some traffic in the bay area. this is in san francisco? oakla oakland. it is friday, december 30th. this is "today in the bay." keeps us on our toes. good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm marla tellez. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. it doesn't matter because you can't see much. throughout the morning hours, you saw bob redell. as you look above his head. you can see the rain showers coming down in the light. watch for that. but that's actually drizzle because the fog is so thick. flight delays out of sfo. upwards of an hour. expect those to ripple

throughout the day today. we'll tell you where the visibility really drops off. the north bay in particular. that will continue to drop off. right now back to today's top stories. >> christina, thank you very much. grab a pen and a note pad for this one. it also means young ring in brand new laws. live with a look at what the changes could mean for you and everyone out there. >> good morning. happy friday. we're talking 745 new laws. i took a look at the list. it is long. there really is something that will affect everyone starting at your local supermarket. no more bringing your beer, wine and alcohol up to the self service checkout area. instead you have to go right up

to the cashier. similar with cigarettes and spray paint and prescription drugs. this was sponsored in part by mother's against drunk driving. also children riding in cars will have to stay in the booster seat ha little bit longer. six years old. the new law is you have to be eight years old otaller than 4'9". you won't be able to buy under the counter cough syrup with an ingredient to cause aloou ahallucinations in high doses. the ones that i mentioned go into effect on sunday. i'm christie smith. back to you. >> 6:02. the chp says the annual holiday dui crackdown is already yielding results, and it's not over yet. extra patrols will be out to

keep an kwi on partyiers. police have arrested more than 1,000 people in the bay area. almost 500 of them were arrested in alameda county. dui checkpoints will be set up throughout the bay area tonight and tomorrow. the state supreme court says yes, in fact, it is okay for the government to take away local redevelopment money that could take away money from the 49ers stadium project. they committed $40 million to the new stadium. no one is sure if the money will make it to the project. but one council member is not too worried. >> i believe it will move ahead because the funds were committed prior to this legislation. >> gilmore says the city cannot provide the cash the 49ers are on the hook for it. they are urging city leaders to

put pressure on lawmakers. the redevelopment ruling may mean an end to the ballpark. they wanted to build a new stadium to keep the team in town. but many of the proposed projects require redevelopment money to actually work out. city mayor quan is remaining hopeful. she says a new coliseum city. plan for that may be feasible without the redevelopment money. 6:04. a 16 jeerld bay area girl is claiming a san jose sharks fan hit her in the head during the game. she was watching the sharks. she's a native canadian and a die hard fan. the 16-year-old also has a benign brain tumor. she says she suffered a concussion after a drunk in sharks fan began harassing her and hit her in the back of her head. >> it was like both hands, like this part, just went down on the

back of my head. it still hurts. it feels like a big bruise. >> now she says doctors tole her the tumor is not affected. as of this morning, no one has been arrested. they interviewed the who stated the contact was accidental during the celebration of a shark's goal. beginning in january, you have to pay what verizon wireless calls a convenience fee just to pay your bill ls. they're charging you to pay your bills. bob re gel joins us live to break it down exexplain it. good morning, bob. >> good morning, jon, it's clear cut. verizon will charge a $2

convenience fee any time you use your debit or credit card to make a one time payment online or by phone. typically the phone carrier says those people are the ones making payments at the the last minute. by charging this fee they're trying to push those customers to pay through automatic credit card payments, which means the payments would be more than likely to come in sooner and on time. but the idea of having to pay verizon to pay verizon is not going over well with customers. >> it's a lot when it sums up through the year. >> you're going to get people on your bad side. >> it feels like a penalty to m me. >> customers can't avoid this fee by paying the bill in person at a verizon store like this one or at a kiosk. by mail. electronic checking or as i mentioned before, by signing up for automatic credit card

payments. last year you might recall verizon tried to impose a fee for those who used a credit card to pay for tv or internet service. the cell phone carrier decided to nix that idea once a lot of customers started complaining. are they going to do this this time around? not clear. bob redell, jon, marla. >> bob, thank you very much. 6:07. people in palo alto are trying to stop at&t's plans for a network of cell phone antennas. they want to put them on top of several yutility poles around palo alto. they left it open to appeals. one family filed an appeal yesterday. police caught the man responsible for a brutal 1999 cold case murder. prosecutors say the registered sex offender kidnapped the 21 yeerl and shot her four times.

>> does it give you any sense of relief? >> yes, it does. official years he thought he got away with this. >> he vanished from the home in november of 1999. her body was found two months later. the man involved in a standoff is in jail this morning. he faces multiple charges. police were called to the apartment yesterday about 2:45 in the morning after he refused to turn down his music and threatened a security guard. he refused to come out when police arrived and was armed with with a machete.

he wouked out holding a bottle of alcohol and tried to lung at a police dog. the dog bit him. no officers were hurt. a total of 12 of them have been arrested where they've b squatting since early september. work crews boarded up the houses, doors and windows. they also removed protesters camping out on a vacant lot. >> i was a little bit surprised to see the roads wet when i drove to work. >> a little bit. >> let's check the forecast with christina loren. >> good morning to you. you'll probably have to use your windshield wipers between now and the next three hours. the bulk of the moisture is coming down in the northern most portion of the united states. wii getting off shooting bands of cloud cover and really,

really thick fog out there generated by a really strong onshore flow. probably have to use the windshield wipers, ladies. and fog will be a factor for at least the mid-morning hours. we already have flight delays here. more of the same. really low ceilings out there. so the basic thing you need to know is we've not had much rain over the course of the month of december. so all the oi is still on the highway. not able to get washed off. table to take it easy out there. we'll see a few breaks of sunshine. i'm forecasting the mid-60s. a cloudy start will make way to cool and crisp weather for the second half of the day. we'll see clear skies tomorrow night. sunday, the first day of 2012

staying dry with a mix of sun and clouds. limited sunshine in the north bay. 59 degrees in napa. it's also so mild out there. and we have a little bit of instable. we're picking that up on true view now. i have the midnight forecast in my next report and a better chance of rain next week. we'll talk about that. people dying to hit the sierra slopes. we'll talk about it. back the you guys. local transit agencies are trying to make sure you have fun while staying safe. bart is extending the service to 3:00 a.m. new year's day. ac transit buses will run on a

regular saturday schedule the light rail and cable cars will have extended service until 6:00 a.m. ch it is 6:12. coming up, nevada police say they gave bay area teens a free pass after they found marijuana on buses. and rumors the floating around that nancy pelosi may be looking toso.re soon. rumors sparked by her own daughter. [ mom ] hey guys.

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to expect any changes in how the country handles things. think went onto call south korea's president clueless. a conservative website quotes pelosi's daughter who says, quote, she's 71. she wants to have a life. she's done. it's obligation. that's all i'm saying. pelosi's office says alexandra does not speak for her mother and says she's not considering retirement. if you're misty this morning, you're not alone. christina is here to tell us what's happening heading into the new year. >> and i'm not just sentimental with the mist. it's really thick fog out there. we have a great year in weather. this month has been rather dry. it could be the driest ever

december in okay lan. the second driest in san jose. so this morning you have to use your windshield wiper ls. bring your umbrella if you don't want to get your clothes wet. throughout the morning hours, that's going to be the case. you can't gate away from it. the jet stream has been so far to the north over the past few days that we have not had the rain. at the end of next week that jet will be over the bay area. better rain chances. better sierra snow chances. take a look at this. two sides to every front. you have a warm side and a cold side. has this front continues to dip south, we'll see a few bans swing through the bay area. but we're getting the mist and drizzle now clearing out the air quality.

the lack of rain has been so bad out there with particlat matter to spend in the atmosphere. the winds will pick up as the front approaches. showers in the north bay. it's so mild. i don't know if you have your heater on now. that will make way to the mid 60s. gilroy, 65 there. 63 in los gatos. your temperatures are going to stay in the 60s. so unseasonably warm this time of year with good air quality. we thought that would be the case. so much moisture, that's not going to be the case. u long enough for us to see good air quality before another round of rain in there. u late wednesday to thursday is when the action starts to ramp up. that jet stream starts to dip over bay area and then we're

talking about the potential for rain showers wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday of next week but look at the 60s. you can't beat that for the first week of 2012. a group of 250 kids from the bay area will hit the slopes without their weed. a police chief stopped several bus us bound for utah early this week, confiscating marijuana, pipes and bongs along with rolling paper ls. police gave the teens a choice. turn over all the marijuana and paraphernalia or spend a night in juvenile detention. the kids gave it up. the police say about 17 teens were in possession. 6:18. a bay area chapter of the boy scouts is one of the latest victims of metal thieves. the famed symbol was stolen from

the boy scout building of the silverado council in pleasant hill. pieces of the stin were recovered at a local recycler. no arrests have been made. the kraft food fights hunger is back. it will be played out saturday at at&t park with ucla and illinois going head to head. they will volunteer their time to serve lunch to those in need. a trip to the playoffs is on the line sunday. they host the chargers at the coliseum. a win by the raiders at a loss gets the raiders into the post

season. both games kickoff at 1:15 sunday. the time now is 6:19. san francisco named one of the top spots to welcome in 2012. this letter is stamped confidential. but it's not. we'll look at the latest scandal coming up. and you know what this is by this is a look at the toll plaza. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal

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welcome back at 6:22. most people are taking time off for the holidays, the national debt is not. at the end of the day the nation's debt will come within $100 billion of the limit. that means president obama will need to alert congress and get to work on increasing the limit again. right now the debt ceiling is $15.194 trillion. well, people in samoa won't get to say tgif today. that's because they're skipping friday all together. they are moving to the other side of the international date line to sync their calendars with the biggest trading partners. san francisco is one of the u.s.'s top destinations to welcome the new year. travel ossy ranks it as number

eight. surprisingly orlando actually tops the list, and then new york city, south florida, las vegas and los angeles. 6:23 now. a letter accusing former hp ceo mark herd of financial misconduct has been made public. scott mcgrew joins us now. this is a scathing and damaging letter. >> it is the letter that cost herd his job as the head of hp. a court released the letter. it was held as evidence in a lawsuit. written by lawyer gloria allred on behalf of her client, former actress and hostess jodi fisher. the letter accused herd of repeatedly propositioning herd as she worked as a hostess to out of town parties. they left after it was sent to the board of directors. this is miss fisher in an nbc reality show. this is the tawdry and

distasteful stuff hewlett-packard would like to avoid. among the accusations he showed her his multimillion dollar bank balance. now is everything in the letter true? almost certainly not. even miss fisher herself denied the accusations her own lawyer makes. the letter was released as part of a lawsuit that wanted evidence of mismanagement. >> not a great day or great year for hp. still to come, paying a fee to pay your bill. thousands of people are riled up over a new policy from verizon.

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it's almost the new year, which means we have new laws to get used to. it will affect everything from booze to booster seats. i'll have a run down coming up in a live report. >> chp will be watching to you to make sure you're not driving and texting today. and charging customers a fee to pay the bill. the latest convenience fee from the nation's largest cell phone company. that story is coming up.

and we give you a misty and foggily look at the golden gate bridge. it's new year's eve eve, friday, december 30th, "today in the bay." >> good morning, everyone. thank you very much for joining us today. it's now 6:29. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. let's get to the forecast with christina loren. >> drizzly. we have a lot of moisture passing through. pea soup fog starting to spread south along the brinl. we're expecting the low cloud cover to drift all the way to san jose. i don't think we'll see much through the south bay. we'll take you through the forecast. now let's get to your top

stories. >> 6:29. christie smith is live in oakland with a look at what the changes could mean for you. there's almost 1,000 know laws. >> there's quite a few. yesterday we got used to the hands-free laws. some of them are big changes, like where you can buy your alcohol. specifically at supermarkets you can no longer go to the self service checkout area to buy your booze. similar to how it works with sbrets and spray paint. your little one is going to have to sit in the booster seat a little bit longer instead of six years old, they'll have to wait until they're at least 8 years old or over 4'9" tall.

fins already in the state can be sold or used. people under 18 won't be able to buy could have syrup in all 745 new laws. some take effect right away. i'm christie smith. back to you. >> 6:# 1 now. the lawyer who represented bay iv has been suspended from practicing law. this comes after she admitted she smuggled documents out of jail for bay. among the items, a love letter that ended up being instructions to destroy evidence. he's also accused of smuggling a document that was a hit list of

potential witnesses. she's under investigation right now. bay remains in jail serving multiple life sentences. thieves are looking for more than a hot meal at fast food joints. two armed men burst into the mcdonald's on springs road wednesday and then leaped over the counter and demanded money. in that case three suspects matching the robber's descriptions were arrested. >> come january 15th you could be paying a little bit more for your cell phone bill but only if you are the largest cell phone company. bob redell joins us live to expl explain. >> good morning, customers are

already grabbing smart phones to express their disgust over the proposed fee did the guys in customer service get a lobotomy? that's one tweet tr a verizon customer after hearing that starting january 15th the largest cell phone carrier will be charging this $2 convenience fee for any time you make a credit or debit payment online or by phone. by charging this fee they're trying to push the customers to pay with electronic checks or through automatic credit card payments. this fee can be avoided if you pay in person snail mail will avoid the $2 fee. using your online bank, electronic checking, or as i mentioned earlier, automatic

credit card payments. last year they tried to impose for a fee for those who used a credit card to pay for the tv or internet service that verizon offers. will there be enough complaints for them to nix the $2 convenience fee? still to be determined. this has only been out on the ethernet for 24 hours now, if not less. during the next 24 hours it's more likely you're going to get caught if you're breaking tlau. officers will be out in force today and tomorrow with special orders to crack down on drivers using their cell phones. you can use the hands-free dwoiss but don't hold the phone to your ear. more than half a million tickets

were issued by the chp. bob wasserman has died. he passed away yesterday in fremont. he served for more than 35 years starting back in 1976 as the chief of police. he was hospitalized for an ailment. hi is survived by his wife and their son and daughter. he was 77 years old. a memorial service for a devoted citizen watchdog who died at the young age of 55.

he published the news service. he was found dead in his home on tuesday. tomorrow eas memorial will be held at 11:00 a.m. time for another check on the weather. let's throw it over to christina loren. >> catch. >> we're looking pretty good. we're looking good. but you really have some issues out there trying to get to the airport and catch a flight, delays are starting to stack up. really thick fog. we have drizzle out there. your highways are nice and slick. pretty dangerous scenario when you consider the oil out there it could be very dangerous this morning. want to take it easy.

all this moisture will stay north. and because it's so mild out there, the reason why is because we're still in the warm side of this front. there's two sides to every front. still forecasting the 60s through saturday and sunday. first weekend of 2012 looking good. a few showers in the north bay. could pick up a tenth of an inch. maybe more than that. especially in the south bay. a few stray showers passing through here. so once we head through this evening, we'll see clearing, fresh air finally can breathe it in. good air quality. 62 in redwood city. wait until the sun comes out. you'll notice the difference. all the haze that we've had in

our atmosphere. 61 in fremont. 65, the warmest conditions in the south bay where we see many most sunshine. it's going to be on the chilly side inland. by the bay 51 degrees. that means you have to find someone to kiss. have you found anybody yet, marla tellez? >> maybe. we'll keep you posted on that one. find out which phrases one school would like you to stop using in 2012. ce i the iowa caucuses. a live report from washington is coming up.

good morning to you. it is 6:41. fast and furious. that's how republican presidential candidates are acting as they head towards the iowa caucus on tuesday. today in the bay's brian mooar is live near the nation's capitol this morning. now brian, all are emphasizing their conservative credentials to boost the nation's economy and create jobs. good morning. >> hi, marla. they're really trying to connect with the social conservatives, but the late ez nbc news poll out there morning shows the tea party vote is splinterred.

romney has a very, very narrow lead. just ahead of ron paul. right behind them. we have rick santorum, and then rick perry. there is significant guess work being done here. the winner of the iowa caucus comes tuesday evening. it's an all out ground war and air war. all the ads trying to reach out to conservatives. trying to convince them they are the candidate to lead them forward. many of them are still undecided. it looks like many of them will remain undecided until that count tuesday evening. >> down to the wire. brian, thanks. >> the time is 6:42. coming up, somebody really stands out in the crowd from kim

jong il's funeral procession. we'll tell you who this very llnetauroumo cldr be. >> i think ted nugent will really like this one. [ female announcer ] help i need a holiday party idea.

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good morning to you. welcome back. 6:45. >> you still have a couple days to put the new year's resolution together. i know what jon's is, but i'm not going to tell anybody yet. san francisco, some really thick pockets and flight delays already this morning. and it's still early. imagine what you can expect later on today. those low ceilings aren't going

to clear until probably noon today. but you can see what's happening vividly on the satellite imagery. we have clouds passing through the bay area. and although we're not picking up returns on the radar. you're going to find slick conditions and you'll likely need your windshield wiper this is morning all the way from san jose through the north bay. really slick conditions. take it easy out there. you can see it vividly with the live shots for the reporters. the jet stream has been tracking north all morning long. things change the first week of january. the jet stream will dip over the bay area. that means we'll see an active pattern set up. skiers and snowboarders keep them crossed. we'll see good snowfall potentially thursday and friday. let's talk about your weather headlines. heavy fog and drizzle will make way to a few breaks of sunshine in the south bay. by tomorrow, new year's eve,

clear skies. beautiful air quality out there finally. when i show you the seven day outlook. you might be blown away with how warm we are inland. 60 dm concord. keeping temperatures in the upper 50s with limited sunshine. take it easy through san rafael. good air quality for today. dry new year's eve. 64 degrees for the first day of 2012. usually dry for monday. then the pattern starts to change. rain on thursday and then friday, saturday and sunday we keep the rain chance in place with the jet stream over the the bay area. so i get excited this time of year. finally we got something to talk about in the weather department. back to you guys. >> okay, christina. thanks. the chp says the annual holiday

dui crackdown is already yielding results and is not over yet. extra results to keep an eye on new year's eve partiers. since december 16th police have arrested more than 1,000 people in the bay area. almost 500 in alameda county. some of them after the raiders-lions game. the police are throughout the bay area tonight and tomorrow. 6:48. the man involved in the standoff with police is in jail this morning. he's facing multiple charges. awe security guard at the pamplt complex called police to say he was confrontational when asked to turn his music down. he refused to come out when police rooifed. pli say he walked out an lunged at a police dog. the dog bit him. they took him away. we're happy to report no

officers were hurt. as we try to get your new year's resolutions in line, good luck trying to figure out the new laws coming your way. we have a look at all the changes and what they could mean for all of us. good morning, christi. >> reporter: good morning, jon. happy friday. we're talking more than 700 new laws. some of them take effect right away. some of them take effect later. starting with participants who have children. they are taller than 4'9". no more buying booze at the self service checkout line. go to the regular line that puts you face to face with a clerk. similar to what happens with cigarettes a enspray paint also. and teens who love to tan may have to find another way. people under 18 years old will

be prohibited from using uv tanning devices through a doctor a lot of these laws go into effect later. the ones i just mentioned go into effect on sunday. i'm christie smith. jon and marla, back to you. >> thank you for trying to help us clear that up. appreciate it. 6:50 now. fire investigators are still determining the cause of a three-alarm fire that damaged two homes in the berkeley hills. the fire happened wednesday night on miller avenue. not far from grizzly peak boulevard. the two homes are surrounded by heavy brush. residents had to be evacuated during the fire. four were treated for heat exhaustion and minor sprains. none of the residents were injured. >> the nationwide closure of sears and k-mart stores won't

hit the bay area. at least not for now. they posted a list of 41 sears and 38 k-mart stores slated for closure. two of them in san diego. one of them in l.a. it's the first wave of closures for the company. >> come january 15th you could pay more pr your cell phone bill. only if you're a customer with the nation's largest cell phone company. bob redell joins us live now to exwhan what this means. good morning, bob. >> many cell phone customers themselves are calling it the wrong number. $2 convenience fee starting january 15th for any customers using debit or credit card to make a one time payment online or by phone to pay their verizon bill.

typically they're making last minute payments. they are trying to push the customers to make the academics. more than likely coming in sooner and on time. the idea of having to pay verizon in order to pay verizon is not going over well. >> it's a lot when it sums up. if there's extra money on your bill, you'll get people on your bad side. >> you can avoid the fee by paying your bill in person at a verizon store kiosk, by mail, through your online bank or by setting up automatic credit card payments. there were so many complaints from customers, verizon decided

to nix the plan. jon and marla. not making friends. thanks. >> a federal judge says they reduced the kor bonn emissions is unconstitutional. the judge says it discriminates. the regulations require producers, refiners and importers to reduce the carbon footprint of their fuel by 10% over the next decade. the judge's ruling mean thas cannot punish them for now. a georgia woman says she knows of three men who escaped decades ago. her two brothers clarence and jon escaped from the prison in 1962 with another man. they were in prison for robbing the bank with a toy gun. she says they made it out alive. >> the only reason they put them in alcatraz was because they

could not keep them anywhere else they kept getting away, getting away. >> she is planning on coming to celebrateth anniversary of the alleged escape. if her brothers are alive they would be older than 80 years old. the hiker rescued from a southern california clip. this is all caught on tape. firefighters were called in after a man slid 100 feet down a hillside, trying to get his dog there. yeah. as you can see, this one very dangerous and not easy for the rescue. the hiker we lowered to safe ground. we are very happy to report they all got out of there and made it away. the build a bear workshop is recalling 300,000 bears.

the eyes fall out, posing as a choking hazard for kids. if you have a colorful hearts deadty bear, return it to a build a bear workshop and receive a coupon for any stuffed animal in that store. the "today show" is coming up just minutes away. the gop presidential race in iowa is now coming down to a battle over who can court the most undecided voters with four days to go. millions of verizon customers outraged to learn they'll now be charged to pay their own bills. we'll have details on that. plus, how is e! news host feeling just over two weeks after undergoing a double masectomy. she'll be here to share new developments in her fight against breast cancer. and how we covered the

events and people who made headlines in 2011. pooel have all that and more on a friday morning. >> 6:55. an unusual sight at kim jong ill's funeral procession. here's the photo. it's a little grainy. but check out the lower right corner. is that a giant? a user spotted the man while checking out the photo users speculate he's the north korean celebrity who once made an attempt at the nba and stands 7'9". >> always tough to get a tailor at that point. they'll feature -- you can see here, some wild rescues like this one. the posts are aimed at giving new recruits a better idea of what to expect if they get the

job. >> actually seeing what awaiting us out there, it's like, i want to graduate already and be there! >> a lot of wild ones to see. so far recruits seem to like this one best. visit facebook or check out youtube to see all the the wild video rescues. this means the population grew by 2.2 million people over the last year. they also estimate one person will be added to the population every 17 seconds 2012. that's a lot of baby bumps. >> one university thinks the start of the new year is a good time to get rid of annoying phrases you have to hear and think about.

this includes occupy, mancave and jinormous along with baby bump. none of these words could beat out the top one, km is amazing. number one this year of being overused. >> it's gadget friday. scott has two crete tretreats i thol days. >> this is a deejay scratch pad for cats. we have actually photographic evidence. here it is. it's from thinkgeek. a little cat scratch fever in the background. $40. does this thing actually work? well, we put it to the test with our official gadget friday test cats. this is an editor cat. the other one is named moxy. they are not interested. she took a little food and put it on the turntable to see if

they would be interested. so does it work? well, it just sit there is. if off cat lover in your life, why not? >> i guess i could get that for my mom. she has a cat she adores. >> it doesn't matter if the thing works. now let's go to a final check for christina loren. >> we have slick conditions out there. really heavy fog and drizzle. our roadways are nice and slick. that will be the case as we ring in the new year across the bay area. so happy new year to you. back to you guys. >> same to you, happy new