked off by weddle. showing great hands and concentration. that interception would lead to this touchdown. ryan matthews is hit at the line to bounce off. he will not be denied. it was 10-10 at the half. third quarter now. rivers to allen for this score. the former cal star is having a sensational rookie season. chargers take the lead. trailing, the raiders had a chance but like this football, slips right through their fingers. raiders lose 26-14, fall to

4-11. the season finale is at home next sunday against the broncos and peyton manning. >> in houston, manning set a record for most touchdown passes in the season. he threw four against the texan, this one gave him the record of 51, breaking the mark sed by tom brady in 2007. denver wins and clinches the afc west. >> a lot of receivers caught a lot of touchdowns, a lot of great play calls and good protection. defense getting us opportunities. celebrated with the team. it's probably just a temporary record. brady will probably break it next year so we'll enjoy it while it lasts. >> tomorrow the 49ers say goodbye to the stick when they host atlanta in their final regular season home game. san francisco would have clinched a wild-card spot today

if seattle beat arizona. it was 17-10 arizona. seattle still had time but russell wilson was flustered all day. this pass bounces off doug baldwin into the hands of carlos dansby. the cardinal beat seattle, ending the seahawks' 14-game win home streak. playing most of the game in monsoon like conditions, with no time-outs left. cam newton drives the panthers 65 yards. hixon with the game-winning catch. 17-13 the final. carolina captures a playoff spot for the first time in five years. despite the laws, new orleans still earns a wild card berth. after bro belowing a big we can last week against the packers, dallas pulled one out against washington. trailing by six late in the game. fourth and goal, tony romo steps

up and finds demarco murray for the touchdown. cowboys win 24-23. they play the eagles next week with the winner going to the playoffs. >> the cal women's basketball team was hoping to pull off an upset of top ranked connecticut but the bears could not keep it close. this matchup was held at madison square garden. uconn's star sophomore landed most of the punches, scoring 21 points the first half. one more than the entire cal team. the huskies roll 80-47. stewart tied a career high with 29. cal falls to 7-3. the sharks are just 4-6 this month, and it could have been worse that hey not come back from a 2-0 deficit last night against the stars. so they are now sitting in third place in a very tough pacific decision. in december there's no room for error. >> we keep an eye on, if you lose one or two games, eve a team keeps winning, so, the

points now are extremely important just as much as they will be later on in the season if something we're talking and focusing on, we have to keep getting points. >> this abc sports report was brought to you tonight by orchard supply hardware. >> stay with us.

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top three. $19 million. debuting in fourth was american hustle can, the mafia con artist movie featuring jennifer lawrence. another disney movie about the making of marry pop pins, saving mr. banks, was fifth. analysts believe this could be the biggest christmas ever at the box office. >> that's it for us at 6:00. for leigh glaser, rick quan, mike shumann, thank you for joining, see you tonight at 9:00 and 11:00.

right now the return of ron burgundy. justin bieber's big surprise for fans. and looking back at some of the our favorite moments of 2013. we're rolling out the red carpet now. >> we're in l.a. live. i'm rachel smith. we're celebrating the season here, but also celebrating a very busy year for us on the red carp carpet. check it out. >> my motto is expect everything and a bonus.