. >> like you say there's hopeful rain but it is fading fast. but it is good. a few high clouds around. mainly clear skies. today was our second spare the air day tying our win record set back in december 2013. air quality is improving gradually tomorrow. north bay and santa clara valley here's a live look. a beautiful western sky. currently 59 degrees in san francisco and san carlos. morgan hill 57 and half moon bay. a lovely view northward.

67 in santa rosa. 64 in fairfield and livermore, and as we look across the embarcadero, here's the first forecast. we'll have patches of fog developing in the evening hours. lingering areas. i'll give you a look seven days searching for some rain but it may be a fruitless search or a rainless search. >> okay. thank you. still ahead returning to the hot zone. a doctor who almost died from ebola reveals he is going back to africa. coming up, a preview of the national championship coming up. and hitting the pickett line. how mental health care is at the center of this new protest affecting one of the largest medical providers of california.

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an american doctor who survived ebola is returning to west africa, the heart of the worst ebola outbreak in history. dr. rick sacra announced he is

returning to liberia. he won't be working in an ebola ward but will be caring for patients. he plan to spend nearly a month outside the camden of monrovia. >> my doctor has now cleared me for a full return to work and has said i'm well enough to return to liberia. the experts tell me i'm immune. i don't plan to test that. >> dr. sacra contracted ebola while treating patients for ebola last september. u.s. stocks declient again today sentencing the two-week slide with the unabated drop in oil prices is driving investors' concerns. the price of oil dropped another 5% today to $46 a barrel. the slump means lower profits for energy companies and investors are worried the drop in oil will hurt fourth quarter earnings. the dow jones was down 96 points.

that's about a half percent drop. medical experts are pushing for more attempts to be vaccinated against the roto virus. and what's the difference between a.m. and p.m. cold medicine any way? today's health and wellness report. >> vaccination is less than 10% at some doctor's offices and the virus results is severe dehydration for babies. and it resulted in 70,000 hospitalizations every year. medical experts are launching a campaign to get more doctors to vaccinate 2-month-old babies against the virus. more urgent care clinics in the malls according to real estate experts. this way potential patients have easy access to health care. handle lords like them too as they pay slightly higher rental than retail stores. and a glut of pot? washington marijuana growers are

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did. >> reporter: a lot of excite many as you might imagine before this game. this is it. college football fans have been asking for a playoff for years and this year they finally got i. after only the there will be an undisputed champion of college football. college football ready to crown its first champion. fans from across the country descending on arlington, texas. both teams with 13-1 records had to win new years day to get in. >> you step in a prize fight. you get one thing and the great champions don't miss. >> all eyes will be on the quarterback marcus mariota who put off making million to finish school. winning the heisman trophy for college football's best player.

>> and the rest of my family. thank you. >> reporter: for ohio state, injuries to the top two quarterbacks has made room for cardale jones who is only playing in his first ever college football game. leading his team to an upset team alabama. >> i never thought would be in this position. >> reporter: now they have a chance to make college football history. and it is a super bowl like atmosphere here. at&t stadium is completely sold out. live in arlington, texas abc7 news. >> what are ticket prices like if you were to walk up and try snag some? and are you seeing more ducks well, the prices are between

$450 and $650. we met a guy today for front row seats who paid $1200 for his seats. as for duck fans ohio state fans, we've seen both sides but very, very enthusiastic. >> it looks a little chilly. thanks for the time. you can catch all the action on the espn or watch espn app. kickoff at 5:30. those ticket prices are not outrageous. >> it's history. >> it's a little winny. not so much here. >> a lack of rain. >> that's the big problem. a lack of rain. it is a beautiful day and our air quality will be improving. here's live doppler 7 hd. mainly sunny skies. a few thin high clouds which will increase tomorrow night along with some fog. starting 11:00 tonight we'll

have pockets of fog already. into the morning the clouds will linger into the peninsula, into the south bay. be on lookout for reduced visibility. a lot of us are featuring pockets of fog, moinls days. weekend rain chances appear. the high pressure is rebuilding. deflecting to our north. here's our looking ahead starting, going through. the weekend into next weekend and into next monday. it just looks like rain chances have faded out. there may be areas of rain hitting the northwestern corners of the state but the bay area will remain dry. overnight, mainly clear skies. a few high clouds will develop over the bay and along the peninsula to the south bay. it could be dense fog at times.

temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. tomorrow we'll see mainly sunny skies, a few thin high clouds around. mostly mild. high temperatures from around 60 at the coast to low to mid 60s at the bay. once again, the morning fog which could be dense in some areas and could linger before it burns off. by afternoon you'll be looking at a nice sunny picture. this pattern remains steady right through the week. we'll see partly cloudy skies developing friday ask saturday and there's the slightest chance some of light rain on sunday. but not worth posting any rain drops. it doesn't look like it will materialize. and monday, which is martin loorth he king day. notice mild conditions and dry conditions all the way through the forecast period. the best news is that air quality will be improving. >> thank you so much. up next, check out these newborn

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the white house makes a rare admission of guilt admitting it should have sent a high level official to yesterday's massive unity march in paris.

this video shows leaders around the world at the demonstration. the u.s. ambassador to france was. there attorney general eric holder was in paris for security meetings but did not attend the rally. >> the first college football playoff championship game is coming up tonight featuring ohio state and oregon. both teams come in with 13-1 records. ohio state has won four national championships. oregon still searching for its first. it would be big if they can win it. kickoff tonight on our sister network espn. also available on the watch espn a.m. let's get a first look at the evening commute on the golden gate bridge on the installation of a movable barrier. the traffic is moving. some drivers blame the barrier for a six-car pileup for the morning commute. >> good afternoon, everyone. we take a look behind me. this is our that wonderful of technology. not only can we see what's in

front of us absolutely clear conditions. as i turn you around you can see traffic heading in the northbound direction and all the cars behind us. so far so good. the afternoon commute has remajor accident-free. i'm not going to face the sun. you can see the cars driving by the new median barrier and how quite well they're getting by. so they're not getting too close. and it looks like everyone is avoiding accidents this afternoon. so again this is really the best way that you can travel in our afternoon commute, by sitting on your couch and having us do it for you. as we continue our drive into san francisco all is clear and moving smoothly. there's more trouble for the manhattan clinic where joan rivers suffered deadly repercussions last summer. they can no longer tret patients using medicare and medicaid. the 81-year-old died on september 4th. the chief medical examiner found

she died of brain damage due to a lack of oxygen. she had stopped breathing during the endoscopy at the clinic a few days earlier. two police officers in albuquerque, new mexico will face murder charges in the shooting death of a homeless man. the district attorney announced the charges today. the albuquerque police department has one of the highest rates of police shootings in the entire country. this is the first time an officer has been charged. an attorney for one of the officers said he followed his training and likely saved his fellow officer's life. president obama is speaking out on cyber security and what he wants company who are hacked to do. president obama called on congress to pass the personal data notification and protection act. would it require u.s. companies to alert customers within 30 days if there is a breach that compromises the personal

information. >> we're proposing to close loopholes in the law. >> the bill would also give consumers more control of what personal information companies can collection and how they use that data. the president is proposing another bill bans companies from selling information collected from students. it is another record year for enrollment applications at uc berkeley. according to the president, more than 79,000 high school students applied for fall admission at berkeley. that's a 7% increase from last year. in fact all nine undergraduate campuses of thep4÷ university of california saw record high application numbers. overall the total number of applicants rose for the 11th year in a row. >> what have you done for me lately? denver were broncos coach fox led they will to the super bowl last year and won four straight division titles. today he was fired and his whole staff may eventually be let go.

that includes jack del rio who was scheduled for his second interviews with the raiders either late tonight or tomorrow. he grew up in hayward where he was a football and baseball star before going to usc. then a career as a linebacker. the 51-year-old del rio grew up a it's a raiders fan. his parents are still season ticket holders. tony sparano is believed to be a candidate as well. niner fans will not have offensive coordinator greg roaman to tweet about anymore. the buffalo bills have announce that had roman will be their offensive coordinator, calling plays for rex ryan. he spent four years on the staff with jim harbaugh and initially won praise. that one super bowl appearance. that changed this past year when the offense and quarterback colin kaepernick struggled mightily. >> 49ers are reportedly interviewing broncos offensive coordinator. the question is does denver want

him as the head coach or do they want to cut ties with him? the john fox departure sets off a whole series of dominos throughout the nfl. and at this point where they fall nobody really falls. coming up, the car taking top honors at the north american international auto show. later music memories. we'll take you inside the new east bay museum preserving sounds from the past. >> i'm expenser christian. we look at the setting sun. blue skies air quality is improving but there is still no rain in sight. taking a live look at our golden gate bridge traffic. it is slowing in both directions. traffic looks a little heavier heading north on the 101.

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>> i'm a wild man. i guess to get a little wild ferry i'm going to find any rain. here's a live at live doppler 7 hd. we have as you know dry, mild conditions. sunny skies, a few thin high clouds around. this morning you may recall we have some dense fog likely to occur overnight into tomorrow morning as well. otherwise it looks like sunny days ahead. tomorrow we're looking at another cold forecast with the interior central parts of the country and up into the northeast. look for highs tomorrow at 15 degrees. 11 in minneapolis. 20 at boston, all way down into the south, central states. 43 in dallas and 47 in atlanta. when we get to the west coast we see more tolerable conditions. especially across california, it will be a sunny and lovely day. mainly sunny exempt down south.

a few partly cloudy areas in the interior parts of the state. along the coast 67 in san diego, 63 in monterey. in the bay area tomorrow, we'll have sunny skies again. certainly after the morning fog burns off. the high temperatures will arrange from 60 to the coast to low and mid 60s around the bay and inland. that seems to be the pattern that will be with us through the remainder of the week. we would love some rain. after the 11th consecutive spare the air day we'll have improving air quality tomorrow so that's good news. still ahead do you suffer from smart phone separation anxiety? >> what? >> doctors reveal why this is actually a real medical condition. >> and san francisco's margaret cho is creating a controversy at the golden

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are hitting the pickett line. >> about 100 members of the national union of health care workers lined the streets of kaiser permanente's san jose medical central. they've been trying to negotiate a contract for the past five years. they work mental health patients and have been complaining that staffing is not keeping one the growth in patients. kaiser perme's vice president of issues doesn't agree. >> we've hired hundreds of therapyists, we've increased the number in california by 25%. and in contrast, our membership has grown 8% during that same time. >> the unionj8sñ which represents 3,300 employees mostly in mental health disputes those numbers. >> even though they've increased staffing by 12%, during that same time the am of members has increased by more than that much. >> the mental health clinicians handle a wide range services including adult and child

psychiatry and even pain management. the union says it takes three to six weeks after a patient is diagnosed to get a follow-up appointment. however they said they can't follow up on all those who need help. the strike is expected to last through friday. although nurses are threatening to go out on strike two days next week two of the mental health facilities are located at satellite buildings and were not picketed. no new negotiations are scheduled. abc7 news. ial6 volkswagen's golf got the most prestigious award. the announcement today at the north american auto show in detroit is being called a major surprise. many expected ford's completely

redone mustang would win this honor. even the ceo said he was flabbergasted. a new study suggests many iphone users are addicted to their devices. the university of missouri found iphone searchers had a drop in performance when they were asked to do a pus whl their devices were taken away. they had a significant drop in good blood pressure and anxiety. the study says people are becoming so attached to their phones, they experience a lessening of self and a negative physiological state when they're separated from them. >> i'm getting anxious as i read it. so many people can't go ten feet without their phone. >> i left the house the other day without it. i was surprised that could i survive. >> clearly for the rest of you, put your hands up and step away from your phone.

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the interview. cho wore face paint. she said i'm8g9mp of mixed north/south korean descent. you imprison,÷ 8y starve and brainwash my people, you get made fun of by me. #free speech. >> and people are still talking about george clooney's comments about his new bride. here's what he had to say about his new wife during his acceptance speech for a high of time achievement award. >> it is a humbling thing when you find someone to love. even better if you've been waiting your whole life. and when your whole life is 53 years, whatever alchemy that brought us together, i am really

proud to be your husband. >> she is an international human rights lawyer and activist. when asked who made her dress, she didn't answer. instead she pointed out the button on her handbag. >> imagine how touching hit to be for her. and praising her. >> and she looks stunning as always. she never looks bad. so now all attention is shifting to the oscars on thursday join the abc7 news team at 5:30 for the 2015 oscar nominations. they'll be live. mark your calendar for february 22nd. you aren academy award headquarters. >> what about the old analog world? going inside the museum preserving sounds from the past. >> the abc7 news room, coming

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here is your prime time lineup. at 8:00 work the hours of the bachelor. join us for abc7 news at 11:00. the music world is definitely digital now. but wasn't too long ago that analog ruled. >> i love the old analog days. something i could understand. now an east bay museum is helping preserve sounds from music's past. jonathan bloom takes us to

emeryville. >> from the classic to the experimental. these instruments that defined a decade of music. iconic movie themes of the 1980s. they all have one thing in common. analog synthesizers. >> i can't really explain it. you need to come and hear it. >> lance is the mastermine of this collection acquired piece by piece over a decade. >> it is ridiculous. >> is this an addiction? >> an addiction he used to keep to himself until he found this space for rent. >> i found the studio. it looked like an old recording studio from the '80s. i knew this was the place to have the collection. >> the vintage synthesizer museum includes this piece that has been in magazines with its former owner. >> it was formerly known it is in rough condition because he took it on the road.

>> and this. >> there was maybe 20 of these. >> and you have one of them. >> i have one of them. >> it turns out they're more than just history. they make sounds that computer engineers still haven't quite been able to imitate and a discerning musician can always tell the difference. >> warm and fuzzy and beautiful. >> it moves you. >> you are not going to get a computer emlace of this that sounds remotely like this. >> these require tuning and they can go out of tune. some say makes it more real. >> the imperfection. >> lanls's friends are happy the collection is finally on display snfrl it was made in the bay area. and it is still a huge part of music. >> it is really crazy that he is my buddy too. i get to play with all this stuff. >> in emeryville. >> that was pretty cool. >> jonathan bloom or the abc7

news? i can't tell. >> thank you for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. abc7 news at 5:00 begins right now. the highway patrol is steadfast about breaking up those side shows in oakland. why the whole thing might have been staged. >> traffic on the golden gate bridge. drivers adjust to the new barrier. is there any connection? >> the bay area company. how drones are like cats for bay area firefighters. fog again tomorrow morning. will we see rain again this week? >> side shows are frustrating. they're illegal. >> the highway patrol says it

has zero tolerance for side show drivers like this one doing doughnuts on interstate 880 in oakland. and today abc 7 caught one that car.jw!qg it will be off the road for weeks. >> we are learning a lot more about that side show and those involved. it shut down interstate 880 on a busy sunday afternoon. abc7 news reporter has the w?p story. >> reporter: the chp will be reviewing all those videos posted on social media to see if they can make any arrests. one man, a 19-year-old from hayward was spotted at the scene. and his car was impounded. it was a dangerous event that shut down a major freeway for about ten minutes. a sun afternoon side show on instate 880. >> oh man.

>> reporter: this video shot by a frustrated driver stuck on the freeway. >> we have reports there are about a dozen vehicles blocking the roadway and we're spinning doughnuts and doing things like that on the freeway. we sent some officers down there. one of them was responding on the southbound side. he was reporting that he was getting struck by rocks. >> there were no arrests. the driver was cited for reckless driving and his car impounded for 30 days. we found it at an oakland tow yard. stickers that claim allegiance to the car club. quote, any time anywhere. a documentary posted on youtube by the club shows various street races and side shows in oakland and elsewhere. according to the chp some of the parts pants claim they were shooting a rap video. >> which is why she stopped the freeway. >> reporter: the chp does have a process for crews to