of san francisco international airport. why the government is so upset. buyer beware in oakland. if you are buying a car off of craigs list. oakland police have a warning for you. we will have that story coming up. >> what a way to ring in the new year. the mega millions jackpot keeps growing. what today's draw suggest worth. thanks for joining us. brent will join me at 5:30. joining me right now is christina. we need to grab the umbrella i understand. >> yes. even though it's not all that rainy yet, as you can see, we have a potent winter storm pushing into the area. we will see widespread rainfall later on today. what we are expecting hour by hour. at noon the rain starts in the north bay.

i say by about 5:00 p.m., widespread precipitation all throughout the area. that's going to clear out. how much rain we are expecting and even a possible dusting of mountain snow. stay tuned for that. back to you, laura. >> we will stand by for that, but first check the commute. >> we will look at that as we have a lighter and less fog commute than yesterday. a full closer as you come out of crock et coming to eastbound 80 up to vallejo. you can't use that cut through today. a major sinkhole. a lighter flow of traffic should be a no issue as for as the times are concerned. >> we will check back with you. >> a teen boy was shot in san francisco's fillmore district. police continue to look for suspects at about 10:15 at

fillmore street. the boy was shot once in the stomach. he was involved in an argument with four other boys when one reached for a gun and shot him. his injury do not appear life-threatening. craigs list buyers beware. deals on big ticket items turned into robberies, some of them violent. christie smith has how those work. >> you heard the thing. if it's too good to be true, that's the case here. the scammers are offering incredible deals on high dollar cars. so far oakland police are saying they scammed about a half dozen people. mostly in north and east oakland. oakland police said first e-mails are exchanged about the car and a meeting is set up. usually in the afternoon or evening. it turns out there is no car. instead the victim is robbed and in two cases the victim was actually physically assaulted.

according to the tribune, these could be the same scammer who is used craigs list in april and started robbing people again this december. the last one drove in from lodi and he was rob and beaten here in oakland. oakland police are suggesting a few things to help you watch your back. don't bring big rolls of cash. the seconds did and if it seems suspicious accident go ahead and leave. especially if you don't see the car advertised if the first place. if you are robbed, give up what they are asking for. it's not worth your life. police and crime stoppers are offering a reward for information leading to an arrest. live in oakland, today in the bay. santa clara police officer

faces federal changes that he supplied confidential information to the hell's angels. he is a five-year deal that he supplied information to william betancou betancourt. he sent text messages contaping motor vehicle information to get an extension on repaying his debt. it's unknown how much he oh,ed. they carry a maximum 20-year sentence. there is a possible brick in the mauling of a san jose woman. they know who owns the pair of gray pit bulls that attacked the 41-year-old woman on december 20th. if they are right, animal control officers talked to the owner once about the dogs running loose. one is under quarantine. it was captured a day after the attack the the other remains on the loose.

a bill proposing to make rave parties illegal in california is on hold. had the bill become law, it would have banned rave parties like this at the cow palace. the bill's author, san francisco assembly woman is putting the bill on ice after hearing much outcry since it was introduced last week. she said she wants to collaborate with the industry insiders and local government. the bill proposed to ban any public event involving music and lasting more than 3 1/2 hours. >> per sacramento pilot who produced you tube videos questioning airport security will explain himself today. he was disciplined by the tsa for posting the videos. he was cleared to carry a gun in the cockpit of planes, but after he released the video, they confiscated he firearm. he took the you tube videos down when his manager asked him to.

he will talk to the press later today. >> with many counties in the hole, this seems like a case of government mismanagement. the fire chief in santa clara will retire and he will pull a $200,000 a year state pension. the county needs a new chief and they're planning on paying him $237,000 a year to fill in. that's $437,000 annually for a man who is supposed to be retired. he is a consultant and his work will be done within six months. they deny that he is double dipping. efforts to balance the state budget hit a snag. they cannot sell government buildings until courts rule on a suit that argues the sales are illegal. the members say selling the buildings amounts to the unlawful of gifting and illegally bypasses the judicious

counsel. they halted the sales until next month much they are trying to sell 24 state-owned buildings. the 49er president said he will pull out all the stops in the search for a new general manager and coach. >> who would you talk to? >> i would talk to very good owners and general managers who know more than you do. >> like my uncle who won five super bowls and other folks that have built championship teams. absolutely. >> they own the new england patriots and trophies of their own. his uncle will be a key to helping bring a legitimate football man to santa clara. that person will help him hire a new head coach. what about this one? the jackpot that keeps growing. mega millions tickets bought today could win someone an estimated $196 million. that's about $124 million if you

take the cash option. if you want in, you have to buy your ticket before tonight's drawing. it happens at 8:00. the mega millions drawing happens in 42 states. if no one wins the jackpot rolls over to friday. good luck. remember who your friends are. >> we are all friends. mega millions days. i didn't check the ticket, but i didn't win the big one. >> maybe you did. how do you know? >> we will check the numbers and we will check these numbers. 880 in the south bay. we have a disabled truck blocking two lanes, but chp will see if the truck was able to start again and clear from the roadway. southbound 880 at the alameda area. so far no net effect on the lie flow of traffic. we will watch as things get more congested. we should see some of the same today. back to you. >> sounds good. flights in and out of the three airports resumed after a

blizzard clobbered the northeast. planes are landing again at jfk, la guardia and nuke after operations at all three were suspended due to a big snowstorm. the blizzard and the shut down stranded thousands of travelers trying to get home after the big holiday weekend. the storm dumped more than two feet of snow on the northeast. electric at that luggage stacked up. hopefully cars won't be stacked up. when will the rain hit us? >> it will really hit us this afternoon into this evening. good morning to you. i think for the most part this morning's commute should be okay. light scattered showers mostly impacting areas in the north bay, but a little bit of activity right now. it will intensify as we head towards noon. it looks like as noon arrives, we will see light to moderate showers and by 9:00 p.m., a nice line of showers and even heavy

rain embedded. that's going to be the case. that's where we see most of the moisture. the thing clears out of the area as we hit 4:00 a.m. up to two inches of rain on the valley floor. if we see lingering showers, snow levels drop to 3,000 feet. what that means for the local mountains coming up. >> we will look forward to it. >> in three kids in america is overweight or obese. what are you feeding the kids and how much is the spending? some sm say it's the dirtiy secret. buying cheep foot instead of healthy meals even though performance test scores are shooting up. >> when i ate the food here, my body changed. i have gotten lighter and taller. >> kids love it. what we found in the school cafeteria. tonight at 11:00. >> 5:10 right now and parents obviously would do anything to

save their child's life. what happens when a stranger is faced with helping someone they never met? >> we can work on this disease for 10 to 15 years and it's possible that may not come up with a cure, but we have to say we tried. tried our best. >> what one family did could end up saving the lives of thousands of others. their incredible journey, coming up next. >>ar lie live look from the south bay. a nice clear morning out there. thanks for joining us this morning. it's 5:11. we'll be right back after this break. [ male announcer ] how do you say...

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it is the season of sharing and giving and this morning we have a story of how a family in its darkest hour found light through the kindness of strangers. this is sophie's story. >> i'm writing to ask for help for something that is close too to me.

that's how i heard about it. >> we are living in a world that is bombarded with requests like this. >> the e-mail from a friend of a friend. >> this story is not about the message we ignore because life is busy. >> i felt like i needed to do it. >> it's about the one we read for someone we don't know. >> it was the story behind who this girl is. >> sophie was born on july 10th 2006. she was 6 pounds three ounces. as she came out, she had good lungs. she was a screamer. >> their daughter had hip displasia, nothing a place and surgeries wouldn't fix. they suspected something more series. >> she never squeezed our fingers. >> their intuition proved right. >> the doctor put it kindly. her life expectancy is a moving

target. >> sophie is now 4, a firecracker. with dreams of becoming a pop star. >> while every child is special to her parents, sophie is literally one in a million. she was born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. >> there probably between 500 to 1,000 known cases in north america. it's possible she will live into her early 20s, but without a cure or real treatment, respiratory failure is the main cause of death. >> you want to do something as fast as you can. it takes a long time and a lot of money to find treatment. >> so the race to save sophie started with a single key stroke. i used to love to run. i wish you could see sophie's face light up when i carried her

with a look of pure joy. sophie has never be able to run. she will never jump on her bed or swim in a pool and all the things we took for granted. >> one e-mail that took on a life of its own, rippling through the rings of one social network after another. >> i was hoping to raise $15,000. one month later by the time the kims raced in the rock 'n' roll half marathon, they met their goal plus another $108,000. >> the power of humanity is humbling. how many people are out there who are so generous and willing to give of themselves. >> the money is already being used in four research projects through cure cmd. two focus on sophie's condition. >> we can work on this disease for 10 to 15 years and it's possible they may not come up

with a cure, but we have to say that we tried. tried our best. >> in all, some 1300 people contributed. strangers compelled by a simple letter. >> i'm going to be sophie's legs and sophie is going to be my heart. together we are going to savor every step. >> joe oshoa. >> the power of networking and giving. >> queer work to help each other. that's what it's about. we have the same hope that they will find a cure and sophie will be able to live a long healthy life. >> people the kims have never met. >> you dropped the ball. >> acts of kindness they will never forget. to date they raised $175,000, money for more cmd research.

in the meantime, sophie told us she is excited to be on the list for a canine companion. for more on her story and how you can help, logon to nbcbayarea.com and search cmd. today in the bay. >> got to find a cure for that little girl and so many others. >>s are gas prices continue to climb as we approach the new year and could hurt the economic recovery. experts say this year is unusual because normally gas prices are at the lowest in december. the rising prices mean a hit to the economy. for every 10 cents prices go up, it's $7 million a month out of the local economy. >> we run on an oil-based economy and when it goes above $90 a barrel, it has a long-term effect on the u.s. economy and the global economy. >> some predict gas prices could hit $4 or $5 a gallon in 2011.

>> hopefully you won't hit a pothole. >> officially a puddle or a sinkhole 12 feet wide. that's the reason why they have the closure. this is over to eastbound 80. if you are headinging off of highway 4 up to vallejo, this connector ramp is closed all morning. you have to connect by going-over into hercules and taking your eastbound highway 4 connector all the way westbound on to eastbound 80. that will add a little bit of extra mileage on to the commute, but a light flow of traffic and especially today when the commute should be light to the carquinas bridge. if you are heading westbound, let's get a look. the toll plaza shows a nice light volume of traffic. we saw earlier shifting of cars as folks made their way around the toll booths. this morning things have sorted out and we are looking at a good drive. we had a disabled truck clearing

for the area. we should be cleared over the next couple of minutes. a live look and not as much fog as yesterday. christina is watching the forecast. thank you very much, mike. coming occupy today in the bay, we will introduce you to the man who made it his mission to help keep your e-mail leinx carle ca spam. why he does it, coming up. join the jaguar platinum celebration !

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good morning to you, bay area. you are taking a live picture of i-80 at truckee. more snow on the way for the sierra nevada through tonight and tomorrow. we had light scattered showers through the north bay right now. santa rosa, you are getting precipitation. seeing showers push towards the east bay and that will be the case in the next couple of hours. heavy rain expected to push through the area. particularly into this evening. the front is going to arrive after noon starting to create moderate showers in the north bay by about 5:00 over the course of 5 to 9. look at the line of showers. po believely dropping as much as two inches of rain keep that in

mind. a cold blast moves in and we could see the first frost of the season. stay tuned for details on that. back to you guys. >> look forward to it. thank you very much. a san francisco man quit his job to take up the fight against e-mail spammers. it's a story we told you about earlier this week. he is a graduate of the university of california's college of law. the operator of the website dan hates spam.com. he specializes in taking scammers to small claims court why where they pay a judgment or settle out of court. so far he earned $1 million and cleaned up a bit of the web at the same time. >> i love e-mail marking when it's done correctly. the spammers take advantage of the technology and that's why the women get some body parts bigger and the scammers don't care. it's free to send. >> they're accuse him of

defining the settlement. they have spam accounts for 90% of all e-mail. >> it is 5:25 and a look at the company that is helping moms combining going green with what's best for the kids. the president is enjoying his vacation in hawaii, but didn't stop him from taking care of a little business. why he called the owner of the eagles and said the nation could learn from the team. >> per how jerry brown plans to cell brit his swearing in. what food is on the table for the day and how you can get your hands on some. a live look from the south bay. a nice clear morning for you. waiting for the sun to catome ue it's 5:26 right now.

>> new this morning,change is coming to a major bay area freeway. why it soon may be smooth sailing on this roadway. >> if you are buying a car through an online ad, oakland police have a warning for you. people are being robbed. we will have the story. >> the bay area is bracing for another storm on today in the bay. good morning and thanks for joining us. it is 5:30 and time to get

things started with our meteorologist. take a look at what's coming our way this afternoon. take you through your hour by hour forecast. about 5:00 p.m. for the evening commute and heavy rape in the north and east bay. about 10:00 and heavy rain across the area. it clears out as we head through wednesday ask a cold blast moves in. how low the temperatures will go and what it means for the mountain snow coming up. we will watch for the snow in the future. the bay bridge is a much clearer view. we had fog and couldn't see the shot from the san francisco cam. we see the approach. on the bridge itself and approaching the travel times and easily a light volume off of interstate 80. highway 24 and 880 as well as other times.

highway 4 will show a little slowing. speeds in the 40s and 50s and we will get the gauge in another 15 minutes and see how things change out there. back to the morning commute. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. that's true for buyers using craigs list. people trying to buy cars are being robbed. today in the bay's christie smith with a live look at what's going on. christie? >> the scammers are offering nice cars at low prices. they lured people here to oakland pretty much from all over northern california. they come to neighborhoods like this one. the rock ridge neighborhood. instead of that nice car that was caused, the robberies usually occur in east and north oakland in afternoon or early

evening after they exchanged e-mails with the seller. in two cases, they were attacked. a man from lodi responded to an online ad. he was robbed and beaten. police say the scammers may have actually last struck in skprl went quiet and started up in december. the victims coming from places like sacramento, stockton and san jose. they had thousands stolen out from under them. offering this advice to people who are buying online. first don't meet in a is you cluded area or a residential area. you want to go to a more public place. don't carry large rolls of cash with you. find another way to make the transaction. if anything at all seems suspicious or you don't see the car that was advertised, go ahead and leave. if someone pulls a gun, give up what they are asking for. it's not worth your life.

police and crimestoppers are offering a reward for the information leading to an arrest. christie smith today in the bay. it is heart breaking news for the family and friends of a 40-year-old richmond woman. police identified the body found in the oakland hills as jill marie abbott. they think someone dumped abbott's body along a bike trail at skyline boulevard. abbott was found nude. the alameda county coroner conducted an autopsy and is yet to determine how she died. family and friends last heard from her wednesday night, but knew something was wrong when she didn't show up for christmas. she was a waitress. another woman's was found last week week, but they don't believe the cases are connected. >> antioch police are asking for help in the case of a local rapper. they issued an arrest warrant

for 18-year-old michael elijah. he goes by michael banks. police said he shot and killed arno arnold mcelroy on monday. he got into a green fort escort and moments later was shot in the head and pushed out of the car. >> good news for richmond. violent crime is down. from january to november, firearm assaults dropped 27% from the same period last year. city leaders say the change is prove there new approaches to fighting crime and they're working. new programs to engage the community. they have an arrangement to enforce a daytime curfew for teenagers. they hired police to reach full staffing this year. >> per president obama is on vacation this morning, but when he returns, he must select a new top economic adviser. that person will be charged with jump-starting the economy and

bringing down unemployment. the new adviser will have a hand in every economic decision the obama administration makes and he or she could be a deciding factor in whether the president is reelectioned in 2012. despite being on vacation, the president expressed gratitude to the philadelphia eagles owner for giving michael vick a second chance. he called the team owner to talk about alternative energy plans for the eagles's stadium and talked about vick. even peta calls it appropriate saying vick apologized and helps animal rescue and awareness programs. >> the eagles are getting ready for football. bulldozers were brought in to clear away the snow so the field will be ready for tonight's game. we will have it live here on nbc

bay area. because of that we have a change in the lineup tonight. join us at 4:00 for nightly news and then a half hour of your local news at 4:30. sunday night football starts at 5:00 on tuesday followed by an hour long edition of rhyme time on tuesday. at 9:00, nbc bay area news prime time and back on the air during the normal newscast at 11:00. >> sunday football on tuesday. >> pat the warriors's montiy ellis contributing 22 points and 12 assists. not bad for the player of the week. he helped golden state beat philly. the warriors next game is tomorrow. the warrior guard jeremy lynn was shipped out and headed to reno. the warriors are going keep him. they didn't trade him. they wanted him to get more experience in the nba development league. he did play in 17 of the 29 games this season.

he said she excited to get more playing time and grow as a player. >> and a little snow in reno as well. >> absolutely. >> looking good on the morning commute. >> you will have to take the chains or keep them in the car. taking you over to antioch where we see the first slowing of the day where it's 58. speeds are looking good. yesterday speeds down around 55. a very light commute this week. westbound highway 4 not a problem. you will see speeds into the 40s, but not a big issue as far as the local there. that's a tree. you will continue on to interstate 80. heading towards eastbound 80. the connector ramp from cummings skyway to eastbound 80 is closed. your normal transition to the carquinas bridge and vallejo is cutoff because of a sinkhole. you will have to head down towards highway 4 through hercules. that will add more traffic through that area and shouldn't

be a problem. approaches to the maze and the bay bridge toll plaza an easy drive including out of the caldecott. no major problems in the east shore. an 18-minute drive. a live look at the toll plaza shows an easy drive across the bay as well. the fog not so much of an issue. what's in store? >> we will switch over from foggy start yesterday to a rainy start this morning. we have scattered showers now and they are pushing south. san francisco saw a little bit of activity about 10 minutes ago and light scattered showers will dive south heading throughout the morning. the bulk of the moisture because we expect heavy periods of rain will start up around noon in the north bay. by 5:00 p.m. spreading to the entire bay area and 10:00 p.m., we are looking towards heavy rain. we could see localized flooding as a result. the whole thing will clear out as we head into 4:00 a.m. wednesday. behind the front, we have very

cold air and spotty clouds. an indication of a cold air mass that will drop our temperatures into the 30s. take a look at the low for friday. 32 degrees. you will need a jacket this new year's eve. back to you. >> bundle up. 5:39 right now. the safe driving campaign that is causing a lot of heads to turn. we will show you why. >> id theft causing a lot of headaches. what to look out for coming up in a live report. >> cashing in on the governator. how one entrepreneurial man used a one-liner from jay leno to make hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> a nice looking shot nice and clear this morning. things could get crazy over 24 to 36 hours. we will check the commute and the forecast in a few.

a live look at south bay. 5:42 and things are clear. we are expecting changes. going to get cold and wet around here. details coming up in a few. >> we heard the warnings about identity theft. someone stealing enough information to open an account in your name. a recent report revealsry are more likely to become victims of another type of id theft. tracy pots is live in washington, d.c. to explain. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. the federal government reports that plain old credit card fraud is a lot more prevalent than what we came to know as identity theft when someone takes your date of birth or social security

number and opens up new accounts and taps into health insurance or commits crimes in your name. you don't know a thing about it until the irs or the police or a lawyer or collection agency shows up at your door. we know that california has the fourth highest rate. only 6% were the tree identity theft. most were people using your existing accounts. that's actually a good thing for consumers. not that any theft is desirable, but more than 90% of those who were victims never see financial losses. they don't lose a dime as a result of this. the banks and the credit card companies don't hold you responsible for the expenses. true identity theft when people open up new accounts, that's a different ball game and takes years to correct. >> you don't want that to

happen. consumer number nrs month are due out later this morning. all indications point to a healthy december for the holiday dollar. they predict the best christmas in four years and hope a boost in sales will spill over to 2011. the big question is in december spending will translate into jobs for the unemployed. >> we are start e starting to see job openings in finance and software and so forth. if the industries get going, they will pull the others along. >> experts say even if there new jobs, there will not be enough to make a dent in the jobless rate. they say things should be pointed in the right direction. >> one retailer saw a great deal of sales. it was amazon.com. the company said on the busiest day of the year, november 29th, it sold 13.7 million items

worldwide. 138 per second. amazon said the kindle is the bestseller ever. >> rt while the koerks know me may show slight recovery, it is not happening fast enough. the federal bureau of labor statistics said long-term unemployment is changing the way they report joblessness. they will raise the upper limit on how long somebody can be considered as being listed as jobless will jump from two years to five years. to help you understand how big of a deal that is, the last time the definition was changed was 33 years ago. the bureau said the move will help economists better measure the severity of the downturn. >> 5:45 and i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. we will get to traffic and weather, but a major freeway has

become a pothole ribbon of concrete. an estimated 180,000 cars drive along interstate 680. today in the bay's marla tellez joining us live from danville to tell us more about repairs that are planned. they do need it. good morning to you. we are just below 680 off the exit in danville. the morning commute starting to pick up. the drivers behind me are dealing with this uncomfortable drive right now. this is long overdue. if you are one of the 180,000 people who drive this route almost every day, you know what i'm talking about. here's the gist. the caltrans project will rehabilitate and all in all it's about a 13-mile stretch. we drove around and shot video so you can get a sense of the damaged road.

at times, just the plain jars and bumping and uneven much of the way. the interstate was built in 1964 and caltrans officials say it should have been upgraded in the 1980s. we found a woman who drives the stretch even on a motorcycle and said this is about time. >> it's been too bad for too long. we take it because it's the freeway to get home, but it's not comfortable at all. not at all. dangerous on a motorcycle definitely. >> dangerous for anybody, really. if you are an east bay pooler, they will extend by a mile between alamo and walnut creek. they are slated to start in spring and most of the 50 million dollar project success paid for with state funds. no word yet when the project is supposed to be finished, but we can tell you that the majority of the construction will take

place at night to minimize traffic delays and lane closures. live in danville, marla tellez for today in the bay. >> don't put on your lipstick in that car. >> you come outlooking like the joker. time is 5:48 and want to go to mike. >> 680, she is talking about the walnut creek interchange. this stretch roadway, we get a lot of reports of debris likely to contribute to things falling off the trucks. make sure things are strapped down. at the present, the 70s at the speed limit. you can take advantage of that this morning. we are taking advantage of the light traffic out of the pass and easy drive all the way over towards 680 and the dublin interchange. 680 where i left the screen. we will catch up with a quick shot. a live look shows you a light

volume of traffic. a clear view here and no major problem with fog. christina, yesterday we saw the bridge really fogged in, but this morning we see a clear view over to the peninsula. highway 92 and no visibility problems. >> we see a little bit of rain through the area. in fact it's starting to get heavier and becoming more widespread as the hours draw on. that will be the case through tonight. rain showers expected. they will be scatter and heavy periods of rain through this evening. let's talk about the timing. about 5:00 for the evening commute and the heavy rains push onshore. the whole thing sweeps through before we hit midnight. let's talk about how much rain we anticipate from the system. upwards of three inches in the north bay and more like two inches in the south and east bay. enough to create localized flooding and dangerous driving conditions. also behind the front, very cold

air. we see residual showers and snow levels drop to 3,000 feet. we will tell you what it means for the local mountains. back to you. >> india is in the midst of the terror alert after the home ministry received information by a pakistani based militant group. more patrols and checks are being ordered for the capital of mumbai and other cities. the ministry official said there have been several credible reports that banned the militant group that may be planning a terror attack over the new year's weekend. three presidents from african nations meet on the ivory coast hoping to end the political crisis. the leaders are meeting with two politicians who are at the center of the stalemate. both politicians are stubbornly claiming victory in a heavily disputed presidential election on the ivory coast.

>>. >> hostile policies on the west could harm further talks. the president gave that warning during a speech in northern iran. the president did not elaborate, but remarks come as iran and the security council agreed to another rounds of nuclear talks in late january. a governor-elect jerry brown is mingling with people in a private reception. brown will serve up a free lunch. no frills. it will include hot dogs and chips on the capitol's north lawn. brown is expected to speak at the event that startsa the noon on monday. the party will be hosted by the orange county employee's association. with a week to go until governor schwarzenegger leaves office, a placer county man is saying goodbye and thanks. he made a fortune off the term the governator. he announced he was running for governor in 2003 on the jay leno

show and he spent $435 for an internet filing fee and registered the governator as an official trademark. a few months later, items were selling in souvenir shops and airport gift stores across california. he sold 300,000 t-shirts and made enough to buy a new house. >> and jay said someone will make a million on that. i said you're right. somebody always does. >> in 2005, he entered into an official partnership with the governor and got permission to use the terminator picture. schwarzenegger got a cut of the profit which he donated to after school programs. now that the governor is leaving office, he will probably shut down the rest of the business over a few months. >> maybe he can buy a new car. now is the time to buy one. dealers are racing to move inventory and eager to make deals to reduce the stock. analysts say many dealers do up

to 70% of business in december between christmas and new year's. gains in the stock market are helping to fuel sales, especially in the luxury car sector. experts say don't expect the big deals available last year since sales recovered somewhat. baby boomers are approaching retirement age. some according to experts just aren't rate to retire. beginning in january, more than 10,000 boomers a day will retire. the pattern is expected to continue for 19 years. reductions in pension plans and decline in stock and home values compared to prerecessions left a dent in the nest eggs. that could leave many having to continue working and high unemployment rates may make finding and keeping a job difficult. americans are living longer and they are spending more of those years in poof health. in fact, a 20-year-old today can expect to live one less healthy year than a 20-year-old 10 years

ago. researchers at the university of southern california found the average period of lyme life with serious disease or los of mobility has increased over the past few decades. the number of people with multiple diseases increased. helping moms go green. >> the first thing i do is take away the word green and replace it with what's the best decision i can make for my kids. >> emily is the chief products officer for ecomom.com. it's a southern california-based business geared fors helping moms go green. they started with organic baby food and has grown to diapers, toys, soaps and clothes. the company is a result of her own personal experiences. >> when my first daughter was born, i need to make changes. this is incredible. like i really care about the things go on in and around my baby. >> for moms and dads, they say

it's a one-stop shop for their kids. >> what if you had a chance to stay in a hotel made of ice. you need to travel a long way to get there. in southern romania, it's an ice hotel. it opened over the weekend. it ax tracted hundreds of tourists. if you think about a wintry get away, the place is already booked. tons of ice taken from a lake made the hotel. if you hope it comes with hot cocoa and an electric blanket, it may melt the hotel. the film many consider to be the best in the "star wars" series is a piece of the nation's history. the library of congress announced the 25 films it will add to the national film registry this year. the empire strikes back and also on the list, all the president's men and the exorcist and

saturday night fever and the 1913 movie, preservation of the sign language. airplane, pink panther, malcolm x and 1891 film newark athlete and a tree grows in brooklyn is on the list. they keep the original copies safe so that future generations can view them. the library congress chooses the films that are considered to be significant. an unusual message for drivers in washington state. new signs that have been posted and some of them saying things like pedestrians are not hood ornaments. >> they are in tacoma. don't disappoint your driver's ed teacher. a third shows a car following a bicyclist and said keep a long distance relationship. tacoma officials said it's meant to make people stop and think. >> disney is enjoying complicated engineering to get

to the front safer and faster. >> san jose accuses apple of violating policy. >>s are police sending out a warning to be wary of ads posted on craigs list. coming up next. taking a look outside in the south bay. traffic is picking up in the distance as we look over san jose this morning. it will be a clear day at least starting, but the rain is coming. isna. n with ctiisna.

twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. new this morning, a warning for you if you plan on buying a car through an online ad. what they're doing, coming up.