hard to believe bart has been running for 40 years. i'm christie smith. i'll have the story in a live report. good morning. i'm damien trujillo at a wal-mart store in san jose on a megamonday. coming up the third busiest shopping day of the year. >> plus, california cracks down on illegal high. >> and a live look at the golden gate plaza on this monday. it's the day after christmas, everybody. this is "today in the bay." good morning, everybody. thank you for being with us. dark and early it's 5:00. monday. i'm marla tellez in for laura

garcia-cannon. >> very good morning to you all. i'm jon kelley. i'll be back to hang out with you two talented ladies. let's check in with christina loren to find out what's happening outside. you can make a frosty the wind cheeld snowman this morning. over the weekend. parked outside little does he know i looks like it snowed heavily on top of his car last night. hopefully k someone can get a picture for me. our air mass has been dry until now. we have more of an onshore flow. we'll see not only patchy frost but coastal fog as well. 5:00 p.m., 68 degrees. we're looking to a nice second half of the day. keep the heater running for the time being. >> with the new year fast approaching, bart is thinking of big plans on how it will move

people. christie smith is live in oakland with details on bart's vision for the future. christi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marla. it's been more than 54 years since bay area planners had the first vision for bart. now they are talking about what they can do to serve the people. can you talk about the ideas that you guys are looking at moving forward? >> bart metro is the name of the concept. it remains a viable, reliable service for people. >> what sorts of things? i was reading about expanding service, adding stations on existing lines. >> at least three key concepts.

capacity, being able to carry more people, not only on the trains, but in the station as well. more frequent service to the city and to key commute areas that are growing, like walnut creek. and then there's the coverage area. adding stations between existing stations and extensions within the district already. >> are there any specific areas that you're looking at. i assume the thought was people came from the suburbs and went into san francisco to work. >> the bay area has grown ex exponenti exponentially. this is a seven to eight month long process. we'll invite the public to be part of the process. your viewers and our writers will have a chance to make thaur voice known. we also have to look at reinvesting in what we already have. that's a big concern of ours.

>> thank you very much, jim, for being out here this morning. that's the latest from here. i'll send it back to you guys in san jose. this morning a toddler is recover from injuries after his mother dropped him from a second story window. so far it's unclear. san jose police say family members called 911 after 24-month-old -- actually 24-year-old lupita cortez locked her and her son in a room. when officers forced their way in, cortez dropped a 22-month-old boy out the window. the toddler was not seriously hurt, but cortez suffered broken bones when she decided to jump tout window as well. six people are lucky to be alive after fast moving fire ignited a home in the south bay christmas day.

smoke quickly filled the home on amira lane last night. rescuers pulled three elderly residents are from the burning home who were trapped inside in wheelchairs. investigators say smoking products caused the fire, but they're not sure what kind. the house did not burn down. the garage is a complete loss. >> high winds and low humidity helping fuel a five alarm fire in san francisco. $8 million in structural damage. the wood structure of the building also helped the flames burn very, very fast. thursd thursday's incident was the first five alarm blaze in six years. it started near an alley on golden gate avenue and pierce street. three people were injured.

it left three dozen children homeless. authorities know why an elderly man decided to turn the gun on himself. they believe he shot his 88-year-old wife before killing himself because both were in poor health. the wife was critically wounded but died yesterday. deputies found the elderly couple at their home last friday. >> this morning police are upping the award for information leading to the arrest of a bank robber who struck twice in three days. he wears dark framed glasses with purple tinted lenses, a black hat and coat. he's wanted for two robberies and a second at the wells far go branch on mountain boulevard december 16th. both times the man approached the teller and demanded money before he ran away on foot with the cash. the reward now stands at $2500.

well, it didn't get what you want? stores are packed with shoppers looking to spend their gift cards. damien, folks pouring in already? >> reporter: yeah, just a few people, marla. we're at the wal-mart store on story road. we're supposed to open at 5:00. the doors are still closed. this is a big day for retailers. this is the third busiest shopping day of the year. now if the shoppers come come for exchanges and refunds. shoppers will pull out stocking stuffers give retailers one last push for the new year. sales are expected to be up from last year. believe it or not, some shoppers

will never use those gift cards. about 5% of those cards actually go unused every year. and consumer advocates call that a gift worth billions of dollars from shoppers to the stores. in california, most gift cards do not have an expiration date. if the balance is less than $10, then the stores give you the balance back in cash. so stores are hoping if you didn't like the scarf you got yesterday that you'll drop by the store and exchange it and pick up something else along the way. not a big rush here. but a few folks are trickling in. i'm damien trujillo, today in the bay. you won't be alone too much longer. >> reporter: i wouldn't be here. i don't get it. >> we would all rather be asleep. i'm happy to be here.

damien trujillo is a smart man wearing his hat out there. >> we're looking good out there this morning. without any risk there's no reward. when are you going to find an empty wal-mart like that i think right now is your time to hit that up. it can be miserable when it's crowded in there. 38 in santa rosa. 28 in livermore. we have really dense fog developing in the north bay. watch out for the potential for freezing fog. you could find black yis on the overpasses. our fats fear has been dry up until now. we have moisture off the pacific we don't have ten miles or better anywhere else especially in the knot bay. watch out for fog hugging the coast until 8:00 a.m. this morning. then the sun is going to shine through quickly. and we'll be able to hit the

60s. 61 in los gatos. 58 in fremont. kids are still off for school. a little question mark on the showers. right now, back to you guys. >> thanks. >> it's 5:10 right now. santa forcing out christmas is coming late for a few people. and how apple is making history yet again. the word is swapportunity.

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welcome back at 5:12 now. many happy returns is not just an expression today. >> no, it's a reality. in addition to post holiday sales, american retailers bracing for returns of 10 cents

on every dollar spent. that's a lot of money. brian mooar joins us near capitol hill with all the the holiday latest. good morning, brian. >> hi, marla and jon. so everybody there in the bay area, did you get what you wanted for christmas? after speeding around the globe to deliver all his gifts on time ♪ jingle all the way >> reporter: santa and his friends spent time surfing in cocoa beach, florida. and the man in red did a good job this year. foul weather left ups scrambling to get tens of thousands of packa packages delivered on time. it's now crunch time for the presidential candidates. this is, of course, the season of giving. and many spent their christmas day doing just that. 18 # 0 meals served at a church in north carolina. 22,000 in atlanta.

and in florida, volunteers delivered boxes of groceries to this their needy neighbors. now that christmas is over, it's a big time for sales. >> it may not be this out of control hitting the malls today, but if you're hitting for bargains, you know you're going to pay a price. the national retail federation say they got gift cards for returns. something tells me there will be a lot of those today. john and marla, back to you. >> a ventriloquist, too. >> of course, we all know the iconic look at christmas time is a white christmas. >> but people are bracing for extreme weather this holiday

season. big waves are crashing along the gulf of thailand today, leaving some tourists standed on an island off the mainland. those are reported to be as high as 13 feet in southern prove sinces along the gulf. in japan people are bracing for blizzards. 20 inches of snow has fallen in the past 24 hours. the snow will continue to fall through tuesday. and sigh cone grant is battering northern australia with wind and rain. some beaches were closed and people were warned not to go in the water. cyclone is weakening to a category one storm as it moves over land. and closer to home, bad weather is forcing good old nick to hand out a couple ious. there's a backlog of 50,000

packages after a strong snow storm hit colorado. with ups closed up today, the earliest people will get them is sometimes is today. mplg they have something to look forward to. in florida a white christmas of a different sorts. >> a white christmas without the sorts. the white sand beaches were packed with people enjoying temperatures in the mid-70s. they went ankle deep in the water had to be closed for the shore. others still happy to soak up the rays. one family got in the spirit with a frosty the sandman sculpture complete with a seaweed scarf. two eyes made out of small eight balls. >> my brother lives in southern california. he said it's the 70s. he said it doesn't feel like

christmas. >> people in l.a. wear parkas in the 60s. but that's actually really -- that was a great, great weather update. thank you, kaitlin, for putting that in the show this morning. it's really cool to see how everybody celebrating the holidays and how the weather impacted us. we had a mild holiday weekend. this morning more of the same. cold start making way to sunshine in the afternoon. looking really, really nice for the second half of your day. but your heater has likely been working over time over the past week. we had near record lows. we're keeping them in the forecast. 28 degrees this morning in gilroy. 30 in santa rosa. in addition to the frost, we have an onshore flow this morning. so we have fog out there as well. and visibilities are dropping across the board. we'll continue to check these for you if you're out and about to do shopping or maybe you just

have to get to work like us. 8:00 a.m., cloud cover hovering the coast. i don't think the fog will hang around long. 58 in fremont. 68 in san jose. you'll hit 61 in places like gilroy. the south bay looks to be the warmest. it's not as frigid down in the south end of the bay area. this little area of low pressure. so what i think as we head through the next 48 hours we'll see increasing clouds. the second half tomorrow i think the system will run just to north and probably bring light showers to the north bay. we need the rain. we're looking for any sort of precipitation we can find. breezy to windy conditions, limited sunshine, and then we stop the clock at 1:00 p.m. wednesday on your future cast. we are going to stay high and

dry. temperatures clearing. and 58 on friday. crisp sunshine. we ring in the new year with comfortable weather the second half of the day. cold starts every day this week. hope you got a new jacket under the tree this year. back to you guys. so far the threat of traffic citations hasn't stopped most teenagers or adult drivers for texting or talking on their cell phone. that's a very bad habit that federal regulators want to crack down on cell phone usage that's not hands-free. take a look at this device. it plugs into the car's diagnostic system. it blocks you from using your cell phone, but the thichk only works while the car is in motion. the cell control system lets you choose who to block, but it also notifies parents when their children try to tamper with the the system. 5:19, fremont city leaders are

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still 5:22. soldiers returning home from war. on covert missions to warm your heart and surprise their family. >> kristin dolgrin has a look at joyful reunions. >> oh, daddy! >> this year is bringing extra special deliveries. >> you miss me? just a little? >> more than that. >> gift getting the gift they've been dreaming of. for the kids the hugs are like holiday miracles. in california, 4-year-old

stephanie randall was at her dance recital when her dad brett stole the show. >> daddy! >> it wasn't just stephanie who was shocked. mom jennifer had no idea either. the surprise became one of the most popular presents this year. it could take weeks to plan and pull off. even santa couldn't do it better. after months away from home -- the moments are just as special for the men and women in uniform. >> just cloud nine right now. >> more and more ending their overseas service with a surprise. >> daddy! >> there's no other words to describe how amazing this is.

>> and in the process bringing holiday magic into all of our lives. nbc news, los angeles. >> how quickly santa becomes insignificant. >> you can watch that 100 times over. those guys have been waiting for a long time. well, a baby managed to get past secret service for an up close and personal visit with the president. >> some kids grow up and want to be cowboys, astronauts, whatever they may wan to be, this kid waptds to be a dentist. president obama just picked this guy up visiting a marine base in hawaii. the 8-month-old sticking his hands in the president's grill. he got done saying the room was so quiet before he picked the baby up. the parents are like, take it easy. secret service is close. >> that's a clip he's going to love to see. >> how cool is that? >> that was the president?

my fingers were in his mouth. >> the president is like, did that kid wash his hands? 5:25. still ahead, bryan stow's family still hopeful this holiday season despite oo minor setback. how the injure giants fan celebrated christmas. and a suspect fights through a taser shot and breaks an officer's nose. how police finally managed to take him down just ahead. if you can endure the little cold start, we have a really nice afternoon ahead. great for outdooriv as.iect a little rain in the forecast. we'll show you what 2012 is looking like when we come back. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ good morning. i'm damien trujillo live at the wal-mart where shoppers are returning and exchanging gifts they got for christmas. coming up, a look at mega monday.

plus california is cracking down on a legal high. why you have to bring your i.d. to the pharmacy if you have a cough. and a live look. this is in san jose. that is hp pavilion on this monday, december 26th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for being with us. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, i'm jon kelley. time to check back in with christina loren. i can't believe we're talking about a forecast for the new year coming up. >> and 2012. >> mind blowing. >> everything looks calm for the weather. we're looking good. it's cold out there this morning. make sure to double up on the layers. 28 in livermore. 28 in gilroy. i say layers because by noon we'll be in the mid-50s.

we round out the day with mid-50s. where we might get rain. which cities have the best chance. we'll take a look at 2012. back to you guys. thank you, christina. the time is 5:29. bart is looking to the future to see how it can change and improve service for the riders. christie smith is live in oakland with ideas they've come up with so far in the campaign. christi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. one of the original concepts for bart was that everyone got on, everyone had a seat. that isn't how it is now. bart is turning 40 years old. planners are looking on ha new vision for the future. now these ideas aren't written in stone, but they could include things like all night service, express trains, adding stations on existing lines where there's

a long gap between stations and adding extensions to livermore, ocean beach. it's called metro concept. >> the key concepts are capacity, being able to carry more people. service, being able to service people br better and coverage. being able to have stations we don't have now in places where we need them. >> bart is already ordering cars with three doors to make it quicker for people to get on and off the trains. one of the crickier concepts would be the all-night service because of the overnight maintenance issue. that's when bart does repair work. the study should last eight months, and the public will have a chance to give their input on what they would like to see happen. the cause for all this estimated to be in the billions of dollars. reporting live in oakland. i'm christie smith, john and marla, back to you.

>> hopefully an expensive gift that pays off. the family of injured giants fan bryan stow is expressing hope for the new year despite a minor setback. he had to have a feeding ub reinserted after doctors discovered a bladder infection. but the family says stow was eaching mashed potatoes and graef on christmas. the family decorated his room at a san jose rehabilitation center with a tree and ornaments made by his children. a 69-year-old man in police custody after he fought through a taser shot and broke an officer's nose. it happened before. he resisted arrest following a hit and run accident. when they tracked him. the 6'2", 220 pound man attacked police inspite of being shocked

by the taser. he's facing multiple charges. on new year's day california become store clerks will have to dhek i.d.s. it's an effort to crack down on a trend called robo tripping which happens when people take too much cough syrup. in high doses it causes intoxication, hallucination, seizures and lost of motor control similar to pcp and lsd. one in ten teenagers say they've used dxm to get high. ha long list of state laws take effect, include one that bans police officers from towing cars. if a driver's only offense is

not having a license. thousands of cars are towed each and every year under this scenario. san francisco arts group are scrambling to schedule performances to coincide with the america's cup sailing race. fans are expected to head downtown for plays, music and dance but the city has overlooked them, failing to fund the arts. so a handful of theater and dance groups are raising money and rehearsing for shows to coincide with the race. the america's cup starts next august. let the madness begin. shoppers will be going elbow to elbow at most bay area stores today, and with a growing number of them, they'll be looking to spend the gift cards. damien trujillo joins us live at a wal-mart in san jose with more on this story. >> reporter: good morning, jon. this wal-mart opened at 5:00 this morning, about a half hour ago. it's been steady as she goes so far. it hasn't been a huge rush, but there have been a few customers

trickling in and out of this wal-mart store. so maybe perhaps some good news for the managers here at this particular store. this, again, is called megamonday. it's the third busiest shopping day of the year. so wal-mart opened an hour early. consumers flocked to the mall ls and stores to return the gifts they didn't like for christmas. but stores hope you also pick up another product while you're at the store. today is also when gift cards should see a lot of use. in the end retailers are expecting quite a spike in sales compared to last year, but consumer advocates say the stores also make out on unused gift cards. they say consumers every year give stores nationwide $billion worth of unused cards. one shopper said his trip today had nothing to do with christmas. i'm not interested in the sales. too early.

>> quick sound bite there. here in california most cards have no expiration date, and if the balance in the cards is less than $10, then the store is supposed to give you the balance in cash. so a few more protections for shoppers this year using those gift cards. it's cold out here. so maybe that's why there isn't a huge rush. of shoppers here at the the wal-mart store which opened at 5:00. nevertheless, shoppers are trickling in. live in san jose, i'm damien trujillo. today in the bay. >> folks are sleeping in after all the food they had. they'll be out there soon enough. >> staying warm. i went for a run yesterday. i had to wear three layers. it was cold. >> the long underwear. two pairs of long underwear? wow, marla. wow. anybody who hits up those sales

right now, you know why there's nobody out there. it's because it's so cold out there. and why would you want to get out of your comfortable, comfortable bed watching us? just wait until about 7:30. that's the coldest point of the day. after that time the sun will be out and we warm up nicely. 36 in oakland. we stop the clock on the the future cast at noon. you're in the upper 40s at that point. we'll be at 53 degrees as you break for lunch in livermore. 51 in san jose. want to point something out on the map here. you see all the blue shading keeping temperatures cool. well, that's onshore flow. that's fog that we're expecting to develop and push on as we head through the next few hours. as a result, san francisco, you only hit 57 degrees today. you'll hit 60 in oakland. 60 in san jose. 61 degrees in santa cruz. nice, comfortable weather for sitting on the beach and watching waves. too cold to get in there. a nice day to watch the waves at the beach. we had better air quality than yesterday. that should improve as we get showers coming up.

>> thanks, christina. 5:37 now. a special tribute for a raiders legend. nose guard terrence stevens says he wants the entire country to see just how much chester mcloglin meant to the team. he was a former oakland raider who was working as an assistant at stanford when he sadly died last month at the age of 42. the coroner's office should release if cause of death next month. watch stanford take on oklahoma state next monday. >> thoughtful of him. 5:38. still ahead on "today in the bay", prince phillip spend his third night in the hospital. when the 90-year-old royal can go home. plus a mild winter leaves a 1900 foot puddle in a family's

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>> welcome back, everybody, on this day after christmas. hopefully santa was good to you. it's 5:41. shoppers across the country will jam back into stores today for after christmas holiday sales. and to return those unwanted or wrong sized gifts. brian mooar is live in washington with a look ahead at the secondaway of holiday shopping. will it ever end?

>> the wrong size. it's exactly the right size. it's the thought that counts, as they say. i have no idea what they're saying. epic nutcracker viking. yeah. some people are going to be returning gifts today. right? yeah. what advice do we have for you? you know we got some. we're in the news business. got to tell you what to do on a day like today. get ready for big crowds. the national retail federation says a dime on every dollar spent going back to the store. you have to know the store's policy before you go. some might give you the money. some might give you a gift card. some might tell you you're out of luck. make sure to have the receipt. a gift receipt is fine. have the original packaging. make sure the plastic and the manuals and stuff are there. make sure to check the online

return policy before you box something up and send it back. and on a day like today. if you go out to brave the crowds in the mall, give yourself the greatest gift of all, a little bit of patience. wait, no, the second greatest gift of all. epic viking nutcracker man is all mine. >> i hope wrohowhoever gave you nutcracker is not watch sng. >> she is and enjoying greatly. >> it goes on the mantle. >> oh. >> the mantle in the closet. if you're in the giving mood, you can save what you give to uncle sam. one way to lower income taxes is to denate to charity. hurry up for the end of the year for it to count for 2011. many organizations like good will, the salvation army and food banks are reminding people

to give now. >> char thinks will accept your cash, checks, even used items in in good or better condition. >> and tax deductible items must be donated by this saturday. >> residents in the upper midwest and the northeast are ready for a cold start expected to move into the region today. the cool temperatures will dip below normal. temperatures in the 20s and 30s throughout the northeast and atlantic seaboard states. the storm won't be a rainmaker, but some snow could fall today. if you're traveling to the east coast. you may want to check your c carrier for possible delays. good idea. bad execution. it's bigger than an average sized swimming pool. now two families in connecticut

have a huge mess on their hand. they created a 19 # 0 square foot puddle. the winter has been mild. they figured, why not? it's going to get cold soon, right? the problem is, the answer is no. way to warm out there to turn the water into ice. the families built wooden mold stretching 44 by 33 feet and lined it with plastic sheets to hold the ice in place. if it doesn't get cold soon, thousands of gallons of water will have this family swimming in buckets of chilly h20. >> something broke loose in the backyard. i feel bad for them. christina loren, what is going on with the forecast? >> well, we have frost out

there. we're getting conditions cold enough to freeze any moisture. give yourself time to hit the malls this morning. those are open. you might find frost on your windshield. typically you have a carport with the back end exposed to the air. even san jose, now we're one degree away from that freezing mark. we're going to continue to drop out through the next couple of hours. as we thead through the morning you notice more moisture. it's that additional moisture that will make for more frost this morning. we're also dropping off in visibility across the board. and i am expecting flight delays out of san francisco due to fog developing. we already saw on the golden gate bridge. we showed you the shot. we'll see cloud cover push back

out to sea. we'll check the flight delays for you throughout the morning. really comfortable second half of the day. by noon it's comfortable enough to take off the third layer. we have an area of low pressure that may or may not bring us rain showers. the area of low pressure moves closer on wednesday. it will pass to the tail end. it will bring showers to the north bay in areas north of the golden gate bridge. i don't think we'll see much in san jose. limited sunshine. we're not expecting much. we stop the future cast at 1:00 p.m. on wednesday. just a little bit of precipitation in the northern most portion of the north bay.

we have another one around the corner. sun and clouds on saturday, new year's eve. temperatures drop like a rock once the sun goes down. prepare to stay warm. midnight temperatures will be on the chilly side. sunday, the first day of 2012. 58 inland. 57 by the water. now that the holidays are officially over, republican presidential candidates will on the republican trail with only a week until iowa holds caucuses. many candidates begin new tv ads. rick s the rest will take a bus tour of iowa. including michele bachmann, newt gingrich and rick perry. anchts community is in mourning after a mother loses her family in a devastating christmas day

house fire. flames erupted early yesterday morning at this connecticut home owned by an advertising executive. she lost three daughters and her parents. she and a mail acquaintance escaped the flames. the cause of the fire is under investigation. homicide investigators remain at an apartment building trying to determine a motive behind a christmas day shooting that left seven people dead. it happened in the suburb of ft. worth. the shooter is among the dead. investigators say four women and three men between 18 and 60 were all found dead in the kitchen of an apartment. a 911 call was made but no one was on the line. two handguns were found at the the scene of the crime. the white house is condemning the senseless christmas terrorist attack in

nigeria. it is offering condolences to the nigerian people. especially the families of 39 people killed sunday in a bombing. the majority died on the steps of a catholic church after celebrating mass. a radical muslim sect claims responsibility for both bombings. >> the widow of the former south korean president and the chairwoman of thyundai crossed the border this morning. they plan to visit the palace where kim is lying in state. south korea's government will not send an official delegation to the former leader's funeral. queen elizabeth's husband is waking up in the hospital again. prince william has spent three nights in there so far.

it's unclear how long he'll stay in the hospital. much of the royal family visited their grandfather in the hospital the day marked the first time katherine, duchess of cambridge spent christmas with the royal family. coming up, off the clock but not off the job. out the door, almost home, work e-mails keep pouring in. we'll tell you about the company that saying enough is enough. plus the hotel that lets you spend your holiday on ice. now, that's progressive. call or click today.

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welcome back, everybody. a very calm day on a monday morning. i'm feeling good. how are you feel sng. >> feeling good. thanks, jon. volkswagen will stop e-mailing workers when they're off the clock. they stopped blackberry servers from sending e-mails to employees when they're off saying the line between work and home life is becoming blurred. servers will stop sending e-mails 0 minutes after a shift ends now right now the new rules only apply to workers in germany. the activist hacker group anonymous claims it's stolen thousands of e-mails, passwords and credit card numbers. they were able to obtain the information because the texas

company statford never encrypted it. it's already taken steps to prevent further exposure by suspending the operation on its servers and its e-mail accounts. in just days facebook will overhaul your profile whether you like it or not. on december 29th facebook is flipping the switch on the time line feature, which puts your whole facebook history on display in chronological order. you have a week to go through and clean up your time line before it replaces your current profile. pay special attention to the posts for the early years of facebook when you thought only a select number of people would be able to see them. for more information go to facebook.com/timeline. >> social media is pushing to the point where you need a full time job to check up with

everybody. >> meteorologist christina loren, let's talk about the forecast. >> you know, you don't need a secretary to get you to work on time if that's where you're headed. you need a meteorologist. we have interesting weather happening out there. i am picking up a mix of rain and snow on your radar because it's so cold out there this morning and we have moisture passing through the bay area. so with the combination of freezing temperatures and that fog coming through take a look at this. this is sml we almost never see. you can see the moisture coming in. it looks like you have freezing fog in concord in the east bay. take it easy out there this morning. we'll take you into 2012 coming up next. back to you guys. >> thanks, christina. >> a lot of us enjoy our holidays on ice. >> but how would you feel about a chilly reception like this one here? check this out. a new hotel in romania is open for business. it's made entirely of ice. she's getting ready for bed.

making t making the bed there. the temperature in each room does not go above 27 degrees fahrenheit. guests have to dress properly and wear appropriate shoes during their stay. >> you're paying a hotel to do that when you could sleep outside for free? >> i don't understand it. we'll see how it does. >> good luck on that. 5:57 now. they just unwrapped their christmas gifts, and already people are heading back to the malls. plus, bart unveils the wish list for 2012. we'll tell you if roomier seats are in your future. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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