a statewide man hunt is now over as a convicted rapist wanted for a brutal attack on an east bay woman lands locked up. and transition of power. a volatile situation in north korea as the country names a successor to kim jong il. >> from nbc bay area. reporting what matters to you. this is "today in the bay."

>> good morning, everybody. i'm marla tellez. jon kelley is off today. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's welcome back christina loren from a couple days off. >> a lot of kids off for winter break. 48 in oakland. 48 in san francisco. we're not talking about the 20s and 30s. we will later on this week. first we want to check your drive. mike has a serious crash. >> overnight there was a deadly accident. the onramp. farm hill boulevard off southbound 280. just the off ramp is blocked by the activity. there is a closure of the one off ramp, 280 itself is slow a bit past the scene. that's probably just a

distraction from flashing lights. we'll follow this on the peninsula and more coming up. this morning the death of north korean leader. right now they are referring to kim jong il's successor. his third son is in his 20s. in the meantime, the south korean president is holding emergency national security meetings to monitor the situation and asking people to continue with business as usual. kim jong il died suddenly while traveling from a heart attack. for two decades he defied leaders by launching surprise attacks on south korea.

a surprise ending to services for church goers leaving a late night service. a van crashed into the side of a full gospel fellowship around 10:00. witnesses say the van, the parked van sped off and slammed into an empty children's nursery area. toys and books tossed around. luckily no reports of injuries. fire crews erupted a short time later. police are still investigating the accident. investigators try to figure out what caused a small sesna plane to crash into an airport. no word on injuries. last wednesday police pulled over a driver during a traffic stop. the suspect fled, then turned around and fired a handgun.

he died a short time later. the community meeting starts at 4:00 this afternoon. a convictioned sex offender who kidnapped and raped a woman is mind bar this is morning. 45-year-old steven clark was taken into custody saturday after he was spotted at the intersection in san francisco. he's been booked into jail on kidnapping and rape charges. he was spotted in san diego last week. police say they have credible information that 38-year-old steve ruiz was in san jose within the past couple of days. ruiz has been on the run since the deadly shooting of hell's

angel member during a funeral service at oak hill cemetery on october 15th. he is considered armed and dangerous and has known ties to gilroy, campbell and fremont. california's three strikes law which some say is the toughest in the nation may be scaled back. an advocacy groups wants to place an initiative in next year's ballot to scale back the law. 28 other states have similar laws, but only california allows a third strike to be a felon. the initiative would restrict the third strike to certain hardcore criminals. it would save them millions of dollars each year on reduced prison population. this morning it appears the state's budget deficit is shrinking. last week governor jerry boun anonsed a million dollars in state spending cuts. that means the new projected deficit is $13 billion. much lower than a couple years ago when the state budget hovered at $42 billion.

of course, lawmakers and budget analysts say a combination of more cuts in the coming months along with the governor's tax plan could live the state out of the red in the next 12 months. now once completed on all sides of the bay bridge, it will become the world's longest suspension plang. it will take two days to complete the job. construction is expected to end in 2013. it is 4:36. the east bay's largest labor organization is holding a press conference in support of oakland mayor jean quan. they have adopted a resolution opposing measures against recalling quan. they say it would distraction against the crucial task of the constructing of finances. the press conference will be

held at the alameda press conference in oakland at 11:45. >> time to check the forecast with christina loren. hope you had a couple of nice days off. >> a lot of people looking forward to holiday time off. we're talking ash. no rain in the forecast. this morning is mild. 49 in hayward, sunnyvale, we have rp firmly in control. you can see that on your satellite imagery this morning. this is controlling the weather pattern for the entire western half of the united states. for us it's going to make for nice conditions. especially if you have the outdoor activities you need done before christmas. we'll see fog this morning and a building breeze this afternoon. by tuesday, a little bit warmer. temperatures climb by a couple of degrees. today we're talking 60s.

60 in livermore. 60 in oakland. i'll take you through the seven-day outlook. we have your christmas eve and christmas forecast ready to go. >> we'll update a few more cars. that's gootd news for folks traveling through this area as well. we'll follow another issue for 880. that's southbound 880 through hayward. there's an accident there. be careful to the san mateo bridge. then a live look at oakland coliseum. i'll give you another update in

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good morning, everybody. rise and shine. here's a live look at the empty golden gate toll plaza. here comes the cars around the corner. it is 4:42 this morning. a new stage in iraq's history. the last convoy of u.s. troops rumbled across the border of iraq and into kuwait early sunday morning, marking the end of the war. details of the last convoy's departure were kept secret to ensure the safety of the soldiers. 4,000 soldiers will remain in kuwait, helping to finalize the move out of iraq. the nine-year war claimed the lives of close to 4,500 u.s. soldiers and 100,000 iraqis. this morning a key vote on capitol hill could undo the deal

when it comes to payroll taxes. for more on what you need to know about the deal and the other news before the bell, we turn to jackie deangeles live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> good morning to you. the futures have turned higher this morning. bounces off of earlier losses in concert with the asian markets that fell on the news that uncertainty resultg from the death of korean leader kim jong il. they dropped as much as 5% overnight. wall street is coming off a down week as stocks stopped a two-week win streak. we get reports on housing, consumer sentiment, personal income and spend. and the final estimate of third quarter gdp as well. the dow slipped two points to close at 11,866. it fell 2.6%. the nasdaq closed at 2555. it fell 3.5% on the week. if the senate's bill to extend

the tax cut holds up in the house, it's not that beneficial to everybody. the cost of the bill will be paid for by people who buy a house or refinance their mortgage. it's going to start in january. someone wo who sbis abuys a $20 house will pay an extra $17 on their mortgage. and more consumers are avoiding malls this year. online holiday shopping is up 15% to $30.9 billion. sales topping a billion dollars in four days last week. >> the malls were still packed. >> crazy girl tried to brave them over here. 4:44. twitter just bgot a big investment from a saudi prince. they will pour $300 million into

it. he wants to invest in promising high growth business with global impact. he also holds stakes in apple and fox news' parent company news corporation. app makers are cramabling to beat the apple deadline. each year around christmas apple stops accepting app submissions and updating the store. this year the deadline is thursday. nen who misses it will have to wait until after the holidays to get their apps into the apple store. christmas is the biggest day of the year for app sales. developer who is want to cash in are cramming to get their apps finished in time. >> no app need. we have the premier forecaster with meteorologist christina loren. >> we have a good looking forecast. >> good. >> really good for people who push it to the last minute. which is me and many of you out there. if you have to get out there and do christmas shopping, if you have to get your tree, you can do so without dodging showers

all week long. a u lot of kids have this week off. they can go outside and play without worrying about the rain. 49 in hayward. it is mild. the reason why is because we have high and mid-level clouds overhead and fog developing as well. nothing below five miles of visible. we're looking good across the board. what we do accumulate in terms of low cloud cover is going to clear out by 10:00 a.m. then we'll see more fog roll back in. a high about 8:00 p.m. nothing too heavy. that building breeze that we see later on today will help the to clear all that cloud cover out. so we're not going to see too much of it. tomorrow looking pretty good. a little bit more sunshine in the afternoon will make for warmer conditions. 60 degrees in san jose. meanwhile, 57 in san francisco. really not too bad for this time of year. right on track with our seasonal averages. as we head through the next few days, no major changes or swings

in your temperatures. the winter solstice will be wednesday at 9:30 our time. nice and mild on friday. christmas eve looks good. nice and dry. christmas day, 60 degrees. if you want to get outside and enjoy the new present, your new kite that i'm getting for you, marla tellez, you can do so on sunda sunday. >> only you, christina. this morning plans are in the work to honor the lie of a bay area billionaire and philanthropist. 77-year-old died yesterday from complications linked to his leukemia treatment. warren built a fortune as an investor, which made him a force

in bay area politics and education. he also started the harley strictly bluegrass festival in san francisco. 4:47 now. this morning a south bay donation center says every box of food and every toy is now spoken for. sacred heart community center is ready to hand out a record number of food boxes and toys to families in need for christmas. more than 3,000 boxes of food and 16,000 toys will be handed out this week. tonight a major milestone for bryan stow. he is speaking out publicly on nbc. >> i'm nancy. how are you? >> fine. >> i've heard so much about you. >> how are you? >> i'm doing very well, thank you. >> that's good. >> you're just as handsome as your sister said you are. >> isn't it amazing to hear him

speak? he's moving, as you heard. talking after spending months in a coma. the father of two was nearly beaten to death on opening day of the baseball season. dr. nancy snyderman spoke exclusively with stow as he is on his long road to recovery. >> coming up, the gridiron matchup that could cause krid lock on the roadways. >> and no gridlock yesterday. i'll bring you an update on a deadly accident from the peninsula. w1w2

welcome back to you. taking a live look outside. can you even make it out? that's the bay bridge approaching this morning. no one on the the roadways. it's still early. 4:52 now. this morning parents have a new tool to make sure tb presents under the christmas tree are safe for kids. the federal government is using tougher standards to check for led in toys and all children

products sold in the u.s. will have to go through independent third party testing. that testing process won't happen until after the holidays on january 1st. before then parents can report problems from products and get company responses from a new website from the consumer product safety commission. that website is saferproducts.gov. it is 4:53 now. it is the monday before christmas. that means plenty of people packing their bags for those holiday trips. this year aaa says nearly 92 million people will travel 50 or more miles from home. it's up 1.5% over the number of people traveling last year. holiday travel this year is expected to be the second highest in the past decade. >> most of those people probably warm in bed still.

not a lot of people on the road just yet. mike, what's going on with the roads? >> we have an update for folks on the peninsula to be concerned about this. word joef night of a single accident that resulted in the death of the person involved. there's a second accident we learned about with some property damage. that's what took them so long to reopen. southbound 280 shows just a bit of slowing past the scene that should clear up in the next few minutes. this big rig just moved off the roadway. chilly, no matter where you go, christina. what's it looking like today? >> the good news is we're not in the bitter 30s and upper 20s. we are in the 40s. we're going to continue to drop off over the the course of the

next few hours. it's really mild compared to the mornings we had last week. in the amp, by 2:00 p.m. temperatures climbing to the mid 60s. 65 today in santa rosa. highs will register like this. 60 in san jose. 57 in gilroy. 60 in livermore. we're looking to a really nice, dry stretch of fair weather for this time of year in particular. we don't have any rain in the forecast. dry through christmas eve and christmas day. 60 degrees, ladies. back to you. >> thanks so much. you can expect plenty of gridlock around the gridiron in san francisco. >> if 49ers taking on the steelers. ben roethlisberger is expected to play. the game coincides with rush hour traffic. allow plenty of extra time to get there if you're lucky enough to get to the game. check out sfmta.com.

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i'm damien trujillo live in menlo park where facebook moves into its new headquarters. i'll give you a status update coming up. and in his father's footsteps. north korea names a successor of the death of kim jong il. >> and a live look at a pretty busy 880 in oakland. we'll check the commute with mike in just a minute. it's monday, december 19th. this is "today in the bay." >> good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. we're seconds away from 5:00. i'm lau