♪ i'm on the hunt, i'm after you ♪ [ female announcer ] only yoplait light and yoplait greek 100 are endorsed by weight watchers. it is so good when you're on the hunt for something delicious. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good thursday morning at 5:00. the 2nd day of january. i am kristen sze. >> i am matt keller here for eric thomas. >> you expect things to be quite cold which is true and you expect "spare the air" day which is true. mike? it is a sad state when we expect "spare the air" day. it is stagnant and the winds will blow offshore so warmer temperatures are on the way. live doppler 7 hd shows it is dry. a few clouds are lingering off

the coast. san rafael and richmond and santa rosa are starting off clear with high clouds in the afternoon. here is sue here for leyla gulen. >> good morning, everyone, back to the peninsula with slow traffic northbound in the san carlos area because of a couple of cars that got into it beyond woodside road with the slow traffic now from the dumbarton and 84 moving northbound on 101 blocking the right lane so try to stay left. elsewhere we will look at walnut creek southbound 680 beyond north main making your way up to 24 you can see the to which the screen, no delays and 24 is looking good to the caldecott tunnel. san jose police are vetoing the first homicide of the new year, a man was shot and killed a few hours ago. katie marzullo is in east san

jose with the latest on the investigation. katie marzullo? >> you can see the last few minutes the crime scene investigation van has arrived on the scene as police continue to investigate the case and they are going door to door to try to find witnesses or anyone who heard anything. no one actually called in shots fired to police when the crime occurred. it was at 1:26, before 1:30, someone saw the body and called police. that is how officers were alerted. when they got to the scene they found a man in his late 20 shot at least once and on a driveway area just off the sidewalk. they tried to resuscitate him but were not able to. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. we do not have an identification and we don't know what happened. police have not identified any suspects or motive.

police will investigate for hours, they say, and there are roads closed here, east san antonio between 34th and 101 overpass, closed, as long as police investigate. san jose's first homicide of 2014 comes on the heels of a tough year struggling for officers. in 2013, 40 homicides occurred in san jose if the third straight year, with 24 murdered last year in the first 11 months two fewer than 2012. rot crimes including burglary and car theft dropped 9 percent. the numbers come against a background of fewer officers, sworn staff now just offer 1,000, 300 fewer than in 2011. >> agents and arson investigators are collecting evidence after a suspicious fire at the chinese consulate in san

francisco. it happened after 9:30 at corner of geary. the chinese state television shows photos taken during the fire with flames charring the front of the building. this morning the chinese consulate release as statement call it a fire bomb attack and demanding authorities provide better security and apprehend those responsible. investigators are at the scene investigating it as arson. our reporter, amy hollyfield, will have the latest in 30 minutes. former israeli prime minister sharon remains in critical condition and his life is in danger. the director of the hospital says that the 85-year-old condition deteriorate add couple of days ago. he is one of the most iconic and controversial figures has been in a coma for eight years. he suffered a devastating stroke in 2006 when he was prime minister at the height of the

political power. this morning, doctors say his kidneys and other vital organs are suffering from critical malfunction. today in san francisco the state supreme court is set to decide whether to grant a law license to a man living in the united states illegally. the man came to the united states from mexico when he was 17 months old. he went to college, graduated from law school, and passed bar exam on the first try. he now is challenging a 1996 law that bars people living in the country illegally from receiving professional licenses from government agencies. opponents argue allowing him to practice law in the united states undermines the justice system. >> the swine flu is back in marin county but this time health officials are prepared. four years ago the swine flu killed 14,000 world wide and five in marin county. the problem was that strain of swine flu was new and not in the vaccine available at the time. officials say 20 percent of the

tests have come back positive for swine flu and ad everyone should be vaccinated. the flu is hard on the elderly. >> the weather has been cold and dry raising major concerns for growers in the valley. fresno county has a huge found usually hissen by water. the snow pack is just a fraction of what is normal. a grower expressed concern. >> farming is a lively hood a lot of people here and it affects a lot of people down the stream. a private spot is the people have a chance to explore parts of the lake that usually are submerged. tomorrow there will be a clear picture of the water situation. >> another round of flooding is expected for people living near the bay in mill valley and sausalito. yesterday morning, house boat residents had to put on rain

boots so go for a walk. king tides flooded the roads with the tides that can be 2' bigger than regular high tide. residents go with the flow if you will, and resorted to walking on planks to avoid getting wet. >> it is all flooded. what are you going on do? the dog needs to be walked. >> i didn't check the tides today but the last couple of days they were high in the morning. >> bicycle riders did not let flooding put a damper in their ride and today is the final round of king tides but as mike hard warning us more are forecast for the end of this month. >> go with the flow. >> exactly. a very calm flow and mild flow. >> the king tide will peak at

11:31. that is just an idea of when to expect it. from the tower this only you can see other to the east bay hills, we have a "spare the air" day with poorest air quality possible in the north bay and the santa clara valley and 25th since november 1. our day planner today is mostly clear and almost as cold as yesterday at 30 inland valleys to 48 in san francisco. at 12:00, the 64 is at the coast and most of us are in the mid-to-upper 50's an the bay and inland in the low-to-mid circuit above average and high clouds will move through the sky this afternoon and we will have the poor air quality all day with wood burning ban all the way through midnight. low-to-mid 50's if you are headed out at 7:00. through the weekend we will have low pressure 60's tomorrow and another "spare the air" day and low-to-mid 60's saturday and sunday.

>> we have an accident just reported in the central valley area westbound 205 a car is out of lanes, one in the center divide and one on the shoulder. could you find slowing from tracy to the altamont pass with a little bit of a slowing moving to the altamont pass and into the live more area. we have an accident 101 northbound beyond woodside and that is blocking the right lane with slow traffic moving northbound on 101 into the san mateo area. this is san rafael, the headlights beyond lucas valley road up the hill everyone is at the limit with no fog and no delays on the golden gate bridge. >> straight ahead, the bay area billionaire who gave the most money to charity last year. >> the big impact san francisco's film rebate program is having.

>> chrysler's days as being independent are numbered with fay immediate making a deal to buy 41 percent of chrysler. on the first business day of 2014, the financial markets are opening in record territory and the markets gained steam last month after the federal reserve announced they would ease out of the economic stimulus program. >> adjustable rate mortgages are gaining in popularity again as interest rates and home prices rise. initial rates are significantly lower than fixed rate mortgages. you do not have to be louisiana state fan to celebrate the tigers win yesterday. the restaurant chain will give you a free appetizer today anywhere in the entire c

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continue verify. no problems reported. security guards were stationed. the marijuana sales drew in people from all over the country . a new report shows how much money san francisco is spending on an incentive program designed to get more movie studios to film here. "san francisco examiner" reports that 17 productions have received rebates totaling $2.5 million since the program inception in 2006. the productions have collectively spent an estimated $44 million locally including $14 million in wages paid to local residents. the report concludes that it is not likely the rebate program has been the driving factor if local film production spending, more likely the result of an improving overall economy. we know who gave the most to charity in 2013 and the largest donation came from facebook c.e.o. and founder facebook

c.e.o. mark zuckerberg and his wife according to reports. the couple donateed 18 million shares of facebook stock to the silicon valley community center worth $990 million. >> the minimum wage is up in two bay area cities with the hourly rate in san francisco up 19 cents from $10.55 to $10.74 and in san jose the minimum wage went from $10 to $10.15 and the state minimum wage goes up a dollar in july to $9. wages are not the only thing that went up, muni is raising fares with san francisco transportation agency, also, eliminating the ten ride book saying existing ten ride books should be used before they expire july 1. >> bart prices have gone up and the price of a bart ticket is 5 percent more at 20 cents a tick

not most. the average bart fare jumped to $3.78. fours of the colleague until bay area bicycle share program say business is rolling along so well that expansion is a few months away. the program with how bicycles began in late august with the distinctive stands. people buy the pats to take unlimited rides of hand an hour or less and is in myself states: san francisco, redwood city, mountain view, san jose, and palo alto. officials are looking to, expand into the east bay. >> more than 70 million people in 21 states are bracing for a monster winter storm today. blizzard conditions are expected to blast the midwest and northeast. 2014 has begun with extreme blast of winter weather, a huge storm has been moving across much of the country bringing with it freezing temperatures and lots of snow. in minneapolis temperatures dropped to around zero and crews

struggled to tell with the blaze tolling an explosion at an apartment complex. water used to fight the flames turned to ice in the extreme temperatures and in indiana, slippery snow-covered roads are making travel difficult for drivers and a foot of edward snowden has fallen in chicago with more expected today. residents are doing their best to dig out. >> it does the job. make do with what you have. >> the storm now is headed to the east coast and new england where residents have been preparing for this winter weather. new haven connecticut shelters are gearing up to help those who spend their time on the street. in massachusetts, repairs have been made to a seawall that was damaged in a storm last february. >> the problem is the tides are huge. they are the highest they could possibly be. >> stores like this store are doing a brisk business as people stock up on shovels and salt to

deal with the coming storm. it is tough for them but can we get a little bit of storm here? we need the water. we need the precipitation. >> absolutely. they keep going around and meeting in the midwest and blow up over the east coast. that has been the case and continues into next week. the pattern could change and bring us a chance of light rain. live doppler 7 hd shows how quiet it is this morning almost as cold as it was yesterday morning and we still have clouds off the coast but the wind will keep them away with a last sunshine. you can see the snow pulling away from st. louis and chicago and milwaukee, still, getting snow and all of indiana and ohio is snow covered all headed to the washington and baltimore and new york and philadelphia and boston corridor so expect delays at the minimum. flight cancellations, today and tomorrow with the storm wrapping

up. >> seattle and portland are wet, with the storm rolling around us and everyone else is quiet and cold. minneapolis is one, and fargo is minus six. that is the high for today. coolest spot in the east bay is alamo at 32 kegs. in antioch it is 40. widening out the picture we have a lot of mid-to-upper 30's inland and los gatos and oakland at 36 a report low temperature and 41 in hayward and 48 coming in to san francisco with beautiful picture from the exploritorium and record highs and record lows and poor air quality, we have it, and now lingering into the weekend with changes possible next week and hopefully at minimum we can get cleaner air. record possible around richmond and san rafael and santa rosa at 65, 65, and 67. a few high clouds this afternoon. we will have mid-30's to low

40's inland and upper 30 to 40's around the bay shore and mid-40's possible along the coast and into san francisco. a couple of areas of high pressure overrun by the high thin clouds and look where the jet stream is, well to the north. poor air quality and near record highs and low pressure 60's tomorrow and low pressure 60's through the weekend with high clouds and sunshine up and more 60's and warmer-than-average tuesday and wednesday next week. we have a problem in the central valley with a couple of problems at 205, with speeds under 45 miles per hour approaching the scene and cars on the center divide and nothing blocking a lane, but, obviously rubberneckers are slowing and beyond the altamont pass, it picks up but we have slowing. toward the peninsula, the accident cleared north 101 beyond woodside and outside as we go it is a nice morning to be driving 280 in the northbound

direction toward cupertino the 17 overcrossing and everyone is at the limit here and we will take a look at the toll plaza with no delays or metering lights and off the span in san francisco we have first reports westbound on the skyway of an accident near fremont street on the shoulder. >> ahead, seven things to know use start the day. >> a big disappointment to stand gore in the rose bowl. the cardinals came up short.

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embarcadero with the lights still on. it is a governmentous picture but it is cold. it is the 25th winter "spare the air" day. mike nicco will tell us whether that will change ahead. >> here are seven things to know today: one, san jose police are investigating the first homicide of 2014. before 1:30 this morning, police were called to the 2600 block of east san antonio street with an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound and pronouned dead. >> arson is suspected in a torching of the chinese consulate lobby in san francisco. the fire was doused quickly at 7:30 last night. the chinese official there have released a statement saying a consulate worker witnessed someone pouring gasoline and setting the doorway on fire. the oakland family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead hoped to be able to move her to a new facility.

jahi mcmath has been on a haven't late at children's hospital oakland since december tenth after complications from a tonsillectomy. the family hopes to firm up plans today to move jahi mcmath. >> foam israel prime minister sharon is in critical condition and been in a coma since 2006 stroke. the director of the israel hospital where he is treated says the 85-year-old condition deteriorate add couple of days ago. >> the board of directors of bart vote on the labor contract, last in, the union leaders urged members to ratify but the vote will not come until bart votes. >> we are off to a clear can chilly start but near record remain warmth and another "spare the air" day is on the way and i will tell you if it lasts in the seven-day forecast. >> we have a light holiday commute going on right now with a couple of incidents coming from the central valley and off the bay bridge and update that

after the break. >> stanford went into the rose bowl expecting to continue to dominate the big ten but ran interest a buzz saw from michigan state. but in the 4th, cook got 25 yards putting the spartans ahead and later, stanford goes for it but the spartans stuff it down the middle and that is the game. >> in michigan, the winter classic, 105,000 fans packed michigan stadium yesterday for the game between the detroit red wings and toronto maple leafs, the biggest crud over to see an nhl game with steady snow in 13-degree temperatures with the wind chill of zero.

toronto won 3-2 in the shootout. >> dedicated fans. >> dedicated players, as well. we continue with top stories including a stolen car, high speed pursuit and a crash.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is thursday already. if you have a holiday in the week it throws everything off. >> it goes by quickly. >> thanks for joining us. the thing that we seeing a lot of consistency is the "spare the air" alerts. >> meteorologist, mike nicco, has tweeted the 25th "spare

the air" for the system. >> good morning, everyone, novato where we tracked thick fog 24 hours ago, everyone has unlimited visibility. we will have high clouds in the sky this afternoon and near record high temperatures, mid-to-upper 60's inland and around the bay and low-to-mid 60's at the coast. thousand a check of the commute here for leyla gulen and sue. >> always good to be here. we have a light commute so far this thursday morning with a couple of things coming off of the bay bridge, 80 westbound near the fremont street exit a couple of cars were tangled up on the shoulder and you could see slow traffic making your way across the bay bridge westbound into san francisco and from the central valley westbound 205 the sensors show somebodies of 28 and under 30 miles per hour and

a car in the center divide and one on the shoulder and it picks up beyond the scene and up and over the altamont pass and walnut creek is looking good, san rafael, and slowing from novato with no fog. kristen and matt? >> san jose police are vetting the -- investigating the first homicide. a man was shot and killed overnight. katie marzullo is on the scene in east san jose. >> i talked with the lieutenant on the scene with no new updates what they found but the investigation, the search for clues continues. you can see the mobile command center behind us. detectives are combing for evidence and taking measurements where the shooting occurred before 1:30 this morning when someone called 9-1-1 because a man was on a driveway in

antonio street. he what pronounced dead. police canvassing the neighborhood and knocking on doors talking to a handful of people who have not been able to give them evidence. they are looking for anyone who may have heard or seen anyone to help with the chase. no one called in having heard gunshot wounds and only because someone saw the actual victim on the street was the crime called in, when it did. if you her anything call the police or a hotline if you can. as for the investigation, it could be hours with no estimate how lock they will be here, as long as they are, east san antonio street is closed. federal investigation is taking place into san francisco chinese consulate as a suspicious fire. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is there with the latest.

amy, good morning. >> the consulate is open today although it looks like this. look at the front door, or the doors on the curb side, the glass is broken. the topic is security, a san francisco police officer is here watching over the consulate overnight. the chinese officials want more security. police say that someone poured two buckets of gasoline on the front door of the consulate and set it on fire last night located at geary in san francisco. a spokesman for the consulate said the counsel general will meet with issue agencies to request they strengthen protection of the chinese consulate and in an official statement they called this sabotage targeted at the institution. no one was hurt in the attack, no arrests have been ahead, and officials say no one has come forward to chairman responsibility.

thank you, amy. a family is praying for a newborn baby whose mother was killed in a tragedy on eve. relatives say 19-year-old ashley capuchin was proud mother of three mold old salvador. they mourned the young mother last might and prayed for the recovery of her son and teen sister. after family argument tuesday ashley got from the car stopped at the intersection at paseo padre parkway in fremont. she and her sister tried to cross the parkway to walk home while carrying the baby in a car seat but were hit by a passing pickup truck. ashley died at the hospital and her 17-year-old sister is in stable condition and the baby is critically injureed. >> she is in better hands right now, pray if my great grandson that he will make it. he is in critical condition. >> police say the victims were not in the crosswalk and the driver of white truck that hit them will not be charged.

>> san francisco police are investigating a police chase that ended in an accident in portrero hill. this is video from a viewer of the scene as the driver led police around and around the neighborhood starting around 7:30 last night when officers tried to stop a car that matched the description of the vehicle involved in an armed robbery. the vehicle crashed into a pole at 22nd and connecticut and one person was arrested and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the second suspect got away. >> a sheriff deputy is hospitalized after crashing the patrol car at the end of a high speed chase. last night, a -- difficult was pursuing a stole be car on eastbound highway 12 and the suspect tried and failed to make a sharp turn at pennsylvania avenue and the car wound up going into a field. the car crashed into a poll seriously injuring the deputy inside. the sheriff says that the deputy's injuries are serious but not life threatening. two suspects from the stolen car

in custody. >> family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead hope to move her to a new facility soon. jahi mcmath has been on a ventilator at children's hospital oakland since december tenth after complications from tonsil county my. the family attorney said they expect to firm up plans to of who her and now have a doctor and way to move her. >> we have ground transportation and a plane ready. when our facility is ready to receive her, we will be moving jahi mcmath. >> the facility could be the new aganst community center on new york's long island, a brain i joy treatment organization founded after the case of terry schiavo at center of a nationwide legal debate over life support. a judge ordered children's hospital oakland to keen jahi mcmath on a ventillator until tuesday. >> police are investigating a bizarre discovery after getting a trip. officers found a human skull on

a paper plate surrounded by beans. it could be old. maybe native american. officers took pictures after finding the skull along grizzly peak boulevard. >> police have launch add -- launched a murder investigation after church staff found a reverend inside a church after he failed to show up for morning mass. he taught religious studies at the state university. >> the father was a friend of mine, a tremendous person in this community. this is absolutely a tremendous loss not only for the parish but for our community, in general. >> a violent crime took place but would not say how the reverend reached. they have a suspect vehicle, nissan california license plate

6ndw400. the bart board will vote to finalize a settlement reached after two unions went open strike. at 9:00, the directors will meet in oakland to vote an a modify ied contract. bart said the family leave clause was included by mistake touching off bitter back-and-forth and worries of another strike. a settlement was reached last month and the union leaders are recommending ratification after the bart board vote. >> california is facing a record dry spell at 2013 the driest year since record keeping began 164 years ago, which is bad news for our water supply. the reservoir levels are dropping and the average is 33 percent or a third of the total available capacity. it is no better in the sierra with the snow pack estimate at 20 percent of normal and the first survey of the season is

tomorrow. >> so, what are they going to find? the north mountains 11 percent of snow fall, average snow fall up to today, 23 percent in the central including lake tahoe and 32 percent to the south averaging to 20 percent, the water question length we want to watch which is only 2". that is very, very bad especially considering the previous two or let years have been bad. at home it is quiet. no fog. clear. mid-30's inland. low 40's around the bay. by noon you can see the breeze bridge the warmth to the coast at 62. a few high clouds in the afternoon. low-to-mid 60's by the time we get to 7:00 the quiet pattern keeps us in the low-to-mid 50's. tomorrow, a carbon copy of today, "spare the air" day is

possible and low-to-mid 60's saturday and sunday with high clouds and sunshine. we have a change in the central valley, an accident in the clear stages west 205 at mountain house a tow truck is on the scene with speeds under 30 miles per hour beyond the scene over to the a pass where it is pick the up considerably and all the way into live more it is looking good and hoping for holiday light. westbound sky s way off the bay bridge we have a couple of cars tangled up near fremont street and you could find slow traffic. this is the bay bridge toll plaza a couple cars backed up to payment cash on left hand cash lane and on span we are seeing slowing on the incline up toward the tower you can see the red lights making the turn and traffic is congested through the

tunnel. >> next, the latest on the attempts to rescue dozens of passengers on a ship trapped in ice afternoon anarctica since christmas eve. >> photo sharing popular app is hack and millions of users' personal information posted on

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covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning. it is january 2nd. a look from emeryville camera across the bay it is calm. it is chilly. again, it is "spare the air" day. meteorologist mike nicco looks ahead to the weekend. >> all of the passengers of a russian ship have been evacuated by a helicopter after getting stuck in anarctica sea ice. this video was posted by a passenger. the airlift began at 1:00 o'clock this morning our time when the first of 52 scientists and tourists were airlifted to the chinese ice breaker called "snow drag on." they are now aboard the australian ice breaker that gets them home by mid-january. all 22 members of the ship will remain on board after enduring

blinding snows strong wind and fog since becoming stranded. >> high-tech security breaches, skype official remains were hacked yesterday including bashing of microsoft were posted and retweeted. the syrian electronic army claimed responsibility. and facebook was breached. and photo sharing app snapchat, user names of five million were previously posted online. the problem is compounded by the fact that many people tend to have the same user names on other sites and hackers post the information to show holes in security. snapchat was nowed by two stanford university graduates. >> gas prices are up five cents a gallon the past welcome but that will not last. prices have go kleined the past year and that trend is expected to continue. the average price during 2013

was $3.49 a gallon. gas will cost an average of $ $3.43 a improve -- gallon this year. >> number people reported seeing glowing objects over several cities including sacramento and stockton. this video was captured over hollywood spotted during the fireworks. they had four to six unusual looking lights. >> it was weird. they started separating.. >> big illuminated form. >> it moved up and to the left and stayed there for, probably, about 60 seconds and it took off. >> >> we are waiting to find out if there is an official explanation for what the people saw. >> most bay area cities are now offering christmas tree

recycling. crews are collecting trees through january in san mateo county and in marin and san jose regular pickup days. oakland recycling runs the next two weeks n san francisco trees are picked up starting this morning law john 15th. >> the christmas trees draw -- drying you. it is very dry. it is so dry, the trees are drying up and i will miss that smell. >> our radar and live doppler 7 hd show a few low clouds off the coast and that is it. it is high and dry as far as our moisture content. very dry out there. temperatures on the peninsula, very warm in belmont at 46, 44 in san bruno and san mateo 41

and we drop to 38 in redwood city and foster city is 37 and woodside is 36 and the cool spot is palo alto at 34 degrees. tough game yesterday. hoping stanford would win. questionable cause, though, from time to time, on offense. kristen looked at me like i was crazy but i think there were. low 30's in napa and novato. with frost. 39 in hayward and fremont and san jose and los gatos and 34 in concord and san ramon. 39 in livermore and half moon bay. beautiful picture from the east bay hills of the newest section and the lights on the embarcadero not there much longer with record highs and poor air quality until some changes happen next week. until then we will talk about what is going on now looking from mount tamalpais another beautiful picture of the city. we will have temperatures from seven degrees warmer in san francisco. to 11 degrees warmer in average

and redwood city at 66, 67. warmer than yesterday with a lot of mid-to-upper 60's. santa rosa will be 67, along with san jose. low-to-upper 30's inland. san francisco and the cost will be milest in the mid-40's. two areas of high pressure dominating our weather and getting overrun in the higher elevations by the thin clouds full of ice. you can see the storm tram is to the north with a low this will try to breakdown the high a little bit that could bring us slightly cooler weather this welcome. tomorrow, another low-to-upper day with poor air quality. right now, though, mainly dry, with a slim chance of rain in the northern part of the bay area on tuesday into wednesday. >> this is the commute from the

central valley, we have early accident still in the clearing fadeses westbound 205 that should be out of there with improvement on the sensors. to the west, at livermore, first report of an accident there on the shoulder so you could find slow traffic in livermore. coming off the span of the bay bridge, a crash westbound 80 near the skyway to the shoulder and slowing through the tunnel to the when portion -- the western portion of the span. busy beyond lucas valley road and the marin ymca and walnut creek is getting busy but, still, moving nicely moving to 24 and the southbound direction through walnut creek. an incredible mishap, two international soccer stars took on 55 kids in a game they will never forget the. >> a california business own are is trying to make a positive

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good morning, a look from the abc7 broadcast center roof camera. a cold start to the day but we could threaten more record high temperatures later today. mike nicco will have the forecast. >> a video is going viral of a

soccer game dozens of youngsters will never forget. team played for a local tv show in japans professionals versus 55 kids, five goalkeepers but the incredible mismatch did not deter the players appearing to have for trouble at all making a goal and running rings around the kids. two versus 55. >> 7/11 own wees is offering a sweet incentive to get kids excited about reading with a free shuny for every book the children read. he start at library in the 7/11 store. borrow a book, write a report and get a free icy drink to help kids stay out of the trouble. his son helps fund the stash by

donating his own reading material. >> when you share woulds with other people they feel happy and you feel happy. >> it is a wonderful feeling. i have had so many good stories of kidding going the wrong way and now try to spend time at home reading. >> the library has been so successful schools have donated used books to help. >> our favorite story. if i was a kid i would be reading a book every day to get a slumpy especially with our weather, so hot in the afternoon. >> cold in the morning and then hot. >> record cold in the morning, record highs. that is what happens with dry ground and dry air you see wild swings and speaking of that, if you are going to green bay, six degrees. that is not the wind chill, it willing down to zero by the time the game is over with the 49ers and green bay.

on monday, the high is 15 below. 15 below. 11 below in minneapolis and 16 below in fargo. upper 60's through the central valley and 81 in los angeles. we have an update in the middle of the central valley and tracy and the accident there, westbound, 205, has been cleared. we are seeing improvement as you make your way from tracy with an accident near first street in livermore on the center divide and it is clearing off the bay bridge off the freeway street exit and the shoulder and no delay there. we have minor delay paying cash on the toll plaza but otherwise, no metering lights and traffic is slowing although a little congested on the upper deck. >> could switching hands help

you cut back on snacking? according to a new study moviegoers who are told to grab popcorn with the nondominant hand, if they are right-handed, eight 6 percent less than those that use the done than hand. using the name done natural hand makes you think more. >> winter storm threatens to snarl travel to and from the east coast with condition outside right new bracing for snow. >> in the south bay police in san jose are trying to put together the first homicide of 2014. michael finney teams up with "consumer reports" to test out the newest home gym equipment and which machines can help you

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. at 6:00, a day into the new year, san jose police are already investigating the city's first homicide of 2014, we have what we have learned. >> >> developing in san francisco, a late night fire at the chinese consulate called "arson." the detail we are lending of the flames. a new winter storm moving to the east coast and threatening to snarl commuters and air travel. thanks for skinning us on thursday. we helping there are delays and cancellations at sfo, with 11 chance lakes leaving the airport, so, obviously, the weather is causing trouble. >> no cancellation in san jose. >> that is right. we will check with mike nicco and see what the conditions folk are facing. >> ought storm is ramping up in the ohio river valley and in the big weather i will give you an idea and show you with live doppler 7 hd focusing on what will happen: 41