>> a it good saturday to you. i'm katie marzullo. we have francis in for meteorologist lease original. good morning. >> good morning. you can see how clear the conditions are right now as we look toward the bay bridge and san francisco. but is does mean chilly temperatures in some of the valleys, near 28 degrees. milder along the coast where we will see mid-40s and this afternoon hazy sunshine. it is another spare the air day so no woodburning. this evening things will cool down after the sun set so if you have dinner plans out, grab a jacket. things will start to drop into the mid-50s to 60s.

another cool evening ahead and i have the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. katie. >> francis, thank you. we have developing news in oakland a shooting victim is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the victim was shot in east oakland on 96th avenue near bancroft avenue last night. he was shot at least once, possibly in the head. they described the person's condition as grave. neighbors reported hearing about 20 shots fired and police are asking any within koss tom forward. so far no news on any possible suspects. >> one thing after another for the family of a 13-year-old girl on life support. this morning a new facility is offering to take jahi mcmath but the question remains who will perform the medical procedures needed to move her 678 we have the latest from children's hospital. >> the fight to keep jahi mcmath on a ventilator led to

a with war of words. the family wants to move jahi to another facility for long-term care. >> if they want to move the body of this individual, we will do everything in our power as long as it's legally and medically correct to help them. >> but the hospital said certain requirements need to be met before jahi can be moved. >> one is that they have a physician who will perform the surgery necessary to transfer the body. secondarily, that the body be transferred, and thirdly, that there is a licensed legitimate place that will take a a a -- a deceased person on a ventilator. >> it requires a tracheotomy and a feeding tube to be inserted before the move. time is running out. the order expires monday at 5:00 p.m.

jahi's uncle isn't giving up. >> we have to go to court and buy time. we have to do it by any means necessary. >> dolan plans to be back in court monday to file an extension and fill a claim in federal court. >> the hospital is saying we are going to decide what is happening to jahi, not you, even if it kills her. >> dolan said that's a violation of the family's constitutional rights. ama daetz, abc7 news. a. c. transit ion workers have ratified a third labor contract. this is the third tentative agreement they have voted on in the past few months. you might recall governor brown called for a 60-day cooling often period that prevented a possible strike. that time ends tomorrow. it includes a 9.5% wage increase over the next three years. employees will also have to make a flat monthly contribution of $125 to their healthcare costs. california desperately in need of more rain. and the state is now on track

for one of the driest years on record. reservoirs are alarmingly low and farmers are starting to worry. should you? here's abc7 news reporter alan wang. [horn honking] >> that's the dinner belfour tim's cattle herd. he's been feeding them hay every other day because the drought has left his pastures barren. >> we are looking at nothing. normally he has 305 inches of grass provided free my mother nature. >> we feeding $500 to $600 every day for the feed. >> at that cost cattle ranchers are selling off large portion of their heard. we could see prices drop early on but then as they reagree their herds pockets could skyrocket. people in some areas are being ordered to cutback on water

usage and many other reservoirs below 40%. >> people in particular in agriculture, they are the ones with the biggest concern because they rely on basic rain up front. >> right now hetch hetchy reservoir that supplies water to san francisco and other parts of the bay is at 70% capacity. >> right now we aren't too worried but we will see what january and february bring. >> for now we have to worry about food prices going up. in the east bay, alan wang, abc7 news. >> the drought could cost palo alto near $5.5 million because the city would have to buy energy to make up for the lost hydroit electric power. palo alto gets half of their electricity from dams but since lake waters is so low, less water is flowing through the generators. that could force the city to look elsewhere for their power needs. >> today is a spare-the-air day in the bay area. it's the 21st alert of the

winter. bay area officials say unless the weather changes this could become the new normal, woodburning would be beened throughout the region. violators face a $100 fine and it's $500 if you are cut a second time. panic has turned to peace for a detroit mother and son who is a heart transplant recipient visiting the bay area for the holidays. >> these people came to the area to perform a concert. the thief got away with their laptops, luggage, musical instruments and medication he's required to take every is it 11 hours to keep him alive. >> i'm thinking, oh, man, this is bad because it's medicine that i don't know if it's easy to get because i get it from a mail-in pharmacy. it's critical stuff, so i'm terrified. >> shawn had an enlarged heart

and got a transplant three years ago at the age of 20. the medication keeps his body from rejecting the new organ. a local hospital give him an emergency dose and a prescription to last him while he and his mother record third new song. more than 1 million americans will lose their unemployment benefits today when the government -- federal government's emergency compensation expires. they have proposed extending the benefits another three months and president obama plans to push congress to do so when it returns next month. they said the abrupt cutoff of cash assistance will hurt economic growth and jobs. >> this morning bizarre new details about a san francisco killing that happened earlier this month. police have arrest add 16-year-old in connection with the murder and attempted robbery that happened on december 14th. investigators say a group of men tried to hold up a person with a cell phone. victim complied. but police say one of the

robbers shot at him anyway. well, the bullet grazed the victim's face but hit an accomplice, killing him. police identified 16-year-old clifton chapman as the dead robbery suspect. the other victim is okay. police believe this man is one of two people responsible for robbing a woman back in august. they took her cell phone is a necklace. police say the victim used the cell phone to take this sellfy after exit committing the crime, not realizing the photo would be uploaded to the internet through the cloud. a group of patients in southern california is fighting parkinson's disease in part by fating each other. it's an innovative program that incorporates boxes as part of their physical therapy. a before c7 news health and science reporter carolyn johnson has the story.

>> reporter: since dolores took up boxes four months ago, the 9-year-old has noticed big changes. >> i'm not so stooped over, my back is straight again and i'm walking with a better swing and my balance is a lot better. >> she was diagnosed with parkinson's disease a year ago. she credits the program, lock steady boxes, for slowing the progression of the disease. the symptoms often include shaking and slowness of movement. twice a week she and others who share the same challenge work out for 90 minutes at a gym in southern california. >> their agility, their balance, all of this is just so much more improved. >> no one gets hit in this boxing program. ann adams brought it here from indianapolis after seeing how it helped her own father who has parkinson's and got better. >> i watched him get better, dancing around in class. >> research shows it's not just boxes but traditional forms of

exercise such as exercising and aerobic training this can help with basketball and mobility but ron said boxes is different from other exercises he's tried. >> the most beneficial type of thing that i found for overall wellness. >> carolyn johnson, abc7 news. >> the classes cost about $120 a month. eats 5:10. very early on this saturday morning. a holiday week still for many. >> you can enjoy the holiday weekend bus we have plenty of sunshine. but quite a wide range of temperatures right now. as we look outside toward san francisco, it's currently 46 but in santa rosa only 26 degrees right now. i'll have your complete forecast coming up. >> thanks, francis. and still to come, two bay area high school marching bands heading across the pond. how they will be bringing in the new year. and one good deed deserves

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>> it's been a particularly dangerous year to ride bike or walk along the streets. the most recent incident happened a week ago. a person in a motorized wheelchair was hit head-on by a consider on monterey road near fallon avenue. a 50-year-old woman killed while crossing the highway lift month. pedestrian and drivers, police say, both need to focus more on traffic and remove the

smartphone earbuds that can prevent them from hearing approaching cars. a u. c. berkeley grad has become the first person to die in an avalanche this season. michael was an avid skier and recently moved to jackson hole from san francisco. he was skiing in the back country when his trip turned fatal. >> it's a risky take to live life. it's the risky take to feel life and that's what it was. >> billy shared a ski house with him in squaw valley a couple years ago. he said michael had a strong sense of adventure but always took the proper pro cautions when skiing. >> he was with a group of very experienced people and they did most of the right things, but you can never be too careful. >> he was said to have all the safety gear, a beacon, probe and shovel when his friends found him buried in the snow just

outside the boundaries of the jackson hole resource. a dock store in the area attempted to revive him but he was pronounced dead t appears he was the first in a group of five people to head down the slope and trigger the avalanche. the brother arrived in jackson. the two grew up in the bay -- in the area but grew went to college in bay area. >> they were able to find him quickly but they weren't able to revive him. >> michael was only 29 years old who left san francisco to spend the winter in wyoming. he was president of the example ski team. his family released a statement saying mike lived life with a full heart. he loved his buddies, his skiing buddies in san francisco and the cal bears. >> mike lived his life with a lot of love to people around him, and they did for him as well. >> the avalanche was set to have a 40-inch slide depth.

it's also been described as a slab slide avalanche, which according to experts, tend to break at your feet. abc7 news. >> a body found in mccovey cove last month has been identified. police kay the body is that of a 22-year-old man of brazil. he called family and friends on october 28th saying he was in trouble and needed the police. his sister came to san francisco to look for him. it took until now to identify his badly decomposed body. >> shipping giants ups and fedex are still reeling from the overhaul holiday rush that delayed the delivery of packages. both companies apologized and said bad weather and a surge in shipping were the problems. ups admits some customers are entitled to refunds, but at least one lawmaker wants all shipping fees refunded. amazon and wal-mart are offering gift cards to affected customers and kohl's is paying for

undelivered items. two bay area marching bands will be ringing in the new year across the pond. okay grove and hitsburg marching bands will be participating. the pittsburgh band boarded their flight yesterday bound for england. >> it's a big deal not only for what our accomplishments are but for these kids. most have never been on an airplane and their first plane ride will be international to london. >> oak grove marching band members from san jose will be joining the pittsburgh band in the u. k. for the 2014 celebration. london's parade draws hundreds of thousands of spectators and millions of tv viewers. as people make year-end donations to charity the marin humane society hopes they won't overlook the donation of cash for pets. donations can be mid-at the

marin humane society lobby. bins are also set up at food express store location necessary marin county. they support the pet needs of many local seniors and low income residents through a network of services and shelters. the year end drive ends tuesday. some customers have been showing their holiday cheers. drive through customer at this connecticut starbucks has been paying it forward and then some. so far more than 1,000 people have paid for the person behind them. it's not just on the east coast n nevada 73 customers in a row paid it forward. and in north carolina one woman posted her starbucks gift card on facebook urging people to use it, but instead something else happened. >> you know people are reloading it, which i had no clue. they are paying it forward, buying it for strangers, reloading the card again. >> it is a gift that keeps on

giving. a lack of snow is bad news for sierra ski resorts as this week is typically their busiest of the year. but heavenly resort has come up with a unique way to ramp up the entertainment on the slopes. this grooming machine has been retrofitted and brought to life as a mobile dj station. it's been driven to various spots on the mountain to deliver lighting and sound effects. if you can't have a white christmas, at least you can have a walk-in d. j. party thanks to this customized cat. i'm not a skier about so all of that is foreign to me but i can dance. >> and enjoy the sunshine because there will be a lot of it. >> sun thing we doan need. >> unfortunately about you might as well take advantage of it. i check the snowpack. northern california only about 12% of normal. gives you an idea how much they really need the snow. and as we take a look at live doppler 7hd, we are looking around the bay area only picking

up a few high clouds off the coast. elsewhere pretty clear right now. here's a beautiful look from the exploratorium towards the embarcadero buildings and the holiday lights still on. it is currently 47 in san francisco. one of the milder spots. a lot of 30s out there as well. 37 in san jose, los gatos and in half moon bay. cool conditions prevail in some of the inland locations from mt. tam you see more of the clear skies. a great view of the bay bridge and san francisco there. so only 26 in santa rosa. fairfield 28 and in livermore it's 35 degrees. as we enjoy another live shot from sutro looking down toward san francisco, we also can expect very chilly conditions this morning. so a clear start. it is another spare the air day today. the sixth in a row, as katie mentioned. dry and mild weather all the way into the new year. so we have a pattern that holds

steady through the week. and here's what i can show you the pacific satellite image. the trough continues to move east and that brought us the high clouds yesterday in slightly cooler numbers but fortunately no rain. high pressure building over the pacific. this will be the dominant feature for the rest of the week and with a slight offshore flow we will see numbers climb up a few degrees and then stay above average throughout the week. the forecast onmation shows basically sunny conditions all through sunday. and also you can look for some breezy conditions tonight. and highs today will be mainly in the 60s for everyone. low 60s along the coast. 63 in half moon bay and in san francisco. some mid-60s around the bay with 65 in oakland and in san jose. look for a few upper 60s. you will find 66 in fairfield and in livermore. now i also wanted to show you how dry we are. so this is percent of normal season to date. we start measuring rainfall

july 1st. now the lowest spots, lowest rainfall, percent of normal, is in santa rosa. 15%. san francisco we are at about 24% of normal. and doing a little bit better in livermore at 44% of normal. san jose 33% of normal. now because of that high pressure persisting throughout the week. not going to get any rain until possibly the second week of january. so looking dry into the beginning of 2014. temperatures above average, mainly in the 60s to mid-60s. and then maybe climbing up a little bit by the end of the work week. if you have plans for new year's eve you can definitely enjoy a clear, dry evening, but it will be cool overnight. abc7 news has another great weather resource for you. follow@live doppler 7hd on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions rain or shine, plus get video forecasts,

spare the air alerts, power outage inpo and weather tweets from your favorite weather team going to get a tweet ready right now. >> great. we are following you and we will need that information if and when rain ever comes. >> right. we are hoping for it next week. >> thanks, francis. the controversial star of duck dynasty is fa... desk... you know what? yogurt.n't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet.

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>> welcome back. "duck dynasty" center has been returned to work. his remarks were slammed but others supported his right to free speech, threatening a boycott of the network. a las vegas cabdriver returning a huge amount of cash left behind bay customer has received a reward. the man turn in $300,000 that was left in the back seat of his cab, money believed to be from a local gambler. he received $10,000 for a reward. he is a devout catholic and plans to donate some of the money to his church. some players suited up and showed off their big appetites last night. the entire niners offensive line, their coaches and families, huddled over a whole lot of meat at the house of

prime rib for their annual linemen dinner. the event has been hosted for decades, as they said, to give some much-needed recognition to the o.-line. >> the face is changed but you have the same characters. always the same, great camaraderie. you saw earlier how nice they are to each other. and this is in kind of a private atmosphere. >> that's personally delivered the biggest hunk of his tender roast beef to rookie tackle carter. word on the street is he did eat most of it. straight out of the flinstones as someone said this morning. up next, you pay your credit card bill on tame, but is that really enough? 7 on your side's michael finney helps a woman who wassen to collections even though she paid on time every month. and the extremes some people are willing to go through to shed a few pounds.

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the place to find quality, affordable coverage, and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. >> welcome back. it's 5:30 and we are starting off this half-hour with a quick look at the weather. frances dinglasan is in for lisa argen this morning. >> good morning, everyone. only 26 degrees here and milder at 47 in the bay area. and hayward at 42. here's what you can expect for today. it is another spare the air day. some hazy sunshine later on this afternoon but with clear conditions to start we will warm up a few degrees compared to yesterday. inland areas we will see some poor air quality. temperatures in the mid-to upper

60s. look for 60around the bay. i'll have the the complete accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. katie. >> thank you, francis. new worries this morning for millions of target customers. just when people thought it was safe to use their deb spit credit cards again at a target, the retailer comes out with bad news, pin numbers were stolen, too. nine days ago they said the issue was identified and resolved but yesterday the store revealed that strongly in crypted pin data was removed but the pin data was strongly encrypted. still some customers are weary. >> it does, it does, very much so. we talked about it before we came. >> how did you pay your your transaction tonight. >> i used my debit card and cash. >> our very good consumer protection laws that would protect the consumers from having to pay for unauthorized purchases, but if you don't notice them, you are going to end up paying for them.

>> consumer attorneys say it is incumbent upon shoppers to modify their billing statements and report suspicious transactions. >> there's word this morning of a potential security flaw with the popular photo sharing website snap chat. a coding error could allow a hacker to get phone numbers and names without your permission. doesn't sound like a big deal, but in a short amount of time they could collect millions of names and put them together and sell it to a bidder. it was reported to snapshot in august but the problem has apparently not been addressed. as much as 50 million people use the snap chat app. >> there is curbside christmas tree recycling. areas served by greenway recovery can put undecorated christmas trees out with their recycling bin. trees should be cut into three food sections for curbside

pickup. they will send them through wood chippers or they will be used for biofuel to generate electricity. there are special recycling bins located at many fire stations throughout the county. >> paying your credit card bill on time is the surest twice avoid fees, right? or is it? >> a san francisco woman paid on time and still got socked with bank fees. her bank admitted it was a mistake but her account went to collections. no one could help her until 7 on your side's michael finney stepped in. >> all margaret bruno within today do was pay off her credit card bill to avoid any more fees. >> i was out of work at the time, looking for a job. it was very frustrating time for me. a very scary time. >> her bank sent automatic payments to her credit card account every month for two years. her debt was down to just $137 when, suddenly, margaret noticed a late fine her credit card

bill. she called hsbc right away. >> i was charged a late fee but he wasn't paid, i paid and i paid through my bank. >> hsbc said she would have to send proof. took a week to obtain the check. they reversed the late fee and everything seem fine except it happened again. >> they said they didn't receive my payment and they would charge me a late fee. >> again they said she was delinquent. again, she sent proof of her payment. hsbc reversed the late fee and once again everything seemed fine until she got the next bill. it had a late fee, too. so did the next bill and the one after that. >> so every month i had to go through a big deal about proving that i paid. and then they would reverse the charges and send me an apology letter. >> still the bank kept recording delinquent payments and soon began calling her cell phone. >> hsbc would be calling me about 15 times a day and when i would straighten it out, they

said sorry, this will take two days. >> finally she paid the last $15 of her debt and called hsbc to close the account. >> they apologized to me and said i had a 0 balance at that point. >> however, and you probably guessed it, her next statement said no payment was received, and she owed a $30 late fee. >> but i gave up at that point. i just had to have a positive attitude about looking for a job. i couldn't go through this anymore. >> she at mitz she was see exasperated she didn't dispute the bill. late charges piled up and the final blow hscb sold her account to a debt purchaser, which tried to collect $103 on her account. she tried to explain she didn't owe this money. >> but they weren't nice and they didn't believe me at all. >> the unpaid debt glares on her credit report. she said it blocked her from buying a car. >> so i'm like i'm calling channel 7, michael finney. >> and we got to work point being out to hsbc that margaret

apparently didn't owe a debt. the bank quickly unraffled her bank and agreed to clear it. they prevent from disclosing details but a spokesperson said by phone we made sure this matter is not going to have a credit worthiness impact. we have also reached out to the debt collection company that purchase the debt and we are work to go resolve that debt and bring the whole matter to a close. >> i'm just very happy this, you know, i'm looking at this file and someone is helping me. >> hsbc told margaret the problem began because another customer had a similar name and account number so her payments were routed to the wrong account. one way to avoid this, put your full account number on your checks when you make a payment. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. a young man in las vegas was all smiles when he discovered a new ipad box under the

christmas tree, but when he opened it he found the box was stuffed with paper. her mom bought the device for her son at wall mart for $300. she took it back to the store and finally the start realized customers in other states were finding the same thing. they exchanged the box for a real ipad and told customers to be aware of the scam. they said open the box before you make the purchase. with the new year approaching, so are the resolutions. there's a controversial new procedure to lose weight. it involves holding your tongue literally. abc news reporter cecilia on the shocking lent to which some patients will go. >> i am determined to lose weight. and marlene -- >> i'm willing to do anything at this point. i'm so desperate to lose weight. >> each hope to drop 20 pounds in 30 days. two overweight women who can't control their eating, going to extremes to lose weight fast. a stiff mrs. tick patch stitched

right to their tongues will inflict a sharp pain if they try to eat any solid food. it's called the tongue patch. cosmetic surgeon introduced the procedure in the u.s. four years ago after first seeing it done in latin america. >> you are sewing a foreign object into somebody's mouth. is that healthy? >> well, it's not unhealthy. >> i can't move my tongue. >> i can't talk. >> you aren't guaranteed but an average weight loss is anywhere from 18 to 20 pounds in one month's time. >> have you ever received any flak from colleagues in the medical community for this? >> no, i haven't. >> there's not one scintilla of hope or evidence that putting a patch on your tongue and not being able to eat for a month is going to have any affect on you at one year, two years or three years. >> the weight loss expert points

to studies that show most who lose weight rapidly like that eventually gain it back and more. >> march leave doesn't need a study. these getting all the study she needs from the bathroom scale as the pounds fall away. >> my arms are a lot thinner. >> she is also watching the pounds melt away. >> so far, i probably lost 50, 60 pounds. >> the final tally? marlene loses 18 pounds. sandra loses 23 pounds. >> really i don't within to go through that again. it was really hard for me. >> it wasn't bad. >> look at you, you are smiling. >> i would do it again. >> now, if you got an ipad, tablet or smartphone this holiday season, you will certainly want the abc7 news app to be one of the first things you download. ama daetz tells you what is new. >> you already know the abc7 news app is the place to go for all the latest news.

now you can report news when it breaks right from your mobile device. u-report is right at your fingertips. >> one click and you can send all your breaking news videos and weather info to the newsroom. you might see yours on air. >> now you have more control over the size of the font. just pinch or squeeze and then scroll through stories faster than ever. get up to the minute weather up to the hour or watch the bay area's most experienced weather team. it's all on the new and improved abc7 news app. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. >> available free on itunes. ama daetz, abc7 news. hour updated i-phone and ipad app is easy to download. go to abc7news.com/app for details. coming up, mission failure. why an ice breaker en route to rescue a ship trapped in antarctic ice was forced to turn back. let's take a live look outside. a different picture at 5:40.

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>> welcome back. it is 5:43. a live look from our exploratorium cam. the transamerica pyramid there. it's a clear morning. cold morning. 46. but the rest of the day you are going to see plenty of sunshine. france ding will fill you in on all the details coming up in a little bit. meanwhile, trouble in antarctica. the cruise ship stuck in the ice for days could see the rescue ship coming, it was getting closer, but then it got stuck too. we have the story. >> deep in the frozen antarctic,

74 tourists and researchers on the stranded ship could see their rescuers. >> that's the ice breaker coming to rescue us! >> brilliant! >> penguins in view. hope filling the cold air and a chinese ice breaker, the snow brag gone, in the distance, tearing through the ice to free the ship. >> a lot of relief amongst the team and lots of happy faces. >> but late today a dramatic twist. the snow dragon was so close but it got stuck in the ice, too. they are now turning back. the explorer just spent 24 hours at a legendary polar exploration site. recreating experiments first done 100 years ago. but on the way back home a major blizzard, trapping the ship in the ice. >> the bad news is we are a long ways from where we first got lost in the sea ice. >> when the ice first formed, the explorers were just two miles from open water. now this ice field has grown dramatically. the ocean is now 13 miles away.

that's how much thick ice rescuers there have to break through. >> chris, what's going through your mind right now knowing the ice bricker has turned back? >> it's sort of frustrating again that we can see hope and help, but unfortunate moment. we are in an isolated position still. >> wow, crazy stuff. certainly no ice here. >> no ice. >> we could use it. it will be moisture, at least. >> yes. we could definitely use it. unfortunately it's going to be dry, but sunny today. we will see a lot of clear skies as we look live toward emeryville. temperatures in the 60s. i'll let you know when you can expect for new year's eve. >> thank you, francis. and at or example, the suns came in having one eight of their last nine games, but as they soon found out, the warriors steph curry was even hotter. rick kwan will have all you

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it's 5:47 on your saturday morning. we are lucky to have francis with us. a holiday treat. >> we can certainly use rain. we will see a lot of sunshine and it's a treat for me to be here, too. let's go to live doppler 7hd. looking around the bay area and showing us quiet conditions. a few high clouds over the coast, but that will clear very quickly. so we will get some scattered, hazy sunshine this afternoon. the haziness due to the poor air quality. i'll get to that in a minute. here's a live view from our roof camera. we look at the beautiful bay lights on the bay bridge. traffic has been a mess there all week. keep that in mind if you are headed toward the embarcadero. it's 47 in san francisco, 41 oakland and 35 in redwood city. but check out some of these chilly numbers as we look live from sutro tower cam. the clear skies allow us to lose a lot of heat overnight.

so with the radiational cooling, we are seeing numbers in the 20s. currently 26 in isn't rosa. 28 in napa. and look for 30 degrees in novato. so here's the weather story as we look toward sfo. you see fairly clear conditions. some haziness out there. don't expect too many weather delays due to the weather. and we've got the clear and chilly start this morning. plenty of sunshine later on today. spare the air once again. dry and mild all the way into the new year. doesn't look like we will serin until possibly the second week of january. so we are hoping for that. look at this other view from emeryville out toward the bay bridge. nor clear conditions out there. with the spare the air alert, no woodburning. the north by will see the poorest air quality. it is the sixth consecutive day and we've had 21 alerts since november 1st. here's why we can expect

possibly some more spare the air days in the near future. we have this area of low pressure that continues to move east. this brought us the cooler conditionings and high clouds yesterday but we still didn't see any rain. high pressure over the pacific is rebuilding. that's going to stick around all weekend. and with high pressure we have sinking air, a slight offshore flow. this allows for the stagnate air to pool, possibly more spare the air days. as we look at the forecast animation, shows the clouds clearing quickly. we could see breezy conditions overnight but sunshine returns today and will stick around throughout the week. so you can expect a lot of dry weather. temperatures in the 60s, above average. look for average high 63 san francisco, 65 san jose and 64 in concord. and here's a look at temperatures around the state where it's dry, as well. you can kind. see a little offshore flow. 47 degrees in tahoe with a lost sunshine, not much so. but there is dancing out there, as katie mentioned in another story. mild in southern california.

75 in los angeles and in palm springs. the accuweather seven-day forecast, well, it's kind of on cruise control. we have sunny and mild conditions today. temperatures mainly in the 60s. and it just holds steady almost all week. very little change. just a few high clouds for new year's eve but nothing to hinder your plans. and looking dry into the new year. >> all right. francis, thank you. we will take it. >> in sports, pro goal teams have been announced. so which niners and raiders are going to hawaii? ears abc7 sports reporter rick kwan. >> good morning. the warriors didn't just cool off the red hot suns last night, they handed phoenix its worse loss of the season. the suns won 8 of their last 9 but golden state was never threatened from the second quarter on. steph currily pops for three of his fourteen. finds bogut for the dunk. they led by 19 at halftime.

kurri with the treble. sets up lee for the slam. seth had a triple-double by the end of the third quarter. he set career highs with 13 rebounds and 16 assists. the warriors tie a season-high with fourth straight victory, 116-86. the sharks were also playing phoenix. coyotes took the 1-0 lead in the first. san jose turns it over and david moss makes them play. he beat antti niemi. the sharks tie it up in the second. nice puck movement here. brett burns to joe thornton to joe pavelski, and scores his 16th goal of the season. phoenix retook the lead. back comes san jose on the power play. it's tied at 2. this game was decided in a shootout. marleau beats mike smith to take the 2-1 lead. interception niemi, who turns away albert ekman-larsson. sharks win it 4-3. last night at at&t park, washington took on the byu in the hunger goal.

the huskies were not starving for points. washington's interim head coach had his players ready. john ross with the ensuing kickoff and returns it 100 yards for a touchdown. 14-7, washington. bishop sanky had a big game with 95 yards rushing and two touchdowns. husky win. they finish 9-4 for the season. >> grit win, great team win. we had guys making plays right and left. this is one of the games we had to come together and we did that. not only me but the rest of the team. he enjoyed san francisco, great hospitality, great city and we enjoyed it. >> the pro goal announcements last night. the raiders have one representative. rees. he's opinion a bright spot in the 4-11 season. as for the niners, they tied

the chiefs foremost players selected with eight. four from the defense. that is sports for is the day morning. i'm rick kwan. have a great day. >> coming up, ringing in the new year with a different look. the change in store for new york

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>> good morning, i'm katie marzullo. glad you are with us on this saturday morning, 6:00 a.m. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist frances dinglasan in for lisa argen. good morning. >> good morning. clear conditions out there. that means some very cool numbers this morning. temperatures in the upper 20s in some locations in the interior areas to mid-40s around the bay and along the coast. this afternoon we will see hazy sunshine. it is another spare the air day with temperatures mainly in this low to mid-60s and this evening clear conditions again once the sun sets